WCW Monday Nitro - July 19, 1999

Obviously, I'm using someone else's computer to do this report, in case you must know.

• Tonight, we have Sid taking on Hollywood Hulk Hogan for the world title.
• Sting battles Ric Flair for the presidency of WCW.

• Either Sid is recruiting for the winter season of softball or he is going to ramble incoherently for six minutes.
• Sid apparently has the ability to tell by the cheers of the fans that they feel the same anticipation that Sid feels in his blood.
  • So that means the crowd is on 'roids, also. That's society for you.
• Sid says that Hollywood Hulk Hogan has something that belongs to him. Well, it can't be any missing talent.
• Sid refers to the crowd as pukes and idiots.
• Sid manages to get a "Hogan" chant going.
• Blah blah blah, Master, blah blah, ruler of the world.
• With this, Sid leaves.

• Yes! Finlay!
• We see Jimmy Hart and the hardcore trophy on the Jumbotron.
• Hart mentions a challenge for the next pay-per-view and calls out Jerry Flynn.
• "Swamp Foot" talks trash on his way down.
• The crowd begins chanting U.S.A.
• In case you were wondering, Fit Finlay is supposed to be the face in this feud.
• Finlay starts with a headlock.
• Finlay lands a lariat.
• Finlay with a snapmare.
• Finlay drops an elbow for two.
• Finlay hits two European uppercuts.
• Finlay sends Flynn into the corner and hits a shoulder dive.
• Finlay punches Flynn in the corner.
• Flynn whips Finlay to the corner and hits his spinning heel kick.
• The crowd is cheering for Flynn at this point.
• Flynn goes up top and hits a clothesline.
• Flynn covers for two.
• Flynn grabs Finlay by his legs and pulls him from the ropes.
• Flynn hits a chop but Finlay takes over and lands a jawbreaker.
• Finlay pulls Flynn to the apron and goes outside.
• Finlay drops Flynn's upper chest on the apron.
• Finlay goes for a chair, but the referee snatches it away.
• Flynn connects with a spinning back kick.
• Finlay with a thumb to the eye.
• Back inside, Finlay does a scoop slam.
• As Finlay applies a chinlock, Hart cheers on his charge.
• Flynn comes off the ropes and runs into a clothesline.
• Finlay hits an elbow.
• Finlay lands a right as Hart taunts him.
• Flynn whips Finlay into a spinning chop.
• Flynn does a boot choke on the bottom rope.
• As Flynn punches away, Finlay gets a thumb to the eye.
• Finlay whips Flynn to the corner.
• Flynn evades the running shoulder dive.
• Finlay is able to do his forward roll slam on Flynn.
• Finlay flees the ring to go after Hart outside the arena.
• Hart hides under a tour bus with the trophy.
• As Finlay approaches, the First Family strikes.
• Jerry Flynn and the referee join the fun outside.
• Finlay gets shot into the bus.
• Brian Knobbs drops a trashcan on Finlay.
• At the 6:13 mark, we go to commercial.
• This is assumed a NO CONTEST.
• Something's wrong when your face gets booed and heel gets cheered by the entire crowd. Finlay doesn't work well in this feud because as an Irishman, he's better perceived as the rulebreaker, the role in which the First Family plays.

• Dillon talks about contract renewals and how Lodi and Lane's is coming up.
• Dillon complains to the two about their contracts being signed incorrectly.
• Dillon then mentions to the preoccupied duo that he knew all along they were brothers and tells them to sign their new contracts as such.
• Funny. I never gave rub-downs to any male member of my family. Laaaame.

• Is that a car wreck I just heard, or did this show come to an abrupt halt?
• Bobby Heenan: "He [Hogan] is wrestling." Someone please shoot me.
• Gene about creams his pants as Hogan rips off his shirt.
• Gene makes a reference to the new Eyes Wide Shut movie toward Hogan.
• It seems that Hulkamania is running wild.
• Basically, Hogan accepts Sid's challenge tonight.
• Hogan rambles some more, but it wasn't anything that would change the course of the sport.

• The Lambda Brothers come out.
• Lodi (grabbing Lane's lollipop): "Everyone's a lollipop."
  
• HOLY SHIT!! SMILEY!!!
• Smiley comes down to a good pop.
• Smiley shouts out a "Who's yo' dadd-ee" for old time's sake.
• Lodi and Lane embrace.
• Lodi rakes Smiley's face on a lock-up.
• Smiley comes back with two armdrag takedowns.
• Smiley whips Lodi into the corner.
• Lodi runs into a spinning bodyslam and flees the ring.
• Smiley shoots Lodi to the rail and re-enters the ring.
• Smiley smacks his bitch up as Lodi stalls.
• Lane mocks the SMBU on the apron.
• This distracts Smiley for Lodi to attack from behind.
• Lodi distracts the referee, allowing Lane to get a choke in.
• Lodi does three rolling suplexes.
• Lodi and Lane bounce butts.
• Lodi covers, but Smiley's foot makes the ropes.
• Smiley with a whip, but Lodi counters with a kick and a clothesline.
• Lodi whips Smiley into a back elbow.
• Lodi rolls Smiley out of the ring so Lane can get some action.
• Smiley back in.
• Lodi sends Smiley to the corner and runs into his boot.
• Lodi with a running clothesline.
• Smiley reverses a whip, leapfrogs over Lodi and hits a drop toehold.
• Smiley rolls through a body scissors into his Norman Conquest!
• Smiley then cradles up Lodi for the pin!
• YOUR WINNER: Norman Smiley via pinfall in 4:33.
• Post-match, Lane and Lodi try the SMBU.

• Our first featured bout begins at 8:50 P.M. EDT in an effort to keep a rating higher than my high school GPA.
• Flair comes out with the usual reinforcement.
• Bischoff starts talking about his mistakes and says Flair is on the same road.
• Your referee is... eh, you know by now.
• Sting takes Charles Robinson out of the equation with the Scorpion Deathdrop.
• As Sting dumps Robinson, Mickey Jay subs in his place.
• Sting starts with a whip into a gorilla-press slam.
• Flair backs off to the corner.
  
• Sting no-sells a chop and does another gorilla-press slam.
• Sting gets ten punches on the turnbuckle.
• Sting with a biel throw.
• Flair lands a mule kick to the 'nads.
• Flair sends Sting down with a chop.
• Sting gets whipped to the corner and comes out with a running clothesline.
• Flair goes to the apron.
• Flair tries to suplex Sting out of the ring but it gets reversed.
• Sting whips Flair to the corner.
• Flair Flip results in a clothesline by Sting.
• Flair trips Sting, brings it outside by his leg and tosses him to the rail.
• Sting comes back with a clothesline.
• Sting no-sells a hot-shot and mounts Flair on the turnbuckle.
• Sting hits a superplex.
• Sting makes a cover, but Arn pulls Mickey out before the 3-count is made.
• Arn decks Mickey, and Sting decks Arn.
  
• Sid attacks Sting from behind and hot-shots him on the rail.
• Sting is tossed back in the ring.
• Flair pulls Sting to the center of the ring.
• Flair stomps on Sting's groin.
• Flair puts on the Figure-Four.
• Mickey Jay counts a pinfall but Sting kicks out.
• Flair slaps Sting's face. You'd figure after all these years Flair would realize not to piss off his opponent while finishing him off.
• Sting reverses the Figure-Four.
• Flair breaks at the ropes.
• Flair kicks Sting's knee.
• Flair kicks the knee again.
• Sting goes into no-sell mode.
• Sting whips Flair to the corner.
• Flair hits a back elbow and goes up top, to the usual results.
• Sting hits some running clotheslines.
• Sting whips Flair to the corner.
• Stinger Splash attempt hits Mickey Jay as Flair pulls him into harm's way.
  
• Arn goes on the apron, but gets decked off.
• Asya comes in.
• Sting whips Asya to the corner and hits the Stinger Splash on her.
• With Mickey down, Sting puts the Scorpion Deathlock on Flair.
• Bischoff leaves the booth to make the submission call.
• Flair gives up and Bischoff calls for the bell.
• YOUR WINNER: Sting via Scorpion Deathlock submission in 8:40.
• Sid runs in and attacks Bischoff from behind!
• Sid powerbombs Bischoff! Yes!
• Sid flees as Hogan enters the ring.
• Hogan tends to Bischoff and Sting.
• I'll give credit to Bischoff for taking a bump to move things along.