Rewind-A-Wai #58 will be released on Tuesday, March 31.
WCW World War 3 Sunday, November 26, 1995 Norfolk, Virginia at the Norfolk Scope
*60-man Battle Royal for the vacant WCW title
*Ric Flair vs. Sting
*Randy Savage vs. Lex Luger
*Kensuke Sasaki vs. Chris Benoit for the WCW U.S. title
*Cutie Suzuki & Mayumi Ozaki vs. Bull Nakano & Akira Hokuto
*Big Bubba Rogers vs. Jim Duggan in a Taped Fist Match
*Johnny B. Badd vs. Diamond Dallas Page for the WCW Television title
September to December 1995 of WCW is one of my most fondly remembered time periods as a wrestling fan. As a 9 year old at this point in time, I had grown up following my dad as a Four Horsemen fan and hating Hulk Hogan. My hate of Hogan, also made me a Dungeon of Doom fan. This show was fantastic and is the perfect lead in to my all time favorite show, Starrcade 95.
I love chaos and unpredictability in my wrestling, so I love the concept of the World War 3 match. I do wish it were shot better and maybe focus on one ring at a time, when key moments were happening, instead of showing all 3 rings on one screen. Even though I wasnt a fan of Savage at the time, my anyone but Hogan mentality made him winning, a good thing in my eyes.
My favorite part of what was to come in this era, was the WCW vs New Japan aspect. Do you know how this idea came about for Starrcade? Do you think we’ll ever see a day, where WWE, AEW, or New Japan, team up for a big show like that?
I remember watching or rather listening to this PPV on scramble-vision as a 12 year old.
I’m glad that the Network kept the correct 4:3 aspect ratio. I would hate for “classic” PPVs to be ruined by unnecessary HD releases like The Simpsons upgrade to a 16:9 ratio on Disney+.
I have this PPV on in the background and I’m only in the second match. So far, I’ve seen Hogan without a moustache, DDP betting his valet, Mean Gene hawking his WCW Hotline while talking about the WWF steroid scandal, and now Hacksaw Jim Duggan has his fists taped in a match against Big Bubba AKA Unemployed Big Boss Man. Simply delightful!
I’m going to be honest, I don’t know if I’ll finish this PPV but I’m glad to be able to watch it as I wait for the miasma of COVID-19 to pass us by.
I didn’t know this was the “Observe This” show. I know you guys have made your feelings known on Twitter and how toxic it is, but I’m always shocked at multi millionaire athletes, Kevin Durant being the biggest example of feeling so insecure about people who are so irrelevant to your life that you make burner accounts to defend yourself. Dude you’re Hulk Hogan why even give it attention. Anyways because we’re in hell I watched this Sunday afternoon, 3 hours went by so there’s that. William Regal behind Michael Buffer was Hilarious