World Championship Wrestling presents Power Hour
Date: 11/28/1992
NOTE: This show features the same tag match between Shanghai Pierece & Tex Slazenger vs. Brad Armstrong & Marcus Alexander Bagwell that aired on the 11/21 WCW Worldwide episode. It also features the Erik Watts vs. Manbo Warrior match from the same Worldwide episode. Guess what? They also showed Tom Zenk & Johnny Gunn winning their squash as well.
Teddy Long opens the show and runs down what will be on the program, which includes a spotlight on Johnny B. Badd.
Tony Schiavone and Larry Zbyszko discuss the recent split between Dustin Rhodes and Barry Windham. Zbyszko agrees with Windham being upset with Rhodes for not going for the win.
WCW Starrcade 1992 Control Center hosted by Jim Ross is next. Simmons puts over Rick Rude as an outstanding wrestler who has perfected the Rude Awakening. Simmons doesn’t plan on being in position to experience the move. WCW United States Champion Rick Rude shares thoughts and says he’s going to make Simmons run out of gas and prevail with the Rude Awakening. Johnny B. Badd chimes in about teaming with Cactus Jack saying his team is similar to Beauty & The Beast. The only worse option would have been Scotty Flamingo.
MATCH #1: BRIAN PILLMAN VS. JOE BARRETT
FINISH: Pillman wins following a chop block.
Bob’s Take: Pretty simple and to the point. Pillman didn’t do anything flashy, and that’s exactly what he needs to do to get over as a heel.
Match Rating: SQUASH
Teddy Long hosts a segment spotlighting on Johnny B. Badd and his recent feud with Scotty Flamingo. Flamingo had a loaded glove to defeat Badd in a boxing match at the Clash of the Champions. We see footage of Johnny speaking at a school encouraging kids to stay in school.
They show the same segment where Kensuke Sasaki attacked WCW United States Champion Rick Rude before Rude was suppose to have a squash match. Sasaki got the better of the exchange
Missy Does The Mail hosted by Missy Hyatt is next. Hyatt reads a letter about a fan asking for an update from the King of the Cable tournament. We see footage of Rick Rude advancing against Barry Windham. Sting advancing over Brian Pillman is shown, too. Vader advanced over Tony Atlas. Dustin Rhodes advanced over The Barbarian. Sting won a time limit draw match against Rude due to the vote of the judges and advanced to the finals out of the tournament. That happened at the Clash of the Champions.
MAIN EVENT: WCW/NWA UNIFIED TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS RICKY STEAMBOAT & SHANE DOUGLAS VS. ARN ANDERSON & BOBBY EATON
FINISH: Brian Pillman comes out and attacks Shane Douglas to cause the disqualification. After the match, Douglas fights off Eaton, Hayes and Pillman. Steamboat decked Anderson to the floor to allow the champs to stand tall.
Bob’s Take: Steamboat and Eaton started off the match with Steamboat working over Eaton and generating a solid crowd reaction. Steamboat avoided being double teamed and the crowd loves Steamboat for decking Anderson. Douglas gets worked over by Anderson and Eaton for the heat segment. Douglas does a good job of selling for the heels and considering how hot the crowd is for Steamboat, it leads to a good hot tag, but they could have probably prolonged it a little bit. A basic tag formula, but the crowd was invested in the tag match and I enjoyed it, too. The finish doesn’t bother me too much as it adds fuel to the Douglas/Pillman feud.
Match Rating: **1/4
Final Thoughts:
Probably a skippable episode as this had far more recycled stuff than I thought there would be. The tag match was solid, so it wasn’t a complete waste of time by any means.
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