Monday Night War: January 1996

Jason Mann and Josh Hachat recap the January 1996 episodes of WWF Raw and WCW Nitro, plus the Royal Rumble and Clash of the Champions 32. Topics discussed include: the Raw Bowl and football puns, Billionaire Ted’s Rasslin War Room, Lord Steven Regal: a man’s man, more drama between friends Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage, Sting and Lex Luger and the Dungeon of Doom and the Four Horsemen, Jeff Jarrett’s ugly outfits, Shawn Michaels returning to the building, The Ringmaster and a skinny Matt Hardy, Undertaker vs. Kane before he was Kane, the many sides of Goldust, the baffling mix of genres that is the “American Males” theme song, Vader destroying Gorilla Monsoon, a shocking world-title change, the return of the Road Warriors, the debut of the notorious P.I.G., Sunny’s sultry come-ons for Raw, Shawn Michaels’ horrible babyface obnoxiousness, Flair’s great shoe-aided triumph over Hogan, Macho Man doesn’t care what you think, and more.

Originally published: 9/17/10

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