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<p>Kaz Hayashi</p><p> Kronik</p><p> Vampiro</p><p> Ken Sharock</p><p> Sting and Road Warriors</p><p> Shane Douglas</p><p> Goldberg</p><p> Scott Steiner</p>

I really liked the segment with Booker on week 3 talking about how pissed he was about possibly losing "his main event" to the Tag title match. It put across that he isn't just paranoid about the title, he's paranoid all over about having his spot. It came off almost very much like how the WWF booked Austin in 2001, but since that didn't happen in this universe then you're free to use it! Booker T - Rey will put on a great show, but ultimately The Book will retain. Mark Jindrak - I'm going to back my UFS pick, almost solely because he was my pick. Overall, Douglas is a hell of a champ, but he could work higher profile feuds with losing the belt rather than keeping it. Hardys - This time will be time for a change. AJ Styles - The continued feud between Chavo and Dragon will.... continue. Ric Flair - The feud has to have put Corino over big time, this can be a point where Flair picks up the win and people can move on a little. For instance, Ric would make a nice short one month World title feud for Booker. RVD and Steiners - So apparently, TFC just takes any group brought together in the UFS and ends it with them feuding, whether during the series or afterwards Chaos - I figure that if this match goes on right before the six man tag, the announcers can use Toyota and Mita getting in one another's way as "an omen" about RVD and Scott. But then RVD and Scott can win. It's a subtle booking nuance, but it's all I got for choosing a winner here. DDP - I know that Page isn't actually out of character upset, but it feels like he should be booked like he is. So he picks up a win over Buff to keep building up, before eventually finding himself in a feud with someone on the opposite side of Kim. Davey Boy - Lex will get counted out doing a pose down in the aisle. Chris Daniels - Working closer to that Daniels vs. Styles match. MOTN: Booker vs Rey Titles: 2 NBT: Yes

<p>Booker T - <em>As much as a Page win would be a great cap for his return, Booker has been built up so much over the past few months that I can't see him dropping the belt this soon.</em></p><p> Shane Douglas - <em>Bret's worry about Mark playing a face will lead to him losing this one.</em></p><p><em> I feel a little like I threw Jindrak to the wolves by giving him a US title shot, but there just weren't really many options to go with when it came to handing out title shots.</em></p><p> The Hardyz - <em>Time to establish them as the top tier team.</em></p><p> AJ Styles - <em>Chavo will try to interfere, leading to Dragon stopping him and getting rolled up for the loss.</em></p><p> Manami Toyota - <em>New champion at the Bash! USA! USA! USA!</em></p><p> Rey Misterio Jr - <em>Feels like the safe bet.</em></p><p> Sting - <em>DQ win when the Empire strikes, if nothing else.</em></p><p> Scott Steiner - <em>Big Poppa Pump IS a face! That's pretty cool, because it will be a very interesting role reversal if he cashes in his title shot against Booker down the line. For now though, he stays very strong in picking up a victory over Dustin, even if by DQ.</em></p><p> NBT - <em>I'm kinda thinking that the NBT failed their test run, otherwise you would have just drifted them apart. Doomsday, however, feels like another big miscommunication could lead them to split.</em></p><p> Daffney - <em>Blinding mist gimmick is best gimmick.</em></p><p> Christopher Daniels - <em>Daniels vs. AJ is coming.</em></p><p> </p><p> MOTN: Steiner vs. Unnatural</p><p> Titles: 1</p><p> Luger: Yes; the Flex Express needs to be at the Great American Bash! Maybe he can bodyslam that huge, evil sumo scourge, Kaz Hayashi, for 'MURICA.</p><p> Next champ: Scott Steiner</p><p> </p><p> Totally excited for the Bash!</p>

As a player who scouts and specifically places nearly every show to be a "tour" and is constantly looking up arenas to make sure they are open at the right time and under the correct name, I absolutely cannot wait to have access to this.

<p>I'm going to give you some blow-by-blow analysis on this one. Here we go!</p><p> </p><p> Okay, so why is Rey wearing a jock strap on his face in the poster picture? Is his new gimmick <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hentai_Kamen_(film)" rel="external nofollow">Hentai Kamen</a>?</p><p> I don't know if I've ever heard of Dusty and Lou Thesz being close, but I'd be up for listening to Dusty read the phone book, so him giving a few words about the late Thesz would be a solid start.</p><p> Vampiro is definitely on his way out of WCW, and him losing here will begin putting the icing on the cake, so to speak. I don't expect to see him much on Nitro in the future anymore either, likely he will be found jobbing on Worldwide I would imagine. The Chavo/Bryan feud continues to simmer nicely.</p><p> Good, a solid "on" night for Roddy, even if he was berating one of your potential future generation of stars. However, I could see this as a great motivation for Daniels to finally step into the ring - and I look to see him grab the Cruiser belt sooner rather than later once he does, given the promotion you've put into him.</p><p> I kinda dig you using Melissa as Arn's niece. It makes sense, given the name. Makes me wonder if perhaps she won't have another Cousin Wrestling Anderson show up in the future...</p><p> It's too bad you can't mark an angle as a comedy segment in TEW, because that would have been hilarious to see. Especially with Gene at the end of it, too. It's kinda too bad you're writing him out, but in 2002, he doesn't have a whole lot to give to WCW. And with TEW the way it is, you can't really put him on any sort of media show (like the WWE did with Confidential) so he is a victim of circumstances in this situation. But.... how are they going to <em>drive</em> to the US?! <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/biggrin.png.929299b4c121f473b0026f3d6e74d189.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />:D</p><p> Hayabusa wins, nothing to really say here.</p><p> Honestly, Bobby stealing my watch would be a huge compliment, much like how Japanese fans were said to thank Terry Funk for punching them. Just too bad you didn't leave in when I asked you if I could send Unnatural after the Women's title <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/tongue.png.ceb643b2956793497cef30b0e944be28.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> I could actually see you using my team more in the future, as hanging around the Steiners could probably do wonders for Jindrak. They could even - gasp - be turned into faces to go against Salvation given the way this segment ended! Imagine that, "Big Poppa Pump" as a face!</p><p> Douglas retaining I saw coming a mile away. It made a nice test for the Thrillers in back-to-back PPVs to go against a great hand like Shane though, so now you could potentially give them a good singles evaluation and see how ready you may feel to split them up.</p><p> Good thing Arn had those other guys just sitting around backstage in their wrestling gear!</p><p> The Empire are really shining as a solid stable, I wouldn't call them huge yet (despite the big gains they've likely made) but given enough time they could definitely be a huge threat to WCW's stars.</p><p> Again, not shocked seeing another champion retain. Your WCW is in a very good place champion-wise, where maintaining the status quo isn't a bad thing.</p><p> I got yelled at by "The Franchise"! *squeee* <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/biggrin.png.929299b4c121f473b0026f3d6e74d189.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> Time for Mayhem. Davey made for a good surprise entrant. I like this TKO rule, which almost seems designed for someone like Awesome to just look like a beast. Hmmm, given the miscommunication I wonder if we may not be seeing the end of Doomsday very shortly. I could definitely go for seeing more action between Sting and Salvation because that seems like a ready-made feud given the "dark" nature of all involved characters. Seeing Page pick up the win was pretty cool, he can start a nice little "redemption" type run now as he tries to pick his career back up.</p><p> Awesome main event! The ending was one I am not surprised by, as the desperation factor was strong here. It would have been a great story to see play out, and I now not only wonder what is next for both champion and challenger, but also Dallas. And that's what a strong PPV is supposed to do; make sure we, the viewer, have to tune in to see where we go next!</p><p> </p><p> Great job, man!</p>

WCW Nitro: 2/12/2001 http://i.imgur.com/GfAVMaj.gif Last Week in WCW: “The Steiner Brothers had Booker T hauled out of Thunder nearly in handcuffs, but Tully Blanchard challenged Scott to a fight on Nitro! After DDP and Dustin Rhodes were attacked by Team Canada, Kevin Nash got back at them by putting Elix Skipper through a table with a Jackknife Powerbomb! The final touches were made to the SuperBrawl: Revenge card, but what could change this week? Find out tonight, only on WCW Nitro!” <iframe width="220" height="124" src=" https://www.youtube.com/embed/U1FF1knwdiw?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> http://i.imgur.com/UiaGMOJ.jpg WCW Monday Nitro February 12th, 2001 (Week 3) Held at: The KSU Convocation Center in Kennesaw, Georgia (South East) Announcers: Tony Schiavone and Scott Hudson Attendance: 4,792 people (sold out!) http://i.imgur.com/0Lh9W8w.png

Booker T - I was going to go with RVD, but the incoming Austin factor cannot be ignored. You'll need a big heel for him to chase after, and Booker can be exactly that. Shane Douglas - Enough has been put into Shane that I don't think he's going to lose it this quickly. Etsuko Mita - This being the only gold the Empire stil has, she's going to keep it. AmDrag - Vamp is on his way out the door, so he's going to be putting people over. Toyota/Laree/Anderson - Faces need to win so that they can go after Mita. Hayabusa - Non comedy gimmick gets the win. MOTN: RVD/Booker Titles: 0 Mayhem Match 1. Steve Austin and Jushin Liger 2. Sting 3. Sean O'Haire 4. Rey Misterio 5. Scott Steiner, Rey Misterio, Steve Austin, Sean O'Haire 6. Scott Steiner 7. Steve Austin

<p>Here's some duplicates and things that I found over the whole folder:</p><p> </p><p> There are pictures for Bushwhacker Butch 90 and Bushwhacker Luke 90 that need names swapped.</p><p> Chase Stevens 1 and Chase Stevens 2 are the same picture.</p><p> You removed the former Earthquake 1 picture, which isn't an issue except that it goes along with Typhoon 1 as a Natural Disasters set.</p><p> There is an Eiji Toaska and Eiji Tosaka which are the same picture at two different levels of zoom.</p><p> Junkyard Dog 91 2 and 3 are practically the same picture.</p><p> There is a Kate Harvey and Katey Harvey that are the same picture.</p><p> Mike Barton and Mike Barton NM are practically the same picture.</p><p> Two of the Rusev pictures under the Miroslav names are the same picture at two different zooms.</p><p> Nick Aldis and Nick Aldus are the same picture.</p><p> Samoan Savage and Samu 89 are the same picture... Samoan Savage was Tama though, so one of them isn't right.</p><p> Sylvester Terkay 2k and 2k1 are the same picture.</p><p> Ted DiBiase 10 and Ted DiBiase 92 are the same.</p><p> There is a Tinieblas Jr and Tinieblas Jr. that are the same picture.</p><p> Tito Santana 95 and Tito Santana AWF may as well be the same picture; there was another one under AWF previously that the new one (which matches 95) overwrote that was a similar outfit but at least a different picture.</p><p> Treach Phillips and Treach Phillips Jr are the same picture?</p><p> There is a Vincent McMahon Sr. and Vincent James McMahon which are the same picture.</p>

<p>Whoa, that is a huge game changer! Austin walking out of the WWF will rock the entire wrestling world, and if he walks into your WCW it'll put you so big on the map that you may be in Vince's face sooner than ever expected.</p><p> </p><p> Also, I would like to point out: I win! I win! I win! Can't believe I took home the UFS! I'm not here to rub it in anyone's faces or anything, because honestly any of the teams could have legitimately made their stake, but Big Poppa Pump pulled it through in the clutch! I will PM you back about that as soon as I make up my mind on who gets what shot <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/redface.png.900245280682ef18c5d82399a93c5827.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> </p><p> It was a very good PPV too. Booker played his part wonderfully, playing nice until the bell sounded and then dropping both men. My biggest surprise was AJ winning the belt away. I figured Taka would just continue to dominate the division, but it's very good seeing Styles take home the gold. Can't wait to see more!</p>

<p>I am digging the Luger stuff. Can't wait to see my Agents pick up the Fan Series victory! Dead Jesters are JUST TOO FAT~</p><p> </p><p> Rob Van Dam - <em>You've built so much into building up RVD that I can't see him dropping the belt before a match against Booker. Booker </em><em><strong>will</strong></em><em> play nice during the match, because the stakes are too far against him to not do so.</em></p><p> Shane Douglas - <em>This belt will one day belong to O'Haire, but not on this day.</em></p><p> Road Warriors - <em>I can't see them picking up the belts, but I also don't foresee Storm or Punk putting either of them down. So an intentional count out to keep the RWs looking strong to take on other top teams who aren't in title contention.</em></p><p> TAKA - <em>One of the jewels of the Empire, they aren't about to drop the belt anytime soon.</em></p><p> Etsuko Mita - <em>Same as with Taka.</em></p><p> Scott Steiner - <em>I figure you are probably going to have Jeff win, but I have to support my lead Agent!</em></p><p> Sting and Flair - <em>Slamboree is historically a night of legends, hence a win for these two and the Warriors.</em></p><p> Salvation - <em>Big time heel group wins out over the member who was kicked out. Vamp's partners will be </em><em><strong>The Insane Clown Posse</strong></em><em>!</em></p><p> Shane Helms - <em>Sugar Shane will break a spine. His opponent will be </em><em><strong>Kidman</strong></em><em>.</em></p><p> </p><p> MOTN: RVD vs. Mysterio</p><p> Titles: 0</p>

<p>That was a pretty big episode of Nitro, so I'm kinda glad it got its own post. From the announcement of the Slamboree main event, to the big Empire/Flair & Sting segment, Vampiro getting booted from his own group, the MOTHERF'N ROAD WARRIORS, and finally the title change, a ton of things just went down! </p><p> </p><p> But one of the sweetest was my Agents advancing! I'm keeping an eye on that Unnatural though, he better hold up his end or else it'll be unnatural what Scotty and Rick do to him!</p>

<p>WCW SuperBrawl: Revenge prediction card</p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><span>http://i.imgur.com/As1BHBo.jpg</span><p> <em><span style="color:#0000FF;">World Championship Wrestling</span></em></p><p><em><span style="color:#0000FF;"> presents…</span></em></p><p> <span style="color:#FF0000;"><strong><span style="font-size:12px;">SuperBrawl: Revenge</span></strong></span></p><p> <em><span style="font-size:8px;">Held live from The Rabobank Arena in Bakersfield, California on February 18th, 2001!</span></em></p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43111" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><strong>WCW World Heavyweight Championship Match</strong><p> “Big Poppa Pump” Scott Steiner w/Midajah vs. Booker T</p><p> Comments: </p><p> </p><p> <strong>Chain Match – First man to touch all four corners wins!</strong></p><p> “Da Man” Goldberg vs. Animal w/Madusa</p><p> Comments: </p><p> </p><p> <strong>Tag Team Grudge Match</strong></p><p> Kronik vs. Totally Buff w/Madusa</p><p> Comments: </p><p> </p><p> <strong>Six-Man Tag Team Tables Match – all men on one team must go through a table to be eliminated!</strong></p><p> The Insiders and “The Prodigal Son” Dustin Rhodes vs. Team Canada w/Major Gunns</p><p> Comments: </p><p> </p><p> <strong>WCW Commissioner Powers vs. The Services of Ms. Jones</strong></p><p> “Above Average” Mike Sanders vs. Ernest “The Cat” Miller w/Ms. Jones</p><p> Comments: </p><p> </p><p> <strong>WCW World Tag Team Championship Match</strong></p><p> The Natural Born Thrillers (Sean O’Haire & Chuck Palumbo) vs. The Filthy Animals (Rey Mysterio Jr. & Billy Kidman) w/Tygress</p><p> Comments: </p><p> </p><p> <strong>Tag Team Match for the WCW Hardcore Championship</strong></p><p> “The Franchise” Shane Douglas & Crowbar w/Daffney vs. The Mamalukes</p><p> Comments: </p><p> </p><p> <strong>Six Man Tag Team Action</strong></p><p> The Misfits in Action (General Rection, Corporal Cajun, and Lieutenant Loco?) vs. “The Chosen One” Jeff Jarrett & The Harris Brothers</p><p> <em>Bonus Point: Who takes the fall?</em></p><p> Comments: </p><p> </p><p> <strong>Dance Dance Revenge!</strong></p><p> “Sugar” Shane Helms & Jamie Knoble vs. 2 Count</p><p> Comments: </p><p> </p><p> Tiebreaker Question: How long will the main event last?</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> 10 points on the line! Good luck!</p>

<p>WCW Thunder and Worldwide: February Week 2</p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><span>http://i.imgur.com/GfAVMaj.gif</span><p> </p><p> <iframe width="220" height="124" src="<a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NN22FXGVEOA?rel=0" rel="external nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/embed/NN22FXGVEOA?rel=0"</a> frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p><p> <span>http://i.imgur.com/blAXzeJ.jpg</span></p><p> <strong>WCW Thunder</strong></p><p> <em><span style="font-size:8px;">February 7th, 2001 (Week 2)</span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-size:8px;"> Held at: The Richmond Arena in Richmond, Virginia (Mid Atlantic)</span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-size:8px;"> Announcers: Tony Schiavone, Mike Tenay, and Scott Hudson</span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-size:8px;"> Attendance: 5,000 people (sold out!)</span></em></p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43111" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><span>http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png</span> Booker T opens Thunder by coming to the ring and saying that when Scott Steiner shows up tonight, he’s ready to call him down to the ring for a fight! “The Nature Boss” quickly comes out to tell Booker that won’t happen though, practically begging Booker to stand down and wait out the eighteen days until SuperBrawl: Revenge. Booker leaves without promising Flair anything. (A) <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>Booker improvised well here, with Flair enjoying being off-script. Tony and Hudson both came off as weak. The angle definitely got the show off to a strong start and got the crowd hotter though.</em></span><p> </p><p> <span>http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png</span> Evan Karagias defeats Jamie Knoble after Shannon Moore distracted referee Scott James, giving Karagias a chance to hit a low blow and then the Outrageous Corkscrew for the win at 6:29. (D) <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>The announcing quality lifted the match. The match was helped by how hot the crowd were following the opening segment.</em></span></p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png</span> “Big Sexy” Kevin Nash comes out to the ring, proclaiming that “Big Sexy is in the house” but that Dallas and Dustin aren’t. He tells everyone that Ric Flair made them take the night off to fully recover from the attack last week on Thunder by Team Canada. Nash says that maybe it’s time we were given a lesson on just who the biggest dog is around here, so he warns Team Canada – knowing that each of them are in singles matches tonight – that he’s coming for one of them, tonight! (C+) <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>Nash struggled off-script, but his line about the “biggest dog around here” looks like it may be a new catchphrase for him. Nash’s performance was good.</em></span></p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png</span> “The Main Event” Chuck Palumbo lives up to that nickname by defeating Rey Mysterio Jr. in 5:34, though it comes with a major assist from Sean O’Haire and Mark Jindrak, who both caught Mysterio when he dove out of the ring at them and then threw him from the outside floor over the top rope back into the ring! A dazed Rey fought back to his feet just to have his head ripped off by a Jungle Kick. © <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>We miscalculated the crowd, telling these guys to lift the audience, but they were already pretty hot.</em></span></p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png</span> Lance Storm is out in the ring for a match when he takes a microphone. He tells everyone that if he can take their time to be serious for a moment, he heard Kevin Nash running his big mouth earlier about being some “big dog” but all he heard was barking. Storm says that he isn’t afraid of Nash and his weak knees, and if he doesn’t come for him, then he will find that neither Elix nor “The Canadian Career Killer” Mike Awesome are afraid of him, either! (B-) <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>Major Gunns helped Storm during this segment.</em></span></p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png</span> Norman Smiley is a complete underdog as he takes on Lance Storm. Tony points out that Glacier is definitely not in the building, as the leader of Team Canada works over Smiley, causing him to scream constantly. But <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUiiuoIvIcA" rel="external nofollow">the howl of the wolf</a> blares through the arena, distracting both Lance and Major Gunns, who both look pretty terrified now – and that’s when Norman rolls Storm up with a schoolboy and gets a shocking victory at 4:05 – and Nash never even appeared! © <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>Lance and Norman showed great chemistry. This match got the crowd buzzing, but it was felt to be a little short.</em></span></p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png</span> “Mean” Gene is backstage with Totally Buff and Animal, who all talk about how SuperBrawl is coming up with their matches against Kronik and Goldberg. Animal mentions how Goldberg isn’t the only Road Warrior wannabe in WCW, because they’re facing two of them tonight in Kronik. Totally Buff laugh that they’re planning to skin “The Cat”, when Okerlund asks them what deal they have with Mike Sanders for that. Bagwell tells Gene to mind his own business; all that matters is that Sanders remains commissioner after SuperBrawl. (B-) <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>Gene didn’t come out of this looking good.</em></span></p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png</span> The number one contender for the Cruiserweight championship, Corporal Cajun, takes on Team Canada’s “Prime Time” Elix Skipper in our next bout. The two put on a nice fast-paced cruiserweight style matchup, but again <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUiiuoIvIcA" rel="external nofollow">the howl of the wolf</a> sounds, and the distraction leaves Elix open to the Whiplash 2000 at 5:21 as Cajun picks up another victory! (D) <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>As planned, this match cooled the crowd.</em></span></p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png</span> “The Chosen One” Jeff Jarrett and The Harris Brothers are being interviewed by “Mean” Gene, talking about how he is going to be the next United States champion. He makes an off-hand comment accusing General Rection of ducking him by setting up the six man tag team match at SuperBrawl, when Hugh appears in person. He tells Jarrett that he would have gladly fought him at SuperBrawl, because he’s very tired of picking guitar splinters out of his teeth! But it was Chavo who went behind all of their backs to Ric Flair – but he says that even though he doesn’t trust Guerrero, he and Corporal Cajun will fight them on the land, on the sea, and in the ring with all they have because the Misfits in Action have declared war on Jeff Jarrett! (C-) <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>Gene did a masterful job of improvising here, but Jarrett did not do well without a script and Rection struggled when off-script.</em></span></p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png</span> In the next round of Thrillers vs. Animals, Sean O’Haire defeats Konnan. “K-Dawg” seemed to have the rookie on his last legs, but Chuck Palumbo tripped Konnan as he was about to hit O’Haire with a superplex, which happened in front of official Mark Johnson but he bent down to tie his shoe so he wouldn’t see the interference. That left Konnan easy prey for the Seanton Bomb at 4:24. (C-) <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>Match was held back by being short.</em></span></p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png</span> Ric Flair comes out to the commentary table and gets a spare headset from them. He informs everyone that he’s seen way too much outside interference tonight, and it stops right now; fines will be levied if anyone touches another wrestler during any of the remainder of the matches tonight! Wooooooo! (B-) <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>Flair improvised well.</em></span></p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png</span> “Mean” Gene is in the ring with The Steiner Brothers and Midajah. Scott does all the talking of course, as Rick and Midajah stand and look menacingly and sexily, respectively. “Big Poppa Pump” laughs off Booker T, telling him that he needs to listen to Ric Flair and <em>“go sit at the kiddie table until ‘Big Papa’ is ready to come and make you his little bitch!”</em> Scott also adds that Tully Blanchard has some fire left in his old bones, but he needs to remember that this ain’t 1984 fighting <em>“porn ‘stache fruitcups like Magnum TA, or fat asses like Dusty Rhodes. ‘The Genetic Freak’ is the real deal, a real man, and if you don’t want to get hurt, you better go hide behind Flair and Arn like you done for the best parts of your career, before it’s your life at stake!”</em> (B-) <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>Scott was very poor trying to improvise dialogue here, sounding like he rambled too much. Gene was superb off-script, tying Scott together into something coherent. He looked poor here in comparison to all the big names around him though.</em></span></p><p> </p><p> Backstage after a commercial break, there’s a big commotion as Booker T found the Steiners! Booker is trying to get to them, but WCW Security led by Ric Flair are holding him back. Booker finally loses his cool and takes a swing at a security officer, and that gets all of them to jump on him! Rick and Scott leave the scene laughing as Booker is handcuffed and being held down on the floor! (A) <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>Scott Hudson’s commentary was poor, but the angle got the live crowd hotter.</em></span></p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png</span> With the odds even by Flair’s decree of no more interference, “Sugar” Shane Helms defeats Shannon Moore with the Vertebreaker at 4:23 in a comedic match that saw both men break into a dance off during the middle portion of it. (D) <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>The comedy match gave the crowd a nice breather. Shannon may have mediocre comedy skills, but his comedy based gimmick is well-suited to this.</em></span></p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png</span> “Mean” Gene talks to “The Cat” Ernest Miller and Kronik, with Miller bashing Mike Sanders for making him continuously fight while Sanders sits back and relaxes every night. Kronik say that they are not getting paid by Ernest tonight because they want their hands on Totally Buff that badly. ©</p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png</span> In our final Thrillers vs. Animals match tonight, there is no interference thanks to Ric Flair. With the match one on one, Billy Kidman slips out of a powerbomb and rallies to defeat Mark Jindrak with the Kid Krusher at 3:27. (C-) <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>Kidman seemed off his game, while Tygress did good work at ringside.</em></span></p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png</span> Mike Awesome comes to the ring for his match, but he gets a microphone first. He calls out Kevin Nash, saying that he didn’t come out to attack Skipper or Storm, so that means he must want Awesome, so come on out here right now! He gets no answer, until the TurnerTron comes to life with Nash backstage. He tells Awesome that he doesn’t need to come out there, because he knew where his targets would be after their matches – and the camera pans back to reveal Elix Skipper being held by Nash against a wall with an aluminum baseball bat under his chin! Nash uses the bat to hit Elix in the stomach and sets him up, delivering a Jacknife Powerbomb through a nearby table! Awesome is livid in the ring! (C+) <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>The segment deserved better color commentary, but the announcing lifted the segment. Nash came across well, and Skipper is getting better at his gimmick.</em></span></p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png</span> Sid Vicious defeats Mike Awesome after Kevin Nash does come out to the arena as Charles Robinson is out cold on the arena floor. Nash uses his aluminum bat to hit Awesome in the stomach and then down across his back, leading to Sid hitting a chokeslam in 3:31 that gets the win. (C-) <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>This was a very short match and was penalized correctly for it. Awesome was well suited to the brawling style of it though.</em></span></p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png</span> Backstage, Ric Flair is seen talking to Booker T, telling him that “The Nature Boy” was lucky to get Booker out of being arrested, but he has to leave the arena now. Booker argues, but Flair forces him to do so, the CEO leaving along with him to make sure that he goes to the hotel and stays there. (A* 96) <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>Booker was superb off-script here, while Flair improvised well. This angle got the crowd hotter despite deserving better color commentary.</em></span></p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png</span> Our main event sees Animal and Totally Buff defeat “The Cat” Ernest Miller and Kronik with Animal powerslamming and pinning Miller at 8:30 after he was distracted by Mike Sanders pulling Ms. Jones back to the locker room. (C+) <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>Both women did good work at ringside. The crowd were very hot during this match.</em></span></p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png</span> The Steiner Brothers come back out to the ring to finish Scott’s promo from earlier, with more material this time as he verbally assaults Booker for having to be hauled out of here by police and Ric Flair. But with Flair away, Tully Blanchard comes to the aisle with a microphone. He tells Scott that he isn’t and has never been afraid of him whether he was “Big Poppa Pump” or some punk kid from the University of Michigan in neon spandex. Tully says that on Nitro, we’ll be in one of his greatest stomping grounds, Georgia, and he invites Scott to join him in the ring. Not for a sanctioned title match, but for a one on one, man to man fight where Tully plans to teach Steiner some respect! “Big Poppa Pump” tells Tully that if he doesn’t head back to the retirement home before Monday, then he’s going to put him there permanently! The show ends with Blanchard looking determined to teach his enemy some respect this Monday on Nitro! (B+) <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>Scott did a masterful job of improvising here, and came out of this looking excellent. However, Tully struggled off-script and looked lost.</em></span></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Show Rating: B</strong></p><p> <em>This show has increased our popularity in 10 regions.</em></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><iframe width="220" height="124" src="</p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vrfM5GzCLOQ?rel=0" rel="external nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/embed/vrfM5GzCLOQ?rel=0"</a> frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><p> <span>http://i.imgur.com/r06q6I3.jpg</span></p><p> <strong>WCW Worldwide</strong></p><p> <em><span style="font-size:8px;">February 11th, 2001 (Week 2)</span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-size:8px;"> Held at: The Charlottesvile Gymnasium in Charlottesville, Virginia (Mid Atlantic)</span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-size:8px;"> Announcers: Mike Tenay and Scott Hudson</span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-size:8px;"> Attendance: 1,000 people (sold out!)</span></em></p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43111" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><ul><li> AskWCW.com is a question for Diamond Dallas Page this week, as a fan asks when we might see Kimberly in WCW again. Page answers that Kim is a big girl, so she can come and go as she pleases. But if he needs her support in his career again, she’ll be right there at his side again. (A*, 95) <span><em>Despite Hudson being pretty weak, this started the show off well and got the viewers hot for a big show.</em></span><br /></li><li> “The Professor” brings us our new SuperBrawl Series match, which is Konnan defeating One Man Gang for the United States title back at SuperBrawl VI. (D+)<br /></li><li> Shane Helms and Jamie Knoble defeat The Jung Dragons with Knoble pinning Yang after the Tombstone piledriver in 8:45. (C-) <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>You know about all the Dragons’ chemistry notes by now, as well as Tenay and Hudson showing good chemistry. Mike’s notes and knowledge lifted the match.</em></span><br /></li><li> Nitro and Thunder Recap Video: Ric Flair keeps frustrating Booker T by holding him apart from Scott Steiner all week, but will he be able to keep them apart next week as we are seven days from SuperBrawl: Revenge? (B+)<br /><strong>Show Rating: C</strong><br /><em>The live crowd were annoyed that there were less than three segments in front of them.</em></li></ul><p></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><span>http://i.imgur.com/0Lh9W8w.png</span><p> </p><p> ------------------------------</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p> <span style="color:#0000FF;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">From the desk of Eric Bischoff:</span></span></p><p> “Pretty low-key week this time. At Nitro, I had to levy one of my first big warnings of my new tenure. I knew it was only a matter of time, to be fair. As one would probably expect with how he acts both on and off screen, it was Scott Steiner, as he was selfishly running his mouth around backstage. He was also telling me that he thinks Kidman has poor ring sense and isn’t worth keeping around. I gave him a stern warning for running his big mouth so much, telling him that this behavior might have been tolerated last time I was in charge, but we can’t have people thinking they’re bigger than the company anymore. He shrugged it off, not really seeming to take my words to heart or being upset at them. I have a feeling this may come back around down the line, however. Apparently Ric Flair was walking around running his mouth as well, really irritating some of the guys with his bragging and boasting, because I guess when your character is “The Nature Boy” it must be hard to flip that switch off. I say “apparently” it happened because I didn’t have to do anything about it. Harley Race pushed Ric off to the side and told him, in no uncertain terms, to knock it off, and make up for it by paying for drinks after the show. Flair reportedly danced around backstage afterwards saying that he planned on the tab being in his name tonight anyways. Maybe if Ric didn’t buy so many parties, he’d be able to retire soon… But in good news, I also saw Paul Orndorff and Harley getting along well, sharing some old road stories about Bobby Heenan to get some laughs.</p><p> </p><p> Jim Duggan returns from a vacation this coming Monday, but I hope people aren’t expecting to see him. “Hacksaw” is pretty played out for major television; I’m sending him to Wildside to work with the young guys. Disqo is also returning, but I’m not entirely sure what to do with him yet. I will try to work him into a storyline after SuperBrawl.</p><p> </p><p> I saw where a new promotion opened up this month in Mexico called Xtreme Latin American Wrestling, or X-LAW. They look pretty small time for now as they are trying to sign up some talent, but if they stick it out and have some decent people on their side, they may one day be a viable partner that we can trade talent with.</p><p> </p><p> Nitro this week got a 2.74 rating, with Thunder showing a 2.55 and Worldwide a 0.09. We keep moving up, up, up!”</p>

<p>Why not Zoidberg?</p><p> </p><p> <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>If I didn't say it, someone else would have.</em></span> <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/redface.png.900245280682ef18c5d82399a93c5827.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p>

<p>Yeah! Tiebreaker time! But if - sorry, when - the Agents win that, that ugly Unnatural better be on the right team and not side with them other freaks! (channeling inner Poppa Pump there <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/tongue.png.ceb643b2956793497cef30b0e944be28.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> )</p><p> </p><p> Glad to see Rob and Rey were able to overcome the face vs. face setup to have the MOTN, they definitely should have been. 2002 Rey was physically a step or two slower than 1996 Rey, but he was nowhere near the broken record that he has been for the past few years IRL, so a match between those two would have been a complete dream match at this time. It is really too bad that they couldn't have gotten a chance to have that bout in TNA even up to say 2006, because they would have torn the house down in the right environment. Booker's interference here was the right way to go for sure. I like michgs's idea of a two falls-two titles match, but I won't be surprised to see Mysterio dropping the US belt to Douglas soon. He's been on a real roll, and beating Page here in what I would assume almost has to end that feud must have put him over huge. There has to be gold in store for "The Franchise".</p><p> </p><p> Interesting to see Corino "join" The Empire(?) It looks as though they at least have a common foe in Flair and now Sting, which is going to lead to a really good tag team match next month I would believe. As long as Sting makes sure Flair isn't going to swerve him like every other time!</p><p> </p><p> All in all, another fine showing with a bit of a B+ level PPV. It wasn't one of WCW's big five or six, but it certainly felt like it as it ended a few stories, continued a few stories, and set a few new ones in motion.</p>

<p>Rey/Benoit/etc - <em>Benoit is way bigger than all the rest in this match.</em></p><p> Lance Storm - <em>Stabbing a guy isn't serious enough in Calgary.... Alberta Canada.</em></p><p> Lex Luger - <em>Total Package is hardcore.</em></p><p> Scott Hall - <em>nWo-win.</em></p><p> DDP - <em>Champion commissioner is just too fun.</em></p><p> Ric Flair - <em>Gonna take the punk to school.</em></p><p> Bret and H - <em>I can't see either of these guys losing, so they win the match by DQ so the belts don't change hands.</em></p>

<p>RVD - <em>The storyline would actually look good if Rey were to win, but Rob is going to retain because he's much more the cash cow for WCW than Mysterio is. I look for Booker to get involved somehow.</em></p><p> True Heroes - <em>At this point, only the Hardyz stand between the Heroes and complete tag division dominance. The NBT are on borrowed time until they split.</em></p><p> TAKA - <em>The Empire is just too big to lose their titles.</em></p><p> Etsuko Mita - <em>See above.</em></p><p> Scott Steiner - <em>Gotta see my boys through!</em></p><p> Kidman - <em>I think one team gets eliminated on this night, and since I'm calling for the other round to go to a tiebreaker then it'll be this one.</em></p><p> Shane Douglas - <em>I'm looking for a Kim turn here, as she gets involved to cost Page the match and also forces him out for 90 days.</em></p><p> Ric Flair - <em>The Empire retained their titles, so they look good enough to take a small loss to Flair, likely by DQ after interference.</em></p><p> The Hardyz - <em>As I said, them against the Heroes is your money match. Feeding them to Totally Buff would completely undermine that.</em></p><p> </p><p> MOTN: DDP vs. Douglas</p><p> Titles: 0</p><p> Tiebreaker: 23:46</p>

<p>WCW Nitro: 2/5/2001</p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><span>http://i.imgur.com/GfAVMaj.gif</span><p> </p><p> <strong>Last Week in WCW:</strong> <em>“Scott Steiner may have retained his WCW World championship over Diamond Dallas Page, but it wasn’t without controversy as Mark Johnson replaced the original official during the bout! CEO Ric Flair then set up a huge eight man tag team match, with Booker T as the acting referee! But after The Insiders were assaulted by Team Canada on Thunder, will they be able to compete? Find out tonight on Monday Nitro!”</em></p><p> </p><p> <iframe width="220" height="124" src="<a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/U1FF1knwdiw?rel=0" rel="external nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/embed/U1FF1knwdiw?rel=0"</a> frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p><p> <span>http://i.imgur.com/UiaGMOJ.jpg</span></p><p> <strong>WCW Monday Nitro</strong></p><p> <em><span style="font-size:8px;">February 5th, 2001 (Week 2)</span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-size:8px;"> Held at: The Richmond Arena in Richmond, Virginia (Mid Atlantic)</span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-size:8px;"> Announcers: Tony Schiavone and Scott Hudson</span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-size:8px;"> Attendance: 5,000 people (sold out!)</span></em></p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43111" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><span>http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png</span> It is time to kick off another exciting month in World Championship Wrestling!<p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><iframe width="150" height="100" src="</p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Q-BkQS8eYec?rel=0" rel="external nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/embed/Q-BkQS8eYec?rel=0"</a> frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div><p></p><p> </p><p> “The Nature Boy” opens our show tonight, reminding fans that they are where the action is, the greatest wrestling promotion in the world, for the best fans in the world, World Championship Wrestling. He says that tonight we are starting the new month with a huge show, with a huge eight man main event!</p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><iframe width="150" height="100" src="</p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/uZITiFfFlPM?rel=0" rel="external nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/embed/uZITiFfFlPM?rel=0"</a> frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div><p></p><p></p><p> Talking about the main event brings out The Steiner Brothers, with Scott bringing his own microphone to get in the ring and be face to face with Flair. He laughs that Ric can talk all he wants about WCW being the best promotion in the world, but as for the fans, he knew he had crossed the border into Virginia when he started seeing the people with two teeth – one on each side – and that was just the women! “Big Poppa Pump” says that he isn’t here for the fans, he’s here for all the money, fame, and freaks he can have, and that’s why he carries the World’s Heavyweight title, and that’s why “me’n’my’brudder” have busted heads for over a decade. And now, he says, it looks like there’s gonna be six more heads that need busting tonight – but the biggest head that needs it will be the man in the stripes, that punk sum’va’bi*** Booker T! Steiner tells Booker to get that hand and arm ready, because whether he likes it or not, he is gonna be counting the three for “The Big Bad Booty Daddy”!</p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><iframe width="150" height="100" src="</p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Z4ckmZjzboY?rel=0" rel="external nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/embed/Z4ckmZjzboY?rel=0"</a> frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div><p></p><p></p><p> Booker T isn’t going to leave words like that lying, as he comes to the ring himself. Rick positions himself around Booker and Scott to be where he would be able to make a move for Booker, but Flair hands Book his microphone. Scott cuts him off though, saying that it must be nice to have the boss protecting your ass from the man who’s gonna destroy you in twenty days! Booker turns to Flair, asking if Steiner really just said that. Booker retorts that he hasn’t asked for any protection, he wants to fight – but he is gonna do it legally, in the ring, with that World title on the line, so that he can take from Scott what he really treasures the most: his pride. Booker says that he let his emotions get the better of him a few weeks ago on Thunder, and he got his ass whipped for it. He says that will not happen again, Scott and Rick will not get another chance to attack him, because he’s gonna take the fight to them, and then take home the championship for a fourth time!</p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><iframe width="150" height="100" src="</p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/erD2n2NJMtM?rel=0" rel="external nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/embed/erD2n2NJMtM?rel=0"</a> frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div><p></p><p></p><p> Speaking of people who want the title for a fourth time, Diamond Dallas Page interrupts, standing outside the ring as it seems to be getting pretty filled up. Page has his own microphone, and he tells Scott that last week, he gave Dallas one hell of a beating, but he didn’t finish the job! Instead, some crooked referee decided that it would be best to screw him over, saying that he holds Flair accountable to some extent of that as well! Page says that he wants another shot, and if he pins Steiner in the eight man tag team match tonight, then Flair should award him another title match! Steiner laughs in his face though; saying that Page got his shot and now he best take his skinny, decrepit ass to the back of the line! <em>“’The Big Bad Booty Daddy’ already shut you down, you trailer park crap! And after I make Booker scream and cry at SuperBrawl, you better not come running your mouth again, because ‘The Genetic Freak’ will be on to new challengers to embarrass!”</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><iframe width="150" height="100" src="</p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/TUiiuoIvIcA?rel=0" rel="external nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/embed/TUiiuoIvIcA?rel=0"</a> frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div><p></p><p></p><p> One of those potential challengers joins us as “Big Sexy” Kevin Nash coolly struts down to ringside! He stands next to DDP, sharing his microphone to tell both Scott and Booker that tonight is most certainly a night that may determine the next World title contender – and chances are very good that it’s gonna be one of the Insiders. Scott tells them not to even get him started on percentage chances of victory, because the odds won’t be measurable to them. Nash points out that actually, the odds are definitely in their favor; because in case people haven’t been paying attention, there’s been an honorary Insider who gives them a 75% chance of scoring a pinfall… </p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><iframe width="150" height="100" src="</p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Q_dv4RFHa3Q?rel=0" rel="external nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/embed/Q_dv4RFHa3Q?rel=0"</a> frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div><p></p><p></p><p> “The Prodigal Son” returns to Richmond and Nitro as he comes to the ring. Steiner starts saying that enough is enough with all these people interrupting his time, but Dustin does just that by telling him that he needs to just shut the hell up! Dustin says that he just came back to WCW, so he isn’t expecting any special treatment. But a victory tonight would set him forward a long way to his ultimate goal: winning the title that has eluded him for his entire career so far, the World Heavyweight championship! Dustin says that he was lost, but now he has found his purpose in life, which will be to etch his name in the annals of history by taking the gold for himself. Steiner changes gears here, telling Rhodes that since he hasn’t been around again for very long, he will give him the ultimatum. Scott says that if Dustin has a half a brain, he would take this advice to heart: step aside. Do like Sting, do like Jarrett, like Sid, and just walk away from wanting the gold, because “Big Poppa Pump” will not be giving it up to anyone who is out here, not even Flair! An argument ensues with people yelling at one another off microphone, until… </p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><iframe width="150" height="100" src="</p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bDkz4tD8-PQ?rel=0" rel="external nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/embed/bDkz4tD8-PQ?rel=0"</a> frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div><p></p><p></p><p> Sid Vicious steps out from the back! He stays at the top of the aisle, saying that if anyone deserves a shot at the gold, it’s him, because for once, he shouldn’t have a crooked referee out here to cheat him from getting his hands on Steiner! Sid puts everyone on notice that he is “The Master and Ruler of the World” and that ring tonight in the eight man tag team match will be his world! Sid warns anyone who stands in his way, including Booker, that he had better call the match right down the middle – because if he doesn’t, that vehicle that hit him two weeks ago on Thunder will be nothing compared to the beating that Sid will lay on him! Flair holds Booker back from everyone, telling him that now isn’t the time, as it appears everyone – including the Steiner Brothers – have come to agreement on one thing; that Booker T had best be an impartial referee! (A*) <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>Steiner and Page improvised well, Nash enjoyed being off-script, and Dustin worked the crowd well. Booker was the only one who struggled off-script, which is shocking given Sid was involved in this. Booker was very underwhelming as he tried to defend himself and Dustin looked lost out there. Also Scott Hudson came off weakly, but regardless the crowd are much hotter after this strong start to the show.</em></span></p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png</span> Meanwhile back in the interview area, Mike Tenay stands by with Team Canada. Lance Storm says that he doesn’t need to make a grand entrance into the arena to be serious for a moment. <em>“We made all the impact we needed to last Wednesday night when ‘The Canadian Career Killer’ shortened the already way too long careers of The Insiders by putting Dallas and Rhodes through tables. It was so much fun that we want to do it again. At SuperBrawl: Revenge, why don’t we turn our six man tag team match into something a little more serious – a tables match!”</em> (C+) <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>Tenay was very underwhelming, which is not good because I gave him a lot of interviewer time on this show. Major Gunns helped Storm during this segment.</em></span></p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png</span> “Prime Time” Elix Skipper comes to the ring to defeat Kwee Wee with the Play of the Day in 4:23 after the assigned official Mark Johnson ignored a blatant low blow. (D) <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>Paisley did good work at ringside. As planned, this match cooled the crowd.</em></span></p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png</span> “Mean” Gene comes out to stop Mark Johnson on his way backstage, asking him what he was doing out there. Johnson swears he saw no illegal actions, just like last week. He calls Sid Vicious a delusional psychopath, and says that if he doesn’t stop chasing him around and making threats, he will be talking to lawyers to press legal action! (D)</p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png</span> Backstage, we see General Rection and Corporal Cajun in their dressing room. Chavo Guerrero Jr. comes up to them and starts talking about making a plan for Hugh’s US title defense tonight, saying that he will need both he and Cajun out there because Buff Bagwell will definitely have Luger, Animal, and Madusa with him, and also because Jeff Jarrett could be anywhere. Hugh tells him that Chavo needs to just get it through his head: he’s not with them anymore! He’s not a Misfit, he’s on the other side of the line! Lash starts giving Chavo a tongue lashing in French, until Hugh tells Chavo that he may have weaseled his way into being their partner at SuperBrawl, but that doesn’t make them friends again – once that’s over, he better defend that title against Cajun! Guerrero leaves, looking hurt, telling them that they’ll need him before he needs them! ©</p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png</span> We have a video from the 2 Count Tour Bus as they are on the road. The graphic says that this is exclusive footage being recorded for “Counting Downtime: Backstage Footage from 2 Count” which shows them on the bus as they drive from town to town. They say that they definitely aren’t making a stop in Richmond, but they will make sure to stop by Bakersfield in twenty days to show up their discarded band members, Shane Helms and Jamie Knoble! (D-)</p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png</span> “Sugar” Shane Helms and Jamie Knoble take on The Jung Dragons, but despite their claim of “definitely not being in Richmond” 2 Count make an appearance to attack Helms behind Scott James’s back, leading to Kaz making the pin at 4:55! (D+) <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>Yang and Leia’s chemistry shines through while Kaz and Leia’s chemistry hinders their performance.</em></span></p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png</span> “Mean” Gene is backstage along with the Insiders, asking them for their thoughts about Team Canada’s challenge. Page says that the table hurt, but it’s not like he’s never worked hurting before. Rhodes agrees that Team Canada only broke some tables, they haven’t broken their spirits yet. Kevin Nash closes by saying that he’s a real fun person to be around, but these “little gnats” are starting to get pretty irritating. If they want to play with tables, then let’s play with tables, but get one thing clear: it’ll only be as long as Team Canada make it to SuperBrawl! Because tonight, it won’t be the fun loving “Big Sexy” coming to the ring, it’ll be the guy nobody wants him to be, it’ll be the guy who brought the entire company to it’s knees a few years ago if it has to be! <em>“Whoever it is, mark my words, someone is getting Jackknifed tonight!”</em> (C+) <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>Dustin and Gene clearly enjoyed the freedom of being unscripted. Nash improvised well also. The announcing quality helped also. This angle got the crowd hotter. Kevin and Dallas’s performances were good, while Gene performed poorly.</em></span></p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png</span> In a regular tag team match, the Mamalukes defeat Shane Douglas and Crowbar when Vito uses a stickball bat behind Billy Silverman’s back to first disarm Douglas from using his chain and then to bash him with it to pin the Hardcore champion in 3:37! (C-) <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>This match succeeded in cooling the crowd. The performance of Douglas stood out as being good. Crowbar seemed off his game.</em></span></p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png</span> We have a satellite feed showing “Da Man” Goldberg as he recovers at home. He says that doctors haven’t given him an exact date to come back yet, but it will definitely be within the next twenty days. <em>“Which means Animal? You may have bruised, cracked, or even broken my ribs. But you’re still next!”</em> Goldberg then makes a challenge to Animal, saying that if he wants to play with chains, then he will challenge him to lock it up with him in a Chain match at SuperBrawl: Revenge! (B-) <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>Goldberg came out of this looking excellent.</em></span></p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png</span> Totally Buff and Animal come out to the ring along with Madusa for Buff’s match to close the first hour of the show. They get a microphone where Animal says that he laughs at Goldberg’s challenge! He says that he will be happy to send Goldberg home permanently in a Chain match at SuperBrawl. Luger and Bagwell have the microphone to talk about Kronik, saying that they aren’t and have never been afraid of Kronik because they are the strongest, best looking men in all of WCW! Buff says that it’ll be even sweeter to go into SuperBrawl with the United States gold around his glorious waist; <em>“Because I’m Buff, I got the stuff, and Kronik are just some little cream puffs!”</em> (B) <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>Madusa underperformed.</em></span></p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png</span> General Rection defeats Buff Bagwell by disqualification at 5:16 to retain the WCW United States championship. Buff controls a lot of the match, but Rection came back toward the end and was climbing to the top rope to deliver the moonsault, but as he steadies himself, Jeff Jarrett smashes Hugh with a guitar right in front of Nick Patrick! © <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>The match deserved better color commentary.</em></span></p><p> </p><p> Gene Okerlund comes out to stop Jarrett and the Harris Brothers in the aisle to ask him what that interference was about. Jeff says that there’s no way Hugh would’ve kept the title against an athlete like Buff Bagwell; so he can thank “The Chosen One” for giving him a longer title reign. Gene says that General Rection was on his way to winning the match when Jarrett interfered, but Jeff ignores that in order to apologize to Buff, saying that Bagwell would have made a very good champion, but “The Chosen One” just needs the US title around his waist more than Buff does. © <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>Gene enjoyed being off-script, but Jarrett struggled, having too much to say and not enough time to fit it all in.</em></span></p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png</span> Back in a dark room, Sid Vicious talks about how tonight, he gets his hands on Scott Steiner. He will prove that he is the “Master and Ruler of the World”. He also says of Mark Johnson that if he feels he needs legal action, it won’t be the first time that Sid has been on the wrong side of the law – Mark Johnson will feel the Powerbomb! (B-)</p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png</span> Mike Tenay is in the locker room talking to Ernest “The Cat” Miller along with Ms. Jones and also Kronik! Tenay asks them about their potential alliance, with The Cat saying that he called his mama and she told him to get some backup, so he paid out for some Kronik protection. Miller says that Mike Sanders has been on his ass for months, and it isn’t stopping tonight; he’s beaten and sore, but he has to face Mark Jindrak tonight and then on Thunder, he and Kronik have to take on Totally Buff and Animal! The Cat tells everyone – including Sanders – to keep watching him dance into becoming commissioner at SuperBrawl, for he has spoken! ©</p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png</span> “Mean” Gene is in the interview area to talk to Mike Sanders and the Natural Born Thrillers. Gene asks them about some possible dissension in the ranks of the Thrillers with how we’ve seen some arguing lately, but Sanders laughs him off. “Above Average” says that his men are all together on the same page after last week all by his own doing. Gene starts to point out O’Haire, but Sanders cuts him off by saying that tonight, Palumbo and O’Haire, our World Tag Team champions, will do what others could by defeating the Filthy Animals, which Gene feels is a dig at Mark Jindrak. Sanders tells Okerlund to stop trying to cause problems, with Gene telling Sanders to stop trying to cause problems! Mike tells him to leave, taking the microphone from him to say that tonight, Jindrak shows “The Cat” for the little pussy...cat that he is, while Kidman and Konnan have a non-title match right now. (C+) <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>Okerlund enjoyed being unscripted again but was overall underwhelming. He and Sanders were the only ones talking, so they were both unscripted. O’Haire came across well.</em></span></p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png</span> Chuck Palumbo and Sean O’Haire defeat Konnan and Billy Kidman when Mark Jindrak trips up Konnan when he ran the ropes, leading to Chuck’s Jungle Kick at 6:04 for the victory. © <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>This match got the crowd hotter despite deserving better commentary. Tygress did good work at ringside.</em></span></p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png</span> “The Nature Boy” Ric Flair is standing by with “Mean” Gene backstage, and Flair goes over all of the announced SuperBrawl: Revenge card thus far, saying that if they aren’t at the Rabobank Arena in Bakersfield, California in twenty days, then they can only see it on pay-per-view. (C+) <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>Gene works the crowd well here despite being underwhelming again. Flair was a real star in this segment, putting the card over as a real must-see event.</em></span></p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png</span> Booker T is back readying himself for his officiating tonight, getting some pointers from Nick Patrick and Charles Robinson. Mike Tenay enters the room to get a word with him, asking him that with his rival and SuperBrawl opponent Scott Steiner on the other side of the ring, how can he be impartial? Booker says that he has all the reason in the world to not be impartial, but that wouldn’t be fair to the fans. As much as he would rather be in the match than officiating it, he says that tonight he really hates the game, but he will play it fairly… unless someone gives him a reason to get out of line. (C+)</p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png</span> “Mean” Gene is in the interview area alongside Scott and Rick Steiner now, and he makes a passing comment to Midajah until the champion shuts that down and puts all the focus on him, screaming <em>“Ever’one knows that I’m the World championship, I’m champion, I’m champion you old bastard!”</em> “The Genetic Freak” says that overall, he doesn’t care who is on his side or who is on the other side of the ring; right now, he has only one goal tonight: keep his title, embarrass Booker T by forcing him to raise Scott’s hand at the end of the match, and then go home and enjoy the company of his top freaks! (B-) <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>Gene was masterfully interacting here, but Steiner didn’t do well without a script here, as he got a little lost in his words. He does know he wasn’t defending his title tonight, right?</em></span></p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png</span> Mark Jindrak defeats Ernest Miller with the crucifix hold neckbreaker after “The Cat” was distracted by Mike Sanders coming to ringside and harassing Ms. Jones. (D+) <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>As planned, this brought the crowd down a little. Ms. Jones did good work at ringside.</em></span></p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png</span> We take a look backstage to see the men all preparing themselves for the main event, including Booker T as he puts on his striped referee shirt! (B) <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>Dustin Rhodes is looking better at his gimmick.</em></span></p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png</span> The Steiner Brothers and Team Canada (represented by Lance Storm and Mike Awesome) defeat The Insiders and Sid Vicious at 18:12 in our main event. Booker T played an impartial official until Rick Steiner started shoving him around after a near-fall on Page, and that opened it up for Booker to attack him, hitting the Book End on “The Dog-Faced Gremlin”! But while Booker was not paying attention, Mark Johnson ran into the ring and actually handed Scott Steiner the World’s title, which he used to nail Sid Vicious with it! Johnson leaves the ring when Booker chases him away, but he never saw anything – and Scott rolls Vicious over and makes Booker get down and count one – two – three! (B) <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>The crowd were buzzing during this match. It deserved better color commentary.</em></span></p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png</span> Booker tries to leave the ring after the fall, but “Big Poppa Pump” refuses to let him. Scott tells him to raise his hand, telling him to <em>“Be the little bitch you always been”</em> and raise his hand! Booker finally does so – but then he fires off a right hand! Steiner and Booker start throwing punches at one another, with Ric Flair running down the aisle with Arn Anderson, Tully Blanchard, and Paul Orndorff in tow to try and break this up! Tully doesn’t do them any favors, angering Steiner even further when he throws a punch! Finally more help comes in the form of General Rection and Konnan, and we go off the air tonight with an entire ring full of people trying to keep champion and challenger from making SuperBrawl: Revenge happen right here tonight! (B) <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>This angle got the crowd hotter. Steiner was a real star here, while Tully looked dreadful.</em></span></p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><strong>Show Rating: B+</strong></p><p> <em>This show increased our popularity in 10 regions.</em></p></div><p></p><p></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><span>http://i.imgur.com/0Lh9W8w.png</span></div><p></p><p></p>

<p><span style="color:#0000FF;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">From the Desk of Eric Bischoff</span></span></p><p> “During Nitro, I saw three of the Natural Born Thrillers, Mark Jindrak, Sean O’Haire, and Mike Sanders, all huddled around Paul Orndorff. He was apparently giving them all tips on ring psychology and microphone work. I knew that, despite not really having the cash flow to bring in a lot of people, hiring the guy that a lot of the younger Power Plant wrestlers said is their “mentor” would pay off, and it looks promising. Those three along with Yang were all delighted to see him back on the road, and to see him taking such an interesting in helping them get ahead should be great for them. And then on Worldwide, Madusa was seen taking to protege Stacy Kiebler about how to use better psychology. Stacy isn’t much of a wrestler right now, but as women wrestlers go, Debrah is one of the best teachers you could find.</p><p> </p><p> So I screwed up a little bit. I guess it’s bound to happen once every blue moon or so, right? Well what happened was I failed to allow enough time after the opening segment to give Evan and Shane time to have the six minute match I had originally intended. However, rather than complain about it, the guys did a great job on their own in rushing out and immediately putting over Shane’s new “Vertebreaker” move as immediate death once it hits. The crowd seemed to react accordingly, and while I’m not a fan of the risk factor of it and how long it takes for him to set it up, it could really get him over if we give it a chance to build with the crowds. The first time it hurts someone though, it’s gonna be gone.</p><p> </p><p> I played a pretty major prank on Crowbar during Nitro, which finally cheered him up after the debacle involving Bam Bam being on drugs during the hardcore invitational back at Sin. I had Daffney steal his casual shoes and put them in the shower while he wasn’t paying attention. Everyone got a laugh out of it when he tried to put his foot into a sopping wet shoe and squeaked all over the waxed floor. There are still four people who are working upset, but I should be able to cheer them up pretty directly, I think. Might stick with this whole ribbing thing afterwards, just to keep people on their toes.</p><p> </p><p> On Thunder, we had a solid show that shed a lot of focus on the Insiders vs. Team Canada feud. While the show probably ended up hurt due to the lack of Steiner and Goldberg, it was still good enough for most fans. I only needed to coerce one person the whole evening, as Buff would have been pretty upset about losing to Hugh, but he got over it with some simple rebooking so that he came out well. But I did structure Chuck Palumbo and Crowbar to be protected in their matches, just for the simple idea of keeping them looking strong in loss.</p><p> </p><p> Shannon Moore returned from injury this past week, which means I can work a little bit of him into matches for the 2 Count vs. Helms and Knoble feud. </p><p> </p><p> “Big Kev” took it upon himself to shake his head and tell me that Shawn Stasiak just isn’t gonna be cutting it in the ring, that he has poor ring psychology and probably isn’t worth keeping around. He also seems to still have it out a little for Bryan Clark, telling me something about how he doesn’t think he can work a “WCW style”. We… don’t really have a “style”, sorry Kev.</p><p> </p><p> Ratings-wise, we really brought it this week. By heavily promoting Steiner against Page, we popped a very nice 2.68 rating. Numbers like that should really help out when I’m negotiating with a new broadcaster! Thunder then raised up to a 2.31 rating, while Worldwide had a 0.08. Now is the best time when I should make some calls about who will be hosting our shows post-Turner. Because with some solid TV ratings numbers under our belt, that’ll make a great bargaining chip.</p><p> </p><p> I can’t get too overzealous, but damn if I’m not getting pretty excited about the future of World Championship Wrestling.”</p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>----------</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="The Final Countdown" data-cite="The Final Countdown" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43111" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>We've talked before about it being fun to see the differences in our diaries despite having started from similar points. I'm not sure there's a better example of that than today. It's pretty ironic that we both posted shows featuring a repackaging of Dustin Rhodes on the same day. And yet we went in VERY different directions with said repackaging! <img alt=":D" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/biggrin.png.929299b4c121f473b0026f3d6e74d189.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><p> </p><p> Interesting that on Worldwide you brought up Rey and whether or not to keep him unmasked. That's an issue I'm debating myself.</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Briskout" data-cite="Briskout" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43111" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I love how you book Team Canada and it makes me sad that I just can't use Storm outside of a threshold at the top of the card to separate the good and the bad... Good show. To echo TFC's statement, it's interesting to see the thought of Rey to have a mask/no mask as I've pondered it as well. Interesting you set it up on Worldwide as it gives you a nice little angle down the road.</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Well, you definitely know that I like to just push a clean cut, wholesome Dustin <img alt=";)" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/wink.png.686f06e511ee1fbf6bdc7d82f6831e53.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Hopefully "The Prodigal Son" (which I totally nicknamed him based off the Kid Rock song of the same name being the original version of his entrance theme) can strike a good chord here just as The Unnatural does for you... and also just as well as Horsemen member Dustin Rhodes does for Briskout! He is really such a versatile character.</p><p> </p><p> The only thing I find difficult with Team Canada is their popularity. They are building, but it's a slow process. Awesome and Storm are doing fine, but Skipper started from lagging way behind them. I have some pretty cool things in store for them as long as they stay away from trouble <img alt=":)" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/smile.png.142cfa0a1cd2925c0463c1d00f499df2.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> </p><p> It is a bit of a weird spot with Rey. On one hand, it really was one of WCW's blunders to unmask him; though back then I didn't find it as big a deal as it's led to believe. On the other hand, it'd be way easier to find good pictures of him if/when this diary moves further forward to put him back under the mask as he did go back to it in real life. I'm not really sure which way I'll end up falling, but for now, I'm going to stick with unmasked.</p><p> </p><p> Nitro is all ready to go, but I'm going to give it a few days for the last of week 1 to sink in. Happy reading, all!</p>

I dug the show, man. Glad I don't end up having a mutiny on my hands with the Agents because of Dustin not showing up! I can't say I exactly chose an Unnatural creature, but he got the win, so no complaint yet. I'm a little surprised you decided to split the Hardyz wins, and Rey's actions make me pretty curious like it seems everyone else is as well. Personally, I don't think he plays a very good heel, but if anyone can make it write out well, it'd be you. Can't wait to see more!

<p>WCW Thunder and Worldwide: February Week 1</p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><span>http://i.imgur.com/GfAVMaj.gif</span><p> </p><p> <iframe width="220" height="124" src="<a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NN22FXGVEOA?rel=0" rel="external nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/embed/NN22FXGVEOA?rel=0"</a> frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p><p> <span>http://i.imgur.com/blAXzeJ.jpg</span></p><p> <strong>WCW Thunder</strong></p><p> <em><span style="font-size:8px;">January 31st, 2001 (February Week 1)</span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-size:8px;"> Held at: The Talmadge L. Hill Fieldhouse in Baltimore, Maryland (Mid Atlantic)</span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-size:8px;"> Announcers: Tony Schiavone, Mike Tenay, and Scott Hudson</span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-size:8px;"> Attendance: 4,250 people (sold out!)</span></em></p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43111" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><span>http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png</span> The show opens with “The Nature Boy” Ric Flair heading to the ring. After putting over WCW as the greatest wrestling company in the world, he says that he has barred both Steiner Brothers, as well as Animal, from being in the building tonight, due to their actions on Monday. Booker T comes out to the ring before Flair can go any further from that subject, with Booker upset that Flair won’t let him wrestle yet. Ric tells Booker that he was just hit by a car only last Wednesday! He’s doing it to protect Booker from further injury, but Booker tells him not to lie; Flair is just protecting his SuperBrawl main event! Booker tells Flair that he will call the main event on Nitro down the middle, but if someone touches him, then he won’t be accountable for reacting to it! (A) <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>Booker interacted with the crowd masterfully while Flair improvised well, getting the crowd hotter and starting the show off strong. Could have used better color commentary though.</em></span><p> </p><p> <span>http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png</span> The Jung Dragons have been having troubles as of late as Leia Meow keeps getting in the way, but that isn’t the problem tonight as they get decimated by Kronik. Adams makes the cover on Yang after High Times in 3:28. (C-) <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>A few chemistry notes; Kaz and Leia are very poor, Yang and Leia are good pairing, Kronik have great chemistry. As planned, this match brought the fans down a little. Clark seemed off his game, and the match was held back for being short.</em></span></p><p> </p><p> Kronik get some promo time, where Adams and Clark laugh about how Totally Buff keep running their mouths, but running away when it’s time to cash checks and break necks! “The Total Package” and Buff come out along with Madusa, with the two saying that they aren’t afraid of “a few muscleheaded punks” like Kronik at all, they just always have more important things to do, adding that they won’t be leaving when they face Kronik at SuperBrawl. Luger says that’s because they know their match will take place before Animal destroys Goldberg, and they definitely will want to watch that. Kronik raise some stakes to Totally Buff, saying that if Luger and Bagwell are so good, then during their match later tonight, they should be able to win faster than Kronik did. Kronik offer up that if Totally Buff can win their match in faster time than they just did, then Animal can name the still unannounced stipulation for his match against Goldberg, but if not then Goldberg can name it! It’s agreed upon, and the clock is set at 3:28! (B) <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>Madusa helped Luger during this, helping Luger look good. Adams was very underwhelming. This angle got the crowd hotter, but also deserved better color commentary. The announcing quality lifted the segment though.</em></span></p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png</span> 2 Count come to the ring to talk about their upcoming tour. Evan says that despite internet rumors, it will not be featuring either Shane Helms or Jamie Knoble because let’s face it, in the ring or on the stage, they would both completely suck! They offer to sing a brand new verse from their upcoming new song, but it’s interrupted by “The Cat”! Ernest Miller and Ms. Jones come out with Miller saying that no one cares about their new tour because none of them can dance like “The Cat” can! He tells them that Mike Sanders continues to throw him into meaningless matches while Sanders sits back with his feet propped up, but that’ll end at SuperBrawl. But for now, somebody better call his mama, because he’s about to dance all over Karagias! (D) <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>Cat’s performance was good.</em></span></p><p> </p><p> A comedy match felt right to cool things down after the opening segments. “The Cat” defeats Karagias when Jamie Knoble slips into the ring while Moore was trying to hit on Ms. Jones, with Jamie hitting Evan with the tombstone to let Miller get the victory in 5:21. (D+) <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>Ms. Jones did good work at ringside. Evan struggled due to poor comedy skills, but had a bonus for a comedy gimmick. This match did its job by giving the crowd a breather.</em></span></p><p> </p><p> Moore and Karagias look ready to attack Knoble after the match, but they stop when “Sugar” Shane Helms comes out to even the odds up! It becomes a verbal confrontation, with Helms quipping that apparently his “vertebreaker” broke Karagias on Monday, proving that it’ll do the trick when he and Knoble ruin the big reunion tour by getting their revenge at SuperBrawl: Revenge in a tag match! (D-)</p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png</span> A little more comedy backstage as Kwee Wee and Paisley are back at a makeup counter when Daffney happens by. When the duo start trying to give her some beauty tips, Daffney screams “I need an adult!” before running behind Crowbar. She tells him to beat them up for her, which Crowbar doesn’t seem to want to do – until Kwee Wee tries to cut some of Crowbar’s hair for him! That’s the final straw! Security break things up before they can start fighting. (D-) <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>Paisley helped Kwee Wee here.</em></span></p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png</span> A big segment next as The Insiders come down to the ring along with Dustin Rhodes. Kevin says that the Insiders are in the house, getting a big crowd pop. He tells everyone that the knee is getting a lot better after the attack two Mondays ago, and it won’t be long until he gets cleared for action again. Page adds that he’s getting tired of how every time he turns around, he has someone from Team Canada coming to attack from behind, telling the fans that it’s been time to close this chapter with a BANG! Dustin Rhodes is handed the microphone, and he explains that he’s been sitting at home in Texas for months just watching and waiting for a chance to come back. He says that he has returned to the fans, to the side of a man who has a big loyalty to his father; telling the fans not to think of him as “The Natural” or as “The American Nightmare” or as whatever crazy character any writer wants him to try and get over. He says that he was lost but has been found after years of wishing his father dead; now, he accepts who he is, and has come back as “The Prodigal Son” and he will make the best of his new chances! He changes to Team Canada, saying that he may not be “The American Dream” but he will fight for it to take down those who will talk down on his country because that’s how he was brought up. (B-) <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>Page did a masterful job interacting with the crowd, performing well and getting the crowd hotter. Dustin has changed his character to a Cowboy (Wholesome) gimmick, which seemed to earn a Below Average rating. Maybe the crowd didn’t take to the new nickname yet?</em></span></p><p> </p><p> The return of “The Prodigal Son” is interrupted by the arrival of Team Canada. Lance Storm says that if he can make things serious for a minute, last week they may not have been completely prepared for a rejuvenated return of a supposed homeland icon, but it won’t happen again. Storm tells Rhodes that it won’t happen if they were to meet under fair circumstances. Dustin answers that Kevin may not be ready to go just yet, but he will be by SuperBrawl, and that’d be a great chance for a six man tag team revenge match! Storm agrees, but also says that they should have an exhibition bout, and Rhodes agrees to that, and will meet Lance Storm tonight in our main event! (C+) <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>Gunns helped Storm during this segment.</em></span></p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png</span> “Primetime” Elix Skipper stays in the ring as everyone else leaves for a match against Screamin’ Norman Smiley. Norman fares well for himself against his smaller opponent, catching Skipper as he tries to jump backwards over Smiley and doing The Big Wiggle on him! Glacier comes out to watch the match, but that gets Norman too excited and he is unable to lock in the Norman Conquest right, leading to Skipper being able to land the Play of the Day for a slick victory at 5:40. (D+) <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>A hot crowd doesn’t need worked, so this was poorly placed. Skipper is getting better at his gimmick. Elix and Norman showed great chemistry against one another. The announcing quality lifted the match, as they talked about our new main event.</em></span></p><p> </p><p> Mike Awesome joins Skipper in the ring, and the two begin a beating on Smiley! Glacier looks ready to jump into the ring, but Awesome stands in his way, so Glacier bails! Elix gets a table out from under the ring and slides it into the ring, and as Glacier watches from the top of the aisle, Norman takes an Awesome Bomb through the table! As Team Canada leave, Glacier slides into the ring, making it look as if he chased them off, but he had really just ran away! (D) <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>Skipper continues getting better at his gimmick.</em></span></p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png</span> Mike Tenay enters the ring at the start of our second hour to bring out Booker T for an in-ring interview. Booker talks about how he knows he was hit with a vehicle last week, but he’s been out of action so long that he doesn’t care what condition he is in, he just wants to fight! He wants to fight Scott Steiner, but it looks like some playas want to hate on him for now. Booker says that he will be at SuperBrawl with full clearance to kick Scott’s ass and take back his World title for the fourth time, and if Ric Flair keeps standing in his way, then maybe he needs to meet him in the ring to prove how ready he is! He closes by saying that anyone in his way will find out that the “T” now stands for “threat” because that’s what Booker T is! So don’t hate the playa, just hate the game! (B) <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>Booker got a good reaction to a new catchphrase. Tenay looked dreadful in this segment, but the crowd got hotter anyways.</em></span></p><p> </p><p> Commentary take some time to talk about what we’ve just heard, as it seems Booker T may be mentally ready, but he could be rushing himself just to get back into the ring. Tony calls it “the heart of a champion” but questions how smart it is to rush a potential injury when one is staring down “Big Poppa Pump” Scott Steiner. © <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>Tony and Mike underperformed, while Hudson looked dreadful here.</em></span></p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png</span> Crowbar is set to meet Kwee Wee in the ring, but “Angry Allan” seems to be who he faces, as Kwee Wee goes all out with heavy punches and kicks! But Crowbar, being a hardcore fighter, withstands all this and takes control of the match easily. He seems able to put this one away whenever, but Johnny the Bull sneaks a stickball bat to Kwee Wee, who uses it to nail Crowbar! Kwee Wee falls on top and actually picks up a big win at 4:01, as Daffney shrieks in terror! (D) <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>Paisley did good work at ringside. This match successfully cooled the crowd. Crowbar and Kwee Wee showed great chemistry against one another.</em></span></p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png</span> Back in “The Nature Boy’s” office, he is having a meeting with Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard. They are talking about Scott Steiner, with Arn saying that they need to put he and Rick in a cage on Monday until it’s time for their match so he doesn’t cause any problems. Tully says that he could teach him some respect, with Ric and Arn telling Tully that he needs to think about his family, think about his religious commitments, before he does anything. Blanchard says that he is thinking of all those things, because he could stand up for decency. He says that he was never afraid of the Steiners before, and he isn’t now. Flair urges him to just sit back and let the younger guys take him down, with Tully agreeing, but it’s pretty clear he doesn’t care for the idea. (B) <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>Tully is getting better at his gimmick, despite being very underwhelming here. Flair came across well.</em></span></p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png</span> Our next match in the new series of Thrillers vs. Animals sees Chuck Palumbo team with Mark Jindrak to take on Billy Kidman and Konnan. The match is hot and heavy action, but Konnan ducks a backwards springboard clothesline from Jindrak, leading to it hitting Palumbo! Billy is quick to get into the ring and grab a delirious Chuck in a victory roll at 3:48 to pick up another win for the Animals! (C-) <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>Konnan was really off his game. This was another short match.</em></span></p><p> </p><p> After a commercial break, we are backstage in the dressing room of the Natural Born Thrillers. Sanders is incensed, telling Chuck and Mark that they need to get on the same page and soon, or else he may have to do something about it! Shawn chuckles at them, with Chuck asking him where he was out there, because it didn’t look like he was anywhere to help! All four of them start arguing, until Sean O’Haire bellows out “Enough!” He holds up his half of the World Tag Team championships, saying that they need to work this out on their own time, because he intends on holding on this, and he intends on making sure Sanders keeps the commissioner role, long past SuperBrawl – and if anyone gets in the way of that, they need to answer to him! Things aren’t looking good in the Thrillers camp, but it looks like O’Haire has them on the same page for now! © <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>O’Haire was a real star in this segment.</em></span></p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png</span> The Harris Brothers look to get an easy win, but they are in the ring against two-time WCW World Tag Team champions in The Mamalukes. The four men brawl all over the ring and ringside area, but eventually it is Chavo Guerrero Jr. who sneaks in and hits Big Ron with the Cruiserweight title belt, leaving him prey for Vito to impressively hit him with a spinning DDT for the win at 4:50! (D) <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>Ron was off his game. Ron showed his time decline, while the other three just got negative crowd reactions.</em></span></p><p> </p><p> The Harris Brothers aren’t even out of the aisle until Jeff Jarrett comes out to meet them. He tells them that was pathetic! Jarrett says that if he didn’t need them at SuperBrawl to fill out numbers, he’d fire both of them right now! He says not to even bother taking a shower, because it looks like they need to go back and study up on the Slapnuts in Action during their match next. (C-)</p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png</span> Totally Buff are out for what would have been our main event if not for what happened earlier. They are taking on General Rection and Corporal Cajun, with the stipulations in effect. With that in mind, Luger and Bagwell attack quickly, trying to make sure they can put this match away under the time, but things get out of hand. When it does, Brian Adams slips into the ring and hits Bagwell with a fireman’s carry DDT! As Charles Robinson gets Luger and Lash out of the ring, Hugh goes up and hits the moonsault and picks up a big win over Totally Buff, at 3:44! (C-) <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>Buff was really off his game.</em></span></p><p> </p><p> With the match over and Totally Buff as the losers of their wager, Kronik stand at the top of the aisle and laugh at them, having secured the choice of a match style for Goldberg in his match at SuperBrawl: Revenge against Animal! (B-) <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>Segment was short.</em></span></p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png</span> “The Prodigal Son” is out for his main event match, but he meets Lance Storm, who goes on a technical spree. Rhodes fights back valiantly, but Major Gunns trips him from the outside when he goes for the bulldog, leading to a superkick and the Canadian Maple Leaf in order to get a surprising submission victory at 8:48! (B-) <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>This match got the crowd buzzing. The match was a bit short.</em></span></p><p> </p><p> After the bout, the other four men rush the ring and we have a big brawl! But Storm makes the difference, dropkicking Nash on his weakened knee to take him out of the equation. In a three-on-two situation, Page and Rhodes end up getting powerbombed through tables! Thunder ends with Team Canada standing tall over their SuperBrawl opponents! Something tells me that they’ll definitely be looking for Revenge! (C+) <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>Segment got the crowd hotter. DDP and Nash both showed good performances, but Skipper didn’t come out of this looking good.</em></span></p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><strong>Show Rating: B</strong></p><p> <em>This show increased our popularity in 10 regions.</em></p></div><p></p><p></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><iframe width="220" height="124" src="</p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vrfM5GzCLOQ?rel=0" rel="external nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/embed/vrfM5GzCLOQ?rel=0"</a> frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><p> <span>http://i.imgur.com/r06q6I3.jpg</span></p><p> <strong>WCW Worldwide</strong></p><p> <em><span style="font-size:8px;">February 4th, 2001 (Week 1)</span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-size:8px;"> Held at: The Capitol Music Hall in Wheeling, West Virginia (Mid Atlantic)</span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-size:8px;"> Announcers: Mike Tenay and Scott Hudson</span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-size:8px;"> Attendance: 1,000 people (sold out!)</span></em></p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43111" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><ul><li> Nitro Highlights: “Big Poppa Pump” successfully defended his World championship over Diamond Dallas Page while Booker T watched on. (B+)<br /></li><li> Norman Smiley defeats Alex Wright in a comedic match with the Norman Conquest. (C-) <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>Wright struggled due to a mediocre comedy performance, but his gimmick is suited to comedy based matches.</em></span><br /></li><li> AskWCW.com has a fan question for Rey Mysterio Jr., asking him if he’d ever consider putting his mask back on. Mysterio, with Tygress on his side, says that as much as he misses the mask, he has to live up to his word as a lucha libre athlete, so unless he were given the okay by his countrymen, he will not. Tygress adds that it’s good to see “this cutie’s face”. © <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>Rey cleared enjoyed the freedom of being off-script. Tygress helped during the segment.</em></span><br /></li><li> Mike Tenay’s next “Professor’s Pick: SuperBrawl Series” goes back to SuperBrawl IV, where Ric Flair defeated Vader in a Thundercage. (B+)<br /></li><li> Buff Bagwell defeats Kwee Wee with the Buff Blockbuster. © <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>Madusa and Paisley both did good work at ringside, and the announcing quality lifted the match.</em></span><br /><div style="text-align:center;"><p><strong>Show Rating: B-</strong></p></div><p></p><p></p></li></ul><p></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><span>http://i.imgur.com/0Lh9W8w.png</span></div><p></p><p></p>

<p>WCW Nitro: 1/29/2001</p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="OOC" data-cite="OOC" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43111" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I'm just gonna do this for TV... it takes a lot less time for me to write through which means more shows in less time. Like, the diary has been open since the first of the year and we're only now getting to February? That sucks and I don't like it.<p> I have also taken some time to book ahead a little so that it won't take so long to go from one show to the next. Before I was basically getting Nitro posted one weekend and Thunder the next, and I just don't care for that pace. I've been really feeling like we're going at a crawl pace, and I don't care for that. So yeah, hopefully nobody minds as we can start to get some shorter results for faster gain. Of course events will be done in a more full fashion as we all are accustomed to. So there is that. </p><p> Enjoy!</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><span>http://i.imgur.com/GfAVMaj.gif</span><p> </p><p> <strong>Last Week in WCW:</strong> <em>“Diamond Dallas Page won himself a World Heavyweight Championship bout on last week’s Nitro! The Steiner Brothers had a surprise for Booker T on Thunder as they assaulted both he and his brother, Stevie Ray! After the attack on Kevin Nash on last week’s Nitro, Dustin Rhodes returned to WCW to help Dallas Page gain a win over them! What could happen this week in World Championship Wrestling?”</em></p><p> </p><p> <iframe width="220" height="124" src="<a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/U1FF1knwdiw?rel=0" rel="external nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/embed/U1FF1knwdiw?rel=0"</a> frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p><p> <span>http://i.imgur.com/UiaGMOJ.jpg</span></p><p> <strong>WCW Monday Nitro</strong></p><p> <em><span style="font-size:8px;">January 29th, 2001 (Week 1)</span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-size:8px;"> Held at: The Talmadge L. Hill Fieldhouse in Baltimore, Maryland (Mid Atlantic)</span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-size:8px;"> Announcers: Tony Schiavone and Scott Hudson</span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-size:8px;"> Attendance: 4,250 people (sold out!)</span></em></p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43111" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><span>http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png</span> We open this edition of Nitro with “The Nature Boss” Ric Flair coming to the ring! “Naitch” talks about how WCW is the best wrestling company in the world except that they have a bully as our World champion. Flair says that he has barred Rick Steiner from the building tonight, but Scott will be defending his title against Diamond Dallas Page, who won the title shot last week. “Big Poppa Pump” comes out at that, getting in the ring with Flair to get right in his face. Steiner says that Flair needs to quit being a “jealous old yellow toothed bastard” and learn what all his freaks already know: “That nothing can be finer, than Scott Steiner, so come take a ride, in the Steiner Recliner!” Scott says that the way Ric was protecting Booker T, now he gave Ric a reason to protect him – but there’s no way Booker will be able to wrestle at SuperBrawl now! Flair tells Steiner not to be so sure – and out from the back comes Booker T! He has his arm in a sling, but he tells Steiner that as mad as he is, he would take Scott on right now with only one hand! Steiner tells Booker to bring that one hand down here and Scott will stick it straight up Booker’s ass! But as Booker starts looking like he’s gonna head to the ring, <div class="ipsEmbeddedVideo"><div><iframe width="200" height="113" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/erD2n2NJMtM?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" title="WCW DDP 5th Theme(With Custom Tron)"></iframe></div></div> blares over the arena to bring out Diamond Dallas Page! Page tells Booker not to worry about “Big Poppa Chump” because he’ll get all the revenge on him that he needs; and then Dallas will promise Booker the first shot at the NEW four-time, four-time, four-time, four-time WCW World Heavyweight champion! Steiner meanwhile promises that he’s gonna break “Mr. Kimberly” in half backwards tonight, and then bend Kim forwards and make her his freak to follow him around like Midajah! Dallas tells Steiner that no, no, no, it won’t be he or Kim, tonight it’ll be “Big Poppa Scum” who feels the bang! (A) <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>Steiner’s performance was good, with him really enjoying the freedom to not be scripted. Page had some masterful crowd interactions, getting them to chant along with each of his catchphrases. Tony and Scott came off pretty weak on commentary, but overall this angle got the crowd a lot hotter and started the show off to a strong start.</em></span><p> </p><p> <span>http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png</span> We take a look backstage, and who is walking into the building? It’s Goldberg! “Da Man” is here tonight on Nitro! (B) <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>The segment was short but established what it needed.</em></span></p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png</span> Evan Karagias is out for our opening match, but as he poses on his green circle, his opponent “Sugar” Shane Helms rushes in and attacks from behind, spinning him upside down and back-to-back to drill him down onto the mat neck first! Helms rolls back and picks up a shockingly fast victory at only 38 seconds! (C-) <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>This cooled the crowd successfully… will make some notes about it in Eric’s weekly wrap-up.</em></span></p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png</span> “Mean” Gene appears backstage alongside “The Chosen One” Jeff Jarrett and The Harris Brothers. Okerlund asks them for some words before the upcoming match between the Harrises and the Misfits in Action. Jeff tells “geriatric slapnut” to stop asking such stupid questions; it’s obvious that his boys will beat them so badly that Rection will be forced to limply hand him the US title. Jarrett calls out that he’ll be there too, in case he needs to provide a little “equalizer” in the match – but that’s when Ric Flair happens past! Flair tells Jeff that he will indeed not be at ringside, and if he does show up at ringside then he will be suspended for at least sixty days! Okerlund revels in this, as Flair tells Ron and D to head for the ring! Flair tells Jarrett that he’s heard him talking about showing Ric how much he is “The Chosen One” by taking the US title, so Flair says that he’s watching – show him something, already; Woooo! © <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>Gene really enjoyed the freedom of being unscripted, while Flair and Jarrett were masterful playing off one another.</em></span></p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png</span> Chavo Guerrero Jr. comes out to join commentary as General Rection and Corporal Cajun of the Misfits in Action take on The Harris Brothers. Guerrero denies ever having left the Misfits fully, saying that any other words as such are just propaganda and lies. Big Ron and Heavy D show their stuff well here, looking like they’re about to pick up the win by dropping Lash with the H-Bomb, but Chavo gets up and hits Ron with the Cruiserweight title belt! Not having seen what happened, Hugh just sees Ron down so he goes up top and performs the No Laughing Matter moonsault to pick up the win at 3:43! (D+) <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>Hugh was head and shoulders above everyone else’s performance in this match. Chavo’s commentary came off as pretty weak.</em></span></p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png</span> Cameras are roaming backstage when they catch Scott Steiner. The champion is heading for a door, and when he opens it, in walks his brother Rick! However, he’s caught by Ric Flair, who comes along with Arn Anderson, Paul Orndorff, and Tully Blanchard! It becomes a screaming match as the Steiners nearly come to blows with the CEO and the agents! It evens out to Blanchard getting in an argument with Scott before Orndorff and Anderson are able to force Rick back out of the building, leaving him barred! Flair ends up having to get in between Scott and Tully then, as Scott leaves the scene in a huff and his friends are left to calm Tully down. (B+) <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>Scott and Ric were masterful in this, playing off one another well. Tully improvised well also. However, Blanchard looked lost, while Scott looked good and Flair came across well.</em></span></p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png</span> We don’t see Fit Finlay very often on-screen, but he’s here to take on Sid Vicious tonight. Billy Silverman gets distracted off by a rowdy fan in the front row, when Mark Johnson slips into the ring to try and cheat Sid by giving Finlay a fast count on a roll-up! But Sid kicks out, and he chases Johnson out of the ring before coming back and delivering a Powerbomb to Finlay! Vicious picks up the win at 6:29, but he continues to be plagued by Mark Johnson and his screwy refereeing. © <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>The two didn’t click at all. The match played up the brawling tactics of the two, and Finlay was well suited to it.</em></span></p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png</span> The crowd goes crazy as Goldberg enters the ring! He gets a microphone before his match, which doesn’t happen often. He starts off by saying that Scott Steiner continues to be on borrowed time, because he would be facing him tonight had Page not been in his way last week. He adds that if Dallas wins the title, then he expects a title shot to be granted to him because otherwise Page can’t look himself in the mirror and call himself a real people’s champion. Goldberg then turns to Animal and Totally Buff, who destroyed his motorcycle last Nitro. He says that the repairs he has to do to fix his bike won’t be anything compared to the doctor’s bills that he’s going to give them, because they’re all next! (B-) <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>Goldberg was all over the place, struggling with being unscripted.</em></span></p><p> </p><p> “Das Wunderkind” is a lamb led to the slaughter here as Alex Wright comes out to face Goldberg. Wright uses some “stick and move” strategy to keep Goldberg guessing for a few moments, but the Spear and Jackhammer finish this one in a mere 1:47. (C-) <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>This match played out as a crazy brawl to showcase Goldberg the best, but Alex didn’t do well in it. But Goldberg’s performance stood out as being good, so that was successful.</em></span></p><p> </p><p> Goldberg is celebrating his 38th victory in a row, when he gets attacked from out of the crowd by Animal! Animal assaults Goldberg with the same heavy chain that he used on Goldberg’s motorcycle last week, attacking his ribs and neck with it! Schiavone and Hudson scream for help, with WCW Security finally coming out to pull Animal away. Trainers try to get Goldberg on a stretcher, but he refuses, trying to get up and fight but continually falling down in dizziness. (A) <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>Tony and Scott were pretty weak during this. This angle definitely got the crowd hotter, and Goldberg came across well.</em></span></p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png</span> After a commercial break, “The Total Package” Lex Luger comes out with Madusa. He gets on a microphone to laugh at Goldberg, picking on him for how he kept trying to get up but couldn’t. </p><div class="ipsEmbeddedVideo"><div><iframe width="200" height="150" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/jObCu4j4ax0?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" title="WcW - Ernest"></iframe></div></div> cuts him off from talking any more as Ernest “The Cat” Miller and Ms. Jones comes out! Miller tells Luger that he needs to shut the hell up because nobody wants to see his freaky body out here not being able to move and looking all box-y. Luger says that everyone wants to see “The Total Package” and flexes as Madusa applies some oil to his biceps. The Cat rolls his eyes, saying that if he can’t move, he isn’t worth taking up anymore time. Mike Sanders comes to the top of the aisle, saying that it looks to him like “The Cat” needs something to do with his time, so he books a match between Ernest Miller and Lex Luger, right now! And he’s going to sit right here on commentary to make sure it all goes smoothly! (B-) <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>Madusa and Jones helped their respective clients in this segment. Luger looked good, but Sanders performed poorly.</em></span><p> </p><p> The match begins immediately as the WCW Commissioner joins Tony and Scott. “The Cat” uses his martial arts skills to stay ahead of Luger. But when he starts setting up the Feliner kick, Madusa grabs his foot, leading to “The Total Package” rushing him to nail a forearm smash on Miller using the arm that has the steel plate in it! Ernest is done, but Lex still lifts him up to apply the Torture Rack. Sanders says that everything in the match checked out by him as the bout is called at 5:03. (C-) <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>Sanders was pretty weak on commentary. The women did good work at ringside, but Luger seemed a little off his game. This match succeeded at cooling the crowd.</em></span></p><p> </p><p> “Above Average” leaves the commentary booth to get on a microphone. He says that it looks like we have “a cat who needs spayed” out there, which is when Buff Bagwell joins in the ring. Totally Buff start beating on Miller, with Hudson saying that he’s betting there’ll be a huge bonus check in their mailboxes if they take out Ernest before SuperBrawl! But help comes in the form of Kronik, who rush the ring and fight off Luger and Bagwell to send them out of the ring! They help “The Cat” to his feet as Sanders and Totally Buff look upset at the top of the aisle! (C+) <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>This segment deserved better color commentary, but it got the crowd hotter. Miller was very underwhelming, while Luger looked excellent.</em></span></p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png</span> A short video replays last week’s main event, as Diamond Dallas Page pins Scott Steiner with the Diamond Cutter to earn tonight’s World Heavyweight championship match! (B-) <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>Short video segment seems short.</em></span></p><p> </p><p> Dallas is backstage taping up his fists when into the room walks Kevin Nash and Dustin Rhodes. Both men wish Page luck in his match tonight, as does Norman Smiley. But the mood changes when Booker T enters the room. The tense atmosphere changes when Booker shakes Page’s hand, saying that he wants that shot that Dallas promised him at the start of the show. But that atmosphere goes right back to tense as Team Canada enter the room! Lance Storm tells the Insiders that he isn’t here to fight them – he does want to wish Page luck tonight, because if he were to somehow win the World title, then he would be a much easier target for either himself or Awesome to take the title from than what Scott Steiner is! Team Canada leave, but the jovial mood doesn’t return. (B-) <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>Major Gunns helped Storm here, but he still performed poorly in comparison to everyone else.</em></span></p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png</span> Back in the dressing room of the Natural Born Thrillers, Mike Sanders still looks a little disheveled because his plan to take out Ernest Miller didn’t work but doesn’t let it bother him. He completely ignores Miller, despite Tony and Scott bringing him up on commentary, to talk about the Filthy Animals. Mike says that starting tonight, we will start to see a series of matches between the Animals and the Thrillers until SuperBrawl. ©</p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png</span> Coming to the ring is “The Franchise” Shane Douglas along with Crowbar and Daffney. Daffney is wearing a hot pink wig and t-shirt that says “Shannon’s Sane” on it. Douglas takes the microphone to talk about how people have been telling him week in and week out that he shouldn’t have poked at the Italians. Shane laughs, saying that he isn’t afraid of being “whacked” or waking up with a horse’s head next to him, so why should he be afraid of those two hardcore phonies who never could have made it where he made his name? Douglas says that tonight, he takes on Vito right here for the Hardcore title, and only if he can take it from Shane can Vito claim himself as a real, true hardcore wrestler – but if not, then the torch remains with “The Franchise”. (D) <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>Shane improvised well.</em></span></p><p> </p><p> With the WCW Hardcore championship on the line, Shane Douglas and Big Vito go all around the ringside area. Despite what Tony and Scott talk about, nobody gets involved in the match, leading to Shane being able to hit the Franchiser on Vito to score a victory at 3:52. (C-) <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>Douglas was well suited to a brawl style match.</em></span></p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png</span> Backstage, we see Goldberg being treated by trainers and medical personnel. He seems way more angry than hurt! (B) <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>This was short, but it showed what Goldberg is up to for the rest of the night.</em></span></p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png</span> Ric Flair is in his office when Sid Vicious walks in. He tells Flair that if Johnson keeps sticking his nose in Sid’s business, then he will be taking the powerbomb soon, whether he is a registered official or not! ©</p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png</span> In the first match in what is promised to be a series, Sean O’Haire takes on Rey Mysterio Jr. O’Haire physically dominates Mysterio, but the heart of Rey can never be understated as he continues to fight back each time Sean tries to bring him down. Palumbo and Jindrak both appear at ringside, but in the rush to help their partner, they get in one another’s way, arguing at ringside over who really is O’Haire’s partner! Sean nearly gets rolled up and pinned at this point, but he kicks out and takes Mysterio out by catching him and driving him to the mat with a reverse death valley driver! From there, the Seanton Bomb finishes this bout at 5:25. (C-) <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>This match cooled the crowd as planned. Sean seemed off his game.</em></span></p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png</span> Diamond Dallas Page and Scott Steiner are seen walking backstage, our main event starts next! (B) <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>Short segment.</em></span></p><p> Steiner/DDP walking backstage B short</p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png</span> The World’s Heavyweight title is on the line as “Big Poppa Pump” and “The People’s Champion” throw everything they have at one another! Nick Patrick takes a bump due to Steiner dodging Page’s discus clothesline, which – you’d guess it – brings out Mark Johnson. However it also brings out Mike Awesome, who sticks with what Lance Storm said about them not interfering directly by simply shoving Scott Steiner the lead pipe! Awesome leaves, as Page tries to cinch in the Diamond Cutter, but “Big Poppa Pump” shoves him away before bashing Page with the pipe! Tony and Scott cry foul that Johnson saw him blatantly use the pipe! Dallas is out as Steiner pulls him into the Steiner Recliner, and without even asking or raising the arm, Mark calls for the bell to give the match to Steiner at 16:44. (B) <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>The crowd were buzzing during this match, but there was a lack of psychology and it deserved better color.</em></span></p><p> </p><p> In the back, apparently Sid just saw a monitor as he flies out from the back! He gives chase to Mark Johnson, but Steiner grabs him and pulls him away from Johnson, who makes a quick getaway. Steiner and Sid start fighting, as Mike Awesome gets in the ring and starts attacking DDP. That brings out Kevin Nash as well as Lance Storm, and then Booker T comes out and starts fighting with Scott Steiner! The action is going on all around the arena! (B) <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>Steiner’s performance was fantastic, with Sid looking good too. Lance underperformed. There should’ve been some better color commentary, but the crowd got hotter than they already were.</em></span></p><p> </p><p> Finally from the back comes the voice of “The Nature Boy” who tells them all to stop it now! He says that if they all want in on the action, then next week right here on Monday Nitro we can see some eight man tag team action! Flair names off Scott and Rick Steiner to team with Lance Storm and Mike Awesome against The Insiders, Dustin Rhodes, and Sid Vicious – and Booker T will be the special guest referee! (A) <span style="font-size:8px;"><em>Flair improvised well. Awesome performed poorly and this deserved better color commentary. But this had a very hot crowd!</em></span></p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><strong>Show Rating: B+</strong></p><p> <em>This show increased our popularity in 10 regions.</em></p></div><p></p><p></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><span>http://i.imgur.com/0Lh9W8w.png</span></div><p></p><p></p>

<p>Ligah</p><p> Kronik</p><p> Shane Douglas</p><p> Buffy T</p><p> Kevin Nash</p><p> Raven and Meng</p><p> Goldberg</p><p> Sting</p>

RVD - He wouldn't make a very good champ if he drops it right back to Scotty after two months. Booker T - As much as I agree with Rey about the title not being a prop towards winning the World title, Booker winning goes with his narrative better. True Heroes - Heroes vs. Hardyz is brewing. TAKA - There is too much going on with the Empire for Taka to just randomly drop the belt to Kidman. Matt Hardy - That'll put those K-Nections in place where they belong Dustin Rhodes - At least he damn well better! Shane Helms - Sugar Shane gets salty and peppers Chavo. Jeff Hardy - The Hardyz are fresh faces to the company, so I just figure they'll pick up their first big PPV wins. Shane Douglas - Like with Booker, I think this fits the narrative best. Page losing here makes it look like maybe he can't win a big match without Kim, for him to come back stronger down the line. King Corino - Bob doesn't have a whole lot better use in 2002. MOTN: Booker vs. Rey Titles: 1 Dustin: Yes Kimberly: No

No way anybody stands up to the Agents of Chaos! They are my fan prediction, of course! <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/wink.png.686f06e511ee1fbf6bdc7d82f6831e53.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />