From: duggan@cc.gatech.edu (Rick Duggan)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling
Subject: Re: WCW Atlanta GA 04/12
Date: 13 Apr 92 18:24:16 GMT
Organization: College of Computing

In article <1992Apr13.044605.6761@acsu.buffalo.edu> v070qg5d@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Eric M Chmiel) writes:
And I wrote this stuff here below >>
>>Sting vs. Van Vader - This one was quite interesting and had
>>a very odd ending.  After seeing it, I came home to read the
>>other match report, and this one did not end like it at all.
>>Toward the end, Sting was in the corner up on the turnbuckles and Vader 
>>came in and threw him across the ring.  Vader went over to
>>him and kicked him in the face.  At that point, the ref pushed
>>Vader back to the ropes (for no apparent reason).  Sting was not
>>moving at all.  The ref was talking to Sting and Vader was back
>>in the corner.  Finally, the ref went over to Vader, who grabbed
>>the ref and threw him down.  But he didn't attack Sting.  He just
>>sort of paced around the ring for a while.  Of course, he was
>>DQ'd for hitting the official.  He stayed around, then another
>>official came running out of the back.  I thought it was staged and
>>that Vader was going to jump Sting, but both refs huddled over
>>Sting (who still had not moved).  Vader and Race (who had been
>>at ringside) finally left, and several officials came out to
>>help Sting out of the ring.  I still thought it might have
>>been staged, but he really limped back to the dressing room.
>>No arm-raising, no Stinger cheer (does that have a name?), not
>>much at all.  I think he may have hurt himself there.  It
>>really seemed odd, because the match hadn't been going on
>>for that long, and there was no apparent reason for the ref
>>to move Vader back when he did.
>> 
>>Shoot kept going through my mind, but then Vader tossed the
>>official for the DQ.
>> 
>>-rick
>> 
>
>   Sounds to me like Sting got hurt on the throw across the ring, the ref
>realized this fact, and told Vader that Sting was hurt and that he should
>attack the ref to get the match over with so Sting could get medical attention.

That's what we thought.

>But wasn't the crowd a little angry? After all, the main event cut short with

The crowd was actually kind of stunned.  No one booed, but no one
left until the house lights came on.  Everyone was just wondering
what was going on.

>what would appear to marks to be a bogus ending? 
>   I hope Sting will not miss any action.  He is WCW's top draw and, lo and
>behold, I like the guy (with everybody admitting they like Hogan and UW I hope
>I don't get flamed too badly for saying that).  You have to admit, Sting has
>great athletic ability, pulls off exciting moves on occasion and has several
>classic bouts to his credit (albeit mostly with Flair).  He could use a bit more
>pure wrestling but in this day and age of North American wrestling, I guess you
>take what you can get.
>                                                  -Eflow
>  P.S.-- rick, what was attendance like at this show?

Well, I'm not a great crowd counter, but I would guess around 2500-3000.
I'll describe the seating, and you can decide if that sounds right
to you.  Imagine the Omni, a regular indoor arena (basketball-type)
seating probably 15000.  Ringside seats (probably the size of
a hockey rink) full.  Mid deck about 1/4-1/3 full all around. 
Small scattering of people in the upper deck.  Sound right to you?

-rick

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