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(More customer reviews)Well, let's be brief on this one. Uncensored is pretty good for a WCW PPV. But the attendance, even in a brand-new Florida arena, looks miserable. The chairs clearly are not filled, which is obvious all through the event. Still, Uncensored managed to be the typical plethora of unpredictable mayhem it's cracked up to be. Here are the matches.
CRUISERWEIGHT TITLE: THE ARTIST WITH PAISLEY(C) VS. PSYCHOSIS
Okay action, for the first match of the night, but the ending will make you roll your eyes so far up you'll probably go blind, so I would skip it if I were you. 5/10.
X.S. VS. SCREAMIN' DEMONS
Come on, now. This match belonged on Nitro, and even there it wouldn't have been good. Mercifully short, and we see Stacy Kiebler. So I can live with it. I think. 4/10.
BAM BAM BIGELOW VS. THE WALL
Wow! An actual storyline to a match! A bad one, but still a storyline. The Wall, Bigelow's protege, is destroying men left and right, such as David Flair and Crobar. He does the same to Bigelow tonight. And oh yeah, he also throws Crobar off the scaffolding 15 feet down through the stage, which was the best bump of the night..and the month...and probably the year so far. 6/10.
HARDCORE TITLE: 3 COUNT(CHAMPS) VS. BRIAN KNOBS
How do you make three men hardcore champion at once? Call it incompetent booking. Fortunately, this match was not so, as Knobs put the title back on his waist where it belonged. Actually some pretty decent hardcore spots, if you knew where to look. 5/10.
BOOKER AND KIDMAN WITH TORRIE WILSON VS. THE NEW HARLEM HEAT
Nice match, especially the ending. The New Harlem Heat is just an asinine concept, and a silly team as well. Big T, Stevie Ray's new partner, has definitely not been to Weight Watcher's. The Duchess of York could give him some advice. At least Big Fat Overweight T pulls his considerable load with the rest of the wrestlers. 5/10.
FALLS COUNT ANYWHERE: FIT FINLAY VS. VAMPIRO
I didn't know WCW was allowed to have matches this good. But this one raged through the ring, into the back--the bathrooms, the balcony, the commons area...the arena was a war zone. Not exactly a show-stealer, but it did better than expected. Vampiro deserved a push. 7/10.
TAG TEAM TITLES: THE MAMALUKES WITH DISCO INFERNO(C) VS. HARRIS BROS.
This was actually pretty good too. As good as WCW gets in tag team matches. You knew the match would end the way it did, but in between (the beginning and the middle) it kept you guessing. 7/10.
TEXAS BULLROPE MATCH: DUSTIN RHODES VS. TERRY FUNK
Unique match as well for WCW, and it worked, too. Not only was it funny, with Funk hitting Rhodes with a chicken from the grocery store and bringing out a guy in a chicken suit, but the bumps and cowbell shots were nice as well. Fittingly, Dustin proves the superiority of his family and end the legendary Rhodes-Funk family rivalry. 7/10.
LUMBERJACK CAST MATCH: THE TOTAL PACKAGE WITH ELIZABETH VS. STING
Both men bring out lumberjacks. It's actually a very good match, but the other wrestlers distract from the grace going on in the ring. Ending was a surprise. 7/10.
WORLD TITLE: SID VICIOUS(C) VS. JEFF JARRETT WITH nWo GIRLS
They can NOT be serious. A good match between these two could have brought the PPV up to its real standards, but it seems they weren't smart enough to pull it off. Scott Steiner comes back, and Hulk Hogan saves Vicious' ass big time. At least they didn't make this one main-event, or I seriously would have broken down in tears. 4/10.
APPLE PIE INDIAN STRAP MATCH: HULK HOGAN VS. RIC FLAIR
As they say, the last Hogan-Flair match--and it wasn't bad, either. Both men got busted open to some degree, and it was a little more physical than I'd suspected. Hogan is getting too old to wrestle; so is Flair. At least one of them picks up a decisive victory. (That would of course be Hogan.) Saves the event. 8/10.
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