Saturday, Jan. 24, 1998
-Bret Hart vs. Ric Flair
-Kevin Nash vs. The Giant
-Scott Hall vs. Larry Zbyszko
-Raven vs. Chris Benoit
-Randy Savage vs. Lex Luger
-Rick Martel vs. Booker T. = TV Title Match
-Chris Jericho vs. Rey Mysterio Jr. = Cruiserweight Title Match
-Steiner Brothers/Ray Traylor vs. Konnan/Buff/Scott Norton
-Rowdy Roddy Piper made his return (oh boy) and announced that Sting would face Hogan at Superbrawl for the WCW World Title, and that Scott Hall would have to wait for his title shot.
My comments: As you can see by the predictions I gave, I was wrong about this card. The nWo did get Dusty Rhodes (that's a major pickup (sarcasm) even though they didn't get Scott Steiner, although it still may happen at Monday's Nitro. I was wrong about Hart/Flair, wrong about Giant/Nash, wrong about Savage/Luger. I was RIGHT about Hall beating Larry, RIGHT about Benoit kicking Raven's ass, and right about Booker T keeping the title. I was also right about Jericho beating Mysterio, but who cares. My predictions...Screwjob for Hart/Flair with British Bulldog possibly interfering...Giant finally gets Nash and wins...After 10 years Hall beats Zbyszko in a weird match...Raven finally gets in the ring with Chris Benoit but Benoit kicks his ass or Flock interferes to help Raven win...Savage beats Luger in a screwjob maybe Elizabeth helping or Luger turning nWo...Don't care about Booker T vs. Martel but I'm guessing Booker T will keep the belt cause he's over with the fans...Jericho beats Mysterio for the Cruiserweight title...Scott Steiner turns on his brother and either joins nWo or just turns heel and feuds with Rick Steiner.
==Scheduled card==
-Bret Hart d. Ric Flair via submission from the Sharpshooter
-Distraction from Hogan gave Nash time to throw coffee into the Giants eyes. Nash then powerbombed the Giant for the win.
-Louie Spicoli came to ringside with Hall, so Dusty Rhodes left the announcers booth to join Zbyszko. As Larry held Hall, Dusty went to give him his famous elbow, but Hall ducked and Dusty hit Larry. Dusty unbuttoned his shirt, as if to fight Hall, but he had an nWo shirt on, thus joining the nWo, while Larry Z gets the win via DQ.
-This match was a great match as Benoit took it right to Raven, eventually knocking him out. Benoit put Raven in the Crippler Crossface but was unconscious, so the ref called for the bell, giving Benoit the win. The Flock tried to interfere and attack Benoit, but Dean Malenko stopped them.
-Lex Luger d. Randy Savage
-Martel had Booker T in the Quebec Crab but Booker T reversed the move and eventually hit the Harlem Hangover for the win to retain the title.
-Chris Jericho d. Rey Mysterio Jr. with the Liontamer to win the title.
-This match was all Scott Steiner and he won it for his team.
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