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It's a great idea, but the potential to box themselves in is there if they look at it is as their only recruiting method. Some college dropouts, along with some people with no athletic background to speak of, have done quite well for themselves in wrestling. I've always thought one of the biggest plusses of football players becoming wrestlers is the credibility factor that can be played up on commentary. I would be surprised if WWE even uses that to their advantage in most cases if this becomes a real thing. Still, it's difficult to find future stars when there's nowhere for people to work and get experience, so I give them credit for thinking outside the box.

WWE's focus on a legitimate athletic background seems misplaced, considering that they don't really present their product as something serious, or something where the athleticism is played up all that much. It's not the worst idea in the world, but it would resonate a lot more if wrestling was still presented as a fake sport.

To follow up on this, what historical lessons can we take from how DX buried The Spirit Squad that would help us predict what they will do here? I think The Shield is a way hotter act, but perhaps the top guys could use the same formula to bring them down a peg.

Suggest HHH & Undertaker vs The Shield on a B-show that never draws, so they can be proven as non-factors.

It's not a "TV" match, which is why I didn't recommend it, but the Flair/Morton cage match from the GAB tour (on the WWE Four Horsemen DVD) is a classic.

It's on a WWE DVD (the second Flair collection that WWE released called Nature Boy Ric Flair: The Definitive Collection). It's listed as 8/31/83. The first Flair DVD set has it too, but it's edited there.

Unless I missed something, you were never banned. Pretending to be a different person seems unnecessary.

U.S. wrestling promotions stopped caring about tag teams in the 90s. I don't know that there was an ideal place for them in the U.S.

It's a good comparison, and I do agree that the Lawler approach worked better. Flair had always been able to carry guys who were capable but limited. JYD wasn't even really capable at this point. I think Flair thought he could get a decent match out of him through sheer will, but that was the wrong approach in this case.

Where has he been?

It didn't. Explain.

The 1994 Yearbook has been my favorite so far of any yearbook, but part of that is because I think it's also been the most active in terms of discussion among multiple people. I do think 1991 was a transitional year for the U.S. promotions. Every year was a transitional year for WCW until the NWO got hot, the WWF was oddly dark and Texas went from the USWA to the GWF. Japan and Mexico seemed to be holding steady from 1990 for the most part although I wish 1991 had continued the hot run of El Dandy and El Satanico. But yes, I agree that '91 was easy to get through, even though I took more long breaks than I have for any other set so far. What 1991 has to its advantage is that maybe the high end isn't quite as high end as in other years, but I do think the amount of GOOD is as good as any year. It's one of the most easily digestible yearbooks we have done so far. There are very few long matches also. Matches longer than 30 minutes are rare, and only one match goes over 45. Compare that to 1995, which had two 60 minute draws in January alone, and a couple more throughout the year. 1991 is a minimalist year in terms of wrestling action and angles, so it will be interesting to follow it with 1997, which has an abundance of everything and borders on excessive at times.

WCW also offered Cornette a similar angle to the Dangerous Alliance as their top heel manager, which he turned down, before they made the same offer to Heyman. He was in demand at the time, but was just really disillusioned with the national wrestling scene.

I'm sure there are other things I should check out. Maybe they didn't make the yearbook, or maybe you thought I was way off on the match and think I need to give it another look. Whatever they are, feel free to list them here.

New matches in blue. January: Manami Toyota vs Akira Hokuto (AJW 01/11/91) El Hijo del Santo vs Brazo de Oro (UWA 01/13/91) Toshiaki Kawada vs Akira Taue (AJPW 01/15/91) Bull Nakano vs Yumiko Hotta (Cage Match) (AJW 01/23/91) Mitsuharu Misawa, Toshiaki Kawada & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi vs Jumbo Tsuruta, Akira Taue & Masa Fuchi (AJPW 01/27/91) February: Ric Flair, Barry Windham, Larry Zbyszko & Sid Vicious vs Sting, Brian Pillman, Rick & Scott Steiner (WCW Wrestle War 02/24/91) Atsushi Onita vs Tarzan Goto (FMW 02/26/91) March: Jeff Jarrett vs Tom Pritchard (USWA Dallas Sportatorium 03/01/91) Akira Hokuto vs Bat Yoshinaga (AJW 03/07/91) Manami Toyota vs Suzuka Minami (AJW 03/17/91) Akira Hokuto vs Aja Kong (AJW 03/17/91) Bull Nakano & Kyoko Inoue vs Bison Kimura & Mika Takahashi (AJW 03/17/91) Jushin Liger vs Akira Nogami (WCW/NJPW Starrcade in Tokyo 03/21/91) Randy Savage vs Ultimate Warrior (WWF Wrestlemania VII 03/24/91) Naoki Sano vs Masakatsu Funaki (WWF/SWS Wrestlefest 03/30/91) Hulk Hogan & Genichiro Tenryu vs Legion of Doom (WWF/SWS Wrestlefest 03/30/91) April: Jumbo Tsuruta vs Toshiaki Kawada (AJPW 04/06/91) Jeff Jarrett vs Tom Pritchard (USWA Dallas Sportatorium 04/12/91) Ric Flair vs Brian Pillman (WCW Saturday Night 04/13/91) Toshiaki Kawada vs Akira Taue (AJPW 04/18/91) Mitsuharu Misawa vs Jumbo Tsuruta (AJPW 04/18/91) Mitsuharu Misawa, Toshiaki Kawada & Kenta Kobashi vs Jumbo Tsuruta, Akira Taue & Masa Fuchi (AJPW 04/20/91) Bull Nakano vs Bison Kimura (AJW 04/21/91) Akira Hokuto vs Suzuka Minami (AJW 04/29/91) Aja Kong & Bison Kimura vs Manami Toyota & Esther Moreno (AJW 04/29/91) Jushin Liger vs Norio Honaga (NJPW 04/30/91) May: Jushin Liger vs Hiroshi Hase (NJPW 05/06/91) Kiyoshi Tamura vs Masahito Kakihara (UWFI 05/10/91) El Hijo del Santo vs Negro Casas (WWA 05/17/91) Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs Wellington Wilkins Jr (PWFG 05/19/91) Wayne Shamrock vs Naoki Sano (PWFG 05/19/91) Jumbo Tsuruta vs Kenta Kobashi (AJPW 05/24/91) Bull Nakano & Bat Yoshinaga vs Akira Hokuto & Sakie Hasegawa (AJW 05/26/91) Jushin Liger vs Norio Honaga (NJPW 05/31/91) June: Hulk Hogan vs Sgt Slaughter (WWF MSG Network 06/03/91) Aja Kong & Bison Kimura vs Bull Nakano & Kyoko Inoue (AJW 06/18/91) July: Yoji Anjoh vs Kiyoshi Tamura (UWFI 07/03/91) Keiji Muto & Masa Chono vs Hiroshi Hase & Kensuke Sasaki (NJPW 07/04/91) Naoki Sano vs Minoru Suzuki (PWFG 07/26/91) August: Cactus Jack vs Eddie Gilbert (TWA 08/03/91) Keiji Muto vs Scott Norton (NJPW G-1 Climax 08/07/91) Jushin Liger vs Akira Nogami (NJPW G-1 Climax 08/09/91) Vader vs Scott Norton (NJPW G-1 Climax 08/09/91) Masa Chono vs Shinya Hashimoto (NJPW G-1 Climax 08/09/91) Atlantis vs Blue Panther (CMLL 08/09/91) Riki Choshu vs Shinya Hashimoto (NJPW G-1 Climax 08/10/91) Vader vs Keiji Muto (NJPW G-1 Climax 08/10/91) Masa Chono vs Keiji Muto (NJPW G-1 Climax 08/11/91) Blue Panther, Javier Cruz & Pierroth Jr vs El Dandy, Apolo Dantes & Black Magic (CMLL 08/16/91) Kyoko Inoue vs Bison Kimura (AJW 08/18/91) Toshiyo Yamada vs Kyoko Inoue (AJW 08/18/91) Manami Toyota vs Kyoko Inoue (AJW 08/18/91) Aja Kong vs Bison Kimura (AJW 08/18/91) Devil Masami vs Itsuki Yamazaki (JWP 08/30/91) September: Stan Hansen vs Kenta Kobashi (AJPW 09/04/91) Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada vs Jumbo Tsuruta & Akira Taue (AJPW 09/04/91) Los Ninja Turtles & Robin Hood vs Shu El Guerrero, Jose Luis Feliciano, El Texano, Black Terry & Ricky Boy (Hamada's UWF 09/12/91) October: Toshiyo Yamada & Kyoko Inoue vs Bison Kimura & Aja Kong (AJW 10/4/91) Manami Toyota & Etsuko Mita vs Yumiko Hotta & Bat Yoshinaga (AJW 10/4/91) Mitsuharu Misawa, Toshiaki Kawada & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi vs Jumbo Tsuruta, Akira Taue & Masa Fuchi (AJPW 10/15/91) Jumbo Tsuruta vs Toshiaki Kawada (AJPW 10/24/91) November: Fuerza Guerrera vs Octagon (CMLL 11/01/91) Barry Windham vs Arn Anderson (WCW Pro 11/02/91) Takako Inoue vs Debbie Malenko (AJW 11/15/91) Arn Anderson & Larry Zbyszko vs Ricky Steamboat & Dustin Rhodes (WCW Clash of the Champions XVII 11/19/91) Los Brazos vs MS-1, Pirata Morgan & El Satanico (CMLL 11/22/91) Sting vs Cactus Jack (WCW Power Hour 11/23/91) Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada vs Jumbo Tsuruta & Akira Taue (AJPW 11/29/91) December: Stan Hansen & Dan Spivey vs Jumbo Tsuruta & Akira Taue (AJPW 12/06/91) El Dandy vs El Satanico (CMLL 12/06/91) Harley Saito, Hikari Fukuoka & Itsuki Yamazaki vs Dynamite Kansai, Eagle Sawai & Reiko Hoshino (JWP 12/07/91) Akira Maeda vs Volk Han (RINGS 12/07/91) Trio Fantasia vs Los Thundercats (Monterrey 12/08/91) Aja Kong & Bison Kimura vs Akira Hokuto & Bull Nakano (AJW 12/09/91) Hulk Hogan vs Genichiro Tenryu (SWS 12/12/91) El Hijo del Santo & Black Shadow Jr vs Fuerza Guerrera & Octagon (WWA 12/15/91) Jushin Liger vs Brian Pillman (WCW Meadowlands 12/27/91) Date Unknown: La Fiera vs Jerry Estrada (Monterrey 1991)

The usual. Too burned out at the moment to do a full review for each of these, but if anyone has questions about the why, I will be happy to answer them.

#20 - Aja Kong & Bison Kimura vs Manami Toyota & Esther Moreno (AJW 04/29/91) #19 - Mitsuharu Misawa, Toshiaki Kawada & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi vs Jumbo Tsuruta, Akira Taue & Masa Fuchi (AJPW 10/15/91) #18 - Los Brazos vs MS-1, Pirata Morgan & El Satanico (CMLL 11/22/91) #17 - Atsushi Onita vs Tarzan Goto (FMW 02/26/91) #16 - Keiji Muto & Masa Chono vs Hiroshi Hase & Kensuke Sasaki (NJPW 07/04/91) #15 - Jumbo Tsuruta vs Toshiaki Kawada (AJPW 10/24/91) #14 - El Hijo del Santo & Black Shadow Jr vs Fuerza Guerrera & Octagon (WWA 12/15/91) #13 - Hulk Hogan vs Genichiro Tenryu (SWS 12/12/91) #12 - Masa Chono vs Shinya Hashimoto (NJPW 08/09/91) #11 - Toshiaki Kawada vs Akira Taue (AJPW 01/15/91) #10 - Fuerza Guerrera vs Octagon (CMLL 11/01/91) #9 - Akira Hokuto vs Suzuka Minami (AJW 04/29/91) #8 - Ric Flair, Barry Windham, Larry Zbyszko & Sid Vicious vs Sting, Brian Pillman, Rick & Scott Steiner (WCW Wrestle War 02/24/91) #7 - Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada vs Jumbo Tsuruta & Akira Taue (AJPW 11/29/91) #6 - El Hijo del Santo vs Brazo de Oro (UWA 01/13/91) #5 - Trio Fantasia vs Los Thundercats (Monterrey 12/08/91) #4 - Stan Hansen vs Kenta Kobashi (AJPW 09/04/91) #3 - Arn Anderson & Larry Zbyszko vs Ricky Steamboat & Dustin Rhodes (WCW Clash of the Champions XVII 11/19/91) #2 - Mitsuharu Misawa, Toshiaki Kawada & Kenta Kobashi vs Jumbo Tsuruta, Akira Taue & Masa Fuchi (AJPW 04/20/91) #1 - Keiji Muto vs Masa Chono (NJPW G-1 Climax 08/11/91)

#40 - Hulk Hogan vs Sgt Slaughter (WWF MSG Network 06/03/91) #39 - Atlantis vs Blue Panther (CMLL 08/09/91) #38 - Devil Masami vs Itsuki Yamazaki (JWP 08/30/91) #37 - Sting vs Cactus Jack (WCW Power Hour 11/23/91) #36 - Jumbo Tsuruta vs Kenta Kobashi (AJPW 05/24/91) #35 - Jushin Liger vs Brian Pillman (WCW Meadowlands 12/27/91) #34 - Manami Toyota vs Akira Hokuto (AJW 01/11/91) #33 - Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada vs Jumbo Tsuruta & Akira Taue (AJPW 09/04/91) #32 - Naoki Sano vs Minoru Suzuki (PWFG 07/26/91) #31 - Jushin Liger vs Hiroshi Hase (NJPW 05/06/91) #30 - Los Ninja Turtles & Robin Hood vs Shu El Guerrero, Jose Luis Feliciano, El Texano, Black Terry & Ricky Boy (Hamada's UWF 09/12/91) #29 - El Dandy vs El Satanico (CMLL 12/06/91) #28 - Jushin Liger vs Norio Honaga (NJPW 04/30/91) #27 - Aja Kong & Bison Kimura vs Bull Nakano & Kyoko Inoue (AJW 06/18/91) #26 - Jushin Liger vs Norio Honaga (NJPW 05/31/91) #25 - Randy Savage vs Ultimate Warrior (WWF Wrestlemania VII 03/24/91) #24 - Hulk Hogan & Genichiro Tenryu vs Legion of Doom (WWF/SWS Wrestlefest 03/30/91) #23 - Wayne Shamrock vs Naoki Sano (PWFG 05/19/91) #22 - El Hijo del Santo vs Negro Casas (WWA 05/17/91) #21 - Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs Wellington Wilkins Jr (PWFG 05/19/91)

#60 - The Rockers vs Orient Express (WWF Royal Rumble 01/19/91) #59 - Eddie Gilbert vs Jeff Jarrett (USWA Dallas Sportatorium 01/05/91) #58 - Akira Hokuto vs Bull Nakano (AJW 01/04/91) #57 - Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada vs Kenta Kobashi & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi (AJPW 11/21/91) #56 - Aja Kong & Bison Kimura vs Akira Hokuto & Bull Nakano (AJW 12/09/91) #55 - Jeff Jarrett vs Tom Pritchard (USWA Dallas Sportatorium 03/01/91) #54 - Jushin Liger vs Akira Nogami (WCW/NJPW Starrcade in Tokyo 03/21/91) #53 - Naoki Sano vs Masakatsu Funaki (WWF/SWS Wrestlefest 03/30/91) #52 - Jeff Jarrett vs Tom Pritchard (USWA Dallas Sportatorium 04/12/91) #51 - Vader vs Keiji Muto (NJPW G-1 Climax 08/09/91) #50 - Jushin Liger vs Akira Nogami (NJPW G-1 Climax 08/09/91) #49 - Blue Panther, Javier Cruz & Pierroth Jr vs El Dandy, Apolo Dantes & Black Magic (CMLL 08/16/91) #48 - Kiyoshi Tamura vs Masahito Kakihara (UWFI 05/10/91) #47 - Jumbo Tsuruta vs Toshiaki Kawada (AJPW 04/18/91) #46 - La Fiera vs Jerry Estrada (Monterrey 1991) #45 - Cactus Jack vs Eddie Gilbert (TWA 08/03/91) #44 - Akira Maeda vs Volk Han (RINGS 12/07/91) #43 - Toshiaki Kawada vs Akira Taue (AJPW 04/18/91) #42 - Ric Flair vs Brian Pillman (WCW Saturday Night 04/13/91) #41 - Mitsuharu Misawa, Toshiaki Kawada & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi vs Jumbo Tsuruta, Akira Taue & Masa Fuchi (AJPW 01/27/91)

#80 - Vader vs Shinya Hashimoto (NJPW 07/19/91) #79 - Eddie Gilbert & Brian Christopher vs Tom Pritchard & Dirty White Boy (USWA TV 05/18/91) #78 - Bret Hart vs Mr. Perfect (WWF Summerslam 08/26/91) #77 - Mitsuharu Misawa, Kenta Kobashi & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi vs Jumbo Tsuruta, Akira Taue & Masa Fuchi (AJPW 03/23/91) #76 - Eric Embry vs Danny Davis (USWA Dallas Sportatorium 06/07/91) #75 - Barry Windham vs Brian Pillman (WCW Pro 04/06/91) #74 - Jushin Liger vs Owen Hart (NJPW 04/28/91) #73 - Barry Windham & Arn Anderson vs Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner (WCW Saturday Night 02/02/91) #72 - The Scorpion vs Cutie Suzuki (JWP 08/30/91) #71 - Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs Jumbo Tsuruta & Akira Taue (AJPW 08/18/91) #70 - Jeff Jarrett & Robert Fuller vs Steve Austin & Tom Pritchard (USWA Dallas Sportatorium 05/31/91) #69 - Stan Hansen & Dan Spivey vs Steve Williams & Terry Gordy (AJPW 04/18/91) #68 - Rick & Scott Steiner vs Hiroshi Hase & Kensuke Sasaki (NJPW 05/31/91) #67 - Ric Flair vs Bret Hart (WWF Invasion 11/11/91) #66 - El Hijo del Santo vs Negro Casas (UWA 03/01/91) #65 - Dynamite Kansai vs Harley Saito (JWP 11/02/91) #64 - Lightning Kid vs Jerry Lynn (GWF TV 12/27/91) #63 - Jeff Jarrett vs Tom Pritchard (USWA Dallas Sportatorium 03/22/91) #62 - Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada vs Stan Hansen & Dan Spivey (AJPW 11/16/91) #61 - Bull Nakano vs Kyoko Inoue (AJW 09/07/91)

#100 - Mitsuharu Misawa vs Kenta Kobashi (AJPW 04/05/91) #99 - Lex Luger vs Ron Simmons (WCW Halloween Havoc 10/27/91) #98 - Riki Choshu, Tatsumi Fujinami, Shinya Hashimoto, Keiji Muto & Masa Chono vs Vader, Bam Bam Bigelow, Samu, Great Kokina & TNT (NJPW 07/24/91) #97 - The Scorpion vs Cutie Suzuki (JWP 10/10/91) #96 - Ric Flair & Barry Windham vs Ricky Morton & Tommy Rich (WCW Worldwide 04/06/91) #95 - Keiji Muto & Masa Chono vs Vader & Bam Bam Bigelow (NJPW 07/29/91) #94 - Rick & Scott Steiner vs Hiroshi Hase & Kensuke Sasaki (WCW/NJPW Starrcade In Tokyo 03/21/91) #93 - Fabulous Freebirds & Badstreet vs Young Pistols & Dustin Rhodes (WCW Saturday Night 06/15/91) #92 - Jerry Lawler vs Terry Funk (USWA Dallas Sportatorium 01/05/91) #91 - Jushin Liger vs Norio Honaga (NJPW 06/12/91) #90 - Barry Windham vs Mr. Hughes (WCW Saturday Night 09/21/91) #89 - Richard Morton vs Bobby Eaton (WCW Main Event 08/04/91) #88 - Riki Choshu vs Masa Chono (NJPW G-1 Climax 08/07/91) #87 - Lightning Kid vs Jerry Lynn (GWF 07/13/91) #86 - Barry Windham vs Brian Pillman (WCW SuperBrawl I 05/19/91) #85 - Steve Williams vs Bam Bam Bigelow (UWF Beach Brawl 06/09/91) #84 - Brian Pillman vs Badstreet (WCW Clash of the Champions XVI 09/05/91) #83 - Jeff Jarrett vs Tom Pritchard (USWA Dallas Sportatorium 05/24/91) #82 - Ricky Morton vs Robert Gibson (WCW Great American Bash 07/14/91) #81 - Bill Dundee vs Eric Embry (USWA Dallas Sportatorium 05/24/91)

December: #1 - Trio Fantasia vs Los Thundercats (Monterrey 12/08/91) ****1/2 #2 - Hulk Hogan vs Genichiro Tenryu (SWS 12/12/91) ****1/4 #3 - El Hijo del Santo & Black Shadow Jr vs Fuerza Guerrera & Octagon (WWA 12/15/91) ****1/4 #4 - El Dandy vs El Satanico (CMLL 12/06/91) **** #5 - Jushin Liger vs Brian Pillman (WCW Meadowlands 12/27/91) **** #6 - Akira Maeda vs Volk Han (RINGS 12/07/91) **** #7 - Aja Kong & Bison Kimura vs Akira Hokuto & Bull Nakano (AJW 12/09/91) **** #8 - Lightning Kid vs Jerry Lynn (GWF TV 12/27/91) ***3/4 #9 - Aja Kong & Bison Kimura vs Toshiyo Yamada & Kyoko Inoue (AJW 12/09/91) ***1/2 #10 - Keiji Muto & Hiroshi Hase vs Shinya Hashimoto & Scott Norton (NJPW 12/16/91) ***1/2 #11 - Steve Austin vs Ricky Steamboat (WCW Saturday Night 12/21/91) ***1/2 #12 - Arn Anderson, Larry Zbyszko & Bobby Eaton vs Ricky Steamboat, Brian Pillman & Dustin Rhodes (WCW Pro 12/21/91) ***1/4 #13 - Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada vs Steve Williams & Terry Gordy (AJPW 12/06/91) ***1/4 #14 - Ricky Steamboat vs Bobby Eaton (WCW Saturday Night 12/14/91) *** #15 - Steve Williams & Terry Gordy vs Stan Hansen & Dan Spivey (AJPW 12/04/91) #16 - Jerry Lawler vs Kamala (USWA TV 12/07/91) #17 - Young Pistols vs The Patriots (WCW Main Event 12/15/91) #18 - Bret Hart vs Ted DiBiase (WWF MSG Network 12/29/91) #19 - Eddie Gilbert vs Terrence Garvin (GWF TV 12/27/91) #20 - Sting & Abdullah the Butcher vs Bobby Eaton & Brian Pillman (WCW Starrcade 12/29/91) #21 - Ric Flair vs Hulk Hogan (WWF MSG Network 12/29/91) #22 - Ric Flair vs Shawn Michaels (WWF Invasion 12/02/91) #23 - Nobuhiko Takada vs Trevor Berbick (UWFI 12/22/91)

Thank you. Knowing these things always helps. That made a huge difference! Just that detail of Shadow throwing the match so he could face Santo and unmask him is a huge thing that makes this awesome. They follow it up with great work like I mentioned before. Santo does an awesome selling performance of this at the beginning, with Fuerza acting as an appropriately sleazy lackey for Shadow, and Octagon (and Perro) now rooting for Santo. Santo comes back and does one of his trademark beautiful dives on Shadow while covered in blood. As great as Santo is, his greatness is known to me and Black Shadow's isn't, so that is what stands out the most for me here. The opportunism, the cheating tactics, the aerial moves and his bumping when Santo goes on the warpath makes this a fantastic match.

We join in progress. Luger has won the battle royal in ring one, and Sting, Austin, Rude and Steamboat are the final four in ring two. Are three camera angles really necessary when only one ring is being shown? Classic WCW. Rude, Steamboat and Austin fall by the wayside, leaving us with Sting and Luger as the final two, which is a fun stretch. Sting finally eliminates Luger after some great teases. And there you go, 1991.

My favorite match of the night I think best proves the concept behind the Lethal Lottery. Abdullah attacks partner Sting. Brian Pillman runs out and starts attacking Abdullah with his stick until his partner Bobby Eaton comes out to stop him and immediately goes after Sting's leg. They worked so hard to make Sting's leg injury a thing during this time, but Sting just didn't want to sell it. Abdullah uses a pencil as a weapon until Pillman stops him. This crowd loves Pillman vs Abby! WCW should have run that match on TV at some point. Cactus Jack runs in with a stick and accidentally hits Abdullah, and Sting is able to pin Eaton. He and Abdullah advance to Battlebowl. Fun match.