WCW Saturday Night – 1993 Results

12/14/92; Atlanta, GA; Center Stage Theatre
1/2/93 – included an opening ‘Special Report’ narrated by Eric Bischoff which stated Big Van Vader regained the WCW World Title from Ron Simmons Dec. 30 in Baltimore at around the 12-minute mark; it was also noted Harley Race was eager for Vader to defend against all the top contenders, including Sting; included Jim Ross & Larry Zbyszko on commentary; featured footage from Starrcade 92 of Bill Watts and Hank Aaron presenting Sting with a ring to commemorate his victory at Starrcade 91’s Battlebowl; included a recap of the tag team matches which took place at Starrcade 92’s Battlebowl and the last five eliminations from the battle royal, with IWGP World Champion the Great Muta emerging victorious; featured Tony Schiavone conducting an interview with Howard Schnellenberger, University of Louisiana’s head football coach, about his time spent coaching Erik Watts; included Teddy Long conducting a backstage interview with Cactus Jack and Tony Atlas regarding Cactus looking for the bounty on Erik Watts’ head and Atlas facing Van Hammer in an arm wrestling contest at the Clash of the Champions; featured the announcement that if WCW US Champion Rick Rude would have to defend his title by Jan. 23 or he would be stripped off the title, with footage from Starrcade 92 shown and Rude saying no one would take his title; included the announcement WCW/NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Steamboat & Shane Douglas would face Big Van Vader & Rick Rude the following night on The Main Event; featured Tony Schiavone conducting a backstage interview with Barry Windham & Brian Pillman in which Windham brought in Steve Austin as Pillman’s new tag team partner; included highlights from the Sting / Vader King of Cable match held at Starrcade; featured the announcement Sting, Ron Simmons, Dustin Rhodes, & Van Hammer would face Big Van Vader, Barry Windham, Rick Rude, & the Barbarian inside a thundercage at Clash of the Champions, which would also include Steamboat & Douglas vs. Pillman & Austin and Cactus Jack vs. Erik Watts; included Jesse Ventura hosting a “WCW Up Close” segment in which he interviewed Arn Anderson during which Anderson spoke about his career and the knee injury he sustained from Erik Watts during their match on Nov. 28 and then said Bill Watts had not renewed his contract for 1993; featured Schiavone conducting a backstage interview with WCW/NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Steamboat & Shane Douglas about Steamboat’s involvement in the US Title Tournament and possibly facing Barry Windham in the semi-finals; included Teddy Long conducting a backstage interview with Barry Windham regarding facing Steamboat the following week in the semi-finals:
Cactus Jack & the Barbarian defeated Tom Zenk & Johnny Gunn at 5:46 when Barbarian pinned Gunn with a boot to the face behind the referee’s back as Gunn covered Cactus with the Thesz Press; prior to the bout, it was announced Big Van Vader was the new WCW World Champion after defeating Ron Simmons
Erik Watts defeated Mustafa Saied at 2:35 via submission with the STF
WCW US Championship #1 Contender Tournament Quarter Finals: Dustin Rhodes pinned Vinnie Vegas at 6:22 with the bulldog after Vegas hit the corner
Steve Austin & Brian Pillman defeated Larry Santo & Rikki Nelson at 4:32 when Austin pinned Santo following the Stun Gun; during the bout, it was announced Austin & Pillman would challenge WCW/NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Steamboat & Shane Douglas at the Clash of the Champions
WCW US Championship #1 Contender Tournament Quarter Finals: Tony Atlas (w/ Cactus Jack) pinned Van Hammer at 5:07 when Cactus tripped Hammer as he attempted to suplex Atlas into the ring and then held the leg down during the cover
WCW US Championship Tournament Quarter Finals: Barry Windham pinned Johnny B. Badd at 7:32 with the DDT following a lariat; during the bout, Madusa briefly came out to watch the match
WCW US Championship #1 Contender Tournament Quarter Finals: WCW/NWA Tag Team Champion Ricky Steamboat pinned Dan Spivey at 8:21 with a crossbody off the top; during the bout, Madusa briefly came out to watch the match

12/14/92; Atlanta, GA; Center Stage Theatre
1/9/93 – featured Jim Ross & Larry Zbyszko on commentary; included footage of Dustin Rhodes beating Vinnie Vegas, Tony Atlas beating Van Hammer, Barry Windham beating Johnny B. Badd, and WCW/NWA Tag Team Champion Ricky Steamboat beating Dan Spivey the previous week in the WCW US Championship Contender Tournament; featured footage of Big Van Vader beating WCW World Champion Ron Simmons to win the title 12/30/92 at the Baltimore Arena; included a promo by Vader & Harley Race regarding the title win; featured footage of Jesse Ventura conducting an interview with Tony Atlas in which Atlas called out Van Hammer for an arm wrestling contest; included Tony Schiavone conducting a backstage interview with Hammer regarding his win earlier in the show and taking part of the Clash of the Champions; featured the announcement Sting, Hammer, Simmons, & Dustin Rhodes would face Vader, Barry Windham, WCW US Champion Rick Rude, & the Barbarian at the Clash in Thundercage, WCW/NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Steamboat & Shane Douglas would defend against Steve Austin & Brian Pillman, and Cactus Jack would face Erik Watts in a bounty match; included Teddy Long conducting a backstage interview with Cactus Jack & Tony Atlas regarding the Barbarian being in Thundercage, Atlas taking on Hammer in an arm wrestling match, and Cactus facing Erik Watts; moments later, Watts, alongside Rhodes, interrupted with all four men then brawling and Watts applying the STF on Cactus after throwing him into a locker; featured Schiavone conducting a sit-down interview with Windham in which they reviewed footage of Windham & Pillman vs. Steamboat & Douglas from the 1/2/93 Worldwide in which Rhodes interfered and pinned Windham after hitting him with the cast on his hand; included an Up Close segment in which Schiavone conducted a sit-down interview with Vader in which Vader showed off his WCW World Title and SuperBowl ring and discussed the challenge of Sting and Simmons; featured a closing segment in which Long conducted a backstage interview with Austin & Pillman regarding their title match against Steamboat & Douglas at the Clash:
Marcus Alexander Bagwell pinned Bob Cook with the fisherman suplex at 5:40
Van Hammer pinned Randy Sledge with the slingshot suplex at 2:14; during the bout, it was noted Hammer would team with Sting, Ron Simmons, & Dustin Rhodes in Thundercage against a team captained by WCW World Champion Big Van Vader
Tom Zenk & Johnny Gunn defeated Mike Thor & Chick Donovan at 7:00 when Gunn pinned Thor with the Thesz Press after a superkick from Zenk; during the bout, it was noted Zenk & Gunn would face the debuting team of the Wrecking Crew at the Clash of the Champions
2 Cold Scorpio pinned Mustafa Saed with the 450 splash at 2:28; prior to the bout, it was mentioned Scorpio would face Scotty Flamingo at the Clash and that a music video featuring Scorpio would premiere at the Clash as well (not taped at Center Stage)
Tex Slazenger & Shanghai Pierce fought Diamond Dallas Page & Vinnie Vegas to a double disqualification at 8:50 after Vegas hit Slazenger with a steel chair as Slazenger was hanging Page over the top rope with his bullrope
WCW US Championship #1 Contender Tournament Semi-Finals: Dustin Rhodes pinned Tony Atlas at 4:18 with the bulldog after avoiding an elbow drop; during the bout, it was noted Harley Race would have a wrestle-off the following night on The Main Event to determine who would replace WCW US Champion Rick Rude in Thundercage at the Clash; Madusa appeared ringside during the bout to scout both men; prior to the contest, Cactus Jack escorted Atlas ringside
WCW US Championship #1 Contender Tournament Semi-Finals: WCW/NWA Tag Team Champion Ricky Steamboat defeated Barry Windham via disqualification at 17:34 when Windham threw Steamboat over the top rope after referee Nick Patrick was knocked to the floor; during the match, Madusa appeared ringside to scout both men; after the bout, Windham attempted a DDT on the floor until WCW/NWA Tag Team Champion Shane Douglas made the save; moments later, Dustin Rhodes, Steve Austin, and Brian Pillman also got involved in the fight

1/11/93; Atlanta, GA; Center Stage Theatre
1/16/93 – featured an opening segment in which Bill Watts announced the finals of the US Title Contender Tournament held later in the show would now be for the title rather than a title shot since WCW US Champion Rick Rude was still injured, he hadn’t defended the title since Nov. 14 and would not be returning to the ring until March; Watts also announced he had suspended his son Erik pending an investigation behind what happened between Erik and Arn Anderson at a Charlotte gas station; included a vignette in which WCW World Champion Big Van Vader challenged Sting to face him in the White Castle of Fear; featured footage of amateur video from a Charlotte gas station of Arn Anderson attacking Erik Watts after Watts signed an autograph for a fan, with Watts then fighting back, further injuring Anderson’s knee, and applying the STF until police arrived to the scene and arrested him; Tony Schiavone then interviewed Watts backstage about the footage; included Schiavone hosting a “WCW Up Close” segment in which he spoke with Steve Austin & Brian Pillman in which they said they wanted WCW/NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Steamboat & Shane Douglas in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match, noting anyone could get lucky in a one-fall match; featured the announcement Cactus Jack & the Barbarian would face WCW World Champion Big Van Vader & Paul Orndorff the following night on The Main Event:
Barry Windham, Steve Austin, & Brian Pillman defeated 2 Cold Scorpio, Johnny B. Badd, & Brad Armstrong at around the 9-minute mark when Windham pinned Armstrong with the DDT; after the bout, Larry Zbyzsko interviewed Windham about the fact Ricky Steamboat and Dustin Rhodes, his two rivals, would now be competing for the US title later in the show
WCW World Champion Big Van Vader (w/ Harley Race) pinned Tim Dickson at 1:25 with the powerbomb; after the bout, Dickson was helped backstage by several other preliminary wrestlers; moments later, Teddy Long interviewed Ron Simmons backstage about his recent loss of the world title, the attack he sustained at the Clash of the Champions, and what was in store for Simmons in 1993, with Simmons saying he would do everything in his power to take the title back
The Wrecking Crew defeated Chris Sullivan & Keith Cole
Chris Benoit pinned Marcus Alexander Bagwell at 6:21 with the dragon suplex; after the bout, Larry Zbyzsko interviewed Benoit about his goals in WCW in which Benoit targetted 2 Cold Scorpio, Brad Armstrong, and Ricky Steamboat
Cactus Jack defeated Paul Orndorff via disqualification at 8:45 when WCW World Champion Big Van Vader, with Harley Race, attacked Cactus; after the bout, the Barbarian made the save for Cactus and helped clear the ring
WCW US Championship Tournament Finals: Dustin Rhodes defeated WCW/NWA Tag Team Champion Ricky Steamboat via count-out at 15:00 when, after the referee was knocked down from a collision, Barry Windham interfered and dropped Steamboat with a DDT on the floor; after the commercial break, Jim Ross showed Rhodes how the match ended and he said that’s not how he wanted to win the title and walked off to find Steamboat

1/11/93; Atlanta, GA; Center Stage Theatre
1/23/93 – featured Jim Ross & Larry Zbyszko on commentary; included Tony Schiavone conducting a backstage interview with Barry Windham regarding his interference in the previous week’s match for the WCW US Title between Dustin Rhodes and WCW/NWA Tag Team Champion Ricky Steamboat; Schiavone then announced NWA World Champion the Great Muta would defend against Windham at SuperBrawl III, with Windham saying he would leave SuperBrawl with the belt; featured Ross conducting an interview with Bill Watts in which Watts said Rick Rude did not want to hand over the WCW US Title but Rhodes would eventually be given that title belt; Ross then recapped footage from the previous week of how Windham’s interference led to Rhodes winning the title; included Ross hosting the SuperBrawl III Control Center recapping Vader’s challenge to Sting and Sting accepting during the Clash of the Champions; a video package then hyped the Muta vs. Windham match, with footage of Muta’s recent NWA Title win over Masahiro Chono in Tokyo, Japan; it was also announced SMW Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson would defend against the Wrecking Crew, followed by clips of Morton & Gibson against Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane from the June 1990 Clash of the Champions; Ross then said the stipulation for the Sting vs. Vader match would be announced the following week:
Johnny B. Badd & Marcus Alexander Bagwell defeated Scotty Flamingo & Bob Cook at 5:46 when Bagwell pinned Cook with a reversal into a backslide
Vinnie Vegas pinned Chad Byrd with Snake Eyes at 1:18
Chris Benoit pinned Johnny Rich with a dragon suplex at 3:55
The Wrecking Crew defeated the Italian Stallion & Larry Santo at 4:06 when Santo was pinned following the Wrecking Ball; prior to the bout, it was announced SMW Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson would be on hand to scout their SuperBrawl III opponents the following week; a promo from Morton & Gibson then aired to discuss being part of SuperBrawl; after the match, Larry Zbyszko conducted an interview with the Wrecking Crew regarding the WCW/NWA Tag Team Titles
Robbie V pinned Pat Rose with a split-legged moonsault at 5:57 (Robbie V’s debut) (Rob Van Dam: One of a Kind)
WCW World Champion Big Van Vader & Paul Orndorff defeated Tom Zenk & Johnny Gunn when Vader pinned Gunn with the powerbomb
Barry Windham defeated 2 Cold Scorpio
Cactus Jack & the Barbarian defeated Tex Slazenger & Shanghai Pierce when Cactus pinned Shanghai
WCW US Champion Dustin Rhodes fought Ricky Steamboat to a draw

1/25/93; Atlanta, GA; Center Stage Theatre
1/30/93 – featured Jim Ross & Larry Zbyszko on commentary; included Ross conducting an interview with WCW/NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Steamboat & Shane Douglas regarding the challenge of Steve Austin & Brian Pillman and Austin & Pillman bloodying Douglas at the Clash of the Champions; featured Tony Schiavone conducting a backstage interview with Maxx Payne; included the 2 Cold Scorpio music video; featured the SuperBrawl III “White Castle of Fear” mini movie; featured Ross conducting an interview with Steve Regal regarding his background, arrival to WCW, and wrestling the following week (Regal’s debut); included a promo by Michael Hayes, alongside Johnny Van Zant and Gary Rossington from Lynard Skynard, in which they said they were going to host a Slam Jam contest on The Main Event beginning the following week to recognize the best song from the Slam Jam album; featured Ross conducting an interview with Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson regarding their recent loss of the SMW Tag Team Championship to Stan Lane & Tom Prichard and their upcoming challenge of the Wrecking Crew at SuperBrawl III; included a segment of Up Close in which Tony Schiavone conducted a sit-down interview with Gordon Solie regarding WCW World Champion Big Van Vader, his top challenger Sting, and their upcoming strap match at SuperBrawl; moments later, it was announced Solie would take over the segment beginning next week and would have Cactus Jack as a guest; featured Schiavone conducting a backstage interview with Vader, Barry Windham, & Harley Race regarding facing Sting & WCW US Champion Dustin Rhodes later in the show; included a video package on the upcoming WCW TV Title tournament in two weeks in which it was announced Scott Steiner suffered an injury, didn’t defend the title, and left after his contract expired; former champions like Steve Austin, Dusty Rhodes, Tully Blanchard, and Mr. Wrestling #2 were then highlighted and it was noted it would be a 16-man tournament; featured Schiavone conducting a backstage interview with Sting & Rhodes regarding the main event; included footage of Vader and Paul Orndorff attacking the Barbarian during the Clash of the Champions:
Chris Benoit pinned Tom Zenk with the dragon suplex at 4:45
2 Cold Scorpio & Brad Armstrong defeated Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker & Ron Hagen at 2:49 when Armstrong pinned Hagen with the side Russian legsweep
Erik Watts & Marcus Alexander Bagwell defeated Scotty Flamingo & Rip Rogers at 1:20 when Rogers submitted to Watts’ STF after Bagwell knocked Flamingo to the floor
The Wrecking Crew defeated Rex Cooper & Rick Ryder at 1:57 following the Wrecking Ball; Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson were shown watching the match inside the arena during the contest
Maxx Payne defeated Johnny Gunn via submission with the armbar at 2:24
Paul Orndorff pinned the Barbarian at 5:20 with a knee to the back and back suplex into a bridge after Barbarian thought he had won the match
Sting & Dustin Rhodes defeated WCW World Champion Big Van Vader (w/ Harley Race) & Barry Windham via disqualification at 10:26 when Vader shoved referee Randy Anderson and, as Windham held Sting, Vader repeatedly whipped him with a leather strap; moments later, Marcus Alexander Bagwell, Brad Armstrong, Johnny Gunn, Tom Zenk, and others came ringside to tend to Sting and Rhodes on the floor

1/25/93; Atlanta, GA; Center Stage Theatre
2/6/93 – 90-minute episode; featured Jim Ross & Larry Zbyszko on commentary; included Tony Schiavone conducting a backstage interview with Barry Windham regarding his match later in the show against Sting and facing NWA World Champion the Great Muta at SuperBrawl III; featured a promo by Sting regarding the attack he sustained the previous week from WCW World Champion Big Van Vader and facing Vader at SuperBrawl III in a strap match, during which Sting noted he would face Vader the following afternoon at the Omni for the title; included a SuperBrawl III Control Center hosted by Eric Bischoff in which it was announced Ron Simmons would challenge WCW US Champion Dustin Rhodes, Cactus Jack would face Paul Orndorff in a falls count anywhere match, 2 Cold Scorpio would face Chris Benoit, and Davey Boy Smith would be part of the show; featured Schiavone conducting an interview with Erik Watts regarding the recent altercation between he and Arn Anderson at a Charlotte gas station, during which they reviewed the footage, noted Watts’ suspension had been lifted, and that Anderson’s career could be over; included a video package hyping the upcoming WCW TV Title Tournament in which the brackets were announced: Erik Watts vs. Johnny Gunn, Maxx Payne vs. Marcus Alexander Bagwell, Robbie Vee vs. Shanghai Pierce, and Vinnie Vegas vs. Van Hammer in the Ole Anderson Conference exclusive to Worldwide; the winner of that conference would meet the winner of the Mr. Wrestling II Conference on The Main Event: Orndorff vs. Scorpio, Tom Zenk vs. Cactus, Steve Regal vs. the Barbarian, and Benoit vs. Johnny B. Badd; featured Gordon Solie hosting a segment of WCW Up Close and conducting a sit-down interview with Cactus regarding his recent popularity with the fans and feud with Vader, Harley Race, and Orndorff and facing Orndorff at SuperBrawl; included Schiavone hosting a segment of WCW Up Close with guests Johnny Van Zant & Gary Rossington of Lynard Skynard in which they discussed their friendship with Michael Hayes, their new CD “Last Rebel” which would be released Feb. 15, Rossington’s upcoming pay-per-view concert from the Fox Theater in Atlanta, and their appearances on The Main Event discussing WCW’s Slam Jam CD; featured Schiavone conducting a backstage interview with Vader & Race regarding Vader’s match with Sting at SuperBrawl and whipping Sting the previous week with a leather strap:
Steve Austin & Brian Pillman defeated 2 Cold Scorpio & Johnny B. Badd at 6:10 when Pillman pinned Badd with a roll up and grabbing the tights for leverage after Austin punched Badd in the face from the floor
Steve Regal pinned Bob Cook at 1:56 with a tilt-a-whirl slam (Regal’s in-ring debut)
Ron Simmons pinned Mike Thor with the powerslam at 1:07; following the match, Jim Ross conducted an interview with WCW US Champion Dustin Rhodes regarding his upcoming title defense against Simmons at SuperBrawl III; moments later, Simmons appeared with the two wishing each other the best of luck
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated SMW Tag Team Champions Tom Prichard & Stan Lane (w/ Jim Cornette & Bobby Eaton) via disqualification in an impromptu non-title match at 6:12 when Eaton interfered as Morton had Prichard covered following the double dropkick; moments earlier, Cornette, Eaton, Lane & Prichard came through the crowd to interrupt Ross, with Cornette saying he was being ignored by Bill Watts; moments later, Watts came out with Cornette saying he walked out of WCW for problems smaller than Watts and said he and Lane walked out of WCW 2 years ago because the people running the company tried to make the Midnight Express look like a bunch of idiots; Cornette then ranted about how Lane & Prichard won the SMW Tag Team titles and had been feuding with Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson and was upset to see Morton & Gibson being promoted by WCW; Cornette then asked for a public apology for trying to make he and his men look stupid; Watts cut Cornette off and said he had been working alongside Bob Armstrong in SMW and had clearance to show the footage he showed; Watts then said Cornette and his men didn’t work for him so he couldn’t fine or fire them but the next time they interrupted his show they would be thrown in jail; Cornette then said Morton & Gibson should be thrown in jail because they killed the show’s rating the previous week; Morton & Gibson then confronted Cornette and his men, with Watts then proposing the two teams settle it in the ring then and there and called for a referee; some of Cornette’s comments were muted in post-production, including his threatening to sue Watts and WCW; after the contest, Gibson was thrown to the floor and Cornette, Eaton, Lane, & Prichard fought off several enhancement wrestlers while also assaulting Morton in the ring (Cornette & Lane’s surprise return after more than a 2-year absence; Prichard’s surprise debut; Morton’s in-ring return after a 6-month absence; Gibson’s in-ring return after an 18-month absence)
Maxx Payne defeated Brad Armstrong via submission with the Pain Killer at 1:24
Tom Zenk & Johnny Gunn (sub. for Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson) defeated Tex Slazenger & Shanghai Pierce via disqualification at 4:23 when Slazenger threw Zunk over the top rope; after the bout, Gunn was briefly double teamed before Zenk helped him clear the ring
Barry Windham defeated Sting via reverse decision; Sting originally won the match at 9:37 after using a leather strap, brought ringside late in the match by Harley Race, to hit a clothesline on Windham while the referee was knocked down; moments later, Sting used the strap to hang Windham over the top rope, with the referee then changing the call; moments later, WCW World Champion Big Van Vader came ringside to help Windham down as Sting used the strap to hold Vader off from getting in the ring

2/8/93; Atlanta, GA; Center Stage Theatre
2/13/93 – 1-hour episode; featured Jim Ross & Larry Zbyszko on commentary; included Tony Schiavone conducting a backstage interview with Barry Windham & Paul Orndorff regarding their match later in the night against WCW US Champion Dustin Rhodes & his mystery partner; featured Schiavone conducting a backstage interview with Rhodes, beside his mystery partner who had his face covered; included Ross speaking with Gordon Solie about the incident the previous week with Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson, Jim Cornette, Bobby Eaton, Tom Prichard & Stan Lane, the impromptu match that followed, and the fact Bob Armstrong – the commissioner of Smoky Mountain Wrestling – would make an announcement regarding the situation the following night on The Main Event; featured a SuperBrawl III Control Center hosted by Eric Bischoff in which it was announced Erik Watts & Marcus Alexander Bagwell would face Steve Austin & Brian Pillman and 2 Cold Scorpio would face Chris Benoit; included Ross conducting an interview with the Wrecking Crew regarding their match the following week against Tom Zenk & Johnny Gunn; featured the announcement 2 Cold Scorpio would face Paul Orndorff the following night on The Main Event in the WCW TV Title tournament; included a clip of Pillman attacking WCW/NWA Tag Team Champion Shane Douglas the previous week at the Omni:
WCW/NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Steamboat & Shane Douglas defeated Fred Avery & Joe Cruz at 1:36 when Steamboat pinned Cruz with the crossbody off the top
Rick Thames defeated WCW World Champion Big Van Vader (w/ Harley Race) via reverse decision; Vader originally won the match with the powerbomb at 1:09 but referee Nick Patrick changed the call after Race smeared paint on Thames’ face, with Vader then whipping Thames with a leather strap; moments later, two other referees came out to tend to Thames as Vader & Race left the ring
Marcus Alexander Bagwell defeated Steve Austin in a 10-minute time-limit challenge at 10:04; prior to the bout, Jim Ross conducted an interview with Austin & Brian Pillman regarding WCW/NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Steamboat & Shane Douglas and Pillman’s recent loss to Bagwell on Worldwide, during which Pillman guaranteed Austin would beat Bagwell in less than 10 minutes; Pillman provided guest commentary for the bout alongside Ross
Barry Windham & Paul Orndorff defeated WCW US Champion Dustin Rhodes & Cactus Jack (mystery partner) via disqualification at 10:42 when Cactus assaulted Orndorff with a shovel and cleared Windham from the ring
Tom Zenk & Johnny Gunn defeated Bob Cook & Ali Pasha at 2:00 when Gunn pinned Pasha with the Thesz Press; during the bout, it was announced WCW/NWA Tag Team Champion Ricky Steamboat would face Brian Pillman the next week in a lumberjack match

2/8/93; Atlanta, GA; Center Stage Theatre
2/20/93 – featured Jim Ross & Larry Zbyszko on commentary; included Ross conducting an opening interview with Bill Watts regarding the following night’s SuperBrawl III and the main event later in the show, during which Watts noted that Jim Cornette would have to name which two wrestlers from his trio of Bobby Eaton, SMW Tag Team Champions Stan Lane & Tom Prichard would compete at the pay-per-view and said the third man would be out of the picture; featured Ross conducting an interview with Sting, wearing a fur coat, regarding his match the following night against WCW World Champion Big Van Vader, during which Sting noted Vader breaking the back of Joe Thurman and breaking Sting’s ribs the previous year; included Tony Schiavone conducting a backstage interview with Maxx Payne, during which Payne said he would be at SuperBrawl to introduce someone by the name of Norma Jean; featured Ross conducting an interview with Paul Orndorff regarding his falls count anywhere match the following night at SuperBrawl against Cactus Jack; included a SuperBrawl III Control Center hosted by Eric Bischoff; featured Schiavone conducting a backstage interview with Steve Austin & Brian Pillman regarding the night’s main event, during which footage was shown of them attacking WCW/NWA Tag Team Champion Shane Douglas at the Omni Feb. 7, with Austin & Pillman then claiming Douglas was now the weak link and his injury is the reason the main event is a singles match and not a tag team bout; included a segment of WCW Up Close in which Gordon Solie conducted an outdoor interview with Barry Windham, on his motorcycle, regarding his match the following night at SuperBrawl III against NWA World Champion the Great Muta, during which Windham refused to talk about Ric Flair and discussed facing Muta at Starrcade’s Battlebowl; featured a closing segment recapping the confrontation between Sting and Vader earlier in the show (Ross’ last appearance; Watts’ last appearance):
2 Cold Scorpio, Marcus Alexander Bagwell, & Steve Regal defeated Scotty Flamingo, Tex Slazenger, & Shanghai Pierce when Scorpio pinned Flamingo at 10:38 with a modified splash off the top
Vinnie Vegas pinned Brad Anderson with the Snake Eyes at 3:23
Cactus Jack pinned Mustafa Saied at 1:50 after throwing Saied to the floor, hitting a legdrop, and pushing him back into the ring; Paul Orndorff provided guest commentary for the match alongside Jim Ross
Chris Sullivan defeated WCW World Champion Big Van Vader (w/ Harley Race) via reverse decision; Vader originally won the match with the powerbomb at 1:44 but referee Nick Patrick changed the call after Race smeared paint on Sullivan’s face and Vader repeatedly whipped Sullivan with a leather strap and whipping other enhancement wrestlers that tried to make the save; Vader eventually left the ring, with Sting then sliding in the ring, checking on Sullivan, and then climbing on the top rope to challenge Vader; Gary Michael Cappetta did not announce that the decision had been changed but the commentary team implied that it had been; following the commercial break, Jim Ross conducted an interview with Vader & Race regarding Vader’s match with Sting the following night at SuperBrawl
Maxx Payne defeated Keith Cole via submission with the Pain Killer at 3:05
The Wrecking Crew defeated Johnny Gunn & Tom Zenk at 10:32 when Fury pinned Gunn after Rage hit a botched elbow drop off the top behind the referee’s back and put his partner on top of Gunn before leaving the ring
WCW/NWA Tag Team Champion Ricky Steamboat pinned Brian Pillman in a lumberjack match at around the 25-minute mark with a roll up after Steve Austin interfered behind the referee’s back and accidentally dropped Pillman with a clothesline as the other lumberjacks fought on the floor; lumberjacks for the bout included Austin, Maxx Payne, Vinnie Vegas, Marcus Alexander Bagwell, 2 Cold Scorpio, WCW/NWA Tag Team Champion Shane Douglas, Tex Slazenger, Shanghai Pierce, Steve Regal, Keith Cole, Robbie V, Scotty Flamingo, and Cactus Jack; the match ended during the commercial break

2/23/93; Atlanta, GA; Center Stage Theatre
2/27/93 – two and a half hour episode; featured an opening segment in which Ric Flair came out of the crowd and stopped by the commentary team of Tony Schiavone & Jesse Ventura to say he would be back out later in the show (Flair’s return to Center Stage after a 2-year absence); included a backstage segment showing Flair and two crew members, with the crew members then holding Missy Hyatt away when she approached trying to get an interview with Flair; featured Schiavone conducting an interview with Flair, surrounded by security guards and women; moments later, Missy came out but was taken away by security, with Flair saying he would get up with her later; Flair then talked about being back in Atlanta, said it was no secret as to where he’s been or what he’s done, and that WCW was the premiere wrestling organization; Flair then said he wouldn’t comment on his plans but then listed the names of NWA World Champion Barry Windham, WCW US Champion Dustin Rhodes, and WCW World Champion Big Van Vader, implying he wanted one of their belts; included an ad promoting WCW Japan Supershow III, which would feature Rick & Scott Steiner vs. the Hellraisers as well as Sting, Ron Simmons, and WCW US Champion Dustin Rhodes; featured an update in the WCW TV Title tournament which highlighted Cactus Jack’s recent win over Tom Zenk and Maxx Payne’s win over Marcus Alexander Bagwell; included Schiavone conducted an interview with Arn Anderson in which he said he had been apathetic but Eric Watts made that part of him die at the gas station in Charlotte and then spoke highly of Flair, NWA World Champion Barry Windham, Steve Austin & Brian Pillman; Anderson then noted that the “eagle had flown the coop,” referring to Bill Watts, and Erik was left alone to deal with Anderson; Anderson then said he had a cramping in his hand and didn’t know if it meant anything or not, then held up the sign of the Four Horsemen (Anderson’s TV return after 2 months); featured the announcement that comments from Rick Rude would air the following week; included Schiavone conducting a closing interview with Vader, alongside Race, in which he bragged about his win over Sting at SuperBrawl III and responded to Smith’s challenge made to him earlier in the show; moments later, Race said Flair was the past and Vader is the present (the debut of Schiavone & Ventura as co-hosts):
Keith & Kent Cole defeated the Wrecking Crew at 8:13 when one of the Coles made the pin with a backslide after blocking the Wrecking Ball; after the bout, Jesse Ventura conducted an interview with the Coles regarding the upset
2 Cold Scorpio pinned Shanghai Pierce (w/ Tex Slazenger) at 4:55 with a modified legdrop off the top after Pierce collided with Slazenger on the ring apron
Johnny B. Badd pinned Mustafa Saied by sitting on him after hitting the left hand punch at 2:09; during the bout, the commentary team noted Badd’s right arm was taped after sustaining an injury at the hands of Maxx Payne
Brian Pillman & Steve Austin defeated Tom Zenk & Johnny Gunn when Austin pinned Zenk at 13:43 after Pillman hit a clothesline off the top behind the referee’s back as Zenk had Austin covered with a roll up
Davey Boy Smith pinned Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker at 3:33 with the running powerslam; during the bout, the commentary team discussed the upcoming “sold out” UK tour beginning March 11, with Jesse Ventura stating 90,000 people would be seeing WCW at Wembley Stadium; after the match, Tony Schiavone interviewed Smith at ringside, during which Smith called WCW the mecca of wrestling and said he wanted a shot at WCW World Champion Big Van Vader; Smith did not use “Hail Britania” as his theme song for the match (Smith’s Center Stage debut)
Marcus Alexander Bagwell pinned Mike Thor with the fisherman suplex at 3:29; during the bout, it was announced Jesse Ventura would be part of the following night’s Main Event, WCW/NWA Tag Team Champion Ricky Steamboat would face NWA World Champion Barry Windham, and Johnny B. Badd would face Chris Benoit in the WCW TV Title tournament
Maxx Payne defeated TC Carter via submission with the Pain Killer at 2:11; following the bout, Schiavone conducted a ringside interview with Payne in which he referred to Ric Flair’s comments earlier in the show and said Flair should be concerned with him too, noting the injury he gave Johnny B. Badd
WCW US Champion Dustin Rhodes pinned Bill Irwin at 3:00 following a botched bulldog; during the bout, Paul Orndorff joined the commentary team and claimed Rhodes was avoiding him; after the contest, Orndorff grabbed a mic and questioned why Rhodes wouldn’t put the title up against him; Rhodes replied by saying he would defend against Orndorff at any time and at any place, then called him “Paula”
Van Hammer pinned Bobby Baker with the slingshot suplex at 4:24
Vinnie Vegas & Big Sky defeated Terry Travis & TC McCoy at 4:42 when Vegas pinned Travis with Snake Eyes after Sky hit a Samoan Drop; during the bout, it was announced Arn Anderson was in the building and would be interviewed later in the broadcast
The Barbarian pinned Rip Rogers with the boot to the face at 5:32
Steve Regal & Erik Watts defeated Chris Sullivan & Bob Cook at 9:08 when Sullivan submitted to Watts’ STF; during the bout, Watts received several chants of “Erik sucks” and “Daddy’s boy” from the crowd
NWA World Champion Barry Windham pinned Brad Armstrong at 7:17 with the jumping DDT after avoiding the side Russian legsweep by grabbing the ring rope

3/2/93; Macon, GA; Coliseum
3/6/93 – featured Tony Schiavone conducting a podium interview with Missy Hyatt in which she said she was tired of being an announcer and was looking for a few wrestlers to take to the top; Missy then said she was going to find Ric Flair backstage because there was something she had to tell him privately; included an ad promoting the WCW/Japan Supershow III, which would begin airing on pay-per-view the following day; featured a promo by Rick Rude regarding his injury, loss of the WCW US Title, and that he was targetting current champion Dustin Rhodes; included Schiavone conducting a podium interview with Ric Flair regarding his return to WCW, during which Missy Hyatt appeared early on and was held back by Flair’s security, with Flair saying he would get up with her later in the night; moments later, Flair made mention of Rhodes, WCW World Champion Big Van Vader, and NWA World Champion Barry Windham all held belts but he didn’t; Arn Anderson then came out, hugged Flair, and said he was healing up nicely from his knee injury and was targetting Erik Watts now that Bill Watts was no longer in the picture and Erik had no political clout; Anderson then said his hands had recently started cramping up on him and then raised the four fingers, signifying the Four Horsemen:
2 Cold Scorpio & Marcus Alexander Bagwell defeated Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker & Bob Cook at 5:09 when Bagwell pinned Parker with the fisherman suplex
Davey Boy Smith pinned the Masked Wrecker with the running powerslam at 1:45
WCW/NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Steamboat & Shane Douglas defeated Vinnie Vegas & Big Sky via disqualification in a non-title match at 12:37 when Steve Austin & Brian Pillman ran out and attacked the champions as Steamboat attempted the crossbody off the top on Vegas; moments later, Steamboat grabbed a chair from ringside and chased Austin & Pillman backstage
Maxx Payne defeated Rick Hardrock via submission with the Pain Killer at 1:32
Johnny B. Badd pinned Danny Deitz with the Tutti Frutti at 1:39; after the bout, Badd put a lips sticker on Dietz’s face
The Wrecking Crew defeated Dave Hart & Mick Keeber at the 49-second mark when Hart was pinned following the Wrecking Ball; after the bout, the Wrecking Crew grabbed the mic and cut a promo on Keith & Kent Cole regarding their loss to them previous week, during which they challenged the Coles to a match; moments later, Grizzly Smith appeared to hear the Wrecking Crew’s comments; the Coles then ran out and began fighting with the Crew, leading into an impromptu match
Keith & Kent Cole defeated the Wrecking Crew at around the 4-minute mark in an impromptu match after the Coles switched places behind the referee’s back and scored the pin with an inside cradle
WCW US Champion Dustin Rhodes pinned Rip Rogers with the bulldog at 5:04; during the bout, it was announced Cactus Jack would face WCW World Champion Big Van Vader and, in the WCW TV Title tournament, Steven Regal would face the Barbarian the following night on The Main Event; after the match, Tony Schiavone conducted a podium interview with Rhodes regarding the challenges of Rick Rude and Paul Orndorff; moments later, Orndorff interrupted, said Rhodes was a coward, and that he would take the US title; Rhodes then called Orndorff “Paula” and went backstage, with Orndorff throwing his robe down in anger
Paul Orndorff pinned Larry Santo with the piledriver at 2:31
Sting defeated Bruiser Mastino (Glen Jacobs) via submission with the Scorpion Deathlock at 2:56 following the Stinger Splash; following the match, Tony Schiavone conducted an in-ring interview with Sting

3/8/93; Atlanta, GA; Center Stage Theatre
3/13/93 – included a backstage segment in which Missy Hyatt tried to convince Larry Zbyzsko to get her into Ric Flair’s dressing room because she needed to speak with him; featured Tony Schiavone interviewing the returning Rick Rude about Dustin Rhodes being the new WCW US Champion; Rude made mention that Paul Orndorff offered him a title shot should he be successful in taking the US title but said that wasn’t enough because he wanted to make Rhodes suffer; Rude then said he would make his in-ring return the following week; included Schiavone interviewing Ric Flair and Arn Anderson, surrounded by two security guards, in which Anderson said the man he was a year ago is dead and he was reborn as the man he was in 1985 when he was first starting out; Flair then said Erik Watts’ career was about to be over and then gave the 4 Horsemen hand sign:
Ricky Steamboat & Shane Douglas defeated Chic Donovan & the Masked Wrecker at 8:09 when Douglas pinned the Wrecker after being press slammed onto his opponent by Steamboat; during the bout, it was announced the champions had recently lost the titles to Steve Austin & Brian Pillman
Vinnie Vegas pinned Danny Dees at 2:18 with the Snake Eyes
NWA World Champion Barry Windham pinned Johnny Gunn at 6:46 with the DDT after Gunn fell throat-first across the top rope; after the bout, Tony Schiavone attempted to interview Windham at ringside about Ric Flair’s appearance at SuperBrawl but Windham walked off
2 Cold Scorpio & Marcus Alexander Bagwell defeated Pat Rose & JD Wolff at 5:21 when Bagwell pinned Wolff with a fisherman’s suplex
Davey Boy Smith pinned Tony Vincent at 2:33 with the running powerslam; after the bout, Tony Schiavone interviewed Smith at ringside about the challenge he recently made to WCW World Champion Big Van Vader
Tex Slazenger & Shanghai Pierce defeated Bobby Baker & Scott McKeefer at 1:15 when Slazenger scored the pin following the reverse DDT; after the bout, Slazenger grabbed the mic and made a challenge to the Cole Twins; moments later, Grizzly Smith came out and said they could have the Cole brothers for 5 minutes, with the Coles then coming out and clearing Tex & Shanghai from the ring
Keith & Kent Cole defeated Tex Slazenger & Shanghai Pierce when Pierce was pinned following a double dropkick at around the 3:30 mark; after the bout, the Coles avoided an attack from the Wrecking Crew, Tex & Shanghai
Maxx Payne defeated TC Carter at 2:01 via submission with the Pain Killer; during the bout, Tony Schiavone announced that WCW’s next pay-per-view would be Slamboree in May and that several cities were vying to host the event
WCW World Champion Big Van Vader (w/ Harley Race) pinned Dave Hart at 2:45 with the powerbomb
The Bruise Brothers defeated Brad Anderson & Terry Bronson at 7:49 when Bronson was pinned following the double sidewalk slam; following the bout, Jesse Ventura interviewed the Bruise Brothers at ringside about facing the Cole Twins in the near future (the debut of the Bruise Brothers)
Paul Orndorff defeated WCW US Champion Dustin Rhodes via disqualification at around the 17-minute mark when Rhodes threw the challenger head-first into the steel ring post; after the bout, Rick Rude – who joined the commentary team mid-way through the bout – got in the ring, grabbed the mic, and challenged Rhodes to face him then and there; Rhodes was held back by officials on the floor as the show came to a close

3/19/93; Atlanta, GA; Center Stage Theatre
3/20/93 – featured an opening segment recapping the Rick Rude / Dustin Rhodes confrontation which closed the previous week’s show; included Tony Schiavone interviewing Ric Flair, during which Flair said he would be speaking with Eric Bischoff the following day on The Main Event about Barry Windham and the NWA World Title; featured Schiavone interviewing WCW US Champion Dustin Rhodes about the challenges of Rick Rude and Paul Orndorff:
Rick Rude pinned TC McCoy at 2:24 with the Rude Awakening; Rude, still wearing his robe, attacked McCoy immediately upon entering the ring instead of cutting his usual in-ring promo (Rude’s in-ring return after a 3-month absence)
The Bruise Brothers defeated two unknowns following the double sidewalk slam
NWA World Champion Barry Windham pinned Mike Winner at 7:12 with the DDT; during the bout, Schiavone and Jesse Ventura discussed some of the cities vying to host Slamboree, including Baltimore, Chicago, Toronto, New York City, and Tokyo; after the match, Schiavone apologized to Windham about upsetting him the week before when he mentioned Ric Flair’s name but when he again said the fans wanted to know what Windham thought about Flair’s return Windham again walked off
Tex Slazenger & Shanghai Pierce defeated Tommy Angel & Chris Sullivan at 7:46 when Slazenger pinned Sullivan with the reverse DDT; during the match, Schiavone mentioned Ventura was filming a movie with Sylvester Stallone and Wesley Snipes called Demolition Man but when asked what it was about Ventura said it was a secret
Cactus Jack pinned Rip Rogers at 8:23 with the double arm DDT
Maxx Payne defeated Ronnie Hagen via submission with the Pain Killer; during the bout, Schiavone said tickets would go on sale March 23 for WCW’s upcoming card at The Paramount at Madison Square Garden; after the match, Schiavone interviewed Payne at ringside
Big Sky (w/ Vinnie Vegas) pinned Van Hammer at 8:22 after hitting him with a foreign object given to him by Vegas
Keith & Kent Cole defeated JD Wolf & Tony Vincent at 4:19 following a double dropkick; following the bout, Jesse Ventura conducted a ringside interview with the Coles about the fact they have a new fan club
Vinnie Vegas defeated Rex Cooper
Johnny B. Badd defeated Fred Avery
WCW World Champion Big Van Vader defeated Tom Dixon

3/23/93; Atlanta, GA; Center Stage Theatre
3/27/93 – 1-hour episode; featured footage from England of Michael Hayes conducting an interview with Davey Boy Smith regarding WCW World Champion Big Van Vader, followed by comments from English fans who said Smith would take the title; included the music video of Maxx Payne’s “Norma Jean’s Blues;” included Tony Schiavone conducting an interview with Ric Flair and Arn Anderson, with Flair saying he would get back in the ring when he’s good and ready; moments later, Anderson noted he would make his return to the ring the following week:
2 Cold Scorpio & Marcus Alexander Bagwell defeated Paul Lee & Rip Rogers
Ron Simmons defeated Sam Cody
Steve Regal pinned Mike Moon with a butterfly suplex at 2:57
WCW/NWA Tag Team Champions Steve Austin & Brian Pillman defeated Tommy Angel & Mike Winner at 7:42 when Pillman pinned Angel following the Atomic Blonde double splash off the top; during the bout, it was announced footage of how Austin & Pillman won the belts from Ricky Steamboat & Shane Douglas would air the following week (Austin & Pillman’s debut as the Hollywood Blondes)
Van Hammer pinned TJ Maverick with the slingshot suplex at 2:23; during the bout, it was announced Sting would be part of the following week’s show
Rick Rude pinned Vic Bell with the Rude Awakening at 1:40; after the bout, Tony Schiavone conducted a ringside interview with Rude in which Rude said he would take apart the likes of Ric Flair, NWA World Champion Barry Windham, Kensuke Sasaki, WCW World Champion Big Van Vader, WCW US Champion Dustin Rhodes, and anyone else that got in his way to prove that he was the alpha and the omega of WCW
Davey Boy Smith pinned Vinnie Vegas at 7:58 with the running powerslam after Vegas missed a charge in the corner; Eric Bischoff & Larry Zbyzsko provided commentary for the match (3/13/93; Manchester, England)
WCW TV Champion Paul Orndorff pinned Robbie V with the piledriver at 6:23; prior to the bout, Schiavone conducted an interview with WCW US Champion Dustin Rhodes regarding Rick Rude and Orndorff; Rhodes stuck around to provided guest commentary for the match; during the bout, it was mentioned that the host city for Slamboree would be announced the following night on The Main Event; after the match, Rhodes led the crowd in a chant of “Paula”

3/23/93; Atlanta, GA; Center Stage Theatre
4/3/93 – featured an opening segment in which Ric Flair and several women were shown on the road in a limo; included Tony Schiavone & Jesse Ventura on commentary; featured footage of Steve Austin & Brian Pillman beating WCW/NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Steamboat & Shane Douglas to win the titles during Worldwide; included Schiavone conducting an interview with Austin & Pillman regarding their title win; featured Ventura conducting an interview with Kent & Keith Cole regarding the fact they now have a fan club; included Schiavone conducting an interview with Missy Hyatt in which she stole the mic away and pleaded with Flair to let her talk to him because she had something to tell him that would change his life:
Ron Simmons pinned JD Wolff with the sidewalk slam at 2:19
Paul Orndorff pinned the Italian Stallion with the piledriver at 7:29
Johnny B. Badd pinned Paul Lee with a sunset flip off the top at 2:30; following the bout, Tony Schiavone conducted an interview with Badd in which he said he had his sights on Barry Windham’s NWA World Title
Vinnie Vegas pinned Rob Morgan with Snake Eyes at 3:52
The Wrecking Crew defeated Erik Watts & Brad Armstrong at 10:45 when Fury pinned Armstrong after Rage hit an elbow drop behind the referee’s back as Armstrong had Fury covered following the Russian leg sweep; during the bout, Schiavone & Jesse Ventura subtly spoke about Bill Watts leaving WCW in regards to what that means for Erik
Cactus Jack pinned Tex Slazenger (w/ Shanghai Pierce) at 9:07 after using Slazenger’s own bullrope to hit a clothesline behind the referee’s back
Sting defeated Mike Thor via submission with the Scorpion Deathlock at 2:34; during the bout, it was noted Sting recently won the WCW World Title in London, England and lost it in Dublin, Ireland; after the bout, Schiavone conducted a ringside interview with Sting about the fans
Ricky Steamboat & Shane Douglas defeated Bob Cook & Randy Sledge at 6:28 when Steamboat pinned Sledge with the crossbody off the top
NWA World Champion Barry Windham pinned Joey Maggs with the DDT at 2:26; after the bout, Ventura conducted a ringside interview with Windham regarding his title win at SuperBrawl III, during which Windham noted Ricky Steamboat, WCW US Champion Dustin Rhodes, and Johnny B. Badd as his top challengers; the moment Ventura brought up the name of Ric Flair, Windham walked away
Rick Rude pinned Danny Dees with the Rude Awakening at 1:53
Arn Anderson pinned Rex Cooper with the spinebuster at 2:13; after the bout, Schiavone conducted a ringside interview with Ric Flair and Anderson, during which Flair hinted that the Horsemen would be part of Slamboree; moments later, Anderson held up Flair’s boots and said the fans had waited long enough and Flair had to get back in the ring; Flair then said the time wasn’t right and he wasn’t ready, with Anderson saying heads were going to roll when Flair was ready (Anderson’s return match after a 4-month absence)

4/6/93; Atlanta, GA; Center Stage Theatre
4/10/93 – 1-hour episode – included the announcement Slamboree 93 would be held May 23 at the Omni in Atlanta; featured Tony Schiavone conducting a ringside interview with Arn Anderson regarding his match the following night on The Main Event against Erik Watts; moments later, Anderson noted NWA World Champion Barry Windham snubbing Ric Flair and the Four Horsemen; Anderson then said he aimed to get a shot at Windham and Windham wouldn’t snub him then; included the announcement that Missy Hyatt would speak with Flair the following night on The Main Event; featured a promo by Dusty Rhodes regarding Slamboree, during which he announced Gene Kiniski, Wahoo McDaniel, and Mr. Wrestling #2 would appear at the show; included Schiavone conducting an interview with WCW World Champion Big Van Vader & Harley Race regarding the comments and challenge made earlier in the show by Cactus Jack, with Vader accepting Cactus’ challenge and saying he would embarass him the following week:
WCW TV Champion Paul Orndorff pinned Joey Maggs with the piledriver at 4:01; prior to the bout, Maggs wore a “Paula” t-shirt; during the contest, Orndorff left the ring to join Tony Schiavone & Jesse Ventura on commentary and protest the t-shirts and banners mocking him; Grizzly Smith appeared after Orndorff threatened not to wrestle and said Orndorff would be fined if he didn’t wrestle as he initially agreed to do
Cactus Jack pinned Shanghai Pierce (w/ Tex Slazenger) at 5:03 with the double arm DDT after sending Pierce head-first into his own bullrope bell hung up in the corner; prior to the match, Cactus came out with two of his foam guns, which he then threw out to the crowd; footage then aired from the previous week when Shanghai attacked him during his match with Slazenger; after the bout, Tony Schiavone conducted a ringside interview with Cactus in which he targetted WCW World Champion Big Van Vader and challenged Vader to a title shot the following week
Matt Payne defeated Ronnie Hagen via submission with the Pain Killer at 1:21; during Payne’s entrance, clips of him playing guitar were shown
Rick Rude pinned Dale Diamond with the Rude Awakening at 1:02; during the bout, Rude cut an insert promo on WCW US Champion Dustin Rhodes
Chris Benoit & Bobby Eaton defeated Tom Zenk & Johnny Gunn at 2:57 when Benoit pinned Gunn after Eaton hit the Alabama Jam behind the referee’s back as Gunn had Benoit covered following a bodyslam; late in the match, NWA World Champion Barry Windham joined the commentary team and responded to comments made earlier in the show by Arn Anderson, with Windham saying Anderson was always the bridesmaid, never the bride; following the match, Jesse Ventura went backstage to find out what was going on between Windham and the Horsemen (Benoit & Eaton’s debut as a team)
2 Cold Scorpio & Marcus Alexander Bagwell defeated the Wrecking Crew at 8:55 when Scorpio pinned Fury with the 450 splash after Rage accidentally hit his partner; early in the match, Ventura returned to commentary and said Windham did not want to be a Horseman again; during the bout, Keith & Kent Cole appeared ringside to scout the Wrecking Crew; after the bout, Schiavone interviewed Scorpio & Bagwell and the Coles at ringside until Windham interrupted and called out Arn Anderson; moments later, Anderson came up behind Windham, with the two then brawling in the ring until Windham escaped to the floor

4/6/93; Atlanta, GA; Center Stage Theatre
4/17/93 – included Tony Schiavone & Jesse Ventura on commentary; featured an ad for the Slamboree 93 Slamstakes in which the winner would be able to attend four tickets to Slamboree and the Slamboree weekend festivities; included Schiavone conducting an interview with WCW US Champion Dustin Rhodes regarding his shoulder injury and the challenges of Rick Rude and WCW TV Champion Paul Orndorff; moments later, Rhodes brought Steve Regal into the camera view; Regal then said he spoke with Davey Boy Smith recently and Smith said he was looking forward to coming back to WCW and had his sights set on WCW World Champion Big Van Vader; featured comments from Dusty Rhodes regarding the Slam Meet, Slam Feast, and Slamboree in which Rhodes announced Johnny Valentine, Don Muraco, and Lou Thesz would be part of Slamboree; Rhodes said the following week’s segment would be hosted by the Assassin:
Ron Simmons & Van Hammer defeated Tex Slazenger & Shanghai Pierce via disqualification at 9:05 when Slazenger & Pierce used their bullrope to hit a clothesline on Hammer; after the bout, Simmons made the save and cleared the ring; moments later, it appeared as though Hammer shoved Simmons away as Simmons went to check on his partner; the shove wasn’t mentioned by the commentary team
Johnny B. Badd pinned Todd Zane at 2:54 by sitting on Zane after hitting the left hand punch; after the bout, Badd put a lip sticker on Zane’s face
Scott Norton pinned Scott McKeever at 1:08 by putting his hand on McKeever’s face following a clothesline; after the bout, Tony Schiavone conducted a ringside interview with Norton in which Norton said he was after respect (Norton’s debut)
Arn Anderson pinned Chick Donovan with the spinebuster at 4:24; after the bout, Schiavone conducted a ringside interview with Anderson and Ric Flair regarding the previous week’s incident between Anderson and NWA World Champion Barry Windham, during which Anderson said it was his time to take the spotlight and take Windham’s world title
WCW TV Champion Paul Orndorff pinned Gunner with the piledriver at 4:38; prior to the bout, Orndorff cut a pre-taped promo on being the new TV champion and the crowds’ chants of “Paula”
Steve Regal pinned Bobby Baker with the butterfly suplex at 2:56; several fans chanted “boring” throughout the bout
WCW/NWA Tag Team Champions Steve Austin & Brian Pillman defeated Chris Sullivan & the Italian Stallion at 5:58 when Pillman pinned Sullivan following a dropkick to the face as Austin held Sullivan over his shoulder; during the bout, Jesse Ventura noted he was filming a movie with Sylvester Stallone and Wesley Snipes and that Austin & Pillman stopped by the set the previous week
Keith & Kent Cole defeated Bob Cook & Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker at 7:03 when Cook was pinned following a crossbody; during the bout, 2 Cold Scorpio & Marcus Alexander Bagwell briefly appeared ringside to watch the Coles in action; after the match, the Coles, 2 Cold, and Bagwell danced in the ring to Scorpio’s theme song
NWA World Champion Barry Windham pinned Tommy Angel with the DDT at 4:51; prior to the bout, footage was shown of Windham’s brawl with Arn Anderson the previous week; after the match, Jesse Ventura conducted a ringside interview with Windham in which Windham said Anderson was the low man on the totem pole when it came to the Horsemen; when Ventura brought up the name of Ric Flair, Windham walked off
Cactus Jack defeated WCW World Champion Big Van Vader (w/ Harley Race) via count-out at 13:28 when Vader hit the steel barrier chest-first and Cactus followed with a somersault splash from the apron to the floor; prior to the match, it was announced there would be no episode of The Main Event the following night; after the bout, Vader threw around the barrier in anger; following the commercial break, Schiavone conducted an interview with Vader, alongside Race, in which Vader challenged Cactus to a rematch and said it could be anywhere and WCW didn’t have to sanction it; he then said he wanted Cactus the following week with Race saying Cactus just started a war that he wouldn’t survive; Vader continued to throw around the steel barrier as the show came to a close (Mick Foley’s Greatest Hits & Misses)

4/93; Atlanta, GA; Center Stage Theatre
4/24/93:
2 Cold Scorpio & Marcus Alexander Bagwell vs. Tony Vincent & Paul Lee
Ricky Steamboat vs. Wrecking Crew Fury
Rick Rude vs. Ben Jordan
Erik Watts vs. Bobby Eaton
Ron Simmons pinned WCW TV Champion Paul Orndorff with a roll up at 10:32 after WCW US Champion Dustin Rhodes came ringside and pushed Orndorff back into the ring; the title was only on the line for the first 10 minutes of the contest
Scott Norton vs. Johnny Gunn
WCW/NWA Tag Team Champions Steve Austin & Brian Pillman vs. Joey Maggs & Larry Santo
Cactus Jack vs. WCW World Champion Big Van Vader (w/ Harley Race)

4/27/93; Atlanta, GA; Center Stage Theatre
5/1/93 – featured WCW TV Champion Paul Orndorff coming out to complain that the TV title should only be up for grabs for the first 10 minutes of his matches and he shouldn’t have to face Ron Simmons later in the night in a match where the title was up for 15 minutes; included a Slamboree control center with Eric Bischoff & Gordon Solie in which it was announced Verne Gagne, Greg Gagne, Jim Brunzell, and Nick Bockwinkel would be part of the show; a video package then aired highlighting Bockwinkel’s career in the AWA; it was then noted WCW/NWA Tag Team Champions Steve Austin & Brian Pillman would defend against Ricky Steamboat & Shane Douglas in a steel cage match, 2 Cold Scorpio & Marcus Alexander Bagwell would face Bobby Eaton & Chris Benoit, and Sting would face an opponent yet to be named; featured a look at the previous week’s injury to Cactus Jack at the hands of WCW World Champion Big Van Vader, after which Cactus was loaded into an ambulance waiting outside and Harley Race was shown taking Cactus’ bag; included Schiavone conducting a backstage interview with the WCW trainer Chuck Tachet regarding Cactus’ injury, with Tachet saying Cactus suffered a concussion and that was all he knew; featured a promo by the Assassin regarding Slamboree, during which he targetted Dusty Rhodes and said Ole Anderson would be in the show the following week with more on Slamboree; included the debut episode of “Flair for the Gold” in which Ric Flair introduced Fifi and brought out Vader & Harley Race as his guests; moments later, Vader took Fifi’s food tray and cut a promo on facing Davey Boy Smith at Slamboree, then noted he injured Nikita Koloff, Ron Simmons, Sting, Cactus, and Joe Thurman; Vader then asked Fifi who the man was, with Fifi saying it was Flair; Vader then challenged Flair to a match, with Race saying the interview was over; Flair then said NWA World Champion Barry Windham would be his guest the following week and that he would throw a big party for him; featured Schiavone introducing Blackjack Mulligan to co-host the remainder of the show; moments later, backstage footage was shown of Taschet tending to WCW US Champion Dustin Rhodes’ injured shoulder as his father stood beside him:
The Blackhearts defeated Dave Hart & Mike Winner at 3:21 when Hart was pinned following a powerbomb off the middle turnbuckle / elbow drop double team (the Blackhearts’ debut)
The Junkyard Dog & Jim Neidhart defeated Chic Donovan & Rip Rogers at 4:20 when Donovan submitted to Neidhart’s Anvilizer cobra clutch after sustaining JYD’s powerslam; during the bout, Dick Slater came out to watch the match
WCW/NWA Tag Team Champions Steve Austin & Brian Pillman defeated the Italian Stallion & Rex Cooper at 3:19 when Pillman pinned Cooper following the Atomic Blondes double splash off the top; during the bout, Tony Schiavone announced Blackjack Mulligan would join the commentary team in the second hour; early in the match, Austin & Pillman cut an insert promo in which they said they had already beaten and humiliated Ricky Steamboat & Shane Douglas and shouldn’t have to face them again
Scott Norton pinned Tom Zenk at 1:21 with a powerslam; prior to the bout, Jesse Ventura conducted a ringside interview with Norton in which he said he was in WCW to get respect; moments later, a man wearing a white suit walked by, introduced himself as Col. Rob Parker, and gave Ventura a Cuban cigar; following the commercial break, Schiavone conducted an interview with Parker in which Parker said he was a relative of Col. Tom Parker and that he was in WCW to promote the biggest star of all time; Parker then said he would be back the following week with someone’s contract (Parker’s surprise debut)
NWA World Champion Barry Windham pinned Pez Whatley at 4:12 with the DDT; during the bout, Ventura said he had to fly out to Los Angeles to film another scene of “Demolition Man,” as an excuse not to have to be around Blackjack Mulligan later in the show
The Wrecking Crew, Tex Slazenger & Shanghai Pierce defeated 2 Cold Scorpio & Marcus Alexander Bagwell, Keith & Kent Cole via disqualification at 10:47 when one of the Coles hit Slazenger with his own bullrope after Slazenger attempted to use it as a weapon
WCW TV Champion Paul Orndorff defeated Ron Simmons via reverse decision at 15:11; the time limit was extended from 10 minutes to 15 minutes for the match; during the bout, WCW US Champion Dustin Rhodes & Dusty Rhodes were shown watching the match backstage; later in the contest, the training room was shown empty and the training table was shown knocked over; Simmons originally won the match and title at 15:11 after hitting Orndorff with his own foreign object after Orndorff tried to use it; after the pinfall, referee Nick Patrick noticed the weapon still in Simmons’ hand and changed the call
WCW US Champion Dustin Rhodes fought an unknown to a no contest when Rhodes failed to appear; moments later, Rick Rude, wearing a suit, walked out and said there had been an altercation backstage; as Rude was speaking with Schiavone, Rhodes – his shoulder heavily taped – ran out, past Marcus Alexander Bagwell, 2 Cold Scorpio, and the Cole Twins who tried to hold him back, and slid in the ring to challenge Rude; Dusty Rhodes then came out to hold Dustin back in the ring as Rude said the disease and the spread of the disease were in the ring together; Dustin then came out to the floor and brawled with Rude as security and other wrestlers tried to break up the fight while the broadcast ended

5/3/93; Atlanta, GA; Center Stage Theatre
5/8/93:
WCW US Champion Dustin Rhodes vs. Tex Slazenger
Keith & Kent Cole vs. Mustafa Saed & Tony Vincent
Van Hammer vs. Wrecking Crew Rage
Davey Boy Smith defeated Wrecking Crew Fury
The Blackhearts vs. Joey Maggs & Scott Allen
Jim Neidhart vs. Shanghai Pierce
WCW/NWA Tag Team Champions Steve Austin & Brian Pillman vs. Joe Cruz & Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker
Johnny B. Badd vs. Maxx Payne

5/3/93; Atlanta, GA; Center Stage Theatre
5/15/93 – 60-minute episode; featured Tony Schiavone & Larry Zbyszko, subbing for Jesse Ventura who was filming “Demolition Man,” on commentary; included Schiavone conducting an interview with Davey Boy Smith regarding his match the following week at Slamboree against WCW World Champion Big Van Vader, during which Smith said he was remembering Sting, Ron Simmons, Joe Thurman, and Cactus Jack who were all injured at the hands of Vader; featured footage of the WCW US Champion Dustin Rhodes vs. Rick Rude match from Worldwide in which Rude was announced as the new champion and left with the title belt; included a clip from the following week’s interview with Sylvester Stallone and Jesse Ventura; featured a Slamboree Control Center hosted by Eric Bischoff & Gordon Solie in which it was announced Sting would face Scott Norton, Dustin Rhodes & Kensuke Sasaki would face Rick Rude & Paul Orndorff, and that Grizzly Smith, Barry Owens, Bob Armstrong, and Ole Anderson would be part of the event; Solie then recapped the career of Mr. Wrestling II before showing footage of him facing Gene Lewis at the WTBS Studios years earlier; it was noted during the segment that Sasaki was injured and might not be able to compete at the show; included a promo by Thunderbolt Patterson regarding the following week’s Slamboree; featured WCW/NWA Tag Team Champions Steve Austin & Brian Pillman as guests of “Flair for the Gold;” before they were introduced, Missy Hyatt came in yelling at Flair & Arn Anderson, with Fifi dusting Missy before she eventually threw her shoes at Flair and stormed off; Austin & Pillman were then introduced, with Austin praising the praising the set and called Anderson a statue; moments later, Pillman asked Flair for his autograph for his grandmother; the champions then made fun of the Four Horsemen, noting they wouldn’t stand a chance if the group was around today; Flair then brought up their upcoming steel cage defense against Ricky Steamboat & Shane Douglas, with Pillman saying they were flying in all the old washed up has-been wrestlers to have a warm meal and expected Anderson to be first in line; Anderson then confronted Austin & Pillman, with Flair then trying to calm the three down before Austin continued to goad him; Flair began to take off his jacket and jewelry before running the champions off the set; included Schiavone conducting an interview with Austin & Pillman regarding their appearance on the show and their recent non-title loss to Steamboat & Douglas dressed as Dos Hombres, during which it was announced Austin & Pillman would face Dos Hombres in a rematch the following night on The Main Event:
Maxx Payne defeated an unknown via submission with the Pain Killer at the 52-second mark
Keith & Kent Cole defeated the Blackhearts via disqualification at 4:17 when one of the Coles was thrown over the top rope; after the bout, the Coles cleared the ring of their opponents
Van Hammer pinned an unknown with the slingshot suplex at 1:10; after the bout, Tony Schiavone conducted a ringside interview with Col. Rob Parker, with a gourney beside him, with Hammer interrupting and saying it was bad taste to have a gourney out mere weeks after Cactus Jack was taken out on a stretcher; Parker then said the gourney was for him, not Cactus, with Hammer threaning to send Parker out on it instead; after Hammer left, Parker said he called Elvis after the previous week’s altercation with Hammer and Elvis told him to go home to Memphis; Parker then said he found a man he would bring to WCW and it was the greatest star of all
Arn Anderson pinned Bobby Eaton with the spinebuster at 4:33; after the bout, NWA World Champion Barry Windham drove ringside on a motorcycle for an interview with Tony Schiavone; moments later, Windham agreed to finally speak about Ric Flair, with Windham saying Flair was the top name at one time and now it was Windham’s time; Windham said Flair was looking to reunite the Horsemen but the only thing Windham cared about was the NWA title and he wasn’t giving it up to Anderson

5/18/93; Atlanta, GA; Center Stage Theatre
5/22/93 – featured Eric Bischoff, Missy Hyatt, & Gordon Solie live at the CNN Center for Slamboree’s Slam Feast weekend festivities; included Tony Schiavone & Jesse Ventura on commentary; featured Solie conducting interviews with Dory Funk Jr. and Gene Kiniski at their dinner table at Slam Feast; during the segment, Funk noted he would face Nick Bockwinkel the following night at Slamboree with Kiniski in his corner; moments later, Kiniski said the NWA was a worldwide promotion and the AWA was just a backyard promotion; Solie then spoke with Mad Dog Vachon at the same table, who predicted Bockwinkel would beat Funk; included a Slamboree Control Center hosted by Bischoff & Solie in which it was announced Jim Barnett, Don Owens, and Stanley Blackburn would be part of the event; Solie then recapped the career of Lou Thesz, who also would be on hand, followed by footage of Thesz facing Antonio Inoki; featured Schiavone conducting an interview with Col. Rob Parker regarding his mystery wrestler that would appear the following night at Slamboree, during which Parker said if he said the man’s name then Van Hammer would never show up to the match, his man rules the world, and Hammer would leave Slamboree on a gourney; included the announcement that a ruling would be made the following week regarding the rightful holder of the WCW US Title; featured a scene from “Cliffhanger,” in theaters May 28; included Solie at Slam Feast speaking with Teddy Long and Thunderbolt Patterson, during which Baron Von Raschke & Ivan Koloff interrupted and cut a promo on Patterson & Bob Armstrong until Patterson told them off with Patterson then saying he would beat them up; featured Solie at CNN Center introducing footage from earlier in the day of Schiavone trying to interview Jim Brunzell, with Don Muraco, Baron Von Raschke, and Ivan Koloff then confronting Brunzell until Blackjack Mulligan and Wahoo McDaniel showed up; included Solie conducting an interview with Johnny Valentine in which he picked Funk to beat Bockwinkel at Slamboree; featured Bischoff conducting a sit-down interview with Sylvester Stallone and Ventura on the set of “Demolition Man” regarding Stallone’s new film “Cliffhanger,” the filming of “Demolition Man,” and Stallone’s scene with Ventura; during the segment, Stallone noted he did “Paradise Alley” and was a big wrestling fan; at the end of the segment, Ventura gave Stallone a WCW cap to wear while golfing; included Rick Rude as a guest of “Flair for the Gold,” with Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, and Fifi; prior to Rude’s introduction, Flair said Anderson could be the next NWA World Champion; both Flair, Anderson, and several women on hand wore oriental robes for the segment; when Rude came out, he was upset that he was overdressed – wearing a suit – before Flair sent Fifi and Rude back to find him something to wear; after they left, Flair said he would have a life segment at Slamboree with all four of the original Four Horsemen – Flair, Arn, Ole, and Tully Blanchard; Rude then returned wearing a robe and said Fifi was #1 in his book for how fast she got him out of his clothes and then cut a promo on his tag team match at Slamboree against Dustin Rhodes & Kensuke Sasaki and claimed he was the true US champion; Rude then said Flair was a hero of the past and present, Rude brought out his own woman, Fufu; as Rude left, Fufu began stripping; featured an in-ring segment in which WCW World Champion Big Van Vader, alongside Harley Race, took on five preliminary wrestlers in a public workout; after fighting off several of the wrestlers, Vader dropped one with the powerbomb; moments later, Davey Boy Smith came out and said the workout was over, with Race challenging Smith to be part of it; Smith then dropped Race with a suplex in the ring, fought off Vader, and dropped him with the powerslam; Smith then hit several clotheslines and sent Vader to the floor with a dropkick; Sting, Kensuke Sasaki, Ron Simmons, Robbie V, Dustin Rhodes, and Erik Watts then came out to celebrate with Smith in the ring as Vader threw chairs around ringside; included a segment at CNN Center in which it was implied the WWF’s Nailz had attacked Scott Norton in the bathroom; featured a segment at CNN Center in which Bischoff & Solie said Norton was out of Slamboree with Solie then saying Nailz by name and noted he would be there instead; Solie then conducted an interview with the Fabulous Moolah; included a closing segment backstage at Center Stage in which Vader challenged Smith to another fight, with the two going at it until the camera signal fizzled and the show went off the air:
Davey Boy Smith pinned Pat Rose with the running powerslam at 3:45; after the bout, Tony Schiavone conducted a ringside interview with Smith regarding his match the following night at Slamboree against WCW World Champion Big Van Vader
Dustin Rhodes & Kensuke Sasaki defeated the Wrecking Crew at 6:18 when Sasaki scored the pin following the armbar takeover
Maxx Payne defeated Larry Corey via submission with the Pain Killer at 1:27; during the bout, Johnny B. Badd cut an insert promo regarding Payne stealing his Badd Blaster two weeks earlier
Shanghai Pierce & Tex Slazenger defeated Erik Watts & Robbie V at 7:02 when Slazenger pinned Robbie after Pierce hit Robbie in the back of the head with the cowbell
2 Cold Scorpio defeated WCW TV Champion Paul Orndorff via reverse decision; stipulations stated the title would only be on the line for the first 10 minutes of the match; Orndorff originally won the match via pinfall at 9:22 after hitting the challenger with a foreign object but Ron Simmons came out to tell the referee what happened and then digging in Orndorff’s tights and pulling the weapon out; moments later, Simmons and Orndorff almost fought before Orndorff left the ring
Scott Norton pinned an unknown with a powerslam at the 40-second mark (Norton’s last TV appearance for 3 years)
Sting pinned Big Sky (w/ Vinnie Vegas) with a roll up at 2:48 after avoiding a charge; prior to the bout, Vegas cut an insert promo saying Sting shouldn’t have taken on Big Sky just a day before Slamboree

5/18/93; Atlanta, GA; Center Stage Theatre
5/29/93 – 1-hour episode; featured pretaped comments from Greg Gagne, of the WCW Board of Directors, in which he announced the board ruled that the WCW US Title was vacant and that Dustin Rhodes and Rick Rude would battle at a later date to determine the championship; included the Van Hammer vs. Sid Vicious match from Slamboree, shown in full; featured Sting as aguest of “Flair for the Gold” in which Sting was initially hesitant to shake Flair’s hand, noting his own history as a member of the Horsemen; Flair had the segment built around Sting, as Fifi served carrot juice and another woman on the set was working out; Flair then brought up the strap match Sting had with WCW World Champion Big Van Vader at SuperBrawl III and noted how Vader claims to be the man; Flair then turned the discussion away from Vader, Rick Rude, and Vicious asked Sting why he wears the paint, with Sting saying he wore the paint for everyone else out there that was different but needed that extra boost of confidence; Fifi then led in several kids and women that wanted to meet Sting and get his autograph; Sting then led the kids, Fifi, Flair, Arn Anderson, and everyone else on the set in doing jumping jacks; included Tony Schiavone conducting an interview with Anderson regarding WCW/NWA Tag Team Champions Steve Austin & Brian Pillman, during which Anderson said Flair would make his return to the ring at the Clash of the Champions as Anderson’s partner against Austin & Pillman:
WCW TV Champion Paul Orndorff pinned Dave Hart with the piledriver at 1:37; Orndorff worked the match with a heavily taped right thigh
WCW/NWA Tag Team Champions Steve Austin & Brian Pillman defeated TA McCoy & Pez Whatley at around the 4-minute mark when Austin pinned Whatley following the Atomic Blonde; prior to the bout, footage was shown of Austin & Pillman recently appearing on “Flair for the Gold” and insulting both Ric Flair and Arn Anderson; the match was joined in progress
Ricky Steamboat pinned Chris Sullivan with the crossbody off the top at 2:32; after the bout, Tony Schiavone conducted a ringside interview with Steamboat regarding his tag team career and return to singles action (the debut of Steamboat’s fire breathing entrance)
Sting & Davey Boy Smith defeated Big Sky & Vinnie Vegas at 14:16 when Smith pinned Vegas with the running powerslam after Sky accidentally kicked his partner in the face; after the bout, Schiavone conducted a ringside interview with Sting & Smith regarding their win, during which Harley Race interrupted and said WCW World Champion Big Van Vader was just getting started with Smith; moments later, Col. Rob Parker stepped in and said he and Race needed to get their heads together; after they left, Smith said he and Sting would face Vader & Sid Vicious

6/1/93; Atlanta, GA; Center Stage Theatre
6/5/93:
Sid Vicious defeated Rod Morgan
Maxx Payne defeated Larry Santo
NWA World Champion Barry Windham defeated Pez Whatley
Dustin Rhodes defeated Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker
The Junkyard Dog & Jim Neidhart defeated WCW TV Champion Paul Orndorff & Dick Slater via disqualification
Ricky Steamboat defeated Mike Moon
Sting & Davey Boy Smith defeated Shanghai Pierce & Tex Slazenger
Kensuke Sasaki defeated Rick Rude via disqualification when Rude hit Sasake with his steel briefcase, in which the WCW US title was stored

6/1/93; Atlanta, GA; Center Stage Theatre
6/12/93 – featured Tony Schiavone & Larry Zbyszko, subbing for Jesse Ventura on commentary; included the Assassin interrupting Schiavone & Zbyszko to challenge Dusty Rhodes and said he would track down Rhodes’ mother if that’s what it took to get Dusty to respond to him; featured Schiavone conducting an interview with Lord Steven Regal & Sir William regarding Regal’s appearance on The Main Event the next night and facing Marcus Alexander Bagwell at the Clash of the Champions; moments later, Regal said the Queen of England was upset by the royal affairs and wanted someone to reclaim some glory for the UK (Regal’s first appearance as Lord Steven Regal); included a mini movie of a press conference held by Big Van Vader, Sid Vicious, Harley Race, & Col. Rob Parker – surrounded by their fans – in which Vader & Sid announced their union as the Masters of the Powerbomb and intent to run Sting & Davey Boy Smith out of WCW; Parker then said he had two tickets for Sting & Smith to retire and go anywhere in the world they wanted; Parker & Race then cut a promo on the two for not showing up to the event as they were invited to do and said they would end them at Beach Blast; the Cuban Assassin and Mickey Jay appeared to be two of the supporters in the crowd; featured Katherine White outside Cactus Jack’s home interviewing Collette about the disappearance of her husband; during the segment, Collette told Dewey – Cactus’ son who was not shown on camera – to stop bothering her and play with the cat; Collette said Cactus wouldn’t answer to his name and forgot the names of his family; moments later, Collette told “Dewey Cleveland” to stop wrestling the cat; Collette in the scene was not really Mick Foley’s wife; included Schiavone conducting a backstage interview with Ric Flair & Arn Anderson regarding their match at the Clash against Austin & Pillman, with Austin & Pillman then jumping them and the four men brawling:
Johnny B. Badd pinned Paul Lee with the left hand punch at 1:25; prior to the bout, WCW/NWA Tag Team Champions Steve Austin & Brian Pillman interrupted Tony Schiavone & Larry Zbyszko on commentary and protested the fact their title defense against Ric Flair & Arn Anderson at the Clash of the Champions in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match; during the match, it was announced Badd would face Maxx Payne at the Clash; after the contest, Badd put a lip sticker on Lee’s face; moments later, Schiavone conducted a ringside interview with Badd regarding his match at the Clash and his goal to reclaim his Badd Blaster from Payne
NWA World Champion Barry Windham pinned Dave Dunlap with the DDT at 1:41
WCW/NWA Tag Team Champions Steve Austin & Brian Pillman defeated Dick Hart & Scotty McKeever at 1:28 when Austin scored the pin with the Stun Gun; during the match, it was noted a “Flair for the Gold” would air the following week and Sting & Davey Boy Smith would respond to the challenge from WCW World Champion Big Van Vader & Sid Vicious; after the match, Pillman took a Polaroid of Austin and the opponent
Sting, Davey Boy Smith, & Dustin Rhodes defeated Dick Slater & the Wrecking Crew at 15:10 when Smith scored the pin with the running powerslam; during the match, it was announced details of the WCW Amateur Challenge would be released the next week on how fans could potentially get a WCW contract; it was also noted that Sting & Smith had agreed to face Vader & Sid at Beach Blast; after the bout, Schiavone conducted a ringside interview with Sting, Smith, & Rhodes about their match with Vader, Sid, & Rick Rude at the Clash and Sting & Smith facing Vader & Sid

6/7/93; Atlanta, GA; Center Stage Theatre
6/19/93:
WCW World Champion Big Van Vader & Sid Vicious defeated two unknowns
Davey Boy Smith defeated an unknown
Lord Steven Regal defeated an unknown
Paul Roma defeated an unknown
Wrecking Crew Fury defeated Marcus Alexander Bagwell when Wrecking Crew Rage interfered
Ricky Steamboat defeated WCW TV Champion Paul Orndorff via disqualification when Dick Slater interfered; after the match, Steamboat was double teamed until Ron Simmons made the save

6/7/93; Atlanta, GA; Center Stage Theatre
6/26/93 – hosted by Tony Schiavone & Jesse Ventura:
Arn Anderson & Paul Roma defeated Don Brodie & Warren Quinn
Maxx Payne defeated Dave Hart
WCW World Champion Big Van Vader & Sid Vicious defeated two unknowns
Ron Simmons & Ricky Steamboat defeated WCW TV Champion Paul Orndorff & Dick Slater when Steamboat pinned Slater with a roll up after a shoulderblock from Simmons; Orndorff’s right thigh was heavily taped for the match

6/9/93; Lake Charles, LA; Civic Center
7/3/93 – 60-minute episode; featured a Beach Blast Control Center hosted by Eric Bischoff in which the following matches were announced: Johnny B. Badd vs. Maxx Payne, 2 Cold Scorpio & Marcus Alexander Bagwell vs. Tex Slazenger & Shanghai Pierce, and Ron Simmons vs. WCW TV Champion Paul Orndorff with the disqualification rule waived; included a segment in which Cathrine White was on the streets of Cleveland, OH and brought in Dustin Rhodes to try to help Cactus Jack, suffering from amnesia; moments later, they found Jack among the homeless speaking about his supposed tales as a seaman; Cactus thought Dustin was a country singer, with a homeless woman – by the name of Bang Bang – telling White and Rhodes to leave Cactus alone, with the homeless people stealing Rhodes’ cowboy hat and leaving him alone with White; featured a ‘Flair for the Gold’ segment with Maxx Payne as the guest in which he and Flair discussed his feud with Badd, Badd being out of action with the injury Payne gave him, and facing Badd at Beach Blast; Flair then asked Payne to close the segment by playing his guitar, Norma Jean; Flair then said Dusty Rhodes would be his guest the following week:
Rick Rude pinned Rex Cooper at 1:20 with the Rude Awakening after hoisting Cooper in a gorilla press and dropping him throat-first across the top rope; after the bout, Tony Schiavone & Jesse Ventura conducted a ringside interview with Rude regarding his 30-minute Ironman match against Dustin Rhodes at Beach Blast for the vacant US title
WCW World Champion Big Van Vader (w/ Harley Race) & Sid Vicious (w/ Col. Rob Parker) defeated Larry Santo & Todd Zane at 2:32 with simultaneous pins after dropping each opponent with the powerbomb
Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, & Paul Roma defeated NWA World Champion Barry Windham, WCW/NWA Tag Team Champions Steve Austin & Brian Pillman via disqualification at around the 22-minute mark when Windham grabbed referee Nick Patrick and threw him to the floor as Flair had Windham caught in the figure-4, with referee Randy Anderson then appearing and calling for the bell; during the bout, it was noted Dusty Rhodes would respond the following week to the Assassin’s recent comments toward Dustin Rhodes and that Marcus Alexander Bagwell vs. Wrecking Crew Rage would take place the following day on The Main Event

6/22/93; Atlanta, GA; Center Stage Theatre
7/10/93:
Sting & Davey Boy Smith defeated Rip Rogers & Gary Nations
Lord Steven Regal pinned Johnny Gunn
Maxx Payne defeated Scott McKeever via submission with the Pain Killer at the 27-second mark; after the bout, Johnny B. Badd – wearing a mask – appeared in the crowd and told Payne that he would become his worst nightmare
2 Cold Scorpio & Marcus Alexander Bagwell defeated TJ Maverick & Todd Zane
Paul Roma pinned WCW/NWA Tag Team Champion Steve Austin at 4:56 with an inside cradle after Austin missed a forearm smash off the middle turnbuckle; after the bout, Austin and WCW/NWA Tag Team Champion Brian Pillman double teamed Roma until Arn Anderson made the save

7/17/93:
WCW/NWA Tag Team Champions Steve Austin & Brian Pillman defeated two unknowns
Sid Vicious defeated an unknown
Dustin Rhodes vs. Dick Slater
Maxx Payne defeated an unknown
Ric Flair defeated an unknown

6/9/93; Lake Charles, LA; Civic Center
7/24/93:
Keith & Kent Cole defeated Bobby Eaton & Chris Benoit at 4:50 when Eaton was pinned with a sunset flip after the other Cole prevented interference from Benoit
Dustin Rhodes defeated Tom Burton
The Colossal Kongs (w/ Harley Race) defeated Rick Tango & Ronnie Vegas at the 49-second mark when Tango was pinned following a series of splashes
Yoshi Kwan defeated an unknown
2 Cold Scorpio, Johnny B. Badd, & Tom Zenk defeated Maxx Payne, Big Sky, & Lord Steven Regal when Badd pinned Payne

6/9/93; Lake Charles, LA; Civic Center
7/31/93 – featured an opening ringside interview conducted by Jesse Ventura of Chris Benoit & Bobby Eaton regarding their loss to the Kole Twins the previous week as well as the fact the Koles would be facing Tex Slazenger & Shanghai Pierce later in the show; included Tony Schiavone & Ventura speaking with WCW TV Champion Paul Orndorff about his title defense at the Clash of the Champions against Ricky Steamboat, with Steamboat then appearing and saying if Orndorff beat him then he would call him Mr. Wonderful but until then he was Paula; Steamboat then took off his t-shirt to reveal a “Paula” shirt underneath; during the segment, Orndorff repeatedly referred to the match against Steamboat taking place at Beach Blast; featured the announcement of each match scheduled for the Clash of the Champions, but with Sting vs. Awesome Kong instead of the tag team match that took place instead; included the last few minutes from the Ric Flair / Barry Windham NWA World Title match from Beach Blast, along with comments from Flair – alongside Fifi – about his title win from the set of ‘A Flair for the Gold’ in which he targetted Big Van Vader, Rick Rude, and the Hollywood Blondes as challengers to his title; featured Schiavone conducting a ringside interview with Maxx Payne about his loss to Johnny B. Badd the previous week and their No DQ match later in the show; included Ventura conducting a ringside interview with Dustin Rhodes regarding Rhodes’ mystery partner to face Rick Rude & the Equalizer at the Clash with Dustin walking off and not telling Ventura who it would be; featured Ice Train (w/ Thunderbolt Patterson) facing an unknown at a high school gym taped the previous Thursday in Calhoun, GA to mark Ice Train’s last “small arena” appearance before his WCW TV in-ring debut, with comments before and after the match by Patterson:
2 Cold Scorpio & Marcus Alexander Bagwell defeated Big Sky & Top Gun at 11:13 when Bagwell pinned Top Gun with the fisherman’s suplex; during the bout, it was announced Scorpio would face Lord Steven Regal at the Clash of the Champions
Ron Simmons (w/ Ricky Steamboat) fought WCW TV Champion Paul Orndorff (sub. for an unknown) in an impromptu match after a matter of minutes when, after the referee was knocked down, Steamboat counted Simmons pinfall following a sunset flip; Simmons was scheduled to face an unknown until Steamboat tossed Orndorff in the ring following Orndorff’s ringside interview
Paul Roma pinned Otis Apollo at 3:15 with a splash off the top
Lord Steven Regal (w/ Sir William) defeated Scott Studd (Scotty Riggs) via submission with an abdominal stretch on the mat at 5:30; after the bout, Schiavone conducted a ringside interview with Regal & William regarding his match against 2 Cold Scorpio at the Clash; moments later, Tex Slazenger & Shanghai Pierce interrupted the interview to say they were going to beat the Kole Twins later in the show, with Regal then saying he needed a bath immdiately to clean up after being that close to Tex & Shaghai
The Colossol Kongs (w/ Harley Race) defeated Johnny Gunn & Tom Zenk at the 46-second mark when Awesome Kong punned Gunn with a splash; after the bout, Schiavone conducted a ringside interview with Race & the Kongs about Awesome’s match against Sting at the Clash and Race objecting to Vader having to defend the title against Davey Boy Smith in a match where the title could change on a DQ; after the bout, Schiavone gave Race another gift he received, with Race opening the box to find another cactus inside
Rick Rude & the Equalizer defeated Brad Anderson & Tommy Tanna at 3:32 when Anderson submitted to the Equalizer’s full nelson after Rude opted not to hit the Rude Awakening; after the bout, Ventura interviewed Rude & the Equalizer about Rhodes’ mystery partner
Tex Slazenger & Shanghai Pierce defeated Keith & Kent Cole at 11:08 when Slazenger scored the pin after Shanghai tripped the Cole’s leg as he attempted a suplex, with Slazenger falling on top for the win; during the bout, Chris Benoit & Bobby Eaton were shown watching the match from the aisle; after the match, Schiavone interviewed Slazenger & Pierce about their win, with Benoit & Eaton interrupting and the two teams arguing
Sid Vicious (w/ Col. Parker) pinned Leroy Johnson at 1:22 with the powerbomb; during the bout, it was announced Benoit & Eaton would face Slazenger & Pierce the following week and that Dustin Rhodes would reveal his mystery partner
Maxx Payne pinned Johnny B. Badd in a No DQ match at 6:20 with an elbow drop after Paul Orndorff interfered as referee Nick Patrick was knocked out and punched Badd with a foreign object; after the bout, Ricky Steamboat made the save with a steel chair

7/9/93; Orlando, FL; Disney / MGM Studios
8/7/93 – included footage of Rick Rude & the Equalizer speaking backstage about Dustin Rhodes’ surprise tag team partner for the Clash of the Champions; featured Tony Schiavone & Jesse Ventura conducting an interview with Rhodes regarding the mystery partner, during which Rude & Equalizer appeared on the big screen; Rhodes then said they would have to wait to find out who his partner is but he would give him two clues – the two men were six man tag team champions with Dusty Rhodes; Ventura and the others then said it was Blackjack Mulligan and Dick Murdoch, with Rhodes saying no; Rhodes then said it would be Rude & Equalizer’s doom at the Clash, with Rhodes then walking off; included Schiavone conducting a closing interview with NWA World Champion Ric Flair, Arn Anderson & Paul Roma regarding Flair’s special guest for “Flair for the Gold” at the Clash and Anderson & Roma’s rematch against WCW/NWA Tag Team Champions Steve Austin & Brian Pillman:
Sting defeated Bill Payne at 1:26 via submission with the Scorpion Deathlock; during the bout, Harley Race & the Colossol Kongs appeared ringside
Bobby Eaton & Chris Benoit defeated Tex Slazenger & Shanghai Pierce at 6:40 when Eaton pinned Pierce following a neckbreaker; early in the bout, footage was shown from the previous week of the two teams fighting at ringside after Slazenger & Peirce defeated Kent & Keith Cole; Eaton & Benoit were booed in the match and Slazenter & Pierce were cheered
Yoshi Kwan (w/ Harley Race) defeated Marcus Alexander Bagwell via submission with a nerve hold at 4:18; Kwan wore Cactus Jack’s bag around his neck until taking it off before the match; after the contest, Tony Schiavone conducted a ringside interview with Race, alongside Kwan, in which Race spoke to Cactus and said if he wanted his bag back, he had to go through Kwan to get it (Kwan’s debut)
Rick Rude & the Equalizer defeated Warren Quinn & Leroy Howard at 1:21 when Rude pinned Howard with the Rude Awakening
2 Cold Scorpio pinned Mercenary #2 with the 450 splash at 2:30; prior to the bout, Scorpio got ring announcer Gary Michael Cappetta to dance with him in the ring
WCW TV Champion Paul Orndorff & Maxx Payne defeated Ricky Steamboat & Johnny B. Badd via disqualification at around the 7:20 mark after Badd stole away Orndorff’s foreign object and hit Payne with it; prior to the bout, footage was shown from the previous week of Orndorff & Payne double teaming Badd until Steamboat made the save

8/2/93; Atlanta, GA; Center Stage Theatre
8/14/93:
Arn Anderson & Paul Roma defeated Bobby Eaton & Dick Slater when Roma pinned Slater
Yoshi Kwan defeated Brad Armstrong
Sting pinned Richard Ingram
Sid Vicious defeated an unknown
Ricky Steamboat, 2 Cold Scorpio & Marcus Alexander Bagwell defeated Paul Orndorff, Lord Steven Regal (w/ Sir William), & Maxx Payne when Steamboat pinned Regal after Sir William’s interference backfired

8/2/93; Atlanta, GA; Center Stage Theatre
8/21/93 – hosted by Tony Schiavone & Jesse Ventura; included a promo for the WCW Amateur Challenge where fans could send their tapes in to get on television and possibly win a WCW contract; featured a Fall Brawl Control Center hosted by Chris Cruise; included a promo for the September 1993 WCW Magazine with a cover story on Ric Flair; featured a look back at Schiavone interviewing Cactus Jack three days prior at the Clash of the Champions, with Jack vowing revenge on WCW World Champion Big Van Vader; included a promo for the WCW Fan Club:
Sid Vicious & Harlem Heat (w/ Col. Rob Parker) defeated Ron Simmons, 2 Cold Scorpio, & Marcus Alexander Bagwell at 10:20 when Vicious pinned Bagwell with the powerbomb
The Equalizer defeated Ron Preston via submission at 2:16 with the full nelson
Charlie Norris pinned Fury at 6:39 with a double-chop to the chest (Norris’ Saturday Night debut)
Johnny B. Badd pinned Mike Thor at 4:10 after the left hook punch; moments before delivering the punch, Badd removed his mask, as he had promised to do, to reveal no damage to his face; after the bout, Jesse Ventura conducted a ringside interview with Badd, who claimed he was still the prettiest man in WCW
Ice Train (w/ Thunderbolt Patterson) pinned Rage at the 54-second mark with a powerslam; after the match, Tony Schiavone conducted a ringside interview with Train & Patterson, with Train stating he was there to learn, and Patterson stating that Train would take anyone on (Ice Train’s in-ring debut)
WCW World Champion Big Van Vader (w/ Harley Race) pinned JD Stryker at 1:08 with the powerbomb; after the bout, Tony Schiavone interviewed Vader & Race at the announce area regarding Vader’s upcoming War Games match at Fall Brawl
NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated Sting via count-out at 39:35 when Sid Vicious, who was doing guest commentary, pulled the challenger off the ring apron behind the referee’s back; after the bout, Flair & Sting fought off Vicious & Harlem Heat

8/9/93; Atlanta, GA; Center Stage Theatre
8/28/93 – hosted by Tony Schiavone & Jesse Ventura; included a “Flair for the Gold” featuring NWA World Champion Ric Flair & Fifi, with Rick Rude forcing a kiss on Fifi, who slapped him in the face; moments later, as Flair closed the segment, Rude attacked him from behind with the title belt and dropped him with the Rude Awakening onto the set floor; Rude then called Fifi a gold digger and promised to take Flair’s title and woman; featured Schiavone noting Flair’s status for tonight’s main event was in doubt due to Rude’s attack; included a Fall Brawl Control Center hosted by Chris Cruise, with the announcement of Flair vs. Rude, WCW Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Paul Roma vs. the Nasty Boys, and Cactus Jack vs. Yoshi Kwan in a Bounty Match, with comments from Harley Race who claimed Jack would have to defeat Kwan to win back his leather bag; featured Schiavone conducting a split-screen interview with Sting, who wasn’t sure of Flair’s status for the main event, and introduced Davey Boy Smith as his substitute partner for the main event; included Schiavone conducting an interview with Dusty Rhodes about his son facing Rude in Match 1 of the US Title Series, with Dusty claiming opportunity was knocking for both Dustin and Rude; featured a promo for the “WCW Z To Win Sweepstakes” where one fan could win a Camaro Z-28 Turbo by calling a 900-number for $1.49:
Steve Austin & Brian Pillman defeated Mark Starr & Frankie Lancaster at 12:33 when Austin pinned Lancaster after a botched Stun Gun, with Lancaster thrown to the mat on his shoulder instead of onto the top rope; Pillman suffered an injured left ankle at the 11-minute mark during a monkey flip by Lancaster and was hospitalized that night and put out of action; neither team’s entrance was shown, as Austin & Pillman were still the WCW Tag Team Champions at the time of the taping
Charlie Norris defeated Maxx Payne via count-out at 4:19 when Payne walked to the back after Norris delivered a series of chops
Lord Steven Regal (w/ Sir William) pinned Brad Armstrong at 9:50 by grabbing the tights for leverage after reversing an O’Connor roll
Best of 3 Series for the vacant WCW US Title: Rick Rude pinned Dustin Rhodes at the 24:58 after kicking off the turnbuckle while caught in a sleeper and landing on Rhodes for the win; Rude – 1, Rhodes – 0; after the match, Tony Schiavone conducted a ringside interview with Rude who claimed Dustin now had one foot in the grave, with Rude then addressing NWA World Champion Ric Flair and stating he would master all of Flair’s dirty tactics when they faced off, which was even more important than taking Flair’s title
Ice Train (w/ Thunderbolt Patterson) pinned Bob Starr at 1:18 with a powerslam; after the match, Schiavone conducted a ringside interview with Patterson & Train, who noted Train was on the fast track to the top
Sting & Davey Boy Smith (sub. for NWA World Champion Ric Flair) defeated Harlem Heat via disqualification at 8:51 when Sid Vicious interfered as Sting applied the Scorpion Deathlock to Kole; moments later, Vicious hit Sting with a chokeslam until Flair chased off the trio with a 2×4; after the commercial, Schiavone interviewed Sting, Smith, and Flair, with the announcement that they would face Vicious & Harlem Heat the next week

8/9/93; Atlanta, GA; Center Stage Theatre
9/4/93:
Best of 3 Series for the vacant WCW US Title: Dustin Rhodes pinned Rick Rude at the 9-minute mark with a backslide; Rude – 1, Rhodes – 1
2 Cold Scorpio defeated Yoshi Kwan (w/ Harley Race) via disqualification when Kwan refused to release a nerve hold
Ice Train (w/ Thunderbolt Patterson) defeated Joe Cruz
NWA World Champion Ric Flair, Sting, & Davey Boy Smith fought Sid Vicious (w/ Col. Rob Parker) & Harlem Heat to a double disqualification at 10:31 when Rick Rude attacked Flair on the floor, with Dustin Rhodes then appearing to make the save; prior to the bout, Flair came to the ring armed with a 2×4

8/30/93; Atlanta, GA; Center Stage Theatre
9/11/93 – featured Tony Schiavone & Jesse Ventura on commentary; included footage from the Shockmaster’s debut at the Clash of the Champions; featured a Fall Brawl Control Center hosted by Chris Cruise; included an ad for the “Z to Win Sweepstakes” for a chance to win a Camero Z28; featured Schiavone, from the announce area, conducting an interview with Rick Rude, backstage, regarding his match later in the show against Dustin Rhodes to determine the WCW US Champion and facing NWA World Champion Ric Flair the following week at Fall Brawl; included footage of Schiavone conducting a sit-down interview with the Shockmaster while the Shockmaster was taking a lunch break, during which he spoke about his love for kids, having fun, and his much-talked about entrance at the Clash; to close the segment, the Shockmaster accidentally spilled his drink on Schiavone; featured Schiavone conducting an interview with Flair regarding the upcoming Rhodes vs. Rude match and facing Rude at Fall Brawl:
The Nasty Boys defeated Frankie Lancaster & Brad Armstrong at 4:51 when Brian Knobbs pinned Lancaster after Jerry Saggs hit the flying elbowsmash; following the match, Tony Schiavone conducted a ringside interview with the Nastys regarding their upcoming match against WCW Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Paul Roma at Fall Brawl
Charlie Norris pinned Maxx Payne in a lumberjack match at 4:06 with a tomahawk chop and boot to the face after Shanghai Pierce accidentally hit Payne in the head with his cowbell as the other lumberjacks fought on the floor; lumberjacks for the match included Keith & Kent Cole, Paul Orndorff, Tex Slazenger & Pierce, WCW TV Champion Ricky Steamboat, Brad Armstrong, and the Equalizer
Yoshi Kwan (w/ Harley Race) defeated Buddy Ryan via submission with a nerve hold at 2:02; after the match, Cactus Jack ran out, sent Race into Kwan which knocked Kwan to the floor, and then sent Race to the floor as well
WCW TV Champion Ricky Steamboat pinned the Equalizer in a non-title match at 6:11 with a roll up after the Equalizer collided with an interfering Paul Orndorff on the apron as Orndorff pulled a foreign object out of his tights with intent to use it on the champion
Keith & Kent Cole defeated Harlem Heat via reverse decision; Heat originally won at 7:18 when Kole scored the pin after Kane hit a clothesline behind the referee’s back as the Cole had Kole covered with a roll up; the call was changed after Kole hit a kneedrop off the top to one of the Cole’s throats as Kane held the Kole over his knee
Best of 3 Series for the vacant WCW US Title: Dustin Rhodes pinned Rick Rude to win the title at 13:50 with a roll up after NWA World Champion Ric Flair, who provided guest commentary for the match, grabbed a steel chair away from Rude as Rude attempted to use it while referee Randy Anderson was knocked down; Rude – 1, Rhodes – 2

8/30/93; Atlanta, GA; Center Stage Theatre
9/18/93 – 1-hour episode; featured Tony Schiavone & Jesse Ventura on commentary; included a video package hyping the Wargames bout as part of Fall Brawl; featured a Fall Brawl Control Center hosted by Chris Cruise:
Sting defeated Harlem Heat Kane via disqualification at 3:40 when Harlem Heat Kole attacked Sting as Sting attempted to apply the Scopion Deathlock; after the bout, WCW US Champion Dustin Rhodes attempted to make the save but sustained a kneedrop off the middle rope from Kole as Kane held Rhodes across his knee; moments later, referee Randy Anderson slid in the ring to tend to Rhdoes
WCW Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Paul Roma defeated Mike Thor & Todd Zane at 2:54 when Roma pinned Thor following the spinebuster / splash off the top double team; during the contest, the Shockmaster was shown in the crowd with several kids; following the bout, Tony Schiavone conducted a ringside interview with Anderson & Roma regarding their title defense the following night against the Nasty Boys as part of Fall Brawl
Paul Orndorff pinned Dave Hart with the piledriver at 3:45; during the bout, Lord Steven Regal & Sir William came out to watch the contest; after the match, Orndorff hit the move a second time and continued to assault Hart until WCW TV Champion Ricky Steamboat made the save; moments later, Regal slid in the ring, attacked Steamboat from behind, and – with Orndorff – hit a clothesline using his umbrella; Regal then repeatedly hit Steamboat in the ribs with the umbrella as Orndorff held the champion
NWA World Champion Ric Flair & WCW US Champion Dustin Rhodes battled Rick Rude & Sid Vicious (w/ Col. Rob Parker) to a double disqualification at 17:23 when Harlem Heat, Sid Vicious, Sting, and the Shockmaster interfered, with all the participants brawling as the show went off the air; Sting escorted Flair & Rhodes to the ring before the match began; prior to the bout, Harlem Heat attempted to come ringside but were prevented by doing so by security; when Harlem Heat came out, the Shockmaster stood up in the crowd to see if he too was needed ringside

9/7/93; Atlanta, GA; Center Stage Theatre
9/25/93 – 1-hour episode; featured Tony Schiavone & Jesse Ventura on commentary; included a Halloween Havoc Control Center hosted by Chris Cruise in which it was announced Cactus Jack would face WCW World Champion Vader in a Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal match, followed by a video package recapping their feud dating back to April; featured an ad promoting “Deadly Venom: The Best of Sting,” “Ravishing Rick Rude Raw,” and “New Blood on the Block;” included the debut segment of the Amateur Challenge with fan submitted videos:
Ricky Steamboat pinned WCW TV Champion Lord Steven Regal (w/ Sir William) in a non-title match at 10:04 with a roll up after throwing an interfering Sir William off the top onto Regal; after the match, Steamboat cleared the ring with William’s umbrella; Regal’s entrance was not shown since the match was taped to air after he won the title; Steamboat did not come out in possession of the title belt
WCW Tag Team Champions the Nasty Boys (w/ Missy Hyatt) defeated TA McCoy & Chris Herd at 2:44 when Jerry Saggs scored the pin following the running powerslam / flying elbowsmash combo; the Nastys did not come out with the title belts but were introduced as the champions; prior to the bout, Arn Anderson & Paul Roma cut an insert promo on losing the belts at Fall Brawl and challenging the Nastys the following week
WCW World Champion Vader (w/ Harley Race) pinned Jason Johnson at 2:22 after twice hitting the powerbomb
Sting & WCW US Champion Dustin Rhodes defeated Harlem Heat at around the 10-minute mark when Sting pinned Kole with a crossbody; during the bout, it was announced Maxx Payne, 2 Cold Scorpio & Marcus Alexander Bagwell would be part of The Main Event the following night and it would be headlined by a 6-man tag team match; at the finish, Kole easily kicked out at 2 and the camera was not on the action at the time of the 3-count and ringing of the bell; moments later, Rhodes was shown down on the floor, indicating the match could have ended via an over-the-top rope disqualification rather than by pinfall; Tony Schiavone said the match ended by pinfall while Jesse Ventura disputed the call and argued it was a fast count; after the match, Rhodes cleared the ring with a steel chair

9/7/93; Atlanta, GA; Center Stage Theatre
10/2/93 – featured a backstage promo by Harley Race, alongside Yoshi Kwan, in which he challenged Ric Flair to face Kwan the following week; included Tony Schiavone & Jesse Ventura on commentary; featured a segment of the Amateur Challenge with fan submitted videos; included footage of Rick Rude beating Ric Flair at Fall Brawl to win the world title, followed by a promo by Rude – wearing a suit – at his home in which he said Flair was the greatest of all time and Rude was now the man because he beat the man; featured a Halloween Havoc Control Center hosted by Chris Cruise in which it was announced Ric Flair would challenge World Champion Rick Rude; included a backstage promo by Flair regarding his loss to Rude at Fall Brawl and challenging Rude at Havoc; featured footage of Schiavone conducting a sit-down interview with the Shockmaster, surrounded by kids in his living room, during which the Shockmaster said his change in appearance was in tribute to the blue collar workers across the country, his being clumsy, why the kids call him Uncle Fred, and his performance in Wargames; moments later, he blew up a balloon until it exploded in his face:
Sid Vicious (w/ Col. Rob Parker) pinned Buddy Ryan at 1:59 with the powerbomb
Steve Austin pinned Pez Whatley at 3:52 with the Stun Gun and putting on of his feet on the ropes for leverage; after the bout, Tony Schiavone conducted a ringside interview with Austin regarding the injury to Brian Pillman, during which Austin said he and Pillman would regain the WCW Tag Team Titles and he also had his sights on the WCW US Title; moments later, Col. Rob Parker interrupted and said he had his eye on Austin since he came to WCW and Pillman’s injury was a good thing for Austin; after Austin spoke up for Pillman, Parker said he wanted to make Austin a star
Yoshi Kwan (w/ Harley Race) defeated Bubba Baker via submission with a nerve hold at 2:36
WCW Tag Team Champions the Nasty Boys (w/ Missy Hyatt) defeated Arn Anderson & Paul Roma at 17:25 when Brian Knobbs pinned Roma when Jerry Saggs hit Roma over the back of the head with his boot behind the referee’s back after Knobbs sustained the spinebuster / swan dive double team; the entrances were not shown since the bout was taped before Anderson & Roma lost the belts; during the match, it was announced the following night’s episode of The Main Event would feature Sid Vicious, Ice Train, the Nastys, and Anderson & Roma vs. Harlem Heat and that the following week’s WCW Saturday Night would include Ricky Steamboat vs. WCW World Champion Big Van Vader and Ric Flair vs. Kwan

9/7/93; Atlanta, GA; Center Stage Theatre
10/9/93 – joined in progress; featured Tony Schiavone & Jesse Ventura on commentary; included Schiavone conducting a backstage interview with Ricky Steamboat regarding his match against WCW World Champion Vader later in the show; featured a Halloween Havoc Control Center hosted by Chris Cruise in which it was announced Sting would face Sid Vicious, Davey Boy Smith would challenge WCW TV Champion Lord Steven Regal, and, based on their non-title win earlier in the show, 2 Cold Scorpio & Marcus Alexander Bagwell would face WCW Tag Team Champions the Nasty Boys; included Schiavone conducting an interview with Steve Austin regarding his upcoming match at Havoc against WCW US Champion Dustin Rhodes; moments later, Col. Rob Parker interrupted and said he was the one that made sure Austin got the title match; featured a semgment of the Amateur Challenge with fan submitted videos, including one of Matt Hardy; included footage of Schiavone conducting a sit-down interview with Rick Rude in his home regarding his win over Flair at Fall Brawl and the announcement by WCW that they don’t recognize him as a world champion; during the segment, Rude said he wasn’t surprised by WCW’s ruling because they previously stripped him of the WCW US Title when then-WCW World Champion Sting was out with injured ribs and wasn’t stripped of his belt; Rude misspoke and said Vader was the one out injured; Rude then spoke of his upcoming defense against Flair at Havoc:
2 Cold Scorpio & Marcus Alexander Bagwell defeated WCW Tag Team Champions the Nasty Boys (w/ Missy Hyatt) in a non-title match when Bagwell pinned Jerry Saggs with the fisherman suplex after Scorpio tripped Brian Knobbs from the floor (the bout was not shown since the program was joined in progress) (9/28/93)
Charlie Norris pinned Rip Rogers at 2:35 with a boot to the face (9/7/93)
Harlem Heat defeated Mark Starr & Sam Houston at 3:08 when Kane pinned Houston after Kole hit a legdrop from the middle turnbuckle behind the referee’s back as Houston had Kane covered (9/7/93)
Sid Vicious (w/ Col. Rob Parker) pinned Dave Hart at 1:23 by kneeling on Hart after hitting the powerbomb; after the bout, Tony Schiavone conducted a ringside interview with Vicious & Parker regarding Vicious’ upcoming match with Sting at Halloween Havoc; Vicious then yelled at Parker for getting Steve Austin a title shot and not one for himself (9/7/93)
WCW US Champion Dustin Rhodes & the Shockmaster defeated Tex Slazenger & Shanghai Pierce at 4:09 when Slazenger submitted to the Shockmaster’s bearhug; on his way to the ring, the Shockmaster tripped which caused his helmet to fall off (9/7/93)
Bobby Eaton pinned Joe Edmonds with the Alabama Jam at 4:16 (9/28/93)
Ric Flair pinned Yoshi Kwan (w/ Harley Race) with a reversal into a backslide at 7:00; during the bout, it was announced WCW did not recognize Rick Rude’s belt as a world title (9/28/93)
Arn Anderson fought WCW TV Champion Lord Steven Regal (w/ Sir William) to a 15-minute time-limit draw at 15:01; Anderson had Regal covered following the spinebuster at the time of the bell; after the bout, Anderson punched out Sir William (9/28/93)
Ricky Steamboat vs. WCW World Champion Vader (w/ Harley Race) via disqualification at 9:28 when Race and Yoshi Kwan interfered after Vader hit referee Nick Patrick; prior to the bout, Steamboat fought off Race – as Vader was on the floor – suplexed him in the ring and locked him in a figure-4 until Vader attacked him; during the match, it was announced Johnny B. Badd would face WCW TV Champion Lord Steven Regal the next night on The Main Event and Ron Simmons would make his return; after the bout, Kwan and Race held Steamboat down so Vader could hit a splash off the turnbuckle but Cactus Jack made the save with a shovel and cleared the ring (9/28/93)

9/28/93; Atlanta, GA; Center Stage Theatre
10/16/93 – featured Tony Schiavone & Jesse Ventura on commentary; included a promo by WCW US Champion Dustin Rhodes regarding his participation in the Ricky Steamboat vs. WCW World Champion Vader main event; featured footage from 2 Cold Scorpio & Marcus Alexander Bagwell beating WCW Tag Team Champions the Nasty Boys in a non-title match; included a promo by Arn Anderson regarding his participation in the main event; featured a Halloween Havoc Control Center hosted by Chris Cruise in which it was announced a second referee would officiate the Ric Flair vs. Rick Rude match and that WCW does not recognize Rude’s belt as a WCW title; it was also noted Steamboat would face Yoshi Kwan and the Shockmaster, Charlie Norris, & Ice Train would face the Equalizer & Harlem Heat; included a segment of the Amateur Challenge with fan submitted videos; featured a promo by Harlem Heat regarding their participation in the main event; included a promo by Davey Boy Smith regarding his participation in the main event; featured a promo by Sting regarding his participation in the main event; included Schiavone being interrupted by Paul Orndorff, who challenged Johnny B. Badd to a rematch for the next week; moments later, Schiavone announced Scorpio & Bagwell would challenge the Nasty Boys for the titles the following week; featured a promo by the Shockmaster regarding his participation in the main event; included a promo by Maxx Payne regarding his participation in the main event; featured Schiavone conducting an interview with Flair, alongside Fifi, regarding his rematch with Rude at Havoc and the fact there would be two referees for the match:
Johnny B. Badd defeated Paul Orndorff via reverse decision; Badd wore an Atlanta Braves jersey to the ring as part of his outfit, with #44 on the back in tribute to Hank Aaron; Orndorff originally won the match with his feet on the ropes at 6:12 but referee Nick Patrick came out, told referee Nick Patrick what happened, and the call was reversed; before the change was announced, Badd knocked Orndorff out and to the floor with a left hand punch
2 Cold Scorpio & Marcus Alexander Bagwell defeated Ron Munz & Bobby Baker at 3:08 when Scorpio pinned Munz with the 450 splash after a slam from Bagwell; after the bout, Tony Schiavone conducted a ringside interview with Scorpio & Bagwell regarding their upcoming match with WCW Tag Team Champions the Nasty Boys at Halloween Havoc; moments later, Missy Hyatt interrupted and said the Nasty Boys would beat them at Havoc; after Missy left, Scorpio said he and Bagwell had the Nastys’ number
WCW International World Champion Rick Rude pinned TA McCoy at 2:18 with the Rude Awakening after opting not to pin McCoy following a kneedrop off the top
WCW Tag Team Champions the Nasty Boys (w/ Missy Hyatt) defeated Sam Houston & Pez Whatley at 2:22 when Jerry Saggs pinned Houston following the running powerslam / flying elbowsmash combo; after the bout, the Nastys cleared their opponents from the ring before cutting an in-ring promo on 2 Cold Scorpio & Marcus Alexander Bagwell and calling them out; moments later, Scorpio & Bagwell came out and were quickly blindsided by the champions; Scorpio eventually hit a sunset flip off the top to Brian Knobbs, with Bagwell then making a three-count; Scorpio & Bagwell then ran into the crowd and celebrated with the fans
Sting defeated Bobby Eaton via submission with the Scorpion Deathlock at 7:02 after avoiding a kneedrop off the top
Sid Vicious (w/ Col. Rob Parker) pinned Larry Santo with the powerbomb at 1:57
Steve Austin & Brian Pillman defeated Joe Edwards & Dave Hart at 4:39 when Austin scored the pin following the Stun Gun; following the bout, Schiavone conducted a ringside interview with Austin & Pillman, during which Col. Rob Parker interrupted to congratulate Austin on his win and ask Pillman about his lame leg; Parker then said Austin did a great job wrestling the match by himself; when Pillman questioned Parker what he meant, Parker walked off and Austin told Pillman not to worry about it and that they would regain the tag team titles
Cactus Jack pinned Yoshi Kwan (w/ Harley Race) with the double arm DDT at 6:07 after avoiding a kick; during the bout, Schiavone said the bag that Cactus regained at Fall Brawl had one of Cactus’ missing teeth in it
WCW World Champion Vader (w/ Harley Race) pinned Ricky Steamboat in a lumberjack match at 18:37 with a splash after Sid Vicious interfered, as all the other lumberjacks were trying to push Vader back into the ring, and dropped the challenger with the powerbomb; other lumberjacks for the match included Sting, Davey Boy Smith, WCW US Champion Dustin Rhodes, Col. Rob Parker, Harlem Heat, Maxx Payne, Arn Anderson, the Shockmaster, and the Equalizer; the match was advertised as a human cage match rather than a lumberjack match (The History of the World Heavyweight Championship)

10/4/93; Columbus, GA
10/23/93 – featured an opening segment in which Tony Schiavone previewed the matches on the show while the “Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal” wheel was shown behind him; included Schiavone & Jesse Ventura on commentary; featured a segment of the Amateur Challenge with fan submitted videos; included Schiavone with a fan named Carlos, with Carlos spinning the wheel as an example of what could happen at Halloween Havoc, with Carlos landing on a Russian Chain Match; featured a Halloween Havoc Control Center hosted by Chris Cruise; included Schiavone conducting an interview with Sting beside the “Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal” wheel regarding his match at Havoc against Sid Vicious, during which Sting said Cactus Jack would have the advantage over WCW World Champion Vader in their match; featured a music video of Cactus Jack to the tune of his theme song; included Schiavone and a fan named Tammy in which she spun the “Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal” wheel, with the wheel landing on a lumberjack match; featured Schiavone conducting a closing interview with Cactus, beside the “Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal” wheel, regarding his match the following night against Vader, during which Cactus held a piece of barbed wire; during the segment, Cactus told the story of being trapped in barbed wire as a 7-year-old and having to pull himself out and then said he liked it; moments later, Harley Race came out, with Cactus dropping him with the double arm DDT on the floor; Cactus then spun the wheel to close the broadcast, with an on screen graphic saying it would be continued at Halloween Havoc:
The Shockmaster, Ice Train, & Charlie Norris defeated Jeff Gamble, Todd Zane, & Fred Avery at 5:12 when Shockmaster pinned Zane with the bearhug slam; during the bout, Tony Schiavone said he would have a surprise for Jesse Ventura in the coming weeks
Ricky Steamboat pinned Bobby Starr with the crossbody off the top at 2:33
Davey Boy Smith pinned Sledgehammer McGill with the running powerslam at 3:00; after the match, Tony Schiavone conducted a ringside interview with Smith regarding his match the following night at Halloween Havoc against WCW TV Champion Lord Steven Regal, during which Sir William interrupted; moments later Smith hoisted him up for a gorilla press but Regal appeared ringside with a croquet bat and hit Smith in the midsection
Sid Vicious (w/ Col. Rob Parker) pinned JD Striker with the powerbomb at 1:59; during the bout, it was announced Vicious would face Ric Flair on the following week’s show; after the match, Schiavone conducted a ringside interview with Vicious & Parker regarding the match the following night between Vicious and Sting at Havoc and Vicious’ match the following week against Flair
Johnny B. Badd defeated Paul Orndorff via disqualification at 9:58 when Maxx Payne, who came ringside late in the match, accidentally hit Orndorff when Badd moved out of the way; after the contest, Payne extended his hand to Orndorff in apology but Orndorff yelled at him for costing him the match
The Colossal Kongs (w/ Harley Race) defeated Rick Thames & Buddy Ryan at the 25-second mark following an elbow drop / splash combo; the Kongs kept their robes on for the duration of the match; after the bout, Schiavone conducted a ringside interview with Race, alongside the Kongs, regarding the “Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal” match the next night at Havoc between WCW World Champion Vader and Cactus Jack, during which Race questioned why the strap option had been replaced by a barbed wire match on the wheel
Steve Austin (w/ Brian Pillman) pinned Tommy Angel with the Stun Gun at 3:52; after the bout, Schiavone conducted a ringside interview with Austin & Pillman regarding Austin facing WCW US Champion Dustin Rhodes the following night at Havoc; moments later, Col. Rob Parker came ringside and began praising Austin and subtly insulting Pillman; Sid Vicious then came ringside, yelled at Parker, and said he wanted to talk with him backstage
WCW International World Champion Rick Rude pinned Brad Anderson at 2:35 with a kneedrop off the top after refusing to make the cover after hitting the Rude Awakening; after the contest, Schiavone conducted an interview with Ric Flair, alongside Fifi, beside the “Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal” wheel regarding his match with Rude at Havoc for the gold belt and facing Vicious the following week; during Flair’s promo, he said he would face WCW World Champion Vader at the Clash if he beat Vicious, with Flair saying that by then it would be a champion vs. champion match
Marcus Alexander Bagwell & 2 Cold Scorpio (w/ Teddy Long) defeated WCW Tag Team Champions the Nasty Boys (w/ Missy Hyatt) to win the titles at 14:44 when Bagwell pinned Jerry Saggs when, as Saggs had Bagwell positioned for a powerslam, Scorpio came off with a tackle behind the referee’s back which put Bagwell on top for the win; the commentary was scaled back in the match so that the fans at home could better hear the strategies and bumps in the ring; at the time of the finish, Missy attempted to climb into the ring with a steel chair but Long prevented her from interfering (Long’s surprise debut with Bagwell & Scorpio)

10/4/93; Columbus, GA
10/30/93 – featured Tony Schiavone & Jesse Ventura on commentary; included a promo by Ric Flair regarding his match with Sid Vicious later in the night, with the winner advancing to meet WCW World Champion Vader at the Clash of the Champions; featured a segment of the Amateur Challenge with fan submitted videos; included the Battlebowl Control Center hosted by Chris Cruise, with a video package featuring comments from Sting, WCW US Champion Dustin Rhodes, WCW Tag Team Champions the Nasty Boys, WCW International World Champion Rick Rude, Steve Austin, Cactus Jack, and Johnny B. Badd; featured a promo by Vicious regarding his match with Flair later in the night, during which Vicious said Flair was the greatest wrestler of all time but things change; included the announcement the Shockmaster would face the Equalizer, WCW TV Champion Lord Steven Regal would face Badd, and WCW Tag Team Champions the Nasty Boys would face Sting & Davey Boy Smith at the Clash of the Champions Nov. 10; featured a promo by Road Warrior Hawk regarding his upcoming match with Rude at the Clash:
Johnny B. Badd & Erik Watts defeated WCW TV Champion Lord Steven Regal (w/ Sir William) & Paul Orndorff via disqualification at 13:06 when Maxx Payne, who came ringside late in the bout, climbed in the ring; moments later, Orndorff held Badd for Payne to hit him but Payne hit Orndorff instead and then knocked down Regal; after Regal & Orndorff left the ring, Badd – not knowing what happened – punched Payne until Watts got between him and explained to Badd that Payne helped him; Payne then extended his hand to Badd, with Badd eventually shaking it
Ice Train pinned Tony Zane at 1:30 with the powerslam
WCW US Champion Dustin Rhodes pinned Pat Rose with the bulldog at 4:27; during the bout, it was announced Rhodes would face Paul Orndorff at the Clash of the Champions and the Assassin would be in Orndorff’s corner; it was also noted Road Warrior Hawk would challenge WCW International World Champion Rick Rude at the Clash; following the contest, Tony Schiavone conducted a ringside interview with Rhodes regarding his upcoming match with Orndorff, during which Schiavone showed a pre-taped ringside promo from Orndorff & the Assassin in which the Assassin called out Dusty Rhodes and said he would hurt Rhodes’ family; Dustin then responded to the threats
Steve Austin & Brian Pillman defeated Chris Kern & Chris Sullivan at 4:26 when Austin pinned Kern following the Atomic Blonde; after the bout, Schiavone conducted a ringside interview with Austin & Pillman, with Pillman bragging about their accomplishments until he was interrupted by Col. Rob Parker; Parker then compared Pillman to a horse he would have to put down, with Pillman punching out Parker until he was jumped from behind by Austin; Austin and Parker then left ringside together (Austin & Pillman’s last TV appearance as a team)
The Colossal Kongs (w/ Harley Race) defeated Al Hunter & Jason Johnson at the 45-second mark following a splash; the Kongs kept their robes on for the duration of the match; after the contest, Schiavone conducted a ringside interview with Race, alongside the Kongs, regarding the match later in the show between Ric Flair and Sid Vicious to determine WCW World Champion Vader’s challenger at the Clash of the Champions; during the interview, Race called Col. Rob Parker a snake in the grass and that whoever walked in as challenger would not walk out of the match
The Shockmaster pinned Chic Donovan with the bearhug slam at the 40-second mark
Ricky Steamboat pinned Bobby Eaton at 12:46 with an electric chair and roll over; during the match, Schiavone said he had a big surprise for Jesse Ventura for the following week’s show and it would be a major announcement for WCW
Ric Flair (w/ Fifi) defeated Sid Vicious (w/ Col. Rob Parker) via disqualification at 16:44 when Parker began repeatedly kicking Flair after Vicious reversed Flair’s figure-4; stipulations stated the winner would challenge WCW World Champion Vader at the Clash of the Champions; during the bout, it was announced Arn Anderson & Paul Roma would face the Colossal Kongs the following night on The Main Event and Erik Watts would be in the Horsemen’s corner while Yoshi Kwan would be in the Kongs’; after the bout, Vicious confronted Parker on costing him the match, with Vicious dropping Parker with the chokeslam as the broadcast ended

10/5/93; Atlanta, GA; Center Stage Theatre
11/6/93 – featured Tony Schiavone & Jesse Ventura on commentary; included a video package previewing all the matches scheduled for the Clash of the Champions; featured a segment in which Schiavone introduced Gene Okerlund as the newest member of the WCW broadcast crew; moments later, Okerlund came out and said he would be speaking later in the show with both Sid Vicious and Ric Flair (Okerlund’s surprise debut); included footage from the previous week of Brian Pillman punching out Col. Rob Parker, with Steve Austin then attacking Pillman from behind and beating him up around ringside; featured a Battlebowl Control Center hosted by Okerlund, with comments from WCW TV Champion Lord Steven Regal and Davey Boy Smith; during Smith’s comments, he mistakenly said Sting won the 1992 event; included pretaped comments from Larry King in which he welcomed Okerlund to the Turner broadcast team; featured footage of the Flair vs. Vicious match the previous week, Col. Rob Parker costing Vicious the match when he interfered, and Vicious dropping Parker with a chokeslam; included Okerlund conducting an interview with Vicious regarding the restraining order put on him for the Clash, during which Vicious said if Parker got him a US title shot like he did Steve Austin then he would already have the belt; Vicious then said it would take more than 50 feet to keep Parker and Austin safe from him; featured a segment of the Amateur Challenge with fan submitted videos; included a promo by Road Warrior Hawk regarding his match against WCW International World Champion Rick Rude at the Clash; featured an ad promoting “Ravishing Rick Rude: Raw,” “Deadly Venom: The Best of Sting,” and “New Blood on the Block” on home video; included Okerlund conducting a closing interview with Flair, alongside Fifi, regarding his match at the Clash against WCW World Champion Vader:
Harlem Heat defeated Arn Anderson & Paul Roma at 12:07 when Kane, the illegal man, pinned Roma after Roma collided with Kole, knocking Kole to the floor; during the bout, it was announced Steve Austin would face Brian Pillman later that week at Clash of the Champions; Roma’s foot was on the bottom rope during the cover but Kole pushed it off during the third count
Steve Austin (w/ Col. Rob Parker) pinned Scott Stud with the Stun Gun at 8:09; after the bout, Tony Schiavone conducted a ringside interview with Austin & Parker in which Parker pulled out a restraining order which stated Sid Vicious could not get within 50 feet of him; moments later, both men commented on Austin facing Brian Pillman at the Clash of the Champions and putting their sights on the WCW US Title; during the segment, Austin called himself the quarterback of the Hollywood Blondes and threatened to slap Vicious if he got in his face (Parker’s first appearance in Austin’s corner)
Paul Orndorff (w/ the Assassin) pinned Tommy Angel at 4:22 with the piledriver and an elbow drop; after the bout, Schiavone conducted a ringside interview with Orndorff & the Assassin regarding Orndorff challenging WCW US Champion Dustin Rhodes at the Clash
The Shockmaster pinned Bob Starr with the bearhug slam at the 45-second mark
WCW US Champion Dustin Rhodes pinned Mike Thor with the bulldog at 3:59; during the bout, Jesse Ventura said the WCW broadcast team didn’t sound like a rerun of “Hee-Haw;” after the match, Schiavone conducted a ringside interview with Rhodes regarding his title defense at the Clash against Orndorff, during which Dustin introduced his father Dusty Rhodes who would be in his corner for the match; Dusty then cut a promo on facing the Assassin at the Boyfront Center, with his use of the word “ass” being censored, and said he used to date a girl named Paula, in reference to Orndorff’s nickname
The Colossal Kongs (w/ Harley Race) defeated Chris Kern & JD Stryker at the 48-second mark when Stryker was pinned following a splash
WCW International World Champion Rick Rude pinned Buddy Ryan with the Rude Awakening at 1:05; following the match, Schiavone conducted a ringside interview with Rude regarding his title defense at the Clash against Road Warrior Animal, during which he said the belt in his possession was the only world title in wrestling
WCW Tag Team Champions the Nasty Boys (w/ Missy Hyatt) defeated Ron Simmons & Ice Train at 8:33 when Brian Knobbs pinned Simmons with a roll up after Simmons became distracted by Train who was trying to help Missy on the floor after she faked an injury; during the bout, it was announced Dusty Rhodes, Steve Austin, and WCW TV Champion Lord Steven Regal would be part of The Main Event the following night

10/5/93; Atlanta, GA; Center Stage Theatre
11/13/93 – included Tony Schiavone & Jesse Ventura on commentary; featured footage from the ending of the Ric Flair vs. WCW World Champion Vader match at the Clash of the Champions and the post-match brawl involving Steve Austin and Col. Rob Parker before WCW US Champion Dustin Rhodes and the Shockmaster ran out to make the save; moments later, Flair challenged Vader & Austin to face he and Sid Vicious that weekend on WCW Saturday Night; included a Battlebowl Control Center hosted by Gene Okerlund, with comments from Johnny B. Badd; featured Okerlund conducting an interview with Maxx Payne regarding his recently shaking the hand of Badd, with Payne saying he recently sat down with Cactus Jack and realized the two had a lot in common; included a video package recapping the Battlebowl from Starrcade 91 and Sting’s victory in the Lethal Lottery and 2-ring battle royal; while several minutes of the segment focused on his battle with then-WCW World Champion Lex Luger, Luger was never mentioned by name; footage was then shown of Bill Watts & Hank Aaron presenting Sting with his Battlebowl ring at Starrcade 92; featured an ad promoting “Ravishing Rick Rude: Raw,” “Deadly Venom: The Best of Sting,” and “New Blood on the Block” on home video:
2 Cold Scorpio & Marcus Alexander Bagwell (w/ Teddy Long) defeated Paul Lee & Chick Donovan at 3:43 when Scorpio pinned Lee with the 450 splash
Ice Train pinned Fred Avery with the powerslam at 1:06; following the match, Tony Schiavone conducted a ringside interview with Train regarding he and Ron Simmons’ loss to WCW Tag Team Champions the Nasty Boys the previous week, with Train saying he idolized Simmons and wanted another chance to make Simmons proud of him; moments later, Simmons came out and told Train to pay attention with the two then going backstage together
WCW US Champion Dustin Rhodes pinned Chris Sullivan with the bulldog at 3:01
Arn Anderson & Paul Roma defeated Paul Orndorff & Yoshi Kwan (w/ Harley Race) at 8:27 when Roma pinned Kwan with a roll up after Kwan accidentally kicked an interfering Race
WCW Tag Team Champions the Nasty Boys (w/ Missy Hyatt) defeated Scott Stud & Tommy Angel at 8:04 when Jerry Saggs pinned Stud following the running powerslam / flying elbowsmash combo; following the match, Okerlund conducted a ringside interview with the Nastys & Missy regarding their upcoming participation in Battlebowl and having beaten such teams as Sting & Davey Boy Smith and 2 Cold Scorpio & Marcus Alexander Bagwell; Okerlund then said Ricky Steamboat had found a partner and wanted a shot against the champions, with the Nastys saying Steamboat was washed up; moments later, Okerlund brought Steamboat out, with Steamboat challenging them to a title match for the following week; after the Nastys accepted, Steamboat said they would have one week to get in shape for the bout
Ric Flair (w/ Fifi) & Arn Anderson (sub. for Sid Vicious) vs. WCW World Champion Vader (w/ Harley Race) & Steve Austin (w/ Col. Rob Parker); prior to the bout, Vicious was attacked from behind by the Colossal Kongs, who held Vicious down for Vader to hit a splash on the floor; moments later, Anderson, Ron Simmons, Erik Watts, and others came out to tend to Vicious; following the commercial break, Vicious was helped backstage; Flair then returned to the ring and said he had found a new partner, with Anderson then returning ringside as well; the match went 33:05 and was still going on when the program ended; Schiavone said the result would be announced the following night on The Main Event (Vicious’ last TV appearance for 6 years) (10/11/93; Center Stage Theatre)

10/6/93; Dalton, GA
11/20/93 – 90-minute episode; the first episode with the new manufacturing opening and look; featured a segment of the Amateur Challenge with fan submitted videos; included a segment with Tony Schiavone, Jesse Ventura, & Gene Okerlund in which Okerlund announced Ricky Steamboat’s mystery partner for later in the show to face WCW Tag Team Champions the Nasty Boys would be Sting; featured a Battlebowl Control Center hosted by Okerlund, with comments from WCW US Champion Dustin Rhodes and Paul Orndorff; when Orndorff mentioned the name of WCW World Champion Vader, the “Big Van” was edited out of the audio; included footage from the previous week’s Main Event in which Todd Champion was interviewed at ringside by Tony Schiavone, during which he said he wanted a shot at WCW TV Champion Lord Steven Regal; moments later, Regal and Sir William came ringside, with Regal saying he would happily embarass Champion in the ring the following week; featured a Battlebowl video package with comments from Sting, Rhodes, the Nasty Boys, WCW International World Champion Rick Rude, Steve Austin, Cactus Jack, Johnny B. Badd, Sid Vicious, and Ricky Steamboat; included highlights from the Clash of the Champions match pitting Sting & Davey Boy Smith against the Nasty Boys, with interference from Rude:
The Shockmaster pinned Sledgehammer McGill with the bearhug slam at the 58-second mark; following the bout, Gene Okerlund conducted a ringside interview with the Shockmaster regarding his participation later that night in Battlebowl
The Colossal Kongs (w/ Harley Race) defeated Tom Zane & Mike Thor at the 31-second mark following an elbow drop / splash combo
Arn Anderson defeated Paul Orndorff (w/ the Assassin) via disqualification at 11:11 when Steve Austin interfered; prior to the bout, the Assassin came ringside with Col. Rob Parker, with Parker going backstage before the match began; after the bout, Anderson was double teamed until Paul Roma came out, forcing Orndorff and Austin to the floor; moments later, Anderson motioned to Roma asking where he was while he was being double teamed; Tony Schiavone then conducted a ringside interview with Anderson, alongside Roma, in which he challenged Orndorff & Austin to a tag team match for the following week and said he would find someone to watch his back, while looking at Roma to imply he didn’t think Roma could get the job done
Steve Austin (w/ Col. Rob Parker) pinned Brad Anderson at 4:47 with the Stun Gun; after the bout, Schiavone conducted a ringside interview with Austin, Parker, & the Assassin regarding Austin’s participation in Battlebowl and Parker getting information from the Assassin about WCW US Champion Dustin Rhodes
Sting & Ricky Steamboat defeated WCW Tag Team Champions the Nasty Boys (w/ Missy Hyatt) via disqualification at 19:24 when WCW International World Champion Rick Rude attacked Sting as Sting had the Scorpion Deathlock applied on Jerry Saggs; after the bout, Ric Flair ran out to make the save and clear the ring

10/6/93; Dalton, GA
11/27/93 – 90-minute episode; featured footage from a recent press conference in which Gene Okerlund announced Japan, Australia, the UK, South Africa, Brazil, Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, Mexico City, New York City, Chicago, Des Moines, and Houston had bid to host Starrcade 93 and it was going to be held in Charlotte, NC; Okerlund then introduced WCW World Champion Big Van Vader & Harley Race; moments later, Ric Flair, alongside Fifi, interrupted, showed a contract to Race, and said he wanted a shot at Vader at Starrcade; when Vader asked what Flair had to offer, Race showed him the contract which read Flair would retire if he didn’t win the title; Vader then bragged about the injuries he gave Sting, Ron Simmons, Joe Thurman, Nikita Koloff, Cactus Jack, and Sid Vicious with Flair then responding by saying it was “Flair for the Gold” at Starrcade 1983 and he would get the belt back again at Starrcade; included footage of Vader attacking Flair during the Battlebowl battle royal, which caused Flair to be taken backstage on a stretcher; featured an ad for the 1994 WCW calendar featuring Missy Hyatt; included a segment of the Amateur Challenge with fan submitted videos; featured the first Starrcade Control Center in which Okerlund said it was official that Flair would face Vader, career vs. title:
Steve Austin (w/ Col. Rob Parker) & Paul Orndorff (w/ the Assassin) defeated Arn Anderson & Paul Roma at 11:39 when Austin pinned Anderson after Orndorff came off the top behind the referee’s back as Anderson had Austin covered following the spinebuster; during the finish, the Assassin climbed up on the corner and directed Roma not to make the save for his partner
Ice Train pinned Paul Lee at 1:08 with a powerslam; after the bout, Tony Schiavone conducted a ringside interview with Train in which he said he wouldn’t make the same mistakes as he has in the past; moments later, Ron Simmons came ringside and said Train needs to stay focused and said he would continue to share his expertise and knowledge
Harlem Heat defeated WCW US Champion Dustin Rhodes & the Shockmaster via disqualification at 3:20 when Shockmaster threw Kane over the top rope as Rhodes was being double teamed
Ron Simmons pinned Fred Avery at 3:08 with a shoulderblock off the top; during the bout, Jesse Ventura claimed Simmons tipped off Notre Dame before their recent game with Florida State, which allowed Notre Dame to win
The Colossal Kongs (w/ Harley Race) defeated Jeff Gamble & Chris Sullivan at the 48-second mark when Gamble was pinned following a splash; the Kongs wrestled the match without taking off their robes
Sting, Ric Flair (w/ Fifi), & Ricky Steamboat defeated WCW International World Champion Rick Rude & WCW Tag Team Champions the Nasty Boys (w/ Missy Hyatt) at 20:03 when sting pinned Rude with a botched roll up after Rude dropped Steamboat with the Rude Awakening

10/11/93; Atlanta, GA; Center Stage Theatre
12/4/93:
Paul Orndorff defeated Erik Watts
Arn Anderson defeated Tom Burton
WCW World Champion Vader defeated Alex Davis
Ron Simmons defeated Sonny Rogers
WCW Tag Team Champions the Nasty Boys (w/ Missy Hyatt) defeated Troy Ace & Al Phillips
Marcus Alexander Bagwell (w/ Teddy Long) defeated Bob Starr
WCW TV Champion Lord Steven Regal (w/ Sir William) defeated Mark Starr
WCW US Champion Dustin Rhodes defeated an unknown
Ric Flair & Ricky Steamboat defeated Bobby Eaton & the Equalizer

11/30/93; Atlanta, GA; Center Stage Theatre
12/11/93 – featured Tony Schiavone & Jesse Ventura on commentary; included a pretaped promo by Harlem Heat regarding Kole’s match later in the night against Ric Flair; featured an ad for the 1994 WCW calendar featuring Missy Hyatt; included a segment of the Amateur Challenge with fan submitted videos; featured a Starrcade Control Center hosted by Gene Okerlund in which it was announced Terry Taylor would face the Equalizer, Awesome Kong would face the Shockmaster, and Cactus Jack & Maxx Payne would face Tex Slazenger & Shanghai Pierce; included Okerlund conducting an interview with WCW World Champion Vader, alongside Harley Race, regarding defending against Ric Flair at Starrcade with Flair’s career on the line; during the segment, Vader’s use of the word “damn” was edited out; featured footage from the 12/11/93 Worldwide of Ice Train beating the Equalizer in the semi-finals of the Jesse the Body Arm Wrestling tournament, WCW International World Champion Rick Rude attacking Davey Boy Smith, and then Vader beating Smith in the tournament as well; included Okerlund conducting a ringside interview with Sting regarding the upcoming Flair vs. Vader match at Starrcade and teaming with Road Warrior Hawk to face WCW Tag Team Champions the Nasty Boys; moments later, Brian Pillman interrupted, said he and Sting haven’t seen eye to eye in the past year, and then asked Sting to see what he could do to help Pillman try to get a match with Steve Austin; Sting said he would try:
Davey Boy Smith pinned Bert Stiles with the running powerslam at 2:43; during the bout, it was announced Arn Anderson was injured and would be replaced later in the show by Erik Watts
Steve Austin (w/ Col. Rob Parker) pinned Brian Armstrong with the Stun Gun at 3:01
Terry Taylor pinned Tony Mella with the Five Arm at 4:47 (Taylor’s TV in-ring return after more than a year absence)
Tex Slazenger & Shanghai Pierce defeated Larry Santo & Mark Starr at 7:41 when Slazenger pinned Santo with a kick to the back and the reverse DDT after Santo had a sleeper applied on Pierce; prior to the bout, Thunder & Lightning cut a pretaped promo in which they called out WCW Tag Team Champions the Nasty Boys, Harlem Heat, and Tex & Shanghai; during the contest, it was noted Cactus Jack & Maxx Payne would make their debut as a team on the following week’s show
WCW TV Champion Lord Steven Regal (w/ Sir William) & Paul Orndorff (w/ the Assassin) defeated Paul Roma & Erik Watts (sub. for Arn Anderson) at 12:33 when Orndorff pinned Watts after Roma hit an elbow drop off the top onto his partner, behind the referee’s back, as Watts had the STF applied on Orndorff; prior to the bout, Gene Okerlund conducted an interview about Roma regarding the incident weeks ago with the Assassin and the fact Anderson was too injured to compete; moments later, Watts came out and said he would stand beside Roma just like any of the Horsemen would
WCW International World Champion Rick Rude pinned Chris Nelson with the Rude Awakening at 2:06; after the bout, Gene Okerlund conducted a ringside interview with Rude regarding his title defense at Starrcade against Davey Boy Smith, during which Rude challenged Smith to a match for the following week; moments later, Smith confronted Rude and accepted the challenge before he was held back by officials
The Shockmaster pinned Pat Rose with a bearhug into a slam at 1:13
2 Cold Scorpio & Marcus Alexander Bagwell (w/ Teddy Long) defeated Bill Payne & Robbie Eagle at 5:02 when Scorpio scored the pin with the 450 splash
Ric Flair (w/ Fifi) defeated Harlem Heat Kole (w/ Harlem Heat Kane) via submission with the figure-4 at 10:05, moments after the Shockmaster came out to prevent Kane from interfering; following the bout, Okerlund conducted a ringside interview with Flair, alongside Fifi, regarding his Starrcade match with Vader

11/30/93; Atlanta, GA; Center Stage Theatre
12/18/93 – 90-minute episode; included Tony Schiavone & Jesse Ventura on commentary; featured footage of WCW World Champion Vader beating Ice Train in the finals of the Jesse the Body Invitational Arm Wrestling tournament from Worldwide; included a WCW Hotline plug from Gene Okerlund in which he said he asked Hulk Hogan about the upcoming Vader vs. Ric Flair match at Starrcade and Hogan’s comments would be on the hotline; featured a Starrcade Control Center hosted by Gene Okerlund in which it was announced Marcus Alexander Bagwell & 2 Cold Scorpio would face Paul Orndorff & Paul Roma; included a segment of the Amateur Challenge with fan submitted videos; featured an ad for the 1994 WCW calendar featuring Missy Hyatt; included a video package recapping Flair’s win over NWA World Champion Harley Race at Starrcade 83 and matches against Dusty Rhodes at Starrcade 85 and Ron Garvin at Starrcade 87; during the segment, narrated by Okerlund, it was noted Flair left for the WWF in 1991 and twice won the WWF World Title; comments were then shown from Mike Fratello, head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers, in which he compared Flair’s career to that of Michael Jordan and said Flair would win; Cavalier Brad Daughterty then said he wished Flair the best and said he wanted to see Flair’s career continue; Charles Barkley, of the Phoenix Suns, said Vader wasn’t ready to beat the man and Flair would win at Starrcade; footage was then shown of Flair’s promo as part of Clash of the Champions V when he was in the ring with several women; featured the announcement that the following night’s Main Event would feature a look at the career of Sting:
Steve Austin (w/ Col. Rob Parker) pinned Alex Davis with the Stun Gun at 2:09; following the bout, Gene Okerlund conducted a ringside interview with Austin & Parker regarding Austin’s upcoming match with WCW US Champion Dustin Rhodes at Starrcade and the challenge of Brian Pillman
Cactus Jack & Maxx Payne defeated Tony Zane & JD Wolfe at 2:23 when Cactus pinned Wolfe with the double arm DDT; prior to the bout, Tex Slazenger & Shanghai Pierce cut an insert promo on facing Cactus & Payne at Starrcade; after the contest, Payne put Zane in the Pain Killer; moments later, Gene Okerlund conducted a ringside interview with Cactus & Payne regarding their upcoming match at Starrcade against Slazenger & Pierce
WCW US Champion Dustin Rhodes pinned Bob Cook with the bulldog at 1:51; after the bout, Steve Austin, alongside Col. Rob Parker, jumped Rhodes from behind; moments later, Austin held Rhodes so Parker could stick his cigar in his eye but Brian Pillman made the save and helped clear the ring
WCW World Champion Vader (w/ Harley Race) pinned Rich Anderson with the powerbomb at 1:22; following the match, Okerlund conducted a ringside interview with Vader & Race regarding the upcoming match with Ric Flair at Starrcade, during which Vader said he would humiliate Flair
Erik Watts pinned Paul Orndorff (w/ the Assassin) at 7:32 with a roll up after Orndorff missed a charge in the corner; during the bout, it was announced the following week’s episode would feature Tony Schiavone & Okerlund at Okerlund’s log cabin in the woods; after the contest, Orndorff threw down the referee and dropped Watts with the piledriver; Paul Roma then came out with Orndorff holding down Watts so Roma could hit the top rope splash; moments later, the Shockmaster came ringside which forced Onrdorff, Roma, & the Assassin from ringside; Okerlund then conducted an interview with Orndorff, Roma, & the Assassin in which Orndorff argued the loss was a fluke; Roma then cut a promo on his new team with Orndorff and facing Marcus Alexander Bagwell & 2 Cold Scorpio at Starrcade
WCW International World Champion Rick Rude defeated Davey Boy Smith via forfeit in a non-title match; Smith was introduced for the bout but failed to appear; following the commercial break, Okerlund conducted a ringside interview with Gary Juster from the WCW Board of Directors in which he said Smith was contractually obligated to compete in the match and would be given 30 seconds to come out or he would lose the match via forfeit; after Rude was announced as the winner, Rude took the mic and said Smith backed out of the match because he was scared and wasn’t man enough to face Rude; Rude continued to insult Smith and said he himself was unbeatable and would retire as world champion; moments later, the Boss ran in the ring and began assaulting Rude which led to an impromptu match (12/?/93; Center Stage Theatre)
The Boss pinned WCW International World Champion Rick Rude in a non-title match at 10:29 with the sidewalk slam; the Boss wore his blue WWF attire for the bout; the contest replaced the scheduled Smith vs. Rude match which was taped 11/30/93 but did not air due to Smith’s firing; clips of the Smith vs. Rude bout aired during the episode’s opening; following the match, Okerlund conducted a ringside interview with the Boss regarding his arrival to WCW, during which he called Rude a criminal and said he wanted Rude’s belt (Ray Traylor’s surprise return after a nearly 6-year absence) (12/?/93; Center Stage Theatre)

12/25/93:
2 Cold Scorpio & Marcus Alexander Bagwell defeated Shanghai Pierce & Tex Slazenger via disqualification when Paul Orndorff & Paul Roma interfered (12/6/93; Dalton, GA)