March 16, 1998

Thanks to Real Wrestling Info Newsboard for Nitro results!

The show begins with a copter camera shot of the "biggest bar" in America (there Eric goes with his family values again). The ring is in the middle of a swimming pool that is in the club. There are a couple of narrow bridges that lead to the ring, and a little side area, that has a couple of chairs on it, next to the ring. The announcers then talk for awhile, covering the events of the last PPV. They then show still photos of the cage match main event between Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage. The match ended when Ed Leslie got in the ring and he and Hogan stood across from Savage as Sting dropped from the ceiling. Savage then attacked Sting and Hogan acted as though that ment that Savage was back in the NWO. The announcers keep talking until the NWO comes out (all but Savage and Ed). Eric says that "Hollywood saved the day for everybody." Hogan talks about how Kevin Nash proved that he was the real Giant by beating the Giant over the head with a baseball bat. Hogan then makes the entire NWO bow to Nash. He then says that "he loves Macho and is glad that he came back." It is announced that the main event will be Hogan and Savage vs Lex Luger and Sting (why is it that the announcers act like the shows never have a main event until one is decided upon during the show? Tony Schiavone always makes a big deal over "the biggest main event of all time" when it is agreed upon during the show. What would happen if nobody challenged anybody else during the first half hour? Would the main event be Chavo Guerrero Jr vs Chris Jericho?).

First Match: LODI vs BILL GOLDBERG

The Flock (except Raven) comes to the ring with Lodi and sit in the little side area next to the ring. The match starts with Lodi holding a sign that says "Goldberg is a meathead." About 40 seconds later the match ends when GOLDBERG WINS with the Jackhammer. Members of the Flock then attack Bill, one at a time. First Riggs, then Kidman and then Sickboy. Each one waiting until the other is finished before doing anything. At some point Bill gets a boo- boo on his nose and starts to bleed. As Saturn is starting to get in the ring the camera notices that Bill is bleeding and goes to replay. The announcers never say if Bill and Saturn get it on.

Mean Gene then does a hotline plug in which he talks about "one of the greats" has quit and gone home (guess he is talking about Dean Malenko, who rumors say has either left the sport or is taking a month of and this is all a part of the storyline).

Second Match: FIT FINLEY vs ULTIMO DRAGON

Fit is sporting a new haircut, he is now blond with real short hair. Does him no good though. Interesting to note that when Dragon is dominating the action is real fast but when Fit is in charge the match is really slow paced. Dragon misses a couple of spots in a row and the crowd notices. He gets the Dragon Sleeper on Fit, but Fit escapes. So he does it again and DRAGON WINS.

Third Match: SCOTT NORTON vs CHRIS ADAMS

Marcus Bagwell comes to the ring with Norton and works (shows off for, not actually holds) the camera for most of the match. It becomes apparent that Adams is in trouble when he nails Norton with his finisher (super-kick to the face) and Norton does not notice. NORTON WINS with the Flashback (a shoulder breaker).

They then send us back in time to this weekend when they crowned a new Miss Nitro. It comes across like a Cinaburst commercial because that is who sponsered the event. More time is spent showing us Cinaburst then showing us the women who were in the contest.

Fourth Match: MIKE ENOS/WAYNE BLOOM vs JIM NIEDHART/DAVEY SMITH

The former Beverly Brothers (from the WWF) get killed by the former Hart Foundation members. During the match it is announced that Bret Hart was hurt in his match against Curt Hennig at the PPV and could be gone for a while. Jim is in for most of the match, not able to make the tag. When the Bulldog does tag in it is all over for Mike and Wayne. SMITH WINS with a Power-Slam on Bloom.

At the start of the second hour of the show Randy Savage, Miss Elizabeth, and Eric Bischoff comes out. Eric says that he is sorry to Liz (Hogan had announced that Liz had slept with most of the guys in the back). He then welcomes Savage back to the NWO. Savage shoves him and says that he never left. He says that he attacked Sting at the PPV for himself and the NWO, not for Bischoff and Hogan. He says that he is going to beat Sting for the world belt, he will control the NWO, and the NWO will control the world. Savage then walks away as Eric tries to talk to him.

Raven then comes to the ring, pausing to talk to Saturn on his way. He gets in the ring and grabs a mic and says that he is pissed that Chris Benoit cost him the US Title at the PPV. He then says that tonight the Benoit/Raven feud ends. The crowd chants "Raven sucks" almost the entire time.

Fifth Match: CHRIS BENOIT vs RAVEN The winner of the match gets a shot at Diamond Dallas Page (and his belt) at the next PPV. As the show goes to a commercial the two men fight across one of the bridges to the edge of the crowd. When the show returns from commercial they are fighting in the entrance way. The fight is brutal and at one point Chris rips Raven's shirt off his body. Chris goes for the top rope head butt, but misses. Like most Raven matchs a chair ends up in the ring and Raven drops Chris into it. The end of the match comes when Chris is going for the Crippler Cross Face and hits the chair with his face. Raven then nails him with the Even Flow DDT (on the chair) and RAVEN WINS.

Sixth Match: YUJI NAGATA vs ERNEST MILLER

The CAT (Ernie) WINS with the Feliner (roundhouse kick off the top rope). That is all that is worth saying about this match.

Seventh Match: SCOTT STEINER vs RAY TRAYLOR

Finally, somebody ends up in the pool! This is a back and forth match with Scott dominating early. They fight outside of the ring and Ray clothes-lines Scott over the railing and into the water. After they have both returned to the ring Marcus Bagwell comes out to cheer Scott on. When Ray climbs the ropes to nail Scott, Buff knocks him off. Because of this STEINER WINS with the Steiner Recliner. Buff then beats Ray with his belt.

Clips are then shown of Kevin Nash beating the Giant with a baseball bat (I just want to point out that if I hit him right, I could beat the Giant after hitting him with a bat).

The third hour starts with Chavo Guerrero Jr coming to the ring. Eddy Guerrero (WCW spells it Eddie, but he spells it Eddy. I think a guy should know how to spell his own name). He says that he is proud of Chavo and want to give him a gift. It is a shirt that says "My favorite wrestler is Eddy Guerrero" on the front and "cheat to win" on back. Chavo throws it back in his face. Eddy reminds Chavo that Eddie is in charge because Chavo lost to him last week. Chavo puts the shirt on and goes to the ring.

Eighth Match: CHAVO GUERRERO JR vs BOOKER T

Back and forth match with Chavo almost winning lots of different times. But it is BOOKER who WINS with the missle drop kick.

Ninth Match: REESE vs DALLAS PAGE

Reese is the newest member of the Flock and once was know as Big Ron Studd. He gets his butt kicked in a nothing special match. Page looks real tired and the action is pretty slow paced. PAGE WINS with a Diamond Cutter that comes out of nowhere.

Tenth Match: CHRIS JERICHO vs JUVENTUD GUERRERA

Chris has new tights that have things that look like Rey Mysterio's mask on the legs and 1,004 (the amount of holds he claims to know....Dean Malenko knows 1,000) on the butt. Juvi gets lots of near pins and Chris gets nervous. Chris ends up losing the match by DQ after he hits Juvi in the face with the belt. He then puts the Texas Clover Leaf (finisher of Dean) on Juvi and says that is move 1,005. Once he breaks the hold he says that it sucks and is no longer 1,005. It is not worth knowing.

Scott Hall and Kevin Nash come out (in flowered shirts). They do the survey and then Nash calls the Giant out. He says that the Giant does not have the guts to show. They stand around calling for the Giant for a little while. Finally the Giant comes out and the Outsiders freak. As he enters the ring, they leave. The Giant goes after them and Nash says that it is a good thing he is "the cannonball champion" as he jumps in the pool to escape the Giant (guess Nash is not as brave without the bat). Giant then turns and gets Hall. He gives Hall a big wedgie before lifting him and tossing him in the pool. He then says, "another one for the good guys" as he leaves the ring area.

Main Even: RANDY SAVAGE/HULK HOGAN vs LEX LUGER/STING

Hulk comes to the ring first, followed by Savage. They get into each others faces. Lex then comes to the ring alone and Eric says that somebody forgot to tell Sting about the match. He then says that Luger is his gift to Hogan and Randy. Just then the camera points to the sky and Sting can be seen in a helocopter. He then repels from the copter and into the ring. The copter is so close to the ring that it causes the mats and the ring apron to fly all over the place. As Sting touches down Savage drops Hogan and attempts to leave. Ed Leslie is standing on the bridge and stops him from going anywhere. Hogan catches him and tosses him back in the ring. Sting and Savage start the match and it is pretty much just Savage for the NWO team. Hogan has no desire to tag in and when Savage forces a tag Hogan walks off. Savage goes after him and tosses him in the ring. Ed attacks Savage again and then walks back to his guard post. Lex gets Savage into the Torture Rack and Ed gets Hogan out of the ring. The NWO B-team then attacks. As the show goes off the air Savage and Hogan can be seen fighting at ringside as Lex and Sting defend the ring.