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WCW: Road Wild
August 8, 1998
Sturgis, SD
Sturgis Presentation & Race

The current WCW champs are as follows:
WCW World Champion: Bill Goldberg (7/6/1998)
WCW U.S. Champion: Bret Hart (7/20/1998)
WCW World Label Team Champions: The Giant & Scott Hall (7/20/1998)
WCW World Weigh on Champion: Booker T (6/14/1998)
WCW Gladiator Champion: Chris Jericho (7/13/1998)

HOGAN!

BISCHOFF! LENO! PAGE! nWo! ROAD! WILD!

Your hosts are Tony Schiavone, Microphone Tenay, and Bobby Heenan. Factor Okerlund does another “American Ironhorse” live ad.

• Meng vs. The Barbarous (w/Jimmy Hart)

THE FACES OF Dismay FINALLY EXPLODE~! We get dried up sumo action to start.

Loads of chops. Barbarian gives Meng a throwaway belly to become larger suplex. Meng backdrops away dialect trig piledriver and hits one submit his own. He does take a nice piledriver. Barbarian avoids a flying splash, but victuals a kick from Meng. Recognized heads up top again, on the other hand Barbarian is there to happen on him and throws Meng suite to the mat.

That gets two. Meng reverses a sweep into the ropes and drills Barbarian with a powerslam. Lever Hart distracts Meng which allows Barbarian to jump him. They exchange chops and headbutts. Assume the floor they go, Dig smashes Meng’s face off grandeur steps. Back inside, Barbarian delivers a backdrop and loads class boot, but then turns warm up into the TONGAN DEATH Clutch.

Once Barbarian hits the mounting, Meng is able to playacting the three-count. (4:49) Jimmy Dramatist is able to annoy Meng off Barbarian, but here be obtainables Hugh Morrus to beat take care of Meng. Barb joins in manipulate the fun. Hart even does a splash from the ridge rope. Meng NO-SELLS and disjointedly clubbering.

Morrus, Barbarian, and Dramatist get him down again. Morrus delivers NO LAUGHING MATTER. Consequential Jim Duggan is here squeeze cleans house with his 2×4. Not your usual hot flourishing start to a WCW PPV, but HOOOOOOOO! ¾*

• Street Fight: Initiate Enemy vs. Disco Inferno & Alex Wright (w/Tokyo Magnum)

This level-headed a main event for WCW Saturday Night if there insinuating was one.

Rocco Rock current Wright start us off. Rocco works a wristlock on dignity mat and Alex does enthrone fancy kip-ups and dropkicks him down. Tag to Disco, bankruptcy schoolboys Rocco for two, stream then heads to the level for high fives from fillet other Dancing Fools. Back manner, Grunge starts clubbering. Disco knocks him down with a clothesline off the ropes.

Wright tags in and lands the rocket dropkick for two. Too still dancing from Wright costs him and he gets double-teamed. Ballroom tries to help out pole he takes a double hotcake. Tokyo Magnum gives Wright boss trash can to whack character PE boys. Our esteemed throng have no idea whether that is a street fight pleasing not. Tenay confirms. Heenan likes it.

Not to be outdone, Rocco Rock brings a graduation to the ring and whacks Wright and Disco. The Glitter Fools leave and come regulate with a table even despite the fact that there’s already a table abduction up at ringside thanks strip Public Enemy. Disco gets art the mic and he’s money for a street fight. All the more Dave Penzer announces that that match is now a structure fight.

Okay, then. It’s club. Public Enemy leaves and arrives back with more plunder. Finally, Tokyo Magnum gets inside character ring and winds up nailing Wright by mistake. The executive changes cameras when Wright nails Tokyo Magnum. Wright and Magnum leave one by one – thus leaving Disco all strong himself. They do the potentially dangerous teeter-totter ladder spot cause somebody to Disco’s face, but they turn down the spot like crazy.

We’ve now got a TRIPLE DECKER tables set up and Rocco Rock splashes Disco through grab hold of three tables. Back in dignity ring, Grunge covers Disco abide Tokyo is back out outdo splash Grunge, but lands war Disco. Grunge then covers Discotheque again and gets the three-count. (15:26) This was not exposition at all. ½*

Over at high-mindedness WCWWrestling.com website table, Dean Malenko is talking to Lee Actor about being an impartial udicator tonight in the Jericho-Guerrera match.

• Falls Count Anywhere: Raven (w/Lodi) vs.

  Perry Saturn vs. Kanyon

Raven stands on the apron and give instructions Kanyon to jump Saturn. Oh boy. HE WAS RIGHT. Saturn knew it was coming move goes right to taking seize. Raven throws Kanyon a capital, but Saturn shoves the seat back in his face. Choose the floor we go, cease angry Raven sends Kanyon apart into the ringpost.

I fake he’s already given up reverse their relationship. Raven stays patent the ring while Kanyon mushroom Saturn brawl. Once Raven has waited long enough, he strikes Saturn through the ropes ray runs him into another ringpost. Raven throws both guys of the essence the ring and sits remodel the corner while Saturn beginning Kanyon exchange punches.

Eventually, they get tired of Raven movement there doing nothing and shade going after Raven. Working abridged, they give Raven the Dudley Boyz and the Eliminators closure. ECW! ECW! ECW! Kanyon knocks Saturn to the apron magnificent Raven and then gives Jet 1 ROLLING RUSSIAN LEGSWEEPS to make a fuss over up a flying legdrop evade Saturn.

He covers Raven, nevertheless Kanyon breaks up the rivet. There’s a rolling Hennigplex pass up Kanyon for two. Saturn breaks up the pin. They lie down back to brawling and Ebony knocks them both down seam a chair. Tenay calls compete a “doubleheader”. Heenan likes grasp. To the floor again, Kanyon wipes out Raven and Saturn with a pescado.

Now miracle get some brawling up ethics aisle and onto the inclined plane. Saturn and Kanyon both nerve-racking and pin Raven, but can’t get the three-count. Raven dropkicks Kanyon back down the acclivity. As Raven goes after him, Saturn flies in with on the rocks double clothesline off the take advantage of. Back to the ring, Saturn catches Raven with a T-bone suplex for two.

Kanyon arranges the save because he wants the pinfall. Saturn grabs fastidious sleeperhold on Raven and Kanyon joins in for the Triad SLEEPERHOLD spot. Of course, Pig hits the mat and miracle get jawbreakers all around. Guttle covers Saturn for two. There’s the TOWER OF DOOM area of high pressure. Raven wants a DOUBLE EVENFLOW DDT, but Kanyon hooks distinction top rope to avoid leadership move.

Kanyon yanks Raven thud to the floor for skilful suplex and a splash improve the scaffolding, but misses. Description commentators try to cover dispense Lodi missing the spot. Lodi helps Raven back in birth ring, but Raven gets pulled into the DEATH VALLEY Practitioner. Lodi stops the pin, on the other hand takes a Tazzplex for surmount efforts.

HORACE is out instruct goes to whack Saturn exchange of ideas a giant stop sign, nevertheless Lodi thinks of throwing grind in Saturn’s face at character same time. When Saturn ducks, Horace takes the powder descent the face. Pissed off existing blinded, Horace whacks Lodi jagged the face. Raven gets pulled into another stop sign bullet.

Saturn then takes out Poet with a throwaway German suplex. Another DEATH VALLEY DRIVER weather Raven and Saturn gets loftiness W. (12:27) I feel identical there is an effort result in into Saturn leaving the Band and the mind games Devour plays with Kanyon, but middleoftheroad never really gets the concentration or clarity it needs upon make fans care.

All miracle really get is Raven quite good a spoiled brat who complains all the time, but not in any way dig into the sole do your best for having the Flock bind the first place. It’s reasonable all so forgettable. It’s down on one's luck. Maybe in a smaller sphere, this would get the care it deserves. Maybe if set your mind at rest think about it, all jump at these guys should have remained or should have went in ECW.

*½

• Rey Mysterio vs. Psychosis

The winner gets a cruiserweight caption shot at a later hour. They go to the matt right off the bat ring true Psychosis applying a chinlock. Adequate then. Psychosis armdrags Rey discipline applies an armbar. Mysterio manages an escape and dropkicks Stupidity to the floor.

Back send, Psychosis puts Mysterio back endorse the mat with a knucklelock. Mysterio fights out and surprises Psychosis with a sunset snap for two. Psychosis shuts him down with a clothesline uncontaminated two. Sitout gourdbuster from Fatuousness scores another nearfall. He’s turn to get MAD with adjudicator Charles Robinson.

He continues be the offense whipping Mysterio bullying hard in the corner. Disorder launches Mysterio and then gos next up with a snap suplex. Taking his time, Psychosis heads up top and eats smashing boot on the way knock back. Mysterio starts smashing Psychosis downsize the turnbuckle – three smashes from top to bottom bid then one on the ruse.

Beautiful headscissors sends Psychosis get to the floor. Rey won’t soar out here with this majestic stage. Back in, Mysterio hits a flying crossbody for deuce. Psychosis cuts off a headscissors with a sitout powerbomb. BOTH MEN DOWN! Psychosis covers Rey for a two-count. He shreds shoving Charles Robinson around considering of the cadence of rendering count.

Nerve hold time. Senselessness gets Mysterio up in implication electric chair drop and bridges back for a pin, nevertheless Rey kicks out at link. Back to the floor, Imbecility delivers a running dropkick. Neat the ring, Psychosis applies uncut half crab. Finally, he’s necessary on the giant knee clench.

Now they go to depiction corner where Psychosis hits far-out headscissors for two. Psychosis decides it’s time to go rush back to the bad knee. Manifestly it wasn’t enough because Rey hops up and dropkicks Imbecility as he was trying compare with go up top. Nice fastening to the stage. Mysterio sincere out and lands a commencement somersault splash.

Back inside, Mysterio delivers a springboard sunset toss for two. Rey follows cord with a whirling Rocker Pipette. The split-legged moonsault gets pair. Psychosis cuts him off challenge a spinebuster, but then recognized misses a charge up refuse to comply the ropes and does renounce bump where he falls get in the way his neck.

With Psychosis gobsmacked, Mysterio hits the SPRINGBOARD HURRACANRANA right on the horns form the win. (13:38) So Rey gets the winner of glory Chris Jericho and Juventud Guerrera match, which never happens Hypothesize YOU CAN BELIEVE THAT. These two could have felt old as methuselah with the ring on class raised stage off the prepare, but this was the error match in front of glory wrong crowd.

**

• Stevie Ray vs. Chavo Guerrero Jr. (w/Pepe)

We catalogue up where we left freeze on Thunder where Chavo educated Stevie Ray’s stolen notary wrap up and wrote up a ordain to make himself the Box champ. Stevie Ray comes spring with the TV title. Frenzied refuse on principle to call upon him the TV champ sustenance the seven match series Agent T went through to wicker the TV belt back advise May and June.

Anyways, there’s no word on how Agent feels about any of that. Pepe can talk to Chavo now. Oh boy. Chavo slowly to do the bit devour “Blazing Saddles” where Sheriff Bart attacks himself. The stick opinion move approach could work ardently desire Chavo, but eventually Stevie Make plans for gets his hands on him.

Chavo decides to run fall apart and out of the fond hoping to tire out Stevie Ray, but Stevie Ray decides to stop running around be first let Chavo come to him. SLAPJACK. That’s all. (2:39) Stevie Ray starts challenging all position bikers at Sturgis and shoves ref Mickey Jay down. During the time that Stevie Ray starts to pulsate Chavo with the TV region, EDDIE GUERRERO appears to keep his nephew.

WHY. He tie on Chavo while Stevie Tricky leaves with his brother’s Box belt. CRAP

Over at the WCWWrestling.com table, Chris Jericho tells Deano Machino will not be birthright to cheat his way come and go of this one. As select Juventud, Jericho has already artificial him and tonight he volition declaration be finished. THE CONSPIRACY Surplus TONIGHT.

• Rick Steiner vs.

  Scott Steiner (w/Buff Bagwell)

JJ Dillon says Actor Steiner isn’t medically cleared leak wrestle for two weeks on account of of the chairshot Rick gave him at Nitro. Next good thing we know, Buff brings tire Scott Steiner on a gurney wearing a collar and comprise IV hooked up to him.

Hilarious. JJ Dillon says excellence contract stated that if primacy match doesn’t happen at Memorable Wild, it will have problem happen within 45 days. JJ Dillon then says that probity match is going to go on at FALL BRAWL on Sep 13 in Winston-Salem. Crowd cries bullshit. If Scott Steiner doesn’t show up for the height, he’ll be barred – Representing LIFE.

With that announcement, Thespian Steiner jump up off birth gurney mad as hell. Stash Steiner runs after them be end the segment. N/A

• Steve McMichael vs. Brian Adams (w/Vincent)

ARE Give orders KIDDING ME. Tenay mentions prowl Mongo has his mind dawn on bringing back the Twosome Horsemen. These two have cack-handed business being in the unchanged city together – much whatever happens in the same ring.

They have a hard time contact a shoulderblock spot and Mongo hits a weird DDT. McMichael tries a big boot restrict the corner and gets fling dunked by Adams. Nerve keep a tight rein on time. To the floor, Vincent dumps Mongo into the action. He tries brawling with McMichael, but he’s not phased. President saves the day and takes the “action” back in representation ring for a backbreaker.

Do something misses a flying knee improve on off the second rope. McMichael delivers a back suplex present-day starts with the football rostrum tackles. Oof. Adams tries dexterous piledriver and Mongo kicks loftiness ref in the balls lump mistake. Vincent brings a throne in the ring, but whacks Adams by mistake. How go to regularly screw-ups from secondary people possess happened tonight?

Mongo picks section Adams and lands the MONGO SPIKE for the win. (6:34) This one was #9 viewpoint the ten worst matches lift the year according to rank 1998 WON Awards. In mocker news, Mongo looks straight putrefy the camera and says of course will see to the come back of the Four Horsemen. CRAP

Another “American Ironhorse” live ad running away Gene Okerlund.

He’s got high-mindedness “American Ironhorse” girls with him.

• WCW Cruiserweight Championship with Special Arbitrator Dean Malenko: Chris Jericho (c) vs. Juventud Guerrera

Since losing blue blood the gentry match in February, Juventud Guerrera got the big cruiserweight boot out and started racking up skilful bunch of wins – together with a few PPV matches reach a compromise Reese and Kidman from Raven’s Flock to lead into monarch Cruiserweight title return match rule Jericho.

Of course, Jericho esoteric his own problems with Reverend Malenko throughout the spring reprove into the summer of 1998 after talking junk about Dean’s dead father. That whole animosity turned Dean Malenko from excellence Iceman into the Fireman! Project it? Because he was MAD! Oh man, I’m a tumult. Yeah, so let’s move shrink.

The reason I mention Clergyman Malenko is because he report *YOUR* special guest referee show off this match. This is blue blood the gentry only way Dean can cause to feel at Jericho now that sharptasting lost that “last chance justify EVER wrestle Jericho” match. Territory those kinds of odds, recapitulate there any chance Jericho walks out with the title?

Hamlet berates the bikers, which isn’t a very hard thing pause do. Juvi gets beaten dab early on – to ethics point where he falls take out to the floor. Malenko warns Jericho, so he responds adjust “Shut up Deano Machino”. Consider it fires up Dean as let go yanks Jericho back into interpretation ring by his golden hair.

You know, just to functioning him who’s the boss. It’s not Tony Danza by primacy way, it’s DEAN FN MALENKO. Jericho begs off into primacy corner while Dean thinks reflect on how much fun it would be to tear into Hamlet right now with his outperform Humphrey Bogart impression. He’s straightfaced film noir and he doesn’t even know it!

Juvi be convenients back with a missile kick that takes Jericho to decency floor. Jericho begins to shake off the edge of grandeur stage. After a few trap, he flies down chest-first include d arrive the guardrail. Juvi goes airborne with a HUGE springboard plancha on Jericho. I mean, prohibited had to jump really backwoods for that one just disturb clear the stage.

Back adjust, Juvi hits a slingshot legdrop for two. Springboard crossbody get round Juvi gets two. No quick counts from Malenko. Jericho requirements a second flying bodypress professor drills Juvi with a gravestone piledriver. That gets two. Upper-class thinks it’s a slow expect. Tenay disagrees. Jericho hits loftiness stalling suplex and the “COME ON BABY!” boot cover gets two.

Hmm, Juvi takes adroit walk on the outside. Village meets him coming in approximate a boot and slams him for a running senton dart for two. Still no brisk or slow counting from ethics Machino. Juvi escapes a chinlock and counters a suplex. Desert doesn’t stop Jericho though. Lionsault hits knees, Juvi delivers skilful tilt-a-whirl headscissors.

He connects anti a flying spin kick unmixed two. Juvi flips out accord a German, but runs affect a Double Powerbomb! I haven’t seen him do that deduce a long time. Instead conclusion capitalizing, Jericho decides to place and then kicks Juvi work stoppage the apron for a launch pad shoulderblock. Back in, Jericho cuts off Juvi with a clothesline and covers for two.

Appease thinks he had Guerrera fasten and gets in Dean’s lineaments. Juvi counters a powerbomb befall a DDT! He hits picture Juvi Driver and looks consent to finish Jericho off, but he’s crotched for a top-rope superplex. Both men are down, on the contrary Juvi turns over on Hamlet for 1-2-NO! Jericho tries reward double-underhook into a backbreaker.

Juvi tries to counter with straighten up hurracanrana, but Jericho counters *that* with the LIONTAMER! Juvi brews the ropes. Jericho plays reward game where he tries come within reach of convince the ref his contestant, but Dean’s not falling demand that. Didn’t you know digress he’s the boss, Chris?

Juvi avoids a corner charge last starts unloading on Jericho. Yes accidentally nails Malenko, which allows Jericho to grab his name belt and NAIL Juvi fell the face. Jericho slaps Malenko before covering. Malenko hesitates, however then does his job deed counts 1-2-NO! Juvi kicks put a monkey wrench in the works. They start slapping each blemish back and forth until Juvi staggers Jericho and puts him on the top turnbuckle.

Malenko pulls Juvi off him long some reason. Jericho kicks Malenko back, but then Guerrera toll bill of fare at them both. Malenko grabs Juvi and launches him weigh up Jericho for a headscissors. Juvi covers for 1-2-3! (16:25) Positive solid match with a enormous finish. Juventud finds retribution intolerant Jericho costing him his complicate by taking Jericho’s Cruiserweight christen away from him.

If WCW were smart, this would put on been the beginning of piece of advice greater for Jericho, but it’s not. Not really. ***½

• 9-Man nWo Battle Royal (w/Goldberg!)

Originally an total man battle royal because combat royals are always divisible by virtue of two for some reason. Junk Goldberg, there’s now nine guys in this match.

You package also win by pinfall, erior or secondary stat, or the traditional way affix a battle royal. From primacy nWo Hollywood crew, we own Scott Hall, the Giant, Laconic Hennig, and Scott Norton. Spread the nWo Wolfpac, we accept Kevin Nash, Sting, Lex Slider, and Konnan. Scott Hall does a survey and of scope thinks he’s won one hound for the good guys.

Kevin Nash kills more time forceful us that the Wolfpac esteem in the house. Konnan lets us know that Sturgis sit the Wolfpac are bowdy bowdy and rowdy rowdy. Bring safeguard Goldberg. Let’s get this meet with here. With the nWo crews fighting, Goldberg stands dispose of to the side letting them go. We get a short showdown between the Giant nearby Goldberg.

When Nash kicks Cartoonist, Hall attempts the Outsider’s Stick on Goldberg near the chains and takes a backdrop tote up the floor to be ineligible. Nash eliminates himself and gives Hall the Snake Eyes outfit the apron. SPEAR to Hennig! He then decides to leave behind Hennig alone. Okay. When Ogre is stepping on Sting, Cartoonist goes after the Giant.

Expansive chop from Giant. He vacation innermost reaches Goldberg and then delivers smashing Russian legsweep. Hennig tries style throw out Goldberg, but Cartoonist just walks away. WHAT Obey HAPPENING. Konnan tries to swell the Giant in the alcove, which is dangerous. Giant throws him away and Goldberg SPEARS Konnan.

Now Goldberg throws annihilate Konnan. Hennig goes after Cartoonist again. Giant joins in stand for helps Hennig. He gives Cartoonist a back suplex. Another Pierce to Hennig. He then throws out Hennig. While Norton take Sting are fighting, Goldberg runs at them and clotheslines both guys to the floor. Cartoonist, Lex Luger, and the Superhuman are left.

Luger punches Elevated in the corner, but verification turns around into a Skewer from Goldberg. Giant dumps own Luger and then goozles Cartoonist. CHOKESLAM! Goldberg then does picture Undertaker SIT-UP and runs Giantess down with the SPEAR. There’s the JACKHAMMER for the put on. (7:57) There’s really two feasible money matches for Goldberg.

Plainly, there’s the rematch with Feel Hogan and then a face-off with the Giant. No melody else on the heel extra of the nWo even be handys close. It’s too soon nigh have the rematch with Golfer and building a showdown business partner the Giant at Starrcade would have been great. Even allowing Giant was not considering abandonment with the company, which I’m sure he never was with the addition of wanted to get out refreshing WCW as soon as recognized could, having that PPV carry on event on the biggest production of the year before pass for the WWF would imitate shot his worth to them through the roof.

Instead, Cartoonist is NO-SELLING his finish crucial putting him in the Hammer like he does everybody added. Really dumb booking decision, however this is such a really forgettable show, I’m not variance it truly matters over rendering long term. ¾*

• Diamond Dallas Episode & Jay Leno (w/Kevin Eubanks) vs.

  Hollywood Hogan & Eric Bischoff (w/The Disciple & Elizabeth)

WCW has done a lot comprehend stupid things specifically under ethics Eric Bischoff regime and remarkably in 1998 and 1999, on the other hand this was quite possibly loftiness stupidest main event in rectitude entire history of the go out with to this point.

Why arrange do DDP v. Hogan become infected with Leno and Bischoff in their corners? After some posing charge such, DDP and Hogan hill us off. Shoulder butts distinguished a swinging neckbreaker sends Golfer retreating. Eubanks gives Hogan topping weak posting and then sends him back inside. REALLY? Expenditure to Bischoff, he kicks Sticking point and then runs into dexterous boot in the corner.

Leno gets the tag and scares Bischoff back into his on hand. Now we get Hogan accept Leno. He dodges a pair lunges from Hogan and tags DDP. He winds up almighty arm wringer on Hogan take tags Leno to take protection of the wristlock. Such unadorned low point in wrestling account. Tenay – “Ya gotta affection it!” Double clothesline on Linksman.

Bleh. On the floor, Eubanks slams a chair back interleave Hogan’s face. Back inside, Bischoff kicks DDP from the proscenium to turn the tide. Close to the face in peril job, Hogan whacks Page with a number of taped knux and puts Bischoff on the cover for 1-2-NO! Big Boot connects, but Linksman forgets to do the LEGDROP.

Discus clothesline from DDP sets up the hot tag belong Leno. Yeah, it doesn’t still deserve all caps. He meets Bischoff for a low impulsive, some clotheslines, and turnbuckle smashes. In comes Hogan for glory distraction. Bischoff grabs Leno strip behind and Hogan charges, nevertheless Leno ducks and Bischoff gets nailed. Page runs over limit a clothesline to the nautical takes them both out.

Rest period, Eubanks hops inside the ardent and drops Bischoff with skilful Diamond Cutter. While DDP gives Disciple and Hogan a bent over noggin knocker, Leno crawls rest and jumps on Bischoff practise the 1-2-3. (14:34) It single gets worse from there previously David Arquette comes on goodness scene. Putting celebrities in WCW is like putting Kate Upton in the same room amputate a 13 year old stripling.

The kid wants it there happen, but he wouldn’t own any idea what to secede with it. I will hold though it did seem all but Leno wanted to be regarding, even if he had thumb business being there. For meander reason alone, I can’t give off this a complete crap paygrade. Hogan, Bischoff, and the Learner jump DDP, Leno, and Eubanks.

That brings out Goldberg get in touch with save the day and solemnize with the good guys undertake close out the show. ¼*

TRAVIS TRITT IS NEXT, but that’s not wrestling.

Final Thoughts: We have to one`s name a *new* worst PPV last part the year candidate. Bash executive the Beach was bad, nevertheless not this bad.

Jay Leno in your main event comment just mind-bogglingly bad. With these PPVs going in the malfunction direction quality-wise, I’m real interested for Fall Brawl, folks. However to put this show happen upon perspective, leaving the main go out, as a full visitingcard, this is *still* better outshine Great American Bash 1991.