Clash of the Titans: The Master Quest

[Warhawk8492]

<p>For the WCW World’s Heavyweight Championship</p><p>

<strong>“The Immortal” Hulk Hogan w/Jimmy Hart</strong> vs. “The Nature Boy” Ric Flair w/Sensuous Sherri</p><p> </p><p>

Family Matters!</p><p>

<strong>Dusty and Dustin Rhodes</strong> vs. Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard w/Colonel Robert Parker</p><p> </p><p>

Two out of three falls for the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship</p><p>

<strong>“Stunning” Steve Austin</strong> vs. Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat</p><p> </p><p>

For the WCW World Television Championship</p><p>

<strong>Lord Steven Regal w/Sir William</strong> vs. Brian Armstrong</p><p> </p><p>

Out of the Frying Pan and into the Heat!</p><p>

Harlem Heat vs. <strong>Sting and a mystery partner</strong></p><p> </p><p>

A Badd Challenge!</p><p>

<strong>Vader w/Harley Race</strong> vs. Johnny B. Badd</p><p> </p><p>

Loser Leaves WCW!</p><p>

<strong>Cactus Jack</strong> vs. Kevin Sullivan</p><p> </p><p>

Third Strike!</p><p>

<strong>Ron Simmons</strong> vs. The Guardian Angel</p><p> </p><p>

Flying Into Action!</p><p>

<strong>Flyin’ Brian Pillman and a surprise partner</strong> vs. Onoo Company w/Sonny Onoo</p><p>

Bonus Question: Who will Brian’s partner be? Alex Wright</p><p>

Hint: Brian’s partner we have heard from, but Sting’s partner is a brand new debut</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>

The Battle of The Undertakers</p><p>

<strong>Paul Bearer’s Undertaker</strong> vs. Ted DiBiase’s Undertaker</p><p> </p><p>

Steel Cage Match for the WWF Heavyweight Championship</p><p>

“The Hitman” Bret Hart vs.<strong> “The King of Harts” Owen Hart</strong></p><p> </p><p>

For the WWF Intercontinental Championship</p><p>

Diesel w/Shawn Michaels vs. <strong>“The Bad Guy” Razor Ramon</strong></p><p> </p><p>

Has Lex Luger sold out?</p><p>

<strong>“Made in the U.S.A.” Lex Luger</strong> vs. “Native American” Tatanka</p><p> </p><p>

For the WWF Women’s Championship</p><p>

<strong>Alundra Blayze</strong> vs. Bull Nakano w/Luna Vachon</p><p> </p><p>

Taking out the Trash</p><p>

<strong>Jerry “The King” Lawler</strong> vs. Duke “The Dumpster” Droese</p><p> </p><p>

A Tidal Wave Crushing Summerslam</p><p>

<strong>Crush w/Mr. Fuji</strong> vs. Typhoon</p><p> </p><p>

Six-Man Tag Team Action</p><p>

Kwang and Well Dunn w/Harvey Wippleman vs. <strong>Adam Bomb and The Headshrinkers</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>

Bonus Question: Is ECW going to go “Extreme” by the end of the month? Yes</p><p> </p><p>

Tiebreaker Question: How long were the two World title matches combined? 31:11</p>

[Beejus]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="crackerjack" data-cite="crackerjack" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42639" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><p> Tiebreaker Question: How long were the two World title matches combined? <em>When Taker/Taker will be short, and Flair/Hogan can't be too long, so </em><em><strong>29:00</strong></em></p><p> </p><p> <em>Enjoying this as always, Bern. Can't wait til we get some guys jumping from roster to roster.</em></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Bern? o_O</p><p> </p><p> But um. I'm seeing some pretty low numbers. I didn't say main events, I said World title matches. So this is the combined lengths of Bret vs Owen and Hogan vs Flair.. nor Taker vs Taker. Just wanted to point that out.</p><p> </p><p> Also, next shows will be week 3, and events are week 4. Just for information.</p>

[TheBigBad1013]

<p>Clash of the Champions</p><p>

<strong>Hulk Hogan </strong>vs. Ric Flair</p><p>

<em>Classic matchup. Should be a great one.</em></p><p>

<strong>The Rhodes Family</strong> vs. Arn and Tully</p><p>

<em>Pretty much a toss-up.</em></p><p>

Ricky Steamboat vs. <strong>Steve Austin</strong></p><p>

<em>The Dragon puts the young guy over</em></p><p>

Brian Armstrong vs. <strong>Lord Steven Regal</strong></p><p>

<em>Can't imagine Regal isn't winning this one.</em></p><p>

<strong>Sting and ???</strong> vs. Harlem Heat</p><p>

<em>Love Harlem Heat but Sting AND ??? is too much to go against</em></p><p>

Johnny B. Badd vs. <strong>Vader</strong></p><p>

<em>Vader time</em></p><p>

Kevin Sullivan vs. <strong>Cactus Jack</strong></p><p>

<em>As like the Dragon, Sullivan puts over the young guy</em></p><p>

The Guardian Angel vs. <strong>Ron Simmons</strong></p><p>

<em>Could go either way with this one</em></p><p>

<strong>Brian Pillman and ???</strong> vs. Onoo Company</p><p>

<em>The power of ??? strikes again</em></p><p>

Bonus Question: Who will Brian’s partner be? <strong>Alex Wright seems to be the popular choice, so why not?</strong></p><p>

Hint: Brian’s partner we have heard from, but Sting’s partner is a brand new debut</p><p> </p><p>

Summerslam</p><p>

<strong>Paul Bearer’s Undertaker </strong>vs. Ted DiBiase’s Undertaker</p><p>

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<strong>Bret Hart</strong> vs. Owen Hart</p><p>

<em>Personal prefence makes me pick Bret here</em></p><p>

Razor Ramon vs. <strong>Diesel</strong></p><p>

<em>Making me choose between Hall and Nash? That's just cruel</em></p><p>

<strong>Lex Luger</strong> vs. Tatanka</p><p>

<em>Would love to go with Tatanka, but I think Luger takes it</em></p><p>

Bonus question: Will Lex Luger, Tatanka, or neither join the Million Dollar Corporation? <strong>I'll go with neither</strong></p><p>

<strong>Alundra Blayze</strong> vs. Bull Nakano</p><p>

Toss-up</p><p>

Duke Droese vs. <strong>Jerry Lawler</strong></p><p>

<em>By hook or crook</em></p><p>

Typhoon vs. <strong>Crush</strong></p><p>

<em>Bigger upside I'd think</em></p><p>

<strong>Adam Bomb & Headshrinkers</strong> vs. Kwang & Well Dunn</p><p>

<em>Guess</em></p><p> </p><p>

Bonus Question: Is ECW going to go “Extreme” by the end of the month? <strong>Yes</strong></p><p> </p><p>

Tiebreaker Question: How long were the two World title matches combined? <strong>42:25</strong></p><p>

Closest to the right number without going over wins the tiebreaker.</p>

[crackerjack]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Beejus" data-cite="Beejus" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42639" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Bern? o_O<p> </p><p> But um. I'm seeing some pretty low numbers. I didn't say main events, I said World title matches. So this is the combined lengths of Bret vs Owen and Hogan vs Flair.. nor Taker vs Taker. Just wanted to point that out.</p><p> </p><p> Also, next shows will be week 3, and events are week 4. Just for information.</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> This is a get for combining pizza, politics, and GDS. I've made some adjustments</p>

[The Final Countdown]

<p>Clash of the Champions</p><p>

<strong>Hulk Hogan</strong> vs. Ric Flair</p><p>

The Rhodes Family vs. <strong>Arn and Tully</strong></p><p>

Ricky Steamboat vs. <strong>Steve Austin</strong></p><p>

Brian Armstrong vs. <strong>Lord Steven Regal</strong></p><p>

<strong>Sting and ???</strong> vs. Harlem Heat</p><p>

Johnny B. Badd vs. <strong>Vader</strong></p><p>

<strong>Kevin Sullivan</strong> vs. Cactus Jack</p><p>

<strong>The Guardian Angel </strong>vs. Ron Simmons</p><p>

<strong>Brian Pillman and ???</strong> vs. Onoo Company</p><p>

Bonus Question: Who will Brian’s partner be? <strong>I don't like to follow the crowd on these types of questions, but Alex Wright is a great shout and I have no other ideas, so I'll just go with that.</strong></p><p>

Hint: Brian’s partner we have heard from, but Sting’s partner is a brand new debut</p><p> </p><p>

Summerslam</p><p>

<strong>Paul Bearer’s Undertaker</strong> vs. Ted DiBiase’s Undertaker</p><p>

<strong>Bret Hart</strong> vs. Owen Hart</p><p>

<strong>Razor Ramon</strong> vs. Diesel</p><p>

<strong>Lex Luger</strong> vs. Tatanka</p><p>

Bonus question: Will Lex Luger, Tatanka, or neither join the Million Dollar Corporation? <strong>Luger</strong></p><p>

Alundra Blayze vs. <strong>Bull Nakano</strong></p><p>

Duke Droese vs. <strong>Jerry Lawler</strong></p><p>

Typhoon vs. <strong>Crush</strong></p><p>

<strong>Adam Bomb & Headshrinkers</strong> vs. Kwang & Well Dunn</p><p> </p><p>

Bonus Question: Is ECW going to go “Extreme” by the end of the month? <strong>No, not yet</strong></p><p> </p><p>

Tiebreaker Question: How long were the two World title matches combined?</p><p>

Closest to the right number without going over wins the tiebreaker. <strong>39 minutes</strong></p>

[Beejus]

August 1994, Week 3

 

Monday, August 15th, 1994

 

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WWF Monday Night Raw

• The show opens with a replay of earlier this year when Jeff Jarrett dressed up as Doink in order to humiliate Dink on Superstars. Doink finally can get retribution tonight on Monday Night Raw! (D+)
  
• Our feature match is up first as Doink the Clown takes on Jeff Jarrett. The match is evenly contested, however some strange music begins to play over the arena…
  

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  Vince and Randy have no idea what it means, but Doink seems to know what is going on. Doink is looks more than a little bit afraid and confused, looking around the arena for something, just as Jarrett rolls Doink up and picks up the victory! © So this new Evil Clown has emerged… and his gimmick is rated Above Average.
  

• Jim Ross has an interview with The 1-2-3 Kid. Kid says that he has a lot of respect for Bret Hart, and that’s why he has taken it personal the way that Bob Backlund has been acting. Backlund and Kid have a match set up for next week on Raw, so he hopes to bring out the man who respectfully wore the WWF title so many years ago. © Ross performed poorly.
  
• Pierre has a match against a local talent, in which Pierre easily wins via the Cannonball at 3:25. (C-) There was pretty good chemistry shown here between Pierre and The Maestro.
  
• Another vignette airs featuring Abe “Knuckleball” Schwartz, where he advertises that the WWF never goes on strike, talking to a young child at a baseball park. (E+)
  
• In a WWF Women’s championship match, Misty Blue takes on champion Alundra Blayze. Partway through the bout, Bull Nakano appears at the top of the ramp, but that doesn’t keep Alundra from being able to retain her title with the German suplex in 6:34. (D)
  
• The match over, Nakano hits the ring, and she viciously assaults both women, leaving them both laid out on the mat. “That is one scary thing! I don’t know if I can call her a woman!” says Savage. (C-)
  
• Summerslam Report: Todd Pettengill runs down the card, promoting that it can only be seen on pay-per-view in just over a week. ©
  
• The Smoking Gunns are in action for our main event of the evening, but they find tough competition in Irwin R. Schyster and Bam Bam Bigelow. With “The Million Dollar Man” at ringside, it’s a three on one bout; DiBiase trips Billy as he hit the ropes to lead up to Bigelow hitting a ring-shaking powerslam for the pinfall at 8:05. (B-)
  
• DiBiase tells his clients to continue the assault, but out of the back rushes Lex Luger! Luger tells Bigelow and IRS to leave Bart and Billy alone, just as Tatanka walks to the ring. Once the Million Dollar Corporation members have gone toward the aisle, Tatanka gets in Luger’s face, telling him that “his kind” isn’t needed out here! Lex shakes his head and leaves… but wait, is he following the Corporation out of the arena? (C+) Ted’s performance was good. Bigelow looked good, and Luger came across well.
  
• Vince McMahon and Randy Savage close the show by talking about what is coming up next week; namely, there will be a match featuring Ted DiBiase’s Undertaker, The 1-2-3 Kid looks to put Bob Backlund right in the head, and Vince will play host to a face to face meeting only six days before Summerslam between Owen and Bret Hart! (C+) Savage was a real star here.
  

Show Rating: C

Our storylines just aren’t quite hot enough for the crowd. We lost popularity in 11 regions.

 

Tuesday, August 16th, 1994

 

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Eastern Championship Wrestling

 

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Rockin’ Rebel w/Jason vs. Tommy Dreamer

Jason tries to help his client to victory, but “The NWA Rookie of the Year” Dreamer fights back with hot white meat babyface fire and wins after a DDT in 6:30. (C+) This match started the show strong. Tommy really came out of it looking good.

 

Tommy gets a microphone after the match, and says that Shane Douglas is doing it again, signing another match tonight knowing that Dreamer would be on the card so that he can duck Dreamer again! (C+)

 

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Coming up next week on Eastern Championship Wrestling! If you were in Philadelphia on Saturday night, August 13th at the ECW Arena, you saw the battle of hardcore legends as Terry Funk faced Cactus Jack! Jimmy Snuka is being forced to compete by Hunter Q. Robbins against a hand-picked bounty hunter! Jason must finally put his money where his mouth is and faces Mikey Whipwreck for the ECW Television title! The Public Enemy will defend their titles against the Bruise Brothers in a wild tornado match! And The Tazmaniac will find a mystery partner to take on the Pitbulls! And also a huge announcement from Paul E. and commissioner Tod Gordon! And next week, everyone who was not able to make it will see the action! ©

 

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Chad Austin w/Jason vs. The Tazmaniac

Austin is game, but he runs into a brick wall called The Tazmaniac. Chad gets distracted by playing to the fans once too often and “Taz” pins him in 2:52 after an exploder suplex. (C-)

 

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In front of the ECW banner, Jason is standing with his Pitbulls. Jason says that next week, everyone will see his Pitbulls victorious once again over “the monkey boy” and whatever partner he grunts at this month, as well as Jason’s “gorgeous” waist adorned with Mikey Whipwreck’s pride as he takes the Television championship from him! ©

 

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The Pitbulls w/Jason vs. Phi Delta Slam

To put it mildly, the frat boys stand no chance. Pitbull #2 hits the SuperBomb on Bruno for the pinfall in 5:40. © The crowd cheered the SuperBomb a lot because they aren’t into Bruno.

 

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The Pitbulls are celebrating their dominant win, but The Tazmaniac has other plans, as he slips in behind the Pitbulls’ backs and locks Jason in a choke! The Pitbulls finally hear him squealing for them, just as “Taz” retreats! Maybe he’s not the stupid animal that Jason thinks he is! (C+)

 

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Joey Styles hosts Hype Central, where he talks about the matches that you will get to see next week! Jimmy Snuka is made to fight by Hunter Q. Robbins! Mikey Whipwreck defends the ECW Television title against Jason! And the Public Enemy have the fight of their lives against the Bruise Brothers! (C-)

 

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Paul E. Dangerously takes some time to address the viewing audience regarding Sabu and 911. He says that they aren’t nearly as directionless as it may seem now that Sabu lost the “Battle for the Future” at Heatwave last month, let alone 911 now that he had the joy of chokeslamming Mr. Hughes. Paul says that he has some big plans for his men in the very near future, but you won’t see what that plan is unless you were in the ECW Arena on Saturday night August the 13th. Did it involve Cactus Jack or Terry Funk? Does it involve Shane Douglas? Does it involve the NWA World title? Or is it something else so smooth and diabolical that only this mind can come up with? You’ll all find out very soon. (C+)

 

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ECW Heavyweight Championship

“The Franchise” Shane Douglas w/Mr. Hughes vs. Axl Rotten

Axl puts up a very strong fight when it’s a fist fight, but Douglas pulls Axl into a wrestling match, and in that the champion has few equals. Shane retains his title with a belly to belly suplex at 9:03. © Axl was off his game, but he and Shane showed some great chemistry.

 

Douglas gets a microphone post-match and says that he doesn’t like being called a coward; he says that he just defeated a prime contender for the ECW title, someone who was worthy of a shot – not someone like Tommy Dreamer who just keeps talking and talking without proving anything! Shane says that “some other” champions from around the pro wrestling world may duck challenges like the ones he has sent out, but he will never duck a “worthy” contender! (C+)

 

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Tommy is incensed at those words, and he rushes the ring! Mr. Hughes ends up getting caught up in security officials and cannot save “The Franchise” and so Douglas and Dreamer brawl in the ring as the show comes to a close! (C+)

Show Rating: C+

This show increased popularity in 2 regions.

 

Wednesday, August 17th, 1994

 

Currently in Theaters!

Join Pauly Shore in this new wild comedy!

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Thursday, August 18th, 1994

 

Billboard Top 100 #2 Song of the Week

This song jumped this past week from number 31 to 2!

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Friday, August 19th, 1994

 

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WCW Pro

Frank Andersson d. a local jobber (C-)

Tex Slazenger & Shanghai Pierce d. local jobbers (D)

Gordon Solie takes us back to Fall Brawl 1993 for the last few minutes of when Lord Steven Regal won the World Television title from Ricky Steamboat; will both men leave Clash of the Champions holding gold? (B-)

Gordon talks to Larry Zbyszko before the final match of Pro, where Larry says that he has heard Diamond Dallas Page talking about him, but he’s above all of that now that he’s a broadcaster, however he will maintain that Page shouldn’t treat women like he does ©

Scott Stud d. Diamond Dallas Page with a quick rollup after Larry Zbyszko distracts Page by getting in an argument with Maxx Muscle after Maxx was cheating (C-)

Zbyszko feigns ignorance while Dallas and Maxx argue and try to call Larry into the ring for a fight ©

Show Rating: C

The broadcast penalty strikes.

 

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WCW Worldwide

Brian Armstrong d. a local jobber (C-)

Gene interviews Brian, who says that he will happily defend his country’s name against Lord Steven Regal. He also brings out his “former commanding officer” as backup against Sir William, introducing everyone to Sgt. Craig Pittman! © Brian enjoyed being off-script.

Gene interviews Sting, who says that he has searched far and wide and found the best, most mysterious mystery partner that he could; he may not even know who it is! But that means Harlem Heat won’t know what hits them next Wednesday at the Clash of the Champions! (B-) Gene and Sting both did some masterful crowd interactions, and Sting looked good.

Haito d. Brian Pillman with a cradle after Sonny Onoo pushed Brian off the turnbuckles ©

Cactus Jack d. a local jobber (C-) Jack’s great performance stood out. As planned, this match brought the fans down a little.

Gene interviews Cactus Jack, who tells everyone that he put his WCW career on the line because the satisfaction will have been worth it to eliminate Kevin Sullivan, bang bang! ©

Ron Simmons d. a local jobber (C-) Simmons looked excellent out there.

Gordon Solie interviews Ron Simmons, who talks about how Guardian Angel doesn’t know what he’s talking about when he says he cleans up the streets, so Ron will bring real streets to the Angel at the Clash (B-)

Video Recap: Vader sizes up Johnny B. Badd last week (B-)

Johnny B. Badd d. Bobby Eaton with the Tutti Fruitti punch (B-)

Gene brings out the Stud Stable, who talk about how each and every one of them have hated Dusty Rhodes at some point in their career, so how smart is it that Dusty has put himself into the position he has? (B-)

Show Rating: C+

Broadcast penalty.

 

Saturday, August 20th, 1994

 

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WWF Superstars

The Heavenly Bodies d. Scott Taylor and Jim Powers when Del Ray pins Taylor after a moonsault (C-)

Video recap: Bob Backlund attacks Bret Hart and Jack Doan; can the 1-2-3 Kid put a stop to this on Monday Night Raw? (C+)

The Bushwhackers d. Bastion Booger and Duane Gill when Butch pins Booger after a battering ram (D+)

Shawn Michaels and Diesel talk about Razor Ramon, saying that “The Bad Guy” better learn to live without so much “machismo” because there’s no way he wins the title at Summerslam (B+) Shawn improvised well.

Diesel d. a local jobber in a non-title match with the Jackknife Powerbomb (C-) Diesel looked excellent.

Ted DiBiase and his Undertaker are in a dark room, with DiBiase saying that he has brought about the new great power in the WWF: money! (B+)

Bull Nakano d. Misty Blue and Heidi Lee Morgan in a handicap match (D)

Luna Vachon screams into a microphone that Bull is ready to destroy Alundra Blayze and get what is rightly hers! (C-)

The Heartbreak Hotel’s guest is Jerry “The King” Lawler, and after Shawn, Diesel, and Jerry talk about Razor Ramon and Duke Droese, those two appear and chase the three men off the set! “The Dumpster” empties his trash can on Shawn’s heart-shaped couch (B-) Lawler was superb off-script. Shawn and Razor’s performances were good, Diesel looked good, but Duke looked lost.

Lex Luger d. Rick Martel after Ted DiBiase trips Martel behind Luger’s back, leading into the Rebel Rack (B-)

The match is over until Luger notices DiBiase at ringside applauding him, and Lex looks upset that Ted helped him to win (B)

Show Rating: B-

 

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WCW Saturday Night

• The show begins right in the ring with action as Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat takes on Joe Malenko. Malenko matches Steamboat in all ways but fan support, and Ricky rides that wave of momentum to a win via flying bodypress in 6:50. © Ricky and Joe didn’t click.
  
• Tony Schiavone, Bobby “The Brain” Heenan, and “Mean” Gene Okerlund take a few minutes to discuss our featured match tonight, as Hulk Hogan is set to face “Mr. Wonderful” Paul Orndorff – but the looming shadow of Kamala hangs over the evening. “The Brain” points out that the shadow of Clash of the Champions and Ric Flair is even larger. (B-)
  
• Gene Okerlund brings out “The Immortal” Hulk Hogan and Jimmy Hart to ringside, who says that he knows that he has Paul Orndorff tonight, but he can’t shake the look in the eyes of “The Brother” last week after he was attacked by “that big, nasty savage” Kamala. Gene notes that Kamala is a “world champion caliber athlete” and the three are suddenly joined by a very star struck Dave Sullivan. “Evad” stammers around introducing himself to “The Hulkster” before saying that if Hulk will let him, he will face Paul Orndorff tonight so that Hogan can take on Kamala! Hulk and Jimmy say that they’ll all go talk to Nick Bockwinkel right now, brother! (B-) Hogan did a masterful job of improvising with the crowd, his performance was fantastic. Gene and Dave both improvised well.
  
• Lord Steven Regal defends his Television championship over local Jim Steele, pinning Jim with the Regal Roll (abdominal stretch rollup pin) in 5:44. (C+) As planned, this match brought the fans down. Regal’s performance stood out as being good.
  
• “His Lordship” is joined at ringside by Eric Bischoff, where Regal says that he watched WCW Worldwide to see that Brian Armstrong brought in Sgt. Craig Pittman to watch for Regal and Sir William; but Regal says it doesn’t matter, because he will show that he is the better man of all Americans! (C-)
  
• “Mean” Gene brings Nick Bockwinkel to the interview area, where Nick says that he has allowed the restructuring of our featured matches this evening. Now we will see Paul Orndorff square off against Dave Sullivan and Hulk Hogan will take on Kamala! Bockwinkel does take a moment to point out that, despite Kamala being “world champion caliber” he has not earned a shot at the World championship and thus it is a non-title match. (C+)
  
• Pre-taped Gene Okerlund brings us the Clash of the Champions Special Report, where he goes over the card but has words from first Ricky Steamboat, who says that in a two out of three falls situation, there’s no way Steve Austin can cheat him out of the title. Then we hear from Stunning Steve Austin, where the United States champion gives a rebuttal that he doesn’t have to cheat to retain his title against Steamboat because he will be “The Dragon Slayer” in two straight falls because Ricky is the past and Austin is the future of professional wrestling! (B) Austin looked good, and improvised well.
  
• Hulk Hogan joins us back in his locker room before a break, where he thanks Nick Bockwinkel for the chance to defend his “best friend to the end” Bruti by taking on the big ugly savage Kamala tonight! WHAT’CHU GONNA DOOOOOOO?!?!? (B+) Hogan improvised well and was a real star in this segment.
  
• Tony Schiavone and Bobby Heenan take a moment to fill in fans who may have missed the announcements, so they talk about our new featured matches… with Bobby pointing out that there’s been a lot of talk about Kamala and not a lot about the actual number one contender for the World’s championship, Ric Flair. Tony’s answer to that is that it is time to see the debut of Jean-Paul Lévesque. (C+)
  
• However, at the sight of Jumpin’ Joey Maggs waiting for him in the ring, Jean-Paul Lévesque gets a microphone and says that he came to WCW for competition, not for common exhibitions! He says that this match will not happen, and so the WCW fans will have to wait on getting to see the greatness of Jean-Paul Lévesque! (C+)
  
• Brad and Brian Armstrong are in action now, taking on Bad Attitude. But Lord Steven Regal makes his presence felt by coming to ringside, and when he nearly gets into a scuffle with Sgt. Pittman, he distracts Brian enough that “Beautiful” Bobby is able to roll him up for a victory at 5:47! (C+)
  
• One of our featured bouts is up next as Dave Sullivan steps into the ring with “Mr. Wonderful” Paul Orndorff. Paul’s veteran experience keeps him easily in control of this match, but once “Evad” starts getting in control, brother Kevin Sullivan comes out and starts to argue with Dave, asking him what he’s even doing here. While Jimmy Jett is trying to tell Kevin to leave, The Patriot slips into the ring and hits Orndorff with the full nelson slam, and “Evad” is able to splash onto “Mr. Wonderful” to score a big win in 8:22! ©
  
• After a break, Gene Okerlund is joined by an irate Pretty Wonderful, who say that it’s a shame that first Hulk Hogan ducks “Mr. Wonderful” and then people are running in on his match. The Patriot claims to have a new partner, and Pretty Wonderful will be at the Clash of the Champions on August 24th to find out who it is! (B-)
  
• Shanghai Pierce is out for a fight, but he falls to “The Natural” Dustin Rhodes in 7:09 via the running bulldog. (C+) This match was planned to bring the fans down a little.
  
• Dustin is joined in the ring by his father Dusty Rhodes, where “The American Dream” tells people not to worry that he hasn’t been in the ring in awhile; because when he and his son join forces, there will be no power in the Stud Stable, the world, or the universe that can stop the Rhodes Family from coming out on top, baybay! (B)
  
• “Mean” Gene is now with The Sullivans. Kevin doesn’t seem too pleased about Dave helping Hulk Hogan and his friends lately, but that isn’t very important to him yet. “Evad” tries to plead his case to his brother, but Kevin tells him to shut up. Kevin keeps his mind off of his brother, saying that he is focused solely on August 24th where he will force Cactus Jack out of WCW forever. (C+)
  
• Bunkhouse Buck wastes little time in defeating Mark Starr in 2:45 with a piledriver. (C-) This match also was designed to bring the fans back down.
  
• Gary Michael Cappetta gives a long introduction to our World’s Heavyweight champion, “The Immortal” Hulk Hogan! (C+) Gary looked dreadful, but Hulk was a real star here.
  
• Our main event is one that features all kinds of wild action as “The Ugandan Giant” Kamala and Hulk Hogan throw caution to the wind and have an intense, personal brawl. The fight spills around the ringside area and back into the ring, but while Kamala has control of the match he begins choking Hogan on the mat. Referee Nick Patrick continually tells him to stop, but when he cannot get the savage to stop, he disqualifies him at 11:55. (B) This match suffered from a lack of selling.
  
• This still doesn’t stop him though, as Kamala continues choking Hogan while the bell sounds. But slowly, “The Hulkster” begins coming to his feet! It’s a Hulk Up, and Hogan breaks the choke and starts punching at Kamala! He sends him to the ropes, but Kamala dodges the big boot by rolling out of the ring and running out of the arena! Hulk tells the camera that this isn’t over, because he loves The Brother more than his own brother and so he’ll take care of this big ugly Kamala! But as Hulk begins posing for the fans, Bobby Heenan screams that we have to go to some footage that he’s been sitting on all night! (B+) Hogan came out of this looking excellent.
  
• This footage that “The Brain” was talking about gets played, and it features “The Nature Boy” Ric Flair and Sensuous Sherri in one of Flair’s mansion’s common rooms. Flair does the talking, where he says that he knows what Hogan is feeling; his best friend has been beaten up by people who wanted him in the ring many times. However, he hopes that Hogan’s blurry vision through all his tears for his friend hasn’t made his mind go foggy, because on August 24th, “The Nature Boy” is still coming right after the WCW World Heavyweight championship! (A*)
  

Show Rating: B

Broadcast quality held the show down, but we gained popularity in 16 regions.

 

Sunday, August 21st, 1994

 

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WWF Wrestling Challenge

Thurman “Sparky” Plugg d. Barry Hardy with a flying dropkick (D)

As his Undertaker makes his way to the ring, Ted DiBiase talks on commentary about how Summerslam will prove who’s Undertaker is the real deal (B) This really got the crowd hotter.

Ted DiBiase’s Undertaker d. a local jobber with the Tombstone (D)

Irwin R. Schyster d. Scott Taylor with the Penalty (D+) These two showed great chemistry.

Jim Ross talks to Typhoon, who says that Summerslam will be a wash out for Yokozuna and Crush (C+)

Adam Bomb d. Timothy Well with the Meltdown (D)

Steven Dunn and Kwang rush the ring, but so do the Headshrinkers, and all six men fight until the show ends (D+)

Show Rating: C-

 

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WWF All American Wrestling

Crush d. local jobber with a backbreaker (C-)

Crush stays in the ring to bait Typhoon, who comes out to make sure Crush does no more damage… but Yokozuna comes from behind to attack Typhoon! Crush and Yoko do damage to Typhoon until officials get between them (C+)

Razor Ramon d. local jobber with the Razor’s Edge (C-) Ramon shone in this match.

Ramon talks about Shawn and Diesel, saying that he’ll have some backup at Summerslam (B) Razor’s performance was good.

Jeff Jarrett d. Duke Droese when Jerry Lawler distracts Duke by doing a promo on him from ringside, leading to Jarrett’s swinging DDT ©

A video recaps the feud between The Undertakers, this comes to a head only 7 days from now! (B-)

Show Rating: C+

 

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WCW Main Event

Onoo Company d. Mark Starr and Jim Steele with the leapfrog guillotine (C-)

Gordon Solie interviews Sonny Onoo, who says that his Onoo Company will take over WCW one step at a time, beginning with Brian Pillman (C-)

Frank Andersson d. Joe Malenko with a northern lights suplex (D+)

Saturday Night video recap: Jean-Paul Lévesque is set to debut in the ring, but calls off his own match (D+)

Sting d. Kole by disqualification when Kane interferes as Sting had the Scorpion Deathlock (B)

Saturday Night video recap: Hulk Hogan takes on Kamala for the love of his best friend, and chases Kamala away from the ring as he Hulked Up (B)

Show Rating: C+

Broadcast penalty.

 

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Attendances/Ratings: Week

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WWF Monday Night Raw: 4,500 people at Bender Arena (Mid Atlantic); 2.96

Eastern Championship Wrestling: 2,212 people at Danbury Ice Arena (Tri State); 0.01

WCW Pro: 400 at Disney MGM Studios (South East); 0.06

WCW Worldwide: 400 at Disney MGM Studios (South East); 0.10

WWF Superstars: 2,100 at William H. Pitt Center (Tri State); 0.33

WCW Saturday Night: 1,050 at Center Stage Theater (South East); 1.65

WWF All-American Wrestling: 4,500 people at Bender Arena (Mid Atlantic);

WWF Wrestling Challenge: 2,100 at William H. Pitt Center (Tri State); 0.10

WCW Main Event: 1,050 at Center Stage Theater (South East); 0.15

 

Week 4 won't be ready until possibly over the weekend, so if anyone else wants to score some predictions, keep them coming! Clash will be posted along with the week, and Summerslam will drop very shortly thereafter.

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<p>August 1994, Week 4</p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><strong>Monday, August 22nd, 1994</strong></p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42639" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;"><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/logos/raw.jpg</span><p> <span style="color:#FF0000;"><strong>WWF Monday Night Raw</strong></span></p></div><p></p><p></p><ul><li> We open the show with our featured bout, <strong>The 1-2-3 Kid</strong> taking on <strong>Bob Backlund</strong>. Bob wrestles fairly for much of the match, but he shoves Kid off the top rope to the guardrail, and then locks him in the Crossface Chickenwing and refuses to release the hold. 1-2-3 Kid ends up with his hand raised due to disqualification at 8:28, but he doesn’t look like much of a winner, as Backlund stares at his hands all the way back to the dressing room (C-)<br /></li><li> Vince McMahon enters the ring to host a face to face interview between <strong>Owen Hart</strong> and the WWF champion <strong>Bret Hart</strong>. The two talk about what their family means to them, but while Bret says it means the world to him to have his family behind him, Owen says that beating Bret will mean growing bigger than his last name. “The King of Harts” reiterates how the family is all behind him this Sunday at Summerslam, which is why he’s invited every member of the family to be at ringside. “The Hitman” says that none of the family are behind Owen, and they will be at Summerslam but only to watch as Bret holds Owen in a submission hold until he cries like they used to back in the dungeon! The brothers go nose to nose, but at Vince’s urging they separate and each leaves the ring without incident. (B+) <em>Bret came across well, though Vince underperformed.</em><br /></li><li> <strong>Doink the Clown</strong> easily dispatches of a local talent in 3:33 via the Whoopie Cushion, looking much better in the ring than he did last week. (D) <em>Marty Garner was really off his game. This match was planned to bring the crowd down.</em><br /></li><li> Jim Ross speaks to Doink after the match, asking him about last week. Doink says that he’s known a lot of people while he has been a clown, but there’s one who was his protege at one time. Doink says that he just hopes that what he heard last week wasn’t what he thinks it was, and leaves it at that. (D)<br /></li><li> Todd Pettengill and Domino’s present the Summerslam Report, which features a promo from <strong>Shawn Michaels</strong> and <strong>Diesel</strong>, where they say they heard what Ramon said about having backup, but it won’t matter because even without Shawn, Diesel is still a seven foot machine of destruction. It then features a promo from <strong>Razor Ramon</strong>, who talks about how his backup is someone who’s had to sit and watch “The Boy Toy” and his “big mang” cheat their ways to victory all this time and is tired of seeing people get cheated. Ramon says he and his backup are gonna carve them up, and “Da Bad Guy” will take back his machismo. (B) <em>Todd struggled because nobody else in this was scripted, and also looked dreadful. Razor enjoyed being off-script and his performance was good, and Shawn improvised well. Shawn looked good and Diesel came across well.</em><br /></li><li> Lord Alfred Hayes’s voice hypes next week’s Monday Night Raw, which will feature words from The Undertaker – whoever’s Undertaker it may be – and tag team action as The Heavenly Bodies take on Men on a Mission, as well as Bam Bam Bigelow against Thurman “Sparky” Plugg! (C-)<br /></li><li> <strong>Ted DiBiase</strong> is standing in a graveyard set next to <strong>The Undertaker</strong>. “The Million Dollar Man” talks about bringing The Undertaker to the WWF in 1990 and then bringing him back earlier this year, and says that Paul Bearer is just jealous that when Undertaker wanted to come back, he called DiBiase instead of Bearer. This draws out <strong>Paul Bearer</strong> to the set, who says that DiBiase’s Undertaker is a fraud, a mere apparition compared to the one true Undertaker! DiBiase’s Undertaker grabs Paul by the throat, but the lights go out – <strong><em>DONG</em></strong> – the bell tolls, and when the lights come back on Paul Bearer is in the ring! Paul screams in joy that “He’s back! He is returning! Oh YES!” (B)<br /></li><li> Backstage we see <strong>Bob Backlund</strong>, who appears to be in calm spirits as he walks around asking where 1-2-3 Kid is at. Several staff members are confused, with one finally asking him why he’s looking for him. Bob says that he is ready for their match tonight. When the official tells Bob that they already had the match and that he lost, Backlund loses his mind and locks him in the Crossface Chickenwing! Officials have to come along and pull Bob away yet again! (C+)<br /></li><li> <strong>Jerry “The King Lawler</strong> is on his way to the ring with a microphone, and he talks about how at Summerslam, he just cannot wait to get his hands on “that peon, that working class fool, that mullet with a face” Duke “The Dumb-ster” Droese (C-) <em>Jerry enjoyed the freedom of being off-script.</em><br /></li><li> <strong>Jerry Lawler</strong> handily defeats a local talent with the piledriver © <em>Lawler and Rikki Nelson didn’t really click.</em><br /></li><li> Vince McMahon and Randy Savage run down the Summerslam card for everyone, telling viewers that Summerslam will be live only on pay-per-view this Sunday night! They also tell people to watch Monday Night Raw next Monday to see “Sparky” Thurman Plugg go one-on-one against Bam Bam Bigelow. Goodnight, folks! (B)<br /></li></ul><p><em>Show Rating: C+</em></p><p><em> The WWF doesn’t have enough interesting storylines, but that’ll change after Summerslam. We lost popularity in 11 regions, but gained in 7.</em></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><strong>Tuesday, August 23rd, 1994</strong></p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42639" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;"><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/logos/ecw0.jpg</span><p> <span style="color:#000080;"><strong>Eastern Championship Wrestling</strong></span></p></div><p></p><p></p><ul><li> Joey Styles says that we have a lot to cover tonight for one huge reason, so he wastes no time in sending us back to the ECW Arena on August 13th for Hardcore Heaven highlights. The Pitbulls are in the ring when Paul E. Dangerously comes out of the back. He introduces a brand new mega team: The Tazmaniac and Sabu! Sabu and Taz defeat The Pitbulls with Sabu pinning Pitbull #2 after an Arabian Facebuster (C+)<br /></li><li> An ECW FanCam special is shown from a recent event at The Flagstaff, where <strong>Axl Rotten</strong> defeats <strong>Hack Myers</strong> with the Severe Skull Trauma inverted brainbuster in 7:41 (C-)<br /></li><li> Another Hardcore Heaven Highlight shows Hunter Q. Robbins’s “bounty hunter” who was sent after Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka in order to try ending his career. It ended up being… Stevie Richards, who fell to the Superfly Splash pretty easily (D)<br /></li><li> A Hardcore Heaven Highlight showcases a match that didn’t start out as having much promotion between Tommy Dreamer and The Sandman. Sandman won the bout thanks to Woman’s interference, but after the match Sandman beat on Tommy with his singapore cane (C+)<br /></li><li> Another short bout from The Flagstaff shows the ECW Television title on the line as <strong>Mikey Whipwreck</strong> defended against <strong>Tony Stetson</strong>. Mikey, who Joey notes has finally vanquished Jason as of Hardcore Heaven, ends up defeating Tony with a hurricanrana to keep retaining the title in 4:39 ©<br /></li><li> Now it is time for the big announcement from Hardcore Heaven, as Paul Heyman and Tod Gordon jointly announce that on August 20th at the Staten Island Pavilion in Staten Island, New York, Eastern Championship Wrestling will play host to the NWA World Championship tournament! Joey talks about how that footage will be available next week right here on Eastern Championship Wrestling! (C+)<br /></li><li> Our final Hardcore Heaven Highlight is the main event of the show, as Terry Funk did battle with Cactus Jack. The match spilled all over the arena but ended up having no decisive victory as The Public Enemy, who had successfully retained the ECW Tag titles earlier over The Bruise Brothers, entered into the match and attacked Funk and Jack. In a moment that will live in infamy, during the huge brawl that followed, practically all of the ECW Arena faithful hurled chairs into the ring, literally burying Public Enemy underneath a mountain of steel folding chairs! (B)<br /></li></ul><p><em>Show Rating: C+</em></p><p><em> Not enough women on the show… but it didn’t hold it back much. Increased popularity in 2 regions.</em></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><strong>Wednesday, August 24th, 1994</strong></p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42639" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;"><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/logos/cotc.jpg</span><p> <span style="color:#800080;">WCW Clash of the Champions XVIII</span></p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wcw/ronsimmons.jpg</span><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wcw/vs.jpg</span><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wcw/guardianangel.jpg</span></p><p> <strong>Ron Simmons vs. The Guardian Angel</strong></p><p> We start the show hot and heavy with a wild brawl between two big, burly bruisers. Ron showed that he is well suited to these “brawling” style matches, even if the two of them didn’t click very well in the ring. Ron held a certain amount of control in the bout with some of his high impact offense, but The Guardian Angel rode a wave of fan support after dodging a football tackle attempt to count out Ron’s three strikes and win the match with the spike slam to give the fans a huge cheer to open the show. (B-)</p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/logos/wcwbump.png</span></p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wcw/harleyrace-s.jpg</span><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wcw/vader.jpg</span><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wcw/vs.jpg</span><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wcw/johnnybbadd.jpg</span></p><p> <strong>Vader w/Harley Race vs. Johnny B. Badd</strong></p><p> We go from The Guardian Angel to the man who he sent over the edge by defeating him last month at Bash at the Beach, Vader. Johnny seems game, and with Tony and Bobby hyping his boxing past he seems like someone who could potentially win at slugging it out. However, behind Jimmy Jett’s back, Harley holds Badd’s foot on the apron so he can’t perform a dive into the ring, and Vader nearly takes Badd’s head off before hauling him into the ring and dropping on him with the Vader Bomb! Vader picks up the victory in 5:38, but the result may have been different if not for Harley at ringside! (B-)</p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/logos/wcwbump.png</span></p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wcw/brianpillman.jpg</span></p><p> </p><p> “Flyin’” Brian comes out to the top of the aisle alone, prompting Bobby to laugh that he couldn’t find someone stupid enough to team with him! But low and behold, behind him comes <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDruMncstwc" rel="external nofollow">his partner for the evening</a>!</p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wcw/alexwright.jpg</span></p><p> Tony immediately recognizes international sensation, Alex Wright! He and Brian rush down to the ring together, the young duo taking it right to Onoo Company! (D)</p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wcw/sonnyonoo-s.jpg</span><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wcw/tanaka.jpg</span><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wcw/haito.jpg</span><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wcw/vs.jpg</span><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wcw/brianpillman.jpg</span><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wcw/alexwright.jpg</span></p><p> <strong>Onoo Company w/Sonny Onoo vs. “Flyin’” Brian Pillman and “Das Wunderkind” Alex Wright</strong></p><p> The second generation German sensation seems to take the veteran team by storm with his unique blend of offense. Pillman dazzles everyone with his own high flying skills, and despite a brief point when Brian was getting double teamed by Sonny’s team, “Das Wunderkind” lives up to his hype by ducking a karate style kick from Tanaka and leaping to the top rope before leaping off, spinning 180 degrees in the air to crash down with a flying bodypress! Pillman dropkicks Haito to keep him from breaking up the pin in order to allow Wright to pick up the three count at 5:02 in this big debut outing! As the match itself goes, Haito really was off his game tonight. Tanaka brought the best out of himself in this match, while Wright looked a little nervous and struggled to keep up with the three veterans. The Company showed off their great chemistry with double team moves, and each both to have improved their general performance. Tony notes that Alex Wright will be a star to watch, only right here in WCW! ©</p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/logos/wcwbump.png</span></p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wcw/geneokerlund-s.jpg</span><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wcw/stevenregalwig.jpg</span><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wcw/sirwilliam-s.jpg</span></p><p> </p><p> “Mean” Gene Okerlund is in the aisle after a short break, and he says that unfortunately there has had to be a change in the evening’s featured events. He has it on authority that the WCW World Television championship match has had to be canceled. The champion, Lord Steven Regal, emerges from behind the curtain along with Sir William to weigh in on this, saying that for all his big talk, it appears that young Brian Armstrong was really just too afraid to be shown up by the greatest wrestler currently in all of “the colonies”! Regal talks about how Brian made a huge fuss out of his time in the military fighting for his country, but says that maybe the country is better off that he isn’t in the military anymore if he runs from challenges like this! “How like the rest of you Americans,” he says, “running your loud mouths before the fight but turning tail and hiding when it’s time for the battle!” The crowd are booing loudly as Regal runs down their country, until… </p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wcw/nickbockwinkel.jpg</span></p><p> WCW commissioner Nick Bockwinkel silently comes out and silences Lord Regal. Bockwinkel says that he apologizes for this confusion, as no one has been able to reach Mr. Armstrong all day, and he is being fined and indefinitely suspended for missing out on this event. Nick says that he would have been okay to simply leave it at that and say that the match would be off the card and that Lord Regal would be allowed to just head on home for his spot of tea and crumpets; that is until he came out and started running down this country that he has personally represented on the national and international scale for years! He tells Regal that a lot of people love this country and don’t appreciate his comments, and so there <em>will</em> be a Television championship match tonight, and this is your opponent!</p><p> </p><p> <iframe width="220" height="124" src="<a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/sjJho-ZEmJA?rel=0" rel="external nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/embed/sjJho-ZEmJA?rel=0"</a> frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p><p> (C+)</p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/titles/wcwtv.jpg</span></p><p> <span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wcw/sirwilliam-s.jpg</span><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wcw/stevenregal.jpg</span><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wcw/vs.jpg</span><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wcw/jimduggan.jpg</span></p><p> <strong>WCW World Television Championship</strong></p><p><strong> Lord Steven Regal w/Sir William vs. “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan</strong></p><p> The surprise of Jim Duggan brings the crowd to their feet with loud chants of “USA! USA! USA!” being levied toward Steven Regal! Bobby Heenan is livid at the commentary table, talking about how unfair this is to Regal, but Tony points out that is Regal really is “the greatest wrestler currently in America” then he should be able to face any competitor at any time, and that includes “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan! Regal tries to lock up and wrestle with Duggan, but Duggan shoves him away and throws big punches that have “his Lordship” on the ropes immediately! Duggan has full control of this match, but the champion sees him readying for the Three Point Stance, and that is when Regal ducks out of the ring. One would think that someone who brags and boasts as much as Regal would just be slowing down the match by stalling, but no; Sir William fetches the TV title and the two take their leave, being counted out by Charles Robinson in 2:55. The match may have been short, but one could easily see that these two don’t really click in the ring. (C-)</p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/logos/wcwbump.png</span></p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/titles/wcwus.jpg</span></p><p> <span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wcw/steveaustin.jpg</span><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wcw/vs.jpg</span><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wcw/rickysteamboat.jpg</span></p><p> <strong>WCW United States Championship – Two out of Three Falls</strong></p><p><strong> “Stunning” Steve Austin vs. Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat</strong></p><p> This was booked to be an epic style of match, where two of the best wrestlers in WCW went out to prove who was the better man. Ricky definitely deserves some big credit for building this match well against Austin, as they get the crowd buzzing with the story they’re telling here. Steamboat dropped the first fall at about the five minute mark when Austin locked in his That’s a Wrap reverse figure four leglock, with Tony noting that it was wise for Ricky to submit the first fall so that he wasn’t punished in the hold too long. It took until into the nine minute mark for “The Dragon” to rally back, “skinning the cat” when Austin tried to throw him over the top rope and earn a disqualification, rushing to the top rope behind “Stunning Steve’s” back and flying off with a cross body, which takes Austin by surprise and scores the three count! With each man feeling exhausted after the grueling pace that they’ve put on thus far. Austin looks like he’s ready to do like Regal did earlier and walk out, but Steamboat will not allow it as he chases Austin down and hurls him back into the ring. Ricky has the title in his sights as he trips Austin to make him land very harshly upon the top turnbuckle when Steve was trying for an aerial move. Steamboat goes to the top looking for a superplex, but Austin counters, landing on top of “The Dragon” to knock the wind out of him and manages to hold onto the cover for the one, two, three! It took him 18:53, but Steve Austin has truly proven himself as “The Dragon Slayer” tonight! (B)</p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/logos/wcwbump.png</span></p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wcw/geneokerlund-s.jpg</span><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wcw/hulkhogan.jpg</span><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wcw/jimmyhart-s.jpg</span></p><p> </p><p> “Mean” Gene is at the top of the aisle again and he’s proud to bring out the World’s Heavyweight champion, “The Immortal” Hulk Hogan! With “The Mouth of the South” at his side, Hogan cups his ear to take in the cheers of the Hulkamaniacs in the audience. Gene asks Hulk what he thinks about tonight’s big return bout against “Nature Boy” Ric Flair. Hogan says how he is excited about smacking Flair from one side of the arena to the other like he did at Bash at the Beach, but that one thing is on his mind just that little bit more these days, and that’s that big, fat, ugly, smelly Kamala, dude! Hogan tells Gene that ever since his “friend to the end, the brother Brutus” went down, he’s been trying to get some revenge for him while he’s laid up in a hospital room, but apparently it just wasn’t to be so last week on Saturday Night in the ring. So “The Hulkster” is ready to take it to the streets, take it to the jungle, take it wherever he has to in order to get to Kamala, and what’s he gonna do when the greatest power in the universe of all the little Hulkamaniacs runs wild on youuuuuuuu?!? (A) <em>Both of them had some masterful interactions with one another, with Hogan coming out of this looking fantastic. He got the hot crowd even hotter, even in a shorter Hogan interview segment.</em></p><p> </p><p> Hogan is getting into a pose for his adoring crowd, but nobody sees a masked figure rush out from behind him and smack “The Hulkster” in the back of his knee with a lead pipe! The masked man is gone just as fast as he had appeared, but the World champion is down on the floor, screaming in pain! (B-) <em>This was a bit of a short segment, because there wasn’t a lot to go on with it.</em></p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/logos/wcwbump.png</span></p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wcw/cactusjack.jpg</span><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wcw/vs.jpg</span><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wcw/kevinsullivan.jpg</span><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wcw/davesullivan-s.jpg</span></p><p> <strong>Loser Leaves Town Match</strong></p><p><strong> Cactus Jack vs. Kevin Sullivan w/Dave Sullivan</strong></p><p> The loser leaves town match follows that, but mostly features Tony and Bobby still talking about Hulk Hogan throughout it. After a short run around the ring, Kevin and Cactus stay in the ring and throw some holds at one another, which leads to Sullivan wrapping Jack up in a quick cradle to get the pin at 3:45. They were sent out there to calm the crowd, and they did it well; with “The Brain” getting a few witty jabs at the Hulkamaniacs, namely Dave at ringside. (C-)</p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/logos/wcwbump.png</span></p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wcw/jesseventura-s.jpg</span><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wcw/paulroma.jpg</span><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wcw/paulorndorff.jpg</span></p><p> Jesse Ventura is out to the aisle for an interview next, as he brings out Pretty Wonderful. The World Tag Team champions are in a pretty upbeat mood as they gloat about not having to defend their titles tonight, despite WCW wanting them to defend them. Jesse agrees with them wholeheartedly, saying that if there are no qualifying teams in the rankings, then there’s no way they should have to defend the belts. However, he tells them that The Patriot claims to have found a new partner, one who will be better than the last. Roma quips that hopefully the new partner will be more durable, able to take a hit better than the last one. Orndorff tells Jesse that it doesn’t matter who Patriot teams with because The Patriot is a nobody, his former partner was a nobody and a bum forever more, and his next partner will probably be another bum who can’t live up to the standards of Pretty Wonderful!</p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wcw/patriot.jpg</span></p><p> This brings The Patriot out, and he says that he does have a partner, a man he found himself training with. He says that he and his new partner discovered a bond during training together that he never had with any other partner he’s ever teamed with! “That’s why, as sad as it is to say that Stars ‘n Stripes are no more, I’ll introduce you to your future Tag Team champions, Stars and Bars – come on on, Scotty!”</p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wcw/scottyriggs.jpg</span></p><p> Scott Stud – who introduces himself as Scotty Riggs now – comes out, and the two teams get in one another’s faces. Orndorff maintains that they aren’t worth a title match yet, but Patriot and Riggs tell the two that they should “just watch them!” Riggs is now using a Blue Chipper gimmick, which rated at Average. (C+)</p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/logos/wcwbump.png</span></p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wcw/ericbischoff-s.jpg</span></p><p> Tony and Bobby now take time to have a phone call from Eric Bischoff, who had gone along in the ambulance with Hulk Hogan. Eric says that he isn’t sure what’s exactly going on, but apparently “The Hulkster” is irate about what happened, but can he physically make it back to the Five Seasons Center for his match? Nobody knows, though Eric notes that “one of the doctors seem to be giving Jimmy Hart a thumbs up” so maybe we can take that as good news regarding the state of the champion’s leg. (B-)</p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/logos/wcwbump.png</span></p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wcw/dustinrhodes.jpg</span><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wcw/dustyrhodes.jpg</span><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wcw/vs.jpg</span><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wcw/tullyblanchard.jpg</span><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wcw/arnanderson.jpg</span><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wcw/colrobparker-s.jpg</span><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wcw/meng-s.jpg</span></p><p> <strong>The Rhodes Family vs. Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard w/Col. Robert Parker and Meng</strong></p><p> Another crazy brawl between four men who know how to make it look good. Dusty may be completely “past it” physically by this time of his career, but he still has the popularity and grasp of in-ring psychology to keep the crowd invested in the match. After Parker pulls down the top rope and sends him crashing to the floor, Dustin gets worked on by Arn and Tully. But a mishap between the partners sees them run into one another, and Dustin is able to make a hot, hot tag to Dusty! “The American Dream” gets “funky on the monkeys” like only he can, but before he can make a pin on either of them, Colonel Parker has had enough and sends his bodyguard Meng into the ring to attack Dusty right in front of referee Randy Eller, drawing a blatant disqualification at 8:43. (B-)</p><p> </p><p> Dusty and Dustin fall victim to Meng’s assault, with the bodyguard not even losing his sunglasses as he works the Rhodes family over. When he gets a chance during the ensuing chaos to escape the ring briefly, Dusty finds a wooden chair, which he breaks over Meng’s head – and it still doesn’t faze him! Finally Dustin and Dusty are able to leave the ring as it fills with WCW security. (B)</p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/logos/wcwbump.png</span></p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wcw/jesseventura-s.jpg</span><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wcw/ricflair.jpg</span><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wcw/sensuoussherri-s.jpg</span></p><p> “The Nature Boy” is backstage with Jesse Ventura and Sensuous Sherri, and all three of them have big smiles on their faces. Jesse does ask the question of if Flair had anything to do with the attack earlier, with Ric saying that he has no reason to have someone attack Hulk Hogan for him because he would defeat him in the ring on his own – but it looks like he won’t have to! Ventura says that he’s so glad to see someone out there “making things right” and saving WCW from the red and yellow garbage that is Hulkamania, with Flair agreeing that we need to get back to business, and when Hogan is forced to relinquish the title back to him tonight by forfeit, it’ll be back – to – business, and business is good, Wooo! The three share a laugh in this short interview that really made all three of them look like slimey, nasty people. (B) <em>Jesse had some masterful interaction with Flair in this off-script segment.</em></p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/logos/wcwbump.png</span></p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wcw/gordonsolie-s.jpg</span><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wcw/sting.jpg</span></p><p> Gordon Solie is backstage and he brings in the man called Sting! Gordon asks Sting about his partner for the match against Harlem Heat tonight, but Sting is way too excited to say who it is right now. He tells Solie that Kane and Kole have slapped at the hornet’s nest, and now it’s time to get the stinger! With Sting, who knows if the pun was actually intended or not. He says that he’s getting way too excited to bring out his new, mysterious mystery partner! He says that it is… </p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wcw/mrjl.jpg</span></p><p> “Mister J.L.!” A masked man enters the room next to Sting, and Gordon tries to ask him questions but he gives no answers. Sting instead answers, saying that it doesn’t matter what there is to say, because it is time for action! Off they go, with Gordon calling this “mysterious time” for the future, so let’s see what happens in the ring. Sting looked excellent here, even though Gordon underperformed. Maybe his age getting to him. © <em>JL’s “masked luchadore” gimmick debuts with a rating of Average.</em></p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wcw/sting.jpg</span><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wcw/mrjl.jpg</span><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wcw/vs.jpg</span><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wcw/kole.jpg</span><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wcw/kane.jpg</span></p><p> <strong>Sting and Mr. JL vs. Harlem Heat</strong></p><p> Mr. JL may not be the most creative of names, but he backs it up with a great performance in the ring. Sting’s performance still stands head and shoulders above everyone else in this match, but that’s seventeen years of ring experience compared to five or six. Kane was off his game, but when you just throw forearms and kicks, I’m not sure how we could tell anyways. The good thing was that Sting and his “mysterious friend” have shown excellent chemistry together, gelling immediately and ending up victorious when Kole gets locked in the Scorpion Deathlock at 5:37 and picks up the victory. Tony questions if this is the end of Harlem Heat harassing Sting, or if this was a one time partnership between Sting and JL. (B-)</p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/logos/wcwbump.png</span></p><p> </p><p> A short video plays to hype the main event tonight, showing some footage from their Bash at the Beach match as well as some sound clips from each of them – the video ends, but we go back to Tony and Bobby debating if there will even be a match. (B)</p><p> </p><p> “The Nature Boy” wastes no time in getting down to the ring, shoving referee Randy Anderson around and telling him that he has to ring the bell and count, right now! They allow “American Made” to play over the arena in hopes that Hogan may come out, but he’s still not in the building. Finally there is no choice but to call for the bell and administer the count.</p><p> </p><p> But then, the sound of screeching tires is heard backstage! Tony sends us to a live feed, where it looks like Hulk Hogan has commissioned an ambulance! Bobby is screaming for his arrest because he stole a vehicle, but “The Hulkster” has made it back to the arena! He limps as quickly as he can, just barely making it into the ring before the ten count! We will have a main event after all! The children can rejoice! (B)</p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/titles/wcwworld.jpg</span></p><p> <span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wcw/jimmyhart-s.jpg</span><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wcw/hulkhogan.jpg</span><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wcw/vs.jpg</span><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wcw/ricflair.jpg</span><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wcw/sensuoussherri-s.jpg</span></p><p> <strong>WCW World Heavyweight Championship</strong></p><p><strong> “The Immortal” Hulk Hogan w/Jimmy Hart vs. “The Nature Boy” Ric Flair w/Sensuous Sherri</strong></p><p> The match may be going on, but Flair is like a shark sensing blood. He zeroes directly in on Hogan’s left knee, and he punishes it relentlessly. Hogan definitely looks like he’s stepped up his performance for this match, and he keeps trying to come back, but “The Nature Boy” will always go to the leg and get back in control. But “The Immortal” Hulks Up! He starts shaking and getting the adrenaline pumping. He fires some punches toward Flair, sending him to the ropes, but Hogan’s knee buckles when he tries to do the big boot. Flair grabs the leg and locks in the figure four leglock! Hogan cannot muster up the strength to escape no matter what or how he tries, and he rolls over to try to escape. But Flair continues rolling, and they find themselves out of the ring. Ric maintains the pressure, but when Anderson counts to eight, he breaks the hold and gets back into the ring… and Hogan gets counted out, time of the fall at 11:45. The title may not change hands on a count out, but Ric Flair is celebrating like it does, telling Randy to bring him his title. But as the show goes off the air, the camera focuses on Hogan, who is in immense pain on the arena floor. (B)</p><p> </p></div><p></p><p><em>Show Rating: B</em></p><p><em> The show caused one region to lose pop.</em></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42639" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;"><p><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Coming Soon to a Theater Near You!</span></p><p> <iframe width="220" height="124" src="<a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7qLJHCD8Wns?controls=0" rel="external nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/embed/7qLJHCD8Wns?controls=0"</a> frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p></div><p></p><p></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><strong>Thursday, August 25th, 1994</strong></p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42639" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;"><p><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Billboard Top 100 #89 Song of the Week</span></p><p> Brand new to the count down is this song from the soundtrack of Dumb and Dumber!</p><p> <iframe width="220" height="124" src="<a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/TL5ofVC0EDQ?controls=0" rel="external nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/embed/TL5ofVC0EDQ?controls=0"</a> frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p></div><p></p><p></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><strong>Friday, August 26th, 1994</strong></p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42639" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;"><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/logos/pro.jpg</span><p> <span style="color:#FF00FF;"><strong>WCW Pro</strong></span></p></div><p></p><p> Bunkhouse Buck d. a local talent with a piledriver (C-)</p><p> Frank Andersson d. a local talent with the Northern Lights Suplex (D)</p><p> Gordon Solie Presents takes us back to War Games last year at Fall Brawl, as Sting’s team defeated Colonel Parker’s team. Will Fall Brawl play host to The Match Beyond again this year? (B-)</p><p> Terry Funk d. The Patriot with a piledriver after Paul Roma tripped Patriot (B-)</p><p> Pretty Wonderful start to beat on The Patriot, but Scotty Riggs rushes to his new partner’s aid, proving to already be better than his previous teammate by being there for his friend! (C+)</p><p> Gordon and Larry are signing off when Diamond Dallas Page and Maxx Muscle appear, beginning to heckle Zbyszko. But they take things a little too far when they question Larry’s legendary status being only due to his marriage to “Verne’s girl” and Larry punches Page out! (C+)</p><p> <em>Show Rating: C+</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/logos/worldwide.jpg</span><p> <span style="color:#FFFF00;"><strong>WCW Worldwide</strong></span></p></div><p></p><p></p><p> Clash recap video: Hulk Hogan was viciously attacked by a masked man! (B-)</p><p> “Hardwork” Bobby Walker d. a local talent with a high crossbody (D)</p><p> “Mean” Gene Okerlund is in the Fall Brawl Control Center, where he hypes the show coming up from Roanoke, Virginia on September 18th (C+)</p><p> The Sullivans d. The State Patrol with Dave pinning Wright with a legdrop © </p><p> Gene interviews Kevin and “Evad” with Kevin talking about how he cost Cactus Jack his livelihood but Dave only wanting to wish Hulk Hogan well. Kevin looks perplexed at this, but Gene cuts the interview off before Kevin can chastise Dave (B-) <em>Kevin was superb off-script, while Dave and Gene improvised well.</em></p><p> Jean-Paul Lévesque is in a pre-taped promo where he says that he will try to debut on WCW Saturday Night again, but they had better have him some actual talent to face off against! © <em>Jean-Paul struggled off-script here.</em></p><p> Tex Slazenger and Shanghai Pierce d. Frankie Lancaster and Brady Boone with Pierce pinning Frankie after an inverted DDT (C-)</p><p> Eric Bischoff is pre-taped talking to Johnny B. Badd, who is disappointed in his loss to Vader but will come up with something to even the odds soon (C+) <em>Eric performed poorly.</em></p><p> Kamala d. a local talent with a splash (D+) <em>Cooling the crowd was not productive here.</em></p><p> “Mean” Gene tries to talk to Kamala about what seems to be his vendetta against Hulk Hogan and Brother Bruti, but Kamala just whines and slaps his belly (B-)</p><p> A graphic shows that on WCW Saturday Night we will see the full match between Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair from the Clash of the Champions, as well as Ron Simmons taking on Sting (B)</p><p> “Flyin’” Brian Pillman d. Steve Keirn with Air Pillman (B-)</p><p> <em>Show Rating: B-</em></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><strong>Saturday, August 27th, 1994</strong></p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42639" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;"><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/logos/superstars.jpg</span><p> <span style="color:#9932CC;"><strong>WWF Superstars</strong></span></p></div><p></p><p></p><p> A video hypes the steel cage match between Bret and Owen Hart (A) <em>This got the show off to a good start.</em></p><p> Jeff Jarrett d. a local talent with the Grand Ole’ Dropre DDT (C-) <em>As planned, this brought the fans down a little.</em></p><p> A video hypes the Battle of the Undertakers (B)</p><p> Misty Blue d. Luna Vachon with a high cross body block (E+) <em>Again as planned, we needed to cool the crowd.</em></p><p> Next week on Superstars: the debut of “The Portuguese Man of War” Aldo Montoya! (E-)</p><p> Pierre d. Scott Taylor with the Cannonball (C-)</p><p> Raw recap video: Bob Backlund goes crazy on the 1-2-3 Kid and then a backstage official (C+) <em>The “official” was Bruce Prichard.</em></p><p> Shawn Michaels d. Jim Powers with a superkick (B-) <em>Shawn looked excellent.</em></p><p> Shawn and Diesel take to the ring to tell some jokes about Razor Ramon, before saying that Ramon thinking he and some “second rate backup” can defeat them is the biggest joke of all (B+) <em>Both guys were superb off-script. Diesel’s performance was fantastic, and Michaels came across well.</em></p><p> Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler run down the Summerslam card, with “The King” taking some special digs at opponent Duke Droese, urging fans to call their cable company and order now (B-) <em>Ross performed poorly.</em></p><p> <em>Show Rating: B</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/logos/sn.jpg</span><p> <span style="color:#0000FF;"><strong>WCW Saturday Night</strong></span></p></div><p></p><p></p><ul><li> Clash of the Champions Flashback: Hulk Hogan was in the aisle talking to Gene Okerlund about Ric Flair, but a masked man appears behind him! The segment cuts off there, urging fans to keep watching the show tonight to see what happened from there. (B+)<br /></li><li> <strong>Tony Schiavone</strong>, <strong>Bobby Heenan</strong>, and <strong>Gene Okerlund</strong> open the show properly, with Tony talking about how tonight we will see the main event from the Clash of the Champions in full as Hulk Hogan defended the title against Ric Flair as well as a few other highlights from the evening. Also, our featured bout as Ron Simmons takes on Sting! (B) <em>Tony didn’t come out of this looking good, getting a bit lost between Bobby and Gene’s bickering.</em><br /></li><li> Our opening contest features <strong>Bad Attitude</strong> as Eaton and Keirn walk through a pair of local talents. Eaton gets the victory in 4:07 with the Alabama Jam. (C-)<br /></li><li> Clash of the Champions Flashback: still images show some highlights from the United States championship match, where Steve Austin finally rolls up Ricky Steamboat in order to retain the title. (B-)<br /></li><li> <strong>“Stunning” Steve Austin</strong> is in the interview area alongside “Mean” Gene, where he proclaims that “The Dragon” has been slayed! Austin says that Nick Bockwinkel tried to pull each and every string that he could to try and cost him the championship, but “old man Ricky” just couldn’t get the job done! Austin says that it’s time to move on to some new competition, and since he’s in such a great mood, he’ll take on anybody! (B) <em>Gene worked the crowd well here with his improvising. Austin’s performance was really good.</em><br /></li><li> <strong>“The Enforcer” Arn Anderson</strong> wastes no time at all in wasting <strong>“Jumpin’” Joey Maggs</strong> and defeats him with a spinebuster in 3:42. (C-) <em>The house crowd wasn’t very hot, so a match to cool them fell flat.</em><br /></li><li> <strong>Rip Rogers</strong> is in the ring, waiting for his opponent, <strong>Jean-Paul Lévesque</strong>. However, Lévesque comes out and questions the credentials of his challenger, saying that “WCW is to be the land of champions; yet they place me in matches against nobodies, has-beens, or never-was?” He refuses to even enter the ring against Rip, leaving the building with a warning that WCW officials need to find him someone worthy of his debut! ©<br /></li><li> <strong>Brady Boone</strong> is game, but he faces off against <strong>“Pretty” Paul Roma</strong>. The World Tag Team champion uses his power offense to take Boone out before using some high flying to win with a flying elbow in 5:39. © <em>By working the crowd, this match got the fans responding.</em><br /></li><li> Gene Okerlund interviews <strong>Pretty Wonderful</strong>, who talk about how Roma won his match without breaking a sweat. Orndorff begins by saying that his challenge to Hulk Hogan still stands, as Hulk can’t send “little trolls” after him to sidestep “Mr. Wonderful” forever, before changing his attention to The Patriot and Scotty Riggs. The two say that they have nothing to prove to anyone, and so since Patriot and Riggs haven’t had a match together, let alone won one, they are going to have to work their way up the rankings before they can wrestle for the titles. (C+) <em>This got the crowd hotter.</em><br /></li><li> <strong>“Flyin’” Brian Pillman</strong> is certainly flying high after he finished his feud with the Onoo Company, tonight defeating the big bruiser <strong>Shanghai Pierce</strong> with a quick small package in 11:56. © <em>Lifting a hot crowd didn’t work out well. Pillman and Pierce didn’t really click.</em><br /></li><li> Clash of the Champions Flashback: The segment from the start of the show finishes, as Hulk Hogan is talking to Gene Okerlund when a masked man appears. The masked man rushes in and hits Hogan in the back of the knee with a steel pipe, laying “The Hulkster” out and putting the World championship match in jeopardy! (B)<br /></li><li> <strong>The Guardian Angel</strong> did away with Ron Simmons at the Clash, and tonight he took on the devious <strong>Haito</strong>. Sonny Onoo tried to help his client to get the win, but once they reached strike three, the Angel cleaned house, hitting the two with a double noggin knocker before planting Haito with a spike slam for the pinfall at 8:22. (B-)<br /></li><li> <strong>“Das Wunderkind” Alex Wright</strong> makes his Saturday Night debut after his victory at the Clash of the Champions, defeating a local talent in 5:30 with a missile dropkick. (D+) <em>The crowd were already hot, so working them didn’t go over well.</em><br /></li><li> “Mean” Gene Okerlund hosts the Fall Brawl Control Center, where he talks about the show being held on September 18th from the Roanoke Civic Center in Roanoke, Virginia. He throws it to words from <strong>“The American Dream” Dusty Rhodes</strong> alongside son <strong>“The Natural” Dustin Rhodes</strong>, where “The Dream” talks about how this war has gone on long enough! And now it’s time to go to the ultimate war, the land where no one ever comes home the same, baby; War Games! (B-) <em>Dusty’s performance was good; he always does well calling for War Games. This definitely got the crowd hotter.</em><br /></li><li> <strong>Ron Simmons</strong> is in a surly mood after his loss on Wednesday to The Guardian Angel, as he throws around his opponent tonight, <strong>Sting</strong>, with all his might. But “The Stinger” feeds off of all his Little Stingers in the crowd, fighting out of a bearhug in order to hit a succession of Stinger Splashes and then get the victory via the Scorpion Deathlock at 11:35. (B)<br /></li><li> Tony and Bobby talk about this past Wednesday night at the Clash of the Champions, how Hulk Hogan was assaulted earlier in the evening and taken to the nearest hospital, but he found his way back to the arena because he had to defend his title for the Hulkamaniacs! “The Brain” gags, saying that Hogan had to get back to the arena because he’s an egomaniac and a glory hound, saying that Hulk probably was faking the injury for sympathy. In any event… (C+)<br /></li><li> Clash of the Champions Flashback: We watch the entire match between “The Immortal” Hulk Hogan and “The Nature Boy” Ric Flair, with the shocking ending that saw Flair get the victory but not the championship when Hogan could not re-enter the ring. (A*)<br /></li><li> Tony and Bobby close the show by talking about what is coming up on next week’s WCW Saturday Night. We will hear from “The Nature Boy” Ric Flair after the match last Wednesday, and Dustin Rhodes goes one-on-one against the Stud Stable’s own Tully Blanchard! (B)<br /></li></ul><p><em>Show Rating: B+</em></p><p><em> This show increased popularity in 16 regions.</em></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><strong>Sunday, August 28th, 1994</strong></p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42639" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;"><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/logos/challenge.jpg</span><p> <span style="color:#FFA500;"><strong>WWF Wrestling Challenge</strong></span></p></div><p></p><p></p><p> A video plays that hypes tonight’s steel cage match between Bret and Owen Hart (A)</p><p> Rick Martel d. a local talent with the Quebec Crab (D+) <em>As planned, this brought the crowd back down. Martel seemed off his game.</em></p><p> The Smoking Gunns d. Nikolai Volkoff and Irwin R. Schyster with Billy pinning Volkoff after the Sidewinder ©</p><p> A video hypes tonight’s Battle of the Undertakers (B-)</p><p> <em>Show Rating: C+</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/logos/aaw.jpg</span><p> <strong><span style="color:#FF0000;">WWF All</span></strong><strong> </strong><strong><span style="color:#FFFFFF;">American</span></strong><strong> </strong><strong><span style="color:#0000FF;">Wrestling</span></strong></p></div><p></p><p></p><p> “Native American” Tatanka gives a pre-taped interview where he vows to expose the corruption of Lex Luger and Ted DiBiase tonight at Summerslam once and for all! (B-)</p><p> Tatanka d. George South with a Samoan drop ©</p><p> A video package shows Shawn Michaels and Diesel defeating the Headshrinkers for the WWF Tag Team titles on a recent live event (C+)</p><p> Battle of the Hart Brothers video, as narrated by Vince McMahon; the better brother will be decided inside the steel cage! (B+)</p><p> Jim Neidhart d. a local talent ©</p><p> Battle of The Undertakers video; it all comes to a head tonight at Summerslam! (B)</p><p> <em>Show Rating: C+</em></p><p><em> The show looked worse because of production and music penalties.</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/logos/mainevent.jpg</span><p> <span style="color:#008000;"><strong>WCW Main Event</strong></span></p></div><p></p><p></p><p> Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard d. local talents (C-)</p><p> Johnny B. Badd has a vignette from a boxing gym, where he’s shown punching people in a ring before saying that he knows what ring he has a chance against Vader in: the boxing ring! He challenges Vader to a boxing match at Fall Brawl! (B)</p><p> Erik Watts d. a local talent (D) <em>The crowd were already hot and didn’t need working… who’d have guessed Badd’s video would have gone so well?</em></p><p> Paul Orndorff d. The Patriot with a rollup while holding the tights (B-)</p><p> Gene and Bobby talk about what is coming up next week on WCW television, notably Saturday Night when Ric Flair will be on hand and Dustin Rhodes will face Tully Blanchard (B-) </p><p> <em>Show Rating: C+</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><span style="text-decoration:underline;">random video</span></p><p> Coming in September to the Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis. Play as Spider-Man OR Venom and experience the Maximum Carnage!</p><p> <iframe width="220" height="124" src="<a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CeG0yBJJvYQ?controls=0" rel="external nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/embed/CeG0yBJJvYQ?controls=0"</a> frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p></div><p></p><p></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42639" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;"><p><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Attendances/Ratings: Week </span></p><p> <span style="font-size:8px;">Bold means sold out crowd</span></p><p> WWF Monday Night Raw: <strong>4,500</strong> at Bender Arena (Mid Atlantic); 2.89</p><p> Eastern Championship Wrestling: <strong>300</strong> at The Flagstaff (Tri-State); 0.01</p><p> WCW Clash of the Champions XVIII: <strong>8,600</strong> at Five Seasons Center (Mid West); 1.97</p><p> WCW Pro: <strong>400</strong> at Disney MGM Studios (South East); 0.06</p><p> WCW Worldwide: <strong>400</strong> at Disney MGM Studios (South East); 0.10</p><p> WWF Superstars: <strong>2,000</strong> at Markin Center (Great Lakes); 0.30</p><p> WCW Saturday Night: <strong>1,050</strong> at Center Stage Theater (South East); 1.57</p><p> WWF All-American Wrestling: <strong>4,500</strong> at Bender Arena (Mid Atlantic); 0.09</p><p> WWF Wrestling Challenge: <strong>2,000</strong> at Markin Center (Great Lakes); 0.13</p><p> WCW Main Event: <strong>1,050</strong> at Center Stage Theater (South East); 0.15</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p> Summerslam will still be a few days out, but hey, other than that, we've closed August! Huzzah!</p></div></blockquote>

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<p>WWF Presents Summerslam 1994</p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><iframe width="320" height="180" src="</p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/TpU_qrVyHc0?rel=0" rel="external nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/embed/TpU_qrVyHc0?rel=0"</a> frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><p> <span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/logos/summerslam94.jpg</span></p><p> <span style="font-size:18px;"><span style="color:#0000FF;"><strong>WWF presents Summerslam 1994</strong></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>July 28th, 1994</em></span></p><p><span style="font-size:8px;"><em> Held live at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois (Great Lakes) to a sold out 20,500 in attendance and 182,008 (0.40) watching at home on Viewer’s Choice and Viewer’s Choice Canada</em></span></p><p><span style="font-size:8px;"><em> Main Commentary Team: Vince McMahon and Jerry “The King” Lawler</em></span></p><p><span style="font-size:8px;"><em> Rating: C+</em></span></p><p><span style="font-size:8px;"><em> The show was hindered due to our music quality being lower than AJPW, NJPW, and CMLL, as well as not having enough interesting storylines. This show raised our popularity in 7 regions.</em></span></p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42639" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;"><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wwf/vincemcmahon-s.jpg</span><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wwf/jerrylawler-s.jpg</span><p> I start the show welcoming everyone to Summerslam! Jerry is doing his old Memphis tricks by appearing on crutches with his knee all wrapped up, saying that he was told by doctors that he absolutely can not wrestle tonight because he had a nagging injury and a head cold that will keep him behind the commentary table all night tonight. I explain that WWF President Jack Tunney has allowed Lawler to stay out of action, while changing the match between Typhoon and Crush into a tag team bout now, with Crush and Yokozuna together against Typhoon and Duke “The Dumpster” Droese! I improvised really well here. ©</p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/logos/wwfbump.png</span></p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wwf/harveywippleman-s.jpg</span><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wwf/timothywell.jpg</span><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wwf/stevendunn.jpg</span><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wwf/kwang.jpg</span><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wwf/vs.jpg</span><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wwf/adambomb.jpg</span><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wwf/fatu.jpg</span><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wwf/samu.jpg</span><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wwf/afa-s.jpg</span></p><p> <strong>Well Dunn and Kwang w/Harvey Wippleman vs. Adam Bomb and The Headshrinkers w/Afa</strong></p><p> Jerry is instantly annoyed when I invite the legendary Captain Lou Albano to join commentary with us. We make note that the Headshrinkers don’t hold the WWF Tag Team championships anymore, losing them to Diesel and Shawn Michaels a night ago at a non-televised event. This six man tag match may not be the most interesting storyline that’s ever been put together, but we gave them all plenty of time to shine in this match and let the story of Harvey helping his guys cheat play out. Fatu gets triple teamed, practically quadruple teamed, in the Wippleman corner, but Dunn is an idiot and tries to slam Fatu’s head into the turnbuckle. That never works on these Samoan boys! Fatu makes the tag to Adam Bomb, who explodes into the ring with a flying clothesline and runs through the opponents, finally finishing this with the Atom Smasher powerbomb on Dunn to pick up the win in 16:34. It’s so strange to see one tag team partner be a good fit with their manager while the other is better off without the same manager, but that’s Well Dunn and Harvey. Regardless, they worked the crowd out there into a decent opening match. ©</p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/logos/wwfbump.png</span></p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wwf/lordalfredhayes-s.jpg</span><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wwf/owenhart.jpg</span><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wwf/jimneidhart.jpg</span></p><p> Lord Alfred Hayes is backstage in a Coliseum Video Exclusive to talk to the contender for the WWF title tonight, Owen Hart, along with brother in law Jim Neidhart. Hayes brings up “The Anvil” helping Owen to win the King of the Ring, questioning if Owen can win the WWF championship with Neidhart on the outside of a steel cage. “The King of Harts” tells Hayes that he has done everything in his life by himself, and he taught Bret all kinds of things back in the Dungeon, but he knows more than his brother and will do them to him tonight to become the new World Wrestling Federation champion and shatter the shadow of his brother Bret! The segment was short, but Hayes improvised well here, and Owen really did well with the freedom to not be held to a script. He’s come a long way from that ungodly “leg” quote from the Royal Rumble. (B-)</p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wwf/lordalfredhayes-s.jpg</span><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wwf/brethart.jpg</span></p><p> After a flash, another Coliseum Video Exclusive now has Lord Alfred in the dressing room of the champion, Bret Hart! Hayes is superb here as he talks to Bret about his younger brother, saying that Romulus and Remus weren’t as vicious as this family battle could become. Bret says that he didn’t want this, but he’s been forced into wrestling his brother, so tonight when they step into the cage, they aren’t family anymore; Owen is just another opponent who needs excellently executed! This was a nice short interview as well, it got all the points it needed across. (B-)</p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/logos/wwfbump.png</span></p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/titles/wwfwomen.jpg</span></p><p> <span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wwf/alundrablayze.jpg</span><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wwf/vs.jpg</span><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wwf/bullnakano.jpg</span></p><p> <strong>WWF Women’s Championship</strong></p><p><strong> Alundra Blayze vs. Bull Nakano</strong></p><p> We sent these girls out there to work the crowd, and their chemistry against one another showed in spades. The women’s storyline may not be all that hot, but they tried to make it as good a match as they could. They both seem to be highly motivated, even though by the end of the match you can see Bull breathing hard because of how hard hitting they made this match for themselves. Alundra nearly picks up the win with the German suplex, but Luna Vachon sneaks out and pulls Bull’s foot through the ropes, forcing referee Jim Korderas to call the fall off. When Blayze turns her attention toward Vachon, but that gives Bull a chance to recover, and she shoves Blayze into the turnbuckles to knock the wind out of her before hitting a maneuver like a leg drop off the turnbuckles to pick up the win at 12:09 and gain the championship! We protected Alundra in this one because she’s the only real women’s contender we have, so we can’t have her looking too bad even if she loses. (C-)</p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/logos/wwfbump.png</span></p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wwf/razorramon.jpg</span></p><p> “The Bad Guy” is here! He gets in the ring and gets a microphone, saying that he told everyone that he had someone here to watch his back, someone who won’t be afraid to get a little <em>crazy</em> if things get a bit <em>mad</em>… </p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wwf/randysavage.jpg</span></p><p> It’s “The Macho Man” Randy Savage! The crowd pop loud for Savage as he comes out to stand in Ramon’s corner. This really got the crowd hot, even if it was just a short segment to pop the crowd and bring a little more intrigue to the Intercontinental title match. (B+)</p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/titles/wwfic.jpg</span></p><p> <span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wwf/shawnmichaels-s.jpg</span><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wwf/diesel.jpg</span><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wwf/vs.jpg</span><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wwf/razorramon.jpg</span><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wwf/randysavage-s2.jpg</span></p><p> <strong>WWF Intercontinental Championship</strong></p><p><strong> Diesel w/Shawn Michaels vs. “The Bad Guy” Razor Ramon w/Randy Savage</strong></p><p> These two wanted to go out there and steal the show, and they almost did it with their great chemistry. The crowd were buzzing as they traded big hammering punches and maneuvers, like Diesel choking Razor with his boot in the corner and hitting him with some hard elbows. Randy Savage generally kept Shawn Michaels as a non-factor, which led it to be a fair, one on one match. Razor was really well suited to the brawl that these guys were having, but he was pretty clearly off his game tonight. I took better note during Diesel’s reverse chinlock of how the match drifted once in awhile from move to move rather than have a full, clear flow, but they did a good enough job to keep things going that I won’t be punishing them for it. Ramon showed some improved performance tonight, and he fought back by punching his way out of his situation. Mike Chioda gets bumped to the mat as Diesel charged at Razor, leaving us with no official. Shawn enters the ring and warms up for his superkick, but Randy pulls him out of the way, leading to Michaels nailing Diesel instead! Savage clotheslines Michaels back out of the ring as Ramon goes for the cover, and at 10:40 he gets the three count! (B)</p><p> </p><p> We have a new champion! As Shawn and Diesel argue their way out of the arena, Randy Savage delivers the championship to Razor Ramon, who is ecstatic as he poses for the cheering crowd! (B)</p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/logos/wwfbump.png</span></p><p> </p><p> We open our first main event match with a highlight video, narrated by yours truly, to go over the battle of the Hart Brothers. It starts back from when Owen was used to get to Bret via getting attacked backstage, before moving to Survivor Series when Owen got in his brother’s face after being eliminated. The brothers seem back on the same page at the Royal Rumble, until Owen assaulted Bret by kicking his injured leg. Owen then wins their first encounter at WrestleMania X, before Bret wins the WWF title later that evening. Owen wins the King of the Ring, earning himself this night’s World Wrestling Federation championship match, and the Hart Family is divided as brother faces brother inside a fifteen foot high steel cage! (A)</p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wwf/vincemcmahon-s.jpg</span><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wwf/jerrylawler-s.jpg</span><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wwf/keithhart.jpg</span><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wwf/jimneidhart.jpg</span><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wwf/daveyboysmith.jpg</span></p><p> Jerry and I take a look around the crowd during the cage being set up, noting that the father and mother, Stu and Helen, are in the crowd, but special note is made of Keith Hart, Jim Neidhart, and Davey Boy Smith. Bruce is notably not in attendance. (B-)</p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/titles/wwfworld.jpg</span></p><p> <span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wwf/brethart.jpg</span><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wwf/vs.jpg</span><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wwf/owenhart.jpg</span></p><p> <strong>WWF Heavyweight Championship – Steel Cage Match</strong></p><p><strong> Bret “The Hitman” Hart vs. “The King of Harts” Owen Hart</strong></p><p> The crowd are absolutely buzzing for this great match. The brothers slowly build the match well, as we told them to make a spectacle of it. True to his word earlier, Bret wrestles as if it is just another opponent rather than his blood, at least until Owen starts screaming while in a submission maneuver, and Bret releases him – which leads into a jab into his eyes and Owen trying to escape through the door. After that, it appears Bret gets harder on Owen than ever seen before. It’s unfortunate that the crowd aren’t as into this feud as they had been in previous feuds, which just proves that Bret isn’t the new Hogan that I’m hoping for, because he isn’t pulling his weight as much as he should be. Regardless, Owen keeps trying to run out of the cage, but Bret is always there to stop him. They trade Sharpshooters, but there are no submissions in the cage. The brothers try to climb over the top simultaneously, which leads to Bret giving his brother a huge superplex off the top of the cage! The end finally comes as both men are crawling up and back down the outside of the cage, when Bret slams his younger brother’s head into the cage and causes his feet to get stuck between the bars – and Bret drops to the floor, winning the match at a grueling 28:27! (B)</p><p> </p><p> As Bret is being handed his title and he celebrates, we see Jim “The Anvil” jump the guardrail and clothesline Davey Boy Smith from behind! Neidhart forcibly shoves Bret back into the cage, then he and Owen begin beating Bret to the mat! They put a padlock on the cage, and they keep knocking family members off of the cage walls as the attack continues. Finally Davey Boy is able to climb in over the top, but Jim and Owen scamper away before they can get what’s coming to them. Jerry and I’s contrasting commentary served this segment well, as I kept calling for help and Jerry cheered Owen and Jim on. The crowd got way hotter during this, and Bret’s performance in selling the attack was good. This feud continues. (B+) <em>Keith and Davey debuted here, Hart with an Old School Face gimmick and Davey with British Bulldog, both doing Very Good at them.</em></p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/logos/wwfbump.png</span></p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wwf/stanlane-s.jpg</span><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wwf/razorramonic.jpg</span><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wwf/randysavage.jpg</span></p><p> Stan Lane is backstage for another Coliseum Video Exclusive as he is in on the celebration of Razor Ramon and Randy Savage! Lane gets a word from them, with Savage promoting Razor as “the Intercontinental champion of the future, dig it!” and Ramon so happy to have “all of the <em>machismo</em> back around this gorgeous waist.” Lane was pretty underwhelming here, but Savage came across well and Razor’s performance was good. (B+)</p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/logos/wwfbump.png</span></p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wwf/tatanka.jpg</span><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wwf/vs.jpg</span><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wwf/lexluger.jpg</span></p><p> <strong>“Native American” Tatanka vs. “Made in the U.S.A.” Lex Luger</strong></p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wwf/teddibiase.jpg</span></p><p> </p><p> The match has barely started until Ted DiBiase enters the ring. He stops everything, telling official Jack Doan to ring the bell, calling this off at 5:02, because this match is over. He says that there’s nothing to fight over, because let’s face it – Lex Luger wouldn’t be able to cut it in the Million Dollar Corporation! This is fine, because the fans weren’t getting into the face against face match very well; not that they cared much for this non-finish. But it brought the crowd down a little after they were at a frenzy following the Harts match. The match ended when Luger had Tatanka in a headlock, because Luger felt he needed protected from taking a loss here. That ego will come back to bite your ass in the future, Lex, I guarantee it. ©</p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wwf/irs.jpg</span><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wwf/bambambigelow.jpg</span><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wwf/nikolaivolkoff.jpg</span></p><p> </p><p> The Million Dollar Corporation comes to circle the ring, and on DiBiase’s cue, they attack both Luger and Tatanka! Bigelow drops diving headbutts on both of them, leaving them lying on the mat as “The Million Dollar Man” admits that he was going to sign Luger… but Lex waited too long, and instead, he found a younger, better looking, more athletic man to be his new crown jewel of the Million Dollar Corporation. </p><p> </p><p> “With no further adieu, I formally present this gift of the Gods, this new Olympian specimen, the new crown jewel of the Million Dollar Corporation… I give you… Alexander!”</p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wwf/alexander.jpg</span></p><p> </p><p> The newly signed Alexander makes his way to the ring, joining DiBiase’s company in putting the boots to both Luger and Tatanka. He poses in the ring next to a laughing DiBiase, who promises that this acquisition will only make the Million Dollar Corporation that much stronger! Ted came across well here, while Bigelow looked good during the beatdown. (C+) <em>Alexander debuts his new Prima Donna (Cocky) gimmick, getting an initial Average rating.</em></p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/logos/wwfbump.png</span></p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wwf/lordalfredhayes-s.jpg</span></p><p> In another Coliseum Video Exclusive, Lord Alfred is back at the dressing room marked “Diesel and Michaels”. He knocks on the door to attempt to get a word with the former champion, but there’s no answer, just the sound of muffled voices behind the door. The segment was short, but it got the point across, I think, as Lawler and I start debating about problems between the duo. (B-)</p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/logos/wwfbump.png</span></p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wwf/typhoon.jpg</span><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wwf/dukedroese.jpg</span><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wwf/vs.jpg</span><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wwf/yokozuna.jpg</span><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wwf/crush.jpg</span><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wwf/mrfuji-s.jpg</span><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wwf/jimcornette-s.jpg</span></p><p> <strong>Typhoon and Duke “The Dumpster” Droese vs. Yokozuna and Crush w/Mr. Fuji and Jim Cornette</strong></p><p> This was another match used to calm the crowd down before the main event. The storyline involved definitely had some low heat, because nobody has or have ever really cared much about Fred in the WWF. I may have to keep him around until the Rumble because of the lack of depth in the roster though, and that is unfortunate. Yokozuna definitely carries this match, and it shows. Duke is the weak link of the in-ring action. Fuji’s presence is good, and Lawler does a great job of talking about how he wishes he would have liked to get his hands on Droese from the outside. The match ends when “The King” gets up from the announce table and smashes his crutches on Duke’s back, sending him right into a belly to belly suplex from Yokozuna, followed by the Banzai Drop! This one is over at 12:01. (C+)</p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/logos/wwfbump.png</span></p><p> </p><p> A video hypes the Battle of the Undertakers, which is our main event and it’s coming up next! The video starts from The Undertaker’s debut at the 1990 Survivor Series, showing him in action over the years until he is defeated at the Royal Rumble this past January. From there, Ted DiBiase introduces his Undertaker, but Paul Bearer’s Undertaker finally makes his presence known this past week on Monday Night Raw! Tonight, The Battle of The Undertakers is upon us! (B-)</p><p> </p><p> Leslie Neilson is shown at ringside, still looking for The Undertaker, as Jerry has rejoined me at commentary, and after I give him the riot act about his “facade” about his leg, which he laughs off and calls “nothing short of a miracle” in any event it’s time for the main event of the evening. (B-)</p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wwf/paulbearer-s.jpg</span></p><p> </p><p> Paul Bearer comes out to the ring along with hooded druids, and a brand new, large urn. He shines a spotlight out of it, leading to… </p><p> </p><p> <iframe width="320" height="180" src="<a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lKLgGz0HAw8?rel=0" rel="external nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/embed/lKLgGz0HAw8?rel=0"</a> frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p><p> <span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wwf/theundertaker.jpg</span></p><p> This crowd are electric as The Undertaker returns to the World Wrestling Federation! Our commentary really help sell this, as Howard Finkel announces this historic moment! This is definitely a highlight that will live forever. (A*)</p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wwf/paulbearer-s.jpg</span><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wwf/theundertaker.jpg</span><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wwf/vs.jpg</span><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wwf/faker.jpg</span><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/wwf/teddibiase-s.jpg</span></p><p> <strong>The Battle of the Undertakers</strong></p><p> Oh yeah, now this is a main event! This one got the crowd all kinds of hot, even though the match drifted a little here and there. DiBiase’s Undertaker holds his own, but I think we all know where this is going as soon as the actual Undertaker made that huge entrance. He kicks out of the imposter’s Tombstone piledriver, leading to three big Tombstone piledrivers from the real Undertaker to close this saga out in style at 9:07. (B-)</p><p> </p><p> The lights go out as Leslie Neilson points into the ring screaming “I found him!” as the one, true Undertaker and Paul Bearer do their pose in the ring as we close out the pay-per-view. (B-)</p></div><p></p><p></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/mq-1/logos/wwf.jpg</span></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p> Now it's time for our August Prediction Prize! 20 points were to be had, but only 18 will be counted as I didn’t count the Luger/Tatanka and Droese/Lawler matches as they didn’t really happen. Well, Luger/Tatanka happened, but it was a sports entertainment finish, so I dropped it. Since Steven Regal still wrestled, I counted that match… but nobody gets the point as everyone expected him to win.</p><p> The Final Countdown: 14</p><p> TheBigBad1013: 13</p><p> Happy0wns: 12</p><p> Warhawk8492: 12</p><p> KnowYourEnemy: 11</p><p> crackerjack: 10</p><p> The Final Countdown wins! I will hit you with a PM for your prize directly, friend! I hope everyone is still enjoying the shows!</p>

[TheBigBad1013]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Beejus" data-cite="Beejus" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42639" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div> I hope everyone is still enjoying the shows!</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Very much so! Summerslam was a great show. I was a bit surprised that Taker vs. Taker was the main event, but it worked out well enough. Being a huge fan of The Outsiders, I'm also looking forward to seeing what you'll do with both men following their Summerslam match. It will also be interesting to see Marcus Bagwell in the Million Dollar Corporation. Oh and Bret and Owen going for nearly 30 minutes in the cage...awesome stuff!</p>