- Perry A. comments on pictures and ratings:
I support it 100%. Spice is a new world goddess. And that picture is astounding.
Although the bad thing about that is, judging by the quality of WCW matches, I'd better get used to seeing Iron Eyes Cody instead.
- Brock L. writes in:
I wrote you once last week. I have to say however that I disagree with your view of how Thunder was so hard to watch. Reason being....Jeff Jarrett saying "Hey Kevin, looks like we must be in Slapnuts Country" makes it all worthwhile. Kinda funny how the only thing that has ever put Jarrett over is the use of the word "slapnuts". Oh well.
Nitro ruled too. Reminded me of an old episode of WWF Prime Time Wrestling from the mid 80s, but hey.
Wow, there's someone else who liked WWF Prime Time Wrestling!
- The tag champs come out first.
- The challengers: The Mamalukes (Big Vito and Johnny The Bull) and Disco Inferno.
- Disco hits the announcing booth.
- Dig that (lack of) crowd heat, folks.
- David laughs at Vito to start and gets stomped.
- Vito hammers David in the corner.
- Vito gives the "Up Yours" signals to the fans.
- Disco calls his team "Full Blooded Italian Guys." Ehh, yeah.
- Vito misses a charge in the corner and gets some headthrusts in.
- David runs into an elbow, and Johnny is tagged.
- The Paisanos doubleteam David and toss him out of the ring.
- As Vito and Johnny tend to Flair, Crowbar flies at them with a somersault plancha.
- Crowbar hits a flying crossbody on Vito for two.
- Crowbar with a whip and a leapfrog, but eats a standing side kick.
- Vito with a delayed vertical suplex.
- Tag to Johnny.
- Double whip leads to a pair of elbows, a kick to the head and a neckbreaker.
- Crowbar whips Johnny into an elbow from David on the ropes.
- Crowbar with a suplex for two.
- Tag to David.
- David with an axehandle and a whip.
- A series of kicks, including a spin kick that came closer to hitting me in Florida than the intended target, send David to the mat.
- Johnny slams David.
- Johnny leaps to the top turnbuckle but misses the crossbody.
- Daffney is acting silly at ringside.
- Tag to Crowbar.
- Crowbar takes care of the heels.
- Crowbar slams Vito.
- Crowbar goes up top and hits a splash for two.
- Crowbar with a springboard moonsault from the ropes on Johnny for two.
- The Mamalukes double team Crowbar and then deck David off the apron.
- As Crowbar takes care of the heels, David gets on the apron with his crowbar.
- Crowbar tries a rollup, but gets kicked off into David's crowbar.
- This allows Vito to hit an Implant DDT for the win and titles!
- YOUR WINNERS AND NEW TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS: The Mamalukes via Implant DDT in 6:47.
- Post-match, David and Daffney have a love-in, but trip over the fallen Crowbar.
- Oh, no. Jim Duggan comes out.
- Duggan gets "U. S. A." chants going in the ring.
- Duggan says the folks know him as well as he knows himself.
- Duggan says he will never denounce the United States of America.
- Curt Hennig appears on the entryway.
- Hennig says he's been called many things but never has he been called a janitor.
- Duggan tells Hennig to come on down.
- Hennig tells Duggan he isn't in his wrestling gear.
- Hennig walks away until Duggan makes "chicken motions."
- Hennig then storms the ring and gets bodyslammed as the match starts.
- Duggan sends Hennig out of the ring with a right.
- Duggan pulls Hennig to the apron by his hair but eats a jawbreaker on the ropes.
- Back inside, Hennig chokes Duggan on the ropes.
- Hennig with a standing chinlock.
- Duggan punches his way into the corner.
- Duggan whips Hennig to the corner but misses the shoulderblock.
- Hennig misses an elbowdrop.
- Duggan with ten punches in the corner.
- Hennig with the eye poke.
- Hennig whips Duggan into Mickey Jay.
- Hennig grabs Duggan's 2x4 but Duggan knocks it out of his hand.
- Duggan grabs the 2x4 and goes to swing at Hennig, but hits Mickey when he gets shoved into Duggan.
- Hennig walks to the back as Duggan's music plays at 2:49.
- I had to put up with Duggan and TWO ref bumps (Thanks, Sullivan!), so I'm going...
- Schiavone, God bless him, tries to get Three Count over with the crowd at home.
- Hudson calls this segment the reason Thunder will never win a Cable Ace award.
- The fans cheer as Norman Smiley (in a karate gi) enters the ring and wiggles to the music!
- Evan charges at Smiley and gets clotheslined!
- Smiley takes care of the entire group, sending two guys outside and slamming the third before hitting the SMBU!
- Smiley gets the mic and says he took care of three of the toughest wrestlers in WCW.
- Smiley says he'll fight anybody.
- Tank Abbott comes out. Smiley begs off.
- Smiley exits the ring and backs off from Abbott.
- Smiley uses David Penzer as a shield and takes his chair.
- Smiley backs off at the entrance ramp.
- Smiley trips and gets KO'd in one punch.
- Great way to put Smiley over, guys.
- This is a three-way dance, according to Penzer.
- Lash enters first.
- Psychosis and "The Juice" come out next.
- Juvi does his really lame Rock impression. Give it up, guys.
- Whoa! Chavo!!
- Apparently, Oklahoma will make a statement about his Cruiserweight Title.
- Charles Robinson is the ref.
- Chavo slaps Psychosis and gets in a couple of chops.
- Chavo whips Psy, who escapes a back bodydrop.
- Chavo headscissors Psy as Lash stands near the ropes.
- Chavo whips Psy, who escapes a tilt-a-whirl.
- Chavo and Psy duke it out and then double-clothesline Lash.
- Chavo flapjacks Lash and Psy follows with a leg lariat.
- Chavo whips Psy to the corner.
- Psy tries a floatover and gets slammed for two.
- Lash gets dropkicked out of the ring.
- Psy with a gourdbuster.
- Chavo escapes from a whip and Psy runs into Lash on the apron.
- Chavo with a forearm.
- Lash dives into the ring on his opponents.
- Lash sends Chavo to the corner.
- Psy tries a running clothesline but Lash ducks and Chavo gets hit.
- Lash with a backbreaker for two.
- Psy gets sent over the top.
- Lash hurls Psy into the safety rail.
- Chavo goes up top and hits a crossbody on Lash outside (with Lash clearing seeing three seconds before the launch).
- Psy and Chavo go inside as Lash heads up top.
- Lash tries a dive but meets the mat nose-first.
- Chavo back bodydrops Psy over the top.
- Chavo escapes Lash's Whiplash.
- Lash with the punches and Bourbon Streets Blues, but Chavo counters with a floating DDT!
- Chavo brings Lash to the corner and hits the Tornado DDT!
- Psy goes up top on the opposite corner and hits his guillotine legdrop for the win!
- YOUR WINNER: Psychosis via guillotine legdrop in 5:02.
- Best Thunder match I've seen in a while.
- Which is worse, jobbing every week or receiving a push with a lame gimmick?
- Kidman comes out to his old theme.
- Prince's paint-on-beard looks worse than Hollywood Hogan's.
- Prince walks away from a lock-up attempt.
- Lockup, Prince pushes Kidman to the corner.
- Kidman evades a punch and unloads in the corner.
- Paisley holds Kidman's leg, which allows Prince to hit a fallaway slam.
- Prince flirts with Paisley. No wonder why Fyre quit, what, with ex-Nitro Girls being repackaged into ridiculous gimmicks and all.
- Prince slams Kidman and then "makes a wish."
- Torrie Wilson makes her way out.
- Kidman gets sent to the corner but raises his boot on a charge.
- Kidman with a headscissors.
- Kidman tries a springboard but gets slammed to the mat,
- Prince whips Kidman, who tries a sunset flip but it gets blocked.
- Kidman rolls up Prince for two.
- Prince with a right.
- Kidman tries a comeback but it gets short lived.
- Prince with a scoop slam.
- Prince goes to the apron and slips on the ring rope. That was just bad.
- Prince goes for a slingshot but Torrie pulls him off the apron.
- Kidman meets Prince outside and takes him back into the ring.
- Back inside, Kidman hits the Rydeen Bomb for the win!
- YOUR WINNER: Kidman via Rydeen Bomb in 3:59.
- Post-match, Kidman and Torrie celebrate.
- Here they come to snuff the Rooster, yeah! Oops.
- Taylor talks about how the Executive Board have agonized over the WCW World Title.
- Taylor announces the decision.
- On next Monday's Nitro, in a "history-making" match, a new undisputed champion will be crowned.
- Kevin Nash will be allowed to choose a participant, and the committee gets to make their choice -- Sid Vicious.
- WHY?!?
- nWo music brings out the Usual Gang of Idiots.
- Nash tells Taylor that he's been leaving the peroxide on a little too long.
- Nash asks Taylor what kind of man he is.
- Nash says he's been reading the commissioner's handbook and he makes the matches.
- As the fans chant Goldberg, Nash says he'll fire the son of a [MUTE] if his name gets chanted some more.
- Nash says that before Sid gets his title shot, he has to beat Jeff Jarrett.
- Jarrett: "The bigger the slapnut, the harder they fall."
- Nash says he has to pick an opponent for Sid.
- Nash says it's got to be someone bigger, smarter and sexier than Sid.
- Nash nominates himself as his pick for the World Title. And people complained about Dusty Rhodes for hogging the limelight?
- Nash says after he wins the strap, the nWo will be stronger than ever.
- You know, with the Goldberg chants being silenced to a bare minimum, can't the crack production crew edit the face cheers for boos?
- Oh, this definitely has suck potential.
- Wow, listen to that pop for The Wall. (Sarcasm.)
- They show Kidman jobbing to The Wall at the PPV.
- Berlyn attacks Wall upon entering the ring.
- Wall works on the wrist.
- Berlyn kips up, ducks a clothesline and hits a dropkick.
- Wall with a fallaway slam for two.
- "Boring" chants erupt.
- Wall whips Berlyn to the corner but eats a double boot.
- Wall dumps Berlyn over the top.
- Wall drops off the apron with a clubbing blow.
- Wall telegraphs a kick near the post and Berlyn evades.
- Berlyn goes up top and hits a flying crossbody to the outside.
- Berlyn tries a dive off the apron but gets caught and sent back-first to the ring.
- Wall steps on the apron but eats a dropkick.
- Berlyn sends Wall off the apron with a flying forearm.
- This is pretty boring.
- Berlyn kicks Wall as he re-enters.
- Wall reverses a whip to the corner.
- Berlyn tries a floatover but f***s up the spot.
- Wall with a front suplex on the top rope.
- Wall whips Berlyn into a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker.
- Berlyn escapes a suplex attempt.
- Wall tries a chokeslam but gets his eyes raked.
- Berlyn comes off the ropes and eats a big boot.
- The Wall covers for the victory...?
- YOUR WINNER: The Wall via big boot in 5:17.
- So, WCW sets up a feud between these two fools and blows it off on a taped Thunder, with the finishing move a KICK?
- Somebody get me the drugs from the booking committee meetings!
- This is so sad. To think this goes on the record books.
- Ed says he stands before the crowd as a real man and the new WCW Cruiserweight Champion.
- Ed talks about his match at Souled Out.
- Ed says he was going to bounce Madusa's silicone [MUTE] back to the kitchen and he did.
- Ed says that after his win, he realized that there were other real men in the back that may be more deserving of the belt.
- Ed says with a heavy heart that he will relinquish his belt!
- Ed says the only reason he is dropping the belt isn't because he is or is not an actual cruiserweight, but because he is the greatest champion of all time and that he brought back male pride to WCW.
- Madusa makes her way out.
- Madusa says when Ed wears the hat, he's all hat and no cattle.
- Madusa calls Ed a 260-pound piece of bubble gum.
- Madusa says the belt shouldn't be relinquished when he can defend the belt against her.
- Madusa says she wants to start a women's division.
- Madusa says that she can love like a woman, but fight like a man.
- Ed has some words and Sherri Martel attacks Madusa from behind.
- As the two enter the ring, the former Skye (Miss Hancock) makes her way out.
- Sherri chokes Madusa on the ropes for a while.
- Madusa with some clotheslines but Sherri takes over.
- Sherri goes up top but botches up and falls off.
- Madusa with a suplex takeover for the win.
- YOUR WINNER: Madusa via suplex in 1:08.
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- Yes. Please let Fit tear his wanna-be Karate Fighter apart.
- Lock up, Finlay kicks Flynn and hits the ropes.
- Flynn with a chop.
- Finlay grabs the ropes on the mat but Flynn pulls him off.
- Finlay with a European Uppercut.
- We see Buzzkill in the crowd.
- Finlay with a neck vice and an elbow.
- Finlay with a slam.
- Finlay comes off the middle rope with a knee for two.
- Finlay assaults Flynn on the apron.
- Finlay sends Flynn inside.
- Finlay with a European Uppercut.
- Flynn comes back but gets poked in the eye.
- Finlay sends Flynn outside.
- Finlay puts a chair on Flynn's throat and drops him toward the mat.
- Flynn sends Finlay to the rail and brings him inside.
- Brian Knobbs makes his way out with a kendo stick.
- Finlay tosses Flynn outside.
- Knobbs sends Flynn shoulder-first into the steps.
- Knobbs sends Flynn inside.
- Finlay whips Flynn to the corner but misses the shoulder dive.
- Flynn with his usual kick offense.
- Spinning heel kick in the corner.
- Finlay reverses a whip to the corner but eats boot.
- Knobbs sets up the kendo stick in the corner, but Finlay ends up getting it.
- Flynn rolls up Finlay for the win.
- YOUR WINNER: Jerry Flynn via roll-up in 3:59.
- Post-match, Finlay and Knobbs argue.
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- Kanyon comes out first with his entourage.
- Kanyon with his Hollywood spiel.
- Kanyon says he's already beaten DDP one-on-one and in a three-way match.
- Kanyon says he has nothing to prove.
- Kanyon says DDP is proud to be from Jersey.
- Kanyon goes for the cheap heat by mocking Evansville.
- Kimberly comes out.
- Kanyon tells the sound guys to cut that "ripped off" music. Finally, someone realizes this.
- Kanyon tells Kim to ditch the white-trash and join a real man.
- Kim tells Kanyon to ditch those two bimbos and she'll talk about it.
- As Kanyon is distracted, DDP comes out of the crowd with a flying forearm.
- DDP with a backdrop suplex.
- Kanyon ends up on the apron and DDP pushes him off.
- DDP hits a slingshot crossbody to the outside.
- DDP with a shoulderblock and a whip.
- Another shoulderblock by DDP.
- Kanyon gets in a swinging neckbreaker.
- Kanyon covers for two.
- Kanyon drops an elbow or two or three.
- Kanyon covers for two.
- Kanyon goes to the resthold.
- DDP comes back with a suplex.
- DDP clotheslines Kanyon over the top rope.
- Kanyon reverses a whip to the rail.
- Hudson brings up DDP and Kanyon's relationship in The Triad.
- Kanyon with a Rocker Dropper on the stairs.
- Kim's looking somewhat "enhanced" nowadays.
- Kanyon hits a baseball slide dropkick.
- Kanyon goes up top and hits a crossbody on DDP in the ring, but DDP gets the momentum reversal for two.
- Kanyon pummels away in the corner.
- DDP brings Kanyon in the corner and hits some punches.
- DDP blocks a whip to the corner with a urinage for two.
- DDP tries a whip, but Kanyon slides under his legs.
- Kanyon gets a pumphandle slam in for two.
- J. Biggs heads to the apron with the Haliburton.
- DDP reverses a whip to the ropes, but Kanyon stops short of Biggs.
- DDP decks Biggs.
- DDP tries the Diamond Cutter but it gets blocked.
- They fight over a backslide, but Kanyon's trick knee acts up.
- Biggs is laid out outside.
- Kanyon tries a Rocker Dropper from the top but DDP counters with a powerbomb.
- DDP hits the Diamond Cutter for the win!
- YOUR WINNER: Diamond Dallas Page via Diamond Cutter in 6:10.
- Good match. I should point out that all night, there's been a camera that has been fuzzy.
- In this month's WCW Magazine -- a feature on Sid Vicious.
- TP enters first.
- Sid gets the next entrance.
- Big (Gu)T comes out next to no reaction.
- Booker T and Midnight enter last.
- The crowd is dead.
- The T's get into a shoving match to start.
- An "Ahmed" chant starts.
- Big and Sid lock up to no effect.
- Big calls for a test of strength.
- Sid actually does the ear cup to get support.
- Big backs off of the initial test.
- Big tags in Booker.
- Two minutes and no action as of yet.
- Booker tells Sid to tag TP in, but he wants no part.
- Booker and Sid lock up, and Sid ends up tagging TP.
- Lockup, TP comes off the ropes with a shoulderblock.
- Booker sends TP out of the ring, and Midnight gets a shot in.
- Booker with a backdrop suplex for two.
- Kevin Nash hits the entryway to watch.
- TP chokes Booker in the corner.
- The sad thing is that watching Nash grin is more exciting than this match.
- We come back to a Sid chinlock.
- Sid gets a shot to the back.
- Tag to TP.
- TP whips Booker, who ducks two clotheslines and hits a flying forearm.
- Big boot follows.
- Booker with a kick to the gut.
- Booker goes for the axe kick and gets nailed from behind by his own partner with the slapjack.
- Big enters the ring and gets chokeslammed by Sid.
- TP racks Booker for the win.
- YOUR WINNER: The Total Package and Sid Vicious via Torture Rack in 5:17.
- Okay. Now, get Booker T out of this Harlem Heat storyline and let him go for the U. S. Title as a singles wrestler.
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