From: mb20@prism.gatech.EDU (BRANCH,MICHAEL B)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling
Subject: wcw Saturday Night TV Tapings
Date: 6 Oct 92 13:47:14 GMT
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology


  Here are some highlight as best remembered from last
  night's tapings:
  Windham and Rhodes were scheduled to go against Pillman/
  Austin, but the work was that Windham was "missing", so
  Rhodes had Brad Armstrong as a partner. This of course
  meant that on occassions we saw good wrestling as long
  as the BRB's (big ridiculous blondes) were on the outside.
  Anyway... Windham arrived (with ponytail) and argued with
  Dustin, slaps were exchanged and then Dustin climbed into the
  ring, to be pounded on by Austin and Pillman. Windham then
  made the save (Armstrong had been thrown out of the ring). So
  it's still a teaser as later during an interview Windham went
  into the standard "There's always controversy on winning teams"
  type explanation.

  The BIG news for me was that Cactus Jack has a new wrestler to
  advise... none other than the MAN Tony Atlas. Atlas is still
  playing the monster heel, and if Watts' lets him, he'll be 
  awesome. Atlas came in and wrestled a squash with the Barbarian
  against a jobber team, then later wrestled against Larry Santos
  and was real stiff. The jobber had some difficulties leaving.

  The best match of the night, easily, was Pillman against Shane
  Douglas. Pillman's got to be one of the two or three best wrestlers
  in North America. He simply amazes me more and more at how hard he
  works to sell his opponent. At one point, Pillman went to one of
  the more vocal areas of the crowd, taunting them and sticking his chim
  out - and some little kid slapped him. Absolutely classic and Pillman
  even sold that well! After the match, a DQ I think for Douglas, Shane
  landed a frightening belly to belly on Brian on the concrete. I don't
  think Pillman was even able to walk on his own afterwards. He was
  really shaken up by it.

  Other moments... Vinnie Vegas beat the living daylights out of Bagwell,
  bloodying his nose in the process. A new guy teamed with Zenc in a 
  couple of matches, and I've absolutely forgotten his name. He was okay.
  Scotty jobbed for Zenc, then beat a jobber named Johnny Stewart, who 
  weirdly came to the ring wearing an indie race car suit and helmet???
  Oh, and Watts had an announcement for Rude. Paul E. (missing tonight,
  thankfully) had signed an open contract for Rude to defend his US
  title at Halloween Havoc, so Watts told Rude that he had to face
  Nikita, as well as battle Chono for the NWA belt. Also, for the NWA
  match, both Rude and Chono will choose a "personal referee".
  Scott Steiner, still a face, wrestled a very tedious match against
  Austin for the TV title and pinned him right as time expired. 
  Jake and Sting signed a waiver for their match, then later Jake
  was interviewed by Jack and Jake's snake bit and pulled the
  foam cover off the microphone. And lastly, the real nature boy,
  Paul Lee, was forced to job against Bagwell. But, one of his
  chops lit up Marcus' chest. Some justice at least...

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BRANCH, MICHAEL 
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
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