WCW Monday Nitro Results
March 11, 1996
Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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.
We cut to the announce team and they talk about the lumberjack match that will take place.
Hacksaw Jim Duggan vs. The Giant with Jimmy Hart
The bell rings and under way. Duggan with right hands but The Giant doesn’t move. Duggan gets on the second rope and hits The Giant with right hands but The Giant with a right hand. The Giant throws Duggan to the outside f the ring. The Giant to the outside but Duggan gets on the ring apron. Duggan jumps off but The Giant catches him and slams him into the ring post. The Giant throws Duggan back into the ring. The Giant with forearms and he gets Duggan into a bear hug.
Eric Bischoff says Pillman is at ringside and he leaves the announce team. We see Pillman being escorted out by security and Bischoff is back on the announce team.
In the ring, Duggan with right hands and he bits The Giant. Duggan gets in the corner but The Giant with a splash followed by a right hand. Duggan to the ropes and The Giant with an elbow. The Giant goes for a splash in the corner but Duggan moves out of the way and The Giant hits the top turnbuckle. Duggan with a clothesline and The Giant falls over the top rope and to the outside of the ring. The Giant gets back in the ring and he hits Duggan with a right hand. The Giant with a big boot and he gets Duggan in the bear hug. Duggan with right hands followed by a head butt and Duggan gets out of it. Duggan falls to the outside of the ring. Duggan grabs tape from the floor and he wraps it around his fist. The Giant grabs the referee and lifts him in the air but Duggan hits him with a right hand. Duggan with right hands and The Giant falls o the mat. Jimmy Hart gets on the ring apron and he grabs Duggan but Duggan throws him into the ring. Duggan head butts Jimmy Hart and he falls to the outside of the ring. Duggan turns around and The Giant with a Chokeslam. He goes for the cover and gets the pin.
Winner: The Giant
Roy’s thoughts: Very interested in reading up to see what happened with Pillman because I don’t remember if that was part of the show or not. The match itself wasn’t good, the Pillman thing was more interesting.
-Commercial Break-
Back from commercial and there are black curtains in front of the entrance ramp. We hear motorcycles and out come The Steiner Brothers on the motorcycles.
The Steiner Brothers vs. The Road Warriors
The bell rings and we are under way. Scott and Hawk start the match. Scott with right hands but Hawk with a hip toss. Hawk with chops to the chest but Scott with a belly to belly. Scott with a pump handle slam.He places Hawk on the top rope. Scott climbs the second rope but Hawk with head butts and Scott falls down. Hawk with a spear off the second rope. Scott to the ropes and Hawk with a big boot. Hawk with a neck breaker. He throws Scott to the ropes but Scott with a right hand followed by a double underhook suplex. Rick is tagged in and as is Animal. Rick to the ropes and Animal with a power slam. Animal with a drop kick followed by a body slam. Animal with a jumping elbow drop. Animal to the ropes and Rick with a clothesline. Rick with a German suplex. He places Animal on the top rope and Rick with a belly to belly suplex off the second rope. Scott is tagged in and he throws Animal to the ropes. Scott with an overhead belly to belly suplex. Scott places Animal in a tree of woe and he chokes Animal in the corner. Rick is tagged in and he chokes Animal. Rick goes for a clothesline but Animal with a big boot. Scott i tagged in and he gets Animal in the Steiner Recliner but in comes Hawk who breaks it up. Rick is tagged in and Rick with a rake to the eyes. Scott is tagged back in. He throws Animal to the ropes and Scott with a drop kick. He goes for the cover but Animal kicks out. Rick is tagged in and he hits Animal with a forearm to the face. Scott is tagged in and they land a double clothesline. Hawk is tagged in and as is Rick. Hawk with a clothesline onto Rick and Scott. He clotheslines Scott to the outside f the ring. Hawk with a shoulder tackle onto Rick followed by a body slam. Hawk throws Animal onto Rick in the corner. Hawk climbs the top rope and Animal gets Rick on his shoulders. The Doomsday Device onto Rick. Animal goes for the cover but Scott breaks it up. Scott throws Animal to the outside of the ring and Scott to the outside. Rick with right hands onto Hawk. Rick with a German suplex. Scott climbs the top rope and Rick lifts Hawk on his shoulders. Animal gets on the ring apron but Scott hits him with a right hand. Hawk hits Rick with a right hand. Hawk with a back suplex onto Rick. Scott with a clothesline off the top rope onto Hawk. Animal with a clothesline off the second rope onto Scott. Scott with the frankensteiner onto Animal. He goes for the cover but Hawk breaks it up. Scott throws Animal to the outside of the ring. Scott lifts Hawk on his shoulders, Rick on the top rope and he lands the bulldog onto Hawk. Animal grabs a piece of his shoulder pad and he hits Rick with it. Hawk goes for the cover and gets the pin.
Winners: Road Warriors
Roy’s thoughts: Two of the biggest tag teams in this match. This was great. Tag team wrestling these days doesn’t have this, it doesn’t have the two big powerful teams that know how to wrestle.
-Commercial Break-
Back from commercial and Gene Okerlund is in the ring with the Steiner Brothers. Scott tells him that they have been hunting the Road Warriors for four years. They left the United States because they were waiting for the Road Warriors to wrestle them. But now they are in the WCW to wrestle them. The way they won tonight is a disgrace. Okerlund tells him that The Nasty Boys were supposed to face the Road Warriors. Scott tells him they came where the competition was and it’s here. He says the Road Warriors have not seen the last of them.
Rick tells Okerlund that they came to wrestle, to do what they do best and the Road Warriors bring something in the ring to hit him with it.
-Commercial Break-
WCW World Television Championship Match – Lex Luger (c) vs. Alex Wright
The bell rings and we are under way. Luger with right hands. He throws Wright to the ropes but Wright with a drop kick. Wright with an arm drag take down. Wright with an arm bar but Luger with an elbow to the face. He throws Wright to the ropes but Wright with a shoulder tackle. Wright with a drop kick and Luger rolls to the outside of the ring. Wright with a splash onto Luger on the outside of the ring. Wright throws Luger back into the ring. Wright climbs the top rope and lands a double axe handle. He goes for the cover but Luger kicks out. Luger grabs Wright by the tights and pulls him into the turnbuckle. Luger with a knee and Wright falls to the outside of the ring. Luger to the outside and he slams Wright into the ring apron. He throws Wright back into the ring. Luger with a gorilla press slam and he slams him face first onto the top turnbuckle. Luger runs towards Wright but Wright with a big boot. Wright with upper cuts and he throws Luger to the ropes. Wright with a spinning elbow to the face. Wright with a back body drop. He goes for the cover but Luger kicks out. Wright climbs the top rope and he lands a drop kick. Wright climbs the top rope and Luger distracts the referee. Out runs Jimmy Hart who gets on the ring apron but Wright kicks him away. Wright goes for a cross body but Luger catches him and he slams him onto the top rope. Luger goes for the cover and gets the pin.
Winner: Still WCW World Television Champion, Lex Luger
Roy’s thoughts: Luger continues to cheat and no Sting tonight. The commentators kept mentioning how Sting wasn’t there and how Luger is with Jimmy Hart. Interested in seeing what they do with this.
-Commercial Break-
Six Man Tag Team Lumberjack Strap Match – Hulk Hogan, Randy Savage and The Booty Man vs. Ric Flair, Arn Anderson and Kevin Sullivan with Miss Elizabeth and Woman
The bell rings and we are under way. The lumberjacks are outside of the ring both teams fight in the ring and the outside. The Giant grabs Hogan on the outside and Flair with a chop to the chest. The Lochness goes for a right hand on Hogan but Hogan moves out of the way and The Lochness hits The Giant. The Lochness and The Giant begin to fight on the outside of the ring. Hogan chokes Flair with the strap in the ring. The Booty Man with right hands onto Arn Anderson. Sullivan slams Savage into the top turnbuckle. The Booty Man hits Arn with the strap. The lumberjacks begin to fight on the outside of the ring.
Out comes Kimberly and she looks at the ring. Flair on the ring apron and Hogan hits him with a clothesline. Flair begins to run to the back but Animal grabs him and lifts him up. He brings him back towards the ring. Savage has Flair in the corner. Hogan throws Arn to the outside of the ring. The Booty Man throws Sullivan to the outside of the ring. Flair throws Hogan to the outside and the lumberjacks hit Hogan on the outside. Hogan gets back into the ring. Hogan hits Sullivan with the strap. Hogan throws Flair to the ropes and he lands the Big Boot. Hogan with the Leg Drop. He goes for the cover and gets the pin.
Winners: Hulk Hogan, Randy Savage and The Booty Man
-Commercial Break-
Gene Okerlund is in the ring with Flair, Sullivan and Arn. Sullivan says Hogan will have to go through four cages, never before seen in the history of wrestling at Uncensored. Arn says when you marry someone, the supposed answer that you tell God is until death do us part. Arn says he has been married to Savage, Hogan and Booty Man. He says tonight was an uncensored piece. He tells Savage that this won’t be over until death do them part. Flair says you can beat up the Taskmaster, Arn Anderson and whoop the Nature Boy but don’t ever touch Woman or Elizabeth. Flair runs the ropes and he tells Hogan that he wants him. He tells Savage to look what he has and he has Miss Elizabeth. Woman tells Savage that Flair has his woman. Flair tells Hogan and Savage that he has the whole world in his hands.
We cut to the announce team and they talk about Uncensored as Nitro goes off the air.
Roy’s thoughts: This match was a complete mess but it had Flair, Hogan and Savage. Flair’s promo’s were something else, him just running the ropes while talking about Hogan was too funny. A good show with a solid tag team match.