Monday Night Wars

Rampage
Date: March 4, 2022
Location: Addition Financial Arena, Orlando, Florida
Commentators: Excalibur, Chris Jericho, Ricky Starks, Taz

It’s a rare live edition this week as it is also the go home show for this weekend’s Revolution pay per view. That could make things a bit more interesting, as we also have a title match. Sammy Guevara will be defending the TNT Title against Darby Allin and Andrade El Idolo, which should be a good one. Let’s get to it.

The SmarK Rant for Monday Night RAW – 10.16.95

Taped from Grand Rapids, MI.  WEEK FOUR, BABY.

Your hosts are Vince McMahon & Jerry Lawler.

The SmarK Rant for the Monday Night War – S01E03

“Embracing a New Attitude”

And now, time for another hour of navel-gazing about the Attitude Era and how everyone was bigger stars than today.

(Okey doke, here’s the September 18 1995 head-to-head version of RAW and Nitro, written in 2008ish from WWE 24/7, before we go to back to reposting the individual RAW and Nitro rants from the WWE Network again.)

The SmarK 24/7 Rant for The Monday Night Wars – September 18 1995

WCW Monday Nitro!

– Live from Johnson City, Tennessee

– Your hosts are Uncle Eric, Mongo and the Brain.

(Hey, now that we’re into the Monday Night Wars era of the Observer Flashbacks, it’s TWO FOR ONE reposts!  This was originally done on WWF 24/7, when they would air both shows together, but I think after this I’ve got everything done as separate shows again for the next couple of years.)  

WCW Monday Nitro!

– Live from Miami, FL

– Your hosts are Uncle Eric, Mongo and the Brain.  Sounds like a morning radio show, actually.

The SmarK Rant for The MONDAY NIGHT WAR – Episode 2

“The Rise of the nWo”

I know I should just stop watching this show before it REALLY makes me all angry, but my whole deal is that I’m a glutton for punishment, so I feel like I have little choice here but to continue on with it until the bitter end.

Plus it’s still better than Smackdown.

The SmarK Rant for The Monday Night War – Episode 1

“The War Begins”

I mean…given how popular the Ruthless Aggression rants are, I don’t know why I never thought about reviewing this show before now!

We’ll certainly have some stuff to talk about, I’m sure.

– The universe keeps trying to stop me from finishing this one, and I don’t know why.

– Live from Roanoke, West Virginia! The hottest ticket in all of West Virginia, according to Tony. Is that even saying much?

– Live from Duluth, MN

The SmarK Rant for WCW Monday Nitro – 03.17.97

– Live from Savannah, GA

– Your hosts are Tony and some other guys.

The SmarK Rant for WCW Monday Nitro – 03.10.97

– Live from Panama City, FL.

– Speaking of interesting visuals, this is on the beach, with a pool surrounding the ring. See, that’s the kind of outside-the-box thinking that the WWE never really did. And someone HAS to take a bump into that pool or I’ll be really disappointed.

(Whoops, I realized that I forgot to add this one with the RAW repost of the Germany tournament a few days back.) 

– Live from Atlanta, GA

– Your hosts are Tony & Larry and others.