Match #6: Road Warrior Hawk vs. Meng w/Col. Robert Parker
Meng comes right in with an assault and headbutts Hawk in the corner as Parker cheers him on. Big kicks to the midsection by Meng and he sends Hawk for a big clothesline. Double chop to the neck and he scores with a piledriver but Hawk pops right back up. He hits Meng with a neckbreaker, but he too pops up. They’re fired up and it’s Hawk with an Irish whip. Meng moves and Hawk falls all the way to the floor. Meng kicks him down again from the ring and Parker takes some cheap shots. From the apron, Meng hits a chop to the side of the neck and runs Hawk into the ringpost. In the ring it’s a backbreaker from Meng and Hawk kicks out at two.

Desperation kicks from Hawk and he throws some rights, but an open hand thrust knocks him down. Meng kicks, Hawk traps the leg and comes back with a clothesline. Hawk with big rights and he sends Meng for the ride and hits a big shoudler block. He drops an elevated elbow and Meng is forced to kick out. Chop by Hawk and an Irish whip with a running clothesline. Right hands to the side of the temple and a scoop slam by Hawk who then heads for the top. He leaps for a splash, but it backfires as Meng moves. He rolls to the floor and Meng follows. High impact strikes by both and Hawk eats steel. They continue to brawl, ignoring the referee’s count and Nick Patrick gets to 10.
Winner: Double Count-Out

• After The Bell: Neither man is done with the brawl, and wrestlers from the back need to come out to break it up.
• EA’s Take: Well, we couldn’t bat 1.000 with that whole “beat them with your finish” kind of thing, but it’s two monsters in an inconclusive match that was just made on Main Event before the PPV. They’re clearly not done with one another.

In the Arena: Gordon Solie officiates an induction ceremony for the WCW Hall of Fame Class of 1995, this year honoring the following stars: Wahoo McDaniel, ‘The American Dream’ Dusty Rhodes, Antonio Inoki, Angelo Poffo, Terry Funk & Big John Studd. At the end of Rhodes’ speech, he catches the officiant off guard and announces that Solie himself will also be joining them as a member of the Hall.

Backstage: ‘Mean’ Gene gets a word with Sting. The Stinger tells him it will not be a repeat of Uncensored and has little more to say, it’s time to get to work.

Match #7 is a Lights Out Match: Sting vs. Big Bubba Rogers
Sting comes to the ring wielding a table over his head. The bell rings and the crowd if firmly behind The Stinger. Bubba tries some WOO’s but nothing compares to the fan favorite. Lots of stalling but they finally hook up. Bubba grabs the wrist but can’t keep Sting down. A big back elbow and a dropkick sends Rogers out of the ring. Bubba breaks the count by rolling in and back out but finally makes his way back into the ring. They tie up and Bubba rakes the eyes before some right handed strikes. Sting takes a running clothesline off of an Irish whip and Bubba chokes him with his tie. Sting breaks it up and hits another dropkick.

Collar and elbow, a knee lift from Bubba and he hits a big uppercut to the chin. Forearm to the kidney and Bubba sends Sting for the ride. Stinger ducks a clothesline and hits one of his own, but can only get two. A thumb to the eyes by Bubba and he dumps Sting to the steps. He follows the former champ and drives his head into the steel. Bubba finds the table, he tries to drive Sting’s head into it but he puts on the brakes, Rogers gets his bell rung before being scoop slammed on the wood. Sting sets table upright, but Bubba hits him with some powder and runs Stinger into it instead. Bubba tosses the table into the ring and rolls Sting in after it.

Rogers sets up the table in the corner an drives Sting head first into it. Bubba tells Sting he better quit, he sets up for a piledriver but it’s reversed with a back drop. Sting Irish whips Bubba into the table, he tries a Stinger Splash but Bubba moves and Sting is hurt. Bubba grabs his belt and starts whipping Sting. Irish whip to the ropes and Bubba hits a big side slam, Sting kicks out at 2.5. Bubba is frustrated and heads for the top, but Sting catches him with a military press. Scoop slam by Sting and it’s his turn to head for the top. He pulls the trigger on a top rope splash but can’t get a 3 count. Big right from Sting but Bubba goes back to the eyes.

Sting reverses an Irish whip and hits a running clothesline. Several rights from Sting knocks Bubba down. Stinger grabs the table and lays it across Bubba and Sting lands a double stomp on it. Sting calls for the Scorpion Deathlock, locks it in, and we have a win by submission.
Winner: Sting (Scorpion Deathlock)

• EA’s Take: Good, fun match, but I have a question…what the hell is a Lights Out Match? I mean, a table and some powder were involved, but that strikes me more as just a no DQ match? What exactly was the stipulation? I was actually expecting the house lights to go out for about 10 seconds at a time, sporadically, which they could have used creatively, swinging momentum back and forth and leaving the audience unsure of what exactly happened. Again, it was a good match, but I don’t understand why it was called what it was. We’re back to winning with a real finisher, I love it. Something tells me we’re not going to get that in the main event.

Match #8: WCW World Heavyweight Champion Hulk Hogan & ‘Macho Man’ Randy Savage w/Jimmy Hart & The Renegade vs. Vader & ‘Nature Boy’ Ric Flair w/Arn Anderson
Hogan and Vader will kick it off, and they lock up. They try to out muscle one another, and Hogan backs off. Another collar and elbow, Vader takes position in the corner and throws some body shots. Hogan blocks a right and hits a thumb to the eye before coming back with rights of his own. Vader reverses an Irish whip but Hogan charges off the turnbuckle with a clothesline. Another clothesline sends Vader over the top and out to the floor. Savage takes advantage with a double ax handle from the turnbuckle and he rolls him back in for a double team.

The ref is caught up with Flair while the Powers send Vader to the ropes. The big man comes back with a double clothesline. Vader gets rid of Savage and pursues Hogan. Flair sends Savage into the steel on the outside and they roll back in the ring. Apparently they’re the legal men now despite no tag. Savage sends Flair with an Irish whip, he flips over the top and out to the apron where Hogan raises a big boot, knocking him out to the floor. Flair takes a face bump in the entrance area and Hogan sends him back in the ring. Back drop by Savage and a clothesline sends him back out, Vader is knocked off the apron and they have to regroup.

Back in the ring, Flair sticks a thumb to Savage’s eye. He takes some body shots and a chop, it wakes Savage up and he comes back with short rights and tags in the World Champ. Flair tries to turn him for a chop, but Hogan doesn’t budge. He cranks Flair’s wrists, sends him for an Irish whip and a back drop and a clothesline. Flair goes to the eyes to turn the tide. Snapmare and a stomp by The Nature Boy. Rights and elbows by Flair and he heads for the top rope, Hogan catches him in the act and sends him down with a gorilla press. Hogan embarrasses Naitch by locking in The Figure Four. Vader runs a distraction while The Enforcer comes in to try and make the save.

Hogan rolls Anderson up, Hogan gets up to lecture him, and Flair goes to the knee cap from behind. Renegade backs Anderson off down on the floor and Savage gets involved with backing off Flair. Flair zeros in on Hogans knee, snapmare and some knee to knee action before tagging Vader back in. Vader twists the injured knee and cranks on it. Savage asks the crowd for some help while Hogan writhes. An unidentified big man appears at the top of the entrance ramp, staring down the match. Vader hits a vertical suplex but Hogan pops right back up. Hogan sends Vader for a back drop, but he’s run over by the big man.

The ref has to break up Vader and Savage while Flair cheapshots Hogan. Vader straight up forearms the referee, Savage grabs him to show what is going on with Flair. Hogan is sent chest first into the corner and he eats a big splash. Vader sets up for the Vader Bomb and he lands it. He heads back up for another, but this time Hogan rolls away. A tag is made to Flair, but Hogan gets to Savage just in time. Macho Man sends Flair for a back drop and he hammers away at both opponents. Irish whip by Savage, but Flair responds with a back elbow. Flair heads back to the top but he suffers the same fate as before.

Savage lands his patented top rope elbow, he goes for a cover but Anderson pulls him out of the ring. Savage stalks The Enforcer but he’s baited into a body shot from Vader. Renegade comes to the aid of Savage and poses intimidatingly. Back in the ring, Flair drops a knee on Savage. He tags in Vader who sets up on the top rope and he hits a moonsault, Hogan is forced to make the save on the pin. Savage eats rights and a headbutt in the corner and Flair is tagged back in. Chops in the corner, Savage fights back and they trade rights. Savage gets the upperhand and knocks Flair over. To the ropes Savage ducks a clothesline and hits one of his own, both men are down.

Hot tag is made to Hogan, Flair retreats and Hogan sets up a 10-count set of rights in the corner. Irish whip and a clothesline to Flair’s throat by Hogan. He fends off Vader and body slams Flair. Vader enters the ring and he’s body slammed as well. Anderson pops up on the apron and he eats a right. Flair is sent for the big boot, Hogan goes for the leg drop but Anderson trips him from the floor. Renegade stalks The Enforcer around the ring. Vader comes in and hits a splash on Hogan. Savage chases Vader out of the ring and they fight on the outside while Hogan kicks out of Flair’s cover. Hogan hulks up from his knees.

Anderson distracts from the apron, Hogan’s lack of attention allows the Nature Boy to hook the champ’s arms. Anderson heads for the top rope but Hogan dodges a double ax handle and Flair is taken out by his friend. Hogan hits the ropes for the big leg drop and that’s good enough for the win.
Winners: Hulk Hogan & ‘Macho Man’ Randy Savage (Hogan/Leg Drop)

• After The Bell: The heels ambush the celebrating babyfaces. Angelo Poffo won’t stand for it and he confronts Flair and Anderson. They double team Savage’s father and Flair locks in the Figure Four until Hogan, Savage and Renegade pop up and run them out.
• EA’s Take: Well, I was wrong about this match having a screwy finish. Apparently in this match, you could swap legal men after brawling on the floor with no tag on either side and blatantly clock the referee and not get disqualified. Also, how intimidating is Renegade when he never gets physically involved? Savage gets cheap shotted on the outside and his response is to just pose and look angry about it. I doubt Savage is done with Flair after he attacked his father.

EA’s Take: If you want to see a 10 year old Cody Rhodes in a super-1990’s shirt, watch the Hall of Fame ceremony. It turned out to be the last year they did a Hall of Fame ceremony, which is crazy because the company’s most viewed years are upcoming, so it could have drawn a lot more attention. The fact Gordon Solie’s induction was a genuine surprise to him was a really touching moment, you could tell he was caught off guard and it meant a lot to him. Overall we get the usual bit of the…well, unusual from WCW, but it’s night-and-day compared to Uncensored. Much stronger show here.

Top Three To Watch
1 – The Great Muta vs. Paul Orndorff
2 – Arn Anderson vs. Alex Wright
3 – Hulk Hogan & Randy Savage vs. Vader & Ric Flair

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