mrwright86

I need a stable name for the trio of Steven Regal, Fit Finlay and Lance Storm in WCW in 2001. They are a babyface group, the kind of base for them is that they are respectful to you if you are respectful to them, but as soon as you aren't all bets are off. A little bit of Blackpool Combat Club vibes I guess. I've previously had Finlay & Regal in a heel stable called The Commonwealth, so that has to be out. Thanks!

WCW SOULED OUT PREVIEW January 28th, 2001 Conseco Fieldhouse - Indianapolis, Indiana WCW World Heavyweight Championship: Kurt Angle © vs. Rey Mysterio Jr. WCW United States Heavyweight Championship: Goldberg © vs. Diamond Dallas Page WCW World Tag Team Championships: Edge & Christian © vs. Billy Kidman & Paul Wight WCW World Women's Championship: Joanie Lee © vs. Lita WCW World Television Championship - Extreme Rules: Rhino © vs. Rob Van Dam WCW World Trios Championships: X-Factor © vs. Steven Regal, Fit Finlay & Lance Storm Chris Benoit vs. Bret Hart Eddy Guerrero vs. Jeff Jarrett Booker T vs. Scott Hall The Hardy Boyz vs. B.W.A. Feel free to leave any predictions. I'm happy to finally get around to my first pay-per-view and then move on to kick-starting the brand extension! EDIT: somehow forgot the include the Bret/Benoit match! @DHK1989, just letting you know so you can update your prediction

WCW THUNDER JANUARY 25TH, 2001 CELEBRATION ARENA - DECATUR, ALABAMA VS. Paul Wight & Rob Van Dam defeated Rhino & Edge (11:57) - Billy Kidman was in the corner of "The Giant" and RVD while Tammy Sytch and Christian were also at ringside. Following Kidman's win on Nitro, the momentum was in their favour as Tony Schiavone speculated about the future of the WCW World Tag Team titles were Kidman & Wight to win this Sunday at Souled Out. In a not-at-all shocking turn of events, Tammy looked to distract the referee during the match while Christian attempted to physically get involved, turning the tide in the direction of TSE. In the end, Wight delivered a huge chokeslam to Edge, which RVD followed up on with a Five Star Frog Splash off Wight's shoulders to take home the victory and perhaps give them the advantage heading into Souled Out Christian ran into the ring, but despite landing a shot on Rob Van Dam, he was quickly cut off by Billy Kidman who immediately renewed his acquaintances with! Wight stood by and seemed to enjoy the sight of Kidman laying into Christian, but suddenly Wight was then blasted from behind with one of the championship belts by Chris Candido! Candido celebrated, jumping around and drawing Tammy Sytch's attention to him as he asked if Sytch saw what he had done. Sytch had indeed seen, but more than that, she had seen what Candido didn't and that was the lack of effect the blow had on Wight as he spun Candido round and drilled him with a huge one-handed chokeslam! Shockingly this wasn't over though as once Wight had gotten back to his feet, he turned and walked right into a Gore from Rhino! Rhino pounded his chest but then he turned and fell victim to a diving kick from the second rope by Rob Van Dam! RVD then hopped to the top rope, lining up another Five Star Frog Splash only for Edge and Tammy to pull Rhino to safety! Jeremy Borash was joined by 3 Count, with Shane Helms set to challenge Ron Killings for the WCW World Cruiserweight title later tonight. Helms was serious, which is a departure from the usual fun-loving, dancing 3 Count that everyone has come to know over the past year or so and said that he is more than ready to set right the wrongs committed by "The Truth" and Chilly Willy several weeks ago. Helms talked about how close he was to winning the title, but that was then, this is now and this is his time! Helms then stormed off, leaving Shannon Moore & Evan Karagias to shrug before Karagias sent a warning to Chilly to stay out of the match VS. The Hardy Boyz defeated Kid Kash & Jason Jett (5:35) - The Hardy Boyz returned to action, following their beat down backstage by B.W.A. and looked as good as ever in a win over Kash & Jett, a duo who have had several matches on WCW Saturday Night but couldn't match the brothers Hardy as Jeff secured the win with a Swanton Bomb to Jett After their victory, the Matt Hardy grabbed a microphone and proceeded to call out their Souled Out opponents, Erazo & Low Ki, saying they didn't want to wait until this Sunday! When there was no answer, Jeff then called them out, saying they talk a lot about wanting payback, yet when they get called out for a fair fight, they have nothing to say! Finally, B.W.A. answered the call and Erazo & Low Ki walked out onto the entrance way. The Hardy Boyz urged them to get in the ring, but it was clear that wasn't on B.W.A.'s mind as Erazo said that once again, Matt & Jeff want everything done on their terms. He said that isn't how it works anymore, from now on, everything that happens will be the way B.W.A. want it to go down, so while they could come to the ring and give the Hardyz another beating, they're going to wait to get what they want on the big stage, on pay-per-view at Souled Out. Erazo then made it clear that everything that happens to Team Extreme from now on is on them In the back, Gene Okerlund was joined by Sonny Siaki and Miss Gorgeous George. Gene questioned Siaki about what comes next for him now we're just one week away from the official split from Evolution, and Siaki said that was a simple question with a simple answer; he's going to enter the NWA Worlds Heavyweight championship tournament, meet Shawn Stasiak in the final and may the best member of Evolution win and after that, he will build his version of Evolution on Thunder. Gene asked about this, noting the sight of Evolution scouting wrestlers at live events and asked whether Siaki has been doing the same. Siaki said that he has been, but while Stasiak is still looking, he already has a core with the likes of Mike Awesome and Chase Tatum whereas he is starting from scratch. But not to worry, he has already done phase one of his recruitment and just like Stasiak said before, we'd meet them soon VS. WCW WORLD CRUISERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP: Shane Helms defeated Ron Killings (5:42) by disqualification - The frustration felt by Helms over the outcome of the six-way match that saw Killings win the title was clear for everyone to see. Despite this, he definately threw himself into it and the announcers were impressed by the change in demeanour from Helms to a more serious and focused wrestler as opposed to his regular, fun-loving attitude alongside the rest of 3 Count. Killings though also knew what was at stake and after his successful title defence just three days ago against Juventud Guerrera, he was not going to lose the title under any circumstances. Helms came close on several occasions, but when he hit what many consider to be an incredibly dangerous move, the Vertebreaker, Killings had no chance to kick out. But he didn't have to, as Chilly Willy hit the ring and attacked Helms, causing a disqualification! Chilly Willy didn't let up on his attack, putting the boots to Shane Helms as the fans booed. But as Chilly took in the reaction, Helms got back to his feet and laid Chilly out with a running dropkick! Helms started laying into Willy before letting out a yell, dragging him to his feet and dropping him right on his head with a Vertebreaker, leaving him laid out alongside Ron Killings! Helms then grabbed Killings' WCW World Cruiserweight title and raised it in the air, making it clear that his issues with Killings & Chilly are a long way from over VS. Bret Hart defeated Lizmark Jr. (4:20) - After Chris Benoit's impressive win on Nitro, it was Bret's time to warm himself up and build up some momentum. The former WCW World Trios champion Lizmark Jr. proved more of a challenge than Johnny Swinger did against Benoit, but ultimately Bret was too much for him and one Sharpshooter later, Bret was the winner Gene Okerlund met Bret Hart in the ring, congratulating him on his victory before asking how he was feeling ahead of facing Chris Benoit this Sunday at Souled Out. Bret said he was feeling good, he was ready to go and excited to face Benoit on pay-per-view. He talked about their meeting on Thunder last month, and how it was a different set of circumstances, what with everything that was going on with Chris Jericho at the time, but what that does show is that he can make Benoit tap out! Bret said that he heard what Benoit said on Nitro about making him tap out, and that's great, he welcomes the challenge but told Benoit that he had no chance of making The Hitman tap out, but despite all that, he wishes him the very best of luck The second hour of Thunder kicked off with Rey Mysterio Jr. and Eddy Guerrero in the ring together. Eddy pointed out that unlike on Nitro, Rey is right here, suggesting that neither Jeff Jarrett nor Kurt Angle would be interrupting him tonight! He talked about his and Rey's history, noting that they've traded titles, wins and losses but more than anything else; respect. He accepted that Rey might not always agree with his methods, but that's fine because he knows that Rey has his back, just like Eddy has his. Rey then talked about the importance of Souled Out and him being in the main event, challenging for the WCW World Heavyweight title, something just a year ago would probably be impossible. But everything he has done since coming to WCW has made it so he cannot be ignored or overlooked! Rey said that there has never been a Hispanic World champion, not in ECW, not in the NWA, not in the WWF and not in WCW. He said that was going to change "soon", hopefully at Souled Out, but he isn't stupid enough to think that it's going to be an easy ride. He called Kurt Angle the best wrestler in the world and said that his ankle was hurting "for days", so he knows what is in store for him, but more importantly than that, he knows what is at stake and that is the hopes of a whole group of people who are behind him! He said that tonight, he and Eddy set the tone for Souled Out and promised not to let the fans down VS. TAKA Michinoku defeated Jushin Thunder Liger (9:53) - The announcers noted that The Jung Dragons, CIMA & Dragon Kid as well as Kaz Hayashi & Jimmy Yang had been banned from ringside, but that Kristina was there in TAKA's corner. The one-and-only singles encounter took place almost seven years, just two years into TAKA's career in NJPW's inaugural Best of the Super Junior tournament and it was of course Liger who won that day. This time however was different. Kristina was vocal during the match and had a direct impact, distracting the referee during a Ligerbomb that meant when the referee did spot the pin, Liger had TAKA pinned for three seconds already and TAKA kicked out just before the three. Kristina then played no further part and it was TAKA who got the victory, perhaps the biggest of his career when he connected with his patented Michinoku Driver for the huge upset victory Fresh off his impressive, yet tainted victory on Nitro, Owen Hart was with Jeremy Borash and talked about how it was one of the highest profile matches and wins he's had in months. But despite that, he now knows what went down and so right here and right now, he's offering Booker T a rematch because he knows if that was him, he'd want a chance to rectify it. Borash suggested that with the upcoming NWA Worlds Heavyweight title tournament, it's likely that they will meet each other, providing of course that they win their qualifying matches, whoever they might be against. Owen said that he's talked a lot about the circumstances around his one-and-only World Heavyweight title reign in "the other place" and how it doesn't feel right, so the opportunity to win a title in the right way, under the right circumstances means a lot to him and he's not going to let it pass him by VS. Abyss defeated Joe Gomez (1:08) - Sadly, Joe never stood a chance as one Black Hole Slam later and he was done The American Nightmare and Daffney joined Abyss in the ring, but it wasn't Dustin with the microphone, as he stood beside Abyss as surprisingly Daffney took the lead. "David" she said between giggles, looking shy as she said it before blowing a kiss down the camera, and with that, The Nightmare Family departed! VS. Spike Dudley defeated Little Guido (7:04) - Looking to impress his brothers, Spike gave it everything he had against the leader of the Full Blooded Italians. Unlike Little Guido, who had the entire F.B.I. in his corner, Spike was out alone, perhaps trying to make a point but the presence of Big Vito & Johnny Stamboli soon came into play as they attempted to get involved in the match. Almost immediately though, this led to the Dudley Boyz to run out and for a fight to erupt between the four men! This continued up the ramp and to the back while in the ring, April Maritato slid her brother a pair of brass knucks, only for Spike to avoid the blow and follow up with a Dudley Dog for the big win Tony Schiavone threw it to the back where Gene Okerlund was standing by with Diamond Dallas Page. Gene brought up how so far, both he and Goldberg have dropped each other with sneak attacks, yet he can see that despite this, they both have respect for each other. DDP said that he can only speak for himself and said that he has a lot of respect for Goldberg, for everything he has accomplished in such a short time and you can't knock the fact he held the WCW World Heavyweight title for a whole year. But the fact of the matter is that it was him who ended that title reign, that undefeated streak so he knows what it takes to slay the beast and that it was time for him to wear the WCW United States Heavyweight title once again VS. Taz defeated Kanyon (2:49) - The intensity that Taz brought to ECW and saw him hold the ECW World Television title on four occasions and ECW World Heavyweight championship once was on display here for all to see. Taz showed no sign of intimidation in going up against someone like Kanyon, going so far as to completely disrespect him during the match with a hard slap across the face. Taz threw Kanyon over his head multiple times with incredible suplexes before locking in the Tazmission, one of the most deadly submissions in all of professional wrestling to force Kanyon to not tap out, but to pass out! Dave Penzer went to announce Taz as the winner, but "The Human Suplex Machine" snatched the microphone and shoved him away before declaring, "beat me if you can, survive if I let you!" Just before the main event, the announcers took the time to run down the final card for Souled Out, taking place this Sunday, live from the Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana: WCW World Heavyweight Championship: Kurt Angle © vs. Rey Mysterio Jr. WCW United States Heavyweight Championship: Goldberg © vs. Diamond Dallas Page WCW World Tag Team Championships: Edge & Christian © vs. Billy Kidman & Paul Wight WCW World Women's Championship: Joanie Lee © vs. Lita WCW World Television Championship - Extreme Rules: Rhino © vs. Rob Van Dam WCW World Trios Championships: X-Factor © vs. Steven Regal, Fit Finlay & Lance Storm Eddy Guerrero vs. Jeff Jarrett Booker T vs. Scott Hall The Hardy Boyz vs. B.W.A. Tony Schiavone also revealed that Hulk Hogan and Roddy Piper would be on hand and would speak live to Gene Okerlund to reveal the twelve qualifying matches that would take place over the next two weeks to determine the six entrants for Nitro and six for Thunder in the NWA Worlds Heavyweight title tournament VS. Rey Mysterio Jr. & Eddy Guerrero defeated Kurt Angle & Jeff Jarrett (14:22) - As expected, the match was a high intensity affair, especially following on from Rey's comments earlier tonight. Rey and Eddy didn't wrestle like they had big matches this Sunday, they threw everything they had at their opponents in an effort to win the match and "set the tone" as Rey said. Knowing full well that Rey has a pinfall victory over him already, Angle clearly had no intention of a repeat of that as he went right after Rey's ankle, the same one that he targetted one week ago, now in an effort to ground Rey but also to limit his impact at Souled Out with only three days to go until the pay-per-view. For his part, Jarrett followed suit as he applied the Figure Four Leglock, weakening Rey's resolve but it was Eddy who disregarded the referee's jurisdiction and broke up the hold with a boot right to Jarrett's face! The match would eventually break down but in the end, history repeated itself once again in identical fashion as with Rey screaming in agony while locked in the ankle lock, Rey was once again able to counter it and roll-up Angle for another three count! Once again, Kurt Angle couldn't believe it. He was in shock and took a couple of seconds before turning to the referee, screaming that it wasn't a three count. Unfortunately for him, the referee didn't agree and the decision was final, prompting a furious Angle to look around for Rey Mysterio Jr., only to find him half-way up the ramp, hobbling but with a smile on his face. If Rey can repeat this feat at Souled Out, we will have a brand new WCW World Heavyweight champion! WCW SATURDAY NIGHT RESULTS Shawn Stasiak, Mike Awesome & Chase Tatum defeated Scoot Andrews, Chris Chetti, & Reno (5:21) when Stasiak pinned ChettI Las Apaches defeated Kaori Nakayama & Aki Kambayashi (6:36) when Mari Apache pinned Kambayashi Lenny defeated Averno (5:52) via pinfall Haas Brothers defeated Andy Douglas & Kid Romeo (6:18) when Charlie Haas submitted Douglas Buff Bagwell defeated Scotty Mac (2:22) via pinfall Evan Karagias defeated Perro Aguayo Jr. (6:53) via pinfall Madusa defeated Lisa Marie Varon (5:02) via pinfall Jerry Lynn & Justin Credible defeated Hayabusa & Ultimo Dragon (11:28) when Credible pinned Dragon

WCW NITRO JANUARY 22ND, 2001 COLEMAN COLISEUM - TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA WCW returns to Alabama with just six days to go until the Souled Out pay-per-view, coming live from the Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana! The new voice of Nitro, Joey Styles welcomed everyone and introduced his broadcast colleagues Bobby "The Brain" Heenan and "The Professor" Mike Tenay before throwing it straight to the ring where Juventud Guerrera will take on Ron Killings in attempt to regain the WCW World Cruiserweight title! VS. WCW WORLD CRUISERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP: Ron Killings © defeated Juventud Guerrera (9:03) - Having lost the title in his first defence, Juventud was desperate to make amends. As usual, Killings had Theodore Long by his side but that didn't seem to phase Juvi, as he threw everything he had at Killings, coming close several times as the fans made clear their support for the former champion. Killings however was clearly intent on not replicating Juvi's record and losing the title at the first defence as he tried to use the ropes, the tights and distractions from Long to win the match and once again, Killings' bending of the rules worked. Long's distraction of the referee allowed Chilly Willy to hit the ring from behind and deliver a low blow, allowing Killings to hit Consequences for the win Theodore Long and Chilly Willy entered the ring and Long handed Ron Killings his WCW World Cruiserweight title as Willy shoved the referee out of the way. As Long and his associates celebrated in the ring, the fans began to cheer as they spotted a furious Shane Helms running to the ring! Helms slid inside, decked Willy and then attacking Killings! He pounded away until Chilly recovered and pulled him off, allowing Killings to strike him from behind, turning the tide into a two-on-one beat down! Soon though, Shannon Moore & Evan Karagias charged out from the back and the sight of them sent The Cold Truth scurrying from the ring. Moore & Karagias checked on Helms, but he wasn't in the mood and pushed them aside and demanded a microphone before challenging Killings to defend the title against him on Thunder!" Joey Styles threw it backstage where Gene Okerlund was joined by both the Nitro General Manager Roddy Piper and his opposite number on Thunder, Hulk Hogan. Gene noted that Souled Out is just six days away, meaning the following night is the start of the brand extension and the beginning of the NWA Worlds Heavyweight title tournament. Piper said that Gene was right before pointing out that as the WCW World Heavyweight champion Kurt Angle can appear on both shows, this means they Thunder and Nitro will be rotating their pay-per-view title challengers, meaning that as Thunder is technically challenging first, the first main event of this new era will see a Nitro wrestler challenge for the title at SuperBrawl XI in February! Hogan responded by saying that he is confident that Souled Out will set the tone for the future, with Thunder dominating and predicted that Goldberg will retain the WCW United States Heavyweight title while Rob Van Dam will beat Rhino for the WCW World Television title and bring them both to Thunder! Piper didn't agree and for a moment, tensions threatened to overflow until Gene settled them both down. He then gave further detail to the upcoming tournament, revealing that there would be qualifying matches taking place over the first week following, Souled Out with every match on both Nitro and Thunder being a qualifier before the tournament kicks off properly, round-robin style the following week! Hogan said he couldn't wait and repeated his claim that this would be the biggest tournament in WCW history, but with Piper one-upping it and declaring it "the biggest tournament in professional wrestling history...period!" before promising that the winner would be from Nitro! As Hogan and Piper began to bicker again, they were interrupted by Spike Dudley, who shook the hands of both men and apologised for interrupting. He then asked Roddy Piper to sanction a trade for him to Thunder and explained that he didn't know what happened, but he should have been drafted with his brothers and that he wants to be with them on Thunder to challenge for the WCW World Trios titles. Piper said that he would like to keep him because he could see him as a challenger for the WCW World Cruiserweight title, but he can see how much it means to Spike and offered to release him from his Nitro contract! Spike was shocked, thanked Piper and Hogan then offered his hand to Spike and said "welcome to Thunder brother" VS. Joanie Lee defeated Allison Danger (1:04) - Big boot, powerbomb, lights out for Allison Danger and another dominant victory for the WCW Women's World champion Microphone in hand, Sherri Martel and Madusa joined Joanie Lee in the ring and Martel first heaped praise upon Lee for her dominance again. She then turned her attention to Thunder last week, commending Lita for his impressive win over Rhonda Singh, but as she said then, Lee and Singh might be bigger and more powerful than your average woman, but that's where their similarities end. Singh was a means to an end, and sadly her usefulness ended last week and Queen's Court has no further need of her services. She then told everyone, especially Lita to remember Souled Out, because that would be the first title defence in the most dominant reign in the history of professional wrestling In the back, Gene Okerlund had another guest and this time it was X-Factor. With X-Pac set to face Steven Regal momentarily, Gene asked Pac if he was concerned about Regal's words on Thunder. Pac laughed and asked Gene if he looked concerned, because no, he's not concerned one bit! He said that Regal is tough, but he has to catch him first and he is quicker than anyone in WCW. X-Pac himself then sent a warning, this to Regal's teammates Lance Storm and Fit Finlay, suggesting they stay out of the way otherwise they'd get hurt VS. Steven Regal defeated X-Pac (11:06) by disqualification - Regal made pretty clear his intentions last week on Thunder and there was no sign of playing around, just a purely focused and perhaps sadistic individual in action. Pac's attempts to rile Regal up failed completely, as the veteran from Blackpool, England had seen everything his opponent had to offer and took his time, working to inflict pain on X-Pac. Finally, Regal was able to lock X-Pac in the Regal Stretch, and with nowhere to go, X-Pac would gave no choice but to submit. However, just as he was about to do so, Justin Credible and Jerry Lynn ran up and broke up the hold, forcing a disqualification! Jerry Lynn & Justin Credible continued their beat down of Steven Regal and were soon joined by X-Pac in a three-on-one assault. The beatdown continued and as it did so, the announcers questioned the whereabouts of Fit Finlay & Lance Storm until a few seconds later, both men stumbled out from the back, clearly having been attacked! X-Pac laughed before turning back to Regal, who was now struggling to his feet but still defiant as he demanded X-Factor hit him again! X-Pac seemed to shrug, turned to Credible and the two connected with X Marks the Spot to finally put Regal down! X-Factor then posed in the ring with their WCW World Trios champions held high Cameras caught up with all three of the Dudley Boyz backstage, and Bubba Ray was pretty much reading Spike Dudley the riot act for letting the team down on Thunder. D-Von did not look happy either, while Spike was clearly apologetic and told his brothers that he would make it up to them by winning his match. He also had some good news; he has officially been traded to Thunder! Bubba Ray looked surprised and D-Von demanded to know who for, and Spike revealed that Roddy Piper had apparently sanctioned the move without asking for anyone in return because he could see how much it meant to him. The Dudley Boyz didn't seem to buy what Spike had said, or rather had been told but then told Spike to not let them down again against Little Guido on Thunder VS. Diamond Dallas Page defeated Dean Malenko (8:49) - Perhaps he was still feeling the after effects of Goldberg's spear from Thunder, but DDP had his work cut out for him against one of the greatest technical wrestlers alive today in Dean Malenko. A good back-and-forth match ensued that also cut to the back to see Goldberg watching on a monitor before DDP snuck out the back of a suplex to catch Malenko with the Diamond Cutter out of nowhere for the victory The second hour of Nitro kicked off with the arrival of Jeff Jarrett. His demeanour left his mood open to interpretation following his disappointing loss on Thunder, but when Jarrett spoke, it was with a smile as he recounted smashing his guitar over the head of Eddy Guerrero at the end of the show last week! He brushed off the loss to Rey Mysterio Jr., blaming it on the injury he sustained during the match, noting that if that hadn't happened he would of course have won, before saying he would just have to win the NWA Worlds Heavyweight title instead and take his shot at the WCW World Heavyweight title once he had done that. Jarrett was then cut off by the arrival of Eddy Guerrero. Despite what happened on Thunder, Eddy walked out with a smile and told Jarrett that "you got me good" before offering his hand. After considering the offer, Jeff went to take it, only for Eddy to pull back, turn serious and tell Jarrett that he was never going to shake his hand! Eddy said that he knows Rey Mysterio Jr. isn't here tonight as he's recovering from the injury inflicted by both Jarrett and Kurt Angle, but if he was here, he'd probably act a bit better, maybe even show Jarrett a bit of respect after the match, but that's because Rey is a good man, "and to be honest, I'm not all that good", telling Jarrett that he'll get payback for what he did. Before Eddy could go on, WCW World Heavyweight champion Kurt Angle walked out and joined both Eddy and Jarrett in the ring. Angle ran Eddy down for what he claimed was trying to steal Rey's spotlight, noting that Eddy had his shot and he lost and then on Thunder he got involved in business that once again didn't concern him. Angle turned to Jarrett and said that it would have been a much better main event if he had to face Jarrett, and he agrees that Rey only won by fluke, but there's nothing they can do now before picking up on Eddy's comment that Rey wasn't here tonight and how after Thunder, Angle owes Eddy one for his attack. Angle and Jarrett stepped towards Eddy, who smirked and said he can see what's happening before immediately dropping Angle with a right hand! He went after Jarrett, but before he could do much, Angle jumped him from behind and a two-on-one beatdown ensued with Jarrett laying Eddy out with The Stroke VS. Chris Benoit defeated Johnny Swinger (2:31) - With just six days to go before one of the biggest matches of Benoit's life, he looked to gain momentum with a victory over youngster Johnny Swinger with the Crippler Crossface After his win, Chris Benoit called for a microphone. He said that everyone who has followed his career and knows about him will know he prefers to do his talking in the ring. He said that he's heard a lot of talk about his match with Bret Hart at Souled Out being a dream match, and that's true, it's a dream for him, but more than that it's a chance to finally get to where he deserves to be; at the very top of this industry. He said that he has all the respect in the world for Bret and he knows The Hitman feels the same, but when the bell sounds, he is there to win and more than that, he wants it to be definitive, he wants to make Bret tap out! Joey Styles received word of a commotion backstage, and when the cameras arrived they discovered a brawl underway between The Jung Dragons and Kaz Hayashi, Jimmy Yang & Jushin Thunder Liger! The arrival of the camera crew didn't seem to make a difference as TAKA Michinoku, CIMA & Dragon Kid continued to fight with their rivals, in a fight that had clearly been instigated by them. Finally officials arrived to separate both groups and as Liger was being held back, he yelled something in Japanese towards TAKA, who responded with some choice words of his own After the chaotic scenes backstage finally calmed down, Joey Styles sent it to the back where Jeremy Borash was standing by with Lita and the returning Hardy Boyz. Borash hyped Matt & Jeff's match at Souled Out as well as Lita's WCW Women's World championship opportunity. He then asked Matt & Jeff about their condition following the beat down by Erazo & Low Ki, but this just frustrated the brothers as Matt replied that they really don't get B.W.A.'s issue with them, saying they beat them to unify the ECW and WCW World Tag Team titles fair and square, and sure, they might not be happy about it but everything that has happened to Erazo & Low Ki since then is on them, not the Hardyz. Jeff said that one week ago they sneak attacked them, but at Souled Out they'll be standing face-to-face in the ring, and last time that happened, they walked out winners and the same thing was going to happen this Sunday. Borash turned to Lita, who said that she doesn't have to worry about Matt & Jeff because despite what B.W.A. did last week, she knows they are better men than Low Ki & Erazo and she guarantees their victory, just like she is going to do against Joanie Lee. She knows better than anyone that the odds are against her, she saw what Lee did to win the title and she's seen her make short work of everyone's she faced, so she knows. But that doesn't matter because she wants this match and she wants this title and she wants in more than The Glamazon does, and that's what will get her through and see her win VS. Ric Flair defeated Hector Garza (13:52) - After Garza's insulting words about his relationship with his son David on Thunder, Flair was fired up, and it certainly showed as he lit up Garza's chest with brutal knife edge chops. Garza however showed that, just as he did when he faced Diamond Dallas Page a few weeks ago, he has the ability to hang with the top stars in WCW as he took Flair to the limit. Despite this, Garza made a mistake and that was all it took as Garza missed his patented Tornillo, allowing Flair to follow up by targetting the knee and eventually locking in the Figure Four Leglock to pick up the submission victory Footage was shown from live events over the weekend, showing Evolution standing just behind the curtain or in some cases out on the entrance ramp watching matches. Back live, Evolution were with Gene Okerlund and he asked Shawn Stasiak about their activities. Stasiak answered plainly that they were doing exactly what he said they would be; scouting for talent. He said that over the past few months, they decided to split Evolution with Sonny Siaki heading up a group on Thunder while he, Mike Awesome, Chase Tatum and Mike Sanders remain on Nitro. In addition to that, they got rid of a lot of "dead wood" in the form of David Flair and Chuck Palumbo, with Stasiak not missing an opportunity to mock their loss on Thunder. As a result, they are recruiting and they have their eyes on a couple of people. When Gene tried to get the information as to the identities of these people, Stasiak laughed and told Gene not to worry, everyone would find out "sooner rather than later" before he and the rest of Evolution walked off Before the main event, the announcers hyped Thunder with the just announced main event of Eddy Guerrero & Rey Mysterio Jr. taking on Jeff Jarrett & Kurt Angle. In addition to that, TAKA Michinoku would take on the Japanese icon Jushin Thunder Liger, Spike Dudley goes on-on-one with Little Guido, Edge & Rhino against Paul Wight & Rob Van Dam, Bret Hart and Abyss in action, as well as more to be announced! VS. Owen Hart defeated Booker T (13:56) - Before the match, both men shook hands as a sign of respect. As expected, the match was a high quality, back-and-forth affair with multiple near falls for each and the fans support split down the middle as both Owen and Booker are fan favourites. But the turning point came when Booker T looked ready to secure the win as he followed up a big missile dropkick by lining up for the Axe Kick, but as he bounced off the ropes he was blasted from behind with the ring bell that was swung by Scott Hall! Quicker than a cat, Hall tossed the ring bell aside and escaped into the crowd, meanwhile in the ring, Owen recovered and unaware of what had just happened (as was the referee), scooped up Booker and drilled him with the belly-to-belly sitout piledriver for the big victory! The lack of ring bell didn't seem to elicit much of a concern for the referee or Owen Hart, who celebrated his victory before taking leave of the ring. As soon as they were both gone, Scott Hall snuck out of the crowd and attacked Booker T! Booker was defenceless as Hall put the boots to him before dragging him to his feet, hoisting him up and drilling him with the Outsider's Edge! Hall then posed in the ring as Nitro went off the air

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Update on Perry Saturn and other injuries following Thunder January 19th, 2001 by Mave Deltzer We understand that former WCW World Tag Team champion Perry Saturn has checked into rehab for drug addiction following an incident at Thunder last night. Apparently, Saturn turned up in no condition to work and was scheduled for a match on Saturday Night. WCW officials were not happy, but were also sympathetic when Saturn was confronted as he didn't deny his issues and in fact asked for help. Saturn was drafted to Nitro as part of the draft lottery, although not along with his Revolution tag team partner Dean Malenko so it's unlikely this will have any detrimental effect on Malenko going forward. Hopefully Saturn will get the help he is needed. Jeff Jarrett suffered an ankle injury during his main event match with Rey Mysterio Jr., which explains the match winning hurricanrana looking a bit off. It's understood that it was more of a twisted ankle and happened when Jarrett caught a diving Mysterio midway through the match. Fortunately, while Jarrett struggled to finish the match, it's believed that he will be back at 100% by the time of Nitro, where it's speculated he and Eddy Guerrero will have a confrontation of some kind, although nothing has been made official and no match has yet been announced. As for other injuries, AJ Styles suffered an abdominal injury back in December during his match with Owen Hart on the Boxing Day edition on Nitro. He has been out of action since, but is currently pencilled in for a return following Souled Out. Chris Jericho is another name that is currently injured, having suffered a bruised tailbone during a live event during the week. WCW didn't have any plans for him at the moment (at least until when the brand extension kick starts after Souled Out), so have elected to give him time-off to recover. Interestingly, Jericho had a booking to work the All Japan Pro Wrestling New Year Giant series tour and despite his injury, he worked a match with "Dr. Death" Steve Williams and Stan "The Lariat" Hansen, two men who aren't exactly known for working light. Despite this, it appears as though Jericho has emerged from this match relatively unscathed and his return timescale remains at about 3-4 weeks. Kevin Nash is another absentee, having been missing since his Starrcade loss to Rey Mysterio Jr. that resulted in his head being shaved. We understand that this is purely for storyline reason and that Nash is being held off returning to TV to build him back up. Interestingly, following the brand extension, when he does return he will not be alongside Scott Hall for the first time since jumping to WCW back in June of 1996.

WCW THUNDER REDBIRD ARENA - NORMAL, ILLINOIS JANUARY 18TH, 2001 Thunder kicked off in epic fashion with the arrival of a pissed off WCW United States Heavyweight champion Goldberg! There was none of his usual theatrics as he walked to the ring with a purpose, tossing his title into the ring before snatching a microphone and demanding that Diamond Dallas Page come to the ring and meet him right now! For his part, DDP's response was immediate as he walked out to what seemed to be a mixed reaction as noted by the now exclusive broadcast team of Tony Schiavone, "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes and finally, back at the announce booth, "Macho Man" Randy Savage. DDP had somewhat of a smirk on his face as he took his time walking down the ramp and entering the ring. DDP asked for a microphone while on the ramp and upon receiving it, asked Goldberg to "back up big man" before finally entering the ring. Goldberg then told DDP he has one minute to explain why he shouldn't just break him in half right now! DDP smirked again and told Goldberg that he wasn't here to apologise, but he would explain because he's not stupid, he knows that the spear Goldberg hit him with was an accident, he holds no ill-feelings about it. But it reminded him just what he has to fight against at Souled Out and the truth is, after that he wanted to remind Goldberg what he will face as well! He knows Goldberg underestimated him at Starrcade over a year ago, but he also knows that while Goldberg isn't the same as he was back then, he knows Goldberg still doesn't think DDP can beat him! Goldberg answered and said that he appreciates his honesty, so he's going to be honest with DDP as well; DDP can't beat him! He's not underestimating him, he knows what DDP is capable off and knows just how deadly the Diamond Cutter is and when he hits it, it's over. But that doesn't matter if DDP can't hit it, and at Souled Out, he won't hit it and he won't win. DDP said that Goldberg is confident, maybe cocky, but so is he and he doesn't share Goldberg's belief because the Diamond Cutter can and will come from nowhere, and he will be the new WCW United States Heavyweight champion! Goldberg said that it was pretty clear they both have their thoughts, they're both confident so suggested they head to Souled Out next Sunday and leave tonight the way they should have done on Nitro. With that, Goldberg extended his hand to DDP, who considered for a moment, looked around before finally shaking the hand of the champion! The two men showed their clear mutual respect...before Goldberg yanked DDP back and when DDP spun around, he walked right into a huge spear! Goldberg immediately hopped back up to his feet, smirked and said "oops" before picking up his title and walking away VS. The Full Blooded Italians defeated The Dudley Boyz (10:10) - Spike Dudley was in the corner of Bubba Ray and D-Von while Big Vito and Johnny Stamboli had both Little Guido and April Maritato by their side. Dusty Rhodes talked about how big of a win this would be for the FBI were they able to beat the former WCW World Tag Team champions before nothing they were huge underdogs due to the superior experience the Dudley Boyz possessed. However, that was exactly what happened. Little Guido attempted to interfere, prompting Spike to pull him off the apron, kicking off a brawl between the two cruiserweights! However as all this was going on, April then got onto the apron to yell at the referee, distracting him and Bubba Ray, allowing Stamboli to deliver a low blow before Big Vito followed up with a spike DDT for the win and the huge upset! Footage aired from Nitro this past Monday night where in the backstage area, Chuck Palumbo met with his old Evolution teammate David Flair, who seemed to be in a much better mood, perhaps as a result of being drafted to Thunder while Evolution ended up on Nitro. Palumbo told David that he was happy to see David in a good mood and suggested that as they are both on Thunder, why not bring back "some of that old Evolution magic" and work together? David considered for a moment and said that he liked the idea. Back live, Tony Schiavone announced that Palumbo & David would team up later tonight to face B.W.A. Gene Okerlund was joined by Jeff Jarrett, who following what went down on Nitro, will face Rey Mysterio Jr. in tonight's main event with Rey's Souled Out WCW World Heavyweight title match at stake. As Gene was about to ask a question, Jarrett demanded that he shut up and said that you were looking at the man who will finally end this joke of a run of Rey. He pointed out that Scott Hall failed to end him, Kevin Nash failed as well "and got his head shaved by a damned midget!" Jarrett however guaranteed that he wouldn't fail like them because after he beats Rey tonight, he will take his place at Souled Out and would have a worthy pay-per-view main event, not a joke and an embarrassment like we have now! Jarrett made clear that he doesn't have any relationship with Kurt Angle, in fact, he's got some unfinished business with Angle after he "stole" Jarrett's WCW United States Heavyweight title at The Great American Bash two years ago, so facing Rey tonight isn't for Angle, it's for him and after he wins tonight, he'll get his payback when he beats Angle for the WCW World Heavyweight title! Up next was Lita against Rhonda Singh and during Lita's entrance, Tony Schiavone recapped the attack on the Hardy Boyz by B.W.A. on Nitro and noted that they are not here tonight due to injuries sustained in the attack. Once Lita was in the ring, Singh made her way out accompanied by Queen's Court, but Sherri Martel had a microphone in hand, meaning she had something to say. Martel said she was impressed by Lita's guts, but not by her brains because in the unlikely event that she wins tonight, she still has to face WCW Women's World champion Joanie Lee at Souled Out and that will be a totally different experience! VS. Lita defeated Rhonda Singh (5:55) - The size and power difference was evident from the get go, but so was the speed advantage for Lita as after surviving several power moves in the early going, she was able to avoid a big splash, land two dropkicks before dropping Singh with a Twist of Fate which she followed up with a Litasault to pick up the win Immediately after the match, Joanie Lee entered the ring and stood across from Lita. For her part, Lita looked ready to fight, despite everything she had just been through and the effort that had taken her. Then in a shocking moment, Lee turned and blasted Rhonda Singh with a big boot! She then dragged her to her feet and showed her incredible strength by laying her out with an incredible powerbomb! Both Sherri Martel & Madusa were laughing outside the ring, where Martel repeated the words "totally different experience" VS. B.W.A. defeated Chuck Palumbo & David Flair (11:09) - While Palumbo & Flair's relationship goes back several years, they lacked the tag team experience of Erazo & Low Ki, who in addition to be being close friends have been a tag team for several years now. Despite this, David looked like he was getting back on track following his humbling loss to Shawn Stasiak at Starrcade and the emotional damage that and of course the betrayal and loss of his girlfriend Stacy Keibler did to him as he came close to a win, almost getting a submission victory with a textbook Figure Four Leglock on Erazo that he only escaped thanks to Low Ki. Unfortunately, David's momentum was stopped dead when he fell victim to a Ki Krusher from Low Ki before both Ki & Erazo followed up with the Brooklyn Stomp to David, allowing Erazo to make the pin Chuck Palumbo checked on David Flair, clearly disappointed but helped his friend to his feet and recognised the appreciation from the fans as he helped him from the ring. Before they could leave the ramp, the music of The Nightmare Family hit and out skipped Daffney for her in-ring debut! Daffney stopped right in front of Palumbo and David, turned towards David and blew him a kiss before skipping back away to the ring! VS. Trish Stratus defeated Daffney (8:20) - The announcers speculated about the exchange between Daffney and David Flair before turning their attention to the goings on in the ring. They noted that both women are the same age and that they both entered professional wrestling at about the same time, but that after that, the similarities completely end as evidenced by their respective looks and actions. Despite the absence of The Nightmare Family and this being her in-ring debut in WCW, Daffney held her own for much of the match, giving as good as she good but ultimately a Stratusfaction was the deciding factor in giving Trish the hard fought victory After his return on Nitro, Ric Flair joined Gene Okerlund to talk and said that he is feeling reborn after being back out there! He said that he feels better than ever, reinvigorated and ready to do what he said on Monday night; win the NWA Worlds Heavyweight championship! Flair was then interrupted by none other than Hector Garza! Garza told Flair that while he has been gone, things have changed and declared himself the face of Thunder because, "who is prettier than him?" Flair smirked and told Garza that he might be pretty, but he's no "Limousine riding, jet flying, kiss stealing, wheeling dealing son of a gun" like him; "The Nature Boy"" Ric Flair! It was now Garza's time to smirk as he took off his sun glasses and said that last time he checked, Ric wasn't "The Nature Boy", he lost that to his son David, asking how David is after yet another embarrassing loss? He then stopped himself, remembering that Ric and David have no relationship! This caused Flair to snap as he ripped off his jacket and tossed it aside before challenging Garza to face him on Nitro! VS. Billy Kidman defeated Christian (12:45) - After what happened on Nitro, Billy Kidman was looking to get some measure of revenge after TSE's attack on his partner Paul Wight. Considering Christian's history as a tag team wrestler, he showed, just as Tammy Sytch said, that he is an equally impressive singles competitor as well as he and the former two-time WCW World Television champion had a hugely competitive match. Unsurprisingly, Christian's tag team partner Edge attempted to get involved, tripping Kidman once, which drew Wight's attention, but it was the second time that he did it that saw Wight storm over and grab him by the throat! Fortunately for Edge, the referee spotted the altercation and managed to convince Wight to back down before ejecting both Wight and Edge from ringside! This allowed the match to continue, going on for several more minutes before Kidman managed to avoid a spear from Christian and drilled him with a BK Bomb, giving Kidman the opening to head to the top rope and land a picture perfect Shooting Star Press for the victory Steven Regal, Lance Storm & Fit Finlay were with Gene Okerlund and it was pretty clear they, especially Regal, were in foul moods. Regal said that a few weeks ago they put X-Factor on notice that the WCW World Trios championships were coming to them, and nothing has changed there. But after Nitro, something has changed and that is just what they are going to do them at Souled Out, because before then, they were going to beat them in a good old-fashioned wrestling match with the better team winning? Now...now they are going to punish X-Factor! Regal grabbed Mean Gene's microphone and directly to the camera said that X-Pac wants to play games and use a title belt in their match, well more power to him because now Regal wants X-Pac on Nitro and he can't wait to rip his bloody head off! For the first time tonight, Thunder General Manager Hulk Hogan headed to the ring. He soaked up the appreciation of the fans before saying he didn't want to take up too much time because they have "a hell of a main event" coming up. But he was out here because Souled Out is just ten days away and he wanted to announce another huge match for the pay-per-view. Following their obvious issues over the past couple of weeks, Booker T will go one-on-one with Scott Hall! But before that, this Monday on Nitro and for the first time since Starrcade, Booker T will be in action against someone he has high expectations of, someone he thinks could win the NWA Worlds Heavyweight championship, another of the huge names Thunder has to offer; Owen Hart! A video package aired, once again hyping the debut of Taz in WCW but this time, more information was given. It was announced that Taz would be making his WCW in-ring debut in one weeks’ time, live on Thunder where he would remain as a member of Hulk Hogan's Thunder brand! VS. Rhino defeated Shark Boy (0:32) - This could hardly be considered a match, because as soon as the bell sounded, Rhino charged and connected with the Gore for the super quick victory Tammy Sytch entered the ring with a microphone and raised Rhino's hand before gloating about his dominant victory. She then predicted that we would all be seeing this exact scene in ten days’ time at Souled Out, but the only difference is that it will be Rob Van Dam lying at a heap by her feet! This of course brought the challenger for Rhino's WCW World Television title as Rob Van Dam noted that Rhino's win was of course impressive, but no offence to Shark Boy, he isn't a fish, he's "the whole damn show"! Tammy said she didn't care about RVD's list of nicknames and bragged about how the title is staying on Nitro with Rhino and after Souled Out, RVD will walk away sad and disappointed without any title to bring back to Thunder. RVD said that it's been way, way too long since he last held singles gold, noting it was in fact around this time last year that he lost the ECW World Television title but all that means is he's hungry for it, hungrier than Rhino and any member of TSE! Tammy then mocked RVD for his comments, saying while RVD was busy losing the ECW World Television title, Rhino was gearing up the win the ECW World Heavyweight title, a title RVD never held! RVD smiled accepted that Tammy was right, he then thanked Tammy for bringing up their time together in ECW because he thinks that maybe Souled Out is the right place to revive some of that "extreme history" and suggested that their title match be contested under extreme rules! Tammy looked worried for a moment, but seeing the look ofalmost ravenous hunger on Rhino's face, that look soon turned to a sadistic smile as she turned to RVD and said that they accept the challenge! Thunder returned from a commercial break and welcomed back by Gene Okerlund. He hyped the main event that was just moments away, before bringing up the big announcement moments ago by Hulk Hogan, Gene's guests were the two men who would compete in the main event on Nitro; Booker T and Owen Hart! Gene noted that this was a big opportunity for both men, noting they are both coming off a disappointing Starrcade with Booker coming up short in the WCW World Heavyweight title match while Owen finished third in the pre-show battle royal. Owen said that he wasn't looking backwards, he was looking forward and said that with the draft, he has been seperated from his brother Bret and despite what people might think, he's happy about this! He said that he loves his brother, they held the WCW World Tag Team titles together but it was his time now to make a name for himself because he has his sights set on the NWA Worlds Heavyweight title! Booker T seemed to be a bit put out by Gene's comparison of their Starrcade outings, but said he agrees with Owen that it's time to move forward and just like Owen, he wants that NWA Worlds Heavyweight championship not just for himself, but for what it means, noting there has never been a black NWA Worlds Heavyweight champion, so he wants to make history. He then turned his attention to Scott Hall for once again bringing him up on Nitro, saying he'd take him down at Souled Out. Gene noted that while the format and entrants of the tournament have yet to be fully revealed, he imagines that both Booker and Owen will meet in the process and suggested that Monday night would likely not be their final meeting! VS. Rey Mysterio Jr. defeated Jeff Jarrett (15:29) - Following Jarrett's comments earlier on Thunder about his goal to get even with Kurt Angle, it was obvious that Jarrett was going to hold nothing back in this big main event. Jarrett looked to exploit every rule as far as possible, utilising the referee's five count to the extremes, sending Rey crashing into the ring steps and using the barricades as well, trusting that the referee would let the match continue, to which he did. Rey was kept grounded as Jarrett targeted his right leg, obviously in setup for the Figure Four Leglock but he was never able to lock it in as Rey, despite being clearly hurt was able to escape on the three occasions that Jarrett went for it. Frustration boiled over for Jarrett when Rey kicked out of a neckbreaker and he stormed out of the ring, only to return with his guitar in hand. The referee immediately stopped Jarrett from using it, yanking it from his hand but as the referee went to remove it from the ring, Jarrett removed the turnbuckle covering behind his back and proceeded to send Rey into the exposed steel ring post! However, seconds later it was Jarrett feeling the pain as he went for a splash in the corner, only for Rey to duck down, sending Jarrett face first into the steel! Rey pounced on Jarrett's pain by heading to the apron and connecting with a springboard hurricanrana into a pin for the victory! Rey Mysterio Jr. emerged victorious, but it was clear that Jeff Jarrett had done a lot of damage to his leg, as had the springboard hurricanrana as he held his knee before using the ropes to get to his feet. Suddenly he collapsed in agony as Kurt Angle chop blocked him from behind! Angle laughed before stomping away at Rey's injured leg and locking him in the ankle lock! Rey was in clear agony as he struggled to break free or to reach the ropes, but Angle wasn't letting up as he continued twisting and turning until Eddy Guerrero charged out from the back to make the save! As soon as Eddy hit the ring, Angle released Rey and went toe-to-toe with him, continuing where they left off over one week ago! Eddy quickly took control, sending Angle reeling towards the ropes but just as it looked as though Eddy was going to take Angle out, he was blasted right across the head with the guitar wielded by Jeff Jarrett! Jarrett stood right over the laid out body of Eddy Guerrero, the remnants of his guitar in hand as Angle stood across the ring smirking as Thunder went off the air

WCW NITRO JANUARY 15TH, 2001 ROCKFORD METROCENTER - ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS Monday Nitro began with the arrival of Shawn Stasiak, Stacy Keibler, Mike Awesome, Mike Sanders and Chase Tatum; Evolution. The fans booed as their made their way to the ring, but it seemed to be music to Stasiak's ears as he asked them to boo even more because he loves it! Stasiak immediately mocked his old partner David Flair for his comments recently about not wanting to be on the same show as Evolution and suggested that perhaps he had broken David after he beat him at Starrcade. But Stasiak moved on and said he had "bigger and frankly better" fish to fry as he talked about tonight's main event; him and Awesome against Diamond Dallas Page and Goldberg! Stasiak said that Awesome is pissed that he hasn't received his rematch for the WCW United States Heavyweight title and even more so about the fact the title is going to Thunder so he won't get the opportunity at it after DDP and Goldberg's match at Starrcade. But he's got it all in hand because he spoke to Roddy Piper and Hulk Hogan and due to Awesome being overlooked, they have agreed that when, not if, they win tonight, the match at Souled Out will become a three way dance with Awesome inserted into the match! He said that is is a joke that Evolution, the number four draft pick for Nitro is only now being highlighted but it's fine, because Piper is now going to see what they are really all about. He then turned his attention to other matters, noting the absence of Sonny Siaki and reminding everyone of their mutual parting of ways with Siaki preparing to "lead an Evolution" on Thunder and said that it unfortunately leaves them looking a little bit light. He then promised that they are no recruiting and that they have their eyes set on a number of talent, promising that just like they did before, Evolution will rule WCW, "but this time, I'll be there as the WCW World Heavyweight champion" VS. X-Pac & Justin Credible defeated Steven Regal & Fit Finlay (12:06) - Following Lance Storm's victory over Jerry Lynn last week and the beatdown by X-Factor that followed, it was announced that the two groups will meet at Souled Out for X-Factor's WCW World Trios titles. The presence of Lynn at ringside played a pivotal part as he had the referee distracted when Regal had Credible locked in the Regal Stretch, a hold that had Credible tapping out and after that the tide turned in X-Factor's favour. Once again, Lynn's antics distracted the referee but this time it drew the ire of Storm who went after him, kick starting a fight outside the ring, but this allowed X-Pac to grab one of the championships and, with the referee distracted, blast Regal in the face with it and make the cover just as the referee turned around to administer the three count Gene Okerlund introduced his guests from Tammy Sytch Enterprises as Gene announced that on Thunder, Christian would face Billy Kidman. Tammy hyped her man, saying even though everyone sees Christian as a tag team wrestler, people will soon realise that both Edge and Christian are top quality talent who can give everyone a run for their money one-on-one. Christian addressed Kidman and said that he couldn't wait because he really enjoyed watching Rhino rip him in half last week and while he isn't quite as "jacked" as Rhino, he's got something special in store for Kidman as well. It seemed as though the interview was over, but Chris Candido had something to say and he wasn't happy about what happened on Thunder when he was the "victim of an unprovoked attack", so he went to Nitro General Manager Roddy Piper and issued a challenge so he is facing Rob Van Dam tonight! Tammy seemed impressed, however, Piper himself walked in and said that he loves Candido's fire, he's a big fan but that's not exactly what he said. Candido seemed confused, so Piper explained that Candido had come to him seeking revenge for what happened, so he made a match, but Candido never specified RVD, so Piper assumed Candido wanted Paul Wight, which is who Candido will be facing later tonight! A smiling Piper walked off, leaving Candido absolutely shell-shocked, if not flat out terrified VS. Jushin Thunder Liger, Kaz Hayashi & Jimmy Yang defeated The Jung Dragons (8:56) - It was just a couple of weeks ago that Jushin Liger made a shock appearance to save Hayashi & Yang from an attack by The Jung Dragons and after securing a win over CIMA, a big trios match was the obvious next destination. As you would expect, all six men took to the skies and showed off their incredible abilities, with Yang delivering a breathtaking diving hurricanrana that had even the announcers on their feet. Kristina attempted to distract her former teammates, and it worked, causing Hayashi to confront her outside the ring, leading to to being jumped by both CIMA and Dragon Kid. But this wasn't the decisive factor as ultimately Liger's experience proved more valuable as he was able to score the win over Dragon Kid with the Ligerbomb Jeremy Borash was in the back with Bubba Ray, D-Von and Spike Dudley and he pointed out that as a result of the draft, they are now separated with Spike on Nitro and Bubba Ray and D-Von on Thunder, despite the option to be drafted as a unit. Spike answered and said that they made a mistake, he knows his brothers were drafted together and he accepted that he had probably made a mistake when filling out the form they were all given. But Spike said not to worry, he has spoken with Roddy Piper and he's hopeful that a trade will be arranged and that they will be able to set their sights on the WCW World Trios titles. Bubba then said that whatever happens, he knows that Spike can take care of himself on Nitro, just like they can on Thunder and just like they will on Thunder against The Full Blooded Italians Up next was the match between British Bulldog and Scott Hall and Hall made his way to the ring first and upon arrival, asked for a microphone. He addressed the splitting of The Outsiders as a result of the draft and revealed that the reason it happened was because Kevin Nash hadn't returned the form they all had to fill in, meaning even though he wanted The Outsiders to continue, it needed both men to decide the same thing. "Oh well, it is what it is" Hall said before reminding everyone of his accomplishments by himself; a former WCW United States Heavyweight champion and a four-time Intercontinental champion, "yeah, I named their belt, and what?" Hall added. He said that unlike some people, he isn't defined as a tag team wrestler because he actually has a singles career that was worth a damn! "Unlike some people, if I was in the main event of Starrcade challenging for the WCW World Heavyweight title, there'd be a new champion man", making clear reference to his recent issues with Booker T. Before Hall could go on much further, out walked his opponent for the night, an accomplished singles and tag team wrestler and as noted by Tony Schiavone, a former NWA Worlds Heavyweight champion; the British Bulldog! VS. Scott Hall defeated British Bulldog (11:43) - The two veterans might not have matched the speed that was on display in the last match, but they certainly showed their vast wrestling knowledge by taking it slow, looking for the right openings and turning up the pace when the time was right. In the end, Hall added an impressive win to his belt via pinfall after the Outsider's Edge Gene Okerlund was in the middle of the ring and introduced his guest; WCW World Heavyweight champion Kurt Angle! Much like the reaction to Evolution earlier tonight, Angle received boos from the sold out crowd but unlike Shawn Stasiak, Angle told them to shut up and show him some respect! This just prompted more boos, which seemed to further annoy Angle, but he gathered himself and answered Mean Gene's question about the upcoming NWA Worlds Heavyweight championship tournament, something Angle didn't seem especially concerned about. He recognised the history of the title but said that is the key word there; "history". He said that title might have meant something once, but it doesn't now and the only way to make it mean something is for it to be held by someone who can bring proper prestige to it. Unfortunately for that title, as he is WCW World Heavyweight champion he is ineligible to enter and therefore no matter who wins it, the title will remain an irrelivence until The Great American Bash when he unifies it with "the only title that matters, his WCW World Heavyweight title"! The champion then turned his attention to his Souled Out opponent Rey Mysterio Jr. He pointed out that this time last week he was getting ready to beat Eddy Guerrero, Rey's buddy in the main event and retain his title, just like he'll do at Souled Out. Angle said that seen as he had to defend his title in a high profile match against "an undeserved opponent", he thinks that Rey should have to defend his right to challenge for the title as well and thinks he should do so this Thursday on Thunder! This brought out Rey Mysterio Jr., who stayed on the stage and told Angle that Eddy was not undeserving, in fact, he was long, long overdue the title opportunity he had and on another day, Eddy would have won and Angle knows that! Angle refuted this and reminded Rey that unlike when Rey pinned him, it wasn't a fluke, he made Eddy tap out so there was no question about what could have been because everyone knows that Rey will never be able to repeat what happened and pin him again by fluke! Angle then cut off Rey and say that he just made a challenge and Rey hasn't shown the proper respect to answer it! Rey replied that he earned his title opportunity fair and square by what he did at Starrcade and on Nitro on Boxing Day, but if it'll make Angle shut up, then fine, he'll put his shot on the line on Thunder! Suddenly Rey was blasted from behind as a guitar shattered across the back of his skull, a guitar wielded by Jeff Jarrett! Jarrett got right in the face of the now laid out Rey and yelled that he was taking his rightful place, it's his time because he's "the chosen one". In the ring, Angle was laughing before introducing Jarrett as Rey's opponent for Thunder! The second hour of Nitro kicked off with the return of "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair! After soaking up the applause, he thanked the fans and admitted that when he left the ring at World War 3 after losing the three-way match against Sting and Kurt Angle for the WCW World Heavyweight title, he considered hanging up the boots. After what has been one of the toughest years of his life, Evolution turning on him, his family issues being brought onto the national stage, losing to his son David at Bash at the Beach, he was ready to retire. He took time off and then those few weeks became more and more and suddenly Starrcade was round the corner and he wasn't wrestling, and do you know what; it didn't matter. When he realised that it didn't matter, that was when he made the decision that it was over, but making the decision and telling people of the decision is a big, big leap, so he held off, but his mind was made up; he was going to retire. Then the announcement came about the brand extension and while it got him interested, it wasn't enough, he was going to go through with it but then he got drafted to Thunder and at that point he realised it was too late because he had a commitment that he had to honour. But the truth is, his heart wasn't in it and when he got the call from Hulk Hogan to come to Thunder last week, he was going to tell him the truth, tell him everything and he did, he spilled his guts to a man he hates but a man that he respects and he isn't ashamed to admit that he was crying. But then Hogan told him something that changed it all, that re-lit a fire inside of him, a fire he thought was gone because he told him about the NWA Worlds Heavyweight championship tournament! He reminded everyone that he has held that title eleven times, three more than the legendary Harley Race and with all due respect to Race, to Dusty Rhodes, to Ricky Steamboat, to Jack Brisco, to Terry Funk and all the rest but that is HIS title! He then said that eleven isn't enough, he is going for number twelve, he will win the tournament, he will be the final NWA Worlds Heavyweight champion and he will be the man who brought respect back to the title before he goes on to win the unification match and become the undisputed WCW World Heavyweight champion! VS. The Cold Truth defeated Shane Helms & Shannon Moore (8:40) - It was clear that Shane Helms is laser focused on getting a fair shot at the WCW World Cruiserweight title, a title he believes would have been his were it not for the actions on Chilly Willy during the six-way dance last week on Nitro. However, this result will not have done his chances any good as once again Chilly was the deciding factor as with Moore looking for the hot tag, Chilly yanked Helms off the apron, giving Killings an opening to catch him with Consequence for the victory Shane Helms rushed the ring to confront Ron Killings, but Theodore Long got between the two men in attempt to cool the tension. However, this was just a distraction as it allowed Chilly Willy to attack Helms from behind, who subsequently dropped him with the Falcon Arrow, allowing The Cold Truth to make an exit just before Evan Karagias arrived to help out his 3 Count partners VS. Mari Apache defeated Lisa Moretti (5:27) - It was another chance for the Women's division to shine, perhaps for one of the final times on the Nitro brand as Mari Apache followed her sister Faby's win on Saturday Night with one of her own, this time against the veteran Lisa Moretti In a darkened room, The American Nightmare was surrounded by his Nightmare Family, Abyss and Daffney and shared some vague comments about "watching somebody" and "knowing they need help" and how "he is the one to save them", without going into any more detail than that. Dustin then stroked Daffney's hair and revealed that she would make her in-ring debut against Trish Stratus, saying everyone talks about how beautiful Trish is, but to their eyes, none are more desirable that Daffney Lita was in the back with Jeremy Borash to talk about her WCW Women's World title match at Souled Out and she repeated her words from Thunder, warning Lee not to underestimate her, saying she was more than willing to show that she can complete against a bigger opponent by challenging Rhonda Singh to face her on Thunder! Just then, B.W.A. interrupted the interview and it immediately prompted Lita to get ready for a fight. However Low Ki calmed her nerves, saying they were just here to talk. Erazo told Lita that she was debasing herself by associating with the Hardy Boyz when there were real men like them right here. Ki and Erazo crept closer as they talked, forcing Lita to back up but she showed bravery by telling them that Matt and Jeff were twice the men that B.W.A. were! This led Erazo & Low Ki to start laughing, "oh really" said Erazo as he grabbed Lita by the arm and dragged her away! The camera followed and they only had to go a short distance to find Matt and Jeff laid out in a mess on the floor! Lita pulled away and ran to check on them as B.W.A. asked who the real men were and Erazo told Lita they'll be waiting for her call! VS. Paul Wight defeated Chris Candido (0:35) - As expected, this one didn't last long. However, Candido attempted to explain the situation to Wight that he didn't want to face him, he wanted Rob Van Dam instead and to his credit, Wight listened intently and nodded along before grabbing him by the throat and drilling him with a huge chokeslam for the win. Unsurprisingly, Paul Wight never broke a sweat but within seconds he was swarmed by Edge, Christian and Rhino, all attacking him at the same time! "The Giant" held them off, even having Edge by the throat, ready to deliver a chokeslam only for Christian to distract him as he hit him in the back with one of the WCW World Tag title belts! Unfortunately for Christian, this didn't seem to phase him as Wight released Edge and turned to Christian, his eyes set on Christian's throat but he was stopped dead in his tracks when Rhino delivered a Gore that saw Wight crash to the mat! Finally reinforcements arrived as both Billy Kidman and Rob Van Dam ran out from the back, sending TSE scurrying for cover as they regrouped with Tammy Sytch on the entrance ramp. Kidman dared them to come back and fight, knowing he only had to wait three nights before his match with Edge on Thunder With just moments to go before the main event, Nitro General Manager Roddy Piper walked out and revealed that it wasn't just the wrestlers that had been drafted but also the announcers as well! He said that during the commercial break he and Hulk Hogan spoke with all of the contracted announcers and revealed to them where they had been drafted to. He then introduced, starting from right now the brand new announce team of Nitro; "The Professor" Mike Tenay, the legendary Bobby "The Brain" Heenan and introducing to WCW for the first time, the man who for 7 years was "The Voice of ECW"....Joey Styles! All three men walked out together and upon seeing Styles, an "ECW!" chant went up in the arena! The brand new Nitro announce team took their seats and Styles said that this was a huge night for him and he couldn't wait to get started while Heenan asked Tenay "who's the kid with the glasses?" VS. Diamond Dallas Page & Goldberg defeated Shawn Stasiak & Mike Awesome (12:34) - For the third week running, Goldberg is in tag team action and for the second time he is teaming with his Souled Out opponent. Mike Tenay noted the respect shown between both men but perhaps more importantly the confidence that each man has that it will be them walking out as WCW United States Heavyweight champion. Joey Styles reminded everyone that Stasiak and Awesome came into WCW together back in February of 1999, so despite everything Goldberg and DDP have accomplished, the tag team experience edge goes to the Evolution duo. Goldberg and Awesome renewed their rivalry, picking up where they left off in brutal fashion with both men showing their pure, brute strength. But the decisive moment of the match came when Goldberg had Stasiak in his sights for a spear, only for the Evolution member to pull DDP right into Goldberg's path! DDP was down and Goldberg was distracted for a moment, but that was enough for Awesome to attack from behind and land an Awesome Bomb before dragging Stasiak on top for what they presumed would be the three count, but Goldberg kicked out at the very last second! Stasiak then looked to finish his opponent off, dragging him to his feet where he looked for the Stasiak Plant, only for Goldberg to drop out the back and caught Stasiak with a spear! He then turned to Awesome and without missing a trick knocked him off the apron with another spear before picking Staisak up and drilling him with the Jackhammer for the win! Before Goldberg could celebrate, he was jumped by Mike Sanders and Chase Tatum. Unfortunately for them, Goldberg absorbed all of the blows and laid them both out with a double clothesline! Fortunately for them though, this just served as a distraction to allow Awesome to strike from behind and his power was far superior to that of Tatum or Sanders. Awesome then looked once again for the Awesome Bomb when out of nowhere came Diamond Dallas Page with the Diamond Cutter! DDP made the save for his Souled Out opponent, clearly recognising that the spear during the match was a mistake as he helped Goldberg up and shook his hand...only to pull Goldberg in for a Diamond Cutter as well! DDP hopped right back up, smirked and said "oops" before Joey Styles signed off Nitro for the first, but surely not the last time with his patented "oh my god!"

Definitely will! I had the next show ready to post two weeks ago, came here to post and realised the board move (which I completely missed!) was going on. I've then been on holiday and have only just had a chance to get back on, and I've seen a lot of the formatting has been muddled up, so need to work out how it all needs to look now, but hopefully the next show can go up today or tomorrow.

NWA update following Thunder announcement January 12th, 2001 by Mave Deltzer After the announcement by Eric Bischoff about the upcoming NWA Worlds Heavyweight title tournament, there have been a lot of questions about the future of the National Wrestling Alliance. We can confirm that World Championship Wrestling have indeed completed the purchase of the NWA and all associated copyrights, footage and of course championships. This means that historic titles such as the NWA Worlds Heavyweight title that dates back to 1948 is now owned by WCW. The plan, as per Bischoff is for a tournament to take place, seemingly similar to the G1 Climax held annually by New Japan Pro wrestling and once a new champion is crowned, there will eventually be a unification match with whoever the WCW World Heavyweight champion is at The Great American Bash pay-per-view, itself an NWA conception. This wouldn't be the first unification match involved the WCW World Heavyweight championship as Kurt Angle unified the ECW World Heavyweight title last September by beating Rhino. The WCW International World Heavyweight title was also unified back in 1994, but that title barely meant anything anyway. Interesting to note is that WCW have unofficially been a part of the NWA since around May last year, which is when the last recognised NWA Worlds Heavyweight champion Doug Basham (no, really) was forced to vacate the title and it has sat dormant ever since. In addition to that, the NWA World Junior Heavyweight, the NWA National Women's, NWA National and NWA National Tag Team championships have been defended at WCW or Championship Wrestling from Georgia (WCW's development territory) live events with WCW development contracted wrestlers LuFisto and James Storm & Chris Harris holding the NWA National Women's and NWA National Tag Team titles respectively. It's unclear what the future of these championships will be. Another question that had been asked is whether there were any plans to revive the NWA, what with the start of the brand extension. The answer appears to be yes, the original plan was to make Thunder the NWA brand and bring in the NWA championships to that show, but ultimately it was decided that as of January 2001, the brand of "WCW Thunder" is more valuable and more recognisable than the historic NWA brand and it was decided it wasn't worth the financial risk. A similar reason was used after WCW purchased ECW at the start of 2000 and eventually closed it down in September of the same year (coupled with poor ratings in the Saturday night slot and buy rate of the several pay-per-views held).

WCW THUNDER JANUARY 11TH, 2001 GERMAIN ARENA - ESTERO, FLORIDA Tony Schiavone welcomed everyone to Thunder and threw it right down to the ring where WCW President Eric Bischoff, Nitro General Manager Roddy Piper and Thunder General Manager Hulk Hogan were all already standing in the ring. Bischoff noted that he's sure people are wondering what exactly this new "huge announcement" is all about before showing off a black fabric bag that he was carrying. He said it had to do with this before pulling out the classic NWA Worlds Heavyweight championship! Bischoff gave a brief history lesson about the National Wrestling Alliance and said that up until 1993, WCW was a proud member along with numerous other promotions. However since that day, the NWA has fallen from relevance and has frankly been seen as a bit of a joke and ultimately no longer exists. Bischoff then accepted that WCW played a big part in this in how they handled their withdrawal, however he is standing here today with this championship because it's time to return some dignity to if not the NWA, but at least this prestigious championship. Eric Bischoff then revealed that on January 29th, the night that brand extension officially begins there will also be qualifying matches ahead of a tournament to crown a new NWA Worlds Heavyweight champion! In order to pay proper respect to the championship, the tournament will be under round-robin rules with a Nitro block and a Thunder block with the winner of both blocks facing off at WCW's brand new pay-per-view event Sin on March 25th. Bischoff explained that the purpose of this tournament is not to introduce a new World championship, but to pay proper respect and give someone that honour of being recognised as the final NWA Worlds Heavyweight champion because three months later at an NWA original event, The Great American Bash there will be a unification match with the WCW World Heavyweight champion! Bischoff said that WCW is proud of it's history and will pay proper respect to those that paved the way as a number of former NWA Worlds Heavyweight champions will be on hand at both events to present the championship. Hulk Hogan then took the microphone and said that this tournament was going to be the biggest one in WCW history and promised that a Thunder wrestler would walk away with the title. Roddy Piper laughed in the background before Hogan continued, revealed that while the brand extension doesn't kick in until the night after Souled Out, they are both in charge of their respective shows and as this is Thunder, it's time to reveal the main event. "All this talk of nostalgia has got him feeling hyped brother" before announcing Chris Jericho and Sonny Siaki teaming up to face "my number one draft pick" Goldberg and for the first time since World War 3; "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair! VS. Bret Hart & Chris Benoit defeated The Cold Truth (Ron Killings & Chilly Willy) - Nitro's number one draft pick Bret Hart teamed with another top ten pick in Chris Benoit as the two Canadian stars worked together well against Chilly Willy and the new WCW World Cruiserweight champion Ron Killings. Killings was clearly full of himself after his win on Nitro and may have been somewhat distracted at times, but it came down to Chilly and Bret Hart and despite the distraction attempts of Theodore Long, when Bret had Chilly in the Sharpshooter, there was only ever going to be one winner Following the match, Gene Okerlund met Bret Hart and Chris Benoit in the ring and asked Bret about being Roddy Piper's number one draft pick. Bret talked about going "way, way back" with Piper and said that he's grateful for the level of respect that it showed, promising to not let Piper down. Gene then brought up the NWA Worlds Heavyweight championship and Bret noted that it was the only major World championship he has yet to hold so he is 100% declaring himself for the tournament. Just as Gene was going to sign off, he was stopped by Chris Benoit who wasn't especially impressed about being ignored, revealing that he too was entering the tournament and reminded Gene that while he may not have been the number one draft, he was still in the top ten. However that wasn't what he wanted to talk about, he wanted to talk about what Piper said about him not "breaking the glass ceiling", because it made him think and the fact is that Piper is right; someone with his abilities should have been World Heavyweight champion by now. "And who's fault is that? It's mine, nobody else's" answered Benoit, saying it was time for him to make be the champion and the best opportunity he has to do that is to beat "the best". Benoit immediately turned to Bret and said that as far as he's concerned, Bret is the best, it's not a discussion and when they faced off last year, he felt it and he lost. But now he was challenging Bret to face him at Souled Out! Bret talked up Benoit as having "every tool" to be the best because he has everything that the Dynamite Kid had, the power, the speed and he has the technical ability that only the Dungeon in Calgary can create, so he accepts Benoit's challenge! The two men shook hands and Gene announced it officially; Bret Hart vs. Chris Benoit at Souled Out!" During the commercial break, Theodore Long was assuring Ron Killings & Chilly Willy that the loss didn't matter, all that matters is the WCW World Cruiserweight championship around the waist of "The Truth". However they were then approached by a furious Shane Helms along with the rest of 3 Count. Helms confronted Killings & Chilly, telling them that he was coming for them because Killings knows that if it wasn't for Chilly, he'd be the new champion. Long stepped between the two groups and told Helms to back off because despite whatever Helms claims, he isn't the champion, never was gonna be and Killings is "so you need to take your little friends and walk on" before he, Killings & Chilly walked away, leaving Evan Karagias & Shannon Moore to try and calm Helms down Queen's Court was backstage with Gene Okerlund, who revealed that Madusa had now been medically cleared and that her first match back would take place later tonight against Lita! Madusa said that it's been over a month and she's been itching to get back in the ring "and it's so, so right" that her first match back is against Lita. "No offence Sherri", but she disagrees with Sherri Martel that Lita should get a title shot next, but that's not her call and she knows that at Souled Out, "The Glamazon" Joanie Lee will end her. But that poses the question; will Lita even make it to Souled Out? Sherri Martel explained to Gene that she appreciates Madusa's honestly, in fact, she wants that challenge because that what pushes them all to be the best! Sherri, Madusa and Rhonda Singh walked off, leaving Gene to look up at the towering Joanie Lee, who glared at him before making her exit VS. Rhino, Edge & Christian defeated Rob Van Dam, Paul Wight & Billy Kidman - Following their issues on Nitro, it was confirmed that Rob Van Dam of Thunder would get a shot at Nitro and Rhino's WCW World Television championship at Souled Out, making that the second championship that could not only change hands but also homes at the pay-per-view. Tammy Sytch was at ringside, but during the course of the match, TSE's other member Chris Candido came down to try and get involved for the team as he slid one of the WCW World Tag Team championships into the ring towards Edge, only for Edge to try and powerbomb Kidman, which never works as Kidman reversed it into a face buster! This would have been the end were it not for quick thinking from Christian to make the save at the last second! Shortly after, Kidman lined up Edge for a Shooting Star Press, only for Christian to pull him to safety, leading to Kidman jumping down where he was immediately met with a Gore out of nowhere for the victory! Chris Candido, looking to make up for his error earlier in the match entered the ring right after and started putting the boots to Billy Kidman. With Kidman already essentially unconscious and Rhino, Edge & Christian celebrating their win with Tammy Sytch, Candido soon found himself alone in the ring with Rob Van Dam and a pissed of Paul Wight! Candido begged off, but Wight didn't care, grabbed him by the throat and laid him out with a huge chokeslam! The punishment wasn't over however as RVD shrugged, hopped up to the top rope and landed a picture perfect Five Star Frog Splash, leaving Tammy Sytch and the TSE furious on the outside. Hector Garza was lacing his boots, preparing for his match with Diamond Dallas Page later when he was met by Psychosis, Super Crazy & Perro Aguayo Jr; his Luchadores Enojados team mates. Garza stood up and Psychosis asked what happened and whether he made a mistake with the draft, but Garza said no because it was time for him to make a name for himself. He said that with no disrespect meant to them, he had outgrown the Cruiserweight division and said it makes him sick to see the likes of Eddy Guerrero and Rey Mysterio Jr. trying to stake a claim as the face of luchadores across the world when that should be him! He told them that while they might no longer be together, they will always be Luchadores Enojados, and with that they all fist bumped and embraced. VS. B.W.A. defeated C.W. Anderson & Chris Chetti - After their shocking arrival on Nitro, Low Ki & Erazo showed WCW fans what led them to become ECW World Tag Team champions, beating Hayabusa & Ultimo Dragon to do so as they made short work of their opponents, finishing off Chetti with the Brooklyn Stomp Immediately following the match, Erazo snatched the microphone from ring announcer Dave Penzer and introduced themselves to the WCW audience; Low Ki & Erazo, B.W.A. which stands for Brooklyn With Attitude. He said they've "done some bad things" before getting to this point, but this is their place, right here in professional wrestling. He said that they arrived in ECW and made an impact, they won the ECW World Tag Team titles and were just about to start their legacy when the Hardy Boyz ruined it. He reminded everyone that they won the titles on August 30th and lost them September 2nd to the Hardyz in the unification match. He said that night was supposed to be their night, they were going to walk onto Nitro with the WCW World Tag Team titles, but it didn't happen and until last week, they were gone. He said WCW didn't bring them in, so they went to Japan, they dominated over there, won championships but while the Hardy Boyz were making the money, taking the spotlight, living it up, they were sleeping in their cars! They should have had the money, it should have been them at Starrcade and it should have been them becoming big stars and now they're finally here in WCW, they're going to take it all away from the Hardy Boyz! Just as Erazo had finished, the music of the Hardy Boyz hit and Matt & Jeff ran out! They made a beeline right for the ring and went straight after Erazo & Low Ki, laying into them with rights and lefts and had them on the ropes as the fans cheered them on. Matt & Jeff then lined up for stereo Twist of Fates, but Erazo & Low Ki were able to pull away and escape from the ring, leaving the Hardy Boyz clearly frustrated but still ready to fight VS. Diamond Dallas Page defeated Hector Garza - Garza came into this with a big, big point to prove after his comments to his now former team mates in Luchadores Enojados, and he more than did that against the bigger star DDP. While Garza is aiming to move away from being labelled as a Cruiserweight, that doesn't mean he was going to change his style as he used his superior speed and athletic ability to keep DDP on his toes, and it was clear that at times, it was a struggle for DDP to keep up and it looked as though a huge upset was on the cards. But one moment, one mistake was all it took as Garza went for and missed his patented Tornillo and when he got back to his feet, he walked right into a Diamond Cutter to hand the very hard fought victory to DDP as the announcers praised Garza's fighting spirit In the backstage area, Gene Okerlund introduced WCW United States Heavyweight champion Goldberg! Gene asked him about being "the face of Thunder", and Goldberg smirked and said that "I'm the face of WCW Mean Gene" before saying that he's going to make Thunder the top show around because he will be here each and every week and beat everyone in his way. Gene asked him about teaming with the returning Ric Flair tonight, as well as facing an old enemy in Chris Jericho. Goldberg said that he doesn't need to talk about Jericho, he's done enough talking on him but as far as Flair goes; they are very, very different people, both inside and outside the ring, but the only thing they have in common is their hunger to win. Gene then turned his attention to the announced NWA Worlds Heavyweight championship tournament coming up and noted that he has been informed that champions are excluded from the tournament, which Goldberg isn't happy about, saying he is more than capable of representing his title while challenging for another one. Laughter was heard off camera before Diamond Dallas Page approached! Carrying a towel after his gruelling match with Hector Garza, he told Goldberg not to worry, he'll get his chance at the title because after Souled Out, DDP was going to be WCW United States Heavyweight champion! "Oh is that right" said Goldberg and a now deadly serious DDP replied "yeah, it is" before walking away VS. Lita defeated Madusa - For her first match in over a month, Madusa didn't look as though she had spent that long away from the ring at all. The challenger for Joanie Lee's WCW Women's World championship looked good as well, not showing any signs of distraction from the issues between the Hardy Boyz and B.W.A. this week and despite the experience difference, Lita was able to pick up the big win with the Litasault After having her arm raised in victory, Lita called for a microphone and said that ever since being named the number one contender, all she's heard is that she's not going to win the WCW Women's World championship, and this isn't just from Sherri Martel and Queen's Court but from nearly everyone. She said that Matt & Jeff believe in her and she knows her fans do, but the most important thing is that she believes, and she does believe and beating Madusa tonight reinforces that belief! She then warned Joanie Lee not to look past her and to not underestimate her Footage was shown from after the conclusion of Nitro where Jeremy Borash attempted to speak to Scott Hall about the shock result of the draft that saw Hall on Nitro and Kevin Nash go seperately to Thunder, but Hall ignored Borash's questions, simply walking past before shoving Borash out of the way, getting in his car and driving off! Another video package aired, highlighting the impressive suplexes of Taz before reminding everyone that he was coming soon VS. Lance Storm defeated Jerry Lynn - Tony Schiavone noted that these two highly technical wrestlers had only crossed paths once before, back in May at ECW's Hardcore Heaven as a part of a four-way tag team match, but never one-on-one. As expected, it was a technical affair with but with neither man afraid to go to the air when called upon. The match could easily have gone either way and with Steve Regal & Fit Finlay at ringside to counter any potential involvement from the rest of X-Factor, it ensured a fair match continued that saw Storm able to catch Lynn in the Canadian Maple Leaf submission for the victory Within seconds of the submission, X-Pac & Justin Credible hit the ring to put the boots to the victorious Jerry Lynn until Steven Regal & Fit Finlay ran out to even the odds. With Storm laid out, it was two-on-two and even, in fact it was edging towards Regal & Finlay until a recovered Lynn came from nowhere and blasted Finlay between the eyes with one of the WCW World Trios championships! Regal momentarily turned his attention towards Lynn, at which point X-Pac and Credible attacked from behind and the three men delivered a beat down that culminated with Credible and X-Pac delivering X Marks the Spot to lay Regal out alongside both Storm and Finlay Before the main event, it was announced that on Nitro, WCW World Heavyweight champion Kurt Angle would be there live, Scott Hall will face the British Bulldog, Steven Regal & Fit Finlay will take on X-Pac & Justin Credible and after their confrontation earlier tonight, Shane Helms will team with Shannon Moore to face Cold Truth on Nitro! VS. Goldberg & Ric Flair defeated Chris Jericho & Sonny Siaki - The young up-and-coming Sonny Siaki was looking to make a name for himself after stepping away from the main group of Evolution, but with Miss Gorgeous George by his side, he still continued to work "the Evolution way". Coming up against the groups founder in Ric Flair gave Siaki something of a point to prove, but unfortunately for him, Flair also believed he had something to prove following his recent prolonged absence. Goldberg and Jericho also renewed acquaintances, but Jericho did everything he could to stay out of the WCW United States Heavyweight champion's grasp, but he did fall victim to a big spear from "The Man", sending him tumbling out of the ring. Ultimately it came down to Flair and Siaki and while Siaki looked on top, posing after dropping Flair with a big powerslam, he neglected to pay Flair the proper attention as he showed just why he is the dirtiest player in the game as he caught Siaki with a chop block from behind before locking in the Figure Four Leglock to score the submission victory on his return match to WCW

1. Goldberg - WCW UNITED STATES HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION 2. Ric Flair 3. Booker T 4. Rob Van Dam 5. Estrellita 5. Faby Apache (Las Apaches) 5. Jacqueline (Sisters of Pain) 5. Jazz (Sisters of Pain) 5. Joanie Lee - WCW WORLD'S WOMEN CHAMPION (Queen's Court) 5. Lisa Morreti 5. Lita 5. Little Jeanne 5. Madusa (Queen's Court) 5. Malia Hosaka 5. Manami Toyota 5. Mari Apache (Las Apaches) 5. Rhonda Singh (Queen's Court) 5. Sherri Martel (Queen's Court) 5. Starla Green 5. Trish Stratus 5. Yuki Miyazaki 6. Owen Hart 7. Rey Mysterio Jr. 8. The Nightmare Family (The American Nightmare, Abyss & Daffney) 9. Chris Jericho 10. Kevin Nash Billy Kidman (w/ Torrie Wilson) British Bulldog B.W.A. (Low Ki & Erazo) Chuck Palumbo David Flair Disco Inferno The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray Dudley & D-Von Dudley) Eddy Guerrero Full Blooded Italians (Little Guido, Big Vito, Johnny Stamboli w/ April Maritato) The Hardy Boyz (Jeff Hardy & Matt Hardy) Hector Garza Lex Luger Randy Savage (w/ Elizabeth) Shane Douglas Sonny Siaki (w/ Miss Gorgeous George) Steven Regal, Fit Finlay & Lance Storm Stevie Ray Stevie Richards Tonga Fifita X-Factor (X-Pac, Justin Credible & Jerry Lynn) - WCW WORLD TRIOS CHAMPIONS Kurt Angle - WCW WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION Bret Hart 1. Sting 2. Tammy Sytch Enterprises (Edge & Christian, Rhino & Tammy Sytch) - WCW WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS & WCW WORLD TELEVISION CHAMPION 3. Evolution (Shawn Stasiak w/ Stacy Keibler, Mike Awesome w/ Mike Sanders & Chase Tatum) 4. AJ Styles 5. Averno 5. Blitzkrieg 5. Chavo Guerrero Jr. 5. Chris Candido 5. Christian York (w/ Alicia Webb) 5. CIMA (The Jung Dragons) 5. Dragon Kid (The Jung Dragons) 5. Elix Skipper 5. Evan Karagias (3 Count) 5. Hayabusa 5. Jimmy Yang (Yang & Hayashi) 5. Joey Matthews (w/ Alicia Webb) 5. Juventud Guerrera 5. Kaz Hayashi (Yang & Hayashi) 5. Kid Kash 5. La Parka 5. Lash LeRoux 5. Lenny 5. Lizmark Jr. 5. Perro Aguayo Jr. (Luchadores Enojados) 5. Psychosis (Luchadores Enojados) 5. Ron Killings (w/ Theodore Long) - WCW WORLD CRUISERWEIGHT CHAMPION 5. Shane Helms (3 Count) 5. Shannon Moore (3 Count) 5. Shark Boy 5. Super Crazy (Luchadores Enojados) 5. TAKA Michinoku (w/ Kristina) (The Jung Dragons) 5. Ultimo Dragon 5. Yoshihiro Tajiri 5. Diamond Dallas Page (w/ Kimberly Page) 6. Scott Steiner 7. Paul Wight 8. Chris Benoit 9. Scott Hall 10. Alex Wright Brad Armstrong Buff Bagwell Chilly Willy (w/ Theodore Long) Dean Malenko Ernest Miller Hugh Morrus Jeff Jarrett Johnny Swinger Jushin Thunder Liger Kanyon Konnan KroniK (Brian Adams & Bryan Clarke) Norman Smiley Perry Saturn The Prophecy (Christopher Daniels w/ Midajah, Mike Shane, Todd Shane & Steve Corino) Ravishing Perfection (Curt Hennig & Rick Rude) Rick Steiner Sione Vaihahi Spike Dudley

<div align="center"><div style="width:1300px;padding:10px;border:20px solid #000000;margin:10px;"> WCW NITRO JANUARY 8TH, 2001 AMERICAN AIRLINES ARENA - MIAMI, FLORIDA This historic edition of Monday Nitro kicked off with WCW President Eric Bischoff standing at the top of the stage with podiums representing both Thunder and Nitro either side of him. He promised that WCW would never be the same after tonight before introducing first the General Manager of Nitro, Roddy Piper and second Thunder's General Manager Hulk Hogan! The two men soaked up the incredible reaction from the fans, even sharing a tense handshake before they headed to their respective podiums. Bischoff then said that they weren't going to hang around, they were going straight into the draft and as a result of a coin toss, Thunder has earned the first draft pick which means that Hulk Hogan gets the honour of drafting the very first wrestler. Hogan thanked Bischoff and said that he had thought long and hard about how he wanted to assemble his roster and, frankly there was only one name he could start with. But before Hogan could make that selection, WCW World Heavyweight champion Kurt Angle stormed out! Angle was furious and told Hogan and Piper that "your little draft can wait" because he had serious issues he wanted to address! He immediately complained about what happened on Thunder with his pinfall loss to Rey Mysterio Jr. Angle complained that first of all, Rey was using the ropes, then that he also had a handful of tights but then beyond that, Rey wasn't even the legal man! Of course, each and every one of this claims was false, but that didn't stop Angle complaining about "the injustice of it" all, but what it did lead to is both Piper and Hogan leaving their podium and approaching the champion with Piper reminding Angle what tonight is about; a new era for WCW. Hogan said that he and Piper do not get along, "in fact we hate each others guts" but they came together to come up with a great main event for tonight, one they actually agreed upon together that they can now announce. Angle presumed it involved him, to which Piper pointed out that he was right, in fact it will be Angle against a man he came face-to-face with last week on Thunder; Eddy Guerrero! Angle was about to talk when Hogan interrupted him, telling him to shut up! Hogan then said they weren't done because in that match, Angle will be defending his WCW World Heavyweight championship! Angle was furious and complained to both Hogan and Piper but neither seemed to care, so he tried his luck with Bischoff, who brushed it off and said "they're running the show", prompting Angle to storm off! Now that was out of the way, they could finally turn their attentions back to the draft and pick up where they left off with Tony Schiavone announcing that we would hear the top ten picks tonight with the top three for each show right now. Hogan said that this was a huge deal, so he knew there was only one name he could go with; his first pick for Thunder is WCW United States Heavyweight champion Goldberg! Roddy Piper was impressed, telling Hogan that he "got the big one", but Piper said that was fine, Hogan went for the most powerful man in professional wrestling, he's going for the very best wrestler in professional wrestling and announced Bret Hart as Nitro's first pick! Hogan laughed and praised Piper's pick but said that his next pick might well disagree with his claim and drafted Ric Flair to Thunder! Now was Piper's time to laugh as he said "good luck working that relationship" before turning his attention to his next pick, saying is only one name you think of when you think of WCW; longer than him, longer than Hogan, and unlike Flair, a man who has been here since day one and never left; Nitro picks Sting! It was Thunder's final turn for the time being, so Hogan considered for a moment and said that even though his next pick came up short at Starrcade, he is certain that before 2001 is over, we will see him as WCW World Heavyweight; Booker T is heading to Hogan's Thunder! Roddy Piper was left with the third and final draft pick for the moment, and Piper said that it was time for Nitro to get some gold. He said that he isn't a fan of this group, but they have the most momentum of all in this company, what with them holding both the WCW World Television and WCW World Tag Team titles, so he is drafting Edge, Christian and Rhino; Tammy Sytch Enterprises! Hogan actually looked frustrated, like he had made a mistake or missed a trick but quickly refocused and applauded the selection before Tony Schiavone took over, hyping tonight's show with the blockbuster announcement of the main event pitting Angle against Eddy with Angle's title on the line!" <HR> VS. VS. VS. VS. VS. WCW WORLD CRUISERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP: Ron Killings defeated Juventud Guerrera ©, Chris Candido, Lenny, Super Crazy and Shane Helms - This match was conducted under elimination rules until two men remained, at which point it became a standard one-on-one match. The first man out was shockingly the former champion Candido, as seconds after an impressive second rope powerbomb to Lenny, he took the opportunity to check in with Tammy Sytch, only for Juventud to toss him out! Candido was in shock, more so when he saw the look of disappointment on Tammy's face as she walked away and he scurried along after her! Back in the ring, Lenny recovered from the powerbomb to show that he could well be a major player in the Cruiserweight division moving forward when he countered a hurricanrana attempt by Juvi and eliminated him, ensuring a new champion would be crowned. Unfortunately for Lenny, he made a fatal mistake of posing, giving Helms and Crazy the chance to team up and dump him from the ring. Helms and Crazy then went after one another until Killings joined the fray, working with Crazy to try and dump Helms. Fortunately Helms rallied, knocking Killings back and after sending Crazy to the apron was able to hit a springboard dropkick to eliminate him, bringing it down to just Killings and Helms. The two held nothing back with both knowing the value of what is at stake, but sadly for Helms, the decisive factor proved not to be either mans skill, but the sneakiness of Killings' new ally Chilly Willy. With the referee distracted by Theodore Long, Chilly snuck in the back, delivered a low blow and a Falcon's Arrow to Helms, allowing Killings to hit Consequence for the three and to win the WCW World Cruiserweight title! <HR> Theodore Long immediately snatched the WCW World Cruiserweight title and ran into the ring along with Chilly Willy and handed the title to it's new owner; Ron "The Truth" Killings. By now, Shannon Moore & Evan Karagias had made it into the ring to check on their partner Shane Helms, who initially looked devastated, but that turned to frustration at the sight of Killings with the title, a title he came so close to winning <HR> Returning from the commercial break, both Roddy Piper and Hulk Hogan were back at their podiums again for what Tony Schiavone revealed would be two further picks with the second for each being the choice between the Cruiserweight and Women's division, with Piper and Nitro getting the choice due to Hogan and Thunder getting the first draft pick earlier tonight. Hogan said that Piper has a pretty strong roster so far and admitted that getting TSE and the two championships they bring with them would have been a pretty sweet deal, but he had a plan and he's sticking with it because his next draft pick is someone who has been on a roll for months here in WCW. Someone who from now on can claim the name of "Mr. Thursday Night"...Rob Van Dam! "Damn" said Roddy Piper before laughing and saying "this is kinda fun" before turning his attention to the first of his two selections. He noted that when he picked TSE earlier, he said he didn't like them, not one bit but he can respect talent. His next pick is similar, it's another group, but this set of people he likes even less than TSE! They might not be have any championship gold right now, but he's sure they will again, especially with the winner of New Blood Rising in their ranks as Piper proceeded to draft Mike Awesome, Chase Tatum, Mike Sanders, Stacy Keibler and Shawn Stasiak; Evolution! However Piper wasn't done as it was time for the divisional draft and due to Thunder winning the toss to make the first pick, Nitro gets to select either the Women's division or the Cruiserweight division. Piper said that this was a hard one because from what he's seen, as far as he's concerned the women in WCW are some of the toughest around! "Joanie Lee, she scares me man" he said before saying some of the women have done things that he has never seen before! He admitted that this was almost a coin toss and that he'd have been happy either way, but that said, the excitement of the Cruiserweights just edged it for him! Hogan applauded Piper and said that if it were his pick, he was going to take the Women's division so he is more than happy <HR> VS. The Hardy Boyz defeated Tonga Fifita & Sione Vaihahi by disqualification - Fresh off of an impressive win over Dean Malenko a week ago, Jeff Hardy reunited with his brother Matt in an attempt to continue building momentum. The announcers noted that with the way the draft has gone so far, Matt & Jeff are in a dilemma as their partner Lita has been drafted to Thunder while the WCW World Tag Team titles are on Nitro, so whatever happens will cause a problem. However there were problems much closer at hand, as when it looked as though the Hardyz were on their way to a win, they were attacked by two men wearing hoodies and face masks! The referee immediately called for a disqualification and awarded the match to Matt & Jeff <hr> Despite the disqualification, the assault continued as the two unnamed assailants continued their unprovoked assault on Matt & Jeff Hardy! One of the attackers hooked up Matt, lifted him upside down and drilled him in a sickening manner down right on his head! The other man, having delivered brutal stiff kicks to Jeff then delivered a brutal fisherman driver! The two men then regrouped in the middle of the ring, removed their hoodies and masks to reveal themselves as former ECW World Tag Team champions Low Ki & Erazo; B.W.A.! At the sight of Jeff stumbling towards them, Erazo dragged him to his feet while Low Ki went to the top rope. Erazo then hoisted Jeff up in a powerbomb position, but it was Low Ki that delivered the impact as he dove off with a double footstomp into a powerbomb that Tony Schiavone identified as being the Brooklyn Stomp! B.W.A. stood tall and surveyed the damage they had inflicted upon an impressive arrival in WCW at the Hardy Boyz expense <hr> Gene Okerlund was with Chuck Palumbo ahead of his match with The American Nightmare a little bit later, and Chuck said that it didn't matter to him where he ended up, only that he still had a score to settle with Evolution. The interview was interrupted when David Flair walked in and the two friends slapped hands with David wishing Palumbo luck for his match. David went to leave, but Palumbo stopped him and reminded him that regardless of where he ends up, he has "a damned bright future", suggesting that maybe they could watch each others backs if they end up on the same show. David thanked Palumbo, but simply said "thanks, maybe" before walking away <hr> VS. Joanie Lee defeated Yuki Miyazaki - After the WCW Women's World champion's attack on Yuki on Thunder, Tony Schiavone revealed that Yuki had requested this match. She hadn't asked for a title match, but the announcers noted that if she were to win, she'd jump right to the front of the queue. Unfortunately for Yuki, Joanie Lee was never under threat and in fact she just looked like an animal playing with her food before she finally decided to end the match with a big powerbomb <hr> Sherri Martel and the rest of Queen's Court entered the ring to gloat about the sheer dominance that they would bring to the Women's division, now exclusively set for Thunder. She ran down Roddy Piper for not picking them, claiming that Lee is a bigger star than anyone in the Cruiserweight division and that he was right to be afraid of "The Glamazon" because she would snap him like a toothpick! Martel then turned her attention to Lita and told her that she had been given an opportunity at Souled Out because Lee had personally hand picked her, but the truth is, they aren't worried. Lee already beat the best this division has to offer at Starrcade to win the title and while Lita might be good, she just doesn't measure up to Lee, "so work hard, give it your best, but it's not going to happen" <hr> The second hour of Nitro began with Nitro and Thunder General Managers Roddy Piper and Hulk Hogan back at their podiums to make their next two selections. It was Thunder up first and Hogan took the time to praise the dominant display from Joanie Lee moments ago, but now it was time for Thunder's next draft pick and he said that his selection is someone who, for the vast majority of his career has always been overshadowed or compared to his older brother. But now his brother is on Nitro, Owen Hart will get the chance to shine on Thunder! Piper told Hogan that he made a good choice, admitting that he was hoping to bring Owen to Nitro but that's how it goes sometimes. His selection however has the opportunity not just to shine on Nitro but to bring even more championship gold to Nitro! He then proceeded to draft none other that then man who will challenge Goldberg for the WCW United States Heavyweight title at Souled Out; Diamond Dallas Page! Hogan took a sharp intake of breath and said DDP is good, "damned good, but that title ain't going anywhere brother"! Hogan then said that his next draft pick could well be short lived because he's picking the man who if he wins at Souled Out will be able to appear on both shows as WCW World Heavyweight champion; Rey Mysterio Jr! The announcers noted that Rey was not listed when the Cruiserweight division was highlighted, meaning he made the decision to back himself and with this drafting, he will not be tied to the division he played a huge part in bringing to the forefront of WCW. Roddy Piper commented that maybe it would be Rey against Eddy Guerrero at Souled Out if he wins tonight, but that's for later, right now he's going to make his pick and once again, it's someone Piper doesn't like. "That seems to be a theme" added Hogan, before Piper said his pick is someone who is probably should have been a World Heavyweight champion by now, but for one reason or the other, he hasn't been. Maybe on Nitro, he can earn that chance and proceeded to draft "Big Poppa Pump" Scott Steiner! <hr> VS. The American Nightmare defeated Chuck Palumbo - Chuck Palumbo was more than ready to make a name for himself, but fresh off his impressive win over Sting at Starrcade, Dustin had promised that his rise would begin tonight. Dustin played mind games with Palumbo, crouching in the corner, not moving until Palumbo was almost on top of him. For his part, Palumbo went in hard, looking for the big win but ultimately the experience factor of The American Nightmare was more than enough for Palumbo as he picked up the win with the Dream Breaker <hr> Abyss and Daffney entered the ring the celebrate with The American Nightmare, who slithered backwards off of Chuck Palumbo. The Nightmare Family then left the ring and headed up the ramp where they stopped at the sight of David Flair coming out, clearly on his way to check on his friend! David looked eyes with Dustin for a moment, but surprisingly Dustin ordered Abyss & Daffney to step aside and allow David a clear path to the ring <hr> Backstage, Eddy Guerrero was with Gene Okerlund and talked about how this kind of opportunity is long, long overdue for him. He said that he came to WCW five years ago and asked Gene if he knew how many chances like this he has had? "Cero!" he answered, pointing out that he has never had a shot at the WCW World Heavyweight title and while that might have eaten him up before, this is a new time in WCW, a new chance and he's going to take it with both hands. He asked Gene if he realised how big of a deal it was for someone like Rey Mysterio Jr. to get a title shot, not just anywhere but on pay-per-view? He said that it was huge and claimed that everyone in Mexico would be watching because it transcends borders! With all of that said, he questioned how huge it would be for two luchadores to headline the first big pay-per-view of 2001 for the biggest title in all of professional wrestling? He can't even explain it, "which is why Kurt, this is bigger than you, bigger than me, this means everything" and vowed to walk out of Nitro tonight WCW World Heavyweight champion! <hr> Nitro returned from a commercial break to find Gene Okerlund standing by with Steven Regal, Lance Storm & Fit Finlay as well as WCW World Trios champions X-Factor and Gene announced that on Thunder it would be Lance Storm taking on Jerry Lynn. X-Pac then cut off Gene and asked who Regal thought they were? He said that they are the champions, the first real champions "that mean a damn" since the very first ones, saying they are a proper team, they have each others backs before pointing out that Regal and his friends don't even have a name! Regal smirked and said that Pac is right, they don't but they have something X-Factor doesn't and that is the respect of each other and the respect of their peers. He said that Lance Storm is a man who was wasted in ECW, if he had come to WCW several years ago he'd have been a bigger name and a champion by now. But the point is this; on Thunder, Storm is going to make Lynn tap out, now that isn't a threat, it's a promise and then very soon after that they will get their shot at their titles and we'll see just who walks away <hr> Both Paul Wight & Billy Kidman were in the ring, ready for their match with Tammy Sytch's hand picked opponents. Sytch walked out onto the ramp with WCW World Tag Team champions Edge & Christian and said that it was good to see them ready, looking like a team but the truth is they aren't and everyone knows it, especially them. But it's fine, it doesn't matter because they aren't going beat her hand-picked team, a team that Kidman is very familiar with before she introduced the dangerous duo of Brian Adams & Bryan Clarke; KroniK! <hr> VS. Paul Wight & Billy Kidman defeated KroniK - The announcers noted Billy Kidman's history with KroniK and Tammy Sytch having brought them in as essentially "hired guns" last year, but this time a chance at the WCW World Tag Team titles were at stake. When Kidman was in the ring, the match swung towards KroniK but after Kidman made the hot tag to Wight, everything changed and very quickly the big man caught Clarke with a huge chokeslam for the win and to give them a shot at the gold at Souled Out <hr> As Paul Wight was getting to his feet, Rhino ran out and when Wight was up and turned around he walked right into a huge Gore! The WCW World Television champion pounded his chest before turning his attention to Billy Kidman, lining up for another Gore but suddenly Rob Van Dam's music hit! The man who felt the Gore from Rhino last week ran out to the ring with a steel chair in hand send Rhino and the rest of TSE out of the ring, running for cover as RVD begged for Rhino to come back and face him <hr> Tony Schiavone revealed that he had just been told that WCW President Eric Bischoff will be on hand to make yet another huge announcement! None of the announcers had any idea what it was about but from what Schiavone had been told, it was going to kick off Thunder <hr> The main event was almost upon us, but before that it was time to finalise the top ten drafts for Nitro and Thunder. Tony Schiavone reminded everyone the televised draft had been completed, the remainder of the roster would be drafted via a lottery with the finalised rosters available on WCW.com later tonight. Hulk Hogan and Roddy Piper were back at their podiums and Hogan said they wanted to make this quick because while it's important, they want to get to the main event as soon as possible! It was Thunder to pick first and Hogan drafted The Nightmare Family, bringing Abyss, Daffney and of course The American Nightmare to Thunder. He admitted to being a bit wary, but regardless of any personal concerns, he can see just how far Dustin can go and could well be a future WCW World Heavyweight champion. Piper followed up naming the largest athlete in all of professional wrestling as Nitro's latest draft pick, as "The Giant" Paul Wight heads to Nitro. Piper added that it was time for Wight to get back on track! Hulk Hogan was clearly disappointed at having lost out on his former tag team partner and WCW World Tag Team champion, but he moved on and drafted another name who is, in his words, "the cockiest guy he's ever met" and drafted Chris Jericho to Thunder! Piper followed up with Nitro's ninth pick and asked Hogan to cast his mind back to November of 1997 when the Hart Dynasty arrived in WCW. He said that he was a part of it, as was Jericho but there was someone else in that group, someone who for whatever reason has never "broken the glass ceiling", but now on Nitro, he's going to have every chance to do that as Chris Benoit is Nitro's ninth pick. It was finally time for the tenth pick for both shows and Hulk Hogan and Thunder were up first. Hogan said that his last pick is a tough one, and frankly when he checked through the list, he was surprised because he didn't expect this name to be alone as ever since he's been in WCW, he's stood side-by-side as an equal with his best friend. He said that they have A LOT of history together, not all of it good but maybe this is what he needs, a fresh start and so Hogan drafted, alone, Kevin Nash! Roddy Piper couldn't hold back his smile as he told Hogan that he had the exact same though...but about Nash's partner! Piper then drafted Scott Hall to Nitro, splitting The Outsiders for the first time since their arrival in WCW over four years ago! Piper said he doesn't know why they weren't listed together, but that's not his problem, he's got the best of the two! Hogan disputed this and hyped up Nash's size and power with the two men bickering for a few seconds before Hogan shut it down, saying they can continue this later and frankly we'd see who got the best deal over the next few months, but right now it's time for the main event! <hr> VS. WCW WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP: Kurt Angle © defeated Eddy Guerrero - This was a match that had a lot of hype and a lot excitement as soon as it was announced earlier tonight, and with Eddy's comments, the importance of this match could be felt clearly. Despite Eddy's reputation as a high-flyer, he is an incredible proficient mat wrestler as well and he surprised Angle by going toe-to-toe with the Olympic gold medalist in pure wrestling. During the course of the match, Rey Mysterio Jr. was seen watching on a monitor backstage where he was clearly supporting Eddy with the camera catching his excitement when Eddy went to the top rope for a Frog Splash and his disappointment when Angle got his knees up to counter it. Eddy gave everything he had, coming close to a win with the Frog Splash attempt and even closer several minutes later when he, similarly to how Rey scored the huge win last week countered the Ankle lock into a roll-up, but this time for a very near fall. The clearly flustered champion left the ring to recompose, where he then grabbed his title and returned to the ring, only for the referee to take it away from him, leading to Eddy getting another incredibly near fall! Angle was now furious and went on the offensive with the match swinging both ways and exhaustion showing on either side. But when Angle went for an Olympic Slam and Eddy rolled through and countered with an arm drag, he followed up with a brainbuster and went to the top rope, once again looking for the Frog Splash. However this time, Angle rolled out of the way and Eddy had to counter in mid air, rolling through only to tweak his ankle. This was like blood to a shark for Angle, who immediately pounced and locked in the Ankle lock! Eddy was in serious pain and while he endured for longer than many, he ultimately had no choice but to tap out and give Angle the victory <hr> <DETAILS><SUMMARY>WCW NITRO RESULTS</SUMMARY> WCW WORLD CRUISERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP: Ron Killings defeated Juventud Guerrera ©, Chris Candido, Lenny, Super Crazy and Shane Helms (13:25) to win the WCW World Cruiserweight title The Hardy Boyz defeated Tonga Fifita & Sione Vaihahi by disqualification(4:06) Joanie Lee defeated Yuki Miyazaki (5:18) The American Nightmare defeated Chuck Palumbo (7:05) Paul Wight & Billy Kidman defeated KroniK (9:30) WCW WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP: Kurt Angle defeated Eddy Guerrero (16:43) to retain the WCW World Heavyweight title </div style>

<div align="center"><div style="width:1300px;padding:10px;border:20px solid #000000;margin:10px;"> WCW THUNDER JANUARY 4TH, 2001 COLUMBUS CIVIC CENTER - COLUMBUS, GEORGIA Tony Schiavone welcomed everyone to a historic edition of Thunder where we would find out the identity of the General Manager of this very show momentarily! There was a couple of seconds silence until American Made blarred out on the PA system and out walked "The Immortal" Hulk Hogan! Hogan slapped hands with fans at ringside before heading into the ring where he soaked up the adulation of the fans, who clearly missed seeing him around, having been away from WCW for such a long time. Hogan thanked the fans for the great ovation and announced that he is the General Manager of Thunder. He said when Eric Bischoff called, he didn't hesitate, saying it's no secret that he's been dealing with a number of injuries over the past year or so. Hogan said that when he tuned into Monday Nitro, he like everyone else was excited for the announcement because he knew what was coming. He said that when Monday Nitro debuted back in September 1995, he was in the main event, defending the WCW World Heavyweight champion and ever since then, he's been a huge part of the show "from the red and yellow to the nWo and back again" and he thinks that played a pretty big part in the success of that show. Now two years after it's first edition, Thunder is right up there with Nitro as the two top professional wrestling shows in the world...but that's going to change, because when he takes over Thunder, he's going to make it the number one show! Suddenly the sound of bagpipes filled the arena and laughing Roddy Piper walked out, smiling all the way down the ramp until he got into the ring where he just started laughing again. "Of course it's you" Piper said, reminding everyone that he didn't know the identity of Thunder's GM before getting acknowledgement from Hogan that he didn't know about Piper until he watched Nitro. "The more things change, the more the stay the same", adding that they just can't get away from each other. Hogan admitted that seeing Piper walk out on Nitro made him sit up, but after a minute he smiled! He said that everyone knows their history, everyone knows they do not like one another ("Oh I hate you" Piper added), but Hogan noted that they bring out the worst and best in one another every time they have locked up. Piper agreed and said that he is very much looking forward to kicking Hogan's ass once again with Monday Nitro before offering Hogan his hand! Hogan took it, shook and said he feels exactly the same "but don't worry brother, I still have the red and yellow boots...and the black and white ones!" <hr> VS. Rhino & Chris Candido defeated The Misfits (Stevie Richards & Norman Smiley) - Despite the apparent awkwardness at the reveal of the formation of Tammy Sytch Enterprises and Sytch giving up Chris Candido's WCW World Cruiserweight title rematch clause to get Rhino a shot at the WCW World Television title, Candido and Rhino worked well together as a team with Candido getting the pin himself <hr> Tammy Sytch entered the ring following the win, but she didn't come alone as new WCW World Tag Team champions Edge & Christian were with her, but in the ring, WCW World Television champion Rhino delivered a huge Gore to Hugh Morrus, who had been checking on his fallen allies! Sytch looked very happy before gleefully hyping and introducing Rhino and the WCW World Tag Team champions Edge & Christian. She talked about how they defeated the two best tag teams in WCW, not just at Starrcade but also at World War 3, calling them the best team on the planet and that they were going to go from strength to strength under the TSE banner and hyped them as huge stars who will be in action in the main event later tonight. Tammy then announced some good news for Chris Candido; she has gotten him a shot at the WCW World Cruiserweight title on Monday Nitro! Candido's face lit up but then dropped slightly when Sytch revealed it would be as part of a six-way match, but told him not to worry because she would be in his corner, just as she always is and always will be and together they will bring more gold into TSE. Just as TSE were preparing to leave, they were stopped in their tracks by the arrival of Billy Kidman and Paul Wight! Wight told them to hold on just a minute because they heard Tammy talk about great teams and figured they were talking about them! Kidman said that his and Torrie Wilson's issues with Tammy go back a long way and they never really got proper closure "seen as your last man kept hiding and you ran away to ECW!", which is why they think it's only right to get some closure now as he and Wight are challenging Edge & Christian for the titles! Edge answered by saying they don't deserve anything close to a title shot, pointing out that they have barely teamed recently and the last time they did properly they lost...to them! Tammy then whispered something to Edge, who said that they would be willing to put the titles on the line but only if they beat a team of their choosing on Nitro. After some short conferring, Wight accepted the challenge and the match was set for next week <hr> VS. Scott Steiner defeated Danny Doring - Less of a match, more an experiment in domination as Steiner was on Doring as soon as the bell sounded, wasting no time in throwing him around the ring before locking him in the Steiner Recliner for an impressive victory <hr> Gene Okerlund was backstage with Evolution, who had specifically requested this interview time. Shawn Stasiak first of all took the opportunity to mock his old friend David Flair "for being such a loser" that he can't even bear to be on the same show as him! Then he turned to later tonight, the tag team match with him and Sonny Siaki against Lex Luger and the British Bulldog and said that this would probably be the last time we see them team together. Gene was surprised, then Siaki revealed that after the announcement of the brand extension, they realised that Evolution being restricted to just one show was all wrong so when they declare themselves for the draft, he will not be aligning with Evolution! Make no mistake though, this isn't the end of Evolution, Stasiak said that the truth is, the time has come for Evolution to expand and he can think of no better way to do that then to split with Stasiak on one show and Siaki on another. Siaki said that he already "has his eye" on some recruits, but tonight it's about Evolution and it's another chance to kick some old asses! <hr> VS. Lita defeated Yuki Miyazaki - Two weeks ago Lita secured the win for her team in a eight-person Women's division showcase, but it was after the match that drew a lot of attention as WCW Women's World champion Joanie Lee walked out with the question being, who was she focusing on? In the ring, Lita had her hands full against the top class Joshi flyer Yuki Miyazaki, who has more than proven herself in WCW and even has a victory over Lita under her previous guise from back in September. But tonight was Lita's night as she caught Yuki with a Twist of Fate before following up with a Litasault for the victory <hr> Lita celebrated her victory before helping Yuki Miyazaki to her feet where the shook hands in a sign of respect. However, WCW Women's World champion Joanie Lee then walked out, flanked as ever by Sherri Martel! Lee walked right down the ring, but neither Lita nor Yuki backed down when she arrived. Martel told Lita not to worry, she's safe but that they're here to answer the question about who will be "The Glamazon's" first challenger and after her impressive win last week, the answer is her! Lee wants only the best WCW has to offer, and while she absolutely doesn't come anywhere near the champions level, "you're pretty good" and so at Souled Out, Lita will get a chance to make a name for herself. Suddenly and without warning, Joanie Lee turned and drilled Yuki Miyazaki with a big boot! Lita immediately went to check on her opponent as the smiling duo of Lee and Martel left the ring <hr> Despite beating Sting at Starrcade, The American Nightmare has yet to appear live on either Nitro since. The trend continued here with another video of Dustin stood with Daffney and Abyss stood either side of him as he promised that we wouldn't be missing him for long because he would be on Monday Nitro, not just for his match with Chuck Palumbo but for the draft because he was very interested to see where his "family" goes. He said 2001 will be a big year for the Nightmare Family, starting in four days <hr> Tony Schiavone threw it backstage where Gene Okerlund was standing by with Theodore Long, Ron Killings, The Sisters of Pain and his newest client; "Everybody's Homeboy" Chilly Willy! Long introduced him as such and said that he and Killings are the Cold Truth before Chilly pulled down his sunglasses and said that ever since high school, he has always been the coolest man in the room and that while the place may change, the facts stay the same. Long then announced that Killings would finally get the respect he deserves on Monday Nitro when he takes part in the six-man match for the WCW World Cruiserweight title, but following Chris Benoit's interference in their business, Killings had a message for both Benoit and Bret; later tonight, Chilly makes his WCW debut against Benoit but after he's won the title on Monday Nitro, they want to celebrate on Thunder by beating both Bret and Benoit in a tag team match! <hr> VS. Shawn Stasiak & Sonny Siaki defeated Lex Luger & British Bulldog - Rolling back the years to when Luger & Bulldog first "allied" back in January of 1995, they worked well together as a team as the announcers speculated on whether this could lead to them teaming together on a more regular basis, if they get drafted to the same show of course. With Mike Sanders, Miss Gorgeous George and Stacy Keibler at ringside, Luger and Bulldog had a lot they needed to be weary of, not least their opponents in the ring but when Luger had Siaki in the Torture Rack, it looked over, especially as Siaki began to tap! But fortunately for Siaki, George was able to distract the referee, allowing Sanders to slide a steel chair to Stasiak who proceeded to blast Luger in the back with it! Bulldog went after Stasiak, but in the ring Siaki recovered and showed his impressive strength by drilling Luger with the Siakalypse Now to secure the big win <hr> The second hour of Thunder kicked off with the arrival of WCW World Heavyweight champion Kurt Angle, who told the fans in Columbus to cheer louder because "unlike that fake" Hulk Hogan, a real American hero has finally arrived! Angle then turned his attention to the main event later tonight where he would team with "his close friends Edge & Christian" to beat Rob Van Dam, Eddy Guerrero and his Souled Out opponent Rey Mysterio Jr. He wanted to correct a misconception; he is not underestimating Rey, not at all, in fact, he completely understands exactly what to expect from Rey at Souled Out, the problem for Rey is that it isn't good enough to beat him. Now he respects Rey, "you're great for what you are, but that's the difference; I'm just great" and said that while the Rey he faces at Souled Out isn't the same Rey he faced this time last year, he isn't the same either because every time he steps in the ring, he gets better and better. Angle continued to gloat about how great he is when he was interrupted by one of the men he will face later tonight; Eddy Guerrero. Eddy began to snore before mocking the fact Angle keeps saying the same thing over and over and that by now, it's pretty damn boring! Eddy said he wasn't here to talk about how good Rey is, he's been in the ring with him, he knows better than most but honestly he just wanted to stop Angle from talking! Eddy then turned to leave before Angle yelled that he can't just come out here and talk to him like that and then leave, "I'm a friggin Olympic gold medalist!" Eddy smirked again and told Angle, "you keep doing that" before walking off, leaving Angle absolutely furious! <hr> VS. Christian York & Joey Matthews defeated Ultimo Dragon & Hayabusa - Yoshihiro Tajiri was in the corner of Hayabusa & Ultimo Dragon, but AJ Styles was not with the Phenomenal Ones due to an injury sustained after his match with Owen Hart. York & Matthews did look somewhat lost, looking to the absent Styles for guidance but while Alicia Webb at ringside did her best, it wasn't quite the same. However they scored a huge stroke of luck when suddenly outside the ring, Tajiri was attacked by Scott Hall! He slammed him hard into the steel steps, distracting Ultimo and allowing Matthews to roll him up for a big win! <hr> Scott Hall didn't seem to care about the ongoing match or that he had cost Yoshihiro Tajiri's partners their match as he continued the attack on Tajiri outside the ring. But Hayabusa saw what was going on and went right after Hall, catching him off guard with a dive through the ropes! Hayabusa delivered several right hands before making the mistake of turning to pump up for the crowd because when he turned back, Hall levelled him with a big clothesline! Hall then tossed Hayabusa into the steps and lined the prone Tajiri up for the Outsiders Edge, only for Booker T to run out to make the save! Hall dropped Tajiri and dared Booker to come and face him, but Booker stopped short and after a brief stand off, Booker told Hall to turn around. Hall looked confused until he was spun around by Tajiri and for the second time in less than a week he was cover by green mist! Hall wiped madly at his eyes, all while Booker stood by, smirked and shrugged <hr> Up next was Chris Benoit against Chilly Willy, but before the match both Benoit and Bret Hart joined Gene Okerlund in the interview area. Benoit says that he doesn’t know who Chilly Willy is and he doesn't care, all that matters as that he's going to make him tap out! Bret then thanked Benoit for his help last week but suggested that he had it all in hand. Benoit accepted that but reminded Bret he'll always have his back and he knows that Bret would have done the same for him, which is why they are accepting the challenge to face the Cold Truth on Thunder next week! Bret said that he knows Benoit doesn't need it, but wished him good luck anyway for his match <hr> VS. Chris Benoit defeated Chilly Willy - For someone making his in-ring WCW debut, especially against someone as technically proficient as Chris Benoit, Chilly Willy gave his opponent a run for his money. However, even though Theodore Long did his best to distract Benoit, Chilly was no match for Benoit and when he locked in the Crippler Crossface, Chilly had no choice but to tap immediately <hr> Footage aired from after the main event on Monday Nitro where Diamond Dallas Page and WCW United States Heavyweight champion Goldberg teamed up to defeat Ravishing Perfection. It showed DDP and Goldberg exchanging looks of respect, but when Goldberg turned around to pose for the crowd, it looked as though DDP had been lining up for a Diamond Cutter! But as soon as Goldberg turned, DDP just smiled and left the ring. Back live, DDP was with Jeremy Borash, who asked him about that moment and DDP made crystal clear that he was never going to lay out Goldberg BUT the point is that if he wanted to, he could have, and that's what Goldberg needs to remember at Souled Out because last time they met, one Diamond Cutter took him down and won him the WCW World Heavyweight title!" <hr> It was almost time for the main event and Eddy Guerrero, Rob Van Dam and Rey Mysterio Jr. were getting ready for the match when Hulk Hogan approached the three! Hogan slapped hands with each of them and said that when Eric Bischoff approached him about being General Manager of Thunder one of the things he was most excited about was guys like them. He said that he watched the match between RVD and Rey last week and said it was "incredible" before telling Rey that he's backing him all the way at Souled Out against his old enemy Kurt Angle. Rey thanked Hogan and said that it means a lot to him and vowed to win the WCW World Heavyweight title and show the world that "guys like us" deserve to be the main event <hr> VS. Rey Mysterio Jr., Rob Van Dam & Eddy Guerrero defeated Kurt Angle, Edge & Christian - Despite the lack of history as a team for Rey, RVD and Eddy, the respect they each had for one another was clear, going back to the personal rivalry for Eddy and Rey and of course the recent match between RVD and Rey. This seemed to give them somewhat of an edge of their opponents, who have got history as a trio and an apparent friendship as well. Tammy Sytch was at ringside directing traffic for her team but it was another member of TSE who played a massive part in the outcome of the match as Rhino, sneaking behind the referee's back appeared from nowhere and delivered a huge Gore to RVD on the outside! The impact of this saw RVD hit the back of his head hard on the floor, but while it was clear to everyone what had happened, Tammy and Angle seemingly convinced the referee that RVD had fallen off the apron! As medics were checking on RVD, the match continued as essentially a handicap match, but while the numbers game was clearly against them, Eddy and Rey had the advantage of causing their opponents to become overconfident. Angle connected with the Olympic Slam on his Souled Out opponent Rey, and while normally he would follow up by making the pin, he decided to take a moment to posture, pulling down his straps before looking for the ankle lock. However, much to his surprise and that of the announcers, Rey immediately rolled Angle up tightly and held on long enough to score a huge victory! <hr> As soon as the referee's hand hit the mat for the third time, Rey Mysterio Jr. released Kurt Angle and rolled out of the ring to safety, whereas Angle just looked absolutely stunned at what amounts to only Angle's second ever pinfall loss! Angle's reaction turned to fury as he complained to the referee about one thing or the other, but it didn't matter, Rey had the win and was joined on the entrance ramp in celebration by Eddy Guerrero as Thunder went off the air with Tony Schiavone reminding everyone not to miss the historic Monday Nitro next week as the first ever WCW draft will take place! <hr> <DETAILS><SUMMARY>WCW THUNDER RESULTS</SUMMARY> Rhino & Chris Candido defeated Stevie Richards & Norman Smiley (5:03) Scott Steiner defeated Danny Doring (0:50) Lita defeated Yuki Miyazaki (10:28) Shawn Stasiak & Sonny Siaki defeated Lux Luger & British Bulldog (9:55) Christian York & Joey Matthews defeated Ultimo Dragon & Hayabusa (8:25) Chris Benoit defeated Chilly Willy (8:02) Rey Mysterio Jr., Rob Van Dam & Eddy Guerrero defeated Kurt Angle, Edge & Christian (13:34)</DETAILS> <hr> <DETAILS><SUMMARY>WCW SATURDAY NIGHT RESULTS</SUMMARY> Super Crazy defeated Lash LeRoux (6:38) Jeremy Borash spoke to Lenny J, who is now going simply by the name of "Lenny", saying that he has completed his learning as protégé of Chris Jericho and that now it is time for him to strike out on his own, which is why he is entered into the six-man match on Monday Nitro for the WCW Cruiserweight title The Sisters of Pain defeated Little Jeanne & Allison Danger (5:36) Back with Jeremy Borash, 3 Count were playing rock, paper, scissors to determine which of them would take part in the WCW Cruiserweight title match. Evan Karagias was eliminated first, much to his frustration, followed by Shannon Moore, meaning Shane Helms would take part. Moore & Karagias put their disappointment aside to support Helms and hype him up for the match on Monday Nitro Jimmy Yang & Kaz Hayashi defeated Kid Kash & EZ Money (8:08) The Dudley Boyz & Spike Dudley defeated Simon Diamond, Nick Dinsmore & Rob Conway (7:26) Hector Garza defeated Konnan (9:25) Jeff Jarrett defeated Charlie Haas (7:52)</DETAILS> </div style>

<div style="width:1000px;padding:10px;border:20px solid #000000;margin:10px;"> <hr> A coin toss will take place on Monday Nitro to determine which General Manager gets to make the first draft pick. Throughout the course of Monday Nitro, both General Managers will make ten selections each. The remaining wrestlers will be divided randomly in a draft lottery following the show. The Cruiserweight and Women's division will be drafted as a single selection with the fifth draft pick. Wrestlers can be drafted as part of a faction or tag team if each members declares themselves as such - for example if both Matt and Jeff Hardy declared themselves as part of "The Hardy Boyz", they would be drafted together, otherwise they would both be drafted separately. The same rules apply for eligibility to divisions - for example, if TAKA Michinoku declared himself for the Cruiserweight division, he would not be drafted individually or as part of "The Jung Dragons" (divisional declarations supersede faction or tag team declarations). WCW World Heavyweight champion Kurt Angle is the only wrestler ineligible for selection as he can appear on both Thunder and Nitro. Unlimited trades can be made following the finalisation of the rosters on January 8th. Rosters and championships will then be locked at 11:59pm on January 28th following Souled Out. The brand extension officially begins on Monday Nitro on January 29th.

<div align="center"><div style="width:1300px;padding:10px;border:20px solid #000000;margin:10px;"> WCW MONDAY NITRO JANUARY 1ST, 2001 PHILLIPS ARENA – ATLANTA, GEORGIA Monday Nitro is coming live from Atlanta, Georgia and as promised, WCW President Eric Bischoff is here with a huge announcement! As usual, the reaction for Bischoff was distinctly mixed, which Bischoff didn't seem to notice or worry about as he smirked and acknowledged the fans. He talked about how wrestling has a history of "huge announcements", something that Bret Hart actually alluded to last week and as Bret said, they are usually disappointing. The hype is huge but whatever it may never really lives up to the billing; "well I'd like to think this time is going to be different". Bischoff talked up the success of Monday Nitro and of Thunder, saying they have both become brands of their own under the WCW banner "which is why that is exactly what they are going to become" with the introduction of a brand extension! Bischoff then clarified that Thunder and Nitro will each run independently with distinct roster of wrestlers, announcers and championships with each programme being run by their own General Manager. The WCW World Heavyweight champion will be the only person who will be eligible to appear on both shows because that championship is the richest prize in all of professional wrestling, no other championship can come close, and it deserves the level of respect that representing all of World Championship Wrestling will entail. This time next week there will be a draft where the two General Managers will compete to put together the best roster they possibly can, with ten picks each taking place on Nitro and the rest of the roster being drafted by a lottery ahead of Thunder with the brand split coming into full force following Souled Out. He said that details of the rules of the draft would appear on wcw.com after Nitro concludes later tonight. Bischoff then went to leave but then stopped, realising he had forgotten something; the identity of the two General Manager's. He smirked and said that the identity of the General Manager of Nitro would be revealed just prior to tonight's main event of Goldberg & Diamond Dallas Page against Rick Rude & Curt Hennig, while we'll have to wait until the kick-off of Thunder on Thursday night for the identity of Thunder's General Manager! This time Bischoff was finished, but instead of him leaving, WCW World Heavyweight champion Kurt Angle walked out! He joined Bischoff in the ring and shook his hand before saying how happy he is to hear what the WCW President had just said. He knew that he was the biggest star in WCW and finally it was nice for it to be recognised by management. He promised to carry this company on his back, just like he has done for the past six months since he won the title and brought prestige to it like it has never know. Bischoff then interrupted Angle and said that while he does believe Angle is the best wrestler on the planet and has indeed elevated the championship, the fact is that in just under a months time he will have to defend the title at Souled Out and if he loses, he will not be eligible to appear on both Nitro and Thunder. Angle dismissed Bischoff's words, pointing out that he is facing Rey Mysterio Jr., someone he has already beaten before and will do again so Bischoff needn't worry, he will still be champion and the face of WCW after Souled Out! Bischoff was happy to hear so much confidence from Angle, which is why he's making a match for Thunder; Angle will team up with WCW World Tag Team champions Edge & Christian to face Rob Van Dam, Eddy Guerrero and his Souled Out opponent Rey Mysterio Jr. in the main event! <hr> VS. Jushin Thunder Liger defeated CIMA - After his shocking appearance last week to make the save for Kaz Hayashi & Jimmy Yang, Jushin Thunder Liger looks set to be on a collision course with The Jung Dragons, starting tonight with CIMA. Unsurprisingly, both Dragon Kid & TAKA Michinoku attempted to get involved in the match but very quickly, both Hayashi & Yang also inserted themselves into the fray, going after their former leader! In the ring, the 1999 Super X Cup winner Liger was able to put CIMA away with a big brainbuster <hr> In the interview area, Gene Okerlund was joined by Tammy Sytch and her clients; the WCW World Tag Team champions Edge & Christian, Chris Candido and the man who will challenge Juventud Guerrera for the WCW World Television title later tonight, "The Man Beast" Rhino. Gene talked about the bombshell announcement from Eric Bischoff about the brand extension that will begin next week and put it to Sytch that this alliance could well be short-lived as they may be drafted to separate shows! Tammy replied by claiming that Tammy Sytch Enterprises is going to dominate WCW, that isn't a claim, it's just a fact and after tonight is done, there will be two championships in TSE, more than any other group can claim, so immediately they will "rule this place", saying Bischoff putting her team in the main event of Thunder is further proof of this. Edge said that he isn't worried about draft, saying there is no way anyone could separate the WCW World Tag Team champions and as Tammy as their manager, where they go, she goes. Candido seemed a little less confident and asked if he somehow ended up on a different show to Edge & Christian, where would Tammy go? Tammy smiled and told Candido not to worry because A) that won't happen and B) if it does, she is the hottest star in this company so she goes where she wants! She then hyped Rhino as being a dominating force and told Juventud Guerrera to just give it up and hand over the title because he won't survive <hr> Just the same as last week, a video package highlighted the incredible variety of suplexes and submissions that Taz is capable of before hyping his upcoming arrival in WCW <hr> VS. Jeff Hardy defeated Dean Malenko - During the match, Tony Schiavone announced that Jeff Hardy had been voted as the ""Young Wrestler of the Year"" for 2000, following in the footsteps of former winners like Chris Benoit, Rey Mysterio Jr., Paul Wight, Lex Luger and Sting. Bobby Heenan noted that Jeff has big shoes to fill but that he has all the tools to do just that. However his opponent tonight is no slouch and Larry Zbyskzo noted that unlike Jeff, Dean Malenko has had success in singles action, being a former WCW United States and WCW World Cruiserweight champion, but after a great back-and-forth contest that saw Malenko show his ruthless, technical side by going after the legs of his opponent, Jeff managed to fight back, overcome the possible injury and land a Swanton Bomb for the big win <hr> For the first time since winning the WCW World Trios titles on WCW Main Event, right before Starrcade, X-Factor were on hand in the backstage area, having requested this time. Despite their win, they didn't seem to be in the best of moods as X-Pac talked about how it was long overdue that they are champions in WCW but the fact they were relegated to Main Event and not Starrcade is a joke! X-Pac said it perfectly sums up their treatment in this company since day one, as they had to head to ECW to gain some respect. But now they have gold, WCW will have no choice but to make them the recognise them for the stars that they are and give them the proper respect that they and the titles deserve. Suddenly, Jerry Lynn & Justin Credible stood up from the storage crates that they were sitting on as Steven Regal, Fit Finlay & Lance Storm all walked in! Regal smiled and had his hands up, telling X-Pac that they weren't here to fight, they just wanted to deliver a simple message; they want the WCW World Trios titles, they will have them, "it's just a matter of time and out of courtesy, we're just letting you know in advance" before they turned and walked away, leaving X-Factor dumbfounded and speechless! <hr> Gene Okerlund was with Bret Hart ahead of his match with Ron Killings, and The Hitman said that he sees that Killings has the tools to be a big player, but right now he's mouth and his ego is bigger than his talent! Mean Gene then asked Bret for his thoughts on the upcoming brand split and The Hitman was very interested, saying he likes the idea of it because it'll create opportunities for the guys who have had less chances to shine, guys like Eddy Guerrero, The Hardy Boyz, Chris Benoit and even guys he's had issues with like Hector Garza and Kanyon. "Don't get me wrong", adding that his ultimate goal, like he said last week is to be the man at the centre of it all, the WCW World Heavyweight champion and that's exactly what he is focusing on after he beats Ron Killings tonight <hr> VS. Bret Hart defeated Ron Killings - Theodore Long joined the announcers to talk about "how big of a star" Ron Killings is and is going to be, suggesting that he was actually working on a rap record with a top record producer! Killings gave Hart his absolute best but The Hitman isn't called "the best there is, the best there was and the best there ever will be" for nothing as he forced a submission with the Sharpshooter <hr> After the match, Theodore Long came to ringside to argue with the victorious Bret Hart, when suddenly "The Hitman" was attacked from behind by an unknown assailant! Bret was caught by surprise as this smiling newcomer put the boots to him and was soon joined in the attack by the now-recovered Ron Killings. However, before too much damage could be done, Chris Benoit ran down to the ring and send Killings and the newcomer running from the ring. Benoit helped his former Hart Dynasty ally to his feet as Long, Killings and the as-yet unnamed newcomer regrouped on the outside <hr> For the first time since Starrcade, Booker T appeared in a WCW ring. The announcers talked about how close he came to becoming WCW World Heavyweight champion for the first time in his career, but how he came up short against an incredible Kurt Angle. Booker let the fans cheers die down before saying that he wasn't here for some sob story because even though he lost at Starrcade, he knows that he gave everything that he had and he was closer than anyone ever expected. He said that he's proud of what he accomplished in even getting to the main event of the biggest pay-per-view in this companies history, "but don't get me wrong man, I want to be WCW champion" and said the defeat is just going to drive him on until he achieves his goal! "Hey yo" then interrupted the moment as out walked Scott Hall! The fans booed as Hall said took a survey to see whether people were here for him or for "that guy in the ring"? Amusingly, they all cheered for Booker, but Hall didn't seem to notice and claimed it as a victory for him. He said he was out here because he has a match up next and he didn't want to listen to Booker whine and complain anymore, but Booker then cut him off and said there was no complaining; only acceptance. However, he noticed that something, or someone was missing, noting that Kevin Nash hasn't been seen since Starrcade and his "embarrassment" at the hands of Rey Mysterio Jr.! Booker asked if he's too ashamed to be seen out in public without his long locks! By now, Hall was on the steps and he brushed off the comment, saying that "Big Kev is all good" before moving on, saying it's time for Booker to leave the ring and let the people watch what they came here for; him kick some little losers ass. Booker T smiled and stepped aside, telling Hall that the ring was "all yours". But instead of leaving the ringside area, Booker stopped at the bottom of the ramp, choosing the remain around as Yoshihiro Tajiri made his way to the ring <hr> VS. Scott Hall defeated Yoshihiro Tajiri - Booker T stayed at ringside for the whole match, but never left the bottom of the ramp and never got involved in the match at all. Scott Hall however insisted on jaw jacking with Booker throughout, apparently showing off to him and taking Tajiri lightly, going so far as to try and pin him with one foot, much to the disgust of Larry Zbyszko on commentary. Tajiri however showed that he can more than mix it up with the heavyweights as a stiff kick to the side of Hall's head could have earned him a win were it not for the momentum of the kick sending Hall rolling to the outside. Hall however managed to regroup and having distracted the referee by claiming Booker had gotten involved somehow, Hall delivered a thumb to the eye before following up with the Outsider's Edge for the win <hr> Immediately after his win, Scott Hall turned to Booker T and told him that this "is what a winner looks like". Booker and Hall proceeded to exchange insults for a short while until Hall told Booker to "watch this", before turning his attention back to Tajiri. But when he picked him up, Tajiri pushed Hall's arms aside and sprayed a green mist right into his face! Hall Tajiri had a maniacal smile on his face while Hall flopped around in the ring, much to the immense amusement of Booker T and the announcers <hr> Not for the first time tonight, Gene Okerlund was backstage in the interview area with David Flair, and Gene talked about the highly emotional, highly personal match that David had with Shawn Stasiak at Starrcade that ultimately saw him lose. David said that the truth is that he was betting everything he had on winning that match, he gave everything he could because he thought Stasiak was his best friend, he honestly thought that he and Stacy Keibler had a future together but what they did broke him. But he thought if he beat Stasiak at Starrcade, the biggest even in WCW history then maybe he'd get closure, maybe it would allow him to move on...but he lost. Gene then asked what it means for his future, and David said he wasn't sure before admitting that he can't bear to be reminded of what happened on a daily basis, so maybe this brand extension is the best thing that could have happened and hopefully he'll be drafted to a different show because he honestly can't stand the idea of seeing Stasiak and Stacy all the time <hr> VS. WCW WORLD TELEVISION CHAMPIONSHIP: Rhino defeated Juventud Guerrera © - The announcers made a point that despite what you might believe, there is only a one inch difference in height between the champion and the challenger. But it was the sheer power of "The Man Beast" that had everyone worried, with Bobby Heenan confidently predicting a new champion tonight. However, what Juvi lacked in power he more than made up for in speed as he continuously avoided many of Rhino's big powerful moves, coming close to securing a big win on more than one occasion. But unfortunately for Juvi, it wasn't just Rhino he had to worry about as Tammy Sytch was at ringside and when it looked as though Juvi was setting up for the 450 splash, Tammy got on the apron to distract Juvi. The referee ordered Tammy down but Juvi's attention was momentarily taken from the match and when he dove, Rhino had moved and although Juvi rolled through and landed on his feet, Rhino was up in an instant and drove through Juvi with a huge Gore that had only one outcome; a new WCW World Television champion! <hr> It was time for the big reveal; the identity of the General Monday on Monday Nitro. There was the sound of anticipation in the arena as the announcers all speculated, when suddenly the sound of bagpipes filled the Phillips Arena and out walked "Rowdy" Roddy Piper! For the first time since November 1999, the legendary "Hot Rod" walked down and entered a WCW ring to an amazing reaction from the fans. Piper let the fans have their moment before a smirking Piper said "I'm back" to a big cheer. Piper wanted to make something very clear; he hates Eric Bischoff! But when he got a call and this brand split was explained to him, it made him pretty excited! Piper said that the negotiations were pretty easy, even though he was prepared to go in fighting for what he wanted, it turns out that Bischoff agreed to everything with the sole exception of being told the identity of the Thunder General Manager, so he's going to find out who they are at the same time as everyone else. Piper said that Nitro has been the top show in professional wrestling since day one and he guarantees that it'll stay there "with a little added chaos and rowdiness" each and every week. Piper added that this time next week, Nitro and Thunder will have made their first ten picks and that he's got his eye on a couple of people already, but that can wait as he's going to be on hand this Thursday night to meet his opposition and he cannot wait to get started! <hr> VS. Goldberg & Diamond Dallas Page defeated Ravishing Perfection - Despite the fact the Souled Out match between DDP and Goldberg promises to be an intense affair, the two men worked well together as a team, tagging out on a regular basis. Of course, they were up against one of the best tag teams in all of professional wrestling in Rude & Hennig, so they had to be at their best in order to survive. Rude actually almost spoiled the party when he shocking DDP by landing the Rude Awakening, only for Goldberg to break up what would have a certain three count. Rude & Hennig worked well to isolate DDP, knowing the power of Goldberg was something they wanted to avoid, having encountered it just a few months ago but a fatal mistake was made when Hennig took too long going for the Hennig Plex, which allowed DDP to counter it into a Diamond Cutter! While DDP couldn't capitalise to make the pin, it allowed him to make the long crawl and make the hot tag to the WCW United States Heavyweight champion Goldberg! Once in, Goldberg didn't look back, blitzing his way through both Rude & Hennig, showing off his incredible power to lay out both men before finally setting his aim on the legal man, Rick Rude. Following a big spear, Goldberg dragged Rude to his feet and was setting him up for the Jackhammer, only for Hennig to come from behind with a steel chair! But Hennig was in for a shock as he was spun around and laid out with a Diamond Cutter from DDP, allowing Goldberg to hoist Rude up and drill him down with the Jackhammer for the inevitable victory! <HR> <DETAILS><SUMMARY>WCW MONDAY NITRO RESULTS</SUMMARY> Jushin Thunder Liger defeated CIMA (10:29) Jeff Hardy defeated Dean Malenko (11:39) Bret Hart defeated Ron Killings (9:47) Scott Hall defeated Yoshihiro Tajiri (7:51) WCW WORLD TELEVISION CHAMPIONSHIP: Rhino defeated Juventud Guerrera © (11:30) Goldberg & Diamond Dallas Page defeated Ravishing Perfection (13:46)</DETAILS> </div style>

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<div align="center"><div style="width:1300px;padding:10px;border:20px solid #000000;margin:10px;"> WCW MONDAY NITRO TUESDAY DECEMBER 26TH, 2000 DALLAS AUDITORIUM – DALLAS, TEXAS Just 48-hours removed from one of the greatest pay-per-views of all time, Tony Schiavone welcomed everyone to a special three-hour Boxing Day edition of Nitro live on TNT! Alongside him as usual sat Bobby Heenan and Larry Zbyszko and the three men ran through what went down at Starrcade before hyping tonight's telecast, including tonight's main event being a number one contender’s match to determine Kurt Angle's challenger at WCW Souled Out next month! Schiavone also confirmed that we would hear from new WCW United States Heavyweight champion Goldberg before the night was over as well as a number of excellent matches <hr> WCW World Heavyweight champion Kurt Angle kicked off the show proper and he was clearly happy following his huge victory against Booker T at Starrcade. Angle addressed the crowd and said that he had told them that he would be here on Nitro with the title still around his waist and above all else, he isn't a liar! He paid tribute to Booker T for giving him a hard-fought match, but the truth of the matter is, there is nobody on earth who measures up to him. Angle gloated about his victory for a short while longer until he was interrupted by the arrival of Rob Van Dam! Angle was fuming and demanded to know why he had been interrupted, so RVD explained that while Angle had a big win at Starrcade, so did he and by beating Scott Steiner, he's going to be competing in tonight's main event to determine Angle's next challenger! Angle wasn't impressed and said that RVD's claim to fame was being in ECW, a place where he never won the ECW World Heavyweight title, a title he won and unified in his one and only match for it! RVD accepted that Angle was right, but said that Angle has never faced anyone like him before and that there is a reason why he's called "the whole damn show". Knowing one possible opponent, Angle demanded to know who RVD would be facing, something that RVD himself was also curious about. After a moments silence, Rey Mysterio Jr. walked out! This prompted laughter from Angle who was clearly not impressed again, asking if RVD and Rey are the best WCW have to offer? Rey shut Angle up and said that he had the fight of his life at Starrcade, by far the toughest match of his career but he's still standing and in case you didn't notice, he is still wearing his mask and Kevin Nash has a nice new haircut! Angle reminded Rey that they have had two matches, coincidentally last year at Starrcade and at Mayhem the following month and who won, "oh yeah, me!" Rey said that a year is a long time, things change, people change and if he has learnt anything from the last three months in battling The Outsiders it's that he can compete against the biggest and the best and win! Rey turned away from Angle to face RVD and said that they've never faced before, but Rey knows all about him. RVD said that he knows everyone will be considering this a dream match, it is for him too but without any disrespect, tonight there's only going to one winner and his name is "Rob...Van...Dam!" Two two men locked eyes, while in the ring, Angle was fuming that the attention wasn't on him!" <hr> VS. Billy Kidman, Paul Wight, La Parka & Chavo Guerrero Jr. defeated Luchadores Enojados - It wasn't lost on anyone that Paul Wight was the only non-cruiserweight in the match, especially not the big man himself. But that didn't stop him from getting in on the action when he delivered a big dropkick before kipping back up to his feet! Despite everything, Kidman's team seemed to be having fun and it was Kidman himself who scored the win when he connected with a Shooting Star Press off the shoulders of Wight onto Super Crazy <HR> For the first time tonight, Gene Okerlund was standing by with three men who competed in the no.1 contender battle royal before Starrcade, but unfortunately came up short; Steven Regal, Fit Finlay & Lance Storm. Regal said that everyone fought a fair fight, which is something that he can respect and while they came up short, they made an impact by eliminating "The Giant" Paul Wight while he also gave Diamond Dallas Page "a damned good run for his money" before wishing DDP well for his WCW United States Heavyweight title opportunity. Regal then said that despite not succeeding, that doesn't mean they are done because they are here to fight, and after Lance Storm wins his first singles match in WCW later tonight, they have a pretty good idea about where to go next. When Gene pushed Regal on this, Regal smirked and said "you'll just have to wait and find out" <HR> VS. Kaz Hayashi & Jimmy Yang defeated CIMA & Dragon Kid - After their expulsion from the Jung Dragons, Kaz & Yang were looking for some degree of revenge against their former leader TAKA Michinoku and their replacements. A high flying, exciting affair ensued that saw Yang secure the big win over CIMA when he connected with Yang Time <HR> Immediately following the bell, TAKA Michinoku hit the ring, dragging Jimmy Yang to his feet and laying him out with the Michinoku Driver. Kaz Hayashi was able to land a few blows on TAKA, only for Dragon Kid to arrive and turn the tide back in the Jung Dragons favour as TAKA then delivered another Michinoku Driver. The Jung Dragons posed over their fallen opponents, but their victory celebration was interrupted at the shocking arrival of the legendary Jushin Thunder Liger! Liger soaked up the reaction from the fans while pointing at TAKA, before charging to the ring where he single handidly fought a three-on-one battle against the Dragons, knocking Kid and CIMA out of the ring before lining TAKA up for a brainbuster, only for Kristina to pull her man to safety. Liger made it clear that TAKA had only just survived before turning to check on Yang & Kaz <HR> With Rick Rude & Curt Hennig in the ring, 3 Count made their entrance and as is their tradition performed their "hit" entrance theme. Of course, lyrics were changed up to make reference to their opponents and how both Rude & Hennig came up short in the battle royal on Main Event before Starrcade <HR> VS. Ravishing Perfection defeated Shane Helms & Shannon Moore - Despite their pre-match song and dance, 3 Count never came close to troubling the more experienced duo of Curt Hennig & Rick Rude, as they made short work of their opponents with Rude finishing off Moore with the Rude Awakening <HR> After her unexpected actions at Starrcade, Tammy Sytch walked out to the ring with Chris Candido by her side but with a huge smirk across her face. She addressed what happened and said that the explanation is simple; she has had enough of sitting on the sidelines, seeing others take the glory when she is the greatest manager in the history of professional wrestling. She listed her credentials as leading wrestlers to the WCW United States Heavyweight title, ECW World Television, WCW Cruiserweight and three Tag Team titles "up north", and now she can add the WCW World Tag Team titles to her resume, before introducing Edge & Christian! The champions along with Rhino joined their new manager in the ring and Edge explained that what people don't know is that Tammy their relationship isn't a new thing, no, it's been going for months now. He explained that she was integral in them getting a shot at the titles at World War 3 because despite all of their success, everyone in WCW wanted it to be the Hardy Boyz getting the shot. But Tammy did what any great manager or agent does and gave them the tools to ensure they got the best deal and get into the match. Tammy said that it was time to make herself known and let everyone in WCW know that her client list has grown, and that Tammy Sytch Enterprises are going to be holding all of the gold in WCW very, very soon. Which brings her on to another of her clients, the man who will face Juventud Guerrera in a rematch next week on Monday Nitro New Year's Day for the WCW World Television championship; Rhino! She admitted that it took some negotiating get the title match, having to give up their contractual rematch for the WCW Cruiserweight title to do so but it was a price worth paying! Candido beside her looked shocked and hurt, but Tammy assured him that they would "deal with it later". Tammy then put WCW on notice because it was long overdue for her to be managing a World champion and she promised that before the year 2001 was done, that was exactly what she would be doing <HR> VS. Lance Storm defeated Kanyon - A clash between two former World Television champions, albeit one in ECW and the other in WCW. Both Steven Regal & Fit Finlay had accompanied Storm to the ring but stayed well clear of the action, simply observing their new ally as he showed his incredible technical acumen by forcing Kanyon to tap out to the single leg Boston crab that he has apparently dubbed the Canadian Maple Leaf <HR> New WCW United States Heavyweight champion Goldberg was seen walking backstage as Tony Schiavone announced that he would speak to the new champion in the ring when Nitro returned for it's second hour! <HR> As promised, Tony Schiavone stood in the center of the ring when Nitro returned from the commercial break. Schiavone talked up the battle between the beasts at Starrcade before introducing the new WCW United States Heavyweight champion; Goldberg! The fans erupted at the sound of his name but just got even louder when he emerged from the smoke before joining Schiavone in the ring. Goldberg said that he guaranteed a victory and that is exactly what he delivered and for the first time in his career, he is wearing this championship and it feels pretty damned good! It was brought up that Goldberg's biggest claim to fame was his undefeated streak that saw him beat some huge names along the way, including Bret Hart for the WCW World Heavyweight champion and Schievone then noted that Goldberg has not been pinned or made to submit since he returned earlier this year. Before Goldberg could respond, Diamond Dallas Page, the number one contender himself walked out! DDP apologised for interrupting but said that he couldn't wait any longer because if they're going to talk about the undefeated streak, it's only right they talk about the man who ended it and that's him! Goldberg smirked and said that DDP is right, he did end the streak and while he didn't see it at the time, the truth is that DDP beating him at Starrcade last year was the best thing that could have happened to him! He admitted to letting his ego take over and said that after Wrestle War, he said and did some things he wasn't too proud of, so Goldberg has two words for him..."thank you!" DDP replied that Goldberg was welcome, but the US champion wasn't finished, because even though losing that night knocked some sense into him, he still lost, and he needs to fix that! He said he was happy to see DDP win because now he gets that chance, so he has another two words for him..."you're next!" Goldberg then raised his WCW United States championship high in the air and went nose-to-nose with his Souled Out opponent in what is guaranteed to be an epic clash once again <HR> Footage was shown from Starrcade following David Flair's loss to his former best friend Shawn Stasiak of Flair being helped from the ring, looking crestfallen at his loss. It was announced that David would be on Monday Nitro next week to address his future plans <HR> VS. Trish Stratus, Las Apaches & Lita defeated The Sisters of Pain, Malia Hosaka & Aki Kambayashi - The women's division was highlighted to kick off the action in the second hour as Trish renewed her rivalry with Jacqueline & Jazz. Their issues clearly hadn't cooled and it showed throughout the match, but despite this, all four women on Team Trish had the chance to shine. Lita especially showed what she was capable off as she showed that she had picked up a couple of tricks from the Hardy Boyz as she scored the win on Hosaka with a Twist of Fate <HR> Mari & Faby Apache kicked off the celebrations by raising Lita's hands in the air, and they were all joined by Trish Stratus as well. However, Lita's music was cut off by the arrival of the new WCW Women's World champion Joanie Lee and the rest of Queen's Court! Sherri Martel was beaming at the success of Lee, but she reseved a sneer for the four women standing in the middle of the ring as Lee just stood powerful and firm at the top of the ramp as she perhaps locked eyes with her first challenger <HR> In a darkened room, Abyss stood menacingly to one side while Daffney stood on the other and cackled in an unsettling manner. The American Nightmare crouched down and said that at Starrcade he ended the legend of Sting. He said that Sting had made a mistake when he crossed his path, something he warned him off but Sting decided that he knew better and despite being given a chance to back off, he chose not to. But now it's time to return to his end game; gold. He may have lost one of his possessions, but gold is his destiny and so all that happened was the inevitable has been delayed, but don't worry, it won't be long before we see The American Nightmare drapped in gold once again <HR> In Evolution's locker room, Shawn Stasiak talked about how the future is bright for Evolution. He noted Mike Awesome's absence, but said it was only a matter of time before Awesome regains what was taken from him, so he's not concerned and neither should the rest of them be. He gloated about how he had "put an end" to David Flair at Starrcade, mocking David's failure to ""even compete"" with him in the ring, or in the bedroom with Stacy Keibler! They all shared a laugh at that before Stasiak turned his attention to Sonny Siaki and his big match tonight where he can show everyone what they already know; that it was Siaki that carried Natural Selection! Siaki agreed and said that he's known it from day one and the fact is that so has Chuck Palumbo, even though Palumbo showed some promise, he could never quite take that final step up because he didn't have the right type of "Siaki-tude" to become a top star. Stasiak then pointed out that in just six days time, his New Blood Rising contract becomes active and all he needs to do is give a months notice to whoever is the WCW World Heavyweight champion and then he gets his match, his pay-per-view main event and when the match is over; his title! <HR> VS. Eddy Guerrero defeated Shane Douglas - Despite neither man achieving their goal of winning the battle royal before Starrcade, they seemed to put that disappointment aside in an attempt to build momentum tonight on Nitro. There was no Dean Malenko or Perry Saturn at ringside, with Douglas choosing to go it alone tonight and that certainly worked in Eddy's favour as he was able to pick up the win after an always impressive Frog Splash <HR> Going into Starrcade, Juventud Guerrera was the WCW World Television champion following his huge upset win over The American Nightmare. Now coming out the other side, he is a double champion, having beaten WCW World Cruiserweight champion Chris Candido for the title in a double-championship match and now he was with Jeremy Borash. Juvi was excited about the fact he's holding two titles, but when JB brought up his match next week on Monday Nitro, his WCW World Television title defence against Rhino, Juvi got serious and said that he's pretty sure everyone is doubting him and writing him off, but too many people have made that mistake in the past, saying he's sure that Dustin had that exact same thought a couple of weeks ago, just like Kevin Nash had at Starrcade and look where we are now? Juvi said he knows the odds are against him but warned people not to bet against him <HR> Ahead of his big match, Chuck Palumbo was with Gene Okerlund and said that he honestly thought that Natural Selection were going to go on to a Hall of Fame worthy team. He talked about working with Sonny Siaki in the Power Plant, and while Siaki always had a cocky attitude, they got on well and worked really well as a team. But it was obvious to him that Shawn Stasiak got in Siaki's ear and poisoned him, so now we'll never get to see just how much of an impact Natural Selection might have had. But that's all in the past, it's not about the present and the future and tonight he was going to show Siaki and the rest of Evolution that he doesn't need them and never has! <HR> VS. Sonny Siaki defeated Chuck Palumbo - Following their exchange in the ring on WCW Main Event, just before Starrcade, the two former WCW World Tag Team champions ended up brawling up the ramp and into the backstage area where they were finally seperated. Despite being the one who instigated the turn, it was Siaki that took time at the start of the match to beg off, apparently trying to remind Palumbo of their past success. But Palumbo didn't care and went right to work, but also had to deal with the presence of Gorgeous George at ringside and her several attempts to distract him. Despite Palumbo's best efforts, it was Siaki who scored the big victory when he landed the Siakalypse <HR> The third hour of this special Boxing Day edition of Nitro kicked off with the arrival of Bret "The Hitman" Hart! Fresh off of his submission victory over Chris Jericho at Starrcade, Bret said that he always knew Jericho had the potential to be one of the very best in the ring, and after their match at Starrcade, Jericho has earned that moniker and his respect "in the ring". He then turned his attention to the huge announcement from WCW President Eric Bischoff that is due next week and said that just like everyone else, he's pretty curious because he's heard a lot of "huge announcements" in his time and more often than not, they turn out to be huge let downs. That said, he's intrigued but more importantly than that, now he's done with Jericho, it's time to turn his attention back where it belongs; to the WCW World Heavyweight championship! However, before Bret could go on, he was interupted by of all people, Ron "The Truth" Killings and Theodore Long! "Talking about a let down", said Long who proceeded to call Bret's last six months a let down, listing off his two defeats to Kurt Angle, his "nostalgic love fest" with British Bulldog at Wrestle War, his elimination from World War 3 by Chris Jericho and only now has he managed to win a match of any significance! He then introduced Bret to his client, the future of World Championship Wrestling; Ron "The Truth" Killings, who said he had spent far too much time worrying about what "these stupid fans" want because now it was all about him and his career, so when he heard Bret pandering to the fans, it made him sick! Bret cut Killings off and said that he knows all about him, especially his betrayal of Shark Boy, someone Bret is a fan of, so no introductions are necessary! He then excused himself and said he was going to pander one more time before asking the fans if they wanted to see him "knock Truth's teeth down his throat right here", and when they replied positively, Bret then challenged him to a match right now! Killings seemed ready to fight but Long responded by refusing the challenge, claiming he knows Bret isn't 100% and wouldn't allow him the "excuse of injury" when he lost, but instead proposed a match next week instead. Bret accepted and said he was looking forward to making him tap out <HR> VS. Starla Green defeated Kaori Nakayama - "The Star" was not happy about not being featured at Starrcade, but she made short work of Nakayama, finishing her off with the Star Twist <HR> A video package aired, highlighted in orange and black and showing footage from ECW and over in Japan of a man throwing opponents all around the ring with ease, many of which were much bigger than him. "The Human Suplex Machine" Taz is coming to WCW soon! <HR> Jeremy Borash introduced the man who will face Owen Hart momentarily; AJ Styles, along with the Phenomenal Ones Christian York & Joey Mathews. Borash noted that AJ had specifically requested this match and when asked why, AJ said that their loss as a trio to the Hart Dynasty at the start of December had been bugging him ever since and now he wants to set the record straight! He said that he has been neglected for far too long ever since his "record breaking" and "history making" reign as WCW World Cruiserweight champion. When JB pointed out that his reign, while impressive, was just over two months and did not infact break any records, York & Matthews got in his face and asked if he realised who he was talking to before telling Owen Hart that he needs to recognise the calibre of the man who is about to beat him tonight! <HR> VS. Owen Hart defeated AJ Styles - Following the comments from AJ Styles and The Phenomenal Ones, Owen Hart came into the match ready for a fight. Tony Schiavone said it was obvious that Owen knows exactly who AJ is and what he is capable of and that he respects him and knowing him like he does, he probably respects that AJ put out this challenge. Both Christian York & Joey Matthews were at ringside, as was Alicia Webb and they rotated their various distraction attempts to try and help AJ win the match. Unfortunately for them, referee Billy Silverman had enough of them and ejected them from ringside, leaving AJ furious and ultimately susceptible to Owen grabbing his feet, tripping him and locking in the Sharpshooter to force a submission victory <HR> Ahead of the main event, Tony Schiavone reminded everyone to tune in next week on New Year's Day for what promises to be a huge night for WCW on Monday Nitro as WCW President Eric Bischoff will have his "huge announcement". In addition to that, Rhino challenged Juventud Guerrera for the WCW World Television championship, Ron Killings will attempt to step up to the experience of Bret Hart while we will also hear from Booker T for the first time after his defeat at Starrcade <HR> Kurt Angle made his way out to the ringside area, soaking up the boos as he did so before joining Tony Schiavone, Bobby Heenan and Larry Zbyszko at the announce table. When asked who he would prefer to face, Angle said it didn't really matter to him because whoever wins tonight, loses at Souled Out when they face him so it doesn't make much of a difference really <HR> VS. WCW WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP NO.1 CONTENDER MATCH: Rey Mysterio Jr. defeated Rob Van Dam - Tony Schiavone hyped this match as being a dream match for many, apparently including both Rob Van Dam and Rey Mysterio Jr. However, Kurt Angle on commentary didn't share that sentiment and said that he doesn't get what is so impressive about either of them, which he said as RVD showed his incredible athleticism by landing on his feet from a hurricanrana attempt. The action in the ring was fast and furious, the typical pace everyone will be familiar with from these two across their time in WCW and ECW. RVD came closs with a big split-legged moonsault, but Rey just barely survived as the action continued. Angle claimed he didn't care who won because he had already beaten Rey twice and he doesn't see the hype in Van Dam, asking how impressive either of their offense would be when he snaps their ankle? It looked like RVD was going to win again when he went for the Five Star Frog Splash, but Rey moved at the very last second and followed up with a springboard hurricanrana to pick up his second huge victory inside 48-hours, guaranteeing him a WCW World Heavyweight title match at Souled Out! <HR> After the match, Rey Mysterio celebrated his huge victory, knowing that he has an even bigger opportunity coming up in just under a month's time! Rob Van Dam for his part looked disappointed, but recognised that he had been beaten by the better man tonight, shrugged his shoulders and offered his hand to the victor! Rey didn't even hesitate before taking and shaking it and then raising RVD's arm in the air, while on commentary Angle was not happy at the sign of respect, signing off this special Boxing Day edition on Nitro by promising to beat Rey at Souled Out <HR> <DETAILS><SUMMARY>WCW MONDAY NITRO RESULTS</SUMMARY> Billy Kidman, Paul Wight, La Parka & Chavo Guerrero Jr. defeated Luchadores Enojados (8:26) Kaz Hayashi & Jimmy Yang defeated CIMA & Dragon Kid (9:13) Ravishing Perfection defeated Shane Helms & Shannon Moore (4:17) Lance Storm defeated Kanyon (8:27) Trish Stratus, Las Apaches & Lita defeated The Sisters of Pain, Malia Hosaka & Aki Kambayashi (6:46) Eddy Guerrero defeated Shane Douglas (9:09) Sonny Siaki defeated Chuck Palumbo (11:33) Starla Green defeated Kaori Nakayama (5:23) Owen Hart defeated AJ Styles (8:46) WCW WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP NO.1 CONTENDER MATCH: Rey Mysterio Jr. defeated Rob Van Dam (16:14)</DETAILS> <DETAILS><SUMMARY>WCW SATURDAY NIGHT RESULTS</SUMMARY> Little Guido defeated Blitzkrieg (7:05) via submission Estrellita defeated Lisa Moretti (8:15) via pinfall Lenny J defeated Jamie Noble (8:56) via pinfall Buff Bagwell defeated Trevor Rhodes (2:49) via pinfall KroniK defeated Chilly Willy & Lance Cade (5:20) when Bryan Clarke pinned Cade Steven Regal & Fit Finlay defeated Brian Kendrick & Paul London (5:42) when Finlay pinned London Randy Savage defeated Big Vito (10:14) via pinfall despite the interference attempts of Little Guido & Johnny Stamboli</DETAILS> </div style> Thanks to everyone who has continued to take a look, hoping that "hey, maybe this time he's actually posted a show" and left disappointed! Hopefully now I've got one in the bag, I'll get into a bit of a rhythm. My aim is for maybe one a week, but as you all know, things never quite go to plan! The next show will be the first Monday Nitro of 2001. I probably won't be doing previews for TV shows, but I definitely will do them for pay-per-views and TBS specials. The logo (and many other show/PPV ones I'll be using) are from Fleisch, so credit to him for those

<div align="center"><div style="width:1000px;padding:10px;border:20px solid #000000;margin:10px;"> CHAMPIONS WCW WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP <hr> WCW UNITED STATES HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP <hr> WCW WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS <hr> WCW WORLD TELEVISION CHAMPIONSHIP <hr> WCW WORLD CRUISERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP <hr> WCW WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP <hr> WCW WORLD TRIOS CHAMPIONSHIPS <hr> <details><summary> ROSTER </summary> ABYSS (member of The Nightmare Family) AJ STYLES (leader of The Phenomenal Ones) AKI KAMBAYASHI ALEX WRIGHT ALICIA WEBB (manager of Christian York & Joey Matthews) APRIL MARITATO (manager of The Full Blooded Italians) AVERNO BIG VITO (member of the Full Blooded Italians) BILLY KIDMAN (tag team partner of Paul Wight) BLITZKRIEG BOOKER T BRAD ARMSTRONG BRET HART (leader of The Hart Dynasty) BRIAN ADAMS (one half of KroniK) BRITISH BULLDOG (member of The Hart Dynasty) BRYAN CLARKE (one half of KroniK) BUBBA RAY DUDLEY (one half of The Dudley Boyz) BUFF BAGWELL CHASE TATUM (member of Evolution) CHAVO GUERRERO JR. CHRIS BENOIT CHRIS CANDIDO CHRIS JERICHO CHRISTIAN (tag team partner of Edge) CHRISTIAN YORK (member of the Phenomenal Ones) CHRISTOPHER DANIELS (leader of The Prophecy) CHUCK PALUMBO CIMA (member of The Jung Dragons) CURT HENNIG (one half of Ravishing Perfection) DAFFNEY (member of The Nightmare Family) DAVID FLAIR DEAN MALENKO (member of The Revolution) DIAMOND DALLAS PAGE DISCO INFERNO DRAGON KID (member of The Jung Dragons) D-VON DUDLEY (one half of The Dudley Boyz) EDDY GUERRERO EDGE (tag team partner of Christian) ELIX SKIPPER ELIZABETH (manager of Randy Savage) ERIC BISCHOFF (WCW President) ERNEST MILLER ESTRELLITA EVAN KARAGIAS (member of 3 Count) FABY APACHE (one half of Las Apaches) FIT FINLAY (tag team partner of Steven Regal & Lance Storm) GOLDBERG HAYABUSA (tag team partner of Ultimo Dragon) HECTOR GARZA (leader of Luchadores Enojados) HUGH MORRUS (member of The Misfits) HULK HOGAN JACQUELINE (one half of The Sisters of Pain) JAZZ (one half of The Sisters of Pain) JEFF HARDY (one half of The Hardy Boyz) JEFF JARRETT JERRY LYNN (member of X-Factor) JIMMY YANG (tag team partner of Kaz Hayashi) JOANIE LEE (centrepiece of Queen's Court) JOEY MATTHEWS (member of The Phenomenal Ones) JOHNNY STAMBOLI (member of The Full Blooded Italians) JOHNNY SWINGER JUSTIN CREDIBLE (member of X-Factor) JUVENTUD GUERRERA KANYON KAZ HAYASHI (tag team partner of Jimmy Yang) KEVIN NASH (one half of The Outsiders) KID KASH KIMBERLY PAGE (manager of Diamond Dallas Page) KONNAN KRISTINA (manager of The Jung Dragons) KURT ANGLE LA PARKA LANCE STORM (tag team partner of Steven Regal & Fit Finlay) LASH LeROUX (member of The Misfits) LENNY J (protege of Chris Jericho) LEX LUGER LISA MORETTI LITA (manager of The Hardy Boyz) LITTLE GUIDO (leader of The Full Blooded Italians) LITTLE JEANNE LIZMARK JR. MADUSA (member of Queen's Court) MALIA HOSAKA MANAMI TOYOTA MARI APACHE (one half of Las Apaches) MATT HARDY (one half of The Hardy Boyz) MIDAJAH (manager of Christopher Daniels and member of The Prophecy) MIKE AWESOME (member of Evolution) MIKE SANDERS (member of Evolution, manager of Mike Awesome & Chase Tatum) MIKE SHANE (one half of The Shane Twins and member of The Prophecy) MISS GORGEOUS GEORGE (manager of Sonny Siaki) NORMAN SMILEY (member of The Misfits) OWEN HART PAUL WIGHT (tag team partner of Billy Kidman) PERRO AGUAYO JR. (member of Luchadores Enojados) PERRY SATURN (member of The Revolution) PSYCHOSIS (member of Luchadores Enojados) RANDY SAVAGE REY MYSTERIO JR. RHINO (associate of Edge & Christian) RHONDA SINGH (member of Queen's Court) RIC FLAIR RICK RUDE (one half of Ravishing Perfection) RICK STEINER (one half of The Steiner Brothers) ROB VAN DAM RON KILLINGS SCOTT HALL (one half of The Outsiders) SCOTT STEINER (one half of The Steiner Brothers) SHANE DOUGLAS (member of The Revolution) SHANE HELMS (member of 3 Count) SHANNON MOORE (member of 3 Count) SHARK BOY SHAWN STASIAK (leader of Evolution) SHERRI MARTEL (manager of Joanie Lee, Madusa & Rhonda Singh and member of Queen's Court) SIONE VAIHAHI (tag team partner of Tonga Fifita) SONNY ONOO (translator of Manami Toyota) SONNY SIAKI SPIKE DUDLEY (member of The Dudley Boyz) STACY KEIBLER (girlfriend of Shawn Stasiak and member of Evolution) STARLA GREEN STEVE CORINO (member of The Prophecy) STEVEN REGAL (tag team partner of Fit Finlay & Lance Storm) STEVIE RAY STEVIE RICHARDS (member of The Misfits) STING SUPER CRAZY (members of Luchadores Enojados) TAKA MICHINOKU (leader of The Jung Dragons) TAMMY SYTCH (manager of Chris Candido) THE AMERICAN NIGHTMARE (leader of The Nightmare Family) THEODORE LONG (manager of The Sisters of Pain and Ron Killings) TODD SHANE (one half of The Shane Twins and member of The Prophecy) TONGA FIFITA (partner of Sione Vaihahi) TORRIE WILSON (girlfriend of Billy Kidman) TRISH STRATUS ULTIMO DRAGON (partner of Hayabusa) X-PAC (leader of X-Factor) YOSHIHIRO TAJIRI YUKI MIYAZAKI </details>

So after finding out you can do spoilers/details to hide details (thanks to Kimberly & Pipers PIT!) I've completely reformatted the structure, going back to include all of the history on just one post. I'll admit that doing this recaps got, let's say, "out of control" and it's nearly two months since I started the diary and I've done nothing "new" on it since then (bar some ideas being put in place), so I was quite keen to just get on with it, so the last few months of 2000 is just a summary of the pay-per-view results. I'm going to post a roster and champions list and then, FINALLY I can start working on a goddamned show!

I’m looking for a name of a stable led by Tammy Sytch in WCW in 2000 consisting right now of Edge, Christian, Rhino and Chris Candido. This is a continuation from a 1997 scenario, so in this world she is still as over, if not more so than she was at the height of her fame in WWF. The group is somewhat akin to Bobby Heenan’s Family or Jimmy Hart’s. She is the figure head, no matter who she manages or may bring in and she wants it all.

Recap of November 1997 - December 2000 WCW – NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 1997 WCW – JANUARY-JUNE 1998 WCW – JULY-DECEMBER 1998 WCW – JANUARY-JUNE 1999 WCW – JULY-DECEMBER 1999 WCW – JANUARY-MARCH 2000 WCW – APRIL-JUNE 2000 WCW – JULY-DECEMBER 2000

WCW STARRCADE 2000 DECEMBER 24TH, 2000 RELIANT ASTRODOME - HOUSTON, TEXAS WCW MAIN EVENT RESULTS BATTLE ROYAL TO DETERMINE THE NO.1 CONTENDER FOR THE WCW UNITED STATES HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE: Diamond Dallas Page eliminated Steven Regal last (17:02) - The favourite, of course was the biggest man in the match Paul Wight but his elimination occurred thanks to the combined efforts of Steven Regal, Lance Storm and Fit Finlay as they looked to establish themselves following their formation as a unit. One of the main stories of the match was the return to action of Chuck Palumbo following his excommunication from Evolution as he was desperate to get his hands on his former tag team partner Sonny Siaki. But despite getting some good blows in, Palumbo ultimately found himself eliminated by Buff Bagwell, but as Siaki gloated about that, Owen Hart appeared from behind and dumped Siaki! Palumbo immediately went after Siaki and the two brawled all the way up the ramp to the back! The field cleared down until it came down to the final four of Regal, Owen, Diamond Dallas Page and Chris Benoit. All four men were firm favourites with the fans and they would have been happy with any winner, so when Owen eliminated Benoit and Owen himself was dumped by DDP, they were split right down the middle between Regal and Page. The two went at it and Regal came close but a Diamond Cutter out of nowhere put paid to Regal's momentum and it was then academic as DDP picked Regal up and tossed him out of the ring, setting himself up for a shot at the WCW United States Heavyweight title! Full entrant list: Billy Kidman, British Bulldog, Buff Bagwell, Chris Benoit, Chuck Palumbo, Curt Hennig, Diamond Dallas Page, Eddy Guerrero, Fit Finlay, Jeff Jarrett, Konnan, Lance Storm, Owen Hart, Paul Wight, Perry Saturn, Rick Rude, Rick Steiner, Shane Douglas, Sonny Siaki, Steven Regal Diamond Dallas Page celebrated his big win, knowing he now has the opportunity to become a three time WCW United States Heavyweight champion nearly two years after his last reign. DDP's victory celebration was interrupted by the match runner-up Steven Regal and after a moment of tension, Regal extended his hand to DDP in a show of respect that Page returned by accepting it! Lex Luger spoke to Scott Hudson about his big match with Abyss later on WCW Main Event and said he was ready to fight! People like Kurt Angle have knocked him and others like him for being "old", well sometimes age really is just a number and he isn't here to just make up the numbers! He promised Abyss that his record doesn't intimidate him and that he is going to set the stage for Starrcade by beating Abyss, just like his buddy Sting is going to do to his boss The American Nightmare! VS. WCW WORLD TRIOS CHAMPIONSHIPS: X-Factor defeated Hayabusa, Ultimo Dragon & Yoshihiro Tajiri (11:56) - Ironic that these two groups are no strangers to each other with the duo of Hayabusa and Ultimo Dragon clashing :56with X-Factor in ECW and in fact ending the ECW World Tag Team title reign of Jerry Lynn and Justin Credible in the process. This time things were different as X-Factor used every dirty trick in the book to try and win, which eventually proved successful after X-Marks the Spot took Hayabusa out of the match, Lynn was able to roll-up a distracted Ultimo Dragon with a handful of tights to steal the titles. VS. "The Total Package" Lex Luger defeated "The Monster" Abyss (10:58) - Following The American Nightmare's brutal and bloody assault, Lex Luger was looking for revenge and stood by the side of his best friend Sting as he continued his battle with Dustin, including Luger taking Abyss out of the picture this past Thursday on Thunder during the main event. These two bulls locked horns and the battle could have gone either way and while Luger wasn't able to get Abyss up in the Torture Rack, he was able to deliver a big clothesline and follow up with a piledriver to get the win and gain some measure of revenge and perhaps prove a good omen for Sting's match later tonight The announcers did a final run down of the card and reminded anyone who hadn't yet purchased Starrcade that there was still time to do so before the pay-per-view starts in just a few moments, as in the ring Lex Luger posed and celebrated his big victory over Abyss Following a powerful video package hyping the matches and narrated by wrestling legends "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes, "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson, Harley Race and Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat, Tony Schiavone welcomed everyone to "the biggest wrestling extravaganza of the year bar none, Starrcade 2000!" He was joined at ringside by Bobby "The Brain" Heenan and the legendary Dusty Rhodes as they discussed how big of a night tonight would be, but now wasn't the time for talk as it was time for the first match! VS. Rob Van Dam defeated "Big Poppa Pump" Scott Steiner (10:38) - When Scott Steiner lost to Rob Van Dam in the Quarter Final of the New Blood Rising tournament back in October, nobody could have expected that a month later Steiner would assault RVD after a match, claiming that he had "robbed him" of his victory in the tournament. But that was what happened and since that moment, Steiner has been a bane in RVD's side. Despite this, when the two locked up at Starrcade it led to match that saw RVD use his superior speed and flexibility to out outmaneuver the bigger Steiner, allowing him to finally escape the Steiner Recliner that Steiner had inflicted on him multiple times in recent weeks to finally connect with the Five Star Frog Splash for the huge victory in his very first Starrcade. VS. WCW CRUISERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP & WCW WORLD TELEVISION CHAMPIONSHIP: Juventud Guerrera © defeated Chris Candido © (12:11) - Just two weeks ago, Juventud Guerrera wasn't in the picture for any titles, nor was it looking likely that he would appear at Starrcade. Fast forward to tonight, fresh off his shocking upset victory over The American Nightmare ten nights ago on Thunder for the WCW World Television title, Juvi is now a double-champion after adding Candido's WCW Cruiserweight title to his collection! Tammy Sytch did everything in her power to help her man win but nothing seemed to work and after a 450 splash, Juvi stood tall with all the gold Tammy Sytch couldn't believe what had happened as Juventud Guerrera raised both of his title belts in the air. Chris Candido had rolled out of the ring and tried to use Tammy to pull himself up, but Tammy was not happy and walked away, leaving Candido behind! VS. Shawn Stasiak defeated "The Nature Boy" David Flair (12:06) - The battle of the two former best friends was always going to be more of a fight than a technical contest, but even so, seeing the brutality that David Flair brought against the man he held championship gold and founded Evolution with was a sight to behold. Of course, all of that overlooks the utter betrayal from Stasiak as he carried on with David's then-girlfriend Stacy Keibler right behind his back, so it's not to say that Stasiak didn't deserve everything he got. But with David talking on Thunder about how important this match was, perhaps he put too much pressure on himself as he wanted to inflict punishment just as much, if not more so than win the actual match as he continued to look for the Figure Four Leglock rather than utilizing his Nature Fall diving inverted bulldog. And that ultimately cost him as during one such attempt, Stacy got up on the apron to yell and David, which led to him grabbing her hair, distracting him long enough to allow Stasiak to recover and when David turned around he walked right into the Stasiak Plant. David Flair wasn't moving as Stacy Keibler entered the ring with lust in her eyes as she headed over to her boyfriend, the victorious Shawn Stasiak and locked lips in a passionate, disrespectful display right over his body in an almost mirror image of World War 3 when their betrayal was laid bare for all to see VS. HAIR VS. MASK: Rey Mysterio Jr. defeated Kevin Nash (13:31) - The underdog has shocked the world once again! Despite his record of overcoming the odds, including his victory against Scott Hall at Halloween Havoc, almost everyone saw this as a bridge too far for Rey Mysterio Jr. Even his opponent Kevin Nash wasn't overly worried, especially in the early going but when Rey scored a number of near falls, Nash's demeanor did change as it seemed to dawn on him exactly what was at stake. But Nash continued to survive all of Rey's offence, making the masked sensation himself question whether his time under the mask was coming to an end. But the decisive moment came just as it looked to be all over for Rey as Nash had countered a dive into a hard sidewalk slam and looked to follow up with the Jacknife Powerbomb, but with Rey hoisted up in the air, he reversed the momentum and brought Nash down with a hurricanrana and held the legs tight to secure the shocking victory, retain his mask and get the opportunity to shave Nash's hair! Kevin Nash was in shock. Scott Hall was in shock. Even Rey Mysterio Jr. was in shock, but he had done it! However The Outsiders were in no mood to honour the stipulations of the match as they launched a vicious attack on the victorious Mysterio! The two of them immediately targetted the mask and attempted to remove it until suddenly there was a lot of movement by the entrance way as Konnan, Eddy Guerrero, Juventud Guerrera, Hayabusa, Ultimo Dragon, Yoshihiro Tajiri, Chavo Guerrero Jr. and La Parka ran out to make the save! Clearly outnumbered, The Outsiders attempted to fight back but it was no good and they were quickly overwhelmed with Hall being locked in Ultimo's Dragon Sleeper and passing out, leaving Nash alone to be beaten down as he fell victim to a Frog Splash from Eddy Guerrero and a Phoenix Splash from Hayabusa! With Nash defenceless, the luchadores held Nash down as Konnan handed Rey the clippers, allowing him to sheer his long, luscious locks! Nash begged off but Rey kept going, cutting away until only a short buzz cut was left! Nash was devastated after being shown his hair in a mirror and stormed out of the ring in utter humiliation while Rey celebrated what must go down as being the biggest victory of his career! VS. Bret "The Hitman" Hart defeated "Y2J" Chris Jericho (20:32) - Sharpshooter vs. Liontamer. Of course the build-up for this match was about far more than this, what with Chris Jericho having eliminated Bret Hart from the World War 3 match after a low blow as well as Jericho's recent issues with Bret's brother Owen Hart. But Jericho was out to prove that he was better than Bret as a wrestler and to him, that meant making Bret submit to the Liontamer to prove it's superiority to Bret's own Sharpshooter. The match was a technical masterclass that showed everyone just how talented both men truly are and how they make them differently up in Canada. There was a collision between Bret and the referee that took him out of the match, but Bret continued on and thought he had the match won when he locked Jericho in the Sharpshooter and made him tap out, but with no referee present, it didn't count and this allowed Lenny J to walk out in an attempt to turn the match in his mentor's favour. However, Owen Hart was just feet behind him and he cut Lenny off and chased him to the back! But this did provide an opening for Jericho as Bret was distracted by the goings-on, Jericho delivered a low blow, just like at World War 3 and followed up by locking Bret in the Liontamer! The referee was back up and was ready to call for the bell if, or perhaps when Bret decided the pain was too much. But Bret didn't and he fought to the ropes and escaped! The frustration Jericho felt was clear for all to see as he pounded the mat, complained to the referee and complained to the camera before attempting a Lionsault, only to collide with Bret's knees! Both men got back to their feet and exchanged right hands before Bret ducked one and tricked Jericho up before locking him once again in the Sharpshooter! Jericho refused to give in, screaming in agony until Bret finally sat back deeper and Jericho had no choice but to tap out wildly! VS. WCW WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: "The Glamazon" Joanie Lee defeated Manami Toyota © (13:09) - This was always going to be a battle between the superior power of Joanie Lee against the speed and experience of Manami Toyota. In Lee's three matches since joining WCW, she has remained unbeaten, but so had Toyota in her eight so something had to give here. With the veteran trio of Rhonda Singh, Madusa and Sherri Martel at ringside, "The Glamazon" had their wisdom and deviousness in support and their various distractions eventually led to the referee to eject them all from ringside within the first several minutes, meaning it came down to just Lee and Toyota. The champions experience showed, but when she was caught out by Lee the power advantage certainly turned the tide as the sheer brutality of the impact from Lee's assault took their toll on Toyota, leading the announcers to claim that the majority of pre-match predictions in Lee's favour would be proved right. However it seemed as if wasn't to be as in a moment eerily similar to the Kevin Nash/Rey Mysterio Jr. match earlier tonight, Lee took too long holding Toyota up for a powerbomb, allowing Toyota to roll-through the back and roll Lee up for what must have been one of the closest near falls in a long time! Toyota reacted quickest and went back on the offense, but Lee was able to end Toyota's fight back with a big boot right between the eyes! This created a gap that Lee immediately followed up by finally connecting with the powerbomb for the victory and the WCW Women's World title! The rest of Queen's Court headed to the ring to celebrate Joanie Lee's championship victory but as Sherri Martel, Madusa and Rhonda Singh applauded her and sung her praises, Lee herself simply looked as though it was always a foregone conclusion, despite the fact everyone saw how hard fought of a fight it truly was. After holding the WCW Women's World championship high in the air, Lee handed it to Martel who fixed it around her waist as Lee stood tall VS. The American Nightmare defeated "The Icon" Sting (17:51) - Only Daffney was at ringside to support the leader of The Nightmare Family, following Abyss' loss to Lex Luger on the live edition of Main Event right before the pay-per-view. The American Nightmare aimed several comments towards Dusty Rhodes at the announce booth throughout the match as his issues with his father seem to be never-ending and he took great pleasure in assaulting one of Dusty's "favourites", much like he had done to both Diamond Dallas Page and Lex Luger in the past. Sting fired back, building up a head of steam that saw a Stinger Splash followed up by the Scorpion Deathlock, only for Dustin to barely reach the ropes and survive. The match continued to be a gruelling affair with both men drawing blood, The American Nightmare crashing into the ring steps and Sting after colliding with the exposed steel turnbuckle after Daffney had removed the cover. But it was Dustin that emerged victorious, gaining a measure of revenge for Sting costing him the WCW World Television title when he countered the Scorpion Deathdrop into the Dream Breaker for another big victory. With 2001 right around the corner, Tony Schiavone announced the event schedule for the year with a major change being Mayhem replacing World War 3 in November, the return of Souled Out and Uncensored in January and March respectively and the return after a four year absence of Clash of the Champions live on TBS! Returning for it's third year will be the Super X Cup, the showcase of the cruiserweights of the world will air in February while the Nick Bockwinkel Tag Team Classic will take place for the second year in May. Finally in October, who will follow inaugural winner Kurt Angle and this years victor Shawn Stasiak in winning the New Blood Rising tournament to guarantee a pay-per-view main event match with the WCW World Heavyweight champion? VS. VS. TABLES, LADDERS AND CHAIRS MATCH FOR THE WCW WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS - Edge & Christian © defeated The Dudley Boyz and The Hardy Boyz (14:19) - The match between these three teams at World War 3 was incredible and perhaps stole the show as Edge & Christian won the gold for the first time in their careers. However with the introduction of tables, ladders and chairs for the first time ever, things went up to a whole other level. None of the six men left anything in the locker room as everyone went through a table at one time or the other and was blasted with a steel chair. Jeff Hardy must have shortened his career by several years with the risks he took, especially when he climbed to the top of a twenty foot ladder and delivered a Swanton Bomb to both Christian and D-Von Dudley, but not only that as after that he somehow recovered enough to come within inches of winning the match. But with his hands on the belts, Bubba Ray Dudley removed the ladder and Edge, who was perched atop of another ladder dove off and delivered a spear to send both men crashing down hard to the canvas below. With all six men in various states of wellness, attention turned to the entrance way as Tammy Sytch walked out followed by Rhino! She gave instructions to "The Man Beast" who hit the ring and tore Bubba Ray in half with a huge Gore and then hoisted the barely conscious Edge up on his shoulders and climbed the ladder, allowing Edge to retrieve and thus retain the WCW World Tag Team titles The announcers were still in shock at the appearance of Tammy Sytch as she grabbed both of the WCW World Tag Team titles, entered the ring and presented them herself to the exhausted champions Edge & Christian. She then stood between the two men and raised their arms in victory as Dusty Rhodes asked what this meant and questioned whether we had just seen the formation of a new alliance in WCW? Before the next match, Tony Schiavone was in the ring along with Harley Race to announce the latest wrestler to be honoured by being inducted into the WCW Hall of Fame. Noting last years posthumous induction of the legendary six-time AWA World Heavyweight champion and former WCW Commissioner Nick Bockwinkel, this year the inductee is a three-time WCW World Heavyweight champion as well as holding the WCW United States Heavyweight title and also made history by becoming the first non-Japanese wrestler to hold the IWGP Heavyweight championship, a title he would hold a further two times. He handed over introductions to Race, who revealed the 2000 Hall of Fame inductee as his former client and close friend; Vader! "The Mastadon" walked out wearing his classic red mask for the first time since his retirement match against Goldberg at Spring Stampede last year and soaked in the reaction, slapping hands with the fans as he passed them before entering the ring to shake hands with Schiavone and Race before pulling him in for a hug. A fellow Hall of Fame inductee, Race looked proud as Vader took in this moment before Race handed him his commemorative plaque VS. WCW UNITED STATES HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP: Goldberg defeated Mike Awesome © (11:18) - Mike Awesome had made his entrance first and the big powerful champion refused to wait to allow Goldberg to go through his usual pre-match ritual as he went out to meet him on the entrance ramp! But Goldberg was more than ready and when the two big bulls collided, it was even and the fight (as it was more fight than wrestling match) begun! Awesome was more than a physical match for Goldberg with him perhaps being the toughest physical opponent Goldberg has met in his career to date, but the champion made one fatal mistake when he took too long to finish Goldberg off with the Awesome Bomb as it allowed Goldberg to slip out the back and when Awesome realised what had happened, Goldberg had set himself and delivered a crushing spear! Goldberg wasted no time then in picking Awesome up and delivering a devastating Jackhammer and three seconds later and for the first time in his career, Goldberg became the WCW United States Heavyweight champion Just before the main event the announcers wished everyone a Happy Christmas for tomorrow night and in the process reminded everyone that there would be a special edition of Tuesday Night taking place on Boxing Day. Schiavone then revealed that WCW President Eric Bischoff would be live on Monday Nitro the following week on New Year's Day where he will have a "huge" announcement to make! Gene Okerlund was standing by with the man who in just a couple of moments time will step into the ring for the biggest match of his career as Booker T looks set to challenge Kurt Angle for the WCW World Heavyweight championship. Booker told Gene that he knows what is at stake tonight, he knows the odds are against him but that it doesn't matter because from day one, that's how it has been for him. He made it here through hard work and yeah, he made mistakes along the way but tonight he is in the main event of Starrcade in front of this huge crowd competing for the WCW World Heavyweight title and nobody is going to take that away from him! Booker said that this means the world to him because if one little kid sees him out here tonight and says "that could be me", then he's done part of his job. The other part; beating Angle for the title! He knows Angle doesn't respect him and that's fine because he respects Angle in the ring and he knows what he is capable of. Is that enough? We'll find out but Booker says that he is bringing everyone to the table tonight and will not stop until he is the champion! It was main event time and in honour of such a huge moment the legendary Michael Buffer handled introductions for the challenger Booker T and the WCW World Heavyweight champion Kurt Angle, who made was accompanied by a live rendition of his entrance music performed by a local college brass band VS. WCW WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP: Kurt Angle © defeated Booker T (22:19) - Despite all of the pre-match talk, it was clear that Angle was 100% focused on the task at hand and that his comments in the weeks building up to the match were all attempts at mind games. At least that is one argument that could be made. As the match progressed, it was easy to also interpret it as Angle realising very quickly that Booker T would be no joke as he came close to taking the title after a Book End early on! The match became a level playing field after that with neither man gaining too much of an advantage for too long at a time as Angle continuously looked for the ankle lock but as Booker had it scouted, a frustrated Angle was never able to lock it in. However he duck a Harlem Side Kick and followed up with an Olympic Slam that Angle and the announcers all believed would finish the match, only for Booker to kick out right at the last second! The match reset again and Booker connected again with the Book End but his exhaustion meant he didn't make the cover as quickly as he would have liked which allowed Angle to reverse the pin into a roll-up and when Booker kicked out, Angle was finally able to transition into the ankle lock! Booker was in agony and struggled to the ropes but Angle tightened his grip but to everyone's astonishment, Booker grabbed the bottom rope and forced a break! Once again Angle's frustration showed through but this time he took it too far and brought his title belt into the ring to use on Booker and despite the protestations of the referee Angle swung, only for Booker to duck it and once again connect with a Book End! This time he was able to capitalise quickly and made the cover for the 1...2...no, Angle kicked out! Booker went right back on the offensive and a few moments later after escaping another Olympic Slam attempt where he seemed to hurt his ankle again he kicked Angle in the gut and went for the Axe Kick. But as Booker's leg was coming down, Angle moved out of the way and caught the ankle once again and locked in the ankle lock! Angle twisted, yanked and pulled back as Booker was clearly in agony, but he wouldn't tap out! Booker crawled to the ropes and was inches away, only for Angle to pull him back and then grapevined the leg! Booker was in agony and despite his best efforts had absolutely no choice but to tap out, giving the victory to Angle! Despite giving absolutely everything, it just wasn't to be for Booker T. There was no shame in this loss as he came closer than almost anyone to handing Kurt Angle only his second every singles loss by pinfall or submission. The Olympic Gold Medallist looked absolutely spent, barely showing enough energy to celebrate his win after releasing the ankle lock but when he did finally get to his feet, he knew that he had been in a fight and whether he would ever publicly acknowledge that himself is a different question but it was clear to everyone watching. Tony Schiavone had the final word by thanking everyone for turning into "The Grandaddy of Them All" and making Starrcade 2000 a huge success for World Championship Wrestling as WCW World Heavyweight champion Kurt Angle posed with this title to close out a truly epic event!

It’s definitely a heel group. Sherri’s whole thing with Joanie is that she was essentially held back before joining WCW and prevented from showing what she is truly capable of and now she’s going to do it in the women’s division. With Madusa, she lost in the opening round of the WCW Women’s World title tournament to eventual winner Manami Toyota, who Joanie made her debut by attacking the following night. So that’s where the link comes in I guess! I do think dumping Rhonda is the right call as well, but I was considering keeping her around as the one to take the falls in any tag of six-person matches.

<p>I’m looking for a faction name for Joanie Lee (Chyna) and Madusa managed by Sherri Martel. This is in 2000 WCW (Montreal Aftermath mod) after Chyna has spent all the time by the side of Triple H and DX. Martel has brought her in to WCW and claimed she has been held back. </p><p> Madusa has been kinda floundering, having Rhonda Singh as her bodyguard but she’s aligning with Martel now (undecided about whether Rhonda joins as well).</p><p> I haven’t really fleshed out the idea but the key thing is Joanie Lee is going to be the focal point of this group.</p>