WCW World Wide Wrestling
Week of 2-8-92
Abdullah the Butcher defeats Denny Brown with the Sudanese Elbowdrop.
Rick Rude defeats Larry Santo with the Rude Awakening.
The Rock n Rap Connection defeat The Sierras with the Broken Record.
The Young Pistols defeat The York Foundation with the Double Dropkick to retain the WCW United States Tag Team Titles.
WCW Saturday Night
2-8-92
Jim Ross opens the show with his special guest of the week, former eight time NWA World Heavyweight Champion and the manager of the current WCW World Heavyweight Champion, Harley Race! Race doesn't get a warm reception from the studio crowd, but they still promote tonight's show, which will feature either Cactus Jack or Abdullah the Butcher leaving WCW forever!
Sting defeats Diamond Dallas Page. Sting comes back from his knee injury, and if it wasn't for the heavy bandage, you wouldn't be able to tell. He looks very good, beating Page with ease, hitting a big Stinger Splash followed by the Scorpion Death Lock for the submission win.
In the studio, Ross tells Race that if he can do that to Lex Luger, he will walk out WCW World Heavyweight Champion, but Race plays down the chances of it happening. They then go to some pre-recorded comments from Terry Taylor and Eddie Gilbert.
Gilbert introduces himself as "Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert for anyone out there who doesn't know him, they will real soon. Taylor says that when he was looking for someone to have his back, Hot Stuff was the first person he called... but it wasn't the only person. So next week, right here on WCW Saturday Night, they sent out a challenge to the three remaining York Foundation members!
Eddie Gilbert and Terry Taylor defeat Rip Rogers and Reno Riggins. Gilbert and Taylor worked together like not a day had passed since their Hot Stuff, International days. They didn't face much challenge in Rogers and Riggins, and Gilbert was able to hit the Hot Shot for the win.
Some pre-recorded comments from the World Tag Team Champions, along with Paul E. Dangerously. Dangerously says after last week, they love their chances more than ever. Instead of facing the former champions, or a team like the Steiners, that know each other inside and out, instead, they're facing a Frankenstein monster of the two teams, men who have teamed a handful of times and won't have each other's back like the Dangerous Alliance. And the best part? While they will have that blockhead Rick Steiner in their corner, Arn and Eaton have the finest managerial mind in the world in theirs. Expect the team walking in with the belts to walk out with them!
Ron Simmons defeats Larry Zbyszko. This is a pseudo-rematch of Clash of the Champions, where these two men were the last two involved in a big battle royal, ultimately won by Simmons. The Cruncher took an early advantage, and tried to put away The All American with his big brainbuster. However, Simmons was able to counter it with a massive suplex of his own, and afterwards, never really looked back, using his power advantage to hit some big moves, ultimately putting him away with his big Spinebuster. As he celebrated, he motioned to the crowd that he would soon be United States Champion, but current champion Rick Rude hit the ring from behind and attacked him! He hits Simmons with a Rude Awakening, clearly sending a signal that it’s going to be tough to take that title off of him!
In the studio, Ross and Race welcome “Stunning” Steve Austin. He was asked about giving Barry Windham another shot at the TV Title, and said Windham’s had his chance, failed, and goes to the back of the line. This brought out Barry Windham, who said that Austin was saved by the clock at the Clash... but he has a challenge he doesn’t think Austin can refuse. SuperBrawl. ten minute time limit. If Windham can’t get it done in ten minutes, he’ll do what someone is doing tonight, and leave WCW. He shows Austin a contract, and Austin signs it!
Z-Man defeats Jason Knight. In an easy win for Tom Zenk, he puts Knight away with the Sleeperhold, to the joy of the female fans.
Appetite for Destruction defeat George South, the Italian Stallion, and Pez Whatley. Not even a one man advantage could make this close to a fair fight, as Race’s monsters just destroy the trio, finishing them off with a brutal double chokeslam by the Wall onto South and Stallion, while Vader powerslammed Whatley onto both for the pin.
Race, in the studio, was very pleased with his charges and their dominance. They then went to a video profiling the Luger-Sting background.
In 1988, when Lex Luger was found without a partner for the Jim Crockett Tag Team Tournament, Sting stepped in. Together, they won the tournament, and began a friendship that would last for years. Just last year, in March, they teamed in one of the best tag team matches in WCW history, attempting to win the World Tag Team Titles. They lost the match when Sting sacrificed himself to save Luger from a Russian Sickle from Nikita Koloff. However, over the summer of 1991, Luger, to win the WCW World Heavyweight Title, a belt that had eluded him throughout his career, sold his soul to Harley Race. Shortly thereafter, Luger began targeting Sting with gift boxes... featuring men like Abdullah the Butcher, Cactus Jack, and finally, Luger himself. During Luger’s attack, Sting initially injured his knee, and it cost him the United States Title. Now, Luger’s actions over the last eight months finally come to pay at SuperBrawl, when Sting has him one-on-one for the WCW World Title!
In the studio, Race said he felt that video was unfairly slanted towards his client. Jim Ross talked about the resurgence of tag team wrestling in WCW, with teams like Eaton and Anderson, the Steiner Brothers, the Young Pistols, Taylor and Gilbert, Race’s Appetite for Destruction, the Can-Am Express, who should be debuting in the coming weeks, Teddy Long’s new team, the Rock n Rap Connection... but at SuperBrawl, it will be this team, Ricky Steamboat and Scott Steiner will be the team challenging for the World Tag Team Titles.
Ricky Steamboat and Scott Steiner defeat the State Patrol. Steamboat and Steiner, despite having only teamed together once before, actually looked good in this tune-up match. They pulled off several double team moves that really showed they were doing their homework, and finished them off when Steamboat hit a cross body block on Parker off of Steiner’s shoulders.
Cactus Jack beats Abdullah the Butcher in a Falls Count Anywhere in Georgia Match. These two former friends, former partners, could not stand to be together in the same company anymore, so it comes to this. Everyone knew there was going to be nothing scientific in this, and in fact, it never even got to the ring. When Cactus Jack made his way down the ring with a steel chair, Abdullah rolled out of the ring to meet him on the ramp, and they never bothered to enter the ring. After a big clothesline by Jack, he went for his elbow off the second rope onto the floor, but Abdullah moved, and Cactus hit a lot of the guard railing. Abdullah went for his own elbow, but Jack was alert enough to roll out of the way, and Abdullah hit the concrete floor. Jack grabbed his steel chair, gave it a good hard swing against the Butcher’s head, and then set it down. Jack then delivered his Double Arm DDT onto the chair, and picked up the pin for the win, to send Abdullah the Butcher out of World Championship Wrestling forever!
Ross and Race are back in the studio, where they hype next week’s main event. In non-title action, Sting and Flyin’ Brian Pillman will take on the World Tag Team Champions, Arn Anderson and Beautiful Bobby! In addition, the challenge has been accepted, Terry Taylor, Eddie Gilbert, and their partner will take on the York Foundation!
WCW Main Event
2-9-92
Diamond Studd defeats Marcus Alexander Bagwell with the Fallaway Slam.
Brian Pillman defeats Larry Santo with the Air Pillman.
Barry Windham defeats Dan Spivey with the Superplex.
Rick Steiner defeats Frankie DeFalco with a Steinerline.
Arn Anderson and Bobby Eaton defeat The Freebirds with the Alabama Jam.