Just to get it out of the way, the main event is a rematch from last week involving Sting/Luger vs. Flair/Giant… and like last week, a cup of coffee is involved that Woman throws at Sting/Luger, but they duck it and it hits the Giant, instead. Flair, realizing he fucked up, begs for forgiveness, but Giant DEMANDS a title shot, to which Flair accepts… oh and Macho Man tries to interfere, but police escort him off the premise. Clearly, there’s some stuff going on here, but there you go, kids. One of Ric Flair’s ladies tossed a cup of coffee in the Giant’s face and that begins a one-week countdown to the end of Ric Flair’s last significant World title run before he eats a chokeslam next week on Nitro.
Nice to see that coffee has a much healthier reputation for bringing people together rather than start wrestling feuds that go badly.
Oh and before anyone wonders what’s on the other channel, here’s Eric Bischoff to bring you up to speed. “Over at the World Whining Federation, the RuPaul impersonator and transvestite Goldust defeats Savio Vega to regain the Intercontinental title. Yawn. Mankind defeats Aldo Montoya. Bigger yawn. Vader defeats Fatu. Oh boy.”
Yes, riveting stuff.
Over at Nitro, American Males defeated Public Enemy via DQ when one of the PE guys tosses the American Male not named Bagwell over the top rope… because somehow, we’re still enforcing that Bill Watts rule in 1996. There’s a Chris Benoit/Eddie Guerrero match that’s short and the ad break doesn’t help much, either… but there are plenty of other places and shows where you could watch these two put on better matches if you have the stomach for it. Finally, it’s the rematch from Uncensored 95 that we’ve all been waiting for, apparently: MENG vs. HACKSAW JIM DUGGAN… yes, it’s a bad match, but not as bad as the aforementioned Uncensored match, so it’s a step up, at least.
Not one of the stronger Nitro shows, but we’re getting SOME semblance of forward movement as it relates to the major stories. If I can get THAT much at the very least, then I can somewhat forgive the lackluster undercard.
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