Dangerous Alliance

The Dangerous Alliance was a professional wrestling stable that made a name for itself in World Championship Wrestling.

History

Manager Paul Heyman called himself Paul E. Dangerously at the beginning of his career and he was a heel manager. He was in WCW in 1991, and he formed a dominant stable named after himself, the Dangerous Alliance.

It started at Clash of Champions 17 on November 19, 1991 in Savannah, Georgia. At the beginning of the Clash, which was televised live on TBS, WCW U.S. Champion Sting was in the ring doing an interview. Madusa came out dressed as a harem girl and distracted Sting so WCW World Champion Lex Luger could attack him with a lead pipe. Several face wrestlers, including Bobby Eaton, ran out to run Luger off and take Sting to the hospital. Sting had to defend his title against the newly arrived "Ravishing" Rick Rude and did not want to leave. Eaton kept telling him he would have time, so he left.

When it came time for the match, Sting was a no show and Dangerously, who managed Rude, declared Rude the U.S. Champion (which was their plan). But Sting maded it back before he got counted out and they had a match. Rude defeated Sting, mainly due to his injured knee. The next WCW Saturday Night (this was before WCW Monday Nitro), Dangerously formed his group with Rude, Eaton, Madusa, Arn Anderson, Larry Zbysko and "Stunning" Steve Austin.

They went on to dominate WCW for the next 6 months as Anderson and Eaton won the Tag Team Titles and Austin won the Television Title. Their main feuds were with Ricky Steamboat, Barry Windham, Dustin Rhodes, Nikita Koloff, Sting and Ron Simmons. They went back and forth until they settled it in a "War Games" match at Wrestlewar on May 17, 1992. During the match, Zbysko unscrewed the turnbuckle and tried to hit Sting with the metal part. He hit Eaton instead & Eaton had to submit. The face team had won the match so Zbysko was kicked out of the Alliance, which started the downfall.

Rude & Madusa went on their own and had much success. Anderson and Eaton started running with Michael Hayes, but they came back to Dangerously when he fired Madusa publicly and she came after him. By the end of November 1992, the Dangerous Alliance had disbanded. Dangerously revived it in ECW a few years later.

WCW Members

• "Ravishing" Rick Rude - Won the WCW United States Heavyweight Title and was the main event guy of the Alliance. He feuded heavily with Ricky Steamboat, Nikita Koloff and Sting while in the Alliance.

• "Enforcer" Arn Anderson - Won the WCW World Tag Team Title with Eaton as the main tag team of the Alliance. He feuded heavily with Dustin Rhodes, Ricky Steamboat and Rick & Scott Steiner while in the Alliance.

• "Beautiful" Bobby Eaton - Won the WCW World Tag Team Title with Anderson as the main tag team of the Alliance. He feuded heavily with Dustin Rhodes, Ricky Steamboat and the Steiner Brothers while in the Alliance.

• "Stunning" Steve Austin - Won the WCW World Television Title and frequently teamed with Rude and Zbysko. He feuded heavily with Barry Windham and Sting while in the Alliance.

• "Cruncher" Larry Zbysko - He feuded heavily with Ron Simmons and Barry Windham while in the Alliance. He teamed frequently with Austin and occasionally Anderson.

• "P.S." Michael Hayes - he was barely with the Alliance. He managed Anderson & Eaton and helped Dangerously against Madusa.

• Paul E. Dangerously - Mastermind and leader of the Alliance. He feuded directly with Madusa after firing her.

• Madusa - She was the valet for the Alliance. She usually went to ringside with Rude, but frequently went out with the others when the Alliance first formed. She feuded with Missy Hyatt and Dangerously after he fired her while in the Alliance.