Monday Nitro – July 19, 1999: Back To Basics And A Lot Of Factions
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Nitro #197
Date: July 19, 1999
Location: Metrocentre, Rockford, Illinois
Attendance: 7,558
Commentators: Scott Hudson, Bobby Heenan
Quick recap from last week and the opening sequence.
Nitro Girls.
Jerry Flynn vs. Fit Finlay
Before the match Jimmy Hart pops up on screen to challenge Finlay for Road Wild, giving him a chance to get the trophy back. Finlay takes over to start and hammers on Jerry in the middle of the ring. Then he hammers him against the ropes and in the corner for good measure. A snapmare and elbow get two on Jerry but he pops up with his spinwheel kick to get a breather. The fans actually cheer for Jerry as he nails a top rope clothesline for two, only to walk into a jawbreaker.
Video on Flair vs. Sting.
Norman Smiley vs. Lodi
The brothers try the Big Wiggle post match.
DJ Ran.
Eric Bischoff jumps in on commentary. Yay.
Video hyping Sting vs. Flair. Basically Sting says Flair is corrupt (he is) and now Sting wants a match for control of the company.
Sting vs. Ric Flair
Post match Sid comes in and nails Sting before powerbombing Bischoff. Hogan runs in for the save.
TV Title: Horace vs. Rick Steiner
Nitro Girls.
Eddie Guerrero vs. Psychosis
Eddie is sent into the barricade to work on the ribs so Psychosis throws him back in for a waistlock. A top rope spinwheel kick drops Eddie for two and a top rope hurricanrana gets the same. Eddie blocks a tornado DDT though and grabs a quick neckbreaker, followed by the Frog Splash for the fast pin.
Villano V and La Parka run in to beat down Eddie post match until Rey Mysterio comes out for the save. Naturally former issues are forgotten and they shake hands.
Kanyon vs. Stevie Ray
Back in and Kanyon grabs a quick slam, followed by a middle rope legdrop for two. A swan dive misses though and Stevie plants Kanyon with a powerslam. The rest of the Triad comes in but Stevie fights them off with relative ease. Stevie totally botches the Slapjack, nearly falling onto Kanyon instead of jumping. Not that it matters as Page comes in for the DQ. Actually scratch that as the referee says it was a pin, even though Page hit him before the three. Ok then.
The Triad beats Stevie down until Booker makes the save. To be fair they made fun of his mama too.
Randy Savage vs. Kidman
Security (and Tony Schiavone for some reason) comes in to break it up as Arliss makes a challenge for Savage vs. Rodman at Road Wild. Madusa comes out and brawls with Miss Madness
Clip of Vampiro beating up Konnan last week.
Konnan vs. Vampiro
Konnan babbles about cheddar before the match and slaps Vampiro in the face before the bell. Vampiro quickly takes over and suplexes him down for two before stomping away on Konnan. A spinwheel kick drops Konnan as Heenan sounds bombed. The kick to the ribs and X Factor set up a clothesline to knock Vampiro outside. Back in and a horrible looking takedown called a bulldog sets up the rolling lariat, only to have the Insane Clown Posse come in to stomp on Konnan for the DQ.
Nitro Girls with DJ Ran.
Clip of Hogan winning the title last week.
Road Wild ad.
Chris Benoit/Perry Saturn vs. Curt Hennig/Barry Windham
Windham hits a clothesline of his own and we take a break. Back with Barry superplexing Benoit for two as Saturn makes the save. Off to Curt for his usual, only to miss a charge in the corner. The hot tag brings in Saturn but he has to fight off all four Rednecks. Hennig rakes the eyes to get out of the Death Valley Driver but gets caught in the Crossface, drawing in the Rednecks for the DQ.
Nitro Girls.
Clip of Hogan winning the title last week.
Road Wild ad.
WCW World Title: Sid Vicious vs. Hollywood Hogan
Sting comes in for the save until Rick Steiner comes in to beat Sting down. Goldberg FINALLY returns and cleans house, sending the villains to the floor for a big staredown to end the show. Of course Nash is totally cool with Sid, who was involved in attempting to murder him about a month ago.
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