Monday Warfare: The Battles Within – Episode 10 (1/8 & 1/15/96)

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It’s 1996 and the Monday Night War is in full gear. Over in WCW World, Brian Pillman continues on the Crazy Train, the Mega Powers meet the Horsemen, Public Enemy make their Debut, and the Hulkster finally meets someone he’ll sell for!

Then in WWF-land, it’s the debut of the Ringmaster (STEVE AUSTIN!), we learn the future of HBK, Scheme Gene has a scoop, Undertaker vs. Kane… Sorta, Sunny does it for an hour, PLUS not one, but TWO epic shoot style brawls between Goldust & Razor Ramon as the fight starts in the arena and winds up in the snow outside! A WILD ENDING TO AN UNFORGETTABLE SEGMENT!

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TIMESTAMPS below!

WCW Monday Nitro 1/8/96 (00:01:22)
  • Chris Benoit takes on Alex Wright
  • Brian Pillman continues on the Crazy Train
  • Eddy Guerrero battles Lord Steven Regal
  • Sting wants answers from best friend Lex Luger
  • Sting vs. Diamond Dallas Page
  • In the main event, Hulk Hogan teams with the Macho Man to take on Horsemen members Arn Anderson & Ric Flair! Watch as the Hulkster no sells every move for the ENTIRE MATCH! No fooling!

WWF Monday Night Raw 1/8/96 (00:33:45)
  • Jeff Jarrett meets the Modern Day Kamikaze, Hakushi
  • Scheme Gene has a scoop for us all
  • Ahmed Johnson continues to obliterate his opponents
  • Ted DiBiase introduces the NEW Million Dollar Champion, THE RINGMASTER (Steve Austin) on the Brother Love Show…. maaaan
  • Goldust vs. Aldo Montoya
  • HBK Press Conference… Will he retire or return to the ring???
  • WWF Champion Bret Hart battles the British Bulldog
  • Another home run skit with Billionaire Ted’s Rasslin’ War Room #2 as the team try and come up with a new slogan for WCW

WCW Monday Nitro 1/15/96 (01:07:08)
  • The show kicks off with “Macho Man” Randy Savage taking on nemesis “The Total Package” Lex Luger.
  • The Horsemen and the Dungeon of Doom have a showdown of sorts as Arn Anderson slaps one of his own…
  • Public Enemy make their WCW DEBUT taking on The American Males… Tables are gonna break.
  • The Sting/Lex Luger friendship saga continues
  • WCW Champion Ric Flair defends against Sting
  • The Hulkster, being the Hulkster, craps on his own friends to make himself look better… What else is new?
  • Hulk Hogan finally meets his match in a bout with MENG! 
  • For the first time in weeks, the Hulkster sells for someone… Call it respect.. Call it fear… but Meng… is the man, BROTHER!

WWF Monday Night Raw 1/15/96 (01:34:42)
  • It’s the Go-Home Show to the Royal Rumble and VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED.
  • Razor Ramon is on his way to the arena to confront Goldust!
  • Marty Jannetty faces Owen Hart
  • Sunny gets RAW while playing pool
  • Razor is still making his way to the arena to confront Goldust
  • The Ringmaster (Steve Austin) makes his in-ring debut against Matt Hardy
  • Another well-done video piece in the Shawn Michaels saga as HBK returns at the Royal Rumble!
  • Razor Ramon is almost to the arena where he will confront Goldust
  • WWF Tag Team Champions The Smoking Gunns vs. The Spiders (the future Headbangers)
  • It’s Billionaire Ted sketch #3 as Ted wants to buy the WWF
  • Goldust poses the question to Vince McMahon “Is that an extra microphone in your pants, or are you just happy to see me”. LOL at Vince’s facial reactions throughout this promo!
  • Wwwweeelll, Handsome Dok Hendrix alerts us that Razor Ramon has FINALLY pulled in to confront Goldust
  • The Undertaker battles his future brother, Dr. Isaac Yankem
  • Sunny announces that we did it for an hour straight, and now she needs to wash off in a bubble bath. Oh, Sunny. 
  • FINALLY, it’s a hallway showdown between Razor Ramon and Goldust and it doesn’t let us down! We get not one, but TWO epic shoot style brawls between the two as the fight starts in the arena and winds up in the snow outside! A WILD ENDING TO AN UNFORGETTABLE SEGMENT!
 

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