WCW Worldwide - Saturday, 10/13/00

By The Cubs Fan

• This may or may not be the last show to feature original matches.
  • They're having dark matches at the Aussie shows, but I don't believe they're actually being taped for TV.
  • We'll find out for sure next week, I guess.

• Someone re-painted the Worldwide set!
  • Also, stuff happened this week, and Bobby Heenan and Scott Hudson are here to tell us about it.
  • Booker T's champ, and Bobby tells us about it.
  • First, out to the ring.

• Stevie, Tony and Tenay run down the lineup
  • Norman Smiley
  • Filthy Animals vs 3 Count
  • Tenay comments on how weird it was for Norman Smiley to give up the belt.
  • Stevie says it makes sense, instead of fighting in hardcore matches.

• Booker T's the new World Champion
  • Hudson explains the log jam, as we show off our new (third) camera angle..
  • Back to Nitro for the events leading up to Booker T winning the belt.
    • The audio still seems to be slightly off.
    • Russo seemed to be off in his pre-taped bit.
    • In Vince Russo's one year of being in charge of WCW, that was his 29^th World Title change.

• Goldberg restarts his winning streak.
  • Hudson says Russo can't fire Goldberg for spearing him.
  • But, he can if he loses a match?
  • Back to Nitro again.
    • Meng's #1.
    • Kronic turns heel for no real reason.
    • Ron Harris is #2.
    • Don Harris is #3.
  • Hudson compares this to Alexander Kralin's loss in the Olympics, after 13 years of being undefeated.

• The Natural Born Thrillers have a lot of belts.
  • Back to Nitro again
    • Reno picks up the Hardcore Title, beating A-Wall in a reversed decision
    • Mike Sanders gets the Cruiserweight Title, thanks to Kevin Nash.
  • Bobby threatens to fire staff workers.

• It's time for Ask WCW.com
  • Question for Mike Awesome, from Mike Fenner of Sacramento, CA

    "Who is your favorite 70's TV star?"

  • Awesome responds:

    Well, that's a good question, Mike, and an easy one. That answer would have to be Lee Majors, because he was just in so tight with Farrah Fawcett. And after all, I'm a six million dollar man, just like he was.

  • Hudson: "Did you expect him to come up with anyone else?"
    • That's only funny because Hudson probably had no idea what Awesome said.
    • Bobby picks Gene Okerlund - because he's in his 70s.
  • Heenan's making a phone call again.

• Halloween Havoc Preview
  • Booker T vs Scott Steiner (w/Midajah)
  • Jeff Jarrett vs Sting
  • Goldberg vs Kronik
  • Lance Storm/Jim Duggan vs General Rection for the North American Title in a handicap match
  • Reno vs A-Wall for the Hardcore Title
  • Shane Douglas/Torrie Wilson vs Konnan/Tygress

• Kevin Northcutt vs Screaming Norman Smiley
  • Northcutt seems astounded by not getting any reaction.
  • Tony: "WCW Backstage will have any place you can think of to fight - except the ring."
  • Circle, lockup, Smiley with an armbar, whip, reversed, armdrag, armdrag.
  • Kevin misses with a clothesline, corner, whip, Smiley charges, backdropped to the apron.
  • Norman pulls Northcutt down by his hair, shot into the turnbuckle.
  • Norman with an armbar, up to the top rope, a little Wiggler, Kevin with a shot and a beal into a powerbomb. 2 count.
  • Kevin with a snapmare takedown, dropkick to the back.
  • Northcutt with a shot to the turnbuckle, chop, vertical suplex, but Smiley with a fall beyond into a cradle, but Norman would rather wiggle than hold on.
  • Northcutt up and with a superkick.
  • Kevin with a slam, to the apron, slingshot senton.
  • Whip, reversed by Norman, into the Norman Conquest, and Kevin taps out.
  • Your Winner: Norman Smiley (2:38)

• 3 Count vs the Filthy Animals
  • Stevie: "3 Count is the closest thing to 'nSync right now."
    • Tony and Stevie compare their daughter's tastes in boy bands.
  • This is a "Win or lose, Juvie will never appear on this TV show again" match.
  • We take a look at Rey's son, who's in the crowd before the match.
  • Lockup, by Evan and Juvie, Evan with a fireman's carry, and Juvie to his feet.
  • Exchange of slaps, Juvie with a shoulderblock, off the ropes, flying headscissors.
  • Juvie celebrates, and gets clotheslined by Shane.
  • Rey in, and he clotheslines Shane.
  • Shannon in, and he clotheslines Rey.
  • Konnan in, rolling clothesline for Shannon.
    • Wacky lucha stuff. Cool.
  • Konnan with a corner whip, Shannon with a kip up into a headscissors, but Konnan pushes Shannon off - right out of the ring.
    • That looked quite painful.
  • Konnan follows with stomps, while back in the ring, Rey and Juvie slide under Shane and Evan's attempt at clotheslines
  • And then hit spin kicks of their own.
  • Juvie with a pescado, Rey with a somersault tope.
  • Back in the ring, Shannon with a corner whip, Konnan kips up and over, ducks the clothesline, kick, DDT
  • Konnan with a full nelson on Shannon, down to the mat, and Rey hits a top rope senton on both.
  • Rey with a punch for Shane, whip for Shannon, reversed, between the ropes fake out, but walks right into a spin kick.
  • Shannon with a chop, punch, punch, corner whip, reversed, Shannon rebounds out into a bulldog.
  • Rey tries for a 'rana, but it's blocked, and the rest of 3 Count come in for a triple powerbomb.
  • Cover, 2 count, Juvie breaks it up.
  • Shannon with a whip, knee, rocker dropper.
  • Tag to Shane, stomp, stomp, stomp, stomp, stomp, stomp, and more of those.
    • Shane does do good stomps.
  • The announcers push a split with Evan - he's letting the other two do the work, supposedly.
  • Shane with a whip into the corner, Rey falls out, and gets superkicked.
  • Crowd: "3 Count Sucks!"
    • Stevie: "Why are they saying 'USA'?"
  • Shane with a body slam, tag to Shannon, who jumps on to Shane's shoulders and gets dropped on to Rey.
  • Juvie breaks it up, Shane and Shannon in after him, and Evan hits a top rope elbow drop.
  • Shannon with a corner whip, charges in to Rey's boot.
  • Rey escapes between Shane's legs, of the ropes as Evan comes in, and ends up getting a spinebuster.
  • Evan punches Konnan and Juvie on the apron.
  • Corner whip on Rey, charge into a boot, Rey charges out into a powerslam, but no cover.
  • Evan with a stomp, tag to Shane, double whip, double clothesline misses, Evan flips Rey to Shane, but Rey with a face slam on Shane.
    • Didn't look that great - more like Shane powerbombed Rey..
  • Evan with a springboard moonsault - but it misses.
  • Rey going for the tag - and he tags Konnan.
  • Double clotheslines miss, Konnan's doesn't.
  • Tilt-a-whirl slam, but Shannon lands on his feet, till he gets a missile dropkick form Juvie.
  • Konnan clotheslines Shane out of the ring.
  • Juvie does the same for Evan.
  • Juvie and Konnan team up for a double facebuster on Shannon.
  • Juvie and Konnan hold Shannon for the legdrop from Rey.
  • Your Winner: The Filthy Animals (6:09)
  • Tenay: "Whoever put that match together - hats off."
  • Hey, if that's the last match ever on this show, it's a nice way to end it.
    • It's a good match, regardless.

• Scott and Bobby wrap up.
  • Goldberg's going to have a hard time beating both Kronic at once.
  • Scott Steiner's never won the World Title before - so maybe he will.
  • That's it.

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