WCW Saturday Night - Saturday, 05/08/99
- Welcome to Saturday Night! Tonight's main event is Dean Malenko vs.
Raven
- El Vampiro vs. Ciclope
- Vampiro begins with kicks and a shoulderblock.
- Ciclope answers with a lariat.
- The two trade kicks for a bit.
- Ciclope lands a shoulderblock.
- Ciclope continues with a missle dropkick.
- Ciclope powerbombs El Vampiro.
- El Vampiro chokeslams Ciclope.
- El Vampiro flattens Ciclope with a sidekick.
- El Vampiro ends things with the Nail in the Coffin.
- Scott and Mike ramble at a brand new desk.
- Bobby Eaton vs. Disco Inferno
- Eaton lands an axehandle from behind on Disco.
- Eaton continues with punches and elbows.
- Disco lands a hip toss and a lariat.
- Eaton stalls outside for a while.
- Back in, Disco lands a hip toss and sends the action back outside.
- Disco lands a backdrop.
- Eaton sends Disco in the posts.
- Back in, Disco lands an elbow and a swinging neckbreaker.
- Disco lands his elbow drop from the middle turnbuckle.
- Eaton shoves Disco down.
- Disco boots Eaton in the gut, then executes the Last Dance for the win.
- Gene chats with Bam Bam about his match versus Knobbs. Bam Bam says he has the best looking tattooed bald head in America.
- Hotline plug.
- Nitro highlights
- Al Green vs. Meng
- Green sends Meng down with a lariat.
- Green continues with a belly-to-back.
- Meng lands a lariat and some chops.
- Meng continues with a piledriver.
- Green barely kicks out of a two-count pinfall.
- Meng delivers some boots to Al.
- Green tries a sunset flip, but Meng manages to maintain his balance.
- Meng takes advantage of his positioning by applying the Tongan Death Grip for the win.
- Barbarian (w/ Jimmy Hart) vs. Jerry Flynn
- Flynn begins with several kicks.
- Flynn goes after Hart on the outside.
- The Barbarian takes advantage by sending Flynn into the steps and a post.
- Back inside, the Barbarian slams Flynn.
- Flynn dropkicks Barbarian, who answers with a powerbomb.
- Jimmy Hart is on the apron with an illegal object.
- Hart takes a swing and Flynn ducks, so Hart nails the Barbarian.
- Flynn rolls up the Barbarian for the win.
- The Barbarian yells at Hart as the segment ends.
- Gene chats with Rick Steiner about Booker T.
- Prince Iaukea vs. Fit Finlay
- Finlay begins with a series of shots, but Prince counters with an atomic drop.
- Prince continues with a double leg sweep.
- Finlay sends the Prince outside, where he controls for a while.
- Back in, Prince lands some kicks.
- Finlay executes a shoulderblock.
- Finlay scoop slams Prince, then begins to work on an arm.
- Finlay jumps on Prince's back, then lands a shoulderblock.
- Finlay ends things with a Tombstone.
- Nitro highlights
- Bull Payne vs. Hak (w/ Chastity)
- Hak threatens Bull Payne with his stick as Chastity sneaks up from behind.
- Chastity blows the fire extinguisher in Bull Payne's face.
- Hak takes advantage by executing a side Russian leg sweep.
- Hak grabs a table from under the ring and puts Bull Payne on it.
- Hak lands a back splash from the top onto the table.
- Hak pins Bull Payne for the win.
- Blitzkrieg vs. Psychosis
- Psychosis shakes hands with Charles Robinson before the match.
- Blitzkrieg lands a hip toss, then trades hammerlocks with Psychosis before landing another hip toss.
- Psychosis spinkicks Blitzkrieg, who answers with a 'rana.
- Psychosis lands some elbows and a hip toss.
- Outside, Blitzkrieg lands a flipping suicide dive onto Psychosis.
- Back in, Blitzkrieg tries a springboard crossbody but Psychosis dropkicks him.
- Blitzkrieg lands a dropkick and an elbow.
- Psychosis executes a leg drop from the top rope for the win.
- Gene chats with Roddy Piper, who is at one point bleeped, a definite WCWSN rarity.
- Stevie Ray and Vincent (w/ Horace) vs. the Armstrongs
- Stevie Ray grabs the mic to talk some smack. The only words I could discern were "no-learned fruity booties."
- Scott Armstrong begins the action by tossing Vincent out.
- Back in, Vincent is flattened by a drop toe hold.
- Stevie Ray is in, landing a lariat and a slam.
- Tag to Vince, who slams Scott.
- Steve is tagged in, cleaning house with dropkicks.
- Stevie Ray makes the save only to nail Vincent.
- Steve Armstrong pins Vincent for the win!
- An nWo beatdown rewards the Armstrongs for their upset.
- Stevie Ray, Vincent, and Horace land a triple piledriver on one hapless Armstrong
- Gorgeous George workout video.
- Hotline plug.
- Dean Malenko vs. Raven
- Dean enters.
- Ads.
- Raven enters.
- Raven begins with a flurry, sending Dean out.
- Dean sweeps Raven's legs, only to be pushed into the rails.
- Malenko walks away.
- Raven runs up to him and sends him into the rails.
- Malenko slams Raven.
- Tenay says that there will be no Nitro or Thunder this week. That's makes WCWSN WCW's premier show, for one week at least.
- Back in, Raven lands a boot and a lariat.
- Malenko leg whips Raven, then goes for the Cloverleaf.
- Raven cradles Malenko instead for two.
- Raven elbows Dean, who responds with a boot.
- Raven lands a superplex and grabs a chair.
- Dean takes the chair, only to have Raven drop toe hold him.
- Chris Benoit jumps in, but Raven delivers the Evenflow to him. The ref correctly does not immediately DQ Malenko.
- Malenko lands a suplex and sets up a chair in the corner.
- Raven whips Dean into that chair.
- Benoit grabs Raven and delivers the Crossface, DQing Malenko.
- Dean talks some smack to Raven as the segment ends.
- Gene pushes the PPV as we go.