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WCW Saturday Night - week 3 January 1994
WCW Saturday Night Opening Video
"Welcome to WCW Saturday Night!
"WCW Saturday Night is the muthaship!"
Rating 95 A*
Frankie Lancaster & George South vs. Arn Anderson & Brad Anderson
The Anderson family (Arn Anderson & Brad Anderson) defeated bumping machines Frankie Lancaster and George South in 4:40 when Arn Anderson defeated George South by pinfall with a Spinebuster. The Andersons looked focused and took no prisoners in the ring.
Rating 64 C
It's "Ravishing" Rick Rude and his insurance policy Mr. Hughes! Massive crowd heat for the "Ravishing" Rick Rude, except from the drooling female audience...
"Cut the music..."
Mikey Wellbody & Larry McMahon vs. Rick Rude & Mr. Hughes.
"Ravishing" Rick Rude and and his bodyguard Mr. Hughes destroyed ham-and-egger duo Mikey Wellbody and Larry McMahon in old school squash fasion. The squash ended in 5:05 when Rick Rude defeated Larry McMahon by pinfall with a Flying Kneedrop.
Rating 75 B-
Mean Gene is interviewing Ice Train! He have been training hard to prepare for the big showdown against his idol Ron Simmons.
Ron Simmons interrupts the interview and gets in Ice Train's face. He have had enough of this stalker and gives Ice Train a hard slap. Simmons are ready to settle the score right here, right now. Train looks surprised, but don't back down. Simmons challenges Train to a Loser Leaves WCW Match.
Commissioner Nick Bockwinkel and The Boss arrives. Bockwinkel is tired of these two and books the Loser Leaves WCW match to take place right now to end this once for all. The Boss will be the special referee.
Rating 100 A*
Loser Leaves WCW Match w/ The Boss as Special Referee
Ice Train vs. Ron Simmons
We get a exciting match with lots of big power moves. The more experienced Rons Simmons looks to have the upper hand, but Ice Trains takes him off guard with a quick roll up. Ice Train defeated Ron Simmons in a Loser Leaves WCW Match match in 9:44 by pinfall with a roll up. A furious Ron Simmons throws a anger tantrum. Ice Train wants to shake his hand, but Simmons shoves him away and leaves the ring.
Rating 74 B-
Tony Schiavone, Bobby "The Brain" Heenan and "The American Dream" talks about the upcoming tournament for the WCW World Tag Team championships. In the 3rd quarter final; the young powerhouse duo Thunder and Lightning will go head to head with The Nasty Boys.
Get ready for some Thunder and Lightning...
It's The Nasty Boys, straight out of Nastyville, Pennsylvania...
WCW World Tag Team Championship Tournament Quarterfinal
Thunder And Lightning vs. The Nasty Boys w/ Missy Hyatt
Thunder and Lightning are young Power Plant graduates with a classic bodybuilder look.
Wild and out of control, the match begun as soon as The Nasties arrives at the ring. The Nasty Boys wrestles in a ‘garbage’ brawl-style that features a lot of hard-hitting strikes that makes the match more like a streetfight than pro wrestling. They mercilessly double teamed their opponents to gain every advantage from their own unique interpretation of the rules. In a bout that had good wrestling and a decent reaction from the crowd, The Nasty Boys defeated Thunder And Lightning in a Tournament Quarter-Final match in 7:48 when Brian Knobbs defeated Thunder by pinfall with a Trip to Nastyville.
Rating 74 B-
Alex Wright Vignette
The German teen phenom known as Das Wunderkind is coming soon to WCW. The young German is overflowing with potential and could be the next breakout star in WCW...
Rating 100 A*
It's The Boss! He is here to bring some law and order to WCW...
The Boss vs. Nasty Ned
We get an wild and entertaining brawl between The Boss and sthe leazy and dirty brawler Nasty Ned. The Boss defeated Nasty Ned in 4:34 when Nasty Ned was disqualified when..
Death Row 3260 jumped in from the audience and attacked The Boss, resulting in a wild and out of control brawl until WCW Security arrives and drags Death Row 3260 out of the arena.
Rating 73 B-
Mean Gene interviews The Boss following his victory. The Boss wants Mean Gene to look at the fans. The Boss knows that the fans know about law, order and justice. The Boss says that Death Row 3260 is a criminal and he takes care of trash like Death Row 3260, just like he have with every other criminal in the past. The Boss declares he’s going to get a match against Death Row 3260 to settle this.
Tony Schiavone, Bobby "The Brain" Heenan and "The American Dream"
talks about the tournament for the WCW World Tag Team
championships. In the 4th quarter final; the fan favorite Stars and Stripes will go head to head with Harlem Heat.
talks about the tournament for the WCW World Tag Team
championships. In the 4th quarter final; the fan favorite Stars and Stripes will go head to head with Harlem Heat.
Stars and Stripes are carrying the American flag to the ring, resulting in loud U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A! chants...
WCW World Tag Team Championship Tournament Quarterfinal
Stars And Stripes vs. Harlem Heat w/ Rufus
The Eagle and The Patriot have strong fan support against Harlem Heat. Booker T and Stevie Ray controls the match with fluid double-team moves, while Stars and Stripes have a couple of comeback spots with nearfalls. In a bout that had superb wrestling and great heat, Harlem Heat defeated Stars And Stripes in a Tournament Quarter-Final match in 10:02 when Booker T defeated The Eagle by pinfall after a little help from their manager Rufus.
Rating 81 B
Booker T grabs a microphone from the commentary booth and says that guys like Marcus Bagwell & 2 Cold Scorpio; Cactus Jack & Maxx Payne and The Nasty Boys are trying to get to the top of the tag division, but they need to go through Harlem Heat first.
"You Gotta Love It!"
"Now can you dig that, Suckaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!"
It's the WCW Control Center with your hosts Mean Gene Okerlund and Jesse "The Body" Ventura ...
Mean Gene hypes the upcoming WCW Clash of the Champions XXVI.
Mean Gene is talking with The Horsemen (Ric Flair, Arn Anderson and Brian Pillman). Flair says that the group still are scouting for a 4th Horseman to replace the injured Tully. They are coming after Rick Rude, Steve Austin and Pretty Wonderful to settle the score. Mean Gene says that the identity of the masked attacker isn't known, but Arn will hear nothing of it. He says that Roma and Orndorff is behind the attack and will pay the price for interfering in Horsemen business.
Rating 100 A*
Up next we have a spectacular match between Sting and Hawk versus Vader and The Warlord.
Sting & Hawk vs. Vader & The Warlord w/ Harley Race
We get a hard-hitting brawl with big power moves. In an exceptional match, Hawk & Sting defeated Vader and The Warlord in 16:15 when The Warlord was disqualified
when...
Former WCW World Heavyweight champion Sid Vicious ran in and attacked Sting with a steel chair.
Rating 86 B+
Rating 86 B+
A wild brawl erupts after Sid Vicious attacked Sting with the steel chair. Vader and Warlord are pissed, but Sid viciously swings the steel chair at everyone within range. Until the locker room empties.
Rating 90 A*
Ring announcer Dave Penzer introduce the main event of the evening.
Big pop for "The Natural" Dustin Rhodes...
"Superstar" Steve Austin and the sensational Sherri gets massive heat from taunting. The crowd gets even louder when Steve Austin starts pantomime crying...
We see a sign in the audience with the text "Superstar Steve is the wrestler of the 90s."
Dustin Rhodes vs. Steve Austin © w/ Sherri
"Superstar" Steve Austin slaps Dustin Rhodes and heads out to the floor to screw around. Dustin gets a cheap shot from Sherri. Austin hits his knee in the corner and takes a nasty bump to the floor to start up some legwork for Dustin. He escapes a legbar and kicks Rhodes with a low blow to get a break. Austin lowers a kneepad and drops the knee across Dustin’s face. He tries to lift him up off the ground, but Dustin tugs a little harder and whips Austin into the corner. Austin manages to catch himself in mid-move and springs out of the corner for another knee drop. Cover, 1-2-NO!
Austin starts slapping Dustin, which just wakes up Dustin. Dustin hits a big Lariat. Rhodes tries the Bulldog, but Austin saves himself by crotching him in the corner. Austin wails away on him, but Rhodes gets a quick rollup for two. Inside cradle gets two. Austin tries for the Stungun out of nowhere, but Rhodes pounds out of it. Sherri distracts the referee, while Austin nails Dustin with some brass knuckles. Austin quickly get rids of the brass knuckles by handing them over to Sherri.
In an exceptional match, Steve Austin defeated Dustin Rhodes in 20:14 by pinfall after using a foreign object. Steve Austin makes defence number 3 of his WCW United States title.
In an exceptional match, Steve Austin defeated Dustin Rhodes in 20:14 by pinfall after using a foreign object. Steve Austin makes defence number 3 of his WCW United States title.
Rating 91 A
Bobby "The Brain" Heenan is very impressed by "Superstar" Steve Austin and puts him over as a future WCW World Heavyweight Champion...
Rating 91 A