TAPE 1438
Quality: EX (1080p)
Length: 4.5 hr (2 Blu Ray)
What we have here is a 2-disc set of the 1995 season of WCW Monday Nitro. These are from the
WWE Network. 1080p video quality. Absolutely gorgeous!
WCW MONDAY NITRO - 9/4/95 (Debut episode of this groundbreaking show!)
Jushin Liger vs Brian Pillman
Lex Luger Returns to WCW (in what would be a trend on Nitro, Lex Luger makes a shocking
debut after being in the WWF for a couple years)
Ric Flair vs Sting (Arn Anderson runs in and saves......STING.)
Randy Savage/Scott Norton confrontation
Sabu Music Video
Hulk Hogan vs Big Bubba Rogers
Lex Luger confronts Hulk Hogan
WCW MONDAY NITRO - 9/11/95 (I missed the debut episode back in 1995 but all the hype on RSPW
about it drew me in, so this is where I started watching Nitro. Became must-see TV for me.)
Sabu vs Alex Wright
Sting vs Mike Rotundo
Randy Savage vs Scott Norton
Hulk Hogan vs Lex Luger (the Dungeon of Doom runs in)
WCW MONDAY NITRO - 9/18/95
Harlem Heat vs American Males (American Males win WCW World tag titles)
Paul Orndorff vs Johnny B Badd
Kevin Sullivan attacking Randy Savage on the beach of "Baywatch" (Ric Flair - what? - makes
the save. In wrestling boots. On the beach.)
Lex Luger/Randy Savage interview confrontation
The Giant running over Hulk Hogan's motorcycle, WCW Main Event, 9/17/95
The Giant attacking Hulk Hogan, Fall Brawl '95, 9/17/95
Ric Flair vs Brian Pillman (Pillman submits cleanly; Flair's chest is heavily bruised from
Pillman's chops)
WCW MONDAY NITRO - 9/25/95
Alex Wright vs Disco Inferno
Lex Luger challenging Randy Savage
Craig Pittman vs Kurasawa
Randy Savage vs Kevin Sullivan (The Giant runs in and chokeslams Savage)
Lex Luger vs Meng (Luger gets pinned!)
WCW MONDAY NITRO - 10/2/95
Randy Savage vs Lex Luger (The Giant runs in and chokeslams Savage)
Eddy Guerrero vs Dean Malenko (in what would become a staple of Nitro, they cut away from
an excellent juniors match to show...nonsense. In this case, they show Hulk Hogan
arriving at the arena. Eddy does a crossbody over the ringpost and lands HARD on his
knees)
Interview w/Hulk Hogan (Hogan gets attacked by Sullivan & The Giant and they shave his
mustache)
Ric Flair vs Arn Anderson (Good match - Pillman runs in and attacks Flair)
WCW MONDAY NITO - 10/9/95
Sting vs The Shark (John Tenta)
Sabu vs Mr JL
The Arrival of Chris Benoit
Hawk vs Big Bubba Rogers
Ric Flair vs Arn Anderson (Flair gets pinned after being KO'ed with brass knux)
WCW MONDAY NITO - 10/16/95
Diamond Dallas Page vs Johnny B Badd (DDP KOs Badd before the bell)
Chris Benoit vs Eddy Guerrero (***1/2 - good match)
Meng vs Hacksaw Duggan
Ric Flair & Sting vs Arn Anderson & Brian Pillman (the crowd is SUPER hot for this one)
WCW MONDAY NITRO - 10/23/95
Randy Savage vs Kurasawa
Chris Benoit & Dean Malenko vs Eddy Guerrero & Mr JL
Sting & Lex Luger vs Harlem Heat (After the match, The Giant lays out both Luger & Sting,
followed by a huge brawl and a sort-of reveal of the Yeti, a 7-foot tall talentless hack.)
WCW MONDAY NITRO - 10/30/95
Eddy Guerrero vs Craig Pittman
Scott Norton vs The Shark
Interview w/Flair, Arn & Pillman re: re-forming the Four Horsemen
Sabu vs Disco Inferno
American Males vs Lex Luger & Meng
Hulk Hogan vs The Giant, Halloween Havoc '95, 10/29/95 (clip - Lex Luger turns heel and
the Yeti actually debuts)
WCW MONDAY NITRO - 11/6/95
The Giant vs Cobra
Kevin Sullivan vs The Renegade (After the match, Jimmy Hart throws water in the Renegade's
face and wipes off his makeup, symbolizing the end of the gimmick)
Chris Benoit vs Eddy Guerrero
Ric Flair vs Sting (Flair cleanly submits but Sting doesn't break the hold, so Luger, in the
middle of a tweener gimmick, comes out and convinces Sting to release the hold)
Announcement that the WCW World Title has been held up
WCW MONDAY NITO - 11/13/95
Hulk Hogan in "The Dungeon of Doom" (uuuuuugggggh)
Randy Savage vs Meng (Shark & Luger try to break Savage's arm)
Chris Benoit vs Kensuke Sasaki
Eddy Guerrero vs Johnny B Badd
Sting vs Dean Malenko
WCW MONDAY NITRO - 11/20/95
Scott Norton vs The Shark
Eddy Guerrero vs Brian Pillman
Big Bubba Rogers vs Hawk
Hulk Hogan vs Sting (face vs face dream match! And it's good! The Dungeon of Doom run in
and spoil things, so Hogan & Sting team up to fight them off)
WCW MONDAY NITRO - 11/27/95
Diamond Dallas Page vs Johnny B Badd
Mayumi Ozaki & Cutie Suzuki vs Bull Nakano & Akira Hokuto
Hulk Hogan vs Hugh Morrus
Interview w/Hogan & Savage Re: WW3 '95 (The Giant attacks both guys and Hogan returns fire
with a chair)
Sting & Lex Luger vs Arn Anderson & Brian Pillman (Flair runs in, Hogan saves)
WCW MONDAY NITRO - 12/4/95
Harlem Heat vs American Males (Colonel Parker comes out and gives Sherri a ring and she
leaves with him)
Sting vs Kurasawa
Scott Norton vs The Giant
Interview w/Ric Flair & Charles Barkley
Randy Savage vs Lex Luger (Flair runs in, Hogan makes the save and accidentally punches Sting)
WCW MONDAY NITRO - 12/11/95
Eddy Guerrero vs Mr JL
Paul Orndorff vs Disco Inferno
The Four Horsemen Injuring Paul Orndorff (Orndorff retirement angle)
Lex Luger vs Hacksaw Duggan
Hulk Hogan & Sting vs Ric Flair & Arn Anderson (Pillman runs in, Luger saves Sting - but not
Hogan - and then Sting intentionally decks Randy Savage!)
WCW MONDAY NITRO - 12/18/95
Madusa throwing the WWF Women's belt in the trash
Ric Flair vs Eddy Guerrero
Craig Pittman asking Bobby Heenan to be his manager
Lex Luger vs Marcus Bagwell
Sting vs Bobby Eaton
Randy Savage vs The Giant (Hogan runs in and DRILLS The Giant with multiple chairshots and
has one for the ref, too)
Hulk Hogan challenging Randy Savage for a title match
WCW MONDAY NITRO - 12/25/95
Lex Luger vs Scott Riggs
Sting vs Big Bubba Rogers
Craig Pittman asking Jimmy Hart to be his manager
Dean Malenko vs Mr JL (Malenko breaks JL's arm legit in this one)
Ric Flair vs Randy Savage (Sting & Luger run in, Sting & Savage square off and slap
each other)
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