WCW Monday Nitro - Monday, 02/15/99
WCW Monday Nitro - Monday, 02/15/99
Tampa, FL
Hey...Who turned on RAW??!!
- Welcome to Nitro! Wade is moving to the Research Triangle.
- Quick WCWSN mailbag:
- 'LaParka020' notes:
"Bam Bam Bigelow went from wrestling in Barbed Wire City Bingo Halls to
wrestling on WCW Saturday Night." (Quote taken from WCW Saturday Night).
You know, it's really hard to pick which one is worse.
- We begin with a Steiner/Page promo
- We are live from the Florida State Fair Grounds in Tampa, FL.
- Tony, Mike, and Larry are in the booth.
- Tony gives an injury update on Kimberly.
- Nitro Girls
- Backstage, Arn Anderson chases Disco. He catches up with him and starts to pound him when Doug Dillinger breaks things up. Security hauls Arn away as Disco tells them to throw Arn in jail.
- Bischoff is shown as a limo driver, wearing a little cap and packing a
trunk. Flair and a few businessmen are shown, and Bischoff opens the limo
door for them.
- Nitro opener and pyro
- Nitro highlights
- Match 1: Jerry Flynn vs. Saturn
- Billy Silverman is your ref.
- Saturn begins with a shoulderblock.
- Flynn lands an elbow and several kicks.
- Flynn lifts up the dress, then stomps Saturn.
- Saturn fights back with a sidekick followed by an axekick.
- Saturn begins to work on Flynn's leg, landing a leg drop on it.
- Saturn lands a drop toe hold, but Flynn counters with a kick and a lariat.
- Saturn knees Flynn then executes a belly-to-back.
- Flynn chops Saturn, who counters with boots.
- Flynn trips Saturn, then tries to apply the cross-armbreaker.
- Saturn lands an atomic drop followed by a crossbody.
- Flynn comes back with chops, a belly-to-belly suplex, and several kicks.
- Saturn suplexes Flynn then slams him.
- Wow, I just noticed Tony is actually calling the match instead of hyping the PPV!
- Saturn gives Flynn the ten punches in the corner with his dress over Flynn's head.
- Scott Dickinson jumps on the apron, distracting Silverman.
- Saturn splashes Flynn as Chris Jericho runs out.
- Jericho tries to nail Saturn with some international object, but Saturn avoids him, then suplexes him.
- Flynn takes advantage by landing a spinkick for the upset victory.
- Limo segment
- Flair asks Bischoff to put up his window.
- Flair starts talking on his cell phone.
- Flair mentions that
Clark Hart vs. Will Sasso is scheduled tonight.
- Flair is distressed about something he's hearing on the phone as his business friends listen in.
- After ads, the businessmen notice that the limo is on a bumpy road.
- Flair, still on the phone, says he didn't want Disco on tonight's show.
- Eric tells Flair that he's taking a little detour.
- Flair tells Bischoff to put the divider between he and the group up.
- Now that he's free, Bischoff calls "the guys" on his cell phone, saying he'll soon be there.
- More Mad TV highlights
This time, Clark Hart beats on a few reporters.
- Match 2: Juventud Guerrera, Blitzkreig, and Psychosis vs. El Dandy, Hector Garza, and Super Calo
- Calo starts off on Blitzkreig with a drop toe hold.
- Blitzkreig counters with an elbow, and armbars are traded.
- Calo lands a few elbows and a lariat as Tony announces that Lex beat up Mysterio earlier today. (Luger supposedly has a torn bicep. This may play into Luger not wrestling at Superbrawl.)
- Calo powerbombs Blitzkreig to a "boring" chant.
- Now Garza and Psychosis are in.
- Garza lands a kick, by Pyschosis clotheslines him.
- Garza arm drags Psychosis, but is then dropped across the ropes.
- Juvy is in, dropkicking Garza.
- Dandy is in, landing a kick and knee, only to get faceslammed and DDTed.
- Dandy, Garza, and Calo triple team on Juvy.
- Johnny Boone is your ref, by the way.
- Dandy lands a backbreaker, then tags Garza.
- Garza lands an axehandle and a crossbody, but ends up getting triple teamed by the other side.
- Blitzkreig is in, kicking Garza, who responds with a lariat.
- Ads.
- Back, Psychosis has Calo in headscissors.
- Juvy and Dandy are tagged in.
- Dandy lands a dropkick, but Juvy counters with a backdrop.
- Juvy lands a springboard kick and a slam, but misses a splash.
- Dandy headbutts Juvy, then tags Garza.
- Garza atomic drops Juvy, but misses a follow-up.
- Blitzkreig is back in, along with Calo.
- Calo lands a lariat, dropkick, and backbreaker, only to miss a springboard moonsault.
- Pyschosis is in, dropkicking Calo.
- Juvy, with Pyschosis' help, leg drops Calo.
- Garza is back in, slamming Juvy, who responds with a neckbreaker across the ropes.
- Psychosis is back in, dropkicking Garza.
- Juvy falls outside, where Garza accidentally lands a crossbody on Dandy.
- Psychosis joins the fun with a crossbody outside.
- Back in, Blitzkreig fights Calo, who misses headscissors.
- Blitzkreig lands the twisting moonsault on Calo for the win.
- The woman identified as Torrie Wilson is back, now in a towel, requesting that her cameraman restock a few of her supplies.
- Torrie has acknowledged her appearance on Nitro on her website, but will not give away what the angle is.
- nWo segment
- A helicopter spotlight is on Flair's limo, which is in the middle of nowhere, followed by several cars.
- Flair, in the limo, tells his buddies to relax.
- Hulk Hogan, in a ski mask, pulls Flair out of the limo.
- Big Kev is also there in a ski mask.
- Flair takes a shot at Hogan.
- Flair then has a showdown with Nash, but the whole nWo, in ski masks, surround the two.
- What follows is about ten minutes of a nWo gang-style beating of Ric Flair.
- If you read my WCWSN reports, you know I don't preach too often, but I found this segment to be unusually tasteless for WCW. I find it hypocritical of WCW to criticize the World Wrestling Federation and proclaim itself as the moral beacon of the wrestling business, only to offer this ugly scene for ten minutes. It certainly wasn't entertaining.
- The nWo mocks Flair for a while, then the segment ends.
- Nitro Girls
- Match 3 and Tag Tournament Match: Dave Taylor and Fit Finlay vs. Chris Benoit and Dean Malenko
- Finlay lands a quick shoulder, but Benoit rifles him with chops.
- Finlay lands another shoulder and an arm drag.
- Malenko and Taylor are in.
- Taylor applies a headlock and an arm drag.
- Benoit is in, but Taylor nails him with elbows.
- Finlay is in, kicking Benoit.
- Finlay then lands a clothesline and tosses Chris out, where Taylor works on him.
- Back in, Malenko lands a suplex.
- Ads.
- Taylor elbows Malenko, then tags Finlay, who lands a jawbreaker and a slam.
- Taylor is back in, as well as Benoit.
- Charles Robinson didn't see the tag, so Malenko must remain in.
- Finlay nails Malenko on the outside, then dropkicks him.
- Finlay lands an axehandle but misses a shoulder.
- Benoit is in, suplexing Finlay, then landing a shoulder and a belly-to-back.
- Finlay tries the Tombstone, but Malenko makes the save.
- Malenko is tagged in, landing a lariat.
- Taylor is in, but quickly out due to Malenko's toss.
- Back in, Taylor misses a splash.
- Benoit lands a headbutt as Malenko holds his man.
- Malenko applies the Cloverleaf for the win.
- Goldberg promo
- Nitro highlights
- Tony talks to Spice and Whisper, who melodramatically talk about Scott Steiner. Bobby asks why they aren't dancing.
- Match 4: Bret
Clark Hart vs. Will Sasso (w/ Debra Wilson)
- Wilson is apparently on Mad TV as well.
- Bret dominates. He begins with a kick, lariat, and more boots.
- Bret lands a leg drop, then throws Sasso out.
- Bret grabs a chair and sits in the middle of the ring with it, like La Parka.
- Bret pours a drink on Sasso, then wraps him in television wire.
- Wilson stops Bret from delivering a chair shot. Wilson's about to pop out of her dress.
- Mickey Jay is your ref for this whole affair.
- Wilson delivers the chair shot herself.
- Back in, Hart lands a low blow and applies the Sharpshooter for the win.
- nWo segment
- Hogan and the gang show up in their ski masks.
- Hogan grabs the mic and starts talking about "Hollyhood." To my disappointment, he doesn't go into how his nickname in the 'hood is "'Wood" as he did several months ago.
- He says he'll give Flair his title shot tonight, and he and Billy Silverman start the count.
- Roddy Piper comes out instead.
- Piper says that Hogan's fighting him instead.
- Match 5: WCW World Champion "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan vs. WCW US Heavyweight Champion "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
- Haven't we seen this match before... eighty-seven times?
- Piper nails Hogan, choking around the ring.
- Outside, Piper sends Hogan into the posts.
- Piper lands an atomic drop.
- Hogan fires back with chokes and a chairshot.
- Hogan whips Piper with the belt and chokes him more.
- Piper grabs the belt and lands a few shots.
- Piper applies the sleeper, which of course works for him but no one else.
- Scott Hall comes out, nailing Piper with the cattle prod.
- The nWo works on Piper a bit.
- In the highlight of the show by far, Scott Hall puts on Piper's kilt and starts to curtsy around the ring. Great stuff. Hall adds a few crotch chops to the mockery.
- A truck driver finds Flair and gives him (and, obviously, the person holding the video camera) a ride.
- In another bizarre twist, a lawyer is shown stating that charges have been filed by Steiner against Page for assault.
- Lex and Liz talk about Konnan in another promo.
- Match 6 and Tag Tournament Match: Mike Enos and Scotty Riggs vs. Dean
Malenko and Chris Benoit
- Bobby Duncum Jr. could not make the show tonight due to personal reasons, so Scott Riggs will be taking his place in the tournament.
- Earlier in the show, the announcers acknowledged that the winner of this match will have to face Brian Adams and Horace on Thursday, and win two matches against Henning and Windham at Superbrawl, since whoever wins on Thursday will already have one loss in the tournament, whereas Hennig and Windham don't have any losses.
- Riggs begins on Malenko.
- Malenko lands a few kick on Riggs, who answers with a dropkick and a slam.
- Benoit and Enos are now in. Enos lands a shoulder, but Benoit responds with chops.
- Enos lands a lariat and a dropkick, but Benoit again responds with chops and a couple of snot rockets.
- Benoit sends Enos into the rails outside, then back in he tags Malenko and the two lands a double elbow.
- Riggs is in, landing a knee and tagging Enos.
- Johnny Boone is your ref.
- Enos applies a chinlock, then he and Riggs trade places.
- Ads.
- The truck is shown, with Flair falling out.
- Benoit is now working on Riggs' leg.
- Malenko is in, landing a neckbreaker across the rope.
- After Horsemen doubleteaming, Enos is tagged in.
- Enos catches Malenko in mid-air and slams him down.
- Riggs is in, rolling up Malenko several times for two-counts.
- Riggs lands a belly-to-back.
- Benoit is in, kneeing Riggs and dropping him across the ropes.
- The Horsemen whip Enos and Riggs together, then Malenko suplexes Riggs and Benoit applies the Crossface for the win.
- The truck rolls along.
- Torrie Wilson is now in a robe in a bed, still chatting with the cameraman.
- nWo segment
- Buffer has intros. The Wolfpac music starts way too early into his routine, and he gives backstage a strange look.
- The nWo shows up, and Hogan tells Buffer to hit the bricks.
- Hogan will give Flair a count of twenty to show up.
- The truck pulls up outside.
- Flair falls out, grabs an axe, and slowly makes his way to the ring.
- Flair crawls his way in as Malenko and Benoit show up.
- Flair flings himself at Stevie Ray as the nWo resumes its beatings to end the show.
- Hall leaves behind the curtain and says "now you see how it's done, don't mess it up" while using the cattle prod.
- As we go, a replay of Hogan and Chuck Zito planning an attack on David Flair as he exits his car back in Charlotte. Ric Flair watches in anger on a TV.
- The Good: Scott Hall's curtsy in Piper's kilt.
- The Bad: This show was a solid candidate for the worst Nitro ever. It had new record low of six matches in three hours plus.
- The Ugly: The Flair beating was just ridiculous.