WCW Monday Nitro - Monday, 12/14/98

By Wade

No mailbag this week. OK, there were a lot of letters, and I read them all, but I didn't get around to answering many of them due to two factors:
- The Usenix LISA conference in Boston (which ruled), and
- The Legend of Zelda: The Orcarina Of Time. :-)
We see some footage from the Goldberg/Bigelow/Nash confrontation last week
- Good thing WCW isn't the company with the 10-second main events, right Tony?
- On another point, if the match was sanctioned, why did security pull them apart? Sheesh.
And we're live with a Nitro Girls routine.
- We're also live from Tampa, FL, if that's as important as a Nitro Girls routine.
Tony sings the praises of Goldberg, but says Nash will be a tough cookie.
- Larry takes his bows, as Tenay provides the "Nash analysis."
- We take a marginally special look at Giant vs. DDP.
Anyone want a 15-month Nitro Girls calendar? Apparently the WCW marketing department thinks somebody does.
Match 1: Scott Putski vs. Raven
- Heavens to betsy! We're starting Nitro with a match!
- Avast! It's the Polish Pirate! He's gonna keel-haul his opponent, matey!
- Raven comes out in street clothes (jeans, shirt, leather jacket), me harteys!
- Raven gets a mic and slumps in the corner.
- He says he arrived en route to this handbasket we call hell, yadda yadda yadda.
- I'm not really sure what he's saying, but he starts talking about his mother. His mother's reality checks apparently all bounced.
- Kanyon comes down the aisle with a mic.
- Raven talks about how everyone else has it better.
- Kanyon tells Putski to go to the back, because this doesn't concern him.
- Kanyon says that nobody gets more airtime without wrestling than Raven, and everyone is sick of it (him, the guys in the back, the fans).
- Kanyon says that all Raven does is bitch and moan, and Kanyon doesn't understand it.
- Raven whines about having a hard childhood.
- Kanyon says that Raven has a pre-med degree from an Ivy league school, a $3.2 millon trust fund, and grew up a rich, spoiled kid in Palm Beach, FL.
- Kanyon says that Raven's parents bought him a Mercedes when he was 16.
- Raven says that his mother didn't love him.
- Kanyon says that Raven has had it too easy.
- Raven rolls out of the ring, and goes to the back, and Kanyon tries to stop him.
- Raven tells Kanyon to leave him alone, and walks out.
- Mmmmm.....the sweet smell of "No contest."
Match 2: Villano V vs. Eddy Guerrero (w/Art Flores)
- Villano V makes his way out.
- LWO music brings out Eddy Guerrero and Art Flores. It looks like Eddy wrestling.
- Flores has been a non-entity thus far in his WCW tenure. As far as I know, he hasn't even been named by WCW yet.
- Tenay talks about Super Calo's refusal of LWO membership and subsequent beatdown on WCWSN.
- Villano avoids a dropkick, and chops Eddy.
- Villano with an armdrag, and a flip, followed by another armdrag and a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker.
- Eddy goes to the floor, but Villano flies through the ropes onto Eddy.
- Eddy flips out of a suplex, and hits a belly-to-back suplex.
- Eddy connects with a back-elbow.
- Eddy suplexes the Villano, and scowls at the "Eddy sucks" chants.
- Eddy with punches in the turnbuckle.
- Eddy slams the Villano, and hits his slingshot headbutt.
- Villano tries to fight back, but Eddy goes to the eyes.
- Eddy goes to work on the leg, and applies a bridging leglock.
- Villano reverses a corner whip and catches Eddy with a powerslam.
- Villano flapjacks Eddy, and applies a bridging surfboard.
- Villano goes up top, but Eddy distracts the ref, allowing Flores to crotch Villano up top.
- Eddy superplexes the Villano, and hits the Frog Splash!
- Eddy breaks his pin at two!
- LWO members come out, and the bell rings. I have no idea what to call this.
- Eddy speaks Spanish to the Villano, and offers him a spot in the LWO.
- Rey Mysterio hangs behind the group.
- Villano accepts the shirt, and joins the group.
- The LWO wants Rey to join the celebration, but Rey goes to the back.
The Nitro Girls are around the announce booth.
- Get those Nitro Party tapes in by tomorrow to get in on the Grand Prize contest.
- Some kids from South Carolina win the Nitro Party contest this week. They have a wrestling ring (a real one), but it was pretty scary otherwise.
Match 3: Al Green vs. Wrath
- Wrath makes his way out. His opponent is already in the ring.
- The opponent is former World Title contender Al Green.
- They lock up, and Wrath powers Green into the corner, where he unloads with kicks and chops.
- Green avoids a corner charge, and tries some offense.
- Wrath with a knee to the gut, and a leaping kick.
- They go outside, and Wrath whips Green into the guardrail.
- Tony mentions that the wrestlers that the fans like have "an edge" to them.
- HUGE top-rope lariat from Wrath onto Green!
- Wrath chokes Green against the ropes.
- Wrath hits a vicious back-elbow.
- Wrath with a series of elbowdrops.
- Wrath runs through Green with a diving shoulder.
- The fans know what's coming, as Wrath sets up for the Meltdown, and plants Green with it for the win.
We see a retrospective of Flair/Bischoff.
Mean Gene calls out Eric Bischoff
- Gene wonders if Bischoff has bitten off more than he can chew against a 13-time champ.
- Bischoff says that he's looking to the future, while Flair is history.
- Bischoff says he's a trained killer, and a dangerous man. Yeah, with a FedEx receipt.
- Bischoff talks up his karate skills.
- Bischoff says his right hand hits really hard, but his left hand scares even him.
- Flair charges the ring, and Bischoff hits the floor.
- Flair chases Bischoff around the ring.
- Bischoff fakes around Flair, and runs for his life.
- Flair comes back out, and goes to talk to Gene.
- Flair hits the ropes, drops an elbow on the mat, drops a knee, and stomps on the mat.
- Flair: "That's what you're gonna see!"
- Flair: "Bischoff, damnit all, we're in Tampa Florida, where they like wrestling. These people grew up on blood, guts, and Eddie Graham."
- Flair runs Bischoff down.
- Flair is a wildman in the ring.
- Flair does a Flair flop into the turnbuckles, and drops another elbow.
- Flair, exhausted, slumps into the corner, favoring his left arm.
- Arn Anderson runs out.
  - By the way, for you people in the AOL chatrooms, Arn seems to have recovered well from his skydiving trip this past weekend with Alex Wright, Craig Pittman, and Matt Borne, dontcha think?
- Flair is whimpering in pain in the corner, as Arn calls for a trainer.
- Freaky! David Crockett comes out to help. I haven't seen him in ages!
- Dusty Rhodes comes out to help Flair.
- Gene wants the camera turned off.
- However, we keep rolling as a gurney comes out to get Flair.
- We run video without commentary as Flair gets placed onto a body-board and is wheeled to the back.
- The cameras follow Flair through the back of the arena.
- Maybe instead of a hurt shoulder, Flair is having a heart attack?
- Gene goes to the announcers' area. Gene says it's a hurt shoulder.
- Bam Bam Bigelow walks past the ambulance and security and into the arena.
- Scott Hall sees Bigelow, and laughs at him.
- Bigelow gets pissed, and beats the holy hell out of Hall.
- Security gets there to pull Bigelow off, and Nash comes out to see what's going on.
- Bigelow threatens Nash, who tells him to bring it on.
- Goldberg comes out to keep the fun going.
- Terry Taylor comes out and tells them that if they want to fight, all three can have a match tonight.
We're back with Hour Number Two!
Match 4: WCW World Cruiserweight Champion Billy Kidman vs. Rey Mysterio Jr.
- Gene calls out Billy Kidman
- Kidman comes out with his belt.
- Kidman calls out Rey Mysterio, and says he's having problems with the LWO.
- Rey comes out to his music.
- Rey pulls his LWO shirt off.
- Kidman says he respects Rey, but everytime they have a match, the LWO gets involved.
- Kidman wants to give Rey another fair match, and wants to do it now!
- They shake hands, and Rey promises no LWO interference!
- And there's the bell!
- Some reversals, and then a Mysterio armdrag.
- They battle on top, and Rey crotches Kidman on the top.
- Rey tries to Frankensteiner Kidman off the top, but Kidman hits a Super Spine Bomb for two!
- Rey frankensteiners Kidman over the top rope.
- Rey comes off the apron with a bodypress, and both men go over the rail.
- They land at the feet of a ringside Wade Boggs.
- Rey tries to springboard back into the ring, but Kidman dropkicks him in the gut in midair.
- Kidman catches Rey in mid-Asai-moonsault, but Rey slips out. Kidman, however, immediately hits his rope-bounce clothesline.
- They brawl again on the top, and Rey BULLDOGS Kidman off the top! Nice!
- Tony: "A little frustration across the mask of Rey Mysterio."
- Mysterio kicks Kidman down in the corner, and hits his bronco ride.
- Trainer Danny Young has sent word that Ric Flair has had shortness of breath, and mild chest pain.
- Rey with a split-legged moonsault, and goes up top.
- Kidman avoids a Senton Bomb.
- Kidman takes Mysterio down, and hits a top-rope splash for two.
- Rey does his through-the-ropes redirection, but Kidman dropkicks him.
- Kidman vaults over the top onto Rey.
- Kidman is favoring his shoulder.
- Kidman with his slingshot legdrop.
- Rey with a Victory Roll, but Damien and Ciclope run in for the DQ.
- Kidman and Rey double-dropkick the heels, and then do stereo over-the-top dives.
- La Parka and Psychosis run in, but the faces clean house.
- Kidman leaves, and the rest of the LWO runs in to beat the tar out of Mysterio.
- Kidman tries for the save, but the entire LWO is too much for him.
- In slo-mo, we can see that Mysterio hits a NICE hurricane bulldog on La Parka.
We go back to see the Bigelow/Hall/Nash/Goldberg confrontation.
Chris Jericho and Ralphus come out.
- Jericho diagrams how Konnan hit Jericho with brass knuckles.
- Jericho says he fought out of that, but Konnan pulled out a steel chain and hit Jericho.
- Jericho says he fought back from that, too, but Konnan hit him with a big shovel.
- Jericho says he made it to the ropes, but they still counted three.
- Jericho says he's too legit to quit.
- Jericho thanks the pseudo-Konnan, and then clotheslines and Liontamers the pseudo-Konnan.
- The interview ruled - I didn't do it justice.
The Nitro Girls dance, as Tony worries about Flair's heart attack.
Match 5: Emery Hale vs. Barry Windham
- Emery Hale makes his way out. This guy has a lot of personality for a jobber.
- His opponent - Barry Windham!
- Hale gets an advantage, gloats, and misses a corner charge.
- Windham with a belly-to-back suplex.
- Windham drops a leg.
- Windham throws Hale to the floor.
- Windham slams Hale on the floor, and drops an elbow.
- Windham backdrops Hale.
- Hale reverses a corner whip, but eats boot.
- Windham hits a Bulldog, and puts Hale up top.
- Windham hits a superplex into a floatover for the pin.
Match 6: Norman Smiley vs. Perry Saturn
- YES! Norman Smiley!
- Smiley has a new finisher since a couple of weeks ago - a crossface chickenwing called the "Norman Conquest."
- Smiley is playing the heel tonight as he is to face....
- It's Ambiguously Gay Saturn.
- Smiley flexes his pecs at Saturn.
- Smiley with a headlock, reversed into a hammerlock.
- Saturn with a small package for two.
- Smiley with a quick Northern Lights suplex for two.
- Saturn with a Scott Hall-like armlock shoulderblock series.
- Smiley gets out of a rollup, and clotheslines Saturn.
- Smiley gets the advantage.
- Smiley dances at Saturn, who snaps and beats Smiley down.
- The ref tries to pull Saturn off, and Saturn growls: "Please keep your hands off me."
- Saturn hits a chickenwing suplex on Smiley, who hits the floor.
- Saturn rolls Smiley back in.
- Smiley with his spinning bodyslam, and his "Smack my bitch up" dance.
- Smiley with a German suplex setup into
- The Cat comes to ringside cheering Smiley on with hits dance.
- Saturn beats on Oono and the Cat, and hits Smiley, who runs into the ref.
- Saturn suplexes Smiley, and sets up for the Spicolli Driver as Kitty gets into the ring.
- Scott Dickenson comes out, and stands there watching The Cat kick Saturn, and then counts a lightning-fast three count when Smiley rolls onto Saturn. Smiley the upset winner!
- Tony says that this is in payment for Saturn Spicolli-Drivering Dickenson last week, and is outraged.
- Post-match, Smiley dances for the crowd.
Mean Gene calls out Bret Hart.
- Tony says that WCW officials are on the phone with Flair's hospital.
- Gene mentions what happened to Flair, and wonders what Hart thinks about Flair.
- Hart takes the opportunity to talk about the guys he's put out.
- Hart talks about his pulled groin.
- Hart says he'll defend the US belt against DDP tonight!
- DDP comes out, and Giant waffles him from behind with a chair as Hart feigns innocence.
- Giant throws DDP over by the WCW sign, and destroys the sign. Why he does it is beyond me.
- Oh, he's cleared space off to bring DDP up on the platform, and then chokeslams Page through a stage!
We're back with Hour Number Three, with another look at DDP/Giant.
Match 7: WCW World Television Champion Konnan (w/two random guys) vs. Stevie Ray (w/Booker T)
- Wolfpac music brings out ....
- Well, the cameras go to the back, where we see Disco in a Wolfpac shirt.
- TV champ Gonnad goes past him, and down the aisle with a couple of guys. Apparently one was a Florida Marlin, and the other is a Tampa Bay Buc.
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- nWo music brings out Stevie Ray.
- Steve calls to the back, and Booker T follows him!
- Stevie tells Booker to watch his back.
- Stevie with the early attack on Gonnad.
- Stevie periodically motions to Booker, to "show him how it's done."
- Konnan avoids a corner charge, and mounts the buckles to beat on Stevie.
- Konnan takes time to scratch himself in Stevie's face.
- Konnan with the rolling clothesline, and the seated dropkick.
- Stevie hits the floor.
- Stevie gets in Boggs' face, and calls him a sellout.
- Stevie kicks Konnan, and slams him.
- Stevie hops up to the top turnbuckle, but Konnan gets up.
- Stevie hops down, punches Konnan, and signals for the Slapjack.
- Konnan reverses a whip.
- Konnan tries his mule kick, but Stevie catches his leg, spins him around, and hits a Coconut Crunch.
- The ref makes Stevie break a chokehold.
- Stevie wants to use the Odor Eater of Impending Doom. Booker talks him out of it.
- Stevie whips Konnan into the ropes, but Konnan slides between his legs and hits a carpetmuncher for the win!
We see George Steinbrenner and Warren Sapp up in the luxury boxes.
Eric Bischoff comes out with sweats and glasses on.
- Bischoff looks sad, and stands there with the mic for a bit.
- He takes his glasses off, and asks for the attention of the crowd.
- Bischoff says that they do what they do to entertain fans around the world, and says that people ask him how real the business is. He says that they talk about injuries. He says that injuries are real, and are sometimes serious.
- Bischoff says that Flair has been in the business for a long time, and has done more for the business than Bischoff gives him credit for.
- Bischoff says that Flair appears to have suffered a mild heart attack, and Bischoff says "I'm sorry" to the friends and family of Flair.
- He asks for their forgiveness, and the forgiveness of Ric Flair fans.
- Bischoff says that Flair deserves a tremendous amount of respect, and apologizes to the Flair family.
- Bischoff: "Hopefully we'll see you back in action, doing what you do so well."
- And we fade to commercial....
- They're going to great lengths to make this seem "shoot," but I've noticed way too many "work" aspects to ignore.
Mean Gene calls out one of the all-time greats, Booker T
- Booker comes out smiling.
- Gene asks where Booker T is coming from nowadays.
- Booker says his prayers go out to Ric Flair and his family.
- Booker says Stevie made his choice to join the nWo.
- Booker says he's going to do his thing, though.
- Stevie comes out, and says that Booker needs to be praying for himself.
- Stevie says that the people don't care about Booker.
- Stevie says that Booker made him join the nWo.
- Stevie says that they should still be the best tag team.
- Stevie says that he's responsible for all of Booker's success.
- Stevie talks about the past success of Harlem Heat, and mocks Booker's tie.
- Stevie tosses an nWo shirt to Booker, and leaves.
- Gene: "Booker, what do you make of your brother?"
- Booker: "I dunno, man."
In the back, a well-dressed woman is asking to see her son Scott
- Security grunts: "Who?"
- Woman: "He goes by Raven."
- Kanyon comes out and says he knows where Raven is.
- Raven's mom calls him "Chris."
- Kanyon says he'll take her to see Raven, for $50 (he needs the money).
- Raven's mom says she's not paying Kanyon, and tells him to take her to Raven.
Match 8: Scott Hall vs. Horace Hogan
- Scott Hall enters to no music.
- nWo music brings out Horace Gump (with a nod to Scott Keith on that one).
- Horace points to his veins.
- Hall throws his toothpick, and Horace slaps him.
- Hall works on the arm, and flips Horace, and paintbrushes him.
- Horace rebounds with a short-arm clothesline.
- Hall chokeslams Horace, and does the Frankengoof.
- Horace throws Hall to the floor.
- Hall is favoring his knee, and Horace dives through the ropes onto him.
- Horace with another short-arm clothesline.
- Horace hits a pendulum backbreaker, and a big splash for two.
- Horace slams Hall, and drops a Hoganesque big leg.
- Horace locks on a sleeper.
- Hall, of course, fights out of it with a belly-to-back suplex.
- Both men are down, and Horace rolls over at the seven-count for a two.
- Hall with a discus punch, and the fallaway slam.
- Hall signals for the edge, bringing out the nWo.
- Hall tries to fight them off, but there are four-on-one.
- Disco Inferno runs out for the save in a Wolfpac shirt! He's charging the ring with authority.
- Scott Norton catches him on entry, however, and delivers a HUGE jackknife to Disco, and the rest of the nWo beat on him.
- Commercial.
Match 9: Van Hammer vs. Scott Steiner (w/Buff Bagwell) (Special referee: nWo Referee)
- Some trippy music brings out Van Hammer.
- Why is Van Hammer in Hour Number Three?
- Hammer: "Peace is what you want - violence is how you get it."
- Hammer is flashing peace signs.
- nWo Referee and Buff Bagwell lead out Big Poppa Roids.
- Hammer slaps Buff's hat off, and chokes him, but the nWo referee alerts Steiner, who makes the save.
- Steiner kicks the tar out of Hammer in the corner, and Buff helps with a chokehold.
- Steiner ties Hammer to the Tree of Woe.
- Steiner takes Hammer down, and applies the Steiner Recliner for the submission win.
- Steiner puts his shades on, and grabs a mic.
- Steiner wants to talk to an elite athlete, and calls out Lex Luger?
- Luger comes out slapping hands.
- Steiner says it's all business.
- Buff says Luger was there for him when he got hurt.
- Buff: "Lex Luger is always giving, but he's never receiving."
- Buff talks trash about the K-Dogg video, and says that he didn't see Luger's face in the video.
- He didn't see Luger in the Big Sexy T-shirt video, and even Sting has abandoned him.
- Buff says Kevin Nash knocked Luger over the top rope at WW3.
- Steiner says he's running the show now, and offers Luger an nWo shirt.
- Luger contemplates it, and leaves the ring.
- Steiner calls for Luger to join them, and Luger walks away with a smirk.
Match 10: Triangle match - Bam Bam Bigelow vs. Kevin Nash vs. WCW World Heavyweight Champion Bill Goldberg
- Bigelow comes out first to thunderstorm noises.
- Nash gets the second entrance.
- Finally, the champ.
- There goes the bell!
- Nash and Goldberg stare down, and Bigelow attacks Goldberg.
- Nash sits back and lets Bigelow work over Goldberg.
- The two collide, and Goldberg hits a Superkick on Bigelow.
- Nash breaks the pin, and works Goldberg over in the corner.
- Bigelow and Nash work Goldberg over in the corner.
- Goldberg fights off both men, and Bigelow gets the advantage.
- Nash goes to the eyes.
- Goldberg runs through a double-clothesline like he was playing a game of "Red Rover", and clotheslines both men.
- Nash and BBB hit the floor.
- Nash gets back in.
- Bigelow tries to attack, and Nash and Goldberg hit him.
- Nash takes Goldberg down.
- Now it's Bigelow vs. Goldberg, and Bigelow hits a diving headbutt. Nash makes the save.
- Goldberg applies an anklelock to Nash, but Bigelow breaks it up with another diving headbutt.
- Bigelow shoulderblocks Goldberg.
- Goldberg blocks a Bigelow suplex, and hits one of his own.
- Goldberg spears Bigelow.
- Goldberg sets up for the Jackhammer, but Nash breaks hit up.
- Goldberg takes Nash down, but Nash goes to the eyes again.
- Goldberg ducks the Big Boot, and spears Nash.
- Goldberg clotheslines Bigelow down.
- Hall runs in, and beats on Goldberg.
- Bigelow attacks HIM, as the bell rings.
- Hall fights back against Bigelow, and clotheslines him over the top.
- Hall exits, as Nash and Goldberg stare down.
- The two fight each other, as Hall and Bigelow fight on the outside.
- As Tony has a fit, we fade to black...

WCW Monday Nitro - Monday, 12/14/98

By Wade

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