WCW Saturday Night - Saturday, June 1st, 1996
- WCW Saturday Night opening video
- Another Mongo/Greene workout video is shown
- Tony Schiavone and Dusty Rhodes welcome everyone to the show
- Tony briefly hypes up the show.
- For the WCW World Television Championship: Dirty Dick Slater w/ Col. Robert Parker Vs © Lex Luger
- Like most Luger matches, he was dominated for a few moments.
- Luger blocks a boot by Slater and locks in the Torture Rack for the win.
- Your Winner: And Still WCW Television Champion Lex Luger via submission
- Backstage, Jimmy Hart is with Gene. He hopes to talk to Luger.
- Giant comes over and puts over the people he has beaten. Giant tells Luger that his fifteen minutes is up.
- Giant says he will not be placed in the Torture Rack.
- Commercials.
- A Hulk Hogan video is shown. As if people would forget about him.
- BM w/ BB Vs Mark Kyle
- Well what has gone on for BB's matches over the past several months?
- You guessed it. A running high knee for a win. Within six seconds.
- Your Winner: BM via pinfall
- Gene interviews BM and BM stumbles over putting over Hulk Hogan and his new movie making ten million dollars in the box office.
- That's all.
- Commercials
- Video promoting Ric Flair/Mongo feud.
- Ric Flair & Arn Anderson w/ladies Vs Steve & Scott Armstrong w/curse
- Scott Armstrong actually cleans house once he gets the hot tag.
- That doesn't last too long as Anderson spikes him with a spine buster.
- Flair pins Scott to win the bout.
- Your Winners: Ric Flair/Arn Anderson via pinfall
- Gene interviews Flair and Anderson. Gene asks if they have another person in play for the Great American Bash.
- They basically say they do, but you have to wait until Monday to find out who it is.
- Flair kisses Elizabeth to send the segment.
- Commercials
- Gene graces my television yet again as he is at the GAB Control Center.
- Gene announces a new match. Konnan will defend the WCW United States Championship against El Gato.
- Fire and Ice will face the Steiner Brothers.
- That's all.
- Commercials
- Kevin Sullivan w/Jimmy Hart Vs Alex Davis
- Sullivan slams Davis on the concrete floor and tosses a chair at him.
- Double stomp by Sullivan. Easy win.
- Your Winner: Kevin Sullivan via pinfall
- Gene is with Kevin Sullivan and Jimmy Hart. Hart doesn't understand why they need to be with the Four Horsemen.
- Gene mentions Sullivan's match against Chris Benoit at GAB.
- Sullivan puts over his relationship with Flair/Anderson saying he cares for them.
- I guess he doesn't care for Benoit.
- Commercials
- Video promoting The Giant is shown.
- American Males Vs Kursawa "K"/Pat Tanaka
- After a fairly competitive match, the American Males manage to gain control.
- Double dropkick on K for the win.
- Your Winners: American Males via pinfall
- Video promoting the Road Warriors is shown. Even though they haven't been on TV since Slamboree. Not even mentioned by name.
- Commercials
- For the WCW United States Championship: Alex Wright Vs © Konnan
- Fast opening moments with neither man getting a clear advantage.
- Vertical suplex by Wright and a double axe handle.
- However, seconds later Konnan rolls Wright up to win the match,
- Your Winner: and Still WCW US Champion Konnan via pinfall
- Video of Sting beating up "Stunning" Steve Austin.
- Of course, Austin is getting a rightful push in the WWF at this time.
- Push, for those who don't know, is when someone who gets significant air time and titles.
- Commercials
- The Gambler w/o luck Vs Prince Iaukea
- This match is joined in progress.
- Also, this is Prince's debut.
- Iaukea wins with a springboard cross body.
- Poor Gambler.
- Your Winner: Prince Iaukea via pinfall
- Video of Randy Savage trying to enter the arena is shown. Savage "attacking" a camera man is the high point.
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- Commercials
- Tony and Dusty hype up Luger/Sting/Steiner Brothers situation.
- Tony hypes up Nitro this coming Monday.
- Diamond Dallas Page Vs Cobra
- Diamond Cutter seals the deal for Page.
- Dusty has the nerve to call this an "upset". What the hell has Cobra done?
- Your Winner: Diamond Dallas Page via pinfall
- Page heads over to Lee Marshall. Page tells Giant he was lucky that Page got screwed out of a title shot.
- Page says he has a "benefactor". Page has a open contract for GAB.
- Well, I guess Marcus Bagwell has accepted the challenge and will face Page at the Great American Bash.
- Video of WCW Motorsports is shown. Nothing new to report. They suck.
- Commercials
- Blue Bloods Vs Fire & Ice
- Taylor accidentally hits Eaton with a double axe handle.
- Train splashes Eaton for the win.
- Your Winners: Fire & Ice via pinfall
- Commercials
- Johnny Grunge Vs Sting
- Odd main event.
- Sting fights off both Public Enemy members as Rock misses the "Drive By" and hits Grunge.
- Sting pins Grunge.
- Your Winner: Sting via pinfall
- Commercials
- Gene is with Sting and Lex Luger. Sting basically hypes up their title match against the Steiner Brothers on Monday.
- Luger flexes
- End of show.
- The Good: Ten matches. Great American Bash looks like a solid PPV at the moment.
- The Bad: Main event was awful. Matches were all really squashes or rather quick.
- The Ugly: Not Kimberly (BB).