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WCW Halloween Havoc 1990

"Halloween Havoc" 1990, back when WCW was alive and well, Sting was WCW's
equivalent to Hulk Hogan but unlike
Hogan, the Stinger could match hold for hold and move for move with the
best of them and in 1990 they didn't get any better than Ric Flair who
Sting had just beaten for the World title at "The Great American Bash" 1990.
Flair was understandably irate at his loss but rather than face Sting in a
rematch Flair decided to let one of his allies take care of him, but this
ally of Flair just happened to be a near 7 foot 330
pound monster by the name of Sid Vicious! Sting had never faced anyone like
Sid before and with this being his first title defense on PPV, many thought
he had no chance of surviving Sid. Meanwhile Ric Flair may have been booked
to team with another Horseman, Arn Anderson to battle the current tag team
champions Doom(Butch Reed and Ron Simmons) for the gold but The Nature Boy
was secretly playing psychological mind games with The Stinger under the
disguise of The Black Scorpion who would show up often during Sting's
matches and interviews taunting the newly crowned champion, claiming to be
from Sting's past and often demonstrating his black magic to intimidate
Sting and his army of little stingers. Elsewhere in WCW, Lex Luger was the
reigning U.S champion and was
booked to face Stan "The Lariet" Hansen-a sort of precursor to Bradshaw(The
Acolyte version not the Ted Dibiase rip off JBL!). Hansen was a legitamatly
rough worker and
had a vicious clothesline which he dubbed "The Lariet"-today this is known
as "The Clothesline From Hell". Would Luger fall victim to "The Lariet" or
would Hansen end up like "Mean" Mark Callous(A young Undertaker wrestling
as an evil texan giant) did at the previous PPV "The Great American Bash"
1990.
The U.S tag team titles were up for grabs also as The Nasty Boys(pre
cursors to The Dudleyz) challenged The Steiner Brothers(in their heyday, i:e
before Scott discovered steroids and when he was actually a technical god
not the lethargic wreck that stank up the ring in the WWE during 2003).
Also on the card was The Fabulous Freebirds taking on Mark and Chris
Youngblood who called themselves The Renagade Warriors and finally
the greatest tag team in history in my opinion The Midnight Express would
compete in what
would be their final PPV appearence together against Ricky Morton(one half
of the Midnights greatest rivals the Rock N Role Express) and former NWA
Champion Tommy Rich. There were other matches but i'm going by the VHS
released in the UK
which only featured the six matches mentioned above.

The PPV begins with a decent enough Halloween themed opening video. A
younger, slimmer Jim Ross and a younger, slimmer and less bald Paul E
Dangerously(dressed as a vampire) are on commentary and these two had such
a great chemistry, second only to the WWF's Bobby Heenan and Gorilla
Monsoon. Tony
Schiavone(dressed in full Halloween attire) interviews Tommy Rich and Ricky
Morton before their match with
The Midnight Express.

Tommy Rich and Ricky Morton defeated The Midnight Express in a good but not
great opener. The Midnights work together as brilliantly as ever and even
as heels they were way over with the crowd drawring monster pops but Ricky
Morton really should be teaming with Robert Gibson and then we'd have
proberbly had another Rock N Roll Express vs Midnight Express classic.
Unfortunatly Gibson is injured thanks to The Freebirds, hence Tommy Rich as
Mortons partner. Rich pins Lane when The Southern Boys(Tracey Smothers and
Brad Armstrong)come to ringside
dressed as tennis clowns to distract James E while Tommy Rich hits Stan
Lane with Cornettes rackett. This was the end of The
Midnight Express but Bobby Eaton went on to become a moderately successful
singles
wrestler and World TV Champion the following year before returning to his
tag team roots in 1992 teaming with Arn Anderson in The Dangerous Alliance
led by Paul E Dangerously-a group that introduced the world of wrestling to
a certain
Stunning Steve Austin. This was a good opening contest but not a fitting
end to one of the greatest tag teams in wrestling history 7/10

Tony Schiavone interviews Sting but The Black Scorpion strikes again and
displays some his black magic to scare the kiddies and ringside. This was a
really awful storyline but the worst was yet to come when at the following
PPV Starrcade 1990 Sting battled The Black Scorpion who had one of the
silliest ring entrances of alltime featuring a dozen men dressed as The
Black Scorpion and a space ship coming down to reveal "The One True Black
Scorpion". Anyone who followed WCW at the time knew that the Scorpion was
Ric Flair because the match at Starrcade with Sting was just like any other
Sting/Flair match except Flair wasn't strutting in the ring during that one.

The Fabulous Freebirds(Michael Hayes and Jimmy Garvin) defeated The
Renagade Warriors(The Youngblood brothers) in a dull match. The Renagade
Warriors look like Tatanka's long lost ancestors and The Freebirds win with
their trademark DDT-The lame "Rolling" version! You know the one that looks
more like
a suplex rather than the implant of pain Jake Roberts used to utilise.
Boring match 3/10.

Tony Schiavone interviews The Horsemen and although we al know Sid sucked
in the ring, noone can deny he looked the business!

The Steiner Brothers defeated The Nasty Boys in a great match that was a
mix of wild brawling and the trademark Steiner power moves. Rick Steiner
busted Jerry Saggs open with a steel chair during the match and he bled
hardway! The finish came when Scott caught future "Hogan Knows Best" star
Brian Knobbs(looking like wrestlings equivalent of Ozzy Osbourne nowerdays)
in his Frankensteiner-today known simply as a hurricanrana. A great,
underrated match that is worth tracking the video down for 8/10. After the
match The Nasty Boys ram Rick Steiner's shoulder into the post before
attacking Scott during an interview with a plastic tray and a bunch of
food!!!
This should have led to a great feud but The Nasty's left WCW for the WWF
soon after to
become the WWF tag team champions and open the door for Bret Hart to become
a singles sensation.


The Horsemen(Ric Flair and Arn Anderson) wrestled Doom(Ron Simmons and
Butch Reed) to a double countout in an average encounter which has more
boring moments than anything. This match would lead to a much better
rematch which was a bloody street fight at the following PPV
"Starrcade"(WCW's Wrestlemania) in which Barry Windham would replace Ric
Flair and team with Arn to have one of the most underrated brawls in
wrestling history with Doom. A mostly boring match that only really picked
up at the end only to be letdown by the double countout ending but it was
worth it considering the classic match this feud would produce at
"Starrcade" 1990 6/10.

Stan Hansen cuts an awful promo in which he tries to scare the kiddies by
spitting tabacco on a pumpkin and showing his tabacco stained teeth as
close to the camera as he could.

Stan Hansen defeated Lex Luger to become the new U.S champion in another
average
match. Luger actually looked quite decent here which is suprising to say
the least! Luger displayed some great athleticism for a 6.5 275 pounder and
even unleashed an awesome dropkick during the match. Hansen won when Dan
Spivey(future WWF hall of shamer Waylon Mercy) tried to interfere while the
ref was down but failed however Hansen hit Luger with his trademark Lariet
and got the three count 5/10.

Tony Schiavone interviews Doom's manager Teddy Long who looked and talked
exactly the same 15 years ago as he does now! Jim Ross and Paul E are with
Missy Hyatt who predicts Sid will win the title tonight. Hyatt was WCW's
"Diva" at the time and i strongly reccommend the WCW event "Beach Blast"
1992 for Missy's greatest moment!

Sting defeated Sid Vicious in a dull main event that mainly consisted
of Sid throwing Sting around the ring and applying rest holds. The ending
of the match was totally ludirous too with Sting and Sid brawling backstage
until the camera lost
track of them. Sting and Sid soon emerged back down the rampway but
something was wrong! Sting had miraclulously gained a few pounds and grown
a good five inches taller plus his face paint which had been almost lost in
the battle with Sid had somehow reappeared untouched. Sid pinned "Sting"
but then another Sting appeared however this one was the 6.2 250 pounder
with the partialy removed face paint the fans had been watching for the
entire match! It turned out the Sting that Sid pinned was Horseman member
Barry Windham imposting as The Stinger and the real Sting had been tied up
backstage by The Horsemen in about 3 seconds so Sid could pin the fake. The
real Sting splashed Sid in the corner and rolled him up for the pin to end
a dull match 4/10.

"Halloween Havoc" 1990 was a pretty average show with only one must see
match(Steiners/Nasty Boys) and the opening contest(Rich/Morton/Midnight
Express) was the only other match that wouldn't have you looking at your
watch or pressing the fast forward button. The interviews/skits are good
for a laugh though especially the abysmal Black Scorpion stuff. On the
whole i give this PPV
5/10-A pretty poor score but if you see it selling cheap dont pass up the
chance to see the great Steiners/Nasty Boys match.

Review:DVD Review-"Cheating Death, Stealing Life"-The Eddie Guerrero StoryBy Reader The Antichrist :

Review:DVD Review-"Cheating Death, Stealing Life"-The Eddie Guerrero Story
By Reader The Antichrist : email your views on this to theantichrist4@activemail.co.uk




The title of this DVD may sound redundant now following the tragic news
that Eddie Guerrero is no longer with us, but i dont think it is! Eddie
truly DID cheat death on a number of occassions in his life and although
his past would eventually catch up with him on November 13th 2005, Eddie
Guerrero is a real inspiration to life and proof that the smallest man can
make a difference and it's not about the size of the man, it's about the
size of his heart! Over a week after Eddie's passing i still find it hard
to believe that we will no longer see Latino Heat Lying, Cheating and
Stealing his way to victory but Eddie Guerrero left behind such a rich
legacy that athough he is gone in physical form, his spirit will be with us
forever thanks to the fond memories we have of both his matches in the ring
and his personality out of the ring.

This DVD features a 45 minute documentary, which is essentially a biography
of Eddie's life, from his birth into a family of wrestling legends, to
becoming a wrestling legend in his own right chronicling his stints in
Japan, Mexico, ECW, WCW and finally the WWE. The documentary is excellent
while it lasts and i really wish it had been longer and gone into more
detail in some places but no matter how short it it, it's still an
inspirational and powerful programme that will make you both laugh and cry.
I'll
give the documentary 8.5/10-Brilliant but brief!

Also on the DVD are some extra features which included the classic Los
Guerrero Vignettes performed by Eddie and his nephew Chavo Guerrero JR,
promoting themselves as lying, cheating and stealing latino's. My favourite
Vignettes would have to be th Valet and Baby Carriage ones. We also get to
see the controversial in ring promo that started the Eddie/JBL feud in
2004, where JBL attacked Eddie at a house show then scared his mother to
the point where she had a heart attack. Also in the extras is a chance to
see the aftermath of Eddie's title win over Brock Lesnar-a very emotional
moment for Eddie and his fans. We also get to see a special look at
Wrestlemania XX where Eddie Guerrero successfully defended his WWE Title
against Kurt Angle and later famously joined newly crowned World Champion
Chris Benoit in the ring for an emotional hug that noone who saw it live
will ever forget. Why the Kurt Angle/Eddie guerrero Wrestlemania XX match
is not on this DVD though is as much a mystery as it is a crying shame! We
get a look at Eddie filming a YJ Stinger commercial,
plus the finished YJ Stinger Ad's in both English and Spanish. There are
some other extras talking about Eddie's childhood, upbringing and family,
most notably Eddie wrestling his pet monkey and a feature on Eddie's late
father Gory Guerrero.

Also on the DVD the following 10 matches presented.

Mondo, Hector & Chavo Guerrero vs Cactus Jack & The Rock N Role
RPM's-1988-(Superclash 3)This match does not feature Eddie, but his three
older brothers. Also look out for a younger and very lighter Mick Foley
wrestling as Cactus Jack and future "Beverly Brother" Mike Enos as the
referee. Hector Guerrero(wearing the white trunks) looks and moves alot
like Eddie did and you could be forgiven for thinking you are watching
"Latino Heat" himself in the ring here. The match is ok but may be abit too
obscure and old school for new fans. 7/10-Some good spots featuring the
Guerrero's.

Eddie Guerrero & Art Barr vs Octogon & El Santo-1994-(Triple A's "When
Worlds Collide" PPV)-Eddie & Art's Hair vs Octogon & Santo's Masks. This
was the match that got Eddie noticed by many of the top promotions of the
time, from up and coming companies like ECW to established franchises like
WCW who often raved about this particular match in their magazine in the
build up to Eddies WCW debut. The match itself is excellent and despite
Eddie and Art sporting some truly awful mullets, they pull off some
incredible moves here, most notably Art Barr's flawless frog spalsh.
Unfortunately Art Barr would pass away soon after this match and judging by
his performance here, the wrestling world lost a very promising prospect
indeed. 8/10-A great 2 out of 3 falls match from start to finish.

Eddie Guerrero vs Dean Malenko-1995-ECW(2 out of 3 falls match)-This is in
my opinion a perfect
wrestling match! Not only is it a testiment to both mens abilities but this
should be compulsary viewing for anyone who claims to like wrestling! You
can here some of the first "Eddie" chants here and anyone who says ECW was
just about tables, ladders and chairs would be soundly silenced upon
watching this wrestlingg classic. 10/10-This match is 25 minutes of pure
wrestling, psychology and suspense with a perfect draw ending considering
both men were leaving the company.

Eddie Guerrero vs Chris Jericho-WCW-(Fall Brawl 1997)-WCW Cruiserweight
Title Match. Oh how i miss the old
WCW double ringed PPV! The WWE really ought to have a go at resurrecting
this PPV not to mention the annual double ringed, steel caged "War Games"
event that ruled the wrestling world before Hell In A Cell came along.
Anyway back to the review, this is an excellent cruiserweight title match
that shows a more technical side to Chris Jericho than WWE Fans are used to
seeing. Eddie Guerrero looks ripped here and both he and Chris Jericho put
on a wrestling clinic that was proberbly the first match i saw where Eddie
Guerrero really caught my eye back in 1997. 9.5/10-A near perfect wrestling
match that
Chris Jericho himself claims is one
of the best of his career and it's hard to argue with that!

Eddie Guerrero vs Rey Mysterio-1997-WCW-(Halloween Havoc 1997)-Eddie's
Cruiserweight Title vs Rey's Mask. This match is awesome and is definetly
in the top 10 wrestling matches of 1997! Rey Mysterio pulled off some of
the most electrifying moves i've ever witnessed during this match while
Eddie played his heel character to perfection. 10/10-A real crowd pleaser
of a match and perhaps Eddie and Rey's best match together and boy have
they had their share of classics!

Eddie Guerrero vs Chavo Guerrero-1998-WCW(Bash At The Beach 1998)-Hair vs
Hair match. Although it's not much of a "wrestling" match, it's not really
intended to be. Chavo Guerrero played his insane gimmick brilliantly,
playing with Eddie in the ring and really getting under his skin. 7/10-A
great piece of entertainment.

Eddie Guerrero vs Rob Van Dam-2002-WWE(Raw)-Intercontinental Title Ladder
Match. This is a truly awesome match and one of the best TV matches i've
seen featuring some jaw dropping moves off the ladder, including a rolling
powerbomb from the top of the ladder by Eddie to RVD. 9/10-RVD and Eddie
had quite a few great matches during their brief feud in 2002 and this may
have been their best.

Kurt Angle & Chris Benoit vs Los Guerrero's vs Rey Mysterio &
Edge-2002-WWE(Survivor Series 2002)-Triple Threat Tag Team Title
Elimination Match. In my opinion, this match stole the show from the
overhyped first ever Elimination Chamber match at the 2002 Survivor Series.
All 6 men involved were on top form and they not only produced the best
match of the night but also one of the best matches of the year.
8.5/10-Another excellent match worthy of his collection.

Eddie Guerrero vs Chris Benoit-2003-WWE(Vengeance 2003)-U.S Title
Tournament Finals.This match took place around the time that the newly
turned heel Eddie Guerrero was starting to get cheered as much as he got
booed(which was ALOT!). This is one of the best matches of 2003 and both
Eddie and Chris put on a technical masterpiece for the most part until the
disappointing run in ending featuring Rhyno goring Benoit. The Rhyno/Benoit
feud went nowhere and i would have rather had Eddie win the match by lying,
cheating and stealing on his own accord. 9/10-Excellent match and would
have been a Match Of The Year candidate if only the ending was better.

Eddie Guerrero vs Brock Lesnar-2004-WWE(No Way Out 2004)-WWE Title Match.
This was the big one for Eddie Guerrero. The night he did the impossible
and against all odds, shocked the wrestling world by capturing the WWE
Championship-a title most associated with bigmen like Hulk Hogan and The
Rock. However, every now and then the title landed around the shoulder of
someone who truly deserved it, no matter how big they were. Bret Hart,
Shawn Michaels, Mick Foley and others had their day but this day belonged
to Eddie Guerrero who defeated Brock Lesnar in a back and forth, 30 minute
epic. This match was not only a great wrestling match but it also "told a
story" in that squared circle as the underdog Eddie, cut down the giant
Brock by attacking his legs, and no matter how many spinebusters, suplexes
or powerslams Brock would devestate Eddie with, Latino Heat refused to
quit! The match would have been ruined if Eddie had won on a pinfall after
Goldberg's spear to Lesnar but thankfully Brock kicked out and unlike the
Eddie/Benoit match mentioned above, Eddie was able to lie, cheat and steal
on his own accord and finally hit a huge frog splash on Lesnar to score the
1-2-3! 9/10-One of the best matches of 2004, almost spoilt by a run in
ending and a bunch of unappriciative idiots in the audience who chanted
"boring" at one point.

Overall a very good DVD with a very powerful, inspirational and
entertaining documentary charting the sometimes rocky but ultimately
rewarding life of Eddie Guerrero. From his early days of wrestling in his
back yard ring, to his stints in Japanese and Mexican leagues, to his short
but successful run with ECW, His troubled but memorable times in WCW and
finally the most successful point of his career in the WWE, where in 2004
he cemented his place in wrestling history by capturing the WWE
Championship title and not only did he become the first wrestler of Mexican
heritage to hold the title but i'm pretty sure that at 5 feet 8 inches, he
was the shortest Champion the WWE has ever had-which was something noone
could have predicted considering Vince's well documented love of "larger
than life" bigmen, but hats off to Vinnie Mac for recognising talent over
size and giving Eddie Guerrero something he had truly earned. The match
featuring Eddies family members and a young Mick Foley is an interesting
addition but you'll proberbly not watch it more than once. The 9 matches on
offer featuring Eddie showcase Eddie at his best but i still feel there
were a few more matches that would have been perfect for this DVD. A
streetfight in which Eddie Guerrero battled Edge on Smackdown in 2002
should have been here even though Eddie lost. The match was awesome and
Eddie recieved a standing ovation after the match. Eddie Guerrero vs Edge
from "Summerslam" 2002 was also great and would have been a worthy
addition. Also missing is Eddie Guerrero vs Rob Van Dam from "Backlash"
2002 which i thought was a great encounter. But perhaps the one match that
is missing that should have been included without a doubt is Eddie Guerrero
vs Kurt Angle from "Wrestlemania XX". A classic battle with a brilliantly
original and hilarious ending. Eddie recieved a mixed reaction at the start
of the match but as the match progressed the crowds appriciation for Eddie
grew and by the time the match had ended, Eddie had won over just about
every fan in the packed Madison Square Garden arena. Other matches i'd have
liked to have seen included are Eddie Guerrero & The Steiner Brothers vs
Too Cold Scorpio, Cactus Jack & Dean Malenko from ECW which was mentioned
briefly on the DVD. It featured six of the best workers in the business and
from the brief footage looked quite fun. Eddie Guerrero vs Too Cold Scorpio
in ECW was also highlighted on the DVD and i'd liked to have seen this one
here too. Eddie Guerreo vs Dean Malenko from WCW "Uncensored" 96 or 97
could have been here too as could Eddie Guerrero vs The Rock from Raw
2002-a very underrated match IMO. Eddie Guerrero vs Triple H from Raw in
2004 on the night of the draft lottery was great too, despite the DQ ending
and could have been included. All in all though, a great DVD that belongs
in the collection of anyone who claims to be a "serious" wrestling fan.
9/10-The last thing i would want is the WWE to cash in on Eddie's untimely
death but i'd love them to re-release this DVD possibly with a third disc
featuring both Eddie Guerrero Tribute Shows as well as some of the missing
matches i mentioned above. Plus they could also include some of Eddie's
more recent matches, most notably his suprisingly decent war with JBL at
Judgement Day 2004 and of course his ladder match with Rey Mysterio at
Summerslm 2005 If the WWE did re-release it like this though, then i think
it's only fair that all proceeeds should go to Eddie's family.

RIP Eddie. VIVA LA RAZA FOREVER!

p.s I think Eddie Guerrero should be inducted into the 2006 WWE Hall Of
Fame at Wrestlemania XXII