WCW Monday Season 1, Episode 2: One Man One Shot: 11/09/1995 by AverageMansReviews

WCW Monday Nitro Season 1, Episode 2: One Man One Shot: 11/09/1995 by AverageMansReviews

Warning: flashing effects/colourful effects/fire

Commentary Award goes to: Eric Bischoff for being a complete heel and sticking it to the WWF/WWE every time throughout this broadcast [ On a quick side note I know, it wasn't just him, but it was 99% him.] I know I shouldn't reward this behaviour, but it is/was pleasant to have another wrestling promotion push back against the WWF/WWE and when this company eventually gets sold in 2001, I look back at this time in 2001 and go that was the beginning of the dark times in professional wrestling, because yes we had TNA/Impact Wrestling starting up in 2002, the WWE became lazy for one reason or another, It was like yes Mr McMahon had won the great war between the triangle of this company, WCW and ECW, but consequently he had no one to fight against. But it was only in 2019 the beginning of AEW that it kept the WWE honest and on its feet and to be brutally honest I don't care if you don't like AEW or not or in fairness and balance the WWE or even Impact Wrestling, it is so much more better to have thriving promotions battling/punishing against one another for the viewer numbers, the wrestling and other components then just have one promotion reigning supreme

Wrestling Award goes to: "The Total Package" Lex Lugar vs. the WCW World Heavyweight Champion Hulk Hogan [with "The Mouth of the South" Jimmy Hart:] Singles Match for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. Luther and Hogan put on a good match; it does what it is very much designed to do and that is put over Luther as a real threat

Promo Award goes to: "Mean"Gene Okerlund interviewing " The Nature Boy " Ric Flair about his upcoming match at WCW Fall Brawl: War Games 1995 against "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson he gets interrupted by "The Total Package" Lex Lugar coming down to the ring with his theme music playing in title "Slammer" instead of Flair being angry at someone has just interrupted him he actually put over Luther. Later on we have this great debate in the ring on who should take Vader spot [because of bureaucracy he didn't fill out the paperwork correctly for the upcoming pay-per-view,]  "Mean"Gene Okerlund interviews; so Hogan needs to find another member for his team going up against The Dungeon of Doom in as you can already guess in a War Games Match [I know this is only the second episode, but the only reason I didn't mention these wrestlers in the previous episode by name is they need to talk for me to include them that is how I have broken down this section] so here they do; in a nutshell Sting is pro-Lugar, Savage is against Lugar, Hart is neutral as in without giving too much away innocent until proven guilty and it is down to Hogan; Hogan asks Lugar to join his team, Lugar accepts under one condition at some point down the line you want another shot at Hogan's championship, this does a excellent job at building Lugar and also simultaneously builds this uneasy alliance between this team with Savage not trusting Lugar and even Hogan is slightly uncomfortable.

Thumbs Down Award goes to: Sabu vs. "Das Wunderkind" Alex Wright: Singles Match. Even before I did a little bit of research, I had this in mind anyway; that Sabu within this wrestling promotion, well it just isn't going to work. This is nothing against this wrestler, but based on this match and his extreme hard-hitting wrestling style, someone has to know how to book him correctly. Because if you have been around wrestling long enough you would know he will give you everything he has including a kitchen sink, that is why he is well respected and I like him, because as I have already referenced if you book him correctly he or whomever he is facing they can bring down the house, but this match here never feels comfortable and the booking compounds that, briefly on some research I am happy for all concerned that he only spent roughly a year in this promotion.

This episode receives: 6/10, this episode is good; I mean if your name is Lex Luger or "The Total Package" Lex Lugar then you are very happy with the way things are going. But we had another three debut matches on this episode and as you can see one didn't go too well, whilst the other will it was okay but I would have put him in a match you could have won and finally I have chosen WCW Fall Brawl: War Games 1995.