Week 4, January 1990

After this weeks shows were complete, Greg Moe was rewarded with some assumed good news, and that is that he was finally able to sign the Dynamite Kid. Greg was able to lock him into a two year deal paying him just $3,500 per month. The Kid is a very talented wrestler, and was immediately assigned to the NWA Worldwide brand an put in the Hart Foundation's stable along with Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart. The brand was in dire need of another talented face wrestler to go up against the Four Horsemen.

In other news, television networks will start talking to wrestling promotions about extending old shows and maybe making new ones in just one more day. Greg Moe is hoping to land a new show on the Ted Turner owned TNT, to go along with his two shows on TBS and the ITV network. If he can land a third show, it would be a cross brand show with wrestlers from both the Worldwide and Saturday Night shows. Greg thinks he has a good chance since the promotion has moved to international size. Greg would also like to have one of his shows shown in the UK on a regular bases, cause as of now, the UK only gets to see their PPVs. If the NWA is to go global, they have to be seen in the UK and Canada and maybe Japan or Mexico.

To the shows.

NWA Worldwide: Held at Club La Vela in front of 9,404.

1. Arn Anderson defeated Sting "B"
This match was won by Arn after Tully Blanchard tripped Sting on the ring apron giving Arn the pin. This match saw more Horsemen outside interference which has become their trademark. Greg is trying to give Arn Anderson a bit of a push so he can have a bigger role in the Horsemen feuds. Sting was happy to help Arn out.

2. Iron Sheik & Abdullah the Butcher defeated the Hollywood Blondes (Flyin' Brian & Stunning Steve Austin) "D+"

This match wasn't the best and was meant mostly to get these four on TV since they have had little chance to be on TV before. It could have been a lot worse.

3. The Wild Samoans (Fatu & Samu) & Don Muroco defeated Z-Man, Tommy Rich & Jerry Lynn to retain the NWA World Six Man Tag Titles "D"

Again, this match was to give some TV time to some of the wrestlers who have been missing out. That's what the Six Man Tag Belts were designed for. Jerry Lynn is a fantastic talent and Greg has some high hopes for him.

4. Tully Blanchard defeated Mike Rotundo to retain the NWA United States Title "B"

Typical Horsemen play here again as Ole Anderson helped Blanchard defeat Rotundo. This match proved to Greg Moe that Rotundo can be a good singles wrestler now as well into the future.

5. Bret Hart defeated Ivan Koloff in a non-title match. "B+"

This was a solid match between the young Bret Hart and the older Ivan Koloff. It went over quite well and Koloff showed Greg that he can be another major player in the promotion. We'd expect Koloff to have a third match with Steve Williams for the television title soon, and maybe on the upcoming PPV, "Souled Out."

During Worldwide, most the angles were designed to draw heat between the Horsemen and the Hart Foundation with a tad more going toward Sting and Ric Flair.

WCW Saturday Night: Held at Alumni Hall, NY in front of 5,000 Fans

1. Jerry Lawler defeated Butch Reed to retain the WCW Television Title "B-"

Butch Reed's performance was a nice surprise for Greg and will help him in his handling of the WCW. Reed would make a good opponent for the TV Title and maybe the US Title in the WCW.

2. The Skyscrapers (Sid Vicious & Dan Spivey) defeated Dustin Rhodes & Eddy Guerrero "C"

This was the first television appearance of both Eddy and Dustin, and both did a really nice job selling to Vicious and Spivey. They just might see more action on the televised matches helping get over some of the other heels on the show, or might even get small pushes themselves later on. The fans seem to really root for them.

3. Paul Orndorff defeated Cactus Jack "C+"

Not a bad match and is the beginning of an attempt to get Orndorff over as a babyface. Cactus Jack was happy to work with Orndorff and Greg promised Cactus that he would be rewarded with a push of his own a bit later.

4. Junkyard Dog defeated Dick Slater "B-"

Greg is trying to get Junkyard Dog a little more momentum heading toward "Souled Out." Dog has a decent feud going with Kevin Sullivan, but Greg's not sure if that's what he wants for Dog. Dog has been a great company man helping get the upper tiered heels over, but has asked Greg to give him a little more of a push of his own, and Greg agreed.

5. Kevin Sullivan defeated Lex Luger "B"

This was a major work for Lex Luger, agreeing to lose to Kevin Sullivan at this time. However, with Luger being over as good as he is, a loss to Sullivan didn't really hurt his momentum much, and Sullivan really needed this push. This just shows how big a team player Luger is for the company.

After the main event, as Luger lay out in the ring, Terry Funk came out and continued beating down Luger and he and Sullivan really laid some boots to Luger in the ring before Jerry Lawler ran out and made the save, and the fans gave a major pop to Lawler's appearance. There's a lot of heat now between Luger, Lawler, Sullivan and Funk, giving Greg a lot of options heading into "Souled Out" in a couple more weeks.

Teddy Long's tag team,
the "Skyscrapers", made up of
Sid Vicious and Dan Spivey, made
their first appearance on WCW
Saturday Night this week.