WCW Worldwide - Saturday, 8/7/99

By The Cubs Fan

• Last week, I said 'tope' and some of you said 'huh', so here's a little explanation
  • If you grab the ropes and slingshot yourself to the outside, that's a pescado. (Or a slingshot crossbody block.)
  • If you run and dive through or over the ropes to the outside, that's a plancha.
  • If you jump from the top turnbuckle to the outside, that's a tope.
  • Everyone pretty much calls all three planchas...but now you know the difference. Educate the masses! Or not!
  • In case you're wondering, I got my info from the Pro-Wrestling FAQ. Read it. Enjoy.

• The other thing, from last week, was me wondering about Shane Douglas. And either most people agree with me, or most people just don't read me (more likely), 'cause I didn't get a lot of feedback there. And even that wasn't totally positive. Read for yourself

  matthorton said:
  
  I'm not really a big fan but when it comes to a serious interview he is the second best ever in wrestling.( AA is #1. You probably knew that though.) Thankfully I never saw his Dean gimmick but he did wrestle some real good matches in ECW before he injured his arm. The man can actually wrestle a good match. He is a complete wrestler who can use "plundah" as well as a vertical suplex. My only drawback to liking him is every time I see him suplex Bam Bam through the table to win the ECW World Title, I think he's missing something. Let me think .... oh yeah..... it's a pink skateboard. Just like Terry Taylor he'll always be a Dynamic Dude.

  Well, Taylor wasn't a Dynamic Dude (but I don't think you meant that...) but that could be worth bringing up at every opportunity, just to annoy him. I'd like Shane better...if he was in Japan with has tag partner and Billy Gunn. Seriously, he may be a good interviewer, but part of his ECW gimmick was that he was telling the "shoot" truth...and now, it's looking like some of what he said was shoot was just a work, which makes me feel like he just wanted to say it to get over, which kinda' bugs me. I mean, believing anything anyone says in wrestling as shoot is a silly thing, so I'm not too surprised.

  To me, the Shane I see on TV comes of as the type of person who thinks he's a lot greater than he really is. And those types of people really annoy me, so, Shane's character doesn't work for me. Even as a heel, I'd rather flip the channel then see him get beat.

• You know, I'm now (or was) a multi-webpage writer, someplace else. I'm a wrestling 'net writing superstar!
  • Or I need a life, one of the two.
  • A spell check wouldn't be bad either.

• The other night, I was talking to the Greatest Thunder Reporter in the History Of Our Sport, Aldo (Scott who?), and we both noticed that our hit totals for reports are down lately. I was thinking about it, and I figure...maybe it's the college kids not checking in, maybe my reports have blown lately...or maybe, it's just that WCW has sucked so much, people aren't just watching, they don't care to even read reports...
  • Which brings me to my Deep (and final pre-report) Thought for the week...if DDT Digest was a commercial site...I wonder if we could sue WCW for costing us money by sucking so much... :)

• We start the show with a recap of the Sting/Hogan vs Nash/Sid match from Nitro 7/26
  • We're lucky to start with Hogan's interview
  • Sounds like they're adding in crowd reaction.
  • We get the heel beatdown, Sting's save and the Hogan/Sting partnership
  • Onto the 'stunning' announcement of Nash's partner, and then to Hogan getting the hot tag.
  • We watch the end of the match, with the heels coming out victorious.
  • Hudson refers to Nash, Sid and Rick as the "million dollar Trio." Okay.

• Mene Gene with The Cat and Sonny Onoo
  • I'm ignoring this...
  • Except Sonny Onoo makes the observation that Buff has a bad neck, and they might target that.
  • In other news, The Cat may also dance, and use a red dance shoe as a weapon.

• Now they're talking about Rodman and Savage on Nitro.
  • And I still don't care.

• Rey Mysterio is a great wrestler. But they ain't getting $60 of my money for his baseball jersey.

• Larry and Scott move on to hyping Shane Douglas and the Revolution.
  • We watched the taped Shane Douglas interview from Nitro
  • Maybe WCW ought to get permission to use the theme from Pulp Fiction to make Shane more at home.
  • Now onto the David Flair vs Chris Benoit match, as DDP comes in to save the title.
  • I wonder if Shane was too busy filming another taped segment to be on time for the save...

• Road Wild card
  • Hogan vs Nash
  • Rodman vs Savage
  • The Cat vs Buff Bagwell
  • Miss Madness vs Madusa, although most reports have that being dropped.
  • Sting vs Sid
  • Goldberg vs Rick Steiner isn't announced, or at least didn't get pictures and I wasn't paying close enough attention.
  • Throw in Vampiro (and friends) vs Konnan (and friends), Benoit vs DDP or David Flair and Harlem Heat vs the Triad, and you've got the card.
  • Hmm, even with the Women's match, they're at 9. Don't know why they cut it...it's not like they need (or at least should have) extra time for some of those matches. (Heck, they'd be better off if the top 2, at least, went 5 minutes.) Maybe we'll get another match Monday?

• We get the nWo Hogan and Nash retrospective.
  • Who's Scott Hall? Who's Bret Hart? Nobody mentioned here...
  • Rewriting the history every few months means you can write out guys who aren't involved any more, ya see.
  • Oh wait, there's Tazer Ramon from Starrcade
  • "This was [Nash]'s time." No, that's that other guy.
  • "Road Wild has always seen Hogan reign supreme, with Nash at his side." What Road Wild '98?

• The Disciple vs the Gambler
  • The battle of the "the"s!
  • Both men start in the ring, which is bad, 'cause I flipped real quick..
  • Hudson introduces the Disciple by squeezing in the name of every WCW gimmick he's had...
  • Disciple with a headlock, whip off the ropes...
  • Disciple with a cross body block for a 2 count.
  • Gambler to the apron, Disciple suplexes him into the ring.
  • Disciple with an armbar but Gambler punches out of it.
  • Now, Gambler puts on an armbar but Disciple punches out.
  • Gambler battles Disciple into the corner, and gives him shoulder to the midsection.
  • Disciple moves out of the way when Gambler charges in, and backdrops him when bounces out.
  • Disciple brings back the Booty Man High Knee.
  • Gambler with an eye poke, snapmare takedown, but a followup elbow misses.
  • Disciple with a punch, whip, boot to the head and a kick to the stomach.
  • Disciple with a DDT, and it's over. Thank God.
  • Your Winner: Disciple

• Generic Road Wild promo is inaccurate, as Madusa is no longer going to Sturgis. Or at least the PPV.

• Commercial for WWF Attitude.
  • I've only heard one review, and it basically said that if you didn't like Warzone, you're not going like Attitude
  • Expect a big ad campaign for WCW Mayhem, when it gets closer to coming out.

• Rick Martel Scotty Riggs (w/mirror) vs Some Guy (who turned out to be Scott Putski)
  • What are Lenny and Lodi doing here? Angle time on Worldwide. It ain't so.
  • They want something to do with Scotty Riggs. Maybe he's actually their brother, too.
  • Hudson: "Are they here to recruit Scotty Riggs?"
  • Punches by the guy they haven't given a name.
  • Oh, it's Scott Putski, who hits a body slam and elbowdrop for a 2 count.
  • Putski has a different outfit and hair than the last time I remember seeing him.
  • Or maybe I've just blocked him out of my mind. If so, wish I could do it more often.
  • Putski hits a shoulderblock, but gets hit by Riggs one good move, the dropkick.
  • The 'L'sters are cheering on Riggs. He hits a running knee drop and looks at them...confused.
  • Riggs with a whip, but face down to soon. Putski with a boot and belly to belly.
  • Putski beats Riggs in the corner, but Riggs trips him into the turnbuckle and then ends up choking him.
  • Riggs with a Rude swivel, which is deemed obscene for our eyes as the camera pans above the hips.
  • Riggs tries another dropkick, but Putski holds the ropes.
  • Putski gets some heat as he hits a snap suplex on Scotty Riggs.
  • Now he holds up Riggs for a while before hitting a sidewalk slam.
  • Putski with a corner whip, and then pushes riggs face first in the corner.
  • Riggs blocks Patrick's view as he gives Putski a low blow.
  • And there's the ShowStopper (Rocker Dropper) for a 3.
  • Your Winner: Scotty Riggs.
  • Where did Lenny and Lodi go? They must have took off when I was paying attention.
  • The replay shows them taking off right about the time of the belly to belly suplex.

• Mene Gene with Buff
  • Hey, our interviews work together this week. Planning and stuff.
  • Buff says the Cat may be a three-time Karate champ, and he played baseball and football, but they're wrestling, so it doesn't matter.
  • Decent interview from Buff. He refrains from posing till the very end.

• Hmm, must have lost the desk, 'cause Scott and Larry are standing up as they close out the show with Hudson hyping Road Wild and Zybszko saying a lot of nothing.

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