• ON THIS DAY IN WCW HISTORY (July 8, 1996) – WCW MONDAY NITRO
On this day in 1996, Ted Turner’s World Championship Wrestling aired another LIVE episode of their weekly TV show ‘WCW MONDAY NITRO’.
It was broadcasted from the the Disney-MGM Studios in Orlando, Florida and featured matches, interviews & storyline segments on the road to the ‘WCW Hog Wild 1996’ PPV.
The card can be found here:
Rey Mysterio Jr. Vs. Dean Malenko
David Taylor & Steve Regal Vs. Hugh Morris & Big Bubba Rogers
Eddie Guerrero Vs. Psychosis
The Steiner Brothers Vs. The Nasty Boys
United States Champion Ric Flair Vs. Jim Powers
Chris Benoit Vs. Sgt. Craig Pittman
Sting Vs. Arn Anderson
• AEW Wrestler Kenny Omega Takes A Shot At Vince McMahon
A twitter user shared a 4 year old story of NJPW wrestler Kota Ibushi attending NXT TakeOver: Dallas in 2016 and going backstage, meeting Vince McMahon & not knowing who he was.
You can read it below:
“The former NJPW star apparently went backstage sometime during the show. When Ibushi first went back there, he gave a ‘high-five’ to a ‘big man’. Out of all the people in the building, that ‘big man’ turned out to be Vince McMahon, owner of WWE. Ibushi had no idea who he was, which made the staff ‘really upset’.”
AEW wrestler Kenny Omega, who is Ibushi’s former tag team partner, took a shot at Vince McMahon while commenting on this topic:
“Hard to believe, but yeah, some of the most talented wrestlers in the world aren’t constantly walking on eggshells and scared sh*tless of their boss.”
Hard to believe, but yeah, some of the most talented wrestlers in the world aren’t constantly walking on eggshells and scared shitless of their boss.
— Kenny Omega (@KennyOmegamanX) July 7, 2020
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