WCW Fall Brawl 1993
Bounty Match
Yoshi Kwan w/ Harley Race vs. Cactus Jack
(The picture I originally wanted to use was a fan sign that read “Cactus Jack is gonna crumble Yoshis Cookie” but Peacock doesn’t allow screenshots and I could be here for days trying to find the sign online.)
This is right after the Lost in Cleveland angle and it’s actually Cactus’ first time back in the ring since a concussion in April of 1993. Yoshi Kwan…is Chris Champion. Not gonna lie he kinda looks like Father James Mitchell. But I must ask, it’s 1993 and WCW needed a karate guy. Do they call Muta? No. Think of hitting Jinsei Shinzaki and giving him a chance on the big stage? Nah. Just grab Chris Champion from the jobber ranks and put him in Kung fu pants…
Anyway, Jack goes right after Race and Kwan and that sets the tone for this match. It’s a quick brawl with Cactus mostly on the defensive. Kwan (I hate fucking typing that knowing he’s just some hick from Kentucky.) shows a sloppy array of kicks. Enzugiris, Flying Karate Kicks (picture that thing Lui Kang does.), Dropkicks…Jerry Lynn who?
It falls apart towards the end as the two sloppily wrap things up with a miscue between the bad guys and a Double Arm DDT. All in all the match was terrible but man I can’t help thinking about who they could’ve had in Champions position and the match they could’ve had with Cactus. On the bright side, this eventually leads to an excellent Death Match between Cactus and Vader at Halloween Havoc ‘93.
(Writers note: In the midst of this writing, I did some research on Champion for a joke…this fucking guy was trained by the Malenkos. He wrestled in FMW. He did a gimmick where him and his partner came back to the ‘80s from 2002 and claimed Dusty would win the 2000 Presidential Election. Now I’m annoyed at WCW for not letting this dude loose in this match.)
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