WCW Thunder - Wednesday, October 25, 2000

By King Leo of King Leo's Wrestling Palace

Hi. I'm King Leo. You may remember me from such DDT Digest reports as last week's Thunder and a Nitro from May.
Thanks to everyone who helped me figure out that STF stands for Stepover Toehold Facelock and that Booker T was Kole and Stevie Ray was Kane in Harlem Heat.

One helpful hint that I recieved is that we can remember Booker T was Kole because Kole has an "O" in it as does Booker; also Stevie Ray has an "A" as does Kane.
DDT Digest: Providing you with not only useless wrestling facts but clever ways to remember them.

A few weeks ago I bought an old WCW video called New Blood on the Block from 1993 that I promptly forgot about. It's about the young WCW stars of the time such as Brian Pillman, Van Hammer, Johnny B. Badd, 2 Cold Scorpio, and Scotty Flamingo. There's some great stuff on the video such as a look at the Hollywood Blonds--Steve Austin and Brian Pillman. The real treat is highlights from a match that 2 Cold Scorpio won one second before the time limit ran out against Chris Benoit.
Trivia Question: By what name is former WCW star Scotty Flamingo known today? (answer at end of report)
I apologize for a few glitches in last week's report. I think it was a result of things being messed up when I uploaded the file to my e-mail account.

It was really Steve who asked about the STF. None of my roommates really care.

Hulk Hogan's not on the Thunder commercial anymore, but Bret Hart still is.
We start with a look at the scheduled matches for Halloween Havoc.
Match #1: Hardcore champion Reno vs. Kwee Wee.

Reno's the Hardcore champion in case you forgot.
A-WALL should be Hardcore champion.
Kwee Wee comes out with pink plastic garbage cans and he's covered in Charismatic Sparkles of Doom.
Reno hits Kwee Wee as Kwee Wee enters.
The main event is a six-man tag match pitting Sting, Goldberg, & Booker T against Kronik & Jeff Jarrett.
Kwee Wee hits Reno with a metal garbage can lid.
Reno uses the lid also.
Reno with a kneedrop to the garbage can lid on the face.
Reno uses the kendo stick and the lid again.
Stevie Ray notes that Reno was not in Australia.
Kwee Wee uses the pink garbage can lids on Reno.
At Halloween Havoc, A-WALL will wrestle for the Hardcore title.
Kwee Wee goes for a table under the ring.
Kwee Wee takes too long to set up the table and gets a garbage can thrown to his face.
The announcers say that the Natural Born Thrillers demanded the match due to Johnny the Bull's injury.
They brawl in the crowd.
They battle in DJ Ran's 'hood.
Reno slams Kwee Wee's leg in the Nitro Girl cages.
Stevie Ray talks about the vicious, vicious monkey flip that took Johnny the Bull out of action.
If I wanted to deliberately take a guy out, I don't think I'd use a monkey flip.
Reno goes for the Roll of the Dice, but Paisley distracts him.
Kwee Wee rolls Reno into the ring and hits him with a paint tray.
Kwee Wee hits a pile driver on the paint tray.
Kwee Wee misses a move and Reno hits the Roll of the Dice.
Your Winner: Reno.
Post-match, Reno hits Paisley with the Roll of the Dice.
Reno attempts to suplex Vito through the table, but Sgt. A-WALL makes the save.
I'm really not a big fan of most hardcore matches in WCW, but there was a certain something about the match I liked, but I can't describe it. It just had this "presence."

Mene Gene is in back with Buff Bagwell.

Mene Gene asks Bagwell if he knocked Stacey Keibler up.
He says he's just friends with Stacey.
Bagwell is rough, tough, and buff.

The Thrillers come out to Wolfpac music.

Sanders, Jindrak, and O'Haire come out first.
Nash and Palumbo come out later. I don't know why.
Nash has a cricket bat.
Tenay seems bitter that he didn't get to go to Australia.
Tenay wonders where Stasiak is.
Nash has the mic.
Nash says that the Thrillers are the future of the business.
Nash says that they're a team.
Nash calls out Shawn Stasiak.
PerfectShawn comes out to NBT music.
Nash asks if Shawn has learned his lesson yet.
Stasiak compares Nash to Bobby Knight.
Nash says that if Stasiak gets out of line, he'll be SOL.

And you know what that means.

Nash tells Stasiak to get into position.
Stevie Ray says that when he was in school, paddlings were legal.
Stasiak leans on the ropes, but that's not good enough.
Nash tells him to grab his ankles.
Palumbo has a chair.
Palumbo puts the chair in front of Shawn's butt so he doesn't actually get spanked.
To recap: Shawn Stasiak is in trouble with the Natural Born Thrillers.

They're shooting with Goldberg tonight.
It's the last promo for Halloween Havoc.

We will see something live that we cannot imagine until we see it live or something.

Match #2: Buff Bagwell vs. M.I. Smooth

Buff Bagwell comes out.
There's history between Buff (maybe) Daddy and David Flair.
His opponent: M.I. Smooth, WCW's answer to Just Joe.

In case you care and didn't know, Just Joe lost to the Brooklyn Brawler on WWF Jakked last week. I suspect Smooth's role with WCW is similar.

Bagwell starts out by showboating.
Smooth kicks Buff in the midsection.
Stevie Ray thinks that M.I. Smooth is responsible for the David Flair situation.
Smooth has the early advantage.
But Bagwell attacks from behind as Smooth poses.
Buff with a two count resulting from a scoop slam.
Smooth with a splash.
Smooth with a splash in the corner.
Smooth attempts another splash, but Bagwell moves.
Rollup for two by Bagwell.
Smooth with a two count.
Bagwell with a DDT-type move.
Bagwell hits the Buff Blockbuster for three.

And the Blockbuster looks like it should tonight.

Your Winner: Buff Bagwell.
David Flair attacks from behind, but Bagwell hits a reverse DDT.
Bagwell says we'll find out if he's the father at Halloween Havoc.

Match #3: The Cat & Ms. Jones vs. "Above Average" Mike Sanders & Leia Meow

The Cat's music brings out Ernest Miller himself.
The Cat talks on some guy's cell phone on his way down the aisle.
Miller says he hopes Sanders has a partner.
Miller challenges Sanders to a mixed tag match.
He says Sanders can either choose a female partner or dress one of the thrillers in drag.
Sanders says he's got a partner and it's . . . Leia Meow.
He says if she doesn't want to be his partner, it's her job.
Sanders and The Cat start out.
Cat takes Sanders down with a feliner.
Miller rolls Sanders out.
Sanders comes back in the ring and tags in Meow.
Ms. Jones tags in.
Meow has a whip.
Meow hits Sanders and rides him like a horse.
The Cat rubs a protective cup in Sanders's face.
Sanders with a sunset flip.
The Cat hits Sanders and both women cover Sanders for the three.
Your Winners: The Cat & Ms. Jones
The Cat and Ms. Jones dance.

The Goldberg interview is next.
But first, let's sell the WCW Magazine.
Then, let's go to an ad break.
Then let's show Mean Gene talks to Booker T & Sting.

Sting calls Jeff Jarrett "Little Jeffrey Slappy."
Booker T says he's happy to tag with Sting tonight.

Schiavone's talking to Goldberg.

Goldberg's getting over jet lag.
It was a great tour says Goldberg.
It was a great tour says Schiavone.
Schiavone says that fans treated them like the Beatles at the airport.
Goldberg talks about signing autographs on the last night.
Schiavone says it was the right thing to do.
Goldberg says it was the right thing to do.
They talk about the streak that began in September 1997 and ended at Starrcade over a year later.
Goldberg says that the stipulations favor Goldberg because he's got a reason to win.
Goldberg pulls on his ear a couple of times.
Schiavone compares Goldberg to Michael Jordan.
Goldberg says he's not going to tell us how he'll beat Kronik this Sunday.
I bet it involves a spear and a jackhammer, though.
Goldberg says that he regrets doing what he had to do to David Flair, but there's a time and a place for everything.

Just like that song: a time to laugh, a time to mourn, a time to reap, a time to spear and jackhammer David Flair.

They talk about Goldberg's book.
Goldberg says that he doesn't care if he wins or loses as long as he keeps his integrity.

And they say that wrestling doesn't teach good values.

Goldberg's book comes out on November 14.
Goldberg: "Buy it or I'll kill ya'."

And they say that wrestling doesn't teach good values.

Match #4: Vampiro vs. Big Vito

Vampiro makes his way out.
They show Vampiro's latest adventures in tables, both on the giving and receiving end.
I'm thinking of painting my face like Vampiro for Halloween.
Here's Big Vito.
Aldo mentioned in an e-mail to me that last week they said that Vito was trained by the great jobber Johnny Rodz.
Stevie Ray says that if Vampiro beats Mike Awesome at Halloween Havoc, Vampiro deserves the title shot on Nitro next Monday.

Everybody else says that Awesome already has the title shot, but Stevie Ray keeps insisting that it's right. Foolish announcers arguing with the Saint.

Vito locks up with Vampiro in the corner.
Good mat wrestling to start out.
Vito with a fireman's carry takedown for a 1 count.
Vampiro looks at the crowd and Vito just watches.
Vampiro wins a punch-kick match.
Vito gets the advantage.
Vito tries to suplex Vampiro to the outside, but Vampiro grabs the rope and lands on the apron.
Vito knocks Vampiro off the apron.
Vampiro is whipped into the Safety Rail of Pain.
Vito with a double arm suplex.
Vito goes to the top and hits a swandive headbutt for two.
Vito goes back up top for a flying elbow, but doesn't cover, instead opting to execute the "Play to the Crowd Allowing the Opponent to Recover."
Vito covers for two.
Vito has a sleeper locked on resulting in the ref doing the arm raise thing even though nobody wins with a sleeper anymore.
The crowd is chanting "boring." I'd agree that it's slower than most matches, but it's not a boring match.
Vampiro goes to the top with a spin kick from the top for two.
Vito with a powerslam following an Irish whip bounce sequence.
Vito with a legdrop and a cover for two.
Vito with a scoop slam and goes to the top for a splash, but Vampiro gets the knee up.
Vito goes for a mafia kick, but Vampiro blocks.
Vampiro hits the Nail in the Coffin for three.
Your Winner: Vampiro.
Vampiro's shown a lot to me in his last couple of matches, but he's going to have to turn it up a notch against Mike Awesome this Sunday for it to be a memorable match.

What is Tom Green doing in Charlie's Angels?
George Foreman personally does the closed captioning for Thunder every week.

Match #5: U.S. champion Lance Storm & Elix Skipper vs. Lt. Loco & Cpl. Cajun

Yes! Team Canada (well, the Canadian part and Maj. Gunns.)
They talk about the parody I missed.
Storm says he's from Calgary . . . Alberta, Canada, where they don't enjoy humor.
Loco & Cajun come out.
Chavo leaps into the ring like he did last week, but hits the rope with his foot so it's not as good.
Gen. Rection & Sgt. A-WALL are at ringside.
Cajun with a sweet clothesline on Skipper.
Lash gets on the apron, but Storm hits him with a very nice enzuiguri.
Lance Storm tags in and executes a textbook . . . um, I missed the move. Sorry.
Mike Tenay says that Skipper really didn't play for the CFL.

Why would you lie about something like that?

LeRoux hits a face jam on Skipper.
They both crawl for the tag.
Loco hits the tornado DDT that gets saved by Skipper.
Jim Duggan comes down with a scruffy facial growth.
Rection and A-WALL double-team Duggan.
Storm hits a backbreaker on Chavo in the ring.
Chavo whips Storm into Maj. Gunns, but Storm ducks down. Gunns hits Chavo with the flag instead, resulting in a rollup by Storm, but Chavo reverses it and gets the three count!
Your Winners: Lt. Loco & Cpl. Cajun

Mene Gene is with Jeff Jarrett and Kronik.

Double J says he'll soften up Booker T for Scott Steiner.
Kronik says they'll pin Goldberg in the six-man match tonight.

They show the same lengthy Halloween Havoc promo they showed last week.

Match #6: Disqo vs. Sean O'Haire vs. Rey Misterio Jr.

Sign: "I came to see the Boogie Knights."
Somebody else spelled "Knights" "Nigts" on another sign.
O'Haire has his way with Misterio and Disqo.
At one point the announcers talk about how smart Disqo is wrestling tonight.
Good three way dance resulting in O'Haire pinning Disqo following a springboard seanton bomb. That was an awesome, awesome move.
Your Winner: Sean O'Haire.
I hate to trivialize the match like that, but my computer went out and I forgot to save more often. Sorry.

Match #7: Jeff Jarrett & Kronik vs. Sting, Goldberg, & Booker T.

Jarrett comes down first and takes the mic.
Jarrett says that after tonight, the faces won't be able to compete on Sunday.
Kronik comes down.
Booker T makes his entrance.
Booker talks on the way down.
Booker says that Jarrett's a good talker, but he needs to "shut the hell up."
Sting gets his entrance too.
Not a bad strategy. Wait until the flashing lights cause convulsions on the heels, then pin 'em.
Goldberg's still in his locker room.
Why can't Dillinger tell him he's on a bit sooner?
We come back from commercial, but guess what? We get to see the ENTIRE walk anyway.

Apparently the Sting strategy didn't work so they just decided that maybe if they took long enough with the entrances the bad guys would forget they had a match and leave.

Big Poppa Pump is in the house for some reason. Nobody's seen him or anything, but trust us: he's there.
Goldberg blowing smoke is one of the coolest things in wrestling today.
The heels were patiently waiting outside the ring the entire time.
Booker and Jarrett start out.

Remember when Booker T lost the T and had to come out to funny music? Didn't think so.

Booker with an armdrag followed by a spinning heel kick.
Goldberg tags in for the faces.
Bryan Adams tags in for the heels.
Goldberg knocks down Adams with a clothesline.
Goldberg with a slam.
Stevie Ray says Goldberg was throwing around a 300 pound man like a 200 pound man.

I can throw around 200 pounders just as well as I can 300 pounders too.

Sting tags in and so does Clarke.
Sting hooks on the Scorpion deathlock, but Clarke reaches the ropes.
Booker tags in.
Clarke with a DDT following a knee to the back by Adams.
Adams hits a piledriver for two.
Jarrett tags in.
Jarrett with five Punches of Doom in the corner.
Booker T with a reverse neckbreaker.
Both men reach for the tag, but everyone goes in.
Goldberg slams Clarke.
Clarke moves out of the way of the spear.
Goldberg is bleeding.
Kronik hits the High Time on Goldberg.
Scott Steiner runs out.
Sting with a bulldog on Adams.
Stinger Splash!!!
Jarrett misses a guitar shot.
Sting hits the Scorpion Death Drop on Jarrett for the three count.
Your Winners: Sting, Goldberg, & Booker T.
Post-match, Steiner beats on Booker with a pipe and gets the Steiner Recliner locked on. Jarrett has Sting in a figure four leglock, and Kronik is double teaming Goldberg.

The Good: That was a really good show. As a fan, I felt satisfied, but not really electrified. Lance Storm, Elix Skipper, Chavo Guerrero, Lash LeRoux, Disqo, Sean O'Haire, and Rey Misterio Jr. deserve a special mention.

The Bad: No WCW Motorsports this week. I had a really good joke, too. Well, maybe next time.

The Ugly: I got halfway done converting the report to HTML when the editor I was using had a random error and I had to start all over. But such is the life of a DDT Digest reporter; it's a lonely one indeed, but vital to wrestling and to the world in general.

Trivia Answer: Raven

WCW Thunder - Wednesday, October 25, 2000

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