Our weekly Chairshot Classics WCW PPV series continues with Fall Brawl ’94!

Open: Martin Delray performs the Stars Spangled Banner. Bobby Heenan is sporting a neckbrace and they’re joined at ringside by ‘Mean’ Gene Okerlund. Gene will be talking to WCW World Heavyweight Champion Hulk Hogan via satellite later tonight, and he’s been informed that WCW United States Champion Ricky ‘The Dragon’ Steamboat has suffered an injury, so he will see what he can find out in the way of a replacement match.

Match #1 for the WCW World Television Championship: Johnny B. Badd vs. WCW World Television Champion Lord Steven Regal w/Sir William
The bell rings and Regal takes his time, and instructs the ref to give him some space. Collar and elbow tie up, Badd gets position in the corner and breaks it off in frustration. Another tie up, Badd twists the wrist, Regal rolls out and grabs a side headlock. Badd works up to top wrist but cannot escape. He tries to hit the ropes, but Badd grabs the wrist, Regal is forced to break it on the ropes. Badd ducks the collar and elbow and goes back to the wrist. Regal chains out temporarily, side headlock by Regal.

To the ropes, Badd leapfrogs, Regal attempts to get the upperhand but he’s dropkicked, and taken down with a drop toe hold. Badd cranks the arm to the delight of the crowd. Regal takes control and backs Badd into the corner, he monkeyflips Badd but Johnny hangs on, pops up and throws a hip toss. He tries a pin and the champ kicks out. Badd grabs an arm bar on the mat, Regal kicks to his feet and breaks it on the ropes. The crowd boos and Sir William massages his arm. Regal reaches out, it’s Badd with the wrist, Regal comes back with forearms. To the ropes and they exchange sunset flips, drop toe hold by Badd and he goes back to the arm. Regal lays in more forearms, fireman’s carry pick up and Regal is spun like a helicopter.

He rolls out of the ring dizzy, but here comes Badd flying over the top rope with a crossbody. From the apron, Regal is slung across the top rope. Badd charges with another crossbody, Regal moves and he hits the top rope hard. Regal is on the attack, the ref backs him away and Sir William uses the cane to his advantage. Badd is pummeled with forearms but he wants some more. Regal with a hair takedown and he drives the forearm across the nose. He scissors Johnny’s arm and pounds away, yanking on the neck while he’s at it. Ringside Doug Dillinger is getting into it with a “fan” who has been causing trouble everywhere they go. European uppercut and a reverse chin lock by Regal.

Badd powers to his feet, hits some shots on the gut and scores with a knee lift. Regal pops back up and knocks him to the mat with another European uppercut. They exchange blows in the corner, Regal with the drop toe hold and he moves into a full nelson on the mat. Badd uses the fan support to get back to vertical, he bumps Regal’s gut hits the ropes and runs into a back elbow. Badd kicks out at two. Badd with a combo and an atomic drop. He sends Regal for the ride and a high elevation back drop. Regal reverses the whip and lifts Badd, Johnny counters with a head scissor takedown. Badd is dumped to the floor.

Back on the apron, he tries a sunset flip, William offers Regal the cane but the ref kicks it away, the champ escapes at two. William holds bad from the apron, Johnny moves and is clubbed by Lord Steven. Badd almost scores the upset on a schoolboy but Regal kicks at two. Arm drag by Badd but Regal moves away from the elbow. More uppercuts from Regal, on the third try, Badd counters by hooking the arms. He pulls Regal to the mat with a backslide, we have a new champion!
Winner and NEW WCW World Television Champion: Johnny B. Badd (Backslide)

• EA’s Take: Well, they finally paid off Johnny’s popularity with the fans. He’s been given US and TV Title matches, but has been an ‘Also Ran’ for a while. Regal looked hilarious in the powdered wig and while he would speak about enjoying being a comedic character on an episode of Table For 3 along with Sheamus and King Barrett many years later, it’s a part of his career that’s vastly underrated.

Video: At Clash of the Champions, Ric Flair sent a masked man to attack Hulk Hogan from behind. Nick Bockwinkel explains that if Hogan can’t get in the ring, he’d have to forfeit the title to challenger Flair. The Nature Boy taunts Hogan while his music playing, not expecting Hulkster to show his face. The champion comes out with his knee heavily taped and goes wild on Flair. There was a disqualification when the masked man reappears, and the two gang up on him. Ric Flair was suspended as a result.

Match #2 – Loser Leaves WCW: Kevin Sullivan w/Dave Sullivan vs. Cactus Jack
The action starts on the floor right away, Sullivan throws Jack over the guard rail. They slug it out and Jack tosses Sullivan back to ringside. They move to the ring and Sullivan drops a headbutt. Jack reverses the momentum and introduces him to the top turnbuckle. Sullivan tumbles back to the floor after a right. Jack throws Sullivan into the ring post and lifts the mat off the concrete. Sullivan crawls as Jack goes to the 2nd turnbuckle. Dave Sullivan stops him from jumping and Kevin climbs up and tosses Cactus on the cement.

He follows it with a scoop slam on the exposed floor. He comes in with a knee lift and throws him head first into the apron. Sullivan attacks Jack’s recently injured ear. Jack fights back with some kicks and knocks him down with a right, *bang bang*. To the ropes, Sullivan runs into an elbow and Jack connects with an elbow drop. Sullivan is dumped back to the floor and Jack sets up a piledriver, Sullivan reverses with a back body drop on the concrete. Sullivan rushes him with a clothesline, again on the exposed floor. Jack struggles back to the apron and Sullivan keeps kicking him away. Jack throws a chair in the ring but Nick Patrick takes it away.

Irish whip reversal by Jack but he runs into a boot. Sullivan dumps him outside, Jack tries to use the chair but Dave grabs it away. Sullivan throws him face first into the steel steps and rolls Jack back into the ring. Kevin grabs a new chair, he winds up, Dave Sullivan grabs it, Kevin looks confused. Cactus Jack rushes in with a knee lift, Sullivan moves out of the way. Jack’s head connects with Dave’s, knocking him on his back. Kevin makes the pin, and Jack must leave WCW.
Winner: Kevin Sullivan (Outside Interference)

• Off The Top: Hi ho, Hi ho, to ECW Jack goes! Well, it’s time to start the exodus of WCW mid to upper-mid carders who became massive stars in WWF’s Attitude Era. We aren’t far removed from Dustin Rhodes getting a pink slip for blading. You wouldn’t even know Jean Paul-Levesque (Triple H) is in the company right now, as he hasn’t been featured on a PPV yet, but he’s out the door in a few months. Steve Austin gets injured in early 1995 and is subsequently (and infamously) fired via FedEx. Amazing to think all four left or were fired in well under a calendar year. We all know the rest of their stories.

Backstage: ‘Mean’ Gene is joined by The Stud Stable who will be competing in the WarGames match tonight. Bunkhouse Buck and Col. Robert Parker explain that the Col. was not supposed to be in this match, it’s supposed to be Meng, but he’ll do what he has to. Terry Funk chimes in and is looking forward to going after the “FBI” – Fat Boys Incorporated. Arn Anderson talks about the score that must be settled between he and the Rhodes. The time has come to reach down and finding something to make another man quit. They came here to die tonight if they must, because they are not going to quit.

In the Ring: WCW Commissioner Nick Bockwinkel explains that since WCW United States Champion Ricky ‘The Dragon’ Steamboat cannot compete, he must forfeit to his scheduled opponent ‘Stunning’ Steve Austin. Steamboat explains that tomorrow he starts his rehab tomorrow and reminds Stunning Steve that he beat him for the title, he never was defeated. Austin explains that Steamboat saved himself a hell of an ass kicking. Austin heads for the back, but Bockwinkel says he will need to defend it. Stunning Steve is not interested, but Bockwinkel explains that he is contractually obligated. His opponent is a debuting ‘Hacksaw Jim Duggan’.

Match #3 for the WCW United States Championship: ‘Hacksaw’ Jim Duggan vs. WCW United States Champion ‘Stunning’ Steve Austin
USA chants break out and the bell rings. Austin desperately protests wrestling. Bockwinkel tells him if he doesn’t he’s taking his title away. Austin tries to leave, Bockwinkel pulls him back into the center of the ring. Duggan hits a back body drop and splashes on top for the pin. We already have a new champion!
Winner and NEW WCW United States Champion: ‘Hacksaw’ Jim Duggan (Splash)

• After The Bell: ‘Mean’ Gene is joined by the new champion. This is the greatest night of Hacksaw’s life, the hair on the back of his neck is standing. He’s sympathetic to Steamboat, but he’s pumped. Additionally, he’s never seen anything as disgraceful as what Ric Flair did to Hulk Hogan, when Hulk gets his hands on him he will pay.
• EA’s Take: Well, two title changes and a Loser Leaves Town Match…you can’t say this has been an inconsequential night so far. That was a nice long reign by Austin, huh? Shocked that he was on the receiving end of a squash, but it was entertaining. Unfortunately for WCW, it’s one of the many things that pisses Austin off and contributes to his attitude starting to suck, which ultimately leads to Bischoff basically having to let him go (Austin even admits these days he was NOT a happy camper and deserved it).

Match #4 for the WCW World Tag Team Championships: Stars & Stripes (The Patriot & Marcus Alexander Bagwell) vs. WCW World Tag Team Champions Pretty Wonderful (‘Pretty’ Paul Roma & ‘Mr. Wonderful’ Paul Orndorff)
Doug Dillinger kicks the disruptive fan (Blacktop Bully) out of the arena after he goes crazy yelling at Stars and Stripes. Bagwell gets the USA chants going while Pretty Wonderful takes their time removing their robes and sunglasses. Bagwell and Roma will start us off, Bagwell helps the fans chant Paula. Roma ambushes Bagwell and knocks him down with rights and stomps a hole in him. A forearm across the shoulder blades and they hit the ropes. Bagwell ducks multiple clotheslines and takes Roma out with a crossbody, Roma kicks out. Hiptoss by Bagwell and he grabs the wrist, cranking on it.

Tag is made to Patriot, he sticks with the wrist cranking it around and around. Forearm shot from Roma and Orndorff is tagged in. They try a double team but Patriot gets his fist in Wonderful’s gut. Full arm drag and twist and a tag is made to Bagwell. It’s Orndorff’s turn to have his wrist and arm abused. Orndorff drops to his knees. Orndorff fights with forearms, they hit the ropes and it’s Bagwell with a shoulder block followed by a cross body. Patriot is tagged in and emulates his partner. Orndorff escapes to his corner and checks in with Roma, tagging him in. Collar and elbow, Patriot grabs a wristlock, tags in Bagwell and they hit a double team hiptoss.

Back to the arm for Bagwell, shoulder block to Roma. Bagwell hits the ropes again but he’s struck from behind by Orndorff. Wonderful claims he did nothing but when the ref turns his back he takes more cheapshots. Roma from behind with a reverse chin lock, and he lifts him up by the neck and drops Bagwell on his back. Orndorff with some theatrics and he drops an elbow across Bagwell’s neck. Bagwell is thrown into the corner, Orndorff driving his shoulder into the gut. Snapmare and another elbow by the champ. Front facelock applied to Bagwell, he works up to his feet, Bagwell is sent to the ropes and he leaps for a sunset flip. He can’t get Orndorff over, Wonderful sits on Bagwell’s chest and poses for a cover.

Bagwell hooks his arms and rolls him up, Orndorff kicks at two. Tag is made to Roma, high elevation drop kick to Bagwell. He’s slow to cover and Bagwell kicks out. Scoop slam by Roma and he climbs to the top rope, scoring with a big elbow drop. He taunts before making the cover, Patriot makes the save. With the ref’s back turned, Bagwell is thrown over the top rope by Orndorff. Wonderful drives Bagwell head first into Bobby Heenan’s cooler. Patriot checks on his partner while Pretty Wonderful poses. Bagwell tries to work his way up, and Orndorff grabs the cooler and dumps out the contents on Marcus. Bagwell is rolled into the ring and immediately sent for a clothesline.

Orndorff sets up for a piledriver, Bagwell reverses with a desperation backdrop. Orndorff is up first and tags in Roma. Front face lock applied, but Bagwell works back to vertical. He lifts Roma but Pretty Paul hangs on. He slowly inches his way to the Patriot and the hot tag is made. Orndorff rushes the ring and Patriot takes care of both of them with scoop slams and drop kicks. He clotheslines both of the tag champs and Orndorff rolls out of the ring. Wonderful attacks the still recovering Bagwell and drops him with a piledriver. Inside the ring, Patriot hits a side slam and goes for a cover, the ref won’t count because he’s not the legal man. Bagwell is rolled back in and Patriot goes back to the apron and reaches for a tag but Roma reaches over and covers Bagwell to retain the titles.
Winners and STILL WCW World Tag Team Champions: Pretty Wonderful (Roma/Orndorff Piledriver)

• EA’s Take: Bagwell has had a couple of interesting tag team partners along the way. I guess I’ll revisit who my favorite was after the American Males days, but I still think his pairing with Scorpio had way more potential than what they accomplished. Really confusing finish here because I never got the impression the referee didn’t see the tag. But, overall a much better match for the tag champs than last PPV by a wide margin.

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