WCW Worldwide - Saturday, 12/5/98

By The Cubs Fan

• Okay, I've been doing some deep thinking about the BIG story that'll happen Monday night. Yes, of course I'm talking about Disco's announcement....
  • Now, he brought back the Chartbuster Saturday Night (And ya know, we haven seen Leslie in a while), so that can't be it. And I don't think he's going be bringing back the Last Dance...
  • And that was my best guess, so now I'm kinda stuck.
  • But knowing Disco, it's got to be something really really big...so this is my best guess...
  • Normally, musicians record an album, then go on tour for a while before recording another one. Well, as I'm sure you all remember, Disco's first album went Gold and he had his "Shake Your Booty" tour, so I think it's just about time for album two to be realeased, Monday Night.
  • Or, I could be wrong :)
• About the "Not" Lizmark Jr. from last week...the best theory Aldo and I came up with was that Atlantis was the man who was wrestling, but is no longer with the company, so they decided to push someone else in the match.
  • Bill Fluty adds his thoughts

    Don't know why WCW would bother to try and pass off Atlantis as Lizmark Jr. Especially since they had, as you noted, shown another of his matches on the "last" WorldWide edition prior to the magazine format. I've not seen any mention of Atlantis doing anything else for WCW other than those TV taping matches earlier this year, so he's most likely not on the roster. But why the false billing? I enjoy (most of the time) WCW, but I simply don't understand their constant disrespect for the viewing audience, even in mundane areas like old TV matches from the vault on the syndicated show. I don't get bent out of shape over it, but I would like to have been in the room to hear the discussion for the voice over of the match when it was decided, or dictated, that the announcers would identify Atlantis as Lizmark Jr. Not only should Atlantis be pissed (hope his check from the TV tapings cleared), but what about Lizmark Jr.?

  • I figure this is going end up in with all the other weird stuff that happen on Worldwide (Juvie, maskless, tapping out to Chris Jericho's Liontamer comes to mind) that never gets mentioned ever again. Oh well, I'll make sure to do it for them.
• Anyone happen to have some info on ECW (and other East Coast indys) valet Chastity? A reader is looking for information about her.
  • Heck, I'd like more info...she hangs out with my Role Model (JC) and she's such a babe, but no one notices because she ain't falling out of her top like others. (*cough*sunny*cough*)
• I've had a real bad weekend. Classes before Finals end Tuesday, and I have two computer projects to do before Tuesday afternoon, which I'm about half done with. I probably would be done, if my computer's hard drive didn't get tons of bad sectors out of nowhere Friday night, causing me to spend most of my weekend trying to get it to scan and fix the hard drive. And, when I tried to go use the computer labs Sunday, guess what happens? Power outage.
• Let's just get to the show already....

• We start of the show with a World War 3 recap...
  • You know the results by now, I'd think.
  • Tony "Jericho vs Duncum for the Cruiserweight Title"
    • He corrected himself at the end of that portion of the clips by saying TV Title
    • I guess they do these things in one take or something.
  • The whole way through the clips, Tony does a bad job with the voice over. Somewhat like he didn't know what clip would be played next, and improvised. Not well.
• Intervew - Lee Marhsall with Sonny Onoo
  • Marshall is still talking about the WCW Reader Awards, as he was with Disco last week.
  • Sonny Onoo wanders in, and Marshall asks his thoughts on some of the categories
  • Marshall just happens to pick every category that might relate to Onoo (manger of the year, cruiserweight of the year, International star of the year...) and Onoo picks himself.
  • Match of the year? Marshall is thinking Goldberg vs DDP, Onoo thinks it's yet to come: Onoo vs Goldberg in the clash of the undefeated Titians.
  • This was a waste of three minutes.
• Tony and Larry discuss Eric Bischoff and Ric Flair
  • Larry seems to think that Eric sees the Four Horseman and Flair back as the end of the nWo
    • Nah, that'd be if they let someone like take over like Scott Stei-oops, too late.
  • And, for no good reason, replay the entire bit from Nitro in Minnesota on October 19^th.
• Match Of The Week - Rey Mysterio vs Billy Kidman on Nitro
  • You know, I'm sort of encouraged by the Cruiserweights being in the MOTW every week. Someone along the way does realize that they're putting on some great stuff
  • We watch the whole match, incluing intros, except for skipping the early out-of-ring stuff
• Starcade Hype - Nash vs Goldberg hyped, nothing of note.
• Local Ad - The WWF is coming to town on the day after Christmas - December 26^th.
  • The WWF schedules its shows always when it's hardest for me to get tickets or get to the event, I swear.
  • Rock vs Kane for the World Title
  • Austin vs Bossman (For the Hardcore Title?)
  • Triple H vs the Undertaker
  • Other matches not mentioned but on on the WWF website (and thus, more likely to change)
    • NAO vs Headbangers (for the Tag Team Titles)
    • Shamrock vs Mankind (for the IC Title, Falls Anywhere)
    • X-Pac vs Jeff Jarret (for the Euro Title, Guitar on a Pole)
    • Goldust vs Val Venis
    • Edge/Gangrel w/Christian vs D'Lo Brown and Mark Henry
    • Al Snow w/Head vs Stephen Regal
  • Card subject to change (It'll be their first show since Dec 15^th, so I'd bet someone on the card tries to take an extra day off for their Christmas break)
  • Sounds like a pretty good show, I might try making it out there...
• Interview - Lee with Dean Malenko and Chris Benoit
  • Lee is again talking about the magazine's awards.
  • Tag Team of the year, Dean and Chris?
  • Dean says he could care less about awards, what he cares more about is Bischoff
  • Benoit "Eric Bischoff, your days of screwing people over and leaving money on the dresser are over."
  • Benoit "There are five of us, the Four Horseman..."
  • The interview ends with Benoit laughing at what they're going do to Bischoff. Scary...
• Kendall Windham vs Manny Fernadez
  • Tenay and Marshall discuss Kendall's single black glove, which is the same thing his father used to do, and the fact that he's gained a lot of weight since coming back.
  • Fernadez with a headlock, off the ropes, shoulderblock.
  • Fernadez with a headlock, Kendall punches out, whips Manny and hiptosses
  • Kendall with an armbar, into a headlock.
  • Kendall off the ropes, but gets backdroped by Fernadez and dropkicked when he gets up.
  • Kendall rolls out side, Fernadez follows only to get beat and thrown back in.
  • Kendall goes back in, and his a belly to back suplex for two
    • Tenay's using the Japanese term for a belly to back suplex (backdrop suplex) for whatever reason.
  • Kendall stops Manny, whips him into the ropes...
  • Manny sunset flips Kendall and gets a 2 count.
  • Kendall is up first, chop and punch on Manny.
  • Kendall either tries to do another belly to back twice and Manny blocks him from going back (what I thought) or Kendall gives Manny two atomic drops (what Tenay said). Manny didn't seem like he was selling anything, for what it's worth.
  • Manny clotheslines Kendall, scoop and a slam.
  • Many goes for a suplex, but Kendall blocks and reverses it into a swinging neckbreaker and follows with the Lariat O' Doom for the three
  • Your Winner: Kendall Windham
• Silver King vs Todd Griffith
  • Takes about 1 minute from the time King is introduced for Tenay to work in the "Don't be fooled by his stocky physique" line, for those scoring at home.
  • King with a front facelock, but Griffith turns it into an armbar
  • King does that flipping around move all the cruiserweights do in WCW Revenge to get out of the armbar
  • King with a chop, headlock and runs off the ropes.
  • King hits a shoulderblock, runs again and hits a spinning heel kick.
  • King hits a powerbomb, for a two-count.
  • Griffith knocks King outside, punches and kicks, but King scoops and slams Griffith.
  • King gets back on the apron and slaps his chest. Tenay, just to make sure I'm paying attention, says he's doing a Sammy Sosa salute.
    • I don't think so...
  • King with another slam on Griffith when he comes back in, goes up top...and misses the moonsault
  • Griffith with a clothesline and gets a two count.
  • Griffith with a stun gun and a slam for another two count.
  • Griffith whips King into the ropes, powerslam, two-count again.
  • Griffith with a scoop slam, goes up top and misses a really bad moonsault.
    • It was so bad, Marshall noticed it
  • King picks up Griffith, puts him in crucifix/Edge position and spins around a whole lot. Twister slam, I'd guess.
    • Something about that last sentence...foreshadowing? :)
  • King with a somersault legdrop and the pin
  • Your Winner: Silver King

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