scarletspeed7 Posted January 1, 2017 Author Share Posted January 1, 2017 And that's the end of the prediction contest! Up next... WCW Saturday Night and the Fall Brawl, complete with Main Event pre-show! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarletspeed7 Posted January 2, 2017 Author Share Posted January 2, 2017 <div style="text-align:center;"><span>http://s24.postimg.org/j1zp5aak1/WCW_SN_94.jpg</span><p><strong> WCW Saturday Night Episode 4</strong></p><p><strong> 4th Saturday of September, 1995</strong></p><p><strong> Soldtona Sports Center, North West - 2,000 fans</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong><span>http://s9.postimg.org/rkdu4gcjf/Tony_Schiavone_3.jpg</span><span>http://s13.postimg.org/u7fwm9i8z/Mike_Tenay.jpg</span><span>http://s11.postimg.org/4sl07bk2n/Dusty_Rhodes.jpg</span></p></div><p></p><p> The show opened with Disco Inferno. He danced his way to the ring, and then grabbed the mic, complaining about how Lex Luger had bullied and embarassed him the week before. The crowd was having none of his excuses, and they were begging for someone to put an end to Inferno's shenanigans. <strong>Rating: 73</strong></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Alex Wright vs. Disco Inferno</strong> - This was Inferno's longest match so far, and a good one. Wright was the perfect type of opponent for Inferno, smaller than him in size and with less experience. Ultimately, however, Inferno was distracted by the jeers of the crowd, and Alex Wright rolled up Inferno for a win in 9:00 flat. <strong>Rating: 58</strong></p><p> </p><p> Roddy Piper sat down with Elizabeth and Randy Savage in a newly-refurbished Piper's Pit, where Savage and Piper joked about the clowns they would face at WarGames. Piper, however, seemed to be playing another game. He kept needling Savage about his aspirations outside of being Hogan's most amazing friend, but Savage wouldn't give an inch. <strong>Rating: 91</strong></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Mariko Yoshida vs. Luna Vachon</strong> - The women's division continued to develop on Saturday Night. Luna had seen success in her debut while Mariko had struggled against a monster. Luna proved she wasn't quite a monster so much as a freak in this match, with Mariko picking up a win in 6:19. <strong>Rating: 30</strong></p><p> </p><p> After the match, Luna clotheslined Yoshida, furious at the loss; Yoshida, out-flat, lay prone as refs tended to her. <strong>Rating: 25</strong></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Tim Horner vs. The Shark</strong> - The Shark made short work of his opponent in this quick warm-up for the following day's fesitivities. Horner gave it his all, but he never stood a chance, being squashed in 3:01. <strong>Rating: 57</strong></p><p> </p><p> In a commercial, Paul Heyman chastised fans for buying Fall Brawl, suggesting they simply turn off their TV sets so they could avoid watching "the death of wrestling as we know it", in what was going to be a schlocky and pointless affair between "stale old cartoon characters". <strong>Rating: 84</strong></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Mark Starr vs. Scott Norton</strong> - Norton, led by the beautiful Dawn Marie, walked down his red carpet, signing autographs and even posing in front of the ring for photography. The entrance likely took longer than the match itself. Starr didn't go down immediately, but he went down decisively in 4:22. <strong>Rating: 40</strong></p><p> </p><p> After the match, The Renegade was preparing to enter for his match, and he once again collided with Norton. Norton had had enough, and he was ready to throw down. Renegade and Norton locked up before Norton threw him into a barricade next to the ramp, walking away. The Renegade shouted that he wanted to face him "like a man". <strong>Rating: 47</strong></p><p> </p><p> <strong>The Steiner Brothers vs. Bunkhouse Buck & Dick Slater</strong> - The Steiners continue to worked their way through the division, taking on the former Tag Champs in this exhibition match. The wily strategies of Buck and Slater may have put the brakes on the Steiners at the outset, but the sheer raw power of the Brothers Steiner was virtually unstoppable. A Frankensteiner eneded the match in what was becoming a tradition in 9:44. <strong>Rating: 73</strong></p><p> </p><p> After the match, Mean Gene interviewed the Steiners and the American Males. The two teams had a bit of a rapport, seeming to have developed a friendship over hating the Harlem Heat. Gene announced that the Steiners would have a rematch with the Blue Bloods, and the winner would be eligible for a #1 Contenders match the following week. The Males said they looked forward to eventually facing the Steiners in the ring. Gene also announced a match between the Renegade and Norton for Main Event the next night as well. <strong>Rating: 64</strong></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Brad Armstrong vs. Devon Storm</strong> - We had seen one half of the Lightning Express lose tonight, but Brad Armstrong broke that streak before it began, taking down the young cruiserweight upstart in a decent battle. Armstrong had some speed and some strength, and he relied on both to win the fight, putting down Storm with his brutal clothesline called The Armstrong Arm in 7:22. <strong>Rating: 45</strong></p><p> </p><p> After a commercial, DDP and the Diamond Doll refused to talk about Johnny B. Badd. At all. In fact, if Terri kept trying to hit on her man, Diamond Doll was going to take off her high heel and beat Terri with it. <strong>Rating: 59</strong></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Sting & Lex Luger vs. Meng & Hugh Morrus</strong> - Lex had never really tangled with the Dungeon members he would be facing at Fall Brawl, so Sting was giving him a bit of an out-of-town preview, as it were. Meng proved tough and durable, but Morrus ate a Torture Rack and tapped out at 12:15. <strong>Rating: 81</strong></p><p> </p><p> Sting and Lex celebrated until Ric Flair strutted out to the top of the ramp, delivering a scathing promo. He called the Dungeon "pushovers", and he warned Sting that there wouldn't be a Total Punkage there to save his painted rear end at Fall Brawl. <strong>Rating: 85</strong></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Show Rating: 81</strong></p><p><strong> TV Rating: 1.51</strong></p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarletspeed7 Posted January 3, 2017 Author Share Posted January 3, 2017 Main Event Episode 4 - Fall Brawl Pre-Show Spectacular! 4th Sunday of September, 1995 Greensboro Coliseum, South East - 21,273 fans (SOLD OUT!) http://s9.postimg.org/rkdu4gcjf/Tony_Schiavone_3.jpghttp://s13.postimg.org/u7fwm9i8z/Mike_Tenay.jpg The show opened with Eric Bischoff running down the card with the Main Event announce team; this segued into an interview segment with the Macho Man Randy Savage as he prepared for his match alongside the Hulkamaniacs. Savage, with Miss Elizabeth in tow, seemed less and less focused as the interview with Terri went on until Elizabeth, with a bemused expression on her face, suggested quite carefully that Terri should perhaps interview someone else. Rating: 82 Ultimo Dragon vs. Dean Malenko - This opening match featured a pitched battle between a high-flier and ground-based grappler, and the clash in style led to both men pulling out a variety of moves from their arsenals. Malenko was not a worker who left the match, so he spent a lot of time trying to ground the attacks of Dragon. Ultimo Dragon obviously lacked the raw strength of Malenko, and he figured out quite quickly that his only chance to win was to avoid being forced to the floor. However, Malenko eventually rolled out of the way from one of Dragon's splashes, and he locked a grip on Dragon's ankle. Ultimo Dragon struggled to free himself from Dean's hold, but Dean deeply locked in his ankle lock, forcing Dragon to tap at 9:32. Rating: 43 After the match, Diamond Dallas Page was shown backstage, preparing for his match. As he laced up his boots, Johnny B. Badd entered the locker room. The two spat insults at each other until DDP went punch Badd. Badd warned off DDP, shaking his finger menacingly until Page snarled in disgust at Badd, walking away. Rating: 88 The Steiner Brothers vs. The Blue Bloods - In a great follow-up to their show-stealing performance on WCW Saturday Night the week before, The Steiners and Blue Bloods battled back and forth, each team attempting to shut down the momentum of the others. Steven Regal ended up controlling most of this match, and it was clear that the Blue Bloods had studied the Steiners' offense in preparation for this second go-round. Rick couldn't escape the various holds inflicted by Regal, but he was able to slowly inch his way to his own corner, and when he tagged in Scott, Regal made a dash for his own corner, tagging in a fresh Bobby Eaton. Eaton ended up eating a Frankensteiner, and after the match it was clear that Regal had tagged in Eaton simply to avoid taking the pinfall at 13:22. Rating: 81 A video package recapping the history of Sting and Ric Flair played, recounting the story of their rivalry. Several other WCW wrestlers appeared, commenting on the upcoming cage match. Roddy Piper called it "historic". Arn Anderson said that he respected both men, and that neither would give an inch inside a steel cage. Eddie Guerrero said he looked up to both of them as influences for coming to WCW. Others also put in their two cents, but it was clear that this would be a titanic clash between two legends. Rating: 90 The Renegade vs. Scott Norton - The Renegade entered with a certain air of focus that he had never really demonstrated before; Norton entered with all of the focus of a middle schooler with ADD and a sugar-high, autographing, mugging for photos, and showing off Dawn Marie. One would believe that the Renegade therefore was much more prepared than Norton, but one would be highly mistaken. Norton came in and crushed the Renegade, with Jimmy Hart eventually throwing in the towel on the Renegade after he could no longer stomach all manners of torture crushing his clilent. Norton stood victorious in his first real test at 5:33. Rating: 56 Hogan, Piper, Luger, and Hawk ended the show in a backstage interview with Mean Gene, hyping up their battle with the Dungeon of Doom. They knew that the Taskmaster wouldn't be able to stand up to the combined might of some of wrestling's greatest legends, and that before the night was over, Hulkamania would run wild all over the Dungeon. With that, Main Event ended. Rating: 92\ Show Rating: 70 TV Rating: 1.47 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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