Category: WCW Project

Belfast Bruiser Vs Steven Regal – Uncensored 24/03/1996

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Regal comes out with his most awesome theme ever (which I am now using in my videos lol). Just thought I’d mention it lol.

“One’s a Lord and the other’s a bruiser, and the bruiser is bruising on the Lord!”

Classic Dusty commentary.

I’m trying to think of a word to describe this match. Just one word. Ummm… oh yeah:

STIFF~!

We all know what these guys are capable of, both in general and against each other, so even if you haven’t seen this match, you can kinda know what to expect. And it’s just as awesome as you would expect.

Nice of them to show the Spanish commentary team randomly during the match. So… why are they relegated to the back of the area and not next to the proper commentary team? WCW IS RACISTS~!

I mentioned the awesome little things that Finlay does in that last match with Armstrong, but Regal ain’t no slouch in that department either. Arguing with the ref all the while leaning on Finlay’s throat with his leg was awesome. You probably need to see it to understand what I mean though lol.

“IRELAND! IRELAND! IRELAND! What is that, 5 miles from London?”

More funny shit from Dusty… especially considering he just randomly starts shouting “IRELAND” for no real reason.

Regal gets busted open, but damn WCW 96 wouldn’t let us see it from up close, so the rest of the match is shown from further back lol. Fuck me though on HOW he got busted open. Finlay punched the SHIT out of Regal twice, and I think it was the second punch that did it. Either way, the punches are about as real, stiff and awesome as you could EVER hope to see in a wrestling match. I had to go back and watch those shots a couple more times.

After nearly 20 minutes of fan-fucking-tastic shit, we get a damn DQ ending when the rest of the Blue Bloods show up. Disappointed with the finish, but it doesn’t take ANYTHING away from the rest of the match. This is going on my list, and atm I’m considering a top 10 spot for it too.

Rating: ****1/4

Big Van Vader Vs The Boss – Spring Stampede 17/04/1994

IT’S TIME!

IT’S TIME!

IT’S…

ME WATCHING AND REVIEWING SOME WRESTLING FOR THE WCW POLL FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MONTHS TIME~!

Sadly, the Boss isn’t Bruce Springsteen, but Big Boss Man. *sigh* I’d totally pay to see Springsteen get his face caved in by Vader…

Holy motherfucking SHIT at the bump on the rampway before the match even begins!!! Vader and Boss go at it straight away, and Race grabs Boss, allowing Vader to take one hell of a run up for a Splash… only for Boss to move and Vader to legit run Race down; and it looks terrific. Race takes a bump better than 90% of the young guys today.

MOAR Vader running and jumping! This time he has Boss down in the ring, and he takes another run up from the ramp way and dives over the ropes (!!!) for a splash that way! Fucking hell. Boss gets his legs up though, and all that running and jumping were wasted. Hate when that happens…

Boss really takes the fight to Vader, and Vader does that usual amazing job of looking vulnerable despite being 6ft whatever and over 400lbs and an all round bad motherfucker who caves faces in for a living.

After getting a taste of the old “cave in faces” Vader, its Boss’ turn to take one helluva bump. I mean Christ, what the hell is wrong with these guys? They should NOT be doing these kinds of bumps!

Since I haven’t seen any wrestling outside of current WWE for the last month or so at least, starting back with Vader is just… awesome. I almost forgot how great those punches were. Almost. Not quite. It’s still great seeing them again though :).

This baby is just a tremendous back and forth big man match that you HAVE to see for this poll, no question about it. You have to see it even more if you are a Vader fan… and I’m positive everyone on here is :P.

In the end Vader is the one able to take the most punishment and still come back, getting him the win, but not before having to resort to the Moonsault when the Vader Splash from the ropes doesn’t work.

I’m definitely reserving a spot on my list for this bad boy.

Rating: ***3/4

Sting Vs Lord Steven Regal – Great American Bash 16/06/1996

This is a grudge match of sorts… or something. Not quite sure what Regal did to Sting, mainly because Dusty is the one trying to explain it :P.

Sting is pissed and goes right after Regal, but those forearms and uppercuts (and maybe a thumb to the eye lol) of Regal are too much for even the Stinger. So much so that Sting’s face paint is almost all gone after the first couple of minutes lol.

Regal keeps in control for the most part with his superior wrestling skills, with Sting getting some hope spots in. Love the part where Sting goes for a sunset flip, and Regal starts punching at thin air to keep himself from falling over or something lol. Doesn’t work :P.

More awesomeness from Regal as he does his Lord Steven Regal pose, and kinda dances at the same time, as he waits for Sting to turn around so he can blast his face off with an awesome looking dropkick. He follows this up by striking Sting’s face a bunch of times while insulting America as the camera is in his face.

A lot of this match is Regal stretching Sting on the mat, but it is about as far from boring as Chavo is close to boring (that makes sense, right? 😛 ) thanks to Regal constantly doing something rather than just applying a hold. I’d honestly say that Regal is better at it in this match than I have EVER seen Arn. Yeah. Man is legit fucking awesome throughout the entire match.

Sting’s “superman” hope spot towards the end is really well done too. Regal has a wrist lock applied, and  knocks Sting down, only for Sting to kip up and take a bunch of forearm shots to the face and not feel them, and then apply some force of his own to Regal via the wrist lock. Then Regal thumbs him in the eye and goes back to work lol.

The Regal Stretch is finally put on Sting, and Sting doesn’t even attempt to get to the ropes. He just sits there in it, not giving up, and Regal actually lets go of the hold as he is in such disbelief that someone can be in the hold and NOT give up or even attempt to get out! A pissed off Regal sends Sting into the corner and stiffs the fuck out of him, until Sting does his superman schtick again, and locks in the Scorpion Death lock for the win.

Man, Regal was beyond epic in this one. Sting took his entire offence as good as anyone I have seen, and it was amazing to see one of the company’s biggest stars get so dominated by essentially a mid card guy. I really liked how they didn’t just let Regal destroy Sting and have Sting do his superman comeback right at the end; they teased it a few times with Regal cheating his way back into control, before Regal dished out everything he had and still couldn’t put away Sting, giving Sting the perfect opportunity to end the match himself.

Really wanna vote for this one, but it might only end up in my bottom 10.

 Rating: ***1/2

Vader Vs Ricky Steamboat – Saturday Night 16/10/1993

Already seen this match, and reviewed it, but fuck it, it was so awesome I wanna do it again!

This is a Human Cage Match, which is just a Lumberjack match. Why the stupid name? Fuck knows lol. Also, how come these two men didn’t have a PPV match? This is the 3rd title match between the two to take place on TV. Then again, I guess with only a couple of PPV’s in the year, they were just filling the time between them with something awesome, and then saving Cactus/Vader for the PPV.

The match starts much slower than their other matches, with Vader shoving Steamboat around but not causing any damage. One push sends Steamboat out of the ring to the heel side, and things nearly kick off as Steamboat wants to get back in the ring himself but the heels want to throw him back the hard way, causing the babyfaces to come to his aid.

Once back in the ring, Vader decides that playtime is over, and face caving time has begun! My god the shots Vader throws out are just so awesome. It has been said before, by me, Andy, and everyone else on here that watches Vader matches, but the shots in THIS match just seem so much better than usual.

I mentioned in my previous review about the Rocky movie similarities, and I still get that feeling this time around. Steamboat takes those shots in the corner, but keeps getting up and asking for more, and Vader is more than happy to keep them coming. The Dragon takes everything the champ gives him, and keeps coming back. He eventually moves out of the way of a Vader Splash on the outside, and Vader does his signature guardrail bump, and Steamboat finally gets a break!

Having already faced Vader on a couple of occasions, Steamboat knows he needs to throw everything he can at the champ if he even hopes to win. A sort of superplex (looks more like a DDT from the ropes lol), a DDT, a figure four and a huge back suplex are all high impact or highly painful moves, but not even those can keep Big Van Vader down!!! The booking of Vader as a beast and champion in 1993 was beyond epic. From what I have seen of his 1993 so far I’d probably consider him to be one of the better World Champions EVER. He dominated and looked unbeatable, but at the same time he could make you believe that his opponents would have a shot at taking the title from him when they were having a comeback etc.

Speaking of believable, it’s amazing that I can actually believe and accept and whatever other word for it you wanna put, that Steamboat can take Vader’s punches to the head and fire his own shots back, get to his feet and actually back Vader into a corner and out punch the guy! Again I go back to the Rocky similarities, with Rocky being out matched in power against guys like Clubber Lang and Ivan Drago, but managing to take their shots and come back with his own and even get the better of them as time goes on because he has more heart and more stamina too. Steamboat is the Rocky Balboa of wrestling.

The Human Cage stipulation comes into play for the finish which I really like. Vader is sent out of the ring, and everyone runs around to try and get him in, and the faces and heels get into it a little while doing this. Sid however, decides to let everyone else deal with Vader, and while the ref is distracted by all that, Powerbombs Steamboat in the ring, allowing Vader to get the 3 count!

Just an awesome match, and I’m really glad it made it on a DVD too (Rise & Fall of WCW I think? Or the Steamboat set? One of the two lol). Vader’s shots look better here than I’ve ever seen them look. Steamboat takes them like a man, and his selling is nothing short of incredible. Hard to believe that I like this more on a rewatch, because I fucking loved it the first time around lol. There is a spot in my top 10 for this match, no matter what else I watch!

Rating: ****1/2

Goldberg Vs Diamond Dallas Page – Halloween Havoc 25/10/1998

Unless I somehow HATE this match this time around, I can see it doing rather well on my list, and I expect it to do pretty well overall too (in the top 100 at least). Unless there is some super hidden gem out there this might very well be the one and only Goldberg match I throw a vote to as well lol.

Love the start of this one. DDP shows Goldberg is isn’t afraid of him and his streak, getting right in the face of the champion and talking trash. The lock up a couple of times, and each time Goldberg powers Page across the ring and into the corner, but DDP keeps coming back. After this happens 3 or so times, Page takes a small break, stretches in the corner and then goes back for another lock up… and arm drags big Bill before he can throw him off again! Page then dares Goldberg to lock up again, and the force of Goldberg coming at Page causes them to fly right out of the ring and to the floor while still locked together.

Lol, I’d better stop there before I go into full play by play mode, because there is just so fucking much I love and would end up typing the entire match move for move .

Page tripping Goldberg up only for Goldberg to do a fucking backfilp and land on his feet was awesome.

Goldberg on offence is actually… actually pretty damn good here, though that might be down to Page taking everything so well, but either way I enjoyed his power moves here. Page would get the odd bit of offence in through reversing something, but Goldberg would just get back up and power DDP down again.

Things turn in Page’s favour when Goldberg charges at DDP for a Spear and runs right into the ring post (love that bump btw, regardless of who takes it), and Page begins to mount some offence and looks credible enough to maybe finally end the streak… until Goldberg Spears the ever loving fuck out of page . Awesome spot tbh, and Goldberg sold the arm straight away and took his time getting up, then continued to sell the arm by not being able to get the Jackhammer done, giving Page the chance to hit the Diamond Cutter!

Both men are still down and hurt, and when they finally get back to their feet Goldberg is finally able to hit the Jackhammer and this one is over.

Still love this match, but I honestly wish it had gone on longer. Yeah, I wanted a LONGER GOLDBERG MATCH. Not sure how many people could have made me want to see that other than DDP. Would have also maybe liked a different finish (not doing the Jackhammer after the Diamond Cutter), but for the time it got, the talent involved (or lack of… Goldberg…) and the fact it was a WCW main event during the Monday Night Wars (let’s face it, they usually sucked, TV or PPV), there is little I can complain about. Still making my list too.

Rating: ***3/4

Big Van Vader vs. Dustin Rhodes – Clash of the Champions XXIX 16/11/1994

Vader lives on Bad Street, in Vaderville (which he owns). Never knew that!

Hmmm… wonder if these two had any other singles matches in between this and their 1992 match I just watched.

Vader begins to trash talk Dustin, and dishes out some of those awesome punches to the face, but Dustin is a couple of years older now and no doubt tougher, allowing him to take those shots and fire right back at the big man and take the fight to him like never before!

Night and day seems to be an appropriate way to describe this match compared to the 1992 one; Vader dominated the 1992 match, and this time around Dustin is getting the better of Vader and even controlling the match for a while! Quite a sight to see Vader hurt and against the guardrail after taking a beating from Dustin, with Race also laid out after taking a big clothesline! 1994 Dustin ain’t taking NO SHIT!

Ok, he takes a little, but he’s against VADER, so he kinda has to at some point . More great selling, and some nice little hope spots from Dustin too, and he takes a real nice bump when he goes for the Bulldog (his finisher at this time I assume), and Vader just dumps him on the outside. When Vader follows it up with a Splash of the second rope, and Dustin kicks out, he starts screaming at the ref to count him, all the while just palm thrusting the shit out of Dustin’s face for having the balls to kick out lol.

Overall, another really good bout between these two. Don’t think this one was as good as the match from 92, but still a tremendous match!

Rating: ***

Big Van Vader vs. Dustin Rhodes – Saturday Night 21/11/1992

Before the match Sting levels Vader with a 2×4… I think. Don’t actually see it on the beginning of this match lol, which kinda sucks. Bill Watts shows up and tells Race that the match is still happening, and Race is banned from ringside!

Vader gets in Dustin’s face at the start, and Dustin shows no fear. Vader pie faces the young kid and Dustin responds with a right hand and a flurry of rights and clotheslines! As fun as that is though, it’s got nothing on Vader’s control segment. As usual, his offence is awesomesauce, but Dustin is such a great FIP that he makes Vader’s offence look even better than normal.

Oh man, I don’t know what else to say about this match other than the awesomeness of Vader’s offence and the awesomeness of Dustin’s selling of it. It really is fucking amazing. Dustin is young, he’s about what, 6ft 6? And here he is getting punched in the face repeatedly and selling it like fucking death. There are guys way smaller than Dustin that can’t take beatings from big men like Vader nearly this good. I remember reading Dustin’s book and him saying how he tried to pattern himself after Barry Windham, and watching him sell the way he does despite his size, essentially making him seem like a small guy, you really can see how he does his best to be like Windham. Think I might dig out some Windham matches later actually…

Oh man (again lol), Dustin takes one of those clotheslines where he flips over (as we see from many people, not just Dustin of course lol)… ON THE CONCRETE FLOOR. That HAD to fucking hurt. Looked amazing though, and led to the finish as well so it wasn’t some random wasted spot, which makes it even better.

Loved this, gonna have to watch their match from 1994 that I have on hand now. Oh, and I’m fairly certain this is making my list.

Rating: ***1/2

Vader & Sid Vs Sting & Davey Boy Smith – Beach Blast 18/07/1993

Starts with your typical babyface shine period, blah blah blah. Then Vader gets in and starts to cave Bulldog’s face in and the heels take control of the match. Sid and Vader make plenty of quick tags, constantly keeping a fresh man in and doing a few double team shit too.

Sting gets pretty pissed with Vader and gets in his face on the apron, so Vader throws his mask off and the two get into a punching contest before the ref gets Sting to calm down and Bulldog tackles Vader to the floor, but unfortunately that moves Bulldog out of his own corner and is unable to make the tag.

Turns out the Bulldog stuff was just FALSE HEAT~! (watched a Cornette video recently where he explains it all lol), and once Sting comes in with the hot tag and goes crazy on the heels, he ends up becoming the FIP for the match as we get some more awesome Vader punches. Sid on the other hand… ummm… doesn’t really do much lol. He gets the tag every so often, hits some hits and whatnot and tags out so Vader can do the real work .

Fuck me, after Sting does his work as FIP, Bulldog gets back in and AGAIN gets his arse kicked lol. Double false heat?!?!

In the end, Bulldog gets the pin on Vader with a crucifix rollup thingy. So much awesomeness from Vader as usual, Sid kept his involvement to a minimum, and everything turned out good. Not as epic as I was expecting though.

Rating: ***

Sting & Ric Flair vs Vader & Rick Rude – Clash of the Champions XXVI 27/01/1994

Flair, Rude and Vader all in one match? Oh yeah. Too much Sting for my liking though… needs less Sting and more… Steamboat? Yeah, Steamboat would have been awesome for this.

Nice opening shizzle between Sting and Rude, with Sting coming out on top of every exchange, so Rude tags in Vader to kill the Stinger. And Vader wastes no time doing his best with that .

Sting blocks a sunset flip attempt from Vader (off the ropes too!), so Vader rips his own mask of in anger and proceeds to pummel the shit out of Sting’s face until he gets absolutely launched in the air by Sting and a German suplex, and that gives Sting a change to tag in the Nature Boy who is on motherfucking FIRE as he starts to pummel the shit out of VADER’S face. Plenty of awesomeness… and its interrupted by a fucking commercial break. Bastards.

We come back and… it’s Sting and Rude again. Kinda boring for a while, with a pretty shitty “hot” tag, which was about as hot as me naked…

Thankfully that does lead to Flair coming in off the “hot” tag and then Vader getting back in the ring to try to kill Flair. Nobody takes the World Title from Vader and gets away with it! Flair gets crushed with a splash, and we hear him screaming in pain, which just spurs Vader on to dish out MOAR punishment, including 2 massive superplexes; one of which is off the top rope rather than the second like most are. Vader is literally out to KILL Flair. Sting realises this and gets in the ring and pulls Flair out of the way and gets in Vader’s face, so Rude gets in Sting’s way and drops him on his head. LOL STING. You just got STUNG, bitch.

Some announcement is made… and I think Flair and Vader have been removed from the match. Flair because he’s dead, and Vader because… I dunno, he killed Flair. Bah. Couldn’t they have sent Sting away instead?

So we’re left with Rude and Sting, which could be worse I guess, because Rude’s pretty awesome. And hey, at least when Sting is taking a beating he’s pretty alright too, it’s just when he’s on the offence that I really can’t stand him.

Rude goes for the Rude Awakening at one point, but Sting counters into one of his own! Rude gets his foot on the ropes so he isn’t beaten, then goes for a Stinger Splash on Sting for revenge, but he misses and this leads to his downfall just moments later.

Really great shit, just wish Vader and Flair didn’t get taken out of the match, but the Rude Vs Sting portion at the end was still really good anyway. Making my list I reckon.

Rating: ***3/4

Slamboree Title Match Announcement

Bockwinkle, the WCW commish, would like to “take and have Sting come out here”. Eh?

Guessing this takes place after Rude’s last match, due to Sting getting Rude’s title or something, and Sting not wanting to win it in a boardroom or something, so he challenges Vader to a match for the belt tonight!

 

Sting vs Vader – Slamboree 22/05/1994

The take things slow at the start, circling each other and just waiting for the right moment to strike. Vader throws some punches, but Sting dodges and ducks, until he gets trapped in a corner and holy shit does Vader unload on him. He hits him so hard the ref has to check on him a couple of times, especially after a clothesline from Vader than looks vicious as fuck.

Sting gets his bearings together and comes back with some shots of his own, sending Vader out of the ring to recover!

Huge suplex from Sting to Vader, as even though it hurts Sting, you get the sense that Sting will do just about anything to put Vader down, knowing exactly what he is capable of. We then go into an exchange of running splashes, which is pretty fucking awesome. They just keep running into each other and neither of them move, so Sting ducks one and thinks he’s outsmarted the big man… until he turns around and walks right into a running splash and goes crashing to the mat.

From here it’s all Vader for a while, as he crushes Sting in a couple of different ways, and even goes down to the mat and puts in a leg hold, just to punish the guy. Vader is fucking awesome.

ASK HIM~!

Jericho stole that from Vader. Thieving cunt. Take THAT Jericho fans who think he’s the most awesome thing ever!!!

Sting gets a pretty great hope spot in after Vader punches him in the face in the corner again. The punches only seem to manage to fire up Sting, who comes out of the corner swinging, and manages to take Vader down again, but he’s still way too hurt to capitalise on it, so when Vader goes down, so does he, and it’s Vader that gets up while Sting stays down.

REF BUMP~!

Actually a pretty well done ref bump, with Sting diving at Vader in another hope spot attempt, only he levels the ref instead, and then walks into a chokeslam that should have broken Sting in fucking half. With the ref down Race gets involved, and goes to hit Sting with a chair, only to have Sting move and deck Vader instead! The ref gets back up, and it looks like the end of the match… BUT NO! Kick out! Fuck me this match is AWESOME.

Vader drops to the outside, then kinda falls back in, and props himself up in the corner. Stinger Splash! No! Vader catches him and sends him crashing to the floor! Race signals to Vader to go for a moonsault, but Vader mises! Race goes to the top for a headbutt, but hits Vader by mistake! Sting then hits a splash off the ropes and gets the 3 count!

THIS is without a doubt the best Sting Vs Vader match I’ve seen so far. Gonna do really well on my list. Top 10 atm, don’t see it dropping much at all.

Rating: ****1/2

 

Big Van Vader vs. The Guardian Angel – Fall Brawl 09/18/94

Huh, this is a triangle match… where 2 people start the match and the other ummm… I guess gets in the match when someone loses? Whatever. It gives us another Vader/GA match anyway, so whatever. Sting is the third man for anyone who cares.

After 2 matches with each other already, seems to me that they decide to start off a little slower here, knowing that the winner has to wrestle one more time after this, and going full force against a Vader or a GA from the get go would be stupid.

Meh, nothing that good here, another step down from previous matches. Shame. I guess with Vader having to work another match against Sting later (at least, I’m assuming this is how it works lol), they didn’t want to give too much time to this one, and both men involved didn’t want to wear themselves out, but still… could have been better than this lol.

Rating: **

 

Big Van Vader vs. Sting – Fall Brawl 09/18/94

Could have sworn I’d seen this match, but I don’t appear to be able to find my review on it…

Vader tries to intimidate Sting with his power, but Sting just gets in Vader’s face basically telling him he isn’t afraid of him. So Vader punches him in the face. And Sting shrugs it off and goes to work on Vader.

A somewhat sloppy exchange using the ropes, which is odd from these 2 because I honestly don’t recall anything they did together being botched or looking sloppy before… but in the end Vader smashes into Sting with a running splash and this allows Vader to go in the attack, which is ALWAYS a good thing and makes up for any sloppiness.

Sting regains control, and goes to work on Vader and even Race on the outside. Big suplex from Sting followed by the same splash that beat Vader at Slamboree… but Sting doesn’t go for a cover, and it costs him.

It’s not only Sting making the mistakes though, Vader goes for the moonsault that he missed at Slamboree… and he misses it again here allowing Sting to get back in the driver’s seat and hit a fucking superplex on the 450lb monster! Race looks worried on the outside, and he has reason to be. Sting just hit a superplex, and now he’s throwing out the big bombs to try and put Vader away. Big elbow drops, huge right hands, a Samoan Drop, and a Stinger Splash in the corner! But not even THAT can put Vader away.

Huge German suplex from Sting, and when that doesn’t get the win, Sting just looks confused. Perhaps nothing on this night is going to stop Big Van Vader.

Both men are hurting now, and it couldn’t get any worse for Sting… until Vader gets back up and starts throwing those awesome punches. But now it’s Vader’s time to look confused, as Sting takes Vader’s shots and tells him to give him more! Seems that perhaps Sting won’t be beat on this night either!

Both guys have been going back and forth the entire match, but neither man can get the win. We see big bombs from both men, and you get the feeling that this is the end. The end of their feud. The end of their matches, and given the fact this is the last match between them on this set (disc 4 is basically extras like handheld matches), it most likely is. I just love how it’s done. They’ve fought each other over and over again, beaten each other, won and lost titles to each other. This match is simply for the #1 contendership; with one man moving on to someone else to fight for the belt, leaving the other behind. And having the match end in a time limit seems perfect too, especially when they give them more time.

With the match in overtime, both men are more desperate than ever to get the match over with. Vader tries for a superplex… and Sting actually BITES the fucker in the face! Vader falls back, but Sting is too hurt to do anything, and he ends up falling off the ropes and going for a cover instead. Great to see both men really showing the effects of their lengthy bomb filled match.

Time is running out again, and Vader lands a powerbomb! Time runs out! Now it’s time for SUDDEN DEATH, with the first person to be knocked off their feet loses!

Again, this really does feel like the final match between the two. Don’t know if it was planned like this, but its working fucking beautifully, and having the match run out of time AGAIN just seems perfect. Both men get back up, and Vader drops the strap and gets his second win! Huge blows to the face, massive clothesline, and STILL Sting won’t go down! Amazing drama. Now Sting fires back and Vader is reeling! Vader goes down! But the referee is busy kicking Race out of the match! Someone in a mask (looks like Flair as the Black Scorpion lol) shows up and takes down Sting… and Vader gets the win!

Man, I HOPE this was the last match between these two because it was a fucking awesome ending to a near 3 year rivalry between them. I’m guessing it IS the last match since no more matches made the set after this point. Got a place on my list for this one too, but won’t have it as high as the Slamboree match.

Rating: ****1/4

Sting & Dustin Rhodes vs Vader, Barry Windham & Paul Orndorff – Clash of the Champions XXII 13/01/1993

THUNDERCAGE~!

Starts off with Windham and Rhodes going at it, and we get some ok stuff from them, but it’s just there to start the match off really. Sting tags in and starts Press Slamming Windham, so Vader tags himself in and almost dares Sting to come at him and try to press slam HIM.

Some nice stuff between Sting and Vader, which is obviously the focal point of the match anyway, with Vader being champ and hating Sting and all. Some nice face caving blows from Vader, and Sting even goes nuts in the corner beating the shit out of Vader.

Wait… did Vader just… yeah, he did. Vader just did that turnbuckle bump that Flair does. And he landed on the apron and when Sting came charging towards him, levelled him with a belly splash thing. And then does the belly splash thing off the ropes. DIE STING!!!

With Sting down and hurting, the heels go to work on him to try and win the match. Sting takes the beating very well, but I’m basically expecting him to superman up any time now…

More awesomeness from Vader, setting Sting up for a press slam, but instead of dropping him down like normal, Vader launches the Stinger in the air and catching him with a shot to the ribs! Take THAT, you press slamming cunt!

Dustin gets the hot tag, and while he’s all fired up and taking out everyone, Cactus Jack shows up and gets in the cage to gain revenge for something I probably should already know about but never did get around to watching that Orndorff/Cactus match…

Apparently Cactus is now legally part of Sting and Dustin’s team… because he gets the win lol.

This, was fun. And good. Pointless being in a cage because it didn’t come into play once… it was just a small obstacle for Cactus to overcome to get into the match lol. But anyway, yeah, this was good, and I was VERY surprised that Sting didn’t superman up at any time! He took a great beating, sold it well, made the tag finally and didn’t jump back into the action like nothing happened. Vader was awesome too, and Dustin/Windham were solid too. Orndorff was… well he was there for the finish.

Rating: ***1/4

Sting Interview Saturday Night – 23/01/1993

Lol, thought this was a repeat of an interview on disc 1, as he was making his excuses again as to why he was a retard at the end of GAB. But then they talk about the rematch at Starrcade so it’s obviously not a repeat lol.

 

Sting & Dustin Rhodes vs Vader & Barry Windham – Saturday Night 30/01/1993

This has potential to be pretty awesome.

Sting and Windham lock up, and Sting backs Windham into a corner and breaks nice and clean. They lock up again, and Windham backs Sting into a corner and breaks nice and cle… PUNCHES HIM IN THE FACE. Lol. He gets his though, when Sting fires back and tags in Dustin too, and both men beat the hell out of Windham until the World Champ gets in and KILLS Dustin DEAD.

Nice tag work from Vader and Windham as they totally destroy poor Dustin. All of his little comeback attempts are nicely done and not all superman like Sting tends to do (man, I should leave Sting alone for a change lol…).

Sting gets the hot tag and all hell breaks loose! Dustin and Race end up getting into it on the outside while Vader charges in and helps Windham take down Sting, then goes to save his manager from that evil Dustin Rhodes who no doubt attacked him for no reason!

Vader and Windham don’t care about the win though, as they end up getting DQ’d when Windham and Race hold Sting for Vader to whip him with the leather strap that will be used in their upcoming PPV bout!

Awesome stuff, just a great tag match. Sure, the end is a DQ but nobody NEEDED the win here as it was mainly about further building the Sting/Vader feud, so I liked the finish. Yet another match I could easily add to my list if I don’t manage to find 100 matches lol.

Rating: ***1/4

 

Sting & Ron Simmons vs Vader & Paul Orndorff – Worldwide 07/02/1993

Vader and Orndorff want to take out Sting and Simmons before they can get in the ring, but Simmons ain’t having none of it, and picks up the steel steps ready to level anyone who gets in his way.

Basic power stuff from Simmons in the beginning, but the crowd are behind him anyway. He makes Orndorff look like a little bitch, then tags in Sting as Vader gets tagged in, but not before hitting a huge Spinebuster on Vader, just because he can lol.

Sting shows his power on Vader too, hitting a suplex, then tags Simmons back in, and the match takes a turn for the worst for the babyfaces as Simmons runs shoulder first into the turnbuckle and the heels behind to pick it apart.

With the match not having all that much time, Simmons doesn’t play the FIP for long before Sting gets the hot tag and goes back to powering Vader around. Unfortunately while this is happening, Simmons gets a piledriver on the floor, and the match ends in a DQ once again when the leather stap comes into play! This time though, Sting is ready for it and uses it himself on Race before Vader makes the save and proceeds to hang Sting with the strap.

Another nice tag match, shorter than the previous one and not nearly as good, but a fun and solid match nonetheless.

Rating: **1/4

 

White Castle of Fear Mini-Movie

LMFAO, how could I NOT talk about this? Probably not as well known as the Beach Blast movie, but it’s just as hilarious… and unbelievably WEIRD. A bunch of women in a cave, a midget with an eye patch… and Sting still wearing his sunglasses. Vader brought him to “play the game”… which is a tug of war with a leather strap over some fire… which eventually just breaks the strap just as Sting is about to DIE. I’m not making this up either. IT EXISTED DAMMIT!

 

Sting vs Vader – SuperBrawl III 21/02/1993

Lights Out Non Sanctioned Strap Match. Not sure what the “lights out” part is though. Oh, and its NON TITLE as well.

Vader comes out with a fucking barbarian robe thing (barbarian robe…. “playing the game” at White Castle… hmmm…) and he truly looks the MAN.

Match starts off really well, with Vader getting into Sting’s head by easily controlling Sting with the strap, all the while Sting is unable to do anything to Vader. But then it’s way too early imo when Sting fires back and just starts to run through Vader likes he’s nothing for about 5 minutes straight, and even attempts to touch all 4 corners… from the OUTSIDE which is even more retarded than Sting not being able to hit his finishing move right at GAB.

Thankfully though Vader DOES get another chance to pummel the shit out of Sting, and the match takes a turn for the better. I know I don’t like Sting, and I TRY to be unbiased in his matches so I don’t hate on them for simply having him in them, but good god Sting is awful on offence half the time, and the other half he’s just downright retarded with what he does lol. Makes it even worse when the formula against a guy like Vader is so easy; let him pummel the shit out of you, sell as well as you can, get in some hope spots, and then make the big comeback and go into the finish. Hell, it’s a basic match formula for anyone. And while I love when people change shit up, Sting’s just horrible at it because what he changes ends up sucking.

Ok, enough ranting on Sting, back to the match. Luckily things are sticking to a nice basic formula, and with Vader’s offence it can make a match against anyone at the very least GOOD. Sting sells, gets in the hope spots… so yeah, god knows why he had to go on a retard spree 5 or so minutes ago…

Vader keeps wearing down Sting, going for the win a few times but the Stinger is always managing to break it, and so Vader goes back to pummelling him. After a while, Sting sees an opportunity to use Vader’s momentum against him, so when Vader pulls Sting towards him, Sting makes sure to fly towards the champ with his foot colliding with Vader’s face!

Sting uses this chance to fire back one more time, and gets the big man up onto his shoulders, and hits 3 turnbuckles! The ref is knocked down at some point though, and Sting trips over him on his way to the 4th turnbuckle! LOL, no win for you Stinger!

In the end, Vader’s size and power get him the win.

Aside from Sting’s pure retardedness at points in the match, this was really good. Probably on par with their GAB match, and definitely a step below their Starrcade match that remains their best match together so far.

Rating: ***1/4

 

Masters of the Powerbomb Press Conference

Another cheesy movie like segment WCW put together during this time, showing the union of Sid and Vader as the Masters of the Powerbomb, and giving Sting and Bulldog the chance to retire before the Powerbomb them to hell or something.

 

Sting, Bulldog & Dustin Rhodes Interview – 12/06/1993

Basically just these 3 men not wanting to retire at the request of Sid and Vader.

Big Van Vader, Sid Vicious, & Rick Rude Vs Dustin Rhodes, Sting, & Davey Boy Smith – Clash of the Champions XXIII 16/06/1993

Sting goes all “babyface shine” at the start of the match, taking it to Rude. He picks him up and throws him into Vader and Sid who catch him and throw him back, but Sting moves! Rude is launched back onto the mat, and about 20 seconds later ends up accidentally getting splashed by Vader too!

Sid then comes in to take a turn at looking foolish, taking a shot to the groin and a couple of clotheslines lol.

He quickly takes out and Vader ends up in the ring with Dustin… and Dustin pummels VADER in the corner! Holy shit! Holy shit again at a suplex to Vader!

Awesome seeing the babyfaces this fired up and hitting some great offence too. The heels, especially Vader and Sid, do a wonderful job of taking it all despite being much bigger.

One massive clothesline from the world champ turns the tide though, and Dustin finds himself on the worse end of a beating. With Dustin down and hurt, Rude wants a tag so he can get him some of his current nemesis.

Dustin continues to take a beating from all 3 of his opponents, but gets a great hope spot with a powerslam on Vader who was coming off the top rope! He keeps the momentum going by countering a Tombstone attempt from Rude, and makes the tag to Sting but the referee doesn’t see it!

Sting and Davey Boy decide “fuck it” and come into the ring anyway to go after the Masters of the Powerbomb, but it doesn’t go well. Sting splashes himself into the guardrail, Sid takes care of Davey, and Vader knocks Dustin out with Rude’s briefcase for the win!

Mega fun 6 man that seems way shorter than it actually is. Won’t throw a vote its way, but it was great to watch.

Rating: ***

 

Masters of the Powerbomb Interview – Saturday Night 19/06/1993

They are begging for Sting and Bulldog to retire once again before they hurt them.

 

Beach Blast Mini-Movie

Some pretty terrific acting here, especially from Bulldog. Him running through the water was top notch too, but not as great as the reaction from the people on the beach who think Sting and Bulldog have been blown up. Awful, truly awful all the way, but funny as FUCK. Why WCW thought this was a good idea I will never know.

 

Vader & Sid vs Larry Santo & Todd Zane – Saturday Night – 03/07/1993

Masters of the Powerbomb in a squash match? Awesome .

Wow, definitely didn’t expect THIS. Santo and Zane find an opening and just go to town on Vader, and then turn their attention to Sid, forcing the Masters of the Powerbomb to back away and lose via countout!

as if. Santo and Zane get destroyed. Fun.

Rating: *

 

Sting & British Bulldog vs. Rip Rogers & Gary Nations – Saturday Night 10/07/1993

Well, the heels got their chance for a squash, best gives the faces their chance to shine too.

Lol, Nations and Rogers both look fucking HUGE (tall)! Guess the heels get two small guys to look more evil and bully-ish, while the babyfaces get to look more impressive by beating 2 guys bigger than them. Not fair! Vader and Sid should Powerbomb whoever booked this shit!

Not as good or as fun at the MOTP squash.

Rating: 1/4*

 

Sid Interview – 17/07/1993

Just some build up to the Beach Blast tag match.