[1995-10-16-WCW-Nitro] Ric Flair & Sting vs Arn Anderson & Brian Pillman

[Loss]

Talk about it here.

[Loss]

It's Flair vs Arn and Pillman alone for the bulk of this, as the announcers sell that Sting waits to come out until he sees Flair prove himself on his own. Sting finally coming out gets an enormous pop. This I consider more of an angle than a match, but it's really fun and heated.

[FLIK]

Yeah I always liked this one. Surprised you guys left out the Arn vs Flair cage match the previous week that set this up.

[Loss]

Yeah I always liked this one. Surprised you guys left out the Arn vs Flair cage match the previous week that set this up.

It was a really terrible match, and again, we would have had to cut something else in its place.

[El-P]

Arn & Pillman bump like crazy for Flair then Sting, making it a hot moment. Sting is so damn gullible...

[PeteF3]

Agreed on the cage match--I gave it a watch on the Network and it was an abomination.

 

Albany, GA is Flair country, so the crowd goes nuts for every chop he unleashes. Flair is eventually overwhelmed after kicking the shit out of the heels for awhile, and finally Sting decides that Flair is on the up-and-up (ha!) and comes out. Super-hot tag and Sting goes as nuts as Flair did, throwing Arn and Pillman all over the place before knocking them out to the floor for a countout win. Hot match.

[Superstar Sleeze]

Wait why is the cage match bad? I loved the hell out of it. 
 

Ric Flair & Sting vs Arn Anderson & Brian Pillman - WCW Nitro 10/16/95

This is literally an inverse of the famous Halloween Havoc match that happens two weeks later. Instead of Sting going it alone for most of the match, Flair had to go it alone most of the match to prove to the Stinger that this was on the up and up. 
 

Just like I loved the Havoc match I loved this! Too much was made of in 90s that heels had to look tough and be the equals of babyfaces. Most heels should never be equal of babyfaces. Most heels should be worse than their babyface opponents and it is that insecurity that drives them to heelish behavior such as cheating and excessive violence. The idea of a heel being a babyface’s equal for the most part is an inherently flawed idea. In this match, heels are bumping and stooging, Ric Flair is KING-SIzed! My God this was 80s Crockett in 1995! WOOOOOO! 80s Crockett the babyfaces take so much and we see that here. I fucking love babyface Flair and him just unloading on the heels here at every turn was great. Even when you think the heels had him, he kept the party going all night long. He trapped Double A in Figure-4. Then you figure Pillman would splash. Nuh Uh. Pillman misses and Flair puts him in the Figure-4. This is the fist-pumping shit missing in most wrestling today. You were cheering each and every punch and chop. You wanted your team to run up the score. You weren’t worried about Arn is looking weak or man they need to get Pillman over. You were excited because fucking Flair was cooking, damn torpedos, fire away brutha. I am not a huge sports fan and always prefer games to be close but I love all Boston sports fans that relish blow outs. I might not enjoy the game but I enjoy on their behalf seeing how happy that makes them. Flair’s babyface shine rules. Flair gets kicked in the back of the head by Pillman. They work a much shorter heat segment here as Sting comes out. Then when Sting gets the hot tag. He blows the roof off the place working one of the best Hot Tags ever. He is working King-Sized. It feels like 80s Crockett. He is slinging bodies and dropping Stinger Splashes from the sky. The only thing keeping this from Havoc level is they opt for the count out victory for the babyfaces. Sting in 1995 being the most insider wrestler always worried about swerved and shooting straight is funny. That high five was so fucking 90s and I am here for it. Tremendous piece of business. *** 3/4