

Jericho makes a comeback with a spinning back elbow and a German suplex for 2, which was actually 3. Chono tries the STF but Jericho blocks it. Maybe they just really like Nick Patrick. The fans chant, “ USA !”, and Chono actually points at Jericho and asks Patrick what the chant’s all about. A fan nearby yells, “IDIOT!” Inside, Chono chops blocks out the knees. However, Chono moves and Jericho splashes the post. Jericho counters a suplay to his own and hits a spinning heel kick, followed by a springboard plancha to the floor. Chono hits a side Russian leg sweep and jumps off the top with a spear. Can I just say that I love the spot where a guy tells the dude to run off the ropes, as if to say, “We are going to do a fake wrestling sequence now, you start us off!” Meanwhile, Harlem Heat, Brian Knobbs and Arn Anderson arrive in the crowd. WHERE IS TONY SCHIAVONE~?! He’d be right at home. Nick Patrick is reffing everything on this show. The WCW guys don’t get music and get buried by the voice, whereas the nWo guys get music and a nice introduction. Jericho is announced by the mystery man as “hailing from somewhere north of the border”.

THE MYSTERY VOICE announces everyone for this show. Their booth is just to the side of the entrance. There is also a light screen at the top that continuously spells out “NEW WORLD ORDER”. The ring is all black with an nWo logo in the middle, the ropes are black, and the entranceway is a big stairway with lights fitted to it. Then rock music plays and FIREWORKS~! go off. Then, a magic voice says, “This feature presentation is brought to you in LIVING COLOUR!” and then colour appeared! YES! The show properly opens with a pretty cool video package of fast-paced shots of the nWo guys talking trash spliced in with shots of Eric putting them over at a press release into a load of mics. SOMEONE GET SOME GODDAMN COLOUR INTO THIS SHOW. Hogan refers to the guys behind him, including Scott Norton, as “the Dallas Cowboys”. I can only deal with a black and white picture and sirens for background noise as a combination for so long. a few minutes – and actually got quite annoying. The show opens in black and white with everyone riding in on nWo lorries and trucks, hanging out and going “YEAH~!~!~!” This lasted quite some time – i.e.
