Sunday, June 24, 2012

WCW Monday Nitro - 1/22/96

Welcome to 1996 and also welcome to Caesar's Palace Las Vegas, Entertainment Capital of the World! Tonight we have Hogan vs US titleholder One Man Gang in a non title affair, Sting and Luger vs the Harlem Heat for the tag team titles, and Savage vs Flair for the World Heavyweight Championship, along with the sudden debut of Konnan challenging Psychosis to a match for the "Mexican heavyweight title" at Clash of the Champions tomorrow!

WCW Monday Nitro - 1/15/96

Welcome to "the hottest wrestling show on the planet", coming to you live, 16 years ago, from the ever-hot Miama, Florida! The arena seems tiny and it looks like there's maybe 200 people in attendance but boy is it a full show tonight! Scheduled matches are The Nature Boy Ric Flair vs Sting for the title, Hulk Hogan vs anyone in the Dungeon of Doom, Taskmaster Kevin Sullivan and Hugh Morris vs The Enforcer Arn Anderson and Flyin Brian Pillman, and finally Macho Man Randy Savage vs Lex Luger. Sounds exciting, right? Dead wrong.

Saturday, June 23, 2012

WCW Monday Nitro - 1/8/96

Coming to you Live (via 16 years) from Charlotte, South Carolina its the #1 wrestling program in the world. Main event tonight is the announced Savage/Hogan vs Flair/Anderson tag match. Also tonight, Eddie Guerrero vs Steven Regal. Let's get it on.

WCW Monday Nitro - 1/1/96

Welcome to the #1 wrestling program in the world, or so says Eric Bischoff. Announced tonight are Macho Man Randy Savage vs The Enforcer Arn Anderson, a Lex Luger and Sting tag team match, and twelve-time WCW Heavyweight Champion, The Nature Boy Ric Flair vs Hulk Hogan in a title match in the main event.



WCW Monday Nitro - 1995

I downloaded and started to watch a ton of vhs rips of Nitro earlier this month, starting with the very first episode. I watched the last show of 1995, Starrcade 95, a few days ago. Here's what has happened.