Sunday, September 19th, 1993
Astro Arena
Houston, Texas
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Off The Grid, Volume 38:
WCW Television Championship Match
Lord Steven Regal vs. Ricky Steamboat
Tony Schiavone is claiming that they are going to turn away about 2,000 fans tonight. Yeah, I don't think so. Steamboat attacks Regal after the announcements and we're underway. Steamboat has a rib injury and it selling it early on. Schiavone and Jesse Ventura are arguing about this being a brawl rather than the scientific match they were expecting. There's been some good action here so far, even during the slowdowns. Steamboat hits a crossbody and gets a 2 count. Regal naturally continues to target the ribs when needed and then puts on a variation of the surfboard. Steamboat is able to hit catapult into the corner, but he's not able to muster up enough strength to do much more. Regal goes for a piledriver, but Steamboat climbs his way up and reverses it into a Tombstone. Steamboat goes for some pin attempts, but Regal continues to kick out. Steamboat hits a snap suplex and is getting fired up. He hits a top rope crossbody, but it's still not enough. Regal tries to throw Steamboat over the top, but Steamboat skins the cat. Sir William hits him in the head with his cane on the way up behind the referee's back. Regal hits a German suplex into a bridge and we have a new champion. This was a solid match and a good way to open the show.
Match Rating: ***1/4
Eric Bischoff is with the Nasty Boys. They say that they have a big surprise tonight and then claim that they are going to win with a bulldog off the top.
Big Sky vs. Charlie Norris
Whoever thought that this was worthy of being on a pay-per-view should be re-fired. After some boring offense, Norris runs into a boot in the corner. Sky hits a chokeslam and a scoop slam. Sky goes up to the second rope and misses with a knee drop. Norris hits some chops and a big boot to the face for the victory. What a stupid match.
Match Rating: 1/4*
We get an interview with British Bulldog to talk about War Games.
Paul Orndorff & Equalizer vs. 2 Cold Scorpio & Marcus Alexander Bagwell
Equalizer has to be one of the worst wrestlers to get a semi-push that I can think of during this era. Orndorff looks unhappy to be stuck in this match and is taking it out on Scorpio. Like most of the crowd in the arena, I've already lost interest in this one. All of the pointless offense in this match leads to Orndorff accidentally hitting a knee on Equalizer and Scropio this a 450 splash for the victory. Equalizer attacks Scorpio immediately after the match. Orndorff joins him and then they head to the back. Whatever.
Match Rating: *1/2
We go to Eric Bischoff and Steven Regal. He says he will defend his titles against the peasants.
Shanghai Pierce vs. Ice Train
I do not get the mask that goes with Shanghai Pierce. I'm starting to question my decision making skills as to why I picked to watch this show. Pierce tries a double clothesline with his buddy, Tex Schlazenger. Ice Train runs right through it and hits a body slam and wins. God, this show is horrendous.
Match Rating: 1/4*
WCW Tag Team Championship Match
Nasty Boys vs. Arn Anderson & Paul Roma
Missy Hyatt is the Nasty Boys surprise. How did they not block off sections better for this event? The empty red seats are so easily pto spot with the bright lights in the arena. We get lots of stalling to start things off. I like the Nasty Boys, but I'm not sure even their biggest fan would say that no one wants to see them in a 20+ minute match. Arn goes to work on the leg of Sags after hitting it on the ring post. The crowd on the floor is chanting things that would become popular amongst ECW fans and most degenerates. It's all Horsemen for quite a bit of time until Sags distracts Roma and Knobs capitalizes on it. After a distraction created by Missy, the Nasty Boys are up to no good and use a chair to their advantage. This match has just come to an absolute halt. After seemingly forever, Arn finally makes the tag to Roma. Roma hits a nice missile dropkick, but Sags lethargically breaks up the pin attempt. Knobbs puts Roma up on his shoulders so that they can win by the bulldog that they called earlier. Arn shoves Sags off the top and it knocks Roma down and into a sloppy pin. Arn hits a spinebuster, but then we get shenanigans that lead to the Nasty Boys cheating and winning the Tag Team Championships. That sucked. There were some spurts of a good match in there, but the heat segment was just awful.
Match Rating: 3/4*
Jesse Ventura interviews the winners and this isn't anywhere near as fun as when they won at WrestleMania VII.
We get the story with Cactus Jack and Vader. This was not Foley at his best and this video goes on forever.
Yoshi Kwan vs. Cactus Jack
Cactus goes after Harley Race and then knocks Kwan over. Let's not breeze over the embarrassing gimmick for Kwan. I just want this show to be over with. Cactus gets tripped up by Race, but then the Race distraction backfires and Jack hits the double arm DDT for the win. He challenges Vader after the match. I don't know, this was just all so stupid.
Match Rating: 1/2*
WCW International World Heavyweight Championship Match
Rick Rude vs. Ric Flair
They are aware that this championship is just stupid, right? This is the Fifi era of Flair, which is 100% one of the worst parts of his career. Rude has Fifi on his tights, as expected. We get lots of rest holds to start since god forbid they have a match under a half hour. The pace picks up a little bit with Flair hitting a backslide and getting a 2 count. Flair then hits a crossbody that takes both men over the top rope. Rude puts on a camel clutch and gives me some time to look up a few things I forgot to look up earlier during the Nasty Boys match. Flair attempts a comeback, but Rude hits a press slam onto the top rope. It feels like they lost the crowd already, which doesn't happen too often to Flair during this era. Flair finally makes a comeback and chooses to hit a Rude Awakening, but Rude gets his foot on the rope to save the match. Flair goes to work on the knee, but isn't able to get the Figure Four on. Flair hits a chop from the top rope to the floor on Rude. Rude comes back and then pulls Fifi into the ring. Flair defends her and hits a back body drop. Flair locks in the Figure Four. The referee is talking to Fifi and it allows Rude to pull something out from his trunks and hit Flair in the face with it. He covers Flair and we have a new champion. Finally. This was about 20 minutes too long.
Match Rating: *
WarGames Match
Vader, Sid Vicious & Harlem Heat vs. Sting, Shockmaster, Dustin Rhodes & Davey Boy Smith
Ah yes, the Shockmaster. For some reason Road Warrior Animal is out with the faces. He tries to stop Dustin Rhodes from competing first, but he runs in there anyway and goes after Vader. He is selling some rib injury and Vader is all over him. He's able to fight back and hits a DDT. They do the coin toss and wouldn't you know it, the heels win. Dustin catches Vader off the second rope to hit a powerslam. In comes Kane to help Vader. They continue the beatdown until Sting comes in to clean house. Sid is next and he hits a chokeslam on Sting. Now Davey Boy is in and evens the score. Kole is in now and it just kind of feels like nothing noteworthy has happened in this one. Shockmaster is in last and now the match beyond begins. I always thought that was kind of dumb. Shockmaster comes in and they try to convince us that he's actually good. We get the usual chaotic finish where everyone is just brawling and the match ends with Shockmaster putting on a bear hug. Are you serious? Kole claims that he didn't give up. What a fitting end to a stupid show. This was entertaining, but I already forgot it happened.
Match Rating: **1/2
This was one of the harder shows for me to get through. It wasn't as bad as the Slamboree that I watched recently, but it wasn't far off. There is nothing you need to see here. This is a complete dud.
Overall Rating: 27%
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