Before the match, Mr. McMahon is backstage with The Stooges and Sgt. Slaughter, he is delighted for his good friend Steve Austin. If you believe that first sentence I have a beach front property in Kansas going cheap. Pat Patterson tries to calm the boss down by saying Austin might not make it to his match. We see the brackets so far ands Jim Ross confirms that Mr. McMahon is correct with Austin getting a bye. If only McMahon had chosen the opponent.
Ken Shamrock makes his way out first, as a reminder the first round matches have a 10-minute time limit. Shamrock is the current WWF Intercontinental Champion. Goldust is in the ring before Jerry “The King” Lawler even says a word. He, of course, joins JR on commentary. Goldust is having domestic troubles with his wife around this time, because why not? Jim Ross shows his genius by linking Ken Shamrock’s tournament experience to the Montreal Scewjob.
KEN SHAMROCK VS. GOLDUST
(Deadly Games Tournament First Round)
WWF Survivor Series 1998 (15th November
1998)
Goldust goes to lock
up but Ken Shamrock cuts him off with a knee to the ribs. A combination of right
hands back Goldust into the ropes, he’s sent across the ring and runs back into
a leg lariat, Shamrock slams the Grandson of a plumber and connects with a knee
drop. He follows with stomps until Goldust gets to his feet, at least as far as
a crouch. Shamrock connects with more rights and chokes Goldust over the top
rope. Goldust finally starts to fight back, he gets some shots in and sends
Shamrock off the ropes but misses a clothesline, although Shamrock didn’t
bother ducking. He sends Goldust off the ropes who shows him how it’s done and
hits a jumping clothesline. He slams the former UFC Superfight Champion and
hits the ropes, gaining momentum for a jumping knee drop, Ross is so amazed he
struggles with the word “athleticism” and King thinks it’s a good time to be
progressive. Saying Goldust is a real man for wearing makeup. Ken shamrock is
sent from corner to corner but charges out with a clothesline, he covers but
only gets 2.
Goldust’s head is
sent into the turnbuckle, then Shamrock decides to use his knee. Goldust drops
to the mat so Shamrock puts on a lazy version of a camel clutch, then goes back
to striking. Goldust hits a chop from his knees, but Shamrock kicks him in the
chest. Shamrock puts Goldust in a reverse chinlock, using his knee for leverage.
Since it’s a first round match, they’ve kept it simple, as Shamrock hits a
Russian leg sweep for a nearfall. I’m just thankful it wasn’t another clothesline.
Ken Shamrock hits a knee drop close to Goldust’s throat, but says it was the shoulder.
Goldust wakes up and fights back with more right hands, Ken Shamrock is backed
into the corner and Goldust sends him across the ring, but hits the turnbuckles
when he follows. Shamrock with more right hands from above. He brings Goldust
to his feet, but the suplex is blocked by Goldust, who hits one of his own.
Shamrock’s up first but Goldust reverses an irish whip. Shamrock pushes off a
monkey flip attempt but runs into a drop toehold.
Goldust kicks Shamrock in the gut, Shamrock rains down more punches to fight off the powerbomb attempt and leans back to hook Goldust’s leg, getting another nearfall. He sends Goldust off the ropes, but is dropped with a bulldog. Goldust sends Shamrock into the corner and sets up the Shattered Dreams, which commentary mentions is an illegal move, the Jimmy Korderas steps in the way and Goldust halts his momentum just in time. Ken Shamrock lifts himself to the middle rope and almost injures both of them on a hurricanrana. He hits Goldust with his Belly to Belly suplex and locks in the Ankle Lock, forcing Goldust to tap out.
WINNER: KEN SHAMROCK
After the match, Ken Shamrock holds on to the Ankle Lock a bit before leaving. We cut to Michael Cole backstage as we try and find out the status of out final match for this round.
This was an OK match, minus the scary hurricanrana. Nothing much to really say. The tournament is really the story, none of the matches alone mean too much. – ** match, but personally PERSONAL ENJOYMENT 2.5/10
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