Talk about it here.

Terrific match. Windham plays FIP. The crowd is hot for the Steamboat/Rude interplay. I don't think Rude and Windham would have made for a good feud as characters, but they work well together in the ring. Austin ends up getting the team DQd by bringing in a chair, then Steamboat cleans house with the chair.

This was a good bout. Rude and Arn were awesome here. I was digging the Steamer/Rude stuff.

Good stuff. All of these guys are just fun to watch against each other. Steamboat has been showing some great fire recently with a bit of an edge also. He gets the chair away from Austin and has no doubts about using it himself.

Lively and plenty of fun. Went just the right length and they had established rivalries to play off. I liked how they were building to future matches rather than just having a standard throwaway 6 man.

You know you're watching some good stuff when Steve Austin looks to be the weakest of the bunch. All the hate and intensity you'd expect with a long feud like this, and tons of good work to be found. I still think the Moondogs is the best thing on this set for now, but the DA isn't far behind.

I don't think you can have anything worse than an above average mix with this bunch which makes WCW in this time such fun to rewatch. Arn bumps like a champ for Windham early and then Rude works underneath for a stretch, something he probably doesn't get enough credit for. After that we get Windham working as FIP for a while and absorbing a ton of great heel offense and double teams before Austin brings in a chair for the DQ. I'm still waiting for them to start pushing War Games during these segments.

 

***1/4

Austin gets in his clothesline counter, and Rhodes follows up by clotheslining Austin out of the air when he comes off the turnbuckle in a fantastic spot. Not much else to say about this--did Rude and Windham ever have a one-on-one match? Even if it couldn't really carry a feud, as Loss says, it would have made for an excellent one-off for TV or a Clash.

This was another above average six-man, especially for a syndie show. The action never lagged, and you could buy that all six od these guys (seven if you count Heyman) hated each other enough to do serious damage.

 

I would have loved to see a champion vs. champion feud between Sting and Rude over the World title, but if the consolation prize is more hot action between Steamboat and Rude, I'll be more than happy to take it. Horrible though the finish was, the match between them at SuperBrawl was tremendous, and they haven't slowed their pace yet. Yes, we're seeing a new heelish side to Steamer as a result of this feud, and I for one love it. Kudos to Dusty for seamlessly transitioning from Sting/Rude to Steamer/Rude without losing any of Rude's heat or affecting the match quality. This is definitely the number one feud Vince missed out on, even more than Flair/Hogan (which was at least hyped well, even if the in-ring portion turned out to be a total disgrace).

 

Austin the greatest TV champion ever in WCW? Come on, JR. I kept waiting for the "since Arn Anderson", but it didn't come. Actually, I think Tully Blanchard was better than both of them when it comes to that title.

 

JR's on top of his game with the little touches in this feud: putting over Barry and Arn as Horsemen, even though he doesn't mention that name; making sure that we don't forget about Barry's quest for revenge stemming from his broken hand, which is what started this whole glorious chain reaction; stressing that the emotionalism of the situation is making Steamboat behave out of character; Dustin's pursuit of Austin and the TV title; and lots of other subtle points within each bout. This is the kind of competition-based feud that his announcing style fits best. It's just a pity that one or more of these guys don't have a significant college football background for him to talk about.

 

Interesting that JR references at least one house show match between Steamboat and Rude in which Steamboat almost won the US title. That really puts the idea in a prospective ticket buyer's head that Steamer could win the belt when WCW comes to their town, and they best not miss it.

 

Dustin clotheslining Austin out of the air has to be the best-timed spot I've seen in American wrestling so far this year.

Great work by everyone involved.  The shine really was great with all the heels really making Dustin, Barry & Steamer look golden.  I can't get enough of these Dangerous Alliance matches.