Arn hits a spinebuster on Jeff and puts him in a Boston Crab as Mongo stomps on him. He cleans house but runs off to chase Syxx (not that we see that but Tony tells us). Arn comes in but it’s a hot (I guess?) tag to Eddie. Eddie comes back with some speed stuff but gets backdropped to the floor. Mongo comes in to a big pop and runs over Eddie before gorilla pressing him. He comes back with a top rope cross body for two and here’s Eddie, who is the US Champion but doesn’t have the belt. Jeff and Arn start us off with Jarrett being knocked to the floor almost immediately. Also there was this show called Wrestlemania that broke that mark a few months later. Check the date on this show and you’ll see why I rolled my eyes. Tony brags about how this is the biggest crowd to see a wrestling event in Chicago this year. To be fair though Mongo is a Chicago guy so it makes perfect sense for him to be here. If that was Benoit instead of McMichael this could be a classic. They have a gave on the road tonight so he can’t be here tonight.Īrn Anderson/Steve McMichael vs. We get a clip of Flair at a hockey team talking to an enforcer for the Chicago Blackhawks. The NWO makes Penzer say Sting won by countout, which would seem to be correct. Too short to rate but it was there for the ending and to set up Buff vs. Riggs hits his forearm but the NWO runs out which is a DQ despite the NWO not touching him. After a quick beating Riggs escapes and hits a missile dropkick but here’s Buff. Riggs walks into a hot shot though and Sting takes over. Jumping back elbow and some dropkicks put Sting down. Sting does a really bad shout and Riggs jumps him to a big pop. Quick match and Wright’s arm was about six inches off the mat, but other than that it was fine. That’s the same finish he used on the last Raw from 2001 I reviewed. They trade rollups and Jericho rolls forward out of a German suplex for a fast pin. Wright armdrags him to start and they chop it out but Jericho runs into a big boot. Here’s a clip from December of Chono joining the NWO and another of him beating up Jericho later that night. Tony immediately thinks this means they’re both NWO because….I have no idea. Sting takes it back and they both leave through the crowd. Sting hands him the bat and turns his back on him but Savage doesn’t swing. Savage looks to charge at him but Sting pulls the bat back. Savage jumps up and Sting shoves him away a few times. He points the bat at Savage and puts it under his chin. Savage is on his feet and holding the chair now.Īn army of guys comes out to get him out but Sting repels from the rafters (I think for the first time) in front of the Chicago Bulls banners and walks slowly towards the ring with the bat. Alex Wright comes in and he gets punched. Doug Dillinger comes in and down he goes as well. Savage decks him and Max falls to the floor. Now a guy named Max, the opponent for Chavo, comes out now. Savage gets up and lays out Guerrero, sending him over the top and out. After almost seven minutes the fans are booing. This goes on for a few minutes with Savage not listening to what Chavo says. Tony says they’re going to try to start the match with Savage in the ring.Ĭhavo slowly gets in and stares at Savage but Savage waves him off. Chavo Guerrero is in the first match so here he comes. He says he’s been blackballed and he’s not going anywhere until he talks to someone with some stroke. This is his first appearance since Halloween Havoc. We open immediately with Randy Savage storming the ring with a chair. This is also the show before the next to last Clash of the Champions, which was held on Tuesday. Nothing on the card seems significant but there are ten matches to get through. They’re up north here in Chicago which is a city that was pretty popular for them back in the old NWA days. This is also probably the biggest crowd I can remember for a Nitro up to this point. This is the go home show for Souled Out which is one of the most different kinds of PPVs you’ll ever see. Location: United Center, Chicago, IllinoisĬommentators: Tony Schiavone, Bobby Heenan, Larry Zbyzsko, Mike Tenayīack to WCW after a lengthy absence.