WCW Worldwide - Saturday, 6/10/00
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I'm so not on a roll this last week:
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First, I forget to transcribe the question from last week's Ask WCW
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Arn Anderson was asked who he tried to model his work after and who he
learned the most from in wrestling
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He responded that he wanted to be like Dick Slater, and learned the most
from Ric Flair.
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Now, due to a VCR mishap, I've only got the second half of Worldwide.
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And probably in bad quality.
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We'll see how it goes.
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At least someone was doing better than I: RGavz fills us in on Cassidy
Riley and Chris Harris' music from last week:
I am big into the ripoff entrance themes and the
one you talked about on your Worldwide report (I believe) is a ZZ Top ripoff
of La Grange.
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Best I can figure, earlier, the weekly interview was with Shane Douglas.
Can my psychic picture guy bail me out?
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On my tape, we start off with Ask WCW:
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Scott Hudson (with Larry Zybsko, guess Bobby's out this week) throws it
to Jimmy Hart.
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Wow, Jimmy's got a normal looking coat on.
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In between static, Jimmy explains that he's the man who does the music
for most of the guys.
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He says that he talks to the talent, and together, they figure out what
music would work best with each wrestler.
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Back in the studio, Larry says he had no music.
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"People were chanting 'Larry! Larry!' so loud, you wouldn't have been able
to hear it."
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I wonder, if days when they're just killing time, if Zybsko and Heenan
have contest to see who can tell the biggest lie.
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Mike Sanders vs (Mister) Skip Over
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He's not average this week, but he's got the Pulp Fiction music still.
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When I hear this music, I feel like I should be also hearing...some...guy...with...a...cane...take...too...much...time...between...words...
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Oh, no, wait. He's now "Above Average" Mike Sanders.
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That sure is something.
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He's got something different going with his hair.
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Wish I was paying attention to it last week so I could tell you what exactly...
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He kinda looks like a Jeff Jarrett stunt double now.
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He's even standing on the ropes like Jarrett does.
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Elix Skipper is now a hip hopper from Long Island. Discuss.
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You know, a team with him and Kid Romeo might be fun.
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Except for too much bad dancing, of course.
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Penzer says "Mister", the graphic doesn't. You choose.
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Sanders jumps Skip from behind as he's taking off his jacket, and the match
gets underway.
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Corner whip, Skipper walks up the ropes and flips over Sanders.
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Sanders turns around, right into a hiptoss. And another.
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Whip by Skip, Sanders baseball slides under the bottom rope.
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And he points to his head! This is getting scary.
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If he breaks out a strut...
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While I'm typing all of that, Skip hits a pescado and rolls back in to
do some funky dancing.
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Sanders, apparently annoyed at all the funky dancing, runs right back into
the ring, into a drop toe hold.
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Skip with a dance step kneedrop, 2 count.
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Whip, no, Sanders slides under, holding Skip's hand, and hit's that pumphandle
back suplex again.
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Sanders with a stomp, picks Skip by his head, snapmare, off the ropes,
big kick to the chest.
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Sanders with the taunt elbowdrop.
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Push into corner, chop by Mike, chop, Skip reverses, chop, chop, corner
whip.
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The whip is reversed by Sanders, who vaults himself to the apron, then
slingshots himself back in with a headscissors on Skip.
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Clothesline by Sanders. Sanders stalls, then puts on the chin lock.
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Skip out quick, but right into a short back elbow.
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Sanders goes for another one, but Skip ducks under, grabs on a waistlock,
Sanders turns around to throw a punch, but ends up getting thrown by a
overhead belly to belly suplex.
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10 count gets to four...
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Why is there a 10 count under 'relaxed rules'?
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20 people run to the ring, there's no DQ because of relaxed rules
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But, if people are out on the mat for 10 seconds, they'll end the match
right there.
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Logic. Or the lack of it.
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Both up, and they trade punches.
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Skip eventually knocks down Sanders with a mighty right. Dropkick, backdrop.
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Skip with an arm twist, opening his way up for a kick to the midsection
and a fierce RockerDropper.
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That looked painful. I was guessing finisher, till he didn't cover.
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Apparently, it's called the "Flip Mold Legdrop", which doesn't sound right.
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Must've misheard Tenay.
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Skip goes to the top rope, Missile Dropkick. That's good enough for the
win.
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Your Winner: Skip Over (3:28)
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You know, it's awful punny to say this, but Over was quite over by the
end of that match.
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Shane Eden, Air Paris and Allen Funk vs Kronic
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We were SO close to getting another dose of the Funk, but Kronic's music
cut him off.
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Let's zoom in on the 4:20 sign.
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Funk's one smart dude.
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He mouths of to Kronic while they're on the ramp, daring them to get in
the ring.
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They do, and as they do, Funk backs off and lets the other two get beaten
up.
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Of course, when Funk tries attacking seconds later, he gets beat up too.
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Kronic clears the ring in record time, then figures that they have to throw
someone in to fight.
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So, Bryan goes out and grabs Paris, throwing him into Brian.
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As Bryan re-enters the ring, Brian gets a few punches in on Paris.
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Bryan finally leaves, so we have the concept of a match.
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Brian picks up Paris and press slams him to the outside, where Funk and
Eden are standing.
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Funk and Eden had only been standing there, waiting for Brian to do it
for 15 seconds or so.
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Anyway, there goes that match thing.
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Kronic keep forgetting that they need to have an opponent, I guess.
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Darn pot heads.
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That's what the wacky weed will do to you, boys and girls.
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Brian looks at Bryan, which apparently counts as a tag, as Bryan comes
in.
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They're still selling on the outside, now they're all arguing.
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Funk decides to get up on the apron for no reason, and is tossed in.
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Bryan with a kick to the midsection, chop, kick, whip, but Funk slides
under.
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Dropkick, no sell.
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Dropkick, 10% sell.
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Dropkick, tossed to the side.
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Meng may be gone, but his spirit lives on.
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Bryan sets him up in the corner, and then stomps him to the ground.
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Bryan with a corner whip, flying shoulder block as Funk rebounds out.
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Bryan throws Funk into the Kronic's corner, and tags Brian.
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Brian with a hiptoss, landing Funk in his own corner.
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Brian does the Undertaker hair flip up, and indicates that he'd like to
have a fresh man to beat up.
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Eden and Paris aren't in a hurry to get in, but Paris gets tagged when
he's not looking anyway.
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Paris believes he can do it: He can take down Brian!
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Paris ducks under a clothesline...he's going to do it!
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Paris keeps running...right into a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker. Never mind.
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Whip by Brian, duck under by Paris, who hits a Sunset flip, but Brian ain't
selling that.
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Double choke lift, turn around into a full nelson, and a cobra clutch slam.
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Cover, but Funk and Eden break it up.
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Bryan in, and again, Kronic clear up.
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Bryan on Funk with the move that was called the Meltdown at some point.
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Now it's probably just the "Joint" or something equally interesting and
subtle
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While Eden is out of it in the corner, Brian hits a DVD into a brain buster
on Paris.
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I've not heard of that before.
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Looked painful, maybe too much.
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I'm not sure how much protection Paris' neck got in that move.
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Maybe someone screwed up.
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High Times for Shane Eden, and that's good enough for the pin.
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Your Winner: Kronic (4:15)
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The crowd seemed into Kronic too.
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Chris Harris vs Shane Douglas
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Oh, kill me now. Please.
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Actually, over at WrestleLine,
there's an interesting interview with him and Tom Pritchard.
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But I still don't want to see him wrestle.
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Or talk, or talk, I mean that too...don't take that mic Shane! Noooooooo!
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Shane: "Cut the music! Now first of all, you inbred little jack[mute]es
can sit down, 'cause I got something to say to the Wall. Hey, big man,
I'm sorry. Sorry that you're [mute+static] to get Franchised at the Great
American Bash. I don't want to have to kick your tail up between your teeth.
I just got to do it, 'cause I love kicking [mute]. (laugh)
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Shane hits Harris with the mic, and the match is under way.
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Shane stomp, stomp, stomp, stomp, pick up, shot to the back, pick up, shot
to the back.
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Shane with a pick up, snap suplex, holds on for a snap suplex, holds on
for a hanging vertical suplex.
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Shane with a headbutt in the corner.
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Harris reverses, with punches in the corner.
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Corner whip, but Shane rebounds out with a clothesline.
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Shane with a whip, reverse, clothesline ducked under by Shane, who grabs
on a waistlock, Harris to the ropes.
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Harris off the ropes, into a powerslam. Harris up, and gets dropkicked.
And another.
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Shane clotheslines him to the outside. Shane follows him out, whip into
the rail.
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Shane picks him up, and drops him on to the rail.
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Shane tries to come off the apron with a clothesline, but gets a punch
to the stomach instead.
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Harris with punches, and a whip into the rail.
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Harris with shots to the apron, then rolls Shane back in.
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Harris goes to the top rope, cross body for 2.
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Shane misses with two lame punches, Harris hits his, inverted atomic dorp
and a clothesline.
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That's the Disco Inferno combo special, you know.
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Cover, two count.
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Harris with a bad looking kick, whip into the ropes.
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Shane, with some effort, grabs Harris into a fisherman's buster after he
rebounds off the ropes, and gets the pin.
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Your Winner: Shane Douglas (:45 interview, 3:09 match)
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I'll give Shane credit...he did sell for his opponent a bunch.
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But I still don't want to see him ever again.
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Hudson and Zybsko hype GAB
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Hudson talks about 'the big announcement' for the show.
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Zybsko "This could be the end of professional wrestling as WCW knows it.
Bischoff and Russo are capable of ruining anything."
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That's a good line.