Kamala's Random WCW Bullshit thread

[BruiserBrody]

November 20th, 1993 – WCW Battlebowl was held in Pensacola, Florida. A lottery-type concept paired up wrestlers at random for various tag team matches with the winning team from each advancing to an over-the-top-rope battle royal, and the winner of the battle royal being declared the winner of Battlebowl.

Vader and Cactus Jack defeated Charlie Norris and Kane (Stevie Ray).

• Brian Knobbs and Johnny B. Badd defeated Erik Watts and Paul Roma.
• The Shockmaster and Paul Orndorff defeated Ricky Steamboat and Lord Steven Regal.
• King Kong and Dustin Rhodes defeated The Equalizer and Awesome Kong.
• Sting and Jerry Sags defeated Ron Simmons and Keith Cole.
• Ric Flair and Steve Austin defeated 2 Cold Scorpio and Maxx Payne.
• Rick Rude and Shanghai Pierce defeated Tex Slazenger and Marcus Bagwell.
• Road Warrior Hawk and Rip Rogers defeated Davey Boy Smith and Kole.
• Vader last eliminated Sting to win the Battlebowl battle royal.

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It takes effort to make this much talent on a card and book an all time stinker of a PPV.

At least something like Havoc 98 was just disappointing... this is near unwatchable

I went to thehistoryofwwe to potentially rebook this with the actual feuds of the era and I realized the Clash from this month is actually stacked.

They should have flipped the PPV and free show I guess. Maybe book a few extra guys (Ice Train, etc) and make it 2 WCW Saturday Night specials (4 matches each) and book the Clash as an eliminator round and the Battle Bowl, with a few mid card matches sprinkled in to fill out the Clash card.

Clash of the Champions XXV – St. Petersburg, FL – Bayfront Center – November 10, 1993 (6,000; 1,700 paid)
Tex Slazenger & Shanghai Pierce defeated Mark Starr & Frankie Lancaster
Shown live on TBS – featured an opening announcement by Gene Okerlund that fans could now vote on the Manager of the Year on the WCW Hotline – Sir Williams, Missy Hyatt, Harley Race, or Teddy Long; included Tony Schiavone & Jesse Ventura on commentary; featured Okerlund conducting an interview in the arena with Col. Rob Parker regarding Parker recently dropping Sid Vicious and picking up Steve Austin as his newest wrestler; during the segment, it was implied Sid was in the arena though Parker said he had a restraining order against him; included a BattleBowl Control Center with comments from Sting and Paul Orndorff; the segment closed with Okerlund saying “We will have more this Wednesday as part of the Clash of the Champions, live!”; featured the announcement that the Manager of the Year award would be decided at Starrcade:
Road Warrior Hawk fought WCW International World Champion Rick Rude to a double count-out at 5:38 when both men began brawling on the floor
The Shockmaster pinned the Equalizer at 2:29 with the bearhug into a slam; during the bout, it was announced there was a backstage confrontation between Davey Boy Smith and WCW International World Champion Rick Rude
WCW TV Champion Lord Steven Regal (w/ Sir William) pinned Johnny B. Badd at 6:35 with a roll up and grabbing the tights for leverage after Badd grabbed for William when William put Regal’s foot on the bottom rope during a cover; during the bout, it was announced the prior confrontation between Davey Boy Smith and WCW International World Champion Rick Rude stemmed from Smith challenging Rude for the title
Steve Austin (w/ Col. Rob Parker) pinned Brian Pillman at 9:11 when Parker pushed Pillman as he attempted a springboard clothesline into the ring, with Austin then throwing Pillman face-first to the mat (The Legacy of Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Best of Clash of the Champions)
WCW US Champion Dustin Rhodes (w/ Dusty Rhodes) pinned Paul Orndorff (w/ the Assassin) at 12:15 with an inside cradle after avoiding an elbow off the top; after the bout, Orndorff threw Dustin to the floor, with the Assassin then throwing Dustin into the ringpost until Dusty made the save; moments later, Dusty attempted to unmask the Assassin until Orndorff helped in double teaming Dusty and whipping him with the title belt; Orndorff then attempted the piledriver on Dusty until Dustin cleared the ring
WCW Tag Team Champions the Nasty Boys (w/ Missy Hyatt) defeated Sting & Davey Boy Smith at 8:41 when Brian Knobbs pinned Smith after Jerry Saggs hit the elbowsmash off the top behind the referee’s back as Smith had Knobbs covered following the running powerslam; prior to the bout, Smith fought with Saggs on the rampway, with WCW International World Champion Rick Rude sneaking up behind Smith and dropping him with the Rude Awakening until he was chased away by Road Warrior Hawk
Ric Flair (w/ Fifi) defeated WCW World Champion Vader (w/ Harley Race) via disqualification at around the 9-minute mark; prior to the bout, Col. Rob Parker confronted Flair backstage in which he said Steve Austin could beat Flair, with Flair then punching Parker before making his ring entrance; the finish saw Vader miss the moonsault and Flair made the cover, with referee Randy Anderson then crawling over to make the count and slapping his hand against the mat as he crawled over; however, the referee disqualified Vader for accidentally hitting him just prior to the moonsault; after the match, Flair was attacked by Vader, Race, Steve Austin, and Col. Rob Parker until Dustin Rhodes and the Shockmaster appeared; moments later, Gene Okerlund came in the ring for an interview with Flair, with Flair cutting a promo on Vader & Austin and saying he would have Sid Vicious as his partner that weekend on WCW Saturday Night

 

[snuffbox]

Yours is the much better idea, Brody. The buyrate for that had to be bad. And then they do battlebowl AGAIN at Slamboree 96!

 

[BruiserBrody]

Yours is the much better idea, Brody. The buyrate for that had to be bad. And then they do battlebowl AGAIN at Slamboree 96!

They ruined 2 Starrcades and Dusty still didn't take the hint and turned it into a PPV by itself. I know Sid and Arn stabbing each other changed plans, but Battlebowl at least needed a Vader defense. Flair or a Cactus Jack blow off....not sure what stip to go with since Havoc was gimmicked up.

 

[Tino Standard]

WCW TV Champion Lord Steven Regal (w/ Sir William) pinned Johnny B. Badd at 6:35 with a roll up and grabbing the tights for leverage after Badd grabbed for William when William put Regal’s foot on the bottom rope during a cover

Weirdly, the finish of this match is a core wrestling memory for me. Badd kinda messed up the spot because he started to hook Regal’s far leg like normal, but then remembered that William supposed to put Regal’s foot on the rope. So Badd dropped the leg and hooked the near one instead.

Even though I had known wrestling was a work for a while by this point, this was the first time I spotted something like that happening in real time.