WCW World War 3 1996 Results and Review A Better VHS Experience

And here we go, in 1996 this event was definitely an intriguing one. If you are not familiar with the wrestling event of WCW World War 3, you should know that it has 3 rings and 60 men. That’s right, 3 rings, and 60 men go in, and only 1 wins. It’s a battle royal to end all battle royals, and it’s amazing to say the least. I loved these events, and absolutely enjoyed the 60 man gimmick. Anyways, for 1996, the VHS was unedited. When I watched it back on the network, I noticed a lot of blurs, and changes made by the WWE team. So if you’re going to watch this, get the unedited version, or just watch it on the network, what do I care?

In Norfolk, Virginia a crowd of 10,314 was gathered to see this one, and there was a lot of action. I didn’t get to see the dark match, but apparently it featured La Parka and Villano IV. So here we go, Sunday, November 24, 1996, World War 3 cue the fireworks.

WCW World War 3 1996 Results and Review

The Ultimate Dragon defeated Rey Mysterio Jr. (J Crown Championship)

Holy crap! This was an opener that you have to see. These two were in their absolute primes. Mysterio is young, light, and flies around the ring like no other. Ultimate Dragon is a great fighter, and he really showcases some great respect for Mysterio in this match. I loved the back and forth, and the two were playing a game of pro-wrestling chess. Dragon would eventually get the win, and that was that.

Chris Jericho defeated Nick Patrick in a one arm tied behind the back match

This was not a high point for Chris Jericho. He beat up Nick Patrick, in a forgettable match.

Harlem heat defeated The Amazing French-Canadians

Not a great match, but afterwards Sherri would get Colonel Robert Parker for 5 minutes. She is awesome, and she really threw herself around the ring. As for Harlem Heat, they worked stiff, and I don’t know how a lot of teams let Booker T drop his tree trunk of a leg on their heads. Holy crap. You have to see him fly around the ring.

Dean Malenko defeated Psychosis (Cruiserweight Championship)

Malenko was all technical wrestling in this one. Psychosis is a high flyer normally, but Malenko had him grounded for the whole match. I was surprised how this went, and Malenko would eventually get the win. Psychosis is one of my favorite luchadors, but here, he just couldn’t get much going against a very methodical Malenko.

The Outsiders defeated The Faces of Fear and The Nasty Boys (World Tag Team Championship)

This match was hard hitting. The Outsiders and the rest worked stiff in my view. They all brawled but it would eventually be The Outsiders with the win. This was like watching the old school get tossed aside for the new. The Outsiders won after around 16 minutes.

The Giant won the World War 3 match

This was amazing. The ending had the NWO against Lex Luger alone. Luger took on all of them by himself, but eventually it was The Giant that would give him the win. Great match, and a lot of fun.

WCW World War 3 Competitors: Arn Anderson, Marcus Bagwell, The Barbarian, Chris Benoit, Big Bubba Rogers, Jack Boot, Bunkhouse Buck, Ciclope, Disco Inferno, Jim Duggan, Bobby Eaton, Mike Enos, Galaxy, Joe Gomez, Jimmy Del Ray, Johnny Grunge, Juventud Guerrera, Eddy Guerrero, Scott Hall, Prince Iaukea, Ice Train, Mr. JL, Jeff Jarrett, Chris Jericho, Kenny Kaos, Konnan, Lex Luger, Dean Malenko, Steve McMichael, Meng, Rey Misterio Jr., Hugh Morrus, Kevin Nash, Scott Norton, Carl Ouellet, Diamond Dallas Page, La Parka, Sgt. Craig Pittman, Jim Powers, Robbie Rage, Stevie Ray, Lord Steven Regal, The Renegade, Scotty Riggs, Roadblock, Jacques Rougeau, Tony Rumble, Mark Starr, Rick Steiner, Ron Studd, The Taskmaster, Syxx, Booker T, Squire David Taylor, the Ultimate Dragon, Villano IV, Michael Wallstreet, Pez Whatley and Alex Wright.

Overall Rating: 5 out of 10

The event seemed short to me. I don’t know if that’s editing on the WWE’s part, or it was that short. Other than that, the matches were not that great, with the exception of the opener, which was a lot of fun to watch. The rest was ok at best. Good back and forth hard style wrestling at points, but it’s the main event and opener that is worth checking this out for.

If you find this on VHS, you should buy it, why not? It’s better than the network experience, I guarantee it.

WWE NXT 7/13/10 Results and Review

NXT 7/13/10 Results

Lucky Cannon & Mark Henry defeated The Miz & Alex Riley
The Nexus won a 20 Man Battle Royal

NXT 7/13/10 Review

NXT once again shows up on SyFy, and I'm already sick of it. Will we have Nexus part 2? Or will they be the good guy faction? I don't know...remember New World Order Wolf Pack? And LWO, and others. Whatever.

The show started with The Pros and the Nexus crew on the ramp. The Miz and his Riley were introduced and the two came down to ringside, and away we go.

Lucky Cannon & Mark Henry defeated The Miz & Alex Riley

Mark Henry essentially beat up Riley in this match. He was hitting Riley hard style, and was trying to force him to tag The Miz. Miz wouldn't tag in and was getting worked by Lucky and Mark Henry in this match up. I'm not sure if this was a planned spot, but Lucky Cannon went over the top rope and landed squarely on the Ring Steps face first! The Miz eventually got in and was beating up Cannon, trying to avoid a face off with Mark Henry. Henry got the win after The Miz was taken out on the outside of the ring. Henry then stalked Miz, and Miz ran away like a chump.

They had a weird talk show segment with Percy, his guest was MVP. Percy called out the rest of the rookies, and they were planning a Nexus beat down. Then out came the pros! I knew this was going to happen. Stryker came out and wanted to schedule a match up with an over the top rope battle royal to see who'd win.

Wade Barrett got on the mic, and said that the Nexus wanted to get involved.

The Nexus won a 20 Man Battle Royal

A Battle Royal started and both Season 1 of NXT (The Nexus) and Season 2 were involved with all the pro's. When anyone was eliminated the Nexus would beat them up and take them out. The Nexus eventually jumped into the ring and started to dominate. The match eventually wore down and the last one to be in ring for the WWE guys was Dashing Cody Rhodes.

Rhodes offered a hand of friendship to the Nexus guys and no one would shake his hand. The Nexus started to beat up Dashing Cody Rhodes and was eventually thrown out of the ring, leaving only the Nexus to win the 20 man battle royal.

Post match, the Nexus continued to attack the pros and things were not going well for them.

I like how this night of NXT went, but only because The Nexus is moving forward through the shows. I hope they end up going to Smackdown and doing this all over again.

Matt Stryker got into the ring and on the mic, and tried to talk to Wade Barrett. Mysteriously, Stryker got a microphone and interrupted Wade Barrett, and that was about it.

The show was nothing amazing, and I'm not sure why the fans were chanting USA, and Nexus were just standing in ring.