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The Monday Night Wars: Week 2, March 1998

Thank you! The end is nearly in sight too, we are about to wrap this up

ECW Week 1, March <img style="max-width:60%; "src="https://i.imgur.com/KHIBBqF.jpg"> Week 1, March 1998 Highlights from ECW Living Dangerously 1998

<img style="max-width:60%; "src="https://i.imgur.com/yBV7cXp.jpg"> Week 1, March 1998 Portland Memorial Coliseum (Portland, Oregon) ATT: 12,900 TV: 28.52 Announce Team: Tony Schiavone, Dusty Rhodes and Larry Zbyszko

Thanks folks.....as you can see this is still going.....although it’s going to be crawling at a snails pace to the finish line. We have a month to get through before I close the doors on this project once and for all, but I’ll get there

<img style="max-width:60%; "src="https://i.imgur.com/BC8Hy9X.jpg"> Week 1, March 1998 Worcester Centrum (Worcester, Massachusetts) ATT: 13,334 TV: 38.16

<img style="max-width:60%; "src="https://i.imgur.com/hzf7tIZ.jpg"> Week 1, March 1998 Coleman Coliseum (Tuscaloosa, Alabama) ATT: 15,000 TV: 29.34 Announce Team: Tony Schiavone, Bobby Heenan and Mike Tenay

The Monday Night Wars: Week 1, March 1998

<p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:50%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/09FFf1q.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/09FFf1q.jpg"></a></p><p> <strong>Week 4, January 1998</strong></p><p><strong> Greensboro Coliseum (Greensboro, North Carolina)</strong></p><p><strong> ATT: 30,000</strong></p><p><strong> PPV BUY: 2.04</strong></p><p><strong> Announce Team: Tony Schiavone, Dusty Rhodes & Bobby "The Brain" Heenan</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43289" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/XLXKSE6.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/XLXKSE6.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/UYrhObc.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/UYrhObc.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/6hUfwC7.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/6hUfwC7.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> .....it's that time again.....it's Sunday Night, we're live on Pay Per View and we open up straight at the announce desk, where Tony Schiavone is alongside Bobby Heenan and Dusty Rhodes.....and Tony Schiavone is in full hype mode.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>".....Ladies and Gentlemen, we welcome you to the night where scores will be settled.....we welcome you to the night when former friends collide......we welcome you to the night that nations go to war.....we welcome you to the night that the Blade Warriors explode.....it's Randy Savage vs. Shawn Michaels.....it's Sting vs. The Warrior.....it's a night you won't forget......because tonight, we welcome you.....to WCW SuperBrawl VIII....."</em></p><p> </p><p> .....the three men run down all the action that we’re going to see tonight, from the Team USA vs. The Sovereignty (which actually makes up TWO bouts tonight) with Dusty saying that he for one hopes that those All-American Boys give those Can-UK’s a good old taste of Americana tonight.....Bobby Heenan on the other hand isn’t feeling quite so patriotic.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>”.....I mean, I’m not just The Brain you know.....I’ve MET Her Majesty The Queen and she was quite complimentary.....so complimentary in fact that well, let’s just say that you can call me SIR Brain of Heenan.....”</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> “.....complimentary?.....what’chu talking about ‘complimentary’ Bobby Heenan? Ain’t no one EVA’ been complimentary about you baby.....”</em></p><p> </p><p> .....Bobby tells Dusty to have a little bit more respect, he can have the queen on the telephone in no time, and Dusty Rhodes might find himself doing some ‘Hard Times’ in the Tower of London.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Schiavone cuts off the bickering, telling us that on top of all that, we also have the United States Championship being defended (as Eddie Guerrero takes on JPL) the Forgotten putting the Tag Team Titles up against the Nasty Boys.....not to mention the Cruiserweight Title being on the line when Juventud Guerrera challenges Hayabusa.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>”.....and outside of our Championship bouts fans we have the battle of the big men.....giant vs giant, as Sid Vicious meets THE Giant.....the First Family in action.....and finally we have.....”</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <strong>”.....:::::!!!!!IF YA SMELLLLLLLLL......WHAT THE ROCK.....IS......COOKING!!!!!:::::......”</strong></p><p> </p><p> .....and finally (or should that be FIRSTLY) we have The Rock out for revenge against the man who cost him the United States Championship last month.....Curt Hennig.....and that match, is next.....</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Rating:</strong> N/A</p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p></div><div style="text-align:center;"></div><div></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43289" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;"></div><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/NDHKuSs.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/NDHKuSs.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/TFVQgbO.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/TFVQgbO.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/WH2bm4L.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/WH2bm4L.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> .....it’s perhaps a sign of quite how stacked the top end of the WCW roster is, when one of the most over gentlemen in the company (The Rock) is jerking the curtain.....but that’s exactly what he’s doing here, as he opens up the eighth annual SuperBrawl against Curt Hennig, in a match that many think Hennig has been trying to avoid.....</p><p> </p><p> .....whether he HAS been trying to avoid it or not is moot about now, because the match is happening and after Curt cost the Great One the opportunity to become the United States Champion (and then spent the subsequent weeks running from him) Rocky is VERY eager to get his hands on his opponent.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Rocky starts out strong and as Hennig (repeatedly) tries to escape from the clutches of his opponent he’s bumping all over the place.....and honestly, who bumps better than Curt Hennig? Go ahead, I’ll wait while you try and think of someone not called Shawn Michaels.....</p><p> </p><p> .....anyway, while you’re doing that I’ll just continue with the match write up, because Rocky ain’t waiting for no one.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Curt finally catches a breather, but he has to earn it, as a big right hand by Rocky sends him sailing over the top rope and down to the floor, where he at least gets a brief reprise.....it is only brief though, with The Rock heading straight outside to meet him.....he pummels Curt all over the ringside area before finally ramming Hennig’s head into the post so hard that Curt turns inside out right out there on the floor.....</p><p> </p><p> .....I think Hennig would have been happy to take a count-out loss there, but Rocky isn’t letting him off that easily, rolling his opponent back into the ring.....he perhaps should have taken that count-out win though, because as he rolls into the ring after him he’s met with a knee drop to the back of the head that finally slows him down enough for Hennig to take control of the contest.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Curt Hennig has done a lot of running away from the Rock as of late, but the times he hasn’t been running (usually after a cheap shot) he’s taken great pleasure in inflicting serious punishment onto the self proclaimed people’s champion.....he viciously assaulted him following his loss to Eddie Guerrero a few weeks back (a loss that actually came courtesy of Hennig) and he was especially effective with a steel chair in hand on a recent episode of WCW Thunder.....so it’s perhaps no surprise that he appears to be enjoying this extended heat spot greatly.....</p><p> </p><p> .....all of Curt’s ‘perfect’ cockiness returns as he arrogantly struts around the ring, nonchalantly batting his opponents about the back of the head with slaps, before deciding to finish him off once and for all with that Hennig-Plex.....he hooks Rocky into position, but before he can execute the move Rocky wriggles free and sends Curt into the ropes, driving him hard to the mat with a spinebuster on the return.....</p><p> </p><p> .....from there, The Rock begins to fight his way back into this.....he may be fully focused on Curt Hennig right now, but he must have one eye firmly fixed on Jean Paul Levesque too, with the pair exchanging insults for weeks now.....although JPL hasn’t been shy about getting others to do his dirty work for him, often enlisting the Totally Awesome Trinity to do a lot of the heavy lifting for him.....</p><p> </p><p> .....that being said, if Rocky DOES have his sights set on Levesque, he’s going to want to be heading into any potential match between the two of them with a victory here.....</p><p> </p><p> .....he continues to fight his way back into the match, mounting more and more of an offence as the bout goes on.....you can see the confidence slipping away from Hennig, who (after controlling a good portion of the action) reverts to attempting to keep as far away from The Rock as possible.....Rocky isn’t going to give him the chance to run though, finally (and decisively) putting Curt away right in the middle of the ring following a Rock Bottom.....</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Winner:</strong> The Rock</p><p> <strong>Rating:</strong> A</p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43289" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;"></div><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/jXXWvcr.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/jXXWvcr.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/zeh8M2B.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/zeh8M2B.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/2EPs81y.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/2EPs81y.jpg"></a> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/aQrP0BT.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/aQrP0BT.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> .....we leave The Rock to celebrate in front of his people as we go to the back, where a rather large black limousine is pulling into the parking lot.....</p><p> </p><p> .....we don’t have to wait long to discover its passengers either, because it’s barely come to a halt before the door swings open and The Macho Man comes flying furiously out, followed by the rest of the Titans of Wrestling.....</p><p> </p><p> .....well, some of them anyway.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Macho is there, as is The Warrior, Buff Bagwell and Vinnie Ru.....who’s NOT there though, is the Totally Awesome Trinity, who were fairly clear this past Thursday on Thunder when they told Buff Bagwell that they wouldn’t be fighting the Titans battles for them this evening.....</p><p> </p><p> .....that perhaps explains Savage’s less than positive demeanour, as the camera picks up his rantings about wanting to know where the Trinity are, even catching him telling Buff that he had <em>”one job to do, yeah.....didn’t do it”</em> as the group storm towards the entrance of the building.....</p><p> </p><p> .....they pass by the camera man (who’s doing his best to remain inconspicuous) and Macho grabs at him, dragging him closer so that he can address the Trinity directly.....he stares down the lens, telling Copeland, Cage and Traylor that they’d better get their butt’s into gear and quickly if they know what’s good for them, before shoving the backstage worker to one side and continuing into the arena.....</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Rating:</strong> B+</p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43289" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;"></div><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/mUmJjMS.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/mUmJjMS.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/OylBAgj.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/OylBAgj.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/yv7CIna.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/yv7CIna.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> .....our second match of the evening is our first title match of the evening.....our Cruiserweight Title match, which sees James Vandenberg’s Hayabusa put the gold on the line against the Youth Warrior, Juventud Guerrera.....</p><p> </p><p> .....this was a great match from an in ring perspective.....sure it didn’t receive quite the same reaction as our previous match, but the action was very good.....</p><p> </p><p> .....both of these men know how to fly and both of these men are extremely fast, with Hayabusa in particular seemingly having little regard for his own safety as he throws caution to the wind.....the death defying actions of our Cruiserweight Champion would perhaps have garnered him some crowd support in any normal circumstances, however, the fact that he aligns himself with James Vandenberg (coupled with the fact that he’s accompanied by both Jinsei Shinzaki AND Mortis) means that he is most certainly the heel in this contest.....</p><p> </p><p> .....as for James Vandenberg, he’s worked too long and too hard to finally capture that Cruiserweight Title, so he’s not about to give it up without a fight.....</p><p> </p><p> .....or fairly.....</p><p> </p><p> .....so despite Juvi coming close on numerous occasions, it was the men on the outside that were the difference makers.....and as Guerrera goes for that Juvi Driver, Vandenberg distracts the official while Mortis slides into the ring to clock the challenger in the back of the head with his Jester Cane, leaving Hayabusa to finish up the match with a Phoenix Splash.....</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Winner:</strong> ....and <strong>Still</strong> WCW Cruiserweight Champion.....Hayabusa.....</p><p> <strong>Rating:</strong> C+</p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43289" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;"></div><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/3HJxDov.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/3HJxDov.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/xaN8C3M.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/xaN8C3M.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/Ys3fjU3.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/Ys3fjU3.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> .....from there we go to a quick hype package, one that features the rise (and recent dominance) of Kevin Sullivan, Big Van Vader and Bam Bam Bigelow.....the WCW Tag Team Champions.....The Forgotten.....</p><p> </p><p> .....it’s bookended by clips of first the initial forming of the group and finally their Championship win last month, with shots of them absolutely dominating and decimating people along the way....shots of the Totally Awesome Trinity deliberately NOT getting involved in the Forgotten’s business, shots of the Public Enemy, Disco Inferno and Alex Wright getting crushed.....and finally shots of our Challengers this evening (The Nasty Boys) delivering a steel chair assisted attack on our champions.....</p><p> </p><p> .....it’s difficult to hype ANYONE up for a Nasty Boys match in 1998.....but we tried.....give us a break.....</p><p> </p><p> .....let’s go to the match.....</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Rating:</strong> B+</p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43289" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;"></div><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/xaN8C3M.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/xaN8C3M.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/Ys3fjU3.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/Ys3fjU3.jpg"></a> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/QvkDvk8.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/QvkDvk8.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/pYRfWcU.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/pYRfWcU.jpg"></a> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/L3KdHSe.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/L3KdHSe.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> .....seven or eight years ago, this would have been one hell of a match.....yeah, you can scoff all you like, but during their initial run with WCW back in 1990 the Nasty Boys put on some damn fine brawls with the Steiner Brothers, including arguably the match of the night at that years Halloween Havoc.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Father Time hasn’t been kind to Knobbs and Sags, but this was still a decent match.....decent because (considering the number of matches we DO have tonight) it didn’t go long.....in fact, this match and our previous match combined lasted less time than our opening contest.....</p><p> </p><p> .....what this was was a full blown, balls out brawl.....it was in the ring, out the ring, up the aisle and then back in the ring again.....the Nasty’s got their shots in, but it was nowhere near enough to put down a p!ssed off Forgotten, who (still furious at the recent actions of Shawn Michaels and Jean Paul Levesque) put an end to their challengers in about six minutes, with Vader crushing the spirit out of Sags body with a big Vader Bomb.....</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Winner(s):</strong> ....and <strong>Still</strong> WCW Tag Team Champions.....The Forgotten.....</p><p> <strong>Rating:</strong> B+</p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43289" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;"></div><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/3h3IKL8.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/3h3IKL8.jpg"></a> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/3HJxDov.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/3HJxDov.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/xaN8C3M.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/xaN8C3M.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/Ys3fjU3.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/Ys3fjU3.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> .....I don’t know who Mean Gene ticked off, but clearly someone.....because he has the unenviable task of coming out here to get word from the Forgotten.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>”.....and Kevin Sullivan, while no one can argue the result here tonight, it’s not been the best of weeks for your men.....first losing to Adam Copeland and Christian Cage on Nitro, before Bam Bam Bigelow was defeated by Shawn Michaels this past Thursday on Thunder.....your thoughts?.....”</em></p><p> </p><p> .....Sullivan tells Gene to (first of all) mind his tone when addressing the Forgotten, before saying that wins and losses are immaterial in the grander scheme of things.....what matters is how much destruction the Forgotten can leave in their wake and by his reckoning that’s. a lot.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>”.....and it’s only just beginning.....this right here tonight is a fine example of what happens when someone tries to take something that belongs to us.....that someone leaves the arena on a stretcher, and they don’t come back.....”</em></p><p> </p><p> .....Sully says that it doesn’t matter WHO steps up to the challenge of his Forgotten, they will NEVER back down from anyone or anything.....but clearly Shawn Michaels, Jean Paul Levesque and the Terrified Trio have realised that normal men just don’t measure up to the Forgotten.....Copeland and Cage can’t beat the Forgotten without help.....the great Shawn Michaels can’t beat Bam Bam Bigelow without help.....NO ONE can match what the Forgotten have.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>”.....but Mean Gene, anyone that doubts my words is welcome to try and prove me wrong.....the Forgotten will take on ANYONE.....any time, any where, any how, it doesn’t matter to us.....if The Road Warriors want a shot at these titles, step up.....Mike Awesome and Gideon Cain, sign on the dotted line.....the Blue Bloods? The Public Enemy? The Pitbulls?.....if Adam Copeland and Christian Cage want to try their luck again, we’re not hard to find.....you can consider that an open invitation Mean Gene.....an open invitation to ANY team in the back.....but if that is an invitation, then this is a plea.....</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> .....Shawn Michaels.....Jean Paul Levesque.....please.....PLEASE take us up on that offer.....Shawn Michaels, JPL.....you run your mouths like you’re seven feet tall.....five hundred pounds.....but believe me, when it comes to Big Van Vader and Bam Bam Bigelow, you just don’t measure up.....sign on the line.....sign for the match.....sign up.....and sign....your.....death warrants.....”</em></p><p> </p><p> .....sounds like the Forgotten haven’t ‘forgotten’ about Michaels, Levesque OR the Totally Awesome Trinity.....</p><p> </p><p> .....speaking of the Totally Awesome Trinity.....</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Rating:</strong> A</p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43289" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;"></div><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/jXXWvcr.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/jXXWvcr.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/zeh8M2B.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/zeh8M2B.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/2EPs81y.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/2EPs81y.jpg"></a> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/aQrP0BT.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/aQrP0BT.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> .....we head backstage, where Copeland, Cage and Traylor are STILL nowhere to be seen.....and the Macho Man is NOT happy about that.....no not at all.....</p><p> </p><p> .....he’s currently tossing stuff about the room screaming at Russo and Bagwell that he told them to be here.....he told Buff to tell them to be here, they’re not here, they’re somewhere else, where are they because they’re not here.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Russo and Bagwell do their best to calm Randy down (not Warrior, he doesn’t pay any mind to the situation.....in fact I don’t think he’s even noticed) but it’s not working.....tonight is a big night (yeah) with big implications (yeah) and attendance is mandatory (dig it?) so Buff gets the order.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>”.....find them.....call them, telephone, telegram, carrier pigeon, yeah, I don’t care.....just find them.....find them, get them, bring them here to me so that we can do the thing that we’re here to do.....</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> .....NOW.....”</em></p><p> </p><p> .....now indeed.....Buff Bagwell has a match of his own to prepare for, but he’s had his orders.....so he quickly bolts from the room on a Totally Awesome ‘Seek and Return’ mission, leaving Savage to remark to Russo that for “Titan’s”, they’re looking a little light right about now.....</p><p> </p><p> .....maybe he needs to do something about that.....</p><p> </p><p> .....quite what Savage means by that is anyone’s guess.....but since we’re already in the back, we may as well go to...... </p><p> </p><p> <strong>Rating:</strong> B+</p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43289" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;"></div><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/isSRl4K.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/isSRl4K.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/AAhTSYz.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/AAhTSYz.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> .....Mike Tenay.....</p><p> </p><p> .....who’s standing by backstage with the man (nay, giant) who will be competing next.....the mammoth, Sid Vicious.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Tenay says that Sid and The Giant have been circling each other for months now, ever since Sid’s debut back at November’s Mayhem event.....that circling has got increasingly more heated in recent weeks, eventually becoming physical.....which brings us to tonight.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>”.....because tonight, we will find out who the true giant in WCW is.....Sid Vicious? Or the man that’s so confident that he owns the title that he uses it for his own ring name.....The Giant.....”</em></p><p> </p><p> .....Sid lets out a maniacal laugh at that statement, telling Mike Tenay that the only thing the so-called Giant should be confident in, is that Sid Vicious is about to show him that no matter HOW big he is, he will only ever be HALF the man that Sid Vicious is.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>”.....because Giant.....tonight is the night that you find out that just being a big boy isn’t going to be enough if you can’t back it up.....you’ve had two years of walking around here as the ONLY giant in WCW, but all that came crashing down when Sid Vicious walked through that door.....</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> .....you would have done well to stay outta my way boy, but for as big as you are, you’re obviously not as smart.....because you didn’t just wake a sleeping giant.....you woke the master.....and ruler.....of the world.....”</em></p><p> </p><p> .....this next match is going to be terrible.....you know that right?.....</p><p> </p><p> .....this promo wasn’t great either.....</p><p> </p><p> .....shall we just get it over with?.....</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Rating:</strong> A</p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43289" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;"></div><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/eZhQXnt.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/eZhQXnt.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/TFVQgbO.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/TFVQgbO.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/ngncMpn.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/ngncMpn.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> .....it was so terrible.....</p><p> </p><p> .....ok, I’m being over dramatic.....if you were the type of person who say, writes a certain newsletter, or gives matches star ratings, I’m sure this match would get something along the lines of negative two stars.....</p><p> </p><p> .....but.....</p><p> </p><p> .....the crowd were actually into it, and OBVIOUSLY weren’t expecting a technical masterclass.....they were expecting two huge men to punch, kick and headbutt the crap out of each other.....they wanted the spectacle of two seven footers going to war, that’s what they got, and the crowd responded appropriately.....</p><p> </p><p> .....much like our last two matches, this was never destined to go long.....although, had this only been an eight match card this STILL wouldn’t have gone long, purely because of the people involved to begin with.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Sid calls himself the master and ruler of the world.....unfortunately for our official he’s got a hell of a clothesline on him too.....because as Sid tries to nail the Giant, the Big Man (again) showcases his surprising agility, dropping to the mat to avoid the shot, leaving the official to eat the move.....</p><p> </p><p> .....the ref goes down and Sid briefly checks on him, but he clearly senses the oncoming Giant, because he turns and gets that Big Boot up, right into the jaw of the oncoming Giant.....and then it looks like he’s about to try the impossible.....</p><p> </p><p> .....he’s going to try and Powerbomb.....</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/qQQiQxd.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/qQQiQxd.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> .....or he was.....</p><p> </p><p> .....before the Macho Man randomly comes flying out of nowhere with a double ax to the back of Sid’s head.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Sid drops to a knee (releasing The Giant in the process) and stays there as Savage unleashes a lightning quick flurry of blows (again) to the back of Vicious’ head.....</p><p> </p><p> .....not one to look a gift horse in the mouth, Giant quickly takes advantage of the dazed and confused Sid, wrapping a hand around his throat and driving him to the mat with a choke slam, while Savage revives the official.....</p><p> </p><p> .....and three seconds later, the Giant can call himself THE giant in WCW.....even if the win was anything but clean.....</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Winner:</strong> The Giant</p><p> <strong>Rating:</strong> B</p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43289" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;"></div><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/ntB0NUE.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/ntB0NUE.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/pUAvcva.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/pUAvcva.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> .....while it doesn’t look as though the Giant was aware that Randy Savage was going to involve himself in this match, he doesn’t look especially upset by the helping hand he just received.....</p><p> </p><p> .....this isn’t the first time that the Giant and the Titans of Wrestling have worked together either.....in fact, the big man has been offered Titan status on a number of occasions but has always (rather politely) turned it down.....after his earlier comments to Vince Russo though, it looks like Savage is going to have another go at recruiting what would be the Titans biggest member.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Savage tells Giant that he understands he wants to go it alone.....respects it even.....but the fact of the matter is that the landscape has changed around here......alliances are being formed, lines drawn in the sand......this isn’t about WCW vs. The Titans of Wrestling anymore.....this isn’t even about WCW AND the Titans of Wrestling vs. Shawn Michaels and JPL.....it’s not Team USA vs. The Sovereignty.....this is about knowing that (no matter how big you are) someone ALWAYS has your back.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Macho hands Giant a (Triple XL) Titans shirt, telling him that he doesn’t have to make his decision now.....or even tonight.....but he SHOULD make a decision.....the smart decision.....the RIGHT decision.....</p><p> </p><p> ....and quickly.....</p><p> </p><p> .....and just like that, Randy Savage leaves again.....and shortly thereafter, Giant leaves too......</p><p> </p><p> .....and he’s still holding that Titan shirt when he goes.....so that’s obviously not an instant no.....</p><p> </p><p> .....I guess time will tell what decision he makes.....</p><p> </p><p> .....let’s go to the back.....</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Rating:</strong> B+</p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43289" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;"></div><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/dICBV2c.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/dICBV2c.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/1IsyqFl.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/1IsyqFl.jpg"></a> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/DJEyYKG.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/DJEyYKG.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/ZK57d1s.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/ZK57d1s.jpg"></a></p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/HIrimGI.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/HIrimGI.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/LcEfQAC.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/LcEfQAC.jpg"></a> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/NpV26wt.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/NpV26wt.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> .....where Mean Gene is standing by with the members Team USA.....we’ve got The Patriot, Lex Luger, Diamond Dallas Page (with Kimberly) Hacksaw Jim Duggan and The Road Warriors.....that’s a whole lot of Red, White and Blue.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Gene says that tonight, these men can shut the mouths of the entire collective Sovereignty in just two matches.....the ten man tag team match (up next) and when The Patriot goes one on one with Lance Storm later this evening, something that the Patriot is confident is going to happen.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>”.....because Lance Storm, you and your little Sovereignty are about to learn the good old fashioned way.....you’re here earning your living in the good old U S of A.....and when it comes to America, the greatest country in the world, there’s two things you can do.....love it.....or leave it.....and Lance Storm, if you don’t love it then maybe I’ll kick your butt all the way back to Canada.....”</em></p><p> </p><p> .....Luger and Hacksaw basically repeat Patriot’s words, while Hawk and Animal also shout out something equally patriotic (although a little more violent) while DDP, he has something to say to another Canadian all together.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>”.....and that’s my former partner, Chris Benoit.....Chris, you need to watch these matches real closely, because I know that deep down, no matter what trash Lance Storm and his Jack-Off’s are feeding you, you know that when it gets down to it, they’ll stab you, me and anyone else in the back just to get what they want.....and that ain’t because they’re Canadian.....that ain’t because they’re British.....that’s because they’re scumbags, and you KNOW they’re scumbags.....”</em></p><p> </p><p> .....Dallas says that he and Benoit have had their.....differences.....as of late, but he knows they can put all that behind them and get back on the same page.....just watch the matches tonight, and see who TRULY fights with pride.....</p><p> </p><p> .....close this crappy promo out Hacksaw.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>”......!!!!HOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!.....”</em></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Rating:</strong> B+</p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43289" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;"></div><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/OvbHblE.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/OvbHblE.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/G9blWo1.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/G9blWo1.jpg"></a> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/HhRsCY1.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/HhRsCY1.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/LcEfQAC.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/LcEfQAC.jpg"></a><img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/NpV26wt.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/NpV26wt.jpg"></a></p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/vrbhnV1.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/vrbhnV1.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/KMoemF3.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/KMoemF3.jpg"></a> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/bo3WUqu.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/bo3WUqu.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/HCRFbM2.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/HCRFbM2.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/CscfWXe.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/CscfWXe.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> .....which takes us nicely to our HUGE tag team match, as five members of Team USA face off against five members of the Sovereignty.....</p><p> </p><p> .....this feud all started with Hacksaw Jim Duggan, so it’s only fitting that this MATCH starts with Jim Duggan too.....chasing the members of the Sovereignty around with that 2x4, as one by one they ran from Hacksaw’s wood and one by one they run straight into the waiting fists of the other members of Team USA.....</p><p> </p><p> .....this match wasn’t exactly a match of the night contender, but much as with the Giant/Sid match earlier, the (ever patriotic) crowd had a great time chanting USA as the heels got their comeuppance.....</p><p> </p><p> .....since the crowd IS so patriotic, it only makes sense to have Hacksaw work the face in peril role.....especially since outside of Lord Steven, the majority of the heel contingent are midcarders at best, while outside of Duggan, the majority of the face side are main eventers.....</p><p> </p><p> .....obviously that makes for some pretty overwhelming odds.....and while Steven Regal has been racking up some pretty impressive wins as of late (including victories over DDP, Chris Benoit AND the Road Warriors) even HE was going to be hard pushed to make the difference here.....and while Team USA was always going to come out on top, Regal wasn’t going to be the one to take the fall.....</p><p> </p><p> .....the match eventually broke down to your usual brawl, which saw Page drop Eaton with the Diamond Cutter, Hacksaw clock Regal between the eyes with that 2x4 (behind the officials back) on the outside, as Luger first sends Rougeau crashing through the ropes with a running forearm, before Racking the big man Oulette.....</p><p> </p><p> .....which just left The Duke as easy pickings for the Road Warriors to turn inside out with a Doomsday Device for the one, two, three.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Hooooooooooooo.....</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Winner(s):</strong> Team USA</p><p> <strong>Rating:</strong> B</p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43289" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;"></div><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/0T1g3vp.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/0T1g3vp.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/vfjy3q0.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/vfjy3q0.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> .....we leave Team USA to celebrate in the ring, as we head backstage where we see Lance Storm standing beside Chris Benoit and a monitor.....</p><p> </p><p> .....clearly the pair had just been watching our previous match, because Lance Storm is telling Benoit that for all Dallas Page’s words of well intention, once again it wasn’t the Sovereignty that resorted to underhand tactics.....it wasn’t the Sovereignty that bought inanimate objects to the ring to be used as weapons.....it wasn’t the Sovereignty that just nailed a member of Team USA with a wooden 2x4.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>”.....no, as usual though, that Neanderthal Jim Duggan took it upon himself to assault His Lordship with a weapon, and because its ‘loveable old Jim’ no one bats an eye.....that’s the hypocrisy of these American people and these American fans.....because if that had been a member of the Sovereignty everyone would have been up in arms, while Tony Schiavone would be out there talking about the biggest miscarriage of justice in history......but no, instead he’s out there on commentary laughing it up likes it’s all good fun.....well you Chris, you know as well as I do.....losing a match is NEVER a laughing matter.....but then, as Canadians, we just take winning a little bit more serious now don’t we.....”</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/5LaNZFJ.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/5LaNZFJ.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> .....we might, but Chris Benoit doesn’t actually get chance to answer that one before Buff Bagwell comes walking into shot.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Bagwell got sent on a recon mission by the Macho Man.....one simple task.....find the Totally Awesome Trinity.....and I don’t think he’s been successful thus far.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Storm is just in the process of telling Benoit to be sure to watch HIS match (against the Patriot) to see how a true sportsman operates, when Bagwell rudely interrupts them, asking if they have seen Copeland, Cage or Traylor.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Benoit might be somewhat pre-occupied with his own problems and conundrums right now, but he’s certainly had his fair share of problems with the Titans of Wrestling in the past, so he takes great pleasure in telling Buff that no, no he hasn’t seen the Trinity anywhere.....so why doesn’t he go running back to the Macho Man like a good little lap dog and tell him that he’s failed.....again.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Bagwell isn’t happy about the blatant disrespect that Benoit is throwing his way, but then as Buff’s music can be heard beginning to play in the arena, The Crippler tells him that running back to Savage might have to wait.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>”.....because it sounds like your match is just about to start.....good luck with that one considering your little buddies aren’t here to back you up.....”</em></p><p> </p><p> .....Bagwell storms off in the direction of the arena, telling Benoit (who’s stood smiling with that toothless grin) that he wants to watch his mouth.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>”.....it won’t take me long to beat this skirt wearing sissy.....AGAIN.....maybe when I’m done I’ll come back here and knock another tooth outta your stupid mouth.....”</em></p><p> </p><p> .....I hate to break it to you Buff, but Benoit doesn’t look overly concerned.....maybe you should worry about your opponent tonight instead.....no one major, it’s only Rowdy Roddy Piper after all.....</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Rating:</strong> B+</p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43289" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;"></div><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/AUvdGX6.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/AUvdGX6.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/TFVQgbO.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/TFVQgbO.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/qU3eLUn.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/qU3eLUn.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> .....a few months ago Buff Bagwell picked up what was quite possibly the biggest victory of his career when he defeated Roddy Piper as Starrcade.....problem with that was twofold.....one, the match was unsanctioned, so technically as far as WCW is concerned, the win never happened.....and two, Roddy Piper could barely walk during that “match” let alone wrestle following a series of brutal attacks at the hands of the Titans of Wrestling left the man hobbled.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Buff has the chance here to wipe all that away and get an honest to goodness win over the Hot Rod, in an officially sanctioned WCW match.....again though, there’s two problems there.....Piper is fully fit, has two legs, is ready to fight and is thoroughly focused on giving Buff a thrashing, while the other problem is that Bagwell doesn’t seem particularly focused on this match.....</p><p> </p><p> .....instead of preparing to meet the man that went toe to toe with Hulk Hogan during the Rock n Wrestling era (and co-headlined Wrestlemania I) Buff has spent all his time this evening on a wild goose chase, chasing after Titans that don’t appear to be there this evening.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Piper uses that to his advantage in the opening portions of the match and for a face, we all know that the Hot Rod loves to bend the rules.....which is why a distracted and flustered Buff is on the receiving end of a number of bites, pokes to the eyes and hair pulls, why just serves to frustrate Bagwell even further.....</p><p> </p><p> .....it’s fair to say that a good portion of Bagwell’s gameplay here tonight may well have centred around a helping hand (or three) from the Totally Awesome Trinity.....obviously that’s not happening now, but while Buff might not be at the level of a Randy Savage or a Warrior, but he IS a member of the Titans of Wrestling and has been for some time now.....so once he finally gets his head into the match he’s perfectly capable of turning the tides on his own ability.....</p><p> </p><p> .....the longer he maintains control of the match, the more confident he becomes too.....he’s not what you would call a technician but he’s savvy enough to realise that focusing his attack on the leg of Piper is his best chance of winning, after all, Roddy might be coming into this one fully fit, but a fully fit leg of Roddy Piper is probably still only operating at 80% after the years of wear and tear and surgeries they have endured.....Bagwell isn’t about to start stretching and contorting the limb with a myriad of submission holds, but he is certainly proficient enough to stomp and kick at it.....</p><p> </p><p> .....he should have perhaps learnt a submission hold or two though.....because despite his best efforts, Piper won’t stay down.....although he does DROP down.....down and out of the way as Buff goes for that Blockbuster attempt, leaving Bagwell to eat nothing but canvas.....</p><p> </p><p> .....we have the obligatory ten count (which both men manage to beat by 9) before Piper begins firing right hands at the Titan star, leading to the commentary team (particularly Tony) reminding us of Roddy’s amateur boxing background.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Buff tries to fight back but Roddy has had to listen to the brash Titan crowing about holding a victory over the Hot Rod for months now and he is clearly eager to avenge that loss.....Bagwell does his best to escape the onslaught, but as he tries to climb through the ropes to bail, Piper grabs him by the back of the tights and drags him back to the centre of the ring.....</p><p> </p><p> .....where he locks on the sleeper hold.....</p><p> </p><p> .....and with no Trinity in sight to run interference, Bagwell fades and fades.....and fades some more.....until finally the official raises (and drops) the arm three times, before calling for the bell.....</p><p> </p><p> .....this one is over.....Piper wins.....and Bagwell really, REALLY could have done with a Totally Awesome helping hand from the Totally Awesome Trinity.....</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Winner:</strong> Rowdy Roddy Piper</p><p> <strong>Rating:</strong> B+</p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43289" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;"></div><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/HK92p8C.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/HK92p8C.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/bE80tlG.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/bE80tlG.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/B35P2AX.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/B35P2AX.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> .....we leave Piper celebrating a well deserved victory and head to the back, where Eric Bischoff is sat at a desk in a makeshift office, huddled over a stack of paperwork.....</p><p> </p><p> .....and he WAS deep in concentration.....</p><p> </p><p> .....at least until the two dancing fools, Alex Wright and the Disco Inferno came jiving into the room.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Bischoff let’s out a sigh when he looks up and realises who his new arrivals are, before asking the pair what they want because he’s busy.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Disco says that he knows he’s busy.....and he knows what with.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>”.....you’re drawing up the brackets for the TV Title tournament.....am I right? I’m right aren’t I? Right?.....”</em></p><p> </p><p> .....Bischoff sighs again, before telling Disco that yes, he’s right.....Disco let’s out a little fist pump (as Alex dances to that imaginary music behind him) and tries to peek at the paperwork, but Eric quickly turns the paperwork over, telling him that neither the brackets nor the participants have been finalised yet, but he’s been keeping a very close eye on the winners and losers tonight and he’s getting closer.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Disco scoffs at that, telling Bischoff that he’s got two of the participants right here, right now.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>”.....Alex Wright and The Disco Inferno.....your brand new Television Champion is already in this room, you just don’t know it yet.....”</em></p><p> </p><p> .....Alex pauses his dancing just long enough to tell Bischoff that he agrees with his Disco Dancing colleague.....and after the disrespect shown to them a few weeks back when Eric was looking for contenders to the tag team titles, he owes them one.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>”.....excuse me? I ‘owe’ you one?.....I’m sorry but it doesn’t work like that.....you see, we (the committee) had a Television Champion that we were extremely happy with.....a Champion that we were proud to see holding that title.....a champion that was an undefeated winning machine by the name of Bill Goldberg.....we want that again, so I’m afraid that no one is getting entered into this tournament as a favour.....or because someone’s feelings were hurt.....</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> .....now you two MIGHT be entered into that tournament.....but then again, you might not.....you’ll find out the names of the participants at the same time that everyone else finds out the names of the participants.....tomorrow night.....on Nitro.....until then I’m afraid you’ll just have to wait.....but while you’re waiting, ask yourselves this.....are you on the same calibre as a Bill Goldberg? A Lance Storm? A Steven Regal? Ricky Steamboat? You know the Giant held this title right? Are you on the same level as a Giant?.....”</em></p><p> </p><p> .....I’m fairly sure Bischoff was being flippant.....because clearly our dancing heroes are not.....but the sarcasm goes right over the head of Disco (and Wright) who clearly think that Eric is describing them to a tee, high giving each other and telling themselves that they are a shoe in, before dancing their way back out of the room again, clearly under the impression that they’re in the tournament.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Bischoff is just glad to see the back of the duo, muttering something about “dancing idiots” before looking over towards his monitor at the sound of Lance Storm’s music beginning to play.....</p><p> </p><p> .....it’s Storm going up against the Patriot next.....and Eric clearly has plans to potentially include ONE of these men in that Television Title Tournament.....</p><p> </p><p> .....WHICH one, we will have to wait for tomorrow to find out.....</p><p> </p><p> .....let’s get to the match.....</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Rating:</strong> B-</p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43289" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;"></div><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/gLOR7w6.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/gLOR7w6.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/TFVQgbO.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/TFVQgbO.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/d9Qy0KJ.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/d9Qy0KJ.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> .....and after watching the rest of Team USA come out victorious over the Sovereignty earlier this evening The Patriot has got to be fancying his chances against Lance Storm.....</p><p> </p><p> .....this is The Patriot’s first outing on Pay Per View for WCW since the 1994 Halloween Havoc.....granted The Patriot stuck around until mid-95, but he never made it to the ‘Pay’ portion of any of the shows.....he’s not been back in World Championship Wrestling long, but he’s jumped straight into the middle of a semi well established feud and he’s already picked up some important victories along the way - including one over the British face of the Sovereignty, Lord Steven Regal.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Storm on the other hand has finally found his niche here in WCW after arriving some time back now following his short stint in the WWF.....Storm and Regal even feuded briefly over the (currently vacant) Television Championship, but they appear to have put all past issues behind them for the common good and his involvement in the Sovereignty has certainly breathed a bit of life into Lance Storm’s (otherwise bland) character.....</p><p> </p><p> .....clearly both men desperately want the victory here.....Patriot for the clean sweep, Storm to avoid a clean sweep AND to save face on what could be an embarrassing night for the Sovereignty.....</p><p> </p><p> .....it makes for a good match too.....</p><p> </p><p> .....both men come out waving their respective flags, with the poor Maple Leaf getting greeted by jeers from this American crowd.....not that Lance Storm cares, he’s made his distain for the American fans crystal clear.....although considering the fact that we saw a foreign object utilised in our earlier ten man tag match the official should probably have removed those flags from ringside.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Lance Storm might have been quick to criticise Jim Duggan’s earlier actions, but after the two men collided with the official, Storm saw an opportunity and he took it.....he took that Red, White and Blue flag that the Patriot bought to ringside and he ran through his opponent, using the wooden pole to deliver a clothesline type manoeuvre, before snapping it over the back of Patriot’s head.....</p><p> </p><p> .....the official comes back to life just as Storm makes the cover and three seconds later it’s a case of “Oh, say can you see.” Lance Storm getting his hand raised.....</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Winner:</strong> Lance Storm</p><p> <strong>Rating:</strong> B</p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43289" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;"></div><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/DJEyYKG.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/DJEyYKG.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/i3UTPrR.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/i3UTPrR.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> .....and it’s not a sight that Diamond Dallas Page is happy to see, having taken up Lance Storm’s previous position beside Chris Benoit backstage.....</p><p> </p><p> .....he tells Benoit that this was exactly what he’s been talking about.....Lance Storm doing anything (legal or otherwise) to get the victory.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>”.....thats a crock of you know what.....Lance Storm just showed the world what a scumbag he is and maybe now you’ll open your eyes to what your little new found friend is REALLY like.....”</em></p><p> </p><p> .....Benoit says that it’s not a case of his “friend”.....this is professional wrestling, he doesn’t have ANY friends......but as for what Lance Storm ‘REALLY’ is......</p><p> </p><p> <em>”.....what he REALLY is - after watching YOUR ‘friend’ Jim Duggan bounce that 2x4 off the head of Steven Regal - is a man who’s doing unto others before they do unto him.....”</em></p><p> </p><p> .....Benoit says that he's been watching the Sovereignty for weeks.....he’s WRESTLED them too.....and this was the first time he’s seen them so much as bend the rules, while Team USA haven’t been shy about doing whatever it takes.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>”.....so don’t come in here preaching to ME about cheating.....because honestly, it smells like hypocrisy to me.....”</em></p><p> </p><p> .....they say that the truth hurts.....well those words certainly stung Page, who takes it upon himself to shove Benoit in the chest as (much as it has done on WCW tv) a small scale brawl breaks out between these former partners, with backstage workers and personnel working to separate them.....</p><p> </p><p> .....let’s leave them to it.....</p><p> </p><p> .....and head over to something <em>slightly</em> more sophisticated..... </p><p> </p><p> <strong>Rating:</strong> B+</p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43289" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;"></div><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/f4Hz3ai.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/f4Hz3ai.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/AAhTSYz.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/AAhTSYz.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> .....I say slightly, because we’re going over to Mike Tenay who is with The Rock......and while Rocky is certainly entertaining, he’s never been accused of being particularly sophisticated.....</p><p> </p><p> .....The Great One is showered and changed following his opening match victory, swapping his wrestling gear for designer sunglasses and an expensive looking silk shirt, and it’s apparent by his demeanour that he’s feeling pretty good about now.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>”.....because The Rock did exactly what the Rock said he would do.....he came out to SuperBrawl and he electrified.....he electrified and he entertained the millions (and millions) of the Rocks fans before giving Curt Henning an absolutely perfect ass whooping.....</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> .....and when the Rock was done with that, he went to the back, he climbed into the People’s shower, soaped up the People’s strudel, rinsed off the People’s pecs.....the Rock applied a little bit of the People’s scent.....not too much, just a little bit.....The Rock smells good Mike Tenay, go ahead and smell The Rock.....</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> .....DON’T SMELL THE ROCK MIKE TENAY, WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU.....</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> .....The Rock did all that, put on a thousand dollar silk shirt and now he’s here.....ready to watch Eddie Guerrero and Jipple the Nipple slap the ugly off each other for the United States Championship.....”</em></p><p> </p><p> .....Rocky says that he can’t think of a better way to spend the rest of his evening, than to watch those two jabronies try to lay the smack down on each other.....Rocky doesn’t like either man, so he could care less who wins, but whoever DOES win has a date with the Rock lined up.....but in saying that, he does kind of hope that it’s Eddie Guerrero that walks out with the gold, because the day they have to announce that Jipple, the Hairy Left Nipple is the US Champion, is the day they may as well throw that gold belt straight in the trash, because you’ll NEVER......and The Rock means EVER.....get that stench off it.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>”.....IF YAAAAAAA SEMLLLLLLLLLLLLLL.....WHAT THE ROCK.....IS......”</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/99nujXC.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/99nujXC.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> .....hold that thought.....or don’t.....because before he can finish up his catchprase he gets taken out from behind by a charging Jipp....erm, sorry.....by a charging JPL.....</p><p> </p><p> .....the Rock’s words have been getting increasingly under the skin of Levesque, who SHOULD be concentrating on his upcoming match instead of expelling his energy here.....but while JPL has (up until now) been happy to allow others to do most of the physical punishment for him, it seems as though he’s finally had enough, beating Rocky down to the concrete floor and stomping on the back of his head.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Levesque drops down to one knee and grabs the front of the Rock’s silk shirt with one hand, while arrogantly grabbing him by the face with his other hand.....</p><p> </p><p> .....he tells Rocky that he’s done nothing but run his mouth since he arrived here in WCW, and Levesque has tolerated it because Rock has had the common sense to stay out of his way.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>”.....but you had to poke the bear didn’t you funny man.....you had to entertain the ‘people’.....what you should have realised is that you set the bar too low.....these people are morons.....they’re so stupid that they’re entertained by roadkill and confused every time the sun ‘goes away’ at night.....just watch.....I’m about to stomp your smart mouth into this floor here, and they’ll STILL be entertained.....”</em></p><p> </p><p> .....and that’s exactly what Levesque does, stomping on the Rock until it looks like he’ll be staying down for a while.....</p><p> </p><p> .....only when he’s satisfied does Levesque relent, before dusting himself off and smiling at Mike Tenay.....he tells the Professor that he might want to get some help for the Great One.....JPL would love to stick around and lend a hand, but he’s got a United States Championship to win just about now.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>”.....something that Mr. Funny Man here wasn’t man enough to do.....I’ll see you around Mike.....”</em></p><p> </p><p> .....with that, a laughing JPL walks off.....he’s right.....his match is next.....</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Rating:</strong> A*</p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43289" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;"></div><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/QPEZk7O.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/QPEZk7O.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/TOSv1cI.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/TOSv1cI.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/vXfcJPE.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/vXfcJPE.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> .....and it’s a bit of an odd match, I’m not going to lie.....</p><p> </p><p> .....I mean, from an in ring perspective this had the potential to be one of the best matches on the card.....Eddie Guerrero is one of the best performers that WCW has to offer, and while JPL is no slouch himself, he certainly benefits from working alongside someone like Guerrero who knows how to pace the match to perfection.....</p><p> </p><p> .....unfortunately both men are heels (granted, JPL more so) and proper heels at that.....the crowd loves to boo them, which made for a bit of an awkward dynamic.....</p><p> </p><p> .....there’s not actually that much heat between the two men either.....JPL really only challenged for the US Title in the first place because Shawn Michaels thought it would be funny to p!ss everyone off.....in fact (as we saw a few moments ago) Levesque has been more focused on The Rock than on Guerrero, while Guerrero, well.....he’s been more focused on costing Bill Goldberg the Television Title than he has been on his upcoming match with JPL.....</p><p> </p><p> .....the Papi of Perfection has taken umbrage with the attention that the rookie’s undefeated streak has garnered, believing his own streak (of retaining the US Title for the last seven months) be all the more impressive.....which may be true, was it not for the fact that Guerrero actually LOST several of those Title defences, just never by pinfall.....he’s going to be hard pressed to overcome the odds of a determined Jean Paul Levesque tonight though..... </p><p> </p><p> .....although Eddie DOES have his nephew Chavo in his corner.....</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/6KhMoDA.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/6KhMoDA.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> .....and a p!ssed off Rock who comes rushing down the aisle ready to strike.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Chavo does a great job of distracting the attention of the official when he notices Rocky making his way out and as The Rock climbs into the ring behind Levesque, Guerrero stands back and allows the Great One to get his payback.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Tony Schiavone finds it most satisfying to see Levesque get his comeuppance, stating that he (and Michaels) have been going around running their mouths and cheapshotting people for months.....but Heenan isn’t so amused.....he says that yeah, JPL attacked The Rock in the back.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>”.....but he did it IN THE BACK.....he didn’t come out during Rock’s match with Curt Hennig earlier this evening.....he didn’t potentially cost him a match.....a title.....this is just poor sportsmanship Tony Schiavone.....”</em></p><p> </p><p> .....be that as it may, it is what it is.....and what it is, is a beat down punctuated by a Rock Bottom right in the middle of the ring.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Eddie sees the opportunity and heads up top (as the Rock bails to the floor) flying off and landing with a perfect Frog Splash right in the middle.....</p><p> </p><p> .....and three seconds later, the streak continues.....</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Winner:</strong> ....and <strong>Still</strong> WCW United States Champion.....Eddie Guerrero.....</p><p> <strong>Rating:</strong> A</p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43289" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;"></div><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/6KhMoDA.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/6KhMoDA.jpg"></a><img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/pPaq6sS.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/pPaq6sS.jpg"></a></p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/JmRqRET.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/JmRqRET.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/gaVTlU8.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/gaVTlU8.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> .....and so does the war that’s breaking out between JPL and The Rock.....because as Levesque slowly comes around (to realise that it’s Guerrero’s music playing and not his own) a look of fury breaks out on his face.....fury that’s exasperated further when he sees The Rock still there on the outside talking smack.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Levesque rolls to the outside where Rocky meets him, as the two men exchange blows right there at ringside.....they attempt to batter each other into ring steps, safety rails and steel posts, before finally brawling all the way to the back and disappearing out of sight.....</p><p> </p><p> .....as a smirking Eddie Guerrero grabs a microphone.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Guerrero raises the US Title as he proclaims himself the greatest United States Champion in history.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>”.....no, no, no esè.....not just the greatest US Champion.....the greatest CHAMPION in history.....period holmes.....ME.....Eddie Guerrero, the Papi of Perfection.....”</em></p><p> </p><p> .....Eddie says that there’s no one left that can stand opposite him inside this ring and still be considered a threat.....from JPL, to DDP.....Chris Benoit to Curt Hennig.....The Rock to Jeff Hardy.....Rikishi to Sid Vicious.....there is no one.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>”.....NO ONE....that’s going to take this United States Title from around my waist.....”</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> .....cue the music.....</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> .....and the crowd erupting.....</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/G5TCZIy.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/G5TCZIy.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> .....as the Turnertron flickers to life, to see the menacing sight of Bill Goldberg marching his way through the backstage area.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Eddie and Chavo don’t look pleased to see the snarling rookie.....in fact, you could argue that they look positively terrified as Chavo runs to the outside to collect a pair of steel chairs.....after all, its been those steel chairs that have kept Goldberg out of action these past few weeks.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Goldberg continues his march through the back, where he is initially challenged by Doug Dillinger’s crack team of security.....I say initially, because every man that meets him gets tossed violently to one side, until eventually they just stop trying and let him pass.....</p><p> </p><p> .....and when he parts the curtain and enters the arena, the crowd REALLY erupts......</p><p> </p><p> .....Goldberg charges down the aisle, where the nervous Guerrero’s are waiting with steel chairs in hand.....a steel chair that Chavo swings as Goldberg climbs into the ring, but the undefeated rookie ducks the shot, rebounds off the ropes.....and Spears Chavo right out of his boots.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Eddie isn’t sticking around for a taste of that, bailing so quickly that he even leaves his precious US Title behind in his eagerness to escape the wrath of Goldberg.....a fact not lost on the rookie, who picks up the championship AND the discarded microphone.....and as Guerrero retreats quickly up the aisle way, Goldberg has four words for him.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>”.....EDDIE GUERRERO.....YOU'RE NEXT!.....”</em></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Rating:</strong> A*</p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43289" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;"></div><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/dICBV2c.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/dICBV2c.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> .....speaking of next.....we head to the back, where Mean Gene is standing outside of a closed locker room door.....</p><p> </p><p> .....he says that while he has yet to verify the fact, he has it on very good authority that behind this very door, is Adam Copeland, Christian Cage and Ray Traylor.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>”.....yes, the Totally Awesome Trinity ARE here.....and I’m going to try and get word from them right now.....where do they stand with the Titans of Wrestling.....where do they stand with Randy Savage.....and perhaps more importantly, where do they stand in relation to Shawn Michaels and Jean Paul Levesque.....</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> .....everyone is looking for them.....I found them.....now I am going to get those answers, exclusively for you, the WCW audience.....”</em></p><p> </p><p> .....Gene knocks loudly in the door, calling out the name of each Trinity member in turn, before reaching out and trying the handle.....</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/qQQiQxd.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/qQQiQxd.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> .....only to get dragged back away from the door by a Macho Man that appears out of nowhere, before getting shoved to one side.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>”.....I don’t think so little man, not today nuh-uh.....I gotta talk the talk, the Trinity talk, and YOU, you’ve got to go, yeah.....”</em></p><p> </p><p> .....Macho shoves Gene away, before swinging open the door and entering the room, slamming it hard behind him.....</p><p> </p><p> .....guess Gene isn’t getting that exclusive after all.....</p><p> </p><p> .....let’s go down to ringside.....</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Rating:</strong> B+</p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43289" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;"></div><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/I9lnbBk.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/I9lnbBk.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/rqfXlN8.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/rqfXlN8.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/pmtBgnZ.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/pmtBgnZ.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/JeH6Xzy.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/JeH6Xzy.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/TFVQgbO.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/TFVQgbO.jpg"></a></p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/KziTNSK.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/KziTNSK.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/KhGt6Q7.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/KhGt6Q7.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/6Ta6Awn.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/6Ta6Awn.jpg"></a> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/LDNBnWK.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/LDNBnWK.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> .....man we have a lot of matches here tonight.....I didn’t realise <em>quite</em> how many until I sat down to actually plan the show.....</p><p> </p><p> .....I mentioned earlier in the write ups that some of the matches this evening wouldn’t be getting a great amount of time, well this was one of those matches.....</p><p> </p><p> .....to be fair, how long did you want a match that featured IRS in 1998?.....</p><p> </p><p> .....the match wasn’t actually that bad considering some of the participants.....Missy Hyatt and Jimmy Hart did their fair share on the outside to keep the crowd entertained too, because those two have certainly had their fair share of problems in recent weeks.....</p><p> </p><p> .....this whole match stemmed from Konnan turning down Jimmy Hart’s offer to join his first family but it’s young Jeff Hardy that (briefly.....like I say, short match) plays the face in peril, before finally tagging out to Gideon Cain who clears house.....</p><p> </p><p> .....the first family eventually regroup and storm the ring, only for Konnan, Hardy and Awesome to get in on the action too, as a full scale brawl breaks out.....the Faces of Fear break off to scrap with Awesome and Cain, while Hardy and Morrus go at it.....</p><p> </p><p> .....that just leaves Konnan and Wallstreet inside the ring, and it’s Konnan that drinks the match to a close, locking the First Family member up in the Tequila Sunrise.....and with everyone else preoccupied (including Jimmy and Missy) Wallstreet has little option but to submit, right there in the middle of the ring.....</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Winner(s):</strong> Konnan, Jeff Hardy, Mike Awesome & Gideon Cain</p><p> <strong>Rating:</strong> B</p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43289" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;"></div><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/dICBV2c.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/dICBV2c.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> .....they’re setting up the steel cage in the arena, so we take that opportunity to air a recap of the feud that’s been raging between Shawn Michaels (Jean Paul Levesque) and the Titans of Wrestling for months now.....we see a bloodied Shawn Michaels getting pummelled back at November’s Mayhem event.....we see Michaels and JPL go to a no contest with Savage and Warrior at Starrcade.....there’s clips from the Titans victory over Shawn and Levesque at Souled Out (including Shawn dropping an elbow on Randy Savage through a table from halfway up the set) and there’s a clip of this match being made, along with shots of the dissension that’s developed within the Titans, including shots of The Totally Awesome Trinity co-existing with Michaels and Levesque, before we finally go to a shot of backstage..... </p><p> </p><p> .....where Mean Gene is once again standing outside that closed door.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Gene says that (again) he has it on good authority that Randy Savage is no longer inside but when he left, he looked like a man who was pleased by the discussions that took place.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>”.....with that being said (and now that we won’t be rudely interrupted again) I’m going to try once again to get word from the Totally Awesome Trinity, to find out just where their allegiances lie.....”</em></p><p> </p><p> .....again Gene knocks and calls for the Trinity by name, before again reaching out to try the handle.....</p><p> </p><p> .....which is when the door swings open to reveal......</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/svuTeLZ.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/svuTeLZ.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> <em>”.....Shawn Michaels?.....what in the world are you doing here?.....”</em></p><p> </p><p> .....Michaels just smiles as he exits the room, closing the door behind him, telling Mean Gene that he’s Shawn Michaels.....Mr. Wrestling.....and he goes wherever the hell he wants.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Gene says that Randy Savage was in that room earlier this evening, now Shawn Michaels? It would seem like everyone is vying for the services of the Totally Awesome Trinity..... </p><p> </p><p> <em>”.....let me stop you right there little man.....first of all, Shawn Michaels needs help from absolutely nobody.....particularly when it comes to the so-called ‘competition’ here in “dubbya see dubbya”.....what Shawn Michaels is doing, is simply making sure that history doesn’t repeat itself.....</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> .....see I lived through the Macho Man era.....the Warrior era.....the “that doesn’t work for me brother” era.....and now a decade later those same ‘superstars’ are still trying to cling onto that top spot by holding down the next generation.....see there’s icon’s that should know when it’s time to hang up the bandana’s and the face paint, and then there’s icons that can still go.....like me.....so while Randy Savage, The Warrior.....even Hogan before he ran off back to Hollywood brother......while they want to hold down the future while they desperately cling onto the past, I’m here to make sure that doesn’t happen.....</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> .....it’s no secret Scheme Gene, I wouldn’t p!ss on this little backwards, hillbilly company if it was on fire, but the one bright spot WCW has.....ONE.....is Adam Copeland and Christian Cage.....Randy Savage wants to stifle that.....extinguish the flame.....well Shawn Michaels and JPL, we’re going to make sure that doesn’t happen.....and after the conversation we just had, I’m confident that the Totally Awesome Trinity will make the Totally Right Choice.....”</em></p><p> </p><p> .....Gene asks Shawn what he means by that, but again Shawn just smiles.....he tells Gene that just like everybody else, he’s going to have to wait and see.....because right now, he’s got a Macho Man to put out of his misery.....</p><p> </p><p> .....has that cage been built? It has? Let’s get to it then.....</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Rating:</strong> A</p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43289" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;"></div><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/HPNFP66.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/HPNFP66.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/TFVQgbO.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/TFVQgbO.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/zobXiDw.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/zobXiDw.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> <strong>WCW Championship #1 Contenders: Caged Heat Match</strong></p><p> </p><p> .....so here we are.....and while this match looks suspiciously like the Hell in a Cell match that he WWF put on back in October, it’s definitely NOT a Hell in a Cell match, no, no, no......this is Caged Heat.....and the winner (survivor?) of this one will be the new #1 Contender for the WCW Champion, challenging either Sting or the Warrior (depending on who walks out tonight with the gold) at next months Uncensored event.....</p><p> </p><p> .....the two competitors make their way out and much as Eric Bischoff promised when booking this match a few weeks back, the ring, under the ring, ringside area AND ringside workers are all checked to ensure that there are no signs of either JPL, the Titans of Wrestling, or anyone else that shouldn’t be out here.....</p><p> </p><p> .....this is going to be Randy Savage vs. Shawn Michaels.....and with the cage lowered, completely surrounding the ringside area and with a roof on no less, it will be ONLY Randy Savage vs. Shawn Michaels, with no outside interference.....</p><p> </p><p> .....the referee calls for the bell to get this one underway and considering the bad blood between these two men, they don’t bother with such formalities as a collar and elbow tie up.....no, they go straight to the brawling, charging across the ring and meeting each other with an exchange of punches to the face.....Michaels gets the better of the exchange initially but Savage puts a stop to his offence with a back elbow right to the jaw, before tossing his opponent right over the top rope and down to the floor.....</p><p> </p><p> .....that doesn’t keep Shawn down for long though and as Savage catches his breath ‘Mr. Wrestling’ rolls right back into the ring and continues to hammer the Macho Man with blows.....Michaels has Savage rocking but his eagerness costs him when he charges at his opponent, with Randy catching him with a HIGH back body drop that again sends Michaels over the top and down to the floor, only this time with such force that he collides with the wall of the cell on his landing......</p><p> </p><p> .....this time Savage doesn’t waste time recuperating, instead he mounts the top rope and leaps to the outside, nailing Michaels with a huge Double Ax-Handle, before picking him right back up and bouncing him off that unforgiving steel cell.....</p><p> </p><p> .....the two men continue to brawl on the outside, exchanging cell shots as they both taste the steel, before Shawn retreats to the relative safety of the ring, timing it perfectly and nailing Macho with a swinging neck breaker as he re-enters the ring himself.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Shawn takes control briefly, working over his opponent between the ropes, before giving Savage a little taste of his own medicine as he clothesline’s Macho right over the top and to the floor below.....Michaels comes off the apron with a flying forearm type move that sends Macho crashing back first into the steel wall.....Macho looks to fight back and even tries to Irish whip Shawn into the cell.....unfortunately Michaels reverses that and sends Savage flying face first into the ring post, busting him wide open in the process, before grabbing his opponent by the head and grinding his bleeding flesh into that unforgiving steel mesh.....</p><p> </p><p> .....like a shark smelling blood Shawn focuses his attack on the bloody head of the Macho Man, again sending him hard into the wall of the cell.....so hard in fact that even Bobby Heenan mentions how glad he is that WCW at least had the good sense to position the announce table way, way out of the way of ringside.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Savage is bleeding like a stuck pig, but a bit of blood isn’t about to keep him down.....he cuts off Shawn’s offence with a good old fashioned low blow before Irish Whipping him so hard into the ring steps that the two piece set actually separates as Michaels crashes into it.....then Randy went searching underneath the ring, fishing out a number of steel chairs (one of which he smashes across the back of his opponent) before tossing them AND Shawn Michaels into the ring.....</p><p> </p><p> .....you would think the brutality would die down a bit now (back inside the ring) but Savage keeps up the weapon based offence, using those steel chairs to his full advantage as he works over his opponent, before making the first cover of the match, getting a close two-count for his efforts.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Savage wipes the blood from his eyes and sets one of those steel chairs up in the middle of the ring and takes a seat to badmouth the downed Michaels, before dragging him back to his feet by the hair.....he took a little too long to gloat however and as he picks his opponent up, Michaels is able to catch hold of the Macho Man and drop him with a back suplex (reminiscent of his old Teardrop Suplex finisher) driving him right into that chair that Savage was sitting on a moment earlier.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Savage rolls to the outside to catch a breather, but Michaels is right out after him.....he sends him first into the ring post, then the wall of the cell, before dragging him over to the two half’s of the steel steps.....Michaels hoists he top half of the steps up and slides it under the bottom rope and into the ring, before taking a stand on the lower portion of the steps that remain, setting Savage up for a piledriver to the steel.....fortunately for Randy he was able to backdrop out of that, leaving Shawn to land with a huge splat on the floor behind him.....</p><p> </p><p> .....back inside the ring and Savage again goes on the attack with a chair, nailing Michaels right between the eyes for another near fall.....Macho with an Irish Whip but Michaels ducks the clothesline attempt and runs the ropes some more before levelling Randy with the flying forearm, kipping up for good measure (with a cocky expression on his face) and then backing up into the corner to start Tuning up the Band.....</p><p> </p><p> .....the announcers declare that with Savage already busted wide open, this one will be all over if Michaels can hit the Sweet Chin Music.....but as he let’s fly, Macho is able to catch the foot.....</p><p> </p><p> .....and then kicks Michaels right in the balls for good measure.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Michaels goes down and Savage picks up those steel steps that Shawn slid into the ring earlier, holding them up at head height before using them as a battering ram, slamming it hard between the eyes of his opponent when he finally gets to his feet.....</p><p> </p><p> .....and now Michaels is busted open.....</p><p> </p><p> .....WIDE open.....</p><p> </p><p> .....both men are bloody but the Macho Man can taste victory, tossing the bleeding Shawn Michaels to the outside, where he sends him flying face first into the cell a number of times.....Michaels swings blindly at Macho but misses by a mile.....he tries a kick but Savage again catches the leg.....no low blow this time, but he does sweep Shawn‘s other leg out from under him, before catapulting him face first into the steel again, then grinds the skull against the wall of the cell for good measure.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Savage rolls Michaels back into the ring and then scales to the top rope, pointing high into the air as he signals for the Elbow Drop.....he doesn’t get chance to connect though, as Shawn rolls away and out of range before Randy can fly, so Macho simply drops back to the mat and crashes a chair across the back of his opponent, before scaling the top rope again.....</p><p> </p><p> .....again he doesn’t get to hit the elbow though.....because again Michaels rolls out of range, before pulling his bloody body back to its feet using the ropes, telling Savage to “Suck It” as he does.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Savage drops to the mat and grabs hold of Michaels, locking on a sleeper hold (with Bobby Heenan remarking that Shawn Michaels won’t be able to avoid the Elbow Drop if he’s put to sleep) but with Savage still holding onto the sleeper, Shawn charges towards the turnbuckles, dropping down at the last second so that Randy’s bloody face connects with the corner, breaking the hold.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Shawn rolls to the outside and reaches under the ring, pulling out some ladders with a weary smile.....back in the ring and he rushes the Macho Man, nailing him right between the eyes with the top of the ladders, before propping them up in the corner and Irish Whipping his opponent right into them with such force that Savage bumps right over the top rope and down to the floor.....</p><p> </p><p> .....the two men exchange punches on the outside, before Savage catches the upper hand by driving his opponent face first into the cage.....Savage reaches under the ring himself now, this time pulling out a table which he sets up right out there on the floor.....</p><p> </p><p> .....he rolls Shawn on top of the wooden structure, before heading up to the top (seemingly with ambitions of hitting that Elbow Drop finally) but again Michaels rolls to safety, leaving Savage to hit another Ax Handle from the top all the way down to the floor when he stands.....</p><p> </p><p> .....the two get back into the ring where they exchange offensive moves briefly, before spilling back to the outside again, where Michaels finally gets the better of the brawl, smashing Macho between the eyes with a steel chair with such force that Savage stumbles backwards and lands perfectly on top of the table.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Shawn climbs up onto the apron, looking to drive Savage through the wood, but stops to look at the turnbuckles.....he shakes his head no indicating that the apron just won’t cut it, before climbing up to the top rope.....looks like he’s going to try and do what Savage couldn’t a moment ago.....</p><p> </p><p> .....then he pauses again.....</p><p> </p><p> .....and looks at the ladder propped up against the opposite turnbuckles.....</p><p> </p><p> .....then he smiles.....</p><p> </p><p> .....drops to the mat.....</p><p> </p><p> .....and sets that ladder up right there by the ropes.....</p><p> </p><p> .....at Souled Out we saw Shawn Michaels send Randy Savage crashing through a wooden table, after nailing him with an elbow drop from half way up the Souled Out set.....tonight he climbs to the top of the ladder.....circles his finger around his temple in the universal “this is crazy” gesture.....</p><p> </p><p> .....then leaps.....</p><p> </p><p> .....from the top of the ladder, right down to the floor below.....</p><p> </p><p> .....and drives himself through Randy Savage (and the table) with the biggest Elbow Drop you ever did see.....</p><p> </p><p> .....the two men lay broken and bloody among the splinters of the destroyed table.....and they lay there for a while too.....in fact, had this been a standard match both men would have been counted out about a minute ago.....</p><p> </p><p> .....obviously this isn’t a standard match though.....and eventually a bloody Shawn Michaels drags an equally bloody Randy Savage to his feet, rolling him (with great effort) into the ring, where he makes the cover and gets the nearest near fall of the match.....</p><p> </p><p> .....both men are utterly spent now.....blood loss and exhaustion means that there can’t be much left in either man.....there’s still a lot of hatred there though.....and as the pair pull themselves up to a kneeling position they begin exchanging blows right there on their knees.....</p><p> </p><p> .....remarkably (considering he’s just gotten driven through a table from a man leaping from about fifteen feet above him on a ladder) it’s Savage that gets the upper hand in this mini brawl, finally knocking Shawn backwards with one final blow that folds the man in half.....</p><p> </p><p> .....sensing victory, Macho nails Shawn right between the eyes one more time, before dragging those ring-steps over and body slamming his opponent right on top of it.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Savage has been looking for the Flying Elbow Drop for most of the match now and as he heads up top, it looks like he’s going to try it again.....</p><p> </p><p> .....with Shawn Michaels still laid on top of those steel steps.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Savage scales the turnbuckles and points up high in the air, before looking down at the prone Michaels with a smirk, before finally leaping, looking to end this once and for all......</p><p> </p><p> .....except (for the third time this evening) Shawn Michaels rolls out of range.....and after already getting driven through a wooden table, now Randy Savage crashes down hard onto those steel ring steps, driving the wind completely out of him.....</p><p> </p><p> .....and as he slowly pulls himself to his feet, he’s met in the middle of the ring by Shawn Michaels.....</p><p> </p><p> .....with some Sweet Chin Music.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Savage crumples to the mat.....Shawn collapses (out of sheer exhaustion, not by design) on top of him, as the official quickly drops to the mat and counts one, two, three.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Shawn Michaels just won this thing.....</p><p> </p><p> .....but he might not even know it......</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Winner:</strong> Shawn Michaels</p><p> <strong>Rating:</strong> A </p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43289" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;"></div><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/kK69YMX.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/kK69YMX.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/wpn2fWf.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/wpn2fWf.jpg"></a></p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/Jg2T62p.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/Jg2T62p.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/CXQGLDZ.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/CXQGLDZ.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/wYulN53.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/wYulN53.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> .....both men are utterly spent.....utterly broken.....and utterly covered with blood as the cage rises to allow access to the medical team that these two men desperately need....</p><p> </p><p> .....medical personnel aren’t the only people to make their way out though.....because (in their first appearance on camera this evening) so do the Totally Awesome Trinity.....</p><p> </p><p> .....the three men make their way down the aisle as the announcers question why exactly they are out here.....both Shawn Michaels and Randy Savage we’re seen leaving their locker room at separate points during the show, but the match is over.....they’re clearly not here to help anybody win.....</p><p> </p><p> .....the Trinity finally climb into the ring (avoiding the broken tables, the ladder, the discarded chairs and ring steps) and come to a halt standing over both Michaels AND Savage.....both of whom are still down, bloody and very much out of it.....</p><p> </p><p> .....they pause for a moment, before Copeland nods at Traylor.....and Big Ray-Ray roughly drags Shawn Michaels to his feet.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Tony Schiavone says that for all the bickering, all the dissension and in fighting, it would seem that the Totally Awesome Trinity are still Totally Titans of Wrestling.....and after the war he has just gone through, can Shawn Michaels body take any more abuse?.....</p><p> </p><p> .....but instead of abuse, Copeland and Cage both stand on either side of Mr. Wrestling.....and each raise one of Shawn’s arms in victory, before they each hook that arm over their shoulder and (as Traylor holds the ropes open) they help Shawn Michaels out of the ring and up the aisle, leaving Randy Savage still down on the mat..... </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/nRLvNM0.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/nRLvNM0.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> .....they’re about three quarters the way up the aisle (with Shawn’s arms still draped over their shoulders for support) when Buff Bagwell comes rushing out from the locker rooms.....</p><p> </p><p> .....he gets right in Copeland and Cages faces, demanding to know just what in the hell they think their doing, but Traylor grabs him by the throat and shoves him down, leaving the rest of the Trinity a clear path in which to make their exit.....and exit they do.....disappearing to the locker rooms as a shocked Buff Bagwell checks on Randy Savage.....</p><p> </p><p> .....I guess whatever it was Shawn Michaels discussed with them earlier, it worked.....I don’t know WHAT was said, but when push came to shove tonight, the Totally Awesome Trinity helped Shawn Michaels to his feet and left their Titan brother bleeding on the mat.....</p><p> </p><p> .....and if that wasn’t bad enough, the Titans are now 0-2 tonight.....</p><p> </p><p> .....maybe the Warrior will have more success.....</p><p> </p><p> .....let’s find out shall we.....</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Rating:</strong> A*</p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43289" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;"></div><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/rudumzm.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/rudumzm.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/tRUJF2n.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/tRUJF2n.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/2EPs81y.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/2EPs81y.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> .....because that FINALLY brings us to main event time, as former friends.....former partners collide.....and the Blade Runners explode with the WCW Championship is on the line.....</p><p> </p><p> .....we run another lengthy recap promo while they raise the cell (and Buff Bagwell gets an irate Randy Savage backstage) highlighting everything that lead up to this match.....Sting’s reluctance to trust anyone after being betrayed one too many times.....the Warrior finally breaking him down and persuading Sting to join forces with him.....the inevitable betrayal, as Warrior turned his back on Sting to become a member of the Titans of Wrestling.....and the change.....the change in BOTH men.....both men’s colourful attires replaced with simple black and white.....Sting retreating to the rafters, both men’s refusals to speak, Warrior no longer sprinting to the ring like a madman....no rope shaking.....no ‘Owwww’ from Sting.....no expressions at all from either man.....</p><p> </p><p> .....polar opposites, but eerily similar.....</p><p> </p><p> ....and now finally, six months on from the betrayal....they meet in the ring, for the richest prize in the sport.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Michael Buffer makes the introductions as each man makes their methodical march to the ring and as the two emotionless face painted superstars stand nose to nose in the middle of the ring, we have one hell of a visual.....</p><p> </p><p> ....until Sting (perhaps in an effort to prove that the Warrior didn’t break him) let’s out one of those (rarely heard) now trademark screams.....and then punches Warrior in the face.....</p><p> </p><p> .....and it’s on.....</p><p> </p><p> .....truthfully, this was always going to struggle to follow Shawn Michaels and Randy Savage.....particularly Shawn Michaels and Randy Savage inside that steel cell.....but then we knew that.....we knew that, Sting knew that, the fans knew that.....I don’t think the Warrior knew that, because.....well.....he’s the Warrior.....but everyone else knew that.....never the less, this IS for the WCW Championship and is the first high profile meeting between these two men, so it keeps the main event spot.....</p><p> </p><p> .....I mean, it wasn’t a horrible match.....we did keep it relatively short too (from a main event stand point) after all, we didn’t want our challenger blowing up now do we.....Warrior is known for a lot of things, but his stamina isn’t one of them.....</p><p> </p><p> .....he IS known for his impressive physique though....and with that impressive physique comes a lot of strength and it’s that strength that he uses to maintain the advantage for a good portion of the match.....Sting may have been able to hang in the gym with Warrior back in the day, but that was a LONG time ago.....and today (while Sting is still no slouch when it comes to working out) he’s nowhere near is peak Blade Runner days in terms of bulk and the Warrior capitalises on that.....</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/aQrP0BT.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/aQrP0BT.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> .....he also capitalises on this guy too.....because while the Totally Awesome Trinity are obviously in the building, they clearly have no intention of aiding their Titan brothers tonight.....</p><p> </p><p> .....so it’s Buff that has to pick up the slack.....</p><p> </p><p> .....and after Sting and The Warrior sandwich the official as they attempt to clothesline each other, he makes his way out from the back.....and with the referee down, he grabs Sting’s own World Title and uses it to crack the champion in the back of the head, before rolling the Warrior on top of him.....</p><p> </p><p> .....slowly the official recovers enough to crawl over and make the count.....fortunately for Sting, it took him that long to get there that our Champion had recovered just enough to get a shoulder up at the last possible second.....</p><p> </p><p> .....perhaps sensing that the end was near, Warrior signals for the Gorilla Press.....and he does get the WCW Champion up.....</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/Jg2T62p.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/Jg2T62p.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/CXQGLDZ.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/CXQGLDZ.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/wYulN53.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/wYulN53.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> .....but he gets distracted by the arrival of the Totally Awesome Three, who make their way down to ringside.....are they there to help? Warrior doesn’t really look like he NEEDS help about now.....</p><p> </p><p> .....although as he looks down at the Trinity (with Stimg still high overhead) he loses track of what he should be doing.....this gives Sting chance to wriggle free and land behind the Warrior.....</p><p> </p><p> .....and then drive the back of the challengers skull into the mat with the Scorpion Death Drop.....</p><p> </p><p> .....this time the official is a little quicker to get into position.....</p><p> </p><p> .....this time we DO get a three count.....</p><p> </p><p> .....as the WCW Championship stays firmly in the hand of Sting....AND in the hands of World Championship Wrestling.....</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Winner:</strong> ....and <strong>Still</strong> WCW Champion.....Sting....</p><p> <strong>Rating:</strong> B+</p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43289" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;"></div><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/rudumzm.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/rudumzm.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/Jg2T62p.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/Jg2T62p.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/CXQGLDZ.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/CXQGLDZ.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/wYulN53.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/wYulN53.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> .....the official hands Sting the WCW Title, which he holds high in the air as he stands tall over the body of the fallen Warrior.....</p><p> </p><p> .....seeing that the Trinity still haven’t left the ringside area, Sting rolls Warrior to the outside, where he lands right at the feet of Copeland, Cage and Traylor.....</p><p> </p><p> .....the three men don’t move to help the Warrior up.....in fact, they don’t even look down at their fallen Titan brother.....instead they stare as one, right up at the man who’s holding the richest prize in the sport.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Sting might have literally JUST wrestled a match, but he’s still got some fight left in him if the Trinity want a Totally Awesome Ass-Kicking, as he undrapes the WCW Title from over his shoulder and places it down on the mat, almost daring the Trinity to try and take it.....</p><p> </p><p> .....they’re not here to take the title though.....</p><p> </p><p> .....they’re just here to act as a distraction.....because (after being prompted by Cage to “Totally look behind you”) Sting turns around......</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/vH8E7zq.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/vH8E7zq.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> .....and gets kicked in the mouth with some Sweet Chin Music.....</p><p> </p><p> .....a still bloody Shawn Michaels (replays show) has climbed over the safety rails and rolled into the ring behind Sting.....and with the Champion down, Mr. Wrestling nods at the Trinity, before picking up the WCW Title.....</p><p> </p><p> .....he looks at the Big Gold Belt for a minute, before finally breaking out into a cocky smirk as he raises the title over HIS head.....</p><p> </p><p> .....and the crowd boo the crap out him.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Sting was victorious at SuperBrawl.....but at Uncensored.....Mr. WCW is going to have to go one on one with Mr. Wrestling.....</p><p> </p><p> .....it’s going to be Sting vs. Shawn Michaels.....</p><p> </p><p> .....for the WCW Championship.....</p><p> </p><p> .....and as Tony Schiavone signs off on the sight of Shawn Michaels holding the gold high in the air in victory, he tells us that he prays to god that we don’t see this sight again at Uncensored.....</p><p> </p><p> .....goodnight fans.....</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Rating:</strong> A*</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Final Rating:</strong> A</p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p></div><p></p>

<img style="max-width:40%; "src="https://i.imgur.com/09FFf1q.jpg"> WCW Championship Match Sting © vs. The Warrior Comments: WCW United States Championship Match Eddie Guerrero © vs. Jean Paul Levesque Comments: WCW Tag Team Championship Match The Forgotten © vs. The Nasty Boys Comments: WCW Cruiserweight Championship Hayabusa © vs. Juventud Guerrera Comments: WCW Championship: #1 Contenders Caged Heat Match Randy Savage vs. Shawn Michaels Comments: The Rock vs. Curt Hennig Comments: Sid Vicious vs. The Giant Comments: Roddy Piper vs. Buff Bagwell Comments: The Patriot vs. Lance Storm Comments: Team USA (Luger, Duggan, Page, LoD) vs. The Sovereignty (Regal, Blue Bloods, AFC) Comments: Konnan, Mike Awesome, Gideon Cain & Jeff Hardy vs. The First Family Comments:

<img style="max-width:60%; "src="https://i.imgur.com/KHIBBqF.jpg"> Week 4, February 1998 Highlights from ECW House Party 1998

<p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:60%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/yBV7cXp.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/yBV7cXp.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Week 4, February 1998</strong></p><p><strong> Reunion Arena (Dallas, Texas)</strong></p><p><strong> ATT: 12,900</strong></p><p><strong> TV: 28.27</strong></p><p><strong> Announce Team: Tony Schiavone, Dusty Rhodes and Larry Zbyszko</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43289" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/NDHKuSs.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/NDHKuSs.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> .....are you able to detect the odour of the meal that The Rock is preparing?.....I hope so because it's Thursday Night, its Thunder, it's the Rocks show, and the Rock is here right now to open us hot..... </p><p> </p><p> .....Rocky marches down the aisle and mounts the turnbuckles to salute his 'people', before grabbing a microphone to let everyone know exactly why he's out here.....that being the fact that the last time we saw The Rock, he was getting a brutal beatdown at the hands of Curt Hennig AND the Totally Awesome Trinity.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>".....now the Rock knows.....he KNOWS that Curt Hennig doesn't have the Minnesota Monkey-nuts to walk out here right now and go one on one with the Great One....."</em></p><p> </p><p> .....Rocky says that he KNOWS that the only way Curt Hennig will step into the ring with the Rock on HIS show, will be if the Rock hands him a steel chair and turns his back to give him a free shot.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>".....so Curt Hennig, that's not why The Rock is here, because The Rock already has your Candy-Ass at SuperBrawl.....The Rock knows that Curt Hennig can bowl a perfect game.....The Rock knows that Curt Hennig can hit that perfect hole in one.....the Rock knows that Curt Hennig can catch that perfect throw to himself.....AND THE ROCK KNOWS THAT AT SUPERBRAWL, CURT HENNIG IS GOING TO CATCH THE ROCKS BOOT PERFECTLY UP HIS CANDY-ASS.....</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> .....see this isn't about Sunday, it's not about SuperBrawl and it's not about Curt Hennig.....this is about the Rock kicking the crap out of Hanson and their fat uncle Ray.....Adam Copeland, Christian Cage, the Rock knows that the Titans of Wrestling don't like to work Thursdays.....they don't like to work Thursdays because they know that the Rock LOVES to work Thursday....but you three jabronies are about as popular with the Titans right now as fart in church and the Rock knows that Vince Russo isn't going to let you set at home plaiting each other's hair and polishing Uncle Ray's nightstick.....</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> .....so the Rock says this, it's Thunder baby!.....it's Thursday Night, it's the Rock's show and the Rock is ready to electrify the millions (and millions) of the Rocks fans right here, right now.....so one of you, ANY one of you.....put on your big boy pants, walk down that aisle, step between these ropes, go one on one with the great one, and take a 'totally awesome' ass-kicking courtesy of the Rock....."</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/wYulN53.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/wYulN53.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/Jg2T62p.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/Jg2T62p.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/CXQGLDZ.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/CXQGLDZ.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> .....looks like Rocky was right, the Totally Awesome Trinity ARE here.....and they are HERE too.....as the three men make their way out from the back.....Copeland has a microphone, telling Rocky that they've told him before, there's only ONE great one in professional wrestling.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>".....and his name.....is Hollywood Hogan 'brother'.....you know what 'Rocky', me or Christian, we could totally kick your ass....."</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> ".....we totally could....."</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> ".....but we totally WON'T....."</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> ".....no way, we TOTALLY won't....."</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> ".....but Big Ray-Ray will....."</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> ".....Big Ray-Ray's totally going to make you serve some hard time....."</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> ".....tell him why Christian....."</em></p><p> </p><p> .....Christian says that he and Copeland have made other plans tonight.....they say that they totally don't like being in someone's debt, and since Shawn Michaels and JPL helped the Awesome Two to defeat The Forgotten on Nitro (and since Michaels now has to face the wrath of Bam Bam Bigelow tonight because of that) the Trinity are totally going to do them a solid.....Big Ray-Ray is going to totally shut the mouth of The Rock tonight (who seems determined to p!ss off JPL with his constant 'Jipple the Nipple' barbs) when he rams his nightstick down his throat.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>".....and me and Adam, we're totally going to do what Randy Savage keeps telling us to do.....we're going to soften up the Champion ahead of SuperBrawl.....the United States Champion that is.....because we're going to totally wipe the floor with Eddie Guerrero....."</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> ".....and his little dog too....."</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> ".....woah, woah, woah.....let the Rock stop you there.....first of all, the Rock's got no problem with you two jackasses beating on Eddie Guerrero, in fact the Rock will even stand there in the back, cheering you on.....but are you seriously trying to tell the Rock that you're doing this for Jipple?.....the Nipple?.....do you really think that Shawn Michaels and his Hairy Left Nipple are going to thank you for that?....."</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> ".....I totally think....."</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> ".....IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU THINK!.....Totally Awesome Trinity? Well the Rock says this, send down fat uncle Ray, the Rocks got no problem with that.....in fact, the Rock will send him back to you with that nightstick shoved so far up his candy ass that even his tonsils are going to be serving hard time.....and then, when you're done with the Guerrero's.....when you've done massaging the ego of Shawn Michaels.....when you're done tweaking Jipple, the Hairy Left Nipple, you come and find the Rock.....because whether you're a Titan of Wrestling or a Triple Trinity Titty Twister, it doesn't matter.....because whether it's you, you or you, Curt Hennig, Shawn Michaels or Jipple the Nipple, when you step into the ring and go one on one with the great one, the Rock is going to lay the smack down on your candy ass.....</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> .....IF YA SMELLLLLLLLLLLALALALALA.....WHAT THE ROCK.....IS.....COOKING....."</em></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Rating:</strong> A*</p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p></div><div style="text-align:center;"></div><div></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43289" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;"></div><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/H5AU4wf.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/H5AU4wf.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/TFVQgbO.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/TFVQgbO.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/wYulN53.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/wYulN53.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> .....I'm still desperately trying to condense these show lengths.....I usually fail (as shown in that opening promo) but I'm really, REALLY going to try this time.....</p><p> </p><p> .....so, with that being said let's get to our opening match.....it IS the Rock facing off against Ray Traylor, perhaps not the Trinity member he wanted but the Trinity member he got.....Big Ray-Ray was there the last time we saw Rocky on screen (getting assaulted by a chair wielding Curt Hennig) and certainly got enough licks in on both Rocky AND Rikishi that the Great One would be looking for payback here.....</p><p> </p><p> .....he got payback too.....The Enforcer got plenty of offence in and certainly wasn't made to look weak here, but in the end Rocky was able to catch him with a Rock Bottom and drive him into the mat for the one, two, three.....</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Winner:</strong> The Rock</p><p> <strong>Rating:</strong> B</p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43289" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;"></div><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/kW3wVGX.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/kW3wVGX.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/AAhTSYz.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/AAhTSYz.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> .....big win for the Rock, who's celebrating with his 'people' as we air a SuperBrawl commercial, and when we come back we are greeted by the sight of Mike Tenay, microphone in hand as he welcomes his guest.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Rowdy Roddy Piper.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Roddy is still incredibly over with the crowd (even in spite of his advancing age) so he get a great reception as he makes himself way out to hype his upcoming Pay Per View match with Buff Bagwell.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Tenay says that the last time Piper faced off with Buff Bagwell he walked (or rather limped) out with a loss under his belt.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>".....now two months later and on two good legs.....revenge MUST be on your mind?....."</em></p><p> </p><p> .....Piper just smiles at that, scratching his head as he tells Tenay that this isn't about revenge.....it's about finding out.....not finding out if he still has it.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>".....because I never lost it.....no, what I wanna find out Mike Tenay, is if little Marcus is as good as he (and those Titan boys) thinks he is.....</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> .....everybody saw Roddy Piper lose at Starrcade.....you saw it, he saw it, I saw....actually I didn't see it, but everyone else saw Roddy Piper lose to Buff Bagwell at Starrcade.....now I'm not going to make excuses.....I mean, sure I could barely walk.....sure, I'd been beaten black and blue by the rest of the Titan stooges.....but I'm not making excuses.....sure, it wasn't a sanctioned match, so technically Bagwell didn't win anything, but I'm not making excuses......</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> .....oh who the hell am I kidding, OF COURSE I'M MAKING EXCUSES!.....</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> .....Buff Bagwell, you hold a victory over me and you've been dining on that one win for months now.....well I hope you ate well, because Sunday is your last supper and ain't gonna be no resurrection from what I do to you.....</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> .....Mike Tenay, while the Titans bicker, their empire tumbles.....you've got the three stooges out there doing their own thing, the Warrior, he's got those cute tassels tied a little too tightly around the biceps if he thinks he's beating Sting.....cutting off the blood flow to the brain......then you got Randy Savage.....he's about to step foot into that God forsaken super cage with Shawn Michaels and I gotta tell ya, I don't think anyone cares if they kill each other....."</em></p><p> </p><p> .....Piper says that after all that, it'll just leave Buff.....and everything that the Hot Rod endured at Starrcade is going to seem like a day at kindergarten compared to what Piper has in store for Bagwell on Sunday.....because he's going to huff, he's going to puff.....and he's going to blow that Buff down.....</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Rating:</strong> A*</p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43289" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;"></div><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/yv7CIna.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/yv7CIna.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/TFVQgbO.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/TFVQgbO.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/ZbBCk50.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/ZbBCk50.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> .....we have a couple of Cruiserweight matches scheduled tonight, with our first one right now involving a gentleman that will actually be competing for the Cruiserweight Championship on Sunday night.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Juventud Guerrera will be looking to take the title away from current Champion Hayabusa at SuperBrawl, but before that he has the small matter of Scott Taylor to contend with.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Taylor isn't your typical Cruiserweight competitor.....he's not especially exciting, doesn't particularly fly, he certainly doesn't wow the crowd with his daredevil escapades......he's decent in the ring though......and very, very, VERY good at putting his opponents over, which is exactly what he does here.....Juvi shows why he's the number one contender, after finishing off Taylor with the Juvi Driver for the one, two, three..... </p><p> </p><p> <strong>Winner:</strong> Juventud Guerrera</p><p> <strong>Rating:</strong> C+</p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43289" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;"></div><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/yv7CIna.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/yv7CIna.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/8El8DGj.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/8El8DGj.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/QPFbiE5.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/QPFbiE5.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/jMg73vi.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/jMg73vi.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/Qy7A7qD.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/Qy7A7qD.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> .....Juvi celebrates his victory, but he doesn't get to celebrate for long before his music is cut off by the arrival of James Vandenberg and his Ministry of Misfits.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Vandenberg walks out onto the entrance ramp along with Mortis, Shinzaki and the WCW Cruiserweight Champion (and SuperBrawl opponent of Guerrera) Hayabusa.....but while Vandenberg comes to a halt on the entrance way, his followers do not.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Juventud watches warily as the trio make their way down the aisle to surround the ring, while Vandenberg brings a microphone to his mouth, telling Juvi that his entire existence could be snuffed out just like that.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>".....one word, one motion, one click of my fingers and my congregation could lay waste to the pitiful career that you have built for yourself....."</em></p><p> </p><p> .....Vandenberg raises one arm slowly and as one the three men at ringside climb up onto an apron, staring down the Cruiserweight Challenger.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>".....in the blink of an eye, all of your hopes and dreams could be washed away under a tidal wave of violence and suffering.....fortunately for you, Hayabusa has chosen to take this task for himself.....alone....."</em></p><p> </p><p> .....the Cruiserweight Champion looks at both Shinzaki and Mortis in turn, as each man slowly lowers himself to the floor leaving Hayabusa to stand alone on the apron, Champion face to face with Challenger.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>".....the 'youth warrior' clashes with the 'falcon' and this is an encounter that you won't survive.....you may fancy yourself a warrior Mr. Guerrera, but make no mistake, this is no 'youth' that you face.....this is a man.....a soldier.....MY Soldier.....my purifier.....MY Cruiserweight Champion and he will remain MY Cruiserweight Champion.....my Cruiserweight Champion, who could dispose of his challenger right here and right now....."</em></p><p> </p><p> .....Hayabusa slowly climbs through the ropes as Juvi watches him cautiously, and as Vandenberg's man unhooks the Cruiserweight Championship from around his waist and lays it on the mat in front of him (almost offering Guerrera a symbolic line to cross) before staring straight at his SuperBrawl opponent.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>".....young and naïve, your visions of grandeur may have bought you to the dance, but the music is about to stop playing on you song of celebration, as your funeral pyre ignites and the cleansing flames flicker at the feet of the eulogy of your career.....</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> .....but not tonight....."</em></p><p> </p><p> .....with that, Hayabusa drops abruptly to the mat, snatching his Championship belt as he rolls quickly to the outside again, as he, Shinzaki and Mortis back up the aisle, coming to a halt behind their leader.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>".....Ecclesiastes 11:9.....Rejoice, O young man, in your youth.....and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth.....walk in the ways of your heart and the sight of your eyes.....but know that for all these things.....at SuperBrawl.....Hayabusa.....will bring you into judgment....."</em></p><p> </p><p> .....and just as abruptly as they arrived, this Unholy Ministry slowly turns and walks to the back, leaving the commentators to question whether James Vandenberg is taking this whole 'Minister' thing a little bit too far.....as Juventud Guerrera resumes (half-heartedly) celebrating his victory.....and we air a quick promo for SuperBrawl VIII.....</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Rating:</strong> C+</p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43289" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;"></div><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/ZrMsrrZ.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/ZrMsrrZ.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/ll13ybD.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/ll13ybD.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/TFVQgbO.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/TFVQgbO.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/xUc9aac.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/xUc9aac.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/n21UiQS.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/n21UiQS.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> .....well we've just had the cruiserweights, so now it's time for the 'definitely not' cruiserweights.....as one time Demolition Smash (Barry Darsow) teams with one time Berzerker (John Nord) two men who have certainly displayed some 'savage' behaviour in the past, face two men who are determined to prove that they are anything but your stereotypical Samoan Savages, Ekmo and Kimo from the Lumana'i.....</p><p> </p><p> .....I don't know what you're really expecting from this match.....Kokina and LA Smooth accompanied their family members to ringside.....the match was ugly.....bowling shoe ugly.....the Lumana'i won after Elmo crushed the life out of Darsow with a top rope splash.....</p><p> </p><p> .....the end.....</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Winner(s):</strong> The Lumana'i </p><p> <strong>Rating:</strong> C-</p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43289" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;"></div><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/L9zZ2r1.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/L9zZ2r1.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/N9nIuAu.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/N9nIuAu.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/xUc9aac.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/xUc9aac.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/n21UiQS.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/n21UiQS.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> .....generally, the rule of thumb for the Lumana'i has been pretty similar week after week......Ekmo and Kimo wrestle.....they win.....Kokina and Smooth get in on the action......they crush the life out of the losers a second time.....more often than not, someone (usually Rikishi) tries to put a stop to it.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Rikishi isn't here this week.....</p><p> </p><p> .....he's still at home, recovering from the beating inflicted upon him by the Totally Awesome Trinity last week, so there's no one here to stop the Lumana'i from beating the snot out of Darsow and Nord, with Kokina finally putting the assault to an end after crushing Nord with that Samoan Splash, before the four men raise their arms in celebration.....</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/xuWPZBn.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/xuWPZBn.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> .....until Gary Hart comes slowly walking out from the back, coming to a halt on the entrance way.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Kokina laughs when he sees the managers arrival, telling Hart to <em>"come down here little man, get a little taste of Samoan Hospitality"</em> but Hart isn't interested.....he tells Kokina that he's had just about as much 'Samoan Hospitality' as he can stomach, having spent the last few weeks watching Fatu and Samu recuperate from the beating delivered to them from the ONE group of people they should be able to trust.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>".....family.....</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> .....see, the SST are pretty simple men, they like to eat.....they like to drink.....they like to fight.....but they never thought they'd have to fight for their lives against their own blood.....YOU did that.....you and your little misguided mission to prove a non-existent point resulted in the deepest betrayal.....</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> .....so be it.....because family or not, savages or not, Fatu and Samu are still honourable men.....and as honourable men, they WILL NOT let this betrayal go unanswered.....so while YOU have no problem with sneaking around and clandestine attacks, let this be your very public advanced warning.....Samu.....Fatu.....they ARE coming back.....and they're coming back for YOU....."</em></p><p> </p><p> .....again Kokina laughs at this, telling Hart to bring them.....because they'll get exactly the same treatment as they got last time.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>".....we're not hard to find.....this is 1998 and we ain't hiding on some little island, chewing on coconuts and seaweed.....we're out here, week in and week out.....they got these little magic boxes out now, they're called cell phones.....don't need no smoke signals or talking drums, and you certainly don't need some little antiqued mouthpiece like you to pass the message along.....</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> .....Fatu and Samu want us?.....tell them to come and find us.....we'll be waiting....."</em></p><p> </p><p> .....I guess the SST are going to be making their return.....not the most exciting return in the world granted, but then Thunder is more often than not the home of the B-Feud.....is The Lumana'i vs. The SST likely to make it to Pay Per View? Probably not.....is it likely to make it to an episode of Thunder? You're darn tooting.....</p><p> </p><p> .....speaking of feuds, let's air a quick recap video of the feud that's been developing between Bill Goldberg and Eddie Guerrero.....a feud that (despite being undefeated) has cost Bill Goldberg the Television Title.....</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Rating:</strong> B</p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43289" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;"></div><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/XMjklgs.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/XMjklgs.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> .....speaking of which, here comes the gentleman who stripped Bill Goldberg of that title, the public face of the WCW Championship Committee Eric Bischoff, and he has that Television Title Belt in his hands.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Bischoff tells the crowd that it wasn't an easy decision to make, stripping the undefeated Goldberg of the TV Title (a statement that is met with heavy boo's) but Eddie Guerrero really gave them no choice.....he says that Bill Goldberg was a living, breathing embodiment of what the Committee is looking for in a Champion, unfortunately thanks to a man who is most certainly NOT the living, breathing embodiment of what the Committee is looking for in a Champion (current US Champion Eddie Guerrero) Bill Goldberg was unable to defend his Championship within the mandatory 30 day window.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>".....and as such, we had no choice BUT to vacate this Championship.....not because we wanted to, but because this title deserves to be defended.....</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> .....of course, in order to BE defended, someone has to actually HOLD this Championship, which is exactly why I'm out here right now.....</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> .....this title deserves to be defended, this title deserves to have a holder.....next week, it's going to have a holder....."</em></p><p> </p><p> .....Bischoff says that next week, live on WCW Thunder, we are going to crown a new WCW Television Champion, as we hold a one night, eight man TV Title tournament.....eight men (who are yet to be named) will compete over the course of next week's show, which means that in seven days, this Championship will have a holder.....and then four days later, on Monday Nitro, it's going to be defended too.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>".....so Bill Goldberg, while we wish you a speedy recovery, unfortunately we must crown a new champion.....and as for who is going to be entered into that tournament? That will be announced in the coming days.....which means that everybody in the back there, still has the opportunity to impress....."</em></p><p> </p><p> .....with that, Eric Bischoff takes his leave because we have a match scheduled up next.....maybe one of those men can impress enough to be entered into this Television Title Tournament.....</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Rating:</strong> B+</p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43289" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;"></div><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/xI2Qo4J.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/xI2Qo4J.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/TFVQgbO.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/TFVQgbO.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/27KEe2J.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/27KEe2J.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> .....although both competitors here are perhaps more interested in the WCW Cruiserweight Championship rather than the Television Championship.....because it's Blitzkrieg facing off against Kid Kash.....</p><p> </p><p> .....of course that's not to say we WON'T see any Cruiserweight's entering into the TV Title tournament, but then neither of these men have what you would call stellar win/loss records either.....do get me wrong, they BOTH have stellar loss records, but I don think that's what Eric Bischoff is looking for in a Champion.....</p><p> </p><p> .....those loss records are actually the reason we are having this match.....sure we could showcase one of the newer arrivals to the Cruiserweight scene here.....a Psychosis, an Ultimo Dragon, maybe a Brian Lawler.....but both of these guys need a win, so why not put them against each other.....</p><p> </p><p> .....the in ring action in this one was very good (only the fan reaction let it down.....after all, both men have been losing more than they've been winning) with plenty of high flying manoeuvres and fast paced offence.....in the end though, it was Kid Kash that did just enough to pick up the victory, finishing his opponent off with the Money Maker for the one, two, three.....</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Winner:</strong> Kid Kash</p><p> <strong>Rating:</strong> C</p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43289" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;"></div><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/B35P2AX.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/B35P2AX.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/bE80tlG.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/bE80tlG.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> .....maybe Kid Kash WILL be in line for a spot in that TV Title tournament after all.....but as we go backstage, we see two gentlemen that are definitely interested in putting their names in the hat, it's Alex Wright and Disco Inferno.....and when I say backstage, I mean wayyyyyy backstage.....like, way back in the production truck backstage, because they're surrounded by monitors and sound engineers.....</p><p> </p><p> .....these two men got absolutely demolished by the Forgotten a few shows back, but prior to that they had actually began to amass a pretty good win record (including a victory over the current number one contenders to the tag team titles, The Nasty Boys) so that one loss isn't particularly detrimental.....particularly as it was to Vader and Bammers, who have been destroying pretty much everyone as of late.....</p><p> </p><p> .....right now it looks like Alex Wright is going back to his roots, dancing in the background with huge earphones on and plugged into a monitor that's playing what seems to be his entrance music and video.....Disco on the other hand is telling one of the production monkeys to wind something back, as he re-watches Eric Bischoff's announcement that there is going to be a one night tournament next week on Thunder to crown a brand new Television Champion.....</p><p> </p><p> .....with the announcement over (again) Disco excitedly turns to Wright and slaps the oblivious European on the chest, trying to get his attention.....and when that doesn't work, he finally slaps the big earphones right off his head.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>".....Schweinehund!.....I was listening to that....."</em></p><p> </p><p> .....Disco tells his pal not to worry about that now.....this isn't the time for dancing.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>".....you heard what Bischoff said.....there's going to be a new TV Champion crowned next week and WE should be in that tournament.....ok, I know we didn't beat the Forgotten, but c'mon, we've been on fire recently.....Bischoff has GOT to enter us in that tournament....."</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> ".....mein gott.....did Vader squash your little American head? What do you mean this isn't the time for dancing.....it's ALWAYS time for dancing....."</em></p><p> </p><p> .....with that, Wright shakes his head and picks the earphones back up, before returning to his electro-techno comfort zone, busting out moves to music that only he can hear.....Disco though, he's got other things on his mind.....telling a (rather bored looking) production man to play the Bischoff promo one more time.....</p><p> </p><p> ....clearly our Disco loving friend as aspirations of becoming the Television Champion.....</p><p> </p><p> .....let's leave them there.....</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Rating:</strong> B</p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43289" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;"></div><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/svuTeLZ.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/svuTeLZ.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/PifOkmV.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/PifOkmV.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/AAhTSYz.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/AAhTSYz.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> .....and go to two other gentlemen.....two other gentlemen who have also had their share of interaction with the Forgotten as of late.....in fact, one of them (Shawn Michaels) is going to be facing off against Bam Bam Bigelow later this evening.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Mike Tenay has the unenviable assignment of getting some words from the unpopular pair, the first of which being why.....why, after spending months fighting against the Titans of Wrestling, have Shawn Michaels and Jean Paul Levesque recently been HELPING them.....with 'them' being the Totally Awesome Trinity.....</p><p> </p><p> .....I don't think Shawn was listening to the question, because he continues to stare blankly into space as Levesque answers the question.....JPL says that it's not about helping the Titans of Wrestling.....they're still very much focused on taking the Titans out (in fact, Shawn Michaels is going to take out Randy Savage permanently at SuperBrawl) this is about helping the Totally Awesome Trinity out.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>".....out of the Titans of Wrestling that is.....see, Copeland and Cage, we kinda like them.....sure, they have questionable taste, but they're crass.....they're brash.....they're arrogant.....they're.....well, they're us.....but for all that Mike Tenay, they're young.....and the young sometimes idolise the wrong Idols.....they say never meet your heroes, well Copeland and Cage are realising that SOMETIMES, the Stars that you grew up watching, aren't quite so perfect when you watch them close up.....Randy Savage, he's not exactly nurturing their potential is he.....and 'Hollywood', he's nowhere to be seen.....</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> .....maybe it's time that Adam Copeland and Christian Cage found a 'Totally Awesome' new Idol.....or two....."</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> ".....or maybe, maybe this is just a case of you two jabronies getting someone else to do your dirty work for you....."</em> </p><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/f4Hz3ai.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/f4Hz3ai.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> .....looks like the Great One isn't done yet this evening, as (much to the obvious annoyance of JPL) The Rock comes walking into shot, pausing for a moment to look at Michaels, before nodding at Levesque.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>".....s'up Jipple....."</em></p><p> </p><p> .....it's fairly obvious that JPL is getting fed up of this Jipple the Nipple business, especially as he smiles insincerely at the new arrival, telling Rocky that he's not phased by the name calling.....Rocky says he is glad to hear that, because he's hear a LOT of different people call Jipple a LOT of different names.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>".....and The Rock's gotta tell ya, 'Jipple' is probably the only one the Rock can repeat here on The Rock's show....."</em></p><p> </p><p> .....Rocky tells Levesque that he thought very little of him before, but he thinks even less of him now, going so low as to get the Totally Awesome Trinity to do his dirty work for him.....first trying to get them to take out The Rock.....secondly by getting them to try and take out Eddie Guerrero next.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>".....problem you've got is The Rock's still standing, and after laying the smack down on fat uncle Ray earlier tonight, The Rock is ready to whip some more Trinity ass.....and Jipple......you big hairy nipple.....once the Rock's done whooping blonde and blonder.....once The Rock has done laying the smack down on Curt Hennig all around that arena Sunday night.....the Rock guarantees.....he guaran-damn-tees.....that he's going to take your head and shove it straight up Shawn Michaels candy ass....."</em></p><p> </p><p> .....Shawn laughs at that, telling the Rock that if he thinks for one second that Mr. Wrestling Shawn Michaels is going to waste one single second on a nobody like him then he's sorely mistaken.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>".....I mean, WCW is already littered with literally nobodies, but you.....YOU.....you are the bottom of the barrel.....tell me Mr. Great One, what have you done so great huh? Lost to Vader? Lost to Eddie Guerrero? Twice? Seems to me that Mr. Great One is just like everyone else in WCW.....second rate and mediocre....."</em></p><p> </p><p> .....Levesque corrects Michaels.....telling him that there are at least a <em>couple</em> of prospects in WCW.....a couple of prospects that are in action next.....against someone that (unlike Rocky) Levesque is going to wipe the floor with on Sunday.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>".....because maybe YOU can't beat Eddie Guerrero.....but I sure as hell can.....I sure as hell WILL.....and when I do, we'll see then who the god damn joke around here is, funny man....."</em></p><p> </p><p> .....with that, a frustrated Levesque barges past an amused looking Rock, presumably to head off and watch Copeland and Cage (who are in action next) leaving Michaels and Rocky to stare each other down a minute, before Shawn finally smiles and slaps Rocky on the shoulder, telling him that HE really couldn't care less about The Rock, but JPL, he's got a real bug up his ass about the so called people's champion.....he might want to watch his mouth.....</p><p> </p><p> .....AND his back.....</p><p> </p><p> .....not that The Rock looks overly concerned.....</p><p> </p><p> .....let's go down to the ring.....</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Rating:</strong> A*</p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43289" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;"></div><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/IZ4NTrO.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/IZ4NTrO.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/MGYUFWW.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/MGYUFWW.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/TFVQgbO.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/TFVQgbO.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/QPEZk7O.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/QPEZk7O.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/O69T1oO.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/O69T1oO.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> .....where it's time for tag team action.....but probably NOT the tag team action everyone was expecting.....after all, Copeland and Cage are hardly white hat wearing fan favourites around here.....while the Guerrero's, well.....they're not exactly everyone's heroes either, particularly after their treatment of The Rock and more recently Bill Goldberg.....</p><p> </p><p> .....so who to cheer for? That's the question.....</p><p> </p><p> .....it would seem like the answer (initially anyway) was Copeland and Cage.....yes they are technically "heels" and yes they are members of the Titans of Wrestling, but in all honesty, they're pretty entertaining too, so it's them that the crowd are rooting for in this (actually very good all things considered) match.....</p><p> </p><p> .....or they WERE rooting for them.....at least until Jean Paul Levesque makes his way out.....</p><p> </p><p> .....despite their hatred of all things WCW (and of the Titans of Wrestling) JPL and Shawn Michaels appear to have taken a bit of a shine to Copeland and Cage.....now whether that's simply a means to an end (like in this match here, where the Totally Awesome Two have agreed to face JPL's SuperBrawl opponent) or whether it's simply to mess with the heads of the rest of the Titans (Shawn Michaels SuperBrawl opponent Randy Savage in particular) remains to be seen, but as Big Ray-Ray distracts the official, Levesque rolls into the ring behind Chavo Guerrero and drops him with a Pedigree, before telling Eddie to "<em>Suck It</em>" as he quickly makes his exit.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Cage makes the cover on the fallen Guerrero and unfortunately for Eddie, he's going into his WCW United States Championship match with JPL off the back of a loss.....that's not good for moral.....</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Winner(s):</strong> Adam Copeland & Christian Cage</p><p> <strong>Rating:</strong> B</p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43289" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;"></div><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/AAhTSYz.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/AAhTSYz.jpg"></a><img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/efzM3x9.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/efzM3x9.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/rUgA8o1.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/rUgA8o1.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/61rDDbM.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/61rDDbM.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> .....we leave that scene and head to the back, where a nervous looking Mike Tenay is standing by with The Forgotten.....Bam Bam is staring menacingly at the camera (with his WCW Tag Team Title over one shoulder) while Vader barks that he feels no pain (with his WCW Tag Team Title Belt draped over HIS shoulder) as Tenay addresses Kevin Sullivan.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Sully says that Shawn Michaels and Jean Paul Levesque were happily living their pathetic little lives, with nothing to fear but the jeers of these fans.....Shawn Michaels and Jean Paul Levesque were safe.....because they were not on the Forgotten's radar.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>".....see Big Van Vader and Bam Bam Bigelow, they were focused on their next victims.....their next examples.....their next night of destruction.....the Forgotten WERE focused on Brian Knobbs and Jerry Sags.....Shawn Michaels and Jean Paul Levesque were safe.....the Forgotten WERE focused on crushing the Nasty Boys......Shawn Michaels and Jean Paul Levesque were safe.....the Forgotten WERE focused on defending their WCW Tag Team Titles at SuperBrawl.....Shawn Michaels and Jean Paul Levesque were safe......then Shawn Michaels and Jean Paul Levesque decided to get our attention.....</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> .....Shawn Michaels and Jean Paul Levesque are now.....NOT safe....."</em></p><p> </p><p> .....Sully says that the Nasty Boys fate is a mere formality, but the destruction of Shawn Michaels next is an absolute certainty.....Bam Bam Bigelow has demanded the Pretty Boy Prima-donna and tonight, he's going to shut Shawn Michaels up once and for all.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>".....and if his little friend wants to get involved too.....if Jean Paul Levesque sticks his nose into this match.....tell them what time it's going to be Vader....."</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> ".....:::::!!!!!IT'S VADER TIME!!!!!:::::....."</em></p><p> </p><p> .....maybe it will be.....but before that, it's backstage segment time.....</p><p> </p><p> .....let's go over to the Totally Awesome Trinity.....</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Rating:</strong> B+</p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43289" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;"></div><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/5LaNZFJ.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/5LaNZFJ.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/oCKbC81.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/oCKbC81.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/BClB1EX.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/BClB1EX.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/w52KdTn.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/w52KdTn.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> .....who are celebrating their "totally awesome" win in the back......Big Ray-Ray didn't have such a good night tonight but he's happy for his boys.....he even nearly smiled.....nearly.....</p><p> </p><p> .....the Trinity look to be about done for the night (despite The Rock promising that HE wasn't done with THEM) and are packing up their bags.....</p><p> </p><p> .....that's when Buff Bagwell comes walking into the room.....</p><p> </p><p> .....the Trinity come to a dead halt when they see Buff (with Copeland and Cage doing a good job of staring at him with their mouths agape) before Christian asks Copeland if he's totally seeing things?.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>".....Buff Bagwell? It's not Buff Bagwell....."</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> ".....it's totally not Buff Bagwell.....Buff is Totally Awesome.....Buff is totally in the Awesome Foursome....."</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> ".....not this guy.....we never see this guy....."</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> ".....not this guy.....this guy is a total d!ck....."</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> ".....a TOTAL d!ck....."</em></p><p> </p><p> .....Buff tells Copeland and Cage to cut it out.....he says that they know who he is, he's the same Buff Bagwell that's been fighting by their side for month.....but Macho Man told him to come and find them here tonight to tell them th.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>".....oh talk about a total d!ck!.....Macho Man couldn't come down here himself?....."</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> ".....dude, Macho totally doesn't work Thursdays....."</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> ".....neither does this guy anymore....."</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> ".....Buff? No, he's a total kiss-ass....."</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> ".....and a messenger boy....."</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> ".....a total messenger boy....."</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> ".....what's the message boy?....."</em></p><p> </p><p> .....Buff is clearly annoyed at that, telling the Awesome Two to quit it.....he says that he can see they're packing and ready to go, Macho sent him here to give them a ride, to make sure that they get to where they need to be.....and where they need to be is at SuperBrawl on Sunday to take care of Titan Business.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Ray Traylor hasn't been much of a talker recently (Copeland and Cage do MORE than enough talking to make up for that) but he pipes up here, telling Bagwell that they don't HAVE any Titan Business on Sunday.....they don't even have a match.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>".....but we're supposed to be there to make sure YOU win?.....that HE win's?.....that WARRIOR wins?.....and he sends his little gopher? I tell you what boy, you go back and you tell Randy Savage that if wants me.....he wants Adam.....Christian.....he wants us to be somewhere, ANYWHERE.....he knows where we are.....tell him to come and tell us himself....."</em></p><p> </p><p> .....Buff isn't happy about that (honestly, I just don't think he wants to go back and tell Savage what Traylor just said) and it all gets a bit shouty, resulting in Traylor finally grabbing Copeland and Cages bags and pulling all of their gear back out, throwing it onto the locker room benches as he tells Bagwell to get the hell out.....</p><p> </p><p> .....he says that the Trinity WERE leaving.....now they're not.....Randy Savage wants to know why, tell him to keep watching......he'll see why.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>".....now get out.....before I PUT you out....."</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> ".....oh, you made Big Ray-Ray mad....."</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> ".....you totally shouldn't make Big Ray-Ray mad....."</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> ".....you should probably run....."</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> ".....I'd totally run....."</em></p><p> </p><p> .....Buff doesn't run.....but he does leave, telling the Trinity that Macho isn't going to like this, slamming the door behind him as he goes.....that just leaves Copeland and Cage to look at all their gear thrown all over the room.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>".....dude.....you totally trashed our stuff....."</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> ".....is that my jock?....."</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> ".....Big Ray-Ray.....you totally touched Christians jockstrap....."</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> ".....we forgive you Big Ray-Ray....."</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> ".....we could never be mad at you....."</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> ".....what are we going to do now?....."</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> ".....I've totally got an idea....."</em></p><p> </p><p> .....best make it quick then Mr. Copeland.....there's not long left in the show.....our main event is next.....</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Rating:</strong> A</p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43289" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;"></div><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/Gb5WkAs.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/Gb5WkAs.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/TFVQgbO.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/TFVQgbO.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/iMTTL4m.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/iMTTL4m.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> .....and it's like an episode of Monday Night Raw circa 1995 up in here, as Shawn Michaels faces off against Bam Bam Bigelow.....except Shawn Michaels circa 1995 was still a year away from realising that 'Boyhood Dream', while Bam Bam of 1995 had just lost to the 123 Kid and Sparky Plugg and was a few months away from getting kicked out of the Million Dollar Corporation.....</p><p> </p><p> .....hardly sounds like a match of the year candidate huh.....</p><p> </p><p> .....what a difference a few years can make.....because in 1998 Shawn Michaels can comfortably call himself 'The Icon that can still go', as well as claiming to be one of the longer reigning WWF Champions of recent years......Bammers has been no slouch either.....a former WCW Champion (yikes.....and after defeating Ric Flair too no less) before joining forces with Vader and Sully to form the Forgotten, picking up a tag title reign along the way.....</p><p> </p><p> .....he's also seriously p!ssed off at Shawn Michaels and Jean Paul Levesque, after the pair cost him and Vader their match this past Monday Night.....Shawn sold well for him as well, as the most despised man in World Championship Wrestling had his ass handed to him in what was actually a pretty good match.....</p><p> </p><p> .....in fact, Shawn received such an ass kicking that JPL had to make his way out from the back to try and even up the odds.....</p><p> </p><p> .....except (true to his word) Vader ALSO made his way out, as he and Sullivan made sure that Levesque kept out of this match.....JPL is a slippery so and so though, so he stays well out of the two Forgotten men's grips (routinely telling Vader to <em>"Suck It"</em>) and thoroughly distracting the official.....</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/wYulN53.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/wYulN53.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/psEGFc8.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/psEGFc8.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/dfHWDxP.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/dfHWDxP.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> .....so much so, that as Copeland and Cage (showing us what that 'idea' was all about) come rushing out from the locker rooms and crack a chair across the back of Vaders head, he misses The Enforcer sliding into the ring to nail Bammers with that nightstick.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Bigelow staggers (as Levesque throws Sullivan into the safety rails on the outside) and Michaels comes flying across the ring to hit him right in the mouth with some Sweet Chin Music.....</p><p> </p><p> .....and three seconds later, the Totally Awesome Trinity just handed Randy Savage's SuperBrawl opponent a big victory.....and Macho can't be happy about that.....</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Winner:</strong> Shawn Michaels</p><p> <strong>Rating:</strong> B</p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43289" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;"></div><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/vH8E7zq.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/vH8E7zq.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/99nujXC.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/99nujXC.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/wYulN53.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/wYulN53.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/psEGFc8.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/psEGFc8.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/dfHWDxP.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/dfHWDxP.jpg"></a></p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/3HJxDov.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/3HJxDov.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/EuxY3oI.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/EuxY3oI.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/fawbeUb.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/fawbeUb.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> .....Levesque continues whaling on Sullivan, as Ray Traylor begins to put the boots to Bigelow.....Vader got knocked to a knee by that chair shot, but it doesn't put him down.....the Con-Chair-To that follows does though, as Copeland and Cage unleash their now signature assault.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Shawn Michaels just watches for a moment, before grabbing a microphone to ask if this is the best that WCW has to offer?.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>".....the big bad Forgotten don't look so big and bad to me.....in fact, they just look like another afterthought.....just another example of WCW mediocrity....."</em></p><p> </p><p> .....even after that double chair attack, Vader is still trying to get back to a somewhat vertical position, and even Bammers is trying to roll over to the ropes to pull himself back up, so Michaels breaks away from the microphone for a minute to direct traffic, instructing the Trinity to finish what they started.....and remarkably that's exactly what happens, as Shawn Michaels and Jean Paul Levesque fight side by side with the Titans of Wrestling to make sure that the Forgotten stay down.....</p><p> </p><p> .....finally, with Sully, Vader and Bam Bam down, Copeland, Cage and Traylor join Michaels and JPL in the ring, where Shawn continues his tirade.....he says that in all of WCW, there are very few things that stand out......He is one.....JPL is one......the Totally Awesome Trinity is one.....but they've been dogged down and tarnished by Randy Savage and the rest of the Titans of Wrestling.....so much so, that at SuperBrawl, they don't even have a match.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>".....well that's ok boys.....because you can watch how some REAL Titans do it, when JPL becomes Mr. USA and ol' Mr. Wrestling himself teaches your fearless leader a lesson that he'll never forget inside that steel cage.....and then.....maybe you'll have the good sense to tell Randy Savage the same thing we've been telling all of WCW for months now.....</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> .....Suck It....."</em></p><p> </p><p> .....with that, Michaels throws down the microphone and raises his arms, as Levesque holds up the arms of Copeland and Cage respectively.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Shawn Michaels has been promising to destroy the Titans of Wrestling for months now.....is he about to do just that, by tearing it down from the inside?.....is he about to do that, without even lifting a finger, simply by feeding the dissension that already exists within the group?.....</p><p> </p><p> .....maybe we'll find out Sunday.....</p><p> </p><p> .....we'll see you at SuperBrawl fans..... </p><p> </p><p> <strong>Rating:</strong> A*</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Final Rating:</strong> B+</p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p></div><p></p>

<p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p> </p><p> <strong>From Thunder to the Extreme: Week 4, February 1998</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/2Tb7b5r.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/2Tb7b5r.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Preview for WCW Thunder: Week 4, February 1998</strong> </p><p> </p><p> Shawn Michaels vs. Bam Bam Bigelow</p><p> Comments:</p><p> </p><p> Adam Copeland & Christian Cage vs. Los Guerrero's (Eddie & Chavo)</p><p> Comments:</p><p> </p><p> Blitzkrieg vs. Kid Kash</p><p> Comments:</p><p> </p><p> Barry Darsow & John Nord vs. The Lumana'i </p><p> Comments:</p><p> </p><p> Juventud Guerrera vs. Scott Taylor</p><p> Comments:</p><p> </p><p> The Rock vs. Ray Traylor</p><p> Comments:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/9CadHVo.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/9CadHVo.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Preview for ECW Hardcore TV: Week 4, February 1998</strong></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Matches From ECW House Party 1998</strong></p><p> </p><p> <strong>ECW Championship Match</strong></p><p> Sandman © vs. New Jack</p><p> Comments:</p><p> </p><p> The FBI vs. The Brood</p><p> Comments:</p><p> </p><p> Chris Chetti vs. JT Smith</p><p> Comments:</p><p> </p><p> Plus: Terry Funk has vowed to challenge the winner of the ECW Championship Match for a shot at the title, there and then.</p><p> </p><p> </p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="crackerjack" data-cite="crackerjack" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43289" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Very solid NWO to4sty. Nice feeling that we generally have an idea where everyone is going for Mania - should make a wild finish to this dynasty.</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> I think it was fairly obvious in some ways where we were going to end up, but it’s nice to finally be able to actually “announce” the matches.....I certainly hope it makes for an interesting finish to the dynasty.</p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Jaysin" data-cite="Jaysin" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43289" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Very good show!</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Thank you kind sir</p>

<p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:60%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/hzf7tIZ.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/hzf7tIZ.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Week 4, February 1998</strong></p><p><strong> Frank Erwin Center (Austin, Texas)</strong></p><p><strong> ATT: 14,870</strong></p><p><strong> TV: 30.57</strong></p><p><strong> Announce Team: Tony Schiavone, Bobby Heenan and Mike Tenay </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43289" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/XjyLvuu.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/XjyLvuu.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/14sRqgF.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/14sRqgF.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/2EPs81y.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/2EPs81y.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/aQrP0BT.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/aQrP0BT.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> .....it's that time of the week again and while we are one night removed from the WWF's February Pay Per View offering, we are only six nights away from WCW SuperBrawl VIII.....and it's set to be a big night.....</p><p> </p><p> .....if Starrcade and Wrestlemania are comprisable in terms of each respective companies biggest show of the year, then SuperBrawl (much like Summerslam) would be a very close second.....this at years SuperBrawl we are set to see the Warrior battle his one time friend and partner Sting, for the WCW Championship of the World.....a huge match in itself, but there's more.....</p><p> </p><p> .....because despite the fact that Shawn Michaels repeatedly insists that he has little interest in holding the "Big Tin Belt", he will be vying for the number one contender status, meeting the Macho Man Randy Savage inside a steel cage.....not ANY steel cage.....in what basically amounts to WCW's version of a Hell in a Cell match, we will be taking the War Games cage and enclosing not just the ring, but the entire ringside area.....there's going to be some Caged Heat between these two men.....</p><p> </p><p> .....on that note, it appears as though the Titans of Wrestling have something to say about both of those matches, because they make their way out to open the show.....</p><p> </p><p> .....although the group seems to be a little smaller than usual.....</p><p> </p><p> .....we have Vince Russo, Randy Savage.....we have the Warrior and we have Buff Bagwell too.....but conspicuous by their absence, the Totally Awesome Trinity are nowhere to be seen.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Macho Man takes the microphone to tell the crowd that the day is almost here.....he says that since Starrcade, the professional wrestling world has been tipped on its axis because Starrcade was the day that Hollywood Hogan let the WCW Title (and everything that goes with it) slip through his fingers.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>".....but at SuperBrawl, what goes around comes back around yeah, as the Titans of Wrestling flip the switch yeah, you dig....."</em></p><p> </p><p> .....Savage says that Buff Bagwell already wiped the floor with Roddy Piper once.....on Sunday he'll do it again and put that skirt wearing freak out of WCW once and for all.....while the Warrior, the Warrior is going to undo Hollywood's mistakes.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>".....because the Warrior Man, yeah.....he's going to take back the prize that EVERYONE eyes.....the prize that we shouldn't have ever lost.....the WCW Championship, yeah....."</em></p><p> </p><p> .....Macho says that if there's ONE man who knows how to take down Sting, it's the Warrior.....they trained together.....travelled together.....roomed together.....came up together.....Warrior came IN to the business with Sting and at SuperBrawl he's going to take him OUT of the business too.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>".....and then there's Shawn Michaels.....Mr. 'Thinks he's Sexy', still a boy, stepping inside a steel cage with a MAN yeah.....but not just any cage, because there's nowhere to run, nowhere to hide, no escape and no JPL to hide behind you dig?....."</em></p><p> </p><p> .....Macho says that the Titans of Wrestling are the cream of the crop when it comes to this business, so where they DO their business is the place to be and the place to be is WCW, no matter WHAT Shawn Michaels says.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>".....and at SuperBrawl (since you don't like the view around here) the Macho Man is going to take you out permanently.....Oh Ye...."</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/wYulN53.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/wYulN53.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/9v5UqjM.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/9v5UqjM.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/WqjrxR2.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/WqjrxR2.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> .....oh ye indeed.....Macho doesn't actually get to finish that signature catchphrase.....instead he gets interrupted by the three Titans that do NOT have a match at SuperBrawl.....Ray Traylor, Adam Copeland and Christian Cage.....</p><p> </p><p> .....the Totally Awesome Trinity make their way out, and the trio SHOULD be fresh as a daisy after walking out on the Titans last week to supposedly go on vacation.....problem with that is that they didn't actually GET a vacation.....in fact, they were quite busy this past week on Thunder.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Savage barely gives the three men chance to step between the ropes before he's ready to slap someone.....Copeland felt the wrath of the Macho Man LAST week, which almost resulted in Traylor and Savage coming to blows, as the Enforcer took offence to Randy laying a hand on his fellow Trinity Member.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Bagwell has to hold the Macho Man back, while Copeland tells him to <em>"totally chill out dude, before you have a major aneurism"</em>.....Copeland says that they must have missed the memo that the Titans were up first tonight.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>".....or is this just for the Titans that HAVE matches booked for SuperBrawl? Because we totally don't, do we Christian....."</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> ".....WE don't.....what about you Big Ray-Ray? Do you have a match?....."</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> "..............."</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> ".....Big Ray-Ray doesn't have a match....."</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> ".....Big Ray-Ray should totally have a match....."</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> ".....what about Hollywood? Does Hollywood have a match?....."</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> ".....dude, no.....Hollywood should totally hav....."</em></p><p> </p><p> .....I don't think Savage wants to hear the name Hollywood Hogan.....because at the sound of Hogan's name he shakes free of Bagwell and again (for the second consecutive week) slaps Copeland right in the mouth.....</p><p> </p><p> .....and again Traylor doesn't like that, not one bit.....and he shoves Savage in the chest with such force that the Macho Man hits the mat.....Savage scrambles back to his feet, wild eyed like a, well like a savage.....and this time it takes both Bagwell AND the Warrior to hold him back, as Traylor invites Macho to try it.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Russo grabs the microphone to try and calm things down.....or rather, to lay down the law.....</p><p> </p><p> .....he's not happy with the attitude of the Trinity as of late, telling Copeland and Cage they're pushing their luck.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>".....and no.....none of the three of you have a match at SuperBrawl, but that's on YOU bro....."</em></p><p> </p><p> .....Russo says that he (and Macho) have been waiting for the Trinity to take out the Forgotten.....or the Nasty Boys.....they were told to go and make a statement, show WHY they should be getting the Tag Title opportunity.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>".....but you didn't, did you.....no, instead you came out here, week in and week out, watched Big Van Vader and Bam Bam Bigelow kick the crap out of whoever was in front of them, and then you quickly turned around and ran (just like Hulk Hogan did) as far away from the action as you could get.....so tell me bro, who would we give you a match with? You want I should pull a couple of bums in off the street? You think you could beat them?....."</em></p><p> </p><p> .....Cage goes to answer, but Russo cuts him off, telling him that if he they want a match, they GOT a match.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>".....TONIGHT.....so go to the back, put your big boy boots on......because there's no more hiding, no more running.....you're facing the Forgotten....."</em></p><p> </p><p> .....I don't know how happy Copeland and Cage actually are to hear that, but they take the match, telling Russo that by the end of the night, the Totally Awesome Two will be holding Tag Team Gold.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>".....c'mon Big Ray-Ray....."</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> ".....woah, hold on there bro.....first of all, it ain't a title match.....you don't get Title shots by p!ssing me off bro.....and second of all, 'Big Ray-Ray' ain't going nowhere.....because he's got a match tonight too......right now actually....."</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> ".....against who?....."</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> ".....well since some people around here need to learn their place, that match is going to be against the man that's taking Shawn Michaels OUT on Sunday Night.....</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> .....The Macho Man, Randy Savage....."</em></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Rating:</strong> A*</p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p></div><div style="text-align:center;"></div><div></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43289" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;"></div><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/5XrTwCg.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/5XrTwCg.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/TFVQgbO.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/TFVQgbO.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/pUAvcva.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/pUAvcva.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> .....I doubt anyone was expecting to see Titan vs. Titan here tonight when they bought their tickets, but Savage is still seething after last week, while Traylor hasn't backed down an inch EITHER week, so this has definitely been brewing.....</p><p> </p><p> .....I've said it before, but the arrival of Adam Copeland and Christian Cage to WCW was the best thing that ever happened to him, sure he was positioned as the Enforcer of the Titans of Wrestling before that, but he never had the spotlight that he has had since becoming a (surprisingly important) part of the Totally Awesome Trinity.....</p><p> </p><p> .....not that the rest of the Trinity are out here for this one.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Russo orders both Copeland and Cage to the back (while rather suspiciously allowing Buff Bagwell to remain) so Traylor is all alone in this one.....Big Ray-Ray doesn't actually wrestle much nowadays, but he's still a large and powerful Enforcer that gives Savage plenty of problems.....problems that Buff Bagwell has the solution to.....</p><p> </p><p> .....because while Traylor has Savage draped over the middle ropes, he comes charging across the ring and leaps, looking to drive his weight across the back of the Macho Man, as well as driving Savage's throat into the ring rope.....unfortunately Bagwell shoves Macho out of harms way and Traylor has a bad landing that sees him getting tangled up in the ropes......</p><p> </p><p> .....he falls backwards and crashes to the mat, just as Savage comes flying off the top with that patented Elbow Drop, that gives him the one, the two and the three.....</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Winner:</strong> Randy Savage</p><p> <strong>Rating:</strong> B</p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43289" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;"></div><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/71Pzys6.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/71Pzys6.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/o5VxOZB.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/o5VxOZB.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> .....Savage grabs up a microphone and tells Traylor to remember that it's the Titans of Wrestling that make him relevant around here.....and they can make him Irrelevant just as easily......</p><p> </p><p> <em>".....so brutha, fall in line, shape up or ship out....."</em></p><p> </p><p> .....Macho says that the seconds are ticking by and the day draws nearer.....because yes, Randy Savage WILL be the number one contender for the WCW Title on Sunday, but that doesn't mean that the Macho Man isn't rooting for the Warrior Man at SuperBrawl.....the way he sees it, whether it's him or Warrior that does the thing, all that matters is that the WCW Title comes home where it belongs.....</p><p> </p><p> .....which is why Buff Bagwell is going to face the WCW Champion Sting later tonight.....to do what Copeland and Cage SHOULD have done a few weeks back.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>".....and that's get Sting ready for the Warrior....if you get what I mean, yeah....."</em></p><p> </p><p> .....Bagwell asks Savage if that means HE is getting a World Title shot tonight? After all, it doesn't matter WHO holds the gold so long as it's in the Titans.....right?.....</p><p> </p><p> .....I guess not, because Savage mutters something about Eric Bischoff not allowing that, before quickly brushing off the question to address Shawn Michaels again.....</p><p> </p><p> .....sorry Buff, I guess that's going to be non-title after all.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Macho tells Shawn Michaels that while he THINKS he's an icon, he's really nothing more than a cheap imitation of Randy Savage.....an Icon lite if you will.....Savage says that Shawn can talk (<em>"no doubt about it, yeah"</em>) but at the end of the day, talking isn't going to be enough to beat Randy Savage.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>".....because everything you can do I can do better and I've been doing it longer, yeah.....you can fly, you can jump.....got an elbow drop of your own.....I've seen it, yeah.....not a fan....."</em></p><p> </p><p> .....Macho Man says that he's been dropping elbows for years.....he says that Shawn can wrestle (<em>"but I've wrestled them all.....beat em too"</em>) and yeah, he's a former World Champion (<em>"uh-huh, yeah.....been there, done that.....been to the top of the mountain.....THREE TIMES you dig"</em>) in fact, everything Shawn Michaels has done, or WANT'S to do, Randy Savage has already done it.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>".....but at SuperBrawl, brother, brother, brother.....all your dreams are going to come true, yeah.....because the Macho Man is going to give you the one thing you want.....I'm going to take that pretty boy face, grind it into mincemeat.....and then, since you hate it around here so much, I'm going to take you out......out of WCW, out of my hair, out of my face, out of the business, yeah.....permanently, ya dig.....Oh Yeah....."</em></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Rating:</strong> A*</p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43289" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;"></div><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/w96EUju.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/w96EUju.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/i2GFy0d.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/i2GFy0d.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/eyNwvlP.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/eyNwvlP.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> .....the last time we saw the Soul Train team of Ernest Miller and Ice Train they were facing off AGAINST each other instead of teaming WITH each other.....obviously there had been some tension within the pairing, mainly because of Millers ever increasing ego......and an unfounded ego at that, because the pair have hardly been tearing it up the rankings.....that being said, Teddy Long obviously decided that they need to work out their frustrations but in doing so he only made matters worse, because with victory Ernest Millers ego only grew bigger as he announced himself the 'leader' of the team.....</p><p> </p><p> .....because of that, Miller has vowed to lead the team to tag team glory (and gold) but Train is going to have to do things HIS way.....and right now, HIS way involves working on his footwork.....</p><p> </p><p> .....and by footwork I mean dancing.....</p><p> </p><p> .....this segment is obviously pre-taped as we're in some undisclosed location, where Miller (as Teddy Long watches bemused) is attempting to teach Ice Train some moves.....there's some very (WCW rip-off) James Brown sounding music playing, as Miller two steps and shuffles his way around the floor.....</p><p> </p><p> .....he tells Train to follow his lead, but Ice Train is a huge man.....a huge uncoordinated man.....and he quite simply can't dance.....he tries, he really does, but as he trips and stumbles over his own feet he is clearly getting increasingly more frustrated, before he finally snaps, asking Miller exactly what the point of his is?.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>".....I'm going along with your stupid little 'leader' stipulation, but I don't get how this is gonna win us tag team gold.....Teddy?.....Teddy? You got any idea?....."</em></p><p> </p><p> .....Teddy Long just shakes his head, he's as in the dark as Train.....Miller though is insistent.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>".....man don't question me.....if you knew what was gonna win us gold then maybe I wouldn't have whooped yo ass last week.....goddamn ungrateful, that's what you are.....this is some outside the box training man.....this is some 'wax on-wax off' Mr. Miyagi knowledge I'm passing on here....."</em></p><p> </p><p> .....Miller says that the better Train is on his feet, the more chance he has of out-manoeuvring his opponent.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>".....and if you could out-manoeuvre your opponent, maybe I wouldn't have been able to kick your big ol' meathead off your shoulders last week....."</em></p><p> </p><p> .....Train tells Miller that he's about to manoeuvre his boot straight up Ernest's ass if he keeps running his mouth, but as I said, Ice Train is a man of his word.....Miller won the match.....Miller is the leader.....Miller calls the shots.....so Ice Train dances.....</p><p> </p><p> .....it's not a pretty sight.....</p><p> </p><p> .....in fact, it's horrendous.....</p><p> </p><p> .....let's leave this behind and head back down live to the arena shall we.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Ice Train REALLY can't dance.....</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Rating:</strong> B-</p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43289" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;"></div><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/QWljnPs.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/QWljnPs.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/TFVQgbO.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/TFVQgbO.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/KhGt6Q7.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/KhGt6Q7.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> .....anyway, enough of that nonsense, it's time for a match......and hold on to your hats, because VK Wallstreet is in action.....</p><p> </p><p> .....ok, that in itself probably isn't so exciting.....but he IS facing Mike Awesome, who in turn has Missy Hyatt with him.....</p><p> </p><p> .....ok, that's not overly exciting either.....it's 1998 after all, Missy is hardly at her best.....</p><p> </p><p> .....well, considering that we have a big eight man tag match happening at SuperBrawl, between Jimmy Hart's First Family and Konnan's chosen partners, Mike Awesome, Gideon Cain and Jeff Hardy, there's at least a lot going on at ringside.....because all eight men are out here.....and so are Missy and Jimmy.....and they had an altercation of their own last week.....</p><p> </p><p> .....do you notice that I'm not really discussing the match itself?.....that's because it's Mike Awesome vs. VK Wallstreet.....Mike could have a very bright future and VK is certainly fundamentally sound.....that being said this was hardly the most exciting of matches.....</p><p> </p><p> .....VK did a rear chinlock at one point.....then Mike Awesome won with an Awesome Bomb.....</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Winner:</strong> Mike Awesome </p><p> <strong>Rating:</strong> B-</p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43289" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;"></div><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/dY7So8t.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/dY7So8t.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/I9lnbBk.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/I9lnbBk.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/ClbEoLB.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/ClbEoLB.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/pmtBgnZ.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/pmtBgnZ.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/JeH6Xzy.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/JeH6Xzy.jpg"></a></p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/Z25KcCK.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/Z25KcCK.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/KziTNSK.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/KziTNSK.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/bcJfl3t.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/bcJfl3t.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/pM1SjBC.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/pM1SjBC.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/zy1WWUY.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/zy1WWUY.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> .....I did say that there were a LOT of people at ringside right? Probably means that the testosterone is pumping too huh?......</p><p> </p><p> .....apparently the oestrogen is pumping too.....because Missy is in the ring with a microphone.....</p><p> </p><p> .....she tells Jimmy Hart that her man (Awesome) just beat his man (Wallstreet) just like her men are going to help Hardy and Konnan defeat the First Family at SuperBrawl.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>".....and me? I'm gonna kick your scrawny little ass right now....."</em></p><p> </p><p> .....Missy tells Jimmy that since he was man enough to get physical with her last week (<em>"copped a feel too didn'tya"</em>) how about he steps into the ring right now bring that referee.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>".....and let's see who's got the bigger balls.....you.....or ME....."</em></p><p> </p><p> .....don't worry, I'm not actually booking a match here.....we are going to HAVE a match though.....or rather some small semblance of one.....Jimmy throws down his jacket on the floor and climbs into the ring (despite Morrus warning him not to) as he and Missy get back into the same catfight they were having last week, THIS time with a referee in tow.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Missy is getting the upper hand too, at least until Wallstreet reaches into the ring to trip her up.....which then sparks a mass brawl on the outside as Cain and Awesome (with Hardy and Konnan close behind) rush over to battle the First Family.....</p><p> </p><p> .....it's chaos on the outside.....so chaotic in fact that the official misses the fact that Konnan slid into the ring to nail poor Jimmy with that rolling clothesline of his, before diving back to the outside to brawl with Hugh Morrus.....</p><p> </p><p> ....Missy sees Hart down, runs the ropes and then crushes the life out of little Jimmy with that surgically enhanced chest as she lands a running splash.....the referee makes the count and three seconds later, not only has VK Wallstreet lost here, but Jimmy Hart has too, in possibly the worst match in WCW history.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Missy kicks Hart to the outside, where his Family pick him up off the floor (with Barbarian hoisting him up over his shoulder) and carry him to the back, as Konnan, Hardy, Awesome and Cain join a delighted Missy Hyatt in the ring in celebration of her 'victory'.....</p><p> </p><p> .....let's go to the back.....</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Rating:</strong> B+</p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43289" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;"></div><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/w52KdTn.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/w52KdTn.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/XUfPbdt.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/XUfPbdt.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/lYNpqj2.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/lYNpqj2.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> .....where Adam Copeland and Christian Cage have the small matter of a match with the Forgotten to look forward too.....although right now they're trying to pacify a ticked off Ray Traylor, who's clearly not happy about the way he lost his match earlier this evening.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>".....we saw how that went down Big Ray-Ray, that was totally NOT awesome....."</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> ".....totally not awesome.....Buff is a total d!ck.....and to think we thought he was cool.....you had that match won Big Ray-Ray, we know that.....everyone knows that.....HOLLYWOOD knows that....."</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> ".....Hollywood totally knows that.....Big Ray-Ray, you should totally call Hollywood, you two go way back right? You totally have his number....."</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> ".....dude, YOU have his number....."</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> ".....yeah....no, he told me not to call him after the uhm, 'incident'....."</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> ".....the 'incident'?....."</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> ".....the incident.....THE INCIDENT!.....you know, with the jello and the Harley....."</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> ".....I have zero recollection of this....."</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> ".....and the possum?....."</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> ".....ohhhh....the 'incident'....."</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> ".....it looked totally friendly....."</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> ".....it looked like rabies on legs....."</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> ".....YOU look like rabies on legs....."</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/dICBV2c.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/dICBV2c.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> .....ok that's enough of that.....the less said about the 'incident' the better.....look, here's Mean Gene.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Gene says that he has to ask given the current occurrences, are we seeing dissension in the ranks of the Titans of Wrestling ? </p><p> </p><p> <em>".....gentlemen, it would seem to me that Randy Savage, the Warrior and even Buff Bagwell are pushing you further and further AWAY from the Titans of Wrestling.....and now (after ducking the issue for weeks) you have to face the Forgotten, and you don't even get a shot at the tag titles for your trouble....."</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> ".....SHUT UP MIKE TENAY!....."</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> ".....yeah, shut up Mike Tenay, you totally suck....."</em></p><p> </p><p> .....Mike Tenay (or rather Mean Gene, since that's who it ACTUALLY is) does not shut up.....instead he presses the issue.....never one to step away from stirring the pot he says that it's clear that the rest of the Titans have an agenda here.....Warrior gets a title shot, Savage gets a number one contender shot, Buff gets a high profile match.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>".....while you three gentlemen, you get nothing.....nada....."</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> ".....oh I don't know about that Mean Gene......I'd say they're getting a pretty big match right about now....."</em></p><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/svuTeLZ.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/svuTeLZ.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/PifOkmV.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/PifOkmV.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> .....Shawn Michaels and JPL in the same room as the Titans of Wrestling? That doesn't usually end well.....</p><p> </p><p> .....it doesn't look as though the two are looking for a fight though, because as Shawn Michaels grabs the microphone off Mean Gene (before shoving him out of shot and telling him to go shill his hotline somewhere else) it looks like they're here to talk.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Shawn says that he doesn't know about JPL, but the way HE sees it, the Totally Awesome Trinity are getting totally shafted.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>".....I mean, I've seen a LOT of your merchandise in the crowd.....not as much as mine (obviously) but certainly more than your little Macho Warrior Man's shirts.....you guys are hot right now, and you know why?.....it's not because you're hanging with the 80's revival.....it's not because of Savage or Warrior.....it's certainly not because of the 'Brother' Man.....</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> .....it's because of US....."</em></p><p> </p><p> .....Shawn says that Copeland and Cage are the only entertaining thing in this god-forsaken company (<em>"apart from us"</em>) because they are cut from the same degenerate mould as Shawn Michaels and JPL.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>".....and you got your bodyguard there too.....had a bodyguard myself for a little bit.....didn't turn out so well, but he served his purpose....."</em></p><p> </p><p> .....Shawn says that Copeland and Cage should be showcased in the biggest matches in WCW (<em>".....or second.....third biggest.....behind me and The Hunter here"</em>) but they're not.....because WCW doesn't know how to create a genuine star.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>".....so you gotta MAKE them showcase you.....how? By going out there now in this stupid little non-title match and beating the crap outta the Forgotten.....those two fat pieces of sh....."</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> ".....SHAWN!....."</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> ".....garbage.....I was going to say garbage 'Jipple', get off my back.....those two fat slobs have been tossing opponents aside left right and centre, well tonight.....TONIGHT.....they're going to get a Totally Awesome Ass-Kicking at the hands of the Totally Awesome Trinity.....Randy Savage thinks this is a punishment? He thinks you're gonna get your asses handed to you? Pftttt, I don't think so.....you two go out there and do what you do best.....be Totally Awesome.....because even if your little Titan buddies don't believe in you.....we do....."</em></p><p> </p><p> .....a pep talk from Shawn Michaels? Who'd have thunk it.....it worked too, because Copeland and Cage charge out of shot ready to face their opponents next, as Levesque turns to Shawn.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>".....you really believe that?....."</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> ".....oh god no.....they're 'totally' going to get their asses kicked, but anything that p!sses off Randy Savage is fine by me.....come on 'Jipple', let's go watch the match....."</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> ".....quit it with the god damn Jipple crap....."</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> ".....it's funny.....that Rocky's a funny guy huh?....."</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> ".....no, that Rocky, he's a dead man....."</em></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Rating:</strong> A*</p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43289" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;"></div><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/xaN8C3M.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/xaN8C3M.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/iMTTL4m.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/iMTTL4m.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/TFVQgbO.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/TFVQgbO.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/Jg2T62p.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/Jg2T62p.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/CXQGLDZ.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/CXQGLDZ.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> ......sweet Jesus have Copeland and Cage desperately been putting off this match.....</p><p> </p><p> .....not that anyone can blame them.....Big Van Vader and Bam Bam Bigelow had become somewhat of an afterthought here in WCW until joining forces with Kevin Sullivan to form The Forgotten.....Forgotten by name, Forgotten by nature, they truly were the Forgotten men until Sullivan reignited their killer instinct and they've been nye on unstoppable since then.....and while Copeland and Cage were embroiled in a feud with the Pitbulls of all people, Vader and Bigelow were steamrolling their way though (then) WCW Tag Team Champions Diamond Dallas Page and Chris Benoit, and they've steamrolled through every other team since.....</p><p> </p><p> .....the Totally Awesome Two were completely under the cosh from the moment the bell rang here and to be honest, if this was a punishment from Randy Savage for questioning his authority, then the Macho Man must have been a very Happy Man, because Copeland and Cage were brutalised.....</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/HGV3tqP.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/HGV3tqP.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/Xrtjhm2.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/Xrtjhm2.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> .....until their very own cheering squad came out.....because fresh off the back of their earlier pep talk, Shawn Michaels and Jean Paul Levesque come walking out from the back to offer their frenemies some words of encouragement.....</p><p> </p><p> .....oh.....and to cheat too.....</p><p> </p><p> .....because Bam Bam Bigelow might be the legal man, but he's currently on the outside.....</p><p> </p><p> .....where JPL distracts his attention.....</p><p> </p><p> .....just long enough for Shawn Michaels to take his head off with some Sweet Chin Music.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Bammers hits the floor hard, and as Vader is preoccupied with trying to pull Adam Copeland's head off his shoulders, Bigelow is unable to meet the officials count of ten, which means that remarkably Adam Copeland and Christian Cage just defeated The Forgotten.....</p><p> </p><p> .....by countout.....</p><p> </p><p> .....suck on that Randy Savage.....</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Winner(s):</strong> Adam Copeland & Christian Cage (via Count Out)</p><p> <strong>Rating:</strong> B+</p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43289" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;"></div><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/oh84X3L.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/oh84X3L.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/Xg0pwPN.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/Xg0pwPN.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/Jg2T62p.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/Jg2T62p.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/CXQGLDZ.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/CXQGLDZ.jpg"></a><img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/qbWVoeF.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/qbWVoeF.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> .....it might only be a count out victory, but to say that Copeland and Cage are jubilant would be an understatement.....</p><p> </p><p> .....obviously Vince Russo and Randy Savage had visions of the Totally Awesome Two getting a humbling beating here but that hasn't happened and it hasn't happened because of the man that Savage will be facing in just six days time, Shawn Michaels.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Vader and Sullivan go over to check on Bam Bam (although Vader looks like he would rather be heading over in Shawn Michaels direction) as Copeland and Cage rush over to a waiting Big Ray-Ray in the aisleway.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Ray-Ray isn't the only one in the aisle.....Michaels and Levesque are there too, with the usually condescending pair actually going over to congratulate the Titan Duo, before they head to the back and out of Vaders way, leaving the commentators questioning whether they were out here to help Copeland and Cage, or whether they were simply out here to mess with the Macho Man's head.....</p><p> </p><p> .....I guess we'll find out Sunday.....</p><p> </p><p> .....let's go to the back.....</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Rating:</strong> A</p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43289" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;"></div><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/dICBV2c.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/dICBV2c.jpg"></a><img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/i3UTPrR.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/i3UTPrR.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/quKAwS2.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/quKAwS2.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/1kjN8Yt.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/1kjN8Yt.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> .....where Mean Gene is standing by with two gentlemen that will be teaming up later this evening, Chris Benoit and Diamond Dallas Page.....the former WCW Tag Team Champions.....should make for a pretty cohesive unit then right?.....</p><p> </p><p> .....eh, maybe not so much.....</p><p> </p><p> .....actually (as Mean Gene points out like the little troublemaker that he is) the pairs relationship has been somewhat strained as of late, with Page believing that Benoit should be joining him in the war against the Sovereignty, while Benoit believed that Page shouldn't have joined that war to begin with, instead he should have focused on regaining the Tag Team Titles.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>".....but tonight gentlemen, you'll be teaming up to take on Lance Storm and Lord Steven Regal.....Chris Benoit, is this you finally picking a side?....."</em></p><p> </p><p> .....Benoit says that this isn't a case of picking a side, it's simply a case of another match, another win, another step closer to a Championship opportunity for Chris Benoit.....the Crippler says that he has no problem with Storm and Regal, but he's had no problem in FACING them either.....he says that in recent weeks he's faced BOTH men in singles competition, not for Page, not for WCW, not for America.....but for HIM.....and for competition.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>".....and tonight is no different.....I'll fight Lance Storm.....I'll fight Steven Regal.....and when I win.....when my arm gets raised.....I WILL be one step closer to getting the title shot that I want....."</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> ".....you mean when WE win?....."</em></p><p> </p><p> .....Dallas says that there's a lot of I, I, I, me, me, me there, but not much WE.....telling Benoit to remember that this is a TAG TEAM match.....but Benoit just scoffs, telling Page that HE never forgot.....it's Dallas that forgot that they were a tag team.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>".....hey, I didn't forget NOTHING bro.....I stood side by side with you, week in and week out against the Scumbags of Wrestling.....I stood side by side with you when we were handed those tag titles.....all I asked was for you to stand side by side with me while I took care of these Sovereignty Jack-off's.....you gonna stand side by side with me tonight? Or do I need to worry about that "Canadian Pride" getting in the way?....."</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <em>".....typical bloody American.....this isn't about pride lad....."</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/Otmasnl.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/Otmasnl.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/xHBTSHS.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/xHBTSHS.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/CscfWXe.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/CscfWXe.jpg"></a></p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/vrbhnV1.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/vrbhnV1.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/KMoemF3.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/KMoemF3.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/bo3WUqu.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/bo3WUqu.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> .....speaking of the Sovereignty, here they are.....and Regal is quick to let Page know that "pride" isn't a part of this.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>".....god forbid we should burst your ridiculous little red, white and blue bubble sunshine, I know how much you yanks love to scream out "USA" like the moronic little sheep that you are, but this isn't about pride, this is about decency.....this is about the fact that you Americans are a bunch of ungrateful, knuckle-dragging, slobbering Neanderthals.....USA indeed.....Uncouth Slobbish Animals.....the whole lot of you make me bloody sick....."</em></p><p> </p><p> .....that's a whole lot of foreign presence in the room.....Storm tells Page (and indirectly Benoit) not to worry though.....he says that unlike the majority of Americans, the Sovereignty aren't the type to jump, assault or scuffle with their opponents in the back.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>".....we choose to do our fighting in the ring where it matters, because that's what GENTLEMEN do....."</em></p><p> </p><p> .....Storm tells Benoit that despite what Dallas Page would have him believe, they have always treated him fairly and with respect.....when Chris Benoit defeated him, he shook his hand like a man.....LAST week, it wasn't the Sovereignty that interjected themselves into his match, it was DDP that cost him the victory.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>".....so while we too embrace the competition that comes from competing AGAINST you, we would much rather be competing WITH you.....but that.....that is a conversation for another day.....TODAY.....today we simply wish you good luck....."</em></p><p> </p><p> .....with that Storm (followed by each and every member of the Sovereignty) shakes Chris Benoit by the hand, before walking off, leaving DDP to question exactly where Chris Benoit's loyalties lie.....</p><p> </p><p> .....I guess we'll find out later.....</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Rating:</strong> B+</p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43289" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;"></div><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/nPcArD0.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/nPcArD0.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/TFVQgbO.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/TFVQgbO.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/WH2bm4L.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/WH2bm4L.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> .....quite a bit later.....because while we have one America vs. Canada feud bubbling along nicely, we have an America vs. Canada singles match right here as Rick Martel takes on Curt Hennig.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Curt Hennig (as much as he's tried to avoid it) is set to face The Rock this Sunday at SuperBrawl.....he perhaps softened up the Great One this past week on Thunder, assaulting The Rock on his own show.....if he can couple that with a decent victory here too then he'd have some pretty good momentum going into Sunday's event.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Rick Martel still has plenty to offer (even at his advanced age) he's fundamentally solid in the ring and with enough name value to still make him as a credible opponent.....he DOESN'T have a match lined up for SuperBrawl though.....which is why he does the job here, counting the lights after getting planted with a Hennig Plex for the one, two, three..... </p><p> </p><p> <strong>Winner:</strong> Curt Hennig</p><p> <strong>Rating:</strong> B+</p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43289" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;"></div><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/0VzCRml.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/0VzCRml.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/k0IkY9r.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/k0IkY9r.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> .....victory in the bag, Curt is joined in the ring by Mean Gene, who wants to get his thoughts on this upcoming contest with the Rock, asking Hennig if he's still trying to avoid going one on one with the Great One?.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>".....hold on right there little man.....Curt Hennig has NEVER ducked a match in his life and I'm not about to start now.....did I look like I was trying to avoid the Rock on Thunder? I took it right to The Rock on his own show and I left him laying like the punk kid that he is.....I'm here tonight, but unless my eyes deceive me, little Rocky is NOT.....so tell me Gene, who's avoiding who?....."</em></p><p> </p><p> .....Curt says he frankly had more important things to concern himself with rather than wasting his time with The Rock (like capturing the United States Championship) but after Rocky convinced Eric Bischoff to NOT give Curt Hennig the title shot on Thunder (Editors Note: something which Rock actually had nothing to do with, don't believe everything you hear Curt) Hennig says he is going to take that cocky punk at SuperBrawl and knock him down a peg or ten.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>".....Rocky, I know you think you're something special.....I know you've got your 'people'.....well you can take it from Curt Hennig, your people are morons.....Rocky, at SuperBrawl it's going to be YOU going one on one with the greatest one.....ME.....and when I hook you, stick you on the mat with the Hennig Plex and pin your shoulders to the mat for the one, two, three, then THAT.....will be absolutely perf....."</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> ".....hold on Curt Hennig, I'm sorry to cut you off but I'm getting word in my ear that we have a situation unfolding in the back....."</em></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Rating:</strong> A</p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43289" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;"></div><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/sv6aBUY.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/sv6aBUY.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/Q4zMmdY.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/Q4zMmdY.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> .....bit rude that Gene.....he's not wrong though, we do have a situation unfolding in the back.....</p><p> </p><p> .....a giant situation.....</p><p> </p><p> .....because THE Giant is currently going toe to toe with Sid Vicious, and everybody had better get out of their way.....</p><p> </p><p> .....these two behemoths have been circling each other for months now.....they're set to meet at SuperBrawl and have always coming close to exchanging blows but never actually getting physical.....that all changed on Thunder, when Giant cost Sid the opportunity to become the WCW US Champion and it's continuing here as Sid looks to gain a measure of revenge.....</p><p> </p><p> .....one seven footer alone can cause a lot of damage.....TWO seven footers attempting to drive one another's heads through a concrete wall means that the backstage area is complete carnage.....even the backstage personal (and Doug Dillenger's crack security team) are giving the situation a wide berth, as Godzilla and King Kong go to war.....</p><p> </p><p> .....the two men attempt to Chokeslam each other on a number of occasions (with Sid even attempting to put the Giant through a table in the catering area) but in the end neither man is successful, and as they eventually slam through a side exit in the arena, security quickly slam the door closed behind them (and actually congratulate themselves on a job well done.....way to 'security' guys) as Vicious and Giant presumably fight their way all the way down the street.....</p><p> </p><p> .....but at least they are OUT of the building.....</p><p> </p><p> .....they're the city's problem now.....</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Rating:</strong> A</p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43289" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;"></div><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/0VzCRml.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/0VzCRml.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> .....with the situation in the back now resolved, we go back to the arena, where (with Curt Hennig already making his exit) Mean Gene is also heading to the back.....</p><p> </p><p> .....he comes to a halt though.....</p><p> </p><p> .....because the unmistakable riff of Bill Goldberg's theme music starts to play.....looks like 'da man' is here.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Mean Gene excitedly tells the fans that this was certainly not expected, but after getting assaulted, injured (re-injured) and then stripped of the WCW Television Championship, it would seem that the undefeated rookie sensation is back.....and that can't spell good news for the rest of the WCW roster.....</p><p> </p><p> .....the music continues to play and the crowd pops huge as the pyro's flame at the entrance way.....as the man walks out from the back.....</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/78a2W3O.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/78a2W3O.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/jshu5sL.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/jshu5sL.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> .....or rather the MEN walk out from the back, and the cheers transform to jeers as Eddie Guerrero (and nephew Chavo) swagger onto the entrance ramp.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>".....Órale holmes.....were you expecting someone else esè?....."</em></p><p> </p><p> .....clearly pleased with themselves, the Guerrero's share a good laugh at Gene's expense, as the frustrated announcer questions what they are doing out here right now?.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>".....easy esè, easy.....I'm Eddie Guerrero holmes, the man with the hottest streak in ALL of wrestling.....that means that I can do what I want, go where I want....and say what I want....."</em></p><p> </p><p> .....Eddie says that what he wants to say right now, is that in spite of Eric Bischoff's attempts to steal this United States Title from around his waist, he's STILL out here with the gold, just like he'll STILL be out here with the gold when SuperBrawl is said and done.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>".....because Curt Hennig, he found out that the REAL Papi of Perfection was Eddie Guerrero.....The Rock, he couldn't go one on one with the greatest one esé.....Bill Goldberg, where's he at holmes?.....the only streak he has, is the big yellow streak up his back, because Mean Gene.....he's a chicken esé....."</em></p><p> </p><p> .....Mean Gene isn't buying that, telling Eddie Guerrero that Bill Goldberg is ANYTHING but a 'chicken', and Mr. Guerrero may well find himself eating those words when the undefeated rookie returns.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>".....particularly Eddie Guerrero, if you insist on mocking the man.....with that being said, this Sunday you have more pressing problems to contend with in the form of Jean Paul Levesque.....and while your methods for retaining that Championship to date have been questionable at best, when it comes down to you holding that US Title or Jean Paul Levesque holding that title (and I can't believe I'm even saying this) whether you lie, cheat OR steal, I for one hope that you are able to keep that 'streak' in tact for at least ONE more match....."</em></p><p> </p><p> .....I guess that tells you how popular JPL (and Shawn Michaels) are, because our resident 'anti-WCW' brigade are so despised around here, that even Eddie Guerrero is the preferable man to hold the gold.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Eddie tells Gene to hold the praise (it wasn't really praise Eddie to be fair) considering he's spent the last 7 months running down Eddie Guerrero and his incredible streak.....he says that whether Gene wants Eddie to win or not (to borrow a phrase from the Rock) it doesn't matter.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>".....because Eddie Guerrero is the greatest United States Champion ever.....in fact, Eddie Guerrero is the greatest CHAMPION ever, period esé.....JPL, no one likes you holmes.....you AND Shawn Michaels both.....but at SuperBrawl it won't matter, because when you step into the ring with the Papi of Perfection, you're gonna see esé, just like Curt, like little Rocky.....just like Bill Goldberg will find out soon enough.....no matter how good you THINK you are.....</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> .....Eddie Guerrero is better holmes....."</em></p><p> </p><p> .....ok that'll do.....let's go to commercial before Mean Gene needs a stiff drink......the mans been out here for long enough....."</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Rating:</strong> A*</p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43289" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;"></div><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/G9blWo1.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/G9blWo1.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/JjTal3v.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/JjTal3v.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/TFVQgbO.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/TFVQgbO.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/izACez5.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/izACez5.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/Bn6ee3h.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/Bn6ee3h.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> .....it's time for that tag team match that was mentioned earlier now, as Diamond Dallas Page and Chris Benoit team up for the first time since losing the Tag Team Titles to the Forgotten.....they're not attempting to recapture the gold mind you, they're teaming up to face the Sovereignty pairing of Lance Storm and Steven Regal, something that DDP has been pushing Benoit to do for weeks now.....</p><p> </p><p> .....for Benoit though, this isn't a part of the USA vs. The World feud, it's just another match and another chance to pick up a win.....that's IF the former champions can co-exist, because things have been a little tense between Page and Benoit as of late.....</p><p> </p><p> .....they actually start out very strong.....as I said, Page is embroiled in a bitter feud with the Foreign Fanatics, while Benoit is looking to climb the ranks to a Title opportunity, so both men have a lot to prove here.....it was a great match too, with Storm and Regal eventually isolating Benoit and working him over.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Benoit manages to fight off his opponents and crawls over to the corner to make the hot tag.....unfortunately DDP is arguing with Jacque Rougeau and Carl Oulette (who aren't actually doing anything to interfere in the match) so he's not there when his partner needs him.....and as he yells at Page to pay attention to the match, Regal hooks him from behind and rolls him up for a surprise pinfall.....</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Winner(s):</strong> Lance Storm & Lord Steven Regal</p><p> <strong>Rating:</strong> A</p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43289" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;"></div><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/fRtDgY7.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/fRtDgY7.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/h0Ujs4a.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/h0Ujs4a.jpg"></a></p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/RDE0UQj.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/RDE0UQj.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/gLOR7w6.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/gLOR7w6.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/WI3BQ7F.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/WI3BQ7F.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/LcEfQAC.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/LcEfQAC.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/NpV26wt.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/NpV26wt.jpg"></a></p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/izACez5.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/izACez5.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/Bn6ee3h.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/Bn6ee3h.jpg"></a><img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/mlsgR16.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/mlsgR16.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/1TMb3lf.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/1TMb3lf.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/rgf9KxG.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/rgf9KxG.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> .....Diamond Dallas Page inadvertently cost Chris Benoit a match against Steven Regal recently.....now he's inadvertently cost them BOTH a match.....and Benoit isn't pleased.....</p><p> </p><p> .....he shoves Dallas in the chest, asking him what the hell that was.....he says he was SUPPOSED to be his partner here.....he was SUPPOSED to be there to rely on.....and after all the talk of Lance Storm being untrustworthy, Steven Regal being out to cheat him, Dallas Page was SUPPOSED to have his back.....instead he just cost him ANOTHER victory.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Page shoves Benoit back, telling him that if he hadn't had to worry about the presence of the Amazing French Canadians at ringside then this wouldn't have happened, but Benoit isn't buying that, asking Page exactly what it was that the AFC did to interfere in the match?.....Page (rather reluctantly) admits that they hadn't actually done anything.....<em>"yet"</em>.....but they would have done.....</p><p> </p><p> .....would have/could have isn't good enough for Benoit, who again shoves Page in the chest, telling him that the way he sees it, the only one costing Benoit matches around here is Diamond Dallas Page.....and he shoves Page again.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Page has had just about enough of that, as a shoving contest breaks out that is about 2 minutes away from turning into a full scale brawl.....</p><p> </p><p> .....which is when the rest of Team USA (Lex Luger, The Patriot, Jim Duggan and The Road Warriors) come rushing out from the back to separate the two men and attempt to regain some kind of order here.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Benoit is p!ssed though.....and restraining him doesn't look like it's going to calm him down any.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Lance Storm takes exception to these Americans putting their hands on his countryman too.....as the Sovereignty form in mass, telling Team USA to get their hands off Chris Benoit.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Page is about sick of the sight of his former partner, telling his CURRENT partners to let him go, as Benoit storms out of the ring and back up the aisle way, flanked by the entire Sovereignty, who tell him (for one) not to stoop to the lows of these Americans (and two) they're going to make ALL of Team USA pay on Sunday night.....</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Rating:</strong> A*</p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43289" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;"></div><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/XjyLvuu.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/XjyLvuu.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/14sRqgF.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/14sRqgF.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/2EPs81y.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/2EPs81y.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/aQrP0BT.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/aQrP0BT.jpg"></a></p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/w52KdTn.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/w52KdTn.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/XUfPbdt.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/XUfPbdt.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/lYNpqj2.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/lYNpqj2.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> .....from one chaotic scene we go to another, as we see a shot of the Titans of Wrestling in the back.....and if Chris Benoit was p!ssed, Randy Savage is P!SSED.....</p><p> </p><p> .....he's throwing stuff about the place, screaming at the Totally Awesome Trinity that they shouldn't be out there cavorting with the enemy.....he says that the THREE of them were in the same room as Shawn Michaels and Jean Paul Levesque, and the DIDN'T rip their heads off.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>".....what the hell is wrong with you.....Titans yeah? Titans?.....you ain't Titans if you don't BE Titans....."</em></p><p> </p><p> .....Savage says that the Trinity recently had the chance to take down Sting (they didn't) they had the chance to take out Shawn Michaels (they didn't) well now, now they get another chance to prove that they're not completely useless.....</p><p> </p><p> <em>".....Buff Bagwell, he's gonna soften up the Stinger Man now, yeah.....or at least he'd BETTER.....and then.....THEN.....Warrior.....Me.....You Three.....WE.....we're going to get Sting good and ready, yeah.....good and ready for SuperBrawl, DIG IT?....."</em></p><p> </p><p> .....the Trinity don't look particularly happy about getting a dressing down here.....don't look happy about being called useless either.....but Buff Bagwell is facing Sting next, so there's no time for hurt feelings.....it's time for the Titans to prepare the WCW Champion for the Warrior.....</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Rating:</strong> A</p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43289" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;"></div><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/rudumzm.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/rudumzm.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/TFVQgbO.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/TFVQgbO.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/jbKPHuH.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/jbKPHuH.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> .....which brings us to the main event.....and after having a fantastic match with Adam Copeland a few weeks back (defending the WCW Championship in the process) Sting is once again in there with a member of the Titans of Wrestling, this time Buff Bagwell.....</p><p> </p><p> .....I know that Randy Savage gave the order for Buff to go out here tonight and "soften up" the Stinger, but in all reality Bagwell could have used a night off tonight himself.....Sting might be set to clash with the Warrior at SuperBrawl, but Buff has a big match of his own when he faces off against Roddy Piper, and (unlike at Starrcade) the Hot Rod is fully fit and looking for revenge.....</p><p> </p><p> .....this match was good.....it wasn't as good as the match with Copeland, but it wasn't far off.....Bagwell has come on leaps and bounds since associating himself with the Titans of Wrestling and where as he WAS a midcarder (inexplicably teaming with Samu of the SST) he can now comfortably hang in the main event.....</p><p> </p><p> .....he puts on a good showing too.....I don't think anyone was expecting Buff to win here, but he certainly controlled the offence for a good portion of the match.....eventually it was his own cockiness that got the better of him, showboating a little bit too long before a Blockbuster attempt, which gave Sting time to move.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Bagwell hit the mat, Sting turned him over into the Scorpion Death Lock, Bagwell submitted, Sting won.....</p><p> </p><p> .....the end.....</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Winner:</strong> Sting</p><p> <strong>Rating:</strong> A</p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43289" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;"></div><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/rudumzm.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/rudumzm.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/zeh8M2B.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/zeh8M2B.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/2EPs81y.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/2EPs81y.jpg"></a></p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/wYulN53.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/wYulN53.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/Jg2T62p.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/Jg2T62p.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/CXQGLDZ.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/CXQGLDZ.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> .....of the match.....not the end of the action.....because as Sting has his hand raised, the remaining Titans of Wrestling make their way out from the back.....</p><p> </p><p> .....it's clear that Savage wants the WCW Champion to suffer tonight, instructing the Totally Awesome Trinity to join himself and Warrior in a little post match beatdown here.....and the trio DO come out.....but they appear in no hurry.....</p><p> </p><p> .....in fact, as Randy Savage and The Warrior climb into the ring (flanking Sting) the Trinity aren't even halfway down the aisle yet.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Sting doesn't back down an inch as he and Warrior go face to face.....Savage is clearly distracted by the time it's taking for Copeland, Cage and Traylor to actually make it to ringside, turning to yell at the trio to hurry up.....</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <img style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/oh84X3L.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/oh84X3L.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%;</p><p> "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/99nujXC.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/99nujXC.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p> .....which is when Shawn Michaels and JPL come sauntering out from the back.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Savages eyes bulge in fury when he sees the pair arrive.....but not as much as they do when he sees them catch up with the Trinity.....and the Trinity DON'T instantly assault them.....</p><p> </p><p> .....in fact, the Trinity (Copeland and Cage at least, Big Ray-Ray isn't much of a talker) seem to be listening intently to whatever Michaels and Levesque are whispering in their ears.....we can't hear it over the noise of the crowd, but whatever it was it was obviously effective, because after a few moments of exchanged words (and to the shock of The Macho Man) the Totally Awesome Trinity turn.....</p><p> </p><p> .....and walk to the back with Shawn Michaels and Jean Paul Levesque.....</p><p> </p><p> .....even The Warrior turns his head to watch that remarkable sight.....</p><p> </p><p> .....he probably shouldn't have.....because the minute he takes his eyes off Sting, the WCW Champion snatches his SuperBrawl opponent.....</p><p> </p><p> .....and drives him to the mat with the Scorpion Death Drop.....</p><p> </p><p> .....Savage quickly spins around at the sound of the Warrior hitting the mat, and he instantly gets clotheslined over the top rope for his troubles, sending him crashing down to the floor below.....</p><p> </p><p> .....and while the Titans of Wrestling are usually used to closing these shows on a high, here tonight (just six days before SuperBrawl) it's WCW standing tall.....and our WCW Champion standing in the middle of the ring, with that Big Gold Belt raised high in the air.....</p><p> </p><p> .....is that what we're going to see Sunday night?.....Tony Schiavone certainly hopes so.....</p><p> </p><p> .....until then, we'll see you Thursday fans.....</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Rating:</strong> A*</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Final Rating:</strong> A*</p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p></div><p></p>

I’m glad to see a return to the backstage shenanigans (which are excellently written as always) I think I’ve mentioned it before but it was the behind the scenes narratives that initially drew me to this diary. It’s a hard dynamic to do ‘right’ (which you do, clearly) but when it’s good it adds so much depth to the overall product. Looking forward to seeing what Ol’ Naitch has planned

<img style="max-width:60%; "src="https://i.imgur.com/BC8Hy9X.jpg"> Week 4, February 1998 Pyramid Arena (Memphis, Tennessee) ATT: 18,379 TV: 38.52

The Monday Night Wars: Week 4, February 1998

<img style="max-width:40%; "src="https://i.imgur.com/b6wAOmq.jpg"> Week 3, February 1998 Tacoma Dome (Tacoma, Washington) ATT: 23,000 PPV BUY: 1.22 Announce Team: Jim Ross, Jerry "The King" Lawler & Ravishing Rick Rude

<img style="max-width:50%; "src="https://i.imgur.com/b6wAOmq.jpg"> WWF Championship Match Brian Pillman © vs. Kane Comments: Singles Match: For Stone Cold’s Wrestlemania Main Event Steve Austin vs. Owen Hart Comments: WWF Championship #1 Contenders Match Kevin Nash vs. Bret Hart Comments: WWF Tag Team Championship Match Ric Flair & Arn Anderson © vs. Al Snow & Billy Gunn Comments: WWF Intercontinental Championship Match Chris Jericho © vs. Rey Mysterio Comments: WWF European Championship Match Jeff Jarrett © vs. Booker T Comments: Scott Hall vs. Scott Steiner Comments: Bradshaw & Faarooq vs. Ahmed Johnson & Scorpio Comments: British Bulldog vs. Raven Comments:

<img style="max-width:60%; "src="https://i.imgur.com/KHIBBqF.jpg"> Week 3, February 1998 Highlights from ECW House Party 1998

Yeah, from a WCW side at least I’m currently trying to condense a few months worth of storylines into a few weeks, so some things might seem a little rushed. WCW will probably conclude at Uncensored which is (now) at week 3 of March. ECW will probably conclude the night before Wrestlemania, with Wrestlemania itself being the swan song for the whole thing

<img style="max-width:60%; "src="https://i.imgur.com/yBV7cXp.jpg"> Week 3, February 1998 Portland Memorial Coliseum (Portland, Oregon) ATT: 12,900 TV: 28.52 Announce Team: Tony Schiavone, Dusty Rhodes and Larry Zbyszko

From Thunder to the Extreme: Week 3, February 1998 <img style="max-width:15%; "src="https://i.imgur.com/2Tb7b5r.jpg"> Preview for WCW Thunder: Week 3, February 1998 The Rock & Rikishi Fatu vs. Adam Copeland & Christian Cage Comments: WCW United States Championship Match Eddie Guerrero © vs. ??? Comments: Juventud Guerrera vs. Brian Lawler Comments: Mike Enos & Wayne Bloom vs. The Lumana'i Comments: Jeff Hardy vs. Meng Comments: Ice Train vs. Ernest Miller Comments: The Patriot & Diamond Dallas Page vs. The Blue Bloods Comments: <img style="max-width:15%; "src="https://i.imgur.com/9CadHVo.jpg"> Preview for ECW Hardcore TV: Week 3, February 1998 Matches From ECW House Party 1998 ECW Television Championship Match Shane Douglas © vs. 911 Comments: D-Von Dudley vs. Balls Mahoney Comments: Rob Van Dam vs. JT Smith Comments:

<img style="max-width:60%; "src="https://i.imgur.com/hzf7tIZ.jpg"> Week 3, February 1998 America West Arena (Phoenix, Arizona) ATT: 16,221 TV: 28.50 Announce Team: Tony Schiavone, Bobby Heenan and Mike Tenay

<p><strong>Sting </strong>© vs. Brian Pillman – WCW World Title -</p><p> <em>While Sting has always been better as the guy chasing the belt rather than the guy with the belt, it’s far too soon for a change, far too soon for Pillman to be Champion and I just don’t see it in general.....although when Sting does finally drop the strap I do see it being to a first time champ, be that a Hart, Austin or Pillman</em></p><p> </p><p> Randy Savage vs. Dustin Rhodes vs. <strong>Shawn Michaels </strong>vs. Steve Austin © – WCW United States Title - </p><p> <em>Tough choice, but with Austin and Savage arguably being more of a World Title calibre, the multi man aspect makes it perfect for Michaels to beat Dustin (which protects both Austin and Savage) and gives the US Title to someone more at the US Level......or maybe Dustin wins before transitioning it to Scotty Steiner (who would be a great US Champ about now)</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> The Young Pistols vs. <strong>The Diamond Mine </strong>© – WCW United States Tag Team</p><p> <em>While the Pistols make more sense as US Tag Champs, Hall and Nash won’t want to put them over, plus I see the US Titles disappearing before long anyhoo</em></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Bret Hart </strong>vs. Rick Rude - </p><p> <em>Bret needs this win to really start to solidify him as a top guy</em></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Ricky Steamboat </strong>vs. Terence Taylor © – NWA World Title</p><p> <em>I love the YF, but Steamboat as NWA Champ works for me</em></p><p> </p><p> Sid VIcious and Marcus Bagwell vs. <strong>The Stocks And Shares Express </strong>© – NWA World Tag Team Titles</p><p> <em>I’m not sure here.....I like the Stocks & Shares as champs and don’t really see Bagwell and Sid working well as a team.....Sid could be the deciding factor though</em></p><p> </p><p> Barry Windham vs. <strong>Scott Steiner</strong></p><p> <em>Perhaps with some help of Race is looking to expand his kingdom.....a great pairing by the way</em></p><p> </p><p> Beat The Champ: ??? vs. <strong>Owen Hart </strong>© – WCW Television Title</p><p> <em>I hate to bet against the squiggles but....</em></p><p> </p><p> And: Arn Anderson and Ric Flair reveal the new members of the Horsemen!</p>