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[1999-04-12-WCW-Nitro] Scott Steiner vs DDP


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Last few minutes of the blowoff of this feud, and DDP's first title defense. Roddy Piper does color commentary. After a ref bump, Steiner uses wire cutters to expose the top turnbuckle and send DDP into it back-first a few times. DDP makes a comeback with a jumping DDT and a series of headbutts to Scott's groin. Then Kimberly pelts Steiner with a chair, DDP gives the Diamond Cutter and wins the match to put all of this behind him.

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DDP is still a face then? What is going on with this mess. Roddy is on color because why the fuck not. Steiner sends Page into the exposed turnbuckle back first before Page mounts a comeback and wins the feud. Not a bad way to get Page over but Steiner had some momentum too and DDP as a pseudo face/heel is confusing right now.

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WCW World Heavyweight Champion Diamond Dallas Page vs Scott Steiner - WCW Nitro 4/12/99

 

Kimberly swings a chair better than Hogan or Flair. Oh also add Kimberly for the third reason to watch WCW over WWF at this time. Seriously, WCW smokes WWF in the babe department.

 

Oh fuck, Piper is back. You know I was really enjoying WCW, but here comes Piper to shit on everything. He is totally unbearable on commentary. Late 90s Roddy Piper maybe the worst wrestler of all time.

 

I thought this match was actually really good again. DDP is the best worker in America with maybe the exception of Benoit in 1998-99. He is on such a fucking roll. DDP was on fire early with just big move after big move. He was diving off the top rope onto Steiner then a baseball slide and a crossbody to floor. C'mon, WWF, what do you got? Sit down and shut up! Steiner is no slouch in this and is a great heel with the trash talk and general sense of desperation. I rather a heel air on the side of using a low blow one too many time than never at all. Steiner was all about the low blow to set up his offense. You got a mixture of Steiner suplexes and Steiner's arrogance (bicep kiss elbow and choking). I loved how they busted out the Franksteiner from the top rope and when Steiner only gets two he just lunges at the ref from the cover. Now that's how you show frustration. Also the Frankensteiner pretty damn cool. DDP comes back hot with a wicked discus clothesline. Page is feeling it. So it is explained to me that DDP was out in March because Steiner rammed his back into an exposed turnbuckle. So when DDP signals for the Diamond Cutter, Steiner shoves him into the ref and Steiner hits the low blow. Big Poppa Pump has got your hook up and it is a pair of wire cutters to expose the turnbuckle. He rams the back into the turnbuckle to set up for the Steiner Recliner that's pretty smart, but than damn ref is still out. DDP says what is good for the goose is good for the gander and headbutts Steiner in the testicles. Steiner wanders over to the ropes and Kimberly blasts him with a chair to win.

 

DDP was great in this match on offense everything was crisp and had a sense of urgency. While selling, he was always moving towards the ropes or fighting back. Steiner knew when to trash talk, when to get his ass kick and once he cheated he got vicious. Steiner looked like a very credible. The finish was an incredible feat of booking by the usually inept WCW. Kimberly gets her revenge on Steiner with the chairshot and DDP fought fire with fire with the ballshots. However, at the same time, it is a pretty cheap way to win and foreshadows that DDP will be turning heel pretty much by next week. Excellent way to use Steiner's victory at the previous PPV to set him up with a World Championship. He looked like a very credible heel challenger and still got his comeuppance. DDP wrestled a great match, but at the end of the day still needed his wife. Great piece of booking by WCW and a very entertaining match. ***3/4

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I didn't much care for the action here and judging by their volume level, neither did the crowd. Randy Anderson takes a terrible ref bump and goes into a coma and this goes way into overbooking territory, as this takes about 3 or 4 more twists and turns than is necessary just to set up Kimberly whacking Scott with a chair. Good to get some closure and comeuppance for that program but this has been about the slowest-burning heel turn of the entire MNW era. Nash gets the World title shot at Slamboree, because of course he does.

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