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Good to see Beefcake getting a little run in - hard to argue that he wasn't over in a big way at this point in his career IRL. Jack and Mad Dog... empty arena couldn't hold these two!

No doubt that PCW continues to be on top of the wrestling world. Your consistency has been key for this promotion to grow into such a powerhouse and showcase the talent as well as you do. I would like to see Malenko and Chono IRL... seems like a fun clash.

I love the Bossman vs Rude set up... Heenan has got his man with Rude but Bossman looks like he may take everything from him until Nailz shows up. I am interesting to see where Dusty ends up in the scheme here... could he have one more run left in him?

WCW Power Hour - 2/8 Gordon Solie & Paul E Dangerously bring us in with a highlight reel from the Clash. We get the announcement that Sting will not be able to compete in the WCW World Championship Match at WrestleWar. We will find out what will happen with that contest tonight on WCW! We also find out… at WrestleWar… the tag team titles… champions vs champions… Road Warriors take on the Rockers! They turn the tide to the US title gauntlet… we’ll have a new champion on Sunday night… but tonight we’ve got 4 huge matches… let’s go to the ring! US Title Tournament Nikita Koloff vs Sting was a no contest… Sting couldn’t compete… Pillman came out in his stead but was held back! It was announced that Nikita will have a match and a contender is going to be here this evening… US Title Tournament Abdullah the Butcher w/ Gary Hart defeated Kona Crush in an interesting contest. Abdullah doesn’t do much in the ring and Crush is able to sell for him and work in some offense. This ends up with a count-out victory after Abby pulls out the fork and jabs him in the throat. Crush is outside the ring before Gary Hart kicks him in the skull before the 10-count and Abdullah wins! US Title Tournament Tommy Rich defeated The Berzerker w/ Gary Hart via DQ. This wasn’t that great… Berzerker is nothing but a brawler and Tommy Rich gets the crowd involved but it just isn’t good. I am sure someone else could have been put in this spot. US Title Tournament Flyin Brian defeated Michael Rotundo in a hard fought 10-minute contest. Pillman has got a lot of fire. Rotundo does his best to keep things close. Pillman reverses a German suplex into a running crossbody for the 3-count! Pillman gets the win and he moves on! JJ Dillon comes out and announces that due to Sting’s injury, they needed a replacement for the tournament and who better than former United States Champion… Wahoo McDaniel! US Title Tournament Nikita Koloff defeated Wahoo McDaniel in a one-sided beatdown. Tatanka came out to try and help matters but it was thwarted by Ivan Koloff. In the end… Wahoo gets nailed with the Russian Sickle twice… clutches his throat and goes down… Nikita with the 3-count and he’s moving forward. We’ll find out the finals coming up tonight on WCW! World Championship Wrestling - 2/8 Tony Schiavone & Jesse Ventura welcome us in and put over the Clash. They talk about all the happenings and the big injury to Sting. Tonight… JJ Dillon will announce who will face Lex Luger. We also hear about the tag title confrontation between the Rockers and the Road Warriors at WrestleWar. We have two big matches announced for tonight… Brian Pillman vs Abdullah the Butcher and Nikita Koloff vs Tommy Rich… the winners of those matches will face off tomorrow night on the Main Event for the WCW United States Championship! We find out that Ron Garvin is out indefinitely… his injury has been deemed too serious to compete! We head to the ring for our matches… Owen Hart & Davey Boy looks pretty good as a tag team. We hear mumors of them challenging for the US tag titles soon?! The JYD and the Berzerker go to a no-contest… which brings out the Samoans and the Nasty Boys… the brawl is thwarted for the time-being. Just as JYD is looking to leave the arena area… the One Man Gang and Kevin Sullivan pop out of the back and attack him. He can’t catch a break! The Road Warriors win a simple tag team showcase… they let us know that it isn’t about titles at WrestleWar… it is about respect and they’re going to beat it out of the Rockers! We get the announcement we’ve been waiting for… JJ Dillon comes out and he addresses the crowd. Lex Luger comes out… with a limp of course… and he stands with Dillon as it is announced… at WrestleWar… Lex Luger will defend the WCW World Championship against… all of a sudden we see Paul E Dangerously walk out with Muta. They get into the ring and Paul E tries ripping a hole into Luger but JJ Dillon halts him… he tries to announce the challenger again but now we see Ric Flair come out with Arn and Ole! Flair and Muta are now face to face and you can feel the tension. Dillon separates them… and he announces that… at WrestleWar… it will be Lex Luger defending the WCW title against… Ric Flair! Flair celebrates but Muta is pissed… Muta kicks Luger in the knee…. Flair turns him around and Muta with the MYST and Flair’s face is covered! Pure chaos! US Title Tournament Flyin Brian defeated Abdullah the Butcher via DQ. This was a wild one and ended when Abby pulled out the fork again… but Pillman dropkicked him out of the ring to the floor. Abby pushes the referee to the ground but then Pillman out of nowhere off the apron with a crossbody! The crowd is 100% behind him… can Pillman win the gold? Kona Crush is out here and he gets a nice ovation from the crowd. The crushing move gets the crowd pumped. The Hillbilly Hog Farmers win a tag match… still trying to figure those guys out. The New Skyscrapers kill a couple of guys… it isn’t pretty but Sherri looks good. The Diamond Studd beats the hell out of someone… he’s got star written all over him according to Jesse Ventura! We get another promo from Luger who puts over the match with Flair. He says that this is his destiny. People have called him a paper champion but come WrestleWar… it is one on one… the world title on the line… the defining moment in both men’s careers. There can only be one World Champion and you’re looking at this! US Title Tournament A good matchup between Tommy Rich and Nikita Koloff finishes up our broadcast this week. These are two pros… Rich sells… sells… and sells some more for Nikita who looks primed for something big. Ivan is out there causing hell and ends up tripping Rich… only for him to turn around and here comes Nikita with the RUSSIAN SICKLE! Rich crumbles down… Nikita covers for the 1…2…3! It is Pillman vs Koloff tomorrow night… oh man! Just when you thought it was done… Flair is out here and he is covered in the green myst on the white shirt…. It’s stained and also his face and hair… it’s an image. Flair is on a roll saying that he is going to risk his entire career on this one match. He wants the World Title more than anything in this world. He is willing to put everything on the line and Luger is going to have to walk the aisle with the best damn wrestler in the world and the one true world champion! WCW The Main Event - 2/9 Eric Bischoff & Bob Caudle pump up the Main Event and the US title on the line tonight… it will be Flyin Brian or Nikita Koloff who walks off with the WCW United States Championship. They put over Flair vs Luger at WrestleWar. They put over the Road Warriors vs the Rockers at WrestleWar. We will find out these matches that have been announced: Tommy Rich will challenge Rick Martel for the TV title, Davey Boy and Owen challenge the Power and Glory for the US Tag titles, Jushin Liger returns to the US to take on Muta for the International Championship, plus a special contest called BATTLEGROUND? More on that contest next week! US Title Tournament Final Flyin Brian vs Nikita Koloff w/ Ivan Koloff went 20-minutes and these two left it all in the ring. We saw Ivan Koloff try to get involved but Pillman nailed him with a baseball slide dropkick! Nikita sold just enough to keep it interesting but Pillman really went to another level. Nikita continued to push the limit and Pillman kept fighting. We get some chaos that ensues when the referee gets knocked out….Pillman goes to the top rope and hits a crossbody but the referee is down and no count. Pillman is irate… what the hell is this… Arn Anderson? Double A comes out and he’s on the apron before Pillman comes over and they are jawjacking and then Pillman with a huge right hand and Anderson goes flying… Pillman turns around and RUSSIAN SICKLE! Referee crawls over for the 1…2….3!!! Nikita Koloff is the NEW United States Champion… this is outrageous… Caudle and Bichoff put this through the roof… we’ll see more on this next week on the Power Hour!

Clash of the Champions X “Texas Shootout” – Corpus Christi, TX – Memorial Coliseum – February 6, 1990 Welcome ladies and gentlemen to the CLASH OF THE CHAMPIONS! Tony and Jesse bring us in to Corpus Christi - Jesse has got that ridiculous cowboy hat on while Tony is rocking the Bolo Tie. The crowd appears to be pretty hot as we hear the run down of what’s going to come down tonight… we’ve got all three tag titles on the line… the television championship… plus the pairings for the United States Championship Gauntlet that takes place next weekend… and of course the main event… Ric Flair and Arn Anderson taking on Sting and WCW Champion, Lex Luger! No better time than the present… let’s get it going right now with the WCW World Tag Team Championship! The Road Warriors defeated the Samoans w/ Gary Hart in a hard fought tag team contest for the WCW World Tag Team Championship. Samu and Fatu were right there throughout the match and really bent every rule they could in order to gain the advantage. The Road Warriors had to fight back and they did. In the end… we saw a nasty piledriver on Fatu but he no sold it… only for Hawk to come flying off the top rope for the clothesline and then the 3-count! The Diamond Studd, Scott Hall, won a singles match against Big Josh. A great showcase for Hall, who is Jesse’s words is going to be the man in this sport, no doubt about it. The Diamond Death Drop is enough to shake the ring and get the crowd pumped! We go to a special angle where JJ Dillon is out with Gordon Solie… he is excited to announce the eight men who will go for the US title next weekend in the special gauntlet! We’ll see, the big man from Hawaii… Crush taking on Abdullah the Butcher! Flying Brian will compete against Michael Rotundo! The Wildfire Tommy Rich will take on The Berzerker! In the final match… we will see… former US Champion… Nikita Koloff… taking on STING! Then we get a convoluted angle… Sting comes out to do an interview for the US title tournament and the tag match tonight. He and Gordon are talking in the ring but here come the Horsemen. Luger is nowhere to be found. The Horsemen are goating Sting who isn’t having it. He says he’s got his shot at the WCW Title at WrestleWar… the US title is going to be a cherry on top! He says that Nikita Koloff is going to feel the wrath of the Stinger just like the Horsemen are going to feel tonight. That’s when all hell breaks loose… The Horsemen attempt to go for Sting but he fights them back only for Nikita Koloff to come out of the crowd… Russian Chain around his arm… and he just DESTROYS Sting’s knee from behind! The Horsemen pounce and Flair has the figure four locked in out of nowhere! Officials and agents are down here… here comes Flyin Brian, Owen Hart… and now WCW Champion Lex Luger! The Horsemen roll back up the rampway… Nikita Koloff has vanished… Sting is in a bad way! We’re back on the Clash and it is time for the US Tag Team Championship. Power and Glory w/ the help of Brother Love find a way to defeated Wahoo and Tatanka. Tatanka has got a lot of upside and Wahoo may be his best asset but his worst weight as he just can’t seem to keep up. We don’t get the powerplex… but we see Roma roll up Wahoo with a handful of tights and that’s all she wrote! We get another simple showcase with Davey Boy Smith getting a big win over Cowboy Bill Irwin. It is short and sweet and Davey Boy looks good. We then get another interview with Gordon Solie in the back… Sting is being carted off on a stretcher… Luger is shook… he has no clue what’s going on. We get word as JJ Dillon comes into the scene and says Sting will not be able to wrestle tonight! We go back out to the ring for Sherri who is standing in the middle of the ring… she works the fans and then she announces that she has secured another Skyscraper… she announces… standing 6’9”... Dangerous Danny Spivey… his partner… standing 7’ tall… from the Motor City… Big Kevin Nash! Here comes this huge man… he is taller than Spivey… he’s got a good look… they come down to the ring and beat the living hell out of two bloaks. Spivey does the work… Nash gets the shine. Nash hits an absolutely disgusting helicopter spin on one of these gets and sends him flying to the mat and then out of the ring! We get the double powerbomb and that is all she wrote. These two are big… they are bad… they are dangerous… they are the SKYSCRAPERS! The Horsemen are with Bob Caudle and they are nothing but laughs… they put over the Main Event and how tonight… they have got rid of Sting… and next they will get rid of Luger and that will be the end… the title comes back to Flair just like that… but then we see Brian Pillman come into the scene… some friends are holding him back… he says he is coming out there to fight the Horsemen tonight! WCW Television Championship - Ron Garvin vs Rick Martel © w/ Brother Love ends up being an interesting match. Garvin comes out, head taped up… but he pushes the referee away to fight and he and Martel go to work. This one isn’t much but some hard-hitting action and soon, Garvin’s tape comes off and Martel has busted open that nasty cut. Blood is starting to flow and the referee calls for the bell right away. We see a doctor run out to the ring and put a towel on his head and it is nasty. Martel is being held back by Brother Love but they’re all smiles… Garvin looks to be in a bad way… can he recover from this injury? Lex Luger is in the back with Bob Caudle and he talks about the big tag match tonight… he puts over the Horsemen… he says Nikita is a coward for attacking Sting. Luger says he’ll go in there by himself if he needs to. NWA Tag Titles - The Rockers defeated Mike Rotundo & Curtis Hughes in a pretty decent tag team match. The Rockers had control of this one from the beginning and held it all the way till the end. Rottundo and Hughes are decent enough but just something seems to be missing. In the end… a double superkick on Hughes is all she wrote and the Rockers walk out with the gold! WrestleWar promo… with Sting vs Luger being advertised….what will happen there? International Triple Crown Championship - The Z-Man vs The Great Muta w/ Paul E Dangerously - Another decent match… Zenk doesn’t have the skills to outdo Muta but he brings his A-game tonight. Muta hits his spots… the quick elbow drop… the spinning back elbow smash… Zenk fights back through and gives him everything. We then see Zenk set up a top rope dropkick but Muta moves… hits the ropes and SHINING WIZARD OUT OF NOWHERE! 1…2….3!!! Muta retains the gold but it is not the only title he wants… Sting & Lex Luger vs Ric Flair & Arn Anderson w/ Ole Anderson is the advertised match… The Horsemen come out ready to take on the world… we hear from JJ Dillon that Sting cannot compete and he’s been taken to the hospital. Luger comes out and he has a nice ovation from the crowd… but he’s by himself… for a moment… here comes Flyin Brian! Flyin Brian & Lex Luger versus Ric Flair & Arn Anderson w/ Ole Anderson is a good main event for the Clash. Flair and Luger is the real clash everyone wants to see. Pillman and Flair does light up the crowd though and everyone is going wild for it. Ole Anderson pops his head in and out when he can. Ole pops his head in once too often and Pillman with a suicide dive out of the ring taking him out! This sets up Flair and Arn to double up on Luger. The Total Package does fight back and he has got the crowd behind him. Luger hoists up Flair in the RACK and the crowd is going wild! Double A from behind and he chops the knee of Luger! Luger goes down and he’s in a bad way… Flair rolls him up with a clear handful of tights and the 3-count! The Horsemen have won it. Luger is now clutching his knee. Pillman looks like he’s ready for blood as the Horsemen retreat! We’ll see you for the Power Hour on Saturday!

WCW Power Hour - 2/1 Gordon Solie & Paul E Dangerously welcome us in and pump up the Clash on Feb 6th… we’ll see Road Warriors defend the WCW titles against The Samoans… The Rockers defend the NWA titles against Curtis Hughes & Michael Rotundo… and then the Power and Glory defend the US Tag Titles against Wahoo & Tatanka. Plus we’ll see Ron Garvin & Rick Martel in a tv title rematch… and then we’ll see Muta taking on the Z-Man for the International Championship! Plus the big main event… Ric Flair & Arn Anderson will take on Sting & Lex Luger! Paul E then pumps up how we’ll see The Danger Zone tomorrow night… and we’ll talk to Lex Luger and Sting! In action on the Power Hour… we see the JYD try and get some credit back after his ass whooping last week… Savio Vega with his Boricuas… Flyin Brian… The Samoans… all in action with good wins. WCW Top Ten WCW Champion: Lex Luger Sting Ric Flair Great Muta - International Champion Rick Martel - Television Champion Nikita Koloff Flyin Brian Arn Anderson Davey Boy Smith Scott Hall Dan Spivey In our main event… The Rockers defeated Bob Orton & Harley Race for the NWA tag titles in a nasty tag match with a lot of hard-hitting. Orton and Race didn’t look to give the Rockers too much. A big double superkick on Orton spells the end. We do get the fun teeter-toter spot from Harley Race which is a highlight. World Championship Wrestling - 2/1 Tony Schiavone & Jesse Ventura start us off with a run down of the Clash… Road Warriors defend the WCW titles against The Samoans… The Rockers defend the NWA titles against Curtis Hughes & Michael Rotundo… and then the Power and Glory defend the US Tag Titles against Wahoo & Tatanka. Plus we’ll see Ron Garvin & Rick Martel in a tv title rematch… and then we’ll see Muta taking on the Z-Man for the International Championship! Plus the big main event… Ric Flair & Arn Anderson will take on Sting & Lex Luger! Tonight we’ve got the Danger Zone with Sting and Luger… plus an eight-man tag with the Rockers and Road Warriors TEAMING UP! A good WCW tonight… we’ve got Muta… Nikita…Spivey… Diamon Studd… Davey Boy Smith & Owen Hart… Tommy Rich all in action. We see a fun tag team match with Anderson and Flair with Ole at ringside really looking good as a team. THE DANGER ZONE! Paul E: I want to welcome in the WCW World Champion… Lex Luger and his opponent… I mean PARTNER… the number one contender for the WCW Champoionship… Sting. Gentlemen… you two are going to step into the ring with the Horsemen on February the 6th and with all due respect… the one questions I need to ask is this… to you… Lex Luger… why are you… AFRAID OF FACING THE GREAT MUTA!?!? Lex: Listen Paul E… we knew this going into the interview… you had a whole agenda and it wasn’t what we discussed… you want to go into business for yourself… well pal you’ve got two guys who are not afraid of anyone… and we’re going to talk about what we want to talk about. I am standing here with my partner… my best friend… Sting… Paul E: And your next challenger correct? Lex: You see Paul E… I don’t view Sting as a challenger… (Sting confused look) No… no… what I mean… is that Sting is my friend… we’re together at the Clash and then when it comes time… we will enter the ring and have the match of a lifetime. Paul E: And what is going to happen in that match Mr. Luger? What is going to happen at WrestleWar when you stand across the ring from your partner… from your friend… from the number one contender and CHALLENGER for your WCW Title?? Sting: Let me be the one to answer this one… Listen Paul E… you may want to go into business for yourself… but we know what it is all about… we’ve got our minds focused on the Clash and once that is done… we focus on WrestleWar. Right now… we’re one… and when it comes to it… it’s going to be one on one. Lex: That’s right Sting… listen Paul E… we’re at the height of our careers… we could never accomplish more than what we’ve done right now! Never will our careers or accomplishments be more than this moment! (Sting looks confused) Sting: What are you saying man… listen… we’re clear… first we get rid of the Horsemen and then it is me and you… we know that… now I don’t know about you but when it comes to accomplishments… accolades…goals… that belt right there is the height of my list… but I know that one thing has to happen before the other… but don’t think for a second that I can’t win that title… because that’s what I plan to do. Lex: Sting… Sting…calm down man… this is what they want… they want us to break apart and not be together… we’ve got unity… I am the champ… we’ve got it all under control! Flair… Horsemen… we’re coming for you! Paul E: Well there you have it… right here in the Danger Zone… Luger… the champion… Sting… the challenger… both of them not only afraid of the Horsemen but of the GREAT MUTA! MAIN EVENT Eight Main Rockers & Road Warriors vs Samoans & Hughes & Rotundo is a really interesting eight-man… let’s just say there are some STIFF tags between the Warriors and Rockers… the Samoans and the Hughes and Rotundo are working well together. We hear that Hughes and Rotundo are going to be known as the SEC… Securities and Enforcement Corp! Well, that name may not stick but we’ll see… This one ends up kind of interesting… Gary Hart gets involved outside the ring. Hawk gets tied up in the ropes. The Samoans double team him. Rotundo and Hughes throw the Rockers into the guardrails. They get back in the ring and it is a 4 on 1 on Animal… then the Rockers look at one another and … are they going to walk out… no… the run in the ring and hit a pair of superkicks! They unlocked Hawk. The Road Warriors then double clothesline the Samoans out of the ring to the floor. The referee makes the count out and the Road Warriors and Rockers are the winners… and then they shake hands… these guys are due for a clash but first they have title matches at the Clash so we’ll see what happens!

Awesome stuff - any way you can make one of these and have a picture with it? I am sure you've done it before but that would be a cool addition.

"*Unless stated otherwise, matches were taped at the Kingston Memorial Centre in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.*" Such a fun touch... love the show and the way things are coming together. Heenan and Monsoon are of course a standard... Rhodes has got his hands full... I like him to have a good 1990.

Ahh - I found it - sorry buddy!

Shit did I mis-type something?

WCW Power Hour - 1/25 Gordon Solie & Paul E Dangerously bring us into the Georgia Mountain Center… we’ve got a ruckus crowd who is hyped up for the card. These guys are on pump up duty for Clash of the Champions X from Corpus Christi on February the 6th! We find out that Sting and Luger take on Anderson and Flair… we find out Tully has been suspended… Luger’s injury is severe but he’s hoped to be back in action come the Clash… we’ll see about the rest of the crew. We also find out that Ron Garvin is going to be back in action on World Championship Wrestling and he is on the lookout for Rick Martel! We will also find out the challengers for the tag title matches at the Clash later on today… let’s head to the ring! In action today, we’ve got Wild Bill Irwin, Rotundo & Hughes, Power & Glory, plus Big Josh all in singles action… WCW Top Ten! Lex Luger - WCW Champion Sting Ric Flair Great Muta - International Champion Rick Martel - Television Champion Nikita Koloff Flyin Brian Arn Anderson Scott Hall Tommy Rich Davey Boy Smith The second half of our show pushed the Clash… we find out that the Road Warriors defend the WCW titles against The Samoans… The Rockers defend the NWA titles against Curtis Hughes & Michael Rotundo… and then the Power and Glory defend the US Tag Titles against Wahoo & Tatanka. Plus we’ll see Ron Garvin & Rick Martel in a tv title rematch… and then we’ll see Muta taking on the Z-Man for the International Championship! Plus the big main event… Ric Flair & Arn Anderson will take on Sting & Lex Luger! Our main event tonight is a showcase where Jushin Thunder Liger is in singles action and wins. Not sure who Mr.X is… but he looks to be an athletic bloak with a good body… perhaps a young marvelous rookie. World Championship Wrestling - 1/25 Tony Schiavone & Jesse Ventura show us the card for the Clash in a couple of weeks…At the Clash… we find out that the Road Warriors defend the WCW titles against The Samoans… The Rockers defend the NWA titles against Curtis Hughes & Michael Rotundo… and then the Power and Glory defend the US Tag Titles against Wahoo & Tatanka. Plus we’ll see Ron Garvin & Rick Martel in a tv title rematch… and then we’ll see Muta taking on the Z-Man for the International Championship! Plus the big main event… Ric Flair & Arn Anderson will take on Sting & Lex Luger! On the show tonight… match-wise… we get Flyin Brian, Nikita Koloff, The Power and Glory (Sorry AD) & Rick Martel in a six-man, The Nasty Boys, & Bob Orton/Harley Race. In the Main Event… we see the Diamond Studd Scott Hall defeat Big Josh in a hard fought match… Hall looks phenomenal. In promos: We hear from Sherri and Spivey who say they will reunite the Skyscrapers at the Clash! The Road Warriors and Rockers once again do some promos… we find out they’ll be in six-man action next week against the Samoans and Hughes & Rotundo! Ron Garvin cuts another scathing promo about how the staples are coming out of his head but it will be nothing in comparison to what he does to that pretty face of Rick Martel! The Horsemen - Flair, Arn, & Ole cut a promo on JJ Dillon of all people and then talk about Sting and Luger at the Clash. Flair says that when he pins Luger… he’s going to take that title shot right from Sting! Paul E has got the Great Muta out here and he has such an aura about him… we find out that he faces the Z-Man at the Clash but Paul E wants the World Title shot by any means necessary! Sting and Luger close us out as a team… they are pumping up the big tag match at the Clash… they are really behind one another and Sting says he’s got Luger’s back no matter what and after they win the match at the Clash; they will focus on their match at WrestleWar! WCW The Main Event - 1/26 Eric Bischoff & Bob Caudle put over the Clash… we find out that the Road Warriors defend the WCW titles against The Samoans… The Rockers defend the NWA titles against Curtis Hughes & Michael Rotundo… and then the Power and Glory defend the US Tag Titles against Wahoo & Tatanka. Plus we’ll see Ron Garvin & Rick Martel in a tv title rematch… and then we’ll see Muta taking on the Z-Man for the International Championship! Plus the big main event… Ric Flair & Arn Anderson will take on Sting & Lex Luger! We get a couple of matches… Dan Spivey, Tatanka & Wahoo, The Berzerker, Davey Boy Smith, Bill Irwin, & The One Man Gang all get decent wins. The main event… we see Nikita Koloff damn near killed The JYD… Dog was in ROUGH shape coming out of this.

Undertaker is a hard character to write for. I feel like this Memphis heat is going expand this promotion throughout the country sooner than later and Lawler has all the main stream help he needs to make i so.... but first he has to beat Curt Hennig and that ain't happening!

WCW Power Hour -1/18 Gordon Solie & Paul E Dangerously put over a big night of action including the huge eight-man tag tonight on World Championship Wrestling. They let us know that WCW will be in Greensboro this week and Lex Luger will be defending the WCW Championship at that event along with Sting taking on Arn Anderson! Right now it is time to head to the ring and here comes the Enforcer! In the Power Hour this week, Arn Anderson gets a nice win with his buddy Ole by his side. We also see Owen Hart and Davey Boy Smith win a good tag team match, plus we see Kona Crush in a dominant performance and also the Hogfarmers! WCW Top 10! WCW Champion - Lex Luger Sting Ric Flair Great Muta -International Champion Rick Martel - Television Champion Arn Anderson Davey Boy Smith Scott Hall Flyin Brian Nikita Koloff Owen Hart In our marquee match, we see the ever-dangerous Berzerker take on Tatanaka with Wahoo. This one is a fun brawl with Tatanka really throwing hands and the big Tomahawk Chops do damage. Soon we see Gary Hart getting antsy outside the ring… he makes a look back and here comes the Samoans… Wahoo is trying to fight them off by himself but now we see Kevin Sullivan come out with the Gang and Wahoo is in a bad way… the crowd erupts when JYD runs out and he’s got the Nasty Boys with him! They back off the heels as this one ends in a DQ when everyone gets in the ring. Paul E and Gordon put this over in a big way… we’ll see you tonight for World Championship Wrestling! World Championship Wrestling 1/18 Tony Schiavone & Jesse Ventura bring us in for a huge night of action but they cut right to footage of a situation that broke out earlier on in the evening as the wrestlers were arriving at the arena. We see a scene where Lex Luger is shown pulling up and getting out of his car but the Horsemen are there to welcome him. Luger is trying to back them off but out of the back comes Tully Blanchard and he nails Luger with his cast! Tully throws Luger into the ar window and he cracks the window! Security runs in and backs them off. JJ Dillon of all people is the one who throws Tully out of the building! We see Sting, Owen, and Pillman come in, they help Luger in the car, and they're off to the hospital! We’re back and JJ is with Tony and Jesse… he announces that Tully Blanchard has been suspended. The match tonight will be a six-man as long as Sting, Pillman, and Owen can make it back to the arena. Luger has been admitted to the local hospital with a serious shoulder injury. We’ll find out more later on in the evening… In action tonight… we see Nikita Koloff rip some dudes fucking head off. Ivan is putting him over like a million dollars… The One Man Gang w/ Kevin Sullivan beats up two poor schmucks. The Road Warriors are in tag team action and needless to say they leave their opponents in a heap of mess. We find out that Sting, Owen, and Pillman are on their way back from the hospital… and supposedly, Luger has checked himself out! The Z-man gets a nice singles win. We see the US tag team champions, Power and Glory pick up a victory with Brother Love and Rick Martel celebrating outside the ring. Dan Spivey comes out and shows how quickly he can destroy a human being with his valet Sherri by his side. Paul E is out to make a big stink about how Muta is being overlooked and now he is calling on ever WCW official to give him one damn reason why Muta isn’t challenging Luger for the title at WrestleWar… JJ Dillon comes out and he’s trying to back Paul E off but Dangerously isn’t having it… Muta looks like he might fight JJ but cooler heads prevail! The Wildfire Tommy Rich gets a nice win and works the crowd up before our big main event. Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, & Ole Anderson defeated Sting, Brian Pillman, & Owen Hart in a chaotic six-man tag team match. Sting, Pillman, and Owen showed up right as the bell was ringing and they were in their street clothes. The finish saw Lex Luger show up… arm in a sling… try to help the Horsemen… but Muta came out and kicked him right in the shoulder and he went down. Pillman leaped out of the ring and took out Muta. Flair and Ole doubled up on Sting… Arn caught Owen and hit him with a DD F’N T! 1….2…3 and that’s all she wrote… WCW The Main Event 1/19 Eric Bischoff & Bob Caudle bring us in to the Main Event… we hear about Tully being suspended. We also find out that Lex Luger’s WCW title match in Greensboro has been changed… now it will be Sting vs Ric Flair… Luger will be in Sting’s corner. In terms of action tonight - nothing too exciting. Rotundo and Hughes do some tag work - we find out they’ll be at the Clash. Johnny Ace, Tommy Rich, Big Josh, & The Rockers all join in on the fun and work the fans. One true highlight came when Ron Garvin - full on sell with his head wrapped and everything - cut a scathing promo on Rick Martel and Blubber Love! He says he’s got staples in his head and stone in his head and he’s coming for his TV Title!

I was legit shocked to see Warrior lose to Haku and then come back to win the Rumble. Back to Back for him if you count last years. I will say that you nailed the Rumble in the way it was written - I find these to be tough matches with so much to manage but you did a great job. I am excited about this WWF direction that you've got going. Just similar and just different enough to make it interesting and keeps you on the edge of your seat to what happens next!

WCW Power Hour - 1/11 Gordon Solie & Paul E Dangerously bring us in and Paul E is in rare form tonight. He is pumping up the Clash and then WrestleWar and how in the hell was Sting picked to be the number one contender?!? He questions JJ Dillon and his decisions. Gordon says it was the right call. We find out that on Main Event this week, Rick Martel will take on Ron Garvin and challenge him for the WCW Television Championship… in a no-disqualification match! Tonight - we’ve got a lot of great action including STING! Let’s go to the ring! In action tonight, we saw a couple of different squash matches including Dan Spivey w/ Sherri, The Power & Glory w/ Brother Love, The Samoans w/ Gary /Hart, Big Josh, The Z-Man, and Kona Crush. WCW Top 10 Lex Luger - WCW Champion Sting Ric Flair Great Muta - International Champion Ron Garvin - Television Champion Arn Anderson Flyin Brian Rick Martel Abdullah the Butcher One Man Gang British Bulldog In the Main Event, we saw Sting defeat the Berzerker via the Stinger Splash and then a top rope crossbody for the 3-count. Sting had to fight off the Samoans until we saw JYD, Tommy Rich, and Big Josh come out to lend him a hand. World Championship Wrestling 1/11 Tony Schiavone & Jesse Ventura pump up a big night of action including a six-man tag that is sure to set some fires… plus we’ll see Arn Anderson and Ric Flair in tag team action against the Nasty Boys… plus Ron Garvin takes on Paul Roma… and we’ll see Sting! Right now we have our WCW World Champion, Lex Luger in action, let’s go to the ring! Lex Luger wins a simple enough contest with the rack. He cuts a promo on Ric Flair… saying he is going to shut his mouth for good come the Clash… he says Muta is another top-tier challenger… Nikita Koloff is lying in the weeds… waiting for his time… but Luger then brings up Sting…the crowd pops… Luger says it is one day at a time and he and Sting are going to put an end to the Horsemen… but then when they clash it is going to be the match of the century and history will be made! Harley Race & Bob Orton won a nice tag team match… these grizzled vets have got some momentum. The Z-Man won a singles match and hit a flying dropkick and it was definitely a highlight of the night. Arn Anderson & Ric Flair defeated The Nasty Boys with help from Tully Blanchard outside the ring. He tripped Knobbs right into a DDT from Anderson and then the 3-count. Flair and Anderson put the boots to them before walking off to the back… proud of themselves nonetheless. The British Bulldog showed off his power… but he was interrupted by Nikita Koloff and Ivan who let everyone know that no one is safe from the Russian Nightmare! Michael Rotundo & Curtis Hughes won a tag team encounter. We hear from the Road Warriors and Rockers… we find out that both teams will be defending their titles at the Clash. The Rockers don’t want to wait and want the Road Warriors right now and the Road Warriors are all in for a fight but officials break it up. Ron Garvin defeated Paul Roma w/ Brother Love via DQ when Rick Martel cracked him in the back of the head with a steel chair and busted him wide open! Dan Spivey with Sherri won a nice singles match and dropped some dude on his head. Tony and Jesse say he may be the favorite heading into the US title tournament! JYD & Tommy Rich beat the State Patrol… this brought out Sullivan and Gang who wanted to get frisky. Sting, Brian Pillman, & Owen Hart defeated The Berzerker & the Samoans in a wild six-man tag! Sting closes us out…. Puts over Owen and Brian in a big way. He says at the Clash, he and Luger are going to be one… then at WrestleWar… it’s going to be one on one! This brings out the Horsemen… All four of them come out and Tully has got a cast on his arm now… The Horsemen are challenging them to an eight-man tag next week?! Luger comes out to a nice pop and says let’s do it! WCW The Main Event 1/12 Eric Bischoff & Bob Caudle catch us up on a great weekend of WCW action and pumped up the huge title contest here tonight… Ron Garvin defends the TV title against Rick Martel with NO DISQUALIFICATIONS! We have a couple other matches on the card but they really push the big eight-man next week with The Horsemen taking on Lex Luger, Sting, Owen Hart, & Brian Pillman! Let’s head to the ring… Some good showcases this week as we see Wildfire Tommy Rich, Power & Glory, The Nasty Boys, Bill Irwin, Kona Crush, & Jushin Liger all in victorious contests. TV TITLE - NO DQ Ron Garvin vs Rick Martel w/ Brother Love This one is a barn burner from the word go! Garvin gets the edge early on and brings the fight outside the ring. Martel plays a little cat and mouse but that all ends when Brother Love sticks his nose in the business and gets ROCKED for his presence! Martel then takes over for a couple of minutes… even busting open the shot on Garvin’s head and he looks to be bleeding like a stuck pig! Garvin sees the blood and then wipes his fist in it and NAILS Martel! Martel is rocked and Garvin hits the ropes and NAILS him again! Garvin runs to the ropes but Brother Love grabs his leg… Garvin pulls on his hair… Martel comes from out of nowhere and he delivers a knee… right into Garvin’s kidneys… he screams from the pain and falls right down… Martel covers him and gets a handful of tights… 1…2….3! Rick Martel sulks out of the ring with the WCW Television Championship, Brother Love has got blood all over his white suit… Power and Glory come out to celebrate with their US tag titles… this group has established themselves as top tier thus far in WCW… and it looks like it was at the cost of Ron Garvin!

WHAM! I love it... I read these like a comic book. You've done a great job at bringing your environment to life through the words and I know that I enjoy checking it out!

WCW Power Hour - 1/4 Gordon Solie & Paul E Dangerously bring us in for a fun morning of action here on the Power Hour. We get Paul E putting over Muta throughout the entire hour and Gordon says he should definitely face Luger for the title… when he’s the rightful number one contender. Paul E is fuming at that one. We have a couple of decent matches on the card… The Hog Farmers make their debutish… fun little team with some good spirit from the fans. Flyin Brian gets a nice singles win. We get footage from James J Dillon who is assistant to the regional manager here in WCW. He lets us know that we’ll see a special United States Championship tournament in one month. Between now and then… we will need to see the best of the best here in WCW and decide who will make it to the final eight to run the gauntlet. Also announced… February the 6th, live from Corpus Christi - The Clash of the Champions X - Texas Shootout will be held on TBS with Lex Luger and Sting teaming up to take on Ric Flair and Arn Anderson. Plus we’ll see three different tag team championship matches… those matches will be announced in the coming weeks. The One Man Gang w/ Kevn Sullivan beats the hell out of two random dudes. Tatanka w/ Wahoo gets a nice victory. Wahoo seems to be nursing some shoulder issues. WCW Top Ten WCW World Champion - Lex Luger Ric Flair Sting The Great Muta - International Champion Ron Garvin - Television Champion Rick Martel Jushin Thunder Liger Junkyard Dog Arn Anderson Tommy Rich Scott Hall Main Event - Big Josh & The JYD defeated the Samoans w/ Gary Hart via DQ! World Championship Wrestling 1/4 Tony Schiavone & Jesse Ventura bring us in for a huge night of action. They put over the announcement from JJ Dillion… We get footage from James J Dillon who is assistant to the regional manager here in WCW. He lets us know that we’ll see a special United States Championship tournament in one month. Between now and then… we will need to see the best of the best here in WCW and decide who will make it to the final eight to run the gauntlet. Also announced… February the 6th, live from Corpus Christi - The Clash of the Champions X - Texas Shootout will be held on TBS with Lex Luger and Sting teaming up to take on Ric Flair and Arn Anderson. Plus we’ll see three different tag team championship matches… those matches will be announced in the coming weeks. Jesse and Tony then talk about how we’ll see Sting, Ric Flair, and the WCW Champion Lex Luger. Right now it is time to head to the ring for our opening contest…featuring the NWA World Tag Team Champions… the Rockers! The Rockers get a nice tag team victory… it doesn’t last long though… here come the Road Warriors… they are talking a big game but the Rockers aren’t backing down. Abdullah the Butcher & The Samoans w/ Gary Hart win a six-man contest. We get a special promo with Gordon Solie in the back… he’s with Ric Flair and Arn Anderson… Ole Anderson is in his non-wrestling gear… but Tully Blanchard is in a suit with a sling on his arm. We find out that Tully has been sidelined for the time-being… his arm is in a bad way. Ole Anderson is going to will be more of an advisor for the Horsemen and step in the ring when he needs to. Arn Anderson is now 100% focused on the WCW television and United States championships. Ric Flair is now the hunter and he’s hungry. Lex Luger has exactly what he needs to be filled and he’s going to push him to every limit he’s got to get the WCW World Title back. If Sting continues to but his nose in Flair’s business…. Then he will be the one who goes down… and goes down hard! Television Champion - Ron Garvin won a singles match against Bill Irwin - Rick Martel and Brother Love were quick to point out how he cheated to beat Martel… Ron says why don’t we do it with NO dqs then! Martel says he has a face of granite and Garvin says his hands of Stone will bust that granite into pieces! The Diamond Studd - Scott Hall wins a singles match with a nasty Diamond Death Drop! We get a promo from WCW Champion, Lex Luger. He puts over Future Shock and the Omni card… he says he is going to keep a close eye on the US title tournament. He knows what that title is all about and he’s proud to have added to its legacy… that’s when things take a turn. Out of the back walks Ivan and Nikita Koloff! They walk over to Luger and Nikita is quick to point out how he’s sick and stirred of seeing that title that he held with honor become a prop for people who want to be something. Nikita says he is the most fierce competitor in the history of the NWA and he’s back in WCW with the help of his Uncle Ivan to achieve the destiny of the Kremlin… to gain the WCW World Heavyweight Championship! Luger says that History will repeat itself if Nikita decides to step in that ring with him… Nikita swipes the title from Luger’s hand! Oh man… security comes out… Nikita is backed off…. Luger has got to worry about Flair, Muta, and now Nikita! The Nasty Boys put together a pretty good tag team match and work the crowd. They have a nice little following going. We get the Wildfire in singles action and he has got the crowd behind him. We find out that he and the JYD will be teaming up tomorrow night on the Main Event against Kevin Sullivan and the One Man Gang! Gordon Solie is with Sting and out comes JJ Dillon. We find out that Sting is announced as the number one contender for the WCW Championship and he will face the champion at WrestleWar on February the 26th! Sting points out how there is a lot of time between now and then and he knows a lot can happen but he’s going to prove to everyone why he’s the number one contender and when it comes to WrestleWar… he is going to bring everything he’s got! In our main event tonight - The Great Muta w/ Paul E defeated Tatanka w/ Wahoo McDaniel. Tatanka gave him a lot of fight but Muta was way too much. Muta hit a moonsault from across the ring that lit up the crowd - won the match - and showed the world why he may be the next World Champion - if he ever gets the chance! WCW The Main Event 1/5 Eric Bischoff & Bob Caudle bring us in for a quick night of action. We find out that next week, on the Main Event, Ron Garvin and Rick Martel will go one on one in a no disqualification match for the Television Championship! Tonight on the Main Event, we see Flyin Brian, Owen Hart, The Samoans, Dan Spivey, & Kona Crush all in action. In our main event, Tommy Rich and the JYD defeated the One Man Gang & Kevin Sullivan in a fun brawl. Rich hit the Thesz press on Sullivan for the victory. JYD needed some help out of the ring after the OMG hit him with a huge 747 after the match!

Just as the joker said… here we go and the WWF is off and running. You’ve got all the nostalgia down… you’ve set up a great energy and environment… it clicks. Bossman is my lead candidate for 1990… he’s got momentum and challengers plus he can go in the ring. Andre and Warrior along with Demolition against the Heenan Family will surely be marquee to get the year going as well. awesome stuff!

Biggest card in the history of your AWA and it delivered on all costs. I especially loved the mix of matches and all the types and titles. It was literally the mixing pot of what makes the AWA great and we've got a lot to look forward to now. The Hulkster is on top of the AWA... there's a couple of guys climbing the ladder to get him... but I have a feeling his biggest challenge hasn't shown up yet.

Very good kick off for the UWF... 1990 Bill Watts is going to be an interesting character to keep an eye on. You won't get too much copyright law from WCW on WrestleWar... but know we're keeping an eye on things lol.

WCW Power Hour - December 29 Gordon Solie & Paul E Dangerously welcome us in for a nice highlight show of the Future Shock PPV. We see highlights from the six-man with Bulldog, Z-Man, and Pillman going over. We also see the match between Owen and Liger highlighted in a major way. Paul E goes on and on all episode about how the Great Muta is the rightful number one contender for the WCW title and he will not rest until Lex Luger signs the contract. Tomorrow night in the Omni… Flair teams with Muta against Luger and Sting and once Muta pins Luger there will be no doubt who is the rightful champion. In action, we see the JYD win a decent match… also the new US tag team champions, Power and Glory look good. We hear from Brother Love who says that Ron Garvin is not going to be able to get away tomorrow night in the Omni when Rick Martel takes on him for the TV title! We get a ruling from Jim Herd on the state of the WCW and NWA Tag titles. We find out that the NWA titles are currently held by Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard. The WCW titles did change hands at Future Shock. The Road Warriors will defend the WCW tag titles tomorrow night in the Omni while Anderson and Blanchard defend the NWA tag titles against the Rockers. The United States Championship is currently vacant due to Lex Luger winning the World title. The title is being held up in a special three day gauntlet tournament… we’ll have four matches that take place on Power Hour… two matches on World Championship Westling and then the finals on Main Event to crown the new United States Champion. That tournament will be coming up in a matter of weeks. Our final contests see the Bob Orton and Harley Race win a tag team encounter along with Tully Blanchard getting a singles victory. Our main event saw The One Man Gang defeat Big Josh with help from Kevin Sullivan… but here comes the JYD to even the odds! World Championship Wrestling - December 30 Tony Schaivone & Jesse Ventura bring us in for a big night of WCW action. They put over Future Shock in a big way and we kick things off with Lex Luger coming out to a grand ovation. He looks good with the WCW big gold belt and he works the fans. He talks about working so hard for this title and it coming to fruition in front of a record crowd and a worldwide audience. Just as he gets going we see Ric Flair walk out and he’s got Ole, Arn, and Tully with him. They get right in Luger’s face but he no sells it to let them know he isn’t afraid. He has climbed the mountain and now he will take on anyone who will try to take what is rightfully his. This brings out the Great Muta and Paul E. Dangerously is on a roll tonight and he’s letting everyone have it… he says that tomorrow night in the Omni, Flair and Muta are going to put him and Stin…. Wait a moment… here comes the Stinger. The crowd gives no doubt who the top dawg is. He comes down to the ring and he sides with Luger… just then JJ Dillon steps in to let everyone know he’s been made the assistant to Jim Herd and will no longer be affiliated with the Horsemen… thus… he has the ability to make matches… and tonight he is doing so… tonight Sting and Luger need to find two partners to take on the Horsemen and Muta in an eight-man tag team main event! We see the ever exciting Owen Hart come out on top in singles action… he cuts a promo on how good Liger was but how he knows he can beat him and he’ll prove it tomorrow night in the Omni! The Road Warriors made quick work of two jobbers and said that the WCW tag titles are one of three in the company right now but one of one when it comes to what matters. They are going to keep an close eye on the NWA tag title match tomorrow night in the Omni and they will be the first ones to take the titles from them… put them with theirs and be the undisputed kings of tag team wrestling! Jesse Ventura puts over the Diamond Stud Scott Hall who will make his debut in the Omni tomorrow night Savio Vega gets a win with the Boricuas outside the ring. Gary Hart lets the Berzerker kill someone… win via count out. We see Sting and Luger in the back with Eric Bischoff… they are talking about who to get as partners and then we see the Rockers walk in the scene… shake hands… well… here we go! Rick Martel gets a nice win and he and Brother Love run down Ron Garvin. Michael Rotundo & Curtís Hughes won a tag team encounter. In the main event, in an eight-man tag team match, The Great Muta pinned Marty Jannetty. The Horsemen were reluctant to tag in Muta but then they wouldn’t accept his tag to get out of the ring. Sting, Luger, and the Rockers played well enough together. The chaos ensued at the end which led to the nasty shining wizard. We saw Flair/Muta/Luger/Sting all going at it to finish the show… they’ll face off tomorrow night in the Omni! WCW The Main Event - December 31 Eric Bischoff & Bob Caudle put over a fun episode of Main Event that highlights Future Shock. We see the TV title and US tag title matches in full along with words from Brother Love. Eric and Bob put over the big night in the Omni and talk about Flair and Muta vs Sting and Luger. We then see the World Tag Title match in full to close out the show… nothing special but more or less a way to promote what happened at Future Shock and what will go down tonight in the Omni! WCW Live from the Omni - December 31 Jushin Liger and Owen Hart had an awesome 20-minute contest but this time it was Owen Hart who snuck out a controversial victory with a German Suplex double pin situation. Multiple referees had a say but in the end it was Owen who walked away with the victory. Television Championship Ron Garvin vs Rick Martel was an interesting contest. This one went almost 15-minutes again… but in the end it was Martel who won via DQ when Ron Garvin destroyed him with a steel chair! Martel laid motionless while Garvin knocked out Brother Love and stood with the tv title! The One Man Gang and Kevin Sullivan defeated Big Josh and The Junkyard Dog WCW United States Tag Titles - The Power and Glory defeated the Nasty Boys with interference from Brother Love. Flyin Brian, The Z-Man, & British Bulldog defeated The Samoans & Abdullah the Butcher w/ Gary Hart in six-man action. WCW Tag Titles - The Road Warriors defeated Harley Race and Bob Orton in a roughneck match that saw a lot of brawling. Orton and Race didn’t appear to want to bump and the Road Warriors no-sold everything… so that was fun. The Diamond Stud Scott Hall made his WCW debut an beat the hell out of Johnny Ace. NWA Tag Titles -In a 30-minute classic… the Rockers defeated Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard to become the NWA World Tag Team Champions. Tully Blanchard seemed to have really hurt his arm during the match but kept going. He ended up eating the pin after a double super kick took Arn out of the ring and then the Rockers were able to 2 on 1 and get the victory. Kona Crush defeated the Berzeker w/ Gary Hart via DQ MAIN EVENT Lex Luger and Sting defeated The Great Muta and Ric Flair - Muta went to MYST Luger but he ducked and Flair got a face full of green. Luger clotheslined Muta out of the ring to the floor… Sting came off the top rope with a splash and got the 3-count on Flair for the victory.

I'd like to drop Paul Ellering from WCW and pick up Johnny Ace

WCW Presents: Future Shock- Greensboro, NC – Coliseum Sunday December 24 Brian Pillman, The Z-Man, & Davey Boy Smith vs Los Boricuas What a way to kick things off… we’ve got the three young guns of WCW out here to show the world what they’re all about. Then we’ve got Savio Vega and the Boricuas… needless to say we know the outcome before things get going but the Boricuas make it interesting and we get to see all the shine of Pillman, Z-Man, and especially Davey Boy. The finish is pretty nice when Davey Boy hits Castillo with a powerslam that shakes the entire ring! Pillman with the flying splash for the 3-count and that’s all she wrote. WCW opens up with some hot young stars that are putting it all on the line. WCW United States Tag Team Championship The Nasty Boys vs Power & Glory w/ Brother Love A very interesting/understated match. The Nasty Boys have this style… grunge… hardcore if you will… and the fans here in Greensboro… they like it! The fans are really behind them… or they just really hate Brother Love… which could also be the case. Either way, Power and Glory look good and we get a fun 9-minute match up. In the end, it is Roma who rolls up Knobbs with a handful of tights and we’ve got NEW US Tag Team Champions! The Power and Glory celebrate with Brother Love! Owen Hart vs Jushin Thunder Liger What a debut for Liger who comes in with a lot of hype. Owen Hart is no slouch… he does two things here… number one… he makes Liger look like a million dollars. He sells and works his style so well. The second thing that Owen does is brings some intensity in the ring. He chops the living hell out of Liger and breaks him down. Tony and Jesse do their best to try and keep up but there’s just a lot of maneuvers and even Ventura says he doesn’t quite know what to call the moves but he has never seen action like this before. Around the 13-minute mark, these two have gone absolutely all out. We see a couple of huge spots. Liger does a moonsault off the apron on Owen outside the ring. We also see a suicide dive from Owen on Liger that ignites the crowd. The finish sees Owen leap with a cross body but Liger with a dropkick right in the chest. Owen is hurt… Liger picks him up for a BRAINBUSTER and the 3-count! What a match! We get a promo from Ric Flair as he stands with Gordon Solie. They talk about tonight being about not only the past but the present and more importantly, the future. Flair says he has held the title and defeated everyone in his path and he’s beat Luger as well… tonight… it is the record player playing the same tune… Ric Flair walks in with the world title and walks out with the world title. Flair says he’s going to introduce a new tune in 1990 called undefeated… and tonight he is going to show Luger why you have to beat the man in order to be the man and pal… Ric Flair is THEE MAN! WOOO! WCW Television Championship Ron Garvin © vs Rick Martel w/ Brother Love In a hard-fought contest - these two went to a 15-minute time limit draw. Both men got in some offense and it was Garvin who really upped his game where Martel moved and counter-moved every chance he got. The finish saw Garvin knock Brother Love out with a huge right hand but it led to Martel locking in the Boston Crab… time ran out but Garvin didn’t give up. He was wiped as the bell rang… Martel thought he won but it was a draw. Martel tries to grab the title but Rugged Ron has got one more right hand in him and just knocks Martel out cold! NWA & WCW Tag Team Championship The Road Warriors vs Arn & Tully © w/ Ole Damn, there is some serious hatred out here. Hawk and Animal don’t seem to give two shits about the Horsemen here and they beat the hell out of them. This one goes about 12-minutes… back and forth… Arn and Tully are pros and leave it in the ring. They isolate Animal and wear him down to lead up to the big hot tag to Hawk who comes in like a house of fire. Chaos ensues and now Ole gets involved. The ring is mayhem… in the midst of it all… we see a situation where the referee gets bumped. He goes down. As he starts to get up… he sees Hawk toss Arn Anderson over his shoulder and over the top rope to the floor… but the referee goes back down. Animal sets up Tully and then Hawk with a huge DOOMSDAY DEVICE… here comes another referee… and the 1….2…..3! The Road Warriors have won it! They are the new tag team champions! The crowd is going wild. We get a nice promo from Lex Luger who puts over the huge bout with Ric Flair coming up in a few short hours. He says he’s bee training his entire life for this moment… he feels like this is the last opportunity to show he will be the athlete of the 90s and be the man to usher WCW into the future. He feels at his physical peak. He feels that mentally… he is stronger than he’s ever been. His endurance is second to none. Tonight is the night that the total package puts it all together and rightfully becomes the UNDISPUTED WCW WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION! Sting vs Dan Spivey w/ Sherri A great showcase for both men… prime time contest. Sting has to go up against the bigger man and Spivey is able to show off his strength while Sting is ever cunning and flights back no matter what the odds. Spivey works the neck and the back of Sting and even Sherri is able to get some eye rakes in a couple of times. Sting starts to mount a comeback… the crowd is getting behind him… when he goes for the Stinger Splash in the corner… Spivey gets his boot up and just rocks his shit something awful! Spivey works the fans and he makes the end is now sign… he picks up Sting and taunts the crowd once again… he sets him for the powerbomb… hoists him up but Sting goes over his shoulders… backslide… 1…2….3! STING WON IT! Sting rolls out of the ring and the crowd explodes… Sherri is in there arguing with the referee! Sting is escorted to the back and the crowd is cheering him on… Spivey is pissed. We get a special segment in the back… Jim Herd is with JJ Dillon… Arn, Tully, and Ole… the Road Warriors come in… Jim Herd makes the announcement that the title match was under review and it has come to light that Hawk threw Arn over the top rope, which by the rules of the NWA is a disqualification. In WCW, it is legal. Therefore… Jim Herd is returning the NWA world tag team titles to Arn and Tully! The Road Warriors are the recognized WCW World Tag Team Champions. It is then announced that on December the 31st… Arn and Tully will defend the NWA World Tag Team Titles against the Rockers live from the Omni in Atlanta! International Triple Crown Tommy Rich vs The Great Muta w/ Paul E Not quite a popcorn match… but let’s just say that Muta is almost in a league of his own right now. Paul E is just ruining the experience of the fans at ringside. Jesse Ventura is putting Muta over as the next WCW world champion. He says he’s the rightful number one contender. Tommy Rich gets a lil wildfire under his ass and makes a nice run at it but then Muta hits a spinning heel kick. We get the flipping back elbow in the corner. The running shining wizard! Muta then finishes him off with the Moonsault and the 3-count! He holds up the International Triple Crown title… could he be in line for the world title? One last big pump up… Scott Hall is by Jesse Ventura… Ventura introduces him as the Diamond Sudd… Scott Hall. Ventura says that Hall is sharp as a razor and mean as a rattlesnake. He’s 6’5” and 275 pounds of twisted steel and sex appeal. He is going to take the WCW by storm… or by force… whichever he wants… he will make his debut in the Omni next week! It is time for the World Title matchup… let’s head to the ring. We get grand entrances from both men… Luger walks out and he has got Sting next to him… the crowd is going wild. Flair comes out with JJ Dillon and the Horsemen behind him. Right away… the referee is quick to dismiss Arn, Ole, and Tully… they are putting up a fight but here come the Road Warriors and then the Rockers behind them… they escort the Horsemen out of the arena… we then go to Mike McGuirk… Mike: Ladies and gentlemen, it is time for our main event of the evening and it is for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship! Introducing first, the challenger, he stands 6’5” and weighs in tonight at 285 pounds… from Chicago, Illinois… the reigning United States Champion… the Total Package… Lex Luger! His opponent… the champion… he stands 6’1” and weights in tonight at 245 pounds… he hails from Charlotte, North Carolina… he is the reigning and defending WCW World Heavyweight Champion… The Nature Boy… Ric Flair! WCW World Championship Lex Luger vs Ric Flair © w/ JJ Dillon This is the moment fans have been waiting for… perhaps… we do have some loud Sting chants… Luger doesn’t seem phased… here we go. These guys know each other quite well and they work their match and the fans into a slow build. Luger gets the advantage early… chases Flair around… Flair comes face to face with Sting and the crowd explodes! Sting backs him off and Luger grabs Flair and they get back in the ring to keep up the work. Flair then turns the tide with a clip the knee and then he takes control. This one goes around 21-minutes… we get a nice hope spot from Luger but Flair gets back in charge… we then get into the finishing minutes… Flair is looking to finish off Luger but the Total Package fights back… but then we see Dan Spivey come down and he attacks Sting. Sting has to brawl with him… they go into the crowd… here come the Horsemen again but this time they come through the fans… they try to get involved but the Road Warriors and Rockers come down again and they are brawling outside the ring! Flair locks in the figure four inside the ring…. The chaos outside the ring clears up… Luger is able to get out of the figure four and he seems impervious to pain! Flair with some kicks and chops but Luger isn’t giving an inch. He flexes and yells and Flair backs down. We see two big back drops and then the powerslam! Luger picks him up and makes the sign for the rack but once he’s up the knee buckles… Flair goes for broke and continues to work the knee and then he signals for the Figure Four and he goes to lock it in but Luger with the roll through and the 1…2…..3!!!!! We’ve got a NEW WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION! Flair can’t believe it! He goes right up to the referee who is shaking his head…. The ring fills as we see Pillman, Zenk, Davey Boy, the Rockers, Owen Hart, Ron Garvin, the JYD, Big Josh… they all enter the ring and cheer on Luger… then the cheers stop as the men part… Sting is shown… he has the world title… he walks over and turns Luger around and gives him a huge hug! Sting turns him around and puts the title around his waist and raises his arm! The crowd is going wild. Ric Flair is escorted to the back by the Horsemen…Luger is shown one more time with the world title… fans more next week! Thank you for joining us for FUTURE SHOCK!

WCW Power Hour - December 22 Gordon Solie & Kevin Sullivan join us and Sullivan is gitty as all get out… he wants to open the present but Gordon says he must wait… the time will come… Pretty easy going show tonight… all things are moving towards the Future Shock PPV! We have some pretty simple contests… Z-Man, Big Josh, The Berzerker, The Nasty Boys, and Dan Spivey all pick up wins. We hear from Sherri who says that Spivey is going to put an end to Sting before the Horsemen ever get a chance to touch him. We hear from Luger and Flair. Both men seem to be on point with the idea that the World Title is the number one prize in the sport and at Future Shock… only one man can lay claim to the gold and the one who will lead WCW into the 90s! All in all, a good, basic show… that is until…Sullivan opens the present… or better yet… the present explodes and out comes the ONE MAN GANG! Pure chaos! See you for World Championship Wrestling! Don’t forget to call your local cable operators for the biggest pay per view of the 80s as WCW Presents: Future Shock! WCW World Champion, Ric Flair defends the title against Lex Luger! Television Champion Ron Garvin defends against Rick Martel. We’ll see the Road Warriors take on Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard in a unified tag team championship match. Plus, the US tag title scramble comes to a head when the Nasty Boys take on Power and Glory in the finals! Plus… the debut of Jesse the Body Ventura! Tune in live on Sunday, December the 24th, live from Greensboro for WCW Future Shock! World Championship Wrestling - December 23 Tony Schiavone & Paul E Dangerously are on the call tonight and Paul E is putting over Muta and talking about him being the real world champion. He’s going to prove it against Tommy Rich tomorrow night and stand firm as the International Triple Crowd Champion! Tony and Paul E put over all the action and then we get into a decent night of matches with a good headliner. Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard get a nice tag team victory with Ole Anderson by their side. They cut a promo on the Road Warriors and the Rockers… they talk about how there is no equal to their greatness… only those who want to be and wish to be… thus the Rockers and the Road Warriors. When the smoke clears and the dust settles… there will be but one tag team on the top of the mountain and like it has been for a long time before and will be forever… it will be the Horsemen! Kona Crush comes out to a nice ovation and gets a win! The Road Warriors lay it on the line that tomorrow night they will end the Horsemen and turn them into geldings! Wahoo & Tatanka get a good tag team victory… these two are coming into their own. Davey Boy Smith gets a nice victory over Lt. James Earl. Ric Flair and JJ Dillon cut a nice promo on Luger. This is going to be the match of the 80s… it will usher in a new era and with it… Ric Flair… the World Champion will lead the charge. Diamonds are forever… so are the Horsemen… so is Ric Flair! Michael Rotundo & Curtis Hughes get a decent tag team victory. Savio Vega comes out with the Boricuas and gets a nice win. The Rockers put over how they don’t plan on fighting tomorrow night… but they will be there and either the Horsemen or Road Warriors are going to have to look them in the eyes when all is said and done! MAIN EVENT…In six-man tag team action, Rick Martel & Power/Glory defeated Ron Garvin, Junkyard Dog, & Big Josh! It was a hard fought contest with Martel and Garvin really throwing some shots and going toe to toe. The finish saw Brother Love distract Big Josh and Rick Martel come for a roll up with a hand full of jorts for the 3-count!@ Sting and Luger close us out… they pump up Future Shock. Sting says he is 100% behind Luger. These two are pumped and ready for the huge fight tomorrow night… they plan on leaving everything they’ve got in that ring… they’re going to end 1989 on top of the world! Don’t forget to call your local cable operators for the biggest pay per view of the 80s as WCW Presents: Future Shock! WCW World Champion, Ric Flair defends the title against Lex Luger! Television Champion Ron Garvin defends against Rick Martel. We’ll see the Road Warriors take on Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard in a unified tag team championship match. Plus, the US tag title scramble comes to a head when the Nasty Boys take on Power and Glory in the finals! Plus… the debut of Jesse the Body Ventura! Tune in live on Sunday, December the 24th, live from Greensboro for WCW Future Shock! WCW The Main Event - December 24 Eric Bischoff & Bob Caudle welcome us to the Greensboro Coliseum - it is the site of our big pay per view tonight. We have about 30-minutes until the program starts and we’ve got a couple of matches to pump up heading into the event. We also hear that Sting and Lex Luger will be on the broadcast before the big pay per view tonight. Wahoo & Tatanka vs Harley Race & Bob Orton - a fun tag rematch from a couple of weeks ago. This time we see that Tatanka has really taken head of the instructions from Wahoo and he ends up being the deciding factor when he leaps off the top rope with a huge Tomahawk Chop on Orton that leads to the pinfall! Orton looks to do a little blade job here from the shot… We get a fun promo from Sting who says he’s got double duty tonight… he’s gonna take care of Dan Spivey and Scary Sherri… .then he is going to be there to watch Lex Luger win the World Title from Ric Flair and kick off 1990 int he best way possible! Big Josh vs Abdullah the Butcher w/ Gary Hart - Another brawl… Abdullah is quite the showcase and he handles Big Josh with deplum but the man from the Pacific Northwest isn’t done and he fights back in a big way. We see a double countout finish when they battle out of the ring. The fight all the way back to the lockerroom! In a fun surprise… we see a limo pull up and out of it walks… Scott Hall? What is this guy doing here? Hall is all decked out… but he holds the door… for Jesse the Body Ventura. Jesse and Hall shake hands and smile as they make their way into the arena! Kevin Sullivan is overjoyed to bring out his Christmas Present…. The One Man Gang! Gang is in a handicap match and beats the hell out of a couple of guys… it is a time waster… but he looks menacing… Sullivan is off his rocker… We get another fun promo from Lex Luger who puts everyone on notice that tonight is his destiny. He has earned this opportunity and he’s going to make the most of it. He is going to shock the world and shock Ric Flair and become the NEW world Champion Tonight! We get the final countdown… Bischoff and Bob Caudle pump it up… it is time for FUTURE SHOCK!

WCW Power Hour - December 15 Gordon Solie & Kevin Sullivan bring us in to the Power Hour with a big run down of what happened last week… we see the footage of Lex Luger turning in the US title to get his shot at Ric Flair at Future Shock. We then hear that Sting says he will be in the corner of Luger. Sherri is shown getting upset and having tears in her eyes. Sullivan and Gordon put over this duo and Sullivan says he is intrigued by what Sherri is doing with Sting and it may lead to him becoming better than ever! Gordon and Sullivan also put over the big box… it says don’t open until Christmas…. Sullivan says he can’t wait! In the ring this week, we get a couple of fun matches as some of the fresh new names of WCW are making their cases here. First we see Flyin Brian… then Gary Hart presents the Berzerker… Kona Crush is also in action and he looks great. WCW Top Ten WCW Champion - Ric Flair United States Champion (Vacated) - Lex Luger Triple Crown Champion - The Great Muta Television Champion - Ron Garvin Sting Rick Martel Flyin Brian Pillman Arn Anderson The Junkyard Dog Tully Blanchard The Z-man Gordon and Sullivan put over the Future Shock PPV with Luger vs Flair… the Road Warriors vs Arn and Tully… The Nasty Boys vs Power and Glory… plus the TV title on the line with Rick Martel taking on Rugged Ron Garvin. We will also see the debut of Jushin Thunder Liger as he takes on Owen Hart! We get a couple more matches as the JYD comes out and does some decent work… we also see Orton & Race in a tag match… then then we see Power and Glory with Brother Love! As we saw earlier… Sherri wasn’t too happy with Sting… and Sting… well he doesn't quite know why she’s following him around… She tells him she’s leaving… Sting says okay… he’s got a match… Sting is in our main event against Lt. James Earl and he handles him without question… but after the scorpion deathlock… we see Sherri. She turns Sting’s attention and acts like she’s apologizing… but instead… she’s holding him up for… Dangerous Dan Spivey! OMG! The 6’10” monster! He comes from behind of Sting and nails him in the back of the head. Spivey is hammering away at the Stinger. We close out the broadcast with Sting getting POWERBOMBED in the middle of the ring and Sherri jumping up in Spivey’s arms! Don’t forget to call your local cable operators for the biggest pay per view of the 80s as WCW Presents: Future Shock! WCW World Champion, Ric Flair defends the title against Lex Luger! Television Champion Ron Garvin defends against Rick Martel. We’ll see the Road Warriors take on Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard in a unified tag team championship match. Plus, the US tag title scramble comes to a head when the Nasty Boys take on Power and Glory in the finals! Plus… the debut of Jesse the Body Ventura! Tune in live on Sunday, December the 24th, live from Greensboro for WCW Future Shock! World Championship Wrestling - December 16 WCW opens this week with footage from last week… we see the announcement of Sting as the number one contender… then we see Luger turn in the title for the shot… then we see Luger call out Sting to be in his corner and finally we see Sting accept. Tony Schiavone & Paul E Dangerously bring us in and put over the huge night we’ve got as we’re a week away from Future Shock. They also talk about what happened on the Power Hour when Dan Spivey debuted out of nowhere and powerbombed Sting! We’ll see the Horsemen in six-man action tonight… plus we’ll hear from the Rockers and the Road Warriors! Right now let’s go to the ring for our opening contest! The Nasty Boys get a nice win… again they are almost getting some cheers… but really they are just being themselves and getting acceptance from the crowd for the armpit moves and nasty behavior. Gary Hart presents the SST and they are nasty. They beat the hell out of their opponents. We also see The Berzerker out there… these three are really doing a number on their opponents until we see JYD and Big Josh come down! They clear the ring but there is something brewing here. Rugged Ron Garvin, television champion, is in singles action tonight against Wild Bill. Garvin handles him pretty well and we see Rick Martel come out with Brother Love as they watch on… We get a big promo from Lex Luger who says he is sacrificing everything next week to go against Ric Flair. If he wins… he gets the World Title… if he doesn’t… he has forfeit the US title and must compete to get it back. This brings out the Horsemen who surround the ring and Flair and Luger go toe to toe on the mic for a couple of minutes. Flair continues to point out how he has beat Luger before and he’ll do it again. This time there must be a clear winner… no stoppage…. And Flair is going to wreck Luger’s knees! Luger then comes back with the fact that Flair has broken his back before and come Future Shock… Luger is going to put him in the rack and there’s nothing that can happen for him to let go and break his back like a twig! The Horsemen start to stir and get up on the apron but here comes Sting! He’s welcoming them in… standing next to Luger… Wildfire Tommy Rich is in action… we hear that he will face the Great Muta at Future Shock for the Triple Crown International Championship! Owen Hart & Davey Boy Smith are in tag team action and put on a good showcase. Thunder Liger is pumped up in a big way during this one. Michael Rotundo & Curtis Hughes make their return/debuts here in WCW as a formidable tag team. We get another big promo with the Rockers who come out and start to talk but the Road Warriors get involved quickly. We hear how the Road Warriors are the first in line and then the line is going to reset! The Road Warriors are going to be at the top of the mountain. The Rockers talk about beating everyone in their path… no matter how big or bad they were…. They’ve wiped the mat with painted faces before and they will do it again! Savio Vega is in singles action and he’s got the Boricuas with him. Savio is building some decent steam. Kona Crush makes his presence known when he destroys some jobber and almost throws him over the ropes into the crowd! We get another promo with Sherri who has Spivey with her. We see the situation from Power Hour when she distracted Sting and Spivey came in to powerbomb him! Sherri says that she needs a real man in her life and Sting couldn’t cut it. So she went bigger… badder… and better… Spivey says he is here to destroy Sting… win back the gold… and shock the world! Main Event time… six-man tag team action… we’ve got Flair, Arn, & Tully taking on Flyin Brian, The Z-Man, & The JYD. Pillman and Flair really get the crowd going. This is a match that a lot of people want to see. JYD… once again has the name but that’s about it. Z-Man has the look and that may be about it. Ole and JJ get involved outside leading to Flair pinning Z-Man. We see the Horsemen start to put the beatdown on until Sting and Luger come out. We see Sting taking on Arn and Tully while Luger gets his hands on Flair. Ole and JJ continue to help with the numbers and then Pillman, Z-Man, and JYD all get back up to their feet and the ring clears with Luger yelling out to Flair… these two face off next week with the World Title on the line! Don’t forget to call your local cable operators for the biggest pay per view of the 80s as WCW Presents: Future Shock! WCW World Champion, Ric Flair defends the title against Lex Luger! Television Champion Ron Garvin defends against Rick Martel. We’ll see the Road Warriors take on Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard in a unified tag team championship match. Plus, the US tag title scramble comes to a head when the Nasty Boys take on Power and Glory in the finals! Plus… the debut of Jesse the Body Ventura! Tune in live on Sunday, December the 24th, live from Greensboro for WCW Future Shock! WCW The Main Event - December 17 Eric Bischoff & Bob Caudle Rick Martel & Power/Glory in six-man action, Big Josh has a nice singles win, Bob Orton & Harley Race continue to show off their tag team prowess, Wildfire Tommy Rich lites up the crowd, Rotundo & Hughes look decent with some room to grow. We get promos from Ric Flair and the Horsemen. They put over their issues with Sting, Luger, the Rockers, and Road Warriors. We hear from Sherri who puts over Dan Spivey and says Sting is going to feel more pain then he has ever felt at Future Shock when he faces Spivey! The Road Warriors in the main event beat the hell out of a couple of guys and then cut a scathing promo on the Horsemen. They talk about being locked, cocked, and ready to Rock for the Future Shock and they are hungry for the gold! Don’t forget to call your local cable operators for the biggest pay per view of the 80s as WCW Presents: Future Shock! WCW World Champion, Ric Flair defends the title against Lex Luger! Television Champion Ron Garvin defends against Rick Martel. We’ll see the Road Warriors take on Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard in a unified tag team championship match. Plus, the US tag title scramble comes to a head when the Nasty Boys take on Power and Glory in the finals! Plus… the debut of Jesse the Body Ventura! Tune in live on Sunday, December the 24th, live from Greensboro for WCW Future Shock!