Hate the Game

The Final Countdown · April 24, 2017

I was somewhat surprised that you came back to this, but I'm not complaining! Sometimes a little break really is all it takes to rejuvenate your interest.

I liked the way the Tully vs. Steiner fight was laid out (and good call on making it a fight/angle instead of an actual match.) The Flair bit is interesting too. Wonder why he left?

The Nickman · May 1, 2017

Golly gosh, where have I been hiding these last few months that I've missed a new dynasty from Beejus?? Just finished reading past Sin, and am really enjoying this so far.

Looking forward to seeing where you take this from here.

The Nickman · May 2, 2017

Oh boy!! I'm all caught up now (great diary so far Beej), and looks like there's still time to predict...

WCW World Heavyweight Championship Match

“Big Poppa Pump” Scott Steiner w/Midajah vs. Booker T

Comments: I think you've built Steiner up too strongly to have him lose here.

Chain Match – First man to touch all four corners wins!

“Da Man” Goldberg vs. Animal w/Madusa

Comments: NEXT!!!

Tag Team Grudge Match

Kronik vs. Totally Buff w/Madusa

Comments: Both these team stink, to be perfectly honest. Totally Buff stinks less, I guess.

Six-Man Tag Team Tables Match – all men on one team must go through a table to be eliminated!

The Insiders and “The Prodigal Son” Dustin Rhodes vs. Team Canada w/Major Gunns

Comments: You're building up Team Canada, and to do that, the Insiders need to eat a loss here.

WCW Commissioner Powers vs. The Services of Ms. Jones

“Above Average” Mike Sanders vs. Ernest “The Cat” Miller w/Ms. Jones

Comments: Ugh, SURELY it can't go to Miller, can it??

WCW World Tag Team Championship Match

The Natural Born Thrillers (Sean O’Haire & Chuck Palumbo) vs. The Filthy Animals (Rey Mysterio Jr. & Billy Kidman) w/Tygress

Comments: They only just won it, I don't think they'll lose it straight away.

Tag Team Match for the WCW Hardcore Championship

“The Franchise” Shane Douglas & Crowbar w/Daffney vs. The Mamalukes

Comments: Mamalukes STINK!! I'm assuming Douglas needs to make the pin to retain??

Six Man Tag Team Action

The Misfits in Action (General Rection, Corporal Cajun, and Lieutenant Loco?) vs. “The Chosen One” Jeff Jarrett & The Harris Brothers

Bonus Point: Who takes the fall? Corporal Cajun, because of Chavo

Comments: Not a big fan of the Harris brothers in any save I've ever played for WCW, WWF or TNA, but Jarrett should pick up the victory here before he takes back the US Title.

Dance Dance Revenge!

“Sugar” Shane Helms & Jamie Knoble vs. 2 Count

Comments: Who cares?? Haha

Tiebreaker Question: How long will the main event last? 24 minutes

Beejus · June 1, 2017

WCW Thunder and WCW Worldwide: Week 3 <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="OOC" data-cite="OOC" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43111" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Guess who's back?! I think I've finally gotten things in order on my end for the most part, so it is time to get back to work on this! I feel like I've been letting everyone down with it so far, but if all goes well, that stops now. If I can manage to achieve my goal, then SuperBrawl should be posted next weekend (or at least very shortly thereafter) and we will start chugging along a little better after that. But for right now, please enjoy the go-home episode of WCW Thunder and Worldwide!</div></blockquote> <div style="text-align:center;">http://i.imgur.com/GfAVMaj.gif <iframe width="220" height="124" src="<a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NN22FXGVEOA?rel=0" rel="external nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/embed/NN22FXGVEOA?rel=0"</a> frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> http://i.imgur.com/blAXzeJ.jpg WCW Thunder Aired February 14th, 2001 (Week 3) Held at: The KSU Convocation Center in Kennesaw, Georgia (South East) Announcers: Tony Schiavone, Mike Tenay, and Scott Hudson Attendance: 4,792 people (sold out!)</div> <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43111" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png The show starts with The Steiner Brothers coming to the ring right away, “Big Poppa Pump” getting a microphone and it is quickly apparent he is in a very, very bad mood. He says that he didn’t get beaten up by “that broken down old man,” he got attacked from behind by a punk named Booker T. Steiner tells Ric Flair to come out and make things right, but Flair says that there’s nothing for him to “make right” because he wasn’t in an actual match against Tully. Flair informs Steiner that both Blanchard and Booker are not in the arena for Thunder under his own orders because Booker was not to be on Nitro. But he was forced to leave Nitro because someone called him and said that his daughter Ashley was ill, and he rushed home to find that she was perfectly fine and in bed, so it looks like Booker staged something to do with Flair’s own family just to get his hands on Scott! So with Flair not very happy about Booker T right now either, Scott is just going to have to stew for the next few days until SuperBrawl: Revenge so that he can get his hands on him. Scott starts screaming about how he took out Sting, Sid, Booker, etc… I’ve typed that out so many times anymore that you know the drill. This is why I can’t wait to be rid of Thunder. It really does only serve to drag out storylines that should be short, sweet, and either over by now or else in their second or third PPV match already. But it looks as though the mystique of the champion is shaken, as Sid Vicious comes out of the back saying that he wants a title match, right here tonight – and then he’ll face Booker at SuperBrawl! “The Total Package” Lex Luger comes out and implores Ric Flair to give him a World title shot, a shot he hasn’t had in some time. Finally, Kevin Nash comes out, saying that if there’s anyone back there who should have a World title match, it’s the big wolf! Steiner tells them all to get in the back of the line because they aren’t worth his time, but Flair decides to book the three of them in a triple threat match tonight to determine who gets the title shot after SuperBrawl: Revenge is over! (B+) What a mess of an off-night. Flair improvised well and Nash worked the crowd pretty well, and all the big names arguing got the show off to a good start and got the crowd hot for the rest of the show. But neither Scott Steiner nor Sid did well for themselves without a script, and Luger was just terrible. Flair’s performance was good as he talked about why he had to rush off of Nitro, though. This deserved better color commentary though. http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png General Rection and Corporal Cajun defeat The Jung Dragons after Leia Meow pulls the top rope down accidentally on Kaz Hayashi! He groggily re-enters the ring and walks into Cajun’s Whiplash 2000 for the pin. (C-) Cajun seemed off his game. The chemistry issues between the Dragons are starting to rear their ugly heads and become it’s own storyline, if you haven’t noticed. The announcing quality lifted the match, having Tenay to talk about the crazy flips and stuff the Dragons were using helped. As planned, this match brought the crowd back down a bit. http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png “The Chosen One” Jeff Jarrett comes out and starts talking about how he is going to take down the Misfits at SuperBrawl and then put the US title in a place where it belongs, around his waist. It turns out to be a diversion, as the Harris Boys come in from the crowd to attack the MIA! Where is Chavo at now? But even without him, Hugh and Lash are able to turn it back around, sending Ron and D out of the ring with a clothesline and dropkick, respectively. Jarrett is livid at the top of the aisle as the MIA hold their hands high in the air in victory! Will it be that way when they team with Lt. Loco at SuperBrawl: Revenge? (C-) Jarrett improvised well throughout the segment and came out of this looking excellent as a true chickenshit heel, but Lash did not come out of this looking very good. http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png We find that Chavo Guerrero Jr. is backstage in the interview area along with “Mean” Gene Okerlund. The Cruiserweight champion is talking about how he looks forward to donning the fatigues again this Sunday and being Lt. Loco to help his old teammates actually score a decisive win for a change. Gene pressures Chavo about what just happened in the ring, with Chavo saying he was back here, so he has no idea what happened. Gene then gets on him about when he’s going to defend his title against the number one contender, Corporal Cajun. When Guerrero dances around the question, Ric Flair appears! He tells Chavo that it has been over a month since he defended the belt last, so he has one of two options: hand it over, or defend it right here tonight! Guerrero says that he can’t defend it against Cajun because it would throw off their tag team symmetry – but Flair forces him to agree to a match tonight anyways, against five other top cruiserweight contenders! Chavo calls it unfair, but he has no choice in the matter! (C+) Flair worked the segment well here and was a real star in this segment, but the surprise was that Chavo clearly enjoyed the freedom of being off-script and really performed well. Gene looked out of place, we could have just put a microphone stand there and gotten this much accomplished. http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png “The Prodigal Son” Dustin Rhodes was intentionally disqualified on Nitro, but tonight he wrestles evenly to defeat Alex Wright with the running bulldog in a short match of 3:38. (C-) Quality of announcing helped the match. http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png Lance Storm is with Major Gunns backstage, having promo time tonight to talk about their match at SuperBrawl. But before Storm can get into the pay-per-view, he hears the chuckling off-screen of Kwee Wee and Paisley. Lance asks them to be serious for a moment, so Kwee Wee stands at attention and jokes that maybe he would look better with a rat tail styled onto his hair. Paisley says that Major Gunns’s maple leaf half shirt is “about as dated and loose as you are” which leads to the men having to hold the women apart! It looks like we are going to have – of all things – a mixed tag team match tonight! (C-) http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png Alex Wright is packing his bags up after his match, not very happy about having another loss on major television. He is approached by Disqo, who tells Alex that they need to get back together and then, with the help of his new self-help guru, the two can maybe even get back the World Tag Team titles! Wright agrees to give Disqo another shot as a team, reuniting the Boogie Knights! (D+) http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png “Mean” Gene is backstage in the locker room area, and he and the cameraman notice an open door. They peak inside to see Jeff Jarrett berating the Harris Boys, telling them that if they fail him one more damn time, they’ll be out of here! Jarrett notices the door and closes it, telling “you story-seeking slapnuts” to get out of here before he gives them the acoustic equalizer! (C+) http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png There is a commotion going on nearby that the cameraman turns toward, and it looks like Sid Vicious is being forced out of the building! CEO Ric Flair is stone faced and trying to keep the situation calm among all the screaming but Commissioner Mike Sanders is egging Sid on to keep him upset. We finally get close enough to find out what’s happening, as it appears Mark Johnson had unexpectedly arrived in the building, and so Sid had to leave! Vicious is not happy about being thrown out of the arena when he had a shot at getting a World title match! (B+) Tony and Scott were weak on commentary during this, as they talked over half the dialogue. Sid and Flair’s performances were good, but Sanders performed poorly. I was actually a little surprised that this angle got the crowd as hot as it did. Sid sells? Who knew? http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png In the mixed tag team match, Lance Storm and Major Gunns defeat Kwee Wee and Paisley. The match is designed to rile the crowd up, including a comedy moment when Gunns tries to rip her shirt off to distract Kwee Wee but it doesn’t work. Finally Storm has enough of this foolishness and rolls through Kwee Wee to lock in the Canadian Maple Leaf for the tap out victory at 4:57. (D+) This crowd were downright hostile toward the women, apparently they only cared to see men in the ring tonight. Oops. We had told these guys to lift the crowd, but Sid already did that, so it didn’t achieve much. Major Gunns was really poor in the ring, I should probably never do this again. But the great performance given by Lance really stood out. http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png “Mean” Gene is backstage surrounded by the Natural Born Thrillers, asking Sanders why the other Thrillers are here when he gave them all the night off? He says that they had the night off from in-ring action, but he made sure they were here to cheer on his upcoming great performance tonight. The commissioner says that while “The Cat” has been complaining about having to wrestle every show while Sanders hasn’t, he is going to have a very even match for both of them tonight. He tells Miller to just be in the ring in a little bit to find out his opponents. Gene asks who Mike will be facing, when he says that he had an idea thanks to Lance Storm. In the matches that have been had between his Thrillers and those Animals, one of them hasn’t seen any ring action; Tygress! Okerlund calls him a slime, but the NBT laugh and joke about how difficult the match will be to handle. Sanders closes by saying that despite the grueling battle that is to ensue, Tygress will be SOL – and we know what that means! © Okerlund was very underwhelming, just looking like a stodgy old man who got lost and walked into a frat party. O’Haire looked a real star though, and Palumbo’s performance was good as he feigned fear for the NBT’s lead mouthpiece. http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png Goldberg makes his entrance into the arena, and he tells everyone that he isn’t here for a match tonight, only to give a warning. He warns Animal that none of the matches in his new streak have meant quite as much to him as the upcoming one, so instead of taking someone down tonight, he’s saving win #40 specifically for Animal at SuperBrawl: Revenge. He’s next! (B) Short and sweet but effective. http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png “The Cat” Ernest Miller and Ms. Jones come out to the ring, with Miller saying that he’d rather give the people of Kennesaw a dance than a match. But he’s interrupted by… <div style="text-align:center;"><iframe width="220" height="124" src="<a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/94J_Hsuc1a8?rel=0&showinfo=0" rel="external nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/embed/94J_Hsuc1a8?rel=0&showinfo=0"</a> frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div> “The Franchise” Shane Douglas and Crowbar come out, with Daffney skipping behind them wearing her blue wig and shirt reading “Bluebird of Despair”. Douglas says that he and Crowbar are going to take on Miller in a handicap match under order of Mike Sanders, non-title unlike at SuperBrawl when they’re going to break those Italian flunkies the Mamalukes in a hardcore match. Daffney keeps trying to pet Miller’s coat, but he keeps pushing her away. She finally has enough of that and screams, and that is time for Douglas to attack “The Cat” from behind to start the match! (C-) Douglas’s performance was good, riling the crowd up like only he can. The announcing was good here, but it really should have had better color work. http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png Ernest Miller appears to defeat Shane Douglas and Crowbar after The Mamalukes attacked the two with stickball bats and “The Cat” pinned Crowbar, but it’s a Dusty finish as Mark Johnson comes out to inform Billy Silverman about the interference; handing the victory at 4:24 by DQ to Douglas and Crowbar! (D+) Ms. Jones did good work at ringside. But yet again the crowd were already still hot, so they didn’t need working back up like I felt they would have. http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png Tony, Mike, and Scott take time to talk about what we’ve seen happen this evening, saying that after our big opening segment that Sid was thrown out of the building by Mark Johnson. So it looks like tonight, it’s Kevin Nash against Lex Luger in our main event, and the winner will receive a World Heavyweight title match in the near future. © http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png “Mean” Gene heads backstage to Totally Buff’s dressing room, where Buff is warming Luger up. Madusa rubs lotion on Luger’s chest as the two talk about the huge opportunity that Lex has tonight. He says that nobody knows Kevin Nash in the ways that he does, so this should be a piece of cake, but not as much cake as they’ll be having at SuperBrawl when they face Kronik. Bagwell points out that they don’t eat cake because they aren’t fat boys like they have all over Georgia, but it’ll be like a protein cake that they are going to eat all up, leading them back to the biggest sponge cake of all, Goldberg. Luger says that Scott Steiner is a good champion, but “The Total Package” will make a better one. (B-) Scripts and reshoots are Lex’s friend. http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png Chavo Guerrero Jr. retains his title in a six man match over Evan Karagias, “Sugar” Shane Helms, Shannon Moore, Jamie Knoble, and Elix Skipper by taking advantage of the feuding between Helms/Knoble and 2 Count by waiting until everyone is doing dives out of the ring and then pulling Karagias into a roll up, putting his feet on the ropes to get the three count in 8:02! © Jamie seemed a little sluggish. The announcing was good though, lifting the match by way of Mike Tenay’s knowledge. http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png Mike Sanders is seen leaving the Thrillers’ dressing room confidently. Stasiak gets up to follow after to go get a snack, but the door won’t open – it turns out Ernest Miller and The Filthy Animals were hiding on the other side of the door, and they moved a bunch of crates in front of the door! Sean O’Haire kicks at the door, but even he can’t get it kicked in! “Above Average” is on his own! © http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png This intergender match is mostly comedy where Mike Sanders is watching for backup when Tygress gets the upper hand. Mark Johnson is the official here though, and he stops to tie his shoe when Tygress actually has Sanders down for the pinfall. Mike gets a foreign object out of his trunks and nails Tygress with it, and despite it being right in front of him during the cover, Johnson counts her down and gives the match to Sanders at 3:17. Mike then starts to celebrate as though he won a grueling match! (E) Tygress apparently isn’t as funny as we thought she would be, not doing very well in a comedy match. She also seemed very sluggish, possibly thrown off by the brutal reaction this pro-men-only-wrestling crowd gave her. But the match did its job by giving the crowd a breather. The announcing and color work helped boost the match, but we saw a lot of Tony and Tenay getting in each other’s way while Tenay and Hudson called the match well on their end. http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png The commissioner is celebrating his “huge” win in the ring, when Ernest Miller slides into the ring behind him! However, Miller ends up just being the distraction, as he points behind Sanders… to Ms. Jones, who kicks him between the legs! Sanders is down on the mat as “The Cat” and Ms. Jones dance in the ring! (C-) http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png Before our main event, we go to a recap video to see the opening segment and then Sid being thrown out of the arena, leading to our singles match that is next. (B) http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png Again before we get started, Kevin Nash gets a microphone and talks about how he isn’t forgetting about Team Canada, but tonight “Big Sexy” has more on his plate than that. He hopes Scott Steiner and Booker T are watching, because after he wins tonight, he is going to be gunning for whichever of them is holding that “ten pounds of gold”. (C+) Kevin improvised well. http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png Kevin Nash defeats Lex Luger despite Mark Johnson taking over from Nick Patrick during the match. Johnson almost seems to hand the bout to Luger, but Nash’s feet hit him during the Torture Rack, which brings out Goldberg! He spears Luger, and then the Jackknife Powerbomb delivers the final touch at 7:39. No matter how long Mark waits to count, it’s a definite three count, giving Kevin Nash a future World title match! (C+) There was a severe lack of selling on display. The announcing quality was good, the crowd got hotter, and Madusa did some good work though, so all in all a good match. http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png After our final commercial break, Scott Steiner comes to the ring again. He says that he doesn’t care about Kevin Nash, he doesn’t care about Sid, or Luger, or anyone but himself – and for right this moment, Booker T! “Big Poppa Pump” goes on a tirade about how the fans might have thought they saw something happen on Nitro to him, but it ain’t in any win-loss records because it wasn’t a match; and if Booker hadn’t gotten involved, it would’ve ended with him murderin’ a damn old fool! As Scott talks though, a camera goes backstage to see Rick Steiner – and as Scott is heard asking why the TurnerTron isn’t showing him, we find out why as Booker T attacks from behind the camera! He lays Rick out with a vicious attack, ending it by putting him through a table with a Book End! Booker looks into the camera and addresses Scott, saying that “We just saw a brotha’ for a brotha’, and at SuperBrawl, I’ma get my own revenge on you! When I do, don’t hate the playa’, just hate the game, sucka!” Scott goes wild in the ring as Thunder closes. Make sure to join us this Sunday night for SuperBrawl: Revenge! (B) The segment needed better color commentary. Scott continued his off night, being very poor when improvising dialogue here. The crowd got hotter though, so well enough. <div style="text-align:center;">Show Rating: B- This show has increased our popularity in 10 regions.</div></div></blockquote> <div style="text-align:center;"><iframe width="220" height="124" src="<a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vrfM5GzCLOQ?rel=0" rel="external nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/embed/vrfM5GzCLOQ?rel=0"</a> frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> http://i.imgur.com/r06q6I3.jpg WCW Worldwide Aired February 18th, 2001 (Week 3) Held at: Archer Hall in Atlanta, Georgia (South East) Announcers: Mike Tenay and Scott Hudson Attendance: 1,000 people (sold out!)</div> <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43111" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><ul><li> Jamie Knoble defeats Yang with a rollup after Kaz Hayashi tries to interfere but inadvertently shakes Yang off the top rope (C-) Yang and Meow as well as Tenay and Hudson showed good chemistries during this match. </li><li> The final SuperBrawl Series video before the show itself tonight goes to SuperBrawl VIII when Sting defeated Hollywood Hogan for the vacant WCW World Heavyweight championship; could we see a new champion on tonight’s SuperBrawl: Revenge? (B-) </li><li> Kronik defeat The Boogie Knights with Wright experiencing High Times when Disqo is too busy talking to the fans about his self help guru to tag out © This match got the crowd hotter. Adams and Clarke showed great chemistry teaming together. </li><li> Mike Tenay and Scott Hudson go down the list of matches scheduled for SuperBrawl: Revenge tonight; order now, only on pay-per-view! (B-) Tenay looked lost out there and Hudson did not come out of this looking very good either. Show Rating: C- The crowd didn’t like having less than three segments… whiners.</li></ul></div></blockquote> <div style="text-align:center;">http://i.imgur.com/0Lh9W8w.png</div>

Beejus · June 6, 2017

From the desk of Eric Bischoff:

“The backstage area was lively at Nitro as Jimmy Yang set up a waffle bar for everyone.

There were a lot of opinions this week. Guys seem to be enjoying my suggestions box policy, where they can write down thoughts about someone anonymously – well, I know who it is, but I’ve been anonymous about the opinions to the rest of the locker room. Funny enough, during Nitro most of the remarks came at the expense of Ron Harris. Sid Vicious and Bryan Clarke both seem to feel he doesn’t connect well with the fans, while Booker T thinks Ron just can’t sell. I also saw a note from Ric Flair where he doesn’t feel Shane Douglas is charismatic, and thinks I could just cut him and hire someone better. Now, I know Shane made his name calling out ‘Dick Flair’ forever, but does Ric really need to fan those flames in this new generation? After his match on Thunder, Kaz Hayashi came to me personally to ask if he could please stop having Leia Meow as his manager, because their bad timing just throws him off. I assured him that we are working on that issue. Kevin Nash may be feeling a little insecure, because he claims that Mark Jindrak ‘can’t work a WCW style’ so he should be jobbed off the roster. Maybe he sees a little of himself in Mark and he doesn’t want him to eventually outshine him? Scott Steiner however had no reason to call out Evan Karagias as being uncharismatic and should be released. Especially given that his valet has been a charisma black hole ever since we let Midajah ride along with him.

Nitro actually gained well this past week, moving to a 3.16 rating on TNT, with Thunder getting a 2.61 on TBS! I’m really looking forward to what sort of buyrate we will end up for SuperBrawl after this fairly successful week. Worldwide drew a very similar 0.08 to where it was last week; with it being just on syndication, I’m not really expecting much more out of it than that.

However, Turner executives have made it known that they don’t care what the ratings look like. I was privy to some information from Bill Busch, who sat in on an AOL/Turner meeting, and they said that without a shadow of a doubt, WCW are out by the end of March. I’ve racked my brain trying to come up with new ideas and a new station to go on, but even my best option, FX, aren’t willing to take on a company in such high debt. I need to do something about this, but the only place I can really cut some costs is on some of the contracts of the boys. However, how do you convince people to take so much less money when they signed for so much more? This will be my finest smooth talking if I can manage to get people to give up money – even if I am offering a longer contract to make up some of the difference. I am going to have to start with people I can appeal to, who would worry about the future of the company. I’m sure Flair would care about the future of WCW, but no way would I be able to talk to him. He’s still constantly giving me the evil eye anytime we are in the same room together. Goldberg has listened to too many guys like Hulk, who convinced him to make as much as he can in as little time as he can, so that would be a no go as well. I shudder at the amount of expletives Scott Steiner would scream if I brought this up to him. No, this is going to require some of my friends. Namely, Kevin and Dallas. Perhaps those guys would be willing to ‘take one for the team’ so to speak, as long as I make sure that they are going to be happy with what I offer them and as long as it makes up for their investment. Especially since both of them are making a killing, Kevin pulling in $300,000 a month and Dallas with $250,000 a month! I probably only have one shot at this, because once I have talked to one of them about it, they will definitely put the other on their guard. But which one do I talk to? Which Insider would take the pay cut to help ensure WCW survives?

The only way I am gonna be able to do this will be to get one of them aside and talk to him after SuperBrawl.”

So, dear readers, this is where you can come in. The prediction prize this month will be to determine which of the two Eric talks to about renegotiating their contract. I wanted to hype it this way, even though I won't be posting the actual conversation until after it has already been long done, because I think you will all like seeing how it goes, and trust me; since I'm already booked through the WCW shows on the post-SuperBrawl week, it will definitely help lead to some mysterious intrigue!

SuperBrawl is all written! I will be posting it Thursday evening, so you can be excited for that, everyone!

Beejus · June 8, 2017

World Championship Wrestling presents SuperBrawl: Revenge <div style="text-align:center;">http://i.imgur.com/GfAVMaj.gif <iframe width="220" height="124" src="<a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rJkt3DZHM5Y?rel=0&showinfo=0" rel="external nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/embed/rJkt3DZHM5Y?rel=0&showinfo=0"</a> frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Apparently they repurposed this song for the actual show, so this isn’t me just using an older, cool theme. http://i.imgur.com/fAZONJO.jpg WCW SuperBrawl: Revenge February 18th, 2001 Held at: Rabobank Arena in Bakersfield, California (South West) Announcers: Tony Schiavone, Mike Tenay, and Scott Hudson Attendance: 8,641 people (sold out!)</div> <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43111" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;">http://i.imgur.com/0f6jrZ3.jpg</div> After the opening fireworks display, the show opens with our WCW CEO, “The Nature Boy” Ric Flair coming down to the ring. Flair gets the crowd all pumped up with a big “WOOOOOO!” before welcoming everyone in the Rabobank Arena and everyone watching at home on pay-per-view to the tenth anniversary of WCW SuperBrawl! Flair talks about how he was in the main event of the very first SuperBrawl in 1991, getting his revenge and winning back a World championship. He says how fitting is it that ten years later, we will see someone else trying to get revenge and win back the WCW World championship right here at SuperBrawl: Revenge! <div style="text-align:center;">http://i.imgur.com/C4RidzV.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/9Bo1juQ.jpg</div> The sirens bring out the incumbant champion, “Big Poppa Pump” Scott Steiner marching to the ring with Midajah carrying the title behind him. Steiner gets Flair’s microphone and gives him a piece of his mind. <div style="text-align:center;">“Yeah I guess that’d be a fitting, lovely story, Ric. But the problem is, in 1991, you were facing some out of shape, washed up Jappie who you shouldn’ta’ lost to in the first place. You winnin’ that belt back back then means NUH-THING to anyone in 2001, because now you’re just as outta’ shape and washed up as that guy was back then! Meanwhile, the champ isn’t some unfit piece of sake drinkin’ crap, it’s the ‘Big Bad Booty Daddy’ Scott Steiner. And the challenger is someone who shoulda never won the belt the first time, let alone two more times, he only held it because I was busy pumping up my peaks and pumping down my freaks! Booker T, that punk, flea ridden, two bitch piece’a crap better not even show up to the ‘rena tonight, because I’m gonna hit him, hurt him, throw him around, and then keep the belt around my sexy waist. I ain’t gonna need no Mark Johnson to keep the belt, I don’t need Ricky to keep the belt, all I need is the largest arms in the world to wrap around his neck and break him in half! And when I’m done with Booker T, I promise that I’ll still have enough stam’na left to show some of these ‘Bakersfield bitch freaks’ my own personal California Redwood!” http://i.imgur.com/8msICNG.jpg</div> Out to rebut comes Booker T, the challenger tonight. At Flair’s urging, he stops at the top of the ramp, but he’s handed his own microphone. <div style="text-align:center;">“Scotty, I don’t care what you say, you been runnin’ scared of Booker T ever since Mayhem! Because I don’t fall for your crap about the largest arms in the world, I don’t fall for your crap about how dominant you are, because you ain’t shown to be nothin’ but a big mouthed, jacked up sucka! I would ignore you, but you got what I want; my WCW World championship. And when I win back my title that you stoled from me in November, I’m gonna be the four time, four time, four time, four times World’s Heavyweight champion, sucka! When you left layin’ on your back countin’ the lights of the Rabobank Arena and you look up to see me puttin’ that title back around my waist, whatever you do… don’t hate on the playa!”</div> Booker holds the microphone up as the crowd chants “hate the game!” for him, as Scott starts yelling at Booker off the microphone, telling him to come down to the ring. WCW security stand in front of Booker so he can’t go to the ring, but he mouths to Steiner that he’ll see him tonight in the main event! What a show it’s going to be tonight, fans; welcome to SuperBrawl: Revenge! <div style="text-align:right;">Rating: A* (97) Eric’s Thoughts: This was a really good start to the show, as the crowd ate it up. It needed some better color commentary to hold up that end of the segment, but Scott definitely enjoyed getting to work off script and performed well on this night.</div></div></blockquote> <div style="text-align:center;">http://i.imgur.com/QKmYQRu.png</div> <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43111" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;">http://i.imgur.com/tSFMrOC.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/VZJW9Zk.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/Uk8UtOC.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/UQBoFth.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/XcJl8aZ.jpg 2 Count vs. “Sugar” Shane Helms and Jamie Knoble Announced Time Limit: 20:00 Official: Charles Robinson Ringside: Nobody</div> While a lot of matches featuring 2 Count have been comedy affairs, this time they were all business as they took on their former partners. There were bodies flying everywhere in this match, as they wowed the audience with some crazy maneuvers which most of them likely had never seen before. It was also a match given plenty of room to grow, so they could make it as best as they could. The end came down to Evan and Helms fighting in one corner while Shannon and Karagias traded punches in the other. 2 Count got the lead, but when they tried to whip their opponents into one another, Helms leap-frogged over Knoble and the two hit stereo dropkicks on the band mates! Helms set up Moore while Knoble hooked Karagias, and they were both planted with the Vertebreaker and Tombstone piledriver in the center of the ring, with both men covering their former partners while Charles delivered a stereo three count. <div style="text-align:right;">Match Time: 12:04 Rating: C- Eric’s Thoughts: A solid high spot type of cruiserweight match to get the crowd really going. We didn’t need it to have the crowd hot, because they were still so hot after the opening segment, but it certainly helped to give them a pretty hot match right after. With this, we end this short feud and everyone can move on.</div></div></blockquote> <div style="text-align:center;">http://i.imgur.com/QKmYQRu.png</div> <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43111" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;">http://i.imgur.com/1D13aft.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/i9V0y4Z.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/eg47FwE.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/1pL4QTx.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/RLTACre.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/0p3vm5y.jpg</div> “Mean” Gene Okerlund stands backstage in the interview area alongside the entire Natural Born Thrillers. Gene says that tonight is a huge night for these men, as the World Tag Team titles as well as the WCW Commissionership is on the line right here at SuperBrawl: Revenge! “Above Average” Mike Sanders tells Gene that he needs to stop worrying so much, because tomorrow will be the same as yesterday. He says that not only will his best men “go all Bob Barker” by spaying and neutering the Filthy Animals, but he himself has a “master plan” that will ensure victory when he skins “The Cat” and brings home the prize of Ms. Jones. With that, it’s time for our next match, so they leave, with Gene saying that he supposes if you’re going to be confident, why not be overconfident? <div style="text-align:center;">http://i.imgur.com/P8aeNAJ.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/HeHle19.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/zWQDdLZ.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/INnDeAu.jpg</div> The Filthy Animals hip hop their way down to the ring, with Konnan rapping along with “Reason” as it plays in the background. When they enter the ring, Konnan goes into his opening spiel, asking where his dawgs are at and speaking on this with an “orale” and “arriba la raza”. He says that the Animals aren’t the biggest dogs in the fight but they’re gonna fight like dogs to get the titles around their waists, “So bring Big and Ugly on out here to see what happens when you mess with familia! Orale!” <div style="text-align:center;">http://i.imgur.com/ZUzW6fC.jpg?1 http://i.imgur.com/eg47FwE.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/0p3vm5y.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/Uk8UtOC.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/HeHle19.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/zWQDdLZ.jpg WCW World Tag Team Championships The Natural Born Thrillers (Chuck Palumbo & Sean O’Haire) {c} vs. The Filthy Animals (Rey Mysterio Jr. & Billy Kidman) Announced Time Limit: 25:00 Official: Charles Robinson Ringside: Tygress (Filthy Animals)</div> Konnan leaves the ringside area at Charles Robinson’s behest, which Scott Hudson wonders if that wasn’t a Mike Sanders ruling, but Mike Tenay says that it’s only fair since the Thrillers don’t have anyone at ringside, while the Animals still have Tygress out there. Kidman starts the match with Palumbo, and the two trade a few hammerlocks, reversals, and headlocks before Billy hits a slick dropkick that puts Chuck in his corner. O’Haire comes into the ring, but Kidman outmaneuvers him as well for a few moments, leaving him on the ropes with a dropkick into the ribs. Mysterio enters the ring, and he avoids danger at all costs with his small stature and quickness. The Animals seem to be on top of things with some double teaming on Palumbo, but they kip up after a double elbow drop right into a double clothesline from O’Haire! From there, they single out Mysterio, specifically his historically bad knees. Kidman tries to interject himself, but he keeps getting pushed back out of the ring by Charles. Mysterio and his never-say-die attitude keep the Animals in this match though, and he eventually slips out of Sean’s grasp and quickly springboards into a dropkick that puts the big man down and out of the ring! That gives Rey ample time to make the tag, bringing Kidman into the ring. He runs through Palumbo and keeps O’Haire out of the ring. Kidman turns back into a kick in the midsection, but Chuck messes up when he tries to powerbomb Kidman. I guess he didn’t pay attention to every Kidman match since 1998, because you just can’t powerbomb Kidman! A face buster gets a two count, as Shawn Stasiak heads down to the ring. Stasiak slips into the ring behind Charles Robinson and runs right through him, before attacking Kidman. Mysterio springboards up and hits a dropkick on Stasiak, sending him out of the ring, but O’Haire comes back in and grasps up Mysterio, hitting him with a fireman’s carry DDT! Sean goes to the top rope, and he leaps for the Seanton Bomb – but Stasiak tries to climb back into the ring, and he inadvertantly shakes the ropes, causing O’Haire to crotch himself on the top rope! Mysterio knocks Stasiak away from the ropes, and he quickly hits a springboard frankensteiner on O’Haire! Kidman knocks Palumbo and Stasiak out with a springboard Shooting Star Press from the ring to the floor as Mysterio goes for the cover – and Charles Robinson calls for the bell! There’s a bit of confusion, but it’s quickly solved as the announcement is made that Charles has disqualified the Thrillers! The Filthy Animals won the match, and they should have gotten the pin – but thanks to Shawn Stasiak, they won’t be taking home the titles! Tenay says that there should definitely be another shot for the Animals after this night, but Tony points out that it depends on who wins the commissionership later in the evening. <div style="text-align:right;">Match Time: 9:02 Rating: C / C+ / C+ (match) Eric’s Thoughts: Definitely a good night for Konnan on the mic, he had the crowd in the palm of his hand just like he used to in the Wolfpac. I told these guys to just do what they could to steal the show, knowing that is how Rey likes it. It also was a test for the Thrillers to see how they would deal with it, and I’d say they held up their end of the bargain, and the match left the crowd buzzing. Kidman was really off his game though, and Tygress did good work. It was kind of a Dusty finish, but not exactly; this should really build the future dynamic.</div></div></blockquote> <div style="text-align:center;">http://i.imgur.com/QKmYQRu.png</div> <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43111" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;">http://i.imgur.com/1D13aft.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/UDcdLVe.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/SDaEctv.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/o9HKxZh.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/cc0ez2l.jpg</div> “Mean” Gene is in the interview area again alongside Totally Buff, Animal, and Madusa. Gene talks to Madusa, asking her if he could get her to invite him along to the celebration party that it seems Totally Buff are planning when Animal retires Goldberg, but she looks at him with disgust. Bagwell says that everyone will be invited to Goldberg’s retirement party except for two people – those two big, bloated buffoons Adams and Clarke! Luger talks about how Kronik have thought that Totally Buff were afraid of them, but they are afraid of nothing! It doesn’t matter how big they are, “The Total Package” and “Buff Daddy” are bigger, meaner, and have more experience, and so they’re going to introduce Kronik to something they should get used to: the ‘losers’ column! Animal closes the promo by saying that there have been a lot of big, musclebound, unstoppable beasts in pro wrestling’s history, but when he’s done tonight, the only one that’ll go down in history will remain the Road Warriors, because Goldberg is finished, by his hands! <div style="text-align:center;">http://i.imgur.com/UJcxP85.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/p0fsy4K.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/Uk8UtOC.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/SDaEctv.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/UDcdLVe.jpg KroniK vs. Totally Buff Announced Time Limit: 30:00 Official: Billy Silverman Ringside: Madusa (Totally Buff)</div> Totally Buff start the match by stalling, using veteran ring positioning to their advantage. Mike does briefly point out that actually the guy who’s been wrestling the shortest time in the match is Buff, but he glosses back over it by saying that Bagwell and Luger definitely have more “big match” experience compared to Adams and Clarke. “Buff Daddy” poses for the crowd, but while they boo him, they cheer loudly when Clarke flexes his muscles back at him! Adams gets caught in the wrong corner of the ring when he misses a charge into the turnbuckle and gets his bell rung by a clothesline from Lex. He gets the hot tag to Clarke though, who runs through both of Totally Buff with clotheslines and powerslams! But when he goes to the top rope, Madusa grabs his leg, leaving him wide open for Luger to grab him by the hair and slam his head into the ringpost itself! Clarke’s head is completely woozy as “The Total Package” shows his strength by lifting Clarke over the top rope and pull him into the Torture Rack. Clarke is unresponsive, so Billy Silverman ends up having to call for the bell. <div style="text-align:right;">Match Time: 6:43 Ratings: B- / C+ Eric’s Thoughts: Everyone from Madusa to the announce team did a great job in this match. Kronik had some great team chemistry on display. The only weak point was Marcus, who seemed to be off his mark just a little. I had told them to calm the crowd down, and they succeeded at that, but not in a way that bored them. All in all, mission accomplished here.</div></div></blockquote> <div style="text-align:center;">http://i.imgur.com/QKmYQRu.png</div> <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43111" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;">http://i.imgur.com/7f8ztT6.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/u2xvS59.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/jpiA2IS.jpg</div> The Harris Boys follow “The Chosen One” to the ring for their upcoming six man tag team match, but Jeff takes a microphone first. He talks about how ever since he gave up the US title and moved up to the World championship back in April, that belt “has gone from one slapnut to the next” and he feels it’s time to change that. He says that not if, but when Hugh gives him a title shot, that belt is coming back to a place it never should’ve left: the waist of “The Chosen One”! <div style="text-align:center;">http://i.imgur.com/TVeq0Hh.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/6d2HyxF.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/GOzN0ml.jpg</div> But General Rection and the Misfits in Action have something to say about this! Hugh has a microphone of his own, and he tells Jarrett that while he’s been in the main events fighting – and losing – to guys like Sid, Booker T, Sting, and playing second fiddle to Scott Steiner, he has been making this championship, this crowd, and this country proud of him by defending this belt against all challengers! The General says that tonight, they will find out just how “chosen” Jarrett really is, because while he’s been out of the US title picture, it’s become the land of Misfits! <div style="text-align:center;">http://i.imgur.com/TVeq0Hh.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/6d2HyxF.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/GOzN0ml.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/Uk8UtOC.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/7f8ztT6.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/u2xvS59.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/jpiA2IS.jpg The Misfits in Action vs. “The Chosen One” Jeff Jarrett & The Harris Brothers Announced Time Limit: 30:00 Official: Scott James Ringside: Nobody</div> Scott James has his work cut out for him trying to control this match, as it begins with everyone in the ring throwing wild fists! The MIA force their opponents out of the ring and celebrate the small victory. But when Chavo pulls Hugh’s attention to talk to him and show off for the crowd, Big Ron and Heavy D pull Corporal Cajun out of the ring behind Scott’s back and they hurl him into the ring barricade! Jarrett re-enters the ring along with Lash, and he takes full advantage of the damage done by his bodyguards as Morrus chews out Guerrero on the ring apron. Cajun suffers quite a bit through this match, and each time he tried to tag out, “Lieutenant Loco” would always seem to be unavailable. General Rection finally tags in, and he runs wild on Ron and Don along with LeRoux, but Jarrett slips a low blow in on the US champion, taking control of the match all over again while Scott James was chasing Chavo out of the ring! Lash and Chavo exchange glances on the apron but Hugh is getting practically triple teamed. The Harris Boys take out LeRoux before he can tag back into the match, and it looks as though Chavo is finally going to get tagged into the match! He looks around at the crowd, getting them behind him… and then drops off the apron! Chavo throws his MIA shirt to the wind as he walks backstage, leaving his partners high and dry. Morrus falls prey to the H-Bomb and Jarrett humiliatingly pins him with one finger, cementing himself as a United States championship contender once again. <div style="text-align:right;">Match Time: 14:07 Ratings: C- / D+ Eric’s Thoughts: Fans saw Chavo “turning” (he was already a heel) coming a mile away, so the match was held down slightly because it was almost written in stone that he wasn’t on the level with his partners. Lash was really off his game, but the announcing really helped sell the match. Jarrett’s great performance really stood out, probably showing off because he knew he was winning this one.</div></div></blockquote> <div style="text-align:center;">http://i.imgur.com/QKmYQRu.png</div> <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43111" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;">http://i.imgur.com/qBPvxQz.jpg?1 http://i.imgur.com/0fodKnR.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/FTyqj3g.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/Uk8UtOC.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/WeF1UnI.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/AAEiLfA.jpg WCW Hardcore Championship “The Franchise” Shane Douglas & Crowbar vs. The Mamalukes Announced Time Limit: 20:00 Official: Billy Silverman Ringside: Daffney (Crowbar)</div> This was your pretty generic hardcore match brawl where they used varying weapons that they picked up throughout the building, used in conjunction with some of the signature moves leading to near falls. You pretty much can picture the whole match just based on that. In the end, Daffney pulls out a rubber chicken and hits Vito with it, before revealing that inside the chicken was one of the Mamalukes’s own stickball bats. Douglas picks him up and hits the Franchiser for the win and retaining his title. <div style="text-align:right;">Match Time: 4:12 Rating: D+ Eric’s Thoughts: I thought that the crowd was going to be hotter at this point, so cooling them off with a weak hardcore tag match wasn’t a good move. Definitely not my fault. Vito was off his game here, whiffing on a bunch of his weapons hits. Announcing was amusing at least.</div></div></blockquote> <div style="text-align:center;">http://i.imgur.com/QKmYQRu.png</div> <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43111" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>We go from there to another big time matchup, the six man tag team tables match. But first, we see a video recap starting from the night after Sin when Team Canada decided to attack the Insiders during their World Tag Team championship rematch. The Insiders fired back by bringing back “The Prodigal Son” Dustin Rhodes to even the odds, and the two teams have been brawling both in and out of the ring since. Tonight, we see which team is the better in a tables match! <div style="text-align:center;">http://i.imgur.com/Ab5gddQ.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/D5yqUxE.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/aowkvCk.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/xUhhuLD.jpg Before the Insiders come to the ring, Lance Storm gets a microphone and talks about how California isn’t even land that Canada’s cool breezes find it fit to flow through. He tells WCW production crew to play the Canadian national anthem, but before it starts going… http://i.imgur.com/7qAgwif.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/RUQDOnr.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/q9Frvho.jpg</div> The Insiders come out with their own microphone, Kevin Nash saying that “Big Sexy is in the house!” Rhodes and Page give generic threats about getting revenge tonight at SuperBrawl: Revenge for being put through tables, and when they charge the ring, the match is on! <div style="text-align:center;">http://i.imgur.com/Ab5gddQ.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/D5yqUxE.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/aowkvCk.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/Uk8UtOC.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/7qAgwif.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/RUQDOnr.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/q9Frvho.jpg Six-Man Tag Team Tables Match Team Canada vs. The Insiders and “The Prodigal Son” Dustin Rhodes Announced Time Limit: 30:00 Official: Nick Patrick Ringside: Major Gunns (Team Canada)</div> Tony points out the rules for this match, as it is tornado style with no tags, and it is elimination style, so all three members of a team have to be put through tables for the victory. So this is a pretty big brawl to start, as all six men open up on one another. Skipper uses his quickness to evade Dallas while Dustin fights with Storm. That leaves Kevin Nash to throw big punches with Mike Awesome, as commentary talk about how this could very easily come down to three men on one side and only one on the other. Dustin is sent out of the ring hard, and that gives Storm and Skipper a chance to double team Page for a few minutes. “Big Sexy” hits Elix with the snake eyes, dazing him, before firing him out of the ring and nearly through a table. Awesome and Storm go at it with the Insiders, but Nash and Page get the better of that and DDP hits Mike with the Diamond Cutter to take him out of the equation! That gives Nash a chance to hit Storm with knees and framed elbows in the corner. On the outside, Dustin has set up a few tables, and he slides one into the ring. Dustin tries to hip toss Elix through the table, but Skipper flips to his feet and hits a dropkick to cause separation. The first man out of the match ends up being Skipper though, as Nash catches him coming from a plancha and drills him to the mat with a powerslam, before picking him up and dropping him with the Jackknife through a table! With the odds three-to-two, Team Canada need to rally back, and fast. With Skipper being escorted away from the ring, Storm and Awesome are on their own. “The Prodigal Son” and the Insiders push their advantage, but a slip up between Nash and Page leads to Dallas getting hit with Kevin’s big boot and then Dustin takes a ride in the Awesome Bomb through a table! It’s an even matchup now, but one of these teams are former World Tag Team champions while the other has only teamed together a few times. That type of tag team symmetry cannot be discounted, and the Insiders bounce in with Nash fighting off Lance and obliterating him with a one armed chokeslam when Storm was coming off the ropes at him. Mike Awesome backs down from no men, and he hurls Page out of the ring. He charges the opposite side of the ring and comes back, leaping over the top rope to hit a no touch suicide dive over the top rope onto DDP! “The Canadian Career Killer” feels Page is done as he goes after Nash, and the two big men go at it with forearms and punches. The former nWo founder dodges a clothesline before delivering a pointed elbow to the chin of Awesome. Awesome fights back tooth and nail though, hitting Nash with a leaping clothesline off the second rope. Mike goes up to the top rope, but DDP catches him there, and he pulls Awesome to the floor and through a table with a Diamond Cutter! It’s the former Tag Team champions against only Lance Storm! But Lance Storm has his own pride, and he refuses to back down. He gets his wits about him and takes Nash down with a basement dropkick to the big man’s knees. Storm then goes after DDP, hitting a spinning kick and then going back to stomp Nash’s leg. Mike Tenay talks about how Storm is using his own divide-and-conquer style at this moment, keeping Nash at bay while attacking Page. That only works until Kevin shoves Storm away, and DDP hits the discus clothesline on him! Dallas takes time to set a table up in the center of the ring, and he looks poised to send Storm through it. He looks to do another Diamond Cutter from the ropes, but Storm holds on, shoving Dallas off and through the table! It’s down to Lance Storm and Kevin Nash, who Storm has already weakened. Lance kicks the fallen Kevin a few more times while Page is being escorted away, and he does more work to Nash’s knees, Tony calling that it’s a smart move that could eliminate the possibility of another Jackknife powerbomb. Kevin comes back with a vengeance though, catching Storm coming off the ropes and drilling him to the mat with a sidewalk slam! Nash puts Storm over the middle rope and hobbles to the other side of the ring for momentum, coming back and dropping his weight down across Storm’s back and neck – or he would, but Storm moved, and Lance again dropkicks Nash right in the knee as he was hung up in the ropes! Lance hooks in the Canadian Maple Leaf, but there are no submissions; he has to release the hold. When he does, he gets two tables and sets them up in the ring. Nash fights back when Storm has the tables set next to one another, and he tries to set up for the Jackknife, but the knee buckles and he winces in pain. Storm gets a chair and hits Nash with it, then hits a superkick that lays Nash over the tables. Lance heads to the top rope, but “Big Sexy” is up, and he catches him! Nash hurls Storm off the top, and he goes through both tables! This match is over! <div style="text-align:right;">Match Time: 17:15 Ratings: C- / B- / C+ Eric’s Thoughts: Major Gunns helped make Storm look good during the pre-match promo. The match itself was a good long match that saw a lot of twists and turns. I kept Storm strong here, so even in defeat he would come out of it looking like he belongs; which he does. The announcing helped sell the match really well, and the six got the crowd buzzing. Lance and Dustin did a good job at slow building the match. The only low point was Elix; he was really off his game, and as a fast paced wrestler, he struggled trying to build the match. All things we will work on in the future.</div></div></blockquote> <div style="text-align:center;">http://i.imgur.com/QKmYQRu.png</div> <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43111" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;">http://i.imgur.com/0p3vm5y.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/eg47FwE.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/i9V0y4Z.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/1pL4QTx.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/RLTACre.jpg</div> Tony is told that there is a bit of a commotion going on backstage, and cameras catch the Natural Born Thrillers looking to be at one another’s throats! Sean O’Haire is incensed at Shawn Stasiak, who very nearly cost them the championships earlier tonight. The other Thrillers are holding him apart from Shawn, with Sanders finally telling O’Haire to go cool down, get a shower, and then watch him beat “The Cat” to keep the commissioner powers safely in their camp. O’Haire isn’t very pleased, he was out for blood, but he begrudgingly listens, leaving the scene. <div style="text-align:right;">Rating: B- Eric’s Thoughts: It’s time we pulled the trigger on this angle, and we put these guys in the positions that they deserve.</div></div></blockquote> <div style="text-align:center;">http://i.imgur.com/QKmYQRu.png</div> <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43111" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Up next is going to be another of our main events, this being the Chain match. We go back to Sin where Animal turned on Goldberg, and then sound bites of him explaining why he did so. It shows Totally Buff and Animal destroying one of Goldberg’s motorcycles, with Animal calling Goldberg a “Road Warrior wannabe”. Goldberg, meanwhile, says that he is saving victory number forty in his new streak for tonight over Animal! Who will come out on top in this brutal match up?! <div style="text-align:center;"><iframe width="220" height="124" src="<a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/M9udAirjw3U?&rel=0&showinfo=0" rel="external nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/embed/M9udAirjw3U?&rel=0&showinfo=0"</a> frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> http://i.imgur.com/EVSpvhk.jpg</div> “Da Man” makes his grand entrance first, popping the crowd by standing in his fireworks. He makes his way to the ring, just as intense as ever, as he looks ahead to the fight ahead of him. <div style="text-align:center;"><iframe width="220" height="124" src="<a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/y9AHejQQjSE?&rel=0&showinfo=0" rel="external nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/embed/y9AHejQQjSE?&rel=0&showinfo=0"</a> frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> http://i.imgur.com/o9HKxZh.jpg</div> But whereas most opponents will get psyched out by that, Animal is not so easy to intimidate! He comes riding down to the ring on his Harley motorcycle, his black shoulder pads reflecting off the fireworks going off for him. Madusa is riding on the back of the bike and they get off the seat never taking their eyes off of Goldberg. Animal was trying to intimidate Goldberg, but it looks like it didn’t work on either man! <div style="text-align:center;">http://i.imgur.com/EVSpvhk.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/Uk8UtOC.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/o9HKxZh.jpg Chain Match “Da Man” Goldberg vs. Animal Announced Time Limit: 45:00 Official: Scott James Ringside: Madusa (Animal)</div> Both men are chained together at the wrist with a heavy biker chain. It doesn’t come into play very uniquely though, as they tend to just use it to whip one another now and then. This match is mostly just two big bulls rushing and hitting each other. It is the most generic power match that they will put on. Madusa gets involved once by pulling on the chain to distract Goldberg, but he pulls her right back with it, which takes her out of the picture when she slams into the ring apron! Animal nearly gets the pin with a big powerslam, but it’s not enough to keep Goldberg down. Animal runs the ropes, as so does Goldberg. Goldberg ducks a clothesline and hits the ropes again, before hitting the Spear! Goldberg then lifts Animal off the mat to plant him with the Jackhammer, and he goes up to 40-0 over Animal! The bell has barely sounded until Totally Buff rush out and hit the ring! Luger and Bagwell grab the discarded chain and start using it to beat on Goldberg. But Goldberg runs through a clothesline attempt and makes them run together! Animal attacks from behind, and Goldberg nearly fights off all three of them, but “The Total Package” chopblocks the leg, and from there it becomes a three on one beating. Kronik rush out, still hurting about the way the match went earlier, but they are unable to stop the beatdown as Animal wraps the chain around his fist and starts punching both of them! Goldberg and Kronik are all left down on the mat as Totally Buff and Animal stand over them tonight! Tony Schiavone states the obvious that this situation is definitely far from over! <div style="text-align:right;">Match Time: 8:52 Rating: B- / B- / B / B- / B+ Eric’s Thoughts: All the hype, from the video to the entrances, were kept a little short so that the fans could stay focused. Neither guy was selling very much, but man did the crowd get so hot during that match. Animal was really off though, stumbling through a few of the sequences. Madusa did some good work at least. During the attack, Goldberg looked like a real star by almost fighting off all three men. The announcing lifted the segment, but Buff seemed very underwhelming as he just stood and posed for most of it. Probably should have milked it a little longer though.</div></div></blockquote> <div style="text-align:center;">http://i.imgur.com/QKmYQRu.png</div> <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43111" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>A hype video plays to give the crowd a bit of a breather, this one for our next match of “The Cat” Ernest Miller against “Above Average” Mike Sanders. It shows Sanders abusing his power as commissioner to help his friends and harm his enemies, until the previous commissioner, Miller, starts challenging him for it. Sanders seems to have caught an eye for Ms. Jones though, and so now we have a match where the commissionership is on the line against the “services” of Ms. Jones! <div style="text-align:center;">http://i.imgur.com/i9V0y4Z.jpg</div> “Above Average” gets a microphone before the match, running down The Cat by calling him a “dancing fool” who wouldn’t know how to run a company to the top if they gave him a steering wheel and a map! <div style="text-align:center;">“So with that in mind, we are going to require a free thinking, free spirited, straight shooting official who won’t hold grudges or play favorites. And so I give you… Mark Johnson!” http://i.imgur.com/CVj00Df.jpg</div> Much to the complaint of commentary, out of the back walks Mark Johnson! Tony, Mike, and Scott talk about how Johnson seems obviously to be on Sanders’s side, and he is definitely out here to keep Mike as the commissioner of WCW. <div style="text-align:center;">http://i.imgur.com/i9V0y4Z.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/Uk8UtOC.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/5rkkWkl.jpg WCW Commissionership vs. Services of Ms. Jones “Above Average” Mike Sanders vs. “The Cat” Ernest Miller Announced Time Limit: 30:00 Official: Mark Johnson Ringside: Ms. Jones (The Cat)</div> The Cat is on the defense right off the bat as Sanders attacks him as he gets into the ring, which is ignored by Johnson. Ms. Jones pounds on the mat in hopes that Miller will fight back, but he has problems doing so. He dances back to his feet despite all Mike is doing against him, and uses some dancing and martial arts kicks together in tandem to bring it to his favor, but Mark Johnson won’t count for him! Finally Ms. Jones has had enough and she enters the ring, and – as commentary call it – she kicks Johnson in the johnson! She reveals her own referee’s shirt, gives Ernest Miller the red shoe, and he hits Sanders with the Feliner! Ms. Jones grabs Mark Johnson’s hand and forces him to count the three, and we have a new WCW Commissioner! Sanders leaves the ring, disgusted and calling to the back asking where everyone was. Ernest Miller takes the microphone and thanks the fans and, most of all, Ms. Jones, for always supporting him. He says that he is going to be a fair commissioner once again, and give WCW a much more fan-friendly atmosphere. He says that means no more crooked referees, telling Mark Johnson that he has a surprise for him. As the new commissioner of WCW, he is revoking the paperwork that Johnson filed earlier this month! <div style="text-align:center;"><iframe width="300" height="169" src="<a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bDkz4tD8-PQ?rel=0" rel="external nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/embed/bDkz4tD8-PQ?rel=0"</a> frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> http://i.imgur.com/ClBTeNn.jpg</div> Sid Vicious comes down to the ring! He chases Johnson around the ring, but Mark cannot get away, and finally Vicious goozles him. He sets Mark Johnson up, and finally Sid gets his own revenge on Johnson by delivering a huge Powerbomb! “The Cat” and Ms. Jones dance around the crumpled body of Johnson as Sid celebrates. <div style="text-align:right;">Match Time: 4:55 Ratings: D / C+ / C- Eric’s Thoughts: Sanders really worked the crowd up in his pre-match promo, he has a great grasp with the audience on the microphone. Ms. Jones did good work at ringside, and it turned out Miller and Sanders showed some great chemistry against one another. Commentary chemistry played against itself as Tony and Mike repeated several of the same points, but Mike and Scott gelled perfectly. We did this as a comedy match, and it gave the crowd a nice breather between the two main event matches. In the post-match, Johnson didn’t come out of it well as he looked like he almost took the powerbomb wrong, but man did Sid come out of it looking like a monster.</div></div></blockquote> <div style="text-align:center;">http://i.imgur.com/QKmYQRu.png</div> <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43111" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>It is time for our main event, and we go to a video detailing the feud between current World Heavyweight champion “Big Poppa Pump” Scott Steiner and the former champion, Booker T. It shows their match at Mayhem 2000 where Steiner won the championship from Booker. Booker disappeared for some time after that, but Booker came back the night after Sin. Since then, Booker and Steiner have been at one another’s throats, even with both men beating up the brothers, both Stevie Ray and Rick Steiner. Tonight, we see the rematch that has been four months in the making! Booker T is backstage pacing around his locker room, waiting for his cue. He gets a surprise visitor though, as Stevie Ray steps in. Stevie tells his brother that he’s here to watch Booker win the World title for a fourth time, and the whole family is back home watching on pay-per-view because they know Booker can take “that punk ass, fruity booty boy” down and take back what belongs to him. Booker gives his brother a handshake and hug, telling him that if he’s breathing, he’ll be fighting, just like always. A knock comes to the door, and Booker leaves the room. Time for our main event! <div style="text-align:center;">http://i.imgur.com/vVQclRt.jpg?1 http://i.imgur.com/C4RidzV.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/Uk8UtOC.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/8msICNG.jpg WCW World Heavyweight Championship “Big Poppa Pump” Scott Steiner vs. Booker T Announced Time Limit: 45:00 Official: Nick Patrick Ringside: Midajah (Scott Steiner)</div> The match opens with the two slamming one another with heavy right hands, after they talked trash right as the bell rang. Nick Patrick tries to restore some order, but that doesn’t happen until Booker finally gets the better of the situation by ducking a big haymaker and clotheslining Steiner over the top rope! Tony takes a moment to point out that a few years ago, that could have caused a disqualification, but this isn’t the old WCW anymore, this is a new millennium, and it should be the greatest time in the history of our sport. Scott slows things down with a lock up and headlock, but Booker is what Mike calls “explosive” and he fires the champion off to the ropes and hits a leaping sidekick that gets him a surprisingly early near fall! “Big Poppa Pump” decides that perhaps discretion is the better part of valor, and he slows things down even further by stalling outside the ring, trying to cause Booker to get angered and make a mistake. That mistake comes when the challenger gets distracted by the presence of Midajah on the ring steps, and that’s when Scott slides into the ring and clubs him in the back, sending Booker crashing into the turnbuckles. A dazed Booker inadvertently backs right up into a release belly to back suplex, and Scott takes over. The champion relishes every moment that he is in control, punishing Booker with reverse chinlocks, big clubbing forearms and stomps, and loads of verbal taunting. The challenger does his best to fight back up from under Scott’s massive frame, but anytime he does, Steiner tends to take advantage again with the use of his power, his suplexes, the ropes, and Midajah. Midajah at one point outright grabs Booker’s leg as he was hitting the ropes, which leads to a big Steinerline from Scott that nearly takes Booker’s head off! He then grabs Booker and delivers a big belly to belly suplex that nearly drops Booker right on his neck! Steiner only gets a two count, but the damage has been done. Hudson wonders if perhaps it was not a good idea by our CEO Ric Flair to have kept Booker out of the ring for the extra month that he did, as perhaps he has a little more ring rust because of it. The ring rust argument seems to have some real merit, as Steiner moves to the back of Booker T, punishing it as he works up to the Steiner Recliner. Booker moves with caution, in some real pain as he refuses to give in to his enemy. The three time former World champion suffers from more of Scott’s verbal and physical abuse as Steiner drops him with a big gorilla press slam before doing push-ups in the ring. When he finally covers, Booker kicks out at an easy one-and-a-half count, but this time he starts fighting back. He hits Steiner in the midsection as Scott as pulling him up, firing into the chiseled ribs of Steiner with all the force he can muster. Booker begins to get to his feet for what feels like the first time in about ten minutes, and he rallies the fans behind him with a series of rights and lefts before delivering a Harlem Sidekick that puts Steiner on the mat! Booker goes for a quick cover, but Steiner is still too strong, as he muscles Booker off his shoulders fairly easily. The challenger stays on the attack, hitting the ropes and delivering a knee drop right to Steiner’s forehead. Booker tries to follow up, but Steiner slips a low blow behind Nick Patrick’s back, before body slamming Booker back to the mat. But when Steiner takes a moment to flex his muscles towards the crowd, Booker does the spinaroonie! He’s back on his feet, and he hits a big leaping kick that puts Scott on the mat hard! The crowd are all behind him as Booker climbs the turnbuckles, Hudson saying that he must be going all in to try for the Harlem Hangover! Booker looks confident, but Midajah again gets on the ring apron. He kicks her away though, but Steiner looks like he’s beginning to get to his feet. The challenger notices this, and he changes his tactic up, leaping off the top to hit a missile dropkick! Booker goes for the cover, but again only a two count! The challenger stomps on Steiner’s chest, and goes back to the turnbuckles again. This time, Midajah does the trick, as Scott gets back to his feet while she’s distracting Booker, and he shakes the ropes to cause Booker to drop crotch-first onto the top turnbuckle! “Big Poppa Pump” wastes little time, going up the turnbuckle and shocking everyone by performing a Frankensteiner! It takes Steiner a moment to recover his wind, but he makes the cover, “This has to be over!” shouts Tony! 1! 2! No! Booker’s left shoulder pops out of Steiner’s grasp as Nick’s hand was coming down to the mat! Mike is shocked that Booker got out of that one, especially following all the punishment that he’s gone through in this bout. Steiner tries to follow up, but he meets some lively resistance as Booker is digging deep to pull out all he has left. A strong powerslam puts an end to that though, and Booker is pulled into the Steiner Recliner! Scott puts all the pressure he has into the hold, as Booker screams in pain! The constant taunts from “Big Poppa Pump” continue, as he keeps telling Nick Patrick that Booker is done, he’s giving up soon, keep asking him, even calling Booker a punk who can’t get it done. Booker continues to say no anytime Patrick asks him though, and finally he has enough. Booker starts climbing to his feet, and he lifts Steiner up on his back, before slamming him back into the turnbuckles! That causes a break, and once Booker gets some wind back, he rushes the ropes. Steiner is ready for him, but Booker is more ready as he ducks a clothesline, but he stops running. When Scott turns around, he’s met by a boot to the midsection, and THE BOOK END! Booker nailed the Book End, and this one should be over! But Booker is unable to cover right away, he’s too winded! The crowd cheers his name as Midajah slams her hands on the ring apron to try and get Steiner back up. Booker finally rolls over and puts his arm across Steiner’s chest! 1! 2! 3! NO! Steiner kicked out just as the hand was coming down! This would be over if Booker had been able to cover sooner! The announcers even seem exhausted by this point as Nick Patrick begins to give the two a ten count to see if either of them are completely out. By the time he gets up to six, both are starting to stir, and at eight they are back on their feet on opposite sides of the ring. But it becomes very apparent that Midajah has slipped Scott his lead pipe, and she climbs on the apron to distract Nick Patrick. With Patrick out of the way, Steiner swings the pipe, trying to take Booker’s head off – but Booker ducks, and he takes the weapon away, nailing Steiner with it himself! He throws the pipe out of the ring as Midajah slinks back to the floor in horror, and Booker falls into the cover right away! 1! 2! 3-SHOULDER UP! This match has gone on for so long now that both men are still on the mat yet again. Booker comes back up to his feet, looking to capitalize while Steiner is still down. Booker sees Steiner rolling onto his stomach, and he takes an inspired idea – and he locks the Steiner Recliner on Scott! “Big Poppa Pump” is getting a taste of his own medicine now, as Tony starts listing off the people who Scott claims he put out with this hold and saying that Steiner himself could be the next man on the list! Steiner muscles out actually pretty quickly though, getting to his feet and then delivering a belly to back suplex that puts Booker on the mat again. But the two are back on their feet sooner than before, as Hudson talks about the adrenaline pumping through each man. They throw much weaker punches at one another than they were at the start of this match, but they are just as devastating because of how tired and worn out they are. Steiner gets the better of it, hitting a bodyslam and staying on top for a two count. He goes for another cover right after, and gets another two count. When Steiner stands up and yells at Nick Patrick about it, Booker rolls him up from behind – another two count! Scott rushes in, angry now, but Booker hooks a small package – another two count! Steiner is looking tired from kicking out, but he charges – and when Booker ducks, Steiner hits the ropes and knocks Midajah down to the floor! A stunned champion turns around, and right into the Book End! The Book End is hit, and this time Booker is able to cover right away! 1! 2! *di3ng ding ding*! It’s over! It’s over! We have a new………………. No! Nick Patrick is informed that the time limit expired! Scott Steiner is still the WCW World Heavyweight champion, and Booker T looks physically sick to his stomach! “The Big Bad Booty Daddy” steps over Midajah as he goes to the timekeeper to get his belt, and he shows it off to Booker from the outside of the ring. Booker starts asking Nick Patrick about it, but he looks completely apologetic about it, there’s nothing he can do. Suddenly, Scott Steiner attacks Booker from behind! He lays into Booker with kicks and forearms, before sending Booker to the ropes. But Booker ducks the clothesline, kicking Steiner in the midsection and hitting him with a scissors kick! Booker grabs the World’s Heavyweight title and holds it above his head to big cheers from the crowd, but it’s all for naught because despite how close he came… it isn’t his. <div style="text-align:right;">Match Time: 45:00 Ratings: B / B- / B (match) / B- Eric’s Thoughts: I’ll have more to talk about once I’ve caught my breath, but I did notice that during the match, Scott really was off his game. He helped pull it together though, building the long match very well. It deserved to have better color commentary overall. The crowd are left buzzing after the match is over. The post-match attack and confusion seemed a little rushed, but we have more post-match wrap-up to go.</div></div></blockquote> <div style="text-align:center;">http://i.imgur.com/QKmYQRu.png</div> <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43111" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;">http://i.imgur.com/1D13aft.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/0f6jrZ3.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/CVzTB8E.jpg</div> “Mean” Gene is back with “The Nature Boy” and “The Enforcer” who are all in awe at how that title match went. Okerlund asks Flair about the bout, with Ric saying that he and Arn have had their share of 45, 50, and 60 minute matches in their career, and it messes with your head just like it’s going to mess with both Scott and Booker’s heads about whether they could have won with five more minutes or not, whether Scott would have kicked out at that last second or not. Gene prods for any news from the CEO about Booker getting another shot, perhaps next month at WCW Greed, but Flair says that he will have to think about it and will let everyone know tomorrow night on Nitro. <div style="text-align:center;">http://i.imgur.com/J0zzIdm.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/nOfygHf.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/bmOMZT7.jpg</div> We cut back to the commentary desk, where Tony, Mike, and Scott discuss the future of WCW from here. They don’t know what’s going on with the World championship now, as it appears Ric Flair doesn’t really know any answers either. Tony sends us back to Gene again, who is now with our – we suppose – current reigning WCW champion. <div style="text-align:center;">http://i.imgur.com/1D13aft.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/C4RidzV.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/9Bo1juQ.jpg</div> “Big Poppa Pump” is in a screaming fit backstage, with Gene appearing a little timid as Steiner’s rampage could explode at any moment. Scott screams that he wasn’t beaten, he wasn’t pinned because the time limit ran out, but he would have kicked out and beat the crap out of Booker with thirty more seconds! Steiner tells everyone that this title isn’t going anywhere, Booker got his shot now, so he can go to the back of the line with the rest of the garbage! He isn’t giving any rematch to Booker, and if they try to make him, he’ll rip Flair’s head off! <div style="text-align:center;">http://i.imgur.com/J0zzIdm.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/nOfygHf.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/bmOMZT7.jpg</div> Tony, Mike, and Scott are shocked by those words, as it appears Scott doesn’t want to give Booker another chance. They debate whether or not Steiner would have kicked out of the Book End, but it’s all speculation. Schiavone thanks the cable companies for sticking with us past our allotted time for this post-match wrap-up, but that in regards to our fans, they deserve to hear from both Scott Steiner and Booker T after that incredible match that may have just changed our entire sport of professional wrestling. They send it to Gene one final time for the night, who is with Booker T. <div style="text-align:center;">http://i.imgur.com/1D13aft.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/8msICNG.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/4Xrf1GV.jpg</div> Booker T is an emotional wreck, as he’s standing backstage with Stevie Ray. Okerlund asks him some questions, but Booker isn’t answering well as he wracks his brain, going back over the match. He finally snaps to, telling Gene that the belt was as good as his, one more second and he’d have been the champion yet again. Gene gives Booker the news that Steiner has said there will be no rematch, but Booker says that he and the fans will call, write, and petition WCW officials and CEO Ric Flair until he does the right thing and gives Booker the rematch he deserves. Dustin Rhodes, Diamond Dallas Page, and Billy Kidman stop by the scene to offer their sympathies to Booker on this heartbreaking evening as Gene, on behalf of Tony, Mike, Scott, and all of WCW, says goodnight to all our fans who stayed with us! <div style="text-align:right;">Ratings: B- / C / B / C / B Eric’s Thoughts: Gene improvised really well to close the show each time he had to, but had worn out by the interviews with Steiner and Booker. I guess it was past his bedtime by then. Steiner improvised well and came across great as a monstrous heel champion. Booker’s raw emotion really got the crowd hotter, and closed the show beautifully.</div></div></blockquote> <div style="text-align:center;">Show Rating: B This show increased our popularity in 10 regions. http://i.imgur.com/0Lh9W8w.png</div>

TheBigBad1013 · June 10, 2017

Never would have called the main event going 45 mins, so that was a surprise. Really looking forward to seeing what happens next after that. Also, have to admit that with the way you wrote the six man tables match, you had me believing that Storm would actually knock off both Page and Nash for the upset win, but even though he didn't he still came out of the match looking great, which I think was the right move. I also really liked the opening promo with Flair, Steiner and Booker, some solid hype for the main event there and a good start to the show.

Overall this was a pretty great show I think, and I'm looking forward to finding out what you've got planned next.

crackerjack · June 10, 2017

Good show with Superbrawl Beej. If anyone is going 45 minutes in this era, you gotta make it Booker and Steiner. Both came out great.

It does show how bad the roster is however. The pair got 1/3 of the ppv in total time! But, when you look at the roster depth, you have to do it!

Keep up the good work!

Beejus · June 16, 2017

From the desk of Eric Bischoff: “SuperBrawl: Revenge certainly came off as a night to remember. I may have expected a little too much out of the tables match, because I felt they didn’t live up to what I was hoping, but otherwise most of the show went off without a hitch. There was one minor setback: Booker T came down with a pretty weird neck strain following one of Scott’s suplexes. There’s no bad blood between the two from it, and he worked through it well enough, but to the trained eye, it was pretty clear he was hurting through at least the last thirty minutes of the match. I can understand if fans were upset about not crowning an actual winner to the World title bout, but I think most will understand and could probably even enjoy the hearkening back to the old days of champions putting on marathon matches like this. I don’t look to employ all these old strategies like Dusty finishes, time limit draws, or intentional count outs too often, but it definitely keeps fans on their toes for it to happen once in awhile. Even ending the show with the commentators talking and Gene backstage getting thoughts from people is something that really feels like a return to the 1980s style of making it look like a real athletic contest, which I thought that our older fans would appreciate. At this point, I don’t care if we have old fans or new fans, as long as people are still buying my show! “We got a pretty solid buyrate for the show actually, given our handicaps; a 0.28 is higher than Sin and is our highest actual buyrate since Starrcade 99. We made over a solid $403,000 on the show (rounded down) that means we must be on our way somewhat. At this point, we are losing less money than we did last month. This feels like a win. Hey, if we can keep going until this time in 2002, maybe then we’ll actually make a few dollars at the end of the month! “During the show, Lex Luger commented that he is feeling like he needs some time to heal after his match. The match was barely six minutes long! I know he’s getting old, but he shouldn’t be that decrepit. Maybe Brian and Bryan roughed him up a little more than it appeared. My anonymous box saw notes from both Nash and Scott Steiner saying that they don’t think Chavo will ever make a pimple on Eddie’s ass in the fans’ eyes (Scott’s words) so he should be written off so I can bring someone in better. Chavo may not have their level of charisma, but I do see him as a potential diamond in the rough, so to speak, as far as helping to carry the cruiserweight division in the future. So no, he may not be the most comfortable on the microphone, but as long as he keeps bringing it together in the ring, he’s going to keep maintaining his level. Some – I think – good news regarding our champion was that he was praising up Johnny the Bull some. It seems he’s taken a liking to Stamboli, and decided to make him a sort of protege. I don’t know if that’s good for Johnny or not, but I’m sure he’ll like having the strong voice pushing for him, even if from what I saw, it looks like he is stuck carrying Scott’s baggage around. And for once, I don’t just mean Rick. “I got everyone together after the show – which I actually didn’t tell Turner suits that I had planned to run over like it did, so good on them for allowing us to continue it past our allotted time frame – and apparently am still surprising people by being pleasant to everyone. I let them all know the situation; that we only have one final pay-per-view on Time Warner’s deal, next month’s Greed, before we are effectively off pay-per-view. Beyond that, we will only have two more episodes of Nitro on TNT after Greed, before our future becomes completely uncertain. I assure everyone that I have plenty of feelers out with companies, so they don’t need to worry for their jobs at this point. In order to turn the mood lighter again, I gave out big compliments to Scott and Booker for doing a 45 minute Broadway, something that just isn’t seen on pay-per-view anymore. I also shot some kind compliments to old ‘Naitch’, feeding his ego a little bit by saying that even though he wasn’t on SuperBrawl itself much, his presence as the on-screen authority figure is doing so well for us on a show-to-show basis. I wish I could say I was being 100% honest with it, but I know Ric doesn’t want to stay out of the ring like this forever; I just hope that by stroking his ego, he won’t bitch at me for keeping him on the sideline until I’m ready for his eventual big return match. All three men seemed pretty pleased with my words, and before everyone dispersed for the evening, I decided whether to call out to Kevin or Dallas…” <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43111" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Prediction Contest Results DGenerationMC: 8 crackerjack: 7 smw88: 7 The Final Countdown: 6 Satyr24: 6 onewithsergio: 5 TheBigBad1013: 5 The Nickman: 5 Warhawk8492: 5 Okay, so DGMC will be getting a prize sent to him shortly, but the biggest prize is, as I said, helping me figure out between Nash and Page. Thanks to all who predicted and to BigBad and crackerjack for their comments! Lance was meant to look strong in defeat, because I want him to eventually look like he could so easily topple big names like those. As for the state of the roster, I honestly could have made longer matches elsewhere, buuuuuut... I just didn't feel like they needed the time like Steiner and Booker did. This blood feud over the title is bound to get more and more bloody as time goes on! I had some family staying over this past week so I got a bit behind on where I wanted to be, but I hope to have Nitro posted this weekend. So please, stay tuned!</div></blockquote>

The Final Countdown · June 17, 2017

Forgot to comment after reading the PPV!

The Booker/Steiner match was presented really well. I got sucked into the story and at the end was thinking, "Man, Steiner, you got lucky!"

I think we can all agree that whoever made the call for Booker to get that title shot is a creative mastermind.

Beejus · June 19, 2017

WCW Monday Nitro: 2/19/2001 <div style="text-align:center;">http://i.imgur.com/GfAVMaj.gif</div> Last Week in WCW: “WCW SuperBrawl: Revenge saw a heartbreaking time limit draw for the WCW World Heavyweight championship, but a joyous return to the role of commissioner for ‘The Cat’ Ernest Miller! The Insiders are riding high after a six-man tag team tables victory, and Goldberg’s streak moved to 40-0 with a win over Animal! What will happen now as we find out who will have the most Greed?” <div style="text-align:center;"><iframe width="220" height="124" src="<a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/U1FF1knwdiw?rel=0" rel="external nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/embed/U1FF1knwdiw?rel=0"</a> frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> http://i.imgur.com/UiaGMOJ.jpg WCW Monday Nitro Shown Live on February 19th, 2001 (Week 4) Held at: The Pyramid in Long Beach, California (South West) Announcers: Tony Schiavone and Scott Hudson Attendance: 5,000 people (sold out!)</div> <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43111" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png Sirens blare out over The Pyramid as The Steiner Brothers enter the arena. Rick stands behind his brother alongside Midajah as Scott gives his version of what happened at SuperBrawl: Revenge last night. He talks about destroying Booker T so badly that he could barely move, that Booker was begging and pleading for “The Big Bad Booty Daddy” to go easy on him just like all the other wannabe freaks do, “because a true freak likes it harder and harder, more and more!”. He says that people have asked him about a rematch, but the way he sees it, he successfully held off his challenger to be standing here tonight wearing his World’s Heavyweight championship, so now Booker goes to the back of the line. This brings out Booker T, who has a much different version. He says that sure, he’s pretty banged up tonight, but he’s still standing right in Steiner’s face. Booker calls Steiner a paper champion if he doesn’t give Booker a rematch, because while Steiner survived for forty-five minutes last night, had it been forty-five minutes and one second, we would have had a new champion! Scott tells Booker to “shut your whore mouth before I slap it closed!” but before any action happens, our CEO “The Nature Boy” Ric Flair joins us. Flair tells everyone that he commends both men for having such a great match last night, as it’s what defines WCW compared to other wrestling companies in the world. But… Booker will not be receiving the next World title shot. Booker is clearly upset, but Flair tells him that he has something for Booker to do at Greed as well as Scott. Ric goes on to talk about how he blatantly is keeping Booker out of the match as punishment for what he did a few weeks ago by telling Ric that his daughter was seriously ill just to get him out of the building. But Flair says that he will not be pulling him from any action; he may not be at “the back of the line” but he does have to work back up to a World title match. Instead, at WCW Greed on March 18th, at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago, Illinois, Booker T will take on the man he attacked last week, “The Dog faced Gremlin” Rick Steiner! Rick smiles at that, but Booker is still disappointed; he wanted a Steiner, but he got the one who isn’t holding the title he wants. “The Nature Boss” turns his attention to the Steiners, with Scott beaming in victory that Booker is not getting another title shot. Scott tells Booker that he needs to forget about chasing him for the belt, he needs to get in touch with his health insurance company and raise his rates because Rick is gonna finish the job that Scott started to put him in the hospital! Ric again breaks this up before anything else happens, saying that Scott needs to not worry so much about Booker T, because he’s going to have his own World Heavyweight challenge at Greed to deal with! <div style="text-align:center;"><iframe width="220" height="124" src="<a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wD5xY0mrwPU?rel=0" rel="external nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/embed/wD5xY0mrwPU?rel=0"</a> frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div> The Insiders come to the ringside area, with Kevin Nash saying that it looks like “Insiders are in the house!” Ric says that, as per Nash’s victory in the number one contender match last week on WCW Thunder and then the big win last night over Team Canada in the tables match, he is next in line for a World championship match and Flair has set that match in Chicago for March 18th at Greed! Nash tells Scott that “Since we’ve gotten rid of the comic relief of all these little vanilla groups that wanna make a name off of ours,” now it’s time to turn the attention of the Insiders back to what really matters: the WCW championship. Kevin tells Steiner to polish the belt up, because there is no one who knows more about greed than Kevin Nash, so at Greed, daddy is coming home! Scott is upset, but his mouth works faster than his brain sometimes as he tells Nash that at Greed, there will only be “The Big Bad Booty Daddy” and he’s gonna take “the biggest reach-around team of wrestling” and make that big dumb wolf his bitch just like he did to his blond girlfriend over there! DDP takes exception, telling Scott that he barely defeated him a few weeks ago on Nitro, the only “crying bitches” around here are the Steiner Brothers! More harsh words are shared as Booker is there trying to tell Ric Flair to add him to the match, but Flair finally says that is enough! He says that he was going to allow them to rest up tonight after SuperBrawl, but if everyone still wants to fight, then tonight in our main event, the Steiner Brothers can face the Insiders in tag team action! Nash and Page seem ready for this, leaving the ringside area to prepare for the match while Flair is hounded by Booker and Scott Steiner about the announcements! The show has started off with tons of fireworks, with Booker and Page standing out in this segment due to some great off-script quotes that could find a home in future video packages. (A*, 96) “Mean” Gene is backstage now meeting up with The Insiders. Gene asks them for some words about the huge announcement of Kevin Nash getting a World’s championship match on March 18th at Greed and how that pertains to their partnership, with Dallas saying that he is going to support his friend as he goes for the World championship, because he knows that once Nash has the belt he would just have to ask in order to get a shot at it himself. Nash says that he knows Scott very well, because he was throwing Steiner around a few years ago before he became a refrigerator box. He warns Steiner to not think about freaks, peaks, his brother, Booker T, or Dallas, just think about “the big bad wolf” coming to take what he wants. Gene starts to ask them about tonight, but Booker T comes into the frame, cutting him off. Booker scolds both of them, saying that it was all well and good for DDP to offer his condolences last night when Booker didn’t leave with the title, but now that his buddy is getting the shot, Booker T is forgotten? He tells them that they both know that Nash doesn’t deserve the next title shot at Greed, it should be his match to win, sucka. Booker leaves without another word, with Nash saying that he doesn’t care, he’s coming for the belt on the 18th and that’s all that matters to him. (B+) http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png Mike Tenay is elsewhere backstage, and “The Professor” has someone else who was victorious in a huge match with him, “The Cat” Ernest Miller! Tenay congratulates him for becoming the WCW Commissioner again, with “The Cat” saying that it’s just too bad Mike Sanders seems to have disappeared rather than face the music now that he isn’t in power anymore. Miller says that as his first blockbuster announcement as the new commissioner, he’s putting together two winners from last night against one another as – in a non-title match – Shane Douglas takes on Goldberg! © http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png In our first match of the evening (literally about a half an hour into the show) Shawn Stasiak returns to the ring in a losing effort against Konnan, as he gets locked in the tequila sunrise and has to submit at 3:43. (C-) http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png Backstage, the cameras catch Stasiak getting talked down to by his companions. The Natural Born Thrillers, sans Mike Sanders, are warning him that first he nearly cost them the titles last night, then he loses to Konnan tonight? “Shape up or ship out,” says Sean O’Haire, as the NBT leave Stasiak standing there, trying to state his case to deaf ears. © http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png In an odd segment, it appears we have a handheld camera recording Kwee Wee. He and Paisley are seen going to a spa together, but the footage is shown from across the street. Who is recording this and showing us this footage? (E) http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png In a short match, Jamie Knoble stands no chance as Animal simply runs through him, finishing this with a ring shaking powerslam at 1:42. (C-) http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png Back to “Mean” Gene again, this time standing by with General Rection and Corporal Cajun of the Misfits in Action. Okerlund asks them about their thoughts from last night. Hugh says that they knew Chavo wasn’t on the level with them, but they felt he would have enough honor to stand by them one more time; apparently, he didn’t. Cajun says that he is even more steadfast in wanting to take the Cruiserweight title from their former Misfit now. Hugh then says that it was a travesty that Jeff Jarrett pinned him, it was only after Chavo left them that Jarrett got the victory. Gene reveals that he’s been told both men will get matches on March 18th at Greed, as Corporal Cajun will take on Chavo Guerrero Jr. for the Cruiserweight title and General Rection will defend his US belt against “The Chosen One” Jeff Jarrett. Both men seem pleased with this, saying that the Misfits in Action will divide and conquer their enemies and win this war with all the spoils intact! (C-) http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png Another short match as “Primetime” Elix Skipper puts his feet on the ropes to pin “Sugar” Shane Helms in 3:08 with a roll up in the corner. (C-) http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png The rest of Team Canada joins Skipper in the ring, with Lance Storm taking the microphone. He says that it looks like Elix had a lot of fun winning his match so dominantly, but it’s time for Storm to be serious for a moment. He talks about last night’s six man tables match, claiming that he did not really get defeated because Nash didn’t put him through a table, his own body weight put him through the table so that means Lance Storm is the only one who could have defeated Lance Storm. He says this is just like anyone else who comes from Calgary, Alberta, Canada, they can only be beaten by themselves or someone screwing them over, unlike Americans who only think he lost the match to Nash because only stupid Americans would fall through a table like that. He starts to call for the Canadian National Anthem to be played in honor of Skipper’s win a few moments ago, but instead he gets <div class="ipsEmbeddedVideo"><div><iframe width="200" height="113" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Q_dv4RFHa3Q?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" title="WCW Dustin Rhodes 8th Theme(With Custom Tron)"></iframe></div></div> entering the arena! Rhodes says that while his partners from last night have moved on to bigger things with the World’s title, “The Prodigal Son” still has his sights on the Canadians because they need to shut up about his country! Storm dismisses him, saying that his partners abandoned him because he was taken out by Mike Awesome last night, and since there is only one of him as opposed to three of Team Canada, he is no threat. Dustin retorts that they need to either love America or leave it, and if they’re leaving they need to do it quickly because he found another all American partner to be his backup! <div style="text-align:center;"><iframe width="220" height="124" src="<a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bDkz4tD8-PQ?rel=0" rel="external nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/embed/bDkz4tD8-PQ?rel=0"</a> frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div> Dustin and Sid Vicious charge the ring, and Team Canada quickly evacuate it! It looks like Dustin has someone on his side again who wants to take Team Canada out of WCW and the USA! That certainly got the crowd hotter! (B-) http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png In a high flying matchup that saw all four men take huge risks, the Filthy Animals defeat 2 Count in 7:59 when Kidman pins Evan with the Kid Krusher. Evan looked really off his game, but Mysterio’s performance stood out in making this match one to remember. (C+) http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png The Steiner Brothers come to the top of the aisle and stand in the shadow of the TurnerTron as Scott has a microphone. He says that “the incisors” had another chance to talk tonight, so he’ll be damned if he ain’t gonna hijack this show until he gets a chance to tell everyone what he thinks. He calls it “a load of bulls*** how Nash beats some old piece’a **** *** ** a bit** (love that WCW half-assed censoring) like Lex Loser and somehow that makes him eligible to come after me? You gotta be kiddin’ me! Just like Ric Flair and some bunch’a cronies in suits to think Kevin Nash would be worth carryin’ a World title without tanking the company – AGAIN. It didn’t work in ‘95, didn’t work in ‘99, and I ain’t gonna let you try it in 2001!” Scott closes by naming off his list of victims; people who couldn’t get it done like Sid and Booker, guys who tucked their tail and ran like Flair and Sting, and guys who are so far gone they just hit and disappear like rats in the night like Arn and Tully. Steiner says that Nash has two choices: either add to the list that get out of his way like Sting, or add to the list that just can’t do it like Booker! “Big Poppa Pump is yer hookup, holla if ya hear me!” Scott was on fire tonight, working the crowd into a frenzy. (B) http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png “The Chosen One” Jeff Jarrett comes to the ring with his hired Harris Boys, Jarrett ready for a match but first he decides to talk. Jarrett says that it looks like Flair can’t stop him now, because after he decidedly pinned General Hugh last night at SuperBrawl, he must be given the United States title shot that he deserved all along. Jarrett blames them for not wearing the belt already (even though it was actually Chavo who commissioned the six man tag so he didn’t have to defend his belt, which is pointed out by Tony Schiavone) but he says that in Chicago at Greed on the 18th, Jarrett will achieve his goals of wearing gold once again, and “The Chosen One” will strut into a whole new WCW! Jeff poses and struts to emphasis, it looked like he had the crowd in the palm of his hand this whole time as his opponent starts coming to the ring. © http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png The paison Johnny the Bull holds his own against the number one contender for the US title, but overall Jeff is just far more well rounded. The match has weird timing as it appears the two men’s styles just do not work well off one another. Mark Johnson is very noted by the announcers as being the official in this match, but he plays by the rules, even though he is definitely moving a little slower after the powerbomb he suffered last night at the hands of Sid Vicious! Jarrett pins Johnny in 4:28 following the Stroke. (C-) http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png “Mean” Gene comes out and catches Mark Johnson on his way to the backstage area, Gene asking him how he is still an official. “The Cat” and Ms. Jones come to the arena to cut off Johnson before he “tells any lies” as Miller says. Ernest says that as commissioner, he could have fired Mark very easily, but he feels Mark is a solid referee when he has his head on the right way. So “The Cat” has Mark Johnson on a short leash, telling him that if he doesn’t stick to the straight and narrow, there’s a six-foot-seven master of the powerbomb who Miller can call upon to set him straight again! Johnson looks terrified of that threat as he vows to play fair! © http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png Another strange handheld footage of Kwee Wee and Paisley, as we see them backstage doing one another’s hair. They have no idea they are being filmed or broadcast, and again commentary wonder where this footage came from? (D+) http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png The Mamalukes are backstage looking grim over their misfortunes both last night and earlier, until they are joined by Disqo. Disqo tells the two that since he remembers their time as a group so fondly, he’s been talking to his self-help guru about them and he would love to meet and talk with them! The two are uninterested, but Disqo doesn’t want to take no for an answer, chiding them and calling them losers until they get pissed off! That Italian temper runs hot! Vito produces a stickball bat from his jacket and swings it at Disqo – but it hits Alex Wright instead, who was just walking toward his Boogie Knights partner! Wright goes down as Disqo flees, with the Mamalukes stomping on poor Alex to take out their frustrations. (D-) http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png Dustin Rhodes and Buff Bagwell are two of the veterans of WCW, but this match between the two suffered from a slight booking malfunction as they were told to work a crowd who ended up already hot. Elix Skipper becomes involved behind Charles Robinson’s back, hitting Rhodes with the Play of the Day to hand the victory to Bagwell at 6:44. © http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png “The Franchise” Shane Douglas brings the WCW Hardcore title to the ring with him along with his Crowbar, and Daffney. Daffney is wearing a pink wig with “Too much pink energy is dangerous!” written on her shirt. Douglas has a microphone and says that he outsmarted the Mamalukes last night just like he outsmarts wrestling fans, bookers, and writers each and every night! Shane says that he’s going to outsmart one more smart guy tonight, as he uses a clause in his contract that was placed there by Mike Sanders when he was commissioner, that as long as he is a teacher with a protege, he can bow out of any match he chooses, and so tonight, Crowbar will be in this match for him! Crowbar looks confused as it appears he had no idea about this plan! © Crowbar tries to hold his own, but he’s against “Da Man” Goldberg; there was no chance here. Douglas continues to yell to him from ringside, giving him tips on how to defeat Goldberg, but there’s nothing you can do once Goldberg hits the spear. The Jackhammer follows, and at 3:05, Goldberg’s streak has moved to 41-0. (C-) Goldberg is posing in the ring when Totally Buff and Animal crash the party! They stay on the microphone and outside the ring, as they say that Goldberg keeps “getting lucky” against them, winning only by cheating and smoke and mirrors! Animal says that the three of them just came back from Ric Flair’s office, and they’re setting up another match against Goldberg in his home of Chicago at WCW Greed! They finally decide to try and close in on Goldberg, but Kronik appear and rush the ring to make it an even field, and security come out to break things up before it ever got started. Goldberg looked like a real star, being smart enough to have his own backup in case something like this happened. But it looks like we will be seeing these men tear one another apart at Greed! (B+) http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png In handicap action, Sid Vicious defeats the Jung Dragons by hitting each with powerbombs and then pinning Yang in 2:38. This match did a good job in cooling the crowd back down. (C-) http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png This time we see Kwee Wee with regular WCW cameras, but this time we see him down on the ground underneath a pile of chairs and tale pieces! Was this a targeted hit on Kwee Wee? Who did this? (D) http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png The Insiders are seen backstage fist bumping as they leave their dressing room, our main event is next! (B-) The Insiders and The Steiner Brothers put on a great TV tag team main event, even if neither team are the best at selling for the other and Nash was working slower than usual. Both of them still show great tandem chemistry, and this match could have gone on all night long except when he tried to use the lead pipe on Nash outside the ring, Rick Steiner met the ramp courtesy of a Book End from Booker T! That left Scott all alone, and he turned right into the Diamond Cutter! Bang! DDP makes the cover, and Nick Patrick comes to just in time at 11:34 to count three! (B) With the match over, it looks like this is going to become a brawl all over again, but instead “The Nature Boss” Ric Flair comes to the top of the ramp. He starts out by saying that these type of actions are why Booker T isn’t getting a World title match again, which brings some boos from the crowd and a disgusted look to Booker’s face. But Flair says he cannot overlook that Diamond Dallas Page just pinned the World’s champion, and so he is officially making the WCW World championship match at Greed…… a triple threat match! Scott Steiner defends his title against Kevin Nash AND Diamond Dallas Page! Steiner is livid, kicking the ring steps and throwing chairs around. Flair really improvised well here, getting the crowd all worked up like only he can, his performance as well as Scott’s coming off as good. The show ends, however, on the Insiders, standing in the ring staring at one another – best friends, but also now in the same match for the WCW World title on March 18th at Greed! (B+) <div style="text-align:center;">Show Rating: B+ This show raised WCW’s popularity in 10 regions.</div></div></blockquote> <div style="text-align:center;">http://i.imgur.com/0Lh9W8w.png</div> <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="OOC" data-cite="OOC" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43111" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Haha, thanks TFC. Glad to know I was able to suck you in, I felt like I went back to some of my old 2004 e-fed roots with that match so I'm glad it was enjoyed! <img alt=":)" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/smile.png.142cfa0a1cd2925c0463c1d00f499df2.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Just as food for thought, DGenerationMC chose one of the two men for Eric to speak with, but you're all not going to find out who it is just yet. But it is one of the two challengers for the World title! Will things get settled on the contract front? Will one of them ask for something special to make the contract worth their time? Or will they use this opportunity to walk out on WCW and try their hand elsewhere?! Find out next time, on Hate the Game Z: Kai! <img alt=":D" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/biggrin.png.929299b4c121f473b0026f3d6e74d189.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div></blockquote>

Beejus · August 2, 2017

A few words with “Big Sexy”

“So Eric, you come to me, on this, the day of my daughter’s wedding, and want to ask me a favor?”

“Um… yeah, something like that, Kev.”

I had gotten Kevin Nash to come meet privately with me in between Nitro and Thunder, with him not seeming to realize the severity of what I wanted to transpire given that he came to me doing that ridiculous Godfather impression.

“Kevin, we’ve done some great things in WCW together. The New World Order, the Wolfpac, you’ve made a lot of money here in WCW since 1996 and had a ton of popularity and merchandise sold. Your pockets are really well lined, right?”

“It’s never enough, obviously, but yeah… What’s your point?”

“Well Kev, as you’ve probably heard me saying, WCW is in some pretty serious debt.”

“Yeah, I read some of the dirt sheets saying that it’s around Crockett levels.”

“Wait, dirt sheets know about this? And they’re calling it that?”

“You’ve had your head too busy Eric, you’re losing sight of the little guys again.”

“Well, anyways, money is what I’m here to talk to you about. You have one of the highest paying contracts in WCW right now, and I just don’t think we can keep it that way. I would like to renegotiate with you – I can offer you a longer contract, for less money per month.”

I slide a document to Kevin, and he starts to read it. I see his eyes change in a heartbeat; no longer is this my buddy telling jokes, he is instantly a broker eyeing up a way to make sure that he holds the advantage.

“This is a lot less money, Eric. Like, a third less. And in exchange all you’re offering in return is a few more years?”

“If you do the math, it comes out to be the same amount of money, just over a longer term.”

“I’m already 41, do you really think that ten more years will make a difference to me? I need more than this, or else I have no reason to do it. You know I could give a call to Hunter and head up north anytime I want.”

And there’s the bluff. He definitely could jump right to the WWF in an instant.

“And I don’t even see my creative control here, you aren’t giving me any less dates, not covering travel, nothing; the only thing different to this from any common midcarder is the name at the top.”

“Now, you’re being a little quick to dismiss this contract, it gives you a few things.”

“I’m not stupid, Eric, and neither are you. I know why you’re doing this. You’re hoping that within the next year or so, paying less per person all at one time, you want to start turning profit. I get it. But we also know I’m not some young, wet behind the ears workhorse that you can buffalo into killing himself every night for peanuts. You came to me with this because we’re friends and you think you can use that to negotiate a little wiggle room with me, but you forgot that I’m a businessman, and the business is my life. I’ll get a lesser contract for you, but you’re gonna have to pay up in other ways.”

“Other ways? Kev, I can’t give you creative control. I’m not doing that anymore, the playing field has to be more level around here so we can get some new stars. If we can’t make new stars, then WCW won’t be around long enough to pay you anything.”

“Hey, you can throw me some clauses in here. But there are two that I’m looking for in particular. Or else I call Vince and take my show up north. I see you look kinda disappointed, Eric, but I know Vince will give me anything I want to have me back, and Hunter will make sure I get anything that Vince doesn’t.”

He’s right, I am a little disappointed. I was hoping to have some way of convincing him without going into clauses and special favors, but it looks like I need to put the negotiating pants on.

“What sort of things are you thinking?”

“Well, I can’t be doing house shows, for one thing. I have to protect my knees. I’m not saying I couldn’t do them, but you don’t want to pay me the extra money that I’d want to do the extra shows. So let’s just strike that right now. You don’t want me to have creative control; well, I want more money to make up for that. But again, you don’t want to pay me extra. Where do we stand on letting me agree on who you hire?”

“You’re just messing with me now, aren’t you?”

“I don’t play around with my contracts, Eric. Hey, at least I’m not going to try for my wage matching again.”

“These are all things that I don’t know if I can pull. I know you want a special contract, but I’m trying to get away from those; because once one person has it, then everyone wants one.”

“How about something not in the contract, then? What about something just between you and I?”

“What do you mean?”

Kevin lays the contract down on its face, and he looks like he’s about to drop a phrase that he knows I’m not going to like.

“One guaranteed World title run.”

“Kev! I definitely can’t do that! Those type of guarantees are what put WCW in the place it’s in right now, I can’t repeat those same mistakes. It’s the same reason I don’t want to give out creative control! You know that damn well, why would you even ask?”

“Like I said, I’m 41 years old. I know where my place in the company is right now; you just had me and Dallas lose to those kids at Sin. I know that you want Scotty to run with the belt for now, and that’s all well and good. But I need to make sure that my stock stays up, and I can’t do that if you bust me down below where I should be. You already asked me to slim down a little, and trust me, when you are an Adonis like myself, that gets pretty hard to maintain.”

I had asked Kevin about two months ago to maybe drop a few pounds so he could feel better, but it was for his health, not really for his job. But I suppose that is not his point right now.

“Look at Jarrett, how’d you even convince him to go back to the midcard like this? I don’t even care about him, the point is I’m not gonna let it happen to me. But I have you another out, Eric. One last option.”

I look in his eyes, and now I know why he brought up the title run first; because it is actually the lesser of his two suggestions. While he would have happily taken it, it isn’t what he really wants.

“You… you can’t be serious.”

“Of course I am. I’m always serious when it comes to family.”

“Kev… I’m trying to save money here. I can’t bring back Scott Hall!”

Kevin has wanted Hall back ever since he was released, and while he hasn’t been the most vocal about it in public, there’s been snide comments and jabs here and there about it. It’s usually pretty easy to ignore, but now it is right in my face. In a way, I’m a little surprised that he thought so fast to bring it up here, then again that is why I wanted to try and surprise him. But I suppose Kevin is a little tougher to rattle than he has ever let on.

“Eric, you know business was best when Scott and I were here together. He had his problems, but he’s been having a great time in Japan. You can dog him about how he acted the past few years, but he’s had nothing but the best matches of his life this year so far. The only times he’s performed better was against Shawn and I. So you can’t pull that whole ‘he might work drunk again’ crap on me. And before you go further on money, I can do the math. With the amount of money you’re dropping in this contract you offered me per month, you can bring Scott back as well and still be saving a huge chunk of cash. Scott can’t obviously do anything until he comes back from New Japan, but if you give me your word that he comes back to WCW as soon as that contract is up, then I’ll sign this one – no house shows, but also no creative control. It doesn’t even have to be for the full term that you were going to put on this contract. All I ask is just get Scott and I working together again, making WCW the best again. Of course, you could always just give me the title guarantee, too.

“But hey, there’s always a third option. If you need money that badly, you can just get me out of my contract altogether. But I know you don’t want to lose all of this,” he says, gesturing to himself, “especially not when at this point I could probably still find myself a starring role in Houston by the first of April.”

Kevin has definitely done his homework. I had heard that Scott was doing some great work in Japan, though I hadn’t seen any of it to know if it wasn’t possibly just some great workers carrying him drunkenly through some solid gold matches. But the point does stand that some of those internet writers who got to see the matches have rated them at four to four and a half stars, which is really good for a post-1996 Scott Hall. I can’t say I didn’t intend on bringing Hall in again at some point, but I wanted to have more money in the bank and more guarantee that he had gotten past his personal demons finally. Kevin is trying to force my hand on the deal, but do I trust him or not? I do need the star presence that he brings, and what Scott brings as well. But that threat about appearing at WrestleMania is definitely legitimate…

<div style="text-align:center;">Do I call his bluff, do I give in, or does Kevin Nash leave World Championship Wrestling?</div>

DGenerationMC · August 2, 2017

Well, I'm definitely not disappointed with these developments.

Oh, and welcome back <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/tongue.png.ceb643b2956793497cef30b0e944be28.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />

bonnie · August 2, 2017

Give the man one more run and bring Scott back <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/tongue.png.ceb643b2956793497cef30b0e944be28.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />

Glad this is going again, really enjoyed lurking in it for a while and I quite like the differences in all the 2001 diaries

to4sty · August 2, 2017

With the roster that WCW had around this point, you really need to keep Nash around.....and Hall if possible, if just for the name value that they bring. WCW is full of names that are full of potential, but they're not going to give you the ratings (or grades) if you're working a pop>perf product? Although ideally you would want a shorter term contract, no creative control....and Hall and Nash actually putting the less popular talent over to move them up the card. So long answer short, bring back the Outsiders. Hell, you could have had Nash win the belt at the aptly titled Greed PPV, with Hall debuting to screw Page.....but then you've done such a good job building Steiner up I don't know if you would do that.

TheBigBad1013 · August 2, 2017

Great to see you back at this one again Beejus!

Also, you're probably not that surprised that I want you to keep Nash around. He can still be a big time asset to you even with his limitations, which shouldn't be that bad at this point in time. And yeah, bring Hall in as well. An Outsider reunion would be just...too...sweet!

Crossface · August 3, 2017

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Good to see you writing again Beej!

Beejus · August 3, 2017

WCW Thunder and Worldwide: Week 4 <div style="text-align:center;">http://i.imgur.com/GfAVMaj.gif <iframe width="220" height="124" src="<a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NN22FXGVEOA?rel=0" rel="external nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/embed/NN22FXGVEOA?rel=0"</a> frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> http://i.imgur.com/blAXzeJ.jpg WCW Thunder Aired February 21st, 2001 (Week 4) Held at: The Pyramid in Long Beach, California (South West) Announcers: Tony Schiavone, Mike Tenay, and Scott Hudson Attendance: 5,000 people (sold out!) TV Rating: 2.71</div> <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43111" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png The Insiders come to the ring to open Thunder. Diamond Dallas Page and Kevin Nash talk about how they are both former WCW World champions, so despite their friendship they will agree to “let the best man win” at Greed. “Big Poppa Pump” Scott Steiner comes out along with Rick Steiner as his backup, and Scott says that this whole “let the best man win” is a load of bulls***! He knows both “the big dumb wolf” and “DDPus**” are two of the biggest prima donnas WCW’s ever seen, so they won’t hesitate to stoop to putting the other out to try and win the title. But, Scott says they don’t have a chance, because while they’re being buddy-buddy with one another’s assh***es, he’ll be lookin’ fine and takin’ his time as he cruises right through another easy title defense! Nash and Page talk about how they’re not gonna do that, but it’s easy to see that Scott’s words hit a little close to home. Scott may have rambled and swore a little too much off-script, but Nash enjoyed it and performed well. The show is off to a strong start and the crowd are hot, despite the lackluster color commentary. (A) http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png A short video replays Disqo’s bragging to the Mamalukes about his self-help guru, leading to partner Alex Wright getting beaten up. (D-) Alex Wright takes some revenge on that by pinning Big Vito with a German suplex at 2:33. As planned, they calmed the hot crowd after that big opening segment. Disqo came down to the ring with a cellular phone, supposedly on it with his self help guru to get “instant advice”. Wright doesn’t take the advice, but he does take the help Disqo offers when he hits Vito with the phone. (D-) After the match, Disqo is bragging again, but in his boasting he doesn’t even take notice that the Mamalukes hit Alex in the ring, giving him the sky lift slam to leave him sleeping with the fishes. (D+) http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png “Mean” Gene is backstage with “The Nature Boss” Ric Flair. The segment is pretty short and sweet, as Flair talks about how his WCW is the best wrestling in the world and features the best wrestlers in the world; and that’s why tonight, he’s making sure that in our main event, there will be no outside interference like there was on Nitro, threatening fines and potential suspensions. Flair and Gene did some great work with improvising off one another, as they tend to do. (B) http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png Konnan comes to the ring, and he calls out “Big Poppa Pump”! He says that since his Filthy Animals familia are getting a World Tag title shot tonight, he wants a title match of his own – for the World Heavyweight championship! Scott The Steiners come out laughing, Scott saying that he doesn’t waste time with Mexican cock-a-roaches. Konnan says that since Scott is so good at bringing up people’s pasts, there was once a time that Scott would come out here and fight anyone, he wouldn’t hide behind his bitches – meaning both Midajah and his brother! It looks like the goading was enough, as Scott says he’ll “shut your whore mouth tonight!” Scott continues his off-night, being very poor compared to Konnan’s good improvising, but it was good enough to get the crowd hot for the rest of the show. (B) http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png In a rematch from SuperBrawl: Revenge, Palumbo & O’Haire put the World Tag Team titles on the line against the Filthy Animals. The Animals yet again have the Thrillers on the ropes, especially when Shawn Stasiak rushes in with one of the titles but accidentally hits Palumbo with it! Jindrak holds up his end though, knocking Kidman off the top turnbuckle and into a cradle from Palumbo to help the NBT retain the gold at 8:35. The crowd are buzzing after this one. (B) The Thrillers may have retained the titles, but they aren’t very happy. Stasiak tries to tell his side of the story, but without Sanders there to put a stop to in-fighting, O’Haire and Palumbo go on the attack! They leave Shawn laying in the ring after a brutal assault, with Jindrak leaving at their side, brushing imaginary dust onto Stasiak’s fallen body. Shawn was pretty underwhelming here, but it got the point across: the Natural Born Thrillers aren’t playing around with their members anymore! (B-) http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png Totally Buff and Madusa come to the ring, with Madusa playing a “ring announcer” as she talks about how popular, muscular, and better looking her men are compared to everyone else in WCW, especially Goldberg and Kronik. She looked lost having a role other than “stand around looking pretty” so she likely won’t be doing this much more. Buff agrees with her, saying that he’s got the stuff, way better stuff than what Kronik has! Luger especially comes across well, as he says that at Greed in the six man tag Chicago Street Fight, they and Animal will put an end to the myth of Goldberg once and for all; he claims that the past few months have built up to this one moment, and they aren’t about to squander it. (B-) Norman Smiley and Glacier have high hopes, but they stand no chance against a focused Totally Buff. Madusa does some good work cheering on her team at ringside as Buff puts Glacier away with a Doomsday Device-style Buff Blockbuster in 3:36. (D+) Glacier is hurt badly from that move, and they bring a stretcher out for him. As they are wheeling him to a waiting ambulance, we hear him chanting something, before he produces a vial of liquid “from his body”. He gives it to Norman, saying that his day is over, this is all the power he had left – and he is giving it to Norman, so he may become the hero that he wanted Glacier to be. Norman takes the vial as Glacier is taken away. He vows to use these powers for good, from this day on! (D) http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png Booker T walks into the arena after that sincere display, and he asks Ric Flair to come to the ring. Booker says that he was out of line the last few weeks, but it’s only because he wants the WCW World title that badly; he says that surely Flair can understand that, and he can make things right by turning the triple threat at Greed into a fatal four way to include Booker! “The Nature Boy” says that he does definitely understand, as a sixteen time World champion he knows all about going a little mad at wanting the belt, even foreshadowing that he may want to try and make it seventeen one of these days. “But we don’t always get what we want, Booker, because sometimes the dice falls your way, but other times you knock the dice off the table yourself!” He says that Booker had his shot, and while he didn’t lose, he didn’t win it either. Ric tells him that under normal circumstances, he would take that into consideration. But the way Booker acted over the past few weeks was unworthy of a potential champion, and so Booker needs to build himself back up in Flair’s eyes before he can get another shot! Flair’s masterful dialogue really made him come across well here. Booker’s eyes show a firey rage at that refusal, but he says that Flair better be watching then, because if he has to go through everyone in WCW for that shot, he’ll do it. The color commentary may not hold up to the segments that are being put on, but the live crowd who don’t hear that are definitely hotter now. (B+) http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png General Rection successfully defends his WCW United States title over 2 Count’s Evan Karagias. The two calmed the crowd down after that emotional segment, and Evan showed he is getting better at his gimmick. But the end result was the No Laughing Matter moonsault scoring the victory at 3:23. (C-) http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png Ric Flair is in his office as an irate “Chosen One” Jeff Jarrett enters the room. He demands to know why he had to work his tail off to get a US title shot, a belt he should have been fast tracked to given he never lost it in the first place last April, but some punk kid dances his way into a shot here tonight! Flair tells him that whether Jeff likes it or not, Hugh said he wanted to defend the belt tonight, so he did. Ric tells Jarrett to let it go, but when he doesn’t, Flair says that he wasn’t going to have Jeff wrestle tonight, but now he’s going to go against someone he knows really well from last April – Diamond Dallas Page! Flair has the crowd in the palm of his hand tonight, looking excellent as a neutral CEO figure as he waves to Jarrett, telling him to go get ready! Jarrett complains, but there’s no use; “The Nature Boss” has spoken! (B) http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png Bryan Clark is in the ring waiting for his match as “The Franchise” Shane Douglas comes out alongside Crowbar and Daffney, who is wearing a shirt that says “Daffney for Mayhem 2 game” scrawled across it. Douglas says that “WCW braintrust” have said that he has to defend his Hardcore title tonight against Bryan Clark, but he’s decided that he doesn’t have to dirty his hands, citing this as a training exercise for his pupil, Crowbar! Clark’s menacing glare comes across well as he never changes it when he hears this new development. Crowbar doesn’t come out of this looking good though. He isn’t very pleased about this… (C+) Crowbar does all he can against Clark in a hardcore environment, using any weapons that he can find to try and put down his large opponent. The two’s brawl spills all around the ringside area and back into the ring, where Clark makes Crowbar feel his Wrath by hitting him with his old Death Penalty slam and prepares to win the Hardcore title – but that’s when Shane Douglas slides into the ring, hits the Franchiser, and covers Clark for the pinfall to retain his title at 6:20! (C+) Douglas holds up his title to celebrate his win, with commentary giving him the business because he did nothing but hit the final blow to win the match. He tells Crowbar to celebrate with him but slightly behind him, not seeing that Brian Adams has shown up at his partner’s side! Douglas finally takes notice, but he bails out, shoving Crowbar at them and leaving the ring as Crowbar is forced to suffer High Times! Kronik stand tall in the ring as Shane escapes with his title! © http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png A video highlight reel plays showing some of the history between Diamond Dallas Page and Jeff Jarrett over the past year. (B) Jeff Jarrett and Diamond Dallas Page faced one another quite a few times in 2000, and that’s the story that commentary put on that these two know one another very well. To the trained eye, Jarrett seems really off his game, but it doesn’t hurt the match too badly. Jeff goes for the Acoustic Equalizer when he realizes he can’t put Page away on his own, but Dallas dodges the guitar and hits the Diamond Cutter at 8:06 to pick up the win! (B-) As Jarrett rolls out of the ring to stumble away, Page takes a microphone. He says that just like Jarrett just did, anyone who stands in his way is going to feel the BANG! Commentary question if that means his tag partner and friend, Kevin Nash? (B-) http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png The crowd are given a big moment as Goldberg makes his entrance to the ring for his upcoming match! (B) Kaz Hayashi and Leia Meow try to cheer Yang on from ringside, but he’s against Goldberg. 42-0 at 1:23. (C-) As the Jung Dragons are arguing at ringside, Goldberg gets a microphone. He says that if they think they can do any better, why doesn’t the extra man come in here and be next! Leia agrees, much to Kaz’s chagrin! (B-) Hayashi lasts a little longer just by playing keep-away, but at 2:23 Goldberg moves up to 43-0. Goldberg really shone here. (C-) Goldberg gets the microphone again, and he says that he can’t wait for Greed so that he and Kronik can take the streets of Chicago by storm and put down Animal once and for all! They’re next! (B-) http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png Konnan is finished getting ready and he gives high fives and hugs to the Filthy Animals, who wish him luck, telling him to bring gold to the team. As Konnan and Tygress head for the ring, Kevin Nash stops him, telling Konnan that he’s pulling for him and hopes he wins so he can main event Greed with him. (C+) That’s a great sentiment, but yeah, not a chance. Midajah is held mostly off by Tygress at ringside, but by instigating a cat fight with her, she gets a chance to slide Steiner his lead pipe, which he slams against Konnan’s forehead! Scott throws it back out of the ring and locks on the Steiner Recliner, and Konnan has to submit at 8:39. Scott is looking pretty fatigued by the end of this night, but the crowd were definitely buzzing. (B-) But Steiner refuses to drop the hold, until Kevin Nash finally comes down the aisle! Scott gets his lead pipe back, and he looks like he’s going to have a stand off with Nash, until DDP enters the ring from the crowd! Steiner laughs, throwing the pipe in between the two as he leaves the ring, telling them “You know you wanna hit each other, just do it! Just do it!” The crowd are at a fever pitch as the two of them eye up the weapon, and Thunder goes off the air with Tony asking if Scott Steiner is right about how the two of them would stab each other in the back for Greed! (A) <div style="text-align:center;">Show Rating: B This show has increased our popularity in 10 regions.</div></div></blockquote> <div style="text-align:center;"><iframe width="220" height="124" src="<a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vrfM5GzCLOQ?rel=0" rel="external nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/embed/vrfM5GzCLOQ?rel=0"</a> frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> http://i.imgur.com/r06q6I3.jpg WCW Worldwide Aired February 24th, 2001 (Week 4) Held at: The Long Beach Promenade Room in Long Beach, California (South West) Announcers: Mike Tenay and Scott Hudson Attendance: 1,120 people TV Rating: 0.09</div> <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43111" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><ul><li> Corporal Cajun is in the studio with Mike and Scott because next week is Mardi Gras! He won’t be call any matches, but they will be having an interview with him later this evening. (E+) </li><li> Jamie Knoble pins Evan Karagias with a quick roll up (D) </li><li> AskWCW.com’s question comes from an MC Daniel Genner (Tenay wondering if he’s a disc jockey) as he asks Mike Sanders who of the Natural Born Thrillers he feels has the most potential to become WCW World champion? This must have been taped before SuperBrawl, as “Above Average” answers that as long as the Thrillers stick with him, then the one with the best potential is… himself! Scott Hudson cries foul, that the question didn’t involve Sanders, but Mike says that Sanders is well within his rights of free speech to choose himself. (C+) Sanders uses the freedom to improvise very well; it’s almost too bad I’m sending him to Wildside to improve his actual wrestling skills. </li><li> The sit-down interview with Corporal Cajun features him talking about getting his start in WCW on Saturday Night in 1998. He says that from there’s it’s been a bumpy ride as he got to know and meet some of his heroes such as Bret Hart, who used to draw caricatures with him, seguing into Lash showing off <a href="http://www.ddtdigest.com/updates/pictures/2001024w001.jpg" rel="external nofollow">the drawing of himself</a> that he had been doodling all evening. He talks about how much the Misfits in Action mean to he, Hugh, and Sgt. A-WALL, who he wishes a speedy recovery to so he can “get his big buddy back soon”. He then says that Chavo Guerrero Jr. and Jeff Jarrett are snakes, and being from Louisiana, he knows how to deal with snakes! (D+) Cajun and Hudson underperformed. </li><li> Back in the arena, Team Canada enter, with Lance Storm taking a microphone and demanding that they play the Canadian national anthem. It goes uninterrupted to huge boos from the crowd. (C-) I tried out letting Lance improvise, but he was very poor. Elix looked out of place, Awesome’s menacing performance was good, but the crowd are hotter and Tylene is getting better at her gimmick. </li><li> Mike Awesome and Elix Skipper defeat The Mamalukes when Alex Wright trips Johnny off the ropes, giving Skipper the chance to hit the Play of the Day and get the win © Skipper and Awesome showed excellent chemistry! Awesome’s great performance really stood out. </li><li> Video Recap: We found out on Nitro that Scott Steiner must defend his title at Greed against both Kevin Nash AND Diamond Dallas Page! Then clips from Thunder of Nash and Page having tension form between them thanks to the champion. What will happen next week? (B) {Elsewhere on the show but not booked for reasons of not having both men in WCW: “The Professor’s Pick” is showing some “Best of Monday Nitro on TNT” matches, this week being Brian Pillman vs. Jushin Liger from the very first episode} Show Rating: C+</li></ul></div></blockquote> <div style="text-align:center;">http://i.imgur.com/0Lh9W8w.png</div> <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="OOC" data-cite="OOC" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43111" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Thanks for the warm welcome back! I've booked ahead to Greed already, so let's hope I can keep up a good pace again in the future. Glad to see that you all are still following! Was starting to get a little worried there for a while, but I just want to get further into this game so badly! So we will see how far I make it before I slow down again, lol. I see a lot of support for Kevin Nash staying with WCW, and I will definitely take that into consideration when I see how that falls!</div></blockquote>

Beejus · August 5, 2017

WWF Magazine Presents: No Way Out Report <div style="text-align:center;">http://i.imgur.com/XzOHXDK.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/UeAdVug.jpg</div> WWF No Way Out was presented from the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, and the Vegas odds were in the favor of the fans who witnessed this incredible show! The show opened hot with the WWF Intercontinental championship on the line in a fatal four way match, as champion “Y2J” Chris Jericho defended against Radicalz brothers Chris Benoit and Eddie Guerrero as well as the man who has been leading the new group of X-Factor, X-Pac. With Perry Saturn, Albert, and Justin Credible having wrestled on the live pre-show Sunday Night Heat and Dean Malenko defending his title later, this match kept to the four men who were in the ring, there was no outside interference. The problems that have been brewing between Benoit and Guerrero ever since Eddie’s return to the WWF from injury came to a head as the two took one another out from a failed double team maneuver, and that left X-Pac prey for Jericho to slide a quick roll-up and retain the prestigious Intercontinental title! After that match was over, WWF Hardcore champion Raven came to the ring. He told everyone that his “Raven Effect” will wash over everyone, no matter how big or small they may be. Those were some prophetic words given his opponent was the massive Big Show, but midway through the bout little Crash Holly tried his luck at winning the 24/7 championship back. But there was no stopping The Big Show, who hit big chokeslams on both men before pinning Raven to win the belt that he had been chasing for the past few weeks. Who will try to win the title from him?! After we saw Trish Stratus sneaking into Vince McMahon’s office, we saw Triple H backstage in a dark room. Tonight, he would do battle with “Stone Cold” Steve Austin in a Three Stages of Hell match, and he looked certainly deranged enough to take a match like this as he spoke threats toward Austin while staring at his weapon of choice, the sledgehammer! The WWF Tag Team championships followed, as The Dudley Boyz took on The Hardy Boyz in a tag team tables matchup. Despite the great action we saw between these teams with a lot of respect for one another, it had to end in a no contest due to interference from former champions Edge and Christian. E&C felt proud of their actions, until both teams got back up in the ring and challenged E&C to a match next month at WrestleMania – a second Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match! We headed backstage again to see Trish Stratus engaged with Vince McMahon in a very “suggestive” conversation. She had stuck around managing Kurt Angle after the Royal Rumble, loving the extra attention that comes from managing the World champion, but tonight he was set to battle The Rock. Trish said that she would make it “worth [Vince’s] while” if he made sure that Angle retained the belt tonight, and Vince was very easily swayed to action when she whispered an idea into his ear! The Right to Censor had been gloating constantly how they had put Chyna out of the WWF since the Royal Rumble. This led to a series of matches with Chyna’s friend “The One” Billy Gunn, especially since Gunn picked up the WWF European championship from William Regal on the last Raw of January. Gunn had successfully vanquished each member of the RTC (including Steven Richards by disqualification, who took a match against Billy just to set him up for a four-on-one attack) except for Val Venis, who never stuck around to finish a match or get his comeuppance from “The One”. Billy had finally had enough, and put the title on the line in order to get Venis into a strap match so he could not leave. In this situation, Gunn prevailed, but it came after Chyna made her shocking return to chase Ivory away from the ring! When the match was over, Chyna took the microphone and told Ivory that her neck was still in bad shape and doctors were warning her against it, but she will be ready to go again – by WrestleMania! Next was the Three Stages of Hell match, where Triple H vowed to “break Austin’s pride in a straight wrestling match, break his bones in a street fight, and cripple his ass if I have to in a steel cage!” The two had cost one another World title matches throughout January, but once they were forced to stop attacking one another by order of Vince McMahon, Hunter reached out to both he and Vince’s contacts list and seemingly brought together X-Factor between X-Pac, Justin Credible, and Albert, who had helped out Mr. McMahon through Trish Stratus before she seemed to leave him behind. Austin had to fight off the trio, but had some help from Chris Jericho as he was also targeted due to having the Intercontinental title that X-Pac wanted. Now that we were finally here, the two men tore into one another, with “Stone Cold” finally picking up the first fall. Triple H took the second, leading us to the cage match. Finally, the two hit one another with weapons, causing them to fall into a heap – with Helmsley on top of the pile, forcing the official to count the Royal Rumble winner down in a huge shock. What will this mean for Austin’s guaranteed title match next month at WrestleMania 17? Al Snow and the APA were seen at WWF New York, with Snow trying to get more signatures for his petition to become the new WWF Commissioner instead of Mr. McMahon’s apparent choice of William Regal. The Acolytes had signed a few weeks ago, and were on hand to protect Al and his petition, as Snow went table to table getting fans to sign the form. After that, we had a rare intergender championship match-up, as Dean Malenko defended his Light Heavyweight championship against the high flying daredeviless Lita. Dean had given up his pursuit of a date with Lita, but she used the attention that he had focused on her in order to find herself in this position to wrestle for the title. While she certainly put up a strong fight, in the end she wasn’t prepared for what Malenko brought to the table, as he showed he was not against slamming her face against an exposed turnbuckle to steal the victory, unnecessarily locking her in the Cloverleaf to get the bell sounded and retain his championship. The Undertaker and Kane had reformed a brotherly bond after the Royal Rumble, brought on by the attack of the team calling themselves the Brotherhood, Rikishi and Haku. All the attacks and fights between the two teams led up to this no disqualification matchup, where it was a brawl from start to finish. Finally a stereo chokeslam on both men drew the close of this bout, as Undertaker pinned Rikishi to put this match away. Kurt Angle had been pestering The Rock with attacks and interference during his matches ever since Rock was named number one contender for No Way Out, using his friends Edge and Christian as well as Trish’s contacts through Vince McMahon to get men like Albert to assault The Rock. Stratus had tried to get McMahon to bring some extra insurance for this match, but the Dudleyz and Hardyz had chased E&C out of the building and when Vince tried to get William Regal to help, it appeared Regal was stuck in a snowstorm and could not get to the building! But now it was time for the match itself, and despite Vince himself trying to interject himself into the match, it saw The Rock fight back against all manner of the Three I’s in order to finally put Angle away with the Rock Bottom in order to win his sixth WWF World Heavyweight championship! The Rock celebrates with the title in front of all his People as Vince McMahon looks on, visions of whatever Trish had promised him now only a pipe dream. But the story didn’t end there, as “Stone Cold” Steve Austin emerged from the entrance curtain and simply stared down the aisle toward the new champion – the man he would now be set to face off against next month at the Houston Astrodome at WrestleMania! <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43111" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Chris Jericho defeated Chris Benoit, Eddie Guerrero and X-Pac in a Fatal Four Way match to retain the WWF Intercontinental title by flash pinning X-Pac while Benoit and Guerrero fought. (Rating: B) Raven says before his match that “The Raven Effect” stops for no man, no matter how large! (Rating: B-) The Big Show defeated Raven in a Hardcore match for the WWF Hardcore title, Crash Holly tried to run in and win the title but Show laid them both out. (Rating: C-) Trish Stratus is seen sneaking around backstage, thinking nobody sees her she slips into Vince McMahon's office! (Rating: C+) Triple H cuts a promo threatening Stone Cold, while talking to his sledgehammer. (Rating: B+) The Dudley Boyz defeated The Hardy Boyz to retain the WWF World Tag Team titles, despite attempted interference from Edge and Christian. (Rating: B-) The Dudley Boyz and Hardy Boyz unite to challenge Edge and Christian to another TLC match at WrestleMania! (Rating: B) Trish Stratus tells Vince McMahon that if he makes sure Angle keeps the title, he'll get “rewards” from her! (Rating: B+) Billy Gunn defeated Val Venis to retain the WWF European title when Chyna surprisingly appears to chase Ivory away! (Rating: C) Chyna says that her neck has been feeling ready to go again, at WrestleMania! (Rating: C) Triple H defeated Steve Austin in a Three Stages of Hell match, 2-1, by falling on top of Austin for a pinfall during the cage match. (Rating: B+) Al Snow and the APA are at WWF New York getting Al's petition signed by fans. (Rating: B-) The Rock is interviewed by Michael Cole, Rock saying he'll win the WWF title and go on to WrestleMania with it. (Rating: B-) Dean Malenko defeated Lita to retain the WWF Light Heavyweight title by hitting her with a low blow before locking in the Cloverleaf. Lita was blamed afterwards for giving Dean a fractured cheekbone. (Rating: C-) A frantic Vince McMahon tries to call William Regal in to help do Trish's bidding, but he's stuck in a snowstorm and won’t make it to the building! (Rating: B-) The Brothers of Destruction defeated Rikishi and Haku in a No DQ match. (Rating: B) The Rock defeated Kurt Angle for the WWF World Heavyweight title, despite Vince McMahon, Trish, Edge, and Christian trying to interfere. (Rating: B) The Rock celebrates with his title, taunting Mr. McMahon, but “Stone Cold” Steve Austin awaits him at WrestleMania! (Rating: A*)</div></blockquote>

Beejus · August 8, 2017

A Stranger Calls From the desk of Eric Bischoff: “I couldn’t believe how that meeting went with Kevin, and what I had to do about it. I was hoping that we could solve this easily, maybe it was just a pipe dream that he was going to hold some loyalty to WCW after being here for four years and making so much money off of us. But I guess we will see how this falls… In good news, Nitro was a fun place, where Mark Jindrak drew some funny pictures of some of the other guys in the locker room, and Paisley organized a poker tournament. She seemed pretty close to Booker T during it, but he’s married, so I don’t know if there’s something going on there or not. I pulled a nice little rib on Johnny the Bull, putting one of his trademark hats in under a running shower before he went out wearing it. He ended up thinking it was pretty funny, but Scott Steiner apparently laughed so hard he fell over when Johnny put the hat on and was soaked by it. Scott Steiner had a lot of opinions during the Nitro and Thunder taping as he said that Jamie Knoble and – of all people – Shane Douglas just have next to no charisma, and that they should be cast off so we can hire someone better. Kevin Nash said the same thing about Evan Karagias as well. What is it with all these so-called ‘journeymen’ saying that our younger athletes have no charisma? I’m starting to wonder if they aren’t just a little jealous of youth. On the opposite side of the spectrum, Paul Orndorff was seen backstage teaching Jindrak and O’Haire some better mic skills and giving Yang a pointer about ring psychology. Instead of complaining about lack of charisma, why aren’t they teaching things like Paul is? I thought it was a little funny that Bill Goldberg actually was heard saying he was a little worn out after wrestling twice on Thunder. I didn’t let him know, but I found it hilarious that his two matches didn’t go beyond five minutes, but he was really tired afterwards. February was – I suppose, if you’re a fully silver lining kind of person – a little better month financially than January. Moving to all smaller locations all month was a good idea, and I intend on them getting smaller yet as we move forward. I’ve spoken to some people from the Hard Rock Cafe and Casino, and we are looking into setting up WCW’s new base of operations out of Las Vegas with a small arena set up in a new area on what is currently the roof of the building. It should give us a nice party atmosphere. I know we tried to have the Nitro Grill out in Vegas and it failed pretty hard, but hopefully the fans can keep us going there. But back to the finances, SuperBrawl was one of our better selling pay-per-views in a while, a 0.28 rating of 112,105 houses watching gave us quite a bit more than we did in January. Whereas in January, we lost over five and a half million dollars, this month it was below five million; that’s five hundred thousand dollars less! If we can keep that up, then we may be able to make a dollar or two by 2003?” <div style="text-align:center;">**ring, ring, ring**</div> Who could that be at this hour? <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43111" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>“Hello?” “Mr. Bischoff? I was hoping that I got the right number. When I asked Darren for it, he wasn’t sure if it was going to be the same or not.” I recognized the youthful yet driven voice, even if it hadn’t been heard on television in some time. “Well, apparently it still works. If you don’t mind me skipping the pleasantries, what do you want?” “Straight to business, fine with me, fine with me. Let me just get right down to the brass tacks of it; I’m losing the grip on what should be mine. I want to have something I could eventually call my own, something that can’t be taken away. You need money, anyone who listens to anybody from WCW has said it. I know you’ve been telling them that to make sure they know how dire it is, but it’s leaking over every dirt sheet and internet message board you could find. I want to help; I want to offer you a loan.” “Why would I take a loan from you?” I was both quizzical and upset at the same time. “I’m doing okay–” “With all due respect, apparently you aren’t. You walked into a bad situation, a rapidly sinking ship, but I’m here offering you a lifeline. Don’t get me wrong; things aren’t looking good anywhere right now. I’ve seen documents that Paul Heyman is ready to hand out ECW on a silver platter; if you can keep WCW going, then it not only keeps the WWF from getting a monopoly that wouldn’t be good for any of us, but it also gives me some leverage in the future.” “What would you want in return?” “For one, it’s a loan, I would want paid back with some interest. That’s just how business works. But you would never have me in your face about doing anything particular on your shows, you wouldn’t have me asking you to sign or not sign or let go anyone. It’d be hands-off, except for giving me some stock in the company so that I can have some share of it for the future. But I’m not Ted Turner, this would be a one-time loan, not a consistent lifeboat.” “I…” I can’t say that I don’t need the money. He throws me a figure that is tough to believe. But I guess when your father is ranging somewhere between a millionaire and billionaire, you have the chance of having plenty of your own money siphoned off of that. “I’ll have to think about this. I need to see how things go for a little bit. But I will say this for now; when I signed the contract to get the company, I told Ted that I wouldn’t let it get sold to a McMahon.” “Hey, I understand pride. But we also have to look at the bottom line. I’ll keep this offer open, asking for your discretion so that it doesn’t get out that I’m looking to help the enemy. At this point, it looks like I’m going to be written out of the WWF will in favor of Paul and Steph, so I gotta do what I can do if I want the name Shane McMahon on top of pro wrestling.”</div></blockquote> With that, we cordially hang up the phone. What do I even make of this? I can’t actually consider it, can I? Shane is definitely getting brushed aside, so I can see how he would be angry about it when all those years he had to have thought he’d inherit the company, but is he really upset enough to help Vince’s enemy to keep us afloat? And his claim of staying hands-off, that this is only a loan in exchange for payments (and interest) and for some shares in the company? It sounds all too good to be true. <div style="text-align:center;">As they usually say, things that are too good to be true usually are… but can I afford to look a gift horse in the mouth right now? -----</div> <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="OOC" data-cite="OOC" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43111" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Here comes the money! A new player enters the game! What does Eric do now?! On a less in-game thought, I was thinking about how I did the No Way Out post and was wondering if you'd all like to see what I'm booking for the WWF. It'd take no extra time at all for me to write up Raw and SD the way that I displayed what happened on the PPV, with ratings. It wouldn't be the write-up, it would just be the part that's quoted. So other than that, Nitro will be posted a little later this week, so look forward to that, friends! There will also be some new things for Eric to deal with off screen as well as making sure everything goes well on screen, so we will see how things go with that very soon!</div></blockquote>

to4sty · August 8, 2017

I honestly wish I had the time and the patience to book both the WWF and WCW, because honestly the AI books some terrible tat that takes away from the realism for me. If you're going to continue to book both then I for one would like to see what you're booking, even if it is bullet point form.

Oh as for the "loan"......never trust a McMahon. Shane might say he's going to stay hands off, but how long do you think it will be until Vegas gets treated to the sight of Shane O Mac diving off the roof of that Hard Rock Cafe <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/tongue.png.ceb643b2956793497cef30b0e944be28.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />

TheBigBad1013 · August 9, 2017

I'd definitely be interested in seeing how you are booking WWF.

As for Shane...it definitely adds quite a bit of intrigue going forward.

Beejus · August 11, 2017

WCW Monday Nitro: 3/5/2001

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Last Week in WCW: “Ric Flair made a shocking announcement that ‘Big Poppa Pump’ would have to defend his championship at Greed against BOTH of The Insiders! Scott Steiner started playing the two off one another, saying that one would stab the other in the back over the title while he laughs his way to victory; will he be proven right? Meanwhile, Goldberg and Kronik accepted the challenge to Animal’s specialty, a Chicago Street Fight at Greed! The Natural Born Thrillers cast out one of their own, as Shawn Stasiak was kicked to the curb by the group! Will ‘Perfect’ Shawn move on, or look to come after his former companions? Find out these answers and more on WCW Monday Nitro!”

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WCW Monday Nitro

Shown Live on March 5th, 2001 (Week 1)

Held at: Valley Ice Garden in Bozeman, Montana (North West)

Announcers: Tony Schiavone and Scott Hudson

Attendance: 3,500 people (sold out!)

TV Rating: 3.31

http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png Rick and Scott Steiner open the show, Midajah carrying the WCW championship at their back. “Big Poppa Pump” takes to the microphone, saying that on Thunder last week, he started proving that he’s the smartest man in wrestling because he called it so easily that Nash and Page would turn on one another for the title. Scott claims they never trusted one another, and nothing has changed now that they’re against one another. He really works the crowd well here, bringing a lot of boos out. Scott says that it was a fluke that he got pinned on Nitro and it won’t happen again. This brings out The Insiders, with Page asking Kevin if he is hearing correctly; that Scott thinks he’s the smartest man in wrestling because two of the biggest stars of the sport – huge shock – have a bit of an ego? Nash jokes back that next, Scott will be making other big discoveries, like how wet water is. Dallas says that so far, that’s twice that he earned a match against Scott for the title in a tag match, so maybe we should see if the Steiners just can’t go anymore? Kevin says that he’s tired of hearing all the talk, so he wants to take on Steiner one on one, right here tonight! But Page pulls him aside, asking him why they don’t have a tag match again. Nash tells Page that he’ll handle it, but Dallas starts getting hot about it, asking what Nash is talking about, if he doesn’t think he can get it done? Page says that he was the one who won the match for them last week, not Nash! But before this can go on much longer, Booker T interrupts! He says that Page is right, he’s won two World title shots in the past few months by pinning Scott Steiner in a tag team match – so he wants to be in a match, any match, as long as it’s against Scott Steiner, so he can pin him and get another title shot! When Nash tells Booker that he needs to let this go and wait in line, a fight nearly breaks out between the two that DDP has to step in between! As the two are trying to get to one another, Nash pulls back and accidentally elbows Page in the face! An argument breaks out between all three of them! So now we have three people who want two in a tag match, so a situation like this calls for “The Nature Boss” Ric Flair to figure out what’s happening! Flair says that Booker is correct, Dallas got a shot like that, and he should be afforded the same chance. Scott starts getting on them, needling them about the elbow to Page, saying that Flair should make them all three fight each other. Flair starts to try and get something set up, when the three men start arguing again! Out of the back comes “The Prodigal Son” Dustin Rhodes, who tries to help break things up, saying that Scott is just trying to work them against one another and they shouldn’t let him. Rhodes says that he’s friends with both of them, and he isn’t going to let this stand. Flair gets an idea, saying that now we have four men – so he’s going to have Kevin and Rhodes take on DDP and Booker T, and the winning team faces the Steiner Brothers on Thunder! Great opening segment, the crowd are all kinds of hot for the rest of the show; DDP’s crowd control was masterful, Nash worked the crowd well, and Booker was just superb. The crowd didn’t seem to take to Dustin’s involvement, but Scott came across well and Dallas came out of this just fantastic. And we have two big matches set up, only thirteen weeks from Greed! (A)

http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png We go to Tony Schiavone and Scott Hudson at the desk, and they talk about the wild way that Nitro opened. Tony says that this is just how Nitro happens and why fans should tune in and then drop the remote because they don’t want to miss any of the hot action! But they also take time to mention that Goldberg will be here later to talk about WCW Greed, Sid Vicious will take on Mike Awesome in a battle of power bomb masters, but right now it’s time for cruiserweight action! (C+)

http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png Chavo Guerrero Jr. struts to the ring for a non-title match, but he’s against the veteran of the cruiserweight division, Rey Mysterio Jr. The match deserved better color commentary (maybe should’ve had Tenay come out) but the crowd were on fire and Rey did great in this high spot based matchup as he dazzled the fans and the champion with a flurry of expertise. He hits the bronco buster on Chavo but isn’t able to hit a follow-up, Guerrero goes for the brainbuster but Mysterio is able to make a small package to get a three count in 6:08! Rey just pinned the Cruiserweight champion! (C+)

http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png We head backstage where Goldberg has entered the building! He walks to his dressing room as commentary talk about his upcoming interview segment later tonight. (B)

http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png Our authority figures are backstage watching the show, Ric Flair and “The Cat” Ernest Miller. The two are supposed to discuss what’s coming up in the show, but without a script to follow they both fail this angle. Flair just starts rambling off in some direction, Cat and Ms. Jones start dancing with Flair joining in, the segment is held together only by the raw charisma the two have and because Ms. Jones is hot. (B)

http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png One half of 2 Count, Shannon Moore, is out in the ring to take on the man who was gifted the “essence” of Glacier, Screamin’ Norman Smiley. This is a full-on comedy match that gives the crowd a breather, as Norman gets used to having this all new power inside him. Moore nearly puts an off-balance Smiley away with the Bottom’s Up, but Norman Big Wiggles life back into himself and comes back with (comedically thrown) martial arts style back leg side kicks before kicking Shannon in the stomach and locking in the Norman Conquest! Shannon has nowhere to go and taps out at 3:02, as our new hero picks up a big win! (D) Backstage, Shannon Moore is heckled by both Dustin Rhodes and Kevin Nash, who say he isn’t worth keeping around because his psychology is so poor that he’ll never learn how to work a main event style.

http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png Tony says that something seems to have happened backstage, we have a camera… we see that in a dressing room beneath the remains of a table and some curtains is Fit Finlay! Scott says that we were supposed to see Finlay challenge Shane Douglas later, but it looks like he’s been attacked! Who is doing this? ©

http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png In another non-title match (because theoretically, this could be Freebird Rule’d) Mark Jindrak and Sean O’Haire took on men who they faced often in 2000, Kronik. Despite Adams being hammered by the two in their corner for some portion of the match, Shawn Stasiak appears from out of the crowd to cause a disruption, and that leads to Jindrak getting hit by the High Times and pinned at 6:26 by Clark! © Backstage, Hugh Morrus can be heard saying that Jindrak needs to learn how to sell or else he has no future.

http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png “Mean” Gene is backstage alongside the Steiner Brothers. Rick stays mostly quiet, just keeping Gene on track as Scott rants and raves about how everyone in WCW wants a night with him worse than all the freaks in Montana do! He says that he’s gonna go out there and do some commentary for the main event tonight, so they better keep their fu***** censor button ready! Scott came out of this looking excellent with some masterful improvising, but Gene wasn’t even a decent microphone stand in this one. Maybe Scott’s swearing threw him off. (B)

http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png Team Canada come to the ring, with Lance Storm saying that he’d like to be serious for a minute. He says that Dustin Rhodes better not lose sight of his priorities by getting too involved in his friends that he forgets about the match at Greed that he and Sid have gotten themselves into. Storm says that he isn’t telling them which of the two he will be facing, because their pitiful American minds wouldn’t appreciate the well laid plans anyways. With that, Storm asks for the Canadian National Anthem to play, but instead Sid Vicious comes out! Sid tells them that his mind isn’t what Lance should be thinking is important, because it’ll be his body doing all the damage to Team Canada! Skipper just isn’t popular enough to hang with the rest of Team Canada, but Sid looked good, getting the crowd hotter for the upcoming match. ©

Mike Awesome stays in the ring to take on Sid Vicious in a battle of power bombers, but unfortunately this crazy brawl never sees one as Lance Storm hits a superkick on Sid as he was setting Awesome up for the powerbomb. ©

The attack continues past the bell, as Storm, Skipper, and Awesome do a number on Sid. He tries to fight back, but three on one doesn’t work very well as Vicious is finally left on the mat, with all of them working together to “powerbomb” him through a table! Sid’s performance was fantastic here as he fought all he could but couldn’t overcome these odds. (B-)

http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png Backstage, “Mean” Gene stands with “Big Sexy” Kevin Nash and “The Prodigal Son” Dustin Rhodes. Rhodes says that he didn’t see the last match, but he hopes Sid was able to show Mike Awesome how to throw a power bomb! He says that Team Canada are foremost in his mind, but right now, he has been given a chance to be in the main event with one of his friends, and he’s going to take it, even if it’s against another friend. Nash says that when he first heard Flair announce Dallas as being in the Greed main event, he hoped it wouldn’t come to this; but it’s starting to look like a wolf has to do what he has to do. (C+)

Elsewhere backstage, Mike Tenay stands by with Diamond Dallas Page. Mike asks Page about what happened earlier tonight that led us to our main event tonight. Page says that he’s been told for years now that he’s too old to get it done, that he’s too this, or too that, well screw that! Dallas puts out a statement to Kevin Nash, Dustin Rhodes, Booker T, Scott Steiner, Ric Flair, and anyone else who’s listening who wants to be in his way: “Quit trying to tell me that I can’t, because I will do it with a BANG!” DDP came across really well here, putting out a bold statement, but Tenay was unnecessary to the segment. (B)

http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png Backstage, we see the dressing room door of Goldberg; he comes to the ring, next! (B)

“Da Man” Goldberg is on his way to the ring, standing in his fireworks… but just as they die down, Animal is standing behind him, and he attacks from behind with a piece of steel! The two have a huge brawl that goes down to the ring, out of the ring, and around the ring, before WCW Security are finally able to pull them away from one another! Goldberg’s performance in this was just fantastic as he showed that he could definitely stand up to the Road Warrior, and this got the crowd super hot for the Chicago Street Fight! (A* - 98!)

http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png Big Ron and Heavy D have a match that they take full control of, it looks like a complete squash, which calms the rowdy crowd down a little after the previous segment… but General Rection gets involved, he hits Ron with the US title behind Charles Robinson’s back, which leads to a roll-up and pinfall at 3:45! It’s a big loss for The Harris Boys, but a huge win for Air Paris and AJ Styles! (E+)

General Rection gets a microphone after telling Styles and Paris good luck in WCW after that big win. Hugh says that he did that to send a message to Jeff Jarrett, because Jeff thinks he’s some big king crap, “The Chosen One”, because he wore the US title and then won the World title, and now he’s “gracing” us common midcarders by facing us again? Rection’s take is that Jeff couldn’t cut it on top, so now he thinks he can walk back down the ladder and take over, but he’s got another thing coming! “I just proved that miracles can happen in WCW, and I’m going to do it again at Greed, by walking up the ladder and knocking your face off – when we put my title fifteen feet above the ring and competing for it in a ladder match!” ©

http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png WCW’s Hardcore champion comes to the ring, “The Franchise” Shane Douglas laughing all the way as Crowbar and Daffney follow. Douglas says that it looks like he dodged a bullet tonight by what happened to Finlay earlier, so now he won’t have to defend his title tonight. Crowbar starts poking Douglas in the shoulder, but Shane tells him to go sit down. He does so, sitting down in the corner as Douglas goes back to talking – until “The Cat” comes to the stage! Miller tells Douglas that he better not rest up too much, because he will indeed be wrestling, and he better call his mama, because his opponent is right there in the ring with him – Crowbar! (C-)

Crowbar jumps at the chance that he’s been given, and he starts attacking Douglas with everything he’s got! Shane calms him down when he gets a breather, telling him that he is his protege, they can do this as a regular, down to basics match. After that, they calm down and have a decent little match. It’s heel vs. heel, and the crowd were hotter than expected so they didn’t need worked. The end of the match comes when Douglas pulls a chain from his boot and hits Crowbar with it though, getting the pinfall at 3:11 by taking advantage of his protege’s trust. Is there any other way? (D+)

http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png Booker T is joined backstage by Stevie Ray, and the two discuss Booker’s involvement in tonight’s main event. Booker says that he isn’t getting caught up in their business, they can save the drama for their mama; he just wants Scott Steiner. (B-)

http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png We go backstage to “Mean” Gene, Ric Flair, and The Cat again, with Ms. Jones sitting with Miller. Okerlund asks them about what we can expect for the first pay-per-view of their shared reign of WCW, and they talk about some of the matches that are set up for Greed. Nothing segment really, Flair and Gene play off one another like usual and Ernest isn’t able to keep up, but Ms. Jones stays sexy on his side, all it does is fill some time by hyping Greed. (B-)

http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png During the previous segment, Scott Steiner joined commentary, and now it’s time for our main event. DDP and Booker T seem like odd partners, but they both have a lot to prove; Kevin Nash and Dustin Rhodes have some excellent chemistry between them, but they are in opposing thought processes as opposed to when they teamed against Team Canada. Steiner does a pretty weak job on color, maybe because they have to blank out a lot of his commentary. But the crowd are hot, especially toward the end of the match when The Insiders are in the ring against one another. Nash shoves Page off of a Diamond Cutter attempt, hitting him with a sidewalk slam on the rebound, but only gets a two count. Dallas rocks Nash with a discus clothesline, but when Page dashes after Nash in the corner, Kevin picks him up and drops Page on the turnbuckle post! Did he mean to drop him on the post or was that an accident? Scott Steiner says it was on purpose, especially when Nash follows up by planting the dazed Page with the Jackknife Powerbomb! Nash doesn’t look very pleased about how it went, but he makes the cover to end the match at 12:21. (B)

Kevin starts checking on Page, who is still pretty dazed as he starts shoving Nash away. Scott Steiner stands up from the commentary desk and starts yelling “See?! See?! You don’t care, not at all!” as Nash looks between Steiner and Page. Nash comes across well, as his concern for his friend looks legitimate… but at the same time, he’s the person who hurt him in the first place here. We only have a week and a half until we find out just who has the most Greed! (A)

Show Rating: B+
This show raised WCW’s popularity in 10 regions.

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TheBigBad1013 · August 12, 2017

I really enjoyed Nitro and I'm digging the growing tension between Nash and DDP as we're heading toward the pay per view. You've done a terrific job building to the World Title match so far!

Beejus · August 19, 2017

WCW Thunder and Worldwide: March Week 1 <div style="text-align:center;">http://i.imgur.com/GfAVMaj.gif <iframe width="220" height="124" src="<a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NN22FXGVEOA?rel=0" rel="external nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/embed/NN22FXGVEOA?rel=0"</a> frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> http://i.imgur.com/blAXzeJ.jpg WCW Thunder Aired March 7th, 2001 (Week 1) Held at: Valley Ice Garden in Bozeman, Montana (North West) Announcers: Tony Schiavone, Mike Tenay, and Scott Hudson Attendance: 3,500 people (sold out!) TV Rating: 2.66</div> <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43111" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png The show opens tonight with Booker T coming to the ring, in a pretty foul mood as seems to be his norm lately. He says that it looks like no one backstage wants to see Booker T get his rematch, but it’s what the crowd all want! A big cheer rises for Booker, as he says that he can’t seem to catch a break yet, just two weeks after he proved that he should be the WCW champion. Booker says that he didn’t care and still doesn’t care about Kevin Nash or Diamond Dallas Page – all he wants is his shot. He seems to want to call out Scott Steiner, but he gets someone a little different; “The Chosen One” Jeff Jarrett comes out, and he tells Booker that he hasn’t heard so much whining and crying since he had to watch a Montana fat kid slapnut get denied a lollipop earlier at a store, and he really wanted to introduce that kid to an Acoustic Equalizer! But since he couldn’t do that, maybe he should do it to Booker T so that he shuts the hell up! Booker says to Jarrett that he saw the same thing earlier, but it was Jeff whining about Ric Flair, blaming Ric for holding him back when really Jeff just couldn’t cut it anymore after Booker T beat him so much last summer! The two are getting pretty hot, when “The Nature Boss” comes out and says that our main event for tonight is already set up, but the two of them will still find one another in the ring later – but in six man tag team action, as Jeff Jarrett will team with his Harris Boys against Booker T and his old friends, the Misfits in Action! Flair came across well here and this really got the crowd pumped up for Thunder! (B) http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png Backstage, the Steiner Brothers and Midajah have entered the arena! Rick is stoic as always anymore, but Scott takes this time to yell at the camera that he’s called it all along how greedy and self-centered Nash and Page are, and tonight he’s gonna take care of business in the tag team main event match, maybe he’ll even save a little bit of Nash for himself to beat up on at Greed! Scott came across well here, improvising well as he walked into the building. (B+) http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png Jamie Knoble is potentially a hot young rising star, but on this night he’s simple fodder for “Perfect” Shawn Stasiak to work on, finally finishing him at 2:02 with a fireman’s carry facebuster that he calls the Perfect Plant. Commentary lifted the match by talking about the split between the Thrillers as these two calmed down the hot crowd. (D) Stasiak takes a microphone after the match and says that he enjoyed being a Thriller, but it looks like the inmates started trying to run the asylum once Mike Sanders left the picture. He says that since they feel they’re so much better than Shawn, then he will take what they hold dear: the World Tag Team titles! O’Haire and Palumbo come out with Jindrak following, Palumbo saying that it doesn’t look like Stasiak has a partner – unless it’s you, while pointing at Jindrak. Mark denies it, as does O’Haire, who says that he doesn’t care who Stasiak’s partner is, even if it’s Palumbo; because they’ll meet him at Greed. The three members of the NBT seem to argue among themselves as Shawn is pleased with himself in the ring. The crowd must really like this story, even with it working as heels against heels, because this got them hotter. © http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png “Mean” Gene stands backstage with Totally Buff and Animal, who don’t say anything we haven’t heard from them the last few weeks. Even I’m getting tired of this storyline. End the streak, blah blah blah, Chicago Street Fight, yeah yeah yeah. Madusa tried to talk instead of just stand at their sides, and in doing so both she and Gene didn’t come out of this looking very good. (B-) http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png Konnan is in the ring and he goes through his spiel about being “bowdy bowdy and rowdy rowdy”. Nothing good, nothing bad, says that he’s going to “run over and eat an animal with my low rider tonight”. © http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png Konnan should have brought his low rider to the ring, because Animal runs him over and logs a victory at 3:40 with a high angle powerslam. Tygress and Madusa nearly got into a scuffle outside the ring, with commentary saying that they’re glad they didn’t fight because Madusa would have thrown Tygress around. (C-) http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png In footage we didn’t see on Nitro, Shane Douglas is backstage explaining to Crowbar that Shane’s victory tonight is the reason why he is the mentor and Crowbar is the protege. Crowbar questions him one too many times and doesn’t get an answer, and he finally puts his finger in Douglas’s face to tell him that he’s had enough of his crap – he slaps the Hardcore champion and starts throwing punches! Crowbar uses a steel chair and chases Shane out of the building with it! Crowbar’s face turn went pretty well here, despite performing poorly. Shane’s performance as a weaselly punk was good though. © http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png The Jung Dragons have had some problems as of late, but you’d think that a match against two inexperienced rookies would change that, right? Well apparently not, as AJ Styles and Air Paris follow up their big win over the Harris Brothers on Nitro by taking advantage of Kaz accidentally hitting Yang with a missile dropkick, leading to Paris pinning Yang with a quick roll up at 2:44 while Styles held Hayashi back. (D) Scott Steiner: “This Kaz kid just can’t get a connection with fans, ya’oughtta write him off back to Hong China where he came from!” http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png In more footage left behind from Nitro (or at least that’s what the handy graphic tells you to believe) Team Canada mock Dustin Rhodes by asking where he was when his partner was taking a three-on-one beating? Storm says that their partnership isn’t even solid and it’s already falling apart, just like the United States is from the rest of the world with the low approval rate of their newly elected leader. So when their egos do ignite and explode at Greed, don’t blame Team Canada; blame yourselves! Elix just doesn’t belong still; I’m trying to get him over so that I don’t have to keep writing that, I swear! © http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png With our hour one main event coming up, we take time to go to Tony, Mike, and Scott, who talk about what’s coming up later tonight. Up next is a six man tag as Booker T and the MIA take on Jarrett and the Harris Boys, Goldberg will look to extend his Streak, and our big main event will see Kevin Nash and Dustin Rhodes take on the Steiner Brothers! © http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png The crowd are definitely hot for our six man tag team match, which could have huge implications on our US title match at Greed. Jeff seemed off his game to the trained eye, but otherwise it’s a fine six man match. Chavo Guerrero Jr. comes to ringside at one point, irritating the MIA, but he doesn’t interfere. Rection is the one who gets caught in the wrong corner as Jeff and his hired help look to hurt him before Greed, but a hot tag to Booker brings in a donnybrook that leads to Booker hitting Big Ron with the Book End for the pinfall at 11:23. (C+) Dustin Rhodes: “Ron really doesn’t have much of a future in WCW, does he? He doesn’t have the charisma of a donkey’s rear end.” Chavo makes his move by coming up behind Corporal Cajun, but General Rection catches him! But he goes down when Jarrett hangs his Acoustic Equalizer around Hugh’s neck! Chavo tries to blast Cajun with the Cruiserweight title to put him down, but he ducks it and the two get to fighting one another. Jarrett gets a ladder out from under the ring and Hugh takes the H-Bomb on it. Where is Booker during all this? Well Rick Steiner had come down to the ring, so those two are brawling up through the front row! It’s complete chaos on Thunder! Booker and Jarrett looked good in their respective roles, while Chavo and Cajun didn’t fit into the segment. (C+) Scott Steiner: “Chavo is some punk who can’t show my little pinky’s worth’a natural charisma, hire someone better.” http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png Backstage, the Filthy Animals wish one another luck in their upcoming non-title match against two of the Natural Born Thrillers. Tony Schiavone points out that the Animals have gotten a title shot by defeating two of the Thrillers before, this could give them another shot if they win! (C-) The match is non-title but everyone fights as if they were on the line as Rey Mysterio Jr. and Billy Kidman take on Chuck Palumbo and Mark Jindrak. The distrust is evident between Jindrak and Palumbo after what happened earlier, and it doesn’t help when Shawn Stasiak does come out – but he wrings Kidman’s neck over the top rope, leaving him for Jindrak to pick up into the crucifix hold into a neckbreaker to get the win at 6:30. Tygress did a good job at ringside as this match succeeded at calming the crowd down. (C+) Sean O’Haire has to come out of the back to try and separate his partners as they argue in the ring. Stasiak stays back, but the cameras catch him laughing at what’s going on with his former teammates! (C+) http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png Backstage, we find Disqo, who is talking to some backstage workers about his self help guru. The Mamalukes come upon him, wondering why he keeps promoting this crap? Vito and Johnny tell Disqo to fuhgeddaboutit! They say that they’ve never needed someone else’s advice to get confidence, and they’re going to prove it by taking he and Alex down on Monday’s Nitro! (D) http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png The howl of the wolf brings out “Big Sexy” Kevin Nash to the ring. After proclaiming that “Big Sexy is in the house!” he moves on to talk about Nitro. He says that Scott Steiner is a menace who is reveling in trying to drive a wedge between he and his friend, and he’s getting pretty damn tired of it. Nash warns Steiner that if he doesn’t stop what he’s doing, then he’s gonna have the big, bad wolf to deal with! As for Dallas, Nash says that he’s tried to call DDP to make this right, but if he wants to give Nash the cold shoulder, he’ll be fine with that too; Page asked for the match, he wanted the fight – just like with some other best friends that Kevin has, anytime they step in this ring, it’s just business until someone makes it personal. Nash closes by saying that at Greed, the World title is coming home to the Pack. Nash looked good here, enjoying being unscripted. (B+) http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png After a quick commercial break, 2 Count are dancing in the ring. Evan and Shannon talk about how after this next match, everyone will know Evan as not only one of the best band members ever, but also the man who retired Goldberg! With that, Goldberg makes his entrance to the ring. © As he is heading to the ring, we see Madusa, Totally Buff, and Animal watching backstage on a nearby monitor. (B-) As one would expect, this is little more than another number to Goldberg, as his streak moves to 44-0 after the Spear and Jackhammer in 1:27. Goldberg came out of the match looking good. (C-) Goldberg gets a microphone afterwards. He says that it doesn’t matter what city the street is in, he is going to fight Luger, Bagwell, and Animal to their last breath, because they’re next! (B-) http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png “Sugar” Shane Helms may be one of the hottest prospects of the cruiserweight division, but he has a long way to go against a veteran like Disqo. In what turns into a fairly comedic bout, Disqo uses the cell phone to hit Helms in the head, getting a tainted pinfall at 3:04 that he walks off claiming was “help from his guru!” (C-) http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png “Mean” Gene is talking to “The Franchise” Shane Douglas, who is alone for the first time in two months. Douglas says that he couldn’t believe the disrespect and lack of loyalty he was shown by his protege, Crowbar. He says that if Crowbar thinks he can take down “The Franchise” then he can meet him at Greed, and Shane will even put the title on the line to make sure Crowbar knows for sure that he is going to get his ass fully Franchised! (D+) http://i.imgur.com/5EQ9iSq.png In our main event, both teams show off their excellent chemistry with their partners, even if only two of the people on commentary have good chemistry and the other two talk over one another. The crowd are heated as Kevin Nash and Dustin Rhodes do all they can to take out Rick and Scott Steiner, but it ends up being a very even matchup that sees Dustin take a lot of punishment from the former multiple time Tag Team champions. At one point, Diamond Dallas Page hits the ring, but it’s for good reasons as he grabs the steel pipe from Steiner so that he can’t use it on Nash! As Nick Patrick is distracted by the tug of war going on outside the ring, Mike Awesome slips into the ring from behind and drills Rhodes with an Awesome Bomb! Dustin is peeled off the mat and Rick delivers an unnecessary Steiner Driver (Death Valley Driver) in order to seal the matchup once and for all at 18:16. There was definitely not enough selling or psychology holding this match together, but it made a solid TV main event. (B-) The tug of war for the steel pipe sees Nash attack, but Scott moves and Nash hits Page! The Insiders get into a shoving match, when Kevin throws Page out of the way when Steiner tries to attack with the pipe, “Big Sexy” fending him off with a big boot. But when Nash turns around – BANG!! DDP grabs him and hits the Diamond Cutter, laying his partner out! “Big Poppa Pump” howls with laughter as he, Rick, and Midajah leave the scene, with DDP pointing and telling him that he’s next! What a wild way to end this edition of Thunder! (A* – 95) <div style="text-align:center;">Show Rating: B This show has increased our popularity in 10 regions.</div></div></blockquote> <div style="text-align:center;"><iframe width="220" height="124" src="<a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vrfM5GzCLOQ?rel=0" rel="external nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/embed/vrfM5GzCLOQ?rel=0"</a> frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> http://i.imgur.com/r06q6I3.jpg WCW Worldwide Aired March 11th, 2001 (Week 1) Held at: The Norris-Penrose Indoor Arena in Colorado Springs, Colorado (Mid West) Announcers: Mike Tenay and Scott Hudson Attendance: 500 people TV Rating: 0.09</div> <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43111" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><ul><li> “Sugar” Shane Helms d. Caprice Coleman with the Vertebreaker (D) </li><li> The Professor’s Picks, Best of Monday Nitro on TNT: Mike Tenay takes us back to February 5th, 1996, to see a huge World Tag Team title match between Sting and Lex Luger against the Road Warriors! (B-) </li><li> AskWCW.com comes from a Micheal D. Genic, as he asks Goldberg who he feels would be a good mixed martial arts competitor – aside from himself. Goldberg answers that from what he’s seen of the kid, he feels Sean O’Haire could do well at it, as he is almost as intense and capable as Goldberg himself – but he better not cross “Da Man” or he’ll be next, no matter what arena they’re in! (B+) Goldberg looked good in putting over someone else here. </li><li> Disqo d. Jamie Knoble by hitting him with a book that supposedly has the signature of his self-help guru inside it – but we don’t get to see what the autograph says. (D) </li><li> Alex Wright joins Disqo in the ring at his behest, with Disqo getting a microphone and saying that he knows people have doubted him in the past, but his self-help guru is legit; and he may be coming to WCW soon, once all his bookings are free and clear! So those “paisans” better watch out! Alex rolls his eyes in disbelief at Disqo’s claims. (D) Show Rating: C+</li></ul></div></blockquote> <div style="text-align:center;">http://i.imgur.com/0Lh9W8w.png</div>

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