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[1993-07-18-WCW-Beach Blast] Vader & Sid Vicious vs Sting & Davey Boy Smith


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The last few minutes. Pretty good and heated, and I always loved how WCW wrestlers got to use the elevated entrance ramp for spots. Sid tries hard, and the other three look really good. Davey Boy pins Vader to take the win for his team.

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Pretty good match. Next to Vader, Sid looks like a complete inept wimp, and he brings the match down a lot whenever he's on offense. Sting is on fire every time he's against Vader. First ever Vader moonsault in the US I guess, although it's kinda wasted since the Bulldog still pins him 20 seconds later (although Sting had to make a save). Beach Blast was a pretty non-descript and disapointing PPV.

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Not bad action, not great. Vader's moonsault was one of the most mindblowing things people had ever seen, and Sting's running diving save over the ropes was a cool follow-up. Davey Boy shortly afterward gets a crucifix pin on Vader, nicely setting up their Clash rematch.

 

Vader worked this match with a herniated disc in his back, and from what he does here that's possibly a more amazing feat than Windham in the NWA title match.

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I liked this match. There's the aforementioned Vaderbomb and Vadersault, but Bulldog also impresses with a vertical suplex on the "Baby Bull." Also, a pretty hot crowd that absolutely loved Sting (with sizable chunks of the audience also cheering Vader) helped keep the match moving.

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I didn't like what we saw here at all.

 

Yes, the Vader moonsaults looked great, and Sting coming over the top rope into the ring to save Davey after the second one was debatably just as impressive as the original move. But this felt really wrong. It did nothing for Sting and Davey whatsoever despite Davey's desperation pin; I have no doubt that Vader can kick either one of their asses at will the next time they meet; he's done it before in both cases, and he and Sid once again had Sting so beaten down that Nick Patrick was asking if he wanted to quit, just like Vader did in the strap match at SuperBrawl. I've never seen a face that badly beaten by a heel before once, let alone twice.

 

I heard the "Vader" chants, which were so loud that Jesse had to acknowledge them. It's hardly a new thing for certain fans to chant for a monster heel, but unlike most promotions, WCW never even experimented with Vader as a face during this run. That's a good thing, because they really didn't have any heels that would have been credible challengers for him aside from Sid.

 

Speaking of whom, there wasn't much of him in the clip we saw. I know he's not the worker Vader is by a longshot, but if he's going to be a big deal going forward, we need to see more of him in action.

 

There wasn't much of note said on commentary, but I liked Patrick firing back on Race and Fuller when they questioned if he could count: "I can count real good!" There was more, but I couldn't quite catch it. You may claim that it's a ref getting himself over needlessly at the expense of the wrestlers, but I loved it. Sometimes heel managers just need to be put in their place.

 

This would have been so much better with a clean, decisive pin on Vader, preferably after a powerslam from Davey. As it is now, I'm not looking forward to their rematch, which will probably be just another extended Vader squash regardless of the finish.

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