- Hosted by Jim Ross and Tony Schiavone.

- Opening match: The Freebirds & Bradstreet v. The Young Pistols and Tom Zenk. The Birds have DDP, Big Daddy Dink and Kimberly all in their corner. Badstreet is of course Brad Armstrong in failed gimmick #2929B. Referee for about half the matches tonight is Bill Alphonso. Hey, the Freebirds still suck, surprise surprise. Brad Armstrong, however, rules the fucking world playing a rudo-type character here. They should fired Hayes and Garvin and kept Badstreet. Pretty silly ending to a blah match as the faces sunset flip into the ring on all three Birds at the same time and Fonzie counts all three down for the pin. Lots of flipping and flopping, but no real substance.

- The Great and Mighty Oz v. Johnny Rich. I think we've made all the Kevin Nash jokes we can make in one lifetime here on RSPW, so I'll pass. He actually moves *way* faster and smoother here than he has since 1995, and finishes Rich off after the usual moves with the tornado slam, a move which I personally miss. It's done by putting the guy in a position for an Outsider Edge, then spinning around a few times and letting him go. Brutal.

- PN News promo. Yo baby, yo baby, yo! This, btw, marks the beginning of The Bad Period for WCW in 1991.

- Dan Spivey v. Big Josh. I still don't know what Vince saw in Matt Bourne that made him want to sign him, but I guess that's why I'm not the owner of the WWF. Spivey tries to salvage something watchable here, but Josh sucks hard. Sullivan comes down (during his poofy hair period) and whacks Josh with a crutch, allowing Spivey to get the pin, thus setting up the epic Big Josh-Black Blood match at Bash '91. And people wonder why everyone hates that PPV so much...

- WCW Top 10.

- Paul E. interviews Jason Hervey (the big brother on the Wonder Years). Hervey was dating Missy Hyatt at this point. Paul verbally berates Hervey and makes fun of his relationship with Missy, but Jason fights back and declares the interview over. I wouldn't turn around, Jason...

*POW!!!!!* Phone to the head!

Well, can't say I didn't warn ya. Missy bounces in and protects her boyfriend from further yuppie attack. If only Jason had bled, this would be perfection. Paul E was SO cool back then. Damn phone shattered in two. Way cool...I love celebrity punkings.

- Dustin Rhodes v. Terrence Taylor. I guess Dustin was impressed with Alexandra York's managerial technique, because he married her a few months later. She's now known as Marlena, of course. I can appreciate the talent of Terry Taylor so much more today, watching him carry Rhodes to a watchable match despite Dustin's almost total (and genetic) lack of talent at that point. The flip, flop and fly works here, in case you're wondering. Rhodes goes for the bulldog, but Mr. Hughes and Ricky Morton and Big Josh all run in and it turns into a big clusterfuck. Double-DQ.

- Johnny B. Badd promo. He's so pretty, he should've been born a girl! I don't how Marc Mero sleeps at night knowing that he used to make a living doing this shit...I'm so glad he has a more dignified gimmick now, that of the conceited wife-beating ex-boxer.

- Sting v. Nikita Koloff. This is the blowoff after Koloff nailed Sting by accident at Superbrawl. Koloff yells a lot and no-sells Sting's offense. And that's about it. Koloff slowly pounds on him for 10 minutes, then Sting misses a splash, but Koloff misses a Sickle and Sting gets the quick pin with a rollup.

- PN News brings out two of the skanks from Salt N Pepa (Ho baby, ho baby, ho!) and does an embarrassingly bad "rap". Johnny B. Badd comes out to confront him, lord knows why. I can't even describe how bad this was. Of course, Dusty Rhodes was booking so it's at least explainable...

- Hey, yo. Diamond Studd promo. Survey says...nobody gives a shit until 1994 when Shawn carries his ass to a ***** match.

- Arn Anderson & Barry Windham v. El Gigante & Brian Pillman (loser leaves WCW). Gee, I wonder who jobs here? This is the result of WarGames, where the Horsemen legit injured Pillman (or rather, Sid did). It's a pretty good match, mainly because Gigante does nothing more involved than standing on the apron and looking tall. Surprisingly quick, as Pillman goes for a bodypress of the top about 5 minutes in, and Windham pushes him off and kicks him right in the face (ouch!) and pins him. Of course, the Yellow Dog showed up to avenge the loss at Bash 91 against Windham. Gotta love that Dusty Rhodes...

- IWGP tag title match: Rick & Scott Steiner v. Hiroshi Hase & Masa Chono. Hey, remember when the Steiners v. nWo Japan produced a *good* match? Hase and Chono are total bad-ass SWANK heels here, beating the hell out of Rick with a bunch of cool shit that JR actually knows the name of! Yeah! Finally, Scott gets in and cleans house, hitting Hase with the Frankensteiner and getting the pin. Great match. The Hardliners (Murdoch and Slater) run in and beat up the Steiners after the match, and injure Scott's arm in the process. Bet WCW was happy to hear that.

- The Diamond Studd v. Tommy Rich. No survey tonight. It'd be kinda one-sided, I think. Much like this match, as Studd pounds the hell out of Rich and finishes it off with the Outsider Edge/Razor's Edge/Diamond Death Drop.

- Jim Ross interviews some kind who won a Sting lookalike contest despite looking nothing like Sting. I smell an angle. Sting comes out to congratulate him personally. Awwwww. Then Koloff comes out to nail Sting with a big chain. Awwww. The kid cries. I go get more iced tea.

- The Great Muta v. Lex Luger (Winner gets the title shot at Bash 91). Muta has another off-night, doing nothing notable except a nice bump after he misses a handspring elbow. Luger blocks a mist spray and powerslams him for a quick win. The match only lasted like 3 minutes.

- Steve Austin v. Joey Maggs. This is Austin's major league debut, and it lasts all of 30 seconds as he stun-guns Maggs almost right after the bell and gets the pin. If you think Lady Blossom has some huge gazongas, give me a HELL YEAH!

- Black Blood promo. Billy Jack Hayes, in case you're about to ask.

- The York Foundation introduces Richard Morton as the newest member, then they punk Robert Gibson for fun. Morton looks like a tool with a business suit and long blond hair...

- Main Event: Ric Flair v. Bobby Eaton (2/3 falls). This is *such* a good match. It harkens back to the days when a contender could get a win over the champ without the champ jobbing. Hard fought first fall has Bobby going over clean with the Alabama Jam to a big pop. That lasted about 12 minutes. Eaton then goes out again to start the second fall, but Flair pushes him off the top rope to the concrete, for the countout. That lasted all of a minute. Then for the third fall, Eaton gets back in and Flair works over the knee for a few minutes, Eaton tries the comeback, and Flair figure-fours him until he blacks out for the pin. That only lasted another two minutes. Ergh. Still, the first fall was excellent, and the rest was a little disappointing. This was Flair's last major match before going to Titan-land, btw.

The Bottom Line: Transitional show for WCW, as they introduced all the (lame) new talent they signed and began another wretched era by firing Ric Flair and gambling on Lex Luger as champion. As a heel. (shakes head). Dusty Rhodes is an idiot, but at least he isn't Ole Anderson, I guess.

Still, this card was pretty fun overall and worth watching for the Paul E punking and the main event at least.

Later...