WCW Saturday Night - Saturday, 06/13/98
WCW Saturday Night - Saturday, 06/13/98
- A one-hour show for my first report from Delaware ("Home of Tax-Free Shopping," "Small but Wonderful.")
- Unfortunately, due to the fact that the cable company is run and staffed by idiots, I won't be able to see Nitro this week, or the Great American Bash. I tried for a month to get my cable turned on before I moved in, but the person living here before me never called to say she was moving, so the cable company wouldn't turn it on for me until I could show a lease. So I go down on Thursday with my lease, and they say "Ok, you're set. We'll turn the cable on NEXT SATURDAY (the 20th)." Idjits.
- If anyone's going to be watching the Bash tonight, could you make a note of where they announce Reese and Kanyon as "hailing from" so I can add it to my list? Thanks. You can mail the "answers" here.
- Match 1: Saturn (w/Lodi and Raven) pinned Damien after the Death Valley Driver
- The sound of the siren starts the show. How's that for alliteration?
- We're on the eve of the Great American Bash, in case anyone missed it.
- The heat machine boos Saturn.
- Lodi and Raven are with Saturn, who looks a lot like Marc Mero, actually.
- Saturn's got the mic.
- Saturn's calling out "Mortis/Kanyon."
- Nobody's coming out.
- Yeah, maybe we'll see this tonight. And maybe we'll also see Hogan vs. Steve Austin in a best-of-seven Ironman match.
- Saturn says "I know where you'll be tomorrow."
- Saturn's opponent is Damien.
- Saturn yells at Lodi, allowing Damien to open early.
- Saturn drops an elbow on the luchador, though.
- Saturn starts frailin' Damien in the corner.
- Damien gets hotshotted into the turnbuckles.
- Saturn with some kicks.
- Saturn charges into the corner and connects with an elbow.
- Lodi sign: "Kanyon fears Saturn."
- Another elbow from Saturn.
- I drove through Baltimore today (Sunday). Maybe I should have gotten some GAB tickets.
- HUGE German suplex from Saturn.
- Damien tries a leapfrog, but Saturn catches him and hits the Death Valley Driver.
- Post-match, Saturn yells for Kanyon, and shoves Lodi off the ring apron.
- They've changed the name of "WCW Magazine" to "WCW/nWo Magazine."
- Tonight on the show: Chavo Jr. vs. Jericho, and Juvi vs. Kidman.
- Tenay plugs the GAB main event.
- Match 2: Dean Malenko made Evan Kourageous submit to the Texas Cloverleaf
- Evan Kourageous comes out, showing a little more personality than usual.
- The heat machine boos, but Kourageous is slapping hands. The problem with heat machines, I guess.
- He'll be facing Dean Malenko.
- Malenko comes out sans belt.
- Hudson calls Malenko by his ECW nickname: "The Shooter."
- Kourageous' name is still spelled "Courageous" on the back of his trunks.
- Oops. My bad. It says "Outrageous" on the back.
- Some mat wrestling to start off.
- Malenko with an elbow on the rope break.
- The Texas Resthold from Malenko.
- A missed spot on an Irish Whip.
- Malenko with an avalanche clothesline, and hits his gutbuster.
- Malenko then grabs the leg, and slaps on the Texas Cloverleaf for the submission win.
- Malenko hollers for Jericho after the match.
- Promo for "The Real Reason Men Commit Crimes," with Steve Borden.
- A look back at Thunder, with the Hart/Benoit/Booker situation.
- Match 3: Booker T pinned Barry Horowitz after the Missile Dropkick
- We go to the ring, to see Booker T taking on the High Pharaoh of Jobbing, Barry Horowitz.
- Booker with a takedown, and Horowitz with a reversal into a hammerlock.
- Booker hits a back-elbow.
- Booker charges the corner, but gets met with an elbow.
- Horowitz pats himself on the back, charges out of the corner, and gets met with a powerslam.
- Booker hits a side kick.
- Horowitz catches Booker coming into the ring, and starts to work on the knee.
- Dragonscrew legwhip from Horowitz.
- Bridging leglock from Horowitz.
- Booker with a knee to the gut, and hits the scissor kick.
- Booker with his pancake, and breakdances up.
- Booker waits, and hits the Harlem Sidekick.
- A missile dropkick puts an end to the mighty Horowitz threat.
- Fit Finley runs in, kicks Booker in the leg, and applies a half-crab.
- Stevie Ray runs Finley off.
- The Odditorium
- Vandy says that Goldberg might have to watch out for Konnan.
- Vandy says that Goldberg may have to take on the whole Wolfpac.
- Vandy says that Goldberg speaks the international language of "pain."
- We see a recap of the Jericho/Malenko situation on Thunder.
- Match 4: Chris Jericho made Chavo Guerrero Jr. submit to the Liontamer.
- Chavo Jr. comes out with his ribs taped.
- Chavo: "Eddie...I'm not done yet."
- Duh duh duh.....Evenflow.....
- Jericho comes out with his Conspiracy Victim sign.
- Chavo's really favoring his ribs.
- Chavo tells Jericho to stop, Jericho does, and Chavo busts out laughing "You stopped! Hahahahha!"
- Jericho goes to work on the ribs.
- Chavo grabs onto Jericho's boots.
- Jericho hits his double-underhook backbreaker.
- Chavo gets his foot up as Jericho charges, and levels him with a clothesline.
- Chavo hits a bulldog as Eddie Guerrero comes out.
- Jericho with a standing spinebuster, and locks on the Liontamer.
- Chavo taps out.
- Jericho keeps the hold on, as Eddie's happy.
- Nick Patrick has to pull Jericho off of Chavo as we go to commercial.
- Match 5: Juventud Guerrera pinned Kidman (w/Lodi) after the JuviDriver
- Kidman comes out with Lodi.
- Lodi sign: "Kidman Rulz the Luchadors"
- This is tonight's main event.
- Commercial.
- Juventud Guerrera comes out, spitting like a llama.
- Juvi winks at the camera.
- Lodi sign: "Kidman vs. Juvi - Best of 467." Nice.
- Kidman with a shoulderblock.
- Juvi hits some headscissors, and kips up.
- Juvi clotheslines Kidman over the top.
- Juvi slingshots over the top onto Kidman.
- Juvi tries a rollup, and Kidman suplexes him up and over for two.
- Kidman with the Seven Year Resthold.
- Kidman pulls Juvi down to the mat by the hair.
- Kidman climbs the ropes, but doesn't scratch.
- Kidman walks the ropes, and drops the leg.
- Kidman with a dropkick from a little too close.
- Juvi with a sunset flip, but gets up right into a huge flying clothesline.
- Kidman meets boot as he charges the corner, and then gets introduced to a clothesline.
- Kidman misses a corner charge, and Juvi hits a top-rope spinwheel kick.
- Kidman catches Juvi, and hits the split-legged spinebuster.
- Kidman heads up top, but Juvi kips up, and drops Kidman to the mat.
- Juvi goes up top himself.
- Juvi goes for the 450, but Kidman rolls out of the way.
- However, Juvi lands on his feet, and hits the JuviDriver for the win!