WCW Thunder - Thursday, 07/16/98

• Trivia Question: What did the original Hart Foundation's finisher, The Hart Attack, consist of? Answer at the end of the report.
• The mailbag:
  • From Greg W., the honorary DDT Digest Legal Advisor:

    You missed the most appropriate sign in the history of professional wrestling on Thunder. It only made a split-second appearance when DDP was going through the crowd and, despite the fact that the idiot was holding it upside-down, it captured my feelings perfectly.

    The sign: "Shut up and wrestle"

  • From DDT Digest's own Wade:

    If "Road Dog" Jesse James and "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn are the "New Age Outlaws," then would that make Bret Hart, Jim Neidhart, and Davey Boy Smith the "Old Age In-laws?"

    Just askin'....

  • From DDT Digest Emeritus Creed P.:

    There's a rumor floating around that Ed Leslie (Disciple) had a legit beef with DDP after last week's Nitro, when Page prevented Disciple from running in on the Goldberg/Hall match by grabbing a chair and telling him to have a seat. The most common speculation has to do with the facial injury Leslie suffered several years ago which kept him away from the sport for quite some time. And we all saw the Nitro match this week, where DDP called out the Disciple.

    But here's something to think about. Maybe that chairshot was fueled by more than just a desire to win. Remember back to Page's heel days, about three years ago, when Kimberly was just the Diamond Doll, holding up 9's and 10's for Page? I seem to recall her heart being 'stolen away' by The Booty Man (yet another Ed Leslie persona), she even took to calling herself The Booty Girl. Sometimes payback is a long time coming...

• I got some ten e-mails confirming that it was Tiny Lister in the crowd on The Magic Hour confronting Howard Stern. In fact, he actually said "My name is Tiny...". Obviously, I missed that. It's unknown whether Howard was in on the work or not...he certainly didn't look to be.
• The big "debate" of late is whether Goldberg would diminish his popularity by becoming "more Jewish". Who gives a rat's ass? It must be a slow news week if that's all the self-appointed Tuesday morning bookers have to talk about.
• The other day, I stumbled onto some website that you can submit your URL to and they test your links, load speed, etc. I did OK on most of the ratings except for HTML quality. I was rated 'Poor'. That sort of hurt. It made me sort of feel like I feel when I see the commercials for the WCW website at they say it's "the only website that matters".
• My girlfriend and I went jogging the other day. About a mile and a half into it, I ran ahead of her a bit and then stopped and I started doing jumping jacks with a big smile on my face. She thought I was just being a jerk when, in reality, I was just getting psyched for Rick Martel's return.
• Speaking of Rick Martel, the poor guy could barely walk going to the ring for his match with Booker T. Maybe it was just the knee brace preventing mobility for him, but he looked crippled.
• Chan had a good question. Remember the Blue Bloods? Sir William (Bill Dundee) was their originial valet. He was replaced by Jeeves, a very short guy. Anybody know who Jeeves was? If you do, e-mail Chan.
• Like Ann Landers, I normally don't play matchmaker, but I know a number of you wanted to take a shot at writing for DDT Digest and either don't get the {Pro} or were away that weekend. Michael D. at The Unofficial Degeneration-X Homepage wrote me to tell me that he's looking for writers. So, if you still are interested in writing about pro wrestling, send him an e-mail.
• I've done some work as a GUI designer, so, as a result, I'm relatively sensitive to people who can't see colors or use a mouse. As you probably know, most pro wrestling sites (except mine :-) ) are very graphics intensive. Well, that's a new site out there, Up Close Wrestling, that's pretty much 100% audio. So, if you are visually challenged, or just want some pro wrestling audio to listen to, check it out.
• The official WCW website has their tentative schedule until the end of the year posted. They will be back in the Northern Virginia area in mid-September, and it looks like Starrcade will be at the MCI Center again this year.
• Last night, I had a dream/nightmare that the project team I'm on had a big deadline for a client. To prove how hard we worked, one of the women on the team bladed herself. Geez, I wonder what Freud would say about that dream?
  Oh, and that's not all...in the dream, she did such a crappy job cutting herself, that she drew almost no blood, so I told her that I would blade her next time.
  I've really got to get a new hobby.
• Remember my Q&A page? Well, Chan & Charlie are picking up where I left off and are now maintaining their own Q&A page. It's not "officially" associated with DDT Digest, so I'm not responsible for it, but I thought I'd provide a link to it. These guys are an incredible wealth of knowledge and it's a great place to find out the story of the Mulkey Brothers!
• Supposedly, Booker T is legitimately hurt, going in to get some overdue work done on his knees. You'd think they'd have Booker lose the belt gracefully seeing as he's had a great run but, instead, it gets handed to his brother. Gee, you think the Bobbie Walker situation has anything to do with that?
• One of my readers, Craig from Bloomington, IL, noted that the ten-year anniversary of Bruiser Brody's death is tomorrow (Friday).
• For those of you waiting on the Arn Anderson autobiography, it will start shipping on the 29^th and 30^th of this month.
• Now, on to the show...

• We are live from Oakland, California.
• Contrary to rumors, it is not a "best of" show tonight. Three hours of live wrestling tonight and then, presumably, a replay.
• They start off with a one-on-one with Kevin Nash and Mike Tenay taped immediately after Nitro on Monday. Kevin Nash blames the initial attack on Hall's personal problems. Kevin's really down about it. Tenay refers to Hall and Nash as the best tag team in wrestling. (Puh-lease.) Kevin waxes on sadly about what a great team they were. Tenay and Nash blame all of Scott's problems on Hogan. Tenay asks how Nash plans to settle it. Nash says Monday's attack was Strike Two and he's going to have to knock some sense into Hall.
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• Konnan vs. El Dandy
  • Konnan has a mic and raps about the Wolfpac on the way to the ring.
  • Mickey J. will be your referee.
  • Konnan mentions the Oakland A's to get a Roddy Piper inspired cheap pop.
  • The Brian threw out the ceremonial first pitch at the A's game today.
  • Yes!!! It's El Dandy!
  • Konnan takes El Dandy apart from the get-go.
  • Boy, Konnan looks like Mr. Clean.
    
  • Konnan goes down to El Dandy's feared right hand.
  • Abdominal stretch from El Dandy.
  • Konnan comes back with a pancake.
  • 1-8-7, tequila sunrise, and it's over. Konnan is your winner.
• Advertisement for Road Wild, which will have a live performance by Travis Tritt. Not to be negative or anything, but with Souled Out and Uncensored actually being decent PPVs this year, Road Wild has the unfortunate distinction of being the longest running consistently bad PPV.
• Ultimo Dragon vs. Lizmark Jr
  • Mark Curtis is your referee.
  • Exchange of moves and Lizmark Jr. falls for the headstand on the turnbuckle. Didn't do his homework.
  • Lizmark comes back with a flip, a chop, and a suplex.
  • Lizmark tries a seated abdominal stretch.
  • Tilt-a-whirl backbreaker by Lizmark. Nice.
  • Random "Whoos" continue to come from the crowd.
  • A couple rolling pinning attempts for two-counts by the guy who's the first son of a fan of Macho Man's ex-wife.
  • Fall-away slam and float over by Lizmark.
  • Lionsault by Lizmark, but Ultimo Dragon kicks him in the, um, uh, between the wickets.
  • Samoan drop by Lizmark.
  • Lizmark goes to the well once too often for another Samoan Drop, and Dragon reverses it into a Dragon Sleeper.
  • Your winner, by submission, Ultimo Dragon.
• The announcers review the Hennig/DDP situation, and they say we will try to have the match between the two again tonight. With that Tony Schiavone is in the ring and he brings out "Diamond" Dallas Page.
  • DDP comes out the regular entranceway, and then takes a long cut through the crowd.
  • DDP is sick of "Scum" Hogan.
  • DDP says Hogan has the biggest ego and is the biggest lowlife on earth.
    • What's that saying about glass houses?
  • "Hennig, you want some?"
  • Whatever.
  • A three-hour Thunder versus two hours just means an extra hour of interviews.
• Next Thunder after tonight is August 5^th in Casper, Wyoming.
• Public Enemy vs. The Dancing Fools
  • The announcers mention that Disco Inferno and Alex Wright demand their own separate entrances and music.
  • First Disco Inferno and then Alex Wright...followed closely by Tokyo Magnum.
    • Unfortunately, Disco's being sucked back into his gimmick. He looked like he'd be able to transcend it for a while.
  • Tokyo Magnum dances in the ring with the Dancing Fools before the match, much to their dismay.
  • Public Enemy chases the dancers out of the ring.
  • The match starts with Johnny Grunge and Alex Wright. Billy Silverman is your referee.
  • Not that I'm exactly purposely looking, but was someone fluffing Alex Wright backstage?
  • Wright makes Grunge look foolish to start the match. Grunge comes back with a clothesline.
  • Grunge gets backed into the wrong corner, and Disco Inferno is tagged in.
  • Rocco Rock is tagged in.
  • A series of blown moves by all the dancing guys.
  • Wright is tagged in, drop toehold by Wright and nice double team by the dancers.
  • Disco comes in, misses two elbowdrops, and Disco and Rocco clothesline each other.
  • Simultaneous hot tags, and chaos ensures.
  • Train wreck reversal and Wright and Disco take the bumps. Double atomic drops by Public Enemy.
  • Rocco does a hurricanrana on Disco Inferno on the floor.
  • Grunge goes to put Alex Wright through the table in the ring, but Tokyo Magnum pulls Alex Wright, and the table, out of the way and, unfortunately, blows the spot.
  • They play like Grunge legitimately hurt himself on the blown spot.
  • Rocco Rock calls Tokyo a son of a "bleep", the censors being either quick on the button or that curse word being planned.
  • They play like Grunge is really hurt.
  • Public Enemy wins via disqualification. So, putting a table in the ring is OK, but pulling it out of the way is not.
• Tony Schiavone interviews Dean Malenko. Dean says he wants to finish off Chris Jericho once and for all. Tony asks Dean about Arn's involvement at Bach at the Beach. Malenko says he wants to talk to Arn tonight, and he's not leaving the arena until Arn comes out to talk to him.
• "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan vs. Road Block.
  • Charles Robinson is your referee.
  • Duggan clotheslines Road Block over the top rope.
  • Wade: "Road Block should have the 'Dead End' sign on the back of his trunks."
  • Big back elbow by Road Block.
  • The two big goofs continue to club each other.
  • Hacksaw sends Road Block out of the ring, Road Block gets the advantage on the way back in.
  • Hacksaw holds Road Block's hair as he gives the ten punches in the corner.
  • Man, this match has gone over three minutes. These guys must be winded.
  • Big bear hug by Road Block.
  • Duggan rings Road Block's bells twice to get out of it.
  • Duggan with the running forearm, running tackle, and he drops Old Glory and gets the pin.
  • Actually, considering the participants, that wasn't all that bad.
• Bret Hart comes to the ring and takes credit for every injury in WCW and serves notice to every WCW wrestler that no one is safe from the Hitman. Oh, and during the interview, he wanted to "ax" Booker T a question. Nice.
• Saturn vs. Kanyon
  • Mickey J is your referee.
  • Is Bryan Clark ever coming back?
  • Kanyon plays the face on the way to the ring.
  • Kanyon goes to work early, and puts on a clinic.
  • Double underhook suplex by Saturn.
  • Kicks by Saturn in the corner.
  • Rude awakening by Saturn, and they both sell it.
  • Gutbuster suplex by Kanyon. Two count only.
  • Hot shot by Kanyon. Two count only.
  • Saturn comes off the top, and Kanyon catches him in a bridge suplex. Awesome!
  • Vertical suplex by Kanyon and an outside-in elbowdrop. Two count only.
  • Sunset flip by Saturn.
  • Dropkick by Kanyon. Two count only.
  • Shoulders into Saturn's gut in the corner.
  • Kanyon misses a running charge into the corner, and Saturn gets a two count with an inside cradle.
  • Standing sidekick by Saturn. Only a two count!
  • The crowd is chanting "We want Arn!"
  • Flatliner by Kanyon! He still can't get the pin!
  • Kanyon attempts another flatliner but Saturn reverses into a pump handle suplex.
  • Spinning fisherman's suplex by Kanyon, but he still can't get the pin.
  • Death Valley Driver attempt but Kanyon escapes. Saturn hits it the second time. 1-2-3, Saturn is your winner.
  • Very good match.
• Eddie Guerrero vs. Psychosis
  • Billy Silverman is your referee.
  • Lee Marshall: "Chavo is a few mariachis short of a fiesta."
  • The crowd is already chanting "Chavo".
  • Eddie and Psychosis exchange the advantage multiple times in the early going.
  • Psychosis hits a few good kicks and then a splash outside the ring.
  • Back in the ring, Eddie hits a shoulderbreaker and puts on a hammerlock. Hey, that's a wrestling hold!
  • Eddie tries out a variety of submission holds on Psychosis' arm.
  • Psychosis is thrown into the corner, and he hits a corkscrew plancha.
  • The Repo Man runs to the ring!
    
  • Oh, wait, it's Chavo. Psychosis, for some unknown reason, attacks Chavo outside the ring. Eddie joins the fray.
  • Psychosis and Eddie go back into the ring, and Psychosis hits the top-rope Frankensteiner.
  • Gourdbuster by Psychosis.
  • Psychosis goes up top, Chavo goes to hit him with the horse, misses, so Chavo punches Psychosis off the top turnbuckle.
  • Eddie hits the frog splash and gets the pin.
  • Chavo rides Pepe back to the locker room.
• Replay of the one-on-one interview with Kevin Nash.
• Scott Hall comes out for a little mic time.
  • "Hey, yo."
  • No need for a survey since everyone knows Cali is nWo country.
  • Hall plays the heel and makes fun of Kevin Nash. "How about a little cheese to go with that whine?"
  • Hall claims that when he had money problems, Nash didn't help him out, but Bischoff and Hogan did.
  • Hall wants to be known as "Medium Sexy, the Nash Killer".
  • Hall tells Nash that if he wants some of Hall, he's easy to find, just look for "the guy that's sexier than ten movie stars".
• Scott "Flash" Norton w/Vincent vs. Ciclope
  • I guess this settles which side of the nWo that Norton is on.
  • Norton's got a crewcut. Lice?
  • Chops to the chest by Ciclope. No effect.
  • After about fifteen seconds, Norton hits a powerbomb and gets the pin.
  • Where are the cops? The announcers don't know what to do...they call it everything under the sun except a powerbomb.
  • Mark Curtis was the referee, by the way.
• This week in WCW. In the most recent race, I think that the car came in just ahead of an 80-year-old woman driving a Model T.
• Tony Schiavone brings out Stevie Ray with "his" TV Belt
  • Mike Tenay says Booker T didn't return his phone calls this week. I wouldn't, either.
  • Tony thinks Stevie Ray and Booker T are in cahoots.
  • Booker T has a handwritten note to prove that he has power of attorney over the belt.
    • Didn't Andre The Giant and Ted DiBiase set the legal precedent for this situation?
  • This interview is going absolutely nowhere.
  • Stevie Ray is going to go through the top ten opponents that Booker T gave him on a list.
  • And here's one of the top ten...Damian??!!
• WCW World Television Champion (?) Stevie Ray vs. Damian
  • Where's Jo Jo to resolve this issue?
  • Stevie Ray starts methodically taking Damian apart.
  • Damian hits a couple moves, including a dropkick off the top turnbuckle, but this match was never in town.
  • Slapjack, 1-2-3, it's over.
  • Stevie Ray wishes Booker T the best and says he'll be holding onto the belt for him.
• Chant in my house: "We want Arn!...We want Arn!"
• Curt Hennig w/Rick Rude, Scott Hall, and Vincent comes to the ring.
  • Rude says DDP is "a fart in the wind".
  • Hennig: "DDP stands for "Dirtball Dallas Punk".
  • Hennig shows the Diamond Cutter sign and says it's the size of Page's old lady's mouth.
  • Hennig talks about his parakeet being constipated and not being able to take a "bleep" on DDP's picture. Censors are on double duty tonight.
    • Wade: "Poor Hennig. It's gotta suck to have a constipated bird."
  • Konnan comes out and calls Hall a mark and slaps Hennig and takes off.
  • Rude restrains Hennig.
• Rey Misterio, Jr. vs. Juventud Guerrera
  • Tenay mentions all of the Oakland A's in attendance. Brain: "Gehrig is here tonight" Tony: "Lou Gehrig?" Brain: "Al Gehrig. He parks cars out back. Great guy."
  • This match is probably going to go too fast for me to call.
  • Juvi's got a big hoop earring in his left ear.
  • Misterio definitely put on some muscle while he was out.
  • Standard moves by these guys, Juventud hits the first big move in by dropkicking Misterio as he was attempting a springboard off the top rope.
  • Guerrera is in control for a while.
  • Misterio tries a roll up and then hits a flying head scissors and a running guillotine leg drop.
  • "Whooos" from the crowd on the backhand chops.
  • Big missile dropkick by Guerrera.
  • A few more flying headscissors by Misterio.
  • Juvi Driver, but Misterio kicks out!
  • Juvi goes up top for the 450 splash, but Misterio knocks him off.
  • Misterio goes up top for the hurricanrana, but Bret Hart comes in and nails him with a chair.
  • Bret Hart nails Juventud with the chair and then puts Juventud in the sharpshooter.
  • Referee Mickey J tries to stop Hart, and gets plastered for his trouble.
  • Bret sees Misterio lying conveniently close to the ringpost, and Hart puts on his ringpost figure-four.
  • The referees come out and eventually stop the carnage.
  • Oh, how the mighty have fallen. Reduced to beating up cruiserweights in the undercard.
• Barbarian and "The Laughing Man" Hugh Morrus vs. Marty Jannetty and "Gentleman" Chris Adams
  • Adams and Morrus to start. I'm sensing a Meng run-in here.
  • Adams gets a few shots in and tags Jannetty in.
  • I can see people in the crowd leave to go to the bathroom and concession stands.
  • Morrus is handling Jannetty until Jannetty hits a sidekick.
  • All four men in and the referee has lost control.
  • Adams is pitched from the ring, and Barbarian holds Jannetty down as Hugh Morrus comes off with the No Laughing Matter.
  • Morrus gets the pin on Jannetty.
  • For once, my instincts were correct, Meng comes in.
  • Meng beats the hell out of Barbarian and Morrus, gives the referee the Kick Of Fear, and chases Jimmy Hart back to the locker room.
  • If Meng doesn't scare you, read Arn Anderson's autobiography, and he will. Trust me.
• Tony and Dean are back in the ring. Dean still wants Arn. The Horseman music plays, and we have Arn...followed by Mongo.
  • Crowd's chanting "We want Flair".
  • Mongo doesn't want to hear what Malenko has to say.
  • Malenko says that Benoit is his nearest and dearest friend.
  • Malenko says that he and Arn have a lot in common, and he wants to thank him for bring him into WCW three years ago.
  • Crowd's chanting again.
  • Malenko says he, Mongo, Benoit don't need Arn, but Arn could help them achieve greatness.
  • I can't do Arn's soliloquy justice. Click this (wav file - 1M zipped) for the second greatest pro wrestling soliloquy of all time. Sorry about the sound quality, but the file is already huge with the poor sampling rate. However, it's worth the wait for the download. I personally confirm for you that every story that Arn tells is 100% legitimate.
    
  • As for my response to Arn's speech...amen, brother.
• Hennig, Hall, Rude, and Vincent come to the ring. DDP comes out the entrance and goes through the crowd. The Wolfpac music plays and Konnan comes out, and he and DDP embrace. Commercial break.
• We get back and Dave Penzer confirms a booking change.
• "Diamond" Dallas Page and Konnan vs. Scott Hall and Curt Hennig
  • Konnan and Hennig to start and Konnan immediately tags in DDP.
  • DDP manhandles Hennig for a minute or so, and both guys tag out.
  • Konnan handles Hall until Halls hits an eyepoke. Konnan eventually regains control, and all four men are in the ring.
  • DDP attempts three diamond cutters on Hall, and instead of going through with the move, Hall just "blocks it" by standing there. Really weird. The announcers don't know what to make of it...they call it an effective counter. I think it's usually called "not cooperating". I'd call it a "faked shoot".
  • Eventually, it gets back to Konnan and Hennig.
  • Hennig tags Hall in.
  • Hall with a forward chinlock on Konnan. Wow, Hall's got a huge gut.
  • Double lariat with Konnan and Hall, and they're both down.
  • Hot tag to Page.
  • Page cleans house.
  • Mark Curtis is your referee, by the way.
  • Scott Hall distracts Page, and Hennig nails Page, and goes to work on him. Hennig gets a few 2 and 3/4 counts.
  • Commercial break.
  • Back from commercial, Hall's been tagged in. He gets an abdominal stretch on Page...with a little added leverage from Hennig.
  • Eventually, the ref sees the cheating, and DDP hiptosses his way out of the move.
  • Hennig is tagged in, and goes to work. Quick tag to Hall.
  • Big clothesline in the corner on Page by Hall.
  • Sleeper by Hall. Reversed into a sleeper by Page. Belly-to-back by Hall.
  • Hot tags in both corners.
  • Konnan is house-a-fire.
  • Page finally hits the diamond cutter on Hall out on the floor.
  • Hennig hits Konnan with the Hennigplex and gets the pin. I couldn't see if direct interference led up to it.
• Er, that's it.

• Trivia Answer: Jim Neidhart held the opponent in a bear hug while Bret Hart came running off the ropes with a clothesline.

I just got back from Thunder. Allow me to tell you what the viewers didn't see.

David Penzer came out in a 1/2 hour before the show started to tell use he had some exciting news. First, we were privileged to seeing three hours of Thunder instead of two and 2nd, there were some dark matches.

After the show went off the air we would get to see for the first time ever - Goldberg vs. The Giant!

Two dark matches also occurred before Thunder:

• Villano IV d. Tom Power
  • Yes, a Villano actually won. He won with a submission hold that looked like an abdominal stretch. Tom Power was acrobatic but missed many spots.
• Blitzcreek? and Super Drago? d. a luchador and a white guy.
  • I had no idea who these people were. Maybe I should watch {Pro}.
  • It may have been the most entertaining match of the night with all the high flying.

Some notes about Thunder itself:

• If you watch on T.V., you may have no idea who David Penzer is. If you're in the arena though, he is the anchor of the show. Through all the commercial breaks (and there are many) he is on the mic, not letting the crowd get too pissed. In the beginning, everything he would say would get booed but he was good enough that by the end of the show, in a weird way, the crowd was behind him. Wildcat Willie just plain sucked.
• It has puzzled me while watching T.V. why crowds aren't more involved in the Kanyon vs. any Flock member matches. Tonight I found the answer. The action on T.V. doesn't translate well live. I was disappointed with the match and was surprised to read you thought the match was incredible. I watched a tape and would now agree it was great.
• Off air, Scott Hall gave the dX crotch chop to the crowd while Bret Hart flipped everyone off.
• The biggest pop went to Goldberg in the dark match but guess who came in a close second? Konnan.
• Others big pops went to DDP, Duggan (its true), and yes, Bill, Arn Anderson. It is good to see that the mainstream still has tremendous respect for Arn. His speech was unparalleled compared to all other mic work
• Bret Hart generated the most heat which I found surprising. Eddie Guerrero also drew a lot of heat.

Goldberg d. The Giant

• The Giant controlled the entire match which was about four minutes. He gave Goldberg a nice chokeslam which Goldberg no-selled and, well, you know the rest.

Afterwards we saw Rey Misterio Jr., Psychosis, and Juventud Guerrera all without masks. Misterio is short but the man is built. It's a wonder how he is so muscled up yet still acrobatic.

First dark match: Villano IV d. "Big Time" Tom Howard Second dark match: Blitzkreig & Super Chucka d. American Wildchild (Ron Rivera) and Hell Raiser Post-broadcast dark match: Goldberg d. Giant in 3:13

Notes: The dark match guys come from EWF, Bill Anderson & Jesse Hernandez' So. Cal. promotion. Each of them have Lucha expereicne, with the tag team match guys wrestling for Japan and APW as well. I'm not sure the exact name of Chucka, but I believe he also goes by the name of Dragon Yakuza. The tag match was the best. The most death-defying moves. Howard, who had a WWF tryout in January, looked nervous and blew a lot of spots.

Other notes:

• Heenan was introduced as Oakland A's pitching great. That threw me off until I read this morning that he threw out the first pitch at the A's game and missed by a mile.
• TV coverage was positive. On KRON ch. 4 (NBC), sportscaster Gary Radnich, usually critical of wrestling, gave Rey Misterio Jr. props and hailed the crowd of 18,000.
• During commercial breaks, Penzer would coach the crowd and give cues to when the show was back on the air.
• Also, the main light above the ring would shut off, and then back on to indicate when the show was back from break.
• Security confiscated plenty of signs. I don't think they did it because of content, but they took any sign located in the back aisle facing the TV camera. You may notice this during the broadcast.

Biggest cheers:

1. Goldberg
2. Konnan
3. DDP

Biggest boos:

1. 1. Bret Hart
2. 2. All others