90s wrestling 🤼♀️ Fans. everyone is here Flair Macho sting . The Brain on the mic 🎙 Mean gene getting the hand squeezed off him by a giant. Hogan with no tash stolen from him , begins this Scooby-Doo type adventure from monster trucks to mummy's to people falling off building If you want to watch some great wrestling this is not the event if your up for a classic looney toons adventure everyone except Buggy bunny 🐰 himself is here .
4 Reviews
Hulk "the bad Main Event" Hogan rules again
amanwhorocks8 October 2013
Warning: Spoilers
1. Diamond Dallas Page vs. Johnny B. Badd - Great opening match. I hate how DDP never Beat Mero, but that match was cool 7.5/10
2. Zodiac Vs. Macho Man - A few minute uninteresting match. The only thing, that does worth for, is mad fan, which ran into th ring and fought security for the rest of the match. 5/10
3. Kurasawa Vs. Road Warrior Hawk -Kurasawa won by pinfall and help from Col. Parker. Match about nothing. 5.5/10
4. Mr. JL Vs. Sabu - Finally outstanding match 8/10
5. Meng Vs. Lex Luger - That was one awful and superboring match. 4/10
6. Arn Anderson/Flyin' Brian Vs. Sting/Lex Luger - Did you notice that Pillman looks like Jim Morrison? :) Flair turned on Sting. DQ. Horsemen are back. 6.5/10
7. The Truck Match: Hogan Vs. Giant - Boring, useless crap. Hogan won, who could be shocked?? Somebody should told him he wasn't in the movie. 0/10
8. Lex Luger Vs. Macho Man - You really need to see that, that's how bad a match could be. No Slams, no Moves, only kicks and punches. Terribly bad. 3/10
9. WCW World Title Match: Giant Vs. Champ-IMMORTAL HULK - Giant lives! He survived fall of the roof. Hogan is Shocked!! Match was classic by Hogan, predictable from beginning til the end. 4/10
2. Zodiac Vs. Macho Man - A few minute uninteresting match. The only thing, that does worth for, is mad fan, which ran into th ring and fought security for the rest of the match. 5/10
3. Kurasawa Vs. Road Warrior Hawk -Kurasawa won by pinfall and help from Col. Parker. Match about nothing. 5.5/10
4. Mr. JL Vs. Sabu - Finally outstanding match 8/10
5. Meng Vs. Lex Luger - That was one awful and superboring match. 4/10
6. Arn Anderson/Flyin' Brian Vs. Sting/Lex Luger - Did you notice that Pillman looks like Jim Morrison? :) Flair turned on Sting. DQ. Horsemen are back. 6.5/10
7. The Truck Match: Hogan Vs. Giant - Boring, useless crap. Hogan won, who could be shocked?? Somebody should told him he wasn't in the movie. 0/10
8. Lex Luger Vs. Macho Man - You really need to see that, that's how bad a match could be. No Slams, no Moves, only kicks and punches. Terribly bad. 3/10
9. WCW World Title Match: Giant Vs. Champ-IMMORTAL HULK - Giant lives! He survived fall of the roof. Hogan is Shocked!! Match was classic by Hogan, predictable from beginning til the end. 4/10
Not good.
theanomaloushost25 October 2021
Unlike the prior WCW PPV War Games, this didn't have any outstanding matches to redeem it from the schlock. There were only 2 decent (at best) matches to make this watchable, and that was it. There were matches on Nitro that were better than anything this PPV had between War Games and Halloween Havoc (such as anything with Eddie Guerrero in it, who wasn't even in a match here; for shame).
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1.) DDP vs. Johnny B. Badd
DDP is just a mediocre wrestler here. Johnny was the one who managed to make this a decent match, with a nice moment between him and DDP's girl at ringside.
Rated: 3 / 5
2.) Randy Savage vs. Zodiac
Zodiac sucks, which is why I'm partly thankful this match was cut so short (seemed like Zodiac may have possibly been injured after flying off the top of the turnbuckle onto the mat, which caused this match to be cut short). What's hilarious about this is that a fan rushed in to try and cause a ruckus, near the start of the match, with the referee restraining him and security to eventually detain him outside the ring; and the matches ended within a minute after you see security rush the fanatical fan out of the arena. That's how fast this match went.
Rated: 1.5 / 5 (the fan attempt at interference bumped this up a notch)
3.) "Road Warrior" Hawk vs. Kurasawa
This was too short, and the screwjob ending made it even worse.
Rated: 1.5 / 5
4.) J. L. vs. Sabu
It's a typical Sabu match, which means it offers some decent entertainment and nice spots. For as long as the match lasts. It doesn't last very long, and we get yet another short match. J. L. Seems like a solid enough wrestler to keep up with Sabu's hit-or-botch style.
Rated: 2 / 5
5.) Meng vs. Lex Lugor
It seemed like Lugor was carrying Meng a bit. That's usually not a good sign. The match was given plenty of time to breathe. In fact, I'd say too much time. This could've had 5 minutes removed from here, and added to any of the previous 3 matches, and it probably would've been better. Plus the ending was a bit strange.
Rated: 2 / 5
6.) Arn Anderson & Brian Pillman vs. Sting (and Flair?)
Match of the night, though that's not saying much. This was more of a handicap match, which was entertaining enough for the first half. But the whole second half was Sting struggling to make the tag for Flair to come in. Considering the end-payoff of this in-ring storytelling, that ended up working. But this isn't exactly a match anyone will consider to be in the same league as "all-time-greats."
Rated: 3 / 5
7.) Hulk Hogan vs. The Giant; Monster Truck Brawl
I quote one of the commentators: "This has taken WCW to a whole new level." Yeah, and that level is f^&@!*^ boring.
Rated: 0 / 5 DUD
8.) Randy Savage vs. Lex Luger
This was just an ok match. Honestly, I was more into their encounter at Nitro a couple weeks prior to this. But that Nitro match suffered from outside interference causing a no-contest ending. Here, they just weren't given enough time to make anything memorable out of this. But I was enjoying how Luger was overselling every hit he was giving/receiving with his yells and grunts.
Rated: 2.5 / 5
9.) Hulk Hogan vs. The Giant; this time in the actual wrestling ring.
This was shaping up to be a 2 / 5 match, but then the ending happens and makes this one of the most baffling and goofy things I've ever seen. Well... at least it made me laugh. As did Bobby Heenan's post match comment:
"Everyone is looking directly into the ring."
He says this as a very obvious portion of the audience is living the stadium in the background.
Rated: ? / 5 It's not really a good match. Slow and boring and without any wrestling talent beyond acting. But your rating may very depending on how much you laugh at the finale and post-match comments.
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This PPV isn't really worth watching. There aren't any matches that make it redeemable or worth suffering through the poor stuff. No matches here should show up on a wrestler's biography DVD, or on any "history of" DVDs. Because if any do, then they're scraping the bottom of the barrel.
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1.) DDP vs. Johnny B. Badd
DDP is just a mediocre wrestler here. Johnny was the one who managed to make this a decent match, with a nice moment between him and DDP's girl at ringside.
Rated: 3 / 5
2.) Randy Savage vs. Zodiac
Zodiac sucks, which is why I'm partly thankful this match was cut so short (seemed like Zodiac may have possibly been injured after flying off the top of the turnbuckle onto the mat, which caused this match to be cut short). What's hilarious about this is that a fan rushed in to try and cause a ruckus, near the start of the match, with the referee restraining him and security to eventually detain him outside the ring; and the matches ended within a minute after you see security rush the fanatical fan out of the arena. That's how fast this match went.
Rated: 1.5 / 5 (the fan attempt at interference bumped this up a notch)
3.) "Road Warrior" Hawk vs. Kurasawa
This was too short, and the screwjob ending made it even worse.
Rated: 1.5 / 5
4.) J. L. vs. Sabu
It's a typical Sabu match, which means it offers some decent entertainment and nice spots. For as long as the match lasts. It doesn't last very long, and we get yet another short match. J. L. Seems like a solid enough wrestler to keep up with Sabu's hit-or-botch style.
Rated: 2 / 5
5.) Meng vs. Lex Lugor
It seemed like Lugor was carrying Meng a bit. That's usually not a good sign. The match was given plenty of time to breathe. In fact, I'd say too much time. This could've had 5 minutes removed from here, and added to any of the previous 3 matches, and it probably would've been better. Plus the ending was a bit strange.
Rated: 2 / 5
6.) Arn Anderson & Brian Pillman vs. Sting (and Flair?)
Match of the night, though that's not saying much. This was more of a handicap match, which was entertaining enough for the first half. But the whole second half was Sting struggling to make the tag for Flair to come in. Considering the end-payoff of this in-ring storytelling, that ended up working. But this isn't exactly a match anyone will consider to be in the same league as "all-time-greats."
Rated: 3 / 5
7.) Hulk Hogan vs. The Giant; Monster Truck Brawl
I quote one of the commentators: "This has taken WCW to a whole new level." Yeah, and that level is f^&@!*^ boring.
Rated: 0 / 5 DUD
8.) Randy Savage vs. Lex Luger
This was just an ok match. Honestly, I was more into their encounter at Nitro a couple weeks prior to this. But that Nitro match suffered from outside interference causing a no-contest ending. Here, they just weren't given enough time to make anything memorable out of this. But I was enjoying how Luger was overselling every hit he was giving/receiving with his yells and grunts.
Rated: 2.5 / 5
9.) Hulk Hogan vs. The Giant; this time in the actual wrestling ring.
This was shaping up to be a 2 / 5 match, but then the ending happens and makes this one of the most baffling and goofy things I've ever seen. Well... at least it made me laugh. As did Bobby Heenan's post match comment:
"Everyone is looking directly into the ring."
He says this as a very obvious portion of the audience is living the stadium in the background.
Rated: ? / 5 It's not really a good match. Slow and boring and without any wrestling talent beyond acting. But your rating may very depending on how much you laugh at the finale and post-match comments.
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This PPV isn't really worth watching. There aren't any matches that make it redeemable or worth suffering through the poor stuff. No matches here should show up on a wrestler's biography DVD, or on any "history of" DVDs. Because if any do, then they're scraping the bottom of the barrel.
Insulting, laughable, and one of the worst PPV's I've ever seen!
callanvass27 February 2016
Warning: Spoilers
Live from Detroit, MI
Attendance 13,000
Your hosts are Tony Schiavone & Bobby Heenan
Prior to the broadcast, Ric Flair was ambushed by Arn Anderson and Brian Pillman.
Television Title
Diamond Dallas Paige (C) (W/The Diamond Doll & Max Muscle) Vs Johnny B Badd
Badd uses a decoy on the stage ramp while Badd comes out through the crowd and surprises DDP from behind. Badd wins the Television Title after a heel miscommunication between DDP and Max Muscle. Started off slowly, but that changed once Badd took over on offense. It went from a relatively mundane affair to an exciting match. DDP was steadily improving at this juncture, but he was still somewhat unproven. Overall, a solid opener
***1/4
"Macho Man" Randy Savage Vs The Zodiac
The Zodiac is Brutus Beefcake in stupid looking face paint. If Savage wins this match and Luger beats Sting later in the night, Savage and Luger will wrestle each other on the same night as well. An overzealous fan runs inside the ring and goes after Savage, but Savage hilariously no-sells him. Savage wins in very quick fashion with the flying elbow drop. I love it when something I'm dreading ends up being really short.
DUD
Road Warrior Hawk Vs Kurasawa (W/Col. Parker)
This all started when Kurasawa broke Hawk's arm at a Clash of The Champions PPV. Kurasawa wins with help from Col. Parker. For someone who got his arm broken, Hawk sure is subdued. Hawk seemed to be going through the motions and disinterested.
3/4*
Randy Savage says he'll make sure Lex Luger wins tonight and that Hulk Hogan is his friend, but if they meet in the squared circle, Savage will win. I'm not gonna spoil everything, but its classic Macho Man. Savage and Okerlund have a fun exchange as well.
J.L. Vs Sabu (W/The Original Sheik)
Sabu wins. This was nothing but a spotfest. The crowd was dead throughout the match and I can't say I really blame them. It was obvious that not much thought was put behind it. There were some big spots, but not a lot of excitement, if that makes sense.
*1/2
Meng (W/The Taskmaster) Vs Lex Luger
Luger wins by DQ after interference from Kevin Sullivan, which means Luger faces Savage later tonight. This match put me and the people to sleep. It's honestly one of the most boring matches I've ever seen in all my years of wrestling. Literally, NOTHING interesting happens. The intrigue of whether Luger is secretly in cahoots with The Dungeon of Doom is the story here. By the time this match is over, you won't care.
DUD
Arn Anderson & Brian Pillman Vs Sting & Ric Flair
Ric Flair is too injured to be Sting's partner, making it a handicapped match. Flair eventually runs down to even the odds. Sting tags in Flair, but Flair TURNS ON STING! It turns out, the entire Flair Vs Arn Anderson storyline was a setup. Flair, Pillman, and Anderson demolish Sting. I have mixed feelings about this. I really feel turning Flair heel was unnecessary. The we want Flair chants were deafening and he was way over. It also doesn't make much sense, considering all the beatings Flair took from Anderson and Pillman. The match itself had great atmosphere, but the ending makes it hard to rate.
*3/4
It's time for the Monster truck battle between Hulk Hogan and The Giant. They are locked up, bumper to bumper in a big circle on a roof. It's kinda like a sumo match with trucks. After a very boring monster truck battle, both men get out of their monster trucks and start fighting on the roof. The Giant ends up teetering and falling off the roof, into the river. The Giant going into the river isn't actually shown, of course. The announcers are despondent. This was edgy for the time, but it doesn't hold up very well at all.
Lex Luger Vs Randy Savage
Savage is definitely the crowd favorite here. Jimmy Hart comes wandering down to ringside. Savage wins with the flying elbow drop. It was hard to take this match seriously when the announcers were constantly talking about The Giant. It was fun to see Luger booed, though. Luger acted like a total heel in this match, even putting his feet on the ropes.
*1/2
WCW Heavyweight Championship
Hulk Hogan (C) (W/Jimmy Hart) Vs The Giant (W/The Taskmaster)
Just a few bumps and bruises for The Giant, who had fallen 500 feet off the roof. The Giant has miraculously come back from the dead! The Giant wins by disqualification. Oh, boy! I'll try to explain this best I can. Hogan hits him with a legdrop, but Jimmy Hart nails the referee to cause the DQ. Jimmy Hart turns heel on Hogan by nailing Hogan with the WCW title. The Yeti (A big looking Mummy) comes down and attacks Hogan as well. Savage and Luger come down to help out Hogan, but Luger turns heel as well, attacking Savage and Hogan. Both Luger and Jimmy Hart have joined The Dungeon of Doom.
*
Thoughts: The match was a complete snoozefest for the most part. They tried to hard to recreate Hogan vs Andre here and it didn't work. They even did the bodyslam spot from Wrestlemania III by having Hogan slam The Giant. Hogan's ego was at work again, making The Giant look weak near the end. Jimmy Hart and Lex Luger are natural scumbags and work best as heels. The way they did it was shoddy, but it was the right choice. Three heel turns in one night is a bit much, though. The Dungeon of Doom storyline is a total clusterfuc*****
Attendance 13,000
Your hosts are Tony Schiavone & Bobby Heenan
Prior to the broadcast, Ric Flair was ambushed by Arn Anderson and Brian Pillman.
Television Title
Diamond Dallas Paige (C) (W/The Diamond Doll & Max Muscle) Vs Johnny B Badd
Badd uses a decoy on the stage ramp while Badd comes out through the crowd and surprises DDP from behind. Badd wins the Television Title after a heel miscommunication between DDP and Max Muscle. Started off slowly, but that changed once Badd took over on offense. It went from a relatively mundane affair to an exciting match. DDP was steadily improving at this juncture, but he was still somewhat unproven. Overall, a solid opener
***1/4
"Macho Man" Randy Savage Vs The Zodiac
The Zodiac is Brutus Beefcake in stupid looking face paint. If Savage wins this match and Luger beats Sting later in the night, Savage and Luger will wrestle each other on the same night as well. An overzealous fan runs inside the ring and goes after Savage, but Savage hilariously no-sells him. Savage wins in very quick fashion with the flying elbow drop. I love it when something I'm dreading ends up being really short.
DUD
Road Warrior Hawk Vs Kurasawa (W/Col. Parker)
This all started when Kurasawa broke Hawk's arm at a Clash of The Champions PPV. Kurasawa wins with help from Col. Parker. For someone who got his arm broken, Hawk sure is subdued. Hawk seemed to be going through the motions and disinterested.
3/4*
Randy Savage says he'll make sure Lex Luger wins tonight and that Hulk Hogan is his friend, but if they meet in the squared circle, Savage will win. I'm not gonna spoil everything, but its classic Macho Man. Savage and Okerlund have a fun exchange as well.
J.L. Vs Sabu (W/The Original Sheik)
Sabu wins. This was nothing but a spotfest. The crowd was dead throughout the match and I can't say I really blame them. It was obvious that not much thought was put behind it. There were some big spots, but not a lot of excitement, if that makes sense.
*1/2
Meng (W/The Taskmaster) Vs Lex Luger
Luger wins by DQ after interference from Kevin Sullivan, which means Luger faces Savage later tonight. This match put me and the people to sleep. It's honestly one of the most boring matches I've ever seen in all my years of wrestling. Literally, NOTHING interesting happens. The intrigue of whether Luger is secretly in cahoots with The Dungeon of Doom is the story here. By the time this match is over, you won't care.
DUD
Arn Anderson & Brian Pillman Vs Sting & Ric Flair
Ric Flair is too injured to be Sting's partner, making it a handicapped match. Flair eventually runs down to even the odds. Sting tags in Flair, but Flair TURNS ON STING! It turns out, the entire Flair Vs Arn Anderson storyline was a setup. Flair, Pillman, and Anderson demolish Sting. I have mixed feelings about this. I really feel turning Flair heel was unnecessary. The we want Flair chants were deafening and he was way over. It also doesn't make much sense, considering all the beatings Flair took from Anderson and Pillman. The match itself had great atmosphere, but the ending makes it hard to rate.
*3/4
It's time for the Monster truck battle between Hulk Hogan and The Giant. They are locked up, bumper to bumper in a big circle on a roof. It's kinda like a sumo match with trucks. After a very boring monster truck battle, both men get out of their monster trucks and start fighting on the roof. The Giant ends up teetering and falling off the roof, into the river. The Giant going into the river isn't actually shown, of course. The announcers are despondent. This was edgy for the time, but it doesn't hold up very well at all.
Lex Luger Vs Randy Savage
Savage is definitely the crowd favorite here. Jimmy Hart comes wandering down to ringside. Savage wins with the flying elbow drop. It was hard to take this match seriously when the announcers were constantly talking about The Giant. It was fun to see Luger booed, though. Luger acted like a total heel in this match, even putting his feet on the ropes.
*1/2
WCW Heavyweight Championship
Hulk Hogan (C) (W/Jimmy Hart) Vs The Giant (W/The Taskmaster)
Just a few bumps and bruises for The Giant, who had fallen 500 feet off the roof. The Giant has miraculously come back from the dead! The Giant wins by disqualification. Oh, boy! I'll try to explain this best I can. Hogan hits him with a legdrop, but Jimmy Hart nails the referee to cause the DQ. Jimmy Hart turns heel on Hogan by nailing Hogan with the WCW title. The Yeti (A big looking Mummy) comes down and attacks Hogan as well. Savage and Luger come down to help out Hogan, but Luger turns heel as well, attacking Savage and Hogan. Both Luger and Jimmy Hart have joined The Dungeon of Doom.
*
Thoughts: The match was a complete snoozefest for the most part. They tried to hard to recreate Hogan vs Andre here and it didn't work. They even did the bodyslam spot from Wrestlemania III by having Hogan slam The Giant. Hogan's ego was at work again, making The Giant look weak near the end. Jimmy Hart and Lex Luger are natural scumbags and work best as heels. The way they did it was shoddy, but it was the right choice. Three heel turns in one night is a bit much, though. The Dungeon of Doom storyline is a total clusterfuc*****
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