PH71 Posted February 18 Author Share Posted February 18 (edited) Nitro Episode 17: Wednesday 22 August 2001 Live late-night on FX 6,200 crowd from Nashville, Tennessee Announcers: Tony Schiavone, Jerry 'The King' Lawler & Arn Anderson ---- Show opens up with Linkin Park's 'Runaway' Runaway - Linkin Park (Hybrid Theory) (youtube.com) Tony Schiavone on commentary says it's Wednesday night folks and you know what that means! It's WCW Nitro, LIVE from NASHVILLE! Jerry Lawler excitedly says we're here in the great State of Tennessee, lots of history in wrestling in this part of the world... Lawler stands up and claps as some of the fans start a JERRY JERRY JERRY chant. And we've got a heck of a show for you tonight folks, says Schiavone, our opening match tonight is a rematch of last week's main event, which went to a 15 minute time-limit draw, with Team Canada and Windham & Rotunda facing off to determine who will challenge for the WCW World Tag Team Championships at Mayhem this Sunday! Lawler says what happens if it goes to another 15 minute draw tonight? Well folks I don't think we have to worry about that! says Schiavone. We've only had 1 of those in the Shane McMahon era of WCW, surely lightning can't strike twice? ----- Match 1: Barry Windham & Mike Rotunda vs Team Canada (Lance Storm & Mike Awesome) (with Carl Ouellet) - The winner will face The Nu Road Warriors for the WCW World Tag Team Championships at Mayhem Barry Windham 9th WCW Theme 'Road To Glory (Underscore)' (youtube.com) Lance Storm WCW Titantron - "Team Canada" (youtube.com) This match starts the show off with a bang as both teams come fighting out the gates trying to get the job done, both aware of the fact it could go to a draw like last week. Lance Storm and Barry Windham especially are both going all-out to try and get the victory. The high energy start from Storm and Windham works against them as the match goes on, with Windham especially tiring a bit. Awesome and Rotunda get in on the action and the match kicks up into gear again, but neither side can quite find the edge. Windham and Rotunda are both cautious of getting caught in the Canadian Maple Leaf which would've given Team Canada the win if not for the time-keeper's bell last week. As the match wears on Storm and Windham are the legal men and after Awesome takes out Rotunda, Storm manages to get Windham back in the Canadian Maple Leaf submission and looks like he might make Windham tap out again. But then Windham somehow gets to the rope, Storm is forced to release the hold, then Rotunda comes back and starts brawling with Awesome and Ouellet on the outside, as Windham clotheslines Storm and then gets him in the Claw Hold! It looks like Windham and Rotunda might get the win here! Anderson shouts in excitement. I think Storm will have to tap!! What drama here, folks! Schiavone adds It looks like Storm is fading and Windham and Rotunda will get the win when *DING DING DING* Wait a minute! says Tony They've gone to a damn draw again! says Jerry Lawler Windham releases the hold in frustration. He can't believe it, he thought he had it. The match ends in a 15 minute time-limit draw - (61 rated) ---- WWE Theme - Eric Bischoff "I'm Back" (youtube.com) Eric Bischoff comes out looking pretty annoyed with a microphone as he addresses the two teams who stand there waiting to see what he has to say. So you two teams have wrestled for 30 minutes on national television over the last 2 weeks and neither of you have managed to get a pinfall or submission victory?! You know, I have a part of me that's thinking, maybe neither of you should challenge for the titles at Mayhem! Fans boo But if you two teams really can't be split, then well I guess there's only one other solution... at Mayhem... it will be a TRIANGLE tag team match, with The Nu Road Warriors defending against TEAM CANADA... and WINDHAM & ROTUNDA... and believe me, at the PPV there WILL be a winner one way or the other... Wow! says Tony The only thing better than a tag team match is a Triangle tag team match says Jerry Lawler Road Warriors Theme Song (youtube.com) Just as the two teams are taking in the news we see Road Warrior Animal and Road Warrior Dog come out with the WCW World Tag Team Championships. They stand at the top of the ramp and hold their titles proudly in the air whilst staring down their two challenging teams. Freestyle segment with Eric Bischoff, Team Canada, Windham & Rotunda and The Nu Road Warriors - (58 rated) ------- Akira Hokuto and 'Sinister' James Mitchell are in Sable's office Sable is having a go at Mitchell telling him that his client's actions last week were not what she wants to see in the WCW Women's division. Sable says La Diabolica wants her chance to get her hands on Hokuto before Mayhem, so Sable has made it official. Tonight, Akira Hokuto will face La Diabolica AND Meiko Satomura in a tag team match! Akira Hokuto starts ranting angrily in Japanese. Mitchell says Akira doesn't have a partner. Sable says well tell her you better find one between yourselves or it will be a handicap match! Freestyle segment with Sable, Akira Hokuto and 'Sinister' James Mitchell - (58 rated) ----- In the ring we see Rob Van Dam with a slight bandage on his face, he has on him the WCW United States Championship and a worried looking Bill Alfonso stands next to him in the ring. RVD says his team might have won the match last Friday on Panic! but he doesn't see it as a win at all. He ended that show laid out in the middle of the ring whilst Sabu mocked me... and mocked my status as WCW United States Champion... Sabu, I said to you before, if you wanted a match, you just had to ask... but you've decided to try and get in my head, to try and make it personal... well Sabu, as you and anyone else who ever watched or wrestled in ECW will know... if you piss me off that just motivates me more! And believe me Sabu, I am VERY motivated to beat your ass now! Now I'd love to put my WCW United States Championship on the line in a match with Sabu tonight... but I know Shane won't let that happen Fans boo So I'm calling out Joey Styles! Joey, I know you're on the booking committee for Friday Night Panic! So I'm making the challenge... Sabu... we've fought many times and you ain't getting any younger... so this Friday night, how about Rob Van Dam vs Sabu... and since you want to mock me with a ladder... might as well make it a LADDER match!!!! ECW Classic/Original Theme Song (youtube.com) Joey Styles starts to make his way out but just as he's coming out Shane McMahon comes out too. Joey turns around and starts having a go at Shane out of ear-shot of the fans as he's not speaking into the mic. RVD in the ring looks annoyed. Joey Styles on the mic says to Shane that he can't over-rule him! Joey says he will book the match for Friday Night and there's nothing that Shane can do about it. Shane wrestles the mic off of Joey Styles and says this is his company and there damn sure is something he can do about it. Shane says he won't be booking that match for Nitro tonight... but it won't be happening on Friday Night Panic! either RVD gets hot and says "SHANE! SHANE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS, MAN, IF YOU DON'T TRUST ME, IF YOU DON'T THINK I CAN BEAT SABU TO DEFEND MY TITLE THEN I DON'T KNOW WHAT- Shane says let me finish Rob! I understand that this is a match that the fans want to see... I understand I can't over-rule Joey in booking it for Friday Night Panic! out-right, but what I can do is this... It will be Rob Van Dam vs Sabu in a Ladder match for WCW United States Championship... but if the Network through Joey Styles can force me to book this match... then I'll damn sure make a bit more money off seeing you send Sabu back to Philadelphia school-gyms! Because that match for the WCW United States Championship will not take place this Friday on Panic!... it will take place this SUNDAY at MAYHEM!! Wow! says Tony! Another blockbuster match announced for Mayhem, but I have to say the consequences of Sabu winning that match doesn't bare thinking about, he's not even contracted to WCW. Does that mean if he wins he gets a contract? I don't think he stands any chance, says Jerry, those wrestlers from Extremely Crappy Wrestling were all worthless losers. What about Van Dam? says Tony. Van Dam is a WCW guy! Lawler says, he's put that rubbish behind him, he's adapted, Sabu can't adapt, look at him. Van Dam has this in the bag. Freestyle segment with Rob Van Dam, Joey Styles & Shane McMahon - (91 rated) --- Match 2: Shannon Moore vs Vampiro WCW 3 Count 1st Theme Song - "Can't Get You Outta My Heart" (With Tron) (youtube.com) WCW Vampiro Theme (youtube.com) The announcers mention the recent disappearance of Shannon Moore's tag-team partner, believed to potentially be at the hands of his opponent tonight Vampiro. Well Moore confronted him last week and Vampiro promised Moore if he could beat him in a match tonight then he would give him information...can Moore get the win tonight? This match has high energy with Shannon Moore coming out the gates aggressive and fighting hard to try and help his team-mate. This makes it difficult for Vampiro early on but eventually he works his way into the match. At one point Moore is on the out-side and seems to get his foot caught on the ring apron which delays him slightly and Vampiro gets back into the match. Moore does his best but eventually Vampiro's superior experience and strength is too much for him. Vampiro gets the win with his Michonoku Driver. Vampiro wins via pinfall - (5.29) - (52 rated) ---- After the match Vampiro gets some Faygo from a bottle he brought out to ringside and then smiles evilly into the camera. Oh wait a minute, says Tony. Twiztid - We Don't Die (Official Music video) (youtube.com) The lights go out This guy is into some real freaky stuff! says Lawler. I hope Moore isn't going to face the same fate as his tag team-partner. Hey, Tony, are you holding my hand?? When the lights come back on Vampiro is forcing an entire big bottle of Faygo down Moore's mouth just like he did to Karagias a few weeks ago. WCW Billy Kidman 4th Theme (1998-2000) (youtube.com) That's Kidman! says Tony. He's had his problems with 3 Count but I think maybe his dislike of Vampiro in recent weeks trumps those issues. Kidman races down to the ring, slides in and starts stopping Vampiro from doing whatever it is he's trying to do to Moore. Vampiro looks at him furious and shouts at him that he told him to stay out of his business. Kidman looks hot and is set to start fighting him when the lights go off again. When they come back on Shannon Moore is still in the ring, albeit covered in Faygo. Kidman helps Moore up. Freestyle segment with Billy Kidman, Vampiro & Shannon Moore - ---- Eric Bischoff in Shane's office. Kwee Wee is in there asking Bischoff for a chance to prove himself. Kwee Wee says everyone thinks he's one big joke, sure he's on a bad run but he's not been given a fair chance since Shane McMahon took over the company. Kwee Wee says Eric give me a chance tonight and I'll beat anyone on this roster... Bischoff says anyone, hey? Well I know someone who asked me for a warm-up match for Mayhem earlier tonight... you want a chance to prove yourself Kwee Wee? Okay, well you asked for it, tonight, in the main event you're going 1-on-1 with 4 TIME WCW World Heavyweight Champion... Booker T! Kwee Wee looks like he might have bitten off more than he can chew. DDP and Kanyon suddenly came barging in. DDP and Kanyon corner Bischoff. Eric asks them what they want. DDP says they've got a proposal that they're sure Bischoff will be on board with. I'm all ears says Eric. DDP and Kanyon say they want a match with The Extreme Alliance at Mayhem. From what they've heard Axl Rotten was in the same hospital as Mikey Whipwreck and neither of those guys are going to be cleared by Sunday... but that's okay... because at Mayhem we want Tommy Dreamer and Balls Mahoney! Bischoff says well boys I'm sure that's a great idea in your minds but these Extreme Alliance guys, they're not even members of the WCW roster, could I really justify putting Dreamer and Mahoney on the card in a match over WCW talent? Kanyon says at Mayhem they're not going to be in a match with us. They're going to be in a FUNERAL!!! Trust me Eric, you hate The Extreme Alliance as much as we do, you want to see them shipped off and dumped back in Philadelphia where they belong. Well sure Chris, I can certainly agree with that, says Eric. Then let us do that for you, Eric, says Kanyon enthusiastically. You want them gone. We want them gone. Who better than KANYON AND DDP?? To send these over-rated, over-hyped... and well let's be frank, over-weight hardcore stunt-men back to the welfare office! Bischoff thinks about it and says... you know what... yes... yes I like that very much... consider it done! And how about we make it real symoblic... we make it... a DUMPSTER match!! DDP says don't worry Eric we'll put those guys in the trash where they belong! Fans cheer Freestyle segment with Eric Bischoff, Kwee Wee, DDP and Kanyon - (70 rated) ---- JJ Dillon interview with 'Dr Death' Steve Williams (with Jimmy Hart) JJ asks Steve Williams about the match last week. Jimmy Hart gets involved and says Steve you don't have to answer that question if you don't want to, buddy. 'Dr Death' takes the mic and says Hugh Morrus might have got the better of him last week, when his meat-heat friends The Harris Brothers eliminated him from the match... but the bottom-line is if Hugh Morrus wasn't such a coward and fought him like a man he wouldn't STAND A CHANCE against DR DEATH. Hugh Morrus suddenly appears on set with The Harris Brothers guarding him in-front of him. 'Dr Death' looks up for a fight but he knows he can't beat all 3 of them. Jimmy Hart says Dr Death would like to challenge you to a match at Mayhem, Hugh, are you man enough to take the challenge? If so I'm happy to negotiate the terms and conditions with Eric Bischoff and get it in writing. Hugh Morrus laughs and says he has nothing to prove against Steve Williams. He beat him in a match last week and as far as he's concerned 'Dr Death' isn't on his level. Williams laughs at him and angrily calls him a cowardly bastard. Morrus says he is willing to give 'Dr Death' a chance to prove he can compete on his level. Hugh Morrus says tonight if 'Dr Death' can win a handicap match against Don and Ron Harris, then Hugh Morrus will accept his challenge and fight him at Mayhem. Good luck, bud, he says as the 3 of them walk off. WOW! says Tony Schiavone. That's a hell of a challenge that I'm not even sure 'Dr Death' himself can meet. Freestyle segment with 'Dr Death' Steve Williams, JJ Dillon, Jimmy Hart, Hugh Morrus & The Harris Brothers - (50 rated) ---- Match 3: Fit's Fight Club (Fit Finlay and Tajiri) (with Dave Taylor) vs Terry Funk & 'The Fallen Angel' Christopher Daniels Finlay's 2006 v2 Titantron Entrance Video feat. "Lambeg v2" Theme [HD] (youtube.com) Terry Funk - Theme (youtube.com) Well, says Tony, this match was made last week by Eric Bischoff after a fight commenced between these 5 men. Interestingly Bischoff made it so that Fit Finlay would have to decide who out of Dave Taylor and Tajiri would team with him tonight and he's gone with the younger and more agile Tajiri, do you question that choice Jerry? Lawler says that he thinks it's smart. Funk has a much younger guy in there with him and with that comes a certain amount of extra energy and so he's matched up like for like by getting his own young talent in Tajiri in there too. This match primarily show-cases Daniels and Tajiri who spend most the match as the legal man, towards the end of the match Finlay and Funk come in for a brawl but they eventually tag back out with Daniels and Tajiri as the legal men. As the match comes to a close it looks like Daniels will hit Tajiri with an Angels Wings but Tajiri counters it, hits him with a Buzzsaw Kick and gets the win. Fit's Fight Club win via pinfall - (5.56) - (53 rated) After the match Fit gets in the ring and holds Tajiri's hand up in celebration. ---- Sean O'Haire and Chuck Palumbo promo O'Haire and Palumbo cut a promo in the gym. O'Haire says it's another week of Nitro and oh look O'Haire and Palumbo aren't on the card yet again. Did you know it's been over 1 month without me even wrestling a match on TV? The powers that be at WCW... Shane McMahon... Eric Bischoff... they don't think we have what it takes... but when Shane McMahon bought this company we were champions Now we're just chumps, groans Palumbo. O'Haire says he's sorry that we don't have 10-15 years of experience. I'm sorry we aren't the best technical wrestlers in the world. I'm sorry we haven't wrestled in Mexico, Japan or Europe. I'm sorry we're not demonic entities from the Underworld able to call upon a higher power to get an assist in a tag team match. But most of all, I'm sorry to whoever it is that does end up in a ring with us in the near future... because it's clear that we need to make a big statement to the power's that be in WCW. But I'm not telling you anything you don't already know. O'Haire and Palumbo promo - (52 rated) ---- Buff Bagwell (with Buff Daddy V) in Shane's office with Shane McMahon and Eric Bischoff Shane is having a go at Buff Bagwell for what he did to Dusty Rhodes last week on Nitro. He hospitalised a WCW Hall of Famer and bonafide legend of the business. Shane says Buff can't be doing stuff like that without facing consequences. Buff looks annoyed and says it's not his fault an over-weight has been got in his ring and got what's coming to him. Shane says this is a serious situation and if Dusty Rhodes sued WCW/Buff Bagwell then he could get fired and face further legal action. Buff looks a bit concerned but puts on a brave face. Shane says that Dusty Rhodes has promised not to sue WCW or Buff Bagwell on one condition Buff asks what the condition is Shane says on the condition that this Sunday at Mayhem, it will be Buff Bagwell going 1-on-1 with Dusty's son and a man who would quite like to get his hands on you... Dustin Rhodes! Bagwell doesn't look too happy but he agrees to it. Eric Bischoff says if I may Shane, I have an idea for this. This match shouldn't just be any match... it should be an AMBULANCE MATCH!! Shane says he likes it, Buff is furious and says he didn't agree to that, Shane says you agreed to the match, it's happening, you better learn to like it! Freestyle segment with Buff Bagwell, Buff Daddy V, Shane McMahon, Eric Bischoff - (65 rated) ----- Match 4: Lash LeRoux vs Shawn Stasiak (with Mark Jindrak) WCW Lash LeRoux Theme (Runnin' Away) (youtube.com) WCW Shawn Stasiak 4th Theme Song - "Stasiak Theme" (With Tron) (youtube.com) Tony says Shawn Stasiak in action tonight, although a noted absence at ringside is his manager Stacy Keibler who doesn't appear to have come out to the ring with him. A damn shame if you ask me! says Lawler Lash LeRoux gets a decent amount of offence in what is a quite open match with Stasiak cutting a distracted and frustrated figure at ringside, with the commentators mentioning how he doesn't look the same wrestler when Keibler isn't out there with him. They wonder why she's not there and what's gone on behind the scenes. As the match draws to a close Stasiak hits the Fisherman Suplex a lot more aggressively than usual and gets the pin. Shawn Stasiak wins via pinfall - (5.58) - (48 rated) After the match Stasiak cuts a frustrated figure and he stomps Lash LeRoux several times before he leaves the ring with Jindrak. ----- Scott Hall and The Sandman with Kwee Wee backstage Scott Hall says to Kwee Wee that Booker T wants to take out his driver and his car at Mayhem. Scott Hall says he's sure Kwee Wee would understand if Booker was trying to do that to whatever car he can afford on his measley contract, so Scott says he's willing to motivate Kwee Wee even more later tonight if he needs it. Scott Hall says he doesn't care if Kwee Wee wins or loses in the main event, but if Kwee Wee can at least hurt Booker T then he'll make it worth his while. Kwee Wee says how do you even define hurt to make sure I get paid? The Sandman punches Kwee Wee in the face who shouts out in pain. The Sandman says now did that just hurt a bit, or are you hurttt? Scott Hall laughs and they walk off Freestyle segment with Scott Hall, The Sandman & Kwee Wee - (67 rated) ---- Dustin Rhodes promo In a pre-recorded promo Dustin says he wanted his father to sue Bagwell for what he did to him, but Dusty talked him out of it because he believed whatever money he could get out of you would not be worth it compared to the pain I can dish out to you at Mayhem on Sunday. An Ambulance match? I would've preferred to send you to the Morgue, Buff, but the hospital is good enough for me! See ya on Sunday, Buff. Dustin Rhodes promo - (64 rated) ----- Match 5: Akira Hokuto (with 'Sinister' James Mitchell) & Stacy Keibler vs La Diabolica & Meiko Satomura Meiko Satomura - "My Own Destiny" (NXT UK THEME) (youtube.com) La Bamba (youtube.com) Stacy Keibler WWE Theme - Legs (youtube.com) Akira Hokuto 4th - Pacific Zone (WCW Official Theme) (youtube.com) Tony Schiavone mentions on commentary that it seems like Akira Hokuto has roped in Stacy Keibler as her partner for this match. There is a God! says Jerry Lawler Tony says it seems like Keibler didn't come out to manage for Stasiak's match as she got offered the chance to take part in this match by Mitchell and Hokuto, whilst Keibler isn't exactly best buds with the champion, she has never liked Meiko Satomura so this is a chance for her to spite her, so Keibler was warming-up for this match, it's not clear if Stasiak was happy about that or not. The match itself gives all 4 women the chance to show what they can do. La Diabolica comes off looking good, we don't get too much of a confrontation between her and Hokuto with her primarily hitting high flying moves on Keibler. La Diabolica eventually gets the win with a Gory Bomb on Keibler. La Diabolica & Meiko Satomura win via pinfall - (4.32) - (49 rated) After the match Akira Hokuto looks furious at the loss and locks eyes with her rival for the WCW World Women's Championship at Mayhem, La Diabolica. ---- Vampiro promo Vampiro cuts a promo where he rages at Billy Kidman for interfering with his business. Vampiro says he warned Kidman not to get involved with him. Kidman said he thought Vampiro had gone soft... but he's just getting started... Kidman you've bitten off more than you can chew with me, man... but here's a challenge for you... you want to know what a f***ed up juggalo can do when you p**s him off?? At Mayhem... if you want a piece of me... you better show up... and bring your pretty fiancee today, Billy... maybe she'd like to try some Faygo! Vampiro promo - (59 rated) --- Booker T (with Sharmell) and Stevie Ray with Curt Hennig backstage Curt Hennig is wishing Booker T good-luck in his match with Kwee Wee later tonight and he said he's got his back if Kwee Wee or Scott or Sandman try to pull anything funny. Booker T says thanks Dog and I gotcha back in the contract signing if they want to pull anything funny too. Stevie Ray says the locker-room has had enough of The Extreme Alliance, Sandman, Scott Hall etc, the locker-room is behind Booker and Curt and guys like DDP, Kanyon and Rob Van Dam. Booker says he's sure that Curt will win the WCW World Heavyweight Championship at Mayhem... Curt says if he does he'll let Booker T have the first shot at it, as it's only fair. Booker says that means a lot to him. Freestyle segment with Booker T, Curt Hennig and Stevie Ray - (85 rated) ----- Match 6: 'Dr Death' Steve Williams (with Jimmy Hart) vs The Harris Brothers (Don & Ron) in a Handicap match - If 'Dr Death' wins, he will face Hugh Morrus at Mayhem Hugh Morrus WCW Theme "Xtra Large" (youtube.com) Hugh Morrus joins the announce team for commentary for this match. Tony asks him if he thinks 'Dr Death' can win this one, Hugh Morrus says he might be able to beat 1 Harris Brother, but 2? No chance TNA: 2005 Harris Brothers Theme (Big Twins) (youtube.com) The Harris Brothers come out first with Don and Ron looking over at Morrus at the announce desk as if to say they've got this. Suddenly from out of nowhere whilst The Harris Brothers aren't looking 'Dr Death' Steve Williams comes out of the entrance way. Ron Harris turns round and he gets his head damn-near taken off by a huge clothesline from 'Dr Death' which sees Ron clatter down onto the ramp. Hugh Morrus on commentary can't believe it. Hugh Morrus and Don Harris then start brawling on the way to the ring. They get in the ring and the referee blows his whistle. Tony Schiavone on commentary says he's not sure how much of a handicap match this is now, given Ron Harris looks in no fit state to compete in this match. Hugh Morrus is panicking on commentary saying this is unfair, 'Dr Death' has cheated, he should be DQ'd Don and 'Dr Death' fight for a few minutes in the ring but Williams eventually gets the upper hand. 'Dr Death' hits a Gutwrench Powerbomb on Don and goes for the pin. Ron Harris can be seen trying to make his way to the ring to try and break up the count, but after making up a decent amount of ground down the ramp he collapses towards the end of it holding his neck. 'Dr Death' wins via pinfall - (3.39) - (47 rated) A hugely impressive effort from 'Dr Death' and out of the box thinking, perhaps master-minded by Jimmy Hart, to get the job done. Hugh Morrus slams his headset down and looks furious and scared looking down towards Williams in the ring. 'Dr Death' Williams has a huge grin on his face and shouts out that he'll see Hugh on Sunday! ---- The Hounds of Hades promo Dawn-Macaria stands in-front of Djinni Parisi and Saemon Daemon who wear their demon Hound masks Dawn-Macaria says the World of Championship Wrestling has now been awoken to the Hounds of Hades. Remember this... we are not evil... the Hounds of Hades are not villains... neither is the Queen of the Underworld... I am not a bad deity... I am simply here to maintain balance between your world and ours... the World of Championship Wrestling has become unbalanced... unstable... but fear not, my children, as The Hounds of Hades are here... The segment ends with dark and sinister barking Freestyle segment with 'The Queen of the Underworld' Dawn-Macaria and The Hounds of Hades (Djinni Parisi & Saemon Daemon) - (48 rated) ---- Match 7 / Main Event Booker T (with Sharmell) vs Kwee Wee WCW Booker T Theme (youtube.com) Booker T comes out pumped for his match tonight. We see Kwee Wee quickly run out from the apron whilst Booker T is making his entrance, but before he can get his hands on Booker T he's grabbed by Stevie Ray, then Booker T turns round to start beating on him. Well looks like that Kwee Wee tried to take some inspiration from 'Dr Death' there, boys! says Jerry Lawler He damn sure ain't no Steve Williams, laughs Arn Anderson Booker T brawls with Kwee Wee and eventually throws him into the ring for the match to begin. It's all Booker T in the early stages, but Kwee Wee does get back into it at one point and seems to be extra motivated to try and get a result, but in the end Booker T, the former champion just has way too much for him. Booker T ends up getting the win with a Book-End, not risking the Scissor Kick that's consistently given him issues with his back since he got run down by a car a few months ago. Booker T wins via pinfall - (4.32) - (63 rated) --- Booker T promo After the match Booker T cuts a promo where he makes a promise to The Sandman and Scott Hall that once he's done with Sandman at Mayhem, he ain't going to ever drive again and that Bentley of yours, Scott, it's going to the Philadephia scrapyard where you got it from just like your buddy The Sandman!! Booker T promo - (97 rated) ---- Scott Hall and Curt Hennig contract signing with Shane McMahon When we come back from commercial break we see a table set-up in the ring, with Shane McMahon waiting for the contract signing. Booker T is on commentary where he states he's just here to make sure The Sandman and Scott Hall don't try any funny business. Lawler asks Booker if there's any jealously here given it's Curt Hennig who has the match at Mayhem and not him. Booker says no, Curt earned his shot, I respect that and I respect Curt saying he'd give me the first shot at it if he does win. Curt Hennig 2nd WCW Theme Alternate Version (youtube.com) Curt Hennig comes out to a decent pop and cuts a quick promo when he gets in the ring saying he's pleased to get the chance to do what he said he wanted to do when he came back to WCW and that was to win the big one. ECW: Ready Or Not (Scott Hall) [Feat Fugees] - Single + Download Link (youtube.com) Scott Hall comes out driven in his Bentley by The Sandman. He makes his way to the ring with the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. The Sandman stares down Booker T at the announce desk before going to the ring with Scott Hall. Booker T stands up to stare him down and then makes his way to the ring telling Sandman he ain't going in the ring. Shane McMahon concurs and bans The Sandman from being in the ring for the contract singing. Shane McMahon on the mic says the match will be a cage match. The only way to win will be via pinfall, submission or escaping the cage. Curt Hennig signs and the fans cheer. Scott Hall teases the idea of not signing and then signs it anyway. He grabs a mic and says to Curt that sure, he's made it so there can be no interference, no easy way out for Scott Hall to win the match. But you know what? That plays into my hands. This puts more pressure on you Curt because when you lose to me you will have nobody else to blame but yourself. Hall drops the mic then walks off without even looking at Curt Hennig again. Curt looks pretty annoyed by this and the show ends with Scott Hall and Curt Hennig staring each other down, with The Sandman and Booker T also staring each other down. Freestyle segment with Shane McMahon, Booker T, The Sandman, Scott Hall & Curt Hennig - (78 rated) ---- Show Rating: 78 1.04 TV rating (782K viewers) Edited April 26 by PH71 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PH71 Posted February 19 Author Share Posted February 19 (edited) Friday Night Panic! Episode 4: Friday 24th August 2001 Live late-night on FX 7,896 crowd from New Orleans, Louisiana Announcers: Joey Styles, Scott Hudson & Stevie Ray ------------------------------------- Show opens up with Sum 41's 'Fat Lip' Fat Lip (youtube.com) Joey Styles on commentary welcomes fans to Friday Night Panic! live in New Orleans, where we have a stacked show as always in what is the go home show for WCW Mayhem live from Baltimore, Maryland this Sunday. In our main event tonight Chavo Guerrero Jr, who will challenge the WCW World Cruiserweight Champion, Juventud Guerrera, in a Two out of Three Falls match this Sunday, will go one on one with Juvi's good friend and former ECW alumni Super Crazy. We've also got The Sandman, ahead of his Parking Lot Brawl with FORMER World Heavyweight Champion, Booker T, in action against Elix Skipper in a No-DQ match. But first off tonight it is the WCW World Tag Team Champions, The Nu Road Warriors, going up against The F.B.I in a non-title match ahead of the Triangle Tag Team match for the titles at Mayhem! ----- Match 1: The F.B.I (Little Guido & Tony Mamaluke) (with Johnny Stamboli) vs The Nu Road Warriors (Road Warrior Animal & Road Warrior Dog) Full Blooded ltalians (FBI) 2nd Titantron (with 2nd Theme) (youtube.com) Road Warriors Theme Song (youtube.com) Joey Styles hypes up the FBI. Little Guido especially is a 2 time ECW Tag Team Champion, with a reign with Tony Mamaluke his partner and also the legendary Tracy Smothers. Stevie Ray says nobody is doubting those cats from Little Italy, but these guys in the ring right here, the champs, they've got real tag team gold pedigree! And that's coming from one of the most decorated tag team champions of all time says Scott Hudson, praising Stevie Ray. The match itself gets a decent amount of time and The F.B.I come out of it looking pretty good. It seems like maybe The Nu Road Warriors underestimated them at the start of the match but both guys rough up BG James and Animal throughout the match. The ending comes when The Nu Road Warriors very nearly mess up their finish, but just about get the job done and get the victory with Mamaluke eating the pin. The Nu Road Warriors win via pinfall - (8.06) - (56 rated) After the match The Nu Road Warriors hold their WCW World Tag Team Championships up in the sky. Scott Hudson says they're the champs going into Mayhem, will they still be the champs going out of it?? ---- Rob Van Dam / Shane McMahon in Shane's office Shane says he wants to wish Rob Van Dam lucky for Mayhem. RVD thanks him. Shane asks Rob if there's anything he needs at Mayhem... any help... any assistance... just say the word. Van Dam gets annoyed at Shane and says look, Shane, I respect you for bringing me into this company, but you keep questioning my ability to hang onto this WCW United States Championship... what you have to understand is Shane, you can count on Rob Van Dam, I'm Mr Wednesday Night, Mr Friday Night, Mr Sunday Night... Mr Whatever F***IN' night you put me on WCW! At Mayhem I will walk out of there STILL the WCW United States Champion! Bill Alfonso excitedly blows his whistle which seems to annoy Shane and makes RVD laugh (95 rated) ---- The Sandman / Booker T promo package The Sandman with a Kendo stick and a beer in a pre-recorded promo says Booker T thinks at Mayhem he's just gonna waltz in and take me out... take Scott's Bentley out... then move on and get his Big Gold Belt back at Fall Brawl next month. Sandman necks his beer, then smashes it into his forehead. "BUT BOOKER! You don't know what I've been through in life to get to where I've got to... you think a Parking Lot Brawl match with you is some kind of threat to me?! I'm the most EXTREME man in wrestling! I've fought and bled with some of the sickest f***ed up wrestlers in the history of this industry... and I'm meant to be scared of Booker T? Tonight, Booker, I give you a taste of what you can expect at Mayhem! In another pre-recorded promo Booker T cuts a promo about how The Sandman can under-estimate how deprived, how deep Booker is willing to go get his revenge and get back to the top of WCW. The Sandman and Scott Hall took everything from him well this time he will take everything from them! The Sandman/Booker T promo package - (74 rated) ---- As we return from commercial break Steve Corino is in the ring with Don Callis Don Callis says that his client, Steve Corino, the WCW FXtreme Television Champion, is only contractually obligated to defend his title 4 times each month. Don Callis says given he has already defended it 3 times on television it seems only right that we make that fourth match a pay per view match so that WCW, and more importantly, us, can get some of that sweet sweet money! Fans boo Don Callis says you can boo all you want but you won't see a title defence here tonight as The Steve Corino Open Challenge is officially closed for business until Sunday! Fans boo Corino gets on the mic and he says the problem is I don't think there's anyone in WCW who's got the guts to challenge me at Mayhem! I've taken down Super Crazy, Reno and last week I gave Shane Helms a crimson mask! So come on... at Mayhem I want a real challenge! Who wants to dance with me on Sunday?! Come on you bunch of cowards... WHO WANTS TO DANCE?!?! WCW | Disco Inferno Titantron (2020 Custom) (youtube.com) Is that?? IT'S DISCO INFERNO!! shouts Scott Hudson What the hell sighs Joey Styles Tell me I'm not seeing this! says Stevie Ray Disco Inferno has a mic and he starts off by saying "LOUISIANA... LET IT BE KNOWN... DISCO IS BACK, BABY!!!" Disco Inferno does a dance whilst his theme is still playing Steve Corino interrupts and says, is this some kind of a joke? You think you can challenge me? You? Beat me, at Mayhem? Disco Inferno says you wanted someone to dance with Corino, well at Mayhem, we can have a little dance if you want and at the end of it I'll be holding up that championship belt as a 3 TIME WCW Television Champion! Freestyle segment with Steve Corino, Don Callis and Disco Inferno - (52 rated) ---- Curt Hennig / Scott Hall hype package A quick few clips of the ongoing rivalry with both Curt Hennig and Scott Hall cutting a promo on each other and how they believe they will win the cage match at Mayhem (70 rated) ----- Match 2: 'Prime Time' Elix Skipper vs The Sandman - NO-DQ Match WCW THEMES: Elix Skipper "Primetime Elix Skipper" (youtube.com) Skipper comes out wielding a steel chair. Kid Romeo escorts him to the entrance ramp but Skipper waves him off to handle business by himself. I'm not sure how wise that is, says Joey Styles, I think he could do with Kid Romeo as back-up in this one. Sandman Theme (youtube.com) Sandman makes his entrance through the crowd coming out with a beer and Singapore Cane The match gets off to a feisty start as Skipper goes on the attack striking Sandman with a chair shot. The Sandman then gets him back with the kendo stick and for the next 5 minute the two exchange blows with various weapons. The match concludes when The Sandman gets Elix Skipper in a White Russian Legsweep with the Kendo stick and then proceeds to choke Skipper out with it afterwards. The Sandman wins via submission - (5.43) - (56 rated) ---- The Sandman continues to choke Skipper after the match. Kid Romeo comes running out, slides into the ring. Sandman stops choking Skipper and clatters Romeo with the Singapore Cane and then once Kid Romeo is grounded he starts hitting him some more. WCW Booker T Theme (youtube.com) OH BUSINESS IS ABOUT TO PICK UP HERE! says Stevie Ray Booker T with a steel chair in hand runs to the ring, slides in and The Sandman gets out to avoid him. The two stare off with Booker T shouting all kinds of profanities at The Sandman whilst he checks on Romeo and Skipper ----- Billy Kidman promo Kidman says Vampiro! You thought you'd play the big man and put my fiancée's name in your mouth, huh? You want a match against me at Mayhem?! Well you got it, man! I don't know what freeky s**t you have in mind, but let me tell you something, I ain't gonna fall for it... at Mayhem I'm gonna kick your juggalo ass so hard you're gonna wish you never came back to this company! (58 rated) ---- Rob Van Dam / Sabu pre-recorded promo package Sabu says at Mayhem he will take Rob Van Dam's spot and position in WCW... he will show the world that Sabu and The Extreme Alliance aren't here to play... they're here to stay! Rob Van Dam says Sabu is a great wrestler, a worthy opponent, he won't deny that, but something that Sabu can't deny either is that RVD is the greatest opponent that Sabu has ever had. And at Mayhem, RVD will show the world why he's THE WHOLE F***IN' SHOW! (92 rated) ---- Match 3 / Main Event: Chavo Guerrero Jr vs Super Crazy (with Psychosis) WCW Juventud Guerrera 2nd Theme Song - "Summer Nights In Spain" (With 2nd Tron) (youtube.com) Juvi joins the commentators for this match WCW Chavo Guerrero Last Theme (youtube.com) Super Crazy 4th Titantron (2007-2008 Last Classic Entrance Video) (youtube.com) This is a high-flying technical wrestling match as the go-home match for WCW before the big PPV on Sunday. Chavo is aggressive and determined to prove himself going into the big match with Juventud at Mayhem. Super Crazy puts in a solid performance and for the vast majority of the match it is quite open. The finish comes when Super Crazy goes for a Moonsault but Chavo gets his knees up, then with Super Crazy still reeling from the impact Chavo puts him in the Lasso from El Paso and Super Crazy has no choice but to tap! Chavo Guerrero Jr wins via submission - (7.47) - (68 rated) The show goes off air as an annoyed Juventud Guerrera gets off commentary and holds his WCW World Cruiserweight Championship up at the top of ramp, signalling to Chavo Guerrero Jr if he wants it he's going to have to beat him for it Mayhem! The commentators hype up that match at Mayhem as well as the other big matches and say fans still have time to purchase the PPV from all good PPV providers! ---- Show Rating: 78 1.04 TV rating (784K viewers) Edited April 26 by PH71 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PH71 Posted February 20 Author Share Posted February 20 (edited) WCW Mayhem 2001 Full Card Scott Hall (c) vs Curt Hennig for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship in a Steel Cage match Rob Van Dam (c) (with Bill Alfonso) vs Sabu for the WCW United States Championship in a Ladder match Akira Hokuto (with 'Sinister' James Mitchell) vs La Diabolica for the WCW World Women's Championship The Nu Road Warriors (Road Warrior Animal & Dog) (c) vs Barry Windham & Mike Rotunda vs Team Canada (Lance Storm & Mike Awesome) (with Carl Ouellet) in a Triangle match for the WCW World Tag Team Championship Booker T vs The Sandman in a Parking Lot Brawl Steve Corino (c) (with Don Callis) vs Disco Inferno for the WCW FXtreme Television Championship Juventud Guerrera (c) vs Chavo Guerrero Jr for the WCW World Cruiserweight Championship in a Two out of Three Falls match Hugh Morrus vs 'Dr Death' Steve Williams (with Jimmy Hart) Diamond Dallas Page & Kanyon vs The Extreme Alliance (Tommy Dreamer & Balls Mahoney) in a Dumpster match Billy Kidman (with Torrie Wilson) vs Vampiro Buff Bagwell vs 'The Natural' Dustin Rhodes in an Ambulance match Edited February 20 by PH71 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PH71 Posted February 20 Author Share Posted February 20 Get your predictions in for Mayhem 2001: Scott Hall (c) vs Curt Hennig for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship in a Steel Cage match Rob Van Dam (c) (with Bill Alfonso) vs Sabu for the WCW United States Championship in a Ladder match Akira Hokuto (with 'Sinister' James Mitchell) vs La Diabolica for the WCW World Women's Championship The Nu Road Warriors (Road Warrior Animal & Dog) (c) vs Barry Windham & Mike Rotunda vs Team Canada (Lance Storm & Mike Awesome) (with Carl Ouellet) in a Triangle match for the WCW World Tag Team Championship Booker T vs The Sandman in a Parking Lot Brawl Steve Corino (c) (with Don Callis) vs Disco Inferno for the WCW FXtreme Television Championship Juventud Guerrera (c) vs Chavo Guerrero Jr for the WCW World Cruiserweight Championship in a Two out of Three Falls match Hugh Morrus vs 'Dr Death' Steve Williams (with Jimmy Hart) Diamond Dallas Page & Kanyon vs The Extreme Alliance (Tommy Dreamer & Balls Mahoney) in a Dumpster match Billy Kidman (with Torrie Wilson) vs Vampiro Buff Bagwell vs 'The Natural' Dustin Rhodes in an Ambulance match 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PH71 Posted February 20 Author Share Posted February 20 As things stand in the PPV prediction league for 2001 @DGenerationMC sits at the top of the table, but both @DHK1989 and @grock9640 put in impressive performances for Bash at the Beach which could potentially see them on the way to catching him by Starrcade 2001 at the end of the year. Perhaps we could also see other new entrants mark their claim as it's not too late to get involved with 5 PPVs including Mayhem left to go in 2001. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 (edited) Scott Hall (c) Rob Van Dam (c) Akira Hokuto Team Canada (Lance Storm & Mike Awesome) Booker T Steve Corino (c) Chavo Guerrero Jr 'Dr Death' Steve Williams The Extreme Alliance (Tommy Dreamer & Balls Mahoney) Vampiro 'The Natural' Dustin Rhodes Edited February 20 by Nobby_McDonald 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanMiguel Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 Curt Hennig Rob Van Dam Akira Hokuto The Nu Road Warriors Booker T Steve Corino Juventud Guerrera 'Dr Death' Steve Williams Diamond Dallas Page & Kanyon Vampiro Dustin Rhodes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grock9640 Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 Scott Hall (C) RVD (C) Akira Hokuto (C) Team Canada Booker T Steve Corino Juventud (C) Dr. Death DDP and Kanyon Kidman Dustin Rhodes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DGenerationMC Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 Scott Hall (c) vs Curt Hennig for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship in a Steel Cage match Rob Van Dam (c) (with Bill Alfonso) vs Sabu for the WCW United States Championship in a Ladder match Akira Hokuto (with 'Sinister' James Mitchell) vs La Diabolica for the WCW World Women's Championship The Nu Road Warriors (Road Warrior Animal & Dog) (c) vs Barry Windham & Mike Rotunda vs Team Canada (Lance Storm & Mike Awesome) (with Carl Ouellet) in a Triangle match for the WCW World Tag Team Championship Booker T vs The Sandman in a Parking Lot Brawl Steve Corino (c) (with Don Callis) vs Disco Inferno for the WCW FXtreme Television Championship Juventud Guerrera (c) vs Chavo Guerrero Jr for the WCW World Cruiserweight Championship in a Two out of Three Falls match Hugh Morrus vs 'Dr Death' Steve Williams (with Jimmy Hart) Diamond Dallas Page & Kanyon vs The Extreme Alliance (Tommy Dreamer & Balls Mahoney) in a Dumpster match Billy Kidman (with Torrie Wilson) vs Vampiro Buff Bagwell vs 'The Natural' Dustin Rhodes in an Ambulance match 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DHK1989 Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 Scott Hall Rob Van Dam Akira Hokuto Team Canada Booker T Steve Corino Juventud Guerrera Dr. Death Extreme Alliance Vampiro Dustin Rhodes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PH71 Posted March 1 Author Share Posted March 1 (edited) WCW Mayhem 2001 Sunday 26 August 2001 40,000 crowd in Baltimore, Maryland Announcers: Tony Schiavone, Jerry 'The King' Lawler & Joey Styles --- Show opens up with Queens of the Stone Age's 'Feel Good Hit Of The Summer' Queens of the Stone Age-Feel Good Hit of the Summer (youtube.com) Tony, Jerry and Joey welcome fans to Mayhem LIVE FROM MARYLAND!! Joey Styles pipes in with how he's on the announce team as a representative of both FX and Friday Night Panic!, whilst Tony groans but gets excited as he says this is Jerry 'The King' Lawler's first PPV with WCW and 'The King' says he's excited to be here, Tony. We've got a big show for you tonight, says Tony The Big Show's here?! asks Jerry No, says Tony, but we do have a Giant card tonight, our main event tonight sees long-time friends battle for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship in a Steel Cage, with the champion Scott Hall going up against Curt Hennig. Joey styles pipes in and adds you'll also see Rob Van Dam attempt to defend his WCW United States Championship against THE SUICIDAL, HOMICIDAL, GENOCIDAL, DEATH DEFYING SABU IN A LADDER MATCH! That's right Joey says Tony, and there's plenty more, with a Triangle match for the fate of the WCW World Tag Team Championship, Akira Hokuto defends her WCW World Women's Championship against long-time international rival La Diabolica, we've got Booker T and The Sandman going head to head in a Parking Lot Brawl, Steve Corino defending his WCW FXtreme Television Championship against the returning Disco Inferno, a grudge match Two out of Three Falls match between Juventud and Chavo Guerrero Jr to decide the WCW World Cruiserweight Championship and many more, but as you can see our opening match tonight is an AMBULANCE MATCH!!! We see an Ambulance with full sirens make it's way into the entrance way. ---- Match 1: Buff Bagwell vs 'The Natural' Dustin Rhodes in an Ambulance match The announcers hype up how this match came about after Dustin Rhodes returned when Buff Bagwell was giving a speech disrespecting the history of WCW including legends like Dustin's father and WCW Hall of Famer, Dusty Rhodes. This led to a tag-team match the next week where Buff Bagwell and his tag team partner and heavy Buff Daddy V put Dusty Rhodes in the hospital. Dusty only agreed not to sue Buff Bagwell and WCW if Dustin Rhodes could have the chance to avenge him at Mayhem and now we find ourselves with an Ambulance match! If you're not aware folks at home the only way to win an Ambulance match is to dump your opponent in the back of the ambulance and close the door. As you would probably expect this means there are no count-outs, no disqualifications and no pinfalls in this match. WCW Buff Bagwell 4th Theme Song - "Buff Daddy" (With Tron) (youtube.com) Buff Bagwell coming out without Buff Daddy V tonight as given the nature of this match if he was out here it would be a defacto handicap match, says Tony Schiavone. Oh I'm sure with it being no disqualification rules we'll see that big fella at some point! says Jerry Lawler. Buff Bagwell heads to the ring where he waits for Rhodes OFFICIAL AEW ENTRANCE THEME | "THE NATURAL" DUSTIN RHODES (youtube.com) Dustin Rhodes comes out in street clothes and immediately charges to the ring, slides in and the bell is rung. Buff Bagwell starts out on top getting a slight advantage when Dustin slid into the ring but eventually they start brawling together all guns blazing. As the match goes on they start fighting on the outside of the ring slamming each other into the barricades and gradually making their way to the ramp. It looks like Dustin Rhodes just has the edge and he's about to attempt a Cross Rhodes half-way up the entrance ramp when Buff Daddy V starts walking out just as Jerry Lawler predicted earlier. Dustin stops what he's doing and charges over to start fighting Buff Daddy V. He gets a lot of shots in but Buff Daddy V won't go down and they're still grappling when Buff Bagwell gets back up on his feet and now it is essentially a 2-on-1 handicap match. With the extra support of Buff Daddy V, Buff Bagwell gets right back on top of Dustin and Buff Bagwell manages to hit a DDT to Dustin on the steel ramp which looks to have done some damage. After this he then gets Buff Daddy V to lunge down and sit on Dustin Rhodes with an aggressive fall which has Dustin absolutely howling and rolling around in pain. Bagwell and Buff Daddy V then realise this is the chance to both grab Dustin and dump him in the Ambulance. The two of them lift up Dustin's limp body after stamping on him a few more times and they drag him to the outside of the Ambulance. Buff Daddy V opens the Ambulance, they throw Dustin in but just as they go to shut the door... Dusty Rhodes - The Pursuit 2 (By: Steve Martin) (NWA Pro Wrestling Entrance Theme 1987-1988) (youtube.com) It's Dusty Rhodes! shouts Tony, as Jerry Lawler shouts "HE'S HERE! THE AMERICAN DREAM IS HERE IN BALTIMORE!" Dusty Rhodes comes out as a shocked Buffy Daddy V and Buff Bagwell look on in surprise. Dusty Rhodes starts fighting Buff Daddy V and it's a big brawl of a fight, with Dusty Rhodes eventually taking Buff Daddy V through the entrance and out of view of the crowd to the back. He's discharged from the hospital and now he's discharged Buff Daddy V from this match! says Lawler. By this point Dustin is back on his feet and in the surprise of what just happens Bagwell loses a lot of momentum. Dustin Rhodes hits him with a low-blow, which is all legal, then he hits a Cross Rhodes onto Bagwell on the steel entrance ramp. He then picks him up, dumps him into the Ambulance and goes to shut the door, but Bagwell manages to fight back and prevent the door from being shut. The door opens back up and Buff looks ready to fight but Dustin Rhodes hits him with a massive head-butt which causes Buff to go flying back down into the Ambulance and then a slightly dazed Dustin Rhodes shuts the door to win the match. 'The Natural' Dustin Rhodes wins via shutting Bagwell in the Ambulance - (9.33) - (64 rated) Dusty Rhodes then comes back out of the entrance ramp to a big pop and then he gets in the driver's seat of the Ambulance and drives the Ambulance away with Bagwell in the back! I hope Bagwell has medical insurance Tony, remarks Jerry Lawler. ------- Shane McMahon cuts a promo where he hypes up WCW Mayhem Volume 2, the sequel video game to WCW Mayhem, that will be released in exactly 12 months. As a sneak peak for the game Shane McMahon confirms that not only will every member of the roster competing tonight be in the game as a playable character, but the game will also feature WCW Hall of Fame legends, such as Dusty Rhodes, Ole Anderson, Harley Race, Lou Thesz, Antonio Inoki and Eddie Graham Shane also confirms that every match stipulation on tonight will be involved in the game, so in the game you will be able to play Ambulance matches, Dumpster matches, Cage matches, 2 out of 3 Falls matches, Parking Lot Brawls, Ladder matches and many more! Shane McMahon promo - (93 rated) ---------- In the back we see Shannon Moore walking down a corridor when suddenly the lights are dimmed. Shannon Moore screams. When the lights come back on Vampiro is force feeding him Faygo, Moore is choking slightly and then becomes covered in Faygo all over his face. Vampiro speaks to the camera saying Billy Kidman has awoken a monster. The lights go back out and when they come back on both Vampiro and Shannon Moore are gone Freestyle segment with Vampiro & Shannon Moore - (52 rated) ----- Match 2: Hugh Morrus vs 'Dr Death' Steve Williams (with Jimmy Hart) Well disturbing scenes backstage there with Vampiro, but erm, next up tonight we have Hugh Morrus and 'Dr Death' Steve Williams facing off in a grudge match says Tony. 'Dr Death', that's my pick says Jerry Lawler. Hugh Morrus of course not to be under-estimated, adds Tony, although of course he under-estimated Steve Williams this past week on Nitro, stipulating he would wrestle him here tonight if 'Dr Death' could win a handicap match against The Harris Brothers which Steve Williams wasted little time in doing so. Hugh Morrus WCW Theme "Xtra Large" (youtube.com) AJPW - "Dr. Death" Steve Williams' Theme - I Love It Loud (youtube.com) This match is more of a brawl than a wrestling match. Morrus starts the match looking a bit apprehensive but still goes in full throttle from the start, unlike most matches he's in his strength and power is matched by the experienced Steve Williams who rebuffs his initial aggressive attempts to assert control in the match. Williams and Morrus go toe to toe for much of the match. There's not really much separating them with both men frustrating the other. The match comes to a close when Hugh Morrus has Williams down in position for a Moonsault, but Williams manages to dodge the Moonsault by rolling out the way. Morrus stumbles to his feet then gets a massive Clothesline from Williams. 'Dr Death' then hits a Doctor Bomb when Morrus eventually gets back to his feet to get the win. 'Dr Death' Steve Williams wins via pinfall - (7.05) - (61 rated) ---- 'Real Talk with Roddy' interview with Curt Hennig Piper asks Curt Hennig if this is the biggest match of his life Hennig says he came back to WCW to win the WCW World Heavyweight Championship... tonight he gets his chance to make that dream a reality. So yes, it his the biggest match of his life. Piper asks Hennig if the Steel Cage adds pressure to the night. It's never easy wrestling in a Steel Cage, but also, without any inteference there's no excuse for Hennig, if he loses then Scott Hall is simply the better man. Hennig says he understands that but he's taught Scott Hall everything he's ever known - and Hennig says this isn't Scott Hall in his prime. This isn't the Scott Hall of 1995... this is the Scott Hall of 2001, he might be on top, but he's past his prime now Piper says Scott Hall and many others would say perhaps you're past your prime and past your best too, Curt, what do you say to that? Hennig says he still feels like he's on top of his game and at the peak of his craft... what will be will be but he believes tonight he can win the big one Freestyle segment with Roddy Piper and Curt Hennig - (68 rated) ------- Match 3: DDP & Kanyon vs The Extreme Alliance (Tommy Dreamer & Balls Mahoney) in a Dumpster Match Before the match we get a preview package showing how this feud has developed in the last few weeks and months with DDP and Kanyon often involved in issues with The Extreme Alliance. ECW Classic/Original Theme Song (youtube.com) Dreamer comes out with a barbed wire baseball bat through the crowd with Balls Mahoney who has a steel chair. Kanyon (youtube.com) WCW Diamond Dallas Page 4th Theme Song - "Self High Five (Intro Cut)" (With Tron) (youtube.com) DDP and Kanyon then come out armed with a litany of weapons of their own with Kanyon carrying a garbage can full of weapons. This match is 10 minutes of pure mayhem with weapons and fighting throughout the crowd facing part of the arena, outside of the ring, in the crowd and eventually towards the end of the match the fighting comes to a conclusion at the top of the ramp where the Dumpster is. The end of the match comes when Kanyon hits a huge spear on Balls Mahoney on the ramp into a barricade. Kanyon then manages to drag Balls towards the Dumpster, where Dreamer and DDP are going at it. DDP hits a Diamond Cutter on Tommy Dreamer. DDP throws Dreamer in the Dumpster and they've just got to get Mahoney in there before they close the Dumpster and win the match. DDP and Kanyon are hoisting up Mahoney when Axl Rotten with a chair is seen running up the ramp having jumped the barricade. Joey Styles is cheering him on at the commentary desk when Axl Rotten starts nailing Kanyon and DDP with the chair shots as their backs are turned to him as they try to hoist Balls into the Dumpster. Kanyon and DDP get taken out by these chair shots and eventually Dreamer gets out of the Dumpster and hits a DDT on Kanyon. Dreamer then wields his barbed wire baseball bat and stands at the entrance ramp daring anyone to stop what's happening. Shane can be seen coming out but is held back by backroom staff from getting himself hurt. Axl and Balls hit a Double Suplex on DDP which gets him in the Dumpster. They then get some kicks in on the downed Kanyon, throw him into the Dumpster and then shut the Dumpster to win the match. The Extreme Alliance (Tommy Dreamer & Balls Mahoney) win the Dumpster match - (9.54) Well, I think that ended up more as a handicap match in the end, Joey says Tony Schiavone. Joey Styles says The Extreme Alliance stuck together, where was the locker-room unity from WCW in helping their guys? It was 3 against 80 and The Extreme Alliance still won, that just shows that nobody cares about DDP & Kanyon round these parts! ----- Billy Kidman is in the back getting prepared for his match, with his manager Torrie Wilson by his side. Shane Helms comes into shot. Shane says he knows Kidman didn't want to team with him and he knows Kidman beat him and told him to leave him alone, he respects that, but Shane says he's willing to let bygones be bygones and wants Kidman to know he's got Kidman and Torrie's back tonight if Vampiro tries to do anything too messed up. Kidman gets hot and says he can look after himself and his fiancée all by himself, Vampiro is no threat to him, he'll beat Vampiro tonight and show Helms and the whole of WCW that he's the future of this company! Kidman tells Helms under no circumstances does he want Helms to come to help him or Torrie tonight! Freestyle segment with Billy Kidman, Torrie Wilson and Shane Helms - (54 rated) ---- Match 4: Billy Kidman (with Torrie Wilson) vs Vampiro WCW Billy Kidman 4th Theme (1998-2000) (youtube.com) WCW Vampiro Theme (youtube.com) This match gets about 10 minutes. It starts off with Kidman using his high-flying spots and superior speed to get an advantage on Vampiro early doors and it works as Vampiro doesn't have an answer to it. The commentators mention he's a bit rusty wrestling at the top level with the world watching on PPV maybe, coming back from barely competing and a bad injury, maybe he's not on top form tonight. As the match goes on Vampiro does get back in the match and get some offence in on Kidman. The finish of the match comes when Vampiro tries to get his finish and hit The Nail in the Coffin on Kidman, but Kidman counters out of it and hits a huge drop kick on Vampiro which takes him out. Billy Kidman goes up planning to hit the Shooting Star Press. But just as he's about to hit it Torrie starts screaming manically at ringside. Kidman looks over and Torrie Wilson's leg is being attacked from under the ring apron. Kidman looks like he's about to climb down from the apron but Vampiro manages to grab Kidman from the top rope and he hits an extended version of the Nail in the Coffin after grabbing Kidman from the top rope. Vampiro smashes Kidman into the canvas with this and then gets the pin. Vampiro wins via pinfall - (10.12) - (62 rated) Well folks, Tony says, I think Kidman might have had that match won there as he was about to execute his trademark Shooting Star Press, but there was some kind of distraction on Torrie Wilson. I'm not sure what happened there. If he wasn't at the announce desk I might've thought it was Jerry under there says Joey Styles Twiztid - We Don't Die - Freek Show (youtube.com) Suddenly the music that keeps playing during the Vampiro attacks comes on and the lights go out, we hear Torrie Wilson screaming. When the lights come back on we see Kidman still down in the ring. Torrie Wilson is cowering in the corner of the ring as Vampiro stands there with a bottle of Faygo, a manic look in his eyes and he's standing with another Juggalo. Who's that?! asks Jerry Lawler. Is that.... is that Evan Karagias? asks Tony. Vampiro and the other Juggalo eye up Torrie who looks scared. Vampiro kicks Kidman out of the ring who falls to the floor. This looks very bad for Torrie Wilson here folks, says Tony Schiavone. The Hurricane's 2003 Titantron Entrance Video feat. "Eye of the Hurricane v2" Theme [HD] (youtube.com) Wait a minute, says Tony. I... I don't know who this is... A masked Green superhero, The Hurricane, is seen at the top of the entrance ramp in a cape... he comes running down the ramp and slides into the ring. He instantly clotheslines the other Juggalo, then hits a big punch on Vampiro knocking him down. The other Juggalo gets up and The Hurricane then clotheslines him out of the ring. Vampiro has stood back up and stares down at him. The Hurricane indicates for Vampiro to come and try him but now that the number's game is at his disadvantage Vampiro rolls out of the ring and leaves. Torrie Wilson looks terrified but The Hurricane gives her his hand and helps her get up, she looks pleased. Kidman manages to roll into the ring and looks very confused at The Hurricane, at first he seems annoyed but Torrie gives him a hug and then raises The Hurricane's hand into the sky as Vampiro and the other Juggalo leave the arena. Freestyle segment with Vampiro, Torrie Wilson, ?????, The Hurricane and Billy Kidman - (58 rated) ------ We see Scott Hall and The Sandman arrive in the parking lot, but Scott Hall is not being driven in his Bentley. Instead he's in a massive Limo driven by The Sandman instead. The Sandman parks up and Scott Hall says be careful, Jimmy, this is a rental! Meanwhile, in the back we see Booker T preparing for his match later tonight. Curt Hennig comes in and wishes him luck. His brother Stevie Ray and Sharmell are also there helping him prepare. Freestyle segment with Scott Hall, The Sandman, Booker T, Curt Hennig and Stevie Ray - (93 rated) ----- Match 5: Juventud Guerrera (c) vs Chavo Guerrero Jr for the WCW World Cruiserweight Championship in a 2 out of 3 Falls match Before the match we see a package showing how we've got to this point. We see the feud between these two that's spread over the last few months involving the MexiCruisers, as well as Juvi's sneaky win at the last PPV and Chavo getting the pinfall over Juvi in a Lumberjack match a few weeks ago. WCW Chavo Guerrero Last Theme (youtube.com) WCW Juventud Guerrera 2nd Theme Song - "Summer Nights In Spain" (With 2nd Tron) (youtube.com) This match starts of a little tense but eventually ends up being a highly technical and high-flying affair with both guys showing what they can do and going all out to be the match of the night to showcase the Cruiserweight division. The first fall comes when Chavo capitalises on a mistake by Juvi when he goes for a 450 from the top rope and Chavo gets out of the way. Chavo hits the Gory Bomb on Juvi and gets the first pinfall. Juvi looks fairly shellshocked by this as he's been beaten fair and square and if this was a normal match he'd have already lost the title. As the match goes on Chavo dominates Juvi and tries to get the 2nd pinfall to get the title, but when Chavo has Juvi in the Gory Bomb again Juvi manages to counter it and scores a quick roll-up, without holding onto the ropes Juvi manages to get a surprise pinfall out of nothing to level things up. Chavo is riled up after this and the final fall of the match sees both men get more and more desperate to try and secure the win. The finish comes when Chavo has hit The 3 Amigos and goes up to the top rope to try a flying elbow from the top rope, but when he does so he lands on the canvas as Juvi manages to dodge it. Juvi then drop-kicks Chavo into the turnbuckle, before hitting a Juvi Driver and getting the win. Juventud Guerrera retains his title with a 2-1 victory (10.41) - (68 rated) After what was a fantastic match which sees Juvi keep his title he offers to shake Chavo Guerrero Jr's hand before Chavo leaves the ring. Chavo thinks about it but then refuses and walks off furious and disappointed at having failed to get back the title. ---- Disco Inferno promo Disco Inferno cuts a promo saying he's not just a page in the chapter of Steve Corino's WCW run. Disco says he's a bonafide WCW World Television Champion and whilst it may be the FXtreme Television Championship now, he's come back to WCW to show the world that DISCO IS FOREVER!!!! Disco Inferno promo - (56 rated) ---- JJ Dillon with the WCW United States Champion, Rob Van Dam (with Bill Alfonso) JJ asks RVD how he is preparing for tonight RVD says you can't prepare for a man like Sabu. RVD says he's gone to war against Sabu many times in ECW. He does not under-estimate Sabu. But perhaps Sabu has under-estimated him, perhaps Sabu has forgotten that Rob Van Dam is the heaviest hitter, the fastest, quickest and despite Sabu's moniker it is RVD who is the most death-defying man in wrestling today! Alfonso excitedly blows his whistle / The camera cuts to a pre-recorded Sabu promo Sabu says that he wasn't surprised when WCW came back on air and Rob Van Dam got a contract and he didn't. Sabu says that whilst Rob Van Dam isn't a better wrestler than him, isn't a better entertainer than him, can't beat him in a fair or unfair fight, in both WCW and the WWF it's not about what you can do but what you look like. Sabu says that he knows Rob Van Dam looks like a action movie star, like Jean Claude Van Damme who's name he ripped off! Sabu says that unlike RVD, Sabu knows that he just looks like the guy who Jean Claude Van Damme beats up at the end of the movie. Sabu says guys that look like me don't get the big money contract offers from the top companies. But that's okay, because guys like me are more willing to fight for and take what we know we deserve! Sabu says tonight he will win the WCW United States Championship from Rob Van Dam and sure, maybe if Shane McMahon then wants to give him and the rest of The Extreme Alliance a contract offer he'll think about it, but if not, hell maybe I'll go to Xtreme Pro Wrestling and defend the title against New Jack in a Death Match, maybe I'll go back to Japan and defend it there, perhaps I'll go to Mexico... maybe I'll take this title to the WWF and dump it in the trash live on television! Maybe, I'll wake the world up to the HOMICIDAL...SUICIDAL...GENICIDAL... DEATH-DEFYING SABUUU!!!!! Freestyle segment with Rob Van Dam and Sabu - (83 rated) ---- Match 6: Booker T vs The Sandman in a Parking Lot Brawl Well folks it's now time for our Parking Lot Brawl match between the former WCW World Heavyweight Champion Booker T and The Sandman. Promo package showing the ongoing rivarly between Booker T and The Sandman as well as Scott Hall's involvement. Tony says our own Jerry Lawler fought in the first ever Parking Lot Brawl match back in 1988 against Eddie Gilbert, Lawler says he's still got aches and pains from this match even now! Joey Styles hypes up this being a hardcore match and therefore Sandman's territory. Tony clarifies the only way to win is via pinfall, submission or knock-out. WCW Booker T Theme (youtube.com) Sandman Theme (youtube.com) This match takes place in the parking lot in a corner of loads of cars with the big rental limo that Sandman drove Scott Hall in on show in the background. The match is hard hitting with both guys slamming each other into cars, onto the car bonnets and the concrete parking lot floor. The Sandman has a Kendo stick which he intermittently uses to smash Booker with and Booker generally is up for the fight and at one point even uses a wrench to smash Sandman in the face which busts him open. The two brawl in the parking lot for over 10 minutes with a variety of hard hitting moves. The match comes to a close when Booker T makes a move for the rental limo which a bleeding Sandman tries to protect given his employer Scott Hall wouldn't be happy if anything happened to it. Booker and Sandman eventually end up fighting on top of the limo. The two are quite precariously placed on the top of the limo's bonnet, Sandman tries to DDT Booker T into the front window, seemingly getting so wound up he stops caring about if the car gets damaged. But Booker T manages to counter and prevent Sandman from doing this, Booker T pulls out the wrench from earlier again and smashes Sandman again. Sandman's blood pours down all over the white limo making it look like a crime scene. Booker T eventually manages to get Sandman right on top of the limo's giant roof. Booker T then gets The Sandman up for the Book-End and he hits it! OH MY GOD!!! screams Joey Styles and Tony Schiavone in joint unison. The slightly modified Book-End sends Sandman smashing through the roof of the car. The referee checks up on him as Booker T awkwardly holds himself up on the part of the roof/bonnet that hasn't completely caved in. HE'S KNOCKED OUT shouts the referee. Booker T wins via knock-out - (13.25) - (76 rated) Jerry Lawler remarks that he doesn't think the rental company are going to be too happy with Scott Hall for this. Forget that, says Tony, both the limo and the driver are a write-off! It looks like the world champion will be walking into the main event tonight! ------ Tag Team Promo We see a set of 3 pre-recorded promos First up we see Barry Windham & Mike Rotunda cut a promo about the legacy of tag team wrestling in this business and how they hope to do their legacy and the legacy of tag team wrestling proud by winning the WCW World Tag Team Championship for the first time together. We then see Team Canada (Lance Storm & Mike Awesome) who cut a promo about how tonight they will cement themselves at the top of the WCW roster by winning championship gold and taking the belts home to Canada. Finally, we see The Nu Road Warriors (Road Warrior Animal & Dog) who say as a team they have the least experience out of the 3 teams tonight but they've got the most heart, the most tag team championships between them and together they are unstoppable!! Freestyle segment with Windham & Rotunda, Team Canada and The Nu Road Warriors - (62 rated) -- Match 7: Steve Corino (c) (with Don Callis) vs Disco Inferno for the WCW FXtreme Television Championship in a regular match WCW Disco Inferno 1st Theme(With Custom Tron) (youtube.com) ECW Steve Corino Custom Titantron (youtube.com) Before the match Don Callis and Steve Corino cut a quick promo dissing Disco Inferno who's waiting for Corino in the ring. In his first match back in WCW, Disco Inferno is hyped to impress and he brings a lot of energy which catches Corino off guard. Disco goes for the kill early on but Steve Corino manages to counter his attempt at a Chartbuster. As the match goes on Disco Inferno tires a bit and Steve Corino comes into his own with his strikes, technical holds and superior mat wrestling. The finish comes when Steve Corino manages to hit an Old School Expulsion to get the victory. Steve Corino retains via pinfall - (9.01) - (61 rated) After the match Steve Corino mocks Disco Inferno by putting his foot on his chest as he holds his title up in victory. The fans boo as Don Callis laughs and does a mocking dance --- Backstage we see Sable and Eric Bischoff arguing in Shane McMahon's office Bischoff says he doesn't think that Sable should go out there once again to announce and commentate on the women's match. Bischoff says he doesn't care about women's wrestling but it's clear that Sable is trying to make herself the centrepiece. He says he would never sit on commentary for a match as the General Manager as he's not the star. That's some Vince Russo mark s*** he says. Sable gets flustered and isn't happy about it. Sable says Eric can't keep talking to her like this. Bischoff says he can do whatever he likes and there's nothing she can do about it. Sable says you might live to regret messing with me. Bischoff looks annoyed at being threatened. Freestyle segment with Sable and Eric Bischoff - (62 rated) ---- Match 8: Akira Hokuto (c) (with 'Sinister' James Mitchell) vs La Diabolica for the WCW World Women's Championship Sable comes out to announce the two wrestlers but seems to have taken Bischoff's criticism to heart and doesn't sit on commentary for the match La Bamba (youtube.com) Akira Hokuto 4th - Pacific Zone (WCW Official Theme) (youtube.com) Jerry Lawler says Bischoff has a lot to answer for, he convinced Sable not to sit at the announce desk with us?! I need to speak to HR about this! This match gets just under 10 minutes with both women keen to show off their unique and varying styles of women's wrestling. La Diabolica wows the audience with some impressive lucha moves but Akira Hokuto's super strikes and submission holds seems to help her out with James Mitchell barking instructions to her at various points. The match comes to a conclusion when La Diabolica has Hokuto in a Gory Bomb, but Hokuto counters and gets out of it by putting La Diabolica in a Chokehold sleeper. Hokuto uses all her might and eventually the referee calls it as La Diabolica is out! Akira Hokuto retains via submission - (8.31) - (35 rated) ------ JJ Dillon interview with WCW World Heavyweight Champion, Scott Hall JJ Dillon says to Scott Hall it seems like things have gone against you tonight. We've heard that The Sandman has left the building assisted tonight, your rental limo is a write-off and now you will soon defend your title against Curt Hennig in a Steel Cage match. Scott Hall says things have gone against me my whole life, JJ. But that's okay, because life's not fair and neither am I. Good times don't last, but Bad Guys do. Curt, I'll see you tonight in the Cage, brother, I know your boy's in the front row tonight so let me address him directly. Joe, your in the prime of your life, 21, soon to be 22, I'm proud to have seen you grow from a boy to a man... I heard you were disappointed in your Daddy, Joe, that if you wanted to become a professional wrestler you wouldn't try to emulate your father because he's never won a championship at the top level... well, Joe, let me tell you something... tonight I will show you what a top level professional wrestling champion looks like, and trust me it sure ain't your Dad! Freestyle segment with Scott Hall and JJ Dillon - (78 rated) ----- Match 9: Rob Van Dam (c) (with Bill Alfonso) vs Sabu for the WCW United States Championship in a Ladder match Well folks, says Tony, as you can see at ringside there's a lot of ladders out here now and right at the top of the ring elevated from high up in the sky of the building, dangling below the Steel Cage you can see the WCW United States Championship. The only way to win the match you are about to see is to get onto a ladder and retrieve that belt! Joey Styles says if folks at home have never seen a Sabu and Rob Van Dam match they're in for a real treat! Jerry Lawler says he never watched Extremely Crappy Wrestling but he thinks this match here could be an Extremely Interesting Wrestling match! ECW Classic/Original Theme Song (youtube.com) Sabu comes in through the crowd to the ECW theme, Joey Styles mentions how he's got himself a big opportunity given he's not even a member of the WCW roster but he could win the biggest belt outside of the World championship tonight. WWE Rob Van Dam 1st Theme "Van Daminator" (HQ) (youtube.com) This match winds up being an extremely violet and personal match. From start to finish RVD and Sabu are going at it hammer and tong with both men desperate to get the win over the other. Throughout the match they hit each other with the Ladder, as well as chairs and later in the match Tables get introduced to the affair. It's a great match with both guys putting in a great performance, especially RVD. The finish of the match comes towards the end after RVD has just hit a Conchairto on Sabu in the corner. Bill Alfonso is seemingly screaming at RVD to go the top of the ladder and get back his WCW United States Championship but RVD seems to want to do more damage to Sabu. There's a stack of tables set up just outside the ring towards the entrance way and RVD drags Sabu and lays him across so he's lying face up at the top of the stack of tables. RVD looks at Sabu and then looks at the ladder. What's he thinking here?! asks Tony Schiavone Lawler says Van Dam needs to get his game-face on here! Just climb the ladder and get the belt, win the match, this no good son of a gun won't get that U.S Title and take it out to Timbuctoo or wherever he said he was planning on going. RVD climbs the ladder and looks towards the belt, then back to Sabu. Shane McMahon comes out the top of the ramp and shouts at RVD to just grab the damn title. This seems to annoy Van Dam who at first looks up at the title but then comes over to the side of the ladder so that he could leap off and crush Sabu through the tables. I think Van Dam would rather end Sabu's career here than win that title! says Tony in disbelief. Sabu seems to stir a bit, Bill Alfonso quickly rushes over. I think Alfonso is going to hold Sabu in place here! says Lawler excitedly. Rob Van Dam looks at Shane, down at Sabu, and then he launches the Five Star Frog Splash, BUT AT THE LAST SECOND ALFONSO PULLS SABU TO SAFETY!!! Van Dam comes crashing down through the tables taking the full force of the load himself and afterwards he seems to be part knocked out, part in pain holding his right ankle. OH MY GODDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD screams Joey Styles. Shane McMahon at the top of the apron can't believe what has happened. Alfonso helps Sabu get into the ring. Shane McMahon seems to see what has happened and comes rushing down. Alfonso grabs a chair and as Sabu slowly climbs up the ladder towards the title Shane rushes down. Alfonso hits him with a chair once, but Shane parries it, then he manages to punch Alfonso in the face knocking him down. Shane frantically gets into the ring... but it's too late!!! SABU HAS THE UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSIP!!! shouts Joey Styles in jubilation, as Lawler and Schiavone sit in stunned disbelief at what just happened. Sabu wins via retrieving the belt - (15.13) - (83 rated) Sabu comes down from the ladder with the belt. Shane McMahon is in his face looking angry at what just happened. Shane points down to Bill Alfonso as if to say what's going on here?! Sabu holds up the title and points to the sky. We can see RVD on the outside with referees and officials helping him. He looks in a bad way and is still holding his ankle in a lot of pain. Sabu gets out of the ring, he helps Alfonso up and then they leave through the crowd, but just before they do so, Sabu looks back at Shane McMahon, holds the WCW United States Championship and blows Shane McMahon a kiss goodbye. IS THAT GOODBYE TO THE WCW UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIP FOR GOOD?!?! asks Tony Schiavone in sheer horror. ----- The Hounds of Hades promo We see Dawn-Macaria and The Hounds of Hades (Djinni Parisi & Saemon Daemon) Dawn-Macaria says it has come to their attention that in WCW there is a Fugitive of Elysium, or Heaven as you mere mortals would call it. There is a man who has escaped the realm of Hades, who has escaped The Underworld. The Hounds of Hades do not take kindly to this and the Fugitive of Heaven will meet his fate and brought back to The Darkness much sooner than he knows. Freestyle segment with 'The Queen of the Underworld' Dawn-Macaria & The Hounds of Hades (51 rated) ---- Match 10: The Nu Road Warriors (Road Warrior Animal & Dog) (c) vs Barry Windham & Mike Rotunda vs Team Canada (Lance Storm & Mike Awesome) in a Tornado Triangle tag-team match for the WCW World Tag Team Championship The commentators highlight how this match came apart after two 15 minute time limit draws couldn't find a number 1 contender out of Wyndham & Rotunda or Team Canada. This of course disadvantages The Nu Road Warriors who don't even need to be pinned or submitted to lose this match. Carl Ouellet we are told is banned from ringside as given it is a tornado match if he was out here it would effectively give Team Canada an extra member. Barry Windham 9th WCW Theme 'Road To Glory (Underscore)' (youtube.com) Lance Storm WCW Titantron - "Team Canada" (youtube.com) Road Warriors Theme Song (youtube.com) This match has the unlucky job of following what many fans in the arena and watching at home thought was the best match of the Shane McMahon era of WCW so far in Van Dam vs Sabu in the Ladder match which had the shocking finish of Bill Alfonso turning on Rob Van Dam to help give Sabu the win. The match starts off a bit slow, trying to calm the crowd a bit as the 6 guys all find their way into the match. As the match goes on it gets a bit more chaotic with the 6 guys all getting their spots in here and there. The match comes to a close when both of The Nu Road Warriors have been taken out of the match for a bit and it's left to Barry Windham & Lance Storm fighting it out. Both men are determined to get the win for their side at the 3rd time of asking. Lance Storm eventually gets the better of Windham and he has Windham in the Maple Leaf submission and it looks like Windham might well tap when Road Warrior Dog breaks it up. Animal gets in the ring not too long after this and after they throw Windham out of the ring it looks like The Nu Road Warriors will hit the Doomsday Device on Lance Storm, but due to what seems like a bit of miscommunication they mess it up and fail to hit Storm. Mike Awesome then dashes into the ring and hits a huge clothesline on Animal, then kicks Animal out of the ring. Rotunda comes into the ring but Lance Storm hits a quick German Suplex on him which takes him out of it. Lance Storm then hits a Super-Kick on Road Warrior Dog who then goes into the direction of Mike Awesome who hits an Awesome Bomb! Animal tries to get back in the ring but Lance Storm defends the ring against both him and then Windham who tries to get in to the ring too as Mike Awesome gets the 1-2-3 count! Team Canada wins the title via pinfall - (8.12) - (61 rated) We've got new champions! says Tony Schiavone in the aftermath I think that came down to a lack of experience in teaming together, says Lawler. It looked like the Nu Road Warriors had the win but that miscommunication on the Doomsday Device has well it's led to their own Doom! The Nu Road Warriors take in the loss, with Dog looking dejected still laying on the mat and Animal looking frustrated. Windham and Rotunda look exhausted and defeated as Storm and Awesome celebrate with Carl Ouellet who comes out to join them. ---- Before the main event we get an extensive package running over Curt Hennig and Scott Hall's shared history in the AWA, WCW, with short clipped interviews of various wrestlers, ex-wrestlers, Shane McMahon as well as Curt Hennig's son Joe who says he'll be in the front row hoping his Dad can win the big one tonight. Preview Package of Hall/Hennig - (69 rated) ---- Match 11 / Main Event: Scott Hall (c) vs Curt Hennig in a Steel Cage match for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship We see the Steel Cage gradually lowered as Tony Schiavone explains that the only way to win this match is via pinfall, submission or escaping the cage. Curt Hennig 2nd WCW Theme Alternate Version (youtube.com) Curt Hennig comes out to a decent pop. Before going into the cage we see him hug his son Joe Hennig at ringside. ECW: Ready Or Not (Scott Hall) [Feat Fugees] - Single + Download Link (youtube.com) Scott Hall comes out walking with the Big Gold Belt as the commentators draw attention to the fact that The Sandman, his driver, got written-off earlier in the show by Booker T, who also took out the rental limo he had for tonight. Scott Hall gets into the ring and stares down Curt Hennig. This match gets about 15 minutes of time with the emphasis being on the story-telling and psychology of the rivalry and history with Hennig and Hall. There are other matches on the card that were more violent or more exciting, but this match is the most dramatic of the night with the main focus being on Hall/Hennig and whether Hennig can get the job done. As the match goes on both men end up busted open on their face and bleeding a bit. The finish of the match comes when Curt Hennig gets an opening and manages to hit a Perflect Plex on Scott Hall. After he's hit it though he doesn't pin Hall, but makes his way to his feet and to the door of the cage, asking for the ref to unlock the door. The door is about to be opened when Scott Hall, gradually making his way to his feet in a lot of pain shouts at Hennig calling him a coward and that a real champion would pin or submit him. There seems like there is maybe 1 or 2 seconds for Hennig to get out of the door before Hall can get to him, but frustrated and angry and wound up by Hall, Hennig relents and rushes back to Hall and hits him with a drop-kick. He then starts beating down on Hall, kicking him as he's on the ground, stomping him. Then he waits for Hall to get to his feet, seeming like he might go for another Perfect Plex and pin him this time. Hall stumbles to his feet and Hennig grabs him, he sets him up for the Perfect Plex and looks like he will get him up, but he struggles to get Hall up for a second time and eventually Hall counters using his height and weight to stop himself from getting hit with the move again. Hall capitalises by nailing Hennig with a punch, then he sets him up for the Razor's Edge! He hits the Razor's Edge and Hennig lies in a bloody mess on the floor of the ring. Hall smiles, Hennig looks up seeming to expect the pin, Hall thinks about it, but then shrugs as if to say he's not worth it... Hall makes his way to the door and demands the ref open the door. Curt Hennig tries to struggle to his feet, Hall looks over at him and laughs, taunts him to get up and try and stop him. The ref opens the door. Hennig just about stumbles up but he's almost crawling to his feet. Hall toys with Hennig, laughing at him as a bloody Hennig desperately tries to make his way to stop Hall from leaving the cage. Hennig throws himself whilst still crawling onto Hall's feet, trying to grab onto his boot but Hall stomps down on Hennig's shoulder and he recoils in pain. Hall then triumphantly leaves the cage amid much booing from the crowd. Scott Hall retains via escaping the cage - (14.23) - (73 rated) We see a disappointed but potentially proud look on Joe Hennig's face at ringside as the commentators confirm Scott Hall has retained his WCW World Heavyweight Championship. A bloodied and defeated Hennig looks distraught at the outcome in the ring. Hall holds up the Big Gold Belt with a big grin on his face. Jerry Lawler says that was a great cage match and you've got to give Hall credit tonight he did this by himself without inside interference, he got in Curt Hennig's head, Hennig seemingly had the match won but wanted to try and win it "the right way". He wasn't ruthless enough, Tony! Tony says no and conveys real disappointment for Curt Hennig having lost. ------ Show Rating: 78 1.13 rating (565K buys) Edited April 26 by PH71 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 I like it PH, very good show. Good to see Hall has the main title, is he getting the better of his demons in your game? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PH71 Posted March 1 Author Share Posted March 1 29 minutes ago, Nobby_McDonald said: I like it PH, very good show. Good to see Hall has the main title, is he getting the better of his demons in your game? Cheers Nobby glad you enjoyed it. So far, so good with Scott Hall. He gets penalised in every promo/match he takes part in due to his ongoing personal problems, but his performances are still main event level for us even with the penalties so it couldn't have gone much better so far. It was a risk to bring him in, let alone put the main belt on him, but I think weirdly in this scenario WCW/Shane and Scott Hall are both what the other needs at this moment in time. Still plenty of time for it to all end in tears, mind 😄 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PH71 Posted March 1 Author Share Posted March 1 Ongoing 2001 PPV predictions league table Scoring system: 1 point per correct match prediction Top 3 highest scoring at each PPV get bonus points of (3 points for 1st, 2 points for 2nd and 1 point for 3rd) Another strong showing for DHK who got 10 points and 3 bonus points in back to back PPVs. Nobby_McDonald with a good showing in his first time as he comes in 2nd place with 9 points and gets 2 bonus points to go with them. DGenerationMC and grock both get 8 points so share 3rd place and the 1 bonus point that comes with it, which helps DGenerationMC but their lead is dented down to 11 points now. A good effort with 7/11 for StanMiguel in his first showing, with 5 more PPVs in 2001 there's still time for Stan and everyone else to challenge DGenerationMC for the top spot at the end of the year! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PH71 Posted March 2 Author Share Posted March 2 WCW current champions as of end of August PPV 2001 WCW World Heavyweight Champion: Scott Hall The reign began on 22 July, 2001, Bash at the Beach PPV WCW United States Champion: There is no WCW United States Champion currently recognised by WCW WCW FXtreme Television Champion: Steve Corino The reign began on 22 July, 2001, Bash at the Beach PPV WCW World Cruiserweight Champion: Juventud Guerrera The reign began on 24 June, 2001, The Great American Bash PPV WCW World Women's Champion: Akira Hokuto The reign began on 24 June, 2001, The Great American Bash PPV WCW World Tag Team Champions: Team Canada (Lance Storm & Mike Awesome) The reign began on 26 August, 2001, Mayhem PPV 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PH71 Posted March 2 Author Share Posted March 2 WCW roster as of end of August 2001 WCW Male Roster: Air Paris, AJ Styles, Barry Windham, Billy Kidman, Blueberg, Blue Meanie, Booker T, Buff Bagwell, Buff Daddy V, Carl Ouellet Chavo Guerrero Jr, Christopher Daniels, Chuck Palumbo, Curt Hennig, Dave Taylor, David Flair, DDP, Disco Inferno, Djinni Parisi, Don Harris, 'The Natural' Dustin Rhodes, Elix Skipper, Erik Watts, Evan Karagias, Fit Finlay, Hugh Morrus, Jamie Knoble, Jason Jett, Jimmy Yang, Johnny Stamboli, Juventud Guerrera, Kanyon, Kaz Hayashi, Kid Kash, Kid Romeo, Kwee Wee, La Parker. Lance Storm, Lash LeRoux, Little Guido, Mark Jindrak, Mike Awesome, Mike Rotunda, Mikey Whipwreck, Mike Sanders, Nova, Psychosis, Reno, Road Warrior Animal, Road Warrior Dog, Rob Van Dam, Ron Harris, Scott Hall, Sean O'Haire, Shane Helms, Shannon Moore, Shawn Stasiak, 'Dr Death' Steve Williams, Stevie Ray, Super Crazy, Tajiri, Terry Funk, Tony Mamaluke & Vampiro WCW Female Roster: Akira Hokuto, April Hunter, Cynthia Lynch, Dawn-Macaria, Francine, La Diabolica, Malia Hosaka, Meiko Satomura, Sharmell, Stacy Keibler, Torrie Wilson, Tylene Buck WCW Tag Teams: 3 Count (Evan Karagias & Shannon Moore) Air Raid (Air Paris & AJ Styles) b.w.o - (Blue Meanie & Nova) Barry Windham & Mike Rotunda Buff Enuff (Buff Bagwell & Buff Daddy V) DDP & Kanyon Elix Skipper & Kid Romeo Fit Finlay & Dave Taylor Harlem Heat (Booker T & Stevie Ray) Mark Jindrak & Shawn Stasiak Sean 0'Haire & Chuck Palumbo Super Crazy & Psychosis The F.B.I (Little Guido & Tony Mamaluke) The Harris Twins (Don Harris & Ron Harris) The Hounds of Hades (Djinni Parisi & Saemon Daemon) The Jung Dragons (Jimmy Yang & Kaz Hayashi) The Nu Road Warriors (Road Warrior Animal & Road Warrior Dog Dog) The Sons of the South (Erik Watts & David Flair) Team Canada (Lance Storm & Mike Awesome) Stables: b.w.o (Blue Meanie, Nova & Blueberg) Fit's Fight Club (Fit Finlay, Dave Taylor & Tajiri) Team Canada (Lance Storm, Mike Awesome & Carl Oullet) The F.B.I (Little Guido, Tony Mamaluke & Johnny Stamboli) The MexiCruisers (Juventud Guerrera, Super Crazy & Psychosis) The Underworld ('The Queen of the Underworld' Dawn-Macaria and 'The Hounds of Hades' Djinni Parisi & Saemon Daemon) Managers: Dawn-Macaria managing Djinni Parisi & Saemon Daemon Don Callis managing Steve Corino 'Sinister' James Mitchell managing Akira Hokuto and Sean O'Haire & Chuck Palumbo Jimmmy Hart managing 'Dr Death' Steve Williams Sharmell managing Booker T Stacy Keibler managing Shawn Stasiak Terry Taylor managing Malia Hosaka Torrie Wilson managing Billy Kidman Other: The Sandman is contracted to Scott Hall as his personal driver CEO/Owner: Shane McMahon Head of Talent Relations: Johnny Ace WCW Men's General Manager: Eric Bischoff WCW Women's General Manager: Sable FX Consultant Producer for Panic!: Joey Styles Announcers: Nitro: Arn Anderson Jerry 'The King' Lawler Tony Schiavone Panic!: Joey Styles Scott Hudson Stevie Ray PPVs: Jerry 'The King' Lawler Joey Styles Tony Schiavone Refs: Billy Silverman Charles Robinson Mickie Jay Nick Patrick Scott Armstrong Backroom/Road Agents/Interviewers: Dave Taylor Fit Finlay JJ Dillon Johnny Ace Ricky 'The Dragon' Steamboat Roddy Piper Terry Funk Terry Taylor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PH71 Posted March 2 Author Share Posted March 2 (edited) Huge Tantrum from Hugh Morrus?! Hugh Morrus has reportedly been given 2 weeks gardening leave from all WCW shows as a result of a fall-out with Shane McMahon and WCW officials as his frustration with his booking blew over following his loss to 'Dr Death' Steve Williams at WCW's Mayhem PPV this past Sunday. Hugh Morrus was said to be furious at how he has been booked recently and was visibly angry backstage both before and after his loss to the 41 year old veteran Williams. A source within WCW has indicated that Shane McMahon is more "baffled" than "angry" at Morrus who he sees as a useful worker albeit not exactly someone he intends to build the entire company round. Shane doesn't think he's particularly booked Hugh Morrus massively weakly for his status within the company and did not really understand why he reacted the way he did. Edited March 2 by PH71 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PH71 Posted March 3 Author Share Posted March 3 (edited) Loose Kanyon?! An inside source in WCW has given further information about backstage events at WCW's recent Mayhem PPV in Baltimore, Maryland. Earlier today we reported that Hugh Morrus has been given 2 weeks gardening leave due to a fall-out over his booking - and now we're told that Chris Kanyon was also left angry at his booking at the event. It is not thought that Kanyon's tantrum was anywhere near the same level as Morrus' and we understand Kanyon will still be at Nitro on Wednesday, but it is thought that Shane McMahon is a lot more annoyed at Kanyon than he is with Morrus. Another source played down the anger from Shane's side and indicated Shane is more "disappointed" than angry at Kanyon. Shane and his inner circle backstage in WCW, which includes Ricky 'The Dragon' Steamboat, JJ Dillon and Roddy Piper among others, all rate Kanyon quite highly both in the ring and on the mic, but Shane has reportedly come to the conclusion that Chris Kanyon is a bit of a "mark" for himself. Kanyon was really angry that he and DDP were booked to lose in a Dumpster Match against Tommy Dreamer and Balls Mahoney of The Extreme Alliance and he believed that they shouldn't have been losing to those guys. One inside source said Kanyon's reaction was ridiculous, it was a gimmicky Dumpster match where neither he or DDP were pinned or submitted, both were booked strong given The Extreme Alliance had Axl Rotten interfering and what really made Kanyon look bad was that DDP was more than happy not to go over. Many within WCW are said to have the opinion that if Diamond Dallas Page, a bonafide modern WCW legend, 3 time WCW World Heavyweight Champion, multiple World Tag Team Champion, U.S Champion, TV Champion can be a team-player and do a job to help put over some new talent in the company, then what does Kanyon have to complain about given his relative lack of star-power comparatively? Shane McMahon is said to have had some strong words with Kanyon regarding his petulant behaviour about it. Apparently this is not the first time that Kanyon has got annoyed at his booking, he reportedly got upset when he was booked to lose to Sabu on Nitro in a WCW FXtreme Television Champion qualifier match, even though he was booked strong in that with Shawn Stasiak interfering. It is not thought this will immediately have any impact on any potential plans, storylines or push for Kanyon, but Shane has warned Kanyon that if he keeps acting out like this then the only person preventing Kanyon from pushing on in WCW will be Kanyon himself. It is unclear how this will play out onscreen though it is quite fitting that the persona Kanyon is portraying on screen seems to have the same chip on his shoulder that Kanyon has off it. Edited March 3 by PH71 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PH71 Posted March 5 Author Share Posted March 5 (edited) WCW finally turning a profit under Shane McMahon? PPV buys information for WCW's Mayhem PPV are in and they secured 565K buys, although this is a slight drop off in the 567K buys they achieved for the last PPV, Bash at the Beach, sources in WCW are suggesting that Shane McMahon is content with WCW's current financial situation. It is rumoured that despite the big amount of signings and blossoming talent roster, WCW, thanks primarily due to increasing ticket sales and now running two TV shows a week thanks to the addition of WCW Friday Night Panic! are now actually making a month to month profit. Apparently in July they made a profit of around $669K and for August 2001 they look set to post profits of around $850K Whilst these figures are chicken-feed compared to the rumoured $9-$10M per month profit that WWF are posting, it is thought in WCW at the moment in time the biggest priority was just making a profit of any kind whilst are still in a transitional period of Shane's tenure as owner. Edited April 26 by PH71 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PH71 Posted March 20 Author Share Posted March 20 (edited) Francine facing up to 8 months on the shelf WCW talent, Francine, suffered a Torn Rotator Cuff in a multi-women dark match at this past Sunday's WCW Mayhem. It is reported that this was seen as a freak accident and not the fault of any of the other women in the match, but either way this will be a big blow to Francine who has recently begun her in-ring career as a wrestler in WCW. Whilst she was still just being used as an enhancement talent at this early stage it was thought that getting as much in-ring experience as possible was important to help her develop, but with the recovery time for her injury it is not thought that Francine will be seen in a WCW ring again until at least April of 2001. Edited April 26 by PH71 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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PH71 Posted April 16 Author Share Posted April 16 (edited) Nitro Episode 18: Wednesday 29 August 2001 Live late-night on FX 7,496 crowd from New York City Announcers: Tony Schiavone, Jerry 'The King' Lawler & Arn Anderson ----------------------------------------------- Runaway - Linkin Park (Hybrid Theory) (youtube.com) Tony Schiavone on commentary says it's Wednesday night folks and you know what that means! It's WCW Nitro, LIVE from NEW YORK CITY!! Jerry Lawler excitedly says we're here in the City that never sleeps, the Big Apple, the City of Dreams and you know speaking of dreams here is someone living their dream, it's the WCW World Heavyweight Champion! ----- ECW: Ready Or Not (Scott Hall) [Feat Fugees] - Single + Download Link (youtube.com) We see Scott Hall driven towards the entrance ramp way in his trademark Bentley. The Sandman gets out of the Bentley to open the door for Hall but he's visibly very injured and is hunched over holding his back in a lot of pain. He doesn't look happy to be there at all. Scott Hall triumphantly walks to the ring with the WCW World Heavyweight Championship looking very pleased with himself. The Sandman reluctantly grabs Hall a mic once he's in the ring. Sandman looks terrible and unhappy. Scott Hall gets on the mic and says "Hey yo, New York" and then does a too sweet gesture. Scott Hall says at Mayhem is long-time friend, mentor and most recently, enemy, Curt Hennig, gave the best he had. Curt put in the performance of his life to try and take my title from me. He did his best. Some might say he put in a perfect performance but his perfect performance just isn't good enough to beat The Bad Guy! Scott says people doubted him. They said without The Sandman or any other interference he couldn't get the job done... he then spends a little while berating The Sandman telling him that he failed him and if he wants to keep his job in WCW and his job as Scott Hall's personal driver then he better not EVER fail him again! The Sandman looks hot and like he might fight Hall but then seems to calm down and moves past it. Scott continues - BUT I'm still on top of this company and there ain't nobody in it that can throw me off the top of this mountain! WCW Booker T Theme (youtube.com) Booker T comes out to a big pop. Booker looks a bit banged up from his Parking Lot Brawl with The Sandman at Mayhem, but it has to be said he looks in much better shape than The Sandman himself. The Sandman looks angry upon seeing Booker come out. Booker T on a mic says everyone in this company knows the only reason you took that title from me in the first place was by cheating. Booker says you might have got the better of Curt at Mayhem, but that was only because you played on his pride... the difference between you and Curt is that you don't have no pride! Scott Hall says who needs pride when you have gold and then lifts up the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. Booker says at Mayhem he proved that he deserves a shot at taking that gold back from Scott. He might not have destroyed Scott's Bentley, that can wait for another day, but he did destroy Scott's driver, he knocked him out and at Fall Brawl if Scott has any pride he knows the only real challenger for that title is Booker T!! WWE Theme - Eric Bischoff "I'm Back" (youtube.com) Bischoff comes out to the surprise of Booker T. Bischoff has a mic and he says whilst he was impressed with Booker T's performance at Mayhem, the new era of WCW should not be based on blind nepotism but also based on competition and form. Bischoff says he will give Booker an opportunity to challenge Scott Hall at Mayhem, but he says that there are several other guys who are in-form and deserving of the chance to have a shot at the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. Booker says that's fine, I got no problem beating any man on this roster to get my chance at that sucka standing in the ring! Eric Bischoff says tonight will see a Beat The Clock Challenge tournament to determine the number 1 contender for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship at Fall Brawl. Bischoff says he plans to reward the 4 most in-form men in WCW with a chance to win a shot against Scott Hall. Bischoff announces the competitors as Booker T... one half of the newly crowned WCW World Tag Team Champions, Lance Storm.... the WCW FXtreme Television Champion, Steve Corino... and finally... 'Dr Death' Steve Williams! All 4 men will compete in matches tonight. The man who can beat their opponent in the quickest time-frame will become the number 1 contender... Bischoff says best of luck Booker, we'll see you out here for the main event... Freestyle segment with Scott Hall, The Sandman, Booker T and Eric Bischoff - (87 rated) ---- Vampiro promo In a dark room Vampiro is laughing and sends a warning to the WCW locker-room. He says what you saw at Mayhem is just the beginning... this Friday night on Panic! the world will get to see the Freak Show that I have created... And this a message to The Hurricane... I don't know who you are... I don't know where you came from, but let me tell you something brother, you can wear your mask, you can put on your silly green cape... but your days round here are numbered! (59 rated) ---- Tony, Jerry and Arn are at the desk and they're excitedly talking about the Beat The Clock Challenge. Tony says we've had confirmation of the 4 matches that will take place tonight in it: In our main event we will see Booker T vs Jason Jett, 'Dr Death' Steve Williams will be in action against former WCW World Cruiserweight Champion, Mike Sanders, one half of the newly crowned WCW World Tag Team Champions, Lance Storm will take on formal Team Canada stable-mate and WCW World Cruiserweight Champion, Elix Skipper and in our opening bout of the evening we've got: ----- Match 1: Beat The Clock Challenge to determine #1 Contender for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship Schiavone talks about the rules of the Beat The Clock Challenge and that it is between Corino, Storm, Williams and Booker T. If any of their opponents win they don't get a shot at the title. Lawler mentions how in these matches the opponent may not even need to "win" the match to avoid defeat, as whilst this first match will go the distance with Corino setting the pace, in all of the 3 other matches the match will only go on until Corino's time, so in the 2nd match the other guy doesn't need to win to avoid defeat they just need to beat the clock, as does the challenger. Steve Corino (with Don Callis) vs Jamie Knoble (with Kid Kash) - The WCW FXtreme Television Championship is not on the line in this match The Pitbulls 2006 - "Show Me the Cash" WWE Entrance Theme (youtube.com) ECW Steve Corino Custom Titantron (youtube.com) Don Callis barks instructions to Steve Corino who has put his WCW FXtreme Television title to one side. As the bell rings Corino is immediately onto Knoble trying to do as much damage in as little time as possible. He takes Knoble out with a stiff punch and then gets him on the ground and is kicking him and then with his foot choking him viciously as Knoble holds onto the bottom rope. Kid Kash immediately jumps to the apron demanding the ref intervene. The ref begins to count to 5 when Corino stops choking Knoble and hits a stiff punch onto Kid Kash knocking him off the apron. Well, Tony, Steve Corino, that's my pick for the Beat The Clock Challenge says Lawler. I think this could be over very quickly. In the distraction of this Jamie Knoble manages to get a school-boy roll-up pin but he only gets a 1 count before a furious Corino starts beating on him again. Knoble scrambles to his feet as an excited and determined Steve Corino grabs onto Knoble and hits an Old School Expulsion on Knoble. Well that could be all she wrote, says Tony. Just under 2 minutes on the clock and this could be some benchmark to set for Corino adds Lawler. Corino pins Knoble and the ref counts for the 1...2...3--- NO KID KASH BREAKS UP THE COUNT!!! Kid Kash who Corino viciously punched off the apron has come back at Corino with a vengeance here! screams Tony. He can't do that! says Lawler. A furious Don Callis gets on the apron screaming at the ref. The ref notices what has happened and starts shouting and josting with Kid Kash before immediately telling Kid Kash he's banned from ring-side and must leave immediately! Corino is furious and whilst Kid Kash is arguing with the referee he hits an Old School Expulsion on Kid Kash. Knoble is still in a bad way in the ring but is just about managing to crawl to the ropes to bring himself to his feet. Corino grabs him and puts him in a Sleeper hold and then takes him down to the matt. It takes about 4-5 seconds before the referee calls for the bell as Corino has choked him out! Steve Corino wins via submission - (3.10) - (60 rated) Well that's a win for Steve Corino says Tony, a good time for sure but will that extra minute or so caused by Kid Kash cost Corino a shot at the title? ---- JJ Dillon standing by with Eric Bischoff JJ says fans will be asking tonight what's the current situation with the WCW United States Championship? Sabu of The Extreme Alliance now holds the title and he's not a member of the active roster? Bischoff says the Chairman and CEO of WCW, Shane McMahon, is still in ongoing consultation with WCW's legal team regarding this matter. That's all we are willing to say at this time. But do I as WCW General Manager consider Sabu to be the official holder of the WCW United States Championship? Absolutely not, JJ! Well, alright, says JJ. And I take it you asked for this time with me because you also have several other matches you wanted to announce for the fans tonight and later this week on Panic! That's right, JJ, says Bischoff. Team Canada won the WCW World Tag Team Championship this past Sunday at Mayhem and I can confirm that The Nu Road Warriors do not have a rematch clause. They, alongside several other teams, will have a chance to make themselves the next #1 contenders though. 6 teams will fight it out for the chance to take on Team Canada. This week will see two Triangle matches, with the two winners of those Triangle matches going on to face each other next week live on Nitro. Later tonight on Nitro will see: The Nu Road Warriors vs Fit's Fight Club vs Shawn Stasiak & Mark Jindrak Then on Friday Night Panic! we will see: Sean O'Haire & Chuck Palumbo vs Barry Windham & Mike Rotunda vs The Harris Brothers Eric goes on to say he can also confirm an update on the WCW World Cruiserweight Championship and who will get to challenge Juventud Guerrera for his title next. There are a lot of new and exciting cruiserweights that have joined WCW and help make that show great. I've always championed the cruiserweights JJ and I always will. So later tonight we have a special Open Battle Royale where anyone within the qualifying weight who has never been a WCW World Cruiserweight Champion before will get the chance to win a shot against Juvi. Well that's big news for the United States, World Tag Team and World Cruiserweight Championship titles says Tony. Several big-time tag team matches, a huge over the top rope Cruiserweight Battle Royale later tonight and the shocking news that it seems like we have no recognised WCW United States Champion! Freestyle segment with JJ Dillon & Eric Bischoff - (56 rated) ---- Team Canada promo in the back Lance Storm and Mike Awesome stand facing the camera with the WCW World Tag Team Championship belts. Carl Ouellet stands looking menacing in the background holding a Canadian flag. Lance Storm looks happy as he says Good Evening, New York (boos from crowd) we stand before you the greatest tag team in the entire world. We have dethroned The Nu Road Warriors and WCW has now entered a new age, not of outlaws, not of road warriors, but of proud Canadian patriots (boos) Mike Awesome says you can boo all you want New York, it just makes our victory all the more sweet. We've worked hard for this moment and now we've got these belts we ain't giving them up without a fight! Lance Storm says if he can be serious for a moment... not only have we got our hands on the WCW World Tag Team Championship, but I, have been graced with a chance to have a shot at the WCW World Heavyweight Championship... giving me the chance as a proud Canadian to be a double-crown champion in WCW. Let me just say, it's about damn time I got given a shot at the Big Gold Belt. I've worked hard to get to this moment and you can bet your- Elix Skipper and Kid Romeo come into set. Carl Ouellet sizes up to them. Storm and Awesome look over at them unimpressed. Oh hey, Lance, says Skipper. Just thought I'd pop by and say congrats on winning the tag belts, but er, the Big Gold Belt? Well your Beat The Clock challenge match is against PRIME TIME Elix Skipper, so I just thought I'd make sure you didn't get your hopes up now, eyy, as I promise you, you will RUN OUT OF TIME before you beat PRIME TIME!! Skipper and Kid Romeo then abruptly leave as a furious Storm and Awesome look on. Freestyle segment with Team Canada & Elix Skipper and Kid Romeo - (52 rated) ----- Match 2: Akira Hokuto (with 'Sinister' James Mitchell) vs Tylene Buck - Non-Title match, if Tylene Buck wins she gets a future shot at the WCW World Women's Championship Tylene Buck is already in the ring. Akira Hokuto 4th - Pacific Zone (WCW Official Theme) (youtube.com) Well, Arn, Akira Hokuto retained that championship at Mayhem against La Diabolica, she's now in action tonight against the inexperienced Tylene Buck, do you think Buck has any chance of a victory tonight? Anderson says this is a free-hit for Buck. She has nothing to lose here tonight except the match. The title isn't on the line so some champions could get complacent in a match like this thinking they can just turn up and win. Do I think that's Hokuto? Well from what I've seen of her she's clinical and ruthless, so I don't fancy Buck's chances, but anything can happen in wrestling, that's the beauty of it! Tylene Buck starts the match aggressively but this ends up looking rash as the calm, patient and experienced champion Hokuto waits for the right moment to pick her off. Hokuto gets in several hard hitting strikes and puts Buck in several painful holds, tiring her out, before eventually hitting a Northern Light Suplex to get the win. Akira Hokuto wins via pinfall - (4.10) - (32 rated) After the match 'Sinister' James Mitchell presents his client with her WCW World Women's Championship and she holds it aloft in the ring as if to say that there is nobody in WCW who can take it away from her. ---- Fit's Fight Club in the back Fit Finlay says tonight is a big night for Fit's Fight Club. Tajiri has a big opportunity as one of the favourites to win the Open Battle Royale to become #1 Contender for the WCW World Cruiserweight Championship and Dave Taylor and himself have a great opportunity to win their Triangle match to challenge for the WCW World Tag Team Championship. Stasiak and Jindrak come into shot. Stasiak says that Finlay and Taylor are lucky their road agents in Shane McMahon's pocket otherwise they wouldn't even be in the match. Finlay and Taylor get hot and tell Stasiak to watch his mouth. Jindrak says, what you gonna do, fire us? Stasiak and Jindrak laugh before walking off. Freestyle segment with Fit's Fight Club and Stasiak & Jindrak - (35 rated) ---- DDP and Kanyon in the back. Kanyon is furious. He says The Extreme Alliance screwed them over at Mayhem, they dumped them in the trash, when it's those bastards who belong in the trash! DDP tells Kanyon he needs to calm down, you win some, you lose some, no big deal. Kanyon says it is a big deal! He was the most in-form wrestler in the company, now because he lost to The Extreme Alliance he didn't get a shot in the Beat The Clock challenge, Bischoff even put in Steve Corino, another ex-Extreme Alliance guy. How's Corino getting a shot before him? Steve Williams has been in the company 3 minutes but he gets a shot over me?? Lash LeRoux and Kwee Wee come into shot. Kwee Wee asks Kanyon if he's done whining yet? Kanyon gets hot, calm down Chris says DDP. Kwee Wee says ever since Shane McMahon took over the company Kanyon has been featured every week on TV, he gets big wins on TV, big wins on PPV, but none of that is enough to feed his enormous ego. Kanyon tells Kwee Wee to shut up. Lash LeRoux says since Shane took over the company there's a lot of guys in the back who can't get a look in or ain't doing so great. But the way we see it Chris, you're doing just fine. We don't like your attitude much, but if you're pissed off, if you want to release some tension, you feel like a match... well how's about it, us 2 vs you 2, live on Friday Night Panic? Kanyon says he'd happily beat their asses right now but if they want to wait until Friday then he's got no problem with it. DDP just laughs and says oh brother. Freestyle segment with DDP & Kanyon and Lash LeRoux & Kwee Wee - (70 rated) ---- Outside of Curt Hennig's locker-room we see JJ Dillon knocking with no response. JJ says he's tried to get viewers an insight into how Curt Hennig is feeling after his loss in the big match for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship at Mayhem but he hasn't had a response so far. JJ knocks again, then opens the door and we see a disappointed and annoy Curt Hennig come to the door. Look JJ, Curt says, I got a lot of respect for you, but this isn't a good time. Do you have anything to say to the WCW fans who were rooting for your this past Sunday, Curt? You came so close to greatness, Curt, it was a great match, the Champ just got in your head, that's all. Curt says that he's his own biggest critic and he knows that Scott Hall didn't beat him at Mayhem, he beat himself. And he'll beat himself up about that moment for the rest of his professional career. That was his shot at the big one and he blew it, now if you don't mind JJ, I have nothing further to say. Freestyle segment with JJ Dillon and Curt Hennig - (68 rated) ----- Billy Kidman and Torrie Wilson backstage. Kidman tells Torrie it's okay, Vampiro isn't here tonight and besides he's spoken to management about what happened at Mayhem. He is sure that WCW is a safe place for Torrie to be. Torrie doesn't look so sure. Shane Helms comes into set and Kidman gets visibly annoyed. Helms says he was sorry to see what happened to Kidman and Wilson at Mayhem. He couldn't get out there quick enough as he was in catering at the time watching on a monitor. He's just glad The Hurricane, whoever the hell that dude was, was there to save them. Kidman says he has his suspicions on who The Hurricane might be... Shane asks, who? But Kidman doesn't say. Helms says it's harder to trust people round here each day, he knows Kidman doesn't trust him, but he says he trusts you and Torrie more than most round here. Freestyle segment with Kidman, Torrie and Shane Helms - (46 rated) ---- Match 3: Beat The Clock Challenge to be #1 Contender for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship Lance Storm (with Mike Awesome and Carl Ouellet) vs Elix Skipper (with Kid Romeo) Lance Storm must beat Steve Corino's time of 3.10 seconds or the match will end in a draw. WCW THEMES: Elix Skipper "Primetime Elix Skipper" (youtube.com) Lance Storm WCW Titantron - "Team Canada" (youtube.com) Mike Awesome joins the announcers at the commentary desk holding both of the WCW World Tag Team Championship belts whilst Carl Ouellet stands guard at ringside. Arn Anderson asks Mike Awesome what Lance Storm's strategy is in the match. Awesome says Storm is just going to get the job done. The match begins and Lance Storm comes flying out the gates trying to get at Elix Skipper with a clothesline, but Skipper ducks out of it, runs the ropes and then rolls out of the ring. Storm looks out the ring furious. Ouellet goes towards Skipper as the ref starts counting him out but Kid Romeo steps in to prevent him from getting involved. A furious Ouellet stares down Kid Romeo who despite the size advantage doesn't back down until Ouellet punches him several times and then throws him into the barricade. Elix Skipper hits a drop-kick on Ouellet who goes into the barricade himself as the ref gets to a 5 count. Skipper slides back into the ring as Awesome on commentary mentions that Skipper is proving himself to be a coward. Storm is still trying to get hold of Skipper who uses agility and high-flying counters to avoid Storm making contact with him. Storm eventually manages to grab Skipper and starts grappling with him. I make that 1 minute already, Mike, and Storm's not really got that much offence in yet, says Tony. Awesome says that Lance still has plenty of time. Storm does get some offence in now with some rough strikes and kicks, but Skipper eventually manages to get some momentum back with a cross-body from a spring-board on the rope. Meanwhile, on the outside, Ouellet and Kid Romeo begin to brawl again and this time the referee from the ring shouts out at both of them indicating that both men are now banned from ringside. Ouellet argues with the referee until he gets flattened by Skipper hitting a crossbody on him from the top rope to the outside. Storm is back to his feet and sees Skipper on the outside again. This time Storm quickly gets out of the ring and chases over to Skipper, he starts trading blows with him on the outside before throwing him back into the ring. The two fight for a bit in the ring before Storm manages to hit a massive drop-kick on Skipper and goes for the pin. If he can get this then Storm would have the win! says Tony 1-2... but Skipper has his foot on the rope! Lance Storm only has about 30 seconds left to get a victory here, says Lawler, are you nervous Mike? Awesome says Storm only needs 3 seconds to get a pin. In a desperate bid to get the win Storm stomps on Skipper a few times before putting him into the Canadian Maple Leaf submission! Lance Storm puts all of his effort into the submission. I make that 20 seconds now, says Tony. Surely Skipper can't hold out? Skipper looks determined but like he's in an awful lot of pain. Storm keeps piling more pressure on as Awesome says on commentary that Skipper has to tap out, he has no choice. He's held on for 10 seconds here, says Tony, can Skipper stop Storm from going for the title?! As the clock counts down Storm looks nervous but determined to get the win. 5-4-3-2 Skipper is about to tap... but he just holds out! The match finishes in a draw - (3.10) - (57 rated) Skipper starts tapping out immediately as the clock chimes. Storm is furious, Kid Romeo who was still at ringside slides into the ring, rescues Skipper and then they make a quick exit from the ring. Storm looks on shell-shocked at not getting the win, whilst Mike Awesome rages on commentary saying that Romeo and Skipper will pay for this as the last shot before break is Elix Skipper looking very happy with himself. ----- JJ Dillon with 'Dr Death' Steve Williams and Jimmy Hart JJ asks Steve how he is feeling about his match later tonight. Lance Storm just failed to beat Corino's time, do you see that benchmark time as something you can beat? 'Dr Death' says since he got back here in WCW he's been demolishing everyone they've put before him... he don't see any reason why tonight will be any different. Williams says he's been waiting his whole career for a chance like this and he's not going to waste it! Jimmy Hart adds that his client is the most under-rated guy in American professional wrestling. Jimmy says he came back to management for one reason and one reason only - because he thought he could take 'Dr Death' to the pinnacle of this sport! And tonight he makes a big step in doing just that! Freestyle segment with JJ Dillon, 'Dr Death' and Jimmy Hart - (48 rated) ---- Joey Styles is seen on screen from the production truck. Joey cuts a quick promo where he says he knows that Shane McMahon, the big wigs in WCW and all the fans and wrestlers in the back are keen to hear from the NEWWWW WCW United States Champion and whilst Shane McMahon has refused to put the now hottest free agent in wrestling, Sabu, on TV, as a representative of FX, Joey has taken the decision that WCW viewers want to hear from him. He puts a tape in and then we see the tape... Sabu stands in front of the screen with the WCW United States Championship and Bill Alfonso, with Tommy Dreamer and The Chair Swingin' Freaks in the background Bill Alfonso says a lot of people will be asking why he turned on Rob Van Dam... well that can wait for now... for now this is Sabu's moment! Sabu is the WCW United States Champion whether Shane McMahon wants to recognise that or not... the fans all know what happened... everyone in the back knows what happened... and Shane, if you don't want to recognise Sabu as champion, if you don't want to let him defend that belt on WCW television... well he's going to defend that belt like the champion he is! Tony Schiavone asks what Alfonso's talking about! Axl Rotten comes into frame and he says THIS SATURDAY NIGHT... LIVE IN INDIANA... IWA MID SOUTH... BARBED WIRE, BOMBS AND BLOOD... THE HOMICIDAL... GENOCIDAL... SUICIDAL... DEATH DEFYING MANIAC... SABU... PUTS THE WCW UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIP ON THE LINE IN THE MAIN EVENT AGAINST MY BROTHER IAN ROTTEN WHO JUST SO HAPPENS TO BE THE OWNER OF THE COMPANY... IN A BARBED WIRE ROPE MATCH!!! What?! asks Jerry Lawler Sabu then comes to the stage and says if you don't want that match to go ahead Shane, then you can hear my list of demands live on Friday Night Panic! where we'll all be there waitin' for you... Freestyle segment with Joey Styles, Bill Alfonso, Sabu, Tommy Dreamer and the Chair Swingin' Freaks - (48 rated) ----- Match 4: Triangle Match as part of a tournament to determine the #1 Contenders to the WCW World Tag Team Championship. This is the Semi Final, with the winning team proceeding to the final which will take place next week live on Nitro Fit's Fight Club (Fit Finlay & Dave Taylor) (with Tajiri) vs Shawn Stasiak & Mark Jindrak (with Stacy Keibler) vs The Nu Road Warriors (Road Warrior Animal & Road Warrior Dog) Well big news about the WCW United States Championship there, says Tony, but now we've got action in relation to the WCW World Tag Team Championship... 3 teams now set to make their claim for a shot at it... who's your pick here guys? Arn says that Finlay and Dave Taylor have more experience than most, it comes down to whether The Nu Road Warriors can get on the same page chemistry-wise tonight. Stasiak & Jindrak are perhaps the dark horses. Finlay's 2006 v2 Titantron Entrance Video feat. "Lambeg v2" Theme [HD] (youtube.com) WCW Shawn Stasiak 4th Theme Song - "Stasiak Theme" (With Tron) (youtube.com) Road Warriors Theme Song (youtube.com) This match sees all 3 teams vying for victory. The match gets a decent amount of time and goes about 10 minutes. The Nu Road Warriors start the match off strong, but eventually Stasiak and Jindrak get into the match and look like they are the dominant force with Fit Finlay and Dave Taylor both taken out on the outside. The match reaches its conclusion when The Nu Road Warriors get back some momentum and Road Warrior Dog hits a clothesline on Stasiak who crashes down to the outside into Dave Taylor. The Nu Road Warriors have Jindrak up for a Doomsday Device but they seem to take their time a bit after the mishap that cost them the titles at Mayhem. This delay causes huge problems for them as whilst Animal has Jindrak up, Fit Finlay rolls into the ring and hits a suplex on Animal taking both him and Jindrak who was on his shoulders out in one blow. Road Warrior Dog from the top rope then jumps down from the top rope and goes to start fighting with Finlay but Finlay picks him up and hits a Celtic Cross! Finlay pins Road Warrior Dog and he gets the 1-2-3 as Animal and Jindrak's attempt to break up the pin are too late! That's a big win for Fit's Fight Club says Tony on commentary. Their experience got them the victory tonight, says Arn. The Nu Road Warriors look devastated at having lost, whilst Jindrak and Stasiak look annoyed. Fit's Fight Club wins via pinfall - (9.28) - (45 rated) ----- Shane's office with Shane McMahon and Rob Van Dam Shane is looking defeated. This awful mess is all your doing! Shane says to Van Dam. You had the match won, you had Sabu beat, but you let that idiot get in your head, you were more concerned about taking him out then you were at winning that title! You're meant to be a team player in this company Rob! Mr Wednesday Nitro! RVD gets defensive and says it wasn't his fault Alfonso turned on him how was he meant to see that coming? If Alfonso hadn't gotten involved and Shane hadn't delayed him at the entrance ramp then RVD would've flattened Sabu, taken out a big part of The Extreme Alliance who have been causing CHAOS in WCW since you took over... and then kept hold of the WCW United States Championship. The way I see it, you book the match, Friday Night Panic, Sabu vs RVD for the WCW United States Championship... and I'll get that title back! Shane says to hell with that! He doesn't recognise Sabu's reign and on Friday Night Panic! it doesn't matter what his demands are! He's not giving into them! RVD says Sabu is the champion, the fans know it, the boys know, it's part of WCW's title history now and Shane can either accept that and work on getting the title back to a WCW guy like Mr Wednesday Nitro himself, or he'll just look stupid, you want Sabu to defend that title against Ian Rotten in a Barbed Wire match for some indie promotion? Cause that's what's going to happen unless you smooth things out on Friday. Shane isn't happy and says it should be RVD smoothing out the mess that HE created... but he says he expects RVD at Friday Night Panic! and he will be there too. Shane asks RVD if he is medically cleared to compete... RVD hesitates but says he's never listened to doctor's that much anyway, it's just advice, right? Shane looks concerned. Freestyle segment with Shane McMahon and Rob Van Dam - (85 rated) ---- Match 5: Beat The Clock Challenge to be #1 Contender for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship 'Dr Death' Steve Williams (with Jimmy Hart) vs Mike Sanders 'Dr Death' must beat Steve Corino's time of 3 minutes 10 seconds or the match ends in a draw Mike Sanders WCW Custom Entrance Video (youtube.com) AJPW Steve Williams 1st Theme Song - "I Love It Loud" (With 1st Tron) (RIP) (youtube.com) Well Jerry, do you think 'Dr Death' has what it takes to beat Corino's time? asks Schiavone You wouldn't bet against him that's for sure Tony! says Lawler 'Dr Death' comes storming out the gates aggressively against Sanders who makes a mistake in trying to go toe to toe with the man basically double his size. Williams nails Sanders with a huge clothesline that completely knocks the wind out of him. 'Dr Death' is my pick for this whole thing, guys! says Lawler excitedly. Steve Williams gets Mike Sanders up and hits a big backdrop driver! He pulls Sanders to his feet and puts him up for the Doctor Bomb and he nails him! 'Dr Death' goes for the pin and he gets the 1-2-3! 'Dr Death' Steve Williams wins via pinfall - (0.38) - (42 rated) My god, what domination! says Tony Arn Anderson adds that 'Dr Death' has not just beaten but he has blown Corino's time out the park. He's got the win with just 38 seconds on the clock! --- Backstage we see Booker T watching on at a monitor with Sharmell and his brother Stevie Ray Booker looks a bit concerned but Stevie Ray and Sharmell are giving him a pep talk telling him that he's still got this. JJ Dillon comes onto the scene and says, Booker, a quick word, your reaction to that knowing in the main event you need to beat a time of 38 seconds? 'Dr Death' has to be the favourite now doesn't he? Booker looks at JJ then into the camera. Booker says he ain't been the favourite for anything in his entire life. But he stands before the WCW fans as a former WCW United States Champion, 6 time Television Champion, 10 TIME World Tag Team Champion with my brother Stevie Ray... and a 4 time WCW World Heavyweight Champion... so JJ... can I beat anyone on this roster in a better time than 38 seconds? Of course I can! I'm one of the most decorated athletes in all of WCW history... I know I deserve this shot against Scott Hall after he screwed me out of MY championship and damn it tonight I get that win and at Fall Brawl I take back what's rightfully mine! Now CAN YOU DIG THAT SUCKA?!?! Freestyle segment with Booker T, Stevie Ray, Sharmell and JJ Dillon - (84 rated) --- In the ring we see a table with a couple of chairs and a contract. Born To Be Wild (youtube.com) Sable comes to the ring and gets a microphone. Sable says at WCW Mayhem, we saw one of the best women's matches in WCW history when the WCW World Women's Champion, Akira Hokuto, put her title on the line against former enemy and one of the best luchadora's that Mexico has ever seen, La Diabolica. Akira Hokuto retained that title... and the question on everyone's mind is who's next for her? She's defeated the best WCW has to offer, one of the best Japan has to offer, one of the best Mexico has to offer... well WCW fans I'm really excited to announce the newest addition to the WCW roster and my pick to challenge Akira Hokuto in a block-buster match at Fall Brawl WWE Theme - Eric Bischoff "I'm Back" (youtube.com) Wait a minute, says Tony. Akira Hokuto vs Eric Bischoff at Fall Brawl?? exclaims Jerry. I hope it isn't a Bra and Panties match! Eric Bischoff slowly walks towards the ring with a look of annoyance and unhappiness on his face. Sable is furious. Sable says "Eric, I've had enough of you... but this... this is crossing the line! Who do you think you are- Bischoff cuts her off saying "Well Sable, let me tell you sweetheart, the feeling is mutual. As the General Manager of WCW I gotta say I'm tired of your narcissitic self-promoting segments where you pretend to care and hype up the women in your so called Women's Division, when really it's all just about you. Sable says "That's a lie, Eric. My job here is to- Bischoff cuts her off again and says - "What? Your job is to put yourself on TV front and center taking the spotlight away from the women every week? And what are you talking about? Making a big song and dance about this announcement tonight. A block-buster match at Fall Brawl? Really? When you've probably just signed some other women from Japan or Mexico that American wrestling fans have never even heard of apart from a few marks sitting at home in their mum's basement?? Sable says "That's where you're wrong Eric. I've signed a woman who is going to change the face of the WCW Women's division forever... change the face of WCW and Nitro itself!" "Oh give me a break!" says Bischoff. "You're damaging our show with these outlandish claims and quite frankly I think it's time I put a stop to it!" Bischoff looks angry, Sable looks a bit concerned as Bischoff starts to slowly walk towards her. TNA Chyna Theme Hell On Heels (youtube.com) Who is it? Who's Sable signed? asks Schiavone. CHYNA in big letters lights up the entrance ramp screen CHYNA?!?! shouts Schiavone. "THE CHYNA?!" demands Jerry Lawler Chyna walks out to a huge pop as Bischoff turns round looking shocked. Chyna walks down to the ring as the fans and announcers are both surprised. Well folks, says Tony. Chyna, a former 2 time Intercontinental Champion, she had a dominant 4 month reign as WWF Women's Champion earlier this year, it only ended in July shortly before they couldn't agree terms on a new contract... but I don't think anyone thought Chyna would turn up on Nitro like this! The hottest free agent in all of women's wrestling looks like she's set to sign a WCW contract right here tonight! adds Arn Anderson Chyna gets in the ring and seems to tower over both Sable and even Bischoff looks a bit intimidated. Bischoff looks up and down at her like he's seen a ghost or something. Sable smiles, Chyna looks at Sable and Sable gives her a quick nod. Chyna out of nowhere nails Bischoff with a kick in the nuts! HAHAHAHAHA!!!! laughs Jerry Lawler hysterically on commentary. Schiavone says "oh boy, Eric's taken a sore one there, I'm not sure many could say it was undeserved given his contempt shown for Sable in the last few months here" Chyna then grabs Bischoff by the mid-riff and she looks like she's going to lift him up for a Powerbomb! "Oh no, I don't think that's such a good idea, Chyna!" says Tony, as Lawler pipes up that he thinks Bischoff is going for a ride! Chyna lifts up Bischoff for a Powerbomb and then slams him through the table that had the contract on it! Bischoff goes straight through the table and looks destroyed in the ring. "Oh my god!" sighs Tony, as Arn Anderson says he thinks Eric is knocked out cold. Chyna manages to fish out the contract and a pen from the wreckage she has left in her weight and then she signs the WCW contract before dumping it on top of Bischoff's lifeless body. The segment ends with Sable lifting Chyna's hand in victory in the ring. The landscape of women's wrestling in WCW has changed tonight! says Tony. CHYNA IS HERE IN WCW!! Freestyle segment with Sable, Eric Bischoff and Chyna - (54 rated) ----- Match 6: 15 Man Open Cruiserweight Championship #1 Contender Battle Royale: Any Cruiserweight who has never been WCW World Cruiserweight Champion can compete Tony Schiavone hypes up this match and then says that 1 of the entrants in this match we're told is a "Wildcard" entree who only signed his WCW contract tonight! In the ring already we see Nova of the b.w.o, Christopher Daniels, Kid Kash, Kaz Hayashi and Jimmy Yang of the Jung Dragons, Kid Romeo, as well as AJ Styles and Air Paris of Air Raid. WCW Juventud Guerrera 2nd Theme Song - "Summer Nights In Spain" (With 2nd Tron) (youtube.com) The WCW World Cruiserweight Champion, Juventud Guerrera comes out to join the announcers for this match. They ask Juvi if he has any preference and he says look guys I don't care who I face. I'm the best Cruiserweight in this place, man. Nobody is on my level, I proved that already, man. On the outside we have Blue Meanie supporting Nova, Terry Funk with Christopher Daniels and Elix Skipper supporting Kid Romeo Full Blooded ltalians (FBI) 2nd Titantron (with 2nd Theme) (youtube.com) We see Little Guido and Tony Mamaluke come out, both competing in the match, accompanied by Johnny Stamboli. ECW Mikey Whipwreck Custom Titantron (youtube.com) Next out is Mikey Whipwreck who comes out looking excited to take part in the match and get a potential title shot Tajiri's 2001 v1 Titantron Entrance Video feat. "Imperial City" Theme [HD] (youtube.com) Tajiri comes out with Fit Finlay and Dave Taylor in support of him from Fit's Fight Club, Finlay is giving lots of advice to Tajiri as he comes out. Mexicools - theme and Titantron Video (youtube.com) Juvi gets up to clap as his two friends and stable-mates Psychosis and Super Crazy come out together. Well they're coming out together, as have several other teams and friends in this match, says Arn, but when it comes to fighting for a chance at that title it's every man for himself. Would you want to face Super Crazy or Psychosis, Juvi, asks Tony Look Tony, they're my bro's you know but when it comes to the gold we will battle for it, man. They're great wrestlers. They deserve a chance for sure, we will see, if one of them wins, I'm sure we'll have the match of the night whenever we have that match for the title, man. Tony then gets up and with a microphone says in the absence of the General Manager, Eric Bischoff, who I hear has been taken to a local hospital (fans cheer) I hereby announce the newest member of the WCW roster and the wildcard in this match... a man many of you, including you Jerry (Jerry acts surprised)... please give it up for 'SEXY' BRIAN LAWLER!!! Right Said Fred - I`m Too Sexy (1991) (youtube.com) WHAT?!?! demands Jerry Lawler, as we see 'Sexy' Brian Lawler rush out and dance at the entrance ramp. Oh come on Jerry, don't say you didn't know your own son had signed for tonight! says Tony, as Jerry Lawler protets he had no idea about it. The Crusierweights in the ring look down a bit surprised as Brian Lawler takes in a decent pop from the crowd. 'Sexy' Brian Lawler of course a former 1 time Tag Team Champion... tonight he'll be making his claim to get his hands on the WCW World Cruiserweight Championship! Nobody's getting their hands on my title, man, says Juvi. As Lawler gets in the ring the bell rings and the match begins! The first minute of the match sees mayhem with everyone going at it. The Jung Dragons are fighting The F.B.I with Air Raid battling the two MexiCruisers in the ring, with everyone else duking it out amongst themselves. The first elimination sees Psychosis throw Air Paris over the top-rope, Paris manages to stay on the apron but he then takes a drop-kick from Super Crazy which sends him crashing out. Jimmy Yang is the next man out as Little Guido manages to clothesline him over the ropes and out of the match. Kid Romeo goes on an attacking frenzy with Elix Skipper cheering him on from the outside. With Skipper's encouragement Romeo manages to elimate Tony Mamaluke, much to Little Guido's annoyance. Just as this happens we see Carl Ouellet come out from the back. What's he doing here? demands Schiavone. Carl Ouellet of Team Canada, I don't like this. Elix Skipper runs over to Ouellet and gets a big smack in the mouth which takes him out. Ouellet walks towards the bottom of the ramp facing down at Kid Romeo, who is looking over at him, but this distraction gives 'Sexy' Brian Lawler the opening he needs as he dumps the distracted Kid Romeo out. Carl Ouellet smiles as if to say job done and walks off. I think that was sabotage for what happened earlier tonight with Lance Storm! says Tony in disgust. Meanwhile, in the ring we see Psychosis and Super Crazy battling Nova and Mikey Whipwreck. Little Guido is trading blows in the corner with Christopher Daniels. Just as we see that we see Tajiri hit a raelly stiff kick to AJ Styles before he hits another higher kick which sends the rookie flying over the rope! Fit Finlay shouts on his encouragement from the outside. Kaz Hayashi and Lawler are trading blows in the ring, Hayashi hits him with a lot of stiff kicks and Arn Anderson mentions he doesn't think 'Sexy' Brian Lawler wants to trade kicks with a guy like Hayashi, but just as he says this Psychosis hits a hurricanrana onto Nova, who goes crashing into Kaz Hayashi who goes over the rope but stays up, but just as he stands up and holds onto the rope Lawler clatters him off the apron to eliminate him. Just as this happens Psychosis and Super Crazy team up and throw out Nova together. We see both Little Guido and Christopher Daniels on the other side of the ring on the apron both punching each other and trying to throw the other one out. Kid Kash jumps up to the top rope and hits a tactical drop-kick which sends Guido flying into Christopher Daniels and the momentum means both men fall off the apron and onto the floor! Kid Kash celebrates his double elimination in the ring but he takes his eye off the ball as Mikey Whipwreck from out of nowhere grabs onto Kash's trunks and dumps him out! Just as Whipwreck does this he turns round and gets a green mist from his former tag-team partner in ECW, Tajiri! Whipwreck is stunned and grabs onto his eyes unable to see anything, before the Japanese Buzzsaw hits him with several kicks before eliminating him over the ropes with a clothesline! Finlay smashes the apron in approval. We're down to our final 4, notes Tony, as the 4 respective men take a corner and face off against each other. Both of Juvi's stable-mates, Super Crazy and Psychosis of the MexiCruisers are still involved, as is Tajiri of Fit's Fight Club with Fit Finlay and Dave Taylor cheering him on at ring side... oh and of course our wildcard for this evening and the newest member of the WCW roster, 'Sexy' Brian Lawler! What a night it would be for him if he pulled off the victory on his first night Is he your pick Jerry? asks Arn. Jerry says he still can't believe Brian is even here tonight, he didn't tell text or call or anything! Juvi says it's typical WCW someone's Daddy getting them a job, man. Psychosis and Super Crazy nod in agreement and by proxy we see Tajiri and 'Sexy' Brian Lawler look to make some kind of defacto agreement on the fly, but then Psychosis and Super Crazy say something to 'Sexy' Brian Lawler and he seems to agree and holds his hands up. What's going on here? asks Tony. Super Crazy and Psychosis then both go for Tajiri at the same time, with 'Sexy' Brian Lawler initially looking on and letting them go for it. Tajiri being outnumbered here! says Arn. Tajiri hits several kicks but the two MexiCruisers have too much for him. Psychosis hits a hurricanrana, then Super Crazy hits a drop kick - which sends Tajiri over the top rope but just on the apron... and then finally 'Sexy Brian' Lawler clatters Tajiri off the apron sending him into Fit Finlay and Dave Taylor at ringside. And then there were 3! says Tony. 'Sexy' Brian Lawler smiles at Super Crazy and Psychosis who eye him up and then look at each other and nod. Juvi says Lawler has bitten off more than he can chew, man. They outsmarted him, man! Well I don't know if that was so smart from Lawler, says Arn, now it's them 2 guys against him, maybe he should'a teamed up with Tajiri to take them out first and- WCW Erik Watts Theme "Grid-Iron Train " (youtube.com) Wait a minute! says Tony. That's... that's David Flair! What's he doing here?! Flair stands at the top of the entrance way, as all 3 men in the ring look down towards him wondering what's happening. OH GOD! shouts Tony, as we see Erik Watts, Flair's tag team partner, the much bigger man than the Cruiserweights in the ring clatter into Super Crazy from behind. He then hits a big clothesline on Psychosis, as Super Crazy gets back up we see 'Sexy' Brian Lawler take advantage by throwing him over the top rope and out. Erik Watts lifts up Psychosis and hits a Chokeslam on him, before pulling him up and letting 'Sexy' Brian Lawler eliminate him! 'Sexy' Brian Lawler wins - (9.50) - (59 rated) --- Now wait a minute! says Tony. Could it be that The Sons of the South are in league with 'Sexy' Brian Lawler? Lawler gives a huge to Erik Watts, as David Flair slides into the ring and they have a big group hug. They are! They planned this! This is a scandal! Juvi flips off his head set and starts talking angrily in Spanish as Super Crazy and Psychosis retreat to the back in a fair amount of pain but also quite unhappy. Juvi calls them over and seems to say he'll deal with this. In the ring we see 'Sexy' Brian Lawler mock dancing. ----- As we return from advert break we get a quick preview for Friday Night Panic! where it's confirmed again we will see a Triangle Match to determine who will face Fit's Fight Club for a shot at the WCW World Tag Team Champions... the match will see Barry Windham & Mike Rotunda vs Sean O'Haire & Chuck Palumbo vs The Harris Brothers! Also on Panic! will be Sabu, Bill Alfonso and The Extreme Alliance as we hear their list of demands as Sabu, who not recognised but is in possession of the WCW United States Championship, seems to hold a lot of leverage over Shane McMahon. DDP & Kanyon will team up against Lash LeRoux and Kwee Wee, plus Shane Helms will be in singles action, we have a Chavo Guerrero Jr sit down intervirew with Roddy Piper, plus we will hear from Dustin Rhodes following his heroic Ambulance match victory against Buff Bagwell at Mayhem ---- Match 7 / Main Event: Beat The Clock Challenge to be #1 Contender for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship Booker T (with Sharmell) vs Jason Jett Booker T must beat 'Dr Death' Steve Williams' time of 38 seconds or the match will end in a draw WCW Jason Jett 2nd Theme - "Jason Jett Theme" (Rec.) (youtube.com) WCW Booker T Theme (youtube.com) Stevie Ray comes out with Booker T and joins the announce desk for this one. Tony says it's great to have you here Stevie, but it has to be said, regardless of how this match goes you're not going to be out here long! Stevie says Booker knows what he has to do and he has faith that his brother can do it. If you're Jason Jett here tonight in the main event, it's a real opportunity says Arn, the kid's just gotta last 38 seconds and he gets a recorded draw on his record with a 4 time WCW World Heavyweight Champion in a main event of Nitro! The bell rings and Booker is immediately on Jason Jett. He clotheslines him, Jett gets back up and Booker T tries to get him in for a Book-End but Jett is still fresh and manages to counter out of it and get a punch in. Jett showing some real fight here! says Lawler. Booker looks frustrated but starts brawling with Jett before managing to nail him with a DDT. He pulls Jett to his feet and goes for the Book-End again, this time he hits it! He rushes to get the pin...1...2..OH BUT JETT has his foot on the rope! Booker was rushing there, Stevie! says Arn. If he'd taken an extra few seconds to pull him away from the rope he could've got the pin. Stevie mumbles I know man. Just 15 seconds left on the clock for Booker T! Booker gets back up and Jett is slowly getting to his feet, he's winded though and he holds his abs as he bends down. Could Booker go for the Scissor Kick?! gasps Tony. GET EM BOOK shouts Stevie Ray. Booker has Jett lined up for the Scissor Kick, he pauses slightly to ready himself and make sure his back is up for it as this move has caused him damage intermittently since he got hit by the car... he runs the ropes and HE NAILS HIM!! Booker goes for the pin! 1..2...BEEEEEEEEEEEEP NOOO!!!! shouts Stevie Ray. The ref counts the 3 but it doesn't matter as the 3 count came on the 39th second! Booker was 1 second away from equalling 'Dr Death's time but he's just fallen short. That brief pause, that uncertainty about whether he could deliver the Scissor Kick, that's what's cost him tonight says Tony. Booker T and Jason Jett ends in a draw - (0.39) - (70 rated) ---- As the broadcast goes off air we see Booker T looking devastated in the ring, with Sharmell comforting him as the announcers confirm the main event of WCW Fall Brawl will see the WCW World Heavyweight Champion, Scott Hall, put his title on the line against 'Dr Death' Steve Williams!!! Show Rating: 76 1.03 TV rating (780K viewers) Edited April 26 by PH71 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PH71 Posted April 17 Author Share Posted April 17 (edited) Chyna signs for WCW! The landscape of women's wrestling changed last night as Chyna debuted on Nitro. Chyna, who spent 4 months of this year as WWF Women's Champion, failed to agree a new deal with WWF and was released just over 1 month ago. It is thought that WWF couldn't come to terms with an agreement and felt that Chyna valued herself too highly, with the former Intercontinental Champion demanding a salary dwarfing anything any of their other women are getting. It is also rumoured that her previous relationship with Triple H didn't help things given he is now dating Stephanie McMahon. WWF's loss was clearly WCW's gain as Shane McMahon used his previous professional relationship with Chyna to help convince her to sign with WCW. It is believed that when Shane McMahon decided to start pushing women's wrestling as a more serious and interesting part of the card he had no idea that Chyna would become available, so her release has come at a perfect time for WCW who will add serious legitimacy and star power to their women's division by bringing in one of the biggest female stars of the last few years. Some in WWF believe that they could have done with doing more to keep Chyna purely to stop her from going to WCW, but Jim Ross and especially Vince McMahon just didn't value her at what she was asking for, whereas for Shane McMahon she will likely be worth every dollar. It was thought at first that Chyna might move permanently to Japan for a few years, as she also signed with All Japan Women's Pro Wrestling (AJW) on a written contract, before getting an exclusive written offer from WCW which she accepted. To Shane's credit he has been happy for AJW to use Chyna intermittently, where this summer she made history as the first ever woman from outside of Japan to win the Japan Grand Prix. This led to a block-buster match with WWWA World Champion, Kaoru Ito, who just about managed to retain her title. Edited April 26 by PH71 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PH71 Posted April 17 Author Share Posted April 17 (edited) Brian Christopher is the newest member of the WCW roster! Brian Christopher, formerly 'Grand Master Sexay' in the 'Too Cool' group in the WWF, where he was a 1 time WWF World Tag Team champion with Scotty 2 Hotty, debuted on Nitro last night as 'Sexy' Brian Lawler. He came out to Right Said Fred's 'I'm Too Sexy' and then after aligning himself with 'The Sons of the South' (David Flair & Erik Watts) he won an Open Battle Royale to become the new #1 Contender to Juventud Guerrera's WCW World Cruiserweight Championship. Brian Christopher was released from WWF due to being caught drug-running between the Canadian and United States border, but this does not seem to have put WCW off from hiring him now the heat seems to have died down after a few months. It is also rumoured he had potentially been hired as a sweetener to get Jerry 'The King' Lawler into the company, given Brian is his son, although on-air at least 'The King' denied having any knowledge of his son's signing to WCW. The choice to use the Brian Lawler name seemed a no brainer and it is thought the 'Sexy' moniker is a playful nod to his big run as Grand Master Sexay in the WWF. WWF are exploring legal action against WCW for a number of issues in recent times in relation to stars using gimmicks or names, but the biggest point of contention is Chyna. Whilst it was rumoured that Chyna would sign with WCW after being released from WWF, many expected her to go by her birth name, Joanie Laurer, but it is thought that Chyna herself is adamant she will be keeping the name despite WWF having initially trademarked it. There was much debate before her debut as to whether she would be allowed to use it, WCW of course did not wish to get sued, but Chyna has actually legally changed her name via deed-poll to Chyna to get around this in the interim period. Edited April 26 by PH71 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PH71 Posted April 19 Author Share Posted April 19 (edited) Friday Night Panic! Episode 5: Friday 31st August 2001 Live late-night on FX 7,283 crowd from Newark, New Jersey Announcers: Joey Styles, Scott Hudson & Stevie Ray ------------------------------------- Show opens up with Sum 41's 'Fat Lip' Fat Lip (youtube.com) Joey Styles on commentary welcomes fans to Friday Night Panic! live in New Jersey! He says we've got a lot in store tonight, including Sabu and The Extreme Alliance give their demands to Shane McMahon for the return of the WCW United States Championship... plus, we've got in our main event a Triangle Tag team match to determine who will face Fit's Fight Club in a #1 Contender match next week with Windham & Rotunda vs O'Haire & Palumbo vs The Harris brothers, also in action tonight we see DDP & Kanyon take on Lash LeRoux & Kwee Wee, but first off we open the show with the former WCW World Cruiserweight champion, Shane Helms, in singles action! ----- Match 1: Shane Helms vs Sterling James Keenan (local talent) Keenan is already in the ring before the match begins. WCW: "Sugar" Shane Helms [Theme Song] - "Vertebreaker" (youtube.com) Whilst not a complete squash match it is Shane Helms who gets most of the offence in against the local talent. Keenan looks to make a bit of a comeback but is quickly put down by Helms' superior ring-work and high-flying ability. Helms gets the win with a Vertebreaker Shane Helms wins via pinfall - (5.49) - (54 rated) --- After the match Shane Helms raises his arm in victory when suddenly the lights go out Twiztid - We Don't Die (Official Music video) (youtube.com) When the lights come back on we see Vampiro standing at the top of the entrance ramp staring down Shane Helms. Helms shouts out to Vampiro to come on down if he wants a fight. Vampiro laughs at Helms and with a mic he says he's not out here to start a war with Helms. Vampiro says he's out here to send out a message to Billy Kidman, that weird freak The Hurricane and anyone else who thinks they want to get in his way now he's back in WCW. Vampiro says Kidman you wanted a freakshow, well if you want some I'll give it to ya!! On the screen we see a big messed up Juggalo style banner reading "fReEk-sHoW!" Helms looks baffled. Vampiro says it is now time to introduce my newest creations... suddenly from under the ring we see two heavily face painted and messed up looking Juggalo style wrestlers. Is that? Is that Shannon Moore and Evan Karagias? wonders Scott Hudson. Oh hell no! says Stevie Ray. Those cats are looking real fruity now, boy! Vampiro says whilst pointing to Shannon Moore - "This is... mOrE-bId!" And to your right, he says whilst pointing to Evan Karagias - "That's his partner... rAgE? yEs!" When I found these boys they'd been left helpless by the society of today... told that to be masculine and a man today you must be a metrosexual pop star... their own failure at becoming pop stars left them frail and damaged... but rest assured I have healed them" "If that's what they look like healed I'd hate to see what they looked like frail and damaged!" says Joey Styles on commentary. "I grew up in New York, I seen plenty of guys lookin' like that, and they ain't the kinda guys you wanna let your women or kids near, Joey, if you dig!" Shane Helms continues to look baffled in the ring when Vampiro makes a sudden command to former 3 Count duo and instantly they both rush into the ring and start attacking Helms. Helms holds his grounds but the numbers game is too much for him. Vampiro laughs and slowly walks down to the ring, eventually getting in the ring and joining the beat down This would be a good time for someone to make a save, says Scott, perhaps that Hurricane fellow we saw at Mayhem? But nobody comes out as they continue to beat on Helms until suddenly- WCW Billy Kidman 4th Theme (1998-2000) (youtube.com) That's Billy Kidman! shouts Hudson. He's had his differences with Shane Helms in the past few months, but he's had more problems with Vampiro recently! Kidman rushes to the ring with a steel chair in hand. He slides into the ring and Vampiro, mOrE-bId! and rAgE? yEs! make a swift exit before the lights go out and when they come back on they're gone. Kidman is seen checking on Helms in the ring. Ah hell no I've had enough of this spooky-ass s*** for one show, says Stevie Ray Freestyle segment with Shane Helms, Vampiro & fReEk-sHoW! (rAgE? yEs! & mOrE-bId!) - (56 rated) ----- Dustin Rhodes promo We see Dustin Rhodes in the back with his father Dusty Rhodes. Dustin says at Mayhem he restored the pride in the Rhodes Family legacy after Buff Bagwell and Buff Daddy V thought they would try to tarnish it. Dustin says his father is a legend of this business and any enemy of his is an enemy of mine! Dusty says to Dustin he appreciates that, son, and son, I know we ain't always been getting along so great these past few years, but Dustin, whether you 'The Natural', whether you the Gold paint wearing guy in Stanford, or whether you that weird Uncle Fester guy, I know you just doing you and- Dustin interrupts his Father and says Dad I know I haven't had the best of gimmicks, the best of luck in this industry, I know I'm still living in your shadow and I haven't done half as much as you did in this great business... Dusty says that's not what I'm saying, Dustin baby, what I'm saying is you still got it all and you got it all ahead of you, son! You're 32 years young Dustin baby, and let me tell you something, that's still a young man in this business! You still got time to win the big one, baby! Dustin says he's doing his best and he's back here in WCW to do just that as Dustin Rhodes, not as Goldust... Dustin says he feels like he's in the best shape of his life, he feels more determined thatn ever before and next week on Nitro he will beat whatever is put in front of him! Freestyle segment with Dustin Rhodes & Dusty Rhodes - (71 rated) ----- Shane McMahon promo Shane comes out and demands Sabu and The Extreme Alliance get out here right now to state their demands... but nobody comes out Joey Styles gets up from the announce desk and he says that Sabu and The Extreme Alliance haven't arrived yet, they see their segment as more of a main event type segment. Shane starts going off on one and Joey Styles interrupts saying, oh sorry Shane, did I forget when the WCW United States Champion, Sabu, or any of the other members of The Extreme Alliance were WCW contracted talent? They can turn up whenever they like Shane huffs and puffs and says he knows some fans were hoping to see Sabu take on Rob Van Dam for the WCW United States Championship in a rematch tonight (fans cheer loud) but I'm afraid our doctors haven't cleared Rob Van Dam to compete tonight as he's suffering from a heavily injured ankle, he's damn near lucky not to have broken it at Mayhem. Shane says rest assured he will make sure the WCW United States Championship returns to WCW tonight and that even if he can't get the physical belt back the records book will NOT show that Sabu is the current champion! Shane says he will have exciting news about how he will crown a new WCW United States Champion next week on Nitro! Freestyle segment with Shane McMahon (98 rated) ----- Match 2: DDP & Kanyon vs Kwee Wee & Lash LeRoux When we return from the advert break the announcers hype up this match with Kwee Wee and Lash LeRoux asking for this match after being frustrated with how Kanyon has been acting backstage. WCW Lash LeRoux Theme (Runnin' Away) (youtube.com) WCW DDP Theme Song Self High Five (youtube.com) WCW Chris Kanyon 2nd Theme (youtube.com) This match gets a decent amount of time and against the odds despite not being in great form both Kwee Wee and Lash LeRoux are determined to get something out of this match and their frustration and aggressive mean this match is far from a squash and actually quite an even match. DDP & Kanyon both seem a bit bashed up still from their Dumpster match at Mayhem and it shows, with both men not showing the usual speed and agility they might have. The ending of the match comes after Kanyon has been beaten down by both the other guys for a while, he manages to just about get the hot tag and on the hot tag DDP gets a great crowd reaction and after clotheslining Lash LeRoux out the ring he hits a Diamond Cutter on the legal man Kwee Wee and gets the win for his team. DDP & Kanyon win via pinfall - (8.04) - (55 rated) ----- Tag Team Promo We see a quick pre-recorded promo where all 3 teams competing in the main event make their case for winning the titles Barry Windham & Mike Rotunda say they're unbeaten against the WCW World Tag Team Champions, Team Canada, and tonight they're going to take the first step to making sure they get in that match at Mayhem, where there will be a winner for the titles and it will be them! The Harris Brothers say they know a lot of people will be questioning their credentials tonight but they're credentials are that they're two big bastards who ain't scared of going toe to toe with anybody! Sean O'Haire and Chuck Palumbo are in the gym. Palumbo says they've not had many opportunities since losing the WCW World Tag Team Championship belts but tonight they show to the world and especially to Canada that they're the future of Tag Team wrestling! Sean O'Haire says the powers at be have been keeping them down in the shadows for months, but with Mr Mitchell's help he knows they can get to where they belong again. Palumbo doesn't look too impressed Freestyle segment with the above 3 teams - (51 rated) ---- 'Real Talk with Roddy' with Chavo Guerrero Jr Roddy Piper is having a sit down interview with Chavo Roddy asks Chavo how is feeling after back to back PPV losses for the WCW World Cruiserweight Championship title against the champion, Juventud Guerrera. Chavo says he was robbed at Bash at the Beach, but he got a win against Juvi on TV and then at Mayhem he did beat Juvi 1 out of the 3 times, so when you look at it, they're really at 2-2, so making it out like I've lost twice is just wrong, Roddy. Roddy says Chavo is just making excuses for himself. When it really mattered he couldn't get the job done Chavo says is this what you imagined doing when you retired, Roddy? Instead of helping younger guys, the next generation, you just do these interviews criticising guys who have lost big matches? Piper says he's a professional and he doesn't mind asking the tough questions that other interviewers are afraid to ask. He asks Chavo what's next for his career then? He can't just mope around feeling sorry for himself. Chavo says he's feeling just fine and he's feeling optimistic about what the future has in store for him. Chavo says a Guerrero doesn't take anything for granted and a Guerrero takes what he has to by any means neccessary. Chavo then walks out looking annoyed at Piper, but just as he leaves the room he bumps into Disco Inferno. Oh sorry Chavo, I didn't see you there. Chavo sizes up to Disco Inferno. Disco says hey chill Chavo old buddy old pal, long-time no see. Chavo says he's a Guerrero. He doesn't have any chill. Disco says he saw Chavo's big match with Juvi, a great match, shame about the loss, but I've always rated you Chavo, he says. Chavo says you're a smart guy then, but I don't trust you. See you later, loser. Freestyle segment with Roddy Piper, Chavo Guerrero Jr & Disco Inferno - (52 rated) ----- Match 3 / Main Event: Triangle Match as part of a tournament to determine the #1 Contenders to the WCW World Tag Team Championship. This is the Semi Final, with the winning team proceeding to the final which will take place next week live on Nitro Barry Windham & Mike Rotunda vs Sean O'Haire & Chuck Palumbo (with 'Sinister' James Mitchell) vs The Harris Brothers Barry Windham 9th WCW Theme 'Road To Glory (Underscore)' (youtube.com) WWE: Chuck Palumbo & Sean O'Haire Theme "Freestyle Hombre" Download (youtube.com) TNA: 2005 Harris Brothers Theme (Big Twins) (youtube.com) This match is an open bout with no 1 team particularly dominating the match. All 4 men in this match are big, bulky and comfortable brawling so it has the feel of a real fight at various times. Windham & Rotunda appear to be the favourites to get the win and they're on top of the match before 'Sinister' James Mitchell starts arguing with the referee about a fast pinfall on Palumbo that only gets a 2 count. The Harris Brothers both then storm the ring and clear Windham & Rotunda over the the top rope. Palumbo takes out Ron Harris and they start brawling on the outside. Meanwhile, in the ring, Sean O'Haire manages to connect with a Widow Maker on Don Harris to get the victory. O'Haire & Palumbo win via pinfall - (6.51) - (58 rated) Well it's Sean O'Haire and Chuck Palumbo who will face Fit's Fight Club next week on Nitro, says Scott Hudson, but that seemed like an assist for their manager 'Sinister' James Mitchell! ----- Steve Corino promo The WCW FXtreme Television Champion, with Don Callis in the background, seems furious after missing out on the chance to compete for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship at Fall Brawl. Corino says he blames Kid Kash and Kid Kash alone for why he didn't get his shot at the Big Gold Belt. He says next week he'll be waiting and if Kid Kash has any balls he'll come out to fight him like a man! Don Callis says the only difference is next week Corino isn't against the clock... so he's not going to get your match over and done with that quickly, he wants you to suffer! Freestyle segment with Steve Corino & Don Callis - (59 rated) ---- On the screen at the entrance ramp we see Sabu, with the WCW United States Championship, Bill Alfonso and alongside them the rest of The Extreme Alliance, Tommy Dreamer & The Chair Swingin' Freaks, Balls Mahoney & Axl Rotten. They seem to be in a parking lot of somewhere near the venue. In the ring we see Shane McMahon with a microphone and Rob Van Dam standing next to him with some kind of ankle brace on one of his ankles. Shane says they've not got much time left on this show. He can see that The Extreme Alliance weren't man enough to show up in person which is disappointing but not unexpected. Shane says as far as he sees it Sabu is not the WCW United States Champion so if that's the only leverage they've got then they're not in any position to make any demands of him. Bill Alfonso says unlike Steve Corino and The Sandman, Sabu is loyal to his friends. His demands are simple. If Shane McMahon wants the WCW United States Championship to return to WCW, then he must give Sabu, Tommy Dreamer, The Chair Swingin' Freaks and of course, me, Bill Alfonso, fair and multi-year contracts with WCW. Shane just laughs at them RVD grabs a mic and says you see Fonsi what I don't understand is that you had a WCW contract with me for months. You threw all that away, you threw our friendship and mutual respect away, for what? To represent your pal, Sabu? He's not got a contract with WCW and Shane won't give him one, just seems like a stupid move from a stupid guy, I'm better off without you anyway Bill! Alfonso laughs and says he ditched RVD for Sabu because Sabu is a much better proposition. Alfonso says Van Dam has it all in the ring, but nothing in his head. Alfonso says Van Dam doesn't have the mentality to make it to the top of this industry. Van Dam would rather be a big fish in a small pond, hell that's why you signed with WCW instead of the WWF, right? Fans boo Alfonso says everything you got in WCW you got because of me! Van Dam says that's a lie, he earned everything he got! Alfonso says the only reason you even won that WCW United States Championship was because I RAN DOWN BOOKER T and softened him up for you!!! Fans are all shocked. Oh Hell No!! shouts Stevie Ray on the announce desk, "Book ain't here tonight, but for damn sure I ain't letting this s*** slide!" slamming down his set and heading down into the ring. Stevie Ray starts shouting at Rob Van Dam saying he knew Van Dam was involved in that and that Booker should've never trusted him! Rob Van Dam on the mic is apologetic saying he had no idea about that Alfonso on the mic says of course Van Dam knew nothing about it! You think he'd have signed something like that off? If he'd known it was me he probably would've refused to compete against Booker. Rob doesn't have that DAWG in him! He's not ruthless enough to make it to the top! Give him enough money to buy his own body weight in weed and beer and he doesn't give a damn about anything else! Well I'm sick of supporting failure so from now on I've thrown my hat in with Sabu and together we can take Sabu and The Extreme Alliance to the top of this industry! Shane McMahon says there will be no contracts for Alfonso, Sabu, Dreamer or Mahoney and Rotten. Sabu on the mic says if that's the case then Saturday Night he will put the WCW United States Championship on the line against Ian Rotten in IWA Mid-South! Sabu says of course he hopes he wins that match, but if he doesn't, it means the legacy and one of the most highly decorated titles in all of pro wrestling will belong to Ian Rotten and his hardcore indie promotion! Shane says he doesn't believe Sabu would put the title on the line and risk losing all the leverage he's got. Rob Van Dam on the mic says next week he's sure he will be medically cleared and if Sabu is man enough, then Nitro, Panic!, whichever one it is, how about Sabu puts the WCW United States Championship on the line against him in a rematch! Winner takes all! If RVD wins, he gets the title and The Extreme Alliance are history! If Sabu wins, then all of the Extreme Alliance and Sabu get WCW contracts! Alfonso, Sabu and the other members of The Extreme Alliance all murmur that this would be a good deal for them. Shane McMahon shuts this down and says that simply won't be happening! Sabu says well in that case, we'll speak again next week on Nitro, Shane, be sure to check the results of the IWA Mid-South show on Saturday to see if I still even possess your precious WCW United States Championship! And your plan to crown a new WCW United States Champion that isn't me? Good luck with that, kid! Freestyle segment with Shane McMahon, Rob Van Dam, Bill Alfonso & The Extreme Alliance - (94 rated) Show Rating: 77 1.02 TV rating (773K viewers) Edited April 26 by PH71 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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