WCW April 95 4/3,4/8,4/16,4/23

[Captain Charisma]

Commish said:

WCW Monday Nitro 4/2/1995
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Mike Tenay and Tony Schiavone welcome us to Toronto where we will see the semi-finals of the WCW World Heavyweight Title tournament. Plus, Lance Storm will team with the mercenary Kintaro Kanemura to face off with Mitsuharu Misawa and Kenta Kobashi. We’ll also see Billy Kidman take on Psychosis – in advance of the Mysterio/Kidman vs Guerrera/Psychosis match at WCW Uncensored this weekend.

The WCW World Heavyweight Title Tournament semi-finals open up with Chris Benoit taking on the Wolfpack’s Kevin Nash, who is joined at ringside by Scott Hall. Benoit and Nash pull no punches in this match and both gain several near falls. The finish sees Diamond Dallas Page come out of the crowd and lay out Scott Hall on the floor with the Diamond Cutter! DDP smiles and taunts Kevin Nash, who charges out to the floor and follows Page up the aisle. Nash loses focus and actually ends up getting counted out and he freaks out when the bell rings! Nash charges back to the ring to argue with the referee, while Chris Benoit raises his hands in victory and DDP gloats about sabotaging Nash’s plans out on the floor.

WCW President Ric Flair comes out and says he is here tonight to make a major announcement. Flair has said his administration would be growing and it has because a major star has just signed a WCW contract. Ric then brings out his newest colleague – Jeff Jarrett! Jarrett makes his way out of the ring wearing a suit – not the cowboy hat and flashy jackets he wore during his previous WCW stint. Jarrett gets on the microphone and says he resisted coming to WCW for so many years and when he showed up here in 1994, he realized he should have held to his guns. The brass here in WCW gave him a cowboy hat and told him to get singing lessons. Jarrett says he made the best of it, but it was crap and that’s why he quit! The only reason he came back is because a man of vision has the power now… Ric Flair! Jeff Jarrett says Ric Flair sees his potential and his not going to put him on a leash like J.J. Dillon and the other WCW executives tried to do. At this point, the interview is interrupted by a commotion once again caused by the man in the rafters. Jeff Jarrett leaves the ring and charges up through the crowd as Ric Flair goes nuts in the ring. The mysterious man once again walks away before Flair’s goons can get to him. Mike Tenay mentions that he got a quick view of the man and he looked very familiar.

Tony Schiavone and Mike Tenay then send us to a VTR featuring highlights of WCW World Tag Team Champions Rick & Scott Steiner:

wcw steiner brothers 2nd theme(with custom tron)

Billy Kidman squared off with Psychosis up next, with Juventud Guerrera and Rey Mysterio Jr. on the outside. Kidman kept up with Psychosis and managed to gain a near fall after coming off the top rope with a flying dropkick. Psychosis kicked out and managed to gain the momentum again, when Guerrera tripped Kidman coming off the ropes. Psychosis looked to finish off Kidman with a tomb-stone piledriver, but Billy spun out of it and landed several shots. Juventud Guerrera then got on the apron, but Rey Mysterio Jr. was up as well and those two brawled on the apron! Psychosis and Kidman are trading kicks in the ring as well, but Billy is able to sling Psychosis to the ropes and sends the masked man crashing into both Mysterio and Guerrera! Kidman then connected with a sit-out power-bomb and scored the win! Guerrera and Psychosis protested with the official after the match, while Mysterio and Kidman once again argued.

Jim Powers and The Panther were the unfortunate talent when The Wolfpack stormed the ring. Scott Hall was favoring his neck after the Diamond Cutter, but that didn’t stop him from laying out Panther with the Razor’s Edge. Jim Powers landed a few shots to the gut on Kevin Nash, but Big Daddy Cool drilled him with a big knee and a Jacknife power-bomb! Nash got on the microphone and said DDP has hell to pay for rearing his ugly little head again. Kevin challenges DDP to a match at WCW Uncensored, but Scott Hall interrupts and says he wants Page first since he took the Diamond Cutter earlier. Hall promises to take DDP apart, but save just enough for Nash to get a piece. Kevin Nash smiles slyly and says he’ll talk to Ric Flair – he’s sure he can convince Ric Flair to book the match. Scott Hall promises that Diamond Dallas Page is going to get carved up at WCW Uncensored.

The Destruction Crew of Rick Fuller & Wayne “The Train” Bloom were waiting in the ring for their scheduled opponents The Taskmaster and Mortis. Kevin Sullivan and Mortis did come down to the ring, but Sullivan said he would not be wrestling tonight. The Taskmaster then introduces Mortis’s tag team partner – hailing from the land of fiction, Hugh Morrus! Morrus ran down to the ring laughing like a maniac and then a four-man brawl broke out. This was far from a squash as Fuller and Bloom really worked over both Hugh Morrus and Mortis at points, but the Dungeon of Doom took control late in the match. Hugh Morrus was able to score the pin on Rick Fuller after coming off the top rope with a moon-sault. The Taskmaster joined Hugh Morrus in cackling with glee after the match, while Mortis yelled at fans in the audience.

Buff Bagwell then came out to the ring and challenged Alex Wright to a pose-down. Alex Wright complied and while smaller than Bagwell, he garnered far more cheers than Buff. As Wright played to the cheering crowd, Buff Bagwell leveled him from behind and connected with a big clothesline. Bagwell then pulled Wright in and connected with a DDT! Wright stumbled to his feet, only to get a Buff Blockbuster off the second rope! Bagwell then posed in the center of the ring and picked the microphone back up. Buff Bagwell: “I think it’s been proven tonight that I’m buff, I’m the stuff and the girls just can’t get enough! See you at Uncensored – you kraut stooge!” Buff Bagwell then poses a little more and leaves the ring to a shower of boos.

Jerry Lynn took on Super Calo in our next match, which proved to be all-action from bell to bell. Super Calo scored early on with some flashy moves off the top rope, including a twisting leg drop. The masked man then comes off the top rope with a senton splash, but Lynn kicks out. Jerry Lynn rebounds with a rocker dropper and then goes up top for a missile dropkick. Lynn then connected with a brainbuster and went for the pin, but Super Calo was able to kick out. Super Calo was lifted to his knees by Lynn, which allowed Calo to land a head-butt to the stomach. Super Calo hit the ropes for a leaping clothesline, but Lynn caught Calo in mid-air with a belly-to-belly suplex. Lynn then pulled Super Calo into a cradle piledriver and made the cover to score the big win!

The next match featured Mitsuhara Misawa and Kenta Kobashi, seconded by Gary Hart, taking on Lance Storm and the mercenary Kintaro Kanemura. Storm was like a man possessed early on and as he landed a series of big moves on both Misawa and Kobashi. Lance then made the tag to Kanemura, who shocking entered the ring, kicked the unsuspecting Storm in the stomach and laid him out with a sit-out powerbomb! Kanemura then walked out of the ring, where he was handed a wad of cash by Gary Hart. Kintaro Kanemura then simply walked off, while Misawa and Kobashi continued to maul Lance Storm in the ring. Misawa eventually scored the pin with the Tiger Driver ’91! Lance Storm has once again been double-crossed and left laying in a WCW ring. This guy sure doesn’t have a lot of luck. A clearly furious Lance Storm is helped out of the ring after the match.

The semi-finals of the WCW World Heavyweight Title Tournament is our final bout of the night as The Giant takes on Ice Train. Ice Train is coming off a huge moral victory last week when he beat Avalanche, but he’s facing an even bigger man this week. Train unloaded on The Giant early on and seemed to have the big man dizzy with a series of clotheslines. His big mistake came when he attempted to slam The Giant, but couldn’t get him up. The Giant drove his powerful forearm down across Ice Train’s back and then leveled him with a head-butt. The Giant then got Ice Train by the throat and drove him to the canvas with a choke-slam to score the relatively quick win! The Giant and The Taskmaster celebrated after the match, but the mood changed when Chris Benoit hit the ring! Benoit was not afraid at all as he stepped up to The Giant just as WCW President Ric Flair hit the ring. The Giant and Benoit were shouting insults at each other, while Ric Flair and The Taskmaster tried to keep the peace. The show goes off the air just as it looks they are about to begin brawling.

WCW Saturday Night 4/7/1995
Atlanta, GA

Kevin Nash pinned Van Hammer with a Jacknife power-bomb. (4:02)
Bobby Eaton pinned Al Perez with the Alabama Jam. (6:34)
Psychosis & Juventud Guerrera defeated Los Villanos when Psychosis hit the flying splash on Villano IV. (6:51)
Diamond Dallas Page (w/ Kimberly) pinned Todd Morton with the Diamond Cutter. Scott Hall and Kevin Nash attacked DDP after the match and slammed his ribs against the steel ring-post three times. (3:20)
WCW United States Heavyweight Champion Scott Norton pinned Wayne Bloom with the Flashbreaker. (6:11)

WCW Pro 4/8/1995
Orlando, FL

Bull Nakano pinned Malia Hosaka with the moon-sault. (7:01)
Chavo Guerrero Jr. pinned El Samurai with the Gory Bomb. (5:34)
WCW World Tag Team Champions Rick & Scott Steiner defeated Perro Aguayo & Perro Aguayo Jr. when Rick Steiner hit the Steiner-line on Perro Sr. (3:38)
Scott Hall pinned Super Calo with the Razor’s Edge. (6:11)

[Captain Charisma]

Commish said:

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING presents:



Calgary, Alberta, Canada
The Saddeldome
April 8, 1995
Ring Announcer: David Penzer
Special Guest Ring Announcer: Michael Buffer
WCW Correspondent: Dave Brown
WCW Broadcast Team: Tony Schiavone, Mike Tenay & Dusty Rhodes
Referees: Scott Dickinson, Charles Robinson & Mickey Jay

DARK MATCH

1. HUGH MORRUS + MORTIS (w/ The Taskmaster) DEF. CHAVO GUERRERO JR. + ICE TRAIN

*Tony Schiavone, “The Professor” Mike Tenay and “The American Dream” Dusty Rhodes welcome us to WCW Uncensored, coming to you live from Calgary, Alberta, Canada! They run down the full card and announce that we will see a new WCW World Champion crowned tonight. Dusty, Tenay and Schiavone then send us up to the ring.

1) WCW World Cruiserweight Title: Super Delfin vs. Vampiro: This starts out a little unusually. Vampiro levels the champion with some rights and lefts, but Delfin counters with a big dropkick that sends Vampiro falling backwards. Delfin gets back to his feet and charges at Vampiro, but Vampiro hoists him up into the air before sending him crashing back to the canvas with a T-bone suplex. Vampiro is on Delfin right away and applies a side-headlock, but Delfin throws a few elbows and breaks the hold. Both stumble to their feet only for Super Delfin to super kick Vampiro to the canvas. Super Delfin measures him up and then drives a knee into the throat and holds it there for several seconds, before referee Scott Dickinson makes him break it. Delfin then spends several minutes really working over Vampiro’s throat and neck.

Super Delfin is as usual extremely methodical in his strategy, living up to his reputation as the WCW World Cruiserweight Champion and the Super j Cup winner. Super Delfin applies a dragog sleeper to Vampiro and really cinches back on it. Vampiro really struggles, but Delfin has the hold locked in deep. Finally, Vampiro is able to spin around and lift Delfin up into position for a Northern Lights Suplex. Super Delfin puts on the breaks and DDTs Vampiro instead! Delfin then moves Vampiro up to the top rope and attempts a belly-to-belly suplex, but Vampiro knocks him back several times. Super Delfin then nails Vampiro in the throat with a chop and is able to land a top-rope flying power-bomb! Holy shit! Delfin makes the cover and he gets the 1-2-3! The champion retains again, but this one could have gone either way! WINNER: SUPER DELFIN


*VTR of Lance Storm’s recent trials and tribulations, including most recently being turned on Kintaro Kanemoto. We then go to Lance Storm, whose usually stoicism boils over into anger as he says he is sick and tired of being betrayed. Storm promises retribution on Kintaro and all of those who have wronged him here in World Championship Wrestling.

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2) Buff Bagwell vs. Alex Wright: Das Wunderkind has the crowd on their feet early on as he lands a series of high impact moves that have Bagwell on the ropes. Wright goes up to the second rope for a big splash, but Bagwell gets his knees up. Buff lands a big knee lift and then perches up on the second rope. A dazed Alex Wright gets up and turns right as Bagwell leaps off the ropes to connect with the Buff Blockbuster! Bagwell gets up and poses in the center of the ring, earning plenty of boos. Buff then makes the cover and scores the three count. WINNER: BUFF BAGWELL

*Buff Bagwell celebrates in the center of the ring after the match. He gets on the microphone and says WCW fans have the Flair Administration to thank for getting to see his beautiful body on their television sets. The crowd then begins to buzz and Bagwell thinks the cheers are for him. We can then see a figure wearing a dark overcoat making his down through the crowd. It’s this mystery man we’ve seen in the shadows on WCW Monday Nitro! The man hops the rail and the camera gets a clear shot of his face for the very first time:

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IT’S STING!!!!!!

*Fans, the mystery man is Sting wearing a new form of facepaint and carrying a black baseball bat! Bagwell is oblivious to all of this as Sting enters the ring, grabs Bagwell from behind and levels him with the Scorpion Death Drop! Sting has just destroyed Buff Bagwell and this crowd is whipped into a frenzy! WCW President Ric Flair and his security are immediately out and they charge down to the ring. Flair is furious and he demands that they have Sting ejected from the building – but look at Sting! He is totally calm and he simply raises his baseball bat to point at Flair! Flair looks like he’s seen a ghost and even the security guards hesitate to enter the ring! It looks like they don’t want a piece of Sting! Sting continues pointing at Flair, but then drops out of the ring, hops back over the rail and makes his way back through the crowd! The camera pans back to Ric Flair, who looks absolutely stunned as we go to commercial break. Sting may have been fired, but he is clearly not simply going to go away…

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*We come back from commercial as Diamond Dallas Page and Kimberly make their way down to ringside. It’s clear that Page is still bruised and battered, but he doesn’t have much time to prepare because his opponent is on the way down to the ring:

Scott Hall- 7th Theme

3) Scott Hall vs. Diamond Dallas Page (w/ Kimberly): DDP has his ribs heavily taped after the sneak attack by the Wolfpack on WCW Saturday Night. Hall gets in some of his cheap shots earlier on, drawing protests from Kimberly on the outside. At one point, Scott Hall approaches Kimberly after downing Page and grabs her by the hair. Page slides out to the floor and decks Hall before any damage can be done to Kimberly. However, Hall lands a shot to the ribs and then throws DDP back into the ring. Scott Hall goes for the Razor’s Edge, but DDP slips out of the back. As Hall turns around, DDP grabs him by the neck and hits the Diamond Cutter out of desperation! Page makes the cover and gets the three count out of nowhere! WINNER: DIAMOND DALLAS PAGE

*Kimberly rushes into the ring to help DDP, who rolls around in pain on the canvas. The fans are now on their feet because making his down the aisle is… “Big Daddy Cool” Kevin Nash! Nash charges into the ring and shoves Kimberly away! Nash then pulls DDP up and shoots him off the ropes for a big boot that nearly takes his head off. Scott Hall is up now and he’s groping his injured neck as he cheers Nash on. Big Daddy Cool then pulls Page in and once again lays him out with the Jacknife power-bomb! The furious Kevin Nash stands over the fallen Page as Scott Hall lays in a few stomps and Kimberly cowers out on the floor…

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4) Billy Kidman & Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Juventud Guerrera & Psychosis: These two teams keep the crowd entertained early on with a flurry of offensive maneuvers that keep the momentum shifting back and forth. Juventud Guerrera manages to take control after a kick to the stomach and a gutwrench suplex. Psychosis tags in and runs over Rey Mysterio Jr. with a flying leg whip and then connects with a senton splash. Psychosis then plants Rey Mysterio Jr. with a belly-to-belly suplex and goes for the cover, but Mysterio kicks. Rey Mysterio Jr. begins to rally and catches Psychosis with a dropkick from out of nowhere and then leaps into his corner and tags Billy Kidman into the match! Billy Kidman comes in and goes to town on Psychosis and Juventud Guerrera with a few clotheslines and then super kicks them both. Billy Kidman sends Psychosis off the ropes and connects with a big right hand to the stomach and then he power-bombs Psychosis in the middle of the ring.

Psychosis rolls to the outside as Billy Kidman bounces off the ropes with a flying knee drop to Juventud Guerrera’s forehead. Billy Kidman proceeds to work over Juventud Guerrera with a series of kicks to the head and neck, before tagging Rey Mysterio Jr. back into the match. At this point, Psychosis sneaks back in the ring and goes to attack Rey Mysterio Jr. from behind, but Billy Kidman storms in and tackles Psychosis. During the ruckus, Rey Mysterio whips Juventud Guerrera across the ring, but Juvi collides with Kidman! Psychosis then decks Mysterio from behind and press-slams him out to the floor (yes, I’ve actually seen Psychosis use this spot on Rey). The dazed Kidman is wobbly and Psychosis connects with the double underhook power-bomb and he covers for the three count! WINNERS: JUVENTUD GUERRERA & PSYCHOSIS

*Juventud Guerrera and Psychosis celebrate their big win out on the floor, while in the ring Mysterio is trying to explain what happened to the furious Kidman. Kidman gets in Rey’s face and he’s blaming Mysterio for the loss! Mysterio tries to walk away, but Kidman pulls him back around he shoves Mytserio! Now Kidman jumps out to the floor and he walks off by himself! Mysterio is upset in the ring, but from behind Guerrera and Psychosis jump back in and attack him from behind! The two do a number on Mysterio as Billy Kidman watches from the aisle way. Kidman finally walks back down to ringside and rolls into the squared circle. Look at this – Guerrera and Psychosis are inviting Kidman to join in on attacking Mysterio…

*Billy thinks it over as the crowd boos and finally he cracks a smile and high-fives Pyschosis! Kidman measures up Mysterio for a kick, but he actually wipes out Psychosis with a dropkick that knocks the masked man through the ropes and out to the floor. Guerrera attacks Kidman from behind, but Rey Mysterio Jr. is up and he catches Juventud with a spinning head-scissors that sends the luchador out to the floor! Psychosis and Guerrera take off as Billy Kidman and Rey Mysterio Jr. eye each other in the ring! Finally, Mysterio sticks out his hand for Kidman to shake. Billy thinks it over for a second… and then he shakes Rey’s hand! Kidman and Mysterio hug and then raise each other’s hands as the crowd cheers. Billy Kidman and Rey Mysterio Jr. have patched up their rift once and for all…

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5) WCW United States Heavyweight Title: Scott “Flash” Norton vs. Bobby Eaton: These two lock-up and trade technical maneuvers for the opening moments of the contest. Eaton gains the advantage after connecting with side suplex and lands a few stomps to the back of Scott Norton’s neck. Bobby Eaton looks to apply the snap suplex at this point, but Norton ducks out of it and drives Eaton into the corner. Norton then connects with a big boot that knocks Eaton for a loop and sends him sprawling to the canvas. Norton makes the cover, but Eaton is able to kick out. Norton then connects with a running avalanche splash into the corner. Norton goes up to the second rope and lands a flying clothesline that sends Eaton out to the floor. As Bobby Eaton gets back on the apron, Norton grabs him by the hair and slams him back into the ring.

Norton goes for a running clothesline, but Eaton kicks him in the gut and plants him in a swinging neackbreaker for a two count. Eaton comes off the ropes and scores with a double knee drop and makes the cover again, but once again Scott Norton is able to kick out! Bobby Eaton bounces off the ropes on the other side of the ring and goes for clothesline, but Norton spears the hell out of him! Scott Norton has had enough and he levels Eaton with a clothesline that nearly turns Beautiful Bobby inside out. Norton pulls Eaton and lands the Flashbreaker to score the three count! Eaton put up a heck of a challenge, but the WCW US Heavyweight Champion and IWGP Heavyweight Champion retains! WINNER: SCOTT “FLASH” NORTON


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6) WCW World Tag Team Titles: The Steiner Brothers vs. Rough N’ Ready: Scotty takes the Bunkhouse Buck to the mat early on, but Bunkhouse Buck uses a scrape to the eyes and then hits a shoulder block that sends the former GWF Heavyweight champion down to the canvas. Gary Hart then makes his presence felt as he leads out Kenta Kobashi and Mitsuharu Misawa to scout both teams, drawing the ire of Col. Parker! Bunkhouse Buck then makes a tag to Dick Slater, who comes in and kicks Scotty in the stomach and then drops him with a spinning neckbreaker. Dick Slater spends the next few minutes working over Scotty Steiner’s legs and back - he is obviously setting him up for the spinning toe hold. Dick Slater goes to apply a submission hold on Scotty Steiner, but Scotty reaches up and powerfully kicks Slater away.

Slater tries to charge back over, but Steiner connects with a shoulder-block that seems to take its toll on both of these incredible competitors. Both men begin to crawl to their corners, and Scotty Steiner gets their first and makes the hot tag to his brother the Dog-Faced Gremlin! Dick Slater manages to make the tag to the Bunkhouse Buck as well, but Rick Steiner grabs both of them and throws them both into each other. Steiner then lays into Bunkhouse Buck with a series of hard right hands to the face and suplexes the Bunkhouse Buck to the canvas. Dick Slater tries to run back in, but Scotty Steiner charges across the ropes and tackles Dick Slater, and both men tumble to the arena floor. Bunkhouse Buck tries to attack Rick Steiner from behind with a double ax handle smash, but Steiner spins around and boots him in the gut.

Rick Steiner lifts Bunkhouse Buck into the air and connects with a belly-to-belly suplex and stays on top for the cover, but Bunkhouse Buck kicks out at the last second. Both men are slow to their feet, but Bunkhouse Buck is over first with a forearm to the chest. Bunkhouse Buck hurls Steiner off the ropes off the ropes, but Rick ducks out of Bunkhouse Buck’s double sledge attempt. Bunkhouse Buck turns around just in time get leveled with a brutal Steinerline! Rick Steiner makes the cover as the referee makes the count. Dick Slater tries to get back into the ring, but Scott Steiner grabs his legs and holds on the apron as the referee makes the count for the 1-2-3! Gary Hart is seen finishing up some scouting notes and then leads his men away as the Steiners goad them to come get some. WINNERS: THE STEINER BROTHERS

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7) WCW World Heavyweight Title Tournament Finals: The Giant (w/ The Taskmaster) vs. Chris Benoit: This is a classic David vs Goliath battle between two of the best young stars in the sport today. Benoit tries to hit and run early on, but The Giant isn’t faced. He levels Benoit with a head-butt, which sends The Crippler out to the floor. Benoit will not be denied as he dives back into the ring and sizes up his massive opponent. The Giant charges, but Benoit dives down with a shoulder block into The Giant’s left knee! The Giant is stopped momentarily, which allows Benoit to land another shoulder-block to the knee and another! And another! The Taskmaster jumps on the apron, but Benoit decks him! Down goes Kevin Sullivan. Chris Benoit turns around – right into the grips of The Giant! Giant has got Benoit around the throat and he’s going to go for the choke-slam here, but Chris Benoit stomps his left knee and breaks the grip.

The Crippler hits the ropes and lands a running kick to the knee! The Giant slumps back into the corner, but Benoit is right there to land several kicks. Chris Benoit is clearly trying to cut The Giant down to size and it looks like it is working. The Crippler lays into The Giant’s left knee with a series of kicks and then wraps the knee across the middle rope and twists! The Giant is in pain, to he reaches out and head-butts Benoit! The Giant hobbles out of the corner, but Benoit hits the ropes again and lands a dropkick to the knee! The Giant is wobbly here and it looks he could fall, so Benoit hits the ropes for another dropkick! Down goes The Giant! Chris Benoit is the first man to get The Giant off his feet so far in WCW! The Crippler keeps the momentum going with a series of stomps and then a knee drop across the throat! And now Benoit slides his thumb across the throat and he goes up top! Benoit is going to finish off The Giant here!

Benoit leaps off for the diving head-butt… only for The Giant to sit up! Chris Benoit hits head-first into the canvas. The Giant grabs the ropes and slowly pulls himself back to his feet. Chris Benoit is trying to shake the cobwebs as he gets back to his feet. Benoit  turns around – and again The Giant grips his throat! This time The Giant does get Benoit up and he choke-slams him! However, The Giant’s knee slammed into the canvas on the way down and he is hurt here! Benoit is sprawled out on the canvas as Kevin Sullivan screams for The Giant to get up somehow. The Giant does manage to get his arm over Chris Benoit’s chest for the 1-2-3 !! We have a new WCW World Heavyweight Champion and it’s The Giant! The big man is slow to get up after the bell and he is limping as he’s handed the belt. Kevin Sullivan is absolutely gleeful as he leaps into the ring and he celebrates with The Giant! The largest athlete in sports today is now the WCW World Heavyweight Champion. WINNER: THE GIANT

*Tony Schiavone, Dusty Rhodes and Mike Tenay wrap up tonight’s incredible card, which saw the crowning of the brand new WCW World Heavyweight Champion. They urge all fans to tune into Nitro… eight days from now as TNT is premiering a monster movie marathon for the holiday weekend tomorrow night.

© WCW, 1995

[Captain Charisma]

Chito said:

WCW Monday Nitro
Monday, April 16, 1995
Northlands Coliseum
Edmonton, AB

Announcers: Tony Schiavone, Mike Tenay and “the American Dream” Dusty Rhodes
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WCW Monday Nitro '95 - First Intro Ever
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TONY, MIKE and DUSTY run down tonight’s program, including the main event, a match between Rey Mysterio Jr and Juventud Guerrera.  The winner getting a shot at Super Delfin and the WCW Cruiserweight Title at Bash at the Beach on June 17 on Pay-Per-View.  Also on tonight’s show, Scott Norton puts the US Title on the line against Bunkhouse Buck.

A little over a week ago, WCW Uncensored aired on TBS and what a night it was!  Some big things happened on the show, but perhaps none bigger than the revealing of the identity of the mysterious man that’s been hanging out in the rafters for the past few weeks.

VTR of Sting coming out, dressed in black, and confronting Ric Flair at Uncensored.

This doesn’t bode well for the Flair Administration.  Sting’s given so much to this company, his blood, sweat and tears, and he’s not going to simply walk out of WCW.  Ric Flair is going to have a fight on his hands!


MARCUS BAGWELL defeats CICLOPE by pinfall following the Blockbuster.  Ciclope gives Bagwell all he can handle, and gets a couple of very close nearfalls, but Bagwell turns things around and hits the Blockbuster off the second turnbuckle for the win.  Prior to the match Bagwell insulted the Canadian fans, particularly the women, saying that none of them stand a chance of getting with him.


GORDON SOLIE interviews Bagwell in the ring after the match.  Bagwell talks about beating Alex Wright at Uncensored, just like he said he would.  When Solie asks him what’s next for him, Bagwell says that the sky is the limit, he could go after any of the singles Championships here in WCW, and he would be successful, or he might go out and find himself a tag team partner, and take the Tag Titles from those buffoons the Steiner Brothers.
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BILLY KIDMAN beats WAYNE BLOOM by pinfall after putting Bloom on the mat with a missile dropkick, then hitting the Shooting Star Press.


GORDON SOLIE interviews the Taskmaster Kevin Sullivan, WCW Champion the Giant, Mortis and Hugh Morrus.  Sullivan brags about the Giant winning the title, and says that since then, several challengers have asked to be let out of their matches, they’re terrified of the Giant!  Sullivan then talks about his new team of Mortis and Hugh Morrus, saying that the prophecy of the daughter of the Third Eye proclaimed that Tag Team gold will be theirs!  Sullivan says that prophecy will soon be fulfilled.


Several highlights are shown from WCW Uncensored, including the Giant pinning Chris Benoit to win the vacant WCW Title, Diamond Dallas Page beating Scott Hall, and Billy Kidman and Rey Mysterio taking on Juventud Guerrera and Psychosis.


GORDON SOLIE interviews WCW President Ric Flair and Chris Benoit backstage.  They are surrounded by security personnel.  After looking like he’d seen a ghost when confronted by Sting at Uncensored, Flair is back to his usual arrogant self now.  He says that Sting was fired, he is no longer welcome at WCW events, and the next time Sting shows up at an event . . . he will be arrested on the spot!  Benoit says that Sting better hope that Benoit doesn’t get to him first, because he’ll tear Sting apart!
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KEVIN NASH (w/ Scott Hall) beats ICE TRAIN by pinfall after hitting the Jacknife Powerbomb.  Nash had a little more trouble with the massive Ice Train than he has with other opponents, but in the end, Ice Train is no match for the size and power of Nash, or the constant interference from Scott Hall at ringside, and falls victim to the Jacknife.  Nash pinned him by placing one foot on Ice Train’s chest.


GORDON SOLIE catches up with Hall and Nash in the aisleway after the match for an interview.  Solie asks about Uncensored, where Diamond Dallas Page scored a pinfall over Hall.  Hall gets angry, and says that DDP got a cheap win, he had ahold of Hall’s trunks during the pin, AND it was a fast-count!  Hall says he doesn’t think DDP can do it again, and to prove it, he challenges Page to meet him again, right here next week on Nitro!

Kevin Nash says that he and Hall have their sights set on all the gold here in WCW, including the Tag Team Titles and the World Title!


SCOTT NORTON (WCW US Champ) beats BUNKHOUSE BUCK (w/ Dick Slater & Col. Parker) by DQ.  The action went back and forth, but in the end Norton took control, and delivered a Running Powerslam on Buck.  That’s when Slater and Parker decided to jump into the ring and attack the US Champ.  Despite being outnumbered, Norton is able to grab the US Title belt, and chase the heels off.
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TONY, MIKE and DUSTY talk about WCW’s next Pay-Per-View event, coming up on June 17 from the Knight Center in Miami, FL . . . it’s BASH AT THE BEACH!  Matches will be announced in the coming weeks, but one thing is for sure, Bash at the Beach is going to be the hottest event of the Summer!


GORDON SOLIE interviews WCW World Tag Team Champions The Steiner Brothers.  The Steiners talk about the talented teams in WCW, and say that they’ll gladly take on each and every one of them.  Gordon asks about Gary Hart coming out and scouting the Steiners recently.  Scott tells Hart to bring on Misawa and Kobashi, and he and Rick will beat them.


DIAMOND DALLAS PAGE (w/ Kimberly) beats VAMPIRO by pinfall after hitting the Diamond Cutter.  Page still has his ribs taped after Scott Hall did a number on them at Uncensored, and Vampiro focuses his attacks on Page’s ribs, but it’s not enough to slow DDP down, and he hits the Diamond Cutter for the pin.


GORDON SOLIE interviews Miss Elizabeth.  The fans give Elizabeth a nice reaction, and she says that she’s happy to be in WCW.

BUFF BAGWELL comes out and introduces himself to Elizabeth, and propositions her for a date.  Elizabeth declines and leaves.  Gordon asks Bagwell about this, and despite looking slightly embarrassed, Bagwell says that she’s just playing hard to get, no woman can resist him!
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TONY, MIKE and DUSTY talk about the history between Rey Mysterio Jr and Juventud Guerrera, then send us up to the ring for the main event.

REY MYSTERIO JR (w/ Billy Kidman) battles JUVENTUD GUERRERA (w/ Psychosis) to a time-limit DRAW.  The two long-time rivals put on a great match for the fans, and both men get several nearfalls on the other, but the 10 minute time limit runs out before either man can put the other away.
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GORDON SOLIE interviews WCW President “Nature Boy” Ric Flair in the ring.  Flair is surrounded by a group of security guards.  Solie talks about the situation between Flair and former President JJ Dillon, saying that the two go way back, and it surprised him to see Flair treat Dillon the way he did.  Flair brushes it off, saying it was just business, and nothing personal.  Solie says that he received word during the main event, that Dillon is going to be here next week, and he’s apparently got a big announcement, that concerns Flair.

Flair seems uninterested in it, saying he fired Dillon, there’s nothing JJ can do about it now.  The subject then turns to Sting, and Flair says that Sting had his moment at Uncensored, but he knows better than to try anything now, because if he does, he’ll be arrested and thrown in jail!

Suddenly, the lights go out and the Northlands Coliseum is plunged into darkness.

The lights come on a moment later, and all the security guards are flat on the mat . . . and standing directly behind Flair is STING!!!

Flair turns around, and his eyes go wide!  He grabs Gordon Solie and shoves him towards Sting, then dives out of the ring.

As Flair bails to the floor, Sting stands in the middle of the ring, pointing his baseball bat at Flair as the fans in attendance go crazy!


TONY, MIKE and DUSTY recap what took place on tonight’s show, and hype next week’s show, which will see a rematch between Juventud Guerrera and Rey Mysterio Jr.  Since there was no winner on tonight’s program, next week’s match will be used to determine the top contender to Super Delfin’s Cruiserweight Title at Bash at the Beach.  Plus, Scott Hall has challenged DDP to another match, and JJ Dillon will be here, with an announcement concerning Ric Flair!


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[Captain Charisma]

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WCW Monday Nitro
Monday, April 23, 1995
GM Place
Vancouver, BC

Announcers: Tony Schiavone, Mike Tenay and “the American Dream” Dusty Rhodes
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WCW Monday Nitro '95 - First Intro Ever
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TONY, MIKE and DUSTY run down tonight’s program.  Rey Mysterio Jr meets Juvy in a rematch from last week, where the winner will earn a shot at Super Delfin’s World Cruiserweight Title at Bash at the Beach on June 17.  We’ll also see Diamond Dallas Page against Scott Hall, and JJ Dillon has a big announcement concerning WCW President Ric Flair.

TONY talks about last week’s show.  He says Flair should know by now that he isn’t going to get rid of the Stinger!

VTR of Sting appearing at the end of last week’s show and laying out Flair’s security detail.

RIC FLAIR comes out to the ring, followed by Chris Benoit, and once again surrounded by security guards.  Flair talks about the incident with Sting last week, growing more and more agitated as he talks.  He promises to rid WCW of the Stinger, one way or another.  Flair then turns his attention to JJ Dillon, and demands that Dillon come out, make his statement, then hit the road.

JJ DILLON comes out and climbs into the ring.  Dillon has a smirk on his face, and says that, just like Sting, Flair isn’t going to get rid of him so easily.  Flair wants to know what he’s talking about, and Dillon says that what Flair failed to take into account is that Dillon still has a manager’s license, so even if he’s no longer running WCW, he can find a wrestler to manage.

Dillon says that’s exactly what he’s done, and challenges Flair to wrestle his man at Bash at the Beach . . . with the added stipulation that if his man wins, Flair steps down and JJ takes over WCW again.  JJ says that if Flair wins, Dillon will leave WCW for good.

Flair thinks it over, and Dillon says that there was a time when Flair wouldn’t even need to think about it, he was confident enough in himself that he would just take the challenge.  He wonders what happened to that Nature Boy?

That does it, and Flair accepts JJ’s challenge, telling him that he’ll beat whoever Dillon brings to Bash at the Beach, and then that will be the last we see of JJ Dillon in World Championship Wrestling!
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HUGH MORRUS & MORTIS (w/ Kevin Sullivan) beat JIM POWERS & JERRY LYNN by pinfall.  Powers and Lynn gave their opponents a tough match, but in the end, Mortis delivered the Electric Chair Drop on Lynn, leading to the pinfall.  After the match, Morrus hit Powers with the No Laughing Matter moonsault.


GORDON SOLIE joins Sullivan, Mortis, Hugh Morrus and WCW Champion the Giant in the ring.  Sullivan talks about how pairing Mortis and the laughing man was pure genius on his part, as they are an unstoppable team.  He then talks about the Giant, and the fact that nobody in WCW even wants to get into the ring with him!  The Giant then issues an open challenge, anyone who wants a shot at his belt, he’s not hard to find!

VTR of the Rey Mysterio – Juventud Guerrera match on last week’s show, that ended in a time limit draw.

Rey Mysterio Jr cuts a promo, talking about the draw last week, he promises to put Guerrera down for the count this week, and go on to face Super Delfin at Bash at the Beach.

Juventud Guerrera cuts a promo regarding the match.  He says that Rey’s been jealous of him since they first started out in this sport, and he intends to prove that he’s the better man later tonight.
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RICK & SCOTT STEINER (WCW Tag Team Champs) beat VAMPIRO & DAMIEN 666 by pinfall.  The challengers put up a good fight, but in the end, the Champions simply overpowered them and Scott hit the Frankensteiner on Damien for the pinfall.

Gary Hart once again showed up at near ringside to scout the Champions.


GORDON SOLIE hypes the WCW Hotline, saying that there are rumours of some new faces coming to WCW.  Gordon will have all the details on the WCW Hotline.


GORDON SOLIE interviews Gary Hart, Kenta Kobashi and Mitsuharu Misawa.  Solie talks about Hart coming out to scout the Steiner Brothers during some of their matches.  Hart says that he’s been watching the Steiners very closely, and he’s learned all their strengths and all their weaknesses.  He’s passed this information on to his men, and now they will have the advantage over the Steiners.

Gordon talks about Lance Storm, and Kenta Kobashi, in broken english, says that Storm turned on him, by hitting him during their tag team match.  As far as he’s concerned, Storm got what he deserved.


TONY, MIKE and DUSTY hype BASH AT THE BEACH, the next big Pay-Per-View event from World Championship Wrestling, coming up on June 17 in Miami Beach, FL.  So far, we know that Super Delfin will defend the World Cruiserweight Title against the winner of the Rey Mysterio Jr – Juvy match, and Ric Flair will face whoever JJ Dillon’s wrestler is, with the WCW Presidency hanging in the balance!


GORDON SOLIE interviews Marcus Bagwell in the aisleway.  He talks about last week, the incident with Elizabeth, and says that Liz is just playing hard to get, but he’s not going to give up.

Bagwell says that he was going to give one lucky Vancouver girl the thrill of a lifetime, to come out and give him a kiss, but looking around, there’s not a woman in the place that he feels is even remotely worthy of a kiss from “the Stuff”.
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SCOTT HALL (w/ Kevin Nash) beat DIAMOND DALLAS PAGE (w/ Kimberly) by pinfall.  The match went back and forth, and Page looked to be on the verge of victory several times throughout the match, but the constant interference from Nash was just too much for Page to overcome, and after being choked by Nash in the corner, as Hall distracted the ref, Page fell victim to the Razor’s Edge, leading to the pinfall.

After the match, Hall and Nash continued to assault Page.  Kimberly pleaded with them to leave Page alone, but they just shoved her aside.

The fans start to cheer as ALEX WRIGHT charges down the aisle and immediately climbs up to the top rope.  He leaps off and nails Nash with a flying bodypress, then puts Hall on the mat with a standing dropkick!  Hall and Nash roll out of the ring and head for the locker room as Kimberly and Alex Wright help Page to his feet.


GORDON SOLIE interviews Dallas Page, Kimberly and Alex Wright at ringside.  Kimberly thanks Wright for his help.  Alex says that after what the Wolfpack did to him, he wasn’t about to stand back and watch them injure someone else.  He asks Page to team with him against the Wolfpack at Bash at the Beach on June 17, to which Page agrees and says that judgment day is coming for the Wolfpack on June 17!
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REY MYSTERIO JR (w/ Billy Kidman) fought JUVENTUD GUERRERA (w/ Psychosis) to a Double DQ.  This was a wild, out of control match that saw the two men flying all over the ring.  At one point, Rey hit Juvy with a baseball slide that sent Juvy tumbling over the guardrail and into the first row of seats.  Rey then springboarded off the ropes with an Asai Moonsault into the crowd!  In the end, Psychosis tripped Rey from the floor, out of view of the referee.  That got Kidman angry, and he hit Psychosis with a haymaker.  The two eventually made their way into the ring and the match errupted into a brawl between the two teams.  The referee had no choice but to throw the match out.

Once again, there is no winner between Rey and Juvy, so we still don’t know who’s going to be the challenger to Super Delfin and the World Cruiserweight Title at Bash at the Beach.


TONY, MIKE and DUSTY recap what took place on tonight’s show, and hype next week’s show, where Chris Benoit will defend the World Television Title against Billy Kidman.


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