WCW 1993 : A New World of Sport

[Lord Byron]

My picks:  Brian Pillman, Sting, Lex Luger, Bam Bam Bigelow, Powerhouse Simmons, Rick Rude, Ric Flair, and Ricky Steamboat...

[Nightshadeex]

Brian Pillman vs Larry Zbyszko
Big Van Vader vs Sting - Draw
Lex Luger vs Scott Steiner
Bam Bam Bigelow vs Rick Steiner for the United States Championship
Nobuhiko Takada vs Powerhouse Simmons
Steve Williams vs Rick Rude
Arn Anderson vs Ric Flair
Ricky Steamboat vs Kevin Sullivan

[Vandal]

Brian Pillman vs Larry Zbyszko
Big Van Vader vs Sting
Lex Luger vs Scott Steiner
Bam Bam Bigelow vs Rick Steiner for the United States Championship
Nobuhiko Takada vs Powerhouse Simmons
Steve Williams vs Rick Rude
Arn Anderson vs Ric Flair
Ricky Steamboat vs Kevin Sullivan

[DHK1989]

Brian Pillman
Big Van Vader vs Sting - DRAW
Lex Luger
Bam Bam Bigelow
Powerhouse Simmons
Rick Rude
Ric Flair
Ricky Steamboat

[Old School Fan]

Brian Pillman vs Larry Zbyszko
Big Van Vader vs Sting
Lex Luger vs Scott Steiner (draw)
Bam Bam Bigelow vs Rick Steiner for the United States Championship
Nobuhiko Takada vs Powerhouse Simmons
Steve Williams vs Rick Rude
Arn Anderson vs Ric Flair
Ricky Steamboat vs Kevin Sullivan

[smw88]

Brian Pillman vs Larry Zbyszko
Big Van Vader vs Sting
Lex Luger vs Scott Steiner
Bam Bam Bigelow vs Rick Steiner for the United States Championship
Nobuhiko Takada vs Powerhouse Simmons
Steve Williams vs Rick Rude
Arn Anderson vs Ric Flair
Ricky Steamboat vs Kevin Sullivan

[CactusHack]

Masahito Kakihara won his MMA debut.

Up in ECW, Mr. Sandman and the Pitbulls have formed a new stable - The Revival.

Giant Baba announced in an interview that he’s been dealing with Chronic Knee Pain. The 55 year old Japanese legend remains a special attraction in All Japan, but all signs point towards him focusing on his role as owner and avoiding the ring.

New Japan signed Dos Caras to a massive 2 year exclusive contract, that will see the Mexican star make a total of $4.5 million over the time frame. In his first match with the company, he broke his nose. Clearly, there will be need for adjustment from the Lucha style to the much stiffer Japanese style.

Ray Lloyd suffered a defeat in his MMA debut.

Super World Sports signs Yukihiro Kanemura to an exclusive two year contract.

WWF renewed Brooklyn Brawler’s contract for $330,000 over 4 years.

Further scrutiny against FMW’s intensive hardcore style came forward after Goto Tsurumi suffered a broken neck during a 6 man tag match. Goto will be out of action for 1 year.

After a bidding war between CMLL and AAA, Vampiro Casanova signed exclusively with CMLL for $2.35 million over three years.

Since his serious neck injury, Matt Borne (Doink) has taken it upon himself to improve his physique. He’s packed on weight and is looking to start training program immediately. 

Bad News Brown, most recently seen on WCW television as Buffalo Allen, has announced his decision to retire from the industry. The 49 year old leaves the industry a 4 time Stampede North American Heavyweight champion as well as a 1 time NWA Florida Heavyweight Champion.

Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Gumi has expanded in size in recent months. They are currently classified as a medium sized company and ranked 9th in the world.

Scottish wrestler Bill Dundee announced his retirement tour. The 49 year old star of USWA if a 4 time USWA Southern Heavyweight Champion, 1 time Unified World Heavyweight Champion, and 2 time AWA tag team champion alongside Jerry Lawler.

Ringo Mendoza defeated Damian El Guerrero to win the CMLL World Welterweight Championship for the first time.

Brazo De Plata won the AAA Campeon de Campeons championship in the main event of the first ever Triplemania event.

Terry Funk won the 1993 All Japan Champion Carnival, defeating Giant Baba in the tournament final.

Richard Slinger defeated Naoki Sano to win the AJPW World Jr Heavyweight Championship for the first time.

Allison Royal defeated Mizuki Endo to capture the USWA Women’s Championship for the second time.

Mr. Pogo defeated Atsushi Onita to capture the FMW Brass Knuckles title for the second time.

The team of Leo Burke and Super Medico (Amazingly Awesome) defeated The Caribbean Express to win the WWC Tag Team Championships for a second time.

Marty Jannetty and Tony Stetson defeated The Pitbulls to win the ECW Tag Team Championships for the first time.

Bob Bradley and Col. DeBeers defeated Manny Fernandez and David Sammartino to win the UWF World Tag Team championships for the first time.

Eric Embry and Doug Gilbert captured the USWA Tag Team Championships for the first time.

Magnificent Mimi def. Judy Martin to capture the LMLW World Championship for the second time.

Tina Moretti and Terri Power def. Debbie Combs and Bambi to win the LMLW tag team championships for the first time.

Jerry Lynn won the PWA Light Heavyweight Championship for the fourth time.

The following workers have begun wrestling: Ludxor, Jim Steele, Espiritu, Ramstein, Psicopata, Vance Nevada.

[CactusHack]

On WCW's Main Event show during Round 6, there was an influx of new talent making their WCW debuts, as Sabu, Great Kokina, Doug Gilbert, and Cynthia Morena all made their Main Event debuts with victories. And Jimmy Garvin continued his decline when he lost to Scott Armstrong.

JR's Indie Spotlight highlighted the tag team of twin brothers, The Blu Brothers. The team of Jacob and Eli Blu are two large mountain men, that have been tearing up the independent scene with dominant performances over smaller wrestlers. Jr also spotlighted Disorderly Conduct, the tag team of Tough Tom and Mean Mike, who are currently competing in the Power Plant. Lastly, Jim focused on The Acadian Giant, a 23 year old 7 foot tall beast. The Acadian Giant has been seen on W4WA television, standing in "Natural" Don Callis' corner, and spent most of 1992 in Canadian Championship Wrestling, wrestling extensively against Dutch Mantell, Mike Lozansky, Bobby Blaze and Gerry Morrow.

At the Power Plant, Round Six Night One was surprisingly headlined by La Parka versus Chris Benoit, two well known stars with winning records, but lacking the star power of the main event scene. The decision was a wise one though, as the two put on a clinic that was heralded as the strongest match on the card. In the end, La Parka captured the win to keep him tied for second place in the rankings and Chris Benoit picked up his first defeat on American soil. However, the rest of the show focused on Rayo De Jalisco Jr and Shane Douglas' encounter. Douglas was looking to rebound from his first defeat at the hands of Eddie Gilbert, while Rayo was looking to remain perfect. Rayo De Jalisco Jr defeated Shane Douglas in a great war that saw Douglas continue to slip into heelish tendencies. Finally, Eddie Gilbert picked up a win over Sam Houston to remain undefeated on the year, and maintain a one point advantage over Rayo De Jalisco Jr.

In other big news, "The Tennessee Prodigy" Jeff Jarrett returned to the ring after missing 4 rounds due to his broken ankle, and shocked everyone with an upset victory over Action Jackson. The win was marred by controversy, after the egocentric Jarrett had outside interference from a masked individual. The wrestler was referenced by the commentary team as 'Leatherface'. Jarrett's victory was a shot in the leg to Action Jackson's run, as the Heavyweight failed to maintain pace with the other top contenders.

In the tag team division, Night Two was headlined by The Legacies versus La Cultura Torcida, which saw Sammartino and Lance Von Erich hand Konnan and Eddie Guerrero their first loss in Grand Prix action. The wild match wasn't the best on the card however, that honor went to Speed Eleven versus The Simpsons, as Ultimo Dragon continued to be the best competitor in the division, stealing the show once again. After the round concluded, a four way tie for first place was maintained as The Legacies, The Southern Rockers, Speed Eleven and Solar & Panther all moved to 15 points on the season.

Round Six was headlined by Bull Nakano versus Manami Toyota, as Toyota continues to be treated as a star attraction for the women. The decision proved to be a popular one, as the match was ranked the best match of the Super Ladies Round Six. Bull Nakano was victorious to remain undefeated after 6 rounds in what was a gruelling war that the Wrestling Observer rated as the greatest wrestling female wrestling match to take place in the promotion's history. Manami continues to be must-watch, but was overthrone as the strongest performer, as Akira Hokuto reclaimed her spot this week after a victory over Malia Hosaka. Hokuto, Nakano and the Magnificent Mimi all remain undefeated at the top of the card. After Hokuto's victory, Mimi came out for a staredown with Hokuto, as the two undefeated stars will face off in Round Seven!

Elsewhere on the card, Rockin Robin scored her first victory of 1993 when she pinned 'Miss Texas' Jacqueline, making her the final competitor to secure a win. The former (and final) WWF Women's World Champion has been struggling in LPWA to keep up with the rest of the card.

In the great white north, Round Six was headlined by Buddy Landel taking on Buddy Hart. The two Buddy's put on a great match, with Hart picking up the win to move past Landel in the rankings by a single point. However, once again Masawa stole the show with the best match of the round, as he defeated Keith Hart to remain undefeated. Misawa also won Performance of the round for the 6th straight time, and continued to build to the inevitable showdown with Rick Titan. Titan steamrolled over John Quinn to move to six and zero on the season, and a clear divide between Titan, Misawa and everyone else in W4WA is developing. Elsewhere on the card, the youngest in W4WA picked up his very first victory, as Rey Misterio Jr defeated Ben Bassarab in a battle at the bottom. Bassarab and Black Dragon remain the only two competitors in W4WA without a point yet.

[1PWfan]

Brian Pillman vs Larry Zbyszko

Big Van Vader vs Sting

Lex Luger vs Scott Steiner

Bam Bam Bigelow vs Rick Steiner for the United States Championship

Nobuhiko Takada vs Powerhouse Simmons

Steve Williams vs Rick Rude

Arn Anderson vs Ric Flair

Ricky Steamboat vs Kevin Sullivan

[CactusHack]

World Wide featured three epic main events, with the first being a precursor to the Sting vs Vader match that saw the team of Sting and Steamboat take on Vader and Cactus Jack in tag team action. The match would end by DQ when Cactus Jack assaulted Steamboat with a chair. Steamboat would go on to challenge Jack to a non-title match at Slamboree in retaliation.

The second main event saw a return match of sorts, as Rude teamed up with Steve Austin to take on Steve Williams and Shooter Club cohort Dan Severn. This was booked after Austin’s distraction cost Steve Williams his match against Rude (which will be reviewed later). This match ended in a victory for the heels, as Bobby Eaton and Dave Finlay attacked Severn. After weeks of turmoil over the dissolution of The Dangerous Alliance and hype of the return of the Four Horsemen, it seems as though Anderson’s turn has undone quite a bit and Paul E Dangerously was seen shouting that the demise of The Dangerous Alliance had been greatly exaggerated. A trios match was booked for Slamboree, as members of Shooters Club will face Austin and The Classic Era.

Lastly, in a huge four versus four elimination match, Player Enterprises defeated Steamboat, Liger and The Lonestar Cowboys in an amazing match. This match stemmed from The Lonestar Cowboys prior match on World Wide against Takada and Bigelow. The match boiled down to Bigelow versus Steamboat one on one, and Cactus Jack interfered to cost Steamboat the match.

The first match of Round Six in the Premier League is set for a high-stakes match between Bam Bam Bigelow and Rick Steiner, as part of the WCW Grand Prix and for the WCW US Heavyweight Championship. With Bigelow being the current reigning champion and a member of the formidable Player Enterprises stable, he enters the match with a clear advantage over his opponent - all members of Player Enterprises are present at ringside for the match. Rick’s valet Missy Hyatt and his brother Scott are both at ringside as well.

As the match begins, the crowd is on their feet as they witness the intense physicality of both wrestlers. Rick Steiner fights with all his might, but Bigelow's strength and cunning prove too much for him. The match is full of twists and turns, with both wrestlers taking the lead at different times.

As the match reaches its climax, Bigelow executes a devastating diving headbutt on Rick Steiner, knocking him down. Bigelow seizes the opportunity and pins Steiner, with the referee counting to three and declaring Bigelow the winner and still the WCW US Heavyweight Champion. Despite Steiner's valiant effort, Bigelow's skill and experience prove too much for him, as he secures the victory for Player Enterprises.

Bam Bam BIgelow (4-2-0) def. Rick Steiner (0-6-0) in 14:19 to retain the WCW US Heavyweight Championship. This was their first encounter.

The main event of Night One featured a return match from 92 that ended in a draw, as Rick Rude took on Steve Williams. Rick Rude is accompanied by Steve Austin and the two made motions mocking the Four Horsemen after Anderson’s turn seemingly ended the discussion of a Horsemen revival. Dr Death made his way to the ring with his Shooter Club stablemates, Ken Shamrock, Dan Severn, Johnny B Badd and Jody Hamilton. Noticeably absent is Norman Smiley who hasn’t commented publicly on his status since the group announced Shamrock would take his place in the tag division alongside Severn.

This match banged, exceeding last years match significantly. The story of the match featured Rude’s renewed confidence after winning the Superbrawler Battle Royale, with three straight wins in Grand Prix competition while Williams is trying to regain momentum after failing to win his last two. Rude’s confidence was chipped away at throughout the match, as Dr Death kicked out of huge moves and continuously found ways to reverse momentum continuously.

In the end, as time ticked away, Steve Austin distracted Dr Death long enough for Rude to hit the Rude Awakening and secure victory! Steve Williams was in peak form and stole the show tonight, and the crowd was red hot for the finish. The cheap victory resulted in a tag team return match on World Wide.

Rick Rude (4-2-0) def. Steve Williams (2-3-1) in 19:13. The 1992 match between the two ended in a draw.

In Division Two, Kevin Von Erich was profiled in a shift in character. An introspective look on his personal life aired, discussing the haunting curse of being a part of the tragic Von Erich family, and overcoming depression and loss to rebuild himself into a star. This aired after his loss to Steve Austin, and focused on him regaining his footing and looking to take one last shot at greatness.

In a ‘battle of the bottom’ Al Perez defeated Samoan Savage to capture his first win of the 93 season. Perez’s snakebitten schtick of bad luck has gotten really over, and he debuted new snakeskin attire this round. Perez won by fluke and JR questioned whether his luck has turned around. Elsewhere, Cactus Jack retained the Television Championship over Tom Zenk to remain perfect on the season, and Jerry Lawler picked up a win over DDP when Scotty Flamingo distracted the ref, and Lawler’s son interfered on his dad’s behalf.

Lastly, two undefeated stars faced off in a time limit draw to remain undefeated, but drop some points, as Muta and Tully Blanchard put on a clinic. This was Muta’s most impressive performance since signing with WCW.

Night Two kicked off with Brian Pillman taking on Larry Zbyzsko. Ahead of their match, Pillman cut a promo filled with extremely cocky verbiage, where he says he’s going to run over Larry Z. Pillman is coming in red hot off of his victory over Ric Flair, and is looking to capture his first win in Grand Prix action. Pillman plays the part of the exciting younger guy, while Larry is the wily veteran who continuously outsmarts the younger competitor and exploits every trick in the book. The story told here was really strong and the crowd believes in Pillman after his mega upset victory over Flair.

In the end, Pillman hits Air Pillman for the decisive victory, his first win in the WCW Premier League!

Brian Pillman (1-3-2) def. Larry Zbyzsko (1-5-0) in 17:39. This was their first encounter.

Night two continued with Lex Luger and Scott Steiner. Scott comes out with his brother Rick, and Rick’s valet Missy Hyatt - and his entrance now fully embodies his new American Muscle character, as competing blue and red spotlights show off the varsity athlete. Lex Luger comes out and mocks Scott with his own patriotic attire, and the two start things off with a bit of a pose off. It’s clear that WCW management want to get the American Muscle gimmick over, but truth be told, it’s not really connecting as expected.

This match ends up being a lot more entertaining than anticipated, as instead of it being a straight up competitive match, Lex and Scott both played up the crowd and focused on the entertainment aspect of wrestling rather that the sport aspect. The finish comes when Steiner mounts a comeback and lifted Luger for the Screwdriver, only for Luger to rake the eyes and roll up Scott, grabbing a handful of tights in the process. Lex Luger gets the win to continue his momentum, while Scott continues to drop down the rankings.

Lex Luger (4-1-1) def. Scott Steiner (1-3-2) in 16:58. This was their first encounter.

In the main event of Night Two, Takada continued the feud between Player Enterprises and Powerhouse Simmons / Sting. Building up to this match, Takada and Bigelow challenged Sting and Simmons to a match at Slamboree, which Sting accepted, but Simmons didn’t look too thrilled about. Powerhouse Simmons continues to see himself as a lone wolf, and it has never been more apparent than here, as despite having a tag team match booked for Slamboree, Simmons came to his match alone while Takada had four stablemates at ringside for their match.

The match here kicked off as a brawl. Powerhouse Simmons gets the early advantage, as he shows off his power advantage with a series of raw strength power moves. Takada looks shook early on and his normal poise and composure that has brought him to prominence seems to be in question here. Teddy Long pulls him aside and starts to talk game plan, as JR puts over that if anyone knows how to undermine Simmons, it’s his former manager. Referee Nick Patrick tries to get Takada back in the ring, and this allows Terry Taylor to try and jump in, but Simmons arm tosses him over the top rope and onto Bigelow and Muta!

Simmons is red hot but Takada nails him with a Roundhouse kick! Simmons kicks out though! The two stars continue to battle and both men show amazing resilience and perseverance as the match nears the twenty minute time limit. Simmons goes for a spine buster, but while lifted, Takada wrenches Simmons arm into an armbar. Simmons rushes Takada into the turnbuckles, hitting them three times until Takada breaks his grip and Simmons still has him hoisted up for the spine buster, but the bell rings.

Time ran out with neither man able to put away the other. Simmons has the opportunity to put down Takada with the spine buster after the bell, but instead he sets Takada down softly and nods. It seems as though Takada is shocked and has developed respect for Simmons, but before that can be confirmed the entire Player Enterprises group bum rush the ring and beat down Simmons. Sting runs in to make the save, clearing house to a massive ovation. Sting’s huge save is cut short though, as Big Van Vader emerges for one last show down between the two ahead of their Round Six match. They brawl and Vader destroys Sting, as Schiavone and JR wonder how on earth Sting can defeat the awesome power that is Big Van Vader?

Nobuhiko Takada (3-1-2) and Powerhouse Simmons (3-1-2) went to a 20 minute time limit draw. This was their first encounter.

In tag team action for Round Six, the two primary stories were the building feud between The Terrors and The Outsiders, and the rapid rise of The Colussi. The Terrors and The Outsiders signed a contract to agree to a backstage ceasefire, under threat of penalty of suspension. The Outsiders had different plans to bend the rules however, as they used their ceasefire agreement to goad Spivey and One Man Gang into an attack from their Round Six opponents, the team of Bull Gantner and Tony Anthony, True Grit. True Grit beat down Gang and Spivey backstage as Hall and Nash continued to antagonize The Terrors. Spivey and Gang however have proven before they are not ones to back down from a fight, and forced a brawl in the parking lot ahead of their match. Ultimately when The Terrors and True Grit faced off in the ring, a misguided distraction from The Outsiders resulted in Spivey picking up the win, and Dusty Rhodes announcing a three way tag team match for Slamboree.

The second story featured Stan Hansen and El Gigante defeating the fan favourite top team, The Young Pistols, in fairly dominant fashion. After the match, Scotty Flamingo produced a contract for The Colussi to take on The Steiner Brothers for the World Tag Team Championships at Slamboree. The two teams built up their pending match with a press conference where the size advantage of the challengers was highlighted, and the champs were questioned on their focus, as they’ve been busy competing in singles action.

In other news, the Team of the Lonestar Cowboys remained undefeated with a win over The Classic Era, The Heavenly Bodies lost to The Outsiders to remain winless, and Ken Shamrock returned to Grand Prix competition by reforming his team with Dan Severn to defeat winless Killer Bees. Lastly, The Freebirds defeated the American Males in convincing fashion and in a post match interview that aired the following week, Jimmy Garvin introduced a new gimmick as the ‘Washed Up Rocker’, where he’s out-of-touch with modern rock, much to his Freebird teammates chagrin.

Night Three kicks off with the first of two major marquee matches, as Arn Anderson makes his way to the ring alone. Over the past few weeks, Jesse Ventura sat down with Arn and Ric respectively to discuss this major first ever match between the two. Larry Z interrupted Arn’s interview to ask Anderson why he turned on Flair and didn’t tell him about it. The former tag team champions argued briefly and Anderson revealed that he was tired of being the second to a bigger star, whether it be Flair or Rude. This is his time. 

A second sit down occurred with both men present as special guests on Magnum TA and Jesse Ventura’s “Inside the Squared Circle” segment. Flair tells Anderson he can right this wrong by laying down for him on Saturday Night. Anderson says that if Ric truly was his friend, he’d never ask him to do such a thing. Further build aired a retrospective of the history of the Four Horsemen, showing the standard of excellence the stable maintained during their runs, as well as highlighting how both runs ended due to members leaving for the WWF, only to return home.

The match was electric as the crowd was eager for this show, and WCW had built it up for three weeks straight as a PPV quality TV card - the episode was given a special title of WCW Saturday Night : When Worlds Collide - and this main event worthy match kicked off the card. The two mega stars started things off slow and methodical, teasing the crowd with action, but Flair kept pulling back to prevent a true start. Arn finally snapped and chased Ric around the ring, only for Flair to trick Arn into a drop toe hold into the ramp, which busted open Arn on the first offensive move of the night. Flair looked super proud of himself until Arn snarled at him and started lighting him up with chops, painting Ric’s chest with blood. The match became super emotional right away and both men bled early.

Ric raked Arn’s eyes and now Arn’s vision was severely compromised by blood and sweat. Flair with a nasty chop block and he locked in the Figure Four, but the blinded Arn sat up screaming and punch Ric repeatedly as blood flew from both men. Arn rolled over and reversed the Figure Four and Flair wailed in pain, but was able to drag himself to the ropes, and then fall out of the ring. Flair grabbed the ring bell and waited for Arn to come near him but Nick Patrick instead came and tried to call him back into the ring. Flair almost knocked out Nick, but caught himself at the last moment and was reprimanded accordingly. The clock was running out and Arn stood in the centre of the ring, demanding Ric to face him like a man. Flair threw his hands up in the air and retreated to the ramp and allowed time to expire, frequently charging the ring only to cower back in frustration. 

After the match, Ric was approached by Magnum TA backstage, asking him to comment on the draw. Before Flair could answer, Rude came by and laughed at him, and his fall from grace. They nearly come to blows, when Dusty Rhodes separates them and announces a four way dance at Slamboree: Flair vs Anderson vs Rude vs Pillman.

Ric Flair (4-1-1) and Arn Anderson (1-3-2) went to a 20 minute time limit draw. This was their first match.

Between main events on Night Three, Steamboat faced off with the winless Kevin Sullivan, who remains distracted by the shenanigans occurring with Flamingo’s South Atlantic Stronghold. We get a recap of Sullivan arguing with Flamingo over the agreed upon merger of stables, as Flamingo seemingly has abandoned Sullivan. Flamingo comments that he doesn’t endorse losers, and maybe they can talk if Sullivan can pick up a win over The Dragon.

Sullivan and Steamboat put on a strong psychological match, filled with tons of emotion. Sullivan’s desperation is strongly on display here, as he’s seemingly devolved from a cheating tactician to a desperate maniac. Steamboat overcomes Sullivan’s aggressive attacks and captures the win with a flying crossbody, keeping Sullivan winless after six rounds. Cactus Jack was shown watching at ringside.

Ricky Steamboat (3-2-1) def. Kevin Sullivan (0-6-0) in 16:50. The Dragon improves to 2 wins, no losses all time against Sullivan.

The final match for Round Six was hyped non-stop for the entire three week stretch leading into it, as it was consistently referred to as the Main Event of the Premier League action, which is becoming a trend for Sting’s matches. Further hype recapped their feud in 92, as Vader defeated the at-the-time undefeated Sting during the Grand Prix and then the two squared off at Starrcade to unify the World Championship and the Grand Prix Cup, where Sting emerged victorious. The other big point of the build is hype surrounding sole possession of most victories all time in WCW Premier League history. Both men sit at 17 wins all time in the division, after 20 rounds since the league kicked off.

This match is a war from the get go, as both men just beat the hell out of each other. Vader has the advantage, as the commentary team mention that Sting has already revealed kinks in his armour this season, losing to Powerhouse Simmons in a major match previously, while Vader hasn’t lost a match on Saturday Night since June of 1992, when Lex Luger squeaked out a count out victory over him. No one has pinned or submitted Vader in the history of the Premier League.

Early on, Sting manages to turn the tide briefly and attempts to lock in the Scorpion Death Lock, but is unable to turn Vader over for it, and all his momentum dries up as Vader takes control again.

Vader pounds away at Sting, as most of Stings face paint has been removed by this point. Vader hits a serious of power slams and a huge moonsault for about as close to a three count as you can possibly get. Sting gets back to his feet and eats a few more blows, before woo-ing and beating his chest to a thunderous roar from the crowd! Stinger Splashes and he’s on fire! He lifts Vader slowly for a power slam of his own, but his legs buckle beneath him and he’s squashed by Vader. Vader goes for a power bomb, but Sting floats over with a sloppy victory roll and just barely gets the three count! Vader is furious at ringside as Sting celebrates moving into first place in the rankings and claiming the most victories in WCW history! Saturday Night goes off the air as Schiavone and JR proclaim that we’ve just witnessed the greatest night in WCW’s history, and it would be hard to argue against that!

Sting (5-1-0) def. Big Van Vader (5-1-0) in 15:08. Sting evens up their Grand Prix record, at one win a piece.

[CactusHack]

SLAMBOREE 93 CARD

Prediction Grid:

Ultimo Dragon vs Great Muta
Rock N Roll Express vs Lawler and Flamingo
Terrors vs Outsiders vs True Grit
Steve Williams, Dan Severn and Ken Shamrock vs Steve Austin and Classic Era
World Tag Team Championship : The Steiner Bros vs The Colussi
Ricky Steamboat vs Cactus Jack
Sting and Powerhouse Simmons vs Nobuhiko Takada and Bam Bam Bigelow
Rick Rude vs Ric Flair vs Arn Anderson vs Brian Pillman

Contest Standings:

Swinny : 0/6 - 0%
Old School Fan : 22/46 - 42%
smw88 : 22/38 - 58%
DHK1989 : 27/46 - 59%
Nightshadeex : 27/46 - 59%
Vandal : 18/30 - 60%
KyTeran : 10/16 - 63%
1PWfan : 15/24 - 63%
Lord Byron : 30/46 - 66%
mmaaddict : 25/38 - 66%
DinoKea : 31/46 - 68%

[smw88]

Ultimo Dragon vs Great Muta
Rock N Roll Express vs Lawler and Flamingo
Terrors vs Outsiders vs True Grit
Steve Williams, Dan Severn and Ken Shamrock vs Steve Austin and Classic Era
World Tag Team Championship : The Steiner Bros vs The Colussi
Ricky Steamboat vs Cactus Jack
Sting and Powerhouse Simmons vs Nobuhiko Takada and Bam Bam Bigelow
Rick Rude vs Ric Flair vs Arn Anderson vs Brian Pillman

[CactusHack]

May 20th, 1993, Bones Restaurant, Atlanta

Eric Bischoff

“The steak here is exquisite. Fuck... it just melts in my mouth. Ha, do you remember a year ago, when we were going to bars in Buckhead Village? I was barely scrapping by at that point - how times have changed..."

 

Kip Allen Frye

"Eric... I appreciate you taking me out to dinner here to have a private chat, away from listening ears, but part of me things you are just using this as an opportunity to flaunt your success, and not really a business meeting. I want to talk finance, I am scared that you are playing with house money and in over your head."

 

Eric Bischoff

“Kip, I appreciate your concern for me, but part of me thinks you are just trying to get me to council with you to give you power back over me. Which is fine if you are, that's not my game here - I was never looking to undermine you. I just have a dream.”

 

Kip Allen Frye

"That's bullshit, Eric. You knew damn well what you were doing when you were talking to Ted behind my back - I was your acting superior and you never relayed your ideas to me, you skipped right past. You manipulated me, and you did it knowing... how I felt. It could have been easy, I would have listened to your ideas and helped you achieve your dreams. God knows that I was extra willing to agree to your ideas."

 

 

Eric Bischoff

“Listen, your feelings are what they are, Kip. But you didn't understand and you didn't listen to me. You always played nice with me but it was always pandering. I knew what you wanted, and I told you that wasn't me. I'm not sorry that you thought it was a possibility even after I told you it wasn't. For fuck's sake, I am a happily married man. You never treated me as a serious individual, you just placated to try and carry out your own fantasies.”

 

 

Kip Allen Frye

"That's not true... I did believe in you. It's why I... Well... Besides don't play that married man card on me - you were off womanizing from the moment I met you. But that's not even the point! I'm still here, trying to fucking help you! You don't understand the corporate world - that's my domain. Yes, you took my idea and ran with it. Yes, you made it even better. But you aren't careful, and you have no idea how Turner Broadcasting actually operates."

 

 

Eric Bischoff

“You happy? You got your head cleared now? Now let me tell you something, brother. Back when I was at the AWA, I used to work in the offices where we had this massive video library. Just a sea of tape cassettes with more wrestling on film than I could ever imagine holding at the time. And Verne, Verne never saw the value in it. I pitched brother, there was money in that library. Not at that moment, but I know that down the line, that library is going to be valuable. But it wasn't taken care off. The tapes were out in the open, they were getting damaged and it broke my heart knowing that a good portion of that footage would be lost to time. And when I got to WCW - you know what I saw? I saw opportunity. Saturday Night, Pro, Main Event, Clash, Power Hour, World Wide, PPVs... Plus Jim Crockett Promotions libraries. Content upon content upon content! That content - it holds value. And the more content we can produce, the more value we hold on to. But we can't produce it ourselves. That would kill us. So we buy floundering promotions to own their content, and we keep them as minimal expenses as possible so that we can own consistently developed content that we don't need to create. You see, in twenty years time, can you imagine selling career bibliographies covering tomorrow's star's rise from some pissant two dollar promotion all the way to the main event of WCW Starrcade? Content that we can remix to create new ventures and new opportunities. And an infrastructure to steal from whenever we need to improve or increase our staff. We'd never get that with your vision. Your vision was one show - produced to the nines and making TBS bank. And you've got that now. Did you watch last Saturday Night? That was the best wrestling show I've seen in years, and it was on free TV! My vision... My vision is saving that video library back that Verne let go to waste. My vision is controlling ownership over content and having so much content covering a giant range of niches that my enterprise becomes the one-stop-shop for all things wrestling. I don't want to run the best show only. I want to own wrestling.”

 

Kip sat in awe of Bischoff, with a newfound respect. The admiration he had for this man the moment he met him was through the charts. Yes, Eric had manipulated his personal feelings to get what he wanted. But it was Kip's own fault that he let that be a possibility to begin with. Kip knew though, that he had to figure out a way to guide Eric. He knew that the corporate world of Turner Broadcasting would eat him alive and there wasn't a single executive who would give two shits about his vision. Kip knew that he had to start planning for how he'd win Eric back and regain his power. Eric's ego was the only way to start getting his power back.

 

Kip Allen Frye

"Eric, I'm sorry that I treated you the way I did. I'm supposed to have a meeting with Ted Turner next week. Up until now, I thought Ted was planning on letting me go. I'd like you to go there with me. I want to be a part of your vision, but I kinda need you to save my job."

[Old School Fan]

Ultimo Dragon vs Great Muta
Rock N Roll Express vs Lawler and Flamingo
Terrors vs Outsiders vs True Grit
Steve Williams, Dan Severn and Ken Shamrock vs Steve Austin and Classic Era
World Tag Team Championship : The Steiner Bros vs The Colussi
Ricky Steamboat vs Cactus Jack
Sting and Powerhouse Simmons vs Nobuhiko Takada and Bam Bam Bigelow
Rick Rude vs Ric Flair vs Arn Anderson vs Brian Pillman

[DHK1989]

Great Muta
Lawler and Flamingo
Outsiders
Steve Williams, Dan Severn and Ken Shamrock
The Steiner Bros
Ricky Steamboat
Sting and Powerhouse Simmons
Rick Rude

[Lord Byron]

My picks:  The Great Muta, Rock N Roll Express, The Outsiders, Steve Austin and Classic Era, The Steiner Brothers, Ricky Steamboat, Sting and Powerhouse Simmons, and Rick Rude...

[Nightshadeex]

Ultimo Dragon vs Great Muta
Rock N Roll Express vs Lawler and Flamingo
Terrors vs Outsiders vs True Grit
Steve Williams, Dan Severn and Ken Shamrock vs Steve Austin and Classic Era
World Tag Team Championship : The Steiner Bros vs The Colussi
Ricky Steamboat vs Cactus Jack
Sting and Powerhouse Simmons vs Nobuhiko Takada and Bam Bam Bigelow
Rick Rude vs Ric Flair vs Arn Anderson vs Brian Pillman

[CactusHack]

The opening contest for Slamboree 1993 is an international attraction match between The Great Muta and Ultimo Dragon. Our broadcast team for tonight's show is Dusty Rhodes, Jim Ross and Tony Schiavone. JR and Schiavone put over Ultimo Dragon's success in WCW's subsidiary, Power Plant Wrestling. They talk about the 26 year old's show stealing matches in the tag team division, and say that tonight's match against Muta will show the world what he's made of. The two start things off with stiff Japanese style striking and the action is fast right from the opening bell. The two go hard and Ultimo gets the early advantage, sending Muta to the floor and following up with a crowd popping Asai Moonsault! These two go back and forth for quite some time, never letting off the pedal.

The all out sprint between the two reaches it's crescendo as Great Muta takes control and hits a finishing sequence of a Space Rolling Elbow, followed up by a top rope Frankensteiner, and finally a Moonsault for the decisive pin victory. After the match Muta seems to show a sign of respect to Ultimo to a standing ovation from the crowd, as the two bow to each other after the match, only for Muta to spray mist in Ultimo's eyes and then puts him down with a cradle piledriver to a chorus of boos. Unfortunately, during the closing sequence, The Great Muta suffered a separated shoulder and will be out of action for 4 weeks.

The Great Muta def. Ultimo Dragon in 13:56.

After that high risk, flashy contest, we get a change of pace to a technical trios spotlight as the Shooters Club (with Johnny B Badd and Jody Hamilton in their corner) come out together to face members of the Dangerous Alliance. Tony Schiavone talks about Ken Shamrock's successful MMA bout, where he secured a knockout victory back in March and then returned to WCW to take Norman Smiley's spot in the Shooters Club tag team. Meanwhile, their opponents are of the reformed Dangerous Alliance. Dan Severn started things off with Bobby Eaton and the two started with a plodding technical match up. Ken Shamrock gets in and ends up cornered into the opponents side, where the heels beat down Shamrock one after another. This all built up to a hot tag to Steve Williams, who came in and tossed everyone in a burst of pure energy. Things broke down here, with Jimmy Jett losing full control of the match and allowing all six men to enter the ring.

Steve Williams hits the Doctor Bomb on Dave Finlay and collects the victory for the Shooters Club.

Shooters Club def. Steve Austin and The Classic Era in 14:12.

Moving on, we have a three way tag bout between the undefeated Outsiders, the relatively unknown True Grit (Tony Anthony and Bull Gantner) and the badass babyfaces The Terrors. True Grit is accompanied by The Dirty White Girl, who no one cares about. Unlike the previous match where there was some rules to follow, this is just a chaotic mess from the get go, as all six men are in the ring to start. This one is impossible to follow and has very little psychology behind it - but that's okay here as it's mindless loud brawling with everyone getting time to shine in the centre of the ring. At ringside, during the chaos, Bull Gantner leaves the match early after a rough snake eyes on the guardrail, but returns four minutes later with heavy wrapping around his head. JR notes that he thinks that Gantner may have broken his jaw when Nash dropped him. The crowd seems to get behind Bull Gantner for this return, as he single handled takes out everyone for a pop before he gets sent over the guardrail and disappeared for the finish. Tony Anthony was left alone in the ring and took finishers from all four opponents. Nash pulled The Terrors to the floor, allowing Scott Hall to pin Tony Anthony and collect the win.

The Outsiders def. The Terrors and True Grit in 10:24.

Time for the only title match of the night, as the champion team of The Steiner Brothers come out with Missy Hyatt and Dusty questions whether they'll have any tagging rust as they've been so focused on the Premier League. Schaivone argues that they are brothers who've worked together since birth, while the challengers have only been teaming for a couple months. Out comes The Colussi, as "Sugar" Stan Hansen and El Gigante are ready for a big match. Stan is responsible for the heavy lifting for his team, as El Gigante only comes in for small bursts and not much else. Despite the limitations of El Gigante, this match banged hard and Stan Hansen stole the show here, with his badass hard-hitting brawling. The heels had a definite size advantage and had the early control, with the face team constantly on the defending side.

The Steiners finally took control as they knocked El Gigante to the floor and dumped him away from the ring. They isolated Hansen and looked to capitalize, but Hansen dodged a Steiner Liner and Scott accidentally knocked out Rick. Hansen then tossed Scott from the ring and finished Rick with a vicious Sugar Rush Lariat. The brand new team of Hansen and Gigante are the new Tag Team Champions in a shock upset! Stan and Gigante celebrate in the ring.

The Colussi defeated The Steiner Brothers in 12:07 to win the WCW World Tag Team Championships.

Next up is a street fight between the Television Champion, Cactus Jack, and Ricky 'The Dragon' Steamboat. Cactus attacks Steamboat during his entrance and this one starts on the ramp. Less than a minute into this, Cactus is tossed off the stage, splatting hard onto the concrete floor. Steamboat then flies with a cross body into the crowd. The audience is red hot for this and Cactus is looking better than he has ever looked before. Steamboat takes advantage with plunder from the ringside area, only for Cactus to steal a spectator's drink and throw it in Ricky's eyes. Cactus breaks a 2x4 over Steamboat's back and squeals to agitate the crowd. Cactus Jack rushes Steamboat, but Ricky hits a drop toe hold, sending Cactus face first into the ringside steps. Steamboat then gets a chair and goes to town on Cactus, busting him wide open. Cactus seems to get excited by the sight of his own blood though and gouges Ricky's eyes, bites his nose and then tosses him with a butterfly suplex.

Cactus grabs a bag from beneath the ring and tosses it into the ring before setting up a table at ringside. As he's getting back into the ring, Ricky dropkicks him, sending him flying through the table. Ricky then eyes the bag that Cactus tossed in, and opens it before pouring out a bed of thumbtacks! Cactus recovers and attacks Steamboat, before going top rope, where Steamboat tosses him directly onto the thumbtacks. Jack relishes in the pain a bit more as Dusty wonders what Steamboat has to do to put down Cactus. We get a ref bump, as referee Mike Atkins gets shoved and lands back first on the thumbtacks. Ricky tends to him and tries to get medics down to help him. Unfortunately for him, this distraction allowed Cactus to lay him out with a shot from behind. Cactus then grabs a fistful of thumbtacks and applies the mandible claw. Steamboat passes out and the referees attending to Mike Atkins calls for the bell to end the match and award Cactus the victory.

Cactus Jack def. Ricky Steamboat by referee stoppage in 14:53.

After the wild hardcore match that just happened, we get a fun story between The Rock N Roll Express and Flamingo Corp to help calm the crowd back down. The story going into this one is settling the personal beef that has been established between The Rock N Roll Express and Scotty Flamingo's Flamingo Corporation, after The Rock N Roll Express left Flamingo Corporation. This match plays out like a classic Memphis style match, very minimal in terms of what's actually happening, with tons of playing to the crowd. Flamingo has his buddy, Mr. Sandman, and The Rock N Roll Express's former manager Alexandra Yorke with him at ringside, and both get involved repeatedly with distractions.

End of the day, this is the classic formula of heels cheating, faces overcoming adversity with a hot tag, and a happy ending to pop the crowd, with Robert Gibson pinning Jerry Lawler in the centre of the ring.

The Rock N Roll Express def. Jerry Lawler and Scotty Flamingo in 10:21.

We go to the studio for a special edition of Inside the Squared Circle with Jesse Ventura and Magnum TA. They are joined by special guest Lex Luger. Ventura asks Luger what his thoughts are on tonight's card and who he's been most impressed with so far. Luger retorts that he has no interest in tonight's card and thinks everyone competing on it is a chump sell out. Luger claims he was offered a special attraction match, but turned it down. Lex Luger talks about how the Premiere League is the most important competition in all of professional wrestling, and his goal is to win it. He doesn't care about the big match PPV pay days. He doesn't care about getting tangled up in personal beefs that get settled on World Wide. He only cares about winning the grandest title, Premiere League Champion. Luger's obsession is great here.

After the intermission, it's time for the first of the co-main events! Out first is Nobuhiko Takada and Bam Bam Bigelow with Teddy Long and Terry Taylor, they are Player Enterprises. Dusty starts selling that this massive tag team match holds a lot of questions for the stable, as both Takada and Bigelow are succeeding in the Premiere League, but they will be facing each other in the coming Round Seven. Dusty Rhodes also announces that The Great Muta's injury has been fully examined, and the newest member of Player Enterprises will be absent for his Round Seven match as a result. The odd couple of Sting and Powerhouse Simmons come out to a thunderous ovation as the commentary team ask whether they can coexist, questioning their history and just as substantial, the lone wolf nature of Powerhouse Simmons.

This match starts off with a lot of posturing, as Simmons and Sting can't even agree who will start the match off and then make some aggressive tags to one another. Bigelow takes advantage of their bickering and squashes Sting into the turnbuckles. Bigelow and Takada are in control early but Sting works his way out of the corner with an enziguri and then goes to make the tag, but Simmons refuses and lets Takada hit a couple nasty german suplexes on Sting. Finally, Simmons charges in, clears house and then drags Sting over to the corner where he is able to tag him in himself. Simmons takes on both men with a series of power moves, until his knee buckles under him while lifting Bigelow. Simmons is wounded now and Takada hones in like a vulture. Sting shows sympathy and rallies Simmons to try and get him to make the tag. Simmons works his way back to his feet and takes out Takada, leaving him with an opportunity to tag in Sting, but he refuses! Sting and Simmons jawjack some more and Takada takes out Simmons knee again and then drags him back to his corner.

Bigelow and Simmons tangle up and Sting blind tags his way into the match. Things break down into an all out brawl. Takada goes for his signature Roundhouse Kick, but the injured Ron Simmons hits a running shoulder block tackle that sends Takada soaring over the top rope and Takada crashes through a table at ringside. Sting stares down at Takada in disbelief. Bam Bam Bigelow goes top rope and looks to hit a moonsault on an unaware Sting, but Simmons shoves Sting out of the way and takes the full force of the Moonsault himself. Sting grabs Bigelow immediately and locks in the Scorpion Deathlock amidst the chaos and with everyone else down, Bigelow has no choice but to tap out. The makeshift team wins in an absolutely chaotic epic. Sting lifts up Simmons, they shake hands and Simmons leaves to a massive pop for the face team.

Sting and Powerhouse Simmons def. Nobuhiko Takada and Bam Bam Bigelow in 25:24.

The final match on tonight's card is a four way war between Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, Brian Pillman and Rick Rude. The big story here is the momentum between Rick Rude and Ric Flair massively swaying after Flair turned down Rude as a partner for Superbrawl. Just three months earlier, the big talk was about Ric Flair reforming The Four Horsemen, and Rick Rude losing his former allies, The Dangerous Alliance, to the discussion of reformation and infighting. Instead, Flair teamed with Arn, they lost while Rude won the 1993 Superbrawler Royale. Then Flair lost to Pillman in a massive upset and Arn turned on Flair, ending conversation of The Four Horsemen revival, and the downward spiral was in full effect.

The story of this match is a battle of egos between Rude and Flair, being thwarted by the work ethic and creativity of Arn Anderson and Brian Pillman. Everyone gets shines of one-on-one against each of their opponents, but there is a special magic to Rick Rude squaring off with Ric Flair - the two biggest stars in the match. They tease the showdown a couple of times, but it never comes to fruition.

As the pace gets frenzied, Flair low blows Rick Rude, sending him to the floor to recoup. In the centre of the ring, Pillman, Flair and Anderson square off. In a shock moment, Pillman lays out Anderson and embraces Flair, only for it to be a ploy to roll up Flair. Flair kicks out though and rolls out of the ring. Rude sneaks in from behind and hits Pillman with the Rude Awakening, and that's all she wrote. Rick Rude stands tall to end Slamboree 1993! Rick Rude is on top of the world right now and Dusty talks about how momentum is one of the most important things you can have in wrestling, and Rick Rude has all of it right now.

Rick Rude defeated Brian Pillman, Arn Anderson and Ric Flair in a Four way match at 29:48.

[CactusHack]

ROUND 7 CARD

Prediction Grid:

Brian Pillman vs Scott Steiner
Big Van Vader vs Ric Flair
Arn Anderson vs Kevin Sullivan
Ricky Steamboat vs Powerhouse Simmons
Sting vs Larry Zbyzsko
Steve Williams vs Rick Steiner
Bam Bam Bigelow vs Nobuhiko Takada
Lex Luger vs Rick Rude

Contest Standings:

Swinny : 0/6 - 0%
Old School Fan : 27/54 - 50%
DHK1989 : 32/54 - 59%
Nightshadeex : 32/54 - 59%
Vandal : 18/30 - 60%
smw88 : 28/46 - 61%
KyTeran : 10/16 - 63%
1PWfan : 15/24 - 63%
Lord Byron : 35/54 - 65%
mmaaddict : 25/38 - 66%
DinoKea : 31/46 - 68%

Edited April 23, 2023 by CactusHack

[Old School Fan]

Brian Pillman vs Scott Steiner
Big Van Vader vs Ric Flair (via DQ)
Arn Anderson vs Kevin Sullivan
Ricky Steamboat vs Powerhouse Simmons
Sting vs Larry Zbyzsko
Steve Williams vs Rick Steiner (draw)
Bam Bam Bigelow vs Nobuhiko Takada
Lex Luger vs Rick Rude

[DHK1989]

Scott Steiner
Big Van Vader
Arn Anderson
Powerhouse Simmons
Sting
Steve Williams
Nobuhiko Takada
Lex Luger

[CactusHack]

Hall of Immortals Legend, former WWF, AWA and NWA Heavyweight champion Buddy Rogers, has passed away at the age of 72.

Scott Armstrong broke his jaw during an All Japan tag match.

Tatanka and Jim Duggan officially joined forces as a tag team, going by the moniker, “Doomsday Generation”

All Japan signed Isao Takagi to an exclusive 4 year contract.

Baron von Raschke and Ken Pantera have developed a strong personal issue.

Kiyoshi Tomura tore his achilles during a tag match and will be out of action for a year.

Doug Furnas, Gary Albright and Hans Nijman both joined PWFG.

Hiromitsu Kanehara won an MMA fight.

Former UWA two time World Heavyweight Champion Tiger Jeet Singh announced his retirement.

CMLL renewed Hector Guerrero to $904K over 2 years contract, El Hijo Del Solitario to a $506K over 2 years contract, and Oro to a $432K over 2 years contract.

WWF renewed Ultimate Warrior to a $9.2M over 3 years contract, Lanny Poffo to a $636K over 2 years contract, John Nord to a $630K over 3 years contract, and Blake Beverley to a $522K over 3 years contract. Jack Tunney also renewed his contract with WWF, being offered $318K for 18 months.

A major bidding war over Hulk Hogan erupted. WWF offered Hogan an insane $15M over two years.

A major bidding war over Scott Steiner erupted between AJPW, NJPW, WWF and WCW. All promotions valued Scott at $1.2M per year. WCW ponied up and offered a $5.28M contract over 4 years to retain the 30 year old star.

Kevin Sullivan and Nancy have split up.

Sabu suffered a broken arm due to a botched suplex from John Rambo.

Mr. Perfect and The Mountie defeated The Natural Disasters to win the WWF Tag Team Championships for the first time.

Shawn Michaels defeated Koko B Ware to win the WWF Intercontinental Championship for the second time.

Hirofumi Miura and Isamu Teranishi won the W*ING World Tag Team championships for the first time, defeating Ricky Fuji and Rob Kaman.

El Dandy defeated Tinieblas to capture the Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship for the first time.

Gran Naniwa, Mad Dog McPhie, La Vaquerita, Mr. Tempest, Mascara Divina, and Shinichi Shino have joined the wrestling world.

[Lord Byron]

My picks:  Scott Steiner, Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, Ricky Steamboat, Sting, Steve Williams, Nobuhiko Takada, and Lex Luger...

[Nightshadeex]

Brian Pillman vs Scott Steiner - you're paying him the big bucks!
Big Van Vader vs Ric Flair - Draw...
Arn Anderson vs Kevin Sullivan
Ricky Steamboat vs Powerhouse Simmons
Sting vs Larry Zbyzsko
Steve Williams vs Rick Steiner - Poor Rick will end with 0 points.
Bam Bam Bigelow vs Nobuhiko Takada
Lex Luger vs Rick Rude - His momentum is white hot!

[smw88]

Brian Pillman vs Scott Steiner
Big Van Vader vs Ric Flair
Arn Anderson vs Kevin Sullivan
Ricky Steamboat vs Powerhouse Simmons
Sting vs Larry Zbyzsko
Steve Williams vs Rick Steiner
Bam Bam Bigelow vs Nobuhiko Takada
Lex Luger vs Rick Rude