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Entry #509
Curt Hennig vs. Buff Bagwell
Loser Must Retire
WCW Mayhem - November 21, 1999
Curt Hennig vs. Buff Bagwell
Loser Must Retire
WCW Mayhem - November 21, 1999
Our third match of eight is this thing! A big retirement match. Can't both of these guys retire? Hennig's past it at this stage and Bagwell has never been good.
Jarrett and Co. assert themselves once again by attacking Bagwell pre-match, and he doesn't come out. Instead out come the Chosen One and his white supremacist men in black, who all come up to beat down Hennig too! What do the Powers that Be gain from this? Bagwell comes out with a 2x4 he probably stole from Jim Duggan to clear them off.
Hennig hits from behind, starting off by using Bagwell's chain to choke him for short periods. I'm disappointed in him, he should know that the DEADLY NERVE PINCH is more effective than an illegal move like that. A minute in Hennig can do no more and goes to the outside for a bit of BOTO. He gets on commentary's mic and trashes Bagwell but we can't really make out what he says. Trying to get back in, Hennig gets shoved into the barricade off the apron, and the BOTO continues. Hennig kicks Buff in his Stuff in full view of the ref. After brawling back to the ring, Bagwell gets the edge with the ropes. Hennig gets a boot up of a corner charge. Soon after that he does what I feel bad describing as a "Jeff Hardy leg drop" as he does it better, even flipping out of it.
On goes a sleeper. Bagwell's down, arm-drop routine (and some people trying to start another "boring" chant) but he fights out. Hennig shuts down with a knee lift, does another chain choke, and puts on the sleeper again. He then starts chopping Bagwell, and drops an elbow on his chest for two. Cornered... slap from Hennig. This puts the fire back in Bagwell, using an eye rake, slamming, but missing a splash. I guess that's what it's supposed to be, but Bagwell clips Hennig with his arm anyway. Hennig corners Bagwell and splashes him once, but Bagwell gets the boot up for the second. Blockbuster finishes it pretty much out of nowhere. Hennig takes in the thanks of the fans.
Really generic WCW stuff, Hennig's a shell of his former self. Why couldn't Bagwell have retired too, though?