World Championship Wrestling presents Worldwide
Date: 11/14/1992
Matches:
1.) WCW United States Champion Rick Rude fought Chad Byrd to a no contest
2.) The Barbarian defeated Arn Anderson in an arm wrestling contest
3.) Tex Slazenger & Shanghai Pierce defeated Rex Casper & George South
4.) Sting defeated John Peterson
5.) WCW Tag Team Champions Barry Windham & Dustin Rhodes defeated Diamond Dallas Page & Vinnie Vegas in a non-title match
6.) Ricky Steamboat defeated Vader by disqualification
Angle Developments/Notes:
1.) Tony Schiavone and Jesse Ventura are on commentary promoting the arm wrestling tournament. They talk about WCW United States Champion Rick Rude demanding Kensuke Sasaki last week and we see footage of them brawling.
2.) WCW United States Champion Rick Rude cuts a promo before his scheduled enhancement match. Rude insults the crowd, as per usual. Rude is going to give them a good look at the sexiest man alive. Rude has his back turned taunting the crowd when Kensuke Sasaki enters the ring and atomic drops Rude. Sasaki backdrops Rude coming off the ropes followed by a series of clotheslines. Rude knee strikes Sasaki in the corner followed by clubbing blows over the back. Sasaki drops Rude gut first first to the mat and clotheslines Rude over the top to the floor. Rude storms up the aisle pissed off.
3.) Rude heads up to the podium and chats with Jesse Ventura. Rude says ‘those people are great at sneak attacks.’ Rude says it didn’t work back then and it’s not going to work now. Rude promises that he’s going to beat Sasaki. Sasaki lays down in the ring to taunt Rude, but Rude doesn’t return to the ring.
4.) Eric Bischoff hosts the WCW Magazine segment. Bischoff promotes Clash of the Champions taking place on Wednesday. Scott Flamingo shares comments on Johnny B. Badd. Flamingo calls Badd a goof and thinks Badd is a clown. Flamingo believes he’s prettier than Badd. Flamingo is confident that he’s not going to get knocked out.
5.) Arn Anderson says he doesn’t trust Cactus Jack and calls out Michael PS Hayes to watch his back for the arm wrestling contest with Barbarian. Hayes says Anderson is left handed, and Barbarian is fine going left handed. Anderson stalls a bit during the contest. Tony Atlas is watching from the aisle. Barbarian wins the contest rather easily. Cactus says Anderson will not be the last person to feel the wrath of Barbarian. Cactus thinks everyone should get use to having a sore arm because they are going to the top.
6.) Tex Slazenger and Shanghai Pierce win their enhancement match when Slazenger gets the pin following a reverse DDT.
7.) Eric Bischoff is back with another installment of the WCW Magazine segment. Bischoff talks about Erik Watts having a bounty put on him by the Dangerous Alliance. Bischoff promotes the matches taking place at the Clash. WCW World Champion Ron Simmons shares comments saying the odds are against him and Robbie Walker. Simmons has guts, and so does Walker. They are going to show they had to fight their way to get what they’ve gotten. Madusa cuts a promo saying she’s going to finish what Paul E. Dangerously started at Halloween Havoc. Madusa says Dangerously is a poor excuse for men.
8.) Sting won his enhancement match with the Scorpion Death Lock. After the match, Sting grabs a microphone at ringside. Sting says there’s been several wrestlers trying to get rid of him, but they have all failed. Sting wants to get rid of Jake Roberts (Roberts is long gone at this point).
9.) WCW Up Close is next where Tony Schiavone interviewed WCW Tag Team Champion Dustin Rhodes. Schiavone wants to know about the situation between himself and Barry Windham. Rhodes thinks people are blowing things out of proportion a little bit. Rhodes thinks they are brothers, and they had a disagreement that is not a big deal. Rhodes knows they have a long list of challengers for the tag titles in WCW. Rhodes promises they will wrestler 110% with anyone and remain the tag champs. Rhodes says he’s determined to win the WCW United States Championship and calls out Rick Rude directly. Rhodes plans to win the title sooner or later. Rhodes talks about his father Dusty Rhodes and how he meant business and the fans loved him. Rhodes aims to be accepted by the fans just like his father. Rhodes notes that his grandfather passed away on the day he was born in 1969. Rhodes wants to make his family proud and be the best that he can be.
10.) Arn Anderson and Bobby Eaton share pre-tape comments before Rhodes and Windham compete. Anderson wants to look at the recent history of the tag titles. Anderson doesn’t think it will be a shock when they win the titles. Anyone can beat anyone on any given night. Anderson notes they have won a lot more than they have lost. Eaton didn’t provide anything to the promo.
11.) Dustin Rhodes and Barry Windham won their enhancement match against DDP and Vinnie Vegas in short time when Rhodes pinned DDP after a bulldog out of the corner.
12.) Eric Bischoff hosts the WCW Magazine segment. Bischoff promotes the Clash of the Champions again that is taking place on Wednesday. We hear from Johnny B. Badd regarding his boxing match with Scotty Flamingo. Badd can’t believe Flamingo would claim he’s prettier than him. Badd is going to kick his booty because he’s a bad man.
13.) Steamboat starts off with chops on Vader and avoids strikes until Vader decks Steamboat to the mat. Vader plays to the crowd and headbutts Steamboat into the corner. Vader strikes Steamboat into the corner. Vader hooks Steamboat, but Steamboat lands on his feet and strikes Vader several times. Steamboat avoids Vader sending Vader to the floor and delivers a baseball slide to the midsection. Steamboat leaps off the top to overhand strike Vader on the floor and the crowd erupts. Vader backs Steamboat into a corner and delivers strikes. Vader misses a splash in the corner and Steamboat almost wins with a rollup. Steamboat strikes Vader in the corner several times. Steamboat ducks a wild strike and continues to pummel Vader, but a headbutt stops Steamboat. Vader clubs Steamboat on the chest with forearm strikes. Vader splashes Steamboat in the corner to keep control. Vader overhand strikes Steamboat in the corner several times. Vader headbutts Steamboat in the corner and throws the referee to the floor causing a disqualification. Another referee comes out to stop the match. Vader continues to pummel Steamboat in the corner. Steamboat collapses to the mat in the corner as Vader taunts the crowd. Dustin Rhodes and Barry Windham come out to check on Steamboat to end the program. (**. It’s less than five minutes, but it felt like a big time match and Schiavone especially sold it like a major match. I enjoyed it quite a bit for the short time they were given and for the cheap finish. It kind of blows my mind that Steamboat and Vader didn’t have a more meaningful match at any point in WCW. I think their styles go well together and Steamboat is a great underdog face to Vader’s monster heel persona.)
Final Thoughts:
While there’s not a great match on the show, I thought they did a great job promoting Rude vs. Sasaki and the Vader vs. Steamboat match were both enjoyable. There was plenty of hype for the Clash, so I’m sure after the Clash there will be a freshness to the shows.
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