Week 2, March 1990

NWA Worldwide: American Airlines Arena (South East) 9,452 Fans “B+”

(Worldwide opens with the camera finding the Four Horsemen in the ring dressed in the finest suits money can buy, only they are minus Ole Anderson. Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard stand slightly behind Ric Flair, who is holding a mic who raises it and begins to speak.)

FLAIR: “Woooo!” (Does his little strut causing the fans to roar with disapproval. Flair‘s face glows with anger as he finds a fat middle aged man in the front row who is holding his hand out with his thumb turned down and booing. Flair points at him.) “Shut your damn mouth fat boy!” (Tully and Arn look at the pudgy man and smirk. Flair continues.) “All of you, shut your mouths! The Four Horsemen are here!” (Long pause as the fans reach a fever pitch with their booing.) “Tonight is a great night for the Horsemen, and a great night for wrestling. Tonight the Four Horsemen announce their fourth member since we got rid of Ole Anderson.” (Flair looks and points right in the camera as his voice rises again.) “Ole! You’re out! You just couldn’t hang with the Horsemen! You just couldn’t style and profile with the Nature Boy! Woooo! (Struts once more.) “Woooo! So…..tonight we announce our newest and final member of the Four Horsemen. Lex! Lex Luger, come on out here!” (The three of them applaud as the Four Horsemen music plays and out from the back walks Lex Luger, shirtless, with dress slacks and shoes. The fans boo the once beloved “Total Package,” Lex Luger. He reaches the ring and climbs the steps and enters the ring with a big grin on his face as he walks up and shakes Ric Flair’s hand. Flair stands in front of Luger and once more begins to speak.) “Lex Luger….welcome to the Four Horsemen! Woooo!”

(Suddenly, Bret “The Hitman” Hart’s music plays and out from the back steps Bret Hart and right along with him is “Rowdy” Roddy Piper. The two walk to the top of the ramp, with Hart holding a mic. Hart flips his mirrored sunglasses up on his forehead and begins to speak.)

HART: “Well this has all been really touching Ricky, but I’ve had about as much of this crap as I can take!” (The fans all rise and cheer and Roddy Piper flips his kilt up at the Horsemen.) “Luger! Luger…I don’t care if you’re a Horsemen! I don’t care if you’re a boy scout! Hell…..I don’t care what you are! All I care about is getting your ass in the ring at Uncensored!” (Luger slams his hands down on the top rope and grabs and shakes them with anger and Flair puts the mic to his mouth and starts to talk only to have Roddy Piper interrupt him.)
PIPER: “Flair! Shut your mouth before I come down there and slap the taste out of it!” (Flair has a angry, shocked look on his face.) “Flair, you’ve got even bigger problems than your buddy Lex. That’s right! Flair, I want you! Just you and me at Uncensored! That is if you have the rocks!” (Flair’s eyes bulge out as he speaks.)
FLAIR: “You’re on! You’re on pal! You and me! (Hart and Piper smile and turn to return to the back as the fans cheer their moral victory.) “I’ll see you at Uncensored Piper! You and me pal! Woooo!” 

1. Arn Anderson defeated Dynamite Kid “B”
Arn and Dynamite have a great match, with Dynamite showing he can carry himself in single matches pretty well. After this match, Ole Anderson completed a turn to face when he jumped Arn Anderson on the ramp leading to backstage. The turn went over really well as the fans bought into it completely. Greg Moe plans to pit Arn and Ole in a match at Uncensored if there is enough time found during the pre-production meeting set for late Saturday night.

2. Sting defeated Don Muraco to retain the NWA North American Title “B”
The Sting and Don Muraco match was fantastic and one the fans will remember for quite some time, and not only because each man performed well, but more because after the match, as Sting was celebrating in the ring, “Ravishing” Rick Rude did a surprise attack on Sting doing a really thorough beat down that both Rude and Sting sold beautifully. After Sting was down and out, Rick Rude stood over him doing various poses, showing off his well chiseled  body that has no comparison, except for “The Total Package” Lex Luger and maybe Don Muraco.

(After the show comes back from commercial, we see Rick Rude, who is still standing in the ring after Sting had to be stretchered off to the back.)
RUDE: “Hey Sting! What’s the matter? Having a bad day?” (He smirks as he steps back from the ropes and does a few arm flexes then returns and leans his elbow on the top rope and continues.) “”Damn Sting. I was made to believe you were a tough guy, but hell, I just don’t see it. This whole show is full of a bunch of soft…weak….punks. (Rude does some more poses showing off his arms and abs.) “I imagine these ladies out here are craving…..just dying to see a real man like myself, and your husbands and boy friends are probably a little embarrassed now that they see what their ladies really want. They want the Ravishing One……Rick…..Rude.”

3. Bret Hart & Roddy Piper defeated The Wild Samoans (Fatu & Samu) “B”
Fatu and Samu did a marvelous job putting Hart and Piper over by letting the two have a great match against them. Insiders say The Wild Samoans were promised a push for doing the selling job they did. Look for them to get a title shot and maybe a title win somewhere down the line.

4. Ric Flair defeated Jim Neidhart “B+”
Jim Neidhart took part in his first singles main event match and did a great job working with Flair. After the match was over, Roddy Piper came out and jumped Flair in the ring and the two brawled until they were separated by agents and referees. Then, as the show ended, Piper and Flair attacked each other again fighting past the workers and traded punches again. The fans went crazy.


WCW Saturday Night: Hofheinz Pavilion 10,000 Sell Out “B+”

(The show opens with Sting in the ring as the fans are going crazy over the fact that Sting is on the WCW show. He lifts his mic and speaks to the 10,000 fans but more toward one man…..Rick Rude, who‘s somewhere in the building.)

STING: “Rude, just cause you’re on the WCW roster doesn’t mean you can hide! You think you can jump me on Worldwide then run here and hide? You’re mistaken! That’s right Rude! I’ll tell you what I did. As soon as Worldwide was over last night, I went right into Greg Moe’s office and demanded to be traded to the WCW roster! I gave up the (NWA) North American Title just to follow you here, and tonight, I’m going to get even! I swear it Rude! Tonight, you’re mine!”
(Suddenly Jim Cornette comes out from the back and addresses Sting from the top of the ramp.)
CORNETTE: “Sting, you want to come to the WCW? Well, tonight you’ve got yourself a match. But you don’t get Rude! No! You get Ivan Koloff!” (Sting yells back.)
STING: “You think that scares me Cornette? Bring Koloff on! Then bring on Rude!”
CORNETTE: “I’ll tell you what Sting. You beat Koloff tonight, I’ll give you Rude at Uncensored!”
STING: “You’re on Cornette!”
CORNETTE: “Sting, but if you lose, you’ll be cleaning toilets at Uncensored!”

1. Super Zenith defeated The Great Mute “B-”
Super Zenith did another fantastic job, this time beating The Great Muta.

(Before Super Zenith can climb out of the ring, Sid Vicious steps out from the back and addresses Zenith.)
SID: “Hey Zenith, or whatever your name is! You’ve been having a grand old time the last few weeks, haven’t you? (Zenith is in the ring and nods his head and looks out to the cheering fans.) “I’ll tell you what Zenith! I’m going to bring you back down to earth super hero!” (Sid smirks.) “You got the balls to meet me at Uncensored?” (Zenith nods his head again and looks out again at the fans who are cheering the idea. The camera shifts to the locker room where we see Stan Hansen and Bob Orton standing watching a monitor with looks of shock on their faces.)
ORTON: “He gets a shot at the United States Title?”
HANSEN: “What the hell!”
ORTON: “Don’t worry, Sid will punish that idiot!”

2. Midnight Express (Stan Lane & Bobby Eaton) drew with the Fabulous Freebirds (Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin) “B+”
Midnight Express and the Fabulous Freebirds had a fantastic tag match. The match was setup earlier in the evening by Jim Cornette saying the winner would face The Texas Cowboys at Uncensored. However, since this match was a time limit draw, Cornette said it would be a three team tag match for the WCW World Tag Titles.

3. Jerry Lawler defeated Terry Gordy “B”
Terry Gordy put in his last match in the trade from All Japan, and did a great job here with Lawler. I’m sure Greg Moe would be interested in bringing back Gordy at some point.

(After the match between Jerry Lawler and Terry Gordy, Jerry Lawler was jumped from behind as he turned the corner as he entered the backstage area by Terry Funk. Funk did a masterful job beating down Lawler and finished it by power bombing Lawler through a catering table full of sheet pans full of hotdogs and French fries. Funk stands over the unconscious Lawler.)
FUNK: “Lawler! You don’t have to look for me! I’ll see your ass at Uncensored! Be there!” (Funk stands over Lawler laughing while looking at his beaten body.)

4. Sting defeated Ivan Koloff “B”
Sting and Ivan Koloff pulled off a great match together that also had Rick Rude come down to ringside and throw insults to Sting throughout the latter part of the match.

(After the match, Sting jumped out of the ring to chase Rick Rude who was by then standing at the top of the ramp. As Sting got closer to him, Rude stepped back through the entrance to the back and as Sting ran through the entrance after him, Bam Bam Bigelow and The Great Muta stepped out and clothes lined him knocking him to the ground. Then as Muta stomped him, Bigelow picked up a chair and began striking Sting with it and brought it down on Sting’s ankle. Rick Rude stepped forward and looked down at Sting.)
RUDE: “Hi Sting. Just making sure you don’t interfere in my match tonight.” (Rude laughs and then leans down and spits on Sting’s face before walking away past the beaming Bigelow and Muta.) 

5. Rick Rude defeated Stan Hansen “B+”
With not fully knowing Sting’s intensions, Stan Hansen was distracted by Sting when he came down to ringside, which gave Rick Rude the opening to perform the “Rude Awakening” on Hansen and put the match away. Just as soon as the bell rang ending the match, Sting jumped in the ring and he and Rude began an all out brawl that continued until referee’s and road agents had to pull them apart. Rick Rude and Sting proved that they can carry a major match at “Uncensored.” Maybe even a main event.


Other events this week were the signing of “Ravishing” Rick Rude, as you should already know by now, but also, Greg Moe was able to sign a young up and comer from Calgary Stampede Wrestling, Chris Benoit and Vampiro, who they hope to send to development soon, and Dino Bravo, who Greg signed away from the WWF. So, as of now, in the war with the WWF, the NWA has managed to sign Roddy Piper, Rick Rude and Dino Bravo, while the WWF was able to steal Scott Steiner and Ronnie Garvin. So some of the bigger named wrestlers are starting to notice the NWA and the contracts that they have been offering. However, Roddy Piper set back the promotion $35,000 a month and now Rick Rude cost the NWA $45,000 a month. It is yet to be seen how hard these contracts will effect the NWA’s bottom line.

One other small tidbit was that Greg Moe determined that both the NWA and WCW Six Man Titles just weren’t doing anything for him, and moreover, the fans. So Greg has retired both titles for use in the NWA and WCW shows. This decision was made easier when Terry Gordy left to go back to All Japan anyway, who was one of the holders of the WCW Six Man Titles with Michael ‘P.S.’ Hayes and Jimmy Garvin.