WCW Thunder - Thursday, October 29, 1998

• Dan Wicker offers something in the "I think I've Heard This!" category:

  • You mentioned in this week's Thunder Report that you kinda dig Riggs' new entrance music. I instantly recognized it as the WCW-fied version of Sugar Ray's "10 Seconds Down". I don't know if that song is on any of Sugar Ray's CDs, but I do know that it is on the soundtrack of the movie "Escape from LA". Cool song, even better with vocals. Just FYI. Keep up the good work.

  • Well, it sure as hell sounds better than that lame crap they push as "Welcome to the Jungle" for Rick Steiner. What's next, a Wizard of Oz type song for brother Scotty called "If I Only Had A Neck?!?"

• Mr. Wicker also offers up a tidbit on everyone's favorite harbringer of Cheap Heat:

  • You mentioned Konnan's predictability in matches. I've noticed this for awhile now. He's got the five moves of death. Most of the time in this order:

    Rolling Lariat (as if rolling makes it hit harder or something)
    Seated dropkick
    Mule kick
    Carpetmuncher/facebuster
    Tequila sunrise

    Another thing, he is so unbelievably SLOW. He moves at about the Giant's pace. Anyway, more miscellaneous ramblings from the peanut gallery. Later!

  • It's one thing to have a pattern of moves to setup a finisher, but if that's the only moves you can perform, seemingly in the case of Konnan, what's up? Lex Luger suffers from a similar problem with the two clotheslines/lariat/Torture Rack. Sometimes he'll get in different moves, as in the case last week, but your typical Luger match is him getting the tar beat out of him then he does his required series.

    You could also say the same thing about Bret Hart, as Wade mentioned "The Five Moves of Doom" in his Nitro report. However, Hart can still put out a good match with a variety of moves despite the fact that he isn't what he used to be in his WWF days.

• Moving along, Tom Stephenson writes:

  • It's fairly obvious why Rey Mysterio Jr. decided not to join the LWO, once you think about it. The LWO currently has only one wrestler who is ever pushed (Guerrero), along with two mid-carders (Psychosis and La Parka) and three jobbers (Garza, Damien, and Dandy). Mysterio has a past relationship with Eddy Guerrero that is, at best, shaky. Unlike the others, who either were going nowhere anyway or felt underappreciated in WCW, Mysterio had no reason to join. I just hope none of the cool Luchadors like Super Calo end up joining...

  • That's a good point. Also, Rey Mysterio, Jr. is quite over with the fans and joining a stable where he'd have to play second fiddle which would only serve to hurt his advancement in the company. Guys like Hector Garza, Damian, and El Dandy would greatly benefit from the LWO, as they are not household names like Mysterio and Juventud Gurerra are. However, turning the LWO heel on Nitro makes the entire angle pointless, as the Mexican wrestlers are supposed to be against Bischoff, whom is supposed to have the primary heel role in this angle.

• In the "Second Coming of Tony Schiavone" Category, Mykll42 has this to say:

  • Actually, the top rope move that Rey hit was a Frankensteiner. The difference being that the hurracanrana is a pinning combination and a frankensteiner results in the head being driven into the mat. An interesting bit o' wrestling taxonomy I derived from the PWI special issue Finishing Maneuvers. Technically it was a super frankensteiner as it was from the top rope. And, though they credit Scott Steiner with bringing it to the US, I don't remember who they said invented it... only that it used to be called the mata head scissors.

    As a side note, huracanrana translates literally into "hurricane frog" from Spanish.

  • Sometimes, I get those two moves confused with one another. Thanks for reminding me. Now if I can only remember what Warrior's finishing move was... oh yeah, the Running Liger Bomb. Wait a minute, that's not it... dammit.

• Finally, Brian Veys provides a little "Ab Solution" on this mailbag session:

  • Just a note to let you know that your reviews of the shows are more enjoyable than the programs themselves. Anyway, this summer I worked as a television director for World Television Wrestling out of Minneapolis. One event was at a county fair in SE Minnesota, and Lenny Lane was in the main event. He really gave it his all for the 300 or so there, which was amazing because these guys were wrestling in nothing more than a boxing ring. I talked to him briefly after the show, and he was a real nice guy. I wanted to ask "WHY DON'T THEY PUSH YOU?" but thought otherwise. He funny, good on the mic, and can wrestle. I await another Lane/Jericho angle, or something. Again, thanks for the laughs.

  • I remember a year back or so, a fan attending a Monday Nitro had a sign that said "PUSH LENNY LANE." This was back when Lane was a face, so you know how dated that is. Anyway, Lenny Lane has to be one of the most entertaining personalities in WCW. He's a skillful, cocky heel who actually looks like he is enjoying himself in that ring, win or lose.

    One of my favorite matches featuring Lane was on a recent WCW Saturday Night in which Lane went up against Lash LeRoux. Not only did he whip out The People's Legdrop, but after pinning LeRoux he immediately jumped up and hugged the ref while jumping in excitement. It was a trip. However, the sad thing is that people will remember him most for tricking Dean Malenko as a Chris Jericho look-a-like.

• They talk about Halloween Havoc.
• We are promised Cruiserweight and Television Title bouts tonight!
• In our main event, Raven will be having his ass handed to him on a tin platter by Giant.
• Scott Hall will also be in singles action tonight.

• Damn, does Van Hammer get new music each week he wrestles?
• He will be losing (hopefully) to Wrath in our opening match,
• Wrath is announced as being from Devil's Island.
• Lockup to start and Wrath unloads in the corner with kicks and chops.
• Wrath is choking Van Hammer on the ropes.
• Wrath whips Van Hammer to the corner but Hammer stops the forward momentum by putting his leg on the turnbuckle.
• Van Hammer goes to work on Wrath in the corner.
• Wrath is whipped into the other corner but reverses this and hits an elbow.
• Wrath goes for the whip but Van Hammer comes out of it with a Russian Legsweep for two.
• Wrath tosses Van Hammer out of the ring through the second and top ropes.
• Wrath sends Van Hammer head first into the safety rail.
• Back in the ring, we see Wrath landing a forearm shot from the top rope for two.
• Wrath misses an elbow drop and Van Hammer gets his second wind.
• Van Hammer with some chops in the corner.
• Van Hammer whips Wrath into the other corner and hits an elbow.
• Van Hammer gets on the turnbuckle and lands seven punches on Wrath. The crowd is counting along, of course.
• Van Hammer goes for a whip and hits an elbow.
• Van Hammer with a second whip and gets a powerslam for two.
• Van Hammer tries a third whip but Wrath grabs him by the hair and plants him down.
• Wrath then sets up for the Meltdown and after we experience the next Ice Age, he smacks Van Hammer down for the win.
• Not a well worked match by any means, but the end result was satisfying.
• YOUR WINNER: Wrath via Meltdown in 3:12.

• Clips from a pay-per-view after only four days? Something's wrong with this picture, and it isn't Chris Benoit smiling.

• This will be a rematch of the counter we just saw in the clips.
• The stiffest wrestler in WCW will take on the stiffest... wait, I forgot, this is a G-Rated site.
• Next Monday, Nitro will be at the National Car Rental Center in Fort Lauderdale, FL.
  • You can bet your sweet ass that I won't be going.
• Before the bell rings Wright stalls outside.
• The stalling continues in the ring as the bell sounds.
• Finlay gets Wright on the ropes but breaks cleanly.
• Finlay grabs Wright's chin and plants an elbow on the face.
• Wright complains to referee Nick Patrick.
• Wright flips out of an armlock and gets a one-count.
• Wright hits some European uppercuts and performs a reverse suplex onto the ropes.
• Wright does the Nazi-techno dance at this point.
• Finlay applies an armbar and hits a lariat.
• Finlay sends Wright down with some European uppercuts and grabs the leg.
• Finlay drops on the leg and applies an anklelock.
• Wright retreats outside the ring and Finlay gives chase.
• Finlay wraps Wright's leg on the ringpost.
• Wright reenters the ring slightly selling the leg injury.
• Wright goes for an eye-poke, but trips to the mat.
• Finlay steps on the back of Wright's left knee and twists his right foot.
• Finlay claims that he was the one that broke the leg of Wright's father.
• Good ring psychology thus far.
• Finlay drops a knee on the hamstring.
• Finlay places the left leg on the ropes and kicks it.
• Finlay whips Wright, who cartwheels and hits a flying forearm.
• Wright is sent outside but gets on the apron and drops Finlay's jaw on the ropes.
• Wright hits the missile dropkick, and Finlay falls onto Nick Patrick, knocking him out.
• Wright goes for the pin attempt, but there is no ref to count.
• Wright tries to revive Patrick but Finlay grabs him and spikes him with the Tombstone Piledriver!
• Patrick is awake and counts the pin to give Finlay the vindicated victory.
• YOUR WINNER: Fit Finlay via Tombstone Piledriver in 6:01.

• Good God. We go from a good match to Disciple. Why?
• To add to my torture, his opponent will be Tuff Tom of Disorderly Conduct.
• Mean Mike is following his tag team partner out. Leslie or not, I doubt that'd do any good in the first place.
• The announcers refer to Ed Leslie as "The Disciple of the Warrior." You mean people actually comprehend his "teachings?"
• Disciple starts this joke of a match with a couple of whips, a hiptoss, and a toss to the outside.
• Both DC members doubleteam Disciple who shrugs them off.
• Tuff Tom gets the advantage as Mean Mike holds Disciple's leg.
• Tom gets a reverse neckbreaker that Disciple no-sells.
• Disciple whips Tom into a backdrop.
• Disciple with a scoop slam.
• Disciple with a whip to the corner, but Tom evades by leaping to the turnbuckle.
• Disciple grabs Tom and after a year or two of setting up, he drops the Apocalypse for the win.
• Mean Mike attacks after the bell but gets an Apocalpyse as well.
• Pitiful. Just plain pitiful.
• YOUR WINNER: Disciple via Apocalpyse in 2:00.

• Eddy comes out alone for this matchup featuring two longtime rivals.
• And Malenko flies solo for this match, as well, but do you expect any different?
• Lockup as the bell sounds and Eddy beaks clean in the corner.
• Malenko with a headlock into a whip and knocks Eddy down with a shoulderblock.
• Eddy goes behind Malenko whom reverses into an armlock.
• Eddy rolls through into a single leg takedown.
• Some great mat wrestling follows with Eddy culminating into a go-behind but both wrestlers get a stalemate from this exchange.
• Damn it, they pick THIS match to go to a commerical. What, does this match pale in excitement to Disciple?
• During the break they do the WCW Motorsports segment. Tack-ee.
• Back from commercial, Malenko gets a monkeyflip but Eddy lands on his feet.
• Malenko with a body slam for two.
• Malenko with a chinlock.
• Eddy gets out of the chinlock, goes to the ropes, and hits a headscissors takedown for two!
• While Malenko is down, Eddy dropkicks him in the head.
• Eddy whips Malenko into the corner but Malenko reverses and follows up.
• Malenko with a vertical suplex for two.
• Malenko goes back to the chinlock.
• Eddy breaks out of it with a belly-to-back suplex.
• Eddy gets a whip but Malenko reverses and launches Eddy vertically, causing him to drop face first to the mat!
• Malenko tries for the Cloverleaf but Eddy gets to the ropes and retreats outside.
• As Eddy taunts a fan outside, the announcers bring up Randy Savage's name.
• Eddy gets on his knees and offers a handshake. Malenko responds by beating him down.
• Malenko unloads on Eddy in the corner.
• Malenko whips Eddy into an elbow for two.
• Malenko gets a headlock on Eddy while on the mat and wraps his leg around Eddy's for extra hold.
• Eddy gets out of it and assumes control.
• Eddy goes to the apron and somersaults onto a downed Malenko.
• Eddy gives a "kiss-my-ass" motion to the crowd.
• Eddy lands the brainbuster and goes up top.
• Malenko grabs up and performs a superplex! Both men are down in the ring!
• The referee begins the ten-count.
• Malenko is up at the count of eight but is thrown out of the ring by Eddy.
• Eddy sends Malenko to the safety rail.
• Malenko does the same to Eddy.
• Back in the ring, Eddy scores a headscissors after being whipped.
• Eddy applies a standing surfboard into a pinning predictament, but gets only two.
• A series of rollups and both men pound away on each other.
• Malenko stomps on Eddy in the corner as the LWO enter and beat on Malenko, signaling the bell.
• Benoit and Mongo make the save for Malenko!
• A great match marred by a stupid finish.
• YOUR WINNER: Dean Malenko via DQ in ~9:30.

• Mike Tenay joins the announcing team as Disco Inferno walks toward the ring.
• This will be a TV Title match against Chris Jericho!
• YES!! The JPS is escorting Jericho to the ring!!
• JPS has the beer belly from hell.
• Man, Jericho cracks me up.
• Disco has a mic and says Jericho has been a great TV champion and a man of respect.
• Disco says he is a former two-time TV Champ and Jericho has to respect that.
• Disco wants Jericho to place the TV belt around his waist.
• Jericho makes a motion to hit Disco with the belt but instead puts the belt around his waist.
• Jericho raises Disco's hand, then levels him with a clothesline, starting the match.
• Referee Nick Patrick pulls the belt away as Jericho attempts to strike with it.
• Disco with a swinging neckbreaker for two.
• Disco rolls up Jericho for two.
• Jericho retreats to the comfort of JPS, whom needs MAJOR dental work.
• Disco hits a back elbow for two in the ring.
• Disco with a headlock and a whip but gets hot-shotted on the ropes.
• Jericho covers for two,
• Jericho with a vertical suplex and the "C'mon Baby" cover for two! Yes!
• Jericho with a snapmare into a chinlock.
• They announce that Chavo Guerrero, Jr. will face Kidman for the Cruiserweight Title.
• While Disco is down on the mat, Jericho does a victory stomp.
• Jericho headbutts Disco.
• Jericho gets some chops in and whips Disco into the corner.
• Disco raises a boot as Jericho charges.
• Disco does the same thing and meets the same result Jericho did.
• Jericho goes for a cover but gets two.
• Jericho with a scoop slam.
• Jericho goes up top and tries an aerial move, but Disco raises a leg.
• Disco with a forward atomic drop and mudholes Jericho in the corner.
• Disco goes to the second turnbuckle, shakes his booty, and lands a forearm for two.
• Disco sets up for the piledriver but Jericho turns it into the Liontamer!
• Disco tries valiantly to reach the ropes to break the hold, but Jericho pulls him toward the center of the ring and sits down on the hold.
• Disco has no choice but to tap out. A great match by two guys I like.
• YOUR WINNER: Chris Jericho via Liontamer in 5:35.

• Chavo spends a good amount of time on the walkway playing with Pepe.
• Kidman comes out slapping a few hands and beaming with confidence.
• Chavo asks the ref to check Kidman for foreign objects.
• The ref checks Kidman and Chavo, as well.
• Chavo acts as if he was going to take a swing at Kidman with Pepe, but the ref puts a halt to it.
• Bell sounds and Chavo stalls on the apron to put Pepe away.
• Chavo starts with a headlock.
• Chavo with a go-behind but Kidman pushes Chavo into the ropes and somersaults backward.
• Chavo sends Kidman outside with a headscissors and a dropkick.
• Chavo celebrates with Pepe in the ring.
• Kidman gets back in the ring with some headbutts and a headscissors of his own.
• Kidman stomps on Chavo in the corner.
• Chavo shoves Kidman in the corner and unloads.
• Kidman whips Chavo into the corner, goes to the ropes, and clotheslines him on the rebound.
• Cover by Kidman for two.
• Scoopslam by Kidman followed by a gullotine legdrop from the ropes.
• Konnan headlocks Chavo on the ground.
• Kidman lands some fists to the back of Chavo's head.
• Chavo reverses a corner whip but gets a kick.
• Chavo lands a spinning heel kick and applies a headlock.
• Typical of WCW announcing, the crack announcing team discuss Horace's defection to the nWo as the action goes on.
• They also mention some Warrior guy. Who the hell is he, some midcarder?!? :)
• Kidman elbows Chavo and attempts a suplex.
• Chavo goes behind Kidman and lands a German bridge suplex for two.
• Kidman applies a modified powerbomb!
• Chavo whips Kidman into the ropes but receives a kick for his effort.
• Chavo knees Kidman in the gut, leaps onto the topes, and bulldogs him for two.
• Chavo hits a knife-edge chop, whips Kidman, and hits a foreman to the jaw.
• Chavo wastes time by communicating to Pepe.
• As Chavo goes to the turnbuckle to put Pepe away, he is attacked by Kidman.
• Chavo shrugs Kidman off with a few elbows.
• Chavo lands a top rope sunset flip but Kidman reverses with a roll-up for the victory!
• Post match, the LWO appears in force and enters the ring, but not before staring Kidman down.
• Eddy tells Chavo that he isn't cutting it.
• Chavo shoves Eddy and the LWO attacks!
• Eddy breaks up the beatdown on Chavo and tells him he must earn the colors to be LWO.
• Eddy calls Chavo "La Raza" but must earn his respect.
• As we go to commerical Chavo talks to Pepe and yells, "PWO, baby!"
• YOUR WINNER: Kidman via roll-up in 7:58.

• It's The Cat. Hiss.
• His undeserved push will make a jobber out of Villano V tonight.
• Again, they announce Monday Nitro in Fort Lauderdale. Again, I laugh.
• Ernie grabs a mic.
• Ernie does the "You have five seconds to get out" schtick again.
• At the count of five, Villano dropkicks Ernie!
• Villano in control until Ernie hits a standing sidekick.
• Ernie chokes Villano.
• Ernie sets up and hits another side kick.
• Ernie shoves his boot on Villano's neck while standing on the turnbuckle.
• After taking some punishment Villano rightfully hits Ernie with a kneelift.
• Villano hits a dropkick and a face-drop.
• Villano hits a senton splash for two.
• But before I can yell out "This sucks," Ernie lands the Feliner for the win.
• [Snore...]
• Ernie goes back to the mic and taunts the crowd.
• We see Sonny Onoo come out as Ernie makes an open challenge to the locker room.
• Ernie tells Onoo to leave the ring.
• Onoo is basically sucking up to The Master of Suck-Fu.
• Onoo gets Ernie's attention with a bunch of hundred dollar bills.
• Ernie leaves the ring with a smile on his face.
• Looks like The Cat might have a new manager. Now, all he needs is for the fans to give a damn and he'd be all set.
• YOUR WINNER: The Cat via Feliner in 1:48.

• nWo music brings out Scott Hall, and only Scott Hall.
• Already in the ring -- Steve Armstrong. No introduction. No ring music. That sucks, because I like the Armstrongs' theme music.
  • On a side note, if anyone knows where I can get a .WAV file for the Armstrong theme music, please e-mail me. Thanks.
• Hall throws his toothpick at Armstrong.
• Armstrong with some nice mat work ending with a fireman's carry toss.
• The announcers play up to the Armstrong Curse as Armstrong takes Hall down again.
• Hall with a hammerlock, but Armstrong reverses and ends up slapping Hall in the face.
• Hall kicks Armstrong in the midsection and works on him in the corner.
• Hall puts the boot to Armstrong, choking him.
• Hall applies a brief chinlock to Armstrong and slaps him around.
• Hall puts Armstrong in the nWo Edge and threatens referee Nick Patrick.
• Hall sets up Armstrong for a second edge and holds him up for a while, teasing an Armstrong slip-out into an upset victory.
• Hall drops Armstrong and covers for the 1-2-3. Damn it.
• WCW really needs to treat the Armstrongs better than this. Eric Bischoff is single handedly making an ass out of the Armstrong family much like Vince McMahon destroyed Vader.
• YOUR (TV) WINNER: Scott Hall via nWo Edge in 3:28.
• IMPORTANT NOTE: This match was edited to have a different ending than what happened in the arena. Live, Steve Armstrong actually won the match, and Scott Hall's double Outsider Edges and "pinfall" happened after Steve Armstrong had officially won the match. So, Steve was really the winner. Absolutely no idea why this editing was done.

• Some of the newsboards are claiming that the chair spots were done so DDP could take some time off.
• Alright, that makes sense, give a man who is taking a break a belt. Makes slightly more sense than Chucky.

• nWo music brings out my personal vote for WCW's Most Misused Athlete, Giant.
• I'm hoping that Raven gets some sort of belt for these repeated jobs. This is not the first time that he has had a rod shoved up his ass by WCW brass.
• Kanyon tries to get Raven to not take the match but to no avail.
• Giant throws Raven down after a lockup.
• They talk about Raven's current losing streak.
  • Yeah, and I'll bet they'll job him to everyone but Norman Smiley, Doc Dean, Lenny Lane, and Chris Benoit. Jerks.
• Raven grabs Giant's leg but is taken down again.
• Giant whips Raven into the corner but misses a splash.
• Giant with a side kick that sends Raven outside.
• Raven goes back inside as Giant signals for Kanyon to move aside.
• Raven baseball slides into Giant to no effect.
• Raven tries to splash onto Giant but is caught.
• Giant tries to ram Raven into the post, but ends up running into it himself when Raven slips out.
• Raven chairs a meeting with Giant several times.
• Kanyon grabs a table from under the ring and brings it inside.
• The referee, thinking this is a Public Enemy match, allows the match to go on.
• As Giant goes over the ring ropes, Raven shakes the ropes, crotching Giant.
• Raven goes to slam Giant's head on the table, but Giant grabs Raven by the neck!
• A vicious chokeslam onto the table follows!
• Giant covers using one knee and gets the three-count.
• Kanyon consoles Raven as we fade to black....
• YOUR WINNER: Giant via chokeslam in 2:56.

ARENA REPORT! C. Hill sends the following (sent last week):

I was at last nights Thunder, and as I got back at 3am, I am just sending in the report. I will just stick to some of the interesting things that I viewed throughout the night. And even though we saw next weeks matches as well, there was nothing that interesting.

Biggest Pops for the night were for the Wolf-pack. Luger, Sting, and Konan in their individual matches equalled that of Flair when he came out. Nice pops, but the run in at the end that included Nash was just numbing. It was so loud in the arena that my ear drums hurt. After Thunder went off the air the Pack stayed in the ring for a good 10 minutes playing around and as the crowd got quieter they did their whole schtick.

The night ended with several things being taped for next week. I won't go into all of them since you can get the results elsewhere, and also it will be on next week. There were a lot of matches taped for next week. About twelve as I remember, including title defenses of Kidman vs. Chavo/Pepe, with Pepe making the pin on Chavo; Jericho vs. Disco, with the liontamer involved; and Greenberg vs. Meng; jack knife time. The whole Meng match was so much better on Nitro. This one was not even taped for next week. 30 seconds and it was over. The main event for next week should be Giant vs. Raven, with Raven receiving a chokeslam through a table. One match was Scott Hall vs. Steve Armstrong. Armstrong got the pin, Hall threatened the ref, put on a double outsiders edge, then pinned Armstrong. Can you say double finish!!! It will be interesting to see what happens on Halloween Havoc.

ARENA REPORT! J.D. Knauer sends the following:

I attended Thunder in Albuquerque NM last night and I thought I would give you my POV arena report. This was my first sporting event of any kind to attend, pretty sad huh? I'm a Freshman at UNM and went with 4 of my friends. Enough BS here is my Arena Report...

My friends and I arrived at the arena around 3:30 to find a mob of Women and children dressed like Sting and Konan. After we went through all of the security pat-downs we entered to but some t-shirts I bought a Hogan "I'm The GOD of wrestling blah blah blah" Shirt which two of my friends got too. I was pissed because they did not have any Jericho shirts. Pezner or Penzer came out and gave his laser light no cuss words on the signs speech. He introduced the announcin team and Heenan got a nice pop. Countdown to TV....

The Super Calo/Mysterio match was good and I was surprised to see the LWO get booed in a city where Latinos are the majority.

DDP came out to do an interview to a mixed reaction of cheers and boos. I booed him, everyone of his interviews consists of him being so jacked and someone gonna feel the "BANG". After the cameras went of he got out of the crowd fast.

Kanyon w/Raven vs Jericho. Hell yeah Jericho is who I paid to see except he did not have the JPS with him. Raven just sat there until he jumped in. I guess this match ended in "Jericho's Rules" where he can make anyone submit. Jericho was the best performer, in my opinion, of the night.

Saturn/Norman Smiley. My friend and I cheered for Black Magic along with about 20 other fans he was real happy to see 2 or 3 signs with his name on it. I heard the Siren song and realized Norman had to job again. Decent match.

Pezner or Penzer (I've seen it spelled both ways so from here on out I'll just call him Master P) Said a member of the Wolfpac was next so I took a nap during the Luger/Riggs match.

Juvi/Iaukea. I expected to see more moves from Juvy. Disco came out. Not very interesting.

Konan/Scott Armstrong. CRAP put the camera in my pocket because it's the one-line wonder. The crowd went nuts because they are all Raza. I'm definitely not bowdy bowdy. I sat through match hoping Scott would start getting a push tonight endind The Curse in NM. Nevermind.

Kendall Windham/Dean Malenko. Finally, Master P said the Horsemen were in the building but its about time. The Iceman showed why he was a Horseman. Then WHOO, They came out to a huge pop, I did not hear what Arn said, people were going nuts. As soon as Flair grabbed the mic I could not stop saying WHOO, I was just glad I got to see Flair in Person. Mongo is fatter up close. Chris Benoit gave me a 5 second stare down for some reason I just stared back and asked my friend if he wanted to jump him. Not really cause he would literally (non-Schiavone use) cripple me.

Main event time. Giant/Sting. Sting got the biggest pop of the night, New Mexico loves Sting. If you are wondering why the crowd was doing a "Goldberg" chant, that is because Master P told the crowd the Main event was Goldberg vs. Meng for the World Title. This match was okay the nWo Hollywood came out then Rick Steiner, then the Wolfpac. After the cameras went off the air the Pac played Grab-Ass in the ring for about another minute or so, Nash did his (Insert City and State here) Wolfpac in the House. Then they Let Konan do his crap one more time, I was still not bowdy bowdy or rowdy rowdy.

Master P came out for the taping of next weeks Thunder. I can't remember all of the matches except we got to see Saturn, Malenko, Jericho (this time with JPS), and Alex Wright wrestle again. Cool matches especially when The Giant chokeslammed Raven through a table. A bunch of marks were saying "I already saw him wrestle tonight." Hey idiots how many times did Master P say "Stay in your seats, we are taping more matches." I thought came in my mind "Marks, marks everywhere, and not a smart on in a seat (except me and maybe 2 more people in the arena.) Goldberg fought Meng, Jackhammer, splat, win.

All in all I thought it was a good show. Plus I got on TV for about half the show.