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Chairshot Classics: WCW Nitro Episode (1/22/96)
Savage vs. Flair and more in Las Vegas!

January 22, 1996 brings us WCW Monday Nitro from Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada!
This show is touted as featuring Hulk Hogan facing off against One Man Gang from the Dungeon of Doom. We are also slated to see Randy Savage take on Ric Flair and Dean Malenko battle Brian Pillman plus, Harlem Heat take on Sting and Lex Luger. Eric Bischoff, Steve McMichael and Bobby Heenan are on the call as usual. Konnan sighting as well as he interrupts the commentators to announce himself defending his belt against Psychosis.
Quick Results
- Randy Savage defeated Ric Flair to capture the WCW World Heavyweight Championship
- Brian Pillman defeated Dean Malenko
- Sting & Lex Luger defeated Harlem Heat to win the WCW World Tag Team Championship
- Hulk Hogan defeated One Man Gang
The Details
WCW Heavyweight Championship
Ric Flair (c) vs. Randy Savage
These two brawl outside the ring to begin the match and Savage is tossed into the guardrail. Back in the ring, Savage regains control with a big clothesline. Flair comes back and tosses Savage over the top rope and distracts the referee while Jimmy Hart gives a kick for good measure. Fair tosses Savage over the rail at ringside and both trade strikes before Flair eats a big back body drop on the floor before sidestepping Savage’s top rope double axe handle to the outside. Back inside the ring, Savage battles back as the two trade more strikes.
Flair is back in control, hitting a shin breaker and the figure four leglock, using the ropes for leverage until the ref notices and breaks the hold. Flair goes to the top rope, and surprise, Savage catches him. Savage hits a pair of top rope axe handles and Jimmy Hart distracts the ref. Arn Anderson inadvertently hits Ric Flair with a foreign object and Savage hits the top rope elbow drop. The bell rings before the pinfall for some reason, but the ref counts and awards the WCW Heavyweight Championship to Randy Savage.
Hogan is out with Savage and Mean Gene in the ring, Randy calls Hulk out for celebrating as if he won the belt himself. Hogan says he’d like the first shot at the belt, Savage says he’s no Nick Bockwinkel, but tells him he wants to do it in Caesar’s Palace. Hulk says he’s going to do whatever it takes to get to the number one contender position (probably just some politics in the back). This heavyweight title picture is already feeling stale.
Winner: Randy Savage via pinfall (new WCW Heavyweight Champion)
Brian Pillman vs Dean Malenko
The match opens with some chain wrestling before Pillman is caught with a hip toss and dropkick by Dean. Dean fires up and hits a big clothesline and a nice brainbuster quickly followed by a neckbreaker for a near fall. In the corner, Pillman fights back and hits a tornado DDT but refuses to cover. Dean hits a nice tiger driver and the action goes outside the ring then back in with Pillman in control. Malenko comes back again with a big pop up gut buster. Dean gets a leg caught up in the ropes, Brian covers him and the ref doesn’t see it, so we get the pinfall. I feel like these two guys could really put on solid matches if they were given a good amount of time.
Winner: Brian Pillman via pinfall
WCW Tag Team Championship
Harlem Heat (c) vs Sting and Lex Luger
They go to commercial and we get an ad for SuperBrawl that features only Hogan, Savage, Flair, Sting and Luger. Just sad and depressing. Luger gets worked over until Booker T is tagged in. He hits a double clothesline and gets a tag to Sting. Multiple Stinger splashes on both Harlem Heat and we see a Scorpion Death Lock attempt from Sting. Luger distracts the ref for reasons and Booker T hits a big ax kick to break up the hold.
Sting continues to get beat down as Booker T hits a top rope facebuster on Sting. Harlem Heat are utilizing quick tags in and out, keeping Sting dealing with a fresh man. Booker T misses the Harlem Hangover and Sting gets to Luger for the tag but the ref doesn’t see it. Jimmy Hart is down and hands Luger a foreign object. Luger is tagged in, hits Booker T with the object for the pinfall victory. Commentary says it looks like a roll of silver dollars from the casino. We have new tag champs and it all happened behind Sting’s back. It’ll be interesting to see how this develops. Mediocre tag match here.
Winners: Sting and Lex Luger(new WCW Tag Team Champions)
One Man Gang vs Hulk Hogan
One Man Gang is announced as the United States Champion, but I’ve never seen that belt defended on Nitro. One Man Gang gets control with a clothesline and bodyslam before hitting a splash that Hulk no sells and comes back. Hogan kind of hits a powerslam before hitting the big boot and leg drop for the win. The Dungeon of Doom and Four Horsemen come out and Hogan holds them off until Savage comes down to help. Hogan and Savage stand tall in the ring as literally 9 other wrestlers leave, unable to take down Hulk and Savage. Back in the ring, Hogan previews their Clash of the Champions tag match for the following night but they keep bringing up an upcoming title match.
Winner: Hulk Hogan via pinfall
A fairly good show (minus that last match) that helped build some more more stories and we saw 2 title changes on free television which is always fun. I’m really looking forward to when Nitro expands to 2 hour shows so we can see more of this amazing undercard I’m always hearing about. I know the names are there, and they’re impressive. It just seems like they’re an afterthought right now on WCW Nitro. Here’s to hoping it improves!
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Classic WrestleMania
Attitude Of Aggression #305- The Big Five Project: WrestleMania XI
The Big Five Project returns for our recap of WrestleMania XI, including Diesel v. Shawn Michaels, Bret Hart v. Bob Backlund, and much more!

The Big Five Project returns to cover one of the worst WrestleManias of all time, namely WrestleMania XI. With the steroid scandal behind him, Vince McMahon shifts his focus to a badly depleted roster, poor ticket sales, cratering popularity, and a host of other problems. His solution to this was to put on a WrestleMania that was shy on actual talent but put a real emphasis on celebrity talent. Never was this more evident than in the Main Event, when Bam Bam Bigelow took on Lawrence Taylor. LT was, without question, one of the greatest linebackers in NFL history. But his in-ring skill did not come close to matching up. Meanwhile, the WWF Championship match between Shawn Michaels and “Big Daddy Cool” Diesel got pushed to the appetizer for the Main Event. Combine that with what Bret Hart described as his worst PPV match of all-time, a lackluster Undertaker match v King Kong Bundy, the Allied Powers, and a host of other issues and you have all the ingredients necessary for a train wreck. And a train wreck is exactly what we got 30 years ago. We cover it all for you here, so you don’t have to watch it yourself. You can thank us later. Or thank us now by tuning in to another epic installment of The Big Five Project!
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Classic Royal Rumble
Attitude Of Aggression #303- The Big Five Project: Royal Rumble ’95
The Big Five project returns with Royal Rumble ’95, including Diesel v. Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels going the distance to win the Rumble!

The Big Five Project returns to usher in what can best be described as a challenging year for WWE. We begin our coverage of 1995 with Royal Rumble ’95. Unlike many PPVs in 1995, the Royal Rumble was quite good, particularly the undercard. On that undercard, new WWF Tag Champs and a new IC Champion were crowned. We also got the middle match of an epic trilogy of battles between Bret “Hitman” Hart and “Big Daddy Cool” Diesel, and their match at the 1995 Royal Rumble, with the WWF Championship on the line, might very well be the best of the three. As for the Rumble match itself, it is certainly not without its issues. But history is made on this night as Shawn Michaels becomes the first entrant in Rumble history to go wire-to-wire, winning it all from the #1 position, and also evolving one of the most critical concepts in Rumble matches moving forward. Curious? Good because we have all the details for you on another epic installment of the Big Five Project.
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Attitude Of Aggression Podcast & The Big Five Project (chronologically exploring WWE's PPV/PLE history)
TheChairshot.com PRESENTS...IMMEDIATE POST WWE PLE REACTIONS w/ DJ(Mindless), Tunney(DWI) & Friends
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