Tuesday, January 23rd, 1996
Caesar's Palace
Las Vegas, Nevada
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Tony Schiavone recaps the title changes from last night's Nitro. We're back in the building where Nitro was last night and thankfully have Tony instead of Eric Bischoff. They hype up the show and then take us to A Little White Chapel in Vegas where Mean Gene is letting us know about the big wedding between Col. Parker and Sherri.
Public Enemy vs. Nasty Boys
These two teams start brawling to no surprise. Knobbs misses a splash in the corner and Grunge hits a back suplex. Sags and Rock are battling outside the ring and Sags crotches him on the guardrail. Sags goes and grabs a table and tosses it in the ring. Sags tries to throw Rock into the table in the corner but Rock counters with a bulldog. Rock hits a moonsault on Knobbs for a 2 count. The Nasty Boys set up the table in the ring and they ring the bell. Nothing has even happened yet. Knobbs ends up on the table and Rock hits a moonsault and the table doesn't break. Grunge tries to use a piece of the table that did break off but Sags grabs it and breaks it on Grunge. Sags then chucks the table at Grunge from the ring to the floor. They brawl up the aisle and we have a double DQ I guess? This wasn't good but it was lively and good enough for this show.
Match Rating: 3/4*
After a SuperBrawl commercial, we come back to Eric Bischoff and he brings out Ric Flair and the Giant along with Jimmy Hart. We get yelling Ric and smoker's voice Giant on this one. This wasn't good. We do get a Karate Fighters commercial and Slick 50 for some nostalgia. They even throw a Tootsie Roll commercial boasting that it has 66% less fat than most candy. The 90s were the best.
Dean Malenko vs. Alex Wright
Let's see if these guys get some time. I'm guessing no. We get a nice little mat wrestling intro with each guy showing off a little bit and Wright ends up getting the best of it. Don't forget to get on CompuServe for an "electronic chat". Malenko yanks on the leg of Wright and goes to work. Wright does come back and hits a German suplex into a bridge for a 2 count. Wright misses with the dropkick and Malenko hits him with a clothesline. Malenko dropkicks Wright in the knees and pins him for the very abrupt finish. What a weird match.
Match Rating: *1/2
Kevin Sullivan vs. Disco Inferno
A guy dressed as Elvis comes out to Disco's music and he's eating a peanut butter and banana sandwich. He grabs the mic and does a terrible impersonation of Elvis. He says he's here to deliver a singing telegram. He reads off a piece of paper and I have no idea what he's saying. Sullivan attacks him of course and hits a double stomp on him. They throw him out of the ring and Jimmy Hart grabs the mic and says that Sullivan hates Elvis impersonators. This wasn't a match.
We go back to Mean Gene at the wedding. Bunkhouse Buck and Dick Slater show up and say nothing of importance.
Lex Luger and Sting are out to interview with Bischoff. He brings up the controversy and Luger quickly squashes it. Out come the Road Warriors and they high five Sting. Animal says that they want their belts and Sting says let's get the match signed. Luger intervenes and he talks about all of the other teams and Bischoff calls him out for naming the State Patrol.
It's time for a WCW Magazine commercial. Even when WCW was huge, I never saw this magazine anywhere.
Bobby tells Luger and Sting to not make the Road Warriors mad. Trust him.
Now it's time to listen to a pre-taped interview with Paul Orndorff on a bench. He has a neck brace on and says that it's a career ending surgery that is needed. He then talks about the feud with the Horsemen. I'm not really sure what this has to do with anything. This did not captivate me in any way.
We go back to Mean Gene at the chapel and Parker pulls up and asks Gene for $50 to pay for the cab. Parker's phone rings and he's in a panic. We get lots of classic Gene-isms here.
Brian Pillman vs. Eddie Guerrero
Somehow there is still an hour left in this show. I did not realize that this was the Bobby Heenan incident match. Pillman hides behind Heenan and messes around with him, which leads to an F bomb on live TV from Heenan and he walks away. Heenan was protective of his neck and this is said to be a shoot. Heenan comes back and apologizes for what he may have said. Oh yeah, there's a match too. Eddie hits some dropkicks and then a tornado DDT for a 2 count. Pillman tries to cheat with a pin with his legs on the ropes but fails. Pillman hits a crossbody and holds the tights for the win. After the match when Pillman is rolling out of the ring, Heenan avoids Pillman in another very real moment. This match was nothing.
Match Rating: *1/2
Eric Bischoff takes forever to get to the point, which is bringing out Randy Savage, Hulk Hogan and Kevin Greene. This is your typical Hogan/Savage interview that has nothing noteworthy and they just say all the catchphrases. It does end on an awkward moment where they talk about who is going to hang out with Elizabeth later and Hogan says we all know that she's too much for Savage to handle.
WCW Tag Team Championship Match
Blue Bloods vs. Lex Luger & Sting
Luger and Eaton eventually make it outside the ring and Luger hits a back body drop. Regal is tagged in and gets in some offense on Luger. We then get a bad looking spot where Eaton goes off the top rope and Luger was supposed to catch him for a body slam, but let me tell you, there was no slam. Sting gets tagged in and destroys both men before putting on the Scorpion Death Lock for the easy win. There was never a doubt here.
Match Rating: *
We go back to the chapel and Sherri has arrived in a limo. They argue about Parker saying that he gambled all of his money away. I don't know but I am mentally checked out from this show already.
Oh, I know what will get me back into this, more Eric Bischoff. We see Jimmy Hart typing away in the back and Bischoff brings out Pillman. Pillman threatens to swear on live TV and then talks about Orndorff. This wasn't as good as what I was hoping for.
Psychosis vs. Konnan
Thankfully, we do get Mike Tenay out here for this one. He brings up that Konnan was on the Starrcade 1990 card. I'm not sure that Konnan was the best choice for this match but we all know that things will change soon. Call the WCW Hotline to hear about the skits on the other program. Konnan hits a big DDT and it gets a mild pop from the crowd. Psychosis comes back with a dive over the top rope and to the floor. They go back into the ring and Konnan puts on the Zip Lock for the unimpressive victory. This was not anywhere to what you think of when you think of these guys in WCW.
Match Rating: *
We go back to the chapel and nothing happens worthwhile.
After a commercial break, we are still at the chapel and Mean Gene is interviewing Sherri. Harlem Heat and Disco Inferno are there now. Gene says that there is a cast of "thousands" here. As they're saying their I do's, Madusa comes and attacks Sherri. That was about the least exciting possibility for this wedding that they have been wasting so much time on that you can think of.
Giant & Ric Flair vs. Randy Savage & Hulk Hogan
Kevin Greene and Miss Elizabeth are of course with the faces here. Before we even get any in ring action, Greene is in there ready to fight. We get the usual slow start which leads to Flair tagging in Giant and then Hogan tagging into the match as well. Still nothing really happens. If you tuned in to watch Child's Play, it will be immediately following this match. We get the usual Flair top rope spot, with Hogan slamming him to the mat. Savage follows up with a double a handle and a body slam. Savage hits the top rope elbow drop but Jimmy Hart is on the mat. Flair has a foreign object and hits Savage with it and that's all. Good thing that Greene and Elizabeth were both there to keep an eye on things. Out comes Zodiac and Brian Pillman and Greene and Hogan throw them over the top rope. Keep in mind that Greene is playing in the Super Bowl next week. The Steelers really allowed him to get involved? This stunk.
Match Rating: 3/4*
It's pretty easy to see why they stopped doing the Clash shows. This was a worse version of Nitro in just about every way. All of the bad WCW was on display here. This felt like it was 10 hours long and it barely held my attention most of the time.
Overall Rating: 32%
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