Monday Nitro – June 14, 1999: Better Late Than Never
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Nitro #192
Date: June 14, 1999
Location: MCI Center, Washington D.C.
Commentators: Bobby Heenan, Tony Schiavone
We open with a package of recap stills from last night.
Savage, Sid and the girls arrive.
DJ Ran babbles about the cowboys vs. rappers last night.
Brian Adams/Vincent vs. Curt Hennig/Barry Windham
Nitro Girls.
Pictures of the dogs from last night. Please, anything else.
Hugh Morrus vs. Kidman
Rating: D. Is that really the end of the Morrus attacks the cruiserweights stuff? They had that mess of a battle royal a few weeks back and this is the best they can do? Like I said, Kidman just popped up and finished the match without even holding his ribs. I expect that from Morrus but not Kidman.
DJ Ran.
Bischoff joins commentary.
Video on Norton vs. Miller
Cat vs. Scott Norton
Nitro Girls.
Disco Inferno vs. Van Hammer
Disco Stuns the referee post match.
Dennis Rodman might be coming back. Good grief does he have to?
Stills of the Tag Team Title match.
Fit Finlay vs. Brian Knobs
We cut to the crowd and Sable of all people is in the front row.
Recap of Flair vs. Piper from last night. Buff was going to get the ball if Piper won, then he cost Piper the match. What does that say about Bagwell?
DJ Ran.
Ric Flair/Roddy Piper/Kanyon/Diamond Dallas Page vs. Saturn/Chris Benoit/Dean Malenko/Buff Bagwell
Nitro Girls.
Hak vs. Rick Steiner
No TV belt again this week but Rick does use a collar to nail Hak upside the head. Some chair shots send Hak up the aisle and Steiner takes him backstage. They hit each other with various metal objects before moving on to a big SUV. Rick takes him to the top of the car and rams Hak head first onto the hood. Hak staggers around and falls over a motorcycle, freaking Bischoff out all over again.
DJ Ran.
Psychosis/La Parka vs. Konnan/Rey Mysterio Jr.
Back in and Psychosis gets in a cheap shot from the apron to take over and La Parka adds a kick to the head of the head. Konnan slips by him and makes a tag off to Rey, setting up a double dive to the outside. Back in and Konnan beats up both guys with ease before stereo headscissors get stereo pins on Psychosis and La Parka.
Rating: D. This was pretty messy as I could barely keep track of who was legal for most of the match. Psychosis and La Parka were mostly there as pinballs to bounce around the ring and never be in any real trouble. The Master P. schilling from Bischoff is going to get old in a hurry but at least he was a fairly big name back then.
WCW World Title: Sid Vicious vs. Kevin Nash
WCW World Title: Randy Savage vs. Kevin Nash
Sid and Savage destroy Nash until Sting finally comes out for the save to end the show.
Overall Rating: D. This was another lame show and the Piper stuff is stupid but that eight man was a nice glimmer of hope. Unlike the paranoid guys in the main event, Flair is at least smart enough to know that he can lose one match and then cut a good promo to make people hate him all over again and get his heat right back. If we can get Piper off screen and let Sid and Nash have their watch big man matches (they have to be better than Savage vs. Nash), things could actually be tolerable around here.
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