World Class Championship Wrestling

[EVIL~! alkeiper]

For discussion of World Class.

[Guest Nitro 24/7]

Why was World Class only 29 mins this week?

[cabbageboy]

I wondered that as well, maybe there was a TV Special on in Dallas that cut the show to 30m that week?

[Spaceman Spiff]

Oh, man, that Iceman King Parsons video was great. Hauling around ice blocks, "breaking" them with punches and his ass (!), quite the laugh fest.

[cabbageboy]

They have a new show up now. The thing that blows my mind while watching these shows is how little they even try to protect the Freebirds in the booking. We saw Hayes job out in a singles match in a previous show, while on this show Buddy Roberts loses in about 20 seconds to Iceman King Parsons. In fact I don't recall them getting any wins over the Von Erichs since the feud began, unless maybe Gordy beat one of them.

[Darth Pipes]

Thought the Flair/Gordy match was good (Sunshine really smacked Flair hard) and it was interesting to see early Shawn Michaels or "Sean Michael."

[cabbageboy]

You know if you watch this WCCW show it's hard to fathom that 23 years later the rookie jobber Sean Michael would end up one of the biggest stars in the business and would in fact retire the man who was the world champion.

[Darth Pipes]

Good point. It's funny how things can develop from the past.

[Spaceman Spiff]

I liked how the ring announcer called him "Sean Mickels", with Shawn then giving a subtle "whuh?" face.