WCW Worldwide - Saturday, 12/25/99

AM writes:

What do you think of the Wall?

I think the Wall's no different then dozens of others big guys that have come through wrestling, with little charisma, less discernible skill, and only pushed based on his size. He's yet to give an interview, so it's possible that he could surprise us there, but as he is, he's got little to offer. Word was that Russo and others looked at him as a new Diesel, and as such, quickly split him from Berlyn. I think they should've have done the opposite and kept those two together for longer, if they really wanted build him Diesel-like. Helping Berlyn win gave him a purpose to exist, and could have allowed him to improve as a wrestler and get some heat while not needing some angle of his own to get some spotlight. Now, after he finishes up with Berlyn, what's left for him?

• Hudson points out the amount of change of hosts on this show.
• Tenay segues it to the PTB's control, Bret, Goldberg and the tag team titles.

• Trying to hide the one week delay now, huh?
• We see Bret laid out before the match vs the Outsiders
• The Outsiders talk
• Goldberg prefers to fight.
• Bret prefers to lose (on purpose, in retrospect.)
• Remember when Kanyon did the same thing to Raven and Saturn like 6-7 months ago to join the Triad?
• Betcha WCW doesn't.

• Nice to see that he recovered from the piledriver on the ring floor from the Horseman.
• I have nothing (else?) useful to say here.

• Interview from Nitro, with run-ins...
• Kanyon's music reminds me that he's managed three different gimmicks in one year, I think.
• We see him beating both Bam Bam Bigelow...
• And DDP, on Thunder (12/16)
• Wow, Thunder highlights. Haven't had one of those since...August 14, when Harlem Heat reunited.
• Hudson: "That agent J. Biggs...where have we seen him before?"
• If people haven't figured out Clarence Mason and remembered exactly who Mason was by now, they are not ever going to get it by vague allusions.
• I must be hearing things.
• Hudson promises (the fired?) Mona and Jushin Lyger next.
• That can't be possible.
• That's too good wrestling for Russo TV.

• Tenay and Hudson are still the announcers.
• Brandi is already in the ring.
• Lockup and they battle with hiptoss reversals, and Mona takes down Brandi with an arm bar.
• Mona with a couple arm twists, then a pin.
• Brandi with an armbar, then a kick to knock Mona to the ground.
• Brandi with kicks to Mona on the ground, then an Irish whip.
• Mona ducks a clothesline, but Brandi takes back over and ends up with a gutwrench suplex for a 2 count.
• Brandi with a choke. And another. And then a hair pull.
• Mona fights back, but Brandi with an eye poke.
• Brandi with a whip, Mona with a sunset flip for 2.
• Brandi with a hair pull Boston crab.
• Brandi with kicks, but Mona catches one and ducks the enzguri.
• Brandi takes back control with an eye poke, front slam, goes up top...
• Mona catches up to her and tosses Brandi off the top rope.
• Mona with a bad shoulderblock, and a better clothesline.
• Mona with a Northern Lights Suplex for 2.
• Mona with a cross corner whip, but the handspring elbow follow misses.
• Brandi with a whip, but Mona comes back with a body scissors cradle for the pin.
• Your Winner: Mona (in 4:37)

• Lyger with kicks, headlock, whip, shoulderblock, King still on his feet enough to hit a standing back kick to the chest.
• King with a headlock, off the ropes, they evade each other till King hits a back heel kick.
• Cover, 2 count for King.
• Kind with a chop, cross corner whip, Lyger with a kip up, lands behind King, belly to belly suplex.
• Lyger with a whip, King with a tiger mask fake out, but still gets dropkicked out the floor by Lyger.
• Tiger Mask fake out - the spin through the ropes Rey Mysterio does sometimes.
• Lyger goes up top, flying cross body block to the outside misses
• Lyger back in the ring first, tries to attack King on the apron but gets shoulderblock, King with a senton, but misses.
• Lyger tries for a inverted surfboard, King fights back, but Lyger gets it on, then gets counted down for 2.
• Silver King with a knee lift, then a little dance.
• King with a cross corner whip, but Lyger moves out of the way and hits an elbow.
• Lyger covers, 2 count, King's foot on the ropes.
• Lyger off the ropes, but King takes him down with drop toe hold onto the ropes.
• King with a double springboard moonsault, but it misses.
• Lyger to the ropes, Tornado DDT, 2 count!
• Lyger with a whip, dropkick misses when King hangs on.
• King with a whip, short powerbomb, 2 count.
• Lyger with a suplex, float over by King, King with a suplex, but Lyger rolls through with a cradle and it gets three.
• Your Winner: Jushin Lyger (in 4:40)
• That was a pretty cool match.