WCW Saturday Night - Saturday, August 28, 1999

By Dan

• Greetings, well here I am for my first ever full time WCW Saturday Night report.   I'm glad that Bill is giving me the opportunity to do this and I hope that I can do as good of a job as Jesse did in his tenure here.  Well enough with the mushy stuff on with the show!
  
  

• Match #1 Hacksaw Jim Duggan vs. Dave Taylor
  • Well, to get the show rolling on a positive note, we start with Hacksaw Jim Duggan.
  • To make my BS meter jump up a few points Tenay informs us that Hacksaw is now Mr. Saturday Night.
  • And since I'm not in enough pain as it is they give the man a microphone.
  • He said some stuff, but the mic audio was pretty bad through out the show.  Somehow, I don't think I missed much more than a few HOOOOOOOOOO's(and I ain't talking about the Godfather).
  • His opponent is going to be Squire Dave Taylor.
  • Hacksaw actually makes sense as a USA chant gets going at the start of the match.
  • The two men tie-up and Hacksaw shoved into the corner.
  • Taylor with some forearm shots and a whip to the opposite corner.
  • Duggan pops out with a stiff clothesline.
  • Duggan follows up with another clothesline that sends Taylor out of the ring.
  • Taylor is making some pretty weird faces on the outside of the ring.
  • Taylor comes to the apron and grabs Hacksaw to drag him outside.
  • The men brawl and Taylor gets sent into the post.
  • As Duggan tries to climb back in Taylor starts wailing on him.
  • Taylor beats Duggan from pillar to post, but Duggan comes back with a big right.
  • Duggan covers for two.
  • Duggan with a reverse chinlock.
  • Duggan misses a charge into the corner and Taylor comes back with forearms and European uppercuts.
  • Taylor misses an elbow attempt.
  • Duggan with rights in the corner.
  • Irish whip into a big scoop slam from Duggan.
  • Duggan's down in the three point stance; there's the clothesline.
  • Followed with the Old Glory knee drop.
  • 1 . . .2 . . .3.
  • YOUR WINNER: Hacksaw Jim Duggan via pinfall following the Old Glory Knee drop.
  • Well that was your typical Hacksaw match which means it wasn't very good. 
  • I really used to mark out for Hacksaw when I was a kid.  I wish he would retire and just rest on the highs of his career.
    
    
• Tenay and Hudson are recapping what happened the last two weeks on Nitro.  Hey, I thought Aldo covered the recap show.  We also get some stills of Bryan Adams' latest embarrassment.
  

• Match #2 Disco Inferno vs. Bobby Blaze
  • Disco smugly comes to the ring.
  • Disco grabs a mic.  We can't hear what he's saying at first.
  • He's Disco and he's a superstar, an icon, livin' la vida loca, and all the girlies think he's pretty fly for a white guy.
  • Well I think he covered pretty much any song that was famous two months ago.
  • Disco says somebody in the back wants to be just like Disco.  And who is this bad hombre?
  • Bobby Blaze?  Uhm . . . .. . . okay.
  • Disco goes for the pearl harbor attack, but Blaze his lariat and gets a back elbow for two.
  • Blaze pops up and hits a deep armdrag takedown.
  • Blaze then works into a modified hammerlock and works that to a full armdrag and twist.
  • Disco reverses, but Blaze re-reverses.
  • Disco pulls Blaze into the ropes with a handful of hair.
  • Disco gets in a right hand, but Blaze fires back with a right of his own.
  • Bobby picks Disco up for a backdrop, but then slingshots his legs off of the rope into a backbreaker.  It sounds much cooler than it looks.  Blaze kind of flubbed the spot.
  • Blaze covers for two.
  • Blaze with a whip to the corner and a charge, but he gets met with a Disco Inferno elbow.
  • Blaze reverses and irish whip and goes for a body drop, but Disco takes him down by the hair.
  • Disco puts the boots to Blaze and chokes him.
  • Disco with his off the second rope axe-handle for two.
  • Disco covers again for two.
  • Disco grabs the leg and covers once again for two.
  • Disco stomps on Blaze in the corner.
  • Snap mare into a reverse chinlock from Disco.
  • Blaze hulks up and elbows his way out.
  • Blaze blocks a hip toss and turns it into a back slide for two.
  • Disco pops up and hits a lariat.
  • Cover for two.
  • Irish whip, but Blaze hits a sunset flip for two.
  • Blaze pops up with a scoop slam.
  • He comes off the ropes with an elbow for two.
  • Blaze with another scoop slam for two.
  • Disco with the veteran move (thumb to the eye).
  • Disco comes off the ropes, but Blaze catches him with one of the five moves in HHH arsenal (the jumping knee).
  • Blaze drops a couple of quick knees on Disco's head and covers for two.
  • Blaze whips Disco into the corner, but nobody's home for the splash.
  • Disco grabs Blaze out of the corner in an inverted atomic drop.
  • Blaze staggers right into The Last Dance.
  • 1 . . .2 . . .3.
  • YOUR WINNER: Disco Inferno via pinfall following The Last Dance.
  • That was actually a pretty good match.  Bobby Blaze showed me a few things that I was surprised and Disco has always been one of my favorites.

   

• We go to commercial and see Bryan Adams looking like a complete schmuck in that make-up.   We come back to a Berlyn promo.  The only reason that I'm looking forward to Berlyn is that I really like Alex Wright as a technical wrestler.
  

• Match #3 Lash Laroux vs. El Vampiro
  • Lash has his eyes made up like El Vampiro.
  • Lash is taunting the crowd as Vampiro sneaks up to the top rope.
  • Vampiro drops Lash with a spinning heel kick.
  • Vampiro with repeated head butts.
  • Vampiro off the ropes with a lariat.
  • The two men trade punches and Lash whips Vampiro into the ropes.
  • Lash goes for a body drop, but he dips the head and eats some boot for it.
  • Spinning front kick sends Lash down.
  • Lash tries to hide behind Charles Robinson.
  • Vampiro shoves Robinson out of the way and drills Lash with a round house.
  • Vampiro just beating on Lash and he follows it up with a scoop slam.
  • Vampiro with knife edge chops in the corner on Lash.
  • Avalanche clothesline followed by a biel from Vampiro.
  • Vampiro sends Lash out of the ring with a super kick.
  • Vampiro runs up top for a plancha, but almost falls off during it.
  • Vampiro sends Lash into the safety rail and then into the ringpost.
  • Robinson and Vampiro are arguing in the ring.
  • This gives Lash a chance to come back with a second rope head scissors takeover.
  • Lash fires back with punches, kicks, and chops.
  • Lash attempts an irish whip, but gets reversed.
  • Vampiro attempts a slam, but Lash gets a go behind and then hits a half powerbomb (doctor bomb?).
  • Lash bounces off of the ropes twice and drills Vampiro with a forearm shot.
  • Lash blocks two Vampiro rights and follows each with a right of his own.
  • The Bourbon Street Blues Clothesline.
  • Lash tries a head butt of his own, but knocks himself down.
  • Vampiro reverses the whip to the corner and charges into some boot, but fires right back with a chop.
  • Vampiro positions Lash up top for a hurracanrana.
  • Uranage from Vampiro followed by the Nail in the Coffin.
  • 1 . . .2 . . .3.
  • YOUR WINNER: El Vampiro via Pinfall following the Nail in the Coffin.
  • Good match.  I was worried that it was going to be a squash, but Lash got to work some and I really like what I see in him.
    
    
• Promo for Coach Buzz Stern as we go to commercial.  I'll give Glacier this, he's been in the weight room from the looks of things.
  
  
• Stills from the Windham's BS win over Harlem Heat.
  
  
• Match #4 The Public Enemy vs. Vincent and Horace Hogan
  • Oh boy, I'm going to go ahead and say five star match right now.
  • Gotta lay off of Grandpa's cough syrup before doing these reports.
  • Heels jump Public Enemy as we start off, but they duck a double clothesline and follow with conceivably the worse face busters I've ever seen.
  • Public Enemy clears the ring.
  • Horace and Vincent discuss strategy outside of the ring.
  • Grunge and Horace to start things.
  • They tie-up and Horace immediately takes control with big right hands.
  • Horace with boots in the corner on Grunge.
  • Grunge is whipped to the opposite corner and Horace follows with an avalanche clothesline.
  • Horace goes for the charge again and eats some elbow.
  • S . . .L . . .O . . .W swinging neck breaker from Grunge.
  • Tag to Rocco Rock and they double elbow Horace down and then get a double elbow drop on him.
  • Rock picks up Horace, but Horace just starts beating on him.
  • Hogan misses a corner charge, but still takes Rocco down with a big boot.
  • Ref is distracted by Grunge while the heels beat on Rock.
  • Rocco taking a pounding in the corner.
  • Vincent with an arm drag DDT for two.
  • Vincent drills Grunge and the heels choke Rocco while the ref keeps Grunge from coming in.
  • Vincent with a scoop slam and a tag to Horace.
  • Rocco fighting back with rights.
  • He goes up top and attempts a missile dropkick.
  • Horace pushes his legs up and drops him on his head.
  • Horace covers, but Grunge breaks it up at two.
  • Horace with a scoop slam and he comes off the ropes for a splash, but Rocco gets the knees up.
  • Luke warm tag to Grunge who cleans house.
  • Double whip on Vincent and a flubbed double body drop that looked like it almost broke his neck.
  • They set Horace up for the drive-by, but Vincent pulls Rocco back into the ring and Horace pulls Grunge outside.
  • While Grunge and Horace are brawling, Vincent gets Rocco up for a vertical suplex.
  • Rocco reverses into an inside cradle.
  • 1 . . .2 . . .3.
  • YOUR WINNER: The Public Enemy via pinfall from an inside cradle.
  • That match pretty much blew eight ways to Sunday.  And that's all I got to say about that.
  • Well actually Tenay called it a roller coaster ride of a match.  It did succeed in making me nauseous so I guess he was somewhat correct.
    
• We get the new song from the West Texas Rednecks.
  
  
• We come back to Mean Gene Okerlund shilling the hotline.
  
  
• Match #5 Barry Horowitz vs. Meng
  • Barry comes in and gives himself the pat on the back.
  • His opponent is Meng.  I don't think I'm going to have to type much for this one.
  • Horowitz is getting a beatdown from the start.
  • Meng tosses Barry into the corner and then chops him down and chokes him.
  • Horowitz off the ropes and slides between Meng's legs.
  • Barry staggers him with a dropkick.
  • Meng starts with the no sells and chops Barry out of what little offense he was having.
  • Meng with a shot to the throat.
  • Meng with a stomp to the gut and then he chokes Barry on the ropes.
  • Barry tries to head butt Meng in the stomach, but only hurts himself.
  • A Mongolian chop and stomps from Meng.
  • Barry tries to come back with a knee to the head, but with no affect.
  • Meng whips Barry to the opposite corner and follows with a monstrous avalanche clothesline.
  • Barry with a rake to the eyes.
  • Meng reverses an Irish whip, but Barry hits a go behind and elbows him in the back.
  • Yakuza kick sends Barry down as he was going to pat himself on the back.
  • Meng signals for the Tongan Death Grip and there it is!
  • 1 . . .2 . . .3.  Meng won't let up until the ref pulls him off.
  • YOUR WINNER: Meng via pinfall following the Tongan Death Grip.
  • Well that was as about as good as a Meng versus Barry Horowitz match could be.  And it was short so I'm not complaining.
    
    
• We come back from commercial to Hudson telling me that Schiavone is one of the biggest KISS fans in the world.  I bet Skeeavone thinks Gene Simmons was the first black World Heavyweight Champion.  We get some stills from the concert.
  
  
• Match #6 BA and Swoll with 4x4 vs. Hugh Morrus and Jerry Flynn with Jimmy Hart
  • 4x4 has the silliest looking arms ever.  They scream "I'm on the juice!"   You cannot have biceps that size and then have little sissy looking forearms like that unless you're a freak of nature or a roid monster. 
  • My buddy Henry was wondering if maybe the reason Rey Rey left the NLS is because 4x4 thought he looked like a baby. 
  • But I digress.
  • Hugh Morrus and Swoll to start things off.
  • They get in each other's faces and jack jaws a bit.
  • Morrus tries to shoulder block down Swoll, but to no avail.
  • Swoll with a big lariat and he goes for the "heart punch" early.
  • Morrus tags in Flynn and the lightening feet go to work.
  • Flynn whips Swoll to the opposite corner and follows up with a back heel kick where he lands outside.
  • Morrus tags back in and hits a scoop slam.
  • He's follows with an elbow off the ropes.
  • He follows that with a leg drop off the ropes.
  • Flynn and Morrus are working over Swoll in the corner as BA tries to come in.
  • Flynn is back in and whips Swoll into the ropes and hits a spinning chop.
  • Flynn whips Swoll into the ropes again, but Swoll counters with a sunset flip for two.
  • Flynn and Swoll are trading shots, but Flynn stops that noise with a thumb to the eye.
  • Morrus tags in and Swoll powers over to his corner, but Robinson misses the tag.
  • Morrus working on Swoll and tags in Flynn.
  • Flynn with a front chancery, but Swoll powers over to his corner for the tag.
  • Robinson misses it again.
  • Flynn beats Swoll down to the canvas and hits a knee drop.
  • Swoll trying to fight back with rights, but Flynn and Morrus keep him pinned in their corner.
  • Morrus is pack in and he picks up Swoll as Flynn bounces off of both sets of ropes and drops him with an enzuiguri.
  • Flynn drags Swoll to the middle of the ring as Morrus heads up top.
  • Morrus misses the big splash.
  • Swoll with the hot tag to BA who comes in a house o' fire.
  • Jimmy Hart trying to sneak in for the double axe handle, but 4x4 catches him in the Dog Humping Your Leg Bear Hug.
  • Brian Knobbs in with a chair shot that 4x4 no sells.
  • Flynn with a savate kick that, surprise, 4x4 no sells.
  • The heels beat a hasty retreat.
  • YOUR WINNER: The No Limit Soldiers via Disqualification.
  • 4x4 would look threatening if he didn't have forearms less developed than a nine month old baby.
  • Brad Armstrong hardly even stepped in the ring and that just sucks.
    
    
• We get the longer Berlyn promo.  I'm going to miss Alex Wright's old music.
  
  
• Match #7 Juventud Guerrera vs. Norman Smiley
  • Juvie comes out with the signal for the Nail in the Coffin.  Sorry, but Vampiro hits that move better than Juvie could ever dream of.
  • Here comes Norman and Juvie mocks the SMBU.
  • Norman gets pissed off and they trade shoves.
  • 3/4 Nelson from Smiley into a side headlock.
  • Juvie whips out of that into a Smiley shoulder block.
  • Juvie with a waist lock, but Smiley elbows out of it.
  • Smiley catches a body scissors and goes for the inverted powerbomb, but Juvie counters with a bulldog.
  • Smiley rolls outside to catch his breath.
  • Smiley gets met with chips as he comes back into the ring.
  • Juvie goes for a cross body, but Smiley catches him with the big slam.
  • Smiley mocks Juvie, but Juvie rolls him up.
  • Smiley charges into a drop toe hold into a side headlock.
  • Smiley reverses that into an arm bar.
  • Smiley shoves Juvie into the corner and beats on him with punches, kicks and slaps.
  • Irish whip and a back elbow for two from Norman.
  • Reverse chinlock, but Juvie fights out with elbows.
  • Juvie off of the ropes, between the legs, but he gets met with a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker.
  • Smiley with a delayed butterfly slam.
  • He teases the SMBU, but then tells us it's not time.
  • Smiley with repeated head butts and some big rights.
  • Snap mare and a boot to the 'ead from Smiley.
  • European uppercut from Smiley.
  • Irish whip to the opposite corner.
  • Smiley charges and eats boot.
  • Then he eats some elbow.
  • Followed by a head scissor takeover.
  • Juvie skins the cat on Norman.
  • Juvie is tossed outside, but he lands on the apron and hot shots Smiley on the rope.
  • Juvie goes up top and tries for a top rope sunset flip, but Smiley pulls him up by the throat.
  • Body scissors from Juvi which Smiley catches him on, but Juvie counters with a deep armdrag takedown.
  • Juvie tries a splash in the corner and misses.
  • Smiley picks Juvie up for a big slam, but the reversal spot gets blown.
  • A kick to the gut followed by the Juvi Driver.
  • 1 . . .2 . . .3.
  • YOUR WINNER: Juventud Guerrera via pinfall following the Juvi Driver.
  • That was a good match even though it irks me that Smiley is back to jobbing on Saturday Night.

• We get another Buzz Sawyer sketch with a guy doing 65 pound squats.  There was a guy in the background benching more than that.  That's pretty sad.
  
  
• We get stills of the reunion of Luger and Sting followed by some stills of the match between Sting and Hogan.
  
  
• Match #8 Dee Dee Venturi vs. Mona
  • Venturi does a split on the corner ropes.
  
  
  • Here comes Mona.
  • Tie-up and Mona ducks a right and goes into an armdrag into an armbar.
  • Venturi chokes Mona out of it and whips into the ropes.
  • Mona flips through and armdrag and gets a head scissors takeover.
  • Venturi comes back with a huge lariat.
  • Venturi sends Mona into the corner.
  • She climbs on the top rope and just chokes Mona, actually pulling her feet off of the ground.
  • She does it again and then comes off with a bulldog.
  • A couple forearms from Venturi and she pounds Mona's head into the mat.
  • Venturi chokes Mona on the ropes.
  • Venturi sets Mona for a powerbomb, Mona trips her and gets a flip over cradle for two.
  • Venturi comes back with boots to the gut.
  • And another choke on the ropes.
  • Whip to the corner, but Venturi misses the corner charge.
  • Mona with chops in the corner.
  • Snap suplex from Mona for two.
  • Venturi gets up and drops Mona with a hammer blow.
  • Mona into the ropes.
  • Body scissors into a victory roll.
  • 1 . . .2 . . .3.
  • YOUR WINNER: Mona via pinfall from a victory roll.
  • Not a bad match for a women's match.  I wish Mona could have gotten more offense she's a pretty good worker.

• Mene Gene shills again for the last time of the night.
  
  
• Match #9 Scott and Steve Armstrong vs. Dean Malenko and Shane Douglas
  • Scott and Steve go to the ring and that was too exciting so we had to go to commercial.
  • We come back to Shane and Dean walking down.
  • Shane and Scott to start things off.
  • Shane with a full armdrag twist.
  • Scott reverses, but Shane reverses again so Scott head butts out of it.
  • Irish whip into the ropes, but Shane counters a body drop with a face buster slam.
  • Shane Douglas with a reverse version of Henning's neck snap flip thingy.
  • Snap mare from Douglas into a rest hold.
  • Scott with a thumb to the eye and he tags in Steve.
  • Douglas gets a hip toss and tags in Malenko.
  • Double lariat and a double suplex.
  • Malenko locks on the cloverleaf, but the ref was distracted in getting Douglas out of the ring.
  • While Nick Patrick is distracted the Armstrongs beat on Malenko.
  • Steve with a standing surfboard into a full nelson, but Malenko rams him into the corner.
  • Malenko whips Steve to the opposite corner and charges into a boot.
  • Steve slams Scott onto Malenko.
  • Scott with a choke on Malenko while Douglas is being detained.
  • Scott is beating on Malenko.
  • A back elbow into a reverse chinlock from Scott.
  • Scott dropkicks Douglas off of the apron and then picks Malenko up on his shoulder.
  • Stever goes up top, but Douglas crotches him on the top rop.
  • Sunset flip from Malenko for two.
  • Whip to the corner, but Malenko jumps over Scott.
  • Standing switch from Scott followed by a standing switch from Malenko to a belly to back.
  • Hot tag to Douglas who clears the ring.
  • Powerslam from Douglas for two.
  • All four men in the ring, it's a pier six brawl.
  • Steve whips Douglas into a Scott super kick.
  • Douglas ducks the doubles clothesline and hits the Pittsburgh Plunge.
  • 1 . . .2 . . .3
  • YOUR WINNER: The Revolution via pinfall following the Pittsburgh Plunge.
  • A pretty good match although Shane Douglas just hasn't impressed me since his return to WCW.
  • The Revolution gives us the same interview we've been getting since they names themselves.
  • I'm sorry, but their catchphrase sucks BIG TIME.  It makes absolutely no sense.   If evolution says only the strong survive, then wouldn't the 'best group' in WCW want evolution to stay?
  • Oops, trying to figure out WCW booking policy again.  Silly me.

• Well that was the first report and it wasn't too bad of a show when it was all said and done.  It started off slowly, but offered some decent matches in the middle and a decent main event.  If you liked the report then please drop me a line.  If you didn't and can offer some constructive criticism then by all means send that too.  I will try to answer all intelligently constructed emails.
  
  
• Have a good one!
  

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