Nitro September 11th, 1995

So Nitro kicks off with a view of the city they are in. I miss this in the beginning of shows, it was really cool to see what the city was like where they were filming from and what not.

And now we get a recap of what happened on the debut of Nitro when Lex Luger all of the sudden ditched the beloved Lex Express and jumped ship to WCW to be with "the big boys" (more like guys who were over and cool in 1987.) So Lex right off the bat challenges Hulkster for the World title on Nitro next week and Hogan accepts. Of course, in WCW fashion, this match is hyped to be the "match of the century." Sadly, Bischoff did not mention this was going to be match of the century because it's the battle of American heros, brother.

Right after the package, notorious Hogan hater and the voice of the insider fans in the 1980's and 1990's about Hulk Hogan, Bobby Heenan, said something so bad it even made MONGO MCMICHAEL facepalm. Think about that. What Bobby said, and I quote, "Come tonight Hogan is going to be in a nitro of trouble." Ha, get it? Because the show is called Nitro? No? Oh whatever. Bobby Heenan is still better then you. Of course Bischoff just brushed that statement off just like he always does with Heenan. At least Schivone actually acknowledged Bobby Heenan unlike Bischoff. Seriously, the only person who payed attention to Heenan most of the time was MONGO. Poor Bobby. He deserved better then this.

After about 5 minutes of Bischoff going on about how the "big boys" play here in WCW and Mongo's incoherent nonsense, we FINALLY get on with a match. It is the debut of Sabu. I wonder how many times he's going to botch in this match? Sabu went up against Alex Wright who was actually a really good opponent for Sabu's debut. They had a decent chemistry in this match and Sabu actually didn't blow a spot in this match that was very noticable. He botched a hurricanrana to the outside but somehow Sabu always botches hurricanrana's anyway. 

We now head to the outside where there were some decent spots like Alex Wright picking up Sabu and slamming him face first onto the ring apron and Sabu irish whipping Alex Wright into the barricade. Sabu then grabs a chair and goes for his famous spot of sprinting jumping over a chair to a clothesline.

Alex Wright got out of the way! Sabu crashed HARD into the barricade. To be honest, I actually liked that spot a lot and was my favorite part of the match. Though Sabu botches frequently, that crazy motherfucker always impresses me somehow in a match no matter how much he botches. 

So after Sabu gets up, Alex Wright looks to try to critically damage Sabu by hitting a HARD bodyslam onto to the floor. It even made me cringe. Wright then smashes Sabu's head against the turnbuckle post and rolls him back into the ring.

AMAZING dropkick off the top by Alex Wright. Holy shit look at that height. Wright kicks Sabu HARD and he crashes on the match. Somehow, they both get back up and continue to irish whip each other into the ropes and hit back drops and what not. Sabu then irish whipped Alex Wright into the corner and set him up on the top turnbuckle for what seems to be an arabian facebuster. Sabu nailed it! He then pinned Alex Wright for the 1-2-3.

The victory celebration doesn't last long for Sabu however, as he gets right back up and starts punching Alex Wright in the face! The ref keeps calling for the bell trying to tell Sabu that the match is over but Sabu just won't listen. I never understood the bell ringing. I'm sure the wrestlers know the match is over and they don't need to be annoyed with that bell because it's obvious they want to beat the shit out of their enemy and they don't care that the match is over they just care if they hurt him or not. So then Sabu whips Alex Wright to the outside! Sabu then went toward the stage and grabbed something!

Oh good God, Sabu and tables never and I mean NEVER  mix. This is just a botch waiting to happen. So Alex Wright gets up and starts standing in front of the table instead of laying on it. What did I tell you, this is just a botch waiting to happen. I can't wait to see how this ends up. Sabu then heads back into the ring and attempts an arrabian splash. Will he botch it!?

.......Yep. he slipped on the rope and he went through the table harder then Alex Wright did. Great first impression on the fans with that spot, Sabu....

So after that trainwreck of a spot, Nick Patrick calls for the ring announcer! He reversed his decision! No wonder Nick Patrick was the only referee in the nWo. He's a dick. Nitro then heads for a commercial break.

So Nitro returns with Gene Okerlund in the ring getting ready for an interview with Ric Flair. Yes, that is an ECW sign in the background. If this was a WWF show, that sign would of been confiscated. Apparently ECW signs during WWF shows back then was like having a Chris Benoit sign at a RAW these days...

So basically it's a typical Ric Flair promo about styling, profiling, etc. but with a lot less craziness. He's hyping his match with former best friend Arn Anderson for Fall Brawl this Sunday. Should be a pretty solid match even though the storyline had as good of a build up as Daniel Bryan and CM Punk did this year.

A wild Lex Luger appears! Is he going to be Ric Flair's new tag team partner!? Will he be revealed as hired to take out Arn Anderson before Fall Brawl!? No to both. So Lex just stands there while Ric is putting him over by talking about how great he is and you know what Lex does? He just says "Things haven't changed about you Ric." He laughs and just leaves. What the hell was that about? I know the signing of Lex Luger was huge at the time but was that really necessary? He's going to have enough TV time and hype with the "match of the century" coming up later tonight. Wait a second, who am I kidding!? There never was logic in WCW.... Or wrestling in general! Nitro then heads to yet another commercial. Thank God I got a commercial skipped tape.

So then Nitro comes back to the debut of V.K. Wall Street who is basically rich heel #345873598. He's set to take on Sting in his debut. Gee, I wonder who will win. So anyway obviously Sting gets the upper hand in the beginning of the match by throwing V.K. all over the ring and working the crowd. Sting really worked the crowd well for this match since they're actually kinda responding to it. Obviously if this was in 2012, there would be no response unless if this was on Smackdown! and was pipped in. 

Oh, I also need to add this. Since this match is filler, the commentary team just go on about the main event and taking shots at the WWF. Funny thing is, before this match started Bischoff mentioned RAW was taped and revealed the results to Shawn Michaels vs. Psycho Sid live on the air. Yet as the match began, Eric tries to keep kayfabe by saying Vader went AWOL after leaving WCW and cannot compete for Hogan's team at Fall Brawl in Wargames this Sunday. I don't know about you, but I find that really funny.

But anywho, V.K. then all of the sudden starts getting the upper hand in this match by hip tossing Sting and irish whipping him for a solid minute.

Wait a second, Sting is making a comeback! After hitting a few Stinger Splashes, Sting pins V.K.after a clothesline from the top rope. Overall this was a very, very forgettable match and the commentary didn't help either since it was just incoherent nonsense from Mongo, Bobby Heenan actually trying to put V.K. over, and Bischoff just making shots at the WWF how Diesel is nothing but a midcarder and how Lex Luger jumped ship to WCW to play with the "big boys" like Hulk Hogan. Jesus christ if I hear Eric say "big boys" one more time I think I might headbutt a wall...

We now see a hype for this week's WCW Saturday Night and the first thing I see is the debut of Disco Inferno. I almost screamed like a little schoolgirl when I saw this. DISCO FEVAH! DISCO FEVAH! DISCO FEVAH! YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH! Nitro then heads for yet ANOTHER commercial break. Jesus, I feel bad for the people who watched this live with all these commercials.

We now come back from commercial and it is Randy Savage vs. Scott Norton. Scott Norton is the man. He was great in Japan. Anyway, the match starts with Norton like a typical heel attacking Randy Savage before the match and for a solid few minutes they were just running the ropes doing clotheslines and what not. They then battle on the outside for a little bit as Randy threw Norton out of the ring and hit a double axe handle off the top rope to the outside.

Oh shit! The double axe handle hurt Randy's back after an awkward landing! Randy is favoring his lower back and even the oblivious WCW announcers acknowledged this. That's really saying something. But basically Norton dominates Savage for most of the match. But wait!

In typical wrestling fashion, the face always retaliates somehow and irish whips Norton into the turnbuckle and nails a few punches on him. Randy is getting hyped up but Norton is starting to make a comeback! Savage eventually comes back to take the advantage! BUT WAIT!

A wild Dungeon of Doom has appeared! the referee is being completely oblivious and Randy Savage throws Norton into Shark! Shark falls through the ropes and lands directly on Norton's legs!

Randy Savage is going for it! He hits the elbow! Scott Norton can't kick out because of the fucking fatass Shark on his legs! 1-2-3 Savage wins!

But it's not over yet! The Dungeon of Doom is here! (Hurray?...) and beats up Randy Savage! But Randy retaliates and throws the Dungeon of Doom to the outside and the rest of them run away! Nitro then heads to a commercial break because coming up next is the match of the century!

Yes I know it's a shitty picture, but here comes Lex Luger as Nitro returns from the break. As Luger is coming out, Eric Bischoff informs us that Nitro is taking ANOTHER commercial. Jesus. But what made me laugh before Nitro went to break was Eric saying this: "Stay tuned to the action and Hulk Hogan!" They really weren't kidding when they said Hogan was the supreme ruler in WCW with his creative control.

Nitro returns from break and... HOLY FUCKING SHIT IS THAT A WRESTLING BUDDY!? FUCK YEAH THOSE THINGS KICK ASS.

......Sorry about that. I love wrestling buddies. Anyway, the match of the century starts and well..... It sucks. First off, for most of the match they just circled each other around the small ass WCW ring and did tie ups, broke up the tie up, and circled each other yet again. Ugh.....

HOLY SHIT HULK HOGAN JUST DID A CHAIN WRESTLING MANUVER. Goddamn I was not expecting that. Really Hulk Hogan doing chain wrestling was the only thing that kept my attention during this match since the match was just tedious tie ups, rolling out of the ring, and more tie ups.

We all know what this means! It means you're not going over! We all know what happens so I'm not even going to comment on this,

Yipee! Hogan wins! But oh shit! Here's the Dungeon of Doom again! Damn those evil bastards attacking Hulk Hogan after his five star classic rated by Dave Meltzer! But the Hulkamaniacs run in and save the day! But the Dungeon of Doom didn't touch Luger! Is Luger in the Dungeon!? Nitro then heads to commercial AGAIN.

So Nitro comes back with Mean Gene in the ring trying to get an explanation in all this. The Hulkamaniacs start going on about how Luger might be in with Dungeon but they want him to join their team at Fall Brawl since Vader went "AWOL." So they have a vote like they're inviting him into their treehouse or some shit and he's on the team. So that concludes Nitro. Ugh. I'm just going to end this with this picture:

FINAL RATING:

6.8/10

RAW September 11th, 1995

Here we go. If you're wondering why 9/4/95 isn't here, there was no RAW that week and only Nitro and I only review RAW and Nitro when they're head to head.

And this is how Monday Night RAW starts. Just this with static for a good 20 seconds. So exciting!

So RAW kicks off with a Summerslam recap of the epic ladder match between Razor Ramon and Shawn Michaels. Personally, the one they had at Summerslam 1995 was way better then the one they had at Wrestlemania X.

And now we see the British Bulldog turning heel on Diesel who somehow drew less then the Ultimate Warrior as champion. That's really saying something. But Bulldog just beats up Diesel and it ultimately leads to nowhere on this episode of RAW. The WWF always did that during this time period anyway.

For the first match of the night it is Razor Ramon vs. British Bulldog. Not bad. This match lived exactly up to my expectations as an entertaining match for free TV since back then free TV matches lacked a lot of depth and only had a long and epic match once in a blue moon. Hey, at least it's not an hour of squashes and promos like the TV shows were in the 1980's.

So overall this match has been pretty back and forth and the entire match was back and forth anyway. Razor gets the advantage for a small amount of time and like a typical heel with a manager, Davey Boy goes to Jim Cornette for a pep talk. I swear managers are a lost art. I miss managers.

And now a wild Dean Douglas appears! Dean is apparently feuding with Razor Ramon at this time and actually getting pushed. His gimmick was so cartoony it was great and went over. Only if his push actually was successful....

A wild 1-2-3 Kid appears!? Is he going to help out his friend Razor Ramon from the evil Dean Douglas!?

1-2-3 Kid's attack did critical damage now Dean is running to the back in rage! 1-2-3 Kid gained 30 XP. He hasn't quite evolved into Syxx-Pac yet.

And now with Dean in the back, Davey Boy hit a powerslam! 1-2-3 Kid is now going into save his friend Razor Ramon from the evil Englishman with a frog splash! And like a true heel, Davey gets out of the way having 1-2-3 crash and burn onto Razor. The referee has been knocked out since Dean Douglas appeared and now only in the wrestling world can heels get away with doing dirty tricks behind the referee's back but the referee sees the face interfere. Of course, in WWF fashion, this match is a DQ finish with the win going to Razor Ramon.

And now Vince McMahon is trying to get a word with these two about what the fuck just happened a few minutes ago. Is 1-2-3 Kid showing his true colors as Vince McMahon would call it!?

It appears I am mistaken! 1-2-3 Kid, like CM Punk, is demanding respect from his best friend Razor Ramon and in pro wrestling logic, you demand that you have a wrestling match with your best friend in front of thousands of people and millions around the world on television. Razor doesn't show any emotion to this which really hurts this segment and 1-2-3 never really showed too much emotion either. So basically like everything else during this era in the WWF, it was unbelievable.

Well since 1-2-3 Kid left the ring going to the back to put his tampon in, Vince McMahon is trying to get Razor's thoughts on what just happened here with 1-2-3 Kid. What does Razor do instead? Talk about Dean Douglas and how he will beat him at In Your House. Jesus christ, what a dick.

And now after a commercial break, RAW returns with the super exciting tag teams of the Smoking Gunns vs. Brooklyn Brawler and Rad Radsteen! Well Brooklyn and Radsteen didn't get an entrance so it's obvious they're going to get squashed by the Gunns. Plus Rad Radsteen is under a grunge gimmick. Jesus christ Vince, at this point grunge died at least two years ago! But anyway, wrestling has always been outdated with the fashion trends, fads, current events, etc. But yep, this match was nothing but a squash.

After the Gunns celebrated their "hard fought" victory, we now head to a Goldust vignette. I am such a Goldust mark that I bounce off the walls every time I see him. Overall a great promo with a Night of the Living Dead quote, and he kept talking about how a dark cloud will be coming over the WWF when he debuts. If this was 1995, I would of been legit excited to see this guy.

And now we had to RAW's promotional considerations payed for by the following companies. Goddammit where's JR to have an orgasm over these!?

And now RAW returns with Issac Yankem, D.D.S. facing a jobber. Obviously this match was really quick and the commentary was nothing but trying to get Issac over. Jerry Lawler was actually trying to get Issac heel heat by saying "Issac is the 5th dentist that says kids shouldn't have Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwiches and Bologna sandwiches with their lunches!" Thanks Jerry, now I hate Issac more then Fred Phelps hates gay people. 

That is literally one of the worst chokeslams I have ever seen. And to think THIS guy was going to be Kane and become a WWF champion!?

And the DDS! Get it? Because he's a dentist? and the move is called a DDT!? I am not joking that was the name of Issac's finishing move. I almost wanted to headbutt a wall after hearing that. We now cut the crowd and..

OH MY GOOD GOD WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT!?

I'm sorry folks, that scared the shit out of me. Anyway we cut now to Todd Pentingall in the newscenter. Todd was the man. But he's hyping In Your House which is coming up in two weeks and showing the card for it thus far. It's really a hollowed Superstars card. Those were the early In your House's in general anyway.

So now we cut to a hype video of why this feud between Bret Hart and Jean-Pierre Lafiete, an evil french pirate, broke out. It was over Jean stealing Bret's sunglasses that he gave to a kid in the front row. Seriously. And this calls for a PPV match. Oh well, this had better build up then CM Punk vs. Daniel Bryan indefinitely!

Sorry kid, Jean Lafiete didn't screw you, you screwed yourself. If this were the attitude era, then this kid would of been a cancer patient judging by his bald head.

And now before getting to the main event, we cut to the guy who manages the WWF catalog selling HBK merchandice that is bound to ruin your child's social life at school! $25 for plastic heart glasses and a hat? What a great deal! An idiot wouldn't take that deal! 

So now FINALLY the main event begins for the Intercontiental title between Shawn Micheals and Psycho Sid. Michaels get the upper hand in the beginning of the match with his speed advantage and forcing Sid to go out of the ring to clear his thoughts and get a pep talk from his manager Ted DiBiasse.

And holy shit Shawn Michaels just sold a choke slam from a guy who shit himself during a match like he just got shot. That takes some real skill there my friend.

...... I love Shawn Michaels's selling and all but goddamn this is just over the top. Shawn was literally selling this like he was dry humping Sid. If only I had a gif of this.....

The boyhood dream has come true!

And now after the match we get a...... STRIP TEASE!? And I directly quote Vince McMahon during this: "It's the show after the show!" in a very sexually pleased voice with his commentary voice. Think about how fucked up that sounds right there.

I think I just threw up in my mouth. And this ends RAW. Jesus.....

FINAL RATING:

7.6/10