WCW Monday Nitro - June 26, 2000

By Aldo

(JPGs By Greg of GreatWrestling.Com)

JPG by Greg of GreatWrestling.com at http://www.greatwrestling.com/

WCW Logo.
Recent happenings from the past week are shown.
In a limo, The Cat and his chauffeur are talking strategy.
We are live from Des Moines, Iowa.
Almost immediately, The Cat's music hits.
- Some guy in the crowd gives the double-bird to The Cat as he paces in the ring.
- Cat says he's gonna put on a great show tonight.
- Cat talks about Bash At The Beach.
- Cat says that Jeff Jarrett is going to kick Hollywood Hogan's ass at the PPV.
- Cat claims that Goldberg is going to wipe out Kevin Nash and bring Scott Hall's contract to him so he can wipe something else with it.
- Cat makes reference to a four-corners match tonight for the world title.
- Cat says that the three challenging spots will be determined by qualifiers.
- Nash vs. Mike Awesome is one qualifying match.
- Scott Steiner vs. The Franchise is another.
- However, Goldberg gets a bye tonight, because Cat likes him.
- Patriotic music brings out "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan.
- Oh, Lord no.
- Duggan says he's been sitting in the back long enough.
- Duggan says that The Cat can't play with the peoples' lives like they don't matter.
- Duggan says the chips are down for the heroes.
- Duggan says other people will step forward, like himself.
- Duggan asks what Cat did to Goldberg.
- Duggan says Goldberg is half the man he used to be.
- Cat says he hates rednecks and calls Duggan the biggest one in the world.
- Duggan responds with a "U. S. A." chant.
- Cat books Duggan against Goldberg tonight.
- Duggan talks about his health problems.
- Duggan says a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do.
- Duggan accepts the challenge.
- Duggan tells The Cat to explain to Bischoff and Russo why the title is around Duggan's waist.
- Oh, don't even go there.
We go to the three-shot.
In the back, Vampiro rants with spooky fog and light effects. Dale Torborg and Asya watch on a monitor.
Referee Mark Johnson shows Shane Douglas his booking tonight.
In the arena, "Positively" Kanyon is at a book signing.
- No takers. Not even his security guards.
Match #1: Mark Jindrak and Sean O'Hare vs. Rey Mysterio, Jr. and Juventud Guerrera (w/ The Filthy Animals)
- Already in the ring -- two guys without a chance in hell.
- They will be jobbing to members of the Filthy Animals.
- Konnan talks smack to the Power Planters.
- The heels argue on who goes first.
- Juvi charges and gets taken down.
- The rookies whip Rey into Juvi, and the heels end up on the outside.
- It's Juvi and the guy in the blue trunks.
- O'Hare with a gorilla press slam.
- Tag to Jindrak.
- A double leapfrog leads to a clothesline by Jindrak for two.
- Jindrak slams Juvi but misses the Asai Moonsault.
- Juvi with punches in the corner but gets picked up out of the corner.
- Juvi tries a sunset flip, and Rey comes off the corner with a reverse bulldog.
- Juvi with a missile dropkick.
- Juvi holds Jindrak for a Rey guillotine legdrop in the groin.
- The little guys are beating the hell out of Jindrak, then they take a shot at O'Hare.
- Rey and Juvi try another doubleteam but Jindrak moves out of the way.
- Jindrak tags O'Hare and gets in a double clothesline from the top.
- Juvi mounts Rey, which leads to both men being suplexed by the rookies.
- Rey gets tossed, and Jindrak deals with Juvi.
- Jindrak reverses a Juvi move with a tilt-a-whirl slam.
- O'Hare comes off the top with a Swanton Bomb for the win?!
- YOUR WINNERS: Mark Jindrak and Sean O'Hare via Swanton Bomb in 4:48.
- Post-match, the Animals beat on the upset victors until Lance Storm clears the ring.
- Not a bad match, but I fear for the credibility of the Filthy Animals now.
The Cat tells the Animals to find Lance Storm and bring Storm to him.
Duggan gets ready in the back. Duggan's wife comes in tries to get her husband to bail out tonight.
Some clips of Big Vito's recent hardcore conquests.
Match #2: WCW Hardcore Champion Big Vito vs. Jung Dragons
- Vito comes to the ring with a pair of sticks.
- Vito talks about the fans saying that he is the best hardcore champion that ever lived.
- Vito says he's deadlier than a Mike Tyson right hand.
- Vito offers an open challenge.
- Jamisan of the Jung Dragons accepts the challenge.
- Vito batters Jamisan with the stick to start.
- Yang enters the ring and gets nailed with a side kick.
- Kaz hits the apron and lands a missile dropkick on Vito.
- Yang with a spinning heel kick.
- And another in the corner.
- Vito charges at Yang and gets flapjacked into the corner by Jamisan.
- Yang with a moonsault from atop.
- Jamisan hits a missile dropkick.
- Kaz follows with a flying bodypress.
- With Vito laid out, all three Dragons go up top and hit guillotine legdrops for the "win" in 1:41.
- No official match, of course, so Vito keeps the belt.
Terry Funk gives Johnny "The Bull" Hugger a pep talk and chairs him in the back.
Perfect Event invades the production truck again. Woody says he's had enough and leaves the rig.
The Franchise tries to get Big Smooth (the chauffeur) to drive him from the arena. Smooth offers another plan.
- According to Bill, Big Smooth is better known as... Ice Train.
The Animals look for Lance Storm.
The Franchise is feigning an ankle injury but The Cat doesn't care at first. Douglas convinces Cat to replace him with Buff Bagwell.
Tank Abbott takes a seat in front of a monitor for...
Match #3: Shane Helms and Shannon Moore (w/ Evan Karagias) vs. WCW World Tag Team Champions Perfect Event
- Three Count hits the ring to do their new song.
- Tank is busting a move. Surreal.
- The music is cutting out all of a sudden.
- Tank's getting pissed, and Woody rats out the culprits.
- Tank grabs Palumbo from the truck and pulls him by his hair. Stasiak follows along.
- Tank brings out Palumbo, with Stasiak in tow.
- Tank forces both guys to hit the ring.
- Tank grants the 3 Count guys a title shot.
- Perfect Event starts off with slams and celebrate outside.
- Moore and Helms come off the top turnbuckles with dives.
- They go back in, and Count whips Palumbo.
- Moore puts Palumbo into a Samoan Drop and Helms adds to the move with a neckbreaker.
- Stasiak with a powerbomb on Helms.
- Palumbo whips Helms into a running hip block for two.
- Stasiak sends Helms into the corner and kicks away.
- Stasiak holds Helm for a Palumbo diving shoulderblock.
- Cover gets two.
- Tag to Stasiak.
- Palumbo punches Helms.
- Palumbo whips Helms into a Stasiak kick.
- Stasiak stomps away on his opponent.
- Stasiak with a right.
- Stasiak goes for a powerbomb, but Helms counters into a sloppy DDT.
- Tags to Moore and Palumbo.
- Dropkicks on the tag champs.
- Spinning heel kicks, too.
- Moore goes up top and goes for the bodypress but Palumbo grabs him and does a fallaway slam.
- Palumbo tags Stasiak and goes for a suplex but Moore slips out and shoves Palumbo into Stasiak on the middle rope.
- Moore with a frankensteiner on Stasiak.
- Helms hits a move off the top but the referee is distracted.
- This allows Palumbo to come in with the Lex Flexor.
- Double flapjack leads to the win.
- YOUR WINNERS: Perfect Event via double flapjack in 5:23.
- Post-match, Kronic hits the ring.
- Palumbo hands the flexor to his partner.
- Doesn't matter, as Stasiak gets a cobra clutch slam.
- Palumbo eats a Meltdown.
- And High Times, too.
- Stasiak gets one for the hell of it, too.
- Shane Helms says to cut Kronic's music and asks for their new song.
- As Kronic heads back to the ring, Abbott takes out Clarke.
- Tank KO's Adams in the ring and the Three Count stomp a mudhole in him.
- Tank says to hit the music.
- That was perversely entertaining. What the hell, I'll be generous and go for the entire segment...
Juvi's looking for Storm, but gets taken out with a shot to the head by a mysterious person.
Jim Duggan offers words of encouragement to his wife. Goldberg walks.
"Positively" Kanyon gets a line going at his book signing. A big line.
- As the camera swings around, we find out why there's now a line...
We see a montage of clips of "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan retiring and then un-retiring.
- Well done. I'm glad Duggan's feeling better but why is he wrestling?
Match #4: "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan vs. Goldberg
- Duggan comes out and nearly kills the poor referee Mickey Jay by swinging his flag.
- The Cat comes out.
- Cat reminds Duggan that there is no interfering in any of his matches.
- Cat bans the 2x4 from the ring.
- The 2x4 actually looks real tonight.
- Duggan refuses to give up the wood.
- Duggan finally hands it over to Mickey.
- You know how I say that Duggan gets a good reaction from the crowd? Goldberg gets a bigger face pop.
- Duggan and Goldberg go nose-to-nose.
- It's a slugfest, and Goldberg is first to sell. Well, more like gets backed up to the ropes, but you get my point.
- Mickey breaks the two up, and Goldberg nails a running clothesline.
- Goldberg sends Duggan outside.
- Goldberg's getting some boos now.
- Duggan with more punches.
- Duggan goes for a bulldog but gets shoved into the ringpost.
- Goldberg sends Duggan in the ring.
- Goldberg with a kidney shot.
- Goldberg with a takeover slam and a chinlock.
- Duggan powers out but Goldberg goes back to the kidney.
- Duggan gets sent to the corner.
- Goldberg shoves Duggan into the corner.
- Duggan reverses a corner whip and slams Goldberg.
- Duggan signals for the running tackle but Goldberg gets up.
- Goldberg spears Duggan as the announcers fear for Duggan's life.
- Jackhammer. Pin.
- YOUR WINNER: Goldberg via Jackhammer in 3:15.
- Post-match, Goldberg beats on Duggan's kidneys until Mickey covers him.
- Duggan's coughing up blood, literally.
- Mickey Jay and a trainer roll Duggan into a stretcher.
- Debra Duggan hits the ring for a crying session.
- That was the best Duggan match I've seen in a while.
- Come to think of it, this was pretty good booking. Duggan's one of the most over guys in the locker room. WCW is trying to make Goldberg a heel. Much like pairing someone against Bret Hart in Canada, putting someone against Duggan will generate heel heat.
Kevin Nash is walking.
Some faces react accordingly to what just transpired.
The EMTs load Duggan into the ambulance.
Match #5: "Career Killer" Mike Awesome vs. Kevin Nash
- Awesome gets the first entrance.
- Nash comes out and he's pissed.
- Lock-up.
- Awesome with a headlock and some punches.
- Nash counters with a backdrop suplex.
- Cover gets two.
- Nash with punches.
- And the kneelifts in the corner.
- He does the elbow, but the bastard doesn't frame it. What a rip.
- Oh wait, he gives a crotch chop instead, then another elbow! That's my money's worth!
- In the opposite corner, Awesome tries a German suplex but Nash elbows out.
- Awesome with a running clothesline.
- Awesome goes up top and nails a flying version for two.
- Awesome goes up top again and hits the frog splash.
- Two.
- Awesome goes for the powerbomb but gets back bodydropped.
- Nash clotheslines Awesome out of the ring.
- On the floor, Nash with an elbow to the head.
- And another.
- And another.
- Nash with a shot to the back.
- Awesome hits Nash down there.
- Down where?
- You know where. :-)
- Awesome brings a chair in the ring, throws the chair at Nash and misses a clothesline.
- Nash throws the chair back and nails a kick for the win.
- YOUR WINNER: Kevin Nash via pinfall in 3:27.
- Well, it ended clean, at least.
Post-match, Tygress consoles a fallen Rey Mysterio, Jr.
Buff Bagwell and Scott Steiner are shown.
It's Konnan's turn to get nailed by the MYSTERY OBJECT OF UTTER DISDAIN OF HUMAN LIFE!
Last Monday, Buff Bagwell gets ripped a new one by The Franchise. And again on Wednesday.
Match #6: Buff Bagwell vs. WCW United States Champion Scott Steiner (w/ Midajah)
- It's the battle of former nWo teammates!
- Buff starts with his pose.
- Steiner offers his middle finger as response. Thank you!
- Lock-up, Steiner unloads in the corner.
- Steiner with a chop in the corner.
- Whip leads into a clothesline by the champ.
- Steiner rams Buff into the corner.
- Buff gets whipped to the corner but does a floatover to avoid a charge.
- Buff takes over and eventually hits his neckbreaker.
- Buff rams Steiner into the corner and hits some punches.
- Steiner reverses a whip to the corner but runs into an elbow.
- A splash from the turnbuckle gets two.
- Buff whips Steiner into what was supposed to be a fireman's carry takeover into a reversal...
- But Steiner slips out and falls. Oops.
- Steiner makes the immediate comeback, exposing the blown spot.
- Steiner puts Buff into a Tree of Woe and applies a chinlock out of the ring.
- Steiner with a T-bone suplex.
- Steiner goes for his finisher but Buff counters and plants his opponent to the mat.
- Buff goes up top and f***s up his Blockbuster, but Steiner is gracious enough to sell it anyway.
- Cover gets two.
- Buff argues with the ref, which allows Steiner to come in from behind with a belly-to-belly suplex for the win.
- YOUR WINNER: Scott Steiner via belly-to-belly suplex in 3:32.
- Post-match, the combatants do the mutual respect thing. Aww.
- The Franchise comes in from behind and stomps a mudhole in Buff.
- Steiner runs in for the save.
- Steiner consoles Buff and the two pose in the corners.
- Damn, and I thought Buff was improving.
Pamela interviews Jeff Jarrett. That is all I have to say about that.
Road Report.
Ms. Hancock walks out of David Flair's dressing room and blows a kiss. Meanwhile, we see that Daffney was spying.
Ms. Hancock hits the ring.
- Hancock cuts a promo.
- As Hancock goes to "dress down," Madden marks out.
- Daffney hits the ring and shoves Hancock down.
- Hancock with a high heel to the face.
- A catfight erupts.
- Dueling slaps followed by a Hancock hair pull.
- Hancock makes "crying" pantomimes and exits the ring.
- Daffney says that she knows Hancock is trying to steal her fiance.
- Daffney says she's going to ruin Hancock's life.
- Daffney says after she whips Hancock's butt at BATB, she'll be begging for her Hooters job back.
The defeated Animals regroup.
More book signing.
- We see Booker come in and ask Kanyon to sign his brick for him.
- Booker then beats the holy hell out of Kanyon.
- Kanyon gets slammed onto the table, and it breaks.
Pamela interviews Miss Hancock.
- Hancock wants to make this a wedding gown match.
- Shit. I thought Russo's leaving was supposed to end stupid-ass matches like this.
- Pamela says she can't wait to see this match. Uhh, yeah.
Match #7: Disco Inferno vs. Lance Storm
- Disco hits the ring with a referee.
- Disco challenges Lance Storm to a match.
- Storm jumps out of the audience and immediately goes to work.
- Storm jumps on the top turnbuckle and hits a back elbow.
- Storm with a dropkick after a series of reversals for two.
- Vertical suplex.
- Storm goes up top and gets crotched up thanks to Disco running into the ropes.
- Disco kicks away on the leg.
- Disco with the neckbreaker for two.
- Disco with the Russian Legsweep out of a cobra clutch.
- Disco whips Storm, who flubs up something, goes for a chinlock and just says screw it.
- Storm goes for a dropkick off the ropes, but Disco holds the ropes.
- Disco goes up to the second rope and misses an axehandle.
- Storm with a frankensteiner for two.
- Storm shoves Disco into the corner and gives him a handspring clothesline.
- Bridge suplex gets two.
- Disco comes back with an atomic drop.
- Disco comes off the ropes and Storm applies his rollthrough half-crab for the win!
- YOUR WINNER: Lance Storm via rollthrough half-crab in 2:59.
- Post-match, the Animals run-in and beat down Storm.
- Billy Kidman runs in with a pipe for the save.
- Kidman and Storm shake hands.
- Could have been something, but I think they were going too fast for their own good.
Dale Torborg opens the door and... WALKS INTO A DARKENED ROOM!
Torborg walks into the basement... and Vampiro jumps him from behind with a flying axehandle.
- Vamp tries to strangle Torborg with a metal chain.
- Torborg makes the comeback.
- Just a generic hardcore match thus far.
- Vamp throws a drum at Torborg but misses.
- Torborg takes a swing with a shovel but misses.
- Spinning kick by Vamp.
- Vamp sends Torborg into a can.
- God, this sucks.
- They fight near a coffin.
- Vamp kicks Torborg into a coffin and it shuts.
- Vamp opens the coffin and screams into him.
- Some masked figure clubs Vamp from behind and puts a Sting mask on him.
- I am getting so sick of this feud.
The terrible triumvirate speculate on what just happened.
Pamela interviews The Filthy Animals.
- Konnan challenges Storm and Kidman to a match on Thunder.
This B&W Taco Bell singing commercial is annoying the piss out of me.
Match #8: WCW World Heavyweight Champion Jeff Jarrett vs. WCW United States Champion Scott Steiner vs. Kevin Nash vs. Goldberg
- Champ enters first for some reason.
- As Scott Steiner enters, Schiavone says some crap about how Jarrett has been able to hold onto the belt.
- Ok, so he's held it for more than a week this time around, but still.
- Nash gets the third entrance.
- Wait, no he doesn't. Goldberg laid him out in the back.
- Jarrett kicks away on Steiner in the aisle.
- They hit the ring, with Jarrett in control.
- Jarrett whips Steiner, who ducks a clothesline.
- Steiner with a kick and a release press slam.
- Steiner with a running powerslam on the turnbuckle.
- With Jarrett upside down, Steiner kicks away some more.
- Steiner with a side slam off the ropes.
- Steiner covers, but Goldberg heads out.
- Steiner disposes of Jarrett, allowing Goldberg to knock him out cold.
- Goldberg with a nice gorilla press slam.
- Goldberg sets up for the spear, but Steiner moves out of the way.
- Steiner with the belly-to-belly for two when Jarrett pulls the ref out of the ring.
- Steiner with a short powerbomb on Jarrett for two when Goldberg saves.
- Loud "Goldberg Sucks" chant.
- The heels stomp away on Steiner.
- Goldberg with a takeover slam into a cross armbreaker.
- Jarrett goes for some stomps but Charles Robinson pulls him off.
- If I were Jarrett, I'd be trying to break the hold, but I guess the belt isn't important enough.
- Mike Awesome is seen walking to the ring.
- Awesome steals the U. S. belt from Midajah.
- Steiner clotheslines Goldberg over the top.
- Jarrett tries a frankensteiner but gets put into a powerbomb for two.
- Powerslam gets two for Steiner when Awesome saves.
- Awesome nails Steiner with the belt.
- Nash hits the ring and deals with Jarrett in the ring.
- Side slam by Jarrett.
- Nash with the Snake Eyes.
- Jarrett gets whipped to the corner and raises a boot on a charge.
- Jarrett comes off the second rope into a Nash chokeslam.
- Nash powerbombs Awesome.
- Goldberg comes in and Nash goes to powerbomb him but Jarrett makes the save.
- Goldberg hits the standing side kick and Jarrett covers for the pin.
- YOUR WINNER: Jeff Jarrett via pinfall in 6:00.
- Post-match, Goldberg shows Nash the ripped up contract of Scott Hall.
- Good match, but the notion that Goldberg doesn't care about the belt is very disturbing.
- Because of said booking, I can't give this match any higher than...
The Good: Good show this week! I could really get used to this Terry Taylor-led committee. Anyone who can make Tank Abbott and Perfect Event interesting deserves several points in my book. It's also nice to see the nightly angles get built to a proper payoff (Kanyon's book signing, for instance). What I enjoyed the most was that WCW is letting the wrestling shine through with more emphasis placed on workrate and clean finishes versus gimmick matches and cop-out run-ins.
The Bad: Scott Steiner vs. Buff Bagwell. Even worse, the potential of "Iron Eyes" Codys, negative stars or lack of Greg Gagne noggin knockers (depending on who you ask) this wedding gown match will generate.
The Ugly: Despite being in the twilight of his career in both age and skill, "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan gets a much bigger pop than a good 85% of WCW's workers. I'm not trying to insult Duggan this time, but I'm trying to point out that WCW has a long way to go to get the fans to care about their workers. Shows like this will definitely help, though.
And so we've come to the end of another edition of Who's Booking This Show, Anyway?, and it just reminds me to thank Terry Taylor, Ed Ferrera, Bill Banks, Glen Gilberti, Richard Vranch on piano and me Aldo saying goodnight. Goodnight.

WCW Monday Nitro - June 26, 2000

By Aldo

(JPGs By Greg of GreatWrestling.Com)

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