WCW Worldwide - Saturday, 7/29/00

By The Cubs Fan
(JPG By ME!)

• Normal opening talking at both sites, setting the stage for...

• Mean Gene talks to Norman Smiley and Ralphus
  • After being stuck on the street for a whole six weeks, Norman's back, and he's aiming for the Hardcore gold.
  • Also, he's mad at Big Vito for knocking out half of Ralphus' teeth.
  • That'd be one tooth, leaving Ralphus with one.
  • Both Norman and Ralphus wiggle to end the interview.

• There's a new US Champ. Well, sorta.
  • Larry likes Lance, 'cause he's a wrestler. (And a heel.)
  • Let's watch :26 of the match...
  • :26 of Mike Awesome being helped out by his ladies...
  • 1:02 of Lance talking...
  • and :10 of Awesome attacking him.
  • Larry praises Lance some more.
  • Hudson questions how Larry can praise him
  • Hudson: "After what he did to that poor lady, and disgracing the US Belt, renaming the title for Pete's sake..."
    • It's not like he threw the US Belt in a trash can.
    • Come to think off it, weren't Hall and Nash put over as faces for doing that?
  • Larry points out that Lance isn't exactly lying when it comes to the US education system.

• To paraphrase Scott Hudson, Scott Steiner's stealing all of Brian Pillman's nicknames, and it must be stopped!
  • Let's go back to Nitro, and Goldberg and Steiner.
  • :49 of the end of the match, kinda.
  • :34 of Nash powerbombing people.
  • Scott talks about Nash's "shoot" interview, but we don't see it, nor get into the "shoot" aspect.

• It's time for Ask WCW.com
  • Someone ask them about the TV Title.
  • Or who thought Kiwi was a good idea.
  • Or why Daniels isn't slumming on Worldwide while they come up with an idea for him.
  • I'd be down with that.
  • The question is from...oh, wait, Larry's pulling his Carnac act again.
  • "Learning wrestling holds."

    
    

  • Buff...doesn't really answer the question.
  • He says it was tough coming back from the neck injury, but thanks to the fans, he's still the stuff.
  • He doesn't mention how his moves have gotten sloppier AT ALL. Or otherwise answer the question.

• James Black and Cassidy Riley vs Rick Steiner
  • I'm thinking they asked James Storm/Black to change his name, to avoid confusion.
  • Or they're just flip flopping with no rhyme or reason. This IS WCW.
  • Rick Steiner? Who'd I tick off?
  • Rick knocks Black down when he charges, to open the match.
  • Whip, reversed, Rick under the clothesline, drops Black with a spinebuster slam. Elbow drop, 2 count.
  • Exploder suplex by Rick, and Black tags in Riley.
  • Rick with a kick to the midsection, whip, kick to the head.
  • Crowd barks. I'm thinking we're in Detroit.
  • Whip, Steinerline. Release German Suplex. And here's another.
  • Black in, and now Black's thrown out.
  • Rick picks up Riley into a Canadian backbreaker, and runs him chest first into the corner.
  • Riley is picked up again, and Rick doesn't pull his punch.
  • Rick with the scary ugly Top Rope Bulldog, and that's good enough for 3.
  • Your Winner: Rick Steiner (1:53)
  • Rick throws Riley out of the ring, then does :20 of mic work.
  • The crowd chants along, weirdly, seeing as he doesn't bust out his catchphrases that often.

• P.W. Douglas vs Norman Smiley (w/Ralphus)
  • Circle, circle, lockup, Norman with the headlock.
  • Norman holds on, into the armbar, reversed by Douglas, reversed by Norman into an arm pulling variation I've got no clue on.
  • Tony and Bobby talk about Norman's technical ability and international experience.
  • Whip by Norman, reversed by Douglas, Douglas bends over for a backdrop, but Norman flips over and gives him an arm drag take down.
  • Norman with a clothesline, and starts tuning up the Wiggle.
  • Douglas with a kick, punch, punch, headlock, off the ropes, shoulderblock.
  • Douglas off the ropes, Norman with a drop down, leapfrog, but Douglas catches him between the legs, and drops a knee for a low blow.
  • Douglas with a scoop slam. "I told you! I [inaudible]"
  • Cover, but Norman's underneath the bottom rope, and Mickey J stops the count.
  • Douglas with a stomp and a boot choke.
  • Douglas with a punch, vertical suplex.
  • Cover, 2 count, shoulder up.
  • Douglas with the chin lock, as a "Norman" chant starts.
  • Norman with elbows, off the ropes, right into a clothesline.
  • Douglas with another slam, second rope fistdrop.
  • Douglas with a whip, head down too soon, Norman with a kick, Douglas' punch missed, and he goes right into a back elbow.
  • Norman with a whip, punch misses, powerslam doesn't.
  • Norman with the Big Wiggle,
  • Douglas with an eye poke, whip, reversed, and Norman captures him into the Norman Conquest. Tap out.
  • Your Winner: Norman Smiley (4:07)
  • Smiley and Ralphus Wiggle after the match.

• New Blood Rising Card
  • Booker T/Jeff Jarrett
  • Sting/Demon
  • Kronic vs Perfect Event vs MIA vs O'Haire/Jindrak (no picture shown)
  • Franchise/Kidman
  • Steiner/Nash/Goldberg - Fall Brawl Title Shot
  • Hancock/Gunns (no picture shown)
  • 3 Count/Jung Dragons (no picture shown)

• Skip Over vs Billy Kidman
  • Circle, lockup, Kidman with a waistlock, Skip elbows out, off the ropes, big knee
  • Over off the ropes, Kidman flips him to the apron, over with a shoulder to the midsection, slingshot flying headscissors.
  • Whip, Kidman slides under, but gets a boot when he stands up.
  • Whip, Kidman with a 'rana.
  • Kidman with a punch, whip, reversed, knee by Over.
  • Over tries for a powerbomb, but YOU CAN'T POWERBOMB KIDMAN.
  • Apparently, you can't face slam Over either, as Kidman just lands on his feet
  • Kidman off the ropes, crossbody finds an empty pool, as Over bends over, and Kidman jumps over him, ending up sliding to the outside.
  • Over celebrates, waits for Kidman to get up, tries to do some wacky flip to the apron, but stumbles.
  • Kidman brings it back together clipping Over off the apron, and the whipping him into the guardrail.
  • Kidman rolls Over in, thinks about slingshotting himself in, but instead just walks in between the ropes and stomps him.
  • Kidman with a punch, corner stomp down.
  • Corner whip, but Over climbs the ropes and moonsaults behind Kidman.
  • Kidman turns around, and is caught in a double arm suplex.
  • Over with a dancing legdrop, 2 count.
  • Over with a stomp, stomp, stomp, stomp, stomp, talk to the fans.
  • Chinlock on Kidman, the fans get behind him, Kidman elbows out.
  • Kidman tries to go for the ropes, but Over pulls him down by the hair.
  • Corner whip, reversed, Over rebounds backwards out of the corner and Kidman clotheslines him.
  • Kidman pulls Over in the corner, climbs to the top rope, but Over stops him.
  • Over pulls him off the top with a reverse crucifix powerbomb (sometimes called the Iconoclasm.)
  • Cover, 2 count.
  • Over tries for a suplex, Kidman falls behind, and drops him with a modified belly to back suplex.
  • Cover by Kidman, 2 count.
  • Kidman with a whip, hiptoss by Kidman blocked, and Over reverses into his spinning Rocker Dropper move
    • ...which still doesn't look that good.
    • Or at least finisher worthy.
  • Cover, 2 count.
  • Over with a pickup, Kidman falls behind, Over turns around, right into the short powerbomb.
  • Cover, 2 count again.
  • Kidman tries for that twisting bulldog, but Over reverses it, and hits a dragon suplex! And another 2 count!
  • Over with a belly to back suplex, again Kidman flips out, and this time, he hits the reverse underhook DDT
    • That's be a Tomakazi to you and me.
  • That'll be good enough for 3.
  • Your Winner: Billy Kidman (4:58)
  • Great match. They should've shown THIS match on Thunder to get Over, er, over.

• The Perfect Event vs Mark Jindrak and Sean O'Haire
  • Eh, they gave me a really good match, I'll ignore this.
  • We'll start with Mark and Chuck. Circle, lockup
  • Palumbo with punches, headbutt, headlock.
  • Off the ropes, shoulderblock by Palumbo.
  • Palumbo off the ropes, under the leapfrog, right into the back elbow.
  • Tag to Sean, double whip, double leapfrog, dropkick by Jindrak. Cover by O'Haire, 2 count.
  • O'Haire with a headlock, back suplex by Palumbo, tag to Stasiak.
  • Martial arts chop by O'Haire, tag to Jindrak,
  • Double biel by Team Power Plant, Jindrak with corner kicks.
  • Corner whip, reversed by Stasiak into a knee shot, gutwrench suplex.
  • Stasiak with stomps, tag to Palumbo. Palumbo tags O'Haire, but with a closed fist.
  • Stasiak with a powerbomb attempt, but Jindrak ended up falling off and on the apron awkwardly.
    • Blown spot, I think, though I'm not sure what Stasiak was going for.
    • Maybe a powerbomb lift into a Stun Gun?
  • Jindrak climbs back in the ring, gets a punch from Stasiak and a running knee by Palumbo.
  • Stasiak with a shot for O'Haire, Palumbo covers Jindrak for 2.
  • On the outside, Stasiak gets whipped into the guardrail.
  • Palumbo with a whip, clothesline.
  • Tag to Stasiak, double whip, Stasiak with a jumping shoulderblock.
  • Stasiak with mounted punches. Crowd taunt.
  • Jindrak up with punches and kicks, corner whip, reversed, clothesline by Stasiak.
  • Stasiak with a fireman's carry into a faceslam, cover, broken up by O'Haire.
  • Tag to Palumbo, atomic drop into an inverted atomic drop, into a Russian Legsweep/Jungle Kick combo.
  • Cover, 2 count.
  • Whip by Palumbo into a sleeper hold.
  • Extended hold, Jindrak elbows out, Palumbo off the ropes, clothesline misses, Jindrak hits a tilt-a-whirl side slam.
  • Jindrak starts heading the wrong way, but eventually, hot tag to O'Haire.
  • O'Haire with a clothesline, clothesline, kick, spin kick (over Palumbo's head), clotheslines Stasiak out and follows himself.
  • O'Haire goes out, Palumbo with a whip, reversed, flying shoulderblock by Jindrak.
  • O'Haire sets up the Senton Bomb, but Stasiak hits him in back off the right knee with the Lex Flexor.
  • Palumbo with the Jungle Kick on Jindrak, knocking him out of the ring.
  • Double flapjack on O'Haire, and that's good enough for the Palumbo pin.
  • Your Winners: the Perfect Event (5:05)
  • Hey, legal men and all.
  • Johnny Ace does Worldwide?

• That's it for this week.

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