RIC FLAIR vs. ARN ANDERSON
Here’s our Fall Brawl rematch, I guess. We talk about why Lex Luger wasn’t trying to save Hogan’s precious mustache (which is apparently a higher priority than his neck being snapped) and Arn hits a BAAAAAACK body drop on Flair. I’m still not entirely sure who the heel is supposed to be here, but maybe that’s just me being stupid. The commentators continue to talk about Hulk Hogan and pretty much ruin yet another classic. Yeah, if you’re going to watch this, watch it on mute. Ric flips over the top turnbuckle and they go to the outside and use the barricade because of course they do. Arn hits another BAAAAAACK body drop, this time on the floor, and smashes Flair’s throat into the barricade in a kind of nasty looking spot. In the fabled WCW tradition of nobody selling anything, Arn hits a spinebuster on Flair and he’s already back up with the momentum within a few seconds.
Arn locks in an armbar, which is VINTAGE! Arn according to Bischoff. We get a few reversed sleepers and a side suplex from Flair while Steve McMichael babbles about RAW not being live or something. Ric locks in the Figure Four far too close to the ropes and hits the third BAAAAAACK body drop of the match on Arn on the outside. Out of pretty much nowhere, Arn misses a flying nothing and gets locked in the Figure Four for the win. That was pretty okay for how short it was but yet again it felt like a ripoff of the original match. Brian Pillman comes out for the beatdown after the match and the commentators keep calling him Pittman. Guys, what drugs are you on?
We end the show by mentioning that we’re going to have a cage match next week between Ric and Arn.
Nitro pretty much won effortlessly this week, as expected. The only real problem with the show was that Hogan was relentlessly shoved down my throat, while RAW had many, many different problems. Point to WCW.
