It was finally my time to pick an event and as someone who grew up on the WWF, I am now making my way through the WCW back catalogue thanks to the network. I have loved the late 80's and early 90's stuff, but for this nerd watch I really wanted to have a bit of fun and tackle the 1997 edition of World War 3.
Three rings, sixty wrestlers and Rob Armstrong on commentary. Yes please!
THE FACES OF FEAR v GLACIER & ERNEST MILLER
By Rich Leech
So here we are, time to get the first match of the night underway. Let’s get this show started...
Miller and Glacier in their way to the ring first. Glacier all dolled up for the event, Miller just has a black vest on. The Faces of Fear, Meng and The Barbarian, head to the ring with Jimmy Hart.
Meng and Barbarian can’t wait to get started and they start brawling with Miller and Glacier before the bell even rings. After a hockey fight in the ring, Meng and Glacier are the two men left to kick things off.
Glacier, moving a lot quicker than his name would suggest gets the upper hand with some quick offence. He tags in Miller to utilise the double team. However, the upper hand is short lived as Miller can’t match the power of Meng. He tags in Barbarian and Miller starts to get on top again.
Glacier and Miller working well together as they utilise the double team after Glacier tagging back in. Barbarian is able to make the tag with Meng but Glacier stays on offence. A nice dropkick on Meng sends him flying into Barbarian on the apron who falls to the floor. Then out of nowhere, here comes Miller who uses Meng as a springboard to leap out of the ring onto Barbarian. Meng is not impressed and heads out of the ring to help out his partner. Where did Jimmy Hart go?
Glacier has seen enough and hits Meng with the crossbody over the top rope to the floor. Oh there’s Jimmy, just wandering around. Glacier gets in his face but the distraction giver Barbarian time to recover and he attacks Glacier from behind. Jimmy distraction number one to help out his Tongan buddies.
They head back to the ring, the ref seems to have counted Meng falling into Barbarian as a tag as it’s now Glacier and Barbarian as the legal men. Not sure what’s going on with the camera work right now, interesting stuff and I’m getting a little motion sick.
Nice double team as Meng throws up Glacier in a back body drop but before he hits the mat he’s caught by Barbarian who hits the power bomb. Lovely stuff.
Miller breaks the count at two but Glacier is in trouble here. If you were just listening to the commentary, you wouldn’t know there was a match going on, they are a lot more concerned about the 60 man battle royal coming up later in the night, that and the fact that there are 3 rings in the arena.
For some reason, Miller enters the ring to argue with the ref, Barbarian is not impressed so throws Glacier into Miller. Meng tags in and keeps the dominance going. Commentators begin discussing Barbarians sporting background, mention his love for power lifting and how he used to play rugby back in Tonga and therefore he must be tough. Classic racial stereotyping...
After more working over of Glacier, Meng hits a lovely shoulder breaker and begins working over the shoulder. Glacier has taken a lot of punishment and has been in the ring for some time.
Finally Glacier fights back and hits a nice Suplex on Meng before getting the hot tag. Miller explodes with some quick offence. After a nice spinning kick on both Barbarian and Meng before Jimmy comes to the apron and distracts Miller. Jimmy distraction number two....
The distraction gives time for Meng to recover, Glacier and Barbarian brawl to the floor and Miller walks straight into the Tongan Death Grip. Down he goes, 1, 2, 3 and we have our winners. The Faces of Fear! The crowd could not care less, neither could the commentators really.
Jimmy Hart the deciding factor in this one, twice coming into play when Miller and Glacier had the upper hand.
WINNERS - THE FACES OF FEAR BY JIMMY HART
WCW TV CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH - PERRY SATURN (C) v DISCO INFERNO
By Ross Casey
In the week me and Hannah have our hen and stag dos, I thought I would treat her to this masterpiece. Lucky girl. Her comments are in Caps...
Disco is out first... IS HE MEANT TO BE JOHN TRAVOLTA? BUT WHY THOUGH? Shake your booty sign! In fact, that slogan is emblazoned across his arse. Fantastic. Saturn jumps the rail for his entrance with Raven. Raven sits in the corner... let these stretchings begin! Saturn slaps Disco to start, assuming he's not a Saturday Night Fever fan.
HE'S ONLY UP AGAINST SHAKE YOUR BOOTY... CHILL OUT A BIT. IS HE BOSS EYED? OH MY GOD HE IS BOSS EYED! The story here is that Disco needs to earn the respect of his peers - but Saturn is showing him none.
Hulk Hogan cosplay man is by the rail - Saturn says what are you looking at? He gets in the ring and is hip tossed by Disco. Frustrated, he slips out of the the ring to chat to Raven. HIS MATE IS WELL WEIRD.
Disco shows some fire, Hannah is genuinely invested. GET HIM! Disco goes up top and misses an elbow. Hannah rolls her eyes. He then takes a big t-bone suplex and gets thrown on the mat again before Saturn misses a moonsault.
Disco gets a close two count. SLOW! He then gets crotched on the ropes and Saturn smashes him to the floor. THAT WAS MESSY.
Disco gets involved with the Flock at ringside, only for Saturn to blindside him and smash Disco's face on the rail. Hannah notices the three rings and asks why - I say there is a three wing battle royal later with a slip of the tongue, which sends her into a fit of laughter.
Back in the ring, Disco hits a crossbody, but Saturn rolls through and synchs in the Rings of Saturn, which looks awesomely painful and Inferno has to tap.
Bloody great fun. Hannah loved it! I ask for her summary... BOSS EYED MAN BEATS UP JOHN TRAVOLTA.
WINNER - STILL WCW TV CHAMPION, PERRY SATURN BY RINGS, RINGS... RINGS AROUND THE WORLD
ULTIMO DRAGON v YUJI NAGATA
By Pete Hitchcock
I appear to have been removed from our Nerd Watch Wednesday group chat this past week, presumably because my Okada vs Shibata review was too fucking hot for anyone to handle. I think I bagsied this match last week but I can see they also wrestled at Halloween Havoc so I hope I have the right PPV. Nagata is a fucking legend who charges too much for T-Shirts even if they are pretty great.
I have missed him this year in New Japan - in fact I have seen Ultimo Dragon wrestle more recently than him, on Kobe World this year for Dragon Gate! That was a very cool and emotional moment. This is apparently a special one-fall grudge match in which, if Dragon wins, he gets 5 minutes alone with Sonny Onoo. Yeah, I can't see any world in which this gimmick wasn't incredibly offensive as Onoo makes his entrance alongside Nagata.
Nagata looks so young! I would imagine the music was being dubbed as the crowd was mute for the entrances- the normal sound comes back but they're still a little quiet. This should, on paper, be a banger but let's face it, if you're reading this you know Bischoff. Nagata goes straight for Dragon's injured arm but Dragon uses a legsweep to take down Nagata!
They're moving at quite a pace - Dragon rolls right out of a cross armbreaker attempt into a pin for a 2 count. The commentary is treating this perfectly seriously, Schiavone and Heenan aided very well by Mike Tenay and it definitely adds to the match.
Apparently Tenzan was in the NWO at this time! That's a cool history tidbit. Schiavone lets us know that Dragon honed his skills in Mexico and not Japan. That connection and influence continued through his Toryumon promotion into today's Dragon Gate. Dragon is working on top which is a little weird for someone in his position and with the story at hand, until Nagata drops him with a back suplex.
He doesn't go for the bridge and hold from it though, which would come to be his finisher. I wonder which Nagata Lock he has got up to here? Nice piledriver by Nagata onto Dragon, who just manages to kick out. Apparently Dragon's arm is actually fine, according to commentary, and Nagata has already adjusted to going for the neck.
There seems to be a bit of discrepancy between the story they were telling in previous matches and this one, but it's working well enough on the fly. Nagata is being vicious here, hitting a second piledriver after some nasty kicks. I like it when he wrecks people. Fujiwara armbar! Dragon makes the ropes however. Is that the Nagata Lock III? I can't remember which one is which. I'm pretty sure the Fujiwara variation I remember him doing is the seated one- most people will know that better as the Disarmher. Big suplex there, looked like a Tiger Suplex but Tenay correctly calls the Belly to Belly. What a fine commentator.
Dragon now making the comeback with big kicks, now he's messing up Nagata's face with his boot. Nagata tries to kick Dragon out of a pescado but Dragon tanks it and...Dragon Screws him! Smart (and not just for the on-brand move naming). This is my first glimpse proper at the stupid 3 ring setup. Dragon sunset flips off the top and Nagata fights the powerbomb but Dragon gets him down anyway. Now he's up for a moonsault, but it's only 2!
A late 2 I might say, I feel the finish can't be too far now. Nagata tries a suplex but Dragon gets him in the Dragon Sleeper! Onoo distracts the ref as Nagata flails his arms. He didn't tap but was that a verbal submission in there? Dragon now gets Nagata up to the top and frankensteiners him down!...but Onoo gets his foot to the ropes. Nagata now comes in from behind as Dragon goes for Onoo but Dragon gets him with a kick but as he goes for a slingshot atomic drop Nagata somehow gets on top for a cover- 1, 2, 3, 4! The ref definitely counted 4!
That is a comprehensive win. BLUE JUSTICE FOREVER FUCK DRAGON GATE! Decent little match there with Nagata and Onoo slithering away, not sure what happens next but if I'm watching this at the time I'm interested. Wasn't Dragon in the 3 way at Starrcade? Don't ask me, I was 4 when this happened. Oh look it's Regal! Well, take it away, someone else.
WINNER - YUJI NAGATA BY FOUR COUNT
WCW TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH - THE STEINER BROS (C) v THE BLUE BLOODS
By Shafi
Out first are Regal and Taylor, Regal's incredible facial expressions are on full display here as he emotes his disdain for the crowd. Steiners are out next accompanied by Ted Dibiase. I never understood Ted leaving the NWO and joining the Steiners as a face, he was one of the best heels around. Apart from Bischoff wanting his place in the NWO does anyone know why that happened?
Scott Steiner starts the match for the Steiners and he's definitely in a transitional phase from classic Scott to Big Poppa Punk at this point with slick black hair and goatee. I feel like I never realised how big Scott Steiner was until he made that gimmick change but every old PPV I see him on I realise he was always massive and here is no exception.
Dave Taylor initially takes control but has a hip toss reversed and is launched across the ring like a small child by Scott. Heel tactics get the Brits back on top only for Scott to hit a big double underhook slam and the Steiners pose in the ring as their opponents regroup on the floor.
Regal gets into a test of strength with Rick and his facials are hilarious as he sells pain in his hands. Scott comes in and unleashes a spinning belly to belly Suplex before locking in an STF. Rick then comes in and subjects Regal to a Fujiwara armbar. I never knew that the Steiners were such proficient submission wrestlers. Regal makes the tag to Taylor who makes the mistake of running the ropes and his cross body attempt results in him being driven to the mat with great force as Rick plucks him out the air.
Scott is back in and he gets beat down through a series of quick tags by the Brits. An overhead belly to belly allows Scott to make the tag and Rick comes in and cleans house. Scott lifts Regal onto his shoulders and Rick hits the classic top rope bulldog for the 1, 2, 3.
WINNER - STILL YOUR WCW TAG CHAMPS, THE STEINERS BY BULLDOG
RAVEN v SCOTTY RIGGS
By Matt Brummitt
I was nearly left off the NWW this week but then I called Ross and yelled “WHAT ABOUT ME? WHAT ABOUT BRUMMITT?” & he responded by giving me a Raven match to review.
In full disclosure, I should point out that at this point in wrestling history, Raven was my favourite wrestler in the world. At 12 years old, with my prized possession being In Utero on cassette, I thought Raven was the coolest person on Earth. I would like to retroactively ascribe these feelings to my burgeoning appreciation for his MENSA level in-ring psychology, or being a young connoisseur of well executed drop toe-holds, but it was probably mostly due to him wearing a flannel shirt around his waist & entering to a budget knock off of Come As You Are.
Though I fell in love with Raven in the latter stages of his first ECW run (thank you Bravo TV), it was Flock-era Raven that brought me back to being a full time wrestling fan for the first time since WMIX. Unlike a lot of the lazy post-Outsider WCW debuts, Raven’s was handled pretty well. He turned up in the crowd a bit with commentators doing their standard veiled allusions to his past; beat up his old mate Stevie Richards at Clash of the Champions; and then carried on with in-crowd appearances with his ever growing proto-Flock.
Enter: Scotty Riggs. Raven’s Nitro debut came nearly 4 months after his first appearance & he was paired against Scotty “American Males. American Males. American Males. American Males. American Males. American Males. When you see them coming…” Riggs. Raven kindly offered Riggs a place in the Flock. Riggs (being portrayed by Evil Dale Cooper from Season 3 of Twin Peaks) is clearly not as cool as my 12 year old self or Perry Saturn so rejects the offer and takes a beating culminating in Raven drop toe-holding his face on to a chair and breaking his orbital bone. That’s So Raven.
A month later, we have tonight’s rematch. Scotty comes to the ring doing a full-on Gabrielle wearing an eye-patch, still suffering from the injury a month prior. Raven enters straight from the crowd with no music because Raven’s cool as fuck. Kidman cuts a Kidman-quality promo telling Riggs “it’s no DQ or no fight”. Riggs answers with a plancha to the Flock on the outside to start the match.
Riggs beats up Raven whilst walking around the 3 rings. They make it into one of them & the Riggs attack continues. Raven’s selling is better than Riggs’ offence deserves. His swinging neckbreaker is quite nice, his running splash not so much. After some more Riggs masterclass action, Raven drags him into the turnbuckle. Raven establishes this is a Raven’s Rules match straightaway with a flannel shirt assisted choke.
Raven goes back outside to enjoy the novelty of three rings but this is a mistake as Riggs throws him into the ring steps. They enter a different ring & Raven hits a jawbreaker. Raven twats him with a chair which the crowd likes. Raven looks like he’s setting up for the drop toe-hold to the chair but Riggs reversals into one of his own. The ref goes for a double count but Riggs breaks it at 9 & goes for the cover. Only a 2.
Riggs throws the chair at Raven for a caught-chair-dropkick spot. Another pinfall attempt but Raven gets a foot on the rope. Heenan has a great line about Raven being able to kick out but choosing to conserve energy. Riggs then bulldogs Raven into a seated chair. Another 2 count. A not exactly picture perfect suplex reversal leads to Raven kicking Riggs in the guts and hitting the Even Flow DDT (exceptional finisher name).
Rather than go for the pinfall, Raven gets a mic and berates Riggs before hitting another Even Flow. More berating & a third Even Flow whilst he shouts “I feel your pain!” through the mic. The ref gives a 10 count to a floored Riggs whilst Raven sits on the floor (if Raven is sat on the floor should that be a double count?).
Raven is announced as the winner & Van Hammer (!) carries Riggs out of the ring over his shoulder as the Flock take him rather nonchalantly to the back & no one comes to his aid, not even Buff “American Males. American Males. American Males. American Males. American Males. American Males. When you see them coming…” Bagwell.
Summary: Not a great match. A couple of the chair spots were quite cool but not much more in-ring to sing about. However, the finish was a bit different and definitely boosted the match up a bit. This is a worthwhile watch if you’re tracking the Raven/Flock development and was a nice nostalgia ride but pretty skippable otherwise. Did I mention how cool Raven is?
WINNER: RAVEN BY KNOCKOUT/KIDNAPPING WITH A FEW EVEN FLOW DDTs
ALEX WRIGHT v MONGO
By Matt Connolly
So I'm not expecting much from this week's offering. Steve "Mongo" McMicheal Vs Alex Wright. Mongo out first. He has a lead pipe with him and a big smile across his face. Is he a Horseman at this point? Few crowd members throwing up the 4 so I guess so. Hang On! It's Goldbergs music. Is this meant to be Goldberg? Mongo on the mike explains Goldberg isn't coming. Now I'm really pissed off. I'd of loved a Bill Berg squash instead of whatever I get here.
Camera cuts to backstage and Goldberg is laid out. That will be that lead pipe Mongo is carrying. Well, he has heat with me now. It's an open challenge. Considering I know that Alex Wright answers the call the drama is cut here but all wrestling fans love an open challenge. So Debra is accompanying Wright to the ring, I say accompanying she is dragging him to the ring. It's something to do with a ring? It's a superbowl ring and Mongo has it and Wright doesn't seem to want to wrestle for it but Debra is strong arming him. Oh Debra is married to Mongo isn't she? Long time since I watched any of this era.
Anyway,Debra is dressed a lot more modestly than her Puppies run she is more famous for. As Mongo poses Wright attacks from behind and we are underway in this one. Wright starts hot with chops but McMicheal soon turns it around with some dreadful clotheslines. Wright starts to leave, he wants none of this and he is part of the Over Blown main event as well so wants to keep himself fresh but Debra again pulls him back to the ring to fight.
Wright again gets on top here before a flurry of ill looking strikes from Mongo. There is a 2 off a side walk slam. Wright gets a 2 off a dropkick. Crowd is flat here and the action isn't really doing much to change their mind. It's not horrific just ugly and boring and to be a snob about it there is no psychology. Eventually Mongo hits a tombstone to win. There was no heat, no babyface, no nothing really. Quite forgettable. Guess I was due a bad one.
WINNER - MONGO BY DEAD CROWD TOMBSTONE
WCW CRUISERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP - EDDIE GUERRERO (C) v REY MISTERIO JR
By Dom Van Dam
G’day lads and welcome to your Cruiserweight Championship match here at WCW World War 3 1997. Rey Misterio Jr and Eddie Guerrero are set to lock horns (Psicosis is nowhere in sight) in a return match from their classic the previous month at Halloween Havoc. Dave Meltzer gave the first match in the series 4.75 stars and, as such, it has become somewhat of a darling for the internet wrestling community and Dom Van Dam alike.
I downloaded that Halloween Havoc match from Limewire in secondary school and, like any other wrestling content I could get my hands on at the time, watched it over and over until each sequence was branded on my memory.
Surprisingly however, even though I saw every Nitro from mid-1997 until its cancellation in 2001 whilst it was in its run, I am fairly sure that I have never seen this show nor this return match between these 2 trailblazers in our great sport.
Heel Eddie Guerrero (along with his counterpart Chris Jericho) was a major drawing card for me when I first discovered WCW on my Australian TV, on Friday nights in 1997. It’s clear to see why Eddie was my guy as he swaggers down the aisle and shows utter disdain for the ringside fans.
He drapes the Cruiserweight title backwards, over his shoulder, lying next to his greasy mullet. Eddie is taking the phrase “business up front and party at the back” to another level live on PPV and it’s just super cool.
The story of this one is Eddie continually trying to keep Rey Rey within arms’ length and he continually cuts off any momentum the masked man tries to build with a Suplex, a Flapjack or a Powerbomb.
I am literally experiencing nostalgia induced goosebumps, on my girlfriend’s couch; every time Tony Schiavone calls a move with the phrase “UP ON TOP!” It’s pointless trying to explain all of these moves with commentary of my own but trust me; the lads are doing a bit here.
Some highlights are; Guerrero going for a Sunset Flip Bomb to the floor and Misterio countering with a rana and then a big Tope Con Hilo to the concrete.
Rey runs the ropes in the corner ala Jeff Hardy and hits a top rope moonsault press which made me swear out loud because I couldn’t remember Rey hitting it in this triple jump style before.
Rey is on full offence now, trying to win the cruiserweight title on a second PPV in a row and there’s even a Springboard Dragon Rana! The pinfall is a very closely run thing but Eddie is too close to the ropes.
“UP ON TOP!” and Rey is looking for a Frankensteiner (am I the only one that calls a top rope rana a Frankensteiner because of WCW commentary from this period?) but as is the flavour of the match Guerrero cuts him off by dropping Mysterio, Snake Eyes style, straight down on to the turnbuckle.
This leads to a Frog Splash, the 1-2-3 and we get to hear one of the all-time great entrance themes one more time. Eddie says “This is the best thing in WCW right now and all of you know it.” It’s hard to argue with the great man; that was a sprint and a beauty.
WINNER - EDDIE GUERRERO BY BEST THING IN WCW
WCW US CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH CURT HENNIG (C) v RIC FLAIR
By Luke Heffernan
Curt Hennig and Ric Flair are possibly two of the most talented performers to step in to the squared circle, period. And after a barn burner on RAW in 1992 I had lofty expectations for this match. That was until I saw it was a no DQ and Hennig had an NWO shirt on. I wasn’t a WCW guy back in ’97. At the age of 1 I suppose I wasn’t an ‘anything’ guy except napping and crying. Though watching this PPV in it’s entirety had made me do both more than once this evening...
It kind of baffled me just how disinteresting this match was. I can’t stress enough how much of a Hennig fan I am. The man is literally Perfect. I’ve gone back and watched pretty much every PPV match from his original WWF run and his 2002 Royal Rumble cameo is one of my favourite moments in the 30 Man Match’s history. Perfect made wrestling look like an art form
. An exaggerative, preposterous and near flawless display of theatre, athleticism and showmanship. Flair has never been MY guy, (promo’s aside which are utterly incredible) but I’ve always thought he was good. I also love looking back at these guys in early ’92 when Perfect Managed Flair. Some hilarious promos and chemistry on full display.
Fast forward to WCW World War 3 in 1997. Throughout this whole match both men look tired. Both men look disinterested and both men look bored. As if they were forced to put together 20 minutes’ worth of a match with a gun to their head. It’s a no DQ match and it just feels like it’s one so neither guy really has to go hard. Punch, throw in to railing, throw inside, other guy punch, grab weapon, hit, throw outside, punch etc.
Not that this match is devoid of any memorable moments at all, one that springs to mind is Flair hitting the ever so good seller Hennig with an atomic drop on top of an upright chair then kicking it upwards in to Perfect’s Perfect Gonads. The winning moment comes at about 17 minutes in to a back and forth Shane McMahon style match (without the insanity) where Hennig bashes Flair over the head with the Title belt deep in to a figure four to grab the pinfall.
I’m gonna head back on the Network now and watch the Loser Leaves Town match. I suggest you do the same when finishing this read through.
WINNER - RIC FLAIR BY DQ
WCW WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH - WORLD WAR 3
By Rob Armstrong
So this one started with Michael Buffer dropping the bombshell that the WCW roster was over 60 wrestlers deep. I thought the whole reason it used to be good back in the day was because there was like 5 wrestlers. Also, there’s three rings in this one so you can guarantee that something shit and gimmicky is going to happen.
To absolutely guarantee minimal excitement and maximum gimmick, all 60 of the blokes in this match came out at once to some generic 90s rock. Almost everyone coming down the ramp Is a well known bloke or dead. Some both.
The last guy who who came out that didn’t have the NWO music was called Bobby Blaze and he looked like a create a wrestler attempt from WWF No Mercy. His body was square and blocky and he walked sideways.
NWO time now, as 7 or 8 well known or dead blokes come down to the ring. How many different versions of the NWO is there? The fact that it’s such a legendary faction but Virgil is somehow in it makes me think that nostalgia has enhanced the NWO no end.
So the action starts and the screen splits into three to watch the three rings all at once which makes an unwatchable format three times more unwatchable.
The commentators talking about the rapid succession of dorks being eliminated sounds like they’re running down the middling, lesser-revered episodes of Colt Cabana’s old podcast. A load of guys whose names you recognise, but know that they’ve probably had a really rough time paying bills for literally their entire life.
The camera cuts to Benoit who clearly had been heavily dosing up on the Dimoxinil at the time rather than his usual angry, steroid breakfast. His hair was magnificent. He’s due a promotion and the key to the executive toilets.
You learn something new every day. Turns out there’s no guy called Eugene Nagata. It’s Yuji. And he’s been eliminated. To be fair, there’s probably been 25 eliminations but if the commentators don’t know whose gone, then how the hell should I know.
The problem is, The Royal Rumble has this format down perfectly. We’d all like to be the mark who comes up with the one true alternative but without flagrant plagiarism - there is nothing better. And this match is a fine example of that. Three tiny screens with too much happening and every now and then you hear hacksaw Jim Duggan shout “HOOOOOOO”. Once we’re down to the last 8 there may be something watchable, but there’s only so many times you can be told what an advantage The Giant has over everyone knowing full well he never wins.
NWO are on their own in Ring 1 now, hanging out, maxing, relaxing all cool shooting some somas outside of the school. Ring 1 and Ring 2 are now merging while Ring 3 just has the giant in it.
Like every WCW event ever, it’s turned into NWO against a number of randoms from the upper end of the pay roll. And before you know it, 6 of them have been clumsily tumbled out of the ring by The Giant. Just DDP, Giant, Scott Hall and Randy Savage remain (as well as the ghost of future Kevin Nash).
The Giant sticks a bearhug on Savage in the middle of a battle royal because why not. Retro wrestling’s favourite outright shit move. DDP gives him a cutter, Giant chokeslams him, and Savage is rolled out the ring. Scott Hall is alone against the big lads (as well as the ghost of future Kevin Nash).
SHOCK. SURPRISE. AWE. Kevin Nash’s music starts playing late to help his pal after not bothering with the entirety of the match so far. Which makes you think, why didn’t Bobby Blaze just sit out for the whole fight and then come out right at the end to win.
SHOCK. SURPRISE. AWE. It was Hulk Hogan, not Kevin Nash. Which makes you think, does Bobby Blaze not have any friends who can blatantly disregard the rules of this pre determined contest to help him win the fight?
Hogan gives The Giant a slam - the impact of which will be felt by people’s eardrums around the world for 25 years as he tells the story again and again and again with extra embellishments every time, brother.
STING JUST DROPPED DOWN FROM THE CEILING. And hit The Giant a bunch of times. Come to think of it, Sting looks fucking massive, and it turns out it’s Kevin Nash. Which makes you think, does Bobby Blaze not have any mates who can dress up as Sting and hit people with Baseball bats to help him win monstrously long and pointless battle royals?
I think Scott Hall won. The crowd are… nonplussed. The credits roll as Hulk Hogan does a diamond cutter on DDP and 9000 members of NWO celebrate.
WINNER - NEW WCW CHAMPION, SCOTT HALL BY NWO CLUSTERFUCK
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