WCW Saturday Night – [Saturday] Week 4 [August] [1995]
The new Number One in Professional Wrestling…
These are the results from WCW Saturday Night, being held by World Championship Wrestling. It is being held in front of 15,000 people at Charleston Civic Center in Charleston, West Virginia.
Tony Schiavone, Bobby “The Brain” Heenan and Eric Bischoff open the show telling us that tonight’s Main Event will feature a match between Ray “The Law” Traylor and The Great Muta with the WCW World TV title on the line.
Schiavone says that tonights episode could become the greatest and most explosive night in the history of our sport…
World Championship Wrestling is the new Number One in Professional Wrestling
For the Cruiserweight match we had Mikey Tenay and Chris Cruise replacing Tony Schiavone and Bobby Heenan at the broadcast booth.
Kid Flash & Mr. JL vs. The Malenko Brothers
In a energetic Cruiserweight bout that had jaw-dropping high-flying and fast-paced moves, The Malenko Brothers defeated Kid Flash & Mr. JL in a 2 vs 2 Cruiserweight match in 10:03 when Dean Malenko defeated Mr. JL by submission with a Texas Cloverleaf.
Rating: 74 B-
Cruiserweight Division Vignette
The WCW Cruiserweight division offers fast paced adrenaline pumping show-stealing matches with high-risk maneuvers, amazing characters and stylish high flyers. WCW have some of the best athletes that implements various styles, as Lucha Libre, Japanese Junior Heavyweights, North American Cruiserweights and submission-based technicans.
Rating: 71 C+
Tony Schiavone announces that on 9/4, World Championship Wrestling will be starting a special live primetime show on Monday Nights and it will take place at the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minneapolis.
WCW Wrestling Hotline
With a street barrier slung over his massive shoulders, the towering 6-foot-10, 400-pounder known as Roadblock certainly have an imposing look…
Fire and Ice vs. Rick Fuller & Roadblock
It’s a hard-hitting powerhouse vs. powerhouse dream match!
The massive 6-foot-10 super-heavyweight Roadblock and the 6-foot-5 325-pound powerhouse “Big” Rick Fuller makes an physically imposing tag team.
The powerhouse duo Fire and Ice (Ice Train and Scott Norton) is an “Unstoppable Force” in WCW. They are stronger and they hit harder than every other tag team in WCW. Scott “Flash” Norton is one of the hugest and strongest men in the history of pro wrestling, a true super heavyweight strongman legend built as a battle tank and his partner Ice Train is a athletic powerhouse.
During the match we also saw Booker T and Stevie Ray watching Fire and Ice from the ramp…
It’s a no-nonsense, take-no-prisoners match, with all four wrestlers trying to hit their opponents as hard as possible.
Eventually, Scott “Flash” Norton fought back in kind, leveling Rick Fuller with one of the most devastating Lariats in wrestling history. Norton looks like a main battle tank wreaking havoc. Fire and Ice won the match with a Flashback followed by a Train Wreck.
In an hard-hitting match, Fire and Ice defeated Rick Fuller & Roadblock in 4:38 when they defeated Rick Fuller by pinfall with a Flashback followed by a Train Wreck.
Rating: 71 C+
Clips from The WCW Nitro Press Conference
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Clips from the official press conference for the debut of Monday Nitro that was held in New York City and featured WCW stars Sting, “Macho Man” Randy Savage, Ray “The Law” Traylor and “Mr. Wonderful” Paul Orndorff.
Eric Bischoff hypes Steve “Mongo” McMichael’s as a legitimate sports star, a former Super Bowl champion and the current top prospect at the WCW Power Plant, because of his size and legit sports background.
“Ever since I was knee high to a midget wrestler I’ve been a wrestling fan and I promise you that you will be too if you watch us or if not you’ll just sit there with a pot belly gut and a beer and watch us or you can watch us and be entertained and I promise you, you’ll be entertained. That’s a guarantee!”
“Mongo” shows us his Super Bowl ring.
Eric Bischoff and Steve “Mongo” McMichaels hypes the main event match between “The Immortal” Hulk Hogan and his old arch rival “Mr. Wonderful” Paul Orndorff that will take place at Monday Nitro.
When suddenly…
V.K. Wallstreet interrupts the press conference. He openly expressed his contempt for WCW wearing an anti-WCW T-shirts.
“So this is where the big boys play, eh?”
Vincent Kennedy Wallstreet says that New York is the place to be and that the WCW is just a another backyard promotion. He’s sure that the I.R.S. will be watching him real close, but that’s fine because people will know that V.K. Wallstreet is a real player.
Ray “The Law” Traylor takes a stab at the WWF’s New Generation and calls it the Few Generation. That’s why all stars are here in WCW.
Traylor says he would go head-to-head with V.K. Wallstreet at any time and at any place.
Vincent Kennedy Wallstreet challenged Ray Traylor to a fight, and Traylor accepts.
Commissioner Nick Bockwinkel announces that Ray Traylor vs. V.K. Wallstreet is on for Monday Nitro.
Wallstreet gets into a serious staredown with Ray “The Law” Traylor, before being escorted out of the building by security and Doug Dillenger.
Rating: 100 A*
“Mean” Gene Okerlund is promoting a WCW Hotline story on wrestling legend “Ravishing” Rick Rude that could sign with WCW…
It’s “Mr. Excitement” the most exciting wrestler in the world!
It’s time for The Stud Stable.
Here comes Kurosawa and “The Scariest Man in the History of Wrestling” Meng.
John Taylor & Barry Houston vs. Kurasawa & Meng
In a extremely brutal squash match, The Stud Stable members “The Japanese Wildman” Kurasawa and “The Face of Terror” Meng demolished their outmatched opponents with brutal submission holds and stiff brawling.
The slaughter ended in 2:12 when Meng defeated Barry Houston by pinfall with a Savate Kick.
Rating: 57 C-
The announcers are discussing The Stud Stable’s team for the War Games match…
WCW Wrestling Hotline
Rick Martel vs. Steve Keirn
A technician in the ring he also shows good charisma. Rick Martel is something of a hot up and comer in WCW, working a “good guy with a temper” gimmick.
Steve Keirn is a grizzled veteran and a tag team specialist.
In good match, Rick Martel defeated Steve Keirn in 4:59 by pinfall with a Diving Knee Drop.
Rating: 74 B-
The announcers are discussing Harlem Heat’s new mystery manager…
Mean Gene is promoting a WCW Hotline story on three major WWF stars who were headed to WCW…
Kevin Sullivan Vignette
In a pre-tape we see Kevin Sullivan and Woman in the Last House on the Left on Mean Street.
It’s time for Kevin Sullivan’s nightmare…
In the visit to the Last House on the Left on Mean Street, Kevin Sullivan has a dream of pain and misery. His dream is going to our nightmare.
“I have hung from the Tree of Woe, because i like pain!”
Sullivan has a nightmare for WCW, and it’s the gift of insanity.
Presenting from the “State Asylum for the Insane”, it’s “The Laughing Man” Hugh Morrus! Morrus is cracking up an insane laughing after every few words and Kevin Sullivan immediately starts laughing…
Rating: 100 A*
WCW Wrestling Hotline
Alex Wright vs. Bunkhouse Buck
The young German Alex Wright is overflowing with potential and looks like the next breakout star in WCW.
Bunkhouse Buck is a wild-eyed Tennessee farm hand, that comes to the ring wearing his cotton shirt, jeans, suspenders and boots. He is always ready for a brawl and the wilder and rougher the match the better he loves it. Like all Tennesseans he hates Texans with a passion. Any scrub unlucky enough to find himself in the ring facing Bunkhouse Buck is likely to end up hog-tied, strangled, or sprayed with tobacco juice to add insult to injury once the brutal squash is over.
Buck is a brutal, sadistic rule breaker that dominates his opponent.
During the match, the German Phenom Alex Wright has several great “Underdog” comeback segments.
In an entertaining match, “Das Wunderkind” Alex Wright defeated the dirty ‘n’ mean brawler Bunkhouse Buck in 4:40 by pinfall with a Surprise Roll Up.
Rating: 75 B-
Clips from The WCW Nitro Press Conference
We go back to Eric Bischoff and “Mongo”, at the Nitro Party in New York City.
Bischoff and “Mongo” interview Sting, and it’s announced that “The Nature Boy” Ric Flair vs. Sting will take place at the very first Nitro! Sting goes over their history and then says “It’s Showtime, folks!” before cupping his hands together and yelling “Owwwwww!”
“Mongo” and Bischoff mock Bobby “The Brain” Heenan for not being a part of the Nitro broadcast booth and they bring on the guy who will be their third, “Macho Man” Randy Savage.
“The madness is runnin’ wild! Ohhhhh yeahhhh!”
“Ohhhhh yeahhhh!”
Rating: 100 A*
WCW Wrestling Hotline
It’s WCW’s lovable, zany kooky kitty mascot Wild Cat Willie dancing and entertaining the crowd…
Scott Steiner’s tag team with his brother Rick is one of the all time greats…
Tag Team Match for the WCW World Tag Team Titles
© The Steiner Brothers vs. The Super Assassins w/ Jimmy Hart
It’s another a powerhouse vs. powerhouse dream match!
The Super Assassins are two of the most awesome, massive, and powerful grapplers ever to enter the squared-circle. Those gargantuan monster heels usually runs roughshod over virtually all his opponents in brutal, old school, squash job fashion.
The Steiner Brothers is one of the most feared, powerful, and dynamic tag-teams ever to compete inside the squared circle. Scott Steiner is a talented athlete who combines strength, athleticism and amateur wrestling, to come across as a legitimate badass. Rick Steiner may not have had the flashy moves his brother, Scott, utilized. However, his unabashed use of brute force made him a mainstay in WCW. Rick’s power and mat skill complemented Scott’s agility and helped the pair overcoming teams like Harlem Heat, The Fabulous Freebirds and Doom.
In a bout that had good wrestling and a good reaction from the crowd, The Steiner Brothers defeated The Super Assassins II in 8:07 when Rick Steiner defeated Super Assassin #1 by pinfall with a Steinerizer following botched interference by Jimmy Hart. The Steiner Brothers make defence number 6 of their WCW World Tag Team titles.
Rating: 74 B-
Clips from The WCW Nitro Press Conference
Back at the Nitro Party, Eric Bischoff and Mongo are with “Mr. Wonderful” Paul Orndorff and The Hulkster dude and Hogan hypes the grand opening of his restaurant “Pastamania” the same night as “Nitro” debuts on monday, brother. He’ll be taking on his old arch rival “Mr. Wonderful” Paul Orndorff on the first Nitro, brother!
The narcissistic bully Paul Orndorff rips on the WCW fans for being stupid so he repeats himself several times.
Finally he’ll going to settle the score with Hulk Hogan!
“It’s wonderful being me!”
Hogan is putting World Championship Wrestling over as the place to be, saying he’s beaten the biggest and baddest dudes in professional wrestling, but he saw the competition in WCW and knew that he had to part of it, brother.
Hogan hypes the upcoming match against Orndorff, brother and then starts talking about Vader.
Hulk Hogan is wearing all black during the vignette and drawing on themes from the O.J. Simpson double-murder case:
Instead of the “say your prayers and take your vitamins” we were getting monologues about “the dark side of Hulk Hogan”, brother.
“Everyone knows what a man with a pair of black gloves on and a black rag on his head is capable of doing, brother!”
Rating: 100 A*
The Hulk Hogan Hotline
Straight outta Nastyville!
It’s the two big, burly street thugs with mullet-hawks known for their intense stiff brawls and brash attitudes.
It’s time to get nastified…
It’s Time! It’s Time! It’s Vader Time!
Here comes Vader and Bam Bam Bigelow…
Street Fight
The Nasty Boys vs. Big, Bad, and Dangerous w/ Harley Race & Col. Parker
It’s a brutal “garbage’ brawl-style” match and the wrestlers use any weapon that comes to hand during the course of a match.
The Nasties are sloppy as hell and more than a little dangerous. These two men have a reputation for being among the stiffest tag teams in modern wrestling history.
“The Beast from the East” Bam Bam Bigelow is a big man, nearly 400 pounds. He is an incredibly talented performer, somehow capable of hurtling his mammoth frame around the ring in the manner of an acrobat without compromising his formidable power game.
Straight from the Rocky Mountains came “The Man They Call Vader”, the most frightening wrestler in the history of WCW. Vader is one of the most physical, stiff and intimidating workers in the World. A top draw wherever he has been, Vader has dominated in Japan, Europe, Mexico and the US.
Brutal Powerbombs, stiff Lariat, and tons of Chairshots ensured that all men left the battle feeling like they’d been hit by trucks.
The wrestlers are pummeling each other with reckless abandon, until Vader and Bam Bam Bigelow starts unleashing a devastating offense that ends with a Release Powerbomb.
With their hard-hitting offense, the ultimate monster tag team known as “Big, Bad, and Dangerous” continue to steamrolling over everyone looking unstoppable.
In a bout that had sensational wrestling and fantastic heat, Big, Bad, and Dangerous defeated The Nasty Boys in a Street Fight match in 14:30 when Vader defeated Brian Knobbs by pinfall with a Release Powerbomb.
Rating: 81 B
WCW Power Plant Training Facility Promo
Fall Brawl Control Center
No Retreat!
No Surrender!
One Rule: Take No Prisoners!
Fall Brawl Control Center segment hosted by Gene Okerlund.
After a break, we’re with Gene Okerlund.
War Games is official, as The Hulkamaniacs (Hulk Hogan, Sting, The Warrior and Ray Traylor) will do battle with The Stud Stable.
Harley Race and Colonel Robert Parker issues the statement on who will compose their team and it’s Vader, Bam Bam Bigelow, Meng and Kurosawa.
Vader says that Hogan’s weaker than him because of fear.
“I fear no man and I feel no pain!”
“‘I am the Man!”
“We all saw what happened at The Spectrum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at SuperBrawl V, Vader time is far from over, he declares war…”
Mean Gene runs down the card again.
“Mean” Gene talk about the upcoming Fall Brawl and makes the announcement that the following matches will take place at Fall Brawl:
Best of Five Match Series [Match 4]
Rick Martel vs. Steven Regal
4 vs. 4 War Games Match
The Hulkamaniacs vs. The Stud Stable
Rating: 100 A*
WCW Wrestling Hotline
The announcers are discussing the War Games Match between The Hulkamaniacs and The Stud Stable that will take place at Fall Brawl. It’s two rings! It’s an extra wide cage full of eight dangerous men! It’s War Games!
It’s time…for the Main Event of the evening!
He is considered the law and order in WCW, always battle to reclaim the mean streets for honest, decent people.
It’s The Great Muta!
Singles Match for the WCW World Television Title
Ray Traylor © vs. The Great Muta
The main event is a big one with Ray “The Law” Traylor meeting The Great Muta in singles action.
Ray Traylor is considered the law and order in WCW, always battle to reclaim the mean streets for honest, decent people.
The Great Muta have captivated American wrestling fans with Asian mysticism, theatrical face paint and the dreaded poison mist. Innovative, aggressive and unpredictable, The Great Muta’s offense extends far beyond the basic martial kicks and strikes. He is an genius when it comes to mat science, crafting both the punishing Muta Lock and the Shining Wizard.
This is an epic encounter, mixing psychology, drama, ringcraft and emotion.
In an exceptional match, Ray Traylor drew with The Great Muta in 15:00 when the time limit expired.
During the match we also had “The Face of Terror” Meng watching the vigilante Ray Traylor from the ramp.
Rating: 84 B+
Heenan’s pro-heel cheering on commentary during the bout had a great feel to it…
War Games Hype Video
It’s two rings!
It’s an extra wide cage full of eight dangerous men!
No Retreat!
No Surrender!
One Rule: Take No Prisoners!
It’s War Games!
Pro wrestling legends Hulk Hogan, Sting, The Warrior and the self-proclaimed vigilante Ray “The Law” Traylor takes on the combined forces of Harley Race and Colonel Robert Parker.
With their hard-hitting offense, the ultimate monster tag team known as “Big, Bad, and Dangerous” have been steamrolling over everyone looking unstoppable.
The Stud Stable is a Elite stable full of badass wrestlers. The Stud Stable intends to rule the World by kicking the asses of anyone who gets in their way.
Their reputation as a badass is considered “Off The Scale”.
Rating: 95 A*
Show Rating 88 B+
