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| Promotion | World Championship Wrestling | ||
| Date | March 24, 1996 | ||
| City | Tupelo, Mississippi | ||
| Venue | Tupelo Coliseum | ||
| Attendance | 9,000 | ||
| Buy rate | 250,000[1] | ||
| Tagline | Everything you've wanted to see...plus the stuff you haven't thought of yet! | ||
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The 1996Uncensored was the secondUncensoredprofessional wrestlingpay-per-view (PPV)event produced byWorld Championship Wrestling (WCW). The event took place on March 24, 1996, from theTupelo Coliseum inTupelo, Mississippi. As of 2014 the event is available on theWWE Network.[2] The event generated 250,000 ppv buys.[3]
Seven matches were contested at the pay-per-view. The major attraction of the event was themain event, aDoomsday Cage match pittingHulk Hogan andRandy Savage against Alliance to End Hulkamania, agroup consisting ofRic Flair,Arn Anderson andThe Dungeon of Doom. Hogan and Savage won the match. Another important match on the event was aChicago Street Fight betweenRoad Warriors and the team ofSting andBooker T. Sting and Booker T won. Only onechampionship was defended at the event.Konnan successfully defended theWCW United States Heavyweight Championship againstEddie Guerrero.
The event featured wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds andstorylines. Wrestlers portrayedvillains,heroes, orless distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.[4]
| Role: | Name: |
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| 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 faceJohnny B. Badd for theWCW World Television Championship, but Badd had lost the title toLex Luger prior to the event and left the company shortly thereafter. InsteadThe Booty Man took Badd's place, including Page's former valetKimberly, 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 eventDoomsday Cage match was a stacked cage with several compartments,Randy Savage andHulk Hogan were forced to fight their way down through the cage, starting on the roof. In the end Savage pinnedRic Flair afterLex 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.
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