Category: Wrestling PPV Musings

So here’s the other WCW PPV show that I still have from the “old” days of VHS to DVD conversions; the 1999 iteration of the Bash At The Beach. My memory of the event is a bit fuzzy; the only thing I recall is that one of the matches took place in a junkyard… well, sounds like a good place for a WCW event in 1999, amirite?

Why am I writing “amirite” now?

Bash At The Beach was known for many things in its short history; it’s the event where Hulk Hogan would beat Ric Flair for the WCW World Title in his first WCW match. It’s the event where Hogan would turn heel and planted the seeds for the birth of the nWo. It’s the event where Vince Russo would cut his scathing promo on Hogan that planted the seeds for a lawsuit. It’s the event where… where a bunch of guy would fight in a junkyard in a hardcore invitation match for a crappy trophy.

Because, sure… why not?

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San Francisco, CA – Feb. 22, 1998

I’ve got this on VHS, so I’m fairly certain this is the most complete version I’ll be watching unless there’s one floating around online that I’m unaware of. In any case, this is two months after Starrcade where Sting and Hogan locked horns in a clusterfuck of a match and Sting won the big one in dubious fashion… except he didn’t because shortly after, the World title was held up and so this show is where the rematch is taking place… everyone got that?

Yeah, me neither.

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On tap for the Network, it’s a WCW Pay-Per-View from 1995. Superbrawl V… wait a minute. A WCW Pay-Per-View from 1995? That could only mean… oh no.

For those with no context to what I’m talking about, Hulk Hogan signed with WCW in 1994 and in his very first WCW match, beat Ric Flair for the WCW World Title. He’d continue to feud with Flair for a couple months before the Nature Boy was “retired” for a couple months. By the time we got to Starrcade, Hulk Hogan was defending the World Title against his BFF, Ed Leslie… it went over about as well as you’d expect.

Superbrawl V sounds promising, though. Hogan’s going up against Big Van Vader, the big guy who tore off Cactus Jack’s ear, the guy who dominated WCW for the better part of 1993, the guy who had been involved with an awesome feud. Surely, WCW couldn’t possibly fuck this up, could they?

Well, WCW isn’t around anymore… are they?

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Quick Note: The following musing was written prior to the whole Hulk Hogan racial controversy, so don’t expect anything touching that particular subject. Believe me, there are a lot of other ugly aspects to Hogan as a human being that we can spotlight instead.

From December 1994, the 11th edition of WCW’s “Granddaddy of Them All” features Hulk Hogan defending his WCW World Heavyweight Championship against the Butcher! The Butcher is perhaps best known as Brutus Beefcake in WWF and also for being Hogan’s BFF. Thanks to the WWE Network, I am getting to watch this show in its entirely for the first time. I’ve heard of this show, I’ve read about this show, and now I get to watch this show…

And instantly regret it.

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The 1991 edition of the Great American Bash is often summed up with three words: WE. WANT. FLAIR.

The first WCW Pay-Per-View event to follow Ric Flair’s unceremonious dismissal from World Championship Wrestling, GAB ’91 is often referred to as the Flair Protest Show, where the crowd would piss on the entire event, especially the one match for the vacant World Title. While I’ve certainly heard of this show, I’ve obviously never seen it due to not having followed WCW (or any wrestling, for that matter) in the early-1990s.

Thanks to the magic of WWE Network, I am able to finally catch this once mythical pay-per-view event… and undoubtedly regret doing so… but hey, it’s one more show off the bucket list, I suppose.

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