Folks, we’re about a couple weeks away from calling this experiment quits… but honestly, I’m not sure that I’m going to hold out if THIS is the caliber of Nitro waiting for me. Even in its hour-long format, there’s only so much bad wrestling I can put up with before I turn the show off and move on to something else… which I can easily do because there’s more than enough good shit on the Youtubes that I can load up and clean the palette of sorts.
We open with a Macho Man/Hugh Morris match that ends with Macho choking Morris with a jacket for a DQ or something. We then have Dean Malenko getting a win over Jushin Liger in the only really GOOD match on the show and it’s not even the best match of either man’s career. Sting beats Steven Regal in a so-so match, but I think their GAB match is better. Giant was supposed to defend the WCW title against Luger, but he no-showed, so here comes HACKSAW JIM DUGGAN to get his shit in for a bit before getting CHOKESLAMMED by the Giant for the win… and then a bunch of people run in, Sting runs in, traps Giant in the Scorpion until Jimmy Hart hits Sting with the Megaphone… and NOW Luger shows up, everyone runs away, and we wonder WHOSE SIDE IS HE ON?!
Too soon…?
Yeah, I wouldn’t categorize this Nitro as “bad.” Compared to some of the stuff that WCW would churn out in its dying days, this is probably tame… but it’s also below the standards of these fine shows I’ve been watching this past year and I’d hate to see things fall off the rail before they’re supposed to fall off the rails with the Scott Hall thing. It’s almost as if this show is daring me to quit while I’m ahead… but you’re not fooling me, Nitro 96. I know you’ve got some fun stuff, ahead… maybe… maybe not… we’ll see, I guess.
dtm666 