WCW Thunder - Wednesday, August 16, 2000

By Greg of "To be updated in less than 24 hours!" M.E.W. TNM Circuit

It gives a brand new meaning to having a hole in your head.

Trivia From Last Week: The IC Title Match that was omitted from the Saturday Night's Main Event was Ultimate Warrior vs. Rick Rude. Rick Rude was suspended from the WWF in the WWF in 1991 for making fun of The Big Bossman's mother. Roddy Piper crashed Paul Vachon's wedding (no one got that right). Gene Okerlund was interviewing Rick Rude and two people sent me in a sound file of Gene saying "F--k it." You can hear Vince saying "Nice one" in the background. Click here for the sound.
I'm looking for a new banner for the MEW. All I really want is something that says M.E.W, along with Main Event Wrestling on it. I'd like a picture(s) on it and they can be Jarrett, Goldberg, Bob Holly, Mike Awesome, Rhino, or Justin Credible. Just make sure they're a good size and look good and e-mail it to me. It would be greatly appreciated and you'd get complete credit.
Mason writes in: I haven't been watching wrestling for a while, and when I read your Thunder report, and saw the pic of the Artist...I immediately thought of Raven. Could The Artist be starting a gimmick where he mimics other wrestlers? If you take a look at his clothes, tucked in band type shirt, flannel shirt around the waist, jean shorts, taped wrists. It's Raven! But I could be wrong, or totally right, just oblivious because I don't know what is going on.
A couple people wrote me saying that Major Gunns was actually very good looking, one who met her in person. My reply, Gunns has a great body. But her face is kind of Terri Runnels and Elektra. It just doesn't look right.
I really recommend you go over to Wrestling Uncensored and read Letters from a twit. A woman (who if she's reading this, you're in denial) wrote in to Xavier Doom concerning his comments about Art Barr in his '99 Bash At The Beach report. The woman wrote in saying Xavier Doom was a "worthless person" and that "no women would ever consider going out with you." In the article you'll learn a few not so good things about Art Barr that the women completely denies. Check it out for a good laugh and learn while you're at it.
To start the show off, Kevin Nash is showing how big and tough he is by getting water from a cooler! Rick Steiner runs into Nash and argues with him about who's the number one contender. Nash challenges Rick to a number one contender match where if Rick wins (which he won't), he can give it to Scott, or keep it for himself. Damn it. I gotta watch Nash vs. Rick Steiner.
Police cars and a limo pulls up outside the arena. Team Canada (minus Jacques Rougeau who apparently refused to job to The Cat tonight and walked out) walks out of it. The Cat and his new woman approaches them. He tells them they'll fight as a team against three Americans tonight.

Kronic Two Minute Warning: Kronic vs. Juggernaut, Michelle Starr, and two Canadians that you don't need to e-mail me with their names

Adams says that the town they're in is down with Kronic.
Adams calls Kronic the hottest team in pro wrestling.
That's not that hard when you look at WCW, WWF, and ECW's Tag Team Roster.
Even though I am a big fan of Swinger and Simon Diamond.
Adams says WCW flew in four jabronies tonight. He guarantees they'll beat them in under two minutes.
Adams calls it the Kronic Two Minute Warning.
Clark takes the mic and proves why Adams should keep the microphone.
The four guys from ECCW come down to the ring. I'd give you a JPG of them but they didn't give a good shot of them.
A two minute timer appears to make my job easier.
Kronic just beats the living hell out of them.
Clark powerslams one guy onto two others on the outside.
Full nelson slam to one of the guys.
Meltdown by Clark to another one.
High Time to the big fat one who I think is Juggernaut.
Both members pin the four guys to give them the win at one minute, forty-three seconds.
Kronic disposes of all four of them.
The Harris Boys appear on Thunder Vision and blabber on, challenging them to a match.
They drive away on their motorcycles.
That should suck.
The announcers talk about what's going to happen tonight.
They call Gene Okerlund vs. Mark Madden tonight the "Match Of The Millennium."
We then go to the back for a double shot of Madden and Gene getting ready.

Disco Inferno is trying to get "Above Average" Mike Sanders into the Filthy Animals. They quickly dismiss him, with Juvi saying he has no juice. Disco calls him the best talent on the B-roster, and tells Mike he'll work on them.
Vampiro, wearing a weird outfit, is in his locker room with Muta sitting down. He says a line from Halls Of Illusion, an ICP song: "It could've, and should've, and would've been, but you had to (f***) up the whole deal." Vampiro throws an axe at a bathroom stall. Muta starts growling or something which is really funny to hear.
David Flair makes his way out to the ring.

Torgo!
David calls out Stacy (Miss Hancock).
She comes down to the ring in normal clothes.
David throws out all the gushy stuff to Stacy.
David then gets down one knee (after Stacy tells him to get on with it) and is about to propose when the MIA run down to the ring.
AWOL jumps David Flair, and beats the hell out of him as the other wrestlers stand in front of Stacy.
The Wall chokeslams David a couple times.
Stacy is just watching pissed off.
The MIA leave.
Stacy says that he can't even propose right.
She takes the ring from an unconscious David, gets mad because I guess it's not nice enough for her, then dances.
As Stacy leaves we get a little bit of an upskirt shot, just like PaPaPia or whatever Kiwi's girl is called gave us Monday.
And just because I feel bitter right now, no picture.
That segment was, uhh...

Pamela Paulshock (who seems to wear less clothes every Thunder) goes to interview the MIA but Rection just steals the microphone from her. Rection tells them no one touches Major Gunns (to give reason to the attack of David Flair). Didn't Stacy touch her at NB Rising in the mud pit. Shouldn't The Wall be chokeslamming her? Rection says they're at war with those "mother..." and Loco stops him. Rection corrects himself with Team Canada and blubbers on saying they're leaving Canada right now. The crowd chants "US Sucks" during all of this. Rection threatens to take the title away from Lance Storm. Just what we need, Rection as our US Champ. Yeesh.
Crowbar approaches Daffney and tells her that he's here for her if she needs support after what happened with David. She calls David a chump and says she's totally over him. Crowbar starts to move in but, she did get some candy from her secret admirer. Daffney offers some to Crowbar, but he passes on it. Daffney then goes away, happy. Crowbar gets really mad at himself again and puts his head down. Hopefully this will result in a big push for Chris (Crowbar) who is a great guy and a great wrestler.

Rey Mysterio Jr. and Juventud Guerrera (w/Tygress, Konnan, Disco, and "Above Average" Mike Sanders) vs. Mark Jindrak and Sean O'Haire

Apparently Konnan doesn't have many "dogs" in Canada.
Both Sanders and Disco do the "Whoop De Whoop Jegga Wha" or whatever it is.
Sanders also says "Word to your mother."
Konnan tells Penzer to touch the belts and when he does, he does the usual.
Disco and Sanders also chime in with, "That's enough."
As the match starts off, Juvi and Rey send Jindrak into the ropes.
He holds on. Jindrak backdrops Juvi onto the apron.
Rey dropkicks Jindrak in the knee. Juvi flies in with a springboard dropkick.
Juvi does the ten punches in the corner.
Jindrak reverses an already reversed whip and sends Juvi into the corner.
Juvi gets a boot up.
Jindrak blows a move where he was supposed to pick Juvi off the ground.
Jindrak just tags out to O'Haire.
HUGE hiptoss from Jindrak and O'Haire.
Rey gets tagged in.
The tough little four footer hits some quick moves. He punches his way out of a power bomb and lands on O'Haire's head.
The crowd is popping for Rey.
Rey goes off the ropes, running right into a powerslam from O'Haire.
Rey does the twirl out of the ropes. O'Haire punches him square in the face.
O'Haire hurls Rey across the ring.
Tag out to Jindrak.
Jindrak sends Rey off the ropes and clotheslines him.
Tag out to O'Haire.
We cut to the announce booth which has Konnan and Tygress at it. They haven't called hardly any of this match.
When we come back Jindrak is in the ring.
Rey ducks out of the way from a punch and Jindrak sends O'Haire to the floor.
Spin kick from Rey.
Tag to Juventud.
Jindrak pulls Rey across the ring. Juvi jumps off Rey and kicks Jindrak.
Juvi knocks O'Haire off.
Rey sends Jindrak off the ropes and into a springboard dropkick from The Juice.
Two count only when the other one breaks it up.
The announcers make me realize that I've probably been calling these guys by the wrong name for some of this match. For the rest of the match the guy in the orange we'll call Jindrak and the guy in clue is O'Haire.
Juvi sneaks out of a move from Jindrak and drops his head down to the mat.
Springboard legdrop from Rey. Rey goes for the cover and O'Haire breaks it up.
Jindrak and O'Haire double team the both of them.
Tilt-A-Whirl powerslam to Rey from Jindrak.
Jindrak gets a two count when Juvi dropkicks him in the head.
Juvi goes for a monkey flip to O'Haire. O'Haire throws him over the top rope.
Rey blows a spot as he tries to jump off the ropes (starting at Lionsault position) and over Jindrak but doesn't make it and falls over.
Jindrak power bombs Rey.
Seanton Bomb from O'Haire.
The ref is really slow to get over, then takes his attention to the outside of the ring.
On the outside Disco Inferno is down and "Above Average" Mike Sanders maces Konnan!
Yes! He's my hero just like when Meng gave Konnan a Tongan Death Grip back in like October.
Palumbo, Stasiak, and Reno run in and jump the Filthy Animals. This gives Rey/Juvi the win at around four minutes, fifty seconds.
O'Haire, Jindrak, Palumbo, Sanders, Reno, and Stasiak proceed to beat down the Filthy Animals.
I like this from the looks of it. They'll be the TRUE New Blood of WCW.
The six pose as we cut to commercial.

Gene Okerlund comes up to Norman Smiley looking for advice. Norman tells Gene that he wants to get out of the Hardcore division. Hah! Gene is saying that he wants to do a Frankensteiner to Madden.
Three Count begins to practice when Tank comes in. Tank tells them that they need to go back to the studio and fix the new song because the backup sounds horrible. The guys are concerned about their gold record and recording contract but he tells them to just go to the studio with him.

The Demon vs. The Great Muta (w/o Vampiro or his cool little cape that he growls in)

Muta spits the mist out into the air.
Muta quickly jumps The Demon with some great kicks.
He might have a bald spot but he can still work.
Now after I just said that he does this. Muta sends Demon into the ropes and slowly runs into a big boot that he doesn't sell for a half second.
Demon clothesline Muta.
Twisting elbow to Muta.
Dropkick to Muta.
Snapmare to Muta.
And the crowd goes mild...
Suplex to Muta.
Two count only.
Muta fights back with some kicks.
Muta executes the Muta Elbow.
Muta works over The Demon's leg, then flips over it with a nice move.
My play by play has been short as far as space taken per line.
Muta works over the leg some more.
Vampiro, carrying a kendo stick, makes his way to the ring.
Demon fights back.
Kick to Muta and a kneelift from Demon.
The Demon runs over to Vampiro.
Muta whacks the kendo stick into The Demon.
The ref turns around and sees Muta with the kendo stick but just passes it off.
Some stalling from Muta as he just walks around the ring, throwing in a shot once in a while.
Muta does for the dragonscrew legwhip but Demon executes an enzuigiri.
Two clotheslines from The Demon.
Double underhook suplex from The Demon.
The Demon goes for the Love Gun but Muta spits the mist into The Demon's face.
Muta backbreakers The Demon.
Great moonsault from Muta.
Muta covers for the win at around five minutes, forty seconds.
Vampiro comes in and beats down The Demon with the kendo stick.
At the same time Muta, enjoys a snack in the form of the ring ropes.
Vampiro says that Sting's death will come wicked, painful, and slow at the hands of him.
Vampiro beats The Demon down some more as we go to commercial.

Backstage, Rick Steiner is having PMS over someone knocking on his door. He opens it up and no ones in there. More PMS.
Pamela Paulshock talks to Mark Madden. Mark calls her Barbara Walters. Mark asks if her if, by embarrassing, she means by coming out here flashing a pair of funbags and trying to pass herself off as a legitimate interviewer. Hah! Pamela says embarrassment is getting beaten by Okerlund again. His only doubt about this match is if he should finish him with a huruncanrana, a crossface, or just punch him till he's knocked out. Mark then says that when Gene put the cup in his face that he was wearing last week it smelled a lot like her perfume. She then runs away as Mark laughs. Hah! Mark says he's going to kill her sugar daddy and she'll need a new one. You know, I like Madden. I'm probably one of his ten fans for his announcing.

General Rection, Lieutenant Loco, and Corporal Cajun vs. Team Canada

Team Canada makes their way down to the ring.
Lance Storm is over in the US and in Canada.
The crowd chants "US Sucks."
Storm says he couldn't agree with the crowd more.
Lance Storm gives us the greatest wrestlers today, Team Canada.
Elix and Lance are great. Carl isn't all that great.
Lance introduces his partners.
Lance says they're going to take over World Canadian Wrestling.
Lance wants to send the Misfits back to America red, black and blue.
The MIA interrupt the National Anthem.
Loco and Cajun have Super Soakers with them.
The crowd is booing MIA loudly.
Skipper and Cajun start the match.
Cajun and Skipper go through some reversals and it ends up with Cajun hitting a snap suplex on Elix.
Cajun tags to Loco, Skipper tags to The Rage.
The Rage gains advantage over Loco.
Carl back elbows out of a hold but gets a drop toe hold from Loco.
Headscissors takeover from Loco.
Loco goes off the ropes and gets kneed in the back from Primetime.
Loco knocks Primetime off the apron.
Holy damn! The Rage executes a chokeslam where he drives you down and into where you end up after a sit-down powerbomb.
Clothesline from The Rage.
Skipper tags in and gets a two count.
Belly-To-Belly from Skipper.
One of the Misfits make the save.
Skipper takes him down, then tags to Lance Storm.
Storm nails one of those perfect dropkicks.
Storm goes for the pin. Rection makes the save.
Storm goes for a powerbomb but Loco puts it into a sunset flip for a two count.
Floatover into a DDT from Loco.
Rection tags in and clotheslines Elix and Carl then powerslams Lance Storm.
The Misfits throw Rection into Storm in the corner.
Into the other corner with the same move.
Cajun leaps off Storm.
One of the Canadians knocks Cajun off the apron or something but we didn't see it.
Loco with a plancha.
Rection with a back suplex.
Rection with the No Laughing Matter.
The ref is arguing with the guys on the outside.
Skipper hits General Rection with the 100 Kilograms and Under Title.
Lance Storm executes the Canadian Maple Leaf and Rection taps to give Team Canada the win at around four minutes.
Shouldn't Team Canada have gotten more time in their home country.
Storm won't let go of the move.
The Cat runs in with a chair for the save.
Storm attacks The Cat.
The MIA make the save.
Team Canada waves the flag as we go to a stupid Ringside Release.
As we come back The Cat is in the ring with a microphone.
The Cat tells Storm to get his ass in the ring and he'll kick it right now.
Storm asks for a commissioner vs. Canadian Title match.
The Cat bans Skipper and Carl from ringside.

Commissionership vs. Canadian Title Match: The Cat vs. Lance Storm

The Cat starts off with offense.
Kitty Elbow from Kitty B. Badd.
Storm goes for a sunset flip but The Cat does a crotch shot and knocks himself out of it.
The Cat is too cocky and Storm sunset flips him for a two count.
The Cat executes a standing sidekick.
Storm executes a jawbreaker
Storm shoulderblocks The Cat and lands on his feet.
Storm is the best athlete in the big two right now.
Storm atomic drops The Cat out of the corner.
The Cat surprises Storm with a DDT.
The Cat executes The Feliner.
The ref is slow as hell with counting the fall, signifying that The Rage was late running down to the ring.
The Rage runs in and hits The Cat with the Canadian Flag.
Storm is DQed at around two minutes.
Lame ending, but a decent match.
The Cat says Monday night, payback will be hell.

Pamela talks to Rick Steiner. Rick barks, yells, and then pushes Pamela in front of him when a piece of the Thunder set falls near him. Someone is trying to kill Rick Steiner. Typical Ferrera. Steiner then goes all PMS on the workers.

Match Of The Millennium Street Fight: Mark Madden vs. Gene Okerlund

Madden takes the microphone and says that if he kills Okerlund, no coroner in the world would say he didn't die of natural causes.
Madden tells Okerlund to get his ass to the ring so he can put his foot in something.
Gene Okerlund comes down to the ring.
Mid-entrance he stops and tells everyone to call the hotline report for the latest news about no one caring about The Sandman anymore.
Wait, that didn't happen. I just thought that in my mind.
Tony says they're telling him to call it the Match Of The Millennium.
Gene tells Madden to blow it out his ass.
Okerlund and Gene have a pose down.
Gene tells Madden to take his jersey off.
Thank God, he has a t-shirt under it.
Madden begins to take the t-shirt off, but stops.
Gene takes Madden down with a right hand.
Madden takes Gene down and chokes Gene.
Norman Smiley goes for the save but The Rave runs down and jumps him.
In the ring, Gene is choking him some more.
Big Vito is out now and Vito is forced to go to the back.
Vito cheers Gene on.
Madden has his hands taped.
Gene knocks Madden down with a punch.
Okerlund rolls Madden over. Madden kicks out at two.
We see some of Mark's belly.
Headbutt from Madden.
Madden sets him up in the corner.
Madden goes up to the top rope, facing the fans.
Pamela and her BOUNCING BREASTS OF UTTER BOUNCINGNESS come running into the ring.
Pamela rolls Gene out of the way.
Pamela low blows Madden.
Madden falls off the top rope.
Gene covers for the win at around three minutes.
Vito, Norman, Gene, and Pamela celebrate.
Pamela kissed Gene during the celebration.
Damn, those breasts sure do bounce.
Gene is 3-0-0 in the wrestling business.

Big Vito asks for The Rage in a match tonight. The Cat gives him the match.
Tony sits down with Jarrett on a beach setting.

Tony says that the interview with him is the one he's been waiting for the most.
Tony asks for his take on the state of the wrestling business.
Jarrett says they've always been a notch above and right now, they're right in the middle of it.
Over the past ten years, the guys haven't been able to get in the business and learn their trade.
They're dealing with the consequences today.
Jarrett says there probably isn't a wrestler that's watched as much wrestling as he has. He's wrestled three times a night. He's learned right.
The guys from the Power Plant that train for six months, then get on Nitro, don't learn the business right.
To change that, the fans have to change that.
The guys have to make the most out of their time, and really want it.
Jarrett thinks the young guys don't respect it.
Jarrett says leaving the WWF was very smart and he hasn't looked back.
Jarrett's happy with not just the TV, but the front office also.
The whole team has to get the direction going right.
Jarrett says he's seen three different regimes since he's been here and it's ridiculous.
Jarrett says that the match with Booker T wasn't the best of his career but it was a very good match. He always want to take it to another level and keep producing.
Jarrett says Booker T has learned his craft from his nine years in the business.
Jarrett says he definitely feels great about the young guys getting their due.
Jarrett is wondering where they'd be if they went steady forth from last October with no interruptions.
Jarrett says they're heading in the right direction as we cut to commercial.
Very truthful interview. I liked it.

Kidman tells Vito that he's got his back and thanks him. Vito says that it was family business with Reno.

Carl "The Rage: Ouelette vs. Big Vito

Carl jumps Vito from the start.
Carl with a great move that resembles a very quick Spicolli Driver.
Slam from Carl.
Ouelette goes off from the second rope and misses a legdrop.
Vito blocks some punches, then armdrags him down.
Legdrop from Vito for a two count.
Suplex from Vito.
Elbowdrop from the top rope.
Two count only.
Carl reverses a whip into the ropes and executes a powerslam.
Side suplex from Ouelette.
Ouelette goes to the top rope.
Big splash from the top rope.
Vito nails a knee in to his gut and follows it up with a back suplex.
Flying headbutt from the second rope to Ouelette.
Carl executes a move which I don't know the name of. Let's call it a friendly hug where he slams you back.
Two count only.
Vito and Carl exchange chops.
Lots of them until Carl knees Vito in the stomach.
Implant DDT from Vito for the three count at around three minutes, forty seconds.
The crowd hates Big Vito now.
Reno runs down and attacks Vito.
Reno runs into an elbow. Mafia Kick from Vito.
I want to see Reno's finisher.
Reno with a weird double underhook suplex.
Roll The Dice from Reno! Sweet!
Reno brings a chair into the ring.
Billy Kidman runs in and dropkicks the chair into Reno's head.
Kidman runs into a back elbow from Reno.
Reno sends Kidman into the ropes, who jumps over Reno.
Kid Crusher, which is a pretty nice move, to Reno.
Palumbo runs in and gets dropkicked from Kidman
O'Haire gets a drop toe hold.
Jindrak gets a bulldog.
Short powerbomb to Mike Sanders.
Palumbo right hands Kidman.
They send Kidman off the ropes and throw Kidman up. Kidman comes down hard.
The Filthy Animals come in.
Both Juvi and Rey crossbody O'Haire and Jindrak together.
Konnan and Disco are in there to.
Reno gets sent over the top rope.
Jindrak, O'Haire, and Sanders go too.
The rest of Team Canada come out the The Filthy Animals, Kidman, and Vito hold them off for a while.
Another big brawl erupts.
Mike Awesome runs down after thirty seconds.
Awesome throws Skipper twenty feet up the aisle.
The brawl is still going on as we go to commercial.
Match was good, after match brawl was great though.

God, I just read a newsletter that said Billy Gunn might be pushed to main event status when he comes back. Get it through your head McMahon, it ain't happening. Gunn has no charisma, no ring talent, and no microphone talent besides for the one line or two he did with NAO.
As we come back, Our Patron Saint is like a newscast guy asking medics what's wrong with Rick Steiner (who is being loaded into an ambulance). Our Patron Saint says he wants to know and he'll follow the suckas down to the hospital if he has to. The announcers are saying Goldberg hitting Rick Steiner with a pipe. Did I miss that or something? I guess so.
Kevin Nash makes his way down to the ring

Nash holds up a sign on his way to the ring: Siegel Fears Hall
Nash says Scott Hall couldn't make it tonight because they were out late.
Nash says he could waste his time and call Goldberg out but he didn't want any of him on Sunday, and he doesn't want any of him tonight.
The bad part that I've heard about on newsboards is coming up.
Nothing is going to stop him from winning the World Title at Fall Brawl.
Booker T makes his way down to the ring.
Booker T says that he came down to the ring to introduce the fans to the current World Champion.
Booker T says it's a maybe that he'll get the title.
He'll tell him this, at Fall Brawl they're going to give the people what they want to see.
Booker T says he respects Nash and that he has great ability.
Booker T's being really nice to Nash when he says that.
Nash says that he has nothing but respect for him and he won't attack him or anything tonight. Nash wishes him good luck.
Booker T says it's going to be for the people.
They shake hands and raise each other's arms.
Nash clotheslines Booker T.
The crowd is cheering Nash for beating up the fan favourite.
Ugh...
Big boot from Nash which knocks Booker T right over onto his ass.
Jackknife Power Bomb from Kevin Nash.
Nash stands with the belt as we fade to Ripley's Believe It Or Not.

The Good: The Real New Blood team is coming along nicely. Team Canada really established themselves tonight. Kronic squashing the ECCW wrestlers looked good and the FA vs. S&M match was good.
The Bad: The MIA attacking David Flair, The MIA trying to be heels, The MIA in particular right now as the idea is stale and overdone now, and the ending was bad with Nash taking away some of Booker's heat.
The Ugly: Gene Okerlund and Pamela Paulshock. Eww...

Tony G. sends the following arena report:

Thunder Taping, August 15 (for broadcast Aug. 16)
Riverside Coliseum, Kamloops, B.C.
Report by Tony

For those who don't know, Kamloops is a city of about 80,000 in the southern interior of British Columbia. The Riverside Coliseum is a junior hockey barn that seats somewhere around 7,500, I'd estimate. It's about ³/₄ full, which is better than WCW's managed lately elsewhere. Scary, that.
This is my first Big Three show, so forgive me my occasional marking out, and my apologies for the lack of detail in some of these matches; I was a little too busy screaming to take notes.
I started with third row, but the kid in front of me asked if I wanted to trade for his second-row spot so he could sit with his buddy next to me. I agonized for about half a second. That put me *right* at the corner of the ring area.
Penzer came out and did the "Show your signs" bit. There's a sucker born every minute, and one of them just lost his sign over the other side of the arena. Shmuck. My signs: "Lance Storm: Canadian Hero" and "Richard Is A Jobber". (White lettering, orange poster board.) My favorite sign of the night: "Mike Awesome Stole My Fat Chick." Penzer liked that one too. The party zone was apparent early when a group of gents in the second deck who had obviously sampled the fine public houses in downtown Kamloops extensively started a variety of chants including "Penzer Sucks" and "We Want Austin". Wrong show, boys; more about them later. A nice "US Sucks" chant came up before the match started, too.
We started with some Worldwide tapings. Short results:
Crowbar over some jobber (I couldn't get the guy's name, sorry) with his niftycool finisher, which name I forget.
Vampiro over some other jobber (ditto) with the Nail in the Coffin.
Six-man Tag: Jindrack, O'Hare and Stasiak (w/Palumbo) over Jung Dragons via Sean-ton Bomb.
Harris Brothers over some jobbers with the H-Bomb.
Aaaand, after the announce team of Tenay and Schiavone are joined by Stevie Ray, who gets a great greeting from the crowd, on to Thunder. We see some stuff from Nitro, then watch Team Canada arrive (complete with 'Secret Service' and 'Police' escort). Cat meets them with his fine new hoochie and tells them they're in action against MIA tonight.
Match 1: Kronic over most of Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling in a "Two-Minute Warning" match.
Kronic come out and inform us that WCW has flown in four guys to take them on tonight, and say they'll take them out in less than two minutes. Out comes four guys from the Vancouver-based ECCW - markout moment #1 for me. The big guy in the black shirt is Juggernaut, former ECCW heavyweight champ, the guy in the pink tights is 'Gorgeous' Michelle Starr, a former NWA Canadian Heavyweight champion. No idea who the other two are. No matter; High Time on Juggernaut and they pin all four in under two minutes. Harris Brothers cut a promo on Kronic from their bikes outside Kamloops somewhere.
David Flair wanders out and calls out Stacy, aka Miss Hancock, aka BABE!!! He goes down on one knee and starts asking her to marry him, but he's cut off by MIA's music and they come down and pin Hancock in the corner while General Rection beats living hell out of poor Corky. They leave him lying, and Stacy takes the ring and heads off with him still out. Nice.
Daphne and Crowbar promo on the big screen, then the Filthy Animals (with 'Above Average' Mike Sanders) wander out.
Match 2: Filthy Animals (Mysterio & Guerrerra) over Jindrack & O'Hare (DQ).
This was a pretty good match with some nice spots, which I didn't catch other than a stunning double-hiptoss sending Juvy clear across the ring. Slowed down a little later, ending when Sanders turns on the Animals, Palumbo and Stasiak run out, and Rey takes a Sean-ton Bomb along the way before it breaks down.
We see Gene, in a Kamloops Blazers outfit, chatting with Norman Smiley backstage preparing for his *sigh* match with Mark Madden.
Match 3: The Great Muta over Demon
And the crowd goes mild. Muta gets a couple cheers (he's pals with Vampiro, after all, who got a massive pop for his Worldwide match), and Demon gets... Anyhow. Match was slow, overall, until Vampiro saunters out (huge pop) and passes Muta a kendo stick, which he imparts with much force unto the Demon's codpiece. He then makes fun of Demon for a while, which I thought was cool. Demon got some more offense in, but Muta gives him the green mist. Muta won with something, but the crowd was all too busy watching a chick with the aforementioned party dudes up in the second deck flashing her puppies. Probably for the best. Vampiro cuts a promo on Sting.
Match 4: Team Canada (Storm, Skipper, Ouellet) over Misfits in Action (Rection, Cajun, Loco)
If you see an arena roof lying around somewhere, return it to Kamloops, 'cause theirs blew off when Lance Storm et al walked in. A nice match that involved chairs and stuff, and ended when Rection got crotched while heading for the No Laughing Matter and Storm locked on the Canadian Maple Leaf.
The Cat comes out and says he's tired of Storm and his Canadian thing, and challenges him to a match in which he'll put up his commissionership if Storm wins. Then we stop for two minutes or so while the production crew talks it over. Cat goes all heel for the crowd, including "Sit your fat ass down, lady, you take up too many seats already." "U.S. Sucks!" chant starts again. No offense, folks south of the 49th. Don't invade us, we have attack moose. Verdict's in - they redo the challenge, this time with Storm suggesting the stip that if he wins, he gets the commissioner's job. So...
Match 5: Cat over Lance Storm (DQ)
Cat actually had it won with the Feliner, but Ouellet runs out and clocks him with the Canadian flag for the DQ. Cat then issues a challenge for Monday night.
Shoot me now. The Match of the Millennium is up next.
Match 6: "Mean" Gene Okerlund over "Chubby" Mark Madden
Madden waddles out in a Steelers jersey and cuts a promo running Gene down. Gene comes out to a ridiculously big pop, probably for the Blazers jersey. He challenges Madden to a posedown and gets him to take off the Steelers jersey, then tries to get him to take off his T-shirt. The crowd asks politely that he not, so Gene just slugs him in the mouth. They punch, they kick, they muck about. Smiley comes out for moral support for Gene, followed by Ouellet, who's followed by Big Vito. (?!) Madden takes control with a headbutt then goes to the second rope, but Pamela Whatshername (sorry, I'm a little behind on Nitro these days) comes out in what used to be a Blazers outfit but looks MUCH nicer and hits him in the equipment. Gene gets the pin, and he and Paula celebrate with Norman and Vito.
Oh, dear. We saw a promo early in the show where Tank Abbott told 3 Count to get their butts back to the States to re-edit their latest tune, which Tank said sucked (his lead vocal was great, the backup bit). That drew a cheer. 3 Count came out to dance and sing. The crowd cried. They did their whole song, then cued it up *again*. I prayed to the Buddha for a shotgun. Buddha being a little picky about heavy weapons, I got Norman Smiley instead. Nice compromise. Norman climbs into the ring to a MASSIVE pop and dances for a while, then kicks 3 Count's asses and invites in some *real* dancers, the Nitro Girls. Lots of fun.
Match 7: Big Vito over Carl Ouellet
A grudge match set up earlier. Frankly, this show has started to really slow down by this point and I'm losing interest rapidly. The chick in the second deck is more interesting, and she's flat as mama's flapjacks. Nice spots in this match: Ouellet with a nifty top-rope splash and a diving headbutt from Vito. Vito wins it with the Implant, but Reno runs out to discuss life with him. It turns into a run-in-o-rama with Kidman, the Filthy Animals, Perfect Event, Jindrack and O'Hare and Team Canada all jumping into the mess. Mike Awesome runs in and cleans house, leaving he, the Animals, Vito and Kidman. Rey-Rey plays heel for the crowd for a while before leaving.
In the back, we see Rick Steiner, who was set up into a match with Kevin Nash earlier, talking to Big Poppa Pump on his cellphone, when suddenly Goldberg comes in and practices his Carlos Delgado home-run swing on Ricky's expanded gut, then picks up the phone and talks smack to Scott.
We come back to see Steiner being scraped into an ambulance, leaving Nash to come out with the mic. He tells the crowd that he respects Booker T, but that he's the number-one contender and he's going to be the next world champion. Booker T comes out to a great pop, and says he respects Nash as well and that the match at Fall Brawl will be "One for the people." He raises Nash's hand and they circle to the applause of the crowd, then Nash takes his head off with a clothesline. Booker eats a big boot, then a powerbomb. Crowd is totally confused as Nash takes the belt and stands over Booker's broken body, but livens up when Booker gets up and takes vengeance on Nash's ass with a Harlem Sidekick and an axe kick. Nash bails, and that's all she wrote, folks.
Well, overall, that was a pretty good show, though the crowd was virtually dead all night. My favorite match was probably the Animals v. Jindrack/O'Hare, lamest was Muta v. Demon. Biggest pop of the night was for Team Canada, of course, followed closely by Vampiro and Mean Gene, oddly enough. It was worth the money.
(Side note: after the show, I went to a local Wendy's to grab a bite; while I'm in the drive-thru, a large dude with a dyed-blonde mohawk, T-shirt and desert cammies comes from behind my car and climbs into the Jeep in front of me. Looked like Sgt. A-Wall to me. Thought that was kind of cool.)
Anyhow, that's it for me, all. Thanks for reading.

WCW Thunder - Wednesday, August 16, 2000

By Greg of "To be updated in less than 24 hours!" M.E.W. TNM Circuit

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