The Show
WCW World Tag Team Title Match: Harlem Heat (Booker T & Stevie Ray) (w/ Col. Robert Parker & Sister Sherri) (c) defeated The Rock 'n' Roll Express (Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson)
- The Rock n Roll Express are a heck of a tag team. They've done it all - NWA, AWA, WCW, WWE, and they even competed recently in NJPW and AEW. They've been going strong since 1985. This match is pretty legit, it's the best of the old days, vs the best of the new days (well, new in 1996), with Harlem Heat. Also, a neat side note - random WCW wrestlers surrounding the ring to keep the nWo out.
Nasty Boys Promo
- A few weeks prior, they were saying good things about the nWo. Now, they don't seem to be big nWo fans. Then, Sting and Luger came out and asked where their loyalty lies, which led to a challenge in the ring, because the Nasty Boys said their loyalty is "none of their stinkin' business". Gotta love 90's tough talk!
Singles Match: Malia Hosaka (w/ Sonny Onoo) defeated Madusa (4:39)
- They just had this match on Nitro #44. The WCW women's division must be pretty thin.
Singles Match: Alex Wright defeated Chris Benoit (w/ Debra McMichael, Miss Elizabeth & Woman) by Count Out (8:20)
- I really don't feel comfortable talking much about Chris Benoit, due to what he did. All I usually say is he had talent in the ring. I do like Alex Wright though. I'm ready for his rivalry with Disco Inferno. I loved that angle back in the day.
Singles Match: Randy Savage defeated Lord Steven Regal (w/ Jeeves) (6:18)
- Pretty standard match. Good back and forth. Luger and Sting came out again for some reason. Sitting in the four open chairs in the front row that the announcers have been talking about since last week. After the match, Macho cut a promo about his title opportunity with the winner of the Giant/Hogan match. Sting said, "I see a long life for WCW", to which I had to chuckle.
Backstage Segment
- They showed who was in the limo. Apparently, flowers, as "condolences on the "death of WCW". Har har har.
WCW United States Heavyweight Title Match: The Booty Man (w/ The Booty Babe) defeated Ric Flair (w/ Debra McMichael, Miss Elizabeth & Woman) (c) by DQ (3:00)
- Oh lord, I forgot about the Booty Man. Or, Brutus Beefcake. Or The Disciple, as he'd be known later. Interesting note, the Booty Babe is Kimberly Page, DDP's ex-wife and valet. The Four Horsemen interfered, and beat up the Booty Man (apparently because he's a friend of Hogan).
nWo Promo
- These guys sure knew how to cut a promo. I love these old black and white promos. The promo cut out, because apparently Sting and Lex asked them to stop it.
WCW World Heavyweight Title Match: The Giant (w/ Jimmy Hart) (c) defeated Sgt. Craig Pittman (w/ Teddy Long) (2:33)
- Sgt Craig apparently didn't go anywhere after WCW. I was trying to remember this guy and I couldn't. But there's Teddy Long, playa playa!
Tag Team Match: Lex Luger & Sting defeated The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs & Jerry Sags) (7:05)
- That was a fun match.
Post-Match
- The limo is back, and now Sting and Luger want to go down and see what/who is in the latest limousine to pull up backstage. The ending is yet another cliffhanger, which I loved about WCW back in the day. They have a "after the match exclusion" which shows a letter, in a bag, from the nWo. The letter says there may be four guys, or five. And we're on to Sturgis for Hog Wild!
Random Notes
- Same Glacier promos again that we've been seeing for the last several weeks on Nitro. WCW really seems to be invested in this dude.
- WCW really knew how to work a camera. You feel like you're right in the action with how their camera guys worked.
No comments:
Post a Comment