How stupid are you guys?
All you people out there in TV.
Land, you just make me sick. We told the world what we were gonna do, and we went out and did it. The wrestler who will dominate the sport like no other wrestler can. WCW has tried way too long to try to hold me back. The whole facade, who cares? No one cares. No one can beat.
Welcome to the Bottom Line Wrestling cast the career of Stone Cold Steve Austin. And we are back with another episode of our special series covering stunning Steve Austin. This is episode 20, chicken soup, and we're covering the second half of January of 1994. I'm Mike Prue along with JV, as always. JV, how you doing?
Doing good, bro. Feels good to be back at it again.
That's right. It's been a while. And it's a new year. Happy New Year.
Happy New Year.
You know, for people listening to the episodes, it's not been a while because it's. Hey, we're just watching. We'll just listen to episode after episode. It's like, what do you mean it's been a while? You know, for you true Die Hards and real listeners, yes, it's been a little while. But hey, it's January. We're gonna get back on track, I think. Yeah, yeah, yeah, we'll try. But yeah, it's. Yeah, it's been a little while since we've covered the last episode, which was episode 19, and it was stunning Steve. And we're dealing with a chicken too then, and we're dealing with a chicken suit now. You know, that just goes to show, like, what the is going on with stunning Steve Austin. Like, this guy is a legit wrestler. He was a top tag team wrestler champion. And they bring in Colonel Parker and they're highlighting Colonel Parker rather than studying Steve Austin. And we're dealing with, you know, chicken suit here. So, yeah, so we're gonna wrap up this chicken suit, I think this episode, hopefully. But yeah, there's that. Anyway, before we get into all that, please give us a follow on X at Bottomline. Cast. Follow me, Mike Pruitt, NPRU83 Paul JV@ John Van Damage. And also, if you want more of us now, the reason why we don't do these episodes as much is because we do another podcast and it's called the Extreme ECW Live Cast and it is available on the Booking the Territory Patreon feed. But there is a free feed that's just a year behind and has all the episodes covering ECW from 1993 all the way through November to remember 1996. So that's a whole lot of episodes. It's like, it's like 80 something episodes there available. Me and JV and also our friend Rick BB he's there too. So check those out as well. They're available and if you like them and you want more, well, subscribe to the PTT Patreon and you can get the latest episodes. And we are currently in July of 1997, so that's also out there. And like I said, we are going to get more on track this year. Jimmy, do you realize we only did five bottom line wrestling cast episodes last year? Only five?
A little more than one a quarter.
We did four stunning Steves in one three 16 day special. That was it. It's like, wow, I thought we did more but we didn't. So yeah, I think we're setting up like one per month. One stunning Steve Austin, one a month.
Even if we're like. If we can bang out a couple during like February vacation. Yeah, that wouldn't be a bad idea either.
Yeah, yeah. And that's going to be the 316 special too. It's got to be in there. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I have it mapped out. I got our schedule mapped out. We'll see if we can stick to it. We'll see. But yeah, you guys have been great listeners and supporters and I was just looking at like the listens and people are still listening to these episodes. No, no episode is still being listened listened to more often than any episode. Every time I look, it's like this one keeps getting listened to for some reason.
Vegas saga.
No, that that was up there is one of the most listened. But the one that gets consistently listened to since we posted it is the Bret Hart Broken Skull episode. Just us talking about Austin and Bret Hart talking to each other.
No kidding. Really?
Yeah, people seem to just keep listening to that one. It's the most listened to and then it's always the new listened to as well. Maybe we need to do more broken skulls, I guess. Broken Skull. Steve Austin talks to a big show. Gonna do that one. We always said we're gonna talk to talk and take it too. With the Undertaker one. We haven't done that. So maybe we gotta get in touch with those guys again too.
Yeah, yeah. I mean you've probably talked once more than I have. I haven't talked to him in a bit.
Yeah, I know.
They're still putting out stuff though because they're posting.
Yeah. Once a month. All right. On Instagram.
It didn't Travis he has like a new album.
Yeah, yep. And yeah, I was gonna mention that at towards the end of the show. And we're gonna play an outro song from Travis's album on this episode.
Oh, we are sweet.
Yeah. Yeah. So yeah. All right, so let's get to it. Nothing left to it but to do it. So let's get back into late January of 1994. We're going to kick off right away with a watch along and this watch alongs from WCW Main Event January 16, 1994 from Gainesville, Georgia at Georgia's Mountain Center. This was taped on January 3, 1994. And JV, you get this set up already?
Yeah, I do.
All right, I get it set up and we got a match here. It's Rick Rude and Stunning Steve Austin teaming up together. What a time team versus Dustin Rhodes and Brian Pillman. Damn, that was a good team. And to think, you know, Dustin Rhodes and Brian Pillman would be fighting over Molina years later. Remember that? Remember that feud where Pim was the Creeper and he held hostage like Molina, like I'm gonna your wife all this and then he actually I think he banged her in real life. Before this too? No, before all that. Probably at this time anyway. All right, I'll give a countdown for JV and I sake because we need to sync up and if you're watching this somehow you can do the same. I'll count down three down to one and say play. When I say play, we'll click play. 3, 2, 1. Play. Badass music.
I got a little ahead of myself there.
Yeah. I was wondering, is it playing?
There we go.
Look at Austin walking out before Rude. Bluest kiss always blown. Kisses everyone. How do so many people have kfc? Buckets guaranteed. Like somebody that works for W was told to buy a bunch of buckets from kfc. None of these people went to KFC then brought their buckets.
Yeah.
No way. Some a backstage hand.
Well, we all saw the confrontation last week and we heard the comments from one stunning scene about what happened last week when D got involved and they got involved.
I thought he had a better one than that. Oh, commercial. Watching the old.
All right, cool. Keeping on. Oh, what. What movie is this seen in theaters? Not available on. Or is this just a preview for a movie channel?
Once a week, every week on the action pack.
Action.
Not what you're supposed to watch.
What you really want to watch. Check your local listings.
All right, J, what's your time stamp, cuz?
What are you please. 10344.
Okay, two seconds behind. It helps to use this. You see. Secret is gross. Remember this girl? What's her name? Choosing wild things with Nev Campbell. Confident Denise Richards. Yes. And she was in seinfeld and she was the girl that Jerry and George were looking at. And she had her cleavage out.
Yeah.
Her dad was like their boss. Get a good look, Costanza. Taste the sound. Nestle crunch crispies make the chocolate. Remember these commercials? They made candy bars look good.
Only candy bar commercials you know is Snickers.
Yeah.
Promotes.
Yeah, they still promote the caramello commercials. Caramello, yeah. Definitely Cadbury. All these workout videos too. I guess the workout video still exists. Something. I feel like people didn't drink water until the 90s.
We were really drinking water in high school.
No, it's like, oh, water is a thing. Hey, I'll stop drinking that. I guess.
Ravishing Rick Rood had their go around in 1993 all centered on that u. S. Title that Dustin no longer.
My mom grandparents never gave me water to drink when I was a kid. Some kool aid.
Definitely know each other's style. No question about it. Look at the way rud.
All right, so we are back in action here. And Rick Rude has an arm lock on Dustin Rhodes. Is a great action here.
RH trying to get it off of there.
Tremendous amount of animosity. We saw just last night on Saturday night in the match between Crowd is.
Not hyped at all.
Well, Dustin Rhodes in control. But a feeling here. Rude's gonna overpower him. Yep, he did.
Get to see Rick Rud in action.
It's funny cuz we're seeing him in your ECW covers too.
Exactly. Yeah, that's what I'm getting into. Yeah, we see him as just a commentator and it's like, oh, we wish he was wrestling. Here he is wrestling just a couple years before.
Yeah. Rud trying to put almost too much pressure did was slowly let him roll over himself.
Less than that. Yeah, cuz it's 94. Seen 97 in there.
After a few shots in the face, you'll learn that one.
Dustin Rhodes when he was a natural man. There he becomes natural woman in the.
Main event tag elimination. The clash of the champions live here on tbs.
Good kicks by Austin in the midsection of Dustin Rhodes.
Side headlock takeover.
Really back into another headlock.
Dustin Rhodes is six'six he's huge.
Wow.
Really was the natural a two count.
Yeah.
Dustin of course will have Lord Steven Regal, the man we saw earlier.
She's still wrestling. Was he finally done?
He wasn't like he was still doing aw. Yeah, but I haven't been playing paying close attention to that at all.
So he can utilize.
I would imagine he's done.
Good to have you with us here on Sunday night. Side headlock. Dustin gets it into the rough.
Austin goes down. Little rope. Exchange momentum. Austin tossing m ring. Austin's going off the inside. Dustin punches him in the gut. Austin doing a good cell job. Dustin tosses back in the ring.
Comes flying Brian.
Flying Brian. There we go.
Funny, they got the same boots on than Steve Austin. Former blondes, former brothers, now enemies.
You know, sometimes when the emotions get too much, you make mistakes.
Like this Pillman too. Like, I'm sure he was like, getting into, like being a heel and now he's going to be this shitty baby face. I mean, as much as we know, like, there's nothing much going on with Austin because of he stuck with this chicken suit gimmick. And both of them are kind of screwed here. Like, they're both great talents and it's like, what are we doing? Like, nobody want a good tag team. Yeah.
Nobody wants them to advance their careers.
Right. Yeah.
There's that agenda which we all eventually learn about.
Yep.
They're kind of set up to fail.
Like, oh, let's take two good people that were afraid of being too good, make them do.
And they didn't fail. That's the crazy part. They were just like forced both legs away.
I think I know what you're getting at. Like at the workplace, like, sometimes it's just politics and people wanna. Oh, yeah, put you down.
Yep. Usually bred by jealousy or threatened.
Like they feel threatened by your progress.
Which. Come on.
Think about all the older people in the locker room. All the older wrestlers.
Yeah. But the thing though, they were working with like, Ric Flair. Ar innison. I feel like Rick Flair and Ar innison respected them and they weren't the ones being shitty about it. But in the maybe I'm wrong, maybe.
Not.
Mean, who at this time would have been like Steve Austin, Brian Pillman, I mean, when Hulk Hogan comes along in a few months, then obviously him. But he's not there yet.
The rink, 10 minutes of flying blind. If you'll be waving a white hanky.
He may be. I think that's a big mistake.
Vader. No.
Obviously much better than Colonel Parker.
The suits, I guess.
But I do understand that Colonel Parker has a athletic wrestling background.
Eric Bischoff.
Maybe the rat that's backed into the corner is the one that bites.
Probably Bischoff. Aha. Maybe Eric Bischoff doesn't think that they're know superstars.
You're not worthy.
Which makes sense because then he goes as high as every WWF wrestler available.
And then these guys end up. Well, not all certain guys end up in. You know, we've said this before. Wwf, by the next year, continued to.
Claim that he was one count, that he was the undisputed world champion.
So I would think there's a little.
Bit of animosity there.
Well, maybe, maybe not one.
So when I set up the notes for us to do this, I thought this was going to be a good match. And this match sucks.
Excellent partners.
It's just a lot of wrestles and back body drops.
Right now, though, Rude's partner is stunning. Steve Rude is in there and Rude has the. The bear hug. Puts down the lower back.
I tell you, Rude, very raw bone guy. His inches, I mean, his wrists are about 13 inches, just big.
We get some action here because, yeah.
This is a lot of holding and.
I guess this is how they program their shows. We need 20 minutes of TV here and all right, just rest, hold. All the crowd's getting into it because now Dustin's, you know, he's getting a comeback breaking out of this wrestle, this bear hug punches to Rude's forehead. Crowds chanting. Oh, but then Rude tosses them down side suplex and takes off.
The.
The crow was just getting into it. Then you're just killed the heat killed.
It drives in the end.
That was horrible.
Like, did they read the crowd? Oh, I guess a little comeback there. Double clothesline. Love a double clothesline. Hilarious right there. Double clothesline. So fun.
Yeah.
I wonder how many times, like when your kids, if you ever do a double clothesline, you both just land on your ass.
Good point. Not that there's that much dueling going on anymore.
Colonel Parker, as well as all of our fans watching into this tag team grudge match.
I guess you can call it that. Tony's so great on commentary. He's like, yeah, I guess there's a grudge match. I think that what you call it. He knows this match is. And sucks too.
And a reverse chin lock as Rude sits right down on the back of Dustin Road.
See again, the consumer professional veteran Rick Rude. He's slow, methodical as he is. He's the one, though, that comes in.
Screaming about Foghorn.
Even make him a better team.
Look at Austin. He's so tight. He's on his knee rings on the turnbuckle. He's not even standing up. He's just squatting.
See it right now.
Yeah. Just a moment ago, though, he was squatting in the corner instead of standing up.
Yeah, I second that. But Rude knows the importance here. There's no reason to rush.
Cowboy your time.
You don't want to make a mistake. Especially against Rhodes and Pillman.
Son of a plumber, baby.
Dustin, who always.
And they really just kind of killed it here.
Yeah. Crowd's like looking for action and they're just dragging ass. Yeah.
I mean, don't even waste your time and trying to beat some of these guys early.
And I'm gonna blame the referee here. Referee needs to tell them. Pick. Hey, pick it up here. What's going.
Referee Randy Anderson shake his head.
Dustin is still in this one.
Tony says the same thing. The referee is shaking his head no. Rainy Anderson, do something. Stop talking to Brian Pillman. You got a guy in a submission hold and you're not even paying attention to him. Yeah, like, he's like. Randy Anderson's like, I don't give a. About this. This match sucks. I'm not even gonna ask this guy if he submits him. I'm gonna talk to Brian. Yeah. Rick Rude doing his thing. When his ass gets hurt, he bends over like an old lady. Oh, man.
Yeah. My butthole hurts.
Down goes the champ. And now the world champ goes down.
Oh, that was nice. Elbow drop. See, watch. Paul's gonna get the crowd back into it. And he's gone.
Yep. Yeah. What are they doing? Enough. Dustin Rhodes. Okay. Like, we know he's good, but he's not that good yet. Get Pillman in there. We get Pillman versus Austin, maybe. Maybe that will hype the crowd up. I'm sure that's what they want. We're not getting it as good as roads and Rude is. It's not happening. It's not working. All right, Austin's in.
He's in the wrong corner now.
He took a lot of punishment, Lion. Brian was in only a brief time.
Austin tossing him out of the ring just like he tossed him into a porta potty. Remember that?
That could have been a mistake.
That piece of trash.
This is the wrong thing to do.
Austin Rhodes. Big smack to Austin. Cell job.
That was nice by Austin taking his legs out.
Yeah, and good hook to the corner, too.
Stomp on the leg. And now pulling on the. Making sure that Dustin cannot get back to his feet. Ravishing Rick Rude. Rude and Austin have functioned quite well as a tag team here, Larry.
Well, yes.
Colonel Parker waving his hanky. Austin, you're all right. Let me blow this in your Face.
So far, I would definitely say Rude and Stunning Steve are way ahead on points.
There's no points in this game. Nope. All right. Because the Bisco's like, yeah, I'll give them points, but yeah, points don't count. Tennis the master, of course, not only.
The Lariat, which is our clothesline, of course, but the Bulldog. To be able to execute those, you gotta stand. And to be able to be effective standing, you gotta have both.
I don't know what Austin was trying to pull off. There we go. See the crowd top. Let's film it. Austin got in the ring together.
I mean, they're kind of the focal point of the. They have the best history.
That's Austin stomping away, kicks Pillman out of the ring. Austin rolls out. Now we get some action outside. Big chop head first pilling. Doing baby face cells here. Oh, my nose hurts. Oh, my nose hurts.
My nose.
Pound on the chest.
Course he utilizes the.
I hate to say this, but, like, as cool as Brian Tillman is, great as we know he is at this time, he comes off just like as a fake Tarzan. Whatever. His baby face, it's like. Is he supposed to just be like Tarzan? It's his hanky on his throat.
That's one way to make sure he doesn't get his win back.
That Colonel pocket using his hanky is the man.
On the 29th of January on WWE.
Rude is tagged back in. Slow things down. Does Rick Rude have any moves other than wrestles? What's going on? Everything he does is a punch, a kick, and a wrestle.
Kick, punch. It's all in the mind. Remember that. He might.
He might be over. Say it again.
Parappa to Rapa Kick, punch. It's all in the mind.
I was gonna say. I think he might be overrated.
Or he just not. Might not be emotionally.
Yeah, he might not give a. At this point. Yeah. All right, cuz Austin hungry's hungry. Rude's like, yeah, I'm done.
Yeah. I mean, he goes from like big feuds in wwf.
Yeah, he's pretty good here too, with Sting and so forth.
True. Yeah, that's right. You're right.
But at this point, 94, it might be what's being done. That's nothing. When Hogan shows up, Rude's gone. What the. I wanna.
It's amazing.
We'll see because we're months away. But when we get to it, how much influence did Hogan have on the roster?
Into the chest.
Cuz we know a bunch of his buddies.
Come in, come in. Yeah, Macho man. Brutus the Beefcake. All right, Horace Hogan.
Combination of rude.
And example of the way both their styles are. Look at Rude again.
Yeah, Rude's gone. Dustin Rhodes ends up. Well, Dustin Rhodes gets fired because he bled in a match with Harry Darcel Black Black top bully Justin to be.
A great tag team. Larry, and you've said this many times, both wrestlers have deserves to be good competitors.
What I just saw on the screen is so funny and symbolic of this match in general is just people walking by in the background. I'm just gonna take a stroll. I'm walking by. I have these floss seats. I'm just gonna walk by. Can't even sit down for a moment and watch this match end. No one gives. All right, bro, we got action here again. Filming back body drop to Austin. Big Chop Austin sells a great good power SL up cover. One, two, Break it. Dustin in. And we got schma going on here. Was this finish. I think we're at the finish. It seems like it. From behind Pillman rolls of Austin. No. Referee Randy Anson doesn't give a about the legal men.
Wow, that was ugly.
Oh, geez. And Parker trips Pillman Austin rolls him up, and Randy Anson's like, okay, now I'll pay attention. One, two, three. And that match sucked. Can we agree on that? Right? That might suck.
Yeah.
That was terrible.
That was trash.
That was crap, man. Yeah, that was WCW main event, and that's how the show went off the air. I mean, I guess on a random Sunday evening, that would have been fine when I was a kid, but man, looking back at it, crap. Yep. So there's that. I mean, what. What should I have expected? Main event? Nothing groundbreaking is gonna happen. But no, I looked at it and I was like, oh, Rick Rude and Austin teaming up against Dustin Rhodes and Brian Pillman. Oh, we gotta watch that. Yeah.
On paper.
Wrong. Like, it would be good on the paper. Sucked. It sucked. I guess that's what we're here for too. Tell you, it sucked. All right, but let's see what else sucks throughout this month in January. And jv, take it away. What do you got?
All right, so we covering now. WCW Saturday night from January 22, 1994 wild almost 20 years ago to the date that we're recording. Today's the 20th. Yep. So we're gonna kick it off with a audio clip, and it's gonna be stunning. Steve Austin along with Colonel Parker and Ron Simmons. Okay, so Big Dog, Ron Simmons here. It's only about. About two minutes long, so give it a listen and be Right back to run through it.
All right, we're back with United States Heavyweight Champion starting Steve Austin here on WCW Saturday Night. And a man that, well, next Saturday could be wearing a chicken suit. Colonel.
Robert, you're getting a giggle out of that, ain't you?
Well, it could happen.
Tell you something, I'm normally a very positive person because I don't lose at anything that I. I do. But I'm worried a little bit about that good for nothing hundred dollar jackass Flying Brian Pillman being able to horn swaggle me or cheat me and put me in a Foghorn Leghorn chicken suit. I doubt it. To worry about it. I've been trying to tell you all day not to worry. I've been watching you following your leads. Guess what? I went out and got my manager's license.
Oh, come on.
I got the manager from Colonel. I'm gonna be out there with you. Clash of the Champions ringside, watching the Colonel in action, making sure Flying Brian plays by the rules because that's the way we like to operate.
Let me see that manager's license.
Well, I'll show it to you later.
Wait a minute, are you certified?
There's no way that hundred dollar jackass could run with the two of us out there. Steve's gonna be out there with me, I guarantee you.
If I can interrupt here, try to get a word in edgewise. Colonel, later on, your man here is going to be involved in a six man. But apparently you've got a surprise for all of us.
Oh, I got a surprise for your stinger out there and your Ric Flair. And boss, I got a big surprise for you. Now I'd like to bring out the partner of Rick Rude and my man here. Here he is, Ron Simmons.
Come on. Could be a fright.
Former world's head of Ron Simmons.
What are you doing associating with these scoundrels?
Thank you. Thank you very much, Colonel. You know something? I've been accused of a lot of things in my day, but one of them is not being colorblind. And one of my favorite colors just happened to be green. And with the money you have given and shown me. Colonel. Hey, but people said. Hey.
Run.
You're selling out. No, I'm not selling. I'm gonna be falling out a lot of you when the two don't get through bad minute.
All right.
What a bombshell. We're gonna be seeing Ron Simmons teaming up with Study Steve and Rick Rude later here in the show. Right now let's get back to the ring. Well, what about that. Ron Simmons will be part of that six man contingent later on in this program. Unbelievable. As Jungle Jim Steele makes his first appearance on WCW Saturday night here in the ring. Yes, you'll reaction to Ron Simmons.
Well, I'll tell you what, Tony. It just proves all along money will buy anybody.
Well, yeah, I guess so.
And the Colonel's loaded and Ron Simmons knows he is.
All right, Jumbo. Jim Steele, our first look at this youngster we've heard so much about.
You ever notice, Tony, how nobody's prejudiced.
Against the color green? Exactly. Steel, a very powerful man, strong individual, tremendous amount of confidence coming in here. Good duck under. Down on the army goes remind you very quickly as he continues to work on the arm tomorrow night, the main event, 6:05 Eastern Time. Double main event. Cactus Jack and Max Payne prepared for the Nasty Boys in a match tomorrow night against Harlem Heat. And the Z Man has accepted the challenge of Diamond Dallas. Page one on one of our night here on tbs. Oh, what a power in that big back body drop that time.
Big back drop bite. Jungle Jim Steele working over body Bobby Star big forearm, another one.
Steel. Sending Bobby Star in. There's a steel trap.
All right, so just in case you're a little behind and forgot what's happening here, Colonel Parker does have a match coming up against Flying Brian. So Austin mentions that he now has a manager's license. Apparently you need a license now to be a manager. To be ringside for Colonel Parker's match against Flying Brian Pillman. Austin says he wants to make sure that Pillman plays by the rules because that's how we like to operate, by the rules, which we know is bullshit. Mean Gene asked to see Austin's manager's license, which was funny. And Austin very comedically tells Gene, well, I'll show it to you later.
That's great. Yeah, I'll show it to you later. The fuck out of there.
Yeah, get the fuck out of here. Kick rocks. Colonel Parker refers to Pillman as a $100 jackass that could never run up against them. And then from there Colonel Parker introduces a big surprise. Ron Simmons as the special partner to team up with Austin and Rude. So you got Ron Simmons, Austin and Rude against Ric Flair, Sting and the big boss man in the main event. Ron Simmons is now completely here heel now. And he's, you know, as badass as usual. If, you know, if you think Ron Simmons is a badass as a face, he's even more badass as a heel. The guy's just like oozes intimidation yeah, always loved.
Absolutely.
I'll never forget what a kid when he won the title. My dad was a big Ron Simmons fan. All right, so now we're going to lead into another audio clip here. This one's about two minutes long too, and it's basically going to be Brian Pillman's response to Austin, Parker and Simmons, and it's going to be Brian Pillman along with the chicken head. So give this a listen and we'll be right back.
Well, fans, I can assure you this coming Thursday night at 8:05 Eastern here on TBS of the clash of the Championship, one of the matches that I'm certainly looking forward to hits you. Flying Brian Pillman against Colonel Robert Parker. I noticed you're eating a little chicken there.
Well, pardon me, Gene. Speaking of chicken, you know, this stuff's great. You want to try some? Low in fat, high in protein, helps keep the cholesterol down. And it's the perfect choice for a man with a thirst for refreshing revenge and an appetite for destruction. And Colonel Parker, what you're about to find out. The day you derailed the big blonde machine with your lure of greed and deceit was the day you sealed your fate. From main event status to main course on flying Bryant's menu. And this Thursday night live and intended toward the Clash, dinner will be served. So get ready because I can guarantee you one thing. When the last taste bud is satisfied and the last feather is plucked from your carcass, it will be.
Give me a break. Hey, don't forget now, stunning Steve in the corner is the manager of Colonel Robert Parker this coming Thursday night on the Flag.
All right, so Pillman is being interviewed here by Mean Gene and he's eating a drumstick from KFC while holding the chicken head mask. The iconic chicken head mask. Pillman talks about the health benefits of fried chicken. Pillman denturos Colonel Parker that since he broke up, since he broke up the Hollywood Blondes, he sealed his fate. Remember, Colonel Parker is kind of seen as the reason that the great tag team the Hollywood Blonde split. Pillman goes on to say from main event status to the main course on flying Brian Pillman's menu. In this Thursday at the Clash, dinner will be served. I thought that was a cool little line by Pillman there. Pimlet's always so.
Oh, he's good on the mic. Yeah.
Pillman wraps up with a nice KFC pun in regards to the final outcome at the Clash. And if you haven't guessed it, it will be finger licking good.
You want to get Sued. I can use the catchphrases.
That's Groundskeeper Willie.
Yeah. Simpsons.
All right, so it's going to run us now into the six Man Tag feature tonight on this. On this episode. And we're going to have Ric Flair, Sting and the Boss versus Steve Austin and Ron Simmons. The Boss.
Boss man. Yeah. They had to change his name to the Boss. Even that was too close. That they got sued for too. Yeah. So they had to like change this whole gimmick.
Is that when he became the Guardian?
Yeah. Then became the guardian angel or whatever.
Yeah. So that was after this. He becomes the guardian angel.
Yeah. Yeah.
That's funny. The Guardian angel. So six Man Tag features for tonight. The heels are introduced first. Austin Vest looks awesome tonight, as does Rick Rude's robe. The boss I had in my notes here, Shitty name because it's still shitty, is out. It's out first. Followed by Sting and flare and tons of foam. Sting heads in the crowd. So you know, stinks hella over. As he like always is in wcw.
Always. Yeah.
So you got the foam. Sting heads in the crowd. Always wanted would never got one. Still mad after the commercial break. Ice Train comes out to confront Ron Simmons. So Ice Train, right? Ron Simmons former boy.
Yeah.
And he's, you know, he's kind of pleading with Ron Simmons. He wants to know why Ron Simmons is aligned with Austin Rude. Ron basically just tells him the off and kicks him off the apron.
Yeah. He's like, ask me. Who are you to ask me anything, dude.
No one cares about you, Ice Train. So Ice Train is pissed and he gets in the ring and the the ref and then the Faces Thing and company are telling Ice Train to leave so that they don't get disqualified. Eventually, Ice Train agrees to leave the ring, but then won't leave ringside. Okay. So he leaves the inside of the ring, but he's still hanging out side the ring. Since the Colonel can stay, Ice Train stays, which, you know, that's fair enough, right? But I don't know, does Ice Train have a manager's license?
That's right. Right. Why don't we just told you you need a manager's license to be a ringside.
So Boston Rude started off and Boss gets a quick advantage and then tags Sting into a thunderous greeting from the crowd. Sting is in full control, but Rude sneaks in a tag on Austin. And Austin turns the tide briefly, but not before Stink takes control and hits Austin with a big electric chair drop. It's the cloud, obviously.
Pops an electric chair chop drop.
When they're on the head. No, like when you pick them up on your shoulders and you just fall back. Isn't that what it's called?
You pick them up in your shoulder.
Like you have a play. Like you're in the pool and someone goes on your shoulders and someone's. Yeah. When you hold them and you just fall back, isn't that the electric chair drop? Oh, now I gotta look that up.
I know that wrong. Hey, that's right.
Electric.
That's what you call it then. I don't. Yeah, I don't know a name for that. That could be right.
Yeah, I guess. Yeah, I'm right.
Okay.
Yeah, I'm right.
Yeah. I never even heard it that way, but, yeah.
No. Oh, shit. I think I only know that because it was like a move list in a video game.
Oh. Like.
Yeah. So anyhow, Flair and Austin are up next, and Austin is in control. Jesse points out that the US Heavyweight Championship is giving it to the World Heavyweight Champion. Okay, you know, flares. The World Heavyweight Champion and Austin is the U.S. heavyweight champion. And Austin's just kind of putting it to Flair. Which, you know, that could go back to the conversation we just had, Pru. Maybe. Maybe Flair saw something here. It kind of scared him about Austin. I don't know. And it goes to show fans how quick those two. How close those two belts really are to each other. Okay. Flair is able to lock in the figure 4, but Austin slips out. So Flair tags in the Boss. The Boss takes control of Austin on the map, But Austin sneaks a tag on Rude. And Rude breaks up Boss's control. Things just kind of go a little bit back and forth here. Not much. So I decided to jump ahead a little bit more towards the end of the match. Rude is working the back of the Boss it. And Boss is in trouble. Boss gets a tag on Sting, but the ref doesn't see it, so it's called off. Ron Simmons ends up with a big bear hug on the Boss. You know, obviously, continue to work on the Boss's back. Simmons lands a big slam and heads to the top rope for his flying shoulder block. But the Boss cracks Simmons midair with a big punch. It was actually a shitty punch. I remember that. The Boss gets a legal tag in on Sting. And Sting is in control. After a big power slam, Pandyemonium takes place. And all six men are involved. Now Sting gets a roll up on Simmons, who is distracted by Ice Train. So Ice Train, you know, showed up. He actually does have an impact. So he's not just there to kind of, you know, for show he does get involved because Simmons, he distracts Simmons and Sting gets the three count on Simmons and the victory. Naturally Ron Simmons is pissed off. Ice Train is super excited and overall it was actually a pretty fun match. I think what this match did well from what I recall is like, you know, every time Sting came in, they kind of let him do his thing and it got the crowd involved. You know, when you're watching, when you can kind of see the, the crowd getting involved, you know, naturally you're going to get involved, you know, right from your living room, which is kind of not what happened in the match. The watch along. We just watched like where every time Flying prime came in and the crowd would start to get excited and they would just like kick him out of the ring and everyone's like, oh, what the. You know. Yeah, so just a much better, much better match there. So yeah, that's my coverage for WCW Saturday night. So Pru, I think you're going to take it from here back to another episode of Main event.
Yeah, yeah. One thing I wanted to say before we move on though, like with this match that you're covering, it just seems to be the way it is. It's like Steve Austin is a non factor oftentimes and everything. It's like we're covering stunning Steve and so often he is like eh, right. And this match just shows it. Again, you would think he'd be a big one. But this match is more focused on Ron Simmons and Ice Trains feud. Who gives a about that?
Nobody.
Oh, oh yeah. From that if you're watching it. But that helping Steve Austin's case out. And yeah, I don't know how much my coverage of this next match is gonna work either, but we'll see. It's WWE Main Event from January 23, 1994, Gainesville, Georgia at the Georgia Mountain Center. And this was taped on January 3, 1994. And we got Austin, the U. S. Champion taking on Bobby Walker. Basically a jobber at the time, but a good jobber overall. And he would go on to have, you know, some upper level jobber success in WCW as he has went on. But hey, we're here to cover it and we got this. So I'm talking about Steve Austin versus Bobby Walker and that's it. All right, here we go. Prior to the match, Tony Schiavone and Larry's Biscoe, they hype up this match. They have a match also leading to the clash which is going to be oh, not Austin, not Austin vs. Pillman Brian Pillman vs. Colonel Robert Parker at the Clash. That's another damn problem. JV is Austin. U. S. Champion is not being the one hype to take on Brian Pillman. This is all about a chicken soup. Anyway, Colonel Parker heads to the ring and he announces that, you know, the one and only Hollywood blonde u. S. Champion, stunning Steve Austin is coming to the rink. You know, Austin, like I said, is taking on Bobby Walker. And Tony reiterates that Austin now has a manager's license. So, hey, back to license JV as a manager's license, he can be there.
Never heard of that before in my life.
Ice train doesn't have one, but that's fine. He was just at ringside. Doesn't matter. Anyway, so Austin has his license and he's going to be with colonel Parker at the clash. And Larry Bisco mentions that colonel Parker has some pull. It probably got Austin hooked up with someone to get him that license. Probably true, Larry. I guess you need a hookup to get that license. You have to go to any manager courses to get that certificate or something. So anyway, then they're in the ring. You know, obviously not much is going on here. Walker gets an arm lock on Austin. Austin crawls his way to the ropes. He rolls out of the ring. He takes a little powder and he takes his time getting back in the ring. He's building some heat outside the ring, pissing off the crowd, you know, doing good work. Austin, Walker got go back at it. They lock up a few times. Austin gets Walker in a side headlock and tosses walking to the mat. Austin then wrenches lock, putting his weight on Walker. Austin then gets Walker to the ropes, shoulder, blocks Walker a few times and begins to out of the way on Bobby. Austin webs walking to the ropes, picks Walker up, nails him with a stun gun on the top rope, which was horrendous, horrible. It sucked. Austin was struggling, lifting him up. I feel like Bobby Walker was just not helping at all. He's being a. That's the way I saw it. He's like being dead weight. Austin does get the pin on Walker, and this was horrible too, because Bobby Walker is just like wiggling. His shoulders are moving the whole time, the three counts going on. So it's like that's not a real pinfall. It's like, what the hell is Bobby Walker's deal that he's not just taking this loss to Austin. He must have thought that he was better than Austin or something. And it was like, I'm not taking a loss to this guy. But what an hobby. Walker not happy. He didn't want to lose so easily. And my little pun is Bobby Walker, you weren't hard working at that time. And my pun is a reference to his future nickname, Hard Working Bobby. Bobby Walker. Yeah. He became Hard Working Bobby Walker. You are working hard. You are freaking a pain in the ass. God damn. And that's gonna happen. I'm gonna get to another match. Same like these people just not taking the stun gun and they're giving Austin a hard time in the ring. And it's nothing with Austin because Austin is crisp. But when Austin wants to get his finish like these people giving him a tough time, I don't know, people, I don't know people didn't like him, I guess. All right, from there now get a postmatch promo. And this is a few minutes long, so take a listen and I'll cover it when we get back.
Over the past couple of months in World Championship Wrestling, there has been a tremendous amount of problems between former members of the Hollywood Blondes, Flying Brian and Stunning Steve. It all comes down to one night this Thursday when Flying Bryant crawls in the ring with Colonel Rob Parker, the loser, to put the chicken suit on. Two days later on Saturday night. And the chicken clock is counting down.
By the way, that's just about enough of the chicken talk because you mentioned Flying Brian. It's always been said and it's always been proven Flying Brian has done nothing but run his mouth ever since he teamed up with me and became a world champion. When I saw the light, picked up the Colonel and undrop that anchor because that's all Flying Brian was. He was an anchor and I got tired of dragging him around. If he wants to put the Colonel in a chicken shoot on the clash of champions, I've got to say it's not going to happen. It's all idle talk. Flying Brian, you'll never get a shot at the United States Championship as long as I've got the belt. As far as embarrassing the Colonel, we've got a few tricks up our sleeve, don't we, Colonel? I'm hoping we got some tricks up our sleeve here. But then I've already been cordially welcomed by the mayor himself of Baton Rouge as the Louisiana Governor. All the Governor south of the Mason Dixon are wishing me well because they know I'm a man of integrity and honor. They know that for Brian Pillman to come out here and figure he can belittle me by putting me in a thigh horn leghorn chicken Suit, I'm gonna promise you something. Go ahead. All right. You're doing okay. Relax. It's not gonna happen. I'm counting on it not happening. Because my honors at stake here, I'd just as soon be bad six foot under that holy microphone up here. I'm a tall man. Let me remind you, I'm a big man, A tall man. I'm not scared of any thing on the face of this earth. I'll be there. I'll represent my family, the Parker family. I walk in the footsteps of Tom and I'll not be in no chicken suit.
We're out of time. You need to settle down, okay? Down the road, all right? Colonel Parker and Flying Brian will get.
It on in the ring. All right? So after the match, Tony Schiavone goes down the ringside. He interviews Austin and Parker. Tony sets up the interview by saying about how, you know, Austin and Pillman have continued issues that have been going on, you know, and that's all coming to an head this Thursday at the Clash. This is Pillman crawls into the ring with Colonel Parker and they're gonna have the loser wear the chicken suit. You know, finally, with that chicken suit. And it's going to be on Saturday night. So that's another thing that is weird to me. It's like, all right, so you're building up this match on the Clash, but then the payoff of the result is going to be on Saturday night. Like, why wouldn't it all be in one night, right? Like have the match of the Clash. Parker loses. Put the chicken suit on. You gotta wait days, oh, come back on Saturday night and watch Colonel Buck put the chicken suit on. Do people give a that much to let me tune into Clash and see how the match goes? And then, oh, let me tune in Saturday and see. See him with a suit. What the. I don't know. Weird. But that's what happened and that's. That's what they think is going to give them ratings. Oh, let me tune in on Saturday to watch the chicken soup get worn. Who gives a crap? It's all crap anyway, Austin says, and he has my sentiments exactly. That's about enough of this chicken talk. Because you fly, Brian. I've always said it's always been proven Flying Brian has done nothing but run his mouth ever since he teamed up with me and became a world champion. When I saw the light, I picked up Colonel Parker and dropped that anchor because that's all fine. Brian is. He's been an anchor dragging it. I've been Dragging him around. I figured if he was all stone cold, he would. Said, I've been dragging his ass around. Says he wants to put Colonel Parker in a chicken shoot. He doesn't say suit. He says, shoot. Was like, ah, I'll call him out on that. Not that we don't up when we say things, but yeah. Austin said chicken shoot instead of soup and said, well, that's not gonna happen. He's not going to be wearing a chicken suit. Fine, Brian. You'll never get a shot. United States championship as long as I've got the belt. Then Austin says that he and Colonel Parker have a few tricks up their sleeve. Colonel Parker then gets on and says, now he's been cordially welcomed by the mayor of Baton Rouge and Louisiana governor and all the governors south of the Mason Dixon line. He's wishing them all the best, and they're wishing him the best. And he's a man of integrity. Colonel park is also pissed off that Pillman thinks that he's just a fog on Leghorn. So he does finally mention that, yeah, I'm not Falcon. At that point, Parker is losing his mind. Austin tries to calm him down, says, you're right. You're all right. Relax. Nothing's gonna happen. You're fine. Parker says that he's. He's assumed to be dead six feet on the. When he wears that chicken suit. Like, dude, chill out.
Like, really kill him.
Just because you wear a chicken suit, this means you're dying, dude.
Yeah.
Jeez. Oh. So Parker finally wraps up. He says, hey. He wants to make it clear that he's a big, tall man. He's not scared of anything on the face of the earth. He's gonna. He's gonna represent his family, the Parker family, in the footsteps of Colonel Tom Parker, Elvis's manager. I like how they went with that, but I also like how he's like, oh, I'm gonna represent my family. Because his family was a big wrestling family, the Fuller family.
Oh, really? I don't think I ever.
Yeah, yeah.
But they own it.
Yeah. Yep, exactly. So he was referencing that, but then turned it into, oh, the park family, Tom Parker. So anyway, Tony wraps it up and says that they're out of time, and Parker tells him that, you know, you need to settle down. He's telling Parker, settle down. Even Tony's like, chill out. And that's one thing I like about Colonel Parker is, like, how crazy he gets. Like, oh, boy.
Yeah. Over the top.
Yeah.
So dramatic, cartoonish.
Yeah. There's something to be said about cartoonish wrestling. It's fun. I don't care. It is.
Especially when it's a manager. It makes sense.
Yes, exactly. And he's like we've seen before. And we'll. Well, we'll see when he wrestles, but this guy can go. He's big and he. He's a wrestler.
He's an athlete, right? He's got some athlete in him.
Yep. All right, so that wraps that up. Jv, you're going to take us to the Clash. Now, generally, we would watch at the Clash, but I figured this. This is probably not worth watching. I think you'll give us good coverage, jb. So what do you got?
All right, thanks, Pru. So, yeah, we're on to WCW Clash of the champions from January 27, 1994. And we're in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, at the Riverside Centroplex, which I bet doesn't exist anymore.
All right. Probably.
Yeah, it might still. So, yeah, we're going to kick this off with an interview between stunning Steve Austin. Well, rather with stunning Steve Austin and Colonel Robert Parker. So Austin kicks off the interview and he's dressed as Parker and acting like him, which is hilarious. He says he's here to support Colonel Parker and make sure Pillman is wearing the chicken suit come Saturday night. Mean Gene tells Parker he looks good, and Parker says Austin looks good in his suit and his hat. Okay, I wonder if it was his actual hat he had on.
Probably, yeah.
Parker says he gained confidence the other night when he was feeling good and went home and beat his dog.
Okay, that was weird. Some might comment.
Yeah, don't really like this guy anymore. And then after he caught his breath, he beat the out of his dog again and claims told him he ruled the world.
Dude, like a dog. That kind of.
Ah, man, I hope this guy does not hit his dogs. But hey, some people.
I think it's just an expression. Oh, maybe not.
Yeah, maybe not. I mean, there's a culture. Yes, shitty culture, but it exists. Parker says he's going to do the same thing to Pillman that he did to the dog. Austin attempts to light up his cigar, and Meanji reminds him that he can't smoke indoors. Oh, probably the weirdest promo we've ever covered in Bottom line Wrestling Cats history.
Yeah. At least we didn't play the audio for. Right?
Yeah.
Yeah. Now, before you jump into the next thing, I. I did check out the. The Baton Rouge Centralplex. Yeah. Still exists.
Wow.
It's now called, like, oh, looks pretty good. I think they renovated it. It looks pretty good. It's now called the Raisin Canes River Center.
Raisin canes. That's funny. They're huge.
Yeah, Raising canes, chicken fingers.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
We got one in Seaconk. I had a one. Ah, man, I don't know. I don't know the hype because, I mean, the menu sucks. It's just all chicken fingers. Just a variation of what you can get with chicken fingers. It's like you want two chicken fingers with this. You want three chicken fingers with this.
And it's the same chicken fingers, right?
Yeah, it's all the same chicken fingers. It's not like, oh, there's a spicy one. There's a different one like buffalo one. It's just the same chicken fig, which are good. But how do you run a restaurant just based on one set of chicken fingers? Hey, it worked. Worked on South, I guess they have a Raising Canes River Center.
They got money, they got bags. All right, so if you want to watch along with this match, the. Well, we're not doing a watch along, but if you wanted to watch it, it's 57, 40 is the time stamp. We have the chicken suit match, which we've been leading up to. Finally, finally here. Finally we can watch. Actually, we're not watching it. Cover this shitty match. Flying Brian Pillman versus Colonel Robert Parkular. It's a ridiculous, ridiculous gimmick match. But here at the Bottom line cast, we're here for it. Austin is hilarious in his Colonel Parker cosplay. That's a very big highlight of this, I will say. And Parker actually looks like a big. He's hailed as the great thing, dude, he's massive. He's hailed as the greatest promoter on the face of earth. He rips his shirt off Hulk Hogan style. This guy has it flying. Brian is out next and he's passing out boxes of chicken. With Parker's face on each of the boxes. The match starts and Colonel Parker is naturally running away like a. But honestly, he looks like he could, like, up Pillman pretty bad if you wanted to. Just looking at size, like, oh, yeah. Betting heavily On DraftKings on Colonel Parker, Pillman hits a big slam followed by a pin and a two count and then a massive drop kick. Parker scampers to the outside to regroup, but Pillman's not allowing him. He chases him and then is confronted by Austin. Does that stop Pillman? Absolutely not. Pillman instead starts beating the out of Austin, which allows Parker to take advantage of Pillman. So Pillman back in the ring. He's getting Worked by Parker in the corner. But Pillman eventually, that doesn't last long. Takes control and Parker again scurries to the outside on commentary. Tony obviously reminds viewers that Parker is the reason that the greatest tag team of all time broke up. Parker has had enough and starts to leave up the ramp with Austin. And Austin is convincing Parker basically, hey, stop being a. Get back down there and fight. But before that can even happen, Pillman chases them up the ramp and gives a backdrop to Austin. I love how Pillman always takes the opportunity here to kind of stick one to Austin, which makes sense because I'm sure Parker's limited in the types of bumps he can take. So having Austin, there is another way to kind of, you know, bring a little more entertainment and actual wrestling to the match, I bet.
And it gets back to like the main feud supposed to be Austin, Pillman.
Yep. The boss comes out and stops Parker from leaving. Pillman then jumps in the boss's arms to celebrate. Pillman then knocks Austin off the ramp and continues punishing Parker and then tosses him back into the ring. Parker, though, leaves the ring again. And then Austin sneaks up behind Pillman and hits a stun gun. So his big finisher followed by multiple stomps. The boss toss tosses Parker back in the ring and Parker takes control of Pillman in the ropes. Tony reminds viewers that Parker needs to last just 10 minutes in order not to lose the match. So that's a little wrinkle to the match that I don't think we mentioned yet this episode. But as a reminder, all Parker has to do is last 10 minutes. He doesn't have to actually win. The match lasting 10 minutes is a W for him.
Yeah, we didn't mention that.
I forgot about that. Yeah. Parker goes to the top rope and Pillman counters. Pillman goes for a splash from the top rope but Austin knocks him off. Parker goes for the pin, but only gets a two count. The boss chases Austin away from the ring all the way to the dressing room area. Parker is enough in full blown panic waving for Austin to come back. While Pillman sneaks up behind Parker for a roll up for the three count and the win, as he should.
Yeah, yeah. Now go back to that. Yeah, well, yeah. A roll up on Colonel Parker. Come on. Sneaking away. Sneaking away against the manager.
Yeah, you couldn't like hit your finisher, right?
What the. Yeah, that's so pathetic. Then also the 10 minute thing, you know, I kind of just went along like, oh, we forgot that. I don't think we forgot That I don't think it was ever mentioned, to be honest.
I feel like we covered it last episode.
Think so? Yeah.
I feel like it came up and just because like it's been so long since we've recorded.
Maybe, maybe, maybe that's the case. But I want to be surprised. You know, maybe we did forget and that's, that's all.
I want to be surprised. If it was just like, hey, by the way, you never talked about this. This.
Exactly. Is this random stipulation now? Yeah, I mean, totally, totally WCW.
Not for nothing, it did kind of hold to 10 minutes. The time stamp was 57.40 and it ends at 105. 34.
Yeah.
So it would have been pretty if it was like 5740 and then it was like 115.
Yeah. But I could see though, like the night that this happens, they're told in production, like, oh, we, we got to keep this match short. Tell the audience this has to be 10 minutes. Yeah, yeah.
20 is like, what, what, what do you mean?
Yeah, 10 minute time limit on this.
Not like anyone can go back and re watch the old episode. Yeah, like very easily.
Yeah, that we'll see. Hey, if you, if you're listening out there, if you want to go back, let us know if it's legit. You can message us at X at Bottom podcast. All right, so jv, good job with that. And we're moving on to another episode. Saturday night. Move on to Saturday night. So we just had the Clash on Saturday night. It's January 29, 1994. We're at center stage. And this was taped prior to the clash. This was January 10th, 1994. And we're gonna get stunning Steve Austin versus Brady Boone. Now this seems like another jobber match, and basically it is. But this guy puts up a hell of a fight. And let me get right into it. So here we go. All right, prior to the match, they show some highlights of Pillman and Parker's match from the classic champion. So at least they have that. So this matches before, but you know, production wise, it's after the Clash and you know, they do their thing. Since they're a TV production company, they do the right thing and they show the highlights of Clash. You have Mean Gene and Bobby Heenan having a funny exchange together. Mean Gene asked Bobby if he's ever had to wear a chicken suit. Bobby says, no, he never, never want a chicken suit. So Gene says, well, you must have weaseled out of that. You know, we know Bobby's called the weasel and all that. So he's all, you weaseled out of that wearing a chicken suit. But the funny thing that they're alluding to is that Bobby did have to wear a weasel suit often. And not just in wwf, but way back in awa. Bobby had to wear a weasel suit after he lost the Greg gagne in Imagine 1980. And then also that stipulation was brought back in WWF as I was referring to. And he had to wear the weasel suit in a bunch of matches against the ultimate warrior in 1988. And I even have an action figure of Bobby Hinn wearing a weasel suit too.
Really? That's.
Yeah. So I like that comment by Jane. Oh, you weaseled out of it. It's like, yeah, I have to wear the weasel suit. All right, so anyway, back to action. Here we got Austin taking on Brady Boone, who wrestled in the WWF as well. He was Brady Boone as a jobber, but he also became a upgraded jobber with a gimmick. Once they started giving Java's gimmicks, he became the Battle Cat. He was wearing a mask in 1990 and for Bray Boone here, this would be one of his last matches. Unfortunately, he did become a ref for a little while after this match, but then he died not long after this as well in a car accident in Florida. And he was only 40 years old. So, yeah, there's that. So. Well, anyway, on a lighter note, Brady Boone is rocking some Rex Kwondo USA MC human pants, you know, that we like to mention in our, in our podcast. Got the Rex Kwondo. You know, Sandband would wear the same thing in ECW right around the same time. It's 1994, so same man was rocking those same pants. They must have been on sale at Walmart. They had to be. You know, we didn't have Walmart around here 1994, but down south, I'm sure it was there. And these boys were buying their pants and they had those USA MC Hammer pants and he was wearing it. And you know, I gotta say, jb, I can't help myself. You think anyone wants a roundhouse kick to the face while wearing these bad boys? Forget about it. Forget about it, Rex. And now the first thing I see when Austin and Brady Boone about to lock up is, damn, Brady Boone is so small. It's so small compared to Austin. You forget how big Austin is when you see it with a like a normal sized person, you know, normal sized person is like 5, 9, 5, 8. And then Austin being like 6 2. It's a man giant man, compared to everyone else. So they're battling each other and the match starts off with some arm lock. Of course, Boone plays the role as the wiggly worm, though. Oh, he's being a pest to Austin and Austin can't just get a hold of him. So Boone's like hopping around, bouncing around. He does an arm drag takedown to Austin. Heenan compliments Boone for his quickness in the ring. Boone rolls up Austin. Austin quicks out, kicks out. And you know, Hill Austin is complaining. He complained that Boone is. He's pulling my tights. I love that. I love when a heel is complaining about someone else cheating.
Cheating. Yeah.
It's like you are the cheater. You cheat all the time and now you're complaining about someone cheating against you. Get the over.
Yeah, that's not how this works, buddy.
Love it. Yeah. You know, in our line of work, we say that all the time. Like the people that cause the trouble, they complain when something bad happens to them. It's like, shut up.
Yep.
So anyway, Austin gets aggressive with Boone, slams his head into the top turnbuckle pad and follows it up with an Atomic drop. Now I was asking before, like, what the hell is the electric Chair drop? So I was thinking, like, are you talking about Atomic drop? But yeah, you brought up something totally different that I never even thought of. The chicken and dropping them on their head, on their back, whatever. But now the Atomic drop, like we know that, like you pick them up and you slam them on your knee. Right. Slam their ass on your knee. But what the up with that name? Like, I was thinking this, like, shouldn't just be like the Ass Smash Bub buster. You know, something like that. What the hell's an Atomic Drop? The Hemorrhoid Killer. Oh. Anyway, so Austin goes to the well again. He goes for another butt buster, but Boone reverses it and rolls up. Austin gets a two count. Austin is up and he's pissed. And Boone basically says, sit down and gives him a crescent kick. And Austin's ass is sent to the mat. So Boone's getting in some good defense and offensive, rather whatever the you want to call it. I know it's offense, but it's defense when you're the one that's a week. Austin takes a powder rolls out of the ring. Austin has a shocked look on his face. Bobby hidden mentions on commentary that this can happen sometimes. You know this can happen sometimes you think you have a man handled. They do a couple moves and now you see what they have. So Bobby Heen and putting a you know good spin on what's going on in the ring here with Brady Boone getting some offense on Austin saying, hey, you never know what these guys have. Austin gets back in the ring, he corn is booned with an aggressive walk. So when I wrote this initially it was, it was a while ago, but I don't know if you JV or you listen is out there. There was a series of videos I guess and they were called Alpha dads. And Austin comes at Boone like an alpha dad, where he just walks up to him like a man, like, I'm bigger than you, shake my head like. And that's what the Alpha dad's video is all about is like it's a bunch of like teenagers, I guess, like 20 year olds or whatever. And they're acting like they're their dads, like at different events. Like if you're at a basketball game, for instance, like the high school basketball game, a bunch of dads like that know each other that went to high school with, hey, how you doing? How you doing? Hey, hey, hey, what's up? What's up, Tom? Hey guys. That's how Austin like approaches Boone, like, hey, give me a handshake. How you doing? How you doing, pal? So Austin goes for it, but then, you know, Boone falls for and Austin kicks him in the gut. He regains control from that. Austin's then snapmares boon to the mat covers for two. And Tony and Bobby agree that, you know, there's good mat wrestling going on and. No, it's absolutely true. If you watch this match, it's good back and forth. It's nice to see Austin be able to work with somebody that can work. That's what's good here. So Tony says that Austin is a complete wrestler. He's a brawler if need be or a wrestler if need be. Bobby Heenan says, well, you got to be able to do both. And Tony nailed it with that assessment. You know, Austin has that brawling ability, you know, which we know would become his default style basically after his injury at SummerSlam 97 when he gets laying on his head by own heart. So we know that's what he has. And the fact that Tony recognizes it already there, it's spot on that he can do both. You know, it just goes to show also that when you, when you're versatile, you know, when you have all the skills, whatever your line of work is, that makes you more successful, all the skills, you can always transition to something else and that that shines through with Austin, he had his breakthrough something bad happened but because he was so good at something else, he was still able to continue on his rise. For some people that don't have a second skill set, a third or whatever, the, something like that happened, they'd be done. But because he has multiple skills, he was able to continue on. And Tony recognized the fact before all that they knew he, at least somebody there knew he was well rounded. But let him go, just let him go. That's what Bischoff decided anyway. So we get back to action here. Austin has Boone in the corner and his shoulder blocking him. We got Nick, Nick Patrick as the referee. He's bounded down and he, he's one, he's, he's wanting Austin, you know, to break, break it up, break it up. Then Bobby Hinon continues to mention that Austin has a great background. He has more titles and long reigns in his short career. So at this point Austin's only been wrestling from 89 to 94, so five years. And Bobby Hinton says that also has more title reigns and more titles than any anybody's ever heard about. Now I don't know how exactly true that is, but I think it's a pretty accurate assessment. I'm not positive because I didn't want to look it all up but it's got to be pretty damn good because Austin had the longest TV title reign ever at that point and he held, he's held acting title, TV title, US title, all within five years. So I mean Austin's not, not getting pushed. I mean we can and complain about like what's going on while he is champion but they are giving him him titles and reigns. There is that. So they do see something in them. They just don't know how to use them properly. Yeah, or they just don't think he can be the world champion for whatever reason. They just don't see him at that level yet, which I would say he's not at that level yet but you know, give him more time and they didn't give him more time and somebody else decided to give him more time. All right, so anyway, Bobby says he's got enormous ability. He's going to be around for a long, long time. Oh hell yeah. Right there. Bobby Heenan knew too. So Bobby and Tony both on commentary in this match just against Brady Boone are recognizing the fact that this guy is great. He's going to be around for a long time. They're both right. All right, so continuing on with the action, Boone goes for another roll up Austin on Austin after getting rushed into the corner. But see it seems like a botched spot, you know, they both fall backwards. Then Austin turns the corner and attacks boot from behind. Giovanni who true pro on commentary. And anytime something up in the ring, Tony Schiavone is not gonna make it seem like somebody up. He's always going to spin it in a way where it makes it seem like it was supposed to happen. Oh, Shivani covers up for Boone spot on that roll up. It mentions that Boone tried an acrobatic maneuver but it backfired on him and he might have hurt himself doing it so great by Tony there. Austin and Boone lock up again after that and it seems like they're probably discussion discussing the finish there. Austin then whips Boone to the corner. Austin goes to pick up Boone for the, for the. It called the stun gun. The stun gun? Yeah, it goes for the stun gun. It doesn't work and he has to retract with that. Boone comes back, goes for, goes for a kick, nails them with the roundhouse kick. So perfect. Get the roundhouse kick. Know why? Because he's wearing those bad boys, right? Nobody, nobody's going roundhouse kick with these bad boys. And he does. Boone goes for it, nails him with it. Boone gets a little cocky after he gives that roundhouse kick. Then Austin gets back up, whips him to the ropes again, goes for another stun gun. Boon does the same thing that Bobby Walker does, deadpan, you know, they wait and Austin's pissed also. Punches him in the gut, does it again, gets the 1, 2, 3, again. Like what's up with this? People don't want to lose to Austin. They don't want to take the stun gun. I mean I wouldn't want to take a stun gun, but that's his move. People might have been bitching about the stun gun. Like what the. He dropped me on the ropes. Hey, who knows? But anyway, Austin gets the win and as he should. But I liked highlighting this match because of it did show that Austin still has those technical skills. And also on commentary, Tony and Bobby both praising him and giving us the assessment that we know is accurate, that he is a brawler, he's a technical wrestler, he's at the top of his game, he's as good as anybody. He's going to be around for a long time. Good there. All right, so in the post match promo we got Stomach Steve with Colonel Parker and they're talking to me, Gene. But we're gonna play this. It's a couple minutes long, so take a listen and I'll be right back to cover it.
All right, B.G. duncan back at WCW Saturday Night with me, United States Heavyweight Champion Stunning Steve Austin. You saw him in action earlier on. And also the man who thought this night would never come, Colonel Robert Parker a little bit later on tonight, sir.
Get that chicken out of my face right now. Let me tell you something. I know what your thinking. You're gonna see me out here with that Foghorn Leghorn suit on. I got a battery of lawyers working right now back here that says I'm not gonna have to put that chicken suit on tonight. I want you to do something for me right now. I want you to put that camera close in the eyes of the most honorable southern gentleman on the face of this God's greed earth. And I want you to know, know this when you do it, that ever governor south of the Mason diction looks at me as a gentleman and a scholar, that nobody has any right to put me in a bowl.
Just a second, Colonel, you have been reduced to tears, but this man is a shambled.
That's potentially the most embarrassing situation in wrestling history. And you can rest assured, Gene, that we've got our lawyers working on it and it's not gonna happen. Happen. That's the bottom line.
It is gonna happen.
Oh, shut up. As far as Flying Brian is concerned, I'm sure he wants another piece of Steve Austin, but he's got a long, long wait ahead of him. And it's not because I'm afraid of him, because I, I can beat Flying Brian any night. But nevertheless, he's at the bottom of our list. Rest assured, Gene, that's what's going on on today.
I guarantee you, not on this man is going to end up in that chicken.
If it did happen, I was forced to be in a chicken suit out there. Most disgraceful thing that ever happened in my entire life.
And everybody tell it to the judge, pal. Right now let's get back to Gary Michaela and get up to the ring.
All right, so you just heard me mentions that we saw Austin in action earlier, but Gene wants to bust Colonel Parker's balls a little bit. He's saying no, you know, later tonight you got to fulfill your stipulation from the Clash. You gotta wear the chicken suit. And Parker's all pissed off. He's like, I got a battery of lawyers, battery of lawyers. And you know, we're working on this and I, I'm not gonna have to wear this chicken suit. And Parker tells the camera, you know, zoom in on me, you know, zoom in Because I want everybody to see. I want everybody to see my ass. I'm the most honorable southern gentleman on God green earth. Also everybody south of the Mason Dixon line too. Everybody knows that I'm a gentleman and I'm a scholar. That phrase, gentleman and a scholar. The out of here. Then runs off, he's crying, he's in shambles because he knows he's got to wear that chicken suit. So Austin's there. Gene turns to Austin. Austin is on point in this promo, you know, you know what I was just talking about the previous match against Brady Boone. How great he is. A technical wrestling Tony Schiavone, Bobby Heen talking about how great he is and how great he's gonna be. This promo, I'll just coming off of that even essential is that even more just based on how Austin handles himself in this promo, as you just heard. Let me get right into that. You know, Austin says that this is potentially one of the most embarrassing situations of wrestling history. Yes. I think JV and I both agree it is. It is underrated. It's funny. Yes. But yeah, this is an embarrassing thing for him to be dealing with. So he nailed it. He's speaking the truth right there. Austin says that he and Parker have their lawyers and the chicken suit will not be worn by Parker. And that's the bottom line. So he says it. Boom, right there. That's the bottom line. That means it. No, I think it's gonna happen. I think it is gonna happen in Austin in stone cold fashion. Cuts Mean Gene off right away and says, ah, shut up. So Austin's character is developing. Austin is getting comfortable at this point, you know, and we've seen it a little bit when we were covering Hollywood Blondes, but you know, it's just happening before our eyes. Austin says Pillman has a long way, long way to wait, long wait ahead of him for a title shot. And Austin's like, it's not because I'm afraid of you. It's just you gotta wait and turn. Like, I'm done with you, like on to bigger and better things. You're my tag team partner. I'm the champion now. You're not. You're not anything. I gave you a shot. You lost, kid. Moving on, the promo ends. Colonel Parker and me, Gina, are arguing about a chicken suit. Like, what the? Like, we just got this great shift from Austin. Well, hey, chicken suit. You're wearing chicken suit. What the. Anyway, a little bit later we get a backstage interview. Not going to play this. I'm just going to cover it quick. They have a commercial break. They come back. Tony Schiavone's mentioned. Colonel Parker, you know, is running out of the building. He's trying to avoid the chicken suit he's running around in. Jean, is Johnny on the spot. He runs and finds Colonel Parker. And he's gonna confront them. They're bickering for a moment. Parker runs through the back door. He escapes. But guess who's there to stop him? The Boss. The Boss is there.
This guy just won't disappear.
The big boss man's there. And he's there. And Foster Law carries a big stick ball and chain too. He's coming after you because he's serving hard time. Okay, sorry. Sorry about that. Now he sends Parker back to the ring to get that damn chicken suit on. Because we need a payoff. We need the payoff. He needs to wear that damn suit here on Saturday night. And guess what? For all this build up two episodes covering the chicken suit saga. January and late January. Late early January. Late January. And three months between episodes. We gotta cover this. We're gonna watch this. Jv, you got it all set up, ready to go.
Let me just. I had it set up. Give me a second.
All right, so this is WWE Saturday night again. January 29, 1994. We're at center stage. And this is gonna happen during the halfway point through the show. One hour and 25 minutes. That was a long show. Long episode.
What do you have on your screen? Blank. The WCW Saturday Night logo.
Right? I. I have a blank screen. All right.
Let me go back like a half second. Then I went back too far. 125, 38.
But yeah, this is one of the most ridiculous things that's been going on.
All right, now I'm ready.
All right, so 125, 38. I'll give a countdown. Frostic. Three, two, one, play. All right. So Mean Jeans in the ring. He's holding a chicken suit. Look at that. Look up. Looks like it's a puppet.
Jim Henson. Henson.
Yeah, exactly. That's what I was thinking.
Jim Henson.
Yes. Jim Henson. We've all been waiting for this. I think we really have, though. Comes Austin and Paka Parker. Him.
Well, Brain, here we go. It's chicken soup time.
Tony, you're standing.
I feel like chicken tonight. Like chicken tonight.
What was that commercial?
Remember that?
Yeah. What was that product?
I think it was called rather chicken. I think it's called Chicken Tonight. It was like soup or something. Like a seasoning, like a sauce, whatever. Gravy. Something like that.
Yeah, it Was. It was like a season. All right. So, yeah, it was cold chicken tonight.
What the. All right, so, Brian, people get attacked by Tex Slazinger and, well, the Godwins.
6 million people in the ring.
And then a bunch of people came out and Paco is trying to get out of wearing the chicken suit. But now you have all the baby faces. Cactus act. Max Payne XP guy. Jungle Gym. Yeah, his name was Jungle Jim, I think. Bunch of bums. It's funny. Cactus Jack is wearing his same shirt that he always wears now is red, black flannel.
I'm going to make. I'm going to ask the people out.
Here watching mean jeans in there saying, you got to wear it. You gotta wear it. So now it's like a lumberjack match. All the baby faces surround the ring. Forcing Parker, you gotta get this suit on. The crowd is halfway interested. I guess there's Tugboat too.
What's happening, Tony?
Open your eyes.
Bobby tripped through the wood panel. Laying down on his head as a shock master. P.E. anderson's at ringside too, as a lumberjack. The out of here.
Well, he's getting ready to put the suit on. What's so funny?
What are you laughing at now?
He's.
He's. He's.
He's trying to put up.
I. I've worn a turkey suit before, so there's that. I should mention.
I remember that. Didn't you wear more than once?
No, it was one time.
Just that one time.
Yeah.
It's a one time deal for the turkey trot addressed as the turkey. The mystery man.
Go.
I took the mask off. It's me.
No, this is. Oh, boy, this is something. After the clash of the champions.
All right. Come on, Baka. Dragging this out.
It is orange and yellow.
Oh, my goodness.
He's way too big for that suit. By the way, is he naked yet?
No, he's not naked. And the fans want.
Why are you laughing? Come on, Colonel.
At least the c. The crowd's kind of into it.
You can open your eyes now. Take a look.
Oh, you like me, Shani? Oh, my goodness. Look at that, Bob.
Oh, you put the feet on, but the feet on. All right, so Paka has the suit on and it's all above his knees. But he needs to put the feet on. He's doing now.
Those feet are awful. Those look like thick plastic, like very.
Oh, definitely. Yeah.
Pretty uncomfortable.
I don't like this at all. Well, off.
Put the hat on. That mask is creepy, man.
Look at one. Pants hanging down. He's never dressed like that.
Oh, shut up, kfc. I have a funny feeling there that.
There'S going to be some revenge.
I wonder if they were kind enough to like, give out the buckets with actual chicken in it. All right, so the mask dropped on his head. Parker is so big that he ripped the costume. Oh, my God.
Wasn't he tall as.
Oh, yeah, he's tall. What a sporty is though, wearing it and just like going along with it.
His chicken legs.
He's like, what's he doing?
Oh, yeah.
Is he dancing? He's clucking. He's clucking. Yeah. Oakland dance with the gobbly gooka. Should dance with a colonel Chicken. So stupid.
He's like acting like he's can't see.
Right. He does it.
This is why we watch wrestling.
This is wrestling.
Loving it.
This is wrestling.
Believe it.
Oh, as corny as this is, man, this is funny. Oh, guess the boss is back. Next. My little buddy sleeping. Wait, I want to watch this commercial.
If I take a bite of his tv peanut.
I remember this commercial exactly like. Like it's from an episode on my Butter Finger. Nobody gets a hand finger on my Butterfinger. My Crispity Crunchy. Anyway, man. Yeah, as goofy as that is, that's fun.
Commercial.
Oh, you still playing it? I think it's a mo commercial.
Why you've fast forward ahead.
No, I just paused it, but yeah. What is this? A milk does body? Good.
Why'd you pause it? Now you got to play catch up.
Yeah, but we're done.
Oh, that's the end of the segment.
Yeah.
Oh, you're missing the Game Genie commercial too. All right, I'll stop. There was a second part to this.
Ah, that's it. That would be nice to just do a watch along of the whole episode of the commercials.
Commercials? Yeah, yeah.
The Game Junior commercials on it. Oh, yeah, man. I love when we get the commercials because it just brings me back to 1994.
Yeah, it does.
Hell yeah. Well, yeah, you know, as grueling as this bed to get through over two episodes, it was. It was a fun, fun payoff. I guess it makes sense to do on Saturday night so it doesn't take up too much clash time, I guess because there's other matches that they were hyping. You know, Saturday night could just be like, yeah, whatever gives a. Let's take up 10 minutes with this. Whereas on Clash it would have probably not been a good idea. So I can see why they did that at this point now. Yeah, we're done with the Chicken suit saga and thanks for going along for the ride for us. Well, next month is February and we got Super Brawl coming up and there's gonna be a cage match that Austin's involved in, but Austin's not involved in a lot next month, so it's not gonna be a lot of content and probably a shorter episode, but we'll see. Who knows, we can run our mouse as you know, we can talk. So we'll see how that goes. But yeah, we'll get that one out next month, you know, and we'll try to get on a month to month schedule at this point starting the new year here. So thanks guys for coming back and joining us. We're going to take a quick little break and we'll be back with the wrap up.
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Yeah, yeah, he's one of the bounty hunters, I guess. Yep, yep. So he's in there and they cover that. That's a fun one. And they also just released. It was Alex and Tommy. Watch along Tommy. They did a special episode ranking the worst Royal Rumbles ever. So check that out. Talking Taker. And then also Travis White, you know, co host of Talking Taker, he has a new album out called Reconstruction. It's available wherever you can listen to music, but especially on Spotify. It's available. It's on YouTube as well. And we're gonna play one of his songs for our outro today. And the song that I picked was called your Grace. And, you know, I thought it's just a great reminder that, you know, we should always give people a break when mistakes are made. You know, give your grace to people and, you know, if you want grace for yourself, for your mistakes, then let people make mistakes as well. You know, that's kind of the message there that I interpreted, you know, because we're all going to make mistakes and we all need a little grace and we should give a little grace. So check out that song. Really good. Gives me some Matchbox 20 vibes, I'll say that. But Travis does a great job with all the songs. A little different twist on all his songs. So listen to that good stuff again, it's called Reconstruction. Travis White. Also check out Book of the Territory, the unprofessional wrestling podcast. And you know, Mike Mills, Hard Body Hopper, Doc Turner, they're covering WWE Saturday night week to week, and they're currently at June 26, 1993. So they're creeping up on us, JV. They're just, you know, six months behind us now.
Damn.
So they're in the Hollywood Blondes era right now. What they've just been covering was like the. The brush with greatness, the flare for the gold, the fly for the old, all that, you know, the Hollywood Blondes versus the four Horsemanship. So they're right there. So I'm looking forward, though, to continuing listening to their take to what we just got through with the chicken suit. Because that's gonna be some funny when they cover that, guaranteed. You know, especially hot Body Hopper, he's gonna lose his mind over this chicken suit. Oh, yeah. So listen to them booking the territory. Also check out our vantage point at the Retro Wrestling podcast where they are covering WCW, WWF Superstars of Wrestling. And they're currently 1987, and they've covered Championship Wrestling from 82, 83, 84, 85, 86. Now it became Superstars. Now they're into 87. They're beyond WrestleMania 3. It's June 20th, 1987. Oh, check them out. They're doing, you know, watch along style videos are on YouTube. You know, you can. So you can watch the actual show as they go over it. So check it out on YouTube. Check it out wherever you get your podcast. Great. Our vantage point. And also check out their other podcasts, Acid Washed Memories, where they're just doing, you know, retro pop culture episodes where they cover like Family Matters or Saved by the Bell or just random from the 80s, 90s, early 2000s. Good stuff. Also check JVN out on the extreme ECW live cast. And we're on the book in the territory patreon. $5 here. And that's where we release our new episodes. Our latest One is episode 100. We just covered June 17th and 24th of 1997. So we're building up to the second pay per view, which is Hardcore Heaven in August of 1997. And we've got some really great going on. Taz just became TV champion. Jerry Lawler is involved and we got this WWF ECW rivalry going on. And you know, it's just getting really hot over there.
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Yeah, I agree. You know, it's. It's at their pinnacle, I guess.
Was it episode 99 was probably the best episode we've had yet as far as like content to like watch from ECW.
Right. Yeah, our previous episode 99. Yeah, definitely. And episode hardcore TV, it would be episode 216 from June 10th is. Is. Is the episode you gotta watch. Yeah, yeah. But yeah, check us out and listen to us talk about it with our buddy Rick Beebe as well. And also we got a free feed available too that is just, you know, almost a year behind. And we just covered November to remember 96 on that free feed. So check that out as well, wherever you get your podcast. Thanks guys for listening. Thanks guys for your patience and, you know, New Year, new us, I guess. New Year new me, New Year new ones. We'll see. We'll be on track. We'll be back with another episode next month. Thank you guys for listening to JV and the final words.
No, sir.
All right, we'll see you next month. And check out this song from Travis White, your Grace so Long.
And that's the bottom line as far as I'm concerned. This over with. So get the hell out of here.
I saw myself over the years Below my mask now here's my reveal I wasn't being the man I promise you I'd be I was being the man that I wanted them to see Strange how we end up in this place I sure don't know But I just love your grace yeah oh, yes, I love your grace Grace when we started now we had some big, big dreams But I was all on board at least that's what I preached Shame how I took them and locked them away In a far off cage for them to suffocate I was doing things unbeknownst to me I was just doing things you know that I, I had seen don't make it right and that makes it worse it's up to me now to break that curse well, I saw myself over the years Peel off my mask now here's my reveal I wasn't being the man I promised you I be I was being the man that I wanted them to see Strange how we end up in this place I sure don't know But I just love your grace yeah oh, yes, I love your grace Grace and I appreciate Ain't that I can't repent But I'm tired of saying sorry over over and over again yeah over and over I'm gonna trade my regrets for joy and then I'll trade them for more and more and more and more and more oh, yeah Little years But now I see how much grace you have for me.
Yeah.
I saw myself over the years A peel off my mask now here's my reveal I wasn't being the man I promised you I be I was being the man that I wanted them to see Strange how we end up in this place I sure don't know But I just love your grace yeah oh yes, I love your grace Grace.