Re-Booking WCW in 1992 (and further)

[Autistic Dragon]

Team AAA wins an exciting opener.

The Alliance's rut continues against the Express.

Muta & Hase do NJPW proud.

Hammer is not taking Rhodes' rejection well.

No surprise seeing the Steiner's advance.

King & Texano do not match their fellow luchadors success.

Hart & Steamboat take the Alliance to the limit allowing Big, Bad & Dangerous to go straight to the semi's.

[Grimmas]

WCW Saturday Night

Center Stage Theatre in Atlanta, GA

June 27, 1992

 

Matches: 

1. Double Inoue (Kyoko Inoue & Takako Inoue) defeated The Glamour Girls (Judy Martin & Leilani Kai.)
2. Scott "Flash" Norton defeated Chris Sullivan in a squash match.
3. Johnny B. Badd defeated Terry Taylor.
4. Ron Simmons w/ Missy Hyatt defeated Diamond Dallas Page w/ Vinnie Vegas
5. US Champion Rick Rude w/ Madusa defeated Ricky Steamboat in a Steel Cage match to end the feud and retain the title.

 

Notes: 

1. WCW President Bad News Allen announced Sting vs Big Van Vader for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship will take place at The Great American Bash. Vader has been stripped of the WCW World Tag Team Titles. The winner of The Crockett Cup will be the new Champions. Harley Race will be allowed to pick a replacement team for the former Champions next week.
2. Pillman wants to defend the WCW Light Heavyweight Championship next week against Lightning Kid and says it was a fluke that he lost.
3. The clown, now known as Doink, attacked Marcus Bagwell.

 

The Great American Bash Event Center:

• WCW World Champion Sting vs Big Van Vader w/ Harley Race
• WCW United States Champion Rick Rude w/ Madusa vs Bret Hart
• The Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup for the WCW World Tag Team Championship:
  

 

[Grimmas]

WCW Saturday Night

July 4, 1992

Center Stage Theatre in Atlanta, GA

Taped on June 29, 1992

 

Matches: 

1. Greg Valentine & The Great Kokina defeated Italian Stallion & Steve Pritchard in a squash.
2. WCW World Light Heavyweight Champion "Fyin'" Brian Pillman went to a draw with The Lightning Kid.
3. The Barbarian defeated Jimmy Garvin.
4. WCW World Television Champion Too Cold Scorpio defeated Dick Slater to retain the title.
5. "Stunning" Steve Austin w/ Paul E. Dangerously defeated Tom Zenk.
6. Sting & Ron Simmons defeated Masahiro Chono & Takayuki Iizuka, on America's Birthday.

Notes: 

1. The show ended with Harley Race in the ring with Big Van Vader, Hercules Hernandez, Bam Bam Bigelow, and Scott "Flash" Norton. Race is mad because Vader could have won The Crockett Cup and the WCW World Title on the same night. Vader will have to settle by destroying Sting alone. Who will replace Vader & Bigelow in the tournament? Bigelow steps forward, looking to see who his partner will be, but then Norton and Hercules attack him. The three of them lay him out. Harley Race proclaims The Jurassic Powers of Norton & Hernandez as the next WCW World Tag Team Champions!
2. A recap of Bagwell, who is in the hospital. He will be out for months. Doink the Clown will debut next week.
3. "Ravishing" Rick Rude with Madusa on a ranch, making fun of the Calgary Stampede and Bret Hart. He will embarrass him at The Great American Bash.
4. Greg "The Hammer" Valentine introduced his new partner, who is better than Dusting Rhodes in the massive Great Kokina.
5. Pillman refused to shake The Lightning Kid's hand after the draw and slapped him.
6. After the Scorpio victory, he was attacked by Flamingo who claimed Scorpio ruined his chances of joining The Dangerous Alliance.

The Great American Bash Event Center:

• WCW World Champion Sting vs Big Van Vader w/ Harley Race
• WCW United States Champion Rick Rude w/ Madusa vs Bret Hart
• The Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup for the WCW World Tag Team Championship:

[Grimmas]

WCW Saturday Night

July 11, 1992

Center Stage Theatre in Atlanta, GA

Taped June 29, 1992

 

Matches: 

1. Medusa defeated Malia Hosaka.
2. Doink the Clown defeated Randy Starlings in a squash.
3. "Beautiful" Bobby Eaton w/ Paul E. Dangerously defeated 
4. Scott Steiner w/ Rick Steiner defeated Steve Williams w/ Terry Gordy.
5. Cactus Jack defeated Mark Canterbury.
6. Rick Rude & Big Van Vader w/ Paul E. Dangerously & Harley Race defeated Sting & Bret Hart when Vader pinned Hart with the Power Bomb after Rude hit a low blow while Dangerously distracted the referee.

 

Notes: 

1. Dustin Rhodes & Barry Windham were shocked by Great Kokina and his debut, but they challenge him and Valentine to a tag match next week, and Dustin will get revenge on The Hammer.
2. Harley Race had a sit-down interview with Tony Schiavone. Vader and The Jurassic Powers will leave The Great American Bash as champions, and you will never hear from Bam Bam Bigelow again.
3. A montage video of Flamingo training poorly for his WCW World Television Championship match next week.
4. A series of promos from each tag team remaining in The Crockett Cup saying that they will each win.
5. After the Steiner vs Williams match, both teams brawled.
6. A hype video for The Great American Bash live tomorrow night on pay-per-view and Jim Ross & Jesse Ventura ran down the card.

 

The Great American Bash Event Center:

• WCW World Champion Sting vs Big Van Vader w/ Harley Race
• WCW United States Champion Rick Rude w/ Madusa vs Bret Hart
• WCW World Light Heavyweight Champion Brian Pillman vs The Lightning Kid
• The Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup for the WCW World Tag Team Championship:

[Grimmas]

Next is The Great American Bash. WCW's 1992 schedule is weird. A ppv, clash a few days later, than another ppv 3 weeks later. After that there is no Clash till September and no ppv till Halloween Havoc! What was the thought process there?

[Autistic Dragon]

Not sure what Bidelow did to piss Race off but between the Jurassic Express in the CC and Vader getting a shot at Sting, GAB promises to be a very profitably night for the legend.

Valentine finds quite the teammate in Kokina.

Lightning Kid continues to vex Pillman.

Gotta be honest Flamingo, I think blaming Scorpio for you failing with the Alliance is a bit of a stretch.