RAW
- Marc Mero with Sable vs Leif Cassidy with Marty Jannetty-The two lock up before Mero gets a near fall off a roll up. The two trade wristlocks before Mero hits three arm drags, dodges an elbow drop, and a dropkicks Cassidy out of the ring. Cassidy pokes Mero in the eye before getting thrown onto the apron and getting punched down. Outside the ring, Mero makes the New Rockers bonk heads before throwing Cassidy back in the ring. Cassidy runs right out of the ring and around the ring, allowing Jannetty to get a cheap shot in on Mero. Cassidy suplexes Mero back in the ring before hitting a Northern Lights suplex for a near fall. Cassidy continues to control the match, at one point hitting a nice somersault senton, dancing and celebrating after pretty much every move. Cassidy applies a full nelson, but Mero escapes and hits a carousel headscissor takedown that sends Cassidy out of the ring. Mero hits a somersault tope of his own before throwing Cassidy back in the ring. Mero back body drops Cassidy before hitting a huge diving sunset flip for a near fall. Pretty good match, I think both Mero & Cassidy are a lot better than people give them credit for.
- Diesel is on the phone to talk about brawling with Shawn Michaels last week. He says he was just going to talk to Michaels in the ring, but Michaels took the fight to him right away. He says he hit Michaels with the belt because he Michaels needed to be taught a lesson and the fans want him, not Michaels. He then says he's the smartest man in the WWF and he'll beat Michaels for the WWF Championship in a No Holds Barred match at In Your House 7: Good Friends, Better Enemies.
- Bart Gunn vs Steve Austin with Ted DiBiase-The two go back and forth for a long time before Gunn hits a crossbody for a near fall. Gunn locks in a headlock and continues to control the match until Austin throws Gunn over the top rope to the outside. Austin hits a double axe handle off the ring apron. Back in the ring, Austin controls the match until both men go over the top rope. Austin drops Gunn across the guard rail before a commercial break. We come back to Austin working over Gunn in the ring. Austin continues to control the match until Gunn fights out of a headlock and dropkicks Austin. Gunn hits a back body drop before hitting a bulldog for a near fall. Gunn hits a middle rope crossbody for a near fall before Dibiase trips up Gunn. This allows Austin to regain control, only for Gunn to get near falls off of two roll ups. Gunn locks in a sleeper hold, but Austin drops down and, for lack of a better term, stuns Gunn. Austin throws Gunn into the corner before locking in the Million Dollar Dream for the knockout win. Fine match, nothing special.
- Vince McMahon interviews Vader & Jim Cornette. Cornette says that Gorilla Monsoon & Yokozuna have both been taken out Vader before McMahon reveals that Vader will face Razor Ramon at In Your House 7. Cornette says that Razor will be the next victim of Vader's. He asks Vader what time it is...IT'S VADER TIME!
- We get a compilation of Sunny being hot...that's it. I'm not complaining.
- Goldust (c) with Marlena vs Savio Vega-Intercontinental Championship-Goldust licks the Intercontinental Championship before giving it to the referee. Gross. The stare eachother down before locking up. Goldust feels Vega before breaking the hold. The two trade holds before Goldust forces Vega into the corner and rubs his ass on him. Vega chases him around the ring and up the ramp. Back in the ring, Vega hammers away at Goldust before hitting a sidewalk slam and a back elbow. Vega continues to control the match until Goldust flapjacks him into the ropes. Goldust hits a flying hip attack (the Rear View) before locking in a Camel Clutch. Goldust takes the mic and tells everyone to shut up or he's going to go out into the crowd and kiss everyone. That's hilarious. Vega comes back with a crossbody for a near fall before hitting a back body drop, but Goldust keeps control and gets a near fall off a fist drop. Goldust prepares to sit on Vega's face, but Vega rolls him up for a near fall. Goldust goes to the top rope, but Vega kicks his legs out and crotches him on the top rope. Vega keeps spanking Goldust on the top rope and it's weird. Goldust shoves him down and goes for a diving fist drop, but Vega blocks it with his boot. Vega takes control, hits an inverted atomic drop and two clotheslines for a near fall before the commercial break. We come back to see Vega get a near fall before Vega accidentally collides with the referee. Marlena takes the opportunity to grab the title belt and slide it to Goldust, only for Vega to hit a superkick. Vega tries to wake up the referee, but Goldust recovers and tries to use the belt again. Vega avoids it again and hits another superkick before taking the belt and clocking Goldust with it. The referee recovers and counts the pin. New Intercontinental Champion Savio Vega!...or is he? A second referee who came down to check on the first says that because Vega used the belt, it's a DQ win for Goldust. Gorilla Monsoon comes down to the ring and tells Howard Finkel to announce that Goldust has been stripped of the Intercontinental Championship...however, Vega doesn't win the title. The title is now vacant, and Vega & Goldust will face off again next week for the vacant title.
- We close the show with never before seen footage of Bret Hart after WrestleMania XII. He yells at the cameraman to get out of his locker room before leaving the arena in his gear. We then get an interview with Hart. He says he wasn't prepared for sudden death and he had Shawn Michaels beat if they hadn't had to restart the match. He says he could never see himself leaving the WWF and all he wants is respect, and that's what he gets in the WWF. Jesus, how ironic are these statements now? He says he wants a title shot to end the show.
Nitro
- Hulk Hogan vs Arn Anderson & Kevin Sullivan with Jimmy Hart, Woman, and Miss Elizabeth-"But where's the Booty Man?" you might be asking? Well, apparently he got injured on a WCW Saturday Night. So now this is just a handicap match. So much for that special match he promised two weeks ago. Also, this match has an added stipulation. If Hogan wins, he gets five minutes in the ring with any of the heel managers. That didn't work out for him to well last time, but alright. If he loses, Anderson & Sullivan get five minutes with the Booty Babe in the ring. The Booty Babe is not currently at ringside. But that doesn't stop Hulk Hogan from easily taking control as soon as the match starts, locking in multiple terrible figure four leglocks.That's probably the second worst figure four leglock I've ever seen. Right ahead of Nature Boy Mike Mizanin's
and right behind Dolph Ziggler's.
The heels eventually take control and beat down Hogan before the Booty Babe comes down to ringside. Hogan hulks up, runs wild on both men before throwing them both out of the ring. Sullivan hits a Hogan in the back, which Hogan COMPLETELY NO SELLS! Also, NO DQ! Hogan takes the chair, batters both men with the chair (no DQ, either) before throwing them into eachother. Back in the ring, Anderson gains some momentum, poking Hogan in the eye and sending him out of the ring, where Anderson, Sullivan, and even Jimmy Hart beat on Hogan. None of that is a DQ. Back in the ring, Anderson & Sullivan go for a spike piledriver, but Hogan counters and slingshot Anderson into Sullivan on the top rope. Hogan hits a back suplex on Anderson before finishing off Sullivan with a body slam and a leg drop for the win. Well, this was sh*t. Hogan decides that instead of just one manager in the ring...he wants two...Woman AND Elizabeth. However, Hogan remembers that Hart is there and chooses him. Hart tries to throw powder in Hogan's eyes, but he misses, so Hogan rips his and gives him an atomic drop. Eric Bischoff is dying laughing watching this. Also, we get an...odd line from Mongo concerning this: "He's not gonna wait for the manager of his choice, he's gonna take him now!" But...didn't he choose Hart? And wasn't it implied that he would...you know what, there's no point in trying to make sense of half the stuff that happens on this show, let alone what Mongo says half the time. Hogan gives Hart a big boot before the Giant comes down to the ring. This is pretty much what happened last time. The Giant hits a chokeslam on Hogan, only for him to GET TO HIS FEET! F*CK OFF, HOGAN! Hogan gives the Giant a big boot before bodyslamming him. Hogan signals for another one, but Mean Gene taps him on the shoulder, causing Hogan to almost bodyslam him as the Giant flees. Why has this segment not ended yet? Hogan says Hulkamania is back on a roll and he'll get back to the top of the WCW, brother. The whole first ten minutes of this show could have just been Bischoff & Mongo on commentary saying "Hey everyone, look at how great Hulk Hogan is! Isn't he just the greatest wrestler in the history of the universe! Get grandma out the bathroom and tell her to look at how incredible Hulk Hogan is!" and it would have been pretty much the same. I've talked about this for far too long, now.
- Public Enemy vs The Nasty Boys in a Street Fight-The Nastys attack the Public Enemy during their entrance with a chair and garbage. The Nasty Boys grab more trash cans before Rocco Rock hits a somersault senton to the outside on Jerry Saggs. The Nastys shove Johnny Grunge into a garbage can and beat him up before Rock throws...you know what, I can't. This is absolute nonsense. For starters, it's just a bunch of garbage hardcore wrestling. Second, nobody is selling anything. At one point, Grunge takes a table to the head and stays down for only about 10 seconds in total. Third, it constantly goes to that sh*tty split screen where you can't focus on anything. This is absolute sh*t. At one point, a cameraman trips. That was kind of funny. At one point, Knobbs makes a pin on Grunge, but the referee stops the count because Grunge had his foot on the ropes. So even though this is a street fight where people are beating eachother up with actual garbage, there are still rope breaks, apparently. The match ends when Public Enemy sets up Knobbs on a table in the ring. Grunge goes for a leg drop off the top rope, but Knobbs moves and makes the cover for the win. After the match, Public Enemy gets their heat back by putting Saggs through another table with perhaps the dumbest move in wrestling. So Grunge on the apron until Rock hits a somersault senton INTO HIM so they both fall on top of Saggs. Jesus, that's dumb. Not only is he taking out his own teammate, but it's so unnecessarily complicated. A somersault senton without hitting your teammate would do pretty much the same thing. So yeah...this was also sh*t. Later in the show, Eric Bischoff says that that wasn't even a match. He's right.
- Earl Robert Eaton with Jeeves vs Randy Savage-The two lock up before Savage takes control. Savage back body drops Eaton out of the ring before throwing him into the ring post. Back in the ring, Savage gets a near fall off an elbow drop before Eaton throws Savage out of the ring. We then get a random cut to a man wearing a Fred Flintstone costume.Alright. Back in the ring, Eaton takes out Savage's knee with a chop block before impersonating Ric Flair to piss off Savage. Eaton does a figure four that is about ten times better than Hogan's before Jeeves tosses Eaton a Four Horsemen t-shirt, which Eaton waves at Savage.
Bobby Eaton has slightly redeemed the previous 25 minutes of this show...slightly. Fueled by Flair-induced rage, Savage turns the figure four over, forcing Eaton to break the hold. Savage gives Eaton a Stun Gun before bodyslamming him before going to the top rope, only for Jeeves to grab his foot. Savage goes after and rips his powdered wig off his head.
Savage chases Jeeves up the ramp before intercepting an incoming Eaton with a back body drop. Savage brings Eaton back in the ring, body slams him again and hits the top rope elbow drop for the win. The match wasn't really anything special but compared to everything else on this show so far, it's like Kurt Angle vs Shawn Michaels. After the match, Savage throws the referee out of the way and goes to the top rope again. A bunch of wrestlers, including a man in full gear I still have yet to see wrestle but have now seen him twice come out to stop Randy Savage from doing something, run down and gets in his way, but Savage jumps and hits another elbow drop. The wrestlers & security pounce on Savage and handcuff him.
- Sting & Lex Luger (c) vs Ric Flair & The Giant with Woman & Miss Elizabeth-WCW Tag Team Championships-So...any guesses as to why Flair & Giant are teaming up? Seriously, why? The last time they interacted was when Flair's buddies screwed him out of the title. So why would the Giant voluntarily team with him? This makes no sense. During his & the Giant's entrance, Flair openly flirts with Mongo's wife Debra, who is sitting in the front row.Also, during their entrance, Luger almost elbows Sting in the face, leading Bischoff to assume dissension. Sting & Flair start off by wooing before locking up. Flair takes down Sting, who immediately kips up. It was cool. More back and forth spots before Sting gorilla presses Flair and dropkicks Giant off the apron. Sting gorilla presses Flair and throws him at the Giant, who barely catches Flair off a short throw before throwing him back in the ring. Flair yells at the Giant for throwing him back in the ring, only to turn around to a gorilla press by Luger. Luger throws Flair back at the Giant, who actually catches him this time, and throws him back in the ring again. Flair yells at the Giant again before being rolled up by Sting for a near fall. Flair exits the ring and chops the Giant before running to the back before the commercial break. We come back to see Luger no selling some chops from Flair. The Giant grabs Luger, allowing Flair to take out Luger's knee with a chop block. The Giant tags in and kicks the downed Luger. The Giant continues to beat down Luger while Mongo makes a Rodney King joke for no reason. Flair tags in and stomps Luger in the back of the head. Flair throws Luger out of the ring, where Woman claws at his eyes before Giant throws him back in the ring. The heels continue to get the heat on Luger before Flair locks in the figure four leglock. Flair grabs Woman's hands for leverage (not sure how that works) until the referee breaks it up. Flair then starts grabbing the ropes before the referee makes him stop, so Flair breaks the hold and shoves the referee. The referee shoves him back before they each shove eachother one more time. The Giant tags in and gorilla press slams Luger. The heels continue to get the heat on Luger until Flair goes to the top rope, where Luger throws him off of to the mat. Sting gets the hot tag and runs wild on Flair. During this wild running, Bischoff says on commentary that Sting is "a great judge of character." The man who has been tricked by Ric Flair THREE SEPARATE TIMES is a great judge of character. OK, Eric. Sting hits a superplex on Flair and locks in the Scorpion Death Lock. Luger holds off the Giant until he sees Woman on the apron with a cup of coffee. Luger learns from last time and ducks the coffee shot. However, it hits Sting and causes a DQ. The Giant then chokeslams both Sting & Luger before the decision is announced.
- We close the show with Eric Bischoff tricking Bobby Heenan before handcuffing him.That is all.
RAW: 14
Nitro: 14
That's it for this edition of RAW vs Nitro. Stay tuned for the next one!
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