Post by Leo on Apr 2, 2023 17:21:19 GMT -5
Leo's Note: Some matches are just cut to the finishes so I could get posted. Pre-show was previously posted. I'm jumping ahead a month in time following this, so what I was going to do in March, I'll be doing in April.
Blanchard is jumped by Ember Moon, who beats the crap out of her until Steve Blackman and his security team pull her off. Blanchard is in a bad way, but says she still wants to go through with the match. Snuka dominates with her strength on the weakened Blanchard. Tessa comes back with a pendulum lariat off of a whip to the ropes. She hits a jumping neckbreaker and goes for the Buzzsaw, but Snuka controls the twist and turns it into a short arm clothesline. Tilt-a-whirl slam. Tamina up top for the Superfly Splash, but it eats knees. Both women struggle up, but Blanchard is running on fumes and eats a superkick. Samoan drop for the win.
Winner: Tamina Snuka by pinfall at 7:32.
“The Model” Rick Martel is in the back holding a goldfish bowl filled with slips of paper. It’s his debut. Finally, World Championship Wrestling is graced with his presence. He’s been given the privilege of announcing a mixed tag team challenge tournament with the winners receiving title shots at the WCW Men’s and Women’s Gulf Coast Titles. It will be exclusive to Thunder. He draws his partner’s name from the bowl and it’s Mickie James-Aldis. SoCal Val appears and she draws the women’s names and Martel draws the men’s. The other teams are Sam Houston and Molly Holly, Bob Holly and Gigi Dolin, Will Hobbs and Taya Valkyrie, Jimmy Garvin and Sara Del Rey, Disco Inferno and Nikkita Lyons, Killer Kross and Ivory and Griff Garrison and Rockin’ Robin.
Graham ducks a running clothesline from Sammartino and he nails Aldis. Graham with a low blow and he goes outside the ring and retrieves his bloody ring bell from underneath the ring, which we haven’t seen in awhile. Graham nails Bruno with it and covers. Aldis recovers to count the pinfall.
Winner: “Superstar” Billy Graham by pinfall at 14:30.
SoCal Val has Harry Smith in the back. He doesn’t mind watching Davey Boy beat his best friend, Tyson Kidd, in a match clean, but the power slams after were completely uncalled for. Davey Boy then comes in and tells Harry to say that to his face. Harry looks down and Davey Boy has a ‘that’s what I thought’ smirk on his face. But, Harry then picks up his head, jabs a finger in his father’s chest and tells him directly the post match beat down was unneeded. Davey Boy looks shocked. Harry turns and walks away. Davey Boy snaps back to it and runs off after Harry while yelling at him.
Pillman comes off top with the Air Pillman, but Angle catches him around the waist and rides his momentum for a hell of a belly to belly suplex. He goes to the ankle lock, but Pillman works up to one foot and gets a reverse enzuigiri. Angle backdrops out of a butterfly suplex try and goes for the Angle slam. Pillman drops out of that, shoves Angle into the near corner and catches him on the bounce out for a German suplex with bridge for the win. Angle is livid. Pillman celebrates on the floor with the gold medal and Ed Block Courage Award.
Winner: Brian Pillman at 18:32.
SoCal Val is in the back with Nick Aldis and shows him the ending of the match with Graham cheating. Aldis says he honestly didn’t know and it was his goal to be fair and call the match down the middle. He know most people thought he was going to throw the match to Graham since the Superstar handpicked him. However, Aldis has always been a man of his work and a man of great reputation, whether the fans liked him or not. He’s greatly embarrassed and personally hurt by this and he’s going to talk to Shane McMahon about rectifying this matter.
The heels jump the faces at the start and beat them down. Stud Stable throw Savage into the ropes. He ducks a double clothesline and comes back with a jumping, double hooking clothesline to put both down. Snap suplex on Wilkes. Savage with an arm wringer. Tag to Hennig, who takes over on the arm wringer. Fireman’s carry takedown out of the arm wringer into a chinlock. Wilkes powers up and fights out. Shoulder block off the ropes, but he misses an elbow drop. Hennig comes up in the heel corner and Magee slugs him in the back. Marella warns him. Wilkes with a running knee lift. Tag to Magee. They get some double shoulder thrusts in the corner. Belly to belly suplex out of the corner for two. Magee with a whip to the corner. Hennig reverses, but Magee gets the pop up into a turn around cross body for two. Facebuster to the knee and tag back to Wilkes.
Wilkes goes for Uncle Slam, but Hennig fights against it and walks the near corner and pushes off into a pin. Wilkes bridges up and into a full nelson suplex with bridge for two. He goes for a power slam, but Hennig drops out and pushes Wilkes into the corner. He tags Savage, who is a house of fire. Savage nails both men. Madusa gets up on the apron, but Lady Frost takes her off with an electric chair drop. Savage with a high knee to the back to send Magee to the floor. Frost nails him with a superkick. Tag to Hennig. Curt with the PerfectPlex on Wilkes and Savage nails him with the flying elbow smash for good measure.
Winners: Perfect Madness by pinfall of Hennig on Wilkes at 8:48.
SoCal Val has Chris Jericho back in the medical unit. He’s been told he’ll recover just fine from the snake poisoning seen on the pre-show by Jake Roberts. He was just temporarily paralyzed. If Roberts thought he saw fear in Jericho’s eyes out there, he was wrong. All he saw was disgust and anger. Roberts wants to tear Jericho down just because he’s the man on top of the UWA mountain. Well, he’s had people coming after him because he just that damn good his whole career. He’s still standing and they’re not. Jake Roberts wants to straight jump to making this personal between them. He’s done and Jericho tells Roberts to do his worst, because he’s not scared, trust me.
Just wild brawling from everybody to start. Jones tries to get involved, by jumping onto Ladd’s back, but he drops him through the announce table.Finish comes when Meng and Barbarian takes Atlas’ head with the double big boot, but they turn around into a double slingshot clothesline from Ladd, which is just devastating. He then scoop slams JYD onto Barbarian and they take the belts.
Winners: The Dominators by pinfall of JYD on Barbarian at 9:19.
We get a promo for the next pay-per-view. Hollywood Homecoming II will be on May 7 at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena.
Back in the arena, Thunder Rosa is in the ring. She hasn’t been seen since Starrcade and admits she needed to get her head right after the devastating loss to Jade Cargill for the UWA Women’s Title. Tamina Snuka then comes out with her newly won WCW Women’s Gulf Coast Title slung over her shoulder. Rosa should be embarrassed by her showing at Starrcade. She humiliated herself, WCW and all the fans, but who gives a damn about them. Rosa tells Snuka to watch her mouth. Snuka says she can run it all she wants, because of the golden rule. She has the gold and she makes the rules. Rosa pops her in the mouth and they brawl until security breaks them up.
Hulk Hogan cuts a promo in the back. “Owen Kevins, you talk about the boos for me, brother. But, all I hear is jeering for you. Hulkamania is stronger than it ever was. The training, the prayers and the vitamins are the foundation Hulkamania was built on and stands on. The 24-inch pythons are still hanging and banging like never before. The one delusional here, brother, is you. Because I’m Hulk Hogan and you’re not. I’m a Real American and you’re a French Canadian, jack. They don’t even have real bacon up there. They put gravy on french fries. That’s what ketchup is for, brother. And your blood is going to run like ketchup tonight, brother. Kevins, what are you going to do brother when Hulkamania, stronger than ever, runs wild on you.”
Some grappling and running the ropes to start. Kaine goes for a spear, but Flair drops to the mat and rolls to the floor. She turns around into a suicide dive. Suplex on the floor and Kaine goes for a spear, but misses and plows the ring steps. Flair with a tilt-a-whirl slam to the steps and then a double stomp off the apron. She rolls Kaine back inside and waits for the spear, but Kaine won’t get up, so Flair goes over to pick her up and Kaine gets a jaw jacker. Spinning forearm to the mush. Rolling fireman’s carry. Kaine waits for the spear, but her gut is really hurting and Flair manages roll over and up into a swinging neckbreaker. Queen’s boot. Whip to the corner and a face wash. She goes for the spear, but Kaine dives out of the way and Flair posts her shoulder.
Kaine with an arm wringer and a shoulderbreaker. She works a fujiawara armbar on the mat. Flair makes the ropes to break. Flair dodges a spear and Kamille gets tied up in the ropes. Charlotte with a rope assisted DDT. Natural Selection. Spear. Cover and pin.
Winner: Charlotte Flair by pinfall following spear at 14:40.
SoCal Val has Kevin Owens and Maria Kanellis-Bennett in the back. “Hulk Hogan, I really can’t tell if you’re this stupid or just playing with me. I know I’m the not the first person to stand up to you. And I’m not the first person to do so and be in the right. But I am the first person to tell the fans to wake up and see that the emperor has no clothes. I don’t really give a damn who gets cheered and who gets jeered. I don’t give a damn if the fans back me or back you. I only want the cheers so you don’t have them. Because with each person that decides not to scream for you. Hulkamania dies just a little. In the past, those who have come out to destroy Hulkamania have wanted to do it in one fell swoop. Me, I want to do it a little at a time. Every night when one little Hulkster decides not to train, say the prayers and take the vitamins; that makes you a little weaker and me a little stronger. And, Canada will not apologize for its poutine and its bacon.”
Hogan and Owens have a pose down to start with Owen mocking Hogan’s usual bow and arrow and cupping his ear to hear the crowd. He does get some cheers. Owens barks at Hogan to hear the cheers for him. Hogan attacks with punches and kicks. He rakes the back and nails a back suplex for a two count. Owens comes back with a thumb to the throat and a body slam. Whip to the corner and a cannonball. Backbreaker to the knee. Owens with a kick to the back. Owens slings Hogan into the ropes and he just kind of drops to the mat. Callis said Owens obviously wanted the pop-up powerbomb there. A frustrated Owens kicks Hogan in the head several times. A sidewinder suplex and Owens goes up top for the bullfrog splash. He misses. Hulk up. Hogan with the big boot and leg drop. Owens kicks out. Hogan with the axe bomber and a second leg drop and Owens kicks out again. Hogan slings Owens into the ropes and gets a pop-up powerbomb of his own! However, Owens pops right up and we can make him out saying ‘that doesn’t work for me brother.’ Owens and Hogan stand in the ring and are just jawing at each other. Marella tries to get some order. Maria gets in the ring and tries to talk to them, but Hogan grabs her by the face and just throws her down. The fans boo at that. Hogan just looks around and yells several times “But, I’m Hulk Hogan!” He then just walks out of the ring. So, Marella is forced to make a count out and Owens picks up Maria and carries her to the back.
Winner: Kevin Owens by count out at 9:45.
SoCal Val has Jake Roberts in the back. He heard what Jericho said earlier. Jericho can say whatever he wants, but Roberts knows real fear when he sees it. He thrives on fear. He feasts on it. Damn straight, he’s making this personal. Jericho has led a charmed life and is oblivious to it. Roberts has fought for everything he’s ever had in this business while Jericho has just had it handed to him. He said it before, but he’ll say it a little louder so maybe Jericho hears him this time, Jake isn’t coming for his belt, he’s coming for his soul.
Proceedings start out in the ring. Orndorff with a flying forearm smash and he goes for a piledriver, but Magnum backdrops out. He hits the belly-to-belly suplex but is close to the ropes and Robert Fuller pulls him to the floor. Rhodes chases Fuller off and Magnum comes off the apron with a double ax handle to Orndorff as he stands up. They fight on the floor with Rhodes keeping Fuller away from the action. Orndorff slings Magnum into the ring apron and then catches him on the bounce out for a Hotshot. Orndorff picks up the ring mats and goes for a piledriver on the floor. Magnum backdrops out. Side slam on the concrete. He comes off the apron with a double stomp, but Orndorff moves. However, Magnum lands fine and gets a discuss lariat as Paul stands. Kick to the gut and Magnum gets a Pedigree on the floor. Orndorff is bleeding. Rhodes keeps yelling at Fuller to throw in the towel. He’s sweating and looks scared, but won’t do it.
Back in the ring, Mangum goes for a second rope knee drop, but Orndoff moves. Paul with a knee breaker and he works a knee bar. Magnum turns it over and they go into the ropes, but that’s not a break here. They eventually break off and stand. Orndorff with a thumb to the eye and he hip tosses Magnum out to the floor to land on the concrete. Paul with a knee to the back of the neck from the apron. Piledriver on the concrete. Fuller yells at Dusty to throw in the towel and he refuses. A second piledriver on the floor and Magnum is obviously unconscious. Rhodes still won’t throw the towel in.
A frustrated Orndorff gets in Tommy Young’s face, but he can’t do anything. He’s just there to signal who throws in the towel. Orndorff slugs Young and he’s out. Rhodes comes after Orndorff, but Fuller nails Rhodes in the back of the head with his shoe. Rhodes turns to him, no selling it. Fuller is scared, but Orndorff attacks Rhodes from behind. Del Wilkes and Tom Magee of the Stud Stable run out. They all gang up on Dusty and handcuff him to the ring post. Back in the ring the Stud Stable takes turns hitting their finishers on Magnum. We get a split screen to the back where Randy Savage and Curt Hennig have been locked in their dressing room. Rhodes breaks the cuffs and gets in the ring, giving bionic elbows to everybody. He drops the towel while doing this. Lady Frost uses a fire ax to break the door down and Savage and Hennig race to the ring. Fuller wakes up Tommy Young and points to the downed towel while showing that he still has his. Young, still woozy, calls for the bell. Savage and Hennig with chairs drive off the Stud Stable. Orndorff holds his title belt in the air while backing up the aisle. Rhodes cradles a bloody and unconscious Magnum TA on the canvas and screams for medics as we fade out.
Winner: Paul Orndorff by referee stoppage from thrown towel at 20:11.
WCW Gulf Coast Women’s Title Tournament Finals
“The Lone Horsewoman” Tessa Blanchard vs. Tamina Snuka with “Number One” Paul Jones
Referee: Aubrey Edwards
Blanchard is jumped by Ember Moon, who beats the crap out of her until Steve Blackman and his security team pull her off. Blanchard is in a bad way, but says she still wants to go through with the match. Snuka dominates with her strength on the weakened Blanchard. Tessa comes back with a pendulum lariat off of a whip to the ropes. She hits a jumping neckbreaker and goes for the Buzzsaw, but Snuka controls the twist and turns it into a short arm clothesline. Tilt-a-whirl slam. Tamina up top for the Superfly Splash, but it eats knees. Both women struggle up, but Blanchard is running on fumes and eats a superkick. Samoan drop for the win.
Winner: Tamina Snuka by pinfall at 7:32.
“The Model” Rick Martel is in the back holding a goldfish bowl filled with slips of paper. It’s his debut. Finally, World Championship Wrestling is graced with his presence. He’s been given the privilege of announcing a mixed tag team challenge tournament with the winners receiving title shots at the WCW Men’s and Women’s Gulf Coast Titles. It will be exclusive to Thunder. He draws his partner’s name from the bowl and it’s Mickie James-Aldis. SoCal Val appears and she draws the women’s names and Martel draws the men’s. The other teams are Sam Houston and Molly Holly, Bob Holly and Gigi Dolin, Will Hobbs and Taya Valkyrie, Jimmy Garvin and Sara Del Rey, Disco Inferno and Nikkita Lyons, Killer Kross and Ivory and Griff Garrison and Rockin’ Robin.
WCW Gulf Coast Men’s Title
Special Guest Referee Nick Aldis
“The Italian Superman” Bruno Sammartino vs. “Superstar” Billy Graham
Graham ducks a running clothesline from Sammartino and he nails Aldis. Graham with a low blow and he goes outside the ring and retrieves his bloody ring bell from underneath the ring, which we haven’t seen in awhile. Graham nails Bruno with it and covers. Aldis recovers to count the pinfall.
Winner: “Superstar” Billy Graham by pinfall at 14:30.
SoCal Val has Harry Smith in the back. He doesn’t mind watching Davey Boy beat his best friend, Tyson Kidd, in a match clean, but the power slams after were completely uncalled for. Davey Boy then comes in and tells Harry to say that to his face. Harry looks down and Davey Boy has a ‘that’s what I thought’ smirk on his face. But, Harry then picks up his head, jabs a finger in his father’s chest and tells him directly the post match beat down was unneeded. Davey Boy looks shocked. Harry turns and walks away. Davey Boy snaps back to it and runs off after Harry while yelling at him.
Gold Medal vs. Ed Block Courage Award
Kurt Angle vs. “Flyin’” Brian Pillman Sr.
Referee: Tommy Young
Pillman comes off top with the Air Pillman, but Angle catches him around the waist and rides his momentum for a hell of a belly to belly suplex. He goes to the ankle lock, but Pillman works up to one foot and gets a reverse enzuigiri. Angle backdrops out of a butterfly suplex try and goes for the Angle slam. Pillman drops out of that, shoves Angle into the near corner and catches him on the bounce out for a German suplex with bridge for the win. Angle is livid. Pillman celebrates on the floor with the gold medal and Ed Block Courage Award.
Winner: Brian Pillman at 18:32.
SoCal Val is in the back with Nick Aldis and shows him the ending of the match with Graham cheating. Aldis says he honestly didn’t know and it was his goal to be fair and call the match down the middle. He know most people thought he was going to throw the match to Graham since the Superstar handpicked him. However, Aldis has always been a man of his work and a man of great reputation, whether the fans liked him or not. He’s greatly embarrassed and personally hurt by this and he’s going to talk to Shane McMahon about rectifying this matter.
Perfect Madness (“Mr. Perfect” Curt Hennig and “Macho Man” Randy Savage) with Lady Frost vs. The Stud Stable (“Expatriate” Del Wilkes and “Mega Man” Tom Magee) with Madusa Micelli
Referee: Joey Marella
The heels jump the faces at the start and beat them down. Stud Stable throw Savage into the ropes. He ducks a double clothesline and comes back with a jumping, double hooking clothesline to put both down. Snap suplex on Wilkes. Savage with an arm wringer. Tag to Hennig, who takes over on the arm wringer. Fireman’s carry takedown out of the arm wringer into a chinlock. Wilkes powers up and fights out. Shoulder block off the ropes, but he misses an elbow drop. Hennig comes up in the heel corner and Magee slugs him in the back. Marella warns him. Wilkes with a running knee lift. Tag to Magee. They get some double shoulder thrusts in the corner. Belly to belly suplex out of the corner for two. Magee with a whip to the corner. Hennig reverses, but Magee gets the pop up into a turn around cross body for two. Facebuster to the knee and tag back to Wilkes.
Wilkes goes for Uncle Slam, but Hennig fights against it and walks the near corner and pushes off into a pin. Wilkes bridges up and into a full nelson suplex with bridge for two. He goes for a power slam, but Hennig drops out and pushes Wilkes into the corner. He tags Savage, who is a house of fire. Savage nails both men. Madusa gets up on the apron, but Lady Frost takes her off with an electric chair drop. Savage with a high knee to the back to send Magee to the floor. Frost nails him with a superkick. Tag to Hennig. Curt with the PerfectPlex on Wilkes and Savage nails him with the flying elbow smash for good measure.
Winners: Perfect Madness by pinfall of Hennig on Wilkes at 8:48.
SoCal Val has Chris Jericho back in the medical unit. He’s been told he’ll recover just fine from the snake poisoning seen on the pre-show by Jake Roberts. He was just temporarily paralyzed. If Roberts thought he saw fear in Jericho’s eyes out there, he was wrong. All he saw was disgust and anger. Roberts wants to tear Jericho down just because he’s the man on top of the UWA mountain. Well, he’s had people coming after him because he just that damn good his whole career. He’s still standing and they’re not. Jake Roberts wants to straight jump to making this personal between them. He’s done and Jericho tells Roberts to do his worst, because he’s not scared, trust me.
WCW Trios Titles - No Disqualification, No Count Out Tornado Tag
Powers of Fear (Meng, Barbarian and Warlord) with “Number One” Paul Jones vs. The Dominators (Junkyard Dog, “Mr. USA” Tony Atlas and “Big Cat” Ernie Ladd)
Referee: Tommy Young
Just wild brawling from everybody to start. Jones tries to get involved, by jumping onto Ladd’s back, but he drops him through the announce table.Finish comes when Meng and Barbarian takes Atlas’ head with the double big boot, but they turn around into a double slingshot clothesline from Ladd, which is just devastating. He then scoop slams JYD onto Barbarian and they take the belts.
Winners: The Dominators by pinfall of JYD on Barbarian at 9:19.
We get a promo for the next pay-per-view. Hollywood Homecoming II will be on May 7 at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena.
Back in the arena, Thunder Rosa is in the ring. She hasn’t been seen since Starrcade and admits she needed to get her head right after the devastating loss to Jade Cargill for the UWA Women’s Title. Tamina Snuka then comes out with her newly won WCW Women’s Gulf Coast Title slung over her shoulder. Rosa should be embarrassed by her showing at Starrcade. She humiliated herself, WCW and all the fans, but who gives a damn about them. Rosa tells Snuka to watch her mouth. Snuka says she can run it all she wants, because of the golden rule. She has the gold and she makes the rules. Rosa pops her in the mouth and they brawl until security breaks them up.
Hulk Hogan cuts a promo in the back. “Owen Kevins, you talk about the boos for me, brother. But, all I hear is jeering for you. Hulkamania is stronger than it ever was. The training, the prayers and the vitamins are the foundation Hulkamania was built on and stands on. The 24-inch pythons are still hanging and banging like never before. The one delusional here, brother, is you. Because I’m Hulk Hogan and you’re not. I’m a Real American and you’re a French Canadian, jack. They don’t even have real bacon up there. They put gravy on french fries. That’s what ketchup is for, brother. And your blood is going to run like ketchup tonight, brother. Kevins, what are you going to do brother when Hulkamania, stronger than ever, runs wild on you.”
WCW Women’s Title - Must Win by Spear
“The Queen” Charlotte Flair vs. Kamille Kaine
Referee: Aubrey Edwards
Some grappling and running the ropes to start. Kaine goes for a spear, but Flair drops to the mat and rolls to the floor. She turns around into a suicide dive. Suplex on the floor and Kaine goes for a spear, but misses and plows the ring steps. Flair with a tilt-a-whirl slam to the steps and then a double stomp off the apron. She rolls Kaine back inside and waits for the spear, but Kaine won’t get up, so Flair goes over to pick her up and Kaine gets a jaw jacker. Spinning forearm to the mush. Rolling fireman’s carry. Kaine waits for the spear, but her gut is really hurting and Flair manages roll over and up into a swinging neckbreaker. Queen’s boot. Whip to the corner and a face wash. She goes for the spear, but Kaine dives out of the way and Flair posts her shoulder.
Kaine with an arm wringer and a shoulderbreaker. She works a fujiawara armbar on the mat. Flair makes the ropes to break. Flair dodges a spear and Kamille gets tied up in the ropes. Charlotte with a rope assisted DDT. Natural Selection. Spear. Cover and pin.
Winner: Charlotte Flair by pinfall following spear at 14:40.
SoCal Val has Kevin Owens and Maria Kanellis-Bennett in the back. “Hulk Hogan, I really can’t tell if you’re this stupid or just playing with me. I know I’m the not the first person to stand up to you. And I’m not the first person to do so and be in the right. But I am the first person to tell the fans to wake up and see that the emperor has no clothes. I don’t really give a damn who gets cheered and who gets jeered. I don’t give a damn if the fans back me or back you. I only want the cheers so you don’t have them. Because with each person that decides not to scream for you. Hulkamania dies just a little. In the past, those who have come out to destroy Hulkamania have wanted to do it in one fell swoop. Me, I want to do it a little at a time. Every night when one little Hulkster decides not to train, say the prayers and take the vitamins; that makes you a little weaker and me a little stronger. And, Canada will not apologize for its poutine and its bacon.”
“The Immortal” Hulk Hogan vs. “The Prizefighter” Kevin Owens with Maria Kanellis-Bennett
Referee: Joey Marella
Hogan and Owens have a pose down to start with Owen mocking Hogan’s usual bow and arrow and cupping his ear to hear the crowd. He does get some cheers. Owens barks at Hogan to hear the cheers for him. Hogan attacks with punches and kicks. He rakes the back and nails a back suplex for a two count. Owens comes back with a thumb to the throat and a body slam. Whip to the corner and a cannonball. Backbreaker to the knee. Owens with a kick to the back. Owens slings Hogan into the ropes and he just kind of drops to the mat. Callis said Owens obviously wanted the pop-up powerbomb there. A frustrated Owens kicks Hogan in the head several times. A sidewinder suplex and Owens goes up top for the bullfrog splash. He misses. Hulk up. Hogan with the big boot and leg drop. Owens kicks out. Hogan with the axe bomber and a second leg drop and Owens kicks out again. Hogan slings Owens into the ropes and gets a pop-up powerbomb of his own! However, Owens pops right up and we can make him out saying ‘that doesn’t work for me brother.’ Owens and Hogan stand in the ring and are just jawing at each other. Marella tries to get some order. Maria gets in the ring and tries to talk to them, but Hogan grabs her by the face and just throws her down. The fans boo at that. Hogan just looks around and yells several times “But, I’m Hulk Hogan!” He then just walks out of the ring. So, Marella is forced to make a count out and Owens picks up Maria and carries her to the back.
Winner: Kevin Owens by count out at 9:45.
SoCal Val has Jake Roberts in the back. He heard what Jericho said earlier. Jericho can say whatever he wants, but Roberts knows real fear when he sees it. He thrives on fear. He feasts on it. Damn straight, he’s making this personal. Jericho has led a charmed life and is oblivious to it. Roberts has fought for everything he’s ever had in this business while Jericho has just had it handed to him. He said it before, but he’ll say it a little louder so maybe Jericho hears him this time, Jake isn’t coming for his belt, he’s coming for his soul.
Designated Terminator Match for the WCW World Heavyweight Title
Second at ringside must throw in the towel for their man
“Mr. Wonderful” Paul Orndorff © with Col. Robert Fuller vs. Magnum TA with “The American Dream” Dusty Rhodes
Referee: Tommy Young
Proceedings start out in the ring. Orndorff with a flying forearm smash and he goes for a piledriver, but Magnum backdrops out. He hits the belly-to-belly suplex but is close to the ropes and Robert Fuller pulls him to the floor. Rhodes chases Fuller off and Magnum comes off the apron with a double ax handle to Orndorff as he stands up. They fight on the floor with Rhodes keeping Fuller away from the action. Orndorff slings Magnum into the ring apron and then catches him on the bounce out for a Hotshot. Orndorff picks up the ring mats and goes for a piledriver on the floor. Magnum backdrops out. Side slam on the concrete. He comes off the apron with a double stomp, but Orndorff moves. However, Magnum lands fine and gets a discuss lariat as Paul stands. Kick to the gut and Magnum gets a Pedigree on the floor. Orndorff is bleeding. Rhodes keeps yelling at Fuller to throw in the towel. He’s sweating and looks scared, but won’t do it.
Back in the ring, Mangum goes for a second rope knee drop, but Orndoff moves. Paul with a knee breaker and he works a knee bar. Magnum turns it over and they go into the ropes, but that’s not a break here. They eventually break off and stand. Orndorff with a thumb to the eye and he hip tosses Magnum out to the floor to land on the concrete. Paul with a knee to the back of the neck from the apron. Piledriver on the concrete. Fuller yells at Dusty to throw in the towel and he refuses. A second piledriver on the floor and Magnum is obviously unconscious. Rhodes still won’t throw the towel in.
A frustrated Orndorff gets in Tommy Young’s face, but he can’t do anything. He’s just there to signal who throws in the towel. Orndorff slugs Young and he’s out. Rhodes comes after Orndorff, but Fuller nails Rhodes in the back of the head with his shoe. Rhodes turns to him, no selling it. Fuller is scared, but Orndorff attacks Rhodes from behind. Del Wilkes and Tom Magee of the Stud Stable run out. They all gang up on Dusty and handcuff him to the ring post. Back in the ring the Stud Stable takes turns hitting their finishers on Magnum. We get a split screen to the back where Randy Savage and Curt Hennig have been locked in their dressing room. Rhodes breaks the cuffs and gets in the ring, giving bionic elbows to everybody. He drops the towel while doing this. Lady Frost uses a fire ax to break the door down and Savage and Hennig race to the ring. Fuller wakes up Tommy Young and points to the downed towel while showing that he still has his. Young, still woozy, calls for the bell. Savage and Hennig with chairs drive off the Stud Stable. Orndorff holds his title belt in the air while backing up the aisle. Rhodes cradles a bloody and unconscious Magnum TA on the canvas and screams for medics as we fade out.
Winner: Paul Orndorff by referee stoppage from thrown towel at 20:11.