To be honest, I’m not at all completely confident in the top five, but I am in the top 30 as a whole. Look, these are great matches, and if you can find any of the matches in the top thirty you will enjoy yourself. This was fun, especially watching with Paul for this section. [...]
Sunday, November 29, 2009
We get through all the remaining matches on the original top thirty ballot, and hopefully gain some clarity with our top five.
Thursday, November 26, 2009
We wander into the top fifteen and try to straighten out where some of these matches belong.
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Part two as we get matches thirty thru fifteen on our ballot worked out.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
The Paul & John Top 30 Nitro Ballot Blog So in this case I have no other ballots to combined and get a consensus. What are the top Nitro matches in history? I don’t know, but I’ve got a top 30, and they are somewhere in there. So I got my good buddy Paul (MFP to [...]
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Ballot After 15 Disks 1. Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Dean Malenko (Nitro 7/8/96) 2. Eddie Guerrero vs. Chris Benoit (Nitro 12/23/96) 3. Juventud Guerrera vs. Billy Kidman (Nitro 11/16/98) 4. DDP vs. Bret Hart (Nitro 10/26/98) 5. DDP vs. Sting (Nitro 3/23/98) 6. Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Juventud Guerrera (Nitro 2/24/97) 7. Rey Mysterio vs. Psicosis (Nitro 3/17/97) 8. DDP vs. Sting (Nitro 4/26/99) 9. Bret Hart vs. Chris Benoit (Nitro 10/4/99) 10. Ric Flair [...]
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Disk 15 Rankings 1. Booker T. vs. Scott Steiner vs. Mike Awesome (Nitro 10/30/00) 2. Booker T vs. Scott Steiner (WCW and US Title) (Nitro 3/26/01) 3. Lash LeRoux vs. Yang (Nitro 2/12/01) 4. Sting vs. Ric Flair (Nitro 3/26/01) 5. Scott Steiner vs. Mike Awesome (Nitro 10/23/00) 6. Elix Skipper vs. Billy Kidman (Nitro 2/12/01) 7. Chavo Guerrero vs. Crowbar (Nitro 1/15/01) 8. Jeff Jarrett and Booker T vs. Scott [...]
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Match # 153: Sting vs. Ric Flair (Nitro 3/26/01) And so we reach the end in an appropriate manner. They wrestled on the first Nitro, and they wrestle on the last. Before we begin the reassessment of the top 30 Nitro matches with MFP (My Friend Paul), we give some slack to Flair and Sting and [...]
Friday, November 20, 2009
Match # 152: Booker T vs. Scott Steiner (WCW and US Title) (Nitro 3/26/01) The last chance at a great match on the set. I remember it fondly, on the phone with MFP (My Friend Paul) as I was living in Philly, we watched the final Nitro on the phone together still not believing what we [...]
Friday, November 20, 2009
Match # 151: Elix Skipper vs. Billy Kidman (Nitro 2/12/01) One last go around with Kidman getting a solid cruiserweight opponent. Kidman wasn’t always phenomenal, but his best stuff on Nitro and even Thunder is a lot more impressive than people remember. Meltzer, Keller, and Alverez don’t keep the Kidman love alive, if they ever did, [...]
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Match # 150: Lash LeRoux vs. Yang (Nitro 2/12/01) This is like an “also ran” cruiserweight match of second tier guys who never made it to the heights of the first crop of popular cruiserweights. Las disappeared a few years after WCW collapsed and Yang bounced around WWE and ROH. I was never a fan of [...]
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Match # 149: Chavo Guerrero vs. Crowbar (Nitro 1/15/01) I have no idea why this is on the ballot. It may be a goofy brawl gimmick someone remembered fondly from years back. It may have been a cruiserweight style match with two second or third tier guys that people felt was over looked. Maybe someone’s a [...]
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Match # 148: Booker T. vs. Scott Steiner vs. Mike Awesome (Nitro 10/30/00) A three way with the principles from our last match and the man who was on commentary, Booker T. I’ll bite on this, it could be decent.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Match # 147: Scott Steiner vs. Mike Awesome (Nitro 10/23/00) This starts out on two odd notes. First, they are commenting on the death of Yokozuna. Then Steiner comes down with a tiger. This is supposed to look cool, but it looks horrible, because the Tiger obviously doesn’t want to be there, looks annoyed, and needs [...]
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Match # 146: Crowbar vs. Vampiro (Nitro 10/23/00) Crowbar’s new character is a retarded white pimp. Wasn’t that interested in him anyway. Vampiro actually has a cooler darker gimmick than Sting in theory, but not in practice. The star presence he may have had from Mexico only transfers slightly to WCW. The dying days of WCW [...]
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Match # 145: Jeff Jarrett vs. Booker T (49er Match) (Nitro 10/2/00) Alright, so the rules are they’ve got four boxes ON POLES (TM Russo) and three have weapons. The fourth has the World Title. Find the gold, you win. So wouldn’t you find the gold in the first or second box, calculating the chances? Ugh, [...]
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Match # 144: Jeff Jarrett and Booker T vs. Scott Steiner and Sting (Nitro 10/2/00) An odd pairing of faces and heels, with the Jarrett/Booker team fighting against each other in a single later in the night. Seems Russo-rific to me. One question: Will anyone sell on the Steiner/Sting team given the other team is the [...]
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Ballot After 14 Disks 1. Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Dean Malenko (Nitro 7/8/96) 2. Eddie Guerrero vs. Chris Benoit (Nitro 12/23/96) 3. Juventud Guerrera vs. Billy Kidman (Nitro 11/16/98) 4. DDP vs. Bret Hart (Nitro 10/26/98) 5. DDP vs. Sting (Nitro 3/23/98) 6. Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Juventud Guerrera (Nitro 2/24/97) 7. Rey Mysterio vs. Psicosis (Nitro 3/17/97) 8. DDP vs. Sting (Nitro 4/26/99) 9. Bret Hart vs. Chris Benoit (Nitro 10/4/99) 10. Ric Flair [...]
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Disk 14 Rankings 1. Booker T vs. Lance Storm (Nitro 8/7/00) 2. Lance Storm vs. Mike Awesome (Nitro 7/18/00) 3. Scott Steiner vs. Goldberg (Nitro 7/18/00) 4. Ric Flair vs. Jeff Jarrett (Flair wins his last World Title) (Nitro 5/15/00) 5. Ric Flair vs. Jeff Jarrett (Nitro 5/29/00) 6. Mike Awesome vs. Vampiro (Nitro 9/18/00) 7. DDP vs. Mike Awesome (Stretcher Match) (Nitro 5/8/00) 8. War Games 2000 Cage Match (Nitro [...]
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Match # 143: Mike Awesome vs. Vampiro (Nitro 9/18/00) Awesome is no longer the fat chick thriller, he’s the 70s Guy. He has the worst entrance and gimmick yet on this set. He challenges Vampiro because he and Insane Clown Posse ruined his 70s bus. Got it? Hardcore match now.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
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