These are the results from Battlebowl, being held by World Championship Wrestling. It is being held in front of 48,175 people at Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium in Morgantown, West Virginia
Surprise, surprise…
Look who’s here tonight!
It’s the Blacktop Bully!
Seriously did you really think that he wasn’t going to be here?
The loudmouth fan from the Clash is again in the crowd, ready to hurl insults and honk his annoying air horn at the face wrestlers.
The Ultimate Challenge of Skill, Luck and Survival
Only One Man Can Survive
A ‘Lethal Lottery’ system is used to draw tag-teams at random and the winners from each subsequent match will then advance to a big Battle Royal in the main event slot of the show. The winner of the “Battlebowl” Battle Royal is guaranteed a shot at the WCW World Heavyweight title at Superbrawl in February.
Your hosts are Tony Schiavone, Bobby Heenan and Eric Bischoff…
Lethal Lottery
It’s time for the Lethal Lottery to draw competing tag-teams at random.
The winners from each subsequent tag team match will then advance to a big Battle Royal in the main event slot of the show. The winner of the “Battlebowl” Battle Royal is guaranteed a shot at the WCW World Heavyweight title at Superbrawl in February.
Your hosts “Mean” Gene and Diamond Doll will draw out the participants out of a tumbler, when they’re not busy flirting…
“Tony Schiavone you have your cross to bear working with Bobby “The Brain” Heenan. My duty i must say a whole lot more pleasant. I’m going to be assisted by the Diamond Doll. Who of course have been affiliated with Diamond Dallas Page in the past. But Diamond Girl it’s going to be different tonight, you and i are going to have a lot of fun”.
Let’s draw the first couple of names. Let’s roll this tumbler. You do the drawings and i’ll mention the names.
Mean Gene and Diamond Doll calls out:
Ricky Steamboat and Jim Duggan vs. Brad Armstrong and Diamond Dallas Page
Rating: 100 A*
Ricky Steamboat and Jim Duggan vs. Brad Armstrong and Diamond Dallas Page
In a entertaining match with good heat, Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat and “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan defeated Brad Armstrong and Diamond Dallas Page in a Lethal Lottery Tag Team match in 7:57 when Ricky Steamboat defeated Diamond Dallas Page by pinfall with a Diving Crossbody after a distraction from Diamond Doll. Diamond Dallas Page is furious that Diamond Girl is flirting with Mean Gene.
Rating: 73 B-
Interview w/ Harlem Heat
Eric Bischoff had an interview with Booker T and Stevie Ray, discussing the challenge made by Fire and Ice at the lastest episode of WCW Worldwide. Harlem Heat accepts the challenge made by Fire and Ice. The brothers from the mean streets of Harlem want respect and they will make an example out of Fire and Ice.
“Harlem Heat is here to dominate the WCW tag team ranks, suckas got to know!”
Rating: 81 B
“Oooh excuse me!”
The dirty old “Casanova” Gene Okerlund has gotten hold of some champagne and it seems like Diamond Doll is getting more and more tipsy. He managed to spill some champagne on Diamond Doll’s skin tight dress.
Mean Gene and Diamond Doll calls out:
Marcus Alexander Bagwell and Stevie Ray vs. Johnny B. Badd and Brian Pillman
Marcus Alexander Bagwell and Stevie Ray vs. Johnny B. Badd and Brian Pillman
Of course, Tag Team Division rivals Marcus Alexander Bagwell and Stevie Ray can’t get along. Both are pissed over who his partner is. In a good match, Johnny B. Badd and Brian Pillman defeated Marcus Alexander Bagwell and Stevie Ray in a Lethal Lottery Tag Team match in 9:49 when Brian Pillman defeated Marcus Alexander Bagwell by pinfall with an Air Pillman.
Rating: 73 B-
The Four Horsemen Vignette
The Four Horsemen: “The Nature Boy” Ric Flair, Curt Hennig, “Superstar” Steve Austin, “The Enforcer” Arn Anderson and several women are shown just arriving at the arena in a limo. They are wearing expensive suits, rolex watches and gold jewelry. They’ve been partying in Atlantic City and are taking a limo from the airport to the arena. Tonight they are taking care of everyone that gets in their way to prove they are the “Alphas in WCW”. They then held up the sign of the Four Horsemen to end the promo.
Rating: 100 A*
It’s seems like Mean Gene and Diamond Doll are getting along just fine.
“I’m sorry are we on the air? We’re just having a great time here!”
Bobby Heenan seems grumpy and says “look at that”.
Mean Gene and Diamond Doll calls out:
The Patriot and Dustin Rhodes vs. David Taylor and Steve Austin
The Patriot and Dustin Rhodes vs. David Taylor and Steve Austin
In a bout that had good wrestling and a pretty good reaction from the crowd, The Patriot and “The Natural” Dustin Rhodes defeated “Squire” David Taylor and “Superstar” Steve Austin in a Lethal Lottery Tag Team match in 16:25 when Dustin Rhodes defeated David Taylor by pinfall with a Fast Roll Up. No! Austin is completely devastated and wildly protest to the referee.
Rating: 75 B-
Cruiserweight Division Vignette
Eric Bischoff hypes an upcoming tournament to crown a WCW Cruiserweight Champion and that former WCW Light Heavyweight champions Brian Pillman, Brad Armstrong and Jushin Thunder Liger might be involved in it. The tournament will also feature some of the best high-flying talents from Mexico and Japan.
Rating: 66 C+
“It looks like we’re back on air!
Let’s get busy and draw some more names! Diamond Girl i can’t tell you how enjoyable this is!” Mean Gene and Diamond Doll clung to each other and calls out:
Jerry Sags and Honky Tonk Man vs. Ric Flair and Sting
Jerry Sags and Honky Tonk Man vs. Ric Flair and Sting
Of course, arch enemies Ric Flair and Sting can’t get along. Flair and Sting have their problems that are still unsettled ever since Flair returned to WCW. Sting is in big trouble against Jerry Sags that’s clubbering away. Sting wants to tag out, but Flair just “Woooos!” at him and slowly struts down the apron. Flair finally stop being a jerk because if they lose, they will not go to Battlebowl. In a good match, Ric Flair and Sting defeated Jerry Sags and Honky Tonk Man in a Lethal Lottery Tag Team match in 16:14 when Ric Flair defeated Elvis wannabee Honky Tonk Man by submission with a Figure Four Leglock.
Rating: 75 B-
Interview w/ Sting
Eric Bischoff had an interview with fan favourite Sting hyping the Battlebowl. The Stinger is intense and says that he will take apart the likes of Ric Flair, The Great Muta, Vader, and anyone else that gets in his way to prove that he is the number one in WCW.
Rating: 91 A
Mean Gene and Diamond Doll is dancing while drawing the picks.
Bobby Heenan is irritated and blasts Okerlund, calling him a dirty old dog.
Mean Gene and Diamond Doll calls out:
Brian Knobbs and Kevin Sullivan vs. One Man Gang and Steven Regal
Brian Knobbs and Kevin Sullivan vs. One Man Gang and Steven Regal
Kevin Sullivan attacks Brian Knobbs to begin the match and his bash brother One Man Gang joins in. Sullivan finally stop beating up his partner because if they lose, he can’t go to Battlebowl. “Lord” Steven Regal’s pissed over who his partner is, and saying he needed a bath immdiately to clean up after being that close to Brian Knobbs, Kevin Sullivan and One Man Gang. In a bout that had good wrestling and a decent reaction from the crowd, One Man Gang and Steven Regal defeated Brian Knobbs and Kevin Sullivan in a Lethal Lottery Tag Team match in 9:52 when Steven Regal defeated Kevin Sullivan by submission with a Regal Stretch after blatantly cheating when the referee was distracted.
Rating: 79 B
Pull Apart Brawl
Brian Knobbs and Kevin Sullivan are in the ring, and are squaring off, unhappy about losing the match. The argument turns physical, and they are joined by One Man Gang and Jerry Sags for a wild stiff and sloppy brawl, with the chaos spilling out all around ringside. Eventually a number of officials and other wrestlers have to hit the ring and pull them apart before they kill each other.
Rating: 88 B+
Diamond Doll is getting more and more tipsy and Mean Gene tries to look up Diamond Doll’s dress. Mean Gene and Diamond Doll calls out:
Ice Train and Paul Orndorff vs. Steve Keirn and The Great Muta
Ice Train and Paul Orndorff vs. Steve Keirn and The Great Muta
Loud Paula chant to start us off. In a good match, Steve Keirn and The Great Muta defeated Ice Train and “Mr. Wonderful” Paul Orndorff in a Lethal Lottery Tag Team match in 16:07 when The Great Muta defeated Paul Orndorff by pinfall with a Shining Wizard. Steve Keirn and The Great Muta advance to Battlebowl.
Rating: 71 C+
Interview w/ The Stud Stable
Eric Bischoff had an interview with Col. Robert Parker hyping his clients in The Stud Stable. Col. Rob Parker is wearing a white suit and puffing his cigar. He says that he is a relative of Col. Tom Parker and that he is in WCW to manage the biggest Stars of All Time and to make The Stud Stable the most dominant stable in the history of Professional Wrestling. Meng is an unstoppable monster and the “Scariest Man in the History of Wrestling”. Hard-hitting Japanese blue chipper Kurosawa is a top contender for the WCW World Television title and The Miracle Violence Connection are the No 1 Condenters in the Tag Team Division.
When he leaves the interview he gave Bobby Heenan a Cuban cigar, which makes “The Brain” very happy…
Rating: 92 A
Diamond Doll says “What was that?”
Mean Gene says“I don’t know, but i think i saw something that reminded me of melons.” Mean Gene and Diamond Doll calls out:
Scott Norton and Maxx Payne vs. Van Hammer and John Tenta
Scott Norton and Maxx Payne vs. Van Hammer and John Tenta
In a hard-hitting match with big power moves, muscle mountain Scott “Flash” Norton and Death Metal fan Maxx Payne defeated ripped muscle boy Van Hammer and unstoppable monster heel “Big” John Tenta in a Lethal Lottery Tag Team match in 6:19 when Scott Norton destroyed Van Hammer by pinfall with a Release Powerbomb.
Rating: 63 C
Starrcade Vignette
We go to a pre-taped clip where Mean Gene makes an announcement that San Antonio, Texas will be host to Starrcade this year. He says all the big cities were fighting over this show: Chicago wanted it, New York wanted it, London wanted it, Los Angeles wanted it and Tokyo wanted it, but forget about those cities because WCW chooses San Antonio!
A hype vignette for Starrcade “The Original Super Card”
Hyping that the following matches will take place at Starrcade:
Loser Leaves WCW Match
Johnny B. Badd vs. Honky Tonk Man
WCW World Tag Team Title Match
Fire and Ice vs. Harlem Heat
Falls Count Anywhere Match
Dustin Rhodes vs. Meng
Sting vs. John Tenta
Best of Seven Series Match 3
Brian Pillman vs. Steve Austin
Steel Cage Match for the WCW World Heavyweight Title
Hulk Hogan vs. Curt Hennig
Rating: 95 A*
Mean Gene says that this is one of the best cards he’s seen in his 26 years of covering the sport. Then he gives Diamond Doll his hotel room number.
Mean Gene and Diamond Doll calls out:
Booker T and Arn Anderson vs. Bobby Eaton and Vader
Booker T and Arn Anderson vs. Bobby Eaton and Vader
In a match that had great wrestling and good heat, “Beautiful” Bobby Eaton and Vader defeated Booker T and “The Enforcer” Arn Anderson in a Lethal Lottery Tag Team match in 19:33 when Vader defeated Booker T by pinfall with a Vadersault. Another member of The Four Horsemen have been eliminated.
Rating: 76 B-
Interview w/ Vader
Eric Bischoff had an interview with Vader and Harley Race hyping the Battlebowl. Vader says that Hulk Hogan is a coward, and that he will take the WCW World title. Harley Race claims that Hogan is avoiding Vader, but you can’t hide from “The Man They Call Vader”.
Vader noted that he injured Nikita Koloff, Ron Simmons, Sting, Cactus Jack, The Guardian Angel and Joe Thurman and then goes on full berzerk mode punching away on the interior of the locker room…
Harley Race says that the interview is over as Vader throw chairs around…
Rating: 100 A*
The Battlebowl
The winners of the tag matches advance:
It’s a 16-man battle royal to start. As Bobby “The Brain” Heenan says, “Not a lot to call here, you just watch ‘em fight.”
Ready!
Wild, luck-of-the draw tag team matches…
Set!
Winners advance where it’s every man for himself…
Battlebowl!
Only one man can win.
Steve Keirn is the first guy eliminated by Vader. The Patriot goes next after Steven Regal ducked a charge. Johnny B. Badd gets thrown over the top rope. Scott Norton gets rid of Bobby Eaton. Jim Duggan tries to eliminate Vader, but it doesn’t happen though. Instead Vader gets rid of Jim Duggan, as One Man Gang eliminates Maxx Payne. Right after that, Scott Norton clotheslines One Man Gang to the floor. Then Vader come right up behind Norton and toss him out. Lots of brawling follows without any eliminations for a while, until Steven Regal sends Brian Pillman over the ropes. Sting backdrops One Man Gang and dumps him out. Ricky Steamboat comes up behind Steven Regal and tosses him out too. Meanwhile on the other side of the ring, Dustin Rhodes backdrops The Great Muta over the top. Next, Vader comes up behind Dustin Rhodes to dump him out.
Final Four
Sting, Ric Flair, Ricky Steamboat and Vader. While Steamboat and Flair have a technical wrestling match, Sting avoids a corner splash from Vader. Sting tries a Suplex, but of course its reversed. Right after the Suplex, Vader drops an elbow in between Sting’s legs. Meanwhile, Steamboat and Flair are chopping one another. Sting starts beating the crap out of Vader. Steamboat eats a boot from Flair as he comes off the top and Vader gets Slammed as he comes off the top by the Stinger. The crowd freakin erupts as Sting starts punching the crap out of Vader until he’s cornered and whipped into a Vaderbomb. Sting gets punched around and splashed by Vader, but he sits up on a second attempt. Flair tries to toss out Sting when he turns around to punch at Vader. He can’t get him over, so he sets up Sting for a Pump Splash from Vader instead. Sting avoids an Avalanche and Flair gets nailed instead. Ricky Steamboat tosses Ric Flair out of the ring, but his momentum sends him falling down to the floor so it counts as an elimination. Now it’s just Sting vs. Vader. Sting places Vader up in the corner and tries to kick him out. When that doesn’t work, he charges in with a Stinger Splash. But, Vader moves out of the way and Sting flies out to the floor to give Vader the win.
In a bout that had good wrestling and a decent reaction from the crowd, Vader won a Battlebowl in 59:32. The other members of the ‘final four’ were Sting, Ric Flair and Ricky Steamboat, with Sting being the final elimination. Vader got the most eliminations over the course of the match. Vader wins the WCW Battlebowl title.
Rating: 83 B+
Post Match Celebration
Nick Bockwinkel, Eric Bischoff, Gene Okerlund and Diamond Girl are presenting Vader with a ring to commemorate his victory at Battlebowl. Having picked up the victory, Vader celebrates in the ring, and goes crazy, walking around the ring like a madman battering away at the ring posts.
Vader says that his sights is set on WCW World Heavyweight Champion; Hulk Hogan. At Superbrawl Vader will destroy Hulkamania and Hulk Hogan. Harley says that Vader is unstoppable. Vader fears no man and he feels no pain! Vader is one of the toughest and most hard hitting wrestlers in the history of the industry.
“The only man to hold versions of the World Title on four Continents, making him the closest thing professional wrestling has ever had to a true world champion.”
Vader asks Diamond Girl who the man is, with a clearly nervous Diamond Girl saying that it is Vader…
Vader threw around the barriers in anger…
“Who’s the man?”
“Who’s the man?”
“Who’s the man?”
“It’s Vader!”
“Vader is the man!”
“I rule the WCW and no one can stop me!”
Vader continues to throw around the steel barriers as the show came to a close…
Rating: 100 A*
Show Rating 92 A
Hogan Knows WCW Best 