From: dsrekjk@prism.gatech.EDU ( Jon Kincaid)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling
Subject: Cnter Stage taping notes
Date: 12 Jan 93 04:41:49 GMT
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology

Here's info from the taping at Center Stage on 1/11/93. The shows taped
will air on 1/16/93 and 1/23/93.
First- syndie or something match taped.
Z-man vs Max Pain- Max is an overweight guy with not a lot of workrate. Zman
submitted to an armbar.
Taping for 1/16/93-
Watts announces that Rude has been stripped of US Belt and that tournament final will now be for the belt. He also announces that his waste of sperm son has    been suspended pending an investigation of his altercation with Arn.
6 man tag- Barry Windham/Brian Pillman/Steve Austin vs Too Cold Scorpio/Brad
         Armstrong/Johnny B Badd- Windham pins Brad after DDTing him.
Van Vader vs Jim Dixon- Leon in squash.
Chris Sullivan/? Cole vs The Wrecking Crew (Rage and Fury)- Rage and Fury are
two big guy with bad haircuts and back acne (at least one) who yell "Shut Up"
a lot, have no workrate, and will hopefully soon be programmed with the
Sheepherders :-). These guys use one guy jumping off the top rope onto the
head of the opponent who is being held aloft by the other crew member (not
sure of the name of this. Similar I guess to the Midnight Express' Flapjack).
Jobber vs Max Pain -squash
The above match was over in the time it took me to leave my seat and walk to
the bathroom. On my way back, Vinnie Vegas came out and apparently challenged
Van Hammer to an arm wrestling contest.
Marcus Alexander Bagwell vs Chris Benoit- Chris wins with German Suplex. In
an interview afterwards he mentions how he plans on beating all of WCW's stars
(Dustin, Steamboat, etc.) So his appearance at the Clash won't be a one-shot
Yay!
Cactus Jack vs Paul Orndorff- Jack took a nasty bump when he ran at Paul
who ducked out of the way, with Jack then flipping over the turnbuckle onto
the floor. Jack gets win when Vader does run-in. Paul and Leon beat on Jack
awhile as the crowd chant that they want "Sting" until the Barbarian lumbers
in for the save.
Dustin Rhodes vs Ricky Steamboat for the US Title- long dull match seesaws
between the two until there's a ref bump. During the confusion, Barry
Windham comes out and DDTs Steamboat outside the ring. When the ref comes
to, Steamboat is counted out and Duh-ustin is the new US Champ. Afterwards,
Dustin is shown the video and says he's going back to talk to Ricky about it.
Taping for 1/23/93
Johnny B Badd/Marcus Alexander Bagwell vs Scotty Flamingo/Bob Cook- Is Scotty
being wasted or what? Bagwell pins Bob with backslide.
Watts announces Steamboat/Rhodes rematch for this show.
Vinnie Vegas vs Chad Byrd- Vinnie with Snake Eyes.
Johnny Rich vs Chris Benoit- I saw that Johnny was bleeding in his mouth at
one point during this match. Chris won with German Suplex. Afterwards in the
interview, he said that he had learned the move in Japan wrestling the likes
of Thunder Liger and Keijo Muto (a puzzled mark audience won't know that one)
and that what he had showed in WCW was only about 2 % of what he could do.
Italian Stallion/Larry Santo vs the Wrecking Crew- the audience delighted
in telling Rage and fury to "shut up". In the interview afterwards, they
concluded with "No prisoners, no mercy" to which I added "No wrestling ability".Match of the Underdogs- Pat Rose vs Robbie Vee- Robbie is apparently Rob Van
Damme from Blackjack Mulligan's IWF and is an impressive looking wrestler. He
won by jumping onto the turnbuckle, doing a split bouncing off the ropes into
a flip onto Rose. I'd never seen this move before.
Vader/Orndorff come out for an interview. Whatever happens on Wednesday in
the cage will apparently involve a strap of some sort as Leon has one with
him and says that come SuperBrawl Sting will feel it on his head, back, etc.
Z Man and Johnny Gunn vs Van Vader/Paul Orndorff- Gunn plancha dived onto Leon
outside the ring. Still, Vader powerbombs Gunn for the victory,. After match,
Paul piledrives Zenk outside the ring.
Too Cold Scorpio vs Barry Windham- Barry wins with brain buster.
Cactus Jack/Barbarian vs Tex Slazinger/Shang Hai Pierce- Jack pins Tex with
double arm DDT. Jack interviews regarding no DQ rematch with Vader/Orndorff:
"No disqualification. The way wrestling was meant to be".
"You take a bite out of Cactus Jack and the taste will make you sick."
US Title rematch- Steamboat vs Dustin- tempers flare at times. Dustin retains
with time limit draw.
Next TV Taping- January 25th.
jon

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dsrekjk@prism.gatech.edu is jon kincaid