Where the Big Boys Play...

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Card #7, WCW Monday Nitro
United Center

Following the opening video, we see a pyrotechnic display as the camera pans to a sold out Omni in Atlanta, Georgia! The camera quickly turns to the announce desk where we see Tony Schiavone and Bobby "The Brain" Heenan.
TS: "Welcome to WCW Monday Nitro, Where The Big Boys Play! We are just 13 days out from our next Pay-Per-View spectacular, SuperBrawl, and all the stars of World Championship Wrestling are out tonight. We'll see 2 Cold Scorpio defending the Television Championship against 'Beautiful' Bobby Eaton, we'll have The Heavenly Bodies, The Patriot, The Belfast Bruiser and more Cruiserweight Tournament action. Hello again everyone, I'm Tony Schiavone and I'm joined this week by Jim Ross while Bobby Heenan is at home. Jim, welcome to Monday nights!"
JR: "Thanks Tony, it's gonna be a heck of an evening here. We saw Mance Warner, 'Ol Mancer, win his opening round match in the Cruiserweight Title tournament and tonight we'll see AJ Styles taking on European legend Johnny Saint and in the other tournament match, the masked luchador Samuray del Sol takes on Christopher Daniels. Tony, a lot of international competition taking place in this Cruiserweight tournament and we know that there's at least one major star from Japan, Jyushin Thunder Liger, heading to the US this week for a tournament match on Saturday Night."
TS: "It's been a great tournament so far and of course that action will culminate next weekend at SuperBrawl but for now, let's go to the ring!"

1.) "Belfast Bruiser" Fit Finlay beat Chris Guy in 2:50 with a Tombstone Piledriver.
- Finlay racks up another impressive win on television, beating local standout Chris Guy in just under the three minute mark.

Following that contest, we're taken to "Mean" Gene Okerlund standing near the entrance ramp as Finlay approaches for his interview.
MGO: "Fit Finlay, first off congratulations on another big victory here on Nitro. You've got a lot of momentum right now, who do you have your sights set on next?"
FF: "Gene, I don't really care. I'll fight anyone but I'll tell you who I want next: the winner of this championship match tonight. Scorpio or Eaton, it don't matter. I want a shot at the Television Champion."
MGO: "Big news from the Bruiser, we'll see who wins the match tonight between two of the hottest stars in WCW!"

2.) WCW Cruiserweight Championship Tournament - Opening Round: Samuray del Sol beat Christopher Daniels in 6:48 with Salida del Sol.
- del Sol may be the favorite to win the tournament just on athleticism alone. He did several dives to the outside of the ring in this match and many of them defy actual description. Daniels was on the defensive for most of the match, never getting a chance to hit his Angel's Wings finisher or the Best Moonsault Ever (I wonder what the World Champion thinks of that...).

3.) The Heavenly Bodies of Stan Lane and Tom Prichard (w/Jim Cornette) beat Tiger Conway Jr. and Stevie Richards in 3:01 when Prichard pinned Conway after a Rocket Launcher.
- As expected, the top ranked tag team in the sport made short work of their opponents as commentary talked up The Rock 'n Roll Express and the upcoming clash at SuperBrawl. Ross also mentioned Bobby Eaton challenging for the Television Championship and as of show time, Cornette not being listed as his manager.

After the match, we see an advertisement for the SuperBrawl Pay-Per-View taking place next week at the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach, Florida! We're then taken to the cave that we'd previously seen on Saturday Night. A hooded figure talks about shipwrecks, zombies, the end time and the eater of worlds. He turns to the camera, wearing a mask resembling the baphomet. He crosses himself and says the end begins in two weeks.

4.) WCW Cruiserweight Championship Tournament - Opening Round: AJ Styles beat Johnny Saint (w/Zack Sabre Jr.) in 5:55 with the Styles Clash.
- This match was a, no pun intended, styles clash that saw Saint attempting to tie Styles up in knots as his protege, Zack Sabre Jr, watched from the outside. This started out as a great technical battle while Saint was in control but once Styles took the offensive, it was a fast-paced, mostly aerial battle. Styles offered Saint a handshake after the bout, but Saint declined.

After the match, a graphic popped up showing the remaining tournament matches:
Opening Round (Saturday Night): Jyushin Thunder Liger vs. Super Crazy, Juventud Guerrera vs. Pete Dunne
Second Round (next week's Nitro and Saturday Night): Bandido vs. Lash Leroux, Samuray del Sol vs. Mance Warner, Sabu vs. Winner of Liger/Crazy, Styles vs. Winner of Guerrera/Dunne
The Semifinals of the tournament will take place during the Pay-Per-View countdown show and the finals will take place on the Pay-Per-View telecast of SuperBrawl!

We go back to the entrance ramp, where we once again see "Mean" Gene Okerlund.
MGO: "Ladies and gentlemen, it's been a wild night here already on Nitro but at this time I'd like to introduce my guest at this time, the number one contender to the World's Heavyweight Championship, Barry Windham!"

Windham walks out to a standing ovation and shakes hands with Okerlund.

MGO: "Barry, it's good to see you and I've got to ask the tough question: how are you feeling after that attack by Big Van Vader two weeks ago on Saturday Night?"
BW: "Well Gene, I'm still not at a hundred percent and I don't think I'm going to be at SuperBrawl either, but I'm still gonna show up and fight. Vader, you've been hiding from me, doing everything you can do to avoid gettin' in the ring with me. Well...now you can't avoid it anymore. You gave me your best shot, you hit me with the powerbomb on that floor and I'm still here and I'm still ready to go! So you know come SuperBrawl next Sunday night, your best just won't be enough and I'll put you on that mat one way or the other and I will become the WCW World Heavyweight Champion!"

This weekend on WCW Saturday Night, we'll see "Macho Man" Randy Savage and Davey Boy Smith teaming up to take on Greg "The Hammer" Valentine and Curt Hennig ahead of their clash at SuperBrawl! We'll also have more Cruiserweight tournament action featuring Jyushin Thunder Liger from New Japan Pro Wrestling as he takes on Super Crazy from Mexico and in the final first round bout, Mexico's Juventud Guerrera takes on England's Pete Dunne! We'll also see The Rock 'n Roll Express, Mr. Hughes, The Sandman and World's Champion Big Van Vader This Saturday Night!

5.) WCW World Television Championship: 2 Cold Scorpio (ch) beat Bobby Eaton in 7:43 with the Diss That Don't Miss.
- Another excellent title defense from Scorpio as he took down a very-game Bobby Eaton. Thsi was as competitive as the other defenses in Scorpio's reign, but Eaton came closer than most, hitting the Alabama Jam for a near fall on the Champion before Scorpio made his comeback to put Eaton away.

We get a video package of Big Van Vader's Roadkill Tour en route to SuperBrawl, showing him decimating wrestlers at independent shows all over the country before telling Barry Windham this is his fate come next Sunday.

Disco Inferno makes his way out and gets on the microphone and tells everyone that he knows they've been aching to see him in the ring again, but the last time he was in the ring, he had some drunken lunatic chase him out as he was giving the people what they really wanted, a celebration from their hero. Disco tells The Sandman not to interrupt his dancing again or there'll be consequences. Disco's music hits and he begins dancing, presumably for the fans, until The Sandman's music hits and Sandman emerges from under the ring and blasts Disco with the Singapore cane! Disco flees the scene as Sandman poses and we head to commercial break.

Before the main event, Jacques made his way out with Jim Cornette in tow, saying he would take care of The Patriot tonight so it would be 2-on-1 at SuperBrawl.

6.) The Patriot (w/Marcus Alexander Bagwell) beat Jacques (w/Jim Cornette) in 2:10 with The Patriot Missile after accidental interference from Pierre.
- This wasn't a long bout by any means, but it certainly had its fair share of action. Pierre made his way to the ring shortly after the bell and began arguing with Bagwell. At one point, Cornette distracted the referee and Pierre attempted to hit Patriot with the ring bell, but Patriot ducked which caused Pierre to hit Jacques! Stars and Stripes Forever celebrated after the match as...

Our cameras go to the parking lot, where Hugh Morris, holding a 2x4, is standing over a bloodied "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan. Security and other personnel rush to get Morris away from Duggan and to get medical attention and folks...we're out of time for this episode of Monday Nitro!

Card #11, WCW SuperBrawl
Ocean Center
WCW World Heavyweight Championship: Big Van Vader (ch; w/Harley Race) vs. Barry Windham
WCW United States Championship; Hennig loses the belt on countout or DQ, if Smith loses he can never challenge Hennig again: Curt Hennig (ch) vs. Davey Boy Smith
WCW World Tag Team Championship: The Heavenly Bodies of Stan Lane and Tom Prichard (ch; w/Jim Cornette) vs. The Rock 'n Roll Express of Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson
WCW World Television Championship: 2 Cold Scorpio (ch) vs. "Belfast Bruiser" Fit Finlay
WCW World Cruiserweight Championship Tournament - Final: TBA vs. TBA
Hugh Morris vs. "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan
"Macho Man" Randy Savage vs. Greg "The Hammer" Valentine
Franchise Open Challenge: Shane Douglas (w/Francine and Mr. Hughes) vs. TBA
The Amazing French Canadians of Jacques and Pierre (w/Jim Cornette) vs. Stars and Stripes of Marcus Alexander Bagwell and The Patriot
Special Preshow Matches:
WCW World Cruiserweight Championship Tournament - Semifinal: TBA vs. TBA
WCW World Cruiserweight Championship Tournament - Semifinal: TBA vs. TBA

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This is bringing back memories! Keep this going!

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Card #8, WCW Saturday Night
Center Stage

Following the opening video, we see a jam-packed Center Stage as we go to our hosts Tony Schiavone and Jim Ross.
TS: "Hello again everyone and welcome to Saturday Night here on TBS! I'm Tony Schiavone and alongside Jim Ross, we have two exciting hours of wrestling action for the fans tonight including the final opening round matches in the Cruiserweight tournament! We had feared some potential travel issues for the competitors, but they're here tonight and these should be tremendous matches, Jim."
JR: "They're going to be electric for sure, Tony. In one match, Japanese legend Jyushin Thunder Liger takes on a Mexican wrestling sensation in Super Crazy and in the other bout, Mexican standout Juventud Guerrera takes on a man who calls himself the 'Bruiserweight'---not 'Cruiserweight', but Bruiserweight, in Pete Dunne from England."
TS: "Talk about a styles clash in that second bout, but in the big one, the main event this week we've got 'Macho Man' Randy Savage teaming up with Davey Boy Smith to take on their SuperBrawl opponents Greg 'The Hammer' Valentine and Curt Hennig. Also in action, the World's Heavyweight Champion, Big Van Vader."
JR: "Vader has issued a statement to WCW that for these, I guess they're calling them public workouts, he wants two or three opponents and I hear WCW management has complied with the request tonight."
TS: "We'll also have The Rock 'n Roll Express, The Sandman and more so let's go to the ring!"

1.) Mr. Hughes (w/Shane Douglas and Francine) beat Nick Dinsmore in 1:32 with a powerbomb.
- Dinsmore, a standout wrestler from the Louisville area, stood no chance against Shane Douglas' hired muscle. Hughes made exceptionally quick work on Dinsmore as commentary pondered Hughes' championship upside if he were to get away from Douglas.

After the bout, Douglas and company approached the announcer's position for an interview.
SD: "I'll tell you what, Schiavone, just let me have the microphone. Eight days from now, we'll be at SuperBrawl at the Ocean Center and I still have not heard a word about my open challenge. I asked anyone from any promotion in any corner of this world or any other to step forward. I even offered five thousand dollars, beat one of the best in the WCW, and I guess that scared people off so let me sweeten the pot. At SuperBrawl, I'm going to offer TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS to whoever steps forward if they can beat me or hold me to a 15 minute time limit on that night. Don't look at me like that Schiavone, you know I can back this up because I AM THE FRANCHISE. Anyone out there who thinks they have what it takes, step forward and get your ass Franchised!"

2.) WCW Cruiserweight Championship Tournament - Opening Round: Jyushin Thunder Liger beat Super Crazy in 5:03 with the Liger Bomb.
- If this is any indication of the action we'll see in the other tournament match tonight, they've certainly saved the best for last. This was a thrilling, high-tempo bout from bell-to-bell as Crazy hit a spectacular dive to the floor on Liger and took control of the match early and very nearly beat Liger with a moonsault. The legend weathered the storm and put Crazy down following a Brainbuster and his patented Liger Bomb, punching his ticket to the next round of the tournament.

After this match, we're taken once again to the cave setting where there's now four hooded figures. One in red with a baphomet mask, and three who are completely covered by the hood. The man in red says that doom is inevitable. He once again references vampires, zombies, the eater of worlds, mad men and public executions. The man in red says that in nine nights, WCW will be encompassed by doom. Tick Tock.

3.) The Rock 'n Roll Express of Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson beat Jock Samson and Rock Hard Rick in 4:46 following a double dropkick on Rick.
- This was a fantastic showcase for the Rock 'n Rolls, who made a point to showcase all of their offense on their opponents en route to an easy victory on TV.

After the bout, Ricky and Robert head to the announcer's position for an interview.
JR: "Ricky, Robert, you guys looked as effective as ever tonight but in eight nights, you're across the ring from Jim Cornette and his Heavenly Bodies."
RM: "That's right, Jim. Stan Lane, Tom Prichard, heck even Jimmy Cornette. We been doin' this a long time, ain't we? Doesn't matter if Stan had Bobby, or if it was Bobby and Dennis, it's always been Jimmy Cornette outside the ring tryin' to put an end to the Rock 'n Roll Express. Well let me tell ya somethin', Jimmy, it ain't gonna happen at SuperBrawl. We're as sharp as we've ever been, we're as tough as we've ever been, we're in the best shape we've ever been in and we're gonna take them tag team belts from y'all. You can count on that!"

We see a highlight video for RUSH, who is coming soon to World championship Wrestling!

4.) The Sandman beat Joe Carl in 2:20 with the White Russian Leg Sweep.
- Disco Inferno joined commentary for this match and called Sandman a disrespectful, drunken redneck and said he demanded a match with Sandman to prove that Disco was superior to whatever trailer park garbage Sandman listens to. During the bout, Disco left commentary and stole Sandman's singapore cane. After the match, Sandman looked around ringside for his cane before noticing Disco in the stands and giving chase.

Before the next match, we get a recap of Vader's path of destruction through WCW and across the United States in the last few weeks, courtesy of the "Roadkill Tour"

5.) Big Van Vader (w/Harley Race) beat Caleb Konley, Tyler Bate and Trent Seven in 3:02 after powerbombing all three men.
- I don't know if Vader really considered this a workout, it looked relatively easy for the champion as he destroyed three much smaller competitors. He threw the group around like they were weightless, bouncing them all off of the mat with the powerbomb. On commentary, Ross noted that with each passing appearance on television, Vader is becoming increasingly violent and that may not bode well for Windham come SuperBrawl next Sunday evening.

This Monday on Nitro, we'll see Jyushin Thunder Liger take on Sabu in the Cruiserweight Tournament our featured bout. We'll also have Mikey Whipwreck, Bandido meets Lash Leroux in the Cruiserweight Tournament, Marcus Alexander Bagwell will be in action, as will "The Franchise" Shane Douglas and more this week on Nitro! After the Nitro hype package, we see a video showcasing former Olympic wrestler Jeff Cobb, who will be making his way to World Championship Wrestling in the near future!

6.) WCW Cruiserweight Championship Tournament - Opening Round: Juventud Guerrera beat Pete Dunne in 4:52 with the 450 Splash.
- The first round ended with a bang as Juventud put away Pete Dunne in a short, but exciting bout that saw Juventud hit two of his patened Juvi Drivers before putting Dunne away with the 450 Splash. With this victory, a dream match has been set for the quarterfinals of the tournament as Juventud will meet AJ Styles next week on Saturday Night!

After the match, we're taken to the brackets again for the Cruiserweight Title tournament and the schedule for the upcoming bouts.
Second Round: (Nitro) Bandido vs. Lash Leroux, Sabu vs. Jyushin Thunder Liger; (Saturday Night) Styles vs. Juventud Guerrera, Mance Warner vs. Samuray del Sol
The Semifinals of the tournament will take place during the Pay-Per-View countdown show and the finals will take place on the Pay-Per-View telecast of SuperBrawl!

7.) Greg "The Hammer" Valentine and Curt Hennig beat "Macho Man" Randy Savage and Davey Boy Smith in 12:48 when Hennig hit Smith with the United States Championship belt.
- This was a wild, chaotic brawl that got out of hand towards the end as referee Pee Wee Anderson was taken out as Valentine pushed Savage into the referee, opening the door for Hennig to cheap shot Smith with the belt as a replacement refree rushed the ring to count the pinfall. A brawl between the two teams broke out to close this edition of Saturday Night!

Card #11, WCW SuperBrawl
Ocean Center
WCW World Heavyweight Championship: Big Van Vader (ch; w/Harley Race) vs. Barry Windham
WCW United States Championship; Hennig loses the belt on countout or DQ, if Smith loses he can never challenge Hennig again: Curt Hennig (ch) vs. Davey Boy Smith
WCW World Tag Team Championship: The Heavenly Bodies of Stan Lane and Tom Prichard (ch; w/Jim Cornette) vs. The Rock 'n Roll Express of Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson
WCW World Television Championship: 2 Cold Scorpio (ch) vs. "Belfast Bruiser" Fit Finlay
WCW World Cruiserweight Championship Tournament - Final: TBA vs. TBA
Hugh Morris vs. "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan
"Macho Man" Randy Savage vs. Greg "The Hammer" Valentine
$10,000 Franchise Open Challenge: Shane Douglas (w/Francine and Mr. Hughes) vs. TBA
The Amazing French Canadians of Jacques and Pierre (w/Jim Cornette) vs. Stars and Stripes of Marcus Alexander Bagwell and The Patriot
Disco Inferno vs. The Sandman
Special Preshow Matches:
WCW World Cruiserweight Championship Tournament - Semifinal: Winner of Bandido/Leroux vs. Winner of Styles/Guerrera
WCW World Cruiserweight Championship Tournament - Semifinal: Winner of Warner/del Sol vs. Winner of Liger/Sabu