WCW Classics Report for 01-16-2003 (features Sting!)
Submitted by Rappion on Thursday, January 16, 2003 at 9:02 AM EST





WCW Classics Report for 01-16-2003
Broadcast exclusively in the United Kingdom on Sky Sports 1
Reporter: Rappion exclusive to LordsOfPain.net
Commentators: Tony Sciavone and Dirty Dutch Mantell

Sid Vicious interupts the opening comments from Sciavone and Dirty Dutch and demands that Lex Luger makes any threats directly to his face.

Match 1: The Midnight Express w/Jim Cornette vs The Rock N Roll Express

[Inset, Rock N Roll tell Midnight Express that they aint going to stand in the way of their quest to become 5 time World Tag Team Champs. Jim Cornette tells Rock N Roll that they needn't think that beating Midnight Express will get them a shot at the titles.]

Beautiful Bobby and Ricky Martin start us off. Collar and elbow tie up. They break and both men trash talk. Another collar and elbow, Bobby with the early advantage with a chop off the rope and an elbow to the chin of Ricky. A 3rd Collar and elbow. Ricky gets Bobby in a headlock and then shouldercharges him after a both men whip off the ropes. Bobby attempts an abdominal stretch but Ricky powers out. Ricky tags Robert Gibson in who goes striaght to work on Bobby with an armdrag take down followed by a flying head scissors and another armdrag take down. Bobby tags in his Midnight Express partner Stan. Stan and Robert tie up. Stan with chops in the corner of the ring having little effect, Robert swap places and delivers a huge chop to the face of Stan. Robert tags Ricky who delivers a hop to the midsection of Stan. Ricky whips off the ropes but Bobby catches him with a knee from outside. Stan capitalises with a swinging neckbreaker to Ricky and tags in Bobby Eaton once again. Bobby with a drop toe hold and an elbow to the neck of Ricky. Bobby delivers a beautiful corkscrew suplex and covers for the 2 count. He tags Stan in again, Midnight Express in control. Stan with a powerslam but misses with the follow up elbow drop. Ricky makes it to his corner and tags in Robert, Stan tags Bobby. Robert in cleaning house on Midnight Express and Ricky's back up to help doubleteam Bobby with a double back body drop. Double drop kick on Stan. Robert covers body on the edge of the ring but he's not the legal man. With the referee's back turned, Cornette strikes Robert in the throat with the tennis racket but Robert knocks him to the floorgoes to climb back in but is knocked off the apron by Stan who was whipped into the ropes by Ricky. Ricky covers Stan for 2 before Bobby makes the save with a kick to the head of Ricky. Stan goes for the piledriver on Ricky but Robert flies in the ring over the top of both men and sunset flips Stan into a pinning position. With Ricky keeping Bobby from breaking it up, The Rock N Roll Express get the 3!

Winners: The Rock N Roll Express via pinfall

We flashback to an edition of "American Pro-Wrestling" from 08-06-1990 featuring the World Tag Team Champions Doom vs The Fantastics. Doom are in full control but the Rock N Roll Express interfere and clean house.

Match 2: Doom (Butch Reid & Ron Simmons) vs Terrence Blaylock & Scott Williams

Simmons and Blaylock start off. Simmons with an elbow to the head knocking Blaylock down. Boots to the head and a bodyslam on Blaylock. Butch Reid tagged in who flies with a double axehandle chop to the head off the top turnbuckle. Elbow to the head of Blaylock who's hip tossed into his own corner and is relieved to tag in Williams who's met by a Reid clothesline off the top rope. Double arm suplex into a 2 count for Doom but Reid picks Williams shoulders up off the mat stopping the count. Williams has his face slammed intot he top turnbuckle and it's Simmons in again. Double elbow to the throat knocks Williams to the floor and Simmons covers him on one knee again releasing the cover at 2. Williams attempts some gut punches but Simmons counters with one huge punch again knocking Williams over. A 3rd pin count halted at 2. Simmons headbutts Williams' throat on the mat before tagging in Reid who hits an atomic drop on Williams followed by a back breaker and another 2 count. More throat chops from Reid and pounds his head into his own corner's turnbuckle allowing Blaylock back in, who's greeted by chops to the back. Reid with a flying drop kick, Simmons in with a devastating powerslam and Reid ends the punnishment with a flying shouldercharge off the top rope for the 1-2-3.

Winners: Doom via pinfall

WCW This Week:

Sciavone with Rick Steiner who says that the S.S.T have hurt Scotty Steiner, but they won't hurt him. Mr Wonderful and Junk Yard Dog come in and say they've had enough of the 4 Horsemen.

Match 3: Stan "The Lariat" Hansen vs Joe Cazana

Cazana's name was never announced in the arena as Hansen goes to work before the ring announcer can finish the introductions. Hansen beats on the neck of Cazana before throwing him out of the ring. Cazana comes back in but Hansen repeats the process 3 times throwing Cazana out of each of the 4 sides of the ring. [Inset Hansen says it's his first match back after his suspension and he's after Wildfire Tommy Rich] Bodyslam from Hansen, stamping on the chest of his opponent, throwing him into the corner of the ring. Cazana sees Hansen charging in and moves out of the way as Hansen thuds into the turnbuckle. Cazana gets in some token offense before Hansen beats him down to the floor, spitting his tobacco at Cazana. A neck whip from Hansen, followed by an elbow drop and turns Cazana into the Texas Crab for a quick submission. Hansen was so quick, he didn't get round to taking his cowboy gear off during the fight! Hansen carries on beating on Cazana while inset we hear Tommy Rich telling Hansen that he isn't a hard man to find, so if Hansen wants him then he can come and get him.

Winner: Stan "The Lariat" Hansen via submission

Match 4: Hector Guerrero vs Mark Kyle

Hector showboats rolling across the ring [Inset we hear comments from Hector in his native Spanish]. Collar and elbow tie up. Guerrero is round the back of Kyle and takes him down. Another collar and elbow tip up and Kyle with a headlock. Guerrero counters with an arm bar, flips Kyle over and goes to work on the arm, Kyle counters and they break. Neither man can gain good control at this stage. Guerrero with a sliding back suplex and holds on to Kyle for the 2 count. Another tie up in the centre of the ring which Kyle wins with a right hand to the face. Guerrero with a flying headscissors. Kyle picks him up but Guerrero reverses and gets a flying scissors lock round the waist of Kyle, rolling him over. Kyle is confused. Guerrero with another headscissors. Kyle tries to change the pace of the match up and demands a test of strength which Guerrero accepts. Kyle the stronger of the 2 men gets the advantage in the greco-knuckle lock. Guerrero retreats and climbs up the ropes in an attempt to escape the hold. He somersaults over the head of Kyle which does break the hold. Collar and elbow tie up. Guerrero with a headlock, snap mares Kyle over. Kyle is whipped off the ropes, but he counters with a raised knee, and a snap mare take down on Guerrero. Kyle telegraphs his attempted elbow drop and Guerrero moves out of the ways and is back in control. Guerrero spins off the rope and twists into a pinning hold on the prone Kyle for a 2 count. Kyle kicks out and gets a couple of boots to the gut of Guerrero. Guerrero with 2 dropkicks knocking Kyle to the outside and then flies through the rope with a shouldercharge to Kyle on the floor. Guerrero back in with a flying bodypress for a 2 count followed by a Mexican Roll which bamboozles Kyle allowing Guerrero to get the pin.

Winner by pinfall: Hector Guerrero

The S.S.T comment to The Steiners how they are the best set of brothers in wrestling today. They love each other and would never leave their brother to get beaten up in the middle of the ring like Rick Steiner left Scott.

Match 5: Ric Flair, Arn Anderson & Sid Vicious vs Tim Parker, Brad Batton & Bob Holly

[Inset we hear the horsemen (minus Barry Wyndham) tell Sting that he can end this nonsence now with no one else getting beaten up if he gives them the World heavyweight belt]

Flair and Holly start off. Holly has Flair in a sideheadlock, powers Flair to the floor. Flair with a half nelson. Holly reverses the hold and Flair tags in The Enforcer. Anderson is straight away in the wrong corner. Brad Batton is tagged in. Anderson gains control and tags in Vicious. Vicious bodypresses Batton and throws him across the ring ropes. Vicious pounds Batton's head into the turnbuckle. Flair is in with his knife edge chops to the chest of Batton in the corner. Batton comes out fighting with a back body drop and a dropkick to Flair. Flair retreats to the ropes making Batton miss another attempted dropkick. Flair tags in Anderson who gets in an elbow to the chest of Batton before being pushed into the wrong corner. Parker is in but is met by a spinebuster from Anderson. Anderson tags in Vicious who picks Parker up above his head and twirls him round in the Helicopter before dropping him to the canvas. Flair is tagged in and immediately hits the Figure 4 Leglock for the submission.

The Horsemen carry on beating after the bell sounds. Paul Orndorff, Junk Yard Dog charge the ring with El Gigante! El Gigante obviously scares Anderson who gets the horsemen to retreat to the back.

Winners by submission: The 4 Horsemen

Match 6: The World Heavyweight Champion Sting vs Chris Sullivan

[Inset Sting says that he promised us last week that he would wrestle on Worldwide and here he is! We better be prepared for an exciting match!]

Collar and elbow tie up. Sullivan gets the early advantage until he's met by a clothesline from Sting. Sting beats on Sullivan. Both men lock up in the ropes with Sullivan trapped in the corner. Sting makes no attempt to beat on Sullivan while the referee counts for the break but Sullivan is wriggling and squirming trying to get out. Sting tells the cameraman in the corner "This guy needs to relax and stop getting so stressed out" [Funny moment]. With Sullivan still in the corner Sting runs and jumps from across the ring squashing Sullivan with the Stinger splash. As Sullivan collapses on the mat, Sting wastes no time in locking in the Scorpion Death Lock for a very easy trademark Sting Submission victory!

Winner: Sting via submission

WCW This Week:

Schiavone with "The Nature Boy" Buddy Landell who talks about veterans such as himself and the Fabulous Freebirds having much more experience than the likes of JYD, Luger etc. The experienced guys are the ones to beat.

Mean Mark Calloway comes in with Paul E Dangerously. Paul challenges anyone from the locker room to take on Mark in a match up.

The Fabulous Freebirds come in with Buddy Lee. They promised The Southern Boys they would beat them, and they did. Now they want them out of Pro-wrestling for good!

Next Week:
Big Van Vader, Larry Zbyshko in action. The first look at The Nasty Boys, plus an interview with The Black Scorpion!

Schiavone and Dirty Dutch wrap up for this week with Sid Vicious stood with them once again who tells Sting he's coming after him for the belt.

That's it this week.

Rappion's Notes:
A couple of great match ups this week. The hot opener was a great surprise, pitting 2 top tag teams against each other.

Hector Guerrero had the family resemblence to Eddie and Chavo, although he had a very European tactical wrestling style. Maybe someone can tell me if they are indeed related?

If Mark Kyle were in WWE today he would get louder "Shave Your Back!" chants than Prince/Albert/A-Train.

Despite promising us an "exciting" match, Sting's match at the end was the shortest and most one sided of the night. Purely an opportunity for the crowd to cheer and try and touch his hand as he ran round the ring before the start and also as a showcase for The Stinger Splash and The Scorpion Deathlock. Anyone who's ever seen a Sting (Mark 1) match in the early 90's will know how those 2 moves go together just as naturally as the Rock Bottom and The People's Elbow do in the WWE when the Rock competes.

Great to see alot of tag team action this week. Schiavone and Mantell spent alot of their time talking about "The Black Scorpion" who was a masked, hooded wrestler who entered WCW and challenged Sting to a match. Coming at the same time as Sting was heavily involved in his long standing feud with the Horsemen, it was questioned if The Black Scorpion was in fact a member of The Horsemen in disguise.

That's all I've got to say this week. If anyone has any feedback good or bad about this report then I'd love to hear from you as always.

See you next week!

Rappion
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