WCW Worldwide - Saturday, 4/8/00

By The Cubs Fan

I think I just might be the only one working here this week.

Lucky me.
But, on the other hand, that makes this report the most read one of the week, for the first time ever.

The announcers this week are Bobby Heenan and Scott Hudson.

What do you THINK is the first thing they're going to talk about?

Hudson and Heenan put over Russo and Bischoff, and them not getting along.
But first, a preview...

Tony S and Mike Tenay are at ringside.

Chuck Palumbo vs Fit Finley.
"XS, Lane and Rave, will taste...face the Villanos"

I don't even want to know.

Hugh Morrus vs Norman Smiley

David Penzer talks to Hugh Morrus

Apparently, Gene was out getting a cold one, so we have the ring announcer as interviewer.
Hugh calls himself and Penzer the Siskel and Ebert of Worldwide.
Penzer: "Who am I?"
Hugh: "The dead one."
Anyway, Hugh's on a roll. He beat Smiley on Nitro, and now he's going do it on Worldwide.
Hugh: "David, what kind of roll am I on?"
Penzer does not say "Onion", unfortunately, and sticks to "A winning roll."
Hugh's more focused now, 'cause he's laughing on the inside, and not on the outside as much now.

More talk about Eric and Vince.

If you've watched the shows, there's nothing here you haven't heard before.
And if you haven't, it's probably 'cause you don't care about these two.
They're still talking, so...
Check out this: http://www.otherarena.com/htm/cgi-bin/toystrip.cgi?01
It's good stuff.

Local Spring Stampede ad.

I'm still looking for free tickets.
Not looking hard, but looking.
They're just naming names now, not matches.
I like how they pretend that saying The Wall will be there is going get me to spend money on a ticket.

Ready to Rumble talk.

Scott Hudson talks about the big opening weekend it did, last weekend.
Bobby talks about the long lines to get into the movie.
Funny thing, it didn't open till yesterday.
I don't say this often, but they're morons.

Or whoever told them to say that.

Speaking of such, let's take a look at the Wall and Hogan from Nitro 3/27
Heenan encourages Vampiro to turn on Hogan, before Hogan turns on him.

Heenan's fired up.
Trying to get back on Nitro?

David Penzer talks to Fit Finley

Finley talks about facing one guy when he was starting out, 14 years ago, and having a really bad match, where he got beat up bad.
He's going be that guy for Chuck Palumbo tonight.

Bif Naked's "We're Not Going To Take It" music video airs.

Heenan talks about a possible date with Bif Naked.
After we see it again, Hudson again talks about how the movie debuted last week.
Nope.
Heenan: "Look, I'm no dummy, you're no dummy..."
Hype of Nitro April 10.

More hype for April 10^th.

You know, in the short term, if they fall on their face, it's going be funny to laugh at.
But then, realizing that WCW will be a whole truckload of trouble, it won't be so good.

Chuck Palumbo vs Fit Finley

Wow, someone brought a Chuck Palumbo sign.

Uh, why?
And why to Thunder, and not WCWSN?
Plant?

The announcers put over Palumbo as a huge future star.

They talk about him holding his own against Scott Steiner.
I don't quite remember it that way.

At any rate, Tony starts talking about how Fit Finley will be a tougher challenge.
Finley's all about teaching respect to the younger wrestlers, like Vampiro and Brian Knobbs, according to the announcers.
They circle, lockup, headlock by Finley, arm bar, headlock, takedown, back to his feet with the headlock still on, then a snapmare.
Finley off the ropes with a clothesline, ropes again, Palumbo drops to the mat, Finely under the leapfrog, and into the atomic drop.
Palumbo with a dropkick.
Finley back up with a punch, whip, reversed, dropkick, but Finley holds on.
Finley with a sitdown splash, for a 2 count.
Finley with a stiff kick to the back, and then throws Palumbo to the outside.
Finley rams Palumbo into the ring apron, then rolls back in.
Palumbo rolls in, punch, corner whip, Finley tries to charge in, but ends up hitting the ringpost as Palumbo moves.
Palumbo rolls him up, for 2.
Palumbo with punches, corner whip, powerslam. Delayed cover, 2 count.
Finley begs off, but Palumbo grabs his legs, while Finley holds on to ropes, and loses his grip in midair.

You know, if Fit Finley and Ric Flair ever had a match, you'd probably know 75% of the spots ahead of time.

Palumbo goes to the top, but Finley moves out of the way of the flying cross body.
Finley with the forward roll slam, and that's three.
Your Winner: Fit Finley
Wow, Palumbo's got a Vampiro-like push going there.

XS vs Los Dos Villanos (IV & V)

I hear Villano III lost his mask recently
I wonder, with the new management, if the other two are far behind.
Nah, they'll probably be forgotten like always.
Tony and Mike talk about Vince and Eric.

Tony hypes it up as the biggest Nitro ever.

The Villanos music transitions so well to XS's, I don't notice it.
Hey, that guy has signs again!

"I am Rave, He is Lane"
"We are XS"
"XS Rulz World Wide!"

XS takes time to shake hands with some screaming girls.

I wonder if they know that they're "rats", according to those two.
I wonder if they even know who those two are.
Of course they do. Rave has signs!

Rave's needs to show me the reverse side of a couple signs...

"There's No Stopping Us Now"
"We Love Texas"
Okay, they're faces tonight.

Mike talks about the Villanos having proven themselves in WCW.
Lane and IV start off.
Lockup, Lane with an armbar, Rave flips out, punch, punch, chop, headlock.
Off the ropes, duckdown, Lane with a 'rana.
Lane with a tag, Rave in, double corner whip, Rave with the elbow, and then he gets down on his knees for Lane to jump off, on to IV.

Eh, no, you aren't the Hardy Boyz.
Doesn't look as good as when they do it.

Rave puts IV on the top, and there's a bulldog off the top.
Rave with some X's, cover, 2 count, before V breaks it up.
Lane back in, double whip, Lane with a low shot, Rave with a knee lift.
Lane with a dancing legdrop, Rave covers for two.

So, they're Too Cool too?

Rave with a whip, reversed, V gets a knee to back, and IV hits a spin savate kick
IV does a martial arts pose, and reminds me of Kwang.
Tag to V, double whip, V with a kick to the midsection, and a running two handed face smash.
Cover, Lane breaks it at two.
V wit a chop, whip, IV pulls Rave out, and sets him up for a baseball slide to the face.
IV and V lift him up, and ram him into the turnbuckle. That looked cool.
Tony talks about all the programs being new, "even this program."
Villanos stomp a mudhole into Rave, then V with a choke.
IV back in, holding V for a guillotine legdrop on the bottom rope.
V puts Rave in a half surfboard, I guess.

I remember when Tenay used to be helpful in naming this moves.

V back in, double corner whip, one misses the charge, the other gets a DDT.
Hot tag to Lane. Dropkick. Punch, flapjack IV on to V.
V gets clotheslined to the outside by Lane. Rave powerslams IV.
Rave gets IV a vertical suplex while Lane comes off the top with a cross body.
That's good for the win.
Your Winner: XS
Holy crap, the Villanos punk out Lane and Rave!
Rave's knocked down. Lane gets thrown under the bottom rope, to the floor.
Rave gets an axe-handle off the apron to the floor, then a double headsmash into the commentator's desk.
V with a chair..and a weak shot on Rave.
Los Villanos celebrate in the ring.
That was unexpected...but a lot of fun.
Hey, if we get the Villanos doing that to, let's say, the Harris Boys, I'll like the new Nitro.

Local Spring Stampede ad.

Hugh Morrus vs Norman Smiley

Norman is in a Houston Astros shirt, and football pants.
Hey, if Mike Awesome is really coming to WCW, does he get Hugh's music?
Hugh gets mic time!

"What you are about to see, is the match of the millennium. The Wiggle...versus the Giggle!"

Lockup, headlock by Smiley.
Smiley with an armbar, but Hugh reverses it into a whip. Smiley tries for a hiptoss off the ropes, but ends up just pushing Hugh into them, and he comes back with a shoulderblock.
'Laughing man' elbow. And another. He asks the fans, and he does one more. He asks again, and he goes to the apron.
Stall, then he goes to the top, and misses elbow drop #4.
Norman with the Big Wiggle from behind.
Hugh doesn't take kindly to it, and gives Norman a back elbow. Punch. Punch. Whip, head down too soon, Norman with a punch, then a double underhook, but he can't get Hugh up.
Hugh with a backdrop, but Norman holds on and turns it into a sunset flip. That's good for 2.
Norman with a punch, punch, whip, reversed, Norman ducks the clothesline but gets hit by a back elbow.
Hugh calls for the No Laughing Matter, stalls, and starts climbing the ropes.

Tony: "The No Laughing Matter, that reverse moonsault"
Tenay doesn't correct him.

Norman catches him, from underneath, and gives Hugh an electric chair suplex. 2 count.
Norman with the a small Wiggle, but gets a clothesline.
Hugh now quickly to the top, and the No Laughing Matter connects. 3 count.
Your Winner: Hugh Morrus

Hudson and Heenan wrap it up.

More Bischoff/Russo talk.
And that's it.

Next week should be painful.

They have no matches on tape.
They have no Nitro/Thunder clips to show.
I fear the hour version of what I've seen elsewhere.

WCW Worldwide - Saturday, 4/8/00

By The Cubs Fan

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