Lucha Underground Results 10/29/14

October 29, 2014

Credit: Sean Sapp

– The show opens with a really cinematic introduction playing up the legacy and heritage of lucha libre. It features authority figure Dario Cueto making the announcement that he’s bringing lucha libre back to America.

– Matt Striker and Vampiro are shown in the commentary booth welcoming everyone to the show. Lucha Underground owner Dario Cueto makes his way out with a briefcase and introduces himself. He states that this is more about honor, courage and violence than children cheering on their heroes. Cueto says the man who impresses him the most tonight will receive a $100,00 bonus.

Blue Demon Jr vs. Chavo Guerrero Jr.

This is a big opener for Lucha Underground, with the former NWA World Champion Blue Demon Jr, taking on Chavo Guerrero, who has held titles all over the world. The two start off essentially putting on a lucha libre demonstration, putting over the athleticism and competition aspects of the style. Lucha Underground also has a plethora of camera angles, including a top down view not seen much in wrestling. After the two trade headlocks Chavo is sent outside and Demon hits him with a baseball slide. Demon goes outside, chops Chavo and sends him back inside. In the ring, Chavo manages to land a big DDT and Demon is sent reeling. Chavo lands a suicide dive, and rolls Demon back in the ring. Chavo goes to the top, but is knocked down by Demon, who climbs up himself. Demon comes up empty on a somersault senton. Chavo places Demon on the top rope and tries a flying triangle, which is turned into a powerbomb. Back on the mat Demon locks in El Pulpo, which is a Sharpshooter with an arm hold. This makes Chavo submit.

Winner: Blue Demon Jr

– Cueto is shown in his office with Konnan, and asks Konnan to work for him. Konnan isn’t interested in working for anyone, but is interested in the money. Cueto says that they have the best free agent in wrestling in Johnny Mundo (Morrison) and need to make an example out of him. Cueto promises Konnan the $100,000 if he can make that happen. Again, these segments are very cinematic and unlike anything else in wrestling.

– Konnan is in another vignette explaining the importance of a mask to lucha libre. Konnan’s protege Prince Puma is also put over big.

Inter-Gender Match
Son Of Havoc vs. Sexy Star

Sexy Star is a 32-year old 8-year pro, and Son Of Havoc says he isn’t fighting a woman. He tells her to leave the ring and get herself counted out to save herself for another day. She runs back in at five and goes on the offensive but keeps getting shoved off. Son of Havoc knocks Star down with a shoulder block, and then misses on a springboard moonsault before being met with a huracanrana. Star smacks the hell out of him and goes up top for a big flying body press. Son of Havoc catches her off the ropes with a big backbreaker and holds the tights for the victory.

Winner: Son Of Havoc

– Dario Cueto is backstage running down Chavo Guerrero for tapping out and embarrassing the Guerrero family legacy. He tells Chavo that he’s not getting the $100,000 tonight and since he didn’t finish Blue Demon Jr off, that he’s bringing in someone who can. Cueto says once he brings this person in, there’s no stopping him.

Johnny Mundo vs. Prince Puma

“Mundo” chants immediately break out, which Johnny Mundo acknowledges. Mundo shoulderblocks Prince but Puma immediately kicks back up to his feet and grabs an arm ringer. Mundo reverses it as Puma tries to backflip out of it but ends up caught with a spinebuster. Puma avoids a kick with another backflip and lands one of his own. If you’ve not seen Prince Puma before, his in-ring style is breathtaking. A double backlip into a headscissors, followed by a spinning armbar from Puma and the crowd is going crazy. Mundo stops Prince’s momentum with a backbreaker, a hotshot and a spinning kick that sends Puma from the ring. The cheers for Mundo are still loud but Puma has won some fans over with his style. Puma catches Mundo with a drop kick and then does a springboard senton and then works a leg-full nelson. Mundo grabs Puma’s leg, but Puma catches Mundo with a big enziguri and both guys are outside. The two are brawling outside and Mundo does an insane parkour move off the top of the announce desk, then tosses Puma into the ring post. Mundo tosses Puma in the ring but only gets a two count. Mundo works a rear chinlock and goes to work on the neck of Puma, but Prince Puma hits a big kick to even things up. Back on the feet Puma goes to work with a bevy of strikes but only gets two on a springboard body press. Puma follows up with a standing star press right out of Mundo’s playbook. Mundo hits a few clotheslines and a jumping calf kick, and then drives a knee into Puma’s face for the two count. Mundo looks like he wants to land Starship Pain, but Puma rolls him up for a two count. A brief exchange leads to Mundo going for Starship Pain again, but Puma moves. Mundo lands on his feet but runs right into a top rope knee from Puma. Prince eats canvas on a springboard 450. Mundo lands Moonlight Drive, C4 and Starship Pain for the victory.

Winner: Johnny Mundo

– After the match the two competitors shake hands. Dario Cueto makes his way to the ring with the briefcase of money. Dario says that Mundo has earned the money, but doesn’t give it to him. Two wrestlers and Rycklon (formerly Ezekiel Jackson) come to the ring and destroy both Puma and Mundo. Cueto says he’s been scouting the best talents in the world, and the three attackers work for him. This closes the show.

Backstage News On Plans For Cena Vs. Lesnar Match, Roman Reigns And The WWE World Title

Brian Grey

October 29, 2014

Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter

As of this week, the plan was still for John Cena to get his shot against WWE World Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar at the 2015 Royal Rumble. There had been some speculation that the title shot may happen at TLC and plans could still change.

While Lesnar is scheduled to defend against Cena at the Rumble, he is expected to retain the title as WWE is still planning on having Roman Reigns win the gold at WrestleMania 31.

Reigns is scheduled for WWE live events in December but one WWE source in the know gave a much longer time table for Reigns’ return this week. That could be a mix-up in communications and we should have some kind of clarification later. Even in a worst case scenario, Reigns would be back in time for WrestleMania 31 but not the Rumble.

Interesting Stat On Rollins Vs. Ambrose, News On Bray Wyatt’s Surprise Return, HIAC Issues

Brian Grey

October 29, 2014

Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter

– There were timing issues with the Hell In a Cell pay-per-view on Sunday. As noted, there was a post-show scheduled that never happened. The show was scheduled to go off the air at 11:45pm EST but they went about ten minutes long.

– The words that played when Bray Wyatt made the surprise return at the end of the Seth Rollins vs. Dean Ambrose Hell In a Cell match was actually an old Wyatt interview played backwards.

– Regarding Rollins vs. Ambrose being the main event of Hell In a Cell, that was the first time since November 23rd, 1994, at Survivor Series, that two WWE Superstars under the age of 30 headlined a singles match on pay-per-view. The main event that night was a 29 year old Undertaker vs. a 28 year old Yokozuna in a casket match.

The “OH MY GOD!” Review: Major League Wrestling “Reload” 9/26/02

Heels Inc

October 29, 2014

Reload 2002-09-26 from Manhattan Center in New York, NY

Champion: “The Franchise” Shane Douglas

Joey Styles tells us that the title is vacant and a lottery was held with four wrestlers. Satoshi Kojima and Jerry Lynn won the lottery and will fight for the title while Taiyo Kea will battle Sabu for the number 1 contendership. We quickly go to the ring and all four of the men are there and they start brawling until security pulls them apart.

“The Fallen Angel” Christopher Daniels is preparing for a 6 man tag team match. He says that MLW is trying to stack the deck against him but he got Dick Togo and Ikuto Hidaka to come help him.

Super Crazy vs. Fuego Guerrero ref John Finnegan

Joey tells us this is the debut of Guerrero and that he previously wrestled as Red. Early on Crazy goes for a side slam and Guerrero flips out of hit and hits an arm drag. Crazy goes to the floor. Back in Guerrero with a tilt a whirl head scissor in which he goes all the way around the body of Crazy. Crazy rolls through and sunset flip and hits a seated drop kick. He does it again and Fuego covers his face so Crazy goes around and drop kicks the back of his head this time. Two head scissors and two drop kicks send Crazy to the outside. Fuego with a springboard somersault plancha to the floor. Back in the ring Fuego charges Crazy in the corner but gets kicked in the face. Crazy with a firemens carry slam and springboard moonsault. Crazy throws Fuego into the air off an irish whip and as he comes down grabs his head and lands an X-Factor. Crazy with a big powerbomb and ten corner punches. Crazy goes for another powerbomb but Guerrero flips into a DDT for 2. They mess up some move and Fuego stays in control. Crazy hits three corner clotheslines followed by a brainbuster for 2. Guerrero back drops Crazy onto the apron and hits a nasty spin kick that knocks him to the floor. Guerrero comes off the top with a corkscrew cross body to floor! Standing shooting star press for 2 back in the ring. Guerrero goes for a somersault senton off the top but misses. He gets back up and goes for a rana but Crazy counters it with a tiger bombed for the pin in 10.23. Off to a good start as this match was better then anything from the first show.

La Parka vs. Shocker ref Jim Molineaux

Parka slaps Shocker to start the match. Shocker with a front kick to send Parka to the floor. Shocker slides out and Parka slides in. Shocker comes back in and Parka stomps him on the way. Parka misses a drop kick in the corner but then launches Shocker as he charges and Shocker goes face first into the buckle. Shocker with a drop toe hold that sends Parka’s face into the buckle. Parka charges and hits a shoulder block that turns Shocker inside out. Parka charges but gets backdropped. Parka chops Shocker down to the ground but then gets monkey flipped over the top to the floor. Shocker follows with a springboard plancha. Shocker with a suplex back into the ring for 2. Shocker goes for a front kick but Parka grabs it and throws Shocker down. Spin kick sends Shocker to the floor and Parka follows him out with a corkscrew plancha. A slam by Parka back in the ring. He goes up top and lands a somersault senton for 2. Parka grabs his chair but swings and misses. Shocker drop kicks it into Parka and then clotheslines him out of the ring. Shocker with a dive through the ropes but he gets nailed with the chair. Shocker gets back in at the count of 9. Russian leg sweep for 2. Parka goes up top again and goes for the dreaded axe handle to the person laying down but Shocker gets his foot up. Firemens carry slam and 3 standing sentons get a 2 count for Shocker. Shocker comes off the top but gets drop kicked. Parka off the top with a drop kick for 2. Parka again goes up but he gets caught Shocker with a top rope superplex. Shocker with a corner clothesline and bulldog for 2. Shocker with a la majistral for 2. Shocker with a spear in the corner and then a bronco buster. He goes for it again but Parka boots him down low. La Parka goes up top and hits a cork screw body block for the win in 13.47.

“The Fallen Angel” Christopher Daniels, Dick Togo & Ikuto Hidaka vs. Quiet Storm & The SATs

Hidaka starts with Joel Maximo of the SATs. They trade off hammerlocks, arm drags and both go for drop kicks at the same time. Storm and Daniels get tagged in. Storm with a tilt a whirl head scissor but Daniels cuts him off with a thumb to the eyes and tags Togo. Jose Maximo tags in. Togo with a shoulder block and a sweet float over DDT. Joel with a rana and then they both go for drop kicks. Now everyone comes in and brawls. They all go to the floor. Daniels ends up back in the ring with Joel and he hits a drop kick. Joel goes up and over on a corner whip and then hits a hip toss and tags Storm. Storm with a clothesline and bodyslam. I decide at this point that I hate Storm. He is like 3 feet tall and it annoys me. Tag made to Joel and he gets a few near falls and then tags Jose. They hit a double bulldog for 2 and tag back Storm. Storm locks in an STF/Rings of Saturn combo. Hidaka breaks it up and Togo gets tagged. Joel comes in and hits a suplex for 2. SAT stack Daniels on top of Togo and lock in a boston crab and camel clutch. Storm comes in and outs a crossarm breaker on Hidaka. Joel with a drop kick on Togo’s face while he is still in the clutch. Togo comes back with a tornado DDT on Joel. Daniels comes in and causes a distraction allowing his partners to beat on Joel outside the ring. Daniels with a clothesline for 2 and he tags Hidaka. Dropkick and then Hidaka works over the leg. Togo tagged in and he hits a somersault senton and a hard running seated drop kick for 2. Joel breaks out of a chin lock but gets clotheslined and Daniels tags back in. Slam and an Arabian moonsault. Joel ducks a clothesline but then gets caught and has his face slammed into the mat and hit with an enziguri. Hidaka tags in and he and Togo both hit slingshot sentons from the apron. Togo comes back in and hits a brain buster for 2. Togo with another DDT for 2 and then he brings in Daniels. Daniels with a front Russian leg sweep. Hidaka and Daniels and Togo all take turns holding Joel and standing on his back and posing. Joel tries to come back and goes for a body scissors on Togo but Hidaka grabs him and bulldogs him instead. Joel hits a drop kick on Togo and Hidaka and a DDT on Daniels. Tag to Jose but Daniels takes him down with a clothesline. Storm comes off the top with a drop kick. Daniels goes to the floor and Storm dives on him. Togo slides face first under the bottom rope grabs Storm and tornado DDTs him on the floor. It looks super cool. Daniels hits the Arabian press to the floor onto Storm and the SATs. Hidaka hits a top rope dive to the floor onto everyone. Storm and Hidaka in the ring and Hidaka goes for a tornado DDT. Storm blocks it and puts Hidaka on the apron but Hidaka hangs on and has Storm in a choke hold. Hidaka hits a german suplex then goes into a leg lock. Storm gets to the ropes. Storm with a swinging neckbreaker and rolls through and picks him up in a Gory Special neckbreaker. Hidaka gets whipped into the ropes and Storm hits a northern lights with a bridge. Storm goes for a german but Hidaka lands on his feet and hits a spin kick. Daniels and Jose go at it and Daniels hits a spinning blue thunder bomb for 2. STO and BME for 2. Joel makes the save. Joel goes for a tornado DDT but Daniels counters and throws Joel to the turnbuckle. Joel hops to the second rope and comes off with a DDT. Top rope frog splash broken up by Togo. Togo hits a powerslam for 2. Togo with a seated stunner. Jose with a german on Togo for 2. Tiger bomb but Daniels makes the save. Togo and Daniels hit a 3D styles move but instead of a cutter Togo does an Xfactor. Daniels with a slam. Joel comes in with a drop kick. Daniels hits the ropes and falls out of the ring. Togo was on the top rope and falls when Daniels hits it. SAT with the Spanish fly on Togo but the pin is broken up. Togo may have snapped his ankle on that last move. Hidaka with a slingshot rana to the floor on one of the Maximos. Storm and Daniels in the ring. Storm with a rana for 2. Daniels quickly with the last rites for the win in 22.48. WOW! My hands are tired from typing all that action.

Satoshi Kojima cuts a promo backstage in Japanese.

Terry Funk vs. Chris Candido (w/ Sunny) ref Jim Molineaux

Candido wears his Terry Funk tights tonight. Funk I think is 87 here. He hits an arm drag then takes forever to get up. Candido tries to whip Funk across the ring into the corner but Funk holds onto the ropes. Candido with an irish whip but Funk again holds on to the ropes. This angers Candido. They countered each others moves for a bit. Candido getting more frustrated. They go to the floor. Funk gets slammed into the time keepers table and ring post. Funk bleeding now and he gets sent into the guardrail. Candido attacks Funk in the crowd. Candido slams Funk’s face into the apron and Funk is very bloody. Sunny chokes Funk with a towel. Funk suplexs Candido from the apron out of the ring. Funk now sends Candido into the crowd and piledrives him on the floor. Back in the ring Funk with a DDT and Candido goes back to the floor. Funk with a suplex on the entrance ramp and Candido lands head first. Funk wonders around until Candido attacks him. Candido leaves to the locker room and comes back with a ladder. Funk is flopping all over the place. Candido sets Funk on the turn buckle and follows him up but Funk headbutts him off and he lands on the ladder. Funk uses the ladder on Candido. Spinning toe hold but Candido kicks Funk off. Suplex by Candido he goes up top and lands a headbutt for 2. Candido heads to the top of the ladder but misses a head butt. Funk throws him to the floor and Sunny comes in the ring from behind with a low blow. Funk gets up DDTs her and then bites her ass. He sets up a piledriver but Candido comes from behind and hits him with a chair. Candido sets up a bunch of chairs in the ring but Funk hits him with a hangmans neck breaker. Funk locks in the spinning toe hold but Candido breaks out. Funk gets it on again but Candido rolls him in a small package. Funk reverses it and gets the win in 17.08. Candido hits a piledriver afterwards.

Joey Styles runs down what we just saw and leads us into our next match.

Steve Corino vs. Vampiro ref John Finnegan

Corino on the mic wants to know how many people want to see an old fashion street fight. Vampiro, however, isn’t known for street fights, he’s known for cashing Ted Turner pay checks. Vampiro gets the mic and says that ECW would never hire him cause they were afraid of him. The bell rings but before they lock up Sandman’s music hits. Sandman drinks some beer but turns around into a superkick from each man. This match is now a triple threat. Vamprio hits the nail in the coffin. Vampiro and Corino fight on the floor and Sandman joins them. Sandman gets suplexed onto the entrance ramp. Corino goes to powerbomb Vampiro onto the ramp but gets backdropped. Vampiro get Sandman’s cane and uses it on Sandman in the ring. Corino gets a chair but Vampiro kicks it into his face. Sandman fights back gets his can and swings it at Corino. Corino ducks and hits a super kick. Corino gets knocked to the floor and Vamprio hits a baseball slide on him. Spin kick onto Sandman for 2. He hits Sandman in the back with a chair. Corino back in but he gets sent into the corner and hits a chair. Corino is busted open now. Sandman in control off both men. He hits a DDT on Vampiro and leg drop on Corino. Vampiro comes back with a spin kick off the top rope onto Corino for 2. Sandman throws in a piece of guardrail and some chairs. Sandman suplexes Corino on the guardrail. Vampiro with a urinagi onto Sandman for 2. Corino throws Sandman to the floor and bridges the guardrail on four chairs in the middle of the ring. Corino goes up top but Sandman cuts him off and superplexes him onto the rail. Both men are down and Vampiro covers and pins Sandman in 11.45. Vampiro now works over Corino. Belly to back but Vampiro doesn’t hook the leg and only gets 2. Corino fights back, Vampiro goes for a rana but gets powerbombed. Corino catches a kick but Vampiro hits a enziguri for 2. Old school expulsion for 2. Front kick by Vampiro for 2. Vampiro with another urinagi for 2. Vampiro puts Corino up top. They fight on the second rope and Corino hits a super cutter off the second rope for the win. Time of the match was 16.44.

We go back to Joey and he hypes the #1 Contenders Match between Taiyo Kea and Sabu.

#1 Contenders Match: Sabu (w/ Bill Alfonso) vs. Taiyo Kea ref John Finnegan

Joey tells that “The Franchise” Shane Douglas was stripped of the title for refusing to defend. Sabu starts off with his normal dives at the legs but misses. He gets in a leg lock but Kea gets to the ropes to have it broken. Kea with a headlock take over but Sabu pushes out into a head scissors. Sabu corner whips Kea and then misses a clothesline. Kea with chops and stomps in the corner. Kea with a corner whip Sabu blocks a punch and hits a clothesline. Slingshot somersault leg drop from the apron gets 2. Sabu sends Kea to the floor. Sabu misses a baseball slide and gets sent into the guardrail. Kea with a slingshot planha. Kea gets a two count on a back elbow. Slam by Kea and he locks on a sharpshooter. Alfonso helps Sabu get to the ropes. Sabu goes to the floor and Kea goes from another plancha. Sabu moves and Kea lands on his feet but grabs at his knee. Sabu sends him into the crowd. Sabu with a triple jump dive out of the ring into the crowd. Sabu tries to set up a table but Kea comes back and goes up top. Sabu knocks him down and hits a DDT. Sabu throws a chair at Kea and it hits him hard. Air Sabu and Kea lands throat first on the chair and then gets drop kicked off. Sabu goes for a triple jump moonsault but Kea grabs his leg and Sabu falls into the chair. Kea throws a chair at Sabu but he catches it so Kea superkicks it into Sabus face. Blue thunder bomb for 2. Snap suplex for another 2. Kea goes up top but gets knocked down again. Super rana by Sabu springboard seated drop kick for 2. Kea rolls out to the floor, Sabu with a baseball slide. Sabu sets the table up on the rail and ring apron. Sabu comes off the top with a leg drop through the table. Back in the ring Sabu hits the triple jump moonsault but only gets 2. Sabu hits the ropes but Kea gets a rana. Kea stops Sabu from getting a chair by stomping him and then hits a few quick kicks. Kea only gets 2. Kea picks Sabu up for a DVD but Alfonso distracts him. Sabu again throws a chair into Kea’s head. Kea seated on the mat in a corner and Alfonso holds a chair in front of his face and Sabu drop kicks it for a 2 count. Camel clutch but Sabu release it. Sabu hits the ropes but Kea hits the Hawaiian Crush out of nowhere. Kea picks up Sabu and hits it again but again doesn’t go for the cover. Kea picks up Sabu again and hits the Hawaii 5-0 and gets the pin in 15.38. He will face the winner of the next match at the King of Kings MLW show.

To Joey for some main event hype.

“New F’N Show” Jerry Lynn vs. Satoshi Kojima ref John Finnegan

This one is for the vacant MLW Championship. “Kojima” chant from the fans to start. Followed by a “Jerry” chant. They trade hammerlocks and some submissions. Lynn gets shoulder tackled down. Kojima hits the ropes but gets hip tosses. Lynn misses a leg drop, Kojima misses a somersault senton, Lynn misses an elbow drop and they face off. Kojima with a drop toe hold and locks in an STF. Lynn makes it to the ropes. Kojima stomps Lynn. Lynn crawls to a corner and Kojima chops away. Lynn reverses a corner whip and pays Kojima back some hard chops of his own. Kojima with a side slam for 2. Kojima gets Lynn in the corner again and just pounds away on him. Vertical suplex gets a 2 count. Lynn comes back and hits three clotheslines but Kojima won’t go down. Kojima goes for a suplex but Lynn slides out and hits a reverse DDT for 2. Lynn gets whipped into a corner and clotheslined. A second whip is followed with a flying elbow. Kojima comes off the top with an elbow for 2. Kojima takes off this elbow pad and goes for a lariat but Lynn ducks and hits a release German suplex. Lynn drags Kojima to the middle and covers him for 2. Lynn goes off the second rope and grabs Kojima in a tornado DDT. Lynn goes for a suplex but Kojima reverses it. Lynn flips out of it and hits the ropes. Kojima hits a sit out spinebuster for 2. Kojima goes to whip in Lynn but Lynn hangs on and pulls in Kojima for a TKO that gets 2. Lynn sets up the piledriver but Kojima with a back drop to reverse it. Kojima hits a michinoku driver for 2. Kojima hits a big lariat and gets the win and the title in 13.06. Taiyo Kea comes to the entrance way and signals the belt belongs to him. Kojima gets on the mic and thanks the fans for coming and cheering for him.

My thoughts on the show…

This show was SO much better than the first. Two matches that I could have done without were Funk/Candido and the three way hardcore match. The first two lucha matches were fun to watch. The six man was loaded with action and the final two matches were solid. Two matches filmed were not on the home video but will show up in the future on the TV show so I won’t spoil them here. Thumbs up on this show, hopefully this leads to more good things from MLW.

Wrestling Recaps: WCW Saturday Night – March 1995

Bob Colling

October 29, 2014

[spacer height=”20px”]

Wrestling Recaps

WCW Saturday Night 3/4/1995

Written by: Bob Colling

World Championship Wrestling presents Saturday Night
Date:3/4/1995
From: Atlanta, GA

Matches:
1.)The Nasty Boys defeated Tracy Benton & Bob Starr
2.)Meng defeated Steve Neely
3.)Lord Steven Regal defeated Mike Davis
4.)WCW Television Champion Arn Anderson defeated John Crystal
5.)WCW United States Champion Vader defeated the Patriot by disqualification

Angle Developments/Notes:
1.After Tony and Bobby talk about what happened between Hogan and Vader last week, we go to the ring to see the Nasty Boys in action for the forth time in five weeks. They are really overexposing the Nasty Boys in my opinion. Anyway, they obviously win the squash match when Saggs leaps off the top rope to hit an elbow drop. After the match, they are interviewed by Mean Gene. Nasty Boys will be meeting Harlem Heat in a Texas Tornado match at Uncensored. Saggs says they are going use a lot of weapons and the champs will be going down. Knobbs doesn’t think Harlem Heat can handle them in a Texas Tornado match.

2.This is the in-ring debut for Meng, who now has long hair. Meng knocks Neely out in maybe ten seconds with a savant kick to win the match. That might be the quickest debut ever. After the match, Col. Robert Parker goes over to Mean Gene to be interviewed. Parker says that Jim Duggan needs to be worried. He will be wrestling Meng at Uncensored in a marital arts match.

3.Regal continues his winning ways by forcing Davis to submit to the Regal Stretch. After the match, Regal talks to Mean Gene. Regal says he new years resolution is to get here an hour earlier to hate Mean Gene longer! He can’t find a tag partner to go for the tag team titles. His quest will continue. Bobby Eaton comes over and volunteers to be Regal’s partner. Eaton is chewing gum and acting king of silly, which Regal doesn’t like. So, Regal declines the offer and rips on him once Eaton leaves.

4.WCW Television Champion Arn Anderson planted the jobber with a DDT to pick up the easy victory.

5.The Patriot squares off against the number one contender, and WCW US Champion, Vader. I don’t see Marcus Alexander Bagwell at ringside, but Ric Flair is by Vader’s side. That just shows you how bad of a partner Bagwell is. Vader worked on Patriot early on with several punches but Patriot fought back with a few lefts. Patriot comes off the ropes to drop Vader with a cross body. Vader misses a sit down splash and Patriot has some momentum. Vader uses his big chest to stop a charging Patriot. Vader drives Patriot down to the canvas with a choke slam. Flair attacks Patriot on the floor while the referee is distracted. Vader hits a middle rope splash and follows up with a big splash but doesn’t want the cover. Vader hits the power bomb and here comes Hulk Hogan who attacks Vader with his strap and clotheslines Vader to the floor! Hogan is choking Vader with the strap. Jimmy Hart prevents Ric Flair from entering the ring! The Nasty Boys and Jim Duggan come out to pull Hogan off of Vader.

6.Tony Schiavone interviews WCW World Heavyweight Champion Hulk Hogan who says that was only a small sample of what will happen at Uncensored. Hogan is going to be the maniac he needs to be and he will have a surprise for Vader.

Final Thoughts:
I thought this was a good episode. Considering it was only an hour long, WCW didn’t have to repeat anything and kept it simple by just having wrestling matches. Honestly, I think if Saturday Night was just an hour long every week, it would be a lot better. I liked how they debuted Meng here as he knocked out the jobber with one strike. If they continue to do that then he could rise up the rankings pretty quickly I would think.

WCW Saturday Night 3/11/1995

World Championship Wrestling presents Saturday Night
Date: 3/11/1995
From: Atlanta, GA

Matches:
1.)Randy Savage defeated Bob Starr
2.)Blacktop Bully defeated Tim Horner
3.)Alex Wright defeated WCW Television Champion Arn Anderson by count-out
4.)WCW United States Champion Vader defeated Bobby Knight

Angle Developments/Notes:
1.Nick Bockwinkel announces that Hulk Hogan has been banned from appearing on any WCW programming until after Uncensored. I guess because of what Hogan did to Vader last week.2.Randy Savage won his squash match following a top rope elbow drop. After the match, Savage is interviewed by Mean Gene. Savage says that it was his wake up call when Avalanche attacked him a few weeks ago. Savage will do whatever it takes to bring Avalanche all the way down. He will do whatever it takes at Uncensored to win.

3.I should note that Hulk Hogan appears on the program during the Control Center segment. So, that announcement by Bockwinkel was ridiculous.

4.Lord Steven Regal talks to Mean Gene and is in a very serious mood. Regal says he doesn’t care if he offended anyone for insulting Bobby Eaton last week. Regal calls Eaton a moron who struggles to put a sentence together. Eaton walks over and asks if he still wants a partner. Eaton gets fed up when Regal looks to grab his neck and they end up agreeing to a match for next week on Saturday Night.

5.Blacktop Bully had no problem against Tim Horner this week. Bully won by submission with the Breaker 1-9. Bully screams that he is going to break Dustin Rhodes arm. After the match, Mean Gene talks to Col. Robert Parker and Blacktop Bully. Bully says he does whatever he wants in his life and wants Rhodes to be ready for their match taking place inside the back of a moving truck. Parker hypes up Meng as being the greatest marital arts expert ever.

6.Alex Wright looks to extend his undefeated streak and win championship gold when he meets WCW TV Champion Arn Anderson. Anderson controls Wright with a shoulder block and scoop slam. Wright dropkicks Anderson off the top to the floor and follows up with a cross body over the top rope onto the floor where he delivers a second dropkick! Wright drops Anderson with a couple of upper cuts. Anderson is struggling to get any kind of momentum as he bails to the floor after a head scissors by Wright. Anderson drops Wright throat first across the top rope to get the cheap advantage. Wright misses a missile dropkick off the top and crashes to the canvas. Anderson catapults Wright throat first into the bottom rope to maintain the advantage. Wright nails Anderson with a spinning heel kick and a gets near fall after a belly to belly suplex. Wright leaps off the middle rope to hit Anderson with a cross body! Johnny B. Badd comes out when Anderson bails to the floor and Badd knocks him out with a left hook while wearing boxing gloves. The referee was distracted by Parker and ends up counting Anderson out to give Wright the count-out victory. That was actually a really fun match.

7.Vader finishes off the show winning his squash match following a power bomb. After the match, Mean Gene talks to Vader and Flair with the jobber at their feet. Vader says that Hogan is responsible for what he just did to the jobber. Vader claims he is the uncrowned WCW World Heavyweight Champion. Flair talks about Uncensored having no rules and that it will mark the end of Hogan!

Final Thoughts:
I thought it was a good episode this week, again. It was short and the Anderson/Wright match actually surprised me since they went all out for it. The whole Hogan being banned from television for maybe eight days is ridiculous, especially when less than a minute later he appears with a promo. That’s just bad planning by WCW. Nonetheless, it was a solid show.

WCW Saturday Night 3/18/1995

World Championship Wrestling presents Saturday Night
Date: 3/18/1995
From: Atlanta, GA

Matches:
1.)WCW World Tag Team Champions Harlem Heat defeated Kenny Kendall & Eddie Jackie
2.)WCW Television Champion Arn Anderson defeated Al Phillips
3.)Brian Pillman defeated Manny Fernandez
4.)Sgt. Craig Pittman defeated Kip Abee
5.)Lord Steven Regal fought Bobby Eaton to a no contest
6.)WCW United States Champion Vader defeated Tracy Benton
7.)Alex Wright defeated Frankie Lancaster
8.)Blacktop Bully defeated Leroy Howard
9.)Avalanche defeated Mike Khoury & John Crystal in a handicap match
10.)Meng defeated Barry Houston
11.) Dustin Rhodes & Johnny B. Badd defeated Pretty Wonderful

Angle Developments/Notes:
1.Harlem Heat opened up the action this week on Saturday Night. Booker T got the pin after hitting the Heat Seeker.

2.We see two videos that promote the Harlem Heat/Nasty Boys and Anderson/Badd matches at Uncensored tomorrow night.

3.Speaking of the WCW TV Champion, Arn Anderson had a squash match this week. Anderson quickly won the match following the DDT. After the match, Anderson talks to Mean Gene. Col. Robert Parker compares Anderson’s match with Badd to the match between Ali and Inoki a few years ago. Anderson calls Badd a coward for attacking him last week. Anderson says that Badd isn’t the man he thinks he is. Anderson says Badd has stepped into his house and he is going hurt him real bad.

4.Brian Pillman is back in singles action and won his squash match following a top rope big splash.

5.It’s time for the debut of Sgt. Craig Pittman on Saturday Night. He is a heel drill sergeant. Pittman won the squash with a cross arm breaker. He is one crazy man.

6.Regal takes Eaton down early on and taunts the fans. Eaton is apparently trying to convince Regal they should be partners, at least that’s what the announcers are indicating. Regal continues to work on Eaton with uppercuts. Eaton fights back with a backdrop and clothesline followed by a swinging neck breaker! Eaton looks for the top rope leg drop but Regal bails to the floor and wants to talk to Mean Gene on the floor. Mean Gene comes over and talks to Regal. Regal is now saying that Eaton would be a great tag team partner. Regal thinks they could do wonderful things together. They shake hands and walk off.

7.Vader won his squash match with a power bomb. After the match, Dave Sullivan comes down to ringside and is punched by Flair. Flair rolls Sullivan into the ring and Vader connects with a power bomb! Vader jumps off the middle rope to splash Sullivan. Vader decides to come off the top rope to big splash Sullivan another time! Ric Flair hammers away on Sullivan until Bobby Heenan enters the ring and pulls him off. Nick Bockwinkel is in the ring as well to prevent anything else from happening to Dave.

8.Alex Wright won his squash match following a middle rope twisting cross body.

9.A video promoting the Blacktop Bully/Dustin Rhodes feud is aired.

10.Blacktop Bully had a squash match this week, which he won with the Breaker 1-9.

11.Considering Avalanche is the size of two men, I don’t think he is at a disadvantage in this handicap match. He proves that to be true as he takes are of business. Avalanche hits a double sit down splash on both men to win the match. After the match, Mean Gene interviews Avalanche and Big Bubba. Bubba knows that they are going to beat Savage and Sting in singles matches tomorrow night at Uncensored. Avalanche brags about laying Savage out a couple of weeks ago.

12.Meng won his squash match with a savant kick in record time yet again.

13.A video promoting the Hogan/Vader match tomorrow night is aired.

14.Yeah, I thought Paul Roma was fired after Superbrawl V as well, at least that’s what I always read. But, he is here in the main event. Orndorff works on Rhodes with a knee lift and several shots to the midsection. Rhodes fights back to hit a running bulldog, which would be a finisher but they treat it as just another move, really. Badd enters and dropkicks Roma a few times to keep control of the contest. Badd is worked on by both Orndorff and Roma, with the main focus being Badd’s left arm. Badd connects with a snap suplex on Roma and tags in Rhodes who works on Orndorff with right hands and a clothesline. Orndorff avoids a dropkick and drives Rhodes head first into the canvas. Roma delivers a few back breakers for a near fall on Rhodes. Rhodes counters a pile driver attempt with a backdrop on Orndorff and they both go down following a double clothesline. Badd gets the tag and hammers away on Roma. All four men enter the ring and begin to brawl in the ring. Badd leaps off the top and pins Roma with a sunset flip while Roma was trying to deliver a pile driver. I thought it was a decent match, nothing special.

15.Nick Bockwinkel tells Ric Flair that he retired and not in the picture anymore. Flair threatens to unleash Vader on Bockwinkel. Instead, Flair says he doesn’t want to comeback to WCW. Flair says tomorrow night no authorities will be at Uncensored and he will go nuts with Vader.

Final Thoughts:
This was really just a last second promotion for the Uncensored pay per view. So, it wasn’t too bad. There wasn’t anything new going on, just a recap of what happened in past weeks.

WCW Saturday Night 3/25/1995

World Championship Wrestling presents Saturday Night
Date: 3/25/1995
From: Atlanta, GA

Matches:
1.)Sgt. Craig Pittman defeated Mike Davis
2.)Stars & Stripes defeated Sonny Trout & Rick Thames
3.)Big Bubba defeated Mark Starr
4.)Brian Pillman defeated the Terrorist
5.)Meng defeated Mike Khoury
6.)Steve Austin defeated Kenny Kendall
7.)Sting defeated Lt. James Earl Wright
8.)Kevin Sullivan & the Butcher defeated Dave Abee & Leroy Howard
9.)WCW Television Champion Arn Anderson defeated John Crystal
10.)Randy Savage defeated Avalanche

Angle Developments/Notes:
1.Nick Bockwinkel opens the show talking to the announcers. Bockwinkel had a meeting with Hogan and Savage which will be aired later on in the show. He is going to strip the WCW United States Championship from Vader for not listening to him. It makes sense, who realistically could beat Vader on the under-card?

2.Sgt. Craig Pittman won his squash match by submission with a cross arm breaker.

3.Stars & Stripes competed in tag action and won their squash match over the team named Southern Posse after they hit a vertical suplex/cross body combo move.

4.Big Bubba withstood an early offense flurry from Starr to win the squash match following a side slam. After the match, Mean Gene interviews Big Bubba. Bubba says there isn’t anyone can do when they meet in the ring, he is going to beat them.

5.Brian Pillman continued his winning streak when he beat the Terrorist following a top rope cross body. During the match, Pillman actually leaped off a balcony and dove onto the Terrorist on the floor. After the match, Mean Gene interviews Pillman. Pillman says that life is too short to focus on the negative. He promises to crack up the intensity every time he competes.

6.We go to footage of Nick Bockwinkel meeting with Randy Savage and Hulk Hogan. They had a startling request, which Bockwinkel wants everyone to see for themselves. They think that Ric Flair is completely out of line and they want Flair reinstated. Bockwinkel promises them there will be a vote to see if Flair is reinstated into the company.

7.Meng was in action, which means he won in less than a minute after delivering a savant kick. After the match, Col. Robert Parker is interviewed by Mean Gene. Parker doesn’t believe there is anyone who can beat Meng. Parker considers Meng to be the most dangerous man in WCW. Parker predicts that Meng is the next WCW World Heavyweight Champion.

8.Footage of Lord Steven Regal trying to change Bobby Eaton into what he wants it shown. They are in England as Regal takes Eaton to dinner in hopes to changing his attitude. Eaton looks like a homeless guy compared to Regal in this. Regal says “this is far worse than I ever imagined.”

9.Hey, look, it’s Steve Austin! It’s been three months and this is Austin’s first appearance on Saturday Night in 1995. That’s just awful. Austin won the squash match following a top rope senton splash, which he kind of missed. After the match, Tony Schiavone interviews Steve Austin. Austin says he has always looked awesome, it’s nothing new. He knows a lot of people didn’t expect him to be back. He was gone for fourth months and he is still the number one talent in WCW today. It looks like he is focused on getting the WCW World Heavyweight Championship.

10.Sting competed in a squash match against one half of the State Patrol, Lt. James Earl Wright. Sting forced Wright to tap out to the Scorpion death lock. After the match, Tony interviews Sting. Sting tells Big Bubba that his cloud is turning gray and black. He is the thunder and tells Bubba to not come out on TV and act cocky about having Sting’s number. He pretty much says that if he gets knocked up he will pop right back up and get in his face.

11.Footage from WCW Pro is shown, which saw Jim Duggan and Stars & Stripes beat the Faces of Fear because Butcher screwed up and accidentally hit Sullivan. There might be some tension within the group.

12.Butcher and Sullivan competed in tag action this week. They won their squash match when Butcher locked in a sleeper hold on Abee. After the match, Mean Gene interviews Butcher and Sullivan. Gene wants to know if there is tension between them. Butcher assures Gene that everything is fine with them. Sullivan agrees saying they are back on track. Butcher thanks Sullivan for waking him up from the Hulkamania stuff and he wants Gene to wake up as well.

13.WCW Television Champion Arn Anderson refuses to lose on TV because he won yet again this week after delivering a DDT to John Crystal. After the match, Anderson is interviewed by Tony Schiavone. Parker says that Anderson gives him confidence every time he wrestles. Parker declares Anderson to be the greatest WCW TV Champion ever. Anderson chimes in to say that he is just warming up. If he ever has a day off he stretches his neighbors just for fun. He rips on Hogan for defending the title maybe three times a month while he has that many defenses in a weekend. Anderson wants Hogan to face him one time.

14.Savage runs into the ring and trades blows with Avalanche. Savage knee lifts Avalanche into a corner and tries a roll up but only gets a one count. Avalanche works on Savage with a clothesline and a belly to belly suplex. What in the world, Avalanche just drop kicked Savage to the floor. Avalanche sends Savage shoulder first into the ring post. Savage avoids a splash back in the ring and leaps off the top to hit a double ax handle for a two count. Avalanche stops Savage with a big clothesline. Avalanche maintains control with a leg drop and steps on Savage’s chest. Avalanche has been working on Savage for several minutes with Savage only getting in a few right hands to the midsection. Savage knocks the big man off his feet with a running clothesline. Savage avoids a splash in the corner and an elbow drop. Avalanche stops Savage with a big power slam. Avalanche leaps off the middle rope but misses a big splash. Savage goes up top but Butcher and Sullivan come out. Savage kicks Butcher away and hits a top rope elbow drop to win the match. After the match, Sting comes out to celebrate and protect Savage. Tony Schiavone interviews Savage and Sting. Savage says that Sting is cool and Sting just says “Oh yeah, dig it.” He also tells Savage he has his back no matter what. Savage wants Flair to be reinstated so he, Sting and Hogan can drive Flair out the company themselves. That’s a wrap.

Final Thoughts:
An average episode this week. The feature match wasn’t bad but there just wasn’t anything all that exciting. It’s good to see Steve Austin back on television and the segment with Regal and Eaton shows some promising things from a comical side. The thought of Flair being reinstated is goofy to me. They wanted Flair out and now that he is back screwing with the babyfaces, they want him back in the ring. I don’t really get the whole mindset behind that booking decision. I would have think of a better way to bring Flair back than that way.

Thanks for reading.

[spacer height=”20px”]

crazymax.org

Top WWE Superstar To Miss Next Week’s Raw, Other Superstars Returning?, More

Lucha Underground Results 10/29/14

Backstage News On Plans For Cena Vs. Lesnar Match, Roman Reigns And The WWE World Title

Interesting Stat On Rollins Vs. Ambrose, News On Bray Wyatt’s Surprise Return, HIAC Issues

The “OH MY GOD!” Review: Major League Wrestling “Reload” 9/26/02

Reload 2002-09-26 from Manhattan Center in New York, NY

Super Crazy vs. Fuego Guerrero ref John Finnegan

La Parka vs. Shocker ref Jim Molineaux

“The Fallen Angel” Christopher Daniels, Dick Togo & Ikuto Hidaka vs. Quiet Storm & The SATs

Terry Funk vs. Chris Candido (w/ Sunny) ref Jim Molineaux

Steve Corino vs. Vampiro ref John Finnegan

#1 Contenders Match: Sabu (w/ Bill Alfonso) vs. Taiyo Kea ref John Finnegan

“New F’N Show” Jerry Lynn vs. Satoshi Kojima ref John Finnegan

My thoughts on the show…

Wrestling Recaps: WCW Saturday Night – March 1995

WCW Saturday Night 3/4/1995

WCW Saturday Night 3/11/1995

WCW Saturday Night 3/18/1995

WCW Saturday Night 3/25/1995

TNA Signs A New TV Deal?, TNA Denies Report, More Info Inside

WWE Talents Worried About Releases This Week, News On Ryback’s Return, Christian Note

STAY CONNECTED

LATEST NEWS

POPULAR POSTS

Countdown “The 5 Greatest Unscripted Disasters in Pro Wrestling” – #4:...

Hardcore History Episode 8: May 25th, 1993 ECW Review

THE AUDIT: THE LOST ROYAL RUMBLE REVIEW FROM MSG, 1994

POPULAR CATEGORY