(Special thanks to CassT2000 for suggesting this match. If you'd like to see a match covered on the Worst in the World, leave a comment down below.)
Do I need to go any further? Heading into Fall Brawl 1993, the team of Sting, Davey Boy Smith, and Dustin Rhodes needed a partner to take on the team of Big Van Vader, Sid Vicious, and Harlem Heat. But they didn't just need anyone, they needed someone who was going to shock the world. Enter the Shockmaster, aka Fred Ottman (Tugboat/Typhoon in the WWF) in a glittery Stormtrooper mask. This already looks bad, but it gets worse. Much worse.
After Sting announced the Shockmaster as their partner at Clash of the Champions XXIV, the Shockmaster burst through the wall of the "A Flair for the Gold" set. At least, that's what was supposed to happen. Instead, Shockmaster tripped over a piece of wood, broke through the wall, fell right on his fookin ass as Smith said, and lost his helmet in the process. And just like that, the gimmick was dead. Less than one second into its existence and the gimmick was done for. They tried to salvage the segment, as Shockmaster took the mic (with Ole Anderson providing the voice for him) and called out Sid as Sid tried his damndest to keep character.
Obviously, WCW couldn't try to present the Shockmaster as anything serious after this disaster of a debut, so they tweaked the gimmick. Now, instead of...whatever he was supposed to be, he was a klutz who wore a hardhat. The gimmick wouldn't last long, and the Shockmaster was gone in December of 1993, three months after his debut. The Shockmaster's final match saw him take on Awesome Kong (not the TNA one) and one half of the Colossal Kongs...OR IS HE?! You'll see what I mean.
As Shockmaster makes his way to the ring, both of the Kongs attack him, giving him an assisted corner splash before King Kong splashes. And this is where, for whatever reason, they decided to switch Awesome Kong and King Kong, so now it's King Kong facing Shockmaster as Awesome Kong stands at ringside. You can tell because King Kong has "KING" written on the side of his gear.
Tony Schiavone and Jesse Ventura are just as confused as I am, even theorizing that Awesome Kong put on the wrong gear after showering. What. King Kong beats down on Shockmaster in the corner before going for another splash. Shockmaster blocks it with a big boot before clotheslining Kong to the ground. Shockmaster follows up with a crossbody. Awesome Kong tries to interfere (in the match he's supposed to be wrestling), but Shockmaster stops him before bodyslamming King Kong for the three and the win. After the match, Awesome Kong tries to splash Shockmaster, but Shockmaster moves out of the way, causing Awesome Kong to splash his fellow Kong. Shockmaster then just...leaves.
The Verdict
This match is confusing. I really don't understand what was going on with the Awesome Kong-King Kong switch. Aside from that, this isn't too bad. Sure, it's just basic wrestling moves, but it's mercifully short and nothing was actually botched. I wouldn't recommend it, but it's not really worth skipping if you are watching Starrcade 1993.
Rankings (Best to Worst)
- Rick Rude vs Jake Roberts-WrestleMania IV
- Too Much vs Al Snow & Head-King of the Ring 1998
- Randy Orton vs Bray Wyatt-WrestleMania 33
- Vampiro vs Sting-Great American Bash 2000
- T&A vs Head Cheese-WrestleMania 2000
- Triple H vs Sgt. Slaughter-D-Generation X: In Your House
- Konnan vs One Man Gang-SuperBrawl VI
- Ultimate Warrior vs Hercules-WrestleMania IV
- Rick Rude vs Hawk-Clash of the Champions XXV
- Shelton Benjamin vs Viscera-New Year's Revolution 2006
- Steve McMichael vs Reggie White-Slamboree 1997
- The Tag Team Fatal 4-Way Match-WrestleMania 13
- Tag Team Battle Royal-WrestleMania XIV
- The Chamber of Horrors-Halloween Havoc 1991
- The Natural Disasters vs Money Inc.-WrestleMania VIII
- Ivan Koloff vs Paul Jones-Clash of the Champions IV
- ODB, Taylor Wilde, and Roxxi vs The Kongtourage-Genesis 2009
- Ivory vs Tori-SummerSlam 1999
- The Reverse Battle Royal-Impact! (10/26/2006)
- Jerry Blackwell vs Boris Zhukov-SuperClash II
- Nikita Koloff vs Bobby Eaton-Bunkhouse Stampede
- Alex Wright vs Steve McMichael-Halloween Havoc 1997
- The Great Khali vs Kane-WrestleMania 23
- Savio Vega vs Crush vs Faarooq-Ground Zero: In Your House
- The Shockmaster vs Awesome/King Kong-Starrcade 1993
- Total Divas vs Other Divas-Survivor Series 2013
- The Oddities vs Kaientai-SummerSlam 1998
- Hulk Hogan vs Sid Justice-WrestleMania VIII
- Paul Ellering vs Teddy Long-Capital Combat
- Dusty Rhodes vs Big Boss Man-Saturday Night's Main Event (10/31/1989)
- Tyson Tomko vs Stevie Richards-Unforgiven 2004
- Kane vs The Great Khali-SummerSlam 2009
- Hollywood Hogan vs The Giant-Hog Wild
- Hollywood Hogan vs The Giant-Souled Out 1997
- Dustin Rhodes & King Kong vs Awesome Kong & The Equalizer-Battlebowl
- Finlay & Little Bastard vs The Boogeyman & Little Boogeyman-No Way Out 2007
- Jake Roberts vs Andre the Giant-WrestleMania V
- Yokozuna vs King Mabel-In Your House 4
- Dusty Rhodes vs The Honky Tonk Man-SummerSlam 1989
- Sting & Hawk vs Meng & Kurasawa-Clash of the Champions XXXI
- Hulk Hogan vs Randy Savage-Uncensored 1998
- Al Snow vs Big Boss Man-Unforgiven 1999
- Mickie James vs Ashley-Royal Rumble 2006
- Christy Hemme vs Big Fat Oily Guy-Against All Odds 2007
- Stevie Ray vs Konnan-World War 3 1998
- Vampiro vs The KISS Demon-Bash at the Beach 2000
- Team WCW vs nWo Wolfpac vs nWo Hollywood-Fall Brawl 1998
- Vampiro vs Oklahoma-Starrcade 1999
- Hulk Hogan vs Andre the Giant-WrestleMania III
- Van Hammer vs Terrance Taylor-Clash of the Champions XVI
- Junkyard Dog vs Moondog Spot-Wrestling Classic
- The Undertaker vs Goldberg-Super ShowDown 2019
- Hiroshi Wajima vs Tom Magee-All Japan Pro Wrestling 1988
- Jim Duggan vs Big Boss Man-Royal Rumble 1990
- Meng vs Jim Duggan-Uncensored 1995
- Jim Steele vs The Equalizer-SuperBrawl IV
- Sting vs Tony Palmore-Battle 7
- D-Generation X vs Brothers of Destruction-Crown Jewel
- Wendi Richter vs Leilani Kai-WrestleMania
- Edge vs Triple H vs Vladimir Kozlov-Survivor Series 2008
- Kevin Sullivan vs Dave Sullivan-SuperBrawl V
- Steve McMichael vs Brian Adams-Road Wild 1998
- Scott Hall vs Roddy Piper-SuperBrawl IX
- Kane vs The Great Khali-Breaking Point
- PN News & Bobby Eaton vs Steve Austin & Terrance Taylor-Great American Bash 1991
- Scott Steiner vs Sid Vicious vs Jeff Jarrett vs Road Warrior Animal-Sin
- Hollywood Hogan vs Roddy Piper-SuperBrawl 1997
- Batista vs The Great Khali-SummerSlam 2007
- Sable vs Tori-WrestleMania XV
- Super Invader vs Todd Champion-WrestleWar 1992
- King Kong Bundy & Jim Neidhart vs Yokozuna & Jake Roberts-Heroes of Wrestling
- Sid Vicious vs The Nightstalker-Clash of the Champions XIII
- The 8-Divas Tag Match-Survivor Series 1999
- The Fabulous Freebirds vs The Renegade Warriors-Halloween Havoc 1990
- The Knockouts Gauntlet-One Night Only: Live! 2016
- AJ Styles vs Frank Trigg-No Surrender 2008
- Rick Rude vs Masahiro Chono-Halloween Havoc 1992
- Mike Awesome vs Vampiro-Halloween Havoc 2000
- Bray Wyatt vs John Cena-Extreme Rules 2014
- Brothers of Destruction vs KroniK-Unforgiven 2001
- Mabel vs The Undertaker-King of the Ring 1995
- Wendi Richter vs The Fabulous Moolah-The Brawl to End it All
- David Flair vs Kimberly Page-Mayhem 1999
- The Truth Commission vs The Disciples of Apocolypse-Survivor Series 1997
- The Bushwhacker vs The Fabulous Rougeaus-WrestleMania V
- The Beverly Brothers vs The Bushwhackers-Royal Rumble 1992
- Teddy Long vs Eric Bischoff-Survivor Series 2005
- Greg Valentine vs George Steele-Heroes of Wrestling
- Abdullah the Butcher vs One Man Gang-Heroes of Wrestling
- Major Gunns vs Miss Hancock-New Blood Rising
- Bradshaw & Trish Stratus vs Christopher Nowinski & Jackie Gayda-RAW (7/8/2002)
- Triple H vs Scott Steiner-Royal Rumble 2003
- Hollywood Hogan vs The Warrior-Halloween Havoc 1998
- Mr. T vs Roddy Piper-WrestleMania 2
- The Royal Family vs Clowns R' Us-Survivor Series 1994
- The Blacktop Bully vs Dustin Rhodes-Uncensored 1995
- Pat Patterson vs Gerald Brisco-King of the Ring 2000
- The Four Doinks vs Team Bigelow-Survivor Series 1993
- Sting vs Jeff Hardy-Victory Road 2011
- Oz vs Tim Parker-SuperBrawl
- Ultimate Warrior vs Andre the Giant-Saturday Night's Main Event (11/25/1989)
- The Doomsday Cage Match-Uncensored 1996
- Kane vs The Undertaker-Judgement Day 1998
- Rebel vs Shelly Martinez-One Night Only: Knockouts Knockdown
- Kaitlyn vs Maxine-NXT (10/19/2010)
- Sabu vs The Sandman-November to Remember 1997
- Seth Rollins vs "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt-Hell in a Cell 2019
- Michael Cole vs Jerry Lawler-WrestleMania XXVII
- The Bushwhackers vs Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff-Heroes of Wrestling
- James Storm vs Chris Harris-Lockdown 2007
- John Laurinaitis vs John Cena-Over the Limit 2012
- Ultimate Warrior vs Goldust-In Your House 7
- Los Villanos vs Los Psycho Circus-Triplemania XXIII
- Jenna Morasca vs Sharmell-Victory Road 2009
Great review. I suggest you watching the main event from the event "CMLL Leyendas Mexicanas" from 2017 featuring a six man "Lucha Libre Rules" tag team match between Dos Caras, Rayo de Jalisco Jr., and Villano IV vs El Canek and Los Hermanos Dinamitas (Cien Caras and Máscara Año 2000).
ReplyDeleteThanks for the suggestion! I think I've heard about this match covered on the Bryan & Vinny show, but I'll definitely cover it
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