The 2BWE Video Project: Pages 23-27

This is part 4 of the Big Bad WWE Encyclopedia Video Project, in which I attempt to watch a video of every single entry listed in the WWE Encyclopedia. In this edition, I get to see wrestlers such as Bertha Faye, the Bastian Booger, Battle Kat, and Beaver Cleavage in action. Lucky, lucky me. For more specifics about this project, then check out the link here. Not, onto the show.

P23- Barry Windham: Barry Windham vs. Arn Anderson


This match is from sometime in September of 1991, although I'm not sure of the exact date. Jim Ross mentions that these two used to be part of an elite organization, but refuses to state which organization that is. Windham gets right in Anderson's face, so Arn decides to slap him, and the fight is on. Windham with three right hands, and Anderson scurries out to the outside. Anderson tries a hammerlock, but Windham gets out of that with a back elbow. The video skips to later in the match, and Windham is working over Arn's leg to the point where Arn is limping. On the outside, Windham goes after Arn, but Arn gets the advantage and throws Windham into the steel post. Anderson, like a good Anderson does, works over Windham's arm now, yanking it into the ring post, and then stomping on his shoulder once they get back into the ring. Anderson continues the assault with an arm bar, and uses the ropes for leverage whenever the ref is out of position. After Windham declares that he will not give up, Anderson then tries to position Windham's shoulders on the mat, and gets a series of two counts before Windham finally gets out of it by kicking Arn in the face. Now up, Windham decides to kick at Arn's injured leg before whipping him into the ropes, only for Arn to rebound with a kick to Windham's bum shoulder. Arn with a hammer lock, but Windham gets back up and fires back at Anderson with a series of back elbows, then catches Arn with a sleeper hold after reversing an Irish whip. Both men fall face first to the mat, and neither me or Jim Ross is sure as to why. Back up, Windham is whipped into the ropes, and both men's heads bump into each other. Arn gets the advantage with a snapmare, then tries an attack from the second rope, only to take a pair of boots to the face. Windham tries a similar attack, and his clothesline connects. Cover, but Anderson's foot is on the ropes. A Windham powerslam also gets two, but Arn rakes the eyes and tries a piledriver. Windham is able to backdrop him, but Anderson holds on for a sunset flip and with the assistance of the ring ropes, holds Windham down long enough to get the three count. BUTWAITAMINUTE, Ron Simmons comes out and explains to the ref that Anderson was holding on to the ropes, so the match is restarted and amidst the confusion, Windham scores a quick rollup on Arn to get the three count. Good stuff here between two top-notch performers, though I wish it went longer. I'll still give it a 3 out of 5.

P23- Bart Gunn: Bart Gunn vs. Faarooq

The leader of the Nation of Domination takes on the future Mike Barton in this match from the January 20, 1997 edition of Monday Night Raw. Faarooq starts by knocking down Bart with a shoulderblock, then Gunn gets back up with a pair of armdrags sandwiched by a dropkick and takes Faarooq down. Gunn continues to work over Faarooq's arm as the show goes to commercial. Back from the break, Faarooq is now in control, and flattens Gunn with a spinebuster that gets a two count. Faarooq distracts the ref while PG-13 works over Gunn from ringside, then puts Gunn in a rear chinlock. Bart gets out of it and boots Faarooq in the head after an Irish whip, but then misses an elbow drop. Faarooq covers for a two count, then puts on the rear chinlock again. Faarooq gets tired of that and slams Gunn down, then goes to the top rope, only for Gunn to move out of the way of his flying attack and send Faarooq flying face first to the mat. Bart connects with a back elbow and a pair of clotheslines, then takes Faarooq down with a bulldog. Cover, but PG-13 puts Faarooq's leg on the bottom rope. Well, Bart's had enough of their antics, so he takes out both members, but gets knocked down by a flying axe handle from the apron by Faarooq. Crush comes over and rolls Bart back in, and Faarooq finishes the job with a Dominator to get the victory. Well, that wasn't very interesting at all. Not good and did nothing for anybody. I'll give it a 1 out of 5.

P23- Basham Brothers: Rey Mysterio and Eddie Guerrero vs. Basham Brothers

The Bashams defend their World Tag Team Titles against the team of Eddie Guerrero and Rey Mysterio in this match from No Way Out 2005. Eddie and Danny Basham start out, with Danny pointing to the S.O.D. on his tights, which stands for Sit on Down. Actually, it's referring to their positions as the Secretaries of Defense in JBL's Cabinet. Eddie, and the rest of us, are not in the very least impressed. The two do a sequence of holds which ends with Eddie putting an arm wringer on Danny and tagging in Mysterio who attacks the outstretched arm with a double axe handle. A quick leg drop after a snap mare gets a two count. Danny drives Mysterio into his corner and tags in Doug, and the two pound on Mysterio in their corner before Danny leaves. Danny chokes Rey with the tag rope while the ref is preoccupied with Doug, then Doug whips Rey in, which is a bad idea because Mysterio rebounds with a flying arm drag. Tag to Eddie, and he goes to work on Doug with some strikes before countering a backdrop attempt with a huracanrana. But Basham lands on his feet, and brawls with Guerrero before eventually tagging out to Danny, and the champs double team Guerrero in their corner. Danny applies a cross armed sleeper on Eddie, using Guerrero's own arms against him. Eddie is able to get out, and back suplexes Danny down. Doug gets in, and blocks Eddie's attempt to tag out by pulling him back towards the middle of the ring and elbow dropping him. He follows up with two more, which gets a two count. Doug whips Eddie into the corner, takes a boot to the face but quickly rebounds with a powerslam that gets a two count before Mysterio breaks it up. Doug tries a diving headbutt, but misses and Eddie tags out to Mysterio, who catches Doug with a seated senton and a twisting springboard body press to get a two count. Mysterio gets another two count after a bulldog, but Danny breaks it up. While the ref has his back turned, Danny switches with his brother, and flattens Mysterio with a clothesline. While Michael Cole slams the Bashams for cheating while making an excuse for Eddie's cheating because "its a family tradition" (how does he know that cheating isn't a Basham family tradition as well), the Bashams work over Rey in the corner with stomps.

Danny locks in a Full-Nelson on Mysterio, then takes him down and switches to a reverse bearhug. Back up, Danny continues to overpower the smaller Mysterio, and whips him hard against the corner. Danny jacks Guerrero in the jaw, and the ref has to hold back a fired up Guerrero while the Bashams double team Mysterio. A double hotshot gets a two count for Danny, and Mysterio tries to crawl under Danny's legs to get the tag, but Basham puts a stop to that by grabbing the ankle. Tag out to Doug, who lifts Rey onto the top rope, but Mysterio punches out of the predicament, then hits a beautiful moonsault press on Doug for a two count. But Rey still can't get the tag, and Danny gets the tag and puts Rey in a cravate hold before turning that into a rear chinlock. Mysterio tries to escape the Basham's clutches, but gets caught with a double team facebuster. Cover, but Eddie makes the save just in time. The Bashams go for another tag team, but Rey kicks away at both men, then uses his quickness to dodge them, and has them running around in circles, allowing Rey to get the hot tag to Guerrero. Guerrero takes on the Bashams with some dropkicks and clotheslines, then uses his trademark headscissors armdrag to take down both Bashams. That gets a two count on Danny, but Doug comes in and breaks it up, and the two get another two count after a double spinebuster. The Basham try a double suplex on Eddie, but Mysterio takes out Doug with a dive, and Eddie small packages Danny for a two count. Eddie goes to the outside and grabs one of the tag team titles, so Rey goes over to stop him while the Bashams pull off another switch with Doug now in the ring. Eddie thinks better and goes for the frog splash, but rolls through after Doug moves, then nearly gets the victory after a small package. Danny tosses the tag belt to Eddie, who then tosses it to Doug, which draws the referee's attention. While Doug proclaims his innocence and the ref takes the belt away, Rey tosses in the other belt to Eddie, who flattens Doug with it, and Mysterio takes care of Danny with a 619 on the ring post, allowing Eddie to cover Doug and gets the three count. Rather good match, not the greatest of all time but still very good. I'd give it a 3.25 out of 5.

P23- Bastion Booger: Bastion Booger vs. Tony Webb

In this match from the December 11, 1993 episode of WWF Superstars, the legendary Bastion Booger takes on the 260 pound Tony Webb. Webb offers Booger something to eat, it looked like an ice cream sandwich but I'm not exactly sure, but Booger refuses and whips Webb into the ropes. Webb tries a pair of shoulder blocks, but gets nowhere fast and then takes a clothesline to the mush. Booger does one of the worst dances in wrestling history, then throws Webb outside of the ring and follows. Booger with a big splash on Webb against the ring post. Back in, Booger with a power slam, then he repeats his dance before delivering a sitdown splash on Webb (with the camera focused on Booger's gargantuan butt the whole time) to get the victory. Afterwards, Booger reaches into a bag and eats a marshmallow. Well, that was disgusting. I'm giving this a 0.25 out of 5.

P24- Batista: Batista vs. Goldberg and Stone Cold


How can Batista possibly fight off the two most powerful bald men in wrestling history? This video is taken from the November 3, 2003 episode of Raw. Austin calls out Batista in the ring, and Batista doesn't waste much time getting there. The two men exchange punches, and Batista earns a knockdown, but Austin fires back and clotheslines Batista over the rope. Mark Henry comes in for no reason, except to take a Stone Cold Stunner. While Austin disposes of Henry, Batista comes back in and knocks Austin down with a big right hand. Batista goes to stomp a mudhole in Austin. Batista throws Austin into the ringpost, but WAITAMINUTE! Goldberg is coming, bad ankle in all with a steel chair in his hand, and Batista is waiting for him. Poor Mark Henry gets up just to take a chair to the head from Big Bill. Goldberg enters the ring, trades punches, then spears Batista on the rebound of an Irish whip. Goldberg then tries to Pillmanize Batista's ankle with a chair, but Ric Flair comes out, only to eat a spear. But it did allow Batista to escape, and he helps Ric to the back. Austin comes back to the ring to drink a few beers with Goldberg, but Goldberg refuses until he gets a match with Batista on the next episode. Well, Austin decides that that would be swell, so he makes the match and the two 'drink some damn beers', as Austin puts it. Well, it wasn't a match, but it was a fun angle featuring some big name guys, so I'll give it a 3 out of 5.

P25- Battle Kat: Battle Kat in Action

The masked alias of the late Brady Boone, Battle Kat wrestles Paul Diamond in this match from the November 18, 1990 edition of Wrestling Challenge. Battle Kat is decked out in a black cat mask and orange and purple tights. It is not the worst costume I've ever seen a masked wrestler wear, but I can see why Battle Kat didn't last too long. Kat enters the ring and does a couple of backflips to show off his acrobatic skills. Kat pounces towards Diamond and ties up to start the match. Kat shows off his superior skills with a headscissors takedown sandwiched between two armdrags, then comes off the second rope with a back elbow on Diamond. Diamond gets a slight advantage after a headbutt to the gut, but a Battle Kat leapfrog is followed by a superkick. Diamond gets back up, and the two do a rope-running sequence featuring a leapfrog from each men before Battle Kat does a weak looking Thesz Press leading with the knees, and somehow gets the three count even though he barely touched Diamond during the cover. Battle Kat backflips in celebration. Not much to say about this one, other than I can't see why Battle Kat wasn't given the strap at Wrestlemania VII. I'll give it a 0.6 out of 5.

P25- Battle Royal: Wrestlemania 21 Battle Royal

This is a 30 man battle royal featuring 15 stars from Raw and Smackdown, each men wearing the shirts of their show. The two shows square off, with Heidenreich and Hurricane leading the teams. Hurricane gives Heidenreich a Hurri-mask, so Heidenrecih becomes Hurrireich before decking the Hurricane. Now everybody starts to fight one another, and Oh Here Go Hell Come as it's very hard to keep track of what's going on. Hurricane's doing a ten punch move in the corner on Akio when Luther Reigns comes up, puts Hurricane on his shoulders, and dumps him over the top rope. William Regal and Tajiri try to toss Luther Reigns over the top, and eventually they get some more help and Reigns is out. Booker T knocks Viscera down with a big kick, and a number of Smackdown superstars hold Viscera down so Scotty 2 Hotty can deliver his big move, the worm. Chris Masters is apparently offended by this, as he goes into beast mode and eliminates Scotty, Funaki, Spike Dudley, and Billy Kidman in quick succession before Mark Jindrak comes over to duke it out. Charlie Haas gets thrown out by a number of Raw Superstars, and Masters puts the Masterlock on Nunzio and throws him under the ropes, meaning Nunzio is not out since he must go over the top. Raw has a big advantage now, but Heidenrich has had all he can take, so he rips the turnbuckle and then stomps on the mask Hurricane gave him earlier, then he clotheslines Val Venis over the top rope. Heidenreich then starts to go after his own teammate Booker T, but the Bashams talk him out of it, so Heidenreich settles for eliminating Simon Dean instead. Heidenreich's reign of terror continues as he eliminates Sylvan and then throws Rosey over onto the apron, but Rhyno gores Heidenreich in the back, which knocks Heidenreich into Rosey and Rosey out of the match. Rhyno gores Snistsky for some reason, then Hardcore Holly eliminates Rhyno. Tajiri puts one of the Bashams in a Tarantula while Booker T eliminates Conway and Regal eliminates both Bashams at the same time. Both teams regroup, and oh Here Go Hell Come again as they restart the fight with a wild brawl.

Holly hits an Alabama Slam on Regal, while Viscera backdrops Akio and poor Akio lands face first on the steps. Masters and Heidenreich continue their dominance by eliminating Holly and Regal respectively, and Tajiri stands up for his partner by misting Heidenreich. Paul London helps up Heidenreich, then enziguri kicks Masters as he held Booker T in the Masterlock. London goes to monkeyflip Tajiri, but gets placed on the top rope instead. A charging Heidenreich tries to save London, but Tajiri moves and Heidenreich inadvertently knee lifts London over the top rope and out of the ring. Heidenreich and Tajiri fight on the apron, and while Tajiri gets a kick to the head in, Heidenreich absorbs the blow and eliminates Tajiri, only to take a boot from his good friend Snitsky and get eliminated. Jindrak eliminates Snitsky with a monkey flip, and your final four are Jindrak, Viscera, Masters, and Booker T. While Jindrak knocks Viscera silly with a big left hand, Masters comes from behind and tosses Jindrak over the top. But WAITAMINUTE! Nunzio comes back in and climbs on Masters' back, only for Viscera to knock him off and Masters to press slam him over the top rope, meaning Booker T is alone with Raw's Masters and the 500 pound Viscera. Viscera flattens Booker T with a splash in the corner, and the two Raw superstars scoop up Booker and try to toss him over. However, Booker's not done yet, and he fights out of it. Atomic Drop to Masters by Booker, and he goes for the Harlem Sidekick but misses and gets hung up on the rope. Viscera charges, but Booker ducks just in time and Viscera can't stop himself from going over the top, leaving Booker and Masters in the ring. Masters tries for a Master lock, but Booker elbows his way out and then tries to catapult Masters out. That doesn't quite work as Masters holds on, but Booker then superkicks Masters out of the ring and wins the battle royal. Wasn't too bad of a battle royal, and Masters and even Heidenreich looked good in this type of environment, so I'll give it a 2.15 out of 5.

P26- Battman: Championship Wrestling from Georgia bonus footage

Well, I couldn't find a video of Battman in the ring, so I'll have to settle for watching the man behind the Battman gimmick, Tony Marino, compete as Devil Blue in this match against Terry Ellis from the February 23, 1985 edition of Championship Wrestling from Georgia. If you know of any video featuring Battman in the ring, well feel free to point it out to me. Devil Blue is wearing a blue mask, while Ellis is a doughy looking guy in red trunks. Devil Blue with an early advantage as he pounds Ellis down to the mat, and he follows up with a snapmare and a knee to the back. Blue with another snapmare, and he fish hooks Ellis while holding him in a chinlock. He repeats the process, only he decides to change it up a bit by using a head vice. Blue lets go, kneedrops Ellis, then puts him back in the head vice. Blue then tires of this, and starts raining blows all over Ellis, with forearms, stomps, knees, the works. Devil Blue puts on a Russian Sickle, but Ellis stays strong and gets up and out of the hold with some elbows. He then tries to slug it out with Blue, but a big right hand sends Ellis down, and Blue follows with a knee lift and an uppercut. Blue whips Ellis into the ropes, tries to put him in a cobra clutch, but they mess up the spot and it takes a while before Blue can get his grip and properly get the hold on him, and the hold wins the match for him. Well, this was quite boring, even for a squash match. I'll give it a 0.4 out of 5.

P26- The Beast: Cuban Assassin vs. The Beast

The Beast if Yvan Cormier, and he takes on the original Cuban Assassin in this match from Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling in 1999. For some reason, the Beast comes out to Rock n Roll part 2 by Gary Glitter. At this point, the Beast is about 60 years old, so I'm not expecting a five star classic here. The bell rings, and Cuban gets a punch in out of a headlock before letting go. Tie-up, and the Beast wins that exchange with a right hand of his own. After a Beast shoulder block, the Cuban Assassin bails to the outside to regroup. Back in, Beast continues to frustrate Cuban with a takedown by the head and a drop toe hold. Beast scores with an arm wringer, and Cuban must bail again to regroup. So far, Cuban's really doing all the work here. Assassin gets back in, and Beast tries another arm wringer, but Cuban gets out of it with a punch, and knocks the Beast down after two more punches. Cuban continues to work over Beast with punches and nerve holds. The ref constantly checks Cuban's fist for a foreign object, but doesn't find anything. For the next few minutes, the match goes as follows, The Beast gets out of the predicament somehow, then Cuban punches the Beast down, and then goes back to work on the mat. Finally, the Beast gets up and uses a series of punches to knock Cuban down. Beast bashes Cuban's head into the turnbuckle, but takes a boot to the gut after whipping Cuban into another corner. Cuban then Irish whips Beast into the ropes, but the crafty veteran comes back and hits a swinging neckbreaker on the Cuban Assassin, which is enough to get the three count. After the match, the Cuban Assassin complains to the ref, but to no avail. I'll be nice and give it a 1 out of 5.

P26- Beaver Cleavage: Beaver Cleavage promo

This is so stupid that it hurts. For a short time in 1999, the former Headbanger Mosh portrayed a character known as Beaver Cleavage, decked out in a beanie, a jacket and bow tie, and some shorts as well. He was based off of the character in the 1950s show Leave it to Beaver, but it was just weird seeing a grown man in this getup. In this clip, the Beaver has just sat down to eat some breakfast, but his Shredded Wheat is dry. But never fear, because Beaver's 'mother' is here, and by mother I mean a stacked blond woman in her mid-20s, with some milk. She asks if "mother's hairy beaver wants some of mother's milk". Well then. This was about as witty as a Bill Cowher stand-up routine. Of all the bad ideas Vince Russo came up with over the years, this would have to be in the top five. Still, it did have a hot blonde, and because I am shallow, I'll give it a 0.5 out of 5.



P26- Bertha Faye: Alundra Blayze vs. Bertha Faye

The Monster Ripper herself, Bertha Faye defends her WWF Women's Title against Alundra Blayze in this match from the October 23, 1995 edition of Raw. Bertha starts off with a big shoulder block, then shows off her power advantage with a press slam.  A bodyslam and a pair of legdrops follow, but Bertha can only get a one count after the second leg drop. Bertha follows up with a pair of chest bumps in the corner, but Alundra comes back out of the Irish whip with a sunset flip that gets a two count. Bertha's up quick with a clothesline, and Alundra tries another sunset flip, but Bertha is ready as she sits down on it and gets a two count. Bertha continues to womanhandle Blayze, constantly thrawting Blayze's attempts to regain the advantage with punches, slaps, and takedowns. The video cuts, and suddenly Alundra is in control, and she scores three straight running clotheslines. Cover, but only a one count, so Alundrea tries to powerbomb the much larger Bertha Faye. Well, that goes as one might expect, as Bertha backdrops Alundra to the mat. Bertha slams Alundra and takes forever to climb to the second rope, which gives Alundra enough time to handspring onto Blayze and huracanrana her down off the ropes. Bertha's manager Harvey Wippleman (a future women's champion in his own right, don't ask how) gets on the apron and holds Alundra. But Alundra moves, and Bertha runs into her manager, allowing Alundra to get behind her and give Bertha a German Suplex with a bridge that gets the three count, making Blayze the new Women's champion. Bertha is not happy about this at all, so she goes after Wippleman, who scurries back to the back as quickly as possible. Well, that wasn't too bad, if a little short, so I'll give it a 1.75 out of 5.

P27- Berzerker: Ultimate Warrior and the Undertaker vs. Berzerker and Papa Shango

What a titanic tag team match this is. I mean, who would of ever thought that The Berzerker and Papa Shango would form a tag team? This match took place on June 3, 1992. Undertaker and Warrior have a staredown, but are able to catch their charging opponents with big boots, and then clothesline them over the top rope. Berzerker and Undertaker square off and trade blows, with Undertaker getting the better of that exchange, trapping Berzerker in the corner and then choking him. Berzerker moves out of the way of a charging Undertaker and dropkicks Taker over the ropes, but 'Taker lands on his feet and drags Berzerker out for some brawling on the outside. Berzerker gets his head slammed into the steps, and both men soon after enter the ring, and the Warrior is tagged in. Warrior slams Berzerker and continues to keep him off balance with clotheslines and running shoulder blocks. Shango gets a knee into the back of a running Warrior, and now he gets tagged in and Berzerker and Shango double team Warrior. Shanog hammers on Warrior, then tags out to Berzerker who does a series of shoulderblocks to the gut of Warrior in the corner. Irish whip, Warrior ducks a clothesline only to take a big boot from Berzerker. Berzerker tries to do something with Shango in the corner, but Warrior blocks it and bashes his two opponents' heads into each other. Warrior tries to tag out, but Berzerker recovers quickly enough to stop that and tags in Shango. Shango and Berzerker work over Warrior in the corner, then Shango flattens Warrior with a diving shoulder block. Berzerker comes in, traps Warrior's arms in the ropes and kicks him a few times before charging at him, but Warrior is able to backdrop Berzerker over the ropes and out of the ring. Undertaker gets the tag, and he stuns Berzerker with a few Asiatic Thrusts before Choke slamming him. That brings in Shango, but Taker is ready as he kicks him in the gut, whips him into the ropes, and catches him with a diving clothesline. Now both Shango and Berzerker try to double team Undertaker, but that doesn't go well, as Taker holds them by the throats and Warrior clotheslines both men from behind. Warrior with a diving shoulder block on Berzerker, followed by a running splash, and that's enough to get the pinfall. Well, at least it was short. I'll give it a 1.1 out of 5.

P27- Beth Phoenix: Royal Rumble 2009 Melina vs. Beth Phoenix

The second Women's Title match in this post, Phoenix comes in as the champion to defend against a woman that Bret Hart once called the best wrestler in the world. Phoenix comes out with Santino Marella, so I'm pretty sure he'll get involved at some point. Tie-up to start, but Phoenix will have none of that and throws Melina down on her face. Melina tries a headlock, Phoenix powers out and then bearhugs Melina. Melina gets out and tries to take Phoenix down with a dropkick, but that doesn't work, and Phoenix shoulder blocks her instead. Phoenix attempts a side slam, but Melina spins her way out of it and surprises Phoenix with an armbar. After a few seconds of this, Phoenix gets tired of it and just stands up and throws Melina into the corner. Melina tries a victory roll, but Beth dumps her off and Melina lands oddly on her side. Melina crawls to the corner, and Phoenix then takes a page out of Umaga's playbook with a running hip bump, which only gets a one count.  Phoenix puts Melina on her stomach and tries to push Melina's own foot into the back of her head, and she succeeds in this quest, making Melina kick herself in the back of the head a few times. Well, I've never seen that before. Back up, Melina delivers a couple of kicks to Phoenix, but gets sideslammed and has to kick out at two. Phoenix presses Melina over her head, but Melina escpaes, and then messes up the next move before a bit of improvisation ends with Melina give Phoenix a jawjacker. Melina hits a few punches, ducks a clothesline and Sunset flips Phoenix over for a two count. Melina follows up with a double knee lift to the back and a running facebuster to get another two count. Phoenix backs Melina into the corner, only to take a boot to the face, followed by a seated senton. Melina tries for some bottoms-up type maneuver, but Phoenix escapes, chops Melina, but Melina comes back with a Rey Mysterio like roll up to get the victory and the Women's Championship. Not too bad, so I'll give it a 2 out of 5.

P27- Beverly Brothers: Beverly Brothers vs. Hulk Hogan and Brutus Beefcake

The team of the Mega Maniacs face the men formerly and once again known as Mike Enos and Wayne Bloom, the Beverly Brothers, in this match from March 8, 1993. Beefcake and Blake Beverly start off, and Beefcake just has to strut before getting started. Actually, he does nothing and tags Hogan in. Tie-up to start, and Hogan wins that easily while Ross talks about Hogan losing weight in order to get quicker. Um, sure, whatever you say. Headlock by Hogan, Blake throws him off into the ropes only to take a shoulder block. Then Hogan and Beefcake decide to cheat so he thumbs Blake in the eye, and the duo does this a few times before Hogan gives Blake an atomic drop that sends him out of the ring. Beau comes in, and they repeat the sequence so both Beverlys regroup on the outside. Back in, Beefcake gets tagged in, only to take a knee to the gut and a scoop slam by Blake. Blake misses a couple of elbow drops, and Beefcake lands a few punches before tagging out to his protector Hogan, and the two do a Rockettes impression on Blake's poor face. Hogan continues to cheat with eye rakes and back rakes with a ten punch move in the corner mixed in there before tagging out. Double back elbow by the Maniacs, and Beefcake whips Blake again, but ducks and allows Blake to pound on his back and tag out to Beau. Beau connects with a double axe handle and some brawling tactics, then he gets the ref distracted, allowing Blake to choke Beefcake with the tag rope. Blake is tagged back in, snap mares Beefcake and goes for a diving headbutt, but misses. Beau is tagged in and goes to the top while Blake slams Beefcake down. He dives, but Beefcake gets a boot up. This allows Beefcake just enough time to get the hot tag to Hogan. Hogan hits three punches and a big boot on Beau, while Beefcake comes after Blake. With the ref distracted by Beefcake and Blake, Jimmy Hart tosses his megaphone to Hogan, who bashes Beau with it and gets the victory. Um, why exactly did Hogan have to cheat to beat the gosh darn Beverly Brothers? Post match, Hogan calls somebody a MFer, then the Maniacs pose for the crowd. This was dumb on many different levels. However, it's still better than Beaver Cleavage, so I'll give it a 0.8 out of 5.

Well, that's it for part 4 of the Big Bad WWE Encyclopedia Video Project. I'd like to give a shout out to the website http://www.thehistoryofwwe.com/, as it has a valuable source in helping me find out the exact dates when the videos I've been watching originally took place. Also, thanks to all of the uploaders of the various videos I've been watching. Well, if you have any thoughts about the 2BWE Video Project, or anything else at The Canon Review, than I'd be more than happy to read them, so feel free to leave a comment of send me an e-mail at KtheC2001@gmail.com.

The Canon Review of Clash of the Champions XXI (21)

This might be the worst post ever at The Canon Review, as I'm really tired. I wanted to do this earlier in the day, but there were problems with the video and so it took a lot longer to watch this than it should have. Anyway, for those of you that don't know, Clash of the Champions was a major wrestling show that WCW used to do in the 1980s and 1990s. It was like a pay-per-view, only it aired on cable TV on TBS, and free TV if you happened to live in or around the Atlanta area. This is the 21st Clash of the Champions show, and it took place on November 18, 1992. So off we go.

We are introduced by Jim Ross and Jesse Ventura, who talk about the weigh-in for the "Battle of the Sexes" match between Paul E. Dangerously and Madusa. Highlights are shown, and we get to see Paul E. in his underwear. That's an image I wish I never had to see. Also, the two combatants got into a fight at the weigh-in. To the back with Tony Schiavone, who is with Bill Watts in a locker room, the then president of WCW. Watts says nothing worth repeating, and off we go to Teddy Long and Michael Hayes in another locker room. Hayes promises pain for Erik Watts, who is teaming with Kensuke Sasaki against the Hayes led team of Arn Anderson and Bobby Eaton.

Our first match is supposed to be Brian Pillman vs. Brad Armstrong, but Pillman is hurt, which is ironic because at the last Clash, Armstrong was too hurt to face Pillman. Armstrong comes out to confront Pillman, but instead gets hit in the leg with a crutch. Pillman was faking his knee injury the whole time. The nerve of some people. The ref threatens disqualification, but Pillman reminds the ref that the match hadn't started yet, so how can you disqualify him. The match starts, and ends in 30 seconds after Pillman clips Armstrong on his hurt leg to get the three count.

We get a recap of the Paul E.-Madusa feud, as a clip of Dangerously's workout with Mike Thor and other Dangerous Allience members are shown. Dangerously gets a punch on Thor which he no-sells, but Steve Austin knocked Thor down while Paul was celebrating his punch. Dangerously dropped a elbow on Thor for the three count. Afterwards, Paul E. runs down Madusa to the point where his whole alliance gets frustrated and leaves him alone to deal with the rage of Madusa. Paul E. said some pretty nasty stuff here, which would have fit right in ECW but was rather strong for WCW at this time. Anyway, we go to the back with Michael Hayes and Paul E., who promises victory and proclaims himself the king of manhood. Mike Thor comes in, demanding money for his participation in Dangerously's training, but is given the brush-off.

Our next match is the strange team of Erik Watts and Kensuke Sasaki vs. Arn Anderson and Bobby Eaton in what is described as a bounty match. Apparently, Dangerously has put a price on Watts's head, offering 10,000 dollars to anyone that can injure Erik Watts. This match is 31 flavors of awful, as Watts was nowhere near ready and Sasaki wasn't much better at this point. Watts tried something off the top rope, I'm not sure if it was a sunset flip or cross body, but he landed on his ass and Eaton had to sell it anyway because Erik's the boss's kid or something. Meanwhile, Sasaki completely bungled an attempted monkey flip by Eaton, getting no air and landing on one knee. At least he had a nice powerslam in this match. At one point Ross mentions that Watts has been in training with Sasaki, Masa Chono, and Hiro Matsuda. Well, judging by this match, Watts should spend a lot more time training. The ending took forever to set up, as Sasaki was pounding Arn in one corner for a whole minute while Watts struggled through a move sequence before slapping the STF on Eaton to win the match. I will say that Watts at least had a better STF than John Cena, but that's about it.

To the back, as Teddy Long and Johnny B. Badd talk about their boxing match with Scotty Flamingo coming up next. In case you don't know, Johnny B. Badd is a wrestler whose mannerisms and look are heavily borrowed from entertainer Little Richard. Never mind the fact that he's named after a Chuck Berry song. Long is Badd's manager, which means that Badd is going to lose, even despite Badd's legit boxing background. To the other locker room with Scotty Flamingo, who is with Diamond Dallas Page, Vinnie Vegas (Kevin Nash) and a man in a Don King wig. Vegas has an awful New Jersey like accent and seems to be high on paint fumes during his promo, comparing Flamingo to that boxing legend Gerry Cooney. He's also stumbling over about every other word he says, claiming it's due to the excitement of the fight.

Badd comes out first with his confetti gun, the "Badd Blaster". Flamingo (who would later become Raven) comes out with his entourage, Vegas and Page. The first round begins and Flamingo is just getting peppered with jabs to the face. He's in trouble until Vegas distracts the ref, allowing Flamingo to get in an eye-gouge and a clothesline on his opponent. The ref does a count on a fallen Badd, but he gets up to wail on Flamingo some more. Flamingo gets knocked down, but the bell rings before the ref can count. Flamingo goes to his corner, where DDP dips his boxing glove in the water bucket, loading up the glove. The second round starts and Flamingo can barely stand, but eventually musters enough strength to hit Badd with his loaded glove. Badd is out, and the ref counts to 10, giving Scotty Flamingo the upset victory. Flamingo and his partners act as if he won the Heavyweight Championship, while Badd looks on in shock. Well, this was fun, and it was interesting to see guys like Raven in Vegas in a comedy match.

They preview next month's Starrcade, which will include Battlebowl, a tag tournament where teams are chosen at random. As a special treat, Jesse Ventura and Missy Hyatt will draw the first teams. The first team is Cactus Jack and Johnny B. Badd, and they will take on the world's most exciting team, Dan Spivey and Van Hammer. Couldn't they have rigged it to include Sting or Barry Windham or somebody more exciting than Heavy Metal Van Hammer? The crowd was not impressed, and I doubt very few people bought Starrcade to see that match.

The next match is a "Ghetto Odds" match, whatever that means, which has Cactus Jack, The Barbarian, and Tony Atlas against WCW Champion Ron Simmons and a mystery partner. The man later known as Too Cold Scorpio comes with Simmons, although his name is not announced so Ross and Ventura have no idea what to call him. They should just call him awesome, because Scorpio was flying all over the ring, doing moves nobody in WCW was doing at the time. For a handicap match, Simmons and Scorpio sure had the advantage most of the time. Finally the heels take over, but after a Cactus Jack dive is countered, Simmons gets the hot tag to Scorpio, and the two start cleaning house. Simmons forces Barbarian and Jack out of the ring, while Scorpio brings down the house with a perfectly executed 450 splash on Atlas to get the pin. Jim Ross damn near lost his mind after that move, as nobody had ever seen a 450 on American wrestling at the time. Match was a showcase for Scorpio, which is a bit odd seeing as The World Heavyweight Champion was also in the match, but whatever. Afterwards, Jesse gets Simmons and Scorpio in an interview, and the audience finally learns Scorpio's name. They also learn that Scorpio stinks on the mic, but what can you do?

There's a highlight video of WCW's newest Tag Team, Z-Man and Johnny Gunn. They go into a men's clothing store, and the salesladies cannot keep their hands off of them. The best part of that video is that they played this awful ripoff of ZZ Top's "Legs", only the song was about 30 seconds long, so they just replayed the same song 4 times in a row. We also get a video of Jesse Ventura's arm wrestling tournament, where WCW wrestlers compete in, you guessed it, an arm wrestling tournament. So far, Ron Simmons beat Steve Austin, and the Barbarian defeated Arn Anderson to the surprise of no one. We then go to the back, where Paul E is still mouthing off about his match with Madusa and brags about "being the man who didn't pay off Mike Thor"

The man who won't pay Mike Thor comes to the ring with Michael Hayes, wearing an ugly Yankee batting practice jersey and blue shorts with white pinstripes. He also has a helmet on and his heavily padded, while Madusa comes out to Eddie Guerrero's first WCW theme. That's a bit weird. Madusa charges, but gets clobbered with Paul E's giant cellphone, knocking her out cold. Paul E tries to pull Madusa up, but instead pulls off "her" wig. He takes a closer look and holy moly, it's MIKE THOR!!!, who is knocked out. Madusa comes out and starts by kicking Paul E. in the gut, and the match is on, and it's about as good as you would expect. Which is to say, not at all. Madusa gets a bit of revenge on Paul E. including a missile dropkick off the second rope and pulls off Dangerously's shorts. Well, at least he had pants on underneath that, thank goodness. Match really didn't do a whole lot for anybody, and since this was Dangerously's last WCW appearance, it was ultimately anticlimactic considering how much hype they put in to this bout.

Next is the King of Cable semifinals between Rick Rude and Sting. Before that, we have an interview with Vader and his manager Harley Race. Vader promises to become the King of Cable, whatever that is. The match has a 20 minute time-limit and if it goes to a draw, three judges (Ole Anderson, Hiro Matsuda, and Larry Zybysko) will decide the winner. Rude comes out and tells the "Sting loving scumbags" in the crowd to shut up, which of course they don't. Sting comes out and the match is on. A rather interesting match, as Sting dominated the first few minutes by doing moves targeted at Rude's abs, making it harder for him to breathe. This worked well, until Sting misses a Stinger Splash on the outside and takes a nasty looking bump on the metal guardrail. Rude takes control, and decides to target the back of Sting with bearhugs, whips in the corner, and suplexes. However, his ribs still hurt, and he can't even do his trademark hip swivel without doubling over in pain. Eventually, both men recover, which is fortunate because the time limit is almost up. They exchange a few moves, and Sting nearly crushes Rude's head with a high cross body, landing damn near on Rude's head. Eventually, Rude tries for his finisher, the Rude Awakening, but Sting escapes, shoves Rude to the corner, and hits the Stinger Splash. He tries for his Scorpion Deathlock finisher, but time expires before he can turn Rude over. The judges decide, and in a split decision, award the bout to Sting, meaning he moves on to the King of Cable Tournament Final, most likely Sting's proudest moment as a wrestler. Match was very good, although it dragged a bit at times.

It's main event time at the Clash, and the match is a match for the Unified Tag Team Titles. The challengers are Ricky Steamboat and Shane Douglas, while the champions are Dustin Rhodes and Barry Windham. Both teams are faces, so the crowd is split as to who to cheer for. The match starts as a technical wrestling exhibition between Douglas and Rhodes, but the intensity picks up once Steamboat and Windham enter, as the two exchange chops and generally increase the tempo with moves and countermoves. Steamboat and Douglas take advantage with quick tags and a sweet looking double backdrop on Windham, who for a big man really got up high on that move. Douglas is in control until he misses a cross body, hotshotting himself on the rope. That allows Windham to tag out to Rhodes, and the two take control. Rhodes and Windham use a nice double dropkick on Douglas, which was as good as The Rock N' Roll Express's old double dropkick. The champs have taken control on Douglas, and nearly get the three after a Windham back suplex and a Windham clothesline. But after Rhodes misses a dropkick, Douglas gets the hot tag to Steamboat. Steamboat and Rhodes exchange a couple of two counts. They then do a spot where Steamboat tries to leapfrog Rhodes, but accidentally gets clipped in the groin. That was meant to happen, it wasn't a botch on anybody's part. Anyway, Rhodes is concerned about his friend, which angers Windham, who wants Rhodes to make the cover and keep the title. After a while, Rhodes backs up and Windham tags himself in. He hits an atomic drop, but only gets two. The two are still arguing, and Windham hits another atomic drop on Steamboat, which angers Jim Ross. It angers Dustin as well, as he comes in to break the count. Uh oh, we've got trouble, as Rhodes and Windham are exchanging blows. This allows Steamboat to tag in Douglas, who surprises Windham with a belly-to-belly suplex and gets the three count. We've got new Tag Team Champions, but that's not all, as Windham and Rhodes are now arguing in the ring. Windham shocks the crowd as he kicks Dustin in the gut and DDTs his now former partner. Windham then lifts up Rhodes, and hits his finisher, the Superplex, on a defenseless Rhodes. Afterwards, the new Champions are being interviewed in the locker room, when all of a sudden, they are attacked by Barry Windham with a steel chair. He lays both men out, and the show ends. This was a fine tag match, probably the best match on the show, although some might say the Sting-Rude match was better.

Overall, this was a good wrestling show, once you get past some of the comedy matches and Erik Watts. I'll give it a 6.8 overall, and I would recommend that if you want to see good wrestling, than check out Sting vs. Rude and Steamboat/Douglas vs. Rhodes/Windham. Or if you want to see Raven box Marc Mero, than you can do that as well, as it's interesting at least. Well, thanks for reading, and if you have any ideas for future posts, than let me know.


Johnny B. Badd vs Scotty Flamingo-Boxing Match
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