I'm also doing the chronological Nitro thing...at least through Hall's debut, at which point I may jump off. Getting close now, up to March '96. The biggest surprise to me from going through all of this? Lex Luger was awesome during this period. He's basically a freakishly built monster that is also a total pussy, and a sleazebag idiot. Watching him play dumb whenever anyone questions his morals is hilarious. One of my favorite rasslin' exchanges ever is something I just discovered from this period:
Luger (after blindly accepting a street fight with LoD on Sting's behalf): I'm from Chicago, but I don't know what a Chicago Street Fight is.
Sting: What?!
Luger (in full "duh" mode): I don't know what a Chicago Street Fight is!
Sting (exasperated): WHY DON'T YOU GO BOUNCE YOUR PECS IN THE MIRROR AND THINK ABOUT IT!?! ::storms off::
Not that this is anything new, but coming away from this stuff - Sting, Flair, Luger, Giant, PILLMAN, Arn, and the ECW imports are all pretty awesome. Savage is decent but seems incapable of having more than 1 match a year where he looks dominant. Dungeon of Doom is incredibly stupid, but in a (mostly) good way. Hogan and Beefcake are
ing garbage and good lord I hate them during this period (and I'm usually not someone who is super down on Hogan). For that matter, Beefcake may be #1 on my list of worst wrestlers ever, at least among those who got a lot of tv time / push. That corny, useless
er is TERRIBLE. The fact that Hogan is literally the only reason he's there makes it that much worse. "Ok, time to put him in the main event with me despite being nothing for the last 6 months. Ok, make the hottest chick in the company suddenly fall in love with him out of nowhere." Fuuuuuuuuuuuuck you, Brutus Beefcake.