The Birth of Nitro

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WCW Saturday Night

 

Pre-show match:

Joey Maggs vs. Scott D'Amore

Maggs defeated D'Amore.

Winner: Joey Maggs

Match length: 3:36

Rating: F

 

Pre-show match:

The Rock 'n' Roll Express vs. The State Patrol

Gibson pinned Wright.

Winners: The Rock 'n' Roll Express

Match length: 4:01

Rating: D

 

10-man battle royal for a spot in the WCW World Television Championship match at Starrcade:

Chris Kanyon vs. Cobra vs. Greg Valentine vs. Hugh Morrus vs. Jim Duggan vs. Johnny B. Badd vs. Sgt. Craig Pittman vs. The Renegade vs. Tito Santana vs. V.K. Wallstreet

In a surprisingly short match, Badd was victorious when eliminating Santana as the last man after an already eliminated Valentine, by Santana, interfered. The other two amongst the final four were Wallstreet and Kanyon.

Winner: Johnny B. Badd

Match length: 6:29

Rating: C-

 

After the battle royal, Valentine grabs a mic and says he accepts the challenge laid out by Santana for Starrcade; a singles match where the loser has to leave WCW!

Rating: C

 

Winner gets a spot in the WCW Cruiserweight Championship match at Starrcade:

Alex Wright vs. Disco Inferno vs. Dean Malenko

Former champion Malenko got the win after rolling up Disco, who had just delivered The Last Dance to Wright.

Winner: Dean Malenko

Match length: 6:32

Rating: D+

 

After his victory, Malenko tells about how happy he is to be rid of Dawn Marie and that Jericho will grow tired of her soon enough. Though perhaps she will grow tired of him first, once Malenko takes his title at Starrcade!

Rating: D+

 

Arn Anderson and Road Warrior Hawk are in the ring arguing, which turns into a brawl. Steve Austin and Brian Pillman then hit the ring to defend their fellow Horseman, but The Steiner Brothers rushes the ring to even the odds. The brawl is broken up by officals, and Eric Bischoff appears to set up Anderson vs. Hawk and Austin and Pillman vs. The Steiners for Starrcade.

Rating: D

 

Winner gets a spot in the WCW Cruiserweight Championship match at Starrcade:

Eddie Guerrero vs. Sabu

This good and open match ended when Sabu pinned Guerrero after Jericho appeared and dropkicked Guerrero behind the referee's back, leaving Guerrero volunarable for an Arabian Facebuster.

Winner: Sabu

Match length: 8:05

Rating: C-

 

A video is shown to hype Diamond Dallas Page.

Rating: C+

 

Hogan leaves WCW if he loses match::

Hulk Hogan vs. Shark

The match started rather open with Hogan gradually gaining the upper hand. But before he was able to take advantage of this, Jake Roberts entered the ring and attacked Hogan, delivering a DDT. Hogan got the win by DQ.

Winner: Hulk Hogan

Match length: 5:34

Rating: C+

 

After the match, Roberts and The Taskmaster beat on Hogan untill the cavalry in form of Randy Savage appears to make the save. Him and Hogan clear the ring, and Savage promises to have Hogan's back at Starrcade.

Rating: B-

 

Show rating: C

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WCW Thunder

 

Pre-show match:

Kurasawa vs. Cobra

Kurasawa pinned Cobra after a German Suplex.

Winner: Kurasawa

Match length: 5:41

Rating: D+

 

Sonny Onoo announces the matches for tonight: first we'll have a tag team match to determine which 3 wrestlers from Thunder will take part in the 6 man ladder match for the WCW Cruiserweight Championship at Starrcade. Of the 4 men in the tag match tonight, only the man being pinned or otherwise made to lose will *not* enter the title match at Starrcade. After that, we'll have a standard singles match to determine the challenge for the WCW World Television Championship match at Starrcade. And in the main event tonight, Onita will defend his WCW United States Championship.

Rating: E-

 

WCW Cruiserweight Championship title match qualification:

Jushin Liger and Tiger King vs. Ultimo Dragon and Yoshiaki Fujiwara

A good match was ended when Tiger King defeated Fujiwara after a Tiger Bomb. As a result, Tiger King, Liger and Ultimo Dragon will compete in the match at Starrcade.

Winners: Jushin Liger and Tiger King

Match length: 6:49

Rating: C+

 

Hiroshi Hase and Masahiro Chono are arguing backstage and the argument leads to a brawl that ends up involving Scott Norton and Atsushi Onita as well. Onita and Hase ends up rather furious at each other, and Hase says that he'll be the one challening Onita later tonight!

Rating: C+

 

WCW World Television Championship title match qualification:

Jun Akiyama vs. Genichiro Tenryu

After an exciting and open bout, Tenryu thrusted Akiyama into an exposed turnbuckle to get the pin.

Winner: Genichiro Tenryu

Match length: 8:36

Rating: B-

 

A video is shown to hype Tenryu.

Rating: B

 

WCW United States Championship match:

Hiroshi Hase vs. Atsushi Onita ©

A great wrestling match came to an end when Chono interfered against Hase, giving him a Kenka Kick while the ref was distracted by counting out Onita, who had been slammed out of the ring by Hase. Onita got back in and pinned Hase.

Winner, and still champion: Atsushi Onita

Match length: 15:16

Rating: B-

 

After his win, Onita grabbed a mic and assured the crowd that he would have beaten Hase even without Chono's interference and that he won't need any interference to defeat his opponents at Starrcade, after which he will definately still be champion.

Rating: A

 

Show rating: C

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WCW has released a press report saying that they have made a deal with Eddie Sharkley's Pro Wrestling America to become a development territory for WCW. The idea is for WCW to sent talent there to develope and evolve, and they are expected to sign a number og prospects in the coming weeks for this purpose. Furthermore, it is believed that they will send unused established talent there for the prospects to work with and learn from.

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WCW Starrcade 1995 card

 

WCW World Heavyweight Championship match:

Randy Savage vs. The Giant ©

 

Job vs. Dungeon match:

Hulk Hogan vs. Jake Roberts

 

WCW United States Championship match:

Ron Simmons vs. Vader vs. Atsushi Onita ©

 

WCW World Tag Team Championship match:

Harlem Heat vs. Sting and Lex Luger ©

 

Arn Anderson vs. Road Warrior Hawk

 

WCW World Television Championship match:

Johnny B. Badd vs. Genichiro Tenryu vs. Diamond Dallas Page ©

 

Loser leaves town match:

Tito Santana vs. Greg Valentine

 

WCW Cruiserweight Championship ladder match:

Dean Malenko vs. Sabu vs. Chris Jericho © vs. Jushin Liger vs. Tiger King vs. Ultimo Dragon

 

Steve Austin and Brian Pillman vs. The Steiner Brothers

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WCW Starrcade 1995

 

Pre-show 3-way elimination match:

Big Bubba Rogers and One Man Gang vs. The Rock 'n' Roll Express vs. Bunkhouse Buck and Dick Slater

In a solid match, Buck and Slater were eliminated first when Morton pinned Buck. After some back and forth between the two remaining teams, Bubba pinned Gibson after a Bubba Slam.

Winners: Big Bubba Rogers and One Man Gang

Match length: 8:14

Rating: C

 

Pre-show match:

Jim Duggan vs. V.K. Wallstreet

Duggan pinned Wallstreet after a Running Clothesline Tackle. The two competitors didn't seem to properly click.

Winner: Jim Duggan

Match length: 6:25

Rating: D

 

Steve Austin and Brian Pillman vs. The Steiner Brothers

Both teams showed lots of talent and experience in a good, long match in which Austin and Pillman came out victorious after Austin delivered a Stunner to Scott and pinned him. Austin had come in without actually being the legal man, when he clapped his hands to make a tagging sound while the ref was busy talking to Rick, who didn't feel the ref counted fast enough on a pin attempt by Scott on Pillman.

Winners: Steve Austin and Brian Pillman

Match length: 17:05

Rating: C+

 

WCW Cruiserweight Championship ladder match:

Dean Malenko vs. Sabu vs. Chris Jericho © vs. Jushin Liger vs. Tiger King vs. Ultimo Dragon

In a solid match with lots of cool spots, we saw Liger taking the surprise win after Ultimo had performed a Dragonrana on Jericho from the ladder, leaving it open for Liger to climb. During the match we saw Sabu take a crazy bump when thrown off the top of a ladder near a corner and outside the ring by Malenko.

Winner, and new champion: Jushin Liger

Match length: 15:16

Rating: D+

 

We turn backstage where something shocking has just happened: Randy Savage has been found unconcious and bloody, the victim of an assault! Medics are checking him and he is stretchered away, declared unable to compete tonight!

Rating: B

 

Loser leaves town match:

Tito Santana vs. Greg Valentine

With much on stake in this match, both of these veterans gave it their all. After a couple of near falls, Valentine locked in the Figure Four Leglock on Santana, and it looked as though Valentine would succeed to win the match. However, Santana somehow managed to reverse the Figure Four and lock in Valentine, who eventually tapped out.

Winner: Tito Santana

Match length: 9:14

Rating: C

 

WCW World Television Championship match:

Johnny B. Badd vs. Genichiro Tenryu vs. Diamond Dallas Page ©

It was an open match, but Badd seemed to get the advantage in the end of the match. After delivering not one, but two Tutti Frutti's to DDP, he made 3-roll ups on Tenryu that all got to the count of 2. Badd then won the match when Tenryu, angry about Badd's constant pin attempts, was DQed after refusing to let go of a Chokehold. As a result of the DQ, DDP retained his title.

Winner: Johnny B. Badd

Match length: 11:03

Rating: C+

 

Ric Flair is in the ring with a mic. He says that it's a huge shame that Randy Savage seems to have fallen ill and won't be able to perform tonight. But in order to not dissapoint the crowd, he, the great Nature Boy, has graciously agreed to replace Savage in the title match later tonight, being runner up at World War 3. Woo! Woooo!

Rating: B+

 

Arn Anderson vs. Road Warrior Hawk

After several weeks of rivalry, these two men finally came head to head in a singles match. They both took turns dominating in a brutal match that saw Anderson cut open. While the ref was checking on him, Brian Pillman jumped the apron and performed a Dropkick on Hawk after which Anderson got up and delivered a DDT for the pin.

Winner: Arn Anderson

Match length: 12:14

Rating: C+

 

WCW World Tag Team Championship match:

Harlem Heat vs. Sting and Lex Luger ©

In an awesome tag match in which Booker T and Stevie Ray showed that they are able to keep up with the best, Sting managed to avoid an Big Apple Blast, which instead connected with Stevie Ray, knock Booker T out of the ring and make Stevie Ray submit to a Scorpion Deathlock.

Winners, and still champions: Sting and Lex Luger

Match length: 17:58

Rating: B

 

WCW United States Championship match:

Ron Simmons vs. Vader vs. Atsushi Onita ©

In an awesome match with several near-falls that always seemed to be able to go to either side, Simmons performed a powerslam to Vader, in the same manner he won the WCW World Heavyweight Championship from him in 1992, and was about to pin him when Onita, having previously been down from a Vader Bomb, surprised Simmons with a DDT and managed to get the 1-2-3 before Vader managed to break it up.

Winner, and still champion: Atsushi Onita

Match length: 16:42

Rating: B+

 

Job vs. Dungeon match:

Hulk Hogan vs. Jake Roberts

It was clear to all how much was on stake in this great match that had both men fired up. Although Savage could not have Hogan's back as promises, due to the assault that rendered him unconcious earlier tonight, Hogan was aided by Sting, Lex Luger (who was seemingly only there because Sting made him), Ron Simmons and The Renegade - who all prevented the rest of The Dungeon of Doom from interfering in the match, fighting off Meng, Shark, Zodiac and The Taskmaster as they approached. With no outside interfernce, this match was all about the two competitors in the ring. At one point, it looked as if Roberts would pin Hogan after a deadly DDT, but Hogan broke the pin at 2 and hulked up. He then proceeded to perform his signature Big Boot followed by a Leg Drop, and the crowd was hot for Hogan to make the pin and end The Dungeon when Jimmy Hark shocking entered the ring and hit Roberts softly with his megaphone, thus disqualifying Hogan! A shocked Hogan lost the match and will now have to leave WCW! Hart rolled out before Hogan could get his hands on him and escaped through the audience.

Winner: Jake Roberts

Match length: 13:44

Rating: B+

 

Following the match, Hogan grabbed a mic and expressed ooutmost dissapointment and shock that his trusted manager, Jimmy Hart, had betrayed him. He said his farewells to the crowd, his fans and his allies. He says that he's had a great time in WCW and that he hopes to be able to come back some day. He reminded his fans to never give up and that the power of Hulkamia would always be with them, brothers!

Rating: B

 

WCW World Heavyweight Championship match:

Ric Flair vs. The Giant ©

It was experience against power in this match where the rest of the Four Horsemen throughout helped Flair in his efforts. The Dirtiest Player in The Game had laid out a perfect plan, having his Horsemen spread out and take turns to distract the ref while the others interfered on Flair's behalf. The powerful Giant held out for long, but could not fight off 4 men in the long run and had to succumb after Austin delivered a Stunner to him, after which Flair made the pin - marking the first time The Giant ever got pinned.

Winner, and new champion: Ric Flair

Match length: 20:52

Rating: B

 

Show rating: B

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WCW Saturday Night

 

Pre-show match:

Eddie Guerrero vs. Chris Kanyon

Guerrero got the win after a Frog Splash.

Winner: Eddie Guerrero

Match length: 5:02

Rating: D

 

Eric Bischoff opens the show to announce that we'll be seeing a re-match between The Giant and Ric Flair as the main event tonight, as Bobby Heenan has informed Bischoff that The Giant would like to use a re-match clause Heenan had gotten for him.

Rating: C+

 

Ron Simmons is in the ring, calling out Vader. He says that last night, they got in each other's way when competing for the WCW United States Championship. Simmons says that was far from the first time they crossed each other's paths and that Vader was involved in one of the happiest moments of his life when he took the WCW World Heavyweight Championship belt off him in 1992. But he was also part of one of the saddest moments of his life when he lost the belt to Vader again later that year. Now, the time has come for them to settle once and for all who is the better wrestler! Vader responds by saying that it is inded time... it's Vader time!

Rating: C+

 

The Taskmaster then comes to the ring to giant boos. He says that he cannot express how happy and satisfied he is with Hogan's departure from WCW following his loss to Roberts yesterday. For many months, his sole goal and purpose was to destroy Hulk Hogan - and now, finally, he has reached the goal. He is therefore at peace with himself and The Dungeon of Doom no longer serves a purpose, and will therefore be dissolved. However, before that they still have to take care of one small matter...

Rating: B-

 

WCW World Tag Team Championship match:

Harlem Heat vs. Sting and Lex Luger ©

In another re-match from last night, these two strong tag teams once again clashed in a great match. The match was decided after all 4 wrestlers were brawling, with Luger and Stevie Ray, who was the legal man for Harlem Heat, ending up on the outside. Being distracted by the action in the ring, where Sting was giving chops to Booker T, the ref did not see Luger hit Stevie Ray with a chairshot to the head before rolling him back into the ring for an unsuspecting Sting to pin.

Winners, and still champions: Sting and Lex Luger

Match length: 11:27

Rating: B

 

After the match, Sting grabbed a mic and assured everyone that he had not forgotten being attacked by a masked assailant at World War 3 and that he was still looking for him. He warned the masked man that he would find him sooner or later, and that Sting will make him regret his actions.

Rating: B+

 

Ron Simmons vs. Vader

This match had great action and excitement. Both men took turns being in charge but Vader seemed to gain the upper hand after a Power Slam on Simmons. Vader then got to the top rope and was about to dive down upon Simmons when Simmons got up quickly and reversed it into a Power Slam of his own on Vader from the top rope, after which he pinned him.

Winner: Ron Simmons

Match length: 12:08

Rating: B

 

The new WCW World Heavyweight Champion, Ric Flair, is being hyped.

Rating: B+

 

WCW World Heavyweight Championship match:

The Giant vs. Ric Flair ©

Flair came out with Arn Anderson for this match, and his fellow Horseman constantly attempted to distract The Giant. It was not Anderson, nor any other Horseman for that matter, who ended up influencing the result of the match... but The Dungeon of Doom, who all rushed the ring and attacked The Giant, who then won by DQ. It appears this was the final thing The Taskmaster was hinting that they had to do before dissolving, which must have been final payback for The Giant leaving them...

Winner: The Giant

Match length: 10:12

Rating: B

 

Show rating: B

[Hive]

Wrestling Scoops International reports that the shocking departure of Hulk Hogan from WCW is not just a storyline, and that he has indeed left WCW - and signed a contract with his former employer through many yeats, WWF! The reason for this appears to be a problem with WCW and Hogan agreeing on a new contract, as Ted Turner for reasons unknown temporarily closed the money tank. This is said to have frustrated many within WCW, as losing Hogan to WWF at this time is a major defeat to the ambitious promotion. Inside sources suggest that WCW might put more focus on turning some of their many very talented workers into major stars instead of relying solely on big name veterans, as has been more or less done so far. This has yet to be confirmed, however.

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WCW Saturday Night

 

Pre-show match:

Alex Wright vs. Hugh Morrus

Wright defeated Morrus by pinfall with a roll-up.

Winner: Alex Wright

Match length: 5:56

Rating: D+

 

Tito Santana vs. Sgt. Craig Pittman

Santana made Pittman submit with a Figure Four Leglock.

Winner: Tito Santana

Match length: 6:05

Rating: D+

 

Backstage, Sting is approaching V.K. Wallstreet. He asks him whether he was the one behind the mask, attacking Sting at World War 3. Wallstreet denies being involved in that attack, stating that after close expection, he discovered that Sting had paid all his taxes. And as such, Wallstreet had no special interest in Sting.

Rating: C+

 

Big Bubba and One Man Gang vs. The Steiner Brothers

The impressive run of victories by Bubba and OMG was put to a halt tonight when Bubba got disqualified for using his suspenders to choke Scott.

Winners: The Steiner Brothers

Match length: 7:16

Rating: C+

 

Chris Jericho, flanked by Dawn Marie, is interviwed by Gene Okerlund. Jericho declares that he'll travel to Japan and defeat Liger to get his WCW Cruiserweight Championship back on Thunder, and that nothing will be able to stop him from achieving his goal. Dawn Marie states that in spite of the mishap at Starrcade, she still have full confidence in Jericho and tips him to become one of the biggest stars of the industry.

Rating: C

 

The Renegade vs. V.K. Wallstreet

In a fairly good match, Wallstreet pinned Renegade after a Flying Lariat. There seemed to be some tension between Renegade and his manager, Jimmy Hart - likely due to Hart's recent betrayal of Hogan.

Winner: V.K. Wallstreet

Match length: 6:52

Rating: C

 

A video is shown to hype the WCW World Tag Team Champions, Sting and Lex Luger.

Rating: B+

 

Johnny B. Badd and Dean Malenko vs. Diamond Dallas Page and Sabu

This quite good and open match ended in a brawl between all 4 workers in which the ref was unable to keep track of who were the legal men. Badd gave Sabu a Tutti Frutti followed by a Shooting Star Press and went for the pin, but the ref did not notice it because he was keeping an eye on DDP and Malenko, where DDP gave Malenko a Diamond Cutter and successfully made the pin - although Badd actually would have gotten the 3-count on Sabu had the ref noticed him first.

Winners: Diamond Dallas Page and Sabu

Match length: 10:01

Rating: C+

 

After the match, Badd cuts a promo saying that DDP won't be able to keep up his extreme luck forever; sooner rather than later, Badd will be taking the WCW World Television Championship from him!

Rating: C-

 

Show rating: C+

[Hive]

WCW Thunder

 

Pre-show match:

Tiger King vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara

Fujiwara won with a Fujiwara Armbar after low-blowing Tiger.

Winner: Yoshiaki Fujiwara

Match length: 7:30

Rating: C+

 

Pre-show match:

Scott Norton vs. Jun Akiyama

In a good wrestling match that was sadly halted by lack of selling by Norton, Norton won after a Shoulder Breaker.

Winner: Scott Norton

Match length: 6:34

Rating: C+

 

Sonny Onoo is interviewing the new WCW Cruiserweight Champion, Jushin Liger. Onoo hypes the fact that Thunder got yet another champion and promises that more will come. Liger says that he's proud of his achievement and will do his outmost to defend it against Chris Jericho tonight.

Rating: C+

 

WCW Cruiserweight Championship match:

Chris Jericho vs. Jushin Liger ©

In a great cruiserweight match, Liger retained his title after Eddie Guerrero appeared and threw a chair to a surprised Chris Jericho while both the ref and Liger were down after an accidental collision. The ref then got up, saw Jericho with the chair and Liger laid out, and awarded Liger the victory by DQ. A grinning Guerrero slowly walked back up the ramp while staring down a frustrated Jericho. Dawn Marie verbally assaulted the ref.

Winner, and still champion: Jushin Liger

Match length: 7:03

Rating: B-

 

A video montage featuring the biggest stars on Thunder is shown.

Rating: B

 

Hiroshi Hase vs. Masahiro Chono

In yet another great wrestling match, Chono defeated Hase after a Shining Yakuza Kick.

Winner: Masahiro Chono

Match length: 11:09

Rating: C+

 

Atsushi Onita is on the mic, continuing his series of open challenges. He says that he's unsure whether anyone will show up at all, since he's pretty much beaten any remotely serious challengers. Suddenly, NJPW star Shinya Hashimoto appears to take on the challenge!

Rating: A

 

WCW United States Championship match:

Shinya Hashimoto vs. Atsushi Onita ©

In a great match that really had the crowd behind it that sadly suffered a bit from both men appearing to be having an off-day, the match ended in a time-limit draw when neither man succeeded in winning the match when the clock ran out.

Winner: Draw

Match length: 15:00

Rating: B

 

After the match, Scott Norton enters the ring and lays out both men with Powerbombs. It appears he wanted to make a statement...

Rating: B+

 

Show rating: B

[Hive]

WCW Monday Nitro

 

Pre-show match:

Bunkhouse Buck and Dick Slater vs. Harlem Heat

The Heat picked up the win after an impressive effort when Stevie Ray pinned Slater after a Heat Seeker.

Winners: Harlem Heat

Match length: 6:17

Rating: C-

 

Jimmy Hart is talking to Gene Okerlund, who demands to know why Hart betrayed Hogan at Starrcade, costing him his job in WCW. Hart explains that Hogan deserves what he got and had it coming for a long time, that he was too full of himself and arrogantly refused to properly appreciate or achknowledge Hart's contribution. Therefore, Hart showed Hogan that he is expendable and that Hogan needs Hart more than Hart needs Hogan. In fact, he doesn't want to talk about Hogan anymore; Hogan is a thing of the past. And now, Hart will look to the future... to the stars of the future, and create new champions instead.

Rating: C

 

Ron Simmons vs. Meng

Simmons pinned Meng after a Dominator in an open match.

Winner: Ron Simmons

Match length: 8:10

Rating: B-

 

Randy Savage, returning after being assaulted and injured at Starrcade, cuts a promo blaming Flair and his Horsemen for the attack. He says that not only did they cost him a title match, they also prevented him from aiding his friend Hogan, which ultimately saw Hogan forced to leave WCW. The Horsemen has started something very dark and dangerous which is now out of their hands and up to Savage to finish, ooooooh yeaaahhh!

Rating: A

 

A #1 contendership match for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship between Randy Savage and The Giant later tonight is announced.

Rating: B+

 

WCW World Tag Team Championship match:

The Blue Bloods vs. Sting and Lex Luger ©

In a match with great action, Sting got the win by DQ when the masked man who attacked Sting at World War 3 suddenly ran in and delivered what appeared to be a Rude Awakening to Sting while fighting Eaton. Funnilly enough, Rick Rude left the announcing table during the match...

Winners, and still champions: Sting and Lex Luger

Match length: 8:30

Rating: B-

 

Backstage, the Giant is seen lifting some pretty scary-looking weights. Impressive strength shown by the monstruous giant.

Rating: B+

 

Non-title match:

Tito Santana vs. Ric Flair ©

In match between these two veterans who use the same submission maneuvre, Flair came out victorious after using the Figure Four Leglock on Santana, making him tap.

Winner: Ric Flair

Match length: 6:24

Rating: C+

 

After the match, Flair grabbed a mic and stated that he rejects any involvement in the attack on Savage at Starrcade and that he cannot be held responsible for a clumsy Savage tripping over his own feet and injuring himself. Woo! Woooo!

Rating: A

 

#1 contendership for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship match:

Randy Savage vs. The Giant

The crowd was sizzling in this superb bout where the two superstars involved took turns having offenses. The match did not get a proper winner, however, as The Four Horsemen invaded the ring and attacked both competitors, resulting in a no contest.

Winner: Draw

Match length: 8:11

Rating: B-

 

Show rating: B

[juggaloninjalee]

Hogan is gone...

 

That is going to change things up a bit. Should be interesting to see where things go without Hulkamania being apart of WCW.

[Hive]

Hogan is gone...

 

That is going to change things up a bit. Should be interesting to see where things go without Hulkamania being apart of WCW.

 

Yes, it was very unfortunate. It happened due to a bug with the amount of cash you can offer a worker which should now be fixed. Too late for Hogan, but hopefully it'll prevent me from losing all my other stars as well.

 

It does change things a lot, of course, as I had plans for Hogan. But eh, I take it as a challenge - and I already have new ideas replacing my old ones that I personally find even more interesting than the old ones with Hogan.

[juggaloninjalee]

Yes, it was very unfortunate. It happened due to a bug with the amount of cash you can offer a worker which should now be fixed. Too late for Hogan, but hopefully it'll prevent me from losing all my other stars as well.

 

It does change things a lot, of course, as I had plans for Hogan. But eh, I take it as a challenge - and I already have new ideas replacing my old ones that I personally find even more interesting than the old ones with Hogan.

 

Good outlook! Personally I think things like this make the game more enjoyable anyways as now you can rewrite all of history. I mean you are basically being forced to.

[Hive]

Good outlook! Personally I think things like this make the game more enjoyable anyways as now you can rewrite all of history. I mean you are basically being forced to.

 

True. I now have more of an excuse to do things much more different than the historical path WCW took. And one way or the other, it was a huge relief finally getting rid of the dumb Hogan vs. Dungeon of Doom storyline that really hurt me having to continue.

 

It doesn't look like I'll be able to do an nWo storyline anytime soon (apart from losing Hogan, it doesn't seem likely that I'll surpass WWF enough to lure any of their big names away for the near future), but I already have a replacement storyline ready - which will seem familiar in many ways but in a vastly different environment and time. It won't unfold just yet, though.

[Hive]

WCW Saturday Night

 

Pre-show match:

John Tenta vs. The Gambler

Having shed his 'Shark' gimmick after departing from The Dungeon of Doom, Tenta looked as strong as ever when crushing the gambling man after en Elbow Drop.

Winner: John Tenta

Match length: 3:11

Rating: D

 

Pre-show match:

Sabu vs. Cobra

Sabu defeated Cobra after an Arabian Facebuster.

Winner: Sabu

Match length: 5:11

Rating: D+

 

The show opens with Dean Malenko and Sabu bumping into each other backstage. These two enemies stared each other down and were about to get physical when being seperated from a bunch of other workers.

Rating: D

 

The Renegade vs. Sgt. Craig Pittman vs. Jim Duggan

Duggan pinned Pittman in this triple threat match after a Running Football Tackle.

Winner: Jim Duggan

Match length: 5:25

Rating: D

 

After the match, The Renegade and Jimmy Hart argue in the ring. The Renegade is frustrated with Hart and says that after a lot of consideration, he cannot have him as manager anymore due to his actions against Hogan. Hart replies that he's fine with that decision as he was going to abandon The Renegade anyway, being a worthless and untalented piece of crap.

Rating: C-

 

Johnny B. Badd vs. Zodiac

Lacking direction from The Taskmaster, Zodiac stood little chance against Badd and got pinned after a Shooting Star Press.

Winner: Johnny B. Badd

Match length: 5:45

Rating: D+

 

The Steiner Brothers are talking to Gene Okerlund in a basic interview in which they hype their own skills and says they are the best tag team in WCW.

Rating: C+

 

Steve Austin and Brian Pillman vs. The Nasty Boys

Pillman pinned Knobbs after an Air Pillman in a fairly good match that did not really interest the crowd.

Winners: Steve Austin and Brian Pillman

Match length: 6:49

Rating: C-

 

A video is aired hyping the tag division, featuring WCW World Tag Team Champions Sting and Lex Luger, Harlem Heat, The Steiner Brothers and Steve Austin and Brian Pillman.

Rating: C+

 

WCW World Television Championship match:

One Man Gang vs. Diamond Dallas Page ©

OMG had Big Bubba at ringside for this title match, which ment that DDP constantly had to watch his back. After a failed 747 Splash from OMG which hit the ref instead of DDP, Bubba entered the fray and did a Bubba Slam on DDP. However, help came from an unexpected place when Badd ran to the ring and took out both Bubba and OMG with well-placed Tutti Frutti punches. He then rolled Bubba out of the ring and kept him there while DDP got up and performed a Diamond Cutter on OMG, which got him the pin when the ref came about again.

Winner, and still champion: Diamond Dallas Page

Match length: 7:35

Rating: C-

 

After the match, Badd grabbed a mic and explained that he DDP was not to lose the belt to anyone but him - and that he least of all would let someone else take it through cheating. He then stared down DDP when the show ended.

Rating: C+

 

Show rating: C-

[Hive]

WCW Thunder

 

Pre-show match:

Tiger King vs. Satoshi Kojima

In a good and even but slightly short match, Tiger King defeated Kojima after a Tiger Bomb.

Winner: Tiger King

Match length: 6:43

Rating: C

 

The show starts with Sonny Onoo interviewing Tiger King, who says that he'll become a dominant force on Thunder and vanquish all evil.

Rating: C

 

Kurasawa vs. Ultimo Dragon

In a very short match, Kurasawa pinned Dragon with a German Suplex.

Winner: Kurasawa

Match length: 3:56

Rating: C-

 

Genichiro Tenryu is presenting Satoshi Kojima as his new ally and proclaims that the duo will achieve great things at Thunder and that noone should feel safe.

Rating: C-

 

Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Jun Akiyama

In another match that was really too short to showcase either wrestler properly, Akiyama got the pin after a Wrist-Clutch Exploder.

Winner: Jun Akiyama

Match length: 4:34

Rating: C

 

WCW Cruiserweight Championship match:

Chris Jericho vs. Eddie Guerrero vs. Jushin Liger ©

In an evenly matched affair, Jericho attempted to get the upper hand when hitting Guerrero with the belt while both Liger and the ref were distracted. Before Jericho could take proper advantage of it, though, Liger threw Jericho out of the ring with a Scissor Kick and made the pin on Guerrero, who was still down.

Winner, and still champion: Jushin Liger

Match length: 6:39

Rating: C

 

After the match, Jericho chased after Liger and assaulted him backstage.

Rating: D+

 

Atsushi Onita cuts a promo, doing his usual open challenge. This time, he gets response from not just one challenger, but two: both Scott Norton and Shinya Hashimoto responds to the challenge. Norton seems to be determined as of late to make a name out of himself here on Thunder while Hashimoto is obviously not satisfied with the draw last week.

Rating: B

 

WCW United States Championship match:

Scott Norton vs. Shinya Hashimoto vs. Atsushi Onita ©

The match begins with both Hashimoto and Onita beating up Norton, as a response to his assault on them both last week. They manage to knock him out of the ring after which they turn to each other, at which point the match turns into a standard three-way. In spite of a good showing by both Hashimoto and Norton, Onita once again managed to keep his belt when having Norton submit to an Ankle Lock.

Winner, and still champion: Atsushi Onita

Match length: 13:26

Rating: C+

 

Show rating: C

[Hive]

End of the year awards

 

Wrestler of the year:

Mitsuharu Misawa - AJPW

 

Young wrestler of the year:

Hiroyoshi Tenzan - NJPW

 

Veteran wrestler of the year:

Stan Hansen - AJPW

 

Female wrestler of the year:

Aja Kong - WWF, AJW and JWP

 

Promotion of the year:

None

 

Most improved promotion of the year:

None

 

Match of the year:

Shinya Hashimoto defeated Big Van Vader - NJPW, November 1995, A rating

 

Card of the year:

New Japan Pro Wrestling - NJPW, November 1995, A rating

[Hive]

WCW Monday Nitro

 

Pre-show match:

V.K. Wallstreet vs. Alex Wright

Wallstreet pinned Wright after a Flying Lariat.

Winner: V.K. Wallstreet

Match length: 7:30

Rating: C-

 

Meng vs. Chris Kanyon

Meng pinned Kanyon after a Super Kick.

Winner: Meng

Match length: 3:06

Rating: D-

 

It is announced that Randy Savage vs. The Giant vs. Ric Flair for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship is to main event the Supershow held on sunday. No other matches will be announced beforehand but an action-packed show is promised, where all titles will be on the line!

Rating: B+

 

Jake Roberts is in the ring, boasting about how he single-handedly threw Hulk Hogan out of the company. He says he showed the top star of the company the door, and that he's going to replace him at the top. Ron Simmons then interrupts him, saying that what he was a part of is nothing to boast and brag about and that he could never have done it had the sleezbag Jimmy Hart not betrayed Hogan. The two argue for a while, and agree to settle it in a match later tonight!

Rating: C-

 

The Blue Bloods vs. Harlem Heat

In an open match between two teams that recentely both missed chances at the tag team belts, Bokker T pinned Eaton when using the ropes as leverage. Both teams did their fair share of cheating throughout the match.

Winners: Harlem Heat

Match length: 7:12

Rating: C

 

Sting is in the ring, saying that last week it finally became clear to him who the masked attacker was that cost him the prestigeous match at World War 3 against Ric Flair and attacked him against last week and that he was blind not to see it sooner; Rick Rude. He calls out Rude to explain himself, and after about a minute Rude appears on the ramp. He says that Sting brought this on himself. Sting cost Rude his carreer when injuring him on purpose in 1994 and is not the hero the blind fans see him as. His constant wreckless and tasteless behaviour has no boundries, but he always hide his true face so that the brainless zombies in the audience cannot see him for who he is. The latest example has been Luger's cheating in tag team matches, which had them steal the belts from a hard working team as The American Males. And right as he said that, Bagwell and Riggs appear from the crowd and takes out Sting, after which all three of them beat on him untill Luger comes out to make the save.

Rating: B-

 

A video shows Rude, under a mask, attack Sting at World War 3 in his cage match against Ric Flair, knocking Sting down from his cage escape attempt and allowing Flair to escape instead.

Rating: B+

 

Ron Simmons vs. Jake Roberts

In a good match, Simmons accidentally knocked down the ref with a clothesline. Roberts used that opportunity to bring a chair to the ring, which he took a swing at Simmons with. However, Simmons avoided the blast and managed to grab the chair from Roberts and hit him instead. With Roberts laid out, Simmons went for the pin - but since the ref was down, he didn't get the pin. Simmons waited for a while, with Roberts completely out, untill he went to actively try to get the ref up. While trying to resurrect the ref, Roberts got up and ambushed Simmons, delivering a DDT onto the chair. He then succeeded to wake the ref and get the pin, after throwing the chair out of the ring.

Winner: Jake Roberts

Match length: 7:03

Rating: C+

 

Rick Rude is with Bagwell and Riggs, proclaiming to be the new manager of what he calls The Ravishing Males. He explains that all three of them has experienced getting screwed over by Sting, and that they have united to stop him.

Rating: C+

 

Randy Savage, The Giant and The Steiner Brothers vs. The Four Horsemen (Flair, Anderson, Austin and Pillman)

This match was pretty great and held plenty of excitement, giving the crowd a taste of whatøs to come at the Supershow when Savage, The Giant and Flair cross paths. The Horsemen used every dirty trick in the book, likely courtesy of Flair, but eventually fell short: Anderson and The Giant were the legal men when Anderson attempted a DDT on The Giant. However, The Giant pushed Anderson away and instead delivered a Chokeslam to him, after which he got the pin while his team mates prevented the rest of the Horsemen from breaking up the pin. In the brawl that ensued, The Giant Chokeslammed both Savage and Flair as well before leaving.

Winners: Randy Savage, The Giant and The Steiner Brothers

Match length: 10:37

Rating: B

 

Show rating: C - I had forgotten that I had announced a match with Sting and Lex Luger, oooops...

[Hive]

WCW Saturday Night

 

Pre-show match:

Disco Inferno vs. Hugh Morrus

Inferno pins Morrus.

Winner: Disco Inferno

Match length: 5:23

Rating: D+

 

Dean Malenko is in the ring, calling out Sabu. He says their constant in-fights prevents both of them from gaining what started their feud in the first place, the WCW Cruiserweight Championship. He suggests that they bury the hatchet and move on. Sabu appears and replies that he agrees but that too much bad blood has been spelt between the two already, and that they'll need to settle it for good. He then stares down Malenko before leaving.

Rating: D

 

Alex Wright vs. Joey Maggs

Wright pins Maggs in what was not exactly a spectacular match.

Winner: Alex Wright

Match length: 4:02

Rating: E+

 

Gene Okerlund is interviewing The Road Warriors, who have reunited again here in WCW! They explain that Animal has been suffering from a long injury but is now fine once again and ready for action, ready to turn WCW on the other side and dominate the tag division. They both vow to capture the tag team belts.

Rating: D+

 

The Nasty Boys vs. The Gambler and Scott D'Amore

In a standard squash, Knobbs pinned D'Amore after a Trip to Nastyville.

Winners: The Nasty Boys

Match length: 1:59

Rating: D-

 

Backstage, The Ravishing Males bump into Eric Bischoff. They look threatening and he tells them that if they touch him again, they'll end up suspended for 60 days this time! They look as if they're about to trounce him when they instead start grinning and walk away.

Rating: C

 

The Road Warriors vs. Bunkhouse Buck and Dick Slater

In a match where The Warriors dominated, Animal pinned Buck after a Doomsday Device.

Winners: The Road Warriors

Match length: 3:45

Rating: C-

 

Booker T and Stevie Ray are seen backstage doing a parody of last summer's hit movie, Bad Boys.

Rating: C

 

John Tenta vs. The Renegade

Tenta pinned Renegade after a Tenta Bomb.

Winner: John Tenta

Match length: 5:39

Rating: D+

 

'Mean' Gene is interviewing Jim Duggan, who talks about how great America is.

Rating: D

 

Big Bubba and One Man Gang vs. Johnny B. Badd and Diamond Dallas Page

DDP and Badd were obviously both unhappy with this pairing, but Badd tried to make the best of it. DDP was not all that willing to cooperate, though, and only reluctantly tagged with Badd a few times before eventually betraying him, leaving him down and out after a Diamond Cutter. Big Bubba then made the pin on Badd.

Winners: Big Bubba and One Man Gang

Match length: 6:31

Rating: C

 

Show rating: C-

[Hive]

News of The Wrestling World reports that due to unexpected poor responses to their shows since they premiered Nitro last September and later Thunder in December, WCW has fallen drastically in status and is now far behind WWF. Most fans consider WCW to have gone so far as to be compareable to ECW, who's considered to be a cult company by most fans. Some are even speculating that WCW will be out of business within 6 months, but hopefully it won't come to that. This will likely have consqeuences, however, which have yet to be seen. There have supposedly been talks to either move Thunder to USA and abandon the Japanese market or cancelling Thunder alltogether while expanding Nitro with an additional hour instead, but nothing is yet final. We'll keep you updated.

[Hive]

WCW Thunder

 

Kurasawa vs. Jun Akiyama

Akiyama pinned Kurasawa after an even but short match with a Wrist-Clutch Exploder.

Winner: Jun Akiyama

Match length: 5:28

Rating: C

 

Scott Norton is talking to Sonny Onoo and states that he is not done making an impact on Thunder and that the top dogs should all watch their backs, as he's intent on making quite a statement.

Rating: C-

 

Genichiro Tenryu and Satoshi Kojima vs. Tiger King and Ultimo Dragon

In quite a solid tag team bout, Tenryu pinned Ultimo when using the ropes for leverage.

Winners: Genichiro Tenryu and Satoshi Kojima

Match length: 6:30

Rating: C+

 

A video is shown to hype The Road Warriors, who will soon re-debut in WCW! (Thunder is aired one day sooner than Saturday Night, so they have yet to come back on tv)

Rating: C-

 

WCW Cruiserweight Championship match:

Eddie Guerrero vs. Jushin Liger ©

In a match where both men gave it their all, Liger pinned Guerrero with a Sheer-Drop Brainbuster after a distraction from Chris Jericho, who was at ringside for the entire match.

Winner, and still champion: Jushin Liger

Match length: 5:58

Rating: C

 

Atsushi Onita does his usual schtick with proclaiming himself to be the best wrestler in not only Thunder, not only WCW - but in the entire world! He says he has beat anyone who is anything, and that he has a hard time seeing who would ever be able to beat him. Shinya Hashimoto appears and says that Onita has yet to pin him and still has something to prove. A match is on!

Rating: A

 

WCW United States Championship match:

Shinya Hashimoto vs. Atsushi Onita ©

In a great match which the crowd completely backed, Onita pinned Hashimoto in his third attempt after a quick roll-up. He only did so by pulling Hashimoto's tights, however.

Winner, and still champion: Atsushi Onita

Match length: 13:39

Rating: B-

 

After the match, when Onita is celebrating, Scott Norton runs in and Powerbombs him. He then picks up the US belt and poses with it before leaving.

Rating: B

 

Show rating: B-

[Hive]

WCW Supershow IV

 

Pre-show match:

The Rock 'n' Roll Express vs. The Blue Bloods

Regal made Morton submit to a Regal Stretch.

Winners: The Blue Bloods

Match length: 7:25

Rating: C

 

Backstage, Eric Bischoff is seen arguing with Sonny Onoo. It seems that Onoo has not brought his two title holders, Jushin Liger and Atsushi Onita - or any of his Japanese workers at all - to this event, in spite of Bischoff having announced that all titles were to be on the line tonight. It seems that according to Onoo's contract with Ted Turner, he is only obligated to send them to Pay Per Views, which this is not. An angry Bischoff assures Onoo that he will get his revenge for this, and storms off.

Rating: E-

 

Alex Wright vs. Arn Anderson

Anderson pinned Wright after a German Suplex.

Winner: Arn Anderson

Match length: 7:06

Rating: C

 

Jim Duggan vs. Meng

In a match with some good action, Meng delivered a Super Kick to Duggan for the win by pinfall.

Winner: Meng

Match length: 10:23

Rating: C+

 

Eddie Guerrero and Tito Santana vs. Bunkhouse Buck and Dick Slater

Guerrero pinned Buck after a Frog Splash in a match that was pretty good but seemingly not all that interesting for the audience.

Winners: Eddie Guerrero and Tito Santana

Match length: 6:33

Rating: C-

 

Two out of three falls match:

Sabu vs. Dean Malenko

Sabu got the first fall after throwing a fireball in the face of Malenko, thus distracting him enough for a roll-up. Sabu got the second fall as well when he got out of a Texas Cloverleaf and reversed it into an Arabian Facebuster.

Winner: Sabu

Match length: 13:56

Rating: C

 

WCW World Television Championship match:

Johnny B. Badd vs. Big Bubba vs. One Man Gang vs. Diamond Dallas Page ©

Badd really wanted revenge on DDP after what happened at Saturday Night, but couldn't give him all his attention as Bubba and OMG worked together for the beginning of the match - untill they started arguing about who should get the pin against Badd or DDP. This evened the match, and all four experienced near-falls. DDP eventually retained his title after a Diamond Cutter and pin to Bubba.

Winner, and still champion: Diamond Dallas Page

Match length: 15:32

Rating: C+

 

The Steiner Brothers vs. Steve Austin and Brian Pillman vs. The Road Warriors

In what was arguably a superb bout between three of the greatest tag teams in WCW history, The Road Warriors came out victoriously when Hawk pinned Rick after a Doomsday Device. Lots of awesome back and forth action between the three teams.

Winners: The Road Warriors

Match length: 11:43

Rating: B

 

Ron Simmons vs. Jake Roberts

In this rematch from last Nitro, which was much better than the first one, the result was the reverse when Simmons pinned Roberts after a Dominator.

Winner: Ron Simmons

Match length: 15:57

Rating: B

 

WCW World Tag Team Championship match:

Harlem Heat vs. Sting and Lex Luger ©

In another great match between these two amazing tag teams, Sting and Luger won by disqualification when being attacked by Rude, Bagwell and Riggs just as Sting was about to lock on the Scorpion Death Lock on Stevie Ray.

Winners, and still champions: Sting and Lex Luger

Match length: 17:24

Rating: B

 

WCW World Heavyweight Championship match:

Randy Savage vs. The Giant vs. Ric Flair ©

This match really had the crowd going, and for good reasons. It was a great match with several nice spots after starting old school with a slow build. The crowd as at the edge of their seats near the end, after multiple near-falls. At the very end The Giant Choke Slammed Savage after which Flair attacked him from behind, knocking him down and submitting him to a Figure Four Leg Lock. A struggling Giant managed to get hold of the ropes before having to tap out, making the ref break the hold. A visibly damaged Giant then rolled out of the ring while Savage got up and performed a Piledriver to Ric Flair, after which he went for the pin. That was when Arn Anderson ran in and broke the pin right before the count of three, DQing Flair.

Winner: Randy Savage

Match length: 23:44

Rating: B+

 

Show rating: B

[juggaloninjalee]

Is your plan to push the Japanese workers to the top of the card? They seem to be putting on your best ratings. Also if you use Sting, and Flair more often you should be able to get better ratings.

 

Are Renegades stats bad? He seemed to have a star quality that could be used to his advantage. Push him as a monster face going thru midcard heels with ease. That could possibly get him over. Not sure if that is the direction you want to go considering he would probably need a manager as a mouth piece.

[Hive]

Is your plan to push the Japanese workers to the top of the card? They seem to be putting on your best ratings. Also if you use Sting, and Flair more often you should be able to get better ratings.

 

Are Renegades stats bad? He seemed to have a star quality that could be used to his advantage. Push him as a monster face going thru midcard heels with ease. That could possibly get him over. Not sure if that is the direction you want to go considering he would probably need a manager as a mouth piece.

 

Yes, my whole idea behind airing Thunder from Japan (but having it shown in USA) is to get the Japanese workers over in USA so I can use them at the top of the card there. But I haven't been able to get as many interesting Japanese workers as I had hoped, so my ranks are a bit thin there. And now that I dropped to cult, it will be hard to attract more. Also since I became cult, my tv network has complained about the ratings for Saturday Night and Thunder - which in the case of SN is understandable, since it's just a B-show and naturally doesn't get good ratings. But Thunder has always garnered some damn impressing ratings, and the last rating before the complaint was the next-highest rating any tv show in the ingame world has gotten so far (with the highest also being set by Thunder)! So kinda weird if they end up cancelling the show, I'd say...

 

You are right about me needing to use Sting and Flair on more shows, it's just hard for me with only 1 hour on Nitro and trying to make Thunder seperate from Nitro for the time being. About Renegade, I actually always liked him... but I'd rather not try to push too many people with low psychology and/or selling.

 

But eh, I have high confidence that I'll be able to turn this thing around. Just too bad it'll be 6 whole months before I can rise in status again... but by then I should at least be able to get more stable show ratings.

 

Thanks for your input, always interesting to hear thoughts and suggestions.

[Hive]

WCW Monday Nitro

 

Pre-show match:

The Blue Bloods vs. The State Patrol

Eaton pinned Wright after an Alabama Jam in a one-sided match.

Winners: The Blue Bloods

Match length: 4:05

Rating: D

 

Eric Bischoff and Ric Flair are seen from a distance talking backstage, apparantly in the midst of an interesting conversation. Bischoff is heard saying "so remember: if you scratch my back, I scratch yours..." before they notice the camera and instead move into Bischoff's office, very secretive.

Rating: C+

 

The Giant vs. Zodiac

It didn't take long for The Giant to demolish his former stablemate with a Choke Slam.

Winner: The Giant

Match length: 3:56

Rating: D+

 

Backstage, Sting is seen walking when The Ravishing Males jump out and attack him, leaving him down and out.

Rating: C+

 

V.K. Wallstreet vs. Ron Simmons

Simmons pinned Wallstreet after Roberts interefered and attempted to hit Simmons with brass knuckles, but connected with Wallstreet instead when Simmons ducked.

Winner: Ron Simmons

Match length: 6:28

Rating: C-

 

The Giant and his manager Bobby Heenan are talking to Gene Okerlund. They are stating that The Giant is the most impressive war machine ever seen in WCW and reminds us all that The Giant has only ever been pinned one single time, and only after interference by The Four Horsemen in a match that was essentially 1 against 4. Hulk Hogan couldn't stop The Giant and neither will Ric Flair nor Randy Savage nor anyone else be able to!

Rating: B

 

WCW World Tag Team Championship match:

The Ravishing Males vs. Harlem Heat vs. Sting and Lex Luger ©

Sting was visibly affected by the assault backstage earlier, but still fought bravely - in spite of being attacked by Rude during the match. It was eventually Luger who won the match when making Riggs submit to the Torture Rack after having used som underhand tactics.

Winners, and still champions: Sting and Lex Luger

Match length: 11:18

Rating: C+

 

A video recap is showing the events from Starrcade when Ric Flair defeated The Giant after illegal help from his fellow Horsemen where Steve Austin delivered a Stunner to The Giant.

Rating: B+

 

Arn Anderson vs. Randy Savage

Savage secured the win after an Elbow Drop and a pin in a match with some good action. Flair attempted to distract the ref when Savage went for the pin, but Savage knocked him off the apron.

Winner: Randy Savage

Match length: 7:42

Rating: B

 

After the match, Savage grabs a mic and tells Flair that he's coming for him and that he feels pity for anyone trying to get between Flair and the Macho Madness! Oooooh yeeeeaaah!

Rating: A

 

Show rating: B

 

The show hurt my popularity, apparantly... should a B-grade show really hurt the popularity of a cult company?