FEBRUARY 19
1994
All Japan Pro Wrestling held a card at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, with Kenta Kobashi & Satoru Asako vs Toshiaki Kawada & Takao Omori as match of the night at ***1/4.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqUAlOVP8Uc
SMW debuted The Thrillseekers (Chris Jericho and Lance Storm) with a press conference on television where they signed contracts and answered a questions. The two would receive a major promotional push in the coming weeks and months.
WCW Saturday Night featured a public workout from Vader where he destroyed three job guys, one of whom took a terrifying bump from the ring to the Center Stage floor.
1995
WCW SuperBrawl V aired live on pay-per-view from Baltimore, MD, in front of 13,390 fans. The card was a total one-match show, as Hulk Hogan defended the WCW World Title against Vader in a ***1/2 match that marked the return of Ric Flair, as he attacked Hogan to ensure a disqualification. The show did just under 300,000 buys, and you can watch it on the WWE Network.
1996
WWF Monday Night RAW aired live from Cincinnati, OH, in front of 8,500 fans for a pretty uneventful show. This week’s Billionaire Ted skit was funny for a change, as Ted was a guest on Larry Fling Live, along with the Huckster and Nacho Man, and they made fun of the recent string of high-heeled shoe finishes on Nitro. The show drew a 3.1 rating.
WCW Monday Nitro aired live from Salisbury, MD, in front of 4,700 fans. The show was headlined by Ric Flair defending the WCW World Title against Randy Savage in one of their better matches. The show edged out RAW for the evening, drawing a 3.2 rating. You can watch it on the WWE Network.
1998
WCW Thunder aired live on TBS from Birmingham, AL, in front of a sellout crowd. The NWO attacked stablemate Randy Savage once again, in a series of angles that took place throughout the show.
1999
Goldberg appeared on The Tonight Show and issued a grandstand challenge to Steve Austin, which never went anywhere and made WCW look bush league, as the WWF never even bothered to respond.
In The “To Watch” Queue:
Toshiaki Kawada & Kenta Kobashi vs Stan Hansen & Rob Van Dam (AJPW 02/19/93) [link: ]
Eddy Guerrero, Lizmark & Rey Misterio Jr. vs Heavy Metal, La Parka & Psicosis (AAA 02/19/93)
Masa Chono, Hiro Saito & Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs Riki Choshu, Hiroshi Hase & Kensuke Sasaki (NJPW 02/19/95)
