Submitted by Steve Knight on January 17, 2004 at 11:41 AM

WWE Classics Report
15-1-04, Sky Sports 1
By Steve Knight

Howdy all, Stevie K here. I’ve just had a long, hard day at work (which is
actually quite unusual for a lazy git like me), so I’ll keep this intro
short. See.

NWA World Wide Wrestling

We open with clips of both The Patriots and The Enforcers, with Tony
Schiavone providing the voice-over to let us know that these two teams will
square off against each other tonight.

Schiavone and Magnum TA welcome us aboard and talk about that very tag match
briefly before announcing that Joey Maggs will take on Badstreet in a
Light-Heavyweight Championship tournament match. Also tonight, we will see
another “shocking” event featuring Sting and a re-cap of the situation
involving Ron Simmons, Barry Windham and Lex Luger.

Speaking of which, we then catch a clip from last week, where Ron Simmons
calls out Lex Luger, only to get his henchmen (Harley Race and Mr Hughes)
instead. Eventually Luger comes down and gives Simmons a beating until Barry
Windham makes the save.

Johnny B. Badd (w/Theodore R. Long) vs. Jim Hodge
Badd and Long pop up in the corner before the match, seemingly to let
everyone know that Johnny B is, in fact, “a bad man”.
The two lock up to start, with Badd forcing Hodge into the corner, where he
doubles him up with a left hand jab to the gut. He then follows that up with
a suplex before delivering a couple of kicks to the stomach and then a
standing dropkick. After a stomp and a back rake on the mat, Badd whips
Hodge off the ropes and drops him with a high knee. As Hodge staggers to his
feet, Badd circles him and then scores with the left jab for the 1-2-3.
Winner: Johnny B. Badd
After the match, Badd plants the “kiss that don’t miss” on Hodge’s cheek,
courtesy of Mr Long.

Commercial

We then join Gordon Solie in the WNN newsroom, where he speaks about Bill
Kazmyer and his work with underprivileged kids. Yeah right. Anyway, we then
catch a clip of Kazmyer lifting two 120lb weights 15 times. Well, I’m
certainly impressed. Solie informs us that Kazmyer is going to issue a
challenge to another strongman, Nikita Koloff, later tonight.
Finally, Solie congratulates the new 6-Man Tag Team Champions Big Josh, The
Z-Man and Dustin Rhodes but then speaks about how Dustin’s desire to hold
the TV Championship may cause tension in the ranks.

“Stunning” Steve Austin (TV Champion, w/Lady Blossom) vs. T.C. Carter
Austin pops up in the corner before the match to inform Dustin Rhodes that
he isn’t worthy to even challenge him for the TV Championship.
In the ring, Austin drops Carter with a double-leg takedown and then holds
his legs while delivering a couple of stomps to the “breadbasket”. He then
whips Carter off the ropes and drops him again with a running knee to the
gut before delivering a sloppy-looking gutbuster. After choking Carter with
his boot at the ropes, Austin hits a vertical suplex for 2 before pulling
him up. Austin then whips him off the ropes and delivers the Stun Gun
followed by a diving clothesline for the 1-2-3.
Winner: “Stunning” Steve Austin

We then catch comments from Joey Maggs and Badstreet about their upcoming
contest.

Lightheavyweight Championship Tournament Match
Badstreet vs. Joey Maggs
Badstreet dodges the lock-up and works a go-behind to start, taking Maggs to
the mat with a waistlock takedown, only for the jobber to quickly escape.
The two then lock up, with Badstreet forcing Maggs to the corner, where the
referee calls for the break. Badstreet obliges and turns his back to Maggs,
only to then deliver a cheap elbow to the face. He then whips Maggs off the
ropes, only for Joey to perform a leapfrog on the rebound, whip Badstreet
off the ropes and take him over with a hiptoss followed by a dropkick, which
sends Badstreet to the outside.
Back in the ring, the two lock up again, with Badstreet working a
hammerlock. Maggs reverses it into a hammerlock of his own, but then
Badstreet reverses it back again and turns it into a headlock. Maggs
eventually fights out of the hold with a top wristlock and then moves into a
headlock of his own, only for Badstreet to break the hold by bouncing him
off the ropes. He then misses a reverse elbow on the rebound but catches
Maggs the second time with a big mat slam followed by a Rude Awakening. As
Maggs stumbles to his feet, Badstreet quickly climbs up top and hits a
flying axhandle shot to the head for 2. He then whips Maggs off the ropes,
only to lower the boom too early. Maggs goes for a sunset flip but before he
can roll Badstreet over, the heel cuts him short with a right hand. He then
drops Maggs with a big boot before whipping him off the ropes and delivering
a nice dropkick. Maggs then reverses a whip attempt and goes for a dropkick
of his own, only for Badstreet to hang on to the ropes, sending Maggs
crashing to the mat. With Joey out, Badstreet takes him to the corner and
delivers the 911 to advance.
Winner: Badstreet

Commercial

We return with Schiavone and Magnum at the announce position, where they
congratulate Sting on winning the US Championship and then show a video clip
of a recent show. Fresh from winning the belt, ring announcer Gary Michael
Capetta introduces a gift for “The Stinger”, who then comes down to ringside
and opens it, only for Abdullah the Butcher to appear from inside to lay a
beating on him. We then cut back to Schiavone and Magnum, who speculate as
to who might have sent Abdullah to do the job.

Schiavone then intros a boring promo from Lex Luger and Harley Race, with Mr
Hughes standing silently to the side. The two warn Ron Simmons and Barry
Windham not to get involved in their business. And that, my friends, is the
shortest gap between commercial breaks ever.

Commercial

The Patriots vs. The Enforcers
Chip the Firebreaker and Larry Zbyszko lock up to start, with neither man
budging. They lock up again, with Chip cinching in a headlock. Larry bounces
him off the ropes to break the hold but then gets floored by a shoulderblock
on the rebound. Chip then runs the ropes again and hits a second
shoulderblock. When he tries it again though, Larry goes for a hiptoss but
Chip forgets to sell it and only remembers at the last moment when he falls
to the mat. As Larry moves in for the kill though, Chip kicks out and then
scores with an armdrag, prompting Larry to shove him through frustration.
After both men take time out for a team talk, they go for another lock-up,
but Larry ducks out of the way and works a hammerlock. Chip eventually uses
his momentum to break the hold at the ropes, where he rebounds with another
shoulderblock, only for Larry to then cut him off with a knee to the gut
followed by a right hand that sends Chip into the corner. Larry then
delivers an Irish Whip and follows up with a monkey flip out of the corner.
Chip was meant to land on his feet but didn’t, so he covers up by delivering
a bodyslam to Larry instead and then one to Arn Anderson when he runs in.
Chip then dropkicks Larry to the apron and unloads with a series of right
hands to Arn. He then whips Arn off the ropes and goes for a dropkick, but
Larry holds onto Anderson at the apron and Chip crashes down to the mat. Arn
then tags in and delivers a stomp to Chip’s head followed by a twisting
neckbreaker and then a snapmare. He then stomps on Chip’s face before
deciding to choke him over the bottom rope. Chip tries to fight back with a
right hand to the gut, but Arn strikes back with a forearm to the back.
Undeterred, Chip then hits a left hand to the gut and then a right to the
head, only for Arn to cut him off with a drop-toehold. He then tags back out
to Zbyszko with Chip still trapped in the move and Arn holding onto the
bottom rope. Larry comes in and delivers a stomp to the back of Chip’s head
before hitting a swinging neckbreaker and a bodyslam. After gouging Chip’s
face with his boots, Larry tags back out to Anderson, who comes in with a
double axhandle shot to Chip’s exposed back before deciding to choke him
over the top rope. Arn then goes for a snapmare, only for Chip to reverse it
into a backslide. Arn tags in Zbyszko on the way down to the mat though, who
comes in and breaks up the predicament with a kick to the ribs. Larry then
works a front facelock into a snapmare for 2 before tagging Arn back in, who
comes in with a stomp to Chip’s exposed shoulder before whipping him off the
ropes and dropping him with a reverse elbow. Arn then misses two elbow drops
though, allowing Chip to make the hot tag to Todd Champion, who delivers a
right hand to Arn from the apron and then drops him with another when he
gets in. Champion then knocks Zbyszko into the corner with a right hand when
he runs in before flooring Arn with another. After knocking Larry back into
the corner with yet another right hand, Champion whips Arn off the ropes and
decks him with his patented diving reverse elbow for 2, as Larry breaks up
the count. This prompts Chip to run back into the match and deliver a right
hand to Larry in the corner. As the referee forces Chip back into his
position, The Enforcers land an axhandle shot each to Champion’s back and
then toss him over the top rope and to the outside, getting them
disqualified.
Winners via DQ: The Patriots
After the match, The Enforcers beat down Chip in the ring until Champion
recovers on the outside and runs in to make the save.

Nikita Koloff vs. Kevin Grant
Before the match starts, Bill Kazmyer pops up in the corner to challenge
Koloff to a test of strength in the future. I’m sure that will be fun to
watch.
Anyway, the two lock up to start, with Koloff landing a knee to the gut
followed by a forearm to the back before he tosses Grant to the outside.
There, Koloff delivers a couple more forearms to the back before slamming
Grant’s head into the apron. Koloff then rolls in and pulls Grant up onto
the apron, where he turns him around and delivers a big forearm across the
chest, which brings him back into the ring. There, Koloff delivers a shot to
the buckle before landing a kick to the chest. He then hits three more
consecutive buckle shots followed by a stomp on the mat. Koloff then whips
Grant off the ropes and drops him with a reverse elbow before delivering
three elbow drops to the back. He then whips Grant off the ropes again and
drops him with the Russian Sickle for the 1-2-3.
Winner: Nikita Koloff
After the match, Koloff slaps the Million Dollar Dream on Grant for good
measure.

The Diamond Studd vs. Larry Santo
Before the match starts, Studd gets on the mic and taunts the crowd, saying
they could never be like him and that the time was now “Studd Time”.
Schiavone also informs us that he and Diamond Dallas Page have now parted
company.
Anyway, the two lock up to start, with Studd shoving Santo back into the
corner, where he delivers a right hand followed by a chop, a slap to the
chest and then a big hiptoss out of the corner. After a kick to the head,
Studd chokes Santo over the bottom rope and then levels him with a hard
right hand. He then delivers his patented super back suplex before finally
hitting the Diamond Death Drop for the win.
Winner: The Diamond Studd

We then join Schiavone and Magnum back at the announce position, where they
speak some more about the situation involving Lex Luger, Ron Simmons and
Barry Windham before announcing next week’s main event. 6-Man Tag Team
Champions Dustin Rhodes, The Z-Man and Big Josh will take on The York
Foundation. We then get comments from both teams.
Schiavone then promises to keep us updated with the Luger/Simmons/Windham
situation before ending the show.

Questions of the Week
1. What was Stone Cold Steve Austin’s first PPV appearance after he was “run
over” at Survivor Series 1999, and what part did he play in the main event?
2. By what name did Sean Waltman wrestle under when he faced Razor Ramon for
the FIRST time on WWF TV?
3. Since Arn Anderson re-entered the WWF in 2001, he has only performed one
wrestling move at a PPV. What PPV was it, what move was it and whom was the
move performed on?

Answers of the Week
1. At Summerslam 1993, Diesel knocked out the late “Mr Perfect” Curt Hennig
with a single right hand shot.
2. Just after the roster split, Faarooq started collecting bets for Mark
Henry’s boring strongman stunts.
3. Before Henry appeared on TV, the WWF used Ken Patera as an Olympic
strongman, but I also accepted Dino Bravo, because I’m nice like that.

So, this week’s top dogs are Big Kevv, El Conquistador, Demonstrationxx,
Bill Thomson, Jltown, Mike Randall, Jeremy V1 and Cee-Jay. Nice one peeps,
keep ‘em coming.

I’ll see you all Sunday for Heat people, until then you can contact me about
anything at steviek@rajah.com.

Adios amigos.
Steve