Monday, September 25th, 1995
Florence Civic Center
Florence, South Carolina
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We get the usual intro and then we're right off to the matches. I don't hate watching these shows that don't have the 15 minute interview spot to start the show.
Alex Wright vs. Disco Inferno
For as much as WCW liked to poke fun at WWF's gimmicks (and a lot of the time, rightfully so), this was right out of Vince's bad idea box. Wright is able to hit a missile dropkick to the back of Disco and he dumps him out of the ring. He hits a dive to the floor. Steve McMichael tells us that we already know that San Francisco is going to win tonight. Well guess what, my friend. The Lions took care of business over the 49ers and I was there. They do a good job keeping the pace up for this quick match and Wright finishes him off with a backslide. This was forgettable, but fun.
Match Rating: **
We go to Jimmy Hart and Hulk Hogan in a neck brace. He's building himself a new Hulkamania monster truck. Oh, good. He also challenges Giant to a WCW Championship match. Sorry, the big, nasty, stinky Giant. This was as terrible as you would expect.
After a Slim Jim commercial, Mean Gene is in the ring. He shows us what happened last week with Randy Savage and Lex Luger. Savage is out when we come back and then Luger comes running out. Luger challenges him to a match next week and puts his #1 contender spot on the line. He also says that if he doesn't beat Savage, he'll leave WCW. Did he really have to put up 2 things here to get Savage to agree? I'm pretty sure he didn't have to offer either of these stipulations to get him in the ring.
Kurasawa vs. Sgt. Craig Pittman
Kurasawa hits a flurry of kicks and then hits a unique slam onto the concrete outside the ring. Pittman is able to send a charging Kurasawa over the top. Bischoff can't shut up about this stupid monster truck. Pittman tries to put on Code Red, but Kurasawa gets his foot on the rope before it happens. Kurasawa hits a German suplex into a bridge and he pins him for the victory. Kurasawa looked good here.
Match Rating: 3/4*
Arn Anderson and Brian Pillman are now in the ring with Mean Gene. Pillman yells a lot and flashes the 4 sign. Anderson tells Flair that he's made enemies with the people he wants to be his partner.
They then show us the lame Kevin Sullivan attack on Savage at the beach. Absolutely terrible.
Taskmaster vs. Randy Savage
Zodiac is also at ringside. He's able to attack Savage behind the referee's back. Sullivan continues the attack outside the ring. This match is mostly shenanigans, as Zodiac ends up in the ring. That doesn't end the match though. Instead Savage takes the referee and throws him on the ground and that's the end of the match. He stacks Sullivan on top of Zodiac and goes for the elbow drop. Sullivan moves out of the way, so Zodiac eats it. Out comes the Giant and he gives Savage a chokeslam. The ring bell has rung about 75 times by this point. A couple of jobbers come out and they get chokeslammed. Alex Wright comes out and he gets a bear hug. Luger is now out and he takes his time. He stands over Savage and then Giant grabs him. They get into it and he eats a chokeslam. Taskmaster doesn't seem happy that he did that to Luger. This was pretty good for what they were trying to accomplish.
Match Rating: *
Lex Luger vs. Meng
Luger is already down in the ring from the attack and Meng comes running out to be able to continue the attack. Meng just dominates the wounded Luger the whole match. Luger attempts to make a comeback, but Meng uses a spike and the referee doesn't see it and picks up the victory. That was a pretty flat main event.
Match Rating: 1/2*
We get a recap of the show and they want us to come here next week. Hulk Hogan will be here and so will the American Males. Also, the Nasty Boys and Dean Malenko.
This was a much better show than last week. Both Raw and Nitro were strong this week, but I'd give the edge to Raw overall.
Overall Rating: 60%
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