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Last updated 23 August 1998

WCW 1998 Bash at the Beach from TBD
TBD July 1998

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Hack-Man Report of the PPV


People that know me know that I stopped giving "star" ratings a few years back and have instead adopted the rating scale of "how much money was this match worth?" At the end, I add it all up and see if the PPV as a whole was worth the sum of its matches.

1. Raven d. Saturn with the Evenflow DDT in 10:39

Probably the best match of the night, and had some decent crowd heat (especially for the high spots). Raven took three bumps into the guard rail (where he leaves his feet and goes in back-first). I expected them to brawl all through the "beach" props that were set up in the entranceway. Actually, I expected better from these two, but maybe I'm just jaded. FWIW, Saturn now wears wrestling trunks instead of the cut-off jeans that half of WCW now wears. RATING: $3.00

2. Juventud Guerrera d. Kidman in 9:44 with the 450 splash

Good match, but again, I expect better from these two, especially on a PPV (and Juvy should have turned it up a notch since they were within spitting distance of Mexico). RATING: $2.75

3. Stevie Ray d. Chavo Guerrero Jr. by submission in 1:45 during the handshake

RATING: $1.00 (all for the comic value and total unexpectedness of the finish)

4. Eddie Guerrero d. Chavo Guerrero Jr. with a rollup in 11:55 -- per stipulation, Chavo started shaving his own head

Bonus points for Shawn guessing the ending right and Wade guessing wrong. :-P There was a wicked dropkick to Chavo's back that had me cringing. Oh, and this was the third match tonight to have someone get crotched on the top rope. RATING: $2.50

5. Konnan d. Disco Inferno with the Tequila Sunrise in 2:16

Great comedy by Disco and Wright before the bout. The match should have gone longer, and Konan should have played more toward the pro-Mexican crowd. RATING: $1.50

6. Giant d. Kevin Greene in 6:57 after the Chokeslam

Greene showed that he was more prepared than either of the NBA players on tonight's card. I was guessing the match would be three and a half minutes. Others in the group were expecting 2:10. Greene earned his money for the night. RATING: $2.00

7. Rey Misterio Jr. d. Chris Jericho in 4:00 with a rollup -- Misterio wins the WCW Cruiserweight title

Rey looked to be in good shape. He's put on a few pounds, but didn't have a gut. Looks like he's been in the cancer bed a lot over the last month. He did miss about 4 or 5 spots, but made up for it with insane flying moves that we've been missing. Good bit with Jericho (with cane and top hat) and JJ Dillon before the match. RATING: $2.10

8. Booker T d. Bret Hart by DQ when Hart used a chair at 8:27

I was expecting the ten minute time limit draw (since I was pretty sure Bret didn't want to be the TV champ, but also didn't want to lose the match) but this works okay too. I'm kind of at a loss as to why this chairshot (outside the ring) was cause for a DQ but none of the other over the past few years have been). Best work I've seen out of Bret this year, but that's not saying much. RATING: $1.75

9. Goldberg d. Curt Hennig with the usual at 3:51 -- Goldberg retains WCW World title

As all the YAWNs have been saying for the last week, this should have been a 20-second squash considering how much credibility Curt has these days. I've seen Goldberg do better. I've seen Curt do a lot better (but not in the last 4 years). Considering Curt was in the ring, I expected a lot worse, but would have preferred a shorter match. RATING: $0.75

At this point, there was one match left, but only two hours had gone by. Was WCW going to try to drag out the NBA match for 45 minutes? Nope. Ten minutes of ring intros and ten minutes of post-match celebration cut it down under 25 minutes.

10. Hollywood Hogan & Dennis Rodman d. Dallas Page & Karl Malone when Hogan pinned Page following an Apocalypse from Disciple in 23:44

I expected this to be under ten minutes. Rodman looked like he was injured about 5 minutes into the match. The EMT or a trainer went to check on him when he tagged out to Hogan at one point. Kanyon did a good job of getting Malone trained for as man moves as he needed to execute. Malone didn't turn on DDP (and Greene didn't turn on Goldberg earlier in the night either).

This was probably the worst PPV WCW has had this year. I realize everyone else says that after EVERY WCW PPV ;) but I'll back it up with the ratings. TOTAL RATING: $17.35 Yup. That makes it the worst WCW PPV and the only one it was better than was the WWF Unforgiven. Hell just the Cactus match alone from the last WWF PPV was better than all the matches on this PPV combined! For those of you that don't want to search through DejaNews, I gave that single match a $20.00 rating. 

WCW Spring Stampede was     $24.10
WWF Unforgiven was          $ 9.95
WCW Slamboree was           $27.95
WCW Great American Bash was $28.05
WWF King of the Ring was    $22.50


P.S. For those who thought that Goldberg lost to Piper a little over a year ago as one of the "unknowns" that Piper wanted in as his partners (that the crowd simply booed the hell out of) it wasn't him. It looked like Johnny Swinger (or maybe Johnny Attitude) as the first guy, Horshu as the second, and a no-name getting hit from behind by the short boxer guy.

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