WCW Monday Nitro Results
October 2, 1995
Denver Coliseum in Denver Colorado
Commentary: Eric Bischoff, Bobby “The Brain” Heenan and Steve “Mongo” McMichael
Results by Roy Nemer of Wrestleview.com
The iconic WCW Monday Nitro intro plays and Nitro is live from the Denver Coliseum in Denver, Colorado.
We cut to the announce team of Eric Bischoff, Bobby “The Brain” Heenan and Steve “Mongo” McMichael. As they are talking, in comes Ric Flair in his robe behind them and he takes Eric’s headset off and puts it on.
Flair begins telling Arn Anderson that it will be a mile high night and he tells Arn he is coming his way. Flair throws the headset and walks away.
We cut to last week’s promo between Lex Luger and Randy Savage and their match for tonight is announced. We see The Giant attacking Lex Luger last week.
Back in the arena, Lex Luger’s music hits and out he comes for his match.
If Lex Luger loses, he leaves WCW – Lex Luger vs. Randy Savage
Out comes Savage to the ring. Both men are face to face. The bell rings and we are under way. Both men lock up and Luger gets Savage in the corner but Savage gets out of it. Both men still locked up and they fall to the outside of the ring. They are still tied up and the referee tries to break it up.
-Commercial Break-
A commercial for Hallonween Havoc airs. Back from commercial, Savage is in the ring and Luger is on the outside. Luger gets back in the ring. Luger pushes Savage into the corner. Savage walks up to Luger and pushes him and Luger slaps Savage in the face. Savage throws Luger into the ring and Luger falls to the outside of the ring. Savage to the outside and Savage goes for a suplex but Luger blocks it. Luger reverses it into a neck breaker. He throws Savage back into the ring. Luger grabs Savage but Savage into a craddle pin but Luger kicks out. Luger grabs Savage and he lands a gorilla press slam. Luger throws Savage to the ropes and goes for a hip toss but Savage blocks it. Savage reverses it and goes for a back slide pin but Luger stays on his feet. Luger goes for a back slide but Savage blocks it. Savage goes for a back slide but Luger puts his foot on the rope. Luger gets back to his feet and he goes for the back slide but Savage kicks out. Savage to the ropes and both men with shoulder tackles. Savage gets to his feet and he climbs the top rope, he goes for a double axe handle but Luger with a right hand. Luger grabs Savage but Savage throws Luger to the outside. Savage climbs the top rope and he lands a double axe handle. Savage throws Luger onto the barricade.
Savage grabs Luger but Luger pushes Savage face first into the ring post. Luger gets back into the ring and as does Savage. Both men to their feet and Savage with a knee. He grabs Luger and throws him to the corner but Luger accidentally hits the referee and the referee goes down. Savage with a body slam. Savage climbs the top rope and he lands the elbow drop. Savage goes for the cover but the referee Randy Anderson is down. Savage grabs the referee but out comes The Giant. He gets in the ring and he grabs Savage and lands a chokeslam. The Giant leaves the ring and leaves to the back. The fans boo and Luger grabs Savage. He gets Savage in the Torture Rack and the referee gets to his feet. The referee lifts Savage’s arm three times and Savage is down.
Winner: Lex Luger
Roy’s thoughts: I like what they did here. No one got an advantage between these two and it was The Giant who cost Savage the match. But they also mention that The Giant helped Luger and hit Savage, making it seem like maybe Luger will align himself with The Giant.
-Commercial Break-
Back from commercial, Eric Bischoff runs through the WCW Saturday Night card.
We cut to the announcers and they talk about The Giant. Heenan says that The Giant is there to get his hands on Hulk Hogan. Bischoff asks why The Giant didn’t go after Lex Luger.
Disco Inferno’s music hits and as he is coming out, Eddie Guerrero comes out behind him. Eddie tells him that he is coming out for his match and Disco walks away.
Eddie Guerrero vs. Dean Malenko
The bell rings and we are under way. Dean with a drop toe hold but Eddie reverses it into an arm bar. Dean throws Eddie to the ropes and Eddie with a shoulder tackle. Both men with acrobatic reversals and Dean with a drop kick.
We go picture in picture and we see a white limousine pull up. It cuts to Hogan getting out of the limo and Jimmy Hart tells him that The Giant is in the building. Hogan tells him that he can’t live with himself, they are going to hunt the Giant down. Jimmy tries to talk reason into Hogan but Hogan tells him to come with him.
Back in the ring, Dean with a snap mare. He goes for the cover but Eddie kicks out. Dean grabs Eddie but Eddie grabs Dean and both men fall to the outside of the ring. Eddie body slams Dean on the outside of the ring. Eddie gets back in the ring and climbs the top rope. Eddie with a cross body onto Dean on the outside of the ring. Eddie throws Dean back into the ring and he lands a brain buster. Eddie climbs the top rope and he goes for a frog splash but Dean gets his knees up. Dean grabs Eddie but Eddie flips Dean down onto the mat and goes for the cover, getting the pin.
Winner: Eddie Guerrero
Dean grabs Eddie after the match and he tells Eddie he wants a rematch. Eddie tells him any time, any place. Both men shake hands and Eddie leaves the ring.
Roy’s thoughts: A fun match but Hogan arriving to the arena took a lot away from the match. I forgot Eddie was in WCW this early on too.
-Commercial Break-
Back from commercial, “Mene” Gene Okerlund is in the ring and Hulk Hogan’s music hits. Out he comes with Jimmy Hart. Hogan is wearing a neck brace and Hart is holding the WCW World Heavyweight Championship.
Hogan tells him after what went down with The Giant, he had a do a bit of soul searching. He says last night, he was with Jason Pittman, a small Hulkimaniac who is getting ready for a surgery. Hogan says his friend told him to look the Giant in the eye, take him on and put him down. Hogan tells his friend Jason he is in the ring for that. He says The Giant must be in the back and he is going to head to the back. Hogan rips his shirt and leaves the ring with Jimmy Hart. Hogan shakes the hands of the fans around the ring and we see someone throwing powder in Hogan’s eyes. The person is dressed like a lady and they jump the barricade. They begin hitting Hart with a cane and they hit Hogan with a cane.
We see The Giant and The Zodiac walking down to the ring. The Taskmaster removes the wig and holds the kane. The Giant removes Hogan’s neck brace. He grabs Hogan’s neck and he twists it. The Taskmaster has clippers and he shaves off Hogan’s mustache. Out come The American Males but The Giant takes them down. The Nasty Boys run down to the ring but The Giant lands a chokeslam on them both. The Taskmaster cuts Hogan’s hair and Hogan is down. The Giant, The Taskmaster and The Zodiac leaves the ring.
Roy’s thoughts: This was a good promo from Hulk Hogan but they continue to make The Giant out to be the wrestler that will take Hogan down. Them trimming Hogan’s mustache and cutting his hair was massive back in 1995 and crazy now that they even did it.
-Commercial Break-
A clip for Halloween Havoc airs.
Ric Flair vs. Arn Anderson
The bell rings and we are under way. Flair with a chop to the chest. He grabs Arn but Arn throws him into the turnbuckle. Flair bounces off and Arn with a back body drop. Arn goes for the cover but Flair kicks out. Arn stomps on Flair’s left arm. He grabs Flair but Flair throws Arn in the corner and he hits him with a chop to the chest. A right hand by Flair followed by a chop. He grabs Arn but Arn with a right hand. He throws Flair towards the corner and Flair flips over the top rope and lands onto the ring apron. Arn runs towards Flair but Flair lowers the top rope and Arn falls to the outside of the ring. Flair throws Arn into the barricade. Flair with a kick and he grabs Arn but Arn with a right hand. Arn with a back body drop and Arn slams Flair into the barricade. Arn throws Flair into the ring. Arn with right hands but Flair with a chop.
Arn with a right hand. He throws Flair to the ropes and Arn with a right hand but Flair with a poke to the eyes. Flair to the ropes but Arn with a spine buster. Arn goes for the cover but Flair kicks out. Arn with a chicken wing arm bar. He grabs Flair but Flair throws Arn to the ropes and Flair with a sleeper. Arn gets out of it and he throws Flair to the ropes. Arn with a sleeper but Flair pushes him into the corner. Flair with a side suplex. He grabs Arn and throws him into the corner but Arn with an elbow. He grabs Flair but Flair with an elbow. Flair with the Figure Four Leg Lock but Arn gets to the ropes. Arn rolls to the outside of the ring as Flair climbs the top rope. Flair goes for a double axe handle but Arn with a right hand. Arn goes for a piledriver but Flair with a back drop. Flair with a chop and he throws Arn into the ring. Flair gets in the ring but Arn with a right hand. Arn goes for the DDT but Flair hangs on to the ropes. Flair with right hands and he throws Arn to the ropes but Arn with an elbow. Arn climbs the second rope and jumps but Flair with a right hand. Flair with the Figure Four Leg Lock and Arn taps out.
Winner: Ric Flair
Brian Pillman runs down and he climbs the top rope. Pillman with a splash onto Flair and he helps Arn back up. Pillman with kicks onto Flair but Flair with chops. Arn grabs Flair but Pillman with right hands. They double team Flair and leave the ring.
Roy’s thoughts: Not much of a match here but Pillman being there was a nice touch.
-Commercial Break-
Back from commercial, Bischoff says Nick Bockwinkle told him that Flair asked for a cage match next week against Arn Anderson on Nitro and that match is next week. Bischoff announces that Sting will take on The Shark, Sabu will take on Mr. JL and Hawk will take on Big Bubba as Nitro goes off the air.
Roy’s thoughts: Another fun episode of Nitro. They had a big match in Randy Savage against Lex Luger with The Giant attacking Savage. They had Hulk Hogan show up and The Giant attacking him too. This was a fun show.