Nitro comes on the air with Chavo Guerrero Jr. in the ring locking up with Bill DeMott. We see Chavo try to use his speed against the power of DeMott. Chavo did use a few flying dropkicks but DeMott ended up swatting him away. DeMott finally hit a flying powerslam followed by his Moonsault for the win.
Non-Title-Match:
Bill DeMott pinned Chavo Guerrero Jr. with the
Moonsault in 0:06:57.
Rating: 3/4*
JR: Welcome to Nitro everyone. I am Jim Ross joined once again by Scott Hudson. Tonight we have three big six man tag team matches. One will see the Alliance team of Chris Candido, Ken Shamrock and Ray Traylor team up against the WWF team of Kurt Angle, Tazz and Steve Austin.
Hudson: The second will see Goldberg team with the New Foundation against Bret Hart and the Hardy Boys. Lastly after they attacked Disqo on Saturday Night K-Kwik, Justin Credible and Mike Awesome face Scotty Taylor, Scott Norton and Kanyon.
JR: Also Raven faces Shane Douglas, Albert and Rick Steiner take on Val Venis and Test and in our main event it will be Shawn Michaels and Triple H faces Buh Buh Ray and D-Von, the Dudley Boys.
Hudson: Right now let's go to the back where Tammy is with the man who will be facing Disqo tonight Mick Foley.
Tammy: Mick, tonight you could finally win a WCW singles title.
Mick: Tammy, its good to be right here in Detroit Michigan! Seriously Tammy tonight I face an excellent athlete in Disqo. I am going to give it my best and maybe my good friend Socko will make an appearance.
Suddenly Vince McMahon appears.
McMahon: Your best? YOUR BEST! Losers always whine about their best. Foley if you don't get that TV belt of Disqo you might find your ass FIRED!!
Mick: Listen others might do your dirty work but I am not going to try and hurt someone because he embarrassed you.
McMahon: Watch if Foley, just watch it.
Tammy: Things are picking up back here. Let's get back to the arena.
In the back we see Sean O'Haire and Mark Jindrak getting a cup of coffee. Crash Holly walks by. Sean and Mark laugh and Crash turns around.
Crash: You laughing at me? YOU LAUGHING AT ME!
Sean: Hey Mark, did you hear something?
Mark: Nope.
Crash: Oh that does it. I am sick of short jokes. How about you two show up in that ring tonight and my cousin and I will show you two what wrestling is all about.
Sean: Sure kiddo. You go get your cousin. Now run along before you get lost.
Crash: Oh you are going to get it.
Albert and Rick Steiner got help from Jeff Jarrett to defeated Test and Venis. During the match Jeff Jarrett pasted Venis with his guitar setting up the Baldo Bomb and the win for Albert and Steiner.
Team XPW (Albert and Rick Steiner) defeated Test
and Val Venis when Albert pinned Venis with the Baldo Bomb in 0:06:40.
Rating: 3/4*
(Team XPW (Albert and Rick Steiner) retained the
XPW Tag Team Titles.)
Hudson: Jarrett just got some revenge for the injury Venis inflicted a few weeks ago.
JR: Jarrett has the mic.
Jarrett: Venis, your porn star slapass just got shown who has ALL THE STROKE around here. At Starrcade you are going to find out one more time!
Hudson: Another match signed for Starrcade.
JR: When we come back six man tag team action.
This was really a six man brawl the entire time. Candido unfortunately kept trying to get to Austin but Tazz continued to keep him off. Meanwhile Austin and Traylor fought to the back. The end came when Angle went for the Olympic Slam but Shamrock floated out and locked in the Ankle Lock for the win.
Team Alliance (Chris Candido, Ken Shamrock and
Ray Traylor) defeated Team WWF (Kurt Angle, Steve Austin and Tazz)
when Shamrock made Angle submit to the Ankle Lock Submission in 0:12:59.
Rating: ** 1/2
In the back we see Traylor and Austin still fighting. From behind Traylor gets attacked by Benoit. Benoit and Austin stomp a mudhole in Traylor. Benoit holds Traylor for Austin to give him the Stunner.
Austin: You stupid redneck. What makes you think you can hang with me? YOU CAN'T! At Starrcade I am going to make you bleed.
Benoit then locks in the Crippler Cross Face. Traylor faces starts turning bright red. Finally security breaks it up. Trainer Michael Martin checks on Traylor.
Hudson: Austin seems to be hell bent on destroying Traylor before Starrcade.
JR: Well that is the Rattlesnake.
Hudson: The Rattlesnake seems ready to destroy anyone and everyone.
JR: Let's get to our next match.
This match was a wrestling match unlike the one before. Matt and Lance started off and things went from there. The end came when Matt went for a missile dropkick but Owen moved and Matt hit Jeff. Owen locked in the Sharpshooter while Goldberg took out Matt and Storm took out Bret.
Team Alliance (Bill Goldberg, Lance Storm and
Owen Hart) defeated Team WWF (Bret Hart, Jeff Hardy and Matt Hardy)
when O. Hart made J. Hardy submit to the Sharpshooter in 0:07:17.
Rating: ** 1/4
After the match the raging redneck Stone Cold hit the ring armed with a chair. Owen and Lance both took chair shots. On the floor Bret and Goldberg were exchanging rights. In the ring the Hardy's started to attack the New Foundation only to get attacked by Stone Cold. They both took Stunners. On the floor Bret locked in the Sharpshooter. Austin went out and gave him a Stunner. Goldberg got to his feet only to take a chair shot.
JR: Can anyone stop Stone Cold?
Hudson: I don't think so---wait a minute here he comes.
Austin grabs JR, pulls him from behind the booth, kicks him in the gut and gives him a Stunner.
Hudson: MY GOD JR JUST GOT STUNNED!!!
Security runs out and handcuffs Austin but not before two of them take Stunners.
Hudson: Let's take a break while this is going on.
When we come back we see that Jerry Lawler has joined Scott Hudson.
Lawler: What a night we have had here so far.
Hudson: WHAT A NIGHT!! We have had chaos thanks to Stone Cold Steve Austin. He is a nut!
Lawler: He maybe be handcuffed but he could come back out here anytime.
Hudson: Let's get to the ring where Masato Tanaka is facing Sting.
Sting came up short against Tanaka. Sting missed a Stinger Splash which set up Diamond Dust and the win for Tanaka.
Masato Tanaka pinned Sting with the Diamond Dust
in 0:06:50.
Rating: **
Raven retained his title against for ECW Champion Shane Douglas. Douglas was in charge early on with a series of slams and armdrags. Raven however came back with a low blow. Douglas was going for the his Belly to Belly but Raven raked the eyes. Raven then hit the Raven Effect for the win.
Raven pinned Shane Douglas with the Raven Effect
in 0:09:24.
Rating: ** 1/4
(Raven retained the XPW World Title.)
Hudson: Another win for Raven. Raven could very well walk out of Starrcade for with the GWF title.
Lawler: Well my money is on the rabid Wolverine Chris Benoit but that is just me.
Hudson: Well of course I am pulling for William Regal but Raven keeps looking better and better. Let's get to the ring where the WWF is taking on the Alliance.
The WWF picked up a big win. This match was pretty basic. The end came when Scotty Taylor went for a Frankensteiner only to have Justin counter into power bomb for the win. We then go to the back where we see the Holly's heading toward the ring.
Team WWF (Justin Credible, K-Kwik and Mike
Awesome) defeated Team Alliance (Kanyon, Scott Norton and Scotty
Taylor) when Credible pinned Taylor after a power bomb in 0:06:56.
Rating: * 3/4
Crash: We are going to destroy these two rookies.
Hardcore: You better not mess this one up.
Crash: Don't worry.
Crash was completely destroyed by two Natural Born Thrillers. Crash didn't even get a chance to tag. Hardcore seemed only to get more and more mad on the apron. Finally Jindrak hits the Tilt-A-Whirl Slam to end it.
Team XPW (Mark Jindrak and Sean O'Haire)
defeated The Holly Cousins when Jindrak pinned Crash with the
Tilt-A-Whirl Slam in 0:04:05.
Rating: ** 1/4
After the match Hardcore came in and picked up Crash only to give him a lariat. He then gives Crash his Alabama Slam. He rolls to the floor and throws a table into the ring. He sets it up and superplexs Crash through it.
Hudson: Has the whole world gone insane? The WWF is fighting the WWF.
Lawler: Well both Hardcore and Austin are very high strung. Both men are extremely intense and it shows.
Hudson: If that's intense I would hate to see them upset.
Lawler: Let's get to the ring where Disqo is facing Mick Foley.
Disqo picked up the win thanks to some unlikely help from Mick's now former partner Al Snow. Foley was going into his trunks for Socko when Snow ran to ringside and got on the apron seemingly to cheer Mick on. The ref checked on the time and Snow clocked Mick with Head. Disqo picked up Foley and gave him the Last Dance for the win.
Disqo pinned Mick Foley with the Last Dance in 0:07:05.
Rating: ** 1/4
(Disqo retained the WCW TV Title.)
After the match Snow knocked Disqo out with Head as well. Vince McMahon then strutted to the ring.
McMahon: Foley you should have listened to me. Look at you now face down next to a WCW loser. You have always been a loser and always will be. YOU ARE NOTHING.
Snow: You think you are real funny don't you Mick. Making all those jokes about me. Making me out to be a huge ass. Well now who's the ass Foley?
McMahon: Foley----YOUR FIRED!! Now how about that XPW reject come out so this man can get some gold like he deserves.
Psicosis retained his title when Foley got some revenge. During the match Foley stayed down at ringside. Finally when the ref was turned he entered the ring and hit Snow with a Double Arm DDT setting up the Flying Legdrop from Psicosis and the win.
Psicosis pinned Al Snow with the Flying Legdrop
in 0:06:33.
Rating: *** 1/2
(Psicosis retained the XPW TV Title.)
In our main event Shawn Michaels and Triple H picked up a huge win. During the match both Spike and Jericho got involved. The official went down after Michaels got hit with 2D. Spike came in and gave HHH the Acid Drop only to be taken about by a chair shot from Jericho. Jericho was then thrown to the floor. HHH was then given 3D. The official came to and was putting D-Von out of the ring when Jericho came in and hit Buh Buh with a Lionsault and put HHH on top for the win.
Team WWF (Shawn Michaels and Triple H) defeated The Dudley Boys when
HHH pinned
Buh Buh Ray after outside interference in 0:10:43.
Rating: ****