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WCW releases Kabuki and Boris Zhukov

World Championship Wrestling October 31, 1991 — Halloween Havoc Pre-Show Tony Schiavone & Jesse Ventura We open WCW and the crowd is already fired up, and we've got a huge night ahead of us. Tony Schiavone welcomes everyone to World Championship Wrestling and reminds us that in just 90 minutes, Halloween Havoc will be coming to us LIVE on pay-per-view! Jesse Ventura says he's been around wrestling for a long time, but tonight might be the most dangerous night he's ever witnessed. We've got a Chamber of Horrors, we've got championships on the line, and we've got the Undertaker coming for Sting! Tony says Sting has been the face of WCW, but tonight he faces something unlike anything he's ever encountered. Jesse says there's a difference between being a great wrestler and being able to survive the Undertaker. Tony doesn't like the sound of that, but Jesse says he's just telling the truth! Ron Simmons vs Mr. Hughes w/ Harley Race We open WCW with the All-American Ron Simmons. Harley Race looks sweaty… he's got a big night ahead of him. This one is a good, quick showcase. Mr. Hughes is able to bump around and Ron Simmons looks like a man on a mission. Hughes works him over to a point where he goes to the middle rope but Simmons gets up and counters a flying clothesline to a huge powerslam for the 3-count! Ron Simmons starts off this huge night with a big W! Tony puts over the strength of Ron Simmons and says this young man is going to be a major player in WCW. Jesse says he's impressed, but Simmons had better enjoy the victory because Harley Race has bigger things to worry about tonight. Tony asks if Jesse is talking about Sid Vicious and the Chamber of Horrors. Jesse says he's talking about eight men locked inside a steel cage with coffins and weapons. Somebody might not walk out of that thing! Eric Bischoff Interviews the Nasty Boys & Missy Hyatt We go backstage where Eric Bischoff is standing with Brian Knobbs, Jerry Sags, and Missy Hyatt. Missy is all smiles as Bischoff asks about their upcoming confrontation with the Steiner Brothers. Missy says she doesn't even know why they're talking about the Steiner Brothers because there aren't two Steiner Brothers anymore! Rick Steiner is sitting in a hospital somewhere with his arm all busted up, and tonight Scott Steiner is going to find out what happens when you mess with the Nasty Boys! Knobbs laughs and says Rick Steiner isn't going to be here tonight! He's not coming to save his little brother! Sags says Scott Steiner has been running his mouth for weeks, but tonight he's going to be fighting two men who don't give a damn about rules, referees, or anybody's feelings! Missy says when Halloween Havoc is over, Scott Steiner is going to be joining his brother in the hospital! Bischoff asks whether they're concerned about Scott's threats of revenge. Knobbs gets right in his face and says Scott can bring whatever he's got because the Nasty Boys are going to finish what they started! Van Hammer vs Diamond Dallas Page This one doesn't have a lot of juice… Van Hammer as a project hasn't taken off while DDP continues to be a JTTS. Hammer works the crowd… DDP looks good in getting him over. The Hammer Rocks slingshot suplex is all that matters for the 3-count! Tony says Van Hammer has all the physical tools, but Jesse isn't sold. Jesse says looking like a wrestler and being a wrestler are two different things. He's seen plenty of big guys come through the business who never amounted to anything. Tony says Hammer is still developing, and Jesse tells him to let him know when that development is finished! Eric Bischoff Interviews Paul E. Dangerously & The Dangerous Alliance Eric Bischoff is backstage with Paul E. Dangerously, and standing behind him are Rick Rude, Scott Hall, Arn Anderson, and Larry Zbyszko. Paul E. has that smug look on his face as Bischoff asks about the Dangerous Alliance and the challenges awaiting them tonight. Paul E. says tonight isn't about challenges. Tonight is about capitalizing on the greatness that is the Dangerous Alliance! He points toward Rick Rude and says tonight Ricky Steamboat goes down! The Dragon has been walking around with the United States Championship for far too long, and tonight Rick Rude is going to take it away from him! He turns toward Scott Hall and says tonight Dustin Rhodes goes down! Dustin has been sticking his nose in Dangerous Alliance business, and tonight Scott Hall is going to teach that young punk a lesson he'll never forget! Paul E. then stands between Arn Anderson and Larry Zbyszko. He says these two men are the WCW World Tag Team Champions for a reason. They're the Enforcers! They're the best tag team in professional wrestling, and tonight the Patriot and Marcus Bagwell are going to find out exactly why! Paul E. looks directly into the camera. "Tonight Ricky Steamboat goes down! Tonight Dustin Rhodes goes down! Tonight the World Tag Team Champions reign supreme! Tonight the Dangerous Alliance DOMINATES!" Rude flexes behind him while Hall smiles. Arn and Larry look completely confident as Paul E. leads his men away. Back at ringside, Tony says Paul E. has made some bold predictions. Jesse says those aren't predictions, Schiavone. That's a man who knows exactly what he's got! William Regal & Davey Boy Smith vs Paul Diamond & Pat Tanaka We see this team of Davey Boy and Regal work well with Diamond and Tanaka. The catch as catch can style - the Wiggen shooter style… Davey and Regal keep the match on the ground. The finish sees Davey Boy hit a powerslam on Diamond and then Regal with a stretch around the arm and neck… Diamond has to tap out… no choice! Tony puts over the British combination and says they're developing into one of the toughest teams in WCW. Jesse agrees and says that's a dangerous combination. Davey Boy has the strength to throw just about anybody around, and Regal knows a hundred different ways to hurt somebody. Jesse says if these two stick together, the World Tag Team Champions had better start paying attention! Eric Bischoff Interviews Flyin' Brian Pillman Eric Bischoff is standing with the WCW World Television Champion, Flyin' Brian Pillman, who has the championship over his shoulder. Bischoff asks Brian about Johnny B. Badd and the challenge he'll face later tonight. Pillman says Johnny B. Badd is a tough opponent. He's athletic, he's dangerous, and he's got Teddy Long in his corner. Brian isn't overlooking any of that. "But Eric, I've been facing tough challenges for ten months! Every time I walk into that ring, somebody wants to take this championship away from me. Every week it's somebody new. Every week somebody thinks they're going to be the guy who finally knocks Flyin' Brian off the top!" Pillman pats the Television Championship. "I've been doing this for ten months, and tonight is going to be no different! Johnny B. Badd can bring everything he's got. I'm going to bring everything I've got. And when it's over, this championship is coming home with me!" Tony says that's the confidence of a champion. Jesse says confidence is fine, but Johnny B. Badd has a punch that can knock a man into next week. If Pillman gets careless, his ten-month run might come to a sudden end! Vader vs Boris Zhukov We all knew Vader was coming in here tonight to whoop some ass and that's exactly what he does to Boris. He beats the shit out of him in about 2-minutes. Then he sets him up and hits a Vader Moonsault to the delight of the crowd for the 3-count! Tony can't believe what he's just witnessed! A man the size of Vader coming off the top rope with a moonsault! Jesse says that's 400 pounds coming down on somebody, and there isn't a wrestler alive who wants to be underneath that! Tony reminds everyone that Vader has been making his presence felt throughout WCW. Jesse says the scary thing is that Vader hasn't even gotten started yet. Eric Bischoff Interviews Lex Luger, El Gigante & The Road Warriors We go backstage where Eric Bischoff is standing with Lex Luger, El Gigante, Hawk, and Animal. All four men are taped up and ready for a fight. Hawk is pacing around while Animal stands with his arms crossed. El Gigante towers over everyone, and Luger looks completely focused. Bischoff asks about the Chamber of Horrors and whether anybody really knows what they're walking into. Animal says nobody knows what to expect inside that cage. They've been in some of the toughest fights in wrestling, but this is something different. Eight men, steel surrounding the ring, coffins, weapons, and nowhere to run! Hawk grabs the microphone. "OOOOOH WHAT A RUSH! SID VICIOUS! ABDULLAH! MENG! CACTUS JACK! YOU BOYS THINK YOU'RE CRAZY? YOU AIN'T SEEN CRAZY YET! TONIGHT WE'RE COMING IN THERE TO KICK SOME ASS!" El Gigante says very little. He looks into the camera and says Sid Vicious has nowhere to hide tonight. Luger steps forward. He says for months Sid Vicious has been running his mouth, hiding behind Harley Race, and trying to prove he's the toughest man in WCW. Tonight there won't be anywhere to run. Tonight they're locked inside the Chamber of Horrors, and Luger is finally going to get his hands on Sid! "And Sid, when I get you up in the Torture Rack, I'm not letting go! You hear me? I'm not letting go!" Luger stares into the camera as Hawk and Animal shout behind him. Bischoff sends it back to ringside. Tony says those four men are ready for war. Jesse says they had better be, because Sid Vicious, Meng, Abdullah the Butcher, and Cactus Jack aren't coming to Chattanooga to wrestle. They're coming to hurt somebody! Eric Bischoff Interviews Shawn Michaels Eric Bischoff is backstage with Shawn Michaels, who looks completely relaxed. He's got a smile on his face as Bischoff asks about tonight's match against Marty Jannetty. Shawn says everybody keeps talking about the Rockers. Everybody wants to know what happened, why things fell apart, and whether he regrets anything. "Eric, let me tell you something. The Rockers are finished! They're history! I came back to WCW because I was tired of being one-half of something. I was tired of carrying somebody else around and watching everybody talk about what a great team we were!" Shawn says Marty Jannetty had his chance. They traveled together, they wrestled together, and they made a name together. But somewhere along the way, Shawn realized that Marty was holding him back. "Tonight isn't about the Rockers. Tonight is about the end of Marty Jannetty!" Bischoff asks Shawn what comes next if he defeats his former partner. Shawn smiles. "What comes next? Eric, the future for Shawn Michaels is bright. Maybe too bright for WCW! I'm the hottest thing in professional wrestling today, and tonight the whole world is going to see exactly why they call me the Heart Break Kid!" Shawn walks away as Bischoff sends us back to Tony and Jesse. Tony says Shawn Michaels has certainly changed since his days with the Rockers. Jesse says changed? He's finally figured out what everybody should have known a long time ago! Shawn Michaels is a star, and tonight Marty Jannetty is going to find out what happens when you stand in the way of one! Kensuke Sasuke vs Hiroyoshi Tenzan w/ Alexandra York Our final match of WCW has got some juice… Tenzan is unknown to the US crowd for all intents and purposes. Sasuke has been around. These two step into the middle of the ring and I can't speak Japanese, but F*CK YOU can be translated from any language. They throw bomb after bomb. They hit high impact moves on one another. Some unsafe to be honest. Some head and neck shots and both men are worn down. This one is about 10-minutes and it is hard to believe either man is able to walk away. Tony says these two men are absolutely destroying each other! Jesse says that's what happens when you've got two men who don't care about anything except proving who's tougher! We see Chono and Hase come out… but that brings out Liger and Muta! We're about to have it explode here. Tenzan is watching… here comes Sasuke with a BRIDGING GERMAN SUPLEX! 1…2….3!!! Sasuke with the win and the crowd pops. Chono and Hase jump in the ring but here comes Muta and Liger. Nothing physical… but the stage is set for Halloween Havoc which starts in less than 5-minutes! Tony is nearly shouting as the two sides stare one another down! Jesse says there's no love lost between these men, and tonight Muta is going to have to put that International Championship on the line against Masa Chono! Tony reminds everyone that we're just moments away from Halloween Havoc LIVE on pay-per-view! We've got Sting defending the WCW World Heavyweight Championship against the Undertaker! Ricky Steamboat defending the United States Championship against Rick Rude! The Great Muta defending the International Championship against Masa Chono! The Enforcers defending the World Tag Team Championship! Flyin' Brian Pillman defending the Television Championship! Shawn Michaels against Marty Jannetty! The Steiner Brothers and the Nasty Boys! Dustin Rhodes against Scott Hall! And we're going to kick everything off with the CHAMBER OF HORRORS! Jesse says he doesn't know what the hell is going to happen inside that cage, but he wouldn't miss it for anything! Tony looks into the camera. "Fans, you've seen the buildup! You've heard the challenges! Now it's time to settle it inside the ring! Halloween Havoc is NEXT!" WE FADE TO BLACK! October 31, 1991 — UTC Arena — Chattanooga, Tennessee OPENING VIDEO PACKAGE *We open with a black screen. We hear the sound of a hammer hitting a nail. Once… twice… three times. Then we see the Undertaker in the workshop. He's working on the coffin. We see the wood being sanded, the hinges being attached, and finally the branding iron being pressed into the wood. STING. The camera holds on the name as smoke rises from the wood.* *We then hear Jim Ross from last week's World Championship Wrestling… "HE'S COMING OUT! HE'S COMING FOR STING!"* *The music picks up and we see highlights of the last several months. Lex Luger and Sid Vicious beating the hell out of one another! The Road Warriors fighting Abdullah and Cactus Jack! Rick Steiner being injured by the Nasty Boys! Scott Hall and Dustin Rhodes going at it! Rick Rude standing over Ricky Steamboat! Muta and Chono! Pillman flying through the air! Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty!* *Then everything goes quiet.* *We see Sting holding the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. The camera cuts to the Undertaker standing in the darkness. Paul Bearer is behind him with the urn.* *Sting says he's afraid of the Undertaker, but fear is what makes him dangerous.* *The Undertaker slowly raises his hand toward the camera.* *HALLOWEEN HAVOC 1991!* LIVE FROM CHATTANOOGA! *The cameras open inside the UTC Arena and the place is absolutely rocking! We've got thousands of fans on their feet, Halloween Havoc banners hanging around the arena, and the Chamber of Horrors waiting above the ring! The camera pans across the crowd before coming down to ringside where Jim Ross and Bobby Heenan are standing by!* Jim Ross: "LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WELCOME TO HALLOWEEN HAVOC! WE ARE LIVE FROM CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE! I'm Jim Ross alongside Bobby 'The Brain' Heenan, and tonight we may witness one of the most important nights in the history of World Championship Wrestling!" Bobby Heenan: "Ross, I've been around this business a long time. I've seen some of the toughest men in the world. I've seen champions come and go. But I've never seen anything quite like what we're about to witness tonight!" Ross: "Five championships will be decided, personal rivalries will come to a head, and we're starting tonight with eight of the toughest men in WCW locked inside the Chamber of Horrors! But Brain, the question everybody wants answered… can Sting survive the Undertaker?" Heenan: "You want my answer? No! I've watched that man for weeks, Ross. I've watched him build that coffin. I've watched him stand there without saying a word. And I don't think Sting has any idea what he's gotten himself into!" Ross: "Sting has been the fighting World Heavyweight Champion, but tonight he's facing a man unlike anybody he's ever wrestled. They've never touched, Brain! Not once! Tonight, for the first time, the Stinger and the Undertaker will stand across the ring from one another with the World Heavyweight Championship at stake!" Heenan: "And when it's over, Ross, somebody might be leaving this building in that coffin!" *Ross shakes his head as we go to the ring. The Chamber of Horrors is about to begin!* CHAMBER OF HORRORS — Lex Luger, Road Warriors, & El Gigante vs Sid Vicious, Meng, Abdullah the Butcher, & Cactus Jack w/ Harley Race Here we go! The Chamber of Horrors hangs above the ring and this thing is absolutely insane! We've got coffins, chairs, weapons, and eight men who are looking to kill one another! Harley Race is outside the cage barking orders as Sid Vicious leads his men into the Chamber. The Road Warriors come out first and they are ready for war! El Gigante follows and then Lex Luger comes out to a HUGE POP! Luger has been waiting months to get his hands on Sid and tonight there is nowhere for either man to run! The eight men enter the structure, the cage is lowered and secured, and the referee calls for the bell! The bell rings and all eight men start throwing punches! Hawk and Animal go right after Abdullah and Cactus Jack while El Gigante and Meng start exchanging some serious shots! Luger goes right after Sid and these two are beating the hell out of one another! Sid gets the better of him early and throws Luger into the steel cage! Luger comes back and rams Sid into the side of a coffin! This thing is completely out of control! Abdullah has a fork and he's going after Animal! Cactus Jack is climbing the cage and comes off with a huge elbow onto Hawk! Meng and El Gigante are throwing some serious bombs while Sid gets a chair and absolutely NAILS Luger across the back! Ross is losing his mind and Heenan says this isn't wrestling anymore… this is survival! We're about 15-minutes into this thing and everybody is hurting. Hawk and Animal have managed to take Abdullah and Cactus out of the equation for a moment. Sid goes for another powerbomb on Luger but Luger fights out and sends Sid crashing into one of the coffins! Sid falls inside and El Gigante comes over and SLAMS THE LID SHUT! Sid is trying to get out but Gigante is holding the coffin closed! Harley Race is screaming outside the cage! Meng comes over to help but Luger catches him! TORTURE RACK! LUGER HAS MENG UP IN THE TORTURE RACK! Meng is fighting it… Sid is trying to break out of the coffin… Cactus and Abdullah are trying to get through the Road Warriors! MENG SUBMITS! MENG SUBMITS! The bell rings and the crowd goes absolutely nuts! Lex Luger, the Road Warriors, and El Gigante have survived the Chamber of Horrors! Sid is finally able to get out of the coffin and he is LIVID! Harley Race is screaming at everybody while Luger and his team stand in the middle of the ring. They've won the battle tonight but you can tell this thing between Luger and Sid is far from over! The cage is finally being raised above the ring and officials are trying to get everything cleaned up. Luger, the Road Warriors, and El Gigante have survived, but Sid Vicious is absolutely furious! Harley Race is trying to calm him down as Sid kicks one of the coffins and shoves an official out of his way. Ross: "WHAT A WAY TO START HALLOWEEN HAVOC! Lex Luger has finally gotten some measure of revenge against Sid Vicious!" Heenan: "Measure of revenge? Ross, Sid Vicious was trapped inside a coffin! He never submitted! He never quit! Meng was the man who gave up, and you can bet Sid isn't going to forget what happened here tonight!" Ross: "Well, the record books will show that Lex Luger, the Road Warriors, and El Gigante won the Chamber of Horrors! But I'll agree with you on one thing, Brain. This isn't over!" Heenan: "And if that's how we're starting the night, I don't even want to think about how we're going to finish it!" Ross reminds everyone that the World Heavyweight Championship will be decided later tonight. Sting against the Undertaker! Heenan says if the Undertaker has been watching what just happened inside that Chamber, he probably enjoyed every second of it. Jushin Liger vs Hase w/ Alexandra York *After the chaos of the previous match, this one takes it to a different level. Hase and Jushin Liger take 11-minutes to fly all around the ring. Liger looks amazing and Hase is able to take him to the next level. Both men get in some offense but the finish sees Jushin Liger leap off the top rope…moonsault…and NAIL Hase! 1….2…..3!!!* *The crowd pops…. Liger with the big win… he’s walking back up the ramp and out of the back… TENZAN! Tenzan nails him in the back of the head with a forearm! OMG! Tenzan picks him up and POWERBOMBS HIM ON THE RAMP! Officials and agents run out. Tenzan is taking out his frustration on Liger… but Liger got the win tonight…* *Officials are attending to Jushin Liger after the attack by Tenzan. The crowd is still buzzing after the powerbomb on the entrance ramp.* *Ross: "Jushin Liger wins the match, but look at what Hiroyoshi Tenzan has done to this young man! That was completely uncalled for!"* *Heenan: "Uncalled for? Ross, Tenzan lost earlier tonight to Kensuke Sasuke. He's embarrassed, he's angry, and he just sent a message to every Japanese wrestler in WCW!"* *Ross: "Well, the Great Muta and Masa Chono will meet later tonight for the International Championship, and after what we've seen already, I can only imagine what those two men are going to do to one another!"* *Heenan: "And don't forget Alexandra York, Ross. She's got a plan for everything!"* *Ross says Halloween Havoc is already living up to its name, and we're only getting started!* Dustin Rhodes vs Scott Hall w/ Paul E There is some history here with these two. They walk out to the ring, both looking extremely confident. Both men stand eye to eye and once that bell rings, they both go full bore. Dustin Rhodes is busted open early after Hall throws him from the ramp into the guardrail! Dustin bleeds all over as Hall continues to pound… even Paul E tries to pull him back a bit but with Hall’s hands, covered in blood, looks at Paul E… even Dangerously feels he may be a target. Dustin can fight back and get in some offense. He goes for a bulldog but Hall pushes him through the ropes and he goes to the floor! Hall goes out after him and the fight continues. Paul E is urging him to get into the ring as the referee counts. 8…9…10…. A double count out! Paul E is upset… he yells at Hall who pushes him away… Hall then picks up Dustin and goes for a RAZOR’S EDGE outside on the floor! A double count out… Hall walks to the back with Paul E trailing him. Ross and Heenan put this over in a big way. Dustin Rhodes is being helped away from ringside. He's bleeding heavily, and Scott Hall has already disappeared through the curtain after delivering the Razor's Edge on the floor. Ross: "Good God almighty! Scott Hall has absolutely destroyed Dustin Rhodes! The match ended in a double count-out, but Hall wasn't interested in winning the match! He wanted to hurt Dustin Rhodes!" Heenan: "And look at Paul E. Dangerously! Even he couldn't control Hall! That's a dangerous man, Ross!" Ross: "You saw Hall shove Paul E. away! There's something going on within the Dangerous Alliance, and I don't think Paul E. has everything under control like he wants us to believe!" Heenan: "I wouldn't jump to conclusions, Ross. Scott Hall is a dangerous individual. Sometimes you've got to let a dangerous man do what he does best!" Ross: "Well, Dustin Rhodes may be heading to the hospital tonight, and we've still got the United States Championship and the World Tag Team Championship to come! The Dangerous Alliance has a huge night ahead of them!" Heenan says Paul E. made a promise earlier tonight that the Dangerous Alliance would dominate Halloween Havoc. Ross says so far they've certainly made their presence felt, but there's a long way to go! Marty Jannetty vs Shawn Michaels *Another very personal match… we know the history of the Rockers… multiple time tag team champions, Both of them at the height of their young careers but now all that is behind them. Marty comes out in his Rockers esq gear and then Michaels comes out in Black Tights with white hearts on them. He’s got a leather vest and sunglasses on. Not quite HBK that we know… but he’s getting there. Inside the ring, 12-minutes, these two have got a lot of fire. Marty hits a huge flying crossbody over the top rope. Michaels fights back and then hits perhaps the move of the night… he bodyslams Marty on the ramp. He then goes up top… he leaps off the top rope and hits an elbow on Marty Jannetty outside the ring on the ramp! These two go back and forth but then Michaels takes control and doesn’t give it up… the finish sees Michaels grab Jannetty and grabs his leg… NORTHERN LIGHTS BRAINBUSTER! Michaels gets the 3-count. He works the crowd and goes up the aisle… * *Shawn Michaels is celebrating his victory as Marty Jannetty is still down in the ring. Michaels makes his way up the aisle, stopping to look back at the ring with a big smile on his face.* *Ross: "Shawn Michaels has made a statement tonight. A tremendous performance, but I don't know that I've ever seen a young man so completely consumed with himself!"* *Heenan: "That's called confidence, Ross! And after what he just did to Marty Jannetty, I'd say he's earned the right to have some!"* *Ross says the future certainly looks bright for Shawn Michaels, but what happens to Marty Jannetty after a beating like that? Heenan says Marty had his opportunity to be part of something special, but Shawn Michaels has moved on to bigger and better things!* *Ross then turns our attention to the World Heavyweight Championship. We've heard from Sting. We've seen the Undertaker. But later tonight, there's no more talking and no more hiding. The bell will ring, and one of them will leave Chattanooga as the WCW World Heavyweight Champion.* The Nasty Boys come out and they are just oozing it in from the crowd. Missy Hyatt is a 10 right now… the leather coat… the attitude… She is prime time right now. Missy gets on the microphone and complains that the Steiners couldn’t make it tonight… they are a little tied up right now… but don’t worry….wait a moment… the music hits the PA - it’s time to get Steinerized! Scott Steiner comes out and the fans are going wild. He has got jeans and a barely held together tank top. The Steiner Brothers vs The Nasty Boys w/ Missy Hyatt It isn’t a match, it is a fight and Scott brings the fight. Scott hits a couple of big moves and keeps it one on two for a couple of minutes but then the numbers get the better of him… plus the Nasty Boys pull out a chair and a trash can from under the ring. Just as things are about to get out of hand, the crowd pops, here comes Rick Steiner! Rick is coming down the aisle, he’s got officials and agents and a doctor pushing back but he keeps coming. We then hear a serious CRACK and Scott Steiner crumbles in the ring from a chair shot. Rick Steiner can’t take it anymore! He pushes the referees out of the way! He runs towards the ring and leaps over the ropes with a shoulder block on Sags! Knobbs comes over and STEINER LINE! You can tell Rick is still hurt… he pulls up Scott, who’s bleeding pretty heavy from the head… they hug and then bring the fight to the Nasty Boys and it is everything the fans want! The finish sees Scott Steiner with a double arm underhook suplex on Knobbs on the trashcan! No pinfall - no submission - the Steiners just walk out. Missy is trying to take care of her men… Officials are still checking on the Nasty Boys as Missy Hyatt screams at ringside. Scott Steiner and his injured brother Rick have already walked out after delivering a beating to Knobbs and Sags. Ross: "The Steiner Brothers didn't come here tonight to wrestle! They came here for revenge, and by God, they got it!" Heenan: "Ross, Rick Steiner wasn't even supposed to be here! The man has a dislocated elbow! What kind of doctor lets somebody like that get into a fight?" Ross: "Nobody let him, Brain! You saw the officials trying to stop him! Rick Steiner wasn't going to stand there and watch his brother get beaten half to death!" Heenan: "Well, I'll tell you something. The Nasty Boys may have gotten more than they bargained for tonight, but the Steiners haven't heard the last of them!" Ross says we've already seen blood, violence, and some of the most intense rivalries in WCW come to a head tonight. But the championships are still on the line, and the stakes are only getting higher! *Ross reminds everyone that Flyin' Brian Pillman has been defending the WCW Television Championship for ten months. Every week, another challenger, another opportunity for somebody to take that championship away.* Ross: "Brian Pillman has become one of the most exciting young wrestlers in World Championship Wrestling, and tonight he's facing Johnny B. Badd, a man with tremendous athletic ability and Teddy Long in his corner!" Heenan: "And don't forget that right hand, Ross! One punch and Pillman's championship reign could be over!" Ross: "Five championships on the line tonight, Brain. This is what Halloween Havoc is all about! The best wrestlers in the world competing for the richest prizes in our sport!" WCW World Television Championship — Flyin' Brian Pillman © vs Johnny B. Badd w/ Teddy Long We've got the Television Championship on the line and Flyin' Brian has been one of the most consistent champions in WCW for the last ten months! Johnny B. Badd comes out with Teddy Long and he's got all the confidence in the world. Brian comes out with the championship around his waist and gets a great reaction from the crowd. These two are going to put on a show! The bell rings and they waste no time! Badd tries to use his size and power but Brian is just too quick. Pillman hits a beautiful dropkick and follows it up with a flying headscissors that sends Badd to the outside! Teddy Long is furious and tells Johnny to slow things down! Badd gets back in and catches Brian with a big right hand that nearly knocks him out! He goes for the cover but Pillman kicks out at two! Badd starts working Brian over and Teddy Long is loving every minute of it. Brian fights back with some chops and hits a springboard clothesline for another near fall! Badd catches him coming off the ropes and hits a powerslam! 1…2…NO! Brian gets the shoulder up! These two are really going at it! We're about 12-minutes into this one and Badd goes for the knockout punch but Pillman ducks! Badd turns around and Brian catches him with a spinning heel kick! Badd is staggered and Brian heads to the top rope! Teddy Long gets on the apron but Brian sees him coming and kicks him away! Badd tries to capitalize but Brian leaps off the top rope with AIR PILLMAN! 1…2…3!!! Flyin' Brian retains the WCW Television Championship! Teddy Long is beside himself while Brian grabs his championship and celebrates with the crowd. Ross puts over the ten-month reign and says every time somebody thinks they've figured out Flyin' Brian, he finds another way to win! Heenan says Pillman had better enjoy it because sooner or later somebody is going to catch him coming off that top rope! *We get a video package highlighting the rivalry between the Great Muta and Masa Chono. We see Chono and his men, Alexandra York directing the group, and Muta standing alongside Kensuke Sasuke. We see the attacks, the confrontations, and the violence that has brought us to this moment.* Ross: "The WCW International Championship has become one of the most prestigious championships in professional wrestling, and tonight two of Japan's finest will meet with that championship on the line!" Heenan: "These two men know each other, Ross. They know what the other man is capable of. And after everything that's happened between their camps, this isn't just about the championship anymore!" Ross: "The Great Muta against Masa Chono! The International Championship is on the line!" WCW International Championship — The Great Muta © w/ Kensuke Sasuke vs Masa Chono w/ Masa Saito & Alexandra York This one has been building for months and now we've finally got the Great Muta and Masa Chono in the middle of the ring with the International Championship on the line! Chono comes out with Masa Saito and Alexandra York while Muta has Kensuke Sasuke in his corner. These two don't even wait for the introductions to finish before they start staring one another down! The bell rings and they circle one another. Chono tries to take Muta to the ground but Muta is able to counter and they exchange holds early. This is some serious wrestling right here. Chono gets control and starts working over the neck and shoulders, trying to set up the STF. Muta fights back with kicks to the legs and catches Chono with a beautiful handspring elbow that sends him rolling to the floor! Saito comes over to check on Chono while Alexandra York is barking instructions. Sasuke is watching everything closely because we know what happened earlier tonight with Tenzan and Liger. Chono gets back into the ring and the pace picks up. These two are throwing some serious kicks and forearms! Muta gets caught with a big boot and Chono follows it up with a piledriver! 1…2…NO! Muta kicks out! We're getting close to 20-minutes and both men are exhausted. Chono catches Muta and locks in the STF! HE'S GOT IT! Muta is fighting to get to the ropes but Chono has it locked in tight! Sasuke is pounding on the apron trying to get Muta to fight through it! Muta finally manages to reach the ropes and Chono has to break the hold! Chono is frustrated now. He pulls Muta up and goes for another big move but Muta counters with a dragon screw! Chono goes down and Muta follows it up with a series of kicks! Muta heads to the top rope but Saito gets on the apron! Sasuke runs over and pulls him down! We've got a fight outside the ring! Alexandra York is screaming as Muta looks down at the commotion! Chono gets to his feet and goes after Muta but Muta catches him with the GREEN MIST! CHONO IS BLINDED! The referee didn't see it! Chono is stumbling around and Muta hits a devastating kick to the head! He goes up top… MOONSAULT! 1…2…3!!! The Great Muta retains the International Championship! Sasuke gets into the ring and celebrates with Muta while Saito helps Chono to the outside. Chono is furious and he's still trying to get at Muta! Ross says this rivalry has become one of the most personal in WCW while Heenan says Muta may have retained the championship but Chono isn't going to forget what happened tonight! The Great Muta is celebrating with Kensuke Sasuke as Chono is helped away by Masa Saito. Alexandra York is furious and the crowd is still buzzing after the finish. Ross: "The Great Muta has retained the International Championship! What an incredible contest between two of the finest wrestlers in the world! That green mist was controversial, but the referee never saw it!" Heenan: "I'll tell you something, Ross. Chono isn't going to forget that green mist! He had Muta in the STF, and he was just seconds away from becoming champion!" Ross: "Well, the Great Muta is still the International Champion, and after everything we've seen between these men, I don't think this rivalry is going away anytime soon!" Ross says the night is far from over. The World Tag Team Championship is still to come, and the Dangerous Alliance has two more opportunities to leave Chattanooga with championship gold. We see Paul E. Dangerously backstage with Arn Anderson and Larry Zbyszko. The Enforcers have their championships over their shoulders while Paul E. is giving them some last-minute instructions. Ross: "The Dangerous Alliance has been one of the most powerful organizations in World Championship Wrestling, and tonight Arn Anderson and Larry Zbyszko will defend the World Tag Team Championship against two young men who have been making a name for themselves!" Heenan: "And those two young men are walking into the biggest match of their lives, Ross. The Patriot and Marcus Bagwell have talent, but they're facing two of the smartest wrestlers in the business!" Ross: "The Enforcers have experience, they have Paul E. Dangerously, and they have the World Tag Team Championship. But the Patriot and Bagwell have nothing to lose tonight!" Heenan: "That's where you're wrong, Ross. They've got plenty to lose! Their pride, their confidence, and maybe a few teeth!" WCW World Tag Team Championship — The Enforcers © w/ Paul E. Dangerously vs The Patriot & Marcus Bagwell The World Tag Team Championships are on the line and the Enforcers come out with Paul E. Dangerously looking as confident as ever! Arn Anderson and Larry Zbyszko have been a dominant combination and tonight they're facing two young men who have been making some serious noise in WCW. The Patriot and Marcus Bagwell come out to a good reaction and they're ready for the biggest match of their careers! The Patriot starts things off with Arn Anderson and they exchange some good holds early. Arn tries to slow things down but the Patriot catches him with a dropkick and sends him to the outside! Paul E. is immediately shouting instructions while Larry Zbyszko tells Arn to take his time. Bagwell gets the tag and he's got some fire! He catches Larry with an arm drag and follows it up with a big clothesline! The crowd is behind these young guys! But the Enforcers are veterans and they know exactly how to turn things around. Arn catches Bagwell coming off the ropes and drives a knee into his back! Larry gets the tag and starts working over Bagwell's arm. They keep him trapped in their corner and make quick tags. This is exactly what makes the Enforcers so dangerous. They're not flashy, but they know how to hurt somebody and keep them from getting to their partner! We're about 15-minutes into this one and Bagwell finally manages to make the hot tag! The Patriot comes in and he's cleaning house! He hits Arn with a big clothesline and catches Larry with a powerslam! 1…2…ARN BREAKS IT UP! Bagwell comes back into the ring and we've got all four men going at it! Paul E. is losing his mind outside the ring! Bagwell gets sent to the floor and Arn catches the Patriot from behind! Larry grabs him and holds him in position… ARN COMES OFF THE ROPES WITH THE DOUBLE GOURDBUSTER! The Patriot is down! Arn makes the cover! 1…2…3!!! The Enforcers retain the WCW World Tag Team Championships! Paul E. gets into the ring and celebrates like he's just won the World Championship himself! Bagwell tries to get back into the ring but Arn and Larry are already heading to the back with their championships. Ross says the Patriot and Bagwell gave them everything they had tonight, but the experience of the Enforcers was just too much. Heenan says that's why they're the champions! *Paul E. Dangerously is celebrating with Arn Anderson and Larry Zbyszko as the Enforcers retain the World Tag Team Championship.* Ross: "The Enforcers have done it again! Arn Anderson and Larry Zbyszko are still the WCW World Tag Team Champions!" Heenan: "And that's why they're the champions, Ross! They don't make mistakes! They don't get caught up in the excitement! They go into the ring with a plan and they execute it!" Ross: "Paul E. Dangerously has to be pleased with that result, but he's still got Rick Rude coming up against Ricky Steamboat for the United States Championship!" Heenan: "And I'll tell you right now, Ross, Rude is ready! He's been waiting for this opportunity, and I think tonight is the night he finally takes that championship away from the Dragon!" *Ross says the Dangerous Alliance has already retained the World Tag Team Championship, but Rick Rude is looking to bring another championship into the organization.* *And then Ross looks directly into the camera.* Ross: "Ladies and gentlemen, we are getting closer and closer to the match everybody has been waiting for. Sting and the Undertaker. The WCW World Heavyweight Championship. Two men who have never met inside the ring. Two men who have never even laid a hand on one another. Tonight, something has to give!" *We get a video package showing the rivalry between Ricky Steamboat and Rick Rude. The attacks, the confrontations, and Paul E. Dangerously's involvement. Steamboat has been a fighting champion, but Rick Rude has made it clear that he believes the United States Championship belongs to him.* Ross: "Ricky Steamboat is one of the most respected wrestlers in the world. A former World Heavyweight Champion, a tremendous competitor, and a man who has never backed down from a challenge!" Heenan: "And Rick Rude is one of the most physically gifted wrestlers in WCW! He's got the strength, the conditioning, and the attitude to become United States Champion tonight!" Ross: "This is going to be a tremendous wrestling match, Brain! Ricky Steamboat against Rick Rude! The United States Championship is on the line!" WCW United States Championship — Ricky Steamboat © vs Rick Rude w/ Paul E. Dangerously Here we go! One of the biggest matches of Halloween Havoc! Rick Rude comes out with Paul E. Dangerously and he looks like a man who knows he's going to walk out of Chattanooga with the United States Championship! Rude takes his time getting into the ring and works the crowd while Paul E. keeps telling everybody that they're looking at the next United States Champion! Then the music hits and Ricky Steamboat comes out to a HUGE reaction! The Dragon has been fighting the Dangerous Alliance for months and tonight he's got Rick Rude standing across from him! The bell rings and these two lock up. Rude tries to overpower Steamboat but Ricky is able to counter and take him down with an arm drag. Rude gets up and they lock up again. Another arm drag! Rude is frustrated and rolls to the outside where Paul E. is trying to calm him down. Steamboat is standing in the ring waiting for him and the crowd is loving it! Rude gets back in and starts using his strength to take control. He catches Steamboat with a knee to the stomach and follows it up with a big backbreaker! He starts working over the lower back, trying to set up the Rude Awakening. Steamboat fights back with chops that echo throughout the arena! Rude fires back with some of his own and these two are really going at it! We're about 15-minutes into this one and Steamboat is starting to take control. He hits a series of arm drags and follows it up with a beautiful flying crossbody! 1…2…NO! Rude kicks out! Steamboat goes for another move but Rude catches him and plants him with a piledriver! 1…2…STEAMBOAT KICKS OUT! Paul E. can't believe it! Rude is getting frustrated and starts arguing with the referee. Steamboat catches him from behind with a roll-up! 1…2…NO! Rude gets out! Rude comes back with a clothesline and starts working over Steamboat's neck. He's setting him up for the Rude Awakening! He grabs Ricky… RUDE AWAKENING! HE HIT IT! 1…2…STEAMBOAT GETS HIS FOOT ON THE ROPE! Paul E. is screaming at the referee! Rude thought he had it won! He pulls Steamboat back to the middle of the ring and goes for another Rude Awakening but Steamboat fights out! Ricky sends Rude into the ropes and catches him with a big chop! Another chop! Rude is staggered! Steamboat heads to the top rope and comes off with a flying karate chop! 1…2…NO! Rude kicks out again! We're approaching 25-minutes and these two have given everything they've got. Paul E. gets up on the apron and starts arguing with the referee! Steamboat comes over and tells him to get down! Rude tries to catch Ricky from behind but Steamboat moves and Rude nearly collides with Paul E.! Rude stops himself just in time but turns around right into a SMALL PACKAGE! 1…2…3!!! RICKY STEAMBOAT RETAINS THE UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIP! The crowd goes absolutely nuts! Rude is beside himself and Paul E. is screaming that Steamboat cheated! Steamboat grabs his championship and celebrates while Rude and Dangerously are furious! Ross says Ricky Steamboat has survived one of the toughest challenges of his championship reign! Heenan says Steamboat got lucky tonight and Rick Rude isn't going to let this one go! Rude is still in the ring arguing with the referee as Steamboat heads to the back with the United States Championship! Ricky Steamboat is celebrating with the United States Championship as Rick Rude and Paul E. Dangerously argue with the referee. Ross: "RICKY STEAMBOAT HAS DONE IT! THE DRAGON HAS RETAINED THE UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIP!" Heenan: "He got lucky, Ross! Rick Rude had that match won! He hit the Rude Awakening! Steamboat barely got his foot on the rope!" Ross: "Well, that's what makes a champion, Brain! Ricky Steamboat survived everything Rick Rude threw at him tonight, and he's still the United States Champion!" Heenan: "This isn't over! You can see it in Rude's eyes! He's not finished with Ricky Steamboat!" Ross says Rick Rude may have another opportunity down the road, but tonight belongs to Ricky Steamboat. The camera follows Steamboat as he walks up the aisle with the championship raised above his head. The crowd is cheering, but Ross's voice begins to change. Ross: "Ladies and gentlemen, we've seen some incredible action tonight. We've seen championships defended, rivalries settled, and some of the most violent confrontations in WCW history. But now… now we're approaching the moment we've all been waiting for." The arena lights begin to dim. Ross: "For months, the Undertaker has stalked Sting. He's followed him. He's threatened him. He's built a coffin with the champion's name burned into the wood. And through it all, Sting has refused to back down." Heenan: "Ross, Sting can talk about courage all he wants. He can talk about being the World Champion. But when that Undertaker walks through the curtain, all that courage is going to be put to the test!" Ross: "Sting has been the heart and soul of World Championship Wrestling. He's fought his way to the top of this profession. But tonight, he may be facing the greatest challenge of his entire career!" Heenan: "And for the first time, Ross, he can't run from it. He can't avoid it. They're going to be standing in the same ring, and that bell is going to ring!" Ross pauses. Ross: "Ladies and gentlemen… the WCW World Heavyweight Championship is next." THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP — MAIN EVENT The final video package begins. The sound of a hammer against wood. We see the Undertaker building the coffin, the branding iron burning STING into the lid, and Paul Bearer holding the urn. Then we see Sting celebrating his World Heavyweight Championship victory, the fans cheering, and the champion refusing to back down. We return to the coffin being wheeled toward the ring on the final World Championship Wrestling before Halloween Havoc. Six hooded men. The lid opens. The Undertaker points toward Sting. Ross: "HE'S COMING OUT! HE'S COMING FOR STING!" The screen goes black. We return live to Chattanooga. The ring has been cleared. No more weapons, no more chaos. The camera sweeps across the crowd as Gary Michael Cappetta stands in the center of the ring. Ross: "We've waited months for this moment. Sting has defended that championship against the very best, but tonight he faces a man who has gotten inside his head without ever laying a hand on him." Heenan: "You can prepare for a wrestler, Ross. How do you prepare for the Undertaker?" Cappetta: "Ladies and gentlemen, this is your MAIN EVENT OF THE EVENING! The following contest is scheduled for one fall and is for the WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE WORLD!" The crowd erupts. The lights fade. The arena is completely dark. We hear a low bell… GONG! Nothing. Another GONG! Then we see six hooded men slowly coming through the entrance curtain. They're carrying torches and walking in two lines of three. Behind them is Paul Bearer, dressed in black, holding the urn close to his chest. And behind Paul Bearer… THE UNDERTAKER! He's wearing the black hat, the long coat, and the gloves. His head is down as he slowly walks toward the ring. The crowd is making an incredible amount of noise. Some are booing, some are screaming, and some are just watching. Ross: "There he is! The Undertaker! The man who has terrorized Sting for months!" Heenan: "Look at him, Ross. Just look at him. He hasn't taken his eyes off that ring!" The hooded men stop at ringside and form two lines. Paul Bearer walks between them, holding the urn high. The Undertaker follows, slowly climbing the ring steps. He stops on the apron and raises his arms. The lights come back up! The Undertaker steps over the ropes and stands in the middle of the ring. He slowly removes his hat and rolls his eyes back. Paul Bearer stands outside the ring with the urn. The camera cuts to the entrance aisle. For several seconds… nothing. Then the lights go out again. The opening of Sting's music hits and the crowd EXPLODES! We see the silhouette of Sting standing at the top of the entrance ramp. He's wearing his colorful tights, his face painted, and the WCW World Heavyweight Championship is around his waist! He stands there for a moment, looking directly toward the ring. The camera cuts to the Undertaker. He hasn't moved. Sting begins walking toward the ring. He's not running, he's not playing to the crowd, and he's not smiling. He's focused. He's got the championship around his waist and he's looking directly at the Undertaker. Ross: "LISTEN TO THIS OVATION! THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION! STING!" Heenan: "He's not smiling tonight, Ross. He's not slapping hands. He knows what's waiting for him!" Sting reaches ringside and stops. He looks up at the Undertaker, who is standing in the middle of the ring. Paul Bearer is watching from the opposite side, clutching the urn. Sting slowly climbs the ring steps and steps between the ropes. For the first time… Sting and the Undertaker are standing in the same ring. The crowd is going absolutely nuts. Sting walks to the middle of the ring and stands face-to-face with the Undertaker. The Undertaker looks down at Sting. Sting looks right back at him. Neither man says a word. The referee steps between them and asks Sting for the World Heavyweight Championship. Sting takes the belt off and holds it up in front of the Undertaker. The Undertaker doesn't move. Sting hands the championship to the referee, who raises it high above his head! Ross: "THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP IS ON THE LINE! STING! THE UNDERTAKER! FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER!" Heenan: "Ross… we're about to find out if Sting is as brave as he says he is." The referee hands the championship to the timekeeper and calls both men to the center of the ring. Sting takes a step forward. The Undertaker takes a step forward. They're nose to nose. The referee calls for the bell. DING! DING! DING! Ross: "HERE WE GO!" WCW Championship - Sting © vs The Undertaker w/ Paul Bearer The arena feels colder now… Sting looks at the Undertaker… we know he has fear in his eyes but he’ll be damned to let it get the best of him. Taker’s hair is draped over his face and he is motionless. The crowd is stirring… Sting then makes his signature call out and the crowd erupts but then the Undertaker with a chop to the throat and he’s going to work! Taker is able to get him back into the corner and rough up his ribs. He grabs his arm and then twists it as he goes up top but Sting kicks the ropes and Taker comes crashing down and even the Deadman’s got nuts! Sting runs and hits a dropkick and Taker goes over the ropes to the floor. Wait a second… Sting hits the ropes and then LEAPS OVER THE TOP ON TO THE UNDERTAKER AND TAKES HIM DOWN! Ross and Heenan can’t believe it! The crowd has erupted. After all they’ve seen tonight, Sting is bringing the fight. Sting then throws Taker into the guardrail but he bounces back up and then hits Sting with a headbutt and then tosses him into the ringpost! Taker tosses him in the ring and then we get the meat of our contest with Taker wearing him down… Sting fights back and hits big strikes and goes for a bodyslam but Taker falls back on him. Paul Bearer is acting weird as F outside the ring and Taker is doing some serious destruction inside the ring. Sting’s paint is wearing from his face. Taker is looking to finish. He comes hammering down with some big right hand shots and then something happens in Sting… he starts no selling… the crowd is going nuts… Sting with rights and lefts… kicks… chops…. Clothesline… and the he runs but Taker with a kick to the face… then he goes to hoist him up over his head for the Tombstone but Sting jumps over his back and pushes him into the corner and then runs for a Stinger Splash as Taker catches him and falls backwards into the turnbuckles! Sting then backs up…he runs and STINGER SPLASH…. NO! Taker gets his hand up and picks up Sting for a CHOKESLAM! The crowd can’t believe it… Taker falls backwards into the ropes and then comes over… Sting tries to fight but Taker headbutts him again… he hoists him up…. TOMBSTONE PILEDRIVER! 1…..2……3! The bell rings… The Undertaker stands up… the referee hands him the WCW World Title. Paul Bearer is going nuts. Ross and Heenan put it over in the biggest way. The final camera shot is the Undertaker heading up the ramp with the World Title… WCW has just been changed… forever.

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Weekend of October 24 Power Hour - Tony Schiavone & Jesse Ventura A fun filled hour with some good squash matches and big developments as we move towards Halloween Havoc. Tenzan makes his WCW debut under the guise of Masa Chono, Hase, Saito, and Alexandra York. It is announced that he has been brought in to take out Kensuke Sasuke! Van Hammer hits the Hammer Rocks on Steve Wright for the 3-count! Marcus Bagwell & The Patriot get a tag team win and look fresh going into their big match next weekend. Boris Zhukov shows up out of nowhere and beats some guy named Mark Dixon On his way to the back Boris bumps into Vader who’s coming out for his match… Vader removes the headdress to the delight of the crowd and looks like he might come to blows with Boris before officials come out. The sad news for Phil Richards is that he has to face Vader after that and he just gets beaten the hell out of. Vader doesn’t appear to pull any punches and beats the shit out of him. A Powerbomb and then he goes to the corner for a VADER BOMB! Main Event - Ricky Steamboat vs Arn Anderson - a solid 15-minute contest. They go almost the entire time limit. Larry Z comes out… then comes Dustin! This one breaks loose… Jesse hollers that we’ll see these four in a tag team match on WCW! World Championship Wrestling - Jim Ross & Bobby Heenan WCW opens with footage of the Undertaker in his wooden office… we see him sanding the wood…. Another clip… hammering the nails…. Another clip… putting on the latches… lastly… he goes over to the fire… pulls out a metal brand or something… and then he holds it up against the wood…. Smoke….fire… steam… the camera pans back… it isa COFFIN… and on the front it says… “STING” Marty Jannetty gets a nice win - we have an inset interview from Shawn Michaels who says there will be no tricks or treats at Halloween Havoc… just broken necks and cashed checks for the Heart Break Kid! Ron Simmons gets a good win - Mr. Hughes and Harley Race are at ringside and watch on… Simmons with a nasty spinebuster gets the 3-count and then he looks out at Hughes and says he’s next! El Gigante & The Road Warriors get a good six-man tag team win. The Road Warriors are still over but they are not what they once were. El Gigante is just a fun visual. Cactus Jack, Abdullah, and Meng are in the back messing with a cage while Race and Sid put over the Chamber of Horrors! This will be a WAR! Davey Boy Smith w/ William Regal gets a good win over Savio Vega. Davey and Regal shake hands… it looks like these two are going to be something moving forward. Scott Steiner cuts a crazy promo on the Nasty Boys. He says he’s coming for blood at Halloween Havoc. If Rick can’t go… he’ll come by himself and get it done. Neither Nasty Boy is going to come out alive! Johnny B Badd w/ Teddy Long gets a win while Flyin Brian chimes in and lets Badd know that he’s been punched before but never knocked out and Halloween Havoc will be no different… you can’t hit what you can’t touch and when I am flying around the ring you’re going to see double before I dropkick you in the face! Chono & Hase w/ Tenzan, Saito, & York get a tag team win. These two are primed and in great shape. We get a promo from Lex Luger with El Gigante and the Road Warriors… they talk about sacrifice and what the Chamber means… leaving everything in the ring and that’s exactly what they’re going to do! MAIN EVENT Dustin Rhodes & Ricky Steamboat vs Arn Anderson & Larry Z What a fun tag team main event… there’s been a lot of talking tonight but this one is all about the wrestling and these four lay it all out. Paul E is nuts outside the ring as he keeps trying to get involved. Rude and Hall make their way out… and now here comes Patriot and Bagwell… before long it is an eight-man with everyone throwing bombs! Paul E pulls his men out and says at Halloween Havoc… there will bea RECKONING! Sting comes out to a great ovation. He’s in the ring with Jim Ross. They put over next week’s Halloween Havoc. Sting says that he’s admitted he’s afraid but the FEAR is what is going to drive him. He says that Undertaker is bigger… but Sting is faster and he will use his speed. Everyone says I am the Underdog… but he beat a big man to win the title and he’ll beat another big man to keep it. He’s the champion for a reason and next week at Halloween Havoc…. LIGHTS GO OUT! The Undertaker’s music hits the PA System… the arena is black… then a light stars to shine… 6 men in hooded cloaks walk out and they are wheeling a casket… then they sit it upright… it’s the casket from earlier… the one with Sting’s name on it. The crowd is in awe right now… the lights are dimmed to a point where you can still see Sting… he’s looking on… then the casket door opens and the UNDERTAKER IS INSIDE! He’s coming out… he’s coming for STING! Main Event - Tony Schiavone & Eric Bischoff Jushin Liger gets a fast paced win and flies around the ring. The Nasty Boys w/ Missy Hyatt get a tag team win while making fun of the Steiners the whole time! Muta & Sasuke team up for a fun match. Muta is a star in the making here. Sid Vicious kills some guy and then powerbombs him out of the ring! MAIN EVENT - Davey Boy Smith defeated Skinner ina fun 8-minute match! The familiar WCW Control Center music begins as the Halloween Havoc logo fills the screen. We cut to Eric Bischoff standing in front of a large Halloween Havoc backdrop. ERIC BISCHOFF: "Hello again, everybody! Eric Bischoff here with your WCW Halloween Havoc Control Center! Wrestling fans, the wait is almost over! Next Saturday night, October 31st, World Championship Wrestling presents HALLOWEEN HAVOC, coming to you LIVE from the UTC Arena in Chattanooga, Tennessee! "And ladies and gentlemen, this is going to be an extraordinary night of professional wrestling! We begin with a special ninety-minute presentation, absolutely FREE on television, before moving into three full hours of Halloween Havoc, exclusively on pay-per-view! Fifteen matches in all, featuring the greatest wrestling stars from around the world, five championship contests, and one of the most dangerous matches ever conceived!" The Halloween Havoc logo gives way to a graphic of Sting and the Undertaker. "Let's begin with the match everyone is talking about. The WCW World Heavyweight Championship will be on the line when the champion, Sting, puts his title up against the undefeated and seemingly unstoppable Undertaker, accompanied by the mysterious Paul Bearer! "Wrestling fans, you've seen the disturbing footage over the past several weeks. You've watched the Undertaker constructing something behind closed doors, and now we know exactly what it is! A wooden coffin, bearing the name of the World Heavyweight Champion! "Sting has admitted that he fears the Undertaker, but he says that fear will motivate him to victory. The champion believes his speed and determination can overcome the Undertaker's tremendous size and strength. But can Sting withstand the Tombstone? Can anyone stop this man? We will find out at Halloween Havoc when the most coveted championship in professional wrestling hangs in the balance!" Graphic: RICKY STEAMBOAT vs. RICK RUDE. "The WCW United States Heavyweight Championship will also be defended as the champion, Ricky 'The Dragon' Steamboat, meets 'Ravishing' Rick Rude, accompanied by Paul E. Dangerously! "These two men have been on a collision course for weeks. Steamboat has proven himself one of the finest technical wrestlers in the sport, but Rick Rude is determined to bring the United States Championship into the Dangerous Alliance. And with Paul E. Dangerously lurking at ringside, the Dragon had better be prepared for anything!" Graphic: THE GREAT MUTA vs. MASA CHONO. "The WCW International Heavyweight Championship will be decided in a tremendous confrontation between two of Japan's premier wrestling stars! The new champion, The Great Muta, accompanied by Kensuke Sasuke, will defend against Masa Chono, accompanied by Masa Saito! "These men know one another extremely well, and this championship has already become the center of a bitter international rivalry. Muta captured the vacant championship from Masa Saito, but Chono believes that title rightfully belongs to him. Two outstanding competitors, one prestigious championship, and a tremendous amount of national pride!" Graphic: THE ENFORCERS vs. THE PATRIOT & MARCUS BAGWELL. "The WCW World Tag Team Championship will be at stake when Arn Anderson and Larry Zbyszko, the Enforcers, accompanied by Paul E. Dangerously, defend against the exciting young combination of The Patriot and Marcus Alexander Bagwell! "Patriot and Bagwell have earned this championship opportunity, and they have looked impressive in recent weeks. But they're stepping into the ring with two of the most experienced and dangerous competitors in World Championship Wrestling. The Enforcers have already taken the championships from the Steiner Brothers, and they have absolutely no intention of surrendering them to these young challengers!" Graphic: FLYIN' BRIAN vs. JOHNNY B. BADD. "And the WCW World Television Championship will be on the line when 'Flyin' Brian Pillman defends against Johnny B. Badd, accompanied by Teddy Long! "Johnny B. Badd has promised that his devastating left hand will end Pillman's championship reign. But Flyin' Brian says you can't knock out what you can't catch! Will the tremendous speed and aerial ability of the champion overcome the punching power of Johnny B. Badd? That's another championship confrontation coming your way at Halloween Havoc!" The screen fills with a steel cage graphic. The words CHAMBER OF HORRORS appear. "Now, ladies and gentlemen, we come to a match unlike anything we've ever witnessed in World Championship Wrestling! "THE CHAMBER OF HORRORS! "On one side, Lex Luger, the Road Warriors, and El Gigante! On the other, Sid Vicious, Meng, Abdullah the Butcher, and Cactus Jack, accompanied by Harley Race! "Eight men will enter an enormous steel enclosure surrounding the ring and ringside area! There will be no disqualifications, no count-outs, and no pinfalls! The only way to win is to force an opponent to submit! "And wrestling fans, this is not an ordinary steel cage match. Coffins and weapons will be inside that enclosure, and all eight competitors will be fighting at the same time! "Harley Race has promised a war, and Lex Luger and the Road Warriors have made it clear that they're prepared to sacrifice everything to settle this score! Eight men enter the Chamber of Horrors, but what condition will they be in when they leave?" Graphic: THE STEINER BROTHERS vs. THE NASTY BOYS. "One of the most personal rivalries in World Championship Wrestling will continue when Rick and Scott Steiner meet Brian Knobbs and Jerry Sags, the Nasty Boys, accompanied by Missy Hyatt! "Now, we should point out that Rick Steiner has been recovering from a serious elbow injury, and questions remain about his condition heading into Halloween Havoc. Scott Steiner has made it perfectly clear that whether his brother is ready or not, he intends to get his hands on the Nasty Boys! "These two teams have absolutely no love lost between them, and I expect this one to be a wild confrontation!" Graphic: DUSTIN RHODES vs. SCOTT HALL. "Dustin Rhodes will go one-on-one with Scott Hall, accompanied by Paul E. Dangerously! "Scott Hall has become one of the most imposing members of the Dangerous Alliance, and he's already scored a significant victory over Dustin Rhodes in tag team competition. But the young Rhodes has refused to back down, and he'll have an opportunity to settle the score with Hall at Halloween Havoc!" Graphic: MARTY JANNETTY vs. SHAWN MICHAELS. "Former partners collide when Marty Jannetty meets Shawn Michaels! "The breakup of the Rockers has become one of the most bitter personal situations in professional wrestling. Shawn Michaels has promised that Halloween Havoc will bring no tricks and no treats, only broken necks and cashed checks! Marty Jannetty, meanwhile, is determined to show that he was every bit as important to the Rockers' success as his former partner! "Friendship has given way to bitterness, and these two men will finally settle their differences inside the squared circle!" Graphic: RON SIMMONS vs. MR. HUGHES. "Ron Simmons will meet Mr. Hughes, accompanied by Harley Race! "Simmons has been on a tremendous roll, and he made his intentions clear this weekend when he looked directly at Mr. Hughes and told him that he was next! But Hughes is a massive, dangerous competitor, and with Harley Race in his corner, this will be a tremendous test for Ron Simmons!" The Halloween Havoc logo returns. "And don't forget, ladies and gentlemen, our special ninety-minute television presentation before the pay-per-view begins! Six outstanding matches, and you can see every one of them absolutely FREE!" Graphic: BIG VAN VADER vs. BORIS ZHUKOV. "First, the monstrous Big Van Vader meets Boris Zhukov! "These two nearly came to blows this weekend after Zhukov crossed paths with Vader on his way to the ring! Officials had to intervene, and now the two big men will settle matters at Halloween Havoc! You certainly don't want to miss this confrontation!" Graphic: JUSHIN THUNDER LIGER vs. HIRO HASE. "International wrestling action continues as the spectacular Jushin Thunder Liger meets Hiro Hase, accompanied by Alexandra York! "Two of Japan's finest athletes, both capable of extraordinary things inside the wrestling ring! This could very well be one of the most exciting contests of the entire evening!" Graphic: KENSUKE SASUKE vs. HIROYOSHI TENZAN. "And another international confrontation will feature Kensuke Sasuke against the newest arrival in World Championship Wrestling, Hiroyoshi Tenzan! "Tenzan made his WCW debut this weekend, brought into the promotion by Masa Chono, Masa Saito, Hiro Hase, and Alexandra York for one purpose: to eliminate Kensuke Sasuke! Now he'll get his opportunity at Halloween Havoc!" Graphic: DAVEY BOY SMITH & WILLIAM REGAL vs. PAUL DIAMOND & PAT TANAKA. "Tag team action will feature the impressive combination of Davey Boy Smith and William Regal against Paul Diamond and Pat Tanaka! "Smith and Regal have been developing into a formidable team, combining the tremendous power of Davey Boy Smith with the technical expertise of William Regal. They'll look to continue their winning ways next Saturday night!" Graphic: VAN HAMMER vs. DIAMOND DALLAS PAGE. "Also signed, the hard-hitting Van Hammer will meet Diamond Dallas Page! "Van Hammer continues to impress with his tremendous power, but Diamond Dallas Page is determined to make a name for himself in World Championship Wrestling! Two very different personalities collide at Halloween Havoc!" Graphic: THE MATCHES OF HALLOWEEN HAVOC. "And finally, wrestling fans, let me remind you that this is an extraordinary night of professional wrestling! The World Heavyweight Championship, United States Championship, International Championship, World Tag Team Championship, and Television Championship will all be defended! "Plus, the Chamber of Horrors, the Steiner Brothers against the Nasty Boys, Dustin Rhodes against Scott Hall, Marty Jannetty against Shawn Michaels, and Ron Simmons against Mr. Hughes! "Fifteen matches! Ninety minutes of FREE television action followed by three hours LIVE on pay-per-view! "SATURDAY NIGHT, OCTOBER 31ST! HALLOWEEN HAVOC!" "Next Saturday night, there will be nowhere left to hide. "For the Halloween Havoc Control Center, I'm Eric Bischoff. We'll see you at Halloween Havoc!" The Halloween Havoc logo fills the screen as the Control Center music plays.

Boris Zhukov signs with WCW until November 1st.

WRESTLING OBSERVER NEWSLETTER October 21, 1991 WCW NEWS & NOTES Halloween Havoc preparations, a major Japanese departure, questions surrounding Rick Steiner, and two significant names rumored for 1992. World Championship Wrestling is entering what could be one of the most important periods in the company's recent history. With Halloween Havoc scheduled for October 31, WCW management is attempting to establish a much stronger identity built around its championship programs, an increasingly competitive tag team division, and international talent exchanges. There is also considerable discussion behind the scenes concerning the direction of the promotion in 1992, with two major names reportedly being pursued once their existing contractual obligations have been fulfilled. WCW BUILDING WHAT COULD BE THE STRONGEST TAG TEAM DIVISION IN WRESTLING One of the more interesting developments in WCW has been the increased emphasis on tag team wrestling. While the WWF continues to concentrate heavily on individual personalities, WCW appears determined to establish tag team wrestling as a legitimate main-event attraction rather than simply a supporting part of its television programming. The recent championship victory by Arn Anderson and Larry Zbyszko over the Steiner Brothers was a significant development. The Enforcers, managed by Paul E. Dangerously, have become an important part of the Dangerous Alliance, which is increasingly being positioned as the dominant heel organization in the company. The Steiner Brothers remain one of the strongest attractions in the division, although Rick Steiner's injury has complicated matters considerably. The Nasty Boys, now accompanied by Missy Hyatt, have emerged as major contenders, while the Patriot and Marcus Bagwell are being given a substantial opportunity against the Enforcers at Halloween Havoc. The promotion also has the Road Warriors, Davey Boy Smith and William Regal, and several international combinations capable of working significant matches. With Steve Williams and Terry Gordy expected to figure into the company's longer-term plans, the depth of the division could improve even further. There is considerable speculation that WCW intends to introduce additional combinations of established singles stars during 1992. One source described the philosophy as an attempt to create a division where a tag team championship match could headline a major show without requiring a World Heavyweight Championship defense. If the company follows through, WCW could have one of the deepest tag team rosters assembled by an American promotion in several years. RICK STEINER INJURY MORE SERIOUS THAN ORIGINALLY BELIEVED There is legitimate concern over Rick Steiner's availability for Halloween Havoc following the elbow injury suffered during the October 10 World Tag Team Championship match against Arn Anderson and Larry Zbyszko. Steiner reportedly suffered a dislocated elbow, and there are questions about whether he will receive medical clearance in time for the scheduled match against the Nasty Boys. The injury was a major factor in the decision to move the World Tag Team Championships to the Enforcers. WCW had originally intended to continue featuring the Steiners prominently in the championship picture, but the uncertainty surrounding Rick's condition forced management to reconsider the immediate direction of the division. The television storyline has suggested that the Nasty Boys were involved in weakening the Steiners before the championship match, with Paul E. Dangerously appearing to have benefited considerably from the situation. Scott Steiner has continued wrestling and is being given an opportunity to establish himself as a singles performer while his brother recovers. His recent confrontation with Brian Knobbs was designed to maintain interest in the program without requiring Rick to appear. As of this writing, the Halloween Havoc match remains advertised, although there is no guarantee Rick will be cleared. There has been discussion of altering the match or delaying the Steiners' revenge until later in the year. The company would prefer to have both Steiners available, particularly given how important they are expected to be to the tag team division moving forward. TENRYU DEPARTURE FOLLOWS DISAGREEMENT OVER INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP Genichiro Tenryu is no longer with WCW following a disagreement concerning the direction of the International Championship. According to sources familiar with the situation, the original plan called for Tenryu to defend the championship against the Great Muta at Halloween Havoc, with Muta scheduled to win the title. Tenryu reportedly refused to agree to the proposed finish, leading to a breakdown in discussions and his departure from the promotion. WCW subsequently announced that Tenryu was no longer with the company and declared the International Championship vacant. The Great Muta defeated Masa Saito at a house show to capture the championship, with footage of the title change airing on World Championship Wrestling. Muta is now scheduled to defend against Masa Chono at Halloween Havoc. The situation illustrates some of the difficulties WCW faces in coordinating its international talent arrangements. Japanese wrestlers frequently have commitments and booking considerations involving their home promotions, and disagreements over finishes can become particularly complicated when championships are involved. Tenryu's departure is a loss, as he had provided the International Championship with considerable credibility. However, WCW appears to have moved quickly to establish Muta as the centerpiece of the division. There are indications that the company views Muta as a potential major attraction beyond the international program, and his championship reign could become increasingly important heading into 1992. VADER EXPECTED TO RETURN TO JAPAN Big Van Vader is reportedly scheduled to return to Japan following his current WCW commitments. Vader has been presented as one of the most physically imposing wrestlers in the promotion, and his television appearances have consisted largely of dominant victories over preliminary opposition. He is scheduled to face Masa Saito during the Halloween Havoc television special, which should provide a much more competitive match than most of his recent appearances. The expectation is that Vader will continue working in Japan, although WCW officials remain interested in bringing him back for additional dates. His size, athleticism, and reputation overseas make him a valuable attraction, particularly as the promotion continues to expand its international relationships. There is no indication that WCW intends to abandon its plans for Vader. The question is whether the company can secure sufficient dates to make him a regular part of its major storylines. HALLOWEEN HAVOC TO FEATURE FOUR AND A HALF HOURS OF WRESTLING WCW is taking an unusually ambitious approach to Halloween Havoc, which takes place October 31. The company will present a 90-minute live television special immediately preceding the three-hour pay-per-view, creating a combined four-and-a-half-hour wrestling event. The television portion is designed to provide additional exposure for the company's roster while encouraging viewers to purchase the pay-per-view. Six matches are planned for the free broadcast, followed by nine matches on the pay-per-view itself. The main pay-per-view attraction is Sting defending the WCW World Heavyweight Championship against the Undertaker. The promotion has taken an unusual approach to the build, keeping the two wrestlers physically separated while presenting a series of ominous vignettes featuring the Undertaker constructing an unidentified wooden object. The other major attraction is the Chamber of Horrors, an eight-man cage match featuring Lex Luger, the Road Warriors and El Gigante against Sid Vicious, Meng, Abdullah the Butcher and Cactus Jack. The match will reportedly involve coffins and weapons, with the only way to win being by submission. Other featured matches include Ricky Steamboat defending the United States Championship against Rick Rude, the Great Muta defending the International Championship against Masa Chono, and the Enforcers defending the World Tag Team Championship against the Patriot and Marcus Bagwell. The decision to run fifteen matches across the two broadcasts represents a considerable logistical challenge. WCW will need to manage match lengths, entrances, interviews, and production transitions carefully to avoid rushing the later portions of the show. The biggest question is whether the free television special will generate enough interest to increase pay-per-view purchases. If successful, the format could become an important part of WCW's strategy for future major events. The promotion is clearly attempting to make Halloween Havoc feel like more than an ordinary pay-per-view. It is being positioned as an all-night wrestling event. TWO MAJOR INTERNATIONAL STARS RUMORED FOR WCW IN 1992 Perhaps the most intriguing story circulating within the industry concerns two major wrestlers who could be headed to World Championship Wrestling in 1992. Multiple sources have indicated that WCW has been involved in discussions concerning two established international stars whose current contractual obligations prevent them from appearing immediately. Both men are considered major names with recognition extending well beyond the United States. They have worked at the highest levels of the industry, and either would be a significant acquisition for WCW. The identities have not been officially confirmed, and those familiar with the discussions have been reluctant to provide names. However, there is a belief that the two could become central figures in the company's plans for next year. Interestingly, the speculation comes at a time when WCW is placing considerable emphasis on strengthening its tag team division. Whether the two would be used as singles attractions, a tag team, or in some combination of both remains unknown. One source suggested that the company is interested in acquiring established stars who can immediately compete at the top of the card rather than wrestlers requiring months of television development. Any announcement would likely have to wait until their existing commitments have been satisfied. For now, WCW officials are keeping quiet, but there is a growing sense that the promotion is preparing for a substantial roster shakeup in 1992. SCOTT STEINER BEING CONSIDERED FOR SINGLES PUSH There has reportedly been discussion about giving Scott Steiner a more substantial singles role, particularly if Rick Steiner's elbow injury keeps him out of action longer than anticipated. Scott is considered one of the most impressive athletes in the promotion, and there are those within WCW who believe he could eventually become a major singles star. One suggestion being discussed would involve Scott challenging Rick Rude for the United States Championship, assuming Rude wins the title later this year. There is no indication that WCW intends to split the Steiner Brothers permanently. LEX LUGER POSSIBLY HEADED FOR A CHANGE IN DIRECTION Despite his ongoing feud with Sid Vicious, there has been talk that Lex Luger could be moved away from the World Heavyweight Championship picture for an extended period. Management reportedly sees value in keeping Luger involved in major personal rivalries rather than immediately returning him to title contention. There have also been discussions about pairing Luger with Sting more frequently, particularly if the company begins emphasizing tag team wrestling in 1992. WCW UNHAPPY WITH THE NASTY BOYS' BACKSTAGE REPUTATION There are rumors that Brian Knobbs and Jerry Sags have generated some heat backstage due to their increasingly physical style. The recent Steiner Brothers situation has reportedly led to complaints from several wrestlers who believe the Nasties are taking unnecessary liberties. Others argue that the team's reputation is precisely what makes them valuable. Missy Hyatt's involvement has apparently helped elevate their standing with management, and there is no indication that their push is in jeopardy. VAN HAMMER'S PUSH MAY BE LOSING MOMENTUM Van Hammer continues to receive television exposure, but there are questions about whether management is satisfied with his progress. Hammer has the size and appearance WCW traditionally favors, although his in-ring development has reportedly been slower than expected. Some within the company believe he would benefit from a lengthy program with a more experienced opponent rather than continuing to work short television matches. A possible feud with Diamond Dallas Page has been mentioned. RICKY STEAMBOAT'S FUTURE REMAINS UNCERTAIN There is speculation that Ricky Steamboat may not remain with WCW beyond the end of the year. Steamboat has been one of the company's most reliable performers and is currently involved in a major United States Championship program with Rick Rude. However, there have been questions concerning his schedule and future commitments. If Steamboat does depart, WCW would lose one of its strongest in-ring performers at a time when the promotion is emphasizing wrestling quality. ROAD WARRIORS NOT EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN WCW INDEFINITELY Although the Road Warriors remain a major attraction, there are questions about how long the team will continue working its current schedule. Hawk and Animal have significant name recognition internationally, and there are reportedly opportunities available outside WCW. Management is said to be interested in making the most of their remaining appearances, particularly in the Chamber of Horrors program. Their departure would create an opening for another major powerhouse team. JUSHIN THUNDER LIGER IMPRESSING WCW OFFICIALS Jushin Thunder Liger has reportedly received strong reviews from WCW management, with several wrestlers praising his ability to produce exciting matches against a wide range of opponents. There has been discussion about establishing a more permanent junior heavyweight championship structure, although no decision has been made. One possibility would involve using Liger as the centerpiece of a division featuring a rotating group of Japanese and American wrestlers. DUSTIN RHODES AND SCOTT HALL PROGRAM COULD CONTINUE INTO 1992 The ongoing rivalry between Dustin Rhodes and Scott Hall has reportedly received positive reviews from WCW officials. Dustin is viewed as one of the company's most promising young babyfaces, while Hall has benefited from his association with Paul E. Dangerously. There is speculation that the feud could eventually involve a specialty match, with a Texas Bullrope Match being one possibility given the Rhodes family's history. Management is reportedly pleased with Dustin's development. TEDDY LONG REPORTEDLY LOBBYING FOR A BIGGER ROLE Teddy Long has reportedly been pushing for Johnny B. Badd to receive a more substantial championship opportunity. Badd's recent television performances have impressed some within the company, although there are still questions about whether he is ready for a sustained championship run. Long is said to believe that Badd's personality could make him a strong television attraction, particularly if WCW gives him more interview time. SID VICIOUS MAY TAKE TIME OFF FOLLOWING STARRCADE There is speculation that Sid Vicious could be given a short break following the conclusion of his program with Lex Luger. Sid has been featured prominently throughout 1991, and management reportedly believes a temporary absence could help preserve his attraction value. There has also been discussion about eventually matching Sid against Vader, although the scheduling complications involving Vader's Japanese commitments would make such a program difficult to arrange. UNDERTAKER'S PRESENTATION REPORTEDLY DIVIDING OPINION BACKSTAGE The Undertaker's unusual television vignettes have reportedly generated considerable discussion within WCW. Some within management believe the character's supernatural presentation is too far removed from the company's traditional wrestling identity. Others argue that the restraint shown in the current Sting program has made the Undertaker one of the promotion's most compelling attractions. The upcoming World Championship match at Halloween Havoc is viewed internally as a major test of the character's drawing power. WCW LOOKING AT ADDITIONAL JAPANESE TALENT FOR 1992 WCW is reportedly interested in expanding its relationships with Japanese promotions, particularly as several current talent arrangements are expected to change at the beginning of next year. There has been speculation about bringing in younger Japanese wrestlers for short tours rather than committing to long-term contracts. Management reportedly believes that a rotating international roster could help distinguish WCW from the WWF while giving established American stars a wider variety of opponents. POSSIBLE RETURN OF A FAMILIAR TAG TEAM There is talk that WCW has contacted representatives of a former championship-caliber tag team about appearing in early 1992. The identities have not been confirmed, although sources indicate that the promotion is particularly interested in established teams with recognizable gimmicks and national television exposure. The discussions are said to be preliminary, but they fit with the company's apparent intention to make tag team wrestling a major selling point next year. RON SIMMONS REPORTEDLY RECEIVING STRONG BACKSTAGE SUPPORT Ron Simmons has quietly become one of the more highly regarded performers in WCW. Management is reportedly pleased with his physical presence, improvement in the ring, and ability to connect with audiences. There have been suggestions that Simmons could receive a major singles championship opportunity in 1992, although there is disagreement about how quickly he should be elevated. A sustained program against one of the company's established heels is considered likely. CACTUS JACK'S STYLE RAISING CONCERNS Cactus Jack continues to impress audiences with his willingness to take punishment, but there are reportedly concerns about the long-term sustainability of his wrestling style. His participation in the Chamber of Horrors has raised additional questions, particularly given the number of dangerous objects expected to be involved. WCW officials are said to recognize his value as an unusual attraction, although there is some concern that his matches are becoming increasingly difficult to control. FINAL NOTES WCW's immediate priority remains Halloween Havoc, where the company is attempting to capitalize on several months of increasingly interconnected storylines. The Dangerous Alliance has become a major force, the International Championship has undergone an unexpected change, and the World Championship program between Sting and Undertaker has been handled with considerably more restraint than is typical for American wrestling television. The larger story, however, may be what happens after Halloween Havoc. Between the developing tag team division, the company's international relationships, and the possibility of two major acquisitions, WCW appears to be positioning itself for an aggressive 1992. Whether the company can turn that ambition into consistent business success remains to be seen. But there is little question that the promotion is making moves.

Weekend of October 17, 1991 Power Hour - Tony Schiavone & Jesse Ventura We open up with Tony and Jesse going through the chaos from last weekend. We've got new WCW Tag Team Champions in Arn Anderson and Larry Zbyszko, Rick Steiner is out with a dislocated elbow, and Sid Vicious absolutely destroyed Lex Luger with a powerbomb on the floor! Jesse says he's got some major news concerning Halloween Havoc and the match Harley Race has been promising. Jesse announces that the WCW Championship Committee has officially approved the CHAMBER OF HORRORS! This is going to be a massive steel cage surrounding the ring and ringside area. There will be coffins and all kinds of dangerous objects inside. All eight men will enter together and the first submission will end the match! No pinfalls, no disqualifications, no count-outs! Lex Luger, the Road Warriors, and El Gigante will face Sid Vicious, Meng, Abdullah the Butcher, and Cactus Jack! Jesse says he's never seen anything like this in WCW! Harley Race comes out and he's smiling from ear to ear. He says Lex Luger made the biggest mistake of his career when he agreed to this match. Harley says he's spent months trying to end Luger's career and now WCW has given him the perfect opportunity to finish the job! Ron Simmons defeated Skinner in a nice match. Simmons continues to move up the rankings and Jesse puts over how impressive he's been throughout 1991. The Nasty Boys w/ Missy Hyatt defeated Kendall Windham & Johnny Ace. This was a pretty brutal match with Knobbs and Sags focusing on Kendall's arm. They're almost making a point of doing the same thing they did to Rick Steiner! Missy gets on the microphone afterward and says Scott Steiner can come looking for revenge all he wants... but he better remember what happened to his brother! WAIT A SECOND... HERE COMES SCOTT STEINER! Scott comes out and he's absolutely furious! He's got a microphone and he says Rick is sitting at home with a dislocated elbow because of these two pieces of garbage! Scott says he's tired of hearing Missy run her mouth and he wants both of the Nasty Boys right now! Knobbs starts yelling back and tells Scott that if he wants a fight, he'll give him one! Jesse Ventura gets between them and says we're not doing this right now! But he's got some news... ON WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING... SCOTT STEINER WILL FACE BRIAN KNOBBS! Missy doesn't look too happy about that one! Scott says he doesn't care which one of them gets in the ring... he's going to make them pay for what they did to Rick! William Regal w/ Davey Boy Smith defeated Paul Diamond with a submission. Regal looks very good here and Davey Boy is applauding him from ringside. Jesse wonders if Regal can handle himself when things get a little more physical. Flyin Brian defeated Bob Holly in a non-title match. This was a fun one with Holly getting some offense before Brian takes over and finishes him off. Johnny B Badd and Teddy Long come out afterward. Badd says Brian can fly all he wants but at Halloween Havoc he's going to come crashing down! Brian invites him into the ring right now but Teddy Long says his man isn't giving anything away for free! Main Event - Ricky Steamboat & Dustin Rhodes vs Rick Rude & Scott Hall w/ Paul E This is a big-time main event for Power Hour and the crowd is really into it. Steamboat and Rude go right after one another while Dustin and Hall are continuing their own personal war. Hall is throwing Dustin around but Dustin keeps coming back and he's getting under Hall's skin. Steamboat gets the hot tag and he's cleaning house! He catches Rude with a big chop and then takes Hall down with an arm drag! This one is getting good! The big moment comes when Dustin and Hall spill outside the ring and Hall throws Dustin into the barricade! Steamboat goes over to help and Rude catches him from behind! Back inside, Hall gets Dustin up and hits the FALLAWAY SLAM! 1...2...3! The Dangerous Alliance gets another big victory! Paul E is celebrating like they've just won another championship! Tony and Jesse put over the fact that the Dangerous Alliance has been on an absolute roll. They've got the World Tag Team Championships and now Rude and Hall have beaten two of WCW's top stars! World Championship Wrestling - Jim Ross & Bobby Heenan We open up with Jim Ross and Bobby Heenan and they've got some major news concerning the WCW International Championship! Ross announces that Genichiro Tenryu is no longer with World Championship Wrestling and because of that, the International Championship was declared vacant. Last night at a WCW house show, the Great Muta faced Masa Saito to determine a new champion! Let's take a look! WCW International Championship - The Great Muta vs Masa Saito We see footage from Friday night and these two are having a hard-hitting contest. Saito is throwing Muta around and trying to keep him grounded but Muta continues to fight back. Saito goes for a big suplex but Muta counters... GREEN MIST! Saito is blinded! Muta goes up top... MOONSAULT! 1...2...3!!! THE GREAT MUTA IS THE NEW INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION! Back live, Muta comes out with Kensuke Sasuke and he's carrying the International Championship! Alexandra York comes out with Chono, Hase, and Saito and she is furious! York says that championship belongs to York International and Chono should have been the man competing for it! Jesse Ventura comes out and says he's got some news for Miss York... at Halloween Havoc, the Great Muta will defend the International Championship against MASA CHONO! Saito will be in Chono's corner and Sasuke will be in Muta's! The two men stare one another down and Muta raises the championship! Vader defeated Stan Johnson in another brutal squash. Johnson tries to get some offense but Vader runs right through him! Vader hits a massive clothesline and then follows it up with the VADER BOMB! 1...2...3! Vader gets on the microphone afterward and says he's tired of beating guys who don't belong in the ring with him! He's in the WCW Top Ten and he wants some real competition! The Patriot & Marcus Bagwell defeated Pat Tanaka & Paul Diamond in a fun tag team match. Bagwell gets caught in the wrong corner for a while before making the tag to the Patriot who comes in and cleans house! Bagwell eventually gets the pinfall and these two continue to look better every week. Jim Ross announces that the Patriot and Marcus Bagwell have been named the number-one contenders to the WCW Tag Team Championship! This brings out Paul E with Arn Anderson and Larry Zbyszko! Arn says these two kids have been beating up nobodies for weeks and now they think they're ready for the Enforcers? Larry says they're going to learn what real professional wrestling looks like at Halloween Havoc! Ross makes it official... the Enforcers will defend the WCW Tag Team Championship against the Patriot and Marcus Bagwell! Jushin Thunder Liger defeated Savio Vega in another exciting match. Liger is just on another level right now and he finishes Vega with a beautiful flying move. After the match, Hiro Hase comes out with Alexandra York and says he's tired of hearing about how great Liger is. He wants him at Halloween Havoc! Liger accepts and we've got another big match signed! Jim Ross is standing by with the WCW Champion Sting! Ross asks him about the Undertaker and the strange footage we've been seeing over the last couple of weeks. Sting says he doesn't know what the Undertaker is building in that old wooden building and quite frankly he doesn't care! He says the Undertaker is big, he's dangerous, and he's earned his opportunity. But Sting says he's the WCW Champion for a reason! He says he's not going to spend the next two weeks hiding from the Deadman... he's going to spend them getting ready to beat him! We then get another video of the Undertaker. He's back in that old wooden building and he's working on something. We can see pieces of wood being put together... nails being driven into the boards... but we still can't quite make out what he's building. Paul Bearer is standing in the background holding the urn. Nobody says a word. Lex Luger defeated Mr. Hughes w/ Harley Race. Luger is still hurting from that powerbomb last weekend and Hughes goes right after his back. This is a pretty physical match but Luger eventually starts fighting back and catches Hughes with a big running forearm for the victory! Harley Race gets on the microphone afterward and says Lex better enjoy this one because Halloween Havoc is going to be the last night of his career! Sid Vicious comes out onto the entrance ramp and he's just smiling at Luger. Lex wants him to come down but Sid doesn't move. He just stands there laughing before heading to the back! Johnny B Badd w/ Teddy Long defeated Van Hammer in a pretty interesting match. Hammer has the power advantage but Badd is using his speed and Teddy is doing everything he can to help his man. Hammer looks like he's going to put Badd away but Teddy distracts him and Badd catches him with the LEFT HOOK! 1...2...3! Badd gets the victory and Teddy says the Television Championship is coming home with them at Halloween Havoc! We go to Jim Ross who is standing by with Marty Jannetty. Marty says he's been looking for Shawn Michaels for two weeks and he still doesn't understand what's going on. He says they were brothers... they traveled together... they won championships together... and now Shawn is attacking him every chance he gets! Marty says he wants Shawn to come out here and explain himself! WAIT A SECOND... HERE COMES SHAWN MICHAELS! Shawn comes out and he's got a microphone. He says Marty has been riding his coattails for years! He says everybody always talked about the Rockers like they were equals but Shawn was the one carrying that team! Marty says that's a bunch of bullshit and tells Shawn to get in the ring! Michaels laughs and says if Marty wants to fight him so badly... he'll see him at Halloween Havoc! Shawn says he's going to prove to everybody that Marty Jannetty was always the weak link! Marty tries to go after him but Michaels heads to the back! We've got another big match signed for Halloween Havoc! Masa Chono & Hiro Hase w/ Alexandra York & Masa Saito defeated Bob Holly & Johnny Ace. Chono and Hase look tremendous here and they control most of the match. Chono finishes things off and afterward Alexandra York gets on the microphone. She says the Great Muta has stolen the International Championship from York International and at Halloween Havoc Chono is going to bring it back where it belongs! Chono takes the microphone and says very little... Muta... Halloween Havoc... that championship is mine! Scott Steiner vs Brian Knobbs w/ Missy Hyatt & Jerry Sags This one isn't going to be pretty and Jim Ross puts over that Scott Steiner has been waiting for this opportunity ever since the Nasty Boys attacked his brother! Knobbs comes out laughing with Missy and Sags but Scott doesn't wait around! He meets Knobbs in the aisle and starts throwing punches! The referee finally gets them into the ring and we've got ourselves a fight! Knobbs tries to use his size and strength but Scott is throwing him all over the place! BIG BELLY-TO-BELLY SUPLEX! Knobbs rolls outside and Missy is screaming at him to get back in there! Sags tries to get involved but Scott catches him with a right hand! Back inside, Knobbs catches Scott coming through the ropes and starts hammering him down. He throws Scott shoulder-first into the ring post and now the Nasties are trying to take out another Steiner! Scott fights back and hits a HUGE OVERHEAD SUPLEX! He's got Knobbs in trouble... WAIT A SECOND! SAGS IS IN THE RING! The referee calls for the bell! Scott Steiner wins by disqualification but now it's two-on-one! Knobbs and Sags are putting the boots to Scott! Missy is loving every second of this! Scott manages to fight his way back to his feet and starts throwing punches at both men! Officials and agents come running down to separate them! Scott is still trying to get his hands on the Nasties as they retreat up the aisle! Jim Ross says this issue is nowhere near finished! Main Event - The Enforcers w/ Paul E vs Davey Boy Smith & William Regal This is a non-title match but it's a big one for the new WCW Tag Team Champions! Arn and Larry are working together like a well-oiled machine but Davey Boy and Regal aren't backing down! Regal is frustrating Larry with some technical wrestling and Davey Boy is throwing Arn around the ring! The crowd is getting behind Davey and Regal here! Davey gets Arn up for the RUNNING POWERSLAM! WAIT A SECOND... Paul E is up on the apron! The referee goes over and Larry comes in from behind and nails Davey! Arn gets back to his feet... DDT! 1...2...3! THE ENFORCERS WIN! Paul E is celebrating again and the Enforcers grab their championships! Wait a second... here come the Patriot and Marcus Bagwell! They stand on the entrance ramp and point toward the championships! Arn and Larry hold the belts up and tell them to come and get them! Jim Ross puts over the big championship match coming up at Halloween Havoc! Main Event - Tony Schiavone & Eric Bischoff Ron Simmons defeated Paul Diamond in a nice opening match. Simmons continues to look impressive and Tony puts over the fact that he's now ranked in the WCW Top Ten! The Nasty Boys w/ Missy Hyatt defeated the State Patrol. The Nasties are still bragging about what happened to the Steiners and Missy says Scott should have learned his lesson on World Championship Wrestling! Dustin Rhodes defeated Larry Zbyszko w/ Paul E after catching him with the bulldog! Scott Hall comes down during the match and tries to distract Dustin but it doesn't work! Hall charges into the ring afterward but Dustin gets out of there before Hall can get his hands on him! Jushin Thunder Liger defeated Johnny Ace in another impressive match. Tony puts over that Liger will face Hiro Hase at Halloween Havoc! Halloween Havoc Control Center - Eric Bischoff We go to Eric Bischoff in the Halloween Havoc Control Center! Eric says we're just two weeks away from one of the biggest nights in WCW history! Halloween Havoc is coming October 31st and we've got something special planned! A 90-minute LIVE television special before the pay-per-view featuring SIX matches! Then we've got NINE more matches scheduled for the pay-per-view itself! Fifteen matches in one night! Let's take a look at what's been announced! Halloween Havoc - Live Television Special Van Hammer vs Diamond Dallas Page! Davey Boy Smith & William Regal vs Paul Diamond & Pat Tanaka! Ron Simmons vs Mr. Hughes w/ Harley Race! Jushin Thunder Liger vs Hiro Hase w/ Alexandra York! Vader vs Masa Saito! Eric says these are two of the toughest men in professional wrestling and neither one is going to back down! Eric says that's SIX matches on live television before we even get to the pay-per-view! Halloween Havoc - Pay-Per-View CHAMBER OF HORRORS! Lex Luger, the Road Warriors, and El Gigante against Sid Vicious, Meng, Abdullah the Butcher, and Cactus Jack! All eight men start inside the Chamber! No disqualifications, no count-outs, no pinfalls! The first submission wins! WCW Television Championship! Flyin Brian defends against Johnny B Badd w/ Teddy Long! Dustin Rhodes vs Scott Hall w/ Paul E! WCW World Tag Team Championship! The Enforcers defend against the Patriot and Marcus Bagwell! Marty Jannetty vs Shawn Michaels! WCW International Championship! The Great Muta defends against Masa Chono! Masa Saito will be in Chono's corner and Kensuke Sasuke will be in Muta's! The Steiner Brothers vs The Nasty Boys w/ Missy Hyatt! Eric says Rick Steiner's medical status is still being evaluated and WCW officials are monitoring the situation! WCW United States Championship! Ricky Steamboat defends against Ravishing Rick Rude w/ Paul E! And in the MAIN EVENT... the WCW World Heavyweight Championship! STING defends against THE UNDERTAKER w/ Paul Bearer! Eric says we'll have all the final updates next weekend before Halloween Havoc! Main Event - The Road Warriors vs Mr. Hughes & Meng w/ Harley Race This is going to be a fight from the opening bell! Hawk and Animal come out and they're not waiting around! They go right after Hughes and Meng and all four men are throwing punches! Harley Race is outside the ring screaming instructions but the Road Warriors are having none of it! Hughes and Meng eventually get control of Hawk and they're working him over in their corner. Meng is throwing those hard chops and Hughes is using his size to keep Hawk down! Animal is going crazy on the apron trying to get into the match! Hawk finally catches Hughes with a clothesline and makes the tag! HERE COMES ANIMAL! Animal is running through everybody! He catches Meng with a huge powerslam and then knocks Hughes off the apron! Hawk comes back in and the Road Warriors are looking for the DOOMSDAY DEVICE! WAIT A SECOND... HERE COMES SID VICIOUS! Sid hits the ring and goes right after Animal! The referee calls for the bell! Now we've got a three-on-two situation and Harley Race is loving every second of it! BUT HERE COMES LEX LUGER! Luger hits the ring and goes right after Sid! The two men are throwing punches and the crowd is going nuts! Meng and Hughes are trying to get involved but Hawk and Animal are keeping them occupied! Harley Race is screaming from ringside and Sid eventually rolls out of the ring! Luger wants him back inside but Sid is backing away with Harley! Tony Schiavone is putting over the fact that in two weeks these men are going to be locked inside the CHAMBER OF HORRORS and there won't be anywhere to run! We're out of time! We'll see you next weekend!

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Weekend of October 10 Power Hour - Tony Schiavone & Jesse Ventura The entire show is built towards the WCW Tag Team Title match happening on this broadcast. We’ve got a couple of matches before hand… Jesse runs through the top ten… let’s take a look WCW Champion - Sting 1-The Undertaker 2-Ricky Steamboat - US Champion 3-Ravishing Rick Rude 4-Sid Vicious 5-The Great Muta 6-Lex Luger 7-Tenryu - International Champion 8-Flyin Brian - TV Champion 9- Ron Simmons 10- Vader Davey Boy Smith defeated Stan Johnson - William Regal came out to the ring with Davey Boy Johnny B Badd w/ Teddy Long defeated John Michaels Marty Jannetty defeated Ryan Grant - After the match he cut a promo on Shawn Michaels and invited him to the ring but nothing happened. WCW Tag Team Championship - The Steiner Brothers © vs The Enforcers w/ Paul E This was interesting from the beginning… We haven’t seen the Steiners in two weeks and they come out here and you can tell things are good. Rick’s arm is bandaged up and Scott still shows bruising on his face. Arn and Larry control the pace from the beginning and they are just diabolical in their attempt to cripple Rick Steiner. The big moment is when Arn RAMS him into the ring post and Rick goes down…. Scott has to try and help but nothing is happening here…. Tony and Jesse put it over in a huge way and Scott Steiner turns it on. He is suplexing both men all over the ring and they’re selling it in a big way! Then we see Scott Hall and Rick Rude come down to the ring… they are circling Rick Steiner… but now here come Ricky Steamboat and Dustin Rhodes! No physical… but lots of words… Scott then hits a FRANKENSTEINER ON LARRY! Arn Anderson runs over and grabs Scott for a DDT! 1….2…..3!!! WE’VE GOT NEW TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS! Paul E is going nuts! He grabs the titles and gives them to Arn and Larry! The crowd is in shock! World Championship Wrestling - Jim Ross & Bobby Heenan WCW Opens with this footage… WCW Tag Team Championship - The Steiner Brothers © vs The Enforcers w/ Paul E This was interesting from the beginning… We haven’t seen the Steiners in two weeks and they come out here and you can tell things are good. Rick’s arm is bandaged up and Scott still shows bruising on his face. Arn and Larry control the pace from the beginning and they are just diabolical in their attempt to cripple Rick Steiner. The big moment is when Arn RAMS him into the ring post and Rick goes down…. Scott has to try and help but nothing is happening here…. Tony and Jesse put it over in a huge way and Scott Steiner turns it on. He is suplexing both men all over the ring and they’re selling it in a big way! Then we see Scott Hall and Rick Rude come down to the ring… they are circling Rick Steiner… but now here come Ricky Steamboat and Dustin Rhodes! No physical… but lots of words… Scott then hits a FRANKENSTEINER ON LARRY! Arn Anderson runs over and grabs Scott for a DDT! 1….2…..3!!! WE’VE GOT NEW TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS! Paul E is going nuts! He grabs the titles and gives them to Arn and Larry! The crowd is in shock! We then go to Jim Ross who is standing by and here comes the Dangerous Alliance! New WCW Tag Team Champions, Arn and Larry… Rick Rude… and Scott Hall all with Paul E who is basking in his victory! They put over their tag team title victory and say they have got some flowers for Missy Hyatt and some nice steaks for the Nasty Boys! This brings out Missy and the Nasties… there are some handshakes… and an envelope… wait a minute… out of the back here comes Scott Steiner and he comes throwing fists at everyone he can get his hands on! Officials and agents run down…. Here comes Steamboat and Dustin….the Patriot and Marcus Bagwell… Flyin Brian… the lines are being drawn in the sand…. Ross and Heenan put over that issue with Scott Steiner earlier… they report that Rick Steiner’s elbow was dislocated and he may be out of action for quite some time. We’ve got a big night…let’s get to the ring! Vader defeated two jobbers… stacked them… hit a Vader bomb in the corner on both of them! Bagwell and the Patriot win a fun tag team match with the State Patrol Sid Vicious kills Kendall Windham… Then Harley Race brings out Abby, Cactus, and Meng… they put over the big Halloween Havoc and then Harley Race says he’s got a match that is sure to end the career of Lex Luger! This brings out the Total Package and he isn’t alone… he’s got the Road Warriors and El Gigante with him. Luger says he will accept any match… any time… anywhere… Harley smiles and says the contract will be here next week… its being reviewed by the WCW lawyers right now! We’ll see Abdullah and Cactus vs the Road Warriors later on! Marty Jannetty with a nice win over Paul Diamond… he then joins Jim Ross and says he doesn’t know what got into Shawn Michaels… he says he wants to know… he’s been looking for him all week… he’s going to be at the Main Event tomorrow night and he wants Michaels to show up and man up! Flyin Brian gets a nice win over Pat Tanaka. Johnny B Badd and Teddy Long come out… we find out that Flyin Brian will defend the TV Title against Johnny B Badd at Halloween Havoc! Badd says he is so pretty but he’s going to ground Flyin Brian and take that TV title! Flyin Brian says he doesn’t need to wait… but Long says his man doesn’t give off the goods for free… Flyin Brian is going to PAY! Jushin Liger defeated Diamond Dallas Page in a very weird match… DDP does his best but Liger is on a different level. Hase & Chono w/ Alexandra York & Saito get a nice tag team win. York says that this week… the International Champion, Tenryu is going to be defending the title and Muta… Muta has stuck his nose their business once and that’s all it is going to take! A special video is shown of the Undertaker in an old wooden building… he is cutting wood… shaping it…. You can see his breath… no talking just the sound of the wood. Sting defeated Skinner in a nice one on one match… Sting then goes to Jim Ross… he is rocking a new haircut… he says… you know Rossy… people have been telling me that I won’t be able to handle the Undertaker’s dark side… well look here… (shows off his hair) I’ve got two dark sides! Undertaker…. There is no doubt that you're big and bad… hell I might be a little scared of you but that’s what makes it worth it… I can’t wait to step in that ring and show you all I’ve got… show every one of these little Stingers that you face your fears… you rise up… and you stand tall. Undertaker… I am afraid… afraid of what I am going to do when we come face to face! Time for the main event… we see a crazy tag team brawl between the Road Warriors vs Abdullah and Cactus! This one is wild from the outset and all four men are involved. This one then gets more chaotic when Harley Race brings down Mr. Hughes and Meng…. They get involved only for El Gigante and Lex Luger to run out and save them! It is a four on four battle! The matches is never decided but the fight is pretty fun to see… but the final moments… the broadcast is running out of time… wait a second… Luger is looking for Race… but Sid Vicious comes out and clotheslines Luger! He hammers down on him… wait a second… Sid with a POWERBOMB ON LUGER ON THE FLOOR! We’ve GOTTA GO! Main Event - Tony Schiavone & Eric Bischoff Van Hammer wins a fun match with the big slingshot suplex! Vader is once again destroying random dudes… he starts saying he wants the title! Scott Hall w/ Paul E vs Marty Jannetty A fun premiere match up but it doesn’t go long. Scott Hall is able to control the match before he throws Jannetty outside the ring. Out of the back… wait a second… Michaels comes out… pushes Paul E away… SUPERKICK! DQ on Hall… victory for Jannetty… Michaels then pops down and he is hammering Jannetty in the head! Officials and agents come out… Michaels is backed off. The Patriot & Marcus Bagwell win a fun tag match… these two have some good chemistry together and Patriot continues to help Bagwell develop! Jushin Liger vs Hase w/ Alexandra York is an interesting main event. These two guys just give us a taste of what they can do together in the ring. We only get the taste though… soon Chono and Saito are out here… then we see Muta and Sasuke come out… Saito tries to get involved… Muta with a big green MYST! Hase is distracted and Liger with a DRAGON SUPLEX and 1…2….3!!

Weekend of October 3 Power Hour - Tony Schiavone & Jesse Ventura The crux of Power Hour this week is putting over the OMNI show from last week and how there is major controversy surrounding the WCW Top 10! Jesse Ventura says he is going to address that controversy and he will make a special announcement this evening on World Championship Wrestling. We than have a fun hour of action. El Gigante & Lex Luger defeated Mr. Hughes & Meng Marty Jannetty over Mark Titan via the top rope dropkick The Nasty Boys w/ Missy Hyatt defeated Tim Majors & Erick Strong The Patriot & Marcus Bagwell defeated Paul Diamond & Pat Tanaka Scott Hall, Larry Z, & Arn Anderson defeated Bob Holly, Kendall Windham, & Johnny Ace WCW Television Championship- Flyin Brian defeated Mr. Saito via DQ World Championship Wrestling - Jim Ross & Bobby Heenan Jushin Liger defeated The Red Shadow (Savio Vega) Lex Luger defeated Skinner Davey Boy Smith w/ William Regal defeated Diamond Dallas Page The Patriot & Marcus Bagwell defeated The State Patrol Arn Anderson and Larry Z with a promo on Patriot and Marcus Bagwell saying they don’t deserve a shot at titles let alone to be in the ring with them. Marty Jannetty defeated Skinner with the top rope dropkick Marty Jannetty says he has tried to reach out to Shawn Michaels for weeks but hasn’t heard anything! Johnny B Badd w/ Teddy Long defeated Johnny Ace Teddy Long says that Badd is a BAD MAN and he is going to be the next WCW Television Champion! Cactus Jack defeated Van Hammer after Abdullah interfered. The Road Warriors came down and we’re going to get a showdown with these four NEXT WEEK! Harley Race and Sid put over their feud with Luger and say they have a match so diabolical… so demonic… so dangerous… they don’t even know if Jesse Ventura will give it the okay to happen! Rick Steamboat, Flyin Brian, & Dustin Rhodes win a six-man tag Paul E has got Rick Rude and Scott Hall with them. He puts over how there is going to be a lot of changes here in WCW over the next couple of weeks… namely that the Dangerous Alliance is going to be a gold detector and titles will soon be theirs! Great Muta & Kensuke Sasuke vs Saito & Hase w/ Alexandra York In the final segment of the show, Jesse Ventura comes out and welcomes Sting. He says he has several announcements to make… first off… next week… on Power Hour… Paul E has turned in the US tag team titles… and Arn Anderson and Larry Z are going to challenge the Steiner Brothers for the WCW Tag Team Titles! Jesse then says he has been in board meetings all day with the WCW Executive Championship Committee. Halloween Havoc is going to be the biggest event of the year… this year it lands on October 31st… and to go along with the pay-per-view… World Championship Wrestling will be live that night from the site and will be PART of the Pay Per View as a free 90-minute lead-in. Jesse then says that every member of the WCW Top 10 will be involved in action on that night. We will have multiple WCW Title Matches on that night. The main event… will be for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship… Sting will defend the WCW World Title… against the Number One Contender… The UNDERTAKER!!! The crowd is shocked…. Then the Undertaker’s music hits and he walks out to the ring. Sting looks out to the fans… Ross and Heenan put this through the roof! Taker steps in the ring and looks at Sting… they are face to face…kind of… Taker is a little taller… but what a visual! These two will meet@ Halloween Havoc with the WCW World Title on the line!!! Main Event - Tony Schiavone & Eric Bischoff Eric and Tony welcome us in for Main Event and put over Jesse Ventura’s huge announcement of Sting vs The Undertaker. They also put over the WCW Tag Title match next week when the Steiners defend against Arn and Larry on Power Hour! Arn & Larry w/ Paul E win a tag team match and look to be in phenomenal shape for their upcoming tag team championship match! Van Hammer gets a nice win over Pat Tanaka Vader destroyed two bums. Davey Boy Smith w/ William Regal in his corner defeated Paul Diamond Jushin Liger defeated The Masked Assassin (Savio Vega) Johnny B Badd w/ Teddy Long defeated Marty Jannetty when Shawn Michaels came out of the crowd and SUPERKICKED Jannetty right in the jaw before putting him in the ring for Badd to make the cover. The crowd was shocked to see Michaels, who looks to be in tremendous shape.

World Championship Wrestling Jim Ross & Bobby Heenan LIVE FROM THE OMNI! JR: Welcome ladies and gentlemen to downtown Atlanta, Georgia and the Omni! We are LIVE for a very special, sold out edition of World Championship Wrestling! I am joined by Bobby the Brain Heenan, Brain, tonight we’ve got two world title matches…. Everyone is talking about Sting defending the World Title against Tenryu one more time but could the York Foundation strike gold? Brain: I’ve spoken with York and the associates… Tenryu is in the best shape of his life… he is ready… tonight we will have a new world champion! JR: That is going to be quite the contest… plus tonight the tag titles will be on the line inside the steel cage… the Steiners take on the team of Chono and Sasuke… now that Saito was injured. Brain: I’ve talked about how I wasn’t sure about this pairing… but looking into it… Sasuke is Chono’s protege… he has won gold in the past… he knows Chono… it’s going to be night night for the Steiner Brothers! JR: I can see where your allegiance lies tonight Brain… plus we’ve got Lex Luger taking on Sid Vicious, one has to wonder if and where Cactus Jack will show his face along with Abdullah the Butcher. Brain: I may take a break during that match, I don’t want to be anywhere near ringside… especially with the Road Warriors backing up Luger. JR: Plus we’ve got a match that many never thought they’d see…. Ricky Steamboat versus the Undertaker. Brain: The Undertaker is undefeated… tonight… he is going to put the flame out of the dragon! JR: Fans we’ve got a huge night of action… right now we head to the ring for our opening contest! EIGHT-MAN TAG Dustin Rhodes, Kendall Windham, Johnny Ace, & Van Hammer vs Rick Rude, Arn Anderson, Larry Z, & Scott Hall w/ Paul E Dangerously A good opener… Dustin has to carry his team… and does so. The Dangerous Alliance is tough right now… and each man show’s off their skills with Rick Rude shining the brightest. Hall and Rhodes end up rolling out to the floor which leads to a Rude Awakening on Johnny Ace for the 3-count! We get a special video showcasing Jushin Thunder Liger who will make his return here tonight! Marcus Bagwell vs Johnny B Badd w/ Teddy Long A solid television bout… Marcus Bagwell gives all he’s got here and these guys have 10-minutes. Badd and Long continue to play the 2 on 1 game… Bagwell tries to get offense in but the numbers are just too much. The problem comes when Bagwell gets some momentum but then Long grabs his leg… Bagwell turns to chastise him but turns around and SWEET KISS GOODNIGHT knockout blow from Badd and that’s all she wrote! WCW Heavyweight Championship - Sting vs Tenryu w/ Alexandra York Odd placement for this one but it needs the time limit as Ross says. These two don’t go overly long. Sting and Tenryu go at a breakneck pace for about 12-minutes and give the fans everything they’ve got. York looks visibly frustrated outside the ring as Tenryu doesn’t seem to be listening to her. Tenryu looks VERY stiff tonight and gives Sting everything. Sting’s speed and momentum carries the contest and ends up being the turning point. Tenryu runs for the nasty boot to the skull but Sting ducks and Tenryu’s leg goes over the top rope and he’s in the corner… wait a second STINGER SPLASH. Sting goes up top… Tenryu turns around and HIGH CROSS BODY OFF THE TOP ROPE for the 3-count! Sting retains the title and the crowd is rocking! Tenryu is out of the ring and arguing with York… the International Champion is not very happy right now. Lex Luger vs Sid Vicious w/ Harley Race This is one that has been building for some time… Ross and Heenan put it over in a big way… but it doesn’t even get a chance to get going. Race is trying to orchestrate everything from ringside but Luger isn’t having it. He even kicks at Race… leading to Sid clotheslining him out of the ring to the floor. It doesn’t take long before Meng, Cactus, and Abdullah run out… they are being backed off by officials but then here comes the Road Warriors and El Gigante! All hell has broken loose at ringside. Jushin Thunder Liger vs Savio Vega In a special return bout, Jushin Thunder Liger makes his return to WCW. JR and Heenan put him over as one of the most phenomenal wrestlers in the world. He has had success in WCW before and looks to regain that success here now. Both Ross and Heenan wonder if the York International group will look into Liger and Bobby doesn’t know if he has the killer instinct that York’s men have. Savio flies around for Liger and we see all the big moves, including a top rope Moonsault that WOWs the crowd and gets Liger the 1…2…3!! Ricky Steamboat vs The Undertaker w/ Paul Bearer What a moment… Steamboat up against an unbeatable monster. The Undertaker, over the last year have taken on all comers and has yet to be defeated. The US title is not on the line but there is more, everyone can sense it. The match goes around 14-minutes, the longest for the Undertaker, Steamboat just begins to work up a good sweat. Ross and Heenan put this through the roof, the entire time, Taker and Steamboat go blow for blow. One of the big spots is when Steamboat hits the ropes and then goes for a cross body but Taker catches him but falls backwards over the top rope and both men go to the floor but Undertaker holds on to him… then Taker RUNS him into the ringpost! This is the tide turner. Taker takes control and doesn’t look to give it up. He’s hammering down on the Dragon but there is a fire in Steamboat that is unlike most men. He battles back and he’s got this Omni crowd behind him. He makes one big final stand and comes with a couple of huge shots before going up top and hitting a flying chop to the head but the Undertaker just staggers. Steamboat goes up again and comes CRASHING down with another chop and the Undertker goes to his knee… Steamboat is looking to finish now as he goes up top and leaps for a high cross body but the Undertaker catches him… hoists him up… TOMBSTONE PILEDRIVER! 1…..2…..3!!! The Undertaker has won it! The crowd is in disbelief. JR and Heenan put this over in a huge way. What does this mean for the Undertaker? WCW Tag Team Championship - Cage Match - Steiners vs Chono & Sasuke w/ Alexandra York The cage match, the Omni, the Tag Titles on the line… here we go. This one starts as a regular tag team match and soon breaks down into a Texas Tornado cage match and the fans eat it up! These four men throw some f’n bombs though inside that ring and each man goes crashing up against the cage. Scott Steiner even gets a little juice to make things special. Alexandra York is screaming outside the ring at her men but Chono and Sasuke seem to be a step off against Rick and Scott. Saito comes out… he doesn’t look 100% and here comes Hase. Inside the ring, Rick and Scott get Chono tied up in the ropes and then Soctt is able to nail Sasuke with a FRANKENSTEINER! The fans explode for the 1…2….3!!! Rick and Scott win the match and regain/retain the WCW World Tag Team Titles! Jim Ross and Bobby put this over as Rick and Scott head to the back where Tony Schiavone is standing by… but inside the ring… in the cage…. Wait just a minute… Tony is standing by as Rick and Scott are coming back… he has his hand on his ear though… fans I am told there is something going on in the ring… Rick and Scott walk into the scene… worn out… a little bloody… Tony congratulates them… he says we have to take it back out to the ring… Inside the ring… Hase, Chono, Saito, and now Tenryu who has come on… they are surrounding Sasuke… Ross and Heenan wonder what’s going on… then they ATTACK! OH MY! It is a 4 on 1 beatdown in the middle of the ring and the crowd is shocked…. The camera cuts back to Rick and Scott and there is commotion as The Nasty Boys are on the scene and they’ve attacked the Steiners. Missy is being held back by officials. Scott Steiner’s eye is badly cut open now and they slam Rick’s arm in the door. This is pure chaos…. The camera cuts back out to the ring… wait a minute… MUTA! MUTA IS HERE! Muta runs out and he goes into the cage! Ross and Heenan are going nuts! The fans are going wild! We’re out of time! Main Event Tony Schiavone & Eric Bichoff This ends up being a very fast hour of television… it starts with Tony and Eric saying we have the full footage of both the attacks on the Steiner Brothers and Kensuke Sasuke! We’ll see both situations play out tonight… but right now we get to the ring. The Patriot wins a nice singles match with a huge belly-to-belly suplex! Vader wins a handicap match against two men….he beats them with a double bear-hug! We see the footage of Kensuke Sasuke getting attacked by Tenryu, Hase, and Saito. Chono stays back for a moment but when Muta comes out - the crowd EXPLODES and he goes right for Chono! Muta mysts Saito. He nails Hase with a nasty kick to the throat. Then it is Muta and Tenryu - eyeing one another up before the York International group begins to retreat…. Muta spits the myst in the air and they go back as Muta checks on Sasuke. Van Hammer with a good win with that slingshot suplex! Cactus and Abdullah win a tag team match with Harley Race and Meng at ringside. We see the footage of the Nasty Boys attacking the Steiner Brothers right as they begin to talk to Tony Schiavone. The Nasties use the tag titles and chairs. Scott Steiner is busted open even wider and the blood is flowing. Then the Nasty Boys take Rick and slam the door on his arm…. Then they maneuver him… load the arm in the door and both run into it and it sounds like it breaks! The Main Event for Main Event is a one-on-one match between Marcus Bagwell and Larry Z w/ Paul E. This is another opportunity for Marcus Bagwell as he and Larry go for about 9-minutes and Bagwell gives him everything he can handle but when Double A comes out… well the tide turns. Anderson doesn’t have to do anything other then circle the ring with Paul E and it serves enough of a distraction for Larry to get a nasty low blow knee right in the groin! Larry then hits the double arm suplex and gets the 3-count! After the match, Arn comes in and smiles… they begin to put the boots to Bagwell but then out of the back runs the Patriot! Arn and Larry back off…. Their laughing… Paul E is holding the US tag titles…

Weekend of Sept 19 Power Hour - Tony and Jesse The Patriot makes his debut - looks good - he’s a jacked athletic dude with the American Flag on his face. Marty Jannetty with another good win The Nasty Boys with Missy Hyatt get a tag team win. El Gigante, Dustin Rhodes, and Flyin Brian win a nice six-man match. Marcus Bagwell defeated Johnny B Badd w/ Teddy Long via DQ! WCW Top Ten WCW Champion - Sting 1- Ricky Steamboat - US Champion 2- Sid Vicious 3- Undertaker 4 - Ravishing Rick Rude 5 - Tenryu - International Champion 6 - Lex Luger 7 - Flyin Brian - TV Champion 8 - The Great Muta 9 - Dustin Rhodes 10 - Vader World Championship Wrestling Jim Ross & Bobby Heenan In action… The Patriot with a good win - he’s all over this weekend. Davey Boy Smith with a good win - he notices someone in the crowd… is that… Regal? Ron Simmons with a big win… he looks like a man on a mission. Vader beats the shit out of a couple of punks. The Undertaker with another dominating win. We see the six-man team of Chono, Hase, and Sasuke and they look good! Sting and the Steiners get a good win… fun to see these three together. In a major angle… we see Sid Vicious in the ring with Harley Race and Meng… they are joined by Abdullah and Cactus… Lex Luger then walks out and says he is tired of playing games… if they want to play the numbers games then he will play them as well… out come the Road Warriors! Luger and the Warriors back off this crew and the battle lines have been drawn! In the main event - Dustin Rhodes and Rick Rude battle in a 18-minute instant hit. Rude breaks him down but Dustin fights his way back up. Both men with some offense… but the turning point happens when Rude clotheslines Dustin over the top rope to the floor. Rude and Paul E are distracting the referee… wait a second… SCOTT HALL out of NOWHERE NAILS DUSTIN! He tosses him into the ringpost and he’s busted WIDE open! Dustin is gushing as WCW goes off the air… Scott Hall is back with the Dangerous Alliance! Main Event Tony Schiavone & Eric Bichoff The Patriot is in action again - must be worth noting. The Road Warriors get a nice tag team win Marcus Bagwell with a good singles win. Marty Jannetty gets another nice win. Van Hammer with a singles win. In the Main Event - El Gigante defeated Abdullah the Butcher via DQ when Cactus Jack interfered…. That brought out the Road Warriors and a WILD brawl! The Omni Next Week! WCW Heavyweight Championship - Sting vs Tenryu WCW Tag Team Championship - Cage Match - Steiners vs Chono & Sasuke Ricky Steamboat vs Undertaker w/ Paul Bearer Lex Luger vs Sid Vicious Marcus Bagwell vs Johnny B Badd w/ Teddy Long Jushin Thunder Liger returns to WCW!

Weekend of Sept 5 This weekend of WCW is all about the fallout from the Clash of the Champions. WCW Top Ten WCW Champion - Sting 1- Ricky Steamboat - US Champion 2- Sid Vicious 3- Undertaker 4 - Tenryu - International Champion 5 - Flyin Brian - TV Champion 6 - Ravishing Rick Rude 7 - Lex Luger 8 - The Great Muta 9 - Ron Simmons 10 - Dustin Rhodes Jesse Ventura called out the World Tag Team Championship and said in two weeks on September 26th, we will be LIVE from the Omni for a special 2 hour broadcast. On that show… in a steel cage match… the Steiners will face off against Chono and Saito for the World Tag Team Titles! Cactus Jack and Abdullah the Butcher debuted as a tag team - pure chaos. Cactus cuts a promo talking about Uncle Harley and doing whatever he asks! The Undertaker, Sid, Ron Simmons, Vader, Dustin Rhodes, The Great Muta, and Rick Rude all with good wins as they show off their roles in the top 10. Six-Man Tag Team Main Event Sting & The Steiners defeated Chono, Hase, & Saito - Saito may have been injured in the contest. On the MAIN EVENT - Rick Rude defeated Flyin Brian in a one on one contest but not for the TV title! Weekend of Sept. 12 WCW Top Ten WCW Champion - Sting 1- Ricky Steamboat - US Champion 2- Sid Vicious 3- Undertaker 4 - Ravishing Rick Rude 5 - Tenryu - International Champion 6 - Lex Luger 7 - Flyin Brian - TV Champion 8 - The Great Muta 9 - Dustin Rhodes 10 - Vader This weekend, we saw a new top 10, including a big-time top 10 match when Lex Luger defeated Tenryu via DQ > Abdullah and Cactus showed up and all hell broke loose. The York International Group teamed up with Cactus and Abdullah to take out Luger until Sting and the Steiners showed up! We found out that Saito has been injured and at the Omni - Kensuke Sasaki will team with Masa Chono to take on the Steiners inside the Steel Cage. We will also see Sting vs Tenryu for the World Championship. We’ll also see a top 10 matchup when The Undertaker takes on Ricky Steamboat plus Lex Luger vs Sid Vicious! Hopefully back in the loop next week - be down with the sickness lately.

Clash of the Champions XVI - Thursday, September 3, 1991 Television Championship - Flyin Brian defeated Hiro Hase at the 13-minute mark when Hase hit a nasty German Suplex… both men’s shoulders were down but Pillman raised his at the last moment! Johnny B Badd defeated Marcus Bagwell when Teddy Long turned and held Bagwell for Badd to knock out with the punch. Long and Badd celebrated all the way up the ramp! Sid Vicious w/ Harley Race defeated Davey Boy Smith via count out after powerbombing him outside the ring on the rampway! Smith couldn’t answer the ten count back to the ring. WCW Tag Team Championship - Masa Chono and asa Saito w/ Alexandra York defeated the Steiner Brothers for the WCW Tag Team Championship.The finish saw Kensuke Sasuke get involved and he used York’s “new” computer and destroyed it over Rick Steiner’s head leading to Chono hitting a Mafia Kick for the 3-count! As soon as the match finished, The Nasty Boys ran into the ring and took out Scott! Rick’s head was bleeding as he tried to get to him, but Sags and Knobbs hit a spike piledriver outside the ring on Scott! The Undertaker w/ Paul Bearer defeated Ron Simmons with the Tombstone in the middle of the ring! This was a HARD fought match and for the first time in almost a year, the Undertaker wavered when Simmons brought some huge shots. Simmons fights hard but Undertaker was able to counter him into the Tombstone for the victory. Ricky Steamboat, Dustin Rhodes, and the Great Muta defeated Rick Rude, Larry Z, and Arn Anderson w/ Paul E in a six-man showcase. Muta pinned Arn Anderson after a huge shining wizard. Steamboat and Rude really layed into one another during thie one. Lex Luger defeated Cactus Jack in a wild 8-minute brawl that was all over the ringside area. The referee could not contain anything. Luger has to channel his Bruiser Brody instincts here a little bit but the match comes together enough. The finish sees Cactus go for the elbow outside the ring but Luger moves and Cactus bumps on the cement! This all leads to a moment in the ring where Cactus leaps off the top rope, uncharacteristically, and Luger counters him for a catching powerslam! 1….2…3!!! Luger has won it and he escapes out of the ring. Jim Ross walks over to try and get a word from him… Luger is winded… Ross asks him questions but Luger can’t catch his breath… he leans up against the rail… tries to get his composure… and out of fugging nowhere… ABDULLAH THE BUTCHER GRABS LEX LUGER FROM BEHIND AND PULLS HIM OVER THE GUARDRAIL! The camera angle is amazing…. Abby has got some sharp object jabbed into Luger’s throat… Luger’s face is smooshed up against the guardrail. Cactus is down there screaming like a wild banshee. Security and staff come out and try to stop this… pure chaos! We take a minute… come back and Jesse Ventura is out there. Luger is being taken to the back on a stretcher… it is messy because of the rampway. Ventura comes over to Ross…. Gives him a rundown of what’s going on… he then says that he’s reviewed the footage… the tag team championships are being HELD UP! Sasuke hit him with the computer… this Saturday on World Championship Wrestling… the titles will be addressed. Ventura is going to be ringside for our World Title main event… THERE MUST BE A WINNER! WCW Championship - Sting defeated Tenryu in a 22-minute showdown. Evenly fought. Both men gave it everything they had. Tenryu showed off his power and grit… Sting showed he has got all the resilience that anyone could have to be champion. In the ring, we see Tenryu go for a powerbomb but Sting pops over the top and then grabs in a backslide and locks in the arms for a 3-count! Sting has won it!

Weekend of August 29 WCW Power Hour - Tony Schiavone & Jesse Ventura The British Bulldog kicks off Power Hour with a big win and he shows off a supreme look and some big momentum in the ring. Marty Jannetty with a good win… he has got some quick speed in that ring. Johnny B Badd with a knockout victory! Vader kills some dude… hits the Vader bomb… works the crowd… he is on the brink! Diamond Dallas Page gets a win over Kendall Windham - DDP is coming along. Lex Luger defeated Pat Tanaka in the main event of Power Hour. Cactus Jack is shown after the match up in the stands… he looks like he is going to jump on to Luger. What is going to happen when these two finally get a hold of one another!?! WCW Top Ten WCW Champion - Sting 1- Ricky Steamboat - US Champion 2- Tenryu - International Champion 3- Sid Vicious 4 - Flyin Brian - TV Champion 5 - Undertaker 6 - Ravishing Rick Rude 7 - Lex Luger 8 - The Great Muta 9 - Ron Simmons 10 - British Bulldog World Championship Wrestling - Jim Ross & Bobby Heenan Sid Vicious comes out with Harley Race and beats the shit out of two seperate guys. Harley and Sid are joined by Meng (white shirt Meng) and Mr. Hughes. They put over the fact that come the Clash… Cactus Jack is going to end Lex Luger’s Career… Sid Vicious is going to destroy Davey Boy Smith… and finally get his shot at his rightful world title! Marcus Alexander Bagwell with a fun encounter… he has got a great look… smooth in the ring… we’ll see what happens when he clashes with Johnny B Badd this week! The Great Muta gets a win and almost flies out of the ring when he hits the back elbow hand spring! The Dangerous Alliance win a six-man tag team match… Rude is without question the man on the rise in this group. Dustin Rhodes and Ricky Steamboat team up and defeat the State Patrol We then go to Eric Bichoff in the WCW Control Room and he announces the card for the Clash on Thursday, September the 3rd. WCW Championship - Sting defends against Tenryu w/ Alexandra York SIX MAN - Ricky Steamboat, Dustin Rhodes, & Great Muta vs The Dangerous Alliance WCW Tag Championship - The Steiner Brothers defend against Chono and Saito WCW Television Championship - Flyin Brian defends against Hase Lex Luger vs Cactus Jack! Plus… Sid Vicious vs Davey Boy Smith… the Undertaker vs Ron Simmons… and a special showcase with Johnny B Badd taking on Marcus Bagwell! Skinner with a win… he spits that chaw in his opponents mouth and he looks like he throws up! Marty Jannetty with another solid win. He continues to build back up! Our main event sees the 4 on 4 challenge of Sting, Flyin Brian, and The Steiners taking on Tenryu, Chono, Hase, and Saito… Alexandra York is ringside… but she isn’t alone. She has got another guy with her… that’s… Kensuke Sasuke! He’s been in WCW before and Ross puts over how he is an understudy of Chono. This one gets some time and we get to see all the pieces come together. The highlight is seeing Scott Steiner and Chono just beat the living shit out of one another. Sting and Tenryu do meet and give the fans a taste of what is going to happen this week at the Clash. Hase and Pillman pull no punches and we get some high flying. The finish is chaotic but in the end… Saito holds Rick Steiner’s arm up against the ringpost… and Tenryu runs with a boot that knocks him the f out! Steiner is known for a hard head but that was too much for any man. Tenryu gets the 3-count and the fans are shocked. Rick is hurt. Sting is trying to fight off Chono and Hase. Saito is attacking Rick while Scott protects him. Sasuke gets involved and now he and Pillman are fighting. Chaos has broken loose… we’ll see you at the Clash this week! WCW The Main Event - Tony Schiavone & Eric Bischoff Main Event kicks off this week with the Undertaker destroying some dudes… Eric and Tony continue to put him over as he climbs the ranks in WCW! Ron Simmons with a good win tonight and the spinebuster is all she wrote! The Nasty Boys with Missy Hyatt get a tag team win and beat the piss out of their opponents. Van Hammer with another win and he continues to build steam… just not very hot. In the Main Event of Main Event we see Cactus Jack and El Gigante go to a double DQ. It is about as ugly as you’d expect and Cactus keeps the match afloat

Weekend of August 22 WCW Power Hour - Tony Schiavone & Jesse Ventura In action: The Road Warriors kick things off this week with a piss-pounding beatdown of two dudes. Cactus Jack gets a fun win via count-out - when Cactus hits a flying elbow outside the ring! Saito, Hase, & Chono with a nice six-man win. Alexandra York is pumping up her men big time. The Undertaker w/ Paul Bearer kills some guy… looks crazy dangerous… Van Hammer with a good showcase - fans are getting behind him. Lex Luger & El Gigante defeated Haku and Mr. Hughes in a fun tag team encounter. Harley Race comes down mid-way through… plays a role and looks to interfere. Hughes and Luger take a fight in the aisle… but here comes Cactus Jack out of the back and he attacks Luger! WCW Top Ten WCW Champion - Sting 1- Ricky Steamboat - US Champion 2- Tenryu - International Champion 3- Sid Vicious 4 - Flyin Brian - TV Champion 5 - Undertaker 6 - Ravishing Rick Rude 7 - The Great Muta 8 - Lex Luger 9 - Ron Simmons 10 - British Bulldog World Championship Wrestling - Jim Ross & Bobby Heenan The Steiner Brothers kick off World Championship Wrestling with a win over the State Patrol. Rick and Scott look awesome right now. The Walking Riot Missy Hyatt has got her Nasty Boys primed up… they want a fight right now and Rick and Scott are willing but security is out there to hold off this brawl Ron Simmons with a nice win via the top rope flying shoulder block! Simmons then cuts a promo on the Undertaker… he says he isn’t afraid of the dark and come the Clash, he will be the one with his hand raised! We then go to Eric Bichoff in the WCW Control Room and he announces the card for the Clash on Thursday, September the 3rd. WCW Championship - Sting defends against Tenryu w/ Alexandra York SIX MAN - Ricky Steamboat, Dustin Rhodes, & Great Muta vs The Dangerous Alliance WCW Tag Championship - The Steiner Brothers defend against Chono and Saito WCW Television Championship - Flyin Brian defends against Hase Lex Luger vs Cactus Jack! Plus… Sid Vicious vs Davey Boy Smith… the Undertaker vs Ron Simmons… and a special showcase with Johnny B Badd taking on Marcus Bagwell! We return to WCW with a good showcase from Marty Jannetty who is picking up some steam in recent weeks. JR says he’s been rehabbing a knee injury but he looks to be back and ready to go. Bobby Heenan says it doesn’t mean anything… Shawn Michaels was the real star of the Rockers! We then see Tony Schiavone with Teddy Long. He says that he has signed up to not only get a special good look at Johnny B Badd vs Marcus Bagwell… but he is going to be the SPECIAL GUEST REFEREE! He says he has an interest in the winner… and financially… this could be the biggest event of his life! Vader comes out and kills two different guys… he stacks them and hits the VADER BOMB! Sting with a good promo on Tenryu and the York International. This brings out Tenryu and his crew….Chono looks like he’s about to pounce on Sting… and Sting says let’s get to it in the ring tonight! Flyin Brian gets a nice win over Kwang… a masked guy who looks to be a lot like Savio Vega. Brian says that he and Hase have got a date with destiny at the Clash… Brian says he is feeling 100% and ready to defend the TV title each and every week! Arn Anderson & Larry Z w/ Paul E get a win over two local guys. Paul E brings them over and here comes Rude… they are letting everyone know that Dustin, Steamboat, and Muta are going to be ended once and for all come the Clash. The Great Muta gets a win over Paul Diamond in a fun singles contest. Ricky Steamboat comes out and he welcomes Muta over… Muta doesn’t speak English… so he doesn’t say much… but when he slits his throat and spits his myst. Lex Luger brings us back to WCW and he is looking jacked and ready for a fight… he says that Cactus Jack is going to reap the whirlwind when all is said and done and then there will be nowhere for Sid to run… nowhere for Sid to hide… In our main event, Sting and Masa Chono goes about 12-minutes and Sting shows off why he is a working champion… thankfully we see Flyin Brian and the Steiners come out to even the odds… all hell breaks loose… Chono with a NASTY kick on Sting’s skull and he goes out of the ring… wait Tenryu picks him up for a powerbomb outside the ring! The bell rings and we’ve got a 4 on 4 brawl… Jesse Ventura comes out with officials and agents… he announces that next week… four on four… Sting, Flyin Brian, and Steiners vs York International! WCW The Main Event - Tony Schiavone & Eric Bischoff Marcus Bagwell with a nice television win - he looks ready for Johnny B Badd at the Clash. Sid Vicious comes out and just destroys some dude before helicopter tossing him around the ring. Davey Boy Smith with a good win and he looks jacked for his match at the Clash. The Nasty Boys with a solid tag team win as Missy Hyatt looks incredible as the walking riot. Ricky Steamboat and Diamond Dallas Page had a good 10-minute match… DDP is getting there but far from his peak…. Steamboat carries him and DDP fills the role. Tony and Eric continue to put over the top 10 and the Clash plus the big 8-man tag next week on World Championship Wrestling!

Weekend of August 15 WCW Power Hour - Tony Schiavone & Jesse Ventura In action: The Undertaker defeated two men… he had body bags for both of them. Paul Bearer is over the top! Dustin Rhodes gets a nice win and hits the bulldog for the finish. Chono and Saito w/ Alexandra York defeated Kendall Windham and Johnny Ace Van Hammer gets a good win…. He’s raw… but he’s got a look and the hot shot suplex is a nice finish. Lex Luger defeated Mr. Hughes… he kept the torture rack on… but then out of nowhere… Cactus Jack shows up and nails him in the ribs with a broom. Cactus lays a good beatdown on Luger before setting him up for the Elbow off the middle rope outside the ring! Tony and Jesse put this through the roof! WCW Top Ten WCW Champion - Sting 1- Ricky Steamboat - US Champion 2- Tenryu - International Champion 3- Flyin Brian - TV Champion 4 - Ravishing Rick Rude 5 - Sid Vicious 6 - Lex Luger 7 - The Great Muta 8 - Undertaker 9 - Ron Simmons 10 - British Bulldog World Championship Wrestling - Jim Ross & Bobby Heenan WCW opens with a follow up from Power Hour… we see the footage of Cactus Jack attacking Lex Luger. Ross and Heenan put it over in a big way before Cactus comes out and says Uncle Harley called him to take care of Flexy Lexy and he’s only just begun! BANG BANG! El Gigante & Dustin Rhodes defeat the State Patrol in tag team action. The Nasty Boys w/ Missy Hyatt get a win and look extra nasty doing it. We get a promo from the Steiner Brothers - they talk about the Clash and how they will defend the tag team titles but the Nasty Boys aren’t contenders… they’re pretenders… they have no problem stepping up for a fight whenever they’re ready! Arn, Larry, and Rude win a six-man. Paul E is hyper focused as they go over to Tony Schiavone. Paul E is plain and simple about it… GOLD rules… Ricky Steamboat is walking around with the United States Championship and a number one contender shot that doesn’t belong to him… it belongs to this man… Ravishing Rick Rude. The Steiner Brothers have got a pair of paper tag team titles… these are the real champions… Arn Anderson and Larry Z. We’ve only shown half our hand… remember there’s five cards in poker… Ron Simmons has a nice singles win over Pat Tanaka. Sting comes out and he has got Davey Boy Smith with him and Ron Simmons joins them… Sting says tonight he’s got Hase… but he knows Chono… Saito…and Tenryu are going to be there but he’s got his backup… he’s ready for a fight! Marcus Bagwell gets a nice win and out of all things… here comes Teddy Long. Marcus walks past him and Teddy shakes his hand… he puts his arm around his shoulder and walks to the back with him. Sid Vicious w/ Harley Race beats the living shit out of some poor schmuck…the helicopter toss across the ring sets it up but the Powerbomb is the end. Harley comes over to Tony and out comes Cactus Jack… Sid Vicious shows him some look by patting him on his back… we then see Lex Luger being held back by officials. Sid and Harley are laughing but Cactus isn’t… he’s looking for a fight and he and Luger are being held apart while we go to commercial break. Ricky Steamboat with a good win… he walks over to Tony and Schiavone asks him point blank what he’s going to do against the Dangerous Alliance… he says he’s got some friends and he isn’t afraid of going at them. We then go to Eric Bichoff in the WCW Control Room and he announces the card for the Clash on Thursday, September the 3rd. WCW Championship - Sting defends against Tenryu w/ Alexandra York SIX MAN - Ricky Steamboat, Dustin Rhodes, & Great Muta vs The Dangerous Alliance WCW Tag Championship - The Steiner Brothers defend against Chono and Saito WCW Television Championship - Flyin Brian defends against Hase JUST SIGNED - Lex Luger vs Cactus Jack! Plus… Sid Vicious vs Davey Boy Smith… the Undertaker vs Ron Simmons… and a special showcase with Johnny B Badd taking on Marcus Bagwell! Eric really puts over how York International is taking on all the top titles… one has to wonder if they will walk out with more gold! In our main event tonight… Sting vs Hase is a really fun 15-minute contest… some good tv time… the theatrics outside the ring are there. York has her men watching from the aisleway… then we get a fun moment when Bulldog and Ron Simmons walk around these two and then stand right in front of them. In the ring… Hase starts really showing out… he’s got some good in ring skills and some innovative moves that keep the crowd on their feet. Hase hits a nasty dragon suplex that gets a 2.999 count and the fans are in awe. As soon as Simmons and Bulldog turn to check the match… Saito and Chono run over and attack! Sting is trying to make a comeback and catches Hase and drapes him across the top ropes! Hase stumbles back into the corner and Sting hits the STINGER SPLASH! Hase falls down and Sting goes from the Scorpion Deathlock and he has got it on… but then Tenryu comes and kicks Sting in the face about as hard and someone could kick! The referee calls for the bell but Tenryu grabs him and throws him out of the ring to the floor! Tenryu then picks up Sting and NORTHERN LIGHTS BOMB! It is short and sweet but the point is made… Davey and Simmons get in the ring to check on him… York International is going after 3 sets of titles at the Clash but they may have just given themselves the upper hand tonight! WCW The Main Event - Tony Schiavone & Eric Bischoff British Bulldog with a good win… running powerslam! The Road Warriors are here once again… nice tag squash… they are monsters. Van Vader hits a nasty Vader Bomb on Bob Holly Johnny B Badd gets a win… Teddy Long goes to shake his hand in the aisley but Johnny walks past him! In the Main Event… Ron Simmons defeated Siato w/ Alexandra York via DQ. Alex York attempted to interfere but Simmons didn’t play… Saito then took the computer and destroyed it over his head!

WCW Power Hour - Tony Schiavone & Jesse Ventura In action: Vader in a handicap squash The Steiner Brothers in tag team action Masa Chono w/ Alexandra York in a singles win Johnny B Badd with a singles win - Teddy Long celebrated the win with him as they left the ring. WCW Top Ten WCW Champion - Sting 1- Ricky Steamboat - US Champion 2- Ravishing Rick Rude 3- Flyin Brian - TV Champion 4 - Sid Vicious 5 - Lex Luger 6 - The Great Muta 7 - Tenryu - International Champion 8 - Undertaker 9 - British Bulldog 10 - Ron Simmons World Championship Wrestling - Jim Ross & Bobby Heenan In action The Nasty Boys w/ Missy Hyatt get a tag team win The Undertaker w/ Paul Bearer defeated Joe Cruz and then put him in a bodybag Ron Simmons defeated Mikey Ross Ricky Steamboat, Dustin Rhodes, & The Great Muta win a six-man match Lex Luger defeated Bob Evans - kept him in the rack until the referee offered to reverse the match Marcus Bagwell gets a good win over Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker Rick Rude, Arn Anderson, & Larry Z win a six-man Sting defeated Pat Tanaka in a 8-minute contest. Alexandra York as Saito came out to the ring…. After the match, Sting got a printed memo… it reads… Next week. Sting vs Hase! Angles that happened ~Sid and Harley Race have to put over the top 10 and say they are the rightful number 1 contender and if Sid has to destroy Ricky Steamboat to get there he will! Lex Luger comes out and he is ready for a fight but Sid plays the chickenshit heel putting over how Luger can’t touch him! ~The Steiners cut a good promo on the Nasty Boys. They talk about Missy really getting around. They accept any challenge from the Nasty Boys but it won’t be a match… it’ll be a fight! ~Alexandra York cuts a good promo as she’s flanked by Tenryu, Saito, Chono, and Hase. She puts over the top 10 rankings and how even at number 7, Tenryu will get the next televised title defense of Sting at the Clash of the Champions. On that night, the Japanese International Heavyweight Champion, Tenryu will defeat Sting and add the WCW World Championship to his list of accolades. ~ Paul E and the Dangerous Alliance cut a scathing promo… they talk about Sting, Ricky Steamboat, Dustin Rhodes, and also Muta. We find out that Muta takes on Larry Z tomorrow night on the Main Event! ~Sting finishes the show putting over a match against Hase next week. He knows he's tough, he’s quick, and he’s got some extra help in the corner… but I’m gonna have a couple lil Stingers out there going nuts! WCW The Main Event - Tony Schiavone & Eric Bischoff Sid Vicious w/ Harley Race killed Ty Lawson. Sid then powerbombed him and broke the stretcher. The Road Warriors make their return in a nice tag match Van Hammer with a good win… he’s got the look but not much else Hase w/ Alexandra York defeated Kendall Windham The Great Muta defeated Larry Z w/ Paul E in a great 12-minutes contest. Both men were on their A game. Larry looked like he was going to win it but Paul E kept saying to let him hit Muta with the phone. Problem is that Muta moved, Paul E gets spinning kicked off the apron, Muta ducks a clothesline from Larry Z and does a slick leap to the middle rope and then a moonsault hitting Larry and getting the cover for the 3-count!

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World Championship Wrestling Weekend of August 1, 1991 The show has to start with camera footage from the Omni on Thursday night, July 30th. The scene shows Jesse Ventura in the ring as he explains that Sunday Night at the Great American Bash, Curt Hennig cashed in his US title opportunity against the World Champion after his match with Sting…. Since he lost… he is now scheduled to face the number one contender for the US title. Hennig and Paul E come out. They are up in arms… they’re giving Jesse the business as Paul E says he’s been betrayed… Hennig says his back is hurt! Jesse then says… he doesn’t make the rules… he just follows him…. Paul E wonders who will be the guy… Jesse then points to the stage… and here comes… RICKY THE DRAGON STEAMBOAT! The crowd erupts…. Steamboat comes down, and we get an impromptu match… for the US title… these two go balls-to-the-wall for 7 minutes… Paul E tries to interfere… Rude, Anderson, and Larry come out to try and interfere but get run off by Dustin, Muta, and Ron Simmons! Steamboat then locks in the double chicken-wing! Hennig is writhing in pain…. Paul E is up on the apron and Steamboat drops Hennig… he comes over…. Hennig can barely stand… he runs but Steamboat moves and Paul E gets rocked and goes flying into the Dangerous Alliance. Steamboat has quickly gone up top…. FLYING BODY PRESS for the 1….2….3!!! RICKY STEAMBOAT IS THE NEW US CHAMPION! Following the footage from Thursday night at the Omni, the cameras take viewers to center stage where Jim Ross and Bobby Heenan welcome fans to World Championship Wrestling. Ross says what fans witnessed moments ago has completely changed the landscape of WCW. "Ricky Steamboat is the new United States Heavyweight Champion, Curt Hennig is no longer the champion, and after everything that happened at the Great American Bash, World Championship Wrestling is entering a brand new era." Heenan shakes his head. "The Dangerous Alliance had one bad night, Ross. Don't fool yourself. They're still the most dangerous group in this company." Ross announces that Clash of the Champions XVI will take place live on September 8th. Already signed, Sting will defend the WCW World Heavyweight Championship, while the Steiner Brothers will defend the WCW World Tag Team Championship. Fans will also hear from the Walking Riot Missy Hyatt and her newly acquired Nasty Boys later tonight. Johnny B. Badd vs. Steve Wilson Johnny B. Badd continues winning over the WCW audience with another entertaining performance, finishing Steve Wilson with the Left-Handed K.O. Punch. As Badd celebrates, the camera cuts high into the arena. Standing alone... Teddy Long. He quietly watches the entire celebration before turning and walking away without saying a word. Ross wonders what Teddy Long could possibly be scouting. Dangerous Alliance Eric Bischoff is standing by with Paul E Dangerously, Rick Rude, Arn Anderson, and Larry Zbyszko. One man is noticeably absent. Paul E wastes no time. "The past week has been filled with rumors. Let's clear them up." He looks directly into the camera. "Curt Hennig failed." "He lost the World Championship... then he lost the United States Championship." Paul's voice grows colder. "You don't lose one championship... you lose two." "He is no longer a member of the Dangerous Alliance." Rick Rude steps forward. "The Dangerous Alliance doesn't rebuild... we reload." Arn Anderson nods. "Tonight... we start putting things back where they belong." Larry Zbyszko smiles. "One bad night doesn't erase months of domination." Paul finishes. "Scott Hall has been suspended until September 1st for his actions against Flyin Brian at the Great American Bash. That's unfortunate... because tonight... we begin taking this company back." Marcus Alexander Bagwell vs. Keith Douglas Bagwell continues to impress, using his athleticism to score another convincing victory. Ross says every week the rookie looks more comfortable inside a WCW ring. Harley Race, Sid Vicious and Lex Luger Harley Race says there is no debate left. Sid Vicious defeated Lex Luger at the Great American Bash. Sid deserves to be standing across the ring from Sting at Clash of the Champions. Suddenly... Lex Luger storms onto the set. Officials immediately get between the two men. Luger points directly at Sid. "You didn't beat me. Harley Race beat me." Sid laughs. "I already beat you. I'm done with you." "There's nothing left." Luger lunges forward but security holds him back. Sid simply smiles as Harley leads him away. Ross says Lex Luger clearly isn't finished with Sid Vicious. Skinner vs. Bobby Hayes Skinner makes his return to WCW with a rugged, physical victory, putting Hayes away with a running reverse DDT. Heenan says Skinner may not be pretty, but he's one tough customer. The Undertaker vs. Billy Stevens The Undertaker continues his march through WCW. Billy Stevens never has a chance. A Chokeslam is followed moments later by the Tombstone Piledriver. One... Two... Three. Paul Bearer slowly rolls another body bag into the ring. Undertaker silently places Stevens inside before zipping it shut. Bearer raises the urn. "Another soul... has entered the abyss." Ross says no one has been able to stop The Undertaker since arriving in WCW. Flyin Brian Interview Tony Schiavone congratulates Flyin Brian on retaining the Television Championship. Brian admits he's still feeling the effects of Scott Hall's assault. "My back's sore. My ribs hurt. But I'll be one hundred percent." He smiles. "And when Scott Hall comes back... my Television Championship will still be waiting." Walking Riot Missy Hyatt Tony Schiavone introduces Missy Hyatt alongside Brian Knobbs and Jerry Sags. Missy laughs. "You can stop calling me Missy Hyatt." "I'm the Walking Riot." She points toward the camera. "The Steiners embarrassed me." "They laughed at me." "They thought they didn't need me." Her smile disappears. "So now... I'm going to destroy them." "I'm going to ruin their legacy." "I'm going to take their championships." "And when we're finished... we're going to leave them buried in the rubble." The Nasty Boys begin laughing. Knobbs simply says... "We're just getting started." Marty Jannetty vs. Rick Spencer Jannetty looks sharp in another singles victory, using his speed before finishing Spencer with a top-rope fist drop. Ross says Marty continues building momentum. Haku & Mr. Hughes vs. Mike Starr & Tommy Davis Haku and Hughes dominate from start to finish, picking up another decisive tag team victory. Sting Interview Tony Schiavone welcomes the WCW World Heavyweight Champion. Sting thanks the fans for standing behind him at the Great American Bash. "I've got a lot of enemies." "I've got a target on my back." "But that's okay." "They can line up... one by one... and I'll beat every single one of them." Before Sting can leave... Alexandra York walks onto the stage. Standing behind her are Genichiro Tenryu, Hiro Hase, Masahiro Chono, and Mr. Saito. York smiles. "The York International Computer has completed its analysis." "It has determined... that Genichiro Tenryu is the rightful Number One Contender for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship." She pauses. "At Clash of the Champions... York International will unify the International Championship... with the WCW World Heavyweight Championship." Tenryu steps forward. He never says a word. He simply stares at Sting. The World Champion doesn't back away. Neither man blinks. Ross says the next great challenge for Sting has officially arrived. Lex Luger vs. Kama Kama comes out aggressively, looking to avenge his recent losses to Luger. He never gets the opportunity. Luger overpowers him before locking in the Human Torture Rack. Kama submits almost immediately. Luger refuses to release the hold. Officials race into the ring. Even after repeated warnings... Luger still won't let go. Finally he throws Kama to the mat. Ross says something has changed in Lex Luger. Main Event Dustin Rhodes, Ron Simmons & Ricky Steamboat vs. Rick Rude, Arn Anderson & Larry Zbyszko The new United States Champion receives a huge ovation as he enters alongside Dustin Rhodes and Ron Simmons. The six men deliver an outstanding twelve-minute main event, with both sides refusing to give an inch. Steamboat repeatedly goes after Arn, while Simmons and Rude renew their physical exchanges from earlier in the summer. Late in the match Dustin catches Rude with a bulldog and looks poised to pick up the victory. Paul E Dangerously has other ideas. As the referee is distracted, Paul blasts Dustin across the back with his cellular phone. Arn immediately pulls Dustin to his feet. DDT. One... Two... Three. The Dangerous Alliance wins. Rick Rude grabs a microphone before leaving the ring. "The Dangerous Alliance... is back." Ross disagrees. "No, Bobby... they're surviving." As the show fades to black, Rick Rude raises his fist while Ricky Steamboat stands in the ring holding the United States Championship high above his head. The battle lines have been redrawn in WCW.

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The Great American Bash Live on Pay-Per-View Baltimore, Maryland Sunday, July 27, 1991 The screen fades in to a packed Baltimore Arena as fireworks explode throughout the building. Thousands of fans are on their feet while Jim Ross and Bobby Heenan welcome everyone to The Great American Bash. Ross immediately addresses what fans witnessed only moments ago on WCW Main Event. "Ladies and gentlemen, before we talk about this tremendous night of championship wrestling, we've got to address what happened just moments ago. Hiro Hase and Masahiro Chono of York International viciously attacked Owen Hart's left arm. Medical personnel rushed Owen from the arena, and right now we do not know the full extent of the injury." Heenan shakes his head. "I've seen a lot of things in this business, Ross, but York International made a statement tonight. Whether you agree with how they did it or not... they got everybody's attention." Ross says emotions are running high throughout the locker room, especially for Davey Boy Smith, who still has to face Genichiro Tenryu later tonight. "But folks, we've got eleven huge matches ahead of us. Every championship is on the line, old rivalries come to an end, and the future of World Championship Wrestling may very well be decided here tonight." No Disqualification Match The Rock 'N' Roll Express vs. The Fabulous Freebirds The opening contest wastes no time living up to its stipulation as all four men begin throwing punches before the opening bell has even finished echoing through the arena. The fight spills to the floor almost immediately, with Robert Gibson driving Jimmy Garvin into the guardrail while Ricky Morton chases Michael Hayes through the crowd. The referee quickly realizes there is no controlling the action and simply lets the fight continue. Chairs are used. The ring bell is nearly introduced. Morton crashes through the timekeeper's table after Garvin catches him from behind, while Gibson battles Hayes around ringside. The action returns to the ring where Gibson appears to have Hayes beaten after a running clothesline, but Garvin breaks up the count at the last possible second. The Freebirds finally gain control after a blindside attack from behind. Hayes and Garvin isolate Gibson, repeatedly driving him into the mat before Hayes delivers one final devastating DDT in the center of the ring. One... Two... Three. The Fabulous Freebirds defeat The Rock 'N' Roll Express. The Freebirds don't celebrate for long. They simply stand over the fallen Gibson for a moment before quietly leaving the ring, knowing they've finally ended one of WCW's most bitter rivalries. Backstage Interview Tony Schiavone is standing by with Davey Boy Smith. Davey looks noticeably more serious than usual. Tony asks about Owen Hart. Davey takes a deep breath. "Owen's at the hospital. Jim Neidhart went with him. Right now... it doesn't look good." He pauses. "They didn't just try to beat Owen. They tried to end his career." Tony asks how he can possibly focus on Genichiro Tenryu after everything that's happened. Davey slowly looks into the camera. "My mind's been on Owen ever since they carried him out. But that's exactly why I'm going to the ring tonight. York International wanted to send me a message. Now... I'm sending one back." Davey walks away as Ross says tonight's match with Tenryu has suddenly become far more personal than anyone could have imagined. Davey Boy Smith vs. Genichiro Tenryu w/ Alexandra York The atmosphere changes the moment Davey Boy Smith walks to the ring. Still shaken by Owen Hart's injury earlier in the evening, Davey enters with far more on his mind than just Genichiro Tenryu. The match is a physical showcase from the opening bell, with both men trading stiff forearms, heavy chops, and powerful suplexes. Davey uses his strength to control stretches of the match, while Tenryu counters with punishing kicks that slowly wear the Bulldog down. The crowd comes alive when Davey mounts his comeback, dropping Tenryu with a delayed vertical suplex before hoisting him onto his shoulders for the Running Powerslam. For just a split second... he hesitates. It's all Tenryu needs. The International Champion slips off Davey's shoulders, hits the ropes, and blasts him with a crushing running kick to the face. Davey drops like a sack of potatoes. One... Two... Three. Genichiro Tenryu defeats Davey Boy Smith. As Tenryu celebrates, Mr. Saito, Hiro Hase, and Masahiro Chono join Alexandra York at ringside. The five stand together as Jim Ross says York International has become one of the most dangerous forces in professional wrestling. The camera lingers on the group while Davey slowly pulls himself to his feet, refusing to take his eyes off Tenryu. Ron Simmons vs. Butch Reed w/ Teddy Long Former partners collide in one of the night's most personal matches. Butch Reed gets the early advantage, using his experience and power to frustrate Simmons while Teddy Long shouts instructions from ringside. Reed keeps Simmons grounded through much of the opening minutes, but the momentum slowly begins to shift. Simmons fights back with a series of clotheslines before overwhelming Reed with pure power. The crowd comes alive as Simmons drops Reed with a massive powerslam, then plants him with a thunderous Spinebuster in the center of the ring. One... Two... Three. Ron Simmons defeats Butch Reed. Teddy Long immediately rushes into the ring, screaming at Simmons after the bell. Bad idea. Simmons grabs Teddy and drives him into the mat with another devastating Spinebuster. The Baltimore crowd erupts as Simmons stands tall, pointing toward the fallen Reed before leaving the ring to a standing ovation. Eric Bischoff is standing by with Paul E Dangerously and the entire Dangerous Alliance. Standing behind Paul are Ravishing Rick Rude, Scott Hall, Arn Anderson, Larry Zbyszko, and Curt Hennig, each wearing a confident smile. Eric says tonight may be the biggest night in the history of the Dangerous Alliance. Paul grins. "It isn't may, Eric... it is." He turns to his men. Rick Rude steps forward. "Dustin Rhodes has spent months chasing me. Tonight he finally catches me... and he's going to wish he hadn't." Scott Hall smirks. "Flyin Brian's had a nice little run. Tonight... the Television Title comes home." Arn Anderson adjusts the United States Tag Team Championship on his shoulder. "Steamboat and Muta are two of the best wrestlers in the world. Tonight they'll find out what happens when they step into the ring with the Enforcers." Larry Zbyszko smiles. "Everybody talks about championships. We keep winning them." Finally, Curt Hennig steps forward with the United States Championship draped over his shoulder. "Sting... you're the World Champion. Tonight I prove I'm the better wrestler." Paul E steps back in front of the group. "For months you've watched us collect championship after championship. Tonight... we collect the biggest one of all." He points directly into the camera. "Tonight... World Championship Wrestling changes forever." His smile grows wider. "Tonight... we take out the franchise." He pauses. "Tonight... the Dangerous Alliance takes CONTROL!" The camera lingers on the five men standing shoulder to shoulder before cutting back to ringside. The Undertaker w/ Paul Bearer vs. Diamond Dallas Page Diamond Dallas Page enters with more confidence than ever, refusing to back down despite the eerie mind games that have haunted him for weeks. As soon as the bell rings, however, it becomes clear that confidence alone may not be enough. Page uses his quickness early, landing several right hands and even staggering Undertaker with a dropkick. The Deadman barely reacts. He slowly rises back to his feet and begins stalking Page around the ring. Undertaker takes complete control, battering DDP with heavy clotheslines and crushing shots in the corner before planting him with a thunderous Chokeslam. Moments later, he delivers the Tombstone Piledriver in the center of the ring. One... Two... Three. The Undertaker defeats Diamond Dallas Page. Paul Bearer immediately retrieves the body bag from ringside. Undertaker silently lifts Page from the mat and places him inside before slowly pulling the zipper closed. The Baltimore crowd watches in stunned silence as Bearer raises the urn high above his head. Jim Ross says The Undertaker has left another victim in his wake, while Bobby Heenan can only shake his head. "I don't know who's going to stop that man." Undertaker never looks back as he and Paul Bearer disappear into the darkness. WCW Television Championship Flyin Brian (c) vs. Scott Hall w/ Paul E Dangerously The pace is electric from the opening bell as Flyin Brian uses his speed to frustrate the much larger Scott Hall. Brian repeatedly slips out of Hall's grasp, connecting with dropkicks and aerial offense while Hall slows the match whenever he gets the opportunity, punishing the Television Champion with heavy right hands and powerful slams. The action spills outside the ring late in the contest as Hall's frustration begins boiling over. Brian dives off the apron, but Hall catches him in midair and drives him back-first into the ring post. Hall isn't finished. He hauls Brian back inside, lifts him for the Razor's Edge, and drives him over the top rope. Brian crashes violently onto the arena floor as the referee immediately calls for the bell. Flyin Brian retains the WCW Television Championship by disqualification. Hall ignores the official and tries to continue the assault before referees and security swarm the ring. Paul E Dangerously applauds from ringside while Hall shoves officials aside, trying to get back to Brian. Jim Ross says this is a side of Scott Hall the fans have never seen before. Bobby Heenan simply smiles. "I think the Dangerous Alliance just found another gear." The Return of Big Van Vader The lights inside the Baltimore Arena dim. A low rumble fills the building as smoke begins pouring from the entranceway. Then... he appears. Wearing an enormous, smoke-filled battle helmet unlike anything the fans have ever seen, Big Van Vader slowly walks onto the stage. Steam erupts from the mask with every step as the Baltimore crowd looks on in stunned silence. Jim Ross can barely contain himself. "My God... look at the size of this man!" Standing across the ring is Paul Diamond, who suddenly doesn't look quite so confident. The bell rings. It isn't a match. It's destruction. Vader crushes Diamond with clubbing forearms before tossing him across the ring with unbelievable ease. A thunderous splash nearly caves Diamond's chest in, but Vader refuses to cover him. Instead, he drags Diamond back to his feet. One devastating Powerbomb. Then another. Finally, Vader climbs to the second rope and delivers a crushing Vader Bomb. One... Two... Three. Big Van Vader wins. The Baltimore crowd sits in stunned silence as Vader stands over the broken Paul Diamond. Jim Ross says WCW has just witnessed the arrival of one of the most frightening athletes ever to step inside a wrestling ring. Bobby Heenan quietly replies... "I hope nobody's standing in his way." Tony Schiavone is standing by with Lex Luger. Luger says six months ago Sid Vicious tried to end his career. He points to his lower back. "Everybody keeps asking about this. It's healed." He smiles. "I'm stronger than I've ever been. I'm faster. I'm tougher. And tonight... Sid Vicious is going up in the Human Torture Rack." Luger looks directly into the camera. "And once I get him there... I'm never letting go." WCW United States Tag Team Championship Arn Anderson & Larry Zbyszko (c) w/ Paul E Dangerously vs. Ricky Steamboat & The Great Muta This quickly turns into one of the best wrestling matches of the evening. Arn and Larry constantly cut the ring in half, using quick tags and veteran teamwork to frustrate the challengers. Whenever Steamboat or Muta gain momentum, one of the champions finds a way to slow things down. The match reaches another level after the hot tag to Muta. He explodes into the ring with lightning-fast kicks, a handspring elbow, and a picture-perfect dropkick that sends Larry crashing to the floor. Steamboat follows with a Flying Crossbody on Arn for a very close two-count. Late in the match, Steamboat catches Arn with a beautiful powerslam and heads to the top rope. Paul E sees it coming. As the referee is distracted by Larry and Muta battling on the floor, Paul E climbs onto the apron and blasts Steamboat across the head with his cellular phone. Steamboat crashes to the mat. Paul E laughs... until he turns around. The Great Muta is standing right in front of him. Before Paul can react... GREEN MIST! The poisonous mist explodes directly into Paul E Dangerously's face. Paul screams in pain, stumbling blindly around ringside while desperately trying to wipe the mist from his eyes. The Baltimore crowd erupts. Inside the ring, the referee has completely lost control. Arn and Larry attack Muta. Steamboat joins the fight. All four men spill to the floor, trading punches as the official reaches the count of ten. Double Count-Out. Arn Anderson and Larry Zbyszko retain the WCW United States Tag Team Championship. The champions quickly retreat with their belts, but nobody is looking at them. Everyone's attention is on Paul E Dangerously, still blinded by Muta's green mist as he stumbles around ringside in absolute panic. Jim Ross laughs for the first time all night. "I don't know if Paul E can see... but I guarantee you he didn't see THAT coming!" WCW World Tag Team Championship Steiner Brothers (c) vs. Road Warriors The atmosphere is electric as arguably the two greatest tag teams in professional wrestling collide. What follows is eleven minutes of pure power wrestling, with neither team willing to give an inch. Clotheslines, suplexes and shoulder blocks echo throughout the Baltimore Arena as all four men punish one another. Missy Hyatt repeatedly tries inserting herself into the match, shouting instructions from ringside and looking for any opportunity to distract the challengers. Late in the contest she walks toward Hawk, smiling as she attempts to get his attention. Hawk simply grins... and plants a kiss square on her lips. The crowd explodes. Missy stands frozen in shock. Rick Steiner isn't nearly as amused. He charges across the ring and drills Hawk with a thunderous belly-to-back suplex. Missy, completely embarrassed, storms toward the dressing room as the match continues without her. The Road Warriors regain control moments later. Animal hoists Scott Steiner onto his shoulders while Hawk climbs to the top rope looking for the Doomsday Device. Rick explodes across the ring. He leaps onto the turnbuckles and crotches Hawk before he can launch. Scott begins hammering away at Animal from his shoulders before spinning around and launching himself into a spectacular standing Frankensteiner. Animal crashes hard to the canvas. Rick intercepts Hawk before he can make the save. One... Two... Three. The Steiner Brothers retain the WCW World Tag Team Championship. The Baltimore crowd rises to its feet in appreciation after an incredible championship match. The Road Warriors slowly regroup outside the ring. They aren't smiling. They aren't celebrating. They simply stare back at the Steiners, clearly frustrated that they came so close to reclaiming the championship. The Steiners raise the belts high above their heads as Jim Ross calls it one of the greatest tag team matches WCW has ever presented. Tony Schiavone is standing by with WCW World Heavyweight Champion Sting. Sting says this has been one of the biggest nights in WCW history, but it all comes down to one match. He says the Dangerous Alliance has spent months trying to control WCW, collecting championships and stacking the deck in their favor. "I know Paul E's going to get involved. I know Arn, Larry, Hall and Rude are going to be watching. That's what they do." Sting pauses. "But tonight... I'm not asking for a handicap match." He looks directly into the camera. "Curt Hennig... I challenge you to beat me right in the middle of this ring. One-on-one. Because I don't think you can do it." Sting hands the microphone back to Tony and heads toward the entrance. Ravishing Rick Rude w/ Paul E Dangerously vs. Dustin Rhodes Dustin Rhodes continues proving he belongs among WCW's rising stars, matching Rick Rude stride for stride in a physical twelve-minute battle. Rude controls much of the early action with his veteran instincts, but Dustin refuses to stay down, repeatedly fighting his way back into the match. Midway through the contest, Paul E Dangerously limps to ringside, still covered in green mist from his encounter with The Great Muta earlier in the night. The Baltimore crowd erupts, laughing as Paul desperately tries to wipe the green stain from his face while shouting instructions to Rude. Late in the match Dustin catches Rude with a series of right hands and follows with a powerslam that nearly ends it. The crowd comes alive as Dustin hooks Rude for a bulldog. Rude shoves him forward. Dustin crashes face-first into the turnbuckle. Before he can recover, Rude grabs him from behind. Rude Awakening. One... Two... Three. Ravishing Rick Rude defeats Dustin Rhodes. Rude slowly rises, looking down at the fallen Dustin before spitting on him in disgust. Without another word, Rude steps through the ropes and leaves with Paul E Dangerously, who is still wearing the remnants of Muta's green mist across his face and shirt. Tony Schiavone is standing on the interview stage beneath the giant WCW sign with the Steiner Brothers. Resting on a pedestal beside them are the brand new WCW World Tag Team Championship belts, redesigned in beautiful gold and silver. Tony congratulates Rick and Scott on successfully retaining the World Tag Team Championship before presenting each man with one of the new title belts. The Baltimore crowd applauds as the Steiners proudly hold the championships high above their heads. Suddenly... Missy Hyatt walks onto the stage. She smiles and congratulates the champions before reaching for one of the new belts. Rick gently pulls it away. Scott shakes his head. Missy looks confused. "I've been with you every step of the way. I helped you win those championships." Rick smiles. "You've been around... but you haven't helped." Scott nods. "You're fun to look at... but we don't need you to win." Missy's expression changes instantly. "I had a feeling... you two would try something like this." She slowly backs away. "I was the reason you won those championships... and I'll be the reason you lose them." Suddenly— BRIAN KNOBBS! JERRY SAGS! THE NASTY BOYS! The Baltimore Arena erupts. The Nasty Boys charge onto the stage and blindside the Steiners. Knobbs and Sags hammer Rick with forearms before throwing him completely off the interview platform. Rick crashes onto the concrete floor below as officials rush toward him. Scott tries fighting both men alone but is quickly overwhelmed. The Nasty Boys plant him with a devastating Spike Piledriver right on the steel interview platform before stomping away relentlessly. Tony Schiavone scrambles out of the way as referees, security, and wrestlers pour onto the stage to break it up. The Nasty Boys finally back away. Missy slowly walks between them. She wraps one arm around Knobbs... and the other around Sags. Jim Ross can hardly believe what he's seeing. "My God... this was the plan all along!" The camera pulls back as officials attend to both Steiner Brothers—Rick lying on the concrete below the stage while Scott struggles to move atop the interview platform. The Nasty Boys, with Missy Hyatt proudly at their side, stand beneath the giant WCW sign as the Baltimore crowd showers them with boos. Lex Luger vs. Sid Vicious w/ Harley Race The Baltimore crowd comes unglued as two of the most powerful men in professional wrestling finally collide. From the opening bell, neither man gives an inch. Luger rocks Sid with a series of clotheslines, while Sid answers with crushing boots and clubbing forearms that nearly take Luger off his feet. Every exchange feels like a collision between two freight trains. Sid targets Luger's surgically repaired back whenever he gets the opportunity, repeatedly driving knees into the spine and forcing Luger to fight through obvious pain. Luger refuses to stay down, battling back with pure determination and repeatedly frustrating Sid by surviving everything the big man throws at him. The momentum swings wildly throughout the seventeen-minute war. Sid plants Luger with one Powerbomb, but somehow Luger kicks out. Moments later, Luger explodes with a comeback, dropping Sid with a flying forearm before finally locking in the Human Torture Rack. The Baltimore Arena erupts. For the first time in months... Sid Vicious is trapped. He screams in pain as Luger marches around the ring, refusing to let go. Harley Race knows his man is beaten. With the referee focused on Sid, Harley climbs onto the apron and blasts Luger across the face with the ring bell. The shot opens a nasty cut above Luger's eye. Sid crashes to the mat. Luger follows. Harley quickly shoves Sid across the fallen Luger before dropping back to the floor. One... Two... Three. Sid Vicious defeats Lex Luger. The bell rings, but Sid isn't satisfied. He grabs Luger by the hair, looking for another Powerbomb as officials rush toward the ring. Harley Race immediately steps between them. "That's enough!" Sid reluctantly backs away, never taking his eyes off Luger. Medical personnel check on Luger as blood pours from the cut above his eye, already beginning to swell shut. Slowly... Luger pulls himself to his feet. He never smiles. He never celebrates. He simply stands in the center of the ring, blood running down his face, one eye already blackening and swelling, staring straight at Sid Vicious. Jim Ross says Lex Luger may have lost the match... "But I'll tell you what, Bobby... this war is far from over." Eric Bischoff stands at the interview platform and says before tonight's main event, WCW would like to introduce three of its newest stars. First out is Marcus Alexander Bagwell. The young rookie receives a warm ovation as he waves to the Baltimore crowd. Bischoff calls Bagwell one of the brightest young athletes to ever sign with WCW. Next comes Johnny B. Badd. Badd enters full of charisma, shadow boxing and smiling at the fans. The crowd responds politely, though many seem unsure exactly what to make of the flashy newcomer. Finally... Electric guitars blast through the arena. Smoke fills the entranceway. VAN HAMMER steps onto the stage. The Baltimore crowd erupts. Hammer throws both arms into the air as fans cheer loudly while Bischoff smiles at the overwhelming reaction. He welcomes all three men to World Championship Wrestling and says the future of the company has never looked brighter. The three newcomers stand together on the stage for a moment before the cameras head back to Jim Ross and Bobby Heenan. Ross smiles. "Ladies and gentlemen, the future of WCW is arriving before our very eyes." Heenan nods. "And now... it's time for the present." Ross looks into the camera. "The WCW World Heavyweight Championship is next!" Jesse Ventura leaves the broadcast position and enters the ring to a tremendous ovation. "The Body" welcomes everyone to the main event of The Great American Bash before introducing the challenger. Paul E Dangerously appears first, still wearing the remnants of The Great Muta's green mist across his face and shirt. Behind him walks Curt Hennig, proudly carrying the WCW United States Championship. The challenger receives a tremendous reaction as he slowly makes his way to the ring, never taking his eyes off the championship that matters most. Ventura then introduces the champion. The arena goes dark. Moments later... STING! The Baltimore Arena erupts. Sting steps through the curtain wearing white tights and red, white and blue face paint honoring the American flag. He slaps hands all the way to the ring before climbing onto the turnbuckles and holding the WCW World Heavyweight Championship high above his head. Jim Ross calls it one of the most unforgettable entrances of Sting's career. The stage is set. WCW World Heavyweight Championship Sting (c) vs. Curt Hennig w/ Paul E Dangerously The two biggest stars in WCW waste no time proving why they're in the main event. The opening minutes are fast and technical before the action spills to the outside. Sting catches Hennig on the entrance ramp and drives him down with a thunderous bodyslam. Ross immediately points out that Hennig landed awkwardly on his lower back. From that point on, Hennig is clearly hurting. He continues fighting through the pain, using every shortcut and every veteran instinct he possesses to stay in the match, but every time he gains momentum, his back slows him down. Sting senses it and repeatedly attacks the injury with suplexes and powerful slams. Late in the match Hennig somehow hooks Sting for the Perfect Plex. The crowd gasps. Before he can bridge... Sting shifts his weight, slips free, and drives Hennig into the mat with a crushing Brainbuster. Hennig staggers to his feet. Sting heads to the top rope. High Cross Body! One... Two... Three! Sting retains the WCW World Heavyweight Championship! The Baltimore Arena explodes. Red, white and blue streamers fill the ring. Balloons begin falling from the ceiling. Fans are on their feet celebrating as Sting raises the championship high above his head. Hennig remains on the mat, clutching his back. Paul E kneels beside him. Hennig slowly shakes his head. "No..." Paul ignores him. He grabs the United States Championship and walks directly to Jesse Ventura. The arena falls silent. Paul hands Ventura the championship belt. Ventura studies it for a moment before asking for the microphone. "Ladies and gentlemen... as Executive Committee representative... I have been informed that Paul E Dangerously and Curt Hennig are officially exercising the United States Champion's guaranteed World Championship opportunity." He looks toward Sting. "The match... will take place... RIGHT NOW!" The crowd erupts. Sting looks completely stunned. Before he can react— Hennig charges from behind. A running knee sends Sting crashing shoulder-first into the ring post. The referee immediately calls for the bell. WCW World Heavyweight Championship Immediate Championship Challenge Curt Hennig throws everything he has left at Sting, but it's obvious the first match has taken almost everything out of him. Every time he bends over, he grabs at his lower back. Paul E shouts instructions from ringside, desperately trying to keep his man alive. Still... Hennig refuses to quit. He nearly steals the championship after another Perfect Plex attempt, but Sting barely kicks out. Paul E finally jumps onto the apron looking to interfere. Sting blasts him with a right hand. Paul tumbles to the floor. Sting follows him outside. Paul tries escaping up the entrance ramp. Sting catches him. Spins him around. Bodyslam on the stage! The Baltimore crowd roars. Then... Ross notices something. Hennig is somehow pulling himself back to his feet inside the ring. Sting turns. Looks down the ramp. Then takes off running. He sprints the entire length of the entranceway, dives over the top rope, and crashes into Hennig with a spectacular High Cross Body. The arena comes unglued. Instead of covering him... Sting grabs both legs. Jim Ross shouts that no hold in professional wrestling puts more pressure on an injured lower back than the Scorpion Deathlock. Sting turns him over. Scorpion Deathlock! Hennig screams in agony. He fights. He reaches. He tries to crawl. His back finally gives out. Curt Hennig taps. Sting defeats Curt Hennig for a second time and remains the undisputed WCW World Heavyweight Champion! The crowd erupts once more as streamers and balloons still litter the ring from the first victory. Sting collapses to one knee, exhausted, before slowly raising the WCW Championship above his head. Medical personnel immediately surround Curt Hennig, carefully helping him from the ring. Even Bobby Heenan quietly leaves the broadcast position to check on Hennig as officials assist the former United States Champion toward the dressing room. Jim Ross and Jesse Ventura stand together at the announce desk, taking one final look around the celebrating Baltimore Arena. Ross says the Great American Bash has changed the landscape of WCW forever. Ventura nods. "We've seen new stars arrive... rivalries explode... and a champion prove why he's the very best in the world." The final image shows Sting standing atop the turnbuckles, WCW World Heavyweight Championship held high as the Baltimore crowd roars its approval.

WCW Main Event Live from Baltimore, Maryland Sunday, July 27, 1991 The cameras come on live inside the Baltimore Arena as fans continue filing into their seats for the Great American Bash. The excitement inside the building is already building as Tony Schiavone welcomes viewers to a special live edition of WCW Main Event. Jesse Ventura joins him at the broadcast position, reminding everyone that in just a short while he'll be joining Jim Ross and Bobby Heenan at ringside for the Great American Bash. Ventura says tonight isn't just another pay-per-view. "It's one of the biggest nights in WCW history." Tony agrees before reminding fans they'll see one final look at several of tomorrow's stars before the Great American Bash gets underway. Marcus Alexander Bagwell vs. Rick Cannon Bagwell continues to impress with his combination of athleticism and energy. Cannon tries to slow the youngster down, but Bagwell repeatedly answers with crisp dropkicks and amateur wrestling before finishing the match with a beautiful sunset flip. Tony says Bagwell's future looks incredibly bright. Ventura agrees. "The kid's got something." Johnny B. Badd vs. Steve Foster Johnny B. Badd brings plenty of personality to Baltimore, playing to the crowd before showing off surprisingly quick hands inside the ring. Foster lands a few shots early before Badd turns the momentum around with a series of left hands and finishes the contest with the Left-Handed K.O. Punch. Afterward Badd flashes his trademark smile. "The Bash starts now!" Van Hammer vs. Mike Thorpe Electric guitars blast throughout the arena as Van Hammer makes his Baltimore debut. Hammer overpowers Thorpe from the opening bell, finishing the contest with a devastating flying clothesline. Tony says WCW's newest arrivals continue making an immediate impact. El Gigante vs. Tony Burton The massive El Gigante completely dominates Burton, tossing him around the ring before ending the match with a towering Chokeslam. Ventura simply shakes his head. "I don't know who wants any part of that." Tony reminds viewers that the Great American Bash is now less than an hour away. Every championship. Every rivalry. One explosive night. But before the pay-per-view begins, one more important match remains. Main Event Hiro Hase & Masahiro Chono vs. Owen Hart & Jim Neidhart The atmosphere noticeably changes as all four men enter the ring. Tony reminds everyone that Davey Boy Smith will face Genichiro Tenryu later tonight at the Great American Bash, making this much more than just another tag team match. The match quickly develops into an outstanding wrestling contest. Owen dazzles with his speed while Hase matches him hold for hold. Chono repeatedly cuts the ring in half, forcing Neidhart to make the save more than once. The veteran power of Neidhart keeps his team alive, but York International continues working with incredible precision. Late in the match, Mr. Saito and Genichiro Tenryu quietly make their way to ringside alongside Alexandra York. The distraction is brief. It's all Chono and Hase need. They trap Owen in their corner and begin relentlessly attacking his left arm. Tag. Another armbar. Tag. Hammerlock. Tag. Driving the shoulder into the turnbuckle. Again. Again. Again. Tony's voice becomes more urgent with every attack. "Owen's got to get out of there!" Neidhart desperately reaches for the tag, but Hase pulls him off the apron just long enough for Chono to drive a running knee directly into Owen's injured arm. Owen screams in pain. The referee finally calls for the bell as Hase and Chono refuse to release the hold. Officials rush into the ring. Davey Boy Smith sprints from the dressing room. York International calmly backs away. Alexandra York smiles. Her plan has worked perfectly. Medical personnel rush into the ring and immediately begin examining Owen. Davey kneels beside him, visibly concerned. The trainers carefully place Owen's arm into a temporary splint before helping him onto a stretcher. Tony Schiavone can only shake his head. "My God... I think they've broken Owen Hart's arm." Ventura, unusually serious, looks toward the ring. "That wasn't about winning. That was about taking someone out." Davey walks beside the stretcher all the way to the entrance before stopping. He slowly turns back toward the ring. Across the arena... Genichiro Tenryu stands beside Alexandra York. The two men lock eyes. Neither says a word. Tony looks into the camera. "Fans... The Great American Bash is next." The camera pulls back to reveal the Baltimore Arena filling to capacity as the anticipation reaches a fever pitch. Fade directly into the opening video for... The Great American Bash.