Issue #
040
Date:
Monday October 19th, 1998 11:16 pm
WCW Nitro Report for
October 19th, 1998
By Steve Appy
The show opened
with clips of last weeks Flair/Bischoff
confrontation.
Not that I'd be
bothered, but it would be stupid to make that angle
the focus of
this weeks show. Halloween Havoc is this weekend and
the
main angles for
the show have to focus on Warrior/Hogan and
Page/Goldberg.
Saturn pinned
Kenny Chaos
While Saturn
can look great against the right opponent, Choas is
not
that opponent.
Khaos was given a little more offense than I
expected.
Saturn scored
the pin after delivering the Death Valley Driver.
Gene Okerlund
interviewed Ernest "The Cat" Miller.
Miller ran
Okerlund out of
the ring. Miller does almost as bad an interview as
he does a
wrestling match. He challenged ANYBODY to come to
the ring,
and a fan stormed the ring. Bad idea using fans for
angles. The
"fan" was let
into the ring, and Miller kicked his ass. This was a
fake fan and
was really a plant. Every time they do angles like
this more
and more fans think its cool to jump the railing.
That said
Miller also looked like a big wimp, jumping a "fan"
from
behind. His
Karate looks much more like ballet than the martial
arts.
Scott Steiner
delivered another taped black and white interview. I
hate to say it
but it actually was a pretty good interview. Scott
would be in the
running for Most Improved Interview of the year;
unfortunately,
this once solid worker has seen his wrestling
ability go
downhill for
the last three years.
Right now its
8:30 and there's only
been one match. WCW really
packs the first
hour with highlights of their major angles, trying
to
put them on
when their biggest audience is watching.
Psychosis,
Ciclope, Hector Garza, and El Dandy (the LwO)
defeated La
Parka, Chavo
Guerrero Jr., Lizmark Jr., and Damian
I hate this LwO
angle. Not that the wrestlers are bad; in fact, they
are great. Eddie Guerreroand Psychosis are two of the best workers in
the
US (Guerrero the
world). Still, you can't just throw them all
together and expect
them to get
over. About six consecutive missed dives were
attempted
by both sides. A million high spots with very little
psychology. Psychosis
pinned Damian. "The New Godfather", Eddie Guerrero,
entered
the ring after the ring and gave La Parka an LwO
shirt. La Parka, run
the other way.
Chavo was angry that he wasn't offered a shirt.
Chavo
should be thrilled, actually.
Kanyon pinned
Scott Putski
Boring match;
nobody cares TOO much about Kanyon yet, and NOBODY
likes
watching Putski.
Putski was given some offense but none of it looked
good. Kanyon
dropped Putski on his face on the ring apron; this
looked kind of
cool. It is nice to see a heavyweight like Kanyon
performing such
innovative maneuvers. Usually the real cool moves
are
just done by
the Cruiserweights. Kanyon pinned Putski after The
Flatliner.
Scott Steiner
did a live interview. Steiner really is better
suited
for those taped
spots. The Rick/Scott feud doesn't mean very much
anymore and
Rick pales in comparison to Buff Bagwell. Scott
called Judy
Bagwell a
tramp, prompting Rick to come to the ring and
challenge his brother.
Rick ended up
jumping Scott and he pounded him all over the ring.
Scott took the
advantage after a low blow delivered on his brother.
Scott was going
to hit Rick with a chair until Buff made the save.
It would have
been interesting to see the reaction Rick and Buff
would
have towards
each other after this; remember, their characters
are
enemies, Scott
or no Scott.
A highlight
video of The Nitro Girls was shown. WCW's weak
response to the
WWF's T & A
show.
David "Fit"
Finlay pinned Davey Boy Smith
After some back
and forth action the referee was knocked out. Alex
Wright jumped
into the ring and knocked The Bulldog out; Finlay
then
Tombstoned
Smith for the pin. Finlay then attacked Wright as
well.
TV Champion
Chris Jericho (w/ an out of shape bodyguard)
challenged an
absent Goldberg
to a title match.
Jericho called
Goldberg
"Greenberg".
After
Jericho ripped on DDP,
Page confronted Jericho and
challenged him
to a match later tonight. Both
Jericho and DDP got
their
personalities over very well; DDP really did seem
like a badass.
Scott Hall was
shown in a bar watching the show. Here we go again.
Wrath pinned
Tokyo Magnum
Wrath was on
offense virtually the entire match. Total squash.
Wrath
won after The
Meltdown.
A clip was
shown from earlier tonight of Rick Steiner and Buff
Bagwell
shaking hands,
with Buff throwing his nWo shirt into the crowd.
Although I'm
glad they showed it (continuity rockes), it seemed
too easy that they would
put their bad
feelings aside that easily.
Chris Benoit &
Dean Malenko (w/ Arn Anderson) defeated Alex Wright
&
Disco Inferno
when Benoit made Disco submit to the Crossface
Silver King and
Super Calo were scheduled to face Wright & Disco but
the Luchadors
stepped aside for the Horseman. Bischoff ran to the
announcer's
booth and claimed The Luchadors and Horseman were in
breach of
contract for wrestling an unscheduled match. Malenko
hit a
nice dropkick
on Disco. Okay match; it was GREAT to see the
Horseman
in the ring,
though. Besides being Horseman, Malenko and Benoit
are
two of the best
wrestlers in the world! Bischoff called Arn Anderson
a fat piece of
garbage. I'd love to see Arn kick Bischoff's ass,
and
not just in a
wrestling storyline.
Scott Hall was
shown "charming'" some local females in the bar.
Hall is doing
a great job of
appearing pathetic (I don't want to restart the
debate
regarding how much of it is real; Hall is definitely
making it look
real, though).
TV Champion
Chris Jericho defeated Diamond Dallas Page via DQ
Two solid
workers.
Jericho is elevated
being in a hyped match against
DDP. DDP may
not be a great worker but his timing is
great.
Jericho almost locked
DDP into The Lion Tamer but Page
kicked out. All
of a sudden Goldberg stormed the ring and speared
Jericho. DDP was
pissed that Goldberg interfered in his match and a
pull apart
brawl ensued. The first real angle to set up their
title
match, and it does add a little heat to their
encounter.
Scott Hall was
once again shown in the bar, looking bombed at this
point.
WCW
Cruiserweight Champion Kidman wrestled Rey Mysterio
Jr. to a draw.
Two of the
best. Rey is one of the best around and Kidman is
well on his
way to reaching
that level. Mysterio had been out of action since
August. The two
just didn't click together the way I hoped. Not as
many high spots
as I expected; this was much more of a WRESTLING
contest than I
expected. Was this due to Mysterio's recovering
knee?
Rey finally
nailed Kidman with a somersault over the top rope on
to
the floor. Rey
hit a Thesz Press off the top rope across the ring.
This match was
given a huge time block, probably in the hope of a
classic.
Mysterio pulled a Frankensteiner off the top rope
onto
Kidman. At this
point, the match heated up. Out of nowhere, the time
limit expired.
Good match, and
given the chance to work together again, they may
put
on a classic
four **** showdown.
Gene Okerlund
introduced the mayor of
Minneapolis to a
chorus of boos.
Bobby Heenan
joked that he could be the mayor of that town. Kirby
Puckett and
John Randall joined the mayor in the ring. Ric Flair
was
then welcomed
to the ring as a hometown boy.
The Mayor of
Minneapolis declared the day to be Ric Flair day,
which
of course
brought Eric Bischoff out. The mayor told Bischoff
off and
then Randall &
Puckett stared Bischoff down. The head of security
then threw
Bischoff out of the arena.
Flair really is
coming off as the friend of the rich and famous;
Bischoff's limo
was then towed by security. With any luck he'll be
gone the rest
of the show.
Kevin Nash, Lex
Luger, & Konnan wrestled Scott Hall, Stevie Ray, and
IWGP World
Heayweight Champion Scott Norton to a No Contest
Hall looked
VERY drunk walking to the ring, causing Stevie Ray &
Norton to look
disgusted. Nash didn't accompany his team to the
ring
and then
wandered around backstage looking VERY drunk
himself. Nash
slowly made his
way to the ring. Luger and Konnan looked perplexed
by
Nash's actions.
All four sober wrestlers looked disgusted at the
spectacle.
After both Nash
and Hall were tagged in, they performed a little
drunken dance.
They looked to be on the verge of reuniting. Then
Nash struck!
Turns out the story was that he was faking his
intoxication
and a high kick
shoved Hall's "drink" into Scott's face. Although I
hate angles
like this, I do give Nash credit for coming across
as a
realistic drunk (for whatever it is worth).
Hogan was
supposed to be proving some strange point by beating
on his
nephew Horace.
Horace claimed his real name is Horace "Hogan";
Horace
is the son of
Hogan's dead brother. After emphasizing how much
Hogan
loved his dead
brother, Hogan and the nWo beat the hell out of
Horace.
This really
gets Hogan over as a heel. If this was real life it
would make
Hogan one of the more despicable men alive.
This was all a
message to The Warrior, with the intention of
proving
what a dirty fighter he is.
Hogan began
arguing with The Giant (it was impossible to tell
about
what). The
Warrior then charged the ring and destroyed the
entire nWo
with a baseball
bat. After a distraction, The Giant was able to
chokeslam The
Warrior. At this point, Hogan began beating on The
Warrior.
The Horace
aspect was a good angle; The Warrior portion fell
flat.
US Champion
Bret Hart defeated Sting via DQ
Hart ripped on
Sting until The Stinger stormed the ring. Just a
brawl, and not
as good of one as the backstage brawl two weeks ago.
Sting applied
The Scorpion but Hart reached the ropes. At this
point
Sting refused
to release the hold and he was disqualified. He
still refused
to release the
hold until backstage officials, Stevie Ray, and
Vincent forced
him to let Hart go. Sting gave Vincent the Scorpion
Death Drop for
good measure. The main point is: What kind of shape
will Hart be in
Sunday?
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Lethal
Injection
An Edtorial By:
Ryan Oaks A.K.A. The Ticking Time-Bomb, The Loose
Cannon,
High Flyin Ryan
Pillman.
Any questions or comments are
to be sent to me at:
Warriorism@xxxxpuno.com
Hi again
everyone, that’s right, I am writing another article
just for
you, the
wrestling fans. I just want everyone to know that I
love
wrestling, as
if you didn’t know.
Well, I have
decided to add some newer things to Lethal Injection
and
I will be doing
it slowly over the next few articles. The newest
part
of Lethal
Injection is a wrestler of the day or wrestler of
the week.
Although it is
called wrestler of the week, sometimes I might make
it
more than one
wrestler, and if I write more than one article in
the
same week I
might make a different one for every article. I
haven't
worked out the
fine details yet, but rest assured, I will. So lets
get things
started.
This week’s
wrestler of the week is none other than the new
Light
Heavyweight
Champion, Christian Cage. I am glad to see the
younger
wrestling
talent being introduced to the wrestling the way
they should
be. I think
this kid has a lot of talent and it is great to see
the
WWF finally
taking advantage of the younger talent that they
have in
their ranks.
Look for this kid to be a major force of the future
as
long as
WWF keeps him
going in the right direction.
Well as we all
know by now Stone Cold was fired at the PPV, and I
must
say that this
is a stroke of genius by Mr. McMahon. I know your
probably all
calling me an a**hole, but think about it. Everyone
loves Stone
Cold, therefore create a huge controversy around him
and
make it look
like he is going to be gone forever. Well, some of
the
people that
actually fall for this are going to "Scramble" for
Stone
Cold
merchandise.
Besides that, Stone Cold said that Vince hasn't seen
the last
of him.
Hint, hint, the
message tells me to watch RAW and
Stone Cold
could show up at any time and beat the crap out of
McMahon.
Also, there is no WWF
Champ, so again they are telling us to watch RAW
and maybe they
will crown a new one. I think you will agree with me
that this is a
brilliant ploy by Vinny Mac. Can you honestly tell
me
that your
choice to watch RAW over Nitro was not partly
credited to
the Stone Cold,
Vince McMahon angle? Come on now.
Now onto some
other things. The PPV on Sunday, overall, was very
good. The best
part was that the titles actually changed hands this
time. I really
enjoyed seeing Taka (I never defend my belt)
Michinoku
lose his title
to someone with enough time to defend it, Christian
Cage. This was
a good thing for the WWF to do, giving the belt to
Christian. It
might be just the thing that WWF needs to liven up
the Light
Heavyweight division. I would like to see the WWF
get more Light
Heavyweights so
that this division can play a major part in RAW and
Heat.
Another good
thing to see was seeing the New Age Outlaws lose
their
Tag Titles to
The Headbangers. I am not a big fan of either one of
these teams but
it is just good to see The Outlaws lose the titles.
Again, some of
you are calling me an a**hole again, but let me tell
you why it is a
good thing for them to lose their belts. The loss of
the titles will
untie all the ties that were holding these 2
together
except for the
fact that they are both in DX. I think that Billy
will
leave DX. This
would be a major feud and this is a great idea,
especially if
the WWF was planning to get Bart Gunn back into the
tag
team division
after his match with Butter Bean. Not saying that
this
will happen,
just my opinion. This is freeing up both of these
men so
that they can
have one of the bigger federation feuds.
Again, I am
going to tell everyone that I am not happy with
Shamrock as
the IC champ
and the WWF needs to give it to someone else while
they
work on a new
gimmick for Shamrock. I really do not think this
"CRAZY" gimmick
is very good at all, especially for someone as
highly
respected in
The Ultimate Fighting business as Shamrock is.
Besides,
Mick Foley
really deserves to have a singles title. He is the
King of
Death matches,
for God's Sake. This man is one of the most talented
wrestlers in
all of wrestling and all he has gotten was tag
titles on
a couple of
occasions. I
would have liked to see him beat Shamrock, but I
guess that
would mess
up the fact that he is going to return to his Cactus
Jack
character and will
probably join
the J.O.B. Squad.
Well sorry for
such a short article but this is all I have to say
for
now. Until next
time, this has been The Ticking Time-Bomb, The Loose
Cannon, High
Flyin Ryan Pillman.
Please be sure to tune
in to The ShadoweMan on Squared Circle Talk on
C.R.N. The
Cable Radio Network, from
10:00 PM to Midnight
Pacific
Time. Any
questions or comments are to be sent to me at:
Warriorism@xxxxpuno.com
and be sure to read my next edition of Lethal
Injection. And
remember, I welcome all your comments
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Reader Mailbag
Submitted by reader:
alfafire@xxxxcinet.ie
My name is Road
Ass and I am glad the Light Heavyweight title has
changed hands.
Hopefully the WWF will bring back this brilliant
division to the
pay per views. They have mistreated the great
wrestlers like
Brian Christopher, Taka, Aguilla, and Scott Taylor
to
name a few. I
think this division if it isn't promoted will
crumble
like the WCW
Cruiserweight Division and this would be a shame as
the
Light
Heavyweights can be so thrilling. If they want a new
champion I
think it should
be Dick Togo and he can
start a feud
within Kaintei
If you have any different
views e-mail me at
alfafire@xxxxcinet.ie
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