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WWF MONDAY NIGHT RAW 5/27/96 (00:07:03)
- It’s a special Memorial Day edition of Raw as we kick off the King of the Ring Qualifying matches…
- The Ultimate Warrior vs. Goldust in a KotR Qualifier!
- Jerry Lawler picks a fight with the Warrior
- BEWARE OF DOG 2 is announced!
- Sunny aligns with the Godwinns…
- Sunny aligns with the Smoking Gunns… boy she gets around
- Ted Dibiase puts his WWF career on the line!
- NEW Tag Team Champions The Smoking Gunns take on the Body Donnas
- Owen Hart debuts his arm cast!
- Ahmed Johnson battles Vader in a battle of the bulls as the two men attempt to Qualify for KotR.
- Ahmed Johnson gets stretchered
- Goldust “revives” Ahmed with a little “mouth to mouth”.
- An ANGRY Ahmed Johnson goes Goldust hunting and destroys a poor job guy THROUGH A DOOR in the process.
- WWF IN YOUR HOUSE “BEWARE OF DOG 2” RESULTS
WCW MONDAY NITRO 5/27/96 (00:49:21) - Nitro debuts its new 2-HOUR format!
- Tony Schiavone & Larry Zbyszko debut as the hour 1 announcers
- Ric Flair & Arn Anderson take on the American Males in a fun TV match
- Marcus Bagwell nearly takes Flair’s head off
- The Horsemen talk Randy Savage, Steve McMichael & Kevin Greene
- Mongo & Kevin Greene train for their match with the Horsemen at GAB
- The Mauler (Mike Enos) makes his WCW debut vs. Steve Doll, but HEY YO, $hit happens.
- In an event that would change wrestling forever…. SCOTT HALL ARRIVES WITH A MESSAGE FOR WCW! YOU WANT A WAR?
- “Lord of the Ring” DDP battles Craig “Pitbull” Pittman
- Randy Savage loses control!
- Mean Gene talks to a SHARK as Tenta has been kicked from the Dungeon of Doom
- Hulk Hogan
- HOUR 2 of Nitro begins with WCW Champion The Giant defending against The Shark. We need a bigger boat Match.
- Big Bubba (No Trubba) shaves HALF the head of the Shark as booker Kevin Sullivan channels an old Florida gimmick
- Lex Luger defends the forgotten TV Title vs. Maxx Muscle
- Curtain jerker DDP (wisely) gets yanked from the WCW Title match at the GAB
- Lex Luger talks his title shot with the Giant at the GAB PPV
- How many moves can “Hardwork” Bobby Walker botch in a single match? Brad Armstrong finds out!
- Lord Steven Regal in a solid TV match with “Junior Adolph” Alex Wright
- GLACIER is coming to WCW as Blood Runs Cold
- Steve Regal calls out WCW’s franchise player Sting
- STING GOES UP AGAINST SCOTT STEINER in a hell of a TV main event
- SCOTT HALL RETURNS to inform Eric Bischoff that “WE ARE TAKING OVER”.
Plus, we talk about our segments of the night, who won the TV war this week for us, and of course TV ratings. How does the first 2-hour edition of Nitro do as its second hour goes head-to-head with the WWF’s Raw?