Nitro took a week off last week, but it opens with something pretty significant. Hulk Hogan facing off against Kevin Sullivan and Arn Anderson, with the stipulation that if Hogan wins, he gets five minutes with a manager, but if the heels win, they get five minutes with the Booty Babe… isn’t that a slight against Liz and Woman that you’d want five minutes with Kimberly instead? And also, do you really want to piss off DDP?
Anyway, #LOLHoganWins, he beats up Jimmy Hart for a bit before Giant hits Hogan with a chokeslam that he no-sells and everyone takes a powder, including Mean Gene, who almost gets slammed by Hogan, who cuts one last promo before he disappears for a couple months… no, really, this is the last we’re gonna see of the Huckster for quite a while until… some bash at a beach somewhere. Kinda fuzzy on the details… maybe he should have taken a longer break or something.
Nasty Boys defeat Public Enemy in a street fight that saw the PE set up one of the Nasties on the table, but the Nasty Boy slides off, causing the PE guy to break the table and get pinned. And then they beat each other up some more. And then we have Randy Savage versus Bobby Eaton, who’s just pushing all of Savage’s buttons with all the Flair moves and mannerisms before Savage just goes “fuck that,” hits Eaton with an elbow for the 1-2-3… and then hits Eaton with more elbows before a bunch of people stop Savage and he’s taken away by security… wow, actual efficient security forces at a wrestling show. The legends were true.
And then we have a Sting/Luger vs Flair/Giant tag match that ends with Luger ducking coffee and hitting Sting… and then shenanigans. The match was fine, but clearly having two tag teams with issues is a bit too much. My brain hurts from this complex storytelling these people are trying to tell… in another time and place, I probably would’ve been invested in this sort of stuff… but right now, I’m waiting for the eventual blow off that leads to… the switch.
I’m not saying a whole lot on these shows because I’m mostly just taking these in and watching them as they happen. I’m not thinking about much of anything other than… hey, some stuff is happening, there’s some good matches here and there, and then there’s the other stuff. Probably the only thing of significance is the lack of Hulk Hogan for the next few months, which is a benefit to the overall programming because he feels like such a third wheel in the Flair/Savage, Sting/Luger, and Giant/anyone stories that he actually takes away… maybe he needs a new take… perhaps a new turn…
Or maybe he needs a longer break…
See you next week, kids.
Or check out the other shit on the blog when it pops up.
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