WCW Monday Night Nitro - Monday, September 18th, 1995
- War Games was last night, and this live one-hour edition of Nitro is the follow-up.
- Kevin Sullivan and Giant come into the arena riding in the back of an ambulance. Gene Okerlund comes over and interviews both men.
- Giant calls himself the true immortal.
- Hogan appears not to be here tonight because of the injury last night by Giant.
- We go to the ring where the American Males are in the ring awaiting their opponents, The Blue Bloods. Slight problem, Harlem Heat come out and attack the Blue Bloods. Which leads to...
- For the WCW Tag Team Title: (champions) Harlem Heat Vs American Males
- Scotty Riggs and Stevie Ray start things off. Ray begins to club Riggs on the back. Riggs gets rammed head first into the top turnbuckle. Stevie sends Riggs into the ropes and Bagwell comes in.
- Riggs and Bagwell connect with a double dropkick. Riggs legally tags in Bagwell. Riggs has Ray in an arm wrench. Bagwell goes off the ropes and connects with a double axe handle to the arm.
- Ray sends Bagwell into the ropes and connects with a side slam. Booker T gets the tag and places Bagwell in a side headlock. Booker takes Bagwell down with a shoulder block.
- Booker with a body slam onto Bagwell. Booker misses a leg drop. Riggs gets the tag and begins to hammer away on Booker.
- Ray kicks Riggs on the back. Booker with a scoop slam and he tags in Ray.
- Booker sends Riggs into the ropes and Ray connects with a clothesline. Ray begins to choke Riggs.
- Booker gets the tag and connects with an impressive wheelbarrow kick. Booker goes for the cover... 2 count.
- Riggs gets Booker into a corner and Booker tags in Ray. Ray with a scoop slam on Riggs and he tags Booker back in. Booker misses a somersault splash.
- Riggs manages to tag in Bagwell. Bagwell with a dropkick but Ray takes Bagwell down.
- Colonel Parker comes down and kisses Sherri.
- Bagwell reverses a scoop slam by Stevie Ray and gets the cover.... 1-2-3.
- Your Winners: American Males via pinfall to become the new WCW World Heavyweight Tag Team Champions.
- Harlem Heat are shocked.
- Commercials
- Gene calls for Ric Flair to come out for a interview. Flair says that Anderson broke the code when Pillman came in and interfered during their match last night.
- Flair says that tonight he is going to chop Pillman so hard that people will be able to hear it in Long Island.
- This week on WCW Saturday Night. Sting/Regal, Parker/Cobra, and a Dusty Rhodes interview.
- Paul Orndorff Vs Johnny B. Badd
- Orndorff quickly dropkicks Johnny in the left knee and begins to deliver a few boots.
- Orndorff begins to choke Johnny in the corner and delivers a few knee lifts.
- Paul begins to get angry with referee Nick Patrick.
- Johnny with a hip toss and a body slam.
- Johnny goes up top and looks for a double axe handle but Paul gets his knees up... 2 count.
- Commercials.
- Johnny goes for a big splash but Paul gets his knees up and goes to the top rope.
- Paul also misses a big splash. Johnny fights back with a few hard lefts.
- Paul rolls to the outside looking for his mirror, Johnny fake kicks him and Paul acts like he really did...
- Johnny leaps over the top rope and connects with a cross body.
- Johnny with a top rope double axe handle.
- Paul goes for the piledriver but Johnny reverses into a backdrop. Johnny with a two clotheslines.
- Johnny goes for piledriver, but Paul connects with a backdrop. Johnny hangs on looking for a sunset flip. Paul simply drops down to his knees... 1-2-3
- Your Winner: Paul Orndorff via pinfall on a reversal of a sunset flip.
- Clips of WCW wrestlers on the set of Baywatch where Kevin Sullivan attacks Randy Savage while he was lifting weights.
- Mean Gene calls out Randy Savage for an interview.
- Savage says he doesn’t want/need Ric Flair’s help.
- Says that Hogan made a terrible choice by allowing Luger onto the team for War Games since Luger attacked Savage. (According to Luger, it was an accident.)
- "Either you're with me or against me."
- Luger comes out and says that Savage has his own personal agenda to become World Champion.
- Savage agrees but still insults Luger.
- Savage wants to fight Luger right now. Of course nothing happens.
- Commercials.
- Clips of Hogan’s motorcycle getting destroyed.
- Clips of Hogan being attacked by The Giant at Fall Brawl last night.
- Brian Pillman Vs Ric Flair
- Pillman with a few overhand chops in the corner. Flair reverses and delivers chops of his own.
- Pillman looks for a dropkick but Flair hangs onto the ropes.
- More chops by Flair, boots and a power slam. Flair sends Pillman through the middle rope to the floor.
- Flair goes to the top rope and connects with a double axe handle to the outside.
- Flair with chops on the outside. Pillman chops Flair back in the ring.
- The "Flair Flip" in a corner and he walks the apron. Flair ducks a clothesline and connects with one of his own.
- Flair goes to the top rope, leaps off, and Pillman connects with a dropkick.
- Pillman goes for the cover... 2 count.
- Pillman sends Flair head first into a ring post on the outside.
- More chops by Flair and he drops Pillman chest first onto the guard rail.
- Pillman rams his shoulder into the midsection of Flair on the apron. Pillman goes to the apron, leaps off and connects with a sunset flip. Flair doesn't drop down and he begins to deliver a few hard right hands.
- Pillman sends Flair into the ropes and walks right into a boot.
- Flair goes to the top again and Pillman catches him and connects with a power slam off the top rope.
- Pillman goes for a big splash but Flair moves. Flair goes for the figure four but Pillman reverses into a cover... 2 count.
- More chops by Flair and he sends Pillman into the ropes, double shoulder block, both men are down.
- Flair with a back suplex.
- Flair goes for the figure four and, after a brief second, Pillman taps out.
- Your Winner: Ric Flair via submission with the Figure Four
- Afterwards, Flair taunts / calls out Anderson for a fight.
- Next week: Sullivan/Savage, Wright/Disco Inferno, Meng/Luger.
- The Good: The shock value of the American Males winning the Tag Titles, Flair/Pillman was OK.
- The Bad: Orndorff/Johnny B. Badd, and the beginning interview with Sullivan/Giant.
- The Ugly: Mongo's commentary skills still.
- I'm confused as to why you would have Johnny B. Badd (who is the #1 contender for US Title) lose to Paul Orndorff. So I would presume that Orndorff should be #1 contender... Though, it doesn't matter anymore.