WCW Spring Stampede 2000
Chicago, Illinois - April 2000
At the start of 2000, WCW was in very, very bad shape. In 99', the WWE had pulled away in the TV ratings war and WCW was losing money left and right as merch and ticket sales dropped and expensive, costly decisions flopped (see "The KISS Demon" for one example). Former WWE writers Vince Russo and Ed Ferrara were brought in (replacing Eric Bischoff) as the new creative leads from the company in the late fall of 99' and tried to shock the audience back into paying attention, but they were ineffective.
On the positive side, Bret Hart had been crowned World Champion and turned heel at Starrcade 99' - which didn't make a ton of storyline sense, but at least gave the company some direction as Goldberg would chase the title and take on the reformed nWo. Unfortunately, Hart was injured during the match and forced to retire. Then, Goldberg was also injured and put on the shelf for 5 months. Backstage, Vince Russo was unceremoniously sent home when he pitched having the now-vacant World Championship go to Tank Abbott, an early UFC star with legit toughman credentials but not a proven draw in the slightest.
Former wrestler/longtime writer/promoter Kevin Sullivan was put in charge of the booking, but was unpopular with much of the young talent as they worried he'd primarily push the older stars. Sullivan tried to win over the locker room by having putting the title up for grabs in a tournament and having Chris Benoit win, but it was too little too late as Benoit left the company the night after beating Sid for the company's most prestigious championship. He took Eddie Guerrero, Dean Malenko, and Perry Saturn with him to the WWE. While none were bona fide stars at this point, they were widely regarded as among the best in-ring workers in America, if not the world. Even as late as the fall of 99', WCW could boast having better in-ring workers (if not characters/personalities or production) than the WWE no matter what the ratings showed. With Benoit and Company's defection to the WWE, WCW's fate was fully sealed.
And so the title went to Sid and Jeff Jarrett became the leader of a pitiful version of the nWo, his supporting cast headed up by the Harris Twins. Kevin Nash was still floating around, but was treating everything like a joke. DDP, Luger, and Sting had been flipped heel-to-face so many times since 98' that they'd lost most of their overness while Flair and Hulk Hogan had reverted back to the characters they'd played in 95', a good two years before the audience was craving nostalgia runs from them.
I don't quite recall who was in charge of "the book" at this point (I believe even Sullivan had been demoted to working as part of a committee by this point), but coming into Spring Stampede, the decision was made to bring back both Eric Bischoff and Vince Russo. The idea was that Bischoff was the genius behind WCW's hugely successful run in 96'-97' and that Russo was the brains behind the WWE's turnaround in 98'-99'. In theory, a tag team of Bischoff and Russo would be able to right the WCW ship.
Their first major decision: a full brand reset. All titles were vacated and almost immediately a storyline war was booked between The New Blood, basically anyone on the roster under the age of 35, and The Millionaire's Club, all the "established" stars like Hogan and Flair and Luger and so on. Weirdly, though, Russo and Bischoff took a big gamble and booked the veteran Millionaire's Clubbers as the babyfaces despite the more natural idea of having the younger, hungry talent working to overthrow the old guard. Its easy to criticize them for this twist on a classic story line, but it actually made some sense from a business perspective. By all indicators, Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair and Lex Luger and Kevin Nash and the rest of the big names, despite being years past their prime, were still the company's biggest draws, highest merchandise movers, and most recognizable "names." Turning every one of your stars into a heel and hoping less over talent like Billy Kidman and Lash Leroux would pick up the slack would've been crazy. And so, as ill-fitting as it may seem now, the Millionaire's Club were positioned as the good guys, fighting for tradition, against the angry upstarts who only cared about...uh...actually leaving their feet during matches?
Spring Stampede 2000 was promoted as the symbolic start of a new WCW. I've never seen the show before, so this one will be new to me. I'm hoping it contains a few gems...
CHAMPIONSHIP RUNDOWN: All titles have been vacated.
COMMENTATORS: Tony Schiavone, Mark Madden, and Scott Hudson
The show kicks off with Lex Luger and Ric Flair (who wrestles in a polo and dress pants) taking on The Mamalukes (Big Vito and Johnny The Bull). Before the match could begin, though, Vince Russo (who had once famously stated he would never appear on TV) marched out and turned it into a handicap match - not by having Disco Inferno join the fray, but by having The Harris Boys come out. At first, the numbers game is too much for Luger and Flair, but they eventually fight out from underneath and run roughshod over the heels. On one hand, this is clearly what the fans want to see and lord knows I'll never argue the Harris Boys deserve anything more than to be jobbers...but The Mamalukes, to their credit, had been working hard for the past few months and Johnny The Bull, while green, had some respectable agility. Flair and Luger squash all four men, burying them in comical fashion. This match was to advance to the finals of a tournament for the vacant WCW World Tag Team Championships, which would usually mean things should be competitive. Nope, not here. At least this doesn't eat up too much time. (0.5/5)
Backstage, Mike Awesome cuts a promo but is interrupted by Bam Bam Bigelow. To those that have never heard of Mike Awesome, he's an interesting/infamous late 90's wrestling figure. In ECW, where mid-sized guys like Tazz and Sabu and RVD reigned supreme, he (and Brian Lee before him) came off like giants. Awesome had had a series of brutal matches in the fledgling company and was even the ECW World Champion at one point. WCW signed him and he ended up dropping the title, in the ECW arena, to Tazz (who was signed to the WWE at the time). This meant that, for the only time ever, a WCW guy faced a WWE guy at an ECW show. Awesome's reputation and success, though, was largely the work of legendary wrestling svengali Paul Heyman, who had brought him over to ECW from Japan and pushed him to the moon despite an outdated look (i.e "mulleted 'roid monster") and very little charisma. WCW gave him a huge contract and, as this show would indicate, saw him as a huge piece of their rebuilding phase. Anyway, Awesome beats down Bigelow and storms off.
The next match is insane. Mancow was (is?) a Chicago shock jock who had said some unkind words to Jimmy Hart during an interview, causing the Mouth of the South to attack him in his studio. Mancow has the support of the Chicago crowd as he makes his way down the aisle with a crew of weirdos - which does nothing to dispel the notion that he was a right-leaning Howard Stern clone. Before the match, Mancow calls Hart a piece of shit and hearing someone curse on a wrestling program, even on PPV, still feels like a huge deal. They proceed to have a match that actually looks like a worked shoot at times as Hart really lays in his shots. I'm guessing that someone had his ear backstage about making sure Mancow knew that this "phony wrestling" stuff wasn't so phony so Hart attacks him like its a real fight. Hart goes to the top rope too and delivers a very awkward splash onto both Mancow and the referee. Hart's bodyguard, Hail (aka Emory Hale), comes in and tosses Mancow onto his flunkies on the outside with a press slam in the best spot of the match. Hail is completely forgotten in 2018, but in 2000, he went through a somewhat infamously botched push as, after spending most of his time working as an oversized jobber he was re-packaged as "The Machine" under a generic mask and re-debuted on Thunder against Diamond Dallas Page. Despite respectable size and even signs of serious potential, Hale was doomed from the start as The Machine lost his first match in under 8 minutes and was never heard of again (until he ditched the mask again and showed up as Jimmy Hart's latest prospect). Anyway, Mancow somehow gets the win and celebrates with his obnoxious "Free Speech" music blaring. Kidman shows up after the match and beats down Jimmy Hart to continue his feud with Hulk Hogan, who the crowd starts chanting for. This is such an absurd match, from beginning to end, that there's no way to just call it average. (3/5)
Next up, The Wall vs. Scott Steiner in a United States Title Tournament match. The Wall is hyped up as a rising star, but Steiner dominates early. The Wall eventually lands some offense and Steiner actually sells for some of it. Outside they go where Steiner blinds The Wall and the former Nazi Bodyguard accidentally chokeslams the referee through the table. Another referee emerges and Steiner wins by DQ. This was done to protect The Wall, but in one of those countless examples of WCW stupidity, it goes against everything their commentary team was putting over at the start of the show - that no match would end in a DQ because no fan buys a PPV to see DQs. Well, at least they kept that promise for close to 30 minutes. A half point for the right man winning as Steiner was far more over than The Wall. (0.5/5)
Backstage, Ernest Miller is getting interviewed about his upcoming match against Mike Awesome. Cue Bigelow, who shows up to destroy him and take his place in the US Title Tournament.
And so to the ring we go for Mike Awesome vs. Bam Bam Bigelow. This one starts out as a straight-up brawl with Awesome in the driver's seat, the booking obviously designed to get him over strong as a world beater. Awesome hits a great dive to the floor and the commentators play up how well-rounded the big man is. The minute Bigelow looks like he might get some offense in, Ernest Miller shows back up and kicks Bigelow to the floor. The Cat says before he'll continue the match he wants to put on his dancing shoes, which ends up costing him dearly as Awesome obliterates him and lands a frog splash for the win. This is the third match in a row to go well under 5 minutes. I'm sensing a pattern with these tournament matches. (1/5)
Buff Bagwell and Shane Douglas cut a promo backstage against Flair (and not really Luger) before their match against Harlem Heat 2000, another World Tag Team Championship Tournament match. I feel like this match would've been better if they just read the result rather than wasting our time actually putting it on. This isn't even a squash as much as its a non-match. It goes under 3 minutes and makes the Mancow/Hart match look like Savage/Steamboat. Harlem Heat 2000 have some post-match tension because everyone was clamoring for a Stevie Ray/Big T feud? (0/5)
Finally we get the makings of a competitive match as Booker T takes on Sting in another match from the United States Title Tournament. Booker T was *technically* a New Blood member, but was refusing to take orders from Bischoff and Vince Russo (making him a face). Sting was still a face (his Fall of 99' heel turn having flopped and been reversed 3 months later) and the commentators hype up how dangerous he is now that he's back in full health. Booker T and Sting don't get enough time to really develop their match, but instead of just making this a pedal-to-the-metal sprint with loads of signature offense, they break it up with some awkward rest holds. It comes across like two guys trying to have a "proper match" in fast forward. There's at least one really cool spot where Sting attempts the Stinger Splash and gets hit with a Harlem Sidekick. Sting eventually surprises Booker with a Stinger Death Drop to win this one clean at 6-and-a-half minutes. The commentators try to play up this match as some sort of grueling battle, but it was far too short to deserve such praise. After the match, Booker T and Sting shake hands, further cementing the idea that Booker T is his own man and not a New Blood stooge. This match could've been good to great as the crowd was interested and clearly wanted to see a good, competitive match involving a rising star and a proven talent, but instead, they cut them off at the knees. Bad booking. (2/5)
Again we cut to the backstage area where Vince Russo is telling Eric Bischoff not to worry about Hulk Hogan showing up. Billy Kidman chimes in that even if Hogan does show up, he'll be in a wheelchair. Bischoff tells him that he should be worried due to his attack on Hart earlier. The acting is absymal all around.
Speaking of Kidman, he wrestles next against Vampiro in another US Title Tournament match. I forget which show it was, but I feel like these two almost had a Match of the Night on one of the PPVs before this. This time, not so much. Kidman as a heel is just weird and bad casting as he really shined as an underdog that could overcome the odds with ridiculous high flying. Vampiro, meanwhile, was getting over just fine before this New Blood nonsense and should've been kept separate and special as an enigmatic loner. At one point, Mark Madden notes that WCW could've been having great matches like this if the Millionaire's Club hadn't been hogging the spotlight all these years. Ugh, actually, WCW routinely had strong matches in the midcard in 96' and 97' and even 98' that would put this match to shame (see pretty much any match involving Mysterio, Eddie Guerrero, Juventud Guerrera, or DDP from this time). Kidman and Vampiro try to get as much of their shit in as possible before Hulk Hogan shows up in a sports car. Hogan, as expected, gets a big reaction (even in 2000, he's Hulk friggin' Hogan) and puts a hurtin' on Kidman. He struggles to put him through a table at ringside but eventually does it and sends him back in the ring so Vampiro can pin him. I understand that matches weren't going to end with DQs on this show, but wouldn't Bischoff and Russo want Kidman to get the DQ victory here? Or does it not really matter because Vampiro is also New Blood (but ostensibly a babyface like Booker)? Just seems inconsistent with the ending to The Wall's match. Whatever. This match goes 8 minutes but really feels like 5 because its really more like an angle to further the Kidman/Hogan feud (which, yeah, even typing it 18 years later, is still a head-scratcher of an idea as, of all the young talent that could've been booked against Hogan, Kidman might've been the most ill-fitting). (1/5)
Hogan storms backstage on the hunt for Eric Bischoff, who gets abandoned by Vince Russo. Hogan eventually tracks him down but a squad of police officers prevent him from choking him to death. The cops then PULL THEIR GUNS OUT as Bischoff screams "Shoot him!" They handcuff "Old Cold" Hulk Hogan. This is such an absurd angle it definitely deserves a point. (+1)
Still backstage, Terry Funk finds Norman Smiley and their Hardcore Championship match begins. Their brawling backstage is more comedic than hardcore and more sad than good. Like Mike Awesome, someone in WCW thought just because Funk was over in ECW he'd be over in WCW, but in this context, the 55-year old legend (who looked a good 10 years older than that even) just didn't work. Smiley, meanwhile, was just wasted here (much like La Parka), a guy that the crowd responded to but positioned as such a corny character in such one-note comedy matches that there was never any chance he could truly help the company (by, say, selling merchandise or helping bring in a youth audience the way countless comedy characters had been used in the WWE). Things get a little more serious when they make their way to the ring and Funk starts taking stiff chairshots to the head. Dustin Rhodes shows up to attack Funk, continuing their feud (that no one cared about), and we get at least one legitimately dangerous moment as Smiley is nearly decapitated by a ladder hanging on the edge of the apron. I'm not sure if they designed it to lead to what would've been a crazy spot, but Smiley is lucky it didn't work out because I think he would've lost his face permanently. Funk overcomes the odds and wins the "match" to become the Hardcore Champion. This match isn't good, but compared to most of everything else on this show, it's not the worst. (1/5)
Backstage, Vince Russo tells off Booker T and enlists him to do him a favor.
The next match of the United States Title Tournament follows - Mike Awesome vs. Scott Steiner. Much like every other match so far, this one runs under 5 minutes - which basically buries both guys and the title. Steiner controls early to get his signature taunts in, while Awesome rallies to hit some of his own impressive offense. This match is exactly how you shouldn't book two guys that you want to get over as potential main eventers. Halfway through minute two, Kevin Nash shows up (Awesome had attacked him on Nitro or Thunder) and hits Awesome with a crutch to the back. Steiner then locks in the Recliner and Awesome taps. Jeez - they can't even get the finish right as tapping out is the ultimate way to lose a match and getting pinned would've been the "lesser" loss. This forwards the Awesome/Nash feud, which I guess is a positive? (1/5)
Again we cut backstage - which has to be some sort of PPV record - where Russo (with Booker in tow) cuts a promo on Dustin Rhodes. Russo "shoots" and tells Dustin that he was a nobody until he (referring to himself) created the Goldust character. I'm not sure if all the swearing and "insider" stuff on this show was ahead of its time or just stupid. I'm gonna go with stupid. Even today, when the WWE does similar wink-wink stuff, its often cringe-worthy, but at least its usually reserved for bigger storylines or characters (Cena would be the clear example). Here it just seems wholly unnecessary and lazy.
Sting vs. Vampiro is next (another US Title Tournament match). These two had been feuding for a couple weeks on TV, so it probably would've made more sense to have them meet in the finals, but whatever. Sting, predictably, misses a Stinger Splash on the outside early on to give Vampiro an advantage. Vampiro is unable to capitalize, though, as Sting hits his signature offense for the win in just under 6 minutes. These two did not have the greatest chemistry and there were some awkward moments. I'm not sure if they were rushed or this was just another example of Vampiro being sloppy, but this was not very good and I'm skeptical that their impending feud will be any good either. (2/5)
Backstage, DDP is with Kimberly to cut a promo about his match against Jeff Jarrett for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship tonight. He tries out some new catchphrases and ends with the "Bada Boom" one, which never really caught on.
The vacant WCW Cruiserweight Championship is on the line next in a multi-man match featuring TAFKA Prince Iaukea, Shane Helms, Shannon Moore, Lash Leroux, Juventud Guerrera, Chris Candido, and Crowbar. There was a time when WCW's cruiserweight division featured the best international talent ever assembled, but this was obviously not that time. Guerrera and 3 Count were the most capable of wowing the crowd with innovative high-flying maneuvers, but don't get enough space to do it here. David Flair shows up and gets a "Woo!" pop from the Chicago crowd. Flair is legendarily terrible, but I think I'd still rather watch him wrestle than Leroux. Daffney and Paisley get involved multiple times (with Daffney actually taking some hits), but its Tammy Lynn Sytch (former WWE diva Sunny) who makes the biggest impact, debuting by helping her real-life boyfriend/cuckold Chris Candido score the title. Sytch was not yet the total trainwreck she would become, but she's dressed way, way trashier than she was ever presented in the WWE (which is not a good look). Sytch and Paisley proceed to have a "catfight," rolling around in the ring as the male wrestlers pretend to try to break them apart. Sytch would've been a big "get" in 97' or even 98', but by 2000, she (like Rena "Sable" Mero) had been replaced by other women who were equally as popular even if they didn't necessarily have the same level of charisma or "It" factor. All in all, this sucked. (1/5)
Here we go with the finals of the World Tag Team Championship tournament - Team Package taking on Buff Bagwell and Shane Douglas of the New Blood. Mark Madden talks non-stop about the years of "heat" between Douglas and Flair (in truth, according to Douglas, they buried the hatchet when he signed with the company months before this), trying to make this match seem like a big deal because, y'know, it being for the World Tag Team Championships meant nothing by this point. Vince Russo is also on commentary for this. Ric Flair is still wrestling in street clothes for this match, which I don't understand at all. The fans are fully behind Luger and the Nature Boy and, surprisingly, this match actually manages to generate some heat and get good reactions despite not really featuring any stand-out moments (aside from maybe when Douglas has Flair in the corner and audibly cusses him out). Years later, Douglas would opine that he believes there was money in a Flair/Douglas feud built around their "shoot heat," but that the storyline was so instantly watered down by Vince Russo shenanigans (not to mention the involvement of Luger and Bagwell) that they were unable to tell the simple story they could've/should've. Based only on their interactions here, I agree 100% - when Flair and Douglas start trading shots, you can see there was chemistry and that Flair was still capable of bringing the fire against a worthy opponent (after months and months of retreading the same ol' rivals in Hogan, Sting, Savage, and Piper). Flair plays the face-in-peril and makes a hot tag to Luger around the 7-and-a-half minute mark to a big pop. Unfortunately, just as the good guys look like they're about to win the gold, Vince Russo pulls the referee out and argues with him outside the ring. This goes on for at least 15-20 seconds too long before KroNik show up. The irony of a team of stoners (which, by the way, was never even a fleshed-out part of their gimmick despite the name) being late for a run-in is lost on the commentary team. Clark and Adams apply the slowest, least-impressive double chokeslam I've ever seen on Luger, allowing Bagwell to make the cover as Russo strips referee Nick Patrick of his shirt and places it on himself (thus making himself the referee). This show is a parade of awful over-the-top booking with each match's outcome somehow out-dumbing the previous match's outcome. I don't see how anyone could ever defend Russo's work after watching this show. The first 7 minutes of this match were decent, maybe even better-than-decent, but the ending was idiotic. (1.5/5)
Before their match, Scott Steiner cuts a promo about Sting and clarifies that he is his own man - not a member of the New Blood or the Millionaire's Club. I'm usually a bit of a mark for Steiner's rantings, but this wasn't one for the highlight reel. This is the finals of the United States Championship Tournament and the commentators play up how grueling the night has been for Sting. At least they don't try to get Steiner's endurance over as he has clocked in something like 6 minutes of action all night (Sting meanwhile has put in a whopping 12, I think). Watching back WCW's PPVs from 99' to this, I'm convinced that, of the main event guys in the company during that time frame, Sting was working harder and delivering the best all-around performances of any of them (with maybe Goldberg at #2 and Bret Hart at #3 miles away). He busts out an awesome crossbody over the top rope (a "pescado" in luche libre speak) within the first 2 minutes and continues to cut a great pace for the rest of their all-too-brief match, launching himself with 3 perfect Stinger Splashes before Vampiro shows up in the corner by popping through the mat and then pulling Sting below. Vampiro reemerges, dragging Sting up with him. Sting is bleeding from his mouth and looks dazed (and his acting's not that bad either). Steiner locks him in the Recliner and the referee rings the bell. I criticized having Steiner use the Recliner to put away Awesome after Nash hit him with the crutch earlier in the night (and stand by that criticism), but here its a different story so it actually isn't as bad. Unlike earlier, when Awesome actively tapped out, Sting was "unconscious" from Vampire's bizarre attack, so he gets to save face by losing via "ref stoppage." Now, that doesn't make this a good finish, but I'd argue if this was the only screwjob on the show, it might've worked. But by this point, every single finish had been screwy so the audience isn't surprised anymore, they just feel ripped off. (1.5/5)
Main event time - Diamond Dallas Page vs. Jeff Jarrett for the vacant WCW World Championship. This is the finals of a tournament that ran on Nitro, but its also personal as Jeff Jarrett had struck Kimberly with a guitar shot. After a few minutes of fighting in and around the ring, Page and Jarrett end up in the stands where the crowd loudly chants "DDP!" in support of the babyface. A trash can and crutch get used, but neither guy really has a clear advantage at this point. Into the ring they go and Page connects with a big clothesline, but ends up crotched on the top rope soon after. Jarrett hits an impressive superplex and goes to the outside to grab a chair. He nails Page in the back with it twice, but no DQ is called because of the "lax rules" tonight. Jarrett further damages DDP's back by sending him hard into the corner. Its really amazing how much better a match can be when wrestlers are given time to register and sell and have hope spots and cut-offs in their match (even if they're imperfectly executed) as this feels like the first bout to feature any. Jarrett's cockiness ends up costing him and Page hits a powerbomb for 2. They go back to the outside where the brawling continues as Eric Bischoff watches from the entrance ramp. Jarrett grabs a copy of DDP's book, Positively Page, and rips it up in front of him to add insult to injury. Kimberly gets involved for the third time in the match, grabbing Jeff by the hair to prevent him from furthering his assault on Page. Jarrett rolls back into the ring and stomps on his opponent but continues to gloat between every bit of offense. Page rallies and a minute later almost hits his Diamond Cutter, but Jarrett holds onto the ropes. Jarrett grabs the World Championship and hits DDP in the head with it, but only gets a 2! Bischoff walks closer to the ring as Jarrett applies the Figure Four. Kimberly grabs the guitar and starts making her way towards the ring. Oh god, are they really going to do this? Even though it would make no sense? Just for the "shock" of it? Russo and Bischoff aren't that stupid, right? Jarrett keeps the figure four locked in but Page refuses to quit. Page eventually grabs the ropes and the hold is broken - but didn't need to be because of the lax rules, right? - and they're back on their feet. The back-and-forth continues a bit with Page getting a 2 on a sidewalk chokeslam before Jarrett applies a sleeper. Kimberly holding the guitar on the outside of the ring is really telegraphing things. Page hits a jawbreaker to get out of the sleeper and then nails a Diamond Cutter as Bischoff distracts the ref. Why would he even need to if the DQ rules are lax anyway? Page sets up Jarrett to get hit by the guitar, but guess what? In the most unsurprising "twist" ever that also makes the least bit of sense ever, Kimberly hits DDP with the Diamond Cutter and Jarrett gets the win. This was the best match of the night before the final few minutes as Jarrett and Page had good chemistry, the brawling had intensity, and because they were given a decent amount of time (this match went 15 minutes - roughly twice as long as any other), an actual story developed. Unfortunately, the overbooked, nonsense ending was so bad, it hurts the overall rating. If you got rid of the shenanigans, started the match by calling it a "No DQ" contest, and then just delivered a clean finish to give your new World Champion some credibility, I could see this match being in the 3-3.5 range. (2/5)
I reviewed The Great American Bash from 91' recently and summarized its awfulness by saying that the show's creators did not get a single match right. The show earned an all-time low score of 0.82-out-of-5 on the Kwang Scale and features "no redeeming qualities." Spring Stampede 2000, by comparison, is a much better show. By comparison to most every other show I've reviewed, though, it is still an absolute dumpster fire of a PPV. The best "match"/segment on the show is the Mancow vs. Jimmy Hart because its the most absurd and happens early enough in the show to come off as a fun diversion. Hulk Hogan being forced into handcuffs at gunpoint? That's something worth seeing. Unlike Great American Bash 91', which is mostly boring, this show is mostly just infuriatingly ridiculous and convoluted. If I'm not mistaken, every single match ends with some sort of shenanigans that makes someone (the ref, the commentators, a wrestler, Russo) look like an idiot. I've heard Vince Russo talk about the importance of "logic" in wrestling, but this entire card is an exercise in anti-logic. At this point, WCW was in a hole and the booking on this show reveals that Russo and Bischoff's big idea was to dig their way out of it. I'm morbidly curious what the next PPV has in store for me because this show seems like the kind of one that would've put the company out of business. If Great American Bash 91' had no redeeming qualities, this show can only be enjoyed through a "hate watch," the little bit of entertainment value that can be taken from it being the opportunity to see WCW crumble before your very eyes.
FINAL RATING - DUDleyville
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