WCW Saturday Night - Saturday, June 22nd, 1996
- WCW Saturday Night opening video.
- The video highlights Razor Ramon's and Diesel's appearance at the Great American Bash. The video cuts away right before the power bomb.
- Tony Schiavone and Dusty Rhodes are the commentators tonight. They obviously hype up the "first attack" on WCW.
- Stills from other matches from the Great American Bash are shown. Benoit/Sullivan and the Horsemen/Greene/Mongo tag match.
- Kevin Sullivan w/Jimmy Hart versus Pat Tanaka
- Sullivan beats Tanaka all over ringside hitting Tanaka with a chair and proceeds to brawl with Tanaka all the way outside.
- Sullivan throws Tanaka down stairs near a loading truck.
- The referee has counted both men out.
- Your Winner: Double count-out
- Arn Anderson cuts a promo on hostile takeover. Anderson challenges them to do what they did to Bischoff to one of the Horsemen.
- Commercials
- Gene joins us with the Bash At The Beach Control Center.
- Sting, Lex Luger and Randy Savage take on Razor Ramon, Diesel and a mystery partner.
- Konnan defends the WCW United States Championship against Ric Flair.
- The Giant and Kevin Sullivan take on Arn Anderson and Chris Benoit.
- That's all the matches announced thus far.
- Commercials
- VK Wallstreet versus WCW United States Champion Konnan
- Before the match, Konnan had some words for Ric Flair. Konnan tells Flair to come and get the belt.
- Konnan with a missile dropkick from the middle rope for a near fall. Wallstreet blocks a splash in the corner and controls Konnan for a few moments.
- Wallstreet offense consists of a clothesline and a sleeper hold that really slows down the match.
- Konnan rolls through the Stock Market Crash attempt and pins Wallstreet.
- Your Winner: WCW United States Champion Konnan via pinfall
- Sting cuts a promo on the hostile takeover saying "Let's see what happens when you face a wrestler".
- Commercials
- Gene plugs the hotline and the WCW Main Event program
- Harlem Heat versus Fire & Ice
- Early on, Scott Norton controls Stevie Ray with a shoulder block and running splash in the corner. Booker T distracts Norton to allow Ray to get the advantage with a leaping clothesline.
- Ray manages to drop Norton with a side slam. Booker enters but is met with an atomic drop. Ray and Train get the tags. Train with a leaping clothesline to knock Ray down. Train follows up with a big scoop slam.
- Norton wants a tag, but Train seemingly doesn't want to. Booker dropkicks Train who then knocks Norton off the apron.
- Booker with a leaping sidekick on Train and Ray covers Train to win the match.
- Your Winners: Harlem Heat via pinfall.
- After the match, Fire and Ice have a brief argument. This can only snowball into something worse.
- Video of Lord Steven Regal and Harlem Heat cutting promos on the invaders. Regal says he isn't hiding and Harlem Heat mention that WCW is where the big boys play.
- Commercials
- Gene is back with the Bash at the Beach Control Center. July 7th, 1996 is the date of the event.
- Gene mentions this time around that Public Enemy will take on the Nasty Boys.
- Big Bubba faces John Tenta in a Carson City silver dollar match
- Joe Gomez meets Mongo
- For the Lord of the Ring: Jim Duggan takes on Diamond Dallas Page
- Rey Misterio Jr. will square off against Psychosis
- WCW Cruiserweight Champion Dean Malenko defends against the Disco Inferno
- Commercials
- Debbie Combs versus Madusa
- A women's match in WCW? Remember when Madusa shocked the world by jumping over from the WWF, trashing the WWF title?
- Didn't think so.
- Long story short, Madusa rolls Combs up from a go-behind to win the match.
- Your Winner: Madusa via pinfall
- A video promoting GLACIER is shown. July 1996 marks a time table for his debut.
- Commercials
- Video from the Chris Benoit/Kevin Sullivan wild brawl from the Great American Bash 1996.
- Arn Anderson/Chris Benoit versus Rock N' Roll Express
- Morton and Anderson brawl in and out of the ring with Morton getting the advantage. Gibson enters and drops Benoit with a backdrop and head scissors takedown.
- Gibson goes shoulder first into the ring post as he went for a spear in the corner. Benoit with a series of boots and right hands.
- Gibson is worked over for a few moments as he is unable to tag in Morton. Benoit is met with a leaping kick to the side of the head. Morton gets the hot tag.
- Morton takes Anderson down with a running bulldog for a near fall. Double dropkick on Anderson but Benoit breaks up the pin.
- Benoit throws Morton over the top to cause the lame DQ finish.
- Your Winners: Rock N' Roll Express via disqualification
- After the match, Anderson and Benoit work on Morton on the floor. Anderson and Benoit taunt the fans as if they had won the match.
- Backstage, Gene is with Miss Elizabeth, Debra and Woman. Debra tells Gene that she loves money.
- Ric Flair, Mongo, Arn Anderson and Chris Benoit join Gene for an interview.
- Anderson thought that he and Sullivan had a bond but has learned differently. Benoit tells Sullivan that he is messing with an elite wrestler and an elite stable and he proved that at the Great American Bash.
- Mongo says that Greene could have used a bump to the head. Mongo says that the Horsemen are the only thing that matters.
- Flair turns his attention to Randy Savage and tells him to learn to love it. Flair says the Horsemen are new, current and happy.
- The same Steven Regal and Harlem Heat promos are shown.
- Commercials
- Time for the complete footage of Eric Bischoff getting attacked at the Great American Bash.
- Ramon hit Bischoff in the midsection and Diesel proceeded to power bomb Bischoff off the podium through a table.
- That is it for this week.
- The Good: Show was only an hour long, which is what I think it should be to begin with. Bash at the Beach looks pretty good from a wrestling card standpoint.
- The Bad: The wrestling this week was very sub-par and uninteresting.
- The Ugly: Debbie Combs kind of looked like a walking doll with way too much makeup on.