WCW Thunder - Thursday, March 25, 1999

By Aldo

In case any of you forgot about me, I'm back for yet another installment of WCW Thunder. :)
Mailbag's going to be a long one today, folks. I received a record amount of mails, thanks in part of doing Nitro, which gets more hits than the Thunder reports and thus more mail. Anyway, here we go:
- PSF1986 speaks into the mic:
  The TV Title belt is a time limit of 15 minutes.
  And another thing, the thing with Scott Steiner is stupid, because Buff Bagwell was like Scott's little waterboy, doing all of the dirty work. Now my two favorite wrestlers were BPP and Nash. ( Im not going to call him Big Sexy) But Steiner is pretty stupid to take out Buff. I hope Nash takes out BPP now, then Sting joins the Wolfpac. Or maybe a tag-team match at BATB Sting and Goldberg vs the whole nWo. That would be fair judging by the way they take apart factions.
  
  My question is, how many times are we going to see Scott Steiner turn on Buff, only to see the two rejoin at the next pay-per-view? Honestly, I think Buff would make a good face. His wrestling is average at best, but he has good mic skills and charisma to boot. Plus, he can still play off his injury to get the crowd support. The only stumbling block to this is the number of times Buff has went from heel to face to heel and back. You can ask Bret Hart about what that does to your drawing power.
- Dan Wicker comments:
  Admittedly, I'm not a Ric Flair mark. I was raised on WWF (and therefore Hogan), and I got bored with it around 1990 (I was 10 years old then). I only started watching wrestling again about a year ago. At that point, as a University of GA fan, I was the biggest Goldberg mark. And I still am a Goldberg mark.
  Nitro's tag match had me cheering for both Hogan and Goldberg; Hogan in particular when he started hulking up and no-selling Flair's chops. I think maybe a lot of people are in my situation too.. seeing the old Hulkster come back would be pretty cool, reminding us now college kids of ye days of olde, just the same if I heard some Run DMC/Aerosmith doing "Walk This Way" on the radio. And if anything else, it might have a chance at bringing up the ratings. That's why fans (me included) were cheering for the Hulkster on Nitro.
- The Stones from Tennessee write:
  Aldo, I enjoyed your report and agreed that the ending sucked. But, as a watcher of nitro and raw, just thought I'd let you know that raw did the same thing. The Steve Austin/Mankind v. Rock/Paul Wight match had no ending either.
- Speaking of non-finishes, we go to Tony De La Cruz:
  Nice re-cap!
  Don't know if you saw any of the old UWF televised matches from the 1980s, but I've actually seen them cut off the endings of championship matches in mid-count! (As in just before a ref counts three for the challenger!) Or maybe that was WCW, too. I just know Jim Ross was involved, calling the match. So Nash hasn' hit rock bottom yet.
  But I do think the promotion is turning the corner, just look at who they had out for the last quarter-hour. I think if they were smart, they'd bring back the Iron Men competition and have the same four wrestle round-robin for the belt.
  
  Or better yet, bring back the Battlebowl. Although the last one at Slamboree '96 was rushed (EIGHT first-round matches, three second-round, a final, and three title bouts) it was still fun to watch, IMO.)
- Chad Michael offers a small report on our role model:
  After the Jericho and Booker fight, when Jericho was walking to the back he had some guy come and help him walk. You could see he was in real pain. The guy was holding him up some. I hope he is alright.
- Ben from Troy, MI puts forth:
  This is Ben from Troy, MI and Brother Rice(www.brrice.edu). In case you didn't notice, as Flair was entering the arena and before we saw the "It was first blod damn it!" sign, it momentarily showed a sign cop trying to steal a "Flair 3:16" sign from a man on the floor. The man was holding the sign very high and he was tall and the sign cop was short do he had to jump to get it. It looked like that prank where a tall bully grabs a short kid's hat and holds it up above his head so the kid can't get it back. It seemed very funny to me.
  
  We short people know that stunt all too well. :(
- Richard Lusso makes an observation on possible future TNT programming:
  All I can surmise is that TNT had divided their Monday night wrestling program into two parts: 9:00-11:00 pm: Monday Nitro 8:00-9:00 pm: Monday NOTro. Maybe separate recaps will be required.
  
  No, thanks. Doing {Pro} for three months was bad enough. :)
- Mark A. "Don't Call Me Ed" Koch was on-hand for the March 15^th Nitro and shares the following:
  I was at Nitro at Cincinnati this Monday. It was pretty good, except for all the commercial breaks. I thought Pinzer was going to get killed. He probably got the most heat all night!!! A few remarks...
  1. Wally Szcerbiak was introduced - Kind of Funny because the event was held directly across the Ohio river from Kentucky, which is the team Miami plays. More fans in attendance were probably Kentucky fans than Miami.
  2. The Nitro Party at UC was not as exciting as it would have been. Most students were bummed about UC underachieving tournament showing.
  3. Did you happen to catch the little slap Disco gave to Ted Turner. While Disco was out showing his video (pretty damn funny), Lame Larry said something mockingly to Disco. Disco's retort was a classic. Something like "What's next... are you gonna' tell Polish Jokes". I'm assuming is was a jab at Ted Turner's recent remarks that were not taken to kindly.
- Ty Walling hollers:
  You know what would've been better than not showing the end of the main event? Charles Robinson decking Hogan with a roll of quarters and getting the win for Flair via pinfall. I was freaking pissed when they go off the air showing Gayburgs face screaming his shit.
  And on another note, if WCW is interested in keeping Jericho don't you think they should have him WIN or even have him get a belt. If they keep having him lose he'll go up north and never look back.
  
  I've thought the same thing about the Jericho situation myself.
- Our own Cubs Fan points out a negative impact on the Steiner/Buff split:
  You know what we all forget in the midst of the (maybe) Buff and Scott split? It's the end of the classic "Buff and Scott try to find their bus to Spring Break" clips. What a shame...
Last week, I was skimming through some links to look for wrestling sites that I have not checked out yet. While I did not find much, I did find one called Hell in a Cell Pro Wrestling Pages that I thought had well-written commentary, television reviews, and even picks for their own Hall of Fame and Hall of Lame categories.
Finally, on a non-wrestling note, regular mailbag correspondent Nick Gentle is taking off for a year. Best of luck to you, Nick.
Opening montage.
We are TAPED for two hours of Thunder!
- Schiavone tries to get us to think that the action we will see occurs "as it happens." Excuse the pun, but fat chance.
- Tonight's main event will be Ric Flair vs. Barry Windham for the WCW World Heavyweight Title.
Match #1: Jerry Flynn vs. Scotty Riggs
- The Good: We go straight to a match.
- The Bad: Jerry Flynn is one of the participants.
- Heenan bitches at Schiavone for not letting him speak. You don't say...
- Schiavone and Tenay want to allow Heenan to call the action by his lonesome in response.
- As the two wrestlers lock-up, the announcers argue some more.
- Riggs lands a kick, a punch, and a scoop slam.
- Riggs does some karate poses to mock Flynn.
- Flynn grabs Riggs, lands a chop, and sends him to the ropes.
- Riggs bails to the outside to stall. That was a quick heel turn.
- Lock-up, Riggs goes off the ropes.
- Some standing switches lead to a side kick by Flynn.
- Flynn whips Riggs and lands a chop.
- Riggs begs off and gets whipped.
- Riggs ducks a chop and lands some blows.
- Flynn reverses a whip and hits a palm thrust to the chest.
- Flynn hits a lariat.
- Flynn drops a knee on Riggs.
- Flynn with some kicks in the corner.
- Flynn sends Riggs to the corner, who evades the running front kick.
- Riggs kicks Flynn's left leg.
- Riggs pulls Flynn's leg apart.
- Riggs drops an elbow on the left leg.
- Riggs puts on an anklelock.
- Flynn uses his good leg to kick Riggs in the back.
- Riggs targets the bad leg of Flynn again.
- Riggs goes to the top turnbuckle and hits an axehandle for two.
- Riggs drops a knee on the leg and works on Flynn's ankle.
- Riggs applies a standing leglock.
- Riggs goes outside and yanks Flynn's left leg on the post.
- Flynn ends up falling outside.
- Back in, Riggs lands a boot to the head.
- Flynn blocks a suplex attempt and rolls up Riggs for two.
- Riggs applies a rear chinlock while locking the ankle.
- Riggs then puts on an Indian Deathlock.
- Flynn gets to the ropes.
- As Riggs talks to the camera Flynn lands a chop from behind.
- Riggs hits a shot to the knee.
- Riggs focuses again on Flynn's left leg.
- Riggs does a Karate Kid pose and makes a one-finger cover for two.
- Flynn comes off the ropes and hits a spinwheel kick for two.
- Riggs lands an uppercut.
- Riggs sends Flynn to the corner and comes in with a high knee.
- Riggs whips Flynn and hits one of his great dropkicks for two.
- Flynn is whipped but ducks a lariat.
- Flynn comes off the ropes and lands a Thesz Press.
- Flynn punches Riggs in the ears and makes him submit to the cross-armbreaker.
- YOUR WINNER: Jerry Flynn via cross-armbreaker in 9:05.
- Okay, folks, I'm willing to suspend my disbelief on a few matters, but a few minutes ago we saw Jerry Flynn not being able to get up for some offense or defense. Post-match, he WALKS away from the ring without even a limp. Who books this?
- Furthermore, it's sad to note that like the late Renegade, Scotty Riggs jobs out in his first match after a heel turn.
- James K. Rossiter comments:
  Early in the Riggs-Flynn match when Riggs got hit and he was momentarily replaced by a cartoon character from the neck up. Damn it, that hurt since I've got some sort of chest infection. I thought I was going to literally chuck a lung trying to laugh and keep the pain to a tolerable level. :)
Promo for the Jerichoholic T-Shirt.
We see a clip montage of The Breakup of Scott Steiner and Buff Bagwell - Take #4,092.
Match #2: Mike Enos vs. Wrath
- One of the more underrated power guys in Mike Enos comes out.
- Wrath comes out in his return to Thunder.
- Initial lockup gets nowhere.
- Lockup #2, Wrath knees Enos in the corner three times.
- Wrath with a chop and a whip.
- Enos reverses the whip and takes Wrath down with the armdrag.
- Both men shove each other.
- Wrath lands a kick and applies a headlock.
- Wrath takes down Enos and keeps a headlock put on.
- Enos rolls Wrath's shoulders to the mat for two.
- Enos whips Wrath then grabs him for a headlock.
- Wrath comes off the ropes and hits a shoulderblock.
- Enos applies a drop toe-hold.
- Enos sends Wrath head-first to the mat.
- After being whipped, Wrath blocks a takedown and scores a lariat.
- In the corner Wrath kicks away.
- Wrath with some chops.
- Wrath chokes Enos.
- In the center of the ring, Enos flips out of a suplex attempt and rolls Wrath up for two.
- Wrath shoulderblocks Enos out of the ring.
- Wrath goes on the apron and hits a somersault senton! Not bad for a big man.
- Commercials.
- Enos slams Wrath on the rail.
- Wrath goes on the apron and delivers a jawbreaker to Enos on the ropes.
- Wrath goes up top and hits his flying lariat for two.
- Wrath drops an elbow for two.
- Wrath with a chinlock, called a sleeperhold by the announcers.
- Enos hits a jawbreaker to break free.
- Enos then delivers a headbutt.
- Enos puts Wrath on the top turnbuckle.
- Heenan starts blabbering about Schiavone knowing all the moves. Uhh, Bobby, that's only if everything a wrestler did was a sidewalk slam.
- Schiavone gives Tenay permission to call the ensuing superplex by Enos.
- Cover for two.
- While Tenay rambles about the superplex, Schiavone cuts him off.
- Enos hits a short-armed clothesline.
- Enos flexes and gets some boos.
- Enos drives his body into Wrath's lower back.
- Enos puts on a half-crab.
- Wrath gets to the ropes but is pulled back to the center of the ring.
- Enos lands a headbutt and goes off the ropes.
- Wrath drop toe-holds Enos on the cable.
- Both men then go off the ropes and hit crossbodies on each other.
- Wrath ends up on top and covers for two.
- Enos with a reverse neckbreaker.
- Wrath then hits the Rock Bottom! Enos' roody-poo candy-ass is checking into the Smackdown Hotel!
- Whoops. Wrong federation. My bad. Wrath did the Death Penalty instead, which we all know is the prelude to...
- The Meltdown. Wrath wins.
- YOUR WINNER: Wrath via Meltdown in ~9:35.
We go to a clip segment of Lex Luger - The Four Move Package.
- That was completely pointless.
On this Saturday's WCWSN show, we will see in action Scott Norton, Jerry Flynn, Meng, and Chris Jericho vs. Perry Saturn
Promo for the WCW/nWo Magazine.
Match #3: Chris Adams vs. Fit Finlay
- As Adams comes out Tenay hawks the hotline.
- Finlay makes his way out in this battle of European wrestlers.
- In case you didn't read Wade's Nitro report, I have a sign idea: I have Finlay's Shoulderpad.
- Finlay starts by working on Adams' neck and face.
- Finlay with a duo of European uppercuts.
- Adams tries to come back but gets scoop slammed.
- Finlay with a facelock.
- Finlay misses an elbow drop.
- Adams drops a knee for two.
- Finlay assaults Adams in the corner.
- Finlay lands another blow and gets two.
- Finlay applies a surfboard resthold.
- Finlay with a headlock and a takedown.
- Finlay goes off the ropes and hits a shoulderblock.
- Adams takes Finlay down for two.
- Finlay goes outside to stall.
- Back inside, Adams tries a kick but Finlay grabs his leg.
- Adams hits an enziguri to counter.
- Adams drops a knee for two.
- Adams with a whip into a sleeperhold.
- Adams brings Finlay to the mat.
- Mickey Jay is asking Finlay if he wants to give up, but Finlay has none of it.
- Adams now has a chinlock applied.
- Finlay hits a jawbreaker.
- Finlay goes to the apron and drives Adams' face head-first.
- Finlay then grabs a chair but Mickey pulls it away.
- Adams comes off the ring apron as Finlay is distracted.
- Back inside, Finlay pokes the eyes and puts on a chinlock.
- Finlay with a headlock.
- Finlay hot-shots Adams on the ropes.
- Finlay takes down Adams and drops an elbow for two.
- Finlay puts on a quick chinlock and drives an elbow into Adams' shoulders.
- Finlay lands a European uppercut to Adams' back.
- Finlay sends Adams to the corner but misses the shoulder dive.
- Adams lands a belly-to-back suplex for two.
- Adams whips Finlay and does a backbody drop.
- Adams hits the Superkick but Finlay ends up tumbling outside.
- Finlay goes on the apron and is suplexed in for two.
- Finlay sends Adams out of the ring over the top rope.
- Adams gets on the apron.
- Adams blocks a punch, hits one of his own, and drives Finlay's head into the turnbuckle.
- Adams goes up top but misses the rolling fist.
- Tombstone Pizza, Pierre!
- YOUR WINNER: Fit Finlay via Tombstone Piledriver in 8:05.
A special look at Chris Benoit and Dean Malenko.
Match #4: Blitzkrieg vs. Kidman
- Yes! Blitzkrieg! From what I have seen of him, he's really impressed me.
- Unfortunately, Mr. Krieg is going to lose to Kidman tonight. Still, it should be a great match.
- Handshake starts the match.
- Blitz goes behind.
- Standing switch, Kidman off the ropes into a shoulderblock.
- Blitz lands a reverse somersault dropkick.
- Kidman does his whip-to-the-corner into a clothesline.
- Kidman with an armbar.
- Blitz rolls out into an armbar of his own.
- Kidman sets up for a Rocker Dropper but does a headscissors instead.
- Blitz off the ropes and hits a kick.
- Blitz sent over the ropes to the apron.
- Blitz hits a springboard dropkick on Kidman, sending him outside.
- Blitz then goes to the other apron and does a twisting Asai moonsault from the second rope!
- Kidman counters a springboard crossbody with a dropkick.
- Kidman does a running powerbomb for two.
- Kidman with a scoop slam.
- Kidman goes to the apron and leaps off the top rope with a legdrop for two.
- Commercials.
- Thunder Ringside Release: Ad for the very first Superstation Movie, Fatal Error
  - WTF? Why didn't they pick the previous match for showing this?
- We come back to seeing Kidman go up top and delivering a flying bodypress for two.
- Kidman whips Blitz, who blocks a takedown.
- Blitz hits a reverse somersault kick for two.
- Blitz applies a headscissors.
- Blitz tries a front chancery then puts on a single leglock.
- Kidman gets to the ropes.
- Blitz sends Kidman down and chains standing and twisting moonsaults for two.
- Kidman regains control and hits a facedrop.
- Kidman picks up Blitz for a Tombstone piledriver but drops him on his back.
- Kidman with a springboard legdrop for two.
- Kidman with a rear chinlock.
- Kidman drives his knee into Blitz four times.
- Kidman covers for two.
- Kidman sends Blitz out of the ring between the ropes.
- Kidman with a scoop slam.
- Kidman sends Blitz back in.
- Blitz is whipped but ducks a lariat and lands a dropkick.
- Blitz tries a powerbomb. Need I tell you what happens next? :)
- Kidman covers for two.
- Blitz sent to corner, somersaults over Kidman and rolls him up for two.
- Kidman does his split-legged spinebuster for two.
- Kidman goes up top but Blitz cuts him off.
- Blitz applies a top-rope frankensteiner.
- Blitz goes up top and misses the Sky Twisting Moonsault.
- Kidman slams Blitz down and goes up top.
- After the Shooting Star Press, Kidman makes the academic cover for the win.
- YOUR WINNER: Kidman via Shooting Star Press in ~9:26.
- Good match. However, some of the newsboards claim that Blitzkrieg sprained his ankle in this bout. If this is true, that's a shame.
This week in WCW Motorsports.
- I'm betting the front row of this audience has less teeth than a full grown adult.
Match #5: Horace vs. Kaz Hayashi
- It's time to see Horace job to the nWo black-and-white again!
- Wait, never mind. Kaz Hayashi, donned in Glacier's armor, comes out.
- Kaz ducks as Horace charges at him.
- Lockup, Horace has no problem taking Kaz to the corner. Horace breaks clean, however.
- Horace throws Kaz down.
- Horace kicks on Kaz and biels him.
- Horace with a chop and a fist to the back.
- Kaz counters a biel attempt with an armdrag.
- Horace barely sells a dropkick but reacts to a spinning heel kick.
- Kaz covers for two.
- Horace hits an elbow.
- Horace then slaps Kaz. You can see Kaz react for a split-second before falling down. Bad selling job, IMO.
- Horace with a big slam.
- Horace sends Kaz outside.
- Horace hot-shots Kaz on the rail.
- Back in, Horace hits a clothesline.
- Horace goes off the ropes and drops an elbow for two.
- Kaz tries a sunset flip off the ropes but is punched out.
- Horace sends Kaz to the corner and follows him in with a lariat.
- Horace with a boot to the head.
- With Kaz's head on the middle rope, Horace sits on it.
- Horace applies a vertical suplex for two.
- Kaz, sent to the ropes, ducks a clothesline and lands a bulldog.
- Kaz goes up top but eats a lariat on the way down.
- Horace picks up Kaz for a powerbomb and brings him to the ropes.
- Kaz counters but flipping Horace (and himself) out of the ring!
- Kaz goes off the ropes and hits a somersault plancha.
- Kaz hits a top-rope missile dropkick.
- Kaz goes off the ropes, lands on Horace's shoulders and gets backdropped.
- Horace then does a Samoan Drop that he calls the H-Bomb for the win.
- YOUR WINNER: Horace via H-Bomb in 6:23.
We go to clips of the first two first-round matchups in the United States Title Tournament.
Match #6: Perry Saturn vs. Booker T - First Round U.S. Title Tournament Match
- Saturn comes out to a knockoff of Marilyn Manson's "Beautiful People."
- Saturn asks us what we are looking at. I guess he's a heel tonight.
- Booker T comes out.
- Those repelled by Saturn's looks would think this is an "Ugh vs. Uhhh!" match.
- Booker gets into Saturn's face to start.
- Schiavone is really getting on the other announcers' cases tonight.
- Saturn stalls by sitting on the top turnbuckle.
- Zzzz...
- More stalling by Saturn.
- F**king wrestle already!
- 90 seconds in we get our first lockup.
- Booker breaks clean in the corner.
- Booker goes behind and takes Saturn down.
- Booker applies a front chancery.
- Saturn counters with a hammerlock.
- Saturn lands some kicks and whips Booker.
- Booker ducks a couple elbows and hits a flying forearm.
- Booker with an armbar.
- Booker hits a back kick for two.
- Commercials.
- Booker sends Saturn to the corner and hits a lariat.
- Booker with a scoop slam.
- Booker tries a running forearm but gets sent outside when Saturn pulls the top-rope downward.
- Saturn applies a suplex on the floor.
- Saturn grabs the steel ring steps and throws it at Booker, but he moves out of the way.
  - If this were a Kevin Sullivan match, Booker would have had an imprint of a steel staircase on his right side.
- Back in, Saturn drops a knee.
- Saturn puts on a bearhug.
- Booker pounds on Saturn but eats some kneelifts.
- Standing side kick sends Booker down.
- Saturn works on Booker's left arm.
- Saturn with a whip, and the two men reverse standing switches.
- Booker blocks a Dragon suplex attempt but falls prey to the T-Bone for two.
- Saturn puts on a sleeperhold.
- Booker is now down on the mat.
- Here's the When-The-Hand-Raises-Three-Times-Face-Comes-Back spot.
- Booker eventually gets out of the sleeper.
- Saturn whips Booker to the corner but runs into a boot.
- Booker with a spinning side kick.
- Booker applies a side slam.
- Booker whips Saturn into the corner and runs into a boot.
- Saturn applies a German release suplex.
- Saturn kicks Booker in the corner.
- Saturn puts his dress over Booker on the turnbuckle and punches away.
  - About a month ago, this got an enormous pop. Maybe it's just him wrestling a fan favorite in Booker T, but Saturn got a few scattered boos doing this but nothing else.
- Saturn with a scoop slam.
- Saturn goes up top and hits the diving kneedrop for two.
- Booker sends Saturn to the ropes and hits the 110^th Street Slam.
- Booker hits the axe kick.
- Booker whips Saturn and does the face-first flapjack.
- Booker misses the Harlem Sidekick!
- Saturn picks up Booker for the Spicolli Driver but gets rolled up for three instead.
- YOUR WINNER: Booker T via roll-up in ~9:17 to move to the second round.
"60 Seconds With Goldberg" Spot.
- You bored folks at home can play a great game with this! When you see each guy eat a spear or Jackhammer, ask yourself - Jobber or Midcarder? Fun for all ages!
At 9:50 P.M. EDT we get the fireworks.
Match #7: Barry Windham vs. Ric Flair
- Windham comes out in a black wifebeater shirt.
  - No, I'm not promoting domestic violence. A wifebeater is one of those A-Shirts you find in packs of three or six by Fruit of the Loom at your local Wal-Mart.
- For once, Flair gets the second entrance.
- The announcers mention that Flair refused to give a title shot to Curt Hennig yet granted one to Windham.
- Flair hands his robe to a pretty ringside girl.
- Lockup, Windham takes Flair down and puts on a headlock.
- Flair tries a headscissors and both men get to their feet.
- Flair goes to the apron, gets the mic and begins taunting the crowd.
- Flair keeps referring to a "fat boy" in this spot.
- Windham with a headlock takeover, again.
- Flair does a headscissors, AGAIN.
- Windham sends Flair down.
- Windham puts on a hammerlock.
- Windham applies an armbar.
- As Windham works on the arm Schiavone comes in with his nightly "full armdrag and twist" call.
- Flair pokes the eyes.
- In the corner, Flair lands a chop.
- Commercials.
- Back in, Windham has a figure-four applied.
- Flair breaks the hold by getting to the ropes.
- Windham with a right fist.
- Windham goes off the ropes and hits a lariat for two.
- Windham off the ropes and hits a lariat for two.
- Flair begs off and gets kicked in the gut.
- Flair off the ropes, Windham tries a sunset flip.
- We pan to the crowd and as we come back, we see Flair standing and Windham lying on the mat.
  - Uhhh, did Flair do a D-X crotch chop or something?
- Flair pummels away in the corner.
- Windham sends Flair down with a fist.
- Windham on turnbuckle, punches Flair seven times before he tries an atomic drop.
- Windham blocks and levels Flair with a lariat.
- Cover gets two when Flair's leg hangs on the ropes.
- Flair argues with Charles Robinson in the corner.
- Off the ropes, Windham puts on a sleeperhold.
- Flair counters with a belly-to-back suplex.
- Flair goes to the apron and tries to suplex Windham out of the ring.
- Flair ends up getting suplexed himself.
- A very apparent slow count by Robinson. Two.
- Windham sets Flair on the turnbuckle.
- Windham with a punch.
- Windham then lands a superplex.
- As Windham covers, Robinson circles around the two men before sliding for the count.
- Windham gets up at one and threatens Robinson.
- Flair and Windham brawl in the corner.
- Robinson tries to bring Windham out of the corner.
- Windham gets pissed off and pushes Robinson around.
- Arn Anderson makes his way down.
- Windham trips over Robinson, allowing Flair to put on the Figure-Four.
- Now Arn has come to ringside.
- As Windham tries to the grab the ropes, Arn grabs Windham's hands and pulls him to the ropes!
- Windham goes outside and Arn whispers something to him.
- Robinson begins the ten count as Windham walks to the back.
- Arn follows and Robinson continues the count as we fade to black...
- YOUR (PRESUMED) WINNER: Ric Flair via countout in ~8:36.
Immediately following Thunder we get a "Monkey-ed Movie" parody of Scream. Great stuff.
The Good: Blitzkrieg vs. Kidman. Also it's good to see WCW limit itself on the Nitro regurgitation and show us more wrestling.
The Bad: They could have played up better to Arn Anderson helping out one of Flair's hated rivals instead of just having the two walk away.
The Ugly: With WCW giving Saturn a cheap ripoff of "Beautiful People" by Marilyn Manson, what's next? Does Van Hammer get "The Dope Show" in two weeks or something?

MHolmes76 checks in with an arena report.

WCW Thunder - Thursday, March 25, 1999

By Aldo

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