WCW 1994-Where wrestling remains in the marquee

tg01 · June 20, 2017

<div style="text-align:left;">http://i.imgur.com/ew7LW6Y.jpg</div> <div style="text-align:center;">http://i.imgur.com/bc5QgL7.jpg</div> WCW Saturday Night 8-13-94 Attendance: 7600 Location: Wendler Arena in Sagina, Michigan Rating: 2.06 (+0.07) The show began with a recap video of the way that Saturday Night had ended last week with Steve Austin attacking Ricky Steamboat, and the show officially began with Steve Austin declaring that he wanted his “contractual” rematch for the United States Championship but an angry Nick Bockwinkel did not want to give him that shot until Ricky Steamboat showed up and begged to have the match, and it was made official for the aptly named Clash of the Champions XXVIII: Retribution. <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Match 1: Frank Andersson/Mark Starr vs. The Miracle Violence Connection Body of the Match: Much like their last tag team match, this was simply a one sided beat down with the MVC destroying Andersson and Mark Starr, before picking them up before pinning them so they could beat on them some more before Steve Williams put Andersson down for good with the Oklahoma Slam. Finish of the Match: Steve Williams pinned Frank Andersson at 8:14 after the Oklahoma Slam My Thoughts: This was just a glorified squash, but those are the best sort of matches from the Miracle Violence Connection and the feud with the Armstrong’s looks like it is about to take off so that should spell the end of these squash matches. 58</div></blockquote> After the match Paul Ellering climbed into the ring and warned the Armstrong Brother’s that they had better watch whose business they got into, and the y had exactly one week to apologize for having the audacity to even mention the names of the Miracle Violence Connection or they would find out “why Violence is right there in their name” <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Match 2: Diamond Dallas Page vs. Jim Duggan Body of the Match: Jean-Paul Levesque joined the commentary table where it came out that he had asked for one more match against Jim Duggan after being embarrassed by being beat by the injured Jim Duggan at Bash at the Beach. In the ring Duggan looked almost 100% and as such he controlled most of the match against DDP. Near the end it looked like Duggan was going to end the match with the Shoulder Tackle, when JPL left the announcers table and grabbed Duggan’s 2x4 and started to walk to the back with it. That distracted Jim Duggan as he started to yell at Levesque, which allowed Diamond Dallas Page to nail Duggan from behind and send him into the corner, before he turned Duggan around and ran across the ring and dropped him with a new move to get the upset victory! Finish of the Match: Diamond Dallas Page won at 7:40 after hitting Duggan with a ¾ facelock front face bulldog My Thoughts: The storyline continues between DDP and Duggan with one of the oldest trick’s in the book, the ol’ “steal something that belongs to the other guy” story. In the ring though that was a big victory for DDP and an interesting new move he used. 57</div></blockquote> Gene Okerlund stood by with the Stud Stable asking them about the six man tag team match that was announced for Clash of the Champions, and asking who their partner would be since Meng does not wrestle. Col Rob Parker was sweating more than usual as he was having a bit of a meltdown about Arn Anderson letting Buckhouse Bunk go without consulting him and Anderson told him to calm down because he had a plan. The fans erupted as Gene Okerlund announced his next guests…bringing out the hometown hero’s, the NEW WCW World Heavyweight Tag Team Champions…the Steiner Brothers!! The Steiner’s did not get to bask in the glow for very long before their opponents for Clash of the Champions showed up. Brian Knobbs said that they were sorry to interrupt because the fans usually didn’t have much to cheer for being as they were from the putrid state of Michigan. Sags followed up by saying they were only there to tell the Steiner’s to make sure they watch next on Saturday Night because they had been out filming all day, and they had a special tribute for Michigan and the Steiner Brother’s for next week! <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Match 3: Brian Pillman vs. Stevie Ray Body of the Match: Surprisingly both men came to the ring without their respective partners and this was actually a fairly clean match. The story of the match was the tried and tested David vs. Goliath storyline with Ray overpowering Pillman, but Pillman kept getting up and Ray seemed to be more and more surprised. Finally Pillman’s speed took over and it looked like he was going to win the match when he set up for the Air Pillman but Ran caught him and dropped him with a big Power Slam and finally got the pin fall victory Finish of the Match: Marcus Stevie Ray pinned Brian Pillman at 12:46 My Thoughts: Stevie Ray still needs some polish but the story of this match was actually pretty decent, and Pillman is always willing to do whatever it takes to get a reaction from the fans. 64</div></blockquote> Gordon Solie interview Sting at home, and it was obvious throughout that Sting was still suffering some rib damage after the beat down from “Rampage” Ray Traylor since he struggled breathing at times. The point of the interview was Sting talking about how upset he was about Traylor’s actions, and he quickly accepted the No Disqualification match for Clash of the Champions, but Sting also wanted to ask for forgiveness. He knew he was going to have to go to a dark place to not only take on Traylor, but to defeat him, and he knew there was going to be some disappointed Little Stingers, but sometimes a “man’s got to do, what a man’s got to do.” <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Match 4: No Disqualification match: Botswana Beast vs. “Rampage” Ray Traylor Body of the Match: This match was designed to showcase a No Disqualification match prior to the showdown at Clash of the Champions and Ray Traylor used a series of weapons to win the match. This included handcuffing Beast to the top rope and smashing him in the side with a steel chair, before he pulled Beast away from the ropes and dropped him with a Spinebuster on the closed steel chair to win the match Finish of the Match: “Rampage” Ray Traylor pinned Botswana Beast after a Spinebuster on a steel chair at 7:35 My Thoughts: Even though Beast was the usual local jobber of the week, Traylor managed to get a fairly entertaining match out of him and I am looking forward to the match against Sting a bit more now. 63</div></blockquote> Gene Okerlund was interviewing Harley Race and Vader about the expected return of Ric Flair tonight, and Race said that he hadn’t seen any sign of hide nor hair of Flair, perhaps because he knew if he showed up Vader would send him right back to the hospital, this time in a bag! Before they left “The Enforcer” Arn Anderson arrived and asked if he could speak to Vader and Harley Race for a few moments. <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Match 5: Greg Valentine vs. Tito Santana Body of the Match: These two have quite the storied history, something that the commentator’s actually alluded to, as they fought over the WWF Intercontinental Championship. While they were still both good technical wrestlers there was no doubting that time had taken its toll on both men as they were slower than they used to be. The end of the match saw Ron Simmons show up while Bob Orton Jr had referee Randy Anderson distracted and attack Tito Santana, dropping him with a Dominator. That allowed Greg Valentine to lock on the Figure Four and get the victory. Finish of the Match: Greg Valentine made Tito Santana submit with the Figure Four at 13:15 My Thoughts: While these two men have slowed down they still had a very smart match and the ending weaves a couple of storylines together just in time for Clash of the Champions. 67</div></blockquote> Gene Okerlund was with Cactus Jack and after announcing that a match between Cactus and Kevin Sullivan had been signed for Clash of the Champions asked Cactus how he was doing. Cactus admitted he wasn’t surprised but he was disappointed that Kevin Sullivan had turned on him last week, but he was even more disappointed that he hadn’t been able to find Kevin all night because he really felt that they needed to have a ‘talk,’ and how is he supposed to do that if he can’t find Kevin? First up though Cactus needed to deal with Mr Wonderful, Bang! Bang! With that Cactus walked off calling for Kevin Sullivan. As promised Dustin Rhodes made his way out broken wrist and all and said he wasn’t going to leave the ring until he got his hands on Arn Anderson. With a cocky strut Arn Anderson walked out and reminded Dustin that he already had to deal with regret’s about getting things he wished for, and did he really want ‘The Enforcer’ to get into the ring? When Dustin called him in Arn slid into the ring, but Dustin was ready for him and soon had the upper hand. Terry Funk came running out and slipped over the rope getting into the ring which allowed Dustin to fight him off too. The tides were turned when VADER made his way out to the ring and the three men were tearing Dustin apart when RIC FLAIR came running out from the back!!! He cleared the rings with fired up chops, before grabbing a microphone and looking at Dustin with crazy eyes. “I may not like you, and I certainly don’t like your partner, but I know you need a pair of partner’s and if that’s what it takes to get my hands on Vader then you now have one!” <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Match 6: Cactus Jack vs. Paul Orndorff Body of the Match: I will give credit to both of these men for going all out but as the match went on they became more and more worn down and that resulted in the last bit of the match not being all that good. The match began with Jack running right at Mr Wonderful and both men went flying over the ropes with a Clothesline. Outside the ring Cactus smacked Orndorff’s head off of the commentator’s table before rolling him back into the ring. As Cactus got back in the ring Paul caught him with a kick to the gut, then spun him around and threw him to the ropes back to the outside. Outside the ring Paul threw Cactus into the guard rail a couple of times before going for a Piledriver, but Jack sent him flying backwards instead with a Back Body Drop that dropped Mr Wonderful on the steel steps. Cactus climbed up onto the ropes and jumped off looking for an early Cactus Jack Elbow but when Orndroff missed he crashed into the mats. This time Mr Wonderful was able to drop Cactus with a Piledriver and then rolled into the ring to desperately break up the almost ten count. Back out of the ring Paul rolled Cactus back into the ring but was slow to follow up already so when he went for the pin count Cactus managed to get his arm up to just break the count. As Cactus Jack tried to crawl to his feet Paul gave him some casual, stiff kicks to the head that Jack shook off. Paul tried to pull Cactus Jack up for another Piledriver, but Jack responded by biting Mr Wonderful on the knee where the referee couldn’t see! Jack climbed to his feet and then dropped Paul with his own version of the Piledriver and referee Nick Patrick started a double count out on them. Both men did managed to get to their feet just to have Paul run Cactus over with a Clothesline and collapse against the ropes breathing heavily. Things went back and forth for the next little bit before Orndroff managed to knock Cactus Jack back first off of the ring apron and down onto the floor outside of the ring. Paul told Nick Patrick to start the count while he posed for the booing fans, but Jack managed to get back into the ring at the count of nine. Having reached his boiling point Mr Wonderful went to attack Cactus Jack just to walk into a kick to the gut followed by a Double Arm DDT that was enough to get Cactus the victory. Finish of the Match: Cactus Jack pinned Paul Orndroff at 18:06 after a Double Arm DDT My Thoughts: This match was a really good match that was so long that it became just an above average match. With the way that Cactus Jack won and the fact that the feud with Kevin Sullivan is what’s more pressing it would appear that this was a one off match to end the story between Cactus Jack and Mr Wonderful. 63</div></blockquote> After the match Cactus was still looking for Kevin Sullivan when the lights in the arena went out. There was nothing but darkness for a few moments…when all of a sudden there was blight flash of fire!! When the lights came back on Cactus Jack was on the mat holding his eye with Dave Sullivan trying to look at it, while Kevin Sullivan looked on with a smile on his face. Overall Rating: Not as good as recent weeks but things are definitely building to what looks like it might just be a really good show in Clash of the Champoins. 72 <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>WCW Main Event 08-14-94 Eric Bischoff and Rick Rude recapped last night’s episode of Saturday Night focusing on the way that Kevin Sullivan injured Cactus Jack with an update on Jack’s status promised for Saturday Night (65) Union Jack defeated Botswana Beast at 8:01 after a Butterfly Suplex (44) Gordon Solie interviewed Ric Flair and Dustin Rhodes and announced that tonight they would have a warm up tag team match, but that they would have another next week on Saturday Night when they faced Arn Anderson and Vader in a huge tag team match! (74) Marcus Alexander Bagwell pinned Bunkhouse Buck at 8:28 after a Yellow Jacket Suplex (49) Gordon Solie interviewed Marcus Alexander Bagwell and The Patriot and Bagwell promised a bit of payback on the behalf of Tito Santana when he faced Ron Simmons on Saturday Night. A six man tag team match of Ron Simmons/Bob Orton Jr/Greg Valentine vs. Tito Santana/Stars ‘n’ Stripes was also announced for Clash of the Champions (59) A masked wrestler named Josef Maximoff, a throwback to the era of the USSR from the looks of him, defeated Bobby Walker with the Russian Sickle lariat at 7:46 (18) A video played with Jean-Paul Levesque holding Jim Duggan’s 2x4 and said that he had asked for one more match against Jim Duggan and it had been denied, but the only way Duggan was going to get the 2x4 back was if he was given that match. “A simple trade if you will” (62) Dustin Rhodes and Ric Flair defeated Bad Attitude when Dustin Rhodes pinned Steve Keirn after a Bulldog (72) Eric Bischoff and Rick Rude spoke about how Flair and Rhodes had looked like a good team….but could Dustin truly trust Ric Flair on Saturday Night or at Clash of the Champions? (72) Overall Rating: 66 </div></blockquote>

Beejus · June 20, 2017

Poor Cactus, he just wanted Kevin to accept him. He even beat up Orndorff, but all he got was a poke in the eye for it! I like seeing Flair and Dustin team up, it is always such a surreal kind of moment having Horsemen befriend a Rhodes, even if just for a little while.

tg01 · June 21, 2017

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WCW Saturday Night

8-20-94

Attendance: 8295 (SELL OUT!)

Location: Calihan Hall in Detroit, Michigan

Rating: 2.08 (+0.02)

The show began with Tony and Bobby discussing the Main Event tag team match with Bobby Heenan almost breaking down at several points as he had to talk about Ric Flair and Arn Anderson coming to blows tonight.

Match 1: The Armstrong Brothers vs. The State Patrol
Body of the Match: The Armstrong’s were fired up and used some good double team moves to wear The State Patrol down long enough that Brad was able to get a Figure Four on Sgt Buddy Lee Parker and get the submission victory
Finish of the Match: Brad Armstrong made Sgt Buddy Lee Parker submit with the Figure Four at 8:25
My Thoughts: This was a decent match to start, once again mostly thanks to Brad Armstrong who may be one of the most underrated wrestlers in the company, if not the entire world. 58

Gene Okerlund interviewed the Armstrong Brother’s after the match and they did not back down after the threat from Paul Ellering and the Miracle Violence Connection and promised to settle things in the ring if need be.

Match 2: Marcus Alexander Bagwell vs. Ron Simmons
Body of the Match: Ron Simmons walked out from the back but he was not alone as he was accompanied by Bob Orton Jr and Greg Valentine who both taunted Bagwell at every opportunity throughout the match. The Patriot made his way out with Bagwell and tried to counter as much as possible but all it resulted in was chaos that referee Dick Woehrle had to try and control. The end of the match saw Bagwell attempt a Yellow Jacket Suplex, but Simmons blocked and countered with the Dominator for the pin fall victory.
Finish of the Match: Ron Simmons pinned Marcus Alexander Bagwell at 7:42 after a Dominator
My Thoughts: This was actually a pretty decent match even with everything going on outside of the ring. 70

After the match Tito Santana ran down and Simmons, Orton Jr and Valentine quickly left the ring while Tito, Bagwell and The Patriot all were left standing in the ring.

Match 3: Botswana Beast vs. Jean-Paul Levesque
Body of the Match: Jim Duggan was on commentary for this match, and he had his 2x4 was with him because he had agreed to the match against JPL at Clash of the Champions. In the ring it was completely one sided beat down as JPL worked Botswana Beast over until he could win with the Pedigree.
Finish of the Match: Jean-Paul Levesque pinned Botswana Beast at 8:26 after a Pedigree
My Thoughts: This was not a very good match at all, and it was made worse by the commentary of Jim Duggan as he was just painful to listen to and I could not wait for this match to end. 47

Gene Okerlund stood by with Cactus Jack who had one eye bandaged up, and he admitted he could not see out of the eye and was not sure if he would be able to see by next Wednesday, but it didn’t matter because all he was seeing was red and he could not wait to get his hands on Kevin Sullivan because when he was done Kevin Sullivan would be seeing red as well as the blood flowed freely down his head Bang! Bang!

Jesse Ventura interviewed the World Heavyweight Television Champion Larry Zbyszko and Lord Steven Regal about their match and Larry was having a pretty hard time keeping his temper under control, and he finally went to turn and leave the ring when Regal went to attack him…but it was a trap! Larry had used the opportunity to put something on his fingers and when he turned around he punched Steven Regal and knocked him out. Larry took the brass knuck’s off his hand and dropped them on Regal’s chest before raising the Television title for all to see.

Match 4: Bobby Walker vs. “Stunning” Steve Austin
Body of the Match: Steve Austin actually wrestled this match, there wasn’t even one single closed fist during the entire match! It was obvious he wanted to show Ricky Steamboat he could out wrestle him at Clash of the Champions, and the end result was a victory with a submission move as Steve Austin used That’s a Wrap to end the match.
Finish of the Match: Steve Austin won by getting Bobby Walker to give up with That’s a Wrap at 7:31
My Thoughts: 66

After the match Steve Austin got up into the camera and challenged Ricky Steamboat to do better than that in his warm up match later on in the night.

Match 5: No Disqualification: Alex Wright vs. “Rampage” Ray Traylor
Body of the Match: Much like last week this was another opportunity for Ray Traylor to show off what he was going to do in a No Disqualification environment. And once again Traylor just dominated in the match and was not afraid to bring weapons into the match. He smacked Wright on the head with a garbage can, before placing it over him and kicking the can leaving a dent in it. Finally he put Alex Wright out of his misery with the Rampage Slam.
Finish of the Match: Ray Traylor pinned Alex Wright at 8:13 after the Rampage Slam
My Thoughts: Traylor is looking more motivated then he has in a long time and I am actually really looking forward to seeing what him and Sting can pull off in this sort of environment at Clash of the Champions. 56

After the match “Rampage” looked to continue the beat down when Sting came running out from the back after all!! He had a steel chair with him and managed to get a few shots in on Traylor before he left the ring and walked up the ramp pointing his finger at Sting and promising pain at Clash of the Champions.

A video was shown from the previous week when the Nasty Boys went on a trip through Saginaw, Michigan and they were complaining about how disgusting everything smelt, and how rough everything looked, and how ugly the people were and finally they said that they might need to rename Nastyville because nothing was as bad as what they were seeing and no wonder the Steiner’s turned out the way they did. On the split screen Scott and Rick Steiner were shown watching and finally Scott Steiner had enough and grabbed a monitor and threw it to the ground in anger.

Dustin Rhodes was in the ring to address the fact that he did not have a third tag partner for Clash of the Champions when he was interrupted by……

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…DUSTY RHODES!! Dusty got into the ring with a microphone to speak to his son but he had to wait for the fans to calm down first.

“I want everyone to bear with me for just a moment. I want to talk to my son in front of the whole world. When you were born, when you were a baby, and when you were born I went off to seek my fame and fortune. I neglected you! Then later on, when I became World’s Heavyweight Champion, I neglected you. Then lately I became this corporate cowboy if you will, in public with a suit and tie on and I neglected you! And when it came down to choose a partner I was off in Hollywood and I neglected you. Let me tell you something, Bunkhouse Buck, Col Parker they’re nothing but chicken feed! Let me tell you something else! Terry Funk is nothing but a low life, watermelon thief, egg sucking dog! And let me tell you something about Arn Anderson. Arn Anderson my son opened up his innocence and you paid him back in scorn, to hell with you Arn Anderson! Arn Anderson has never been nothing but a walk behinder, and when you walk behind, and you are not a leader the view never changed baby ,the view never changes baby, the view never changes! You have the ability to be the World’s heavyweight wrestling Champion, there is not a great athlete at your age in this sport. But I, I would ask you a favour….I would ask you a favour in front of, in front of God and the whole world. I know that the Clash of the Champions on August the 24th you put your name on the dotted line. I don’t want you to look for another partner, I don’t want you to go and find another man, I don’t want you to go out and get on your knees and beg another scum sucking pig to be your partner. I’m asking you if you can carry this old out of shape, old bent out, old spindled leg man….I want to be your partner! I don’t need no handshake because out there right now there tonight, there are people with their brother’s, their sisters, their wives, they are blood. The Kennedy’s were blood, the Rhodes are blood, what I need from you is a kiss and a hug to seal the deal baby!” And indeed Dusty Rhodes dropped the microphone and Dustin Rhodes embraced him and the three man team for Clash of the Champions was decided with the fans going crazy. This was just an absolutely amazing promo from the legendary American Dream.

Match 6: Ricky ‘The Dragon’ Steamboat vs. Rip Rogers
Body of the Match: After that match the fans needed something to calm them down a bit, so it makes sense that Ricky would work a bit of a slower paced match with Rip Rogers to do that. With that said he still managed to have the better match between him and Austin tonight, and won with the Diving Crossbody before celebrating with the United States Heavyweight Championship for perhaps the last time.
Finish of the Match: Ricky Steamboat pinned Rip Rogers at 7:49 after a Diving Crossbody
My Thoughts: I don’t think there is any doubt that Ricky Steamboat may be the best wrestler in the world right now and he once again put on a good match with an inferior opponent and I honestly can’t wait to see him and Austin lock up once more at the Clash. 72

Match 7: Arn Anderson/Vader vs. Dustin Rhodes/Ric Flair
Body of the Match: This was a story of two match ups as both Dustin Rhodes and Ric Flair were concentrating on getting their hands on the men who had wronged them earlier this month. The fact that neither team had much experience teaming against each other also meant that teamwork didn’t really come into effect. The bad blood on both sides also resulted in the match being more of a brawl then what you would have expected with the wrestlers involved in the match. The end of the match did see Arn Anderson and Ric Flair finally end up in the match at the same time, but they only got to lock up for a few minutes before Harley Race got up on the ring apron, and Ric Flair immediately went to attack him, which allowed Arn Anderson to roll him up and with a fistful of tights managed to get a victory over the World Champ!
Finish of the Match: Arn Anderson rolled Ric Flair up at 18:42 to win the match
My Thoughts: This was a decent final match prior to Clash of the Champions, and with the addition of Dusty Rhodes to that six man tag team match I think the fans may come unglued for that match!76

Overall Rating: This was the best show since I started reviewing WCW; the Dusty Rhodes promo was so very real, so intense there isn’t words to describe how good it was. But it was actually overshadowed a bit by the Ventura Report segment, the acting from Zbyszko was just spot on and both Steven Regal and Jesse Ventura were perfect in their roles as well. 80

WCW Main Event 08-21-94

Eric Bischoff and Rick Rude recapped last night’s episode of Saturday Night focusing on the tag team Main Event that saw Ric Flair being pinned by his former best friend (79)

Josef Maximoff made Botswana Beast submit with the Hammerleaf Lock in 8:24 (43)

Clash of the Champions control center with Gene Okerlund hyped the entire card (76)

Harlem Heat defeated the Speed Warriors when Booker T pinned Turbo at 8:08 after a Missle Dropkick (64)

Gordon Solie interviewed Harlem Heat after the match and Stevie Ray reflected on how impressed he was with Brian Pillman’s fortitude during their singles match but at Clash of the Champions the result was going to be the same, victory for Harlem Heat! (62)

Union Jack pinned Bobby Walker at 7:56 after a Butterfly Suplex (50)

Gordon Solie intereviewed Johnny B Badd and Brian Pillman who both promised they were going to be focused on Harlem Heat at Clash of the Champions and not Sensous Sherri and that would make the difference this time (62)

Johnny B Badd and Brian Pillman defeated the State Patrol when Brian Pillman pinned Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker at 7:43 after Air Pillman (62)

Eric Bischoff and Rick Rude gave final hype for Clash of the Champions this coming Wednesday! (76)

Overall Rating: 67

Poor Cactus, he just wanted Kevin to accept him. He even beat up Orndorff, but all he got was a poke in the eye for it! I like seeing Flair and Dustin team up, it is always such a surreal kind of moment having Horsemen befriend a Rhodes, even if just for a little while.

Well everyone knows how dangerous a one eyed Jack is one of the most dangerous cards in a deck! And yes and now it's Flair and TWO Rhodes! Which brings us to....

Prediction Contest:

WCW International World Heavyweight Championship: No Disqualification match: Sting© vs. "Rampage" Ray Traylor
WCW United States Heavyweight Championship: Ricky 'The Dragon' Steamboat© vs. "Stunning" Steve Austin
WCW World Tag Team Championship: The Steiner Brothers© vs. The Nasty Boys
WCW World Television Championship: Larry Zbyszko© vs. Lord Steven Regal
Arn Anderson/Terry Funk/Vader vs. Dustin Rhodes/Dusty Rhodes/Ric Flair
Cactus Jack vs. Kevin Sullivan
Brian Pillman/Johnny B Badd vs. Harlem Heat
Bob Orton Jr/Greg Valentine/Ron Simmons vs. Stars 'n' Stripes/Tito Santana
Jean-Paul Levesque vs. Jim Duggan

Beejus · June 21, 2017

That Dusty promo is one of my absolute favorites.

Sting - Despite how well you've built up Ray, I don't see him taking the title. Mostly because if Sting doesn't have this belt, where does he go?

Steve Austin - New champ will be great, but it'll be fun to see where you take Steamboat in a non-back-injury world.

Steiner Brothers - Unless you have some huge plans for them, the Nastys really shouldn't be winning the belts. Will be a fun match though.

Lord Regal - In this time period, this belt is made for Regal. Time to shut down Larryland.

Rhodes Family/Flair - Maybe by DQ, but this is shaping up to be quite the War Games come Fall Brawl.

Cactus Jack - You don't have Jack set to leave, nor do you have Kevin going after Hogan, so Jack picks up a win.

Pillman/Badd - They look like a really fun, upbeat team who actually would play off the serious Harlem Heat very well. That said, this feud has gone on long enough.

White Meat Babyfaces R' Us - I could see Tito making a run for the US or TV title at some point.

JPL - Heel cheats to take the rematch.

tg01 · June 25, 2017

<div style="text-align:left;">http://i.imgur.com/ew7LW6Y.jpg</div> <div style="text-align:center;">http://i.imgur.com/VFGAs9I.jpg</div> WCW Clash of the Champions XXVIII: Retribution 8-24-94 Attendance: 21000 (SELL OUT!) Location: Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan Rating: 2.61 <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Match 1: Arn Anderson/Terry Funk/Vader vs. Dustin Rhodes/Dusty Rhodes/Ric Flair Body of the Match: Clash of the Champions began without any fanfare, but rather with a match as Arn Anderson, Terry Funk and Vader made their way out from the back for their match. As they climbed into the ring Dustin Rhodes came running down from the back and slid into the ring and caught his opponents completely unaware. He nailed Anderson in the back of the head and dropped him to the mat before catching Terry Funk with a Scoop Slam. ‘The Natural’ turned his attention to Vader, but that did not last for very long as Ric Flair was the next to come running out from the back and slid into the ring and went right after Vader leaving Dustin to go back to catching both Funk and Arn Anderson with his version of the Bionic Elbow. It was at that exact time that Dusty Rhodes started to make his way down to the back eliciting a great reaction from the crowd as he made sure to roll Arn Anderson back into the ring after he had tried rolling out to get away from Dustin. Dustin caught him with a Neckbreaker before grabbing him by the head and smashing his head over and over again into the mat. Pulling Arn to his feet Dustin looked to go for a DDT, but ‘The Enforcer’ over powered him and backed him into the corner where Vader clubbed him in the back of the head. Arn tagged out allow Vader to enter into the match and he went to work with some blows to the head and then to the gut, before sending Dustin into the opposite corner with an Irish Whip. Vader ran after him looking for an Avalanche, but Dustin managed to move out of the way and Vader crashed into the corner. Dustin dropped to his hands and knees and as Vader backed up he tripped over Dustin and dropped to the mat, allowing Rhodes to make it to his corner and tag in Ric Flair. “The Nature boy” ran into the ring and immediately caught Vader with a Chop to the chest a few times, before backing him into the corner and climbing up onto to the turnbuckle and started to punch Vader in the head. Referee David Manning forced Flair down, so he fired away with some more chops to the chest of Vader. As Vader came out of the corner Falir picked him up and dropped him with a Body Slam, and immediately Harley Race hopped up onto the ring apron, and again that was enough to distract Ric Flair as he went to grab Harley by the collar. That allowed Vader to recover and he dropped Flair with a Lariat before tagging out to Terry Funk. Flair managed to tag back out to Dustin Rhodes before Funk could get into the ring and the two immediately started throwing haymaker’s at each other, although Funk’s weren’t landing as effectively as they were so wild. Dustin picked Terry up and went to slam him over the top rope to the floor like at Bash at the Beach, but Terry grabbed onto the top rope and the two men fought over that before Terry caught Rhodes with a thumb to the eye and Dustin dropped him in the ring. The Funker lifted Dustin up into the air and dropped him to the mat with a Piledriver, but Rhodes popped right back up, ran off the ropes and caught Terry with a Bulldog! Anderson grabbed Terry from outside and pulled him out of the ring to the outside to make sure Dustin couldn’t get a pin fall attempt. Both Dustin Rhodes and Ric Flair dropped out of the ring to chase them, and Anderson and Funk ran around the corner, just to get caught by Dusty Rhodes who had dropped off the ring apron and backed them up. That allowed Vader to drop down and nail Rhodes from behind and he rolled him back into the ring, and Terry slid back into the ring to take advantage of that, and all three men kept Dustin isolated for the next few minutes working him over, and also making sure to make lots of tags. At one point Flair did get into the ring to break up a count, and referee David Manning had to force him out, and Anderson came into the ring without making the tag to work Rhodes over some more, and it looked like he was going to be the one to end it when he tried to go for a Spinebuster, but Rhodes reversed with a DDT and both men were down. Slowly Rhodes dragged his way across the ring and he reached his hand out…..just to get pulled back into the wrong corner by Arn Anderson. Vader came into the ring and dropped an elbow on the back of Dustin, before climbing to the top turnbuckle and going for a Moonsault…THAT MISSED! Vader tagged back out to Arn Anderson who tried to stop Dustin from making the tag….but Dustin made the tag…TO DUSTY RHODES!! The American Dream entered the ring and dropped Arn, Terry and Vader with Bionic Elbow’s while the fans were coming unglued. All three men rolled out of the ring as Dustin and Ric entered the ring to stand beside Dusty ready for a fight. But Arn whispered to Vader and Terry…and they slowly started to retreat to the back, and were eventually counted out to loud boo’s from the fans. Finish of the Match: The Rhodes and Ric Flair won when Arn Anderson and his team deliberately were counted out at 17:30 My Thoughts: This was a tremendous way to start the Clash of the Champions, weak ending aside, as the veteran’s worked the tag team formula to the maximum. By the time Dusty was finally tagged into the match the fans were almost rabid, and then they just teased the fans with his return as he was in the match for only a few moves. I think I know where this is going and I can’t wait! 79</div></blockquote> <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Match 2: Brian Pillman/Johnny B Badd vs. Harlem Heat Body of the Match: Harlem Heat made their way out to the ring first, and Pillman and Johnny B Badd came running out from the back and quickly climbed to the top turnbuckle and came flying off with stereo Crossbody’s and referee Mark Curtis dropped down to go for a double count as the bell was ringing to officially start the match. Both members of Harlem Heat managed to kick out but that was a good preview for how this match was going to go as Badd and Pillman tried to use both their speed and their aerial prowess to try and win this match. Meanwhile Harlem Heat resorted to using their tag team experience and the size of Stevie Ray to control the match. One thing that was noteworthy was the fact that for the majority of the match it was actually a completely clean match with neither team cheating to get an advantage. The finish of the match saw Stevie Ray and Pillman once again clashing in a battle of size vs determination. After taking Pillman down, Stevie Ray lifted him up on the turnbuckle and it looked like he was going to go for a Superplex, but Pillman reversed into a Tornado DDT before rolling out on the ring apron and setting up for the Air Pillman. Before he could successfully hit the move Sensous Sherri finally got involved by grabbing his leg. That distracted Pillman long enough for Ray to get to his feet and he brought Pillman back into the ring with a Suplex. Johnny B Badd went to confront Sherri, and Booker T was there to back her up. It looked like Johnny was actually going to hit Sherri, although he was visibilly conflicted about doing that, even after what she had done. But then it was Sherri who struck first with another slap to his face, and Johnny B Badd responded by giving Sherri a big kiss! Sherri dropped to her rear, and Badd caught Booker T with the Tutti Fruity Punch of Doom knocking him down too. Stevie Ray had been distracted by all of this and was about to leave the ring to go after Badd when Pillman recovered and caught him in the back with a Dropkick that bounced Ray off the ropes and to his knees. Brian rolled out of the ring and set up for the Air Pillman once more, successfully nailing it this time to get the big victory! Finish of the Match: Brian Pillman pinned Stevie Ray at 12:48 after the Air Pillman My Thoughts: This was noticeably better than their match last month with a better story and a good call back to last month with Sherri’s involvement. 73</div></blockquote> <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Match 3: Cactus Jack vs. Kevin Sullivan Body of the Match: Cactus Jack’s eye was still bandaged after the fireball that Sullivan had thrown into his eye and as he stood in the ring it was obvious that Jack was like a caged lion ready to strike. And strike he did for as soon as Kevin Sullivan stepped into the ring and the bell rang Cactus ran right at him and both men went flying over the top rope with the Cactus Clothesline. From there the two men fought up the aisle way, both men throwing punches, and throwing each other into the guard rail, grabbing whatever weapons they could to attack each other with. The referee had already called for the bell throwing the match out, but up next he had to try and call for security because the two men would not stop going after each other. They threw punches at security and the fight continued to the back of the Joe Louis Arena with the camera crew following along trying to get as much footage as they could. At one point Cactus picked Sullivan up and dropped him on the ground with a Slam, before grabbing some cord to choke him out. It was at that point that WCW Commissioner Nick Bockwinkel called fellow wrestlers in to separate the two men before too much damage could be done to each other. Finish of the Match: This match was thrown out almost as soon as it began My Thoughts: A complete and wild brawl that was more of an angle then a match, but the camera crew didn’t seem to be ready to follow the action as a lot of stuff was missed because the camera’s were not in the right spot so it is hard to give it to favourable a rating, but what was seen was very intense as these two men had no problem showing hatred for each other. 71</div></blockquote> <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Match 4: Bob Orton Jr/Greg Valentine/Ron Simmons vs. Stars ‘n’ Stripes/Tito Santana Body of the Match: Bob Orton and Tito Santana started for their team and started off with a collar and elbow tie up before Orton dropped Tito with a Shoulderblock, but on a second attempt got sent over with a Hip Toss and then an Arm Drag, before he tagged out to Greg Valentine. Tito locked up with his old foe and Greg managed to come out on top of that with a Headlock, but Tito broke out of that and after sending Greg Valentine off of the ropes dropped him with a Drop Toe Hold before tagging out to The Patriot. The Patriot and Greg Valentine fought over a Hammerlock for a bit, before Greg Valentine tried to shift to going after the knee of The Patriot. At that point The Patriot decided to break that momentum by tagging out to his partner Marcus Alexander Bagwell. Ron Simmons entered the ring and proceeded to use his strength to overwhelm the youngster, before tagging out to Bob Orton Jr who also took his time beating on Bagwell, but he got cocky and Bagwell almost managed to roll him up for a three count! Things broke down from there as all six men ended up in the ring for a bit of a brawl before Dick Woehrle managed to get things back under control and Tito Santana and Greg Valentine ended up the legal men in the ring and they were the ones who ended the match with Tito Santana getting Valentine in the Figure Four and picking up the submission victory when Bagwell and The Patrior pulled Simmons and Orton off of the ring apron so they couldn’t break up the hold. Finish of the Match: Tito Santana made Greg Valentine tap with the Figure Four at 16:42 My Thoughts: This was a real (white) meat and potatoes sort of match to continue to build up the heat in the feuds, and a wink to long time wrestling fans having the finish of the match come down to Tito Santana and Greg Valentine. 73</div></blockquote> <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Match 5: WCW International World Heavyweight Championship: Sting© vs. “Rampage” Ray Traylor Body of the Match: Sting had warned the fans that he may do some things he would not be proud of in this match, but he began the match in typical stupid Sting fashion by climbing up onto the ropes to get the fans excited. When he dropped off of the second turnbuckle he still had his back to Traylor who decided to attack right away, and Sting bent over with a few blows to the back of the head, before he ripped the International World Heavyweight Championship belt off of his waist and waited until Sting stood up straight to smack him with the title belt. Throwing the belt out of the ring “Rampgage” quickly went for the pin fall attempt, but Sting managed to kick out of that so Traylor dropped an Elbow on Sting before trying for another pin fall but only got two again. Traylor pulled Sting up and the Champion started to fire back with fists of fury, before hitting a Dropkick that caused Traylor to stumble backwards. Next Sting ran at him and went for a Crossbody, but Traylor caught him in the air…..but it was still enough to cause him to fall backwards OVER THE TOP ROPE TO THE OUTSIDE! Outside the ring both men were hurting but Sting was the one with the previous injured ribs and he looked to be smarting the most. Traylor tried to take advantage by sending Sting into the guard rail with an Irish Whip, but Sting managed to reverse and it was Traylor who crashed into the guard rail and then had to deal with Sting running at him and catching him with a Stinger Splash on the guard rail! Sting crumbled to the mat breathing hard, but pulled himself up and tried to go for another Stinger Splash but this time Traylor moved and Sting landed on the guard rail. “Rampage” grabbed a steel chair and smashed it across the lower back of Sting as he was leaning on the guard rail. When he went for another shot Sting moved and the steel chair smacked against the unmoving guard rail which cased Traylor to drop the chair from the pain in his arm. Sting put the hands to his mouth to let out a loud “Woooooooooo” for the fans, before running at the ring steps and jumping off of them to catch Traylor with another Stinger Splash on the guard rail again!! After that Sting reached under the ring apron where he found a broom that he used to choke Traylor with, but “Rampage” got his hands on the handle and pushed back sending Sting flying backwards into the ring steps. As Sting tried to crawl away “Rampage” followed him and broke the broke over the back of the Champion! “Rampage” rolled Sting into the ring and rolled in to try and get the pin fall, but Sting got his foot on the bottom rope to break up the pin fall. Pulling the Champion to his feet and pulled him up to drop him with a Backbreaker looking to do more damage to the ribs. Taking his belt off “Rampage” started to whip Sting with it across the back! From there he wrapped the belt around Sting’s neck and placed his foot against his back to try and choke him. That was pushing the limit of even a No Disqualification match and referee Mickey Jay stepped in to stop Traylor from doing that and got pushed to the mat as a result. Instead of going after Jay or Sting “Rampage” exited the ring to grab another steel chair that the slid into the ring. Inside the ring Sting was using the ropes to pull himself up and turned around just to suffer a Spinebuster onto the closed chair. Once more Traylor went for a pin fall and against Sting managed to kick out of it angering “Rampage.” Rolling out of the ring Traylor grabbed another steel chair that he slid into the ring, and he stopped to kick Sting in the ribs before setting up the chairs across from each other. Traylor turned around and walked right into an Inverted Atomic Drop, before Sting bounced off of the ropes and dropped Ray Traylor with the One-handed Bulldog. Injured Sting was not able to follow up right away, but he did manage to get up before “Rampage” and locked him in the Scorpion Deathlock. In his injured state though Sting was not able to keep the hold on for long before Traylor was able to break out of it. After breaking the hold Traylor did not waste much time before dropping Sting with the Rampage Slam. Instead of going for a pin Traylor went for the kill, as he dragged Sting across the ring and laid him across the steel chairs that he had set up. With Sting in a prone position “Rampage” went over and climbed up the turnbuckles looking to jump off with a big Splash! Fortunately for Sting he had enough strength left that he managed to get off of the chairs and dropped Traylor down across the top turnbuckle. With the fans watching in anticipation Sting climbed up with Traylor, punched him in the face a few times…..before bringing him off of the top turnbuckle with a SUPLERPLEX THROUGH THE CHAIRS!! Sting rolled over and managed to get his arm over Traylor and referee Mickey Jay dropped down and made the count! Finish of the Match: Sting pinned Ray Traylor at 17:59 after a Superplex through some chairs to retain the WCW International World Heavyweight Championship My Thoughts: This was one of the best matches in WCW thus far as Sting and Traylor were really giving it out there!! 82</div></blockquote> The first few notes of the Canadian national anthem started to play as a video was shown on the screen before words started to appear on the screen: “From a country known for its snow, its diversity, and its peaceful nature one would not expect that it would also be a country known for having some of the greatest wrestlers in the world. But one man stands above them all, one man who has travelled the world, who has won and defended World titles…and soon he will be making his presence known in World Championship Wrestling.” <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Match 6: WCW World Tag Team Championship: The Steiner Brothers © vs. The Nasty Boys Body of the Match: This was not a no disqualification match, this was not a no holds barred match, or a barefisted brawl or a MMA fight, but you couldn’t have known that by the way these two teams went at each other. Referee Jerry Calhoun couldn’t even begin to keep it under control as all four men were in the ring to start the match. The blows they were landing on each other would have knocked normal men out, but it was just another day at work for these four. Sags ended up driving a knee into Scott’s ribs, before throwing him out of the ring which allowed Sags and Knobbs to double team Rick with a Double Shoulder block. The double team lasted until Scott came off of the top turnbuckle with a Double Steinerline and took both men out. Rick and Scott followed up by sending Sags and Knobbs flying with Overhead Belly to Belly Suplexes. The Nasty Boys rolled out of the rings while the Steiner Brother’s struck their familiar pose with Rick on his knee’s and Scott standing over him. Knobbs and Sags regrouped outside before coming in on either side and The Steiner’s split up and went after them on either side. Once again the brawl was on and the Nasty Boys sent The Steiner’s into each other with Irish Whip’s, but the Steiner’s bounced off each other and ran the Nasty Boys over with stereo Steinerlines. Sags rolled out of the ring and Rick picked Knobbs up and placed him up on the top turnbuckle and climbed up looking for another Suplex, but Sags jumped up on the ring apron and punches him in the ribs and Knobbs pushed Rick off and to the mat below. Scott knocked Sags off of the ring apron, while Knobbs dropped onto Rick with a Splash. Scott broke up the count, pulled Knobbs up and dropped him with a Tiger Bomb, before leaving the ring so that things could settle into more of a typical tag team match. That did not last for long as once things started to go the Nasty Boys way Scott was right back in the ring and things continued like that until the very end of the match that saw Jerry Calhoun lose track of who was the legal man, and it was actually Brian Knobbs not Jerry Sags who was the legal man but after Rick Steiner caught Jerry Sags with a Top Rope Steinerline the count was made and The Steiner Brothers were declared the winners of the match. Finish of the Match: Ricky Steiner pinned Jerry Sags, who was not the legal man, after a Steinerline at 12:35 to retain the WCW World Heavyweight Tag Team Championship My Thoughts: This was a fun brawl as these two have had some really good fight’s in their feud going all the way back to 1990. 78</div></blockquote> <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Match 7: Jean-Paul Levesque vs Jim Duggan Body of the Match: These two went right at it as the bell rang throwing down punches on each other, before JPL caught Duggan with a knee to the ribs. Running off of the ropes Levesque got Duggan with a Facebreaker Knee Smash, before JPL tried to go for a very quick Pedigree. Duggan reversed that into a Back Body Drop, and then caught Levesque with a series of three Clotheslines, and then a Bodyslam. Duggan went for another one but Jean-Paul slipped off of his back and locked a Sleeper on trying to put Duggan to sleep. Duggan broke that up by driving Levesque backwards into the corner a couple of times. From there Duggan took control of the match and it looked like he was well on his way to winning when strangely enough Lord Steven Regal made his way out from the back and started to circle around the ring. Duggan tried to ignore him as he set up for Three-Point Stance while Regal was looking around the ring steps, under the ring, before grabbing Duggan’s 2x4 and that was enough for Duggan to come over and start to argue with Regal. His Lordship climbed up onto the ring apron and could be overhead saying he was making sure there was no “foreign objects” hidden around the ring prior to his match. A disoriented Jean-Paul Levesque was holding onto Dick Woehrle trying to pull himself to his feet, while Duggan and Regal were arguing over the 2x4….that Regal ended up smashing backwards into Duggan’s throat. Duggan was holding onto his throat as he turned around and JPL quickly kicked him in the gut and dropped him with a Pedigree which was enough to get him the victory! Finish of the Match: JPL pinned Jim Duggan at 8:13 after a Pedigree My Thoughts: While the ending did not make sense, yet, at least they gave the victory to the youngster and hopefully that is the end of that feud. 64</div></blockquote> <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Match 8: WCW World Television Championship: Larry Zbyszko© vs. Lord Steven Regal Body of the Match: Of course Lord Regal was already in the match after the commercial break and Larry Zbyszko made his way out to defend the World Television Championship. Referee Nick Patrick also made sure he looked around the ring to make sure there was no brass knuckles hiding anywhere, and after a thorough check of Steven Regal he called for the bell to ring to start the match but Regal was no happy that Larry had not received the same go over. Nick Patrick went over to check Larry’s tights for brass knuckles, and of course Regal attacked Larry while that was going on and Larry was distracted. Regal kicked Larry in the gut before sending him over with a Double Underhook Suplex. From there he transitioned into a Headscissor’s, and Larry had to pull Regal across the ring and got his foot on the bottom rope to break the count. Zbyszko rolled under the rope to the outside and walked around the ring to reset the match, before getting back into the ring and locking up with Lord Steven Regal with a collar and elbow tie up, before flipping Regal over with a Snapmare and locking in a Chinlock. For the next few minutes these two went back and forth and it was obvious that they were trying to cool the crowd down a bit before the big Main Event. That’s not to say that things didn’t break down a bit into a brawl between these two who had gone fist to fist the month before. Things were pretty even, without any brass knuckle’s coming into play, until near the end of the match when Jean-Paul Levesque suddenly reappeared from under the ring! He climbed up onto the ring apron as Larry Zbyszko had Lord Steven Regal locked in the LarryLand Dreamer, a hold that he broke to go and get JPL off of the ring apron. Referee Nick Patrick was distracted by that and did not notice that JPL threw something over both his head and Larry’s head…a pair of brass knuck’s that Regal caught in the air and placed upon his hand. Larry turned around and Regal popped him with a punch, before throwing the knuck’s off and to the outside. Nick Patrick was completely unaware of what happened and so he dropped down and made the count, one, two, three and we had a new Televison Champion! Finish of the Match: Lord Steven Regal pinned Larry Zbyszko at 12:39 to become the NEW WCW World Television Championship My Thoughts: This was actually the best of their matches and a good way to end their trilogy, and it looks like something is developing between the two blue blood snobs. 73</div></blockquote> <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Match 9: WCW United States Heavyweight Championship: Ricky ‘The Dragon’ Steamboat© vs. “Stunning” Steve Austin (Randy Anderson) Body of the Match: Things had been heated between these two after Steve Austin had tried to crush Steamboat’s windpipe, but Ricky Steamboat also realized that it was mind games and he was not going to be dragged into that battle against Austin. Even in this match as Austin was running his mouth at ‘The Dragon,’ Ricky continued to ignore it until it was Austin who was getting annoyed and he made a series of mistakes early in the match that almost resulted in Steamboat being able to get a pin fall. Finally Austin slipped out of the ring to collect himself, before rolling back into the ring and dropping to his knees and challenging Ricky to go to the mat. From there the two men settled into about ten minutes of back and forth counter wrestling on the mat. Finally a frustrated Austin kicked Steamboat in the ribs, before throwing him through the ropes to the outside of the ring. “Stunning” Steve tossed Steamboat into the guard rail a couple of times, before waling over and grabbing the timekeeper’s bell and ascending to the top turnbuckle. Referee Randy Anderson was threatening the disqualification, but Steamboat managed to get up on the ring apron before Austin could do anything, and with a simple plush backwards Steamboat ended the threat as Austin slipped and fell, but his one foot was caught in the ropes so he was hanging upside down from the top rope. Steamboat rounded the corner and started to Chop Austin across the chest in that position. Once, twice, three times Steamboat smacked away at the chest of his challenger, before rolling back into the ring and climbing up on the turnbuckle. Pulling Austin back up, Steamboat and Austin went flying from the top turnbuckle with a Superplex! ‘The Dragon’ did not let go of Austin’s head as he spun both of them over and locked a Front Facelock on the challenger to keep him grounded and to allow the Champion to get his breath back. Austin fought to his feet and tried to drop Steamboat with a Slam, but Ricky turned it into a Small Package for a two count instead. Both men came to their feet and Austin managed to strike with a Stun Gun, but both men fell to the match with the exertion of the now 20+ minute match getting to them. Both men came to their feet and Austin tried to go for a Clothesline, but Ricky ducked underneath it and picked Austin up looking for a Belly to Back Suplex, but Austin flipped out of it and actually landed outside of the ring on the ring apron. He spun ‘The Dragon’ around from outside, and Ricky slid under the ropes and through Austin’s leg to the outside. Ricky pulled Austin’s feet out from under him and “Stunning” Steve dropped jaw first on to the ring apron. Austin stumbled towards ‘The Dragon’ just to get dropped with a very hard Chop to the chest. With the fans cheering Ricky slowly pulled Steve Austin to his feet by the hair, rolling him into the ring and then slowly climbing into the ring behind him. With a sudden burst of energy Steve Austin was on his feet and drove his knee into the ribs of Steamboat, before turning him around and throwing him over the top rope. “Stunning” Steve turned to mock the fans, not noticing that Ricky had managed to hold the rope and he Skinned the Cat back into the ring before backing up into Steve Austin and taking him down with a Backslide for a two count! Steve Austin rolled out of it and came up with Ricky’s head between his thigh’s and he raised Ricky up and dropped him with a Piledriver!! After Steamboat kicked out of the pin fall attempt Austin dragged Ricky back towards the middle of the ring and locked on That’s a Wrap trying to get the submission victory. It looked like Steamboat was going to be forced to tap, but somehow he found the strength to drag himself across the ring on his elbow’s and he grabbed the bottom rope to force the break. Both men were exhausted as they came to their feet and started taking turns with Chops on each other, with each blow being weaker, but the effect being greater. Finally the Champion fired off a Standing Dropkick that dropped Austin to his back, and Ricky Steamboat went to the top turnbuckle looking to fly with a Crossbody! As the Champion flew through the air Steve Austin dropped at the last moment and ‘The Dragon’ crashed to the mat. Looking for the kill “Stunning” Steve Austin pulled Ricky Steamboat up and dropped him across the top rope with one more Stun Gun! Ricky dropped across the top rope and bounced off and flew about half way across the ring. Steve Austin fell to the mat as well, sweat dripping down from his brow as he slowly pulled himself across the ring and placed his arm over the chest of Ricky Steamboat. ONE….TWO….THE BELL BEGAN TO RING!! “Stunning” Steve Austin popped up and tried to celebrate but he fell back down as he was tired but he figured he had won. Ricky Steamboat figured he had won, the fans figured he had won, but referee Randy Anderson realized that he had never dropped his hand for the three count. Looking around in confusion he walked over and was quickly told that the bell had run because the broadcast time was about to run out!! Of course Tony Schiavone and Bobby Heenan had been talking about that but the wrestlers hadn’t realized it and so Austin had not hurried to get into positon for the pin fall and it had cost him!! Finish of the Match: TV Time Limit draw at 38:00 My Thoughts: Not the instant classic many, myself included, were expecting but these two went out there and wrestled for almost an hour and the drama definitely picked up near the end. Something about the way these matches are playing out remind me of something though….hmmmmm….what could it be…..74</div></blockquote> Overall Rating: This show began with a hot opener, and then followed up with two great brawls in the Sting/”Rampage” and the Tag Team Championship match but the ending was a bit of a disappointment that sort of tempers some of the other things. As well as the bait and switch with Cactus Jack and Kevin Sullivan as that match never really happened. But as a possible “cool down” show between the Bash at the Beach and Fall Brawl PPV’s I guess there isn’t too much to complain about. 75 <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Pick 'Em Contest Standings: Beejus-11 (kind of a predictable show I guess, but hey, you're in the lead!) Smasher1311-4</div></blockquote> <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Beejus" data-cite="Beejus" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>That Dusty promo is one of my absolute favorites.</div></blockquote> Absolutely one of mine as well! I didn't care what I had to do, that promo was getting used at some point in my diary! <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Beejus" data-cite="Beejus" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div> Pillman/Badd - They look like a really fun, upbeat team who actually would play off the serious Harlem Heat very well. That said, this feud has gone on long enough. [/i]</div></blockquote> Without giving too much away hopefully, I have booked things for this diary sort of like Chapter's in a book, and Chapter One comes to an end at Fall Brawl so many of the storylines will end there.....or take a major turn so you may have to suffer with them for a bit longer.

tg01 · June 27, 2017

<div style="text-align:center;">http://i.imgur.com/kfm6IcE.jpg</div> <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;">WCW World Heavyweight Championship http://i.imgur.com/lPlrEA6.jpg Ric Flair http://i.imgur.com/kmW9aUM.jpg WCW International World Championship http://i.imgur.com/nEvjhfT.jpg Sting http://i.imgur.com/uohcBsl.jpg WCW United States Heavyweight Championship http://i.imgur.com/DfyrBnI.jpg] Ricky 'The Dragon' Steamboat http://i.imgur.com/iq2KtEM.jpg WCW World Tag Team Championship http://i.imgur.com/3jQd6bl.jpg The Steiner Brothers http://i.imgur.com/q6APJiV.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/ledMIC2.jpg WCW World Television Championship http://i.imgur.com/bJ8PZrv.jpg Lord Steven Regal http://i.imgur.com/ZqEimMd.jpg</div></div></blockquote>

Christian_Shane · June 28, 2017

I'm absolutely loving this game! That Dusty promo, along with Hard Times and An Eye for an Eye, is one of my favorites from him.

I love the update style and can't wait to see what else you've got planned.

tg01 · July 1, 2017

<div style="text-align:left;">http://i.imgur.com/ew7LW6Y.jpg</div> <div style="text-align:center;">http://i.imgur.com/bc5QgL7.jpg</div> WCW Saturday Night 8-27-94 Attendance: 9156 Location: Cowell Stadium in Durham, New Hampshire Rating: 2.44 (+0.36) Tony, Bobby and Gene were joined by WCW Commissioner Nick Bockwinkel to begin the show talking about Clash of the Champions when Nick was interrupted by “Stunning” Steve Austin demanding yet another title shot. Nick said absolutely not that he had used up his rematch clause and that tonight Ricky Steamboat would be defending the title against Kevin Sullivan. A furious Steve Austin left the set and said he was going home if he wasn’t going to be given his shot. After Austin left Bobby Heenan started to confront Nick Bockwinkel about the unexpected title shot given to Sullivan, questioning if it was related to the rumors of legal action from Kevin Sullivan after that “lunatic” Cactus Jack had attempted to end the career of Kevin Sullivan at Clash of the Champions. Bockwinkel ignored that but announced that Cactus Jack was not allowed in the arena tonight during the show before walking away. <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Match 1: Cujo/The Sheik vs. The Nasty Boys Body of the Match: Cujo is one of the former Moondogs, while The Sheik is the original one, which meant that this was a wild brawl from the moment the bell rang. Things got chaotic with all four men in the ring, but it was Jerry Sags who was the legal man and so was Cujo after Sags dropped him with a Pumphandle Slam. Finish of the Match: Jerry Sags pinned Cujo at 7:31 after a Pumphandle Slam My Thoughts: This was a decent brawl considering the age of the opponents, and the key is how legal the ending was (outside of the four men all having been in the ring mere moments before it going down). 63</div></blockquote> Gene Okerlund stood by with the Nasty Boys who complained about the way they lost the tag team title match at Clash of the Champions as it was clear that the wrong man had been pinned and they wanted a rematch if the Steiner’s had any manhood at all, which being from Michigan maybe they don’t. <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Match 2: Tim Brooks vs. Paul Orndorff Body of the Match: Another regional legend was in the ring tonight against Paul Orndorff, although he did not fare as well as The Sheik had in his match as Paul Orndorff was in no mood to mess around tonight and he dropped the man once known as “Killer” with two Piledriver’s before locking on an Armbar and forcing a submission victory Finish of the Match: Paul Orndorff made Tim Brooks submit at 8:16 My Thoughts: 57</div></blockquote> Gene Okerlund interviewed “Mr Wonderful” who said Paul Roma was still not healed, and he was still not finished with Cactus Jack and wanted a tag team match next week against Jack and that little puppy who follows him around, David Sullivan! When Gene asked who Paul would have for a tag team partner Mr Wonderful simply walked away. <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Match 3: Dustin Rhodes vs. Rip Rogers Body of the Match: This was a rejuvenated Dustin Rhodes who was accompanied to the ring by his father who encouraged him throughout the match. While Dustin had looked a bit morose after Anderson had turned on him, he was fired up now and Rip Rogers stood little chance against that even after cheating to get the upper hand a couple of times. Finish of the Match: Dustin Rhodes pinned Rip Rogers at 8:26 after a Bulldog My Thoughts: Dusty did a really good job at ringside and made this match seem more interesting thenan it would have been otherwise. 62</div></blockquote> Gene Okerlund was interviewing the Rhodes family about the match at Clash of the Champions and Dusty Rhodes went off about the “yella bellied, egg suckin dogs who would ratha back down from a fair fight then stand up and get beat like men.” Ric Flair walked in and went off on Vader and said that they weren’t settled yet. <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Match 4: WCW World Television Championship: Lord Steven Regal© vs. Tito Santana Body of the Match: Tito was granted this title match after his team winning performance in the six man tag team match at Clash of the Champions, and him and Lord Steven Regal did not disappoint with this very good television match. Regal did not come out alone as he was joined by Jean-Paul Levesque which factored into the end of the match. After Regal was unable to beat Tito fairly, JPL climbed up onto the ring apron with brass knuck’s, and referee Nick Patrick was arguing with him and threatening to call for the bell for a disqualification, even as Tito Santana had dropped Steven Regal with a Flying Forearm and was trying to go for a pin. That allowed Ron Simmon’s to appear and he slid into the ring and dropped Tito Santa with a Dominator, and then he flipped Regal over onto Santana and left the scene of the crime as Nick Patrick turned around to count the three count! Finish of the Match: Lord Steven Regal pinned Tito Santana at 13:13 to retain the Television Championship My Thoughts: 79</div></blockquote> Gene Okerlund was joined by Lord Steven Regal who introduced his protégé Jean-Paul Levesque. “Some men are born into nobility, others achieve that status by setting high goals for themselves and aligning themselves with those who can take them to the next level which is exactly what is going to happen.” <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Match 5: Diamond Dallas Page vs. Marcus Alexander Bagwell Body of the Match: This was a close match, as Diamond Dallas Page looks to be rejuvenated after his victory against Jim Duggan last week. With that said it looked like the match was going to end in victory for Marcus Alexander Bagwell until Bob Orton Jr walked out from the back and a distracted Bagwell did not go for the kill and fell victim to the same move that DDP had used to defeat Jim Duggan last week (and yes, I know we all know the name but it hasn’t officially be named yet) Finish of the Match: Diamond Dallas Page pinned Marcus Alexander Bagwell at 8:17 after a distraction from Bob Orton Jr and the same move from last week My Thoughts: This was a night with some very solid wrestling and this match was no exception and DDP picks up the victory with his new move as things seem to only be getting brighter for him. 65</div></blockquote> Gene Okerlund announced that next week Stevie Ray would get his chance to avenge Sensous Sherri in a match against Johnny B Badd. Harlem Heat was offended by what Badd did and promised a “bad ending” for him. Sherri was the last one to speak though: “I did not appreciate him putting his hands on me, but I have to admit…..he may not look like much of a man, but he kisses like one Mean Gene!” <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Match 6: Arn Anderson/Terry Funk vs. The Armstrong Brothers Body of the Match: Speaking of good matches, this one was the third best show of the evening which shows how stacked the night was. The veteran members of the Stud Stable teamed up to face off against the Armstrong Brothers and had a good match up. In the end the veteran's focused on the weaker link of the team as they isolated Brian Armstrong until finally he went down for the three count. Finish of the Match: Arn Anderson pinned Brian Armstrong at 12:54 after a Spinebuster My Thoughts: This was an unexpected gem, although really three of the wrestlers in the ring are really good so it shouldn't have been, but as I said only the third best match of the night! 74</div></blockquote> Gene Okerlund caught up with the Stud Stable after the match and Arn Anderson had a response for Dusty Rhodes “a wise man once said we are not retreating, we are advancing in another direction. We’re not here to play your game, we are here to make sure you are playing ours and this was just the first act in the final end game of this war that has gone on for far too long!” <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Match 7: WCW United States Heavyweight Championship: Ricky ‘The Dragon’ Steamboat © vs. Kevin Sullivan Body of the Match: Just because Ricky Steamboat had not had a lot of time to prepare for this match, did not mean he was not ready for the match as he came out and immediately started the match off with some hard Knife Edge Chops to Kevin Sullivan. That gave Ricky Steamboat an early edge, but Sullivan did manage to fight back. It was clear that Sullivan was glad he didn’t have to look over his back with Cactus Jack not being in the arena. The finish of the match saw Steamboat hung in the Tree of Woe, and Sullivan had turned his back which allowed Steamboat to pull himself up to the top turnbuckle, turn around and launch off with the Diving Crossbody! Finish of the Match: Ricky Steamboat pinned Kevin Sullivan at 12:44 after a Diving Crossbody to retained the United States Championship My Thoughts: This was by my count the second best match I have reviewed yet and these two veteran’s used the time they had to put on a good wrestling match, and used their mastery of psychology to have the fans in the palm of their hands the entire time. 82</div></blockquote> Nick Bockwinkel appeared the end of the show, first mentioning he would have a big announcement next week, and said he had heard what Arn Anderson said earlier about war and he agreed it was time for everything to come to an end, and that the fans needed to see a match where no one could run away. Therefore at Fall Brawl Arn Anderson, Terry Funk and Vader would team up again. This time with “Rampage” Ray Traylor to face off against Ric Flair, Dustin and Dusty Rhodes….and Sting! In a match where no mercy would be shown, no quarter given, where the victors will best be described as survivor’s, because at Fall Brawl the match will be…..WAR GAMES!! Overall Rating: This was a great show as every time I thought I had seen the best match of the night another good one came up. They may not have got Hulk Hogan, but WCW is on a bit of a hot streak as the summer turns to fall. Oh, and of course….WAR GAMES!!!! 82 <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>WCW Main Event 08-28-94 Eric Bischoff and Rick Rude spoke about War Games with Rude going off on Nick Bockwinkel about how ridiculous it was that Sting was added to the match when he should have been defending his Championship belt instead. Bischoff brought up Ric Flair but Rude was quick to cut him off and said Flair had nothing to prove to anyone because he was the man! (74) The Belfast Bruiser defeated “Killer” Tim Brooks by submission at 7:50 with a Fujiwara Armbar (44) Clash of the Champions control center with Gene Okerlund where he recapped all of the happenings! (76) Union Jack pinned The Sheik at 8:07 after a Butterfly Suplex (44) The Speed Warriors were making their way out from the back for a match when they were attacked from behind by the State Patrol who beat them down and the show quickly went to a commercial before the match could ever happen (67) Josef Maximoff made Cujo submit with the Hammerlock Leaf (53) Boni Blackstone stood by with the Steiner Brothers who were angry about the way the match ended at Clash of the Champions and so they were giving The Nasty Boys another shot at the belts next Saturday….if they could defend them against the State Patrol….next! (64) The Steiner Brothers defeated the State Patrol to retain the WCW World Tag Team Championship when Scott Steiner pinned Lt James Earl Wright at 7:43 after a Steinerizer (75) Eric Bischoff and Rick Rude hyped that there would be footage on Saturday Night from the events that went down after Saturday Night had ended last week involving Cactus Jack and Kevin Sullivan! (58) Overall Rating: 70</div></blockquote> <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Christian_Shane" data-cite="Christian_Shane" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I'm absolutely loving this game! That Dusty promo, along with Hard Times and An Eye for an Eye, is one of my favorites from him. I love the update style and can't wait to see what else you've got planned.</div></blockquote> Thank you for the kind words, and (officially) welcome to the board!

tg01 · July 2, 2017

<div style="text-align:center;">http://i.imgur.com/xuC8gfi.jpg</div>

In what will go down as one of the more public double-crosses in a business known for lying and double-crossing, Tod Gordon's Eastern Championship Wrestling after holding the NWA tournament on 8/27 at the ECW Arena in Philadelphia, publicly trashed the belt and the promotion on its television show three nights later announced it was quitting the fledgling organization.

As fans know the NWA World Championship was held up a few weeks ago after Shane Douglas and El Canek, the ECW and NWA Champions respectively, fought to a draw. During the tournament Shane Douglas defeated El Canek in a rematch in the quarter finals, before defeating Dory Funk Jr in the semi-final and finally defeating Terry Funk in the finals to win the title with some help from new ECW Tag Team Champions Chris Benoit and Dean Malenko. More on that later, but after winning the NWA Championship Shane was in tears as he accepted the Championship belt and gave this acceptance speech:

"In the tradition of Lou Thesz, in the tradition of Jack Brisco of The Brisco Brothers, of Dory Funk, Jr., of Terry Funk: the man who will never die. As the real "Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers, upstairs tonight. From the Harley Races, to the Barry Windhams, to the...Ric Flairs, I accept this heavyweight title.

Wait a second, wait a second. Of Kerry Von Erich. Of the fat man himself, Dusty Rhodes. This is it tonight, dad. God, that's beautiful. And Rick Steamboat...and they can all kiss my ass!

Because I am not the man who accepts a torch to be handed down to me from an organization that died - RIP - seven years ago. The Franchise, Shane Douglas, is the man who ignites the new flame of the sport of professional wrestling.

Tonight, before God and my father as witness, I declare myself, the Franchise, as the new ECW Heavyweight Champion of the world.

We have set out to change the face of professional wrestling. So tonight, let the new era begin: the era of the sport of professional wrestling; the era of the Franchise; the era of the ECW."

The plan to have ECW champion Shane Douglas win the tournament, then say the belt was worthless and throw it on the ground, was several weeks in the making and had a dual purpose. It was both a way to giving Douglas credibility as more than a local champion as ECW changed its name from being Eastern Championship Wrestling to Extreme Championship Wrestling and Douglas' championship of the promotion will now be called "ECW World heavyweight champion" and attempts to expand outside the Philadelphia area; and to publicly double-cross the NWA, particularly Dennis Coraluzzo and possibly Jim Crockett, and give the group the renegade promotion reputation it is building on. With the in-your-face mindset of its ECW arena core audience, when Douglas said how the NWA title had meant nothing in seven years, that the organization was dead and belt was worthless and the only belt that meant anything to him was the ECW belt, saying he would never want a championship that Ric Flair held, it got over surprisingly well. There were even chants of "Flair is dead" as Douglas made his speech. Douglas did the speech while a stunned Coraluzzo looked on. Even after the double-cross, ECW officials, Paul E. Dangerously in particular, tried to placate Coraluzzo telling him it was only an angle to get heat on Douglas, but that turned out to be just another in a string of lies when the reality was obvious on television three nights later that it was a public statement which did get over with the ECW core audience, which heavily booed Coraluzzo from the moment he came into the ring as an NWA rep.

After the event Coraluzzo referred toe Douglas actions as a disgrace and said he was going to work to have Shane Douglas stripped of both belts, to which Tod Gordon responded on Hardcore TV with this company changing response:

"I listened with great interest as the representative of the NWA board of directors took it upon himself to inform you that they have the power to force NWA Eastern Championship Wrestling not to recognize the Franchise, Shane Douglas, as a world heavyweight champion. Well, as of noon today, I have folded NWA Eastern Championship Wrestling. In its place will be ECW - Extreme Championship Wrestling - and we recognize the Franchise, Shane Douglas, as our World Heavyweight Champion. And we encourage any wrestler in the world today to come to the ECW to challenge for that belt. This is the ECW, Extreme Championship Wrestling, changing the face of professional wrestling."

I am sure there will be further ramifications, but at this point in time Extreme Championship Wrestling has been born and the NWA has suffered another setback as it attempts to regain its place in wrestling.

<div style="text-align:right;">Credit: Dave Meltzer, Wrestling Observer Newsletter, 09-05-94</div>

tg01 · July 6, 2017

<div style="text-align:left;">http://i.imgur.com/ew7LW6Y.jpg</div> <div style="text-align:center;">http://i.imgur.com/bc5QgL7.jpg</div> WCW Saturday Night 9-03-94 Attendance: 9308 Location: Centrum in Worcester, Massachusetts Rating: 2.36 (-0.08) Tony and Bobby welcomed everyone to the show and began by talking about the huge announcement last week about the two teams that would be facing off against each other in War Games at WCW Fall Brawl on September 18th. <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Match 1: Brian Armstrong vs. Terry Gordy Body of the Match: The most surprising part of this match was that Brian Armstrong came out by himself while both members of the MVC and Paul Ellering were out there. At one point during the match on the Splitscreen Brad Armstrong was shown in the back being attended too by some EMS saying he had been attacked from behind which answered that question. In the ring Terry Gordy spent most of the match playing with Brian Armstrong, showing a complete lack of respect, before Brian almost ended the match with a surprise roll up. From there Gordy just went crazy with Lariat’s, before dropping Brian Armstrong and getting the pin fall victory Finish of the Match: Terry Gordy defeated Brian Armstrong at 7:52 My Thoughts: This was like watching a cat play with a mouse before eating it, as Terry kept letting Brian get back in the match and giving him just a bit of hope before smacking him back down. 59</div></blockquote> After the match Steve Williams rolled into the ring and the two started to kick Brian Armstrong in the ribs, before pulling him up and dropping him with a Double Spinebuster. Finally Brad Armstrong made his way out from the back and slid into the ring but he was dropped with a Double Clothesline. Dr Death pulled him up and dropped him with the Oklahoma Stampede, before they dragged both brothers across the ring and draped their arms over them and left them in the middle of the ring. <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Match 2: Diamond Dallas Page vs. Scott Norton Body of the Match: This match was mostly Diamond Dallas Page bouncing off of the big Scott Norton. Everything that DDP tried did not work, and it looked like Scott Norton was going to pull off a bit of an upset when he lifted DDP into the air for a Powerslam, but DDP managed to reverse it into the move that he used to win matches the last couple of weeks and that was enough for another victory! Finish of the Match: DDP pinned Scott Norton at 8:05 with the same move from the last two weeks My Thoughts: This was actually a decent little match considering how Scott Norton was not really an established wrestler in the USA at this time, but fans reacted well to the story that was told and another week, another victory for DDP. 61</div></blockquote> <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Match 3: Johnny B Badd vs. Stevie Ray Body of the Match: Much like his match against Brian Pillman a few weeks ago, Stevie Ray used his size advantage to control the match, while Johnny B Badd had to rely on his speed and quickness to try and get ahead. The speed of the match did seem to result in Stevie Ray losing momentum and Badd taking advantage of that, and it looked like he would actually win the match after a Sunset Flip from the top rope, but Sensous Sherri had climbed up onto the ring apron and Johnny B Badd was distracted. Sherri was asking for another kiss, and it looked like Johnny was going to give her one, when a recovered Stevie Ray looked like he was going to connect with a charge from behind. Badd managed to move out of the way and Stevie Ray had to suddenly come to a halt so as to not run right into Sherri. As Ray turned around it was right into a Tutti Fruity Punch of Doom that ended the match and gave Johnny B Badd the victory! Finish of the Match: Johnny B Badd pinned Stevie Ray at 12:45 My Thoughts: This was a rather enjoyable match, and again one where Stevie Ray did not resort to cheating outside of Sherri trying to get involved near the end of the match. 72 </div></blockquote> WCW Commissioner Nick Bockwinkel was shown next and he had a few announcements; first he announced that next week was going to be a HUGE episode of Saturday Night with two World title matches as Ric Flair defended against “Rampage” Ray Traylor and Sting defended against Terry Funk. Dustin Rhodes would also get a shot at personal revenge when he faced off against Arn Anderson. But that was not his biggest announcement as he announced that the WCW would be activating the United States Tag Team Championship belts! There was going to be a series of qualifying matches starting next week that would determine the eight teams that would be facing off in a single elimination tournament to determine the new Champions. <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Match 4: Cujo vs. “Rampage” Ray Traylor Body of the Match: Another Ray Traylor Special as him and Cujo were involved in a brawl that ended definitively with a Rampage Slam! Finish of the Match: Ray Traylor pinned Cujo at 7:35 after a Rampage Slam My Thoughts: “Rampage” Ray Traylor has really impressed this year as he managed to put on pretty decent matches each week. I must also point out that he is looking to be in the best shape of his career as he has lost some weight and seems to move a bit quicker as a result. 70 </div></blockquote> Gene Okerlund was joined by “Rampage” Ray Traylor who said he was not sure why Nick Bockwinkel had chosen to put him into the War Games match but he was all for it if it allowed him the opportunity to get his hands on Sting again. <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Match 5: Bunkhouse Buck vs. Jim Duggan Body of the Match: Larry Zbyszko was on commentary and said he was here to watch Jim Duggan’s back after the alliance of JPL and Lord Steven Regal was declared. It was also announced during the commentary that Jim Duggan would be facing Lord Steven Regal for the World Television Championship at Fall Brawl while Larry Zbyszko would have a shot at some revenge when he faced Jean-Paul Levesque. The match itself was more a fight then a wrestling match, and one that Jim Duggan handily won after the Running Clothesline Tackle Finish of the Match: Jim Duggan pinned Bunkhouse Buck at 7:31 after a Running Clothesline Tackle My Thoughts: This match was merely background to the story that continues to evolve around the four men who would be facing off at Fall Brawl. 60 </div></blockquote> Tony and Bobby introduced a video of what had happened last week AFTER Saturday Night had ended. Kevin Sullivan had been laying in the ring when Cactus Jack had come through the crowd, jumped over the guard rail and entered the ring and started to attack Sullivan in the corner. Fans were reminded that Jack had been barred from entering the arena during Saturday Night, but what he was doing was allowed. Sullivan managed get away from Jack after poking him in the eye, the bandage had been removed, and running for the back. Gene Okerlund was standing with the Rhodes, Ric Flair and Sting and they all took their turns hyping the War Games match and how they could not wait to settle things once and for all in the Match Beyond! <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Match 6: Cactus Jack/Dave Sullivan vs. Paul Orndorff/??? Body of the Match: Cactus and Dave were waiting in the ring when Paul Orndorff made his way out from the back without a tag team partner…but the question was answered shortly after when Kevin Sullivan made his way out from the back. Throughout the match Kevin Sullivan avoided being in the ring at the same time as his brother, while Paul Orndorff didn’t care who he was matched up against although it was clear he mostly wanted to get his hands on Cactus Jack. Cactus Jack also didn’t care who he was throwing down with, although every time he was in the ring with Kevin Sullivan, Dave looked upset outside the ring. The end of the match saw Paul Roma return and go after Cactus Jack outside of the ring, which allowed Mr Wonderful to end the match in the ring with the Piledriver. Finish of the Match: Paul Orndorff pinned Dave Sullivan at 7:52 after a Piledriver My Thoughts: The story throughout the match was definitely Dave Sullivan being split on what he should do and then Paul Roma made his return so it looks like things can finally move forward with this feud. 62 </div></blockquote> Gene Okerlund was now joined by Arn Anderson, Terry Funk and Vader with Terry Funk promising to win the World title next week and Harley Race speaking about how Vader was going to end Ric Flair at Fall Brawl. <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Match 7: WCW World Tag Team Championship: The Steiner Brothers © vs. The Nasty Boys Body of the Match: Another wild brawl between these two teams, both of whom the fans seemed to be cheering for as their popularity grew with these matches, that saw the action barely contained to the ring by referee Randy Anderson. At one point the Nasty Boys looked like they had the match won after they had combined to drop Scott Steiner with a Double DDT, but he was not the legal man, it was Rick Steiner who had been dropped outside of the ring after being run into the ring post. Things settled down for a while but the chaos reappeared at the end with all four men in the ring, and Scott Steiner dropped Brian Knobbs with the Steinerline, but again he was not the legal man so he rolled Knobbs out of the ring before ending the match with a Frankensteiner on Sags! Finish of the Match: Scott Steiner pinned Jerry Sags at 13:28 to retain the WCW World Tag Team Championship My Thoughts: This looks like it was the last match between these two teams in this feud as the fans are growing more and more fond of The Nasty Boys, and they made sure they went out on a high note as this was a really good match and a great Main Event 81 </div></blockquote> Jesse Ventura stood in the ring ready for another Ventura Report, this time with the United States Heavyweight Champion Ricky Steamboat. He wanted to know what Ricky Steamboat was planning to do now that he had decreed he would not be giving Steve Austin another deserved shot at the US title. Ricky Steamboat wanted to know what Austin had done to deserve another shot after failing to defeat Steamboat two months in a row, it was time for a new opponent. That was enough to bring out “Stunning” Steve for a “history lesson.” He brought up the date April 2, 1989. That night Ricky Steamboat defeated Ric Flair for the second time, but Flair had his foot under the ropes so Ricky had given Flair one more shot at the belt, and now Ricky was unwilling to give Austin another shot at the belt, what had changed in that time, was Ricky no longer the “crowd pleasing, father of the year, upstanding individual you used to be?” A frustrated Ricky finally relented to the rematch on one condition, that it was the final match…there would be no rematches after Fall Brawl! “Stunning” Steve quickly agreed to that, but Ricky had one other condition. “Since your talk about history just reminded me, that class match against Ric Flair wasn’t just any ordinary match. So if you want this one last shot at Fall Brawl you are going to agree to my stipulation…two out of three falls, let’s find out who the best man really is!” Austin agreed to that as well and the two men were nose to nose as Saturday Night ended. Overall Rating: The hot streak continues as this was another great show this week, and next week looks like it will be even better! More importantly the major matches of Fall Brawl are all coming together for what is looking on paper to be a great PPV event. Who needs Hogan anyways? 82 <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>WCW Main Event 09-04-1994 Eric Bischoff and Rick Rude spoke about Saturday Night and how Steve Austin managed to get himself one final shot at the United States Championship (72) Ron Simmons pinned Cujo after a Dominator at 7:34 (66) Teddy Long let loose after the match about how Ron Simmons was continually being confined to Main Event while Tito Santana was getting title shots on Saturday Night, and Simmons is the one who beat Tito! (51) The team of Lord Steven Regal and Jean-Paul Levesque defeated the Speed Warriors when Regal made Turbo submit at 7:31 after the State Patrol interfered and attacked Turbo (72) The same video from Clash of the Champions about the “Greatest Canadian Wrestler” played (56) Boni Blackstone interviewed the Commissioner who went over the rules for the US Tag Team Tournament, that if a team won they automatically qualified for a tournament, while two losses would automatically result in a team no longer being allowed to compete in the qualifying matches in a Hybrid Double Elimination tournament. He announced the first two matches as Harlem Heat would face Stars ‘n’ Stripes next Saturday, and next week the Speed Warriors would get a shot at revenge in a match against the State Patrol (65) Josef Maximoff defeated Scott Norton at 7:40 with the Russian Sickle clothesline (53) Gordon Solie interviewed Bob Orton Jr and Greg Valentine and Bob Orton let it slip that it would be ‘awful’ if something happened on Saturday Night to cost Stars ‘N Stripes in their match (65) Bob Orton Jr and Greg Valentine defeated Joey Maggs and Mark Starr at 7:48 after Orton Jr pinned Joey Maggs after a Superplex (56) Eric Bischoff and Rick Rude hyped the huge season premiere episode of Saturday Night with the two World title matches and the extremely personal grudge match between Arn Anderson and Dustin Rhodes! (74) Overall Rating: 64</div></blockquote>

tg01 · July 12, 2017

<div style="text-align:left;">http://i.imgur.com/ew7LW6Y.jpg</div> <div style="text-align:center;">http://i.imgur.com/bc5QgL7.jpg</div> WCW Saturday Night 9-10-94 Attendance: 9430 Location: D.C Armory in Washington, DC Rating: 2.79 (+0.43) Nick Bockwinkel joined Tony and Bobby to talk about what they called the “season premiere” of Saturday Night and the three big matches that would be taking place. He also announced that Harlem Heat would be facing off against Johnny B Badd and Brian Pillman one last time at Fall Brawl. If Heat won then they would get a shot at the Tag Team titles, whereas if Badd or Pillman got the victory the man who got the victory would get a shot at the World Television Championship. <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Match 1: Arn Anderson vs. Dustin Rhodes Body of the Match: Dustin wasted absolutely no time jumping Arn Anderson, and he did it with such fury that he had Arn backed up into the corner in mere moments. Referee Nick Patrick was forced to come in between them, and Anderson was yelling at him to keep Dustin Rhodes under control. Rhodes dragged Patrick away from the corner and went back at Anderson with some chops and then some more fists, and finally Arn dropped down out of the ring and started to walk towards the back looking to take the count out loss, but Dusty Rhodes was blocking his path much to the delight of the fans. Arn backpedaled and turned around right into Dustin who dropped him to the ground with a hard blow. Dustin rolled him back into the ring, followed after him and dropped him once again with a Bionic Elbow! With ‘The Enforcer’ on the ground, Dustin Rhodes climbed to the top turnbuckle and dropped off with another Bionic Elbow! Instead of going for the pin right at that point, Dustin pulled Arn up to his feet just to drop him with a DDT. Rhodes pulled him up for another DDT, but this time Arn drove him backwards right into the corner. Pulling Rhodes out of the corner, Arn raised him up in the air and dropped him with a Gourdbuster. Bouncing off of the ropes Arn connected with a Swinging Neckbreaker, before pulling Dustin up into a Hammerlock that he turned into a Scoop Slam. Anderson took time to rub Dustin’s face in the mat of the ring while mocking Dusty Rhodes who was standing outside the ring. Arn pulled Dustin to his feet and sent him towards the ropes with an Irish Whip, and then bent over most likely looking to send Dustin flying with a Back Body Drop, but instead Dustin stopped his momentum by grabbing the top rope. When ‘The Enforcer’ stood back up Rhodes ran him over with a Lariat. Dustin dragged Arn over to the corner and climbed up onto the turnbuckle and started to punch away at his head while the fans were counting. ‘The Natural’ managed to get up to eight before Arn pushed him off of the ropes and dropped him into a version of a Spinebuster! Unfortunately for Arn he bounced away from Dustin, and by the time he rolled over and went for a pin fall he was only able to get two. Arn started to work over the leg of Dustin Rhodes, looking to weaken him enough that he could end the match with a submission, but when he went for the Figure Four Dustin rolled him up into a pin fall! That was enough that Col Parker jumped up on the ring apron to distract referee Nick Patrick! Dusty Rhodes went over to pull Parker down, but Meng got between Dusty and Colonel Parker and backed him off. Dustin broke the pin fall to slide out of the ring to join his father and the two men backed Meng and Parker down. Arn rolled out of the ring and attacked Dustin from behind looking to take advantage of the distraction, and then rolled Dustin back into the ring. Anderson was too close to Dusty though, and Dusty grabbed Arn by the foot as he tried to climb back into the ring. It wasn’t much but it threw Arn off balance, and allowed Dustin to run off the ropes and catch him with a Bulldog and Nick Patrick was in the perfect position to count the one, two, three!! Finish of the Match: Dustin Rhodes defeated Arn Anderson with a Bulldog at 17:41 My Thoughts: A good way to get the match started with Dustin making mistakes due to his emotions, and Arn Anderson showing his experience to take advantage of them, but ultimately it was the outside distractions that proved to be the difference with Dusty helping his son get a measure of revenge on the way to War Games. 72</div></blockquote> Nick Bockwinkel had an announcement to make for Fall Brawl….he was tired of the way that Cactus Jack and Kevin Sullivan had been going at it and so he decided that things needed to come to an end, and they would at Fall Brawl when the two men faced off in a Falls Count Anywhere match. To give extra incentive the winner of the match would get a World title shot of their choosing, while the loser would have to leave WCW! Kevin Sullivan interrupted to say that he had some unfinished business with Cactus Jack, but he also had a warning for his brother. He did not touch Dave last week but it was time for him to make his choice….he was either with Kevin, or he was with Cactus. And he had one week to make his choice and face the consequences. <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Match 2: WCW US Tag Team titles Qualifying match: Harlem Heat vs. Stars ‘n’ Stripes Body of the Match: With the opportunity to be the first team qualified for the WCW US Tag Team title tournament it was no surprise that these two teams went all out in an effort to defeat the other. Once again the fans were a bit surprise to see Harlem Heat not cheat to win. That actually included not taking advantage of a distraction as Bob Orton Jr and Greg Valentine made their way out from the back. Harlem Heat waited for referee Dick Woehrle to make them go to the back, although it was shortly after that a Heat Seeker ended the match with Booker T getting the pin fall and Harlem Heat entering the United States Tag Team Championship tournament. Finish of the Match: Booker T pinned The Patriot at 8:04 following a Heat Seeker. My Thoughts: Better than I was expecting with Harlem Heat getting into the tournament and Stars ‘n’ Stripes being in jeopardy of not being entered into the tournament at all. 69</div></blockquote> The Canadian national anthem began to play over a video once more: “The Greatest Canadian. The Greatest submission. They go together like gravy and French Fries. The Greatest Canadian…coming to WCW….soon.” <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Match 3: WCW World Heavyweight Championship: Ric Flair© vs. “Rampage” Ray Traylor Body of the Match: After circling each other wearily for a few moments the two men locked up, and Traylor very quickly over powered Ric Flair and threw him to the mat. Almost instantly the World Heavyweight Champion bounced back to his feet and went for another Collar and Elbow Tie Up, just to be thrown to the mat once more by “Rampage.” Stubbornly Flair tried for it again, but this time he got the upper hand with a thumb to the eye, followed up by Chops that backed Traylor up into the corner. “Rampage” blocked a Chop, and then grabbed Flair by the hair and pulled straight down dropping Flair face first to the mat. Referee Randy Anderson berated Ray as he pulled Flair to his feet, and then threw him through the ropes to the outside before raising his fist into the air to taunt the fans. On the outside ‘The Nature Boy’ tried to walk it off, before rolling back into the ring and getting the fans behind him with a loud WOOOOOOOOO! Like a bull in the Spain, Ray Traylor ran right at Ric Flair and the World Heavyweight Champion responded by dropping down and grabbing the top rope, and “Rampage’s” momentum sent him flying over the top rope to the outside! Following that was a Flair strut while Traylor fumed outside of the ring. Finally he went over and grabbed a steel chair that he threw into the ring, just barely missing Flair, before sliding back into the ring. Referee Randy Anderson slid the chair out of the ring to the outside, but that allowed Traylor to get a low blow in on Flair and he took the match over from there with a series of power moves. In fact it looked like the match was going to end when “Rampage” Ray Traylor went for the Rampage Slam, but he lifted Flair so high up into the air that his feet accidentally caught Patrick in the face and sent him flying out of position. Angered that Patrick was not able to make the count, “Rampage” walked over and gave him a bit of a kick to the ribs to wake him up. He turned around and walked right into a low blow from the dirtiest player in the game! That allowed Ric Flair to take over with the Figure Four, and that’s when Arn Anderson came running down from the back and grabbed the steel chair that Anderson had thrown out of the ring and went to get into the ring with it looking to cause Flair harm. Fortunately Dustin Rhodes was not far behind and he intercepted Anderson and the two men fought over the steel chair, a battle that Anderson won as he caught Dustin in the throat with the edge and dropped him to the ground. In a hurry Anderson climbed into the ring and nailed Flair in the head with it……just as Randy Anderson managed to recover and turn around to see the chair shot, calling immediately for the disqualification! Finish of the Match: Ric Flair defeated “Rampage” Ray Traylor by disqualification at 13:02 My Thoughts: A really entertaining match between the wrestling style of Ric Flair and the dominance of Ray Traylor, Flair can perform quite well as the ‘Ricky Morton’ type when put in there against the right guy (see his match against Vader at Starrcade in ’93) and this was another example of that. 82</div></blockquote> An angry Ric Flair found Gene Okerlund and issued a challenge for next week for a match against Arn Anderson declaring that if Arn could beat him then he could have a future World title shot. <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Match 4: Cactus Jack/Dave Sullivan vs. Pretty Wonderful Body of the Match: Unlike last week when Paul Orndorff was teamed with a partner who avoided Dave Sullivan there was no restraint this week, but Cactus Jack also seemed extra fired up knowing that he would be battling for his career in just a little over a week. Unfortunately that extra enthusiasm cost him as he went for his Cactus Clothesline near the end of the match as all four men were in the ring, but Roma moved out of the way and Cactus Jack got stuck in the ropes, which left Dave Sullivan to fall victim to a Spiked Piledriver that ended the match. Finish of the Match: Paul Orndorff pinned Dave Sullivan at 8:18 following a Piledriver My Thoughts: Jack tried his best to wrestle for four men, and I’ll give him credit he almost managed to make up for his tag team partner, but in the end it was only a passable match and not as good as some of Jack’s earlier tag team matches this year. 66</div></blockquote> After the match Paul Orndorff and Paul Roma continued the beat down on Cactus Jack, while Kevin Sullivan appeared and dragged Dave Sullivan away from the ring. Dave looked conflicted as he kept looking back towards the ring, but didn’t fight Kevin as he dragged him to the back. Gene interviewed Tito Santana and the Steiner Brothers prior to a six man tag team match. Tito said he was all up for another match with Ron Simmons, but he would only accept if it was going to be even. He proposed hanging Teddy Long in a cage above the ring and allowing for a one on one match. Rick and Scott mostly talked about how they were ready for the next challenge as Champions and tonight would be a start as they faced off against Tex and Pierce. <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Match 5: Ron Simmons/Tex & Shanghai vs. The Steiner Brothers/Tito Santana Body of the Match: This was a good match to cool the crowd off before the big Main Event as the veteran’s worked a bit of a slower paced match to guide Tex & Shanghai; but there was still a fair amount of heat as Tito Santana and Ron Simmons locked up part way through the match. It looked like Tito might get the win with the Flying Forearm, but Ron fell out of the ring and Teddy helped him up the aisle and away from the match leaving Tex Slazenger to get into the match and he was the one who ended up losing to a Flying Forearm! Finish of the Match: Tito Santana pinned Tex Slazenger at 6:59 after a Flying Forearm MY Thoughts: As mentioned this seemed like a bit of a cool off match but it helped continue the storylines and possibly set up a team to challenge the Steiner Brother’s at Fall Brawl? 69</div></blockquote> Tony and Bobby were giving an update on the injured Armstrong Brothers when “Stunning” Steve Austin interrupted and said no one cared about them, they wanted to hear from the future two time United States Champion and he went off promising that he was going to beat Ricky Steamboat in two straight falls on his way to regaining his US title Belt! <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Match 6: WCW International World Heavyweight Championship: Sting© vs. Terry Funk Body of the Match: Terry Funk came out first, but he did not proceed to the ring he instead stopped by the ring entrance and waited for Sting to come out. The WCW International World Heavyweight Champion made his way out and stopped at the entrance to let out his trademark howl, but that was exactly when Terry Funk jumped him from behind. Terry Funk threw Sting into the guard rail, and then proceeded to wrap his poncho around Sting’s neck to choke him out a bit. Security and referee’s tried to get Terry Funk to let up and get into the ring, but he was not done yet as he kicked Sting in the ribs a couple of times before finally getting into the ring. Unsure of what to do at first, referee Mickey Jay finally started the match and then started a ten count on Sting. Slowly Sting pulled himself up on the guard rail and started to stumble towards the ring. When it looked like he may be able to break the ten count Terry Funk rolled out of the ring and broke it up, throwing Sting into the ring steps before crawling back into the ring. The Funkster waited for Sting to climb up onto the ring apron before he went to attack again, but Sting managed to overpower Terry Funk, and raised him straight up into the air before turning and dropping him face first to the mat. Sting climbed into the ring for the first time and waited for Terry Funk to stand up before catching him with a Baseball Slide, and then Sting followed Terry Funk out and raised him up in the air before dropping him throat first across the guard rail with a Gorilla Press Slam. Pulling Terry to his feet Sting sent him back first into the ring apron with an Irish Whip, and then dropped onto him with a Stinger Splash! Sting backed up and Terry took a step forward, threw a punch in the air, and then collapsed to the ground. The Champion pulled his challenger to his feet once more, rolled him into the ring and then ascended to the top turnbuckle. As Terry got back to his feet, Sting flew through the air and connected with a Clothesline! The impact took a lot out of both men though as Sting rolled around clutching his ribs, before he climbed slowly to his feet and dropped onto Terry Funk for the pin fall but only managed to get a two count. As Sting stood back on his feet he grabbed Terry’s legs and it looked like he was going to go for the Scorpion Deathlock, and immediately Terry Funk dragged himself to the bottom rope and clutched desperately onto it and would not let go until Sting backed up. Terry Funk pulled himself to up the ropes so slowly that Sting came over, just to have Terry Funk throw a punch to his face over the top of the head of referee Mickey Jay that dropped Sting to the mat. From there Terry managed to get a Piledriver that dropped Sting once more, before he went to the top rope looking to end the match with a Moonsault….but STING MOVED! Terry crashed to the mat, while Sting climbed to his feet and then caught Terry Funk with a One-handed bulldog! Sting went for the pin fall…but only got a two count out of it. Sting went to pull Terry up, only to have Terry trip him up and Funk went for a Spinning Toe Hold! Fightining the hold Sting dragged himself to the ropes, but Terry would not let go, and Sting used the ropes to pull himself straight up, and then he reversed into a Scorpion Deathlock! They were too close to the ropes and Terry Funk was able to drape his arm across the bottom rope to break up the hold. Sting let go, as Terry Funk pulled himself up on the ropes and then used the ropes to walk across the ring. By the time he turned around he was in the corner, right in the perfect position for a Stinger Splash! Sting backed up and hit another one!! Terry fell out of the corner and Sting went to the top rope…and nailed a Diving Crossbody!! ONE….TWO…THREE…STING HAD WON!! Finish of the Match: Sting pinned Terry Funk at 17:48 following a Diving Crossbody My Thoughts: At times the psychology was all over the place, why would Terry Funk try and get a count out victory in a title match and Sting’s on again, off again injury for example but the ending stretch was hot and added some fuel to the fire for War Games. 77</div></blockquote> Overall Rating: Another hot show on the way to Fall Brawl, and next week’s Main Event of Ric Flair vs. Arn Anderson should be a really good match as former best friends explode! 80 <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>WCW Main Event 09-11-1994 Eric Bischoff and Rick Rude reviewed the three matches from Saturday Night (81) Alex Wright made Bunkhouse Buck submit with the STF at 8:02 (47) Gordon Solie interviewed Larry Zbyszko and Jim Duggan prior to their warm up tag team match; as they will be facing Steven Regal and JPL at Saturday Night (58) Jim Duggan and Larry Zbyszko defeated Big Bad John and Sgt. Craig Pittman when Zbyszko pinned Big Bad John following a Shoulderbreaker at 8:11 (55) Boni Blackstone was standing by with Ron Simmons and Teddy Long and Tito’s challenge was accepted for Fall Brawl (66) Brian Pillman pinned Rip Rogers at 7:50 following an Air Pillman (68) Brian Pillman was interviewed by Gordon Solie about his upcoming match against Booker T on Saturday Night and the match that had been set for Fall Brawl where Pillman and Badd would face Harlem Heat for the final time. Pillman said he had enjoyed teaming with Johnny B Badd, but at the end of the day he was more concerned about his singles career and the best way to get that started would be by winning the Television Championship. (65) The Speed Warriors pinned the State Patrol when SpeedBall got the pin fall on Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker (56) Eric Bischoff and Rick Rude hyped the match between former best friends…Ric Flair and Arn Anderson that would be the Main Event of the final Saturday Night before Fall Brawl! (78) Overall Rating: 65</div></blockquote>

tg01 · July 13, 2017

<div style="text-align:left;">http://i.imgur.com/ew7LW6Y.jpg</div> <div style="text-align:center;">http://i.imgur.com/bc5QgL7.jpg</div> WCW Saturday Night 9-17-94 Attendance: 13795 Location: Reynolds Coliseum in Raleigh, NC Rating: 2.82 (+0.03) Nick Bockwinkel joined Tony and Bobby to announce that he had made one addition to the Main Event tonight….not only would Arn Anderson get a World title shot if he won, but the winner of tonight would also have an impact on tomorrow's War Games match as the team of the winner would get the advantage during War Games! <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Match 1: Alex Wright vs. Vader Body of the Match: Poor Alex….that was one ticked off Vader in the ring tonight as it was clear he was not pulling any punches, there was some awfully stiff shots thrown. Not surprisingly Vader won the match, although at points Das Wunderkind did get to throw in a couple of good moves using his speed. Finish of the Match: Vader pinned Alex Wright at 7:50 after a Powerbomb My Thoughts: There are few things as enjoyable as seeing Vader do his thing, and Alex Wright was a good punching bag for him and it made for an enjoyable bout. 76</div></blockquote> Gene Okerlund interviewed Harley Race and Vader about War Games with Race doing most of the talking: “a month ago Arn Anderson came to us and asked if we would be a part of his team for Clash of the Champions and we agreed so that Vader could get his hands on Ric Flair once more after what he did to me at Bash at the Beach, but tomorrow Flair is going to be locked within the cold confines of the steel cell that surrounds the ring for War Games and there will be no escaping. Make no mistake tomorrow night the match will end when, and only when Vader has decided he had had enough of destroying Ric Flair. And if anyone wants to get in the way, and that includes the fat boy himself, they will suffer the same fate!” <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Match 2: WCW US Tag Team titles Qualifying match: The Miracle Violence Connection vs. The Nasty Boys Body of the Match: I don’t think I even need to tell you what sort of match this was, but for the record it was a wild brawl that got out of control when The Nasty’s tried to bring a steel chair into the ring behind referee David Manning’s back, only to have Paul Ellering take the chair away and pass it to Terry Gordon who nailed Jerry Sags with it…..right in front of the referee drawing the disqualification and sending The Nasty Boys into the US Tag Team title tournament. Finish of the Match: Terry Gordy was disqualified when he nailed Jerry Sags with a steel chair at 8:30 My Thoughts: This was a fun, hard hitting, stiff brawl between these teams that technically ended the undefeated streak of the MVC, but only because The Nasty Boys were the better cheaters. 78</div></blockquote> Kevin Sullivan came to the ring where Dave Sullivan was, and he was escorted by a referee as he entered the ring with a microphone. “Dave, brother, I gave you an ultimatum last week…it’s me or Cactus, have you made your decision?” A distraught Dave shook his head no, and Kevin Sullivan put his hand tenderly on his brothers shoulder. “I’m really sorry to hear that Dave, I really am, you see no choice is not an acceptable choice. No choice is a choice for Cactus, and now big brother is going to have to teach you a lesson. Ring…the….bell.” And with that Kevin Sullivan smacked Dave on the head with the microphone as referee Dick Woehrle called for the bell and began an impromptu match. <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Match 3: Dave Sullivan vs. Kevin Sullivan Body of the Match: With the way this match started it should be no surprise that this match was completely one sided, but Kevin Sullivan really looked like he was trying to hurt Dave Sullivan as he didn’t even go for pin falls until the very end, he just took the opportunity to inflict damage to Dave until he was completely done and easily pinned after a Double Stomp. Finish of the Match: Kevin Sullivan pinned Dave Sullivan at 7:35 after a Double Stomp My Thoughts: Hard to give this match much love with how one sided it was, but that was the story that was being told so it makes sense. Important to mention that the commentator’s mentioned that Cactus Jack had been forced to take the night off to make sure he was ready for Fall Brawl after the beating he took from Pretty Wonderful last week. 58</div></blockquote> Kevin Sullivan did not stop after the match, grabbing a steel chair and sliding into the ring with it and smashing Dave’s knee with it until he couldn’t get up, and then grabbed a microphone and looked down on his brother. “Cactus….if I am willing to do this to my own flesh and blood, what do you think I’m going to do to you tomorrow? Be afraid….be very afraid.” <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Match 4: Brian Pillman vs. Booker T Body of the Match: This was an incredibly fast paced back and forth match that saw both men feel they were going to get the victory at one point or another, and as such the match just continued to escalate in craziness ass both men tried to put each other down for the three count. That resulted in one crazy ending as Brian Pillman flew from the ropes looking for the Air Pillman, just to have Booker T catch him in mid-air with the Harlem Sidekick, before going to the top turnbuckle and ending the match for good with his uber finisher, the Harlem Hangover! Finish of the Match: Booker T pinned Brian Pillman at 13:24 after a Harlem Hangover My Thoughts: Going in I thought this match was going to be good, but this was the coming out party for Booker T as he more then held his own against Brian Pillman. The action kept getting better and beter and was one of the best finishes I’ve ever seen. 80</div></blockquote> An AMAZING A+ video played showing the training of Ricky Steamboat and “Stunning” Steve Austin prior to their match at Fall Brawl. It was spliced together with clips from their previous matches with promises that only one man would be able to walk away the victor and both men promising to go to any lengths in order to be that man. <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Match 5: Jean-Paul Levesque/Lord Steven Regal vs. Jim Duggan/Larry Zbyszko Body of the Match: This was a heated match, but was more a series of one on one matches then a true tag team match as there wasn’t a lot of double teams even if there was a decent amount of tags. It did work as a good preview for Fall Brawl that way though, and perhaps a title change as Jim Duggan ran Lord Steven Regal over with a Running Clothesline Tackle to win the match. Finish of the Match: Jim Duggan pinned Lord Steven Regal at 8:04 after a Running Clothesline Tackle MY Thoughts: Another match that was better than I was expecting and gives me hope for Fall Brawl. 76</div></blockquote> A series of interviews played from the wrestlers who will be taking part in War Games tomorrow night, except for Vader who had already said his piece earlier in the evening. <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Match 6: Bob Orton Jr/Greg Valentine/Ron Simmons/Stevie Ray vs. Johnny B Badd/Stars ‘n’ Stripes/Tito Santana Body of the Match: This barely was a match as everyone kept coming into the match and finally it turned into a big brawl that spilled over into the aisle way and the referee finally just threw the match out. Finish of the Match: Match ended in a no contest at 5:35 after all four men were fighting in the ring My Thoughts: More an angle then a match, but it worked to calm down the crowd down just before the Main Event….also announced during the match was that Tito Santana vs Ron Simmons with Teddy Long hanging in a steel cage above the ring was confirmed for Fall Brawl. 59</div></blockquote> Gene Okerlund interviewed the Steiner Brothers who at that point had no match for Fall Brawl, when they were interrupted by Pretty Wonderful who demanded a shot at the titles after destroying Cactus Jack the previous week, and The Steiner’s were quick to accept. <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Match 7: Arn Anderson vs. Ric Flair Body of the Match: It was the battle of former best friends, a match no one thought we would ever see. Bobby Heenan was practically in tears as this match began with Ric Flair taunting Anderson with his strut, before the two angrily locked up in the middle of the ring. Anderson sent Flair off the ropes, but Flair dropped Arn with a Shoulderblock, before bouncing off the ropes just to be taken down by a Drop Toe Hold. Now Arn mocked Flair with a Woooooo, and Flair looked livid as he climbed back to his feet and went right at Arn who pushed him back down. Flair was back on his feet right away and he fired away with Chops and punches backing Anderson back into the corner. Ric backed up for a moment and Arn slapped him in the face, before grabbing Flair by the arm and taking him down to the mat where he stretched Flair’s arm before he stomped on it. They went into a series of wrestling reversals, starting with standing Hamerlocks, before going to the mat and both taking turns working each other over, although Anderson finally was the one who ended up on top working Flair’s arm over in a Hammerlock position. They climbed to their feet and Arn continued to work over the arm, looking to maim Flair prior to War Games. At one point Arn was on his back and he was stretching Flair’s arm as the “Nature Boy” was in a standing position. That was broken up when Flair made it to the ropes, and as Anderson stood up Flair ran him over with a series of Chops, but Anderson stopped that with a kick to the gut before going to the top rope. Flair looked to intercept that, but Anderson fought out of that and dropped off of the top turnbuckle and locking a Sleeper Hold on Flair, but that didn’t last long as Flair dropped down to his knees breaking that up They locked up again and once more Anderson took Flair to the mat and started to work on the Hammerlock again, and when Flair got back to his feet, Arn pulled on his hair to take him back to the mat, before kicking away at the arm again. Finally Arn dragged Flair across the ring before sliding out of the ring, and he pulled Flair into the corner, and smacked the arm off of the ring post. Desperately Flair tried to get away, but Arn followed up with a Single Arm DDT, before locking on the Hammerlock again. Once again Flair managed to fight to his feet and backed Arn up into the corner, but Arn reversed that and sent Flair flying towards the corner where Flair did his flip over the rope to the outside and was running across the ring apron, of course that was exactly what Arn expected so he ran towards Flair…..and Flair DROPPED THE TOP RING ROPE AND ARN FLEW OVER THE TOP ROPE TO THE OUTSIDE! As Arn was down Flair climbed to the top turnbuckle, and dropped off with a Double Axe Handle to the outside!! Outside the ring Flair just went crazy with chops and punches, before rolling back into the ring and trying to stretch out the injured arm. Now the Champion was in charge as Arn tried to slide back into the ring and Flair would not let him stand up, looking to finish him with a Knee drop. Not thinking straight Ric backed into the corner and waited for Arn to start to climb up before running at him, but Arn caught him with a high Back Body Drop, before going for a couple of pin fall attempts. Flair rolled out of the ring and Arn followed him out there, and the two took turns punching/Chopping each other, before Arn caught Flair with another Back Body Drop. From there ‘The Enforcer’ tried to get a Suplex outside of the ring….but Flair reversed!! Flair rolled Arn into the ring, climbed in and measured Arn for an incrediblyhard punch that dropped Anderson instantly. He followed that up with another Suplex in the ring….and now both men were down and out. Until Arn crawled over and got a two count. They both came to their feet and Flair sent Arn into the corner with an Irish Whip, and then caught him with a Chop as Arn came out of the corner. Flair pulled Anderson up to his knee’s and started to punch away, but Anderson responded with a thumb to the eye and took over again, choking Flair across the top ring rope. He went for the DDT but Flair blocked it by grabbing onto the top rope!! Flair dragged Anderson to the middle of the ring and went to try and lock in a Figure Four….but Anderson blocked that by grabbing Flair by the leg!! It didn’t last though as Flair fought him and finally got the Figure Four locked on!!! Just when it looked like Flair was going to end the match that way Anderson found a way to reverse it and Flair had to grab the ropes. Both men slowly came to their feet and Flair took Anderson down with a Chop, before attempting another Figure Four….but Anderson grabbed him into a small package with a fistful of tights….ONE, TWO, THREE!! Finish of the Match: Arn Anderson pinned Ric Flair at 18:13 My Thoughts: This was a tremendous match with the only thing holding it back being that the early arm work didn’t lead anywhere, but it was clear these two men knew each other very well as they managed to counter a lot of the familiar moves of the other and it all led to Arn Anderson getting one of the biggest victories of his career and now I can’t wait to see them do it all over again when the title is on the line! 91</div></blockquote> Overall Rating: I'm not sure there will be a better free wrestling television show in North America this year, this was an excellent episode where just about everything landed to perfection leading up to Fall Brawl. 90 <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>WCW Main Event 09-18-1994 Eric Bischoff and Rick Rude looked back at the Main Event of Saturday Night, calling it one of the best matches all year in WCW! (81) Toshiaki Kawada pinned Scott Stud after a Folding Powerbomb at 7:49 (51) Gene Okerlund went over the entire card for WCW Fall Brawl in the Control Center (81) The Nasty Boys defeated Frank Andersson and Mark Starr after Brian Knobbs pinned Frank Andersson at 8:23 following a Trip to Nastyville (71) Gordon Solie got some final words from Larry Zbyszko and Jim Duggan prior to their singles matches at Fall Brawl (72) SpeedBall pinned Josef Maximoff at 7:34 following a Springboard Moonsault (65) Boni Blackstone interviewed the Armstrong Brothers before their US Tag Team title qualifying match and they tried to reassure the fans that Brian Armstrong was doing alright even after Steve Williams and Terry Gordy had tried to end his career (65) Tex & Shanghai qualified for the US Tag Team title tournament after they took advantage of an obviously still injured Brian Armstrong at 7:58 (63) Eric Bischoff and Rick Rude gave the final hype for Fall Brawl, mere moments away! (77) Overall Rating: 69</div></blockquote> OOC: Just have to take a moment to celebrate...the Steamboat/Austin segment was the first A*/100 segment I have ever pulled in this game, the Flair/Anderson match was the highest rated match I have ever pulled in this game, and the show overall was the highest rated show I have ever had in this game. Just a really exciting moment when I simmed it that I wanted to share with everyone following along *coughBeejuscough* some who have been following for a while *coughBeejustcough* <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Fall Brawl Pick ‘Em: War Games: Arn Anderson/”Rampage” Ray Traylor/Terry Funk/Vader vs. Dustin Rhodes/Dusty Rhodes/Ric Flair/Sting WCW United States Heavyweight Championship: Ricky ‘The Dragon’ Steamboat vs. “Stunning” Steve Austin WCW World Tag Team Championship: The Steiner Brothers© vs. Pretty Wonderful WCW World Television Championship: Lord Steven Regal© vs. Jim Duggan Falls Count Anywhere Winner gets a World title shot, loser leaves WCW: Cactus Jack vs. Kevin Sullivan Tito Santana vs. Ron Simmons Bob Orton Jr/Greg Valentine vs. Stars ‘n’ Stripes Jean-Paul Levesque vs. Larry Zbyszko Brian Pillman/Johnny B Badd vs. Harlem Heat Bonus Question: Who gets the pin and thus a title shot? Bonus Question (worth 3 points if picked correctly now): Without knowing all the competitors in the tournament yet, who will win the WCW United States Tag Team Championship:</div></blockquote>

tg01 · July 16, 2017

I just have one more match to write, been a good week of writing, so I wanted to bump this just in case anyone wants to get their predictions in. I'm not sure if that counts as a shameless bump or not....but there you go.

Beejus · July 16, 2017

Cool, excited to read it <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/smile.png.142cfa0a1cd2925c0463c1d00f499df2.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />

Rhodes Family/Flair/Sting - Granted this would put them pretty high above your main heels, but it's War Games; faces should generally win that. It will finally cap off the Dustin vs. Stud Stable feud that way.

Steve Austin - Unless you intend on elevating him above the US title, he should pick it back up here.

Steiners - Pretty Wonderful kinda suck, and I am not hanging that blame on Orndorff.

Lord Regal - In this time period, this title is simply made for his Lordship.

Kevin Sullivan - Kevin moves up the card, while Cactus moves on to ECW.

Ron Simmons - Chico can do what he does best: put over a big heel so they look like a monster.

Stars 'n Stripes - Plucky faces pull out a victory.

JPL - About time to close down Larryland, Zbyszko can move on to commentary where he can talk about the New World Oder for the rest of his career.

Pillman/Badd - The TV title option in this makes me lean this way.

Bonus 1: Pillman

Bonus 2: Stars 'n Stripes

KnowYourEnemy · July 16, 2017

War Games: Arn Anderson/”Rampage” Ray Traylor/Terry Funk/Vader vs. Dustin Rhodes/Dusty Rhodes/Ric Flair/Sting

At this age, Dusty needs to put guys over, and War Games is the perfect way to start that. Plus, the heel team could use the boost.

WCW United States Heavyweight Championship: Ricky ‘The Dragon’ Steamboat vs. “Stunning” Steve Austin

The next Nature Boy, like the original, will win the feud here.

Too early for them to drop the straps.

It's a fun match but Regal will go over, if not now than in the next bout.

Falls Count Anywhere Winner gets a World title shot, loser leaves WCW: Cactus Jack vs. Kevin Sullivan

Cactus has way more to give WCW -- though he could always come back under a mask [maybe as Mankind].

Tito Santana vs. Ron Simmons

Ron will continue to move up the card.

Bob Orton Jr/Greg Valentine vs. Stars ‘n’ Stripes

Toss up, but with more heels than strong faces, Stars 'n' Stripes are slight favorites.

Jean-Paul Levesque vs. Larry Zbyszko

J-P-L gets the dub over Larry and move forward in the tournament.

Brian Pillman/Johnny B Badd vs. Harlem Heat

Badd Cannon get the victory here -- and are my pick to win the whole US Title Team Tournament

Bonus Question: Who gets the pin and thus a title shot? "Rampage" isn't done with Flair yet.

Bonus Question (worth 3 points if picked correctly now): Without knowing all the competitors in the tournament yet, who will win the WCW United States Tag Team Championship: Brain Pillman/Johnyy B Badd

tg01 · July 19, 2017

<div style="text-align:left;">http://i.imgur.com/ew7LW6Y.jpg</div> <div style="text-align:center;">http://i.imgur.com/0z50xjv.jpg</div> WCW Fall Brawl 9-18-94 Attendance: 23500 (SELL OUT!) Location: Rupp Arena in Lexington, KY Buyrate: 0.61 After the opening video played, mostly focused on the Main Event of War Games, Tony and Bobby welcomed everyone to the show and went over the big matches, beginning with the opening match clash of the United States Heavyweight Championship. <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Match 1: WCW United States Heavyweight Championship: Best Two out of Three Falls: Ricky ‘The Dragon’ Steamboat© vs. “Stunning” Steve Austin Body of the Match: Last time Steve Austin had wrestled at Ricky Steamboat’s pace, a slow, measured technical clash…this time he wanted to set the pace. As soon as Steamboat was in the ring “Stunning” Steve went on the attack, sending Steamboat through the ropes before he had even been able to get his Championship title belt off. Austin threw Ricky Steamboat into the ring post, picked him up, turned him around and threw him face first back into the ring post. From there he threw ‘The Dragon’ back into the ring and continued the attack, not allowing Steamboat any sustained offense before he managed to drop him across the top rope with a Stun Gun and picked up the first pin fall in the match, leading 1-0. As soon as the referee had acknowledged the first pin fall, Austin dropped down and attempted to get another pin fall but Steamboat managed to kick out. Looking to end the match quickly “Stunning” Steve Austin went to the top turnbuckle, but in a desperate measure Ricky threw himself at the ropes and dropped Austin across the top turnbuckle. ‘The Dragon’ climbed up with Austin and both men went flying from the top rope with a Superplex! The Challenger was the first one to his feet and grabbed Steamboat by the hair, and Ricky started to fire away with Chops that backed Austin up, but then “Stunning” Steve ran directly at him, getting sent over the ropes with a Back Body Drop. Austin bounced off of the ring apron, before falling to the ground while Steamboat collapsed to his knees breathing heavily. Finally he managed to get the Championship belt off of his waist and handed it over to referee Randy Anderson before climbing to his feet and going to the top turnbuckle. Ricky waited for Austin to turn around before flying through the air and connecting with a Diving Overhead Chop! That dropped Austin to his back, but Steamboat wasn’t done as he had to press the advantage while he had it. The Champion dropped Austin with a Scott Slam, followed by a Swinging Neckbreaker outside of the ring, before sliding into the ring and waiting for the referee to continue the count down on Austin. Steve Austin was not weakened enough that he was unable to get back into the ring, so as soon as he rolled in the ring the count was stopped but at least it had bought Steamboat a few moments to recover after the start of the match. In the ring Steamboat sent Austin flying with a series of Arm Drags, before pulling him down with a Cradle trying to get a pin fall to even the match, but it wasn’t enough. Both men came to their feet with Austin having the most energy as he turned Steamboat inside out with a Clothesline, before locking on a Chinlock. That lasted until Steamboat stood to his feet with Austin on his shoulders, and then Steamboat walked to the middle of the ring and dropped backwards with an Electric Chair Drop! Steamboat rolled over and went for the pin fall, but only managed to get a two count out of that. From there the two men went into a series of pin fall reversals, each time only picking up a two count, eleven two counts in total. Both men climbed back to their feet, dizzy from all of the pin fall reversals and Austin tossed Steamboat over the ropes and then almost feel over as he spun around from the dizziness. Suddenly he remembered that Steamboat was going to just Skin the Cat back into the ring, exactly what happened, and moved back towards Steamboat only to catch a Chop to the side of the head. ‘The Dragon’ jumped up onto Austin’s shoulder and turned it into a Victory Roll pin fall….for one….two…three!! The match was tied at one apiece!! Steamboat tried to keep control of the match by locking Steve Austin in a Front Facelock, but Austin fought to his feet and then tried to Suplex Steamboat out of the ring, but Ricky spun around in the air and landed on the ring apron with his feet, still holding onto Austin. “Stunning” Steve fired back with a reverse elbow and Steamboat let go of him, before Austin sent him flying off of the ring apron and Steamboat landed awkwardly and immediately fell to the mat holding his knee. Steve Austin rolled out of the ring and went right after Steamboat`s knee! He rolled Steamboat into the ring, pulled him hard into the corner and wrapped his leg around the ring post a couple of times, before sliding back into the ring and kicking Steamboat`s feet out from under him as he tried to climb to his feet. The Challenger pulled Steamboat to the middle of the ring and locked in the Hollywood and Vine submission hold!! With all of his strength Steamboat fought against the hold, and just when it looked like Austin was going to be force to break the hold he instead transitioned into That`s a Wrap! Just when it looked like things were over for Steamboat he managed to grab onto the bottom rope forcing the breaking of the hold. Austin pulled Steamboat to his feet and went to throw him over the ropes, and Steamboat kept a hold of the top rope…but this time he did not Skin the Cat, he just dropped onto the ring apron in a seating position completely worn out. Slowly he rolled into the ring, just for Austin to catch him in the ribs with a knee, followed by a Piledriver! Immediately he went for the pin fall….one…..two…three!! “Stunning” Steve came to his feet and raised his arms in victory, but that was when Randy Anderson realized that Steamboat had managed to get his foot on the bottom rope…the match wasn’t over! Anderson tried to explain to Austin, but he wasn’t paying attention, until a desperate, fired up Steamboat came to his feet and dropped Austin with a series of painful chops, before raising Austin up into the air with an Elevated double chickenwing! When Austin didn’t submit, Steamboat dropped him down face first and both men were down. It was the Champion who managed to find just enough to get to his feet first, and he went to the top turnbuckle looking to end it with the Diving Crossbody…but his knee went out on him! Steamboat collapsed forward and went to still hit the Crossbody, but Austin moved and Steamboat crashed to the mat! Quickly Austin pulled him to his feet and dropped him across the rope with a Stun Gun! ONE….TWO…TH….STEAMBOAT BARELY KICKED OUT! Incredulous, Austin came to his feet and started to kick Steamboat, before pulling him up and dropping him across the top rope with another Stun Gun! And another!! ONE…..TWO….THREE….THERE WAS A NEW US CHAMPION!! Finish of the Match: Steve Austin defeated Ricky Steamboat at 38:30 after pinning Ricky Steamboat to win the match 2 falls to 1 and become the NEW US Champion My Thoughts: This was an entertaining match that kept me guessing until the end, and it was impressive storytelling seeing Austin learn from his mistakes in previous matches and show the killer instinct to win the match and win the title back. Cleary this series was not as good as the trilogy of Flair-Steamboat matches that it was clearly trying to model after, but I’d say this series went a long way to establishing Austin as a great wrestler and a bona fide Main Eventer. 81</div></blockquote> <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Match 2: Bob Orton Jr/Greg Valentine vs. Stars ‘n’ Stripes Body of the Match: With Bob Orton Jr in the ring Marcus Bagwell begged The Patriot to let him start the match, and as soon as he entered the ring….Orton went over and tagged out to Greg Valentine and wagged his finger at Bagwell. Bagwell had to take his frustrations out on Greg Valentine, and he managed to control things for a while that way until Orton looked like he was going to step into the ring and distracted Bagwell. That allowed Valentine to take over with some Chops, and it was not very long before he started working over Bagwell’s leg and had him locked in a Figure Four. Orton managed to bait The Patriot into coming into the match and referee David Manning had to get him out, which allowed Orton Jr to sneak in and start kicking at Bagwell’s knee. Finally Bagwell did manage to get out of the hold and actually took Valentine down with his Yellow Jacket Suplex, but his knee gave out and he was unable to hold the move for a pin. It did allow Bagwell to get over to The Patriot for the tag though and The Patriot ran wild and eventually ended the match with a Patriot Missile on Greg Valentine! Finish of the Match: The Patriot pinned Greg Valentine at 8:28 after a Patriot Missile My Thoughts: We still haven’t seen the definitive blow off between Bagwell and Orton Jr so I am thinking this one will continue but with everything going on with the United States Tag Team tournament maybe only as a tournament match. The match itself was pretty paint by numbers with Bagwell playing the face in peril and The Patriot getting the big pin fall at the end. 60</div></blockquote> <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Match 3: Jean-Paul Levesque vs. Larry Zbyszko Body of the Match: In a bit of a turn around on Larry Zbyszko, JPL was the one who was stalling to start this match. The ‘Living Legend’ was eager to get the match started, but after each lock up Levesque rolled to the outside to consult with Lord Steven Regal who had accompanied him to the ring for the match. Finally Larry followed him out there, grabbed both men by the head and smashed them together before rolling JPL into the ring so that he could get this match going. Larry followed up with a Swinging Neckbreaker, before waiting for JPL to climb to his feet so he could catch him with a Spinkick to the gut that bent Jean-Paul over. Larry picked him up and attempted to go for a Shoulderbreaker, but JPL pushed off of his back and sent him flying to into the ropes with a High Knee to the back. With Larry down on the ropes, JPL placed his head over the middle rope and then put his weight on his head and choked him out on the rope. Referee Mark Curtis made JPL break the move and give Larry some space, and when JPL went back to him Larry responded with a punch to the bread basket, followed up by a Hip Toss before locking on an Abdominal Stretch. Larry controlled for the next little bit and it looked like he was going to end the match with the LarryLand Dreamer when Lord Steven Regal cimbed up on the ring apron and distracted Larry who broke the hold. That allowed JPL to recover and nail Larry in the back with another High Knee, before spinning him around and kicking him in the gut and connecting with the Pedigree for the three count. Finish of the Match: Jean-Paul Levesque pinned Larry Zbyszko at 7:38 after a Pedigree My Thoughts: Levesque continues to show promise as this was a good little match, and it was a bit surprising to see Larry actually use relatively cleanly for that matter. 69</div></blockquote> <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Match 4: The Steiner Brothers © vs. Pretty Wonderful Body of the Match: These two teams wasted no time in all four men getting into the ring and trying to get the upper hand, but when the dust settled it was Scott Steiner and Paul Orndorff left in the ring to wrestle, and wrestle is what they did. They both attempted to show each other up on the mat, before Scott Steiner just resulted to trying to take Paul off of his feet with a Steinerline, but Mr Wonderful responded with a Clothesline of his own! When that didn’t work both men took a step back and tagged out to their respective partners. Roma ended up cheating to get a slide edge on Rick Steiner that he used to control the match, but that ended finally when Rick hit him with a Belly to Belly Suplex that brought Mr Wonderful into the match to break up the count. That brought Scott Steiner into the match and he and Orndorff ended up outside of the ring where Scott actually hit the Frankensteiner!! He then rolled back into the ring and combined with his brother to drop Paul Roma with the Steinerizer, and Rick was able to easily get the pin fall after that. Finish of the Match: Rick Steiner pinned Paul Roma with a Steinerizer at 12:33 My Thoughts: This was a good match due mostly to the fact that the Steiner Brothers are really entertaining as a tag team and they know exactly when to throw their trademark Suplex’s to keep the fans entertained. 78</div></blockquote> After the match Paul Orndorff came over and put his hand on Paul Roma’s shoulder, but Paul Roma shrugged it off, and then pushed Mr Wonderful. Paul Orndorff didn’t understand what Roma’s problem was, and then Roma punched him in the face, and then kicked him in the face when he was down. Roma didn’t stop though as he continued to kick away at the downed Orndorff before finally walking away from the ring leaving the hurting Mr Wonderful behind. <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Match 5: Falls Count Anywhere: Cactus Jack vs. Kevin Sullivan Body of the Match: This fight began in the back as the camera caught a furious Cactus Jack attacking Kevin Sullivan in the back and then the fight moved through the curtain from the back to aisle leading to the ring. The two men fought their way down to the ring with Cactus throwing Kevin into the ring, but before Cactus could get into the ring Kevin caught him with a Dropkick that dropped Cactus off, and then ran off the ropes and Dived through the ropes headfirst into Cactus! On commentary Bobby Heenan was calling this the “Battle of Bellevue,” saying they were fighting to see who would be the ‘master of the madhouse.’ The fight continued outside of the ring with Cactus trying to hit a Double Arm DDDT, but Sullivan backed Cactus up and sent him flying backfirst over the guard rail into the crowd. Kevin followed after him into the crowd and pulled Cactus up head first and smacked his head off of the guard rail, before they started to punch their way back through the crowd towards the back once more. It was difficult for the camera to keep up as the two were grabbing whatever they could find and smacking each other with: garbage cans, plastic chairs, and even a broomstick! The two managed to find their way back to the ring area and they fought along the side of the double rings, before Cactus sent Kevin flying into the guard rail, before pulling up the mat around the ring and throwing Sullivan face first into the ground, before climbing up onto the ring apron and pulling himself up to the top turnbuckle! Cactus gleefully raised his two fingers and gave the Bang! Bang! As it looked like he was going to drop the Elbow! But Sullivan had recovered and he climbed onto the ring apron and started punching away at Cactus….and then dropped him from the turnbuckle to the concrete below! Sullivan dropped down and picked Cactus up and dropped him with a Slam onto the exposed concrete with a sick thud! Kevin dropped down and went for the pin fall but somehow that only got a two count! Jack is crazy!! Sullivan pulled Cactus to his feet and smashed his head off of the ring steps before grabbing a steel chair looking to take Jack’s head off with it, but Cactus moved and Sullivan smashed the chair off of the ring steps instead. Sullivan walked away clutching his wrist and dropped the steel chair, and Cactus Jack came charging at him and Sullivan had to react quickly…sending Jack flying with a Back Body Drop right on to the concrete! Kevin immediately went for the pin fall, but Cactus managed to kick out at two. Sullivan argued with referee, and then started to punch away at Jack’s head, before pulling him to his feet and looking to finish the match with a Piledriver! Now it was Cactus who had to act quickly as he sent Kevin flying backwards out of the hold and Kevin crashed into the cement! Cactus went over and grabbed the steel chair, turned towards Kevin Sullivan and waited for him to climb up before smacking him right in the head with the steel chair! ‘The Taskmaster’ went down right onto the concrete, and Jack nailed him across the head with the chair a few more times, before dropping it on his face and dropping onto it with a Leg Drop! With a sick smile on his face Cactus Jack climbed onto the ring apron….and then up onto the turnbuckle….and hit the Elbow off of the turnbuckle right onto the steel chair covering Sullivan’s face!! ONE…..TWO….THREE…CACTUS WINS!! CACTUS WINS!! Finish of the Match: Cactus Jay defeated Kevin Sullivan at 13:26 after an Elbow off of the ring apron My Thoughts: Well now we know which one of them will be staying in WCW and which one of them will be staying in ECW unless the WWF comes calling for some reason. This was a pretty decent brawl as these two continued to do things you don’t generally see in WCW, although some of the momentum was ruined by the brawling through the crowd. 77</div></blockquote> <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Match 6: Ron Simmons vs. Tito Santana Body of the Match: Tito was watching as Teddy Long was forced into the shark cage and raised to the ceiling and that allowed Ron Simmons to attack him from behind and immediately hit a Spinebuster for two! Simmons looked to follow that up with a Dominator, but Tito managed to drop off of his back and took Simmons down with a Backslide for a two count. Both men came to their feet and Simmons dropped Santana with a Clothesline, before sending Tito off of the ropes with an Irish Whip and catching him coming back with a Snap Powerslam! Simmons climbed to his feet before dropping with a Headbutt drop on Tito’s head and then tried for the pin again but only got two. Ron pulled Tito up and sent him off the ropes with another Irish Whip, and then bent over but Tito managed to jump over him with a Leap Frog and continued off of the ropes. Simmons stood up and turned around just as Tito tried to take him down with a Running Crossbody, but Simmons shrugged it off and dropped Tito to the mat. He pulled Tito up by the hair and attempted another Dominator, but Tito blocked that by holding onto Simmons leg. Ron clubbed Tito on the back of the head until he let go and then pulled him up for the Dominator, but Tito managed to reverse it into a Head Scissors Takedown followed by a Flying Forearm! While that was not enough for Tito to get the victor it was enough to let him take over the match and he didn’t give it up until he managed to hit another Flying Forearm and pick up the victory. Finish of the Match: Tito Santana pinned Ron Simmons at 7:42 after a Flying Forearm My Thoughts: Slightly better match then the last time they matched up at Bash at the Beach as they continue their little mid card feud. 74</div></blockquote> After the match the cage was slowly lowered and Tito Santana went over and went to pull Teddy Long out of the steel cage, when Simmons suddenly attacked from behind and bounced Tito’s off of the steel cage door. Long got out of the cage, while Simmons placed Tito’s arm inside the cage and then smashed the door on it!! Ron did it once more before leaving as medical attendants rushed out to check on Tito Santana who was on the ground clutching his arm. <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Match 7: Brian Pillman/Johnny B Badd vs. Harlem Heat Body of the Match: Outside of some of the fighting outside of the ring, this was the first match of the evening where the action actually spilled over to both of the rings that were set up for the War Games. Again it was even match that was fought mostly within the rules, although both teams were desperate due to the rules that were involved with the match. Brian Pillman and Booker T were the ones to start the match off after their great match the night before. After Pillman had managed to take Booker T down, he went outside looking for a very early Air Pillman. Once again it looked like Booker was going to catch him with the Harlem Sidekick, but Pillman was prepared, and he somehow managed to defy gravity and get his feet out and drop Booker T with a Dropkick instead! The fans were buzzing as Pillman went for the pin fall, but Stevie Ray rushed into the ring to break up the count. Booker T stumbled to his feet and Pillman went for a Flying Crossbody, but Booker T moved and Pillman managed to soar over both sets of ropes to crash into the second ring. Immediately Booker T tagged out to Stevie Ray who went into the second ring and pulled Pillman up and smashed his head off of the turnbuckle, before spinning Pillman around and sending him flying over both sets of ropes with a Gorilla Press Slam! By the time Stevie Ray had climbed through to the second ring, Pillman had managed to get to his feet and rushed over to tag out to Johnny B Badd who came into the ring and started throwing a quick series of blows that backed Stevie Ray up into the corner. Badd pulled Stevie out of the corner and placed Stevie’s head between his thighs and tried to lift him up a couple of times, but Ray managed to power out of that just to have Johnny B Badd turn that into a Sunset Flip for a two count. As Stevie rolled to his feet Badd grabbed him again and this time he managed to raise Ray up into the air and dropped him with a Sitout Powerbomb! Booker T ran into the ring to break up the hold, and Pillman looked like he was going to go after him but Randy Anderson forced him back outside. Surprisingly there was no double teams from Harlem Heat with the referee distracted, Stevie Ray just came to his feet and went back to using his size advantage to work Johnny B Badd over. Ray threw Badd into the other ring and followed after him, which brought both Pillman and Booker T into the ring to get closer to the action. They were both cheering from the other ring, but then they got to close to each other and they started pushing back and forth, before things turned into a brawl between them. Referee Randy Anderson wasn’t sure what he should do as he was stuck between rings watching what was going on in both sides. At the same time that Johnny B Badd put Stevie Ray down with the Tutti Fruitti Booker T was taking Brian Pillman out with the Harlem Sidekick. Simultaneously both men went for the pin and Randy Anderson looked both directions before dropping down and counting the three count giving the victory too……Johnny B Badd!! Johnny will face the winner of the following match for the Television Championship on Saturday Night! Finish of the Match: Johnny B Badd pinned Stevie Ray at 12:58 My Thoughts: Another really enjoyable match between these two teams, it’s almost a shame that it appears Badd and Pillman will be going back on the singles path as they have made a very enjoyable tag team thus far. 80</div></blockquote> <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Match 8: WCW World Television Championship: Lord Steven Regal © vs. Jim Duggan Body of the Match: The two men locked up and Jim Duggan immediately showed off his strength as he sent Lord Steven Regal flying out of the ring and to the mat below. Steven Regal walked around the ring talking to the camera, talking to the crowd, before slowly walking up the ring steps and getting back in the ring. Duggan got the fans chanting U-S-A, U-S-A before backing Regal up into the corner and then backing up to pose for the fans who only cheered louder. They locked up again before Regal kicked Duggan in the gut and then sent him off the ropes with an Irish Whip but Duggan won that exchange with a Shoulder Block and then a series of Clotheslines that ended up sending Regal outside the ring again. Things finally turned around with Regal taking advantage of Duggan putting his head down and kicking him in the head, before following up with a series of European Uppercuts. Duggan responded with a series of punches that again sent Regal to the outside. When they locked up again Duggan dropped Regal with a Scott Slam, and set up for his Running Tackle Clothesline when Sir William reached in and grabbed him by the foot to trip him up. That allowed Regal to recover and nail the Exploder Suplex to get the pin fall victory and retain his Television title setting up a match against Johnny B Badd! Finish of the Match: Lord Steven Regal pinned Jim Duggan at 7:44 after an Exploder Suplex My Thoughts: These two really did not click in the ring as they just wrestle two very distinctive styles in the ring and it didn’t work that well, although the fans were definitely engaged thanks to the patriotic angle. 60</div></blockquote> The Canadian national anthem began to play over a video once more before words started to appear: “Canadians are known for their integrity, for their desire to change the world, but only one is known for his skills within the ring, he is the greatest wrestler in the world. And he is coming to WCW....soon.” <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Match 9: War Games: America’s Dream Team (Dustin Rhodes/Dusty Rhodes/Ric Flair/Sting) vs. Rampaging Stud’s ( Arn Anderson/”Rampage” Ray Traylor/Terry Funk/Vader) Body of the Match: The two teams made their way out from the back with the Rampaging Stud’s team knowing they were going to have the advantage throughout the match. This whole feud went to another level when Arn Anderson turned on Dustin Rhodes and so it was only appropriate that they were the two men who began the match. They went through opposite doors and waisted no time rushing across the ring to get to each other both throwing haymakers with no worry about a disqualification. Arn had the upper hand at first as he caught Dustin with a knee to the ribs, before bouncing his head off of the steel cell wall. He took that opportunity to gloat, and after Dustin showed no ill effect from hitting the wall he was merely waiting for Arn to turn around before punching him to the mat. Arn immediately rolled through and started to climb from one ring to the other and Dustin following right behind him. Dustin climbed up to the turnbuckle, steadied himself by grabbing the roof of the cell, and then went flying at Arn with a Clothesline! ‘The Natural’ picked Arn up and threw him headfirst into the wall, and now the two men were back to circling each other. Anderson started to sneak back threw the ropes to the other side near his door, and he dared Dustin to follow him to the other side. Arn climbed onto the ring apron, between the wall and the ropes and grabbed Dustin and went to smack his head off the wall, but Dustin blocked and started to smash Anderson head first into the wall before dragging him back into the ring and catching him with an Inverted Atomic Drop. Next Dustin ran off of the ropes and sent Arn flying over the ropes with a boot to the face, stranding him in the area between the two rings. There Dustin had some fun as he picked Arn up by the legs, raised him straight up and started to lift him up and smashed him down in the space between the rings. He proceeded to do this four or five times, before picking him back up. ‘The Enforcer’ responded by punching Dustin the gut, and Dustin fell to a seated position on the second rope where Arn was able to punch him a few more times. Arn went for one more and got sent flying into the ring when Dustin moved, and then Rhodes went to the other ring and came flying across the rings with a Clothesline that dropped Arn once more. When Anderson was back on his feet Dustin jumped and grabbed the cell ceiling before kicking Arn in the head with both feet. After an Irish Whip in the corner, Dustin dropped Arn with a Bionic Elbow, before punching away at his head a few more times until Arn dropped to his back. Dustin spread his legs before kicking him in the gut, and then dropping him with another Clothesline. Bouncing off of the ropes Dustin dropped with an Elbow on Anderson’s head, before grabbing Arn’s arm and stomping on it. Dustin bounced Arn off of the wall once more and put his head down just for Arn to grab him and drop him with a DDT! Now Arn went to work punching Dustin in the head while Col Parker cheered on from the outside while Meng silently watched beside him. Arn sent Dustin off of the ropes and then caught him with a Clothesline that turned Dustin inside out, but waited too long to follow up on it and Dustin managed to recover with some punches, before Arn rolled across the ring back to his side. Dustin stopped him before he could get far before locking on a Single Leg Crab just as the bell rang and “Rampage” Ray Traylor entered the ring and went right for Dustin. “Rampage” wasted no time grabbing Rhodes by the hair and throwing him into the steel wall, and then catching up with a Uppercut as Rhodes turned around. Anderson slowly climbed to his feet while Rhodes and Traylor threw punches at each other with Rhodes getting the upper hand. Dustin ran off the ropes, perhaps looking for his Bulldog, and Anderson suddenly re-entered the picture intercepting Dustin and dropping him with a Spinebuster. Anderson started giving directions to Traylor, telling him to throw Dustin over the ropes into the space between the two rings. With Rhodes dropped in that space, Anderson climbed through the ropes and put his feet on the back of Rhodes head forcing it down into the empty space as a form of revenge from earlier. The camera panned out to show the competitors outside the ring…and in an instant it’s noticed that Terry Funk is no longer with his team. Dustin managed to fight to his feet and he picked Arm up and Slammed him over the ring. Traylor immediately went after Rhodes, but Rhodes was able to punch away at his head to block him. Which worked until Anderson kicked him in the gut, and Arn and Traylor brought him into the ring with a Double Suplex with Rhodes feet bouncing off of the ceiling. They picked Dustin up together and threw him towards the wall once more, and as Dustin stumbled backwards Traylor nailed Dustin in the back of a head with a boot that dropped Rhodes down onto the second rope, and then followed up with a Leapfrog body guillotine on the ropes, before getting Anderson to do the same. There was a commotion from outside the War Games cell when Terry Funk reappeared from under the ring and went right for Ric Flair!! Funk threw Flair head first into the corner of the cell and he went down hard, while Sting and Dusty Rhodes chased Funk back to his side. Flair was rolling around in pain with Sting and Dusty bent over checking on him which actually allowed for a bit of a break for Dustin as Traylor and Anderson both stopped to watch what was going on. When they turned around Dustin responded with a Double Clothesline for both men that dropped all three men. Of the three men it was it “Rampage” who was up first and he picked Dustin up and dropped him with a Sidewalk Slam as the bell rang to allow the next wrestler in to the ring. Rhodes and Sting weren’t about to let Flair get into the ring as he was still recovering, so after a brief look at each other it was Dusty who entered the ring looking to make sure that the beating on his son was stopped. Dustin immediately went after both men with Bionic Elbows which evened the odds, and chased Anderson towards the corner where he was climbing the turnbuckle to get away from Dusty. “The American Dream” caught him and sent him off of the top turnbuckle and turned around, perfectly setting him up to fall victim to a Running Avalanche from “Rampage” Ray Traylor. Enraged Dustin Rhodes climbed to his feet and immediately went after Traylor with punches and kicks, while Dusty took off his belt and started to whip Arn with it across the back! Outside the ring Ric Flair had climbed to his feet, and immediately ran across and went afterTerry Funk but ran right into Vader who dropped him with a punch. Meng moved in to pull Flair to his feet and Harley Race managed to get a hard punch to the face of Flair before Sting managed to get Flair away from there, although it looked like it was too little too late as Flair looked like he was out. While the action continued in the ring emergency medical staff arrived to take Flair to the back, leaving Sting to look on helpless as Terry Funk was the next man to enter the War Games. Terry Funk took off his boot(!) as he entered into the cage and immediately went after Dustin Rhodes smacking him with the boot before grabbing him by the head and smashing him head first into the cage wall…..right in front of Dusty Rhodes who was being held up by “Rampage” Ray Traylor. Anderson grabbed the boot and started to hit Dusty in the head with it, while Funk had climbed up onto the top ring rope to kick Dustin in the back. Dustin fired back with a punch to the ribs and it dropped Funk down across the top ring rope! Dusty managed to get a reverse Mule Kick between Traylor’s legs, before turning around and punching Traylor in the head. Dustin and Arn were fighting over the boot, with Dustin getting control of it after kicking Arn in the gut, and then waffled Anderson in the head with it. Rhodes nailed Funk with it as well, as a dizzy Funk retreated and fell between the two rings. Dustin followed him into the “no man’s land” and dropped Funk with a Piledriver, and Funk dropped straight down into the space between the rings. Outside the ring Sting was cheering on loudly as it looked the Rhodes were in control with Dusty rubbing Arn’s face across the cage wall, and Dustin nailing Traylor over and over again with the boot while Terry Funk was trying to get back into the ring just as Sting was allowed into the match. Sting immediately ran into the ring and went right after Traylor, leaving Dusty to go over and nail Funk with a Bionic Elbow, before finding his belt again and whipping Terry Funk like a rented mule! Dusty wrapped the belt around his fist before winding up and punching Funk with it and dropping him to the mat! Even though it wasn’t his time to get into the ring yet Vader had climbed up on the ring steps and was pulling on the door….meanwhile there was no Ric Flair to be seen! Dusty and Dustin sent Terry Funk and Arn Anderson flying into each other with double Irish Whips which dropped both men, while Sting had “Rampage” in the corner and had climbed up on the turnbuckle and was punching away at his head…..just as Vader was allowed into the rings! Vader went after all of his opponents, dropping Dustin Rhodes with a Lariat before dropping Dusty with a blow to the head. He ran across the ring looking to nail Sting from behind, but Sting moved at the last moment which sent Vader crashing into Traylor instead! Sting ran across the ring and climbed to the top turnbuckle, waiting for Vader to turn around before catching him with a Flying Clothesline! Terry Funk had managed to get his hands on Dusty’s belt and crawled over and was choking Dustin Rhodes out with it, while ‘The Enforcer’ made Dusty watch; ‘The American Dream’ was almost in tears as Dustin was going red. Sting desperately made the save kicking Terry Funk in the head, just to turn around and fall victim to a Rampage Slam! Vader and Traylor looked at each other before they pulled Sting to his feet and the two of them combined to drop Sting with a Double Powerbomb!! They next turned their attention to Dusty Rhodes, while Arn pulled Sting to his feet and then guided him over into the empty ring leaving the other combatants to their own ring. ‘The Enforcer’ started to weaken the knee of Sting while the commentator’s were talking about the count down to when Ric Flair was supposed to enter but he was still nowhere to be seen. Vader and “Rampage” took turns punching Dusty, while Dustin and Terry were on their knee’s punching at each other. Arn looked to drop Sting with a DDT….but Sting reversed by lifting Arn up into the air and Gorillas Press Slamming Arn into the roof! With Flair not out the match had entered into the “match beyond” which meant that it was now time for the match to end via submission. And Sting looked like he was going to try and end it with a Scorpion Deathlock on Arn Anderson, while in other ring Terry Funk had managed to get the Spinning Toe Hold on Dustin! Suddenly the fans exploded in cheers as Ric Flair came running out from the back, bandage on his head and pushing medical attendants away from him as he went for the ring. Vader left Traylor to take care of Dusty Rhodes and went to go and get into the other ring as Flair was entering via the door near Arn and Dustin, but Terry had broken the hold on Dustin to try and do the same thing and inadvertently crawled in front of Vader who tripped over him and crashed to the mat right onto Dustin! Flair and Sting stood side by side looking down at Arn Anderson who was on his hands and knees begging them off. They looked at each other with a smile and then took a step towards Arn Anderson…..when Ric Flair CLIPPED STINGS KNEE!! The fans were in complete shock as Flair continued to kick away at the knee, while Anderson dragged Sting to the middle of the ring and locked on a Figure Four! Vader was trying to get into the ring, but Terry was still holding onto his leg for some reason, while Flair kicked the injured knee of Sting…finally leading to a submission and a victory for the Rampaging Stud’s!! Flair quickly gout of the ring and headed towards the back with garbage flying towards him while Bobby Heenan rejoiced and Tony was in shock as Fall Brawl came to an end. Finish of the Match: Arn Anderson made Sting submit at 24:46 My Thoughts: Finally Flair is a heel again!! And the best thing is it came at Sting’s expense AGAIN, will he EVER learn?!? The match itself was a really good War Games, not one of the best ever, but a really good one especially considering there was no blood but the brawling was enough violence to keep the fans and myself involved in the match. 84</div></blockquote> Overall Rating: With the best Saturday Night of the year and now the best WCW PPV of the year in the same weekend, what a weekend of shows this was from 1994 WCW! 82 <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Pick 'Em Contest Results: First off glad to have you aboard KnowYourEnemy!! KnowYourEnemy-8 Beejus-6 Pick 'Em Contest Standings: Beejus-17 KnowYourEnemy-8 Smasher1311-4</div></blockquote>

Beejus · July 20, 2017

Awesome War Games! And like you said, a really great weekend for WCW overall. Hulk Who? <img alt="

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tg01 · July 21, 2017

<div style="text-align:left;">http://i.imgur.com/ew7LW6Y.jpg</div> <div style="text-align:center;">http://i.imgur.com/bc5QgL7.jpg</div> WCW Saturday Night 9-24-94 Attendance: 13941 Location: Nashville Muncipal Auditorium in Nashville, TN Rating: 2.83 (+0.01) Tony and Bobby welcomed everyone to WCW; Tony was in shock as he described what had happened in the War Games match, while Bobby Heenan could not hide his glee as he discussed Ric Flair turning on Sting. They also promoted that Larry Zbyszko would have an announcement to make later tonight with Gene Okerlund. <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Match 1: Dustin Rhodes vs. Sgt Craig Pittman Body of the Match: This probably would not have been much of a contest if Dustin wasn’t still feeling the effects of the War Games match; there was still a red mark from around his neck where Terry Funk had tried to choke the life out of him! In the end the encouragement of Dusty Rhodes outside the ring was enough to rally Dustin to a victory after his familiar Bulldog. Finish of the Match: Dustin Rhodes pinned Sgt Craig Pittman at 8:06 after a Bulldog My Thoughts: The psychology was solid in this match even if everyone knew the ending from the onset. Extra credit given to the way that Dustin sold the beating from Terry Funk which played into their interview segment after the match. 76</div></blockquote> Gene Okerlund stood by with Dustin and Dusty Rhodes who said they were not done with the Stud Stable yet, with Dusty going off on Terry Funk for making him watch as he choked the air out of his son in front of him during War Games and they wanted one more shot at ending this feud once and for all. <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Match 2: “Rampage” Ray Traylor vs. Scott Stud Body of the Match: This was everyone`s favourite….a “Rampage” special as Ray Traylor ran wild over Scott Stud. Poor Stud looked petrified when he realized what he had done after he moved as Traylor went to Guillotine him on the ropes, and instead Traylor went through the ropes to the floor. It was much longer after that the match came to an end with Ray Traylor hitting the Rampage Slam. Finish of the Match: “Rampage” Ray Traylor defeated Scott Stud at 7:33 after the Rampage Slam My Thoughts: Traylor did what he does best and that was destroy Stud in an entertaining fashion, it’s hard to believe that this was the same guy who once wore powder blue! 72</div></blockquote> Gene Okerlund was standing with Johnny B Badd in preparation for the Main Event, and Johnny B Badd spoke about how much it would mean to finally become a Champion in WCW and thanked Brian Pillman for his support in the previous few months. <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Match 3: “Stunning” Steve Austin vs. Terry Taylor Body of the Match: After winning the trilogy against Ricky Steamboat, Steve Austin was even more cocky then usual which almost led to his defeat in this non-title match a couple of times as the veteran Terry Taylor rolled him up a couple of times. In the end the match came to an end the way everyone would have guessed with “Stunning” Steve Austin getting the victory with a Stun Gun and then pantomiming after the match that he didn’t even break a sweat. Finish of the Match: “Stunning” Steve Austin pinned Terry Taylor at 12:45 after a Stun Gun. My Thoughts: There’s no doubting it….Steve Austin is a star! The series against Ricky Steamboat has helped him take things to another level in the ring, and he already had all the talent in the world on the microphone. The package is starting to come together and it’s almost too bad that Hulk Hogan didn’t end up coming to WCW because who knows what the two of them could have done together! 79</div></blockquote> Larry Zbyszko was ready to make his announcement when “Stunning” Steve Austin interrupted and asked why Larry was getting this time to talk when Austin had just won his match, something Larry doesn’t seem to know how to do. “What have you ever accomplished in this industry anyways?” was the question that Steve Austin left hanging in the air as he walked to the back leaving a visibly upset Larry Zbyszko behind. <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Match 4: WCW United States Tag Team Championship Qualification Match: The Armstrong Brothers vs. The Miracle Violence Connection Body of the Match: For each of these teams this was their last chance to qualify for the tournament to determine the new WCW United States Tag Team Champions so they had a lot to fight for, but it was also incredibly personal. Of course Brian Armstrong was also still impacted by his injured ribs so that put the Armstrong Brothers behind the eight ball before the match could even begin. The finish of the match saw Steve Williams taunting Brad Armstrong as he dropped Brian Armstrong with three straight Oklahoma Stampede’s which caused Brad to snap and he dropped down and grabbed a steel chair before sliding into the ring with it. Things were at a standing still until crazy Terry Gordy came in with his own steel chair and went after Brad with it. The two hit each other with the chairs repeatedly as the referee called for the bell disqualifying them both! Finish of the Match: The match was declared a double disqualification at 13:07 My Thoughts: A decent match, although not a great one, but again Brian Armstrong made a good punching bag for the Miracle Violence Connection leading to older brother Brad having to go to extreme measures. 71</div></blockquote> Arn Anderson, Ric Flair and Terry Funk stood in the ring without Col Robert Parker or Meng with them and Flair having a microphone in his hand: “How did any of you think I would ever team up with Sting and the Rhodes? I hate their stinking guts! This man, this man Arn Anderson is my best friend, he is family there was no way I would ever side against him, never! This man Terry Funk…he is a legend, he is someone I respect, he is someone I learned from, he taught me how to be a World Champion. Sting you got what you have had coming to you, you have been a thorn in my side for too long. That belt you carry around that’s MY belt and it embarrasses me that you are called a World Champion, there is only ONE World Champion and you’re looking at him pal!” Anderson took the microphone from Flair at that point: “Look in the ring, you aren’t looking at a stable, you are looking at three surly old men. Grizzled veteran’s who have put up with too much and it’s time that the world is reminded of the natural order of things. Last week I beat Ric (the two men looked at each other and Arn actually winked at him before laughing) and it was announced I would get a World title shot, but it was never decided which world title I would get a shot at, and that is why at Halloween Havoc I will be using that shot to face Sting and take back that Big Gold Belt and reclaim its legacy.” Arn handed the microphone over to Terry Funk but before he could speak they were interrupted by a hurting Cactus Jack! “I’m sorry Terry, I just respect you too much to allow you to open your mouth and agree with those two who are standing beside you. You want to talk about World title shots, well Arn you aren’t the only one who has a World title shot up your sleeve….I sent Kevin Sullivan packing and I got a little World title shot of my own and Ric Flair at Halloween Havoc you are going to be facing off against a wrestlers who is willing to do whatever it takes to win, something you have never been able to comprehend as you have always had to surround yourself with lackey’s like Arn Anderson…..Bang! Bang!” <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Match 5: Steve Keirn vs. Sting Body of the Match: Sting was limping throughout the match showing off the damage from the Figure Four from Arn Anderson, and Steve Keirn was quick to try and take advantage of that. In the end the fans cheered Sting to the victory as he pulled out the Scorpion Deathlock to get the victory. Finish of the Match: Sting made Steve Keirn submit with the Scorpion Deathlock at 7:39 My Thoughts: Sting had a good night here making Steve Keirn look good while selling the effects of War Games, but then getting the fans to cheer him to a strong victory. 78</div></blockquote> Sting stopped by to talk to Gene Okerlund: “Every time, every single time Ric, every time I have given you a chance to prove that you have improved as a man you have stabbed me right in the back! You can send your little guard dog after me Ric, but I promise you this there will be a reckoning, are paths are going to collide and when they do I’m going to beat you so bad you won’t be a surly old man, you’ll just be a retired old man!” After a commercial break Gene Okerlund was standing by with Lord Steven Regal and asked him about his main event match: “Tonight I am not just going to beat that little butter tart, I am going to teach him a lesson in manners, you do not wear make-up when wrestling an English Lord.” <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Match 6: WCW World Television Championship: Lord Steven Regal© vs. Johnny B Badd Body of the Match: The two men circled each other, and as Johnny B Badd tried to reach out to grab him Lord Steven Regal pulled away from him. Finally they did lock up and Badd backed Regal in the corner where the two men fought over the hold, before Johnny backed up out of it. Distainfully Regal looked towards Badd with disgust, before they locked up in the middle of the ring and they both took turns reversing a series of Arm Whips and Wrist Locks. That actually went on for a good while before Regal managed to Monkey Flip Badd out of the corner, and turned that into a close pin fall. It was somewhat distracting them wrestle in the confetti from the Badd Blaster and it kept ending up all over their back as they fought along the mat. Regal managed to get a Cravat locked on to take control of the match but it did not last for very long before Badd had chased Regal from the ring. Sir William came over to check out on Regal who feinted going to the back before running to the ring and taking over with punches. From there Regal worked over Badd’s face with a double knee lift, and then a Dropkick right the face. With Badd on the ground Regal started to rub his elbow across Badd’s face. They fought back up and Badd sent Regal into the corner with an Irish Whip, but Regal got his foot up on the second rope turnbuckle to stop his momentum, just to fall victim to a Dropkick from Badd! Lord Steven Regal rolled out of the ring and Badd followed him with a Plancha! Badd rolled him back into the ring and went to follow him after him but Regal kicked the ring rope straight up into the air catching Badd in a tender place. That allowed Regal to take over and he proceeded to continue to go after Badd’s face, and it looked like he managed to almost force Badd’s eye to close shut. The end of the match saw Badd try and go for the Tutti Frutti, but when that missed its mark Regal was able to hit an Exploder Suplex and get the pin fall victory. Finish of the Match: Lord Steven Regal pinned Johnny B Badd at 17:57 after an Exploder Suplex My Thoughts: The early part with the arm work seemed to go on for a while, but after that they settled into a good groove with Regal really bringing the stiff shots to Badd’s face (or maybe that was just the makeup wearing off?) and they managed to end up having a good Main Event. 78</div></blockquote> Nick Bockwinkel showed up at the end of the night with a few things to talk about. First off he announced that he had watched the tag team match between Harlem Heat and Johnny B Badd and Brian Pillman from Fall Brawl and he saw that Booker T had Pillman in a pinning situation at the same time as Johnny B Badd had gotten his victory. He was impressed that Harlem Heat had not whined and complained about that and for that reason he was going to reward them by giving them a Tag Team title shot after all, next week against the Steiner Brothers. Secondly Nick had started to think about the biggest PPV of the year, Starrcade in December, and some plans were starting to come together and announcements would be forth coming about that. But one match that would directly tie into those plans was a match from Halloween Havoc. Bockwinkel had heard what the Rhodes family had said earlier and he understood their anger, and that was why at Halloween Havoc the team of Terry Funk, Ray Traylor and Vader would face Dusty, Dustin and a tag partner of their choice. Finally the United States Tag Team tournament. After careful deliberation he had decided that both the Miracle Violence Connection and the Armstrong Brothers were disqualified and removed from the tournament so he would have to come up with something to decide the final team. It was at that point that Jesse Ventura interrupted wanting to talk to Bockwinkel about “his team” and the two walked away at the show ended. Overall Rating: The hot streak continues for WCW as this was another great show, even more impressive when you consider there was only one star vs. star match on the entire card but this is a roster that is just bringing it right now! 83 <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>WCW Main Event 09-25-1994 Eric Bischoff and Rick Rude discussed the “three surly old men” and Cactus Jack stepping up into the title picture (75) Union Jack defeated Mark Starr at 7:39 after a Butterfly Suplex (21) Gordon Solie interviewed Harlem Heat about their tag team title match, a match they were thankful to get, and an opportunity they promised to take advantage of (64) The Belfast Bruiser made “Hollywood” John Tatum submit at 7:43 (46) Boni Blackstone interviewed Stars ‘n’ Stripes who were glad to be finished with Bob Orton Jr and Greg Valentine and were now concentrating on winning the United States Tag Team Championship beginning by winning their last chance qualification match (64) Toshiaki Kawada pinned Tim Horner at 8:01 with a Folding Powerbomb (61) Gordon Solie interviewed the Steiner Brothers about their next tag team title defense and the Steiner’s promised to do what they did best, “Suplex, Steinerline, title defense!” Stars ‘n’ Stripes qualified for the US Tag Team title tournament after defeating the State Patrol when Marcus Alexander Bagwell pinned Lt James Earl Wright at 7:38 eliminating the State Patrol from contention (56) Eric Bischoff and Rick Rude gave the final hype for next weeks Saturday Night and the Tag Team Championship match! (77) Overall Rating: 64</div></blockquote> <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Beejus" data-cite="Beejus" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Awesome War Games! And like you said, a really great weekend for WCW overall. Hulk Who? <img alt=":)" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/smile.png.142cfa0a1cd2925c0463c1d00f499df2.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div></blockquote> Thank you, I've been looking forward to getting to this point for a long, looooong time haha.

Dawn · July 21, 2017

Good lord isn't that Flair guy a sneaky bastard. Great WarGames, my man.

tg01 · July 22, 2017

<div style="text-align:center;">http://i.imgur.com/xuC8gfi.jpg</div> Just to catch up on a few notes from the world of World Championship Wrestling because I have already received a few letters about it. Yes that was THE Toshiaki Kawada wrestling on WCW Main Event the past few weeks. A lot of people are wondering what the deal is there and it involves a great deal of politics. For starters his contract with AJPW came up for extension and there was a bit of a battle between AJPW and NJPW, a battle that AJPW looked like it was going to win with ease when all of a sudden WCW swooped in out of nowhere and offered a much bigger deal then both were asking. I haven't heard exact numbers but I have been told he is one of the highest paid wrestlers on the WCW roster now just to get him over here. Of course the obvious question is why would they spend all that money and then put him on Main Event? The quick answer for that is so that he can adjust his style to the different wrestling style in America and to learn the language of English better. I have been told that he hasn't been told to water his move set down too much but that he has been asked to soften up a bit, at the very least to a Vader level. As for why he is even in WCW? That has to do with the politics going on behind the scenes. I have been told that part of it was a favour to NJPW, a favour that will looked to be cashed in on the future as will make sense shortly, to take a huge star away from rival AJPW. The bigger part of is has to do with the continued power struggle between Tony Schiavone and Eric Bischoff. Everyone knows that after the embarrassment of the Hulk Hogan situation Eric lost some of his power and clout as Tony Schiavone was put in charge of the booking decisions, and now Eric is left in charge of the financial matters and other business decisions. I have heard that Eric Bischoff was almost thrown out on the street, and it was only a last minute meeting that saved his WCW career. In that meeting Eric laid out his grandiose plans for the future of WCW. Part of that was admitting he had over reached when he had gone after Hulk Hogan, and perhaps WCW was not quite ready to compete with WWF in the United States, perhaps even in Canada, but he argued that the rest of the world was wide open for the taking and that he wanted to take WCW global. He explained that he had been scouting in Japan, in Mexico, and in Europe and that he wanted to start bringing in some of the better wrestlers from those countries and introduce their wrestling styles to the North American crowd as it was something that was completely different from what they are used too. He argued the only way he could hope to gain a foothold in these countries was if he had the resources to sign not just old wrestlers who were looking at one last big pay day in the United States, but current stars in those countries. He's already done that by going after wrestlers from Europe like Dave Finlay and Dave Taylor, but he had set his sights on something bigger. When Kawada's contract came up for renewal he saw the opportunity to go after one of the biggest starts. As readers know he is rumoured to have done the same for one of Mexico's biggest stars, more on that in the months ahead from what I have been told. But with Eric getting the approval to go after these stars has he won favour back? And if so what does that mean for Tony Schiavone? I think Tony would be a bit more threatened if it was not for the fact that since he took over things have only been growing for WCW, even in the United States. One good show after another has won the critics over, and it looks like he has already managed to do something Eric Bischoff wasn't able to do, and that is to take some of the young up and comers and move them into a prominent position where they are winning fans over. For example everyone thought that Steve Austin had all the tools to become a star, but it's Tony who has provided him the environment to prove everyone right, and he has already become one of the five biggest stars in the company. Tony flexed some of the muscles he has gained by getting rid of Kevin Sullivan and signing Cactus Jack to a one year extension when everyone thought he was on the way out. With the Kevin Sullivan situation I think we all knew it was going to happen when he took Jack's place at the ECW events the past month, but everyone thought that Jack was out the door after he spit on the Tag Team title belt. I have heard that Tony and Cactus Jack may not be best of friends, but that Tony gave him the contract extension, and the upcoming feud against Ric Flair, just to show everyone in the company that he was in charge. By releasing Kevin Sullivan he also got rid of a potential future replacement for himself so that doesn't hurt. As for the future, it is hard to say if Eric and Tony are going to be able to continue to work together, or if Eric is going to try and get all the power back for himself. The one thing that can be said is that at least their competing against each other has been good for WCW. <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Smasher1311" data-cite="Smasher1311" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Good lord isn't that Flair guy a sneaky bastard. Great WarGames, my man.</div></blockquote> Smasher!! Good to see you friend, I was hoping you'd pop back in again soon! Thank you muchly...and yes, yes he sure is!

tg01 · July 23, 2017

<div style="text-align:center;">http://i.imgur.com/kfm6IcE.jpg</div> <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;">WCW World Heavyweight Championship http://i.imgur.com/lPlrEA6.jpg Ric Flair http://i.imgur.com/kmW9aUM.jpg WCW International World Championship http://i.imgur.com/nEvjhfT.jpg Sting http://i.imgur.com/uohcBsl.jpg WCW United States Heavyweight Championship http://i.imgur.com/DfyrBnI.jpg] "Stunning" Steve Austin http://i.imgur.com/KhDAtCa.jpg WCW World Tag Team Championship http://i.imgur.com/3jQd6bl.jpg The Steiner Brothers http://i.imgur.com/q6APJiV.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/ledMIC2.jpg WCW World Television Championship http://i.imgur.com/bJ8PZrv.jpg Lord Steven Regal http://i.imgur.com/ZqEimMd.jpg WCW United States Tag Team Championship http://i.imgur.com/OxAJDhf.jpg Vacant-Champions to be crowned at WCW Starrcade '94 </div></div></blockquote> (Whoops...forgot to put this up earlier!)

Dawn · July 23, 2017

Loved Cactus taking the fight to the semi-Horsemen, I've always wondered if a change in Cactus' personality (or personalities) like he had in the WWE would work well in a WCW scenario. He could be built for something bigger than Funk before the year is done in my eyes, so I'm excited to see what's next.

tg01 · July 24, 2017

<div style="text-align:left;">http://i.imgur.com/ew7LW6Y.jpg</div> <div style="text-align:center;">http://i.imgur.com/bc5QgL7.jpg</div> WCW Saturday Night 10-01-94 Attendance: 8846 SELL OUT! Location: John Q. Hammons Student Center in Springfield, MO Rating: 2.86 (+0.03) Tony and Bobby welcomed everyone to WCW while discussing the “three surly old men” and how both Sting and Cactus Jack had stepped up to challenge their dominance. <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Match 1: Dan Spivey vs. Vader Body of the Match: Speak about a dream match….in Japan! Not to say that this wasn’t a good showdown between these two men who knew a thing or two about the Puro style as they absolutely didn’t pull their punches as they went back and forth in this match. Dan Spivey actually even managed to drop Vader to the mat after a series of Big Kick’s, but then he attempted to pick Vader up for a Powerbomb but Vader shrugged that off and then looked at Spivey in a “what do you think you were trying to do” sort of way before nailing a series of Lariat’s….and then picking Spivey up and dropping him with a Powerbomb of his own for the pin fall! Finish of the Match: Vader pinned Dan Spivey at 8:03 My Thoughts: About five years ago I’m sure this match would have crazy to watch but time and injures have slowed both men down honestly. It was still an enjoyable fight, just not the all time classic dream match that it could have been. 72</div></blockquote> Gene Okerlund interviewed and angry Harley Race and Vader who felt they had been used by Arn Anderson: “He came to us months ago and asked Vader to team with him to eliminate Ric Flair and the Rhodes, and the only reason we agreed was because we wanted to remove Flair from this company and then to find out they were playing us the entire time? And now Nick Bockwinkel thinks that we’re going to team up with Terry Funk at Halloween Havoc? No way!” <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Match 2: WCW United States Tag Team Championship Qualification Match: Austin Idol/Ax the Demolisher vs. Bad Attitude (Bobby Eaton/Steve Keirn) Body of the Match: The fans may not have known Ax the Demolisher by that name, but when he came out with face paint on the fans quickly realized he was the former Demolition Ax (and I’m wondering how long it took for WWF to threaten to sue WCW for that one) while Austin Idol was a decently known wrestler from the area so fans bought their team as having a chance against Bad Attitude. In the end though the team work of Bobby Eaton, two men who were tag team experts, allowed them to separate Ax and Austin Idol and allowed for Eaton to get the pin fall after an Alabama Slam to become the sixth team to qualify for the WCW United States Tag Team tournament. Finish of the Match: Bobby Eaton pinned Austin Idol at 8:11 after an Alabama Slam My Thoughts: About as good a match between these four men was going to get; Idol and Ax are both getting up there in years so that didn’t help, but fortunately Bobby Eaton was his usual great self and carried this match to something decent. 65</div></blockquote> Ton and Bobby introduced backstage video footage from last week’s Saturday Night when the three surly old men left the ring and Col Robert Parker went running after them. Anderson told everyone else to go ahead and stopped to tell Parker they were done with him, that he was never good enough to manage legend’s like themselves and the only stable he should worry about is the one on his farm and the manure he should be shoveling. As Anderson walked away an angry Park said he would “show them, I’ll show everyone!” <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Match 3: Jean-Paul Levesque vs. Scott Stud Body of the Match: Jean-Paul Levesque was accompanied to the ring by Lord Steven Regal which put Scott Stud as a disadvantage before the match could even begin. Not that JPL needed much help against Scott Stud as he controlled most of the match before putting Stud out of his misery with a Pedigree. Finish of the Match: Jean-Paul Levesque pinned Scott Stud at 7:35 after a Pedigree My Thoughts: JPL still sticks to a pretty basic match, nothing great, nothing bad, just there but having Lord Steven Regal by his side can only help him grow as a wrestler. 61</div></blockquote> Gene Okerlund stopped Lord Steven Regal on his way to the back to talk about his match last week and Regal made sure to point out that he had said “Badd wasn’t man enough to take the Television title from me, he wasn’t even man enough to be in the ring with me!” <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Match 4: Diamond Dallas Page vs. Van Hammer Body of the Match: Van Hammer is back!! I’d assume it was just a one night deal, but what a random night for old faces showing up. The match was more about Diamond Dallas Page showing off is new finishing move again as he reversed out of a Suplex with the move to beat Van Hammer and win the match. Finish of the Match: Diamond Dallas Page pinned Van Hammer at 7:45 with the same move as usual My Thoughts: The fans were probably more excited to see Van Hammer then I was, but this was another alright match with a good ending…boy does that move need a name! 62</div></blockquote> Larry Zbyszko stood by with Gene Okerlund and something in his hand…the AWA World Championship!! “Steve Austin asked last week what I have ever accomplished in this industry, well it seems like he is one young man who needs a history lesson. This here is a WORLD Championship held by greats like Pat O’Connor, Mad Dog Vachon, Dick the Bruiser, Verne Gagne, and even our very own distinguished Commissioner Nick Bockwinkel. Austin may make a pretty good United States Champion, but he’s got a lot to prove before he becomes a World Champion level talent!” <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Match 5: Bunkhouse Buck/Rip Rogers vs. The Nasty Boys Body of the Match: The “good ol’ boys” theme of the evening continued as The Nasty Boys faced off against Bunkhouse Buck and Rip Rogers, with their turn to babyface’s all but cemented by the time they made their way to the ring with the fans cheering them on. Part way through the match Col Robert Paker made his way out from the back, and I assumed he was there to watch Bunkhouse Buck, imagine my surprise when he instead gestured to the back and these two men… <div style="text-align:center;">http://i.imgur.com/YFrrb5g.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/uLGLHOT.jpg</div> …came running out to attack The Nasty Boys and draw the disqualification!! Finish of the Match: The Nasty Boys won via disqualification at 8:25 when they were attacked by two newcomers to WCW My Thoughts: This match was all about the attack and the new team joining WCW; I’m sure Jim Cornette was really glad to lose them from SMW, but I do find it humorous that Eric Bischoff/Tony Schiavone managed to steal a couple more wrestlers from WWF. 66</div></blockquote> An upset Jim Duggan was talking with Gene Okerlund and he was not impressed with what Steve Austin had done last week interrupting and insulting a Legend like Larry Zbyszko; Austin interrupted again and said that if Duggan had a problem with it they could settle it in the ring…..next week. Duggan agreed to the match and told Austin to bring his title belt! <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Match 6: Brian Pillman vs. Sgt. Craig Pittman Body of the Match: This was a battle between Pillman’s flying skills and Pittman’s more grapple based styles, and it should be no surprise that Pillman was the one who succeeded in that battle finishing Pittman with the Air Pillman without too much effort. Finish of the Match: Brian Pillman pinned Sgt. Craig Pittman at 8:02 after the Air Pillman My Thoughts: At this point I was seriously thinking that the hot streak had come to an end. There has been some decent angles, but the in ring action just was not working for me on this show. Nothing outright awful, but lots of middling matches with old faces, and not the good stuff that we had been seeing the last few weeks. 62</div></blockquote> After the match Brian Pillman was on his way to the back when he saw that Gene Okerlund was interviewing an upset Johnny B Badd who said maybe Regal was right and it was time that Badd hung up his boots, Pillman tried to console him but Badd just walked away leaving Pillman and Okerlund behind. Prior to the Main Event Gene Okerlund caught up with Dustin and Dusty Rhodes who proudly introduced their tag team partner, someone they knew they could trust 100%.....RICKY STEAMBOAT!! <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Match 7: WCW World Tag Team Championship: The Steiner Brothers© vs. Harlem Heat Body of the Match: It was a battle of the younger brothers to start as Scott Steiner and Booker T started the match off, with Booker attempting to win a test of strength against Scott Steiner. He didn’t. Instead Scott turned it into an Arm Wringer, that Booker tried to wrestle out of it, but Scott actually picked him straight up and spun him around in the air before dropping him. Booker T tagged out to his older brother, and Scott looked to his and with the fans approval he made the tag to the Dog-Faced Gremlin. Rick entered the ring and ran around in circles before Stevie Ray engaged in annoyance and the two began to throw blows in the middle of the ring, with Stevie Ray using his height advantage to hammer down on Rick’s shoulder dropping him to the mat. Ray got a few extra shots with Rick on the mat, before pulling him to his feet and sending him off the ropes and dropping him with a Bicycle Kick. Stevie Ray took time to look at the fans before pulling Rick to his feet and punching him in the corner before sending Rick off of the ropes with another Irish Whip. This time Rick ducked under Stevie’s Clothesline attempt once, twice….but on the third time Stevie did catch him and dropped him to the mat. Ray went to send Rick into the corner, but Rick reversed it and sent Stevie chest first into the corner, before catching him with a German Suplex as he backed out of it. Rick grabbed Stevie by the shoulder and went to go and tag his brother in, but Stevie over powered him and dragged him into his corner where he held him until Booker T was tagged back in. The two double teamed Rick a bit, before Booker T continued to beat on Rick. Harlem Heat did a series of quick tag’s in and out, isolating Rick while Scott was desperate for a tag. At one point Rick looked like he was going to recover after a Belly to Belly Suplex on Booker T, but as he stumbled backwards Stevie Ray reached in and punched him in the back of the head. That set him up for a Sidekick from Booker T that dropped him once more. Things finally turned around when Booker T missed a splash off of the second rope and Rick was able to make the tag who came in with a series of Steiner Lines’s on both brothers. He followed that up with a series of Suplex’s, before Harlem Heat managed to stop his momentum with a Double Suplex. That allowed Harlem Heat to start working over Scott Steiner, but Rick Steiner entered the match and things were hectic for a while with referee Randy Anderson desperate to regain control of the match. While he was busy forcing Rick out of the match Stevie Ray got Scott Steiner up on his shoulders and Booker T flew off the top rope with a Heat Seeker dropkick! Randy Anderson turned around as Booker T went for the pin and dropped down for the count…….as the bell started to ring?! Tony and Bobby had been warning on commentary that the show was coming close to an end, and indeed it was going off the air as the match was declared a TV time limit draw!! Finish of the Match: TV time limit draw at 18:00 as Saturday Night ended with the match still going My Thoughts: What can I say, this match proved me wrong in a big way. What had been treading as a middle of the water show, suddenly became a must see episode of Saturday Night with this Main Event. Big props have to go to Rick Steiner who had the match of his life I’d dare say in this one. Best tag team match of the year in North American I’d say, and it isn’t even close. 86</div></blockquote> Overall Rating: I was worried that the hot streak was coming to an end as most of this show was just not working for me, and then came along the Main Event and the best tag team match I have watched in WCW this year. Both teams went out there and delivered a stellar Main Event that more than made up for some of the other matches from the night. 83 <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>WCW Main Event 10-02-1994 Nick Bockwinkel made a rare appearance on Saturday Night addressing the United States Tag Team Championship qualifying situation, announcing that next week Jesse Ventura’s team would face off against good guy #1 and good guy #2 with the winning team being the final team to qualify in the tournament. (76) Ron Simmons defeated Van Hammer after a Dominator at 7:43 (70) After the match Teddy Long and Ron Simmons stopped to talk with Gordon Solie, with Simmons pointing out that what happened to Tito Santana was what happened when you crossed paths with him, and now that Tito has been taken care of it’s time to move onto other things….like a Championship! Ron Simmons actually called out Sting for an International World title shot! (63) Paul Roma pinned Austin Idol at 8:08 (53) After the match Paul Roma was interviewed by Boni Blackstone, and after teling Boni to stop staring at his body he said that he had gotten tired of carrying Paul Orndorff around on his shoulders and that “rumour is that the so called Mr Wonderful is going to show up on Saturday Night….I’m going to warn him right now that would be a very bad mistake!” Toshiaki Kawada pinned Dan Spivey with a Folding Powerbomb at 7:38 (70) Jesse Ventura stopped by to promote his tag team, mentioning that he had travelled the world and they were the best team that he had ever seen, they were so good that he had decided that in addition to his duties as host of the VR Report that he had agreed to be their promoter. He had got them signed to WCW and next week they were going to show the whole world what they were made of! (78) Col Parker’s boys Tom and Jimmy, Robert Parker had been asked what to call them and that was all he said for now, qualified for the US Tag Team title tournament after defeating the team of Bob Orton Jr and Greg Valentine when Tom pinned Bob Orton Jr at 7:48 (57) Eric Bischoff announced excitedly that Dusty Rhodes would be competing on Saturday Night for the first time in six years next week when the trio of Dusty, Dustin and Ricky Steamboat faced the “3 surly old men!” (77) Overall Rating: 66</div></blockquote> <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Smasher1311" data-cite="Smasher1311" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Loved Cactus taking the fight to the semi-Horsemen, I've always wondered if a change in Cactus' personality (or personalities) like he had in the WWE would work well in a WCW scenario. He could be built for something bigger than Funk before the year is done in my eyes, so I'm excited to see what's next.</div></blockquote> I think Cactus Jack in 93 during the feud with Vader had all the potential in the world to become a top, top babyface in the company. The Cactus Jack in this game though has a while to go to reach that level. But he does happen to be one of the best on the mic in the entire world so that will help (his mentor Terry Funk has taught him a thing or two in game, as well he got the "Cactus Jack created a new catch phrase" note as well so BANG, BANG indeed!)

tg01 · July 30, 2017

<div style="text-align:left;">http://i.imgur.com/ew7LW6Y.jpg</div> <div style="text-align:center;">http://i.imgur.com/bc5QgL7.jpg</div> WCW Saturday Night 10-08-94 Attendance: 7111 SELL OUT! Location: Tulsa Convention Center in Tulsa, OK Rating: 2.80 (-0.06) <div style="text-align:center;">In Memory Of..... http://i.imgur.com/VG90Z6H.jpg "Superstar" Billy Graham June 7, 1943-October 7, 1994</div> Tony and Bobby welcomed everyone to WCW Saturday Night and began the show with a special guest, Cactus Jack! “Thank you Tony for welcoming me, and Bobby I’m even glad you are here so you can report back to the World Champion what I’m about to say. I sacrificed my ear in a match against Vader trying to win the World Heavyweight Championship and I didn’t win the match. I gave up having surgery that would have repaired my ear for a shot at the World Tag Team Championship and I won that match! At Halloween Havoc I realize I need to take the stakes to the next level, I need to be willing to put my body on the line to defeat the greatest Champion this sport has ever seen. Slick Ric this is what you should be dreaming about, what lengths I will go to in order to become Champion of the World. And while these are the things your nightmares are made of, these are what my dreams are made of. Bang! Bang! Before I go though there is one person I need to speak directly to, and that is a man I have spent most of my life looking up too, someone who has given me advice and helped mold me into the wrestler I am today and that is Terry Funk. Terry….you deserve better then to be dragged down by Flair and Arn. They don’t care about the fans, they don’t care about this company, and they certainly don’t care about you! It’s all about doing what it takes to make money, retain their titles, and keep themselves on top in this company….you are just a dog to them, and one day when they are done using you they will throw you to the side. Don’t fall for it Terry, you’re better than that!” <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Match 1: Dan Spivey vs. “Rampage” Ray Traylor Body of the Match: “Rampage” Ray Traylor was not the same sort of Japanese Legend that Vader was, but this was still a fun battle of the two big men. Traylor had obviously been watching last week’s match as he was ready for Spivey to go for a Big Boot as he caught the boot, spun Dan Spivey around and picked him up and dropped him with a Spinebuster for the pin fall victory! Finish of the Match: “Rampage” Ray Traylor pinned Dan Spivey at 8:13 following a Spinebuster My Thoughts: A decent match, although not as good as last weeks’ big man showdown, although Traylor is better in matches with people smaller then him so that he can dominate them. 71</div></blockquote> Nick Bockwinkel wanted to talk a bit about the six man tag team match at Halloween Havoc and why Vader and Traylor should team with Terry Funk but he was interrupted by “Cowboy” Bob Orton Jr and Greg Valentine who wanted to know why they were not getting another shot at Qualifying for the WCW United States Tag Team tournament. “Listen I know the match against Stars ‘n’ Stripes at Fall Brawl wasn’t an official qualifying match, but you lost that match, and you lost your match against Col Parker’s boys, so I see absolutely no reason to give you another shot at qualifying for the tournament, as far as I’m concerned you’ve used up all your shots, you’re done!” <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Match 2: Rip Rogers vs. Sting Body of the Match: Sting was back at 100% finally as was throwing Rip Rogers around the ring while the fans were on their feet cheering him on. Rogers got one pin fall attempt with a handful of tights, but Sting finished the match off shortly after with a Stinger Splash! Finish of the Match: Sting pinned Rip Rogers at 8:26 after a Stinger Splash My Thoughts: An exciting up tempo match as Sting was really flying out there and the fans definitely were excited to see him, I know it may seem like he’s been a bit forgotten in the last few months but every time he is out there he is definitely a star! 75</div></blockquote> A fired up Sting said that he had a lot to worry about with his match against Arn Anderson at Fall Brawl coming up, a showdown with Ric Flair needed at some point in the future, and out of nowhere he’s got Ron Simmons demanding a title shot!? Out of respect to Simmons history as a former World Champion, if he wanted a title shot then he could have one….next week! <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Match 3: Jean-Paul Levesque/Lord Steven Regal vs. Scott Stud/Terry Taylor Body of the Match: A follow up to last week’s singles match between JPL and Scott Stud, this week they brought tag team partners with them. The veterans were a welcome addition to the match as well as this was a better match then last weeks and saw Scott Stud go down to an Exploder Suplex from the World Television Championship. Finish of the Match: Lord Steven Regal pinned Scott Stud at 7:41 following an Exploder Suplex My Thoughts: Terry Taylor may not be able to have a great match on his own anymore, but he definitely can be a great complement to someone else in the ring and that happened again in this tag team match where Regal and Taylor held this one together. 74</div></blockquote> After the match Lord Steven Regal went to reclaim his World Television Championship belt from the timekeeper while Jean-Paul Levesque stayed in the ring taunting the fans. Regal got his hands on the belt just as BRIAN PILLMAN jumped from the crowd and went after him!! He bounced Regal’s head off of the ring bell, before sending him flying into the guard rail, following up with punches and kicks aimed to the ribs. JPL finally realized what was going on and he jumped out of the ring to go and check on Regal while Pillman retreated to the back. Col Robert Parker stood by with his ‘boys’ and Meng: “Everyone thought that the Stud Stable was through, but I realized we would be back and better then ever! So I reached out to some old friends, the “Doctor of Love” Tom Prichard and “Gorgeous” Jimmy Gorgeous, that’s right he’s so good looking it’s in his name twice!” Prichard and Gorgeous took times explained that they had come to WCW and knew they needed to start their makeover of WCW by going after the two ugliest dudes in the company, the nasty, stinky, ugly Brian Knobbs and Jerry Sags! Parker also made sure to mention that besides the Stud Stallions (Prichard and Gorgeous) that it was time his bodyguard Meng got in the ring….right now! <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Match 4: Meng vs. Van Hammer Body of the Match: Van Hammer is back again!! And he had about as much a chance this week as he did last week against DDP. Meng wrestled in his suit and worked Van Hammer slowly, before ending the match with a Superkick. Finish of the Match: Meng won the match at 8:29 after a Superkick My Thoughts: A good debut for the former Haku in the ring as it looks like he will be getting a bit of a push going forward as Col Parker tries to get the Stud Stable on the right path again, although it’s hard to say how much value there is in the Stable. 61</div></blockquote> Ric Flair and Arn Arnderson took the time to talk about their opponents tonight, while Terry Funk had a warning to Cactus Jack that if he kept talking about him that Funk would finish what Kevin Sullivan had started. <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Match 5: WCW United States Heavyweight Championship: “Stunning” Steve Austin© vs. Jim Duggan Body of the Match: Larry Zbyszko joined the commentators for this title match, talking about his history as a wrestler while Steve Austin spent most of this match in control, trying to embarrass Jim Duggan while also stopping to mouth off towards Larry Zbyszko. That almost didn’t work out for him as Duggan charged at Austin and sent him flying with a Back Body Drop and then dropped a Splash for ONE….TWO…TH…NO AUSTIN KICKED OUT! An angry Austin went after Duggan with kicks to the gut before dropping him off of the top rope with a Stun Gun and the pin fall! Finish of the Match: Steve Austin pinned Jim Duggan at 8:44 after a Stun Gun. My Thoughts: Austin is just so entertaining and it shone through in this match even though Jim Duggan was a step behind him. I was really worried there for a minute that Duggan was going to get the pin fall in a “slip on a banana peel” sort of moment for “Stunning” Steve but thankfully he persevered! 77</div></blockquote> After the match “Stunning” Steve Austin taunted both his downed opponent and Larry Zbyszko at the commentator’s area by posing with the United States title in the ring, and then walking over and posing with it right in front of Larry. Jesse Ventura was here to present his tag team that would be in the Qualifying match tomorrow night on WCW Main Event. He saw them wrestling in Japan and immediately recognized they were one of the best teams in the entire World, they are the “World’s Strongest Man” Doug Furnas and the “Phenomenal” Phil LaFon….the Can-Am Express!! Ton and Bobby showed video footage of Mr Wonderful Paul Orndorff arriving earlier, but before he could be interviewed he was attacked by Paul Roma who attacked him with a metal pipe, before slamming him on the windshield of his own car! “Peace, a wonderful goal chased by the idealists, created by hero’s, and kept by peacekeepers. And everyone knows that the best peacekeepers come from Canada. Home of the greatest wrestler in the world. The greatest wrestler of all time is coming to WCW….October 23rd, 1994” Harlem Heat and the Steiner Brothers stood nose to nose, until Nick Bockwinkel backed them up and announced that after their TV time limit draw last week that they would be facing each other again at Halloween Havoc for the World Tag Team Championship…..in a Texas Tornado match! The winning team would be Champions, while the losing team would be the #1 seed in the WCW United States Tag Team Championship Tournament. <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Match 6: Dustin Rhodes/Dusty Rhodes/Ricky ‘The Dragon’ Steamboat vs. Three Surly Old Men Body of the Match: Old enemies locked up to start this match as Ric Flair faced off against his long time nemesis Ricky ‘The Dragon’ Steamboat. The two men wrestled back and forth for a bit, with Ricky Steamboat getting the upper hand on each exchange. Finally an irritated Ric Flair walked over and tagged out to ‘The Enforcer’ as he was done with Steamboat. Steamboat continued to control the match with some Arm Drag’s, before holding onto Arn’s wrist and dragging him over to make the tag out to Dustin Rhodes. Looking to exact a further measure of revenge on Arn for everything he had gone through in the past few months, Dustin was more than ready to get in the ring. He punched and kicked away at Arn, before tossing him through the ropes to the outside. Rhodes followed him outside and dropped him with a Bodyslam on the outside. Terry Funk dropped down off of the ring apron to go after Dustin Rhodes and he got a Bodyslam as well. Dustin rolled Arn back into the ring and he tagged out quickly to the ‘Nature Boy.’ After Dustin and Ric Flair wrestled back and forth for a while the fans got the exchange they had been hoping for as Dustin tagged out to his father the “American Dream!” While Dusty managed to control for a bit, it was a cheap shot from Terry Funk that drew Dustin and Ricky intot he ring and led to confusion and a three on one beat down on Dusty Rhodes. That chaos would end up coming back to cost the surly old men when Dustin and Dusty ended up fighting outside of the ring with Anderson and Funk and Ricky ended the match by hitting Flair with a Diving Crossbody and no one ot break up the pin fall! Finish of the Match: Ricky Steamboat pinned Ric Flair at 29:30 with a Diving Crossbody My Thoughts: Not a must see main event, but a decent outing that had some fun moments as there wa a lot of history between the opponents tonight. 75</div></blockquote> Overall Rating: Maybe not as a good a show as the past month, but still a pretty good show, definitely better then what the WWF was putting out this week with the boy toy and the Burger King dominating that show. 80 <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>WCW Main Event 10-09-1994 Nick Bockwinkel started the show off by announcing that next week’s Saturday Night would be one of the biggest of the year as he had decided that after Ricky Steamboat pinned Ric Flair last night he will get a shot at the WCW World Heavyweight Championship the same night that Sting defends the International World Championship! Also Cactus Jack would get a match against Terry Funk….a No Disqualification match! (77) Toshiaki Kawada defeated Van Hammer with a Folding Powerbomb at 7:43 (63) Jesse Ventura promoted his tag team one more time while also announcing that he would have a VR Report on Saturday Night with the United States Champion “Stunning” Steve Austin and Larry Zbyszko (71) Josef Maximoff defeated Frank Andersson with the Russian Cloverleaf at 8:27 (51) The same video from Saturday Night about the Canadian wrestler coming at Halloween Havoc aired (53) Union Jack pinned Dan Spivey with a Butterfly Suplex at 8:13 (54) Gordon Solie interviewed Austin Idol and Ax the Demolisher who said that this was their last shot at glory, they needed the victory against the Can Am Express! (56) The Can-Am Express were the final team to qualify for the WCW United States Tag Team Championship tournament when “Phenomenal” Phil LaFon pinned Ax the Demoliser with a sitout Powerbomb at 7:37 (58) Eric Bischoff and Rick Rude talked about the big episode of WCW Saturday Night only six days away! (71) Overall Rating: 64</div></blockquote> OOC: I just noticed that someone gave this diary a 5 star rating and I just wanted to put up a message to thank whomever that was, unless I'm missing something I don't think there is a way to tell, so I'll just throw this general gratitude out there just to say it is greatly appreciated!

tg01 · August 3, 2017

<div style="text-align:left;">http://i.imgur.com/ew7LW6Y.jpg</div> <div style="text-align:center;">http://i.imgur.com/bc5QgL7.jpg</div> WCW Saturday Night 10-15-94 Attendance: 9674 Location: Dallas Auditorium in Dallas, TX Rating: 2.83 (+0.03) <div style="text-align:center;">In Memory Of..... http://i.imgur.com/WlffiNq.jpg The Crusher July 11, 1926-October 13, 1994</div> The show began immediately with Ron Simmons making his way out to the ring followed by Sting coming out from the back…but he stopped by Tony and Bobby and grabbed the house microphone: “Ron since you have someone to watch your back tonight I figured it was only appropriate that I get myself a corner man for tonight and here he is……TITO SANTANA!” <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Match 1: WCW International World Heavyweight Championship: Sting© vs. Ron Simmons Body of the Match: Simmons was furious with Sting for bringing Tito Santana to the ring and he wasted no time showing off his displeasure as he pushed Sting to start the match while berating him. Sting finally pushed back, so Simmons responded with a right hand. He followed that up with a boot to the gut, before clubbing Sting over the back of the head a couple of times. He backed Sting up in the corner and tried to send him across the ring with an Irish Whip, but Sting reversed that and sent Simmons flying into the corner, before catching him with a Belly to Back Suplex, followed by a series of Dropkicks that dropped Simmons to the ground. Teddy Long jumped up on the ring apron to complain, but Tito Santana was right on top of that and he ran over and pulled Long off of the ring apron. The distraction still allowed Simmons to get the upper hand with a low blow, and then he had Sting on the ropes and was punching away at him, before finally sending him flying over the top rope and to the ground with a Clothesline. Simmons followed him outside where he threw him into the guard rail a couple of times, before rolling him back into the ring. Ron caught Sting in the middle of the ring with a Standing Headbutt, before sending Sting off the ropes and dropping him with a Powerslam. The follow up to that was a Headlock, and once the referee was out of position Simmons got his feet up on the bottom rope for added leverage. Again Tito was there trying to draw referee Randy Anderson to look at Simmons feet forcing the break. That allowed Sting to get to his where he rallied with a Suplex, and then when Simmons rolled under the rope to the ring apron he followed up by grabbing Simmons head and dropping down across the top rope. That dropped Simmons off of the ring apron and to the ground where Sting followed up with a Double Axe Handle off of the ring apron, before rolling Simmons backed up into the ring. Ron back pedaled into the corner, which set him up perfectly for a Stinger Splash! When Ron fell out of the corner Sting caught him with the One-handed bulldog before locking in the Scorpion Deathlock! Simmons tried to fight against the hold but Sting kept the hold locked in and eventually Simmons had to give up allowing Sting to retain his Championship! Finish of the Match: Sting made Ron Simmons submit with the Scorpion Deathlock at 12:34 My Thoughts: This was a good way to start the show off with a bit of a power battle between these two men, and Tito on the outside also made a lot of sense. 81</div></blockquote> The “3 surly old men” had some time to speak about tonight with Ric Flair going off about having to defend his title tonight just two weeks before he would be forced to get into the ring with Cactus Jack (completely ignoring that Cactus Jack had just the same), Terry Funk implying that Cactus Jack might not even make it to Halloween Havoc since Funk was home in Texas and tonight he was going to serve up a “Texas size whooping” on Cactus Jack. Arn finished it off by remind the fans that while he may been forgotten with his World title shot coming up that tonight he was going to send a message to Sting through a fellow “painted face freak.” Up next Gene Okerlund spoke with an upset Brian Pillman who said he hadn’t seen his friend Johnny B Badd in a few weeks and Lord Steven Regal was the reason for that, so now Pillman swore to finish what his friend started and take the Television Championship from Regal! <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>And Arn Anderson’s special opponent was…… <div style="text-align:center;">http://i.imgur.com/P03AM74.jpg </div> ….THE GREAT MUTA!! Match 2: Arn Anderson vs. The Great Muta Body of the Match: It had been in Dallas that The Great Muta had first made his entrance into wrestling in the United States and the fans fondly remembered him for that, so it was no surprise he got a great reaction as he made his way down to the ring to face off against ‘The Enforcer.’ The two wrestlers wasted no time locking up, although neither man could get the advantage at first, until Anderson managed to take Muta down with a quick leg takedown, but Muta kicked at Arn’s head to break that up before it could turn into a submission. Anderson allowed The Great Muta to get to his feet before transitioning into working over Muta’s arm, including his trademark Hammerlock into a scoop slam. That led to Anderson getting an Abdominal Stretch locked in…a move that The Great Muta broke up by dragging Arn towards the ring ropes and then sending Anderson over the rope to the outside, but the momentum dragged The Great Muta over the ropes as well. On the outside Arn reacted first as he kicked Muta in the gut, before lifting him up and dropping him on the guard rail. Anderson took him down with a Drop Toe Hold and then actually started to rub Muta’s face on the mat trying to wipe all the face paint off! Anderson next rolled Muta into the ring and climbed in behind him, but The Great Muta caught him with a Spinkick that caused Anderson to double over, and then Muta followed up with a Bulldog to take Anderson down to the mat. Muta followed that up with a Bridging double chickenwing (think Cattle Mutilation) but was unable to keep the hold locked on due to the arm work that Anderson had done earlier leading to the break. As both men came to their feet Anderson caught Muta with a quick snap DDT but that was only enough to get a two count. As Arn got to his feet he did not go back to the arm, but instead shifted his strategy as he locked a Boston Crab on The Great Muta. That was a move that Muta was only able to break by getting to the ropes, but he didn’t stop when he got to the ropes as he actually climbed through the ropes until Arn dropped the hold. From the ring apron Muta quickly sprung to the top turnbuckle before falling off with a Chop to Arn’s head. The Great Muta managed to take over from there, and at one point had Arn backed up into the corner which allowed him to bust out his trademark Cartwheel back elbow. Muta pulled Arn out of the corner before dropping him with a backbreaker…..setting him up perfectly for the Moonsault! The Great Muta ran his thumb across his throat before going to the top turnbuckle and flying off with the Moonsault…..JUST TO LAND ON ARN’S KNEE’S! ‘The Enforcer’ quickly followed that up with a Spinebuster and picked up the three count! Finish of the Match: An Anderson pinned The Great Muta at 12:37 after a Spinebuster My Thoughts: This was a bit disjointed at times but bringing in The Great Muta was a great surprise, and also allowed Anderson to get a big victory over a “face painted freak” prior to his match against Sting at Havoc. 77</div></blockquote> Up next was the VR Report with Jesse Ventura, “Stunning” Steve Austin and Larry Zbyszko. Larry spoke about how he was tired of being disrespected, that he was sick of watching Austin disrespect legends like himself, Ricky Steamboat and Jim Duggan and that it was time he learned some respect and Larry was going to teach it to him at Halloween Havoc and he wanted Austin to put the United States Championship on the line. Austin had been mocking Larry the entire time he had been speaking, but reiterated that Larry had done nothing to deserve a title shot at which point Larry really got upset and got up close and personal with Austin: “Look boy, my career…” “That’s it! You want a title shot, I’ll give you a title shot but you have to give me something in return. If I beat you then I get your career, because it will be over, finished, caput, no more. Now are you so confident? Do you still want a shot at me and the United States Championship?” After thinking it over….Larry agreed and the match was official! <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Match 3: No Disqualification match: Cactus Jack vs. Terry Funk Body of the Match: Cactus Jack started this match off right away by running at Terry Funk as he was basking in the glow of the Texas crowd and sending both men flying over the ropes with a Cactus Clothesline…where they crashed right onto the ring steps that had been set up in the middle of the ring apron for the entrance to Ventura’s VR report. As both men came to their feet Cactus caught Funk with a Swinging Neckbreaker on the floor! Jack rolled over and it looked like he was going to go for the pin but instead he punched away at the head of Terry Funk, before pulling him to his feet and sending him flying into the guard rail with an Irish Whip. Jack backed up and then ran at Funk, crashing into him and causing the guard rail to actually bend inwards towards the fans! As Jack was still on his feet he punched at Funk a few times, until Funk fell into a seated position, with his legs caught up in the guard rail and caused the guard rail to completely bend until it was almost horizontal. Jack went and rolled into the ring to break up the ten count, before rolling out to the ring apron. Cactus climbed to his feet, gave the Bang! Bang! Salute before running along the ring apron and leaping off looking to connect with the Elbow on the downed Funk! But the crazy Texan somehow managed to get out of the way just in time and Jack crashed onto the guard rail!! Terry pulled Jack off of the guard rail and placed his head between his legs looking to hit a Piledriver. Funk tried to lift Jack up once….and couldn’t get him. He tried to lift him up twice….and Jack fought against it. Finally on the third attempt Jack was able to turn it into a Back Body Drop and sent Funk landing on the guard rail again! Terry actually bounced back to his feet holding his back, took a couple of steps and then fell to his knee near the ring apron. Referee Mark Curtis actually broke his ten count to drop out of the ring to go and check on both men, before getting back into the ring and starting the count again. Both men managed to make it back into the ring, and as they both came to their feet they came running at each other and started to throw wild punches at each other’s heads. Jack ducked one wild haymaker, and Funk spun around allowing Jack to catch him with an Atomic Drop. Funk stumbled forward and fell right out of the ring where he almost threw a punch at a fan before realizing where he was. As Jack waited in the ring Terry went and grabbed a steel chair that he threw into the ring right at Jack’s head, before rolling in and running at Cactus hoping to catch him by surprise. Funk took Jack to the mat, and then grabbed the steel chair and drove the edge of it down into Jack’s throat, before placing his weight on it pinning Jack to the mat for a two count. After a bit of a struggle Funk was able to get his Spinning Toe Hold locked on Cactus Jack! Jack actually started to punch away at his own knee to get feeling into it, before Funk broke the hold and the two men rolled around on the mat throwing punches at each other. Both men came to their feet and Jack caught Terry Funk with a Double Arm DDT right onto the chair for the three count!! Finish of the Match: Cactus Jack pinned Terry Funk with a Double Arm DDT onto a steel chair at 12:35 My Thoughts: This was a wild brawl that was not as extreme as ECW, but still more hardcore then anything you would normally see on WCW. With that said the psychology was great in the match and this was one of the best matches I have seen in WCW this year. 85</div></blockquote> <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Match 4: Stars ‘n’ Stripes vs. The State Patrol Body of the Match: Mostly a kick and punch match, with the State Patrol trying to isolate Marcus Bagwell but getting nowhere with that and then Bagwell actually being the one to get the victory with a Yellow Jacket Suplex. Finish of the Match: Marcus Alexander Bagwell pinned Lt James Earl Wright at 8:18 with the Yellow Jacket Suplex My Thoughts: This match was clearly just thrown in here to calm the crowd down between big matches and in that sense it worked, but it was not a very good match otherwise. 56</div></blockquote> Nick Bockwinkel was surrounded by Vader, “Rampage” Ray Traylor, Dustin Rhodes and Dusty Rhodes as he wanted to explain something: “I told you last week that I would explain why both teams would want to work together at Halloween Havoc. In a couple of weeks I will be announcing some big plans for Starrcade, but for now I wanted to mention that we will have a four man tournament after Halloween Havoc that is going to have a direct impact on those plans. The four men are going to come from that six man match at Halloween Havoc. I have already spoke to Dusty and let him know that he will be ineligible for that tournament as we do not consider him a full time member of the WCW roster. The second man who will be ineligible for the tournament will be the man who loses the match at Halloween Havoc!” Stars ‘n’ Stripes were being interviewed by Gene Okerlund when they were interrupted by Bob Orton Jr and Greg Valentine. They argued over the United States Tag Team Championship tournament with Orton Jr saying that they should be in that tournament, Stars ‘n’ Stripes only had one fluke pin fall victory, whereas Orton Jr and Valentine had been beating Bagwell and The Patriot ever since they came to WCW. After some arguing Bagwell impetuously agreed to face Orton Jr and Valentine at Halloween Havoc with their spot in the US Tag Team tournament on the line! <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Match 5: WCW World Heavyweight Championship: Ric Flair© vs. Ricky ‘The Dragon’ Steamboat Body of the Match: There are few rivalries in the sport of wrestling more prolific then this one, and the fans were on the edge of the seat for the entire match wondering if this would be perhaps the final time they would ever get to see these two legends lock up. It took a bit for the two to finally get started as there was many false starts as the two men both were looking for early mind game advantages. Steamboat went for the first pin fall after a Shoulder tackle in the middle of the ring, but it was only a quick one count, just enough to put Flair on edge. From there they fought over a Headlock, and then arm control, but that settled nothing and finally Flair responded to cheating by grabbing Steamboat’s hair and dragging him to his back. Flair went for the pin fall, and this time it was Steamboat who kicked out at one. Up next came the traditional battle of Chops along the ropes, before Steamboat ended that with a Back Body Drop and the World Heavyweight Champion backed his way into the corner. Steamboat went over to engage with him, but Flair went for a thumb to the eye….that had no effect on Steamboat! In fact Steamboat replied with his own thumb to the eye much to the delight of the fans. Flair began to beg, before he kicked Steamboat in the gut and backed him up to the opposite corner for some more Chops. But now Steamboat came out of the corner and Chopped Flair all the way across the ring to the opposite corner, before getting a blow right across the ear of Flair that caused the Champion to stumble out of the corner, he argued with a fan, and then fell on his face! Stemaboat was on him right away going for the pin, and when Flair kicked out of that Steamboat sent him off the ropes, caught him with a Military Press Slam and then went for another pin fall for two. This time the “Nature Boy” rolled out of the ring and began to walk around yelling at the fans, and Steamboat threated to come off of the top rope on him which only referee Mickey Jay was able to stop. When Flair got into the ring he was yelling at the referee, yelling at Steamboat, yelling at everyone about keeping the match fair….and then he kicked Steamboat right in the knee while he was distracted. Flair flipped Steamboat over, but the ‘Dragon’ came to his feet and managed to take Flair down with a delayed Headscissors Takedown, followed up by an O’Connor Roll for another close pin fall. Once more Flair went to the outside to stall and take a breather, before coming back into the ring and looking for a test of strength. Ever the sportsman, Steamboat actually tried to lock up with him, just to have Flair drive his knee up into Steamboat’s gut a couple of times and then getting some more Chops in in the corner. Referee Mickey Jay threatened to disqualify Flair for punching Steamboat in the corner, and Flair responded “do it fat boy,” before punching Steamboat a couple more times. Steamboat managed to get the save for himself with some more aggressive chops and a Hip Toss out of the corner! He missed a Dropkick though and that allowed Flair to immediately go for the Figure Four!! Flair was even close enough to the ropes that he was able to reach up and grab them for some extra leverage!! Finally Jay caught him and forced Flair to break the hold, but the damage had been done as Steamboat rolled into the corner holding his knee. Now it was Flair’s turn to go to work as he began to work over the knee with a series of elbow’s to the knee, a Knee breaker, putting the leg on the ropes and jumping onto it, all the usual Flair tricks. This all led to another Figure Four and this time Steamboat really had to dig deep before turning Flair over and breaking the hold up and then making his way to the outside where he was clearly hurting as he hobbled on one good leg. He used the one leg to hop up the steps, but Flair intercepted on the ring apron and grabbed Steamboat by the hair before connecting with a Headbutt. Flair tried another one, but this time Steamboat turned it into a Sunset Flip over the rope for a two count. Looking to fight fire with fire, Steamboat then proceeded to work over Flair’s knee before locking on a Figure Four of his own! Dragging himself across the ring Flair managed to get his hands on the ropes to break up the hold, and then came to his feet and went to toss Steamboat over the tope rope to the outside. Flair fell to his face, while Steamboat managed to Skin the Cat back into the ring! He grabbed Flair from behind and lifted him up into the air with the Elevated double chickenwing! He was not able to keep it locked on though as his knee went out on him and both men came crashing down with both men actually almost managing to pin the other. It was Flair who managed to act first locking in the Figure Four…..and Steamboat had to give up!! Flair had retained the WCW World Heavyweight Championship!! Finish of the Match: Ric Flair defeated Ricky Steamboat by submission with the Figure Four at 27:50 My Thoughts: Probably the second best televised Flair/Steamboat match of this year, still making it one of the best matches of the year, and a worthy Main Event match to this show just barely better then then the brawl between Jack/Funk while being a completely different match style. 86</div></blockquote> Overall Rating: Best Saturday Night of the year easily I would bet….four different Main Event caliber matches, all with different styles, and even the one match that wasn’t very good was there to serve a purpose and further a storyline. This was a HUGE bounce back from last week’s somewhat disappointing show. 86 <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42414" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>WCW Main Event 10-16-1994 Eric Bischoff and Rick Rude spoke about the great Saturday Night from the previous night, specifically focusing on the latest chapter in the Flair/Steamboat story (87) Paul Roma defeated Frank Andersson with an Armbar at 8:14 (57) Gordon Solie intereviewed Paul Roma, with Roma asking where the girl was, about a match that had been signed for Halloween Havoc between Roma and his former partner. Roma warned Orndorff that if he showed up at Halloween Havoc it would be career over, “and just remember what happened the last time I warned you of something.” (64) The Nasty Boys defeated Austin Idol and Ax the Demolisher at 8:12 after Knobbs pinned Idol following a Trip to Nastyville (69) Boni Blackstone stood by with the Nasty Boys who reminded the fans that the Stable Stallions had called them “nasty, ugly and stinky” and all the Nasty Boys could say was….”thank you. But if you get into our business again you are going to wish you looked ½ as good as we did!” (72) In a preview for the United States Tag Team Championship tournament the team of Harlem Heat and Stars ‘n’ Stripes defeated Bad Attitude and the Stable Stallions when The Patriot pinned Steve Keirn following a Patriot Missile at 15:38 Eric Bischoff and Rick Rude mentioned that this match was happening this week as both Harlem Heat and Stars ‘n’ Stripes may no longer be in the tournament after Halloween Havoc (60) Eric Bischoff and Rick Rude announced that the final main event of WCW Saturday Night before Halloween Havoc would see the “3 surly old men” face off against the team of Cactus Jack, Dustin Rhodes, and Sting! (79) Overall Rating: 69</div></blockquote>

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