WCW Saturday Night - Saturday, March 25, 2000
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Well, we're back for another week of Saturday Night. This report will be somewhat on the QT cause I'm in the middle of a barrage of tests right now.
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Match #1 Frankie Lancaster vs. The Maestro w/ Symphony
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Interesting note, Hudson opens the show to state that Eric Bischoff and Vince Russo are back.
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Tie-up and they roll around on the mat.
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Go behind and a trip from The Maestro.
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Lancaster rolls away.
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Wristlock from The Maestro, Lancaster escapes with a trip of his own.
- Some nice mat wrestling sequences here.
- European uppercut from the Maestro.
- He follows up with an elbow drop and a choke.
- Boots send Lancaster to the outside.
- Snap suplex and a cover for one from the Maestro.
- Reverse chinlock from the Maestro.
- Pendulum backbreaker from the Maestro.
- Bear hug from the Maestro and he covers for two.
- Lancaster fights out and hits a nice back body drop.
- Roll-up from Lancaster, but Symphony gets on the apron to pull him off.
- School boy from the Maestro as Lancaster grabs Symphony.
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1 . . .2 . . .3.
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YOUR WINNER: The Maestro via pinfall.
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Okay opener.
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We come back to a discussion of what happened between Hulk Hogan and Sid
Vicious. We also get some stills of the Harris Boys taking the tag
titles off of the Mamalukes.
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Match #2 Rick Fuller vs. The Demon
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And once again boys and girl it's time for another . . .
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Long story short: The Demon gets beat down to start and gets control for
just a bit every now and again. Fuller actually looked halfway decent
in the match until The Demon hits the cobra clutch slam out of nowhere
for the pin.
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YOUR WINNER: The Demon via pinfall following the cobra clutch slam.
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Post match we get an interview from Lash LeRoux who says that he's the
one and only Mr. Saturday Night.
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We return to the "irony" of the Cat versus the Dog. The Cat wins
with the slowest hook kick ever. I'm sure he can throw a harder one
and not hurt his opponent.
- Match #3 The Cat vs.Bad Barry Horowitz
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The Cat grabs the mic and says that he's not fighting in front of the rednecks
in the arena tonight. Eventually, he gets around to saying that he will
dance for everyone.
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Allan Funk jumps Horowitz before he even gets to the ring.
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The Cat comes out and hits a roundhouse to the chest of Funk and tosses
him into the rail.
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The Cat rolls Horowitz into the ring.
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Barry catches the cat as he comes back in the ring.
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European uppercuts from Horowitz and a cover for two.
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Headbutt and a jawbreaker from Barry.
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The Cat takes control on a Sunset flip attempt.
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The Cat hits the slink elbow.
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Horowitz retakes control with a rake to the eyes.
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The Cat hits a decent flapjack.
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The Cat must have screwed his side kick up as we get a shot of the crowd.
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We come back to the cover.
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1 . . .2 . . .3.
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YOUR WINNER: The Cat via pinfall.
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The Cat dances for the crowd post match.
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We come back to stills of Brian Knobbs taking the hardcore title off of
3-Count.
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Match #4 Frog, JC Ice and Wolfie D vs. Jung Dragons
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Kaz Hayashi and Wolfie D to start.
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Irish whip to a trip from Kaz and a nice jump spinning back kick.
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Head scissors takeover from Wolfie D.
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Wolfie counters a body drop with a gut wrench powerbomb.
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Yung Yang makes the tag and comes in with a drop toe hold, Kaz follows
up with an elbow drop.
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JC Ice tags in and gets met with a leg lariat from Yung.
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Rapid fire chops from Yang and he follows up with a double chop.
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Jaime-san tags in as does the frog.
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Head scissors takeover from Jaime-san sends the Frog outside.
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Baseball slide dropkick and Jaime-san follows up with a hurracanrana on
the floor.
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The Frog crotches Jaime-san on the top rope.
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The Frog with some rights and a nice top rope bulldog.
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Cover for two.
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Everman is in the ring.
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Wolfie D hits a spinning powerbomb, but Kaz makes the save.
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JC Ice makes the save on Wolfie's pin.
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Double standing side kick sends PG 13 outside.
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Tope con hilo from Jaime-san to the outside.
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Standing hurracanrana from Kaz sets up a diving senton (think Jeff Hardy)
from Yung Yang.
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1 . . .2 . . .3.
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YOUR WINNER: The Jung Dragons via pinfall following a diving senton.
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Post match we get an interview from Tommy Rogers who says that he's looking
for some gold.
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We come back to a replay of the Wall's desire to choke slam people.
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Match #5 Kid Romeo vs. Jeremy Lopez
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Tie-up and a knee lift from Romeo.
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Wristlock from Romeo and it's reversed by Lopez.
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Romeo re-reverses and hits a nice single wrist salto.
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Side note: Hudson is really being open about what's been going on the last
five years in the world of Pro Wrestling. Not that big of a deal,
except Hudson is usually always in character. In my opinion, this lacks his
normal "sell it to the fans" attitude that he has. I don't mind at
all, but I just thought it was interesting.
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Romeo with a cover for two.
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Romeo hits a flying cross body for two.
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Reverse chinlock from Romeo.
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Lopez comes back wtih a nice side Russian legsweep.
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Series of standing switches and Lopez hits a very nice brainbuster.
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Another cover for two.
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Irish whip and a nice schoolboy roll-up from Romeo for two.
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Lopez quickly re-establishes control.
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Butterfly Ligerbomb from Lopez for two.
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Lopez ducks the head and Romeo hits kind of a seated pedigree.
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Nice back brain kick from Romeo and another cover for two.
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Lopez reverses a whip and tries to a tiger bomb it looks like, but Romeo
escapes.
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Romeo Relaxer.
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1 . . .2 . . .3.
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YOUR WINNER: Kid Romeo via pinfall following the Romeo Relaxer.
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When we come back Lash LeRoux and Tommy Rogers are going to mix it up.
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We return to a replay of Chris Candido's interview to enter WCW.
We also see Candido's loss to Chavo on Thunder.
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Match #6 Tommy Rogers vs. Lash LeRoux
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Tie-up and a side headlock from Lash.
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Rogers reverses it into a hammerlock.
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Lash escapes and hits a nice biel.
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Lash follows with a dropkick to the knee and a a legdrop.
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Rogers flips out of a belly to back suplex and comes back with a pump handle suplex.
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Rogers with a hard whip into the corner.
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Rogers off of the second rope, but Lash catches him with his Northern Lights slam.
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Irish whip and Lash ducks the head.
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Lash sends Rogers outside and misses the baseball slide dropkick.
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Rogers in the ring and his dropkick doesn't miss.
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Rogers with a beatdown on the outside.
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Lash reverses a whip into the rail, but Rogers blocks it and hot shots Lash into the guardrail.
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Rogers back outaide and he rolls Lash back in.
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Rogers ducks the Bourbon Street Blues and hits a belly to back suplex for two.
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Lash comes back with some rights and a European uppercut.
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Rogers reverses a whip into the corner, Lash tries to float over, but Rogers catches him.
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Lash escapes before getting sent into the turnbuckle and hits the Whiplash 2000.
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1 . . .2 . . .3.
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YOUR WINNER: Lash LeRoux via pinfall following the Whiplash 2000.
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Good match. A little sloppy at times, but both men hustled to cover up.
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We come back to a replay of the fight between Fit Finlay and Tank Abbott
and Meng coming after him during the match.
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Match #7 Dave Burkhead vs. Tank Abbott
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Why give it a long story short...it will be over quickly anyway.
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Tank is in there with some elbows and forearms.
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Tank with his double leg slam.
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Arm toss out of the corner from Tank.
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Burkhead fights back with an eye rake.
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Abbott covers up and fires with the overhand right out of nowhere.
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Burkhead is out.
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YOUR WINNER: Tank Abbott via knockout.
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We come back to a discussion of Vampiro and his problems with Team Package
and the tease of the alignment with Sting.
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Match #8 Steve Armstrong vs. Vampiro
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Whip and a shoulderblock from Vampiro to start.
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Both men trade hip toss reversals until Vampiro wins and tosses Armstrong outside.
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Vampiro misses the plancha, but lands on his feet.
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Armstrong catches Vampiro with some shoulders, but Vampiro gets his knee
up for the last one.
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Top rope lariat from Vampiro for two.
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Whip to the opposite corner reversed by Armstrong.
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Monkey flip from Armstrong, Vampiro springs up and hits an enzuiguri for two.
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Side suplex from Armstrong.
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Big scoop slam from Armstrong.
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Another side suplex from Armstrong for two.
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Standing surfboard from Armstrong.
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Vampiro fights to his feet and reverses it.
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Vampiro no sells as he gets upset.
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Armstrong blocks a sunset flip attempt and gets a two count.
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Armstrong tries to come off the tope, but he comes down into a standing side kick.
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1 . . .2 . . .3.
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YOUR WINNER: Vampiro via pinfall.
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Good match, and I'm excited about the seeming push they are giving Vampiro.
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We come back to a replay of the new Los Fabulosos with Miss Hancock
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Match #9 Chuck Coates vs. Gold . . .er. Hail w/Jimmy Hart
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Hail starts off with a huge beatdown.
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Vertical suplex to a slam on the turnbuckle from Hail.
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Hail hits the piledriver.
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1 . . .2 . . .3.
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YOUR WINNER: Hail via pinfall following the Piledriver.
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Hail is quickly going to overtake Goldberg as the most dangerous man to wrestle with. I thought he broke Coates' neck with that slam into the turnbuckle move.
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We come back to more discussion of Hogan and Sid. Do I care?
Nope.
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Match #10 Little Jeanie and Dee Dee Venturi vs. Mona and Fantasy
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The heels with a sneak attack, but Mona and Fantasy quickly come back with a suplex.
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Fantasy and Jeanie trade wristlocks.
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Jeanie with a blatant choke.
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Vertical suplex from Jeanie.
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Cover for two.
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Snapmare from Jeanie and another this time with the hair.
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Jeanie rolls Fantasy into her corner as she distracts the ref so Dee Dee can commence the beatdown.
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Jeanie with a cover for two.
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Huge lariat from Jeanie.
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Spinning toe hold into a nice figure four and Jeanie grabs the ropes for leverage.
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Fantasy hits the reversal, but Jeanie gets a hold of the ropes.
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Fantasy tries to make the tag, but apparently can't as SHE'S RIGHT IN HER
DAMN CORNER!!!!
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Just for that . . .
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Long story short: The hot tag finally gets made and Mona comes in for the
roll-up win.
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YOUR WINNER: Mona and Fantasy via pinfall.
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Well, Fantasy set women's wrestling back about ten years. If you
can't make me care about Mona then you just plain suck. To be fair
though, Little Jeanie showed me some stuff that I really liked.
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We return to a replay of the last Sierra and Duggan match.
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Match #11 Fidel Sierra vs. Hacksaw Jim Duggan for the WCW TV Title in a
flag match
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Well hate to do it for the main Event, but I have stuff to do and we just
saw this match two weeks ago.
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Long story short: Duggan attacks Sierra on the outside and is pulling the
same brawler offense that he's had since I was 11. Sierra restablishes
control and until Duggan hulks out of the rear chinlock and eventually
hits the Old Glory kneedrop for the win after hitting Sierra with his own
flag.
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YOUR WINNER: Hacksaw Jim Duggan via pinfall.
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Same match as last time with the exception of the introduction of the flag.
Duggan is pretty funny as he rubs the Cuban flag in his pits afterwards.
Hell, I wouldn't want it back after that.
Not a terrible show, by any standards. The long story short matches
were more because of characters I'm totally apathetic about instead of
poor effort. Hopefully the show will pick-up in the next months.