Location: Delco Center, Austin Texas
Jim Ross: "Hello once again wrestling fans and welcome to WCW Monday Nitro! And do we have a show for you tonight! Your going to see The Horsemen in action in an 8 man tag against Chris Adams, Terry Taylor, Keith Lee, and Steve Austin! Bayley and Toni Storm will face The IInspiration! And if that wasnt enough, Samoa Joe will challenge Bryan Danielson for the IWA TV Title! And we are gonna kick things off with what should be an outstanding one on one confrontation!" Match One: Ted DiBiase vs Sammy Guevara Loud “DiBiase” chants as the match begins. The bell rings, and they circle the ring and shake hands before locking up. They tussle around the ropes before giving a clean break. Guevara hooks a side headlock, but Dibiase whips him off. Dibiase drops down and leapfrogs him, but Guevara flips over him. Guevara takes him down, but Dibiase slides out of the ring to recover. Guevara drops down and poses on the mat. Dibiase gets in the ring and looks at him. Dibiase avoids a superkick and claps for Guevara. Dibiase catches him with a waistlock, but Guevara turns it. Dibiase elbows him and hits the ropes, but Dibiase dropkicks him. Guevara hits a rolling standing moonsault for a one count. Dibiase hooks a side headlock and takes him down. Guevara fights up and whips Dibiase off, but Dibiase shoulder blocks him down. Guevara pulls himself up and dropkicks Dibiase in the face. Dibiase drops down and uppercuts him. Dibiase slingshots over him and hits a snap powerslam for a one count. Dibiase grabs the legs and applies a Figure Four Leglock but Guevara manages to get to the bottom rope to break the hold. Dibiase wrenches the arm and yanks on it. Dibiase chops the chest and lifts him up for a delayed suplex then actually turns it into a front suplex knee to the midsection for a near fall. Guevara comes back with a kick to the face. Dibiase quickly comes off the middle rope with a crossbody for a near fall. Dibiase covers again for another near fall.
Dibiase throws Guevara to the apron. Guevara quickly hits a snap kick to the face before hitting a springboard off the top rope with a cutter on Dibiase, 1.....2......NO!! Guevara hits a running shoulder to the midsection and kicks him in the head. Dibiase quickly comes back with a big boot to the face that knocks Guevara to the floor. Dibiase goes for a dive, and wipes out Guevara with a suicide dive!
Guevara quickly drives Dibiase into the ring post spine-first. Guevara gets him in the ring and goes for a moonsault..... Dibiase moves, but Guevara lands on his feet. Guevara goes for a standing moonsault, but lands on his feet when Dibiase moves again. Finally Guevara hits a standing shooting star press for a near fall. Dibiase drops him on the middle rope. Dibiase follows up with the powerslam! 1.....2......NO! Dibiase deadlifts Guevara to the top rope and hits an inverted superplex!! 1......2.......NO!!! Dibiase cannot believe it. Dibiase goes to the top rope, but Guevara scales the ropes out of nowhere and hits a super Spanish Fly!! 1......2......NO! Guevara quickly goes back to the top rope. Guevara goes for a shooting star press, but Dibiase gets the knees up and connects with an inside cradle for the win! As the replay is being shown, Gene Okerlund joins DiBiase at ringside.......
Gene Okerlund: "OHHHHH MY!! WHAT A BARN BURNER THAT MATCH WAS!! Ted DiBiase, if I may? One heck of a victory for you there my friend!" Ted DiBiase: "Hold on one minute Gene! Sammy!! Sammy, come over here! I want all the people at home to take a good look at this young man! It's not every day that Ted DiBiase will give his seal of approval. Bit this young man just gave me all I can handle and then some! Probably one of the hardest matches I've ever been involved in! I'm telling ya now..... this kid has a huge future in this business!" Gene Okerlund: "With all the great names you have faced throughout your career, that's really saying something! Now wait.....wait just a minute! What have we here? Andrade El Idolo has made his way out here. Gentlemen..... please, let's keep things civil here!" Andrade: "How embarrassing you must feel Dibiase.....DiBiase..... getting beaten on National TV by a greenhorn such as this kid!" Ted DiBiase: "I'm not embarrassed at all Andrade! I meant everything I said about him. As a matter of fact..... he's so good, I would bet he could beat you any day of the week!" Andrade: "You must be joking! A man of my caliber and ability? This kid..... he would stand no chance against me!" Ted DiBiase: "Is that a fact? You know something Andrade? You talk a big game! But I think that's about all you are.....is just talk! I have $10,000 says that he can beat you! How about you prove me wrong?" Andrade: "That's chicken feed to me! Save your money! I will be here next week and embarrass your boy for free! But remember..... his blood.....is on your hands!" Gene Okerlund: "There you have it fans.... it seems to me that we have ourselves a match for next week! Lots of huge action still to come tonight! Don't you dare go away!" ***COMMERCIAL BREAK ***
Match Two: Toni Storm & Bayley vs The IInspiration The bell rings and we are under way. Billie Kay is in the ring with Bayley. She pushes Bayley into the corner and tags Peyton Royce in. A loud “Bayley” chant from the crowd. A knee to the stomach by Royce but Bayley fights back. A clothesline by Bayley as she goes for the cover but a kick out by Royce. Bayley tags Toni Storm into the match. The two double team Royce. She rolls to the corner and tags Billie Kay. Storm throws Billie Kay into the corner and tags Bayley into the match. They double team her.
Britt Bakers music hits. She walks down the ramp. With Bayley distracted, Billie Kay attacks Bayley from behind and Peyton Royce is tagged in.
They double team Bayley. Royce goes for the cover but Billie Kay kicks out.
Royce tags Kay into the match. Both Bayley and Billie Kay run into each other in the ring and both fall. Bayley tags Storm in and Peyton Royce is tagged in. Storm with a kick to Royce. Storm gets on the second rope and sumset flips Royce, 1.....2..... but Kay breaks it up. Royce rolls Storm up and goes for the cover but Storm kicks out. A kick to the face by Storm. Kay grabs Storm and trips her. Bayley runs to Billie Kay but Kay hits her. Royce rolls Storm who counters through and hits the Perfect Storm to get the pinfall. Outside the ring, Britt is not happy with the loss as Storm and Bayley celebrate and Storm sees Bayley staring at her WCW Womens title.
Gene Okerlund: "Alright wrestling fans, as you may have heard we are five weeks away from the one year anniversary show! And it was recently announced in WCW.Com that right here next week we will have a 6 man ladder match! And the winner of that match can choose any title shot of their choosing on that huge 1 year anniversary show. And you wanna talk about a stacked ladder match? Take a look at these participants!" Gene Okerlund: "And I want to bring in one of those participants now...... THE MAN CALLED STING!!" Gene Okerlund: "Stinger!! A huge opportunity next week for you my friend!" Sting: "Ya know Geno....it's been a whole since The Stinger has held some championship gold around my waist and I think it's about time to change that! And being the number one contender for that IWA World TV title, I can't think of a better way to win that title than by securing my spot and winning that ladder...... now what's this?" Scarlett makes her way to the interview area. She seductively walks around Sting, teasing him by rubbing her Hans all over Stings chest and shoulders.
Scarlett: "What's the matter Stinger? You looked surprised to see me! It's been soooo long! I've missed you! I'm gonna get right to it Sting. Kross wanted me to send a message!" Before Scarlett can finish, Killer Kross clips the leg out from underneath Sting from behind! Sting goes down yelling in pain and clutching his leg. Kross continues to beat on Sting until security rushes out to break it up.
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Match Three: Iceman King Parsons & Junkyard Dog vs The Freebirds As you’d expect, a pier-six brawl erupted to begin the match.
When order was restored, JYD rammed Garvins head directly into Parsons’ head and knocked him for a loop. Hayes tagged in, but JYD applied a fireman’s carry and tagged in Parsons. As he backdropped Garvin, Parsons tagged JYD back in.
JYD then landed a high knee to Garvin for 2.
After Garvin rebounded with a knee to the midsection, Hayes tagged in and hit a back elbow to JYD. He then used momentum to send JYD to the floor and tagged in Garvin.
Jimmy Jam delivered a swinging neckbreaker to JYD. Hayes tagged in, mounted the second turnbuckle, but ate a shot to the midsection.
As Garvin tagged in, he prevented JYD from tagging out and hit a back elbow.
A false tag occurred, and the Freebirds gave further business to JYD. After JYD blocked an atomic drop, he provided Hayes with one of his own. When Garvin tagged in, a mid-ring collision occurred. Hot tag to Parsons!!
With all four wrestlers in the ring, Parsons backdropped Garvin and Hayes returned the favor to Parsons, and Garvin nailed Parsons from the apron during a roll-up attempt to get the win.
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Match Four: Sam Houston vs Wardlow w/MJF Houston charges as soon as the bell rings and goes for a running dropkick but Wardlow swatted him sway and immediately hit four powerbombs to win it!
WINNER: Wardlow in 1:00
Gene Okerlund: "ARE YOU KIDDING ME?? Pure dominance from Wardlow in that one! Sam Houston never had a chance!" MJF: "You think my War Dog isn't ready for next week's ladder match? You think my war dog isn't ready for Survivor Series? I can see it now.....just imagine me as your reigning IWA X-Division Champion. And right behind me..... Wardlow! Wearing whatever title he chooses after winning that ladder match! We will be the most unstoppable force in the entire IWA!" Gene Okerlund: "Alot of people are saying that this man isn't only a bodyguard, but more if a roadblock to anyone who tries to take that X Division title from you. I mean he nearly ended the career of Jushin Liger recently!" MJF: "This isn't ballet Okerlund! You cross our paths.....people get hurt! Whether it be Wardlow dropping someone on their head.....or me breaking their arm with Salt of the Earth! There's a reason I'm just a few days away from holding this title for 1 year now! It's Because I'm Better Than You...... And You Know It!" ***COMMERCIAL BREAK ***
Gene Okerlund: "Alright wrestling fans...... Survivor Series is less than 3 weeks away and one team that has a huge bullseye on them cone that day us my guests at this time..... they are your IWA World tag team champions....... Black Wallstreet!" Bad News Brown: "Wouldn't ya just know it.....they didn't have anyone of color here who could interview us? Just goes to prove that WCW does everything they can to keep the black man down!" Gene Okerlund: "AHEM!! If we can, let's keep this as professional as possible please? The world will be watching at Survivor Series as Team Wallstreet faces Team Freebird. And it's no secret that there's no love loss there!" Butch Reed: "They should be called team Redneck! You think we sweat any team captained by Prissy Sissy, Michael Hayes? That's why he had to brainwash those fools, the Pain Makers! And if those two suckas wanna......" This brings out The Pain Makers! And right away, tensions rise as Black Wallstreet start mixing words with them. But it's all a setup as The Freebirds jump Black Wallstreet from behind with steel chairs. Gordy puts Bad News in the Oriental Spike as Hayes and Garvin beat Reed down. Hayes has a bag of items. Gordy and Garvin hold Reed down while Hayes pulls out a jar of some substance and pours it all over both Reed and Bad News! Then Hayes grabs another bag and pours feathers all over them!
Michael Hayes: "If these two Uncle Tom's are gonna run around the IWA hiding from us like a bunch of chickens..... then by Gawd they need the proper attire for it! We're tired of seeing these guys only facing teams they know they can beat. This is just the beginning. Then at Survivor Series..... we're gonna beat every team that's on Wallstreets side...... then to put the icing on the cake, we are taking these World titles on the WCW 1 Year Anniversary show! We told you boys.....Badstreet USA is what it's all about. And the further down the Block ya go.....the badder it gets!" ***COMMERCIAL BREAK ***
Match Five: Steve Austin, Keith Lee, Chris Adams & Terry Taylor vs The 4 Horsemen Austin and Flair start off pounding eachother with fists, which Austin wins by stomping on him in the corner. Crowd is going nuts, then Flair turns it around and gets booed. Whip in, clothesline by Flair, then a atomic drop and another clothesline. Austin gets a low kick, then smiles about it. He puts him in the sleeper, so Flair pushes off the ropes and rolls him up for two as Jim Ross states Austin has waited a long time to get his hands on Flair. Austin misses his rope splash on the middle ropes, so Flair tags in Arn and Austin takes him down with a Thesz Press. Austin tags in Chris Adams. He goes for an ankle lock on Arn, then Tully breaks it up so he goes for an arm drag. Arn tags in Tully. Hard whip in, then a backbreaker. This time Adams clotheslines him on the whip in and hits a belly to belly suplex. Here comes in Windham and here’s Terry Taylor. Back bodydrop by Taylor. Blanchard comes back with an knee to the midsection. Taylor pounds away in the corner. Tag in to Keith Lee who slams Barry and then hits a legdrop. Another slam, then he goes up top and hits a top rope splash for two. Whip in, dropkick is dodged by Barry, who goes for a Sharpshooter and that brings in Adams to break it up. Tully comes in and he hits a delayed suplex. Running powerslam on Lee but Taylor breaks it up. Flairs in now with Lee. Whip in, Flair kicks him in the midsection and gets a clothesline. Now it’s Taylor in there with Flair, who beats him down with an elbow to the back, and then hangs him upside down in the corner and all the Horsemen stomp away at him. Team Austin comes in to break it up, but that’s unsuccessful.
Windham ’s in now with a backbreaker, then a charge in the corner misses and he hits the turnbuckle. Lee gets the tag, misses a clothesline and Windham hits a beautiful standing dropkick. He follows that up with a missile dropkick, then a kip up. He goes for a hurricanrana, but Lee counters with a stiff powerbomb followed by a spinning powerslam. 1.....2......Windham gets a foot on the ropes! Tag to Taylor who comes off the top and clotheslines Barry down hard. Tully breaks it up and while everybody brawls Austin brings Windham to the corner and rams his leg into the post. Then he grabs a chair and beats him with that.
It’s Austin against Tully now, which Tully wins by putting him in the corner so all the Horsemen can beat him up. Meanwhile, Barry gets helped up by the refs. Tully gets the tag in, Austin pounds on him and drops him with a Stunner. He goes for a cover, 1.....2.....but Flair pulls him out and rams his legs into the post. Adams ends up saving Austin, who crawls back to his corner to bring in Keith Lee, who is in there with Tully. Blanchard crotches Lee on the top rope while refs try to tell Austin to leave the ring, but he doesn’t go easily. Arn tags in to double clothesline Lee, who then gets Adams n there. Flair gets an elbow off the middle rope. Whip in, Adams holds on and kicks him in the face. Taylor tags in, he goes for an ankle lock, but Arn comes in to cream him with a clothesline. Flair hits Taylor low. Flair outsmarts him, then whips him into a Arn boot and then out to the floor. Arn chucks him into the announce table, then everybody starts brawling on the floor. Keith Lee goes into the steps. Back in the ring, Flair gets a Russian leg sweep for two on Taylor. Tully gets tagged in, then beats him down and Taylor counters with a low blow.
Adams is in next, he gets a bulldog on Tully. He goes for the Superkick only for Arn to run in again to break it up. Adams goes up top, Tully crotches him and hits a superplex for one that Keith Lee breaks up. Adams tags Austin in while Tully tags in Flair and the crowd goes nuts again. Flair takes the sternum bump in the corner, then Austin gets a suplex for one. Whip in, Flair counters with a neckbreaker and then gets a backbreaker. He follows that up with the elbow off the middle rope. Whip in, Flair grabs a sleeper that Austin counters with a Stunner, 1......2....Arn breaks the count! Flair takes him down, then goes for a Figure four only for Keith Lee to break it up with a clothesline. Austin gets a Boston Crab on Flair only for Windham to limp his way into the ring to break it up. It’s Barry against Austin now, which Austin wins by clotheslining him out to the floor. He beats on him out on the floor. He rolls Windham back in, who gets POUNCED from Keith Lee! Arn and Tully are fighting with Adams and Taylor as Austin and Flair fight all over the arena! Lee grabs Windham....... SPIRIT BOMB!!! 1......2.......3!!!
Jim Ross: "MY GAWD.....WHAT A SLOBBERKNOCKER! AND WE KNEW THAT IT WOULD BE! Flair is fighting for his life, trying to get away from The Texas Rattlesnake! But the big picture here is that Keith Lee has pinned the WCW Television Champion, Barry Windham again! That's twice in two weeks! Have the Horsemen finally met their match???" ***COMMERCIAL BREAK ***
Main Event: Samoa Joe vs Bryan Danielson for the IWA World TV title The initial Greco-Roman knuckle lock ended with both men trying to get in the other’s head by either shoving or outmaneuvering the other. Suddenly, a chopping contest broke out, bringing a, “HOLY SHIT!” from the crowd as the chops echo through the arena. Danielson grounded and tried to abdominal stretch Joe until he rolled himself right into a modified stretch muffler. Danielson survived the submission, initiating a strike exchange that ended with Joe headbutting Danielson off of his feet. Stump puller by Joe almost forced a submission. Danielson turned the tables, using a straightjacket bow & arrow that had Joe yelping in pain. Joe freed himself from Danielson’s grip. Joe started raking Danielson’s face with his forearm while reminding the referee he has a five count to break before being disqualified. When Danielson started giving Joe a taste of his own medicine, Danielson isn't happy!
Dropkicking Joe to the floor, Danielson executed a huge springboard somersault plancha to take down the Samoan. Just as it seemed everything was going well for Danielson, Joe suplexed him to the floor and hurt his left leg! Danielson couldn’t get up on his own power, causing Joe to playfully kick his head before chopping the life out of Danielson. Ole kick by Joe got the crowd on their feet while asking for the attack one more. Joe, being a man of the people, gave them what they wanted and left Danielson out in his new front row seat … or so Joe thought.
Danielson threw two hard chops, only to be dropped by one of Joe’s chops in response. The action finally returned inside, with Joe in complete control. Not only did Joe kick the life out of Danielson’s back, he also washed Danielsons face, called him names, and kept hitting him until it looked like Danielson couldn’t move. One of those strikes included a sick leg sweep that re-aggravated Danielson’s hurt leg from that suplex to the floor. Joe scaled the ropes, getting caught and superplexed in the process. Danielson took advantage of the situation he had created, trying to choke Joe out with a head scissors. Danielson started firing off chops, but eventually ran into that Samoa Joe power slam that left Bryan clutching his back. Joe’s follow up spine buster didn’t help matters for Danielson.
Out of nowhere, Danielson exploded with a flying European uppercut. Snap underhook suplex by Danielson allowed him to hit the flying headbutt seconds later. Both men rose using palm strikes aplenty until they fell out of the ring. Joe and Danielson got up, throwing kicks and chops respectively. Around ringside they fought until Danielson hit an ole dropkick. Danielson made a huge mistake going for another suplex that ended with him taking another suplex on the floor. Joe, likewise, lost the momentum thanks to something simple – a running elbow off the apron to the floor. The impact left Joe clutching his left knee.
Danielson was like a shark that smelled blood, going after the leg until he ran into STJoe. As Joe mouthed off, he threw a clothesline that Danielson used to set up a rolling elbow when Cattle Mutilation just didn’t cut it. When Joe got up, he unleashed the clothesline he was looking for, turning Danielson inside out. Danielson prone for a Boston crab, but scurried to the ropes to save him. Joe went for submission after submission. Danielson held on long enough as the bell rings.......and the 30 minute time limit has expired! Danielson grabs his IWA World TV title, knowing he's been in a war, and wastes no time heading to the dressing room as Joe stands in the ring staring a hole through him.
Jim Ross: "What an epic encounter! You won't find a better physical contest than that. And on this night, Bryan Danielson had the time limit on his side. But now the question is, now that they went to war..... how will the coexist at Survivor Series? Fans, we are almost outta time! We will see you right here again next week!"