Post by Leo on Apr 21, 2023 17:58:46 GMT -5
Leo's Note: I misread the calendar and basically did my build for the ppv a week early, so I'm changing Hollywood Homecoming to April 30
WCW Monday Nitro episode 19 for 04.24.23
WCW Monday Nitro episode 19 for 04.24.23
Live from the Cow Palace in Daly City, California
Commentary: Gorilla Monsoon and Don Callis
Ring Announcer: Gary Michael Cappetta
Interviewer: SoCal Val
Referees: Tommy Young, Joey Marella and Aubrey Edwards
Gorilla Monsoon and Don Callis welcome everyone to the program and preview the coming show. The top two champs in WCW, World Champion Paul Orndorff and Gulf Coast Champion Billy Graham, will team to face two-thirds of the WCW Trios Champions, Junkyard Dog and Ernie Ladd of the Dominators. Then the other member of the Dominators, Tony Atlas, will face Kurt Angle.
Also, Tommy Rich returns to face Jake Roberts, Magnum TA and Dusty Rhodes face Del Wilkes and Tom Magee of the Stud Stable and the top two women’s champions in Charlotte Flair and Tamina Snuka will square off with their main recent rivals, Kamille Kaine and Thunder Rosa. And we have women’s action to start as well.
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Madusa Micelli defeated Tessa Blanchard by count out at 7:50. Madusa gets the German suplex with bridge for a pinfall attempt, but Blanchard rolls out of it. Micelli pitches Blanchard to the floor and jaws with referee Aubrey Edwards. Ember Moon runs out and attacks Blanchard and they brawl up the aisle. Security led by Steve Blackman comes out and breaks them up. Shane McMahon appears and books a falls count anywhere match between Blanchard and Moon for Hollywood Homecoming II.
COMMERCIAL
Jake “The Snake” Roberts defeated “Wildfire” Tommy Rich by pinfall via DDT at 8:18.
Roberts gets the microphone post-match. “Chris Jericho isn’t here once again. How surprising. He shows up last week, has me outsmart him and whip his ass and he’s gone. Jericho can talk a big game, but has nothing to show for it. There is a lot of prey in the animal kingdom that puffs themselves up to look big and bad to scare off predators. Well, the snake is never tricked. The snake lies in wait and strikes when it knows the time is right. And the time will be right for me at Hollywood Homecoming II.”
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SoCal Val on the interview platform has the Stud Stable led by Col. Robert Fuller. He hypes WarGames and the tag match upcoming between Wilkes and Magee and Magnum and Rhodes.
COMMERCIAL
Kurt Angle defeated “Mr. USA” Tony Atlas by submission via ankle lock at 6:30.
Angle grabs a microphone post match. “Brian Pillman, I want my gold medal back and I will get it back at Hollywood Homecoming II. That medal will be back around my neck and my hair will stay on my head. It’s true. It’s damn true.”
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Randy Savage and Curt Hennig are on the interview stage with SoCal Val. They hype the WarGames match at Hollywood Homecoming and how Rhodes and Magnum are perfect partners for them, because they got a little madness in them.
COMMERCIAL
“Hollywood” Hulk Hogan with Dennis Rodman defeated the Ohio River Rat (former WCW talent Jock Samson in a mask) by pinfall at 3:11 via big boot and leg drop. After the match, Hogan gets a spray paint can from Rodman and sprays the nWo letters on the River Rat’s back.
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Nick Aldis is on the interview stage with SoCal Val. He talks about facing Billy Graham in a submission match for the WCW Gulf Coast Title at Hollywood Homecoming II. Might doesn’t make right. Graham might be able to pack a lot of power into his full nelson and bearhug. But, Aldis is the better wrestler and more clever. The Sharpshooter might be his submission move of choice, but there are a thousand other ways he can get the Superstar to tap out.
COMMERCIAL
The Miracle Workers (Eli Drake and Mike Bennett) and Killer Kross with Maria Kanellis-Bennett defeated Brian Pilman Sr. and the Varsity Blondes (Brian Pillman Jr. and Griff Garrison) by pinfall of Drake on Garrison via spiked Gravy Train at 12:34.
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We then cut to the interview stage where SoCal Val has Kevin Owens. He’s dressed in black and white and has a spray paint can. Does he look cool? No, he looks ridiculous. Hogan is running away from the truth by pulling the same stunt he did last time his popularity was at its lowest ebb. But becoming a fake bad guy with a fake wrestler at his side isn’t going to save him from Owens and Kross at Hollywood Homecoming II.
COMMERCIAL
Kamille Kaine and Thunder Rosa defeated “The Queen” Charlotte Flair and Tamina Snuka with “Number One” Paul Jones at 14:50 by pinfall of Rose on Snuka via La Rosa. Kaine and Flair are fighting outside the ring and Kaine pulls a ladder out from under the ring and nails Flair with it. In the distraction, Jones gives Snuka the roll of silver dollars, but Rosa kicks Snuka’s hand into her face and she knocks out herself, leading to the finish.
Shane McMahon comes out and says since Charlotte Flair last won the WCW Women’s Title in an impromptu ladder match, he’s going to book one final match between Kaine and Flair at Hollywood Homecoming II in a ladder match.
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SoCal Val has Owen Hart and Jim Neidhart on the interview stage. They hype their tag team titles match at Hollywood Homecoming II against the Powers of Fear. No matter which two of the three they get, the New Foundation will win and the Powers of Fear will go from controlling all the tag gold in WCW to none of it.
COMMERCIAL
“Mr. Wonderful” Paul Orndorff and “Superstar” Billy Graham defeated the Dominators (Junkyard Dog and “Big Cat” Ernie Ladd) by pinfall of Orndorff on Ladd via piledriver at 9:14.
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Davey Boy Smith is on the interview stage with SoCal Val. He runs down Harry and hypes their match at Hollywood Homecoming II. Harry comes out and Davey Boy tells him to run off, because this is his interview time. He’s been turning the other cheek his whole life when it came to his dad and his orders, but no more. He’s not doing what he’s told anymore, he’s doing what’s right. And what’s right is Davey Boy finally being put in his place at Hollywood Homecoming II.
COMMERCIAL
Magnum TA and “The American Dream” Dusty Rhodes defeated the Stud Stable (“Mega Man” Tom Magee and “Expatriate” Del Wilkes) with Col. Robert Fuller by pinfall of Rhodes on Magee at 10:22. Fuller tries to interfere and Magnum drags him to the floor off the apron. This allows Wilkes to attack him from behind. The heels then try to double team Rhodes, but he fights back with the Flip, Flop and Fly on both and finishes with the Bionic Elbow.