WCW Beach Blast 1993 Review - Exploding Boats, Little People & More!

[@ivanburden4658]

I always felt that 2 Cold Scorpio never gets the love for being a larger high flyer. He wrestled at about 230 and he was pulling of CW moves.

[@csho6512]

I love me some 2 Cold Scorpio but with that said he was terrible at selling anything, couldn't sell nothing, but yes your right, pulled off some amazing moves. He did lack an ability to make it appear real tho, but had an amazing ability to be literally completely gased and still pull of moves safely. I've seen him pull of the 450 completely gassed and still is safe and amazing. Which logically shows a sign of respect for his opponent it doesn't matter if he tired, still puts everything into it.

[@alexgeorge501]

I loved Scorpio's matches in ECW

[@FIXTREME]

I think the crack affects his reputation

[@KylePrime_1986]

It's really crazy how big CW guys were compared to today. Like Pillman, Jericho, Brian Christopher too

[@roccojamison89gooker51]

Everybody Here Comes 2 Cold Scorpio!

[@KylePrime_1986]

Sting was super athletic, it's crazy that he's still going

[@princeofstrongstyle6683]

Scorpio really was an innovator. Son of a gun pulling out basically a High Fly Flow near the end.

[@Kaltagstar96]

The fact he can still go now despite his age and, from what I can see, he can still go at a decently high level, is really fucking astounding.

[@Kingofb0ngstyle]

Was Tanahashi wrestling before him?

[@silversoulken]

@@Kingofb0ngstyleHell fucking no lmfao. Scorpio was wrestling back when ECW was Eastern Championship Wrestling, that long ago.

[@supernovamcr]

@@Kingofb0ngstyleScorpio is 57 and has been wrestling since 1985. Tanahashi is 46 and has been active since 1999.

[@KylePrime_1986]

Now that you mention it, Austin did take a floor bump in most of his matches even after the neck injury

[@thaddeus5]

Including WrestleMania 38

[@UndergroundSkat2000]

That back suplex from Kurt Angle on the floor in their SummerSlam 2001 match comes to mind right away. Left a spot on the floor where the back of Austin's head hit 😬

[@kevinramsey417]

First, nobody has more insight on the Lost in Cleveland angle than Mick Foley himself in his first autobiography. Don't EVER sleep on Cheatum the Evil One-Eyed Little Person. He deserves to be in the Hall of Fame. Also, I miss cowboy gimmicks.

[@timmarsden429]

This was the first wrestling PPV I ever saw. It brings back so many great memories. Thank you

[@jimbowers1693]

The classic, non-wwf pay per view reviews are always my favourite

[@gqsmoove87]

Facts need more

[@heckles5866]

These old WCW ppvs are honestly fascinating to me! I’m definitely considering doing a 93-94 binge with some friends of mine, despite the flaws of the era.

[@davidaulds7031]

There were no flaws, these PPV's with the exception of signing Hogan were all great.

[@EHeroClayman]

As a native of Mississippi, it always gives me a smile hearing how folks pronounce Biloxi. I rented this Pay Per View at one of our local stores. I don't remember much about it. I do remember the mini movie. That was a good time waster. One thing I'd love for the influencer to do is give a retrospective on 2 Cold Scorpio, if he hasn't done it. Mad underrated when he was active. He's a guy that really could do any style of match and memorable moves. A real one indeed.

[@evansolomon169]

Buh-luck-see

[@MarkusSeaberry]

He's still active in the indies.

[@SSS.1984]

Maxx Payne had the coolest entrances! A legit guitarist who was not a mere gimmick like Van Hammer. He should have been pushed harder than he was. Very underrated worker!

[@princeofstrongstyle6683]

Wait, so you're actually gonna cover the Born to Be Wired event? Wow. Of course everyone remembers that main event. A match so graphic and violent Paul Heyman never did another one. Also, that commercial promoting the VHS release was really cool mostly for Paul's narration and the music.

[@DrB1lly]

Bagwell is an incredibly underrated Tag Team wrestler. When I was a kid, I loved all of his tag teams.

[@gabepollock1641]

Buff in general is underrated, IMO. He was a hell of a tag guy with basically anyone he got paired with (Luger, Scorpio, Scotty Riggs), and he was so damn good at being a cocky singles heel. It’s always shocked me he wasn’t a pickup for early NWA-TNA.

[@BrandanTheBroker]

Buff Bagwell is underrated across the board. World Champion material? Maybe, maybe not. IC or US Champ? DEFINITELY! His shuffle was the stuff that made me want to see him get beat up, but his injury angle hooked tf outta me.

[@skippythealien9627]

i had no clue he was tagged with 2 Cold Scorpio back in the day. talk about a random tag team lol

[@joneve8347]

I agree. I loved this team as a child and his team with the patriot. Don't get me wrong, they are nothing compared to the golden era wwf teams but they still appealed to me as a young fan

[@miamimagicians]

Buff coulda been Booker T big in WWF

[@UndertakerNeverDies]

@WrestlingBios would be proud of the amount of chinlocks in the Rick Rude Vs Dustin Rhodes Ironman match. 🤣

[@imdowd]

The ending of the flair/Whindam match has always confused me. Was the red suppose to count to three. Looking at how everyone reacted I don’t think so.

[@chrisbreezy3048]

12:16 Thanks to Jesse Ventura, this moment in the PPV served as my introduction to the term 'farmer's handkerchief.' 😂

[@PeterHowe228]

Davey had two short runs in WCW, 1993 and 1998. I think if you add it all up, his 93 run was much better.

[@MrBeardsley]

More like “less awful.” ‘93 was bad because they didn’t do much with him beyond “here’s Sting’s pal from England.” ‘98 was worse because not only were his addictions taking a major physical toll (he was turning purple and getting blown up like three minutes into his matches) but he also got the back injury that sent him even deeper into the drugs that eventually killed him.

[@CaseyJohn-ki8eo]

Um the 1993 run was awesome. The Vader matches for the world title were awesome.(clash of Champions and Slamboree)... Yeah 98 was bad but I mean he'd been going 💯 percent for what 15 years ...doing all that gear, all those bumps, all the drugs. He's still an all time great, singles and tag.

[@PeterHowe228]

@@CaseyJohn-ki8eo I agree in 93 he was treated like a top contender and his TV title match with Regal at Halloween Havoc is a hidden gem. 98 had no such highlights.

[@yehudafinkelstein7504]

Davey was washed by 98. Pilled out and broken down.

[@davidlewis5312]

@@CaseyJohn-ki8eo well 93 is also the shockmaster! so LEGENDARY but also awful

[@SteveReaves]

1993 was an interesting year to be a wrestling fan. I went to my first live WCW event in Monroe Louisiana in '93 after Slamboree. I saw the debut of Scott "Flash" Norton, and watching Tony Schaivone interview The Hollywood Blonds as an official tag team was a pretty awesome thing to see live. I kept Johnny B Badd's confetti for quite a while. And YES, they were selling Paula pennants. And you could actually talk to the merch folks at this point in WCW's existence. Everyone was pretty approachable at this time.

[@davidaulds7031]

House shows were great, WCW would come to Texas quite a lot from 1990-1993. I went to a WCW Show in Port Arthur Texas, 2 Hours from Houston in late 92 with my Aunt and two Cousins. Great Show, Met Sting and Arn Anderson, Sting gave me a WCW Sting Giveaway watch! Sting/Steve Borden was the real deal, a nice guy who loved the fans.

[@ianmurphy9955]

I watched this with my dad back in 93 it's a memory I have that brings a smile since he died

[@aphaiknaime5920]

I’ve only made it partway through but the seagulls actually kind of make sense because there are so many of them in downtown Cleveland. I’m not sure if they would be around at night but at least they’d be in the area.

[@Kaltagstar96]

For me, the least weird things were the seagulls and what I was most shocked by was Mick Foley either clean shaven or with a lot less facial hair than he usually has...especially with the whole 'sea captain' shit, wouldn't a big, bushy beard just help the look?

[@monarched]

Especially since Cleveland is the edge of Lake Erie.

[@havencircle]

The Big Gold belt was renamed the WCW International World Heavyweight Title following the NWA pullout. "WCW International" was a (laughably) fictitious governing body and division of WCW who declared the Big Gold their World Title - especially since the title had been regularly defended in Japan. This was very briefly declared on an episode or two of WCW programming and in Apter mags.

[@MrBeardsley]

I was watching WCW during this period, and they never really mentioned this on TV so it confused the hell out of me as a kid. Commentary pretty much always just called it “the International title,” and even though I was only 11 or 12 I was like “Wait, aren’t World titles and International titles the same thing?” My dad jokingly said “only world titles can be defended in the ocean, you have to be on land for international titles” and I actually believed him for like two minutes.

[@havencircle]

@@MrBeardsley WCW programming didn't explain it well, but it was explained at least a couple of times. They didn't do a very good job of getting over that WCW International was a subsidiary (that was never mentioned before or since). Although I don't have any real proof of my claim, here's an Wikipedia article explaining it - en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_International_World_Heavyweight_Championship

[@davidaulds7031]

@@MrBeardsley Sounds like my dad. A Corny, caring Dad that loved spending time with his son.

[@danpoutsma1351]

​@@havencircleThe Flair vs . Rude match at Fall Brawl was originally promoted as being for the NWA World Title. But in the ensuing weeks in the buildup the NWA name quietly disappeared from the championship and it was referred to as just the World heavyweight title and the belt itself as the gold belt. A few weeks after Rude's victory, it was announced that WCW didn't recognize it as a world title anymore and the return match at Halloween Havoc would just be for the gold belt. No explanation was given for this other than Rude and Jesse Ventura claiming that WCW had been against him from the moment he entered the company. This lasted for maybe about 2 weeks though, as at the PPV it was announced that the WCW International Board recognized the gold belt as a world title so the match would once again be for a world title. Then as time went on they started to consistently describe it as the International World Title. The Apter Mags never officially recognized it, not even as just the "WCW International title". They'd mention it once in a while here or there, but their stance was that WCW having two world champions caused confusion and they wanted to keep things sane with one world champion in each promotion.

[@havencircle]

@@danpoutsma1351 Thanks for the more detailed timeline. And while Apter mags did not recognize it as a World Title, they did explain the formation of it, which was what I was saying.

[@sixfaced]

4:59 Ventura always referred to Slazenger and Pierce as 'The Texicans', on TV, as I recall.

[@charlesgrybosky1916]

Yes!!! We want to see more Lost in Cleveland!!! Those sketches made no sense at all but were comedy gold!

[@stephengorney5613]

Cleveland is on Lake Erie. Downtown Cleveland backs right up to said lake. Logically speaking, if Jack was camping in the dense urban area of downtown Cleveland, gulls would be heard at almost all hours of the day.

[@mattthomas1442]

"We talk about Steven Regal and his knowledge of all the wrestling holds but Maxx Payne is much in the same regard, like Regal he knows all the different wrestling holds." - Tony Schiavone. Never in my life did I expect to hear Maxx Payne compared to Regal but there we have it.

[@princeofstrongstyle6683]

Yay! Mini Movie Time! Can you imagine WWE doing cinematic vignettes to hype up PPV main events?... Wait a sec, they kind of do.

[@FIXTREME]

Royal Rumble

[@Kingofb0ngstyle]

​@@FIXTREMEAnd now MITB

[@jadams019]

Knowing Jessi it was probably a reference to Texas originally being part of Mexico

[@IamGulzow]

That splash by 2 Cold was beautiful.

[@Cloud121D]

Bulldog was actually booked to win the WCW Title at Starrcade that year, but got fired shortly beforehand due to him getting into a bar fight with a guy that was making passes at Diana.

[@yehudafinkelstein7504]

The guy was Shawn Michaels.

[@davidaulds7031]

@@yehudafinkelstein7504 No?

[@danpoutsma1351]

Sid was going to win the WCW title from Vader at Starrcade until the scissor fight happened with Arn in the UK. Bulldog was booked against Rude for the "International" World title (Big Gold belt) and was replaced by The Boss (Big Boss Man).

[@Richterdgf]

I am no longer capable of seeing a 2 Cold Scorpio match without adding "ERRYBODY HERE COMES 2 COLD SCORPIO" in my head.

[@heckles5866]

Neither can i, man. Thank you, Wrestling Bios!

[@toptenguy1]

Say what you will, that actually WAS quite the star studded Main Event there!

[@roccojamison89gooker51]

Say What You Will is a great Fastway song. Great Riff, great solo.

[@anthonyteague1067]

​@roccojamison89gooker51 it's a trick or treat!!

[@michaelsinger4638]

Iron Man Matches are VERY hit and miss honestly. They’re tricky to pace well.

[@Kingofb0ngstyle]

But 30 minutes are lot easier to pace.

[@scpjack7856]

Imho the best Iron Man matches are ones where the breaks are short and it feels like there is constant action (Angle vs Lesnar, Angle vs Benoit) or where the action is broken up with a series of angles (Rock vs HHH, MJF vs Danielson). The “constant rest holds” type, while good for the performers, just bores me a bit.

[@clarencesimmons8580]

Missy Wyatt is wearing pink swimsuit is superfine!!! 😍😍😍

[@LuisHGarcia]

I thought I read somewhere that one idea for the Lost in Cleveland vids was to have Cactus Jack actually think he's Sting as part of the amnesia storyline. Imagine what that would've looked like...

[@kenterminateddq5311]

The next Classic PPV Review episode is Born To Be Wired in 1997? Oh man! Get ready to have your jaw dropped while watching the insane main event, Zane. :)

[@chaospoet]

The thing I remember the most was this was the first time I saw Vader do a Moonsalt and it blew my mind. The only person I had seen do one up to that point was Jushin Thunder Liger so to see Vader move like him made Vader my favorite big man for the rest of the decade.

[@J.R.and.ButcherPete]

Perfect timing to watch this on lunch break!

[@johnpittsii7524]

Thanks for the review Brian

[@bloodrunsclear]

The 90s don't even feel like a different decade so much as a different planet nowadays...

[@vandercudo]

I know this isn't related, but i just wanted to thank you for POW, and posting it online free.

[@jciii3334]

Paul Orndorf's bodyguard looked like a 'roided out David Crosby.

[@claymathewselevator8121]

I know David Crosby from being Lionel Hutz sponsor on The Simpsons

[@michaeltracy2725]

Every time Austin bumped on the outside it was the same failed piledriver attempt into a back body drop. His success rate on using the piledriver rivals that of Flair trying to jump off the top.

[@kenterminateddq5311]

20:14 The next Classic PPV Review episode is Born To Be Wired from 1997? Oh man, Zane! I can't wait for your reaction and opinion about the manic main event between Terry Funk and Sabu. :)

[@princeofstrongstyle6683]

Even though yeah the Horsemen were babyfaces, could you imagine if Arn turned on Roma turning heel, kicking him out to bring in the Blondes as new members?

[@ziahamm1603]

Excellent idea. Made too much sense for that era of WCW to do though.

[@gqsmoove87]

🤯

[@GamingManual]

The Cactus Jack "Lost in Cleveland" skits are some of the most underrated WCW material EVER.

[@iamnotmrt5063]

Yay he said Toronto!!!!! One of the funniest moments in WWE history

[@valeriaibarra4049]

That main event can only be described as "big meaty men bumping meat"

[@CallumRSU30]

Lots of BEEF

[@claymathewselevator8121]

I read that in Big E’s voice

[@holycow3890]

I forgot how long buff was in wcw and i might be wrong but i always found buff to be a very underrated performer.

[@WrestlingBibleLTS]

Buff was in WCW from '91 til it closed its doors in 2001

[@speedcola4378]

Preach

[@e11aguru]

He had the look and charisma and he was at least as good in the ring as someone like Billy Gunn. It's weird that he failed so hard in WWE.

[@davidaulds7031]

1991 was his debut year, and he was still with WCW Ten years later. I wonder what his contract was all those years? I'm sure in those early years 91-95 he made under 100K or just over that number because that's just how it was.

[@davidaulds7031]

@@e11aguru he failed in WWE because he was a WCW guy, period! Look what Vince did to DDP when he arrived in WWE, they made him into a mid-card guy, along with a Stalker gimmick. He was later buried by the Undertaker and left the Company shortly after. Vince bought WCW to literally bury it.

[@kenterminateddq5311]

0:40 Shoutout to "Upper C U Next Tuesday" for requesting the first WCW pay-per-view from the Bischoff-era and......... ......having an awesome screen name. :)

[@brziperiod]

What's sad is that joke is a guidelines restriction

[@TuxedoFriday]

Wow I've never been this early lol EDIT: The video with Colt Cabana was the first WWW video I saw. So awesome that you've been going this long and making awesome content

[@chrisbreezy3048]

14:09 When I first saw this finish, I thought for sure that it was a botch as I had never seen Flair actually pin anyone while they were locked in the Figure Four before.

[@mathewbarrie]

His second WWF title reign actually began that way. Randy Savage passed out, and was pinned, whilst in the figure 4.

[@princeofstrongstyle6683]

Whats weird about the tag title match was WCW started doing their Disney TV Tapings right befire this PPV and they had about 2+ months worth of material already in the can some of which revealed who the champions were after the PPV which included Roma and Arn as the new tag champs. So they had the Blondes retain to trick sheet writers as well as save the title change I believe at one of the next Clash of the Champions events however Regal would substitute for Pillman when he went down for an injury.

[@ryang6588]

Scorpio was always one of my faves for how ahead of his time that moveset was. Also those WCW mini movies were campy gold.

[@TheMuffeeMan]

"Upper See You Next Tuesday"....just amazing. Whoever you are, I want you to know that you're a true hero.

[@paulytfromgc]

Omg Austin riding the horse was hilarious

[@akshatjha1984]

Really makes you revisit these shows through these videos.Keep it up man

[@charlottecorday8494]

And just life in general, where you were at the time, etc

[@Killbomb]

Just discovered this channel and I'm really enjoying the classic PPV content!

[@TheFriendlyWeirdo]

That mask Badd is wearing reminds me of the Yellow Dog mask except it’s pink. Just an observation.

[@Majora1988]

Born to be wired 97 is next? Is that the one with the horrifically bad and gross Sabu Injury? Interested to see how good the rest of the card was.

[@MrDarksoul5532]

Yep, the infamous barbed wire between Terry Funk and Sabu, which featured that injury. If i recall....it was the match that made ECW stop having barbed wire matches.

[@gabepollock1641]

@@MrDarksoul5532you’re correct. It was the first one Paul Heyman booked and after he saw how badly both Terry and Sabu got hurt, he swore to never book another, which he held himself to until they shut down.

[@DANfan69]

I love the Ric Flair promo mainly because it gave us the now infamous "Go To Bed" meme

[@Dasyati]

oh hi danfan

[@jcace13]

I'd love a deep dive into the Lost in Cleveland skits.

[@Roboheart1119]

Been waiting for this ☝️ Great job Brian!

[@gordonirvine726]

Changing "Beach Blast" to "Bash at the Beach" was one of the most pivotal moments in the history of wresting and mankind for that matter...

[@princeofstrongstyle6683]

Gotta love that little match cut at 13:35 when Barry and Flair are in the lockup position.

[@markl5998]

5:18 "into the freaking stratosphere" Excellent descriptor haha

[@coreyhendricks9490]

Cool video as always Brian 💯

[@mrf19741]

Great Video, Brian! Quick note, Sting & Davey Boy Smith weren't called the Super Powers. The Super Powers were Dusty Rhodes & Nikita Koloff.

[@mathieudemarle2555]

Luger & Davey

[@mrf19741]

@@mathieudemarle2555 I stand corrected.

[@gqsmoove87]

Sting and Davey Were Definitely Billed As The Superpowers

[@gqsmoove87]

​@@mathieudemarle2555Luger and Davey Were The Allied Powers

[@Mr.Classic91]

Perfect timing, I just got done watching Suburban Commando

[@TheSuckoShow]

Iron matches sound exciting in theory, but I think a professional fireworks juggler could count the really good ones on one hand. At best what you're usually getting is a decent match padded out with forty minutes of chin locks.

[@Kaltagstar96]

OK, what is it with Rick Rude in WCW having all these underwhelming or outright bad matches? Like, Rick's a damn good worker and he's having underwhelming matches with other good workers like Rhodes and Chono?? Also I have no fucking clue why they kept that over the top rope is a DQ rule ESPECIALLY considering Watts is gone!

[@JasonFanelli]

This we can forecast, it will be a Beach Blaaaaaast

[@Venemofthe888]

Jedi Jesse Ventura is something i never knew i wanted but do now

[@thedroneflyingviking1284]

Was anyone else really confused when Brian was talking about Jack the Sea Captain i thought it was Raven then i was like no its Johnny Nitro 😅

[@pumpkinking5397]

Perfect timing for my lunch break. 🤘🤘🤟🤟

[@monkeyman5866]

Those sunglasses in the thumbnail...Lawdy Lawdy Got Curt Hennig and Big Scott Hall vibes

[@princeofstrongstyle6683]

If the Mini Movie was done two years you know John Tenta wouldve been the role of the Shark.

[@mockingbird9646]

I'd like to see you recreate some of these bad skits from wrestling history. And I need at least one Terry funk impression every video, whether he is in the review or not. :)

[@Alex_DC413]

I once joked I'm willing to give any match where Vader actually lands a moonsault 5*

[@roccojamison89gooker51]

You're more generous with your star rating system than Dave Meltzer

[@jd9119]

@@roccojamison89gooker51 Meltzer gives anything AEW or the hardly boyz do 5 stars.

[@ClassicWrestlingReview]

Sting flying into the ring to break up that pin was such a cool visual.

[@lurchlogan]

Is there anything better than an Arn Anderson Spine Buster ?... Chefs Kiss 😚🤌

[@claymathewselevator8121]

That font gives me Clarissa Tells All vibes

[@VesBox-s2g]

8:04 Ah yes. Lovely and scenic Noflok, Virginia.

[@ajanithanaturalmystic3875]

Great review, Z-Man. 😍 @ ECW-"Born to be Wired" tho.

[@BPEJS24-7]

I believe it's pronounced buh-luh-xee. As a Mississippian, I couldn't resist. lol

[@EssexAggiegrad2011]

"Dave the Barbarian looking" Never thought Zane would reference Dave the Barbarian

[@danevertt3210]

Looking forward to next weeks ECW video

[@hgc7000]

Are we really certain that the Shark-Midget really isn't Kevin Sullivan. That seems like a thing he'd do back then.

[@LordOfClarkness]

Man, the things I would do for some neon-shorts like this😂

[@ottagol1985]

I remember renting this tape at a local Palmer Video in Staten Island. Strangely, I could only remember the Johnny B. Badd/Maxx Payne bout.

[@marcgeorgestewart42]

Time for a cup of tea and a couple of chicken and bacon bakes

[@arthurj.downeyjr_2013]

Great video!😊

[@hhtptai]

Those graphics instantly reminded me of The Simpsons. 😂

[@penskepc2374]

You can never unsee Mr Wonderfuls little arm 😂

[@therealbigwall]

Love the channel, Brian! I DO have to advise- Biloxi is pronounced Bill Uck See, not Bill Ock See. With that said - wild to see a venue I am VERY familiar with on this!

[@stingrey1571]

the masters of the powerbomb had an epic squash match on wcw worldwide. sid and vader were killing jobbers left and right. there were literal bodies everywhere.

[@gamerfourlife64]

A hidden gem of a ppv imo

[@ZeMalta]

That hamhawk (?) Dive move of Vader really looks like a true flying nothing, but one that connects

[@AngelicaMirandaHerrera]

Congratulations Zane, Scorpio is a really great innovator for his High Fly Flow move when he is near the end.

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

Colonel Robert parker was a playable Manager in one of the WWE 2k games.

[@Yoitsmeyanni]

Babe wake up!!! 🗣️Brian Zane just uploaded a new review 📣

[@Poisonjam7]

Those graphics look like they were made using SquiggleVision, which would’ve been a new thing around the time period, and was used by the shows Dr. Katz and the first season of Home Movies in the later 90s. Also, as a Texan I’ve never once heard anyone use the word “Texican” until now. 🤣

[@Metlhd313]

9:24 The great WCW camera crew gets a good shot of a Paul Roma trading card,,with a WWF logo clearly seen on it.