By Netslop

Everybody knows that WCW's death was caused by Hulk Hogan. Period. Eric Bischoff and Hulk Hogan. Reread what I just said folks, it was Eric Bischoff and Hulk Hogan.

	The Dragon was once WWF I-C champion, but Hulk Hogan made sure he lost it to his pal the Honky Tonk Man.

So that makes this an interesting show, because while it was the beginning of an era for WCW where they actually had some mainstream exposure, but it was all for not because Hulk Hogan destroyed WCW because he was a cancer. I mean sure he was still marketable, but when you force, my hero (although he isn't Canadian), Ric Flair to turn heel, just so Hogan can be a super face, you can kiss my a** HULK HOGAN! However, now it doesn't matter because you don’t see WCW around these days, do you? 

- Live from Orlando, Florida. The stateeeeee where people can't vote. Up here in Canada, we have a honest vote, kind of like the vote Al Gore wanted. But I digress .... Dumb (and fat) a** Tony declares it a “capacity crowd”, but everybody knows that only Vince McMahon and the WWF has ever really had "capacity crowds".

- Your hosts are Dumb (and fat) A** Tonnnnnny & Bobby "The Brain", plus Jesse "The Body" here and there.

- Opening match, TV title: Lord Steven Regal v. Johnny B. Badd. A great match because Hulk Hogan is no where in sight. He doesn't show his ugly mug until later, and I am so glad I don't have to see that putrid yellow and red garbage in this match. Lord Regal is wearing is trademark red tights, which upsets me because it makes me think about that evil b*stard Hulk Hogan. I mean, why couldn't Vince McMahon used "Iron Mike" Sharpe in 1984 instead of this stupid, Steroid gulping American? Well, anyways this was Marc Mero before he became "Mr. Rena" and still has his "Little Richard" gimmick. As everybody knows, Lord Steven Regal is basically a old school take off of Vince McMahon's greatest gimmick of William Regal. I know some people are telling me that how could Vince McMahon come up with an idea in 1994 with a WCW wrestler? The answer is Triple H, of course. Triple H didn't arrive until 1995 in the WWF, but we all know that WCW stole Vince's idea of Triple H and gave it to Steven Regal back in 1992. Vince comes up with everything! As for the match, Regal reverses the pin in an awkward spot and gets the win at 10:45. Odd finish, to say the least. **1/2

- Mean Gene presents Antonio Inoki with a plaque. Another reason I hate Hulk Hogan. Back in 1983, Hulk Hogan "shooted" on Antonio Inoki with a clothesline, almost killing him and winning the IGWP Heavyweight Title. Don't believe me, I'll send you a copy of the match and show you Hogan's smirk after he damn nears kills the man. What was the point here? Ah yes, Lord Regal challenges Inoki and it will suck because Regal is British and Inoki is Japanese. If Chris Beniot was in this match, subbing for Regal, and if Lance Storm was in this match, subbing for Inoki, then it be a  ****************** match, hands down. At least. 

- Vader v. The Guardian Angel.  It feels like we had some variation on Vader v. Ray Traylor on every WCW show in 1994. One guy is a big tub of sh*t and the other one if the WWF's Big Boss Man. At least neither one were friends with Hogan, which explains why these guys wrestled each other for months. It had nothing to do with Ric Flair booking of the midcard. Nothing at all! Ric Flair's booking would have been light years compared to Hogan's 1984 style crap that he brought into WCW. Ric Flair gave us Ricky Steamboat vs. Ric Flair, and neither were Canadian either. Ric Flair was a great wrestler, and great wrestlers are great bookers. Unlike that piece of garbage Hulk Hogan, that made Ric Flair look like horsesh*t at this PPV (oops, already gave the main event away).

Either way Vader couldn't handle it in the WWF because he is a fat tub of sh*t, and Ray Traylor was lost after WWF tried to sue WCW for their "The Boss" gimmick, that had Ray Traylor dressed as a "security guard" from Cobb Country, Georgia. Did WCW think the WWF was . . . oh wait this is WCW we're talking about.

Oh the match, Vader wins by DQ when Vader gets a supposed nightstick from Race that looks like one of those canes that blind people use. Angel of course steals it, the ref sees him with it, and calls for the DQ at 8:00. Ye gods, what was the point of that? **

- Dustin Rhodes & Arn Anderson v. Terry Funk & Bunkhouse Buck. The great legend Terry Funk, the great Arn Anderson, the okay Wade Bloom in a stupid cowboy gimmick and the son of that fat piece of sh*t, Dusty Rhodes. I hate Dusty Rhodes as much as I hate Hulk Hogan. Dusty Rhodes once wore red and yellow polka-dots! How can you like a man that talks like southern trash. Nobody in Canada talks like Dusty, and I'm glad too, or I would have moved to Australia. The story here was Dustin needed a partner to take on the Parker stable, so he asked…Arn Anderson, who turns on him. BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Funk gets the easy pin on Rhodes at 11:37. *1/4 but only because of the Anderson turn, because anybody named Rhodes sucks because their name is Rhodes. 

- US title match: Stunning Steve Austin v. Ricky Steamboat.  

Another reason to hate Hogan was that he took Steve Austin and sent him to the WWF by brainwashing Bischoff into believing that Austin was a no talent. I mean, the man jobbed to "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan at Fall Brawl 1994 in 10 seconds! Also, Ricky Steamboat was scr*wed by Hogan in 1987. You all know that story . . . . Okay, Steamboat wrestled a ***************************** match with Randy Savage and Hogan feared that Steamboat's ability might make him more popular than he, so he had McMahon force Steamboat to JOB to Hogan's buddy the Honky Tonk Man. Rumor has it that Steamboat retired in Sept. 1994, because Hogan was going to have Steamboat JOB to the HTM, but we got Austin JOBBING to Duggan instead. As for the match, Austin would retain. Great match, though. ************************************3/4, but I can't rate it higher because neither are from Canada.

- World tag team title: Cactus Jack & Kevin Sullivan v. Pretty Wonderful. At least Mick Foley can laugh now, because in 1994 he was a joke thanks to Hulk Hogan's buddy Kevin Sullivan. Well, they weren't really buddies, but Kevin Sullivan kissed up to Hogan so much . . . well you get the idea. As usual, Hogan's no talent buddy Paul Orndorff is teamed up with Never-Was Paul Roma. Cactus Jack was ousted from WCW in about three months anyways because "he doesn't put a**es in seats" like stupid Hogan can. Never mind that it took Foley three years to kill himself, to show the fans he was marketable. He was scr*wed out of the chance because of HULK "FU*KING" HOGAN! I HATE THAT SON OF A B*TCH! I HATE HIM! Ludicrously long match that played completely against the strength of Jack & Sullivan in order to showcase the un-over and un-interesting Pretty Wonderful. See, but they had a REALLY good name, so WCW felt that it was in their best interest to push them to the moon. *

- WCW World title match: Ric Flair v. Hulk Hogan. Hogan gets a good pop, which p*sses me off because they SHOULDN'T HAVE TURNED FLAIR. Never mind that Flair was Flair, good or bad, but they turnd him any ways. And while this show did a decent 1.0 buyrate, the very next show did a laughable 0.5 buyrate without Hogan, which proves that he had very little effect on the promotion as a whole. Sure it meant that 1/2 of the 1994 WCW fanbase loved Hogan, but that doesn't matter here. It also doesn't matter that Hogan was pushed as the unbeaten superman by Vince McMahon. This is WCW Hogan, learn to JOB, you dumb mother f*cker. However, Hogan doesn't job and Flair gets pinned like any Hogan opponent. THAT IS WHY I HATE HOGAN! HOGAN COULD HAVE AT LEAST WON VIA A ROLL UP OR SOMETHING. DON'T MAKE THE GUY THINK ITS 1984 AGAIN, HE MIGHT WANT ANOTHER RAISE. -*************************************** and I was being kind there because I liked Ric Flair.

The Bottom Line: The show itself is watchable with a couple of good matches in the main event and US title match, but everything else is the usual marginal WCW pap for this era and isn’t worth the rental.

Mild recommendation to avoid.

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