WCW Main Event 4/7/1991

WCW Main Event 4/7/1991

Jim Ross and Missy Hyatt are our hosts. Paul E Dangerously has a surprise for Missy tonight. We also have Flyin' Brian vs Barry Windham.

Big Josh and Tommy Rich vs Lou Fabiano and Pat Rose

Pat side headlocks and shoulders over Rich. Rich hiptosses > armdrags > armlocks him. Pat slams Rich. Lou comes in and is armdragged into an armlock by Rich. Josh shoulder throws Lou. Rich hits another armdrag on Lou. Lou clubs on Rich then misses a corner charge. Rich rolls up Lou for 2. Lou slams Rich then misses an elbow drop.

Josh comes in and hits shots on both jobbers. He flying back elbows Lou then butt drops him to win.

Thoughts: It was a quick squash and was what I expected. There is no one who loves the armdrag into the armlock spot as much as Tommy Rich does. 

Grizzly Smith talks about the WCW US Tag Titles. He says the tag titles are vacated since The Steiners won the World Tag Titles. He says the top two contenders will fight at Superbrawl to determine the next WCW US Tag champs. The announcement will be made next week.

The Young Pistols (Steve Armstrong and Tracy Smothers) and Dustin Rhodes vs Magnum Force and "Nature Boy" Paul Lee

Yep, that's the third Nature Boy WCW had in 1991 - Paul Lee. They don't tell us which Force Member is which, so I have no idea.

A Force member backs DR up in the corner and hits some shots. DR fires back and back body drops him. DR hits armdrags. DR takes an eye rake. Lee gets in and DR armdrags him. DR hits a flying lariat on Lee. Tracy slingshots in and kicks Lee.

A Force member gets in. Force eye rakes Tracy then slams hm. Force misses an elbow drop then is armdragged. Force goes over a drop down then is lariatd by Steve. Steve legdrops Force then wristlocks him. Force takes a double wristlock and a double chop. Force gets punches in on Tracy then Tracy superkicks Force.

Force takes a double back elbow to the gut then is bulldogged by DR. DR then picks up the win.

Thoughts: It was a short squash here. They kept it moving and it was nice to see The Force get a few shots in before going down. I liked the finish with the double back elbow into the bulldog. 

Sid Vicious vs Randy Starr

 

Sid boots RS then lays him on the top rope. Sid boots him in the gut and knocks him down to the floor. Sid short arm lariats RS. Sid then stands on him. Sid backbreakers RS then double sledgehammers his back. Sid then picks up the win with the powerbomb.

Thoughts: It was the usual one sided Sid squash. Sid destroyed his opponent as expected.

Sid puts RS on the stretcher after then tips it over. Sid puts RS back on the stretcher and sends him for a ride into a wall.

Ron Simmons vs Joe Cruz

Ron boots Joe in the gut and drops him with a punch. Ron slams and legdrops him. Ron drops him with another punch then throws him out. Ron bangs Joe's head off the rails. Ron powerslams Joe inside. Ron hits a nice dropkick. Ron says Teddy Long's day is coming. Joe's head is banged off the buckles. Ron snapmares Joe and chokes him.

Teddy Long comes out. He trades words with Ron outside. Ron drops Joe with a punch. Kevin Sullivan then comes out and Ron spinebusters Joe for the win.

Thoughts: It was all squash here. I guess Ron is supposed to be a face but he wasn't very facelike here. 

Kevin Sullivan gets in the ring after. Kevin backs up in the corner and tells him to come. The One Man Gang then comes in the ring and hits Ron from behind. Ron is double teamed. Long directs traffic as Gang slams Ron. Ron is then held down for a Gang splash. Gang then hits another splash as Long celebrates.

We go back to JR and Missy. JR shows us clips of the women's match from WrestleWar '91. This sucks because they implied we were going to get a rematch with these girls, not the same match replayed. You can see my review of the match here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2012/10/wcw-wrestlewar-1991-review-part-1.html

Barry Windham vs Flyin' Brian Pillman

They lock up and BW misses a shot in the corner. BP clubs on him and hits punches. BP jumps over him off the 2nd rope. RP hiptosses > dropkicks > armdrags him. BP then armlocks him. BP hammerlocks the arm with his legs and drops back. BP yanks on his arm. BW forearms him. BP misses a charge, goes over the top, skins the cat and then misses a lariat on BW. BP elbow drops him for 2. BW punches BP in the face and elbows him in the head. BW hits punches.

BP armdrags him then armlocks him. BW tries an armdrag but BP rolls him into an armlock. BW punches him. BP hits a stiff flying back elbow. BP armdrags him into another armlock. BP does a headscissors off the up and over and sends BW out. BP slams BW. They go on the buckles and BW hits a top rope hitposs. BW 2nd rope double axe handles him. BW hits a single arm ddt on BP's injured shoulder.

BW hammerlocks BP's arm around the ropes. BW drives BP's arm into the mat with a facebuster type of move. BW hammerlock slams BP. BW knee drops BP in the ribs then armlocks him. BW pounds on BP then backdrops him. BW hits knee drops to the arm. BW clubs on BP and BP fights back. BW rakes BP's face. BW elbows the injured shoulder. BP leapfrogs him then hits a nice flying lariat. BP backrolls BW. BW reverses it and pins him while pulling the tights.

Thoughts: It wasn't great but it was an okay match that made sense with Windham working the injured shoulder and BP trying to fight back. I thought JR did a pretty good job on commentary on this one putting over BP's injury.

BW drives BP's shoulder into the mat after.

Larry Zbyszko interviews Windham after. Windham goes to talk trash about Pillman then Pillman plancha's him from the top in a cool spot. Pillman chops up Windham after. They go into the ring again. Windham boots him and drives his arm into the mat again. Windham then hits a single arm ddt.

Larry asks Windham if there's something wrong with Pillman after. Windham goes to talk and Pillman grabs him. Windham slams Pillman. El Gigante then comes down. Windham says if at first you don't succeed, try and try again.

Thoughts: This was a clever segment that I haven't really seen done before.

Paul E, JR and Missy talk. Paul asks why the networks haven't given an award to Missy? He then shows her a video he put together. We then cut to WrestleWar '91 where Missy tries to interview Stan Hansen and gets yelled at. Stan then kicks her out of the locker room and yells.

Missy then yells at Paul E as we return. JR laughs and Missy tries to hit Paul E behind JR's back. 

Overall thoughts: It was your usual WCW Main Event here with lots of squashes and only one star vs star match. What we got was fine though, just not must see. Windham/Pillman had an okay enough match and they got a bunch of time. I was disappointed that we didn't get a new match with the Japanese women as they definitely led us to believe we would get one. This one wasn't must see but it wasn't bad for what it was.