Dear God, last night, watching a Nitro from July of 1996, I saw the WORST SEGMENT EVER. Forget Shockmaster. Forget the Dungeon. Hell, forget Russo. This took the cake.
You might remember the angle but not the match. The Outsiders, Hall & Nash, made history and broke into the WCW control truck, forcing them to pan the crowd, turn the lights off, etc. Very cool at the time and unique.
The match itself was The Dungeon of Doom - The Barbarian, Kevin Sullivan, Hugh Morrus, and making his Nitro debut - THE LEPRECHAUN (he bit people and ran around the outside of the ring). Was the Leprechaun who I am speaking of? Not at all, as he would appear ORDINARY when compared with what happened just before his debut. Of course it was The Dungeon...
Against...
Joe Gomez, The Renegade, Alex Wright, and Jim Powers.
Tony hypes an 8-man tag up NEXT, with The Dungeon of Doom in action. "Let's take a special video look at their opponents!"
A special video look?
What followed was the worst 1 minute in WCW history.
It's Gomez, Renegade, Wright, and Powers walking on the beach together, in tight, skimpy little shorts and muscle shirts. One by one, after high-fiving each other, donning sunglasses, and flexing, each man removes his shirt, flexes, and walks with a PURPOSE on the beach.
Seriously, there's cheesy music to "excite" the viewer and all. Then, after they're all disrobed and in their little shorts, the 4 guys walk together, in a line, on the beach, making serious faces and flexing.
Think an all-male episode of Baywatch filmed by Uwe Bowell or however it is spelled.
Powers, being his usual jobber self the whole match, takes a fall to the outside. Where Teddy Long suddenly appears, either to "coach" Powers or to hit on him after seeing that sexy, sexy man video. Powers listens to whatever Long says, then goes in the ring AND HULKS UP, no-selling the Dungeon's offense and KICKING THEIR ASSES.
2 seconds later, The Giant interrupts and chokeslams all 4 "babes" into oblivion and then accepts Hogan's challenge for Hog Wild.