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Re-Booking WCW in 1992 (and further)


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What I'm enjoying about this is that you aren't trying to improve a bad product, you've set yourself the challenge of trying to improve one of the best years of TV for any US promotion, which adding a prime Bret Hart definitely helps with. Really good stuff.

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Note: I completely screwed up the schedule; the March 7th Saturday Night was taped on March 3rd. So, it wasn't taped before SuperBrawl, so yeah, my mistake. This show is from the same night, and going forward, I'll try to post double tapings on the same post to avoid confusion.

Saturday Night
Center Stage Theatre in Atlanta, GA
March 14, taped March 3

Hosted by Jim Ross & Jesse Ventura.

A.

The show opens with The Dangerous Alliance in the ring, and Paul E. Dangerously goes on and on about how The Dangerous Alliance took out Ricky Steamboat at SuperBrawl II and how they got around Bad News Allen's silly ban of them from ringside. Dangerously took the time to hype Steve Austin as the greatest wrestler on TV, and he would prove it tonight in his title defense against some nobody he'd never heard of. Larry is the Cruncher and a legend, and Windham is too scared to fight him without silly gimmicks. Eaton & Anderson are the greatest tag team in wrestling history, and they made a challenge to the WCW United States Tag Team Champions, The Rock 'n' Roll Express. Rick Rude is the best wrestler in the world, and nobody can take the US Title from him. Finally, he praised Madusa as the uncrowned, until WrestleWar, best women's wrestler in the world. Each wrestler who was hyped got their own moment on the mic, too. Ross and Ventura asked is there any group that could stop their reign of carnage?

1.

Reggie Bennett squashed Denis Storm.

2.

Vinnie Vegas w/ Diamond Dallas Page pinned Tom Zenk w/ Marcus Alexand Bagwell. Afterward, Bagwell tried to help Zenk, but Vegas & DDP attacked him.

3.

Greg "The Hammer" Valentine made Joey Maggs submit to the Figure-Four Leglock.

A.

Jim Ross is joined by The Steiner Brothers in the ring, who say they want their titles back. Jim Ross says Bigelow & Vader are a hard team to beat and there are teams like Eaton & Anderson to deal with. The Steiners say they will take on anyone, and they relish the chance to take out The Dangerous Alliance along the way.

4.

Brian Pillman defeated Van Hammer. After the match, Jim Ross asked what was next for Pillman and his WCW World Light Heavyweight Championship. He welcomes challenges from all over the world.

5.

Bret "Hitman" Hart w/ Ron Simmons defeated Abdullah the Butcher w/ Cactus Jack via hitting the elbow drop off the second rope. Simmons hit Jack at bay.

A.

Jim Ross is joined by Harley Race, who disowned Lex Luger. Luger wanted to do it alone and he lost the title. A title Race will get back next week when The Best From The East ends Sting.

6. The Main Event

Too Cold Scorpio defeated WCW Television Champion "Stunning" Steve Austin w/ Paul E. Dangerously with a 450 splash to win the title. Scorpio came in unknown but hit all his cool moves to shock everyone. Austin acted very arrogant, and Dangerously was surprised by all this. Austin did have control, though, due to Dangerously's cheating. As Scorpio made a comeback, Dangerously hit him with a phone, but Dustin Rhodes ran in and nailed Austin, putting Scorpio on top to win.

As the show closed and Ross and Ventura discussed The Alliance showing cracks and Scorpio's shock title win, they hyped that Bam Bam Bigelow will face Sting for the WCW World Title here next week!

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Let's change it up and post tapings at the same time to avoid confusion.

Saturday Night
Center Stage Theatre in Atlanta, GA
March 21, taped March March 18

Hosted by Jim Ross & Jesse Ventura. They hype the WCW World Title match tonight on free TV!

A.

Harley Race is backstage with Missy Hyatt, and he shows clips of Bam Bam Bigelow and Big Van Vader winning the IWGP Tag Team Championship from Hiroshi Hase and The Great Muta. Tonight, they will gather more gold as Bigelow becomes the WCW World Champion!

1.

WCW World Television Champion Too Cold Scorpio defeated Steve Austin w/ Paul E. Dangerously after Barry Windham punched Austin, leading to the Scorpio Splash. After Windham starred down Austin as he congratulated Scorpio/

2.

Diamond Dallas Page w/ Vinnie Vegas defeated Van Hammer after Vegas knocked him out. After the match, DDP challenged Marcus Alexander Bagwell.

3.

WCW United States Champion Rick Rude w/ Paul E. Dangerously defeated Brad Armstrong in a non-title match.

4.

The Glamour Girls (Judy Martin & Leilani Kai) defeated Bambi & Malia Hosaka.

5. The Main Event

WCW World Heavyweight Champion Sting defeated Bam Bam Bigelow w/ Harley Race via disqualification after The Dangerous Alliance attacked him. Dustin Rhodes, Barry Windham, and Ricky Steamboat tried to make the save, but Bigelow and The Alliance together were too much until Nikita Koloff came to Sting's aid and chased them off. Sting's group was unsure how to react to Koloff.

 

Saturday Night
Center Stage Theatre in Atlanta, GA
March 28, taped March March 18

Hosted by Jim Ross & Jesse Ventura. Jesse has a special guest up first to start the show, and Jim Ross hypes The Steiner Brothers vs the former US Tag Team Champions Armstrong & Smothers for the main event.

A.

Jesse Ventura brought Nikita Koloff to the ring to ask about last week. Koloff said he saw his buddy Sting in trouble and had to help him out. Ventura says he knows Sting & Koloff have a complicated history. Sting arrived and said he was not sure if he could trust Koloff, to which Koloff responded by saying he would make him trust him.

1.

The US Tag Team Champions The Rock 'n' Roll Express defeated The WCW Patriots (Firebreaker Chip & Todd Champion) when they hit a double dropkick.

A.

Marcus Alexander Bagwell accepted DDP's challenge for next week.

2.

Madusa w/ Paul E. Dangerously squashed Lisa Starr.

A.

The brackets for the WCW World Women's Title Tournament will be announced next week.

3.

Bret Hart made Johnny B. Badd submit to the Sharpshooter.

A.

Cactus Jack challenged Ron Simmons to a singles match next week, one-on-one!

4.

5. The Main Event

The Steiner Brothers defeated Steve Armstrong & Tracy Smothers via super bulldog. They cut a promo after saying they wanted the belts.

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3 hours ago, rainmakerrtv said:

Cactus might not 100% agree :)

I just remember one of their matches from 1992 being quite good. Not a classic or anything, but it accomplished what it was aiming for. But apparently the two had some legit disagreements, which I did not know about. :lol:

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18 minutes ago, Control21 said:

I just remember one of their matches from 1992 being quite good. Not a classic or anything, but it accomplished what it was aiming for. But apparently the two had some legit disagreements, which I did not know about. :lol:

The "disagreement" in question was Simmons hitting Cactus with a tackle so hard it tore an abdominal muscle that put Cactus on the shelf for a few months.

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  • 2 weeks later...

Let's skip ahead to WrestleWar, but first, here are the main things to happen on TV outside of squashes and regular promos. TV before Nitro is interesting, but I may do this sometimes.

TV from April 4 to May 16, 1992 Recap

Sting forms his Squadron to take on The Dangerous Alliance at WrestleWar in War Games. The final member is Nikita Koloff, whom Sting is not sure if he can trust, and Dangerously really tries to plant the seeds that he can't be trusted.

The Steiner Brothers go on a rampage and want the Tag Titles back, but can they beat Bam Bam Bigelow and Vader, led by Harley Race? In singles matches, they couldn't.

Bret Hart wants to prove he's the best there is, so he accepts a challenge from the best in NJPW, Tatsumi Fujinami, for a singles match at WrestleWar.

The WCW World Women's Title Tournament is held with two 8-woman brackets. One in WCW and one in AJW, with the two winners squaring off at WrestleWar. The AJW matches, taped in Japan, are aired on WCW Main Event. In Japan, Kyoko Inoue won the tournament that included Sakie Hasegawa, Takako Inoue, Etsuko Mita, Mima Shimoda, Akira Hokuto, Bison Kimura, & Mariko Yoshida. While on WCW TV, Madusa won her bracket defeating Debbie Malenko, Reggie Bennett, Judy Martin, Leilani Kai, Malia Hosaka, Rockin' Robin, Terri Powers, & Denise Storm.

Too Cold Scorpio has retained the WCW Television Championship and will now face his toughest challenge in Greg "The Hammer" Valentine.

WCW World Light Heavyweight Champion Brian Pillman has opened his title up to the world and will face El Samurai from NJPW.

The Catus Jack and Ron Simmons war has raged on. Their match on April 4th went to a double DQ as they both brawled with weapons. They tried another match, but it ended with another double DQ. They will have a Jacksonville Street Fight at WrestleWar.

The DDP and Bagwell feud continued, with DDP always having Vinnie Vegas help him get wins. DDP and Vegas are getting cocky and challenged for the US Tag Team Titles at WrestleWar, and Bagwell promised to be in the corner of the champions to make sure they don't cheat their way to gold.

WrestleWar 1992 Card

  • Sting's Squadron (Sting, Barry Windham, Dustin Rhodes, Ricky Steamboat, & Nikita Koloff) vs The Dangerous Alliance (Rick Rude, Arn Anderson, Bobby Eaton, Larry Zbyszko, & Steve Austin) w/ Paul E. Dangerously in a War Games match
  • WCW World Tag Team Champions Big Van Vader & Bam Bam Bigelow vs/ Harley Race vs The Steiner Brothers
  • Bret Hart vs Tatsumi Fujinami
  • WCW World Women's Championship Tournament Finals: Madusa vs Kyoko Inoue
  • WCW World Television Champion Too Cold Scorpio vs Greg "The Hammer" Valentine
  • WCW World Light Heavyweight Champion Brian Pillman vs El Samurai
  • Cactus Jack vs Ron Simmons in a Jacksonville Street Fight
  • The United States Tag Team Champions The Rock 'n' Roll Express w/ Marcus Alexander Bagwell vs Diamond Dallas Page & Vinnie Vegas

How do we feel going into WrestleWar?

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