Tonight we are live from Charleston, S.C. with our hosts Eric Bischoff, Bobby Heenan, and Steve McMichael. They hype up tonight's main event of Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage teaming up to take on Ric Flair and Arn Anderson.
Chris Benoit takes on Alex Wright in the opening match on Nitro with Brian Pillman in Benoit's corner to ensure that the Horsemen don't lose again tonight. Come on Brian put your money where your mouth is and get into the ring with someone. Heck even take out a scrub at least you're wrestling.
Back to the match as Benoit quickly attacks Wright at the start. He throws Wright outside the ring where Pillman kicks him a few times. Well at least he's in the action. Again Wright is tossed to the outside and again Pillman attacks him, choking him with his shirt this time.
Eric Bischoff mentions that the WWF is raising their PPV prices while WCW is sticking with theirs since they were successful in 1995. Also the upcoming Clash of the Champions will be shown for free on TBS. Wright fights back with a heel kick and sends Benoit to the floor. Wright connects with a baseball slide and then hits Benoit with a Flying cross body over the top rope.
Back in the ring, Wright hits Benoit with some uppercuts and a drop kick. He scoop slams him and then puts Benoit in a Boston Crab and turns it into an STF. Pillman distracts Wright who decides to jump over the top rope and dive onto Pillman.
Wright goes to the top for a splash, but Benoit gets his knees up. Both men go for suplexes as they each reverse out of each other's attempt until Benoit hits him with a full nelson suplex for the 1-2-3.
It's time for Eddie Guerrero vs. Lord Steven Regal. Both men start with a ground attack which escalates into Guerrero flipping over the ropes and reversing a wrist lock on Regal, but Guerrero runs into a knee. Eric Bischoff calls the Royal Rumble the Royal "Fumble" and then mentions the Sister Sherri/Col. Rob Parker wedding at the upcoming Clash of the Champions.
Guerrero turns a Butterfly Suplex attempt by Regal into an arm drag. He then hits him with a head scissors and a drop kick and a couple of roll ups. Regal keeps hitting Guerrero with the European uppercut every time Guerrero mounts a comeback. Regal goes for one too many uppercuts as Guerrero ducks one and turns it into a backslide for the 1-2-3.
Gene Okerlund is standing with Sting and Lex Luger. Sting asks Luger why did he hold him back on the floor at Starrcade where he could have possibly beaten both Ric Flair and Randy Savage for the WCW World Title. Luger says he was injured and was hoping Sting could help him up. Luger then suggests that he and Sting team up to go after the WCW World Tag Team Titles.
This week on WCW Saturday Night Savage takes on Flair for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship in a return match. Wait! Why on WCW Saturday Night of all things? Do they need Saturday night ratings that bad? Oh well I'll watch.
Sting takes on Diamond Dallas Page and for some reason, Mongo tells us that Sting wins before the match even starts. Page rubs his cigar in Sting's eyes and Sting hits him with a dropkick and sends Page out of the ring. Sting then dives over the ropes and onto Page on the floor.
In the ring, Sting tries to leapfrog Page, but Page's head catches Sting in the nuts, ouch! Page hits Sting with a back suplex and a swinging neck breaker for two. He locks Sting in a chinlock as Page puts his feet on the ropes. Sting fights his way out of it and gives Page the running bulldog.
He hits Page with a dropkick and then a Stinger Splash. He goes for the Scorpion Death Lock but Page gets to the ropes to break the hold. Page then drops Sting neck first onto the ropes. He gives Sting another swinging neckbreaker and goes for a back suplex. But Sting reverses it and puts him the Scorpion Death Lock for the submission win as Page submits.
It's time for the main event as Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage take on Ric Flair and Arn Anderson without fellow Horsemen members Brian Pillman and Chris Benoit. Flair and Savage look to start but Flair doesn't want Savage in the ring, he wants Hogan so Savage tags in Hogan. That's very cool for a heel to want the bigger babyface instead of running from him.
Hogan knocks Flair down with a shoulderblock. Both men trade moves as Flair puts Hogan in a hammerlock and Hogan reverses it into one of his own only for Flair to put him in a front face lock. Hogan then again counters it with another hammerlock.
Flair then chops Hogan in the corner which Hogan no-sells. Flair then pokes him in the eye as Hogan hits Flair with a big boot. He then gives both Flair and Anderson running clotheslines and scoop slams as both men scurry out of the ring.
Back in the ring, Anderson gets the tag and is now in with Hogan. Both men trade arm bars when Hogan tags in Savage, who jumps off the top rope onto Anderson's arm and then puts him back into an arm bar. Savage then sends Arn into the boot of Hogan and Anderson goes to the floor.
Savage climbs to the top and drops a double axe handle on Anderson on the floor. Savage again nails Arn with the double axe handle back in the ring for a two-count. Flair tags in and chops on Savage and hits him with a back elbow. Flair tries to climb the top rope but Savage catches him and slams him off the top.
Savage puts Flair in his own Figure Four while Hogan does the same to Arn. As the referee is trying to break up Hogan and Arn, Arn walks over and gives Savage the DDT. Flair goes for the cover but it's only for two. Flair and Arn then double up and work on Savage.
Flair hits Savage with a back suplex and goes for the cover, but Hogan breaks up the pin. Savage puts Arn in a sleeper hold, but Arn backs him into the corner with Flair and they double-team him. Savage rolls to the floor where Flair throws him into the guardrail.
Flair tries to put Savage in the Figure Four, but Savage rolls him up for a two-count. Flair continues to chop Savage. Arn tags in and continues to beat on Savage and goes for the DDT again, only for Savage to hold onto the top rope. Flair hits Savage but Savage makes the tag to Hogan.
Hogan no-sells a chop and hits Flair with several right hands and a backdrop and a few clotheslines. Hogan clotheslines both Flair and Arn over the top rope. Savage throws Arn back into the ring. Arn reverses an Irish Whip and hits him with the Spinebuster, but Hogan gets right up and no-sells that. He hits Arn with three right hands, the big boot, and the leg drop for the 1-2-3.
Brian Pillman and Chris Benoit are shown fighting at ringside with Kevin Sullivan and Zodiac. The Giant comes into the ring and gives Savage the Chokeslam and then gives one to Hogan. The Giant wants to deliver more punishment to both, but is held back by Zodiac for some reason as he keeps saying "friend."
He must mean to his real life friendship with Hogan as perhaps Zodiac/Ed Leslie will turn babyface and align himself with Hogan. We are out folks!!
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