Why talk about this ??? Well Like I said in my Halloween Havoc 95 report, that was the beginning of thge end for Vince McMahon and company. Want to know what put the nail in the coffin (not Vampiro) for Vince, JR and friends ?? NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNew World Order ! Also with my 4 year anniversary coming up on June 17 (the day after this GAB), I need to feel a bit nostialgic BRAHS.
- Live from Baltimore, Maryland. Dusty Rhodes and Tuff Tony Schiavone are our beloved hosts for the night. - The Steiner Brothers vs. Fire and Ice (with the TRUE Godfather Teddy Long) in a There MUST Be a Winner Match : The story behind the match is this; the two teams have fought on shows before the PPV, and they have all ended with either a Double C-O or Double D-Q, so the two teams signed to face each other in a There MUST Be a Winner match. FYI, Fire and Ice is the team of Ice Train (choo choo!) and Scott Flash Norton, and YES that is current WWF referee Teddy Long. If you don't know his past history as a ref, then you don't deserve to know. This match goes back and forth with the Ice-Man showing off his immense talents. Big Poppa Pump hits one of the most BE-YOOO-tiful Frankensteiners ever on the ex-member of nWo B-Team elite, as he gets his team the win. *** - WCW United States Champion The K-Dawg Konnan vs. challenger #1 Contender El Gato : It has been six months, and the K-Dawg is still the U.S. Champ. Not since Hacksaw had we seen a great U.S. Champ. Here he faces off against FOREIGN sensation (probably from Europe, if my languages are correct). El Gato just impresses the heck out of me, sadly, just like his brother El Technico, he disappears and is never to be seen again. Eitherway, K-Dawg powerbombs him on the floor, rolls him into the ring and gets the win. ***** - Blood Runs Cold is coming !! I can't wait !! This is one of the times in which the hype matches the actual event. - Lord of the Ring Diamond Dallas Page vs. challenger American Male Marcus Alexander Bagwell : Well, DDP was supposed to get the match against the Gaint (because he won the Battle Bowl Ring a month earlier), but the WCW executive comitee removed that title shot (which would be determined at another time) and gave it to T-PAC. This would be a great match up between two up and comers. Marcus just ROCKS here !! Sadly, it isn't his time yet, as DDP hits the Diamond Cutter fo the win. ***1/2 - WCW Cruiserweight Champion Dean Malenko vs. challenger Ray Mist Ear E O (without the Kool K-Dawg) : When you talk about DARK TIMES, you talk about this. Ray Ray makes his WCW debut here and for some reason, they get 20 minutes to BORE us (not Malenko). Snooze fest ... I hit the fast foward, and I think that Ray Ray lost. -*************** - BIG JOHN Tenta vs. Big Bubber : Now HERE's a match !! And one that can wake up the crowd !!! Here is the story behind the match: the Shark was kicked out of the DoD, and Jimmy Hart sends Big Bubber Rogers to shave one-half of Shark's head. This angered the big man so much that this resulted in the CLASSIC "I'm not a fish, I'm not an Avalanche. I'm a man. I'm John Tenta". You are indeed a man BIG JOHN !! After a few stellar minutes, BIG JOHN pins the former Boss Man in a POWERslam and gets the win. ****** AWESOME stuff folks. - Krispin Wah (without Nancy) vs. The TaskMaster Kevin Sullivan (without Nancy, but with Jimmy Hart) : This was a great time to be a Hossman. Brian Pillman quit WCW (at SuperBrawl!) and Kevin ws recruiting Arn for the DoD. What a time ! With Pillman gone, Wah got the chance to feud with Kevin (for over one year !). Well, Krispin and Sully pretend to be HARDcore (like TPE and the Nasties) as they go to the BATHROOM !! ("There's a lady in the men's bathroom !" to quote the Bull of the Woods Dusty). They make their way back to ringside. Benoit wins after a superplex, but he continues to pund at Kevin. Double Ancient comes down to seemingly help Kevin, but what does he do ?? Like any no good Hossman, he STINGS Kevin, and it looks like those Hossman are back together again. DARN IT !! * for Kevin's AMAZING HARDcore ability and his overall talent for carrying Krispin Wah (just like he did with Fat Foley). - Mean Gene sucks up to Woman and Liz, but the newly reformed Hossmen have some words of wisdom for Team Foosball. Hey .... isn't Brian gone, so who (nN) is the fourth one ????????? I sure hope it isn't someone we don't expect ! - WCW Tag Team Champion Sting vs. Lord Steven Regal (with Geeves, the Earl of Eaton and Squire David Taylor) : This was an intense feud. Sure was BRAHS ! Sting wins. * only because Regal did NOT win. - Steve Mongo McMichael and the LEAN MEAN Kevin Greene MACHINE (with Coach Macho Man Randy Savage, Debra McMichael-Austin, Kevin's wife and lil'Pepe) vs. The natural Relic Rick Flab and Double Ancient Arn Anderson (with Coach Bobby The Brain Heenan, Woman and Liz) : You want backstory brah ? You'll get my pattented version of it !! At SuperBrawl VI, Macho Man lost the WCW title to Flair when Liz STUNG her husband. The two feuded viciously over the next few months. Then, Macho Man was suspended from WCW and wa not permitted to wrestle. Why ?? Because he was a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSE CANNON !! Also, around that same time, Flair was hitting on Steve's wife, the always talkative Debra. This enrages Mongo so much that he and his good friend the Lean Mean Kevin Greene Machine challenged Flair and Arn to a match at the GAB. In order to find a strategy to beat the football players, the Hossmen hire Bobby Heenan as their coach. Team Football needed someone to coach them on how to wrestle, so they got the Macho Man to counter Bobby. So the match begins and Team Foosball are INCREDIBLY impressive !! I hope they quit their day job ! Whenever Kevin hits a move correctly, he does a dance that I imitate every time I am happy. The Hossmen cheat (as always). At one point, Woman and Liz force the wives backstage (and off-camera). A while later, Debra comes out in a new dress and a Haliburton filled with money. She gets Mongo's attention and in a moment where Mongio must have had rocks in his head, he took the briefcase and whacked it over Kevin's head which leads to Flair pinning Mongo. And there we have your 4th Hossman. The bad guys beat up Macho Man like he was a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSE CANNON. **** for Mongo's and Kevin's effort in the ring, but that ending ruined the whole match. - My main man EZE Eric Bischoff BRAVELY comes out BY HIMSELF and calls out the BIG mang, and the Medium Size Mang. The duo tell us that they do NOT work for the WWF. Both sides agree that at the next PPV (Bash at the Beach) we will have the BIG mang, and the Medium Size Mang and a mystery opponent against 3 of WCW's finest. When the duo want to know the IDs of their opponents, EZE refuses to tell them, so what do the EVIL duo do ?? They POWERBOMB EZE off of the stage and onto a table !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Dusty says 'UNBELIEVABLE' for the FIRST time tonight ! - WCW World Champion The Son of Ander, The Gaint (with that guy who is lower than a snake in the grass, Jimmy Hart) vs. challenger WCW Tag Team Champion and WCW Television Champion The Total Package Lex Luger : This is a big match but I am just so concerned about EZE's health that I will VERY briefly talk about this match. With Jimmy Hart interfering on the part of the Gaint, Sting comes out to help his partner and chases Jimmy to the back. Lex got the Gaint in the Torture Rack but he can't and the Gaint chokeslams him for the win. ****1/2