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This was the only WCW pay-per-view I saw in full as a kid (as back when it was live, the WCW website streamed it for free thanks to sponsor Universal Studios, who that same year, used the company to promote their slasher sequel, Bride of Chucky (even to the point where Chucky himself appears in Monday Nitro to insult Mean Gene and even warned Rick Steiner not to mess with Scott, as he planned to have him as the lead in his next project). Even the commercials for the event scared me back then, but seeing this, I can see this was nothing more than a bad PPV.

The main problem with this was a lot of filler. From the Nitro Girls dancing to a comedy match between Perry Saturn and Lodi to a music video from Konan, this went over the three hour mark, causing a lot of people to miss the main event between Diamond Dallas Page and Goldberg for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. That got so many people upset, that WCW issued refunds and aired the match on Monday Nitro the following night. Thankfully, since I saw it online, I managed to see it, and it was the better of the two main events that this PPV had.

The other, Hollywood Hogan Vs. The Warrior (The Ultimate Warrior)? Built up as a dream rematch of WrestleMania VI, we got what was destined to become one of the worst matches in all of professional wrestling. Not only was this nothing more than an excuse for Hogan to avenge his lose at WMVI, but it was pretty terrible. You know it's bad when Hogan botches a fireball and it has to get to the point where Horace has to help him win via chair shot, and the fact the two have to be stopped from murdering The Warrior in the ring by setting him on fire.

Kevin Nash Vs. Scott Hall was also a terrible match. The ending was not only horrible, but WCW had the nerve to decide to implement Scott's alcohol problems into the storyline, which was not only disgusting, but also disrespectful. Other horrible matches on this PPV's card included Rick Steiner Vs. Scott Steiner (which was too short and basically ruined by Buff Bagwell interfering while wearing a Bill Clinton mask, and even making a Monica Lewinsky reference after the match) and Sting Vs. Bret Hart (which had Bret win after beating Sting with his own bat, resulting in the latter being out of action for five months).

However, they did have some good matches, like Raven Vs. Chris Jericho, as well as Disco Inferno going for the World Cruiserweight title, fighting two matches, the number one contender match against Juventud Guerrera, and the title match against Billy Kidman. Sadly, those three matches ( as well as the DDP Vs. Goldberg main event match) are not enough to save this PPV, as it leads up to Starcade 1998, and the Monday Nitro that will have the event to start the beginning of the end for World Championship Wrestling.

This PPV took place in the time when WCW still held its head above the water. But nonetheless it was a big disappointment to me.

1st match - Chris Jericho vs Raven (TV championship) - this was a pretty good opener where both wrestlers did very well. In the end Chris Jericho wins with the Liontamer to retain(or as it was called in the WWE - walls of Jericho) 8/10

2nd match - Disco Inferno vs Juventud Guerrera - this match was for the #1 contendership of the cruiserweight title - a fast paced match where Disco Inferno pulls a victory 6/10

3rd match - Kidman vs Disco Inferno (cruiserweight championship) - just like the match before - a pretty good match. Kidman wins with a superb Shooting Star Press from the top rope to retain. 7/10

4th match - Scott Steiner & Giant vs Rick Steiner & Buff Bagwell (tag team championship) - this is where the PPV went to hell - the match was preceded with a segment where Buff asked Rick Steiner to be his partner but everybody knew he was going to betray him - and exactly that happened - but nonetheless Rick Steiner managed to defeat Giant (A.K.A. Big Show) and Scott Steiner by giving Giant the Frankensteiner 3/10

• next night on WCW Nitro Rick chose Kenny Kaos to be his tag team partner.

5th match - Rick Steiner vs Scott Steiner - this match was really short and really bad - Rick pulls another victory by delivering Frankensteiner to Scott 2/10

6th match - Kevin Nash vs Scott Hall - in this storyline Nash wanted to bring back his old friend Scott Hall who at the time had problems with alcohol and this issue was brought into the storyline. Ending was really bad - Nash gave Hall two Jackhammer Powerbombs and then left and was counted out. 4/10

7th match - Bret Hart vs Sting (U.S. championship) - I hoped to see a good match between these two outstanding wrestlers - but somehow it didn't live up to the hype. Bret Hart spent more time on the outside brawling with the audience than fighting in the ring (I guess it's because he was playing heel at the time). At the end referee gets knocked out and the same thing happens to Sting after he gets hit with his own bat. Winner and still U.S. champion - Bret Hart 5/10

8th match - Hollywood Hogan vs Ultimate Warrior - as the commentators said - this match was 8 years in the making because last time they met was at Wrestlemania 6 where Warrior won his only World championship. If I said before that Bret Hart vs Sting didn't live up to the hype I don't know what to say about this match. It was one of the worst matches ever. All I saw was a couple of powerslams and that was it. There was also a spot where hogan set something (?) on fire and was supposed to ''blind'' Warrior with it. But he screwed this up and burned his own eyebrows. (I read somewhere that Warrior was actually supposed to win by miraculous 'blind' comeback but due to this botched spot it didn't happen. In the end Eric Bishoff comes out and distracts the referee so that Hogan's nephew Horace can come in the ring and hit Warrior with the chair. Hollywood Hogan covers for the win. thank god it was over. 1/10

9th match - Goldberg vs Diamond Dallas Page (WCW World championship) - at least there was a good match to end this PPV. DDP hits his trademark diamond cutter on Goldberg but only gets a 2 count. Goldberg then hits a spear and a jackhammer for the win to keep his undefeated streak in WCW which came to an end 2 PPVs later. I give this match 8.5/10.

1. T.V. Title Match: Raven Vs. T.V. Champ-Chris Jericho - The only bout of these two, my all-time favorites. And I hate how Raven ALWAYS had to job. Crowd was behind him! And all were heels. 10/10

2. Disco Inferno Vs. Juventud Guerrera - Bad finishing Piledriver on Juvi? Hurt? 9/10

3. WCW Cruiserweight Title Match: Disco Inferno Vs. Champ-Kidman - Another really cool thing. Champ retained. 9.5/10

4. WCW World Tag Team Title Match: CHamps-Scott Steiner/Giant Vs. Rick Steiner/Buff Bagwell - Buff vanished and Rick won by all alone. 6.5/10

5. Rick Steiner Vs. Scott Steiner - Finally that bruda revenge. Totally destruction of Scott. 7/10

6. Scot Hall Vs. Kevin Nash - That was boring as HELL. Basic brawling, Nash is a terrible worker. 4/10

7. WCW U.S. Heavyweight Title Match: Champ-Bret Hart Vs. Sting - I always like Bret and Sting and want to wrestle them each other, but that match was weird especially ending, when sting got hurt. 7/10

8. Hulk Hogan Vs. Warrior - I never gave 1/10, but that deserves it. I'ts probably the worst match I've ever seen. Top 5 for sure. You, who read that, know why. 1/10

9. WCW World Heavyweight Title Match: Diamond Dallas Page Vs. Champ-Goldberg - Great, great thing, Diamond Cutter reversed from Jackhammer, was really impressing 10/10