We open the show with Randy Savage struggling against some New Japan guy whose name I don’t remember before getting a comeback and hitting the elbow for the win. This is followed by a Dungeon Of Doom promo threatening the end of Hulkamania and then that’s followed by another Hulk Hogan in black promo, who continues to tease his evil side that we’d be more familiar with in later years, but that’s besides the point.
And there’s a block of ice ready to burst or something.
Eddie Guerrero and Mr. JL defeated Dean Malenko and Chris Benoit with an assist from an injured Alex Wright, who tripped up Malenko with his crutch, allowing JL to nail Malenko with the dealiest move in modern day pro wrestling: the dreaded ROLL UP FOR THE PIN. And then Brian Pillman comes out and nails Guerrero on his way to the back. A pretty solid match with four talented workers. It’s worth noting that JL is subbing for Alex Wright, who was supposed to be Guerrero’s partner, but was injured. Nothing against Wright, but we got a slightly better match out of it with the swap.
The main event of the show Sting & Lex Luger duke it out against Harlem Heat in a pretty ho-hum main event that saw Sting pin Booker after landing a flying lariat. This is followed by the Giant coming to attack the babyfaces, which prompts Hogan and Savage to chase after Giant… but then the ice break and out comes THE YET-AY… who is a tall guy in a mummy costume… thank fuck they called it THE YET-AY and not the Yeti, which is the name of the abominable snowman, not a mummy. You morons.
Anyway, the YET-AY emerges and the feed dies… and that was Nitro, everyone… the go-home show for Halloween Havoc… was the debut of the YET-AY. I sure can’t wait to watch that PPV!
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