WCW Halloween Havoc - October 29^th, 2000

• Xavier Doom had an emergency come up, so I'm his replacement. I know I said I wouldn't be watching WCW anymore, but I also told Bill I'd fill in if needed so here I am.

  Going into this PPV, I haven't been paying too much attention to WCW as of late, so I'm not sure what to expect. I do know whatever WCW gives us tonight can't be worse than watching XPW.

  As usual, I write my recaps from a tape which means I'm watching the PPV for a second time. Needless to say, if I didn't like the match the first time, I'm not going to the second time so it gets a long story short recap. That said, let's get to the show..

• Anyone else get the feeling they are desperate for buyrates when the announcers are pleading with you to order the PPV during the pre-show?
  • I was waiting for one of the announcers to break into tears while begging me to order a PPV I already ordered.
  • "Please! My last paycheck bounced!"

• WCW logo..

• We go to some crowd shots.

• Then to Pamela Paulshock who asks some fans outside if Goldberg can beat Kronik.

• And we are live from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada!

• Your announcers are Tony Schiavone, Mark Madden and Stevie Ray!

• Match 1: Boogie Knights vs. Rey Mysterio Jr. and Billy Kidman w/Konnan vs. WCW World Tag Team Champions Mark Jindrak and Sean O'Haire.
  • Madden compares Jindrak and O'Haire to Tully Blanchard and Arn Anderson.
    • Settle down Bill.
  • Konnan joins the announcers.
  • Wright, Kidman and Jindrak start.
  • Wright takes the advantage on Jindrak while Kidman watches.
  • Wright whips Jindrak to the ropes and connects with an elbow.
  • Wright holds Jindrak while Kidman chops him, then Kidman holds Jindrak while Wright does the same.
  • They continue the double team until Jindrak escapes a German suplex by Wright with a back elbow and clotheslines Kidman down.
  • Jindrak tries a suplex, but Kidman flips over and Wright and Kidman go back to the double team.
  • Wright hits Kidman with a clothesline and a series of elbows on the mat.
  • Kidman counters Wright's attempt at a tilt-a-whirl slam with a frankensteiner.
  • Kidman tags Rey, who immediately goes for a Bronco Buster on Wright in the corner.
  • Wright gets his foot up, taking Rey out.
  • Wright tags Disco who lands a swinging neckbreaker on Rey.
  • Jindrak lands a flying clothesline off the top rope on Rey.
  • Rey with some punches and an attempt at a crossbody block only to get caught by Jindrak and slammed to the mat.
  • Tag to O'Haire who comes in and lands a standing side kick on Disco.
  • O'Haire presses Rey over his head and drops him into a powerslam.
  • Followed by a clotheslines on Disco and Rey.
  • Rey attempts a sunset flip, but O'Haire catches him and starts to pick Rey up.
  • Disco catches O'Haire with a DDT.
  • Disco goes for a cover and only gets 2.
  • Rey and Disco go for a series of double teams until they both go for a cover and argue.
  • Disco whips Rey into O'Haire in the corner.
  • Rey then goes to the same for Disco, but reverses it and whips him into the far corner.
  • Rey goes for a cover, but O'Haire beaks it up.
  • Disco with a Russian leg sweep on O'Haire while Rey tags Kidman.
  • Kidman comes in with a flying shoulder block on Disco.
  • Kidman goes for a cover, but only gets 2.
  • Disco tags Wright who comes in with a missile drop kick on O'Haire.
  • Wright goes for a cover, but only gets 2.
  • Wright whips Kidman into the ropes and throws him with a overhead belly to belly suplex.
  • O'Haire goes for a cover, but only gets 2.
  • O'Haire tags Jindrak.
  • Wright and Jindrak double team Kidman until Wright clotheslines Jindrak.
  • Wright goes for a cover on Jindrak, only getting 2.
  • Wright sets up Kidman on the top turnbuckle.
  • Jindrak gets behind Wright and puts him on his shoulders.
  • Wright grabs Kidman and we've got a 3 man super-plex.
  • Jindrak goes for a cover on Wright, but only gets 2.
  • All 3 men are down.
  • They slowly crawl to their respective corners and all 3 tags are made at the same time.
  • Rey connects with a dropkick to O'Haire's knee and follows it up with a springboard guillotine legdrop.
  • Disco goes for a powerbomb on Rey, who rolls through and goes for a pin.
  • O'Haire tosses Rey outside.
  • O'Haire hits a couple of knee lifts with the knee Rey dropkicked earlier and *get this* he actually starts limping to sell that he hurt it further.
    • Attention to detail like that is always nice.
  • Jindrak and O'Haire go outside and toss Kidman back inside.
  • O'Haire tosses Rey inside. Wright catches Rey with a powerslam and goes for the pin.
  • Kidman makes the save.
  • Disco in with a bulldog.
  • Wright slingshots himself outside on to Jindrak.
  • And everybody goes outside.
  • Boogie Knights take Jindrak inside and beat on him until Kidman goes in and hits Wright with the Kid Crusher.
  • Rey crotches Disco on the turnbuckle while Kidman goes for a pin.
  • O'Haire pulls Kidman out while Rey hits Disco with a top rope frankensteiner.
  • Rey follows that up with a bronco buster while Kidman and O'Haire brawl outside.
  • Rey dumps Wright outside.
  • Jindrak presses Rey overhead and tosses him out on to Wright.
  • Disco hits Jindrak with a chartbuster/Last Dance.
    • Madden and St. Stevie argue over the name.
  • Disco goes for cover, which Rey breaks up with a leg drop.
  • O'Haire goes up top and lands the Seanton Bomb on Disco for the win.
  • Your Winner: Mark Jindrak and Sean O'Haire via pinfall
  • Pretty good match, good way to open things.
  • Post match, Wright beats down Rey with a chair.
  • Kidman too.
  • Konnan tries to help, but gets beat down by Jindrak and O'Haire.
  • And out comes A-Wall for the save.
  • Officials tend to Konnan.
    • Hey, Scott Armstrong is a referee!
  • A-Wall sets up a table in the ring while some crew members attach garbages cans full of weapons to the ring posts.
  • I guess we get the Hardcore Title match next.

• Match 2: A-Wall vs. WCW Hardcore Champion Reno
  • Standard uninspired hardcore match, so it gets the long story short.
  • They brawl all over the arena and hit each other with cheap looking weapons and fake computer monitors. Reno takes the match after hitting Roll the Dice on a table.
  • Your Winner: Reno via pinfall
  • Post match, Chuck Palumbo and Shawn Stasiak join Reno in a 3-on-1 beatdown on A-Wall until Chavo and Lash make the save.

• Backstage, Shane Douglas thanks the Natural Born Thrillers for taking out Konnan.
  • It should be noted that Perfect Event was backstage with them wearing street clothes and Reno was also there, despite all three of them just being in the ring.
  • They added an "Earlier Today" caption partway through the interview, but Shane said something along the lines of "I just want to thank you guys for taking out Konnan earlier tonight" which means the interview was taped to occur when it was aired, they just didn't realize three of the people in the interview would be on their way to the back when it aired. The "Earlier Today" caption was just trying to cover their ass.
  • That's just poor planning.

• Backstage, Kronik tells some officials Goldberg hasn't arrived yet.
  • They also say if he does show up, he might be suffering from an injury.

• Match 3: Perfect Event vs. Lash LeRoux and Chavo Guerrero Jr.
  • I refuse to call LeRoux and Chavo by their stupid MIA names.
  • This match was scheduled due to the run-ins during the last match.
  • Scott Armstrong is your referee.
  • Chavo and Lash hit the ring and a brawl ensues.
  • Chavo starts with control.
  • Lash gets tagged in and lands a second rope elbow drop.
  • Lash lands some punches and tags in Chavo.
  • Palumbo finally gets some offense in.
    • Not that I'm cheering for him..
  • Tags in Stasiak..
  • Stasiak and Palumbo argue when they start to double team Chavo, costing them the advantage.
  • Palumbo eventually regains control with a powerbomb and a fall away slam.
  • Palumbo lands some punches and a belly to belly suplex.
  • Tags in Stasiak.
  • Stasiak goes for a press slam, but Chavo counters with a face buster and tags in Lash.
  • Tags in Palumbo..
  • Who regains control with a sleeper.
  • Lash slips out, but Palumbo gets him back in the sleeper.
  • Lash fights out and tags Chavo, who catches Palumbo with something resembling a DDT.
    • Which Schiavone calls a lariat..
  • The finishing sequence is pretty cool.
  • Palumbo goes for a standing side kick on LeRoux, who ducks, causing Palumbo to kick Stasiak.
  • Stasiak stumbles back into a Tornado DDT by Chavo for the win.
  • Your Winner: Chavo Guerrero Jr. and Lash LeRoux via pinfall

• Backstage, the Filthy Animals discuss strategy..
  • Konnan asks if Rey or Kidman can take the match.
  • They both say they've already wrestled, so Konnan says he'll handle it and leaves.

• Match 4: Shane Douglas and Torrie Wilson vs. Konnan and Tygress
  • Douglas and Torrie out first, Douglas gets on the mic.
  • He basically asks if Konnan knows when he's had enough.
  • So now he's going to Franchise their asses.
    • So what is the difference between him Franchising Torrie's ass and Franchising an opponent's ass?
    • Must be the degree of willingness...
    • Nevermind.
  • Torrie is dressed like Wonder Woman.
  • Tygress comes down alone and says she'll take both of them on alone.
  • Douglas and Torrie have control and set her up for a double Franchiser.
  • Konnan runs in from the crowd for the save.
  • Tygress hits a carpet muncher on Torrie, only getting a 2 count.
  • Bronco buster attempt on Torrie, but Torrie pulls Charles Robinson in front of her.
  • Torrie hits a pretty good looking Franchiser on Konnan, only getting a 2 count.
  • Konnan and Tygress hit a double carpet muncher for the win.
  • Your Winner: Konnan and Tygress via pinfall
  • Torrie and Tygress looked very awkward, this should have been Douglas and Konnan one-on-one.

• David Flair is backstage..
  • He says he'll prove Bagwell was the father.
  • He has some doctors with him.

• Match 5: "Buff" Bagwell vs. David Flair in a DNA Match
  • Glorified first blood match.
  • Buff sucks up to the locals.
  • David comes out with a DNA collecting kit.
  • Anyone else wonder how you can identify the father of a baby before the baby is born?
  • Nevermind.
  • It's a Bagwell match, so it sucks, thus the long story short.
  • A lot of posing and half assed moves, Flair gets control for a brief period after a low blow.
  • Buff nails Flair with a chair, busting him open.
  • Bagwell hits a Blockbuster on Flair just as the ref awards Buff the match.
  • Your Winner: "Buff" Bagwell via bleeding
  • Post match, Lex Luger comes down to ringside.
  • They embrace and then in a brutal and shocking swerve, Luger turns on Bagwell.
  • What a swerve, I never saw it coming! I'm shocked!!!
  • Luger rams Bagwell into the ringpost, busting causing him to bleed from his mouth.
  • Flair collects a blood sample and heads backstage to deliver it to some doctors.
  • While Flair wanders backstage, Goldberg arrives.

• Pamela Paulshock interviews Scott Steiner.
  • He says he beat Goldberg last month.
  • And he'll beat Booker T tonight.
  • That's about it.

• Match 6: The Cat w/ Ms. Jones vs. WCW Cruiserweight Champion Mike Sanders w/ Perfect Event - Kickboxing Challenge to decide who gets to be commissioner
  • This is divided into 3 rounds of 2 minutes each.
  • Sign: "Natural Born Loosers"
    • Learn to spell.
  • Basically, Cat has complete control for the first 2 rounds.
  • During the 3rd round, Perfect Event argues over if they should throw in the towel.
  • Shane Douglas comes down to ringside and hits Cat with a chain on his fist when the ref isn't looking.
  • Cat barely makes the 10 count.
  • Cat floors Sanders with a kick, then jumps outside to fight with Douglas.
  • The ref counts Cat out while he brawls with Douglas.
  • Your Winner: Mike Sanders via count out
  • So now Sanders is the commish.

• Some officials talk to Goldberg backstage.
  • They ask if he's had any dizzy spells lately.
  • He said he's had some dizzy spells since Monday, but he doesn't care what they say, he's wrestling tonight.
    • Hey Goldberg, you were injured on Thunder, which was on Wednesday.
    • OK, now I'm nitpicking.

• Gene interviews Kronik.
  • Brian Clark says the APA is about breaking necks and cashing checks.
  • Oh and so is Kronik.
  • Adams says if Goldberg doesn't wrestle, his streak and career are over.

• Match 7: "Those Stupid Gimmicks" Mike Awesome vs. Vampiro - Hardcore Match
  • Vamp grabs a mic and says if he beats Awesome tonight, he wants Awesome's WCW Title shot tomorrow night.
  • Awesome agrees and the match is on.
  • Awesome throws Vamp outside and dives over the ropes after him.
  • They brawl into the crowd.
  • Some fan takes a shot at Awesome, who punches him before security tackles him.
  • They wander their way back to the ring.
  • They both get chairs and practice their fencing skills.
  • Awesome drops his chair and Vamp takes a swing at Awesome, who ducks.
  • Vamp throws his chair at Awesome.
  • Awesome catches it and Vamp kicks it into Awesome's face.
  • Vamp with some chops in the corner.
  • Awesome escapes and goes up top.
  • Vamp catches him and throws him with a belly to belly from the top rope.
  • Vamp goes up top and sort of hits a Thesz press.
  • Awesome gets a table and throws it at Vamp.
  • Vamp rakes Awesome's eyes and hits the Nail in the Coffin.
  • Vamp goes outside to look for something, but doesn't find it.
  • Awesome goes outside and powerbombs Vamp on the floor, but only gets a 2 count.
  • Both men go back in, Awesome goes up top.
  • Vamp catches him, but Awesome plants Vamp with a top rope Awesome-bomb!
  • Ouch!
  • Awesome easily gets the pin.
  • Your Winner: Mike Awesome via pinfall

• Backstage, Gene interviews Hugh Morrus.
  • My ban on stupid MIA names covers Hugh as well.
  • Hugh says he's doing it for all the C-teamers.
  • He then leaves and Chavo says Hugh deserves this more than anyone.
  • We cut back to the ring, where trainers are helping Vampiro up.

• Match 8: Hugh Morrus vs. WCW United States Heavyweight Champion Lance Storm and Jim Duggan w/Major Gunns - Handicap Match
  • Storm's US Title is on the line.
  • Storm gets on the mic and asks if he can be serious for a minute.
  • He says Morrus is beaten, he just doesn't realize it.
  • And Morrus makes his entrance.
  • The ref takes away Duggan's 2x4.
  • Duggan and Morrus start off.
  • Hugh in control, Storm tagged in.
  • Hugh plays the American hero by no-selling Storm's chops.
  • Storm with an inverted atomic drop.
  • Duggan in, Hugh back in control.
  • Storm in, Hugh gets beaten on.
  • Sense a pattern here?
  • Duggan plays the bumbling heel by screwing up and hitting the ref or Storm.
  • Elix Skipper runs down, but Major Gunns knocks him off the apron.
  • Storm outside to ask what she's doing.
  • Inside, Hugh goes up top and lands a moonsault on Duggan for the pin and the US Title.
  • Your Winner and new WCW United States Heavyweight Champion: Hugh Morrus via pinfall
  • The MIA have won back Major Gunns as well.
  • The MIA comes out to celebrate.
  • So Hugh Morrus is the US Champ? That sucks.

• Promo for WCW Mayhem next month, featuring Scott Steiner.

• Pamela Paulshock interviews Jeff Jarrett
  • Jarrett: "Well, trick or treat you blonde slapnut. Been handing out any cookies to Okerlund lately? On second thought, don't answer that, I might puke."
  • HA!
  • Jarrett says he's got a plan to deal with Sting.

• Match 9: Jeff Jarrett vs. Sting
  • Probably the biggest letdown of the night.
  • There really isn't much to recap here.
  • Sting in control pretty much the whole match.
  • A bunch of fake Stings kept coming out and attacking Sting, who would quickly dispose of them with a scorpion death drop.
  • A Sting came out from underneath the ring and pulled Sting under.
  • Sting came out dragging a fake Sting covered in blood.
  • Jarrett distracted Sting while the fake Sting hit the real Sting with a guitar.
  • Sting no-sells this as Jarrett hits him with a second guitar for the win.
  • Your Winner: Jeff Jarrett via pinfall
  • Overbooked piece of crap match.

• Pamela Paulshock interviews Booker T.
  • Booker says tonight, he's going to take out Scott Steiner.
  • Then goes through some stupid catchphrases.

• Match 10: Scott Steiner w/Midajah vs. WCW World Heavyweight Champion Booker T
  • Michael Buffer is out for the ring intros.
  • Steiner overwhelms Booker for much of the match, Booker manages to take control until Midajah interferes.
  • They brawl into the crowd.
  • Back inside, Steiner hits a clothesline and drops an elbow for 2.
  • Steiner threatens the ref and goes back to work.
  • Booker comes back with a neckbreaker.
  • Booker knees Steiner in the gut and goes for an axe kick, but Steiner catches him with a clothesline.
  • Steiner with a top rope samoan drop.
  • And some push-ups.
  • Booker makes a short comeback until Steiner kicks him low.
  • They go outside again, trading whips into the guard rail.
  • Back inside, Booker rolls up Steiner with a roll up for 2.
  • Booker up top with the missile dropkick for 2.
  • Booker connects with the axe kick.
  • Midajah hand Steiner a lead pipe and Steiner hits Booker in the knee with it.
  • Steiner starts beating on the ref and some other officials before getting disqualified.
  • Your Winner and still WCW World Heavyweight Champion: Booker T via disqualification
  • Jarrett comes down and tries to get Steiner to stop, but he continues to beat on some officials.
  • Steiner finally leaves.
  • Good match until the screwjob ending..

• Match 11: Goldberg vs. Kronik
  • Short and sweet squash.
  • Seriously, Goldberg no-sold everything Kronik threw at him and took out Clarke after a spear through a table.
  • Seconds later, spear and jackhammer Adams.
  • Your Winner: Goldberg via pinfall
  • Match couldn't have been longer than 4 minutes.

The Good: Vampiro/Mike Awesome and the Tag Title match were both really good. Steiner/Booker T was good until the screwjob ending.

The Bad: The Hardcore Title match and the mixed tag team match both sucked. Everything else, besides the 2 matches mentioned in The Good were mediocre at best. Would Sting/Jarrett one on one be too much to ask for? Why job Kronik to an injured Goldberg?

The Ugly: A DQ ending to a PPV World Title match? Laaaaaaaaaaaaaame!