1994-02-19 WCW Pro

Good morning, good afternoon, good evening....whenever it is that you have found this entry.  Today, 2020-10-24, I am going into the way back machine and checking out the February 19th WCW Pro.  We are still a day away from Superbrawl so expect some Vader vs. Flair hype and other major matches.  It is time to get it on!

• I think I have seen these matches.  
• Rogers got destroyed, I love Vader squashes!
• I think these are WCW match
• Gotta love Regal and his promos
• Why would anyone cut Missy's hair like that?
• CLUBBERING!!!
• That is probably one of the worst looking elbows of all time
• Why did anyone think Steele was going to be a star?
• He has boots on now!
• Turner and Fonda there?
• Worst finisher EVER!  I would take the knuckle to the head from Slaughter over this
• Do you think Jane gave a damn about this show or Ted?
• Why would Steamboat skin the cat?  Hit the floor, get the DQ win and walk away!
• Fidel was around forever but always seemed clumsy. 
• I wonder how good Rude would have been in an NXT coach type role
• Rude with a leapfrog!  I do not remember him doing that often
• Both of these guys are often forgotten about

These matches were from the previous Saturday Night.  Go back and check out my thoughts as I basically copied the blow by blow above.  

RESULTS

• Recap:  Ric Flair (WCW Champion) is medically cleared
• Vader def. Sonny Rogers
• Interview:  Sir William & Steven Regal (WCW TV Champion)
• Brian Knobbs/Jerry Sags (WCW Tag Team Champions) def. Scott D'Amore/Matt Shepard
• Superbrawl Control Center:  Vader & Harley Race/Ric Flair (WCW Champion)
• Jim Steele def. Fred Avery
• Ricky Steamboat def. Fidel Sierra
• Interview:  Arn Anderson
• Rick Rude (WCW International Champion) def. Johnny B. Badd

Classic Wrestling: 1994-02-12 Worldwide

 

Good morning, good afternoon, good evening....whenever it is you have found this entry.  Today, 2020-09-21, I am checking out the Feb. 12th 1994 edition of WCW Worldwide.  We are on the doorstep to Superbrawl.  Will Vader be in action?  Will Flair be around?  I think we should go find out!

• I think Travis & Thames, the Southern Posse, go on to be Disorderly conduct but I am not 100% sure
• They are big guys
• I think this and the Bagwell with the Patriot is Bagwell at his peak in the ring
• What is up with that slow count?  Good grief!
• Man how great was Scorpio?  That, I think it was called the tumbleweed, was amazing
• Who dressed Missy?  They should be fired!  
• Oh JBB!
• ITS BARRY GOLDBERG!
• Payne barely got over Ricky there, strange as he is usually solid in the ring, as far as we have seen them
• Uggg, that was stupid, stupid into the face camera shot during the match
• Weekly Regal match and I am excited!
• A perfect drop toe hold, I miss Regal in the ring
• I love William distracting the ref in a usual way, it is the little things that they do
• LOVE IT!  Regal and Sir William were perfect together
• That was a stiff-looking knee from Sags!
• Weird cut right there as Lorenzo came in
• Kinda stiff on Lorenzo the entire time he was in the ring!
• JBB gets to have two interviews?
• It is weird to hear Harlem Heat called Kane and Kole, even though I know they started that way
• No such thing as quiet when it comes to Michael Hayes as well; or so I hear
• Did he really go over the top or did Stevie Ray screw up?
• Nope, the replay shows over the top!

A decent show.  A good Regal match albeit short.  But the psychology that Regal and William use was so good and entertaining.  A good main event until the end and it got a little sloppy but Booker and JBB were still kind of green at the time.  Overall a nice syndicated show, nothing earth shattering was going to happen but it was good.

RESULTS

• 2 Cold Scorpio/Marcus Bagwell def. Travis/Thames
• Interview:  Brian Knobbs & Jerry Sags (WCW Tag Team Champions) & Missy Hyatt
• Interview:  Johnny B. Badd
• Ricky Steamboat def. Bill Payne
• Superbrawl Control Center:  Steve Austin (US Champion) & Rick Rude (International Champion) & Rick Rude (International Champion)/Sting & Brian Pillman & Dustin Rhodes
• Steven Regal (TV Champion) def. Todd Champion for the Title
• Recap:  Vader & Ric Flair (WCW Champion)
• Brian Knobbs/Jerry Sags (WCW Tag Team Champions) def. Chris Nelson/Johnny Lorenzo
• Interview:  Johnny B. Badd & Michael Hayes
• Johnny B. Badd/Michael Hayes def. Kane/Kole via DQ

Classic Wrestling Review: Saturday Night 1994-01-29

Good morning, good afternoon, good evening....whenever it is you have found this entry.  Today, 2020-03-28, I am checking out the WCW after the recent Clash of the Champions.  We will see Col Parker in a chicken suit, Bagwell and Scorpio challenge for the Tag Titles and more!  Plus, and most importantly, we get the debut of Bobby Heenan!!

• Bobby Heenan debuts and it is awesome!
• Terry Taylor back in the ring?  That is not a bad thing
• Look how great and smart Orndorff was, pushing the ropes into the ring
• My version of this show is clocking in at 2 hours and 30 minutes so it is an extra-large edition of WCWSN!
• Roma had an excellent power slam
• Illegal is a sick bird....awesome!
• Watts and Taylor could have been a decent team
• I forget how great Austin was prior to his broken neck
• The one thing that this era of WCW I do not like is that the enhancement matches started to get a little long
• Boone was in good shape but was just a little small 
• This match was sloppy but I like that it looked like a fight
• Pretty sure if I saw my name opposite of Vader I would run.  Rumour has it a lot of people did
• Nelson could have hurt himself there, as he did not go up correctly
• I love the Harlem Heat music!
• Dustin was easily an MVP in 1994
• The fans are digging this match
• I like how much the Equalizer changed his look when he became Evad
• I really REALLY miss the Brain
• It is interesting that Stevie Ray is the one taking the beating
• SPINARONI but it did not make sense
• This match is really taking too long.  If they cannot beat these guys quickly how long will it take in Thunderdome?  A week?
• I wish we could have seen a Dustin Rhodes vs. Booker T feud in their primes!
• I had a birthday during that match, good grief it was long.  Good but way too long
• Bob Cook was a great enhancement talent
• Jungle Jim not so much
• The Thesz Press was just awful
• I love that Bobby accidentally called him Big Boss Man
• I love that this is extremely embarrassing for Col Rob
• The fans are absolutely loving this!!
• Two of my favourites, Eaton and Boss Man
• Sadly they will not mention their history
• The best punch in the history of the profession, Bobby Eaton
• Much like the 6 man earlier, this is taking too long.  I love Bobby Eaton but he is not a top talent at this point
• Look how Bobby took the Boss Man Slam, made it look vicious
• Couldn't be Gordon, he is walking straight!  I love Bobby!
• Both of these guys were underrated performers, especially Henry O. Godwinn
• I love that Bobby is going to tell us why he left the WWF....but only on the hotline!
• How many people in this audience were plants?  That guy in the shirt and tie seems like it
• Missy does not look happy
• Much better tights on Bagwell and Scorpio then at the Clash
• Scorpio makes the Nasty look amazing on offence or defence, it is great
• Bagwell has a great punchable face
• How does a splash on the arm work or hurt anyone but the splashee?
• Good grief Scorpio hit hard on the apron!
• Notice Sags did the "tag" sound?  That is why they were a great classic team
• Then Knobbs did it, love it!  I miss real tag team wrestling
• Bagwell did throw a good punch back then, he got lazier it seems as he went further in his career
• Bagwell screwed his finisher up!
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A really good show with all good matches, most too long, but all good.  I know people didn't love WCW at this point storyline-wise but the performers were all good to great and many would go on to be mainstays in the WWF for some time.  I think that the main thing was the lack of pacing but overall a good show and worth checking out if you have the time...and let us be honest we all have time to kill right now!

RESULTS

• Paul Roma/Paul Orndorff def. Erik Watts/Terry Taylor
• Segment:  Sting & Dustin Rhodes & Brian Pillman
• Recap:  Brian Pillman def. Col. Robert Parker in a Loser Wears a Chicken Suit
• Steve Austin (WCW US Champion) def. Brady Boone
• Superbrawl Control Center:  Brian Knobbs & Jerry Sags (WCW Tag Team Champions)/Cactus Jack & Maxx Payne
• Interview:  Steve Austin (WCW US Champion) & Col. Robert Parker
• Vader def. Chris Nelson
• Interview:  Vader & Harley Race
• Super Brawl Press Conference:  Nick Bockwinkle/Vader
• Sting/Brian Pillman/Dustin Rhodes def. Equalizer/Kane/Kole
• Interview:  Col. Robert Parker/The Boss
• Jim Steele def. Bob Cook
• Segment:  Brian Pillman/Tex Slazenger & Shanghai Pierce/Steve Austin & Col Robert Parker
• The Boss def. Bobby Eaton
• Interview:  The Boss
• Johnny B. Badd def. Shanghai Pierce in a match for the Mask
• Brian Knobbs/Jerry Sags (WCW Tag Team Champions) def. Marcus Bagwell/Too Cold Scorpio for the Titles
• Interview:  Vader & Harley Race

1994-01-29 WCW Pro

Good morning, good afternoon, good evening....whenever it is you have found this entry.  Today, 2020-06-26, I am checking out the Jan. 29th 1994 episode of WCW Pro.  I know these are a little out of order but it as I get them at times!  We have Johnny B. against Slazenger, Jim Steele in action and The Boss, Ric Flair and Sting against Ron Simmons, Steve Austin and Rick Rude from Saturday Night.  Enough talk lets get to the ring!

• Two underrated guys here
• The fans into JBB
• That was a quick match and sadly JBB kind of screwed up the finish
• This is the Vader we should have got in WWF.  Imagine if we had!
• MVP of WCW in 1994 Dustin Rhodes in the ring.  Throw in Regal and JBB and you had the men who carried the company in my opinion
• So this match will go 20 or so minutes and go 50-50 right?  Oh wait this is not 2020 my bad
• Another good showing for Dustin
• Surprised that Steele is not barefoot
• The Thesz Press is the WORST finisher ever
• If I was Al I would...well I would run
• Vader was a monster at this point.  Every time I see him here I think about what Vince should have done with him
• All six of these guys are in the HOF so think about the talent!
• I have said before how much I like Ray Traylor and this might be him as this best in the ring
• Same with Sting and Austin honestly
• If you had to draw what a wrestler looked like you would draw Rick Rude I think
• Fans want Sting, interesting that it is not flair.  But then again Flair as a face just never really worked
• Love the drop toe hold by Simmons and that Solie actually mentioned it
• A sunset flip by Boss?  The first time ever for that?

A decent show.  Nothing special and matches we have seen before but all decent matches.  The only thing I would say to hunt down would be the Vader match because he is so physical!

RESULTS

• Johnny B. Badd def Tex Slazenger
• Interview:  Vader & Harley Race
• Dustin Rhodes def. Rick Tango
• Superbrawl Control Center:  Sir William & Steven Regal (TV Champion)/Arn Anderson
• Jim Steele def. Bob Starr
• Vader def. Al Phillips
• Interview:  Brian Knobbs & Jerry Sags (WCW Tag Team Champions)
• Interview:  Col. Rob Parker & Steve Austin (US Champion) & Ron Simmons
• Sting/Ric Flair/The Boss def. Rick Rude/Steve Austin (US Champion)/Ron Simmons
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Classic Wrestling Review: 1994-01-23 WCW Main Event

Good morning, good afternoon, good evening....whenever it is you have found this entry.  Today, 2020-03-06, we are going back to 1994, the Jan. 23rd edition of WCW Main Event.  We have Z-Man against DDP, The Nastys and Harlem Heat is taking on the team of Maxx Payne and Cactus Jack!  Let us go our open contest involving the tag team champs!

• I love Missys hair like that!
• That was almost clubbering, 3 fists but not 4
• I wonder if anyone now or even back then remember when Pez was a mainstay of Crockett
• Knobbs calling someone ugly is crazy!
• Hardwork Bobby Walker is on for the first time I remember!
• Austin's hair cut was awful back at this point
• That was an ugly stungun!
• Look how trashy DDP looked at this point.  Looked like he just got off the road after driving truck for a week
• Z-Man a contender for the World Title?  In what world there Tony?
• That was a really sloppy match, you could tell DDP was still finding himself.  
• Boy that was a messy tag team match.  I have noticed that these two teams do not mesh at all
• Who did not see the Nasty Boys attacking?

This was not a good show at all.  Honestly not one match was good and that is weird to say with Austin on the show.  I cannot suggest this show.  Nothing worth watching here.  

RESULTS

• Brian Knobbs/Jerry Sags (Tag Team Champions) def. Brad Anderson/Pez Whatley
• Interview:  Brian Knobbs & Jerry Sags (Tag Team Champions) & Missy Hyatt
• Steve Austin (US Champion) def. Bobby Walker
• Interview:  Steve Austin (US Champion) & Robert Parker
• Clash of the Champions Control Center
• Diamond Dallas Page def. Z-Man
• Interview:  Diamond Dallas Page
• Segment:  Sting & Ric Flair (WCW Champion)
• Cactus Jack/Maxx Payne def. Kane/Kole 
• Interview:  Cactus Jack & Maxx Payne 

Classic Wrestling Review: 1994-01-22 Worldwide

Good morning, good afternoon, good evening....whenever it is you have found this entry. Today, 2020-02-22, we are going back to 1994 once more to check out the January 22nd edition of WCW Worldwide!  We are going to see HOGAN in action for the first time in 1994....well his brother Randy Hogan.  Too Cool and Marcus Bagwell are here.  The Nastys are in action as are the Cole Twins and others.  So enough chit chat lets go down to Disney and the spinning ring!

• The Godwinns on the way to the ring
• Seriously what kind of tattoo is that that Brian James has?
• Plus with his hair like that he looks so much like his daddy Bullet Bob
• The Godwinns are a guilty pleasure of mine, I always like them either as hog farmers or the Texicans as The Body says
• Why are the people in the background doing the Public Enemy wave?
• It did not look like Sandlin did not help with that suplex
• Is it weird that Sting took his new finisher from a lower mid-card tag team in WCW?  I am sure others did the move but the first people I saw do it was this duo
• I never did like Pillman's interviews
• They decide to recap this feud?  Z-Man and DDP?
• Poor Erik, never got a chance because of his name.  He was not bad but pushed way too quickly by daddy
• Uggg, I hate that underhook arm drag
• That STF looks as good as Cena's....not sure if that is a good or bad thing
• The Cole Twins just never clicked did they?
• Really?  That is their finish?
• Where is Missy...oh there she is...how did I miss those....er....her
• The Nastys are just that are they not?  I wonder how much working was done with them back in the day
• Look at that old lady dance!
• Jesse with quite a few AWA references
• Wait....they just did the Cole Twins finisher!  Did they not watch the other matches?
• That suplex was not quite perfect!  BAM!
• THERE HE IS!  THE NOT IMMORTAL HOGAN!!
• Why did they bill him from LA and not Venice Beach?
• Dear lord look at that strength by Vader!
• HOGAN KICKED OUT!  WATCH OUT FOR THE BOOT VADER!
• HOGAN KICKED OUT AGAIN!
• Interesting, it was not quite the moonsault
• Why is Flair in the back?
• Wait....Fifi is there?  But Mean Gene just teased on the Hotline that Fifi had disappeared
• Ummm, the World does not have corners Naitch!

A very good show this week minus the Cole Twin match.  Sorry they were just very basic.  It shows that the 1994 WCW Roster had amazing tag teams.  Also, is this the best we ever saw Vader?  That 1992-mid 1994 Vader was amazing.  He could move, he could talk, you had Harley out there with him.  I would love to pluck that Vader and put in here in 2020 and let him be him.  Damn that would be amazing with some of the athletes we have now in wrestling!  Overall nothing to seek out but the Vader match is fun because it is Hogan ;)

RESULTS

• Tex Slazenger/Shanghai Pierce def. Brian Armstrong/Scott Sandlin
• Interview:  Brian Pillman
• Recap:  Diamond Dallas Page/Z-Man
• Erik Watts def. Bill Payne
• Superbrawl Control Center:  Vader/Paul Orndorff & Steve Austin (US Champion) & Rick Rude (International Champion)
• Keith Cole/Kent Cole def. Bob Cook/Bill Tyree
• Recap:  Ron Simmons/Ice Train
• Brian Knobbs/Jerry Sags (WCW Tag Team Champions) def. Ken Kendall/Frank Rose
• Interview:  Ricky Steamboat
• Marcus Alexander Bagwell/Too Cold Scorpio def. Nasty Ned/The Claw
• Vader def. Randy Hogan via Countout
• Segment:  Ric Flair (WCW Champion) & Fifi

Classic Wrestling Review: 1994-01-22 WCWSN

Good morning, good afternoon, good evening....whenever it is you have found this entry.  Today, 2020-02-13, we are going back in time to 1994 to watch the Jan 22nd edition.  We are building to the Clash of the Champions and I am sure we will hear from Flair and Sting at least.  Enough talk its time to build that WCWSN cyborg!

• I love this version of Missy, I think I say that every time we see her
• Why is Missy wearing jeans, it looks weird
• They are really letting Starr shine
• CLUBBERING!!!!
• If it taking the Nastys this long to beat Oates and Starr they have no chance against Cactus and Maxx
• Listen to the crowd!  They are hot to trot!
• He is on every show, it is like his dad in charge or something!
• Seriously I would have Dustin on every show too because he is one of the best they have
• Why is Dustin getting 15 minutes?  TV Title time limit is supposed to 10.  Obviously, someone is out against his Lordship
• Another great Rhodes match!
• He does NOT speak for me Mean Gene
• TC was a hell of a bumper
• Ron Simmons is the mystery partner!
• We will see Ron Simmons with a cigar a lot in the future
• Is Steel trying to be Jimmy Snuka?
• Look at Bob's hair!
• The Thesz Press is a horrible looking move.  I mean...um....well it looks like they are having sex!
• Really?  Vader is talking about Flair's wife?
• Burton and Scorpio were not in sync there
• Was Austin drunk?  He was making weird faces during the entrance but also during he interview earlier
• What is up with the good guys and their weird long-delayed entrance
• That was the highest reverse atomic drop I have ever seen by Rude and the Boss!
• I think the way the Boss went over the top is one of my favorite bumps
• Sting with a Ron Simmons style powerslam to the man himself

Strangely as I went to post this I did not put any notes of my thoughts for the show so it is just the results!

RESULTS

• Brian Knobbs/Jerry Sags (WCW Tag Team Champions) def. Ron Oates/Mark Starr
• Segment:  Col. Robert Parker
• Interview:  Ric Flair (WCW Champion)
• Dustin Rhodes def. Ricky Tango
• Interview:  Dustin Rhodes
• WCW Control Center
• Segment:  Shanghai Pierce
• Ron Simmons def. TC Carter
• Segment:  Ice Train/Ron Simmons
• Interview:  Col. Robert Parker & Steve Austin (WCW US Champion)
• Jim Steel def. Bob Starr
• Vader def. Al Philips
• Interview:  Vader & Harley Race/Rick Rude (International Champion)
• Marcus Alexander Bagwell/Too Cold Scorpio def. Bill Payne/Tom Burton
• Interview:  Brian Pillman
• Ric Flair/Sting/The Boss def. Rick Rude (International Champion)/Ron Simmons/Steve Austin (WCW US Champion)

Classic Wrestling Review: 1994-01-15 Power Hour

Good morning, good afternoon, good evening...whenever it is you have found this blog.  Today we are once again going back to 1994 and checking out the Power Hour from January 15th.  Not sure what is on the show so not a big intro so lets get right to it!

• Terry Taylor on commentary?  Nice!  I like him on the stick for some reason
• I would FEAR Vader for sure
• Dear lord Walby should RUN to quote Bray Wyatt
• Nasty Boys on the way.  I think this was the best version of them!
• OH MY GOD IT IS MISSY HYATT!!!
• Did Road Dogg get that weird ass tattoo removed or just never noticed
• Brian has been doing well?  Really Tony?  Really?
• Knobbs was always kind of sloppy, wasn't he?  But he looked real
• Wait, was the LOD with WCW at this point?  I did not think so
• I cannot wait to see Badd against Regal, two great bright points of WCW at this point
• If there was only one wrestler I would watch for the rest of my life I think it would be Regal.  I think the most underrated performer ever
• Notice how realistic this is.  If I was AEW I would pay Regal ANY amount of money to come in and show how to make it seem like a real fight and not a routine
• Notice that Sir William does such subtle things yet the fans HATE him
• Badd is underrated too.  Most people think he was a little Richard rip off and he was kind of but in the ring he was very smooth and his matches were usually very well done.
• Huh, that was a strange finish
• Wait...they are just cutting the post-match stuff for a Pillman segment?  Weird!
• I know I just said I would pick Regal for the one guy to watch but Dustin Rhodes is a very close second...minus probably that TNA run
• I love that the enhancement talents had different looks in WCW at times and not just a dude in trunks
• I cannot wait till I get to the Clash with Regal against Dustin, that should be a hell of a match
• Two Hall of Famers here, and great performers.  A shame both careers were cut short
• WCW fans sure did love Sting.  Too bad WWE did not do him right
• Wow Mean Gene looks weird here....but remember call that hotline anyway!
• How bad was the Cactus Jack song from Slam Jam?
• Strangely slow kind of boring match here.  Nothing bad but not what I expected from these two teams
• I think this is why because it was going to be a screw job finish
• Good grief that looked like a rough double DDT!

An okay show with a disappointing main event.  I would have probably had the Regal screw job at the end because it was more expected so he would keep the title.  The main event seemed rushed for some reason.  The rest of the show was good but anytime you have Regal and Rhodes on a show it is going to be good, be it 1990 or 2020!

RESULTS

• Vader def. David Walby
• Brian Knobbs/Jerry Sags (WCW Tag Team Champions) def. Bert styles/Brian Armstrong
• Johnny B. Badd def. Steven Regal (WCW TV Champion) via DQ for the Title
• Segment:  Brian Pillman
• Dustin Rhodes def. Nasty Ned
• Segment:  Cactus Jack/Maxx Payne
• Flashback:  Superbrawl 2:  Rick Rude (US Champion) def Ricky Steamboat for the Title
• Music Video:  Sting
• Cactus Jack/Maxx Payne def. Paul Roma/Paul Orndorff via DQ