The Monday Night Wars!
Jan 27, 2014 20:45:12 GMT
Post by Kimmel on Jan 27, 2014 20:45:12 GMT
Starting in the next couple of weeks, I am going to start posting in this thread WCW and WWF shows starting in January 1995, I'll update it as I have time and all the shows for both WCW and the WWF will be inside this thread.
I will be using the actual monthly rosters for both WCW and WWF. This is something I have always wanted to do, so I hope you guys will enjoy seeing it. More info later, but here is the rosters for both promotions as of January 1995 from Solie.org:
The WWF roster for January 1995 was as follows: "MVP" Steve Lombardi, Brett
"Hitman" Hart, "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels, Luke Williams, Butch
Miller, The Undertaker, Mike "I.R.S." Rotundo, "Tatanka" Chris Chavis, "The
King of Harts" Owen Hart, Barry Horowitz, Fatu, Scott "Razor Ramon" Hall,
Mr. Bob Backlund, Yokozuna, Bam-Bam Bigelow, Jerry "The King" Lawler, "Made
in the USA" Lex Luger, Moe, Mable, Billy Gunn, Bart Gunn, The 1-2-3 Kid,
Adam Bomb, "Big Daddy Cool" Diesel, Timothy Well, Steven Dunn, Pierre
Oullete, "The Doctor of Desire" Tom Pritchard, "The Gigolo" Jimmy Del Ray,
Phil "Doink the Clown" Apollo, Alundra Blayze, "Double J." Jeff Jarrett,
The Mighty Kwang, Bob "Spark Plugg" Holly, Nikolia Volkoff, Duke "The
Dumpster" Droese, Seone, Bull Nakano, "The British Bulldog" Davey Boy
Smith, King Kong Bundy, "The Portugese Man 'o War" Aldo Montoya, Henry
Godwinn, Hakushi, Chris "Skip" Candido, Louie "Rad Radford" Spicolli, Man
Mountain Rock, "The Roadie" Brian Armstrong, The Mantaur, Jacob Blu, Eli
Blu
Survivor Series (1994)
The Bad Guys (Razor Ramon, The 1-2-3 Kid, The British Bulldog, Fatu and Sione) (with Afa and Captain Lou Albano) defeated The Teamsters (Shawn Michaels, Diesel, Owen Hart, Jim Neidhart and Jeff Jarrett) 21:45
The Royal Family (Jerry Lawler, Sleazy, Queasy and Cheesy) defeated Clowns R' Us (Doink the Clown, Dink, Pink and Wink) 16:05
Bob Backlund (with Owen Hart) defeated Bret Hart (c) (with The British Bulldog) Submission match for the WWF Championship 35:11
The Million Dollar Team (King Kong Bundy, Tatanka, Bam Bam Bigelow, Jimmy Del Ray and Tom Prichard) (with Ted DiBiase) defeated Guts and Glory (Lex Luger, Mabel, Adam Bomb, Billy Gunn and Bart Gunn) (with Oscar) 23:21
The Undertaker (with Paul Bearer) defeated Yokozuna (with Mr. Fuji and Jim Cornette) Casket match with Chuck Norris as the Special Guest Enforcer 15:24
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
Bob Backlund lost the WWF Title to Diesel, and the WWF Tag Titles were declared vacant
The last Raw of 1994:
12/12/94; Liberty, NY
12/26/94 - featured Shawn Michaels on color commentary, alongside Vince McMahon;
included a Royal Rumble update segment hosted by Todd Pettingill with comments from Bret Hart at his Calgary home regarding his world title shot against Diesel as well as Michaels' commenting from the announce table on his chances in the 30-man Royal Rumble match;
featured a vignette on Hakushi showing highlights of his recent matches; included WWF World Champion Diesel as a guest of the King's Court in which Jerry Lawler said Bob Backlund could take the title from Diesel at any time because Shawn Michaels, who he said knew more about Diesel than anyone, was giving Backlund pointers; after Lawler said he hoped Diesel and Bret Hart would eliminate each other from the WWF at the Rumble, Diesel tossed Lawler to the floor and put on Lawler's crown;
featured a vignette promoting the debut of Kama, in which he was compared to Mike Tyson, Steven Seagal, and Jean Claude Van Damme;
included Stephanie Wiand interviewing Ted Dibiase backstage regarding a challenge Lex Luger & Davey Boy Smith made to Bam Bam Bigelow & Tatanka, with Dibiase accepting; after the commercial break, McMahon confirmed that the match would take place the following week; featured the announcement that Jeff Jarrett would make his singing debut the following week:
Davey Boy Smith fought Tatanka (w/ Ted Dibiase) to a double disqualification at 8:51 when Lex Luger, who came out moments earlier after seeing Dibiase pull the top rope down causing Smith to fall to the floor, began fighting Tatanka inside the ring, with Bam Bam Bigelow coming out moments later to attack Smith; prior to the opening credits, Shawn Michaels interviewed Dibiase at ringside, with Dibiase saying he got everything he wanted for Christmas and that the same thing that happened to Luger last week was about to happen to Smith; after the match, Luger cleared both Tatanka and Bigelow from the ring before referees swarmed the ringside area (Canadian Fan Favorites, The Best of Raw: Seasons 1 & 2)
Henry Godwinn pinned Mike Khoury with the Slop Drop at 3:45 (Godwinn's Raw debut)
Kwang (w/ Harvey Wippleman) pinned Rich Myers with a spin kick at 2:44; after the bout, McMahon interviewed Vinny Pazienza in a pre-taped segment about his upcoming boxing fight against Roberto Duran January 14 in Atlantic City, with Pazienza telling Michaels he would be coming for him after he beats Duran since Michaels was picking Duran to win the fight
The Undertaker (w/ Paul Bearer) pinned the Brooklyn Brawler with the tombstone at 3:12; after the bout, IRS appeared in the aisleway with several druids (The Best of Raw: Seasons 1 & 2)
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The WCW roster for January 1995 was as follows: Earl Bobby Eaton, Sting,
"Fly'in" Brian Pillman, "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson, Brad Armstrong, Big
Van Vader, "The Natural" Dustin Rhodes, Johnny B. Badd, "Stunning" Steve
Austin, "Diamond" Dallas Page, Marcus Alexander Bagwell, "Mr. Wonderful"
Paul Orndorff, Lord Steve Regal, "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, "Pretty" Paul
Roma, Stevie Ray, Booker T., Dave Sullivan, Brian Knobbs, Jerry Saggs, Mark
Starr, The Guardian Angel, Kevin Sullivan, The Patriot, Bunkhouse Buck,
Steve Armstrong, Meng, Jean Paul Levesque, "Das Wunderkind" Alex Wright,
Frank Andersson, Hulk Hogan, Brutus Beefcake, "Hacksaw" Jim Duggin,
"Jump'in" Joey Maggs, The Avalanche, "Dirty" Dick Slaytor, Scott Armstrong,
Broadstreet Bully, Randy "Macho Man" Savage, Tim Horner,
Starrcade (1994): Triple Threat took place on December 27, 1994 from the Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee.
Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.
Vader defeated Jim Duggan to win the WCW United States Championship (12:06)
Vader pinned Duggan after a Face Eraser.
Alex Wright defeated Jean-Paul Levesque (14:03)
Wright pinned Levesque with a roll-up.
Johnny B. Badd defeated Arn Anderson to retain the WCW World Television Championship (12:11)
Badd pinned Anderson.
Anderson replaced The Honky Tonk Man, who had just left WCW.
The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobs and Jerry Sags) defeated Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray) by disqualification (17:49)
Harlem Heat had won the WCW World Tag Team Championship on December 8, but the match didn't air yet, so they were not announced as the champions.
Mr. T defeated Kevin Sullivan (3:50)
T pinned Sullivan.
Sting defeated Avalanche by disqualification (15:26)
Hulk Hogan defeated The Butcher to retain the WCW World Heavyweight Championship (12:07)
Hogan pinned Butcher after the Leg drop.
I will be using the actual monthly rosters for both WCW and WWF. This is something I have always wanted to do, so I hope you guys will enjoy seeing it. More info later, but here is the rosters for both promotions as of January 1995 from Solie.org:
The WWF roster for January 1995 was as follows: "MVP" Steve Lombardi, Brett
"Hitman" Hart, "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels, Luke Williams, Butch
Miller, The Undertaker, Mike "I.R.S." Rotundo, "Tatanka" Chris Chavis, "The
King of Harts" Owen Hart, Barry Horowitz, Fatu, Scott "Razor Ramon" Hall,
Mr. Bob Backlund, Yokozuna, Bam-Bam Bigelow, Jerry "The King" Lawler, "Made
in the USA" Lex Luger, Moe, Mable, Billy Gunn, Bart Gunn, The 1-2-3 Kid,
Adam Bomb, "Big Daddy Cool" Diesel, Timothy Well, Steven Dunn, Pierre
Oullete, "The Doctor of Desire" Tom Pritchard, "The Gigolo" Jimmy Del Ray,
Phil "Doink the Clown" Apollo, Alundra Blayze, "Double J." Jeff Jarrett,
The Mighty Kwang, Bob "Spark Plugg" Holly, Nikolia Volkoff, Duke "The
Dumpster" Droese, Seone, Bull Nakano, "The British Bulldog" Davey Boy
Smith, King Kong Bundy, "The Portugese Man 'o War" Aldo Montoya, Henry
Godwinn, Hakushi, Chris "Skip" Candido, Louie "Rad Radford" Spicolli, Man
Mountain Rock, "The Roadie" Brian Armstrong, The Mantaur, Jacob Blu, Eli
Blu
Survivor Series (1994)
The Bad Guys (Razor Ramon, The 1-2-3 Kid, The British Bulldog, Fatu and Sione) (with Afa and Captain Lou Albano) defeated The Teamsters (Shawn Michaels, Diesel, Owen Hart, Jim Neidhart and Jeff Jarrett) 21:45
The Royal Family (Jerry Lawler, Sleazy, Queasy and Cheesy) defeated Clowns R' Us (Doink the Clown, Dink, Pink and Wink) 16:05
Bob Backlund (with Owen Hart) defeated Bret Hart (c) (with The British Bulldog) Submission match for the WWF Championship 35:11
The Million Dollar Team (King Kong Bundy, Tatanka, Bam Bam Bigelow, Jimmy Del Ray and Tom Prichard) (with Ted DiBiase) defeated Guts and Glory (Lex Luger, Mabel, Adam Bomb, Billy Gunn and Bart Gunn) (with Oscar) 23:21
The Undertaker (with Paul Bearer) defeated Yokozuna (with Mr. Fuji and Jim Cornette) Casket match with Chuck Norris as the Special Guest Enforcer 15:24
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
Bob Backlund lost the WWF Title to Diesel, and the WWF Tag Titles were declared vacant
The last Raw of 1994:
12/12/94; Liberty, NY
12/26/94 - featured Shawn Michaels on color commentary, alongside Vince McMahon;
included a Royal Rumble update segment hosted by Todd Pettingill with comments from Bret Hart at his Calgary home regarding his world title shot against Diesel as well as Michaels' commenting from the announce table on his chances in the 30-man Royal Rumble match;
featured a vignette on Hakushi showing highlights of his recent matches; included WWF World Champion Diesel as a guest of the King's Court in which Jerry Lawler said Bob Backlund could take the title from Diesel at any time because Shawn Michaels, who he said knew more about Diesel than anyone, was giving Backlund pointers; after Lawler said he hoped Diesel and Bret Hart would eliminate each other from the WWF at the Rumble, Diesel tossed Lawler to the floor and put on Lawler's crown;
featured a vignette promoting the debut of Kama, in which he was compared to Mike Tyson, Steven Seagal, and Jean Claude Van Damme;
included Stephanie Wiand interviewing Ted Dibiase backstage regarding a challenge Lex Luger & Davey Boy Smith made to Bam Bam Bigelow & Tatanka, with Dibiase accepting; after the commercial break, McMahon confirmed that the match would take place the following week; featured the announcement that Jeff Jarrett would make his singing debut the following week:
Davey Boy Smith fought Tatanka (w/ Ted Dibiase) to a double disqualification at 8:51 when Lex Luger, who came out moments earlier after seeing Dibiase pull the top rope down causing Smith to fall to the floor, began fighting Tatanka inside the ring, with Bam Bam Bigelow coming out moments later to attack Smith; prior to the opening credits, Shawn Michaels interviewed Dibiase at ringside, with Dibiase saying he got everything he wanted for Christmas and that the same thing that happened to Luger last week was about to happen to Smith; after the match, Luger cleared both Tatanka and Bigelow from the ring before referees swarmed the ringside area (Canadian Fan Favorites, The Best of Raw: Seasons 1 & 2)
Henry Godwinn pinned Mike Khoury with the Slop Drop at 3:45 (Godwinn's Raw debut)
Kwang (w/ Harvey Wippleman) pinned Rich Myers with a spin kick at 2:44; after the bout, McMahon interviewed Vinny Pazienza in a pre-taped segment about his upcoming boxing fight against Roberto Duran January 14 in Atlantic City, with Pazienza telling Michaels he would be coming for him after he beats Duran since Michaels was picking Duran to win the fight
The Undertaker (w/ Paul Bearer) pinned the Brooklyn Brawler with the tombstone at 3:12; after the bout, IRS appeared in the aisleway with several druids (The Best of Raw: Seasons 1 & 2)
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The WCW roster for January 1995 was as follows: Earl Bobby Eaton, Sting,
"Fly'in" Brian Pillman, "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson, Brad Armstrong, Big
Van Vader, "The Natural" Dustin Rhodes, Johnny B. Badd, "Stunning" Steve
Austin, "Diamond" Dallas Page, Marcus Alexander Bagwell, "Mr. Wonderful"
Paul Orndorff, Lord Steve Regal, "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, "Pretty" Paul
Roma, Stevie Ray, Booker T., Dave Sullivan, Brian Knobbs, Jerry Saggs, Mark
Starr, The Guardian Angel, Kevin Sullivan, The Patriot, Bunkhouse Buck,
Steve Armstrong, Meng, Jean Paul Levesque, "Das Wunderkind" Alex Wright,
Frank Andersson, Hulk Hogan, Brutus Beefcake, "Hacksaw" Jim Duggin,
"Jump'in" Joey Maggs, The Avalanche, "Dirty" Dick Slaytor, Scott Armstrong,
Broadstreet Bully, Randy "Macho Man" Savage, Tim Horner,
Starrcade (1994): Triple Threat took place on December 27, 1994 from the Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee.
Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.
Vader defeated Jim Duggan to win the WCW United States Championship (12:06)
Vader pinned Duggan after a Face Eraser.
Alex Wright defeated Jean-Paul Levesque (14:03)
Wright pinned Levesque with a roll-up.
Johnny B. Badd defeated Arn Anderson to retain the WCW World Television Championship (12:11)
Badd pinned Anderson.
Anderson replaced The Honky Tonk Man, who had just left WCW.
The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobs and Jerry Sags) defeated Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray) by disqualification (17:49)
Harlem Heat had won the WCW World Tag Team Championship on December 8, but the match didn't air yet, so they were not announced as the champions.
Mr. T defeated Kevin Sullivan (3:50)
T pinned Sullivan.
Sting defeated Avalanche by disqualification (15:26)
Hulk Hogan defeated The Butcher to retain the WCW World Heavyweight Championship (12:07)
Hogan pinned Butcher after the Leg drop.
Working on it now.