The Doomsday Cage main event match at Uncensored is probably the worst match ever according to critics and I can't disagree. The Uncensored PPV was one of the worst ever as a whole. The rules were never explained and no one knew what the hell was going on. I thought at one point Kevin Sullivan could have slipped and fallen off the top of the stairway leading up to one of the cages at the top.
I guess it was pinfall or submission and maybe it was you can leave the last cage as Hulk Hogan walked out of the cage but Randy Savage went to pin Ric Flair after Flair was accidentally hit by a loaded glove by Lex Luger because even they did not know the finish. It was just so bad. Of course the Booty Man-Diamond Dallas Page match was pretty lousy as too was The Road Warriors-Sting and Booker T Chicago Street Fight.
Brian Pillman was teased on WCW Saturday Night as returning for the Uncensored main event but he did not appear and he was not due to complications from throat surgery the previous week. He let WCW he would not be there but Saturday Night was taped on Wednesday which they did not know.
They could have edited it to not let it be known that Pillman would not be there but the didn't. Also they could have mentioned it on the Main Event prior to the PPV on Sunday but they also did not say anything about him not being there so fans could purchase the PPV. Eric Bischoff made a lame ass excuse for Pillman not being there at the PPV saying he did not want to work with Kevin Sullivan or something like that.
Those in the Turner organization are starting to wonder and question how valuable Hogan is and how much his gigantic contract is worth. Hogan is paid millions of dollars fully guaranteed and gets a giant cut of every WCW PPV.
Recent episodes of WCW Saturday Night and other Saturday shows which Hogan does not appear on are drawing big ratings and house shows without Hogan, Randy Savage, and other overpaid "dinosaurs" (not named Ric Flair) are doing giant business and making a lot of money.
However with Nitro doing big ratings and beating WWF's Raw that could quiet the storm a bit as that's their biggest thing right now is to beat the WWF in ratings. If the Uncensored buyrate was lousy, the could have bearings on Hogan's future in WCW with everyone frustrated with him constantly changing the outcomes of matches all the time and always bringing his friends to work with.
Bret Hart is leaving the WWF after WrestleMania to concentrate on his acting career and is likely to star in the TV show The Lonesome Dove where he has acted in a few episodes of. However, Lonesome Dove has been cancelled so that will hurt his acting plans.
Hart has even hinted at retirement if he loses the match to Shawn Michaels which is very likely to happen in my opinion. Hart is 38 years old and must be thinking about his post-wrestling career if it isn't soon.
WCW finished a tournament to crown a new Cruiserweight Champion. Matches were aired on WCW TV as well as being run in Japan with New Japan Pro Wrestling's Shinjiro Otani beating Chris Benoit in the finals in Japan last week. Otani is the first WCW Cruiserweight Champion as he will be defending the title in WCW and NJPW shows.
The previous title was the Lightweight Championship and that was last held by Brad Armstrong in 1992 before WCW retired that title and brought it back in some sort now.
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