Week 4, February 1990

This week, not much happened that didn't have a direct impact on the shows, so I don't want to do any "spoilers" here at the top. So, let's get right to the shows, keeping in mind, that to get the full effect and benefit of each show, requires you to read each in their entireties.

NWA Worldwide: American Airlines Arena (South East) 10,000 Sell Out "B+"

The show opens with the camera on Ric Flair in the middle of the ring. He waits for the fans to quite down a tad, and begins to speak into the mic.
FLAIR: "Last week the Hart Foundation attacked me in the bathroom!" (Fans cheer as Flair looks around the arena with a look of disgust.)" Yeah, yeah, that was real brave of them. Well listen up! That's not going to happen,.....ever again! Woooo! What they forgot, is that when you mess with me......you mess with the Four Horsemen! I just want to make that clear. Hell, boys....Arn, Tully, come on out here!"
(The music for the Four Horsemen begins to play and out from the back walk Arn Anderson, Tully Blanchard and a few steps behind them, Ole Anderson. They all walk to the ring smugly looking at the fans with their noses high in the air holding up four fingers on each hand out in front of them, making sure they show the camera that is walking right along with them. They all climb in the ring and stand behind Flair.)
FLAIR: "Things are a little different now! It's not three on one anymore, unless they think three on one is fair. Is that what is is Hart?" (Flair says as if he's trying to get Bret Hart's attention from the back.) "You think three on one is fair. How bout four on one? How bout that Hitman?! Come on Hitman, come on out here, and leave your boys back there, unless your scared! Come on Bret! Get your ass out here!" Woooo!"
(Ric Flair and the other Horsemen stand in the ring, with big smiles on their faces, knowing that Bret Hart will either have to come out or else look scared to all his fans. There's a long pause as the Four Horsemen and the fans wait to see if Bret Hart will appear from the back. As they wait, the Horsemen look even more sure of themselves, as still no Hart appears. Suddenly, the loud, generous sound of Scottish bagpipes play over the sound system, and fans immediately know what that must mean, and show their excitement and joy by all rising to their feet bellowing and roaring simultaneously. Yes, it's Rowdy Roddy Piper! Piper walks out from the back and stands at the top of the ramp basking in the fans approval. At this same time, the Horsemen look at each other in shock and seem lost in the moment not knowing what to do. They just stand there watching as Roddy Piper walks to the ring and climbs in and holding a mic and a big smile, begins to speak.)
PIPER: (Pointing right at Flair.) "I don't like you!" (The fans all roar once more.) "No, I never liked you!" (Flair steps forward then back, and then does a half assed Ric Flair Strut causing Piper to grin even larger. Then Piper points over Flair's head to the other Horsemen.) "I never liked any of you three stooges either! Nope! Never did!"
FLAIR: "I don't care what you like! I never...." (Piper interrupts Flair.)
PIPER: "Shut your damned mouth Flair!" (Flair whips himself around and swings his arms in anger.) "No Flair, you've done enough talking. Now I'm going to do the talking, and when it comes to talking, I like to talk with my fists!"
(With that Rowdy Roddy Piper cheap shots Flair and Flair does his "Flair flop" straight on his face. Before the other Horsemen could react, from out of the crowd behind them, the Hart Foundation members, Bret Hart, Dynamite Kid and Jim Neidhart scramble into the ring and begin their beat down of the surprised Horsemen with Roddy Piper right there with them shoulder to shoulder. Finally Flair and the other Horsemen scamper out of the ring and up the ramp toward the back just as angry as four men could be, while Piper and the Hart Foundation stand in the ring trying to lure them back, with the sell out 10,000 fans almost blowing the roof off. Out from the back of the arena and meeting up with the Horsemen at the top of the ramp, Greg Moe comes  out holding a mic.)
GREG MOE:  "Ok Piper! Ok! You want to be the man?!? Well....beat the man! Tonight you and Hitman will be taking on Flair and "The Enforcer", Arn Anderson in the main event!" (The fans reach an even new height and almost do blow the roof off.)  

1. Lex Luger defeated Sting to retain the NWA World Heavyweight Title " B"

The match was won by Luger when Ric Flair came out and distracted the ref long enough for Arn Anderson to sneak in behind Sting and hit him with the ringbell. Luger then did a fist drop and cradled Sting for the 1-2-3.

(After a commercial, the camera is backstage outside a door with the words "Four Horsemen" on it. We see Ole Anderson walking up to the door, and just as he reaches out to grab the doorknob, the door opens, and out walks Lex Luger with a considerable grin on his face. After Luger walks away, Ole walks through the door and sees the other three Horsemen, Flair, Blanchard and his brother Arn, sitting there all with guilty looks on their faces.)
OLE: "What was Luger doing in here? What did he want?" (The three just sit there and look at each other and don't say a thing as the show goes to the next match.)

2. Buzz Sawyer defeats "Stunning" Steve Austin "C-"

Steve Austin got some TV time in what many think is the beginning of Buzz Sawyer's push that Greg Moe has been talking about in a few closed door meetings. Sawyer's got some real talent, and matching him with Austin, though it wasn't great, was just the first move in getting Buzz over with the fans.

(After this match, the camera is on Greg Moe in his office, while he watches the matches on a monitor. Suddenly the lights in the whole arena begin to go on and off, over and over. Greg picks up his phone to call the control truck to find out what's going on. It just rings though, and no one picks it up. Greg gets up muttering to himself calling the production crew idiots and he walks off to see what's going on. The next shot is from inside the production truck, and we see two guys sitting there with hats on with their head down and seemingly working when Greg Moe walks in the door.)
GREG: "What the hell is going on? The whole place is out of control." (The two workers don't answer. Suddenly from behind Greg, the door opens, and in walks Bret Hart. Greg sees him and steps backward and at this same time, the two workers remove their hats and stand up and we can see that it's Dynamite Kid and Jim Neidhart.)
BRET: "Time to pay up for what you did at Souled Out." (The camera zooms in on Greg's face as it is enveloped in fear and shock.)
GREG: "Oh crap." (Just as these words finished coming out from between his lips, the three Hart Foundation members begin their attack on the the stunned general manager as the show goes to commercial.)

3. Hart Foundation (Dynamite Kid & Jim Neidhart) defeated Don Muraco & Mike Shaw to retain the NWA Tag Team Titles "B"

This was a pretty solid match between the four. Muraco and Shaw really did a fine job and proved themselves worthy of bigger and better matchups down the road.

4. Roddy Piper & Bret Hart defeated "Four Horsemen" Ric Flair & Arn Anderson "A"

Just a fantastic match put in by these four workers. Greg Moe really couldn't expect much better, and Piper's performance was even better than what he had hoped for. During the match, referees and security guards had to hold back Tully Blanchard preventing him from getting involved. The match was one of the best the NWA has put on up to this point. The fans were thrilled beyond belief. 

WCW Saturday Night: Hofstra Arena (Tri State) 5,000 Sell Out "B"

1. Super Zenith defeated Ivan Koloff "B-"

This match was won by Super Zenith when The Great Muta ran in and in a desperate attempt to help Koloff, he accidentally hit Koloff in the eyes with his famous green mist which he is somehow able to summon in times of trouble. This time he blinded Koloff, allowing Super Zenith the chance to do a quick roll-up and secure the win.

(After a commercial, we come back and find the camera on Jerry Lawler, Stan Hansen and Cowboy Bob Orton in the locker room, getting ready for their matches tonight. In walks Super Zenith returning from just beating Ivan Koloff.)
ZENITH: "See, that's the way you do it gentlemen. Quick and easy. If any of you have any problems tonight, you know who to call." (Hansen, Lawler and Orton just sit there dumbfounded. Now, after a big pause.) "You call me. You call me. Super Zenith!" (Zenith grabs a towel and heads off to the shower.)
HANSEN: (Talking to Lawler and Orton after Zenith has left the room.) "You know who that is don't you?"
ORTON: "Of course I do! What, you think I'm a idiot?"
LAWLER: "Come on! Of course!"
(They all sit there another few seconds.)
HANSEN: "Come on, let's go look!"
(They all get up and head for the showers to try to prove who Super Zenith is. When they get there, the camera shows Super Zenith in the shower behind a waist high dividing wall, supposedly naked, except for his mask, which he is lathering up with soap as if it were a full head of hair. The camera then turns to see Hansen, Lawler and Orton standing there with there jaws dropped once more wide open.)

2. Bam Bam Bigelow & The Great Muta defeated Dustin Rhodes & Eddy Guerrero "D"

The fans weren't thrilled in this match, but it was an attempt to get Bigelow and Muta over on the show.   

(After the commercial break, we come back to see Stan Hansen standing in front of Jim Cornette's desk while Jim Cornette is leaning back in his chair.)
CORNETTE: "So you see Hansen, if you don't start falling in line with me and my boys, I won't fire you. No. I'll fire your good buddy Bob Orton....Is that what you want? You want to cost Orton his job?"
(Hansen just stands there and doesn't answer, then after a pause, he turns and walks out the door. The camera is on Cornette, who looks extremely pleased with himself.)
CORNETTE: (Calling after Hansen who is just closing the door.) "You think about that Hansen!"

3. The Texas Cowboys (Stan Hansen & Bob Orton) defeated Doom (Ron Simmons & Butch Reed) to retain the WCW World Tag Team Titles "C+"

Fairly good match with Simmons and Reed agreeing to help put The Texas Cowboys over.

(The camera now finds managers Paul E Dangerously and Captain Lou Albano standing and talking in the back hall. The camera is able to over hear them a bit.)
DANGEROUSLY: "What makes Greg Moe think that Cornette can be the general manager?"
ALBANO: "I know, it's ridiculous!"
DANGEROUSLY: "Well, we've got to do something, and I mean right away!" (The both nod and turn and walk away when they see the camera on them.)

4. Sid Vicious defeated Mark Callous to retain the WCW United States Title "B"

This was a great match between these two big man. It was nice to see Mark Callous work right along with Sid on every level. This has to be good news for Greg Moe.

(The camera hurriedly catches the scene of The Great Muta and Ivan Koloff in the back hall punching and stomping Super Zenith. They are brutally beating him when Zenith reaches out and grabs a chain that appears to be hanging from the ceiling. He grabs it to try to help himself up, only when he pulls on it, it causes five stacks of folding chairs to fall from an overhead storage area and they fall right on top of Muta and Koloff knocking them out on the floor. This caused a huge crashing sound that caused many wrestlers who were backstage to come running to see what caused the loud noise. Three of the wrestlers were Hansen, Orton and Lawler, and when they got to the scene, Super Zenith was already standing over the two knocked out wrestlers. Zenith saw that everybody had come to see what had happened, and saw Hansen, Lawler and Orton's surprised faces.)
ZENITH:  (Slapping his hands together dusting them off.) "And don't ever try this again, or you'll get more of the same!" (Zenith walks off with all the other wrestlers standing there with a look of sheer amazement.) 

5. Jerry Lawler & Junkyard Dog drew with Terry Funk & Kevin Sullivan "B-"

Not the greatest match of all time, but the fans were really happy to see Lawler and Sullivan in the ring together again, giving Greg Moe the good feeling of knowing he can milk these two a bit more, and Lawler's pop when taking on Funk was just about as good.

 Doom (Butch Reed & Ron Simmons)

Helped put over The Texas Cowboys Tonight

Sting addresses the fans before his match with Lex Luger

Coming in two weeks!!