CONTACTABOUTFACEBOOKTWITTERPODCAST IPHONE APPANDROID APPAMAZON APPRSS
Pro Wrestling Torch
Pro Wrestling Torch Reaches The Most Wrestling Fans Every Week: #1 in iTunes • #1 on iPhone and iPad • #1 on Android • #1 on Kindle
GOT THE PWTORCH APP YET?
iPhone & iPad
Android
Amazon Kindle
Windows Phone
PWTorch Phone App
Torch Today
AUG. 19 IN HISTORY (1996): WCW Nitro features Big Show vs. Savage to counter post-Summerslam Raw, plus Sting tries to assemble a group to fight invading faction

Aug 19, 2013 - 10:16:57 AM
PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO BOOKMARK US & VISIT US DAILY


BigShow_Wide_CG_3.png



This Day In Wrestling History - August 19

Date: August 19, 1996 (17 years ago)

Feature: WCW Nitro continued its weekly dominance of WWF/E Raw with a main event of The Giant (Big Show) vs. "Macho Man" Randy Savage to counter WWF's post-Summerslam Raw main event of Shawn Michaels vs. Yokozuna. Also on Nitro was Sting trying to assemble a group (sound familiar?) to fight the invading force - the NWO.

Torch Back-Issue: PWTorch Newsletter #403.

Not a VIP member? Find out how to access over 1,000 PWTorch Newsletter back-issues right now by CLICKING HERE - PWTorch.com/GoVIP.

WCW Monday Nitro Review
August 19, 1996
Live from Huntsville, Ala.
Report by Wade Keller, PWTorch editor


Tony Schiavone & Larry Zbyszko opened the program.

(1) Hacksaw Duggan beat V.K. Wallstreet at 4:40. Schiavone said about Duggan, "His ring smarts are underrated, I think. He's a very intelligent wrestler." Zbyszko emphatically responded, "Are you ribbing?" The match ended when V.K. got a hold of Duggan's tape, but as he wrapped his fist, Duggan took out another roll and nailed V.K... Okerlund interviewed Duggan who called Hulk Hogan "Terry" and said he wanted to talk to him as a man. As he scolded Hogan, Savage came to the ring. Duggan pretended to not know who was coming because he never looking toward the direction everyone else was. When Savage entered the ring, Duggan put up his hands defensively as if to fight. He quickly calmed down. Savage talked about facing Giant that night and Hogan eventually...

(2) Chris Benoit pinned Robert Eaton in 3:30. The announcers talked of Regal perhaps leaving Eaton and David Taylor and working on his singles aspirations... They recapped Nick Patrick's controversial decisions... Okerlund interviewed Lex Luger and Sting in the locker room. They talked about having faced the Horsemen in tags or singles bouts thousands of times, but promised a surprise later in the show this time...

(3) Scott Norton beat Disco Inferno in 4:00. A fan sign read, "Where's Glacier?"... Okerlund interviewed Ice Train and Teddy Long. Long blamed Ice's loss to Norton at Hog Wild on ref Patrick...

(4) Dean Malenko beat Steven Regal at 9:35. Best match of the first hour by far. The last two minutes were especially good with some great near falls... The first hour ended with an interview with the Horsemen on the rampway... Eric Bischoff and Bobby Heenan opened the second hour.

(5) The Nasty Boys beat The Public Enemy at 3:58. During ring intros, Bischoff talked about WCW defending itself against a lawsuit the WWF initiated against them. He assured everybody that WCW is not going anywhere and is not going to change the way they do business. He gave credit to WCW's athletes for what makes WCW great, not the NWO wrestlers. When Sags moved off the table, Rocco flip splashed Grunge through the table. Sags rolled Rocco into the ring and Nobbs scored the pin. Heenan said he couldn't live with himself if he was outsmarted by the Nastys... In a post-match interview, the Nastys talked about being independent and going after the tag titles...

(6) Chavo Guerrero Jr. pinned Diamond Dallas Page at 4:26. At 3:43 Page Tiger bombed Guerrero, but deliberately didn't pin him. Page then gave Guerrero a belly-to-belly. Bischoff called for ref Patrik to DQ Page. Guerrero then surprised Page with a backslide. Page went nuts afterward and whipped Guerrero with Patrik's belt. Randy Anderson ran to the ring and accused Patrik of not trying to stop Page. Bischoff criticized Patrik, also...

Okerlund interviewed Patrick, who gave another articulate interview explaining himself. He said he was alone and was waiting for backup. Patrick blamed Okerlund for blowing things out of proportion. Okerlund asked Patrick how it afforded the $550,000 home he just purchased. Heenan said he thought Patrick seemed honest to him...

(7) Harlem Heat beat American Males at 4:15 to retain the WCW Tag Titles. During ring intros Bischoff said he thinks the NWO don't really have a fourth or fifth guy and called it smoke and mirrors. Patrik refereed. The end came when Stevie Ray pushed Marcus Bagwell off the top rope and Booker T pinned him...

Flair and Arn came to the ring for their match. Sting and Luger followed. Sting asked for the other Horsemen to come to the ring to join Flair and Arn. Bischoff questioned Sting's sanity. Sting said they can beat each other up or acknowledge the problem in WCW - the NWO. He said even though they can't trust each other, they should team up in War Games because they have more War Games experience than anyone. A long, but very good discussion took place. All six were great in their roles with Sting and Arn shining. They agreed, although reluctantly...

(8) The Giant fought Randy Savage to a no contest. It never got started as Giant attacked Savage at the start. Savage low kicked Giant to gain advantage and then fended off the Dungeon with a chair...

[Torch art credit Cory Gould (c) PWTorch.com]


We suggest these recent related articles...
WRESTLING PODCAST LOG: Patrick from Tough Enough on Ross & Booker's shows, Austin talks hot topics, Jericho/Mr. Belding, Flair/Madden, Taz, Cabana, more
WRESTLING PODCAST LOG: Heyman talks to Chael Sonnen & Austin, Flair & Steamboat, Cornette to Jim Ross & Roddy Piper, Cabana, Jericho, Taz, more
WRESTLING PODCAST LOG: Jericho talks to Ventura, Cabana to Hawkins, Austin/Barnett, Ross/Danny Davis, Booker/Vickie, Piper/Valentine, Flair, Taz, more
prowrestling.net
CLICK HERE FOR EVEN MORE PW.NET HEADLINES


CLICK TO EMAIL THIS ARTICLE
CLICK HERE TO RETURN TO MAIN LISTING

NEW! SIGN UP FOR FREE PWTORCH BREAKING NEWS EMAIL ALERTS
BECOME A PWTORCH VIP MEMBER
-FORMER MEMBERS LOGIN HERE TO RENEW
-NEW MEMBERS CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP
SELECT BY ARTICLES CATEGORY
SEARCH PWTORCH.COM



CLICK HERE FOR LIST OF UPCOMING PRO WRESTLING EVENTS
MORE HEADLINES AT AFFILIATE SITES
MMATorch
LATEST HEADLINES - CLICK TO READ CLICK HERE FOR MORE MMATORCH HEADLINES


PWTORCH POLL - VOTE NOW!
RAW POLL 10/12: Vote on Monday's show
 
pollcode.com free polls


RAW POLL 10/12: What was the Best Match on Raw?
 
pollcode.com free polls
MCNEILL LIVECAST POLL: TNA will have a 32-person tournament to determine a new Hvt. champion - your thoughts?
 
pollcode.com free polls
CENA POLL: If John Cena takes a year-end break, who should win the U.S. Title from Cena?
 
pollcode.com free polls
VOTE IN OR SEE RESULTS OF PREVIOUS POLLS



LATEST HEADLINES - CLICK TO READ CLICK HERE FOR EVEN MORE INC HEADLINES

_
LATEST FREE AUDIO SHOWS - CLICK TO LISTEN VIEW MORE PWTORCH LIVECAST EPISODES
DOWNLOAD PWTORCH LIVECAST APP
SUBSCRIBE TO PWTORCH LIVECAST IN ITUNES


ABOUT US

THE TORCH REACHES MORE COMBAT ENTERTAINMENT FANS THAN ANY OTHER SOURCE

PWTorch editor Wade Keller has covered pro wrestling full time since 1987 starting with the Pro Wrestling Torch print newsletter. PWTorch.com launched in 1999 and the PWTorch Apps launched in 2008.

He has conducted "Torch Talk" insider interviews with Hulk Hogan, The Rock, Steve Austin, Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, Eric Bischoff, Jesse Ventura, Lou Thesz, Jerry Lawler, Mick Foley, Jim Ross, Paul Heyman, Bruno Sammartino, Goldberg, more.

He has interviewed big-name players in person incluiding Vince McMahon (at WWE Headquarters), Dana White (in Las Vegas), Eric Bischoff (at the first Nitro at Mall of America), Brock Lesnar (after his first UFC win).

He hosted the weekly Pro Wrestling Focus radio show on KFAN in the early 1990s and hosted the Ultimate Insiders DVD series distributed in retail stories internationally in the mid-2000s including interviews filmed in Los Angeles with Vince Russo & Ed Ferrara and Matt & Jeff Hardy. He currently hosts the most listened to pro wrestling audio show in the world, (the PWTorch Livecast, top ranked in iTunes)


REACHING 1 MILLION+ UNIQUE USERS PER MONTH
500 MILLION CLICKS & LISTENS PER YEAR
MILLIONS OF PWTORCH NEWSLETTERS SOLD
PWTORCH STAFF

EDITORS:
Wade Keller, editor
(kellerwade@gmail.com)

James Caldwell, assistant editor
(pwtorch@gmail.com)

STAFF COLUMNISTS:
Bruce Mitchell (since 1990)
Pat McNeill (since 2001)
Greg Parks (since 2007)
Sean Radican (since 2003)

We also have a great team of
TV Reporters
and Specialists and Artists.

PWTORCH VIP MEMBERSHIP

PWTorch offers a VIP membership for $10 a month (or less with an annual sub). It includes nearly 25 years worth of archives from our coverage of pro wrestling dating back to PWTorch Newsletters from the late-'80s filled with insider secrets from every era that are available to VIPers in digital PDF format and Keller's radio show from the early 1990s.

Also, new exclusive top-shelf content every day including a new VIP-exclusive weekly 16 page digital magazine-style (PC and iPad compatible) PDF newsletter packed with exclusive articles and news.

The following features come with a VIP membership which tens of thousands of fans worldwide have enjoyed for many years...

-New Digital PWTorch Newsletter every week
-3 New Digital PDF Back Issues from 5, 10, 20 years ago
-Over 60 new VIP Audio Shows each week
-Ad-free access to all PWTorch.com free articles
-VIP Forum access with daily interaction with PWTorch staff and well-informed fellow wrestling fans
-Tons of archived audio and text articles
-Decades of Torch Talk insider interviews in transcript and audio formats with big name stars.


**SIGN UP FOR VIP ACCESS HERE**

CONTACTABOUTFACEBOOKTWITTERPODCASTIPHONE APPANDROID APPAMAZON APPRSS
VIP SIGN-UP
VIP LOGIN
THE TORCH: #1 IN COMBAT ENTERTAINMENT COVERAGE | © 1999-2013 TDH Communications Inc. • All rights reserved -- PRIVACY POLICY