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WCW Tremendous Tussle 2024 for 1.28.24
Live from the Pechanga Arena in San Diego, California
Commentary: Gorilla Monsoon and Wade Barrett
Ring Announcer: Gary Michael Cappetta
Interviewer: SoCal Val
Referees: Tommy Young, Joey Marella and Charles Robinson
UWA Universal Women’s Champion Jade Cargill opens the show by marching to the ring with the belt over her shoulder. She sits in on commentary for the Women’s Tremendous Tussle. “I’m looking at all the bitches in this and not a damn one impresses me at all. Wendi Richter - beat her. Charlotte Flair - beat her twice. Everyone else I just haven’t beaten yet. Toni Storm puts her chin up and her tits out, I’ll slap them titties and punch her in the chin. Tessa Blanchard has a father and stepfather who are wrestlers? She’ll be calling me daddy by the end of the night. Taya Valkyrie is the WCW U.S. Women’s Champion, like that ain’t some shit belt she won out of a claw machine at Chuck E. Cheese. What every woman in WCW needs to learn is that I am that bitch and they’re just literal dogs.”
15-Woman Tremendous Tussle
Entries every 90 seconds
All referees at ringside
1. Mickie James
2. Molly Holly
James is not happy about being number one and this allows Holly to get the drop on her. They do some grappling. Holly telegraphs a backdrop and eats a face jam. Jumping DDT and James pitches Holly and celebrates, but Molly lands on the apron and catches James from behind with a dropkick. She goes over the top rope and lands on the ring apron. James comes back in with a slingshot clothesline on Holly and follows with a front kick as Molly sits up.
3. Tessa Blanchard
Blanchard runs into the ring and goes after James right away. She hits a double arm suplex and James bounces into the corner Running knee strike and Blanchard takes her out of the corner with a Draping Flatliner. Molly is back up and they get James up for a double team back suplex. They lift her again and approach the ropes, but James fights and squirms to make her feet and comes around with a spinning forearm shot to the face of Holly, then brawls with Blanchard. 4. Lady Frost
Blanchard takes out James and turns around into a sling blade from Frost. She slings Holly into the corner and gets the Snowball Fight rolling hip attack. Bulldog out of the corner, but Blanchard superkicks Frost as she sits on the mat. Then James gets a backstabber from behind. James and Blanchard and Holly and Frost pair off and fight on the ropes trying to eliminate each other. 5. Kamille Kaine
Kaine pulls Blanchard off of James and James wants a high five, but Kaine gives her a forearm strike to the face and lays her out with a power slam. Double spear to Holly and Frost. Kaine pitches Blanchard, but she skins the cat back in. Holly goes for the Molly-Go-Round, but Kaine catches her and delivers a powerbomb. Kaine holds on and does a catapult sending Holly into Frost and she stumbles out of the ring over the top rope. LADY FROST ELIMINATED. 6. Taya Valkyrie
Valkyrie goes straight after her former tag team partner in Holly. Still dazed from the powerbomb, Holly eats a Road to Valhalla and is easily tossed out. MOLLY HOLLY ELIMINATED. James takes a breather and Kaine and Blanchard team up on Valkyrie, as they have both been going after her U.S. Title lately. However, Kaine turns on Blanchard, slings her into the ropes and goes for a spear, but Blachard tucks into a barrel roll and Kaine flies out through the middle ropes to the floor. Kaine slides back in as Blanchard slides out and pops up to the apron. Kaine turns and grabs the top rope to see what happened. Blanchard yanks and Kaine flips over the ropes to the floor. KAMILLE KAINE ELIMINATED. James and Valkyrie come over and fight with Blanchard still on the apron. Kaine pulls her off the apron to the floor and they brawl off. 7. Tamina Snuka
Snuka with a double noggin knocker on James and Valkyrie. Power slam to one then the other. She goes up top for the Snuka Splash, but James catches her up top and they fight. Snuka blocks a superplex, but Valkyrie gets underneath James and they hit the tower of doom spot. All three ladies are laid out. 8. Asuka
Asuka has the arrogance spray can and blinds Snuka with it. The referees come in and take the can away from her. However, this does allow Valkyrie to throw out Snuka. TAMINA SNUKA ELIMINATED. Valkyrie goes over top the referees to smack Asuka in the mush and gets her up for a military press slam. James clips the knee and Valkyrie drops Asuka. James mimes them teaming up on Valkyrie. They hit double spin kicks on Valkyrie. Asuka body slams James on top of Valkyrie, but as she stands up, James eats a spinning back fist from Asuka. 9. Roxanne Perez
Perez goes right after Asuka. She hits a running back elbow that stuns Asuka. She then comes off the opposite ropes with a Thez Press and punches. Valkyrie pulls Perez off of Asuka with a head vice and gives her a slam. James does a springboard into a Tornado DDT attempt on Valkyrie, who blocks it and pitches James into the near corner. Asuka uses Perez as a springboard for a jumping body attack. James stumbles out of the corner into a Pop Rocks from Perez. Catapult into Valkyrie who catches James, lifts her into a military press and dumps her. MICKIE JAMES ELIMINATED. 10. Amber Nova
Nova is jumped from behind by Rosemary and Jessicka Havoc of Decay. They debuted on the previous Thunder. Rosemary enters the ring instead of Nova. The referees get in and try to force her out and she starts fighting them. Perez wades into the mess and nails Rosemary with a Cactus Clothesline. ROXANNE PEREZ ELIMINATED. She fights with Rosemary until Jessicka Havoc wades in. Security comes out to break it up. Amber Nova limps into the ring and promptly takes the Road to Valhalla from Valkyrie and is tossed. AMBER NOVA ELIMINATED. 11. Natalya Neidhart
Neidhart brawls with Valkyrie and takes her down with a discus clothesline. Double stomp to the back and she locks in the Sharpshooter. Asuka comes in and gets the Asuka Lock on Valkyrie. They work that for a bit then break it off and try to push Valkyrie out, but she fights back with punches and knee strikes. Standing lariat to Asuka and she delivers a Snake Eyes to Nattie in the corner. 12. “Timeless” Toni Storm
Storm goes after Asuka who she has been feuding with. Valkyrie works over Neidhart. Toni gets a jumping DDT and goes up to the second rope for a diving leg drop, but Valkyrie whips Neidhart into her and she sits in the corner. Valkyrie charges, but Neidhart moves and Storm floors Taya with a jumping Code Breaker. Neidhart and Storm lineup a double team suplex on Valkyrie, but she reverses it and suplexes both women. Valkyrie comes up into a spin kick by Asuka. She tries to eliminate Storm, but Toni hooks her in a head scissors and drops Asuka out before skinning the cat back in. ASUKA ELIMINATED. 13. “The Queen” Charlotte Flair
Flair slides into the ring and takes out Neidhart with a Natural Selection as she stands. Release German Suplex over the ropes eliminates her. NATALYA NEIDHART ELIMINATED. Storm with a kick to the gut and a jumping DDT on Flair. Valkyrie with a running big boot to Storm. Whip to the corner and an Avalanche. Valkyrie turns and the two top women’s champions in WCW have a stare down. They then start trading chops back and forth as the crowd woos. 14. Madusa Micelli
Madusa gets involved on the chop fest, then Storm. We have a four-way blonde chop-a-thon going on in the middle of the ring. Finally, Flair kicks Micelli in the gut to stop it and Valkyrie attacks Storm. They pair off and work with each other. Micelli gets a standing switch on Flair into rolling German suplexes, but as she comes up on the third one, Storm superkicks Flair over. Valkyrie brains Storm from behind and gets a swinging full nelson slam. She stomps Storm, until Micelli spins Valkyrie around to eat three European Uppercuts. Into the ropes and Madusa pulls off a Canadian Destroyer on Valkyrie. 15. Wendi Richter
Richter goes after Flair to start, blitzes her with stiff shots and throws her over the top rope, but Flair skins the cat back in. Storm and Micelli are going at it, so Richter lines up a weakened Valkyrie for a True Colors DDT, but Taya drives Richter to the near corner and hits a series of shoulder thrusts. Flair gets in on Micelli and Storm fighting near the ropes and upends both of them. MADUSA MICELLI ELIMINATED. TONI STORM ELIMINATED. Valkyrie gives Richter an atomic drop and she jumps into Flair for a running clothesline, but ducks, and Flair nails Valkyrie. Richter with a chop block on Flair. True Colors DDT to Valkyrie and then Richter pitches her out. TAYA VALKYRIE ELIMINATED. Valkyrie is incensed on the floor and goes back in to get at Richter. While the referees are trying to force her out, Flair slides to the floor, gets a chair and nails Richter with it. Natural Selection and a Samoan Drop over the ropes. WENDI RICHTER ELIMINATED.Charlotte Flair is celebrating, but her music changes up to Tessa Blanchard’s. Blanchard appears on the entrance stage, battered but fired up. She’s been fighting in the back with Kamille Kaine. Blanchard never went over the top rope and was never eliminated. The Women’s Tremendous Tussle comes down to the two old foes.
Blanchard tries to surprise Flair with a springboard seated dropkick, but Flair sidesteps it. She drops an elbow and goes for the Natural Selection, but Blanchard makes her whiff. Blanchard tries the Buzzsaw DDT, but Flair twists out of the hammerlock into a short arm clothesline. Whip to the corner and she goes for the Queen’s Boot, but Blanchard moves and Flair gets hung up in the ropes. Tessa brings her out with a jumping neckbreaker and hits the Tequila Sunrise facebreaker. She points to the outside while grabbing Flair to toss her out. Flair grabs the ropes to block the throw, fires a back elbow and then a series of chops. Tilt-a-whirl gutbuster. She whips Blanchard into the ropes for a spear. Gets the Natural Selection and points to throw Blanchard out. Tessa holds on and tries to skin the cat back in, but Flair bashes her hands and she lands on the apron. Flair with a running big boot, but Blanchard moves and Flair gets hung up in the ropes. But Blanchard walks into a back elbow from Flair and getting a 619 variation, she kicks Blanchard off the apron.
Winner: Charlotte Flair by last eliminating Tessa Blanchard at 30:55.
Jade Cargill stands up on the announce table and holds her belt up. Charlotte Flair turns to her and yells at Cargill to shine that title belt up really nice for her to come get it at Destination Dallas.
We get pre-taped backstage promos from Hulk Hogan and Will Hobbs for the next bout.
vs.
“The Immortal” Hulk Hogan vs. “Powerhouse” Will Hobbs with Maria-Kannellis Bennett
Referee: Charles Robinson
Test of strength to start. Hobbs starts to win, Hogan comes back and Hobbs kicks Hogan in the gut. Gut wrench suplex. Hobbs drops a knee and pounds on Hogan. Whip to the corner and Hogan gets his foot up on a charge. Hogan with a clothesline and an elbow drop. He leans into the ropes for an Ax Bomber and Maria grabs his ankle. Hogan turns and yells at her, allowing Hobbs to attack Hogan from behind. Hobbs with a running power slam for two. More clubbing blows and a rotating spinebuster for two. Hulk up as Hobbs continues to punch on Hogan while he no- sells. Hogan then hits his series of punches and a back suplex. He goes for the big boot, but Hobbs grabs the foot and stands while holding it and wags his finger no. Hogan with an enzuigiri like he’s in Japan. He goes into the ropes for the big boot again, but Maria jumps on the apron and nails Hogan in the back of the head with her hairspray can. Hogan stumbles into a spinebuster by Hobbs, but Robinson saw the hairspray can shot and disqualifies Hobbs. Hobbs stands over a downed Hogan while Maria poses with him to the fade.
Winner: Hulk Hogan by disqualification at 8:36.
Pre-taped promos from Dusty Rhodes and Steve Austin.
vs.
First Blood Match for the WCW World Heavyweight Title
“American Dream” Dusty Rhodes © vs. “Stunning” Steve Austin with Col. Robert Fuller
Referee: Tommy Young
Rhodes brings the bull rope with cowbell from their last match into the ring. Austin points and yells for Young to take it away, but there’s no rule against it. Fuller grabs the bull rope and runs off, allowing Austin to attack Rhodes from behind. Austin beats Rhodes around the ring and into a corner. He stomps a mudhole and walks it dry. Austin goes to another corner and removes the top turnbuckle pad, harking back to their first match. However, this allows Rhodes to attack Austin from behind and Dusty beats him around the ring. Weaver Lock, but Austin breaks with a jaw breaker. Thesz Press and Austin really goes after the forehead, trying to bust Dusty open.
Rhodes rolls over and flips Austin out of the ring. He follows him out as Austin grabs the steel ring steps and uses it as a battering ram to Rhodes’ head. Austin with more punches on the ground. Young tries to get Austin to move it back into the ring, but he shoves Young off and he’s down. Fuller then runs back out with his loaded loafer with a spike tied to the sole. Austin holds Rhodes for a shot with the shoe, but he moves and Fuller nails Austin. Rhodes tries to revive Young as Austin is bleeding, but Fuller pulls Vaseline out of his jacket and rubs it on Austin’s head and stops the bleeding like in boxing. Fuller throws a handful of Vaseline into Dusty’s eyes. Austin with a Thesz Press off the apron and pounds on Rhodes on the floor. Young tells them to get it back in the ring, it’s not a falls count anywhere match necessarily. Austin rolls Rhodes back into the ring and grabs a steel chair.
He goes after Rhodes with the steel chair raised high. Rhodes kicks Austin in the stomach and he drops the chair. Double arm DDT onto the chair. Rhodes tries to ram Austin’s head into the exposed turnbuckle pin. He blocks it, elbows Rhodes a couple times and tries to ram his head into the pin. Rhodes blocks it, fights Austin off and gets a series of punches to the head followed by the flip, flop and fly. Fuller had thrown the shoe into the ring, so Rhodes goes over to pick it up. Fuller tries to stop him and Rhodes hits Fuller with it. He falls to the floor and is bleeding. Rhodes turns around into a kick to the groin. Stunner. Austin grabs the spiked shoe and tries to drive it into Rhodes’ forehead. He grabs Austin’s hands and struggles to hold him off. Rhodes kicks Austin in the groin and he rolls off. Rhodes with the shoe. Fuller drags Austin to the floor. Rhodes comes off the apron with the shoe, but Fuller steps in the way and is made to bleed even more. Austin with another shot from the ring steps. He rolls Rhodes into the ring and then comes off the top with the spiked shoe. It finally hits home and Rhodes is bleeding, giving Austin the world title back.
Winner and new WCW World Heavyweight Champion: Steve Austin by making Dusty Rhodes bleed at 15:49.
Pre-taped promos from the nWo and New Foundation.
vs.
UWA Universal Tag Team Title
New Foundation (“The Rocket” Owen Hart and Jim “The Anvil” Neidhart) © vs. the nWo (Bret “The Hitman” Hart and L.A. Knight)
Referee: Joey Marella
Neidhart starts out with Knight and dominates with his power until he goes into the ropes and Bret knees him in the back. He stumbles into the Blunt Force Trauma. Tag to Bret, who keeps Neidhart off his feet and pounds on him. Bret misses a second rope elbow drop. Neidhart tags Owen. He blitzes Bret with a series of arm drags. Bret slides to the floor and confers with Knight who drops off the apron. Owen wipes them out with a suicide dive. Jim comes over and brawls on the outside with Knight. Owen posts Bret’s shoulder and gives him a shoulder breaker on the outside. He rolls Bret back into the ring and goes up top. Knight whips Neidhart into the steel steps and then crotches Owen on the top rope. Bret with a superplex. Neidhart breaks up the pin. As Marella moves Neidhart out of the ring, Knight and Bret switch off and Bret claps his hands to sound like a tag.
Knight scores a hangman’s neckbreaker and a float over DDT for a two count. Tag to Bret. He gets a pendulum backbreaker. Russian leg sweep. He goes for the Sharpshooter, but Owen kicks Bret off. He tries to tag Neidhart, but Knight tags in and cuts Owen off. Owen flips out of the Burning Hammer and kicks Knight in the gut. He hits a facebreaker to the knee and falls back to tag Neidhart. Jim with a leaping shoulder block and clubbing forearms. Knight begs off and tags Bret.
Neidhart gets a back suplex out of a headlock. He locks in the Anvilizer, but Bret makes the ropes to break. Tag to Owen. Owen works the lower back and gets an abdominal stretch. Bret hip tosses out. They go to the ropes and Owen goes for a sunset flip, but Bret blocks it and reaches to the ropes. Knight reaches out and grabs Bret’s hands. Marella kicks Knight’s hands away. Bret is taken over for a two count. Bret rolls to his feet and nails Owen in the crotch with a knee. He tells Marella it was to the inner thigh. Tag to Knight. He goes for a pop-up powerbomb, but Owen turns it into a rana for a flash three count. Hart and Knight beat down the champs after and stalk off.
Winners and still UWA Universal Tag Team Champions: The New Foundation by pinfall of Owen Hart on L.A. Knight at 17:21.
Destination Dallas III promo and the Nitro Girls dance.
“Ravishing” Rick Rude comes out to sit in on commentary wearing an immaculate suit. “If I had my wrestling tights and robe on tonight, I’d show all these fat, burrito eating hobos here in San Diego what a real man looks like, but, frankly, that description fits the women too and they don’t deserve to see what a real man looks like. It doesn’t matter to me who wins this Royal Rumble… (Gorilla Monsoon says something off camera)...Tremendous Tussle, whatever. It doesn’t matter who wins, because there isn’t a single wrestler in all of the Universal Wrestling Alliance who can remove the Universal Men’s Title from around my waist. And if there’s a bigger hell hole than San Diego, it’s Dallas, and there’s no way I’m losing this belt at Destination Dallas III.”
30-Man Tremendous Tussle
Entries every 2 minutes
All referees at ringside
1. “Macho Man” Randy Savage
2. Squire David Taylor
Grappling to start and then they go to the ropes with Taylor ducking a clothesline and getting a jumping shoulder tackle coming back the other way. He rocks Savage with several European uppercuts and tosses him. Savage skins the cat back in while Taylor celebrates. Savage taps him on the shoulder and Taylor turns around into the boxing punches and a dropkick. He begs off into the corner. 3. Perry Saturn
Saturn goes right after Savage and lays in some kicks and punches. Taylor pops up and they work Savage over in the corner. Double hip toss out, then Taylor tries to turn on Saturn and toss him, but Saturn cuts him off and beats on Taylor and hits an Exploder suplex. A hard whip to the corner and Saturn hits an avalanche followed by a Stinger Splash from Savage. They try to force Taylor out on the ropes. 4. Thom Latimer
Latimer takes Saturn and Savage off of Taylor. They pair off with Savage on Latimer and Saturn on Taylor. Latimer gets the Velvet Noise on Savage and then knee clips Saturn as he goes for the Death Valley Driver on Taylor. Brighter Side of Suffering on Saturn. Latimer goes to toss him, but he blocks it and Savage comes off the second turnbuckle with a double ax handle to Latimer’s back. Taylor tries a sneak attack, but Savage nails him with a spinning clothesline. 5. Tracy Smothers
Smothers helps Savage out and they whip Taylor into the ropes and score a double dropkick. Double team gut buster and then a double team hip toss on Taylor over the ropes. DAVID TAYLOR ELIMINATED. It’s a three-on-one on Latimer, but he fights back and puts Savage down with a spinning wheel kick. Saturn scoops him up from behind and gets a Death Valley Driver. Smothers with a leaping bulldog on Saturn. They pair off and fight with Savage going at Latimer. 6. Brian Pillman
Springboard double clothesline by Pillman as he enters to Saturn and Smothers. Flying head scissors to Latimer. Savage explodes out of the corner to catch Pillman with a hooking clothesline. Smothers, Latimer and Saturn team up on Savage and Pillman and toss them, then gloat. However, we get a double skin the cat back in and a double team dropkick to the backs of all three men. Everyone brawls. 7. One Man Gang
OMG is here to clean house. He catches Smothers from behind with a head vice and gives him a head vice slam. He then spins Smothers around by his head and slings him over the top rope. TRACY SMOTHERS ELIMINATED. Latimer tries a flying crossbody and is caught and given a fallaway slam over the ropes. THOM LATIMER ELIMINATED. Saturn with a Thesz Press and OMG catches him in a bear hug and gives Saturn a release belly to belly suplex over the ropes. PERRY SATURN ELIMINATED. OMG turns around into a double goozle from Pillman and Savage. They then trade off on delivering jumping knee drops to the big man. 8. “Glorious” Robert Roode
Roode fights off Pillman and Savage and helps up OMG, pointing him at Pillman and Savage. However, he clubs Gang from behind, who just turns and stares at him. Another double dropkick to the back to Gang by Pillman and Savage and he falls into a Glorious DDT by Roode. All three try to eliminate Gang, but he fights them all off. He body slams Pillman and delivers a 747 Splash. Savage and Roode nail several clubbing blows to the back of OMG. 9. Killer Kross
Kross comes in with a running forearm smash to Savage. Commentary reminds fans of the tentative truce between the nWo and Stud Stable. Kross tells Roode they need to team up to eliminate One Man Gang. They fight with him up against the ropes. Pillman and Savage join in. They manage to get Gang over, but at the same time, Kross upends Roode as well. ONE MAN GANG ELIMINATED. ROBERT ROODE ELIMINATED. Roode yells at Kross from the floor and Kross says he’s sorry, it just kind of happened. Savage and Pillman grab Kross and sling him into the ropes. He ducks a double team clothesline and hits a double flying clothesline to both guys coming back the other way. Kross hits the Doomsday Saito on Savage and Pillman. 10. “Hot Stuff” Eddie Gilbert
The first surprise entrant is Eddie Gilbert, who was with Continental Championship Wrestling in the early days. He extends a hand to Kross, who slaps it away. Gilbert kicks Kross in the gut to double him over and nails a swinging neckbreaker. He goes to the second turnbuckle for an elbow drop, but is cut-off by Pillman with a savate kick. Savage with a body slam on Gilbert and a jumping elbow drop. Kross lands a scoop slam on Pillman. Gilbert comes back on Savage with a side slam, then he catapults Savage into Kross. Gilbert with a seated dropkick to a seated Kross. Gilbert pulls a small chain out of his tights, because he’s Eddie Gilbert, and wraps it around his fist. He uses it to nail punches on Kross, Savage and Pillman. 11. “The Model” Rick Martel
Martel enters and waves his hands at Gilbert to hold off, he can’t take a chain wrapped fist punch to his pretty face. So, Gilbert punches him in the gut instead and follows with a DDT. Savage jumps on Gilbert’s back with a sleeperhold. He backs into the near corner to get Savage off and drops the chain. Pillman squashes both with a Stinger Splash. Kross grabs Pillman from behind and gives him a full nelson suplex out of the corner. Kross kips up into a superkick by Martel. Elbow drop to Pillman and Martel locks in the Boston Crab. Kross gets a version of his Kross Jacket on Pillman at the same time. Gilbert and Savage fight on the ropes. 12. “Man with the Hands of Stone” Ronnie Garvin
Garvin is still wearing the eyepatch. He lays big punches in on Martel and Kross. Body slam to Martel and he does the Garvin Stomp, but gets cut-off before completing it by a running forearm smash from Kross. Gilbert reverses a whip and sends Savage into Kross for a spinning elbow smash to the face. He goes down. Gilbert tries a second turnbuckle Sling Blade on Kross, but gets caught in an arm capture overhead suplex. Pillman is still out. 13. Ricky Morton
Morton with a slingshot Canadian Destroyer on Kross. He sits up and eats a superkick from Martel. Rick turns into Garvin’s top rope sunset flip. Savage with a basement dropkick to Garvin on the mat. Pillman with a Lionsault onto the pile of guys laying on the mat. Morton, Pillman and Savage hit a triple dropkick on Kross that sends him to the apron. Savage and Gilbert go back at it, Morton and Garvin team-up on Martel and Pillman tries to boot Kross off the apron. 14. Viper Pillman
The former Brian Pillman Jr. saunters to the ring very slowly and is in no hurry to get into the ring. His father sees this and slides out under the bottom rope and charges up the aisle to meet his son and they fight down the aisle and around the ring with Pillman trying to get his estranged son into the ring. Meanwhile, Kross makes it back into the ring and nails Morton with a Saito Suplex. Garvin tries a Superman Punch, but Kross feints back and takes Ronnie’s head off with a big boot. Savage and Gilbert are fighting on the ropes as are Morton and Martel. 15. Black Mamba (Omos in a snake mask)
Commentary theorizes Viper didn’t want to get into the ring because he knew Mamba was coming out next and he could hide behind the big man. Mamba helps Viper attack Brian Pillman on the outside and lays him out with a chokeslam. Savage steps through the ropes to the apron and comes off the apron onto Mamba, who catches him and delivers a chokeslam. The ring empties and everyone is brawling with Mamba on the outside while Viper is staying out of the way. Security comes out, minus Steve Blackman, and tries to get some order. Tommy Young tells Mamba to get into the ring now or be disqualified, he pauses for a moment then chokeslams Young. It’s chaos with bodies everywhere. 16. Jake “The Snake” Roberts
The leader of the Snake Pit is out. Referees Charles Robinson and Joey Marella order Roberts to tell Mamba to go to the back or him and Viper will be disqualified as well. Roberts tells Mamba his job is done and for him to return to the back. He leaves. BLACK MAMBA ELIMINATED. Roberts and Viper throw bodies back into the ring and get in. Roberts asks Viper who to take out first, his choice. He picks up his father and throws him at Jake who catches him with a DDT. They then wing him out. BRIAN PILLMAN ELIMINATED. Viper then grabs Randy Savage and throws him at Roberts for a DDT, but Savage drives Roberts into the corner and gives three shoulder thrusts. Viper peels Savage off and he comes around with a big haymaker that sends Viper flying out of the ring. VIPER PILLMAN ELIMINATED. Savage has Gilbert’s chain that he dropped earlier. Roberts tackles Savage in the back and he drops the chain. 17. Steve Armstrong
Armstrong goes after Martel and throws him out, but he lands on the apron. Kross catches Armstrong from behind for a Saito Suplex. Martel with a slingshot splash back into the ring. Martel and Kross throw out Armstrong. STEVE ARMSTRONG ELIMINATED. Martel turns around into a dropkick by Morton, but Kross grabs him and throws him out with a Tazplex. RICKY MORTON ELIMINATED. Garvin catches Kross with a punch and they brawl. Roberts and Savage are still fighting on the ropes. Gilbert pairs off with Martel. 18. “Lionheart” Chris Jericho
Jericho delivers a flurry of flying kicks to everybody in his way. Kross eats the Judas Effect elbow. Lionsault to Martel. Gilbert walks into the Codebreaker. Double underhook release powerbomb over the ropes on Martel. RICK MARTEL ELIMINATED. Roberts grabs Jericho and delivers a short arm clothesline, but Savage catches him from behind and they fight again. Garvin uses Jericho as a springboard for a Superman Punch to Kross, but he comes back with a Pendulum Clothesline on Garvin. 19. “National Treasure” Nick Aldis
Aldis helps his old rival up and they shake hands, turn away from each other, then come back around and knock each other down with simultaneous discus punches. Roberts with a swinging knee lift on Savage and he goes to the other side of the ring for a breather. Kross works over Garvin. Gilbert picks up Savage and throws him over the ropes, but he lands on the apron on his feet. Savage gives Gilbert a forearm shot and Savage comes back in with a slingshot clothesline. Jericho and Aldis trade chops in the middle of the ring. Jericho reverses a whip to the corner and get a step up enzuigiri. 20. “The Miracle” Mike Bennett
Bennett immediately helps his nWo stablemate, Killer Kross with Ronnie Garvin. He gets a rolling cutter and follows with a superkick that sends Garvin into Kross who gives him a release slam over the ropes to the floor. RONNIE GARVIN ELIMINATED. Savage is doing mounted punches to Gilbert in the corner, gets to five and is brought out with an atomic drop. Roberts is still hanging back. The nWo brawl with Jericho and Aldis. Aldis eats the Miracle Maker from Bennett while Kross nails Jericho with an Exploder Suplex. 21. “The Prizefighter” Kevin Owens
The second mystery entrant. Owens left WCW last summer after Maria’s Men betrayed him and formed the nWo with Hulk Hogan. Owens goes right after the nWo members. Kross eats a stunner. Bennett is put up in a pop up powerbomb which has him thrown over the ropes to the floor. MIKE BENNETT ELIMINATED. Buckle Bomb to Kross and a rolling hip attack, then he gets tossed. KILLER KROSS ELIMINATED. Kross roars and is a house of fire, until Roberts nails him with a knee to the back. However, Owens ducks the short-arm clothesline and gets a kick, wham, stunner on Roberts. Jericho whips Aldis into Owens who takes him down with a Thesz Press. Jericho and Aldis pound on Owens on the mat and then turn him over, each grabbing a leg for a double team Liontamer. Savage and Gilbert superkick Aldis and Jericho. Savage goes to pick up Owens, but Gilbert has his chain back and punches Savage in the back of the head with it, then uses it for a crossface on Owens on the mat. 22. Magnum TA
Magnum goes right after Jericho, who he has been feuding with, and they brawl. Aldis picks up Jake and backs him into a corner with chops and they fight in the corner. Savage peels Gilbert off of Owens and works the boxing punches, Gilbert drops his chain. Owens is up and he and Savage ping pong Gilbert back and forth between them with punches until Owens picks Gilbert up for a release F-Cinq (F5) over the ropes to the floor. EDDIE GILBERT ELIMINATED. Gilbert grabs Owens foot from the outside so he can’t move and Magnum TA nails Owens with a running clothesline to eliminate him. KEVIN OWENS ELIMINATED. Owens chases Gilbert to the back. Jericho tries to surprise Magnum with a Codebreaker, but he feigns back and Jericho whiffs. Magnum drops several knees on Jericho. Aldis takes a breather while Roberts and Savage fight. 23. “Lethal Weapon” Steve Blackman
Blackman comes in with a running bicycle kick to Magnum. He throws him over the ropes, but he lands on the apron. Blackman kicks everything that moves. He throws Jericho over the ropes, who tries to skin the cat back in, but Magnum kicks him in the torso a few times and he falls. CHRIS JERICHO ELIMINATED. Magnum stands on the apron and turns and looks at Jericho while pointing to his head about how he is superior. However, Aldis reverses a whip and Blackman bumps into Magnum who falls to the floor. MAGNUM TA ELIMINATED. Jericho gets in Magnum’s face and laughs. Magnum laughs back and they brawl off. 24. “Mr. Perfect” Curt Hennig
Hennig goes after Aldis, as they had a U.S. Title match the night before on Saturday Night’s Special. Hennig backs Aldis into the corner with punches, gives a snapmare out of the corner and the rolling neck snap. But, as Hennig rolls to his feet, Blackman is there to meet him with a kick. Roberts has Gilbert’s chain and rakes it across Blackman’s eyes from behind. Savage goes after Roberts, but Hennig cuts him off and takes Savage to the corner. Savage reverses, Aldis comes in and they fling Hennig clear across the ring with a double monkey flip. Roberts is still working on Blackman against the ropes with the chain. Blackman is bent backwards over the ropes. 25. Dr. Tom Prichard
Prichard slides into the ring and grabs Blackman’s legs to upend him. STEVE BLACKMAN ELIMINATED. Roberts extends a hand to thank him, but then hits Prichard with the other hand that has the chain in it. DDT. Roberts tosses Prichard. TOM PRICHARD ELIMINATED. Savage with a running knee lift to Roberts and he drops the chain. Savage with a suplex. Hennig backdrops out of a Treasure Chest try, but Savage comes off the second rope with a flying hooking clothesline to knock him down. Aldis body slams Hennig. Savage and Aldis go to opposite corners and come off with stereo flying elbow smashes to Roberts and Hennig. 26. “Universal” Heartthrob” Austin Idol
Idol struts to the ring and feigns friendship with Savage and Aldis, but they don’t fall for it. However, Idol still gets the drop on them with a couple knee lifts as they go after him. Back elbow to Aldis. Back elbow to Savage. Idol kisses his bicep and drops an elbow on Savage. He lines up a piledriver and Roberts helps him to spike it. Idol has Savage up in a military press slam, but Aldis clips the knee and Savage falls out of it. Aldis and Idol go at it, with Hennig helping out. Double team suplex on Aldis. Roberts with a DDT on Savage. He goes to throw him out, but Savage grabs Roberts around the upper body and hangs on for dear life. Their weight and momentum takes them over to the floor together. RANDY SAVAGE ELIMINATED. JAKE ROBERTS ELIMINATED. Roberts gives the spent Savage another DDT on the floor and walks off mad as officials tend to Savage. 27. “The Yellow Rose of Texas” David Von Erich
The final of the mystery entrants. He pulls Hennig off of Aldis into a clothesline. He pulls Idol off of Aldis into a clothesline. David with a gutwrench suplex on Idol. He teases the Iron Claw and Idol comes up into it. Aldis catapults Hennig up into Von Erich, who catches Hennig as he lands on his feet with another Iron Claw. Double Iron Claws leads to Double Iron Claw slams. Aldis takes a breather and David plays to the crowd. 28. Barbarian
Barbarian comes in with a flying shoulder tackle to Von Erich and drops an elbow on him. Aldis leaps at Barbarian and is caught with a turning spinebuster. Barbarian locks David into an abdominal stretch, because he’s not that smart. Von Erich hip tosses out. Idol with a full nelson slam on Von Erich. Hennig with a running knee lift as Aldis gets up to drive him into the near corner. They exchange chops in the corner. Idol holds David for Barbarian and he charges with a clothesline, but Von Erich gets out of the way and Barbarian clotheslines Idol over the ropes. AUSTIN IDOL ELIMINATED. Barbarian is stunned with a ‘what have I done look.’ Von Erich dropkicks him in the back to eliminate Barbarian. BARBARIAN ELIMINATED. 29. Booker T
Von Erich turns into a jumping sidekick by Booker T. Booker with a wristlock into an arm wringer and gets a jumping ax kick. Aldis whips Hennig into Booker T, who nails Hennig with another jumping sidekick. Aldis charges and is caught with a scoop slam by Booker T. Booker T comes off the top with the Harlem Hangover to Hennig. Big spinebuster to Aldis. Big spinebuster to Von Erich. Booker T holds the ring. 30. “The Ultimate Olympian” Kurt Angle
We knew Angle was last after beating Randy Savage for the spot the night before at Saturday Night’s Special. Angle and Booker T staredown. They do a crisscross as everyone else rolls out of the way. Angle ducks a clothesline and comes the other way for a rolling leglock into the ankle lock. David with a superkick to Angle to break the hold. Hennig with a leaping bulldog on Von Erich. Hennig has Booker T up in a suplex, but Aldis kicks him in the gut. Booker T reverses to a suplex of his own. Aldis and Booker T try to force Hennig out. Angle comes from behind and flips the whole pile over. BOOKER T ELIMINATED. Aldis and Hennig land on the apron and they start fighting with each other. Aldis tries for the Treasure Chest on the apron, but Hennig backdrops out of it, Aldis hits the apron hard and lands on the floor. NICK ALDIS ELIMINATED.
Von Erich drops out of an Angle Slam and gets an inverted DDT. Hennig comes off the top rope with a double ax handle, right into a sledgehammer shot to the gut and he flips over. Von Erich teases the claw, gets Hennig in it, who sells it like death and Von Erich drops Hennig over the ropes with a claw slam. CURT HENNIG ELIMINATED.
We’re down to Angle and Von Erich. Angle has Eddie Gilbert’s chain and he nails David with it, who goes down hard. Angle works over Von Erich on the mat with the chain. He’s bleeding. Angle showboats to the crowd. Angle Slam over the ropes, but Von Erich drops to the apron and nails Angle with a forearm shot. Slingshot clothesline back in. Von Erich with a three point stance into another clothesline. He gets the North Texas Stampede (Oklahoma Stampede). He gives Angle the Iron Claw while on his knees. Angle breaks with a low blow. Angle goes for the chain again, really wraps it around his fist tight and shows it to the crowd, then turns around into a dropkick. He goes over the ropes and lands on the apron. Von Erich with a flying shoulder tackle over the ropes as Angle stands and they both go out, but Angle hits first. The risk paid off.
Winner: David Von Erich by last eliminating Kurt Angle at 70:15.
A bloody David Von Erich celebrates in the ring. Rick Rude stands up from the commentary table. Puts the UWA Universal Men’s Title across his shoulder and walks out without paying attention to David or the cheering fans. Barrett said that is a sign of blatant disrespect.