WCW Monday Nitro - Monday, 04/13/98
WCW Fan 3:16 says "I just pearl harbored your ass...again!"
- Uhhh, Hey?!
- Since Bill decided to give us a "look" tonight, I thought maybe we should fit the character....
- If we don't already.
- Scary, huh?
- I didn't have access to the 'net this week since I was on spring break.
- Spring Break? Call it what you want, but in my opinion it's not a break if you work six nights during the annual one week break during spring semester.
- The only rumors/news I found was that Steven Regal has signed with the WWF and Scott Hall was spotted at an ECW house show.
- I know I reported last time that we would post a mailbag this week. Well, Chan was working on that and I couldn't find him today so he could give it to me. It turns out that his high school basketball/baseball coach (whom he is good friends with) had a family death this week.
- Chan will work on it this week and it will be posted in the next report.
- Believe me when I tell you this, "It will never, ever, happen again."
- ala Smokey from "Friday", "and you know this, maaaaaaaan"
- In a working agreement with Frank, it's that time for me to plug his web page.
- If you're in an unsigned band, contact him at ima@icx.net or visit his site at http://user.icx.net/~ima/
- Speaking of bands: If you live in or near Knoxville, TN and you're free on Saturday night.....
- Go to Neptunes in the Old City. My friend Spencer is in 2 bands (Still Life Opera and Bo Deadly) and they have a show that night.
- Me and Matt are his roadies so you can meet us if you dare!
- No, I am not trying to become "Road Dog" Jesse James. If you think I am, "Your @$$ better call somebody!"
- Chan received an idea for our shirts.
- Chan already mentioned a "Chanimaniac" shirt and we received a nomination for a "Charliholic" shirt.
- What do you all think?
- You may remember from previous reports that I mentioned powerbombing my brother onto his bed and busting his boxsprings...
- Well, I wish I would have taken a photo of the old set before my pops took it off because it would have been worth the download time to see the effects of powerbombing a 160 pound 18 yr old onto a boxspring.
- And now onto the show....
- Footage of Piper's interview from last week's Nitro.
- "Hollywood, you'll be auditioning for RuPaul."
- That's both funny and scary.
- We are live from Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Too bad Syxx Pac isn't kicked back in Minneapolis tonight
- Am I the only one out there watching Nitro and RAW in a wife-beater shirt?
- Of course not. I know Matt is.
- Do you Bill? :-)
- Nitro Girls looking nice in their white "uniforms"
- Tony refers to this weekend as "Spring Stampede Weekend"
- I can see weekends being dedicated to Wrestlemania, Starrcade, and Great American Bash. But Spring Stampede?
- Dave "Fit" Finley vs Scott Steiner w/Vincent
- Tony: "What an opening bout we have tonight"
- Big Poppa Pump is painted on Scott's @$$
- Gross! I hope he's not inferring that he's a homo
- "Shooter" Mark Curtis is the ref
- Random Note: Chan's 20th birthday was yesterday. I urge you to send him a late birthday wish because he digs you guys the most.
- Steiner makes a move to a fan who just happens to be Larry "The Axe" Hennig
- Hmm, do you see him getting involved with Curt tonight?
- Thanks to the cameraman for the not-so-glorious Finley butt shot
- Scott Steiner wins with the Steiner Recliner
- I prefer to call it the Camel Clutch
- Note to Amanda: I hope you enjoy your Spring Break in Ric Flair country.
- We see yet another video of Bret Hart
- He's still talking about getting screwed over by Vince.
- Three words.....
- We are awarded with another commercial with hot chicks. This time it's a Starburst commercial with cheerleaders in a convenience store.
- Gene plugs his crummy hotline.
- I kind of hate seeing Gene with less mic time
- Lenny Lane vs Ultimo Dragon
- Lenny is drawing the same heat as any normal jobber
- I can't read the small print, but I noticed some bumper stickers that say "Ventura"
- If it was only a hint for a return of "The Body"
- Tony mentions that tickets for tonight's Nitro went very quickly.
- For my sake I hope tickets to house shows don't go as quickly. If I have to stand in line for 1hr 45minutes (like I did for Nitro) for a house show I'm gonna get pissed.
- Amanda could have gone to the house show in Ft. Pierce, FL this week but she opted not to. I guess she thought she could see the wrestlers drive by her house since she lives five minutes from the arena.
- Several "Lenny Sucks" chants
- Uh, huh, huh, Lenny sucks
- Mickey J is the ref
- Lane goes for a suplex and the Dragon reverses it into a Dragon Sleeper for the win.
- Dragon says something (sorry, I'm not bilingual like Jericho) into the camera.
- Another clip of Hart demanding a shot.
- Looks like they're already building a Bret Hart vs Hogan title match at Starrcade
- I know some of you are saying, "But Sting is champ?"
- How long do you actually think Hogan will be seen without a belt?
- If you didn't know by now, Hogan is/was on David Letterman Monday night.
- Looks like the Knicks take on the Wizard Tuesday night.
- Sorry, I'm a HUGE Knicks fan
- Looks like the announcers are going to give us their fill of Piper.
- I guess I can take it tonight. Piper averages about 3 ppv's a year with WCW thusfar.
- Gene interviews Piper from his locker room
- Piper says that he's sick of seeing Hogan and Nash wine and dine each other.
- I hope that doesn't include a 69
- Hogan and Ed Harrison Leslie attack Piper and The Disciple gives him a Les-Stunner
- Apparently Piper was telling us that Hogan will face Nash tonight.
- Mitch (HotSonoma@aol.com) thinks that Piper is going to turn on the Giant at Spring Stampede. What do you think?
- Hmm, let's see, Hogan, Piper, and Leslie aren't on the show tonight. And this bit promised a Hogan/Nash match. Seems like it was taped a few days ago before Hogan was booked on Leno.
- Hmm, a Castrol GTX commercial. "Nobody is harder on motor oil than taxi drivers"
- I don't know about that. Chan has owned his truck almost 2 years now and has put over 60,000 miles on it.
- That's outrageous. I've owned my car for almost 4 years and I've only put 30,000 miles on it.
- Gene is in the ring (Thank God) to interview The Giant
- He only receives a mediocre pop until he signals for the chokeslam.
- Gene: "What a reception we just had for The Giant.."
- Uh, Gene, Ultimo Dragon got a louder pop than the Giant
- Giant claims to have forgotten about being dropped on his head by Nash. Uh, you're talking about it short.
- Yada, Yada. Giant wants to get even with Nash
- Johnny Grunge vs Chavo Guerrero Jr
- According to Jose (a friend of me and Matt), Chavo is translated to "dude"
- Hah, some looney at ringside is wearing a Swami's hat
- Mickey J is the ref
- A lot of "Eddie" chants
- Johnny Grunge needs to get a new jersey
- Just the thought of Grunge sporting a 69 jersey is giving me dry heaves
- Johnny Grunge gets the win
- Yet another Bret Hart clip
- Ohh Damn, that one cheerleader looks like Alicia Silverstone
- Uh, no! That coach wants to see his "wrestling" style
- I can't believe it. 43 minutes into Nitro and still no 1-800-YES-CREDIT commercial
- I guess that makes up for it. Nitro Girls "in the crowd" (surrounded by an entourage bigger than Mike Tyson's) wearing bunny ears
- Could they be alluding to a story in Playboy.
- I sure hope so.
- Chae, Fyre, Spice, and Whisper wearing those things....
- Big Sexy Kevin Nash will entertain us by speaking his mind
- This should be good
- Hey Butthead, I mean Chan, some dude is holding a "Big Sexy" sign for this man. Gross!
- Nash dyed his hair blonde again. He did that last summer.
- "Hollywood wants no part of Big Sexy"
- Nash says that Hogan has left the building and Sting is in the building.
- Gee, could this lead to a Nash/Sting match only to be interrupted by Hogan?
- Kev's just got to know
- Sting runs in and JJ Dillon rolls in
- STING SPEAKS!
- Well, Tony didn't say it, so someone had to
- Sting wants to give Nash the title match tonight.
- Of course, JJ interrupts and says that it can be the main event but not now, otherwise people might switch to RAW in the last quarter hour
- Well...he didn't really say that very last part.
- Sting: "I'm sick of you bitching about the powerbomb. If you want it reinstated, I want it reinstated."
- Looks like we have a Sting/Nash title match tonight and the powerbomb is legal, but the bat is not.
- Nash signals the powerbomb and Sting signals his crotch.
- Nash demands some order as he leaves the ring behind JJ Dillon
- Glacier vs Chris Benoit
- Look at this fart-knocker
- Well, the Crippler has jobbed to everyone and their mom, why not Glacier?
- I'm not serious. Glacier? Benoit will never do that.
- Billy Silverman is the ref
- Benoit gets a TV title shot at Spring Stampede, no TV time limit this weekend.
- Random Question: Why do wrestlers tape their wrists? Email us if you have a hunch.
- Not much of a normal high intensity match by Benoit thus far, but when you're facing Glacier.....
- Benoit wins with the Crippler Crossface
- I put the crossface in what will be my finishing move. First I give the guy a STF, add a hammerlock, and then the crossface. 3-in-1 combo, you can't beat that.
- Footage of Buff from Thunder where Buff is questioning the lack of respect he is receiving with his 5-1 winning record over Luger.
- Aww Sh*t, Steve Austin is demanding Vince to come to the ring on RAW
- Hour #2 begins at 9:03 with, of course, Tony and Larry speaking their minds.
- Footage from Thunder of the Arn Anderson segment. Basically Bischoff was dogging Flair, AA came to defend his good friend, an nWo attack, Rick Steiner suplexes Bischoff on the ramp.
- Prettyboy Redneck Buff Bagwell w/Eric Bischoff vs Lex Luger
- Hey, Butthead, Buff said Puff Daddy. "Put the smack down on that @$$ biatch"
- Buff claims to be so great at everything he does on this earth. The only thing he can't do is predict the future.
- Why is he still feuding with his roommate? Buff is over with the fans already.
- Buff is addressing the Rick Steiner/Bischoff situation. Yaaaaaawn
- HAH! Buff gives a hilarious impersonation of Luger by pumping his arms as if he was setting him up for the rack.
- Now on to the match...
- Sign: "Hogan fears Chip"
- If he was only referring to Chip "The Firebreaker".....
- Buff: "He's not buff"
- Charles Robinson is the ref
- Preppy refs? I only thought that you had redneck refs in wrestling.
- After being clotheslined over the top rope Buff says, "What happened?"
- Luger gave his impersonation of Buff's dance and flex
- As much as I hate Luger, I have to say that was funny.
- Oh no, Buff is straddling Luger for a rear chinlock.
- The crowd is really into this match (I'm not being sarcastic).
- Luger ducks the blockbuster, gives Buff 2 clotheslines, back body drop, forearm, and the rack until Bischoff interferes.
- Easy E kicks Luger 5 or 6 times until Luger racks Bischoff
- Then Big Poppa Pump runs in and Luger is dominated.
- Rick Steiner runs in to make the save, in a "fruity" looking singlet, as the nWo runs for cover.
- Luger wins via DQ
- In Bret's clip he tells Savage to get rid of Hogan and Nash.
- I would have told him to get rid of Elizabeth so I could have her all for myself.
- You know, I know social services don't like to break up natural families, but some parents really should have their children taken away...
- Nitro Girls in their black jump suits
- WCW should come up with a Nitro Girl Hotline: 1-800-Yummy
- Super Calo vs Chris Jericho
- Scott Dickinson is the ref
- Jericho needs to lose the pigtail
- Jericho tears up another loyal Jerichoholic's sign
- Mic time....
- This isn't Super Calo. This is Prince Makamaki wearing a mask.
- Calo speaks
- Jericho: "He just said in pigeon-Spanish......."
- As Dickinson, huh huh Dickinson, checks under the mask Jericho goes for the sneak attack
- Man, Dickinson did lose a lot of weight.
- Someone blows their bullhorn. I need to take one to the next Nitro in Knoxville so all you loyal fans will recognize yours truly.
- WCW really does need to go back to the 6-man Lucha Libre matches. If you agree, send me a Hell Yeah
- Calo lands a plancha from the ring to the floor.
- After Calo is racked on the top turnbuckle Tony says, "Jericho has turned the complexion of this match."
- I don't know about the match, but I think his face, or jewels to say the least, may have changed complexion.
- Jericho wins via Lyin'Tamer.
- Prince Iaukea (I prefer Makamaki) tries a run-in
- Bret wants Sting to call him if he needs help
- Hammer vs Saturn
- Huh? I think I missed something.
- Kidman jumps the rail as an attempt to stop the match.
- Hammer and Saturn dump Kidman and begin the match
- Tenay says that Hammer got in between Saturn's scuffle with Goldberg and fought to the locker room.
- "Shooter" Mark Curtis is the ref.
- These guys are psycho. I think I would remove my navel ring, eyebrow ring, and nipple ring if I were going to wrestle.
- I'm not nutty enough for piercings in those particular areas, but if I were, I would remove them.
- That was interesting. Hammer put Saturn in an airplane spin and turned it into a lariat.
- Saturn hits the Gargoyleplex(?) And applies the Rings of Saturn for the win
- Promo for Spring Stampede
- I'm sure Goldberg is pissed that WCW put him and a cow in the commercial and then said "they come from the same breed."
- If someone implied that my mom was a cow.......
- Rocco Rock vs Goldberg
- Hmmm, squash?
- If a table is involved, I'm sure Goldberg will bleed.
- OH SH*T!!! Spear through Rocco and through the table and now the jackhammer.
- Saturn comes out and Raven holds him back. Sick Boy runs in and is met by the spear.
- Bobby is marking out big time. Not to mention myself.
- Video clip of the 72-0 Bill Goldberg
- Chan, Matt, readers, this sucks! Still no 1-800-YES-CREDIT commercial. Jumping horny toads. What is this world coming to?
- Hour #3 begins at 9:58
- BOING!!! Nitro Girls in black leather
- Kelly Bundy from Married...with Children: "Nothing says bridesmaid, or easy, like short black leather"
- Just thought I'd add that in.
- Yuji Nagata w/Sonny Onoo vs Curt Hennig w/Rick Rude
- Tenay: "They have their own ring entrance music at the dorms."
- He must have read my comment about Matt writing our theme music.
- By the way, when it's finished I'll send a copy to Bill so he can post on the page for us. If it's not a problem that is.
- Rick Rude's father is sitting next to Hennig's dad
- Larry Hennig applauds his son
- The four shake hands
- Really cool to see Rude's dad, Dick Rude :-)
- Yuji pulls Curt into the ring by his hair.
- Mark Curtis is the ref
- Hennig really needs to pull his singlet up and place his straps over his shoulders. A huge understatement when the announcers claim that Hennig is in the best shape of his life.
- "The Axe" pulls his sweater off to reveal a "Hennig Rules" shirt.
- Curt Hennig wins via Hennigplex.
- Rude handcuffs Yuji to the top rope as they begin an assault. Jim "The Anvil" Neidhardt chases Hennig/Rude out of the arena. He appeared to be winded when he reached ringside.
- La Parka vs Booker T
- The Chairman sure can strut and dance
- I'm laughing big time right now.
- Booker has gotten a decent push of late, but I still miss his tag team Harlem Heat.
- Billy Silverman is the ref
- Bobby Heenan: "Nitro is so hot. That's why Seinfeld quit."
- You can't beat a breakdancing, breathe-right wearing, 110th street occupant, homey vs an old, strutting, knee-wobbling Mexican wearing an outfit resembling a skeleton.
- Heh, a piece of La Parka's mask ripped off after a sidewalk slam
- Booker breakdances, hits the Harlem Sidekick, and nails the Missile Dropkick for the win, and remains WCW TV Champ
- Benoit runs in and avoids an attempted chairshot by La Parka. Booker offers a handshake and Benoit shoves him down. A shoving match ensues as we go to replay. As they go head-to-head, Booker's eyes are shut. I think he was about to crack up.
- Footage of the Raven/DDP feud.
- Rage vs Diamond Dallas Page
- WCW must be ignoring the success and improvement High Voltage has had over the past months in Japan.
- Am I the only one sick and tired of WCW ignoring younger wrestler's talent?
- Nick Patrick is the ref
- He has a goatee.
- I hope this doesn't mean another nWo turn for Patrick. He had a goatee while with the nWo and then shaved it when he went back to WCW's side.
- Rage had a nice suplex and slingshot from the top rope.
- DDP racks Rage on the corner post.
- DDP signals the Diamond Cutter
- Everytime he does that you see that ugly tan line.
- I'll spare you a description.
- DDP hits the Diamond Cutter for the win
- Raven comes out bitching with the Flock
- Raven demands Page to come get the belt and DDP jumps the rope and takes out the Flock
- A fan nails Raven from behind and is taken down by security.
- Konnan w/Vincent vs Rick Steiner w/Ted DiBiase
- Scott Dickinson is the ref
- Sorry, but I missed a good deal of this match due to an excellent Degeneration X segment on RAW
- That is a "fruity" looking singlet Steiner has. I mean come on Rick...
- Konnan hits his patented rolling clothesline and patented scratch himself.
- Rick wins via top rope bulldog
- Footage from last week's Nitro of the hit and run involving Savage and Hogan
- Liz bends over to help out Randy
- Baby got back!
- Tony did way too much commentary with Dusty Rhodes as he continues to say, "...if you will."
- Footage of the brewing feud between Hogan and Kevin Nash
- Michael Buffer is in the house for the main event
- I'm sure he's thinking, "That was easy money"
- Kevin Nash vs Sting
- Excuse me as I will be marking out big time for Big Kev
- This week he is announced as being from Florida. Last week it was Phoenix (which is legit).
- Maybe Big Kev will address the X-Pac sign at ringside.
- Kev looks like, and is a legit bad @$$.
- Sting comes out to his really sh*tty music.
- I'm still waiting to hear "A Man Called Sting"
- Charles Robinson is the ref
- He's been officiating main events as of late
- Nash really can't sell moves
- Hell Yeah! Nash gives Sting the SnakeEyes
- Nash gives Sting his patented kneelifts in the corner
- Now the patented elbows in the corner
- Sting picks up Big Kev but his legs give out
- Nash uses The Giant's old finisher.....twist your opponent's head
- Nash hits his (and mine) patented side salto
- Awww, how gay. Nash gives Sting a bear hug
- Sting hulks out of the bear hug and claps Nash's ears
- Then hits 2 Stinger Splashes and a dropkick
- Savage makes his way to the ring with an Outsiders shirt
- Liz disturbs the ref, Savage hits Sting while he has Nash in the Scorpion Deathlock, Nash goes for the cover and we're 2 inches away from a new champ.
- Nash hits the powerbomb.
- THAT DAMN BRET HART! The SOB pulled the ref out just before the 3rd tap and puts Nash in the Sharpshooter.
- Konnan, Vincent, Steiner, and Norton attack Bret.
- Nash says what the hell and gives Sting another powerbomb. Bret is clearing out the nWo as litter floods the ring and we fade to Weird Science.
- In other words, Sting wins via DQ
- Well, the first half of the show sucked and the last half was mediocre. The ending was very predictable, but a GREAT tease that Nash would be the new World Champ.
- The worst thing was that THE commercial wasn't aired tonight.
- By the way, I'd heard Jesse Ventura announced on his radio show he was going to be at Nitro tonight, and at one point the crowd starting chanting "Jesse, Jesse...", so I guess he was there. However, he doesn't seem to be on WCW's A-list and rate getting on camera.
- See ya next week....
Joe S. sends the following arena report:
- Saw Larry "The Ax" Hennig and Dick Rude, fathers of Curt Hennig and Rick Rude when me and my buddies got there. By the way, I've met all four guys.
- Went to get souveneirs. Got me a Madness and and nWo t-shirts. But sold out of Goldberg shirts. That did not go well!
By the way, these were my signs, in case you saw them.
- Giant 9:11
- Luger Fears Liz's Rack
- Disciple-Give Jericho A Haircut!
- Finally, the first match! Scottie Steiner got a decent pop.
- Ultimo Dragon also got a pretty decent pop.
- Johnny Grunge vs. Chavo Guerrero, had to be the worst bout of the evening. Spotted a couple signs that said "Guerrero Fears Grandma"!
- The Crippler got a good pop, especially from me.
- Somewhere around now, the Flock - Reese, Kidman, Sickboy, and Riggs arrive during a break. We had a couple Raven Sucks-type signs, so we had Reese and Kidman looking up at us for most of the time until they left. Kidman flipped us the bird!
- Equal pops for Luger and Buff. Lots were marking out when Luger racked Bischoff, including myself.
- Other big pops of the evening: Goldberg (DUH!), Hennig, Rick Steiner, Nash, DDP, Booker T.
- "Boring" chants during the Jericho-Calo match; more marking out when Goldberg destroyed Rocco Rock through that table.
- Had some drunk guys raising hell right behind us. My buddy was about two seconds away from kicking some ass.
- Jesse The Body Ventura showed up shortly after the show began. He had the fans going nuts during the commercial breaks, and almost did a pose! BTW, he is running for Governor here in Minnesota.
- Curt Hennig and Rick Rude were over BIG in their hometown of Minneapolis. Even when they were double-teaming and putting the boots to Nagata after the match, they were cheered. Neidhart got booed when he tried to make the save.
- A little debris thrown into the ring when Macho Man interfered, but it really poured when Nash got robbed after Bret Hart interfered. Bret eventually fought off the entire nWo after the cameras stopped rolling.
- A couple fights broke out in the crowd.
- All in all, pretty damn good Nitro! Definitely worth my $40 I paid for the ticket!
