The Nitro Review 9/7 - 9/13

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September 11, 1995

Alex Wright def. Sabu by DQ

Sting def. V.K. Wallstreet; U.S. Title Match

Randy Savage def. Scott Norton

Hulk Hogan NC Lex Luger; WCW Title Match

 

September 9, 1996

Super Calo def. Pat Tanaka

The Nasty Boys def. The Amazing French Canadians

Scott Norton def. Craig Pittman

Juventud Guerrera def. Joe Gomez

Lex Luger NC Rick Steiner

Rey Mysterio Jr. def. Billy Kidman

Faces of Fear def. The Public Enemy by DQ

Randy Savage NC John Tenta

 

September 8, 1997

Rey Mysterio Jr. def. Eddy Guerrero

Hugh Morrus def. Disco Inferno

Chris Jericho def. Brad Armstrong by DQ; CW Title Match

The Steiner Brothers NC Faces of Fear

Scott Hall def. Super Calo

Dean Malenko def. Psychosis

Ric Flair & Curt Hennig def. Konnan & Buff Bagwell

Lex Luger NC Diamond Dallas Page

 

September 7, 1998

Konnan def. Bull Pain

Wrath def. Lenny Lane

Scott Steiner def. Evan Karagias

Juventud Guerrera def. Hector Garza; CW Title Match

The Cat def. Kenny Kaos

Stevie Ray def. Chris Adams

Saturn def. Riggs

Chris Jericho def. Jim Niedhart; TV Title Match

Dean Malenko def. Curt Hennig by DQ

Goldberg def. Scott Putski; WCW Title Match

Diamond Dallas Page & Roddy Piper def. Sting & Lex Luger by DQ

 

September 13, 1999

Chris Benoit def. Dean Malenko

Disco Inferno def. Erik Watts

Silver King NC Norman Smiley

The Windhams def. Steven Regal & Dave Taylor

Harlem Heat def. Hugh Morrus & Brian Knobs by DQ; Tag Title Match

Insane Clown Posse def. Lenny & Lodi

Chris Benoit def. Rick Steiner to win the World Television Title

Perry Saturn def. Eddy Guerrero

Berlyn def. Buff Bagwell

Sting & Lex Luger def. Hollywood Hogan & Bret Hart

 

September 11, 2000

Rey Mysterio Jr. & Juventud Guerrera def. Kronic; Tag Title Match

Reno def. Big Vito in a Stickball Bat on a Pole Match

Madusa def. Torrie Wilson by DQ

Jeff Jarrett def. Ms. Jones

General Rection def. Lance Storm

Sting def. The Harris Brothers in a handicap match

Kevin Nash NC Scott Steiner; WCW Title Match; Special Referee, Booker T; Special Enforcer, Goldberg

[Guest Boo_Bradley]

Randy Savage NC John Tenta

The heel/face alignment confuses me

 

Chris Jericho def. Jim Niedhart; TV Title Match

 

Poor Y2J...

 

Dean Malenko def. Curt Hennig by DQ

This I can work with!

 

Goldberg def. Scott Putski; WCW Title Match

SQUASH!

 

Diamond Dallas Page & Roddy Piper def. Sting & Lex Luger by DQ

Luger vs Piper sounds shitacular!

 

Chris Benoit def. Dean Malenko

Goodness...

 

Disco Inferno def. Erik Watts

TNA V. 1.0

 

Berlyn def. Buff Bagwell

I thought Buff refused to put him over?

 

Sting & Lex Luger def. Hollywood Hogan & Bret Hart

The Politics must've been fun doing this match...

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The Savage/Tenta match was just as set up for another n.W.o. segment. The '96 show this week is fairly significant as it was the show where "Sting" (fake one) turned on WCW and joined the n.W.o. As for Buff/Berlyn this was the night after Buff refused to do the job at Fall Brawl so Duggan subbed for him and no sold everything. My guess is they forced Buff out there to do the job after the Fall Brawl debacle.

 

Anyways the Savage/Tenta recap is by John Petrie (otherarena.com) and the rest are by CRZ.

 

RANDY "MACHO MAN" SAVAGE vs. JOHN TENTA

Another non-match as Teddy Long comes to ringside after a few minutes,

yelling that the NWO is back. Savage checks outside as a black limo pulls

away. He (along with the rest of WCW) check out the other limo, grab the

yellow cans of paint, and spray "WCW" all over the outside.

 

Bischoff closes out the show by apologizing for signing in Hogan in the

first place. The Horsemen arrive (with Flair interrupting Bischoff much

as Hogan did to the Giant the previous week.) Arn and Flair announce

that it will be the Four Horsemen who will take on the NWO at Wargames.

 

Show ends with another replay of Sting attacking Luger.

 

 

CHRIS MONDAY JERICHO v. JIM ("yeahbaby! yeahbaby! Dammit, they spelled my name wrong AGAIN! yeahbaby!") NIEDHART for the WCW World Television Title - "Welcome to Monday Night Jericho! And ladies and gentlemen, I most definitely am the Walrus, goo goo ga joob! And I promise to never, EVER treat you Jerichoholics wrong just because I am better than all of you! Thank you!" I promise that if Niedhart wins the belt, I'll watch this match again and provide a blow-by-blow, otherwise I'm making a pizza. I think the Anvil didn't even know how to get into the Liontamer, much less sell it, so they kinda just rang the bell and it was over (4:41) - Anvil looked unhappy. Hey Anvil, you didn't have to WATCH this match, you don't KNOW unhappy.

 

 

CURTRICK HENNIGRUDE v. DEAN MALENKO - of course, we have to take an ad break right after Hennig & Rude's entrance.

 

This portion of WCW Monday Nitro is brought to you by SNICKERS! Nitro makes you snicker at least *once* a week...

 

Hennig is IMMEDIATELY on Malenko as soon as he enters the cage. Malenko with a drop toe hold and a lot of rights. Now they're trading blows. Hennig takes him to the turnbuckle. Hennig tries to leave (?) and Malenko hits the back body drop. Big knee. Whip, Hennig with a kick to the gut. He climbs on the roof (huh?) so Malenko brings him back down. To the corner. Repeated forearms. To the corner, but Malenko goes through and may have hit the cage with his head. Hennig with punches. To the corner we go. Kick to the head. Elbow, chop (woooo!), and, trying to take his head to the cage, Malenko blocks and elbows. Axehandle from Hennig. Kick. He's stomping away. Hennig appears to be concentrating his attack on Malenko's right shoulder, kneedrop, kneedrop. Hennig bends the arm backwards, then uses the rope for leverage. Rude appears to be unscrewing seomthing outside the cage. Rude pushes the camera away after realising he's been caught. Hennig continues to drop the boot on Malenko's back. Chop (woooo!), whip, Malenko puts up the boot and gets him in the mush. Hennig comes back with the sledge. 1, 2, no. Hennig again tries to put Malenko's head in the cage, but Malenko blocks it with his forearm. Hennig with the ko punches and Malenko goes down. Hennig has an object (commentators totally missed it) and punched Malenko in the tricep. 1, 2, no. Hennig continues working on the arm. Hennig has the right arm bent back but no submission. Looks like they butted heads as Malenko came off the rope. Both men sow to get up. Malenko firint back. Chops (woooo!) and now right hands. Elbow to the head. Kick to the knees. Hennig with a kick to a questionable area to regain momentum. Again he tries to take Malenko's head to the cage but Malenko puts a foot up against the cage. Hennig again pulls back the arm and grabs Malenko's mouth to ventriolquise (is that a word?) "I give up." - Hennig is the MAN now that he's sober. Oh, sorry. 1, 2, no. Another near fall. Kneelift to the head. Code Red by Hennig! Malenko locks his fingers to counter. Chop by Hennig (woooo!), FINALLY Malenko runs into the cyclone fencing at the hands of Hennig. Uppercut. Malenko manages to catapult Hennig into the cage wall. Cloverleaf attempt - Gennig to the rope. Whip, reverse, as Hennig picks up Malenko for the slam referee "Blind" Scott Dickinson gets hit. Again Malenko manages a kick and Hennig hits the cage wall. Tejas Cloverleaf is on but here's CRACKA EAZY-E with a key, STEVIE RAY is also out. Rude takes out Malenko with repeated fistdrops. Dickerson comes to and asks for the bell. (DQ 12:16) Rude repeatedly runs Malenko headfirst into the cage walls. Hennig covers and Rude counts three but darn it, it doesn't count. Stevie gets his licks in as Rude holds Malenko. And now they're setting up Malenko's head to get slammed in the cage a la what's-his-name from last year's WarGames. But wait...here's ARN ANDERSON! Hennig and Rude go down to sledgehammer blows! Arn's in the cage! The shirt is off! He's taking it to Stevie Ray! Malenko and Anderson share a look - while the NWO guys stand outside the cage...

 

 

#1 CONTENDER POLISH PIRATE SCOTT PUTSKI v. (bill "140-0") GOLDBERG for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship - Excuse me, I believe my pizza is ready. (entrance 2:22, match :52)

 

 

THIS IS) STING & THE NARCISSIST v. RODDY PIPER & DIAMOND DALLAS PAGE - Your referee is Mark Curtis. Piper and Page are arguing over who will start the match. Page ends up starting, along with Luger. Feeling out process. One minute has elapsed, with no moves. Lockup (finally!), beakup, Luger with the big "roaring lion" pose. Piper slaps Page and comes in and demolishes Luger, much to Page's chagrin. Piper munches on his face for good measure. To the turnbuckle, to the opposite turnbuckle, chop (woooo!) and Luger goes out. Piper follows. Luger's head meets the STEEL steps. Who are the fan favourites again? Piper yells out "WAR!" and tags Page. Page with a lot of elbows. Whip into the turnbuckles. Side suplex for 2. Another near fall for Page. Whip, big duck, big forearm shiver and Page goes down. Tag to Sting, crowd goes nuts. Gut shot, head to the canvas. Sting steps on the hand. Atomic drop, chops to the throat. Jumping DDT by Sting - yeah! Sting's the man! Whip into the ropes, big sidewalk slam but Page turns and Sting takes the brunt. 1, Luger breaks it up. Now all four men are in. Katie bar the door, it's a Pier Six brawl. Crowd stands, anticipating a run-in. Hey, they're right - here's KEVIN NASH, who posts Piper and then walks in the ring as Page takes out Sting (who sweared? I got muted stuff here). Jackknife (DQ 3:55). I guess that Page isn't joining the Wolfpack. NWO red shirt draped over Page and we take an ad break.

 

 

CHRIS BENOIT v. DEAN MALENKO - take two - They're going to try it again, winner to get a title shot later tonight. With the Revolution going 0-3 last night, we can only hope that something interesting tonight makes up for it (even though it'll prove that only idiots pay for PPVs) - Shane Douglas asks Winston-Salem if they're ready for a Revolution - just kidding. Anyway, here we go. Lockup, arm drag from Benoit. Lockup, hammerlock from Malenko, reversal, go behind, drop toehold from Malenko, floatover, reversal into a hammerlock from Benoit, standing up, power out, hiptoss blocked, clothesline ducked - flips back, over leapfrog, catches the leg, Benoit hits an enzuigiri. I need to note that PERRY SATURN & SHANE DOUGLAS are at ringside - to keep Sid away, hopefully. Some more mat wrestling - Malenko hits some back elbows. Benoit takes him over the top rope and falls with him. Both men on the floor. Both men up - trading punches. Douglas and Saturn break it up and tell them to keep it in the ring. They both roll back in. Test of - no, Malenko kicks, takes him off the ropes and into a cross armbreaker. Benoit and Malenko rolling with it. Benoit puts Malenko on his back - then raises him up, carrying him on one arm - and dropping him to the canvas. Shaking it off, Benoit whips him off the ropes and takes him down with a big shoulderblock for 2. Heenan talks about Sting - shame on him. Knife-edge chop from Benoit. Off the ropes, dropkickm misses - Malenko goes to the leg, rolls through, Benoit takes the bottom rope. Malneko stomps and drops the knee. Working the leg here - grapevining it now. Tonight, Berlyn and Bagwell - wow, I'm glad they waited a whole DAY before they had it! Malenk with an anklelock and Benoit screaming. Grabs the bottom rope again. Malenko stalking him - head into the buckle. Whip into the opposite corner is reversed, Malenko leaps over the top and lands on the buckle - Benoit stuns him, however, and hits a SUPERPLEX! Both men down - Douglas and Saturn cheerleading and the fans actually go with it. Both men up - double clothesline - arm draped over each man - referee "Blind" Billy Silverman counts a double pin - both men raise a shoulder at 2. Benoit takes him into the corner - foot up - trying for a rana - Benoit shrugs him off. Waistlock, Malenko elbows, Benoit flips him over and covers for 2 - Malenko counters for 2 - Benoit ducks a lariat and hits a German suplex - holding on - but Malenko blocks and counters for 2. Into the corner - backdrop suplex from Benoit - thumb crosses throat - but Malenko catches him on the top turnbuckle - Malenko superplex hits, but Benoit continues the momentum from Malenko's floatover and puts the shoudlers on the mat - 1, 2, 3! Benoit is your winner!! (7:15) Great match - quick, turn the TV off before they kill off any good feelings by putting on some crap! All four Revolution members celebrate a match well ... matched.

 

 

ERIK WATTS v. DISCO INFERNO - Commentators all but guarantee a Sid run-in for this match. It's tushy-kickin' time! Watts punches away, Disco goes to the eyes. Off the ropes, hiptoss is blocked, so is his hiptoss, Watts his a uranage-alike and does that "my hands are guns" things. Watts yanking on the arm. Off the ropes, atomic drop from Disco, swinging neckbreaker. Disco poses. Stomp, head to the buckle. Kick, kick, kick, kick, whip into the opposite corner, charge sidestepped - Watts with a gutshot, and a powerbomb that was supposed to land on the turnbuckle, close enough. There's a mocking disco move from Watts - humourous belly-flop splash for 2. Stomp. There's another. Field goal kick. Off the ropes, head down, elbow from Disco, side Russian legsweep, second rope forearm smash misses because he's spent too much time mocking Watts' gun motions. Suddenly some crowd noise is turned on - sounds like a "Sid" chant. BLATANT fake crowd noise here - crowd looks around like "what's that?" - we cut to a (planted) "Boring - where's Sid?" sign and then take a split screen of Sid sitting in a locker room, muttering to himself. Chartbuster for the pin. (3:09) Sid's cut off and we go back to Disco with the mic. "I told everybody that I was a superstar! I told everybody that I was an icon! I told everybody that I was a main eventer - and dammit, I'm the guy that's taking WCW to the millennium!" SID VISCOUS is out - powerbomb. CHARLES ROBINSON, wearing the US title belt, holds the sign - and they are STILL misspelling it. Sigh. There's a "pin" on Watts. There's another powerbomb for Disco. "Someone asked me - 'Sid, can you define "intimidation?"' Well, I think Mr. Heenan, there's a perfect answer for that. See, he's gonna try to stereotype me as the big dumb guy. Well, Mr. Heenan's view, Mr. Hogan, Mr. Hart, and you, Billy boy - when you come to field to meet the man, if it's in a battle of wits - or a physical battle - everyone comes unarmed! Un Armed. But when you come to battle with Sid Vicious, there's no way to win! No way to win - so I have taken it upon myself. I have reached out and I have took what was so valuable to Benoit, and I have it here today, and I can honestly say for the first time in WCW, that this belt is untarnished! For I will not let trash like this touch my belt! And I will not let trash like Bill Goldberg - I will not give him the opportunity to touch what is mine, because in the year 2000 they will sing only one name! And the name will be...Sid! Sid! Sid! Sid! Sid! Sid! Sssssssssssssssssssssssssssid, hahahahahahahaha. Haa! Let's get one more! Here's another powerbomb for Disco Inferno (who's had to just LIE here all this time). Scott Dickenson counts a pinfall. Idiot.

 

 

BYRLYN (mit Ute Ludendorf und sein bodyguard) v. BUFF IS THE STUFF - Ute Ludendorf joins the commentators, flabbergasting them (THAT took work, hah?) and then speaking Deutsch instead of English. Amazingly, Buff shows up for this match! Bagwell laughs at Berlin's haircut, and then leads a "USA" chant. Lockup, armdrag and pose - Berlyn with a big ol' kyck, hammering hym, off the ropes with a dropkyck. Whyp is reversed into a powerslam. Clotheslyne from Berlyn. Ute's actually using German that I know - not that I don't USUALLY find the commentary distracting when it's in English. Three lariats from Bagwell. Buff perches on the top turnbuckle, but Berlyn pops up and kicks the top rope. Second rope supyrplex. Stompyng away. The bodyguard has some sort of object around hys hand - but referee "Blind" Billy Silverman, in a SHOCKING display of competency, spots what's going on and prevents him from using it. Berlyn with a belly-to-back suplex for 2. To a heydlock. "USA" chant may not be fully piped in - who knows. Bagwell elbows out, Berlyn ryght back on him. Clubbyng forearm to the back of the head. There's a whyp into the ropes and a leg laryat when he comes out. Kneey to the gut. Slyde dropkyck to take Bagwell to the outside. Again, the bodyguard slowly stalks, and Silverman catches him again. Bagwell makes it to the apron, puts a head in the gut, but Berlyn is quickly back. Head to one buckle - head to another is blocked and Bagwell hits HIM on the buckle. Top rope clothesline, dropkick, scoop - and a slam, pose, off the ropes with a swinging neckbreaker. Taking him to the corner - time for the ten punch countalong. Berlyn flops 6.0

3.4 while Bagwell pinwheels. Off the ropes, Berlyn holds on - Bagwell after him - there's a hot shot, bodyguard FINALLY gets to use his loaded fist - there's the neckbreyker. 1, 2, 3. (Call 4:11) Cameras get all fuzzy again and just before the ad break, Heenan lets loose with "AND YOU WILL LIKE IT!"

 

 

(THIS IS) STING & THE NARCISSIST v. BRET CLARKE & YOU KNOW WHO - Everybody brawls on the outside before the introductions are done - Hart and Luger, and Hogan and Sting. Referee is Charles Robinson, which seems to BEG for Sid to ruin this match. Hogan and Sting in the ring - Sting's head on the turnbuckle. Pounding away - now choking him when he tries to escape. Right hand, climbing to the second rope for the ten punch countalong. Sting staggers to the centre of the ring, Hogan ko's him. Tag to Hart. Right, right, right, right, right, Bret is a technical MONSTER. Backbreaker breaks the monotony of the punches. Headbutt to the abdomen. Sting rakes the face. Off the ropes, clothesline from Sting. Elbowdrop, another elbowdrop. Sting calls to the crowd - and they answer. Right hand from Sting. Off the ropes, duck, double clothesline and both men are down. Hogan leading some synchronised clapping. Sting makes the tag. Elbowdrop - misses - tag to Hogan! Point, boot, right, right, right, whip into the opposite corner, follow lariat. Right hand. Off the ropes, big boot. Sting in, down after a right. But Hogan turns around and eats a big Ace toolbox elbow. Now Luger stomping away. Big scoop - and a big slam. Tag to Sting. Sting to the top - top-rope splash - 1, 2, Hogan gets a shoulder up. Sting drops an elbow on the knee. And again. Half crab from Sting. Tag to Luger. Luger drapes the knee on the bottom rope, then buttdrops it. Now big stomping on the knee. Hart comes in and distracts the ref, so Luger puts on a big choke. "Hogan" chant - allegedly. Sting and Hogan trading blows - now Hogan coming back - now Sting raking the face to stop that momentum. Tag to Luger. Big double sledge, and another. Another big stomp. Luger drives the head to the buckle - nope. Blocked by Hogan. Luger's head meets the buckle - nine times! Luger makes a big desperation kick to the knee and hits it. Tag to Sting. Snap suplex - but Hogan pops right back up. Clothesline. Sting goes to the mat and tries to go for the knee. Got it. Sting stomps on the knee. Tag to Luger - who continues to work on the knee. Big atomic drop. Big kicks to the knee. Hogan goes to the eyes. Now Hogan's punching back. Now Luger goes to the big eyepoke. Tag to sting. Double clothesline ducked, Hogan hits a double clothesline of his own. All three men down. There's the hot tag! Hart's a house on fire! Sting left in - whip into the ropes, gutshot, side Russian legsweep for 2. Backbreaker across the knee. Second rope elbowdrop. Luger in to break the count. Hogan is in. Big boot to Luger! Well, DIAMOND DALLAS PAGE is walking to the ring with a baseball bat. Hart has Sting in the Sharpshooter - Page in with the bat, but Hogan cuts him off. The bat falls to the canvas, where Luger picks it up - and PASTES Hart right in the nose with it. Sting hooks the leg as Robinson finally turns around. 1, 2, 3. (9:59) Sting, Page, and Luger walk off arm in arm. Hart's covered up by the trainer...and we're out.

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Hogan/Luger was actually a pretty huge deal back in 95.

 

*calls for recap*

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Hogan/Luger was actually a pretty huge deal back in 95.

 

*calls for recap*

Old recaps for the early Nitro shows are hard to find. Guess no one thought it would last. Anyways best I can do is off a thing called the Ring Report on the RSPW message board:

 

Next was the so called, "Match of the Century."

LEX LUGER got THAT HH GUY in the Torture Rack, HH did his idiotic, flat

out stupid, Superman comeback, did his usual crap, and then dropped the

"big leg." Then, before the ref. made the count you all know what

happened, unless, of course your an idiot. For you idiots, AKA

HH-a-Maniacs, there was a DOD run-in. AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

!&$#@^$@$)*^$*!!!!! Sorry, but I had to get that out of my system. Folks,

that was screw job #3! . . . Then after a commercial break, WCW actually

did something that can be considered intelligent on this show. An

interview with HH, Hart, Luger, Sting, and the Macho Man. Basically, Macho

Man did NOT want Luger apart of the team and wondered why DOD never

attacked Luger, Sting or Hart. Sting wanted Luger on the team. Hart wanted

him too and HoH okayed it. Luger is now on the team. Now, everyone is

expecting somebody to turn, but I highly doubt it

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Scratch that I found another recap on RSPW by Michael T. Tyler:

 

That HH Guy defeated Lex "The Total Package" Luger by DQ

when the Dungeon of DoDo attacks Guy. COMMENTS: This was billed

by B*tchoff as the Match of the Century. Hogan receives

a 5* performance for performing 3 legal wrestling moves:

half-nelson armbar, suplex which Luger bounced up from, and

choose any version of lock you want. Horrible match. At ~ 4:00

mark, Luger put on Guy in the Human Torture Rack. Thinking he

made Hogan pass out and being the new world champion, Luger raises

his arm and the ref forces it down. After an argument, Luger

runs to pin Hogan. 12... Hulk-Up. Foot to the face, legdrop:

1... Oh it's the Dookey Boys. Macho Man, Sting clear the ring.

RATING: -3*, but I learned a long time ago that the main event

is not supposed to be the best matchm but the one that has

the most impact on the card.

[TheOriginalOrangeGoblin 0]

That Savage & Hogan hate Luger, Sting likes Luger storyline was actually pretty great. It ended with Sting & Luger breaking off I think and that should've led to a Luger turn...but never did.

 

Thanks for finding that.