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
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