Unlike Raw Thursday Raw, WCW doesn’t bother to temporarily change the graphics for this Tuesday edition. I’m fine with it though since it’s a ‘one-time only’ occurrence and they don’t want you thinking the program has been changed to Tuesday. Strange that we never hear any reason for this happening either.
Out comes WCW world champ Hollywood Hogan and Eric Bischoff to answer Lex Luger’s challenge for a world title shot at Road Wild. Art imitates life as Bischoff tells Hogan how much the people still love this man. They both ease on down to the mat for this relaxed interview. Bischoff reminds us of the beating Hollywood laid upon Lex Luger back at Bash at the Beach. In their minds, the more things change, the more they stay the same because Hulk is still *King of the Hill*. Hogan talks about how he made this business and over half of the guys in the locker room are here because of he made them want to be here, brah. As for K-Dawg (Konnan), he’s the icing on the cake for the nWo. Weird and kind out of place to mention that, but okay. Hulk says he’s used to guys shooting bullets at him because that’s what happens when you’re #1. It’s no matter though because he’s bulletproof, Flexy Lexy. He actually wants to wrestle Luger one-on-one to show he’s the better wrestler, not hiding in some tag match. If Lex does manage to rack Hogan, Hollywood says he’s going to break the rack and then break him in half. Long story short, he does accept the challenge for Road Wild. He calls the “nWo” world title the most important thing in his life, and he’s willing to rip Luger apart just for Eric.
Hogan and Konnan share a quick moment during his entrance. Who is Tsubasa? It doesn’t matter. Konnan attacks him right at the bell and hits the 1-8-7 to set up the TEQUILA SUNRISE for the win in just :30.
Gene Okerlund brings out Ric Flair. He’s here to introduce to us the fourth Horseman. Wrestling fans worldwide, the fourth Horseman is…SYXX? Immediately, our esteemed commentators ponder that Flair could have turned nWo. Syxx tells us that nobody cares about the Four Horsemen anymore. Flair acts like he’s going to walk away from this and doesn’t want a piece of Syxx, but then nails Syxx when he’s not looking square on the jaw. Out comes Chris Benoit for backup. Syxx screams that if Hall or Nash were here, Flair wouldn’t be pulling this crap. Since Benoit wants to find out what would happen if Hall and Nash were here, we’ve now got tonight’s main event.
WCW Saturday Night! Watch it IF YOU WEEL! 6:05PM eastern! TBS! Chris Benoit, Jeff Jarrett, and Meng will all be in action. Plus, we’ll hear from Curt Hennig. The rumor mill also says that the nWo might actually show up on the B-show! DON’T MISS IT!
This was really just a deceptive ploy for the new World order to do a number on the Giant. He NO-SELLS Muta’s dropkicks and goozles him, but gets the GREEN MIST~! There’s a DQ for ya. (:51) Vincent and Muta hold Giant so that Randy Savage can beat on him, but Giant gets ANGRY and pulls Muta and Vincent into each other to scare away Savage. Luger comes out to check on his big blind buddy, but nearly gets the CHOKESLAM when Giant realizes who he’s got by the throat.
Afterwards, Jeff Jarrett and Dean Malenko meet with Gene Okerlund. Mongo tries to get at them, but he’s hauled off by security. Jarrett just needs someone to watch his back because he’s the U.S. champ and he wants that man to be Dean Malenko. Malenko said from day one in WCW that he didn’t need anybody, but he’s not stupid. He knows there’s strength in numbers, which I assume means he’s considering joining up with Jarrett. Debra starts to talk about needing some protection from Mongo because he’s so crazy. She immediately gets booed. Too bad WCW wasn’t smart enough to exploit those reactions. Then again, she’s not the greatest of talkers, she just talks a lot about nothing.
We kick off the 9PM hour with the NITRO GIRLS! In this hour, we’ll find out how you can get them to come to your Nitro Party!
Over to Gene Okerlund who is with James J. Dillon. He’s here to get signatures on not one but two WCW contracts. Stevie Richards interrupts claiming he handled the entire talent transaction and takes us over to see Raven in the front row. Dillon seems awfully in a hurry to get this finished. After Dillon hands him a contract, Raven quotes some poetry, rips up the contract, and punches out Stevie. It’s what they do.
Backstage, Konnan catches Scott Hall and Kevin Nash as they’re coming into the building. He wants to tell them something juicy, but the camera is there. They’ll talk later. Ahh the days when they still acknowledged the backstage camera.
Time to check in Lee Marshall for the 1-800-COLLECT Road Report. He’s in Charleston, WV getting people jazzed about next week’s Monday Nitro. He acts like there’s a lot to do in Charleston. I’ve been there. There ain’t, pal.
Gene Okerlund speaks with Rey Mysterio is out here on crutches. He’s not sure when he’s going to be back inside the ring, but he does love his sport and doesn’t fear much of anything. Especially not injuries or Konnan. Well, here comes Konnan, who kicks the crutches out from under Mysterio. As Rey limps to try and get away from him, out comes some luchadores to stand by Rey and stand up to Konnan who has pushed them to the wayside since joining up with the nWo. Interesting that they’re all rudos, too. Rey says Konnan knows nothing about ‘la familia’ or ‘la raza’. Konnan’s gonna pay, says Mysterio.
This is Curt Hennig’s wrestling debut on Nitro. Wallstreet is in no-man’s land right now not being a member of the nWo, but also not wanting to be a part of WCW. Weird! This is pretty much the last we see of Rotunda until he returns in 1999 for that brief Varsity Club reunion. He would work sporadically in Japan until 2003 when he retired and later became a road agent for WWE. Anyways, this is a nothing match. HENNIGPLEX ends Rotunda. (:50) The important stuff comes after when Diamond Dallas Page enters in through the crowd to get him a piece of Hennig. When it appears Hennig got the better of him, DDP counters the Hennigplex into the DIAMOND CUTTER and the crowd erupts. Security is out to kill the flames.
Meanwhile on the floor, Syxx has Flair stuck in the BUZZKILLER. While the Outsiders put the boots to Benoit, out comes Mongo to pull Syxx off Flair. Also, the Steiner brothers are waiting at the top of the ramp challenging Hall and Nash! What’s going to happen next? You’ll never know because WE’RE OUTTA TIME!
Was there any mention of why this happened instead on a Tuesday? The NBA playoffs are long gone. Not a mention of a TNT movie premiere. Strange!
Road Wild goes down on August 9. Here’s the card as it looks right now.
Posted on October 5, 2013, in WCW and tagged Booker T, Buff Bagwell, Chris Benoit, Curt Hennig, Dean Malenko, Debra, Eddie Guerrero, Eric Bischoff, Four Horsemen, Great Muta, Hector Guerrero, Hollywood Hogan, James Vandenberg, Jeff Jarrett, JJ Dillon, Kevin Nash, Konnan, La Parka, Lex Luger, Lord Steven Regal, Michael Wallstreet, Monday Nitro, Mortis, Nitro Girls, nWo, Psychosis, Randy Savage, Raven, Rey Mysterio, Ric Flair, Scott Hall, Scott Norton, Sonny Oono, Steve McMichael, Stevie Richards, Syxx, The Giant, The Outsiders, Ultimo Dragon, Vincent, Wrath. Bookmark the permalink.	Leave a comment.