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[1995-09-04-WCW-Nitro] Ric Flair vs Sting


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Notable for the pretty earth-shattering appearance of Lex Luger at ringside right before the match gets started.

 

Typical Flair/Sting match on fast forward, but I like their match. The match ends with Arn coming in and he and Flair end up getting into it.

 

Post-match, Scott Norton shows up at ringside and starts screaming that he signed a contract. He's in Mongo's face until Randy Savage comes out and they start jacking jaws at each other. Great heat for all of this, and they did a good job creating excitement with this whole segment.

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Funny, I had no recollection of this match at all. Hey, Flair moves pretty quickly compared to 2001, and he does a lot more stuff ! That being said, it's basically the same match. And it's also the same match they had in 1990. Sting is probably one of my least favourite Flair opponent, and they always work in auto-pilot it seems. Luger showed up from nowhere is just amazing. His fashion sense is just so mid-90's it's hurting my eyes.

 

Norton and Savage had a pretty fun match the following week.

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We're treated to a Thunder in Paradise ad (with Knight Boat: The CRIME SOLVING Boat!) and the ART THOU BORED? Randy Savage Slim Jim spot. And then a live-on-tape spot for Hulk Hogan's Pastamania. Hogan rambles without saying anything of substance.

 

God, I forgot Sting was still the US Champ at this point. Ric busts out the ultra-rare beige robe for this special occasion. Of course, the story here is LEX LUGER at ringside. In one instant, Nitro went from being Bischoff's Folly--a Dixie Carter move to Monday nights 8 years early--to being must-see TV. At a time when I thought I knew everything because I had Prodigy/RSPW access, this blindsided virtually everyone. Pretty empty match, but really fun nevertheless--I daresay I enjoyed this more than any other Flair/Sting match. Clearly everyone wants to go balls-to-the-wall on opening night. Breakneck pace, and this is actually done better than Pillman/Liger. Flair is disqualified for grabbing the ropes in the figure four, and Arn comes in to break the hold. They brawl to the back, and then Scott Norton is here in a segment that I have no memory of. Good crash-TV stuff that certainly firmly established another point of difference between Nitro and Raw.

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With this one segment, Nitro made Raw look and feel antiquated. The shocking Luger debut, a fun Flair-Sting by numbers match, Arn looking like a tough guy, even Norton seemed like a big deal because Savage came out to confront him. Huge difference in pace and tone to what Raw was offering.

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