kevinmcfl

Really good week of shows! Some very creative jobber names added to the entertainment level. I think the Starrcade Series adds a lot of interest to your TV matches. Can't wait to see who is in the finals. I thought for a moment that Cooley might get the upset! JYD vs DeBeers is a highlight of our game! I love this feud. Also love Harley in the Horsemen. It makes perfect sense!

Very realistic shows! Can't wait to see where you go with the Steiners.

Awesome event... one of my favorites of the year. I think the best moment of the night came right at the start... I could only imagine the explosion from the fans when Ricky Steamboat showed up! Also loved seeing Billy Jack attack Albright to help Windham get the win. I knew very little of PNW Wrestling when I was a kid but the magazines sure loved Billy Jack so I guess so did I. For the second night, I was really interested in the Bret Hart-Bam Bam Match and it sure delivered. I wonder if the Hit Man can recover. Hennig and the Undertaker make some team! Great job with this show.

WCW adds Slick, Sherri Martel, Steve Keirn, Curtis Hughes, Snowman, and Jimmy Jack Funk to the trade block

WCW adds Ricky Santana

WCW claims Taz

I am fine with Hebner as a ref to WWF

EPISODE #3 AUGUST 26, 1988 The show starts with a video tape of Sheik Adnan Al Kassie and Gary Hart in some parking lot. Sheik Adnan: I need you to do me a favor. A favor I will pay you handsomely for. Gary Hart: Sheik… what’s the favor and what’s the amount. Sheik: I need you to rid the wrestling world of Ted Dibiase and Dr. Death. They stole 2 million dollars from me and left town. I would do it myself but I don’t have a managerial license in World Championship Wrestling and they don’t seem to eager to give me one. I think that is why they ran there as they thought I couldn’t get to them in Ted Turner’s World. Gary Hart: I’m listening, but you need to tell me exactly how much this means to you. Sheik: If you put those two thieves out of wrestling forever, I will give you exactly what I gave them. Gary Hart with a stern look of approval shakes hands with Sheik. Now we get the normal intro to World Championship wrestling! Tony Schiavone: Hi everybody. Welcome back to World Championship Wrestling. Tony Schiavone, Jim Ross and David Crockett ringside here with World Championship Wrestling, the major league of professional wrestling. As you just saw, Sheik Adnan Al Kassie has hired Gary Hart to rid professional wrestling of Ted Dibiase and Dr. Death, the WCW World Tag Team Champions. Jim Ross: Not saying that I believe in placing bounties on the heads of wrestlers but I can’t say that I’m the least bit surprised. I mean they did run out of Mid-South with 2 million of the Sheik’s dollars. TS: Well, Gary Hart will be here today. So is the Black Bart, Sting, Eddie Gilbert, Ron Simmons, Arn Anderson and listen to this main event. It will be Ric Flair vs Lex luger for the WCW World Title. All this and so much more! Let’s get to the ring. MATCH #1 Black Bart defeats Verlon Biggs with the Texas Trash Compacter (Double Leg Drop from the Top Rope) After the match, Black Bart is with David Crockett. David Crockett: Black Bart… what brings you to WCW? Black Bart: Dagumbit… David Crockett… I’m here because I’m sick and tired of you! David Crockett: Me… what did I do? Black Bart: I’m sick and tired of you playing up to all these youngsters that can’t hold a candle to Black Bart. People like Sam Houston… people like Kendall Windham… and let’s not forget the one I’m most sick of …. Ron Simmons. David Crockett, you made him sound like a World Champion last week. I mean he couldn’t last 5 minutes in the ring with Black Bart. Dagumbit! COMMERCIAL BREAK MATCH #2 Sing defeated Gladiator #1 by Submission with the Scorpion Death Lock After the match, Sting is with David Crockett Sting: COME ON….. COME ON OUT HERE…. COME ON RIC FLAIR…. COME ON ARN ANDERSON…. COME ON “DANGEROUS” DAN SPIVEY…. Those guys all talk a good game but when they aren’t fighting someone 3-1, they aren’t fighting at all. Tonight… Ric Flair… I have a good feeling Lex Luger is going to take the WCW World Title from you just like should have happened a few weeks ago. Arn Anderson… Dan Spivey… I’m just letting you know that you two better mind your own business tonight if you know what’s good for you! COMMERCIAL BREAK MATCH #3 Abdullah the Butcher & Tarzan Goto destroyed Bob Randell and Mark Johnson with the pin coming after the leg drop by Abduallah After the bout Gary Hart and his monsters join David Crockett David Crockett: I’m pretty sure we all saw what went down between you and Sheik Adnan Al Kassie. I just want to get this straight. Are you really here to collect a million dollar bounty on the WCW Tag Team Champions, Ted Dibiase and Dr. Death Steve Williams? Gary Hart: Bounty… No… Not a bounty. Million Dollars… No… Not a Million Dollars. I’m here to collect a 2 million dollar reward for putting Ted Dibiase and Steve Williams out of wrestling for stealing the money from the honorable Sheik Adnan. David Crockett: Honorable? Are you serious? Anyway… are these two Wildman with you now going to be doing the work for you. Gary Hart: Make no mistake about it. Ted Dibiase and Steve Williams are two of the most dangerous men in professional wrestling today. This will not be an easy task, but I have two men with me now that will not be stopped. I have two men with me who feel no pain. I have two men with me who love to dish out some serious injuries. Now Ted Dibiase and Dr. Death can come out here and pretend to act like they aren’t afraid but … Anybody, Anywhere… that says they don’t fear the Almighty Abdoolah the Butchhaa and Tarzann Gooota are either an insane fool or they’re lying to ya! These two men that you see are not ordinary beasts. They are the baddest of the bad. They’re the biggest of the big. They have reigned terror across 4 continents and soon, very soon, they will take care of what I need them to take care of. They are here for a REAson. These monsters will soon make me a very wealthy, wealthy man and Ted Dibiase and Steve Williams … your time has come to an end in professional wrestling. COMMERCIAL BREAK Before our next match, Lex Luger is with David Crockett when Ric Flair, Arn Anderson and Woman come out and interrupt. Ric Flair: Woo, woo, woo. Slow down there big fella. You seem to be getting a little ahead of yourself out here... Talking like you’re just going to walk over the Nature Boy and be the World Champion. Lex Luger: I basically did that a few weeks ago Ric until you had all your minions interfere. Ric Flair: Again, big fella… slow down. I will admit that you gave it your all, but we all know who was walking away with the world title. WOOOO! But I’m not out here to talk about the past. I’m here to talk about your future. Now listen up as this is the opportunity of a lifetime. We all know that in the past, the Horseman have been a group of 4… 4 of the very, very best in all of professional wrestling. Right now it is just Arn and myself. We are thinking long and hard who else belongs and after listening to Woman for the past week… we believe that it is you who belongs. Arn Anderson: Now Lex, I know that sometimes it’s best to think things through but we need an answer right now. We have only a few rules in the Horsemen and the #1 rule is Horsemen don’t fight Horsemen. Lex Luger: Let me get this straight… I could be a Horsemen, but I need to say yes, right now and forfeit my world title shot for later tonight. Woman: Come on Lex, it’s for the best. You deserve this! Lex Luger looks like he is pondering the offer when he simple smiles and says “No Thanks” and then tells Ric that he will see him later. Ric Flair is fuming but you can’t tell if it’s because Lex turned him down or because he has to face Luger for the title in just a little while. MATCH #4 Eddie Gilbert (carrying his old Mid-South TV Title Belt) with Missy Hyatt defeats Sweet Brown Sugar with a Hot Shot and a little help from Missy Hyatt. David Crockett: Congratulations on a nice win but I am still unsure why you insist on bringing that Mid-South TV Title to the ring here in WCW. It is a meaningless title as far as WCW is concerned. Missy Hyatt: Was the win ever in doubt David. I mean Hot Stuff Eddie Gilbert just doesn’t lose to losers like Sweet Brown Sugar and that is why he is the Television Champion Eddie Gilbert: Nor do I lose to losers like Tom Zenk, but I guess that’s why he never seems to be in the building when I am. I guess that’s why I bring this TV title with me. I mean somebody has to be the face of the franchise. Missy Hyatt: And what a pretty face it is… not like that disgusting Rip Rogers and that BOW WOW of a woman that has been walking around with him… I mean she has more muscles than he does. I think we should start calling her Mr. Terri. David Crockett: Okay that’ll be enough. Let’s take a break. COMMERCIAL BREAK Before our next bout, the WCW World Tag Team Champions, Dr. Death and Ted Dibiase are with David Crockett. David Crockett: I’m guessing you two heard what Gary Hart had to say a little earlier. Ted Dibiase: We did David and this is exactly what we expected. Sheik would try to hire someone to come to his dirty work for him and that person would bring with him some Neanderthals to do his work for him so he wouldn’t have to share the money. Dr. Death: Now David… one thing Gary Hart said that is true is that Abdullah and Goto are two beasts! The problem with beasts are the fact that they have small brains. Those two might be tough in the ring but there is not a chance in the world that those two can get rid of us. Now let’s not forget that we are the WCW World Tag Team Champions, and we are fighting champions. So, Gary Hart… we are not going to waste too much of our time on you. So, Texas Outlaws… Butch Reed and Snowman… Ric Flair and Arn Anderson… Sting and Luger… We don’t care. We take on all challengers! MATCH #5 Arn Anderson defeated Doug West with the Face First Suplex After the match, Hacksaw Butch Reed, Snowman and Kareem Muhammed are with David Crockett where they each take a turn on the mic hyping up the fact that they are here to change the face of professional wrestling and change it to a much darker face, if you get their meaning. They are hell bent on not letting Dusty Rhodes, Dick Murdoch and Stan Hansen continue to get what ever they want from the powers that be just because of who they are or what they look like. COMMERCIAL BREAK Before our next match, Dusty Rhodes is with David Crockett Dusty Rhodes: Now David… the American Dream has seen it all. The American Dream has done it all. Baabbby… the American Dream has been around a long time if you wiiilllll. And nobody and I mean nooooo boooody has ever talked the way Butch Reed has about the Dream. Dick Murdoch… Stan Hansen… and myself are more than willing to GET FROGGY if you know what I mean Hacksaw Butch Reed. So, if you three want to jump… go ahead and jump! The Texas Outlaws will be the ones standing when this is all done. MATCH #6 Ron Simmons defeated Walter Laramy with the middle rope shoulder block. A quick post-match interview still has Ron Simmons very humble but also very confident. He went directly at Black Bart for his comments earlier in the show and would love to face him here on TV next week. COMMERCIAL BREAK MATCH #7 MAIN EVENT MATCH WCW TITLE MATCH Ric Flair © with Woman vs Lex Luger 30 Minute Time Limit Let’s just say that WCW got all it could out of this main event. The action was back and forth for nearly the entire 30 minutes with multiple tv breaks thrown into the mix. Flair did his best to keep the action entertaining for all as he was bumping and selling all over the place. When he had the momentum, he was full of struts and WOOO’s to antagonize the fans. So, let’s get to the chaotic finish that we know is coming. Tony Schiavone announces that there is less than 2 minutes to go. Luger is in control and has Flair in serious trouble. Luger has just hit back to back big clotheslines. Somehow, Flair kicked out on 2 ¾ after each. Luger signals to the fans that the Torture Rack is coming! They explode with anticipation! Luger scoops up Flair onto his shoulders and is pulling with all his might. There is no way Flair can survive! DING DING DING! The bell has sounded! Referee “Pee Wee” Anderson calls for Luger to break the hold and that time has expired! Here comes Sting! His is screaming to Pee Wee Anderson that time did not in fact run out and that it was Woman who ran over and rang the bell! Pee Wee is really confused as Flair grabs his title and starts to walk away. Pee Wee Anderson tells him to hold on and asks Tony Schiavone what happened. Schiavone admitted that he wasn’t sure. Pee Wee Anderson tells Tony to have the camera man replay the ending. Pee Wee heads over to the monitor. This might be the first time instant replay has ever been used in Pro Wrestling. The replay clearly shows that Woman rang the bell and that there is still one minute remaining. Pee Wee orders the bout to resume! Arn Anderson and Dan Spivey head to the ring to protest. WHAM… before Pee Wee even turns his head, low blow by Flair on Luger. WHAM… DDT by Flair and he covers Luger Pee Wee Anderson turns around….1….2…3! Flair wins the match and retains his title. Arn Anderson, Dan Spivey and Flair all attack Sting who started this wild debate. Sting receives a pretty good beating from these 3! Luger is up as Spivey and Anderson are holding Sting! Flair tells Luger to hit Sting… that the deal to join the Horsemen is still on the table!!! Luger is pondering his next move… Join the Horsemen or protect Sting who he has only known for a week! WHAM… Luger nails……. Flair! As Tony Schiavone is singing off, Luger is taking on Flair, Arn and Spivey all by himself and he is cleaning house! Tony Schiavone: For Jim Ross and David Crockett, I’m Tony Schiavone, we’ll see you next week right here on World Championship Wrestling.

It was awesome while it lasted. Looking forward to seeing what is next!

WCW releases Jos Leduc

Bash at the Beach was an awesome event. For me, you could run JYD vs DeBeers 7 days a week for months and still make money. Now those are some tough brackets for Starrcade Series. I couldn't even begin to tell you who the favorites are! I know it was the opener but I bet Prichard and Whatley put on one heck of a show! Looking forward to seeing more of the Road Warriors vs Beast of Burden... those are some BIG BOYS!

Glad to have you. Awesome work with UWF Newborn. Very interesting and educational for me.

Phoenix Firestorm is looking great. Bret Hart vs Bam Bam is one I would love to see.

First the TV show... A lot of great moments here.... I love the new roster additions.., Kerry, Iceman and the Fantastics will give the fans some more to cheer about. I think the Rich vs Rose cousins has is a great way to get something out of this foursome. Nice choice! Tony Atlas as his "whenever I damn well want" quote was a highlight for me. This is going to be awesome. I am not sure if the WWF first came up with this "money in the bank" idea, but I think it adds a lot to the promotion. Nice job Even though no titles changes hands, I thought title night was a great show as you moved along some angles and got us ready for some new ones. Boris attacking Nikita shows us that all of Russian was not ready to be friends. I bet that Boris was the new fan favorite in Moscow.... Propaganda at its best. Cool angle here. Nice work!

Some really cook figures in this show. Brutus with scissors, Brother Love with the red face, Akeem with the hat, Jake with Damien in the bag, Nicolai with the hat, Mean Gene with the WWF blazer.... makes for a nice added touch to the game.

I really enjoyed this interview. It gave some real insights into your world if the UWF and how it is different from pro wrestling. It also gave some interesting details on the state of pro wrestling in Japan in the 1980's. How did you get interested in this hobby.

WWF seems to be rolling now! I enjoy the figures at the end!

Very entertaining half hour. I enjoy Oliver Humperdink as a wrestler. Seems like a perfect fit for this type of promotion. Ash is also doing a good job of selling the promotion. Just using the names Dundee and Lawler make him seem more important with every word. Renestos are ready for a title show!

I am fine taking Rey Mysterio out and Tajiri out. I know where Rey Mysterio game from https://prowrestling.fandom.com/wiki/Category:1989_debuts Not sure how Tajiri got on the list but he was not in the North America at this time so he should be removed. This should go for others on the list also if there are any not from North America. All of this is the reason I supported the 10 match in a year rule before we put them in the game.

WCW WORLD CHAMPION 1. Randy Savage vacated the World Title when Ted Turner purchased WCW on August 5, 1988. 2. Ric Flair won a Gauntlet Match over Lex Luger, Hacksaw Butch Reed, Dusty Rhodes and Sting in The Tulsa Convention Center in Tulsa, OK on August 14, 1988 WCW WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS 1. Ted Dibiase & Dr. Death Steve Williams defeated The Midnight Rockers (Shawn Michaels & Marty Jannetty) in the Sam Houston Coliseum in Houston, TX on Aug. 5, 1988 2. The Horsemen (Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard defeated Ted Dibiase & Dr. Death at Wrestlecade I in the HemisFair Arena in San Antonio, TX on December 26, 1988 3. The Freebirds (Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin) defeat Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard at The Great American Bash in Atlanta, Georgia on July 24, 1989. WCW UNITED STATES CHAMPION 1. Dan Spivey enters Ted Turner's WCW as the United States Champion 2. Lex Luger defeated Dan Spivey at Wrestlecade I in the HemisFair Arena in San Antonio, TX on December 26, 1988 3. Kerry VonErich defeated Lex Luger at The Great American Bash in Atlanta, Georgia on July 24, 1989. WCW UNITED STATES TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS 1. The Latin Connection (Mando Guerrero & Ricky Santana) defeated The Rock n Roll Express to win the vacated U.S. Tag Team Title at Fall Brawl in The Bayfront Center in St. Petersburg, Florida on October 17, 1988. 2. The Freebirds (Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin) defeated the Latin Connection at Wrestlecade I in the HemisFair Arena in San Antonio, TX on December 26, 1988 3. Title Vacated as a result of the Freebirds winning the WCW World Title at The Great American Bash in Atlanta, Georgia on July 24, 1989. WCW WORLD TELEVISION TITLE 1. Tom Zenk enters Ted Turner's WCW as the WCW World Television Champion 2. Eddie Gilbert managed by Missy Hyatt defeated Tom Zenk at Fall Brawl in The Bayfront Center in St. Petersburg, Florida on October 17, 1988 3. Sting defeated Eddie Gilbert at Clash of Champions: Ragun Cajun in The Superdome in New Orleans on April 17, 1989. 4. Titled Vacated after a controversial match between Sting and Curt Henig at Clash of Champions- Guts and Glory at the Bay Center in Pensacola, Florida on June 19, 1989. WCW WOMEN'S WORLD TITLE 1. Magnificent Mimi defeats Madusa Micelli at The Great American Bash in Atlanta, Georgia on July 24, 1989.

EPISODE #2 AUGUST 19, 1988 As the show starts, we go right to a video tape from the Tulsa Convention Center and a ring announce informing us that in the finals of the Gauntlet Match to crown a new WCW World Champion, it is the “Total Package” Lex Luger vs “The Nature Boy” Ric Flair. Now we get the normal intro to World Championship wrestling! Tony Schiavone: Hi everybody. Welcome back to World Championship Wrestling. Tony Schiavone, Jim Ross and David Crockett ringside here with World Championship Wrestling, the major league of professional wrestling. As you just saw, it was Lex Luger and Ric Flair squaring off for the World Title. We will be showing you the finish of that great match in just a little while. Jim Ross: We most certainly will and all I can say is that it was one of the hardest fought matches I have ever seen along with being one of the most chaotic endings ever in the history of this illustrious title. TS: And as always, the top stars the sport of professional wrestling has to offer. Let’s go to the ring for our first match. MATCH #1 The Young Guns (Sam Houston & Kendall Windham) defeat Allen Martin & Keith Steiborn after Houston Hit the Running Bulldog on Allen Martin. A quick, humble interview with David Crockett has the Young Guns just excited top be in WCW and they know there are a lot of awesome tag teams here and they can’t wait to test themselves against the best there is. COMMERCIAL BREAK/PRMOS FOR UPCOMNIG EVENTS IN ST. LOUIS/OKC & KANSAS CITY When we come out of break, we go right to the finals of the Gauntlet Match from Tulsa MATCH #2: VTR WINNER IS THE NEW WCW WORLD CHAMPION “Nature Boy” Ric Flair vs Lex Luger with Woman Just what you would expect until we get to exactly what you wouldn’t expect. We see Flair bumping and selling for Luger until his dirty tactics give him the advantage. Luger does a “descent” job of playing the face in peril but eventually he gets the momentum back. We see him whip Flair into the corner where Nature Boy does his patented flip over the top rope and out onto the floor. Luger rushed out and gives him some big power shots outside the ring before tossing Nature Boy back in. Luger, again whips Flair into the corner but this time Flair “bounces out towards the middle of the ring. Here comes Luger with a huge clothesline! WHAM… Flair pulled ref Pee Wee Anderson in front of Luger and Luger nearly kills Anderson. WHAM… Luger turns and executes another big clothesline on Flair. Luger covers Flair but there is no ref to make the count. Flair is down for at least the count of 7 or 8. The crowd is screaming. WHAM…. Chair shot to the head of Luger by Arn Anderson. Anderson drags Flair on top of Luger for the pin but there is still NO REFEREE. Finally after what would have been another easy 3-count, Pee Wee Anderson starts to crawl over to the action and begins his count. He is still a bit groggy and the count is slow. 1…2… Luger kicks out! Dusty Rhodes has made his way to ringside to make sure Arn stays out of it. Dusty is still fuming about his bout earlier that saw Snowman and Kareem Muhammed interfere in his bout against Butch Reed. The United States Champion, Dan Spivey, has also made his way to ringside and is standing with Arn Anderson. Big body slam by Flair on the already dazed Luger. Flair with the cover but again Luger kicks out. Flair drags Luger up by his hair… Arn on the apron….Pee Wee scolds him. WHAM… Low blow by WOMAN on LUGER…. What is going on!! The cover…1… Here comes an angry Dusty…2….. WHAM…. Shoulder block by Spivey on Dusty…. 3….. Ric Flair has won the World Title! Spivey and Arn are now all over Dusty Rhodes! Woman is directing traffic… She is telling Spivey and Arn to hold Dusty down. She points to the chair and the top rope. She gives Ric Flair his marching orders and he climbs the ropes. Dusty is in some serious trouble. The crowd is screaming…. Here comes Sting and he has a bat. He dares Flair to make a move. Flair thinks better of it and jumps down to the floor. Here comes Hacksaw Butch Reed, Snowman and Kareem Muhammed…. The chaos is frantic. Here comes The Texas Outlaws, Dick Slater and Stan Hansen! There is fighting everywhere but eventually the fan favorites are in control of the ring! Luger is unsure what to do. His enemies, Dusty Rhodes and Sting, from just an hour ago, are surrounding him. Is Luger going to fight? You can almost see him trying to think this one through before it happens. Suddenly, Dusty approaches and holds out his hand! So does Sting! The crowd is cheering! Luger cautiously accepts. Dusty… Sting…. Murdoch… Hansen…. And now Luger are on the same side! Flair may have won the battle but looks like his enemies have gotten significantly stronger! (Now I would normally not want to over shadow a World Title Change with all the chaos but I wanted to get some angles going here in WCW) The video ends and we come back to live tv. TS: Well Jim, it seems the more things change, the more they stay the same. Ric Flair is the new world champion, again, but Dusty Rhodes is hot on his tail. Let’s go to David Crockett who is with Ric Flair and Arn Anderson right now. Arn Anderson: David Crockett… what you just witnessed is what happens when you play with the big dogs! Ya know what I’m saying. Luger… it was real easy over there in Mid-South when you could pick your opponents and there wasn’t much to be pickin from. Now here in WCW, that’s all changed. The Horsemen are back in town and we are simply the best there ever was. The best there is and the best there will ever be! Ric Flair: Hey, you all saw Randy “Macho Man” Savage toss the World Title in the Chicago River last week and he made up some story about how he hates Ted Turner and isn’t coming down South. That was all a bunch of nonsense. The Horsemen showed up and in one day, he was laid out. He left out of fear. He knew what was coming. Now Luger…. Let me give you some advice. Follow Savage out of WCW. You got no shot. I got the title. I got your pride. I got your Woman. You shook hands with the Devil in Dusty Rhodes. Now if you stay… you gonna go through Hell as The Horseman got your soul. David Crockett: Speaking of Woman… why did you turn on Lex Luger. Woman: I didn’t turn on Lex. I turned to a winner. As you have heard time and time again… The Horsemen are the best in the business. The Rolexes, the private jets, all the money, all the Diamonds. You know what they say David. Diamonds are a Woman’s best friend. And don’t get me wrong. This is not a one-way street. I am gaining a lot by joining the Horsemen but they are gaining a lot by adding Woman to their group. DC: One last question. We saw Dan Spivey out there in all that chaos. Is he the newest Horseman? Ric Flair: Let’s just say that the application process has begun but it takes more than one shoulder block on the American Dream. The Horsemen are a way of life! COMMERCIAL BREAK/PRMOS FOR UPCOMNIG EVENTS IN ST. LOUIS/OKC & KANSAS CITY Before the match, we get another promo hyping up the coming of the Rock n Roll Express. MATCH #3 WCW WORLD TAG TEAM MATCH Ted Dibiase & Dr. Death defeat Sweet Brown Sugar & Jimmy Del Ray after Dr. Death connected with the Oklahoma Stampede on Jimmy Del Ray. In a very interesting post-match interview David Crockett wanted to know how Dibiase and Dr. Death joined together so fast as everyone saw on the Superstation that the two were at each other’s throats in Mid-South Wrestling. Dibiase told the story how he wasn’t seeing eye to eye with his former manager Sheik Adnan Al Kassie. He was upset at the Sheik for always hiring the wrong people to do the job. Whether it was the Natural Disasters, Alofa, the Tonga Kid… The list could go on and on. So, when Dibiase lost his Louisiana title and the Sheik asked what could he do to fix the problem, Dibiase told him that he had made a mistake when he hired Dibiase for a Million Dollars. Dibiase said that if the Sheik really wanted to control wrestling, he would have hired both Ted and his tag team partner at the time, Dr. Death Steve Williams. Dr. Death finished off the story by explaining that about two weeks ago, Sheik came to him and said that he would give him 1 million dollars to join his stable. Dr. Death laughed at the idea as he would never join Sheik’s stable. Dr. Death said that is when Dibiase came to him and told him to take Sheik’s money… literally take the money. When Crockett asked what that meant. Dibiase said exactly what it sounded like. Dr. Death took the Sheik’s money and then he and Dr. Death walked out on the Sheik the day before they won the WCW Title. David Crockett: So, you are telling me that you took 2 million dollars of the Sheiks money and then just left him? Don’t you think he will be coming for you? Dibiase and Dr. Death both laughed and asked David if they looked afraid? As the interview ended, it left people wondering if Dr. Death and Dibiase were heels or babyfaces? Maybe it is time for someone to ride the fans, like the Road Warriors did for a while. COMMERCIAL BREAK/PRMOS FOR UPCOMNIG EVENTS IN ST. LOUIS/OKC & KANSAS CITY Coming out of break, we have Dusty Rhodes, Sting and Lex Luger with David Crockett. Lex Luger: (Screaming in short sentences) Now David Crockett make sure that camera is on me! Close in on my face. Take a look at me Ric Flair. I’ve had it up to here with people like you taking short cuts to the top. You talk about being King of the Hill. You talk about being Space Mountain. Well, if you need Arn Anderson and Dan Spivey to carry you up the hill… you are nothing more than Over The Hill! And as for you Woman… you will look back on the day you picked Grandpa over me as the worst day of your life. Sting: It ticks me off. It really ticks me off. Ric Flair… a title as prestigious as the WCW World Title has been tainted. You go and take what should have been one of the most historic nights in WCW history… the night the title was determined by a Gauntlet Match between 5 of the best wrestlers in all of wrestling… and you have it determined by who could cheat the most. Dusty Rhodes: Ya know David… it makes me just a little bit illllll…. if you willlll….. watching that tape from the Tulsa Convention Center. I watched Lex Luger get Funky Like A Monkey the other night in one of the greatest Gauntlets ever put into a wrestling ring. He put down Hacksaw Butch Reed like it aint no thang. Then he takes Ric Flair to the verge of defeat until that Snake-in- the- Grass, Arn Anderson, gets involved. Now Arn… that aint going to go unpunished! And who is this Wanna-Be- Horseman… Dan Spivey… who does he think he is! Putting his two cents… and that’s all he’s worth…. Two cents… into the Gauntlet Match. I’m ashamed to call him the U.S. Champion. That deed Dan Spivey won’t go unpunished! Horseman…. Your now at your weakest state ever! Down to just Arn Anderson and Ric Flair and a Wanna-Be. Well soon, very very soon, The American Dream Dusty Rhodes… The Total Package Lex Luger and the man they call Sting will be collecting on those unthinkable deeds you done! David Crockett: Well there you have it folks. Lets go back to the ring. MATCH #4 WCW TV TITLE MATCH Tom Zenk © defeats The Assassin with the Superkick After the bout, the Z-Man gives an interview where he basically laughs off the idea that Hot Stuff Eddie Gilbert is calling himself the TV champion and that he is walking around here with the defunct Mid-South TV title belt! Suddenly Rip Rogers and Ms. Terri come out. Rogers starts circling Zenk and giving him a pretty good look over. Rip Rogers: (Laughing) And this is what all the fuss is about. You look a little soft to me. You look like you missed a few days in the gym. You’re a little behind the Ripper here. Eddie Gilbert was out here talking last week about him and Missy Hyatt being the best-looking couple in WCW and how they should be the face of WCW. Look at Terri and myself. We are the hottest couple in WCW. We are the faces of this company and when you, Tom Zenk give me a title shot… I will be the TV Champion. Rip gives a few flexes in Zenk’s face. Zenk, still laughing, gives one of his pec bounce flexes and the girls in the audience basically fall over. The camera even catches Ms. Terri biting her lower lip! COMMERCIAL BREAK/PRMOS FOR UPCOMNIG EVENTS IN ST. LOUIS/OKC & KANSAS CITY MATCH #5 Ron Simmons debuts on WCW with a victory over Michael Starr with the middle rope shoulder block. David Crockett: Well Ron, welcome to World Championship Wrestling. That was a rather impressive win. Ron Simmons: I just want to say that nobody has ever given me anything. I’ve worked for everything I had. I worked my way to being a college football player at Florida State. I worked my way into the NFL and now I’ve worked my way into professional wrestling. I don’t expect any breaks here, but I will prove to everyone that there is no keeping me down. It is my honor to work for all those people that give it their all and have to fight for everything they have. Thank you for your time, David. DC: Now that’s a very humble man. Let’s get to the ring for two more humble wrestlers representing the great state of Alabama… The Lightening Express. MATCH #6 The Lightening Express (Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner) defeat Allen Tabb and Cougar Jay after Brad hit the Russian Legsweep on Jay. COMMERCIAL BREAK/PRMOS FOR UPCOMNIG EVENTS IN ST. LOUIS/OKC & KANSAS CITY MATCH #7 UNITED STATES TITLE MATCH “Dangerous” Dan Spivey © defeats “The Fab One” Steve Keirn with a Spivey Spike (DDT) following a rake of the eyes. When David Crockett asked Dan Spivey why he helped Ric Flair and Arn Anderson last week in Tulsa he was very clear with his answer. Dan Spivey: I’m here in WCW for one reason and one reason only and that’s to be on the top of the food chain in professional wrestling. Being the United States Champion is not enough. To be considered one of the best in professional wrestling, you must be a Horsemen! I showed Ric and Arn in Tulsa what an asset I can be. Hopefully, at some time in the near future they will come and talk to me about it. Suddenly Dusty Rhodes comes to the podium and confronts Spivey about his actions. Without Dusty realizing it, Butch Reed, Snowman and Kareem Muhammed come out and surround Dusty. Here comes Dick Murdoch and Stan Hansen Here comes Sting and Lex Luger… While we are at the end of the show, the cameras do pick up some pushing and shoving. One thing Jim Ross notices is that all the major players from last week in Tulsa are at it again with the exception of Ric Flair and Arn Anderson! Tony Schiavone adds that is why they are the top of the food chain. They let the others just tear each other apart. Tony Schiavone: For Jim Ross and David Crockett, I’m Tony Schiavone, we’ll see you next week right here on World Championship Wrestling.

WCW adds Abdullah the Butcher and Tarzan Goto

I think the highlight of the show for me was when you called Luna and Lock ladies!!

WCW will be starting shows in the next couple of weeks and just trying to figure things out right now.... Here is the current trade block Steve Keirn Dick Slater Jos Leduc Snowman Terry Taylor Hercules Hernandez Honky Tonk Man

After a short break, WA is back and is rolling along at full speed. WrestleRock Walkout is a perfect name for Larry Z.... God, you have me hating him so perfrctly. Tony Atlas with the whenever he wants it title shot is going to be interesting. Nikita and Atlas is HUGE Can't wait for Night of Champions. So many great matches that you have set up so fast after WrestleRock.