WCW Saturday Night - Saturday, 12/19/98
WCW Saturday Night - Saturday, 12/19/98
- Welcome to Saturday Night! Tonight's main event is Benoit and Malenko vs.
Vincent and Adams.
- Several people wrote in to mention that Scott Steiner's "steers"
comment appeared in my personal favorite Stanley Kubrick film, Full Metal Jacket.
- The mailbag:
- 'Matt' mentions a problem from last week's WCWSN that I forgot to
mention:
Concerning the WCW Saturday Night this past weekend, am I the only one who saw a Konnan interview in response to the hilarious Jericho interview? A good solid hour before Chris did his regular bit of genius, Mean Gene interview that gangsta' jarbonie...and apparently, the interview was in response to the Jericho interview! Someone in WCW must've dropped the ball, but it made the resulting Chris Jericho spot all the more funnier.
- The show is dedicated to Brady Boone.
- Glacier vs. Mike Sullivan
- Sullivan starts off with a dropkick and a scoop slam.
- Glacier takes over with a front kicks and a boot to the face.
- Glacier lands another front kicks and sends Sullivan down with a leg sweep.
- Glacier continues with a back kick and a suplex.
- Glacier lands a Cryonic Kick.
- Glacier wins with the Ice Pick.
- Lee Marshall chats with Norman Smiley
- Scott and Mike ramble.
- Kaz Hayashi vs. Mr. Hole-In-One Darsow
- Mike announces that the 1/2/99 episode of WCWSN will be a Goldberg tribute.
- Darsow grabs the mic and says that he made two holes-in-one in one round yesterday.
- He asks Kaz if he speaks in English. "Yes."
- He asks if he is the world's greatest golfer and wrestler. "Yes."
- He asks if he is better than John Daly. "Yes."
- Darsow asks Kaz to putt the ball in, but Kaz doesn't want to.
- Finally Kaz takes the club, but knocks over Darsow's bags.
- Darsow attacks Kaz and Billy Silverman starts the match.
- Darsow snakes eyes Kaz in the corner, than hangs him upside down.
- Darsow threatens Kaz with the club.
- Darsow slams Kaz over the putting green, causing him to be a DQed.
- Darsow bends the club around Kaz's throat as the segment ends.
- Nitro highlights
- Al Green vs. Wrath
- Green punches and kicks Wrath in the corner.
- Green sends him down with a lariat.
- Wrath offers his own kicks and chops.
- Wrath lands a shoulderblock.
- With a boot, Wrath applies the pumphandle.
- Wrath executes the Meltdown for the quick win.
- Thunder highlights
- Nitro highlights
- Chris Jericho (w/ Ralphus) vs. Booker T.
- Jericho enters, wearing a purple robe with flowers all over it.
- Ads.
- Gene plugs the hotline's year in review.
- Booker T enters.
- Jericho mocks Booker T as they lock up.
- Booker applies an armbar, but Jericho escapes.
- The two trade hammerlocks.
- Jericho begins to nail Booker in the corner.
- Booker sends Chris down with a forearm.
- Booker T misses a backkick, but manages to land a sidekick.
- Booker continues with a scoop slam and knife-edge chops.
- Jericho lands a lariat, sending Booker T outside.
- Jericho sends Booker T across the rail, then throws him back in.
- Jericho lands a suplex, then applies a chinlock.
- Booker elbows his way out, but Jericho continues to attacks the knees with chops.
- Booker is whipped to the corner, but lifts himself up and over Jericho for an impressive rollup.
- Jericho counters with a slingshot rollup.
- Jericho excutes a backbreaker.
- Booker T lands a sidekick.
- Jericho flips out of a suplex, then begins an attack on Booker's knee.
- Jericho misses a chair shot on the knee.
- Outside, Booker T drops Jericho across the guard rail.
- Back in, Booker hotshots Chris across the top cable.
- Booker T lands a sidekick as Stevie Ray shows up at ringside.
- Booker T executes a leg whip as Stevie Ray jumps on the apron.
- Chris Jericho grabs a chair and runs at Booker T.
- Booker T docks and Stevie Ray pulls the cable down, sending Jericho outside and DQing Booker T.
- Booker T and Stevie Ray argue as the match ends.
- Lee chats with Disco Inferno. The tag on Disco's Wolfpac shirts says "To Disco From Nash."
- Road Report
- Barry Horowitz vs. Kanyon
- Kanyon does his thing on the mic.
- Horowitz applies a hammerlock and sends Kanyon down with a leg sweep.
- The two grapple more, trading armbars.
- Horowitz lands a belly-to-back suplex.
- Kanyon takes over, landing a pancake and a scoop slam.
- Kanyon misses a splash, allowing Barry to execute a suplex.
- Horowitz continues with a jawbreaker and dropkick.
- Kanyon escapes from a suplex, then lands the Flatliner out of nowhere for the win.
- Bruise Cruise
- Hotline plug
- DDP/Giant promo
- Kaos vs. Prince Iaukea
- The two lock up for a long time.
- Kaos lands an elbow, then a shoulderblock.
- Kaos powerbombs Iaukea.
- Iaukea applies a cross armbreaker, then lands a leg drop.
- Prince continues with a suplex and elbow, then applies a headlock.
- Prince re-applies the cross armbreaker, then lands another suplex.
- Kaos lands his own suplex, but Prince yanks him down by the hair.
- Kaos lands a lariat, then sends Prince down with a backdrop.
- Belly-to-belly suplex by Kaos.
- Prince executes a double-leg takedown.
- Prince performs a fallaway slam.
- Kaos catches Prince in mid-air and slams him down.
- Kaos lands a springboard shoulderblock for the win.
- Raven talks about his family "backstage".
- Thunder highlights
- Nitro highlights
- Chris Benoit and Dean Malenko vs. Vincent and Brian Adams.
- Benoit and Malenko enter.
- Ads.
- Vincent and Adams enter.
- Vincent and Dean square off.
- Malenko pounds Vincent in the corner.
- Vincent lands an elbow to briefly control.
- Malenko counters with a drop toe hold.
- Malenko continues with an inverted atomic drop and a knee lift.
- Tag to Benoit, who lands elbows and chops.
- Adams lands a knee on the apron, allowing Vincent to attack.
- Tag to Adams, who lands an abdominal drop.
- Headbutt by Adams.
- Benoit fights back with a suplex.
- Vincent walks in and gets suplexed.
- Adams gets in a shot from behind, then lands a belly-to-belly.
- Tag to Vincent, who gets in a few forearm shots and a Japanese arm drag.
- Tag to Adams, who applies a bearhug.
- Tilt-a-whirl backbreaker by Adams.
- Adams and Benoit collide. Benoit manages to fall so that he headbutts Adams downstairs.
- Tags to Malenko and Vincent.
- Malenko lands a dropkick and he and Benoit doubleteam.
- Malenko gets Vincent in the Cloverleaf, but Adams makes the save.
- Adams is pulled out of the ring by Benoit.
- Malenko applies the Texas Cloverleaf for the win.
- Dean and Chris celebrate as we go.