RAW
- Faarooq Asad with Sunny vs Savio Vega-Intercontinental Championship Tournament 1st Round Match-Up-Faarooq starts beating down Vega before going to the headlock. Faarooq continues to beat on Vega before catching Vega off a crossbody and tossing him down. Vega fights back and hits a spinning heel kick for a near fall, but Faarooq dodges the second attempt and hits a spinebuster for a near fall. Faarooq follows up with a snap suplex before the commercial break. We come back to Faarooq working over Vega with a headlock, using the ropes for leverage. Vega is able to come back with a dropkick for a near fall, but Faarooq quickly regains control with a headbutt for a near fall. Faarooq goes back to the headlock, again using the ropes for leverage with Sunny's help. Vega breaks free and hits a hip toss, but Faarooq halts his momentum by throwing him face first into the turnbuckle for a near fall. Around this time, Jerry La Back to the headlock we go before Vega nearly steals the win with a roll up. Faarooq quickly follows up with a bodyslam, but Vega is able to dodge a second rope diving headbutt before hitting a big boot. However, Faarooq halts his momentum again with a clothesline for a near fall. Guess what happens next...FAAROOQ LOCKS IN ANOTHER HEADLOCK! Jesus, f*ck off with the headlocks. Faarooq finally hits the Dominator in an unbelievably boring match. After the match, Sunny takes the mic and says Faarooq will be the next Intercontinental Champion and he'll run through Sycho Sid. This brings out Sycho Sid, still coked up from three weeks ago from the looks of it.Sid gets in the ring and the two go face to face before a swarm of referees separates them.
- We get a compilation from WWF Action Zone of other wrestlers wishing Ahmed Johnson luck...or mocking or challenging him, depending on their alignment. Stone Cold hopes Johnson gets better soon so he can pound his other kidney. Marlena then implies that Goldust will eat his kidney Silence of the Lambs-style if he has to lose it and Jerry Lawler throws a shot at Jake Roberts because why not.
- Spanish commentator Carlos Cabrera interviews Shawn Michaels & Jose Lothario. He says he has dismantled everyone in Camp Cornette except for Cornette himself, saying he'll let Jose Lothario do that in their match at Mind Games. Lothario takes the mic and says his beef with Cornette is personal and that he'll kick his butt. Michaels says that Mankind might be running roughshod over the WWF roster, but that ends at Mind Games. He says that at In Your House he's going to be Mankind's daddy and warns him not to hunt what he can't kill.
- The Stalker vs TL Hopper-Instantly, this match is interrupted by a backstage segment with Owen Hart & Brian Pillman. Hart says that he & Bret Hart have reunited thanks to Pillman, saying that Bret will make an announcement at Mind Games. During the match, Jim Ross drops the bomb that Razor Ramon & Diesel are coming back to the WWF. Also, a match is happening and it's so unimportant that they filled the time with a segment and inside scoop. This match pitted two of the sh*t 90's gimmicks against eachother. The Stalker (Barry Windham) won after a superplex. That's all you really need to know.
- Crush with Clarence Mason vs Freddie Joe Floyd-The dick tattoo is back!Needless to say, Cockface Crush completely squashes Tracy Smothers, finishing him off with the heart punch for the three and the win.
- Salvatore Sincere vs The Undertaker-And round out tonight's 90's gimmick jamboree is Salvatore Sincere, aka Tom Brandi. His highlight in the WWF saw him get verbally buried by Marc Mero of all people, being called a jobber and saying that he was Tom Brandi, not Salvatore Sincere. It...wasn't the best of times for this guy. This might actually be the highlight of his career, main eventing RAW against the Undertaker. Taker goes right after Sincere when he gets in the ring, lifting him up and choking him before choking him in the corner. Sincere is able to turn it around and beat down Taker in the corner. Sincere follows up with a reverse bulldog for a near fall and a side Russian Leg Sweep for another near fall. Sincere controls the match as we get a pre-recorded promo from Goldust & Marlena. Marlena quotes the Untouchables before Goldust says he'll lay the Undertaker to rest at Mind Games. Sincere continues to control the match until Taker hits a side suplex. However, Sincere quickly regains control after a powerslam and two elbow drops. Sincere mockingly slaps Taker before playing up to the crowd. This allows the Undertaker to sit up and hit a jumping clothesline before hitting a chokeslam. Taker finishes Sincere off with the Tombstone Piledriver for the three and the win. It's nothing special, but it's easily the best match on the show.
That's it for RAW. Onto Nitro.
But first, a quick update on the important stuff that happened on the Nitros I skipped. The nWo has two new members. The first being the Million Dollar Man Ted DiBiase, who joined the group on August 26 as the man financing the group. The second is the Giant, who joined the group thanks to getting money from DiBiase. He official turned on WCW on September 2, attacking & chokeslamming members of the Dungeon of Doom. That makes five nWo members now, with Hogan still claiming there is one we still don't know about. As you probably know, the nWo ends up getting way out of hand, with it seeming like everybody in WCW and their mother was a part of the group at some point. No joke, there's a whole Wikipedia page dedicated to it. So from here on out, I'm keeping track of how many different nWo members we get. So...
nWo Members: 5
Also, even more important...TWO GLACIER VIGNETTES!
Blood Has Run Cold For: 19 Episodes
Not only does that push the total to 19, but it means that the build for Glacier has officially gone on LONGER THAN EMMALINA. Emmalina went 17 weeks, Glacier has gone on for 19 AND COUNTING.
So with that out of the way...
Nitro
- Pat Tanaka vs Super Calo-The first hour of Nitro, everybody! Super Calo has an...interesting look, to say the least, sporting a mask with sunglasses and a hat.That's not just a hat he's wearing, that's part of his mask, he wrestles with that on. Also, here's something weird, Tanaka comes out to what would end up being Goldberg's theme. Tanaka starts off with a back kick followed by a corner back elbow. Calo comes back with a diving crossbody and a diving shoulder tackle before hitting a clothesline. Tanaka rolls out of the ring, putting him in place for a somersault plancha. Tanaka comes back with a superkick and a crossbody block for a near fall. Calo goes for a hurricanrana, but Tanaka counters it and plants him with a powerbomb. Tanaka sets up Calo on the top rope for a gut wrench superplex, but Calo turns it over and pins him with a 69 for the win.
Fine match with a few nice spots.
- Mean Gene interviews Rick Steiner. Steiner basically talks like a nervous child, going on and on about how he could've beat Lex Luger last week had Nick Patrick not thrown out the match when Luger accidentally bumped him seconds into the match. Like, he sounds petrified for no reason whatsoever. He keeps yelling asking for his brother and Sting to say that he could've beat Luger, even when Luger shows up. This is genuinely one of the weirdest/funniest promos I've ever seen. How has this been forgotten in history? Like...this is Scott Steiner-esque. Seriously, people need to see this. Go to this episode on the WWE Network and skip to 6:48 to see for yourself.
- We get announcement paid for by the nWo. They shill their official nWo t-shirt, saying all proceeds go to the Ric Flair retirement fund.
- ...GLACIER DEBUTED ON WCW PRO! ARE YOU F*CKING KIDDING!? SIX MONTHS OF VIGNETTES AND HE DOESN'T EVEN DEBUT ON NITRO!? PISS OFF!
- The Amazing French Canadians vs The Nasty Boys-In what has to be one of the absolute laziest repackagings in wrestling history, the Amazing French Canadians are three-time WWF Tag Team Champions the Quebecers, Jacques Rougeau and Carl Ouelett. They're the exact same minus the name, coming down to the ring with the flags of Canada and Quebec. They take on the Nasty Boys, Jerry Saggs and frequent hanger and banger with Hulk Hogan, Brain Knobbs. Before the match, the Canadians sing the Canadian National Anthem until the Nastys rush them. Meanwhile, we see people in the crowd handing out flyers for the nWo. Rougeau cuts off the Nastys momentum, hitting Saggs in the back with the Canadian flag while the referee isn't looking. Larry Zbyszko walks over to the crowd, takes the flyers and throws them away as the Canadians control the match. Eventually, the referee gets distracted with Rougeau, allowing Knobbs to smack Ouelett off the top rope with the Quebec Flag. Saggs crawls over and gets the three and the win. This was lame. After the match, Mean Gene interviews the Nastys, congratulating them on their win over the Rougeau Brothers. Wrong. They say people have been pointing the finger at them, questioning what side they stand on in the WCW/nWo story. They say they only care about the WCW Tag Team Championships and they don't care what the nWo does.
- Sgt. Craig Pittman with Teddy Long vs Scott Norton-It's armbar vs armbar. Norton takes Pittman to the corner, only for Pittman to hit a hip toss followed by two headbutts. Norton comes back by raking Pittman's eyes and hitting an arm breaker before kicking Pittman out of the ring. Outside the ring, Pittman throws Norton into the guard rail, but Norton comes back and throws Pittman into the ring post. Back in the ring, Norton locks on the Fujiwara armbar. At the same time, Ice Train comes down with a towel, wearing what appears to be a denim vest with a backpack sewn into it.Ice Train throws in the towel for Pittman before him & Norton go face to face. After the match, we get this replay. See if you can tell what's wrong with it.
Yeah. - Mean Gene interviews Lex Luger, Ric Flair, and Arn Anderson. Flair questions Luger on where Sting is, but Luger says he is here. Flair turns his attention to the nWo, saying that on Sunday it's showtime. Mongo & Chris Benoit show up, saying that Flair & Anderson shouldn't have trusted Sting & Luger. Luger says they can trust Sting. I mean, he's not wrong. Sting is the most trustworthy person alive. The man has been turned on by all his partners in this match at least once and he's still teaming with them. Anderson says all of them should expect to get hurt in WarGames if they put it all on the line and the fire Hogan & the Outsiders lit is gonna burn them to the ground.
- Joe Gomez vs Juventud Guerrera-The two go back and forth to start before Juventud hits a springboard somersault dropkick. Juventud follows up by dropkicking Gomez off the apron to the outside. Gomez gets back up on the apron as Juventud goes for a springboard headscissor takeover, bringing Gomez back into the ring. This is what happens.Joe Gomez is ass. Juvi drops an elbow and makes the cover, but Gomez gets his foot on the ropes. Gomez comes back with a back elbow before going to the top rope. However, Juvi meets him there...just so he can back flip off. Juvi catches Gomez off a flying nothing with a dropkick and hits a springboard corkscrew splash for the win. Man...some of this was rough.
- Mean Gene interviews Nick Patrick. Gene questions Patrick on the quick DQ he called when Luger accidentally bumped him. Patrick says the hit was intentional and that Gene is spreading lies about him. He says Luger should be suspended for chasing him out of the building before saying he's on WCW's side. Tony Schiavone interrupts to show that the nWo is out in the parking lot, putting flyers on cars in the pouring rain. We also see Ted DiBiase talking to someone in a limo.
- Rick Steiner vs Lex Luger-The two trade holds before Luger floors Steiner with a shoulder block. Steiner mat wrestles Luger down to the ground as we enter the second hour. Cue the unnecessary pyro.
Luger hits a clothesline for a near fall, but Steiner comes back, catching Luger off a leapfrog with a powerslam for a near fall. The two trade shots before hitting a belly-to-belly suplex for a near fall. Steiner tries to follow up with a German suplex, but Luger saves himself by grabbing the ropes, only to eat a clothesline for a near fall. Luger comes back with a clothesline of his own followed by a powerslam for a near fall. Suddenly, Nick Patrick runs down to ringside, telling Luger to come to the back. Luger follows him. We cut to backstage, where Ted DiBiase is talking to somebody in the limo with a familiar sounding voice. Luger runs out to confront DiBiase as the mystery person gets out of the limo.
STING!? STING IS IN THE NWO!? HE'S TURNED HIS BACK ON WCW!? Sting attacks Luger as the rest of the nWo joins in on the beatdown before running off. The commentators are speechless for a while before Heenan theorizes that Nick Patrick set Luger up. After a commercial break, we see a bunch of wrestlers looking for the nWo.
- Rey Mysterio Jr. (c) vs Billy Kidman-WCW Cruiserweight Championship-The two shake hands before Mysterio sends Kidman out of the ring with a hurricanrana. Mysterio throws Kidman into the guard rail before taking him down with a headscissor takeover. Mysterio goes for a flying nothing, but Kidman counters it with a dropkick before hitting a powerslam. Kidman goes to the top rope and hits a splash for a near fall. However, Mysterio hits Kidman with a springboard somersault seated senton for the three and the win to retain the title.
- The Faces of Fear with Jimmy Hart vs The Public Enemy-The Faces of Fear instantly rush Public Enemy, leading to a brawl. The match calms down before the Leprechaun runs out.
I forgot about him...why does he still exist? He leaves instantly, by the way. The Barbarian hits a gorilla press slam on Rocco Rock before hitting two clotheslines. Grunge & Meng tag in before the straight up cuts backstage, where Mean Gene interviews the Four Horsemen and Lex Luger because f*ck the match. Anderson says he's shocked that Sting turned on WCW and he's speechless. Luger says he doesn't have any answers for what happened and now the WarGames match means even more. Luger leaves to go find Sting before Flair says they're going to WarGames and the nWo is going to pay the price. Back to that pesky wrestling match, where Meng hits a piledriver on Rock. Grunge breaks up the pin, leading to a brawl with Meng. The Faces of Fear control the match until Rock dodges a corner splash and makes the hot tag to Grunge. Grunge punches away the Faces of Fear before Rock hits a double bulldog for a near fall. Barbarian takes Rock out of the ring and sets him up on a table outside, but Jimmy Hart pulls Rock out of the way when Barbarian dives at him off the top rope. Back in the ring, Public Enemy sets up another table in the ring before getting Meng on it and Rock hits a moonsault. The Faces of Fear quickly no sell both table spots and Meng submits Grunge with the Tongan Death Grip. That's not me missing stuff, that's what happened. What a confusing finish. After the match, the rest of the Dungeon of Doom comes out. Mean Gene enters the ring to interview them. Hart says he created the Giant and now the Dungeon of Doom is going to destroy him. Big Bubba turns the attention to Glacier, saying he's afraid to come to Nitro and calls him "karate man." Konnan challenges the nWo to come to the ring now before Kevin Sullivan says if Savage thinks he owes one to the Dungeon of Doom, he can start by getting rid of John Tenta tonight and finish the Giant at Fall Brawl.
- We get another announcement paid for by the nWo. They say they've established how powerful they are before saying the fifth guy did so such a good job at keeping it a secret. They say if they win at Fall Brawl, they want a segment on the next Nitro before Scott Hall drops the line "nWo 4 Life." That probably won't catch on.
- John Tenta vs Randy Savage-John Tenta still has half his f*cking head shaved.
For f*cks sake. Savage goes right after Tenta, who takes control because he's a lot bigger than Savage. Savage starts to fight back but collapses under Tenta's weight when he tries to bodyslam him. Tenta follows up with a dropkick that sends Savage out of the ring, where Savage grabs a chair and hits Tenta with it. Savage continues to hit Tenta with the chair (no DQ for some reason) before going back in the ring for a double axe handle. Savage hits two diving elbow drops before Teddy Long runs down and tells Savage the nWo is back. Savage & Long run out to the parking lot as the nWo escapes in a limo. They go to another limo where they find cans of spray paint. They try to spray paint WCW on it, but all the rain makes it look like sh*t.
Back in the building, Arn Anderson goes up to the commentators and says nobody is hotter than the Horsemen. The rest of the Horsemen show up as Anderson says Hogan wants to be a Horsemen, but he couldn't so joined up with every thug he could and even Sting. Anderson says that when Sting enters WarGames, he's gonna tear his head off. Flair says the nWo has no chance at WarGames and Hogan won't leave Fall Brawl alive. Bischoff says it was a mistake to bring Hogan to WCW before the show ends.
RAW: 18
Nitro: 29
That's it for this edition of RAW vs Nitro. If you liked what you read, feel free to share this around and as always, stay tuned for the next one!
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