WCW Monday Nitro #45
July 22, 1996
From Disney/MGM Studios
Kissimmee, FL
Opening Credits
Blowing Up a Neighborhood
[The broadcast begins with the familiar setting of a dark, dreary neighborhood that abruptly comes to life: explosions erupt from the building’s windows as a fiery streak splits the street in half. The tune of “Monday Night Nitro/Mean Streets” by Jonathan Elias begins to accompany the explosive scene as a projected video of Hulk Hogan ripping off his t-shirt and dropping the leg on a poor opponent appears on the surface of the buildings…
An operating street light EXPLODES as the flame continues wreaking havoc. A manhole cover FLIES into the air after a fiery explosion. We see projections of “The Total Package” Lex Luger flexing to the audience.
We CUT to a quick projection on a nearby building of Sting nailing the Stinger Splash. Flames then ERUPT from either side of a flat-iron building. The flame continues its trek as we see a quick projection of Randy Savage dropping the elbow. Finally, the flame streak leads to a gigantic, metallic WCW MONDAY NITRO TNT sign. Flames EXPLODE behind the sign as the theme ends and we…]
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