Lee C.'s report:

Just got home from the WCW house show at the Patriot Center in Fairfax, VA. A pretty good group of matches tonight, plus being in the second row didn't hurt either. If this was a televised event we would have been on the side that the camera are mounted on, off camera. Before we headed down to our seats, we stopped by and got Arn Anderson's autograph....he was really nice to us...plus got a copy of the book!!!

The night started shortly after 7:30 when Penzer came out and went through the usual announcements about throwing objects. Also in the ring was Charles Robinson, who we gave a ton of crap, too. We kept yelling how he sold out and asked how much money it would take for us to win a match. He was pretty responsive to us and that was cool.

• Match #1 Juventud Guererra vs. Lizmark Jr.
  • Before the match our side gave Lizmark a really hard time and throughout the match he would yell our way. Guererra wins after the Juvi Driver. A pretty good match to get the night started.
    
• Match #2 Fit Finley vs. Scotty Riggs
  A ton of stalling before this one. Riggs goes to the outside and raises the hands of a few rather out of shape guys and tries to get the crowd into it. I think my little section was the only ones cheering for Finley. He climbed out ropes and pointed to us and said "I have three fans....my sister, my mom, and my aunt". I thought it was pretty funny.
  
• Match #3 Horace Hogan vs. Norman Smiley
  • It was pretty cool to see Smiley in person. Teased us with the wiggle and got beat for it. On a side note, while returning from Florida a few months ago, we stopped over in NC....while waiting in the airport Horace walked by on his way to a plane. I talked to him for a minute or so...he seemed really nice. Hogan wins with the H-Bomb.
    
• Match #4 A cruiserweight title match between Kidman and Rey Mysterio.
  • Man, Mysterio is really short in person. He came out wearing a pair of overalls. Before the match can begin, Arn Anderson, Malenko and Benoit come to the ring and challange the two to a Tag title match.
    
    This got a huge pop from the crowd. A nice match between the two teams while the Horseman controlled it all the way. Kidman and Mysterio win the match when Mysterio pins Malenko with a roll-up, but afterwards they get a beat down from the Horsemen.
    
• Match #5 Konnan vs. Disco Inferno
  • Well, since I hate both of these two I won't go into it much. Konan with the win. He did the entire "Peel my potato" and "Toss my salad" thing. You could really tell how Konnan is out of shape, not two minutes into the match he was already sweating like he just ran the mile and was panting just as hard.
    
• Match #6 Sting vs. Bam Bam Bigelow
  • Sting comes out in full crow attire. Not much of a real match here, Sting with the scorpion death drop for the win.
    
• Match #7 Meng vs. Goldberg
  • I actually thought this would be a great match between these two but I was wrong. Meng with some kicks to the leg of Goldberg that bring the big man down. It was hard to see from where we were sitting, but Bam Bam comes to the ring and tries to distract Goldberg while Meng goes for a big kick or clothesling and misses hitting Bam Bam. Jackhammer (no spear) and the win for Goldberg. Before the match Goldberg was doing a lot of jawing with a HUGE guy in the front row over to the left of us. I am not sure who this guy was but he was freakin HUGE!!!
    
  Match #8 World title match...Flair vs. Hogan
  • This was a real good surprise for me to actually see these two battle it out in person. Same ending that has been reported many times before, Hogan hits the Leg Drop of Doom and Charles Robinson does not make the three-count. The ref gets knocked out and Hogan makes this pin with another ref counting. Hogan wins the title until Robinson say no....Flair by DQ. The place went nuts and some litter hit the ring.
    Before the match, Flair did a ton of trash talking to the crowd and made a reference to the rather HUGE man in the front row. He told this man to point out his girlfriend because she would take a ride on Space Mountain and Flair would make a woman out of her....WHOOOOOOO!!!
              

Biggest Pops:

1. Hogan, full Hulkster on this one
2. Sting
3. Rey Mysterio
4. Kidman
5. Konnan

1. Flair
2. Horsemen
3. Bam Bam
4. Horace

Lee pretty much covered it all. Ironically, Lee got Arn's autograph, and my group and I saw Arn on his way through the lobby before the show. The man was everywhere, I guess.
I found it kind of interesting that in the Juventud/Lizmark match, Juvi played the face and Lizmark played the heel. Very different than what they've been doing lately. We lucked into great seats, as you can tell by the pictures. We were on the floor, eleventh row back, right on the entranceway where the wrestlers come in. As the wrestlers are looking at the ring, we were on the right-hand side.
I was surprised at their having eight matches. That's a lot for a house show. It required three referees: Charles Robinson, Mickey J, and Johnny Boone.

A decent show. Nothing surprising, but well worked by all the wrestlers. I had decent seats in the middle of the arena.The only downside was a big sweaty fat guy who looked like Jim Neidhart behind me. And I thought we'd seen the last of him....

Anyway,onto the show!

Match 1: Lizmark Jr. vs. Juventud Guerrera

Lizmark came out to boos. Juvi did not have his regular music. Not a high-flying match by any means. Lizmark played a good heel. Juvi got a bit of heat. Match consisted of crappy lariats and a few arial moves. Juvi won with a nice-looking Juvi driver.
WINNER: JUVI

Match 2: Horace vs. "Black Magic" Norman Smiley

The nWo B-Team music starts playing and I cringe. I was hoping I wouldn't have to be subjected to this. Stormin' Norman's music plays and the crowd goes wild. Well...sort of. Norman hits his big scoop slams and double-underhook slam. As he hits the SMBU, Horace sneaks up behind him and eventually hits a shitty Samoan drop for the win. (H-Bomb)
WINNER: HORACE

Match 3: "Lucky Charms" Fit Finley vs. Scotty Riggs

It takes a long, long time for Riggs and Finley to hook up. Riggs hit one of his sweet dropkicks. Nothing special about this match, though. Finley eventually stuck him with the tombstone. I did get a "Finley sucks" chant going.
WINNER: FIT FINLEY

Match 4: Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Kidman

Once again,WCW proves they have the tag team title situation under control by having the beltholders fight each other. Go figure. As they hook up, Benoit and Malenko with Arn hit the ring. Arn and the Horsemen play the heels and the match is now a tag match.

Match 4: REY & KIDMAN v BENOIT & MALENKO

Great match! Rey hit some nice headscissors and a frankensteiner.The highlight was Rey's double dropkick. Huge "Horsemen suck" chants. Malenko tried a powerslam, but Rey rolled thru for the win. Post-match, the Horsemen clobbered Rey & Kidman with the cruiserweight belt.
WINNERS: REY & KIDMAN

Intermission - I get some nachos. It's a crime to pay nearly 4 bucks for some nachos. The nachos are horrible so I give them to my brother. He'll eat anything.

Match 5: Disco vs. Gonnad

Konnan comes out in a jersey and camo pants. I've got news for Konnan: the camos aren't working; I can still see his fat ass. Good match, though. Disco got a fan's beer and got hit on the apron, sending it into the crowd. Funny, that's EXACTLY the same thing that happened during the Vincent/Konnan match in September. Konnan hit a nice DDT and the carpetmuncher. Eventually, Disco attempted the Last Dance and Konnan hit it on him!! Tequila Sunrise. It's over.
WINNER: KONNAN

Match 6: Bigelow vs. Sting

Sting came out to a huge pop. Great match with Stinger missing a splash on the guardrail and scoop-slamming Bigelow. Sting hit his first splash in the corner and missed the second. Bigelow attempted the Greetings from Asbury Park, but Sting slipped behind and got the Deathdrop.
WINNER: STING

Match 7: Meng vs. Goldberg

Meng comes out without his shiny pants.The roof comes off when Goldberg enters. Good match with minimal stalling. Bigelow comes out and he and Goldberg argue on the apron. Meng tries to attack Goldberg from behind, but Goldberg moves! Meng runs into Bigelow, and Goldberg hits the Jackhammer! Wait a minute...if my memory serves me right, Goldberg usually does another move before the Jackhammer. Oh yeah...the spear. No spear tonight, though. Jackhammer, splat, win.
WINNER: GOLDBERG

Match 8: Hogan vs. Flair

Hogan comes out to a huge pop. Flair gets A LOT of jeers. Flair jaws with the fans and plays the heel. Man, Hogan is really orange! Typical Hogan/Flair match: Clothesline, throws Flair off the top, scoop slams. Flair locks on the figure-4 but it gets reversed. Hogan hits the big boot and leg drop. Charles Robinson makes the count, 1,2,.... he won't count to three. Robinson gets knocked out accidentally and Flair goes to town on Hogan. Hogan hulks up because he is American Made, after all...Big Boot, Leg Drop...Johnny Boone rolls in...1,2,3! We have a new champ! As Robinson comes to, he declares Flair the winner because Hogan supposedly hit him. This causes large amounts of trash to be hurled at the ring. Hogan nails Robinson and Johnny Boone stomps away on Robinson! Great stuff! Hogan poses and leaves. I get up out of my seat, sneak past the security guy, go down to the guardrail and try to touch Hogan. I didn't, but man is he huge in real life!
WINNER: FLAIR by DQ

BIGGEST POPS:

1. Hogan
2. Goldberg
3. Sting

BIGGEST HEELS:

1. Flair
2. Malenko/Benoit
3. Disco

A great show, I doubt I'll go to Nitro in June, though. Until WCW gives me a reason to spend more money, I'll watch RAW.