WCW Monday Nitro - November 15th, 1999
WCW Monday Nitro - November 15th, 1999
Little Rock, Arkansas
"Poopin' ain't easy."
- No pre-show report this week, unless I get to it later Tuesday.
- And we're LIVE from Little Rock, Arkansas, for WCW Monday Nitro!
- Tonight, we find out the final four for Mayhem.
- Match 1: Norman Smiley vs. Lanny Poffo^W^WJimmy Hart
- Screamin' Norman Smiley comes out in Arkansas Razorbacks football gear.
- His opponent - Jimmy Hart!
- Hart's borrowed Lanny Poffo's suit of armor.
- Hart's got some plundah.
- Hart tosses the plundah into the ring.
- Smiley can barely see with his helmet.
- There's a steel cage hanging above the ring.
- Hart puts the faceplate down, and gets met with a trash can lid.
- Norman's plundah has little effect on Hart.
- Norm takes Hart down by the legs.
- Norm teases the SMBU.
- Hart has powder, and goes all Memphis on Smiley.
- Hart uses a trash can and broom on Norm.
- Norm takes his helmet off and cries.
- The crowd has a big "Smiley" chant going.
- Hart kicks Smiley, and uses a trash can lid.
- Hart mocks the SMBU, but Norm stops him.
- "Jelly" Brian Knobbs runs down and hits Norm in the back with a chair.
- The shot to the back doesn't faze him, so Knobbs hits one to the head.
- Hart covers, but only gets two.
- Knobbs sets up a decrepit table.
- Hart gets some beverage in the face.
- Hart almost gets a pin on a collision.
- Knobbs sets Smiley up on the table, and turns to celebrate as Hart gets on the apron.
- Smiley, of course, moves, and Hart puts himself through the table.
- Smiley covers for the pin.
- Post-match, Knobbs beats the tar out of Smiley in the ring.
- Tonight, Curt Hennig takes on Bill Goldberg
- If Hennig can beat Goldberg, he gets a new contract.
- In the back, Hennig talks about giving Goldberg a fight, win or lose.
- Kim walks through the back, and finds Terry Taylor.
- Kevin Nash is dressed like Sid in the back.
- Cubs Fan: Nash should just take that comedy act on the road.
Particularly some place where I don't have to see it each week.
- Mike Tenay talks to Spice about AC Jazz not showing up for her match
- Jazz is also out of the Nitro Girls.
- Fyre and Tygress run out to jump Spice.
- Hall and "Sid" come out
- Hall: "Hey yo."
- The Outsiders have a special message for Sid. Sid's as dumb as he looks,
and Hall has the proof right here (as he points at Nash).
- "Sid" talks smack about Sid.
- After a while of smack-talking, Sid's music comes on.
- The real Sid makes his way down.
- Sid says he's tired of the Outsiders making him look like a jackass.
- Sid says to Nash "I know that you are only half the man that I am." Then he adds: Click here
- Sid says Hall's road to the WCW title ends tonight.
- Sid challenges Nash, if Nash "has the balls".
- Nash says he's still retired.
- Sid begs Nash to be a man, not a clown, for once in his life.
- Sid calls Nash a shell of his former self.
- Tenay talks to Booker T
- He'll be facing Patrick and Gerald, "Creative Control."
- Booker says Midnight is going to strike.
- Creative Control announces that Kimberly is there.
- Patrick and Gerald. As in "Patterson" and "Brisco"?
- Kim is talking to Russo
- Kim says she's not a wrestler.
- Russo says Kim's still under contract, and if she doesn't want to be a Nitro Girl, she'll be a wrestler.
- She gets a tuneup match tonight against Asya.
- There'll be a special guest referee.
- Nash as Sid comes and sits down in Russo's office.
- Match 2: Booker T vs. Patrick and Gerald
- Booker T's music comes on.
- Chavo Jr. stops Booker on his way to the ring to sell him some Amway.
- Tony's getting word that the Powers have waived Nash's retirement. Sid vs. Nash tonight.
- Booker starts off early on one.
- Booker eats boot, and a running clothesline.
- CC with a double-elbow.
- Booker reverses a guardrail whip, but gets clotheslined by the other one.
- Booker dropkicks both CC members at the same time.
- Axe kick, breakdance, and Booker goes up top.
- Booker lands the Missile Dropkick, but the other CC member makes the save.
- Doubleteam side slam from CC for the pin.
- The punishment continues after the bell, but the lights go out.
- A clock gongs.
- When the lights come back on, the same woman from last week is in the ring.
- She punches out the CC members. She and Booker clear the ring, and they embrace.
- The First Family argues in the back.
- Goldberg enters the arena.
- Russo isn't happy that CC got beat up by a woman.
- Russo threatens CC with their old gimmicks.
- Russo wants CC to get Torrie and the Luchadors.
- Match 3: Johnny Boone vs. Evan Karagias
- Yes! Johnny Boone!
- He'll be facing Evan Karagias.
- This is the Mayhem "Match of the Week"
- Evan comes out solo.
- My bad, Madusa's following behind.
- Boone attacks at the bell.
- Evan gets the better of the brawl.
- Madusa's doing her phone sex voice in the announce booth.
- Boone avoids a corner charge.
- Still more generic brawling.
- Evan eats boot several times.
- Boone rips Evan's necklace off.
- Madusa pulls Boone's shirt off, makes him eat grapefruit, and pushes him backward.
- Evan covers for the pin.
- Madusa applies the Liplock to Evan after the match.
- Russo's gonna offer the Luchadors a deal
- He's going to put a $10,000 check inside a piņata.
- Villano V, Psychosis, El Dandy, Silver King, and Juventud will have sticks, and be able to beat each other or the piņata.
- Dr. Death Steve Williams comes into the building, along with a Jim Ross lookalike (!)
- CC is looking for Torrie Wilson.
- Match 4: Piņata Match: Silver King vs. Psychosis vs. El Dandy vs. Villano V vs. Juventud Guerrera
- The piņata falls down three seconds into the match!
- Dr. Death is at ringside.
- This is Shockmaster level of sad.
- Fake JR is doing the palsy face. That's just wrong. F*** you, WCW©.
- Generic Lucha stuff in the ring.
- Juvi plays to the crowd with the piņata.
- Dandy knocks Juvi down.
- Swank DDT from Villano.
- Fake JR plugs his BBQ sauce.
- All the luchadors climb the turnbuckles with the piņata.
- JuviDriver on SIlver King.
- Latino Elbow!
- Juvi breaks open the piņata.
- Dr. Death rushes the ring and beats the tar out of the Luchadors.
- Silver King has the check, but Dr. Death takes it away.
- Death press-slams King onto the top turnbuckle.
- Dr. Death celebrates after the match.
- Goldberg says he has professional respect for Curt Hennig
- Goldberg, though, doesn't give a damn about anything.
- Nash is dressed as Nash in the back
- Nash says that WCW sucked, and he was going to take time off until things got fun again.
- Nash promises to climb up Sid's ass and kick his teeth out from the inside.
- Match 5: Bill Goldberg vs. Curt Hennig
- Goldberg leaves his dressing room, but Hennig slams a door in Goldberg's face.
- Goldberg isn't fazed, and the match starts in the back.
- Goldberg beats on Hennig in the hallways.
- Apparently, the bell hasn't sounded yet.
- They brawl up to the ramp area.
- There goes the bell, as they enter the ring area.
- The brawl around the ringside area for a bit.
- They finally get into the ring, with Hennig having the advantage.
- Hennig with the dropping knee scissors.
- Stepover toe hold by Hennig.
- Goldberg escapes with a punch to the choppers
- Goldberg finally has enough, and chokes Hennig.
- Goldberg applies the rolling cross-legbreaker, and Hennig taps!
- Hennig loses, but doesn't get pinned.
- Post-match, Hennig hits the referee. Goldberg then spears and Jackhammers him.
- Kim is on the phone, talking to DDP
- The lights flicker again. Kim says "Oh God, not again!"
- Jim Duggan comes in with a flashlight, and blames the fuses. He gives her the flashlight, and goes to fix the fuses.
- CC finds the Animals.
- CC says "We need Torrie."
- Kidman: "Everybody needs Torrie!"
- CC says if the Animals don't come up with Torrie, they're out of jobs.
- The Animals huddle, and go to find Torrie.
- Janitor Jim needs some fuses. Amway Chavo has lots of fuses.
- Match 6: Vampiro and The Misfits vs. Berlyn and The Wall
- Vampiro and the Misfits come out first.
- Berlyn makes his way out, with his bodyguard "The Wall."
- Berlyn has a long chain with him.
- Berlyn and Vampiro start what appears to be a handicap tag match.
- Berlyn with the early advantage.
- Vampiro avoids a dropkick, and hits a clothesline.
- Vampiro tags The Wall.
- One of the Misfits tag in, and all three of the Misfits attack The Wall.
- Wall chokeslams the Misfits.
- Vampiro comes in against both Berlyn and The Wall.
- Vampiro takes Wall over the top, but turns around, and gets met with a spinwheel kick.
- Wall comes back in.
- Wall makes the cover.
- Berlyn pulls Wall of Vampiro, and sends Wall to the corner.
- Vampiro with a reverse enzuigiri and the Nail in the Coffin.
- Vampiro tries a top-rope Frankensteiner, but Berlyn turns it into a SuperBomb.
- Wall breaks the pin.
- Wall and Berlyn argue.
- Vampiro rolls Berlyn up, but Berlyn kicks him off.
- Vampiro gets sent right into Wall, who chokeslams him.
- Berlyn lets Wall get the pin.
- Berlyn whips Vampiro with the chain, and chokes him with it..
- CC has Torrie with them.
- Torrie is talking to Russo
- Torrie's saying she doesn't know how to ref.
- Russo tosses her a ref bikini, and sends her to the back, since it's all about the ratings.
- Match 7: WCW World Television Champion Rick Steiner vs. Sid Vicious
- The Gay Biker makes his way out.
- Steiner's not even bothering to wear the TV belt again.
- Sid makes his way out.
- They start brawling from the get-go.
- On the floor, Rick sends Sid over the guardrail, and they brawl in the crowd.
- Steiner bodyslams Sid on the floor.
- They brawl further toward the back, and Sid locks on a chinlock.
- Sid yells "I didn't want it to come to this"
- They go up to the stage at the top of the ramp.
- Sid hits a low blow, and powerbombs Rick through the stage!
- Sid walks to the back.
- Rick Steiner is getting fitted with a neck brace as we come back.
- And we stay with the scene for a very......long..........time.
- Sid rambles in an interview with Mike Tenay.
- Match 8: "Block" Match: Jerry Flynn vs. Barbarian
- Jerry Flynn and Barbarian are down in the boiler room
- Looks like we're going to have a Boiler Room Match.
- Generic brawling, if you can believe it.
- Tony says "It's all about ratings, it's all about getting fans to watch Nitro." Unfortunately, he says it during THIS match.
- Flynn with a series of kicks against the wall, and Barbarian's out cold.
- Mike Tenay talks to Chris Benoit
- Benoit says that not even Scott Hall will stand in his way for the World title belt.
- Match 9: Asya vs. Kimberly Page (Special Referee - Torrie Wilson)
- Asya makes her way out first.
- Asya flexes.
- Kim makes her way out tentatively.
- "Stripper" music brings out the referee, Torrie Wilson in a referee bikini.
- Asya pulls Torrie around by her bikini.
- Torrie with a weak slap on Asya.
- Asya beats on Torrie, and they roll around on the floor.
- Kidman and the animals come out to cover up Torrie.
- Kimberly sneaks up behind Asya and slaps on a sleeper.
- Asya flips her over.
- Kim chokes Asya with part of her outfit.
- Torgo comes down with his crowbar and a referee shirt.
- Kimberly hits the road.
- Asya kicks Torgo in the gut, and drops him with a side suplex.
- Asya drops an elbow to Torgo's masters.
- Asya chokes him.
- Asya goes to hit Flair with the crowbar, but Torgo kicks her off.
- Torgo vertical-suplexes Asya, almost on top of the crowbar.
- Shane Douglas comes in, and Torgo whacks Shane in the arm with the crowbar.
- Torgo hits the road as the Revolution hits the ring.
- In the back, someone delivers flowers from Sting
- The flowers are from the TP.
- Sting: "I always knew he had a feminine side - tell him I'll knock his teeth in."
- TP wants Liz to come up with another plan.
- Goldberg's at the water cooler!!!!
- Torgo chases Kim into the parking lot, saying "It's not going to be that easy six days from now, sweetheart."
- Match 10: World Title Tournament Quarterfinal Match: Scott Hall
(w/Kevin Nash) vs. Chris Benoit (w/Bret Hart)
- Hall and Nash come out first.
- Benoit makes his way out.
- Benoit pauses in the aisle, looking toward the ring.
- Bret Hart's music comes on, and Hart makes his way out beside Benoit!
- The Outsiders aren't happy.
- Hall, of course, tosses the toothpick.
- Benoit tosses a snot rocket.
- Hall with the shoulderblock armbar.
- Benoit escapes with an armdrag.
- Hall applies the hammerlock, and paintbrushes Benoit's head.
- Benoit escapes with an elbow to the face.
- Hall wants a test of strength.
- Benoit gets a shot when he tries to accept.
- Benoit with a drop-toehold, and he then dropkicks Hall in the head.
- Hall falls to the floor to regroup.
- Nash teases interfering in the match.
- Benoit unloads with chops in the corner on Hall.
- Back-elbow from Benoit.
- Benoit slams Hall, but misses a quick elbow.
- Snap-suplex from Benoit! Only gets two.
- Benoit gets whipped into Nash, and Hall hits a lariat.
- Hall only gets two.
- Avalanche clothesline from Hall.
- Nash gets some shots in on Benoit on the outside.
- Hall continues the punishment on Benoit, and hits the fallaway slam for two.
- Hall locks on a sleeper.
- Benoit escapes with a backdrop suplex.
- Hall covers for two.
- Benoit blocks punches, and hits some punches and kicks of his own.
- Double-arm clothesline from Benoit for two.
- Pendulum backbreaker by the Crippler.
- Benoit dropkicks Hall to the floor, and hits a baseball slide dropkick on Hall.
- Benoit slides outside, but Nash starts beating on him.
- Nash tries to Snake Eyes Benoit into the corner post, but Hart grabs Benoit's leg, allowing Nash to get posted instead.
- Nash, Benoit, and Hart brawl as Hall slides into the ring.
- Sid's in the ring, and he powerbombs Hall!
- Benoit climbs up top, and hits the diving headbutt!
- Benoit pulls up on the pin to knock Nash off the apron.
- Hall is up, and pulls some knucks out of his trunks. Shit.
- Hall goes to hit Benoit, but Benoit grabs the arm and slaps on the Crossface!!
- Hall taps! Hall taps!!!
- Benoit advances to the semifinals in Toronto!
- Match 11: World Title Tournament Quarterfinal Match: Billy Kidman (w/Torrie Wilson and the Filthy Animals) vs. Bret Hart
- Kidman and Los Animales make their way out.
- Bret Hart comes out solo.
- Rey-Rey is in the announce booth.
- Hart gets the early advantage.
- Hart flips Kidman with a clothesline.
- Pendulum Backbreaker from Hart.
- Kidman comes back with a sunset flip, but Hart rolls through and tries the Sharpshooter.
- Hart catapults Kidman over the top.
- Kidman slowly comes back into the ring.
- Kidman reverses a corner charge and hits the rope-bounce clothesline.
- Kidman with the tornado bulldog.
- The Outsiders make their way down.
- The Outsiders molest Torrie.
- Eddy and Konnan try to save Torrie from the Outsiders.
- Kidman tries a Frankensteiner, but Hart blocks it into the Sharpshooter for the submission win.
- Hart slides out of the ring as the Outsiders hit.
- During the break, the Outsiders beat up the Animals
- Rey-Rey apparently suffered an injury.
- TP and Liz are in the kitchen
- They're looking for brownies. The LunchLady has some brownies.
- Tenay talks to Jeff Jarrett
- Jarrett calls Tenay "Slappy", and talks about being the chosen one.
- They bleep "Slapnuts."
- Match 12: World Title Tournament Quarterfinal Match: Buff Bagwell vs. Jeff Jarrett
- Buff makes his way out first.
- Jarrett makes the second entrance with his guitar.
- Jarrett and Buff brawl on the floor.
- Sweet dropkick from Bagwell.
- Buff with an inverted atomic drop, and a running clothesline.
- Creative Control makes their way down.
- Jarrett uses the distraction to attack.
- Bagwell with a powerslam.
- Swinging neckbreaker from Buff, who signals for the Blockbuster.
- Ref Mark Johnson is tying his shoes.
- One CC member deals with Bagwell while the other one slides the guitar in.
- Buff takes out the CC member, and grabs the guitar from Jarrett.
- Buff goes to hit Jarrett with the guitar, but Jarrett moves, and the other CC member takes the shot.
- Jarrett hits The Stroke on Bagwell for the pin and hugs the referee after the match.
- Jarrett and CC stomp a mudhole in Bagwell.
- Dustin Rhodes runs out of the crowd, takes Jarrett out with one punch,
hits a Bossman slam on one CC member, and takes the other one out, too.
- Bagwell and Dustin celebrate in the ring.
- Goldberg's getting a Surge.
- TP is putting Ex-Lax in the brownies
- Because, as wrestling fans around the world know, "Poopin' ain't easy."
- Earlier tonight, the Revolution talks about the "House of Pain" match
- It'll be Filthy Animals vs. Revolution
- Saturn talks about Everlast and "House of Pain." He says he was in the
"Jump Around" video (which he was).
- Saturn wants Malenko to "Jump" with him.
- The Revolution just stares at Saturn.
- Janitor Jim intercepts the delivery man, and takes Sting's brownies.
- Match 13: House of Pain Match: Perry Saturn and Dean Malenko (w/Shane Douglas and Asya) vs. Eddy Guerrero and Konnan
- The rules to the match: To win, you must shackle the arms and legs of both opponents to the cage.
- The Revolution comes out first.
- Representing the Animals - Eddy Guerrero and Gonnad.
- Saturn superkicks Gonnad out of the cage.
- Tony: "You're just like every other mark on the Internet who thinks they can announce this thing."
- Midnight-Express-ish guillotine kneedrop from the Revolution.
- They battering-ram Eddy into the cage.
- They get Eddy's left arm shackled.
- Eddy's 3/4 shackled as Gonnad comes back.
- Gonnad with a double rolling clothesline.
- Spike piledriver from the Revolution.
- Eddy's completely shackled.
- Douglas and Asya enter the ring.
- Gonnad's shackled too.
- Rey-Rey's in the cage.
- Asya blocks a bronco buster with a clothesline.
- The Revolution hangs Rey by his right leg from the top of the cage.
- Malenko and Saturn tear the hell out of Rey's leg.
- Security herds the Revolution out of the ring.
- Match 14: World Title Tournament Quarterfinal Match: Total Package (w/Elizabeth) vs. Sting
- TP makes his way out, grinning like the Cheshire cat..
- Sting's music hits.
- Sting makes his way out, and TP can't believe it.
- TP hides in the ropes. He says his knee is hurt.
- Sting checks the knee, and Sting kicks it out from under him.
- Sting opens up on TP.
- Sting works the knee.
- Sting with an inverted atomic drop, and a running clothesline.
- Sting continues to work the leg on the outside.
- Back in the ring, TP begs off.
- Sting no-sells an inverted atomic drop, hits a lariat, and covers for two.
- TP rakes Sting's face over the top rope, allowing a TP comeback.
- Sting starts his own comeback, as TP tries to cuddle with the ref.
- Stinger Splash. And a second one.
- Sting turns TP over in the Scorpion Deathlock.
- TP sweeps the ref's leg.
- Liz maces Sting again.
- TP racks Sting, but the ref is still down.
- Meng runs down and applies the Tongan Death Grip to TP.
- Liz tries to mace Meng, but either she misses, or it doesn't faze him.
- Meng intimidates Liz out of the ring, and pulls Sting on top of TP.
- The ref counts three, and Sting advances!
- Jim Duggan has some intestinal discomfort in the back, complete with sound effects.
- Match 15: Street Fight: Sid Vicious vs. Kevin Nash
- Sid makes his way out first.
- Nash comes out solo.
- They start to brawl in the aisle.
- It goes into the crowd, with Nash taking the advantage.
- Nash hits a nutshot.
- Nash works Sid over in the corner with the framed elbows.
- Avalanche clothesline from Nash.
- Nash clotheslines Sid over the top rope.
- Aldo: This is like watching two turtles battle for king of a six-inch hill.
- They brawl on the announce table.
- Sid returns the nutshot favor.
- Sid slams Nash.
- Sid drops a leg, but only gets two. Sid's not orange enough to get a pin with a legdrop.
- Sid drops a leg to the jewels.
- Nash goes hard into the turnbuckles.
- The crowd starts chanting for Goldberg.
- Big boot from Sid.
- Sid signals for the Powerbomb.
- Hall runs down and breaks up the powerbomb.
- Hall and Nash beat on Sid and, since it's a No-DQ Streetfight, anything goes.
- Goldberg hits the ring, and delivers a double-spear to Hall and Nash.
- The ref calls for the bell.
- Sid and Goldberg brawl, and Goldberg hits an over-the-shoulder powerslam on Sid.
- Sid no-sells and hits a low blow on Goldberg.
- Sid gets a chair.
- Hart hits the ring, and sends Sid out of the ring.
- With that, we fade to black....