This match is preceded by Team nWo promising victory in tonight's triangle elimination main event. Harlem Heat enter first with Sherri. “The American Dream” Dusty Rhodes, Bobby “The Brain” Heenan and Tony Schiovane are on commentary. Public Enemy enter with a trash can and table. The table is set up outside
HARLEM HEAT VS. PUBLIC ENEMY (tornado tag team)
WCW Uncensored (30th March 1997)
Public Enemy get attacked on the apron, Stevie Ray uses the trash can lid on Grunge's head. Booker T uses the trash can to knock Rocco Rock to the floor. Booker T dives out and hits him with rights but Rock has a frying pan and hits Booker T with it. Johnny Grunge attacks Stevie in the ring with a toilet seat and knocks him down as Booker T and Sherri double-team Rock on the floor. Stevie Ray busts Grunge open with the cookie sheet as Booker T beats down Rock. Sherri gets some cheap shots in as Grunge turns the tables in the ring, Rocco Rock is able to catch Booker T with a shot with the trash can lid before getting in the ring to help his partner. Grunge holds Stevie Ray so Rock can “cymbal his butt” - Dusty Rhodes and they switch, with Grunge cutting off Booker T as he tries to get in the ring. Booker T hits the scissor kick on Grunge, Rock is sent over the top to the floor and Booker gets a nearfall. Sherri assists Stevie with a trash can lid as Booker T gets another nearfall in the ring with a kick to the face.
Johnny Grunge can't get anything going as Rocco Rock is sent into the ring steps. As Rock gets back in the ring he kicks Booker T in the gut and hits a spinning neckbreaker. Stevie Ray brains Grunge with a trash can lid but Rocco Rock's there with a reciept using a cookie sheet. Johnny Grunge brings a normal size trash can into the ring, Booker T blocks a shot with the lid by Rock but gets hit with the trash can and Dusty loses his shit on commentary. Johnny Grunge knocks Ray down and hits a knee drop on the trash can laid across Stevie Ray. They bail to the floor as Rocco Rock uses the toilet seat to choke Booker T in the ring. Rocco Rock covers but it takes a while for the referee to notice and Booker T kicks out at 2. On the floor, Sherri hits Grunge with a trash can and jumps on his back in a sleeper hold. Rocco Rock exits the ring and hits Stevie with a cookie sheet, then sends Stevie into the crowd. Booker T dives from the top rope with a double ax handle but Grunge has woken up and hits both members of Harlem Heat before taking a shot himself. Rocco Rock punches Booker in the midsection. The trash can is fit over Booker T's head as Public Enemy punch it.
Stevie Ray breaks up the attack and sends Grunge into the crowd. Booker T kicks Rocco Rock and we almost miss it because the camera's too close. Harlem Heat hold Rocco Rock for some cheap shots from Sherri, but Grunge is back with the trash can. Sherri ties an electric cable around Rocco Rock's neck before Booker T throws him back in the ring. Stevie Ray hits a leg drop onto a trash can on Grunge as Rocco cuts off Booker T and grabs a pizza pan. Booker T is sent off the ropes into a shot to the head and Public Enemy get a nearfall. Rocco Rock tries to walk the top rope but Booker T crotches him. Stevie Ray picks him up from the floor and holds him for a shot from Sherri with the trash can but she hits Stevie Ray! He knees Rocco in the gut and holds him so Sherri can get a cheap shot. We see Booker T and Johnny Grunge on the floor also as Grunge is sent into the guard rail. Booker T brings it back in the ring and Stevie gets in too. There's an awkward pause before Booker T brings Grunge over with a kind of snapmare, he covers but Rocco Rock breaks it up with a pizza pan.
Stevie Ray uses a cookie sheet but drops to a low blow by Rock. Johnny Grunge uses a pizza pan as Rock clotheslines Stevie Ray with the edge of the cookie sheet and the fans chant for tables. Booker T has rolled outside and brings Grunge with him, Rocco Rock dumps Stevie through the ropes and they're all on the floor. Booker T is sent into the guard rail and Stevie uses the cookie Sheet on Rocco Rock. Johnny Grunge chokes Booker with the edge of the cookie sheet as Rock uses either a handbag or a tape recorder (according to commentary) on Stevie Ray. Stevie Ray brings it back into the ring, hitting a sidewalk slam and Booker T is launched into a splash. Johnny Grunge makes the save but is quickly dumped outside by Stevie. Booker T misses a kick and crotches himself on the top rope. Rocco Rock knocks him to the floor. Sherri is on Grunge's back but gets sandwiched into the guard rail. Stevie Ray is laid across the table. Grunge is on the apron as Rocco Rock somersaults over the top rope and sends all three of them through the table.
He gets back in the ring with Booker T, Booker cuts off a cookie sheet shot but is sent into the ropes. He ducks the first clothesline but Rocco Rock connects with the second. Steve McMichael and Jeff Jarrett show up and McMichael hits Rock across the back with an aluminium briefcase, causing commentary to suspect it's loaded. Booker T hits the Harlem Hangover for the win.
WINNER: HARLEM HEAT
This was a brawl. There was no rhyme or reason for any of it. The rules made it difficult to follow at times but it was a fun match to watch. Sherri's involvement made sense and just cut short of being annoying, then the finish confused me. I get that Public Enemy were supposed to face the 4 Horsemen but now aren't, but did they need to attack at the end?– As a match it's ½* but personally I'd rate it 1.25/10
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