Monday
Nitro Extra
Date:
November 24, 1998
Location: Van Andel
Arena, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Commentators: Mike
Tenay, Tony Schiavone, Larry Zbyszko, Bobby Heenan
Reviewed by Tommy Hall
This is a special one
hour episode on a Tuesday. I guess three hours a week isn't enough
for all of the AWESOME action that you get on a Nitro so we get a
bonus tonight. Hot dog indeed. Anyway there aren't any announced
matches and Tony just casually mentioned this so I can't imagine it's
going to be much to see. Let's get to it.
Nitro Girls.
Scott Norton vs. Kaz
Hayashi
Chop, powerbomb, pin on Hayashi.
Disco Inferno vs.
Scott Putski
The dancer takes him
down with an armdrag but stops to dance, allowing Putski to hit a
quick powerbomb for two. Inferno comes back with his usual array of
neckbreaker, atomic drop and clothesline followed by the top rope ax
handle for another near fall. Two sleepers get Disco nowhere and
Putski nails a nice overhead belly to belly. Not that it matters as
Disco pops up and hits the piledriver for the pin.
Rating:
D+.
Disco was a decent in ring worker and actually got something
resembling a passable match here against Scott Putski of all people.
It's nothing great or anything like that but at the end of the day,
why not try to make something happen here? Unfortunately no one is
watching this though so it means nothing at all.
Chavo Guerrero Jr.
vs. Tokyo Magnum
They
trade lockups into a wristlock from Guerrero before some standing
switches get us nowhere. Chavo puts on a headlock and gives Tokyo a
wet willie to really make me feel stupid for watching this. A nice
dropkick puts Tokyo down and it's time to ride Pepe a bit. Tokyo
comes back with some strikes and the Hennig necksnap before taking a
dance break.
Magnum gets two off a
moonsault but Chavo comes back with right hands and dancing of his
own. A springboard bulldog and belly to back get two for Chavo and
he hammers away even more. They strike it out again with Tokyo
taking over, only to have Chavo block a hurricanrana and hit a good
looking tornado DDT for the pin.
Rating:
D+.
This was an ok match but at the same time it was a lot of comedy that
only some people were going to find funny. Tokyo was talented in the
ring but the dancing gimmick was going to put a hard ceiling above
his head. Chavo is continuing to get better in the ring though and
that's the most important thing of all.
Stevie
Ray vs. Van Hammer
They stare each other
down and hammer away in the corner as we're firmly in power brawl
mode here. Now they trade clotheslines with Stevie getting the
better of it and throwing Hammer to the floor for a beating from
Vincent. Hammer comes back in with a powerslam and belly to back but
Stevie just kicks him in the face and hits the Slap Jack for a quick
pin. Nothing match.
Prince Iaukea vs.
Juventud Guerrera
Both
guys fire off chops until Juvy takes over with a headscissors
takeover. The Prince comes back with an elbow and legdrop as the
uninspired wrestling continues tonight. Guerrera fights out of a
headlock and quickly gets up top for a springboard missile dropkick
to take over again. Back up and the Prince grabs a powerslam and
belly to back for two more and they trade rollups. Guerrera blocks a
dive with a boot to the face and they trade more rollups. Iaukea
gets crotched and taken down by a hurricanrana, but here's Mysterio
to break up the 450 and allow Prince to hit a quick kick to the face
for the pin.
Rating:
C-.
The back and forth stuff was nice here and FINALLY we get some
storyline stuff on this show. Not that it's going to mean anything
but it's better than just sitting there watching uninteresting
matches. As you may have seen before, Iaukea does nothing for me at
all and I'm getting sick of seeing him.
Horace vs. Wrath
They slug it out again
to start until Wrath misses a charge in the corner. The brawl heads
outside with Wrath taking over again before heading back inside where
he nearly drops Horace on a sidewalk slam attempt. A Vincent
distraction lets Horace get in a chair shot but he gets caught with
his feet on the ropes. Horace takes too much time going up top and
misses a splash, setting up a top rope shoulder and the Meltdown to
end things.
Overall
Rating: D.
What in the world was the point of this? Seriously, there was
practically no important storyline development, the biggest start to
appear was....Juventud Guerrera maybe? It's just a nothing show that
could have been the C level show on the weekend like Main Event or
something. Nothing to see here and I really do want to know why this
existed.
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lol at this show. It's like the current Superstars or Main Event but worse.
ReplyDeleteThe point of the show was that the NBA was on strike at the time. So Turner told them to run another hour of B-show material in order to fill airtime that would normally go to basketball. From the looks of it, WCW wasn't exactly thrilled to do it.
ReplyDeleteI don't understand what just happened. Maybe the worst card ever for a show advertised as a "special edition". Makes absolutely no sense. I think Mysterio would be your biggest star here, and he just did a run-in.
ReplyDeleteBischoff stated in his book that he wasn't thrilled when Turner added Thunder so I can imagine his reaction to this "Terrible Tuesday" card.
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