Good Ol JR Saves the day: Collaborative WCW Survives Storyline

Love it.

Anyway lets go onto starrcade:

Starrcade 92:

  • Brian Pillman and Stone Cold Steve Austin def. Ricky Steamboat and Shane Douglas
Its Revealed that Pillman's partner is none other than his friend Stone Cold Steve Austin. The match would be back and forth however, Johnny Polo would come from the back with a new look (a darker, grittier character based on appearance) to run interference, allowing Austin to hit a low blow on Steamboat and would fit his finisher to win the match for the duo. Its clear that this trio

  • Kensuke Sasaki Def. Arn Anderson
Sasaki would get his revenge and pin Arn Anderson, even kicking out of a Spine Buster (at 2.99). This match was even better than their previous matchup with both men not giving an inch.

  • TV Title match: Scott Steiner (w/Rick Steiner) Def. Beautiful Bobby Eaton.
Steiner would pin Eaton after Rick got involved in the match and would distract Eaton whilst Scott would low blow him, take him to the top rope and hit a frankesteiner from there. The Steiners got a lot of heat after the matchup (with them clearly being positioned for potentially a tag team run).

  • Barry Windham def. Dustin Rhodes in a grudge match
Windham would beat the youngster Rhodes after a hard fought matchup. Both men would be unable to stand up and both would have to be helped to the back.

  • Tag Team match: The Great Muta and Riki Chosu Def Shinya Hashimoto and Masahiro Chono
Muta would pin long time rival Chono in a hard hitting, stiff matchup. Its clear that Muta has the momentum going into the matchup, however Hashimoto looked very strong in defeat as well. Chono, who was favoured going into his matchup, now has to pick up the pieces from a poor performance and rebound at the Tokyo Dome in just 6 days.


  • Rick Rude vs. Vader.
Rick Rude, being his shifty self, would outsmart Vader and catch him in a schoolboy. Vader, frustrated would go on a rampage at ringside and start destroying things and anyone who got in his way with police eventually escoting him out of the arena.

  • Semi Main Event: (US Championship) Dr Death Steve Williams Def. Ron Simmons
Try as he might, Simmons was always a step behind Dr Death. Williams would prove to be too dominant and would win the match in 15 minutes despite Simmons having a good showing. Commentators played up his dominance with JR making the call 'Who in the world can possibly stop this man'.

  • Main Event: Champion vs Champion - Sting (NWA World Champ) Def. Jake 'The Snake' Roberts (WCW Champ)
Sting and Jake the Snake would wrestle a classic match going 45 minutes, despite shennanigans inbetween (Damien by Jake the Snake), the match would be relatively clean. The crowd would get very into this match with it looking like Jake the Snake possibly winning, Sting would avoid the DDT and reverse it into Scorpion Death Drop (inverted DDT) to pin the villanous Jake the Snake and send the crowd into a frenzy as Sting would become the first double world champion.


What does everyone think? @eldandythedoubter @Wildcard F. Kennedy Any thoughts on this (what should i change? what had you planned initially) Raven i'm thinking of doing a slow burn over the next year until they go to ECW to find their characters (Austin, Pillman and Raven). Until then, slow burn them into slightly edgier characters (so they're still a lot more clean cut than what they became).

As for the U.S. title, i'm thinking of getting Stan Hansen back (cause of J.R.) and have Hansen and Dr Death feud over the title (they already had history in all japan so we can continue this).

How do you think i handled the rest of the card also.
 
January 1, 1993

WCW enters talks with mexican upstart AAA.

After a successful Starrcade, wcw 's president of talent relations Jim Ross has entered negotiations with Antonio pena's aaa promotion. Whether this is a move to talent swap to bolster their sagging light heavyweight division or bring either show over the borders, we'll keep you updated as the story unfolds.

-excerpt from the January 8 issue of pro wrestling illustrated.
 
Interesting to see how that may affect the New Japan relationship since they have the CMLL relationship (at least i think they did at the time). Either way that would be a great way to bring over guys like Konan, Vampiro, Guerrero's (both of them) and Mysterio.
 
Didn't think about that point. At this point, cmll, new Japan, and wcw are at the time all nwa affilliated, their talent trade agreement could be hurt by the deal wirh aaa. The pena exodus didn't hurt cmll as bad as misawa's exit did all japan, enough to the point that both companies hate each other.
 
Just a quick note, Austin couldn't be Stone Cold. It was a reaction to some laughable monikers from the WWF creative team and his then wife, Jeannie Clark, making him a cup of tea so cold it was 'Stone Cold'.
 
All very nice. One thought, isn't Stan Hansen past his prime here? I mean, it's a nice nod to the past but would fans really buy it?

Hansen had maybe his best ever match in 1993 against Kenta Kobashi.

By 95/96, he was considered past his prime, but was still considered a good "big match" worker. FWIW, his triple crown rematch against Kobashi in '96 is considered his last great match (by a lot of people, not everybody) and the theme of that match is sort of "Hansen's last stand".

I would say that Hansen in the 80s/90s was one of the best ever and whether fans would buy it depended on how he was presented. He was always mildly successful in the USA, but majorly over as a wrestling God in Japan, so who knows.
 
Just a quick note, Austin couldn't be Stone Cold. It was a reaction to some laughable monikers from the WWF creative team and his then wife, Jeannie Clark, making him a cup of tea so cold it was 'Stone Cold'.

indeed you would be correct. I just realised he didn't become stone cold until ECW or when he returned to the WWF.
 
Fantastic Story in Tokyo Dome
January 4, 1993
Attendence: 65,000

Wild Pegasus and Black Tiger def. Shinjiro Otani and The Great Sasuke
Comments: A good opener topped off with Pegasus suplexing Sasuke followed by a frog splash. Post match, Sasuke and Pegasus unmasking and announcing that they will be going on an excursion into America, but they will be back to take their place as the top Junior Heavyweights of New Japan. Others will take on their gimmicks in the coming months.

Akitoshi Saito, The Great Kabuki, Masashi Aoyagi and Shiro Koshinaka defeated Hiro Saito, Norio Honaga and Super Strong Machine and Tatsutoshi Goto
Comments: Same as otl

Jyushin Thunder Liger vs. Ultimo Dragon goes to a time limit draw.

Ron Simmons vs. Vader in a non title match.
Comments: Vader promptly gives Simmons 2 vader bombs pre enterance and is about to do a 3rd one when Sting runs into stop him.

Sting defeats Hirose Hase to retain the NWA championship.
Comments: Hase spends the bulk of the match aiming for sting's head and neck to set him up for the STF, as Hase wants nothing more than to make Sting submit. Ultimately, after a agonizing rope break from Sting, Hase goes for the big boot only for Sting to catch his leg spin it around and hit the Scorpion Death Drop for the win.

Dustin Rhodes defeats Scott Norton
Comments: They shake hands post match, signaling a new tag team.

Genichiro Tenryu defeats Riki Chousou, Tatsuya Fujinami and Takashi Ishiyama
Comments: Pretty much a #1 contender's match to decide who gets the winner of Muta/Hashimoto. Tenryu goes over with a scoop brainbuster on Riki.

The Hell Raisers (Road Warrior Hawk and Kensuke Sakaki) vs. The Steiner Bros for the IWGP tag team championship go to a double countout.
Comments: Same as otl, but with a demand for a tv title match will see this come back for a long time.

The Great Muta defeats Shinya Hashimoto for the IWGP championship by tko.
Comments: Mist to the face for the Shogun leads to a shining wizard and a muta lock for the win. Hashimoto was knocked out after the wizard to the back of the head so he wasn't fighting back after that. A foot on the chest of Hashimoto and a mic in head, Muta throwas down a challenge to sting for both of his world titles. Tenryu comes out and stares down the current champ.

Well another one done, onto the Clash for the month. NEXT TIME
But anyway, Spens1, Wildcard F. Kennedy, atl faithful what do you guys think?
 
Fantastic Story in Tokyo Dome
January 4, 1993
Attendence: 65,000

Wild Pegasus and Black Tiger def. Shinjiro Otani and The Great Sasuke
Comments: A good opener topped off with Pegasus suplexing Sasuke followed by a frog splash. Post match, Sasuke and Pegasus unmasking and announcing that they will be going on an excursion into America, but they will be back to take their place as the top Junior Heavyweights of New Japan. Others will take on their gimmicks in the coming months.

Akitoshi Saito, The Great Kabuki, Masashi Aoyagi and Shiro Koshinaka defeated Hiro Saito, Norio Honaga and Super Strong Machine and Tatsutoshi Goto
Comments: Same as otl

Jyushin Thunder Liger vs. Ultimo Dragon goes to a time limit draw.

Ron Simmons vs. Vader in a non title match.
Comments: Vader promptly gives Simmons 2 vader bombs pre enterance and is about to do a 3rd one when Sting runs into stop him.

Sting defeats Hirose Hase to retain the NWA championship.
Comments: Hase spends the bulk of the match aiming for sting's head and neck to set him up for the STF, as Hase wants nothing more than to make Sting submit. Ultimately, after a agonizing rope break from Sting, Hase goes for the big boot only for Sting to catch his leg spin it around and hit the Scorpion Death Drop for the win.

Dustin Rhodes defeats Scott Norton
Comments: They shake hands post match, signaling a new tag team.

Genichiro Tenryu defeats Riki Chousou, Tatsuya Fujinami and Takashi Ishiyama
Comments: Pretty much a #1 contender's match to decide who gets the winner of Muta/Hashimoto. Tenryu goes over with a scoop brainbuster on Riki.

The Hell Raisers (Road Warrior Hawk and Kensuke Sakaki) vs. The Steiner Bros for the IWGP tag team championship go to a double countout.
Comments: Same as otl, but with a demand for a tv title match will see this come back for a long time.

The Great Muta defeats Shinya Hashimoto for the IWGP championship by tko.
Comments: Mist to the face for the Shogun leads to a shining wizard and a muta lock for the win. Hashimoto was knocked out after the wizard to the back of the head so he wasn't fighting back after that. A foot on the chest of Hashimoto and a mic in head, Muta throwas down a challenge to sting for both of his world titles. Tenryu comes out and stares down the current champ.

Well another one done, onto the Clash for the month. NEXT TIME
But anyway, Spens1, Wildcard F. Kennedy, atl faithful what do you guys think?

its amazing. Main event would be very controversial and would get heat. Could put the title on Hashimoto later down the track to a big pop i'd imagine. Tenryu may be a better challenger for now though.
 
its amazing. Main event would be very controversial and would get heat. Could put the title on Hashimoto later down the track to a big pop i'd imagine. Tenryu may be a better challenger for now though.

Well, that is what happened iotl, I want to give it a bit more meaning now. Hashimoto got embarrassed due to that finish and he is going to train like a beast to get back at muta, belt or it. Muta, in the other hand is going to be hungry for more gold and provide a strong heel whenever necessary. Besides, an old rival of both muta and sting is about to make his presence felt in the coming months.

Edit: Also, I just realized something while reading an asb wrestling to. Paul Heyman doesn't join ecw until late 1993, so he's still in wcw. Keep that in mind.
 
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Well, that is what happened iotl, I want to give it a bit more meaning now. Hashimoto got embarrassed due to that finish and he is going to train like a beast to get back at muta, belt or it. Muta, in the other hand is going to be hungry for more gold and provide a strong heel whenever necessary. Besides, an old rival of both muta and sting is about to make his presence felt in the coming months.

Edit: Also, I just realized something while reading an asb wrestling to. Paul Heyman doesn't join ecw until late 1993, so he's still in wcw. Keep that in mind.

Where is he till then?
 
Where is he till then?

Possibly sitting at home, skulking about how he's not doing anything at wcw. IT depends on how JR wants to do with him though. Heyman wanted to take pro wrestling into the future, whereas JR and co are just trying to get the house in order to turn a profit, and we still have one more factor in it all of this working out, Dennis Corralluzo, the current president of the NWA. He hates hardcore wrestling and he does not want another inciennt where one promotion controls the NWA titles, like during the crockett years.
 
Possibly sitting at home, skulking about how he's not doing anything at wcw. IT depends on how JR wants to do with him though. Heyman wanted to take pro wrestling into the future, whereas JR and co are just trying to get the house in order to turn a profit, and we still have one more factor in it all of this working out, Dennis Corralluzo, the current president of the NWA. He hates hardcore wrestling and he does not want another inciennt where one promotion controls the NWA titles, like during the crockett years.

Well could have JR contact him and tell Heyman that whilst they may not see eye to eye on the type of wrestling they want. He will give Heyman support so long as they ally themselves with WCW (in the form of talent, logistical support etc).
 
Well could have JR contact him and tell Heyman that whilst they may not see eye to eye on the type of wrestling they want. He will give Heyman support so long as they ally themselves with WCW (in the form of talent, logistical support etc).

Wasn't Heyman on the shut list for embezzling money from WCW at this point? Can't imagine anyone would want much to do with him, especially the higher ups.
 
ok so maybe have Heyman quiet for now. He only really would become a factor in 94, 95 anyway i'd imagine (possibly later).

Also plans for the next PPV? Outside the US title (Vader vs Hansen) i'm at a loss to be honest.
 
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