-9/5/91
-From Augusta, GA
-Hosts are JR & Tony Schiavone. Tony's comb over is...something.
-Eric Bischoff is with Paul E. and Missy Hyatt. Missy is going to get an interview with WCW Champion Lex Luger, while Paul will interview his next challenger; Ron Simmons.
-Match 1: Georgia Brawl Battle Royale: The Z Man VS Thomas Rich VS Bobby Eaton VS Ranger Ross VS Tracey Smothers VS Oz VS PN News VS Buddy Lee Parker VS Television Champion Steve Austin (w/Lady Blossom) VS Dustin Rhodes VS Terrence Taylor VS Big Josh VS Barry Windham VS One Man Gang VS El Gigante
-WCW is quite thrilled about there being OVER 5,000 POUNDS IN THE RING. Rich has joined the York Foundation. Zenk & Josh are wearing title belts, but what they are is not mentioned in their ring introductions.
Gigante gets Taylor in a choke lift, but doesn't toss him. He does the same to Parker, who walks the top rope. News' "Yo Baby Yo" tights are truly hideous. Austin & Eaton fight on the apron, but neither are eliminated. JR gets a shot in on the Atlanta Braves, which I'm sure Ted Turner appreciated. Josh, Taylor, & Ross are eliminated at the same time. We miss Rich's eliminated. Parker is eliminated, then we miss Zenk's elimination as Gigante beats on everyone he can get his hands on. Austin ducks a clothesline and eliminates Smothers.
Eaton is whipped into OMG, who throws Eaton onto the ramp to eliminate him. News charges OMG, but misses and goes out. Windham & Austin eliminate each other, then fight some more on the floor. Final four are Oz, Gang, Dustin, & Gigante. Oz & Gang work together, and eliminate Dustin. Gigante then takes them both out with a double clothesline to win it. This was really boring and went way too long.
-Match 2: Light Heavyweight Championship Tournament Semi-Final: Badstreet (w/The Fabulous Freebirds) VS Brian Pillman
-Randy Anderson kicks the Freebirds out before the match starts. Badstreet controls the early going until Pillman gets a flying headscissors followed by a victory roll for two. Pillman gets a springboard sunset flip for two. Badstreet suplexes Pillman off the apron, to the floor. Badstreet kicks Pillman off the apron, onto the guardrail. They fight on the apron, and Badstreet uses Pillman's tights to send him back first into the ring post. Pillman comes back with a slingshot shoulder block for two.
Badstreet hits a neck breaker for two. Badstreet goes up, but Pillman dropkicks him to the floor, and follows up with a suicide dive, almost knocking himself out on the guardrail in the process. Pillman goes for a missile dropkick, and Badstreet throws a dropkick as Pillman comes down, and they both miss. Pillman hits a spinning heel kick for two. Badstreet hits a DDT for two. Badstreet counters a crucifix with a Samoan drop. Badstreet sets up for a superplex, but Pillman fights it off, and hits a flying crossbody for the pin. Really good match with action pretty much from bell to bell.
-WCW TOP TEN:
10. Bobby Eaton
9. Z Man
8. Diamond Studd
7. One Man Gang
6. Dustin Rhodes
5. Steve Austin
4. El Gigante
3. Barry Windham
2. Ron Simmons
1. Sting
-Match 3: Johnny B. Badd (w/Teddy Long) VS United States Champion Sting
-Video shows Sting opening a box and getting jumped by Abdullah the Butcher. Really fast start. Sting misses two moves off the top, and Badd gets a sunset flip off the top for two. Match slows to a crawl as they trade arm locks. Badd no-sells a suplex. Awkward moment as Badd falls down on an Irish Whip attempt. Sting misses a Stinger Splash, and Badd hits a big body punch. Badd focuses on the big box that is at ringside. Sting simply rolls Badd up with a small package for the pin and Badd's first loss. Just as Fonzie counts three, Cactus Jack rushes into the ring and lays out Sting. Cactus hits his elbow smash to the outside, and finishes Sting off with a double-arm DDT. A couple wrestlers run out to help Sting, and Jack bails. Match started out good, but they lost their way before the finish. Really crappy way for Badd to take his first loss. The Cactus Jack beatdown was pretty good though.
-Match 4: Light Heavyweight Championship Tournament Semi-Final: Mike Graham VS Richard Morton (w/Alexandra York)
-Winner faces Pillman at Halloween Havoc. One lone fan chants "Rock and Roll!". Morton gets a rolling Boston Crab, but Graham counters, which sets off a roll up reversal sequence before Graham shoves Morton down, and Morton bails to conference with York and the computer. Morton gets to the second rope, but Graham takes him down with a German suplex for two. Graham locks in a quick figure 4, but Morton grabs the ropes.
Morton uses a couple hair pulls to gain the advantage and work on Graham's arm. Morton hit a reverse atomic drop, but misses an elbow drop. York distracts the ref, and Graham gets a visual fall. Morton sends Graham into the turnbuckle, and gets the pin with a school boy and a pull of the tights. Match was technically fine, but not particularly exciting. The finish was way too contrived. Graham is a pretty decent wrestler, but his look is 100% jobber, and he has no charisma to speak of.
-JR pimps the new edition of WCW Magazine. JR & Tony point out all the records Bill Kazmaier has.
-Uncle Eric brings out Kazmaier, as he tries to set another record. Kazmaier attempts to bend a steel rod around his neck and make it a closed circle. Naturally, Arn Anderson and Larry Zbyzsko, who will face Bill and Rick Steiner for the WCW tag titles later, hit Kazmaier with a weight to lay him out.
-Match 5: United States Tag Team Champions The Fabulous Freebirds VS The Patriots (Todd Champion & Firebreaker Chip)
-I love the idea of "WCW Special Forces". Like Champion and Chip are traveling the world and fighting wars to raise the flag of WCW. JR mentions that these two teams will wrestle again for the titles on Saturday Night. WHY DON'T YOU MAKE THE MATCH AT THE BIGGER SHOW THE TITLE MATCH?!
As per the Freebirds tag match manual, Chip dominates both of them to start the match off. Garvin's perm and mustache combination is a thing of beauty. Champion gets in and tosses both Freebirds around. Patriots completely dominate the match until Hayes drops an elbow on Chip behind the referee's back, and Garvin gets the pin off that. Not much here, and the finish was weak sauce.
-To make matters even better, a graphic after the match advertises Freebirds VS York Foundation for the following Saturday.
-Paul E. interviews Cactus Jack. Paul asks Jack who's behind everything, and Jack asks the fans to applaud for Sting, as Sting had a great career. Jack says it makes him smile knowing that Sting's career is over because of him. Another big box is brought to ringside. Jack and Paul assume it's Abby, and Jack goes to the box to give Abby "a big Cactus Jack hug", so naturally it's Sting in the box. Sting goes crazy on Cactus. Cactus fights back by hitting Sting with a garbage can, and they brawl as we go to another commercial break.
-We see the ceremony for the retirement of Ron Simmons' number at Florida State. FSU coach Bobby Bowden (clearly reading off cue cards), wishes Ron good luck in his world title match.
-Match 6: The Diamond Studd VS Ron Simmons
-No DDP tonight. Studd jumps Simmons' before the bell, but Ron quickly turns the tide. Studd counters a leap frog with a chokeslam. Don't think I've seen that before. Studd hits a bulldog off the second turnbuckle, but makes an arrogant cover, which gets reversed for two. Simmons crotches Studd on the ring post. Simmons finishes quickly with a spine buster and three point stance shoulder block. Not bad.
-Paul E. interviews Simmons. Simmons says he's the man to beat Luger, which brings out Harley Race & Mr. Hughes. Simmons says he's tired of seeing them, and leaves to go find Lex.
-Match 7: Terrence Taylor (w/Alexandra York) VS Van Hammer
-This is Hammer's WCW debut. Taylor whacks Hammer with the computer before the bell, but it does nothing. Hammer does a dance that gets the crowd to do the "We Will Rock You" beat, and finishes with...a flying knee to the back. OK then. Crowd was rally into Van Hammer here.
-Missy goes to interview Lex, but is interrupted by Ron Simmons. Simmons tries to get at Luger, but is held back.
-Match 8 for the Television Championship: Steve Austin [c] (w/Lady Blossom) VS The Z Man
-JR mentions that Zenk, Big Josh, & Dustin Rhodes are the 6 man champions, explaining the title belts from earlier. Mat wrestling for the first few minutes. They trade head and arm locks. Zenk hits a super kick and a back drop, causing Austin to take a powder. Zenk misses a cross body off the top. Austin hits the Stun Gun, but doesn't make the cover, allowing Zenk to get a small package for two. Zenk locks in a sleeper. Austin gets to the ropes, and Lady Blossom hands Austin some brass knuckles, which he uses to KO Zenk and retain. Match was pretty boring until the missed cross body.
-Lex Luger isn't ready for the contract signing, conveniently allowing WCW time to air a couple videos of Ron Simmons working with a children's club in Atlanta. Man, they really tried laying it on thick with Ron.
-Luger, very insincerely, applauds Simmons for his community service. Luger offers Simmons a job as his driver after Luger retains the title, which sets Simmons off. Luger and company get out of dodge ASAP.
-Video recaps the road Rick/Kazmaier and The Enforcers (AA, Zbyszko) took to the finals of the WCW tag title tournament.
-Match 9 for the vacant WCW World Tag Team Championship: The Enforcers VS Rick Steiner & Bill Kazmaier
-Titles were vacated after an injury to Scott Steiner. Enforcers are lead to the ring by Ras Al Ghul's ninjas from BATMAN BEGINS. Rick tries to fight off both Enforcers, but it doesn't work too well for him. Everytime Rick gets a move in, they cut him off. Kazmaier tags himself in. Kazmaier gets Larry in a gorilla press, but AA punches him in the injured ribs, and Larry gets the pin for the titles. Really short for a main event.
-JR & Tony interview the new champions. AA says they proved the biggest, strongest boats can't move without any wind. Larry finishes up, and we're out of here.
-FINAL THOUGHTS: Not much here. Pillman/Badstreet was really good, and the angle between Cactus and Sting was good, and if you like Ron Simmons, this show featured WCW giving him a blowjob whenever he was mentioned.
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