WCW Power Hour – 1992 Results

1/4/92:
WCW Tag Team Champions Ricky Steamboat & Dustin Rhodes vs. Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker & Greg Sawyer
Big Van Vader vs. Larry Corey
Rick Steiner vs. Sonny Trout
Sting vs. Mr. Hughes
WCW US Champion Rick Rude vs. Larry Santo
PN News & Tom Zenk vs. Arn Anderson & Bobby Eaton

1/18/92:
WCW TV Champion Steve Austin vs. Mike Graham
Rick & Scott Steiner vs. Don Michaels & Jack Savage
Ron Simmons vs. the Medic
WCW US Champion Rick Rude vs. Butch Malone
Ricky Steamboat vs. Thomas Rich

1/25/92:
Brian Pillman vs. Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker
Rick & Scott Steiner vs. Bob Cook & Dave Diamond
Johnny B. Badd vs. Chris Sullivan
Ron Simmons vs. WCW TV Champion Steve Austin

2/1/92:
Sting defeated Chuck Coates at 1:32 via submission with the Scorpion Deathlock following a Stinger Splash in the corner
Rick & Scott Steiner defeated Big Van Vader & Mr. Hughes (w/ Harley Race) at 3:43 when Rick pinned Hughes with the Steinerline; after the bout, Vader & Hughes knocked the Steiners to the floor
Larry Zbyzsko (w/ Madusa) defeated Terry Bronson at 1:50 via submission with a modified half nelson on the mat; after the bout, Zbyzsko hit the brainbuster on Bronson as Madusa distracted the referee; moments later, two enhancement wrestlers came out and helped take Bronson backstage on a stretcher
Brad Armstrong pinned Richard Morton at 8:10 with a crossbody off the top; after the bout, Morton attacked Armstrong and drove his knee into Armstrong’s back from the top rope
Ricky Steamboat, Dustin Rhodes, & Ron Simmons vs. WCW TV Champion Steve Austin, WCW Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Bobby Eaton

2/8/92 – included the Marcus Alexander Bagwell vs. WCW Tag Team Champion Bobby Eaton from the 1/25/92 Worldwide:
Rick & Scott Steiner vs. Chris Sullivan & John Peterson
Rick & Scott Steiner vs. Cactus Jack & Abdullah the Butcher
Sting vs. the Medic
Ricky Steamboat vs. WCW TV Champion Steve Austin

2/15/92 – included the Ron Simmons & Abdullah the Butcher vs. Cactus Jack & Mr. Hughes match from the 2/2/92 Main Event:
Johnny B. Badd vs. Paul Lee
WCW US Champion Rick Rude vs. Brad Armstrong
Sting vs. Big Van Vader

2/22/92:
Dustin Rhodes vs. WCW Tag Team Champion Bobby Eaton
Ron Simmons, Van Hammer, & El Gigante vs. Cactus Jack, Big Van Vader, & Terrance Taylor
Vinnie Vegas vs. Chris Sullivan
Sting & Marcus Alexander Bagwell vs. Larry Zbyszko & WCW Tag Team Champion Arn Anderson

2/29/92:
Rick & Scott Steiner vs. Mike Thor & Fred Avery
Sting vs. Rick Thames
Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin vs. Thomas Rich & Joey Maggs
Ron Simmons vs. Bob Cook
WCW US Champion Rick Rude (w/ Paul E. Dangerously) pinned Brian Pillman with the Rude Awakening (1/27/92; Gainesville, GA)

3/7/92:
Barry Windham & Dustin Rhodes vs. Sonny Trout & Pat Rose
Vinnie Vegas vs. Tom Zenk
Johnny B. Badd vs. Mike Fever
Brian Pillman vs. Bart Batten
Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin vs. The Italian Stallion & Ian Weston
WCW US Champion Rick Rude vs. Danny Poston
Sting, Marcus Alexander Bagwell, Rick & Scott Steiner vs. WCW Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Bobby Eaton, Larry Zbyzsko, & Cactus Jack

3/14/92:
PN News & El Gigante vs. Carl Nelson & Bubba Howard
WCW US Champion Rick Rude vs. Ian Weston
Larry Zbyszko vs. Todd Champion
Johnny B. Badd vs. Firebreaker Chip
WCW Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Bobby Eaton vs. Tom Zenk & Marcus Alexander Bagwell

3/21/92:
Ron Simmons & Big Josh vs. Vinnie Vegas & Mr. Hughes
Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin vs. Mark Canterbury & Bob Cook
Johnny B. Badd vs. Mike Vance
Tom Zenk, Marcus Alexander Bagwell, & Firebreaker Chip vs. WCW TV Champion Steve Austin, WCW Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Bobby Eaton

3/28/92 – hosted by Jim Ross; included a ‘Missy Does the Mail’ segment with Missy Hyatt looking at the arrival of JT Southern; featured the Dustin Rhodes & Barry Windham vs. George South & Mark Canterbury and Tom Zenk & Marcus Alexander Bagwell defeated WCW US Tag Team Champions Terrance Taylor & Greg Valentine matches from the 3/21/92 Pro:
PN News pinned Greg Sawyer at 2:05 with the Broken Record
WCW US Champion Rick Rude (w/ Paul E. Dangerously) pinned Big Josh at 9:51 with the Rude Awakening after hitting Josh in the stomach with Dangerously’s phone

4/4/92:
Marcus Alexander Bagwell & Tom Zenk vs. Mike Thor & George South
Nikita Koloff vs. Chris Sullivan
Big Van Vader vs. Mike McReynolds
Barry Windham vs. Bob Cook
WCW TV Champion Steve Austin vs. Rick Steiner

4/11/92:
WCW Tag Team Champion Arn Anderson vs. Larry Santo
Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin vs. Mark Canterbury & Sonny Trout
WCW US Tag Team Champions Greg Valentine & Terrance Taylor vs. Todd Champion & Firebreaker Chip
Marcus Alexander Bagwell vs. George South
Ron Simmons & the Junkyard Dog vs. Vinnie Vegas & Diamond Dallas Page

4/18/92:
Madusa vs. Bambi
JT Southern vs. Firebreaker Chip
Johnny B. Badd vs. Jesse Curles
WCW US Tag Team Champion Terrance Taylor vs. Larry Santo
Big Van Vader vs. Marcus Alexander Bagwell
Ron Simmons, Big Josh, WCW Light Heavyweight Champion Brian Pillman, & Tom Zenk vs. WCW US Champion Rick Rude, Larry Zbyszko, WCW Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Bobby Eaton

4/25/92:
Rick & Scott Steiner vs. Diamond Dallas Page & Richard Morton
WCW TV Champion Steve Austin & Larry Zbyszko vs. Scott Allen & an unknown
Vinnie Vegas vs. Todd Champion
Barry Windham vs. Randy Starr
Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin vs. Bobby Eaton & Larry Zbyszko
WCW US Tag Team Champion Terrance Taylor vs. Tom Zenk

5/2/92 – hosted by Jim Ross; included a look at the feud between Ricky Steamboat and WCW US Champion Rick Rude, and footage from the previous week’s Pro of Ross conducting a podium interview with Paul E. Dangerously, with Madusa, in which Dangerously claimed Steamboat was stalking Madusa outside of the ring and Madusa then cried while talking about Steamboat being a woman beater; featured the Super Nintendo Top 10 Challenge rankings: 10) WCW US Tag Team Champion Terry Taylor, 9) Cactus Jack, 8) Nikita Koloff, 7) Ron Simmons, 6) Larry Zbyszko, 5) Dustin Rhodes, 4) WCW TV Champion Steve Austin, 3) Big Van Vader, 2) Steamboat, and 1) Rude; included a Wrestle War 92 ad; featured a segment of ‘Missy Does the Mail’ in which Missy Hyatt discussed Koloff’s claim that WCW World Champion Sting is his favorite wrestler and offered to face Vader in Sting’s absence; Missy then claimed Koloff was setting Sting up to turn on him at Wrestle War; footage then aired of Eric Bischoff conducting an interview at home with Sting about his recovery after the injury from Vader and Koloff’s comments; included footage from the recent WCW Saturday Night Best 2 out of 3 falls match between Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin and WCW US Tag Team Champions Terry Taylor & Greg Valentine:
Tom Zenk & Marcus Alexander Bagwell defeated Paul Lee & John Peterson at 5:59 when Bagwell pinned Lee with the fisherman suplex; during the bout, it was noted Zenk & Bagwell would face Scotty Flamingo & JT Southern the next night on The Main Event
JT Southern pinned Randy Starr with a face-first suplex at 1:55
Nikita Koloff pinned Joe Cruz with the Russian Sickle at 2:21
Cactus Jack pinned Brad Armstrong with the double arm DDT at 2:11 after elbowing Armstrong in the face as Armstrong came off the top rope; after the match, Cactus continued to stop Armstrong
Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin defeated WCW US Tag Team Champions Terry Taylor & Greg Valentine via disqualification at 6:29 when Taylor threw Garvin over the top rope; prior to the bout, it was announced the 16 teams that would compete for the NWA Tag Team Titles would be announced that night on WCW Saturday Night, with guest Jason Hervey; after the match, Taylor dropped Garvin with a piledriver on the floor before Hayes was double teamed in the ring while locked in Valentine’s figure-4; moments later, several referees came out to clear the ring

4/6/92; Macon, GA; Coliseum
5/9/92 – Jim Ross provided sole commentary for the match:
Nikita Koloff vs. John Peterson
Scotty Flamingo (w/ JT Southern) vs. Scott Allen
WCW US Tag Team Champions Terrance Taylor & Greg Valentine vs. PN News & Johnny Rich
Big Josh vs. Rip Rogers
Tom Zenk vs. Tommy Rich
Dustin Rhodes defeated Bobby Eaton (w/ Paul E. Dangerously) via disqualification at 7:14 when WCW TV Champion Steve Austin ran out and attacked Rhodes, moments after Rhodes hit the bulldog; Eaton and Dangerously came out with one of the WCW Tag Team Titles, as the match was taped before Eaton & Arn Anderson lost them; after the contest, Barry Windham ran out and aided Rhodes in clearing the ring

5/16/92:
Tom Zenk vs. Bob Cook
Dustin Rhodes & Barry Windham vs. WCW TV Champion Steve Austin & Bobby Eaton
The Junkyard Dog & Big Josh vs. Cactus Jack & Diamond Dallas Page
Nikita Koloff vs. Arn Anderson

5/23/92:
Johnny B. Badd, the Junkyard Dog, & Brad Armstrong vs. Vinnie Vegas, Mr. Hughes, & Diamond Dallas Page
Scotty Flamingo (w/ JT Southern) vs. Terry Bronson
Terrance Taylor & Greg Valentine vs. Scott Allen & Danny Poston
Ron Simmons vs. Sonny Trout
WCW TV Champion Steve Austin vs. Firebreaker Chip
Dustin Rhodes vs. Bobby Eaton

5/30/92:
Dustin Rhodes vs. Richard Morton
Scotty Flamingo vs. Larry Santo
Dustin Rhodes, Ricky Steamboat, & Nikita Koloff vs. Arn Anderson, Larry Zbyszko, & Bobby Eaton
Ricky Steamobat & Nikita Koloff vs. Vinnie Vegas & Mr. Hughes

6/6/92:
Steve Austin vs. Joey Maggs
WCW US Tag Team Champion Michael Hayes vs. Greg Valentine
Steve Austin vs. Larry Zbyszko
Big Josh vs. Jim Cain
WCW US Tag Team Champion Jimmy Garvin vs. Terrence Taylor

6/13/92:
WCW TV Champion Barry Windham vs. Joe Cruz
The Super Invader vs. Rick Ryder & Scott Allen (handicap match)
Vinnie Vegas vs. Scott Sandlin
Scotty Flamingo (w/ JT Southern) vs. Johnny B. Badd
Steve Austin vs. Ron Simmons

6/20/92:
Scotty Flamingo (w/ JT Southern) vs. John Peterson
Nikita Koloff & Ricky Steamboat vs. Richard Morton & Tracy Smothers
Steve Williams & Terry Gordy vs. Chris Sullivan & Joey Maggs
Big Josh vs. Greg Valentine

7/4/92

7/11/92

7/18/92 – featured an opening announcement by Jim Ross of the title victories by Big Van Vader and Steve Williams & Terry Gordy at the Great American Bash; included footage of the final minutes of the Williams & Gordy vs. Dustin Rhodes & Barry Windham NWA Tag Team Title tournament finals match from the Bash; featured an ad promoting the new WCW Magazine; included a segment of Missy Does the Mail in which Missy Hyatt introduced footage of how Brad Armstrong won the WCW Light Heavyweight Title from Scotty Flamingo July 5 at the Omni, followed by a backstage promo by Armstrong on his title win; Missy then discussed the Armstrong vs. Jushin Liger match later that day on WCW Saturday Night; featured footage from the closing moments of the Vader vs. Sting match at the Bash:
Barry Windham pinned Richard Morton at 7:01 with the superplex; during the bout, it was noted Ricky Steamboat was scheduled to challenge WCW TV Champion Steve Austin on WCW Saturday Night later that day, but it would be Larry Zbyszko challenging for the title due to Steamboat’s rib injury sustained at the Great American Bash
Marcus Alexander Bagwell pinned Diamond Dallas Page at 5:51 by rolling through a powerslam attempt; during the match, Jim Ross teased a Wrestling Hotline story involving Ric Flair, Sid Vicious, and Lex Luger; after the bout, Page attacked Bagwell
WCW TV Champion Steve Austin (w/ Paul E. Dangerously) pinned Brian Pillman at 9:39 by catching the challenger coming into the ring and hitting the Stun Gun; during the bout, it was announced Rick & Scott Steiner would face Bobby Eaton & Terry Taylor and Jushin Liger would face WCW Light Heavyweight Champion Brad Armstrong as part of WCW Saturday Night

7/25/92 – featured the Ricky Steamboat & Barry Windham vs. WCW TV Champion Steve Austin & Cactus Jack match from the 7/11/92 episode of Worldwide:
Ron Simmons pinned Richard Morton at 5:26 with the powerslam

8/1/92

8/8/92

8/10/92; Atlanta, GA; Center Stage Theatre
8/15/92:
WCW/NWA Tag Team Champions Steve Williams & Terry Gordy defeated Marcus Alexander Bagwell & Big Josh in a non-title match at 5:41 when Gordy pinned Bagwell with a falling powerslam off the middle turnbuckle

8/22/92:
WCW/NWA Tag Team Champions Steve Williams & Terry Gordy defeated Tommy Angel & Terry Bronson when Williams pinned Bronson with the Oklahoma Stampede (8/10/92; Center Stage Theatre)
Brian Pillman & Marcus Alexander Bagwell vs. Arn Anderson & Bobby Eaton
Barry Windham pinned Terry Taylor with the superplex (8/10/92; Center Stage Theatre)
WCW TV Champion Steve Austin vs. Tom Zenk

8/29/92

9/5/92

9/12/92

9/19/92

9/26/92:
Brian Pillman & Scotty Flamingo defeated Marcus Alexander Bagwell & Brad Armstrong when Pillman pinned Bagwell with a crucifix (9/8/92; Center Stage Theatre)

9/9/92; Gainesville, GA; Georgia Mountains Center
10/3/92:
Sting, Dustin Rhodes, & Nikita Koloff defeated Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker, Joe Cazana, & Bob Cook when Koloff pinned Cazana with the Russian Sickle
Shane Douglas pinned Mark Canterbury with the belly to belly suplex
Butch Reed & the Barbarian defeated Tom Zenk & Jimmy Garvin when Reed pinned Garvin with a shoulderblock off the top
Brian Pillman pinned Brad Armstrong with a reverse roll up and holding the ropes for leverage

9/9/92; Gainesville, GA; Georgia Mountains Center
10/10/92:
WCW TV Champion Ricky Steamboat pinned Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker with a chop off the middle turnbuckle
The Barbarian (w/ Cactus Jack & Butch Reed) pinned Robert Wallace with a boot to the face
Van Hammer pinned Rex Cooper with the slingshot suplex
Brian Pillman fought Tom Zenk to a 10-minute time-limit draw

10/17/92:
NWA World Title Tournament Semi-Finals: Masahiro Chono pinned the Great Muta at 26:07 via submission with the STF (8/11/92; Tokyo, Japan)
Jake Roberts & the Barbarian defeated WCW World Champion Ron Simmons & Nikita Koloff when Roberts pinned Koloff following a DDT onto a steel chair behind the referee’s back (9/29/92; Columbus, GA)

10/24/92:
Van Hammer pinned Fred Avery with the slingshot suplex (10/14/92; Dothan, AL)
Arn Anderson & Bobby Eaton defeated Larry Santo & Joey Maggs when Santo submitted to Anderson’s armbar (10/6/92; Gainesville, GA)
Ricky Steamboat pinned Scotty Flamingo with the crossbody off the top (10/6/92; Gainesville, GA)

10/31/92:
Brad Armstrong pinned Diamond Dallas Page (w/ Vinnie Vegas) after Van Hammer interfered and tripped Page up from the outside as he attempted to suplex Armstrong back into the ring; Hammer had just came to ringside moments earlier and attacked Vegas after Vegas kept attacking Armstrong on the floor (10/6/92; Gainesville, GA)
Shane Douglas pinned JD Wolfe with a belly to belly suplex (10/6/92; Gainesville, GA)
Tony Atlas (w/ Cactus Jack) defeated Pez Whatley via submission with the full nelson (10/6/92; Gainesville, GA)
WCW World Champion Ron Simmons, WCW/NWA Tag Team Champions Barry Windham & Dustin Rhodes defeated WCW US Champion Rick Rude (w/ Madusa), Jake Roberts, & Cactus Jack at 10:15 when Simmons pinned Cactus with the powerslam as the four other men fought on the floor (9/29/92; Columbus, GA)

11/7/92:
Ricky Steamboat vs. Brian Pillman
Johnny Gunn vs. Mike Thor
Vinnie Vegas vs. Brad Armstrong
Tony Atlas vs. Scott Allen
WCW US Champion Rick Rude (w/ Madusa) pinned Nikita Koloff after hitting him with a foreign object when Madusa distracted the referee (10/14/92; Dothan, AL)

10/6/92; Gainesville, GA; Georgia Mountains Center
11/14/92:
Brad Armstrong & Van Hammer fought Vinnie Vegas & Diamond Dallas Page to a double count-out when all four men were brawling on the floor
Scotty Flamingo pinned Tommy Angel with the piledriver
Brian Pillman vs. Rikki Nelson
WCW World Champion Ron Simmons, Sting, & WCW/NWA Tag Team Champion Dustin Rhodes defeated Cactus Jack, the Barbarian, & Tony Atlas at around the 10-minute mark when Simmons pinned Cactus with the powerslam; the match was joined in progress

11/21/92:
Kensuke Sasaki pinned Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker with an armdrag takeover (11/3/92; Anderson, SC)
WCW US Champion Rick Rude (w/ Madusa) pinned Van Hammer with the Rude Awakening (10/6/92; Gainesville, GA)

11/10/92; Gainesville, GA; Georgia Mountains Center
11/28/92:
Tex Slazenger & Shanghai Pierce defeated Brad Armstrong & Marcus Alexander Bagwell when Pierce pinned Bagwell with an elbow drop
WCW US Champion Rick Rude (w/ Madusa) fought Kensuke Sasaki (sub. for Chad Byrd) to a no contest in an impromptu match when Rude left ringside

12/5/92:
Ricky Steamboat pinned Chic Donovan with the crossbody off the top (11/3/92; Anderson, SC)
Erik Watts pinned Mike Thor with a fisherman suplex (11/3/92; Anderson, SC)
Johnny B. Badd pinned Diamond Dallas Page with a sunset flip off the top (11/10/92; Gainesville, GA)

12/12/92:
2 Cold Scorpio pinned Mustafa Saied with the 450 splash (12/1/92; Gainesville, GA)
Brian Pillman pinned Ian Weston with a clip to the knee (11/10/92; Gainesville, GA)
Tex Slazenger & Shanghai Pierce defeated Rikki Nelson & Chris Sullivan when Slazenger got the pin with a reverse DDT (11/10/92; Gainesville, GA)

12/19/92 – featured the Barry Windham vs. TA McCoy match from the 12/12/92 Worldwide:
2 Cold Scorpio pinned Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker with the 450 splash (12/1/92; Gainesville, GA)

12/26/92 – featured the 2 Cold Scorpio vs. George South match from the 12/13/92 Main Event; included the Brian Pillman vs. Brad Armstrong match from the 12/12/92 Worldwide; featured the Johnny B. Badd vs. Diamond Dallas Page and WCW World Champion Ron Simmons & Dustin Rhodes vs. Big Van Vader & Barry Windham match from the 12/19/92 Worldwide:
Tom Zenk & Johnny Gunn defeated Fred Avery & Chic Donovan when Gunn pinned Avery with the Thesz Press (12/1/92; Gainesville, GA)