Clash of Champions

The SmarK Rant for WCW Clash of the Champions XIV – 01.30.91

(Unfortunately I got called into work late yesterday, so I’m not able to review Dynamite until sometime on Thursday.  However, our continuing journey through 1991 WCW gives us the next best thing…)

“DIXIE DYNAMITE!”

Live from Gainesville, GA, drawing 2200 and a 3.9 rating, after concerns about the Gulf War moved it away from the atrium of CNN Center.  The crowd looks tiny but you can’t hold that against them too harshly given the abrupt move.  And the tickets were priced at $5 each just to make sure the show was sold out, so everyone was happy in the end.

Happy Coastal Saturday Everyone!

I decided to review this one as I’ve always heard how bad the Ric Flair Vs JYD match is and I wanted to see if it could live up to the hype. According to WWE Network I have watched this show before at some point, but I have no memory of doing so, which bodes well for the show itself I guess!

Happy Ragin’ Saturday Everyone!

This show was a bit of a bomb back in the day when it came to attendance figures, but the Main Event is one of my favourite matches of all-time so I decided to boot it up on the WWE Network to see how the rest of the show holds up.

The SmarK Rant for WCW Clash of the Champions XV: Knocksville USA!

(By request, in honor of Bobby Eaton.  RIP.)  

Oh, you can tell Dusty is booking again from those quality show titles.

The original rant was sometime in early 1998 for this one, so much like Superbrawl it’s time to revisit now that we’re at that point in the Flashbacks.  I also did a re-rant in 2006 but I was in a really bad mood at the time or something, so let’s hit this one a THIRD time.

Live from Knoxville, TN

Your hosts are Jim Ross & Tony Schiavone

Hey, let’s celebrate Terry Funk this morning a bit, shall we?  I know I did this one recently but it’s one of his greatest matches and otherwise you might have to read the NWA Powerrr rant and we know that’s not happening.

The SmarK Rant for Clash of the Champions IX – New York Knockout! (11.15.89)

The SmarK Rant for Clash of the Champions XXXII (January 1996)

(Originally written June 2014)

Live from Las Vegas, NV

Your hosts are Tony Schiavone & Bobby Heenan.