[1992-03-07-WCW-Saturday Night] Press Conference

[Loss]

Talk about it here.

[Loss]

Now we get the full press conference. Sting says he'd like to go to Japan and defend the title. He also says, interestingly, that he felt Luger a little more than he ever felt Flair when asked to compare the ring styles of the two. As soon as he's asked who his next opponent will be, the Dangerous Alliance crashes things, with Rude wearing some type of all leopard outfit. Sting turns down Rude's proposed toast, so Rude throws his drink in Sting's face. The two brawl, the DA runs in to help, then Nikita Koloff shows up out of nowhere to even the sides. Really well done.

[Tim Evans]

I like how all the Dangerous Alliance are in Suits except for Rude. Good brawl that sets up Sting vs Rude down the road.

[shoe]

This was great. The Rude/Sting fight seems real. The Nikita save was awesome, but isn't identified. The DA wearing sneakers and wrestling boots with their tuxes was funny.

[El-P]

Really well done angle. Rude is great, Sting is all serious, feels "real". I have no time for Nikita after his horribly boring heel stint in 91.

[Kevin Ridge]

I like Jesse calling over Tony to talk and then cuts him off as they press conference has started. The DA dressed in tuxes was a real nice touch. Nikita just nails Eaton with a clothesline.

[MikeCampbell]

This was pretty great. Did this wind up leading to anything, beyond Sting being the Captain of the War Games Team?

[WingedEagle]

Full clips from the post-Superbrawl party. Rude & the DA in tuxes interrupt and throws a drink in Sting's face they brawl. With no Clash between this and Wrestle War I'm surprised they didn't find a way to set up a title defense as a major match in the interim.

[PeteF3]

I'm guessing that most of this is what those Japanese wrestler press conferences are like. Good, authentic setting that sets up the angle. Sting refuses Rude's request for a celebratory drink and gets the glass thrown in his face, and the brawl is on! The whole DA gangs up on Sting until a big bald man in a white dinner jacket helps him out.

 

It was very rare indeed for WCW to pull off an angle in a non-ring setting that comes off this well. Usually there's some sort of set, sound, or acting disaster that gets in the way. There was none of that here.

[xlynwoodx]

So much greatness in this clip. Venturas hair. Rudes outfit. The DA in tuxes. The brawl was good and looked like a legit fight between the two. Good thing Koloff just happened to be in Milwaukee to back Sting up.

[garretta]

I get the feeling that even if Sting had accepted Rude's toast, the drink would have been thrown in his face anyway. The brawl was well-done and looked totally spontaneous, even though it almost surely wasn't.

 

I didn't notice what shoes the DA may have been wearing, but sneakers and wrestling boots with tuxes is a weird combination unless they were looking for a fight, which of course they were.

 

I loved Jesse calling Tony over, then cutting him off before he could say a word. I'm not sure if it was planned that way or not, but it was brilliant regardless.

 

Some of the journalists may have been legitimate, particularly the ones from Japan. If the guy who asked the first question wasn't Japanese, I'll eat my next month's phone bill.

 

Nice to see Nikita come in to help out. Hopefully he'll have a more productive run here than he did last year. I wonder if they'll even bother to mention last year's feud between Nikita and Sting.

 

I'm surprised they aired the question asking Sting to compare Luger to Flair. Could that have been a subtle signal that all was forgiven in the company's eyes and that Flair was free to return if and when he wanted to? I wonder how Vince felt about that.

 

Rude's outfit was unique, to say the least.

[ajtroma]

I remember the very first time that I saw this one. I didnt realize it was Nikita at first. I thought Jesse went berserk.

Notice that little shit Jason Hervey weaseling his way into camera range every chance he could?

[dawho5]

I thought that was Jesse too!  Really well done, but stuff like this is always super telegraphed.  No way a heel like Rude isn't going to mess with Sting.  So once he has the glasses you know how it goes down.  Still, good way to set up a future match.