WCW Nitro
Airdate: July 29th, 1996
Arena/Location: Disney MGM Studios in Orlando, FL
Hour One Commentators: Larry Zbyszko and Tony Schiavone.
Tony and Larry do the usual shilling of WCW Nitro Arn vs. Giant, Rey Mysterio vs. Eddie, and American Males vs. Steiner Brothers.
Tony and Larry then talk more about the nWo and what they did last week. We go to a video of what happened on WCW Saturday Night. Hall and Nash have a camera and are talking about something, then Luger and Sting are shown going to their car. Luger is called back into the arena, and the Outsiders beat up on Sting. I like how they thought that through and actually had Hall and Nash with their own camera, instead of a cameraguy just happening to be to out there while Sting was.
Match One: Mike Enos vs. ‘Hacksaw’ Jim Duggan
This bout got eight minutes, which was about six minutes way too long. Duggan isn’t known for his technical finesse, and Enos was hardly any better. Duggan won this one with a taped fist.
Winner by pinfall: Jim Duggan
* from me.
Mean Gene in the ring with Duggan now. Duggan says he’s upset at Hogan for turning his back on his the kids that looked up to him. He even says that his daughter’s first word was Hulkster. Man, you know Duggan and his wife were pissed about that one.
Match Two: Four Horsemen (Benoit, Mongo, and Flair) w/the Women vs. Sting/Luger/Savage
This match was set up for the previous Nitro, but Flair never made it. Why? We’re not sure.
All six men brawl on the outside of the ring before the match even starts.
Nitro is going for a break, but before the break happens, we get a video package for Glacier. It’s the same one we got the week before.
Back from the break, and this match is officially started. Sting and Flair work the majority of this contest, but all six men get a few minutes in the ring. It looks as though Luger is about to win this for his team, when Hart runs out, and is screaming at a camera guy. He says something about the Outsiders, and the camera guy goes to the back. Hart is now on the ring apron, and gets the attention of Luger. He tells Luger the Outsiders are here.
To the back we go, and we see Bagwell and Arn Anderson down. The Outsiders are standing above both me with a baseball bat. Riggs comes over to check his partner, but he goes down. Rey Mysterio tries to take Nash down with a springboard crossbody, but that fells spectacularly when Nash grabs him, and throws him like a dart into the side of the building! Holy **** that was awesome.
We hear a bell ring, and are told that all six men are now running to the back.
No Contest via double count out
**½
Hall and Nash get in a limousine, and Savage is the first one on the scene! He jumps on top of the limo and is trying to crawl into the sunroof as it drives off. Back at the scene of the attack, wrestlers, security, and medics are checking on those assaulted. After a break, they are still checking on those attacked. We hear sirens going off, but it’s a fire truck. That’s.. different. Rey Mysterio Jr. says that there were four of them. They then take Rey’s mask off to put a neck brace on him. He keeps saying there are four of them.
Back from another break, Eric Bischoff and Bobby Heenan are at ringside with Tony and Larry. Before anything can happen, Heenan says that he’s suffered neck damage and has nerve damage in his arm, and that he’s not doing this show unless he knows his safety is guaranteed. Bischoff says it’s not, and Heenan says that he just can’t do the show now. He takes his headset off and goes to the back.
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