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Leighty’s Retro Review: WCW Halloween Havoc ’92
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Loading...-We continue on with 1992 as I race against the clock to see how many of these I can do before the library either goes away or ends up on some other streaming service. Let’s get to it!
-Announce Team: Jim Ross and Jesse Ventura
-Oct. 25, 1992
-Philadelphia Civic Center, Philadelphia, PA
-Attendance: 7000
-PPV Buys: 165,000
-That PPV buy was the largest since Starrcade 90 as people were into Sting vs. Jake Roberts. Nothing would come within 50,000 buys of it until Hulk Hogan made his WCW debut at Bash at The Beach 94 and topped it by 60,000 buys.
-Tony Schiavone and Bruno Sammartino work us to the show as they will pop in with analysis between the matches.
-Missy Hyatt is dressed for Mardi Gras and is waiting to hear later from Rick Rude. She throws to ringside and notes she would vote for Jess as President.
-Jesse is dressed for the occasion, but Ross is not though Jesse tells him he still looks scary.
Arn Anderson, Bobby Eaton, and Michael Hayes vs. Shane Douglas, The Z-Man, and Johnny Gunn
-Bad Street is here as I assume it’s dubbed over whatever Hayes was using at the time. Vlad is in the front row. Here’s the recap of the Peacock documentary they did on him. Gunn is Tom Brandi, who would be Sal Sincere in WWF. The crowd boos Team Douglas out of the building. Z-Man dropkicks Arn to the floor and Gunn, and Douglas each hit a dropkick to send team Arn to the floor and listen to those boos. Eaton lands a right hand on Z-Man and it gets a loud reaction. Jesse even notes the positive reaction to Bobby. Man back with a dropkick and the tag is made to Hayes and the Philly fans love him too. He moonwalks as he plays to the crowd. Man gets a hip-toss and Hayes complains about his tights being pulled. Douglas in and more boos. I am sure Shane will win over The Philly crowd in the coming years. He works an arm-bar as Jesse notes a lot of good wrestlers and football players come out of Pittsburgh. I hear there’s a kid that graduated from Mt. Lebanon High School in 1987 that might be a good wrestler one day. Arn in and he runs Z-Man down with a shoulder and then breaks a sleeper with a belly-to-back suplex. Hayes back in and he drops an elbow and hooks a reverse chinlock. The crowd wants to see a DDT. No DDT, but he hits a swinging neckbreaker. Eaton back in and Z-Man fights his way out of the corner, but doesn’t realize Arn made a blind tag and he slugs Z-Man down to a monster reaction. Cool! Even Arn is soaking in the cheers. Hayes back in and Z-Man blocks a suplex and gets one of his own. Hot tag to Shane and he runs wild with right hands. He goes for a suplex, but Eaton clips the knee and the crowd cheers. Jesse is amazed the fans would cheer a cheap shot. Hey, these are the same people that cheer for The Eagles and Flyers. Sorry, that’s my Western PA roots coming out. Eaton off the top with a knee drop as yes, the off the top rope DQ is finally gone. Eaton hooks a figure-four and the heels cheat behind the ref’s back and the crowd roars. It’s kind of fun seeing Arn and Hayes relish in the cheers. Wow, the timer is dead on for one of the rare times I can remember in NWA/WCW as we hit the 10 minute mark. Douglas gets the cold tag to Gunn and he runs wilds with slams. Everyone in the ring and Arn gets dumped to the floor. Gunn gets a Thesz Press on Hayes for the pin at 11:03 and the crowd is pissed.
Winner: Shane Douglas, The Z-Man, and Johnny Gunn via pin at 11:03
-The match okay, but the crowd reaction was great. Should have audible and had Arn or Hayes DDT Gunn for the pin. **1/2
-Missy is still outside Rude’s dressing room and tries to use Harley Race to get in the door, but he shuts her out.
Brian Pillman vs. Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat
-Pillman had just turned on Brad Armstrong at Clash XX and he slid into that role with such ease. Steamboat had won the TV Title from Austin a month earlier, but lost it to Scott Steiner. Steiner was then stripped of the Title when he and Rick bolted for the WWF. Lockup to start and Pillman immediately throws forearms and chops. Don’t get into a chop battle with The Dragon as he responds and drops Pillman. Dragon with a series of shoulder blocks and then skins the cat. Back in with a roll-up for two, but Pillman kicks out and Dragon goes face first into the corner. Dragon plays possum as he lays back then with Pillman’s back turned and then catches him coming with an arm-bar. Cool! I swear there are a few fans chanting, “this match sucks.” Philadelphia ladies and gentlemen! Hey, there’s hat guy in the front row. Two seats down from Vlad! Dragon with a slam, but Pillman goes to the eyes and pulls Dragon down by the hair. “Brian sucks,” chant. See, this is why he threatened to piss in the ring in the ECW Arena and called all of you smart marks. Steamer back with some loud chops as Jesse notes we are seeing more of a power game from The Dragon here. Pillman learned from Dragon earlier, as he gold bricks a knee injury and decks Dragon from behind. He goes to some ground and pound, but Dragon is back with some chops. Pillman counters a suplex and gets a head scissors into a pin for two. Dragon gets a back slide for two. Pillman goes back to the hair and then chokes for a four count. They fight up top and Pillman slaps Dragon in the face. He goes for a superplex, but Dragon counters and drops Pillman on his face. Dragon comes off with a cross-body, but Pillman hits a drop-kick in mid-air for two. Pillman keeps going for the pin and then argues with the ref, which lets Dragon hit a belly-to-back suplex for two. Pillman is still in better shape and gets a sleeper. He snaps Dragon throat first on the top rope, but gets caught up top and slammed down. Pillman seems the momentum changing and he bails to the floor. Dragon follows with some chops and sends Pillman back into the ring. He is the second one in the ring though and Pillman catches him with a knee. Again, Pillman gets into a chop battle and loses the exchange. He bails to the floor and Dragon follows him again. Nice touch as Dragon learned from his previous mistake and trips Pillman as he tries the knee again. Pillman off the middle ropes with a cross-body for two. Dragon with a sweet backbreaker and heads back up top. Sunset flip gets two. Pillman gets a two count, but Dragon counters that into another pin attempt and that gets the three count at 10:33.
Winner: Ricky Steamboat via pin at 10:33
-Fun match! I wish the crowd was a little more interested. ***1/2
-Teddy Long is with The New Japan contingent as Chono is defending the NWA World Title against Rick Rude and there is a controversy over who will be the ref. Chono’s camp has chosen Sasake as his referee.
-Over to Tony, who is with Cowboy Bill Watts. Cowboy is cool with Chono’s pick and tells us Harley Race will be Rick Rude’s referee choice. We also learn Terry Gordy has been suspended by WCW and Dr. Death needs a partner, and he picked Steve Austin. I believe the story is Gordy decided to quit working for WCW out of support for Baba and All Japan. Dr. Death made the same choice by the end of the year. Also, no double duty for Rude tonight as Vader will take his place and defend The US Title against Koloff thanks to Rude’s lawyers.
No DQ: WCW United States Heavyweight Championship: Big Van Vader (w/ Harley Race) vs. Nikita Koloff
-Rude is out with Vader but Ole Anderson bars Rude and Harley from ringside. Rude hands The US Title to Vader and takes his leave. Lockup and Vader lands a right hand. JR notes this will be a power match-up. HOSS FIGHT we call them today. Vader boxes Koloff in the corner as JR mentions Vader has a Super Bowl ring and Jesse rightly points out the Rams had never won a Super Bowl (at that point). Conference Champion Ring maybe? Koloff gets Vader off his feet, but it takes three times and then he hooks a reverse chinlock. Koloff gets a roll-up for two and then a cross-body for another two count. I did check and yes, Vader has an NFC Championship Ring from when the Rams made the Super Bowl XIV (lost to the Steelers). They head to the floor and Koloff gets send into the railing. It’s no DQ so Vader uses a chair to hit Koloff in the back of the head. A fan throws a beer that hits Vader and Jesse calls out the fan and says it is a dumb thing to do. He would have hated the early nWo days, though they were throwing stuff at Hogan, so he may have been cool wit hit. Koloff is dumb enough to try a sunset flip back in the ring and Vader just sits down on him. Heavy clothesline from Vader as the crowd is getting into this one. Koloff shows a little life, but Vader brushes it off and lands one shot to send Koloff back to the floor. Modified Rock Bottom followed by a splash from the middle ropes gets two. Vader goes back to the reverse chinlock to slow things down again. Koloff hangs in there and fights to his feet. He tries a belly-to-back suplex and I don’t know what happened as they just crumbled to the mat. Vader tries a suplex, but Koloff counters to one of his one, but it was kind of a weak one. Koloff fires up and he just looks kind of old in there against Vader. Shoulder tackle and Vader won’t drop. Another and nothing. Finally a leaping shoulder tackle gets Vader off his feet and a two count. Koloff gets a slam for another two count. Koloff hits The Russian Sickle and it sends Vader over the top to the floor. Koloff stops the ref’s count and goes after Vader. He tries another Sickle, but Vader ducks and Koloff hits the post. Jesse is all over the fact that Koloff made the mistake of going to the floor twice and it back fired both times. Koloff has nothing left and Vader mauls him back in the ring. Powerbomb finishes at 11:53.
Winner: Big Van Vader via pin at 11:53
-This was the last televised match for Koloff as he apparently suffered a herniated disc in his neck, and after a few house shows, had his last match on November 8. Maybe for the best as Koloff was this terrifying monster in the 80s and he was just another body here for Vader. **1/2
Unified (WCW and NWA) World Tag Team Titles: Dustin Rhodes (c) and Barry Windham (c) vs. “Stunning” Steve Austin and “Dr Death” Steve Williams
-Windham and Rhodes won the Titles from Doc and Gordy in September on Saturday Night. This was supposed to be the rematch, but as noted, Gordy walked out of loyalty to Baba and All Japan. So, yes this is Steve Williams teaming with Steve Williams. I say it every WCW review, but Austin not wearing knee pads is weird to me. Doc and Dustin start is out and they are tentative before we get a lockup. Jesse needles Ross about Oklahoma losing to Kansas. One second as I have to check any time they reference a sporting event. Yep, Kansas won 27-10 to snap a seven game losing streak to The Sooners. Old Big 8 Conference! Doc runs Dustin down a few times, but gets caught with a clothesline. Barry gets the tag and he goes to work on the arm, but Doc forces him against the ropes. He buries a knee, but Barry maintains arm control. Doc forces a break with a heavy chop. He runs Windham over with a shoulder, but Barry is back with a dropkick. Dustin back in and he hooks a hammerlock. Doc lands an elbow to the face to break and gets his own hammerlock. We get a small “boring” chant and then a “We want Flair” chant. Doc eats another dropkick, so Austin finally gets the tag. Barry in just as quickly and he lands right hand. Austin goes to the eyes and sends Barry into the top buckle. Dropkick from Austin which just looked so weird! Barry back with his own dropkick and Austin gets bounced back and forth with punches between Barry and Dustin. Austin ends up on the floor as Jesse questions the taped first of Windham. He notes a doctor works for you if you pay then and you can get any doctor’s slip for the right price. Wrestling in the 80s is proof of that. Dustin controls with a side headlock for a bit. Austin escapes, but misses a right hand. Austin actually flips over to escape a suplex and again, you forget what Austin would do in his younger days. Dustin lands an elbow in the corner for a two count. Weak shoulder in the corner from Dustin. Austin tries a monkey flip, but gets pushed off and Dustin drops him with a lariat for two. Barry in and he hits a lariat for another two count. Jesse rightly points out you can easily tell which guys have been partners as Barry and Dustin have made constant tags. Austin goes to the eyes and finally gets Doc back in the match. He charges and Barry gets a drop toe hold, but Doc backs him into the corner and delivers shoulders. Barry and Doc exchange strikes to get the crowd back into this one. Lariat is ducked and Windham crashes to the floor. Dropkick from Doc sends Barry back to the floor. Barry escapes a suplex and gets an ugly roll-up that doesn’t even get a count from the ref. Austin back in and he hits a slam and comes off the middle ropes with a forearm for two. The Williams’ finally start working together as they take over on Windham. Doc gets the tag bu gets caught with a sleeper. Doc keeps moving though and sends Barry into the corner to break and then gets a cross-body for two. Doc goes to a body hold and releases to bring Austin back into the match. Hammerlock as the crowd is still having issues getting into this one. They aren’t booing or throwing garbage in the ring, so it’s pretty decent behavior from Philly. Barry sells being so out of it that he makes a tag to Doc, which isn’t ideal. Doc does get a tag from Austin and runs Barry over before giving Dustin a shot to knock him off the apron. Powerslam from Doc gets two! Reverse chinlock as you can see people in the front row being bored by this match. We have reached the 15 minute mark according to the time keeper, but I have 15:23. JR goes over the story of how Williams got the Dr Death nickname. Barry hits a jawbreaker, but Austin gets the tag and cuts Barry off from tagging Dustin. They fight up top and Barry knocks Austin down and hits a top rope lariat for a two count. They collide in the middle of the ring to leave both men down. Barry has enough in the tank to tag to Dustin and he runs wild on Doc and Austin. Bulldog to Austin but Doc makes the save. Barry back in and while the ref gets him out, Doc hits a clothesline before bailing to the floor. That gets two for Austin. Doc back in and he goes to work on the small of the back. Boston Crab, which makes sense, but isn’t helping with the dead crowd. Austin gets the tag and drops a knee to the back of the head for a two count. Hat Guy is yawning in the front row. Austin shows some power with an over the shoulder backbreaker. That pops Jesse as that was his finisher. Dustin escapes and gets a backslide, but Austin is out at two and hits a clothesline. Doc back in and he goes right to the back. Dustin fires off punches and Doc just takes him down and brings Austin back into the match. He trades punches with Dustin and Dustin wins the exchange by throwing in elbows. He starts to Flip, Flop, but no Fly as Austin punches him in the face. Austin celebrates that one in a funny moment. Doc with a snap suplex into a cover for a two count. Dustin has a cut above his eye and Doc goes at it with right hands. Dustin tries to rally, but he has nothing at the moment as Austin comes back into the ring. Reverse chinlock as they are running this longer than needed. Jesse and JR talk about croquet to pass some time. Austin breaks the hold and gets a power slam, but misses an elbow. Small package for Dustin gets two. Austin holds the ankle though and brings Doc back into the match. Belly-to-bully suplex gets two and then another one for another two count. We have 5 minutes left in the match. Apparently Doc is in no hurry as he controls with a reverse chinlock. Four minutes to go! Austin back in and off the middle ropes with a double axe. Austin hooks a half-crab as the clock is ticking. Jesse notes it is a stall game now for Dustin. He throws punches at Austin’s quad to force a break. Austin smartly decks Barry to prevent any tag. Austin eats a series of boots to the face and Dustin makes the tag, but the ref was with Doc. The crowd is pissed as Doc and Austin throw Dustin over the top and to the floor. The ref gets bumped as Barry gets a roll-up on Austin. No clue why he did that because he isn’t the legal man anyway. We have a new ref down and Austin pins Barry for the 3 count at 28:30, but the first ref waves it off as Barry wasn’t the legal man. This has at least gotten the crowd on their feet and into. The match. All four men battle in the ring as we are running out of time in this one. Dustin drops an elbow on Austin for a two count. Dustin reverses a Tombstone and hits one of his own. Dustin crawls for the cover, but Austin is out at two. No matter as the time limit expires at 30:24.
Time-Limit Draw at 30:24
-Watts sure liked 30 minute draws. There were parts of this where they were cooking, but they it would slow back down again. Not having a winner sucked and the crowd booed the finish. Like with most Doc matches from this year, I appreciate the hard work, but it bored me at times. ***
-Tony Schiavone is on the stage with Vader, Harley Race, and Paul E. Dangerously. Paul notes he was happy to give half the winner’s purse to Vader. Madusa comes in to congratulate Vader and Race, but Paul has hid it with her. He goes on a rant against women and get used to that for when he ran ECW. He calls Madusa inferior and “nothing more than a chick that takes orders.” He tells Madusa he hired her because the “other hooker had a previous obligation.” Madusa is in tears as Paul fires her and even spells it out for her. Oh why, he even slaps her and then Madusa just kicks the shit out of him to a MASSIVE pop. Jesse is loving every bit of this as again, Paul referencing hookers and hitting a woman in Philly is only a precursor of what was to come. This was great and got the biggest reaction of anything on the show at this point.
-Sting is out to Spin The Wheel and this is an all time blunder as WCW apparently didn’t gimmick the wheel and we got the worst possible match. Sting has to wait for some tech guy to connect the lever to the wheel. Some of the choices: barbed wire match, cage match, dog collar match, first blood match, “I Quit,” Lumberjacks with Belts, Prince of Darkness, Russian Chain, Texas Death Match, Spinner’s Choice, and Coal Minor’s Glove Match. They somehow let this wheel land on Coal Minor’s Glove for a feud that was hot enough to pop them their best PPV buy in years.
-Seiji Sakaguchi, NWA President, is introduced and so is Manabu Nakanishi (1992 Olympian), who would end up in WCW years later as Kurasawa.
NWA World Heavyweight Championship: Masahiro Chono (c) (w/ Hiro Matsuda) vs. “Ravishing” Rick Rude (w/ Madusa)
-Ole Anderson actually flips a coin to determine which ref officiates in the ring and which one officiates outside the ring. Yeah, this is going to have a clean finish. We stall more as Matsuda wants Ole to check both referees. Team Rude has won the toss and defers to the second half, I mean, elect to have Race officiate from the inside of the ring and Sasaki head to the floor. Loud “WE WANT FLAIR,” chant! JR heard it as he accidentally says “chant” when he meant to say “check.” This two met in Japan in the Finals of the NWA World Title Tournament and by all accounts had a BANGER. Slow start (get used to that) as Jesse and Ross talk about Rude having his mustache shaved. JR: “He told me he wanted to be lighter,” and that gets a laugh out of Jesse. You know how I said the crowd was kind of dead in that last match. Well, it’s worse here! Rude with a standing side headlock and he gets Chono down to a knee. This crowd wants Flair still. Patient as he was only months from being back. Rude swivels his hips at the crowd after a suplex as I wonder if the Flair chants were annoying him. Chono with a hammerlock which Rude reverses. Chono with a drop toe hold and he gets an armbar. Rude back with a slam as they continue the slow and methodical pace. Rude drops an elbow for a two count. Back to the chinlock! Vlad is showing off his high tech camera in the front row and then the camera cuts to Madusa. She is getting the best reaction of anyone near the ring with Flair getting the biggest reaction out of anyone. Chono counters to a hammerlock and traps the other arm for good measure. Ross notes this isn’t body building and posing. “That’s the other guys.” At this point Bret Hat was WWF Champion for the other guys. Jesse notes Rude likes to pose too though. Chono brings Rude off the apron and back into the ring with a suplex. Lion-tamer from Chono and then into a a standard Boston Crab. Rude gets to the ropes to break, but Chono goes after the back and hooks a Camel Clutch. Ten minutes have passed as nothing has really happened. I just feel like I need to type something so I am doing my best here. “Boring,” chant as Rude hits a jawbreaker. Ross says Rude is trying to slow it down and I don’t know how it’s possible to slow it down anymore. Rude poses after Jim Ross just took a shot at “the other guys,” for posing. Jesse loves it and you can tell Ross is annoyed by it. Rude slows it down with a reverse chinlock and a chant starts for that Flair guy. Another boring chant, but we get some action as Chono hooks a leg submission and tries to get The STF, but Rude protects his head. Audible boos now and another “boring” chant. They trade some strikes to give us something, but Rude goes to the eyes. He hits a piledriver and we get people clapping for the first time. It only gets two though as Chono gets his foot on the bottom rope. Rude heads up top, but Chono backs away and not clue what that was supposed to be. Rude just goes back to a chinlock. UGH! Rude goes to the throat and if you thought something exciting would come of it, keep dreaming as Rude goes to a sleeper. See what I did there! It’s been more interesting watching the people in the front row react to this match. The crowd stands as something is happening off camera to the left of our screen. It might be a fight in the crowd and probably better than anything happening in the ring. It is kind of wild as Rude and Chono are just chilling in the ring and people who paid to watch the show are getting a louder reaction. Jesse has to start talking about Ben Franklin wrestling Thomas Jefferson in a two out of three fans match. We hit 20 minutes and outside of the Piledriver nothing has really happened in this one. Rude heads up top and throws a dropkick, which kind of misses, but also kind of hits so it doesn’t look good either way. Chono accidentally kicks Race and knocks him to the floor. He sends Rude over the top where he lands on Sasaki and Race. Back in the ring Rude gets The Rude Awakening to pop the crowd and the ref’s have to pretend to ignore it. Rude comes off the top and misses a knee. Chono gets the STF and Sasaki is in and calls for the bell at 22:33.
-Race disagrees and raises Rude’s hand as he apparently saw Chono throw Rude over the top rope.
-Race and Sasaki get into it and then Sasaki beats up Rude as well. The crowd was into Sasaki more than Rude or Chono.
Winner: Rick Rude via DQ at 22:33
-What a mess! The match itself was just mind numbingly boring. As noted I spent a lot of time during the match watching the front row. No clue what was up with them considering the reports out there of the match they had in Japan. No clue if the result had Rude unmotivated and the crowd in Philly didn’t care about Chono. Then we get a screwy ending, which was kind of expected when you go through all that mess of two referees and a coin toss. Not good! DUD
WCW World Heavyweight Championship: Ron Simmons vs. The Barbarian (w/ Cactus Jack)
-I always enjoyed Barbarian as a tough dude in a tag team with Haku who would throw people around the ring. Challenging for a World Title on a PPV is something else. I mean, I guess sometimes you take a chance on someone. Jesse gets in a dig about The Braves losing the World Series to The Blue Jays. Should have been my Pirates, but Jose Lind dropped a grounder and Francisco Cabrera made me cry. Sid Bream was also out, and I will stand by it. Hat Guy is yelling something to Jack and I am sure they had more conversations in a nearby Bingo Hall years later. Very slow start which is kind of a theme for tonight. They shove each other as Ross puts over they are big, strong athletes. They collide and nether man budges, but Ron poses, which kind of goes against what JR said earlier in the night. They each try a clothesline and nothing. Simmons ducks a clothesline and gets a shoulder tackle, dropkick and then a forearm to send Barbarian to the floor. He gets some advice from Cactus out there which has Ross and Jesse questioning what Cactus could offer. Back in Barbarian traps Simmons in the corner and lands some knees and forearms. Ron fights out and hits a run of double axe-handles to send Barbarian to the floor again. He gets more advice from Jack. Simmons gets dropped throat first on the top rope. Just so slow and methodical! Barbarian drops an elbow and sends Simmons to the floor through the ropes. Jack distracts the ref so Barbarian can send Simmons into the post and then hits a clothesline with Simmons leaning against the post. Jesse and Ross not sending someone into the post is an automatic DQ and I have never seen that. I always thought if it’s part of the ring, it’s fair game. Back in the ring Simmons gets a sunset flip for two to counter a backdrop. Barbarian stays in control though and gets a modified Cobra Clutchr. We pan the very dark arena to hide the empty seats in the upper decks. Ross takes another shot at the WWF as he tells Jesse he was working for the other guys and wouldn’t know the move has also been called the shinin no maki . What make it funny is JR is working for those other guys 6 months after this show. Simmons runs Barbarian back first into each corner before it finally causes a break. Barbarian lands a shot to the throat and gets a slam. He heads up top but misses an elbow. Simmons with a weak spinebuster for two. He starts firing off clotheslines and gets a slam. Simmons makes the mistake of going after Jack and Barbarian lands a big boot to the back of the head. Jack sends Ron immediately back in the ring. Barbarian hits the flying headbutt for two. Clothesline gets two! Simmons snaps of a power slam for the pin at 12:43.
Winner and Still WCW World Heavyweight Champion: Ron Simmons via pin at 12:43
-Not good, but with it being under 13 minutes it seemed so much better than the NWA World Title Match. The crowd was not invested as they had no reason to believe Barbarian had any chance. 1/4*
-Tony and Bruno talk about the youth movement in WCW and bring out Erick Watts, who gets booed. He congratulates Ron Simmons, who shows up and says it will never be over with The Barbarian.
Lights Out: Non Sanctioned: Coal Miner’s Glove Match: Jake Roberts vs. Sting
-Funny that Jake’s theme music here would get recycled for Steve Austin. I wonder if Jake and Austin will ever cross paths in any meaningful way in next four years or so? Jake’s last PPV match was WrestleMania VIII as he was destroyed by The Undertaker on the way out of the company, bu got over huge showing up through the crowd and attacking Sting. This was a red hot feud and as mentioned, popped a number for this show, but we get this as the stipulation. So we have a goal miner’s glove on a pole in the corner and the first one to get it, can use it. I am curious if someone in the WWF saw this match and thought it was a good idea to run a version of it at Survivor Series, or if they saw it and wanted to mock it by doing their own version with a mid-card feud. Jake with a side headlock in this non sanctioned, lights out, blood feud. Sting shoves off but misses a dropkick. They head to the floor and Jake gets sent into the lost. Sting pulls him into the post a second time and then a third time. Sting heads for the glove as it at least gets a reaction from the crowd. Jake stops him though and gets a belly-to-back suplex. He can’t follow up though as his arm is damaged from the post and Sting goes to a hammerlock. I WANT VIOLENCE! Jesse wonders if either guy would have chosen this match if they had a choice. I’m going to say no. Jake starts to climb, and Sting crotches him and he takes a comedy bump back into the ring. Yeah, this is the match for a comedy bump to make the crowd laugh. Sting continues to work the arm in a non-sanctioned way I guess. Jesse throws out the awful idea of the glove never getting used. That would be the only thing to make this even worse. We finally get something as Jake takes it to the floor and hits Sting with a chair. Only took seven minutes! Jake uses the tape from his wrist to choke and again, I’ll take this over a hammerlock. For some reason the ref forces a break and takes the break away. Ross and Ventura try to cover for the ref. We get an awkward spot where Jake kind of hits a knee-lift, but sells like he missed and Sting sells like he was hit. Ugh! Stinger Splash misses. Jake is still selling the shoulder which is something. DDT hits and gets a strong pop from the Philly crowd. Jake makes the climb and again, at least the crowd is invested each time someone goes for the glove. Sting uses the pole to swing around on the apron and hits Jake. Cactus is out and slides a bag into the ring. Sting has the glove and Jake has a cobra. Sting uses the glove to punch Jake in the back and that causes Jake to fall so the snake bits him in the face. Sting rolls him up and gets the pin at 10:34.
Winner: Sting via pin at 10:34
-Just so, so bad! They build to the glove and we get one body shot with it and the real focus was on Jake getting bit with his own cobra. It was somewhat short at least, but what an awful way to end a show. DUD
-Jake stumbles up the aisle as Jack yells that he needs help. We see blood on Jake’s face as he falls down on the snake and crawls to the back. Sting tells someone they better get an ambulance out here.
-Tony and Bruno discuss what we call and how can Bruno say this is the wrestling he was part of after seeing this crap.
-Ross thinks this isn’t offer from Jake and Sting, but yeah, after this stinker it was over. Sting won the first match and Jake was gone.
-Thanks for reading!
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