RAW
- So, because Jerry Lawler has a match tonight, he's been replaced on commentary by Dok Hendrix.
- British Bulldog with Jim Cornette vs Marty Jannetty-Or "The Battle of the Tassels" as it would be called one day.The two lock up before Bulldog takes Jannetty down with a shoulder tackle. The two go back and forth before Jannetty pokes Bulldog in the eye because "babyface". Another back and forth before Jannetty hits a step-up enziguri for a near fall. Jannetty works over the left arm of Bulldog until Bulldog escapes and drops Jannetty on the top rope via a gorilla press. At this time, we get a picture in picture promo from Clarence Mason, who says that at In Your House 5, Bulldog will face whoever is the WWF Champion after Survivor Series, either Diesel or Bret Hart. Bulldog continues to overpower Jannetty and keep him grounded. Jannetty fights out and gets a near fall off a crucifix pin, only for Bulldog to turn him inside out with a clothesline. Bulldog hits a leg drop for a near fall and goes back to working over Jannetty. Jannetty fights out and we get a double down spot off a double shoulder tackle, which Bulldog recovers off of to get a near fall. Bulldog throws Jannetty out of the ring and distracts the referee, allowing Jim Cornette to attack Jannetty. Jannetty re-enters the ring with a sunset flip, but Bulldog stays up and punches Jannetty. Bulldog continues to beat down on Jannetty until Jannetty hits a somersault stunner. Jannetty hits a jumping back elbow and a facebuster before going to the top rope. Bulldog dodges the diving fist drop, only for Jannetty to land on his feet and hit a DDT. Jannetty makes the cover, but Bulldog gets his foot on the rope. Bulldog dodges a charging Jannetty in the corner and hits the running powerslam for the win. Pretty boring match that went on for far too long.
- We then get a promo in front of the Washington Monument from-What? Bill Clinton? Bill Clinton on RAW? Well, of course not. This is that fake Bill Clinton that appeared at WrestleMania X in the stands. Not Bill Clinton says that the WWF is "one of America's best exports" and that he'll be attending Survivor Series.
- Dok Hendrix interviews Jim Cornette & British Bulldog. Cornette says Clarence Mason forced Gorilla Monsoon to do what was right and that the Bulldog will win the WWF Championship from whoever is the champion after Survivor Series. Cornette also says that if Shawn Michaels tries to double cross the Bulldog, he'll make "Syracuse look like a walk in the park." Bulldog says that he barely broke a sweat against Marty Jannetty tonight and that he'll win the WWF Championship at In Your House.
- We get a replay from Superstars, where Bam Bam Bigelow challenges Goldust to a match. They face off at Survivor Series
- Henry O. Godwinn vs-HOLY SH*T, THAT'S RHYNO! We see that Godwinn is in a feud with Hunter Hearst Helmsley, as Godwinn tried to throw slop on Helmsley on Superstars. Godwinn wins with the Slop Drop, aka the Scorpion Death Drop. After the match, Helmsley attacks Godwinn and hits the Pedigree at ringside. Helmsley then puts on gloves before pouring Godwinn's slop bucket on Godwinn.
- Todd Pettengill reveals backstage that the team of The Undertaker, Fatu, Henry O. Godwinn, and Savio Vega will face King Mabel, Jerry Lawler, Hunter Hearst Helmsley, and the evil f*cking dentist. Jesus, how much longer is the evil f*cking dentist going to be around? Can we just get to Fake Diesel already?
- Paul Bearer & Undertaker cut promos. Taker says that no one on Mabel's team will survive at Survivor Series.
- Diesel cuts a promo. He says this will be the last time he & Bret Hart face off and they'll find out who is the best at Survivor Series.
- Kama Mustafa with Ted Dibiase vs Tony Roy-During this match, we get Shawn Michaels on the phone. He says he's recovered from his injuries and says Ahmed Johnson impressed him by bodyslamming Yokozuna. He says he can't trust Sycho Sid and that the odds are against him. He avoids the question when asked who he thinks will win the WWF Championship at Survivor Series before hanging up. Dok Hendrix is upset Shawn Michaels didn't say hi to him. Kama wins with a punch. That's it.
- We find out that next week, Razor Ramon defends the Intercontinental Championship against Sycho Sid with the 1-2-3 Kid as the special guest referee.
- Jerry Lawler & Isaac Yankem vs Bret Hart & Hakushi with Barry Horowitz-Hart and the dentist start off with Yankem beating down Hart in the corner. Hart dodges a charging Yankem and starts working over Yankem's left arm. Hakushi tags in and hits a diving headbutt and a handspring back elbow on Yankem. The referee turns away and Hart takes the opportunity to beat on Yankem because "babyface". Hakushi hits a Bronco Buster and tags in Hart, who stomps a mud hole in Yankem. Hart continues to work over Yankem before tagging in Hakushi, who goes for the handspring back elbow again only for Yankem hit clothesline him down. Yankem throws Hakushi over the top rope, but he lands on the apron and hits a springboard dropkick on Yankem that sends him out of the ring. Hakushi goes for a dive to the outside, but Yankem catches him and rams him into the ring post. Yankem then rams Hakushi into the ring apron before rolling him back into the ring. Yankem hits a backbreaker before tagging in Lawler for a piledriver. Instead of making the cover, Lawler hits another and taunts Hart, allowing Yankem to stomp on Hakushi. The heels continue to beat down on Hakushi until he counters a flying nothing from Lawler with a strike to the throat. Hart gets the hot tag and goes to work on Yankem, hitting a bulldog, a Russian leg sweep, and a second rope elbow drop. Hart locks in the Sharpshooter on Yankem as Hakushi stops Lawler from interfering. The referee tries to get Hakushi out of the ring, allowing Lawler to grab a chair. Not like a steel folding chair...just like a regular chair.Lawler tries to hit Hart, but Horowitz runs in to stop him. Referee Tim White turns around to see Horowitz with the chair and calls for the bell, ending the match in a DQ win for Lawler & the dentist.
- We close the show with Vince McMahon & Dok Hendrix hyping up next week's RAW. which features:
- Henry O. Godwinn vs Hunter Hearst Helmsley
- Razor Ramon vs Sycho Sid for the Intercontinental Championship with 1-2-3 Kid as the special guest referee
- Bret Hart & Diesel going face-to-face for an interview
- Ahmed Johnson's RAW debut.
Nitro
- This Nitro is a special "You Call The Shots" edition of Nitro, where the fans can pick who wrestles in the main event. The fans could choose between two different groups of wrestlers, and it's pretty much set up like one of those RAW polls they used to do. You know, where you could vote on who would be John Cena's opponent for RAW, and the options would be like Heath Slater, Epico, or CM PUNK! Here you can choose a wrestler from the "Red Locker Room", which consists of Meng, Diamond Dallas Page, the Blue Bloods, Big Bubba, the Shark, Scott Norton, or Ric Flair, to wrestle a wrestler from the "Blue Locker Room", which consists of Johnny B. Badd, Jim Duggan, Dave Sullivan, Alex Wright, the Nasty Boys, Mr. JL, or Sting. So considering how each locker room has about one good pick each, It's pretty obvious what match the fans pick. Sorry to everyone hoping they got to see that Big Bubba/Dave Sullivan match they've always wanted...all two of you.
- The Giant (c) vs Cobra for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship-Cobra easily has one of the worst entrance music in the history of wrestling. It's literally morse code and nothing else. It's awful. The Giant bullies ring announcer Dave Penzer into announcing this match as a title match before chokeslamming Cobra for the win in about 19 seconds. So much for Cobra.
- We cut to the Red Locker Room, which unfortunately is not actually red.We see Big Bubba being overly optimistic and taping his fists. Such high hopes. Mean Gene Okerlund runs down the people in the Red Locker Room as the Shark & Scott Norton begin to fight. Mean Gene throws it to Tony Schiavone in the Blue Locker Room, which thankfully is blue.
It's the little things. Sting says he wants to fight Ric Flair as everyone else yells.
- We get a video of Hulk Hogan Dark & Randy Savage hanging out with a homeless guy in Venice Beach.I don't know. Hogan says that Macho Man has joined the dark side and they'll take out Kevin Sullivan, Jimmy Hart, Lex Luger, and "that stinky, nasty, worm-infested Giant." 42 YEARS OLD. AND HE'S STILL CALLING ANOTHER GROWN ASS MAN "STINKY." Savage asks how much more Hogan has to sacrifice and says he'll go back to the light side to find out who their friends really are.
- Kevin Sullivan with Jimmy Hart vs The Renegade-This is the Renegade:You might be thinking; "Gee, he looks like a discount Ultimate Warrior." Well...he is a discount Ultimate Warrior! WCW didn't want to pay the real Ultimate Warrior the ridiculous amount of money he wanted, so they hired Rick Wilson to portray "The Renegade." WCW hyped up his debut at Uncensored 1995 as "The Ultimate Surprise", hiding his face and dressing him up as the Ultimate Warrior to intentionally trick fans into thinking the real Warrior was coming to WCW. It worked, as Uncensored did one of the best buy rates out of any WCW pay-per-view in 1995. The Renegade rushes the ring and quickly clotheslines Sullivan out of the ring. Hart, the Renegade's former manager, tries to talk to Renegade, allowing Sullivan to attack him from behind. Hart tells Renegade that he could've been the next Hulk Hogan as Sullivan crotches him on the barricade. Man...that's really optimistic, Jimmy. Back in the ring, Sullivan hits a double stomp from the second rope before ramming him into the turnbuckle. Sullivan goes for a slingshot senton. I am honest to God surprised he can even pull it off. Renegade blocks it with his knees and hits a powerslam. Renegade hits a handspring back elbow but gets caught up in the tree of Woe going for another move in the corner. Sullivan knees him in the gut and hits another second rope double stomp for the win in a sh*t match. After the match, Jimmy Hart throws water in the Renegade's face and wipes the R off his face. Hart says that from now on "he's just plain, old Rick." Jesus, first Cobra loses in 19 seconds, and now the Renegade is just plain old Rick. It's Burial City up on Nitro tonight!
- Back in the Red Locker Room, Ric Flair says some stuff to Sting. That's about it. Oh, and that's light go out, which Mean Gene was done intentionally. I love Mean Gene.
- Chris Benoit vs Eddie Guerrero-Benoit attacks Guerrero from behind before the match starts and hits a snap suplex. Benoit's offense is so crisp & quick it's incredible. Benoit hits a side suplex followed by a high angle spinebuster right into a Liontamer. They cut the crowd to see a bunch of Japanese guys sitting at a table, including Sonny Onoo and Jushin Thunder Liger. Eric Bischoff asks Bobby Heenan what's going on with these guys. Heenan never explains. Back to the match, Guerrero counters a powerbomb with an arm drag before hitting a springboard arm drag and a tilt-a-whirl slam. Guerrero hits a back elbow that sends Benoit out of the ring and hits a big dive off the top turnbuckle to the outside. Back in the ring, Guerrero hits a brainbuster and goes to the top, but Benoit meets him up there and hits a superplex. Benoit hits a big powerbomb for a near fall before Guerrero counters a hip toss with a roll up for a near fall. Guerrero counters a knee strike with another rollup for another near fall before Benoit hits a German suplex. Guerrero kicks out of the pin attempt, but Benoit holds and hits an overhead belly-to-belly for another near fall. Benoit suplexes Guerrero onto the ropes before the two have a punch-off, ending with Benoit going for a belly-to-back suplex over the top rope. Guerrero turns it into a crossbody and pins. Benoit gets his feet under the ropes, but the referee doesn't see them and counts the three, giving Guerrero the win. Another great match from these two. It's a shame it had the bullsh*t finish, but it was still great. Also great, Bobby Heenan going livid on commentary when Benoit lost despite having his foot underneath the ropes.
- Back in the Blue Locker Room, Sting says that Ric Flair used him and that he hates him.
- Sting vs Ric Flair-So yeah, SHOCKINGLY, the fans chose Sting vs Flair over Scott Norton vs Jim Duggan. That could be a five-star match*, but I guess we'll never know. Sting attacks Flair on the apron and beats him down in the ring. Sting hits a gorilla press slam before punch Flair in the corner 10 times. Flair flips over the turnbuckle and Sting clotheslines him to the outside. Sting no sells some chops before Flair suplexes him on the outside. Flair then dodges a charging Sting, sending him right into the barricade before the commercial break. We come back to Flair beating down Sting before hitting a belly-to-back suplex. Flair locks in the Figure Four and uses the ropes for leverage when the referee isn't looking. Sting drags Flair away from the ropes and turns the figure four over, forcing Flair to release the hold. Sting no sells some more chops and strikes before hitting a gorilla press slam. Sting hits a hip toss and a dropkick before Flair pokes him in the eye. Flair throws Sting out of the ring and hits a double axe handle off the apron. Flair gouges Sting's eyes on the outside before going for a chair. Ther referee stops him from using a chair, so Flair shoves him and the ref shoves back. Back in the ring, Flair punches Sting to the ground and makes the cover with his feet on the ropes. Sting kicks out about four times before the two exchange pin attempts. Flair pokes the eye again before going to the top rope, only for Sting to throw him to the ground and beats him down in the corner. The referee tries to break it up, so Sting picks him up like a child and sets him down on the top turnbuckle.This gives Flair the opportunity to pull out some brass knuckles, which he uses to clock Sting in the face. After an elbow drop, Flair makes the cover, but Sting kicks out. Sting no sells even more chops before hitting another gorilla press slam and a superplex. Sting locks in the Scorpion Death Lock for the submission win. Really good match. A bit formulaic, but it was still really good. It's easy to see why WCW would have these two face off so often. After the match, Sting refuses to let go of the Scorpion Death Lock. Referees and wrestlers run down, including Eddie Guerrero, who is wearing a boot on one foot and a flip flop on the other.
Eddie, what are you doing? Bischoff says that he sees Lex Luger coming down to the ring about a minute before Luger even comes out. After releasing the hold initially, Sting runs back into the ring and locks the Scorpion Death Lock back in. Luger finally gets in the ring and talks Sting into letting go of the hold. Sting & Luger leave the ring together as the wrestlers in the ring look shocked.
- We close out the show with Mean Gene interviewing Kevin Sullivan, Jimmy Hart, and The Giant in the ring. Mean Gene says that the Giant is not the WCW World Heavyweight Champion, but Hart reveals that he had the power of attorney over Hulk Hogan, allowing him to add a stipulation to the match between Hogan & the Giant where if Hogan got disqualified, he would lose the title. And since the official ruling was that Hogan lost by disqualification, the Giant is, in fact, the champion. Mean Gene brings out an attorney to see if this is legal. He says that Hart is partially correct. He did have the power of attorney over Hogan, but the Giant is NOT the world champion. He says that WCW Commissioner Nick Bockwinkel has consulted with...the WCW Commissioners? So...is he not the commissioner then? He has to consult with the commissioners? Then what does Nick Bockwinkel do? WHERE EVEN IS NICK BOCKWINKEL?! He's supposed to be the commissioner, why has he not shown up on Nitro once? Whatever...The lawyer announces that due to the way Hogan got DQ'd, the title is now vacant and will be up for grabs in the 60-Man Battle Royale at World War 3. If that sounds like a massive clusterf*ck...it is. Sullivan says this is just part of WCW & Hulk Hogan's agenda and says the Giant will win at World War 3 anyway. Sullivan hands the lawyer the belt to close the show.
RAW: 3
Nitro: 6
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