WCW Worldwide - Saturday 12/6/97

By The Cubs Fan

• Hey, before I get to this week's action, I've got a little Starrcade match updates for you (I'll be getting the show :-)
  • It looks like Harlem Heat vs Faces of Fear at Starrcade....With the push Meng is getting, it looks bad for the seven-time champs...
  • I've also heard Flair vs Hennig 3, in a cage...but if Flair is really as hurt (broken foot or ankle) as it's been said, I don't see how the match can happpen.
    • Of course, I don't see how a person as old as Flair can wrestle and do interviews as well as he does, but he does, so what do I know?
  • Finally...a total guess at a match for Starrcade, but would make a lot of sense : Chris Benoit vs Raven
• You know, either Bret Hart isn't in tune with the rest of WCW or he just wants to cause trouble, cause according to his column this week, he's not sure he'll be in WCW or nWo...it depends on who has the title after a Starrcade...he's looking for a title shot at Souled Out 2...
• School will be out Friday for me...so I'm planning on doing a little something special for next week, you'll have to wait till then to find out...
• Let's start the show...

• Hugh "The Forgotten Laughing Man" Morrus over Hardbody Harris by No Laughing Matter
  • Is it just me, but since the split with Konnan and the whole DOD falling apart, it seems like Hugh Morrus is turning into Brad Armstrong...
  • I'd like to see someone call a Hardwork vs Hardbody match, just by using the nicknames, and see how long they'd last :) ... I wonder who'd win? (Well, at least before Walker's mini push he's getting)
• Starrcade Promo - Zbyszko vs Bischoff for Nitro
• Hector Garza over Hector Guerrero by reverse standing moonsault
  • Handshake before the match and clean breaks early, so I guess both are faces...for now
  • A fast moving match, although it seemed a little too choreographed
  • Garza looks bigger...Nice double underhook suplex by Guerrero...
  • A quick match ends with a missle dropkick followed by the reverse standing moonsault
  • And Garza didn't do the plancha....
• Yuji Nagata w/Sonny Onoo and Fuji Camera over Keith Shearer by standing figure four lock
  • Ok...when someone holds up a sign that says "WCW...we love you", you hope it's planted
  • Keith gets hit by a spinning kick and rolls from halfway in the ring to all the way out (pretty much on his own) and Sonny Onoo gets a few good kicks in
  • Nagata's working on the leg a lot...which sets up the end quite nice..and Sonny Onoo distracts the ref (by offering him a bribe) after the match to let Nagata keep the hold on...and is seen handing Nagata a bunch of bills after he gets up
• Nitro Highlights - Bischoff and Zybszko...Disco getting beat the heck out of (got to read those contracts a little better next time, Disco)...Elizabeth pinning him...the nWo punking Ray Traylor...
• Starrcade Preview - Sting vs Hogan (You think they have enough footage for this feud? They show the recent stuff)
• High Voltage over Southern Posse by Volt Meter (Rage holds him and Kaos crossbody blocks him)
  • High Voltage has some slightly new outfits...I like the old ones better (they had their names on it, so I could remember who was which)...the Southern Posse is still the Southern Posse (and I don't know their names)
  • Kaos is just destroying both members of the Southern Posse...he threw one out to Rage, who thrown the SP into the guardrail and helped him back in...
  • The longhaird SP has the shortest House of Fire segment ever and about five seconds into it, Rage just knocked him down
• Greg "The Hammer" Valentine over Dave Heath by Elbowdrop
  • I feel sorry for Greg for still having to wrestle at his age...I feel sorry for me because Valentine's tights are too small...and, as usual, the focus is on Sting vs Hogan for the guys in the booth
  • Heath has the weakest fists to the back of Greg Valentine...we see Heath having Valentine in a submission hold, go to the crowd for some reason and Valentine's up and punching Heath
  • Valentine's attempt at a double underhook suplex is much worse looking and it takes him two tries to get Heath over.
  • The Elbowdrop still looks good
• Faces of Fear w/Jimmy Hart over Villano IV and V by Tongan Death Grip
  • Once this match was announced, I knew the outcome, but who would be taken out by Meng?
  • The Faces get cheers? Don't tell me Harlem Heat will be the heels if those two teams meet up at Starrcade like I've been hearing...
  • The typical Faces of Fear match...lots of no selling and beating the heck out of the opponent
  • Hey, both Villanos started beating up Barbarian in the corner...it's some international clubbering!
  • The Villano's appear to have watched High Voltage, because they set up for the same thing on Barbarian...Meng attacks the Villano (V?) holding up Barbarian and they both chuck him to the Villano to the outside...Meanwhile, IV is still on the top rope, waiting around for someone to jump...Meng turns aroung and the Villano jumps right into the TDG