WCW Thunder - Thursday, 11/4/99
WCW Thunder - Thursday, 11/4/99
- Okay, let's see who this returning old has-been fossil they're dragging out to do the Thunder report this week is...
- The screen lights up, and hey, that music sounds suspiciously like "Black" from Sevendust...
- Holy cow, it's Creed!
- He says he's missed coming out to do commentary, and he says he will never, eeever! turn his back on Bill - yeah right, he'll probably clobber Bill with a chair when his back is turned! :j
- Wow, this is cooler than when Piper 'came back' at Havoc in 96! :j
- Creed: "How many people came here to see the nWo?" (crickets chirp)
- Creed: "How many people came to this website to support WCW?" (some cheers)
- Creed: "Now! How many people came to see the (crowd joins in) D! D! T! Digest!" (crowd goes nuts)
- The crowd loved it when he said he is down with DDT Digest.. For.. Life!
- Actually, he says he's happy to be back for this one-night-only event, and he hopes he does nearly as well as the regulars. :j
- (for the record, the above section has nothing to do with the actual show itself)
- Note: I'm watching the replay, so usually, this might mean there could be a thing or two I'd miss. However, considering the whole month of shows has already been taped, I seriously doubt it.
- Smackdown: 1 showing.
- Thunder: 2 showings.
- Do the math. :j
- We are not even a little bit live from San Diego, California!
- Scott "I kicked Tony's ass at commentary and he didn't like it" Hudson and Larry "How come I don't get a crowd chant here?!" Zbyszko are your announcers.
- Sorry if I don't remember how to spell your name, Larry, it's been a while.
- Evan Karagias vs. Juventud Guerrera... again...
- Okay, I'll give it some credit, there hasn't been a clean ending yet - which I actually find amusing!
- Evan comes out first, I'm interested to see if he gets the girl (Madusa) or if she's just using him to win a round in the tournament.
- Juventud bounces out to the ring.
- I can't help it - now every time I here his name, I think of Rocky Maivia asking Jericho if he should be impressed, because a couple of months ago, Chris was "down south, beating up some jabronie named *Juventud*?!"
- Recap footage from Match #1 (rudely interrupted by Bret Hart, out to whine about being screwed. Again.)
- Recap footage from Match #2 (rudely interrupted by a double clothesline from Sid - but they should have known better!)
- Fortunately, Hudson promises us that the third time is a charm.
- Juvy moves Evan aside to get his favorable fan response.
- Actually, they booed him.
- So he takes out his frustrations with a kick flurry on Karagias.
- Whip to the corner, but a boot stops the run-in, and Evan hits a BIG powerslam!
- Juvy slips over a suplex attempt, but his attempt at a roll-up is escaped. Instead, both men go down from a double clothesline.
- Guerrera gets in a sharp body slam, however Evan chops his way back. Juvy puts a stop to that with a crisp DDT.
- Scott calls it a "front-face DDT", which is silly, as most gamers know that term is used to describe a Diamond Cutter, not a conventional DDT.
- I wonder if this match will actually end without interference...
- Karagias counters a whip with his own, and turns a military press into a hot shot, dropping Juvy on the top rope.
- Snap suplex lays out Juvy, but the Asai moonsault misses the mark.
- Guerrera sets up for the 450, but Evan crotches him on the top, superplexing him instead.
- Okay, here we go - run in of the match is.. is.. Norman Smiley?!
- He breaks up a mutual punch-fest by the two Cruiserweights, and there goes yet another Evan/Juvy match.
- You know, this would be really fun if done right. Once a week they try to have the match, finally one night having it like three times, always with someone or something interfering - until they both say 'Aw, nuts to this.."
- ...and I guess this match is out as well.
- ...And so Norman speaks...
- In some decent Spanish (better than mine), he tells Juvy he wants one moment, and to calm down. That's random.
- Smiley says that the fans knew, the first time they saw him, that he was hardcore to the bone.
- What's that noise? Just me, giggling for his silliness.
- From the Gospel According to Smiley, he brought back the hardcore division and the Big Wiggle. Uh, okay.
- "When you think of 'tough as nails', when you think of hardcore, think of one man... NOR-man!" Heh.
- He predicts here and now, now and here, every WCW wrestler will fall to the hardcore Wiggle...
- ...just before Evan and Juvy start kicking the snot out of him! AHAHAHA!
- Norm falls out of the way of a double dropkick, and the two Cruisers nail each other!
- While they roll around in pain, Norman busts out the Wiggle. This is pretty funny, actually!
- Backstage, the Revolution discuss membership.
- Shane says that they shouldn't cut themselves off if someone worthwhile is available.
- Saturn adds that even Super Bowl teams sometimes crap out in the draft. Ouch.
- If I said there was a movie starring George Clooney and Arnold Schwarzenegger, with Uma Thurman, Chris O'Donnell, and Alicia Silverstone.. you would *think* it would be a good movie, wouldn't you?
- Sid is walking backstage - wait, he approached, this could be something!
- He looks like a seven foot DORK! Red pants, white T-shirt, and baseball cap that doesn't remotely contain all that curly blonde hair.
- Sid looks like one of those cartoons where they make a person grow in size, but their clothes don't?
- ...of course, you don't have to tell him I said that...
- Mike Graham tells him the main event is he and Perry Saturn against Rick Steiner and Chris Benoit.
- Oh, I get it - a Nightmare Partner match!
- Sid says the DFG is his buddy, but the man is just a messenger, he doesn't make the decisions.
- Booker T (w/Stevie Ray) vs. Kaz Hayashi (w/snowball's chance)
- Raise the roof! It's one half of the ten-time, ten-time, ten-- just kiddin'...
- While Kaz enters, they show the Team Formerly Known As DOA failing to interfere with Booker T. on Nitro, but allowed Jeff to El Kabong Booker instead.
- This whole Powers That Be (heretofore simply referred to as PTB) concept is interesting, though I think a bit overboard at times.
- I like Hayashi's look, but it won't do much for him in this match. Booker starts off pushing him into a corner, only to give the clean break.
- Booker hits a powerslam after some crowd working, but misses an elbowdrop, so Hayashi goes on the attack. Dropkick to the knee, followed by a solid dropkick to the face.
- After Booker is knocked outside, Kaz teases a dive, so T. ducks. When he comes back up, Hayashi hits a SWEET slingshot senton splash!
- Stevie Ray is annoyed, and comes over to beat on Hayashi. Oddly, this draws nothing more than a warning from the ref, who was looking RIGHT at it.
- But then, it was Nick Patrick, and we all know by now he's a *rogue* referee...
- Booker hits a MASSIVE Uranage! (Rock Bottom) I mean, Hayashi BOUNCED!
- Ouch! Booker changes from a back drop to a spinebuster. Damn.
- Missile dropkick. So long, Kaz - we hardly knew ya.
- Hudson is SHOCKED to hear the Filthy Animals are backstage!
- Sure enough, there they are - I think that's the same guy who delivered the message to Sid.
- He's poking away on his laptop, and the Animals swarm all over him, asking questions, Torrie with her hands in his hair...
- ...all so Konnan can get his wallet.
- Hey, Eddie - you see that?!
- They split up the cash out of the wallet (6 one-dollar bills, no, I'm not kidding!) and bail.
- Steiner's backstage with Gene.
- After Gene tells him about the main event, Rick says he's already heard.
- According to the DFG, it'll be just him and Sid standing at the end.
- As for the others, "well, we'll just see what happens to them..."
- That certainly was useful.
- The basketball commercial where Kobe Bryant reports his moves stolen - it's one of the few that I can find amusing even after seeing it repeatedly.
- Saturday Night highlight package.
- First they cover who was on last week's show. No winners, mind you - just who was there.
- They name off several Power Plant graduates scheduled for Saturday's show, and Devon Storm!
- Wow, MAJOR new look for Storm! He looks REALLY evil!
- Eddie G. vs. Coach Buzz Stern
- The Filthy Animals arrive to a pretty serious face pop - well, an alleged one, anyway. I don't trust WCW heat as of late.
- Rey Rey has the cam cam. Probably something for him to do that won't further damage his injured knee.
- Wow - judging by Torrie's appearance, it must be cold in that arena.
- Eddie is a filthy animal and proud of it. If they want something, they take it. If you want it back, try it.
- Oh, good Lord.
- That is a sight I had managed to avoid, but alas, it's one of the downfalls of covering Thunder, I assume.
- You know, I've actually met Ray Lloyd - Glacier turned Coach - and he's an extremely nice guy. I just wish he could get into something that would do him some good.
- Cut back to the pole match from Nitro before we get underway.
- Side headlock to start, shoulderblock takedown, and a nice sidewalk slam by the Coach.
- Luther takes notes on the outside until the FA steal his book - heh.
- Meanwhile, Eddie hits a sweet spinning headscissor takedown, but most of the attention is outside the ring, where the other Animals are tearing up the gameplan in the notebook.
- The Coach is upset with this, and comes out to confront Rey. Bad move.
- Mudhole stomping by the FA. It's over, DQ.
- ...it's not?
- The ref didn't see ANY of it?!
- Because Eddie distracted him the WHOLE time?!
- HA! That's actually kinda' cool!
- Oh man, this ref is pathetic. He turns back around, only to have Kidman slide in and deliver the short power bomb on the Coach, setting him up for the Froggy.
- Konnan has distracted the ref by putting his hat on the official, so Eddie has to actually whistle for his attention before he hits the Frog Splash and the pin.
- Luther comes in to try and fight Eddie. Can YOU guess what happens now?
- If you can't, let's just say there's four FA's and only two other guys in the ring. Whole lotta' stomping.
- For one last touch, they steal the Coach's shirt. HA! I'm really liking the FAs!
- Scheme Gene interviews the tag team challengers, Berlyn and (snicker) Curly Bill.
- All right, without any racial tones here, I would tend to expect that a wrestler who believes his nationality is superior to all would NOT team with an African-American. But okay, I'll play along.
- Bill says he doesn't know why he was put with Berlyn.
- Herr Berlyn takes offense to the Texan speaking at all, and says he advises Bill to stand aside and watch Berlyn *crush* the FAs.
- They leave - then so do we, via commercials.
- Just once, that chick needs to shove Jimmy Barron into that pool. Just one shove with that high heel, that's all I ask for.
- Look, here's the deal. You can either blow $60 on the Rey Mysterio baseball jersey, or one of the Filthy Animals will steal your wallet, and you'll be out the money anyway! :j
- And no, I don't want a K-Dawg banner, either!
- We come back from commercial to:
- Steiner walks past Benoit.
- DFG: "It's gonna' be a long night for you, Benoit..."
- Recaps of the World Championship Tournament:
(click here for brackets and winners)
- Vampiro v. Berlyn
- The Misfits just *can't* be as cool as ICP - clown rappers with a nasty running power bomb!
- When Berlyn says "Screw U.S.A.," it doesn't get edited like it did on Nitro.
- Lash LeRoux v. The Cat
- Stevie Ray v. Buff
- Clip of Buff winning by DQ after 'Creative Control' tries to interfere on behalf of the PTB.
- 'Creative Control' - hey, that's catchy!
- Disco Inferno v. Hennig
- If I didn't know better, I'd say that kid is going to be some friend of the 'family', if you know what I mean.
- If you still don't, let's say he'll make Disco 'an offer he can't refuse!'
- Booker T v. Jeff Jarrett
- The guitar shot finished it quick.
- Madusa v. Evan Karagias
- Madusa advances with the figure-four liplock. :j
- Benoit v. Malenko
- Great shots of the cage match, including the BIG ASS SWANDIVE FROM HELL!
- And of course, David Flair going psycho with a tire iron.
- Scott Hall v. Sid Vicious
- For some reason, Hall leaves with the belt, though Hart is actually the champ.
- Highlight package from the end of last week's Thunder, where the Revolution screwed up a somewhat decent match, only to have Sid 'roid rage and powerbomb everyone.
- Backstage, the Revolution confront Sid.
- Shane wants to know what's up.
- Sid says he didn't ask for this, Rick Steiner didn't ask for this, but "we'll see what happens."
- Gee - THAT was sure insightful!
- And thus ends the segment...
- Coming back, Mean Gene is interviewing... La Parka?
- What the hell?!
- ...oh, I'm sorry - what I mean is.. What the hell?!
- Okay - this IS pretty funny. While my Spanish isn't great, I can pick up enough to understand that La Parka is talking about the United States, presumably making it big here, and I believe something about getting a second win over Bagwell. But the captions read like this:
- "Gene, let's talk about something else for a change."
- "Everyone always asks me why I dress in this ridiculous outfit."
- "The truth is, I was always a big fan of 'He-Man' growing up - especially Skeletor."
- "And I am not ashamed to admit it."
- "I mean, who didn't love that cartoon when they were a kid?"
- "I have all the episodes on tape at my house, you know!"
- "Before long, I found myself obsessing over Skeletor so much that I finally made this crazy costume."
- "So as far as I"m concerned, Buff Bagwell should know one thing tonight..."
- "Thanks to the power of Castle Grayskull and Skeletor - I HAVE THE POWER!"
- HA!
- Buff Daddy vs. La Parka
- Bagwell comes to the ring with his Top Hat and shades, but no tear-away overalls.
- Laaaa Parkaaaaa! He does his strut, but for some reason, he gestures at the aisle floor as he enters. He seems rather over with the fans.
- Quick highlights of their previous encounter, where he laid down after obviously calling for a kick to the back of his head; and his run-in with the enforcers of the PTB.
- My favorite line: "We represent the idiots in the back who write this crap!"
- Hey, you said it, not me!
- It is pointed out that Bagwell doesn't seem into it this match, and admittedly, he isn't his usual self.
- La Parka does his little dance, then throws in an old-fashioned Hulk Hogan ear to the cheering fans.
- After just one arm drag, La Parka tries to get the crowd's interest, and Buff helps him!
- Heh - Buff mocks La Parka's strut.
- And he poses. Again.
- From a collar-and-elbow tie-up, La Parka hits an arm drag, a hip toss, and a body slam.
- Buff again tries to get the crowd to cheer for La Parka, who gets pissed off and encourages Bagwell to attack him. So he does.
- He punches and kicks away on Parka in the corner.
- Just like before, Buff does his pose and calls for the kick, but this time he ducks it, and also ducks the enziguiri kick. He instead dishes out three clotheslines and a bunch of stomps.
- Buffy the Kayfabe Slayer calls for the Blockbuster and hits it, and it's all over.
- Backstage in some locker room, Mean Gene questions the Filthy Animals.
- Their tag title challengers tonight are ... Berlyn and Curly Bill. Sorry, I'm still dealing with that one...
- Pardon me while I have a large helping of confusion...
- Kidman says they can't be too concerned about the match - they're more concerned with the return of Torrie.
- Konnan pretends they've lost sleep over the challengers, then calls them strawberry punks.
- Ringside Release: Tony Hawk's Pro Skater
- HOT looking game, I'm going to have to rent that once I wear out WWF Attitude, Final Fantasy 8, and Driver. In other words, call me next spring. :j
- Kidman & Konnan vs. Berlyn & Curly Bill
- Champs enter first - uh, okay.
- Gee, Torrie, is it still cold in here? Heh.
- Kidman: "San Diego - the Filthy Animals are gonna keep you up alllll night!"
- Dude - this is a college campus, they'd be up all night anyway!
- Konnan says that smell is the FA in the house. Hit the showers, boys.
- This is funny - Konnan ends his rhetoric with "Orrale!" - and Berlyn's opera music kicks in, almost like a bunch of Divas were answering Konnan.
- Berlyn's entrance is remarkably short, and is quickly followed by "Curly Bill" - this is also funny: the WCW's Urban Cowboy.
- Quick cut to Nitro, showing how the FA 'defeated' Sting & Luger, or rather mobbed one guy while the other played gimp on the outside.
- K & K discuss something, then ask if Vinc.. er, Virg.. er, well, they ask him if he's the sheriff from 'Blazing Saddles' - I can't tell if the responding nod is a 'Yup' or 'Keep it up, and I'll be headbutting your shoe for that remark!"
- Wri... er, Berlyn starts off which kick-and-punch offense - say, if it's not too much trouble, could we see some wrestling?
- Kidman fights back by ducking two clotheslines and landing a flying cross-body. He follows up with a whip to the corner, and the rebounding clothesline.
- Berlyn has success with a powerslam, so he tries a power bomb, but Kidman shows some versatility by, instead of facebusting his way out, simply punching Herr Berlyn until he falls over.
- Konehead gets the hot tag, hits a double back elbow with Kiddy, and hits the tumbling clothesline.
- Mule kick, facebuster. Bartender, may I have a Tequila Sunrise please?
- Instead, Konnan tries a cross-corner whip, but Berlyn reverses it into a clothesline.
- Bill finally gets tagged in, and opens a can on K & K. Japanese arm drag?! Single-arm DDT?! What the?!
- Curly wants the tag to Berlyn (already?!) but the German is backing away. Bill doesn't get it, so the unnamed bodyguard explains it to him with his loaded glove.
- Kidman further translates with a short power bomb (or standing spinebuster, as I like to call it).
- ...and THERE'S the Tequila Sunrise and tap out. Please tip your bartender, don't drink and drive.
- While Eddie G tapes the results, the other FA comes in to celebrate by all taking turns with a stomp on Bill until he rolls out of the ring.
- Mean Gene again, this time with Lash LeRoux.
- Lash says trust and respect aren't the same thing, and he doesn't trust Disco Inferno any farther than he can throw his granddaddy's mule. Cute.
- He says Disco has his "CajunWeight title" - heh.
- I really like Lash, but he's missing something that he needs to be taken seriously.
- After some commercials, Mean Gene now wants to hit up Van Hammer for some information.
- Gene heard he is "it", as in the next Revolution member.
- Van: "For the Revolution, I'll be a revelation."
- He says he's the next big acquisition, and if they agree to it, it'll be like money in the bank.
- Stevie Richards returns to WCW!
- Lash LeRoux vs. Silver King
- Heh, that's right, it's Lash's music now.
- Silver King of Jobs arrives - I like his Mexican cowboy in Silver outfit.
- Flashback to Lash's victory over the Cat in the World Tourney.
- Show of hands to anyone who *seriously* thinks Lash will be the next WCW World Champ? Anyone? No?
- Some stalling to start, as Silver King takes time repeatedly to play to the crowd.
- The first couple exchanges go nowhere, until Silver ducks under an Irish whip into a drop toe hold. Nice!
- King hits a standing front somersault (no, that's not a moonsault, Scott) into a legdrop. Wow.
- Sweet exchange that ends as LaRoux does a shoulder roll under King's spinning heel kick.
- After three punches, LeRoux hits the dancing, leg splitting, clothesline - which is cool, but in a couple months, will be like K-Dawg's tumbling clothesline, I'm sure.
- LL fights off Kind outside the ring, going into the steps, and finally being rolled back in.
- However, King's top rope 'rana is blocked, and he takes a flying bodypress!
- King comes back with a Tajiri-ish stiff kick to the head. Ow!
- Now Silver goes for an Asai - holy crap, what WAS that?!
- My call is an Asai into a corkscrew senton. And not a 'twisting body attack.'
- Fight goes to the outside, and King takes a whip into the rails.
- Before he goes back in to join Lash, King takes a moment to enjoy a small 'Silver King' chant - I take it the tongue sticking out is a sign of approval.
- Silver nails a backdrop with a lot of height, but only gets two - Lash whips him to the ropes, he hits a Tiger Mask fake-out! Wow!
- It's so cliche, but I have to say it - I *WAS* fooled by his stocky physique! :j
- Silver's drop toe hold onto the ring ropes works, but his springboard moonsault doesn't.
- Perfect Towering dropkick from Lash puts him back on offense, the huge back drop helps, and the Whiplash ends it all.
- That, by the way, is a SWEET finisher in my not-so-humble opinion.
- Mean Gene again - with BENOIT~!
- Chris says Malenko is not the hunter, now he's the prey.
- Crippler says if he has two, he'll take on both DFG and Sid by himself.
- Interview is short but sweet, but then this is "Silent but Violent."
- A shot of the Revolution walking (and Asya bouncing) ends the segment.
- Money is no object for Sting.
- They ought to reshoot this commercial with the new-look Sting, where he is paint-less but with shades.
- Malenko (w/Douglas, Saturn, and Asya) v. Van Hammer (w/new look)
- Hudson calls this 3/4 of the Revolution. Hey, Einstein, Benoit's not in Revolution anymore - that's ALL of the Revolution!
- Cut back to the Revolution beating up a handcuffed Benoit from Nitro.
- I note this is almost ECWish, but Dreamer topped it when he CRUSHED Raven in the head with a chair.
- Van Hammer gets more cheers then humanly possible for him. (heat machine, ya think?!) He comes out in a stocking cap, dark shades, a black one-piece with interesting white inscriptions. I like the new look better than any so far.
- Heh - this is amusing. Hammer says he's heard Revolution wants him, he's earned his chance, and he basically offers the easy way, or the hard way.
- Easy way: They can let Hammer in and just accept him, seeing how they need a 'big man.'
- Hard way: He fights his way into Revolution, and starts with (Malenko's) "vertically challenged ass."
- That was cute. But Dean goes nuts and rings his bell. Oh, sorry, that's just them starting the match.
- Dean goes for the knee right off, and oddly, Hammer sells the hell out of it.
- Van catches Malenko out of the corner with a sweet powerslam, but can't mount an offense due the attack on his knee.
- Wow. Actual match psychology. I'm impressed!
- Van Hammer tries to send Dean to the corner, but he eats a flying clothesline!
- Malenko takes a warning from the ref, Hammer takes a shot to the knee from Saturn.
- Dean keeps up the attack on the knees, then misses a charge into the corner.
- Hammer hits what I call the catapult spinebuster, lift them up like a back drop, but reverse and whip them down to the mat.
- Hudson remembers that was the old Flashback. Good memory!
- Van Hammer locks in the Cobra Clutch, but a flailing Malenko pops the ref in the face, allowing Saturn and Asya to pull VH-1 by the ankles and crotch him on the ringpost.
- You know, that hurts just lookin' at it!
- Texas Cloverleaf, it's over. Just for good measure, Revolution stomps a mudhole in Van to make sure he gets the picture.
- Lego men of all affiliations put aside their differences to work together, so they can all share in a pack of Juicy Fruit.
- You know, it's not just a gum commercial, it's a message.
- Of course, a hummingbird tries to steal the gum - what is *that* telling the youth of America?!
- "Somebody stole my moves." Heh.
- Nash does the job in a toy commercial. :j
- Highlight package on the PTB.
- Buff: "I'm not doing a J-O-B job for nobody, ever again." So you won't be applying for that spot on Al Snow's Job Squad? ;j
- They show the spot from Havoc where Madusa came out to model the perfume and rebelled.
- Ex-DOA: "We represent the two idiots in the back who write this crap!" Like I said before...
- The Duggan segment from Nitro is shown next. No kidding? You think you can get me interested in him again? Well, good luck, guys.
- Brad Armstrong doesn't know what a 'hornyaker' is, and neither do I.
- He says he was told to ask his little brother (WWF's Road Dog) what a personality is, and not to come back until he has one.
- Hey, don't complain, Brad, you're an OUTSTANDING wrestler - but if you had one, you'd be somewhere - why you'd be.. in the WWF! :j
- They throw a bunch of random clips at us while discussing the World Championship Tournament.
- Basic Instinct is on TBS - once it's edited for Turner (the same way WCW is), it should run about 25 minutes.
- Supposedly, they'll have Sharon Stone's body double. Excuse me, why have a double when you don't use one for the most, ahem, *revealing* shot in the whole movie?!
- Eight-Man Over the Top Rope Battle Royal.
- Boy, that's redundant. That's like saying it's a pinfall-or-submission match.
- Or "Hardcore Weapons Match."
- The participants: Steve Regal, Dave Taylor, Chris Adams, Jerry Flynn, Prince Iaukea, Scotty Riggs, El Dandy, and Chavo Guerrero.
- Hudson and Larry Z are REALLY hyping up how some of these guys are fighting, not just for victory, but for their jobs. They even mention how this isn't a good time of year to be 'going up north.' Ouch.
- Though to play Devil's Advocate, any of these guys could be pushed into a recognizable mid-carder in the WWF without too much trouble.
- Okay, except Steve Regal.
- I'm not even going to TRY and call this to some of these people leave... :j
- FIRST ELIMINATED: El Dandy. I guess he fooled himself with the stocky phys.. oh sorry, wrong guy.
- They pointed out a minute ago that Regal saved Taylor, but now he's fighting Adams. Go figure.
- You know, Jerry Flynn is TALL. I just hadn't realized it before.
- ELIMINATED: Chris Adams. (by Chavo)
- Regal takes Chavo's leg, and hooks him up for a Greco-Roman kick to the crotch.
- Flynn hits a SWEET jumping back kick on Prince Iaukea.
- ELIMINATED: Scotty Riggs - he was on the apron, but Flynn nailed a back kick to knock him off.
- ELIMINATED: Jerry Flynn, from a Iaukea dropkick after being crotch on the top rope.
- ELIMINATED: Iaukea, as Taylor pulls down the top rope.
- Yes, they all went very quickly, one right after the other.
- Regal catches Chavo from behind, locking up his arms.
- ELIMINATED: Taylor, as Chavo ducks, taking Regal down with him, and Dave sails out.
- ELIMINATED: Regal, after Chavo catapults his Lordship right over the top.
- I gotta' know - is this match dedicated to Pepe? :j
- The announcers *really* hype the fact there are probably seven new spots on the roster available.
- Sid and Rick Steiner are talking in the back.
- Sid changes his mind from volunteering to do the one-finger-pin job to Rick Steiner, to telling the DFG that he should take the fall after the single-digit-push.
- Steiner gives him a 'whatever' head shake and leaves with Mr. Undefeated.
- Super movie Sunday:
- Mortal Kombat
- Rumble in the Bronx
- Red Heat
- Total Recall
- Hey, those are all pretty good movies, if ya ask me!
- The Mayhem PPV/World Championship Tournament promo airs, though it sounds like someone forgot to turn the volume up at the beginning.
- MAIN EVENT: Sid & Perry Saturn vs. Rick Steiner & Chris Benoit
- Sid gets first entrance.
- Footage from the end of last week's show gets the second entrance. :j
- Hudson says there is definite 'heat' between the partners on both sides. Hey, does ANYONE around here remember this thing called kayfabe?!
- I lied, Saturn gets second entrance, along with Asya.
- Okay, remind me to mail a math textbook to Hudson. He claims it's one-fourth of Revolution arriving.
- If Asya's the fourth Revolution member: it's two-fourths, or one-half.
- If she's not: then it's one-THIRD. Sigh.
- Steiner comes out - I try to remember when I used to care what he did. And thought his barking was amusing.
- Shot of Malenko turning on Benoit at Havoc, followed by yet another shot of that AWESOME cage match on Nitro.
- DFG tries to reverse the easy pin for Sid with a small package, just like on Nitro. But Sid gets pissed, powerbombs Rick, and leaves.
- Good riddance to bad rubbish.
- Okay, screw the tag match, it's Saturn vs. Benoit!
- This is the sound of me not complaining!
- They start with a brawl that gets to the corner, Saturn with the advantage, until Benoit ducks and returns fire.
- Benoit hits a stiff elbow off the ropes, then takes Saturn out for fries and a booger. :j
- I have to wonder, does he ACTUALLY blow snot on people?
- Backbreaker and a lateral press only get two for the Crippler.
- Saturn reverses a whip in the corner and hits a belly-to-belly TazPlex. Oh, sorry, wrong guy, wrong fed.
- I read somewhere that WCW was turning Saturn into their own version of Taz. I didn't believe it until Nitro, when Saturn wore an FTW tank top.
- Grace me with E-mail if you can't determine the abbreviation...
- The Asai moonsault by Saturn misses as Benoit rolls away. DFG wants a tag (oh, you're still here?) but the Crippler snots on him too!
- Sigh - then Benoit looks away. Who didn't see the double-crossing clothesline from Rick coming, like, light years away?!
- Just to be fair, Perry gets a side belly-to-belly suplex for his troubles.
- DFG courteously leaves, realizing that either man in the ring has more talent in his little finger than Rick does in his whole overweight carcass.
- Benoit slaps the Crippler Crossface on, but Saturn's in the ropes.
- Bodyslam puts Chris back in charge, and a running elbowdrop serves as punctuation.
- After reversing with a go-behind, Benoit hits the trifecta of rolling German suplexes.
- The eye-popping, vein-bulging thumb across the throat. Eeek.
- Swandive headbutt hits the mark. Hey, this is an EXCELLENT match!
- Ah, here comes Dean Malenko for the non-ending. Shoulda' known.
- Come on - would it have been THAT bad to have him wait five seconds, and give Benoit a win over Saturn? After all, it was actually a tag team match...
- Benoit gets mugged until the Filthy Animals hit the ring and clean house, and that's about where we are when the show goes off the air.
- "The network that started a Revolution now presents their crowning achievement."
- I know this is the opening line of The Chimp Channel, but the fact that this show comes on *immediately* after Thunder can NOT be a coincidence.
- The Good: Actually, a lot! The interview segments were short, and gave wrestlers some exposure, reason for people to get into their characters. I saw a LOT of angle development and/or advancement. Sid and Steiner saw almost NO time in the main event, instead pushing it on the younger guys who can work their asses off.
- The Bad: Screwjob ending for the main event. Next time, just let the pinfall happen, and THEN do the angry mob thing.
- The Ugly: This is as shocking for me to write as it is for you to read. While a few things could have been better, I didn't see anything actually UGLY about it. Okay, wait - I got it. Scott Hudson's math skills!
Thanks for having me, I had a blast. :)