Sage Cortez
This Clash of the Champions looks absolutely horrendous, and it’s really no surprise that Ole Anderson was removed from his booking position after it took place. I don’t know how this card was even allowed to take place as constructed. The only thing of value on it appears to be Butch Reed vs. Ric Flair. The rest is absolute garbage. We have wrestlers like Lex Luger taking on guys named “The Motor City Madman,” Michael Wallstreet facing “The Starblazer,” and a tag team match with four guys I’ve never even heard of. Two of them appear to be white South Africans. I don’t know what to make of this shit.
– November 20th, 1990, from Jacksonville Coliseum in Jacksonville, Florida
The introduction here is really professional looking, I’m surprised by that. Jim Ross and Paul E. Dangerously are on commentary here, and run down some of the stipulations for the matches here. The main event’s stipulation is absurd, as I’ll lay out when that match comes along.
The Fabulous Freebirds & Bobby Eaton (w/Little Richard Marley) vs. The Southern Boys & El Gigante
Pre-Match Thoughts: I can’t think of any reason that El Gigante would team up with the Southern Boys rather than continue what they had been doing on these shows. Also, it’s full blown WCW era here judging by the signs in the arena. Excellent! Eaton still looks out of place, though. Michael Hayes grabs the microphone, and he says something, and it appears that only the Southern Boys walked out to the ring. What’s up with that? He then says that El Gigante is gone, because they sabotaged his flight there. Bad false advertisement. I guess Eaton is out as well, so they won’t be using one of the best workers they have on a television special. Real dumb. Now it’s…
The Fabulous Freebirds (w/Little Richard Marley) vs. The Southern Boys
Match Review: Smothers and Garvin start the match off, and Smothers takes Garvin down with a hip toss. Then Hayes runs and gets hip tossed, then both Birds get hit with double dropkicks, leading to Little Richard getting dropkicked off the apron. Hayes and Garvin get back in and work over Smothers, but Armstrong flies off the top with a cross body onto both of them. Things settle down for a bit, and we have Hayes in there with Smothers. Smothers takes Hayes down with an arm drag and a bodyslam, and Garvin runs in for the same. Smothers then gives them a double clothesline, which clears the ring. Hayes gts back in there, and when Smothers dodges a charge by going to the apron, Hayes pops him with a left that sends him all the way into the railing. Garvin tags in and slams Smothers twice, as they’re obviously back in the ring. Smothers takes him down with a sunset flip that gets 2, and Garvin fires off a clothesline in response. Garvin then slams Smothers for a third time, and he heads up top as well, but Smothers slams him down. Both guys make tags, but the Armstrong tag wasn’t spotted. The Birds give Smothers a double suplex, but Armstrong flies off the top with a double clothesline. Wow. Now all four are in there, and Little Richard is on the apron. Armstrong backdrops Garvin onto the ramp, then brings Little Richard into the ring the hard way. Richard leaves, but Armstrong flies onto the ramp with a cross body. That was great. Now, as Smothers runs the ropes, Little Richard trips him, and Hayes gives Smothers a DDT to win the match at 4:47.
My Thoughts: It was true that El Gigante missed his plane to the show, and that’s why they changed the match. How goofy. This was a solid match and a good start to the show, with some nice high spots and an interesting finish. Oddly enough, they gave Rocky King the boot not long after this, so he wasn’t going to be part of the Freebirds act anymore. No idea why. **1/4, and I loved the cross body onto the ramp by Armstrong.
Tony Schiavone was with Sting, for who knows what purpose. He got a huge pop though, and he wasn’t going to be wrestling here, but he was going to meet the BLACK SCORPION FACE TO FACE. Sounds like something worth looking forward to. Once the interview was over, the Black Scorpion started calling Sting’s name, and continued with the cryptic comments. The crowd appeared to be enthralled with this.
Buddy Landell vs. Brian Pillman
Pre-Match Thoughts: Pillman was a substitute for the Juicer, who wasn’t on here because WCW finally found out about his sexual abuse charges. Pillman was buried to such a ridiculous degree that he wouldn’t have even been on this card if not for that. Really embarrassing. Ole Anderson must really have hated the guy. I guess they were calling him Buddy Landell now, so I must adjust. They also said he was from Jacksonville, and he got booed anyway.
Match Review: Landell attacks, so here we go. He takes Pillman down with a clothesline, then drops some knees on him. He then clotheslines Pillman again, but Pillman comes back with a small package for 2. Pillman then reverses a hip toss into a backslide that gets 2, then clotheslines Landell over the top and onto the ramp. Pillman flies out to the ramp with AIR PILLMAN, getting a big pop in the process. Pillman goes for a piledriver, but Landell backdrops him instead and clotheslines him back into the ring. Pillman winds up on the apron, and gets launches into the rail from there. Landell then drops him on that rail, but winds up clotheslining the post on accident. Pillman then tries to post Landell, but winds up getting posted himself. Back inside, Pillman comes back with a hip toss, then dropkicks Landell. He follows Landell to the outside with a spinning cross body, that was sick. They’re in the ring again, and Landell goes for an abdominal stretch. Pillman tries to use chops after getting out of it, then tries a cross body from the second rope, only for Landell to catch him and give him a backbreaker for 2. Pillman does come back with a backdrop, then Landell tries for a SUPERPLEX. Instead, Pillman pushes him down, and flies off the top with a cross body for the win at 5:48.
My Thoughts: This was a really nice match, even though the commentary in it was full of lies. Paul was just all over the place with what he was saying. Key lines: “Brian Pillman was trained by Ric Flair,” and “Buddy Landell idolizes Ric Flair.” Such crap. This match was really good, both guys went out there with the intention of putting on a show and turned an ordinary matchup into something better than that. ***, good stuff. I’m surprised by how well this card has started, but given the matchups ahead…
Before the next match, there was a cool Starrcade commercial. Hey, I’m watching that soon! It made the tag team tournament sound so much better than it actually was.
THE BIG CAT vs. Brad Armstrong
Pre-Match Thoughts: I feel like I need to address Brad Armstrong’s gimmick. Calling a guy ‘Candyman’ and having him give candy to kids is fucking weird. Too weird. The Big Cat is Mr. Hughes, and he’s wearing trunks, so that’s weird too. Stupid names for wrestlers. Big Cat had a promo before the match, and he targeted Lex Luger. Come on.
Match Review: These two lock up, and damn, Big Cat looks HUGE. Armstrong evades his punches, but gets shoved down to the canvas. Cat then takes him down with a shoulderblock, but Armstrong knocks him down with a dropkick. That was surprising. Big Cat gets up, and drops Armstrong with a repeated backbreaker. Three times he BROKE THE BACK. That’s followed by a bodyslam for 2, then he just beats Armstrong up in generic fashion. He puts Armstrong in a bear hug to continue the generic punishment, but misses a charge to the corner. Armstrong hits him with another dropkick, but misses the next one. Big Cat then picks him up, puts him in the TORTURE RACK, and that’s it at 4:30. The referee stopped it, as Armstrong wouldn’t quit. Okay then!
My Thoughts: This could have been better than it was, but it wasn’t. So, I’ll give it *1/4. The thing is, when wrestling companies want to push somebody as a challenger to a babyface, that heel has to show more than what Big Cat showed in this match. That’s why he never challenged Luger, I guess. Paul was really good on commentary here though.
Now Dick the Bruiser has a promo, talking about his spot as special referee in the main event of Starrcade. I hope it’s better than when Gene Kiniski was a special referee at Starrcade.
Brian Lee vs. Tom Zenk
Pre-Match Thoughts: I won’t call him “the Z-Man” anymore. I’m over it. Anyway, Lee was nowhere near the prime of his career, as unspectacular as it was. You’d think Zenk would squash him here as he was destined for a push with Ole leaving and all. Lee looked so much different than he’d look a few years after this.
Match Review: These men lock up, and Lee knocks Zenk down with a shoulderblock after being shoved into the ropes. Zenk then kicks Lee in the back of the head, that was a cheap shot. Lee then misses a charge to the corner, and Zenk gives him a big hip toss. Zenk tries to fire up to the second rope for a cross body, but wires were crossed and Lee was nowhere near him, so it missed. Lee hits Zenk with a back elbow, but Zenk comes back with a dropkick to knock Lee down. Lee hits Zenk with a cheap shot, then puts a chinlock on him. Exactly what we need! Lee tries a charge to the corner and misses again, then Zenk kicks him in the face. He follows that with a bodyslam, then heads up top for a MISSILE DROPKICK. Zenk covers, and gets the win at 3:10.
My Thoughts: This match was bad given the amount of mistakes in it. There were some major timing issues. One was the cross body, and another one was the failed Lee charge where Zenk just stood there. Maybe it was because Lee was green, I don’t know. 1/4*. Weak all around.
Michael Wallstreet (w/Alexandra York) vs. The Starblazer
Pre-Match Thoughts: The Starblazer sounds interesting, doesn’t it. This Michael Wallstreet introduction vignette rules, they kept showing bits of it on their TV episodes. Wallstreet was at the podium with York, and when Tony Schiavone called him Mike Rotunda, he was really unhappy about it. York then told the fans at home about the Starblazer, and said that Wallstreet will be following a BLUEPRINT made by her computer. Excellent! The Starblazer was Tim Horner, and never appeared again after this. Paul E had a rumor that one of Rotunda’s family members passed away, and left him a lot of money, which caused this change. His singlet was absurd looking, and caused a big color clash here. Both guys wearing red.
Match Review: Wallstreet takes Starblazer down with a waistlock, and I nearly called him Rotunda. I’m going to have to get used to this. Wallstreet takes Starblazer down with a fireman’s carry, but Starblazer comes back with a hip toss and some dropkicks to clear him from the ring. Wallstreet comes back into the ring with some hard shots, then throws Starblazer to the outside. Wallstreet goes to an abdominal stretch when they’re in the ring, and cheats by using the ropes. He then tries a suplex, but Starblazer rolls him up for 2. Wallstreet misses a charge to the corner, and gets hit with a back elbow. Starblazer then slams him, and follows with a dropkick. Wallstreet blocks a dropkick and goes to a Boston crab, but it gets reversed. Wallstreet then goes to another Boston crab, but it gets blocked again. Wallstreet then picks Starblazer up, and drops him with the WALLSTREET CRASH for the pinfall at 4:14.
My Thoughts: Weird to see the Samoan drop used as a finisher, but there you go. I’ve always found that heel turns coming out of nowhere, without any other wrestler interaction, make it really hard for a new character to get over. Maybe the gimmick could have gotten over, but he didn’t stick around all that much longer before heading back to the WWF to play a similar character. 3/4*, not even worth a full star. I figured that would happen after the hot start.
Time for WCW TOP TEN’S. First we have the tag teams.
10. The Juicer and Norman
9. Big Cat and Motor City Madman
8. Tim Horner and Brad Armstrong
7. The Master Blasters
6. The Southern Boys
5. Ricky Morton & Tommy Rich
4. The Fabulous Freebirds
3. The Nasty Boys
2. Ric Flair & Arn Anderson
1. The Steiner Brothers
SINGLES
10. Bobby Eaton
9. Tom Zenk
8. Michael Wallstreet
7. Brian Pillman
6. Terry Taylor
5. Arn Anderson
4. Ric Flair
3. Lex Luger
2. Sid Vicious
1. Stan Hansen
The depth of the roster was completely ruined judging by how those lists looked. Terry Taylor ranked 6th says it all, doesn’t it?
Sgt. Krueger and Col. Deklerk vs. Kalua and the Botswana Beast
Pre-Match Thoughts: This is the first match I’ve come across that I really feel the pangs of skipping and not watching at all. I find this really disgusting, to have a match for African representation in their weak tag team tournament, and for it to be two white guys against two black guys. Really bothersome. Worst of all these guys aren’t even South African. Given that I don’t want to watch this, my review will be extremely basic. Apparently Mr. Saito and the Great Muta will be part of the tournament, so that’s good. Misspelling Pat O’Connor’s name is not good, very disrespectful. The white guys had a full blown apartheid type gimmick, which annoys me so much.
Match Review: Ross and Heyman aren’t even telling me who these guys are. I guess it’s Kalua and Kreuger, and Kalua uses a knee lift on him. Deklerk tags in, and pretty much nothing happens. Deklerk rolls Kalua up for 2, then he tries a cross body that featured him springboarding and backflipping off the second rope. That was good. Krueger tags in and elbow drops Kalua for 2, then THE BEAST gets in there. He clotheslines Krueger, then Deklerk tags in and the Beast powerslams him. He follows that with a big shoulder-charge in the corner, then they completely blow a spot and Deklerk clotheslines the Beast. Deklerk keeps doing flip spots that he can’t do. He flies off the top and the Beast catches him for a powerslam, then the Beast gives Krueger an atomic drop. All four guys wind up in the ring, and they have a completely contrived finish where the referee ushers Kalua out of the ring, and Deklerk gets dropkicked onto the Beast for the win at 5:49.
My Thoughts: This match was bad, but that’s not even the biggest problem with it. Here’s what the problem is. All of the wrestlers in their tag team tournament at Starrcade represent their country, except for the Africans, who are Americans. What’s the point of that? Another big problem with it was that they just cold put them into this match, and why would anyone care about that? DUD, I hated watching that.
The Motor City Madman vs. Lex Luger
Pre-Match Thoughts: All of these weak gimmicks are really getting on my nerves. I have no problem when it’s a weak gimmick put on somebody who was going to stick around, but these are weak gimmicks and names put on guys who were going to be there just a few times. It’s absolutely annoying. The Motor City Madman didn’t do shit else in wrestling, by the way. These matches are not even slightly in doubt, and Clash of the Champions was supposed to be above that. Before the match, a recap of Luger’s feud with Stan Hansen was shown. That’s smart. They cut out Dan Spivey’s interference, which I wasn’t expecting. Lex Luger was intereviewed before this, and it looks like his bodybuilding has been kicked to the next level. The Big Cat walks out there to confront Luger, and starts poking him. So, Luger takes him out! Big Cat responds by saying Luger made a big mistake, but this didn’t go anywhere. Despite losing his title, Luger was still really over.
Match Review: The Big Cat followed Luger down to the ring, and they trade punches with Luger eventually getting the best of it. Easy to see what they were building towards, but there was no payoff. The Madman then attacks Luger as Luger gets in the ring, and pretty much works him over. Luger comes back with a cross body that gets 1, then knocks the guy down with a clothesline. He follows that with a back elbow, so the Madman goes to the ramp. He tries to suplex Luger onto it, but Luger gives him a suplex. That guy sandbagged Luger too, he didn’t do shit. Luger then bodyslammed him, and missed an elbow drop. Madman then hits Luger with a clothesline, and follows that with a sidewalk slam. He then goes for an over-the-shoulder backbreaker, but Luger backdrops him. Luger then hits him with a clothesline, and that gets the victory at 2:35.
My Thoughts: Pretty sure Luger knew there was no way he’d get that guy up for the TORTURE RACK. The Madman was terrible, Luger had to carry him through the whole match. Plus, the guy blew the finish and was falling down before Luger hit him. What a joke. Well, you can’t do everything. I’ll give it 3/4* for Luger’s effort and that suplex where he deadlifted a guy who didn’t help him out at all.
The Nasty Boys vs. The Renegade Warriors
Pre-Match Thoughts: No idea if this will be any good, but the Nasty Boys did have good matches with other teams, so why not hope for it at least? The Renegade Warriors were awful, so I shouldn’t hope. Before this match, Nick Patrick made a statement about the Nasties/Steiners feud, and it was pretty clear the Steiners would get involved in some way here.
Match Review: All the fans are flooding back to their seats, it’s weird how they all rush to the barrier. Sags and Mark Youngblood will start things off, and Sags hits Mark with a cheap shot. Knobbs tags in, and they give the guy a double suplex. Mark then makes a blind tag out, and Chris flies in with a cross body that gets 2. He takes Knobbs down with an arm drag, then these guys exchange tags, landing some shots from the top in the process. Chris goes to a wristlock, but Knobbs clobbers him and tags out. Chris then hip tosses Sags and takes him down with a dropkick, then Mark tags in. Sags throws him over the top, but the referee was distracted. Too bad for him. Knobbs runs over and throws Mark into the railing, that rail went back a long way. Mark gets back in there, as Knobbs comes in with a single-arm DDT. Sags makes an illegal switch in, but the referee believes the very honorable Nasty Boys when they saw they made a tag. However, he doesn’t beleieve the Native Americans. That’s RACIST. Sags picks Mark up for a shoulder-breaker, and that gets a 2 count, as the STEINER BROTHERS RUN DOWN TO THE RING. That leads to a DQ at 5:02, and the Nasty Boys run away. There’s a reason for that!
My Thoughts: The match was nothing to write home about, but the finish was pretty interesting. It didn’t really make any sense, did it? Well, when you know that the Nasty Boys gave their notice that they’d be leaving to the WWF, then it makes sense. They weren’t under contract, which was a major oversight. That’s something WCW often did, and doing it here is no surprise. DUD for the match, this show really did go to shit. The Nasty Boys also left, they didn’t wait around to do any jobs on their way out. Given that, I’m surprised they were allowed back in 1993.
Sid Vicious vs. The Nightstalker
Pre-Match Thoughts: I’m fairly certain neither guy was supposed to be a babyface. The Nightstalker was Ox Baker’s protege, and even though Baker wasn’t there, that was on the graphic. The Nightstalker is otherwise known as Adam Bomb or Wrath. This match also has a reputation, so I’ve been really looking forward to watching it. Sid got a big face pop, to nobody’s surprise. He also had a promo before the match where he talked about facing Sting again. If only.
Match Review: These two shove each other, and the Nightstalker wants a test of strength. They then do the weakest shoulderblock spot, and Nightstealker puts a bear hug on Sid. Sid fights out of it after about a minute, and I have no idea what to make of this match. All the offense is otherworldly bad. Now THE BIG CAT comes down to ringside, as Sid gives the Nightstalker a back suplex. Sid then hits the Big Cat, and Nightstalker has his AXE. HE TRIES TO HIT SID WITH THE AXE, BUT SID MOVES OUT OF THE WAY. SID THEN GRABS IT, HITS THE NIGHTSTALKER WITH IT AS THE BIG CAT JUST STANDS THERE, AND PICKS UP THE WIN AT 3:30.
THE BIG CAT AND THE NIGHTSTALKER DOUBLE TEAM SID AFTER THE MATCH, BUT THE MIGHTY SID FIGHTS OUT OF TROUBLE AND LEAVES THE RINGSIDE AREA.
My Thoughts: This isn’t the worst match I’ve ever seen, but I can see why it has a reputation for being such. The match was just so bad, and there was nothing that could have been done to make it better. The Nightstalker was so bad, some of his offense was like…grabs to the ribs. I don’t even know how else to describe that stuff. The finish was pretty bad too, and that’s what happens when three guys who are really green are put in position to mess something up. -****, nothing went right, and it was the worst match I’ve watched in some time. I recommend checking it out.
Now the Freebirds are at the interview podium, and they buried El Gigante pretty viciously. I guess that’s what happens when you don’t show up for a live TV show. Now the Southern Boys walk out to the podium, wearing their fanny packs and Zubaz pants with a polo shirt. That’s a good look. Hey, I guess El Gigante showed up, because he’s right there. The camera was focused on his chest, that gets over his size.
Magnum Force vs. The Steiner Brothers for the NWA United States Tag Team Championships
Pre-Match Thoughts: This is more of the shit I was talking about before the Luger match. They’ve given me absolutely nothing to look forward to with this stuff. Magnum Force looked like next level jobbers.
Match Review: Scott Steiner will start the match off with some guy, and he takes him down with a wristlock. Scott then takes him back down with a tilt-a-whirl slam, then gives the other one the BLOCKBUSTER SUPLEX. Rick Steiner tags in, and drills this poor sap with a STEINERLINE. These guys names haven’t even been mentioned yet. Scott tags in there, and gives one of them a FRANKENSTEINER, so that’s it at 1:56.
Here comes the Nasty Boys! The Steiners fight back, and clear the Nasty Boys from the ring, so they run away again.
My Thoughts: This was a total squash which I shouldn’t devote any of my time to talking about. *.
Now Tony Schiavone is with Ric Flair and Arn Anderson, as they talk about the main event here and the stipulations contained within. Flair said the Horsemen were ready, and Double A followed it with his usual interesting line or two.
Time for the Black Scorpion and Sting to meet each other in the ring. FACE TO FACE, BROTHER. Before that, the entirety of Sting’s interactions with this guy were shown. They get worse every time I watch them. Instead of in the ring, it appears that Sting will meet Paul E. Dangerously at the interview podium. It was supposed to be in the ring with them surrounded by a steel cage. More false advertising. Now the BLACK SCORPION MUSIC HITS, and he’s on the ramp! He grabs some guy out of the crowd, and puts his head in a box. The Black Scorpion then does some magic tricks, in addition to picking the guy up and putting him in a cage. To make matters beter, the guy TURNS INTO A JAGUAR. WHAT A MAGIC TRICK.The last one appears to be the Black Scorpion disappearing before Sting gets to him. This is fucking ridiculous. Paul E. tried so hard to sell this shit, I have to give him credit. But it’s shit.
Ric Flair (w/Arn Anderson) vs. Butch Reed (NWA Tag Team Champion, w/Teddy Long & Ron Simmons)
Pre-Match Thoughts: Stipulations for this are simple. If Ric Flair wins the match, he and Arn get a title shot at Starrcade and Teddy Long will be their chauffeur for a day. If Butch Reed wins, Teddy Long gets Ric Flair’s limousine and yacht. Good enough stipulation I suppose. The match was determined via coin toss, so in theory it could have been Arn Anderson against Ron Simmons. Instead it was the above. Doom got cheered quite a bit, even with this being a heel v. heel situation. Hey, Arn is sporting his TV Championship. Haven’t seen that a whole lot, I’m quite shocked. The two men listed above won the coin toss, then they went to a commercial.
Match Review: Flair does his usual strutting, then the guys lock up and nothing much comes of it. Reed takes Flair down with a shoulderblock, but Flair comes back with chops. Reed hits him with his own, and knocks Flair down with punches. Reed then gives Flair a press slam, and clotheslines him a few times. A third clothesline sends Flair over the top, and Simmons gets in some cheap shots. Flair then heads to the ramp to take a break, but Reed follows him and clotheslines him. Now they’re in the ring, and Flair takes Reed down with a headlock. Reed then bridges out to a backslide for 2, then takes Flair to the corner for some punches. He follows that with a hip toss, and a dropkick. Surprised to see Reed do that. Flair pokes Reed in the eye, and winds up punting him in the stomach. Flair then works Reed over with a frenzy of stuff, and draws Simmons up to the apron so that he can toss Reed over the top. Arn Anderson then hits Reed with a clothesline, returning the favor from earlier. I like it. Back on the inside, these guys chop each other until Flair goes down. Reed then sends Flair into the corner, and Flair runs across the apron only for Simmons to clock him and ram him into the rail. Hell yeah. Flair gets in and goes downstairs to slow him down, then hits Reed with a knee drop. He misses the second one, so Reed puts him in the FIGURE-FOUR. Arn then pulls Flair over to the ropes, and that makes the hold be broken. The officiating in this match is hilarious, Nick Patrick has been distracted no less than 6 times. Reed then suplexes Flair in from the apron for 2, and follows it up with a bodyslam. He heads up to the second rope, and comes down with an elbow drop that misses. Reed clotheslines Flair anyway for another 2 count, and they trade blows again. I think Flair got potatoed. Reed picks Flair up and press slams him, then Flair comes back with a huge right. He covers, and Long puts Reed’s foot on the bottom rope to stop the count. I love this. Reed then backdrops Flair, and goes for another press slam. Don’t see the point of that, but he covers for another 2 count as Arn pulls the referee out of the ring. Why is that not a DQ? Reed heads up top, and comes down with a big flying shoulderblock. He looked like a torpedo. Now Flair is selling his leg, but the referee is dealing with Arn and Long on the outside. So, no count. Flair rakes the eyes, and backdrops Reed over the top onto the referee. The booking in this match is amazing, I can’t stop laughing at it. Simmons now gets in the ring, and he drops Flair with a clothesline. Now Reed goes for the count, but there’s no referee. Arn then hits Reed from behind with a chair, and Flair rolls over for the cover, Arn throws the referee in the ring, and he counts the fall at 14:18!
My Thoughts: This match was right up my alley, man. Both guys cheating like crazy was just perfect. I actually liked the finish, it felt like an important match due to all the cheating. It was also Reed’s best singles match in either of the big two companies, I think. It was bordering on overbooking, but for the most part that doesn’t bother me. I just wanted to see something that was fun and I sure as hell got that out of this match. Not to mention, the work was good too. This didn’t save the show as nothing could, but this did help out the Horsemen a lot. In a match where both sides cheat, and one of those sides has Four Horsemen on it, that side has to win. ***1/2 sounds good to me, I loved watching it. The rampant cheating is something that needs to happen more often in a match these days.
The show was over, and this was the aftermath! Hell of a skit. Knowing the things that Flair said about Teddy Long, this is racist as hell. HELL YEAH, FLAIR GETS SOME STREET JUSTICE AT THE END.
It would be a lie to say this show was anything better than pure shit. The wrestling on this show was so bad, I actually couldn’t believe it. If not for the main event I know for sure this would be the worst wrestling show of all time. Sometimes there are shows you come across, where outside of one or two things you don’t want to see it ever again. That applies here! I suffered through the middle of the show, that’s how bad it was. If something like that was on TV now, people would rip it to shreds. It was a mess, and it was a great justification to fire Ole Anderson. A lot of things about Ole’s booking period don’t make any sense. For an old school guy to build his company on magic tricks and muscled up guys who couldn’t work is just so weird. Next up, I’ll watch a company with plenty of muscled up guys, although the magic tricks didn’t kick in until later. It’s time for Survivor Series 1990!
Wrestling Time: 55:39. Mostly terrible, too. Then consider that almost everything that wasn’t wrestling on this show was also terrible.
Best: Ric Flair vs. Butch Reed. By far.
Worst: Sid Vicious vs. The Nightstalker. I actually had a hard time with this. The Black Scorpion magic tricks are good competition.
Card Rating: 2.5/10. I have never watched a worse wrestling show. Maybe that will change!
