Autistic Dragon Posted February 24 Report Share Posted February 24 Medusa and Richter are definitely women who could win a crowd over. It wasn't pretty how they did it but the Horsemen hang on to the gold. The Mayhem match was a fun read. Lots of stories running next to each other. Lawler and Flair would be a moneymaker regardless but putting it in the Mid-South Coliseum is basically printing money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaldoni Posted February 25 Report Share Posted February 25 If WCW wants to get the Woman's division going, Medusa vs. Richter is the match to showcase. Arna and Tully escape with the titles but I'm sure Funk and Murdoch will get a rematch. Flair retains in a classic thriller. I wonder what's next for Dibiase. The Mayhem match was off the charts. No worries Kev, it was well written and easy to follow. Humungous went over strong with the biggest moment eliminating Sting. I loved all the excitement here with the Debeers angle, Piper/Muraco and Snake. Hot Stuff Inc. and Norton getting in a big moment. Obviously the big story here is Lawler winning and setting up the huge money match with Flair in Memphis. Awesome event and what a way to set up WrestleWar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Control21 Posted February 26 Report Share Posted February 26 Great show! Really enjoyed reading the Mayhem Match, and the other matches sounded like you had to be there as well. Jerry Lawler as the winner makes a lot of sense and he'll make the main event scene interesting going forward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlet-Left Posted February 26 Report Share Posted February 26 Excellent show! Solid women's match to kick things off! Ric Flair vs Ted DiBiase is an epic main event on any other card! The mayhem match was really fun, and it a great job advancing a bunch of different feuds! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LowBlowPodcast Posted February 26 Report Share Posted February 26 I like your cheat sheet - all of this makes sense for the future of WCW. I like how this is a change from where WCW/NWA was in 1989 originally. Flair v Dibiase, Sting, Lawler, Luger... that's almost two years worth of challengers all the while... Humungous and Jeff Jarrett rise to the top. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinmcfl Posted March 10 Author Report Share Posted March 10 MARCH 2, 1989 Highlights from this week’s TV show 1. Jerry Jarrett announces the next two big WCW shows. First, on April 2nd in the Louisiana Superdome will be Clash of Champions- Ragin Cajun which will air live on WTBS. Next, on April 17, WCW will present their next pay-per view event: WrestleWar 89. WrestleWar will take place in the Mid-South Coliseum. Jarrett goes on to announce in the Superdome there will be 4 title matches including the WCW World Title and the WCW World Tag Team Title. Many believe that the reason for the 4 title matches just 2 weeks before the pay-per view is that the Superdome is such a large venue with large costs, that they need to make this one special. As for WrestleWar, Jarrett made it official that Jerry Lawler will get a WCW World Title shot at this event. He could not say that this match would definitely be against Ric Flair as Flair would be defending his title at Clash of Champions. Also, Jarrett announced that at WrestleWar 89, there would also be an 8-man singles tournament known as “The Crowning” where the winner would get $100,000 and a WCW World Title shot at any event of their choosing. 2. Colonel Debeers Interview: If it was even possible, Debeers used this week’s TV show to become even more hated. He started the promo with Jim Ross by announcing just how disgusting WCW and Jerry Jarrett were for making him wrestle known steroid users who are cheating the system and also making him get inside of the ring against the likes of Tony Atlas, Butch Reed and Ron Simmons who obviously are part of an inferior race. Jim Ross was feed up with the nonsense and asked Debeers why, if he is so disgusted by America, doesn’t he just leave. While the fans cheered, Debeers turned Ross’s words completely around by telling him that he is just like most Americans who go through life with blinders on not willing to admit that America is a cease pool of dishonesty and inferiority. Jim Ross, seeing that he isn’t getting anywhere, changes the subject to the Mayhem Match last week and asks if he had anything to do with the arrival of the Iron Sheik and The Russian Assassin in WCW. Debeers with a hearty laugh announces that he is half the reason they are here and their common hatred of America is the other half. It is here that Iron Sheik and The Russian Assassin join the interview. Debeers goes on to announce the formation of the AAC… The Anti-American Coalition. Jim Ross just shakes his head in disgust. Debeers goes on to let everyone known that this is just the beginning and that more members will soon be in WCW as the Coalition will not stop until America sees its wrongs. Iron Sheik takes a turn at downgrading the United States as he spits in disgust followed by the Russian Assassin pointing out how the only superpower in the World is Mother Russia and soon the Coalition will prove to America just how weak they truly are. The fans are basically foaming at the mouth by the time this is interview is over. 3. WCW Title Situation: Ric Flair with Woman and fellow Horsemen, Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard, were at the interview podium where Ric Flair was having a grand old time recapping his “easy” title defense against Ted Dibiase at Miami Mayhem where he pinned the “Million Dollar Man” right in the center of the ring. Jerry Jarrett who was having a business night came out again and let everyone know that due to the “controversial” ending to the title match between Flair and Dibiase that Dibiase has been granted a rematch at Clash of Champions. Flair was fuming saying that he already pinned Dibiase and that Dibiase doesn’t deserve a rematch. Jarrett rolled the film where Woman was seen knocking Dibiase’s leg off the bottom rope as the ref completed his 3-count. When the video was over Jarrett simply said “rematch at Clash of Champions” and oh… by the way… Woman will be barred for ringside that night. Flair and Women threw a hissy fit as Jarrett exited the segment. Later in the show, Ted Dibiase came out with a big smirk on his face which confused Jim Ross who thought he would be upset over the outcome at Clash of Champions. Dibiase responded that Woman’s action at Clash of Champions proves that even she knows that Flair can’t beat him and when your women has no confidence in you, you really are outmatched. Dibiase can’t wait to take the tile from Flair and then head to the iconic Mid-South Coliseum and face Jerry “The King” Lawler at WrestleWar 89. Lawler after his squash match victory gave a great promo about how he doesn’t care if he faces Flair or Dibiase at WrestleWar because there is nobody in WCW who is going to beat him at the Mid-South Coliseum and that he can’t wait to win the WCW title in front of all his hometown fans! 4. Jake “The Snake” Roberts-“Magnificent” Muraco-Roddy Piper Situation At the Mayhem Match, the reason for Jake Roberts return to WCW became clearer as he sided with Don Muraco in an attack on Roddy Piper. When asked why he did this, Snake in a circle of words basically said that he can’t stand Piper and that he has just been biding his time for when it was right to strike. He goes on to say that he was sick to his stomach each and every day going to work and listening to the obnoxious Piper claim how great he was… how he had to pretend to be his friend… how he had to swallow the bile in his mouth whenever the “Skirt” was around. Finally… one day… Don Muraco called him up and said “Old Hot Rod” is at it again down here in WCW and I think we should do something about it. Oh, the smile on Snake’s face. I came down here and sucked it up one more time on Piper’s Pit… oh how I wanted to smash his skull that night but I waited… waited for the perfect time… and that perfect time was at Miami Mayhem. Now it doesn’t matter to me if it’s me or Don Muraco but one of us is going to end his career. Roddy Piper responded later in the show: Ya know something Jim Ross… when I was in high school, I was voted “Most Likely to Beat Up The Football Team. Everything in my life is Tough! I’m tough. My dog is tough. In fact, my dog is so tough he goes around eating snakes! And you know where he learned that… from me! Jake Roberts and Don Muraco… you two have no idea what you’ve gotten yourselves into. You think you’re gonna come down here and make a name for yourselves by taking out Roddy Piper… Well I don’t think so. I’ve built my name by beating one person at a time. And it will be fun taking you two out. Jim Ross asked Piper if he thinks he is going to need a teammate to help deal with both the Snake and Muraco. Piper responded by saying he already had teammates… Me… Myself and I… and that’s all I need for those two! 5. WCW Tag Team Situation: The only thing we know is that the WCW United States Tag Champs, The Freebirds (Michael Hayes and Jimmy Garvin) will be defending their titles at Clash of Champions and the WCW World Tag Team Champions, Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard, will be defending their titles at WrestleWar. The challengers for those matches have yet to be determined. Terry Funk and Dick Murdoch gave The Horsemen all they could handle at Miami Mayhem and deserve a rematch. Ted Dibiase and Dr. Death have never received their mandatory rematch after losing the belts to the Horsemen back in January and never forget that the Rock n Roll Express and the Grapplers are here. This could take a few weeks to get all sorted out and Tony Schiavone might just be right when he said that he wasn’t sure that the Horsemen and the Freebirds would even still have the titles by the time we get to April as this tag division has a lot of teams capable of wining those titles on any given night. 6. Hot Stuff Inc Turmoil? Both “Hot Stuff” Eddie Gilbert and “Hollywood” John Tatum had a pretty good run in the Mayhem Match but that doesn’t mean that everything is cool in the “Hot Club.” Here is a portion of the interview from last week’s show. Jim Ross: Well Missy, it seems like you have Hot Stuff Inc. pointed in the right direction as both “Hot Stuff” Eddie Gilbert and “Hollywood” John Tatum made it to the final eight in the Mayhem Match. Eddie Gilbert: Since when to you start an interview talking to Missy Hyatt. I am the leader of the Hot Stuff Inc. And we would have done even better in the Mayhem Match if this guy next to me did his job! John Tatum: What do you mean? I was the one who saved your butt to begin with. You would’ve been gone just as I entered the ring if I didn’t rush in and help you deal with Lawler… something you obviously couldn’t do on your own. Eddie Gilbert: First of all, I can beat Lawler every day of the week and twice on Sundays… Rember, I am the WCW World Television Champion… the face of the franchise… the one everyone pays to see…. and you say you rushed in to save me? I think you rushed to the ring to kiss Missy! Yeah, you didn’t think I saw that. Missy Hyatt: Come on Eddie… Not this again! I kissed John on the cheek because I was so excited he could help you in the Mayhem Match! Eddie Gilbert: Oh, so now you think I need help! I’ve had enough of this! Eddie walks off as Missy and John just shake their heads! The microphone did pick up Tatum mumbling that Eddie has always been jealous of him and that is why he had to leave Hyatt International the first time. When Jim Ross wanted to know if the official name of their group was Hot Stuff Inc or Hyatt International, both Missy and John walked off. 7. Hustler Rip Rogers/ Terri Powers- Jeff Jarrett Situation/Miss Tennessee Situation This one is just heating up and today on WCW, Rip Rogers was laughing during his promo about how easy Terri could beat Jeff Jarrett in an arm-wrestling match. This brought out Miss Tennessee who was fuming! She told Rip that JJ was too much of a man to do any kind of wrestling against a lady… even one as skanky as Terri! This had Terri wanting a piece of Miss. Tennessee but Rip held her back. Miss Tennessee went on to say that while JJ was too much of a man to fight a women, she knew that Rip was not a man at all and that he would have no problem fighting a women… Rip started to shake his head in agreement then realized he had been tricked and started to yell that he was all man! Miss. Tennessee went on to challenge his to an arm-wrestling match and flashed a pretty impressive double bicep pose in his face. At first, Rip was a little surprised but then tried to act tough by saying that she wouldn’t be worse his time as he was the fittest athlete in the world. Miss. Tennessee ended the segment by saying, “Just what I thought… your not a man… you’re a chicken.” And she left making chicken sounds which fired up both Rip and Terri. 8. WCW Women’s Division It seems like the match between Madusa Micelli and Wendy Richter at Mayhem was well accepted by the fans at that Jerry Jarrett is looking to add a WCW Women’s Title at some point during 1989. The first step is to build a women’s division which Jerry is currently looking into. More on this in the coming weeks. 9. The Monster that is Lord Humongous We can all recall the videos of Oliver Humperdink hitting Humongous with a sledge hammer in some dank dungeon-like setting claiming that his man was unstoppable. Six months later, Humperdink has proven to be right. He has been undefeated since his arrival in WCW and single handedly eliminated 6 wrestlers from the Mayhem match including Sting and went toe-to-toe with “The Total Pacakage” Lex Luger. This week, after nearly killing another jobber, Humperdink spoke for the man behind the mask and said that he wants Lex Luger in the ring for a WCW United States Title match. During Luger’s match this week, Humperdink led Humongous to the ring where they watched Luger defeat Dr. Diobolico. Luger was a little unnerved by the duo on the outside of the ring but it also seemed to fire him up. After Diobolica submitted to the Torture Rack, Luger tossed him away, grabbed the ropes and shook them with all his might. Luger dared Lord Humongous into the ring and Humongous grabbed the rope and was about to step up on the apron as Humperdink pulled him away and shook his head “No” to him man. The two walked away but it seems obvious that somewhere down the road, their paths will cross. 10. The WCW Power Plant Mr. Wrestling II truly believes that size matters! He has been spending a lot of time at the Power Plant working with the big boys… Scott “The Flash” Norton, The Huffman brothers, and the 300 pounder, Anthony Harris. When the phone rang this week and he was informed that he was getting a new pupil, the 5’9, 185 pound James Mitchell, he was a little skeptical. After the first week, it seems like Mr. Wrestling II has been pleasantly surprised. He knows that Mitchell will never be a world champion but his ability on the mic has impressed all at the Power Plant. Mr. Wrestling II reminds us that many smaller guys have had great success in the business. When asked who Mitchell reminds him of, Mr. Wrestling II quickly responded, “Jim Cornette.” If that means Mitchell’s future might be as a manager, only time will tell but Mitchell has earned more time in the WCW Power Plant. 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Autistic Dragon Posted March 11 Report Share Posted March 11 Jarrett had better load that Clash up if he's putting a show in the Superdome on free TV. Flair and Dibiase in a rematch is a good start. Also love the idea of "The Crowning". Debeers and the AAC are gonna be lighting fires everywhere they go. There appears to be some dispute over who's in charge of Hot Stuff Inc...or is it Hyatt International? Miss Tennessee calling out The Hustler. Is Rogers man enough to accept. Humperdink looking a little reluctant to send his monster against Luger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Control21 Posted March 14 Report Share Posted March 14 Excited for WrestleWar, especially the 8-man tournament to determine a title challenger. Jerry Lawler getting a title shot is also something to look forward to. The Power Plant has been busy, and I'm eager to see how Scott Norton does once he gets more mileage in the ring. He could be a huge star for WCW. The tag team scene is very interesting. Seems like a huge void is there for any team to fill and become the next dominant force in the division. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LowBlowPodcast Posted March 15 Report Share Posted March 15 I agree with other people sentiment. I think wrestlewar is shaping up to be a marquis event for the spring that can really light things up for the summer. I’m also interested to see the long-term effects of Jerry Lawler here. I know his and ring ability matches that of the top-tier guys, but the star power is always something I felt was passion. Long story short, you have no lack of power here everyone seems to have something cooking in the right direction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaldoni Posted March 16 Report Share Posted March 16 If you want to draw a crowd for the Superdome, a Flair/Dibiase world title match is the way to go. No doubt about it, Lawler in a world title bout in Memphis will be a sell out. April will be a money making month for WCW. Debeers keeps adding fuel to his fire. His Anti American stable going up against Reed, Simmons and Atlas will add to WCW's profits. I don't know, Piper may need a friend. The tag division is so stacked, WCW has its hands full choosing who gets a title shot. This could set up some interesting scenarios. Gilbert's getting a little jealous and it might cost him his faction. LOL, Miss Tennessee is having a great time giving it to Rogers. Bring on the Women! Humongous has definitely earned a US title shot. We've got a big time power match coming. Looks like Mr. Wrestling 2 has found a future manager in Mitchell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinmcfl Posted March 25 Author Report Share Posted March 25 1. Updates to Clash of Champions: Ragin Cajun on April 2nd at the Louisiana Superdome We already know that Ric Flair will be defending his WCW World Title against Ted Dibiase and this week, Jerry Jarret opened the show by announcing a second match for the Superdome… a huge grudge match between Ron Simmons, Tony Atlas and Hacksaw Butch Reed against the Anti-American Coalition (Colonel Debeers, The Iron Sheik and the Russian Assassi). The AAC rushed out with Debeers leading the complaints again how he refuses the wrestle people who are obviously inferior to him and who stoop to such levels of steroid use just to make it look like they are in his class. Jarrett would have none of it and said that if Debeers wanted a job after April 2nd, the Anti-American Coalition would face Simmons, Atlas and Reed in the Superdome. As for the Iron Sheik and The Russian Assassin, they both seemed more eager for the bout as they vowed to defeat the weak Americans and prove just how inferior they were. Atlas, Reed and Simmons couldn’t wait for the match and what they were going to do to Debeers after all that he has said and done! 2. Moment of the Night: Ric Flair-Ted Dibiase Situation. We all know that it will be Flair vs Dibiase in the Superdome and whoever comes out with the title will face Jerry Lawler two weeks later in the Mid-South Coliseum. Well this week, Flair was out screaming about how Dibiase could never match up against the greatest that there is, was or ever will be. Dibiase came out and confronted Flair and challenged him to a match right there on TV. Flair was so fired up that he quickly accepted. Dibiase headed to the ring… WHAM… from behind Flair attacked Dibiase and Dibiase went down kind of hard. Flair dragged him up by his hair and tossed him into the ring. Flair was like a caged animal. He jumped on top of Dibiase and started rubbing his face all across the mat. Flair then tossed Dibiase to the floor and again jumped on his back and now he started raking Dibiase’s face across the cement floor. The camera picked up Dibias’s face which appeared to have second degree burns all across the left side of his face. The crowd was stunned at the violence of the champion. Eventually, it was Jerry Lawler who rushed out to the rescue and shoved Flair off of Dibiase. It seemed like Lawler knew better and just cautiously aided the Million Dollar Man. Flair went back to the podium and gave a promo full of screaming and spitting about how this was only the beginning of what he was going to do to Dibiase. Much later in the show, Dibiase, with a towel covering his face, came out and did some screaming of his own about what kind of a man it takes to attack someone from behind and that tonight is just the beginning, and the end will come in the Superdome when he takes Flair’s title. 3. Lex Luger might be in for t he fight of his life! Jerry Jarrett came out again in the second hour of the tv show as Lex Luger had just defeated Ron Bass and was with Tony Schiavone and Jim Ross. Jarrett informed Luger that he would be defending his WCW United Stated Title at Clash of Champions against none other than Lord Humongous. Jarrett pointed out that Lord Humongous is undefeated since arriving in WCW and then he went on to remind everyone just how impressive Lord Humongous was in the Mayhem Match in Miami. Jim Ross chimed in by reminding Lex that it was Lord Humongous that went toe to toe with him for over 15 minutes in that match. Luger responded just as you would expect from a leading babyface… He was going to give it 110% and make all the WCW fans proud of him for being a fighting champion. Later in the show, Lord Humongous destroyed another jobber and Oliver Humperdink told Jim Ross that it was about time his man was given a title match and that Lex Luger better start enjoying his last days as champion. 4. So who is the most popular tag team in WCW and will they be the champs? The Rock n Roll Express wowed that fans once again and had the girls eating out of the palms of their hands in a victory over Dr. Diobolico and The Cuban Assassin. After the double dropkick landed squarely on the jaw of The Assassin and the ref made the 3-count, The Rock n Roll Express headed over to the podium. Jim Ross asked Ricky Morton what it must be like to be the most popular tag team in WCW and have the fans screaming their heads off for them. Morton just smiled and shook his head up and down. Suddenly, the fans cheered even louder as Michael Hayes, Jimmy Garvin and Precious came out. The Freebirds and The Expressed high-fived each other as Michael Hayes started to speak… Michael Hayes: Hey, Hey Hey… Jim Ross… are you forgotten something… Women love gold!!! I know that Ricky and Robert here get a lot of love when they come to the ring each time but I think those cheers aren’t quite as loud as when the Fabulous Freebirds come to the ring. I mean Mr. Sexy Michael and Jimmy Jam come to town and momma’s lock their baby girls up because they know they can’t control themselves around the gold. Now, take nothing away from the Rock n Roll Express but … Suddenly… Ricky Morton takes the mic… Ricky Morton: So if all your saying Michael is that you are more popular just because you are champions, how about we do something about that and the Express takes those titles from you at Clash of Champions. Jimmy Garvin: Now, now boys… let’s not do anything that’s going to get you all little guys hurt. I mean we are all friends. Robert Gibson: I think we are willing to take that risk. It seems like you two are the ones hesitating. Michael Hayes: No hesitation here. We will see you in the Superdome… but just remember that if you want these titles you are going to have to walk down Bad Street and face the music… oh…. And just remember were not some teeny-booper band. As both teams walked off, Tony Schiavone and Jim Ross wondered what just happened but ensured the fans that they are in for a treat at Clash of Champions. 5. Hot Stuff Inc. or Hyatt International Last week we saw Eddie Gilbert walk out on Missy Hyatt and Hollywood John Tatum. He was upset at the kiss he witnessed between the two at Miami Mayhem along with the idea that Missy was spreading that he needed help from Tatum during that big match. As he walked out, Tatum was overheard calling him jealous and stating that Eddie’s jealousy was the reason he left Hyatt International the last time. This week, Tatum wins in tainted fashion over Tim Horner as Missy tripped up “White Lightening.” Just as the post-match interview was about to start, “Hot Stuff” came out and confronted Missy and Tatum. He started by letting Tatum know that he heard his jealous comment and that there couldn’t be anything farther from the truth. He let Tatum know that he was the WCW World Television Champion… the face of the franchise and all Tatum is, is a liar about some Hollywood career and being friends with the stars. Gilbert then turned to Missy Hyatt and let her know that Hot Stuff Inc. only succeeded because of him. Tatum found this all really funny and that if Gilbert thought he was so great then he wouldn’t mind putting the TV title on the line at Clash of Champions. Eddie, with all the confidence in the world smirked at Tatum and said that Missy and he would be there with bells on and that this would be the last we would see of Mr. Hollywood. Tatum, gave Eddie the same smirk and replied, “Missy and I can’t wait and that he is really going to enjoy being the new champion and the face of both WCW and Hyatt International. Eddie and Tatum both began to walk off and then stopped as Missy wasn’t moving. She was really put in the middle of this struggle for supremacy. 6. Update on the arm-wrestling challenge! Last week, Rip Rogers and Terri Powers were laughing it up on the fact that Terri could beat Jeff Jarrett in arm wrestling match. This brought out Miss. Tennessee who came out and challenges Rip Rogers to an arm-wrestling match of their own. Rip said that it wouldn’t be worth his time, but this only allowed Miss. Tennessee wo end the segment by making a bunch of chicken noises. This week saw Rip Rogers get another easy win on tv against some jobber but again his post-match interview was interrupted by Miss. Tennessee who wanted an answer to the arm-wrestling challenge. Rip again said that it wouldn’t be worth his time… but…. His valet…. Terri … would more than accept the challenge! Miss. Tennessee countered by accepting the challenge … and then giving Terri and big shove that sent her back peddling. As Miss. Tennessee headed off, she was again making chicken sounds. Jim Ross was a little stunned at how easy Miss. Tennessee had knocked the muscular Terri backwards and that this should be a great match next week on TV. As Terri and The Hustler were walking off, Terri could be heard telling Rip that she might just be right … you seem a little afraid and I’m getting tired of doing all your work for you. 7. The Roddy Piper-Magnificent Muraco and Jake “The Snake” Roberts Situation Muraco and Snake had an easy win as a tag team this week on tv, but it was at the post-match interview where things really heated up. Muraco and Snake took turns laughing at Piper’s comments from last week where he said that he was going to enjoy beating them both up. Snake and Muraco made it clear that Piper had no chance of beating either one of them up, never mind both of them. That is when old Hot Rod came out and in classic Piper fashion, made sure that Muraco and Snake knew that he was not in the least bit concerned with them and in fact… if they had the guts… he would take them both in right now! Muraco and Snake agreed, and the impromptu match was set. Give Piper his due and his took everything Snake and Muraco had and for the first few minutes he had the upper hand. Make no mistake, Piper is not your typical fan favorite and he broke every rule in the book. We saw eye rakes, closed fists and a possible low blow. The problem was that the ref had little control and eventually the illegal double team moves took their toll and Piper found himself in trouble. The end came when Snake followed up a Muraco piledriver with a DDT and that was all she wrote. Both Muraco and Snake took turns spitting Piper as he laid motionless in the center of the ring and then they had to the podium for another minute or two of gloating as low level babyfaces tended to Piper in the ring. Jim Ross and Tony Schiavone gave Piper some credit but expressed a concern that he better find some help. 8. A new challenger for Madusa? It seems that Madusa’s recent success has drawn the attention of someone new. The segment started with a video of an attractive, fit women who called herself Magnificent Mimi touting the skills of Madusa. She praised her for her victory’s over Wendy Richter. She praised her for his victories over the Japanese star Bull Nakano. She praised her combination of power and speed. She praised her for grit and determination. She even praised her for her beauty… and then it all changed … A video showcasing her beating opponent after opponent is shown … her speed and power are on full display… along with what appears to be full model photo shoots where she is cocky as hell, knowing that she is all that. The video ends with Mimi saying, “Whatever you can do Madusa, I can do just that much better and if you got the guts, I will show you at Clash of Champions! Tony Schiavone lets everyone know that Madusa is not in the building tonight so we will have to wait for her answer but after what he just say, Magnificent Mimi might just be the one women who would give Madusa one heck of a match. 9. Update on WrestleWar 89 on April 17th in the Mid-South Coliseum We already know that it will be “The King” Jerry Lawler challenging for the WCW World Title against whoever leaves Clash of Champions with the belt. We also know that there will be an 8-man, single elimination tournament titled, The Crowning, and whoever wins this tournament will receive a large purse along with a WCW World Title shot anytime they want. Jerry Jarrett announced this week that the WCW roster is so deep right now that wrestlers will need to win a qualifying bout in order to be entered into “The Crowning.” Jarrett let everyone know that the first two qualifying bouts will take place at Clash of Champions as Sting will take on Dick Murdoch and Dr. Death Steve Williams will wrestle former World Champion, Terry Funk. 10. This Week at the Power Plant! The Power Plant is not just for people learning to wrestle. It is also for people looking to move up in the wrestling world. This week, Terry Brunk began working with Mr. Wrestling II at the training zone. Brunk is not new to the world of wrestling. In fact, he has been in the sport for nearly 4 years. He spent part of his early career working with Ed “The Sheik” Farhat in Detroit. Based on that information alone, it is obvious that Terry is ready to brawl. He has also spent some time on the west coast where he honed his skills. It is always interesting to see what Mr. Wrestling II comes up with in terms of characters for Terry but he seems to have that heel look to him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Autistic Dragon Posted March 26 Report Share Posted March 26 Debeers still complaining about having to do his job. At least Sheik and the Russian have some fighting spirit. Flair went nuts on the challenger. Humongous is ready to show Luger why he is the unquestioned Lord of the Wasteland. R n R are challenging for the gold and the Freebirds' bad side is already poking through. Missy is finding out that two guys fighting over her isn't as fun as she may have thought. Terri is running out of patience with Rogers. Shame Piper is no good at making friends because he really needs one. Mimi wastes no time calling out the champ. Some major qualifying matches announced for the Crowning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaldoni Posted March 30 Report Share Posted March 30 Debeers is in big time trouble. He's lucky his men are willing to back him up. I still don't think it's enough to handle Reed, Atlas and Simmons. In a twist, the heel champ gets the better of the babyface challenger prior to a big event. This was a nice change. Big task ahead for Luger. Humongous has been built up perfectly as the monster heel. Loved that match set up between RnR and the Freebirds. Simple but effective. Poor Missy. Talk about being put in an awkward situation. Even Terri knows Miss Tennessee shouldn't be messed with. Piper really needs a friend. AD's right, he hasn't really made any in WCW. Excellent hype video from Mimi. It did a great job of getting her over quickly before the big show. Big qualifying matches for the Crowning. Looking forward to seeing what Wrestling 2 does with Brunk. Great job keeping us updated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Control21 Posted April 2 Report Share Posted April 2 "The Crowning" should prove to be a very intriguing event with an opportunity for a lot of folks to establish themselves as a major player. Lord Humongous vs Luger is going to be a great match I bet, looking forward to that one. Speaking of chaos, it appears Ric Flair has a lot of people chasing him and they are all pretty hungry for the belt... Nice update, lots of interesting things happening in WCW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinmcfl Posted April 2 Author Report Share Posted April 2 EPISODE #30 MARCH 30, 1989 Last Show Before Clash of Champions: Ragin Cajuns 1. Moment of the Night: Ric Flair-Ted Dibiase Situation. After last week’s violent attack by Ric Flair on Ted Dibiase where he basically gave Dibiase such a mat burn across his face that all of the skin on the right side of Dibiase’s face is missing, Flair came out to the interview area this week full of confidence. In fact, he was so confident, he brought two of the gorgeous ladies he had been partying with all night to the interview with him. Jim Ross: Well Ric, looking at you right now, some may wonder if your as focused as you need to be going into Clash of Champions in the Superdome. Ric Flair: I told you last week that I could beat Dibiase every day of the week and twice on Sunday but if my word isn’t good enough for ya, just show everyone what I did to Dibiase right here on TV last week and you’ll see why I have time to party. (The video of the attack on Dibiase is replayed for everyone and when we come back live, Flair has a beautiful women on each arm, smiling as they know they are with the Man!) Ric Flair: Check it out Jim! Check it out Tony! Never in your life could you imagine how great it would be to be me! Hey now… come on Tony… don’t be peeking! I mean you’re married! Now why are these beautiful women with me today? I mean everyone already knows Ric Flair lives a life of luxury… I mean I am so on top of the world that guys like Joe Namath are straining their necks looking up at me. Now the point remains … what I did to Ted Dibiase last week on this tv show … (Flair pulls out a picture with Dibiase’s face all messed up) Tony Schiavone: You’re not proud of yourself Ric, are you? I mean you attacked him from behind. Ric Flair: Oh I’m real proud of myself. I mean Dibiase spent the week hiding from the people as he’s got a face that will scare young children and I’m jet flying, limousine riding with supermodels. Come on girls… tell everyone who is #1… who is the best man in the world? Two girls: Nature Boy. Ric Flair: Ok girls, (holding up the picture of Dibiase) where do you figure a loser like this figures into my plans. WHAM… from out of nowhere… Dibiase attacks Flair. He throws him right into the ring and is all over him like white on rice! Dibiase rips the expensive dress shirt off the champion and then throws in some elbows, punches and kicks. Knee drops, bulldogs, dropkicks… move after move and Dibiase is doing whatever he wants. Flair tries to run away but Dibiase grabs him from behind. As Flair is trying to pull away, his dress pants rip and Dibiase pulls them right off of him, Flair is now in his underwear as Dibiase continues to attack. Finally for Flair’s sake, Tully and Arn rush to his aid. Dibiase knows the damage has been done and exits the opposite side of the ring before the Horsemen can get to him. The crowd is going wild as Flair is rolling around in his boxers. The microphone catches Dibiase letting Flair know that “we’re not close to being even yet!” Flair comes back to the interview area and he is as angry as anyone you’ve ever seen! Ric Flair (in his boxers with the two gorgeous ladies now chuckling): You think you can do this to me! You think you can do this on TV! You know who I am Dibiase… HUH… You know who I am! This won’t go unpunished! DIBIASE… DIBIASE… With Flair basically going into a rage, Jim Ross let’s everyone know to get their tickets to the Superdome as this just might be the best match WCW has ever seen! With Flair still going bezerk, Schiavone takes us to break. 2. Match of the Night: Sting & Dr. Death vs The Texas Outlaws (Terry Funk & Dick Murdoch) This match is another preview to Clash of Champions as Sting will take on “Captain Redneck” Dick Murdoch and Dr. Death Steve Williams will face Terry Funk. The winners of both matches will earn an entry into “The Crowning,” the 8-Man Single Elimination Tournament at WrestleWar where the winner earns a future world title shot. In this exciting TV match, each man gets a little time to shine but WCW didn’t want to give too much away so as Sting started to get an advantage on Murdoch, Terry Funk rushed in with the branding iron and nailed Sting in the back resulting in the automatic DQ. We get another 30-seconds of a brawl before heading to break… just enough time for Ross and Schiavone to hype up Clash of Champions. 3. The Arm-Wrestling Match: Miss. Tennessee vs Terri Powers Miss. Tennessee had originally challenged “The Hustler” Rip Ropers but Rogers finally found “morals” and decided it wasn’t right for a man to fight a woman. So, Rogers decided to send in his “valet” to do the dirty work. Now there is no denying that the powerful Powers is a qualified challenger, she was not happy last week as she felt that her man had thrown her under the bus. As for the match, Rogers accompanied Terri and Jeff Jarrett accompanied Miss Tennessee. Rogers was fuming about Jarrett being there and said that he had no right to be at the match. Jarrett, calmly said that he had as much right to be there as Rogers did as it was Terri Powers who was his valet and not vice-versa. Miss Tennessee grabbed the mic and gave everyone a good laugh when she questioned JJ and said the Rogers looked more like a valet than Terri! Rogers was fuming and actually kicked the table. As both women got set for the test of strength, we get a little flexing. While Miss Tennessee is well built, Terri looks like a brick house! Referee Pee Wee Anderson eventually gets both women to lock hands and the bout begins. Back and forth it goes. Both women look on the verge of winning only to have the other get it back to even. While Terri might be more powerful, Miss. Tennessee might have the endurance advantage. Terri’s arm begins to move toward the table. The crowd is going wild. Closer and closer we get to a Miss. Tennessee victory. WHAM…Rogers shoves JJ right into Miss. Tennessee. She falls off to the side. WHAM … Terri recovers and slams Miss. Tennessee’s arm to the table for the victory. Rip is jumping up and down like he just saved the day. Miss. Tennessee is fuming and goes after The Hustler. So does JJ, but somehow the Hustler avoids them both and heads back to the locker room. The victor, Terri, doesn’t seem too excited by her victory and just shakes her head and leaves the ring. Later in the show, we here that JJ asked for an intergender match between himself and Miss. Tennessee against Rip Rogers and Terri Powers and his father, Jerry Jarrett quickly granted the match and added it to the card at Clash of Champions. 4. Magnificent Muraco & Jake “The Snake” Roberts- Roddy Piper Situation Last week, Piper had mouthed off about being able to take out both Muraco and Snake all by himself. While Piper’s confidence can be commended, his big mouth got him in some trouble last week as he took a pretty good beating. This week, Muraco and Snake were out gloating about what they did to Piper when Piper appeared at the interview area. Both Jim Ross and Tony Schiavone asked for cooler-heads to prevail as this was not the place. Roddy Piper: Don’t worry … Old Hot Rod has learned his lesson. I might not be as good as I once was but I’m a whole lot smarter. While I still think I can take Dumb and Dumber here but why work so hard. Snake: I think you hit you’re head too hard last week. You come out here alone after we kicked your rear-end all over the ring last week and you think it’s time to insult us! Roddy Piper: Oh contrare Mr. Dumber… I have not come out here to insult you. I’ve come out here to challenge you two, to the most brutal match that there is. A steel cage match… at Clash of Champions. Don Muraco: You really are the dumb one Piper but we except… We’ve had fun toying with you last week. But now, we are going to hurt you. You have the nerve to come out here and challenge the two of us to a 2-1 Steel Cage Match! Roddy Piper: I don’t think you two morons paid any attention. I said I learned my lesson. This won’t be a 2-1 Steel Cage Match. Please, show some manners and welcome my partner… Jerry “The King” Lawler! Lawler walks out and Muraco and Snake are in shock. We get a few good one-liners from Lawler as Muraco and Snake look afraid! Ross and Schiavone just continue to hype up Clash of Champions as we get a promo running down the card. 5. So who will Missy Hyatt choose? Last week we saw the match for the WCW World Television Title get set as Hot Stuff Eddie Gilbert will take on Hollywood John Tatum. It seems like Eddie Gilbert is jealous of Tatum’s relationship with Missy Hyatt and wants to destroy him in the ring and put an end to his membership in Hot Stuff Inc. Tatum has no problem taking both the title and woman and kicking Gilbert out of Hyatt International. While we know the match is set, we still had no idea where Missy Hyatt’s loyalty is. We hoped to get some answers this week but she was a no-show for both Tatum and Gilbert’s easy wins over jobbers this week. It will be interesting to see if she comes to Clash of Champions and if she does, whose side she will be on. 6. Madusa’s answer to Magnificent Mimi’s challenge. Last week, by video, someone WCW had never heard of, Magnificent Mimi, let Madusa know that she is better in every way. She is stronger than Madusa. She is faster than Madusa. She is a better wrestler than Madusa and what seemed to be the most important, she is more beautiful than Madusa. At the end of the video where she destroyed everything in her path, she challenged Madusa to a match at Clash of Champions. This week, we got Madusa’s answer. Madusa: Jim Ross, I’ve been in WCW for the better part of a year. I’ve been putting in the work. I’ve been putting in the time. I’ve taken on the biggest names in the sport. I’ve beaten Wendy Richter. I’ve beaten the monster from Japan, Bull Nakano. Now, out of nowhere, this lady we’ve never heard of, challenges me to a match at one of the biggest nights of the year in WCW… Clash of Champions? I mean, does she deserve it? NO! Should I give her the match? NO… but I have no problem accepting the challenge. I will enjoy showing her what big-time wrestling is all about. I will enjoy beating her to show her that she doesn’t belong in WCW. And most of all… I will beat her to show here that I am a wrestler… and she is only a model! 7. The Anti-American Coalition (Debeers, Iron Sheik, Russian Assassin) -Reed, Simmons, Atlas situation There is no denying the heat Debeers has brought since his arrival in WCW. Ron Simmons, Hacksaw Reed and Tony Atlas have tried on multiple occasions to put him in his place but Debeers has always found a way to slither his way out of trouble. Now Debeers has friends who join in his hatred for America. This match will have the fans on the edge of their seats. This week, we get a few fiery promos but again, Debeers steals the show as his anger as to why he must wrestle people like Atlas, people like Simmons and people like Reed, he finds totally disgusting. Jim Ross and Tony Schiavone hope that Debeers finally gets what he deserves. 8. WCW United State Tag Team Title Match In an interesting turn of events, The Rock n Roll Express will face The Freebirds for the U.S. Title at Clash of Champions. This all happened last week in a debate between the two teams on who was the most popular tag team in WCW. The Freebirds claimed it was them because they had the gold around their waist. The Express said that if all it took to be the most popular team was to be the champs, then they should just take the titles from the Freebirds. The challenge was accepted. This week, both teams won easy matches and then joined each other for a promo. At the promo, they both kind of went back and forth with a war of words joking each other about who was not only more popular but who was better. They all seem to be friends… for now. 9. WCW United States Title Match: “The Total Package” Lex Luger vs Lord Humongous This is going to be a WAR! Oliver Humperdink was almost giddy with excitement about how his man would soon be champion. Luger, in his promo, seemed ready for the challenge even though Jim Ross kept reminding him that nobody has slowed Humongous since he arrived in WCW. The show ended with a tune-up match for Lex Luger where he had The Cuban Assassin locked in the Torture Rack. Humongous came out to ringside with Humperdink. Luger tossed The Assassin to the floor and challenged Humongous to come on in the ring. Humperdink got between his man and the apron… begging him to wait till Clash of Champions. Lord Humongous shoved his manager aside… climbed up on the apron and stepped right over the top rope! WHAM…WHAM… WHAM… The brawl was on. Luger and Humongous were in the center of the ring trading blows as Tony Schiavone signed off for the week. Clash of Champions: April 2, 1989: Louisiana Superdome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Autistic Dragon Posted April 3 Report Share Posted April 3 You really captured Flair on the mic. Dibiase gets some payback but the question is, can he get the title? The Texas Outlaws prioritize putting a hurting on Doc and the Stinger. Terri looks just about done with Rogers. Hot Rod & The King! This should be a hell of a team....if they can last. Missy has a big decision to make. Medusa looks to show why a model has no business in a wrestling ring. Defeats fired up for the big six man tag. All is good between champions and challengers ahead of the US Tag Title match. Yep, clearly we're in store for a nice, friendly wrasslin' match. Humongous was tired of waiting, he wanted a piece of Luger NOW! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlet-Left Posted April 4 Report Share Posted April 4 This feud between Ric Flair and Ted DiBiase is a lot of fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaldoni Posted April 6 Report Share Posted April 6 Damn! Dibiase gets his revenge in a big way. After last week, I thought Flair had the serious momentum heading into Clash. This week changed everything. Great build. We get a little preview with Sting, Dr. Death, Murdoch and Funk. I think Terri is tired of Rogers antics. She might leave him hanging in the tag match. WOW! Piper and Lawler together in a cage match with Muraco and Snake! A lot more tickets just got sold. I'm sure Missy will walk out with the winner LOL. Medusa responds and has no problem accepting Mimi's challenge. Something tells me Debeers has something up his sleeve. It's fun to have a match built on just words. RnR vs. Freebirds are the types that can do this. Luger and Humungous get some shots in. Great way to end the show. Clash is set and I'm ready! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinmcfl Posted April 11 Author Report Share Posted April 11 PRESENTS APRIL 2, 1989 LOUISIANA SUPERDOME NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA Intergender Match “The Hustler” Rip Rogers & Terri Powers vs Jeff Jarrett & Miss. Tennessee As we get this major card underway, the ring announcer informs us that in this intergender match, the men may wrestle the women and the women may wrestle the men. The Hustler really tries to antagonize the fans on the way to the ring but Jim Ross and Tony Schiavone both notice the Terri is more subdued. JJ and Miss. Tennessee come out to a huge ovation, and they try to ingratiate themselves to the fans even more as they do some High-Fiving with everyone on the way to the ring. Interesting thing here was that JJ was in the ring to start but Rogers refused to start the match and instead sent in Terri. JJ, being the true man, tagged in Miss. Tennessee and the match was underway. As we saw in the Arm-Wrestling Challenge, Terri holds the strength advantage and quickly took control. After Miss. Tennessee had been nailed with a few bodyslams, Rip started screaming to tag him in. Terri gave him a dirty look but allowed him in. Interesting thing here was that Miss. Tennessee was waiting for him and got in a few blows of her own before she tagged in JJ. Jeff went to work and really had the Hustler in trouble. Problem was that as he whipped Rogers into the ropes, Rip reached out and tagged in a surprised Terri. Again, JJ does the right thing and tags in Miss. Tennessee. This time it is Miss. T who gets the upper-hand and has Terri in trouble. Somehow, she manages to get away from the fiery female but Rip jumps off the apron and pretends to adjust his knee pad. Terri has no choice but to keep fighting. Somehow, she manages a comeback and nails Miss. Tennessee with a superplex!! Miss. T is in some serious trouble. Terri backs into the corner and it appears that she is going in for a flying elbow and a pin attempt. TAG….Rip reached over a tagged himself in. You can tell by the look on Terri’s face that she is fuming. Rip whips Miss. Tennessee into the corner and lifts her to the top rope. It looks like he is going for a Ripperplex (superplex) himself. Jim Ross notes that this would surely be the end. He has her hooked in… WHAM… from behind, Terri nails her own partner with a lowblow. Rip is down. In an amazing feat of strength, Terri has Miss. Tennessee up for a Military Press Slam and drops her right on Rip. Referee Pee Wee Anderson quickly makes the cover as Terri helped Miss. Tennessee and JJ get the win. Winner Gets Entry Into “The Crowning” at WrestleWar Sting vs Dick Murdoch In a very physical match, we eventually see Sting connect with the Stinger Splash for the win over Dick Murdoch. WCW World Television Title Match “Hot Stuff” Eddie Gilbert vs “Hollywood” John Tatum Whose Corner Missy Hyatt is in is To Be Determined Most interesting thing here was that Missy Hyatt was a No-Show. Everyone was waiting to see which of her wrestlers that she would support but it turned out to be neither. As for the match, it turned out to be a brawl as each seemed to blame the other for losing their girl. In the end, we see Hollywood John Tatum pull out a pair of brass knuckles only to have ref Teddy Long grab his hand before he connected with the attack. This little distraction allowed Gilbert to hit the Hot Shot for the win. Gilbert was not satisfied with the win and took the brass knuckles and bloodied Tatum. The crowd was somewhat happy as Tatum got what he deserved but they would have preferred both men to have been bloodied as they are not in love with either. Winner Gets Entry Into “The Crowning” at WrestleWar “Dr. Death” Steve Williams vs Terry Funk This match had wrestlers with some very different styles. Dr. Death wanted to showcase his college skills and power while Funk would do whatever dirty deeds it took to win. In the end, Terry whipped Dr. Death into referee Teddy Long. Now with no ref in control, Dick Murdoch rushed out and nailed Dr. Death with a Brainbuster. Next Funk connected with a piledriver as Murdoch helped Teddy Long into the ring to make the 3-count. Our first two entrants into “The Crowning” are set… Sting and Terry Funk. Women’s Match Madusa Miceli vs “Magnificent” Mimi One of the highlights of the match was just the entrance of these two ladies. Madusa came running out in a black and white leopard print showing a lot of skin. This quickly got the men interested but them Mimi came strutting out, sporting sunglasses and a tight pink singlet that turned the men’s heads the other way. Mimi and Madusa met in the center of the ring for a stare down that would have any boxing promoter jealous. As for the match… let’s just say that women’s wrestling is moving up the ladder. These two women were not only technically sound but they were able to perform a pretty diverse repertoire of moves because of their power and athleticism. Spinning heel kicks to Hurricanranas to snap suplexes, this match had it all. With each woman wanting to prove that they were the top dog, they never gave an inch and the momentum changes came fast and furious. About 5 minutes into the match, Wendy Richter came out and sat ringside. She was pretty quiet at first but then when Mimi had the advantage, Richter got up and starting encouraging Madusa to fight back. Jim Ross explained that Wendy has been right here alongside Madusa as the women’s division in WCW has been getting better and better. Ross goes on to say that Richter and Madusa may have had their battles but neither one wants a newcomer coming in and going straight to the top… Mimi must pay her dues. It seems like Richter’s encouragement has helped Madusa as she regains the momentum. A huge spinning heel kick followed up a few body slams and Mimi is in trouble. Wendy Richter is cheering on Madusa as are the fans. Mimi rolls out of the ring to try and take some time to catch her breath but Wendy won’t allow it. She pushes her right back to the apron where Mimi stands on the outside of the ring. Madusa shoves past ref Pee Wee Anderson and grabs Mimi. She is going to suplex her back in the ring. Madusa lifts Mimi… Wait… what has happened… Mimi crashes down on Madusa and the ref makes the 3-count. Mimi has won! Wendy Richter rushes into the ring and starts kicking on Madusa. The crowd is shocked as Wendy and Mimi celebrate in the middle of the ring as Madusa lays on the mat. It was only after the replay is shown that we see Richter grab the ankles of Madusa causing her to fall backwards with Mimi on top of her. Jim Ross and Tony Schiavone are shocked! Grudge Match The Anti-American Coalition (Debeers, Iron Sheik & Russian Assassin) vs Hacksaw Reed, Ron Simmons and “Mr. USA” Tony Atlas With Reed, Simmons, Atlas already in the ring, the announcer announces The Anti-American Coalition, Col. Debeers, Iron Sheik and the Russian Assassin. Debeers goes right to the ring announcer and informs him that as he has already said on numerous occasions, he will not wrestle the likes of the inferior, steroid abusers who are currently in the ring but, as the leader of the AAC, he has found a new member for his group… suddenly Mr. Saito walks out and Jim Ross and Tony Schiavone put him over as one of the toughest men in all of wrestling. Ross goes on to tell the story of his arrest where he beat up numerous police men and spent time in jail. The fan favorites are not happy as once again Debeers has gotten away without having to wrestle them. As for the match, brawl from the get-go! The end saw the action spill outside and all 6 men were going toe to toe. Debeers took this opportunity and cracked Tony Atlas with a steel chair resulting in the DQ win for the babyfaces. Problem was that it was 4 on 3 and the AAC might have gotten the best of the after-match brawl. WCW United States Title Match The Freebirds (Hayes & Garvin) vs The Rock n Roll Express One thing for sure… these two teams are the most popular in WCW. Another thing for sure is that their styles are completely different. The Rock n Roll Express like to use technical skills and speed while the Freebirds, unlike many babyfaces, like to come out on top by “bending” every rule in the book. In this match, the end comes after a Jimmy Garvin brainbuster on Robert Gibson. Somehow Gibson got his leg across the bottom rope, but the ref missed it. The Rock n Roll Express were not happy with the outcome but there was nothing they could do about it. Steel Cage Match Roddy Piper & Jerry “The King” Lawler vs Magnificent Muraco & Jake “The Snake” Roberts This one is a violent, bloody slugfest from beginning to end where we saw Lawler connect with a Piledriver on Muraco for the win! WCW United States Title Match “The Total Package” Lex Luger © vs Lord Humongous with Oliver Humperdink These two went toe-toe with each other for a good 12-minutes with one power move after another. Both men seemed to forget the title was on the line as just wanted to prove to everyone who the top big man in WCW was. In the end, we see the action spill out onto the floor. The battle raged on as neither made an attempt to get back in the ring which resulted in a double-count-out. The sound of the bell mean nothing to these two… they pounded away on each just like at Miami Mayhem. Eventually, we see Luger press slam Lord Humongous across the steel girder that surrounded the arena. The sound was a sickening THUD that actually saw Lord Humongous’ hockey mask come flying off. This is our first time seeing the face of Lord Humongous who, as we will later find out is Sid Eudy. At this point in time, the name means nothing but what happens next, will long be remembered. Sid, after hitting the steel girder turns psycho! He is like a man possessed as he literally no-sells the press slam and gets up and … the brawl is back on. Eventually referees and WCW officials rush in and stop the melee. WCW World Title Match “Nature Boy” Ric Flair © with Woman vs “The Million Dollar Man” Ted Dibiase We all know that these two are awesome in the ring so lets just get to the finish. Tully Blanchard and Arn Anderson rush out and do their best to keep the belt on Flair. In the end, we see Tully crack Dibiase in the back which allowed Flair to roll up Dibiase for the pin attempt. Arn, who had distracted ref Teddy Long, was now screaming at Long to do his job. Long slid back over and began his count. Flair put his legs on the second rope for added leverage and then grabbed the trunks to make sure Dibiase wasn’t going anywhere and Long made the 3-count. As soon as the match was over, Arn and Tully jumped in and went to work on Dibiase… The 3-1 attack did not last long as Dr. Death rushed to the aid of his tag team partner. Dr. Death looked like his old self again and was able to clear the ring all by himself. Dibiase and Dr. Death didn’t care how many Horsemen were out on the floor as the dared them all to come back in but the Horsemen got what they wanted… Flair leaving with his title around his waist… so they all headed back. As the show was closing, Tony Schiavone and Jim Ross reminded everyone that Wrestlewar was only two weeks away in the Mid-South Coliseum and it will be Ric Flair taking on Jerry “The King” Lawler. 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Autistic Dragon Posted April 11 Report Share Posted April 11 Terri finally ditches Rogers. Sting earns his way into the Crowning. Gilbert holds onto the title but where is Missy? The Funker enters the Crowning with a bit of help from Murdoch. Richter surprises everyone by handing the women's title to Mimi. The AAC reveal their secret weapon Mr Saito. The Freebirds retain but the Express have a clear case for a rematch. Piper and Lawler survive the cage. It turns out Humongous isn't just a monster, he's a damn psycho! Flair squeaks past Dibiase but now he's got to face the King in his kingdom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LowBlowPodcast Posted April 11 Report Share Posted April 11 Great Clash - everything moves forward - big matches and now we've got all eyes going towards WrestleWar. Lawler vs Flair is marquee... plus we've got Funk and Sting in the crowning... Eddie Gilbert is causing Mayhem... wouldn't mind seeing him and Lawler team up somehow against the Horsemen... good stuff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LastStopTour Posted April 13 Report Share Posted April 13 That was a really good event with a little bit of everything in it minus Missy Hyatt. The women get some shine with two matches. Interested to see where Terri Power winds up now having shown her feelings towards Rip Rogers. Madusa versus Mimi would have been a very good match circa 1989. Not a fan of John Tatum so seeing him bloodied by Eddie Gilbert is okay in my book. Freebirds/Express is on of those match ups that won't ever go away as both teams want to prove which is better. Two peas from the same pod but from opposite ends of the spectrum. We got to witness the birth of Psycho Sid. This might prove to be a very big event in WCWA history. Couldn't go wrong with Flair or DiBiase as your champion. My money was on Ted but 3-1 odds always wins out. As already mentioned, super solid show that had a lot of bang for the buck. Time to move on for WrestleWar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaldoni Posted April 13 Report Share Posted April 13 Satisfying opener for Terri and the fans. This was a great blow off to a well built story. Sting's in! I'm sure the fans were disappointed with Missy's no show, but it makes total sense. I'm sure now that Gilbert got the win, we'll see Missy pop up real soon. It took a lot of help, but Funk gets in the Crowning. I thought the Woman's match was a blast! The Richter swerve was great. This gives the Woman's division a lot of heat. Debeers does it again. Bringing in Saito was a damn good move. I'll say this, when Debeers gets his comeuppance, that's going blow the roof off the place. I'm sure the Freebirds had no problem taking that win. I think this story has some legs. Big cage match blow off as Lawer looks strong heading into his big title match. Looks like Piper and Jake still might have some unfinished business. Psycho Sid is born! Awesome way to introduce this character. Thanks to the numbers, Flair retains. However, this opens up a Dibiase/Williams-Arn/Tully feud. I'll take it! Great set up to WrestleWar! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Control21 Posted April 14 Report Share Posted April 14 Terry Funk beating Dr. Death is a bit of an upset for me, but it's good to see Steve getting some of his mojo back to save Dibiase at the show's end. Ric Flair vs Jerry Lawler will be a barnburner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinmcfl Posted April 18 Author Report Share Posted April 18 APRIL 12, 1989 EPISODE #32 WrestleWar Preview Show The War Between WCW and Colonel Debeers! The show opened with a very angry Jerry Jarrett who called out Colonel Debeers. When Debeers finally arrived, Jarrett started by saying that he was sick and tired of Debeers refusing to fight matches that Jarrett has already signed him to be in and that he has done this for the last time. Next, Jarrett simply fires Colonel Debeers for breach of contract. Col. Debeers: Whoa, Whoa… What are you talking about Jarrett? Jerry Jarrett: I told you last time after the nonsense you pulled at Clash of Champions: where you refused to wrestle somebody because you didn’t like the look of your opponent or the look of the referee that if you did it again, you would be fired… and it happened again at the Ragin Cajun event this past week in the Superdome! You are fired! The crowd goes wild Col. Debeers: I think you better rethink your plan there Mr. Jarrett… that is unless you want me to own WCW after I sue the pants off you. Jerry Jarrett: Go ahead… you have no grounds to stand on. You signed the contract to wrestle Hacksaw Butch Reed, Ron Simmons, and Tony Atlas in the Superdome and you, all on your own, decided to substitute Mr. Saito, a wrestler not even in the WCW to wrestle in your place. You are done here! Col. Debeers: (taking out two pieces of paper) Be careful Jarrett… Be very careful. First, I have the original contract for the match in the Superdome. It says, the members of the Anti-American Coalition will wrestle Reed, Simmons and Atlas. Jerry Jarrett: Exactly. Colonel Debeers: Read this! (Debeers hands the other paper to Jarrett) Jarrett reads the paper in silence and you can just see the smoke coming from his ears. Col. Debeers: Ahhh… I see that you have lost your voice Mr. Jarrett. I will just let everyone know that the paper you are holding is a legal contract that Mr. Saito has signed to become a member of the Anti-American Coalition and it is dated April 1, 1989… one day prior to Clash of Champions in the Superdome. So… you see, I did follow the original contract as it was the Anti-American Coalition fighting against your “wrestlers.” Jarrett is so angry he simple walks off while Debeers just laughs as he seems to still be employed here at WCW. After a commercial break, Jarrett comes back and while he is frustrated that Debeers has won this round, he does have a solution… At WrestleWar, as part of “The Crowning,” it will be Colonel Debeers vs “Mr. USA” Tony Atlas. Jarrett makes sure that he shows both Jim Ross and Tony Schiavone that the contract clearly states Col. Debeers and not a random member of the Anti-American Coalition. Debeers comes rushing out and is fuming… screaming about how he is being treated unfairly and that Jarrett has no right putting him the ring against someone of the likes of Atlas! Jarrett is smiling from ear to ear as he simply walks off while Debeers continues to scream and shout. Jim Ross tells Tony Schiavone that it might just be Jerry Jarrett who got the last laugh. Update on the Crowning The Crowning is the 8-Man Single Elimination Tournament to be held as part of WrestleWar next week at the Mid-South Coliseum where the winner gets a future WCW World Title Match at the event of their choosing. We already know that Jarrett has just added Col. Debeers and Tony Atlas to the event and after Clash of Champions, we know that two more of the entrants will be Sting and Terry Funk. Jerry Jarrett also informed us that the tournament will also include the other two WCW singles title holders, the United States Champion Lex Luger and the WCW World Television Champion “Hot Stuff” Eddie Gilbert. Jarrett explained that both the United States Title and the Television Title will be on the line in only the first match that involved Luger or Gilbert. The last two entrants were determined by two big matches on TV this week: Hacksaw Butch Reed defeated “The Hustler” Rip Rogers with a top rope shoulder block. Interesting thing here was the Rogers was all by himself as it appears Terri Powers has had enough of his nonsense and left him. Physco Sid with Sir Oliver Humperdink beat Brad Armstrong with a powerbomb. Sid was even more viscous and uncontrollable then when he was Lord Humongous. Humperdink explained that the reason Sid wore the hockey mask was to calm him down and protect the other wrestlers in WCW from being broken in half. He reminds everyone to blame Lex Luger when Sid starts ending careers. Update on the Women’s Division We saw Wendy Richter completely turn heel at Clash of Champions as she tripped Madusa Miceli to help Magnificent Mimi get the win. The two were out at the podium gloating about how great it was to see Madusa’s face when the embraced after the match and how stupid Madusa was to think that Wendy would ever be on her side. This brought out Madusa who admitted that she was pretty dumb to ever think that Wendy Richter had an ounce of class in her. Richter and Mimi start to close in on her… they start to shove her… Madusa warns them not to do that. Richter asks, “What are you going to do about it,” and smacks her across the face. Mimi laughs but only for a second! From out of nowhere, Terri Powers comes in like a whirlwind. He power is on full display. If Mimi ever thought she was strong, she better think twice about it. After Madusa and Terri leave the two laying on the ground, Madusa goes to the mic and says, “this is only the beginning as Jerry Jarrett has added me and Terri against you two over-rated wrestlers at WrestleWar! Interviews with Ted Dibiase and The Horsemen Dibiase, who lost his WCW World Title match against Ric Flair last week at Clash of Champions due to interference by Tully Blanchard and Arn Anderson said that he has lost all respect for Ric Flair who is just a paper champion as he can never do anything on his own. Later in the show, Flair, Anderson, and Blanchard came to the podium after Arn and Tully had a match against two jobbers who they clinically took apart. Flair went off on Dibiase talking about how the cream always rises to the top and that he told everyone that he would still be the champion after the Clash of Champions. Arn and Tully both let everyone know that there has never been another group in wrestling as the Horseman as that hold both the WCW World singles title and the WCW World Tag Team titles. Dibiase comes back to the podium but this time, he brings his old tag team partner, Dr. Death Steve Williams. Ross and Schiavone ask for peace but Dibiase can’t guarantee it as Flair always seems ready to fight when he has a numbers advantage while he runs like a yellow-bellied coward when he doesn’t. Flair says Dibiase is just a sore loser and if he isn’t careful, he will get another beating just like the other night. Dibiase explains that he should have known that Tully and Arn would come to Flair’s rescue but then he asks them if Flair as ever come to their rescue? Tully and Arn have a quizzical look before telling Dibase to stop playing his stupid mind games. Dibiase goes on to say that while it is obvious they have not wised-up but he has, so at WrestleWar, he and Dr. Death will challenge for the WCW World Tag Team Titles because they know it will be a fair fight as Flair won’t come to help them! Both Arn and Tully wonder what Dibiase is talking about as they don’t have a match scheduled against Dibiase and Williams. Dr. Death steps in to remind them that they have never had their rematch from when they were champions and they are cashing in now. Arn and Tully complain but Jerry Jarrett comes out and tells the Horsemen, that by WCW rule, former champions are allowed a rematch and WrestleWar seems like the perfect place to have it! The Horsemen complain but to no avail. Dibiase walks off reminding Tully and Arn exactly what he said before. “I guarantee you two that Ric Flair will not be by yourside when we are beating you all over the ring! Think about it. You two are being used!” Tony Schiavone and Jim Ross wonder if Dibiase has a point! WCW WORLD TITLE MATCH UPDATE: We all know that Ric Flair will have his toughest test yet as he tries to defend his title against Jerry “The King” Lawler in the Mid-South Coliseum. Now we don’t get anything physical between these two this week but we get a great segment with Flair back out at the podium. He seems to have moved on from Dibiase and now has his sights set on “Mr. Memphis.” Flair let everyone know that even Jerry Lawler knows this is the end of his career as he is not even close to “The Nature Boy’s” level. When Jim Ross tells him he thinks that Lawler knows nothing of the kind, Flair explains that Lawler has already moved on to his future job. Tony Schiavone: Come on Ric… you know that’s not true. Ric Flair: Well take a look at this… (Flair asks everyone to look at the video tape he found of Jerry Lawler becoming a fast food cook. Flair, laughing, says it already looks like Fat Jerry Lawler has been eating all the profits. Later in the show, Lawler comes out and is actually laughing at how stupid Ric Flair is but he promises a big barbeque down at Corky’s on Biele Street after he takes the title from the “big mouth” Ric Flair. Lawler also goes on to say that he has already invited Woman, Flair’s manager, as he knows she wants to be with a real winner. Jake “The Snake”, Magnificent Muraco/ Roddy Piper situation Snake and Muraco both had easy wins on TV this week and after Muraco beat Allen Tabbs, he and Snake went to the podium for an interview. They both complained about all the dirty tactics used by Jerry Lawler and Roddy Piper in their steel cage match at the Clash of Champions! Roddy Piper, comes out gloating in his arrogant way which the fans have grown to love. Jake Roberts claimed it was a fluke and challenges Piper to another match at WrestleWar! Piper laughs at Snake and reminds him that his partner, Jerry Lawler is already in a match that night but he will wrestle both he and Muraco in another match but he is getting tired of wasting his time so they need to make it worth his while. Muraco jumps in with a big grin on his face. Don Muraco: So you want to make it worth your while? I know Snake and I can beat you and anyone partner you can find. So why don’t we play for something serious! Why don’t we all put our contracts on the line. Loser-Leave Town Match. You pick the type of match you want! Roddy Piper: Now I like the sounds of that! I get to pick anyone I want and when I win, you two will leave WCW. Now, I’ve already beaten you in a steel cage match so that would be too easy. I’ve beaten you in a regular match… again too easy. Ahhh… Okay… Not that you two will have any chance in any match, so I might as well enjoy myself. NO HOLDS BARRED, STREET FIGHT! Losers Leave WCW! APRIL 17, 1989 MID-SOUTH COLISEUM (I KNOW I AM A LITTLE BEHIND) WOMEN’S TAG TEAM MATCH Magnificent Mimi & Wendy Richter vs Madusa Micelli & Terri Powers LOSER LEAVE TOWN STREET FIGHT MATCH Jake “The Snake” Roberts & Magnificent Muraco vs Roddy Piper & Mystery Partner THE CROWNING 8-MAN SINGLE ELIMINATION TOURNAMENT WINNER GETS A WCW WORLD TITLE SHOT WHENEVER THEY WANT FIRST ROUND MATCHES TO BE CHOSEN THAT NIGHT THE WRESTLERS ARE: United States Champion” “The Total Package” Lex Luger WCW World Television Champion: “Hot Stuff” Eddie Gilbert Hacksaw Butch Reed Terry Funk Sting Colonel Debeers “Mr. USA” Tony Atlas Physco Sid WCW WORLD TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard © vs Ted Dibiase & “Dr. Death” Steve Williams WCW WORLD TITLE MATCH “Nature Boy” Ric Flair © vs Jerry “The King” Lawler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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