Monday Warfare: RAW vs. NITRO - Episode 09 (12/25/95 & 1/1/96)

Tiz the 1995 holiday season as we close out 1995 with the Christmas edition of WCW Monday Nitro before moving into 1996 and the New Year’s Day edition of Nitro and the WWF’s RAW BOWL Episode! Things are really starting to heat up here in the Monday Night War!In WCW it's the final build AND the fallout from Starrcade '95. Hulk Hogan gets suspended 1 week, and a World title shot the next. Solid matches with Macho vs. Arn, Malenko vs. Jerry Lynn, Regal vs. Benoit, and a POWERS OF PAIN sighting in 1996!?! Craig Pittman continues his manager search. Plus, we discuss Hulk Hogan getting completely out of control with his Creative Control, BROTHER.The WWF takes Christmas off, but returns New Year's Day with THE RAW BOWL! Relive the epic 4-Corner Tag Team Elimination Raw Bowl match, Diesel dethrones King Mabel, VADER is coming, and it's the Debut of Billionaire Ted's Rasslin' War Room!  Follow Us on Twitter @MondayWarfare Visit our Podcast Network https://wrestlecopia.com Please Subscribe to Patreon to help keep us going, 14 Tiers to choose from!!! AND BIG NEWS!!! Our All Access Tier is now only $5 for our entire Watch-Along Series as we add shows weekly, including all PPVs from the Monday Night War era. They make great complementary pieces to this Podcast! Subscribe today and follow along on the ride.https://www.patreon.com/wrestlecopia TIMESTAMPS below!WCW Monday Nitro 12/25/95 (00:01:09)It’s the Go-Home edition for Starrcade!Hulk Hogan is SUSPENDED, Brother… For the rest of 1995… Soooo, 7 Days… Seriously?This show is all about the build-up to the Triangle Match and WCW World Title Match for the Starrcade PPV as we see or hear from everyone involved. Sting, Luger, Flair, and the Macho ManWCW Champion Randy Savage defends against Ric Flair…. 2 days before Ric Flair wrestles in a #1 contender match… Because WCWDean Malenko has a solid TV match with Mr. JL (Jerry Lynn)Lex Luger takes on Scotty Riggs of the American MalesStings goes toe-to-toe with Big Bubba RogersJimmy Hart buries poor Sgt. Craig Pittman during his quest to find a managerWWF Monday Night Raw – THE RAW BOWL 1/1/96 (00:23:35)IT’S TIME FOR THE RAWWWWW BOOOOWWWWLLL!!!! (Vince Voice)THE RAW BOWL: Featuring WWF Tag Champs The Smoking Gunns vs. The 1-2-3 Kid & Sid vs. Savio Vega & Razor Ramon vs. Owen Hart & YokozunaDiesel removes King Mabel from the throneIt’s TIME… It’s TIME…. IT’S VADER TIME! We get our first look at VADER heading into the WWF!HALFTIME REPORT with DANDY DOK HENDRIX & JUMBO JIM ROSS (poor JR)We get our first look at the NACHO MAN as he snaps into a Slim Jim… and breaks his teethThe Raw Bowl winners are presented the prestigious LOMBARDI TROPHY… That’s STEVE Lombardi, AKA The Brooklyn Brawler!WWF fans are given a treat, a replay of the Hog Pen Match from the 12/95 IYH PPV in its entirety.Plus, Vince finally shoots back at WCW…. it’s the very first BILLIONAIRE TED’S RASSLIN WAR ROOM sketch! We reminisce about a very memorable episode of Raw… What it means for us then… And what we think of it now!WCW Starrcade ’95 Quick Results (00:55:12) We run down the quick results for the Starrcade ‘95 PPV, which you can listen to in full as part of our Watch-Along Series over at https://www.patreon.com/wrestlecopia . You can Subscribe to Patreon and our All-Access for only $5! Cancel at any time. New shows are added weekly, including all PPVs from the Monday Night War era. They make great complementary pieces to this Podcast! Subscribe today and follow along on the ride.WCW Monday Nitro 1/1/96 (00:59:29)We kick 1996 off with a bang with The Macho Man taking on Arn Anderson!Then we learn Hulk Hogan returns after his 7-DAY SUSPENSION and is gifted a WORLD TITLE SHOT??? And he wonders why everyone is booing him!Horsemen member Chris Benoit faces Lord Steven RegalSting & Lex Luger team up to battle the former Powers of Pain, The Warlord and the Barbarian, now wearing masks as the Super AssassinsThe Giant feels EMOTIONALLY abused by Hulk Hogan. I’ll take “Things that Monsters should NEVER say” for a thousand, Alex.That dastardly Eric Bischoff is back to giving away WWF Raw Results!Brian Pillman continues his crazy ways as he calls out his own Horsemen members for losing!Who will Craig Pittman ask to be his manager this week?Hulk Hogan plants his own fans and merchandise in the crowdHulk Hogan returns from suspension to challenge NEW Champion Ric Flair for the WCW Title. Because Screw Triangle Matches, DUDE!Hulk Hogan has ALL FOUR HORSEMEN PLEADING ON THEIR KNEES… At the same time…  While fighting off the Giant at the exact same time... Because F-U HHStill not enough Hulkster? That’s okay, because we close the show with a Hulk Hogan Promo, Brother, because at this point I’d be shocked if we didn’t.HULK HOGAN IS OUTTA CONTROL, BROTHER! (01:30:39)We go on a 6-minute rant/discussion about how out of control Hulk Hogan has gotten with his own ego and creative control, not only hurting his own “overness”, but the entire company in the process. We're 18 Weeks into the Monday Night War and it continues to get hotter as we building towards the WCW Clash 32 event (over at https://www.patreon.com/wrestlecopia) and the WWF's Royal Rumble PPV (the Watch-Along available right now over at the Wrestling Memory Grenade Episode #20 and all your favorite Podcast Streaming Apps!)