- Edward Mass
- Sep 14, 2011
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wergeck.net posted:In the first dark match, The Thrillseekers (Lance Storm and Christian Cage) defeat Men at Work when Cage pins Starr with the inverted double-underhook facebuster. Chris Kanyon shows off a nice array of offense again, though. Storm looked great.
In the second dark match, Diamond Dallas Page defeats Jerry Lynn with a Diamond Cutter. Lynn is absolutely obliterated.
In the third dark match, Mortis (with James Mitchell) defeats Scott Norton with a massive lariat. It looks like Manabu "Kurasawa" Nakanishi has replaced Cobra under the Mortis hood. Mortis and Norton had great chemistry.
In the fourth and final dark match, Raven and Perry Saturn defeat Los Guerreros when Raven pins Chavo with the Evenflow DDT.
Tony Schiavone, Bobby Heenan, and Jesse "The Body" Ventura open Bash at the Beach by running down our night's exciting card, then throw it to the ring to get things started.
The show opens with Ron Simmons vs. Konnan in a No Count-out match for the WCW United States Championship. The match opens with a brawl around the ring and into the crowd, taking advantage of the no-countout stip and letting Konnan work the crowd, interacting with the fans a bit to get them warmed up. Once the match gets in the ring, Konnan continues taking it to Simmons, but ultimately falls prey to some power offense from the former Florida State Seminole. This culminates in a massive spinebuster...but Konnan kicks out at two! Simmons, somewhat in disbelief but determined to gain victory, hits a new finisher, the Dominator, to keep Konnan down for good. Simmons retains the WCW United States Championship.
Chris Benoit defeats Barry Windham after sliding out the back of the superplex and powerbombing Windham off the second rope, leaning over and using his feet on the ropes for leverage on the pin. Closely contested match.
Windham is up fairly quickly after the finish to jaw angrily at Benoit for the cheap victory, but gets jumped by Scott Hall and Kevin Nash, who emerge from the crowd. They lay the boots to Windham as Benoit retrieves a chair, laying in a couple of good shots. Benoit then applies the Crippler Crossface as referees run out to intervene. Hall and Nash escape back into the crowd as Benoit is finally pulled off Windham. Benoit raises four fingers in victory.
El Hijo del Santo and Rey Misterio, Jr. defeat Dean Malenko and Psicosis in a bonus showcase match for the Cruiserweight Title tournament semifinalists. Everyone gets a chance to shine, but it is Misterio who reverses Psicosis's top-rope crucifix powerbomb into a huracanrana for the pinfall. The tag team of Malenko and Psicosis show great chemistry.
Backstage, the Nobility congregates around their leader, King Steven Regal. Regal promises that Earl Robert Eaton will put down that "common dog" Dusty Rhodes once and for all, and then, in the Television Title match, he will stand tall over Sting and Lex Luger and become the undisputed King of Television, bringing a little class to American airwaves. All five other stable members whoop in concurrence, and all six men flash the V for victory.
Backstage, Arn Anderson cuts a promo talking about how tonight is the night the New Horsemen ascend to the top of the wrestling world. They have already taken care of the wash-out Horseman Barry Windham, and later tonight, the Outsiders will finish the job Anderson started on the washed-up Ric Flair. At night's end, Anderson will deliver the coup de grace, slaying The Giant and emerging as WCW World Heavyweight Champion.
We then move on to the American Males taking on the former Varsity Club (V.K. Wallstreet and Kevin Sullivan) This contest is a back-and-forth affair, with Males playing classic faces, Sullivan being his usual dirtbag self, and Wallstreet, confident he will be bringing one of the Males under his influence, keeping it cleaner than he usually might. The match's climax sees Wallstreet throwing Bagwell the briefcase and nodding at him, wordlessly instructing him to hit Riggs and thereby join Wallstreet's empire; Wallstreet then distracts the ref. Bagwell lines up a briefcase shot on a dazed Riggs, rising from the canvas alongside a similarly downed Sullivan...but Bagwell turns at the last moment, cracking Sullivan with the briefcase instead! Too fast for Wallstreet to react, Bagwell gets the referee's attention and records the pinfall. It appears Wallstreet's offer was firmly rejected.
Our next match-up is Dusty Rhodes vs. Earl Robert Eaton. The announcers put over that this match was a long time coming; Dusty's been humiliated by the Nobility for months, whether it was them cracking him with a scepter or beating him in a Texas Bullrope match. As such, he is fired up like never before, particularly in light of Eaton's recent smug remarks. Eaton is overconfident to start in light of King Regal's recent successes against Rhodes, but begins to pay as Dusty opens up on offense. Eaton looks to capitalize on Dusty missing a rare highspot and goes up himself, but similarly misses the Tower of London. Dusty takes the opportunity to connect with the Bionic Elbow for the pinfall. Score a point for WCW, daddy! These two didn't click, and was too long.
Backstage, The Giant cuts a promo talking about the main event, where he faces Arn Anderson, leader of the New Horsemen. Giant talks about how he ran through seven men to destroy the Dungeon of Doom, so dealing with guys with lackeys and Napoleon complexes is nothing new. He notes that he respects Arn Anderson's longevity and contributions to the wrestling industry. "But there's no way I can respect any man who would sacrifice his friends and allies for this title. The Taskmaster tried to do the same to me, using me to bring the title into his clutches, and then discarding me when I didn't give him what he wanted. As far as I'm concerned, Double A, you're the same as Sullivan. And you and your New Horsemen will suffer the exact same fate as the Dungeon of Doom for trying to reach the top through betrayal!" "I'm the largest man around, Arn; I'm the mountain you've gotta climb. And Arn Anderson, when you reach the apex of that mountain, the only thing you'll find...IS A CHOKESLAM."
We then head back to the ring for Lex Luger defending his WCW Television Championship against King Steven Regal and former friend Sting. For most of the contest, Sting and Luger seem focused on one another, laying into each other with high-impact, but clean, offense, and only turning to Regal and lighting him up when he tries to interject himself. The match's climax sees Sting apply the scorpion deathlock to Luger, but Regal breaks it up as Luger looks to tap. Regal tries to take over, but Sting quickly fires back and sets up for a Stinger Splash. However, Baron Alexander Wright involves himself, grabbing Regal's arm from the apron and pulling him out of the way of the Splash, causing Sting to careen into the turnbuckles and fall over the top to the floor. As the referee ducks his head through the ropes to check on Sting, Luger makes a comeback, nailing a running forearm on Regal and signalling for the Torture Rack. As he hoists Regal up, though, Wright intrudes again, taking Regal's scepter and swinging for the fences at Luger's midsection, causing the Total Package to drop Regal and double over in pain. Regal takes advantage, nailing a knee trembler as Wright scurries off and the referee turns back to the action. Regal makes the cover and records the three-count, becoming the new Television Champion.
King Steven Regal hoists the Television Title and the V for victory high as the other Nobility members join him at ringside, carrying him back to the locker room in triumph. Sting, on the floor, and Luger, in the ring, look on in pain and disappointment.
Backstage, a brawl is going on between the four tag teams--the Nasty Boys, the Steiner Brothers, the Faces of Fear, and the Freedom Towers--that are about to face off against one another in a number one contender's match! They start to brawl into the arena! Bad blood spilling over from the last edition of Saturday Night, perhaps? Meng looked great in the brawl, while the Freedom Towers looked bad.
WCW Commissioner Curt Hennig appears on the TurnerTron as the eight men fight it out, and makes the number-one contenders four-way tag match a Tornado Tag match, due to all the chaos!
The Steiner Brothers defeat the Freedom Towers, the Faces of Fear, and the Nasty Boys in a Tornado four-way tag match to become number-one contenders to the Road Warriors' Tag Team Championships. The match is a fairly wild brawl, but Rick Steiner hits a flying bulldog on Barbarian in the midst of the chaos to score the victory. Though they are not victorious, the Freedom Towers certainly look dominant and imposing. Meng, despite looking good in the brawl, didn't look so hot in a match; neither did One Man Gang.
Our first main event is Hulk Hogan vs. "Macho Man" Randy Savage for the AWA World Heavyweight Championship. Savage seems to have Hogan's number for the early part of the match, and Hogan seems to alternate between being flustered that Savage keeps getting the upper-hand and showing concern for his precious Hulkamania World Championship. Hogan begins to turn the tide as the match goes on, but Savage makes a strong comeback, leading to him coming off the top with a double axehandle...and flying right into the big boot. Hogan claps his hands, cups his ear to the crowd, and drops the leg...but Savage kicks out at just two! Hogan is in disbelief, and decides that he's had enough--he heads to the floor to collect the AWA Title, but Savage meets him as he heads for the ramp, coming off the top to the floor with a double axehandle! Throwing Hogan back in the ring, Savage heads up top, points to the sky, and drops the big elbow...for only two, as Hogan Hulks Up! Savage lays in a couple of punches as Hogan shakes and vibrates with energy, so Savage finally shrugs and rolls him up from behind rather than wait for the "YOU!" He gets a close two-count, and Hogan briefly seems confused that that's never happened before. He shakes it off, and is up like a shot, rushing Savage with an Axe Bomber...but Savage ducks, and the referee gets bumped instead. Savage charges Hogan, but Hogan sidesteps and sends Savage into the ringpost. As Savage recovers, Hogan heads to the floor and grabs a chair. Reentering the ring, he raises the chair over his head and charges Savage in the corner, but Savage counters the chairshot by kicking the chair into Hogan's face, causing him to drop the chair and flop backfirst on top of it. Savage goes up again as the referee begins to stir, points the sky one last time, and makes his leap...as Hogan rolls safely out of harm's way, leaving Savage to drop the elbow directly onto the steel chair! Savage screams in pain, rolling and writhing in agony, the arm seemingly bent at an awkward angle. The referee, seeing the pain Savage is in and fearing for his safety, has no choice but the call for the bell and award Hulk Hogan the victory by injury stoppage. Hogan celebrates like he's won the Super Bowl. Despite being the popular choice for Match of the Night, it suffered from the normally great commentary.
The Road Warriors defeat Harlem Heat in a ladder match to retain the WCW Tag Team Championships. Booker T wipes himself out of the match, laying Hawk across a second ladder and attempting a Harlem Hangover off the prime ladder...only to have Hawk move. Stevie Ray then eats a Doomsday Device off the ladder, allowing Hawk and Animal to claim the belts together. Road Warrior Animal was off his game.
The lights in the arena dim as Curt Hennig and Rick Rude make their way out to shoo away the bulk of production personnel around ringside, as well as the timekeeper and the ring announcer. Only a skeleton crew--cameramen, the commentators, and a referee--remains. The commentators note that this is due to the unsanctioned nature of the upcoming "Lights Out" handicap match.
As the Outsiders make their way out through the crowd without much fanfare, the camera cuts backstage, with Ric Flair looking like a man facing his own mortality, possibly headed to his own execution. Flair's music hits, though, and the Nature Boy's game face comes back on, as he makes his way through the curtain and plays theatrically to the crowd. He meanders around ringside briefly, woo'ing to the fans...and surreptitiously sneaks the timekeeper's hammer into his robe sleeve.
The referee motions for the match to begin, and the Outsiders immediately begin advancing on Flair before he has even removed his robe. Flair clearly expected this, as he has come prepared; removing a fistful of powder from his tights, he throws it into Hall's eyes, blinding him. Immediately, he takes hold of the timekeeper's hammer and bashes Nash in the forehead with, felling him and busting him open. Flair gives him another good couple of whacks in the open wound for good measure, then kicks Nash out of the ring and discards the hammer, now turning to focus on Hall. Removing his robe, he throws it over Hall and begins unloading with hockey-style punches before getting him up against the turnbuckles, opening up with a flurry of knife-edge chops. Hall swings blindly and wildly trying to turn the tide, but Flair keeps himself at arm's length, continuing to pick Hall apart with strikes before graduating to slams and suplexes. Taking advantage of Hall being laid out, Flair heads to the floor and collects a chair and a length of the camera cabling. Returning to the ring, Flair busts Hall open with a solid chairshot to the head, then lays in a couple more for good measure. Taking the cable, he strangles Hall with it, then throws him over the top rope and yanks for dear life, hanging him! Hall flails and tries to regroup, but finally is saved by Nash, who assaults Flair from behind. The Outsiders go to work with their traditional offense--big boots, back elbows, fallaway slams, and the like--with Flair occasionally firing back with some strikes, but mostly getting dominated. Flair eats a chairshot of his own from Hall, and now everyone is bleeding. Flair is thrown to the floor, and the mugging continues, with Flair getting Snake Eyes'd by Nash on the guard rail, then Hall cracks him in the face with the dismantled steel steps. Hall drags him over to the announce table set up at ringside, and throws out his arms--he's signalling for the Outsider's Edge! Flair, however, finds the strength to reverse into a backdrop over the table, but runs into another big boot from Nash. Nash now peels up the mats at ringside and goes for a Jackknife on the concrete, but Flair somehow fights back again, this time low-blowing the behemoth. He grabs a TV monitor off the announce table, and brains Hall as he rises, sending him back to the concrete. Nash eats a shot with the monitor as well, but merely staggers groggily as a result, so Flair abandons the weapon and chop-blocks Nash's leg. Nash collapses, and Flair doesn't relent, driving the knee twice into the concrete. Nash howls in pain, so Flair rolls him back into the ring and continues to go to work, using classic Flair leg-abusing offense. Firmly in control despite being at a numeric disadvantage and blood streaming down his face, Flair unleashes a giant WOO and applies the figure-four to Nash's bad wheel, causing the big man to yelp in agony. On the floor, Hall is back on his feet...and shoves down the nearest cameraman, commandeering his video camera. In the ring, Nash looks ready to give, but Hall rejoins the fray just in time, bringing the camera crashing down on Flair's face and torso. The impact breaks the submission and knocks Flair loopy. Hall and Nash are in pretty rough shape, but have enough left to hit the Outsider's Edge, and then an awkward one-legged Jackknife, to finish a very game Flair. Nash secures the pinfall. Obviously, Hall and Nash were a great pair.
The Outsiders somehow aren't content with the beating they have laid on Flair, and now pull out handcuffs, securing Flair's hands behind his back. Flair, slumped forward on his knees, basically unconscious, is totally helpless. Nash shoves the referee, trying to intervene, to the mat as Hall paintbrushes Flair mockingly. Nash takes hold of a television camera, stands over Flair, raises the camera high over his head...and suddenly, "The Lone Wolf" Barry Windham is out with a chair to save! He rushes the ring, swinging with reckless abandon, forcing Hall and Nash to clear the ring and withdraw. Windham stares the Outsiders down as the referee finds boltcutters in a toolbox beneath the ring to free Flair. Flair has lost this battle, but he has survived. Windham was underwhelming compared to the other three men.
Now it's time for the final match on the card: Arn Anderson vs. The Giant for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship Clearly outgunned in the power game by the much larger champion, Anderson sets to work neutralizing the Giant's left arm to take away some of his more devastating power moves. The Giant stages a comeback, however, getting a head of steam and ultimately signalling for the chokeslam. Cue the interference: Chris Benoit makes his presence felt and distracts the referee, allowing Scott Hall to enter...and he runs right into a chokeslam! Giant turns and hits a massive thrust kick on Anderson, beginning to signal for the chokeslam again...and suddenly stops, instead looking up. The Giant...begins scaling the turnbuckles?? In a startling turn of events, the Giant comes off the top rope with a HUGE missile dropkick on Anderson! Anderson is out, but the impact is not gentle on the massive Giant either. As he crawls over to make the cover, now Kevin Nash is out to help Hall up and yell at the ref to draw his attention. Benoit now climbs the turnbuckles, looking for a flying headbutt as Giant covers Anderson...but Giant sees it coming and moves, causing Benoit to nail Anderson! Giant is up to execute a massive beal throw on Benoit over the top to the floor, then goozles Anderson's limp frame again and drags him back to his feet. Hall now groggily gets the referee's attention as Nash intercedes, entering the ring and looking for a big boot. Giant releases Anderson to dodge it, wheeling around on Nash...and gets low-blowed by Anderson from behind. Giant doubles over and is cinched up by Nash...who drops the champion with a huge Jackknife Powerbomb! Anderson slowly makes the cover as the referee turns his attention back to the match, but incredibly, the Giant kicks out at two! Anderson pounds the mat repeatedly in frustration, then draws his thumb sharply across his neck, signalling for the end. He stalks the weary Giant as the champion stumbles to his feet, front-facelocking him for a DDT...but Giant presses Anderson up into the air to break, hurling him into a face-first crash onto the canvas! The Giant pulls down his strap, bellows to the crowd, and signals one more time for the chokeslam. Now all three of the other New Horsemen decide to intervene, hopping onto the ring apron; Giant wipes them all out with big punches and shoulderblocks, sending them crashing to the floor and removing them from action. Turning back to Anderson, he goozles him, but Anderson spins out into a short-arm knee lift to reverse. Anderson hooks the DDT again, but now Giant deftly spins out, goozling Anderson now with his bad arm. Anderson recognizes this and quickly pounds on it with sharp forearms, causing Giant to cry out in pain and release the goozle to clutch the arm. Sensing his opportunity, Anderson clutches the Giant's legs, plants his feet...and delivers the most incredible spinebuster of his career, planting the Giant in the center of the ring! Anderson makes the cover...and becomes the World Heavyweight Champion.
Just as good as the Great American Bash. Solid B.
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