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WCW Great American Bash '99 [VHS]

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1 star:		(3)

 

 

This was a cool PPV. The return of one of the most nortoious stars in this PPV. Sting vs Rick Steiner was an awesome match, but the ending was weak with some dogs attacking Sting. Flair/Piper fight showing that the older guys still rule. Plus, Nash, Macho, Gorgeous George, Buff, and the best Tag Title matches on here, The Jersey Triad(DDP,Bigelow,Kanyon) vs Benoit and Saturn!

This ppv was a typical average WCW show. Which werent as bad as some people will tell you. Some WCW ppv's stunk and some were alright. This was an example of an alright one.

Hardcore Hak(Sandman)v.s Brian Knobbs- Alot of trashcan lid shots to the head. An average hardcore match that stays in the ring. 6/10

Van Hammer v.s Mikey Whipwreck- Filler match but still an ok one. Whipwreck takes some hard bumps. 6.5/10

Buff Bagwell v.s Disco Inferno- I love Buff! The match is pritty good. But it could have been better 7.5/10

Curt Henning and Bobby Duncam jr v.s Rey Mysterio and Konnan- Master P sits at ring side and his no limit soldiers get involved. Kind of a slow match and Rey is kept grounded. 7/10

The Cat v.s Horace Hogan- The Cat is funny with his promo before the match. The match however was a dud 3/10

Ric Flair v.s Roddy Piper for control of WCW- Huge swerve at the end of the match. An ok match if it had happend 5-10 years earlier it would have been a classic. 7/10

Sting v.s Rick Steiner falls count anywhere- A good match. The ending is sooooo fake though. You will see what I mean!!! But an overall good match. 8/10

DDP and Kanyon v.s Chris Bennoit and Perry Saturn for the WCW tag team championships- Slightly overated, however still a good match. 8/10

Kevin Nash v.s Randy Savage for the WCW World Title- Stinker of a main event. As many WCW main events were this was kept too short. In my opinion main events should be 20 -30 mins long. Not 10 or 15. Nice surprise return though! 7/10

I truly think that this is the worst pay per view I have ever seen. Three of the biggest matches, including the main event, ended in either a disqualification or no contest. The return of Sid was awesome, but the fact that he ruined the main event is horrible. The only two matches I enjoyed watching were the hardcore match between Knobbs and Hak, and the Tag Team Title match between The Triad and Saturn and Benoit. Also on the pay per view were martches that shouldn't even be on Saturday Night, like Horace vs. The Cat, and Mikey Whipwreck vs. Van Hammer. This is why I feel this is one of the worst pay per views ever and i strongly urge you to not buy it.

The Brian Knobbs-Hak hardcore match was not great but pretty good. The Hammer-Mikey Whipwreck,Buff Bagwell-Disco Inferno, & the Ernest Miller-Horace Hogan matches were all just fillers. The bout between The No Limit Solders(Konnan & Rey Misterio Jr) against The West Texas Rednecks(Curt Henning & Bobby Duncum Jr) was pretty one-sided and mainly focusing on Rey & Curt too much. The Ric Flair-Roddy Piper match for full control of WCW while not a good match, it was still a entertaining at times. The Falls Count Anywhere match between Rick Steiner & Sting was a solid brawl with a scary ending to boot. The world tag team title match between The Jeresy Triad(DDP & Kanyon) & the team of Chris Beniot & Perry Saturn was pretty solid for a tag bout. The Kevin Nash-Randy Savage world title match was a pretty good brawl ruined by a DQ ending. I give this event a 6 out of 10.

1st match brian knobs vs hardcore hak winner hardcore hak. 2nd match mickey whipwreck vs van hammer winner van hammer. 3rd match disco inferno vs buff bagwell winner buff bagwell. 4th match curt hening and bobby duncan jr vs rey mystiro jr and konnan winners rey mystiro jr and konnan. 5th match the cat vs scott norton winner the cat. 6th match ric flair vs roddy piper winner ric flair. 7th match sting vs rick stiner sting gets attacked by rabid dogs winner rick stiner. 8th match ddp and kayon vs saturn and chris benoit winners ddp and kayon 9th match kevin nash vs macho man randy savage winner kevin nash. this pay per view is great.

Unlike my other recent "flashback" WCW reviews, this isn't an old event I found...I only found 1 match on another tape because this card was so awful that I still remember it almost a decade later. Normally I do a match by match review for these events but I'm not going to waste my time repeating the same thing over & over again. This was a one match PPV & that match was the World Tag Team Titles with Chris Benoit & Perry Saturn vs. the "Jersey Triad" in DDP & Kanyon with Bam Bam Bigelow who at that time were using the old "Freebird" rule in that any 2 out of 3 members of the team could be wrestling. It was just great wrestling that you expect out of all four involved in the ring. The rest of the card however ranged from boring fillers (Van Hammer/Mikey Whipwreck, Ernest Miller/Horace Hogan, Buff Bagwell/Disco Infernio) to just average/passable matches (Hak/Brian Knobbs was the same hardcore weapons match you've seen 2-3 times a week at that time so it was nothing special, Konnan/Mysterio vs. Hennig/Duncam starting the "Rap Is Crap" angle with rapper Master P). The rest of the matches fall under the catagory of just awful booking like Sting vs. Rick Steiner were having a solid match before the ending with dogs attacking "Sting" (you can clearly see that it was a stunt double with a wig on) in a pointless angle that was killed off & forgotten about the next night on Nitro, Flair & Piper having a poorly executed brawl that resulted in them joining forces in the end when Bagwell accidently got Piper disqualified, and the main event being real short & was just there to set up the return of Sid Vicious to side with Randy Savage. This wasn't on the level of awful like the 1991 edition (there wasn't one good match on that card) of the Bash but this was right on the level of how the PPV was once WWE's SmackDown brand took it over where it was a one/two match show. Avoid this at all cost because the only reason this got two stars was the outstanding WCW Tag Team Title match, the hardcore match, and Sting vs. Rick Steiner before the ending.

I got this ppv when I was 7 years old and every time I rent it,I don't watch all of it because it is so boring.The best match is Brian Knobbs vs Hak.I didn't even enjoy the main event.Macho Man is like hulk hogan and ric flair.They have been wrestling for too long.Macho Man made his debut in 1973 and fighting for the heavyweight title.He needs to let other people have a chance to win the title.

I thought the ppv was pretty good.Sting vs. Rick Steiner was good but ended kind of stupid. The tag team title match was awesome with Saturn & Benoit vs. New Jersey Triad. I thought the three stupidest matches of the night was Mikey Whipwreck vs. Van Hammer, The Cat vs. Horace, Buff Bagwell vs. Disco Inferno. Loved the return of Sid in the title match, AWESOME! Hak vs. Knobbs was a pretty good match as well. Pretty good pay per view but I have seen better.

The Tag Team titles match was the best tag match in recent history with DDP+Kanyon-vs-Beniot+Saturn! The world title match good have been better with Nash squaring off with Savage! Sting fought Rick Steiner in a falls count any where match! Buff Daddy fought the dancin' fool himself Disco Inferno! Rick Flair fougtht Rowdy Roddy Piper for the ownership of the company! Hak in hardcore action against Brain Knobbs! Van Hammer fought Mickey Whipwreck. BUY THIS ONE!

For me, wrestling isnt about who sucks in the ring and who can "go" its about exciting story lines or things that interested me. This is what wcw did up untell April 2000(even though wcw was still good then). I dont remember to much of this show, but how excited I was for it. Nash and Sting were my two favorite wcw guys and they both were on the card. I also liked Rey and Konnan and they were on the card, thats all that mattered...my favorite wrestlers on the card. Wcw was all about blockbuster matchups with huge stars, though this card isnt full of " huge stars" it has enough to satisfy fall. This was a great show with a great ending. All the matches are good in my opinion. If you go back to 1999, people liked this card and liked Nash's match the best. Today they would never say that, they would say "undercard made this show". Whatever.

So if your a fan of wcw, get it. If your not a smark, get it. If you just enjoy wrestling get it. This video was from my favorite time perioud of wcw(February 99-August99)



Get it, you will like something on the card and its very cheap.