1994-02-05 WCW Power Hour

Good morning, good afternoon, good evening....whenever it is you found this entry.  Once again we are going back to 1994, this time to the Power Hour edition from Feburary 5th.  Will we get a follow up on the Thunderdome match being postponed?  Let's go to the tape!

• Bischoff and Flair?  WHAT THE FUCK?  This was a drastic change in hosts
• Vader shoved the hell out of Ricky Steamboat!
• The Red Rooster is going to beat up Barry Goldberg....balls
• Taylor vs. Austin on Saturday Night?  Yes please!
• I do not remember Terry wrestling this late in his career, so odd
• Sugar Daddy almost looks like Ice Train.  He is a big man
• Dibacco is not a small man either!  
• I love that they have to make stuff up to cover up the fact that this match was taped prior to the unmasking on Saturday Night
• Road Dogg sure knew how to pick his trunks in 1994!
• I think both of these guys are vastly underrated.  The Godwinns are guilty pleasures
• Goof?  Vader?  Good grief you are going to get hurt very bad
• How do you not like Fried Chicken Bischoff?
• Pillman will pay for what he did to Col Parker!
• I was never a fan of Pillman, just never did it for me.  Not sure why because he was good but was always missing something for my taste
• Is that the worst "Indian War Dance" ever done in wrestling?
• I think I said this when this aired on Worldwide but this proves that Regal is one of the best ever with him making you believe Norris might win
• Sting vs. Regal on WCWSN?  Well I am looking forward to that show now!

I hate that the Power Hour is just Worldwide with new announcers but it is a good show.  I am really enjoying 1994 honestly....well aside from ECW thus far.  WCW has the best in-ring action.  SMW has the best angles and promos.  WWF is that warm spot for me because this is when my fandom was really growing for them...plus the Rocket Owen Hart!  USWA is Lawler and that is never a bad thing.  Then there is ECW.  Prove me wrong guys prove me wrong!

RESULTS

• Recap:  WCW Saturday Night
• Terry Taylor def. Bill Payne
• Cactus Jack/Maxx Payne def. Sugar Daddy/Mike Dibacco via Submission
• Flashback:  Wrestlewar 1989:  Ric Flair def. Ricky Steamboat (WCW World Champion) for the title
• Tex Slazenger/Shanghai Pierce def. Brian Armstrong/Scott Sandlin
• Segment:  Ricky Steamboat
• Brian Pillman def. Bob Cook
• Superbrawl Control Center:  Brian Knobbs & Jerry Sags (WCW Tag Team Champions/Cactus Jack & Maxx Payne
• Steven Regal (WCW TV Champion) def. Charlie Norris for the Title

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 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: 1994-01-09 Main Event

Good morning, good afternoon, good evening....whenever it is you have found this post.  Today I am going to try what I did a year ago and watch wrestling from 1994!  That is right back for the first week or so of shows in the archives but I am picking up where I left over, with the main event from Jan 9th.  I have no idea what is going to be on the show or who is hosting or anything so no preview today just jump into 1994 WCW...maybe my favourite time in WCW!

• It is Tony and Larry as the hosts
• Shockmaster, the Cole Twins, Pretty Wonderful and others today
• For being as big as he was, Shockmaster was in pretty good shape at this point
• However, that weird Bearhug slam thing was a horrible finisher
• Larry is an extremely underrated announcer I think
• This copy of the show has commercials...and they were not better back in the day!
• See 1994 Missy Hyatt makes me wonder who would hotter in their prime, Missy or Sunny
• Its Road Dogg and Scotty Riggs!
• 1994 was awesome for tag teams in WCW and this team, and I mean the Pauls, were a foundation
• What in the blue hell is Road Dogg wearing?
• It was a weird thing to have the Assassin as the manager beyond when Orndorff was feuding with Rhodes
• The assassin needed a bigger mask!
• Good grief aside from Orndorff none of those guys can talk!
• Awesome, figure skating was on after this back in 1994
• I loved the game genie, make things SO much easier to cheat
• I love the Godwinns/Tex Slazenger & Shanghai Pierce
• I also thought Shanghai was a very underrated performer.  Surprised he never got a singles title run over the years
• I think if Shanghai came along now he would be in a top spot like Baron Corbin 
• Is Zenk one of the biggest underperformers in modern wrestling?
• My first time watching Bryant Anderson, he had a good look
• SUPERKICK!  Obviously, the Z-Man would be a star in AEW
• I will say Zenk was not a horrible promo, when it was kept short
• This was as Steve Austin started to find that "attitude" 
• It is also weird to think in about a year Austin was gone from WCW I believe
• STUN GUN!  I loved that move, I feel like Austin should have used that more in his WWF run

A good show with some good action on it.  As I said above I loved this time in WCW especially their tag teams.  Saw several of them on this show but throw in the Nasty Boys and Harlem Heat and you had one hell of a tag team division!  Then you have the singles division with Rude, Rhodes, Austin, Vader, Sting, Flair, Pillman and Arn along with others at the top and middle of the card I love this time in WCW!  The next classic review will be of the Jan 10th episode of Raw so stay tuned!  Until next time, this is the fat man himself saying....Abyssinia!

RESULTS

• Shockmaster def. Chris Sullivan
• Recap:  WCW Saturday Night
• Paul Orndorff/Paul Roma def. Bryan Armstrong/Scott Studd
• Interview:  Paul Orndorff & Paul Roma & Assassin/Marcus Bagwell & Too Cold Scorpio & Teddy Long
• WCW Control Center
• Tex Slazenger/Shanghai Pierce def. Keith Cole/Kent Cole  
• Interview:  Diamond Dallas Page
• Z-Man def. Bryant Anderson
• Interview:  Z-Man
• Music Video:  Sting
• Steve Austin (WCW US Champion) def. Larry Santo
• Interview:  Steve Austin (WCW US Champion)/Robert Parker