The Amazing French Canadians

on April 10, 2020April 10, 2020 by ckpunk

WCW Nitro: February 17, 1997

Rey Mysterio Jr. defeated Super Calo
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Rey Mysterio wins by pinfall
Steve McMichael defeated Hugh Morrus (4:21)
Dean Malenko (c) defeated Robbie Brookside to retain the WCW World Cruiserweight Championship (2:54)
Public Enemy (Johnny Grunge & Rocco Rock) defeated The Amazing French Canadians (Jacques Rougeau & Carl Ouelett) (w/ Col. Robert Parker) (4:46)
Prince Iaukea defeated Lord Steven Regal (c) to win the WCW World Television Championship (3:32)
Randy Anderson defeated Nick Patrick (0:43)
Chris Benoit (w/ Woman) defeated Road Block (2:30)
Kevin Sullivan (w/ Jacqueline & Jimmy Hart) defeated Doc Dean (3:20)
Eddie Guerrero (c) defeated Konnan by disqualification to retain the WCW United States Championship (6:04)
The Giant defeated Top Gun & Johnny Swinger in a Two On One Handicap Match (0:40)
Chris Jericho defeated Jeff Jarrett (2:30)

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on March 10, 2020April 7, 2020 by ckpunk

WCW Nitro: January 27, 1997

The Faces Of Fear (Meng & The Barbarian) vs. The Steiner Brothers (Rick Steiner & Scott Steiner)
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The Steiner Brothers win by pinfall
The Giant vs. Road Block
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The Giant wins by pinfall
WCW United States Championship Match:Eddie Guerrero vs. Jeff Jarrett
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Jeff Jarrett wins by DQ
Billy Pearl vs. The Ultimo Dragon
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The Ultimo Dragon wins by pinfall
Lex Luger vs. Ron Powers
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Lex Luger wins by submission
The Amazing French Canadians (Jacques Rougeau & Carl Ouelette) vs. Arn Anderson & Steve McMichael
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Arn Anderson & Steve McMichael win by pinfall
WCW World Tag Team Championship: The Extreme (Ace Darling & Devon Storm) vs. The Outsiders (Scott Hall & Kevin Nash)
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The Outsiders win by pinfall
Joe Gomez vs. Kevin Sullivan
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Kevin Sullivan wins by pinfall
WCW World Cruiserweight Championship: Dean Malenko vs. Jerry Flynn
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Dean Malenko wins by submission
Chris Benoit vs. Hugh Morrus
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Hugh Morrus wins by pinfall
WCW World Heavyweight Championship Match: The Giant vs. Hulk Hogan
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The Giant wins by DQ

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C. K. Punk: Another awesome episode of Nitro. Superior production to the WWF Raw episode. Good mix of story/drama along with matches. Story line is multidimensional and more going on than what RAW has,

Thoughts:

Eric Bischoff was playing a jerk boss this episode, and seems pretty reminiscent of how Vince McMahon will end up being on Raw. Very similar angle.
More example how the 90’s were awesome and we were fine with being politically correct. Commentators comment: “That’s why you should keep them in the kitchen”, if reference to Debra Marshall.
Rick flair I still find to be super annoying.
WCW has a lot of championship matches, especially when compare to RAW. Also, WCW has some pretty short matches. I suppose this makes it a bit more realistic.

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Acting: 3
Commentating: 3
Match Excitement: 3
Production Quality: 4
Story: 4

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on March 9, 2020March 26, 2020 by ckpunk

WCW Nitro: January 6, 1997

Beautiful Bobby vs. Glacier
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Glacier wins by pinfall
Big Bubba vs. Konnan
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Konnan wins
Jim Duggan vs. Lord Steven Regal
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Time-limit draw
Hugh Morrus vs. Jim Powers
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Hugh Morrus wins
Psychosis vs. Rey Mysterio Jr.
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Rey Mysterio Jr. wins
Chavo Guerrero Jr. vs. The Taskmaster
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The Taskmaster wins
WCW United States Heavyweight Championship: Alex Wright vs. Eddie Guerrero
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Eddie Guerrero wins
The Amazing French Canadians vs. Harlem Heat
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Harlem heat wins
Lex Luger vs. Meng
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Lex Luger wins

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Compared to: https://www.ckpunk.com/wwf-raw-january-6-1997/

C. K. Punk: I first got into wrestling back in 1997, watching primarily Monday Night Raw. I am surprised to see how “raw” (no pun intended) the production quality is on this compared to what I remember for the RAW is WAR format. I suspect that this will improve a lot when RAW goes to 2 hour format and especially the RAW is WAR theme. For right now, WCW has a large edge in production quality over WWF.

I must say that I am overall impressed at the production quality of WCW, especially when considering its WWF counterpart. There is a good balance of drama and matches, as well as match variety. This is literally the first time I watched more than a couple minutes of a WCW Nitro episode, let alone the full two hours. Some various thoughts here:

I find Rick Flair very annoying. His “woooooo” every few words is obnoxious.
Commentary was overall good, but it did get a bit silly towards the latter part with the bickering and the intentional long, convoluted statements.
Surprised to see Hulk/Hollywood hogan as heel. Also, does he paint his unshaven portion of his beard black?

My rating:

Acting: 3
Commentating: 3
Match Excitement: 3
Production Quality: 3
Story: 3

Erock:

My rating:

Acting: 3
Commentating: 3
Match Excitement: 4
Production Quality: 4
Story: 4

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