The 1996 Uncensored was the second Uncensored professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW). The event took place on March 24, 1996, from the Tupelo Coliseum in Tupelo, Mississippi. As of 2014 the event is available on the WWE Network.[1]

Uncensored (1996)
Promotional poster featuring Lex Luger, Randy Savage and Randy Anderson
PromotionWorld Championship Wrestling
DateMarch 24, 1996
CityTupelo, Mississippi
VenueTupelo Coliseum
Attendance9,000
Tagline(s)Everything you've wanted to see...plus the stuff you haven't thought of yet!
Pay-per-view chronology
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Seven matches were contested at the pay-per-view. The major attraction of the event was the main event, a Doomsday Cage match pitting Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage against Alliance to End Hulkamania, a group consisting of Ric Flair, Arn Anderson and The Dungeon of Doom. Hogan and Savage won the match. Another important match on the event was a Chicago Street Fight between Road Warriors and the team of Sting and Booker T. Sting and Booker won. Only one championship was defended at the event. Konnan successfully defended the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship against Eddie Guerrero.

Storylines

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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.[2]

Event

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Other on-screen personnel
Role: Name:
Commentators Tony Schiavone
Bobby Heenan
Dusty Rhodes
Interviewers Gene Okerlund
Lee Marshall
Ring announcers David Penzer
Michael Buffer (Main event)
Referees Randy Anderson
Nick Patrick

Diamond Dallas Page was originally scheduled to face Johnny B. Badd for the WCW World Television Championship, but Badd had lost the title to Lex Luger prior to the event and left the company shortly thereafter. Instead The Booty Man took Badd's place, including Page's former valet Kimberly, that had sided with Badd and now became known as "The Booty Babe". Page wrestled under stipulations that if he won, he would regain Kimberly's services as manager as well as the money he spent. If he lost the match, he would have to retire from professional wrestling. The Booty Man would earn the victory against Page.

The main event Doomsday Cage match was a stacked cage with several compartments, Randy Savage and Hulk Hogan were forced to fight their way down through the cage, starting on the roof. In the end Savage pinned Ric Flair after Lex Luger punched Flair with a loaded glove. During the match, The Booty Man interfered and gave the Mega Powers frying pans to use as weapons.

Results

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No.Results[3]StipulationsTimes
1MEMr. J.L. defeated Dean MalenkoSingles match03:20
2MEJim Duggan defeated Big Bubba RogersSingles match03:20
3MEDick Slater (with Col. Robert Parker) defeated Alex WrightSingles match01:55
4METhe Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott) vs. The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobs and Jerry Sags) ended in a no-contestTag team match05:19
5Konnan (c) defeated Eddie GuerreroSingles match for the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship18:27
6The Belfast Bruiser defeated Lord Steven Regal by disqualificationSingles match17:33
7Col. Robert Parker defeated MadusaSingles match03:47
8The Booty Man (with The Booty Babe) defeated Diamond Dallas PageI Quit Wrestling match[Note 1]16:00
9The Giant (with Jimmy Hart) defeated Loch NessSingles match02:34
10Sting and Booker T defeated The Road Warriors (Hawk and Animal)Chicago Street Fight29:33
11Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage defeated Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, Meng, The Barbarian, Lex Luger, The Taskmaster, Z-Gangsta and The Ultimate Solution (with Woman, Miss Elizabeth and Jimmy Hart)Doomsday Cage match25:16
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match
ME – the match was broadcast prior to the pay-per-view on Main Event
  1. ^ Since Page lost, he was forced to retire. Had Page won, he would have reacquired The Booty Babe's services as manager and regained his earnings (Only Page's career was on the line in this match).

References

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  1. ^ "Every pay-per-view available on WWE Network". WWE. February 4, 2014. Archived from the original on February 5, 2014. Retrieved February 8, 2014.
  2. ^ Grabianowski, Ed (13 January 2006). "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Retrieved November 15, 2015.
  3. ^ "Uncensored". thehistoryofwwe.com.
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