WCW Monday Nitro #37

       





Location: Austin, Texas









   Jim Ross: "Hello once again wrestling fans and welcome to another exciting edition of WCW Nitro! I'm your host Jim Ross and do we have a show for you tonight with high stakes on the line. What we do know is this...... Paige has invited several women of her choosing to be here in action tonight. What we don't know..... is who they are! We also will have a huge announcement coming from WCW General Manager,  Eric Bischoff later in the show. And if that wasnt......"  







   Jim Ross: "THE TEXAS RATTLESNAKE IS HERE! WE HAVENT HEARD FROM AUSTIN SINCE HE LOST THE WCW HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE!"          





   Steve Austin: "Two weeks ago....."            

Audience: "WHAT??"        

  Steve Austin: "Unification Match!"         

  Audience: "WHAT??"           

    Steve Austin: "I said Unification match!"        

  Audience: "WHAT??"            

   Steve Austin: "You know!! Title vs Title! Stone Cold vs Adam Cole.....BAY BAY!"            

Audience: "WHAT??"          

  Steve Austin: "One on one! Adam Cole said All on his own!! Which was Bullshit!! But I will get to Adam Cole at another time! Because right now I wanna talk about that limo riding... jet flying..... kiss stealing sumbitch..... Ric Flair! The Nature Boy! Well Flair..... you wanna stick your nose in my business? Couldn't wait until Wrestle Kingdom? That's just fine son! It's personal now! Because of you.... I lost my WCW Heavyweight title. So in four weeks, I'm gonna repay the favor by taking your IWA Heavyweight title! AND THERE AINT A DAMNED THING HOU CAN DO ABOUT IT. BECAUSE THATS THE BOTTOM ......."        


Austin is interrupted by the appearance of "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson! 




  Arn Anderson: "Why am I not surprised that your out here making excuses for your short comings and pointing fingers at other people? I can't help how you do things. But being The Enforcer of the greatest unit in all of professional wrestling, it's my job to make sure you put some respect in your mouth. Even if I have to slap it in to ya!"           

  Steve Austin: "Well Hell..... sounds to me your looking for a fight! And as far as I can see there ain't nothing but fear and air stopping you from getting in this ring so I can stomp a mudhole in your sorry ass!"              


Before Anderson can make it to the ring he is cut off by Eric Bischoff......



  Eric Bischoff: "Hold it right there! You two wanna go at each other......FINE! But it won't be tonight! Next week in our Main Event..... it's going to be Arn Anderson against Steve Austin!"         




***COMMERCIAL BREAK ***




As we come back from break we see Paige and Eric Bischoff in the ring as we start the women's contract matches. Eric introduces his first competitor.........




Jade Cargill! 



Paige doesn't look very impressed at all by Bischoffs representative then she announces her participant.......





Jordynne Grace!


  Match One: Jordynne Grace vs Jade Cargill               

They show respect at the start of the match then tie up. Some reversals until they hit the corner, then switch a few times before breaking. Some shoving, and Jade starts laying in kicks. Grace with a right, then they collide on shoulder block attempts but neither goes down. Grace finally does get Jade down with a shoulder block. Both women to the apron, Jade picks the ankles though and drops Grace onto the apron. Grace avoids a kick, and drops Jade face first onto the apron. Jade nearly gets counted out, but Grace heads out and tosses her back in as she seems to want to win in the ring. Grace with two snap suplexes, then a fisherman suplex for a near fall. Jade lands a back elbow to a charging Grace, then stun guns Grace across the top rope. Stomps from Jade then a leg drop for a near fall. Jade guillotines Grace under the bottom rope. Some cross face blows from Jade, but her cover only gets 2 as Grace grabs the bottom rope. More blows from Jade but Grace powers out and rolls Jade up for 2. Some kicks from Jade floor Grace but takes too long on the cover so Grace is able to kick out. Grace fights to her feet, but eats some headbutts to the spine. They start trading forearms but Jade gets the better of it and starts stomping Grace in the corner. Back to trading blows, Jade lands a stiff chop. Double underhook suplex from Jade gets 2 on the pin attempt. Grace trips up Jade, tries to pin, back up and Grace hits a back drop and both women are down. Back on their feet and both women land rights, but Grace gets the better of it then hits Jade with a spinebuster for a near fall. Grace slams Jade into the corner, hits a meteora then a running elbow and a power bomb for a close near fall. Jade fights off a pump handle move, and hits a modified Glam slam then locks in an STF. Grace drags their bodies to the ropes to force the break. Grace avoids a corner rush, then kicks Grace. Jade wants a sling shot into the buckles, she gets it and starts jabbing Grace but Grace avoids a right and gets a roll up for 2. Grace lands a right to drop Jade.  More rights from Grace, she puts Jade on the top rope but Jade fights free and hits a tornado DDT for a 2 count. Jade avoids a right, tries an O’Connor roll and they trade roll ups with Grace getting the pin on a reversal. Jordynne Grace wins the WCW Contract!






***COMMERCIAL BREAK ***





   Match Two: Sting vs  Jack Victory            

The Stinger dominates this one from the ringing of the bell. He hits three straight Stinger Splashes on Victory. Then as Victory goes down, Sting applies the Scorpion Deathlock! As Sting has it locked in, he looks down at the ringapron and sees.......






Victory finally taps out! Sting releases the hold and beats on his chest and let's out his Stinger yell to Scarlett. Bischoff comes out with the housemic and makes it iofficial.......


Sting vs Killer Kross at Wrestle Kingdom!






***COMMERCIAL BREAK ***




Match Three: Liv Morgan vs ??? (Contract Match)             

Liv stand in the ring awaiting her opponent and the lights dim and then out comes.......





Shayna Baszler!


You can immediately see the look of concern on Livs face as Bazsler makes her way to the ring. Liv tries her best to sti k and move getting offense in. It doesn't take long though before Shayna puts her away with  the Ace of Spades (Rear naked choke transitioned from a vertical suplex) 


Even Bischoff is impressed with Baszlers dominance as he looks at Paige and smiles in approval.




***COMMERCIAL BREAK ***








The live audience erupts as The Road Warriors storm the ring......


  The Road Warriors vs Lenni & Lodi              

The Warriors Storm the ring and just beat the piss out of Lenny and Lodi. The Warriors seem to have a have a huge chip on the shoulder before getting the win by hitting the DOOMSDAY DEVICE on Lodi.



   Gene Okerlund: "OHHHHH MY!!! LOOK WHO IS BACK!! THE ROAD WARRIORS ARE BACK!"           





  Animal: "IM GONNA STOP YA RIGHT THERE MEAN GENE!! THE ROAD WARRIORS NEVER LEFT! THEY JUST TRIED SETTING US TO THE SIDE. AND NOBODY DOES THAT TO THE ROAD WARRIORS! TELL EM HAWK!"           

   Hawk: "WEEEEELLLLLL...... GOOD NEWS FOR US.....WE GOT TIRED OF WATCHING ALL THESE NEO MAXI ZOOM DWEEBIES RUNNING AROUND TALKING ABOUT HOW GOOD THEY ARE! BAD NEWS IS..... WE DARE ANY OF THEM TO TRY AND STOP US!"            




***COMMERCIAL BREAK ***








The fans nearly riot as the IWA X Division champion, MJF, makes his way to the ring with his bodyguard Wardlow!




    MJF: "So I'm sitting in my palatial palace in Long Island and I'm trying to stay awake watching the latest edition of AEW and then it happens..... the poster boy for steroids himself, Brian Cage comes out! And actually has the audacity of challenging me to a I Quit match!!!! Now I'm sure all you people think I'm gonna refuse the offer.  But oh the contrary!! See I was there and watched first hand as my main man, Wardlow here, destroyed Brian Cage as he powerbombed him repeatedly.  And what Cage doesn't know is this.....while Cage may try and act like he's fine. I used my financial Bliss and looked into his doctors medical file. His neck is a wreck! His back is completely out. He's a shell of a man! So my answer to your challenge Cage...... is YES!!! I ACCEPT! And at Wrestle Kingdom,  when I lock you into Salt of the Earth and make you mumble those two little words.....I Quit...... your career is over! Because I'm Maxwell Jacob Friedman....and I'm Better Than You..... And You Know It!"     





***COMMERCIAL BREAK ***






   Eric Bischoff: "We are just minutes away from our huge main event for the WCW Womens title. But before we can get there I have a big announcement to make. As we all know, we are just a few weeks away from Wrestle Kingdom.  And I have met with Mr. Antonio Inoki and two days after Wrestle Kingdom on January 31st..... wr will hold the first ever WCW Monday Night Nitro live from The Tokyo Arena! And on that night..... the WCW Heavyweight title will be defended as the champion, Adam Cole, will defend against Japan's very own..... HIROSHI TANAHASHI!!!"    







  Main Event: Toni Storm vs Bianca Belair for the WCW Womens title            


After a handshake, we get going with Toni grabbing a headlock, but Belair counters right back, only to get taken to the mat as the pair looked to neutralise the other. Storm scoots out of some headscissors as we get another handshake, before they rotated through more holds, with Storm flipping out of a wristlock ahead of some body blows. A low dropkick catches Belair for a near-fall, as Storm keeps up with the strikes, throwing in uppercuts and forearms… but Belair backflips away and lands a dropkick of her own as she looked to stay in the match. There’s a vicious handstand into a knee drop that gets Belair a near-fall as she tries to pull Toni into a version of the Rings of Saturn… turning it into an Octopus-like stretch, but Storm makes it to the ropes as a break’s forced.

Storm leaps over Belair before catching her with a German suplex, sending Belair into the corner for a hip attack. From there, Toni heads up top, but she’s caught as Bianca sprung up and hit a leaping kick to send Storm down, following up a moonsault to the floor. They both end up on the apron, where Toni teases a Storm Zero Tiger Driver… but Belair wriggles free, only to get dumped with a German suplex onto the apron.

Barely beating the count, Belairs forced to kick out of a cover as Storm keeps up the offence… only for Bianca to hit back even harder, before she ran into a lariat from Storm. Toni follows that up with a Storm Zero Tiger Driver, 1......2....... forcing Bianca to the ropes as she tried to find some respite… Belair back with a spinkick as Toni was in the ropes, then a springboard sunset flip… 1......2.....but Storm kicks out at two, only to get clocked in the corner with a running double knees. Belair heads up top for the moonsault… but Toni lifts her feet up, and quickly catches Belair with a Storm Zero, and that Tiger Driver gets her the win! TONI STORM IS YOUR NEW WCW WOMENS CHAMPION!!