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WCW Souled Out 1/17/99
TO THE BACK. Goldberg was on the floor holding his knee. He threw a chair at the camera man.
Mike Enos vs Chris Benoit
This blows my mind. How the fuck does Mike Enos get a PPV match? Something of interest is that the stage is basically what they'd use for every show in 2000. Wouldn't a Benoit vs nWo member make a lot more sense? Like, any of them. Even Virgil. They do some intense locking up. Enos beats down Benoit in the corner, even spitting on him. This is going to get nasty I feel. Snot rockets! There are only a few more bodily fluids left. More spitting. Just pull your cocks out, guys. It's cool. Don't worry about it. I'm not judging you, but your sexual chemistry is getting creepy. Just go for it. Benoit hits some chops and a lariatoo. More chops. Iron Crossface is countered into a gutwrench back breaker. Powerslam. Mike's chest is already bruised and possibly bleeding. Enos tries working some taint based offense and their sexual chemistry gets even creepier. Bear hug. How sweet. Benoit comes back with a German suplex and diving headbutt. Awful lariatoo from Enos that Benoit was clearly supposed to counter. So they just ran into each other. Suplex is countered into the Iron Crossface seconds later for the win. It's a Thunder match on PPV.
Norman Smiley vs Chavo Guerrero Jr.
Norman comes out with an urn of Pepe's remains. He spreads some of the ashes out to troll Chavo, then pantomimes riding Pepe. WHAT A HEEL. Chavo knocks Norman to the floor and does a pescado. Springboard bulldog. Norman quickly gets in control. Smiley Slam! Chavo attempts a Vader Bomb. Norman gets his knees up and drops Chavo on the ropes. Double stomp. Norman is trying some kind of submission that makes no sense. I don't even know what the fuck he's trying to do, but it isn't working, so he gives it up. Chavo hits a lariatoo, but Norman comes right back with a swinging neck breaker. This match is so weird. Norman is trying to do Euro submission stuff, but Chavo doesn't know how to go with them, so they look super weird until he gives up and tries something else. Repeatedly. Superplex. Big Wiggle! Flapjack Norton. Norman puts Chavo in the Gory Special. Chavo turns this into a series of roll ups that can't put the match away. Tornado DDT is countered. Pepe in the eyes! Norman Conquest for the win. I guess this was fine. So was the last match. Neither were really PPV matches, though. Just extended Thunder matches.
Fit Finlay vs Van Hammer
What? This is a PPV match? At least Norman/Chavo had some build up. This and the opener are completely random. Instead of this match and the opener, they should have just given Benoit/Finlay 20 minutes to beat the shit out of each other. Fit wins with the tombstone in a straight up Thunder match.
Wrath vs Bam Bam Big Yellow
This should be an intense brawl, but I don't think Wrath can do intense for more than 3 minutes without blowing up. Bam Bam gets knocked to the floor and this is already slow paced. The pace was slow, and now it is slower. Bam Bam misses a falling headbutt. Wrath misses an elbow drop. Facebuster from Wrath. Second rope lariatoo. Stun gun from Bam Bam. This is boring as fuck. Even more boring than the Nitro match where they went to the floor 3 times and did the most half assed brawling I've seen in quite some time. They're working a long side headlock spot. What happened to these guys wanting to knock the shit out of each other? Now they're working head locks. This should have been a 5-7 minute big man sprint. I feel like Hammer/Finlay had more action and intensity. Bam Bam wins with Greetings from Asbury Park. Was that move supposed to be a tombstone, shoulder breaker, or gut buster?
Konnan vs Lex Luger
Man. This is setting up to be the most worthless PPV of all time. By worthless, I mean legitimately not worth any money. Liz came out looking hot as BALLS and sprayed Konnan with something. Torture Rack to mercy kill this pile of shit.
Saturn vs Chris Jericho Loser Wears A Dress
This is going to have to save the show. Scott Dickinson is the ref. He makes sure to be really strict on Jericho. After much stalling, Saturn hits his kick combo in the corner. Lariatoo to the back of the head. Trouble in Paradise! Kind of. Saturn mostly missed it. Springboard leg drop. Jericho comes back with a triangle dropkick and pescado. Gourdbuster on the floor. Stalling suplex. Jericho hits a big boot and senton. Saturn comes back with the gargoyle suplex and a sit out facebuster. Slingshot sends Jericho to the floor. Saturn brings Jericho back in and does a Superfly Splash. Jericho gets out of a back superplex and DVD. Saturn reverses a suplex into a small package. Scott Dickinson pushed it over and fast counts Saturn. Jericho wins and Saturn must now wear a dress for the remainder of his wrestling career. This was nothing special at all.
Kidman vs Psychosis vs Rey Mysterio Jr. vs Juventud Guerrera WCW Cruiserweight Championship
I'll just leave the gifs. There should at least be a few. Hopefully. Kidman pinned Juvi with the SSP. This was definitely match of the night so far and got a standing ovation from the crowd.
Jericho interrupted Booker doing an interview for WCW.com.
Barry Windham/Curt Hennig vs Ric Flair/David Flair
Perfect wants Arn to be taken away from ringside. Flair says Hennig better deal with it or he can go work for the WWF, which gets the biggest pop of the night. Barry wants to start out with David. David does a double leg take down and gets out of a headlock. You know what really should have tipped everyone off that David wasn't going to be a good wrestler? His rosy cheeks. How can you take a dude seriously as a wrestler with rosy cheeks like that? David gets out of a slam and hits a chop. He's already given Barry a shiner. Ric gets tagged in and chops the shit out of the heels. Is Barry in the nWo? Perfect hits the neck flip and knocks David off the apron. Barry hits the superplex. Ric kicks out. Perfect locks on the figure four. Ric makes a come back. Arn fights with Perfect on the floor, but gets sent into the guard rail. David low blows Perfect. Arn comes in and hits Perfect with a tire iron. David pins Perfect for the win! The B Team comes out and attacks. Then the Wolfpack comes out. MEGA nWo! Ric is handcuffed to the ropes. Hogan shoves David down, but David comes right after him. David is held down so Hulk can whip him with his weight belt. And he did not go easy on David at all. EZE is spray painted on David's back. Hulk probably hit David harder than anyone he ever hit with his weight belt. It was really uncomfortable with Ric screaming and crying the whole time.
Scott Hall vs Goldberg Ladder Stun Gun Match
Lol, Goldberg now has a giant knee brace. As if people didn't have enough to call him an Austin rip off. Goldberg in a ladder match seems like some pretty weird booking. Hall has no answer for Goldberg's power. Feel the POWAH. Powerslam, but Goldberg's knee is giving him trouble. Hall sees his opening and goes to work. He wraps Goldberg's leg around the ring post and heads for the ladder. Goldberg follows him out there and gets the ladder himself. Baseball slide into the ladder. Hall drops an elbow from half way up the ladder. Back suplex from the first rung. Hall goes into the ladder, which also falls into him. Goldberg uses the ladder as a weapon repeatedly. I thought he got busted open, but I guess it was just weird lighting. Hall takes a bad bump into the ropes. Goldberg probably takes a worse one when Disco pushes him off the ladder. Hall gets the stun gun. He wasn't able to use it. Goldberg is bleeding on the top of his head. Goldberg zaps Disco. Goldberg tosses the stun gun in the air and spears Hall. Jackhammer. Goldberg is about to use the stun gun when the camera cuts to the entrance way waiting for Bam Bam to hit his cue. Hall is zapped. Hall then zaps Bam Bam and Goldberg and WE'RE OUTTA TIME.
DQ Count: 0. That blows my mind since WCW had no problem doing multiple DQs on PPVs regularly.
This show as...idk. It wasn't bad, but everything felt very flat. The only thing bad was Konnan/Lex, but nothing was PPV worthy besides the main event and cruiser match. Everything else could have been on Thunder.