World Championship Wrestling presents Power Hour
Date: 11/14/1992
Matches:
1.) Diamond Dallas Page & Vinnie Vegas fought Van Hammer & Brad Armstrong to a double count out
2.) Scotty Flamingo defeated Tommy Angel
3.) WCW World Champion Ron Simmons, Sting & Dustin Rhodes defeated Cactus Jack, Tony Atlas & The Barbarian
Angle Developments/Notes:
1.) Armstrong and Page kickoff the tag match. Page backs Armstrong into a corner to gain the advantage. Armstrong avoids a strike and arm drags Page. Page goes to his corner and regroups with Vegas. Page puts a headlock on Armstrong, but Armstrong counters with a top wrist lock until Page yanks Armstrong to the mat by his hair. Armstrong puts a head scissors on Page on the mat, but Page breaks free. Armstrong keeps Page on the mat with an arm bar. Armstrong controls Page with a hammerlock. Armstrong knee drops Page on the back. Page reaches the ropes to stop Armstrong’s momentum. Page knee lifts Armstrong and tries for a slam, but Armstrong counters with an arm drag. Armstrong keeps Page on the mat with an arm bar before tagging in Hammer. Hammer keeps a wrist lock on Page. Hammer leg drops Page on the arm a few times. Hammer pulls back on Page’s wrist and delivers another leg drop, but doesn’t get a submission. Page tries to tag out and manages to reach Vegas after hitting a knee lift on Hammer.
Vegas and Hammer have a standoff since they are the bigger guys on their respective teams. Vegas wants a test of strength with Hammer. They lock into the test of strength where Vegas ends up getting the advantage dropping Hammer to his knees. Hammer breaks free and puts a wrist lock on Vegas followed by strikes to the arm. Hammer puts a hammerlock on Vegas and takes Vegas over in a DDT position and goes back to a hammerlock on the mat. Vegas kicks out at one on the cover attempt. Vegas misses a clothesline and catches Hammer on a crossbody to deliver a backbreaker. Vegas and Hammer trade strikes. Hammer arm drags Page as the show goes to commercial.
Armstrong takes Page down to the mat with a headlock as the show returns from break. Page backs Armstrong into his corner and tags in Vegas. Vegas clubs Armstrong over the back and tosses Armstrong into the corner. Vegas chokes Armstrong for a few moments. Armstrong counters a slam, but can’t get a rollup. Vegas misses an elbow drop coming off the ropes. Page knee lifts Armstrong from the apron and Vegas clotheslines Armstrong for a two count. Vegas side slams Armstrong for a two count. Vegas catches Armstrong coming off the ropes and puts a bearhug on Armstrong. Page enters an works over Armstrong with forearms to the lower back. Page drives Armstrong to the mat face first and gets a two count. Page puts a front face lock on Armstrong, but Vegas distracts the referee allowing Page to yank Armstrong to the mat and avoid a tag to Hammer. Armstrong elbows free from Page and ducks a clothesline. Armstrong hits a crossbody. Page decks Armstrong with a clothesline for a two count. Vegas tags in and puts a bearhug on Armstrong. Vegas proceeds to slam Armstrong to the mat and tags in Page again. Page runs into a boot in the corner. Hammer gets the hot tag and pummels Page. Hammer scoop slams Page followed by a knee lift and dropkick. Hammer decks Vegas off the apron. Vegas pulls Hammer to the floor and they brawl. Armstrong and Page brawl to the floor and all four men are brawling backstage leading to a double count out finish. (*1/2. They got a bunch of time, nearly twenty minutes of TV runtime was dedicated to the match, including the commercial. There wasn’t anything all that exciting going on here and it was a fairly basic encounter between the two teams. The finish had some heat as the crowd responded well to the chaos brawling on the floor.)
2.) Larry Zbyskzo says that Madusa going after Paul E. Dangerously is the one time he’s happy a woman isn’t in the kitchen.
3.) Scotty Flamingo won his enhancement match following a piledriver.
4.) Teddy Long talks about Halloween Havoc where Vader defended the WCW United States Championship on behalf of Rick Rude against Nikita Koloff. We see footage of that encounter. We also see footage of Vader breaking Joe Thurman’s back on WCW Worldwide. They offer an address to send get well wishes to Joe Thurman. Long knows that nobody is safe from Vader.
5.) They show a match between Brian Pillman and Ricky Nelson, which was on other syndication. Pillman won with a chop block because he’s a heel now.
6.) Missy Does The Mail hosted by Missy Hyatt is next. Hyatt talks about a letter they got from a woman who was offended by Dangerously. This week, she got a letter from a man. The man apologizes on behalf of men for Dangerously’s words regarding Madusa. Hyatt says Madusa is preparing to teach Dangerously a lesson his mother should have gave him many years ago. We see highlights of Madusa training kickboxing and looking quite dangerous.
7.) The six man tag match is joined in progress as Sting puts a wrist lock on Cactus. Sting controls Cactus with a wrist lock for a few moments before tagging in Rhodes. Rhodes kicks Cactus, but Cactus headbutts Rhodes into the corner and delivers strikes. Cactus runs into an elbow in the corner and Cactus gets a rollup for a two count. Rhodes sends Cactus into the corner, but is met with a boot in the corner. Rhodes dropkicks Cactus to the floor. Atlas tags into the match to try his luck with Rhodes. Atlas hip tosses Rhodes and plays to the crowd. Rhodes hip tosses Atlas a few times followed by a dropkick and punches Atlas into the corner where Barbarian is tagged into the match. Ron Simmons tags into the match to have a showdown with Barbarian. Barbarian shoves Simmons and delivers a chop. Simmons tackles Barbarian and delivers a flurry of strikes on the mat. Barbarian sends Simmons into the ropes, but misses a clothesline. Simmons clotheslines Barbarian for a two count and tags in Sting. Sting is stopped by Barbarian with strikes. Cactus tags into the match and strikes Sting in the corner several times. Cactus chokes Sting over the middle rope. Cactus chokes Sting in the corner for a moment.
Cactus rams Sting into the corner and tags in Atlas. Atlas sends Sting into the ropes and delivers a clothesline. Atlas keeps Sting on the mat with a sleeper. Atlas scoop slams Sting and comes off the ropes to try for a splash, but Sting got his knees up. Barbarian tags in and delivers a big boot. Barbarian drives Sting down with a backbreaker. Barbarian strikes Sting and tags in Cactus to keep control of the bout. Cactus forearms Sting on the lower back and locks in a bearhug. Sting breaks free and hip tosses Cactus. Atlas tags in, but Rhodes gets tagged in and cleans house with strikes. All six men are in the ring brawling at this point. The faces clear the ring. Rhodes pulls Atlas back into the ring, but misses a dropkick as Atlas held onto the ropes. Atlas rams Rhodes into the corner and Cactus tags into the match. Rhodes and Cactus trade strikes with Rhodes gaining the advantage, but misses a monkey flip out of the corner. Cactus decks Rhodes with a clothesline. Cactus chokes Rhodes from the apron as Barbarian legally enters the match and kicks Rhodes to the floor. Cactus scoop slams Rhodes onto the concrete floor prompting Sting to check on Rhodes.
Barbarian clubs Rhodes over the chest on the apron. Barbarian decks Rhodes with a short arm clothesline. Cactus tags back into the match and puts a sleeper on Rhodes in the middle of the ring. Rhodes drives Cactus into the corner back first to break free, but is met with a kick. Cactus sends Rhodes into the ropes, but Rhodes breaks free from a sleeper with a back suplex. Simmons tags in and cleans house pummeling Cactus and hits a leaping shoulder block. Barbarian saves on the cover and all six men are brawling again. Cactus boots a charging Simmons in the corner. Simmons catches Cactus with a powerslam and picks up the three count to win the match. (**1/4. A decent six man tag match with good crowd energy for the most part. They are protecting Barbarian, which I like. A clean win for Simmons is the right call to keep the spotlight on the champion. It is a bit odd to see Sting be secondary, but if they are determined to push Simmons that’s something that has to happen for a bit.)
Final Thoughts:
An average episode of Power Hour this week. I think the Clash is shaping up pretty well, and I find myself most invested in the Dangerously/Madusa angle as they have played their roles very well in promoting the match. I liked that the feature matches were given ample amount of time.
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