WCW Monday Nitro - Monday 01/26/98

• We will begin with our Bill Goldberg profile:
  • Real Name: William Scott Goldberg
  • Nicknames:
    • Began wrestling as Bill Goldberg
    • January 5th was claimed to ask to be referred to by his last name only
    • January 12th request ignored and Larry Zbyszko even referred to him as "Wild" Bill Goldberg
  • Birthdate: December 27, 1966
  • Family:
    • Parents: Jed and Ethel
    • Brother: Mike
      • Works in airplane business Aspen, Colorado
      • Roomed with former pro wrestler Ken Patera at the University of Minnesota (Note From Bill: That's also Ric Flair's claim)
    • Brother: Steve
    • Sister: Barbara
    • Girlfriend: Lisa, used to be involved in the business
  • High School: Thomas Edison High School (Tulsa, Oklahoma)
    • First team All-City, All-State (All classes)
    • Blue Chip prospect List by Tulsa World
  • College: University of Georgia
    • Redshirted 1985
    • Lettered 1986-1989 (http://www.sports.uga.edu/football/history/lettermen.html)
    • Received "Most Promising Defensive Sophomore" at Georgia in 1987
    • Member of "Junkyard Dog Club" reserved for Georgia's best defensive players
    • Received Georgia "Bone" in 1987 for INT vs. South Carolina. Award goes to players who make game-saving plays.
    • Earned "Coffee County Hustle Award," the most prestigious spring football award, 1989.
    • Defensive Captain.
    • 348 career tackles, led team with 121 tackles as a senior (single-season record for linemen).
    • 12 quarterback sacks ranks 12th all-time at Georgia.
    • Career-high 19 tackles as senior vs. Florida.
    • Started every game as a senior.
    • All-American by Football News and All-SEC honoree by Associated Press as senior.
    • Degree in Psychology
    • Wore uniform #95
    • Played in 1990 Japan Bowl
  • Professional football
    • 11th round draft pick Los Angeles Rams, 1990
    • Failed final preseason cut and was invited back following season only to be cut again
    • 7th round draft pick of Sacramento Surge (World League of American Football)
    • Recorded 57 tackles and 3 sacks with Surge
    • WLAF Championship ring with Surge, Spring 1992
    • Atlanta Falcons 1992-1994, wore #71
    • Tore abdomen which eventually ended career
    • Drafted by Carolina Panthers, 1995 expansion draft. 33rd of 35 picks for Panthers (http://www.bbwc.com/History/NYG95/expdft95.html)
    • Injuries prevented him from playing with Panthers
    • Sports Encyclopedia of Pro Football: 6-2, 272
    • Nose tackle-defensive tackle
    • No professional football trading cards made
  • Professional wrestling
    • "Mastered" judo and jujitsu
    • WCW lists him at 6-3, 285
    • Has $1000-plus video collection to study wrestling tapes
    • Credits ringwork to Arn Anderson
    • Debuted vs. Hugh Morrus on September 22nd Nitro
  • Goldberg on the Web:
  • Greg189@aol.com of the Rings of Fire Control center (http://members.aol.com/greg1989/index.html)
  • Ultimate Goldberg (http://wcwwrestling.com./news/madden/971111m/index.html)
  • The Bill Goldberg is a Terrible Wrestler Page (http://prairie.lakes.com.~karlsass/Goldberg.html)
  • The Bill Goldberg Picture Gallery (http://wwz.simplenet.com/bgoldberg.htm)
  • Bill Goldberg Images (http://whoh.simplenet.com/Wcw/bill2.html)
  • Bill Goldberg (http://wrestlefest.simplenet.com/wcw/goldbg.html)
• And on to the show....

• Dark match: Super Calo, Silver King, & Lizmark Jr. defeat La Parka & The Villanos.
  • La Parka injured his leg during his Nitro dark match.
• Nitro opens up with the interview from Souled Out II where Piper tells Hall to forget about his title shot at Superbrawl and announces that Hogan and Sting will face off again at Superbrawl.
• We are live from Ft Wayne, Indiana for 3 hours of Nitro!!!
  • Looks like Tony has recomposed himself from Dusty turning.
    • Maybe if Tony turns nWo his kids can play with Dusty's again. :-)
  • Heenan is on the broadcast team for the first hour.
  • They announce that The Giant was injured at the hands of Big Kev at Souled Out.
    • They played this up by having DDP and Luger segments about how they can't wait to get their hands on Kev.
• Ultimo Dragon over El Dandy with the Dragon Sleeper
  • Not too much to say about this match other than it was slow and boring.
    • I hope we don't have to put up with matches like this for 3 hours.
  • It would have been nice for Dusty to be broadcasting this match, because everyone knows that The American Dream loves El Dandy.
  • Sign: "Choose me Raven"-- not a lot of thought put into that one, but it sure does add to the various cornucopia of signs evident in wrestling arenas these days.
• The Nitro Girls, oh, and Gene, are live from the University of Tennessee in Chattanooga for their first live Nitro Party.
  • Only one and a half hours from Knoxville and yours truly...
  • The Nitro Girls, Gene Okerlund, and a bunch of drunken horny frat guys...
    • Insert your own jokes for this one...
• Goldberg over Brad Armstrong with the Jackhammer
  • Goldberg over a jobber, haven't we seen this before?
  • I bet Armstrong's brother is rubbing it in considering he's a tag champ in the WWF.
    • Well, I would be! :-)
  • I think that this is the first match Goldberg didn't bust his mouth.
• Tenay interviews JJ Dillon
  • Show footage of the bad bump that The Giant took from the Jackknife courtesy of Big Kev at Souled Out II.
  • Dillon makes a reference to Double A's neck surgery teasing that The Giant's career is possibly over.
  • Uh Oh, JJ is getting a little irate. I think he's serious...
  • JJ threatens to DQ, fine, and possibly terminate any wrestler who uses the powerbomb in their matches from now on.
    • Does Cowboy Bill Watts ring a bell?
• K-Dawg w/Vincent over Jerry Flynn with the Tequila Sunrise
  • The announcers, living up to their reputation, totally ignore this match.
    • They continue to tease that The Giant's career is over.
      • Refer to Double A and Paul Orndorff.
  • Great Caesar's Ghost, K-Dawg is taking advice from Vincent!
    • The career of Carlos Ashkenoff may now be over.
  • K-Dawg decides to show his ability of conquering the Karate Kid's crane.
  • Typical K-Dawg match....
    • Scratches himself
    • Rolling clothesline
    • Scratches himself again
    • Dropkick
    • suplex...nope, he's just scratching himself
  • Instead of jobbing, he wins with the Tequila Sunrise
• Clips from the Nitro Party
• "Iron" Mike Tenay interviews Steve "Mongo" McMichael
  • Mongo says that he no longer likes football, wrestling is his thing.
    • Maybe you should have taken off the Bears jacket before you said this Mongo.
  • Mongo lets us know that he is ready to wrestle which provokes the long awaited debut of "The British Bulldog" Davey Boy Smith.
  • Bulldog says that Mongo is his bone to chew on.
    • Down where? You know where....
      • Sorry, I had to say it.
• "Pretty-boy Redneck" Buff Bagwell over "The Dogface Gremlin" Rick Steiner by DQ
  • If Buff takes advice from Vincent in this match I will retire from wrestling.
  • Sign: "Hey Buff, Pin Me!"
    • A dude was holding that sign---SICK
  • As Buff flexes his bicep he says, "Buff Daddy!"
    • Quote the Buffster, nevermore
    • Man, I love this guy
  • Rick gives Buff a belly-to-belly from the top rope to set up the bulldog.
  • Scott runs in and (credit Bill for this phrase) "pearl harbors" Vincent.
  • Rick hits the bulldog and as he covers for the pin, Scott throws Vincent into the ring.
  • Rick is DQ'd and Scott tosses the ref for another fine.
  • Scott: "I hate," necks, I mean, "refs. They're stupid!"
• Big Kev w/coffee in hand and Easy E Eric Bischoff at his side make their presence
  • Easy E says that much like President Clinton, Kev is being singled out and is WCW's target.
  • Kev says that The Giant couldn't go anymore in Saturday's match.
  • Kev compares The Giant to "the scene" in Old Yeller.
    • Let's not go there. That's the only movie that has brought tears to the eyes of every guy who has seen it.
    • Don't pull the trigger...
  • It appears that talking about Old Yeller has even brought tears to Big Kev's eyes.
    • Nah, just good acting
  • "I stuck him on his skull"
    • That's harsh, Big Kev
  • Kev states that he wants to be called "Big Sexy, the Giant Killer, Kevin Nash!"
    • No, I am not kidding!
    • That's funny though
• Jim "The Anvil" Neidhardt over Wayne Bloom with a powerslam.
  • Odd, I didn't see Neidhardt stroke his goatee.
  • All I'll say about this match is Anvil gives Bloom a powerslam off the top turnbuckle for the win.
• Tenay interviews Traylor Trash
  • Sorry, but I missed this interview. It was time for a water refill.
  • I think he complained about Nash's lackluster performance at Souled Out II.
• Psicosis over Chavo Guerrero Jr with the Guillotine Legdrop
  • Not much of a match
  • (Note from Chan) Charles Robinson is the ref as in all Cruiserweight matches.
• Random Note
  • THAT'S WRONG!!!
  • They just showed a commercial for feminine hygeine products.
  • Just what gender do they think the wrestling audience is?
• Air Juvy over Louie Spicoli via DQ
  • Hall comes out with Spicoli
  • Fist pump time for you know who...
    • in case you forgot...Charlie, Matt, and Chan
  • Survey says.....Another one for the good guys
  • Hall talks about Dusty Rhodes's presence at Souled Out II.
  • Hall leaves
  • Who should I cheer for?
    • Air Juvy is my favorite luchadore and Spicoli is great.
  • Macho Man arrives and he's pissed!
  • Savage runs in and squashes Juvy
  • Grabs the mic and calls out Luger.
    • As he does this, Spicoli is finishing off Juvy even though he's been DQ'd.
  • He wants to face Luger with no help from anyone of WCW or the nWo. He proceeds to throw Spicoli out of the ring.
  • Chan: "Damn, Liz's breasts are neat!"
    • Is that the best adjective he could've come up with?
  • The nWo arrives...
    • Macho to Hogan: "You make me sick" Charlie: "Me too"
    • Hogan accuses Macho's performance at Souled Out II
    • Macho wants to be on his own.
    • Macho tells Hogan that he looked better with gold on his waist.
    • Oddly, none of the men dropped the mic as it was tossed between both numerous times.
• Raven over Mortis w/Vandenberg with the DDT
  • Ok, let's get this straight. For the past several months we had about 3 matches from Raven. Now we get 2 matches in 3 days. It's about time.
  • Billy Silverman is the ref for this match
  • Ouch! Raven just took a drop kick to the balls.
    • If you conform to your own rules, you risk your balls.
    • I guess that's fair.
  • Mortis talks!!!
  • I don't think either of these guys would be allowed to lead a scout group do you?
    • OK, Troop 69, forget the handbook. We don't conform to these rules. And remember, you can never have too many piercings or tattoos.
  • Mortis took total control of this match.
    • It's about time they let him do something.
  • Mortis brings in the chair and takes a homerun cut. Raven ducks and nails him with the DDT for the win.
• DDP over Wrath with the Diamond Cutter
  • Hah!
    • DDP throws his shirt to the crowd, but it lands just outside the ring. Kidman jumps the rail to grab a souvenir.
  • Does anyone in WCW wash their hair?
    • Looks like the Undertaker has started a trend.
  • DDP with a Russian leg sweep.
    • It would have been better if it was Barry Darsow. :-)
  • DDP with the Diamond Cutter
    • No new version
  • Everytime he does this the announcers claim that "it's electric!"
    • Anyone remember The Electric Slide dance?
  • Mortis runs in to help Wrath, but receives a death penalty for his trouble.
    • No he wasn't given the death penalty for that horrid outfit, looks like another breakup of the tag team division.
• Tony claims that they're going to "uncharted waters" by going 3 hours.
  • Uh, Tony, don't you remember Luger winning the title from Hogan in the first 3 hour show?
    • Tenay would remember. (That's why Chan knew it.)
• Cut to Raw...
  • Oh my gosh! Chainsaw Charlie is throwing every spare chair he can find into the ring.
    • He threw a no-look behind the back successfully into the ring.
• Tenay interviews Hart
  • Looks like Flair put over Hart last night.
  • We respect Hart now...
    • Hart: "Flair will always be the man!"
• Charlie takes a 5-minute break
  • Oh my gosh, he's dragging out the mattress and the folding chair!
    • He climbs on top of some furniture and practices some flying elbow drops, dropkicks, and a guillatine off the furniture to the floor.
    • He then takes the chair and teases a swing at Chan the Man
• Back to the Nitro party
  • Gene copies the bad guy's survey and the Nitro Girls raise the roof.
• Booker T over Saturn by DQ
  • Saturn is obsessed with the word "stooge"
  • Lodi sign: "Beware of the Compton Concussion"
  • They call Savage "Wrestling's most dangerous man"
    • Jealousy with the lack of a UFC star
  • Heenan: "You can't be in the flock without moths"
  • Martel run-in to save Booker T from the flock
    • Where's Stevie Ray?
• Random Wrestling Joke
  • Mike Tyson: "BRUNO SAMMARTINO"
    • Sorry, we had to do it
• Chan's favorite wrestler, Chris Jericho, with Mike Tenay
  • He's wearing Rey's Flying Fury shirt in honor of not only Rey, but all the Chris Jericho disciples out there.
  • He actually dedicated his title win to himself.
    • You gotta like the guy for that
  • He cried over this emotional event.
    • Just like Double A's retirement speech, who wasn't crying over this emotional event?
  • They say that Rey is having surgery on Wednesday for a torn ACL and miniscus.
• Davey Boy Smith over Mongo with the worst running powerslam in the history of running powerslams
  • Bull is across Davey's crotch and Dog is across the back.
    • Does that mean he likes it doggystyle?
    • If Johnny Grunge can wear 69, why can't Bulldog do his own thing.
  • First ever match between the two, lucky Davey
• Ray Traylor over Big Kev by DQ
  • This lasted about 3 seconds.
  • That's how long it took Big Kev to deliver the now defunct jackknife powerbomb
  • He threw coffee in his face, gave him the crotch shot and delivered the powerbomb.
  • Yes, he used all 3 moves in his repertoire.
  • Kev was cuffed and taken from the arena.
  • Kev gave Rey about 5 powerbombs in a match and was ok. Traylor receives one and acts like he's dead.
    • Go figure
  • Big Kev: "Attica, Attica"
  • DiBiase came out to check on Traylor
    • What a great manager
  • At least the match didn't last that long
• Scott Hall jobs again, to Luger, AGAIN
  • The timing was horrible, b/c the Savage run in was late which made Luger rack Hall for what seemed to be an eternity.
  • When Sting came from the ceiling, Savage was on the top rope forever waiting for Sting to drop.
  • In more timing confusion, the show ended early.
  • The end of the show
  • Contest from 2 weeks ago
    • What was the worst tag team pairing of all time?
      • By popular vote: Hogan and Okerlund
  • Last week's contest
    • Who has the best ring entrance?
      • Tie: Flair and LaParka
      • As if it could be anyone else.
  • We are sorry to note that we will not do a contest this week, so we can catch up on email.
    • Send all email to Charlie
    • We are behind b/c Chan's computer which recently crashed was just fixed a few days ago, and Charlie's is crashing at this moment.
• See ya next week. Until then, ala Mankind, Have a nice day!!! :-)

Just got back from nitro, it was pretty good, but I was let down that Ric Flair wasn't there. Goldberg is huge, what I don't understand is how Goldberg can spank Mongo in less than two minutes, but Mongo gets better matches. There wasn't much happening between takes.

Lodi and Kidman found a nice looking girl in the front row and begin to make kissy faces at her, she then grabs her boyfriend and gives him a big kiss, Lodi and Kidman then sit down.

I'm not sure how much was shown on TV after Sting came out of the rafters, but Macho is carried out of the ring by the ref after being taunted by Hall and Hogan. Hall and Hogan start to leave the ring but return for a tag match with Sting and Lex. Lex racks Hall and Sting puts a scorpion deathlock on Hogan. After Hall and Hogan get spanked, they leave the ring, Sting begins to mock Hall by making jestures at his crotch and jumping up and down. The crowd laughed.

Not much else happened interesting.

Goldberg rules!