RAW:
- We get a super spooky opening to RAW with Todd Pettengill recap last week's RAW in a vampire voice. He says that "a ghastly goblin masquerading as the Hitman Bret Hart" won a "20 ghoul over the top rope beastly bone-crunching battle royal" to earn a shot at Razor Ramon for the Intercontinental Championship. Oh sh*t, 2spooky4me.
- Vince McMahon & Jerry Lawler are dressed up for Halloween.The King is dressed up as a dentist because he is friends with an evil f*cking dentist while McMahon is dressed as a prisoner. That's gotta be a shot at the steroid trial.
- Savio Vega vs Goldust-Goldust's entrance music is great. And it's so refreshing hearing for the first time in a long time without having it immediately be followed by R-Truth because "F*ck R-Truth." Although I gotta say, I'm not digging the gold & silver get up. Personally, I think the gold & black scheme he's used for the past few years is a lot better. Goldust uses his extravagant entrance, complete with gold falling from the ceiling, as an opportunity to rush Vega before the bell. Goldust beats down Vega for a while before Vega turns the tables. Goldust dodges a dropkick by Vega before throwing him into the corner. Goldust continues to work over Vega until Vega hits a crossbody for a near fall. Vega dodges a Stinger Splash in the corner and runs wild on Goldust, only for Goldust to dodge the Caribbean Kick, a spinning heel kick, and deliver a big boot to get the three and the win. Lame match, not very exciting.
- Dok Hendrix announces that Diesel vs Bret Hart at Survivor Series for the WWF Championship will have no disqualifications and no countouts. Hendrix is actually pretty entertaining, I kind of like him. I mean, I don't like Michael Hayes, but Dok Hendrix is pretty cool.
- Barry Horowitz & Hakushi shill out Karate Fighters toys. Barry Horowitz should not be speaking on camera...ever.
- Marty Jannetty vs Joe Dorgan-Jannetty was pretty good, he had some nice, crisp offense. His tasseled-onesie is still sh*t, though. Jannetty won with a diving fist drop, which is a pretty sh*t finisher.
- Next week, Bret Hart & Hakushi team up to face Jerry Lawler and the evil f*cking dentist. Also, Marty Jannetty faces the British Bulldog. Speaking of...
- Vince McMahon is in the ring to interview the British Bulldog and Jim Cornette. Cornette says that he & Bulldog are unhappy that Bulldog was denied another opportunity at the WWF Championship. Cornette also points out that WWF President Gorilla Monsoon said that the winner of Diesel vs Bulldog at In Your House would face Bret Hart at Survivor Series. Bulldog won the match by disqualification, but instead, Diesel and Hart are facing off at Survivor Series with Bulldog completely out of the equation. Cornette says Monsoon is holding Bulldog back and says the Bulldog would have beat Diesel had Hart not gotten involved. Cornette says Bulldog has issues with Diesel and Hart now and wants matches against both of them. Cornette says that because Monsoon is going against his word, he has brought Clarence Mason back and that he's going to get Bulldog the opportunities he deserves. Mason says Monsoon's action are unacceptable and clarifies that the contract for the match said that the winner, not the champion like Monsoon said, would face Hart. Mason says they are demanding Bulldog gets a match against Hart because he cost him the WWF Champion before Cornette starts to complain about the Wild Card Survivor Series match where Bulldog is on the team opposite of Owen Hart & Yokozuna, who are his Camp Cornette teammates. Cornette also says that Marty Jannetty should be worried about facing Bulldog, and Bulldog says he doesn't belong in the same ring as him. Jannetty runs down and dropkicks Bulldog out fo the ring before hitting a spinning back elbow on Cornette. Jannetty then corners and teases slapping Mason to close out the segment.
- The Smoking Gunns vs Otis Apollo & "Unknown"-No joke, one of the jobbers in this match is listed as "Unknown" on the WWE Network.Anyways, during the match, 1-2-3 Kid does a picture-in-picture promo, where he apologizes to the Smoking Gunns for attacking them after their match at In Your House. He also asks for another match for the titles. The Smoking Gunns win after hitting the Sidewinder on Apollo.
- Bret Hart cuts a promo. He says that the last time he & Diesel fought for the WWF Championship the match got thrown out. He says he respects Diesel, but all the rules favor him at Survivor Series. He says he'll win the WWF Championship for the third time.
- Paul Bearer says that the Undertaker will return.
- Razor Ramon (c) vs Owen Hart with Jim Cornette for the Intercontinental Championship-Razor rushes the ring and the match starts right away, with Razor clotheslining Hart to the outside. Hart gets back in the ring and the two exchange wristlocks before Hart hits a monkey flip, but Razor keeps the wristlock on. Razor throws Hart around the ring with the wristlock locked in before transitioning to an armbar. The two exchange holds again before Razor clotheslines Hart to ground. Razor locks in a hammerlock before Hart flips over and slaps Razor, only to get caught off a crossbody attempt, allowing Razor to hit a fallaway slam. Cornette hops up on the apron and gets knocked off by Razor. Suddenly, Yokozuna & Mr. Fuji come down to the ring. Razor slams Hart while holding him in a hammerlock. Hart responds by throwing Razor over the top rope to the outside. Hart baseball slides and sends Razor into the barricade before beating him down at ringside. Back in the ring, Hart hits a missile dropkick for a near fall before throwing him into the corner twice. Hart hits a body guillotine before raking Razor's back, only to get a punch in return. Hart responds with a spinning heel kick for a near fall before hitting a neck breaker and going to the top rope for an elbow drop for another near fall before the commercial break. We come back to see both men down after Razor hit a side suplex. Hart gets a near fall before Razor punches Hart to the ground. Razor goes for a top rope side suplex, which Hart turns into a crossbody, only for Razor to roll through for a near fall. Razor clotheslines Hart to the ground a random fade to black. We come back to Razor setting up the Razor's Edge, only for Yokozuna to pull Hart out of harm's way and clothesline Razor for a DQ. The match was really good up until the DQ finish. Hart & Yokozuna beat down on Razor until the 1-2-3 Kid runs down to make the save. He stops Hart but eats a leg drop from Yokozuna for his troubles. This brings out Ahmed Johnson, who bodyslams Yokozuna to a big pop. British Bulldog runs down, only to stare down Johnson as the show closes.
But first, a quick recap of Halloween Havoc, which happened the night before this Nitro.
- Johnny B. Badd defeated Diamond Dallas Page to become the WCW Television Champion.
- Randy Savage defeated the Zodiac.
- In his sole WCW pay-per-view appearance, Sabu, with his uncle the Sheik in his corner, defeated Mr. JL. After the match, the Sheik went into business for himself and threw a fireball in Mr. JL's face because "why not?"
- Lex Luger defeated Meng by disqualification after Kevin Sullivan broke up a pin by Meng on Luger. Why, you might ask? Just keep reading, you'll find out.
- Fool Sting once, shame on you. Fool Sting twice, shame on him. Fool Sting three times...Sting is a f*cking idiot. Yes, it happened again. Ric Flair initially no showed his tag match with Sting against Arn Anderson & Brian Pillman after being attacked by Anderson & Pillman, leaving Idiot Sting to fight the two himself. Flair eventually ran down to get the hot tag, only to (you guessed it!) turn on Sting! Flair, Anderson, and Pillman all beat down Sting. Afterward, Flair cuts a promo and says you don't walk, talk, or breathe unless the Horsemen want you to. Hilariously, a fan manages to throw a cup and wedge right in between Flair & Anderson.Tony Schiavone & Bobby Heenan speculate on commentary as to whether or not Flair & Anderson's entire feud was all part of the plan, which they should, they fought for like two months.
- During Randy Savage & Lex Luger's matchup, Jimmy Hart ran down & hopped up on the apron to talk to the ref. Savage ends up throwing Luger into Hart and allowing Savage to hit the elbow drop for the win.
- OK, strap yourselves in, because this is gonna be a hell of a ride. So earlier in the show, Hulk Hogan and The Giant had a "Monster Truck Sumo Match" on top of the Cobo Hall. I'm not kidding.The goal was to push the others monster truck outside of a ring of traffic cones. It was sh*t. Like, it went on for five minutes, but it feels like it's a least ten. Hogan won eventually, but the Giant goes after Hogan after the "match". The two fight on the ledge before the Giant falls off the side of the building. Heenan asks what side Giant fell off, the side with a parking lot or the side with the Detroit River. Eric Bischoff actually says "You got a parking lot, you got a river, what difference does it make?" Hmmm...water...or concreate. Pretty big difference, Bischoff. So there are only two possible outcomes that could come from this. #1: The Giant is dead. Or #2: The Giant landed in the Detroit River. Guess which one WCW goes with. Well, neither, apparently. Hogan comes out for the main event, only for the Giant to come out completely fine. Not even damp hair. Hogan & Giant have an entire match for the World Heavyweight Championship and Hogan hits the leg drop, but Jimmy Hart clobbers the referee with the title belt. Hart then hits Hogan in the back and the Giant locks in a bearhug. Randy Savage & Lex Luger run down to make the save...BUT SWERVE! Luger attacks Savage as THE YETAY comes down and joins in on the bearhug, complete with unnecessary dry humping.
Luger puts Hogan in the Torture Rack while the Giant and the YETAY lock in a double bearhug on Savage. Luger then puts Savage in the Torture Rack before the Dungeon of Doom celebrates. The referee announces that the Giant is the winner by disqualification, meaning Hogan is still the WCW World Heavyweight Champion. However, the Giant walks out with the belt and the rest of the Dungeon of Doom...
Nitro
- Sgt. Craig Pittman vs Eddie Guerrero-We kick off the show with what was supposed to be Randy Savage taking on Craig Pittman, who beat VK Wallstreet on the Halloween Havoc pre-show to earn the right to face Savage. However, he's injured from last night's shenanigans, so he's been replaced by Eddie Guerrero. The two start off an amateur wrestling style lock up before Pittman hits a belly-to-belly suplex. Pittman then hits a rather sloppy gut-wrench suplex before Guerrero hits a belly-to-belly suplex. Pittman batters Guerrero to the ground and begins to beat him down around the ring. Guerrero fights back and hits a single leg dropkick for a near fall, only for Pittman to respond with a clothesline. Pittman continues to work over Guerrero's left arm to set up the Code Red before hitting a belly-to-belly suplex. Pittman continues to work over Guerrero's arm until Guerrero hits an enziguri. Guerrero blocks a roll up and hits a springboard crossbody for a near fall, only for Pittman to come back with another belly-to-belly suplex. Pittman hits a gut-wrench powerbomb and whips Guerrero into the ropes, only for Guerrero to turn it into a roll up for the win. Fine match, nothing special.
- The Shark vs Scott Norton-The two lock up before Shark hits a belly-to-belly and an elbow drop for a near fall. Norton fights back with clotheslines and hits a top rope shoulder tackle and a body slam for a near fall. Both men go down after a double clothesline spot before the camera cuts to Bobby Heenan sitting a table in the stands with Sonny Onoo. We cut back to see Norton has thrown the Shark to the outside. The two brawl on the outside and they both get counted out. The two brawl to the back.
- Tony Schiavone is in the ring to talk about what happened during the tag match at Halloween Havoc. He brings out Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, and Brian Pillman. Pillman says that last night brought them one closer to being a dynasty. Anderson says that people were asking when the Four Horsemen would reform, and now they have. He says Sting is more of a man then they believed as Pillman mocks him. Flair says the Horsemen are back together and that if Sting doesn't like it, the Horsemen will be in town for Nitro next week.
- Sabu vs Disco Inferno-Disco avoids Sabu diving at him multiple times to start before Sabu just clocks him. Sabu hits a springboard leg lariat followed by a springboard missile dropkick for a near fall. Oddly enough Disco, a cruiserweight, comes back with big man moves, throwing Sabu around by his hair and throwing him across the ring. Disco beats down Sabu around the ring until Sabu dodges a Stinger Splash and hits a somersault leg drop for the win. Fine, quick match. After the match, however, Sabu throws Disco out of the ring and dives onto him. Disco only cares about his hair as Sabu hits Disco with a table. Sabu sets Disco up on the table and goes for a somersault leg drop, but Disco moves and Sabu lands on the table, which doesn't break. Disco runs to the back as Sabu starts throwing stuff around ringside.
- Lex Luger & Meng with Jimmy Hart & Kevin Sullivan vs The American Males-Yep, Lex Luger is in the Dungeon of Doom now. This guy:Is now in a stable with these guys:
Doesn't really fit in, now does he? Anyways, they take on the AMERICAN MALES. AMERICAN MALES. AMERICAN MALES. AMERICAN MALES. AMERICAN MALES, Scotty Riggs & Meng start off right before the commercial break. We come back to the American Males working over Luger, complete with Luger's hilarious screaming every time he gets hit. Riggs wrenches the wrist (OH!). Riggs elbows his shoulder (OH!) Bagwell wrenches the wrist (OH!). Even when Luger goes on offense he yells. He knees Riggs in the gut and OH! It's the funniest thing. Riggs gets his boot up to block a charging Luger and dropkicks him before hitting pretty bad back body drop. Bagwell accidentally distracts the referee (stupid idiot...), allowing Meng to come in behind the referee's back and hit a Hart Attack with Luger. Luger & Meng continue to work over Riggs until Riggs makes the hot tag to Bagwell. Bagwell runs wild on Luger until Luger catches him off a crossbody attempt. Riggs gets back in the ring and dropkicks Luger down and Bagwell into a pin. Bagwell gets the visual three, but Jimmy Hart distracts the referee, allowing Meng to hit a superkick on Riggs and a roundhouse kick on Bagwell. Luger puts Bagwell in the Torture Rack for the win. Decent match, nothing to really talk about. - We close out the show with Tony Schiavone interviewing The Giant, Kevin Sullivan, Jimmy Hart, and Lex Luger. The Giant says that he is the World Heavyweight Champion despite winning the match by disqualification and Jimmy Hart that he was the evil surrounding Hulk Hogan. Luger says some stuff before the Giant says he'll defend the championship to anyone who wants it next week. Sullivan says pretty much the same stuff.
RAW: 3
Nitro: 5
That's it for this edition of RAW vs Nitro. Stay tuned for RAW vs Nitro #9 in three days.
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