A new generation.....a new attitude?

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<img style="max-width:60%; "src="https://i.imgur.com/hzf7tIZ.jpg"> Week 1, January 1998 Orlando Arena (Orlando, Florida) ATT: 16,467 TV: 22.48 Announce Team: Tony Schiavone, Bobby Heenan and Mike Tenay
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A new generation.....a new attitude?

to4sty replied to to4sty's topic in Total Extreme Wrestling 2016 Dynasties

<div style="text-align:center;"> <img style="max-width:60%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/BC8Hy9X.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/BC8Hy9X.jpg"></a> Week 1, January 1998 Pittsburg Civic Arena (Pittsburg, Pennsylvania) ATT: 17,000 TV: 38.52 <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43289" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div> <img style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/cPEc52K.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/cPEc52K.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/MAtvB0n.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/MAtvB0n.jpg"></a> The show opens with a recap of last weeks events.....events which saw Vince McMahon deny Bret Hart his (rightful AND earned) WWF Championship opportunity at the Royal Rumble, to announce that The Undertaker would once again be defending the World Title against Brian Pillman.....in a Casket Match.....an announcement that would have many people scratching their heads. After all, the Corporate Cannon has already failed to capture the gold in a standard one on one encounter, what chance does McMahon really think he has in a Casket Match?.....except as we soon found out, the Undertaker won't be facing the Corporate Cannon at the Royal Rumble.....he's going to be facing the Loose Cannon..... .....Brian 'F'n' Pillman..... .....and Pillman was quick to remind everyone exactly how he got that monicker in the first place, with a horrifying attack on the one time manager, mentor and friend of the Undertaker, Paul Bearer, an attack which saw Bearer's leg utterly destroyed by the (apparent) Number One contender to the WWF Championship..... .....which brings us to tonight.....and an almighty..... ....::::!!!!GONG!!!!::::.... .....as the current WWF Champion The Undertaker makes his iconic walk to the ring, with his baby brother Kane by his side.....and he does NOT look particularly happy..... .....he grabs a microphone and says that he's going to make this really simple.....he wants Brian Pillman, and he wants him right now....so unless Vince McMahon has his little rabid puppy dog make his way out here in a few minute, The Undertaker and Kane will head right to the back, and they will tear this building (and anyone that gets in their way) to pieces looking for him..... ".....Brian Pillman.....you may fancy yourself some sort of Loose Cannon.....some anarchist.....some agent of chaos......but last week, you crossed a line that Satan himself would fear to cross.....you crossed a line that is going to cost you more than the chance of becoming WWF Champion.....that's going to cost you more than your career.....you crossed a line.....that's going to cost you your very soul....." <img style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/blQ8rbD.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/blQ8rbD.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/z45TeSS.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/z45TeSS.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/74NcwgY.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/74NcwgY.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/5nJiYZV.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/5nJiYZV.jpg"></a> .....speaking of soul, how about a bit of heart to go with it?......or rather Hart.....as the OTHER man who has a legitimate stake to call himself the number one contender to the WWF Championship makes his way out.....the man who earned HIS future Championship opportunity at last months Dead Man Walking event, defeating Stone Cold Steve Austin.....Bret Hart..... .....the Hitman isn't alone either.....he's accompanied by the rest of the Hart Foundation, as Owen Hart, Chris Jericho, and (the Bodyguard) Test follow closely behind..... .....Hart grabs a microphone and he's not shy in letting the crowd know that once again, he's getting screwed over here in the World Wrestling Federation.....he tells the Undertaker that everybody knows that it should be HIM getting that World Title opportunity at the Royal Rumble..... ".....I am the best there is.....the best there was.....the best there ever will be.....and I am the number one contender to that World Wrestling Federation Title, whether you like it, Vince McMahon likes it.....or these idiot fans like it......I earned a shot at that title, and I want what's coming to me right here, right now....." .....it looks like 'what's coming to him' is going to be an almighty beating from a Deadman who is in no mood to play games.....Taker tells Hart that right now, he has a Casket prepared with Brian Pillman's name on it...... ".....don't make me have to build another one boy, because I am not in the mood for your whining right now....." .....The Undertaker says that tonight, he and Kane are going to stop the revolution in its tracks, because they are going to take Brian Pillman out of the miserable existence that he calls life.....and at the Royal Rumble, there will BE no Cannon to compete for the WWF Title, Corporate, Loose or otherwise......so maybe.....MAYBE.....Bret Hart should do the smart thing.....get out of The Deadman's way......and let the Undertaker do what he's come here tonight to do......and THEN.....at the Royal Rumble.....it will be Bret Hart that Rests.....in......Peace..... ".....actually, I do believe that I have a better idea....." <img style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/mTL46g9.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/mTL46g9.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/ykRFOAf.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/ykRFOAf.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/NX2vOWD.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/NX2vOWD.jpg"></a> .....and just like that a chorus of boo's breaks out through the arena.....as Vincent Kennedy McMahon makes his way out onto the entrance ramp (where he remains) along with The Enforcer Arn Anderson, and the former two time WWF Champion, The Nature Boy Ric Flair..... ".....you see Bret.....yes.....YOU won at last Month's In Your House event.....and YOU won the opportunity to challenge for the World Wrestling Federation Title.....but nowhere on that contract does it state that Bret Hart get's to specify WHEN he has that match, and Bret, much like I said last week, it's the Corporate Cannon that will be granted the first opportunity at the WWF Title..... .....and Undertaker, as much as you seem to think otherwise, yes that match WILL be taking place as advertised, and no, you will not be getting your hands on Brian Pillman tonight......because Brian Pillman is not HERE tonight......" .....the crowd does not like that, but it does bring McMahon to the point of his being out there right now......and that it the fact that if The Undertaker wants an opponent this evening, well he can have two......and if Bret Hart truly believes that he can take out the WWF Champion, then he can prove that right here tonight, because in the main event of the evening it's going to be The Undertaker and Kane, teaming up to face Bret and Owen Hart...... .....of course, that leaves Chris Jericho and Test with little to do this evening..... <img style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/ZrAHk5r.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/ZrAHk5r.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/aJx3DWx.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/aJx3DWx.jpg"></a> .....which is perhaps why the Wolves begin to howl, as the WWF Intercontinental Champion Scott Hall and his Wolfpac partner Sean Waltman come strutting out onto the stage alongside McMahon, Flair and Anderson..... .....Hall tells McMahon that since he's out here making matches, the Wolfpac have a match for him, because they want Chris Jericho and Test.....and they want them right now..... ".....actually Chico, what we REALLY want is that jacked up jack-off Scott Steiner, but everybody knows that Big Poppa Dump ain't man enough to face the Bad Guy head on, he has to jump people in the back....." .....Hall says it's all good though, because the Wolfpac can take it to the back when they need to, and the Big Man(g), Kevin Nash, he's gonna be back REAL soon to take care of business..... .....Jericho stops Hall there, telling him to shut the hell up.....he says that he has no interest in facing him OR his little pipsqueak partner Sean Waltman tonight.....Jericho says that he beat Hall to within an inch of his life at Dead Man Walking (until Hall cheated to win), he beat Hall to within HALF an inch of his life last week.....the only time he needs to step into the ring with Scott Hall again, is when the Bad Guy finally grows a set and puts the Intercontinental Title on the line..... ".....hey yo, I tol' you man(g), you wan' a shot at the belt, all you gotta do is ask.....I tell you what, you and your little blonde girlfriend there, you get in the ring with us tonight, and at the Royal Rumble, you got your shot....." .....and just like that we have two matches booked for this evening......The Undertaker & Kane facing Bret & Owen Hart in our main event.......and Scott Hall & Sean Waltman going up against Chris Jericho & Test.....and that match......is next..... Rating: A* </div><div style="text-align:center;"></div><div></div></blockquote> <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> <img style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/tdpBqDG.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/tdpBqDG.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/vk2Ghpj.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/vk2Ghpj.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/xV2Bmd9.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/xV2Bmd9.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/fJw1L2S.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/fJw1L2S.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/1GME2FY.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/1GME2FY.jpg"></a> So this is the first match of 1998, and all things considered it's got some pretty big names in it.....the current (and five time) WWF Intercontinental Champion Scott Hall, the former WWF Light Heavyweight, European and two time WWF Tag Team Champion Sean Waltman, former two time (and final) WWF Light Heavyweight Champion Chris Jericho....and Test..... .....ok Test might not have quite the resume that the three other (main event) men have, but just a few months ago he was an absolute nobody with just a few months in the business, while now (after running with the Hart Foundation for a while) he is a very solid midcard star..... .....with that being said, you'd think perhaps Jericho and Test would be at a disadvantage considering the newcomers rookie status, coupled with the fact that Hall and Waltman are former Tag Team Champions themselves.....interestingly enough it was the Hart Foundation that took those titles from them back at Wrestlemania.....granted not Jericho and Test....it was Bret and Owen....but that still gives the Canadians the psychological edge here tonight..... .....the Wolfpac start strong, but it's finally the smaller man that they isolate, working over Sean Waltman and cutting the ring in half.....Test uses his superior size to overpower the Wolfpac man, while Jericho uses his agility (and off the charts levels of obnoxiousness) to keep Waltman off balance..... .....with a shot at Scott Hall's Intercontinental looming at the Royal Rumble, a win here would do wonders for Jericho's (admittedly already quite high) confidence levels, but it looked as though it wasn't meant to be.....because Sean Waltman finally made the hot tag, and the Bad Guy cleared house..... ....::::!!!!SIRENS!!!!::::.... <img style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/TSkVfRF.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/TSkVfRF.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/TwxvLjk.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/TwxvLjk.jpg"></a> .....at least until the sirens blared.....and Big Poppa Pump Scott Steiner made his way out from the back, with Sable on his arm......and a lead pipe in hand..... .....Waltman rolls out of the ring to try and head off Steiner on the floor, but a pipe shot to the skull soon takes him out of commission, and as Jericho and Test are double teaming Hall inside the ring, Steiner climbs through the ropes...... .....and absolutely nails Hall in the back of the head with that lead pipe, putting the Bad Guy down and giving the official little option but to call for the bell..... Winner(s): Scott Hall & Sean Waltman (via Disqualification) Rating: B </div></blockquote> <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> <img style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/tdpBqDG.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/tdpBqDG.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/vk2Ghpj.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/vk2Ghpj.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/TSkVfRF.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/TSkVfRF.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/fJw1L2S.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/fJw1L2S.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/1GME2FY.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/1GME2FY.jpg"></a> .....but you know that a little thing like the end of a match doesn't mean the end of the action around here.....and Scott Steiner is far from finished, delivering a series of blows to the already half unconscious Scott Hall with that lead pipe..... .....Jericho attempts to play nice with Steiner, slapping him on the back and looking for a high five.....Scotty being Scotty though bats the hand away angrily, telling Jericho to "GET YOUR HANDS OFF ME YOU LITTLE PISSANT" and as Steiner waves that lead pipe menacingly in his direction, Jericho backs away so quickly that he stumbles and winds up on his ass..... .....Test (being that he IS the bodyguard) quickly gets in Steiner's face.....and Jericho (obviously the smarter of the two) quickly drags him away, and the two men head to the outside where they proceed to deliver another two on one beatdown to Sean Waltman..... .....that just leaves Steiner and Hall in the ring, and with Hall still down (and most definitely out) Sable hands her man a microphone..... ".....YOU KNOW, I HEARD YOU OUT HERE EARLIER, RUNNING YOUR MOUTH.....YOU THINK BIG POPPA PUMP AIN'T MAN ENOUGH TO FACE YOU? WELL WHOS THE MAN NOW? BECAUSE WHILE IM STANDING HERE LIKE THE GENETIC FREAK THAT I AM, YOU'RE DOWN ON THE MAT LIKE THE LITTLE B!TCH YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN..... .....YOU THINK KEVIN NASH COMING BACK WORRIES ME? LOOK AT ME.....THERES ONLY ONE 'BIG' SEXY IN THE WWF, AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT HIM......AND UNLIKE KEVIN NASH, IM BIG ALL OVER......FROM MY BULGING MUSCLES TO MY THICK....LONG....HARD.....PIPE.....AND WHEN I SAY PIPE, IM ALSO TALKING ABOUT MY PENIS.....AINT THAT RIGHT SABLE....." .....Sable just smiles and nod's, she's turned into quite the bad girl since Scotty's attitude adjustment around here, but Steiner isn't done.....he says that since Kevin Nash is coming back, Scott Hall can deliver a little message for him.....and with that, much as we saw back at In Your House, Big Poppa Pump rolls the Bad Guy over and locks on the Steiner Recliner, using that lead pipe to choke the life out of Hall..... .....a number of officials hit the ring and they do TRY to pry Steiner off of Hall.....they can't budge this mass of muscle however, and it's only finally Sable that gets Scott to break the hold, telling him that "....I'm bored Scotty.....let's get out of here.....and I'll do that thing you like....." .....I don't know what 'that thing' is, but Steiner clearly does, because he releases Hall in a flash as the two lovebirds make their way to the back, message delivered..... .....the officials check on Hall, but not for long.....because Test is suddenly back in the ring, and he tosses all but ONE referee to the mat, as Chris Jericho rolls the Intercontinental Champion over, places one foot on his chest and flexes those muscles..... .....Test throws the final official down and places a foot on the small of his back, adding pressure as he tells the protesting official to "make the count".....the referee clearly doesn't want to, but as Test applies more pressure the man in the stripes finally slaps the mat three times, and Chris Jericho (being the obnoxious pr!ck that he is) runs around the ring with his arms raised, doing a lap of honour like he just beat Andre at Wrestlemania III..... .....the official decision here this evening is a disqualification victory to the Wolfpac.....but right now, neither Hall nor Waltman look particularly like winners......let's go to a commercial. Rating: A* </div></blockquote> <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> <img style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/aYdDopy.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/aYdDopy.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/kXjgb1c.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/kXjgb1c.jpg"></a> We come back from commercial and we are treated to a shot of Stone Cold Steve Austin swinging open the doors and marching his way through the building like a man on a mission..... .....he doesn't even pause his stride as Kevin Kelly rushes over to keep up pace with him, asking the Rattlesnake exactly what it is he's doing?..... ".....what am I doing? Well hell son, what does it look like I'm doing?.....last week Vince McMahon found out first hand that don't no one keep Steve Austin out of a building but Steve Austin, and Ric Flair found out that when the clock hits 3:16 then it's time to get your ass whipped....." .....Austin says that he came here last week to open up a family sized can of whoop ass on Vince McMahon and all his little cronies, and he's here tonight to finish the job.....Ric Flair....Arn Anderson, they cost Steve Austin the number one contender shot at In Your House..... ".....and when you cost Steve Austin anything it's gonna cost you your ass....." .....so what's gonna happen now, is Ric Flair and Arn Anderson, they're gonna get whipped like the sorry s.o.b's that they are, and then, Vince McMahon's worst nightmare is going to come true..... ".....because while that little Corporate B@stard Brian Pillman is going to go to the Royal Rumble to face the Undertaker, Steve Austin is going to the Royal Rumble for one reason and one reason only....and that's to win the Royal Rumble match, go on to Wrestlemania and become the World Wrestling Federation Champion, and that's the bottom line......now get that damn microphone out of my face before I shove it up your ass....." .....you don't have to tell Kevin Kelly twice, and he quickly halts in his step as we watch the Rattlesnake continue his march through the building......presumably looking for Ric Flair or Arn Anderson.....we're staying in the back too, as we go to Michael Cole..... Rating: B+ </div></blockquote> <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> <img style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/18yWLzn.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/18yWLzn.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/WiZL773.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/WiZL773.jpg"></a> .....who's standing by with Jake "The Snake" Roberts..... .....Cole says that after months of games, riddles and mystery, Jake Roberts journey through Raven's Nine Circles of Hell.....this 'Divine Comedy' is finally coming to an end at the Royal Rumble, when Jake steps into the final circle of hell.....Treachery......but not only that, he finally steps into the ring with Raven...... ".....and I suppose the question on everyone's lips, is Jake Roberts.....has it been worth it?....." .....Jake ponders for a moment before saying that it really is the 64 thousand dollar question.....and it's a question that can't be answered yet..... ".....you see, until this is done no one really knows the price it's had on my soul.....Raven, regardless of what you might say, regardless of the way you have bastardised my intentions, this all came about because I wanted to become a better man.....because I wanted to atone for my past misdeeds.....because I wanted to make YOU a better man than I made you all those years ago..... .....I truly believed that with the grace of God ANYONE could be saved.....anyone could step out of the darkness and into the light but I was wrong.....and I was wrong because in order to be saved you have to WANT to be saved, and you Raven, you don't want to be saved, you just want to watch the world dance to your sick tune..... .....you attacked me.....you attacked my faith.....you mutilated and humiliated my priest.....you did not want to be saved.....but I did.....and now.....now all I want is to watch you bleeding at my feet..... .....was it worth it?..... .....I went from wanting to sit at the right hand of God, to begging to dance with the devil just for the opportunity to inflict an iota of the mental anguish and suffering that you have inflicted on me.....and you ask me was it worth it...... .....Raven, you chose Treachery as our final destination and there is perhaps none more fitting, because there is none more treacherous than a Snake, and believe me, it's The Snake you're going to get.....not Jake Roberts the Man of God.....not Jake Roberts the recovering addict.....not Jake Roberts the man determined to make a difference......you're getting the Snake.....the man responsible for your creation.....the man who will also be responsible for your destruction..... .....was it worth it?..... .....we'll find out at the Royal Rumble..... .....Trust Me....." Rating: A </div></blockquote> <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> <img style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/JJkmjYB.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/JJkmjYB.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/xV2Bmd9.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/xV2Bmd9.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/RlaW3ae.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/RlaW3ae.jpg"></a> It's back to ringside now for our second match of the evening, and unlike our previous encounter there is no real issue at stake here, just two men looking to pick up a win and possibly make an impression..... .....it's Davey Boy Smith facing off against Savio Vega (who is sporting both a new look AND a new attitude) and a victory for either man here would be very welcome......The British Bulldog has been a little bit more visible as of late than he had been in recent months, but if he really wants to get another shot at the European Championship (as he has eluded to) then he's going to need to continue to pick up victories..... .....Savio Vega on the other hand hasn't really been since since back at November's Survivor Series event.....and even THAT was in a losing effort.....he's perhaps thinking that the new attire might bring him a bit more luck than his old one did..... .....it didn't..... .....the Bulldog was the one to take home the win, finishing Savio off with the Running Powerslam for the one, two, three. Winner: The British Bulldog Rating: B </div></blockquote> <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> <img style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/1tBOrDQ.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/1tBOrDQ.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/GZUV6Ix.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/GZUV6Ix.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/btVcwTQ.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/btVcwTQ.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/UmjkjmT.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/UmjkjmT.jpg"></a> We head to the back again now, where Dok Hendrix is standing at the door of Mr. McMahon's office, where he tells us that he's hoping to get word from McMahon on not only the whereabouts of Brian Pillman, but his response to the words of Steve Austin earlier this evening..... .....he knocks and enters the room, asking McMahon those exact questions.....and since the Chairman appears to be in somewhat of a jovial mood tonight, he even gets an answer..... .....he says that as far as the location of Brian Pillman goes, McMahon has no idea where the Corporate Cannon is and after his actions of last week, that suits Vince just fine.....Vince says that he's given Brian Pillman free reign to go out there and just be Brian Pillman.....no Corporate handcuffs, no judgement.....and (most importantly) no comeback on Vince McMahon or the WWF, because Brian Pillman is acting entirely on his own..... ".....and quite frankly, people scoffed when I made the WWF Championship bout at the Royal Rumble a Casket Match.....they didn't think that the Corporate Cannon stood a chance.....well, who's scoffing now Dok? Certainly not Paul Bearer, that's for sure....." .....McMahon says that in just a few short weeks, Brian Pillman will be standing here as the World Wrestling Federation Champion, and frankly it's been a long time coming..... .....as for Stone Cold Steve Austin..... ".....Mr. Austin seems to be under the misguided impression that he is somehow automatically entered into the Royal Rumble match.....unfortunately, as he often is, Mr. Austin is very much mistaken.....you see, the thirty competitors in the Royal Rumble match have yet to even be announced, so while Steve Austin may well be in that match, he may well NOT be in that match also..... .....but I can tell you what match Steve Austin most certainly WILL be in.....and that's a match tonight.....with this gentleman right here.....because if Steve Austin wants to get his hands on Ric Flair so badly, the Nature Boy will be happy to show him exactly who the 'man' around here really is....." .....Ric Flair lets out a loud 'Wooooooooo', before telling Dok Hendrix that if Steve Austin is looking for him, the Nature Boy isn't hard to find..... ".....he's the one in the custom suit.....with Gucci on his feet, Rolex on his wrist, and a beautiful lady on each arm.....see Austin, what a low rent Texas redneck like you will never understand, is that age is just a number.....and when you're as good as the Nature Boy, your very worst day still tops most people's best....." .....Flair says that Austin is quick to go around mocking the age of a Ric Flair.....of an Arn Anderson.....but what Steve Austin seems to forget, is that the reason he's not the number one contender right now is because of these two old men, and they'd do it again in a heartbeat..... ".....Steve Austin, you were offered the opportunity of a lifetime by this man.....Vince McMahon personally offered to take you under his wing and mentor you to become a champion that EVERYONE could be proud of.....but what did you do? You hit him with a Stunner.....that was mistake number one pal..... .....mistake number two, was thinking that even for a second you could hang with the Nature Boy......see I've been going up and down this road for twenty five years.....since you were a snot nosed little kid watching me with awe on your little broken down trailer park tv.....I was taking titles and breaking hearts while you were still watching Saturday morning cartoons and you think you're going to hang with ME?.....well let me steal a line from you 'son', because Uh-Uh, that ain't gonna happen..... .....if you really want to find me, I'll be the one standing in the centre of that ring later tonight with the platinum blonde hair and the$10,000 robe, ready to take you to school.....and that's the bottom line.....because The Nature Boy said so.....Whooooooo......" Rating: A* </div></blockquote> <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> <img style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/408g4W4.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/408g4W4.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/xV2Bmd9.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/xV2Bmd9.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/ECl9qkA.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/ECl9qkA.jpg"></a> It's back down to ringside now for our next match of the evening, and it's the Million Dollar Corporation's own European Champion Jeff Jarrett, competing in non-title action against Dean Malenko..... .....the Million Dollar Corporation have been particularly ruthless when it comes to retaining their assets as of late.....don't believe me? Ask Psycho Sid.....ask Ken Shamrock.....ask Chavo Guerrero Jr.....ask any number of #1 contenders that Jeff Jarrett has put away in recent months.....which begs the question, why would anyone be stepping up to challenge Jarrett and the Corporation at this time?..... .....probably because since its inception, the European Championship has been one of the most coveted and hotly contested Titles here in the WWF.....it's probably the most frequently defended championship too.....which is why so many men have tried, and so many men have failed to capture the gold.....Dean Malenko won't be capturing the gold tonight either, because this is a non-title affair, but you've got to think that a victory here would be more than enough for Malenko to stake his claim to the #1 contendership..... .....this was a pretty good match actually.....Dean Malenko (or Bore-is Malenko if you're Chris Jericho) while a little bland, is one of the better workers on the roster, while Jarrett is no slouch either..... .....there is also the small matter of the CEO of the Million Dollar Corporation, because Ted DiBiase is lurking at ringside and he's not afraid to interject himself into the match should the opportunity present itself.....unfortunately for Jarrett, the opportunity really DIDN'T present itself.....and to the horror of Mr. DiBiase, he had to watch as Malenko converted a Jeff Jarrett Figure Four attempt into a small package.....and three seconds later, Dean Malenko just pinned the WWF European Champion..... Winner: Dean Malenko Rating: B </div></blockquote> <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> <img style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/Ycj3a7t.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/Ycj3a7t.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/6XV44kA.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/6XV44kA.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/itnCILT.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/itnCILT.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/EaR1PGI.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/EaR1PGI.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/RmVQirk.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/RmVQirk.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/RmpGMkn.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/RmpGMkn.jpg"></a> .....with the match in the bag, Dean Malenko grabs a microphone from ringside and lets it be known in no uncertain turns, that after beating Old Double J, he wants Jeff Jarrett again at the Royal Rumble.....and he wants the European Championship on the line, because he's beaten Jarrett once, he can damn sure do it again.....and when he does, he wants the gold to prove it?..... himself is ' .....the rest of the Corporation soon make their way out and join Jarrett and Dibase on the ramp way.....and it looks as though Dean Malenko might only be seconds away from disaster.....but before Jarrett, Steiner and Southern Justice can make a move, DiBiase stops them in their tracks, telling Malenko that if he wants a shot (much to the surprise of Jarrett) then he can have a shot..... ".....but just remember what's happened to anyone else around here who thought they were going to take this Title away from Jeff Jarrett.....after all, everybody has a price for the Million Dollar Man and every shot at the European Championship comes at a cost......a cost that you might not be willing to pay....." .....DiBiase lets out his trademark cackle after delivering that thinly veiled threat, as the Corporation head to the back....and we have another title match set for the Royal Rumble.....and speaking of the Royal Rumble, we go to a promo video now hyping that very event, as Malenko stands celebrating in the ring. Rating: B+ </div></blockquote> <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> <img style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/fg5AfMd.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/fg5AfMd.jpg"></a> We come back to the arena, and we come back to a very happy looking Jerry "The King" Lawler standing in the middle of the ring, and he's ready to hold court..... .....this isn't your usual King's Court though.....because after last weeks altercation between Sunny and Terri, a special challenge has been made.....not a wrestling challenge (because lets face it, even by 1998 standards a match between Sunny and Terri would be atrocious) no this is a different kind of challenge altogether...... ".....so in order to get this challenge underway, let's get our first contestant out here.....accompanied by The Road Dogg and The Bad Ass, it's Little Miss Sweet Ass herself.....Sunny....." ".....Oh You Didn't Know?....." <img style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/RYYwf3h.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/RYYwf3h.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/hpKiA32.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/hpKiA32.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/tBSXKA8.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/tBSXKA8.jpg"></a> .....well if you didn't know, you're about to.....because here come the New Age Outlaws, with Sunny leading the way.....and rather bizarrely she's wearing a long robe..... .....the trio climb into the ring, where Lawler is still beaming (and not even hiding the fact that he's leering at Sunny's rather skimpily robed figure) as he welcomes them.....Jerry puts the Outlaws over hugely, telling everyone that he is a huge, HUGE fan of theirs, and he's an even bigger fan now that they have added Sunny to their entourage, before telling Gunn and James that he has no doubt that they will soon be wearing the WWF Tag Team Titles again for the third time..... .....Road Dogg agrees, telling Lawler that it's only a matter of time, and while Harlem Heat are running around defending the gold against the jabroni of the week, the REAL #1 contenders are standing right here......not Chris Candido and his moronic partner Al Snow, and certainly not the son of a son of a plumber Dustin Rhodes and his life partner Marc Mero..... ".....and speaking of everybody's favourite confused couple, that's exactly why we're here.....the challenge was made, the gauntlet was thrown down, and our own little Sweet Ass, Miss Sunny is out here to see if Terri with an i is gonna have the 'assets' to accept....." .....Sunny says that right, because she's out here to show the world who the real 'lady' around here is......and by 'lady' she means "who's got the best body", because she has challenged Terri to a Bikini Contest..... .....Sunny might be a heel.....and so is Terri.....but when it comes to seeing beautiful ladies wearing very little, the males in this crowd are still cheering like mad.....and so is The King as he turns his attention to the entrance to see if Terri is going to accept that challenge or not..... <img style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/1wwHAn4.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/1wwHAn4.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/1jS5dtd.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/1jS5dtd.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/MuzkJNO.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/MuzkJNO.jpg"></a> .....obviously she does....because here she comes, flanked by Dustin Rhodes and Marc Mero..... .....these three have undergone quite the makeover as of late.....or should that be make under.....because there is definitely less make-up on display with Dustin Rhodes and Marc Mero than there was with Goldust and Marcus......Terri on the other hand is wearing PLENTY of make-up.....she's also (interestingly enough) also wearing a robe.....so I guess it's safe to say that this Bikini Contest is officially happening..... .....Dustin Rhodes grabs a microphone to let The New Age Outlaws know that their interference last week cost he and Mero a shot at the tag titles.....once this little circus here is over and done with, The Outlaws are going to regret that decision..... .....Lawler tells Rhodes to quieten down, no one is here to listen to him talk, they're here to see Sunny and Terri in their swimsuits..... ".....so Sunny.....since you issued the challenge, why don't you go first....." ".....WHAT DOES EVERYBODY WANT?....." <img style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/K3PbWaJ.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/K3PbWaJ.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/18C12Wi.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/18C12Wi.jpg"></a> .....someone has new theme music.....and that someone is Al Snow, as he makes his way out from the back along with his partner Chris Candido..... .....and Head..... .....I think..... .....he's carrying a robe that DEFINITELY has something underneath it..... .....it's probably Head..... .....Lawler is NOT happy about this interruption, telling Snow and (don't call me) Skippy to get the hell out of here so that they can get this Bikini Contest underway.....Snow declines.....telling Lawler that the contest couldn't have gotten underway, because the final participant wasn't here..... ".....but she's here now.....she's ready.....and has she got a bikini for you....." .....Sunny and Terri look confused.....Lawler looks furious.....Candido, well, he's given up looking embarrassed by his partners actions after all this time, so he's got more of a look of acceptance on his face.....Snow tells the two other competitors that since neither of them are being very forthcoming then maybe Head should go first..... ".....so music monkeys in the back.....hit that music....." .....they do.....they play something akin to 'Simply Ravishing'..... .....and in the most bizarre sight seen on Monday Nights in quite some time.....ok, ever.....Al Snow begins to sway Head from side to side, slowly playing with the robe as he does the least appealing strip tease known to man.....before finally whipping the robe clean off..... .....revealing Head..... .....with a Bikini wrapped around her face..... .....Lawler is standing there dumbfounded now, asking Candido just what is Snow doing?..... ".....isn't that obvious King?.....he's causing a distraction....." .....and with that Al Snow swings Head quickly around to one side and absolutely nails Billy Gunn between the eyes with her, before delivering the same blow to the Road Dogg, as Candido charges at Rhodes and Mero..... .....I guess that's the end of the Bikini Contest.....because just like that a brawl between the two teams that were competing last week (before the Outlaws intervened) breaks out..... .....and it's soon a brawl between all three teams, because the Outlaws don't stay down for long.....and as security makes its way out to try and separate the warring teams (and Jerry Lawler bemoans the fact that we had no Bikini contest) we go to commercial, still no closer to finding out who the true #1 contenders to the tag team titles are. Rating: A* </div></blockquote> <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> <img style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/qBeE4n3.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/qBeE4n3.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/xV2Bmd9.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/xV2Bmd9.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/SIIte9A.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/SIIte9A.jpg"></a> We're back from commercial, and just in time for our next contest.....this one is actually a direct response to the loss that Bradshaw suffered last week at the hands of the new leader of the Nation of Domination, Ahmed Johnson.....you see, Ahmed may have got his hand raised in victory, but he got a little bit of help along the way in the form of Kama, the man that Bradshaw has challenged to face him this evening..... .....both of these men are deceptively large individuals, and deceptively powerful too.....they also like to brawl, which is why this was a slugfest from start to finish..... .....Bradshaw was arguably well on his way to victory LAST week, before the Nation of Domination took it upon themselves to interfere in the match.....THIS week, Bradshaw was again, arguably we'll n his way to victory.....before the Nation of Domination decided to interfere again, this time with Scorpio distracting the official so that Mark Henry could crush the life out the Big Texan..... .....again Bradshaw faces a member of the Nation of Domination.....and again, its The Nation of Domination that costs him the match..... Winner: Kama Rating: B </div></blockquote> <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> <img style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/qBeE4n3.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/qBeE4n3.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/MFXEPSv.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/MFXEPSv.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/SIIte9A.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/SIIte9A.jpg"></a><img style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/lbl7Cno.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/lbl7Cno.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/EbKLwhg.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/EbKLwhg.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/oaoTLfs.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/oaoTLfs.jpg"></a> .....Ahmed leads his troops to the back, with another victory under the belt of the Nation, stopping on the entrance way to raise their fists in salute.....before they can turn to exit however, they are interrupted by the sound of Bradshaw's voice..... .....he's grabbed a microphone from ringside.....and he is p!ssed..... .....Bradshaw addresses Ahmed Johnson (since he IS the leader) telling him that he (and all of his little pals) may have defeated him......but they can't do it alone, it takes the whole Nation to hold him back.....well that's fine.....because next week, Bradshaw is coming for the Nation.....and he's not coming alone.....let's see how well the Nation do without that numbers advantage.....to his credit, Ahmed barely flinches at the revelation, instead he actually lets out a small smile, telling Bradshaw that they could destroy him right here and right now if they wanted to, but go ahead.....get your back up.....that's just another body for the Nation to bury..... ".....by any means necessary....." .....with that the Nation leave, and we WERE going to go to commercial, before Jim Ross instead sends us to the back.....where some kind of situation is unfolding..... Rating: B+ </div></blockquote> <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> <img style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/mTL46g9.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/mTL46g9.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/ykRFOAf.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/ykRFOAf.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/NX2vOWD.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/NX2vOWD.jpg"></a> .....that situation being Arn Anderson.....unconscious on the floor beside a (formally glass fronted) vending machine.....I say formally, because most of the glass from the machine is shattered on the floor around the unconscious Anderson.....clearly someone has not only assaulted The Enforcer, but driven him through this glass front too..... .....while we may not have witnessed the attack, it's clear that Vince McMahon and Ric Flair have their idea's as to who the culprit may have been, with Vince splitting his time between directing orders to medical personnel and security details, and calling Stone Cold Steve Austin a "Son of a B!tch"..... .....Flair isn't happy either and clearly wants to remain with his friend, but McMahon has other idea's, telling him to get out there.....get out there now.....and make sure that Steve Austin is left in no condition to even be a consideration for the Royal Rumble match..... .....reluctantly Flair does leave (but not before issuing threats of both violence and legal ramifications towards the medical personnel should they fail to give Anderson the best treatment available) and now we DO finally go to commercial.....and Ric Flair vs. Steve Austin will be coming up next..... Rating: B+ </div></blockquote> <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> <img style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/mTL46g9.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/mTL46g9.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/Go8E4u6.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/Go8E4u6.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/PnBM24f.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/PnBM24f.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/18hyaeF.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/18hyaeF.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/t4Ubyua.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/t4Ubyua.jpg"></a> .....and we're back.....and while we do briefly see a shot of the Nature Boy making his entrance, the scene soon shifts to a shot of the back, where a clearly still ticked off Vince McMahon is standing in the locker room of the Hart Foundation..... .....we arrive mid conversation, but it soon becomes apparent what is happening.....Vince is telling Bret that he knows that he is (understandably) annoyed at the fact that Brian Pillman is getting the WWF Title shot at the Royal Rumble, but Vince says that Bret just has to have a bit of patience.....he says that he's not out to screw him, it's simply business....after all, he has just authorised Chris Jericho's shot at the Intercontinental Championship, so clearly he has NO problem with the Hart Foundation..... .....but he does have a problem with Steve Austin..... .....Vince says that Steve Austin crossed a line tonight.....a line that he needs to pay for.....McMahon says that he knows that Bret Hart can't stand Steve Austin.....so if the Hart Foundation could perhaps take care of McMahon's problem, Bret Hart can name the date of his WWF Championship shot......hell, he can have it the Monday after the Royal Rumble if he so wishes, so long as it is AFTER the Royal Rumble..... .....Bret contemplates that for a second....but only a second....before offering his hand to McMahon, telling him that he has a deal.....but it's a deal he had better honour.....as we go back down to ringside, where Stone Cold Steve Austin is about to make his entrance, unaware of the situation developing backstage..... Rating: A </div></blockquote> <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> <img style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/8wajQz9.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/8wajQz9.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/xV2Bmd9.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/xV2Bmd9.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/i3wZsew.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/i3wZsew.jpg"></a> .....and make an entrance he does, because this arena explodes as the glass shatters and the Rattlesnake makes his walk down the aisle, flipping off Flair before mounting all four turnbuckles..... .....showing why he earned the moniker 'dirtiest player in the game' though, Flair jumps Austin as he's on his fourth and final corner, nailing him with a low blow from behind before this one even gets officially underway..... .....the official calls for the bell to start the match and Flair goes straight on the offence.....unfortunately for him it's going to take more than a shot to the balls to slow Steve Austin down, and despite a brief initial flurry, Stone Cold soon begins to fire back, sending Flair running to the outside to catch a breather..... .....The Nature Boy does finally get control of the match again (with a blatant thumb to the eye) and goes to work punishing Austin for his assault to Arn Anderson, lighting his chest up with a series of stiff knife edge chops, until Austin finally goes old school himself, putting a stop to the onslaught with a Stun Gun..... .....from the the Rattlesnake takes complete control, and Flair bumps like a madman for his opponent, punctuated with a Stone Cold Stunner right there in the middle of the ring..... <img style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/hn7GJqh.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/hn7GJqh.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/Biiyb21.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/Biiyb21.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/Amp90Lj.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/Amp90Lj.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/1GME2FY.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/1GME2FY.jpg"></a> .....which is the precise moment that the Hart Foundation hit the ring.....and you know what's coming next.....beatdown.....disqualification...... Winner: Steve Austin (via Disqualification) Rating: A </div></blockquote> <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> <img style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/8wajQz9.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/8wajQz9.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/hn7GJqh.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/hn7GJqh.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/Biiyb21.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/Biiyb21.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/Amp90Lj.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/Amp90Lj.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/1GME2FY.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/1GME2FY.jpg"></a><img style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/i3wZsew.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/i3wZsew.jpg"></a> .....followed by another beatdown..... .....Bret Hart wants his WWF Title opportunity.....and he's clearly willing to work with Vince McMahon to ensure that he gets it, although the fact that McMahon's chosen victim is Steve Austin perhaps makes the pill a little easier to swallow, because The Hitman can't stand The Rattlesnake.....and the feeling is mutual..... .....Austin isn't one to back down from a fight, even if the odds ARE horribly against him, and he dives straight for The Hitman (getting a few good shots in too) as well as nailing Owen, Jericho and Test..... .....before getting chop-blocked by Ric Flair..... .....and then the five on one assault REALLY begins..... .....in an ideal world, this beatings are usually halted by a comrade.....a partner.....a friend.....unfortunately, this is Steve Austin.....he HAS no friends.....in fact, he's Stunned a good portion of the locker room already, so it's perhaps no surprise that help isn't exactly forthcoming..... .....Bret holds Austin in place for Flair to again light his chest up with chops, before the five men go to work on the leg of the Rattlesnake, culminated in The Nature Boy slapping on the Figure Four Leg Lock ring in the middle of the ring..... .....are security going to break this up?..... .....of course not.....the security around here is employed by Vince McMahon.....the (Mc)man who ordered this hit in the first place.....Austin is all alone and in serious jeopardy..... ....::::!!!!GONG!!!!::::.... <img style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/cPEc52K.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/cPEc52K.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/MAtvB0n.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/MAtvB0n.jpg"></a> .....although as the lights go out, clearly there are at least TWO people that are willing to stand up to the bosses orders.....the same two men that threatened chaos and destruction at the START of this show......The Undertaker and Kane..... .....these brothers of destruction make their way down the aisle, not so much to save Austin, but more to get their hands on one of Brian Pillman's allies (The Nature Boy Ric Flair) and they lay out Jericho, Test, Owen and Bret on their way, before Kane wraps his hand around the throat of Ric Flair (who still has Austin wrapped up in the Figure Four) and drags him up from the mat.....sets him in position.....and then Chokeslams him straight back down again..... .....and NOW security finally hits the ring.....although they don't seem to be there to aid Steve Austin, they seem to be there to REMOVE Steve Austin, as the Rattlesnake is dragged limping away from the ringside area, followed closely by Flair, who after suffering a Stunner and a Chokeslam tonight, has clearly had enough..... .....of course that means that all the components of our main event are out here.....I guess we may as well get right to it...... Rating: A </div></blockquote> <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> <img style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/Am9w34A.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/Am9w34A.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/MAtvB0n.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/MAtvB0n.jpg"></a><img style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/xV2Bmd9.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/xV2Bmd9.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/xmOe7zF.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/xmOe7zF.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/z45TeSS.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/z45TeSS.jpg"></a> .....so it's main event time, and while security has removed Steve Austin (and Ric Flair has returned to the back) Chris Jericho and Test are still very much at ringside....a fact that Kane and The Undertaker quite honestly couldn't care less about....why?.....because their mood after Brian Pillman's actions last week haven't improved any, and since Brian Pillman isn't here to take it out on ANYBODY else will do.....just ask Chris Jericho, who climbs up on the apron once and gets knocked straight back down again by a kick square in the face by Kane..... .....Bret and Owen struggle to maintain any form of momentum here as Kane and The Undertaker look to take out their frustration on the Canadians, but they do finally manage to isolate the Deadman (thanks to a Test Running Big Boot on the outside, behind the officials back) and they go to work chopping the WWF Champion down to size, and since both Bret and Owen like to utilise the Sharpshooter, the majority of the offence here is focused on the lower half of The Undertakers body..... .....1998 has barely begun, but we already have a match of the year contender here, as the 1997 Wrestler of the Year, Bret Hart, shows once again why (even at his advancing age) he truly deserved that recent contract extension, as he and his brother go to work on the current WWF Champion..... .....eventually however The Deadman is able to tag out to his brother, after catching an Owen Hart Crossbody attempt and converting it into a Snake Eyes in the corner..... .....Kane hits the ring, and more than holds his own for long enough that The Undertaker is able to get back into the fray.....and that's when things break down.....in fact they get quite out of hand..... .....because as the four men break out into a brawl fest, The Undertaker wraps a hand around the throat of The Hitman..... .....just as Chris Jericho (again) climbs up onto the apron to distract the official..... .....as a wild haired and wide eyed figure comes flying out of the crowd..... <img style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/ldxNCBq.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/ldxNCBq.jpg"></a> .....and Brian Pillman slides into the ring behind The Undertaker, steel chair in hand......and he swings wildly, nailing the WWF Champion right in the back of the head, before quickly rolling out of the ring again..... .....the Undertaker is down and out, and the Hitman wastes little time in covering him (as Chris Jericho gestures frantically for the official to turn around) and three seconds later, Bret Hart just pinned the World Wrestling Federation Champion..... Winner(s): The Hart Foundation Rating: A* </div></blockquote> <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> <img style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/ldxNCBq.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/ldxNCBq.jpg"></a><img style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/Am9w34A.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/Am9w34A.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/MAtvB0n.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/MAtvB0n.jpg"></a><img style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/hn7GJqh.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/hn7GJqh.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/Biiyb21.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/Biiyb21.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/Amp90Lj.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/Amp90Lj.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/1GME2FY.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/1GME2FY.jpg"></a> .....Kane gives chase to Brian Pillman, but he runs into Jericho and Test before he can lay a finger on the man who will be challenging for the WWF Title in a few short weeks, and as the two Canadians keep The Big Red Machine occupied, Pillman drives the hard edge of that steel chair right into the back of the knee of Kane..... .....The Hitman agreed to help McMahon out with his Rattlesnake problem earlier in the evening, but it looks as though he's doing a two for one favour here, because he and Owen decide to stick around and put the boots to the Deadman, before finally holding him in place (one arm each) as Brian Pillman grabs a microphone to tell his Royal Rumble opponent that he warned him about this.....he warned him that he was going to take everything that The Deadman holds dear..... .....he's going to take it.....he's going to destroy it.....and he's going to stand laughing in the ashes of the Underakers legacy as he does it..... ".....never let it be said that Brian Pillman isn't a man of his word.....well ding dong, the Corporate Cannon isn't here right now.....let me introduce you to the Loose Cannon, Brian 'F'n' Pillman....or rather, let me introduce him to your little b@stard baby brother....." .....with that, Jericho and Test roll the hobbled Kane into the ring, where Pillman instantly begins swinging the steel chair at that already weakened leg of the Big Red Monster.....Kane might be wearing a mask, but you don't need to see his facial expressions to know that the usually unstoppable machine is in a world of hurt..... .....and it's not going to get any better for him..... .....as Pillman takes that steel chair, opens it up slightly..... .....and slides it right onto Kane's leg..... .....Jim Ross is beside himself on commentary, saying that we saw this last week....and everybody knows what this sick son of a bitch is planning..... .....and with that, the Loose Cannon, Brian 'F'n' Pillman unloads a hard stomp onto the folded steel..... .....and another..... .....and another..... .....and another..... .....and much like last week, he keeps stomping like a feral animal, until Kane's howls of pain are silenced by unconsciousness...... .....a heavily panting Pillman turns to the Undertaker, wild eyed and with that sick smile on his face, telling him that his mama and papa are dead.....his surrogate father figure Paul Bearer may as well be.....and his itty bitty baby brother Kane, well.....he ain't gonna be walking straight for a while that's for sure...... ".....so all that there is left to do.....is take your WWF Championship for my own.....because at the Royal Rumble, I'm going to lock you inside one of your own caskets, and FINALLY ascend to the throne, when the Crowned Prince of Chaos.....becomes the official Ruler of the Revolution......" .....as if to emphasise his point, Pillman pulls that steel chair from the leg of Kane, winds back.....and cracks the (still held by the Harts and fully exposed) Undertaker right between the eyes, before finally tossing the mangled weapon down to the mat beside the fallen Deadman, and we close out the show on a shot of the maniacal Loose Cannon standing over the downed brothers of destruction.....as Bret Hart looms symbolically in the background....a place that he's not going to want to be much longer, and after tonight's performance, once the Royal Rumble is over, The Hitman is surely going to want to be in the very forefront of everything..... .....goodnight folks..... Rating: A* Final Rating: A* </div></blockquote> </div>
- June 11, 2019
- 1,704 replies
WCW: Dangerous Territory

to4sty replied to James Casey's topic in Total Extreme Wrestling 2016 Dynasties

Sting, Dustin Rhodes and Barry Windham vs. Steve Austin and The Calgary Connection I guess the fact that you were already planning on putting the tag titles on Simmons and Koloff means that Rhodes and Windham aren't long for the gold.....I guess the CC would be the next logical choice to take the titles now Simmons is leaving. Some miscommunication between the Tag champs here leads to the loss and sets up some potential dissection amongst the ranks Beat The Champ: Marcus Bagwell vs. Robert Gibson © – WCW Television Title Eh, why not.....you've been slowly pushing Marcus, may as well give him a title and see what he does with it Chris Jericho vs. Shawn Michaels Definite Starrcade match (and possible main event) somewhere in the future.....tonight it's Michaels going over Ricky Steamboat vs. Cactus Jack I'm actually torn on this one, I'm not sure where Cactus is going right now Bobby Blaze vs. Terence Taylor © – NWA World Title El Tigre Blanco vs. Rick Rude – non-title A no-brianer if ever there was one As for Koloff, hmm.....what to do with him. His stock has obviously dropped from his peak, and honestly, with the roster you have now would you even miss him? If he goes then he can always come back if needed, plus he can put someone over on his way out.....if he stays then he needs to stay in the tag division, preferably with a completely opposite personality.....I like an odd couple.....deadpan straight man with the comedian, Cruiserweight with the Super Heavyweight etc.....although depending on what you have planned for Cactus Jack, he wouldn't be a terrible choice for a partner
- June 7, 2019
- 1,060 replies
A new generation.....a new attitude?

to4sty replied to to4sty's topic in Total Extreme Wrestling 2016 Dynasties

<div style="text-align:center;">".....wait, so what you're telling me bro, is that if I want to sign Terry fricking Funk, I can't sign Terry fricking Funk? Just so some Yankee B@stard doesn't go out of business? The hell do I care if ECW goes bust, I got Turner Money bro, I can sign anyone I fricking want to....." ".....Vince, do you even want to sign Terry Funk?.....and wait a minute, aren't you a Yankee B@stard too?....." ".....f##k no I don't want to sign Terry Funk, he's older than Gandhi's Sandals, and not in a cool Hulk Hogan kinda way.....in a 'he probably smells like Gandhi's Sandals too' kinda way.....and for the record bro, I'm from Long Island.....we're more sophisticated than the rest of New York....." ".....so what does it matter if you can't sign Terry Funk....." ".....bro, it's the fricking principle of the matter.....who else they got that I can't have?....." ".....Shane Douglas....." ".....who?....." ".....Shane Douglas.....you know him Vince, he had the teacher gimmick back in 95....." ".....nah bro, you're thinking of Dean Douglas......Jesus Christ, I thought you were supposed to know your stuff....." ".....same guy Vince....." ".....really?....." ".....yeah....." ".....ah.....well f##k him anyway, him and Shawn didn't get on back then, and Mr. Reason for the Ratings ego ain't exactly got any smaller since then, I got enough to deal with as it is.....who's their Champion, maybe I want him....." ".....you don't....." ".....bro, don't tell me what I do and don't want.....your not my mother....." ".....The Sandman....." ".....WHO??....." ".....The Sandman.....the beer drinker....." ".....AUSTIN???....." ".....no Vince, The Sandman.....the god damn Sandman....." ".....well I don't fricking want him either.....this Heyman guys getting lucky so far.....who else they got?....." .....I should have known Russo wouldn't take the news well.....he's like a child that only wants to play with the toys when the other kids have them.....it took a while, and we had to go through virtually the whole roster.....Tommy Dreamer ("Jesus, he looks like I could beat him up") New Jack ("he used to be a what? A bounty hunter?......hell no bro, I got a past") Taz ("Did he not get enough food as a child? Is he fully grown? Bro, I've done sh!ts taller than him") Tommy Rich ("Hahahahahahahahaha.....bro") but we finally decided that Vince Russo isn't going to sign any of ECW's roster..... .....for what it's worth, Russo may could do with hiring some more guys, not because he's short, his roster is HUGE.....but because he informs that that since Nitro finally turned it around and starting bringing in the rating, coupled with Starrcade being an absolute success, Turner has informed Vince that he's getting two more hours of (in his words) 'Nitro Quality' tv to fill.....WCW Thunder, set to air this Thursday on TBS.....rather him than me..... "....that's two more hours of TV to write bro, but am I getting any more money to do it? Hell no.....I'm basically working for free....." ".....Vince you get paid more than I do.....a LOT more than I do.....Turner Money remember....." ".....yeah, well Turner Money doesn't pay me enough to be on TV for free.....I'll write the shows, but if he thinks I'm going to on that show every week he can think again.....I'll just throw the Rock on there, that'll bring the ratings in....him and The Gambler....." ".....'Nitro Quality' Vince.....The Gambler?....." ".....'Nitro Quality' for free.....he can have the fricking Gambler and like it.....haven't you got Raw or something to book anyway? I'm hanging up.....gonna go watch me this ECW sh!t, see if there's anyone I want to sign....." <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43289" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div> The Monday Night Wars: Week 1, January 1998 <img alt="wtGb8ca.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/wtGb8ca.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Preview for WWF Raw is War: Week 1, January 1998 The Undertaker & Kane vs. Bret Hart & Owen Hart Comments: Steve Austin vs. Ric Flair Comments: Bradshaw vs. Kama Comments: Dean Malenko vs. Jeff Jarrett Comments: British Bulldog vs. Savio Vega Comments: Scott Hall & Sean Waltman vs. Chris Jericho & Test Comments: <img alt="cMgP5Z2.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/cMgP5Z2.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Preview for WCW Monday Nitro: Week 1, January 1998 Shawn Michaels vs. Buff Bagwell Comments: Mike Awesome vs. Meng Comments: WCW Cruiserweight Championship Match Jeff Hardy vs. Jinsei Shinzaki Comments: WCW Television Championship Match Bill Goldberg © vs. Fit Finlay Comments: Scotty Riggs vs. Lance Storm Comments: WCW Tag Team Championship Match Chris Benoit & Diamond Dallas Page vs. The Public Enemy Comments: </div><div style="text-align:center;"></div><div></div></blockquote> </div>
- June 7, 2019
- 1,704 replies
A new generation.....a new attitude?

to4sty replied to to4sty's topic in Total Extreme Wrestling 2016 Dynasties

Thanks very much.....it seemed only fitting to give this a proper burial, it didn't feel right coming to a close after Starrcade when this was always predominantly a WWF diary, so with that being said, Wrestlemania XIV is my goal.....and as they say, go big or go home.....and since this is the homeward stretch we may as well go big. So yeah, lets book ECW as well......there's no way I could do all three long term, but three months? I think I can do that.....oh, there's also the small matter of Thunder, which is set to debut as well <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/redface.png.900245280682ef18c5d82399a93c5827.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> we'll see how this goes..... Looking forward to catching up with your wonderful diary too while I'm here
- June 6, 2019
- 1,704 replies
A new generation.....a new attitude?

to4sty replied to to4sty's topic in Total Extreme Wrestling 2016 Dynasties

<div style="text-align:center;">The Stars of ECW: January 1998 <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43289" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div> <img alt="dBBKLvO.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/dBBKLvO.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> ECW Heavyweight Champion <img style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/0Jb9IUk.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/0Jb9IUk.jpg"></a> The Sandman (x5) (November 97 - Current) Previous Champions: Shane Douglas (x4) (March 97 - November 97) The Sandman (x4) (August 96 - March 97) Shane Douglas (x3) (July 96 - August 96) The Sandman (x3) (December 95 - July 96) </div><div style="text-align:center;"></div><div></div></blockquote> <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> <img alt="7rPpy4i.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/7rPpy4i.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> ECW Television Champion <img style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/OODEH1M.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/OODEH1M.jpg"></a> Tommy Dreamer (December 97 - Current) Previous Champions: 911 (October 97 - December 97) Perry Saturn (June 97 - October 97) Taz (x2) (January 97 - June 97) Axl Rotten (June 96 - January 97) Mikey Whipwreck (x2) (December 95 - June 96) </div></blockquote> <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> <img alt="m4NnrPn.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/m4NnrPn.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> ECW Tag Team Champions <img style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/OgcU1TN.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/OgcU1TN.jpg"></a> The Eliminators (June 97 - Current) Previous Champions: 911 & The Blue Meanie (March 97 - June 97) Vacant (February 97 - March 97) The Gangsta's (February 96 - February 97) Vacant (January 96 - February 97) Mikey Whipwreck & Cactus Jack (x2) (December 95 - January 96) </div></blockquote> The Main Event New Jack Shane Douglas Terry Funk The Sandman Tommy Dreamer Tommy Rich The Upper Midcard Axl Rotten Buh Buh Ray Dudley D-Von Dudley John Kronus Perry Saturn Little Guido Rob Van Dam Taz Tracy Smothers The Midcard 911 Balls Mahoney Big Dick Dudley Mikey Whipwreck Mustapha Saed Steve Corino Stevie Richards Super Nova The Blue Meanie Everyone Else Bad Crew #1 Bad Crew #2 Chubby Dudley Dances with Dudley JT Smith Tony Stetson Roadkill Danny Doring The Tag Teams Bad Crew The Chair Swinging Freaks The FBI Danny Doring & Roadkill The Dudley Boys The Eliminators The Gangsta's </div>
- June 6, 2019
- 1,704 replies
A new generation.....a new attitude?

to4sty replied to to4sty's topic in Total Extreme Wrestling 2016 Dynasties

<div style="text-align:center;">The Stars of WCW: January 1998</div> <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;"> <img alt="ginK7QV.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/ginK7QV.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> WCW Heavyweight Champion <img style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/dE6Ydb2.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/dE6Ydb2.jpg"></a> Sting (x4) (December 97 - Current) Previous Champions: Hollywood Hogan (x3) (July 97 - December 97) Vacant (June 97 - July 97) Hollywood Hogan (x2) (December 96 - June 97) Bam Bam Bigelow (September 96 - December 97) Ric Flair (x4) (December 95 - September 96) Randy Savage (November 95 - December 95) </div></div></blockquote> <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;"> <img alt="mwXZi05.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/mwXZi05.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> WCW United States Champion <img style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/QPEZk7O.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/QPEZk7O.jpg"></a> Eddie Guerrero (July 97 - Current) Previous Champions: Vacant (June 97 - July 97) Diamond Dallas Page (August 96 - June 97) Dean Malenko (January 96 - August 96) One Man Gang (December 95 - January 96) Kensuke Sasaki (November 95 - December 95) </div></div></blockquote> <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;"> <img alt="WKyRBSr.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/WKyRBSr.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> WCW Television Champion <img style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/kLNtiJm.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/kLNtiJm.jpg"></a> Bill Goldberg (Nov 97 - Current) Previous Champions: Lance Storm (Sept 97 - Nov 97) Lord Steven Regal (x4) (July 97 - Sept 97) Vacant (June 97 - July 97) The Giant (March 97 - June 97) Samu (February 97 - March 97) Lord Steven Regal (x3) (December 96 - February 97) One Man Gang (x2) (November 96 - December 96) </div></div></blockquote> <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;"> <img alt="WKyRBSr.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/WKyRBSr.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> WCW Tag Team Champions <img style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/C5x2bXa.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/C5x2bXa.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/0T1g3vp.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/0T1g3vp.jpg"></a> Diamond Dallas Page & Chris Benoit (December 97 - Current) Previous Champions: Adam Copeland & Christian Cage (October 97 - December 97) The Road Warriors (July 97 - October 97) Vacant (June 97 - July 97) The Nasty Boys (x4) (April 97 - June 97) Chris Benoit & Dean Malenko (December 96 - April 97) Buff Bagwell & Samu (November 96 - December 96) Lord Steven Regal & Squire David Taylor (June 96 - November 96) </div></div></blockquote> <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;"> The Main Event Faces Heels Diamond Dallas Page Jean Paul Levesque Lex Luger. Road Warrior Animal Road Warrior Hawk Shawn Michaels Sid Vicious Sting The Rock Roddy Piper (occasional wrestler) Adam Copeland Eddie Guerrero Christian Cage Hollywood Hogan Randy Savage Ray Traylor The Giant Vader The Warrior </div></div></blockquote> <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;"> The Upper Midcard Bill Goldberg Brian Knobbs Chris Benoit Curt Hennig Jeff Hardy Jerry Saggs Mike Awesome Rikishi Fatu Bam Bam Bigelow Buff Bagwell Kevin Sullivan Lance Storm Lord Steven Regal </div></div></blockquote> <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;"> The Midcard Anthony Durante Brad Armstrong Fit Finlay Ernest Miller Gary Wolfe Gideon Cain Jim Duggan Rick Martel Scotty Riggs Super Crazy The Warlord Alex Wright Carl Oulette Disco Inferno Earl Robert Eaton Fatu Jacques Rougeau Konnan Meng Samu Sgt. Craig Pittman Jinsei Shinzaki Mortis Rocco Rock Scott Norton The Barbarian VK Wallstreet </div></div></blockquote> <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;"> Everyone Else Blitzkrieg Bunkhouse Buck Fidel Sierra Ice Train Juventud Guerrera Mando Guerrero The Duke, Douglas Williams Kaz Hayashi Kid Kash LA Smooth Mike Enos Wayne Bloom </div></div></blockquote> <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;"> The Teams Mike Awesome & Gideon Cain The Road Warriors The Nasty Boys The Pitbulls The Soul Train Adam Copeland & Christian Cage Big Van Vader & Bam Bam Bigelow The Samoan SWAT Team The Public Enemy The Amazing French Canadians The Blue Bloods The Faces of Fear </div></div></blockquote> <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;"> The Stables The Titans of Wrestling <img style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/gZIO3XU.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/gZIO3XU.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/uneZrHv.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/uneZrHv.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/2EPs81y.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/2EPs81y.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/qbWVoeF.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/qbWVoeF.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/psEGFc8.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/psEGFc8.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/dfHWDxP.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/dfHWDxP.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/o5VxOZB.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/o5VxOZB.jpg"></a> Hollywood Hogan, Randy Savage, The Warrior, Ray Traylor, Adam Copeland, Christian Cage, Buff Bagwell The Forgotten <img style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/GWVSktV.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/GWVSktV.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/GkumtLy.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/GkumtLy.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/GAv0MvB.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/GAv0MvB.jpg"></a> Kevin Sullivan, Big Van Vader, Bam Bam Bigelow </div></div></blockquote>
- June 6, 2019
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A new generation.....a new attitude?

to4sty replied to to4sty's topic in Total Extreme Wrestling 2016 Dynasties

<div style="text-align:center;">The Stars of the WWF: January 1998</div> <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;"> <img alt="FBoXgL6.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/FBoXgL6.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> World Wrestling Federation Champion <img style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/Am9w34A.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/Am9w34A.jpg"></a> The Undertaker (x2) (November 97 - Current) Previous Champions: Ahmed Johnson (August 97 - November 97) Scott Steiner (March 97 - August 97) Shawn Michaels (March 96 - March 97) Bret Hart (x3) (November 95 - March 96) Diesel (November 94 - November 95) </div></div></blockquote> <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;"> <img alt="zQSfiSt.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/zQSfiSt.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> World Wrestling Federation Intercontinental Champion <img style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/tdpBqDG.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/tdpBqDG.jpg"></a> Scott Hall (x5) (October 97 - Current) Previous Champions: Owen Hart (August 97 - October 97) Faarooq (x2) (April 97 - August 97) (Vacant) (March 97 - April 97) Scott Steiner (December 97 - March 97) Rich Steiner (October 96 - December 96) The British Bulldog (x2) (August 96 - October 96) Hunter Hearst Helmsley (May 96 - August 96) Faarooq (March 96 - May 96) (Vacant) (March 96 - March 96) Goldust (February 96 March 96) Razor Ramon (x4) </div></div></blockquote> <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;"> <img alt="zsNw4Mi.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/zsNw4Mi.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> World Wrestling Federation European Champion <img style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/ECl9qkA.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/ECl9qkA.jpg"></a> Jeff Jarrett (October 97 - Current) Previous Champions: Matt Hardy (August 97 - October 97) The Rock (x2) (July 97 - August 97) Sean Waltman (July 97 - July 97) The Rock (May 97 - July 97) The British Bulldog (March 97 - May 97) </div></div></blockquote> <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;"> <img alt="ofEr3tS.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/ofEr3tS.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> World Wrestling Federation Tag Team Champions <img style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/DQNKmDA.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/DQNKmDA.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/iPXdpJb.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/iPXdpJb.jpg"></a> Harlem Heat (November 97 - Current) Previous Champions: The New Age Outlaws (x2) (October 97 - November 97) Al Snow & Chris Candido (October 97 - October 97) The New Age Outlaws (June 97 - October 97) The Hart Foundation (Bret & Owen Hart) (March 97 - June 97) The KLiQ (Scott Hall & Sean Waltman) (January 97 - March 97) The KLiQ (Scott Hall & Kevin Nash) (x2) (October 96 - January 97) Steve Austin & Brian Pillman (August 96 - October 96) The KLiQ (Scott Hall & Kevin Nash) (May 96 - August 96) The Steiner Brothers (x3) (March 96 - May 96) Owen Hart & The British Bulldog (January 96 - March 96) The Smoking Gunn's (x2) </div></div></blockquote> <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;"> The Main Event Faces Heels Kane Kevin Nash Mankind Sean Waltman Scott Hall Steve Austin The Undertaker Ahmed Johnson Bret Hart Brian Pillman Chris Jericho Jeff Jarrett Raven Ric Flair Scott Steiner </div></div></blockquote> <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;"> The Upper Midcard Al Snow The British Bulldog Booker T Chris Candido Jake Roberts (occasional wrestler) Nelson Arn Anderson Billy Gunn Dustin Rhodes Faarooq Kama Owen Hart Road Dogg </div></div></blockquote> <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;"> The Midcard Barry Windham Bradshaw Dean Malenko Ken Shamrock Kokina Marty Jannetty Matt Hardy Rey Mysterio Stevie Ray Bill DeMott Christopher Daniels Crush Dennis Knight Marc Mero Mark Canterbury Rich Steiner Scorpio Wrath Test </div></div></blockquote> <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;"> Everyone Else Barry Horowitz Billy Kidman Bob Holly Jerry Lynn Kenny Kaos Bart Gunn Mosh Robbie Rage Thrasher Brian Christopher D'Lo Brown Mark Henry Don Harris Ron Harris Savio Vega </div></div></blockquote> <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;"> The Teams Harlem Heat High Voltage Al Snow & Chris Candido The Headbangers The Wolfpac Dog's of War The Harris Boys The Hart Foundation The Nation of Domination The New Age Outlaws Ric Flair & Arn Anderson Southern Justice </div></div></blockquote> <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;"> The Stables The Wolfpac <img style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/q4lIIrS.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/q4lIIrS.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/ZrAHk5r.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/ZrAHk5r.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/aJx3DWx.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/aJx3DWx.jpg"></a> (Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, Sean Waltman) The Hart Foundation <img style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/0Hhm19W.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/0Hhm19W.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/xz9C1jO.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/xz9C1jO.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/uAYY22K.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/uAYY22K.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/5nJiYZV.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/5nJiYZV.jpg"></a> (Bret Hart, Owen Hart, Chris Jericho, Test) The Nation of Domination <img style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/MFXEPSv.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/MFXEPSv.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/SIIte9A.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/SIIte9A.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/EbKLwhg.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/EbKLwhg.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/oaoTLfs.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/oaoTLfs.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/lbl7Cno.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/lbl7Cno.jpg"></a> (Ahmed Johnson, Kama, Scorpio, D-Lo Brown, Mark Henry) The Million Dollar Corporation <img style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/f1SRNNg.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/f1SRNNg.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/ECl9qkA.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/ECl9qkA.jpg"></a><img style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/EaR1PGI.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/EaR1PGI.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/RmVQirk.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/RmVQirk.jpg"><img</a> style="max-width:15%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/RmpGMkn.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/RmpGMkn.jpg"></a> (Jeff Jarrett, Rich Steiner, Southern Justice) </div></div></blockquote>
- June 6, 2019
- 1,704 replies
A new generation.....a new attitude?

to4sty replied to to4sty's topic in Total Extreme Wrestling 2016 Dynasties

<div style="text-align:center;"> January 1st, 1998: 09:00am The Call .....:::::Ring Ring:::::..... .....:::::Ring Ring:::::..... .....:::::Ring Ring:::::..... .....:::::Click:::::..... "............................" ".....hello?....." "............................" ".....hello?.......what the hell sort of Mickey Mouse company....." ".....hello?.....my name......is Paul Heyman......" ".....I know who you are Paul, I called you....." .....this was going to be one of THOSE sorts of conversations wasn't it..... ".....you did indeed call me Sir, and if I could ask how you got this number? Who you are? And perhaps most importantly of all, why in the name of all that is holy are you calling me just nine hours into the New Year, and a mere four hours after I went to bed?....." .....yeah.....definitely one of those sorts of conversation..... ....to be fair, I suppose I could have planned a better time and day to call, but I've always been one to act when the idea is still hot.....and this idea could be very hot..... .....as you probably gathered, the gentleman on the receiving end of this phone call is named Paul Heyman, although you probably know him better by his stage name.....Paul E. Dangerously..... .....as Paul E. Dangerously, Paul Heyman had great success in the early 90's as both a commentator and manager for World Championship Wrestling. In fact, his stable of clients (christened the Dangerous Alliance) is still, even today, heralded as one of the greatest groups assembled, and this is some five years after they disbanded.....not bad for a group that lasted barely a year..... .....the group would perhaps have lasted longer, had Paul not fell afoul of then booker Bill Watts' cost cutting measures.....some alleged "anti-semitic" remarks, a law suit and a "contract dispute" later, means Paul E. Dangerously sailed off into the WCW sunset, before setting down anchor in Philadelphia and in Eastern Championship Wrestling. Heyman took the head booker role from Eddie Gilbert in late 1993 and he wasted no time in trying to step away from the old-school NWA feel that the company was employing at the time, instead deciding to partake in a very public screw-job..... .....because following the finals of a tournament to crown a new NWA World Heavyweight Champion, winner Shane Douglas threw down his newly won title, calling the NWA a dead promotion, before raising the ECW Title and proclaiming himself the new EXTREME Championship Wrestling World Champion.....and so a revolution was born..... .....but I digress.....you don't want a history lesson, you want to know why I'm making the call..... .....well here's the thing, see Paul wasn't happy with just being the head booker of ECW, he wanted ECW full stop.....so much so that he actually bought the promotion outright from then owner Todd Gordon back in 1995, and since then he's done a pretty good job carving a little niche out of the wrestling world with his own brand of hardcore revolution that's actually garnered somewhat of a cult following..... .....I wanted to utilise some of that cult following..... .....I explained to Paul who I was, but most importantly, what I wanted.....we (the WWF) had already helped ECW out a little bit by giving the Eliminators some mainstream exposure at the Survivor Series.....we'd even sent a few of our lesser known stars down there as well.....we wanted that to continue.....but in a more, extreme way if you will..... "......wait, so you want what exactly? You want ECW to basically be your little training facility? Your talent farm?......you want EC F###ing W to become the ECW(WF) lite? With all due respect.....actually, scrap that.....with NO f###ing respect, are you out of your tiny little mind mind?....." .....like I said.....one of THOSE conversations..... ".....we Sir, are ECW.....EXTREME Championship Wrestling.....we are changing the face of professional wrestling.....the outlaw promotion.....the revolution.....the red headed step child that no one wants, and doesn't care......we made our name by NOT being the World Wrestling Federation.....by NOT being World Championship Wrestling.....by being the very OPPOSITE of the mainstream......and you want us to just abandon and abolish our principles?.....our ideals?.....our pride?......exactly WHY would we do that?....." ".....well.....for money obviously....." "............................." "............................." ".....how much money?....." ".....lots of money....." "............................." "............................." ".....ok, I'm listening....." ".....I thought you might....." .....he'd be stupid not too as well.....ECW are quite literally haemorrhaging money on a monthly basis.....last month alone they lost over 100 grand.....they've got roughly 400 grand in their bank account, which by my reckoning puts them in debt by May and quite possibly out of business by July/August.....the only way they're going to stay afloat is by upping their income, and since most tv stations wont touch them, and most Pay Per View carriers would rather pay the public NOT to watch possible ECW events, that's going to prove rather tricky..... .....luckily I have a solution to that..... ".....so you're going to pay all my bills?....." ".....no, I'm going to pay all your monthly debts.....if you lose 100K next month, I'll pay you 100K.....you lose 70 thousand, I'll pay you 70 thousand.....you will not lose a penny during the course of this deal....." ".....but I won't MAKE anything during the course of this deal either....." ".....short term, no.....long term? Long term you're not losing any money.....you're getting some bigger drawing names AND some of the hottest prospects in the sport.....bigger drawing names means bigger crowds, more exposure and eventually, better Television and Pay Per View revenue.....and as an added bonus, I can guarantee that neither the WWF.......or WCW.....will raid your talent without giving you ample warning to prepare......" ".....well firstly, who says you COULD raid my 'talent', my guys are incredibly loyal.....and secondly, just how exactly are you planning on doing that? You and WCW are at war, they won't think twice about trying to sign a Shane Douglas or a Taz before you do....." "......I could raid your talent in a heartbeat Paul.....do you really think Shane Douglas wouldn't jump at the chance to get back in the big leagues? With his ego? Money talks Paul......if it didn't then we wouldn't even be having this conversation in the first place.....the only guys loyal to you are the guys I don't even want......no offence to a Tommy Dreamer, or a Sandman, they work great for you in this environment, but in the WWF? Not a chance......and as for your second point, there is a War in professional wrestling you're right.....and WCW do need bodies.....I hear Vince Russo got a nice Christmas Bonus from Turner in the form of a brand new show.....WCW Thunder.....that's two more hours of television he's got to fill.....but he won't fill it with your guys.....because as Keyser Söze said, "the greatest trick the devil ever pulled, was convincing the world that he didn't exist"...... .....the professional wrestling audience believe that they are witnessing and participating in (by choosing with their remote controls) a war.....WWF vs. WCW.....WWF fans vs. WCW fans.....Vince McMahon and Ted Turner ARE at war.....but in reality.....Vince Russo and I, we have an understanding....." ".....so this 'war' is a work?....." ".....no.....it's very much a war.....to the people who matter.....and competition creates an environment that means EVERYONE has to up their game.....competition means more eyes on the product......people thought Turner was mad going head to head with Raw when he first started Nitro.....why split the audience right? When in reality, BOTH shows now have more viewers than ever before.....Raw's ratings alone have doubled since I took the book.....imagine what would happen if we introduced a third 'rogue' element into the equation..... .....so tell me Paul.....do you want to go to war?....." ".....I'm not going to stop bashing WCW and the WWF on my shows....." ".....I wouldn't want you too.....I wouldn't want it any other way....." ".....I'm not going to tone down what we do....." ".....Paul, you're one of the most creative minds in the business.....why would I want to hold that back.....but imagine how creative you can be when you don't have to worry about money....." ".....and no one is going to know about this?....." ".....not a soul....." ".........................." ".........................." ".....let's go to war....." </div>
- June 6, 2019
- 1,704 replies
A new generation.....a new attitude?

to4sty replied to to4sty's topic in Total Extreme Wrestling 2016 Dynasties

PWI Year End Awards for 1997 <img style="max-width:20%; "src="https://i.imgur.com/mZoxngP.jpg"><img style="max-width:20%; "src="https://i.imgur.com/z0br0hg.jpg"><img style="max-width:20%; "src="https://i.imgur.com/KKB823V.jpg"><img style="max-width:20%; "src="https://i.imgur.com/trZadD6.jpg"><img style="max-width:20%; "src="https://i.imgur.com/KijYCx2.jpg"><img style="max-width:20%; "src="https://i.imgur.com/mQE3Ssx.jpg"><img style="max-width:20%; "src="https://i.imgur.com/miQIma4.jpg"><img style="max-width:20%; "src="https://i.imgur.com/ODyQ4Cd.jpg"><img style="max-width:20%; "src="https://i.imgur.com/1fa5orY.jpg"><img style="max-width:20%; "src="https://i.imgur.com/JPzwSpr.jpg"><img style="max-width:20%; "src="https://i.imgur.com/qmUchQn.jpg"> We close out 1997 with a look at the year end awards, and fresh off signing a one year extension with the World Wrestling Federation it's the 40 year old Bret Hart that takes the prestigious Wrestler of the Year award..... .....a surprise? Yes and no.....I think I've said multiple times during the course of this diary that Bret Hart could have a good match with quite literally anyone, and he has done exactly that throughout the course of the year and wrestling on eleven of the twelve pay per views.....of those eleven matches there was really only one stinker (the Badd Blood triple threat match that saw Ahmed Johnson sustain an injury) seven 'A' rated matches and three 'B+' rated matches.....the surprising part is that five of those 'A' rated matches were Tag Team bouts, seeing he and Owen facing off against Kevin Nash & Scott Hall, Scott Hall & Sean Waltman, Ric Flair & Arn Anderson, The New Age Outlaws and even (surprisingly) The British Bulldog & Jim Neidhart......Bret's other two 'A' rated PPV outings both came in the form of victories over Stone Cold Steve Austin..... .....so yeah, not a bad portfolio of Pay Per View matches but when you consider that Shawn Michaels (2), Scott Steiner (3) and Brian Pillman (also 3) were all involved in multiple A* matches throughout the year (with Michaels even carrying Marty Jannetty to two 'A' rated matches) you've got to think that consistency was the deciding factor....after all, Shawn Michaels for example only wrestled one match between August and December.....I guess that contract extension was justified after all..... .....Company and Tag Team of the Year both come from the land of the rising sun, where NJPW, Keiji Mutoh & Hiroshi Hase took the honours respectivly..... .....Match of the Year was a bit of an odd one, because it's a match I don't actually remember.....an eight man tag match featuring Shawn Michaels, Brian Pillman, Arn Anderson & Ric Flair battling Scott Steiner, Steve Austin, Scott Hall and Sean Waltman on week two of June's Raw is War.....but then when you look at some of the names involved I guess that should come as too much of a shock..... .....Event of the Year has quite literally just happened.....Decembers In Your House, entitled Dead Man Walking had some great matches topped off with the reunion of Kane and The Undertaker to close out the Year..... .....the Titans of Wrestling were represented in both ends of the spectrum, with Christian Cage winning Young Worker of the Year, while Randy Savage won Veteran of the Year.....and it was perhaps the help of the Titans of Wrestling that garnered WCW the award of Most Improved Company of the Year as well...... .....the voices of the year went to Jim Ross and Bobby Heenan, as announcer and colour commentator respectively, while veteran official Earl Hebner rounded up the proceedings, picking up the Referee of the Year award..... .....interestingly enough (and perhaps in an indication of the business as a whole) despite being more popular in every single region than they were this time last year, and despite having the Wrestler of the Year, Match of the Year, Event of the Year, Announcer of the Year AND the Referee of the Year all under their umberella, the World Wrestling Federation dropped from international to national on January 1st 1998.....they are still the number one company in the world, but that's certainly caused them to take a hit in both momentum and importance.....the Monday Night Wars just got that little bit more interesting as we head towards a new millennium..... There's no picture pack to get unfortunately, I've made pretty much all the pictures myself. I've never had a match end like that ever, and I've played practically every incarnation of the game.....severely screwed my plans up going forward that's for sure....screwed Tajiri's push too because he was slowly getting over quite nicely. As for Hogan, had this been out of the confines of the game (i.e I need my main event to score relatively well) I would have booked the match the way I believe that the actual Starrcade 97 match should have been booked, a literal 5 minute squash.....had Sting come in and absolutely destroy a completely unprepared and overconfident Hogan cleanly and decisively and then saved the "competitive" match for the rematch....but hey ho, we need the grades here.
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A new generation.....a new attitude?

to4sty replied to to4sty's topic in Total Extreme Wrestling 2016 Dynasties

<div style="text-align:center;"> <img style="max-width:50%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/jOco5vB.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/jOco5vB.jpg"></a> Week 4, December 1997 Washington RFK Stadium (Washington DC) ATT: 40,917 PPV BUY: 2.24 Announce Team: Tony Schiavone, Dusty Rhodes & Bobby "The Brain" Heenan <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43289" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div> <img alt="2mEaiRa.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/2mEaiRa.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the biggest and the most prestigious show of the calendar year.....welcome to the event that set the stage for 'the big stage'.....welcome to the originator.....the spectacle.....the trailblazer.....welcome to the granddaddy of them all...... ......ladies and gentlemen, welcome......to the fifteenth annual Starrcade...... ......the show opens to an explosion of pyro, before we head to the announce desk, where Tony Schiavone welcomes us to the show, along with Dusty Rhodes and Bobby "The Brain" Heenan, and Schiavone tells us that tonight, almost twelve months to the day of their original formation, Sting can finally drive a steak into the heart of the Titans of Wrestling, when he faces Hollywood Hogan in our main event of the evening, with the WCW Title on the line..... .....but Hollywood isn't the only Titan in action tonight.....in fact, ALL the Titans will be in action tonight, because Ray Traylor will be facing off against the mammoth Sid Vicious, the other two thirds of the Totally Awesome Trinity (Adam Copeland and Christian Cage) will be putting the WCW Tag Team Titles up for grabs, when they defend against Chris Benoit and Diamond Dallas Page.....Buff Bagwell is facing a true Icon of the sport, when he squares off against Rowdy Roddy Piper in an "unsanctioned fight", and then there's the powder keg.....a match that wasn't signed until this past Monday night, but was sealed in blood.....The Macho Man's blood.....as Jean Paul Levesque has finally found a partner to join him in his fight with Randy Savage and The Warrior, none other than his best friend (and one time free agent)......Shawn Michaels..... .....and if that wasn't enough, we have three other huge title matches.....a huge six man Starrcade Street-Fight.....and then there's the match built on a friendship lost, as former friends turned bitter enemies clash, when Lex Luger faces the Giant.....and that match ladies and gentlemen......is next..... Rating: N/A </div><div style="text-align:center;"></div><div></div></blockquote> <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> <img alt="ZBHF30U.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/ZBHF30U.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> VS. <img alt="Iq7SH3m.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/Iq7SH3m.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> .....talk about a huge match to open the biggest event of the year, and they don't get huger than the Giant, who parts the curtain first for this one......Luger makes his way out second (and gets a great reception as he makes his way down the aisle) but Bobby Heenan's attention is instantly drawn to the thick white tape wrapped around the midsection of the Total Package.....Bobby says that while most bullseyes are red, he can't think of a more obvious bullseye for the Giant than that big while patch right in the middle of Lex Luger..... ".....and if I was managing the Giant Tony, that's exactly what I'd be telling him to do....." ".....oh I know you would Bobby....." ".....I know you know, I just told you....." ".....because you're The Brian right?....." ".....no, because it's obvious.....a moron could figure that out....." .....obvious indeed.....the Giant figured it out too and it didn't take him long.....Luger tried his best to out manoeuvre the larger man in the opening moments of this bout, after all, it's not often that the Total Package has the speed advantage in a match (and it's even LESS often that he has the power disadvantage as well, but even fully fit I'm not sure that Luger could outmuscle The Giant) and he does land a few opening blows on his opponent.....but all it takes is one big knee to the midsection to cut him off in his tracks, and from there the Giant goes to work..... .....there was a time that these two men were united in their efforts to thwart the reign of terror of the Titans of Wrestling, and had they worked together then they MAY have got the job done.....unfortunately ego got in the way for both men, as each wanted to be the man to topple Hollywood Hogan.....Lex Luger was quick to realise that personal gain was perhaps not worth losing a friend over, unfortunately the Giant didn't agree, and he's been seemingly hellbent on two things ever since......1) ridding WCW of the Total Package Lex Luger, and 2) finally getting the shot at Hollywood Hogan (and the World Title) that he's been waiting for..... .....a victory here could perhaps put Giant one step closer to BOTH goals, and he's certainly playing for the victory, Irish whipping Luger hard into the turnbuckles, before clutching onto the middle ropes for momentum as he drives his shoulder hard into the midsection of his opponent.....there's no reprieve either, because no sooner has Luger dropped to the mat in pain that the Giant is straight over, where he places one foot on the centre of Lex's torso, and steps over, forcing all of his considerable weight down on his opponent..... .....Bobby Heenan says that Luger should just give up already and live to fight another day (before the Giant leaves a big Lex Luger shaped stain in the middle of the mat).....Tony says that there's no quit in the Total Package though, and as Lex gets Irish Whipped again into the corner he proves that to be true, sidestepping a running splash attempt and (in a remarkable display of strength) he picks up and body slams the staggered Giant..... .....that takes a LOT out of Luger though, and since it was such a strain on the ribs of the Total Package, Giant is actually back on his feet before his opponent.....he drags Luger off the mat by his hair and screams in his face that he shouldn't have done that, before throwing his hand in the air as a signal that it's time to hit the Chokeslam..... .....before he can wrap that massive hand around the throats of the Total Package though, Luger unloads with a series of right hands of his own, finally putting some space between he and his opponent.....again Giant cuts him off with a knee to the midsection though, and sends Lex into the ropes with an Irish Whip.....Luger ducks a clothesline attempt though, and nails Giant right between the eyes with that running forearm that staggers the big man.....Luger keeps his momentum going to come off the ropes with a second forearm.....and a third....and a fourth that finally knocks Giant back into the ropes, where he falls back and gets himself wrapped up Andre style..... .....Luger doesn't hesitate to advance on the now defenceless Giant, and he hammers the big man right in that exposed head with right hand after right hand.....the official finally backs Lex off, but Luger is determined to pick up the victory here, and with his opponent still wrapped up in the ropes, Luger charges across the ring, looking to connect with what would surely be the final forearm shot..... .....or it would have been.....had Giant got his big boot up in time, and that size 18 hits Luger right in the jaw..... .....finally the official manages to break Giant free of the ropes, and Dusty Rhodes remarks that he does NOT look happy..... ".....fe, fi, fo, fum.....that's one angry looking Giant Tony.....he look like he about to give Luger the clubberin' of his life daddy....." .....it does indeed look like that, but Luger, he's not going down without a fight, and a brawl breaks out between the two men......it's turned into a pure slugfest now as these two men punch and kick at each other, and remarkably, it's Luger that gets the upper hand, finally managing to knock the Giant down to one knee, before signalling for it......he's going to try and get the big man up in the Torture Rack..... .....Schiavone says that had Luger come into this match fully fit, then perhaps this one would already be over......and Tony believes that a healthy Total Package would have little problem getting Giant up in the Rack, but in this condition, Luger could be making a very big mistake..... .....he is going for it though, and he gets Giant into position, before lifting with all he has.....you can see the pain etched on his face as he tries to get the big man up.....and he does get him up (much to the delight of the crowd) but he doesn't have him up for long, because those ribs just won't take it, and as he drops Giant back to the mat (clutching at his midsection) Giant doesn't bother with the theatrics, he simply wraps a hand around the throats of his opponent, and Chokeslams him right to the mat for the one.....the two......and the three.....Lex Luger is done. Winner: The Giant Rating: B+ </div></blockquote> <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> <img alt="a9Qu87X.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/a9Qu87X.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="3uyI4Pv.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/3uyI4Pv.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="wASYapy.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/wASYapy.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="k7DyUpq.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/k7DyUpq.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> From there we go backstage, where Mean Gene is standing by with the (ahem) "Television Champion" Lance Storm and his new found allies, The Amazing French Canadians..... .....Gene says that Lance Storm has done some pretty questionable things these last few weeks and months.....and made some "in my opinion, very unwise decisions".....Gene says that choosing to antagonise the undefeated rookie Goldberg to begin with was an unwise decision....a decision that cost him the Television Championship.....but then to take that one step further, steal the belt.....attempt vehicular homicide.....and THEN challenge Goldberg to a submission match?.....a match that Goldberg can inflict as much punishment as he wants without fear of reprisal or disqualification?..... ".....you'll pardon me for saying so Lance Storm, but that's just stupid....." .....there are loud "Woah's" and "Hey's" from the Amazing French Canadians at this remark, with Oulette even grabbing Gene by the scruff of the neck.....Storm calms them down though, telling them not to blame Gene, he says that it's not Gene's fault, he's simply a product of his environment.....American..... .....Storm pats Mean Gene down and straightens out his jacket, before responding to Gene's statement.....he says that first of all, he doesn't know what match HE watched, but Lance Storm never lost the Television Title....it's right here.....second of all, that "vehicular homicide" accusation, he's already addressed that, it wasn't him.....Canadians are the safest drivers in the world.....and thirdly, choosing a submission match was the wisest thing that Lance Storm could have done.....he says that Goldberg doesn't know a wrist lock from a wrist watch, and he DAMN sure doesn't know any submission holds..... ".....and as for Goldberg being able to do as he pleases within the confines of the match, without fear of reprisal or disqualification?....." .....Storm pauses for a moment there to look at his two countrymen, before breaking out in a smile..... ".....so can we.....after you gentlemen....." .....with that Storm and the AFC walk off.....with Lance Storm's Television Title....defence?.....challenge?.....what ever it is, it's next..... Rating: B </div></blockquote> <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> <img alt="yWavpO1.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/yWavpO1.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> <img alt="MLBCNMR.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/MLBCNMR.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> VS. <img alt="3uyI4Pv.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/3uyI4Pv.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> WCW Television Championship: Submission Match As the competitors make their way out for our first title match of the evening, Lance Storm's game plan in demanding this match be a submission match becomes that much clearer....because as Mean Gene pointed out, there are NO disqualifications in this submission match.....and Lance Storm isn't coming out alone, he has Jacques Rougeau and Carl Oulette with him.....not only that, but Dusty Rhodes believes that this stipulation only benefits the challenger..... ".....tell me Tony, do Goldberg even KNOW a submission hold baby?.....all we seen him do is come out here and smash through people....." ".....well that's a good point Dusty, and I don't believe I've ever seen Bill Goldberg utilise a submission hold, have you Brain?....." ".....he'd only have to look at me and I'd submit.....that's a scary man Tony....." .....so apparently the commentators don't think this rookie is going to know a great number of submission holds, but as they discuss the match, they clearly don't think Bill Goldberg would ever submit either, so it's a catch 22..... .....the match goes much as you would expect in the opening minutes, with Goldberg completely dominating Storm.....he quite literally throws him from pillar to post and back again.....Storm tries to grab hold of a submission hold.....ANY submission hold, but Goldberg simply powers him off every time..... .....the action spills out to the floor as Storm looks to beat a hasty retreat from the Champions offence, but it's here that the 'no disqualification' rule really comes into effect.....because as Goldberg stalks Storm, Rougeau comes running up from behind and clips the knee with a chop block, before he and Oulette both drive the Television Champion knee first into the steel ring steps, before rolling him back into the ring....they do this right in front of the official too....they don't even try and hide the fact..... .....back inside the ring, and with Goldberg down Lance Storm looks to keep him down, as he focuses his attack on the lower limbs of his opponent.....a sound strategy remarks the Brain, who says that Lance Storm's Canadian Maple Leaf becomes that much more effective when you have a bum wheel..... .....speaking of that Maple Leaf, Storm does go for it on a number of occasions, but Goldberg is able to power him away before he can fully lock it on at each occasion, and on the third attempt he switches it up to wrap the champion up in a figure four leg lock (which obviously receives a loud 'Wooooooo' from this WCW faithful in attendance) and as he reaches back, each of the French Canadians take one of his hands, pulling back to put extra leverage on the hold..... .....does Goldberg know any submission holds? Perhaps not, but he does know one thing.....you flip that figure four over and (for some unknown reason) all that pain and pressure transfers to your opponent.....of course, that's nigh on impossible with the Canadians holding onto Storm.....but then fortunately for Goldberg the official has had enough of their constant interference, and he kicks both men's hands free, leaving Goldberg to flip Storm over and now it's the challenger crying out in pain..... .....Rougeau and Oulette are quickly in the ring to break that up before Storm submits, and the two men proceed to deliver a two on one beating to the champion.....but after Irish Whipping Goldberg hard into the turnbuckles, Goldberg fires straight back out of the corner, taking out both men with a double clothesline, before catching the oncoming Storm right in the chin with a (non-concussion causing) superkick variation..... .....Oulette is back to his feet.....briefly.....before he gets Speared halfway across the ring.....and Jacques finds himself lifted high overhead with a Military Press that Goldberg transitions into a Powerslam, before rolling Rougeau to the outside.....turning.....and spearing Lance Storm right out of his boots..... .....Goldberg roars for the approving crowd, before snatching Storm up from the mat and hoisting him up in that vertical suplex position, it must be time for the Jackhammer..... .....it doesn't come though.....because instead of driving his opponent into the canvas, Goldberg simply holds him up there in the air for so long that even the British Bulldog would be impressed.....Storm is wriggling and kicking his legs, but Goldberg isn't releasing him, telling Storm that the only way he's getting down is to submit..... .....and as the blood continues to rush to the challengers head, he's obviously had enough, because that's exactly what he does, desperately telling the official that he submits, before telling Goldberg to put him down.....which (as the bell rings) is exactly what the Champion does.....finally finishing that Jackhammer off as he drives Lance Storm straight into the mat..... .....that's 56-0 for Mr. Goldberg.....but his first "submission" victory.....and finally, a month after winning it officially, the Television Title is handed to the rightful champion, who raises it high in the air as we go to the back..... Winner: ...and Still WCW Television Champion.....Bill Goldberg Rating: B </div></blockquote> <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> <img alt="HVWeS4h.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/HVWeS4h.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="p7XY18k.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/p7XY18k.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> .....where Mike Tenay is standing by with the man who will be challenging for the WCW United States Championship next.....The Rock..... .....Tenay says that when the Rock first came to World Championship Wrestling several months back, he seemed to have his sights dead set on Eddie Guerrero and the United States Championship.....between then and now however he got sidetracked in a war with The Forgotten, but now with all that behind him, and some three months later, he finally gets to step into the ring with Eddie Guerrero.....and he gets to do it on the grandest stage of them all..... ".....Mike Tenay, The Rock wants to make one thing perfectly clear.....and that is the fact that The Rock is FAR from done with The Forgotten......yeah The Rock defeated Father Time Kevin Sullivan......he beat that walking doodle pad Bam Bam Bigelow.....but there's a 900lb walking sack of monkey crap by the name of Big Van Vader that The Rock has NOT defeated, and that is SOLELY because of Eddie Guerrero....." .....Rocky tells Vader that he will get to him again sometime soon, but tonight....tonight it's all about Eddie Guerrero..... .....Rock says that he came to WCW with one agenda.....not to be treated like some mega star....not to be handed opportunity on a plate.....but to EARN those opportunities, and to prove himself against the best in the world..... ".....and Eddie Guerrero, as much as it pains The Rock to admit it, for the last five months you have been one of the very best in the world.....you've turned away any and all comers.....now granted, you've done that by being a snivelling little piss weasel, but against all the odds you are still the WCW United States Champion....." .....Rock says that tonight, if Eddie Guerrero really has a set of maracas between his legs instead of an empty taco shell, then he'll fight the Rock man to man.....no lying, no cheating.....just two men stepping into the ring to prove who is the best..... ".....and The Rock says that he's going to walk out there tonight and entertain the millions (and millions) of The Rock's fans like only he can.....he's going to walk into Starrcade as the Champion of the people.....and he's going to walk out of Starrcade as the champion of the good old US of A..... .....IF YA SMELLLLLLLLLLLALALAOW........what The Rock....is.....cooking.........." Rating: </div></blockquote> <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> <img alt="ZaXIx4W.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/ZaXIx4W.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> <img alt="xFXHFjY.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/xFXHFjY.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> VS. <img alt="UztRWoQ.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/UztRWoQ.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> So it's finally time for the Great One to go one on one with the Papi of Perfection.....as after three months of waiting, baiting and anticipating, it's time for Eddie Guerrero to put the United States Championship on the line against The Rock..... .....say what you will about Eddie Guerrero's methods, but he has been one of (if not THE) hardest working Champions here in WCW.....he has in one way or another defeated every challenger that has come his way.....from way on down the pecking order with the Bob and Brad Armstrongs, to wayyyyyy up the pecking order with the likes of Diamond Dallas Page, Chris Benoit and Curt Hennig.....one by one they have come, and one by one Eddie Guerrero has lied, cheated and stolen his way to a successful title defence.....but after Curt Hennig pushed him to the very limit, is his luck running out?.....Tony Schiavone certainly thinks so..... ".....Eddie Guerrero could defeat 99% of opponents Brain, without having to resort to cheating....he can lie, he can cheat and he can steal, but sooner or later it's going to come back to bite him in the behind....." ".....cheat? Who's cheated?....." ".....Eddie Guerrero Bobby....." ".....against who?....." ".....well, practically everybody....." ".....no he didn't....." ".....yes he did....." ".....who won the matches?....." ".....Eddie Guerrero won the matches Brain.....but he did it by ch....." ".....then he didn't cheat.....if he'd cheated then he'd have been disqualified and lost the matches.....it's only cheating if you get caught....." .....can't argue with that logic I guess.....either way, if Eddie Guerrero does decide to try and cheat tonight, then he may wind up with The Rock's boot shoved straight up his ass.....and judging by the opening minutes of this contest, Guerrero is going to need his wrestling boots on, because The Rock is fired up.....there is no doubt that fundamentally, Eddie Guerrero is the better pound for pound wrestler of these two men, but the Rock has the people in his corner, and with that comes an adrenaline burst that sees Rock's send the Champion bailing to the floor (indicating that he wants a time-out) to slow down the pace of the match..... .....Rocky isn't here to go slow however, he's here to win, and after Eddie Guerrero cost him the opportunity to be challenging for the WCW World Title tonight (by nailing him with a steel chair during the Mayhem Match that saw Vader eliminate him) before costing him a victory a few nights later (again against Vader) The Rock is taking out weeks and months of pent up aggression on his opponent.... .....he follows the Champion to the outside (probably a wise idea since Guerrero isn't averse to taking a deliberate count-out loss to retain his title) and he introduces Eddie's head to the steel post, before whipping him in to he crowd rail.....with Eddie slumped up against the steel, Rocky takes a drink out of the hands of a fan on the front row, and smashes it over his opponents head (a move which looks fantastic as the liquid explodes everywhere, but is more cosmetic than offensive, because lets face it, it looks great but it's a plastic cup.....it's hardly going to leave a mark now is it)..... .....the two men head back inside the ring, and Eddie Guerrero shows that side of him that isn't afraid to stretch the rules as he goes right to the eyes of The Rock, before snatching up the US Title from ringside.....he measures up the Rock and it looks like he's about to drive the gold right into the skull of the challenger, but the official snatches the Championship from his grip and returns it to the timekeeper..... .....the moment the referee turns his back however, a huge grin breaks out on the face of the champion, as he turns at swings a kick, doubling the Rock over with a huge low blow..... .....Eddie quickly rolls the incapacitated Rock up, and might have got the three count, but the official is still out of position and The Rock is able to kick out in the nick of time.....from there however, Guerrero is in complete control and he goes on the offence, clearly eager to put his opponent away sooner rather than later.....he's not shy to go for the cover either, drawing a large number of near falls in a very short space of time, all of which Bobby Heenan approves of, telling Schiavone and Dusty that every time the Rock is forced to kick out, it takes that little bit more gas out of the tank of the challenger..... .....you can see the cockiness and the swagger growing in Guerrero the longer he's in control of the match, and the chants of "Rocky" from the crowd only seem to fire him up more (as he tells the "people" that he'd rather be the United States Champion than THEIR Champion anyway esè) and he begins to chip away at the Rock with quick series of moves.....an Irish Whip into the corner followed by a Monkey Flip, followed by a Dropkick to the knee that drops Rocky to a kneeling position, immediately followed with a DDT and a cover for a near fall......a series of European Uppercuts that drive The Rock back into the ropes, followed by an Irish Whip with a Huracanrana on the return, that is immediately followed up with a Slingshot Somersault Senton from the apron for another (very) near fall.....Eddie is on fire, and looks to be dead set on his way to retaining his Championship.....and as he drives the Rock into the mat with a Brainbuster and heads up top, he looks to be about one Frog Splash away from doing just that..... .....but his overconfidence gets the better of him..... .....and after spending far too long taunting both the Rock AND the crowd from up their on the top turnbuckle, he leaps and flys.....but it's not a good landing.....because The Rock gets his knees up, driving all the wind out of Eddies body (and his sails)..... .....the echoing chant of "Rocky" gets even louder as the People's Champion looks to get himself back into the match..... .....the two men pull their way back to their feet, and Guerrero looks to unload with a series of right hands as he tries to regain the advantage, but each one is blocked as The Rock fires back with right's of his own, and this time it's Guerrero that finds himself backed up to the ropes......Irish Whip from the Rock but Guerrero ducks a clothesline attempt and runs the ropes a second time, only to run straight into a Samoan Drop from the Challenger for a near fall of his own.....a second Irish Whip attempt from the Rock is reversed and it's the challenger who runs the ropes, but it doesn't stop his offence, as he floats over a clothesline attempt to drop the Champion with a DDT, before kipping up to his feet and positioning himself..... .....he's waiting for Guerrero to stand..... .....and he's looking for that Rock Bottom..... .....Guerrero groggily pulls himself to his feet, but he's going to wish he stayed down, because Rocky hooks him straight away and drives him into the mat..... .....Rock Bottom..... .....before making the cover for the..... .....one..... .....two..... .....three..... .....no wait, it's not a three.....why?..... <img alt="figWRJc.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/figWRJc.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> .....because this man hooks the official's leg at the last second.....and drags the referee out to the floor..... .....Tony Schiavone tells us that this is Chavo Guerrero Jr.....and as you can perhaps tell by the name, he's the nephew of Eddie Guerrero..... ".....but the last I heard this young gentleman was working for a certain organisation up North, what's he doing here Dusty?....." ".....well Tony, this is WCW.....it's where the big boys play daddy.....but it's also where the Cruiserweights play, and since they don't seem to appreciate the flippy flopping up there, maybe they want to come down here and see who wins our Cruiserweight title later....." .....that's some surprisingly good insight from the Dream.....after all, the Light Heavyweight division in the WWF has been retired for some time now, leaving a lot of the Cruiserweight talent with not a lot to do, and since a lot of the Light Heavyweight division were working under Pay Per Appearance deals, they can switch their allegiances pretty easily, which is why we saw Chavo buried on Raw by the Million Dollar Corporation just a few days before his WCW debut here tonight..... .....to say that the Rock is furious would be an understatement.....and it's a good job that Chavo is an agile little fella, because Rocky is out of the ring like a shot to chase him..... .....he's not going to catch Chavo though, the younger Guerrero is too quick.....so quick in fact, that as he dives into the ring to escape the irate challenger, before diving out again on the opposite side, The Rock doesn't notice him dropping something into the hand of his uncle.... .....the camera catches it though..... .....it catches Eddie Guerrero placing those brass knuckles on his fist too..... .....and as the official does his best to order Chavo Guerrero away from ringside, it catches Eddie Guerrero nailing the Rock right in the jaw with that foreign object..... .....the official doesn't catch that though.....all the official sees is the Papi of Perfection covering his challenger.....for the..... .....one..... .....two..... .....and the three..... .....and by hook or by crook, Eddie Guerrero has done it again..... Winner: ...and Still WCW United States Champion.....Eddie Guerrero Rating: A </div></blockquote> <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> <img alt="NLnyB4b.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/NLnyB4b.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="xFXHFjY.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/xFXHFjY.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="figWRJc.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/figWRJc.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> .....and he doesn't waste any time in collecting his United States Championship and heading up the ramp (which is probably a good idea, because when The Rock wakes up he's probably not going to be a happy Rock) where Mean Gene is waiting to cut off his exit..... .....Gene isn't about to let the pair get away with getting a word from them, he wants to know just what that was from Eddie Guerrero, and exactly who this young gentleman here is..... ".....because Eddie Guerrero, I think it's safe to say that without this young man's help, you would NOT be leaving Starrcade tonight with that US Title around your waist....." .....Eddie looks dumbfounded by that remark, telling Gene that he doesn't know what match HE was watching, but in THIS match, what happened was that the Papi of Perfection proved again that he is without a doubt the best wrestler in all of WCW...... ".....in fact, after that hard fought win, Eddie Guerrero might just be the best wrestler in the world esè.....and this, this is mi familia holmes.....this is my blood.....my nephew, Chavo Guerrero Jr.....and all he was doing was coming out to watch his idol....his hero.....his favourite Uncle Eddie, retain the United States Championship one more time....." .....Eddie says that family is very important to the Guerrero's, because they are all a part of the greatest wrestling family EVER.....not those stupid Samoan's, the Guerrero's.....and after Chavo was inspired by Eddie, he's going to watching VERY closely to see who walks out tonight the Cruiserweight Champion..... .....Chavo agree's, saying that watching the performance of his uncle tonight has inspired him to go for some gold of his own.....Cruiserweight gold.....so whoever the first champion is it doesn't matter.....because they won't be champion for long.....Chavo Guerrero Jr. will be..... ".....and I'm going to be the greatest champion ever Gene....." ".....HEY!.....second greatest esè....." ".....and I'm going to be the SECOND greatest champion ever Gene....." .....Gene goes to ask another question, but The Rock is stirring, so the Guerrero's decide to cut this short and head to the back.....but the message is clear, the Guerrero family want to add some more gold to their lineage..... .....let's 'do a Guerrero' as well shall we, and go to the back too..... Rating: B+ </div></blockquote> <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> <img alt="UCxr2JW.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/UCxr2JW.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="B5irQZV.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/B5irQZV.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="p7XY18k.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/p7XY18k.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> .....where Mike Tenay is standing by with the Road Warriors..... .....he looks a little bit distracted initially, staring at something just out of shot, but he soon regains his composure as he asks the Road Warriors how they feel about their upcoming match with The Forgotten?..... .....Animal fields that question first, screaming at the top of his lungs that if Mike Tenay is expecting this to be a "match" then he's going to be disappointed, because this is going to be nothing more than a fight.....a street-fight......and when it comes to fighting, no one fights like the Road Warriors..... ".....TELL 'EM HAWK....." ".....WELLLLLL!!!.....YOU KNOW WHAT MIKE TENAY?......THE ROAD WARRIOR'S, WE LOVE NOTHING MORE THAN A GOOD FIGHT.....WE'VE BEEN FIGHTING OUR WHOLE STINKING LIVES AND IT ALWAYS GOES THE SAME WAY....UP FOR US...DOWN FOR YOU...AND A HARD DAYS WORK FOR THE CLEAN UP CREW..... .....THE FORGOTTEN MIGHT THINK THEY'RE TOUGH GUYS, BUT ME AND ANIMAL, WE CAME PUNCHING AND KICKING OUT OF THE BIRTH CANAL....." .....Hawk says that since the dawn of time, men have been settling their differences with violence, and tonight will be no different..... ".....FROM THE TIME THAT FIRST CAVE MAN TOOK HIS CLUB, AND USED TO LOBOTOMISE THAT DIRTY NEANDERTHAL THAT WAS EYEING UP HIS OLD CAVE LADY, TO THE DAYS OF THE GLADIATORS AT THE COLISEUM..... .....AND SPEAKING OF GLADIATORS.....LOOK WHAT WE HAVE....." <img alt="rn8nPKN.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/rn8nPKN.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="yumpLer.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/yumpLer.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> .....I guess that thing that had Mike Tenay so distracted at the start of that promo was this man.....this man being Mike Awesome.....although he appears to have decided to join his team mates for the evening in donning the face paint.....because we have Hawk.....Animal.....and The Gladiator..... .....it was as The Gladiator that Mike Awesome found his first taste of success way back in the early 90's, competing in the hardcore Japanese promotion Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW).....and it looks like that for THIS street-fight tonight, he's going back to his roots..... .....Awesome isn't a great promo (that's what Missy is for) but tonight, after The Forgotten took his partner out, this one is personal, and he joins Hawk and Animal in unleashing a shouty promise of revenge..... .....he tells the trio that he hasn't "Forgotten" what they did to Gideon Cain.....he hasn't "Forgotten" what they tried to do to him......and (as he picks up a trash can filled with all manner of weird and unusual weapons) he hasn't "Forgotten" to bring his own supplies..... ".....because Kevin Sullivan, Bam Bam Bigelow.....Vader.....by the time I'm done with you three tonight, I'll have beat you so bad that you'll have "Forgotten" your own names....." ".....UUHHHHHH!!!......WHAT A RUSHHHHHHH!!!!....." Rating: B+ </div></blockquote> <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> <img alt="UCxr2JW.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/UCxr2JW.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="B5irQZV.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/B5irQZV.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="rn8nPKN.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/rn8nPKN.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> VS. <img alt="tohRSbg.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/tohRSbg.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="AP82L8L.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/AP82L8L.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="SrYqADI.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/SrYqADI.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Six-Man Starrcade Street-Fight .....oh this is going to be a messy one.....know how we know? Because while Missy Hyatt DOES accompany Mike Awesome (or rather "The Gladiator" for one night I guess) out from the back, he stops her on the entrance ramp, staring down at the Forgotten trio who are already in the ring, before sending her right back to the safety of the locker room..... .....the Road Warriors make their way out last (and get that HUGE Road Warrior pop) and they join Awesome on the entrance way, before stripping off those spiked shoulder pads as the three men charge down the aisle.....just as The Forgotten charge UP the aisle.....and these six men crash into each other like a herd of stampeding bulls clashing heads..... .....there are some big, big men in this one.....and Kevin Sullivan.....but credit where it's due, because what Sully lacks in size he makes up for in sheer brutality.....the action is wild from the get go, as all six men look to tear their opponents apart.....Animal and Bigelow soon pair off, as do Hawk and Sullivan.....which just leaves Awesome and Vader to duke it out.....and now that he's officially a face, Mike Awesome can showcase that agility without fear of losing his heel reaction.....and that agility comes into play early on, as he comes off the corner of the crowd rail with a flying shoulder block to the big Mastodon Vader..... .....Animal and Bigelow have brawled their way up the ramp, while Sullivan has decided to make use of that trash can full of weapons that Awesome bought to the fight with him, as he cracks a broom across the back of Hawk, before using the broken handle to choke the man.....fortunately for Hawk, his partner makes his way over to break up the choke, and soon the two Road Warriors are ducking it out with Sullivan and Bigelow, while Vader and Awesome continue their own personal war, which see's Mike Awesome backdrop the huge frame of Vader over the guard rail and right into the crowd..... .....Dusty Rhodes is having a whale of a time with this one, fawning over all the "plunder daddy" that's scattered in and around the ring.....there's maybe been one actual wrestling hold this whole match, as Hawk and Animal trade weapon shots with Sullivan and Bigelow, that eventually sees Animal get knocked silly with a chair shot to the skull.....that's when the Forgotten show just how far they are prepared to go......because Bigelow sets up a wooden table from underneath the ring on the floor.....rolls Hawk on top.....holds him in place.....and leaves him absolutely helpless as Sullivan comes off the apron with that Double Foot Stomp, straight through Hawk and the table, down to the floor...... .....Mike Awesome may be the most impressive big man in the sport, but there are few who can match power with Big Van Vader....and the former WCW Champion is more than happy to display that power, pressing Awesome overhead in the crowd and dropping his opponent back over the guard rail to ringside...... .....Hawk is still down from that Double Foot Stomp through the table, and to be fair Sullivan hasn't moved much since either, as the two men lay in a crumpled mess amongst the wreckage of the broken wood.....that leaves Animal and Bigelow briefly, until Vader makes his way over to join his partner in double teaming the lone Road Warrior, although again....only briefly.....because while Hawk may be down, this IS a six-man street-fight, and while Mike Awesome has had his fair share of battles with the Road Warriors, they're united tonight in their mutual hatred of The Forgotten, and between the two of them they (Animal) plant Bigelow to the mat with a Powerslam, before sending Vader flying to the outside with a Double Clothesline..... .....these car crash type of matches rarely go long, and it looks as though the babyface team is looking to finish this one off right here and now.....and it looks like we are going to see a Doomsday Device from Animal and Mike Awesome, because as the latter scales to the top rope, Animal is trying to get Bigelow up on his shoulders..... .....I say trying.....because Bam Bam Bigelow is no small man.....and the extra time that it takes attempting to life the big, tattooed, 390lb frame of the Beast from the East is all that Vader needs to recover, and he blindsides Animal before Bammers can go for the ride..... .....big Irish Whip into the corner sends Animal crashing into Awesome, who drops and crotches himself on the top rope, as Animal staggers backwards..... .....where Vader is waiting..... .....and he drives the Road Warrior down with a huge Powerbomb, right onto a discarded trash can that gets flattened beneath the massive back of Animal..... .....Bigelow makes the cover.....and despite the fact that Animal STILL kicked out 0.2 of a second after the official strikes a mat for a third time, strike it for a third time it does, and this one is mercifully over, with the Forgotten going one step closer to NEVER being Forgotten again. Winner(s): The Forgotten Rating: B </div></blockquote> <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> <img alt="a9Qu87X.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/a9Qu87X.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="6PMfEkU.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/6PMfEkU.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="De9q5V9.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/De9q5V9.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="JM0zCR1.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/JM0zCR1.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Lets calm things down a little bit now, and after that rather chaotic showing we head to the back, where Mean Gene is standing by with the Totally Awesome Trinity, ahead of Ray Traylor's upcoming match with Sid Vicious, and the WCW Tag Team Champions impending defence against Diamond Dallas Page and Chris Benoit..... .....if there is any trepidation on the part of the Trinity, there's no sign of it.....Copeland and Cage are in fine form as usual (with Cage firmly over the case of the mumble-mouths that he suffered on this past weeks Nitro) and even Traylor looks to be in a rare good mood..... .....Gene tells the trio that while they look calm and collected on the outside, there must be some concern going on inside, after all, Copeland and Cage are up against two men in Diamond Dallas Page and Chris Benoit who have everything to prove tonight, while The Enforcer is up against a seven foot mad man by the name of Sid Vicious..... ".....oh yeah, we're totally nervous Gene.....nervous that Chris Benoit's crippling dullness is going to put the crowd to sleep before we can Totally wow them with our awesome moves....." ".....yeah Gene, nervous that old man river Diamond Dallas Aged is going to fall over and break a hip, meaning his totally hot wife will have to take care of washing down his liver spots for him....." ".....yeah Gene-o.....we're nervous that we're going to put our backs out when we have to carry on holding on to these Totally Awesome Tag Titles when we beat Team M&M later......" ".....that's 'Mothballs' and 'Monotony' Gene....." ".....and even MORE worried that we're going to put our backs out trying to carry those two dork's to a good match....." .....to say that he Champions are being somewhat dismissive of their challengers would be an understatement.....and they don't seem any less confident in Traylor's chances either, saying that Sid might be big, but The Enforcer, he carries a big stick..... ".....and a totally awesome ball and chain too....." .....and Sid, he's going to find out the same thing that everyone else finds out when they step in the ring with the Titans of Wrestling......the same thing Luger found out.....Piper.....Levesque....Benoit, Page, the Totally Heinous Nasty Boys, the little puppy dog Pitbulls.....and that's the fact that when you mess with the Titans, you totally lose.....so they're going to find a chair, put their feet up, and watch The Enforcer chop the big doofus down to size in about five minutes, and then the THREE of them will take care of the WCW B-Team (Page and Benoit) together. Rating: A </div></blockquote> <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> <img alt="cxh6grX.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/cxh6grX.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> VS. <img alt="JM0zCR1.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/JM0zCR1.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> That brief promo from the Totally Awesome Trinity gave the ring crew time to clear away all the debris from our Starrcade Six-Man Street-Fight, and if the men were big in that match, they're not about to get any smaller in our next, as the massive Sid Vicious takes on the Titans of Wrestling's (and third member of the Totally Awesome Trinity) Ray Traylor..... .....funnily enough, if you were to ask any wrestling fan to tell you which promotion they first thought of when hearing these two men's names, Sid would more than likely be synonymous with WCW, while Traylor would be thought of as more of a WWF guy.....with that being said though, Traylor has actually competed in more Starrcade events than his WCW opponent tonight, wrestling in 93, 96 and now 97, while Sid's lone Starrcade performance (to date) happened way back in 1990.....incidentally, Sid WAS scheduled to headline Starrcade 93 and (judging by the Worldwide taping's that featured Sid sporting the WCW Title) defeat Big Van Vader for the big one......of course a certain "scissor" incident with Arn Anderson put a stop to that, so here we are at only his second (in ring) appearance at the granddaddy of them all..... .....why did I tell you all that? Just to fill some space really.....because while this was a decent match considering the competitors, do you really want a blow by blow account of Sid vs. The Boss Man? No, I didn't think so..... .....it was one big brawl from start to finish, with Traylor getting a surprising amount of offence in considering his size disadvantage....his alliance with the Titans of Wrestling may have rejuvenated (and saved) his career here in WCW, but his unlikely union with Copeland and Cage has really seen the career of a guy I had no interest in pushing come to life, and because of that he is made out to be a credible challenge to Sid here tonight..... .....not enough of a challenge though..... .....Sid came to WCW because he was unhappy with his career path in the WWF (coupled with the fact that his "scissor" buddy Arn Anderson joined) and made his way to WCW with the goal of getting back into he main event.....to do that you need to win matches..... .....he won this match..... .....and he won it decisively with a Powerbomb.....who's the man? Well in this match at least, the man is Sid Vicious. Winner: Sid Vicious Rating: B </div></blockquote> <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> <img alt="a9Qu87X.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/a9Qu87X.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="Jpio0Nw.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/Jpio0Nw.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="dupGZMe.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/dupGZMe.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="J2Rypjz.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/J2Rypjz.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> From there we go backstage, where Mean Gene is standing by with Diamond Dallas Page, Kimberly and Chris Benoit.....the foursome are standing beside a monitor (where a replay of Sid's victory is being aired) and Gene says that seeing one third of the Trinity fall just moments before they face the other two thirds for the WCW Tag Team Titles must have given them a little confidence booster..... .....Page goes to talk, saying that they knew Big Sid would pick up the win tonight, before beginning to say that they are going to carry that momentum into their own match.....before he can continue however Gene cuts him off, motioning towards the monitor beside them...... .....it seems as though Sid isn't finished, because even though he HAS finished celebrating to the crowd, he drags The Enforcer back to his feet and (as the shot on the monitor quickly switches to a full screen shot of what's happening inside the ring) kicks him in the gut, before getting him into position..... .....and slamming him down a second time with another Powerbomb..... .....Sid lets out another loud "Who's the man?" before grabbing hold of a nearby camera and screaming down the lens directly at Page and Benoit, telling them that he doesn't think that The Enforcer will be a factor in their match, before the shot returns to the back, where the tag team title challengers are smiling at the monitor...... .....Page resumes what he was saying originally, but prefixes it by saying that now that Sid has taken out the third wheel, he and Benoit can finally shut those two blonde haired big mouths up once and for all..... .....Benoit speaks next, saying that Copeland and Cage think that they're pretty funny guys, always running their mouths.....but Chris Benoit, he prefers to do his talking in the ring, and we'll see how funny....how 'totally awesome' they find it, when Chris Benoit makes them submit to the Crippler Crossface..... .....Page wraps the segment up, saying that he and Benoit have been coming out here for months now trying to put a chink in the armour of the Titans of Wrestling..... ".....but the Titans of Wrestling, they're like that devil dog Gene....Cerberus....just when you think you've cut one head off, another one appears.....Hollywood 'Scum' Hogan, yeah he might still have that WCW Title around his waist, but that's only because the rest of his dog's helped him.....but tonight, there ain't gonna be no one left to help Copeland and Cage.....Hogan, Savage, The Ultimate Jack-off.....even little Buffy has got his hands full.....and I don't think Ray Traylor's gonna be in any condition to do ANYTHING, do you?..... .....Copeland, Cage.....the only thing that's going to be 'totally awesome" tonight, will be when Diamond Dallas Page and Chris Benoit walk out of here the NEW....WCW Tag Team Champions.....because one way or another.....you will....Feel....The....BANG!....." Rating: A </div></blockquote> <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> <img alt="98fv6En.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/98fv6En.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> <img alt="6PMfEkU.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/6PMfEkU.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="De9q5V9.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/De9q5V9.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> VS. <img alt="Jpio0Nw.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/Jpio0Nw.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="dupGZMe.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/dupGZMe.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img style="max-width:10%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/M9lRpy2.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/M9lRpy2.jpg"></a> So it's time for our third title match of the evening, and so far it's not been a good night to be challenging for gold.....both the Television Champion Bill Goldberg, and the United States Champion Eddie Guerrero have walked in AND out OF Starrcade with their titles still around their waists.....now it's time to see if Copeland and Cage are going to be as successful, when they put the Tag Team Titles on the line against Diamond Dallas Page and Chris Benoit..... .....you've got to wonder exactly how many more shots Page and Benoit are going to have against the Titans of Wrestling.....they have both (unsuccessfully) faced Hollywood Hogan.....Page (unsuccessfully) faced The Warrior....Benoit (unsuccessfully) went one on one with Randy Savage.....you would have to assume that despite the fact that arguably, both men SHOULD have won each of those matches (before outside interference from the other Titan members cost them the win) another loss here would surely give weight to Hogan's claims that neither of these men are in the Titans league.....and if there was ever a night to do it, a night like tonight (when the rest of the Titans have their own agenda's) may well be the best night to do it..... .....you can see that Copeland and Cage were unprepared for the possibility that they may not have their "Enforcer" in their corner too, they look visibly unsettled as they make their way out.....briefly anyway.....because they are soon back to their annoyingly entertaining selves once the bell rings.....they actually get off to a pretty good start too.....it's Christian and Page that starts the match, and when Cage gets the better of the initial collar and elbow, taking Dallas down to the mat with an arm drag, the two Titans take great pleasure in mocking the elder wrestler, with Copeland hobbling up and down the apron like he just broke his hip.....a fact that Dusty Rhodes takes offence to..... ".....see Tony, I've known Diamond Dallas Page a long time daddy.....people have been doubting him his whole life and he's been proving them wrong his whole life too....." ".....well I can certainly vouch for that Dusty....I've known Dallas a long, long time too, and Bobby Heenan, this man will work harder than anyone to prove himself here in World Championship Wrestling....." ".....Tony, I've known Dallas Page a long, long time as well....." ".............................." ".............................." "......and your point Brain?....." ".....oh, no point.....Dallas Page is so old that EVERYONE has known him a long, long time.....I think Julius Caesar actually still owes him twenty bucks....." .....well regardless of that, Page doesn't let a little hiccup like a single armdrag get him down.....and he's straight back to his feet.....he locks up with Cage a second time, but on this occasion he blocks a second armdrag attempt and counters with one of his own, followed up immediately by a running clothesline that sends Christian bailing to the floor..... .....Copeland charges into the ring and runs at Dallas, but Page ducks the oncoming attack and as Copeland goes to run the ropes, Benoit drops down on the apron (pulling the top rope down with him) and Copeland tumbles all the way down to the outside alongside his partner..... .....the Totally Awesome Twosome aren't happy with that, and they have a mini temper tantrum on the outside.....a brief mini temper tantrum anyway.....because Benoit and Page quickly follow them out bounce them around on the floor for a moment before the action returns to the ring.... .....Page and Christian remain the legal men and Dallas keeps up the offence as he drives a knee into Cage's gut and takes him down with a Snapmare before dropping a couple of elbows.....tag to Benoit and this makeshift team show their unity as Page holds onto the arms of the Tag Team champion, leaving his chest wide open for a series of knife edge chops from the Crippler. Benoit takes control and begins unloading on the hapless Christian, clearly looking to make a statement after Cage's mocking of him on Nitro, but Christian finally breaks free with a rake of the eyes and scrambles over to Copeland to make the tag..... .....Copeland locks up with Benoit and the two jostle for position until the Titan eventually sends Benoit across the ring with an Irish Whip.....Benoit runs the ropes and Copeland attempts a leapfrog, but the Crippler stops short and as Copeland lands back on his feet Benoit hooks him and sends him flying halfway across the ring with an Overhead Belly to Belly..... .....DDP gets tagged back into the match, and hits a couple of right hands and a series of kicks.....Copeland finally catches the foot and swings Page away, but Dallas converts that into a Discus Clothesline.....it's been all Page and Benoit so far here tonight, but as Copeland reverses an Irish Whip attempt and as he whips Dallas off the ropes, Cage hits a cheap shot with a knee to the back from the apron, and finally the champions take control of the match..... .....Copeland and Cage slow the match down now and use the ring to their advantage as they keep Page near their corner.....Cage finally locks on a reverse chinlock, but Dallas fights out of that and runs the ropes only to get caught in a sleeper hold.....he's not in it for long though as he drops down and jacks the jaw of Christian to break it.....both slowly make their way over to their corners to tag out, and Chris Benoit enters like a house of fire, hitting a series of running clotheslines to Copeland, then knocking Cage flying off the apron to the floor.....it's a bit of a false hope spot though because Copeland is able to reverse an Irish Whip, and as he does Cage returns the favour from earlier, pulling down the top rope so that Benoit crashes and burns down to the concrete floor..... .....Page inadvertently distracts the attention of the official, complaining about Cage's interference, but that just allows Christian to cause even more trouble as he continues doing work on the outside, ramming Benoit back-first into the steel ring post before rolling him back in to Copeland....again the Champions slow the pace down and control the match (being sure to mock Page on the outside the whole time) as they work over Benoit..... .....the two WCW representatives aren't going to go down easily however.....not at the biggest show of the year, and not after fighting an uphill battle against the Titans of Wrestling for so long now.....Copeland and Cage came into WCW and went straight to the upper midcard of the roster, and with their affiliation with the Titans of Wrestling it was only a matter of weeks before they broke through to the main event.....Benoit and Page however have had to fight and claw and smash their way through glass ceilings for months now, and after FINALLY breaking into the main event as well (barely) they're not going to give up their spot without a fight.....which is why Benoit is finally able to take out Copeland with a German Suplex, before making the hot Tag out to DDP..... .....much like Benoit before him, Dallas also comes in like a house of fire, and he too bounces both members of the Titans of Wrestling around the ring as the crowd roars in approval.....Dallas Page might not be the youngest wrestler on the roster, but he's turned back the hands of time here as he springs back and forth between Copeland and Cage like a man ten years his junior, and he holds both Titans at bay long enough for Benoit to get back into the mix......and that's when the Tag Champions really find themselves in trouble..... .....it's about this time that Copeland and Cage would be looking to The Enforcer to get things back on track for them, but since Sid Vicious already took Traylor out of the equation earlier this evening that's not really an option.....so the Champs do the next best thing.....they bail from the ring, grab their championship belts.....and begin hightailing it up the ramp.....they're outta here..... .....or at least that's the plan..... <img alt="igd9lzk.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/igd9lzk.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="HKPx3Pl.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/HKPx3Pl.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> .....until their path is suddenly cut off by the emerging Pitbulls..... .....the Pitbulls had a real chance at becoming the WCW Tag Team Champions up until Copeland, Cage (and Traylor) put a screeching halt to that using some rather underhand tactics.....neither Pitbull #1 or #2 have been seen since then.....they're here tonight though....and they're here to stop the Titans from sneaking away with their championships cheaply again..... .....Copeland and Cage come to a dead halt at the sight of the Pitbulls, and begin begging off.....which is all the delay that Benoit and Page need as they come rushing up the aisle, grab the Champions by the hair and toss them back into the ring..... .....from there the Titans are in a complete state of disarray, as Benoit and Page unleash six months of pent up frustrations out on them.....and as Benoit takes Copeland down, locking in the Crippler Crossface, Diamond Dallas Page drops Christian with the Diamond Cutter.....and three seconds later (as Copeland furiously taps out in unison) we have brand new WCW Tag Team Champions..... Winner(s): ....and NEW WCW Tag Team Champions......Diamond Dallas Page & Chris Benoit Rating: A </div></blockquote> <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> <img alt="Jpio0Nw.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/Jpio0Nw.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="dupGZMe.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/dupGZMe.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> .....Chris Benoit and Diamond Dallas Page have been in a real war here tonight.....the (now former) Champions may act like everything is one big joke, but when it comes to wrestling Copeland and Cage can more than hold their own, and they have taken DDP and Benoit to the limit here..... .....the official hands the weary pair their brand new Championships.....and they hoist them high in the air in celebration as Kimberly looks on proudly from the outside...... <img alt="tohRSbg.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/tohRSbg.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="AP82L8L.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/AP82L8L.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="SrYqADI.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/SrYqADI.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> .....which is when The Forgotten storm the ring, and completely blindside the new champions, crashing them down to the mat..... .....Benoit and Page are really in no condition to defend themselves after just competing in a long and gruelling match with Adam Copeland and Christian Cage....and that suits The Forgotten just fine.....because they're not out here looking for a fair fight, they're out here to apparently destroy the new Champions, because that's exactly what they do, with Vader planting Page with a huge Powerbomb, while Bigelow drives Benoit to the mat with a sit-out reverse piledriver dubbed the 'Greetings from Asbury Park', and that's all she wrote..... .....Bigelow and Vader snatch up the WCW Tag Team Title belts and look at them for a moment, before briefly holding them high in the air, before tossing them down onto the chest of the fallen Champions..... .....Benoit and Page may have won tonight, but they don't look like winners right now.....and while they ARE the new tag team champions of the world, it would appear as though their first challengers have already made theirselves known.....let's go to the back..... Rating: A* </div></blockquote> <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> <img alt="a9Qu87X.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/a9Qu87X.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="GDU0Yfw.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/GDU0Yfw.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> .....where Mean Gene is once again standing by, this time with the one legged man about to try and win an ass kicking contest, Rowdy Roddy Piper..... .....Piper still has his crutches and is clearly nowhere near match fit....in fact (as Gene points out) Piper is not medically cleared to wrestle here tonight..... ".....wrestle? Who's here to wrestle?.....I'm not here to wrestle Gene, I'm here to fight.....see there's a man out there goes by the name of Buff Bagwell.....it's a stupid name I know, but stay with me here Gene.....there's a man out there by the name of Buff Bagwell, and he thinks that because he hangs around with Hollywood Hogan that he's suddenly some big shot around here.....he thinks that because he polishes the Macho Man's boots and applies the Warriors make up for him that he's suddenly something special around here....." .....Piper says that just because Bagwell hangs around with the so-called 'stars' that doesn't make him ready to swim with the sharks.....he says that Hogan and his cronies might think themselves Titans, but Rowdy Roddy Piper is a living, breathing Icon of professional wrestling, and even on one leg he's more than man enough to slap Bagwell around a bit..... ".....Bagwell, you took that steel chair like a big, bad, man....and you smashed my hip to dust....yeah you put me down, but ain't nothing in this life put me out yet and it certainly ain't gonna be you that does it.....I might only have one leg but I would crawl down that aisle on my hands and knees through broken glass just to take that same steel chair and shove it right up your big nose.....so get ready boy, because you're about to be in the fight of your life....." Rating: B+ </div></blockquote> <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> <img alt="bqAIgZT.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/bqAIgZT.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> VS. <img alt="bXKnfuE.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/bXKnfuE.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Unsanctioned Fight So far it's not been a very good night for the Titans of Wrestling.....Ray Traylor lost to Sid Vicious.....Adam Copeland and Christian Cage lost to Dallas Page and Chris Benoit (losing the WCW Tag Team Titles in the process).....next up its Buff Bagwell's turn to try and pick up a victory.....now ordinarily, if you told someone that Buff Bagwell was going to be facing off in a match against Rowdy Roddy Piper, you'd probably say the result was a gimmie.....Icon of Wrestling vs. well, basically a perennial tag team wrestler in Marcus Bagwell.....there's just two problems with that, this ain't a match it's an unsanctioned fight.....and Roddy Piper can barely walk, let alone swing a punch..... .....as it goes though he CAN swing a crutch.....and that's exactly what he does to open this 'fight', walloping Bagwell right between the eyes and almost winning in record time.....Bagwell just manages to get his shoulder up though and the fight continues..... .....this is sloppy, but to be honest I was expecting nothing else.....Bagwell isn't the best worker in the world, while Roddy Piper is frankly past his best.....in fact, the fact that this was SUPPOSED to be a sloppy clusterf##k (and kept quite short) probably actually improved the match..... .....Piper (one leg and all) still managed to control the opening as he brawled in and around ringside with Bagwell.....Bagwell is young, but he has plenty of experience under his belt, and he finally goes straight to the bum leg, which puts Piper flat on his back and crying out in pain..... .....the two wind up brawling on the outside and they use all the smoke and mirrors at their disposal to make this a passable match, with Piper even taking the leather belt from around the waist of the timekeeper at one point, to whip Bagwell like a government mule..... .....Piper does have a good portion of the offence, but each time Bagwell cuts it off it's by going to the leg.....it's an obvious game plan and it's one that seems to be working, because eventually Piper's periods of offence are shorter and shorter..... .....it's the leg that signals the end of the match too.....because as Piper manages to lock on the Sleeper Hold, he does so while Bagwell has that steel chair in hand again.....and since this is an unsanctioned (no disqualification) match, he kicks his leg back (going low) to break the sleeper, before turning and crashing that steel against the already injured hip..... ....Piper drops to the mat again, crying out in pain, but that's not enough for Buff......and he swings that chair again, and again, and again, before dragging the man back to his feet (foot) hooking that bad leg, and going back to his roots with the Yellow Jacket Suplex (basically the Perfect-Plex) and with that bum leg severely damaged, Roddy Piper simply doesn't have it in him to kick out, and Buff Bagwell picks up possibly the biggest win of his life. Winner: Buff Bagwell Rating: B </div></blockquote> <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> <img alt="7Kekdfg.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/7Kekdfg.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="O22kAAc.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/O22kAAc.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> As we leave Buff gloating like he just knocked out Mike Tyson in his prime, we go to the back, where ANOTHER member of the Titans of Wrestling is smack bang in the middle of a rather heated argument with the face of the Championship committee..... .....it's Vince Russo and Eric Bischoff, and they appear to be arguing about the semantics involving Shawn Michaels inclusion in tonight's semi-main event..... .....Russo seems to be stating the case that Shawn Michaels (despite repeated offers) is NOT a member of the WCW roster, and as such should NOT be allowed to compete in this match.....he says that Piper wasn't allowed to compete because he wasn't medically cleared, imagine the lawsuit when Savage and Warrior tear apart a man not even employed by World Championship Wrestling..... ".....I mean bro, seriously.....you've just seen what Buff Daddy did to Piper, can you only imagine what Randy Savage is going to do to Shawn frickin' Michaels?......" .....Russo says that in the best interest of World Championship Wrestling (and on the suggestion of the Turner legal team) he has decided to officially pull Shawn Michaels from this match and revert it to its original two on one handicap status..... .....Bischoff smiles that sh!t eating smile at this, telling Russo that he doesn't need to worry, and he can run back to the suits and tell them not to worry too.....before pulling what looks suspiciously like a contract out of his leather jacket..... .....Russo looks warily at the paper, before asking if that's what he thinks it is?..... ".....you're damn right it is.....one official, SIGNED and legal WCW talent contract, signed right down there at the bottom by one Shawn Michaels....so you, the suits, whoever else there is, none of you need to worry, because Shawn Michaels is OFFICIALLY part of the World Championship Wrestling roster....." .....Russo is not happy about this revelation, telling Bischoff that he doesn't have the authority to do this....he's the face of the CHAMPIONSHIP Committee..... ".....this ain't a championship match bro, you're outta your jurisdiction....." .....Bischoff says that while that would NORMALLY be the case, this contract was written up months ago on Shawn Michaels original arrival here in WCW.....it's official.....it's been official for months.....it's just been waiting for one final thing, Mr. Michaels signature on the bottom..... ".....and it's perhaps a signature that would never have come, but despite Mr. Michaels rather misguided opinions of this great company, it would seem as though the actions of your Titans of Wrestling, specifically Randy Savage, gave him just that little push that he needed....." .....the two men continue to bicker, but it seems like the point is redundant, because whether Vince Russo likes it or not (and he doesn't) Shawn Michaels is here.....Shawn Michaels is a part of World Championship Wrestling.....and Shawn Michaels IS going to be competing tonight.....and he's out for blood..... Rating: B+ </div></blockquote> <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> <img alt="AayK6fg.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/AayK6fg.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> <img alt="33FsrDO.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/33FsrDO.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> VS. <img alt="KNeainM.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/KNeainM.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img style="max-width:10%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/ikXidwr.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/ikXidwr.jpg"></a> WCW Cruiserweight Championship: Tournament Final Match .....ok.....first, let me tell you what was SUPPOSED to happen here..... .....Jeff Hardy, plagued by self doubt after repeated attempts at winning championship gold here in WCW was supposed to suffer yet another blow, spurning the offer to join James Vandenberg's little twisted ministry as he fought bravely to become the new WCW Cruiserweight Champion, only to have his hopes and dreams shattered again as Morris's interference cost him the match, the title, and what little confidence he had left, leading to him eventually surrendering himself at the alter of James Vandenberg in an effort to be reborn..... .....got that?..... .....ok.....so here is what ACTUALLY happened here..... .....the match was going great, hot action, good pace, good crowd reaction..... .....then Tajiri SEVERELY screwed up a moonsault attempt..... .....landed on his head..... .....and suffered an upper lumbar spinal cord rupture, which is going to keep him out of action for the next fourteen to sixteen months..... .....there was little we could do but call an audible, and as Jeff Hardy made the softest cover known to man, we have a brand new WCW Cruiserweight Champion.....but not the one we had planned, and certainly not in the WAY we had planned.....and as the medical personnel rush out from the back to tend to Tajiri, we go to the back, where Mike Tenay is standing by with Jean Paul Levesque......and Shawn Michaels..... Winner: ....and NEW WCW Cruiserweight Champion......Jeff Hardy Rating: B- </div></blockquote> <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> <img alt="TR1N0TN.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/TR1N0TN.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="OB79Kqj.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/OB79Kqj.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="p7XY18k.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/p7XY18k.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> .....not that he gets much of a word in..... .....Levesque doesn't get much of a word in either..... .....because to say that Shawn Michaels is fired up would be an understatement..... .....Michaels snatches the microphone out of the hand of Tenay and stares directly into the camera.....the signs of the beating (or blade job) that he took just a month ago at the hands of Randy Savage are still obvious on his head, but to say that he returned the favour tenfold on Nitro would be an understatement.....and it's clear that he's far from finished here..... .....he tells Savage that the biggest mistake he ever made was stepping out from behind the commentary table after Vince McMahon (and yes, he says the "V" word) put him out to pasture all those years ago, but at least he had the good sense to come down south to put his wrestling boots back on, because Randy Savage knew, just like Hulk Hogan knew, just like the Warrior knew, that you could only hold Shawn Michaels down for so long before he turned around, kicked you in the face, and took that damn brass ring that they were so desperately clinging on to..... ".....I took every barb about being too small, every 'that doesn't work for me brother', every comment about being just a tag team guy....just a midcarder.....just a flash in the pan.....I took every condescending comment that the so called Titans of Wrestling made about me over the years, and when they packed up their bags and followed the money, I picked up the ball and ran..... .....Randy Savage.....you....Hogan.....Warrior.....you might think you are the Titans of Wrestling.....and you might have called me a lot of things over the years, but a LOT of other people have called me a hell of a lot more.....I've been called everything from the Heartbreak Kid to the Headliner, the Main Event to the Showstopper....I've been called the man that innovated the ladder match.....but whatever you call me, I'm Shawn Michaels and I am THE titan of wrestling.....I am THE man and I am THE icon....but unlike all of you I am the Icon that can still go....." .....Michaels says that they should have left well enough alone.....all he was here to do was watch JPL's back, but now they poked the bear, and now they're going to pay the price.....he tells Savage that the blood he spilled on Nitro was just a taster of what he's got coming to him.....he says that the Titans bought this on themselves.....they MADE him come to WCW.....they've MADE him sign for WCW.....and now, they're going to MAKE him end the Titans of Wrestling for good..... .....with that Michaels slams the microphone back into the chest of Mike Tenay, before storming off into the direction of the ring, as Levesque lets out an exaggerated deep breath..... ".....I'd say someone is ready to fight Mike, wouldn't you?....." .....and cracking a big smile as he heads off towards the ring too.....our tag team match is next..... Rating: A* </div></blockquote> <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> <img alt="bLRV4JV.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/bLRV4JV.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="GYpSSWW.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/GYpSSWW.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> VS. <img alt="X4ZcsNj.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/X4ZcsNj.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="zJWRW9s.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/zJWRW9s.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> .....this match has gone through quite the journey in a very short time.....in the space of a month it's gone from Jean Paul Levesque vs. Randy Savage and The Warrior, to Jean Paul Levesque and Rowdy Roddy Piper vs. Randy Savage and The Warrior......back to just Jean Paul Levesque vs. Randy Savage and The Warrior, and finally to the match that we have right now (and the match that everyone knew was coming.....right?) Jean Paul Levesque and Shawn Michaels vs. The Macho Man Randy Savage and The Warrior..... .....the biggest question going into this, was would this even be a match.....could these four men operate within the confines of the rules of a standard tag team encounter?..... .....well, yes.....and no..... .....let's just say that since Savage and Warrior are both members of the Titans of Wrestling (as is 'The Boss' i.e. Vince Russo) the rules were slightly more, let's say relaxed, than with your standard match..... .....the Titans make their way out first, both decked out in black and white (with the Warrior making his now familiar slow walk to the ring) and make their way down the aisle towards the ring, where they actually come to a halt.....they don't climb into the ring.....they just wait there at ringside..... .....Levesque is out next, followed by Shawn Michaels, who (despite his less than complimentary remarks about World Championship Wrestling) gets a HUGE response.....and rightly so, because not only is this his first match for WCW, it's his first match period since way back in August, a losing effort to Kevin Nash at the WWF's Summerslam event..... .....Michaels comes to a halt alongside Levesque, and the two stare down towards the ring, where the two Titans are still waiting on the floor.....and almost in unison, as Levesque and Michaels begin to walk down the ramp, Savage and Warrior begin to walk up.....a walk which increases to a jog, and then a full on sprint as the four men charge at each other, meeting halfway down the aisle where a wild brawl breaks out..... .....the bell hasn't sounded for this one (since no one has actually entered the ring yet) so there is no danger of disqualification.....good job too, because while Levesque and The Warrior brawl their way down the ramp to ringside, Savage and Michaels brawl their way up the aisle to the entrance way, and they are using every available surface on the way to punish each other with.....both of these men have spilled blood in recent weeks, and it looks as though they are desperate to open each other up again..... .....Levesque is a pretty powerful guy, but it's hard to match power with the Warrior, who reverses a whip to send JPL crashing into the steel steps..... .....Savage and Michaels have made their way over to where the announce table is set up and (as Bobby Heenan scatters like the weasel that he is) Savage whips Michaels back first into the desk, before climbing on top of the structure and coming off with a double ax handle.....Savage goes for a piledriver right there, but Michaels reverses it into a backdrop, before dragging Savage back to his feet and bouncing his head off the table a few times, leaving Macho groggy.....so groggy in fact that Michaels decides that it's time to tune up the band, and he lets fly with some Sweet Chin Music.....Savage wasn't THAT groggy though.....and he grabs Dusty Rhodes by the shirt, pulling him in front of him and leaving the American Dream to take the kick to the face.....Michaels pauses briefly to check on Dusty and that brief pause is all Savage needs to pick up a steel chair, and as Michaels turns around he gets absolutely obliterated with a shot straight to the head..... .....and Shawn Michaels is busted WIDE open..... .....Savage drops down to unleash a flurry of quick jabs to the open cut on the head of Michaels, before dragging him by his hair back over to the entrance way.....we resume some semblance of normality back at the announce desk, because as Dusty Rhodes is taken away by the medics, Bobby Heenan returns to his seat, while Mike Tenay makes his way out from the back to replace the incapacitated American Dream..... .....Levesque and Warrior haven't inflicted quite as much damage on one another as their tag team partners have, but they have certainly been in a war, and as Savage drags a bloody Shawn Michaels down the aisle, Warrior crashes a steel chair across the back of Levesque, putting him down, leaving Savage to toss Michaels into the ring as this one officially gets underway..... ....this match was originally set to be a handicap match, and right now it is again.....because with Levesque down on the outside, Savage and Warrior go to work dismantling the already bloody Shawn Michaels.....obviously the Warrior isn't the greatest worker in the world, but he doesn't have to be here, as Michaels bumps and sells like his life depends on it..... .....Levesque makes it back to his feet and heads over to his corner, where he implores his partner to make the tag, bit when you're in there with Randy Savage and The Warrior that's easier said than done.....Warrior punishes the former WWF Champion with power moves and punches, while Savage is exactly that.....savage.....he scratches and claws at that open cut on the head of Michaels, drives his face into the turnbuckles, stomps, punches, and even bites at one point in an attempt to keep the blood flowing.....and just when Michaels looks about done for, Savage heads to the top rope, looking for that patented double ax handle..... .....but Michaels shifts his position as Savage is mid flight, and catches him on the landing with an inverted atomic drop, before sweeping his legs out from under him and catapulting him so far into the corner that Savages head connects with the steel ring post..... .....and as the Macho Man sits up from the mat, wide eyed, he too is now busted wide open..... .....with both men now wearing the proverbial crimson mask, they slowly make their way over to their respective corners, where they tag in Levesque and Warrior.....and after standing on the sidelines for some time now, JPL is more than ready to fight.....he rushes at the Warrior, who didn't seem to be expecting the ferocity of Levesques attack, because the former Titan completely overwhelms his one time team mate, even getting him into position for the Pedigree.....fortunately for Warrior, Savage flys across the ring to break that up, followed almost immediately by Shawn Michaels, who clotheslines Macho straight over the top rope, before crashing down on top of him with a Plancha..... .....Shawn gets to his feet (with the blood still flowing down his face) and takes a few steps back, where he begins tuning up the band, looking for that Sweet Chin Music on the floor.....and you can either blame the blood in his eyes, or his tunnel vision that is only focusing on Randy Savage, but either way what he DOESN'T see, is the Warrior gorilla pressing Jean Paul Levesque inside the ring.....walking him over to the ropes.....and tossing him down right on top of the former Heartbreak Kid..... .....that might have thwarted the Sweet Chin Music attempt, but it doesn't stop the war.....and as Warrior joins in the fray on the floor, the official has lost all semblance of order here as the four men proceed to do their best to murder each other live on Pay Per View..... .....he lets as much go as he can, but as Warrior attempts to garrotte Levesque with a camera cable, and Savage picks up a steel chair (only to have it Superkicked right into his face by Michaels) he has finally seen enough, and he throws this one one.....security can deal with it now..... Winner(s): No Contest Rating: A </div></blockquote> <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> <img alt="bLRV4JV.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/bLRV4JV.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="GYpSSWW.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/GYpSSWW.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="X4ZcsNj.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/X4ZcsNj.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="zJWRW9s.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/zJWRW9s.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> .....except security DON'T deal with it.....at all......because the moment Doug Dillinger and his crack team hit the ringside area, the four warring men turn their attention away from each other to lay out the security team, before going right back to trying to kill one another..... ....Dillinger clearly wasn't expecting that, and he calls to the back for reinforcements.....reinforcements which arrive in the form of more security guards, backstage personnel and even one or two referees.....who all receive exactly the same treatment as the original security detail, getting tossed around by the four men, who quickly resume their battle..... .....Savage and Michaels are still both a bloody mess, and Levesque is attempting to bust open The Warrior by repeatedly smashing his head into the ring post, which is when Dillinger calls in the big boys, as Washington's finest boys in blue (black? brown? I don't know what Washington cops wear) come rushing down the aisle (handcuff's and all) to put a stop to this near riot..... .....even they have a hard time stopping the violence, but eventually (and perhaps mercifully) they manage to cuff each of the four men, finally separating them long enough to drag them away from the ring area....to the back.....and presumably downtown, where logic would dictate that they're going to be spending the night in the cells..... .....and as we go to a promo package for our main event, Tony Schiavone remarks that much like with our Tag Team Title match earlier in the evening, you've got to believe that Hollywood Hogan just lost two major pieces of his game plan to retain the WCW Title next.....if he is going to defeat Sting, he's going to have to do it without the help of the Macho Man and The Warrior..... Rating: A* </div></blockquote> <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> <img alt="qOaxgzy.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/qOaxgzy.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> ".....ladies and gentlemen it is now time for the Starrcade main event of the evening.....tonight, we are going to witness the most anticipated match....in the history of professional wrestling......for the heavyweight championship of the world..... .....ladies and gentlemen......are you ready?..... .....wrestling fans.....are.....you.....rrrrrrrrrready?..... .....then, for the thousands in attendance.....for the millions watching around the world.....from the captial city of the United States of America, Washington DC...... .....let's get to ready to rummmmmmmmbbbbbbleeee!....." <img alt="OvSsBUu.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/OvSsBUu.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> ".....coming down the ring at this time, coming to you by way of Hollywood, California.....he weighs in tonight at 285lbs.....he is the leader of the Titans of Wrestling, an icon to millions and a face instantly recognisable the world over..... .....he comes here tonight to face the biggest challenge of his championship reign to date.....he comes here tonight to defend his WCW Title in front of the world.....he comes here tonight....to win..... .....ladies and gentlemen, the reigning and defending WCW Champion.......Hollywood.....Hulk.....Hogannnnnnn....." .....and here he comes, playing air guitar down the aisle to the sounds of Jimi Hendrix's Voodoo Child, the WCW Champion Hollywood Hogan.....and if he IS at all concerned about that fact that most of the Titans have either lost tonight (or in Savage and Warrior's case, currently out of the equation) you wouldn't know it by the cocky look on his face..... .....Tony Schiavone remarks that usually the Champion would come out last for these title matches, but surprisingly Hogan has used his championship position to come out first.....a fact which Heenan says is pure mind games on the part of Hollywood, looking to get into the challengers head before the match even begins..... .....speaking of the challenger, it may well be him that's playing the mind games..... .....because with Hogan in the ring, the lights go out as thunder crackles through the arena....the Turnertron flickers into life and as the house lights flash giving the illusion of lightning (to accompany the thunder) a child's voice begins to speak over a highlight package of Sting..... ".....when a man's heart is full of deceit..... .....It burns up, dies..... .....and a dark shadow falls over his soul..... .....from the ashes of a once great man, has risen a curse..... .....a wrong that must be righted..... .....we look to the skies for a vindicator, someone to strike fear into the black hearts of the same man who created him..... .....the battle between good, and evil has begun..... .....against an army of shadows, lies a dark warrior..... .....the prevailer of good..... .....with a voice of silence..... .....and a mission of justice..... .....this.....is Sting....." <img alt="Fe0oJG1.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/Fe0oJG1.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> .....apparently this man doesn't need Michael Buffer to announce his arrival.....and as the thunder and lighting gives way to the orchestral sound that is his new theme music, Sting descends one more time (as he has done so many times in the past) from the rafters, landing directly in the crowd..... .....a lone spotlight picks him out as he stands surrounded by a sea of fans.....expression blank, but intent obvious, because he has that black bat in hand and he's pointing it straight at Hollywood Hogan..... .....Hogan looks decisively less cocky now.....and as Sting makes his way through the crowd and into the ring, it's time to ring the bell, because our main event is happening right now..... Rating: A* </div></blockquote> <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> <img alt="mmGHjAn.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/mmGHjAn.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> <img alt="OvSsBUu.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/OvSsBUu.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> VS. <img alt="Fe0oJG1.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/Fe0oJG1.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> .....so this is it.....the match that we have been building to for months now, and a match that can draw its origin back twelve months, to Starrcade 1996..... .....see I booked Starrcade 1996.....I booked the months worth of storylines building up to it as well.....now this was before I took over WCW full time, I dipped in, tried to tidy the place up a little bit and then dipped back out again until June of 97, so I know the seeds of this match were planted there, because I planted them..... .....Starrcade 1996, WCW was a very different place.....a young upstart by the name of Jean Paul Levesque had just arrived in the promotion, and (much as Shawn Michaels has done in recent months) instantly set about running the company down for being second rate.....and to be fair, he wasn't wrong.....attendance was down, the Giant was Television Champion, the odd pairing of Headshrinker Samu and Buff Bagwell held the Tag Team Titles, Nitro's rating was in the toilet.....and the reigning WCW World Champion amongst a sea of stars such as Hulk Hogan, Randy Savage, Sting, Lex Luger, Ric Flair and The Warrior, was Bam Bam Bigelow..... .....that needed to change.....a lot needed to change.....a lot DID change.....in the space of one night..... .....see the Starrcade 96 main event was a match that underwent some significant changes in the weeks leading up to the show.....what was originally scheduled to be Sting challenging Bigelow for the WCW Title was changed to Sting and Vader challenging Bigelow in a triangle match.....a match that was changed AGAIN when Hulk Hogan was added to the match (because Vader was a regular partner and friend to Bam Bam, and essentially promised that the two of them would ensure that Bammers kept the title) to make it a fatal four way, under the assurance of Hogan that he was just there to keep Vader from becoming an issue during the match..... .....of course, this being Wrestling, things were never going to go that smoothly.....and as he had been so many times in the past, Sting was screwed over by a man he considered a friend, Hulk Hogan did the unthinkable and turned heel....and the Titans of Wrestling were born..... .....Sting changed from that point.....he became withdrawn.....jaded.....his bleach blonde hair gave way to a darker look.....his once colourful face paint became a blank white canvas.....and he stopped trusting.....ANYONE.....until he trusted someone again.....The Warrior..... ....The Warrior spent weeks and months trying to convince the Stinger to join him in the fight against the Titans.....begged him to reunite the Blade Runners one last time against the Mega Powers.....until finally Sting accepted.....but there was a stipulation.....Sting pins Hogan, he gets a shot at the WCW Title.....Hogan pins Sting, and Sting never gets a shot at the gold as long as Hollywood holds it..... .....it was at the Road Wild event back in August that the match took place.....and it was on that night that Sting was betrayed YET AGAIN.....as The Warrior turned heel to join up with the Titans, and that really sent Sting over the edge.....or rather, up into the rafters.....because that was the last time Sting competed in a WCW ring (save for last months Mayhem match) until tonight.....and here we are, four months since Sting's last official match.....and it all rests on this..... .....save for a brief time when the title was vacated back in June, Hollywood Hogan has essentially held this championship for one year straight, and try as they might, there hasn't been a single man on the WCW roster that's managed to take it away from him.....of course, in that twelve month period, he's not had to defend the title against Sting..... .....the bell finally sounds after all the theatrics have been dispensed with, and the two men come face to face in the middle of the ring.....and from the second the bell rang to signal the start of this match, to the second the bell rang to signal the end of this match, this was practically all Sting......he completely overwhelmed the champion, working four months worth of ring rust out on the face of Hollywood Hogan.....Hogan does have a few brief periods of offence, but they are very few and far between, and with no Randy Savage or Warrior there to back him up, Hogan finds himself slumped in the corner, and the recipient of a Stinger Splash..... .....and that leaves the WCW Champion in prime position for the Scorpion Deathlock..... <img alt="bXKnfuE.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/bXKnfuE.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="ZBHF30U.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/ZBHF30U.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> .....there was ONE member of the Titans that was victorious tonight.....and that's Buff Bagwell..... .....he makes his way out now and comes rushing down the aisle, trying to distract the attention of the challenger before he can turn Hogan over..... .....but he's not alone out there for long.....because the man who was once considered Sting's best friend (and the man who's been lobbying to resume that friendship in recent months) Lex Luger comes rushing out behind Buff.....spins the man around.....and lays him out with a right hand..... .....Sting points down at Luger in recognition for the assist, before turning Hogan over and sitting back, locking in the Scorpion Deathlock.....and with Luger cheering in encouragement, and after shaking his head no for around ten seconds, Hogan finally lets out a big cry of pain..... .....before furiously submitting to the hold..... .....and just like that, after months and months of waiting in the rafters, we have a brand new WCW champion.....and his name.....is Sting..... Winner: ....and NEW WCW World Heavyweight Champion......Sting Rating: B+ </div></blockquote> <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> <img alt="Fe0oJG1.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/Fe0oJG1.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> .....Sting is handed the Heavyweight Championship of the world, and he hoists it high overhead in celebration, as a jubilant Lex Luger enters the ring to congratulate him..... .....and he's not the only one.....because the locker room empties as WCW wrestlers, face and heel alike come rushing out to celebrate the end of Hollywood Hogan's reign of terror.....even the usually emotionless Sting looks overjoyed at the victory, and doesn't even offer any resistance as he gets lifted up onto the shoulders of The Road Warriors, as the congratulations keep on rolling in..... .....Sid Vicious, The Rock, The Nasty Boys, Rick Martel, Chris Benoit, Diamond Dallas Page, Rikishi, Jeff Hardy, The Pitbull's, Jim Duggan, Brad Armstrong.....the list goes on and on as the ring continues to fill up.....and everyone is ecstatic at the crowning of a new champion around here..... <img alt="Iq7SH3m.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/Iq7SH3m.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> .....well, ALMOST everyone..... .....because while the Giant DOES come out, he doesn't go any further than the entrance way.....and he CERTAINLY doesn't look to happy about this latest development, as he stares a hole straight through the oblivious Sting..... .....in fact everyone appears oblivious, because even the announcers are jubilant, and as we close out 1997 with WCW riding high over the Titans of Wrestling, we close out Starrcade with a shot of Sting holding the World Title high in the air, while the words of Tony Schiavone echo in our ears..... ".....what a event.....and what a moment.....we have just witnessed possibly the most important night in all of professional wrestling....the night that the tide turned in the favour of WCW.....the night that the Titans of Wrestling and Hollywood Hogan found out that our big boys don't just play, they fight.....and the night, where after months of betrayal, obstacles and adversity, Sting became the WCW Champion of the World.....we'll see you in 1998 fans....." Rating: A* Final Rating: A </div></blockquote> </div>
- March 11, 2019
- 1,704 replies
WCW: Dangerous Territory

to4sty replied to James Casey's topic in Total Extreme Wrestling 2016 Dynasties

WCW Clash Of The Champions XXV Ultimate Warrior and ??? vs. Big Van Vader and Rick Rude So Warriors partner is either Sting or Austin right? Man I’d have picked Austin to win the lot, but how can you not be tempted to have a Blade Runners reunion? On that basis alone, Sting wins the tourney and he wins here too #1 Contender Final: Sting vs. Steve Austin See above Dustin Rhodes and Barry Windham © vs. The Diamond Mine – WCW World Tag Team Titles While I could see tha DM picking up the belts, Rhodes and Windham fought so long and so hard to get the titles it would be a shame to see them lose them relatively quickly Marcus Bagwell vs. Scott Steiner Oh Marcus.....Marcus, Marcus, Marcus....you silly boy ??? vs. Terence Taylor © – NWA World Title I’m really digging the York Foundation....long may it continue The Long Riders vs. The Stocks And Shares Express © – NWA World Tag Team Titles Again, see above Beat The Champ: El Tigre Blanco vs. Cactus Jack I’m really intrigued at where you go from here with Cactus....and also how long the Jericho/Tammy heel turn takes to come around
- March 3, 2019
- 1,060 replies
WCW - Saving The Legacy (2001)

to4sty replied to Togg's topic in Total Extreme Wrestling 2020 Dynasties

WCW Bash At The Beach Match Card - Prediction WCW World Heavyweight Championship Scott Steiner © vs Diamond Dallas Page Sorry Page, but you're going to the bottom of the list WCW United States Heavyweight Championship Sting © vs Jeff Jarrett Sting is going to do what Sting does best.....get screwed. Count-Out, DQ, whatever it is, Jarrett is getting he cheap win AND the gold Booker T vs Kanyon I'm in two minds here.....while elevating Kanyon with a big win here would be a good thing, you need to keep your bigger faces strong, because Steiner is going to need challengers after he's done with DDP Mike Awesome vs Lance Storm I like Mike Awesome (I like Storm too) and he should have been built into a monster heel instead of a pleasurer of the larger lady, or an aficionado of the seventies.....push Awesome strong.....but get him a mouth piece because that lisp ruins the whole illusion WCW World Tag Team Championships Totally Buffed © vs Locker Room Leaders It's going to be a good night for the Elite Era era, taking home all their gold AND the US Title too.....the groups only just formed so a good first PPV is needed WCW Television Championship vs Career Rick Steiner © vs Road Warrior Animal See above Stacy Keibler vs Torrie Wilson Revenge Is Coming - Reveal I have no idea who this is, but I'm excited to find out.....I'm hoping for Raven but I know it's probably not, I'm just a Raven mark <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/tongue.png.ceb643b2956793497cef30b0e944be28.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> WCW Cruiserweight Championship Rey Mysterio © vs Chavo Guerrero Man, I'm tempted to say Chavo but damn, this would be a real heel heavy PPV in that case.....so let's go Rey
- March 1, 2019
- 308 replies
WCW - Saving The Legacy (2001)

to4sty replied to Togg's topic in Total Extreme Wrestling 2020 Dynasties

Good to see this back up and running Togg, hopefully we don’t have to wait four months for the next show
- March 1, 2019
- 308 replies
WCW: Dangerous Territory

to4sty replied to James Casey's topic in Total Extreme Wrestling 2016 Dynasties

Shawn Michaels vs. Steve Austin © – WCW United States Title I could very well (and believe I may be) wrong here, and if Austin was to drop the title while still alive in the World Title tournament then it could make him even hungrier than he obviously already is....I don't know how far away Shawn is in terms of popularity though for Austin to put him over, because Steve has got to be mega over by now.....either way, should be a great match Beat The Champ: Lance Storm © vs. Cactus Jack – WCW Television TItle Likewise, Cactus must be way more over than Storm, but I don't see him as TV Champ, nor is he someone that even needs a title.....I'll go with crackerjack and say DQ when Cactus goes too far Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Terence Taylor – non-title How old is Mysterio here, 8? <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/tongue.png.ceb643b2956793497cef30b0e944be28.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Taylor keeps up the good form Blanco & Konnan vs. The One Percenters I just really dig the One Percenters team name The Special Forces and The Long Riders vs. The Malenkos and the Lightning Express Meh
- February 26, 2019
- 1,060 replies
A new generation.....a new attitude?

to4sty replied to to4sty's topic in Total Extreme Wrestling 2016 Dynasties

<div style="text-align:center;"> <img style="max-width:50%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/jOco5vB.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/jOco5vB.jpg"></a> WCW Championship Match Hollywood Hogan © vs. Sting Comments: WCW United States Championship Eddie Guerrero © vs. The Rock Comments: WCW Tag Team Championship Adam Copeland & Christian Cage © vs. Diamond Dallas Page & Chris Benoit Comments: WWF Television Championship: Submission Match Bill Goldberg © vs. Lance Storm Comments: WCW Cruiserweight Championship: Tournament Final Match Jeff Hardy vs. Yoshihiro Tajiri Comments: Unsanctioned Fight Roddy Piper vs. Buff Bagwell Comments: Six-Man Starrcade Street-Fight The Road Warriors & Mike Awesome vs. The Forgotten Comments: Jean Paul Levesque & Shawn Michaels vs. Randy Savage & The Warrior Comments: Lex Luger vs. The Giant Comments: Sid Vicious vs. Ray Traylor Comments: <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43289" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>OOC: Just as a quick FYI, after two years I feel like this diary has possibly just about run its course now, and was considering making Starrcade the last show since it is quite literally the last show of the year. I might still go through to the Royal Rumble yet though, since this was originally a WWF diary, and as it began one night after the 1996 Royal Rumble it's perhaps fitting that it ends one night after the 1998 Royal Rumble..... .....of course I may completely change my mind and continue, but at the moment that's unlikely. I'm not enjoying the boards as much as I once was, a lot of the diarys i was following have stopped and with the exception of one or two, the boards seem to have turned into a gulf of C-Verse/Japanese/modern day diaries which (with no disrespect to anyone, because I'm sure they are excellent diaries) I have very little interest in...... ......but I'm rambling now, long story short, consider this diary WCW circa January 2001.....on its last legs <img alt=":p" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/tongue.png.ceb643b2956793497cef30b0e944be28.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div></blockquote> </div>
- February 26, 2019
- 1,704 replies
A new generation.....a new attitude?

to4sty replied to to4sty's topic in Total Extreme Wrestling 2016 Dynasties

<div style="text-align:center;"> <img alt="oyFIziv.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/oyFIziv.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Week 4, December 1997 North Charleston Coliseum (North Charleston, South Carolina) ATT: 14,000 TV: 21.90 Announce Team: Tony Schiavone, Bobby Heenan and Mike Tenay <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43289" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div> <img alt="7Kekdfg.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/7Kekdfg.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="HA44Uyp.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/HA44Uyp.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="zJWRW9s.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/zJWRW9s.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="msdGaJy.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/msdGaJy.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="6PMfEkU.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/6PMfEkU.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="De9q5V9.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/De9q5V9.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="JM0zCR1.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/JM0zCR1.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="598dEVe.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/598dEVe.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> We are just six days away from the biggest event of the calendar year.....we are just six days away from the granddaddy of them all.....ladies and gentlemen, we are live, it's Monday Night, and we are just six days away....from WCW Starrcade..... .....the Titans of Wrestling have a big night ahead of them on Sunday Night, so you would think that they would be busy preparing, but they look like they have been partying for about a week straight as they strut their way into the arena without a care in the world..... .....Hogan lets his brothers speak first, and it's the Macho Man that takes the mic (talking too for his mute partner, The Warrior) as he reminds the crowd and Jean Paul Levesque that while JPL may not have a partner, he doesn't currently have a match for Starrcade either..... ".....not till you sign on the line, yeah.....but don't worry Mr. Three H, the man with a plan Vince Russo has the contract ready, because whether you DO got a partner or whether you DON'T got a partner, The Macho Man and The Warrior Man are taking you OUT, dig it?....." .....Savage tosses the microphone to Christian Cage.....who fumbles and drops it, clearly unprepared.....fortunately The Enforcer was on hand to pick it up and dust it off, before carefully passing it back to Cage..... .....Cage and Copeland will be putting their WCW Tag Team Titles on the line against the pairing of Chris Benoit and Diamond Dallas Page at Starrcade, while Ray Traylor has the pleasure of meeting Sid Vicious is his first singles encounter since his return to World Championship Wrestling....however, while The Enforcer lived up to his name, embarking in a wild brawl with the big man, Copeland and Cage opted to fight another day, gifting Benoit and DDP a count out victory.....and as Cage begins to speak here, something clearly ain't right..... .....it's usually charisma overload when Copeland and Cage are on the mic, but Christian is decisively "off" tonight.....there's a stutter, a stammer, he's tripping over his words....the delivery is almost robotic as if he's reading from a script.....and after he drops the microphone a second time, Copeland and Traylor go over to their Totally Awesome Partner in concern..... .....the three men share a brief huddle and whispered conversation, before Copeland places his hand on the brow of his tag team partner with a worried look on his face, before taking the microphone and telling The Enforcer that "he's got it.....feel him, he's burning up".....Traylor is usually the straight man of the Trinity, and as he places a hand on the brow of Cage, his serious expression gets even more concerned..... ......Copeland says that he's heard of this before, but he NEVER thought it would happen to Cage.....he turns to Russo and says that they're going to have to cancel the Starrcade match.....Christian is sick.....he obviously got to close to Chris Benoit last week..... ".....he's caught.....the mumble-mouths....." ......Copeland says that Chris Benoit is so bland.....so dull.....so totally mind numbingly uninteresting, that the lack of charisma has rubbed off on Christian..... ".....between the Baron of Boredom Chris Benoit, and Christians case of the Mumble-mouths, this match is going to be totally lame.....you gotta cancel it Vinny, you just gotta......" ......before Russo can answer, Traylor taps Copeland on the shoulder and whispers something in his ear.....Copeland looks at Ray for a moment, before asking him if he thinks that would work? Traylor shrugs his shoulders, but Copeland says they've got to try.....they need to give Cage a Charisma injection...... ".....Ray.....hand me the Kazoo....." .....Traylor does indeed reach into his pocket and pulls out a kazoo that he hands to Copeland, who tells the rest of the Titans that this is a long shot, but he's going to have to try.....he's going to have to draw inspiration from the biggest source of charisma known to man, and maybe.....just maybe.....they can save Christian..... .....he tells Traylor to hold the microphone, before placing the kazoo to his lips and beginning to play what sounds suspiciously like "Real American", the Hulkster's old WWF theme music.....the announcers even state that the tune sounds familiar (without mentioning any names obviously) and suddenly something happens to Christian..... .....it begins with a subtle twitch, that soon turns into more animated movements as Cage begins to pace around the ring.....is he Hulking Up?.....he certainly appears to be, and he comes to an abrupt halt in front of Traylor, puffing his cheeks out and pointing at him, before wagging his finger right in the Enforcers face and snatching the microphone away..... ".....WELL LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING RUDE RAY.....YOU DON'T NEED TO WORRY ABOUT THE CAGE-STER STINKING UP THE MATCH ON SUNDAY DUDE, NOT WHEN YOU'VE GOT THE MILLIONS OF LITTLE CAGE-A-MANIACS AROUND THE WORLD CHEERING THEIR HERO ON BROTHER......SEE THE POWER OF CAGE-A-MANIA, IT PUMPS THROUGH MY VEINS DUDE, IT'S THE LIFE FORCE THAT BEATS MY HEART AND THERES NOTHING I CAN'T OVERCOME......DIAMOND DALLAS PAGE'S OLD MAN MUSK? I CAN WAFT THAT STINK AWAY WITH ONE FLEX OF MY PYTHON DUDE.....CHRIS BENOIT'S DEADLY FINISHING MOVE, 'THE BOREDOM BUSTER'? ITS NO MATCH FOR THE POWER OF CAGE-A-MANIA JACK..... .....SO DIAMOND DALLAS PAGE.....CHRIS BENOIT......STARRCADE IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER DUDES......AND WHAT YOU GONNA DO BROTHER, WHEN CAGE-A-MANIA AND THE COPE-STER TOTALLY RUN WILD ON YOUUUUU....." .....there's somewhat of a stunned silence from the Titans, before Copeland tells Russo that he guess that worked, looks like the tag title match can take place after all, before handing the microphone to a smiling Hollywood Hogan.....who clearly enjoyed that..... .....he says that while the WCW World TAG TEAM Title match is set to happen as scheduled, the WCW World HEAVYWEIGHT Title match may not.....because after the Big Bad Giant sent Sting on a ride with a seven foot Chokeslam to the ramp a few weeks back, the "Stinker" hasn't been seen since..... .....he looks up to the rafters with a smile and squints as he exaggeratedly searches for signs of Sting, but he says as far as he can tell, he doesn't have an opponent for Starrcade.....in fact, Hollywood might just have to take the night off....sit back, relax, and watch the rest of the Titans do their thing, because Sting is obviously too much of a coward to face Hollywood Hogan..... <img alt="PCYwyIS.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/PCYwyIS.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> .....a comment that surprisingly brings out The Giant..... .....the Titans look somewhat surprised to see the big man, especially since they have been openly campaigning for him to become a member of their ranks.....is he here to finally accept that offer?...... .....no.....no he's not..... .....what he is here to do, is state that since it was HIM that took Sting out of commission, then the way he sees it, it should be HIM that gets that Championship opportunity at Starrcade..... .....Hollywood doesn't like the sound of that.....he's obviously been too close to Chris Benoit too, because he gets a case of the mumble-mouths as he trips and stumble over his words trying to back out of that match..... .....fortunately it's Vince Russo to the rescue, telling Giant that as much as he would love to make that match, he can't......Giant already has a match on Sunday scheduled against Lex Luger, and while he's sure that the big man will easily dispose of the Total Package, he can't risk scheduling him in two matches in case he gets injured in the first..... ".....but bro.....since Flexy Lexy has a match with our man Buff tonight, should anything happen to him, maybe he has a little accident, re-injures those ribs, can't compete at Starrcade.....then MAYBE.....maybe that frees you up to face someone else....." .....the Giant ain't the sharpest tool in the box, but even he can read between the lines there.....you scratch our back, we'll scratch yours.....telling Russo that it's a good job that these cards are subject to change.....because Lex Luger, he ain't making it to Starrcade.....before (rather forcefully) slapping Hollywood on the back, telling him that he'll see him Sunday brother..... .....with that the Giant heads to the back, leaving a very worried looking Hogan questioning Russo's decision, as we go to commercial on the back of a very lengthy opening segment. Rating: A* </div><div style="text-align:center;"></div><div></div></blockquote> <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> <img style="max-width:10%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/RGEXjJe.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/RGEXjJe.jpg"></a><img alt="KAHvZfy.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/KAHvZfy.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> VS. <img alt="AP82L8L.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/AP82L8L.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img style="max-width:10%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/tohRSbg.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/tohRSbg.jpg"></a> Our opening match this evening features two men that have PLENTY of history between them.....in fact, it was against Bam Bam Bigelow that Mike Awesome cut his teeth here in WCW, as the two men embarked on a bitter war over who the best big man in the business really was..... .....of course, back then Mike Awesome was a mere lower midcard heel, while Bam Bam was a babyface main eventer fresh off a WCW World Title run.....now Mike Awesome is a solid upper midcard babyface, while it's Bigelow that finds himself playing the heel.....and if it wasn't already obvious that he was a rule breaker, then the fact that he has Kevin Sullivan in his corner here leaves you with little doubt..... .....Awesome is out for revenge here from the brutal assault they received last week, that the announcers inform us left his partner Gideon Cain injured and unable to compete for a few weeks, which has left Awesome with no partner and no match just six days ahead of Starrcade..... .....the last time these two met in singles action they actually had an incredible match (despite Awesome's then much lower position on the card) thanks in part to some pretty good chemistry......that chemistry is still there, even if this match isn't quite as good, but then the finish didn't help the match either.....because after the two men beat on each other for some time, it became apparent that Awesome was getting the upper hand here, and after hitting an impressive Powerslam he headed to the top rope.....which is when Kevin Sullivan hopped up onto the apron and shoved him off, sending him crashing to the mat and causing his man to lose via disqualification..... Winner: Mike Awesome (via Disqualification) Rating: B </div></blockquote> <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> <img alt="KAHvZfy.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/KAHvZfy.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="AP82L8L.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/AP82L8L.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="tohRSbg.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/tohRSbg.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="SrYqADI.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/SrYqADI.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> .....although it would appear that Bam Bam cares very little about winning or losing here, as he immediately joins Sully in a two on one assault of Awesome.....a two on one assault that soon changes into a three on one assault when Big Van Vader makes his way out from the back to join his Forgotten team mates..... .....Awesome might not have to worry about the fact that he has no match on the Starrcade card before long, because it looks as though he's going to be joining Gideon Cain on the injured list by the time these three gentlemen have finished with him..... .....Vader is fresh, and has more than enough gas in the tank to get Awesome up, driving him into the mat with a Powerbomb that Sullivan instantly follows up on with that Double Stomp, before ordering Bigelow up to the top rope for what looks to be that moonsault that would surely finish big Mike off..... <img alt="UCxr2JW.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/UCxr2JW.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="B5irQZV.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/B5irQZV.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> .....until the Road Warriors come rushing out from the back to make the save.....and just as Bigelow leaps Hawk reaches under the bottom rope and drags Awesome out of harms way, leaving Bam Bam to connect hard with nothing but canvas..... .....that takes Bigelow out of commission as Hawk and Animal slide into the ring and send Vader tumbling over the top rope with a running double clothesline, and since that leaves Kevin Sullivan all alone, he decides that retreat is the best option, quickly exiting the ring as Hawk grabs a microphone and Animal helps Mike Awesome to his feet..... ".....WELLLLLLL, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THE FORGOTTEN LIKE TO PLAY THE NUMBERS ADVANTAGE.....WELL I'VE GOT SOME NUMBERS OF MY OWN THAT I PARTICULARLY LIKE.....THIRTY THREE.....TWENTY TWO..........ZERO..........AND TWENTY SIX..... .....THATS THIRTY THREE BONES IN YOUR SPINE THAT WE'RE GOING TO FLOSS OUR TEETH WITH.....TWENTY TWO BONES IN YOUR SKULL THAT WE'RE GOING TO CRUSH TO DUST SO BADLY THAT EVEN YOUR STINKING MOTHER WONT RECOGNISE YOU.....ZERO BONES IN YOUR SPHINCTER, AT LEAST THAT IS UNTIL WE TEAR YOUR FEET OFF YOUR BODY AND SHOVE 'EM WHERE THE SUN DON'T SHINE.....BECAUSE THEN YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TWENTY SIX BONES STRAIGHT UP YOUR ASS....." .....Hawk says that at Starrcade, they don't care about the odds.....they want the Forgotten and they're going to get them.....ALL of the Forgotten.....Bam Bam, Vader, "AND YOUR LITTLE DOG TOO"...... .....Mike Awesome suddenly snatches the microphone from Hawk, telling the Road Warriors not to worry about the odds, because since the Forgotten took out his partner, why don't they make this a six man......a Starrcade Streetfight six man to be precise.....a suggestion that the Road Warriors like, and The Forgotten accept.....so it looks like the match is set...... .....The Road Warriors and Mike Awesome vs. Big Van Vader, Bam Bam Bigelow and Kevin Sullivan, in a Six-Man Starrcade Streetfight...... ".......UUHHHHHHHH.....WHAT A RUSHHHHH......." Rating: A </div></blockquote> <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> <img alt="aCi5Zkl.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/aCi5Zkl.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> VS. <img alt="KNeainM.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/KNeainM.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img style="max-width:10%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/ikXidwr.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/ikXidwr.jpg"></a> WCW Cruiserweight Championship: Semi-Final Match Speaking of Starrcade, we air a quick commercial for the show itself, before returning to the live action with a match that has immediate ramifications to the Starrcade match-card, because depending on who wins this match, either Juventud Guerrera or Yoshihiro Tajiri will be competing to become the new Cruiserweight Champion at that very event, advancing to the finals with a victory tonight...... .....the fledgling Cruiserweight division is slowly picking up steam as this tournament goes on (although it could do with a few fresh faces to bolster its numbers a little bit) and this is a great match to showcase it.....both guys can take to the air and both guys are pretty solid workers overall (in fact Juventud is somewhat of a hot prospect to some people in the business, the only thing that perhaps holds him back is his somewhat questionable personality) and they go all out in an effort to claim that spot in the finals..... .....in the end there's only one spot available, and it goes to Tajiri.....but it didn't come easily, in fact Guerrera nearly picks up the win on a number of occasions, but it was perhaps youthful enthusiasm that got the better of the "Youth Warrior", who tried to finish off Tajiri with a 450 splash, only for James Vandenberg's man to move out of the way at the last second, leaving Juvi to crash to the mat......Guerrera drags himself up to a kneeling position, but he leaves himself wide open for a hard kick to the side of the head, which is enough to give Tajiri the one, the two, the three, and a spot in the finals of the Cruiserweight Championship tournament..... Winner: Yoshihiro Tajiri Rating: C+ </div></blockquote> <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> <img alt="33FsrDO.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/33FsrDO.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> VS. <img alt="bGSacqF.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/bGSacqF.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> WCW Cruiserweight Championship: Semi-Final Match .....and there's no messing about tonight.....after an already lengthy opening segment, coupled with the fact that we have a contract signing still to come, this weeks episode of Nitro is all killer, no filler.....in fact, the winner of our previous semi-final match hasn't even had time to conclude his celebration before the contestants in our second semi-final match are making their way out.....and since Vandenberg and Tajiri are already there, they decide to stick around at ringside to see exactly who Tajiri will be facing in six days time..... .....it's Jeff Hardy against Alex Wright here, and while our last match was more of your traditional "Cruiserweight" style match, with high flying galore, this one was more of your standard match.....it just so happened to include two Cruiserweight..... .....and that's not a knock on either Hardy or Wright, both men (especially Hardy) CAN fly, but there are far less aerial manoeuvres in this one than in our previous match as the two competitors duke it out for a shot in the finals....Wright is a very capable wrestler, with perhaps only his promo ability holding him back from a successful push, and he controls a good portion of this match too.....Tajiri and Vandenberg are true to their word (after promising to not lay so much as a finger on Hardy until they meet in this tournament) but their mere presence is obviously distracting the youngster..... .....with that being said, after unsuccessfully challenging for both the United States and Television Titles since his arrival in WCW, Jeff Hardy is determined to capture his first major championship, and after putting Wright down with a Twist of Fate, he's finally able to pick up the win following a Senton Bomb that gives him the victory and books him a match with Tajiri at Starrcade, for the WCW Cruiserweight Championship. Winner: Jeff Hardy Rating: B- </div></blockquote> <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> <img alt="33FsrDO.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/33FsrDO.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="ikXidwr.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/ikXidwr.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="KNeainM.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/KNeainM.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> With the match over (and their opponent now known) Vandenberg and his client enter the ring with a microphone in hand.....again Hardy is wary of their presence, but again Tajiri makes no move to attack his Starrcade opponent..... .....Vandenberg tells Hardy to stop worrying about a possible assault and to conserve his energy for Starrcade, because while Tajiri will not lay one finger on him before then, once that bell rings it will signal the beginning of the end for Mr. Hardy's championship aspirations..... ".....you see Jeffery, the cleansing rains are coming.....the winds of change that signal your destruction are coming.....pain is coming.....in short, the end of Jeff Hardy is nigh and there are only two things you can do.....accept it and seal your fate.....or join us.....and save your soul....." .....Vandenberg says that Hardy may not approve of their methods, but he can't deny their intentions, nor their integrity.....they set out on this path to purge the impure....the "Ultimate" pretender The Renegade was stricken from the ranks of World Championship Wrestling.....and then it was the turn of the young pretender.....the boy masquerading as a man in a world of monsters..... <img alt="4o0AVtU.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/4o0AVtU.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> .....with that Mortis makes his way out from the back.....and if Hardy was wary before he's even more so now, but Vandenberg tells him to save his concern.....their agreement still stands.....before asking Jeff how many times has he faced Mortis.....and how many times has he failed to defeat him?..... .....Vandenberg says that with each loss.....with each betrayal.....with each hurdle overcome, they stripped away a part of the young pretender.....and in its wake they left a man.....their mission was a success, and while Jeff Hardy may not appreciate the fact, the fact remains..... ".....that everything we did TO you, we did FOR you....." .....he says that Jeff is no longer a pretender to the throne.....twice he has competed for championship glory and twice he has failed.....but now, with the lessons they have bestowed up on him, it's conceivable that Hardy COULD defeat Tajiri.....it's POSSIBLE that Hardy could become the inaugural WCW Cruiserweight Champion.....but why settle for that when he could achieve so much more under Vandenberg's guidance..... .....he tells Hardy that he has six days.....six days to ponder a decision that could shape his entire career.....face Tajiri, MAYBE win, but more likely lose.....and prove to the world that he was a pretender all along.....or join the mission.....join Vandenberg.....willingly take one small loss to guarantee a lifetime of success..... ".....the choice is yours.....but choose wisely.....because whatever your decision, we WILL see you at Starrcade....." .....and with that, Vandenberg and his minions turn and leave, as we go to commercial with Jeff Hardy standing in the middle of the ring with the weight of the world on his shoulders. Rating: B </div></blockquote> <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> <img alt="7Kekdfg.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/7Kekdfg.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="HA44Uyp.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/HA44Uyp.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="zJWRW9s.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/zJWRW9s.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="msdGaJy.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/msdGaJy.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="6PMfEkU.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/6PMfEkU.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="De9q5V9.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/De9q5V9.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="JM0zCR1.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/JM0zCR1.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="598dEVe.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/598dEVe.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> We come back from that brief word from our sponsors, and we are treated to an open door shot of the Titan's of Wrestling's locker room.....clearly we have a sneaky little camera man here, because the Titan's apparently are unaware they are being filmed, and the shot keeps disappearing any time a Titan member looks in the direction of the camera, as the man behind the lens ducks out of sight..... .....it would seem as though our WCW Champion Hollywood Hogan is anything but happy about Vince Russo's less than subtle agreement with the Giant earlier in the evening.....take Luger out of the equation, and MAYBE it will be HIM facing Hogan at Starrcade......Hollywood is ranting and raving, as Russo does his best to calm him down..... ".....bro.....bro.....you gotta trust me.....have I ever let you down?....." .....Russo says that the Giant is useful right now.....he might not be a Titan member, but he's doing Titan business without even realising it..... .....he says that he got into the Giants ear enough to ensure that he kept Luger occupied and away from Hollywood.....he got into the Giant's ear and had him take out Sting, keeping HIM away from Hollywood.....tonight, he's got into the Giant's ear again, and the big man is going to ensure Buff Bagwell gets the biggest win of his career, while taking out Luger again permanently.....and then at Starrcade, IF by some miracle Eric Bischoff agrees to the Giant facing Hogan, the big seven foot goof has still got to make it down to ringside..... ".....and we have a LOT of men right here that say he won't get anywhere near that ring....." .....just then our sneaky camera man turns into a clumsy camera man, as he manages to knock something over causing a loud crash.....Russo turns and sees that they are being filmed, and he's not happy at all, slamming the door to abruptly as we go to a different part of the backstage area...... Rating: A </div></blockquote> <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> <img alt="33FsrDO.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/33FsrDO.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="HVWeS4h.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/HVWeS4h.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> .....where Jeff Hardy sits deep in thought..... .....clearly James Vandenberg's words have struck a chord in the (usually carefree) young man.....but while he clearly wants to be alone with his thoughts, he's not alone for long.....as the most electrifying man in all of sports entertainment makes his way into the shot..... .....if there's one thing you can say about The Rock, it's the fact that he is one larger than life personality.....and as he stands there now in his silk shirt and sunglasses, he looks every bit of the star.....albeit a somewhat oblivious star, because he over enthusiastically slaps Hardy on the back (who clearly wants to be left alone) telling him that it's a good week to be in WCW.....Christmas is here baby, it's the most wonderful time of the year and the fat man is going to be loading up The Rock's gifts, because The Rock has been a VERY good boy........"and when The Rock says the fat man he's not talking about Vader, that fat sack of crap".....he's talking about Jolly Old Saint Nick...... .....but The Rock tells Hardy that while he's sure Santa will try his best, NOTHING is going to top the gift that The Rock is getting himself.....a shiny new WCW United States Championship belt, courtesy of Eddie Guerrero..... .....only now does The Rock realise that Jeff Hardy isn't really paying him any attention, and he looks down at the youngster with a shake of the head, asking him if he's really buying into that bull that James Vandenberg was spouting?..... ".....a used car salesman looking midget that spends all his free time hanging out with a guy so ugly that he has to wear a mask in the shower, and a guy with such poor dental hygiene that he sprays green mist like a dragon with halitosis..... .....Rocky says that we are just six days away from Starrcade, and instead of letting James Vandenberg get inside his head, he SHOULD be getting ready for his first taste of gold, when he defeats Tajiri to become the WCW Cruiserweight Champion..... ".....oralè vato, hey.....don' listen to him holmes, James Vandenberg was right, you just a two time loser esè....." <img alt="xFXHFjY.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/xFXHFjY.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> .....if Jeff Hardy was looking for solitude, he's obviously chosen the wrong location.....it's like Grand Central Station around here, because now the Papi of Perfection (and current US Champion) Eddie Guerrero has turned up too..... .....he tells Hardy that if he's looking for some REAL advice, take it from the champ, not the chump esè.....take Vandenberg's offer.....after all, he's already lost in his effort to become the Television Champion.....and he DEFINITELY lost in his effort to become the United States Champion..... ".....although don't feel so bad about that one holmes, you WERE facing the Papi of Perfection after all......EVERYONE has lost to me esè....." .....he tells Hardy that if he was to go out and try and win the Cruiserweight Title at Starrcade, he'd probably end up a THREE time loser, so why bother.....take Vandenberg's offer, go join his little twisted ministry, and maybe the United States of Eddie Guerrero will give him another shot at the gold somewhere down the line..... ".....woah, woah, woah....slow down there Tex-Mex.....you won't be giving Jeff Hardy a shot at anything.....The Rock says that if ANYONE is going to give Jeff Hardy a shot at the United States Championship around here, then it's going to be The Rock......Jeff Hardy, when The Rock wins the US Title on Sunday, you can have a shot....." ".....no vato, I'll give him the shot....." ".....wait a minute, wait a minute, wait one minute.....do you actually think that you're going to beat The Rock at Starrcade?....." ".....I don't th....." ".....IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU THINK.....all that matters is that in six days time, at the granddaddy of them all, the Rock is going to walk into Starrcade and entertain the millions and millions of The Rock's fans as only The Rock can, he's going to slap you up and down that ring until all you are is the Papi of P!ssing your Pants, and he's going to walk out again the NEW United States Champion......Eddie Guerrero, The Rock says this, you've been the US Champion for five months now, and yeah, you beat a lot of people.....you're good, The Rock is a big enough man to say it, you're very good.....but you're not great.....and at Starrcade, being good just won't be good enough when you go one on one with the great one...... .....IF YOU SMELLLLLLL....WH....." ".....IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU SMELL ESÈ....." .....oh The Rock doesn't like that, he's not used to being the one interrupted.....but Eddie cares little.....he says that all he can smell whenever The Rock is around, whenever Jeff Hardy is around, is the smell of second best.....because for five months now, Eddie Guerrero has been the best thing in WCW....period.....he says that he's had more successful Title defences here in WCW than The Rock has had matches..... ".....you come out here holmes and you talk about all these new faces and names....names you've never faced before.....well guess what esè, Eddie Guerrero has faced them all before, and Eddie Guerrero has DEFEATED them all before.....Jeff Hardy, your fat uncle cousin twice removed Rikishi, Diamond Dallas Page, Chris Benoit, Curt Hennig, the list goes on and on holmes, and at Starrcade, The Rock.....the Great One.....he's just another name on the list of people that couldn't take this title from me.....he's just another name on the list of people who know first hand, that Eddie Guerrero is exactly what he says he is.....the Papi of Perfection esè....." .....Eddie says that he will lie, he will cheat, he will steal, he will do WHATEVER it takes to keep this title around his waist.....and the only thing that The Rock will be smelling at Starrcade will be the sour smell of failure..... .....before shoving The Rock right in the chest..... .....and that doesn't go down well.....The Rock shoves Eddie back and soon the two men begin trading blows as they brawl right there in the back, until Doug Dillinger's crack team finally storm the room, and security separates these two men..... .....leaving just Jeff Hardy..... .....who is still sat in the same position.....unmoved.....head down.....deep in thought.....in fact, I don't think he's noticed a damn thing that's just happened right here in front of him.....time to air a Starrcade commercial. Rating: A* </div></blockquote> <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> <img alt="cl2u3NN.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/cl2u3NN.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> VS. <img alt="3uyI4Pv.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/3uyI4Pv.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Ok.....let me preface this match by making two points.....actually, make that three points.....point number one, The Warlord is only still employed by WCW because he was already here when I took over and I hate taking over a company and firing a load of people, so he's still here.....point number two, The Warlord is a TERRIBLE babyface, but I have zero intention of using him for anything so I have zero interest in turning him heel.....and finally, point number three.....Lance Storm is delusional..... ....because despite the fact that Lance Storm is most definitely NOT the Television Champion (that would be Bill Goldberg) he IS in possession of the TV title belt, and as such, demands that the ring announcer declare this match a Title Defence.....now had it just been Lance Storm, maybe he wouldn't have made that announcement, but the Amazing French Canadians are right there by Storm's side, so as Oulette roughly grabs him by the lapels of his jacket, we do indeed receive the announcement that "this match is for the WCW Television Title"......go figure..... .....as for the match itself, it wasn't great.....it had The Warlord in it after all.....but the commentators inform us that (remarkably) Lance Storm actually requested this opponent, stating that he wanted to show the world (just like he's going to show Goldberg at Starrcade) that all the muscles and power in the world are no good against a great WRESTLER in a WRESTLING match.....and it's a point that almost sees him defeated on a number of occasions as the power man tosses him around the ring..... .....in the end though, The Amazing French Canadians prove their worth, because after Oulette successfully distracts the official, Jacques rolls into the ring and takes out Warlord with a nasty looking chop-block.....and as Storm locks on the Canadian Maple Leaf, Warlord has little option but to submit.....a big win over a big man..... Winner: Lance Storm Rating: C+ </div></blockquote> <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> <img alt="NLnyB4b.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/NLnyB4b.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="3uyI4Pv.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/3uyI4Pv.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="XUB4Xst.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/XUB4Xst.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="IAFCBBL.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/IAFCBBL.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> .....Rougeau and Oulette join Storm in the ring, handing him "his" Television Title which he raises in victory.....before the trio can leave however, Mean Gene makes his way out....he's got a few questions for these three gentlemen, the first being which one of them was driving the car that nearly took out Bill Goldberg last week?..... .....Lance Storm is appalled by this accusation, asking Gene just what exactly he is suggesting?....he says that he doesn't know who was driving that car last week, but it certainly wasn't one of them....for two reasons, the first being that Canadians are the safest drivers in the world, they would never do something so reckless.....and secondly, Canadians don't "try" to do anything, Canadians succeed.....if they had wanted to take Goldberg out last week then he would have been taken out..... .....Gene isn't having that though, stating that those Canadian plates on the car are too much of a coincidence, but again Storm is aghast, telling Gene that NO Canadian would do such a thing, and for all he knows (and the more likely scenario) it was some American drunk driver out joyriding in a stolen car......but enough of that, now that Gene has tried to disparage Storm's good name, it's time for him to get down to business.....he says that he's just proved right here and right now that muscles don't make the man.....ability make the man, and there's no one more able in that ring than Lance Storm..... .....he tells Gene that if Bill Goldberg wants another shot at the Television Title, then he's going to have to do it the old fashioned way, he's going to have to WRESTLE for it..... .....Gene is confused here, telling Storm that HE is the challenger on Sunday, not Goldberg.....he has quite literally stolen the man's property.....Storm doesn't even hear this however as he continues on his tirade, he tells Goldberg that his muscle and strength aren't going to be a factor, because if he wants a shot at THIS Television Title, then he's going to have to agree to a Submission match.....no fluke pinfalls, no fluke count-outs.....no getting himself disqualified.....if he wants this Television Title then he's going to have to learn a wrestling move and make Lance Storm submit..... ".....and William, I don't think you can do that....." <img alt="U38VMbl.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/U38VMbl.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> .....that brings out the man himself, who strides purposefully down the aisle.....obviously he wants his Championship belt back (a championship that he hasn't even touched since he won it) but Storm and the Amazing French Canadians bail quicker than you can say "hockey fight"..... .....Goldberg looks as though he's considering giving chase, but in the end obviously decides that he can wait till Sunday when Storm will have nowhere to run.....for now though he's run all the way back to the top of the entrance ramp, where he asks Goldberg if he accepts the conditions......after all, no submission match, no title shot..... .....Gene puts Goldberg on the spot, saying that while clearly Lance Storm is delusional to say the least, a challenge is a challenge.....will Goldberg put the title on the line in a submission match? Does Goldberg even know any submission holds?...... .....the usually mute Goldberg scowls at Gene for a moment with an intense look on his face, before snatching the microphone......he says if Storm wants a submission match...... "......then he's got it......Lance Storm......YOU'RE NEXT....." .....I guess that's challenge accepted.....Bill Goldberg vs. Lance Storm.....a Submission Match for the WCW Television Title.....does Goldberg actually KNOW any Submission holds? I guess we'll find out in six days time.....lets go to commercial..... Rating: B+ </div></blockquote> <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> <img style="max-width:10%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/J2Rypjz.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/J2Rypjz.jpg"></a><img alt="Jpio0Nw.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/Jpio0Nw.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="dupGZMe.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/dupGZMe.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> VS. <img alt="ysNJtLm.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/ysNJtLm.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="9PoMqtn.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/9PoMqtn.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img style="max-width:10%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/a5je8NY.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/a5je8NY.jpg"></a> And when we come back, it's just in time for our semi-main event, which sees the two men challenging for the WCW Tag Team Titles at Starrcade (Chris Benoit & Diamond Dallas Page) facing off against arguably two of the toughest men in WCW (and possibly the wrestling business as a whole) The Faces of Fear, Meng and The Barbarian..... .....these are VERY different opponents than Benoit and Page will be facing on Sunday night, and they are in the fight of their lives here as they attempt to find a counter to put these two huge men away......speaking of countering, that's exactly how The Crippler and DDP did manage to win this one......TWO counters actually....... .....because as The Barbarian headed up to the top rope, Meng attempted to hook on the Tonga Death Grip to Chris Benoit.....before he is able to fully get his grip however Benoit is able to trap the arm and take the man to the mat, locking on the Crippler Crossface...... .....in the meantime the Barbarian leaps and attempts to take out Page with a top rope rope shoulder block.....unfortunately for him he leaps straight into a Diamond Cutter that drives that (notoriously hard) Tongan Skull into the mat with enough force that DDP was able to get the 123, in what was an admittedly pretty poor match. Winner(s): Chris Benoit & Dallas Page Rating: B- </div></blockquote> <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> <img alt="NLnyB4b.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/NLnyB4b.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="1oTiWPy.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/1oTiWPy.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="dupGZMe.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/dupGZMe.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="dj9a4UL.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/dj9a4UL.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Mean Gene makes his way out again to join Page and Benoit inside the ring.....he's looking for a little bit more though, inviting the man who will be facing the Totally Awesome Trinity's Ray Traylor at Starrcade out......Sid Vicious..... .....Sid makes his way out to his usual monster pop (Sid is never not over) and Gene wants to know if these three gentlemen are going to be able to do what no one else has managed to do.....shut up the Totally Awesome Trinity?.... .....the Baron of Boredom.....sorry, I mean Chris Benoit is the first to answer that one.....he says that when it comes to stepping between these ropes (and unlike Copeland and Cage) he prefers to let his actions to the talking for him......he says that the tag team Champions might think that Chris Benoit is boring, but the Crippler can't think of anything more entertaining, than the screams of agony at are going to leave either Copeland or Cages mouths, when he takes them down with the Crippler Crossface..... .....sterling work there Mr. Benoit.....a promo masterclass..... .....thankfully DDP has some insight of his own, telling "Gene-o" that the last time he checked, the name on the marquee was World Championship WRESTLING....it don't say Comedy Central up there..... ".....now me, I got a mouth on me Gene-o, but at Starrcade, I ain't going in there to talk.....see me and Chris, we've had about as much "comedy" for one year to last us a lifetime.....for the past six months we've been nothing but a punchline to the Jack-off's of Wrestling.....second rate, not fit to share a ring, not good enough, we should be kissing the ground that Hogan walks on.....you name it, we've heard it.....but you know what Gene, for a couple of midcard jabronies, it's taken just about every one of those "Titans" to beat us each and every time..... .....Copeland.....Cage.....we're done playing around.....we're done talking.....and we're done being the butt of everyone's jokes......you can call this man boring, I call him a machine.....and at Starrcade, we're coming for a fight and I can't think of anyone I'd rather have in my corner in a fight than the Canadian Crippler Chris Benoit......and the joke will be on you two jackasses......when you feel.....the......BANG....." .....Sid hasn't said much, he's just done what he does best (stood around in the background looking menacing) but Gene wants to know how he thinks he will fare against the third member of the so called Totally Awesome Trinity, Ray Traylor.....Gene says that Copeland and Cage have had great success here in WCW, thanks in no small part to their Enforcer, but this match will be one on one, and Traylor isn't a man to be taken lightly..... .....Sid just laughs his muttley laugh at that, before screaming that Ray Traylor is just a little man stepping into the ring with a monster.....Sid says that he came to WCW to show the world that he's the man, by winning the WCW Title.....at Mayhem he was well on his way to doing that, before Traylor and Warrior eliminated him by almost garrotting him with Traylor's nightstick..... ".....WELL AT STARRCADE LITTLE MAN, YOU'RE GOING TO FIND OUT THAT ENFORCER IS JUST ANOTHER NAME FOR VICTIM, WHEN YOU'RE IN THE RING WITH THE MASTER....AND RULER.....OF THE WORLD....." .....yeah, Sid's not a great promo either.....but the message is clear, the Totally Awesome Trinity are going to have their hands full with these three men at Starrcade.....now lets go to the back..... Rating: B+ </div></blockquote> <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> <img alt="ZBHF30U.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/ZBHF30U.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="TR1N0TN.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/TR1N0TN.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> .....where Lex Luger is warming up ahead of his first match back since his monumental display in the Mayhem match, where he lasted a few minutes short of one hour..... .....his ribs are still taped following the abuse he has taken recently at the hands of the Giant, and he's clearly not quite 100%, but he's stretching through the pain and while his body might not be 100% his mind clearly is, because he looks deathly focused..... .....that's when Jean Paul Levesque enters the room, looking over at Luger and shaking his head.....he tells Lex that he's got a match with the Giant in just six days time, he shouldn't be taking this match tonight, especially when Luger is front and centre on the Titans hit list (and Levesque should know) he says that Hogan is desperate to take all the major players out of the equation, and Russo has the Giant riled up enough that he might just finish the job before Lex even makes it to Starrcade..... .....Luger thanks JPL for the concern, but tells him that he has to do this.....he says that he needs to know if his body is ready to face the Giant on Sunday, and he won't know that without stepping in the ring..... .....Levesque tries to talk Luger out of it, but the Total Package isn't listening, telling Levesque to worry about his own problems (mainly the contract signing that he still has to do).....JPL says that he's got that under control, and if he has to face The Warrior and Macho Man alone then that's what he'll do, but Luger won't be alone tonight.....he says that he will make sure that the Titans don't try anything after the bell.....and he's not coming alone.....because he has someone with him that has quite the score to settle with one Buff Bagwell...... <img alt="GDU0Yfw.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/GDU0Yfw.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> .....as Rowdy Roddy Piper comes walking into shot..... .....well, limping into shot actually.....on a pair of crutches..... .....Luger tells Piper that it's good to see him up and moving, but no disrespect, in that condition he's going to wind up getting seriously hurt if he tries to get into it with the Titans.....Roddy tells Luger that he's been seriously hurt all his life, one more night ain't gonna make a difference.....he might only have one working leg, but he's still ready to use that one leg to kick Buff right in the Stuff..... .....Levesque tells Luger that they have his back tonight.....so go out there and show Buff Bagwell just who the Total Package really is..... Rating: B+ </div></blockquote> <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> <img alt="ZBHF30U.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/ZBHF30U.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> VS. <img alt="598dEVe.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/598dEVe.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> .....and that match is right now.....it's been quite the promo/angle heavy show tonight.....and most of those angles have been received very well.....good job really, because the In ring action hasn't been particularly great..... .....take this match for example, this was the main event of the show and I could have probably got a better grade with two midcarders facing off in the WWF.....of course, this isn't the WWF, this is WCW, and this match sucked..... .....Buff Bagwell is another tipped to be somewhat of a next big thing.....if he's ever going to realise that potential then he's going to have to seriously step up his game, because Gideon Cain is improving quicker in the ring than Mr. Bagwell (thanks to the mentoring of Bobby Eaton) and even Hollywood Hogan himself has said on a number of occasions to me that Cain is a star in the making.....makes me wonder if maybe it should have been Gideon taking Bagwell's spot in the Titans all those months ago..... .....that being said, Bagwell has benefitted from his run as a member of the Titans of Wrestling.....for example, Lex Luger would have walked a victory here a few months ago and not even CONSIDERED putting the youngster over and since he (rather inexplicably) has creative control, a fact that I didn't realise until I tried to have him cut a scripted promo on day and he point blank refused, he wouldn't have HAD to put Bagwell over either..... .....he put Bagwell over here..... .....not clean, oh no, no, no, no.....in fact the ending of the match saw the Giant make his presence felt, distracting Luger long enough for Buff to roll him up, hook a handful of tights.....and after working over the ribs all match, Luger simply didn't have the power in his core to kick out.....but it was a win non the less for Bagwell.....and the biggest of his career to date..... Winner: Buff Bagwell Rating: B </div></blockquote> <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> <img alt="ZBHF30U.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/ZBHF30U.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="TR1N0TN.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/TR1N0TN.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="GDU0Yfw.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/GDU0Yfw.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="nG5SAtv.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/nG5SAtv.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="598dEVe.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/598dEVe.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> .....and true to their word, Jean Paul Levesque and Roddy Piper are quickly out from the back (with Levesque admittedly being the MUCH faster of the two) with JPL dragging the Giant off the apron before he can step over that top rope, and Piper crashing a crutch across the back of Buff Bagwell, before the two men roll into the ring and help Luger to his feet..... <img alt="7Kekdfg.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/7Kekdfg.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="HA44Uyp.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/HA44Uyp.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="zJWRW9s.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/zJWRW9s.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="msdGaJy.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/msdGaJy.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> .....before anything else can happen however, the Holy Trinity of Professional Wrestling (Hollywood Hogan, Randy Savage and The Warrior) make their way out.....along with Vince Russo, who has what looks to be a contract in his hand..... .....Russo tells everyone to calm down.....because before anyone gets too carried away, there is a small piece of business that they need to take care of......mainly a contract that needs signing to make Randy Savage and The Warriors destruction of Jean Paul Levesque at Starrcade official..... ".....now bro, I've done you a huge favour.....even though you don't have a partner......I'm assuming that you still don't have a partner anyway, because judging by Mr. Piper's crutches there I'm guessing that you don't have medical clearance to compete?...." .....Piper says no, but no doctor has ever stopped him from fighting before, he'll sign that contract....put him in the match..... .....Russo just laughs and says no.....he says there is no way that the executives at Turner will sign off on putting an already injured wrestler in a sanctioned WCW match....the law suits alone would be astronomical..... .....Buff Bagwell (still selling the effects of the crutch shot from Piper) walks over to Russo and whispers something in his ear.....something that Russo obviously likes the sound of, because he breaks out in a huge grin..... ".....I like it....that's why they call you The Stuff......I tell you what Piper, since you want a fight so badly, you can have a fight....." ".....oh now you're giving me a match? Well I want in the tag match, so bring that contract down here so we can sign it, make it official.....and then maybe I'll shove this other crutch right up the Macho Man's ass....." ".....hold on there bro.....I said a fight, I didn't say anything about a match.....you wanna fight? You wanna be a one legged man in an ass kicking contest? You got it.....an UNSANCTIONED fight, completely free of litigation, liabilities and lawsuits, against the man that gave you those crutches in the first place......Buff Bagwell....." .....Russo says that so long as he signs a waiver the day of Starrcade, a waiver that says that if Piper gets seriously injured during his "fight" that he will not hold either WCW or Buff Bagwell responsible, then he can have Buff in a totally unsanctioned fight..... ....obviously they don't call Piper the Hot Rod for nothing, and despite Levesques attempt to convince him otherwise, he quickly accepts those conditions..... .....Russo calls him a stupid son of a b!tch, but says that suits him fine, because Bagwell is going to retire him on Sunday night, before getting back to the original order of business.....he tells Levesque that as he WAS saying, despite the fact that JPL doesn't have a partner, he's left space at the bottom for four signatures.....now Warrior and Savage have already signed, so if he has got a partner hiding in the back, all they have to do is walk out, sign on the dotted line, and they're in the match..... .....Levesque says that Russo knows damn well that he doesn't have a partner, so just hand him the contract and lets get this over with..... .....grinning like a Cheshire Cat that's exactly what Russo does.....Levesque signs the legally binding contract, and just like that the match is set.....Jean Paul Levesque vs. Randy Savage and The Warrior at Starrcade.....in a two on one handicap match..... .....with that business concluded Russo thanks everyone for attending, telling them to be sure to contact their local cable operators, because Starrcade is going to be unmissable..... "......goodnight folks......" "......oh, one more thing.....I'm such a doofus......there's still the small matter of finding a replacement for Sting...... .....well Giant, Lex Luger is still standing.....he looks ready to compete Sunday to me......maybe you should do something about that....." Rating: A* </div></blockquote> <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> <img alt="ZBHF30U.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/ZBHF30U.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="TR1N0TN.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/TR1N0TN.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="GDU0Yfw.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/GDU0Yfw.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="nG5SAtv.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/nG5SAtv.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="598dEVe.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/598dEVe.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="HA44Uyp.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/HA44Uyp.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="zJWRW9s.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/zJWRW9s.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="msdGaJy.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/msdGaJy.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> .....and with that The Giant heads back towards the ring.....and hell, since the Titans are here anyway, they decide to have a little fun too.....looks like we are going to have a big five on three beat down before we even get to Starrcade..... <img alt="Fe0oJG1.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/Fe0oJG1.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> .....or make that a five on FOUR beatdown.....because as the crowd absolutely erupts, the number one contender Sting descends from the rafters and lands right in the middle of the ring..... .....Tony Schiavone has a one man orgasm on commentary, stating that Sting IS here.....that Sting WILL be at Starrcade.....and Hollywood Hogan HAS got a World Title opponent..... .....obviously Hollywood isn't happy about this.....and neither is the Giant, who had one eye on a World Title opportunity.....but since the Titans (and Giant) do still have the man advantage, they decide to attack anyway, in an effort to soften up their respective Starrcade opponents..... .....Bagwell charges at Piper (and receives a crutch to the guts for his troubles) before getting tackled to the mat by the Hot Scot, who proceeds to hammer away at him with right hands.....Bagwell manages to scurry to freedom however and cuts Piper's offence short with a kick to the hip, before delivering a number of blows of his own..... .....Giant advances towards Luger as the two men begin to exchange blows, but the Giant soon gets the advantage as he drives Lex back into the corner where he delivers a series of shoulder thrusts to the already weakened midsection of the Total Package..... .....Savage and Warrior both run at Levesque, who (despite an initial period of offence) is soon overwhelmed, and Savage tosses him to the outside where the Warrior holds JPL in place for Savage to deliver a series of hard right hand blows..... .....WCW is in real trouble here.....and the only two men not to have moved are Sting and Hogan, who stand (Sting in the ring, Hogan on the floor) staring each other down.....and when it's clear that Hollywood isn't going to come to Sting, Sting decides to go to Hollywood, climbing through the ropes and heading up the aisle towards the (rapidly backing off) WCW Champion..... .....Russo tries to put himself between Hogan and Sting, but Sting cracks him right between the eyes with that black bat, knocking Vince Russo out cold.....Hogan holds his hands up now, telling Sting to "lose the bat brother" saying only a coward would need a weapon.....to which Sting tosses the bat into the hands of Hogan, who quickly throws it down in an effort to placate his Starrcade opponent..... .....back down at ringside Lex Luger is still being overwhelmed by The Giant.....Piper is somewhat fighting back against Bagwell, but Buff clearly still has the advantage.....and Levesque......well, Levesque is getting absolutely battered on the outside.....Warrior has stopped holding JPL back now.....mainly because he doesn't need to anymore, Levesque isn't even fighting back as Savage and Warrior beat on him...... .....that is until a steel chair swings wildly at Randy Savages head from the crowd..... <img alt="OB79Kqj.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/OB79Kqj.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> .....as Shawn Michaels comes flying over the guard rail..... .....Tony Schiavone is obviously a more virile man than me.....because just a few minutes after his last one man orgasm, he has another at the sight of Shawn Michaels (me, I need at least 20 minutes -_-) and practically explodes when Michaels crashes that steel chair across the back of the Warrior, before diving on top of Randy Savage, and absolutely letting loose with stiff right hand shots..... .....Hogan has just about seen enough now, he's having none of this and he quickly turns and bolts to the back, leaving Sting alone in the aisle.....so what is a man to do? Sting simply picks up the discarded black bat, heads back down to the ring......the sight of which sends Bagwell running for the hills..... .....Sting helps Piper back to his feet (foot) and then cracks the Giant right across the back with the weapon..... .....it doesn't put the big man down though..... .....and Giant turns to stare down Sting with a look of fury on his face.....but Luger (determined to prove himself) rushes at the huge man and hits him with a series of running forearms that back him all the way up to the ropes, before he and Sting join hands to topple the mammoth man over the top with a double running clothesline..... .....Michaels is still hammering down blows on top of Savage.....and after Savage left Michaels a bloody mess at Mayhem, Shawn Michaels has absolutely retuned the favour here, because Randy Savage is busted WIDE open, and the assault only stops when Warrior literally drags the half unconscious Savage out of harms way, as the two Titans beat a hast retreat up the aisle, leaving WCW standing tall in the middle of the ring..... .....Jean Paul Levesque looks to be giving chase as he follows the pair up the aisle, but it soon becomes apparent that he's not, as he stops beside the still unconscious Vince Russo..... .....and fishes that contract and a pen out of his pocket..... .....Levesque heads back down to the ring where (a still p!ssed off) Shawn Michaels is standing, and hands him the pen and contract.....Michaels has been reluctant to put pen to ANYTHING since his appearance here in WCW, refusing offers to join the ranks of both WCW and the Titans of Wrestling, but he doesn't take long to make a decision here.....he snatches the pen from Levesque....drops to the outside.....dips the end of the pen into the puddle of viscera that Randy Savage has left behind.....and signs his name on the dotted line, quite literally in the Macho Man's blood..... .....Sting is back and ready to face Hollywood Hogan..... .....we have our final match for Starrcade..... .....Jean Paul Levesque has a tag team partner..... .....and we have one blood soaked contract..... .....Merry frigging Christmas indeed..... .....we'll see you at Starrcade fans..... Rating: A* Final Rating: B+ </div></blockquote> </div>
- February 26, 2019
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A new generation.....a new attitude?

to4sty replied to to4sty's topic in Total Extreme Wrestling 2016 Dynasties

Week 4, December 1997 The Pit (Albuquerque, New Mexico) ATT: 15,886 TV: 38.04
- February 22, 2019
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WCW: Dangerous Territory

to4sty replied to James Casey's topic in Total Extreme Wrestling 2016 Dynasties

There we go, normalacy resumed WCW Saturday Night Beat The Champ: Lance Storm © vs. Al Snow – WCW Television Title Poor Lance, already the third wheel.....at least he will have the Television Title to keep him warm at night Semi-final: Sting vs. Ric Flair I can see some DA shenanigans here, some kind of double count out/DQ that sees both men eliminated.....mainly because I want Flair to win, but I really don't want to see poor Sting lose another high profile match Semi-final: Ricky Steamboat vs. Steve Austin Austin to the finals.....but just how willing will he be to lay down for Rude should he lose his US Title to Michaels between now and the finals Dustin Rhodes and Barry Windham © vs. The Big Two – WCW World Tag Team Titles Rhodes and Windham are about ready for their next big programme.....I hope it's not with the Big Two The Young Pistols and Michael Hayes vs. The Calgary Connection and Arn Anderson – non-title Get the CC back into winning ways
- February 19, 2019
- 1,060 replies
WCW: Dangerous Territory

to4sty replied to James Casey's topic in Total Extreme Wrestling 2016 Dynasties

Wait, I thought Flair beat Michaels in the tournament what did I miss there?
- February 19, 2019
- 1,060 replies
WCW: Dangerous Territory

to4sty replied to James Casey's topic in Total Extreme Wrestling 2016 Dynasties

This show totally slipped under my radar, it was a great one too. Austin/Michaels should be great and a good prelude for a feud that will no doubt happen again down the road with the WCW Title on the line, and you know that this friendly "business arrangent" between the DA and the DM won't stay quite so friendly for much longer Beat The Champ: Lance Storm © vs. Bobby Walker I can see Storm going all the way, cashing in for a shot at the US Tag Titles Quarter-final: Ricky Steamboat vs. Scott Steiner Scotty is on the rise, so other than a rage DQ (or interference from a certain Macho Gentleman then I don't see him losing this one The Young Pistols and Michael Hayes © vs. The Lightning Express and Pat Rose – WCW Six Man Titles i do wonder how long you are going to be able to maintain the massive amount of titles you have, I think the Six Man might be the first casualty Scott & Brian Armstrong vs. The Diamond Mine © – WCW United States Tag Titles Snake Eyes for the Armstrongs
- February 19, 2019
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A new generation.....a new attitude?

to4sty replied to to4sty's topic in Total Extreme Wrestling 2016 Dynasties

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Nobby_McDonald" data-cite="Nobby_McDonald" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43289" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>WWF Tag Team Championship Match Jeff Jarrett © vs. Chavo Guerrero Jr. Comments: Tag Team Championship?</div></blockquote> Whoops, that's copy and paste for you.....edited, good eye sir
- February 14, 2019
- 1,704 replies
A new generation.....a new attitude?

to4sty replied to to4sty's topic in Total Extreme Wrestling 2016 Dynasties

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="James Casey" data-cite="James Casey" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43289" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Nelson vs. Faarooq Comments: Time for a rebuilding of the Nation. Wage matching for Kevin Nash is only marginally less crazy than giving him creative control, but if it's only for a few months you may be okay; Punting him off to WCW to form an Outsiders group with the Giant would be an interesting move from here.</div></blockquote> It is indeed a time for a rebuilding of the Nation, the current incarnation has about run its course and try as I might Faarooq simply will not crack that glass ceiling to main event. His overness seems to cap at around B/B+ and that's if he's pushed to the moon. Kama is actually more over than Faarooq at the moment, and since The Rock (his original replacement) isn't around, and Ahmed is injured (and being paid extremely well may I add) he may as well earn his money in a stable where he doesn't have to wrestle so often. As for Nash, this was before I took over the reigns at WCW too, so I had to do whatever it took to keep him since he and Hall were big parts of the KLiQ story I wanted to run. Now with that being said, whether Nash is around following Wrestlemania is anyone's guess at the minute, because while I can essentially pick and choose where he goes, I don't know if I want to send him to WCW, but at the same time I know he's going to want silly money to re-sign since he's on 80 grand now.....where does Big Sexy's (and to a lesser extent Scott Hall, who's contract is due at the same time) futures lie, I guess time will tell. <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>WWF Tag Team Championship Harlem Heat © vs. Kevin Nash & Scott Steiner Comments: This is a real tough one, but I can't see you let Steiner lose to heat (since he's one of your big players). Nash and Steiner get DQed, and Heat keep the gold.</div></blockquote> Both Nash and Steiner were kept strong AND protected (so to be honest I was surprised with the B+ grade, I thought that with those notes coupled with the usual "the match was penalised for booking decisions" note that this would scrape a B at best) and to be honest I really wanted to give Nash/Steiner the belts as the dysfunctional team until Steiner's inevitable turn, but in the same vein I didn't want to end Harlem Heats run to a team that don't even get along. I haven't done a great deal with Booker and Stevie since they signed so I wanted them to have at least a half decent run with he belts. <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>WWF European Championship Match Jeff Jarrett © vs. Ken Shamrock Comments: As always, no clue regarding what direction the MDC are going.</div></blockquote> Truthfully, the M$C should have been finished up by now, crushed at the Survivor Series and losing the European Title at Dead Man Walking.....then Sid decided he wanted to quit.....and Ken Shamrock, just as he was about to get his big win, decided that he wanted to go off and have an MMA fight (never mind the fact that you're under an exclusive written deal to the WWF eh Ken, you just do what you want lad) and has now left for his training camp. I got both lots of information about a week before Survivor Series and so had to change my plans accordingly. Hence why the M$C is still around.....for now.
- February 13, 2019
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A new generation.....a new attitude?

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<div style="text-align:center;"> The Monday Night Wars: Week 4, December 1997 <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43289" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div> <img alt="wtGb8ca.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/wtGb8ca.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Preview for WWF Raw is War, Week 4, December 1997 Kane vs. Arn Anderson Comments: Al Snow & Chris Candido vs. Dustin Rhodes & Marc Mero Comments: Bradshaw vs. Ahmed Johnson Comments: WWF European Championship Match Jeff Jarrett © vs. Chavo Guerrero Jr. Comments: WWF Tag Team Championship Match Harlem Heat © vs. The High Voltage Comments: Nine Circles of Hell Match: Fraud Jake Roberts vs. ??? Comments: </div><div style="text-align:center;"></div><div></div></blockquote> <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> <img alt="cMgP5Z2.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/cMgP5Z2.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Preview for WCW Monday Nitro, Week 4, December 1997 Lex Luger vs. Buff Bagwell Comments: Chris Benoit & Diamond Dallas Page vs. The Faces of Fear Comments: Mike Awesome vs. Bam Bam Bigelow Comments: WCW Cruiserweight Championship: Semi-Final Match Jeff Hardy vs. Alex Wright Comments: WCW Cruiserweight Championship: Semi-Final Match Juventud Guerrera vs. Yoshihiro Tajiri Comments: The Warlord vs. Lance Storm Comments: Plus: The Ultimate Maniacs have a contract for Jean Paul Levesque to sign ahead of their match at Starrcade. JPL said this past Monday that he has no partner and doesn't need one, Savage says he's going to sign the contract in Levesque's own blood....either way, you know this isn't going to go down smoothly. </div></blockquote> </div>
- February 13, 2019
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A new generation.....a new attitude?

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<div style="text-align:center;"> <img style="max-width:50%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/IMeHoNS.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/IMeHoNS.jpg"></a> Week 3, December 1997 The Carrier Dome (Syracuse, New York) ATT: 40,000 PPV BUY: 2.15 Announce Team: Jim Ross, Jerry "The King" Lawler & Ravishing Rick Rude <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43289" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div> <img alt="sMIsS4a.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/sMIsS4a.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="WYkj78W.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/WYkj78W.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="jOupwKP.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/jOupwKP.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> It's the most wonderful time of the year....the elves are hard at work, the reindeer are resting ready for their big night, Santa is prepping his sleigh....and here in the World Wrestling Federation someone is most certainly on the naughty list, because we have a Dead Man Walking..... .....of course, exactly WHO that dead man is we won't find out until later, but tonight there is one thing for sure, either the Undertaker or Brian Pillman is going to walk out of here with the greatest gift of all.......The WWF Championship around their waist..... ....Of course, exactly which man will be leaving with that prestigious title around their waist is a matter of discussion, and that's exactly what our commentators for this evening do, along with running down the other matches scheduled for this evening..... .....our hosts for tonight are Jim Ross, Ravishing Rick Rude, and Jerry "The King" Lawler, and as you would expect, J.R and Rick Rude have opposing views, with Ross confident that the Deadman will walk out of here tonight STILL your World Wrestling Federation Champion, while the Ravishing One thinks that our Champion come the end of the evening will be a CORPORATE Champion.....the Corporate Cannon, Brian Pillman.....that just leaves the King to end the stalemate, and it would seem that while Lawler would like The Undertaker to retain, Brian Pillman has the full backing of Mr. McMahon, and since its Mr. McMahon that writes the cheques around here, The King is going for Brian Pillman too..... .....we will find out who is right later, but that's our main event.....our opening contest is also for a WWF Championship.....the WWF Intercontinental Championship.....and as Chris Jericho makes his way out, it's time to get straight to the action..... Rating: N/A </div><div style="text-align:center;"></div><div></div></blockquote> <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> <img alt="nwbFBIa.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/nwbFBIa.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> <img alt="4lWaepn.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/4lWaepn.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> VS. <img alt="JA5x2E3.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/JA5x2E3.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Chris Jericho has been walking around with the defunct WWF Light Heavyweight Championship around his waist for quite some time now.....partly to taunt the likes of Rey Mysterio and Dean Malenko (who would love the opportunity to compete for that title) and partly because he hasn't had a different belt to wear.....that could all change tonight.....because tonight, The Bad Guy puts his (relatively recently won) Intercontinental Title on the line against the self appointed Ayatollah of RocknRolla..... .....the ongoing feud with the Wolfpac and The Hart Foundation may have all come to a head at last months Survivor Series event, but both factions are involved in big time matches with title implications tonight....Bret Hart when he faces Steve Austin to determine the next number one contender to the world title.....Kevin Nash when he (supposedly) teams with Scott Steiner to challenge for the tag team titles.....and this match right here.....a match that will not only decide the fate of the Intercontinental Title, but also get the winning man's respective faction off to the right track, and a victory here could well provide the momentum to propel their stablemate to victory later in the evening..... .....Chris Jericho has developed (frankly) somewhat of a cocky attitude since turning his back on the fans, but if you're looking for cocky you don't have to look much further than Scott Hall, who has built a career here in the WWF around his cocky demeanour.....he showcases it immediately too, when he takes this ever present toothpick and flicks it straight at his opponent, with Chris Jericho giving a monumentally over the top reaction, selling it like he just got shot and rolling around on the mat, before telling the official that he is not enforcing a safe working environment, and what he SHOULD do, is disqualify Hall, take that Intercontinental Championship, and hand it to Jericho..... .....of course, that never happened..... ....this is the World Wrestling Federation, and everybody knows that in professional wrestling the only way to gain a championship is to win it either by pinfall or submission, so that's exactly what Chris Jericho tries to do....mainly the "submission" part, because he goes to work weakening the lower back of Hall with a view to utilising that Liontamer Boston Crab variation later in the match..... .....of course Scott Hall is not one to just quit (he oozed machismo at one point after all) and after an extended period playing second fiddle to the ongoing Kevin Nash/Shawn Michaels feud for the best part of six months, and then playing the supporting character in Kevin Nash's quest to recapture the WWF Title for a further six months, he's not about to give this Intercontinental Championship up without a fight..... .....it's a great fight too, and a very strong opening contest that gets this crowd buzzing straight from the get go.....Scott Hall has been a (bit) part of virtually every major storyline since the formation of the KLiQ back at Wrestlemania XII, but remarkably, Chris Jericho is arguably the slightly more over of the two here, and when you consider the fact that Jericho is also a decade younger that Hall, he obviously has more upside too, but if he WAS going to win this match then apparently he wasn't going to do it alone...... <img alt="28EcnwT.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/28EcnwT.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> .....because as Hall began to take firm control of this match, the Bodyguard, Test made his way out from the back..... .....Chris Jericho was evicted from Test's match with Scott Hall this past Monday (much to the chagrin of the Ayatollah of RocknRolla) and it doesn't look like this official is any happier about the arrival of Test, drawing his attention away from the match to order the Hart Foundation member to the back..... .....of course while the referee's attention was away from the match, Chris Jericho looked to take (a highly illegal) advantage, fishing what appear to be brass knucks out of his tights with a big smirk..... .....he doesn't get to use them though, because as he's showboating to the crowd he turns around to face Hall and gets dropped with that modified Chokeslam/Rock Bottom variation that Hall utilises..... .....he dropped the knucks too..... .....Hall sees the foreign object on the mat and looks at at, before looking up to the crowd (who let out a cheer of approval) and smirking, before shrugging his shoulders, picking the brass knuckles up.....and clocking Jericho square in the jaw..... .....Jericho is out cold, but Hall isn't done, and as the referee finally turns his attention back to the mat, it's just in time to see the Intercontinental Champion plant the Challenger to the mat with the Razors Edge.....for the one, two, three. Winner: ....and Still WWF Intercontinental Champion.......Scott Hall Rating: A </div></blockquote> <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> <img alt="6HAkmMb.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/6HAkmMb.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="iqMIfc1.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/iqMIfc1.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="j3LxYoh.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/j3LxYoh.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="H1oqasE.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/H1oqasE.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="JbjVDbW.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/JbjVDbW.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="1KcuGDq.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/1KcuGDq.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Test hits the ring, but Hall has already bailed and collected his Intercontinental Title on route.....he backs his way up the aisle wiggling his fingers in an exaggerated (and obviously mock) fear pose towards the two Hart Foundation men.....and as Test revives Jericho (who throws a monumental hissy fit in the middle of the ring) we head to the back, where Dok Hendrix is standing by with Faarooq, and the Nation of Domination..... .....Dok says that tonight is the night.....and after months of running, hiding, and generally fleeing for his life, there is nowhere to run for Faarooq tonight, as he has to face the monumental challenge......of Nelson..... .....Faarooq scoffs at that, telling Dok that he's never ran away from a fight his whole damn life....in FACT, what he has been doing these last few months was an act of kindness if nothing else.....because if he HADN'T kept away from Nelson, then he wouldn't be held responsible for what happened to the fat man, but Nelson just wouldn't take a hint..... ".....he kept sticking and poking and prodding his nose into Nation business.....and now TONIGHT, he's going to have to face the full wrath of Faarooq and the Nation of Domination.....let's go....." .....Faarooq turns and goes to walk away, clearly expecting his Nation Brothers to follow.....except they don't.....and when Faarooq questions what it is they're doing, it's Kama that has the answers for him..... .....he tells Faarooq that as the Leader of a Nation he should lead by example.....a dominant group is only as strong as its weakest link and just lately Faarooq has been more of a liability to the Nation than its leader..... .....he tells Faarooq to consider this a test of his capabilities to lead....his ability to dominate ("by any means necessary").....and they hope he can finally put this feud with Nelson to rest once and for all.....but as for having the backing of the Nation, until he proves himself once more.....until he stops leaving them high and dry.....until he has THEIR backs, they're GIVING HIM their backs..... .....with that the remaining four men turn their backs to Faarooq, and stare in the opposite direction.....as a very confused (and somewhat concerned) looking Faarooq walks away, to face possibly his biggest opponent.....EVER.....the man mountain.....Nelson..... Rating: B+ </div></blockquote> <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> <img alt="QKrL7XJ.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/QKrL7XJ.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> VS. <img alt="iqMIfc1.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/iqMIfc1.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> .....I don't think Faarooq was expecting this.....in fact, when after months of running from the challenge (and his bravado got the better of him) and Faarooq finally agreed to face Nelson, I'm sure that he was confident that the Nation would not only BE in his corner, but somehow aid him to victory too..... .....that ain't happening..... .....because apparently Faarooq needs to consider this a leadership test.....and if he can't pass the test (alone) then who knows where his position within the Nation will stand..... .....the beginnings of this feud (and the reason that Nelson is out for blood) can be traced back four months ago now, to Summerslam, where an extremely bad run of luck saw Nelson (then a Nation of Domination member) cost his group not only a couple of titles, but a member too (with The Rock being released from his WWF contract as a result of the pre-match stipulation) and Faarooq didn't take too kindly to the failure, not only "firing" Nelson from the stable, but also introducing the two newest of the group (D'Lo and Henry) into the fold, and THEN the full force of the Nation of Domination beat the holy hell out of big Nels.....and that woke a very angry, very large man.....and tonight, Faarooq has to face that wrath alone..... .....the match itself goes largely as you would expect....there is a lot of stalling from Faarooq as he does everything he can to avoid getting caught in Nelson's grasp....he even manages to land a few quick right hands, but his brief flurry of offence comes to a screeching halt when he decides to go back to his football days, charging at Nelson from that three point stance..... .....and bouncing right off him again..... .....from there it's all Nelson.....sometimes you don't need a hard fought back and forth epic battle.....sometimes you just want your heel to finally get what's coming to him, and that's exactly what happens here as Nelson beats the holy hell out of Faarooq, before finally (and decisively) finishing him off with a HUGE running splash..... .....Vengeance, thy name is Nelson..... Winner: Nelson Rating: B </div></blockquote> <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> <img alt="iqMIfc1.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/iqMIfc1.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="j3LxYoh.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/j3LxYoh.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="H1oqasE.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/H1oqasE.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="JbjVDbW.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/JbjVDbW.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="1KcuGDq.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/1KcuGDq.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> .....and as Nelson leaves, The Nation enters.....they give the big man a (very) wide berth as their paths cross in the aisle, and they stand around their fallen leader, hands on their hips and a very disappointed look on their collective faces..... .....Faarooq finally struggles back to his feet, and he is NOT happy, snatching up a microphone from ringside as he asks the Nation what the hell that was?.....he says that they are supposed to be a NATION.....a group operating as one.....what they are NOT supposed to be doing, is leaving each other to the damn wolves..... .....Kama takes the microphone, telling Faarooq that it's funny he should say that.....because HE has been leaving the rest of the Nation high and dry for months now, running and leaving them at the first sign of Nelson..... ".....and what THIS was, was a leadership test........and it was a test that you failed with flying colours....." .....Faarooq looks a mite concerned now as the rest of the Nation close in, and he tells them to back up.....he says that one loss does not make him a failure, and anyway, while Kama, Scorpio, D'Lo and Henry are good soldiers, not a one of them is a leader.....hell, with the exception of Scorpio and his two Light Heavyweight Title reigns, not a one of them has ever even won a Championship, let alone TWO championships as prestigious as the Intercontinental Title..... .....Kama says no, he's right.....not one of the men in the ring wants to lead the Nation.....Faarooq is right about something else too.....their leader SHOULD have Championship experience.....he SHOULD have held Championships with prestige.....and there is NO title more prestigious, than the WWF Championship...... <img alt="P20l3bf.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/P20l3bf.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> .....with that, the Nation of Domination music starts to play......and the Walking Armageddon (and former World Wrestling Federation Champion) Ahmed Johnson makes his way out from the crowd, much to the shock of Faarooq.....and the former WWF Champion isn't just making his entrance to the Nation's music, he's wearing the Nation's colours too..... .....Faarooq is clearly unsure as to what is happening here, and that's a strange situation for him to find himself, he's used to making the decisions for the Nation after all.....but as Ahmed climbs into the ring, Scorpio, D'Lo, and Henry clear a path for him, while Kama hands him the microphone..... .....Ahmed says that this is going to be a good news/bad news kinda situation for Faarooq.....good news, Ahmed Johnson is finally a part of the Nation of Domination, after being courted by Faarooq for the best part of two years.....bad news, Ahmed Johnson is at the TOP part of the Nation of Domination.....the head.....the leader.....the boss..... ".....and what that means, is the Nation of Domination is going back to basics.....what that means, is the Nation of Domination isn't going to be Faarooq's personal soap box anymore.....what that means, is that this isn't about black or white, race, religion or anything else.....what that means, is that the Nation are going to do what they were put out here to do.....dominate.....and most importantly of all.....what that means Faarooq.....is you're.....going.....down....." .....and down he went indeed.....because with a wave of his hand Ahmed set the Nation loose, and they beat the holy hell out of their one time leader.....it's perhaps somewhat ironic that Faarooq's match with Nelson tonight came about following the Big Man's expulsion from the Nation, and subsequent beat down, because that is exactly what is happening here..... .....the Nation thoroughly annihilate Faarooq, before feeding him to Ahmed Johnson who finishes the man off with a Pearl River Plunge, leaving the Nation standing tall over the body of their former leader, fists raised in salute......and as we head to the back to Michael Cole, it would seem as though The Nation of Domination is under new management. Rating: A* </div></blockquote> <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> <img alt="vdHQozJ.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/vdHQozJ.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="1VqwLBj.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/1VqwLBj.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="4lWaepn.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/4lWaepn.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="rNQlzqy.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/rNQlzqy.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="5cSfyiS.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/5cSfyiS.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="QP5YNO7.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/QP5YNO7.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> And Michael Cole is standing by with The Wolfpac, who (surprisingly) are joined by the rather reclusive as of late Scott Steiner, along with his number one freak Sable..... .....Cole firstly congratulates Scott Hall on his earlier successful Intercontinental Championship defence (as do Nash and Waltman.....Scotty Steiner does not) before turning to Big Poppa Pump, and stating that he for one is surprised to see him here tonight..... ".....SURPRISED TO SEE ME?....YOU CANT MISS ME, LOOK AT ME....I'M HUGE.....THIS VEIN IN MY ARM IS BIGGER THAN YOUR ENTIRE SCRAWNY ASS LITTLE BODY COLE, OF COURSE YOU CAN SEE ME....." .....Cole says that he's not surprised that he CAN see Scotty, but his is surprised that he's here.....after all, he's been somewhat absent for his scheduled matches as of late..... ".....I AIN'T NEVER BEEN ABSENT FROM NOTHING A DAY IN MY LIFE....WHERE EVER I AM, THATS EXACTLY WHERE I SHOULD BE, WHETHER THAT'S IN THAT RING DOING WHAT I DO BEST, OR IN THE BACK WITH SABLE DOING WHAT I DO BETTER.....YOU DON'T 'SCHEDULE' SCOTT STEINER FOR NOTHING, I GO WHERE I WANT, DO WHAT I WANT.....AND WHAT I WANNA DO TONIGHT IS BEAT UP STEVIE T AND HIS STUPID LOOKING BROTHER AND TAKE THOSE TAG TITLES.....SO HERE I AM, AND THATS WHAT I'M GONNA DO....." .....Steiner turns to walk off, but the big hand of Kevin Nash on his shoulder stops him in his tracks and spins him around.....Nash tells Steiner to remember that taking those tag titles is what WE are going to do.....he might want to remember who his tag team partner is tonight.....Scotty looks down at Nash's big paw on his (also big) shoulder, and he bats Nash's away, telling him to get his damn hand off him.....if he wants to put those hands to good use tonight then he can do with it what he SHOULD have done at Survivor Series......tag in Big Poppa Pump, and Scott Steiner will win the damn match..... .....with that Steiner storms off (with Sable in hot pursuit) leaving Kevin Nash looking decisively less "cool" than he usually does.....in fact Nash looks p!ssed, and Michael Cole knows it, asking Big Sexy if he really thinks he can trust his partner tonight?..... ".....you know Michael, there are two people in this world that I trust, and they're standing here with me right now.....Scotty, he's like a rabid dog, you never know if OR when he's gonna bite you.....but if he gets outta hand tonight, I got two Wolves right here that'll put him down for good, while Big Sexy takes home the gold..... .....Booker, Stevie, it's nothing personal boys, but you got something that I want.....something that's gonna put money in my bank account....and while the Wolfpac is all about the red and black, you KNOW we love that green too.....Scott Steiner or no Scott Steiner, Big Sexy is going home with the gold tonight....." .....is he?.....we will find out.....next..... Rating: A </div></blockquote> <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> <img alt="ndDheBc.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/ndDheBc.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> <img alt="ugHPJif.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/ugHPJif.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="0lsazil.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/0lsazil.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> VS. <img alt="1VqwLBj.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/1VqwLBj.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="5cSfyiS.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/5cSfyiS.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img style="max-width:10%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/QP5YNO7.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/QP5YNO7.jpg"></a> .....because it's time for our second Championship match of the evening, and Kevin Nash will be looking replicate Scott Hall's earlier victory, as he looks to capture the WWF tag team titles....a feat made slightly easier by the fact that his partner is actually here tonight, after being noticeably absent since Survivor Series (when he walked out on his partner after the Wolfpac failed to tag him into the match even once)..... .....I say slightly, because not only are they up against the reigning tag team champions, but they're facing one of the most decorated tag teams around in Harlem Heat, and while realistically two former WWF Champions should have little problem in dethroning two gentlemen who have never worn a singles title in their life, this is a tag team match and Harlem Heat are a cohesive unit, while Kevin Nash and Scott Steiner are anything but..... .....that's not to say that the challengers don't have tag team experience.....obviously Kevin Nash has worn the gold on a number of occasions (with both Shawn Michaels and Scott Hall) while Scott Steiner was one half of arguably the greatest tag team of the early 90's, the Steiner Brothers, but while both men are (apparently) looking to capture the tag titles here, they both have one eye on a bigger prize, the World Wrestling Federation Championship..... .....the dissension between Nash and Steiner is evident from the get go, as an argument ensues as to who should start the match, and it's an argument that Harlem Heat take advantage of, because while Booker T is perhaps the more sporting of the two, Stevie Ray has no problem nailing Kevin Nash in the back of the head with a hard clothesline to get this one under way..... .....from there on in the Tag Champs look to isolate the larger man of the team, and with the combination of Stevie Ray's power and Booker T's agility they really do put Nash in some serious trouble.....they also take advantage of that tension between their challengers (well again, Stevie does) dragging Steiner off the ring apron just as Kevin Nash was finally about to make the tag..... .....Harlem Heat have been doing this a long time, and they certainly know how to cut the ring in half, and as Scotty gets more and more frustrated on the ring apron (because again, he's not been in this match even once) they chop the big man down to size, with Stevie even hitting an impressive spinebuster on the former World Champion.....again the potential hot tag is thwarted, this time by Stevie Ray knocking Steiner off the apron with a running charge, but when he turns around he turns right into a Big Boot by Big Sexy that puts him on his back.....Stevie is quicker to his feet than Nash, but Nash is ready for him and plants him to the mat with a hard Sideslam..... .....and then the race is on, as both men look to make it back to their corners.....Stevie makes it over to his partner first, just as Big Sexy drags himself back to his feet and staggers over to Scott Steiner, arm outstretched..... .....as Scott Steiner tag's him right between the eyes with that trusty lead pipe of his..... .....the crowd are not happy about this (and let Steiner know it with a chorus of boo's) while replays show that Steiner pulled that pipe from under the ring apron following his last trip to the floor courtesy of Stevie Ray, and now he's in the ring screaming at his "partner" that he should have made the damn tag earlier..... .....Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler are quick to condemn Steiner's actions, stating that Nash attempted to make the tag on a number of occasions....Rude on the other hand completely agrees with Steiner, saying that Nash did too little too late and stating that you don't leave a world class athlete like Scott Steiner on the sidelines..... .....Booker T looks at a loss what to do.....Stevie knows though.....he slaps his brother on the back, tagging himself in and quickly covers Big Sexy for the one, two, three, while Scott Steiner watches on..... Winner(s): ....and Still WWF Tag Team Champions.......Harlem Heat Rating: B+ </div></blockquote> <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> <img alt="1VqwLBj.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/1VqwLBj.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="5cSfyiS.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/5cSfyiS.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="QP5YNO7.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/QP5YNO7.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="4lWaepn.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/4lWaepn.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="rNQlzqy.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/rNQlzqy.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> .....Stevie Ray quickly collects the tag titles and hands one to his brother, before grabbing Booker by the arm and dragging him from the ring, telling him that ".....this ain't our problem....." as Steiner continues screaming at Nash as a conflicted looking Sable joins him in the ring..... .....Hall and Waltman come running out from the back, and Hall spin's Steiner around as Waltman checks on Nash.....Big Poppa Pump isn't in the mood for this, and tells Hall to back off before he gets the same as Nash.....The Bad Guy isn't one to back down from a fight, and neither is Waltman, and the two Wolfpac men look about ready to take Steiner down..... .....which is when Sable drops to her knees behind Hall.....and nails him right between the legs with a low blow...... .....Hall doubles over in pain, and Steiner quickly spins around and nails Waltman right between the eyes with that lead pipe, before spinning straight back around crashing it down across the back of the Intercontinental Champion..... .....just like that Scott Steiner (and Sable) has taken out the entire Wolfpac.....but he's not done there, and he stands over the fallen Nash, locking on the Steiner Recliner, but instead of using his hands he wraps the lead pipe under Nash's chin and yanks back.....and probably could have done some serious damage had Booker T (and eventually Stevie Ray) not come rushing back to the ring to break it up, and only then does Steiner relent, storming to the back with a laughing Sable on his arm, as we head backstage, where Dok Hendrix is standing by..... Rating: A* </div></blockquote> <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> <img alt="6HAkmMb.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/6HAkmMb.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="vJbqbop.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/vJbqbop.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> .....with the man who will be challenging for the European Championship next, Ken Shamrock..... .....this wasn't a long segment, and was only really used as a time passer while the medical personnel were dealing with Kevin Nash....., nor was it anything earthshattering, it was just your basic prematch promo..... .....Hendrix says that Ken Shamrock has been gunning for the European Championship for close to four months now, and may well have been the champion already had he managed to keep his temper in check, instead, he "snapped" on a number of occasions and it cost him dearly......will he be able to remain in control of himself tonight?..... .....Shammy says yes.....he says that he's been his own worst enemy as of late, but he's putting all that behind him and he is solely focused on defeating Jeff Jarrett tonight to become the new WWF European Champion.....he says that he's not at 100% right now, his leg took a lot of punishment this past Monday Night, but even on one leg he will be more than a match for Jarrett, and he doesn't need his legs to hook on that Ankle Lock..... .....he says that IF Jeff Jarrett walks out of here tonight, he's going to be walking out with a limp, because one way or another, Ken Shamrock is going to become the NEW, World Wrestling Federation European Champion. Rating: B+ </div></blockquote> <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> <img alt="zPHQ0Es.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/zPHQ0Es.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> <img style="max-width:10%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/GFiBCDF.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/GFiBCDF.jpg"></a><img alt="p5s3EVM.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/p5s3EVM.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> VS. <img alt="vJbqbop.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/vJbqbop.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> It might surprise you to know that there were three near perfect matches on this show.....that's not surprising? Ok.....how about if I told you that out of those three near perfect matches, this was one of them.....now are you surprised? Good, I thought you would be..... .....surprising but true, this really was a fantastic match.....perhaps thanks in part by the fact that it's a match that's been building for months now, as Ken Shamrock looks to FINALLY capture the European Championship..... .....truth be told, back when this feud started, Jeff Jarrett was slightly more over than I wanted my European Champions to be. I honestly envisioned this to be more of a lower level Championship, held by people that I felt deserved a title but weren't yet (or ever going to be) over enough to challenge for the Intercontinental Championship, that or people who WERE over enough to challenge for the Intercontinental Championship, but it just wasn't their time to hold it.....Ken Shamrock was about the perfect level for me.....a midcarder (but only just) and someone on the rise, but not quite there yet.....of course that was near on four months ago.....and goddamn it if Ken Shamrock didn't get himself comfortable in the Upper Midcard in the meantime, while Jeff Jarrett has sneaked into the main event.....so now BOTH men are more over than I wanted my European Champions.....go figure..... .....but anyway, this match.....as I said, it was fantastic.....Shamrock comes into this one with a bum wheel thanks to the combination of a Jeff Jarrett Acoustic Equaliser and Figure Four from this past Raw, and he may as well had a big old bullseye painted right there on it..... .....if Jeff Jarrett has the Figure Four on his mind, then Shamrock must be thinking that the Ankle Lock is going to be his best bet....unlike Jarrett however he doesn't focus his attention solely on the leg of Double J, instead attempting to outwrestle the European Champion, which on one leg was tricky, and after hitting what looked to be a picture perfect hurricanranna, he obviously tweaked his knee somehow on the landing, and that was the only opening Double J needed to wrap on that Figure Four..... .....it really should have been over there.....Shamrock was already working through the pain of a bum knee, the pain here must have been excruciating, but he would not quit.....and through gritted teeth and cries on pain he was able to scratch and claw his way over to the ropes....forcing a break, and saving the match..... .....Jarrett was feeling confident now though, and he wasn't about to let up for a second....and while Shamrock clearly wasn't going to go down without a fight, you've got to think that he's on borrowed time about now.....the (now obvious) limp means that Shammy has slowed down a step too.....which is perhaps why Jarrett is able to duck a running clothesline attempt from the Worlds Most Dangerous Man....the official on the other hand wasn't quite so lucky, as Shamrock runs right through him, knocking him down and out..... .....Ken quickly checks on the referee before turning back to face his opponent, who goes immediately for a kick to the gut.....Shamrock catches the foot and Jarrett tries an Enziguri.....Shamrock ducks that attempt however, and Double J finds himself face first on the mat, with his leg still in Shamrock's grip, and Shammy instantly twists in the Ankle Lock.....and Jarrett taps out almost instantly..... .....except the official is still down.....so all that tapping means nothing..... <img alt="D4vcXtI.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/D4vcXtI.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="dEEBiBR.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/dEEBiBR.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="MK4TY2o.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/MK4TY2o.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> .....well, it does mean ONE thing.....it means that Shamrock is too preoccupied to see the rest of the Million Dollar Corporation come rushing down to the ring......and it most definitely means that he is too preoccupied to see Rich Steiner picking up Jarrett guitar, sliding into the ring behind him......and El Kabonging him right over the head..... .....Shamrock goes down (surrounded by the splinters of the shattered guitar) as Canterbury and Knight help a still in pain Jarrett to his feet.....Double J hobbles over to the downed Shamrock, and locks on his Figure Four as Steiner revives the official..... .....the official crawls over to check on Shamrock, asking him if he submits......Shamrock is still out Cold from the guitar shot though....and his shoulders are on the mat.....so the official simply counts a groggy one....two......three.....and once again, Ken a Shamrock fails to capture the European Championship..... Winner: ....and Still WWF European Champion.......Jeff Jarrett Rating: A (96) </div></blockquote> <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> <img alt="vJbqbop.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/vJbqbop.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="GFiBCDF.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/GFiBCDF.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="p5s3EVM.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/p5s3EVM.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="D4vcXtI.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/D4vcXtI.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="dEEBiBR.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/dEEBiBR.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="MK4TY2o.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/MK4TY2o.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> .....simply winning this match doesn't look like it's going to be enough for the Million Dollar Corporation however.....they've been out to make a statement as of late (just ask Psycho Sid if you don't believe me) and since Jarrett's Acoustic Equaliser has already been obliterated, it would seem like a steel chair is the chosen choice of weapon..... .....Southern Justice and Rich Steiner hold Shamrock in place (stretched out on the mat) while Jarrett unloads with a series of brutal chair shots right to that already injured knee, and the only thing louder than the sound of steel connecting with bone, is the sounds of Ken Shamrock's cries of pain..... .....you would think they would be happy with that, but apparently not.....because Steiner drags Shamrock to his feet (or rather foot, his other leg is next to useless) and holds him in place as Jarrett swings that steel one more time, nailing his would be challenger right between the eyes.....and THEN the Million Dollar Corporation is done......and so is Ken Shamrock..... .....DiBiase grabs a microphone as he cackles to the braying crowd, telling them that he warned them....he warned EVERYBODY.....the Million Dollar Corporation is NOT going to relinquish its assets willingly......because anyone that tries to take this European Championship is going to find out that not only does everybody have a price.....but also, that there is a very dear price to pay...... .....he lets out another cackle, before stuffing a hundred dollar bill into the mouth of the unconscious Shamrock, as he leads his men to the back victorious.....although before we cut away, we do see Rich Steiner fishing that bill out again, wiping it on his jacket and shoving it into his pocket, before scurrying after his stablemates. Rating: A </div></blockquote> <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> <img alt="w9sbFAn.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/w9sbFAn.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="UpnPfKu.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/UpnPfKu.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> From there we go to a brief cutaway scene (which the announcers inform us is from earlier in the evening) which sees Stone Cold Steve Austin arriving at the building and making his way into the arena..... .....he's stopped quickly by Kevin Kelly, who is trying to get a few words for WWF.com ahead of Austin's number one contenders match later this evening, but Austin ain't got time for that son.....he tells Kelly that if he wants to keep shoving that microphone in his face, then he'll find out exactly what Steve Austin is going to do to Bret Hart tonight, when he shoves the mic down his throat, stomps a mudhole in him, and walks it dry..... .....Kevin Kelly is obviously a smart man, because he quickly exits before Austin's threats become a reality, as Stone Cold continues his journey.....a journey that comes to a screeching halt when he comes face to face with Brian Pillman..... .....these two former tag team partners stare each other down for a moment, before Pillman is suddenly flanked on each side by Arn Anderson and Ric Flair, and then the Corporate Cannon lets out that maniacal laugh.....Flair is flashing that million dollar "Nature Boy" smile, while Anderson looks ready to enforce, but Pillman says to let him pass..... ".....after all Steve, you've got an important night ahead of you.....you wouldn't want any nasty accidents to happen right before your big number one contenders match now would you....." .....Austin tells Pillman that it won't be no accident when he rears back and shoves his boot straight up his ass, and he ain't got no problem whooping old man river Arn Anderson again either.....and as for Ric Flair, ".....there's only one "Man" in the dubbya dubbya eff, and you're looking at him son.....Brian Pillman, you must be one stupid son of a bitch if you think that p!ssing off the Undertaker is a good idea, but I'll tell you what, if by some miracle you DO win tonight, you may as well hand that title straight to me, because once I've finished with Bret Hart tonight, your ass belongs to Stone Cold and that's the bottom line....." .....Pillman cackles at that again, telling Austin that he shouldn't worry about Brian Pillman and the Undertaker, he should worry about his own match.....because IF he manages to get past Bret Hart, well.....let's just say that the REAL bottom line is that Vince McMahon doesn't want Steve Austin anywhere near the WWF Title.....and he has all the means in the world to ensure that doesn't happen..... ".....so good luck Steve.....I'm rooting for ya buddy.....but I don't fancy your chances....." .....cue maniacal laugh, and Pillman, Flair and Arn step to one side, leaving Austin to march on to the locker rooms..... Rating: A </div></blockquote> <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> <img alt="vdHQozJ.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/vdHQozJ.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="JeiA6fn.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/JeiA6fn.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="ZqwadnD.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/ZqwadnD.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="R3s1i5D.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/R3s1i5D.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> .....and we come back to "live" footage, as we go to Michael Cole, who is standing by with the artist formally known as Goldust.....although there is no gold to be seen anymore, because the newly christened Dustin Rhodes, Marc Mero and Terri are all decked out in black (a particularly revealing leather black for Terri) and as Cole points out, they have had quite the transformation as of late..... .....Dustin disagrees with that, saying that the only transformation that they EVER had, was into the agents of ridicule that Vince McMahon transformed them into..... ".....this right here, this is who we are.....this is who we have always been behind the facade of fantasy that was imposed upon us....." .....Dustin says that Vince had his fun, now they will have theirs.....starting by exposing the Headbangers as nothing more than an over exaggerated parody of the "lifestyle" they claim to lead.....but much as Raven set him free a few weeks back (highlighting Goldust's life of lust as the reason for his lack of success) so Dustin Rhodes will free the Headbangers from the shackles of shame that Vince McMahon has bound them in..... ".....because 'Mosh', 'Thrasher'......I guarantee.....that you will NEVER forget the name.....Dustin....Rhodes......" Rating: B+ </div></blockquote> <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> <img alt="XM4RvXp.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/XM4RvXp.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="iz8jTUZ.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/iz8jTUZ.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> VS. <img alt="JeiA6fn.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/JeiA6fn.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="ZqwadnD.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/ZqwadnD.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img style="max-width:10%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/R3s1i5D.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/R3s1i5D.jpg"></a> I guess it's time to find out whether Dustin Rhodes and Marc Mero are going to have more success than Goldust and Marcus did, as they face off here against one of the lesser seen teams here in the WWF, The Headbangers..... .....this match was without a doubt the worst received match of the night, but a) I was expecting that, hence it's placement, and b) that was only down to the Headbangers lack of exposure on tv meaning the crowd weren't fully invested in them, because the match itself was actually very good.....as usual, Dustin was the man to carry the match, putting in a true A* performance, but Mero wasn't far behind, and neither Mosh nor Thrasher performed badly either..... .....you can perhaps expect to see more of the lesser teams (such as the Headbangers and High Voltage) in the future, because I am conscious of their lack of screen time....the problem for them is that we have some very, very solid teams already around here.....current Champions Harlem Heat, The New Age Outlaws, Al Snow and Chris Candido, all proven draws in the tag team division, that's without factoring "main event" occasional teams into the mix, combinations from say The Wolfpac, The Hart Foundation, or even Flair and Anderson.....and THEN there are the slightly lesser factions.....the Nation of Domination, The Million Dollar Corporation.....it's safe to say that tag teams aren't something I'm short of......now if Dustin Rhodes and Marc Mero are going to throw their names into the tag team hat too, there may be even less space for teams to get showcased.....which means your Harris Boys, Headbangers and High Voltage's are either going to have to step up, ship out, or accept their positions as Jobbers to the Stars..... .....as I said earlier, this match wasn't fantastically received, but the Headbangers certainly stepped up and put on a good showing.....the commentators (well, two thirds of them in Ross and Lawler) question why Rhodes and Mero feel the need to dictate the way that someone should live their life, while Rude argues that they are just trying to expose a lie, stating that no one would look and dress like the Headbangers do willingly..... .....be that as it may, the Headbangers picking up a win here would have been a huge ask....Dustin is head and shoulders (and torso, and maybe knees) above them in terms of overness, which is why he managed to pick off Thrasher with what WAS called the Curtain Call when he was Goldust, but is now apparently called The Fourth Wall (thanks to Dustin breaking it regularly by acknowledging that "Goldust" was nothing more than a "Character") for the one, two, and three. Winner(s): Dustin Rhodes & Marc Mero Rating: B- </div></blockquote> <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> <img alt="sycUZi3.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/sycUZi3.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="rjbMuMl.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/rjbMuMl.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> From there we head to the back, and we are with Kevin Kelly one more time, this time at the WWF.com set up, where Kelly informs us that you can chat live with all the stars of the World Wrestling Federation thanks to America Online, and if you use Keyword: WWF right now, you can send your questions to Al Snow and Chris Candido..... .....the two men are sat either side of Kevin Kelly, and they each have a (massively thick) laptop computer on the table in front of them, and frankly they look confused..... .....Candido is a one fingered wonder, it's taking him a while but he's getting there, Al Snow on the other hand, well.....that's an entirely different matter.....and instead of concentrating on the laptop in front of him, he appears to be arguing with Head..... ".....they didn't ask you, they asked me.....yes they did.....look it says so right there, 'Hey Al, what's.......oh.....what's Head's favourite colour'..........ok that one was for you......and that one........and that one........those two as well.......YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M NOT DOING THIS!....." .....Al slams the laptop shut and tells Head that if she wants to answer her adoring fans, she can do it herself..... ".....and good luck with that, because you don't have any hands....." .....Al takes Head and turns her around so that she's facing away from him, clearly not happy with the...ahem, young lady?.... ".....well lookity lickity what we got here, if it ain't Pinky and the Lame Brain....." <img alt="DLeATLX.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/DLeATLX.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="vEyMtfA.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/vEyMtfA.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="tfRDWOG.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/tfRDWOG.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> .....well if it isn't the former two time World Wrestling Federation Tag Team Champions of the Wooooooooooorld, the Road Dogg Jesse James, the Bad Ass Billy Gunn.....the New....Age.....Outlawsssss............oh, and Sunny too..... .....Road Dogg asks Kevin Kelly what he's doing?.....he's had a whole locker room to choose from, and it's these losers that he's got here?..... "......why are you putting these two idiots 'on-line' when you could have had the hottest pair to hit wrestling since Sunny's left ass cheek met her right, that's the Road Dogg Jessie James, and the Bad Ass Billy Gunn....." .....Sunny says that they're definitely scraping the bottom of the barrel putting Chris Candido and Al Snow in here, they SHOULD have put her men The New Age Outlaws out for the world to connect with..... ".....not to mention me.....because no one knows more about this whole AOL thing than me Kevin, after all, I was the most downloaded woman in the world last year....." .....Al Snow isn't happy about the interruption, telling Sunny that her 'award' is so 1996....it's nearly 1998, and THIS years most downloaded woman is clearly going to be Head..... ".....although I gotta warn you, I had a little look on this Interweb gimmick earlier.....and for the Love of God, do NOT search for Head on there.....I was NOT expecting that....." .....but with that being said, what they WILL be able to search for, is the name of the next number one contenders to the WWF Tag Team Titles.....because now Harlem Heat have retained the gold, Snow and (don't call me) Skippy are making an official challenge......to face the Champs at the Royal Rumble......anddddddd, they are challenging them to a title match (he wants to make that very clear after that little misunderstanding with The Outlaws a few months back)..... .....The Outlaws obviously have something to say about that, stating that if anyone should be getting that title shot then it should be the FORMER champions, and Road Dogg says that THEY are officially challenging Harlem Heat to a match at the Royal Rumble.....but Snow shakes his head..... ".....nope, uh-uh, you can't do that....." ".....yeah, we can....." ".....can not....." ".....can too......" ".....can not....." ".....CAN TOO!....." ".....we asked first....." ".....what are you, eight years old?....." ".....no I'm not eight years old.....I'm thirty four and a half......and we called dibs....." .....this is clearly getting us nowhere.....and security obviously knows that too, because they come into this little online studio the separate the two teams, as Kevin Kelly (a rather flustered looking Kevin Kelly at that) sends us over to his broadcast colleague Dok Henry..... .....do we have a number one contender for Harlem Heat's titles yet?.....who the hell knows anymore..... Rating: A </div></blockquote> <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> <img alt="DsGtTaS.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/DsGtTaS.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="mlpIGwT.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/mlpIGwT.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="zu6sn4v.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/zu6sn4v.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="sYfLy6J.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/sYfLy6J.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="28EcnwT.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/28EcnwT.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> .....what we do know, is that Bret Hart is ready for HIS number one contender match coming up next.....and Chris Jericho is NOT a happy bunny..... .....Jericho says that just like on this past mondays Raw, another Canadian Patriot has been screwed over by corrupt American officiating......he says that Test was the victim on Raw, but tonight, everybody's favourite guilty pleasure (Chris Jericho) was screwed out of not only the match, but the Intercontinental Championship too......and he will not stand for it..... ".....Scott Hall hit me right in the face with a set of brass knuckles that he must have fished out of his tights, and had it not been for my incredibly rugged and manly strong jawline, I could have been seriously injured......I'm going straight to the top with this......it's a conspiracy I tell ya, and Jack Tunney, you're going to be receiving a very strongly worded letter from me sir, I can promise you that....." .....Dok tries to tell Jericho that Mr. Tunney hasn't been the President of the WWF for quite some time now, but Chris isn't listening, he's still ranting about all sorts and only quietens down when Bret Hart taps him on the shoulder..... .....Bret tells Jericho not to worry, he says that The Hart Foundation have been getting screwed left and right for years now, but they will stand together.....stand united.....and as one, they WILL get Chris Jericho another FAIR shot at Scott Hall and the Intercontinental Championship, just as they will stand united tonight, as The Hitman becomes the new number one contender to the World Wrestling Federation Title..... .....he tells Steve Austin that the time has come for The Hitman to finally Excellently Execute him, and the time has come for The Hitman to reclaim what he never should have lost in the first place..... ".....see, it's no coincidence that ever since I was screwed out of MY World Title two years ago, the World Wrestling Federation has degenerated into a cesspool of degradation and depravity....." .....Bret says that not only did the WWF lose its greatest champion ever at Wrestlemania XII, but it lost its conscience too.....it lost its soul....it lost its (for lack of a better word) heart.....Bret says that the last moral fibre here in the WWF died with his title reign, and it makes him sick to see what the company he carried on his back for years has become..... .....he says that liars and backstabbers like the Wolfpac are cheered, you've got idiots running around talking to plastic mannequin heads, you've got guys in skirts, and the worst of the bunch, you've got beer swilling, foul mouth bully's like Stone Cold Steve Austin being worshipped by the same children that are flipping their teachers off at school..... .....Bret says that the WWF needs some morality back.....it needs its conscience.....it needs its champion.....and after The Hitman takes out Steve Austin next, that's exactly what it's going to get. Rating: A </div></blockquote> <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> <img alt="WBLOjMO.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/WBLOjMO.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> VS. <img alt="lFxoCfA.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/lFxoCfA.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> WWF Championship #1 Contenders Match Boy do these two have some history.....in fact, it was his victory over The Hitman back at the King of the Ring 96 that sparked Steve Austin's metamorphosis from The Ringmaster to Stone Cold, and truly set him on the path to where he is today....BUT, with that being said, when it comes to one on one meetings between these two, that was really Austin's only high profile victory.....and The Hitman even beat Austin at his own game when he bested him in what amounted to little more than a street-fight brawl a few months back..... .....if Austin wants the one thing that's eluded him here in the WWF (a one on one shot at the WWF Title) then he's going to have to beat the Hitman here, in what turned out to be an exceptional match, and about as close to five stars as you can get..... .....remarkably, Bret Hart makes his way out here alone (when you would assume that for a match with the implications that this one has he may well have bought a Hart Foundation member out for "support")....Austin as always is most definitely alone....he's not a guy that exactly plays well with others after all.....and the two men face off in the middle of the ring, where Austin begins spitting verbal venom at the Hitman, before flipping him a double bird as the bell rings, and the two begin laying into each other with right hands..... .....does anyone throw a better worked punch in wrestling than The Hitman? That's a debate for another day, but as these two lay into each other here they look like they are trying to kill each other.....Austin begins to get the better of the slugfest, so Bret slows things down, locking on a side headlock....Austin backs the Hitman up and propels himself free with the use of the ropes, putting Hart down with a hard shoulderblock on the return, punctuating it with another double bird..... .....Bret looks to do what he does best (wrestle) by catching Austin in a hammerlock which he transitions into an arm-wringer.....Austin can wrestle too though, and he reverses the arm-wringer with one of his own, before taking the Hitman down with a side-headlock takeover..... .....Hart works himself back to his feet, and he gets free of the side-headlock much the same way that Austin escaped the earlier one, by propelling his opponent off the ropes.....Austin ducks a clothesline attempt on the return and then goes for that patented Thesz Press.....it doesn't connect though, because Hart counters it with an inverted atomic drop, then quickly tries to lock on the Sharpshooter, but Austin manages to scurry free after raking at the eyes of the Hitman..... .....the two get back to a vertical base, and since they can't outwrestle each other they return to brawling, finally tumbling straight through the ropes to the outside, where the fight continues.....Austin finally gets the better of the brawl, knocking Hart into the ringpost.....he rolls back into the ring to break the count and then attempts to suplex the Hitman back into the ring from the apron.....Hart reverses his momentum in mid air however and lands behind his opponent, quickly rolling Austin up for a (very) near-fall..... .....obviously unhappy with almost losing from an offensive position Austin springs instantly to his feet and sends the Hitman tumbling over the top rope with a clothesline....Bret pulls himself back up onto the apron but Austin is waiting and charges the Hart, sending him flying off the ring, where he crashes chest first onto the guardrail as only The Hitman can..... .....Stone Cold follows Hart to the outside and pulls up the ringside mats, exposing the concrete below, before dragging Hart into position and setting him up for a Piledriver....Hart reverses that however, and its Austin that lands hard on that exposed floor with a backdrop..... .....Hart rolls back into the ring to break up the count, and then rolls back outside where he picks Austin up and rams him back first into the ring apron.....Rick Rude says that this is smart by the Hitman, because not only is the Sharpshooter hell on the legs, it's not much kinder to the back either when Bret Hart wrenches on it..... .....Hart rolls Austin back into the ring, and he's solidly in control of the match now....he drives his opponent into the mat with a Side Russian Leg-sweep, before hitting that driving second rope elbow for a two count.....Austin has a brief flurry of offence here and there, but it's rapidly cut off by Hart who seems well on track to become the number one contender here.....Hart inflicts more damage to that back as he looks for an opening to try again with the Sharpshooter, but Austin isn't going down easy, and he's finally able to regain the momentum after reversing an Irish whip attempt to send Bret crashing sternum first into the turnbuckles..... .....the crowd is solidly behind Stone Cold here, and as a loud chant of "Austin" (and a smattering of "USA") begins to break out, The Rattlesnake begins his comeback....he nails Bret with a series of right hands that backs Hart up to the ropes, and sends him off with an Irish Whip, before finally connecting with that Thesz Press that didn't work earlier and unloading with fists of fire..... .....Austin goes for the kick to the gut (that usually sets up the Stunner) but Hart catches the foot and sweeps his other leg out from underneath him....he grabs hold of both legs, looking to cross them over as a prelude to the Sharpshooter, but Austin rears back and kicks Hart backwards, where he inadvertently nails the official with a back elbow..... .....the referee is down and out, but Austin is back to his feet.....just in time to go for that kick to the gut again, and this time he does drop The Hitman with that Stone Cold Stunner.....Austin goes for the cover, but with no one but the crowd (who admittedly count to about eight) there to count, this one is anything but over, even if it should be..... <img alt="WEU6DMb.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/WEU6DMb.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="wEEJAdJ.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/wEEJAdJ.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> .....which is when we have some visitors at ringside.....as two gentlemen that had a brief run in with Mr. Austin earlier this evening (Ric Flair and Arn Anderson) make their way out..... .....Brian Pillman made it clear earlier that Vince McMahon wants Steve Austin nowhere near the WWF Championship, and it would seem that The Nature Boy and The Enforcer are here to ensure that the boss gets his wish, because Flair rolls straight into the ring to drag Austin off Bret, lighting up his chest with a series of knife edge chops.....Austin gets backed all the way into the turnbuckles, but he grabs Flair by the hair and spins him around (so that the Nature Boy is in the corner) and he stomps the holy hell out of him until Flair is slumped on the mat..... .....Bret is back to his feet, and he tries to blindside Austin, but Austin sidesteps him (so that Hart is now in the corner, standing over Flair) and he gets stomped down to the mat too, right beside the Nature Boy..... .....did I mention that Flair AND Arn Anderson came out from the back?.....I did? Good......did I mention that Arn Anderson came out from the back brandishing his trusty tire iron?.....I didn't? Oh.....well he did, and if you didn't know you do now......Austin knows it too......or maybe not.....because The Enforcer rolls into the ring and absolutely knocks his lights out with a hard blow to the back of the head..... .....Arn grabs the Hitman and throws him on top of Austin, while Flair revives the official.....and as the pair exit again, they pause just long enough at the entrance ramp to watch the official count a very groggy one.....two.....and three......before finally disappearing from sight, job done.....presumably heading back to (a very happy) Vince McMahon..... Winner: Bret Hart Rating: A (99) </div></blockquote> <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> <img alt="vdHQozJ.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/vdHQozJ.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="qV2yDWP.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/qV2yDWP.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="UpnPfKu.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/UpnPfKu.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="oSYsR24.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/oSYsR24.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> .....and as the Hitman is joined in the ring by his Hart Foundation team mates to celebrate, we cut to the back, where Michael Cole is standing by with (a beaming) Vince McMahon, (a cackling) Brian Pillman and (five gold ringsssss......ahem, sorry) The Big Red Monster Kane..... .....Cole says that it looks as though we have a brand new number one contender in Bret "The Hitman" Hart, and Vince McMahon must be very pleased by that outcome? Vince just chuckles at that statement..... ".....pleased? Yes you could say that Michael.....you see, this is what happens when you cross the boss, and this is what happens when you place your hands on Vincent Kennedy McMahon Esq....." .....Vince says that Steve Austin is a corporate nightmare that he wants nowhere near the premiere title in all of sports entertainment.....he says that Austin is a foul mouthed, beer swilling, white trash redneck that would probably use the WWF Championship as a beer coaster....and not only is he a corporate nightmare, but sponsorship would plummet with a Steve Austin on top.....attendances would plummet, tv ratings would plummet..... ".....quite frankly Michael, a Steve Austin on top would be like taking money out of the pockets of the more deserving superstars around here.....a Steve Austin on top would be like taking money out of MY pocket, and NO ONE takes money out of MY pocket......in fact, you can take it from me.....Stone Cold Steve Austin, there is no chance in HELL of you ever becoming the World Wrestling Federation Champion....." <img alt="WEU6DMb.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/WEU6DMb.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="wEEJAdJ.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/wEEJAdJ.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> .....with that, Flair and Anderson join the party (fresh off their assault of The Rattlesnake) and Vince congratulates them on a job well done..... .....he says that now that "unfortunate" business has been taken care of, it's time to look towards a man that Corporate very much wants to see on top, as Brian Pillman prepares to face The Undertaker for the WWF Title..... .....Vince says that Kane proved his loyalty this past Monday, now it's time for him to finish the job..... .....to be fair, Kane doesn't look especially pleased to hear this.....obviously his facial expressions can't be seen, but it's clear by his body language that he would rather be anywhere but here..... .....suddenly however there is a huge commotion.....shouting, screaming, things getting knocked over...... <img alt="xLujMRw.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/xLujMRw.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> .....as Stone Cold Steve Austin enters the shot, being held back by seemingly an army of officials..... .....he manages to break free briefly and lands a number of blows on The Nature Boy before security finally gets him under control..... .....McMahon however claims that he was prepared for this eventuality, and he indicates off screen to a quartet of Syracuse's finest police officers.....McMahon tells the officers that he wants Austin OUT of this building right now, and should they feel the need to use extreme force, then all the better..... .....it takes a while, but the officers finally manage to cuff the irate Austin, and as they cart him off McMahon is quick to let him know that he will NOT be a factor in Brian Pillman's upcoming WWF Title match, but he IS welcome to watch the Corporate Cannon's Official Coronation.....tomorrow night.....on Raw..... Rating: A </div></blockquote> <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> <img alt="ZSx0LrY.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/ZSx0LrY.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> <img alt="veY8OIO.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/veY8OIO.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> VS. <img alt="UpnPfKu.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/UpnPfKu.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img style="max-width:10%; "src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/vQXHiy2.jpg" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/vQXHiy2.jpg"></a> .....will we see that coronation tomorrow night? Well we are about to find out, because for that coronation to happen, first Brian Pillman must dethrone the current Champion.....a task which won't be easy, because the CURRENT champion is none other than The Undertaker..... .....when Shawn Michaels decided to head down south to WCW back in August he left a gaping hole on the roster in his wake.....he was the number one guy in the company, THE franchise player, he could talk, he could work, and he could drag a good match out of ANYBODY.....big shoes to fill indeed.....and in stepped Brian Pillman..... .....Pillman was good when he arrived in the WWF (although he also had his demons, which cost him a stint in rehab before he even debuted on screen) he was very good in fact, but somewhere between the partnership with Steve Austin, the heel turn, and the long programme with Dude Love/Mankind, he got extremely over, and he got great....at literally everything..... .....you want a world class promo, he can deliver that.....you want a world class match, he can deliver that too (with practically anyone).....you want a new number one franchise player, well say hello to the Corporate Cannon, because that's exactly what he is.....so what sort of match did we get here?..... .....an excellent one, that's what..... .....much like our previous Hart/Austin match, this was ALMOST perfect.....I don't know what these fans were expecting when they bought their tickets, but what they got was damn near the show of the year, punctuated by this very match..... .....in between the assaults, the abuse of (and by) his brother, AND the disparaging remarks made about his dead parents, it's safe to say that The Undertaker is about ready to tear Brian Pillman's head clean off his shoulders.....unfortunately there is a Big Red Seven Foot Problem Solver on the outside that might have something to say about that, and while The Undertaker has vowed to not raise so much as one hand to his brother, Vince McMahon has been VERY vocal about Kane playing a part in ensuring Brian Pillman's victory..... .....The Undertaker SERIOUSLY has both the size and weight advantage here over his opponent, and while Jim Ross questions how Pillman can possibly hope to compete physically with the WWF Champion, Jerry Lawler says that he might not have to, because Kane watching on from the floor, Brian Pillman has the advantage when it comes to mind games.....Rick Rude on the other hand scoffs the fact that Pillman can't match the Undertaker for physicality, citing his Hell in a Cell victory over Mankind at Badd Blood (although Ross is quick to point out that his "victory" was a pure fluke, after being decimated for nearly thirty minutes.....not that Rude cares, who goes into full Jesse Ventura mode, stating that the records only state a winner and a loser, and Brian Pillman was the winner)..... .....that being said, The Undertaker annihilates Pillman in the opening portion of this match, completely dominating him as he slaps the smirk right off his face with power move after power move.....the Deadman is a big, big man, but with the Corporate Cannon selling like a madman he looks like an utter monster until Pillman finally bails to the outside to scream at Kane for not helping him..... .....the Undertaker is quickly to the outside and comes face to face with his brother, who (while not physically touching the Deadman) does block the WWF Champions path long enough for Pillman to roll out of harms way back into the ring, where he ambushes the Undertaker on his re-entry, finally allowing him to take control of the contest..... .....the match then transitions into the usual "Undertaker against a smaller opponent" match, as Pillman does his best to keep the Deadman off his feet, and while the Corporate Cannon can wrestle, he adopts more of a Shawn Michaels aerial approach than a Bret Hart mat based approach, using his agility (and the ropes) to his advantage.....he even sends the Undertaker over the top rope with a picture perfect dropkick to the jaw.....the Deadman lands on his feet however right in front of his brother.....and as the two men stare each other down, Pillman (frustrated at the fact that Kane is just standing there) Pillman runs the ropes and then flys over the top and onto the floor, taking out The Undertaker AND Kane in the process, before screaming at the Big Red Monster to either do something useful or get out of his way..... .....Kane looks like he is going to do something useful, as he grabs Pillman right by the throat.....you can see that he wants to drive the loud mouthed challenger right into the concrete floor, but as The Deadman charges, Kane has a last second change of heart and drags Pillman out of harms way, leaving the Undertaker to collide knee first into the steel ring steps..... .....back inside the ring and Pillman continues the offence, but he can't keep the WWF Champion down for long (much to his frustration) and sends the Deadman to the outside on a number of occasions, distracting the attention of the official so that Kane can soften up the Undertaker on the outside..... .....problem with that is that Kane doesn't do a damn thing other than stare stoically at his big brother..... .....Pillman gets more and more rabid with his insults of the Big Red Monster each time, until finally (on around the fourth time of trying to get Kane to do his dirty work) he spends that long berating the reluctant monster that he fails to see the Undertaker sit right up....stand up.....and walk over to him..... .....Pillman waves the Big Red Monster off and turns around.....straight into an unrelenting flurry of blows from the WWF Champion.....do the dead get a second wind?.....because The Undertaker certainly does, as he absolutely explodes on the Corporate Cannon, leaving him running and reeling.....he doesn't run far however, because wherever he goes The Undertaker is right there behind him.....halfway up the aisle? The Undertaker is there to slam him into the guard rail.....ringside? Say hello to the ring post Mr. Pillman.....back inside the ring? That'll be a Snake Eyes/Running Big Boot combination......and the Corporate Cannon simply can't catch a break...... .....finally (and mercifully for Pillman) the Undertaker has obviously decided that it's time to finish this one, wrapping his hand around the throat of Pillman and hoisting him high in the air for a Chokeslam..... .....he might have got the three count too.....had Brain Pillman's flailing arm not whacked the official right under the jaw, knocking him down and out..... <img alt="WEU6DMb.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/WEU6DMb.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="wEEJAdJ.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/wEEJAdJ.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> .....Kane might be reluctant to give a helping hand in this one, but these two gentlemen certainly aren't, as Ric Flair and Arn Anderson (again) come rushing out from the back.....and yes, Arn does have that trusty Tyre Iron in hand again..... .....their progress comes to a screeching halt right by the apron however, because just as they are about to slide into the ring, Kane sidesteps and puts himself between them and his brother, and Flair and Anderson are furious......so much so that it looks like there is a good chance that Kane is about to taste Arn's Iron..... .....the two men try to rush past Kane, but the Big Red Monster will not let them pass, eventually climbing up onto the apron to emphasise his point.....that's when Brian Pillman grabs the Monster by the shoulder, screaming at the "stupid son of a bitch" before finally slapping him straight across his masked face.....obviously seeing how Kane's face IS masked, the slap was never going to hurt, if anything it was more of a humiliation move, but what it DID do is p!ss the Big Red Monster off.....and he nails Pillman with a hard throats thrust that spins him around, straight into the waiting arms of the Undertaker.....and three (alright, 5-6 by the time the official is recovered and in position) seconds later, the World Wrestling Federation Championship remains in The Undertakers cold, dead hands..... Winner: ....and Still WWF Champion.......The Undertaker Rating: A (99) </div></blockquote> <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> <img alt="veY8OIO.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/veY8OIO.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="vQXHiy2.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/vQXHiy2.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="UpnPfKu.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/UpnPfKu.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="WEU6DMb.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/WEU6DMb.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="wEEJAdJ.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/wEEJAdJ.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> .....Flair and Anderson are irate on the outside as the bell rings, and Kane steps over the top rope, walking right up nose to (masked) nose with his big brother..... .....just as irate is Vince McMahon, who walks out onto the stage with a look of disbelief on his face, shouting down at the ring wanting to know what the hell Kane just did..... .....I'll tell you what he did, he just cost Brian Pillman this match is what he did, and as the (very groggy looking) Corporate Cannon drags himself back to his feet, he (rather stupidly) walks over and shoves the Big Red Monster hard in the chest..... .....you would think he would have learnt by now..... .....because as quick as a flash Kane's huge hand is wrapped right around his throat..... .....Flair and Anderson quickly storm the ring, but before they can do anything Kane shoves Pillman backwards out of the way and turns to clock Anderson right in the jaw, just as The Undertaker unloads with a big right hand of his own to Ric Flair.....and just like that these two brothers reunite in violence, as they batter The Nature Boy and The Enforcer around the ring like a pair of pinballs, before simultaneously tossing the two men over the top rope to the floor..... .....again these two brothers come face to face....just as Brian Pillman staggers back into arms length.....and as quick as a flash Kane grabs him by the throat.....lifts him high up in the air.....and (without ever taking his eyes off the Undertaker) Chokeslams him right to the mat..... .....Anderson reaches under the bottom rope and drags Pillman's carcass to safety, as Kane and The Undertaker go face to face one more time, until finally (after what feels like forever) Kane takes one step back, drops to one knee.....and raises his arm in the Undertakers signature pose.....a pose which the Deadman replicates.....and it looks as though the union is complete.....The Big Red Monster Kane, The WWF Champion The Undertaker.....and one big headache for Vince McMahon, as these two brothers.....these, Brothers of Destruction if you will, close out the show.....together..... .....be sure to tune in tomorrow night fans..... Rating: A* Final Rating: A </div></blockquote> </div>
- February 13, 2019
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