WCW Monday Nitro - September 20^th, 1999

By Wade

   

• Hi, I'm Buckwheat. Remember me?

• Barring any last-minute disasters, this'll be my first report of September. Labor Day, I went back up to Virginia to celebrate my birthday (the big 2-4, baby!). Then, last week, I came home, got ready to write, turned on the TV, and found out I had no cable. D'Oh!

• Speaking of disasters, the DDT Digest North Carolina Branch Office outside Raleigh didn't sustain any damage during Hurricane Floyd. We lost power for about 8 hours, got a little rain, but nothing like the eastern part of the state got.

• We look back at F***ing Sid from last week. I don't know how painful it's going to be to watch this crap for another four months.
  • We watch Flair get racked and deathlocked, with the Orange Menace making the save.

• A look back at Sting Through The Ages.

• And we're live from Cincinnati, OH!

• Fall Brawl will feature Hogan vs. Sting II.

• People behind Dinky and the Brain are holding WCW Mayhem boxes.

• Sting will defend the title against Benoit tonight.

• Match 1: Juventud Guerrera and Psychosis vs. Billy Kidman and Rey Mysterio Jr.
  • Our first F***ing Sid run-in match of the evening.
  • Juvi and Psy come out to Juvi's music.
  • Their opponents: Kidman and Rey-Rey.
  • Mayhem will be released in three days.
  • Kidman opens up on Psy to start.
  • Headscissors and dropkick from Kidman.
  • Juvi distraction lets Psy hit a split-legged gourdbuster.
  • Juvi flies off the top with headscissors.
  • The heels get a doubleteam on Kidman.
  • Juvi flips out of a German suplex, and Kidman makes a blind tag.
  • Juvi goes up on Kidman's shoulders, and Rey hits a cannonball splash.
  • Rey with a Lionsault.
  • Juvi with a spinning suplex on Rey.
  • INSANE doubleteam guillotine legdrop from the heels. Kidman makes the save.
  • Rey comes back on Juvi, and flips out of a Psy backdrop suplex.
  • Rey makes the tag, and Kidman comes off the top with a cross-body on both heels.
  • They take care of Juvi on the outside.
  • Psychosis tries to powerbomb Kidman. You write the rest.
  • Juvi catches Kidman up top.
  • Juvi pushes Kidman off, and Psychosis dropkicks Kidman in the gut on the way down.
  • Psychosis covers, and GETS THE PIN!!! WOW!!
  • Ballsy booking from WCW!
  • Eddy and Konnan come down to beat on the victors.
  • Kidman tries to unmask Psychosis. Chavo Jr. comes in to make the save on Psychosis!
  • Eddy tries to make peace, but Chavo will have none of it.
  • Psychosis rants in Spanish.
  • Chavo says that Psychosis is offering a challenge for a Mask vs. Hair match against Kidman.
  • Psychosis doesn't seem to like this deal.
  • The match is made for next Monday in Atlanta.
  • Kidman wants the match now, the heels head for the back.
  • Aldo: WCW Bookers Pay Attention: Notice the heat that these two groups give off. Notice the lack of heat Sid and Hogan get. Do the math.

• Promo for Mayhem.

• More videotaped ranting from F***ing Sid.

• Match 2: Brian Knobbs (w/Jimmy Hart) vs. Bill Goldberg
  • Representing jelly doughnuts everywhere, Brian Knobbs.
  • Hart gets on the mic.
  • Knobbs has new music. Again.
  • Hart rants about Goldberg taking out Jerry Flynn.
  • Hart says that Goldberg is next.
  • Knobbs rants for a while.
  • Goldberg's old music hits. No more Megadeth!!!
  • He gets the security treatment again.
  • Goldberg goes to far forward, and has to back up to stand in the pyro. Oops!
  • Goldberg grabs Hart by the jacket, then turns his attention to Knobbs.
  • Knobbs gets dumped to the floor, and grabs a chair.
  • Knobbs with five chairshots.
  • Knobbs whips Goldberg into the guardrail.
  • Knobbs tries to post Goldberg, but ends up eating the steel himself.
  • Knobbs is then introduced to the ring steps.
  • Goldberg with a big boot.
  • Hart tries to interfere with the megaphone. Goldberg presses him, but it allows Knobbs to hit several megaphone shots.
  • Knobbs gets ready to give Goldberg a trip to Pitty City.
  • While he's posing, though, Goldberg gets up and delivers the spear.
  • Jackhammer. Splat. Win.
  • The camera seems to focus on a Steve Austin mask in the crowd.
  • Goldberg gets on the mic.
  • Goldberg talks about Sid running away last week, like a little girl.
  • Goldberg: "You've amassed quite a record. But guess what - so have I."
  • Goldberg: "Since you've got that belt, I want it. And since I've gotta go through you, I'm gonna get it."
  • Goldberg: "You've been a great intimidator....but intimidation is my game."
    
  • Goldberg gives Sid five weeks, because at Halloween Havoc, it's Goldberg vs. Sid.

• Footage from Benoit/Malenko last week.

• Gene calls out Ric Flair
  • Flair says we've got a ballgame now.
  • Flair demands Sting.
  • Flair says he's free at last.
  • Flair promises to slap the paint off Sting's face.
  • Chris Benoit comes down the aisle.
  • Benoit talks about his unsettled business with Flair.
  • Benoit says that Flair can have a shot at Sting - after Benoit's finished with him.
  • Benoit holds his contract for his title shot.
  • Benoit challenges Sting.
  • Flair continues to call for Sting.
  • Benoit talks about Flair's broken promises, and says it's his time.
  • Flair runs to the back to find Sting.

• Nitro Girls promo, including some stuff at my favorite Raleigh hangout, Jillian's.

• Gene calls out Kim and Tygress
  • Ashley Beck won the North Carolina finals.
  • We look at the two finalists from Cinci.
  • Zzzzzzz.

• Thunder will be live this week from Norfolk, VA, in a make-up date from Floyd.

• Match 3: WCW World Television Champion Chris Benoit vs. WCW World Heavyweight Champion Sting (Only Sting's title is on the line)
  • So we're putting the World Title match in the first hour to oppose RAW?
  • Benoit comes down first.
  • Tony actually acknowledges a mixture of cheers and boos.
  • Tony got a note for next week's show: Hogan, Flair, and Hart will team together in a six-man match against DDP/Luger/Sting.
  • Sting has his name on the World Title belt-plate.
  • Sting breaks cleanly in the corner.
  • Sting clamps down with a headlock. Sting ducks an enzuigiri.
  • Sting with a flying clothesline that sends Benoit to the floor.
  • Benoit comes back in, and Sting lands another clothesline.
  • Benoit brings Sting over with a type of backdrop, but Sting no-sells and lands a dropkick.
  • Benoit with an armdrag, and a dropkick to the knee.
  • Benoit starts to work the knee.
  • Benoit applies a bridging Indian deathlock.
    
  • Benoit breaks the bridge, and slams Sting's knee into the mat.
  • Benoit ties Sting to the Tree of Woe, runs from the other corner, and dropkicks Sting in the face.
  • Sting avoids a second one.
  • Sting crotches Benoit around the ringpost.
  • Sting with an inverted atomic drop.
  • Regular atomic drop by Sting.
  • Sting drops an elbow for two.
  • Sting blows a powerbomb or piledriver.
  • Another inverted atomic drop from Sting, but Benoit is able to clothesline Sting down.
  • Sting locks in a chinlock.
  • Benoit fights out, but Sting gets him with a knee to the gut.
  • Sting drops Benoit with a gourdbuster.
  • Benoit avoids another knee to the gut with a rollup for two.
  • Benoit fights out of another chinlock, but Sting holds on to avoid a dropkick.
  • Sting slowly covers, but only gets two.
  • Benoit with a small package for two.
  • Benoit is down and out as Sting goes up top.
  • Benoit gets his knees up on a top-rope splash.
  • Benoit avoids a Stinger splash, and Benoit clotheslines him down.
       
  • The thumb goes across the throat.
  • Benoit goes up top, and hits the diving headbutt!
  • Sting kicks out at two.
  • Both men are down.
  • Benoit is up first, and hits two snap-suplexes, then locks on the Crossface!
  • Sting is in the ropes, though.
    
  • Benoit with a full nelson, Sting escapes, and Benoit gets a sleeper.
  • Sting shoves Benoit into the ref, who's out.
  • Benoit with an interesting type of piledriver, but the ref's out.
  • Some near-falls with the ref out, and Benoit hits a bridging German suplex.
  • Lex Luger runs in and hits Benoit with the baseball bat.
  • The ref recovers to count the pin. Sting wins.
  • Ric Flair runs down and starts beating on Luger.
  • DDP runs in and delivers a Diamond Cutter to Flair.
  • The heels beat on Flair until Hogan gimps down to the ring.
  • Hogan rants at Sting as the crowd goes apathetic.
  • Excellent match from Benoit and Sting!!!

• Berlyn promo.

• Match 4: Scott Armstrong vs. Berlyn (w/bodyguard)
  • Scott Armstrong makes a rare appearance on Nitro.
  • His opponnent - Berlyn.
  • WCW is working on signing DDP vs. Ric Flair for tonight.
  • Berlyn with the early advantage.
  • Scott with a brief comeback, but Berlyn lands a backbreaker.
  • Backdrop suplex from Berlyn, who spits on Armstrong.
  • Berlyn drops Scott gut-first over the top rope, and dropkicks him to the floor.
  • The ref stops the bodyguard from braining Armstrong.
  • Scott with a sunset flip for two.
  • Barlyn comes back with a leg lariat.
  • European uppercut.
  • Berlyn locks on a type of surfboard.
  • Armstrong avoids a charging Berlyn, who hotshots himself.
  • Scott with a hiptoss and a chop.
  • Armstrong with ten punches to the head, but Berlyn avoids a dropkick.
  • Berlyn works the neck, and the bodyguard punches Armstrong in the head.
  • Berlyn lands a reverse neckbreaker for the pin.
  • Post-match, Berlyn locks on a chinlock to further punish Scott.
  • Brad Armstrong rushes in for the save, and stares down the Europeans.

• From earlier in the night, we see Vampiro and Violent J talking to Shaggy 2 Dope about a Cruiserweight title shot. Vampiro's warning Shaggy 2 Dope "Don't worry if they grab you down below for a body slam and it feels funny" and "Don't let them get at your rear end".

• Gene calls out DDP
  • DDP will face Flair in the main event tonight.
  • DDP talks smack about Pete Rose.
  • DDP talks smack to the crowd.
  • DDP talks about Flair being the past, saying he needs to retire.
  • Page says he's accomplished in five years what it took Flair a whole career to do.
  • Decent promo by Page.

• Footage of Saturn vs. Eddy from Nitro last week.

• Match 5: Blitzkrieg vs. Evan Karagias
  • Yes! Blitz!
  • His opponent - Evan Karagias.
  • I smell F***ing Sid.
  • The winner of this match gets a Cruiser title shot on Thunder.
  • They trade armwringers.
  • Evan turns a Blitz leapfrog into a powerslam.
  • Press-slam from Evan.
  • Blitz flips out of a backdrop and lands a spin kick.
  • Evan lands a dropkick.
  • Tony informs us that Lenny and Lodi are now known as the "West Hollywood Blondes."
  • Evan with a springboard plancha to the outside.
  • Evan goes up top, but Blitz pulls the ref in front of him.
  • Evan hops down and gets a clothesline.
  • Handspring back-elbow from Blitz.
  • Blitz goes up top, but misses the Skytwister Press.
  • Evan with a standing powerslam in the corner, but Blitz catches him up top.
  • Evan kicks Blitz off and hits a top-rope cross-body for two.
  • Blitz with a spin kick as the crowd stands up.
  • Evan goes up top again as F***ing Sid comes down.
  • Evan with a twisting splash off the top for the pin.
  • Sid enters the ring.
  • Evan hits the ropes, and Sid press-drops him.
  • Sid chokeslams Evan.
  • Blitz tries to come off the top with a frankensteiner, but Sid catches him and powerbombs him.
  • Sid pins Blitz to continue the most insipid angle in sports entertainment today.
  • Sid gets on the mic. I change the channel.

• Promo for the Revolution.

• Match 6: Saturn (w/Dean Malenko and Shane Douglas) vs. Eddy Guerrero (w/Konnan, Rey Mysterio Jr.)
  • Douglas, Malenko, and Saturn make their way down to the ring.
  • It'll be Saturn vs. Eddy in a rematch from last week.
  • Saturn starts off strong.
  • Eddy comes back with a frankensteiner and tilt-a-whirl backbreaker.
  • The Revolution beats on Eddy on the outside, and throws him back in.
  • Commercial.
  • As we come back, Eddy fights out of a chinlock.
  • Saturn tries to press-slam Eddy, but Eddy armdrags him.
  • Eddy PLANTS Saturn with a springboard swinging DDT!!!
  • Leg Lariat from Eddy.
  • Eddy walks the top rope, and comes off with a frankensteiner.
  • Saturn belly-to-bellies Eddy out of the corner.
  • Saturn comes off the top with a big elbowdrop for two.
  • Saturn signals for the DVD.
  • Eddy escapes with a Victory Roll for two.
  • Saturn clotheslines Eddy.
  • Saturn puts Eddy up top, but Eddy frankensteiners him off the top.
  • Eddy signals for the top rope.
  • Eddy misses the Frog Splash.
  • Eddy ducks, and Saturn goes flying over the top rope.
  • Saturn and Malenko brawl with the Animals on the floor.
  • Back in the ring, Shane Douglas hits Eddy in the back of the head with a chain.
  • Saturn sees him do it, and he's not happy.
  • Saturn stares at Shane, then finally makes the cover.
  • Saturn gets the win.
  • Saturn and Shane have words after the match.

• Sign on RAW: "Ivory 99:44". Nice.

• Mean Gene calls out Agent Orange
  • Hogan talks about the six-man match.

• Really bad ICP video.
  • Think "Trailer Park Demolition"

• Match 7: Shaggy 2 Dope (w/Vampiro and Violent J) vs. WCW World Cruiserweight Champion Lenny Lane (w/Lodi)
  • The ICP and Vampiro have signs like Lodi.
  • The Blondes make their way out.
  • Lodi signs: "Blowpops make the world go round", "Asheboro Power House", "ICP Wears Makeup 'Cause They're Ugly", "Lenny Luvs Ricky Martin"
  • The Blondes Fan runs in again, and gets taken out by security again.
  • Lenny jumps into the arms of the ref, who drops him.
  • Shaggy dropkicks Lenny into Lodi.
  • Shaggy with a type of over-the-shoulder powerslam.
  • Shaggy goes up top, but Lenny catches him.
  • Lenny avoids the guillotine legdrop.
  • Lenny with a Doctor Bomb that very nearly drops Shaggy right on his head.
  • Lenny bodyslams Shaggy, and crawls on top of him for a two-count.
  • Shaggy gets out of a bodyslam and bulldogs Lenny.
  • Shaggy with a NICE running Ligerbomb for two!
  • Shaggy with a Victory Roll for two.
  • Shaggy goes to the apron, but Lodi attacks.
  • Shaggy flips out of a backdrop suplex and rolls Lenny up for two.
  • Lenny shoves Shaggy into Lodi on the apron, then rolls him up for the win!

• The Mean Gene Show rolls on with Rick Steiner
  • Steiner says that if you're not a Steiner, you don't have a chance.
  • Steiner respects Sid Vicious and Scott Steiner.
  • Rick calls out Scott.
  • Scott walks down the aisle, larger than ever.
    
  • Scott says it's none of Gene's business what he's been doing.
  • Scott says he's been been chasing Wilt Chamberlain's record of sleeping with 20,000 women.
  • Scott offers to sleep with any "freaks" in the crowd.
  • He works in "Big Bad Booty Daddy."
  • Scott says when he left, he was US champion and the leader of the nWo.
  • Scott says Hogan makes him puke yellow and red.
  • Scott challenges Hogan.

• Match 8: Kanyon vs. Booker T (w/Patron Saint of DDT Digest Stevie Ray)
  • Kanyon shills some Surge on his way to the ring.
  • His opponent: Booker T.
  • Booker's music hits before Kanyon can ask the question.
  • Some back-and-forth to start, but Booker lands a dropkick to gain the advantage.
  • Kanyon rolls to the floor.
  • Stevie intimidates Kanyon back into the ring.
  • Booker with the flying forearm.
  • Side kick from Booker.
  • On the floor, Kanyon reverses a whip to send Booker to the rain.
  • Kanyon spits water in Booker's face.
  • Kanyon with a superplex from the apron into the ring.
  • Kanyon with the middle-rope Rocker Dropper.
  • Booker lands a Rock Bottom on Kanyon.
  • Booker lands the Harlem Sidekick.
  • Axe Kick and a breakdance.
  • Booker goes up top, but Kanyon catches him.
  • Booker holds on to avoid the superplex, and ends up with a top-rope gourdbuster.
  • Booker semi-hits the Missile Dropkick for the pin.

• Match 9: Diamond Dallas Page vs. Ric Flair
  • DDP comes out first.
  • Flair jumps him in the aisle.
  • They brawl through the crowd.
  • Flair tears at the face.
  • Flair continues to beat on Page in the aisle.
  • They finally enter the ring. Flair struts around.
  • DDP comes out of the corner, gets whipped into the ropes, and comes off with a swinging neckbreaker.
  • Page drops an elbow to the sack.
  • DDP works over Flair in the corner.
  • Charles Robinson is the ref, a fact that is completely overlooked by the announcers.
  • DDP backdrops Flair.
  • DDP drops an elbow.
  • Page with a chinlock.
  • DDP punches Flair down in the corner.
  • They trade chops and punches.
  • Flair floors him with a chop.
  • Backdrop suplex from Flair.
  • More chops, and a low blow.
  • Flair locks on the Figure Four.
  • Sting hits the ring, but Flair avoids an elbowdrop.
  • Flair puts the figure-four on Sting.
  • Luger runs in and hits Flair in the ribs with the baseball bat.
  • Hogan comes in to clear everyone out.
  • Sting whacks Hogan in the knee with the bat.
    
  • Go Sting Go! Go Sting Go!
  • Flair protects Hogan as the heels leave the ring.
  • With that, we fade to black.....

• All in all, a very good show by WCW this week!

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