WCW Monday Nitro - Wednesday, August 9, 2000

By Greg of the M.E.W. TNM Circuit

This report is going to be very small compared to my usual stuff.
TRIVIA I NEED ANSWERED THIS WEEK: On July 29th, 1989 on Saturday Night's Main Event, what IC Title Match was omitted from the card? According to the WWF story line, why was Rick Rude indefinitely suspended in the fall of 1990? What wrestler crashed the wedding reception of Paul Vachon in 1985? Who was Mean Gene Okerlund interviewing at Summerslam '89, when the sign behind him fell, causing him to swear on live PPV?

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WCW Tag Team Champions Kronic vs. Perfect Event vs. Jindrak and O'Haire

Brian Adams takes the microphone and says their opponents made a death wish on Monday.
The Perfect Event come out and Adams says that they want a fair fight. Adams tells them to go get Jindrak and O'Haire.
Kronic knocks their opponents off the apron.
Stalling to start off with the heels talking strategy.
All four men pound on Adams.
Palumbo hits away and tags to Stasiak.
Stasiak with a jumping back elbow.
Gorilla press into a gutbuster by Adams.
Clark comes in and gets dropkicked from Jindrak.
Clark shoulderblocks Jindrak.
Jindrak makes the tag to O'Haire, who clotheslines Clark down.
Two count from O'Haire.
Jindrak comes in and gives him a Russian legsweep.
Clark DDTs O'Haire when he comes in.
Clark makes the hot tag.
Adams with a full nelson slam on Jindrak.
Stasiak neckbreakers Adams.
Adams ducks a clothesline and executes a piledriver.
Stasiak tags to O'Haire, who was trying to tag Palumbo.
Tilt-A-Whirl slam from Adams with a save from JIndrak.
Palumbo pulls the ropes as Adams goes off.
The Perfect Event beat on Adams on the outside.
Jindrak Frankensteiners Clark off.
Seanton Bomb from O'Haire.
Stasiak runs in and argues with O'Haire and Jindrak.
Adams clotheslines the young guys out of the ring.
Meltdown for Stasiak from Clark.
High Time from Kronic to Stasiak.
Clark covers for the win at around six minutes and a fifteen seconds as Adams knocks O'Haire and Jindrak off the apron.
Vampiro and The Great Muta are shown stalking towards the ring.
As Kronic's attention is turned towards the Freaks In Paint, Juventud Guerrera runs in and steals the tag belts. He retreats through the crowd. Palumbo runs after him.
Vampiro and Muta then leave.

We go to the announce booth and I'm not listening, even though Our Patron Saint is commentating.
Mike Awesome and Heidi enter The Cat's locker room. The Cat gets up and runs into Heidi. The Cat says he wants to book Awesome in a Flag Match against Lance Storm. The flute music plays. The Cat: "How do they get that music in here?" The Jung Dragons then appear. The Cat tells them to come back later but they don't. The Cat does a triple noggin' knocker, then slaps all three of them, and tells them to leave.
Hey, Cubs Fan, the answer to your Ask WCW question is here. Daffney comes up to Crowbar and tells the love stricken guy that she made a new shirt just for him with "WCW: Watch Crowbar Wrestling." They gotta make a T-Shirt with that on it, I'd buy it. Crowbar is about to tell her something but then says that it's really nothing. Crowbar sure does rule.
Jeff Jarrett is then shown with a guitar saying Booker T's name.
Crowbar (w/Daffney) vs. "Primetime Player" Elix Skipper

Elix Skipper says he's going to give the fans a taste of Primetime.
I think I'd rather have a taste of grilled chicken.
Crowbar shakes Elix's hand, and turns it into a German suplex.
Crowbar crossbodys Elix and they go to the outside of the ring.
Crowbar hits him with a chair and jumps off with a splash on Primetime.
Crowbar slingshots himself into the ring and onto Elix.
MI Smooth is coming down to the ring with flowers.
MI Smooth whispers something to Daffney and she smiles, taking the flowers.
Daffney said "secret admirer" as we cut away.
Crowbar goes for a moonsault from the ring ropes but Elix ends down and Crowbar lands down hard.
Primetime forward rolls him for a two count.
Crowbar executes a Spicolli Driver.
Crowbar leaves and asks who the flowers are from.
Skipper does a spinning twisting move over the top and onto him.
Daffney knocks him with the flowers, but they have no effect.
Crowbar crotches him on the top rope. Skipper throws him off and Crowbar lands on his head.
Skipper comes off with a sunset flip attempt.
Crowbar pulls him up with a choke.
Skipper reverses it into The Overdrive and pins Crowbar for the win at around four minutes.
So Crowbar is jobbing to Power Plant guys now. What is Russo thinking?

Jeff Jarrett approaches Jimmy Hart asking where Booker T is. Jimmy says he's not there because he taped an interview earlier. Jarrett whacks him over the head with the guitar and says everyone will be sorry the champ isn't here tonight.
Gene Okerlund speaks to Buff Bagwell. Buff goes through the usual spiel about Kanyon. They play the replay from last Monday with Gene (wearing a neckbrace, he's magically healed tonight) interfering. "Positively" Kanyon then challenges Okerlund and Buff against Kanyon and a Mystery Partner. They answer yes.
Sgt. AWOL, Corporal Cajun, General Rection, and Loco (w/Major Gunns) vs. Tank Abbott and Three Count

Tank says that the new hit single won't be released until it's perfect.
Tank sings along with Three Count.
This is pretty damn funny.
MIA makes their way out and Chavo has a super soaker with him.
Just my luck, I'm trying to shorten my report and I get an eight man tag.
Reporting on this will be quite shabby.
Shane and Corporal Cajun start off.
Lots of flips and reverses between the two.
Rection gets tagged in.
Powerslam from Rection.
Rection with a dancing elbow drop, then a legdrop.
Helms Frankensteiners him.
Moore and Chavo get tagged in.
Chavo drops Moore throat first on the top.
Helms run in and clotheslines Chavo.
Everybody pounds on Chavo in the corner.
Rection splashes Helms and then everyone takes a turn beating on him.
Tank runs in and a big slobberknocker ensues with David Flair and Hancock jumping everyone.
Tank punches Cajun after a big brawl.
Helms and Moore set up a ladder in the corner and go off with an elbow drop/legdrop combo.
Moore covers for the win at around three minutes, twenty seconds.
Quite confusing match.

Pamela interviews the MIA. Rection yells. Gunns bitches. God, her face is ugly. Gunns wants them in a Mixed Table Match with AWOL as her partner. Everyone chants AWOL.
Crowbar asks Smooth what the deal was with the flowers. Smooth says he needs to worry about an operator or something.
Vampiro and Muta attack the Jung Dragons outside The Cat's locker room. The Cat comes out and knocks Vampiro down, and says that later on in the night, a tag match.
Goldberg/Nash/Steiner promo.
Buff talks with Gene Okerlund. Gene wonders who the partner is: "One thing for sure it isn't Pamela. She's nuts for me." Hah!
The Cat begs someone to be his partner over the phone. The guy doesn't like The Cat's shoes or the way he dresses but he says that he'll wait for him in by the back door.
"Above Average" Mike Sanders vs. Norman Smiley

Clips play from the July 15th Thunder.
Sanders takes the microphone and shows some not so bad skills by saying that he's the number one guy on the B list, top 49 percent.
Sanders challenges Smiley to a Hardcore match.
Smiley says he's through with Hardcore matches but gets a chair to the back for his efforts.
Sanders beat on him in aisle next to the ramp.
Smiley sends Sanders over a guardrail, then back over.
Smiley does a little dance and then runs through the curtain where Sanders hits him with a ladder.
Sanders puts a trash can over Smiley's head and beats it with a broom.
Sanders: "Always a C+."
Smiley with a trash can shot.
Smiley throws him on the stretcher and hits him with a piece of equipment.
Norman misses with a broom shot.
Jeff Jarrett is arguing with a backstage worker.
Sanders does a T-Bone Suplex setup, then sends Norman through a table.
Smiley does a spinning slam to Sanders, sending him through the title.
Jarrett whacks him with a guitar and walks away.
Smiley whacks him with a chair and does a Big Wiggle.
Sanders covers but he has to pin him in the ring.
Sanders wheels him back to the ring in a wheel barrow.
Sanders stops and cuts a promo on him during the run back to the ring.
Sanders sends Smiley into the ring.
Sanders covers for a two count.
Smiley moves out of the way of a chairshot from the second rope, with Sanders knocking himself out with the chair.
Smiley covers for the win at around four and a half minutes.

Vampiro, Muta, and Demon talk in the dark. Nothing special with The Demon growling at the end.
Flag Match: Lance Storm vs. Mike Awesome (w/Heidi)

Storm has a black eye.
Storm says that he hopes he's a good Fat Chick Thriller because he's no good at being a Career Killer.
Storm says that this match is non-title because he doesn't want to defend it on US soil.
The Canadian National Anthem plays.
Awesome runs out to the ring with his fat chick.
Awesome and Lance do some nice brawling with Awesome punching a chair into Lance's face.
Awesome with a big clothesline.
Heidi jumps to the top rope as Awesome goes off with an Awesome Splash.
Heidi hits Awesome with the American Flag, then goes off with a clothesline.
Heidi grabs the Canadian Flag as Storm executes the Canadian Maple Leaf.
Heidi gives Lance Storm the flag to give Storm the win at around two minutes.
Heidi tears off her shirt and it says "Canadian And Proud Of It."
Storm breaks the US Flag and then covers Awesome in it.

Pamela Paulshock talks with Billy Kidman. Kidman challenges Shane to a Strap Match at the PPV and makes a joke about Shane not liking it as much as Torrie used to. Pamela giggles like a freaking bimbo. Kidman has Pamela and the camera guy follow him. The Magnolian Stomper's (who they call Reno) girlfriend Syren of The Nitro Girls makes out with Kidman.
Tygress is at the announce booth. She denies even knowing the FA is here.
Mixed Table Match: Miss Hancock and David Flair vs. Sgt. AWOL and Major Gunns

*sigh*
Sgt. AWOL is the best wrestler in that ring. Scary.
Wall and David brawl mindlessly in the ring for a bit.
Gunns and Tygress argue.
Hancock jumps Gunns and scratches and chokes her.
Hancock won't get off her.
In the ring David Flair sets up a table.
The Wall comes in and gives Flair a big boot.
Hancock scratches The Wall's eyes.
Major Gunns pulls Hancock down from the apron and chokes her.
Hancock reverses a whip into the table and Major Gunns goes through it. This gives the team of Hancock and Flair the win at around three minutes.
*sigh*
The Wall chokeslams David Flair right through the table.
Yippe.
The MIA come out to check on Major Gunns.

Hey, look, the NWA is in Wildwood, NJ tonight. Should I go? Hell no. I went to the ISPW shows last year and they were great. These shows, though, follow the "old, washed up wrestlers draw fans" philosophy.
WCW Motorsports. *sigh*
"Positively" Kanyon is shown talking to whoever his partner through a half closed door.
Doug Dellinger tells The Cat that "he's" here.
"The Magnolian Stomper" Reno vs. Billy Kidman

Kidman with a flying headscissors.
Kidman sends Reno to the outside and crossbodies over and onto The Magnolian Stomper.
Reno drops Kidman on the top rope.
Reno with an awesome suplex move.
Kidman jumps onto The Stomper and pounds him down on the mat.
T-Bone Suplex from The Stomper.
Slam from The Stomper and he misses a flying fist drive.
Bulldog from Kidman for a two count.
Another great looking suplex from Reno for a two count.
Add some more intensity and speed to this guy and he could be like a Tazz.
Kidman with a short powerbomb for a two count.
The Stomper executes Roll The Dice (a setup to an inverted DDT into an ace crusher with lightning speed) but instead of covering him he continues to pound away.
Syren runs down to the ring and argues with him.
Syren argues with the ref as Reno brings a chair into the ring.
Kidman facejams Reno out of a powerbomb and onto the chair.
YOU CAN'T POWERBOMB KIDMAN!!!!
Two count only.
Torrie Wilson makes her way down to the ring and distracts the ref some more.
Shane Douglas runs in and knocks Kidman out with the chain.
The ref sees this and disqualifies The Stomper at around four and a half minutes.
They pound away on Kidman until Vito makes the save.
The Stomper and Vito have a staredown.

The Artist (looking quite ugly in regular clothes) finds Kwee-Wee getting a rubdown from Paisley and another girl. The Artist and Kwee-Wee then brawl. Security breaks them up.
Jeff Jarrett makes his way out to the ring.

Jarrett gives Penzer something to read.
Penzer: "Listen up Slapnuts. Jeff Jarrett would like everyone here to know that he is holding everyone in this building personally responsible for the fact that Booker T is not present. And Mr. Jarrett will continue to disrupt the show and claim innocent victims for the remainder of the evening."
Jarrett then whacks Penzer with the guitar.
Hah!
Jarrett says that everything he does is on Booker's head.
Jarrett says he's going to get the belt and that's not a threat, that's a guarantee.

Interview with Booker T conducted by Tony<./li>
- I already viewed this interview and I didn't see anything really special in it so I'll summarize it real quickly.
- Being Champion means a lot, he'll defend the title every week, he retained his sanity through all the egos because he wrestled a lot of established guys in his independent days, getting the title to early in a career can hurt the career (ever heard of Tommy Rich?), he feels no pressure, his knee is inflamed bad but won't need surgery, he's probably pushing it too much, and they'll have to kill him to get the belt.
George Foreman and that little kid is getting on my nerves.
Buff Bagwell and Gene Okerlund vs. "Positively" Kanyon and Mark "Smokey" Madden

Gene gets to use Bagwell's fireworks.
Kanyon's microphone messes up as he introduces the mystery partner.
Mark "Smokey Madden" makes his way out.
Hah! I like this.
Bagwell and Gene are laughing.
Judy is at the announce booth.
Madden starts off and then poses.
Madden wants Gene Okerlund in the ring.
The fans are popping for this.
The fans are chanting for Gene.
They circle each other.
Okerlund gets a cheap shot in on Kanyon.
Madden runs towards Gene and Bagwell comes in.
Madden tags out to Kanyon.
Buff beats over Kanyon.
Buff goes off the ropes and Madden knees him in the back.
Buff chases after Madden on the outside.
Buff runs right into a clothesline.
Kanyon sends Buff into the apron, then into the ring.
Buff reveres a move and executes a single arm DDT.
Madden gets a clothesline from Buff.
Kanyon gains the advantage and then gains a two count.
Kanyon misses a splash from the top.
The announcers laugh (I do, too) that the hot tags are going to be made to Gene and Madden.
Okerlund ducks a clothesline and knocks Madden down a nice shot.
Madden then kicks Gene in the balls (Madden can hardly get his foot up that high).
Tony: "Wait, he didn't sell that at all."
Okerlund then takes out his cup and presses it against Madden's face.
Yuck.
Bagwell comes off with a Buff Blockbuster on Madden. Gene covers for the three count at around five and a half minutes.
I liked this match. Probably because I've always liked matches that had a feud and then two goofs wrestling on the other side of it. Also, I like Madden's announcing and persona.
Kanyon runs in and Kanyon Cuts Buff Bagwell.
Kanyon goes into the corner and chokes Gene Okerlund.
Our Patron Saint runs into the ring, holding back Judy Bagwell from running in in the process.

The Cat and Sting vs. The Great Muta and Vampiro

8:55
The Cat comes down to the ring first, followed by the freaks. The Cat says that it's showtime and Sting comes out.
All four men brawl all over the aisle for a bit.
Sting misses a Stinger Splash onto Vampiro and hits the guardrail.
Muta is hitting The Cat with a chair.
Our Patron Saint: "He may be lacerated."
The match goes on for about two and a half minutes in the ring with Vampiro and Muta working over Sting.
They both clothesline each other and Sting makes the tag to The Cat.
The Cat sidekicks Muta.
The Cat knocks Vampiro down.
Vampiro with an uppercut.
The Cat with a DDT on Vampiro.
Two count only when Muta makes the save.
The Demon makes his way out.
Muta spits the mist into Sting's face.
The Cat at the same time executes The Feliner on Vampiro. The Cat covers for the win at around five minutes.
Muta spits the red mist into The Cat's face.
The Demon drools strawberries all over him and executes the Scorpion Deathlock to Sting.
We then fade to black.

The Good: Hey look, Three Company Two or whatever it's called is on. The show was pretty solid tonight with some good angles following up to the PPV.
The Bad: The Booker T interview kind of wasn't needed as we already knew everything he said except the details of his knee injury.
The Ugly: Major Gunns' face. The rest of her, well, that's another story.

WCW Monday Nitro - Wednesday, August 9, 2000

By Greg of the M.E.W. TNM Circuit

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