WCW Monday Nitro - Monday, 04/19/99

• Before we get to the mailbag, a bit of a personal note....

  As a (very) few of you may know, in addition to my DDT Digest writings, I have a "personal" wrestling site called Wade's Wrestling Stuff.

  Well, as anyone who'd come by there in the last few weeks may have noticed, I've decided that Wade's Wrestling Stuff has run its course. Rather than leaving an un-maintained husk out here, I'm shuttin' 'er down.

  It's not really a sad thing. I started the page in January of '98, while I was recovering from the first of what would turn out to be three neck surgeries. It started out just as an archive of the Nitro reports I was starting to write for the IWZ, but eventually included special reports, the Hailing From list, the Brad Armstrong tribute, etc., etc.

  And it was a lot of fun. It helped me refine my writing style, gave me an actual project to put on Lunenburg.org, and brought me in touch with a lot of great wrestling fans who actually didn't read DDT Digest..

  But, as things on the page stagnated and I ran out of good ideas, I became bored with it. And I'm not going to do a project like that unless I'm motivated by it.

  Don't worry, this only affects my little home site. I'll still write my Nitro reports for DDT Digest, and who knows, I may even think of some reason to revive it in the future.

  Finally, in the spirit of "giving back to the community," if anyone is interested in taking over the two most interesting parts of my old site, the Hailing From... list of wrestlers/hometowns/finishers, or the Brad Armstrong tribute site, please let me know, and I'll be glad to send you all the information that I've collected, and link to your new site.

• Allrighty. Now that's out of the way, let's hit the mailbag.

  • Chris writes:

    Oil of Olay! Arriba La Mazda!

    Take a close look at Psychosis during his match with Kidman. You might notice his shoulder pads make him look like Shredder from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. If Sandhakman comes out with his kendo stick and says "Cowabunga" I am shooting my TV. Also notable...when flipping back and forth between Nitro and Raw right after Raw started the following conversation took place between my girlfriend and I.

    Her: There are two wrestling shows on at once?

    Me: Yes

    Her: How come neither one has actual wrestling on then?

    She has a point.

  • Midnyt (though not "Mideon" - that's someone else) writes:

    re: the "Mater Blasters" from last nights Nitro....I could swear that one of them was Mike Enos. Why do I think that? I would recognize that butt anywhere.....(did I just say that?)

    Seriously though...there was a close up at one point, and I could swear it was Enos.

  • Flan writes:

    Ya know,

    I sometimes swear that someone's pulling a big joke on me. I've had cable for years, and tried to stick by WCW, buying all the crappy PPVs and watching every show they put on, but it finally became too much towards the beginning of the year, and I was glad when my new apartment didn't get cable. So what happens? Apparently, Nash & company decide to get their heads out of their collective asses and start booking. I read about quality PPVs and good Nitros, and I finally got to see Nitro again for the first time in over a month last night. An excellent show! It seemed everyone was working well, there was plenty of wrestling, minimal run-ins, and best of all, no Hollywood "Big Citrus" Hogan or Vince(nt 4.0)!

    What made it more appealing was that I watched it in a bar with no sound, which spared me the pain of listening to Tony Bologney and Ricki Rachman!

    I hope the fellas with The Big Coloring Book keep this up. I get cable as of this weekend, although I might have to start watching with the volume down, to, uh, enjoy the silence, as Depeche Mode said.

  • Melissa writes:

    It boggles the mind as to why WCW would try to turn Nitro in "Yo! MTV Raps." I'm sure the same people who think Schiavone looks cool in that leather jacket also think Ricki Rachman is the hippest dude in town. I mean, even Piper looked better in his leather jacket than Tony. Good Lord.

    I can just see the planning meeting with the WCW powers-that-be, "Let's take an MTV show that's been off the air for a decade and then take an MTV VJ who's been off the air even longer!" Man, I'd take Martha Quinn at Nitro over Ricki any day.

  • Dave asks:

    Does anyone know what happened to the Torrie angle. She won the Miss nWo contest in Panama City, and then disappeared. Not that I want to see any more of David Flair, but as you have commented in the past "Man, she's hot". Since the WCW seems to be intent on prancing more bimbos around, at least Torrie was a wholesome beauty, not some overmade-up stripper/porn star. Any insight would be helpful.

    At last report, David and Torrie were seen on a boat heading for the "Land of Forgotten Angles." Once there, David will be arrested for using a banned powerbomb, while Torrie will go to the hospital to tend to the blinded Steve McMichael.

    On a more serious response, I have no idea, but you can get your Torrie's worth at www.torriewilson.com

  • And finally, the email-of-the-week, from PFSimDaddy...

    With as close as Flair and Sting got on Nitro..you'd think one of them would be screaming "Get off my nose!"

• Tonight's episode brought to you by the question "I wonder what Vampiro's doing right now?"

• We see a white car pulling up, and Goldberg getting out.
  • Goldberg: "Who's next? I'm next! Me and Page tonight, for the World Heavyweight belt."
  • Goldberg grabs his luggage and goes into the building.

• Devil Boy does an intro, and I hit my mute button. Seriously.
  • I wonder if the Nitro Girls have to "disinfect" after touching him?
  • DJ WhoCares does his little DJ thing.
  • Is he a "Sucka M.C.?" Enquiring minds want to know...

• Tony tells us that Piper is here tonight, and Scott Steiner will defend against Gonnad, pretty much assuring us of a crappy show.

• Match 1: Scott and Steve Armstrong vs. Chris Benoit and Dean Malenko (w/Arn Anderson)
  • YES! Armstrongs! And Scott has a dye job.
  • Speaking of jobs, who do they job to?
  • YES! Horsemen!
  • Wow. This should rule MY world, at least.
  • AA leads out Benoit and Malenko.
  • Benoit and Scott start out.
  • They trade shoves.
  • Crowd is hot tonight.
  • Scott ducks a chop.
  • Benoit with a kick to the gut, but Scott escapes a powerbomb with an armdrag.
  • Double-hiptoss from the Armstrongs, who deal with Malenko for good measure.
  • Charles Robinson is the ref.
  • Steve with a slam on Benoit.
  • Some distraction by Malenko sends Steve to the floor.
  • Arn and Malenko put a grade-A asskicking on Steve.
  • Nice doubleteam drop-toehold into a sliding dropkick by the Horsemen.
  • Avalanche from Malenko.
  • Malenko repays the favor by knocking Scott off the apron.
  • HUGE chops from Benoit, and the double-arm clothesline.
  • Chowderheads in the crowd: "Goldberg....Goldberg..."
  • Malenko with forearm shots in the corner.
  • Malenko spits on Scott.
  • On the floor, Arn holds Steve for some Benoit chops.
  • Leg lariat by Malenko.
  • Double back-elbow from the Horsemen.
  • Backdrop suplex by Benoit.
  • Backbreaker from Benoit.
  • Robinson allows the Horsemen to switch without a tag.
  • There'll be a four-way CW title match tonight.
  • Benoit eats boot on a corner charge, but recovers to deliver a back-elbow.
  • Northern Lights suplex from the Crippler.
  • More doubleteaming in the corner by the Horsemen.
  • Malenko yells for Steve to give up as he chokes him.
  • Malenko eats boot too, and Steve lands a NICE bulldog.
  • Both men are down.
  • Steve tags.
  • Scott comes in to clean house.
  • Double-dropkick on Benoit.
  • Steve goes out to deal with Arn.
  • Scott with a small package on Malenko. Benoit makes the save.
  • Malenko with a tiger bomb into the Texas Cloverleaf, and the Horsemen win!
  • High-energy match!

• In the back, Roddy Piper is looking over some signed papers.
  • They're the same papers that Flair signed without looking at last week.

• Normal (if you can call it that) Nitro opener.

• Savage and George try to enter the building.
  • Doug Dillinger says that Savage is suspended, and President Flair said that he couldn't come in.
  • Piper runs up, and says that Flair might not be President after tonight.
  • Piper says that he's the commissioner, and he's taking responsibility for Savage.
  • Dillinger agrees.

• Mean Gene calls out Diamond Dallas "What do you MEAN the big part of the belt goes in the front" Page
  • Page sends a "special shout out" to Hogan. Page wishes Hogan the best.
  • Heel turn?
  • Page does a little Road Dogg, saying he's the Heavyweight Champion of the Wooooooooorld.
  • Gene wants to know about Goldberg.
  • Page says Goldberg tends to get a little overzealous.
  • Page wants Goldberg to be focused, like him.
  • Hot crowd tonight.
  • Page says that he knows that Goldberg wants to be him, because he sees a lot of him in Goldberg.
  • Page says he'd love to put the belt on the line tonight, but....
  • It's not gonna happen.
  • Goldberg's music starts.
  • Goldberg stalks to the ring.
  • Gene hits the road as the two go nose-to-nose.
  • Apparently, when Goldberg got in his face and challenged him, Page agreed to the match.

• In the back, Roddy Piper is hanging out with David "MIA" Flair.
  • Apparently, they're signing something about "72 hours, just for observation."
  • Is Flair getting committed?

• We go back to Gene and DDP in the back area
  • Gene asks about the Goldberg match.
  • DDP says that the title will be on the line.
  • Gene wants everyone to look at what DDP did to Hogan. We see the ringpost figure four.

• Match 2: Psychosis vs. Blitzkrieg vs. Juventud Guerrera vs. WCW World Cruiserweight Champion Rey Mysterio Jr.
  • Psychosis comes out with new music.
  • He's still looking quite.....blue.
  • Psychosis has apparently learned enough English to get "bleeped."
  • Coming out next, to the same music, Blitzkrieg.
  • Juventud's music comes on, and Mr. Juice himself makes his way out.
  • This is apparently the four-way CW title match.
  • 2-Gold Latino comes out, with only the CW belt.
  • Sign: "Death, Taxes, La Parka."
  • I have a feeling this is going to be too fast to call.
  • They play to the crowd.
  • Some goth-looking guy with a mohawk is at ringside.
    
  • Woah! It's Alex Wright!
  • Interesting variant of a Samoan Drop from Juvi on Rey.
  • Juvi and Psychosis whip Blitz and Rey into each other.
  • Psychosis posts himself in the corner.
  • A doubleteam powerbomb-cannonball by Juvi and Rey on Blitz.
  • Rey gets backdropped over the top.
  • Doubleteam missile dropkick by Juvi and Psychosis on Blitzkreig, the human punching bag.
  • Juvi accidentally delivers a top-rope Rocker Dropper to Psychosis.
  • Blitz with an avalanche clothesline on Juvi.
  • Split-legged moonsault by Rey on Juvi.
  • Blitz is cheering Rey on.
  • VICIOUS left-handed lariat by Psy on Juvi.
  • Nice spinwheel kick by Psychosis.
  • The "faces" deliver stereo dropkicks to the "heels," followed by stereo baseball slide dropkicks, and stereo Asai moonsaults.
  • Blitz and Rey fight, and Blitz dropkicks Rey in the gut as Rey comes off the top.
  • A pair of twisting sentons from Blitz on Rey.
  • Rey knocks Psychosis into the aisle.
  • Juvi with a missile dropkick on Blitzkrieg.
  • Rey and Juvi in the ring now.
  • Headscissors from Rey.
  • Lionsault from Rey. Psychosis makes the save.
  • Psy covers, and Rey makes the save.
  • Standing bulldog by Juvi.
  • Juvi signals for the JuviDriver.
  • Rey escapes, Juvi escapes, and Juvi delivers a reverse inverted DDT.
  • Psychosis comes off the top onto Rey, but Juvi saves.
  • Rey puts Psychosis on top, and delivers a top-rope bulldog.
  • Rey with a springboard split-legged moonsault.
  • Commercial, of course.
  • You smashed my head. Get off my nose.
  • NWA Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling is coming to Cameron, NC, this Saturday, featuring Dan Severn, Rock & Roll Express, and the Hardy Boyz. Of course, I'll be in Richmond at a wedding. Bah.
  • We're back.
  • Juvi with headscissors on Rey, while Psy gives Blitz a gut-drop over the top rope.
  • Semi-train-wreck on the floor.
  • Everyone's running out of gas.
  • Rey powerbombs Juvi. Psy saves.
  • Figure-four from Blitz!!!
  • Rey saves with a springboard legdrop on Blitz.
  • Juvi delivers a springboard legdrop to Psychosis for good measure.
  • Tilt-a-whirl on Rey by Psychosis.
  • Juvi flips out of a Blitz German suplex, and powerbombs him.
  • Rey puts Juvi on top, and signals for the Frankenstiner.
  • Rey hits it.
  • Covers....Psychosis saves at two.
  • Blitz escapes the JuviDriver, Blitz sets up for a Stunner, but Juvi hits that reverse inverted DDT.
  • Bronco Buster from Rey on Blitz.
  • Psychosis gets one too.
  • Juvi tries a running powerbomb, but Rey headscissors him.
  • La Mahistral by Psy, but Blitz saves.
  • Blitz does one of the same, but Psychosis kicks out at 2 99/100.
  • Neck snap over the top rope by Juvi on Rey.
  • Springboard dropkick by Juvi on Rey.
  • Psychosis clotheslines Juvi over the top.
  • Blitz flips out of a backdrop suplex, and floors Psychosis.
  • Blitz hits the Sky Twister Press on Psychosis, but Juvi saves.
  • JuviDriver on Blitz. Rey saves.
  • Rey and Juvi blow a spot that gets turned into a Rey facebuster.
  • Blitz and Psychosis in the ring now.
  • Blitz puts Psy on the top, but Psychosis drop him off the top.
  • Psychosis with the Guillotine Legdrop off the top!!
  • Psychosis covers! One....two....nobody around to save....THREE!!! PSYCHOSIS WINS THE TITLE!! PSYCHOSIS WINS!!!
    
  • YES!!!

• Mean Gene is in the ring
  • Gene calls out Ric Flair.
  • Flair and Arn come out.
  • Flair is sporting a UFlorida shirt.
  • Meeeean whoo by God Florida Gators Gene.
  • Flair with some local references.
  • Flair promises to buy every kid in the audience a drink in "The Swamp" if they want to go out with him tonight.
  • The bagpipes come on, bringing Roddy "It's Hip To Be Plastic" Piper.
  • Roddy pulls out the cheap-heat sports reference as soon as he opens his mouth, calling Flair the "Dennis Rodman of WCW."
  • I think that Piper is getting booed. That renews some of my faith in humanity.
  • Piper says Ric is sick, and he needs to step down as President.
  • Flair questions Piper insinuating that he's out there.
  • Piper needs to be put out to pasture as bad as anyone.
  • THIS is supposed to keep people from flipping channels.
  • Piper is SO not funny.
  • Arn: "I've seen [Flair] with his pants off many times, it don't mean nothing."
  • Flair strips down to his Gators boxers and socks.
  • Arn appears a bit embarassed.
    
  • Piper says that he didn't want to do this, but he will.
  • Piper pulls out some papers.
  • Charles Robinson runs down with a robe for Flair.
  • Gene reads the paper.
  • It's from the General Courts of Justice about the competency of Ric Flair.
  • Apparently, Roddy Piper and David Flair have petitioned to have Ric Flair committed. The judge has ordered that Ric Flair be removed from the Presidency of WCW.
  • Flair fires Piper.
  • Who thinks this stuff up?
  • Flair gives Florida back the national title from Tennessee.
  • Piper has one more thing for Flair.
  • Apparently, the papers Flair signed last week was a contract for Flair to fight Nash.
  • Flair offers to fight Piper at Slamboree. If Piper wins, Piper can run the company.
  • Flair and Piper argue toward the back, and Piper starts punching, as we go to commercial.

• In the back, Stevie Ray is talking to the B&W.
  • They see Gonnad, and tell him that Kevin Nash wants to see him.
  • Gonnad doesn't want to go, so the B-Team stomps a mudhole in him.

• Sucka MC in da house.

• WCW breaks out a WWF-esque "coming tonight" promo, featuring pictures of DDP and Nash.

• Match 3: Brian Knobbs vs. Hak (w/ Chastity)
  • Brian Knobbs comes out with a trash can.
  • Knobbs, for those who don't know, is half of the Nasty Boys tag team. The blonde half.
  • Hak comes out, sans Chastity.
  • My bad, she's waiting for him with a bin of plundah' in the aisle.
  • Knobbs starts with the can as soon as Hak enters the ring.
  • Chastity tosses the plundah' into the ring as her man gets the tar beat out of him.
  • Knobbs signals for a Pit Stop, and delivers it.
  • Knobbs takes control on the floor.
  • Hak goes for the Pre-Cut Table of Everlasting Damnation.
  • Crowd: "E-C-Dub"
  • Garden-variety "hardcore" garbage brawling on the floor.
  • Hak finds a ladder, and tosses it into the ring.
  • Knobbs comes off the buckles with a drink crate.
  • Hak knees Knobbs in the rear. Really.
  • Hak bulldogs Knobbs on the ladder.
  • Hak sets up the table, and puts Knobbs on it.
  • Hak goes up top, but ends up putting himself through the table with a somersault senton.
  • Knobbs goes all "Three Stooges" on Hak by twirling around with the ladder on his head.
  • Knobbs with some Kendo stick shots.
  • Chastity comes in to steal the stick, which allows Hak to hit a can shot.
  • Hak with a slingshot legdrop onto Knobbs' head, which is on a chair.
  • Hak goes up top, but Bam Bam Bigelow runs down with a kendo stick of his own, and hits Hak with it.
  • Knobbs hits a trash-can-assisted splash for the pin.

• Randy Savage cuts a promo in the "locker room."
  • Savage brings in Madusa, to help train Gorgeous George.
  • Madusa says she's here in WCW to make a difference.

• The B-Team is hanging out
  • Nash tells the B-Team that they don't want any of him.
  • Scott Steiner tells Nash that Steiner should get the title shot against DDP.
  • Steiner tells Nash that if Nash doesn't give Steiner the title shot, he'll have problems.
  • The B-Team talks about sending Norton down to Steiner's match tonight.

• Match 4: Buff Bagwell vs. Disco Inferno
  • Buff Bagwell comes down with his stovepipe hat.
  • Buff plays the crowd.
  • Buff says he wants a shot at Scott Steiner for the US title at Slamboree.
  • He'll be facing Disco.
  • Disco attacks before the bell.
  • Disco eats a back-elbow and a clothesline.
  • Bagwell rips off Disco's Wolfpac shirt.
  • "Full armdrag and twist" by Buff.
  • Hiptoss, bodyslam, and dropkick by Buff.
  • Buff poses.
  • Buff hiptosses Disco over the top rope.
  • Disco snaps Buff's neck over the top rope.
  • Disco with a kick to the gut, and a swinging neckbreaker.
  • Disco mocks Buff's bad neck.
  • Disco with an elbow to the back of the neck.
  • Alex "Mohawk" Wright is still at ringside. He "shushes" the camera.
  • Inverted atomic drop and clothesline from Disco.
  • Bodyslam from Disco.
  • Disco misses the diving forearm.
  • Backdrop from "Buff Daddy"
  • Buff with a powerslam, and goes up top.
  • Disco crotches Buff on the top.
  • Buff escapes the Last Dance, hits the ropes, and lands something that vaguely resembled the Blockbuster for the win.

• Scott Steiner pretends to be The Godfather, and brings "Ho's" down to the ring with him.
  
  • They are, however, noticably hotter than Kama's offerings.
  • Steiner has a mic in his belt. He's not just happy to see you.
  • "Blah blah hoochies blah blah Big Bad Booty Daddy blah holler if you hear me."
  • The crowd chants along pretty well.
  • Steiner brings up Marcus Alexander Bagwell's past as a male dancer.
  • Steiner mentions that Bagwell has no friends.
  • Steiner: "Real men don't wax their eyebrows, and real men aren't Chippendale dancers."
  • Steiner makes gay references to Buff.
  • The "Ho's" shake their boobs at Scott.

• We take a moderately special look at the Charles Robinson/Gorgeous George match setup.

• Nitro Girls.

• An incredibly UNspecial look back at Flair getting removed from the presidency.

• Match 5: WCW World Tag Team Champion Billy Kidman vs. Raven (w/Perry Saturn)
  • Tag champ Kidman makes his way out.
  • His opponent, his former Flock mentor, Raven.
  • Raven is accompanied by Pretty Perry.
  • They lock up, and Raven starts off fast.
  • Kidman headscissors Raven.
  • Raven tries a powerbomb early, and pays for it in the usual way.
  • Raven reverses an attempted suplex into a gourdbuster.
  • Raven goes all Mr. Wrestling II, kneelifting Kidman over the top.
  • Raven gets the requisite chair.
  • Guess where Kidman gets drop-toeholded?
  • Raven puts the chair on Kidman's face, and legdrops it.
  • Kidman blocks a superplex, and gourdbusters Raven off the top.
  • Kidman tries the Shooting Star Press, but Raven grabs a chair, and Kidman ends up pressing the chair.
  • The Horsemen hit the ring, take Saturn out, and whip Raven into a chair.
  • Rey hits the ring, and he and Saturn clean house.
  • Saturn tries to attack Rey, and they start to brawl.
  • Kidman Rydeen bombs Saturn, but Raven PLANTS Kidman with an Evenflow.
  • The Horsemen run back in, and we've got a six-man brawl.

• Another look back at Piper/Flair.

• Match 6: Scott Norton vs. WCW US Heavyweight Champion Scott Steiner
  • nWo music brings out Scott Norton.
  • This is supposed to be Scott Steiner vs. Konnan.
  • Wolfpac music brings out Scott Steiner.
  • Steiner shakes hands with Heenan, and threatens Fat Tony.
  • The big men lock up. Steiner gets the advantage in the corner.
  • Norton with punches and chops of his own.
  • Norton with a shoulderblock.
  • Norton sends Steiner to the floor.
  • Norton no-sells an inverted atomic drop, and floors Steiner with a clothesline.
  • Steiner with a low blow.
  • Steiner throws Norton to the floor, and introduces him to the guardrail.
  • Steinerline, that Norton actually sells.
  • It sounds like the crowd is chanting "Steroids"
  • Steiner eats a boot charging the corner.
  • Norton clotheslines Steiner.
  • Side suplex by Norton.
  • Steiner comes back with a belly-to-belly.
  • Steiner puts his feet on the ropes, and gets the three count?
  • Weird. That was an odd finish.

• Match 7: Kevin Nash vs. Ric Flair (w/Arn Anderson)
  • Big Sexy makes his way out first.
  • Nash gets on the mic, of course.
  • Charles Robinson is the ref.
  • Nash threatens to give Flair the beating of his life, but needs to address a couple of issues.
  • Nash promises Hogan to pay DDP back.
  • Flair makes his way out after a commercial break.
  • Robinson holds the ropes open for Flair.
  • Flair and Nash jaw at each other.
  • Nash shoves Flair across the ring.
  • Flair tries shoulderblocks, but they just knock him down.
  • Face Flair chops, of course, have no effect.
  • Huge backdrop from Nash, who mocks Flair.
  • Arn gets Robinson to declare "time out" while Flair is on the floor.
  • Nash moderately sells chops for a minute, but then decides "I'm the booker. I don't have to sell shit. Here's a backdrop."
  • Flair flop!
  • Nash mesures Flair for some back-elbows, and a boot choke.
  • Arn trips Nash, and he and Flair crotch Nash around the ringpost.
  • Flair chokes Nash.
  • Flair distracts the ref while Arn stomps a mudhole in Nash. Robinson politely escorts Arn from the ring.
  • Flair works the knee.
  • Flair does the old "get the ref to check the time, then kick a field goal" spot.
  • Flair with some jabs as Nash is on his knees.
  • Flair struts.
  • Flair continues to work the leg, and Arn gets some shots in, too.
  • Nash shoves Flair out of the corner, and starts to fight back.
  • Side suplex from Nash. Only gets two.
  • Flair flips, ducks a clothesline, but then eats one.
  • Flair begs off.
  • Nash has none of it.
  • Nash eats a back-elbow.
  • Flair goes up top and, since he's a heel, comes off the hard way.
  • Nash with the big boot. Arn gets knocked off the apron.
  • The straps come off.
  • Nash sets up, and Jackknifes Flair.
  • Nash covers, but Robinson just leaves the ring.
  • Gorgeous George runs out, nails Robinson, and pulls his ref shirt off.
  • She puts the stripes on.
  • Nash puts a foot on Flair's chest, and George makes the count. One...two...three.
  • Flair even does a stretcher job for the booker. Go figure! Who could have guessed??? Gosh golly gee willickers!
  • Piper asks the unconcious Flair if Piper's really fired.
  • Instead of an ambulance, the guys in white coats wheel Flair into a mental hospital van.
    
  • This is so sad.
  • Vincent should be happy - I think Roddy Piper has replaced him as the Most Useless Man in Wrestling. WCW tries to combat WWF success with . . . two geriatrics in a mental hospital angle? Sheesh.

• Dusty Rhodes joins the broadcast booth
  • Dusty implores us in DustyBonics to stay and watch the World Title match.

• Match 8: WCW World Heavyweight Champion Diamond Dallas Page vs. Bill Goldberg
  • DDP makes the FIRST entrance?
  • Much pyro brings out Goldberg.
  • They jaw, and both shove the ref.
  • They do a little "mutual respect" thing.
  • Goldberg shoves DDP into the corner twice, but DDP gets an armdrag on the third try.
  • A Goldberg shoulderblock sends the champ to the floor.
  • DDP with his shoulderblocks, tries the Cutter, but Goldberg shoves him off.
  • DDP with a leg trip and a cover for one.
  • Goldberg applies a cross-armbreaker, but DDP gets to the ropes.
  • Page hits the ropes, but Goldberg spears him.
  • Page sends Goldberg headfirst into the corner before he can get Jackhammered.
  • Page with a swinging neckbreaker.
  • Page belly-to-bellys Goldberg for one.
  • Goldberg with a type of hiptoss/powerslam/suplex/thingy.
  • Side suplex by Goldberg.
  • Grunts.
  • Goldberg shoves off a Diamond Cutter again, and hits an over-the-shoulder powerslam.
  • Page turns an attempted side suplex into headscissors!
  • DDP clotheslines Goldberg over the top.
  • Page goes up top, and lands a flying clothesline for two.
  • Goldberg ducks the discus clothesline, and hits a superkick.
  • Goldberg sets up for the spear, but DDP doesn't move.
  • Page yells for Goldberg to come on, and then avoids a spear in the corner.
  • DDP hits the Diamond Cutter!
  • Goldberg kicks out of the Cutter with authority!
  • DDP goes into his tights for an illegal object.
  • DDP pulls Mickey Jay between himself and a Spear.
  • Goldberg jackhammers DDP into the ring from the apron. The ref is still down, though.
  • Goldberg checks on the ref, allowing DDP to hit Goldberg in the back of the head with the knucks.
  • DDP delivers several more knuck shots on the floor for good measure.
  • DDP puts Goldberg's left leg on the ringsteps, and beats on the leg with a chair.
  • DDP gets the chair caught up in the ringpost, for humor value.
  • Johnny Boone tries to stop the chairshots, but ends up getting sent into the guardrail.
  • DDP pulls Goldberg around the ringpost, and goes for the ringpost figure four, but Nash runs down.
    
  • Nash makes the save on Goldberg, and protects him.
  • DDP brains Nash with the big gold belt.
    
  • DDP celebrates with the belt as we fade to black.....

I was lucky enough to be in attendance at the Nitro last night and thought I'd relay some things I thought were worth mentioning.

1. While the commercials for the 4-way lucha match were playing the 4 men formed a sleeper hold "train". Psychosis in a sleeper by Blitzkrieg, Blitz by Juvi and Juvi by Rey. It was "interesting" to say the least.
2. Before Nitro started I spotted Kanyon and got his autograph, but failed to find out when he's returning to the ring, DOH!
3. After Nitro went off the air the battle continued outside of the ring for a while. After DDP was taken care of, Nash helped Goldberg up and hugged him in the middle of the ring.

Thought you might be interested.