Uncensored (1997)

Uncensored (1997) was the third Uncensored professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW). The event took place on March 16, 1997 from the North Charleston Coliseum in North Charleston, South Carolina.

Uncensored (1997)
Promotional Poster
Promotion	World Championship Wrestling
Date	March 16, 1997
City	North Charleston, South Carolina
Venue	North Charleston Coliseum
Attendance	9,285
Tagline(s)	You'll Never See It Coming!
Pay-per-view chronology
← Previous SuperBrawl VII Next → Spring Stampede
Uncensored chronology
← Previous 1996 Next → 1998

The main event was a triangle elimination match between Team nWo (Hollywood Hogan, Randy Savage, Kevin Nash and Scott Hall) (with Dennis Rodman), Team Piper (Roddy Piper, Chris Benoit, Steve McMichael and Jeff Jarrett) and Team WCW (Lex Luger, The Giant and Scott Steiner). Each team had a specific prize upon winning the match. If Team WCW won, all the championships held by the nWo would be stripped and its members would not be allowed to wrestle for three years. If Piper's team had won, he would have gotten a steel cage match against Hogan for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship at a time and place of his choosing. If the nWo won, they would earn the right to challenge for any WCW championship at any time they wanted.

Storylines

The event featured wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.[1]

Team Piper was originally composed of Roddy Piper, John Tenta, Layton Morrison[2] (a kickboxer), and Craig Mally[2][3] (a boxer). On the March 10, 1997 episode of WCW Monday Nitro, which aired six days before the pay-per-view, they were replaced by The Four Horsemen members Chris Benoit, Steve McMichael and Jeff Jarrett. Team WCW originally included Rick Steiner, but he was attacked prior to the match by the nWo and was unable to compete, leaving the team at a one-man disadvantage in the match.

Event

Other on-screen personnel

Role:	Name:
Commentators	Tony Schiavone
	Bobby Heenan
	Dusty Rhodes
	Mike Tenay
Interviewer	Gene Okerlund
Ring announcers	David Penzer
	Michael Buffer
Referee	Nick Patrick

Dean Malenko defeated Eddie Guerrero to win the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship.[4]

The WCW World Television Championship match between champion Prince Iaukea and Rey Misterio, Jr. originally ended in a 10-minute time limit draw, but the time was extended after a request by Misterio Jr. Minutes later Iaukea pinned Rey Misterio Jr. to retain the championship.

The main event was a triangle elimination match between nWo Team, Piper Team and WCW Team, which nWo won. Had WCW Team won, the nWo would have needed to forfeit all their titles and would be barred from wrestling during any WCW event for 36 months. Had Piper Team won, Piper would have faced Hogan in a steal cage match. Had nWo won, they would have a shot at any WCW championship, any time they wanted. During nWo's celebration after the match, Sting rappelled down to the ring. When Scott Hall and Kevin Nash approached him, Sting attacked them with a baseball bat, then Randy Savage when he tried to intervene. After giving all three of them a Scorpion Death Drop, he gestured for Hollywood Hogan to come at him as well. Hogan did, and was promptly taken out by Sting as well. Sting's actions solidified his allegiance to WCW instead of the nWo, and he would become nWo's main adversary.

Results

No.	Results[5]	Stipulations	Times
1^D	Ice Train defeated Maxx	Singles match	N/A
2	Dean Malenko defeated Eddie Guerrero (c)	Singles match for the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship	19:14
3	Ultimate Dragon (with Sonny Onoo) defeated Psychosis	Singles match	13:17
4	Glacier defeated Mortis (with James Vanderberg)	Singles match	09:04
5	Buff Bagwell defeated Scotty Riggs	Strap match	12:25
6	Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray) (with Sister Sherri) defeated The Public Enemy (Rocco Rock and Johnny Grunge)	Texas Tornado match	13:17
7	Prince Iaukea (c) defeated Rey Misterio, Jr.	Singles match for the WCW World Television Championship	13:41
8	nWo Team (Hollywood Hogan, Randy Savage, Kevin Nash and Scott Hall) (with Dennis Rodman) defeated Piper Team (Roddy Piper, Chris Benoit, Steve McMichael and Jeff Jarrett) and WCW Team (Lex Luger, The Giant and Scott Steiner)	Triangle Elimination match	19:22
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match D – indicates the match was a dark match

Triangle match eliminations

Elimination no.	Wrestler	Team	Eliminated by	Elimination move	Time
1	The Giant	Team WCW	N/A	Over the top rope	04:55
2	Jeff Jarrett	Team Piper	Kevin Nash	Over the top rope via Clothesline	09:21
3	Steve McMichael	Team Piper	Scott Hall	Over the top rope via Back Body Drop	09:45
4	Scott Steiner	Team WCW	Kevin Nash	Over the top rope	10:16
5	Roddy Piper	Team Piper	Hollywood Hogan	Over the top rope when Dennis Rodman pulled the rope down	10:55
6	Chris Benoit	Team Piper	Scott Hall and Kevin Nash	Over the top rope	16:27
7	Randy Savage	nWo	Lex Luger	Torture Rack	18:23
8	Kevin Nash	nWo	Lex Luger	Over the top rope	18:31
9	Scott Hall	nWo	Lex Luger	Torture Rack	18:45
10	Lex Luger	Team WCW	Hollywood Hogan	Pinned after Savage hit Luger in the head with a can of spray paint handed off by Dennis Rodman	19:22
Survivor:	Hulk Hogan (Team nWo)

References

1. Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Retrieved 2015-11-15.
2. "Solie's Tuesday Morning Report: EXTRA!". solie.org. Retrieved 2011-04-02.
3. "Craig Mally - IMDb". IMDb. Retrieved 2012-10-26.
4. Guerrero, Eddie (2005). Cheating Death, Stealing Life: The Eddie Guerrero Story. Simon and Schuster. p. 139. ISBN 0-7434-9353-2.
5. http://www.thehistoryofwwe.com/uncensored.htm

External links

• Uncensored 1997