It's September 17th, 1995. Too Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything! Julie Newmar is the number one movie in the states, while Coolio is living in a "Gangsta's Paradise" at the number one single slot for the Billboard hot 100. And in WCW, things are going off to a hot start after their shot in the prime time with WCW Monday Nitro. Which leads us into the first Pay Per View of the Nitro era and the first I'll be covering as we go deep into the Monday Night War. This is Fall Brawl: WarGames. Held in the Asheville Civic Center in Asheville, North Carolina to an atendance of 6,600. Dark match results saw Big Bubba Rogers defeat Mark Thorn, Disco Inferno defeat Joey Maggs and Alex Wright and newcomer Eddy Guerrero go to a no-contest.
We open the show proper with Tony Schiavone and Bobby Heenan on commentary. There's two rings together for tonight's big War Games match is on its way. But we have literally bigger things to deal with because earlier in the day, Hulk Hogan's motorcycle was run over by The Giant. We'll get into The Giant later, but right now we open Fall Brawl with a match between Flyin' Brian Pillman and Johnny B. Badd, a Little Richard parody played by wrestler Marc Mero. A frisbee gets thrown into the ring as Badd looks around for which side he should shoot his Badd Blaster at. Despite the two being babyfaces, this match is to determine the #1 contender for the WCW United States Championship.
After Michael Buffer gives the introductions, we're off as Badd takes Pillman to the corner early on. After a handshake, Badd gets a quick arm drag. Pullman goes for a waistlock, but Badd turns it around. This gets followed by an exchange of hammerlocks, and a hiptoss by Pillman. Headlock takedown by Pillman followed by a shoulder block and an exchange of dropkicks from both men, who are still at a stalemate in the ring.
Some slow ring work with some headlocks and arm bars by Pillman early on. Chinlock takedown by Pillman, who is then tripped and rolled up by Badd, but Pillman is too close to the ropes. Drop toe hold by Pillman who rolls up Badd for a two count. Another chinlock by Pillman as Heenan and Schiavone are more focused on a "Heenan for President" sign. The match has been that dull so far. Headscissors takedown and another roll up by Pillman for two.
Badd reverses a whip and gets in an arm drag, locking in yet another chinlock. Pillman eventually escapes with a backbreaker. Cover ges a two. He tries for a Boston Crab and locks it in, eventually breaking it and giving Badd a punch to the face, as Badd is noticeably bleeding from the nose. Badd counters with a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker, covering for two. Leg lock by Badd, who transitions with an elbow dorp the knee and continued pressure on Pillman. He spins it around into a Surfboard on to Pillman, who grabs the rope. Both men shove each other, until Pillman gets an elbow in the corner, as Pillman is working far more heelish now.
Pillman grinds the eyes of Badd on the ropes, but Badd comes back with some strikes that sends Pillman in retreat to the outside. Pillman comes back in and offers his hand to Badd, who is far from willing to show respect to Flyin' Brian. Some boots from Pillman followed by a toss outside. He bites the head of Badd. He tries to ram Badd into the post, but Badd counters, following with a slingshot leg drop over the ropes, covering for two. Badd locks back in another chinlock, until Pillman breaks out and avoids some offense, however both men bump into each other in mid-air, sending them both crashing to the mat.
Both men get up, only for Pillman to headbutt Badd, sending them both back down to the mat. When both men get back up, Pillman rams Badd face-first into the buckle, and kicks Badd out of the ring. 5 minutes are remaining in this match. Holy crap, this has been going on for almost 20 minutes.
Badd suplexes Pillman over the top rope to the outside, and follows with a plancha over the rope. He goes up for an attack, but Pillman gets a dropkick. Pillman covers for two. Badd gets a sitout powerbomb on Pillman for a two count. Pillman reverses a whip and lands a tombstone piledriver as Michael Buffer says that three minutes are remaining. Pillman sets up for the tornado DDT, but Badd shoves him off, and covers for a two count. He reapplies an arm bar on Pillman as two minutes are remaining, so you know, great time to go for a rest hold.
Pillman gets a russian leg sweep and goes for an arm bar of some sort.He goes for another submission hold with one minute left, despite the fact that going for bigger impact moves would likely win you this match. Suffice is to say we go to a draw just as Badd gets a facebuster and a Tutti-Frutti, but Pillman is under the ropes. Pillman gets a clothesline and covers, but Badd kicks out. Backslide by Pillman as the bell goes off. The time limit has expired. Referee Nick Patrick tells Michael Buffer that the match must continue until there must be a winner.
Pillman continues to grind into the eyes of Badd, but Badd comes back with some offense. Both men brawl to the outside, but Pillman whips Badd into the guardrail. Pillman rolls Badd back into the ring and ascends the buckle, but both men hit each other with dropkicks, as we go to the third ten count spot of the match. Both men get up as Pillman applies a sleeper hold, locking the knees to the midsection of Badd. We get our second arm drop spot with Badd recovering on the third drop. He reverses a whip and locks a sleeper of his own, only for Pillman to get a back suplex to escape.
Our fourth ten count spot occurs as Pillman recovers first. He sets Badd up for a superplex, giving him a slap beforehand. Badd referses a Superplex and drops him, hitting a beautiful sunset flip off the second rope for a two count. Powerbomb attempt is reversed into a hurricanrana by Pillman who covers for two. Pillman locks in a crucifix, but Badd drops him in a Samoan Drop-style fall, covering for two. Badd hits a beautiful Frankensteiner off the top, covering for a close two. He tries again, but Pillman gets a tornado DDT, covering for two.
Pillman goes back up, but Badd falls onto the ropes, dropping Pillman on his groin, he grabs Pillman and tosses him off the top into the barricade, following with the flipping plancha over the ropes. He goes over the ropes. Badd tries a Bad Mood over the ropes, but Pillman gets the knees up. Pillman covers, but Badd kicks out at two. When are we going to get to the fireworks factory??? Pillman drops Badd over the ropes, who appears to have booted hte camera. Pillman goes for a suicide dive, over the ropes, over the stairs, which just ended up looking like a bad spill. Pillman dries a kick over the ropes, but falls groin first. Cover by Badd, but his feet are under the ropes. Eventually both men crash into each other with cross bodies, but Badd gets the cover for the three at long last.
A really good match once it picked up, with a lot of amazing high flying spots and fast energy. But my god, that should have not been a twenty five minute match. Started way too slow to get to our pointless time limit draw, just for us to continue and keep things going and picking up at a faster pace. But slowness and length aside, this was still one of the hottest openers I've seen for a wrestling show since I started reviewing them. It's sure the hell no Owen/Bret, but it was still great.
Mean Gene is backstage with Ric Flair as we prepare for tonight's match against Flair and Arn Anderson. Flair says that he and Double A have seen them come and go for 15 years, but they bonded. They lived, sweated, bled and even cried together, but they shared that bond. Flair adopted, Arn from a broken home, they adapted. But here in Horsemen country, they don't walk side by side like horsemen, but from opposite sides of the building. Tonight, Arn will face greatness. There's only one king of the hill and it's going to be the Nature Boy, woooo! amazing promo from Flair.
Up next, we have Cobra taking on Sgt. Craig "Pitbull" Pittman. Instead of Pittman coming out from the entranceway, someone else comes out instead. Cobra tells the man to send Pittman out, but instead, Pittman descends from the rafters and sneaks up from behind Cobra. He chokes him with his belt as the match begins. Pittman hits some strikes and throws Cobra through the ropes. He goes for a diving stomp, but completely misses. Cobra reverses a whip, sending Pittman face first into the post. He goes up top, but Pittman counters with a face buster. Code red armbar gets the win in this mercifully short match.
As a man in what appears to be a helmet made of sponge appears to greet him. It's Gary Spivey of the Psychic Companions Network. He has a vision that knows that Orndorff is not okay. I dunno, if he's jobbing like a goober, you don't need psychic powers to see that. Gary's best advice is to just keep calling Orndorff Mr. Wonderful, and it seems to work. Bleesed be Gary Spivey and his brillo-headded greatness.
Up next it's Diamond Dallas Page (with Max Muscle and Kimberly) taking on the World Television Champion The Ultimate War-I mean The Renegade. Yes, WCW had their own knockoff of the Ultimate Warrior. Debuting in early 1995 as the "Ultimate Surprise" from Hogan, the Renegade Warrior would go on to have a winning streak and capture the WCW Television title.
Page gets an attack in early on Renegade and takes him to the corner with some elbows to the face. Side russian leg sweep by Page who covers for two. Page headbutts Renegade to no effect, and he oversells the damage, tumbling outside of the ring, smacking the post, and falling into the crowd. Renegade hits a headbutt and continues the head based offense on Page. He stalks Page, who sends him face first into the middle buckle. Renegade follows suit with a buckle smash and a headlock. Lariat by Renegade who covers for two.
Page reverses a whip, but Renegade tries a comeback, only to end up falling into the ropes. This gives Page enough time to choke him on the ropes. Spinning neckbreaker by Page, who tells Kimberly to raise the "10" sign card, much to her chagrin. Page throws Renegade out, and tries to keep him out, but Renegade tries a sunset flip, only for Page to try to reverse, only for Renegade to reverse that for a two count. Page lands a forearm and follows with a shoulder to the gut. Page tries a second, but rams shoulder first into the steel post.
Weak looking knee and a clothesline from Renegade followed by a handspring elbow. Hakushi he is not. Ax handle off the top by Renegade only gets a two count. Renegade tries a hiptoss, but Page turns it around into a DDT. Slow cover gets a two for DDP. He tries a Diamond Cutter, but Renegade counters with a roll up for two. Max Muscle tries to get involved, but Page rams into him. Renegade lands a clothesline off the top on Muscle. When he gets in, Muscle grabs the leg, allowing Page to land the Diamond Cutter for the win.
That was not a very good match. Renegade us an aloof and bland wrestler, even more so than the real Ultimate Warrior. Page tried his best with the oversells and really trying his hardest to make Renegade's offense look dangerous, but overall it just never clicked. Another match that went way too long, and offered very little in terms of quality. But at least the TV title is off Renegade, that's a plus.
Up next, the WCW Tag Team Titles are on the line as Harlem Heat take on Dirty Dick Slater and Bunkhouse Buck. The storyline for this match has seen another of our old friends, Sister Sherri recently bumping her head and it somehow has caused her to become infatuated with Colonel Parker, manager of the tag champs Buck and Slater.
Opening the match is Booker T and Slater. They go into the corner with Buck getting hit with a clothesline. Slater takes down Booker with a crossface, but Booker breaks out anf tags in Stevie Ray. Slam by Stevie followed by an elbow drop. Cover, but Slater gets his foot on the rope. Stevie chokes Slater in the corner and follows with a headlock. Tag to Booker who gets a kick to the midsection in on Slater. Tag to Bunkhouse, who chokes Booker in the ropes and comes in, working the arm with an arm bar, but Booker turns it around, only for Buck to get a cheap shot and some knees.
Stevie chokes Buck as Harlem Heat do some double teaming in the corner, Booker works Buck with some more chokes and punches. Buck breaks out of a headlock and lands a shoulder block, but Booker manages to take him down. Tag to Stevie and tag to Slater. Some punches by Stevie, but Slater counters. Neckbreaker by Slater who covers for two. Stevie gets a headbutt to the middle and continues to work chokes and nerve holds. Tag to Booker who gets hit with a cheap shot by Bunkhouse. Slater throws Booker back first into the steps placed foolishly in the middle of the entrance way. Clothesline by Bunkhouse on the outside.
Bunkhouse comes in and gets a knee lift on Booker, throwing him into the boot of Slater. Slater is tagged in and gets some stomps in on Booker as Bunkhouse chokes him in the corner. Side Russian leg sweep by Slater who covers for two. Slater gets a piledriver and covers for two. Tag to Bunkhouse who throws Booker to the outside, allowing Slater to slam him head-first into the steel barricade. Booker is thrown back in as Buck gets a boot to the face. Booker breaks out of a chinlock by taking Buck to the corner, but his attempt at a dropkick in the corner is countered by a dodge from Buck.
Back suplex by Slater who is now tagged in. Cover only gets a two. He lays in some punches to to Booker and follows with a knee to the face, covering for two. Slater drops an elbow and covers for two. Buck is tagged in as the champs get a double boot on Booker. Buck continues to work with rakes to the eyes and stomps. Booker breaks out of a chinlock, but gets caught in a slam. Tag to Slater who lands a second spinning neckbreaker for two. Slater turns Booker over for a Boston Crab as Stevie Ray gets a boot in. Buck continues with a half crab, eventually covering for two. Back drop attempt by Buck is turned into an ax kick by Booker, who finally tags in Stevie Ray.
Stevie gets some strikes in and follows with some slams. Powerslam by Stevie, but Slater breaks the cover. Buck throws Stevie to the outside, and Buck and Slater focus on double teaming Booker. in the other ring, Sherri and Parker seem to be about to get it on as Sherri crawls to him. And while all that's happening, the Nasty Boys show up and lay out Slater with a cowboy boot. Cover by Booker gets the win as we have new tag champs, all while Colonel Parker and Sherri are sucking face.
This was a boring, boring tag match. Lots of basic offense from all four men, a super long, drawn out face in peril period, and one of the coldest hot tags I've seen for Stevie Ray. And in the end, it was all for another screwy finish that could have come much earlier. This continues to be the prevailing issue with this show is matches that have no business being this long and just feeling like a pain to sit through.
Post-match, Bunkhouse Buck is upset that Colonel Parker is lovesick. Parker tries to defend himself by saying that he's seriously in love with Sherri, and he promises to give them another match. He is conflicted by costing his team the titles, but his heart is a flutter with love.
Mean Gene is now backstage with Arn Anderson as we recap the history between him and Ric Flair. He's either loved with a passion or hated with a passion. His stomach is in knots and a nervous wreck, because he has to trade fists with someone he loves more than life itself. Tonight he gives Asheville, the world, and Flair all he has tonight.
Up next, it's "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair taking on Arn Anderson. Heavy build on the importance of this match, he history between Flair and Arn, and how this is the match nobody thought they'd ever see. If I can praise anything so far from this show, it's that when it came to building the importance of a match the level of a Ric Flair vs Arn Anderson, they did an amazing job. In the crowd you can see Pillman, The American Males, Eddy Guerrero, Alex Wright, Colonel Parker and Big Bubba. Again, great focus on the importance of this match.
We get some pacing between both men early on, along with some patented Flair cockiness. Lock up as Flair gets a shoulder block, only for Arn to land a drop toe hold, even mocking Flair's "Woo". Shoulder block by Arn who also gets in a shove and a slap to the face of hte Nature Boy, who makes a retreat to the outside. Flair takes a bit of an exception to a woman in the crowd calling him chicken, and returns to the ring. Flair works the arm, but Arn reverses, stomping the arm. Flair gets mad, but Arn slaps him right back down. The animosity building up early on is great.
Flair gets in a hammerlock, but Arn counters with one of his own. Drop toe hold by Flair, but Arn continues to apply the hammerlock, stomping on the elbow. Heenan bringing up good points about how it's hard to tell who the better wrestler is, despite Flair's 11 title wins. Arn continues to tear at the arm. Flair takes him down, but Arn continues to apply an arm bar. Flair rolls out of it and tries a headlock, but changes his strategy to a hard knife-edge chop. Patented Flair. Flair begins to work on the legs of Arn and lays in some more chops. Arn gets an elbow out of the corner and goes to the top rope, but changes his mind for a sleeper, only for Flair to break out. Arn quickly lands a knee out of the corner to the back of Flair and lands a hammerlock slam.
Flair begs off, but Arn continues to work the arm, bridging him for a cover, as Flair constantly kicks out at one. Flair lands some more hard chops, but Arn takes him right back down, continuing to punish the arm. He drags Flair to the post and slams it into the steel post. Armbar takedown by Arn who continues to apply pressure. Flair takes Arn to the corner and gets another chop, only for Arn to gets some more strikes, and sends Flair over the buckle. But Flair ducks Arn, sending him over the top rope. Flair goes off the top buckle and lands an ax handle.
Flair lands a fist to Arn and follows with some stomps on the apron side. Chop by Flair who follows with a knee drop. Cover using the ropes, but Arn keeps kicking out. Arn blocks a strike and gets some more his own in the corner. Hard strikes and a ship follows by a back body drop. Cover attempts only get a two. Cheap shot by Flair, much to the chagrin of the referee. Flair throws Arn through the ropes and lands another chop, while also getting in a patented Flair strut. Arn regains momentum with a back body drop on to the floor. Arn follows with a suplex attempt, but it gets reversed by Flair.
Flair lands a hard right to Arn and lands another suplex in the ring. Both men collapse to the mat as the length of the match is starting to show on both men. Cover by Flair only gets a two. Another hard chop by Flair who follows with a whip to the buckle and yet another chop, covering for two. Arn goes for a Sunset Flip. Flair tries to punch him, but fist meets nothing but mat. Arn rakes the eyes and whips Flair into the corner, as he tumbles into the tree of woe, allowing Arn to get some stomps and chokes.
Arn tries a DDT, but Flair grabs the ropes, saving himself. Flair flops to the mat for a second then goes to the top, only to be thrown right off. Knee drop by Arn who covers for two. Arn goes to the second buckle for an ax handle, but Flair catches him with a clothesline. Flair follows with a Figure Four, and despite Arn's attempts to block it, Flair gets it all in. Arn gets a second wind and turns the hold around on Flair. Arn and Flair now have trouble getting back up, but Flair manages a chop block to the knee. He goes for a second Figure Four, but Arn rolls him up for two.
Flair lands another shot to the back of the knee and continues to land strikes in the corner. Ric whips Arn, who collapses. Pillman show up at ringside and hits Flair in the mouth. Flair comes back with a strike of his own. Kick to the head of Flair leads into a DDT by Arn that gets the win for Double A.
A really, really good match. Well worth the heavy build surrounding it. Granted it wasn't always the most exciting, but when you want a match that focuses more on ring psychology and true grit, this is a fine example of that. Lots of logical body work with Arn trying to neutralize the arm of Flair, and Flair putting in work on the legs of Arn. Big moments when needed like the suplex on the outside. And most importantly both men felt like equals in the ring, and the match felt like it could go either way, even with the screwy finish involving Brian Pillman, which I feel is the only demerit. Clearly it's to continue storylines, but it really didn't feel necessary. Despite that, easily the match of the night so far by a country mile.
It's time for our main event. It's the War Games match between The Hulkamaniacs (Hulk Hogan, Sting, Randy Savage and Lex Luger) taking on the Dungeon of Doom members Shark, Kamala, Zodiac and Meng. We get a video package of the Taskmaster who promises that Hogan's scalp will boil. It gets crazier as he pulls at some dead flowers and beats up an action figure. Already, this is crazy as hell.
The mindgames ensured earlier in the day as Dungeon of Doom member the Giant ran over Hulk Hogan's motorcycle with his monster truck. So, let's talk about the Giant for a moment. Weeeeeeeeeeeelllllllllllllllll, it's big ol' Paul Wight. The Big Show to be is still wet at the feet in his wrestling career, and is currently being billed as "The Giant", the son of Andre the Giant. Of course this is kayfabe, but considering WCW has their own Ultimate Warrior knockoff, you really can't be too surprised, can you?
After a video package that focuses more on sucking the red and yellow balls of Hogan-Senpai, we cut to an interview with the Hulkamaniacs as Hogan talks about how they've drank a whole lot of agent orange. So, in other words they drank a ton of pesticides, brother! Maybe that explains Hogan's mutant orange skin. It's your basic Hogan ramble for the most part. Savage is now straightened out on the issues with Luger. Sting is sick and tired of talking and wants to go to war. Luger promises that he's ready to go. After some more Hogan rambling, and Jimmy Hart using the lyrics to Hogan's theme, we eventually get to our main event.
So, the rules of War Games involve two rings covered by a giant cage. Two men start for the first five minutes and every other "period" lasts two minutes. At the end of period one, the referee flips a coin, and that determines which team gets their second man in. And the next member comes in in the next two minutes and so on and so forth. Only way to win is by pinfall and submission. If the Hulkamaniacs win, then The Taskmaster will enter the cage to face Hogan.
Starting in the cage will be Sting and Shark. Shark hammers down Sting early on, and presses his 500 pound frame on the chest of the Stinger. He bits the arm and follows with a whip to the corner. Sting avoids a splash and gets some strikes in of his own. Shark makes it out to the second ring and Sting just dives on him, and follows with a big slam to the 500 pound frame. Sting tries a slam, but Shark drops his weight on him. Long bearhug applied by Shark, but Sting eventually escapes and bites the nose of Shark.
Shark tries to dive over the ring ropes, but gets caught, allowing Sting to get some boots to the belly. Sting dives to Shark, but gets caught and slammed by the big man. Shark gets caught groin first into the ropes as Sting gets some more shots in. Sting works the leg of Shark and locks in a Scorpion Death Lock as we get to our next entrant. It's Zodiac. Sting uses the cage ceiling to lay some kick in to the Yes/No man. He goes for a Scorpion to zodiac, but Shark easily breaks it, and drops an elbow and a leg drop.
Double clothesline by Shark and Zodiac while the Hulkamaniacs watch on and the Dungeon of Doom climb the cage ready to go. Sting takes down Zodiac, but Shark continues his offense, throwing the Stinger into the cage. Savage is in next and tries a suplex on Shark, but gives up and just goes for strikes. Boston Crab by Savage is broken by Shark as the Dungeon of Doom grab at the arm of Sting from under the cage. Sting eventually does come back to try and fight back on the Dungeon of Doom, but so far the control appears to be entirely on the Dungeon. The Dungon drag the leg of Savage out of the cage and continue offense.
In next is Kamala, but sadly for Sting and Savage they don't have a present with nothing inside to distract him. Savage fights Zodiac in the corner, but Shark grabs him and lands an atomic drop. Kamala lays ax handles to Sting while Zodiac and drives elbows in on Savage. Sting fights back on Kamala, but Shark helps the Ugandan Giant regain momentum. Luger is the next entrant in, becaues of course Hogan fights for the least amount of time. Luger gets a double clothesline on Shark and Kamala and focuses on to Zodiac, throwing him into the steel.
Luger's selling is noticeably louder than it ever was in the WWF, as Zodiac comes back with some offense on the Total Package. Meng finishes the Dungeon of Doom additions. Luger accidentally hits Savage in the back of hte head, and the two go at it as Sting tries to play peacemaker. Men comes in and lays in kicks and headbutts. Luger is shouty as hell with every single kick and strike. Where was this Luger in the WWF? Meng lays in the Tongan Death Grip to Luger as the time finally arrives for Hogan-Senpai to make his entrance. Now the match becomes a pinfall/submission stip match.
Hogan comes in to a mixed reaction, and like a babyface would, throws salt in the eyes of the Dungron of Doom members. He slaps Zodiac around in the middle of the rings, causing the Yes/No man to bounce around. He smacks Zodiac's head in the buckles and then focuses on Shark. It's all over the place now and a lot harder to follow, but Savage chokes Shark while Hogan throws Zodiac into the cage. Hogan and Luger toss Kamala into the cage and follow suit with one for Zodiac. Ol' Beefcake is getting beaten down by best buddy Hogan. More cage throws to Meng and Shark, who near sends the flimsy cage a tumbling. Camel Clutch on Zodiac gets the win.
Well that was a match. Not a really exciting match, but for the gimmick involved it did the trick. I wasn't going in expecting a mat classic like Flair and Arn, so my expectations were about what I expected. Lots of basic offense that just completely craps the bed when Hogan gets in. A fine enough main event for the gimmick involved, but just didn't do the trick for me either.
With the Hulkamaniacs victorious, this means Hogan gets his time in the ring with the Taskmaster, who tries to make his escape, only for security to send him back to the ring. Sting throws him in for Hogan as the door is locked. Hogan throws Sullivan into the cage a few times, literally about seven times. Taskmaster gets out of the cage, but Hogan still smacks him into the cage. He brings him right back in and does more than just throw him into a cage, like... punches and clotheslines. Hogan, like a face would, chokes Taskmaster with his wrist tape and lands a boot.
The Giant makes his way to the cage and grabs the ref, throwing him out of the way. Giant climbs into the cage and grabs Hogan by the neck. Hogan fights back, but Giant no-sells, grabbing Hogan by the throat and twisting the neck. The Hulkamaniacs come back to check on Hogan as the Giant and Taskmaster make their exit. We end the show with paramedics checking in on Hogan. So we actually don't end with hot dogging, grandstanding and the regular antics of Hogan-Senpai. Thank you based Giant.
WCW Fall Brawl 1995 was a decent wrestling show. Can't say it completely wowed me, but what was good was still really good. Pillman and Badd was a great high flying affair that sadly overstayed its welcome at almost a half hour long. And the match of the night of Flair vs Arn was top notch. One of the best matches I've covered for the blog so far, even if the antics at the end soured it a tad. Other than that, Cobra/Pittman was mercifully short, Renegade/DDP was average at best, the tag title match bored the hell out of me, and the main event War Games Match was a mess, but far from anything offensive. And any show that sees Hogan being left laying is fine by me. So, for the first WCW PPV covered, it doesn't get me too hyped for the product, but I'm still intrigued enough to keep going. Fall Brawl 1995 gets a B-.