No Moon Landing's X Of The Year: Music 2013

My favorite records of 2013. Let's not get it twisted here, I am way more qualified to be a wrestling critic than a music critic but i listen to a lot of music and like to make lists. I've also got some (even more unqualified) thoughts about racism.

No Moon Landing's X Of The Year: Wrestling 2013

Wrestling is really cool and you should watch it and everyone should enjoy it. This year I watched a lot more wrestling than I've watched in previous years and my whole list of matches I have written down as at least "Pretty Great" would be like a full page longer and maybe they'll show up at the bottom when I get down there who knows this is all Off The Dome no drafts here.

WCW Bash at the Beach 1996 - 7/7/96

The wrestling fan grannies are out in fine form tonight in Daytona Beach for Bash in the Beach 96! Tony Schiavone, Dusty Rhodes, and Bobby "The Brain" Heenan are with us tonight, no one knows where Eric Bischoff is. A blockbuster show is promised, culminating in the huge Hostile Takeover match in the main event!

WCW Monday Nitro - 7/1/96

We are live from Landover, Maryland, just outside DC, for the Countdown to Bash at the Beach! Diamond Dallas Page does a run in on commentary during the intro. He claims that someone stole his "Lord of the Ring" ring and demands that everyone be strip searched. Tony and Larry run down a recap of last week's title change. Eric Bischoff returns in the second hour and the Outsiders are in the building tonight!

WCW Monday Nitro - 6/24/96

Live from the home city of the Nature Boy, Charlotte, NC, its WCW Monday Nitro, the only live weekly wrestling broadcast. The crowd chants "We want Flair," as Tony and Larry recap the Great American Bash and explain, yet again, what happened to Eric Bischoff.
Backstage, Team WCW, Randy Savage, Sting, and Lex Luger, are geared up in their war paint (its just Sting's facepaint). Macho cuts a quick nonsense promo and runs out of there. Sting chastises the Outsiders for picking on an announcer. Luger says WCW is the best. That's when the Steiners run in, followed by the Harlem Heat. A triangle match forms and it will be for the WCW Tag Team Championship, later tonight.

WCW Monday Nitro - 6/17/96

Live from the Colosseum in Richmond, Virginia, its WCW Monday Nitro. With Eric selling the effects of the Jackknife Powerbomb, we get Tony Schiavone all night long. The Living Legend Larry Zybysko is unimpressed by the acts of Razor Ramon and Diesel, and personally calls them out. Okay, Larry. The Bash at the Beach Team WCW lineup will be announced tonight as well as a recap of the Great American Bash and the fallout thereof. Mongo is in the building tonight with the Horsemen as we kick off another great episode.

WCW Great American Bash 1996 - 6/16/96

Welcome to where the big boys play, tonight in Baltimore, Maryland. The national anthem plays while Ptibull Pitman holds the flag proudly. We cut to a group of kids in costume who are clearly not respecting America. Tony and Dream on the stick tonight, lets get started.

WCW Monday Nitro - 6/10/96

It's time to get rockin', says Tony Schiavone! With the Great American Bash looming this Sunday, we see the building of a number of feuds. The Horsemen, Arn Anderson & Ric Flair, face Desperado Joe Gomez & The Renegade. Giant faces Scott Norton, the man he chokeslammed into oblivion last week. We are also reminded that Razor Ramon promised a big surprise, and "next week is this week," thanks Tony, and we should find out the surprise tonight but its Nitro so anything could happen!!

WCW Monday Nitro - 6/3/96

Tony Schiavone has a powerful voice and he uses every inch of it to welcome us to Monday Nitro on TNT. Tonight we'll see the return of the Rock N Roll Express going up against the Horsemen, Arn Anderson & Ric Flair. Word has it Bobby Heenan will announce whether or not he'll manage the Horsemen and the Great American Bash, and much more will happen tonight!

WCW Monday Nitro - 5/27/96

We open on Memorial Day '96 to the dulcet tones of Tony Schiavone. WCW Nitro on TNT has gone two hours! Tony and the Living Legend Larry Zybsko are your hosts for hour one, and Eric Bischoff & Bobby "The Brain" Heenan are hosts for hour two. Tonight in hour two we'll have Sting vs Scott Steiner and Giant vs the Shark. Also tonight, Arn Anderson & Ric Flair will see tag action and Colonel Rob Parker will be debuting his new talent. The Macho Man is still barred from entry as we get things started right.

WCW Monday Nitro - 5/20/96

There's pyro to open the show from Charlotte, North Carolina. WCW is getting wild! Mongo isn't there tonight so he can train with Kevin Greene. Its a 90 minute episode tonight in preparation for the Great American Bash, featuring matches such as DDP vs Brad Anderson, Ric Flair vs Eddy Guerrero, and Sting & Luger vs the Faces of Fear! Let's get started!

WCW Slamboree 1996 - 5/19/96

Live from Baton Rogue, and broadcasting for the first time to Mexico via pay-per-view, its WCW Slamboree! Let's join Bobby Heenan, Tony Schiavone, and the American Dream, Dusty Rhodes, as we watch the Lethal Lottery tag team elimination tournament, culminating in the Battlebowl 8-man battle royal to pronounce the Lord of the Ring and determine the number 1 contender. Also tonight, the Cruiserweight title is on the line in a match between champion Dean Malenko and Brad Armstrong as well as the US title, Konnan versus Jushin "Thunder" Liger, and, of course, the World Heavyweight Championship with the Giant defending his title against the man called Sting.

WCW Monday Nitro - 5/13/96

Live from the country music capital of the world, Nashville, Tennessee, its WCW Monday Nitro! Tonight is a huge main event, Lex Luger versus The Giant. Luger, after missing his flight last week, has been camped out in front of the arena all night, just waiting for his match. Also tonight Chris Benoit vs Squire Dave Taylor.

WCW Monday Nitro - 5/6/96

Coming to you Live from Daytona Beach, Florida, its WCW Monday Nitro! Tonight is a loaded card with Lex Luger vs the Giant in the main event, supported by Sting vs Steven Regal, Macho Man vs Hugh Morrus, and Dean Malenko vs Japanese sensation Jushin "Thunder" Liger.

WCW Monday Nitro - 4/29/96

Welcome to Nitro on the first week of its new 7 o'clock special start time, thanks to the NBA on TNT! Tonight we'll have two title matches, Flair vs Giant and Sting & Luger vs Harlem Heat, plus a special parking lot brawl between the Belfast Bruiser and Lord Steven Regal, and more!

WCW Monday Nitro - 4/22/96

Ladies and gentlemen, we are the only live wrestling broadcast on monday night! Tonight all the titles are on the line in a tag team match between the Giant & Ric Flair and Sting & Luger. If someone pins Flair, he loses the World title. If someone pins Luger, they win the Television title. Whoever wins the match wins the tag team titles. Macho Man is in the building and he wants to murder Flair! There are police in the building to restrain Macho! It's a big night!

WCW Monday Nitro - 4/15/96

We open cold from Charleston, West Virginia with some "real, live, and fresh" wrestling action. Hulk Hogan is in the ring against Taskmaster Kevin Sullivan and the Enforcer Arn Anderson. Originally supposed to be Hogan and the Booty Man vs the Alliance, it turned into a handicap match with a dumb stipulation after Booty got injured on Saturday Night. If the heels win, they get five minutes alone with the Booty Babe. If Hogan wins, he gets five minutes alone with any of the Alliance to End Hulkamania's three managers. So of course Hogan dominates the entire match. He throws some of the weakest chair shots in history and just tosses Sullivan and Anderson around. He goes through his moves and drops the leg on Taskmaster to win. Hogan teases his five minutes alone with Woman. Then he teases five minutes alone with Elizabeth. Hogan is insinuating he is going to rape these women. He then chooses Jimmy Hart, runs through his moves on him, and is about to drop the leg when the Giant makes the save. He chokeslams Hogan but Hogan gets right back on his feet and bodyslams the big, nasty, stinky Giant. Mean Gene shows up in the ring and Hogan teases bodyslamming him but instead screams that he's gonna climb the ladder back to the title picture and put away Flair for good.  Again. Over and over again. For the next five years.

WCW Monday Nitro - 4/1/96

The action starts out hot and heavy as soon as we tune into Nitro this week. The Giant and Stinger are arguing as the bell rings. What was supposed to be Sting and the Giant vs Harlem Heat turned into Sting vs Giant after Jimmy Hart paid the Harlem Heat to stay backstage. Sting is really taking it to the Giant as he no-sells. Sting throws a huge crossbody but bounces off and is hit with a big ol' elbow drop. Lex Luger, one half of the World Tag Team Champions with Sting, runs in and saves his partner, ending the match in a DQ for the Giant.
Also tonight, Flair versus Luger for the World Heavyweight strap, Steiners vs the Road Warriors vs Public Enemy in a triangle tag, and the Megamaniacs versus the Taskmaster and Arn Anderson.

WCW Monday Nitro - 3/25/96

Welcome to the "only weekly live broadcast on the planet!" Tonight we have three, yes, three title matches. In addition to the previously announced Giant vs Flair for the world title, Konan will be facing Mr. JL for the US title, and Sting & Luger will wrestle the American Males for the tag team titles.

WCW Uncensored 1996 - 3/24/96

From the birthplace of Elvis Presley, Tupelo, Mississippi, we're live for World Championship Wrestling Uncensored '96! We join the American Dream, Dusty Rhodes, Tony Schiavone, and Bobby "The Brain" Heenan for a night of exciting action. Well, action at least. Well, like half a show's worth of exciting action. Heenan is wearing leather tonight so he can "wash stuff off" and everyone is excited for the Doomsday Triple Cage Match. The sadistic structure is already constructed off to the side of the arena! Also tonight, the Chicago Street Fight between Sting & Booker T and the Road Warriors, The Giant faces off against Loch Ness for a shot at Ric Flair's World Heavyweight title, and Konnan faces Eddie Guerrero for the United States Championship!