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It was November 9th. It was my birthday. I was at the Rutgers/Louisville game. I cheered for Rutgers. CHOP WOOD DIE CARDINALS G'Nite.

I predict Legends/Squad to go 6 minutes, and the entire Legends team will survive.

Spirit Squad (w/ Mitch) vs. World Tag Team Champions Ric Flair & Rowdy Roddy Piper, Sgt. Slaughter & Dusty Rhodes (with Arn Anderson) is announced Former World Tag Team Champions the Spirit Squad have hade their problems with the legendary “Nature Boy” Ric Flair as of late. At Survivor Series, they’ll have a heaping helping of Legend trouble, as Squad members Johnny, Kenny, Mikey and Nicky will face Flair, Dusty Rhodes and WWE Hall of Famers “Rowdy” Roddy Piper and Sgt. Slaughter in a Traditional Survivor Series Elimination Match. Problems began when each member of the Squad tried to defeat Flair in singles action; three were unsuccessful before Kenny finally achieved the goal. However, a match was made pitting Flair and a legendary partner of the WWE fans’ choosing against the Squad for the World Tag Team Titles at Cyber Sunday. The options were Piper, Slaughter and Rhodes; WWE fans chose Piper, and he and the “Nature Boy” defeated Kenny and Mikey to claim the gold. Despite not being chosen, Slaughter and Rhodes were firmly in Flair & Piper’s corner, helping them dispatch the Squad following the match. But at Survivor Series, all four will get the chance to battle the cheerleading quintet. The Squad’s fifth member, Mitch, will be lurking at ringside as always; however, the Legends team will have another one in their corner, as Flair’s best friend and former Four Horsemen teammate Arn Anderson will be at ringside with them. Will experience triumph over youth once more, or will the Squad finally get it back on track against four of the all-time greats? Check back tomorrow at 3 p.m. ET for the announcement of another Survivor Series match.

"What will World Tag Team Champions "Rowdy" Roddy Piper & Ric Flair be going up against..." The fact that is say WHAT and not WHO, for some reason, makes me think either A)Survivor Series Match or B) Multi-Team Title Match.

Never heard of him.

Not a bad nostalgic idea, but Jeter would never get babyface heat in a match with Flair and Piper. In Philly, nonetheless. "I figure they are putting the titles on Rated RKO anyways" I don't. Rated RKO said when they formed that their goal was to capture multiple titles. Not hold the worthless tag titles that, if they were going to win them, would've on Raw is Heels.

Umaga will pin John Cena at Survivor Series. Umaga goes over at Royal Rumble for the title.

Playing with fire November 6, 2006 Despite having his World Heavyweight Championship voted up for grabs by WWE fans, King Booker prevailed at Cyber Sunday, becoming the first-ever “Champion of Champions.” But it was John Cena who got crowned last night, thanks to a surprise attack from Kevin Federline. Why did “America’s Most Hated” royally screw over the WWE Champ? We’ll find out tonight, as WWE.com has learned that K-Fed will be on RAW to explain his motives personally. D-Railed Sixty percent of the more than 14 million votes on WWE.com elected Eric Bischoff as the special referee in D-Generation X’s match against Edge and Randy Orton at Cyber Sunday. But no one, not even Triple H and Shawn Michaels, was ready for the former RAW GM-turned-bestselling author to create a controversial win for Edge and Orton. Handing the Game and HBK their first loss since reforming the rebellious faction, have the Rated-R Superstar and the Legend Killer killed the legend of DX? And can Bischoff further cash in on the controversy tonight on RAW? A legendary win Ric Flair faced the Spirit Squad at Cyber Sunday with the WWE Legend of your choice, “Rowdy” Roddy Piper. And, with a helping hand from fellow nominees Sgt. Slaughter and the “American Dream” Dusty Rhodes, the Nature Boy and “Hot Rod” emerged as the new World Tag Team Champions. Having seemingly taken the cheer out of the Spirit Squad for good, what’s next for the new legendary champions? For the answers to these and all other post-Cyber Sunday questions, elect to stay in tonight and watch RAW live at 9/8 CT on the USA Network.

HEY, get your WWF hippie questions out of here! You already bought and ruined WCW, isn't that enough? ('Taker was originally billed as "Kane, The Undertaker" for his initial matches. I dunno, nor care, how long, exactly. Check out TheHistoryofWWE.com.) I think it's because he was dressed similarly to the character Kane fom Poltergeist. That's probably wrong but I won't listen. He wasn't called "Kane" at SS 1990, I know.

I regularly hear the old SS theme music (with the saxophone, you know the one...) on the radio as background music for various commercials on WIP 610 in Philly/NJ. It makes me think of this... :::wrestler is eliminated from a team::: Piper: "Hold on, Gorilla, I gotta mark him off my sheet!"

I'll be at this show. My favorite one... "Team Captains Mr. Perfect and The Ultimate Warrior join their... The Texas Tornado. AX. HAWK. SMASH. ANIMAL. CRUSH."

WCW Monday Nitro (Live) - May 06, 1996 Live from Daytona Beach, Florida Hosted by Eric Bischoff, Bobby Heenan, and Steve McMichael Special 7 pm EST Broadcast (NBA Playoffs on TNT) Hugh Morrus Vs. "Macho Man" Randy Savage Both guys are nuts. Morrus sneak attacks Savage on the outside and drops him across the guardrail. Morrus throws him into the post and pounds away. They finally get in the ring, and Hugh puts on Savage's hat, sunglasses, and coat to mock him. Savage fights back and seemingly tries to pull Hugh's eye out of the socket, then chokes Morrus with the jacket and hangs him over the top rope. Savage doesn't let go, continues to hang Morrus, and is disqualified at 2:51. * for not much of anything except Savage not listening to the rules. Savage keeps choking him, then goes up and hits the Flying Elbowdrop. The referee pushes Savage off of Hugh, which is a big mistake, and Savage knocks him out. Oh boy, Savage slams the referee. Flying Elbowdrop for him, too. This is pretty "out of control" for the time period. WCW security and the police come out as the announcers continue to blame Ric Flair for Savage's mental instability. Savage is escorted backstage. Eric Bischoff gives his condolences on the passing of Ray "The Crippler" Stevens. Dean Malenko Vs. Jushin "Thunder" Liger (with Sonny Onoo) Oh, this can't suck. Ohtani is announced as the new WCW Cruiserweight Champion and will compete on May 18th weekend on Worldwide and at Slamboree. Liger slaps hands with the fans despite being managed by Onoo. Cool black/white/yellow outfit for Liger. Series of reversals nicely done. Multiple kip-ups by both wrestlers, and a criss-cross that ends with a Liger enzugiri, called a "backleg round kick" by Bischoff. We go to a split-screen as Ric Flair, Woman, and Elizabeth, all dressed up, come to ringside and sit at their private VIP section. Liger with a modified abdominal stretch. We go to commercial. Flair & the girls wine & dine at a special table (with a private waiter), apparently spending Randy Savage's money. Malenko hits a dropkick but Liger is in the ropes. Malenko locks on a spinning leg grapevine and targets the left knee. Malenko stomps the knee then locks the grapevine back on. Malenko tries for the Texas Cloverleaf but Liger rolls him up for two. A back elbow by Liger gets two. Rolling kick in the corner by Liger. Malenko blocks a superplex attempt, so Liger dropkicks him to the floor. Liger goes up top and delivers a bodypress to Malenko on the floor. Cartwheel back elbow is countered by Malenko into a two count, then Liger gets a two count on a reversal. Liger goes up, but Malenko catches him and delivers an over-the-shoulder gutbuster from the second rope! But Liger counters a powerbomb attempt into a two count. Series of go-behinds and standing switches leads to a double-underhook sit-out powerbomb for Malenko, which gets him the pin at 6:43. ***, nice little match there. Gene Okerlund Interviews "Nature Boy" Ric Flair, Woman, & Elizabeth Flair's on top of the world with his ladies, and they're not like the ordinary people in the world. The Giant got lucky last week and he'll get his eventually. Flair says at Slamboree they'll take out Randy Savage, and Arn Anderson better not make the wrong decision again. Flair says Debra McMichael wants to drink with him and sends a cocktail her way. She pours it out on the arena floor and makes rude gestures to him. It's okay if she wastes a drink because Savage has plenty of money to waste. The first of a long series of brief promos airs: Our World is About to Change. Blood Runs Cold. Coming to WCW. Great... "Lord" Steven Regal (with Geeves) Vs. Sting Regal's busted up from his parking lot brawl. Sting's been one of the World Tag Team Champions since January. Luger has a World Title shot later but has yet to arrive at the building. Sting with a backdrop and almost has the Scorpion Deathlock on but Regal gets to the ropes. The Belfast Bruiser is injured and won't be at Slamboree to team with Regal. We go to commercial. Back, with Sting on offense. Sting's fired up and ready to fight but Regal's cautious. Not a lot happening here. Regal pokes the eyes and pounds away. Sting comes back with a dropkick, 2 Japanese armdrags, and a series of clotheslines. Stinger Splash misses. Regal goes for a double-underhook suplex, but Sting backdrops him, and bridges up with Regal still holding onto the arms, and bridges up to pin him at 6:11. ** for being alright, with little excitement, though. WCW World Television Champion Lex Luger Vs. WCW World Heavyweight Champion The Giant (with Jimmy Hart) Sting's music plays for some reason, but Luger doesn't show. Instead, "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan makes his way out, apparently to replace Luger. Dave Penzer announces that Luger hasn't arrived and Duggan will replace him. NO MATCH. "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan Vs. WCW World Heavyweight Champion The Giant (with Jimmy Hart) Duggan attacks before Giant can take the belt off but it has little effect. Duggan tries again but Giant shakes it off and chokes him with his boot in the corner. Giant squashes him in the corner. Running kick from Giant. This is a squash and not terribly interesting. Duggan falls to the floor. Giant misses a charge into the corner and Duggan starts taping the fist. He doesn't get the fist taped in time, however, because Giant chokeslams him for the easy win at 3:14. *. Giant delivers a second chokeslam to Duggan and stomps him. Cobra runs in and gets a chokeslam. The Cuban Assassin gets a chokeslam. Alex Wright gets a huge chokeslam. Ric Flair, in a tuxedo, runs in with a wooden chair and hits Giant in the head, to no effect. Sting comes off the top rope and chop blocks Giant's knee repeatedly. Sting has Giant rocking with punches. Flying axehandle takes Giant down. Sting then locks the Scorpion Deathlock on The Giant but Jimmy Hart breaks it up. Lex Luger runs in with a briefcase to confront The Giant, but Hart tells Giant to leave Luger alone. Hot little ending there. Gene Okerlund is in the ring for an interview. Sting's pissed and wants to know where he was. Luger's upset at Sting for doubting him. They continue to argue as the show ends.

Most title history sites acknowledge the original WCW Cruiserweight Champion, Shinjiro Ohtani, as having defeated Chris Benoit in the finals of the tournament. The issue of whether or not there was an actual tournament, or just random matches with WCW cruisers overseas that WCW claimed were "tournament bouts" is not the issue. The issue is that on the April 22nd Nitro, Eric Bischoff claimed Ohtani eliminated Chris Benoit from the tournament, and that several WCW stars, including Bobby Eaton, Brad Armstrong, and others were still alive in it. Thus, Ohtani couldn't have defeated Benoit for the title, unless the other side of the bracket ended in a draw.

WCW Monday Nitro (Taped) - April 29th, 1996 Taped on April 22, 1996 from Unannounced Hosted by Eric Bischoff, Bobby Heenan, and Steve McMichael Special 7 pm EST broadcast (NBA Playoffs on TNT) Harlem Heat Vs. WCW World Tag Team Champions Sting & Lex Luger Return match from WCW Saturday Night which ended controversially. Sting and Booker start, thankfully. Booker with a kip-up and a Harlem Sidekick to the champion. Fast criss-cross sees Sting hit an impact clothesline and big elbowdrop. Luger and Stevie Ray in, and Stevie beats him up in the corner. Luger fights back and stomps Stevie to hell, and at least this time they're not using a billion rest holds like they did when Sting & Luger won the titles. Double clothesline on Stevie by the champions. Booker comes in and gets dropkicked by Sting. This match is decent. Lex in, and we get a commercial. We return with Booker missing an elbowdrop on Sting. But Booker busts out the not-yet-named Spinaroonie and lands a beautiful Harlem Sidekick! Stevie Ray in with a "jump front kick" (thanks Eric...) and gets two. The Heat must realize WCW has a billion teams so they're actually working hard now. Nice. Nevermind, Stevie puts on the chinlock. Booker in, but he & Sting clothesline each other. Lex gets the hot tag. Clotheslines for everyone. Powerslam on Booker. Sting gets dumped. Double-team maneuever sees Stevie Ray powerbomb Luger while Booker T comes off the top rope at the same time with an elbowdrop on Lex. Jimmy Hart runs to ringside and throws in a towel, which Booker catches. Booker tells the referee to ignore Hart, and Stevie Ray throws Hart into the ring. As Booker is going to deck Hart, Sting rolls him up from behind for the pin at 8:25. Not a bad little match there, we'll go ** for some good effort. So is Luger still in cahoots with Hart? I hope so, because babyface Luger blows. Fire & Ice Vs. The Steiner Brothers Fire & Ice, who are Scott Norton & Ice Train, respectively, have some really lame generic 80's movie music. I mean really bad. I'm pretty sure they changed it immediately after this to something better. Apparently the Japanese writers and photographers have tons of respect for Fire & Ice. Okay, great. The Steiners face each other at Slamboree. Rick & Train start. They criss cross and Train hits a nice powerslam. Train avalanches Steiner but misses a second, and Rick hits a release German suplex. Scott and uh, Scott in. Norton yells so Scott throws him over his head, then hits an overhead belly-to-belly. Awesome. Steiner goes up top but Norton catches him and gorilla presses him. Norton hits two clotheslines, but Steiner hits him with a Hot Shot and tags in Rick. Norton totally runs over Rick with a shoulderblock. Train is one step ahead of Rick and Scott, and then kicks Rick in the face. Wow, Steiners are getting their asses handed to them. Scott in, and Norton clotheslines him over the ropes. Rick sneaks in and tags Train with a big Steinerline for the pin at 3:23. 3 minutes??? Fire & Ice looked pretty smooth and the Steiners were game to throw them around. Give these guys 10 minutes please. ** for a good start. Afterwards, Norton's all "we'll get 'em next time" to Train. Gene Okerlund Interview with WCW World Heavyweight Champion "Nature Boy" Ric Flair (with Woman & Elizabeth) So is Flair worried about The Giant? Feast your eyes on Woman & Elizabeth as Flair flirts with them and know that Flair isn't worried about a 7 foot idiot. Woman says Giant is a "small man" and Liz says Giant's nowhere near the man Flair is. Parking Lot Brawl: The Belfast Bruiser Vs. Lord Steven Regal This is different. Bruiser kicks his foot through a car window aiming for Regal. Bruiser has control early on and slams Regal into a car, then kicks him and throws a piece of slate on him. Bruiser hits Regal with a car bumper, then slams him on a truck hood. Regal fights back with kicks, but Bruiser uses a seatbelt to choke his opponent. These two will team at Slamboree. Bruiser drops Regal stomach-first into a guardrail. They fight in the bed of a truck. I can't understand why this is getting more time than the previous match but oh well. I also can't figure out why Regal and Bruiser didn't wear pants in a street fight. Bischoff sells the parking lot brawl like its a murder scene. Regal slams Bruiser's head into a window and hits him with a bumper. Bruiser tries to tombstone Regal but his Lordship escapes. Regal and Bruiser are atop a car. Regal tries a piledriver but gets backdropped. Regal gets in a low blow, then hits the piledriver on the car roof and scores the pin at 6:13. Interesting bout, ** I suppose, as it wasn't awful but not particularly exciting to watch. The Giant (with Jimmy Hart) Vs. WCW World Heavyweight Champion "Nature Boy" Ric Flair (with Woman & Elizabeth) Flair's had a very shaky title reign in which he's been dominated by opponents, and last week Flair accidently threw coffee in Giant's eyes, pissing him off. Flair stops to bother Debra McMichael, asking for a kiss on the cheek, which she regrets. Mongo's not happy. Flair still has Savage's nameplate on the title belt to taunt him. Flair cowers early from Giant. Giant press slams him. Flair gets flipped over the ropes in the corner to the floor. Flair rakes the eyes, but chops/punches don't work. Giant misses with a corner charge. Flair goes up top but of course is thrown off. Giant goes for the chokeslam but Flair has a deathgrip on the ropes. Woman is on the apron and Flair low blows Giant. Giant, on two knees, still pushes Flair around! Flair knocks Giant down with an illegal object. Flair clowns around and locks on the Figure Four. Giant wakes up and grabs Flair by the throat, stands up, and delivers the chokeslams. Giant scores the pin at just 5:51 and is the new World Heavyweight Champion! * 1/2 for a super simple match. Jimmy Hart leaps into Giant's arms as they celebrate. Woman is freaking out. Gene Okerlund enters the ring for an interview. The belt's always been The Giant's and he'll be a fighting champion. Savage, Sting, Hogan, whoever, they'll all fall.

63. Jericho apparently got into RVD's stash at KOTR 2002, since he ranted on the internet for being know it alls and not hailing RVD/Y2J as a "Match of the Year".

WCW Monday Nitro (Live) - April 22, 1996 Live from Unannounced Hosted by Eric Bischoff, Bobby Heenan, and Steve McMichael In the main event, the World Title, World Tag Team Titles, and Television Title can all be lost, depending on who loses the fall. Also, Giant can pin his partner Ric Flair. The Public Enemy Vs. The American Males Bischoff calls the "World Whining Federation" taped, and reveals the taped results of Raw - "Goldust over Savio Vega, 'Yawn', Mankind defeats Aldo Montoya, 'Bigger Yawn', and Vader defeats Fatu, 'Oh boy'." Wow. Bagwell's gonna "star in a movie" says Bischoff. Wow, the entire crowd is doing the Males "clap" routine. TPE ambush them. Bagwell hits a flying double-clothesline, then a slingshot plancha on Rock. Riggs hits a plancha on Grunge. Bischoff wishes Brian Pillman a swift recovery from a severe automobile accident. Riggs dropkicks Grunge to the floor and the Males double-dropkick Rocco. Quick tags help keep control on Rocco Rock. TPE cheat and get the advantage. Rocco Rock hits a second-rope moonsault on Bagwell. Flapjack on Bagwell. Double clothesline and this thing isn't very exciting. Rocco Rock misses a somersault senton off the top rope. Riggs gets the hot tag. Dropkicks galore. Flying punch on Grunge. Rock backdrops Bagwell over the top behind the referee's back. TPE toss Riggs over the top rope and are disqualified at 7:22, despite dominating the match. * 1/2. Lame. Riggs get put on a table at ringside. TPE do their "Enemy Sandwich" and kill Riggs through it, ouch. Gene Okerlund and Two Women Draw "Lethal Lottery" Combinations The chicks names are Emily and Cherry, who I believe are the girls who take the wrestlers' ring gear to the backstage. Morrus/Meng face Barbarian/Walker. Stevie Ray/Bubba Vs. Fire & Ice. Okerlund draws Randy Savage & Ric Flair Vs. Arn Anderson & Eddie Guerrero. Chris Benoit Vs. Eddie Guerrero This should be fun! Benoit looks old school with the red tights and white boots. Benoit offers an arrogat clean break. Eddie delivers the same. Snap armdrags from Eddie and a nice dropkick send Benoit to the floor. Nice armdrag reversal sequence, and Benoit hits the back suplex. Chinlock and we go to commercial. Shinjiro Ohtani is apparently in the Cruiserweight Title finals. Eddie, Eaton, and Brad Armstrong are still in it. Ohtani beat Benoit in the tournament, already. Eddie hits a back suplex. So was there actually a tournament or is Bischoff totally BSing this? At any rate, Benoit didn't lose to Ohtani in the tournament final according to Bischoff. Unless the other semi-final ended in a draw. Benoit tosses Eddie to the floor. Announcers don't care about this. Eddie with a leaping hurancanrana off the top rope to Benoit, and gets a leg hooked for two. Eddie tries a sunset flip from a victory roll position, but Benoit blocks and grabs the ropes to steal a pinfall win at 4:58. Way too short and gets **. Crowd gives lots of Horsemen signs. Things are short tonight, the usual 10-minute tag got 8 and this, which would have usually been 8, gets 5. Gene Okerlund Interview with WCW Vice President Rob Garner They're going to discuss Randy Savage's recent actions, but here comes Randy. Garner is concerned with his actions and they are unacceptable. If it continues, his career will face ramifications. Savage doesn't like "suits" and says he'll be Flair's partner "from hell". Savage gets in Garner's face and says he'll do what he wants to. Garner says he should seek professional help. Savage calls him a "little, little, stupid person" and threatens to slap him. Savage storms off. Meng Vs. "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan Oh man. Meng comes out in a fantastic-looking kimono! We go to commercial before this. Darn. Meng's got a cool outfit on with gold kickpads and black tights. Bischoff insults the WWF and gives their results away again. Meng chops Duggan in the throat and chokes him. Hogan will be back on Nitro "real soon" says Eric. Meng rakes his back and bites him. Duggan's stupid and targets Meng's head. This is slow and bad. Another chop to the throat. More "nerve holds". Duggan battles back. Three point stance charge misses. Meng beats up Duggan in the corner and shoves the referee. Duggan grabs the 2 x 4, but Meng kicks him for a two count. Duggan tapes up the wrist and punches Meng. He gets the pin at 5:58. * for Meng's kimono. Gene Okerlund and Two Women Draw "Lethal Lottery" Combinations Eaton & Slater Vs. Wright & Disco. Regal & Bruiser Vs. Wallstreet & Duggan, possibly the worst tag team I've ever heard of. "All Titles Are On the Line": WCW World Heavyweight Champion "Nature Boy" Ric Flair & The Giant (with Woman, Jimmy Hart, & Elizabeth) Vs. WCW World Tag Team Champions Sting & WCW Television Champion Lex Luger Flair again flirts with Debra McMichael and kisses her by the hand. Randy Savage pearl harbors Flair before the match, but the police handcuff him and throw him out. Flair goes back and flexes for Debra, and Steve McMichael is getting annoyed. Huge crowd heat for Luger & Sting. Any champion pinned will lose his title, and apparently Giant can pin Flair, claimed Bischoff earlier. Giant and Sting start. Bischoff says the Detroit Lions want to sign The Giant. Lex & Sting clothesline him to the floor. Sting press slams Flair. Back in the ring, Lex and Flair go at it. Lex press slams him. He then hits two running clotheslines and Flair "flops". Sting dominates Flair but runs into an elbow. Flair gets tossed off the top rope. Sting superplexes Flair off the top. Same Flair match every week for 4 months in 1996. Sting accidently splashes himself into the guardrail. Woman rakes his eyes. Giant tags in and squashes Sting. Flair in, hits a vertical suplex, but Sting no-sells it. Woman has a cup of coffee in her hands. Luger tagged in. Flair flips over the ropes and is clotheslined. Luger powerslams Flair. Giant in, goes to chokeslam Lex, but Sting chop blocks him off the top rope. And another! Giant still won't let go of Lex. Sting finally breaks Lex free. Flair begs off from Sting and gets the coffee. He throws it at Sting, Sting ducks, and it goes into The Giant's eyes. The referee calls for the bell at 7:02, apparently a no-contest. ** for the usual same match. Flair runs away because Giant is steaming. Lex & Sting bail out. Flair comes back with a towel for Giant's eyes and gets on his knees for Giant's forgiveness. Flair gets out of there. Gene Okerlund is in the ring for an interview. Giant's pissed, that coffee burned. Giant wants a World Title match the next week. Flair is up at the announcer's booth. Flair's mad Giant didn't accept his apology and wants Giant to apologize or next week he "kicks Giant's big ass". Giant flips out and chases him backstage. Heenan thinks Flair's in big trouble.

WCW Monday Nitro (Live) - April 15, 1996 Live from Charleston, West Virginia Hosted by Eric Bischoff, Bobby Heenan, and Steve McMichael Handicap Match: Hulk Hogan Vs. Kevin Sullivan & Arn Anderson (with Jimmy Hart, Woman & Elizabeth) Booty Man was attacked two weeks ago on WCW Saturday Night so he's not there to team with Hulk. Heels attack but Hogan clears the ring and briefly gets a figure-four on Sullivan. If Hogan wins he gets the manager of his choice in the ring. If the heels win they got The Booty Babe. Heels pounds away but Hogan no-sells and beats them up. Big Boot on Arn. Arn tastes the guardrail. Hogan hits the softest chairshot EVER on Sullivan, then one for Anderson. Heels get slammed together. Heels try to spike piledrive Hulk, but he counters and slingshots Arn into Sullivan. Back suplex for Arn. Slam for Sullivan, and the Legdrop gets the pin at 4:21. *. Post-match, Hogan throws Woman into the ring and scares Elizabeth in there, as well. Woman holds Elizabeth in front of her to hide. Hogan grabs both of them by the arm, then turns his attention to Jimmy Hart. Woman & Liz flee. Hart tries to use powder but Hogan avoids it. Hogan tears up Hart's custom jacket and atomic drops him. Big Boot hits poorly. Here comes The Giant. He chokeslams Hogan and Hogan totally no-sells it. What? Big Boot staggers Giant. Hogan slams him. Gene Okerlund comes into the ring for an interview and Hogan accidently scoops him up for a slam, then lets him down. The fifty heels that Hogan easily dominated all flee. Hulk's on a roll so watch out, 'cause he wants the World Heavyweight Title. Odd, I thought Hulk disappeared shortly after this. Tons of Hogan posing leads to a commercial. "Anything Goes" Falls Count Anywhere Street Fight - The Public Enemy Vs. The Nasty Boys The Nasty Boys jump Public Enemy and kill them with weapons. Sags works over Rock with a chair. More trash cans are obtained. Rock with a nice tope con hilo on Sags. Knobbs dominates Grunge and puts a rubber trash can over his head. Double shoulderblock from the Nasties. Rock uses a metal trash can lid. Public Enemy gets to team at Slamboree in the "Lethal Lottery". Grunge uses the can on Knobbs. The "split screen" really hurts the match. Brawling around the ringside area continues. Knobbs throws a table at Grunge. Sags throws Grunge into another. Wow, Grunge thows a table half at Knobbs' head. Rock bulldogs Knobbs on a chair. This really has no flow and is just brawling. The trash can shots get weaker and weaker. This thing feels like it's been going on the entire show. TPE setup a table in the ring. Grunge tries to legdrop Knobbs through it, Knobbs moves, and gets the pin on Grunge at 9:15. * 1/2, just brawling and kind of boring. Grunge then lays out Sags on a table outside the ring, Rocco flips over the ropes onto Grunge (on the apron), and they crash through Sags and the table in a nice spot. Earl Robert Eaton (with Geeves) Vs. "Macho Man" Randy Savage Eaton's really at the end of the road at this point, but it'll be cool to see him and Savage work together. Commercial before the bout. Savage stays on him with chokes and kicks and then backdrops Eaton over the top rope, which the referee doesn't see. Savage posts Eaton. They fight inside, and Eaton throws Savage over the top rope with the referee talking to Geeves. The lack of mullet on Eaton is tough to watch. Eaton targets the knee. Eaton does Flair's "Whooo!" and strut, then locks the Figure Four Leglock on Eaton. Geeves tosses Eaton a IV Horsemen t-shirt, which he taunts Savage with. Funny. Savage of course comes back, chases Geeves away, and backdrops Eaton on the arena floor. Slam and Flying Elbowdrop get Savage the pin at 3:57. * 1/2, not very good at all. Savage throws the referee to the mat and delivers goes to deliver a second Flying Elbow, then leaps over the undercarder who hit the ring and delivers it. The police come to ringside as Savage is handcuffed. Bobby Walker, Alex Wright, and Jim Duggan help take the handcuffed Savage to the back. Ric Flair & The Giant (with Woman & Elizabeth) Vs. WCW World Tag Team Champions Sting & Lex Luger Flair of course is the World Champion, but he and Giant are challenging for the tag straps now. Flair grabs Debra McMichael, in the front row, by the hands, but she pulls away and isn't interested. Flair & Sting start, and Flair's cheating doesn't work. Nice criss-cross but Flair gets press slammed and Giant gets kicked off the apron. Sting presses Flair over the top onto Giant, who catches him and throws him back in, pissing off Flair. Luger then press slams him back onto Giant and the same happens. Flair runs full force at Giant and chokeslams him, then runs away. Giant chases him backstage and we go to commercial. Sting & Luger both should've been disqualified and/or Flair counted out. We're back and Luger is slugging away at Flair, but gets chop blocked. Giant is tagged in. Giant's too much for Luger. Big suplex. Flair tosses Lex to the floor and Woman rakes his eyes. Flair with a kneedrop. Giant in and Luger's in trouble. Flair stomps on the knee and locks on the Figure Four Leglock, with an assist from Woman. And Flair has it on forever. Flair has to break it and has a shoving match with referee Nick Patrick. Luger finally shows life but runs into an elbow. Flair goes up top and gets slammed to the mat. Sting gets the tag. Press slam and dropkick for Flair. Flair flips over the ropes and gets clotheslined, taking out the camera man. Sting hits a nice superplex and locks on the Scorpion Deathlock. Woman in with a cup of coffee, aims for Luger, he ducks, and Sting takes it in the eyes. Referee calls for the bell at 10:34, disqualifying the challengers. Giant chokeslams Luger, then one for Sting. Flair struts and Giant is angry. We'll go **, as this was okay. Bischoff handcuffs Heenan, who was showing off what was used on Savage. as the show ends.

"we can't get ratings but at least we didn't lose THAT many!" Brilliant. "controversy built the wrestling business!" TNA should just announce shocking things instead of having logical storylines and matches, I guess.

If by "high note" you mean "job the #1 contender" and "devalue the ankle lock in its debut", okay. Sounds like WCW 2000 is back, baby. Switch that X Title around Every Week so the entire roster can get it! Once SoCal Val "accidently" wins the X-title and Russo calls a "meeting" in the ring we'll almost be there.

Like when PWI's year end issue printed a big photo of Melina doing the split and we saw...well...

All of a sudden Bischoff loves Johnny Nitro despite firing him in 2004 for being pathetic and losing to Eugene in 2 minutes.

WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT (btw, no she just stood there and then walked away)

For those who didn't see it: Last night's IC title match was okay, and a little sloppy at times. Carlito used rest holds galore, and the match got some "boring!" chants. Hardy over clean with the Swanton. Jeff/Shelton would've been the best match, IMO.

Raw has 8 tag teams now? Huh? This can't last. Big deal, I've got a picture with me and Paris Hilton. Bitch goes everywhere. I'd say it's probably MUCH harder, if you regularly go to clubs and drink, to get a picture w/ Nitro. He put her over.

WHEN was Cena a top play on ESPN? ESPN hates wrestling.