Welcome back to another edition of RAW vs Nitro. Click here to read the last edition if you missed it. Now let's get into it, this is RAW vs Nitro #15!
But first, a quick recap of In Your House 5, which happened the day before this edition of RAW.
- Razor Ramon & Marty Jannetty defeated the 1-2-3 Kid & Sycho Sid after Razor hit a second rope bulldog on Sid for the win. Razor went for the Razor's Edge on the Kid right after the match, but Sid pulled him out of harm's way.
- Dean Douglas came out before his match with Ahmed Johnson and said he couldn't compete due to a back injury. He brings out Buddy Landel as his substitute, and Johnson beats him in 45 seconds. After the match, the returning Jeff Jarrett attacked Johnson, smashing a gold record over his head.
- Hunter Hearst Helmsley defeated Henry. O. Godwinn in an Arkansas Hog Pen match after back body dropping Godwinn into the hog pen. After the match, Helmsley shoves the guest referee Hillbilly Jim, Godwinn pulls Helmsley into the pit and gorilla press slams him into the pen.
- Diesel got disqualified for shoving a referee during his match with Owen Hart before giving Hart a Jackknife Powerbomb.
- Undertaker defeated King Mabel in a Casket match, throwing both Mabel and Sir Mo into the casket before grabbing the chain made out of his urn and closing the lid.
- Bret Hart defeated the British Bulldog with a cradle to retain the WWF Championship.
- During "In Your House Extra", Diesel & the Undertaker have a confrontation
Oh, and Santa Claus beat up Savio Vega. Not a joke
RAW
- Jeff Jarrett vs Fatu-We kick off the show with J-E-DOUBLE F J-A-DOUBLE R-T-DOUBLE T in his first match back in the WWF, facing off against "Make a Difference" Fatu. After dodging Fatu twice, Jarrett does the Jarrett Strut twice, only for Fatu to punch him to the ground before headbutting him in the stomach. Jarrett rolls out of the ring, so Fatu follows him. Jarrett goes back in the ring and hits a DDT, which Fatu no sells and punches Jarrett again. Jarrett sends Fatu into the ring post before hitting a swinging neckbreaker on Fatu. Jarrett sends Fatu to the outside and throws him into the stairs before the commercial break. We come back to Jarrett hitting a double axe handle on Fatu. Jarrett hits another one before getting caught on the third with a punch in the gut. Fatu hits a powerslam followed by a back body drop before hitting a corner clothesline and a sidewalk slam for a near fall. Fatu hits a cutter on Jarrett but injures his shoulder delivering the move, so Jarrett throws him into the corner shoulder first. Jarrett goes for the Figure 4, but Ahmed Johnson runs in and attacks him, causing the DQ. Jarrett rolls out of the ring and away from Johnson. Johnson raises Fatu's hand despite him losing by disqualification.
- Dok Hendrix interviews Gorilla Monsoon. Monsoon announces Diesel will get a WWF Championship match sometime down the line, but not at the Royal Rumble. It will be Bret Hart vs The Undertaker for the championship. Monsoon also announces that Jeff Jarrett will face Ahmed Johnson.
- Goldust cuts a backstage promo. He calls Razor Ramon "sweetheart" and says they have a unbreakable bond that is "reeking the smell of taboo."
- Buddy Landel vs Bob Holly-Holly kicks off with an arm drag, followed by another. Landel proceeds to beat down Holly in the corner before Holly turns the tables. Holly hits an arm drag and locks in an armbar before the two block each other's punches. Landel locks in an armbar before clotheslining Holly down. Landel continues to beat down and cut off any attempt at a comeback by Holly. Holly eventually hits a DDT before Holly starts no selling punches. Except rather than just not react to them, Holly bumps after each punch and gets up like it's nothing. Holly hits the 10 punches in the corner before hitting a very impressive standing Frankensteiner. Holly clotheslines Landel for a near fall before going for the Frankensteiner again, only for Landel to avoid it and hit a "corkscrew elbow drop", which is no different than a regular elbow drop. Landel gets the win off that. Honestly, I don't really see why WWE would even bother trying to push Landel. They jobbed him out in under a minute in his first match, you don't recover from that. Especially not with a bad match against Sparky Plugg
- It's the Brother Love Show! Love interviews Ted Dibiase. Dibiase says that the man who attacked Savio Vega at In Your House 5 wasn't actually Santa Claus, it was Xanta Klaus, who is from the South Pole. That's right, the same show that has an evil f*cking dentist now has EVIL SANTA CLAUS on the show.
Yes, this is real life. Oh, and Xanta Klaus is the future Balls Mahoney. That's pretty odd, considering how they man they had portray an evil Santa Claus was a real life member of the Church of Satan. That's not a joke either, look it up. Dibiase says that he & Xanta have a lot in common because he takes everything he can get his hands on. Dibiase says that Xanta will take victories from the superstars of the WWF and 1996 will be the year of the Million Dollar Corporation. - We get another "RAW Bowl" promo. Oddly enough, that episode of RAW isn't on the WWE Network. There also isn't one for the next week's episode cause that would be Christmas, so I guess I'm skipping forward two weeks for RAW vs Nitro to Janurary 8th's episodes.
- Razor Ramon (c) vs Yokozuna with Jim Cornette & Mr. Fuji-Intercontinental Championship-Goldust watches the match from the top of the entrance way. Also, Razor's pyro doesn't go off, and instead the pieces of gold from Goldust's entrance falls from the ceiling. Yokozuna rushes Razor before the bell before Razor punches him out of the ring. Yokozuna gets back in the ring and locks up with Razor before bodyslamming him. Razor dodges an elbow drop and locks in a wristlock. Razor goes to clothesline Yokozuna out of the ring, but Yokozuna tosses him out of the ring. Razor lands on his feet and runs right back to clothesline Yokozuna. Razor goes for a sunset flip, but Yokozuna blocks in. Yokozuna tries to sit down on Razor, but Razor dodges and goes back to the wristlock. Yokozuna fights out and beats down Razor in the corner before going to a shoulder claw. Razor fights out of the hold, only to get clotheslined back down by Yokozuna. Razor fights back and punches Yokozuna down to the ground before the commercial break. We come back to see Yokozuna working over Razor with the shoulder claw again. Yokozuna switches to beating down Razor in the corner before Razor fights back and takes Yokozuna down with a jumping clothesline. Razor hits a second rope bulldog before the lights begin to flicker. Suddenly, the Undertaker & Paul Bearer come down with a casket. This causes Yokozuna to flee from the ring & ringside, giving Razor the countout victory. Pretty boring match, not very exciting.
- Post-match, Dok Hendrix interviews Razor Ramon. He says that Goldust is right when he says he's handsome, "but he don't play that." Razor says he can "do his thing", just not with him. He says the letter he recieved from Goldust is "not for children."
- We get a video package commemorating the career of Shawn Michaels. I know it's supposed to be really sad, but watching this in 2016 and knowing that Shawn Michaels wrestled for two more years after this video and then another nine years or so after a four-year retirement kind of makes the video less...emotional.
That's it for RAW. Onto Nitro!
Nitro
- We kick off the show with one of the first big moments of the Monday Night Wars. The commentators are talking as usual when suddenly, outcomes...
Alundra Blayze! She's jumped ship to WCW, where she worked from 1991 to 1993 as Madusa. She says she's always been Madusa and always will be Madusa before holding up the WWF Women's Championship. Yeah, she still had that. Madusa then grabs a trash can and drops the title in the bin.
She says that she is now in the WCW, and WCW is now where the big girls play. This is considered by many to be the first real shot fired in the Monday Night Wars, and I can't say I disagree. So, now that they've signed the hottest women's wrestler in the United States right now, WCW must be set to have one hell of a women's division right?
Yeah, in hindsight, it seems like WCW only brought Madusa back for this exact moment and so the WWF couldn't have her. Need proof? Guess how many matches Madusa wrestles for WCW?...39. That's it. 39 matches in over five years with the company. To put that in perspective, there are 272 episodes of Nitro left after this one...and she only wrestled on 16 of them. And that doesn't even factor in pay-per-views or episodes of Thunder. What a waste of a golden oppourtunity. Still, this was a great moment. - After that happens, Mongo brings over William "The Refrigerator" Perry, who hurts Bobby Heenan by shaking his hand too hard,
- Ric Flair vs Eddie Guerrero-After Flair grandstands for a while, the two lock up, with neither one able to gain control. Flair taunts Guerrero again before Guerrero dropkicks him in the back. Guerrero then gives Flair two drop toehold takedowns before mocking Flair, who rolls to the outside. Flair re-enters the ring and goes for a side suplex, but Guerrero flips out of it and dropkicks Flair twice. Flair dodges the third and goes for the Figure Four, but Guerrero rolls him up for a near fall. Guerrero gets a near fall off a backslide before Flair floors Guerrero with a boot in the corner. The two trade strikes before Guerrero hits a back body drop followed by a tornado DDT for a near fall. Guerrero hits a wristlock springboard hurricanrana for a near fall before going to the top rope, only for Flair to hit the ropes and make Guerrero fall off to the outside. Guerrero hurts his knee, so Flair goes out and targets it. Back in the ring, Flair locks in the Figure Four while grabbing the ropes for leverage. While Guerrero doesn't submit, he passes out and the referee counts his shoulders down for the three, giving Flair the win. Fine match, nothing special.
- After the match, Mean Gene enters the ring and interviews Flair & Arn Anderson, who comes down after the match. Anderson says that Paul Orndorff felt what happens when you jump on a horsemen. Flair starts to talk before Kevin Sullivan & Jimmy Hart enter the ring. Sullivan says he respects Flair & Anderson, but he took offense to Brian Pillman knocking the Dungeon of Doom. He tells Anderson to keep Pillman on a short leash or he'll come after him. Flair says there is no problem, but Anderson defends Pillman. Sullivan tells Anderson again to watch Pillman before leaving.
- Up at the commentary booth, Sgt. Craig Pittman comes up and asks Bobby Heenan to be his manager. He initially forgets that he needs to talk into his microphone so people can hear him, so Bischoff holds it up for him.
Heenan says he doesn't manage anymore, but offers to help him find a manager. Pittman says if he doesn't get help soon, he's taking no prisoners.
- Lex Luger with Jimmy Hart vs Marcus Alexander Bagwell-TOTALLY BUFFED EXPLODES! Before the match, we see a child in the crowd with "Flex with Lex" written on his face.
Why? The two lock up to start before Luger hip tosses Bagwell. Luger beats down Bagwell until Bagwell monkey flips Luger, dropkicks him, and gives him an arm drag. Luger crawls out onto the apron, so Bagwell dropkicks him off and into the guardrail. Back in the ring, Luger beats down Bagwell before Scotty Riggs comes down to ringside. Bagwell fights back and hits a back body drop, followed by two clotheslines and a flying forearm. Bagwell goes for a splash, but Luger gets his knees up before hitting a powerslam on Bagwell. Luger locks in the Torture Rack for the submission win.
- On the entrance ramp, Mean Gene interviews Luger & Hart. Hart says that Luger is the uncrowned WCW World Heavyweght Champion before Luger says that he would be champion if it weren't for Hulk Hogan and hes gone through everyone in WCW.
- Earl Robert Eaton with Jeeves vs Sting-Yes, that is "Beautiful" Bobby Eaton of Midnight Express fame. Since when is Bobby Eaton a British snob? Well, Lord Steven Regal him how to be sophisticated & classy before being knighted by the Queen of England on a WCW Main Event. That's obviously bull, like the Queen of England would show up on a pay-per-view pre-show. Not even the actual show, the pre-show. Sting arm drags Eaton to start before the two stall. The two lock up before Sting flips Eaton over. More stalling before Eaton takes control and starts beating down Sting and locks in an armbar. Sting fights out and hip tosses Eaton before Eaton hits him with an awesome looking high angle backbreaker. Eaton goes to the top rope and dives, but Sting dodges and Eaton hurts his knees. Sting hits a Stinger Splash before locking in the Scorpion Death Lock for the submission win. That was not very good, except for that backbreaker, that was dope.
- After the match, Mean Gene interviews Sting. Sting says he won't forget what Ric Flair did "to the little kids out there." He also says that he'll become the World Heavyweight Champion again at Starrcade.
- Randy Savage (c) vs The Giant with Kevin Sullivan & Jimmy Hart-WCW World Heavyweight Championship-Savage uses his quickness to avoid the Giant before locking in a sleeper hold. Giant escapes by throwing Savage off of him and Jimmy Hart hops up on the apron to talk to Giant. Savage shoves Giant into Hart, who falls off the apron as Savage tries to bodyslam the Giant. He fails, and the Giant clubs him to the ground. The Giant body slams Savage before locking him in a bear hug before the commercial break. We come back to see the Giant bodyslam Savage again. Giant goes for a chokeslam, but Savage avoids it and jams his thumbs into his eyes. Savage tries to clothesline the Giant to the ground, but he fails before the Giant drops him with a sidewalk slam for a near fall. Giant throws Savage out of the ring, so he goes out and gorilla presses him back into the ring. Giant goes to the top rope for a splash, but Savage dodges it and quickly hits a top rope elbow drop, but the Giant kicks out. Giant then impressively dropkicks Savage out of the ring before going out of the ring as well and pulling away the padding on the floor. Giant tries to suplex Savage onto the concrete, but Savage grabs the ropes on the way up, causing the Giant to take a back bump on the concrete.
That must've sucked for him. Also, does anyone want to try to guess what the referee is doing straddling the top rope? Cause I have no idea. The Giant no sells this and springs right back up. The Giant gets back in the ring and hits the chokeslam before hitting a leg drop. The Giant makes the cover, only for Hulk Hogan to come down with a chair and hit the Giant in the back with it. Hogan beats up the Giant, Sullivan, and even referees before Mongo & The Fridge run down from the commentary table to stop him.
- After the match, Mean Gene interviews Hogan & Savage. Hogan whines that he hasn't gotten a title match as the Giant tries to run back down to fight Hogan. He's held back by Sullivan & (for some reason) Craig Pittman. Hogan runs down and beats up Giant & Sullivan with chair shots, even giving the Giant four unprotected shots to the head. Hogan goes back to the ring and says he's tired of being on probation. He says wants a title shot against Savage and wishes him luck next week against Ric Flair with the belt on the line. Savage says he has to get past Starrcade before he puts the belt on the line against Hogan. Hogan then tells Mongo & Perry to never get in the ring with him & Savage. Savage then asks for the chair Hogan used to sell as memorabilia. That's pretty funny.
And that's about it. Overall, I'd say Nitro had the better show. RAW was pretty bad and didn't have anything I'd consider good on it. Nitro wasn't great, but Flair-Guerrero was enjoyable enough and nothing was too bad except for the majority of the Sting-Eaton match. Still, point to Nitro.
RAW: 5
Nitro: 10
That's it for this edition of RAW vs Nitro. Stay tuned for the next edition
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