Original Airdate: October 22, 1998
From Albuquerque, New Mexico; Your Hosts are Tony Schiavone and Bobby Heenan, with Lee Marshall (first hour), and Mike Tenay (second hour)
Rey Mysterio Jr v Super Calo: Calo tags him with a backelbow right away, and a cross corner whip is followed in with an avalanche for two. Calo with another corner whip, and a springboard flying dropkick gets him two. Calo with a bodyslam, and he grounds Rey in a mat-based abdominal stretch. Rey manages to slug at him to win a criss cross, so Calo tries a backdrop over the top, but Rey lands on the apron. Calo responds with a dropkick to knock him off, and he dives after him with a somersault plancha splash. Back in, that gets Calo two, but Rey manages a headscissor takedown, and he wins a reversal sequence that ends in Calo landing in the ropes while trying a bodypress. Rey with a backdrop to set up a flying legdrop for two, so Calo tries another springboard, but Rey crotches him on the top to block. Rey follows him up for a rana off the top at 4:07. They got right into gear with this one. Afterwards, the LWO are out, and they want Mysterio to join the group, but he wants to run on his own. He walks away, drawing a furious look from Eddie Guerrero, but nothing comes of it here. **
Bill Goldberg/Diamond Dallas Page hype video
Tony brings DDP out to hype up the title match with Goldberg for Halloween Havoc. I like Page, and he has great delivery of whatever he ever has to say… it’s just rare that he actually has anything of consequence to say. This was not one of those rare times
Alex Wright v Johnny Swinger: They trade off to start, with Swinger managing to hold him in an armbar. Wright fights free in the corner, and delivers a pair of uppercuts, but misses a clothesline, and Swinger delivers a Russian legsweep. Swinger with a side suplex for two, but Wright manages a spinheel kick, and he dumps Johnny front-first across the top rope. Wright with a cross corner whip to rebound Swinger into a backbreaker, but a backdrop gets countered with a kneeling facebuster. Alex tries a dropkick, but misses, and Swinger dives with a flying axehandle - only for Wright to block with a dropkick. That allows Alex a neckbreaker to finish at 3:23. ½*
WCW Television Title Match: Chris Jericho v Kanyon: Kanyon kick starts the match, and delivers a backdrop. Chris manages to get off a chop, and he hits a hotshot, then a springboard shoulderblock that ends in both men on the outside. Inside, Kanyon manages to slug at him, but a dropkick misses, and Jericho delivers a Lionsault for two. Chris adds a hanging vertical suplex for two, and he uses a cross corner whip to set up a corner splash, but Kanyon dodges. Kanyon with a superplex in from the apron for two, but a reversal sequence sees Jericho delivering an inverted vertical suplex for two. Chris with a dive off the middle, but Kanyon catches him in a backdrop driver for two. Kanyon with a swinging neckbreaker for two, but Jericho comes back with a butterfly backbreaker. Liontamer, so Kanyon goes to the eyes to block. Chris tries to save it with a victory roll, but Kanyon counters with an electric facebuster for two. Kanyon tries a superplex, but Chris blocks, and dives with a missile dropkick - only to hit the referee. Jericho thinks it’s funny, but before he can get a good laugh in, Raven attacks. Chris manages to fight him off and get the Liontamer on, as the referee recovers and rules it a DQ win for the champion at 8:03. **
Saturn v Norman Smiley: They knock each other around to start, and Smiley gets control. Saturn fights back with a suplex, followed by a clothesline, and a falcon arrow. The death valley driver finishes at 4:20. I had trouble getting into this, but it was fine. ¾*
Riggs v Lex Luger: Lex is really, really into his flexing this week. Even more than usual, which is saying something. Lex works a standing side-headlock, so Riggs tries criss crossing, but Luger bumps into him with a shoulderblock. Lex with a hiptoss and a bodyslam, followed by a clothesline, and Riggs bails. Riggs manages to drop him across the top rope on the way back in, and he ropechokes Luger from there. Riggs lands a dropkick ahead of a blatant choke, and he grounds Lex in a chinlock. Luger fights free, but a cross corner whip gets reversed, and Riggs delivers a high knee for two. Riggs with a corner whip, but the charge in follows, and Luger vertical suplexes him. Luger with a series of clotheslines, but Riggs blocks the torture rack with a chincrusher. That allows Riggs to go to the top for a flying bodypress, but Luger ducks it, and delivers a powerslam. It’s time for the torture rack, and Riggs is cooked at 5:43. This was a respectable match. *
Juventud Guerrera v Prince Iaukea: Posturing to start, dominated by Guerrera. Guerrera with a spinkick in the corner, but a charge gets blocked, and Prince snap suplexes him for two. Prince tries a backdrop, so Guerrera hooks a sunset flip, but Prince blocks. Prince works a chinlock, then takes Guerrera into the corner for chops. Prince with a cross corner clothesline, and a snapmare allows him another chinlock. Hiptoss, but Guerrera blocks, and delivers a rocker dropper. Guerrera with a wheelbarrow bulldog for two, and a flying spinheel kick follows. That allows Guerrera to go up for a dive, so Disco Inferno shows up to push him off - only for Guerrera to land on top of Prince anyway for the pin at 4:02. Afterwards, Disco runs in to properly attack, but Billy Kidman saves. Guerrera doesn’t respond with gratitude, however, and all three men brawl to end the segment. *
Steve Armstrong v Konnan: Konnan hammers him down until Steve bails, but Armstrong catches him with a dropkick during a criss cross once coming back inside. Steve works him over, but Konnan fights him off, makes a comeback, and ends it with the tequila sunrise at 3:10. ¼*
Four Horsemen hype video
Dean Malenko v Kendall Windham: Windham grabs the microphone before the bell, disparaging Malenko’s standing as a proper Horsemen. Dean responds by beating the piss out of him, but Windham catches him with a backelbow. Backdrop, but Dean blocks, and hooks a small package for two. Windham kicks him in the head to cut it off, but Dean blocks a big boot, and lands a leg lariat. That allows him to slap on the Texas cloverleaf at 1:29. Nothing to this one, and the crowd didn’t get what Windham was talking about when he was talking about how he ‘knows a thing or two about the Horsemen.’ I’m not sure they realized he’s Barry Windham’s brother, or maybe even who Barry Windham is. Afterwards, the rest of the Horsemen join us, and Arn Anderson cuts a sinister promo on Eric Bischoff, warning him never to talk about Arn’s family ever again. DUD
Sting v Giant: Giant chokes him down right away, but Sting fights him off. He goes for the Stinger Splash, but Giant blocks, and stands on his chest to take the wind out of sails. And also his lungs. An elbowdrop misses, allowing Sting to hit the Splash. He adds another two, and Giant staggers into a bodyslam. That allows Sting to go for the Scorpion Deathlock, but Scott Steiner comes in with a chair before he can get it locked, whacking Sting in the leg for the DQ at 2:38. Afterwards, nWo Hollywood hit the ring to continue the attack on the leg, softening Sting up for Bret Hart at Havoc. They do some damage, but Rick Steiner is able to make the save. DUD
BUExperience: This worked, both as a go-home show for Halloween Havoc, and a wrestling focused card.
