Week 1 Recap

I'm not going to go into big details here, but seeing as there's going to probably be big gaps between posts, it'll help me and maybe others to reference this as reminders, so this will be going alongside each posts.

 WCW Nitro
- Titles are vacated, veterans and younger talent divided between Millionaires Club and New Blood
- DDP beats Luger after interference from Bagwell
- Shane Douglas returns after having supposedly left the company to start a feud with Flair
- Sting beats Sid after Wall puts him through a table at ringside
- Jarrett beats Henning after interference from Shawn Stasiak
- Flair beats Shane by DQ after Russo interferes, then post-match beatdown
- ECW Champion Mike Awesome debuts attacking a crippled Nash with his crutch
- White hummer storyline settled, Hogan sent to the hospital
- DDP beats Sting after interference from Vampiro to earn a title show at Spring Stampede
- Jarrett smashes his guitar over Kimberly's head by accident
- NB beat down MC, Bret appears out of nowhere to do,... nothing

 WCW Thunder
- Crowbar wins a 6-man tag for his team pinning Candido
- Sid beats Harlem Heat with help from Booker to qualify for the US Title tournament, then has the decision reversed by Bischoff
- Luger beats Douglas with help from Flair
- Jimmy Hart is attacked by Kidman
- Steiner beats the other US Title tournament participants in a Turmoil after interference by Sting
- Medusa beats Kimberly by DQ after being nailed with a Diamond Cutter by DDP
- Norman Smiley pins Terry Funk, his own partner, in a triple threat tag team hardcore match to earn a Hardcore Title match at the PPV... oh and Brian Knobbs falls over a balcony thanks to Meng
- Sting beats the Villanos with Jarrett thanks to help from Page to qualify for the US Title tournament
- Flair beats Bagwell by DQ after interference from Russo
- DDP vs Bigelow goes to no contest... I guess... Arquette jumps the guard rail and gets attack, show ends with NB and MC brawl with NB on top

 Coming out of the PPV, champions are:
WCW World Heavyweight Champion: Jeff Jarrett
WCW United States Heavyweight Champion: Scott Steiner
WCW Cruiserweight Champion: Chris Candido
WCW Hardcore Champion: Terry Funk
WCW Tag Team Champions: Buff Bagwell & Shane Douglas

 WWF Raw
- E&C retain the tag titles over DX after Hebner forced Chioda to restart the match
- Angle gets the clean win over Godfather
- Radicalz get the win over Too Cool
- HHH successfully defends the title over Taka, despite APA trying to help and McMahon interference
- T&A attack Dudleyz
- Hardyz with the clean win over T&A
- Bubba sent through a table by Albert
- Val Venis gets the DQ win over Big Showbowski
- Eddie retains the European Title over Jericho with help from Chyna
- Rock beats Bull and Bossman to earn his title shot against HHH, then gets beaten to a pulp before APA rush the ring to help
- Terri humiliates Kat

 WWF Smackdown
- Eddie retains the European Title after Chyna low blows Rikishi, but then gets a Stinkface
- HHH vs Rock made official for Backlash
- Hardyz get the clean win over Malenko and Benoit
- Saturn beats Crash for the Hardcore Title, then Tazz rushes the ting to win it, then Crash wins it back
- E&C retain the tag titles over Angle and Scottish Big Show after Show and Angle get counted out
- Bubba gets the clean win over Albert, then send him through a table with a 3D
- Kat and Mae beat Terri and Moolah because... reasons
- DX beat Jericho in a handicap match after he mistakes Steph and Tori for Godfather's hos backstage.
- Rock sends Shane through the announce table after the 6-man tag main event ends in a.... DQ or a no contest?

 Coming out of this week, the champions are:
WWF Champion: Triple H
WWF European Champion: Eddie Guerrero
WWF Intercontinental Champion: Chris Benoit
WWF Light Heavyweight Champion: Dean Malenko
WWF Hardcore Champion: Crash Holly
WWF Tag Team Champions: Edge & Christian
WWF Women's Champion: Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley

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