WCW Monday Nitro Results
May 27, 1996
Macon Coliseum in Macon, Georgia
Commentary: Eric Bischoff and Bobby “The Brain” Heenan
Results by Roy Nemer of Wrestleview.com
WCW Nitro kicks off with the legendary Nitro video.
We cut to ringside where it’s Tony Schiavone and Larry Zbyszko. Tony mentions that they will be the co-hosts for the first hour of the show. Tony mentions it’s the first two hour Nitro and that tonight, it will be Sting against Scott Steiner.
American Males (Marcus Bagwell and Scotty Riggs) vs. Ric Flair and Arn Anderson with Miss Elizabeth and Woman
The bell rings and we are under way. Flair and Riggs start the match. Riggs with a shoulder tackle. He grabs Flair but Flair throws him to the outside of the ring. Arn and Flair to the outside of the ring and they double team Riggs. Flair throws Riggs into the ring. Arn is tagged in and he tags Flair in. They double team Riggs. Flair throws Riggs to the outside of the ring. Arn and Flair try to double team Riggs but Buff to the outside and he hits Flair. Buff and Riggs throw Flair and Arn into the ring. Buff with a clothesline and Flair to the outside of the ring. Riggs throws Arn to the outside of the ring. Arn throws Buff to the outside. He goes for a chop to the chest but Buff moves out of the way and Arn hits the ring post.
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Back from commercial, Buff with right hands on Flair. Buff throws Flair to the ropes and Buff with a back body drop. Riggs is tagged in and as is Arn. He throws Riggs to the ropes and Flair trips him up. Arn with kicks onto the leg of Riggs. Arn slams his leg onto the ring apron. Flair is tagged in. Flair with a kick to the leg. Arn is tagged in. He gets Riggs into a submission and uses Flair for leverage. In comes Buff who breaks it up. Flair is tagged in. Flair with a knee breaker. Arn is tagged back in. He grabs Riggs but Riggs with a kick to the side of the head and Arn falls to the outside of the ring. Flair gets in the ring but the referee tells him to get out. Flair pushes the referee but the referee pushes him back. Flair is tagged in and as is Buff who hits Flair with right hands. In comes Arn but Buff with a drop kick. Flair to the ropes and Buff with a back body drop/ Buff climbs the top rope and he lands a drop kick. He goes for the cover but Arn breaks it up. Both teams are in the ring. Buff goes for the cover on Flair but Woman with a gouge to the eyes onto Buff. Arn with a DDT onto Buff. Flair goes for the cover and gets the pin.
Winners: Ric Flair and Arn Anderson
Gene Okerlund is outside of the ring next to a table with some foot. Okerlund says that at the Great American Bash it will be Ric Flair and Arn Anderson against Steve McMichael and Kevin Green. Arn says that he never met a football player that he couldn’t walk on to get a better fight. He never met a woman that Flair couldn’t get. Arn says it’s Steve’s old lady. They don’t protect anyone who has to wear protective gear. He says in their house, it’s man against man.
Flair says they have a new saying. Sky rockets at night, afternoon lights. He tells McMichaels and Green that while McMichaels has been playing football, he has been making up for lost time. He says Debra belongs to the nature boy.
Roy’s thoughts: Not a bad match. Ric Flair was always fun to watch and The American Males were an underrated tag team.
-Commercial Break-
A video package of Steve McMichaels and Kevin Green working out airs.
Steve Doll vs. The Mauler with Colonel Parker
The bell rings and we are under way. The Mauler with right hands and an overhead belly to belly. He grabs Doll and gets on the second rope. The Mauler with a fall away slam. The Mauler with a headbutt. The Mauler with a shoulder tackle. He grabs Doll and both men fall to the outside of the ring. The Mauler throws Doll into the ring post.
-Commercial Break-
Back from commercial, the camera cuts to Razor Ramon walking between the fans. He climbs over the barricade and grabs a microphone.
The referee stops the match.
Winner: No contest
Razor is wearing a denim vest says “You people, you know who I am. But you don’t know why I’m here.” He asks where is billionaire Ted? Where is the nacho man. He says that punk can’t even get in the building, him, he goes wherever he wants, whenever he wants,
He asks where is skeme Gene. Because he has a scoop for him. When the ken doll look a like, weather man wanna be comes out later tonight, he has a challenge for him, for billionaire Ted, for the nacho man and for anyone in WCW.
He says if you want to go to war, if you want a warm you’re going to get one.
The referee is on the ring apron and he tells him to leave. Razor leaves the ring.
Roy’s thoughts: This was the start of the biggest angle in arguably all of wrestling. Everyone knew who Razor Ramon was but this was a different Razor. Going after Mene Gene, Eric Bischoff, Ted Turner, Macho Man, this was something that was not seen yet in wrestling.
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Sgt. Craig Pittman with Teddy Long vs. Diamond Dallas Page
The bell rings and we are under wat. Pittman with a shoulder tackle. He goes for the cover but DDP kicks out. He grabs DDP and Pittman with a headbutt. DDP falls to the outside of the ring. He throws DDP back into the ring. DDP rolls onto the ring apron. Pittman grabs him but DDP hangs him up on the top rope. DDP gets back in the ring. DDP grabs Pittman but Pittman with an elbow. Pittman with the Code Red arm bar submission but DDO grabs the ropes. Teddy Long is next to the ring apron and DDP pushes him away. Pittman gets on the ring apron to check on Long. He turns around and as he is getting in the ring, DDP hits him with the Diamond Cutter. He goes for the cover and gets the pin.
Winner: DDP
Roy’s thoughts: Not a bad match but I think DDP was the obvious winner here.
-Commercial Break-
Back from commercial, Gene Okerlund is with Shark. He says all of a sudden, Jimmy Hart and Task Master kick him out. He says he The Giant comes and chokeslams him, all of a sudden, Taskmaster says that Shark is no longer part of the Dungeon. He says tonight, he is going to hurt Sullivan. He is going to win the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. He says he is the one that almost ended Hulk Hogan and now he is going to end The Giant.
A video airs and we cut to Eric Bischoff who is with Bobby Heenan for the second hour of Nitro. Bischoff says they are not going to dignify the interruption that occurred earlier when he came out and called him a Ken doll. If he wants to come out and talk to him, he is read, willing and able.
WCW World Heavyweight Championship Match: The Giant (c) with Jimmy Hart vs. Shark
The bell rings and we are under way. Shark with right hands but The Giant with a right hand. Shark goes for a shoulder tackle but The Giant doesn’t move. Shark goes for another shoulder tackle but The Giant with a clothesline. The Giant gets Shark in the corner and The Giant with a boot to the face. The referee breaks it up. Shark gets on the second rope and lands a double axe. Shark goes for a body slam but The Giant with a double axe. The Giant with a body slam. The Giant grabs Shark but Shark with a rake to the eyes. Shark gets on the second rope and he lands a clothesline. Jimmy Hart gets on the ring apron but Shark grabs him. The Giant grabs Shark and he lands a Chokeslam. He goes for the cover and gets the pin.
Winner: Still WCW World Heavyweight Champion, The Giant
Out comes Bubba and he begins to cut Shark’s hair.
Roy’s thoughts: It felt like every week, the WCW World title was defended on the show and it felt special. I think everyone expected The Giant to win here but just having the title defended added a lot to the show.
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World Television Championship Match: Lex Luger vs. Maxx
The bell rings and we are under way. Maxx with a head lock but Luger throws him to the ropes and Maxx with a shoulder tackle. Maxx throws Luger to the ropes and Luger with a clothesline. Luger to the ropes and Maxx with a body slam. He goes for the cover but Luger kicks out. Maxx with a side walk slam. He goes for the cover but Luger kicks out. Maxx with an elbow drop and he goes for the cover but Luger kicks out. He throws Luger to the ropes and Maxx with a clothesline. He goes for the cover but Luger kicks out. Maxx grabs Luger but Luger with right hands. Maxx throws Luger into the corner. Maxx goes for a splash but Luger with a big boot. Luger with a clothesline. Luger throws Maxx to the ropes and body slams him. Luger gets Maxx in the Torture Rack and Maxx gives up.
Winner: Still WCW Television Champion, Lex Luger
Out comes Gene Okerlund into the right after the match. He tells Luger that DDP was denied his title shot and the committee gave Luger the title shot. Luger says he doesn’t make the matches and no one wants The Giant more than he does. We see a clip from two weeks ago where The Giant chokeslammed him through a table. Luger says they are out there wrestling, trying to make a living. He says he can’t believe he did that to him. He says The Giant didn’t try to win a match, he tried to take him out but he is still standing. He says paybacks are a you know what.
Roy’s thoughts: Not a bad match and them leaning into Luger getting the title match over DDP just adds more to the possible Luger turn.
-Commercial Break-
Hardwork Bobby Walker vs. Brad Armstrong
The bell rings and we are under way. Armstrong with a head lock take down but Walker with a leg scissor but Armstrong gets out of it. Walker with an arm drag take down. Armstrong gets to his feet and he gets out of it. Armstrong with a monkey flip but Walker gets to his feet. Walker climbs the top rope and he lands a cross body. He goes for the cover but Armstrong kicks out. Armstrong runs towards Walker but Walker with an arm drag. He grabs Armstrong but Armstrong with a right hand. Armstrong throws Walker to the ropes and he goes for a hip toss but Walker with a backslide cover but Armstrong kicks out. Armstrong to the ropes but Walker with a back body drop. Walker climbs the top rope and he lands a shoulder tackle. He geos for the cover and gets the pin.
Winner: Hardwork Bobby Walker
Roy’s thoughts: Not much in this one, it felt like they just needed to fill some time.
-Commercial Break-
Lord Steven Regal with Jeeves vs. Alex Wright
The bell rings and we are under way. Regal with an arm drag take down. Wright gets out of it. Regal with a head scissor drop kick and Regal rolls to the outside of the ring. Wright with a splash over the top rope.
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Back from commercial, Wright with a shoulder tackle. He grabs Regal but Regal with a poke to the eyes. Regal with an inverted drop toe hold. Regal with a cross face but Wright gets out of it. Regal goes for a right hand but Wright with an overhead belly to belly suplex. He goes for the cover but Regal kicks out. Wright grabs Regal but Regal with a kick to the side of the head. He goes for the cover but Wright kicks out. Regal grabs Wright but Wright with a drop kick. Wright with right hands. He throws Regal to the corner and Wright with a back body drop. Wright with a standing heel kick. He goes for the cover but Regal kicks out. Wright throws Regal into the turnbuckle. Wright climbs the second rope but Regal slams him down. He goes for the cover and gets the pin.
Winner: Lord Steven Regal
Mene Gene comes out after the match. Regal says his father will be pleased that he won. He says they have Savage is running around like a mad man but two weeks ago, he put the toughest man out of the game. And there is someone from another wrestling organization declaring war. He says he is not going anywhere. He says to prove himself, he challenges the man who they call franchise, Sting.
Roy’s thoughts: I enjoyed the match. Regal was always great in the ring and Alex Wright was a lot of fun to watch. The promo from Regal was great.
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Sting vs. Scott Steiner
The bell rings and we are under way. Steiner with a hip toss. Steiner goes for another hip toss but Sting with a hip toss. Sting grabs Steiner but Steiner with a right hand. Steiner with a gorilla press. Steiner with a head lock but Sting throws him to the ropes and Steiner with a shoulder tackle. Steiner to the ropes and Sting with a dropkick. Sting clothesline Steiner to the outside of the ring. Sting with a splash over the top rope onto Steiner. He grabs Steiner and throws him back into the ring. Sting throws Steiner to the ropes but Steiner with a right hand. Steiner with a double underhook suplex. Steiner with a belly to belly suplex and Sting rolls to the outside of the ring. Steiner climbs the top rope and he lands a double axe. He grabs Sting and throws him back into the ring. Steiner goes for the cover but Sting kicks out. Steiner throws Sting into the turnbuckle. Steiner runs towards Sting but Sting with a big boot. He throws Steiner to the ropes but Steiner throws Sting to the ropes and Steiner with a belly to belly suplex. Steiner goes for the cover but Sting kicks out. Steiner with an STF but Steiner lets go of the hold. Steiner with an elbow drop. Steiner with a body slam. Steiner goes for a suplex but Sting lands on his feet and Sting with a reverse DDT. Steiner in the corner and Sting with the Stinger’s splash. Sting goes for another Stinger’s splash but Steiner moves out of the way. Steiner with a dragon suplex.
Out comes Lex Luger and out comes Rick Steiner. In the ring, Steiner places Sting on the top rope. Steiner climbs the second rope and Steiner with a Samoan drop. Steiner rolls Sting to the ropes, Steiner goes for a frankensteiner but Sting hangs on to the ropes. Sting with the Scorpion Death Lock but Steiner gets to the ropes. Sting grabs Steiner but Steiner goes for a pile driver. Sting reverses it and he lands a piledriver. Sting goes for the cover but Steiner kicks out. Sting goes for a splash but Steiner gets his knees up. Sting rolls onto the ring apron. Steiner goes for a suplex but Sting blocks it. Sting lifts Steiner to the outside and Steiner lands on his feet. Sting grabs Steiner but Steiner grabs Sting. Steiner goes for a suplex but Luger grabs Sting and Luger throws Steiner into the ring. Rick Steiner pushes Luger and Luger pushes Rick Steiner. Rick with right hands onto Luger but Luger gets in the ring. Rick gets in the ring and Steiner hits Luger. Rick hits Luger and the referee calls for the bell.
Winner: No contest
Both teams with right hands but in come WCW wrestlers to try to break it up.
We cut to Eric Bischoff and Bobby Heenan. I comes Razor Ramon. He tells Bischoff that he has a big mouth and “we are sick of it”. Bischoff asks who is we. Razor says this is where the big boys play, what a joke. He tells Bischoff to go to tell billionaire Ted to get three of his very, very best. Maybe the nacho man. Maybe the Stinger. He tells Bischoff to get anyone he wants because “we are taking over”. Bischoff asks him who is we. Razor says if you want a war, you got one. In Razor sayus to do it in the ring where it matters. He says if billionaire Ted and his big boys have any guts, they are coming down, like it or not, “we are taking over”. Razor throws his tooth pick onto Bischoff and Bischoff tells him he is out of there. Razor walks away. Bischoff and Heenan look at each other and Nitro goes off the air.
Roy’s thoughts: That was a great main event. Two wrestlers that the fans like. Two wrestlers that you can’t see losing to each other. Having Luger come out continues to, like I said, add to the possible turn that he will have.
Razor Ramon saying “we” and Bischoff asking him who is “we” makes it that much more entertaining. Obviously we know it’s Kevin Nash but watching this, not knowing who it is, this is something else. A great show.