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Post by armandopayne94 on Mar 10, 2024 21:05:27 GMT 1
Read this diary from the very start. What does OTL mean? I'm digging it apart from now with Brock Lesnar here who due to recent allegations provided against him then I'm not really a fan of him but everything else I dig.
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Post by dxvsnwo1994 on Mar 10, 2024 21:33:10 GMT 1
Read this diary from the very start. What does OTL mean? I'm digging it apart from now with Brock Lesnar here who due to recent allegations provided against him then I'm not really a fan of him but everything else I dig. |
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Post by armandopayne94 on Mar 11, 2024 13:59:24 GMT 1
Ah OK thanks. I'm more used to IRL than OTL. I like the sound of OTL, gives off Abed off Community vibes.
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Post by dhk1989 on Mar 11, 2024 22:42:42 GMT 1
Being from Delaware myself, I'm happy to see the Briscoes in your WCW.  |
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Post by dxvsnwo1994 on Mar 12, 2024 3:45:52 GMT 1
Thought I'd take the time to update some miscellaneous things. First up, here are the current broadcast teams in the game, as September 2002:
WCW Monday Nitro
Play-By-Play Commentator: Tony Schiavone
Color Commentator: Bobby "The Brain" Heenan
WCW Thunder
Play-By-Play Commentator: Mike Tenay
Color Commentator: Larry Zbyszko
WCW Saturday Night
Play-By-Play Commentator: Kevin Kelly
Color Commentator: Paul Heyman
I'll also note that, on Nitro and Thunder (mostly Nitro), Paul Heyman will occasionally host his own talk show called Heyman Hustle (this is your typical sports entertainment talk show segment, but with more of an edge since it is, of course, Paul Heyman's show).
Also, here's the current list of referees I have signed to WCW. Once again, this is as of September 2002 (I did have a few too many referees so I did cut two or three recently):
- Billy Silverman
- Charles Robinson
- Mark Curtis
- Mark "Slick" Johnson
- Mike Chioda
- Nick Patrick
- Rocky King
- Scott Dickinson
"Mean" Gene Okerlund and Scott Hudson handle backstage interviews.
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Post by dxvsnwo1994 on Mar 12, 2024 3:47:50 GMT 1
Ah OK thanks. I'm more used to IRL than OTL. I like the sound of OTL, gives off Abed off Community vibes. |
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Post by dxvsnwo1994 on Mar 18, 2024 2:27:49 GMT 1
So my goal is to have the post covering United We Stand 2002 done sometime before Easter (which is at the end of the month of course), but for now, I have for you the official brackets for the 2002 Crockett Cup Qualifying Tournament! As I mentioned previously, it's sixteen teams, and the finals will be a Four-Way Tag Team Elimination Match. Because of that, I've split it into four brackets (with the winner of each bracket qualifying for the Four-Way Final), and since this qualifying tournament ends right before United We Stand, I'll have the results posted before then. So I've got the brackets below, and if you want to make predictions over the course of the next week or so (who wins the brackets, and who wins the four-way final), go right ahead!
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Post by armandopayne94 on Mar 18, 2024 15:57:38 GMT 1
OK, I'm wishing (not predicting because I doubt that The Briscoes would win their heat) for a final of Smiley Boy Vs DreamFunk Vs Fire + Ice Vs Briscoes with DreamFunk going over.
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Post by dxvsnwo1994 on Mar 30, 2024 5:21:48 GMT 1
Time to reveal the results of the 2002 Crockett Cup Qualifying Tournament!
- In Bracket A, The Bad Street Boys and Black Tiger III & Pat Tanaka won their first round matches, and in the bracket decider, Black Tiger III & Pat Tanaka emerged victorious.
- In Bracket B, Chris Candido & Lance Storm and Terry Funy & Tommy Dreamer won their first round matches, and in the bracket decider, Chris Candido & Lance Storm emerged victorious.
- In Bracket C, Fire & Ice (Ice Train & Scott Norton) and Fit Finlay and Dave Taylor won the first round matches, and in the bracket decider, Fire & Ice emerged victorious.
- In Bracket D, Donovan Morgan & Michael Modest and Jerry Lynn & Steve Corino emerged victorious, and in the bracket decider, Jerry Lynn & Steve Corino emerged victorious.
So the Four-Way Elimination Final (taking place on the September 14th edition of Saturday Night At The Track) would be Black Tiger III & Pat Tanaka vs. Chris Candido & Lance Storm vs. Fire & Ice (Ice Train & Scott Norton) vs. Jerry Lynn & Steve Corino. Black Tiger III & Pat Tanaka would be eliminated first, while Fire & Ice would be eliminated second. That meant it came down to Chris Candido & Lance Storm vs. Jerry Lynn & Steve Corino, and ultimately.....the team of Jerry Lynn & Steve Corino would score the victory, thus earning the final spot in the 2002 Crockett Cup Tournament!
There is a story to the Lynn/Corino team. Both Amazing Red and Jerry Lynn wanted to team with AJ Styles for the Crockett Cup (both are allies of Styles and each had teamed with him multiple times in the past year). In order to settle who would be his partner, Styles decided that Red and Lynn should have a match to decide who would team with him. In the end, Red won the match. A dejected Jerry Lynn would later be met backstage by Steve Corino (still a heel at this point), and buttered Lynn up a bit before proposing they team in the Qualifying Tournament. It took weeks of convincing, but Lynn eventually agreed to team with Corino. Does Corino have ulterior motives in trying to gain Lynn's trust as a tag team partner? Only time will tell on that one.
I should have my post on United We Stand 2002 out late tomorrow night.
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Post by dxvsnwo1994 on Mar 31, 2024 5:53:38 GMT 1
Part LVII: WCW United We Stand 2002
With the change in the PPV schedule for 2002, this is the first time that United We Stand will be held in the month of September (and it will be in this slot for the foreseeable future).After defeating Booker T at No Surrender to retain the WCW World Heavyweight Title, Brock Lesnar was ready for more challengers. On the August 26th Nitro, Lesnar would have another successful title defense with a victory over Rhino. Following that particular match, Eric Bischoff arrogantly declared that Lesnar was so dominant that he could defeat multiple men at the same time. After hearing that, the WCW Championship Committee decided to take him up on that offer, and announced that Lesnar would defend the title in a Four-Way Match at United We Stand. When it came to deciding who would be the three challengers, a....rather unique format was concocted. Over the course of a week, three battle royals (featuring ten wrestlers each) would take place. The winners of those battle royals would then have a singles bout later in the night against a former WCW Full Throttle Champion (and it just so happened that, with the recent volatility of that title, there are more than enough former champions), and the winners of those matches would qualify for the Four-Way. Kurt Angle, Chris Benoit, and Rob Van Dam were the three former title holders chosen. The lineups for the three battle royals were as follows, with the winners in bold:Nitro (September 2nd) - Big Vito, Edge, John Cena, Jushin Thunder Liger, Little Guido, Masato Tanaka, Rhino, Taz, Tiger Mask, Yoshihiro TajiriThunder (September 5th) - Booker T, Chris Kanyon, Juventud Guerrera, Konnan, La Parka, Meng, Perry Saturn, Psychosis, Raven, Steve "Mongo" McMichaelSaturday Night (September 7th) - Bryan Danielson, Chris Harris, Christian, CM Punk, Eddie Guerrero, Elix Skipper, James Storm, Super Crazy, Taka Michinoku, William RegalEdge would go on to face Kurt Angle on the September 2nd Nitro, and scored a huge victory over a former World Champion (and one-half of the WCW World Tag Team Champions) to qualify for the PPV main event. On the September 5th Thunder, Booker T would come up short against Chris Benoit (mainly due to outside interference from Chris Kanyon), who advanced to the PPV main event. Finally, Eddie Guerrero managed to score the victory over Rob Van Dam on the September 7th Saturday Night to secure the final spot in the PPV main event. Thus, the main event for United We Stand will be Brock Lesnar vs. Chris Benoit vs. Eddie Guerrero vs. Edge in a Four-Way for the WCW World Heavyweight Title.As you might've seen, I included Chris Benoit as a former holder of the WCW Full Throttle Title. Well, as I alluded to previously, there's been A LOT going on with that title as of late. On the August 24th edition of Saturday Night at Bristol Motor Speedway, Jeff Hardy would capture the title from Benoit (this would also lead to PPV rematch from No Surrender on the August 26th Nitro with Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit defending the WCW World Tag Team Titles against Jeff Hardy and Rob Van Dam in a Street Fight where the champions ultimately retained). Just two weeks later on the September 7th Saturday Night from Richmond International Raceway, Chris Jericho would defeat Hardy become the first person to hold the WCW Full Throttle Title twice. Why is this significant? Well, Jericho was still very much embroiled in his feud with AJ Styles at this point. After losing to Styles at No Surrender, Jericho would get some revenge when he cost Styles the NWA World Heavyweight Title in a defense against Ron "The Truth" Killings on the aforementioned August 26th Nitro. With things continuing to escalate between the two, it was decided that a Last Man Standing Match (a special stipulation means the time limit rule for the WCW Full Throttle Title is not in effect) at United We Stand would be the final match in the rivalry. It would also have the biggest stakes out of all of their matches thus far. Whoever holds the WCW Full Throttle Title holds the keys to a future shot at the WCW World Heavyweight Title. Can AJ Styles continue his rapid ascension up the card, or can Chris Jericho once again hold on and secure a potential ticket back to the top of the mountain in WCW?With Chris Benoit already occupied for the PPV, Kurt Angle was lacking an opponent for United We Stand, but it didn't take him long to find one. After a pair of confrontations with WCW Cruiserweight Champion Rey Mysterio, a match between the two was made for the PPV. Mysterio has had a tumultuous few weeks, to say the least, as his feud with former tag team partner Billy Kidman continued beyond No Surrender. Kidman would earn another shot at the WCW Cruiserweight Title after he and Torrie Wilson defeated Mysterio in a handicap match (set up by WCW President Ric Flair) on the August 26th Nitro. In response, the WCW Championship Committee would declare that the deciding match in the feud between Kidman and Mysterio would see Torrie Wilson suspended above the ring in a Shark Cage, in order to prevent her from interfering. The match went off without any issues, and Mysterio retained the championship. Now that feud with Kidman is firmly behind him, Mysterio would be able to focus on other things, and a PPV matchup against Kurt Angle would be the perfect opportunity for him to secure a potential shot at the WCW World Tag Team Titles down the road.The battles between WCW and The Flair Administration continued on this PPV, with the biggest clash of the bunch being the singles encounter between Sting and WCW President Ric Flair. Of course, this is something that Sting has wanted for months....ever since Flair turned on him earlier in the year. While the match for United We Stand was already confirmed, Flair was going to put every obstacle he could in the way of The Icon. On the August 19th Nitro, Flair forced Sting to face Diamond Dallas Page in a match where Page was able to use weapons, while Sting was not able to use any weapons. After winning that match, he had Sting face The Great Muta on the August 26th Nitro in a match where Sting was unable to use either the Scorpion Deathlock or the Scorpion Death Drop. Once again, Sting managed to find a way to win. Growing increasingly frustrated, Flair was forced to turn to outside help. He brought in (of all people) The Nasty Boys as hired guns to go after Sting and his allies. He also hired Road Warrior Animal to be his own personal bodyguard. He tried everything he could to injure Sting....to slow him down....and while Sting was weakened, he was not broken. The match would take place as scheduled at the PPV. Sting would finally get his hands on Ric Flair in a one-on-one match.
Meanwhile, AJ Styles vs. Chris Jericho wasn't the only rivalry that was coming to an end. After months of back-and-forth battles between The Dudley Boyz and The Hart Family would culminate in a Steel Cage Match at United We Stand. A feud that originally began as battles to decide who was the best tag team in the world had grown increasingly personal in recent months, and after their victory in a Tables Match at No Surrender, The Dudley Boyz took things one step too far by traveling to Calgary, invading the famous Hart Family home, and attacking some of Bret and Owen's brothers. Bret and Owen vowed revenge, and promised that blood would be spilt in their Steel Cage Match.Another major name that was continuing to battle The Flair Administration was Goldberg. Recently, Goldberg had reignited his long-running rivalry with Diamond Dallas Page, and it was eventually revealed that Goldberg and Page would go at it in a tag team encounter at United We Stand. Page would pick fellow Flair Administration stablemate Mike Awesome as his partner, and after the two speculated that Goldberg would pick Masato Tanaka (one of Mike Awesome's longtime rivals) to be his partner, they convinced Ric Flair to set up a match between Page and Tanaka for the September 9th Nitro. After a Page victory and a post-match beatdown, the duo believed that they had eliminated Goldberg's partner. However, later that night, Goldberg revealed that Masato Tanaka. Instead, his partner was someone who had never appeared in WCW before, and was someone who had gained a ton of notoriety for a famous MMA fight a few months earlier. The man who would be Goldberg's partner at United We Stand would be none other than....Don Frye. So it would be Diamond Dallas Page and Mike Awesome vs. Goldberg and Don Frye at the PPV.
There were two other title matches set up for this PPV. Booker T would challenge Chris Kanyon for the WCW United States Title. Another matchup that's a continuation of the ongoing war between WCW and The Flair Administration. A pretty straightforward matchup and build here. Kanyon is the arrogant champion who's going up against a very experienced challenger in Booker T. The fourth title bout on the PPV would be a Four-Way Tag Team Elimination Match for the NWA World Tag Team Titles. While Bryan Danielson and William Regal came into the match as champions (having regained the titles from America's Most Wanted prior to No Surrender), the main story revolved around Samoa Joe, Low Ki, and The Triple X Prophecy. The stable led by Christopher Daniels had undergone some setbacks over the last month (including Daniels losing a Steel Cage Match to Edge on the August 22nd Thunder and Elix Skipper losing the WCW Hardcore Title to Hurricane Helms on the August 29th Thunder after attempted interference from Low Ki backfired). Daniels ultimately pinned the bulk of the recent issues on Low Ki, and he was summarily kicked out of the group on the September 2nd Nitro. It wouldn't take long for Low Ki to find someone to join him in his new fight against his former stablemates, as Samoa Joe would join him the following week, marking Joe's first notable program since becoming a member of the WCW roster. While all this was going on, Jushin Thunder Liger and Tiger Mask had established themselves as contenders for the NWA World Tag Team Titles. Thus, a Four-Way Tag Team Elimination Match for the NWA World Tag Team Titles was set.One of the few bright spots for The Triple X Prophecy as of late was Sean O'Haire. He managed to defeat Juventud Guerrera for the WCW World Television Title on the August 24th edition of Saturday Night from Bristol Motor Speedway. On the Thunder before the PPV on September 12th, Devon Storm (the new tag team partner of Sean O'Haire) was wrestling Jeff Hardy, and in the end, Hardy won by DQ after Daffney got involved. That led to a mixed tag between the two sides on the September 14th Saturday Night at New Hampshire International Speedway, and once again, the babyfaces won due to interference, as Sean O'Haire got involved. Rob Van Dam would make the save, setting up a Six-Person Tag for the PPV.I've pretty much gone over all of the title changes that've happened in the last month. So with all of that out of the way, let's dive into the PPV!WCW United We Stand 2002September 15th, 2002 - MCI Center - Washington, D.C.1.) Six-Person Tag - Amy Dumas, Jeff Hardy, & Rob Van Dam def. The Triple X Prophecy (Daffney, Devon Storm, & WCW World Television Champion Sean O'Haire)2.) WCW World Tag Team Champion Kurt Angle def. WCW Cruiserweight Champion Rey Mysterio3.) NWA World Tag Team Titles - Four-Way Tag Team Elimination Match - Low Ki & Samoa Joe def. Bryan Danielson & William Regal (c), Jushin Thunder Liger & Tiger Mask IV, & The Triple X Prophecy (Christopher Daniels & Elix Skipper)4.) WCW United States Title - Booker T def. Chris Kanyon (c)5.) Goldberg & Don Frye def. Diamond Dallas Page & Mike Awesome6.) Grudge Match - Sting def. Ric Flair7.) Steel Cage Match - The Hart Family (Bret Hart & Owen Hart) def. The Dudley Boyz8.) WCW Full Throttle Title - Last Man Standing Match - Chris Jericho (c) def. AJ Styles9.) WCW World Heavyweight Title - Four-Way Match - Brock Lesnar (c) def. WCW World Tag Team Champion Chris Benoit, Eddie Guerrero, & EdgeFor United We Stand 2002, I got an overall score of 89%, which is down 3% from No Surrender 2002, while still being a very solid score on the whole. There was a very clear winner in terms of Match Of The Night, and it should surprise absolutely nobody (especially if you've been following this EWR diary for any length of time) that Chris Jericho was involved. His Last Man Standing Match with AJ Styles for the WCW Full Throttle Title finished with a 96% score. From there, four matches landed in the low 90% range, with The Dudley Boyz vs. The Hart Family in a Steel Cage Match and Kurt Angle vs. Rey Mysterio both earning scores of 92%, while the Four-Way Match for the WCW World Heavyweight Title and Chris Kanyon vs. Booker T for the WCW United States Title wound up with 91% scores. Similar to the upper half of the card, the lower half of the card (pretty much all of matches in the 80% range) saw one match that stood above the rest. The big grudge match between Ric Flair and Sting ended up getting an 89% score, which was far above the other bouts in that general range. Both the opening Six-Person Tag and the Four-Way Tag Team Elimination Match for the NWA World Tag Team Titles both secured 84%, while the Goldberg and Don Frye vs. Diamond Dallas Page and Mike Awesome tag team encounter had the lowest score of the night at 80%. |
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