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It’s me BadjokesBlogs back at you once again with another blog. Today we’ve got Blog four of the Montreal aftermath playthrough, alongside the rather wonderful Hanmister Younger. We’ve got some major news concerning an upcoming departure and we recap both WCW Saturday night and Monday Nitro as we get ever closer to our first pay per view Starrcade.

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WCW Saturday Night

The second edition of WCW Saturday night once again comes to us from the Ameris arena In Atlanta. The first thing to note of the show is the debut of Edge in the dark match before the show began. Unfortunately, it was an awful match but no damage has been done and I will be sending Edge and his brother Christian to the Power Plant where hopefully they will improve and be able to be brought up to the main roster in the coming months.

The start of the show saw Chris Jericho and Curt Hennig confront each other in the ring but they were soon joined by Konnan, who challenged Jericho to a match later on in the show. Next up we had the debut of Jerry Lynn, as he teamed up with Disco Inferno to defeat the Guerrero’s Eddie and Chavo who continue to have problems. Backstage, Jimmy Hart was conducting an interview with Benoit but it got cut short when Raven attacked Benoit from behind. Disco Inferno had his second match of the night but was not as successfu,l as he was defeated by Ted Dibiase’s new client, the rookie Test. Once again backstage Eddie is putting down his nephew Chavo, blaming him for the loss earlier in the show. Even though it was Eddie who got pinned. Back in the ring, The Faces of Fear made short work of Ernest Miller and Prince Iaukea, before challenging the Steiner brothers to a match, for the WCW Tag Team titles, who accept and the match is made for Starrcade. Chris Jericho defeated Konnan in the semi-main-event of the evening but he has no time to celebrate, as he is attacked by Curt Hennig with the US title belt, who then poses standing over Jericho’s unconscious body. The main event saw The Giant make short work of Scott Norton, to send a message to Kevin Nash. Who replies immediately by providing a distraction for Scott Hall and Randy Savage to take out the giant. The NWO then leave the ring for Hollywood Hogan who tells Sting that he will see him Monday to start off Nitro.

Another C rating for Saturday night is a steady start. It wasn’t a great show but it wasn’t terrible either and as much as I’m using it to advance story lines, I will be using it to debut new wrestlers as well and experiment with ideas.

Notice to leave

Ok, guys, I told you all we had a major departure and unfortunately, this one is disrupting plans I had for a long storyline going forward and it’s one of our biggest stars who has handed in their notice.

Yep The Nature Boy Ric Flair has got annoyed with not being on TV much since I started. Also I fined him and a couple of his friends for different discipline breaches, so he has decided that he wants to leave. Which is disappointing as I wanted to have him and Alex Wright feud for a number of months to elevate Wright. Now that won’t be happening so I will have to come up with something else for Wright going forward. Luckily I believe that Flair’s last show will be Starrcade so I may have to do something special to say goodbye to Flair.

Monday Nitro

This weeks episode of WCW Monday Nitro, is held in front of twelve thousand, nine hundred and forty-nine people in the Cox Convention Center in Oklahoma and opens up with Sting in the middle of the ring, as promised last week. He is calling out the Hulkster daring him to face Sting alone, which surprisingly he does for a matter of minutes, until things look like they’re going to get psychical. Which is when the Outsiders come to the ring and all three men look like they are going to jump Sting but they are interrupted by DDP, The Giant and Booker T, who challenge the NWO to a six-man tag match in tonight’s main event.

A B- rating for the opening segment of the night is a decent start and the segment got the crowd hot for the show. Hopefully this is the start of an upper mid-card/main event push for Booker T if he can perform at that level.

The first match of the night as is becoming customary now, involved the Cruiserweights taking part in a number one contenders match for the Cruiserweight title. In fourteen minutes and twenty-four seconds, Dean Malenko is victorious over Ultimo Dragon and Psychosis, when he makes Psychosis tap out to the Texas Cloverleaf.

A C- rating for the first match of the show isn’t a disaster and I had to change up my plans before this match, as Juventud Guerrera was supposed to be a part of this match but my post show drug testing after Saturday Night saw him flagged up as a heavy drug user. So he has been sent to rehab for a couple months to sort himself out. Dean’s win sets up a possible one on one match with Eddie Guerrero at Starrcade which could be great.

The next segment sees Chris Jericho still visibly hurting after the assault from Curt Hennig on Saturday night, vow to get revenge at Starrcade.

A C+ for this short segment and it advanced the storyline, which is all I needed it to do for this week. It got the crowd hotter which is always good, I still believe this is the dark horse of Starcade as I really believe Hennig vs Jericho could steal the show.

The second match of the night sees the current WCW tag team champions, The Steiner brothers take on The Blue Bloods Steven Regal and Dave Taylor.After eleven minutes and twenty-two seconds it’s the Steiners who are victorious, to build up momentum before their tag title match against the Faces of Fear at Starrcade.

A D- rating is a disappointment as I expected at least a C but I think my booking affected the match, as I asked for a technical match but it was in the wrong place on the card and wasn’t as long as it needed to be. I may give it another go on the next episode of Saturday Night as I think these two teams could put on a really good match.

The Steiners are celebrating their victory in the ring when then they get attacked by Meng and The Barbarian, laying them out to send a message before the match at Starrcade.

The D rating this segment got is about what you would expect from these two teams just starting a storyline. Especially one they’ve been thrown into after the firing of the Public Enemy.

Next up is Raven one on one, against Rey Mysterio JR as Raven wants to teach Rey a lesson, after he dared to get involved in flock business when he saved Benoit from a mugging last week. It’s the cruiserweight sensation Mysterio who is victorious but it’s a very hollow victory as Raven gets himself intentionally disqualified when he sets the Flock on Rey and they leave him laying in the middle of the ring.

I was expecting a lower rating then the D+ this match got, due to all the interference from the Flock members. So I’m pleasantly surprised, and this may be a feud we see in the future, as I think these two could tell a great story.

The flock are about to leave the ring, when Benoit runs out from the crowd and gives German suplexes to all three members of the Flock and attempts to get the Crossface on Saturn. Before he can Raven and Kidman pull Saturn out of the ring and they escape.

A D-minus rating is another slight disappointment and I’m starting to think that it’s going to take a while for any angle involving a cruiserweight to get a decent rating but this angle has kept both the Benoit vs flock and Kidman vs Rey Mysterio stories going and I’m thinking we will see either a two on three Handicap, or a tag match on the go home show for Starrcade next week.

Backstage Alex Wright has asked for a camera and a microphone and he says that he is sick and tired of being overlooked. That is why he eliminated Ric Flair from the battle royal a couple weeks ago and after he defeats Flair tonight, nobody will ever overlook him again as everyone will know that he has the Wright stuff.

A C- rating again is about right, as Alex isn’t the best on the mic, and I think I’m going to pair him up with a manager, possibly Jimmy Hart to be his mouthpiece.

In the biggest match of his young career, Alex Wright defeats the departing Ric Flair in just under twelve minutes, when he out dirties the dirtiest player in the game, by using the ropes for leverage to pick up a surprise win.

This match gives us the best rating of the night with a C, which maybe indicates that if I gave it more time it may get a better rating and giving Wright the win should be the start of a major push for the German wunderkind. As for Flair, I have a couple of plans for his last night in the company, which should be finalised before next weeks Nitro.

A truck pulls up in the parking lot under the arena and out steps Bret the Hitman Hart, as he finally makes his first appearance on a WCW show. What does he have planned and why has he chosen now to show up?

Now it’s main event time. As team NWO Hollywood Hogan Scott Hall and Kevin Nash defeated the team of DDP, The Giant and Booker T in fourteen minutes and forty-nine seconds, in a match with really good heat, when Randy Savage interfered and hits his world famous elbow drop on Booker T to allow Hogan to use his leg drop to get the three count on Booker T.

Good performances from everybody involved, helped contribute to the B- rating for the match. The B- in ring ratings for DDP and Scott Hall bodes well for their match at Starrcade and this is another strong main event which will surely help with the rating for the Starrcade PPV in a couple of weeks.

Following the conclusion of the match, The Outsiders attack DDP and The Giant but they fight back and both teams fight all the way to the back.

Not much to say about this segment, except it leads straight into the next one and I’m not sure why this hasn’t advanced either the DDP vs Hall or the Giant vs Nash Stories.

The Outsiders brawl with DDP and the Giant leaves Hollywood Hogan all alone in the ring. He takes the opportunity to grab a microphone and talk trash about his opponent for Starrcade Sting, saying that once Hogan is victorious the NWO will be without a doubt the most dominant force in wrestling. This brings Sting out who wants to respond and he says that Hogan is great. But if he thinks that after waiting a year and a half for this chance, he’s going to let it slip then he seriously needs to re think, as Hogan will be the first to see the dark side of Sting. Then Bret Hart comes out to the stage and stares at both Hogan and Sting to close the show leaving people wondering what the Hitman has planned for Starrcade.

A B rating to end the show is a very good ending and just keeps the hype going for the main event of Starrcade. This segment was clearly helped by both Hogan and Sting being great on the microphone and with only one more Nitro before the Pay Per View this storyline is the hottest in the company.

Show Overview

A C rating for the show overall is a slight drop drown from last week, where we got a C+ rating but it’s steady, and we are keeping an acceptable level, as we head towards the biggest PPV of the year for WCW. The most surprising performance of the night has to be Alex wright vs Ric Flair, which got a B despite Flair being on his way out. The main event again has delivered and Booker T didn’t look too out of place. So hopefully he can perform in his storyline against Savage and earn himself a push to the upper mid card. Malenko’s victory in the opening match has earnt him a Cruiserweight title match against Eddie Guerrero but will he get involved in the arguments between Eddie and Chavo? Also what will happen between Bret Hart Sting and Hogan on the road to Starrcade?

Bon Voyage

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