Even more WCW Pro!

Ah, let's return to the glory of WCW Pro from 1996. Commentators are Chris Cruise, Dusty Rhodes, and Larry Zbyszko

4-6-96:

Scott Norton vs One Man Gang:
"Flash" had some problems with Shark of the DoD in 1995, this may be a continuation of that. Or it might just be awesome. Gang had lost the US title to Konnan, and wouldn't be around much longer. Which is a shame, as I would have loved to see him involved in the Big Bubba-John Tenta feud. Match is a lot of clubbering, clotheslines, and other big guy vs big guy stuff for four minutes, until Norton finishes with a power slam! Very enjoyable, I am digging Norton

-There's a Men at Work vs Public Enemy match, one of the first matches in their 2034 best of series (and I swear Men at Work eventually won one). I really enjoyed the first four months of the P.E. run. They had a fun match against the Steiners, and the Nasties, except they never ever won. WCW was the best in the world for having great undercard tag teams: Men at Work, State Patrol, Barrio Brothers, etc. Public Enemy play face here, in contrast to their role on the main shows. Not much to this one, Kanyon and Star mock the P.E. a lot, Grunge takes forever to set up his inverted DDT, and Rocco flips around a bit before finishing with the Drive-By senton. Does make me long for a U.S tag title revival at least for the year of 1996.

4-13-96

Men at Work vs Steve Armstrong/Brad Armstrong: Whoa, I am pumped! My two favorite Armstrongs, with Scott playing cheerleader outside, going against the cranky construction crew. This is easily the semi-finals of my hypothetical US tag title tournament. Armstrongs have some basic tandem offense, nice dropkicks and armdrags, what more do you need. Things get a bit messy as Men at Work transition onto offense, but Kanyon does do a uranage backbreaker. They try a partner assisted Canadian breaker, and the Armstrong comes back. Finish plays of the earlier transition, as Kanyon tries to backbreaker again, Brad floats over and hits the russian leg sweep for the pin. Some nice ideas, but everyone seemed a step off. I demand a rematch, it could only make Men at Work better.

Barbarian vs Konnan: Dusty discusses Meng and Barb forming a "big and bad" tag team. I think Dusty finally understated something. Konnan is pre Dungeon of Doom here, and US Champ. Konnan starts arm dragging the Barbarian, then spins twice around for a kick to the abdomen. I have no idea what happened here, he must have thought he was Chun-Li. Barbarian gets control quickly and gives him a suplex on the outside. That makes this practically a Pro Hardcore Match. I fully support Barbarian as United States champion. Powerbomb gets a near fall, and a second is countered into a slow hurricanrana roll up for the three. Interesting match, basic pro main event.

More to come!