Flyin' Brian Posted January 22, 2022 Report Share Posted January 22, 2022 Firing up Capital Combat 1990 on Peacock in honor of Sting returning to Washington DC on AEW this week. They are cheesy but I still miss those old WCW PPV openings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyin' Brian Posted January 22, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2022 Tony Schiavone hosting with Jim Ross and Bob Caudle announcing. Gary Michael Capetta doing the ring introductions. They mention Robocop so many times in the opening minutes with a straight face it’s hard not to be impressed at the professionalism in the face of absurdity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyin' Brian Posted January 22, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2022 1st match - 6 man tag - Road Warriors and Norman the Lunatic vs Cactus Jack, Bam Bam Bigelow, and Kevin Sullivan. Ok opener. Cactus and Sullivan handle the selling and bumping early for their team. Eventually Norman the Lunatic is the face in peril. He makes the hot tag to Animal and eventually all 6 men are brawling in the ring. Hawk hits the top rope clothesline on Sullivan for the win. 2* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyin' Brian Posted January 22, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2022 2nd match - Johnny Ace vs Mean Mark - Johnny Ace post Dynamic Dudes coming out with The Beach Boys knock off music. They go toe to toe early which is surprising. Also surprisingly to see Johnny Ace do a running dive on Mean Mark over the top rope to the outside. Ace actually controlling most of the match early until Ace is sent outside and Manager Teddy Long and Mean Mark both do some damage. Ace gets an extended beatdown until finally making a babyface comeback. Ace misses a move off the top and the future Undertaker finishes him off with a heart punch and an elbow drop after walking the ropes. Better match than I expected. 2* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyin' Brian Posted January 22, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2022 Interview with the Rock N Roll express facing the Freebirds in a Corporal Punishment Strap Match later tonight. Robert Gibson doing sign language which is something I never realized or didn’t remember. Apparently his parents were deaf. That’s nice and something that would be neat to see a wrestler do today. Of course with closed captioning I guess it’s not really needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cactus Posted February 7, 2022 Report Share Posted February 7, 2022 This was the only WCW event that I owned on VHS as a kid and I first watched this show not too long after WCW folded. After already being annoyed with WCW after that horrible invasion storyline killed my interest in WWF, this show further gave me a negative bias against WCW that I wouldn't shake until years later. The VHS we had was missing the first three matches (seeing Mick Foley, Undertaker Bam Bam Bigelow, and the Road Warriors might have made young cactus enjoy this show a little bit more) and I remember enjoying the cage match until that horrible DQ finish killed my enjoyment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happ Hazzard Posted February 13, 2022 Report Share Posted February 13, 2022 WCW had done a really poor job of building singles stars during 1989 and it really showed on this event and Wrestle War preceding it. where over 2 PPVs, other than the Luger vs Flair main events, you had a grand total of 3 singles matches: Norman the Lunatic vs Cactus Jack Mark Callous vs Johnny Ace Teddy Long vs Paul Ellering Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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