James Casey

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="LoganRodzen" data-cite="LoganRodzen" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="46105" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>The example was showing you that he used the 365-day calendar once before and removed it because it didn't work. The current format has been used for 15 years and clearly isn't broken, as you suggested it needed to be fixed.</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Perhaps TEW could lead the way in introducing a 13 month, 52 week calendar?</p>

Counter-programming is a fantastic addition - makes the Monday Night Wars a really viable battle now.

<p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="kWQWHhq.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/kWQWHhq.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><strong>World Championship Wrestling presents: Main Event</strong></p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><strong>Sunday, Week 3, November 1992</strong></p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>Your commentators: Tony Schiavone, Eric Bischoff and Dusty Rhodes</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><span style="text-decoration:underline;">WCW Hotline Show Notes</span></p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p> <img alt="3eN66kY.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/3eN66kY.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><div style="text-align:center;"></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">It was a busy Sunday night with a lot of implications for the upcoming Clash! Just for one, the Diamond Mine laid out a challenge to Dustin Rhodes and Barry Windham, proclaiming themselves the number one contenders to the World tag titles! We hear from the office of the Commissioner that Jesse Ventura that the match has been made official – it will be champions versus champions this coming Thursday night!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> One man who booked his place at the Clash is Cactus Jack, although maybe not in the way some might have expected! After a hard-fought match with Lance Storm, the wildman emerged victorious with his first WCW gold in the form of the Television title – but only after Tammy accidentally tripped Storm when Cactus reversed an Irish whip into the ropes! One Double Arm DDT later, and we have a new champion! Storm was furious after the match, and Chris Jericho had to step into play peacemaker!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Terence Taylor was in fine form on Sunday night, first turning back the challenge of youngster Rey Mysterio Jr, and then laying out an open challenge for the Clash to any NWA competitor! Who will answer Taylor’s challenge? Can anyone afford to pay the asking price?</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> The Special Forces and the returning Long Riders showed real fighting spirit against their experienced opponents, the Malenkos and Lighting Express. With the size and strength of Brett Colt and Kip Winchester in particular proving decisive, the quartet came out on top, and the Long Riders took the opportunity to make a challenge of their own at the Clash – to the Stocks And Shares Express!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> It was a tag team heavy show this Sunday, with the One Percenters clashing with Blanco & Konnan in a definite clash of styles. Harley Race’s presence at ringside proved decisive, as his distraction allowed Don Harris to ambush El Tigre Blanco, and Blanco had no defence for the Double Chokeslam!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Shawn Michaels and Steve Austin met in the main event, with the United States title on the line. Austin may have wanted to keep his mind on the Clash and a potential World title opportunity, but Michaels made sure that he focused on the task at hand as he came close to winning early in the match. As Austin got his head in the game, however, the champion picked up the intensity level and brawled wildly with his challenger, dragging Michaels outside the ring to neutralise his aerial advantage. With Madusa assisting with a timely blow to Michaels’ knee with the cellphone, Austin was able to catch him with a Stun Gun, and that was enough to send him to the Clash with a huge momentum boost!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Show rating: B</strong></div></div></div></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div></div><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="3DcoZDk.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/3DcoZDk.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div></div><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><em>OOC: A busy backstage for a B show. Alliteration is apparently all the rage!</em></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><em>Tracy</em></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><em> Smothers provoked Tony Schiavone into a fight. Oh Tracy, of all the people to upset backstage, don’t do it to the guy calling your matches ... Tracy’s not been a problem before, so a slap on the wrist sufficed.</em></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><em>Paul E. Dangerously was spreading rumours about Big Van Vader, because </em></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><em><span style="text-decoration:underline;">that’s</span></em></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><em> a guy you want angry with you. Paul E’s too important to the diary to give a heavy punishment to, so got a stern warning, but it was enough to improve his behaviour. Go figure.</em></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><em>Ricky Steamboat was handing out tips to Marcus Bagwell (psychology, and really Bagwell doesn’t need them at this point) and Brian Armstrong (selling, and fair enough)</em></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><em>Arn Anderson has a new protégé: One of the Thrillseekers? Rey Mysterio? Satoshi Kojima? Of course not – it’s ‘Colorado Kid’ Mike Rapada, whose name I liked enough to bring in as a – yes – one month job guy. So that’s now Mike Droese, Brian Walsh and Rapada who’ve secured ongoing deals so I can keep my main event guys happy.</em></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><em>And apropos nothing, but Terrence Taylor pulled in a B+ angle rating!</em></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> *</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="53ZpK1D.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/53ZpK1D.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><strong>WCW Clash Of The Champions XXV</strong></p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>Ultimate Warrior and ??? vs. Big Van Vader and Rick Rude</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>#1 Contender Final: Sting vs. Steve Austin</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>Dustin Rhodes and Barry Windham © vs. The Diamond Mine – WCW World Tag Team Titles</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>Marcus Bagwell vs. Scott Steiner</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>??? vs. Terence Taylor © – NWA World Title</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>The Long Riders vs. The Stocks And Shares Express © – NWA World Tag Team Titles</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>Beat The Champ: El Tigre Blanco vs. Cactus Jack</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>Plus: The Calgary Connection have something to say!</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:AllowPNG/> <o:TargetScreenSize>1024x768</o:TargetScreenSize> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> </w:Compatibility> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id=ieooui></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--></p>

<p>Noooo!</p><p> </p><p> I get it, I do. Selfishly, can I suggest you step out of WCW after Starrcade and take the WWF through to WrestleMania? It seems appropriate to tie them both up at their biggest shows - or at least provide an epilogue to say where you were thinking of going.</p><p> </p><p> It's been a remarkable ride, whatever happens, so thanks for sharing!</p><p> </p><p> *</p><p> </p><p> <strong>WCW Championship Match</strong></p><p> Hollywood Hogan © vs. <strong>Sting</strong></p><p><strong> </strong>Comments: No screwjob, no crooked referee, no need for this to be anything but kosher.</p><p> </p><p> <strong>WCW United States Championship</strong> </p><p> <strong> Eddie Guerrero ©</strong> vs. The Rock</p><p> Comments: Let the Papi be Perfect once more. (Or Curt Hennig costs him the belt, either way...)</p><p> </p><p> <strong>WCW Tag Team Championship</strong></p><p> <strong> Adam Copeland & Christian Cage ©</strong> vs. Diamond Dallas Page & Chris Benoit</p><p> Comments: I suspect the WCW duo will get some measure of revenge, but it would make sense for the Titans to retain here somehow</p><p> </p><p> <strong>WWF Television Championship: Submission Match</strong></p><p> <strong> Bill Goldberg ©</strong> vs. Lance Storm</p><p> Comments: Tapping out counts if your opponent just bludgeons you into insensibility, right?</p><p> </p><p> <strong>WCW Cruiserweight Championship: Tournament Final Match</strong></p><p> Jeff Hardy vs. <strong>Yoshihiro Tajiri</strong></p><p> Comments: Like the Titans, this seems like a heel win to further the storyline</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Unsanctioned Fight</strong></p><p> Roddy Piper vs. <strong>Buff Bagwell</strong></p><p><strong> </strong>Comments: Imagine how insufferable Buff would be with a win here. Glorious!</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Six-Man Starrcade Street-Fight</strong></p><p> <strong> The Road Warriors & Mike Awesome</strong> vs. The Forgotten</p><p> Comments: The Roadies don't do jobs</p><p> </p><p> Jean Paul Levesque & Shawn Michaels vs. Randy Savage & The Warrior</p><p> Comments: Bloody, violent, may not even actually start - schmozz.</p><p> </p><p> Lex Luger vs. <strong>The Giant</strong></p><p> Comments: A man with injured ribs fighting an actual giant. Sorry, Lex, but if you lost to Bagwell you'll lose here.</p><p> </p><p> <strong> Sid Vicious</strong> vs. Ray Traylor</p><p> Comments: Even with a stab vest, nightstick, handcuffs and pepper spray I don't think Traylor can win here.</p>

<p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><em>OOC: Randy Savage has taken Brian Walsh under his wing as a protégé. Who’s Brian Walsh, you ask? Well, he’s a job guy brought in for a handful of dates so... thanks, Randy.</em></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><em>Operation Predemption continues as Mark Curtis and Owen Hart are now strong friends.</em></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><em>Al Snow in WCW... He has a busted rib, autopushes as an opener, and still got a B- from Lance Storm. I’d be pretty pleased with that from a midcarder, so well done, Al!</em></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><em>5 matches, the last 3 of them all scoring an A, gives us another A* show. Tonight was all killer, no filler – just 10 segments, with the semi-main and main events taking up nearly an hour of the show on their own. Our second best show ever, fourth A* show, and Steamboat/Austin comes in at #8 with Sting/Flair #10 on our best matches.</em></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> *</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="kWQWHhq.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/kWQWHhq.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div><p></p></div><p></p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><strong>WCW Main Event</strong></p></div><p></p></div><p></p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>Shawn Michaels vs. Steve Austin © – WCW United States Title</p></div><p></p></div><p></p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>Beat The Champ: Lance Storm © vs. Cactus Jack – WCW Television TItle</p></div><p></p></div><p></p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Terence Taylor – non-title</p></div><p></p></div><p></p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>Blanco & Konnan vs. The One Percenters</p></div><p></p></div><p></p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>The Special Forces and The Long Riders vs. The Malenkos and the Lightning Express</p></div><p></p></div><p></p><p> </p><p> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:AllowPNG/> <o:TargetScreenSize>1024x768</o:TargetScreenSize> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> </w:Compatibility> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id=ieooui></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--></p>

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Sudo_Nym" data-cite="Sudo_Nym" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="46105" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>So you're saying that if I try to Erik Watts the promoter's son, the fans might disagree with me? Interesting.</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Hopefully!</p><p> </p><p> *</p><p> </p><p> I’m curious whether the worker status is going to reflect company size - using Adam’s example, someone with 40 popularity in a Small fed will be a mich bigger deal than someone with 10, but would they still both show up as low on the scale, or is 40 enough for a Major Star at local level?</p>

Yes, absolutely. The penalty may be slight, but it's the same principle as having a main eventer fighting a midcarder - the fans won't 100% buy into the match because something's holding them back from doing so. If a similar situation arises, copy and paste the TEW exe file in the game folder and you can have two instances of the game running at once. For obvious reasons, don't try running the same save on both! (Adam may also have something to say about how this isn't a great idea for other reasons, but I've used it in the past so I can have the editor running while playing a save, for example). Starting at Easy gives you a million and Cult status (C-/D+ in the main regions of the States) in the test I just ran, anyway. Others may be able to advise on other settings. I ran a quick search on the forum but couldn't fine an obvious record of what the other settings give you.

<p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="plggoJ2.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/plggoJ2.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><strong>World Championship Wrestling presents: Saturday Night</strong></p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><strong>Saturday, Week 3, November 1992</strong></p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>Your commentators: Jim Ross and Paul E. Dangerously</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Segment of the Night 1 – Your greatest victory</span></p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p> <img alt="ZRduAZP.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/ZRduAZP.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="iClB5w2.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/iClB5w2.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><div style="text-align:center;"></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Big Van Vader stood in the centre of the ring, chest puffed out as he accepted a microphone from Harley Race. </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Vader: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Ultimate Warrior, it’s been long enough. Your fate is sealed, and it’s only a matter of when I deliver the final, crushing blow. You’ve fought me before, lost before, will lose again... so take your punishment with the honour you claim is so important to you. </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Vader: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">If I have to hunt you down, Warrior, then I will, and I’ll break you on this mat like a bundle of dry sticks... and if you walk down this aisle and face me, then I’ll do the same thing again, but at least you can say you faced your fate like the warrior you claim to be! </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Vader: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">There will be no mercy for you, either way- </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="IeAWhUB.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/IeAWhUB.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div></div><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Ultimate Warrior appeared at the top of the aisle, a thoughtful expression on his face. He walked down to the ring at an unusually sedate pace, before climbing through the ropes and approaching Vader without apparent fear. </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Warrior: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Tell me, Big Van Vader, of your greatest triumph. Speak to me of an opponent slain, a challenge rebuffed, a traitor disposed of. Tell me of a victory against unbeatable odds! </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Vader glared at Warrior. </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Vader: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">I am Big Van Vader! There are no unbeatable odds!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Warrior shook his head slowly.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Warrior: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Then you have never truly tasted victory... </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Warrior turned away from Vader, exposing his back to the masked man – clearly a surprise to Vader and Race both. Instead Warrior seemed to be addressing the air above him or, perhaps, something residing </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><em>in</em></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> the air. </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Warrior: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">What is best in life? To crush your enemies, and see them driven before you? Or is it better still to stand alone against the hoard, to fight until your last breath, to stand against the tide until your muscles grow weak, until your strength has been exhausted, and still to war against the enemy, to draw strength from deep inside, or from the belief of those who trust in you... </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> He bowed his head for a moment. Vader watched him, intrigued. </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Warrior: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Yes. There is something in that. </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> He turned to face Vader. </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Warrior: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">You have a partner in Rick Rude, a man I know of old, a wily and powerful opponent who leads an alliance of the strong, the mighty, the </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><em>dangerous</em></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">... and you are in need of opposition. </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Warrior: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">At Clash of the Champions XXV I will enter this ring and face you both. The winner of this tournament, whoever they may be, has reason to treat with Rude. I have reason to treat with you. Whoever they may be – Sting, Steve Austin, Ricky Steamboat, or Ric Flair – I will stand with them and keep faith with them so long as our aims coincide. </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> He turned away again. </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Warrior: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">I feel it, stronger than ever before. The force of the Warriors, surrounding me, fuelling me, lifting me, making me more powerful than I have ever been. I am the Ultimate Warrior. I am the embodiment of war, of battle, of adrenaline-fuelled power and unlimited glory earned on the field of battle and immortalised in songs and stories until the last star burns out in the night sky. Yes, I feel it! </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> He turned back to Vader. </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Warrior: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">And so will you... </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Dangerously: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Can he do that? Just put himself into a match like that? I don’t want that lunatic anywhere near the Superstar!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Ross: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Whoever wins the tournament needs a partner, and now I guess that they have one! </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> *</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="uyXVAaB.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/uyXVAaB.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="osRcosk.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/osRcosk.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="q8m9fFW.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/q8m9fFW.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="3QAQ87s.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/3QAQ87s.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="k3ygh4n.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/k3ygh4n.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div></div><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Ricky Steamboat vs. Steve Austin</strong></div></div></div></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div></div><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Steamboat was clearly not at a hundred percent after the vicious assault by Scott Steiner last Sunday, and was largely fighting a defensive match. However, such is Steamboat’s skill level that he was able to hold Austin at bay for much of the match, gradually chipping away at the United States champion. Austin went after Steamboat’s back time and again, trying to break through his defences, but was continually frustrated – Steamboat even countering the Stun Gun into a backslide that nearly ended the match. Angered by the near defeat, Austin kicked Steamboat hard in the ribs, before delivering a suplex and gutwrench powerbomb, each move delivering more and more damage to Steamboat’s wounded back until the Dragon could barely stand. Austin dragged the final moments out, feinting forward twice before pulling back, forcing Steamboat to try and defend himself, only to cry out in pain when the second attempt saw him twisting his back too far.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Ross: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">This is too much, Paul! Ricky Steamboat is an honourable man – your client should end this.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Dangerously: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Ross, for once I agree with you. Besides, Steamboat is too dangerous to toy with. Steve! Finish him!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Austin looked as though he was ready to argue the point, but settled for delivering a high elevation Stun Gun, dropping Steamboat across the top rope and snapping him backwards hard, further hurting his back. Austin covered without bothering to hook Steamboat’s legs, but such was the damage inflicted by Austin – and Steiner before him – that the three count came without incident.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Ross: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Well, there it is. Steve Austin will face Sting or Ric Flair at the Clash for a World title match at Starrcade.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Dangerously: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">And he’s beaten them both before, Ross. This is as good as in the bag, and-</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Dangerously stopped talking as Austin snatched a microphone.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Austin</strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Now that’s done, I’ve got something to say – and whoever wants to listen and pay attention, that’s fine by me.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Austin: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">See, in a few days time I’m going to be in this ring against with Sting or Ric Flair, don’t matter which, because “Superstar” Steve Austin will win, whichever one of them wants to make it a fight.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Austin</strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Now, after that the Ultimate Warrior wants to throw down on </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><em>my</em></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> side? Well hell, I’ll let him and Vader tee off on each other. Why not? No need for the Superstar to get between two titans who want to beat one another senseless, so I say go at it, and clear the path for me...</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Austin</strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">...and my buddy, Rick Rude. Rick, you and me, we’ve driven up and down, east to west, all over this country, being the best of the Dangerous Alliance, and I’ll be damned if the best of the Dangerous Alliance aren’t the best in the world, and I know you agree with me. Brian and Owen, the best tag team in the world. You and me, the best singles wrestlers in the world.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Austin held up his United States title as though to emphasise the point.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Austin</strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Now, when it was Sting trying to get in the way of Alliance business, I had your back. You walked into this ring as the World champion, Rick, and I helped you make sure you walked out the champion as well. Come Starrcade, though, when it’s just me and you... Well, then the Alliance wins, no matter what. The money keeps coming in, and exactly who holds the big belt doesn’t matter, right?</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Austin</strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">So at Starrcade, win or lose, I’ll put my hand out to shake yours, and I hope you’ll do the same, buddy, and win or lose the first round’s on me. But I’ll say now, I expect it to taste really good, that first beer as the WCW World champion!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> *</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="hwJ6wbi.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/hwJ6wbi.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="q8m9fFW.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/q8m9fFW.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="r6434EK.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/r6434EK.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div></div><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Sting vs. Ric Flair</strong></div></div></div></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div></div><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> The two former World champions tied up in the centre of the ring, with the crowd roaring both men on with equal fervour. Both “Owwww!” and “Woooo!” alike were met with rapturous cheers, and even Flair’s ventures into grey areas by the rulebook didn’t dampen the crowd’s support – indeed, even Sting seemed to realise that Flair is Flair, and that’s that. With the referee watching closely, but apparently instructed to give some leeway to the two competitors, Flair seemed to feel emboldened to test the elasticity of the law. However, that prompted Sting to fire back with an open-handed slap that knocked Flair on his rear end, after which the Nature Boy stuck closer to – if not wholly within – the letter of the law.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Dangerously: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">The Nature Boy knows all about Jesse Ventura’s favourite saying, Ross – Win if you can, lose if you must, but always cheat!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Ross: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Sting, fortunately, knows how to win fairly!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Dangerously: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">He’s never managed it against Rick Rude. But then, Flair’s never beaten Rude either. No-one has!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> The duo went at one another scarcely without pause for more than twenty minutes. Sting focused on power moves, delivering suplexes and slams that seemed to set Flair up for the Scorpion Deathlock, while the Nature Boy worked over The crowd, already at a fever pitch after Steamboat and Austin’s contest, seemed to find new heights to reach as they clamoured for both men seemingly equally.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Flair zeroed in on Sting’s left knee several times during the match, and looked to have the match won with a pinpoint chopblock that left Sting writing on the mat in the centre of the ring. Flair paused to strut and “Whooo!” before grabbing Sting’s leg to apply the Figure Four Leglock, but before he could cinch it in, Sting grabbed Flair’s leg and with a mighty heave he toppled the Nature Boy to the mat. On one good leg, Sting pushed himself upright, Flair’s leg still in his grip, and quickly applied the grapevine as he turned Flair over into the Scorpion Deathlock. Although Flair was close to the ropes, they remained just out of reach – and Sting was seemingly anchored to the mat, not budging at all as Flair clawed at the mat and howled, stretching with his fingertips for the ropes, just inches out of reach as Sting leaned further and further back on the hold...</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> ...until the Nature Boy banged both hands on the mat, shaking his head and pleading for release from the hold!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Ross: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">That’s it! Ric Flair quits – and Sting moves onto the final!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Dangerously: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Think of it as a formality, Ross. Whichever man won would be facing Steve Austin, and really-</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Sting had slumped to the mat, exhausted, beside the Nature Boy. Flair was cradling his aching back with one hand, but he stretched out the other hand to Sting, who clasped it briefly as the two men nodded to each other.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Ross: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">A moment of respect, and-</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="lcGavxb.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/lcGavxb.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div></div><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> The World champion emerged from backstage, walking halfway down the entrance aisle, before glaring at the exhausted victor as he sat in the ring, unable even to muster the energy to stand and face his long-time rival.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Ross: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">And that could be our Starrcade main event. That, or...</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Ross tailed off...</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="3QAQ87s.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/3QAQ87s.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div></div><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> ...as Steve Austin appeared at the top of the aisle, unnoticed by Rick Rude, but staring just as intently past the World champion to Sting, his opponent in just five nights at the Clash of the Champions.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> And then, still unseen by Rude, Austin shifted his gaze to the World champion.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Ross: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">And as Rick Rude and Sting continue to stare one another down, Steve Austin looks for all the world like he’s sizing up where to stick the knife in Rick Rude’s back!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">WCW Hotline Show Notes</span></div></div></div></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div></div><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="erO4Sbg.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/erO4Sbg.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div></div><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Outside of the tournament matches, the most heated contest of the night saw WCW World tag champions Dustin Rhodes and Barry Windham making their first defence against the Big Two – Nikita Koloff and Ron Simmons. Koloff and Simmons have incredibly seemed to up their intensity even above their usual levels of late, and brought all that to this match as they launched themselves at the champions before the peeling of the bell had faded. The four men fought as though their friendships had never existed, and there was even some scattered booing from the fans when Simmons delivered a powerslam to Windham on the arena floor. But the titles couldn’t be won out there, and when Simmons dragged Windham into the ring, Rhodes caught him off guard, whipping Koloff into him and then rolling Simmons up for the pinfall! Afterwards, the champions offered Koloff and Simmons their hands as a sign of respect, but the challengers opted to walk away rather than shake, the crowd’s unwelcoming reaction seemingly lost on them as they were deep in conversation all the way up the aisle.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Ricky Steamboat wasn’t moving too well backstage after last week’s brutal assault by Scott Steiner, and Marcus Bagwell even suggested that he call off his semi-final match. Steamboat laughed off the suggestion, saying that he wasn’t passing up a shot at the World title. From the other side of the locker room, Bret Hart offered his opinion that Steiner was a dangerous opinion – and maybe Bagwell should worry more about his match at the Clash, than Steamboat’s match tonight.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Hart: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Ricky’s been here before, kid. With the right breaks, he can handle Austin tonight. You against Steiner, on the other hand...</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Bagwell: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">I can handle him as well as you did, Bret!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Hart: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">And I lost! He’s tougher than I thought, and I thought he was plenty tough. All I’m saying, kid, is worry about yourself. There’s nothing you can say or do for Ricky right now.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Bagwell: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">The name is </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><em>Marcus</em></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">, not </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><em>kid</em></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">, and I’ll help Ricky however I can – he’s my friend. You might want to try the idea out sometime!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> While the titles weren’t on the line, the Dangerous Alliance trio of the Calgary Connection and Arn Anderson clearly wanted to prove a point against the Young Pistols and Michael Hayes. With the Connection having missed weeks after losing their tag titles, the young duo were in especially ruthless form, </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Newcomer Al Snow debuted in grand style, challenging for the Television title against new champion Lance Storm. Snow was seemingly hampered by injured ribs, judging by the tape around them, but put on a great show even so. Still, with Storm working over the injury, the Canadian Maple Leaf was enough to give the edge to the champion!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div> <div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><strong>Show rating: A*</strong></p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="3DcoZDk.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/3DcoZDk.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:AllowPNG/> <o:TargetScreenSize>1024x768</o:TargetScreenSize> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> </w:Compatibility> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id=ieooui></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--></p>

Damn, you can always count on Brian Pillman...

Bah. You got him! Michaels was pencilled in to make the semi-final, but it didn't work out that way. Must have missed updating that when I went through.

World Championship Wrestling presents: Main Event Sunday, Week 2, November 1992 Your commentators: Tony Schiavone, Eric Bischoff and Dusty Rhodes Segment of the Night – Ricky Steamboat vs. Scott Steiner Scott Steiner seems to be growing larger by the day, as the Animal loomed over the not-exactly-insubstantial Ricky Steamboat ahead of their match. The cagey veteran had to endure a beating in the early going of their match, but rallied with his greater speed giving him the edge as Steiner struggled to land telling hits. The bigger man tried to slow Steamboat down with a bearhug, but Steamboat pulled one arm free and elbowed Steiner repeatedly, before a fireman’s carry took Steiner to the mat. Steamboat worked over Steiner’s knees with a series of moves that left him limping noticeably, and lacking the leverage to deliver his trademark devastating power moves. With Steiner hobbled, Steamboat went to the top rope and leapt off with a Flying Crossbody, and Steiner was unable to kick out as the referee counted to three. Schiavone: Ricky Steamboat advances! The former World champion is one step closer to a second reign – and after Marcus Bagwell lost out to Steiner in the first round, the youngster couldn’t look more delighted! Steiner watched in disgust from the corner as Steamboat celebrated his victory, joined by his protégé. As the pair turned to salute all four sides of the crowd, Steiner launched himself off the mat and turned Steamboat inside out with a Steinerline. Steiner piefaced Bagwell to the mat before hauling Steamboat upright and delivering a huge belly-to-belly suplex, hurling Steamboat up and over the top rope to the arena floor! Schiavone: Incredible! And what a horrible landing for Ricky Steamboat! Steiner snatched a microphone and climbed out of the ring, standing over Steamboat as he was tended to. Steiner: Did that hurt, Dragon? It could have been worse – I could have got you during the match. Consider that payback for beating me. But I’m getting better every time, and next time you won’t win, Ricky... Steiner paused, head cocked to one side as he looked at Marcus Bagwell, standing defiantly over his mentor. Steiner: What do you want, punk? Bagwell: I want another match with you! Steiner laughed. Steiner: Yeah? Well, I’m not busy at the Clash now, so let’s do it there. You’re still young, Bagwell. Maybe there’s still time for you to learn a valuable lesson about crossing your betters – a lesson your daddy oughta have told you. And since he didn’t, I’ll make sure to beat it into you extra hard. No half measures, punk. I ain’tgotta save nothing for the next round now, so I’m gonna beat you until you beg for mercy! Rhodes: Marcus Bagwell may have bitten off more than he can chew! It’s hard to find fault with someone who wants to protect their friend, but young Marcus had no luck last week against the big, bad Steiner Animal. I think if Ricky knew what was going on, he’d be telling the boy to let bygones be bygones! WCW Hotline Show Notes It was a big night for the Armstrong clan, with Brian and Scott challenging the Diamond Mine for the United States tag titles. The brothers came up short, but a spirited display meant that the champions knew they’d been in a fight! They also made sure to plug their buddy Shawn Michaels United States title shot against Steve Austin, which we’ll see live next Sunday on the Main Event! Brad Armstrong was united with his regular partner Tim Horner and Pat Rose to take on the Six Man champions, the Young Pistols (featuring brother Steve!) and Michael Hayes! The brothers avoided too much fighting against one another, but there was plenty of fight to go around even so, with all six men battling at times. Ultimately, Tracy Smothers was unconstrained by brotherly feelings and delivered a Jaw Jacker to Brad to give his team the successful defence! Afterwards, the Lightning Express were seen having an intense discussion – might things have been different had Brad gone after his brother? It was a big night as well for young Lance Storm, making his first defence of the Television title against local competitor Bobby Walker. Afterwards he was out to celebrate with Chris Jericho and Tammy, but the latter duo already had plans. We hope that Lance didn’t have to celebrate on his own! Show rating: A OOC: Minor variation on the Shawn Michaels’ Predemption approach, as I meddled in the relationship between two of his friends, Chris Jericho and Steve Armstrong. Result: They now have a strong friendship. If I can get Brian Hildebrand to bond with them as well, that will make a tight-knit clique – throw in Cactus Jack, Sting, Lance Storm and maybe even Ricky Steamboat who all have pre-existing relationships with at least one of the group, and that really could be a backstage nucleus of calmness and goodness. Which I guess would make Michaels the negatively-charged electron, but I’m going to drop the analogy before it becomes too tortuous and I betray my lack of knowledge of physics... Anyway, Dusty was up to his usual tricks, forging a friendship between Barry Windham and Cactus Jack. Given that both are positive backstage influences, that’s a surprisingly helpful move on the part of the Dream. * WCW Saturday Night Beat The Champ: Lance Storm © vs. Al Snow – WCW Television Title Semi-final: Sting vs. Ric Flair Semi-final: Ricky Steamboat vs. Steve Austin Dustin Rhodes and Barry Windham © vs. The Big Two – WCW World Tag Team Titles The Young Pistols and Michael Hayes vs. The Calgary Connection and Arn Anderson – non-title <table class="MsoNormalTable" style="border-collapse:collapse;mso-table-layout-alt:fixed;border:none; mso-border-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-yfti-tbllook:160;mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;mso-border-insideh:1.0pt solid windowtext;mso-border-insidev: 1.0pt solid windowtext" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="1" align="center"> <tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes"> <td style="width:56.4pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="94" valign="top"> 1R: Lance Storm </td> <td style="width:56.4pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="94" valign="top"> 1R: Shawn Michaels </td> <td style="width:56.4pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="94" valign="top"> 1R: Ric Flair </td> <td style="width:56.4pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="94" valign="top"> 1R: Masahiro Chono </td> <td style="width:56.4pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="94" valign="top"> 1R: Sting </td> <td style="width:56.4pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="94" valign="top"> 1R: The Diamond Studd </td> <td style="width:56.4pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="94" valign="top"> 1R: Konnan </td> <td style="width:56.4pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; 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border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="376" valign="top"> SF: Steve Austin </td> <td colspan="4" style="width:225.6pt;border-top:none; border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="376" valign="top"> SF: Ricky Steamboat </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:5"> <td colspan="2" style="width:112.8pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="188" valign="top"> QF: Chris Jericho </td> <td colspan="2" style="width:112.8pt;border-top:none; border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="188" valign="top"> QF: Steve Austin </td> <td colspan="2" style="width:112.8pt;border-top:none; 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I love the addition of non-exclusive written deals - lock down promising talent while still letting them develop on the indies? Yes please!

<p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="plggoJ2.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/plggoJ2.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><strong>World Championship Wrestling presents: Saturday Night</strong></p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><strong>Saturday, Week 2, November 1992</strong></p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>Your commentators: Jim Ross and Paul E. Dangerously</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Segment of the Night – Just Business?</span></p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="ALWOufW.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/ALWOufW.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="uF5IGNF.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/uF5IGNF.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="WvKD1gB.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/WvKD1gB.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="6mJJlmH.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/6mJJlmH.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="fOAo68e.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/fOAo68e.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">The Diamond Exchange stood in the centre of the ring, Vinnie Vegas and Diamond Studd brandishing their tag title belts with broad smiles on their faces.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Vegas: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Well now, seems like I lost a little bit of weight last week – about ten pounds, I’d say.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Studd: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">It looks good on you.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Vegas: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">It’s the diet of champions. Now, I’m not intending to lose any more weight any time soon-</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> He tapped the faceplate of his tag title belt.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Vegas: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">-and while I make sure that’s the case, I’m not too interested in putting more weigh on, either. So I spoke to the almighty Commissioner Ventura, and had a really good idea about how I can use my guaranteed title shot: I can give it away!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Studd, Michaels and Page all feigned horror at the idea, before laughing.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Vegas: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Now, I’m not going to give it to just anyone! I wanted to share my fortune with someone who’s as tough as can be, who’s answered all the critics, who’s overcome great personal misfortune to find their way down south and away from the sinking ship in New York harbour... In short, I’m giving my title shot to Shawn Michaels!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Michaels stepped forward with a wide, wide smile.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Michaels: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Thank you, thank you, thank you very much. I humbly and graciously accept the offer – and I know </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><em>exactly</em></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> what I’m going to do with it.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> He smirked for a moment, before continuing.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Michaels: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">The way I see it, the Rough Diamond is one of the holy trinity here in the Diamond Exchange – Studd, Vegas, Michaels, the three outstanding prominences, with DDP and the Diamond Doll herself keeping us on the straight and narrow – most of the time, anyway.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> The group laughed.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Ross: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Well, I don’t see what’s so funny.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Dangerously: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">You’ve never been on a night out with the Diamond Exchange, have you Ross?</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Ross: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">No, I have not.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Dangerously: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Then you’re not going to understand.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Michaels: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">And just as my two colleagues, these massive men behind me, have got United States title gold around their waists, I figure I ought to as well. So when myself and the Superstar himself get a night free from showing all the ladies the very biggest and the very best...</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Behind Michaels’ back, Studd covered his mouth as his shoulders shook.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Michaels: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">...then him and I should get in this ring and give all the people who are honest with themselves exactly what they want: Two Texan roughnecks going all! Night! Long!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gsxv8hl9-tU" rel="external nofollow"></a><div style="margin-left:25px;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gsxv8hl9-tU" rel="external nofollow"></a><div style="margin-left:25px;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gsxv8hl9-tU" rel="external nofollow"></a><div style="margin-left:25px;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gsxv8hl9-tU" rel="external nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gsxv8hl9-tU</a></div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gsxv8hl9-tU" rel="external nofollow"></a></div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gsxv8hl9-tU" rel="external nofollow"></a></div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gsxv8hl9-tU" rel="external nofollow"></a></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div></div><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="3QAQ87s.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/3QAQ87s.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div></div><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Steve Austin marched down the aisle, United States title in his hand.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Ross: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">I don’t think your client is impressed, Paul.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Dangerously: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Yes, well, Steve is very much his own man – loyal to the Dangerous Alliance, of course, but he definitely has his own ideas.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Austin got into the ring and fixed Michaels and the rest of the Diamond Exchange with a glare for a long moment, before crossing to the far side and picking up a microphone. He turned back to Michaels and his expression was, if anything, more serious.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Austin</strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">So, this is what you’re doing now, huh? You sure you want this, boy? You want war with the Dangerous Alliance? Because I thought you knew your place – and it’s behind us when the money and the title shots are getting handed out!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Austin: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">But you want this, then you got it, and the last time I checked there were three of you and five of us, and maybe you want to bring in DDP to back you up, but I’m willing to bet we can still whip you if it comes to it, and that’s without Madusa needing to get her hands dirty, ‘cause I don’t reckon your Diamond Doll is much of a fighter, am I right? So think about what I’ve got to say very carefully before you answer. Shawn, because the Dangerous Alliance doesn’t mess around, and if you want to go, then we’ll go, and I don’t think you’ll like the outcome. Now, are you sure you want to challenge me for this?</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Austin held the United States title up, but didn’t look at the gold. Instead he stared unblinkingly at Michaels. The Rough Diamond, for his part, held up his hands placatingly.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Michaels: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Now Steve, did you hear me, or big Vin, or the Studd, or Dallas, or Kimberly, say anything about ‘war’? I didn’t say anything about a war. I didn’t hear anyone else say that. I’m not after a war. Big V? Studd? Anyone? No?</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Michaels: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">See, Steve, this isn’t an invitation to war – this is an invitation to make money! You and me, two of the best in the world, definitely the two best young wrestlers around, going at it for the United States title. Tell me that Ventura won’t open up the bank to make that match real. Tell me that people won’t tune in to see that. Tell me that it couldn’t headline pay-per-views – not just now, but for the next decade or more. Shawn Michaels, Steve Austin, gold on the line – both literally, and figuratively. You fought hard to get more money for defending the Television title, Steve, and given how big daddy here’s been picking up the tab for the last couple of weeks, we all thank you for that – but think about how much money there is to be made for a match between me and you, and tell me that you don’t want that. Go ahead, I’ll wait.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> He didn’t have to wait long.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Austin</strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Shawn, you can talk real fast and real pretty when you want to, but that’s not going to help you when that bell rings. You want this to be a business deal? Fine, we can do that. Get your buddy Dallas to call Paul E. and we’ll make this happen. And we can play nice for the cameras so Ventura can sell it in the adverts, sure.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Austin: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">But then the bell rings, Shawn, and I’ll tell you now that the Superstar’s walking out of this ring with the United States title – and maybe you didn’t sign up for a war, boy, but that’s what you’re getting when you get in the ring with me!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Michaels held up his hands.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Michaels: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Well now, that sounds great and all, but you know, I’m hoping you’re going to come around to my way of thinking, and the two of us can deal with this like two Texans ought to – a big payday, a hard fight, and drinks are on the winner afterwards. It’s just business, Steve, just business. Whaddya say?</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Dangerously: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">There would be a lot of money in this match – and no reason to spoil the working agreement that we have with the Diamond Exchange...</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Michaels held out his hand for Austin to shake. Austin stared at him, before slowly putting out his hand to take it... but even as the two shook, Austin seemed a long way from ready to put thoughts of war behind him.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">WCW Hotline Show Notes</span></div></div></div></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div></div><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="zD9TqtF.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/zD9TqtF.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div></div><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> After their cage match defeat at Halloween Havoc, the Calgary Connection were medically barred even from attending WCW shows for two weeks, but now they’re back – and the Dangerous Alliance is whole once more! Arn Anderson showed real fire in his first round match against Ricky Steamboat, and on another night the Enforcer might have walked out with the duke, but here it was Steamboat who edged a very close contest, coming out on top with a quick roll-up that saw Anderson arguing with the referee – as Scott Steiner loomed over the victorious Steamboat as a reminder that he was waiting for him tomorrow night in their quarter-final match on Main Event!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Ultimate Warrior didn’t look worried when he was surrounded by the Kingdom during the course of Saturday’s show – in fact, the Warrior could scarcely have looked less impressed! He dared Big Van Vader to face him one on one to prove that he could; The issue between them would never be settled until they met on the field of battle and one man or the other scored a decisive victory!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> With Vinnie Vegas vacating the Television title, a new champion was required – and it was an international battle as Lance Storm of Canada and Mashiro Chono of Japan clashed for the vacant belt. Chono was devastating in the early going with a series of suplexes, but missed an elbow drop that gave Storm the chance to rally. With Tammy cheering the stoic Thrillseeker on from ringside, Storm made the most of Chono’s error by working over his opponent’s back, and while Chono tried to slow Storm down, a single-leg Boston Crab that Storm calls the Canadian Maple Leaf was enough to force the submission, and give Storm the Television title!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Storm and Jericho aren’t the finished article yet, but Tammy seems to be helping them reach the next level!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Nikita Koloff and Ron Simmons polished off local competitors Clark Hainess and Jeff Farmer when Koloff crushed Farmer with a Bearhug. Afterwards, the duo announced that they had decided on a name for their nascent team – The Big Two! Hard to argue with that name! Koloff and Simmons reiterated that they were there to fight for the World tag team titles...</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div class="ipsEmbeddedVideo"><div><iframe width="200" height="113" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/eHlue4fCEcA?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" title="WCW Dustin Rhodes 1st Theme(With Custom Tron)"></iframe></div></div></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> ...which brought out the champions themselves, Dustin Rhodes and Barry Windham! The champions said they respected how hard the Big Two had been fighting in their absence to earn a shot, and that they were more than willing to make their first title defence against them next week!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Steve Austin advanced to the quarter-finals of the tournament with victory over Chris Jericho, at least in part thanks to Madusa’s interference. Tammy seemed somewhat subdued at ringside with Madusa keeping a close eye on her, and couldn’t stop the veteran competitor from swaying the match in the Dangerous Alliance’s favour, making it one win and one loss a piece for the two sides in Saturday’s matches! Watching backstage, Rick Rude seemed to be deep in thought over Austin’s victory – possibly not helped by Randy Savage speculating that Austin looked as good a bet as anyone in the tournament to go all the way.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> And then it will be Alliance against Alliance at Starrcade, ooooh yeah! Too bad the Macho Man wasn’t cleared to compete in this little tournament, or I could have spared you the moral quandary of beating up on your buddy, right?</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Sting faced off against “Dr Death” Steve Williams in their quarter-final match in a wild brawl that took in both the inside and outside of the ring, as well as Williams tackling Sting into the crowd barrier in a move that sent both men crashing over it and into the crowd! The WCW fans didn’t seem to mind this close up view of the two rivals, cheering both men on as they fought for a place in the semi-finals. Back in the ring, it was Sting who claimed the upper hand – just! Coming off the top rope with a leaf out of Ricky Steamboat’s book, he scored with a diving crossbody to put Williams down for just about three seconds to advance! Williams has certainly impressed during his matches in WCW – might we see this tough as nails competitor back again soon?</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> In the night’s main event, Ric Flair faced the up-and-coming Shawn Michaels, who had a potential two title shots to think about. Michaels has been talked about as a potential next-generation Nature Boy, and certainly the young ladies in the crowds have taken to the Rough Diamond! The clash between present and future was intriguing, with Flair seemingly having an answer for every dirty trick Michaels and Diamond Dallas Page had to hand, but when Michaels deigned to wrestle Flair it seemed that </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><em>he</em></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> had the edge as he was faster than Flair and seemed to have Flair’s best moves well scouted. But the Nature Boy is nothing if not resourceful, and when Michaels tried for a diving elbow from the top rope Flair moved at the last second, and with Michaels landing hard on one knee, Flair swooped to lock on the Figure Four Leglock to force the submission – and book a semi-final spot against Sting!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Show rating: B+</strong></div></div></div></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div></div><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="3DcoZDk.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/3DcoZDk.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div></div><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><em>OOC: What do you mean you don’t recognise Clark Hainess and Jeff Farmer? That’s Thunder and Lightning!</em></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><em>No?</em></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><em>Okay, Farmer was the nWo Sting, better?</em></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> *</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div> <div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="kWQWHhq.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/kWQWHhq.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><strong>WCW Main Event</strong></p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>Beat The Champ: Lance Storm © vs. Bobby Walker</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>Quarter-final: Ricky Steamboat vs. Scott Steiner</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>The Young Pistols and Michael Hayes © vs. The Lightning Express and Pat Rose – WCW Six Man Titles</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>Scott & Brian Armstrong vs. The Diamond Mine © – WCW United States Tag Titles</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </p><p> <table class="MsoNormalTable" style="border-collapse:collapse;mso-table-layout-alt:fixed;border:none; mso-border-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-yfti-tbllook:160;mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;mso-border-insideh:1.0pt solid windowtext;mso-border-insidev: 1.0pt solid windowtext" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="1" align="center"> <tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes"> <td style="width:56.4pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="94" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>1R: Lance Storm</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </td> <td style="width:56.4pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="94" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>1R: Shawn Michaels</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </td> <td style="width:56.4pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="94" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>1R: Ric Flair</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </td> <td style="width:56.4pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="94" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>1R: Masahiro Chono</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </td> <td style="width:56.4pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="94" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>1R: Sting</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </td> <td style="width:56.4pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="94" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>1R: The Diamond Studd</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </td> <td style="width:56.4pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="94" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>1R: Konnan</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </td> <td style="width:56.4pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="94" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>1R: Steve Williams</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:1"> <td colspan="2" style="width:112.8pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="188" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>QF: Shawn Michaels</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </td> <td colspan="2" style="width:112.8pt;border-top:none; border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="188" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>QF: Ric Flair</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </td> <td colspan="2" style="width:112.8pt;border-top:none; border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="188" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>QF: Sting</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </td> <td colspan="2" style="width:112.8pt;border-top:none; border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="188" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>QF: Steve Williams</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:2"> <td colspan="4" style="width:225.6pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="376" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>SF: Ric Flair</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </td> <td colspan="4" style="width:225.6pt;border-top:none; border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="376" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>SF: Sting</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:3"> <td colspan="8" style="width:451.2pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="752" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>Final:</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:4"> <td colspan="4" style="width:225.6pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="376" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>SF: Steve Austin</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </td> <td colspan="4" style="width:225.6pt;border-top:none; border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="376" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>SF: </p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:5"> <td colspan="2" style="width:112.8pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="188" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>QF: Chris Jericho</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </td> <td colspan="2" style="width:112.8pt;border-top:none; border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="188" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>QF: Steve Austin</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </td> <td colspan="2" style="width:112.8pt;border-top:none; border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="188" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>QF: Scott Steiner</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </td> <td colspan="2" style="width:112.8pt;border-top:none; border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="188" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>QF: Ricky Steamboat</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:6;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes"> <td style="width:56.4pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="94" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>1R: Chris Jericho</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </td> <td style="width:56.4pt;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="94" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>1R: Cactus Jack</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </td> <td style="width:56.4pt;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="94" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>1R: El Tigre Blanco</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </td> <td style="width:56.4pt;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt; 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<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="dude-1981" data-cite="dude-1981" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41194" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>So I usually play with letter grades rather than numbers. <p> </p><p> I turn numbers on and suddenly I'm getting way more A* rated matches. Seems 95 or 96% gets you A* but it's only 100% with the grades? </p><p> </p><p> I turn the letter grades back on and my top matches of the year shows to me that I've got way less A* matches.</p><p> </p><p> Does this make sense to people? Is it a feature or a bug?</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> In addition to what others have said, an A* show is 95 or 96 upwards.</p><p> </p><p> An A* match is essentially perfect - a 100, nothing else.</p>

<p><strong>WWF Championship Match</strong></p><p> <strong>The Undertaker ©</strong> vs. Brian Pillman</p><p> Comments: Brothers of Destruction time?</p><p> </p><p> <strong>WWF Intercontinental Championship</strong> </p><p> <strong> Scott Hall ©</strong> vs. Chris Jericho</p><p> Comments: It'd be a shame for Hall to lose the title immediately.</p><p> </p><p> <strong>WWF Tag Team Championship</strong></p><p> Harlem Heat © vs. <strong>Kevin Nash & Scott Steiner</strong></p><p> Comments: Booker and Stevie, on the other hand, can take a loss to two main eventers and run with their own story for a time while Nash and Steiner simmer quickly to the boil.</p><p> </p><p> <strong>WWF European Championship Match</strong></p><p> <strong> Jeff Jarrett ©</strong> vs. Ken Shamrock</p><p> Comments: </p><p> </p><p> <strong>WWF Championship #1 Contenders Match</strong></p><p> Steve Austin vs. <strong>Bret Hart</strong></p><p><strong> </strong>Comments: Canadian shenanigans (Cananigans?) shall abound. </p><p> </p><p> <strong>Nelson</strong> vs. Faarooq</p><p> Comments: Time for a rebuilding of the Nation.</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Dustin Rhodes & Marc Mero</strong> vs. The Headbangers</p><p> Comments: In real-WWF, Rhodes and Mero stack this one and disappear onto Sunday Night Heat. In this timeline, I think they actually win a match.</p><p> </p><p> Wage matching for Kevin Nash is only marginally less crazy than giving him creative control, but if it's only for a few months you may be okay; Punting him off to WCW to form an Outsiders group with the Giant would be an interesting move from here.</p>

<p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="kWQWHhq.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/kWQWHhq.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div><p></p></div><p></p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><strong>World Championship Wrestling presents: Main Event</strong></p></div><p></p></div><p></p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><strong>Sunday, Week 1, November 1992</strong></p></div><p></p></div><p></p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>Your commentators: Tony Schiavone, Eric Bischoff and Dusty Rhodes</p></div><p></p></div><p></p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Segment of the Night – An uneasy alliance...</span></p></div><p></p></div><p></p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="ZRduAZP.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/ZRduAZP.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div><p></p></div><p></p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Backstage, and Big Van Vader was being checked over by a doctor after his ground-shaking clash with Rick Rude on Saturday Night. The absence of Vader’s mask made clear the puffiness and purple colouring down one side of his face, and suggested more injuries in less obvious places.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Doctor: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Look this way... and this way... any stiffness in your neck?</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Vader: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">No. Clear me. I have more fights lined up.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> The doctor frowned.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Doctor: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">You have no fights lined up until you’re clear, I-</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Vader’s hand shot out and grabbed the doctor by the throat, squeezing hard enough that the medic’s tongue lolled out of his throat.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Vader: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">I said, I have more fights. Understand?</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> The doctor wheezed something that may have been agreement, and Vader released him.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Doctor: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">You’re clear...</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> He staggered away as Vader snorted.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Dangerously: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">A convincing argument!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="QscAOzc.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/QscAOzc.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="hy1Y1vz.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/hy1Y1vz.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div><p></p></div><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Paul E. Dangerously and Rick Rude entered the doctor’s office, Rude looking as worn as Vader did, notably with his left arm in a sling.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Dangerously: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Rick, don’t you think that Mr Vader makes a compelling argument?</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Rude said nothing, just staring at Vader, who rose to his feet and stood inches away from the world champion.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Vader: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">I’d ask if you’d come to finish the job, but you barely got started last night.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Rude: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">I’m not used to opening the show. You seemed to have had plenty of practise.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Vader: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">I’m ready to fight any time, Rude. A champion should be.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Rude: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">I peak at the main event. It’s worked for me...</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> He pointed with his good hand to the WCW World title, which was being held by Dangerously.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Rude: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">We have an offer for you, Vader. A chance to make a lot of money.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Vader: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Right now I’m thinking there’s a lot of money in ripping your bum arm all the way off and taking the title from you. You think Ventura will refuse a rematch? He brought me in. He wants me on top. I ruled in Europe. I ruled in Japan. I’ll rule in America – it’s only a matter of time.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Rude closed the gap between the pair.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Rude: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">If you’re as good as you say, come after me when I’m back at a hundred percent – and this time, don’t try and break me on the ring barrier. That’s a great way to get the match stopped, and that means no title for you.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Vader looked about ready to blow, but-</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Dangerously: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Two hundred </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><em>thousand</em></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> dollars!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Dangerously’s alarmed shout broke the tension between Rude and Vader, as both men turned to face the Dangerous Alliance’s commander.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Dangerously: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">It’s yours, all yours, if by some chance the winner of the tournament comes from outside the Dangerous Alliance – and if you help Rick Rude to defeat them in the match at the Clash.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Vader: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Two hundred thousand dollars...</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Vader seemed thoughtful.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Rude: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Of course, if you need to speak to Harley Race-</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Vader: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">No. I don’t.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> He smiled.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Vader: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Harley... is useful. He knows American wrestling, and he knows WCW. Having Race opens doors that otherwise I’d have to break down. What he brings to our partnership is valuable... but what I bring is power and destructive force unequalled in this business.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Vader: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">For two hundred thousand dollars, you get my help – until our hands are raised at the Clash. After that, I’ll cash your check, and get back to getting my rematch, ripping Ultimate Warrior in two, or whatever else I decide to do.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> His smile widened. There was nothing pleasant about it.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Vader: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Whatever that is... No-one can stop me!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">WCW Hotline Show Notes</span></div></div></div></div><p></p></div><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="Yt7fJjV.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/Yt7fJjV.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div><p></p></div><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Vinnie Vegas made short work of Mike Droese in his fifth defence of the WCW Television title. Vegas surrendered the title after the match and gleefully accepted the cheque for his winnings – but wouldn’t be drawn on which champion he’d challenge next.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Vegas: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">No, I think that deserves a bigger audience. After all, you’re talking to the biggest star in WCW, Patricia. I’m seven feet tall – they don’t teach that in any school, you know! So catch me and the Diamond Exchange on Saturday, and once me and the Studd defend the </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><em>other</em></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> title I’ve been holding all this time, I’ll show you all how we’re gonna come up sixes again!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> There were three first round matches in the #1 contender tournament on Sunday night. In the first match, the world traveller Steve Williams clashed with the masked Mexican star Konnan, and advanced to the second round with a Doctor Bomb. El Tigre Blanco consoled his partner after the match – Tigre still had a shot!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> The second tournament match saw young Marcus Bagwell clash with Scott Steiner. Bagwell is a promising talent, and we believe he has a very bright future, but he’ll have to look back on this match as a learning experience, tasting defeat after a Frankensteiner. Steiner took a shot at Bagwell’s youth afterwards, rubbing salt into his wounds as he suggested that Bagwell has a long way to go to be ready to share the ring with the Steiner Animal!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> The final tournament match of the night was also a battle between two young stars, as El Tigre Blanco clashed with United States champion Steve Austin. Blanco already has multiple title reigns to his name in WCW and is not to be underrated, but Austin – who, on occasion, may be a little cocky – clearly had his opponent well scouted. Blanco’s athletic offence, in comparison to Austin’s more grounded style, resulted in a tightly contested affair that either man could have won. Austin certainly seemed to be on the ropes at times as Blanco was hard to hold on to for the Stun Gun, but eventually a series of kicks in the corner wore his opponent down long enough for the Stun Gun to hit, and Austin advanced to the second round!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> The Stocks And Shares Express made their first defence of the NWA World Tag Team titles, beating out the challenge of the young Texas-based duo known as the Bad Crew, who left the ring with a loss and several thousand dollars less than when they arrived!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Nikita Koloff and Ron Simmons continued to press their claims for a World tag title shot as they came through a hard-hitting bout with the One Percenters, Simmons eventually getting the pin on Don Harris with a Spinebuster. Forgive us a little niche commentary, but does anyone hit a standing spinebuster better than Simmons? We’d love to see a battle between him and Arn Anderson to see who has the better spinebuster overall!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Show rating: B+</strong></div></div></div></div><p></p></div><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="3DcoZDk.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/3DcoZDk.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div><p></p></div><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><em>OOC: Steve Armstrong and Shawn Michaels now have a strong friendship, as Operation Predemption continues; That’s now Storm, Jericho, Armstrong and Mark Curtis/Brian Hildebrand acting as the angels on Shawn’s shoulder, against Hall as the devil ... Bruno Sammartino preaching backstage annoys the guys, not for the first time ... Ricky Steamboat pulls a rib on Jim Crockett Jr; I can’t help but wonder if Steamboat was upset over something from back in the day and wanted revenge ... It might seem like Sunday’s show was an obvious place for the Steamboat/Anderson match, and you’d be right, if I’d not forgotten Anderson doesn’t work B shows ... Dusty Rhodes was passing on tips on psychology to Cactus Jack – great, but when did Dusty take on Cactus as his protégé?</em></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> *</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div> <p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="plggoJ2.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/plggoJ2.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div><p></p></div><p></p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><strong>WCW Saturday Night</strong></p></div><p></p></div><p></p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>Beat The Champ: Lance Storm vs. Masahiro Chono – WCW Television Title</p></div><p></p></div><p></p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>First round: Ricky Steamboat vs. Arn Anderson</p></div><p></p></div><p></p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>Quarter-final: Sting vs. Steve Williams</p></div><p></p></div><p></p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>Quarter-final: Ric Flair vs. Shawn Michaels</p></div><p></p></div><p></p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>Quarter-final: Chris Jericho vs. Steve Austin</p></div><p></p></div><p></p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>Ron Simmons and Nikita Koloff vs. Clark Hainess and Jeff Farmer</p></div><p></p></div><p></p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><table class="MsoNormalTable" style="border-collapse:collapse;mso-table-layout-alt:fixed;border:none; mso-border-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-yfti-tbllook:160;mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;mso-border-insideh:1.0pt solid windowtext;mso-border-insidev: 1.0pt solid windowtext" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="1"> <tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes"> <td style="width:56.4pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="94" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>1R: Lance Storm</p></div><p></p></div><p></p><p> </td> <td style="width:56.4pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="94" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>1R: Shawn Michaels</p></div><p></p></div><p></p><p> </td> <td style="width:56.4pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="94" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>1R: Ric Flair</p></div><p></p></div><p></p><p> </td> <td style="width:56.4pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="94" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>1R: Masahiro Chono</p></div><p></p></div><p></p><p> </td> <td style="width:56.4pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="94" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>1R: Sting</p></div><p></p></div><p></p><p> </td> <td style="width:56.4pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="94" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>1R: The Diamond Studd</p></div><p></p></div><p></p><p> </td> <td style="width:56.4pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="94" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>1R: Konnan</p></div><p></p></div><p></p><p> </td> <td style="width:56.4pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="94" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>1R: Steve Williams</p></div><p></p></div><p></p><p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:1"> <td colspan="2" style="width:112.8pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="188" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>QF: Shawn Michaels</p></div><p></p></div><p></p><p> </td> <td colspan="2" style="width:112.8pt;border-top:none; border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="188" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>QF: Ric Flair</p></div><p></p></div><p></p><p> </td> <td colspan="2" style="width:112.8pt;border-top:none; border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="188" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>QF: Sting</p></div><p></p></div><p></p><p> </td> <td colspan="2" style="width:112.8pt;border-top:none; border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="188" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>QF: Steve Williams</p></div><p></p></div><p></p><p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:2"> <td colspan="4" style="width:225.6pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="376" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>SF:</p></div><p></p></div><p></p><p> </td> <td colspan="4" style="width:225.6pt;border-top:none; border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="376" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>SF:</p></div><p></p></div><p></p><p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:3"> <td colspan="8" style="width:451.2pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="752" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>Final:</p></div><p></p></div><p></p><p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:4"> <td colspan="4" style="width:225.6pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="376" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>SF:</p></div><p></p></div><p></p><p> </td> <td colspan="4" style="width:225.6pt;border-top:none; border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="376" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>SF:</p></div><p></p></div><p></p><p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:5"> <td colspan="2" style="width:112.8pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="188" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>QF: Chris Jericho</p></div><p></p></div><p></p><p> </td> <td colspan="2" style="width:112.8pt;border-top:none; border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="188" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>QF: Steve Austin</p></div><p></p></div><p></p><p> </td> <td colspan="2" style="width:112.8pt;border-top:none; border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="188" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>QF: Scott Steiner</p></div><p></p></div><p></p><p> </td> <td colspan="2" style="width:112.8pt;border-top:none; border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="188" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>QF:</p></div><p></p></div><p></p><p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:6;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes"> <td style="width:56.4pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="94" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>1R: Chris Jericho</p></div><p></p></div><p></p><p> </td> <td style="width:56.4pt;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="94" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>1R: Cactus Jack</p></div><p></p></div><p></p><p> </td> <td style="width:56.4pt;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="94" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>1R: El Tigre Blanco</p></div><p></p></div><p></p><p> </td> <td style="width:56.4pt;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="94" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>1R: Steve Austin</p></div><p></p></div><p></p><p> </td> <td style="width:56.4pt;border-top:none;border-left:none; 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<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Teh_Showtime" data-cite="Teh_Showtime" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="46105" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>You can set titles to be gender dependent so you absolutely can, though I wonder if the AI will be able to book two battle royales on the same show</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> No reason to think that it won't be able to - the entry refers to the Andre Memorial Battle Royal and Money in the Bank at Wrestlemania, so presumably you can have the AMBR and the Not Moolah Memorial Battle Royal too.</p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Kingster" data-cite="Kingster" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="46105" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>That's already a thing in 2016. You can use the replace button to remove one or both members of the title holders and when the game asks you if you want to continue the title reign, you click yes. The game won't create a new entry in the title history.</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> It's tedious to have to do every time, though. Being able to assign a tag title to a stable (Spirit Squad, Demolition, New Day, Riott Squad have said they'd do it too) and chuck any combination in with the game automatically recognising it would be cool. Freebirding at the moment also means that the title reign only ultimately shows up in the history of the team that loses it, I think.</p>

<p>6/7/8 man promos in post-show dark time to train workers' entertainment skills</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> Giving particularly poor workers development contracts because a) It's fun to see workers gain 7 or 8 points a month in several skills early on as they improve from awful to mediocre b) After several months they improve the average worker quality in the free agent pool c) It might just unearth a hidden gem, and d) I feel sorry for them</p>

<p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="plggoJ2.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/plggoJ2.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><strong>World Championship Wrestling presents: Saturday Night</strong></p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><strong>Saturday, Week 1, November 1992</strong></p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>Your commentators: Jim Ross and Paul E. Dangerously</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Segment of the Night – Big Van Vader vs. Rick Rude © – WCW World Title</span></p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p> <img alt="YfjNklk.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/YfjNklk.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="ZRduAZP.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/ZRduAZP.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="q8m9fFW.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/q8m9fFW.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="lcGavxb.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/lcGavxb.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="k3ygh4n.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/k3ygh4n.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><div style="text-align:center;"></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">The night began with two surprises – not only was Jesse Ventura on commentary alongside Jim Ross and Paul E. Dangerously, but he announced that the first match on the show would be the World title match between Rick Rude and Big Van Vader.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Paul E. Dangerously was far from happy about his client, the World champion, being the first man through the curtain.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Dangerously: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">He is the World champion, he is undefeated, he is the greatest wrestler in WCW and you, sir, you have him coming out to open the show when for so many months that has been the preserve of the Television champion! Not to take anything from Vinnie Vegas, but surely you can see that this is something of a slight to my client!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Ventura</strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Well Paul, your client didn’t seem in any rush to defend the title last week, so I took it upon myself to make sure he was up first tonight.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Dangerously: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">My client wants a worthy challenger – something you’ve clearly found for him tonight! But the idea that he should defend his title against Ric Flair again-</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Ventura</strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Paul, no-one was talking about Flair and Rude again except the Okie to our right. Now, Flair’s qualified for the tournament so it could be him and Rude at Starrcade – but he’s got to get through fifteen other guys to get there. Anyone who wins four straight in this tournament deserves that title shot – there’s a great mix of experience, youth, international flavour and a couple of wild cards in there, including two of your boys!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Dangerously: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">And that’s another thing! How can you expect Arn Anderson and Steve Austin to share a locker room with Rick Rude right now? How can you expect them to compete against Rude when one inevitably wins this tournament? How-</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Ventura</strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Well let’s find out, shall we? At Clash of the Champions XXV later this month, it’s going to be Rick Rude and Big Van Vader teaming up to take on the tournament winner and a partner of their choice!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Dangerously: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">What?</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Ventura</strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">That’s right – and if Austin or Anderson wins, maybe they’ll pick each other for that tag match, and we can see how much effort they’ll put into competing with Rude – if he still has the title!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Dangerously: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Commissioner-</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Ventura</strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">I think you should shut up now, Paul, before he makes it worse for you...</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> In the ring, Vader was ferociously battering the World champion, who was using every trick in his book – and a couple in Madusa’s, before Harley Race chased her away from the ring – to keep the challenger at bay. Rude had just evaded being crushed with a big splash, but an avalanche in the corner left the champion on shaky legs.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Ross: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">The champion is in danger!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> With the title on the line, Rude dug deeper still and stopped Vader in his tracks with an almighty right hook that caught Vader flush on the side of the head. Momentarily stunned, Vader was open to Rude hitting him with one, two, three clotheslines, the last knocking him to the mat.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Ross: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">And Vader is down! Rick Rude may have weathered the storm!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Ventura</strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Or he may have found himself in its eye!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Rude kept up his assault, but the damage he inflicted was limited by his struggles to lift Vader – even with the champion’s incredible strength, the 450 pounder was just too heavy to slam or suplex, and an attempt at the latter saw Vader reverse and suplex Rude out of the ring to the arena floor.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Ross: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Oh, what a landing! I’m struggling to think of any wrestler I’ve seen who’s been anywhere near as dominant as Big Van Vader!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Ventura</strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">And you have to remember, Ross; Vader’s still a young wrestler – yes, he’s been in Europe and Japan before coming to WCW, but I recruited him as a prospect. He’s learning under Harley Race and, well...</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Following Rude to the outside, Vader grabbed the champion by the head and pitched him into the guard rail.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Ventura</strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">...he’s a quick learner!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> With no-one around to help Rude, Vader flattened him with a hefty clothesline as he tried to stand. Harley Race approached, yelling at the mastodon to end Rude and take the title. Vader looked to Race for direction, and Race responded with a gesture: Clasped hands.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Ross: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">The powerbomb! No-one’s got up from it – no-one!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Ventura</strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">There’s always a first time, Ross, but it’s not looking good for Rude right now!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Vader was about to roll Rude back into the ring when Race stopped him and gestured to the ground. Vader smiled as the import of Race’s words hit home, and set Rude up for the powerbomb outside the ring.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Ventura</strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Really not looking good.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Dangerously: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Commissioner, you could stop this-</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Ventura</strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Stop what, Paul? This is where the metal meets the meat – and we find out just how much Rude wants to keep that title!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> As Vader stood poised over Rude...</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Ross: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Oh!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> ...the champion went low, putting everything he had into an uppercut that left the challenger doubled over and gasping for air. Rude rose slowly and kicked Vader in the face, rocking the bigger man back on his heels. Grabbing at Vader’s head Rude tried to turn him around for a Rude Awakening. Although he nearly got Vader turned around, the challenger grabbed Rude’s arms and pried them off his head, breaking free. Vader once more threw Rude into the guard rail. Before Rude had the chance to react, Vader charged at him as fast as he could, slamming into Rude and the guard rail and sending both flying as their combined weight tore it free and into the rows of seats beyond them, scattering fans before them as they ploughed into the steel chairs and the hard concrete floor.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Dangerously: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Enough is enough! I’ve sat by and suffered while my client has had to tackle this monster on his own! Commissioner, I’m imploring you, have this match called off!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Ventura</strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Paul, it’s not my decision to make, but...</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> The referee stood over the pair, counting slowly and watching for any sign of movement from either Rude or Vader.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Ventura</strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">...It is his – if neither man gets up, it’s a draw.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Ross: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">And if one man does?</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Ventura</strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Then they keep fighting until we get a clear decision.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> But that wouldn’t come on this night. With neither man moving as the count reached ten, the referee signalled for the bell – and the match was called as a no-contest.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> As the referee checked on the two fighters...</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="QeU8n6c.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/QeU8n6c.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="RGONUj8.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/RGONUj8.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="IByjvix.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/IByjvix.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div></div><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="fw58PGi.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/fw58PGi.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="BiyIlky.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/BiyIlky.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="3QAQ87s.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/3QAQ87s.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div></div><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> ...the other members of the Kingdom and Dangerous Alliance made their way down to the ring. Mr Hughes and the One Percenters gathered around Vader, while Madusa joined Anderson and Austin in trying to pick up Rude. Separating the two was not easy, not least because of the twisted barrier around them, and the two groups nearly came to blows before Race and Dangerously got in between them, returning their attention to their fallen comrades.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Ross: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Well, that was quite the start to Saturday Night! Commissioner, and we have so much more to come!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Ventura</strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">That’s right Ross – not least the first four matches of the tournament, including Ric Flair against the Japanese sensation Masahiro Chono!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">WCW Hotline Show Notes</span></div></div></div></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div></div><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="L7WIUfe.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/L7WIUfe.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div></div><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Before the main event, Ric Flair praised his opponent, Masahiro Chono, as one of the toughest wrestlers in the world.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Flair: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Chono deserves this spot, Patricia! Last year he won the G1 Climax over in Japan – the very best they have, all in, and Chono came out on top! Then this year he went back in and did it all over again! SO this is a man who knows tournaments, who knows how to beat the best of the best and who – Whoooo! – could even be the Man from Japan! I’ll have to be at my best to beat him, Patricia, but right now I’ll you that I’ve never felt better!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> The night’s main event saw the Nature Boy clashing with the hard-hitting Chono, out to prove himself to a new audience. With a largely unknown opponent across the ring from him, Flair fought a fairly simple match focused on Chono’s legs, with Dangerously on commentary noting that Chono liked to land a big boot to finish his matches. But Chono is a competitor of varied talents, and to Flair’s evident surprise an early Figure Four attempt was countered into an STF that had Flair scrambling for the ropes.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Ross: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">He’s young, but Chono is no rookie! The Nature Boy is in a fight here!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Chono visibly grew in confidence as he took the fight to his legendary opponent, scoring with a belly-to-back suplex and an atomic drop to wear down Flair. Flair fired back, but Chono was relentless, getting a near fall off a diving shoulder block, before Flair could only break the pin after a Russian legsweep by getting one foot under the ropes. Chono looked irritated to be denied victory again, but moved to set Flair up for something that looked remarkably like a Rude Awakening – before Flair suddenly countered with a backslide that was just enough to put Chono down for three!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Ross: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">It got Flair at Halloween Havoc, but he had the counter tonight! Flair advances – and offers a handshake out of respect to his opponent! Masa Chono can return to Japan with his head held high after an effort like that!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> One tournament match that may have looked lopsided on paper was the pairing of the fast-rising Chris Jericho with the wildman Cactus Jack. With Jack outweighing his opponent by sixty pounds and seemingly having no limits on what he’ll do to win a match, he was the heavy favourite going into the match, but as is often the case ‘twas beauty that felled the beast – or, at least, Tammy who tripped Cactus as he tried to suplex Jericho into the ring. Jericho fell on top of Cactus, and with Tammy hauling on the New Mexican’s legs, Jericho was just able to snatch the win – but he and Tammy made sure to beat a hasty retreat before celebrating, as Cactus was both fresh enough to keep fighting, and quite mad enough that even the referee ran from the ring rather than stay in arm’s reach!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Vinnie Vegas isn’t a part of the tournament, but with both the Television title and United States tag title belts around his waist as he approached the ring, we don’t think that the big man has the time! Vegas took down Firebreaker Chip with a Snake Eyes to defend the first half of the gold. Afterwards, Vegas exchanged a salute with Shawn Michaels as the Rough Diamond made his way to the ring for his first round match.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Michaels was facing Lance Storm, with the young Thrillseeker having qualified on Main Event last week. The duo, future stars for sure, were pretty evenly matched, with Storm perhaps being the more technically proficient, and Michaels a little faster. The pair went back and forth, but it was the managers who made the difference; Tammy argued a point with the official, and Diamond Dallas Page belted Storm with a roll of quarters, leaving him unable to defend himself from the Teardrop Suplex as Michaels advanced to round two!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Michaels gave the same salute to Diamond Studd in turn as Studd entered for his tournament match with Sting, the two having qualified in matches at WCW live events over the course of the week. Sting and Studd always have great matches, and this was another such effort as the imposing Studd made Sting reach deep into his repertoire, mixing up speed and strength as Studd came close several times to landing the Diamond Death Drop, only for Sting to counter the third attempt with a rollup, turning Studd over into the Scorpion Deathlock to force the submission and book his place in the second round!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Ross: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">And listen to the crowd! They wanted this – and Sting’s made sure that they got it!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong> Dangerously: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Yeah, well, they should enjoy it while it lasts, Ross – Sting’s not winning this, not with Arn Anderson and Steve Austin on the other side of the draw!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Nikita Koloff and Ron Simmons continued to stake their claim for a title shot once the new champions are fit to compete – the hulking duo were nothing short of devastating against the Lightning Express, with Koloff crushing Brad Armstrong with a Jackhammer for the win.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Show rating: B+</strong></div></div></div></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div></div><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="3DcoZDk.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/3DcoZDk.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div></div><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> *</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div> <div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="kWQWHhq.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/kWQWHhq.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><strong>WCW Main Event</strong></p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>First round: Marcus Bagwell vs. Scott Steiner</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>First round: El Tigre Blanco vs. Steve Austin</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>First round: Konnan vs. Steve Williams</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>The Bad Crew vs. The Stocks And Shares Express © – NWA World Tag Team Titles</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>Beat The Champ: Mike Droese vs. Vinnie Vegas © – WCW Television Title</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>Ron Simmons and Nikita Koloff vs. The One Percenters</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </p><p> <table class="MsoNormalTable" style="border-collapse:collapse;mso-table-layout-alt:fixed;border:none; mso-border-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-yfti-tbllook:160;mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;mso-border-insideh:1.0pt solid windowtext;mso-border-insidev: 1.0pt solid windowtext" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="1" align="center"> <tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes"> <td style="width:56.4pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="94" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>1R: Lance Storm</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </td> <td style="width:56.4pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="94" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>1R: Shawn Michaels</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </td> <td style="width:56.4pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="94" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>1R: Ric Flair</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </td> <td style="width:56.4pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="94" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>1R: Masahiro Chono</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </td> <td style="width:56.4pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="94" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>1R: Sting</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </td> <td style="width:56.4pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="94" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>1R: The Diamond Studd</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </td> <td style="width:56.4pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="94" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>1R: Konnan</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </td> <td style="width:56.4pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="94" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>1R: Steve Williams</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:1"> <td colspan="2" style="width:112.8pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="188" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>QF: Shawn Michaels</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </td> <td colspan="2" style="width:112.8pt;border-top:none; border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="188" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>QF: Ric Flair</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </td> <td colspan="2" style="width:112.8pt;border-top:none; border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="188" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>QF: Sting</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </td> <td colspan="2" style="width:112.8pt;border-top:none; border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="188" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>QF:</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:2"> <td colspan="4" style="width:225.6pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="376" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>SF:</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </td> <td colspan="4" style="width:225.6pt;border-top:none; border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="376" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>SF:</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:3"> <td colspan="8" style="width:451.2pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="752" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>Final:</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:4"> <td colspan="4" style="width:225.6pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="376" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>SF:</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </td> <td colspan="4" style="width:225.6pt;border-top:none; border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="376" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>SF:</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:5"> <td colspan="2" style="width:112.8pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="188" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>QF: Chris Jericho</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </td> <td colspan="2" style="width:112.8pt;border-top:none; border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="188" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>QF:</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </td> <td colspan="2" style="width:112.8pt;border-top:none; border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="188" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>QF: </p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </td> <td colspan="2" style="width:112.8pt;border-top:none; border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="188" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>QF:</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:6;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes"> <td style="width:56.4pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="94" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>1R: Chris Jericho</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </td> <td style="width:56.4pt;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="94" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>1R: Cactus Jack</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </td> <td style="width:56.4pt;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="94" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>1R: El Tigre Blanco</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </td> <td style="width:56.4pt;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="94" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>1R: Steve Austin</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </td> <td style="width:56.4pt;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="94" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>1R: Marcus Bagwell</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </td> <td style="width:56.4pt;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="94" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>1R: Scott Steiner</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </td> <td style="width:56.4pt;border-top:none;border-left:none; 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I see what you're saying, but I think the smaller feds tend (in my experience) to attract loyalist crowds who're mostly concerned with how good a show is - not an absolute, by any means, but the fans who're there show-in, show-out tend to connect with the workers who're likewise. Of course, those aren't the fans who're going to grow the company - those are more likely to be drawn in by a 'star' so... Yeah. I do see what you're saying.

Interesting that the change only seems to affect area battles, and not regional battles - that makes sense, as at the smaller size it’s realistic that it’s about show quality.

<p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">News from the wrestling world in October 1992: Matt Hardy, Kent Cole and Keith Cole all ink developmental deals with WCW ... The Sheik is inducted into the Hall of Immortals ... Bushwhacker Butch leaves the WWF ... UWFi go out of business ... WWF Bad Blood was headlined by Sgt Slaughter beating Mr Perfect and Greg Valentine retaining against Jake Roberts in a pair of great matches; The show scores a B overall ... Eagle Sawai and youngster Shane Helms both suffer broken backs ... In separate matches ... Nailz signs with the WWF, and surely that won’t lead to any problems whatsoever ... Nobuhiko Takada signs a written deal with NJPW, in spite of having long-term hip issues ... All Star in New England are upsetting everyone, with IWCCW and UWF both becoming hostile to them; UWF are also acting hostilely to WWC and PNW for no clear reason, except possibly Herb Abrams ... Paul Orndorff returns to the WWF ... Mr T announces that he’s taking bookings ... In case anyone’s wondering what the other half of the inaugural WrestleMania main event are up to, Roddy Piper just returned to WWF from making a movie and Hulk Hogan put over Jim Duggan again on Superstars ... Terry Gordy and Mike Awesome both sustain herniated discs ... ECWA announce that they’re promoting Sid Vicious as their figurehead; On the same day, news breaks that ECWA have become hostile to the MEWF, SSW and the GWF ... A 17 year old German named Alex Wright makes his professional debut, which is surely nothing for WCW to get excited about</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="plggoJ2.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/plggoJ2.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><strong>WCW Saturday Night</strong></p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>Big Van Vader vs. Rick Rude © – WCW World Title</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>Beat The Champ: ??? vs. Vinnie Vegas © – WCW Television Title</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>Ron Simmons and Nikita Koloff vs. The Lightning Express</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>First round: Lance Storm vs. Shawn Michaels</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>First round: Sting vs. The Diamond Studd</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>First round: Chris Jericho vs. Cactus Jack</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>First round: Ric Flair vs. Masahiro Chono</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </p><p> <table class="MsoNormalTable" style="border-collapse:collapse;mso-table-layout-alt:fixed;border:none; mso-border-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-yfti-tbllook:160;mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;mso-border-insideh:1.0pt solid windowtext;mso-border-insidev: 1.0pt solid windowtext" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="1" align="center"> <tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes"> <td style="width:56.4pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="94" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>1R: Lance Storm</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </td> <td style="width:56.4pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="94" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>1R: Shawn Michaels</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </td> <td style="width:56.4pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="94" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>1R: Ric Flair</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </td> <td style="width:56.4pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="94" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>1R: Masahiro Chono</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </td> <td style="width:56.4pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="94" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>1R: Sting</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </td> <td style="width:56.4pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="94" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>1R: The Diamond Studd</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </td> <td style="width:56.4pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="94" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>1R: Konnan</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </td> <td style="width:56.4pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="94" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>1R: Steve Williams</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:1"> <td colspan="2" style="width:112.8pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="188" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>QF:</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </td> <td colspan="2" style="width:112.8pt;border-top:none; border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="188" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>QF:</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </td> <td colspan="2" style="width:112.8pt;border-top:none; border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="188" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>QF:</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </td> <td colspan="2" style="width:112.8pt;border-top:none; border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="188" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>QF:</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:2"> <td colspan="4" style="width:225.6pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="376" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>SF:</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </td> <td colspan="4" style="width:225.6pt;border-top:none; border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="376" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>SF:</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:3"> <td colspan="8" style="width:451.2pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="752" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>Final:</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:4"> <td colspan="4" style="width:225.6pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="376" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>SF:</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </td> <td colspan="4" style="width:225.6pt;border-top:none; border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="376" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>SF:</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:5"> <td colspan="2" style="width:112.8pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="188" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>QF:</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </td> <td colspan="2" style="width:112.8pt;border-top:none; border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="188" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>QF:</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </td> <td colspan="2" style="width:112.8pt;border-top:none; border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="188" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>QF:</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </td> <td colspan="2" style="width:112.8pt;border-top:none; border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="188" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>QF:</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:6;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes"> <td style="width:56.4pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="94" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>1R: Chris Jericho</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </td> <td style="width:56.4pt;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="94" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>1R: Cactus Jack</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </td> <td style="width:56.4pt;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="94" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>1R: El Tigre Blanco</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </td> <td style="width:56.4pt;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="94" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>1R: Steve Austin</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </td> <td style="width:56.4pt;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="94" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>1R: Marcus Bagwell</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </td> <td style="width:56.4pt;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" width="94" valign="top"> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>1R: Scott Steiner</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </td> <td style="width:56.4pt;border-top:none;border-left:none; 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<p>Not a complete list as I'm in the PM section right now, but NWA titles have been defended at the following comapny's shows:</p><p> </p><p> WCCW, WCWP, ECWA, IWCCW, TWF, WWC, UWFi (now defunct), PNW, ECW, PWF and the LPWA.</p><p> </p><p> I think LMLW are in as well, or they may just be in a working agreement with WCW.</p><p> </p><p> I've invited a couple of feds in to the NWA - TWF and the women's feds, at least. ECW debuted as a member.</p><p> </p><p> EDIT: The Full list is ECWA, ECW, IWCCW, LMLW, LPWA, PNW, PWA, TWF, both WCWs*, WCCW and the WWC.</p><p> </p><p> <span style="font-size:8px;">Us and Windy City Wrestling, technically WCWP, but I like that we have IWCCW, WCW, WCW, WCCW and WWC</span></p><p> </p><p> *</p><p> </p><p> Apropos nothing, my current top 5 Who's Hot:</p><p> </p><p> #5 Scott Steiner</p><p> #4 Ron Simmons</p><p> #3 Terence Taylor</p><p> #2 Diamond Dallas Page</p><p> #1 <em>Robert Gibson</em></p><p> </p><p> Hot angles... and meanwhile Marcus Bagwell is coldest of the cold. I really do need to do something about that....</p>

<p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="kWQWHhq.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/kWQWHhq.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><strong>World Championship Wrestling presents: Main Event</strong></p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><strong>Sunday, Week 4, October 1992</strong></p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>Your commentators: Tony Schiavone and Eric Bischoff</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Segment of the Night – The prize in this tournament? A match with the undefeated Rick Rude!</span></p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p> <img alt="hy1Y1vz.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/hy1Y1vz.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><div style="text-align:center;"></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">In the Dangerous Alliance’s locker room, Paul E. Dangerously stood in front of a wall covered in pictures of WCW competitors surrounded by pages of notes, with lengths of string linking certain areas.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Dangerously: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Ladies and gentlemen, my name is Paul E. Dangerously and I am the tactician, General, mastermind and commander-in-chief of the Dangerous Alliance. Last night you saw Jesse Ventura declare that, not only will Rick Rude defend his WCW World title against Big Van Vader-</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> He put out a hand, the antenna of his cellphone pointing to the picture of the masked Mastodon.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Dangerously: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">-but that when he succeeds in that match, he must take on the winner of a sixteen-man tournament at Starrcade.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Dangerously’s other hand swept over the rest of the wall, and the array of stars displayed on it.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Dangerously: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><em>Someone</em></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> is going to do very well in this tournament. </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><em>Someone</em></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> is going to win four straight, and go on to headline Starrcade. </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><em>Someone</em></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> will get a World title shot on the biggest night in the wrestling calendar.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Dangerously smiled, although there was no warmth in the expression. He beckoned offscreen, and was joined by...</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="lcGavxb.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/lcGavxb.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div></div><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> ...the World champion himself.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Dangerously: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><em>Someone</em></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> will step into the ring with the undefeated, reigning, defending WCW World Heavyweight champion, ‘Ravishing’ Rick Rude!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Rude: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Whoever you are, enjoy your moment in the spotlight. When you find me at Starrcade, the journey ends, and your dream of becoming the World champion will be met with a very rude awakening!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">WCW Hotline Show Notes</span></div></div></div></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div></div><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><img alt="9TBEYEt.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/9TBEYEt.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><div style="text-align:center;"></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div></div><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> It was a night where several competitors sought to earn slots in the World title contendership tournament; Scott Steiner, Marcus Bagwell and Cactus Jack all booked their places via wins in singles competition, while the Thrillseekers capitalised on a chaotic four corners tag match to join them! With eleven spots left to decide, WCW live shows over the coming week will determine the final entrants – although we’re hearing that there may be an international flavour to the tournament with entrants invited from both AJPW and NJPW!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Cactus Jack made clear that, no matter how badly banged up he may be, he’s always going to be chasing the next fight – and the next chance for gold!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> The one non-tournament singles match still had title implications; Vinnie Vegas defended the WCW Television title successfully against Todd Champion of the WCW Special Forces! Unlike Saturday’s matches, Diamond Dallas Page didn’t need to get involved beyond his usual aggravating presence at ringside, as Vegas overpowered Champion and won with the Snake Eyes!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> The Young Pistols and Michael Hayes won’t be in the World title hunt, but have their Six Man titles to defend!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Ron Simmons and Nikita Koloff want a tag team title shot – and began their campaign to prove themselves by devastating the young Japanese tandem known as Brutal K, who didn’t even have a chance for their usual shenanigans before they were overpowered. Manager Teddy Long was left looking thoughtful after the heavy loss...</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> The York Foundation have bypassed the upcoming tournament to focus on defending their NWA titles – which the Foundation maintain have as much value as WCW’s World and World Tag Team titles!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><strong>Show rating: B</strong></p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="3DcoZDk.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/3DcoZDk.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:AllowPNG/> <o:TargetScreenSize>1024x768</o:TargetScreenSize> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> </w:Compatibility> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--></p>

<p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="plggoJ2.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/plggoJ2.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><strong>World Championship Wrestling presents: Saturday Night</strong></p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><strong>Saturday, Week 4, October 1992</strong></p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>Your commentators: Jim Ross and Paul E. Dangerously</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Segment of the Night – The Commissioner has an announcement!</span></p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p> <img alt="r6434EK.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/r6434EK.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="q8m9fFW.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/q8m9fFW.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="3QAQ87s.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/3QAQ87s.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><div style="text-align:center;"></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Ric Flair and Steve Austin were deep into their match, with Austin going after Flair’s bad leg and Flair fighting a defensive and opportunistic style designed to minimise damage suffered – and capitalise on each one of his younger opponent’s overenthusiastic attempts to put Flair down.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Ross: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Paul, I have to wonder... whichever of these men wins tonight, they have to be in a good place to pursue a World title shot, wouldn’t you think?</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Dangerously: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Ross, you keep trying to stir up trouble with the Dangerous Alliance. It’s not going to work! We’re a united front – when Austin wins, Austin wins; He’s not going to demand a World title shot!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> The match continued, but after a couple of minutes...</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="QscAOzc.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/QscAOzc.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div></div><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> ...Rick Rude walked down the aisle as Austin tossed Flair through the ropes to the outside. Austin looked ready to pursue the Nature Boy, but Rude barely broke stride as he kicked Flair in the head, knocking him down and causing the referee to call for the bell. Rude continued his assault, hurling Flair into the crowd barrier before following up with a powerslam on the arena floor. With Flair down, Rude climbed into the ring and demanded a microphone, his gaze fixed on Austin as the United States champion stared at him questioningly.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Rude: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">First of all, Steve, I’m sorry. Nothing against you, and I’ll make it up to you for the money you lost by not beating Flair in the middle of the ring.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Austin looked a little calmer, but still not wholly happy.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Rude: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Now, you being out here in the ring won’t have heard what that fat sack of crap sat next to Paul E had to say earlier – that he thought whoever won this match should get a World title shot. It’s been a year – a </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><em>year</em></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> – that I’ve been undefeated here in WCW. Eight months as the World champion. I’ve beaten Koloff, Sting, Flair, Steamboat, Rhodes... The list goes on. And two nights’ ago I beat Flair, clean as you like, in the middle of the ring. And it cost me, yeah...</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> He rubbed his stomach absently.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Rude: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">...but I won! Ric Flair, the so-called Man, was down and out... but already his followers are lobbying for a rematch. So I came out here to remind everyone that I beat Flair, that I’ll beat him again, and that this company is run by the Dangerous Alliance!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div class="ipsEmbeddedVideo"><div><iframe width="200" height="113" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/LxkJdmtHjmo?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" title="Jesse The Body Ventura WCW Theme"></iframe></div></div></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><img alt="8OuOaKU.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/8OuOaKU.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><div style="text-align:center;"></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div></div><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Jesse Ventura walked down the aisle, pausing to check on Flair as he was tended to by some referees.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Ventura</strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">So let me get this straight: You interrupt a title match in the main event of prime-time TV, and you think that’s okay? You think that I’m going to just hand a title shot to Ric Flair – or Steve Austin, for that matter?</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Ventura</strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">I think that title belt of yours might be starting to get a little heavy for you to carry, Rick. You won a great match two nights ago, no question, but you won it at the death – and that was incredible, one of the matches of the year... but it wasn’t easy for you.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Ventura</strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">And that’s great. I don’t </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><em>want</em></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> champions fighting in easy matches. I </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><em>loved</em></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> what Sting did with the United States title, putting it on the line every week. We saw some great matches, and that’s given me an idea or two.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Ventura</strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">I want to see you fighting someone for the title who can push you every bit as hard as Ric Flair did, and maybe even a little harder. And that someone’s going to have to earn that title match by going through some of the very best wrestlers in the world today. So starting next week there’s going to be a tournament featuring sixteen of those great wrestlers, with the winner going to Starrcade to face you or your successor in the main event for the WCW World title!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> As the fans cheered this announcement, Rude could be seen mouthing the word ‘successor’.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Ventura</strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Yeah, you heard me. You see, you have to defend that title every single month of the year, no skipping, and with the tournament not concluding until the Clash next month, you won’t have a title match there... but you will defend your title in November, and I don’t see any reason to make the fans wait. Next week, here on Saturday Night, you’ll be facing another man who took a hell of a beating at Halloween Havoc, a man who still found a way to walk out the winner, a man who’s as much in need of rest and recuperation as you right now, but who I know will be a hundred percent fit next week, especially with the chance to win the World title on the line!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Ventura</strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Next week you’ll be defending your WCW World title... against Big Van Vader!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Ross: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Oh my!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Dangerously: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">What?!?</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Inside the ring, Rude threw his mic to the mat and marched over to the ropes, pointing and snarling at Ventura as the Commissioner stared back at him evenly.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Ventura</strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Oh, and because it worked out so well two night’s ago... that match will be no countouts and no disqualifications!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> With a smile Ventura turned and walked away, leaving Rude to continue his protests fruitlessly in the ring.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Ross: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">And what a match that promises to be! Folks, stay tuned to WCW programming for more on the upcoming tournament – and this huge announcement regarding the World title!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">WCW Hotline Show Notes</span></div></div></div></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div></div><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="JVu9BZi.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/JVu9BZi.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div></div><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Ric Flair, Rick Rude and Big Van Vader were far from the only competitors suffering the effects of Halloween Havoc; All four contestants in the World tag title match have been placed on medical leave for at least two weeks to recover from the injuries they sustained in the cage match! That meant that Dustin Rhodes and Barry Windham couldn’t answer for themselves when Nikita Koloff and Ron Simmons came looking for a tag title match, but Jesse Ventura could – and the newly allied pairing were told to earn their shot, starting on Sunday night against Brutal K!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Simmons may have some frustration to vent in that match, following as it does his failure to unseat Vinnie Vegas as Television champion; However, the blame can hardly be said to lie with Simmons, as Diamond Dallas Page and a roll of silver quarters were heavily involved in the finish to the match!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Randy Savage was in a thoughtful mood when approached backstage. He admitted that his loss to Scott Steiner several weeks ago had been a chastening experience, that his opponent had taken the win cleanly... and brutally.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong> Savage: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Time was, the Macho Man wouldn’t stop going after Scott Steiner, ooh yeah, but maybe now, maybe the </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><em>smart</em></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> thing to do is to know when to fold ‘em. Maybe the Steiner Animal has my number. Maybe I should take the loss, and change my focus. Maybe... Who knows what the future holds? Who knows which way the Madness will turn next?</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> For his part, Scott Steiner bulldozed his way through the challenge of the young Canadian, Chris Jericho – even though Tammy was surely a distraction at ringside! We can’t help but wonder if Steiner is being considered for a place in the upcoming tournament! We hear there’ll be qualification matches on Main Event tomorrow night!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Sting had a big loss on Thursday night as the United States championship changed hands to Steve Austin, but the crowd favourite found momentum against Brad Armstrong, taking victory with a Scorpion Deathlock – even if he did seem somewhat preoccupied afterwards.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Big Van Vader has a big match ahead, but the Ultimate Warrior is gunning for the man called Vader – not that Vader is looking to avoid that confrontation!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Shawn Michaels followed up his victory over Michael Hayes with a win over fellow young prospect Marcus Bagwell, although he needed a handful of the ropes to do it – clearly Diamond Dallas Page is teaching his charges to win at any cost! After the match Michaels indicated that he had gold on his mind – could he be thinking of challenging Vegas?</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> The Diamond Studd had the opportunity to make it a great night for the Diamond Exchange, but Bret Hart in turn was out to regain his lost momentum after defeat at Halloween Havoc; The Hitman took the duke with a Sharpshooter on Studd in a thrilling affair. We see big things in the future for both these up-and-coming young talents!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> The Malenkos, Joe and Dean, have unveiled a new streak of viciousness in recent outings, and seemed intent on sending a message here against Blanco & Konnan. Rather than pursuing the win, the Malenkos attacked their opponents with chairs after a few minutes, levelling both masked competitors and taking the loss – but walking out with their heads high while Blanco and Konnan had to be helped from the ring.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Show rating: B+</strong></div></div></div></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div></div><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="3DcoZDk.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/3DcoZDk.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div></div><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><em>OOC: Seriously, though, Simmons and Koloff pull an A* segment ... Steve Austin got an A* for his performance in the main event, versus A for Ric Flair ... Diamond Studd got caught using hard drugs; A stern warning improved his behaviour and he, DDP, Vinnie Vegas, Shawn Michaels and Dusty Rhodes are all happier as a result ... AJPW have hit some trouble , as previously noted, and released Kenta Kobashi; Sadly New Japan bid a lot more for him than Ted Turner would agree to for someone who’d have been propping up the card in WCW</em></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> *</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div> <div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="kWQWHhq.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/kWQWHhq.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><strong>WCW Main Event</strong></p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>Beat The Champ: Todd Champion vs. Vinnie Vegas © – WCW Television Title</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>Nikita Koloff and Ron Simmons vs. Brutal K</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>Tournament qualifier: The Thrillseekers vs. The Young Pistols vs. The Lightning Express vs. The One Percenters</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>Tournament qualifier: Michael Hayes vs. Scott Steiner</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>Tournament qualifier: The Patriot vs. Cactus Jack</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>Tournament qualifier: Marcus Bagwell vs. Mr Hughes</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p> </p><p> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:AllowPNG/> <o:TargetScreenSize>1024x768</o:TargetScreenSize> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> </w:Compatibility> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id=ieooui></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--></p></div><p></p>