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MISTER MEAN It has been a busy week for WCW, with Bash at the Beach, Nitro and Thunder, albeit with Thunder being a taped show. WCW has been playing catch up for a long time now, with the question being whether the gang from Turnerland can ever make up the ground. Much of WCW's problems relate to poor exection with storylines, so let's see where they stand. Let me start off with this, though. I have read numerous complaints from the internet smarks about how WCW doesn't deliver "clean" finishes in its main events. Exactly what do they mean by that? Yes, there are a lot run-ins, ref bumps and no contests. Whatever. I don't have a problem with it. Run ins and ref bumps are an integral part of pro wrestling. Think about how the crowd reacts when two wrestlers have a "scientific" match with actual holds. It doesn't take long for the "boring" chant to start. I just had to get that off my chest. If you don't agree, e-mail me and we'll discuss it. There was a major shake up at the top with Randy Savage taking the gold home for one evening and then Hulk Hogan winning it on Nitro. It seemed somewhat surprising that Savage was booked to win at Bash at the Beach after the grief he caught for cuffing Torrie Wilson and Georgeous George following Kevin Nash's Rambo-like performance in the previous Nitro. Another thing about that main event was what didn't happen with Sting. I expected Nash to drop the strap. I figured Sting would walk out on Nash, leaving him at the mercy of Sid Vicious and Savage. That's where they were going with this in what was essentially a rerun of the last fake Sting angle. Well, they fooled me. The title switch made sense Monday night when Savage issued his almost open challenge. Out comes Hogan and out went any doubt as to who would win. Obviously, Nash didn't want to do the job to Hogan, so he dropped the strap to Savage so the Macho Man could do the job. And then Nashes interjects himself in the match and helps Hogan win. Big Sexy then gets on the stick and tells Hogan that's the seond time he's handed Hogan the belt and immediately issues a challenge. Leave it to Big Sexy to book himself over even if he's not holding the title. Geez. So now they're set to do the dance (am I already jumping ahead to Ernest Miller and his ruby reds? More on that later.) at Road Wild. Don't look for Nash to succumb to the Index Finger of Doom like he did the last time Hogan won the belt. I can't imagine even WCW doing something so stupid again. Did I really just say that? Where does this lead Sid and Randy at Road Wild? Probably run-in duty. In the meantime, Sid will do powerbomb squashes and Randy will squash somebody's lungs with his big elbow. I know a lot of you don't think much of Sid and Randy. They can't wrestle. They're no good on the mic. Well, I don't care. They make me laugh, especially when they spike piledrive refs. Kudos to Mickey Jay for really knowing how to sell that move. Okay, enough of that. Let's look at the US heavyweight title. Now talk about laughing. David Flair can't wrestle, he has no mic skills and looks like he never picked up a weight in his life. I was angry when he got handed the strap, thinking there are many more deserving wrestlers worthy of a push. But I'm starting to warm up to this angle. It's really funny seeing how inept David is and how the multiple run-ins save his butt. It did get a little confusing Monday night when Sting obliterated the Flair entourage. The stip was that if Sting beat David, then he gets a shot at Ric Flair for the "presidency" of WCW. No winner was announced but I would logically assume that David won by DQ since Sting reverse DDT'd referee Charles Robinson. But the announcers said nothing about Sting not getting his shot at Ric Flair for the presidency of WCW. That was hilarious on Thunder when Ric Flair literally paid off Bobby Eaton to do the job. Speaking of the presidency, I read on another site a prediction that Sting would win and then hand the presidency back to Eric Bischoff. This makes perfect sense. Bischoff is interjecting himself into matches, making three counts, etc. when he has no power in storyline terms. That makes no sense. As for the world tag team title picture, The Triad is working real nice though I'd like to see Perry Saturn and Chris Benoit get the straps. Talk about a tag team that's over. I love that double diamond cutter that DDP and Bam Bam do on their opponents. The Triad worked really nice against the Rap is Crap crew Thursday. A feud between these teams could be interesting. But the Hennig gang seemingly has some unfinished business. Hennig and crew are over but they're getting babyface heat, something WCW never expected though would happen though they should have. A lot of WCW's fans like NASCAR and country music. WCW should adjust to this and keep the Rap vs. Country feud going for a while. There are some complications with that since Rey Mysterio and Konnan are supposed to be faces. Speaking of Konnan, I enjoyed seeing Vampiro stomp a mudhole in him. Vampiro deserves a push. I know again this is going against the grain, but I like Miller and his red shoes. He knows how to draw heel heat on the mic and those shoes are hilarious. All his appearances this week were great. I'd like to see him get the U.S. strap and have a reign kind of like the Honky Tonk Man did with the Intercontinental title in the WWF. Somebody you just love to hate. It looks like theyre setting up a program with him and Buff Bagwell. That should be fun. Well, WCW is still way behind in the ratings. It remains to be seen if Hogan can carry the torch. But I think a guy named Golberg would be the better choice. WCW didn't need to pipe in any chants for his name to be heard this week. What they need to do is pay heed. Mister Mean freelance Mail the Author |
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