Alright time for the second supercard of the year.
WCW Great American Bash 1999
Taking place at the Baltimore Arena, with a massive gate of 12,000. WCW put their best foot forward with the end of the ECW invasion. This baby's got 14 matches to go through.
- lWo d. The Omega Boys in an Elimination match with Rey eliminating Matt Hardy by pinfall. The winner gets title shots for each member of his team at Bash At The Beach. Rey gets a shot at the US, Juvie for the Crusiers, and Super Crazy/Psychosis gets the Tag straps.
- Vampiro d. Konnan with the Freakshow. I'll give it to Vampiro since he's the hot new player here. As for Konnan, he will serve better as a mouthpiece for the lWo, but I won't say he'll make the full transition to manager yet.
- Chavo Guerrero Jr. d Sabu, retaining the Cruiserweight Title in an ECW Rules match. While ECW may be dead, it's spirit is kept alive as crazy, chair-swinging Chavo goes up against the daredevil Sabu. It's more restrained in headshots because of the Dynamite Kid suicide, but we still get some hardcore weapon fun. Chair-aided Frog Splash to keep. But Juvie comes out after the match and just shrugs his head at Chavo's insanity.
- Devon Storm (w/Daffney) d. Billy Kidman. Originally, this was supposed to be Christopher Daniels, but "Dangerous" Devon Storm has a great crazy look and would fit well in the Flock. He's here to beat down on Kidman, aided by the equally unhinged Daffney on the side. He hits the Mindbender and just keeps beating on Kidman. Raven does not forgive, and he damn sure does not forget.
- Perry Saturn (w/Kanyon) d. Rick Steiner. Just to give Rick a spot on the card. He's here to feed Saturn, taking the Rings of Saturn.
- The Chosen Sons (Curt Hennig/Dustin Rhodes) d. The Boogie Knights (Disco Inferno/Ernest Miller) The Boogie Knights are a good pick. They're a goofball dancing team, which would rile Dustin up since he's been trying to get away from the sports entertainment label he's been saddled with. Disco takes the fall.
- Madusa d. Lita. The Women's showcase continues as Madusa takes on another one of the former valets on the roster. Madusa pulls Lita up after the match.
- Booker T d. Dean Malenko, retaining the Television title. Dean takes a loss, but he does prove himself to be a credible opponent against Booker T, almost taking it a few times before Booker starts fighting seriously.
- DDP d. Jeff Jarrett by DQ. Jarrett has DDP in position for the stroke, but Page reverses it into a Diamond Cutter, but the ref is down after this cutter, leading to Hennig and Dustin running in and page down while Jarrett gives him a guitar shot. Unfortunately, the ref came too just as he swung.
- Tazz d. Chris Candido. WIth Douglas losing the unification match, he still tries to throw his weight around the former ECW contingent. Tazz doesn't care cuz they had unfinished business over the ECW championship. So tonight, Tazz starts his leveling of the Triple Threat with Chris Candido, then go to Bam Bam, then Mike Awesome and finally make it to Shane. Tazz locks him in a Tazzmission and then gets jumped by Bam Bam to set up the next match.
- The Dudleys d. Scott Steiner/Buff Bagwell, retaining the Tag titles. Steiner and Bagwell have been in some pretty bad crosshairs. They were some of the guys who were brought under firing during the Between the Lines special and with the new backlash against steroids in wrestling, these two are not gonna get any leeway. They're losing to the Dudleys. 3D to Bagwell.
- Owen Hart d.Chris Jericho vs. RVD for the US title. Jericho's here in this match as a reward for putting away Lance Storm, but he wanted in to prove that he can hang with big boys despite what Nash, Goldberg, and even Booker T said. Owen wins with a running knee to Jericho while he's got Rob in the Liontamer.
- Goldberg d. Raven for the World title in a Raven's Rules match. It's hardcore at the top, Goldberg no-selling Raven's attacks at first, but Raven keeps getting creative. Saturn and Kanyon come out to try and interfere, but Sting comes to make the save, fighting them off while Goldberg hits the Jackhammer on Raven to retain. The Streak continues. No one can stop Goldberg.
June 13, 1999
Scott Steiner walked out of the locker room with a scowl on his face, another month of jobbing. Five months prior, he was vieing for the world title, now he's jobbing out to some hicks who put people through tables. “
THIS IS BULLSHIT!” He thought as he headed towards the door. “Hey Scott, where are you going?” said one of his “bosses” Terry Taylor. “To my car bitch, what it look like?” said Scott as he reached for the door. “You can't leave yet, after the main event Ric needs to talk to all fo the talent.” said Terry. “
DON'T MEAN SHIT TO ME, I'M TIRED, I'M HUNGRY, AND NOBODY'S GONNA STOP ME FROM GETTING WHAT I WANT. THIS COMPANY CAN TAKE A FLYING LEAP FOR ALL I CARE!” Thundered Scott as wrenched the door open and walked out. But just on the outside, he bumps into an older man in a business suit.
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WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU?! GET OUT OF THE WAY!!!” said Scott as he pushes the man to the side and storms off. Terry quickly moves over to the man and helps him up. “I am terribly sorry about that, Mr. Eisner. That is our biggest problem person here on the roster and he feels like he can do what he wants because he's so huge.” “I see” said Eisner “ Well he's not gonna be a problem anymore after this meeting.”
The next day. 3:00 pm.
All the talent was seated around the ring, as Ric Flair, Jim Cornette, and Paul Heyman stood at a podium on the stage.
“WOOO, another successful event and another sold out venue in the same place that the Icon became the man. But I know a lot of you don't wanna be here to chat up about the past. Instead, this meeting has been called to reward you with something good. I cede the floor to my boss, Mr. Michael Eisner!”
“Thank you Ric, and thank all of you for putting on another great show tonight. But I bet your wondering why I have you all staying afterwards for this meeting?” “I know that you go through so much to put on the greatest show of all time, but its time to give back to you for hard work. As you remember, everyone took a 15% paycut. I did this to bankroll the first set of your benefits package: Paid vacation time and a medical plan for all talent. How it works will be as follows: All wrestlers will be allowed 3 months off where they will be paid about 80% of their monthly salary during their time off. As for the medical plan, it will cover up 80% of your surgery bills and all of your prescription needs. This is for every wrestler here, regardless of card placement or if your on the road or not. This may be shocking, but know that some of the ways in the old days need to change, and today we make the next big step. Thank you all, I'll be watching you all on Nitro.”