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

Classic Wrestling: 1994-01-15 WCW Worldwide

Good morning, good afternoon, good evening....whenever it is you have found this entry.  Today I am going back to 1994 once again to check out WCW Worldwide from January 15th.  Being a syndicated show who knows who or what we will see so let us get to it!

• FLAIR VS. EATON!  YES PLEASE!
• Did Bobby always look the same?  He basically does now!
• Why would the World Champion open the show?
• It was always strange that Nick Patrick was as tall or taller than some of the wrestlers
• Both guys have kept trying the pinfalls after the other raised the shoulder.  Because they are trying to WIN the match not do a bunch of moves
• There is that Eaton right hand, the best in the business
• Babyface Flair is so weird
• Why would Eaton go for the knee knowing it could end up hurting you for the Figure Four?
• It is weird that some 20 plus years later Flair and Fifi get married
• It is so weird to hear them as other names other than Booker T and Stevie Ray
• I hope Harlem Heat returns to fight the Revival.  Just one more time against the best team in wrestling today
• Worst theme music ever!
• This in the ring camera work sucks
• It is almost vertigo-inducing
• Here comes the Stinger!  I wonder what kind of star he would have been had he gone to WWF at some point
• I wish Sting would have gone to WWE instead of TNA so we could have got some of those dream matches like Sting vs. Taker, Sting vs. Triple H, Sting vs. Orton, things like that when he could still go
• Young Fat Man used to love some of those Hard Copy stories like Sexy Swimsuits
• Four Hall of Famers in this main event
• For years I said Randy Orton had the perfect wrestlers body....that is because I forgot about Rick Rude in 1992-1994.  
• THAT IS A DQ!  What is wrong with Randy Anderson!!
• It was always interesting how into the matches the fans were when they were at Disney
• A belly to belly from Rude?  That is a first I think for Rude, at least for me seeing
• I loved Rick Rudes trunks over the years
• There was no finish?  Weird

A GREAT Show with two fantastic matches in the Flair and the tag match.  This is the best show of 1994 thus far easily.  Both of these matches are worth hunting down and checking out!

RESULTS

• Ric Flair (WCW World Champion) def. Bobby Eaton via Submission
• Segment  Harley Race & Vader
• Interview:  Kane & Kole
• History:  Paul Roma/Paul Orndorff vs. Marcus Bagwell/Too Cold Scorpio
• Shockmaster def. Denny Brown
• Interview:  Shockmaster
• Superbrawl Control Center
• Sting def. Nasty Ned via Submission
• Ron Simmons def. Scott Allen
• Interview:  Rick Rude (International Champion)
• Dustin Rhodes/Brian Pillman & Steve Austin (US Champion)/Rick Rude (International Champion) went to a time limit draw

Classic Wrestling Review: 1995-01-01 WCW Main Event

Good morning, good afternoon, good evening...whenever it is you have found this entry.  Today we are going back to 1995, New Years day and watching some WCW action!  Starrcade just happened and we saw the debut of Randy Savage in WCW.  The Butcher, of all people, was in the main event of the show!  Our hosts are Bobby Heenan and Mean Gene!  This is going to be a recap show most likely but lets go at it!

• Love that Bobby was "Hungover"
• Interactive TV, an idea before its time!
• How many times do you think Sting fought Ric Flair?  1000?  2000?
• Here comes the Hulkster....brother!
• This is NOT fair to Flair!!
• Tony Schiavone is at his best at this point I think.  94-99. Then came Russo....
• What was the deal with Stingers hair at this point?  It has to be two inches tall!
• Hogan is enjoying giving this "fan" an atomic drop!
• I love the old Flair clip of the knee
• This was the weird version of Hogan where he was leaner and just did not look right in my opinion
• HE HIT BUTCHER WITH A CHAIR IN THE FACE!  DEAR LORD HE KNOWS WHAT HAPPENED TO BUTCHERS FACE YEARS AGO!!
• Is that Brad Armstrong in the background?  
• I miss Vader in the ring.  Can you imagine if Vince would have really got behind him in 1996.  He could have been one of the biggest stars WWF ever had!
• Dear lord how hot was Sherri!!!
• How many times did these teams fight?
• CLUBBERING!!!!!  FOUR FISTES ON ONE HEAD!!!
• I could watch Sherri sneak ALL DAY LONG!
• I always hated the Nastys as good guys.  Just didn't fit to have them selling and doing hot tags and such
• How amazing was the Harlem Hangover?  For a man the size of Booker T to do it was a sight to see
• I always liked the tag division back in 1994-1996 with Stars and Stripes, Nastys, Heat, Pretty Wonderful, Sullivan and Cactus, Sullivan and Evad, Bagwell and Scorpio, Steiners, LOD, Sting & Luger and many others
• Watching these old shows makes me wonder who some of these guys are not in the HoF.  Tenta, Vader and Sullivan to name a few.  Yet Koko B. Ware and Brutus are?!  Nothing against those guys but Tenta, Vader and Sullivan are as deserving and Vader and Sullivan more so in my opinion.  But hey at least we get Batista this year!
• Think about it, Tenta was 42 when he passed in 2006.  He could still be wrestling now!  FUCK YOU CANCER!
• I know people hate 1994 WCW but I LOVE IT!  Maybe it is the nostalgia it but it was fun for me
• Is Bobby Eaton the most underrated wrestler of all time?
• Dustin Rhodes vs. Bobby Eaton?  YES PLEASE!
• Dustin is still the highlight of any show he is on 25 years later!  He is the reason to turn into AEW.  
• What is great is that these two can WRESTLE!  
• At this point, I think it is basically a face vs. face match.  Eaton was a heel with Corny and Paul E. but the rest of the time he was basically just a wrestler.  Went out and did it as good as anyone ever
• Three more guys here that should be in the HoF, Eaton, Rhodes and Darsow.  
• Seriously why in the hell is Demolition not in the HoF?  I know they sued Vince but come on Demolition was awesome!
• Oh wait, Eaton was a heel with Regal as the Blue Bloods who I forgot to mention above in the tag teams
• Their segment when they found the OJ knife was classic!
• Dusty Rhodes and Larry Zbyszko were great announcers, throw in Gordan Soile and it shows that WCW had great talent at this time in and out of the ring
• I love that Dustin missed that punch.  I do not know if it was intentional or not but I like that it looked like a fight and not a dance like so much of wrestling today
• BOBBY IS GOING TO FLY!
• SLOW COUNT NICK PATRICK!!
• Also I like that the bulldog came out of nowhere

A nice recap show with an excellent Rhodes vs. Eaton match.  You have Bobby Heenan and Mean Gene as hosts who were fantastic together.  Not much to talk about as it was just a recap of a few matches in 1994.  Also highlighted the next big feud of Hogan and Vader.  I feel like this is when WCW started to turn around and then 18 months later the nWo came and watch out!

Results

• Highlights:  1994-07-09 WCWSN:  Sting def. Ric Flair (WCW World Champion) via DQ
• 1994-12-27 Starrcade:  Randy Savage & Butcher & Avalanche & Kevin Sullivan & Hulk Hogan (WCW World Champion)
• 1994-12-27 Starrcade:  Vader & Hulk Hogan (WCW World Champion)
• Highlights:  1994-12-03:  Brian Knobbs/Jerry Sags def. Booker T/Stevie Ray via DQ 
• Highlights:  1994-11-20:  Sting def. Avalanche via DQ
• Dustin Rhodes def. Bobby Eaton
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1991-01-30 Clash of the Champions Review

Good morning, good afternoon, good evening...whenever it is you have found this entry.  Today I am checking out the first Clash of the Champions from 1991 which is headlined by Ric Flair defending his title against Scott Steiner.  Sting and Lex Luger face Doom for the Tag Titles.  This was one of the low points of WCW according to most.  I was not watching WCW at this point and I am not sure if I have ever watched this event so let's go to the tape!

• Uggg, one of those horns are really off!
• That was a sour note if I ever heard one!
• Sting's entrance music starts off sounding almost like the Time Warp, never noticed that before
• The fans are hot and that place does look packed like Jim Ross said
• Luger with a leapfrog!  I do not think I have seen him do that before
• I like that these guys do not make it look like they are cooperating with each other
• So Pee Wee did not see Spivey attack?
• Damn I could watch Missy Hyatt read me the phone book!
• So Eaton's music is people chanting his name?
• Uggg, no wrestler should wear those baby blue trunks
• Really?  Hyatt and Dangerously is a long-awaited anything JR?
• It is sad to think about all the guys that Eaton had to put over that he was SO much better than
• Yeah, when these two are on your main show going against the Freebirds your roster is kind of thin
• All those who think the Freebirds are losing stand on your heads
• I remember in the only good WCW game Hayes finisher was that bulldog.  I loved that game!
• The lights in the Teepee?  Come on JR!
• Kind of made the Freebirds look weak only winning because the ref missed the tag
• Why is Paul in the tiny window and Dusty in the big window?
• Joey Maggs?  Really?  He has NEVER won a match and is on the Clash?
• Oh well it is against Sid so that makes sense
• This one makes sense because they needed to continue to have Sid look dominate.  Too bad they did not feed him Z-Man but he is still the TV champ
• I love his powerbomb, dropping down to his knee making it look even more vicious....no pun intended
• Why is Taylor the Computerized Man if he is not part of the York Foundation yet?
• I always thought that Taylor looked better with the short hair, made him standout
• Ugly finish for sure
• Ranger Ross just had a weird look to him
• Hello ladies!
• Two of the best of all time in the Horsemen
• The Renegade Warriors did have weird charisma
• I LOVE ARN ANDERSONS STUN LOOK!
• I know Dusty had to shill for the show but Scott Steiner vs. Ric Flair is not the greatest World Title match on TV ever Dream!
• Best move ever!  Double A spinebuster
• Vader and Stan were great, I miss guys like that in wrestling
• Buddy Lee Parker?  Seriously?
• Who did Buddy Lee have blackmail footage on to keep his job all those years in WCW?
• What in the blue hell was Buddy Lee doing?
• That was pointless....well there were two points....
• Why is Kevin Sullivan there...oh others besides the Horsemen are there
• Worst cheerleaders ever after what we just saw
• Flair has already made Scotty look like a star
• Weird to see Flair in yellow trunks
• It is weird to see Scotty Steiner like this given how he looked 10 years later as Big Poppa Pump
• I never felt Flair's Figure Four was that dangerous as people constantly fought out of it.  Did he ever win a major match via submission with it without something else happening first?
• Flair's punches are underrated
• Flair is flopping around like a fish after that Tiger Driver
• Why is Nick Patrick letting Rick Steiner get involved so much?

Overall this was an okay show.  The stars were good and all the wrestling...well minus the Z-Man match...was fine but it felt like something was missing.  What I cannot say.  The show was just there ya know.  The crowd was hot but nothing was special ya know.  Felt like the show never left first gear and that everyone was just there not really giving 100%.  Overall a fine show but nothing to go out of your way to watch

Results

• Sting/Lex Luger (US Champion) def. Ron Simmons/Butch Reed (Tag Team Champions) via DQ for the Titles
• Segment:  Sexy Wrestler Contest Results:  Z-Man
• Z-Man (TV Champion) def. Bobby Eaton for the Title
• Segment:  Alexandra York
• Michael Hayes/Jimmy Garven def. Tommy Rich/Allen Iron Eagle
• Interview:  Paul E. Dangerously
• Sid Vicious def. Joey Maggs
• Interview:  Sid Vicious
• Terry Taylor def. Ricky Morton
• Segment:  Wrestler of the Year:  Sting
• Segment:  Dusty Rhodes
• Ranger Ross def. El Cubano
• Arn Anderson/Barry Windham def. Chris Youngblood/Mark Youngblood
• Interview:  Stan Hansen
• Brian Pillman def. Buddy Lee Parker
• Missy Hyatt def. Paul E. Dangerously in an Arm Wrestling Match
• Ric Flair (World Champion) & Scott Steiner fought to a draw for the Title

1991-01-05 Power Hour Review

Good morning, good afternoon, good evening...whenever it is you have found this entry.  Tonight I am checking out the first WCW Power Hour episode of 1991.  The main event is Bobby Eaton taking on Ricky Morton.  Midnight Express taking on the Rock N Roll Express....even though neither of these teams are active at this point.  Let us go to the show!

• The video on the compy I currently have is really bad so this might be a very short review
• Pillman got up there to get Cazana on the top rope
• Its funny, I always remember Z-Man as average in pretty much every way but he would be above average nowadays
• Who was it in WCW that was obsessed with Little Richard?
• Wait...is Jericho in AEW copying Hayes with is weird makeup and such?
• What is with Hayes pant?  
• Remember when the DDT was the end all be all and not an opening segment move?  I 'member
• It is weird to think that Rick Steiner now sits on a school board in Georgia I believe
• Rick was always stiff-looking in the ring; always looked believable
• The Black Scorpion could have been so cool
• Sting never could cut a good promo
• Watching Taylor in this era I am reminded that he could have been a star if not for the Red Rooster.  I truly believe that.
• It is weird that all the "job guys" are bigger and better than a lot of the "stars" of today
• Taylor always needed a better finisher than the "five" arm
• Did Paul Heyman try to channel Roddy Piper at times?  Never noticed that before 
• Michael Wallstreet is one of the best wrestlers never to be the man for a major promotion I think
• Heyman and Ross had some of the best chemistry as announcers
• It is weird to see Terri without certain...um....assets
• Hardrock is a big boy!
• Was there a better technical wrestler than Wallstreet?  I can not think of one
• Both of these guys need to straighten their hair!
• Well, Sid is not getting paid by the hour!  Wait...no powerbomb?
• This match is already going too long
• Bill Fralic played for the Falcons?  I thought he was a Detroit boy only!
• Name a more underrated wrestler than Beautiful Bobby?  I do not think you can!
• If I was a wrestler I would be watching Eaton, Morton, Double A, William Regal and Wallstreet to find out what wrestling is supposed to be like!
• I would pay to watch these guys go at it today more than I would most of the AEW and WWE main roster!
• Who has the better mullet between these two?  I am going with Bobby personally
• I do not like that finish at all!
• GOOD GAWD LOOK AT MISSY AT THIS POINT!!!

Another fine WCW show.  It is funny that people hated this era of WCW but look at the roster.  I know the storyline were not very good but compared to today...anyway while the storyline sucked the action itself was fine.  Great performers and some legends on the show!

Below are the results

• VQ: VERY POOR
• Brian Pillman/Z-Man def. Ed Brock/Joe Cazana
• Jimmy Garvin/Michael Hayes def. Tommy Angel/Rob Morgan
• Rick Steiner def. Chuck Coats
• WNN:  Sting/Ric Flair
• Terry Taylor def. Brian Carr
• Michael Wallstreet def. Rick Hardrock
• Sid Vicious def. Dave Perry
• Ricky Morton def. Bobby Eaton via DQ
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