- Beautiful Bobby vs. Glacier
- Big Bubba vs. Konnan
- Jim Duggan vs. Lord Steven Regal
- Hugh Morrus vs. Jim Powers
- Psychosis vs. Rey Mysterio Jr.
- Chavo Guerrero Jr. vs. The Taskmaster
- WCW United States Heavyweight Championship: Alex Wright vs. Eddie Guerrero
- The Amazing French Canadians vs. Harlem Heat
- Lex Luger vs. Meng
Editors’ Comments / Rating
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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