WCW Saturday Night - Saturday, 08/07/99
WCW Saturday Night - Saturday, 08/07/99
- Welcome to Saturday Night! Tonight's main event is La Parka vs. Sid
Vicious
- Mike Tenay and Dusty Rhodes ramble to begin the show. They show a clip
of Scott Hudson's encounter with Rick Steiner on Monday, which explains his
absence.
- Spyder vs. "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan
- Duggan once again says on the mike that he's ready for all challengers on
the Muthaship.
- Spyder begins with some punches and a shoulderblock.
- Duggan no-sells the flurry.
- Duggan takes over with an armdrag and a lariat to the outside.
- Back in, Spyder lands an axehandle.
- Duggan answers with punches and a slam.
- Hacksaw continues with his running lariat.
- Duggan gets the pin after the Old Glory kneedrop.
- A nice Saturn T-shirt ad airs.
- Harlem Heat promo
- Disorderly Conduct vs. Harlem Heat
- Tenay announces DDP vs. Benoit in a no-DQ match for Road Wild.
- Stevie Ray begins versus Mean Mike.
- Mike chokes Stevie Ray, who answers with a boot and an elbow.
- Stevie Ray slams Mike, then tags Booker T.
- Booker elbows Mike, who tags Tuff Tom in.
- Booker T controls with an armdrag, sidekick, and shoulderblock.
- Tom executes a jawbreaker, then tags in Mike.
- DC flattens Booker T with a double backelbow.
- Tom continues with a knee lift, then tags Mike.
- Mike lands a boot, elbow, and choke.
- Mike tags Tom, then accidentally lands a shoulderblock on his partner.
- Tag to Stevie Ray, who cleans house with a double lariat.
- Tag to Booker T, who lands a forearm and tosses Tuff Tom over the ropes.
- Tuff Tom lands feet first on the apron, then appears to legitimately slip
and land near the guard rail. Ouch.
- Meanwhile, Booker T hits a Stevie Ray-assisted Harlem Sidekick for the
win.
- Juventud Guerrera vs. Psychosis
- Psychosis begins with a leg drop and a dropkick.
- Juvy responds with a bulldog, which Dusty misnames.
- Mike laughs at Dusty, and Dusty tries to defend his play-by-play.
- Juvy chops Psychosis, who answers with a lariat.
- Mike says Tony "Hype" Schiavone will be back at Nitro Monday and Scott
Hudson will be back here next week.
- Psychosis plants Juvy across the top rope, then knocks him to the floor
with a spinkick.
- Back in, Psychosis misses a splash.
- Psychosis and Juvy do a series of flipouts and escapes. They appear to
overdo it, for at one point they stare at each other with the "what's next"
expressions.
- Finally Juvy executes the Juvy Driver off the ropes for the win.
- Gene chats with Chris Benoit about Diamond Dallas Trash.
- A Chad Brock promo reminds me of what I'll miss on Nitro while I'm
watching the return on the Cleveland Browns.
- Dave Burkhead vs. the Cat (w/ Sonny Onoo)
- The Cat grabs the mike.
- Burkhead nails the Cat from behind as he speaks, and the ref calls for
the opening bell.
- The Cat levels Burkhead with a lariat, then continues to speak.
- The Cat says he'll beat Burkhead in four minutes or leave Saturday Night
for good.
- The Cat again flattens Burkhead with a lariat.
- The Cat controls with a sidekick and a slam.
- Miller continues with an elbow and a toss to the outside.
- Onoo kicks Dave, then sends him in.
- Burkhead grabs the Cat for a moment, but the Cat finishes Burkhead off
with another kick.
- The Cat gets the pin at 1:49.
- I don't know what kind of watch WCW uses, but Dave Penzer steps in the
ring to announce the time of the match as 3:42.
- The Cat dances in celebration.
- Hogan/Nash promo
- Hugh Morrus and Jerry Flynn (w/ Jimmy Hart) vs. Public Enemy
- The match begins with two-on-two brawling.
- Hugh levels Rocco Rock with a lariat.
- Flynn accidentally nails Hugh, allowing PE to execute a double sidewalk
slam on Jerry.
- Hugh and Rocco Rock go at it, with Hugh landing a lariat to control.
- Flynn and Morrus execute a sidekick/suplex combo.
- After some more brawling, Hugh clips Rocco Rock, then Flynn chops him.
- Flynn and Morrus execute a double shoulderblock.
- Flynn slams Rock, but Morrus misses a follow-up splash.
- Rock tags Johnny Grunge.
- Rocco Rock lands a bulldog, Jimmy Hart runs in, and the standard tag team
chaos ensues.
- PE gets the win by DQ.
- Grunge lands an atomic drop on Hart.
- Flynn and Morrus take over and beat down PE as the segment ends.
- Kiss promo
- Nitro highlights
- Brian Knobbs (w/ Jimmy Hart) vs. Villano V
- Knobbs enters, grabs the mike, and asks the crowd to throw rose petals at
him.
- Ads.
- Hotline plug.
- Villano V enters.
- Knobbs begins with forearms and a splash.
- Knobbs continues with a larait and a slam.
- Villano responds with a face slam and a dropkick.
- Knobbs misses a splash, allowing Villano V to hit a DDT.
- Knobbs answers with a boot and a lariat.
- Knobbs hits two splash on an upside-down Villano in the corner.
- Knobbs continues with a choke, pit stop, and a toss outside.
- Knobbs sends Villano into the rail, then back in.
- Knobbs lands an elbow and a slam.
- Knobbs continues with a lariat and another slam.
- Villano boots Knobbs, who answers with yet another slam.
- Knobbs hits a splash from the top for the win.
- Chris Adams vs. Eddy Guerrero
- Eddy begins with punches and an elbow.
- Adams tosses Eddy outside, then throws him into the rails and steps.
- Adams hits a suplex, then sends it back in.
- Adams continues with a lariat and a belly-to-back.
- Adams lands a powerbomb but misses a crossbody.
- Eddy slams Adams, but misses a springboard move.
- Adams superkicks Eddy, but does not go for the pin.
- Eddy executes what Dusty calls the "Froggie Splash" for the win.
- Nitro highlights
- Silver King vs. Horace (w/ Vincent)
- Silver King begins with an armdrag.
- Horace sends Silver King down with a lariat.
- Silver King fires back with a dropkick.
- Horace controls with a lariat, a boot, and a slam.
- Silver King answers with a headscissors takeover.
- Outside, Horace tosses Silver King a chair, then boots him into it.
- Back in, Horace hits a boot and a corner lariat.
- Dusty says he loves "Latin music and Latin women." He's livin' la vida
loca.
- Horace continues with kicks, but Silver King responds with a missle
dropkick.
- Silver King continues with a headscissors takeover.
- Vincent distracts Silver KIng, allowing Horace to hit a boot and a suplex.
- Horace executes a fallaway slam for the win.
- Gene plugs the hotline again.
- Barry and Kendall Windham (w/ Bobby Duncum, Jr.) vs. B.A. and Swoll
- Kendall begins with right hands on Swoll.
- Kendall controls with an armdrag and dropkick.
- After another armdrag, Kendall misses an elbow.
- Tag to Armstrong, who hits a dropkick and two armdrags.
- Armstrong powerslams Kendall, then tags back Swoll.
- Swoll hits a lariat and a slam, but misses an elbow.
- Kendall boots Swoll, then tags Barry.
- Swoll lands a lariat and a boot on Barry, who answers with a boot of his
own.
- Barry slams Swoll, then goes for a boot.
- Swoll catches the boot, but Kendall and Duncum jump in to help out Barry
as the ref looks at Armstrong.
- Barry hits a belly-to-back, then tags Kendall.
- Kendall tosses Swoll outside, where Barry and Duncum work on him.
- Back in, Swoll hits a crossbody, but Kendall still manages to tag Barry.
- Barry hits a shoulderblock on Swoll, who is praised by Dusty for his
"footballmanship."
- Tag to Kendall, who misses an elbow.
- Swoll tags Armstrong, who cleans house.
- Barry Windham grabs a cowbell, then nails Brad Armstrong with it while
the ref is distracted.
- Kendall covers for the win.
- Gene chats with Harlem Heat. Stevie Ray says that the "fungus will stop."
- Kiss promo
- La Parka vs. Sid Vicious
- La Parka begins with dropkicks, which Sid no-sells.
- La Parka climbs the ropes and jumps off, only to be caught by the neck.
- Sid chokeslams La Parka.
- Sid powerbombs La Parka.
- Sid covers La Parka for the win at 0:48.
- The lights go out, and Sid delivers a bizarre diatribe while the crowd
chants "Goldberg" as we go.