WCW Monday Nitro Results
September 18, 1995
Freedom Hall in Johnson City, Tennessee
Commentary: Eric Bischoff, Bobby “The Brain” Heenan and Steve “Mongo” McMichael
Results by Roy Nemer of Wrestleview.com
WCW Nitro kicks off with the legendary Nitro video package!
McMichael has a Chihuahua in his arm and Bischoff welcomes everyone to the show. Bischoff says there is an emergency in the back and we cut to “Mean Gene” Okerlund who is standing in front of an ambulance. Out come Kevin Sullivan and The Giant out of the ambulance.
The Giant says he was thinking about how it would feel like for Hogan to ride in the back of an ambulance. He put his hands around Hulk’s neck and Hogan is not the one true immortal. He is the one true immortal. He says if his father was still alive today, he would be right beside him in wanting to destroy Hogan. He wants Hogan to think about what happened to him.
We cut back to the announce team and to our first match of the show. Out come The American Males for their match.
WCW World Tag Team Championship Match – Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray with Sister Sherri) vs. The American Males (Marcus Alexander Bagwell & Scotty Riggs)
Booker T gets on the microphone before the match. He says they will put the titles on the line tonight. The bell rings and we are under way with all four men fighting. Riggs and Ray start the match and Ray throws Riggs in the corner. He chokes Riggs and throws him to the ropes but Riggs with a clothesline. In comes Bagwell and they land a double drop kick. Bagwell is tagged in and a double axe onto Ray. An arm bar by Bagwell but Ray with a side slam. Booker T is tagged in and he gets Bagwell in a headlock. Booker T to the ropes and he lands a shoulder tackle followed by a body slam. Booker goes for a leg drop but Bagwell moves out of the way.
Riggs is tagged in and he is thrown to the ropes but Stevie Ray with a kick to the back. Booker T with an axe kick. Stevie Ray is tagged in and he clotheslines Riggs. Booker T is tagged back in and Booker with a wheel kick. He goes for the cover but Riggs kicks out. Booker T throws Riggs to the ropes, Riggs with a sunset flip and as Booker is falling, he tags Stevie Ray into the ring. Stevie Ray with a right hand onto Riggs. Stevie Ray with a body slam and Booker T is tagged back in. Booker goes for a leg drop but Riggs moves out of the way. Booker goes for a splash in the corner but Riggs moves out of the way and tags Bagwell into the match. Bagwell with a drop kick onto Booker T. He goes for a drop kick onto Stevie Ray but Stevie Ray moves out of the way.
The Colonel begins walking down as Stevie Ray and Riggs fight on the outside. The referee is distracted by them fighting and Sister Sherri gets on the ring apron. She falls into the arms of The Colonel and they walk away. Booker T goes for a pump handle slam but Bagwell falls onto Booker and goes for the cover, getting the pin!
Winners: New WCW Tag Team Champions, The American Males
Roy’s thoughts: Surprising match with the new Tag Team champions. You could tell in this match that Booker T was the more athletic of the two. You don’t see tag title matches like this being defended at the last minute.
-Commercial Break-
Okerlund is in the ring and he introduces Ric Flair to the ring. Out comes Flair in a robe and gets in the ring. He tells Okerlund that Arn Anderson broke the code. They could feud among themselves but he brought an outsider into the forbidden land. He says they are the horsemen. And now Arn has broken the code twice, he brought the behind the scenes stuff up front and brought in an outsider.
He tells Pillman that tonight, he is going to chop him so hard. Flair begins to strut and he tells Arn Anderson that he is going to find him and he is going to kick his ass.
-Commercial Break-
Paul Orndorff vs. Johnny B. Badd
Orndorff walks around with a portable mirror and he admires himself. The bell rings and we are under way. Orndorff with kicks onto Badd. He gets Badd in the corner and Orondorff with right hands. He chokes Badd in the corner and the referee breaks it up. Badd with a hip toss followed by a body slam. Badd climbs the top rope and jumps but Paul gets his feet up.
-Commercial Break-
Back from commercial, Orndorff with a kick and he climbs the top rope. He goes for a splash but Badd moves out of the way. Badd with a left hands and Paul falls to the outside of the ring. Orondorff grabs the mirror and begins to look at himself but Badd with a right hand. Badd with a cross body over the top rope and he throws Orndorff back into the ring. Badd climbs the top rope and lands a double axe. Badd goes for the cover but Orndorff kicks out. He grabs Orndorff but Orndorff goes for the Orndorff Piledriver. Badd reverses it into a back drop. Badd with a clothesline and he goes for a piledriver but Paul with a back drop. Badd holds onto Orndorff’s legs and Badd has his legs in the air. Orndorff grabs Badd by the legs and pulls him forward, going for the cover and getting the win.
Winner: Paul Orndorff
Roy’s thoughts: Not the best match, I forgot Paul Orndorff even had a match here. This felt like a match between two generations for some reason. Orndorff was a bit slow here while Badd was more energetic.
We cut to the announce team and we see clips of the Macho Man Randy Savage working out on a bench at a beach in between Baywatch takes. One of his spotters is Kevin Sullivan who begins to attack Macho Man.
Back in the ring, Okerlund introduces “Macho Man” Randy Savage to the ring. Savage tells Flair “Thanks but no thanks. Don’t even care” about Flair trying to help him. Savage tells Okerlund to destroy a snake, you take it’s head off and he will take Sullivan’s head off and destroy him.
Savage says he doesn’t know if Hogan is in the hospital right now or at home. But he knows that the strong survive and no one is stronger than Hulk Hogan. But Hogan is not a good judge of character. Luger had a personal agenda and he cheap shotted Savage at War Games just like Savage said he would.
Okerlund says he asked a lot of the wrestlers backstage and they said that the cheap shot was not intentional. Savage asks him who he asked, if he asked Jimmy Hart and Sting. Savage says he is drawing a line in the sand. You are either with him or against him. And if you are with him, it will be really cool. But the next time there is a Dungeon of Doom, there will be three new members. Lex Luger, Sting and Jimmy Hart.
Out comes Lex Luger and he gets in the ring. Luger tells Savage that he is making strong statements. Luger asks why is Savage so wound up. Could it be jealousy? Could it be that Savage also wants to be the WCW World Heavyweight Champion? Savage tells Luger that he has the guts to tell him right now that Luger has a good point. He does want to be Champion and he will be Champion. He tells Luger that Luger cheap shotted him at War Games. Luger says he is sick and tired of playing with kids and he wants to take on the big boys.
Savage says there is no bigger boy than Savage. All there is missing is a bell and Savage says ding ding. Okerlund breaks it up.
Roy’s thoughts: I liked this between Randy Savage and Lex Luger. Savage was a top star and bringing in someone like Luger, you want to have him in a storyline with a star.
-Commercial Break-
Back from commercial, we see clips of Hulk Hogan on Main Event and of Fall Brawl.
Ric Flair vs. Flyin’ Brian Pillman
The bell rings and we are under way. Pillman with right hands but Flair with chops to the chest. Pillman with a right hand. Pillman goes for a drop kick but Flair moves out of the way. Flair with right hands and kicks. He throws Pillman to the outside of the ring. Flair climbs the top rope and he lands a double axe. He chops Pillman and hits him with a right hand. Flair throws Pillman into the turnbuckle. Flair on the ring apron but Pillman hangs him up on the ropes. Flair gets in the ring and Pillman with chops. He throws Flair into the corner but Flair flips over the top rope and lands on the ring apron. Pillman goes for a clothesline, Flair ducks and Flair lands a clothesline.
Flair climbs the top rope and goes for a double axe but Pillman with a drop kick. He goes for the cover and Pillman puts his feet on the ropes for leverage but the referee sees it and stops the count. Pillman slams Flair’s left arm into the ring post. Flair to the outside but Flair with chops to the chest. Flair lifts him up and he throws Pillman onto the barricade. Flair gets in the ring and Pillman gets on the ring apron. Flair with an elbow but Pillman with a shoulder tackle. Pillman gets in the ring and Flair with right hands. Flair struts in the ring. Pillman with a kick followed by a right hand. Pillman runs towards Flair but Flair with a big boot. Flair climbs the top rope but Pillman with a right hand. Pillman throws Flair off the top rope. Pillman goes for a splash but Flair moves out of the way. Flair goes for the Figure Four but Pillman reverses it into a cover but Flair kicks out. Pillman to the ropes and both men with a shoulder tackle.
Both men with chops and Flair with a back drop. Flair with the Figure Four Leg Lock and Pillman taps out.
Winner: Ric Flair
Roy’s thoughts: This wasn’t a bad match. Three matches on Nitro’s, all short one’s. Flair’s promo after was short but sweet.
He gets on the microphone after the match. Flair tells Arn Anderson that if not tonight, next Monday night on Nitro, he will get his ass kicked by the Nature Boy.
-Commercial Break-
We cut to the announce team who talk about Hogan’s title reign and Ric Flair wanting to face Arn Anderson. Bischoff thanks everyone for watching and Nitro goes off the air.
Roy’s thoughts: No Hulk Hogan or Sting but it still had Randy Savage, Lex Luger and Ric Flair. And we had new Tag Team champions. This was a good show.
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