WCW really loved its PPVs with a lot of matches. We’re back with another Into the Vault 1996 with WCW Uncensored 1996!
Low-Tier
Kicking off the lower tier of the show is Madusa vs. Col. Robert Parker. While both were still good at this period, Parker was kind of in a state of semi-retirement.
He was definitely still doing southern indies but he was mainly working as a manager in WCW. There was little for Madusa to do at this time but tie up managers.
Let’s just go ahead and add The Giant vs. Loch Ness to this as well. It wasn’t good and I doubt it would’ve been better with more than two-and-a-half minutes.
Mid-Tier
DDP has fallen on hard times by 1996. The jewelry, the shades, the nice cigars, the TV Title, the Diamond Doll—after that final bout against Johnny B. Badd, it got badd.
It was this match, a Loser Leaves Town bout that was the final straw that turned DDP from heel to a soft face. He wasn’t full-on babyface but the turn was happening.
The match itself was decent enough. Not awful but not good. DDP put in work and The Booty Man did enough for DDP to not be holding his back from carrying it.
Klondike Bill made most of WCW’s cages for years and the Doomsday Cage was a sight to behold. At 11 years old, I thought this was the ultimate in cage matches.
Now, at 35 that second and third just looks dangerous because the ceiling of the cage below is now the floor of the one above. They had to be reinforced or something.
That said, it wasn’t the most exciting match from start to finish and it could’ve done with five or ten minutes being shaved.
I enjoyed it as being part of the Alliance to Stop Hulkamania storyline. WCW needed something big and dangerous for this feud and this hadn’t been resolved at Fall Brawl 1995.
Exotic-Tier
WCW Uncensored 1996 had a trifecta of exotic tier matches worth catching. Konnan defending the U.S Title against Eddie Guerrero was lengthy but a banger!
When it came to the U.S Title and TV Title, you were guaranteed a dope match most of the time. They’re titles where wrestlers were supposed to show up and show out in-ring.
You wouldn’t think Steven Regal taking on the Belfast Bruiser—Finlay—would be a match to watch because neither screamed “headliner” but this match rocked.
It was physical and like Konnan vs. Eddie, it had sound wrestling. The sad thing is that it would’ve been regulated to the first hour of WCW Nitro or Saturday Night.
Since WCW had the Road Warriors, Sting could get it done on PPV, and Booker T delivered in tags, the company put them all in the same match.
Oh, and to make it better, it’s a tag team street fight. Of course, I dug this match! I will say it went ten minutes too long and seemed like it was endless at times.
Regardless, it was one of the better matches on the card but pales against Konnan vs. Eddie and Regal vs. Finlay.
WCW Uncensored 1996 Verdict: 7.5/10
There was more good than bad on WCW Uncensored 1996 and the bad added up to a little over six minutes of the whole show. I enjoyed it overall.
It could’ve been an 8/10 or a soft 8.5/10 but some matches just ran a little too long.
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