But first! A quick recap of In Your House: Beware of Dog, which happened the night before this RAW.
- When I say quick, I really mean it. The power went out during Beware of Dog and only two matches aired not counting the Free-for-All. There's a second part that happens after the night after this RAW, but let's just cover what happened on Sunday.
- On the Free-for-All, the Smoking Gunns defeated The Godwinns for the Tag Team Championships
- Marc Mero defeated Hunter Hearst Helmsley after slingshotting him into the ring post.
- Shawn Michaels vs British Bulldog ended on a double pinfall after Michaels back suplexed Bulldog and both men had their shoulders counted down, meaning Michaels retains the WWF Championship. At one point, Diana Hart Smith tries to leave with the belt, leading this image which is fantastic out-of-context.
RAW
- The Ultimate Warrior vs Goldust with Marlena-King of the Ring 1st Round Match-Because we all wanted to see this sh*t again. Goldust starts the match outside the ring, so Warrior chases him back in the ring, where Warrior clobbers Goldust before hitting an inverted atomic drop and a regular atomic drop that sends Goldust out of the ring. After a long period of stalling, Warrior chases Goldust back in the ring, where Goldust beats on Warrior until Warrior hypes up and gorilla press slams Goldust. Goldust rolls back out of the ring, so Warrior follows him out and throws him over the guardrail. The two continue to fight at ringside before Warrior throws Goldust into the ring post and rolls him back in the ring for a near fall. Warrior controls the match until Goldust hits a body slam. Goldust then proceeds to lock in a super lazy camel clutch.Warrior escapes this by standing up with Goldust on his shoulders and hitting an electric chair drop, so Goldust rolls out of the ring and tries to leave. However, Ahmed Johnson appears and carries Goldust back to the ring before the commercial break. We come back to more fighting on the outside. Back in the ring, Warrior stomps Goldust in the corner before Goldust avoids a corner splash by Warrior. Goldust follows up by throwing Warrior out of the ring, causing him to land right on Marlena's director's chair.
That must have sucked. Back in the ring, Goldust controls the match until Warrior hits a back body drop for a near fall. Warrior follows up with a belly-to-belly suplex for a near fall, only for Goldust to poke him in the eye. Goldust then low blows Warrior in the corner behind the referee's back before locking in a chinlock. Goldust controls the match until Warrior hits a powerslam for a near fall. Warrior hypes up, clotheslines Goldust a bunch and hits a shoulder tackle, so Goldust LEAVES THE RING AGAIN! Jesus Christ, piss off. Goldust tries to walk back up the ring, so Warrior goes out after him. This gets both men counted out, eliminating them both from the tournament, as Jerry Lawler leaves commentary and goes after Warrior. Warrior turns around, so Lawler drops the chair and runs off.
- Vince McMahon interviews Ted DiBiase & Steve Austin. DiBiase says Savio Vega's win at Beware of Dog is tainted because the lights went out and challenges Vega to a rematch with an added stipulation; if Austin loses again, then DiBiase will leave the WWF.
- The Smoking Gunns with Sunny vs The BodyDonnas-Why is Sunny with the Smoking Gunns instead of the BodyDonnas? Well, after the Godwinns beat the BodyDonnas for the Tag Team Championships, Sunny joined up with them and became their manager. This lasted literally one match, and since the Smoking Gunns are the champions now, she's with them. Also, Hillbilly Jim is on commentary for this match. Bart Gunn & Zip start off by trading blows. Gunn gives Zip a stiff clothesline before working over Zip's arm. The Gunns control the match until Zip makes a tag to Skip. Skip is immediately sized up by Billy Gunn before he hits a tilt-a-whirl headscissor takedown. Skip & Gunn have a nice little back-and-forth exchange until Gunn clotheslines Skip, who rolls out of the ring to confront Sunny before the commercial break. We come back to see Zip pull Bart Gunn out of the ring and beat him down at ringside. The BodyDonnas control the match before Phineas I. Godwinn comes down to the ring and goes towards Sunny. Hillbilly Jim leaves the commentary table to calm him down before Henry O. Godwinn goes down to ring as well. During this time, the BodyDonnas double suplex both Gunns onto the ropes before Skip hits a diving crossbody on Bart Gunn. However, Gunn rolls through and cradles Skip for the win. This was fine, but it was pretty much just background for the Godwinns-Sunny drama.
- We find out that Shawn Michaels & British Bulldog will have a rematch for the WWF Championship at King of the Ring.
- Vader with Jim Cornette vs Ahmed Johnson-King of the Ring 1st Round Match-Owen Hart, who's hand is in a cast, is on commentary for this match. The two lock up before Vader spits in Johnson's face. Johnson responds by beating the piss out of Vader in the corner. This continues until Vader pokes Johnson in the eye twice and starts to beat down Johnson in the corner. Johnson comes back with a clothesline before taking both of them out of the ring. Cornette smacks Johnson in the back with his tennis racket, but it doesn't faze Johnson, who chases Cornette to the back before the commercial break. We come back to Vader hitting a knee strike on Johnson. Vader controls the match until Johnson blocks a suplex attempt and manages to suplex Vader himself. Vader manages to recover and slam Johnson down before going for the Vadersault. However, Johnson dodges it and clothesline Vader to the mat. Johnson does it again as we notice Cornette has come back down to ringside. Johnson body slams Vader as Cornette distracts the referee, so Johnson yanks him into the ring. Johnson throws Cornette into Vader (no DQ) and hits a spinebuster on Vader. However, the referee is distracted trying to get Cornette out of the ring. Owen Hart takes the opportunity to hit a top rope elbow drop on Johnson with his cast, allowing Vader to roll over and cover Johnson for the win. Above-average match, I'd say. After the match, Johnson is carted off by paramedics before Goldust appears and gives him mouth-to-mouth. Johnson wakes up and freaks out at the fact that Goldust kissed him. Johnson tosses stuff around before looking for Goldust, beating up Bob Holly because "f*ck Sparky Plugg." Johnson drives another guy through Goldust's dressing room door, but Goldust is nowhere to be found. Johnson continues to look for Goldust to close the show.
Nitro
- So, from here on out, Monday Nitro will be two hours long. Also, each hour will have different commentary teams. For hour one, we've got Tony Schiavone & Larry Zbyszko and for hour two, it's Bischoff & Heenan.
- The American Males vs Ric Flair & Arn Anderson with Woman & Miss Elizabeth-Flair & Riggs start with Flair tossing Riggs out of the ring. Flair & Anderson double team Riggs before throwing him back in the ring. The Horsemen control the match until all four men start fighting. The American Males run through the Horsemen and boot them out of the ring. Flair & Anderson recover outside the ring before Anderson throws Bagwell out of the ring. Bagwell dodges a knife edge chop, sending Anderson's hand right into the ring post before the commercial break. We come back to Bagwell fighting out of a double team before back body dropping Flair. Riggs & Anderson tag in before a Flair distraction allows Anderson to take over. Anderson work Riggs' leg before tagging in Flair. The Horsemen control the match, continuing to target Riggs' leg until Riggs knocks Anderson out of the ring with an enziguri. Flair gets in a shoving match with the referee, allowing Bagwell to get the hot tag. Bagwell runs wild on Flair & Anderson, hitting a missile dropkick on Flair, but Anderson breaks up the pin. Bagwell rolls up Flair and gets the visual three, but the ref is distracted with Riggs. Anderson rolls the pin over so Flair is making the cover, only for Riggs to roll it back over for a near fall. Bagwell hits a fisherman suplex and makes the cover, but the referee is still distracted with Riggs, allowing Anderson to break it up. Woman takes the opportunity to rake Bagwell's eyes, allowing Anderson to give Bagwell a DDT. Flair crawls over and gets the pin and the win. Pretty good match. After the match, Mean Gene interviews the winners in the VIP section. Anderson says he could beat any football player in a fight and Flair can have any woman he wants. Flair says that NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle better step in and that with all of Randy Savage's money Elizabeth got in the divorce, she is Flair & Anderson's "sugar mommy." I don't really know what to say about that.
- We get a video package of Mongo & Kevin Greene training & lifting weights.
- Steve Doll vs The Mauler with Col. Rob Parker-Who are these guys? Doll is Steven Dunn, one-half of Well Dunn from the WWF. You probably don't remember them. The Mauler is Mike Enos, who was one-half of the Beverly Brothers in the WWF. Neither of these guys are important whatsoever. Doll starts off with a back body drop, which is followed up by a belly-to-belly suplex by the Mauler. Mauler hits a top rope fallaway slam before sending both men out of the ring. Mauler throws Doll into the ring post before the commercial break. I am shocked this got a commercial break. When we come back...someone shows up.Scott Hall is here! Hall hops the railing and demands a microphone. He gets in the ring and says everyone knows who he is, but not why he's here. He mocks the stupid Billionaire Ted skits and says he goes wherever he wants, whenever he wants. He says he's got a challenge for everyone in WCW and says if they want a war, they'll get one. So yeah...the match just ends.
- Sgt. Craig Pittman with Teddy Long vs Diamond Dallas Page-Remember Craig Pittman's quest for a manager. Well, he got Teddy Long...that's it. The two do push-ups to start before DDP takes a pratfall when he misses a kick. Pittman holds Page down on the mat until Page gets to the ropes. Page pokes Pittman in the eye before headbutting him, only to knock himself loopy. Page falls out of the ring and gets tangled up in some wires before Pittman throws him back in the ring.Page ends up pulling Pittman down onto the ropes, only to get tossed into the corner hard. Pittman goes for the Code Red armbar, but DDP blocks it before grabbing Teddy Long from the ring and shoving him into the guardrail. Pittman checks on Long, only for DDP to hit the Diamond Cutter for the win. Nothing match.
- Mean Gene interviews the Shark. I forgot he still worked here. The Shark says he got kicked out of the Dungeon of Doom...man, that's really sad. He says he'll win the World Heavyweight Championship tonight and that he might eat Jimmy Hart. He says he'll end the Giant tonight.
- We get a promo package of Hulk Hogan hanging out with a bunch of famous athletes because you can't let people forget that Hulk Hogan is the greatest wrestler alive.
- The Giant (c) with Jimmy Hart vs The Shark-WCW World Heavyweight Championship-Shark is billed as being from "Tsunami." Not from a tsunami, just "tsunami." Shark takes the fight right to the Giant until Giant headbutts him. The Giant starts no selling Shark's offense before clotheslining Shark to the ground. Shark comes back with a double axe handle before trying to body slam the Giant, but he can't do it. The Giant responds by bodyslamming the Shark before working him over in the corner. Shark comes back by raking the Giant's eyes before hitting a diving clothesline. Hart hops up on the apron, which distracts the Shark, allowing the Giant to chokeslam Shark for the win. This was kind of lame. After the match, Big Bubba comes down and shave half of the Shark's head.This leads to an awful feud between Big Bubba & the Shark that concludes in a match where a sock full of silver dollars is hung up on a pole. It's going to be sh*t.
- Lex Luger (c) vs Maxx-WCW Television Championship-Who is Maxx? He used to be DDP's bodyguard...now he's not. He's also in the Dungeon of Doom and has a sh*tty haircut.Heenan says it's a nice haircut "if you're going to the chair." The two lock up before Maxx floors Luger with a shoulder block. Luger is able to knock Maxx off his feet but takes a powerslam for a near fall. Max controls the match until Luger gets his boot up in the corner and floors Maxx with an elbow. Luger hits a powerslam before locking in the Torture Rack for the win. This match was really boring. After the match, Mean Gene interviews Lex Luger. Luger says nobody wants the Giant more than he does and wants to get revenge for the chokeslam through the table Luger got two weeks ago. He says the Giant tried to take him out with that chokeslam and challenges every big man WCW has before he faces the Giant at the Great American Bash.
- Bobby Walker vs Brad Armstrong-Oh cool. I wonder who's debuting during this match?...Oh...this is just a match...why is this happening? Not to mention "Hardwork" Bobby Walker has the "trains hard" gimmick. You know, that gimmick they give to jobbers on NXT. The one's who the commentators have "seen around the Performance Center" and then get jobbed out. Bobby Walker is the originator of that gimmick. Just swap out "Performance Center" with "WCW Power Plant." The two trade holds before Walker fails to land on his feet off a monkey flip and almost trips on a springboard crossbody for a near fall. The two trade more holds before Walker gets a near fall off a small package. Walker gets another near fall off a backslide before hitting a back body drop. Walker then stumbles on the ropes again before f*cking up a Blockbuster for the win. Jesus Christ, Bobby Walker is sh*t. He messed up just about every single one of his spots. This sucked.
- Lord Steven Regal with Jeeves vs Alex Wright-Before the match, Regal flexes while pushing his muscle up with his finger because he's great.Wright forces Regal into the corner to start before Regal wrestles Wright to the ground. Regal locks in a wristlock, but Wright reverses it into one of his own, keeping the hold locked in until Regal gets to the ropes. The two trade holds before Wright hits two headscissor takedowns, which sends Regal out of the ring. Wright follows up with a baseball slide followed by a plancha before the commercial break. And during the commercial break we get a GLACIER VIGNETTE!
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We come back to Wright hitting a shoulder block. The two trade uppercuts before Regal takes down Wright with a drop toe hold. Regal slaps Wright while holding him in a reverse chinlock until Wright fights to his feet and hits a belly-to-belly suplex for a near fall. Regal ends up taking control of the match until Wright hits a big uppercut. Wright rolls up Regal for a near fall before Regal wrestles him to the ground. The two trade roll ups before Wright hits a dropkick, followed by uppercuts and a back body drop. Wright hits a jumping heel kick for a near fall before going a monkey flip, only for Regal to shove him down and cover him with a jackknife for the win. This was pretty good, I enjoyed this match. After the match, Mean Gene interviews Regal. Regal straight up calls Alex Wright "junior Adolf." Wow. He runs down the WCW roster and says it's time for him to have his voice heard in this company. He then challenges Sting to a match so he can get some respect in WCW.
- Scott Steiner vs Sting-Now this is what I'm talking about. Steiner starts off with an arm drag before forcing Sting into the corner. Sting responds with a hip toss, so Steiner gorilla press slams him. The two go back and forth before Sting hits a dropkick followed by a springboard back elbow. Sting then clothesline Steiner out of the ring before hitting a plancha. Back in the ring, Steiner hits a double underhook suplex followed by a twisting belly-to-belly suplex. Sting rolls out of the ring, so Steiner dives on him for a double axe handle. Back in the ring, Steiner gets a near fall before beating down Sting in the corner. Sting halts the momentum by getting his boot up in the corner, only for Steiner to come back with a belly-to-belly suplex for a near fall. Steiner locks in an STF before transitioning to an armbar. Steiner lets go of the hold before bodyslamming Sting and going for a suplex. However, Sting reverses it and hits a Scorpion Death Drop...you know, before that was his finisher. Steiner avoids a Stinger Splash before hitting a dragon suplex. Suddenly, Lex Luger comes down to the ring to support Sting, which brings out Rick Steiner as well. Steiner sets up Sting on the top rope and hits a top rope Olympic Slam. Steiner goes for the Frankensteiner, but Sting avoids it and locks in the Scorpion Death Lock, only for Steiner to easily get the ropes. Steiner goes for Tombstone Piledriver, but Sting reverses it and hits one of his own for a near fall. Steiner blocks a splash with his knees before trying to suplex Sting back in the ring from the apron. However, Sting reverses it and suplexes Steiner to the outside, only for Steiner to land on his feet and try to suplex Sting on the outside. However, Luger stops Steiner and throws him back in the ring. This angers Rick Steiner, who chases Luger into the ring where he & Scott beat down Luger. Sting evens the odds and the two teams brawl until they are broken up by the other wrestlers.
- We close the show with Scott Hall showing up at the announce booth. Hall says Bischoff likes to run his mouth before telling him to tell "Billionaire Ted" to get the three best in WCW to face him & two others. Hall says that like it or not, they're taking over.
RAW: 15
Nitro: 19
Thanks for reading this edition of RAW vs Nitro. Stay tuned for the next one.
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