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: 1994-01-27 Clash of the Champions

Good morning, good afternoon, Good evening....whenever it is you have found this entry.  Today, 2020-03-26, we are going back to 1994 and the end of January for the Clash of the Champions!  Ric Flair and Sting take on Vader and Rick Rude.  Plus the match I am waiting for, Dustin Rhodes takes on favorite Steven Regal.  Let us go to the ring....

• BOB HEENAN IS HERE!  BEST DAY OF WCW EVER!!!
• I love that Bobby comes out with his classic one-liners, I know who the Assassin is....the guy in the mask
• I think I say this ever WCW show they are on, but why was Roma not a bigger star?  Has to be the attitude in the back right? 
• Those trunks on Scorpio & Bagwell were just awful!
• Nick Patrick was WAY out of position there
• Why would Orndorff go to the top?
• Wait...that finished Roma off?  Strange finish
• Ah there was an object in the knee pad, I missed that till the replay
• Weird they came back right on action, no intros or anything
• I always liked Ice Train, especially later on as MI Smooth
• Oh man I love Austin with is Southern Accent
• This is the match I was looking forward to!
• I love that Sir William is out there keeping track of the time
• I would pay to see this match today, they would be 10 times better than just about anything put on TV this week
• I do not understand why are none of the announcers wearing masks?
• I love that Bobby could do the serious type announcing and then talk about thumbing both eyes
• Bobby popped Gordan twice thus far
• This is why it was great to have Regal as TV champion.  Regal and Anderson were the best at making these matches
• THAT IS ILLEGAL!  Closed fists
• Regal knows what he is doing, he is keeping Rhodes off guard
• HE HIT SIR WILLIAM!!!  THAT IS DISGUSTING!
•  It is weird that they took Tony out of the booth for Gordan
• MMMM, Missy Hyatt!!
• I do love that Cactus clothesline over the top
• Payne does look like Cousin It!
• Not a great match, but what you expect with three of these men
• Missy better get some shots
• Those fans were booing Pillman winning?
• I love that Parker could wrestle like both a wrestler or a manager, he is woefully underrated
• What is that big hick doing getting involved?!  
• How entertaining was Austin back at this point
• WTF?  THAT WAS A THREE COUNT!
• This is maybe my favourite version of Vader, that 1993-1995 Vader.  The best shape and still had that killer instinct.  
• It is a shame Rick Rude got hurt in the near future of 1994, I think he could still be going otherwise
• Were Vader's best matches in the state with Sting?
• Name another big man that can take moves like that German like Vader did, I will wait
• Was this the best time period of Sting?  The Sting Squadron through Hogan showing up
• I love to hear Flair scream "Oh God" it was so perfect
• A vicious DDT by Rude
• Is Sting loopy here?  He seems really out of it

This was a good show with two great matches.  The two tag matches were okay.  The opening match was there and was really good when Pretty Wonderful was in charge.  Bagwell was still green and Scorpio is good at what he does.  Train and Simmons was just there and probably should not have been on TV yet.  Then you have the Regal/Rhodes match.  Like I said this could happen today and be better than most of the matches on TV.  Both of these men are top ten of all time in my opinion.  Then you had the Nastys match, which was what it was.  Exactly what you expect, sloppy and hard hitting and just the next chapter of their match match.  The chicken suit match was a storyline match but showed how great Parker was in the ring.  And the main event...man Vader was on fire and amazing.  Flair was in his prime.  Rude never looked better and Sting always stepped up with the right men in the ring with him.  Those four should have main event PPV against each other for years but we know who is coming in....brother.

RESULTS

• Marcus Bagwell/Too Cold Scorpio def. Paul Roma/Paul Orndorff 
• Ron Simmons def. Ice Train
• Interview:  Steve Austin (US Champion) & Col. Parker
• Interview:  Nick Bockwinkel
• Steven Regal (TV Champion) & Dustin Rhodes went to a Time Limit Draw for the Title
• Interview:  Aaron Neville
• Cactus Jack/Maxx Payne def. Brian Knobbs/Jerry Sags (WCW Tag Team Champions)
• History:  Brian Pillman & Steve Austin/Col Parker
• Brian Pillman def. Col. Parker in a Chicken Suit Match
• Sting/Ric Flair (WCW World Champion) def. Rick Rude (WCW International Champion)/Vader in an Elimination Match

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