We open the show with Lex Luger camping out so that he wouldn’t NO SHOW his scheduled WCW World title match against the champion GIANT. Give him points for effort, I suppose.
Steiners defeat Public Enemy in what seems like their 284,872,895th match together this year… I swear it’s like every other week, these two are fighting each other at some point in time. Could it hurt to try and get some other teams for these guys to fight? Maybe bring Harlem Heat back into the mix or something? This is followed by Chris Benoit beating Dave Taylor with a Dragon Suplex in a stiff match and then Randy Savage is BANNED from entering the building, which triggers a conversation between he and Mongo, with Mean Gene along for the ride…. which I don’t mind because whenever you need someone to sum up the situation with a clever quip, you plug in Mean Gene Okerlund and let the man rip.
Ric Flair beats VK Wallstreet in a quick match before sitting at what they call a VIP table at ringside to watch the main event, which sees THE GIANT retain his WCW title over Lex Luger via a CHOKESLAM THROUGH RIC FLAIR’S VIP TABLE… which causes Sting to come out and check on his buddy because WHOSE SIDE IS HE ON?!
Still too soon?
So that was Nitro; a fun little show with some fun stuff that did its fair share of setting up the upcoming Slamboree PPV, which… hey, you know what? If that’s up on the channel, I might give that a watch this week. Should be fun.
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