December 13, 201113 yr Author comment_5490097 Last few minutes of this. Arn gets a big pop for his spinebuster and the crowd is chanting for the DDT. They seem to have turned on Renegade in a big way. Renegade wins the TV title. What a shitty promotion.
December 13, 201113 yr Author comment_5490098 Oh, and THE GIANT is at ringside. I think this show was the first time he was ever on TV.
December 13, 201113 yr comment_5490103 Giant's debut was at Slamboree the month before. But WCW, being WCW, missed the shot so this may have been the first time he was seen on-screen
May 29, 201213 yr comment_5504543 Heenan called the Spinebuster a "Sidewalk slam". Sad to see Arn job to this guy.
January 18, 201312 yr comment_5528644 The whole Renegade is kinda fascinating, as this guy was basically asked to ape a shitty worker. For all weknow, maybe he had some potential, he sure was a better athlete than the Warrior, as showed by the way he jumps over the tope rope to the floor. And he's got a great looking top rope splash. Of course, the match sucks, Renegade is green as hell and no sells left and right. Arn doesn't exactly works his ass off here, who could blame him. Another major Hogan brainfart and a slap in the face of WCW fans. The Giant looks so young here. That was quite a find for WCW.
September 30, 201410 yr comment_5629863 Schiavone's disgust with Renegade is absolutely palpable, to a degree that I'm not sure Tony approached even during the Russo Era(s), and this a solidly pro-Arn crowd. Arn guides Renegade through the most bare-bones basic match layout you'll ever see and despite being incompetent, Renegade manages to get through without fucking anything up too badly. Naturally this crowd still pops for the title change. That's Dayton for you. Everything wrong with Big Two wrestling in 1995 is summed up in one match. Renegade was a better athlete and probably a better worker than Van Hammer. He was just given a gimmick that was death and a monster push he was nowhere close to ready for.
September 12, 201510 yr comment_5698290 Solid enough match considering the Renegade was having squash matches so bad that they never made air during this time.
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