WCW Monday Nitro Season 1, Episode 17: Merry Christmas by AverageMansReviews

WCW Monday Nitro Season 1, Episode 17: Merry Christmas by AverageMansReviews

Warning: flashing effects/colourful effects/fire/blood

Commentary Award goes to: Eric Bischoff for being the linchpin for this episode and dropping in the fact that Hulk Hogan is now suspended for the rest of 1995, later on he also makes reference to the WWF/WWE as in a snippet; their wrestlers are leaving in droves and coming to where the big boys/women play, I have adapted this to include women because of Medusa which somewhere previously in fairness to Bischoff he makes reference to and I should just point this out Steve "Mongo" McMichael [with Pepe the Chihuahua,] picks things up from there and continues the reference about Medusa and what she did last week and that lesser league [the WWF/WWE,] before somebody points this out to me instead of using Hart usual “The Mouth of the South”Bischoff goes with “Madman” even though that I have said this there isn’t  a difference between is usual heel shtick anyway and finally Bischoff  putts this out there the intriguing question of who was Sting it can help; is it "Macho Man" Randy Savage or "The Total Package" Lex Lugar?

Wrestling Award goes to: "The Iceman" Dean Malenko vs.  Mr. J. L: Singles Match

Honorary mention: Sting performs this small package pin beginning from the far right upper turnbuckle in his match against Big Bubba Roger: Singles Match

Promo Award goes to:  [just away from the entrance ramp] "Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Sting and yet again his relationship with "The Total Package" Lex Lugar, Starrcade '95; World Cup of Wrestling, Ric Flair and WCW vs. New Japan Pro Wrestling in the World Cup; including the extra bonus of no theme music for Sting, but the pyro goes off which makes Okerlund jump; so this is a blooper. [I should provide a little bit more background; after this interview/promo section Sting has a match with everything going according to plan as in how it should go. But Sting does put across that something didn't order hasn't gone according to plan either the previous time or this time, I should point out that this is just based on opinion, observation and speculation] and then on the way down to the ring Sting has noticed he has these Sting images/lights on the floor when he goes to the ring.

Later on

 [Just away from the entrance ramp] "Mean" Gene Okerlund with a Father Christmas hat on interviews "Dungeon of Doom's" "The Total Package" Lex Lugar  [with "The Mouth of the South" Jimmy Hart] as they basically talk about things leading into Starrcade '95: World Cup of Wrestling [with Sting paying attention from ringside as he is just had his match.] Sgt. Craig "Pitbull" Pitman interrupting Hart to ask him to manage him in short he declines.

Later on

[Just away from the entrance ramp] "Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews "The Four Horsemen's" "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair about tonight's main event, Hart interrupts by basically saying, I am sorry for what " The Taskmaster" Kevin Sullivan had to say last week and Hart asks Flair if you can be in his corner tonight, I am paraphrasing here for saving him last week he wants to return the favour and be in his corner tonight which Flair agrees to.

This episode receives: 7/10, this episode is good; it is solidly does what it is designed to do and that is be a go home episode, before this pay-per-view which is only days away of WCW Starrcade '95: World Cup of Wrestling.