What you missed on THUNDER! - J.J. Dillon announces that on the next Nitro
(which coincidentally, is tonight's show) the main event will be a WCW
Heavyweight title match between You Know Who - and the #1 Contender -
Goldberg!
For a switch, we run the opening credits at the opening of the show.
Did you know almost all the guys appearing in the beginning are NWO
members now?
It's WCW Monday Nitro! Coming to you LIVE 6.7.98 from the Georgiadome in
Atlanta, GA, this show is closed-captioned, rated TV-PG-DV (the "D" is for
damn, what a main event) and hosted by Tony Schiavone, Mike Tenay and
Larry Zbyszko.
Hey, look - it's the Nitro Girls doin' that Disco call!
Tony's wearing a tux. Larry's wearing a suit (then he stands up to
acknowledge the "Goldberg" chants - can't win 'em all, Larry, give it up
baby, give it up) - Mike has a banded collar - well, two out of three
ain't bad. All the talk is about Goldberg somebody.
Turn on the grill and cook up some Voodoo Chili - it's time for YOU KNOW
WHO come to fill up some time with an interview. He's accompanied this
week by the BOOTY DISCIPLE, CRACKA EAZY-E and MISS ELIZABETH. Biscoff
claims that Atlanta is yet another "town that Hollywood built," which
actually makes me think of Ric Flair, which can't have been the intention.
Hogan talks loud and says nothing, which is not a shock. When mentioning
Rodzilla, Hogan talks about talking to him on the cel phone - surely they
wouldn't want to screw with us and not produce Dennis Rodman after last
week's tour de hype? Trying further to mess with our heads, Hogan says
tonight's title defense "ain't gonna happen." Goldberg's only beaten "a
bunch of jabrones" (well, point to Hogan) and the Committee's dissin'
Hogan by not running the match by him first. Lost in all this is the
supposed fact that the US Champ is the de facto #1 Contender. Oh well.
Anyway, Hogan says that one of his "brothers" will take the Goldberg match
tonight instead. Just to make it real interesting, if Goldberg can beat
the NWO brother, then Hogan WILL wrestle Goldberg tonight. Why won't
Hogan give us a name? He keeps saying "the other brother." Could it
be...could it be...? Nah, I won't say anything. I'll probably just be
wrong and we'll all be disappointed. Interview time: around eight
minutes.
Oh, boy, FAN INTERVIEWS! "This ain't Madison Square Garden, and this
ain't 1985!" That guy sounds like a WWF fan, actually...hmmm.
This portion of WCW Monday Nitro is brought to you by Valvoline! Win a
car!
That scintillating Hogan interview makes me want to buy a Hogan
T-Shirt..hmm...whoa! A Hogan T-shirt ad! How lucky am I?
MEAN GENE OKERLUND interviews BRYAN MURPHY, who won Mark Martin's racecar
last year - it looks like they practiced their lines several times.
They're standing in front of ANOTHER racecar, which they're giving away
this year. Call 1-800-TEAM-VAL for details. If you win, take me for a
ride, too.
Now THAT'S a quarter hour that will bang the ratings!
DEAN MALENKO v. BOOKER T. for the WCW World Television Championship -
Lockup - to the ropes, break out, shoulderblock by Booker T. Commentators
immediately ignore the match. Arm wringer into a headock by T. Malenko
powers out and hits a drop toehold on the way back. Mat sequence,
reversals, and we're back up. Lockup, Malenko goes behind with a rollup
for 1. Feeling out - Booker T. with a knee, then a bodyslam. Forearm and
Malenko slumps into the corner. Booker T. whips him out and foils a
counter. Two reversals and T. hits a belly-to-back. T. to the top but
Malenko ducks a missile dropkick attempt. Malenko tries the cloverleaf,
but Booker T. rolls it over for 2. To the corner, T reverses a whip,
Malenko climbs the ropes, leaps - but is caught and suffers a spinebuster.
T. with his kool kicks. Whip, flapjack, breakdance, Harlem sidekick
ducked, Malenko runs through and both men go over the top rope. As if on
cue, CHRIS MONDAY JERICHO is out with a mic, giving the Iceman the
badmouth. Malenko turns to Jericho, then finally thinks about getting
back in the ring. Unfortunately, he sticks his head through the ropes in
perfect position to take an axe kick and get pinned. (3:42)
We cut to a shot of Goldberg backstage, who is doing pushups in order to
get so tired he'll lose the match. No, wait...
Promotional consideration paid for by Slim Jim, Motel 6, America (ha!)
Online, and Hot Pockets. Hey baby...wanna see my Hot Pockets?
(Wisely) pre-recorded comments by KARL MALONE, who was "disappointed" that
Rodman didn't show during last week's Nitro. But at Bash at the Beach,
he'll HAVE to show. Does that mean they're going to try to screw with us
and not produce Rodman after last week's tour de hype?
KANYON v. RAVEN (with Lodi) - can I say one last time I liked the Mortis
music better? Raven has some Nirvanesque music of his own now...Kanyon
attacks both men before the bell on the floor - Lodi getting knocked out.
Kanyon with one of those "innovative" moves for 2. Raven with a sleeper.
Kanyon suplexes Raven over the top rope and also falls out himself. Whip
into chairs and barricade is reversed and Raven is laid out while David
Penzer tries to stay out of the way. Kanyon has a chair in the ring
before collecting Raven. Kanyon with a fireman's carry into a flapjack
onto the chair (well, that's where he was aiming anyway) for 2. Kanyon
gently places the chair on Raven's face, then climbs the top rope to
gently fall on the chair - before this happens, Lodi has crothced Kanyon
on the top turnbuckle. Raven's up now, and after positioning the chair,
superplexes (!) Kanyon on the chair. (well, that's where he was aiming
anyway) But now, SATURN has come out. (DQ? No contest? 2:15) Big martial
arts kicks to Raven -
Lodi gets a belly-to-belly. Kanyon comes up from behind, and Saturn
(unknowingly?) puts him in a Spicolli driver. And now Saturn has a table
- giving us a good look at where the cut is. Raven's on the table,
Saturn's on the top rope - and he splashes Raven - oops, the cut was on
the wrong side and the table doesn't budge! That'd be funny if it didn't
look so PAINFUL. Meanwhile, Kanyon's (unknowingly?) given a Flatliner to
Saturn - before we find out anything else - we cut to a
Limousine outside. A wheelchair is removed from the trunk - and out from
the back seat is - YEAH! BUFF BAGWELL! along with his mother, who's
wheeling him. He's got a neck brace on. Maybe we'll see him later...I'm
pretty sure he's not taking on Goldberg tonight, though.
Mean Gene narrates the Starburst Fruit Chews Pin on a Map Road Report -
Birmingham is the place, Wednesday is the day, THUNDER! is the show. Yes,
Wednesday. Not Thursday. Wednesday. OK? Good.
Another fan interview. I wonder if they'll find a fan tonight that wants
Hogan to win. I think probably not.
Hey look, it's the Nitro girls! And they're wearing shiny outfits!
Drink some Mug and send your Nitro Party video to WCW! Yeah!
The Treacherous three talk about Diamond Dallas Page and Karl Malone,
which leads to footage from last week's Nitro footage of the exciting
truck brigade, Hogan yammerin', the NWO fleeing like rabbits from the BIG
MEAN SCARY TRUCK, Page and Malone running to the ring, Malone delivering a
so-so bodyslam and two WEAK clotheslines. They edit out Malone saying "Oh
it hurts, yes it do" which was the best part of this whole bit, in my
opinion.
Gene-O brings out DIAMOND DALLAS PAGE & KARL MALONE. For some bizarre
reason, the camera cuts to a "GOLDBERG: KING OF JEWS" sign. Page & Malone
have their synchronised entrances down. "What's happening...HOT-LANTA!
Forty thousand people, that's what's happening. I tellya Gino, as far as
I'm concerned, this..this..." "DDP" chant is going "...thank you. This is
going to be the worst week of Hollywood 'Scum' Hogan's life. You see
Gino, the way I see it, Hogan has now painted himself into a corner,
because I don't care who he puts in front of Goldberg in his hometown -
Goldberg's going through him - and you know who's next, Hogan? You're
next. Which is gona make you one bruised up boy. Listen to it, Hogan,
it's gonna make you one bruised up boy. And at Bash at the Beach, you're
gonna be one BANGED up boy! And then again, so's your friend Rodman,
because I know that the Mailman has got a special delivery for you, Rodman
- what you got to put on Rodman?" "Rodzilla, I'm gonna whip you like
Madonna SHOULDA whipped you! I'm gonna knock the paint right outta yo
hair, boy!" "Sounds like you're gonna be a killa come Bash at the Beach."
"No, a RODZILLA KILLA!" "So come Bash at the Beach - Rodzilla, Hogan, get
ready to feel...the..." (audience participation portion of the show)
Well, Malone said it all with a straight face this time. As a further
racial indignity, Zbyszko says "Rodzilla Killa" as we go to break.
Wow, that interview was so great, I wish I could buy a DDP Diamond Cutter
T-shirt! Why, wait! Here's an ad for one now!
Let's take a special look at STEVE "MONGO" McMICHAEL talking about being a
Monster of the Midway, being a Horseman, and begging Arn to help out while
completely forgetting that Ric Flair had something of a hand in starting
that whole Horsemen thing. I wonder how much they paid Mike Ditka to
appear in this package. Hmmm, when McMichael talks about the Bears, why
does he say "commitment to excellence" like they're the Raiders? Ahh,
this is just so confusing and frustrating. Hey, whatever happened to that
guy's wife, anyway?
SCOTT "POLISH PIRATE" PUTSKI v. RIGGS (with tongue) - as Riggs walked out,
RAW started. Good night everybody!
Christopher Robin Zimmerman
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Just look for the WM logo!
OK, just kidding. I did tape this, after all. Hey, this is the third
match before the first hour is ending! Wow! Putski is Polish this week,
by the way, after everybody seemingly forgot this fact the first few times
we saw him. Still doesn't explain the puffy shirt, though. Also, in
addition to the Polish eagles on his tights, Putski has a cross on his ass
- I *think* I'm offended. You think I'm ignoring this match, Tony is busy
talking about the Goldberg video package that's going to be run later
tonight. Whatever. It's times like this I wish Lodi were out so I'd have
some signs to read. OK, two minutes in and Riggs is in control, in fact
throwing Putski outside and following with a clothesline from the apron to
the floor. Tongue waggling from Riggs. To the barricade. Back in we
go. Chop by Riggs (woooo!) Putski dodges a running clothesline, again,
double cross body block and both men are down now. Time for Putski to
come back. Iblockyou'repunchyoudon'tblockmine twice. Back elbow. It's
Hammer Time! U can't touch this! That's why we pray! Let's get it
started! Actually, Putski forgot to cover him so he had to get Riggs head
to hit a turnbuckle, followed by a (not-called) powerbomb for the pin.
(4:13) Tenay rambles about the nebulous "open door policy" and then
reveals that that last move is actually called the "Putskibomb." Ummm,
you know, there was once a time when this move was BANNED, dammit. Oh
well, let's see a Snickers replay and close out this hour with another
shot of Goldberg - this time he's headbutting his locker - a pre-match
ritual, we've previously heard. Hey, that can't be good for the old
noggin there, buddy.
Goldberg clip. Victory #1, for storyline purposes, happened on the
22.9.97 Nitro against Hugh Morrus. After the victory, he turned to the
camera and said "That's #1." Hmmm, did they have this planned, all that
time...? Naaaaah...
There's a limo, there's the NWO...whoa, it's SCOTT HALL! Maybe *he's*
the guy who will be taking on Goldberg tonight.
CHRIS MONDAY JERICHO v. WAIT A MINUTE - "Hello! Welcome to Monday Night
Jericho! I am your host with the m-m-m-m-m-m-most! I...well you know who
I am...and tonight! I gotta face the Ultimo Dragon, but you know, you
never beat me, you're not the #1 Contender. At Bash at the Beach I gotta
face Dean Malenko, but Dean, I mean enough's enough, YOU'RE not the #1
Contender. The #1 Contender is the hot, feisty, sassy young Latino, Rey
Mysterio Jr. who beat me last week - *he's* the #1 Contender, and *he's*
is the man one who I'll be facing at Bash at the Beach, it's only fair -
he beat me. What is your problem, JoJo? Why are you constantly
interfering with me? Get a life, man!" Let's pause and remind you that
on THUNDER! last week, Jericho brought out a faux Mysterio and faked a
pinfall against him in a "non-title" match in an effort to change the card
and shut out Malenko - a brilliant master plan by Jericho. Anyway, Dillon
is out, Malenko is out. Dillon says that nothing's changed, he'll still
be fighting Dragon tonight, he'll still be facing Malenko at Bash at the
Beach - and then Dillon tells us that if Malenko and Jericho touch each
other before Sunday, there will be an immediate DQ decision rendered
before the match even takes place. As you might figure, Jericho tries
really hard to bait Malenko into waffling him, with no results. Finally,
Jericho goes on to intimate that perhaps Malenko's brother is only a
half-brother, as Boris was out on the road a lot and his mother needed
some companionship - and Dean finally lets loose and wails on him. Cue
the security to hold back the not-Iceman and we have to take a break.
Get wired at www.wcwwrestling.com!
CHRIS MONDAY JERICHO v. ULTIMO DRAGON for the WCW World Cruiserweight
Championship - Lockup, Headlock by Dragon - carried to the mat. Jericho
with a body scissors, Dragon jumps out. Lockup again, Jericho with a
headlock, to the ropes, whip out, shoulderblock by Jericho. A series of
Cruiserweight ducks and misses ends with a Dragon dropkick. They do the
Dragon's headstand spot. Dragon with the kic and the stomp on his back,
but as he climbs the ropes and leaps, he meets nothing. Jericho with a
big dropkick to the back of the head of a seated Dragon. Jericho with a
suplex. Arrogant cover for 2. (That NEVER works!) Whip, Dragon holds on
and Jericho goes down. Snapmare by the Dragon, big loud kick by Dragon,
and here's DEAN MALENKO again (DQ 2:14), not only punching away but
*pulling out Jericho's hair*. Security is out again, and we're out again.
Man these matches NEVER happen.
WCW live in action in Macon, Birmingham for THUNDER!, Los Angeles, and Las
Vegas for next week's Nitro.
Bash at the Beach ad - it's Sunday! Rodman will supposedly show up at
THIS event.
We come back to an "earlier tonight" shot of Jericho's hair. Dean Malenko
has been cuffed and removed from the arena. Dean is grimacing, which is
almost emotional for him.
Hey look, it's the Nitro Girls! It's also the "halfway point" (1:22 in)
and Bobby Heenan is out. Again we hear that Goldberg has to get through
Scott Hall to get to Hogan - although no one's actually SAID that for
real, yet.
Nitro Party address is displayed again. Tony says that "the foam's gone
straight to my brain!"
JOHNNY SWINGER v. PSYCHO CHAVO CETU JAVU "Do you know who I am?" (No.)
"I'll tell you who I am - I'm Johnny Swinger! Do you know what I am?" (A
jobber?) "I'll tell you what I am - I'm the hottest young commodity in
wrestling today - and tonight, the whole world's gonna find out why!
Chavo is out in a hardhat and carrying scissors - last week, Eddie cut
some of Chavo's hair - which is presumably to explain the hardhat.
Apparently, Guerrero is going to wrestle with the construction helmet on.
Tony announces the attendance at 39,919 - ha! No 40K for you! Chavo
finally removes the helmet but wrestles the ENTIRE match with his right
hand covering his "bald spot." No wait, he finally removes his hand - I
guess he was tired of the repeated near-falls by Swinger followed by him
saying "Do you know who I am?" (You are da Mountie?) Chavo with the
tornado DDT. Oops, that's it for the hottest young commodity - 1, 2, 3
(1:57). Chavo grabs the mic - "I just noticed something right now -
Johnny Swinger, you've got split ends! And I've got some scissors baby,
woooo! Woohoo!" And he cuts about an inch off - well, I guess THAT'S why
Swinger's wrestling tonight. Chavo suggests that maybe his match with
Uncle Eddie Sunday should really be a hair-vs.-hair match. Well, sure,
look at Eddie's hair - then look at Chavo's hair. Why WOULDN'T you want
to put that stipulation in? Chavo is a little bet less psycho this week,
oh well - guess he only turns it on when Eddie's around.
Goldberg video clip - Goldberg's 25th victory was against Glacier - wait,
wasn't his *105th* victory against Glacier? Sounds like he was still
called "Bill Goldberg" back then, too.
Closed captioning where available courtesy of Compu$erve - hey, how does
AOL feel about that?
Shot of Goldberg - who stands there - oh wait, he's on - shadowboxing.
Well, at least he only works out when on camera - he won't get tired that
way.
DISCO INFERNO & ALEX WRIGHT v. THE PUBLIC ENEMY (with two tables) -
Wright's entrance is marred by TOKYO MAGNUM trying to get involved all the
dancing and the fun. The PE set up their two tables side by side outside
the ring. Quickly the dancing fools are ushered out of the ring. Disco
is more worried about Magnum sticking around than his match. Oh yeah, the
Public Enema are wearing Atlanta Braces jerseys. Total domination by the
Public Enemy until Magnum gets up on the apron, distracting them and
turning the tide. Does this mean they'll let him hang around now? I
guess they'd have to win first. Hot tag to Rocco Rock who is a house
afire. They block a double head butt and perform a double hiptoss, but
they forgot about Johnny Grunge, who performs a double bulldog. And now
it's table time. Grunge puts Wright on a table, but Magnum is there to
save him. Wright appears to not be too thankful, though - he and Disco
walk off. So Magnum is left to take the table shot - a double stack in
fact - both tables break. As the Public Enemy celebrate, Wright and
Inferno are FINALLY back with a garbage can and lid - referee "Blind" Mark
Curtis calls for the bell - about a minute later, the bell finally rings
(DQ 5:01). The twin twinkle toes leave for good, having done the damage.
Magnum is still laid out. Ahh, I'm so confused. Replay of the table
spot.
Let's go to Gene O, who brings out BUFF BAGWELL - well, actually his
mother JUDY brings him out, but let's not mince words. A C-7 and C-4
fracture was the official injury, and he was close to death several times.
"Gene, do you have any idea how it feels to come back into your own home
city and to be able to say the words 'I love Atlanta!' Gene, this is the
hardest thing I've ever had to do in my entire life. There's no way I can
tell you how it feels to be laying on your back and not knowing whether or
not you're ever going to be able to come out in front of these great fans
ever again...Gene I almost lost my life twice, there's no way to tell you
how that feels. Gene, everybody across the nation kept in such touch with
me, I cannot tell you how it feels to know that these people love me just
as much as I love them, and God knows I love each and every fan out there
- listen to that! Are you kidding me? ... Scott Steiner last week came
out and he wanted to bring me out as his costar, you know, since this
injury Gene, I tellya I've had a second look at life - as you can see I'm
not doing too good right now, but just to be able to bring a fork to my
mouth is something I can not believe I can do, because the feeling I had
in that ring - I was never gonna be able to move again from the neck down.
So Scotty's gotta go on with his life, and I gotta go on with mine - and
it starts with coming out in Atlanta and telling everyone out here - Buff
Daddy loves 'em! ... You know what, Gene, if I had the entire three hours
of this Nitro tonight to tell you what this lady behind me means to me, we
would run over and cost Ted Turner millions of dollars, there's no way I
could ever explain to everybody out there how much I love this lady behind
me, Judy Bagwell. ... Well, I'm not the surprise that [Scott Steiner]
thought I was gonna be, but like I told ya Gene, I'm just thankful to be
eating and breathing. Scott Steiner's got his life, and I've got mine,
and I tell you what Gene, I'm just happy to be out here again, able to
come out and say thanks to the fans, and thanks to this lady behind me.
... There's one more thing I want to say Gene, and it's something you may
have heard before, but I'm Buff, and I'm *still* the stuff!" Hey WCW, you
showed class. Good job.
Anybody see a bonus here? We MAY not have to endure the NWO Late Hour
again! YEAH!
Goldberg video clip - Victory #50 was at THUNDER! against Rick Fuller.
Wow! Well, not really, but what else can I say.
The WCW Power Plant is the Harvard of...
Hour three begins at ten 'til! Fireworks! Goldberg/Hall is going to lead
off the hour, so we hear. Before we get to that match, let's talk about
Hogan/Goldberg as if there's no doubt in our minds that he'll beat Hall.
The Awesome 3 go on and on about Goldberg.
#1 CONTENDER SCOTT HALL v. (bill "106-0") GOLDBERG for the WCW United
States Heavyweight Championship- Hall mouths "I'm the shit" on camera -
hey, he IS trying to get fired. We don't get a survey tonight - I guess
they're scared to give him a live mic. The whole "is it canned"
controversy should be settled because we ALL heard the damn tape loop
"G-Goldberg!" For once, we have a worthy #1 Contender, right? Well,
who's Hall beaten recently? Har, har. Hall with a shove while Goldberg's
back was turned. Lockup, Goldberg shoves him to the mat. Armwringer by
Hall, repeated shoulderblocks, and the slappin' of the head, Goldberg with
a hard clothesline to take Hall down. Bakc up. Hall wants the test of
strength - no he wants to kick him in the gut. Clothesline, repeat.
Whip, reverse, and Hall falls - was he supposed to do that or something
else? Hall backs up to the corner and walks back. Hall with a poke,
Goldberg with a poke of his own. Now they're trading slaps. Kick to the
gut by Hall, slam attempt, no, Goldberg with a bodyslam. Hall is back up
and spits at him - lockup, Goldberg pushes him away. Hall is backup
quick, and they do it again, Goldberg pushing him away. Hall lunges a
third time but it's a fake - he boots him in the gut (well, he doesn't
have a gut, but you know) punches by Hall, reversal, whip, Hall steps
aside, Goldberg pulls up short but Hall with a clothesline to the back of
the head. Belly-to-back suplex by Hall for 1. Hall with a boot to the
head. Another. Chant is starting up (ha!) Hall is absorbing punches to
the head - he's Hulking up - Hall continues to punch and Goldberg
continues to shake - armbar into a takedown by Goldberg - armdrag,
another, and Hall is staggered - no, he's out of the ring. No dummy is
Hall - and now he's motioning to the back - out come BOOTY DISCIPLE and
VINCENZO, but before they make it, DIAMOND DALLAS PAGE & KARL MALONE take
a couple chairs to the NWO Hollywood contingent, who fold like a cheap
card table. Meanwhile, Hall has his back to the ring, and Goldberg has
grabbed him by the hair. Hall turns it into a hot shot and takes him down
(!) with a lariat. Hall makes the "That's it" sign. The Outsider Edge
attempt is countered with a back body drop. Spear as Hall gets back up.
Jackhammer time? Yup. 1, 2, 3. Nice to see ya Scott, come back in a
couple months, won't you? (entrance 2:01, match 5:55) Tonight, the World
title match WILL take place!
Hey look, it's the Nitro Girls! And they're bothering those nice
commentators! They're so mean!
PSYCHOSIS v. NEVER SURRENDER JUVENTUD GUERRERA - those of you who are more
into, say, Goldberg, probably wouldn't appreciate lots of flying head
scissors, suicide dives, catapults outside the ring, *fat* sentons from
the top rope to the floor, Juvi drivers, and 450 (firebird) splashes, so
instead I'll just say Juvi wins (3:17) and the FLOCK comes out to beat on
him, five on one. Before we can see any angle advancement, we have to cut
out for
Goldberg video clip - Victory #75 was against Raven for the United States
title. Yup.
Promtional consideration paid for by David sunflower seeds, Dan Marino
gonna come give us a FirstPlus mortgage, and Slim Jim (again?)
This Friday night, we can hear the LA Melee '98 on www.wcwwrestling.com -
they're not going to charge us for it are they? The Awesome 3 talk a
little bit about that great big main event at Bash at the Beach.
Here's a special video look at a preview of said main event. Mmmm. Oh
boy, Michael Buffer was there to say "Let'sgetreadytorumbulllll!"
Page & Malone take on Hogan & Rodman - Hey, I was just thinking - is Page
going to join the Wolfpack? Oh yeah, back to the clip. 12 July is the
date, Bash at the Beach is the event.
"HACKSAW" JIM DUGGAN v. NO-SMOKIN' GIANT - what the HELL is this match
doing on Nitro. Duggan attacks before the bell - head to the turnbuckle,
head to another turnbuckle, whip, reversal, big boot to the face -
repeated boots, butt to the gut in the corner, repeat, third time Duggan
slips out - bodyslam attempt - yeah, right. Giant with a slam. Giant
misses an elbow drop. Three point stance clothesline - and Giant goes
down! Old Glory kneedrop - no, it's blocked with a raised fist. (Must
have hit him in the good eye.) Heenan and I make essentially the same
joke, eerie. Chokeslam, good night. (2:10) Giant gets the mic. "Now,
first I want to talk about a yellow coward gutless wimp - an all-Pro
football player, Kevin Greene? You are pathetic. You run your mouth,
why don't you leave Goldberg out of this, why don't you come down and just
make it just you and me, one on one? Bring all you got, 'cause I got
something waiting for you - and it's called the chokeslam - I'm going to
grab you by your skinny, pathetic neck -" well, there's KEVIN GREENE, who...
well, *expectorates* on Giant and then clotheslines him out of the ring.
Whoa! Hey, he stole Duggan's 2x4!
Malone makes some more pre-recorded comments and ends with "BANG!" You
know, he could learn a clothesline from Kevin Greene...
THUNDER! ad - it's Wednesday this week!
JIM NIEDHART v. DIAMOND DALLAS PAGE (with Karl Malone and a Chair) - the
Anvil appears to have replaced "Yeahbaby!(tm)" with "Shuddup!" I don't
like Niedhart's odds in this match. Lockup, three revolutions before they
break - and Anvil is punching him down to the ground. Foot on the throat.
Page springs up and fights back. Lots of punches and knees. I'm just
trying to think if we've seen a wrestling move in this match. Low blow by
Niedhart. Blatant hairpull and putdown. Munch on the skull. Full nelson
(whoa! A hold!) but Page with a back kick in the - lower abdominal area.
"What the hell?" Diamond Cutter for the instapin. (2:22) Page & Malone
exit through the crowd.
Hey, how about another Bash at the Beach promo. "Card Subject to Change,"
by the way - hey, maybe Rodman won't show!
Goldberg video clip - Victory #100 came (nuh uh) against Konnan (no it
didn't) at the Great American Bash (that's a lie). That's where they
stopped counting and just made up whatever they wanted, uh huh.
(THIS IS) STING & THE NARCISSIST (with Kevin Nash and Konnan) v. KIDMAN &
SICK BOY for (maybe) the WCW Tag Team Championship - Nash: "Fatlanta,
G.A.! Wolfpack in the howwwwwwwwwwwwwse" Konnan: "[I say this every
week!]" Crowd: "[We usually repeat it!]" I was so busy thinking of
something funny to say that I missed the match. Big torture rack on
Sick Boy. (:28)
Goldberg video clip - Victory #107 was moments ago against Scott Hall.
The match is NEXT! I don't believe it!
This portion of Monday Nitro is brought to you by MasterLock.
I don't know - twenty minutes left in the show - it seems a little EARLY
to have this match - well, let's just see how it plays out.
Hey! I think this means no Eric Bischoff show! Praise the Lord!
(bill "107-0") GOLDBERG v. YOU KNOW WHO for the WCW World Heavyweight
Title - Heenan knocks me out when, discussing Goldberg's record, he says
"and they weren't all ham'n'eggers!" Well, what the hell WERE they, then?
We follow Goldberg from his long walk from the back, through the curtains
- ewww, he did an OKIE BLOW! They have the whole pyro thing set up a
second time. Michael Buffer must have had the week off. Let's take an ad
break after Goldberg hits the ring (entrance 3:50)
I'm convinced WCW can only afford to play Voodoo Chile once a night,
because Hogan comes out to the NWO theme music. "I am gonna kick
Goldberg's ... BUTT!" Get down, Hogan, we all know REAL men say "ass."
Hogan is out alone, at least, now he is. Hogan's entrance "only" takes
two minutes. Now we're at ten to the hour. "Goldberg" chant, real or
otherwise, fires up. Lockup, Goldberg with a headlock. Hogan: "No,
nonononono..." Goldberg continues to ratchet it in. Hogan with some
kidney punches, Hogan tries to power out but meets a shoulderblock. Hogan
backs into the corner. Standing up, lockup - Hogan with a side headlock,
Goldberg picks up Hogan, and has to put him down. To the corner, clean
break. Goldberg is to his eyes. Test of strength, wow! Goldberg wins it
and Hogan's on his knees. But he manages to get one foot over the bottom
rope to break the knucklelock. Lockup - no, Hogan with a boot, punch to
the head, another, another, face rake, rake of the back. Hogan removes
his belt and whips Goldberg with it. Goldberg grabs the belt when Hogan
poses and - throws it out of the ring. Oh, come on, Bill. Whip him ONCE
before you toss it! Lockup, Hogan with a headlock, a chain of wrestling
holds? Goldberg reverses to a full nelson - Hogan wisely kicks backward
into the lower abdominal region. Uppercut by Hogan, another right. Whip
and a lariat by Hogan - Goldberg goes down - Hogan covers, no it's a
choke. Hogan with a bodyslam, but he misses an elbow drop. Another
attempt, another miss. Goldberg with a pansy lariat but Hogan rolls out
to the floor. Hogan walks around the ring, finds his belt, and puts it
back on. Now Hogan climbs the steps and walks through the ropes. "Hogan
sucks" chant fires up (not canned). Lockup, to the tcorner. Clean break?
No, Hogan with repeated knees to the gut. Hogan throws Goldberg through
the ropes. And now his head meets the barricade. Hogan's got a chair and
isn't afraid to use it. Three chair shots. Goldberg is rolled back in,
and Hogan follows. Another bodyslam. LEG DROP OF DOOM! A second one!
CURT HENNIG is walking out? KARL MALONE and DIAMOND DALLAS PAGE are
behind? Hey, let's watch the damn match, shall we? 1, 2, Goldberg kicks
out! Malone has caught up to Hennig, and gives him a Diamond Cutter!
Meanwhile, Goldberg is spearing Hogan! Everyone is standing! If
something's gonna happen, it'll happen now. Goldberg picks up Hogan for
the jackhammer, and hits it! As Schiavone says "Aw hell yeah!" (what
the...?) Referee "Blind" Charles Robinson - makes the count...1, 2, 3!!!
Ladies and gentlemen, we have a new WCW World Heavyweight Champion.
(8:11)
I think Mike Tenay did a good job of capturing the moment when
he said, "Thirty-one year old Bill Goldberg, less than ten months in the
sport, is on top of the wrestling world."
But what can they possibly do for an encore?
Christopher Robin Zimmerman
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