WCW Monday Nitro - August 28, 2000

By Aldo

WCW Logo.
Some clips appear featuring the... nWo? Let it die, people. Let it die.
We are live from Las Cruces, NM. In addition, Scott Steiner, Kevin Nash, Jeff Jarrett and Vince Russo walk out of a limo.
Match #1: Dark Carnival (w/ Great Muta) vs. Three Count
- Apparently, Scott Hudson is a no-show tending to his expecting wife.
- As Three Count hits the ring, Great Muta does commentary.
- Vamp dumps 3 Count from the ring, and Muta does some rambling foreign commentary.
- 3 Count come back off the top hitting various moves on the heels.
- The match ends up outside, and they bring Vamp back in for a double suplex.
- 3 Count hit the combined facejam for two.
- ICP whip their opponents, but they counter and clothesline the clowns out of the ring.
- Vamp gets a double suplex as well.
- Why is Muta on commentary?
- Moore ducks under Vamp but gets clotheslined to the mat.
- Vamp with the Nail In the Coffin.
- Violent J does a fireman's carry into a Samoan Drop.
- Shaggy 2 Dope follows up off the top turnbuckle with a legdrop for the win.
- YOUR WINNERS: Dark Carnival via gullotine legdrop in 2:39.
- Post-match, Tank Abbott hits the ring and takes out 3 Count.
- The Dark Carnival jumps Tank and 3 Count helps out.
- Here comes Demon for the save.
- Muta hits the ring and does the green mist thing on Demon.
- Now, Sting runs out and since he's a main eventer, everyone has to put him over.
- Sting, Demon and Tank soak in the cheers as we head to the back.
Russo, Steiner, Jarrett, Nash and the Natural Born Thrillers head to the ring.
The Iron Man knockoff brings out Vince Russo and Friends.
- Russo: "You cheer Scott Steiner, you cheer Kevin Nash, you cheer me."
- Russo calls his team the elite group in WCW.
- Russo says the band is back together.
- Russo talks about Goldberg wanting to do things the hard way.
- Russo turns it over to Jarrett.
- Blah blah blah, Chosen One, blah blah, stroke, blah blah.
- Jarrett asks if anyone can stop the three men in the ring (Nash, Steiner and himself).
- I should point out Nash's "Outsider nWo" wifebeater.
- Jarrett challenges Mike Awesome to a Bunkhouse Brawl match at Fall Brawl.
- It should be noted that Steiner gets a face pop when he speaks. Oh wait, he just called the crowd "white trash", never mind.
- Steiner makes fun of Goldberg's girlfriend.
- Nash talks about calling himself Big Sexy two years ago.
- Nash says he should have called himself The Puppetmaster.
- Nash says every couple of months he sucks the fans in to buy his merchandise.
- Now that said merchandise is all sold, the real side of Nash is shown.
- Nash says he doesn't care about the fans.
- The crowd gets a "Goldberg" chant going.
- Nash tells the crowd to chant for Goldberg and Booker, because he'll be the next world champ at Fall Brawl.
- Russo offers to correct Nash.
- Russo says Nash won't be champ at Fall Brawl -- but tonight.
- Russo will ensure no screwjob in the match by making Jarrett the special referee inside the ring, and Steiner the outside ring enforcer.
- That's right, because it's all about making the heel challenger to the title look weak.
- Booker T walks out.
- Booker says he speaks for everyone in the arena by asking Russo to shut the hell up.
- Booker says that no one in the ring can back it up.
- Booker does his catchphrase ("Save the drama for your mama").
- Booker says there will be a beatdown tonight.
- Booker tells Russo to make a decision on which one of his troops gets whipped.
- Russo calls himself a gentleman and tells Booker to walk to the ring.
- Russo tells the NBT to part the aisle as Booker walks.
- We get The Cat and Ms. Jones in the entryway now.
- Cat says he's the boss and the fans don't want to see Russo.
- Russo calls Cat "Dolemite."
- Cat tells Jones to get his karate gi from the car.
- Cat and Booker hit the ring.
- Cat gets in Russo's face and tells him to leave.
- Cat turns his back and gets a kick to the 'nads.
- It's a four-on-two heel beatdown.
- The Filthy Animals make the save, but the NBT intercept them and bring them into the ring.
- Disco gets a powerbomb from Nash.
- Konnan takes The Stroke.
- Nash hits the big boot on Rey.
- Steiner gorilla-press drops Juventud.
- As Russo and Jarrett walk out of the ring, we see Goldberg digging a grave on the TurnerTron.
- Goldberg says he will systematically take out each of Russo's henchmen.
- Goldberg says he will dump Russo in the grave he has dug.
- Russo acts scared as we go to commercial.
Moments Ago, the heels perform a beatdown.
The Cat gets loaded into an ambulence.
Russo tells his troops to stay by his side. His troops have other ideas.
- The phone rings, and Russo answers. Goldberg responds and says he's on his way.
Match #2: Paisley vs. Tygress vs. Major Gunns
- This was booked just to piss me off, I'd bet.
- Tygress distracts Gunns, with allows a Paisley kick to the back.
- Tygress with a bridge for three in 0:19.
- But, Jamie Tucker says it was a two-count, despite Tygress being called the winner.
- Gunns gets beat on some more, nevertheless.
- What the hell was that finish? At least it was kept short, so no Codies here.
The Filthy Animals mace and club the Thrillers, who were guarding Russo's office.
Jarrett has a plethora of guitars waiting in a truck.
Pamela Paulshock interviews Mike Awesome. During this interview, some light rock music is played in the background.
Match #3: Kronic vs. The Harris Brothers in a House of Pain match
- Apparently, this is a cage match with House of Pain rules.
- The Harrises get some weird porno-ish music coming out.
- It's a slugfest to start.
- The Harrises whip both Kronic members into the cage.
- Adams fights out of being handcuffed.
- Clarke goes up top and hits a diving elbow on a downed Harris.
- Adams with his full-nelson slam.
- Kronic whips another Harris into the cage, which breaks, sending the Harris outside.
- A Harris Brother beats the SHIT out of a fan for no reason.
- The referee calls for the bell at 2:24, and security runs in to break everything up.
- What was THAT?
Lance Storm and Elix Skipper are walking.
For some reason, we get a sneak peek of some movie that I refuse to dignify. Folks, meet your new WCW World Heavyweight Champion -- Ryan Phillipe.
Match #4: WCW Canadian Champion Lance Storm (w/ WCW 100 KG and Under Champion "Primetime" Elix Skipper) vs. The Wall (w/ M. I. A.) in a Tables Prisoner of War Match
- Storm challenges the M. I. A. to a Prisoner of War match, in which the winning team gets to recruit a member of the losing team.
- M. I. A. comes out, and Morrus rechristens his team "Made In America".
- Morrus tells Storm he will face The Wall in a tables match.
- Wall gets beat on by Storm but takes over.
- Wall with a shoulderblock sending Storm out of the ring.
- Wall whips Storm into the rail.
- Wall goes to put Storm on the table, but Storm pokes the eye.
- Wall with a big boot.
- Storm heads inside and cuts off Wall as he goes on the apron.
- Wall tries for a suplex, and Skipper hits Wall with the Canadian flag.
- As Chavo deals with Skipper, Storm hits a springboard heel kick, sending Wall into the table for the win.
- YOUR WINNER: Lance Storm in 1:08.
- Storm drags Major Gunns to the back for some deprogramming.
- Well, that sucked.
Pamela interviews Sting.
Booker T laces up.
Match #5: Rick Steiner vs. Mike Awesome
- Rick comes out to a knockoff of some Ted Nugent song.
- Rick runs through his catchphrases.
- In the ring, the wrestlers hit the ropes until Steiner suplexes Awesome off a leapfrog attempt.
- Steiner charges at Awesome in the corner but eats boot.
- Awesome sends Steiner outside, goes to the ropes and hits his over-the-top-rope dive.
- Awesome sends Steiner to the rail and goes for the table.
- Awesome whips Steiner to the rail, goes back in the ring and sets the table in the corner.
- Before Awesome can deliver the running powerbomb on the table, Jarrett comes in with a pipe.
- This allows Steiner to do a release German suplex on the table for the win.
- YOUR WINNER: Rick Steiner via release German suplex in 1:50.
- Five matches this hour, average match length of 1:40. Shut Up And Wrestle, my ass.
Match #6: Kevin Nash (w/ Vince Russo, Jeff Jarrett and Scott Steiner) vs. WCW World Heavyweight Champion Booker T
- Russo goes to the commentary booth as Jarrett takes his role of referee and Steiner stays outside as enforcer.
- Russo boldly predicts a title change.
- Steiner yells at Booker, allowing Nash to attack from behind.
- Nash punches Booker out of the ring.
- Steiner goes for a pipe shot, but Jarrett tells him to hit the showers.
- Nash goes for more punishment on Booker, but Jarrett breaks it up and sends Booker inside.
- Jarrett drags Russo back to the booth.
- Booker comes back and hits a side slam for a two-count.
- Booker punches away in the corner.
- Booker whips Nash to the corner but runs into a boot.
- Nash hits a clothesline.
- Nash covers for two.
- Booker sends Nash to the corner.
- Nash reverses a whip to the ropes.
- Steiner nails Booker from behind, prompting Jarrett to focus his attention on him.
- Meanwhile, Nash has Booker pinned in the ring, but no referee can count.
- Jarrett gets into it with Russo.
- In the corner, Nash hits his usual offense.
- There's some big dissension with the heels in the ring.
- Nash with the hamstring stretch choke.
- Nash whips Booker, who ducks a clothesline and nails a standing side kick.
- Booker with the Harlem Sidekick.
- Booker whips, but Nash reverses.
- Booker halts the whip, goes to the ropes and hits the axe kick.
- Spinerooni, Booker goes up top and hits the missile dropkick.
- As Booker knocks Steiner off the apron, we hear some techs in the background doing a test. That's just bad.
- Meanwhile, Russo slips Jarrett a guitar.
- Jarrett gives Booker the el-kabong.
- With both men down, Jarrett begins the ten-count.
- Nash gets up and pulls down the strap.
- Nash with the big powerdrop for the win.
- YOUR WINNER AND NEW HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION: Kevin Nash via powerdrop in 7:32.
- Schiavone: "This is one of the worst things that ever happened to the WCW title... and we've seen some bad things happen to it." I love quasi-shoot comments sometimes.
- I don't know why they hot-shotted the title change, but at least they didn't try to hammer the WCW Sledgehammer of Plot in this segment.
We go to the two-shot. Mark Madden has the balls to call Kevin Nash the "best wrestler in the business." Please. We know you're the heel commentator but let's get serious here.
The new champ and his friends celebrate in the back.
Booker T tries to slink away in defeat but an arriving Goldberg won't let him.
The Franchise and Torrie Wilson are on the balcony.
- Franchise claims he took the sport on his back and saved it.
- Franchise says he didn't get the job done on Kidman at New Blood Rising.
- Franchise challenges Kidman to a scaffold match.
- Crowbar attacks Franchise with a trashcan lid and some punches.
- Crowbar hesitates for a moment, allowing Franchise to gain momentum.
- Franchise dumps Crowbar off a balcony onto a table as Daffney and her beau watch.
- Franchise stomps on Crowbar and shoves Daffney to the concrete.
- Franchise and Torrie walk down a set of stairs and into the ring.
- Franchise calls that last scene a warm-up.
- Franchise says wrestling fans tune into Nitro to see him.
- Franchise calls an open challenge.
- Familiar music brings out Goldberg.
- Bye, bye, Shane.
- Spear. Jackhammer. Splat.
- That gets an F for "Douglas got knocked the F*** out."
- Goldberg's eyebrow gets busted open on the spear, and the rest of this segment is done with the far away camera shot.
- Goldberg notes that Franchise was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
- Goldberg threatens Russo and walks out of the ring.
Kevin Nash takes a shower, but Booker jumps him from behind.
Vince Russo begs Scott Steiner to protect him but makes the fatal mistake of touching him.
Apparently, David Flair and Ms. Hancock are getting married on September 11^th in Charlotte, NC. Hmm. Flair. Charlotte. Wonder what's going to happen.
Match #7: Jeff Jarrett vs. Big Vito
- They show clips of Vito's match with Nash from last week.
- Jarrett attacks Vito as he celebrates on the turnbuckle.
- Vito comes back with a powerslam for two.
- Vito with some punches in the corner.
- A whip leads to a Jarrett back elbow.
- Vito reverses a whip into a reverse atomic drop.
- Jarrett escapes to the outside.
- Vito goes to the ropes, and Jarrett trips him.
- Back inside, Jarrett with some offense.
- Jarrett whips Vito and he makes the mistake of lowering his head.
- Mafia Kick by Vito.
- Armdrag takeover and a legdrop for two.
- Vito suplexes Jarrett and goes up top.
- Vito hits the flying elbowdrop for 2.9.
- Jarrett wiggles out of a slam and runs Vito to the ropes.
- Jarrett with an enziguri.
- Vito counters the Stroke and sends Jarrett to the corner.
- Vito with a backdrop suplex.
- Vito goes up top and hits the swandive headbutt for two.
- Vito with a kick, but Jarrett blocks the Implant DDT and hits the Stroke for the win.
- YOUR WINNER: Jeff Jarrett via Stroke in 3:55.
- Nothing special, but it was solid.
- However, WCW needs to realize that if they are trying to push Big Vito as a legitimate contender, he needs to win some matches now and then.
More movie shilling. Actually, it's the same promo they showed in hour one.
Jeff Jarrett goes to grab his guitars -- and gets the crap beat out of him by Mike Awesome, who was hiding underneath the guitars.
Match #8: The Natural Born Thrillers vs. The Filthy Animals
- The NBT hit the ring.
- Mike Sanders cuts a below average promo to start.
- Sanders calls for a five-on-five elimination match with The Filthy Animals.
- Here comes the Animals.
- Shawn Stasiak will be the odd man out for his team.
- Palumbo and Juvi start us off.
- Juvi comes off the ropes into a clothesline.
- Juvi slips out of a slam and tries a roll-up.
- Palumbo lifts Juvi up but gets frankensteinered.
- Juvi with a snap suplex on the 6' 5" Palumbo!
- Juvi goes up top but gets caught on the bodypress.
- Palumbo with the blockbuster suplex.
- Palumbo tries the Torture Rack, but Rey makes the save.
- Reno hits the ring and beats on Juvi and Rey.
- Reno tries a powerbomb on Juvi but gets facedropped.
- Rey with a gullotine legdrop.
- Reno whips Rey, who does the Tiger Mask Fake Out.
- Reno with a tilt-a-whirl powerbomb.
- Tag to Jindrak, who misses a moonsault.
- Tag to Disco.
- Rey with a drop toehold, and Disco hits an elbow.
- Jindrak with a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker.
- Disco lays out Jindrak in the corner, and Rey goes for the Bronco Buster.
- Palumbo intercepts Rey before the move, however.
- Konnan hits the ring and takes out Palumbo.
- It breaks down, with various men hitting the ring.
- Everyone brawls outside the ring and is counted out -- except for Mike Sanders and...
- Tygress.
- Sanders talks down to Tygress, who responds with a slap and a kick to the balls.
- Tygress hits the Bronco Buster in the corner.
- Tygress goes all Rosie Perez in the center of the ring until Sanders hits the 3.0 for the win.
- YOUR WINNER: "Above Average" Mike Sanders via 3.0 in 4:56.
- That match was kicking ass until the inevitable cop-out finish.
- But, it ended clean, and I can respect that.
Goldberg lays out Scott Steiner in the back with a pipe.
Vince Russo sucks up to Big Vito, who agrees to help him, but not without a big Italian smooch.
Russo and Vito walk to the ring.
- Russo says he won't run from Goldberg any longer.
- Sign: "Is This A Shoot?"
- Goldberg walks out.
- Vito stands in front of Russo as Goldberg hits the ring.
- Russo tells Goldberg that he can't touch him or he will fire him.
- Goldberg responds by barking at Russo.
- You can see Goldberg's cut above his right eyebrow, and he touches it and tastes some of it.
- Russo tells Vito to take Goldberg out.
- Vito swings his cane -- and nails Russo in the back.
- Vito performs a good, old-fashioned Italian ass-beating.
- Goldberg throws Vito something and tells him to take out the garbage.
- Vito carries Russo away from the ring.
Match #9: The Great Muta vs. Sting
- Muta attacks Sting in the aisle.
- Muta with a facerake.
- Sting takes Muta down.
- Sting sends Muta to the rail.
- And again.
- And again.
- This is definitely not Sting/Muta circa 1989.
- Muta with a spinning heel kick.
- These guys have not even entered the ring yet.
- As they fight, we see Vampiro break through the TurnerTron.
- Some fog appears on the entryway, allowing Vamp to nail Sting from the rigging with a cane.
- Sting makes the comeback, though.
- Vamp tries to climb the rigging but Sting intercepts.
- Vamp beats down Sting and goes up the rigging.
- Sting follows, and so does Muta.
- I don't like the looks of this.
- ICP drag Sting through the screen and it's a four-on-one "beating."
- It is so obvious that they are stomping the set and not Sting.
In the desert, Goldberg runs across Bret Hart.
- Hart brings up Survivor Series, and how much he hates Russo for it, and Hart shakes hands with Goldberg.
- Goldberg gives Hart the shovel and tells him to start digging Russo's grave.
- Then, in a very obvious swerve, Hart lines up a shot at Goldberg and nails him in the back.
- Hart rants at Goldberg as we fade.
- Did anyone buy Hart actually being a face here?
- And what happened to Hart aligning himself with Team Canada at New Blood Rising?
The Good: Jeff Jarrett vs. Big Vito and the ten-person elimination (assuming the last minute didn't happen).
The Bad: Hour one of this show was very depressing, with five matches going a grand total of eight minutes and twenty seconds. There was also more Vince Russo on this show than required by law.
The Ugly: Lex Luger has nothing on Bret Hart when it comes to face/heel turns.

WCW Monday Nitro - August 28, 2000

By Aldo

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