WCW on TBS (5/4/94)
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World Championship Wrestling
Taped 5/2/94 at Center Stage in Atlanta, GA to air at 6:05 PM on 5/4/94 on Superstation TBS
Announcers: Tony Schiavone, Jesse Ventura, & Larry Zybysko
Interviewer: Gene Okerlund
Ring Announcer: Gary Michael Capetta
TONY: ladies and gentlemen, if you missed the Clash of the Champions, this past week, you missed one of the most controversial matches in the history of our great sport as “Nature Boy” Ric Flair defeated Sting to win the WCW World Title under highly questionable circumstances!
JESSE: Schiavone, I didn’t see any controversy!
LARRY: Watch this special feature and judge for yourselves!
VTR:
As the music plays, we see highlights of the World Title switch at the Clash. You can see the entire show here:
atomicgiants.proboards.com/thread/4192/wcw-clash-champions-30-94
TONY: Later tonight, Mean Gene is going to speak to WCW official Ole Anderson and attempt to get to the bottom of what happened! Right now, let’s go to the ring for our opening match!
Ahmed Johnson vs. Tim Parker: Parker’s nickname is “Powerhouse”, but it’s johnson who puts on an awesome display of power before finishing his opponent with the Pearl River Plunge.
WINNER: AHMED JOHNSON
GENE: I’m here with Colonel Robert parker and these two impressive individuals who we saw at the Clash of the Champions recently! Colonel, I assume these men are affiliates of the Stud Stable?
PARKER: Why, yes sir, they certainly are! Ahmed Johnson, son, I made you a very substantial monetary offer and, like a fool, you turned me down! That made me very angry, young man! As time goes on, I find that there are several folk who have hard feelings for you! Let me introduce Lobo Lee, Mean Gene!
LEE: Hey, Ahmed, remember me? You said you was my friend, but when I needed you most, you stabbed me in the back! Now, I’m here for payback, Ahmed! You’ll wish you’d never laid eyes on me!
PARKER: Yes, sir, that’s right! And this other gentleman here knows you better than anybody else!Gene, this man is called Doom!
(OK, imagine there’s only one of them!)
DOOM: Ahmed, I trained you! I brought you into professional wrestling! And you stabbed me in the back just like you did to my man, Lobo, here! Now, you’re gonna pay the price, you punk!
PARKER: Ahmed, you seem to have a bad habit of making enemies! We’re gonna run you outta WCW, young man! And my Hardliners are gonna take them belts off of the Steiner boys and send them packin’ as well!
GENE: A lot of big promises being made here, Colonel! I look forward to seeing if your Stud Stable can cash the check you’re writing here!
PARKER: I guarantee that they can, Mean Gene!
COMMERCIAL
GENE: I am joined by Ole Anderson, a man who I once had a great deal of respect for! Ole, to quote the late, great Desi Arnaz, “You got some ‘splainin’ to do!”
OLE: I don’t owe you or anybody else an explanation, Okerlund! Commissioner Bockwinkel left me in charge and I called it the way I saw it! Now, WCW has a World Champion that we can all be proud of, “Nature Boy” Ric Flair! Not to mention a new TV Champion in Arn Anderson! You can’t do better than an Anderson! And the Four Horsemen are back in action!WCW is stronger than ever because of what took place at the Clash!
GENE: It seems to me that you were in cahoots with Flair and the Horsemen from the beginning! By saying that Flair is a champion to be proud of are you saying that the Stinger, a hero to millions of little Stingers wasn’t somebody to be proud of? I take issue with that, sir!
OLE: You listen to me, Gene! I didn’t spend the last 30 years building my reputation for you to come out here and slander my good name! Sting, the so called “hero”, represents everything that I despise about professional wrestling in the 90’s! Some pumped up bodybuilder shows up and they throw a truckload of money at him and put him on TV whether he can wrestle or not!Men like the Horsemen paid thir dues like I had to do! We started out wrestling for gas money in small towns and paid our dues!Nobody gave us anything we didn’t earn! That’s what I’m talking about!
GENE: We’ve all seen the VTR, Ole! You had to see Arn DDT Sting! You had to see Vicious and Lugar providing a distraction! Regardless, you crawled in that ring and made the three count!
OLE: I’m a WCW official! The referee of record was unable to perform his duties! I did my job as I saw fit! You and all of these fans had better learn to deal with it!
GENE: Ole, do you hear that? The former World Champion is up next! Would you like to repeat those statements to him?
Ole gets out of Dodge!
Sting enters Center Stage to a HUGE pop!
Sting vs. Bunkhouse Buck: Buck is a formidable opponent, but Sting is fired up! The former champ gets a convincing win via Scorpion Deathlock submission!
WINNER: STING
GENE: Stinger, if I may prevail upon you for just a moment, sir?
STING: OWWWWWWWWWWW! Mean Gene, after what went down at the Clash, it feels good to be here at Center Stage with a roomfull of my best friends!
GENE: Speaking of the Clash, can I get your take on what happened in your match with the Nature Boy?
STING: Quite frankly, pal, I was screwed, blued, and tattooed!
GENE: I tend to agree! I’m sure that you heard Mr. Anderson’s comments out here!
STING: Ole, you are so full of crap! It’s obvious that you don’t know anything about the Stinger! I started out wrestling for 25 bucks a match! A pal of mine and I shared a studio apartment. Every night, we’d play a hand of five card stud to see who got to sleep on the couch and who slept on the floor! I had a steady diet of beanie weenies and tuna fish! I worked my tail off to get where I am today, Ole! After all of that hard work, I finally got to the top of the mountain and you came along and ripped me off! I want all of you jerks to know something! I’ll go through you one by one until I get to Flair! Ole! Arn! Sid! Lex! I’ll go through all of ya! Sooner or later, Slick Ric, you’ll have to deal with me! OWWWWWWWWWWWW! I’m coming after you, Nature Boy and I’m coming for my belt! I just got a little taste and I liked it! I’m promising all of the little stingers that I will be WCW World Champion once again!
GENE: Ladies and gentlemen, the man called Sting! I wouldn’t bet against you, pal!
COMMERCIAL
Rob Van Dam & Steve Blackman vs. Wild Bill Irwin & Jonnie Stewart: Two wrestlers who are very skilled in the martial arts combine for tag team action. The rugged veteran Irwin is an accomplished brawler and he gives the faces all they want, but RVD gets the pin on Stewart after a split legged moonsault. Even Ventura admits that these two are impressive.
WINNERS: ROB VAN DAM & STEVE BLACKMAN
GENE: Ladies and gentlemen, love them or hate them, there’s never a dull moment when the FOUR HORSEMEN are riding again!
Sid Vicious, Lex Lugar, Arn Anderson, and Ric Flair make a grand entrance and join Mean Gene.
FLAIR: MEEEEEEEEEEAAAANNNN GEEEEEEENNNNEEEE! WOOOOOO!
GENE: Thank you, sir!
FLAIR: Look, pal, I’m just a little bit offended by the disrespect that you showed my cousin, Ole Anderson, out here!
GENE: Well, Champ, it looked for all the world like he conspired with the Horsemen at the Clash!
FLAIR: Conspiracy? Seriously, Gene? What’s next? Are you gonna say that we shot JFK? Do you seriously think that the Nature Boy, the greatest of all time needs skullduggery to win a title match? Did you see the match? Did you notice how I outclassed surfer boy Sting and gave him a wrestling lesson? Did you see how my best friend, the Enforcer, dominated his match and won the World Television Title? Did you see my man Sid beat that ape Vader all over Hara Arena? Did you see the Total Package slap Paul Orndorff around? You better just learn to love it, Okerlund, ‘cause you are looking at the best thing going today!
ARN: Gene, Ole is a breath of fresh air, don’t you think? Maybe they should let him take your place or Schiavone’s place! That way, we could get some straight talk! Or maybe WCW should replace Bockwinkel! That way WCW could have some honesty and integrity in the front office!
GENE: I think he’s already got a lucrative position working for the Horsemen!
ARN: He’d fit right in, no doubt about it!
FLAIR: Gene, get over it, my man! Your hero, Sting, came up short!
GENE: He isn’t done with the Horsemen, not by a long shot! Right now, champ, you and Arn Anderson have a pair of very capable opponents waiting in the ring!
FLAIR: Time to go to school! WOOOOOOOOO!
“Nature Boy” Ric Flair & “The Enforcer” Arn Anderson vs. Scotty Riggs & Tony Stetson: The combination of the World Champion and TV Champion is just too much for their opponents. Flair forces Stetson to submit to the figure four. The Horsemen are back and better than ever!
WINNERS: RIC FLAIR & ARN ANDERSON
COMMERCIAL
Bam Bam Bigelow vs. Max Thrasher: Bigelow is a top international star and he dominates the action this week and gets the win after a slingshot splash. Bam Bam has been making noise about wanting a match with his former partner, Vader, and the big man from Asbury Park looks ready for anything!
WINNER: BAM BAM BIGELOW
COMMERCIAL
Bruise Brothers vs. King Kahlua & Lee Scott: The massive Bruise Brothers beat their opponents from pillar to post until referee Mickey jay has seen enough and stops the match because Scott and Kahlua are unable to continue.
WINNERS: THE BRUISE BROTHERS
GENE: I am joined by Hawk and Animal, the awesome Road Warriors! Guys, the Bruise Brothers make an impressive debut and the tag team scene in WCW keeps getting better! The two of you are involved in brutal feud with the Nasty Boys! Later, in this program, Animal will go one on one with Brian Knobbs of the Nasty Boys!
ANIMAL: Gene, I’m getting really sick of these wannabes! They can’t handle us in a tag team match, so they want one on one matches! That won’t do you punks any good! (flexes muscles) Look at me and look at that dough boy Knobbs! I’ll take him apart! Ain’t that right, Hawk?
HAWK: Nastys, we snack on anger, we dine on death, and dead don’t make money! And if your goofy looking gal pal gets involved, we might smack her down, too! OOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHH, WHAAAAAAT A RUUUUUUSH!
COMMERCIAL
“Total Package” Lex Lugar & Sid Vicious(w/Arn Anderson) vs. Tom Brandi & Chris Walker: The two new Horsemen face two opponents with impressive physiques, but the faces can’t match up. Sid pins Brandi after a powerbomb while Double A cheers his comrades on from ringside.
GENE: Ladies and gentlemen, I am joined at this time by your United States Champion, Ravishing Rick Rude and his lovely manager, Sensational Sherri Martel!
GENE: Ricky Steamboat made a great showing at the Clash, but you walked away with your belt!
RUDE: Yeah, Steamboat is a great wrestler, I’ll give him that! But when any man goes against Ravishing Rick Rude, he’s gonna come up short!
SHERRI: You’re number one, Rick! Nobody measures up to you, honey!
RUDE: That’s right, baby! Steamboat, I’m done with you, pal! All of you other top contenders, line up! I’m ready for anybody WCW can throw at me!
GENE: Well, you might be done with Ricky Steamboat, but I doubt that he’s giving up!
RUDE: It doesn’t matter! He’s gonna have to wait his turn and, after the Clash, he’s at the end of the line!
GENE: Well, you have a match after our next commercial break!
Sherri rubs Rick’s shoulders.
RUDE: Ok, I could use a quick workout!
COMMERCIAL
Ravishing Rick Rude (w/Sherri Martel) vs. Tim Horner: “White Lightning” starts off quickly and gives Rude a competitive match. More than once, the US Champion rolls to the floor for some aid and comfort from Sherri! Despite Horner’s good showing, Rude gets the pin after a neckbreaker.
COMMERCIAL
Luna Vachon leads her Nasty Boy, Brain Knobbs to the ring. Then, we hear….
Road Warrior Animal charges to the ring! This should be a war!
Road Warrior Animal vs. Brian Knobbs(w/Luna Vachon): As expected, this more of a street fight than athletic contest!Animal appears to be on the way to victory as he executes a gorilla press slam! Luna climbs on the ring apron and waves Jerry Saggs in! Saggs attacks Animal from behind! The Nastys gang up on the Road Warrior until Hawk hits the ring and the odds are even! The Warrriors have the advantage! Wait a second! Luna is in the ring! She throws powder into Hawk’s eyes! Powder into Hawk’s eyes! The Nastys are unleashing a beating onto Hawk and Animal! Here comes Sting with a chair! The Nastys and Luna bail out! As our time runs out, the Stinger, Hawk, and Animal stand tall in the center of the Center Stage ring!
Taped 5/2/94 at Center Stage in Atlanta, GA to air at 6:05 PM on 5/4/94 on Superstation TBS
Announcers: Tony Schiavone, Jesse Ventura, & Larry Zybysko
Interviewer: Gene Okerlund
Ring Announcer: Gary Michael Capetta
TONY: ladies and gentlemen, if you missed the Clash of the Champions, this past week, you missed one of the most controversial matches in the history of our great sport as “Nature Boy” Ric Flair defeated Sting to win the WCW World Title under highly questionable circumstances!
JESSE: Schiavone, I didn’t see any controversy!
LARRY: Watch this special feature and judge for yourselves!
VTR:
As the music plays, we see highlights of the World Title switch at the Clash. You can see the entire show here:
atomicgiants.proboards.com/thread/4192/wcw-clash-champions-30-94
TONY: Later tonight, Mean Gene is going to speak to WCW official Ole Anderson and attempt to get to the bottom of what happened! Right now, let’s go to the ring for our opening match!
Ahmed Johnson vs. Tim Parker: Parker’s nickname is “Powerhouse”, but it’s johnson who puts on an awesome display of power before finishing his opponent with the Pearl River Plunge.
WINNER: AHMED JOHNSON
GENE: I’m here with Colonel Robert parker and these two impressive individuals who we saw at the Clash of the Champions recently! Colonel, I assume these men are affiliates of the Stud Stable?
PARKER: Why, yes sir, they certainly are! Ahmed Johnson, son, I made you a very substantial monetary offer and, like a fool, you turned me down! That made me very angry, young man! As time goes on, I find that there are several folk who have hard feelings for you! Let me introduce Lobo Lee, Mean Gene!
LEE: Hey, Ahmed, remember me? You said you was my friend, but when I needed you most, you stabbed me in the back! Now, I’m here for payback, Ahmed! You’ll wish you’d never laid eyes on me!
PARKER: Yes, sir, that’s right! And this other gentleman here knows you better than anybody else!Gene, this man is called Doom!
(OK, imagine there’s only one of them!)
DOOM: Ahmed, I trained you! I brought you into professional wrestling! And you stabbed me in the back just like you did to my man, Lobo, here! Now, you’re gonna pay the price, you punk!
PARKER: Ahmed, you seem to have a bad habit of making enemies! We’re gonna run you outta WCW, young man! And my Hardliners are gonna take them belts off of the Steiner boys and send them packin’ as well!
GENE: A lot of big promises being made here, Colonel! I look forward to seeing if your Stud Stable can cash the check you’re writing here!
PARKER: I guarantee that they can, Mean Gene!
COMMERCIAL
GENE: I am joined by Ole Anderson, a man who I once had a great deal of respect for! Ole, to quote the late, great Desi Arnaz, “You got some ‘splainin’ to do!”
OLE: I don’t owe you or anybody else an explanation, Okerlund! Commissioner Bockwinkel left me in charge and I called it the way I saw it! Now, WCW has a World Champion that we can all be proud of, “Nature Boy” Ric Flair! Not to mention a new TV Champion in Arn Anderson! You can’t do better than an Anderson! And the Four Horsemen are back in action!WCW is stronger than ever because of what took place at the Clash!
GENE: It seems to me that you were in cahoots with Flair and the Horsemen from the beginning! By saying that Flair is a champion to be proud of are you saying that the Stinger, a hero to millions of little Stingers wasn’t somebody to be proud of? I take issue with that, sir!
OLE: You listen to me, Gene! I didn’t spend the last 30 years building my reputation for you to come out here and slander my good name! Sting, the so called “hero”, represents everything that I despise about professional wrestling in the 90’s! Some pumped up bodybuilder shows up and they throw a truckload of money at him and put him on TV whether he can wrestle or not!Men like the Horsemen paid thir dues like I had to do! We started out wrestling for gas money in small towns and paid our dues!Nobody gave us anything we didn’t earn! That’s what I’m talking about!
GENE: We’ve all seen the VTR, Ole! You had to see Arn DDT Sting! You had to see Vicious and Lugar providing a distraction! Regardless, you crawled in that ring and made the three count!
OLE: I’m a WCW official! The referee of record was unable to perform his duties! I did my job as I saw fit! You and all of these fans had better learn to deal with it!
GENE: Ole, do you hear that? The former World Champion is up next! Would you like to repeat those statements to him?
Ole gets out of Dodge!
Sting enters Center Stage to a HUGE pop!
Sting vs. Bunkhouse Buck: Buck is a formidable opponent, but Sting is fired up! The former champ gets a convincing win via Scorpion Deathlock submission!
WINNER: STING
GENE: Stinger, if I may prevail upon you for just a moment, sir?
STING: OWWWWWWWWWWW! Mean Gene, after what went down at the Clash, it feels good to be here at Center Stage with a roomfull of my best friends!
GENE: Speaking of the Clash, can I get your take on what happened in your match with the Nature Boy?
STING: Quite frankly, pal, I was screwed, blued, and tattooed!
GENE: I tend to agree! I’m sure that you heard Mr. Anderson’s comments out here!
STING: Ole, you are so full of crap! It’s obvious that you don’t know anything about the Stinger! I started out wrestling for 25 bucks a match! A pal of mine and I shared a studio apartment. Every night, we’d play a hand of five card stud to see who got to sleep on the couch and who slept on the floor! I had a steady diet of beanie weenies and tuna fish! I worked my tail off to get where I am today, Ole! After all of that hard work, I finally got to the top of the mountain and you came along and ripped me off! I want all of you jerks to know something! I’ll go through you one by one until I get to Flair! Ole! Arn! Sid! Lex! I’ll go through all of ya! Sooner or later, Slick Ric, you’ll have to deal with me! OWWWWWWWWWWWW! I’m coming after you, Nature Boy and I’m coming for my belt! I just got a little taste and I liked it! I’m promising all of the little stingers that I will be WCW World Champion once again!
GENE: Ladies and gentlemen, the man called Sting! I wouldn’t bet against you, pal!
COMMERCIAL
Rob Van Dam & Steve Blackman vs. Wild Bill Irwin & Jonnie Stewart: Two wrestlers who are very skilled in the martial arts combine for tag team action. The rugged veteran Irwin is an accomplished brawler and he gives the faces all they want, but RVD gets the pin on Stewart after a split legged moonsault. Even Ventura admits that these two are impressive.
WINNERS: ROB VAN DAM & STEVE BLACKMAN
GENE: Ladies and gentlemen, love them or hate them, there’s never a dull moment when the FOUR HORSEMEN are riding again!
Sid Vicious, Lex Lugar, Arn Anderson, and Ric Flair make a grand entrance and join Mean Gene.
FLAIR: MEEEEEEEEEEAAAANNNN GEEEEEEENNNNEEEE! WOOOOOO!
GENE: Thank you, sir!
FLAIR: Look, pal, I’m just a little bit offended by the disrespect that you showed my cousin, Ole Anderson, out here!
GENE: Well, Champ, it looked for all the world like he conspired with the Horsemen at the Clash!
FLAIR: Conspiracy? Seriously, Gene? What’s next? Are you gonna say that we shot JFK? Do you seriously think that the Nature Boy, the greatest of all time needs skullduggery to win a title match? Did you see the match? Did you notice how I outclassed surfer boy Sting and gave him a wrestling lesson? Did you see how my best friend, the Enforcer, dominated his match and won the World Television Title? Did you see my man Sid beat that ape Vader all over Hara Arena? Did you see the Total Package slap Paul Orndorff around? You better just learn to love it, Okerlund, ‘cause you are looking at the best thing going today!
ARN: Gene, Ole is a breath of fresh air, don’t you think? Maybe they should let him take your place or Schiavone’s place! That way, we could get some straight talk! Or maybe WCW should replace Bockwinkel! That way WCW could have some honesty and integrity in the front office!
GENE: I think he’s already got a lucrative position working for the Horsemen!
ARN: He’d fit right in, no doubt about it!
FLAIR: Gene, get over it, my man! Your hero, Sting, came up short!
GENE: He isn’t done with the Horsemen, not by a long shot! Right now, champ, you and Arn Anderson have a pair of very capable opponents waiting in the ring!
FLAIR: Time to go to school! WOOOOOOOOO!
“Nature Boy” Ric Flair & “The Enforcer” Arn Anderson vs. Scotty Riggs & Tony Stetson: The combination of the World Champion and TV Champion is just too much for their opponents. Flair forces Stetson to submit to the figure four. The Horsemen are back and better than ever!
WINNERS: RIC FLAIR & ARN ANDERSON
COMMERCIAL
Bam Bam Bigelow vs. Max Thrasher: Bigelow is a top international star and he dominates the action this week and gets the win after a slingshot splash. Bam Bam has been making noise about wanting a match with his former partner, Vader, and the big man from Asbury Park looks ready for anything!
WINNER: BAM BAM BIGELOW
COMMERCIAL
Bruise Brothers vs. King Kahlua & Lee Scott: The massive Bruise Brothers beat their opponents from pillar to post until referee Mickey jay has seen enough and stops the match because Scott and Kahlua are unable to continue.
WINNERS: THE BRUISE BROTHERS
GENE: I am joined by Hawk and Animal, the awesome Road Warriors! Guys, the Bruise Brothers make an impressive debut and the tag team scene in WCW keeps getting better! The two of you are involved in brutal feud with the Nasty Boys! Later, in this program, Animal will go one on one with Brian Knobbs of the Nasty Boys!
ANIMAL: Gene, I’m getting really sick of these wannabes! They can’t handle us in a tag team match, so they want one on one matches! That won’t do you punks any good! (flexes muscles) Look at me and look at that dough boy Knobbs! I’ll take him apart! Ain’t that right, Hawk?
HAWK: Nastys, we snack on anger, we dine on death, and dead don’t make money! And if your goofy looking gal pal gets involved, we might smack her down, too! OOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHH, WHAAAAAAT A RUUUUUUSH!
COMMERCIAL
“Total Package” Lex Lugar & Sid Vicious(w/Arn Anderson) vs. Tom Brandi & Chris Walker: The two new Horsemen face two opponents with impressive physiques, but the faces can’t match up. Sid pins Brandi after a powerbomb while Double A cheers his comrades on from ringside.
GENE: Ladies and gentlemen, I am joined at this time by your United States Champion, Ravishing Rick Rude and his lovely manager, Sensational Sherri Martel!
GENE: Ricky Steamboat made a great showing at the Clash, but you walked away with your belt!
RUDE: Yeah, Steamboat is a great wrestler, I’ll give him that! But when any man goes against Ravishing Rick Rude, he’s gonna come up short!
SHERRI: You’re number one, Rick! Nobody measures up to you, honey!
RUDE: That’s right, baby! Steamboat, I’m done with you, pal! All of you other top contenders, line up! I’m ready for anybody WCW can throw at me!
GENE: Well, you might be done with Ricky Steamboat, but I doubt that he’s giving up!
RUDE: It doesn’t matter! He’s gonna have to wait his turn and, after the Clash, he’s at the end of the line!
GENE: Well, you have a match after our next commercial break!
Sherri rubs Rick’s shoulders.
RUDE: Ok, I could use a quick workout!
COMMERCIAL
Ravishing Rick Rude (w/Sherri Martel) vs. Tim Horner: “White Lightning” starts off quickly and gives Rude a competitive match. More than once, the US Champion rolls to the floor for some aid and comfort from Sherri! Despite Horner’s good showing, Rude gets the pin after a neckbreaker.
COMMERCIAL
Luna Vachon leads her Nasty Boy, Brain Knobbs to the ring. Then, we hear….
Road Warrior Animal charges to the ring! This should be a war!
Road Warrior Animal vs. Brian Knobbs(w/Luna Vachon): As expected, this more of a street fight than athletic contest!Animal appears to be on the way to victory as he executes a gorilla press slam! Luna climbs on the ring apron and waves Jerry Saggs in! Saggs attacks Animal from behind! The Nastys gang up on the Road Warrior until Hawk hits the ring and the odds are even! The Warrriors have the advantage! Wait a second! Luna is in the ring! She throws powder into Hawk’s eyes! Powder into Hawk’s eyes! The Nastys are unleashing a beating onto Hawk and Animal! Here comes Sting with a chair! The Nastys and Luna bail out! As our time runs out, the Stinger, Hawk, and Animal stand tall in the center of the Center Stage ring!
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