Chris

Curt Hennig is Bowdy Bowdy

Savage and Nash Will Fight Tonight

Kendo Stick Match

Brian Knobs (w/ Jimmy Hart) vs. Hardcore Hak (w/ Chastity)

Buff Thanks Roddy

Mikey Whipwreck vs. Van Hammer

Disco Inferno vs. Buff Bagwell

Curt Hennig & Bobby Duncam Jr. vs. Konnan & Rey Mysterio Jr.

Ernest 'The Cat' Miller (w/ Sonny Onoo) vs. Horace Hogan

Match to Determine the Presidency of WCW

Rowdy Roddy Piper vs. Nature Boy Ric Flair (w/ Arn Anderson & Aysa)

Falls Count Anywhere Match

WCW World Television Champion Rick Steiner vs. Sting

World Championship Wrestling World Tag Team Champions

WCW World Tag Team Champion Chris Benoit & Perry Saturn vs. Diamond Dallas Page & Chris Kanyon (w/ Bam Bam Bigelow)

World Championship Wrestling World Heavyweight Championship

WCW World Heavyweight Champion Kevin Nash vs. Macho Man Randy Savage (w/ Madusa, Miss Madness and Gorgeous George)

Unfortunately, this was World Championship Wrestling in 1999, so when Savage did find himself in a main event spot (possibly the last real one of his career), it involved terrible booking, horrible angles and a whole lot of literal crap.Since returning to the company as the referee of the main event at Spring Stampede 1999 , Savage and his new harem of women (and future) had transitioned from a bizarre feud with refereeandinto a main event title match that was set to go down tonight.Yet while a Randy Savage main event may have still been a draw at the tail end of the millennium, the build-up to it left it feeling like little more than a mid-card comedy bout.No idea what I'm talking about?Let me take you back to Baltimore, Maryland in the summer of 1999 where everything will be explained.Our show began witharriving at the arena in a limousine, flanked by hisBefore the rap artist could make it very far into the building, he was welcomed by, who claimed that he was not only the biggest Master P fan in the world but that he was also bowdy bowdy.20 years later and I still never learned what that means.Bowled over by Hennig's fandom, Master P signed a copy of his album for him which Curt, being the dastardly heel that he was, proceeded to destroy.This heinous act prompted the No Limit Soldiers to chase after Hennig, squawking like birds as they did so.Hennig was, as ever, an absolute riot here.Remember me saying that the build-up to tonight's main event was terrible?It was basically weeks of Savage andpouring sludge on each other and destroying each other's cars.While I'm sure there were some people who were into it, the video package that we got next made it look like a bad comedy job that was only missing a cameo fromAfter that, we got our usual intro fromandThe trio led us into a second video package, this one detailing the rest of tonight's card.To be honest with you, just watching this video, I can't help but feel like I'm in for a long and terrible time in writing this review.Still, I'll try not to judge anything before I see it, so let's get on to our first match, shall we?Prior to the bell, we were shown a quick video package which told us thathad joined's reformed First Family of Wrestling and was feuding with Hak over who was more hardcore.Making his way to the ring Nasty Knobs then took to the mic to tell us that, since it was Mrs Nasty's birthday, he was dedicating the match to her and wanted to duke it out withusing only fists and no "sissie" weapons.This, of course, was a rouse.As Hak asked the crowd whether or not he should surrender his kendo stick, Knobbs picked up a trash can and wallopped the former ECW star with it.From that point on, we got your typical late-90s hardcore match which basically meant a succession of weapon shots leading to the finish.Speaking of the finish, it came when Hak levied Knobs with a kendo stick, which was literally the one and only the weapon was used in what was dubbed a 'kendo stick match.'Not that I'm complaining.Though WCW hardcore matches were pretty formulaic, they were at least entertaining. Indeed, it was pretty fun to see Knobbs and Hak just smash each other with garbage cans and ladders for a few minutes.Post-match, Knobs' First Family teammatecame down and helped the Nasty one to avenge his loss. The two hit a spiked piledriver on Hak before dumping a ladder onto him which Morrus' then moonsaulted onto.Out in the back,caught up with, thanking the WCW Commissioner for giving him a match against Disco Inferno later on tonight.To repay the kindness, Buff volunteered to watch Piper's back in his match against Flair later but Hot Rod, naturally, said he didn't need any help.Though short, this goofy little segment was actually pretty fun to watch.When you think about all the star power and all the talented workers that WCW had on its roster at the time, you have to wonder why this is the match they decided to go with on a major PPV.Still, it could have been worse.had ditched the tye-dye-wearing hippy gimmick and was now embarking on something of a push, clocking up wins left and right as WCW tried to replicate their 'push the big guy with an undefeated streak' system that had worked so well withThey'd already tried it with, but then that got derailed by Kevin Nash , so it looked like Hammer was next in line.He even wore the same kind of singlet as Wrath as he went toe-to-toe with jobberin a match which, while not terrible, had no place on a Pay Per View.The sole highlight came when Hammer delivered a delayed vertical suplex from the second rope. That was also just about the only time that the crowd didn't chant about how boring the match was.After a whole bunch of tedium, Van Hammer predictably picked up the win, marching onwards with a push that would ultimately go nowhere.Moving on Though hardly a catch-as-catch-can classic, you've got to giveand Buff credit for playing to their strengths in order to deliver a pretty entertaining match.Disco was flawless in his role as the cowardly heel and served as the perfect foil for the super popular Bagwell.Buff himself was no slouch and played his part of the beloved fan favourite all the way to the inevitable victory.Watching this, you could easily envision Bagwell getting a solid main event run if things had turned out differently for World Championship Wrestling.All in all, a fun match and a good effort from both men.Up next, we took a look back at the rivalry between theand the, even though I'm not entirely sure either group were actually using those names at the time.If you recall, this came about becauseand. thought that rap was crap butanddidn't.For reasons that were never explained, Konnan and Rey Mysterio Jr. came out wearing gas masks. It was an odd sight that this out-of-touch old-timer can only assume had something to do with hip-hop.The two then shook hands with Master P and his posse (who were sat in the front row) before locking up with Hennig and Duncum Jr. in what was the best match on the card so far.There are times in plenty of tag team matches when the whole 'babyface in peril' routine gets really tiresome. Thankfully, Hennig and Duncum were entertaining enough and Mysterio (the face in peril) talented enough to ensure that never happened here.That whole section of the match was marvellous fun to watch, while everything before and after it had the crowd fully fired up.After a very enjoyable contest,came out from the crowd to help the West Texas Rednecks. That prompted Master P's bodyguardto jump the rail and blast Duncam Jr., allowing the good guys to get the win.Afterwards, security escorted SWOL, Master P. and his whole entourage backstage while Curt, Barry, and Bobby beat up on the victors.Up next, we got more PPV-calibre wrestling asstrutted to ringside withby his side.If you only do yourself one favour today, make it this one:Go to the WWE Network and check out the ridiculous music they replaced The Cat's original theme with. Honestly, it sounds like a bad demo of a kid's song about happy clowns and birthday cake.With that theme making his whole entrance look really silly, Miller came out expecting to fightInstead,turned up and announced that he was going to fight Miller instead, giving us no explanation as to why.The match itself is better than you probably expected, but only if you expected it to be the worst thing ever.In other words, some parts of it were actually pretty entertaining but, you know, it was still The Cat vs. Horace Hogan so nobody really cared.Eventually, Sonny Onoo helped The Cat put on a loaded slipper which he used to kick Hogan in the face with and win the match.Post-match, The Cat bust a move until Hogan chased him off.This was followed by a look back at the ongoing battle between Ric Flair and Roddy Piper for control of WCW.That match was next.Back at Slamboree 1999 , Rowdy Roddy Piper had defeated, taking Flair's WCW presidency from him in the process.Immediately after the match, Piper fired Flair.Just one month later, not only was Flair still competing, but he was also still the WCW President , with Piper now in a Commissioner role.Tonight, the two would go head-to-head to hopefully settle the matter of WCW presidency once and for all.There's no doubt this match will have its critics. It was basically two ageing grapplers working a bunch of safe spots, but for this old-school fan, that's precisely why it was so good.In full-on heel mode Flair was true to form as The Dirtiest Player in the Game, using all manner of underhand tactics (and interference from) to counter babyface Piper's no-nonsense brawling style.It was a very effective approach, one that produced as good a match as you were going to get from two skilled veterans at this stage of their career.Towards the finish, Anderson got involved but Buff Bagwell -true to his word- ran in to help Piper.Bagwell's interference caused the referee to ring for the bell. Frustrated at the DQ, Hot Rod promptly decked his rescuer then ran to get a leather belt while Flair and Anderson held Bagwell in place.From there, Piper teamed up with the two men he'd been battling for the last fifteen minutes in order to beat the hell out of Bagwell.Yet there was to be no real alliance. At least not yet.Flair was declared the winner, then simply walked off with Anderson and Aysa, leaving Piper in the ring.Up next, we were shown a video package for the upcoming bout betweenandAs far as I know, Steiner's TV championship wasn't on the line here. Not that it would have made much of a difference.This whole thing started off fairly well as a decent, albeit mostly uneventful match. The two battled back and forth in the ring for so long that you started to wonder if they'd forgotten the whole 'Falls Count Anywhere' thing.Alas, they hadn't.Though to be honest, it might have been better if they had.Eventually, Steiner and Sting left the ring and brawled up the ilse to the back, wherewas waiting to choke Sting out. At this point, the camera shook a little and the whole show very clearly cut to a pre-recorded segment in which The Steiners set some angry dogs on Sting.The camera shook some more, mostly to hide the fact that the dogs weren't doing much more than jumping up at Sting for cuddles in the same way that my dog does after I return home from a long day.It looked stupid.Like really, really stupid The continuity was terrible. The thousand and one camera cuts both made you dizzy and made no sense, while at one point Sting, who had been wrestling for ten minutes, had a fresh coat of face paint despite the fact that half of it had just been sweated off in the match.If there were was ever an award for the most ridiculous finish to a match ever, this one would probably take it because, yes, that was the finish.Rick andwalked back out to the ring where Scotty announced that Rick had won by pinfall but that the whole thing was too graphic for WCW to show on TV.Refereereluctantly raised Steiner's arm, and that was that.Expect it wasn't, because The Steiners then spent several minutes bragging about how good they were and calling Baltimore '.'To be fair, the actual promo was far better than anything that happened in the actual match.Prior to this one kicking off, we were shown a video package which outlined the somewhat complicated story of how the match came together.It was too longwinded to go into here, but basically involvedandforming a makeshift team that Thursday on WCW Thunder and beatingandfor the titles, after which Kanyon turned on Saturn to form The Jersey Triad with Bigelow andThe story wasn't the only thing that was long.This was by far the longest match on the card, but all four men used their time well to create a solid, dramatic contest that was just about the best thing on the show.After a very good effort,came down to help a fallen Perry Saturn but honestly looked like he was holding him back, preventing him from getting in the ring. Meanwhile, Page hit Benoit with the Diamond Cutter, and that was all she wrote.Post-match,beat up on Malenko and celebrated with their new titles.Finally, after one last video package recapping the Savage/Nash rivalry, it was back to our main event. This main event was complete trash.The legendary Macho Man Randy Savage was a shell of his former self, and champion Kevin Nash could barely move.For the duration of this seven-minute abomination, the only real signs of life came from Madusa, Miss Madness and Gorgeous George who continually ran interference.Finally, this whole terrible thing came to an end when Sid Vicious made his return to WCW and attacked Kevin Nash, probably looking to get revenge for his loss to Diesel back at In Your House 2 four years earlier.Your Winner via Disqualification and Still WCW Champion: Kevin NashAfterwards, Sid powerbombed Nash then helped Savage to the back as the show came to an end.