World Championship Wrestling, circa 2000

WCW Saturday Night
February 12, 2000
Commentating Team: Scott Hudson, Bobby “The Brain” Heenan, “The Living Legend” Larry Zybszko

Match #1
Frankie Lancaster
vs. Crowbar w/Daffney

Crowbar and Lancaster tie-up and Crowbar gets behind Lancaster. Lancaster attempts a takeover to escape, but Crowbar manages a single leg trip. Lancaster succeeds with another takeover and gets Crowbar with an armbar, but he locks on Lancaster with Headscissors to escape. An attempt by Lancaster to get out with a side-headlock is prevented by Daffney, and Crowbar whips Lancaster across the ring into a corner. Lancaster tries a shoulder-block on Crowbar to regain some momentum, but the insane one isn’t having any and Lancaster eats the mat of the ring following a hip toss. Crowbar gets Lancaster in a wristlock before he manages to get out with a hip-toss of his own that sends Crowbar into a corner.

Lancaster quickly attempts to follow up with a big boot to the skull of Crowbar, but Daffney pulls Crowbar out of the way, leaving an over-extended Lancaster to fall to a roll-up that only gets a two. Crowbar hits Lancaster with a quick elbow drop before trying again, also getting a two in his second attempt at a pin. Lancaster manages to get to his feet and hit a big stiff-looking lariat on Crowbar to attempt a pin of his own that fails at one, and a float over DDT attempt fails when Crowbar fights out of it, with Lancaster landing badly on his knee. Crowbar hit Lancaster with a jawbreaker before following it up with a Mindbender to get the one, two, three.

Winner via Pinfall:
Crowbar

Match #2
Elix Skipper and Mark Jindrak
vs. Power Company (Dave and Dean Power)

Elix Skipper starts off with Dave Power, getting worked over by the bigger man for a short period of time before he rallies back with a big drop-kick. Power attempts a lariat that is ducked by Skipper, who instead hits a cross-body to attempt a pin, only getting a two-count before Power kicked out. Skipper places a Hammerlock on Power, but Dave elbows out and manages to hit a scoop slam before tagging in his brother who gets a big right hook from Skipper. Skipper gets Dean in a wristlock and tags in Jindrak who comes off the ring corner with a dropkick to the skull of Power to get a two-count afterwards. He tries for a second pin but only gets two again, and Skipper tags himself back in and utilizes another wrist-lock, and despite Power’s best attempts, Skipper remains firmly in control of the match.

Or at least, he does until Dave trips him up, allowing Dean to regain control and tag his brother in for a double team sledge to the small of Skipper’s back. Dave then hits a snap suplex that only nets him a two-count, frustrating the brawler to the point where he blatantly chokes Skipper in front of the referee, earning him a warning. Jindrak attempts to enter, but the referee and Dave ward him off, allowing Dean to choke him safely without reprimand.

Both of the Power Company then perform a double beatdown on Skipper after Dean tagged back in, which was followed by another quick tag to Dave who came off the top rope with a lariat while Dean timed it with a powerbomb. Skipper gets covered only for two as he kicks out again, and manages to get into his corner to tag in Jindrak who comes in to clean house, going old-school with the double coconut crush and tagging in Skipper again, who hits a huge missile dropkick on both opposing men and manages to land on his feet safely. Jindrak hits a springboard diving lariat on the second Power while Skipper covers the legal man for the victory.

Winners via Pinfall: Elix Skipper and Mark Jindrak

Match #3
Disco Inferno
vs. Barry Horowitz

Horowitz begins the match by trash-talking the jovial Disco Inferno, before the two men tie-up. Horowitz uses the hair to stop a reversal of his armbar, and a following tie-up sees a side headlock from Horowitz. Disco whips out of the side-headlock and get’s shoulder-blocked down once and again. This is repeated with Disco using the side-headlock and getting the shoulder-block on Horowitz when he whips out. Both men clearly more wary of each other, though Inferno less so as he comes off the ropes into a hip-toss.

Inferno gets up to see Horowitz offering him a hand. Taking the hand, he suckers him into a modified standing kick that sends Horowitz reeling into a corner, where Inferno sets to working on him with kicks to the chest and abdomen areas. Disco then hits an inverted atomic drop, a side Russian leg sweep and then a elbow drop in short order to get a two-count for an attempted pin.

Clearly frustrated, Disco begins choking Horowitz on the rope, forcing the referee to break them up, but Horowitz sneaks in a punch with his right before Disco locks in a wristlock. Barry tries a sucker-punch, but Disco blocks it, and tries to whip him to the opposite corner, but nobody is home as Horowitz pulls off a Slingshot belly to back that is followed by a Backbreaker that only gets Horowitz a two. He then pulls off a three quarter nelson to an inside cradle for two, and decides submission may be the way to go, as he tries to lock on a type of Texas cloverleaf, but fails.

Horowitz connects with a European uppercut, but Disco comes back with a few rights of his own to regain momentum. Momentum that is swiftly squandered as a whip to the corner is reversed by Horowitz who comes out into a Lariat from Disco for a two-count. Disco tries a big back elbow for another two, and when that fails, goes off the ropes with a swinging neckbreaker, that also gets him another two.

Disco gives him an Irish whip which is followed by a Hip-toss that is blocked by Horowitz who hits a double over hook suplex to get the pin.

Winner via Pinfall: Barry Horowitz​

We return to a big discussion of Benoit and DDP coming up at Superbrawl. We get a replay of Booker T taking on Shane Douglas this last week on Nitro. We also see Ric Flair taking his stance on Shane Douglas from Thunder. We then move into the attacks of The Revolution against Harlem Heat and their recent recruitment of the Haas Brothers. Finally, we mention the new match made for Super Brawl, between La Parka and Chavo Guerrero for the WCW Cruiserweight Championship.​


Match #4
Buzzkill
vs. Bobby Eaton

Before Buzzkill and Eaton lock up, Buzzkill offers a handshake that Eaton refuses. The two men tie up, and Eaton gets a clean break in the corner. A wristlock from Eaton is reversed by Buzzkill, who is pulled by Eaton into the corner again, but this time takes the cheap shot as payback. Buzzkill reverses a whip into the corner, Eaton bounces out into a back body drop that stumbles Buzzkill only for a moment before he gets a standing dropkick and a cover for two. Buzzkill tries an Armbar, but Eaton fights out and hits a standing abdominal stretch. Buzzkill manages an Armdrag takeover, but a right hand from Eaton sends Buzzkill outside into the guardrail. Eaton goes for a standing suplex, Buzzkill escapes and shoves Eaton into the post before bringing him back inside the ring, where he runs Eaton into the ropes, but Eaton holds on and Buzzkill bounces off in a failed dropkick. Eaton capitalizes on this mistake with the Alabama Jam (diving leg drop) to get the victory.

Winner via Pinfall: Bobby Eaton

Match #5
Los Villanos
vs. the Harris Brothers

This is a relatively stale match between the two teams of brothers. Los Villanos dominate the match-up for the most part, with only the intervention of the illegal Harris breaking up pins prolonging the match. The match ends with a double dropkick to the skull of Don Harris, who is promptly pinned by one of the Villanos.

Winners via Pinfall:
Los Villanos

Match #6
The Mamalukes
w/ Tony Marinara vs. Idol and Lane

The Mamalukes started things off with a sneak attack as Lane and Idol got out of their gear, initiating a double team beat-down on Idol to start. The referee managed to get Vito and Lane to their respective corners so that Johnny Stamboli and Idol could start the actual match. Except Idol immediately tags in Lane, who drills Johnny from behind and covers for a quick two count. Idol gets tagged back in and does a jumping knee lift, as their game is apparent: to keep Johnny away from potential help and wear him down enough for a pin.

Lane tags back in to follow an Idol back elbow with a springboard back elbow of his own, and attempts a cover for two again, and their plan goes awry as Tony Marinara grabs Lane long enough to allow big Vito to tag him with a big right hook. Lane stumbles around into a spinning heel kick from Johnny and a cover for two and decides to tag in the fresher Vito, who throws a few rights on Lane before biting his forehead.

Tag to Johnny the Bull happens and the Mamalukes hit a double team elbow and spinning neckbreaker combo for two before Vito tags back in with their double hip toss and double slam move. Idol is now trying to get in as the double team beatdown continues, but the referee holds him back as Idol and Lane’s plan is reversed against them by the bigger men in Vito and Johnny, the latter of gets a two after a diving lariat and tags in Vito again. Lane manages an Irish whip and a sunset flip, but a big standing kick from Vito returns control to the Mamalukes, and Vito starts chopping Lane in the corner as Vampiro and Norman Smiley appear from the entrance to watch the ongoing match.

Back in the ring Vitro misses a corner charge letting Lane make the hot tag to Idol, who tries to go in to clean house, getting a powerslam Vito for two before Johnny does a missile dropkick that sends Idol into a choke-slam from Vito. Lane rushes the ring to do some damage, but a bitch slap from Vito sends him flying out of the ring, where Marinara puts the boots to him. Vito picks up Lane to demonstrate the new double-team finisher of the Mamalukes. Called Sleeping with the Fishes, Vito performs a powerbomb on Lane that is timed perfectly with a double knee backbreaker that gets them the victory.

Winners via Pinfall:
The Mamalukes​

As soon as the bell rings signifying the victory of the Mamalukes, Norman Smiley and Vampiro hit the ring with their belts, nailing both Vito and Johnny in the back of the head with the titles before superkicking their manager Tony Marinara entering to attempt a save. To the cheers of the crowd, Vampiro and Norman Smiley power-bombed both men onto the mat before leaving the ring with their belts held high.​

Match #8
Shark Boy
vs. La Parka

La Parka started things off with a show of strength that sent Shark Boy flying across the ring, and La Parka follows it up with a baseball slide connecting to the forehead of Shark Boy. Shark Boy gets whipped across the ring into the opposing the corner, and an attempted clothesline by La Parka gets blocked when Shark Boy does a sudden standing side-kick that rattles the brains of the Cruiserweight Champion. Sharky connects with a side headlock that La Parka gets out of with a Slingshot plancha, but Sharky comes back with the old bite the ass attack and proceeds to mock La Parka’s strut as the Champion is rolling around the ring in obviously exaggerated pain.

La Parka then gets up, serious for the moment, and connects with a big avalanche clothesline and follows it up with a delayed butterfly slam. La Parka then connects with the La Parkinator (Corkscrew Moonsault) to get a two count, and Shark Boy then elbows his way out, but La Parka retakes control with a dropkick. La Parka covers for two again, and follows up with an Irish whip and charges in with a boot that nearly kicks Shark Boy’s head off. La Parka then grabs Shark Boy and hits him with the Skull-bomb (Sunset-flip power-bomb) to gain the victory ahead of his title defense against Chavo Guerrero.

Winner via Pinfall: La Parka
 
WCW House Show
Hamburg, Germany - 02/11/00
6,000 in attendance, Sold Out.​

AJ Styles b. Christopher Daniels
Perry Saturn b. Homicide
Backseat Boyz b. Havana Pit Bulls
Chris Kanyon b. Konnan
The Revolution (The Haas Brothers) b. Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray)
Diamond Dallas Page b. Shane Douglas
Tag Team Title Match: Norman Smiley & Vampiro (C) b. - Filthy Animals in a Lucha Libre Tag Team Match
WCW World Heavyweight Championship Match: Chris Benoit (C) b. Lex Luger

WCW House Show
Oberhausen, Germany - 02/12/00​

Chris Kanyon b. Stevie Ray
AJ Styles and Homicide b. the Havana Pit Bulls
Christopher Daniels and Crowbar b. the Backseat Boyz
The Mamalukes w/ Tony Marinara b. The Filthy Animals in a Tag Team Match
Terry Funk b. Shane Douglas in a Hardcore Match
Dean Malenko b. Konnan
Norman Smiley & Vampiro b. The Revolution (the Haas Brothers)
Diamond Dallas Page b. Booker T.


WCW Worldwide

Shown February 12th, 2000
Worldwide comes to you taped from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Mona defeats Rhonda Singh
Madusa defeats Little Jeanie
The Mamalukes defeat Los Fabulosos
Chris Benoit defeats AJ Styles
 
Prowrestling Insider has further information on the roster and staff shake-up of WCW. Bob Ryder and Mark Madden, hosts of WCW Live and color commentators have been released from their contracts, along with 2 tag-teams, that of Ricky Reyes and Rocky Romero as well as the brothers Joel and Jose Maximo.

WCW officials revealed both teams were on pay-per appearance agreements along with several other younger tag-teams and singles wrestlers, which included wrestling house-shows abroad and in the United States. Apparently, both tag-teams have been told they may be approached in the future for new contracts, but at the moment are too green, especially with the glut of more veteran teams on hand, as well as other rookie teams participating in storylines, which neither team released was.

Also released are valets Tylene Buck (an nWo girl), Symphony, the Maestro’s valet before his own release and Chameleon and Baby, “Champagne” Chris Kanyon’s own valets.
 
Nitro
14/02/2000


The Haas Brothers versus The Backseat Boyz
On Thunder, the Haas Brothers revealed their new affiliation with Shane Douglas’s Revolution, aiding the beat-down of Stevie Ray and Booker T, who were hospitalized as a result of their injuries. The Backseat Boyz made their televised debut on Thunder in a praise-worthy effort against the veteran duo of Jacques Rogueau and Carl Ouellet, but ended up losing. Will they succeed tonight on Nitro or will the Haas’s new found rise from obscurity continue with a victory over Trent Acid and Johnny Kashmere?

Konnan versus Shane Douglas
Both men lost their chances to contest for the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship at Super Brawl. Both men despise each other, and have fought since the fall of 1999 along with their respective friends. Will “P-dawg” Konnan take it to Shane Douglas or will the self-anointed leader of the revolution gain a victory as we draw closer to Super Brawl?

Los Villanos
versus Los Fabulosos
It started over a mask, and it continues over the precepts of Lucha Libre. Both these teams consist of veterans from south of the border, men who have spent years training and practicing wrestling under the honorable rules of lucha libre. On the 14th of February, we will see Los Villanos and Los Fabulosos clash in a Lucha Libre Tag Team Match.

La Parka versus Juventud Guerrera
Cruiserweight Champion. The Chairman of WCW. The man who will face the undefeated Chavo Guerrero at Super Brawl will face Juventud Guerrera in a non-title match on Nitro courtesy of Terry Funk’s decision making. Juventud on the other hand has the chance to gain momentum and establish a case of his own to challenge for the Cruiserweight Championship.

Chris Kanyon versus Crowbar versus Hugh Morrus
It started two weeks ago on Nitro. It ends tonight. “Champagne” Chris Kanyon goes head to head versus “The Laughing Man” Hugh Morrus versus “The Mindbender” Crowbar for the vacant WCW World Television Championship. Of the three, Chris Kanyon is the most accomplished thus far in WCW, but one can never count out Crowbar, especially with the gothic Daffney at his side, while Hugh Morrus has a reputation for unpredictability that has served him well in the past.

Norman Smiley
versus Big Vito
At SuperBrawl, Smiley and Vampiro are set to go head to head with the Mamalukes for the WCW World Tag Team Championships. On Nitro however, we get a little preview as Norman Smiley faces Big Vito in a Hardcore Match! Yes, you heard that right. It appears that the first of only two WCW Hardcore Champions has decided to induct Big Vito into the School of Hardcore, and Commissioner Terry Funk has chosen to allow Norman Smiley the stipulations. Will Norman Smiley successfully teach Vito how its done Hardcore-style, or will the Marinara soldier show the British wrestler how its done on the streets of New York?

Eddy Guerrero
versus Scott Steiner
Eddy Guerrero and Scott Steiner here go head to head to pass the second round of the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship tournament. But that’s not the only thing on the line. For Eddy Guerrero, it’s a chance to regain a championship once lost to Dean Malenko, a championship that has eluded him since 1997. For Scott Steiner, it allows him to prove that he has not lost a step since the final defeat of the nWo, and becoming United States Heavyweight Champion will be the first step towards achieving a goal in his sights since 1991: Becoming WCW World Heavyweight Champion.

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Quick-look card:

Dark Matches
Elix Skipper & Mark Jindrak versus Team Canada
Psicosis versus Blitzkrieg

Televised Matches
The Haas Brothers versus the Backseat Boyz
Konnan versus Shane Douglas
Los Villanos versus Los Fabulosos
La Parka versus Juventud Guerrera
Chris Kanyon versus Crowbar versus Hugh Morrus
Norman Smiley versus Big Vito
Eddy Guerrero versus Scott Steiner
 
Nitro
14/02/2000


The Haas Brothers versus The Backseat Boyz
On Thunder, the Haas Brothers revealed their new affiliation with Shane Douglas’s Revolution, aiding the beat-down of Stevie Ray and Booker T, who were hospitalized as a result of their injuries. The Backseat Boyz made their televised debut on Thunder in a praise-worthy effort against the veteran duo of Jacques Rogueau and Carl Ouellet, but ended up losing. Will they succeed tonight on Nitro or will the Haas’s new found rise from obscurity continue with a victory over Trent Acid and Johnny Kashmere?

Konnan versus Shane Douglas
Both men lost their chances to contest for the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship at Super Brawl. Both men despise each other, and have fought since the fall of 1999 along with their respective friends. Will “P-dawg” Konnan take it to Shane Douglas or will the self-anointed leader of the revolution gain a victory as we draw closer to Super Brawl?

Los Villanos
versus Los Fabulosos
It started over a mask, and it continues over the precepts of Lucha Libre. Both these teams consist of veterans from south of the border, men who have spent years training and practicing wrestling under the honorable rules of lucha libre. On the 14th of February, we will see Los Villanos and Los Fabulosos clash in a Lucha Libre Tag Team Match.

La Parka versus Juventud Guerrera
Cruiserweight Champion. The Chairman of WCW. The man who will face the undefeated Chavo Guerrero at Super Brawl will face Juventud Guerrera in a non-title match on Nitro courtesy of Terry Funk’s decision making. Juventud on the other hand has the chance to gain momentum and establish a case of his own to challenge for the Cruiserweight Championship.

Chris Kanyon versus Crowbar versus Hugh Morrus
It started two weeks ago on Nitro. It ends tonight. “Champagne” Chris Kanyon goes head to head versus “The Laughing Man” Hugh Morrus versus “The Mindbender” Crowbar for the vacant WCW World Television Championship. Of the three, Chris Kanyon is the most accomplished thus far in WCW, but one can never count out Crowbar, especially with the gothic Daffney at his side, while Hugh Morrus has a reputation for unpredictability that has served him well in the past.

Norman Smiley
versus Big Vito
At SuperBrawl, Smiley and Vampiro are set to go head to head with the Mamalukes for the WCW World Tag Team Championships. On Nitro however, we get a little preview as Norman Smiley faces Big Vito in a Hardcore Match! Yes, you heard that right. It appears that the first of only two WCW Hardcore Champions has decided to induct Big Vito into the School of Hardcore, and Commissioner Terry Funk has chosen to allow Norman Smiley the stipulations. Will Norman Smiley successfully teach Vito how its done Hardcore-style, or will the Marinara soldier show the British wrestler how its done on the streets of New York?

Eddy Guerrero
versus Scott Steiner
Eddy Guerrero and Scott Steiner here go head to head to pass the second round of the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship tournament. But that’s not the only thing on the line. For Eddy Guerrero, it’s a chance to regain a championship once lost to Dean Malenko, a championship that has eluded him since 1997. For Scott Steiner, it allows him to prove that he has not lost a step since the final defeat of the nWo, and becoming United States Heavyweight Champion will be the first step towards achieving a goal in his sights since 1991: Becoming WCW World Heavyweight Champion.

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Quick-look card:

Dark Matches
Elix Skipper & Mark Jindrak versus Team Canada
Psicosis versus Blitzkrieg

Televised Matches
The Haas Brothers versus the Backseat Boyz
Konnan versus Shane Douglas
Los Villanos versus Los Fabulosos
La Parka versus Juventud Guerrera
Chris Kanyon versus Crowbar versus Hugh Morrus
Norman Smiley versus Big Vito
Eddy Guerrero versus Scott Steiner

Ok the Eddy vs. Scott Steiner and the Los Villanos vs. Los Fabulosos has me hooked for next week. The rest are kinda feel like filler. Still, can't wait for the next update.
 
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World Championship Wrestling has released Power Plant Director Jody Hamilton, Manager Paul Orndorff, Michael Haynes III, Harrison Norris, Buzz Stern, Big Ron Studd, Mike Wenner and Pez Whatley. All those released were Power Plant staff and trainers. Only five remain from the original staff, being Head Trainer Dwayne Bruce, Bobby Eaton, Lash LeRoux, Nora Greenwald & Debra Miceli. It is reported that of the remaining five, only Nora Greenwald and Debra Miceli will be making the transition to wrestling full-time at the moment.

Dave Finlay’s contract issues have been sorted out, and he has been assigned to the Power Plant as a trainer due to his ongoing recovery to a serious nerve injury acquired in 1998. Joining him is Hugh Morrus as a trainer and part-time wrestler. The vacant Power Plant Director position will be assumed by “Dr. Death” Steve Williams, who has agreed to a two-year written contract with World Championship Wrestling. WCW is reportedly looking to make a change from a focus on fitness and athleticism towards technical wrestling and mic skills with 3 day-long workshops on a monthly basis from active and former WCW/NWA wrestlers to help trainees hone their own skills.
 
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World Championship Wrestling is pleased to announce as part of our ongoing reorganization the new and finalized announce teams for all WCW programming:
Nitro Commentary: Mike Tenay, Tony Schiavone, Bobby Heenan
Thunder Commentary: Scott Hudson, Mike Tenay, Rowdy Roddy Piper
Saturday Night/Worldwide Commentary: Larry Zybszko, Scott Hudson, Jeremy Borash
 
WCW Nitro

February 14th, 2000

Dark Match #1
Elix Skipper and Mark Jindrak
vs. Team Canada

A good, solid tag-team match between Team Canada and the two Power Plant rookies is the result here, with the story of the match being that Skipper and Jindrak try to use their speed and youth to carry the match forward against Ouellet and Rougeau’s experience and double-teaming. Ultimately, Team Canada gets the win when a hot tag between Skipper and Jindrak is missed by the referee, leaving Team Canada precious moments to target Jindrak as Skipper argues with the referee, before gaining the pinfall.

Winner via Pinfall: Team Canada

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Dark Match #2
Psicosis
vs. Blitzkrieg

Once again a solid match, but this time, nothing like the technical/brawling match tag-match before it, as both men fly high and leave it all up in the air. Psicosis’s obvious experience and skill overshadowed the attempts of Blitzkrieg, whose risky attempts to build momentum often cost him control of the match, which ultimately saw him miss a Skytwister Press (Corkscrew 450° splash) and get hit with a Psycho Stunner (Three-quarter facelock jawbreaker).

Winner via Pinfall: Psicosis

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This edition of Nitro comes to you live from Uniondale, New York.

Nitro opens up with us backstage, where a camera crew is filming an interview of sorts that Pamela Paulshock is holding with the two latest members of the Revolution, Charlie and Russ Haas.

Paulshock: Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome. If you didn’t watch last week’s Thunder, Charlie and Russ Haas, two of the signings made by our Commissioner Terry Funk, gave their allegiances to you and the Revolution, aiding in a beat-down of the one-night only reunited Harlem Heat. What I would like to ask you two gentlemen is simple: Why?

Charlie Haas: Why? The better question is, why not? Look, we both thank Funk for signing us onto contracts, but that was just him recognizing talent. And talent doesn’t take you all the way in WCW. Having allies does. Having connections. Knowing which horse to back, and which horse to put down. And that’s what why we did what we did. Because Shane Douglas wants to lead a revolution, a revolution that is necessary to destroy the rotting remnants of the old WCW.

Russ Haas: Booker T, Stevie Ray, I don’t know if you’re watching this from your hospital rooms, but know this: You stood in the way of progress. 5 years ago, you were one of the best tag-teams in WCW, world tag-team champions even. But that was 5 years ago. This is 2000, and by the time we end 2000, the Haas Brothers will become world tag team champions. Count on it.

Charlie: And now if you’ll excuse us, Pamela, we’ve got a match to attend to.

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Match #1]The Haas Brothers vs. Backseat Boyz

The Haas Brothers and the Backseat Boyz pull off one heck of an opening match, one that surpasses the earlier dark tag match. In a match that really wakes up the crowd, the Haas Brothers execute and demonstrate many of their personally created holds and techniques on both members of the Backseat Boyz, who in turn bravely hold their own with high-flying and a good deal of brawling. But ultimately, the Haas Brothers win out, handing the Backseat Boyz their second televised defeat within the last seven days.

Winner via Pinfall: The Haas Brothers​

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As the Haas Brothers celebrate in the ring, we go backstage to see Konnan and Shane Douglas are both making their way to the ring on the split-screen Tron. While Douglas is on the mobile, discussing something with an unknown person, Konnan is more than willing to address the fans in the arena, taking over the entire Tron screen and temporarily slowing to a halt.

Konnan: Yo, Uniondale, New York! What’s up!

*cheap pop*

Konnan: What’s up is that your homeboy P-dawg has been given a chance to hand out an ass-whooping to one Mr. Shane Douglas tonight! Hope ya’ll enjoy it, because it’s up next!

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Match #2
"P-dawg" Konnan versus Shane Douglas

As the two men make their way to the ring, each receives an appropriate crowd response, with Douglas getting serious heat as he enters the ring, while Konnan slaps hands and responds to the enthusiastic cheers of the New York fans. Both men are serious as the bell rings, circling each other as they plan their opening stratagems.

The two lock up briefly before Douglas switches to an arm-drag before switch a shoulder lock that forces Konnan to one knee briefly as he works it into a hammerlock. Konnan elbows Douglas in the face to get out of the hold and sends him to a corner to recover from his sudden bout of blindness. The two circle and lock up again, but this time Douglas uses that as a distraction as he goes for a Belly to Belly Suplex. Shane Douglas goes for a pinfall but only get two from the referee, and the Revolution leader raises up Konnan for a suplex only to get hit with a drop toe-hold that has Konnan take control as he straddles Douglas’s chest and batters his face with a series of blows.

The referee forces Konnan to get off of Douglas when he is close to a five-count, allowing Douglas to raise himself by the ropes. Konnan signifies a test of strength, which the recovering Douglas strangely agrees to. Things are made clear when Douglas rakes Konnan’s face, drawing a warning from the referee as he does so. Uncaring, Douglas showboats for a bit before punching Konnan, sending him into the ropes. Douglas kicks him a couple of times there before picking him up for an inverted suplex slam that only gets him a two count once again.

Douglas picks up Konnan and takes him to the corner in an Irish whip, and proceeds to chop at his chest in a frantic manner as he screams “WOOOO”. Konnan recovers in a burst of energy between chops, pushing Douglas back and leveling him with a clothesline that nearly turns him inside out.

Now both men are on the mat, both are out from the tremendous and desperate clothesline from Konnan, struggling to get to their feet as referee Charles Robinson starts a 10-count. Konnan manages to get to his feet first amazingly, putting Douglas in an abdominal stretch that is quickly broken out of by the fresher Douglas. Douglas puts Konnan in an abdominal stretch of his own, but Konnan refuses to give up, instead using the hold as a means to marshal his own energy as he counters it by flipping Douglas over himself and following it with an elbow drop straight to the throat of Douglas. Konnan raises Douglas up for a whip across the ropes that sees Douglas charging him with a lariat, but Konnan leaps over Douglas and hits him with a standing side-kick on the reverse that is followed up by a head-butt that sends Douglas around the ring. Konnan goes for a whip on Douglas and follows it up by a roll that sees him rise up, pivot 180 degrees and hit Douglas with a bulldog that sends every fan in the arena to their feets.

1 … 2 … NO!

Shane Douglas somehow manages to get a shoulder up as the frustrated Konnan takes his aggression out on Charles Robinson, yelling at him to do his job better. This action gave Douglas enough time to get to all fours and recover his wind, hitting a vicious neckbreaker on Konnan as he made to pick him up. Following it up with a roll-up, Konnan kicks out, literally pushing Douglas off of him. But Shane Douglas isn’t so easily deterred, and hits his fisherman buster on Konnan, before lifting him up to hit him with an inverted stunner. Stunned and out of breath, Konnan is unable to object to the successful pinfall.

Winner via Pinfall: Shane Douglas
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As we go backstage, we see the recently reinvigorated Los Villanos standing with Pamela Paulshock, who as always when with some of the more intimidating wrestlers, looks a bit uneasy.

Paulshock: Los Villanos, you requested this time to address your opponents for your match tonight as well as your opponents for Super Brawl.

Villanos IV: Si, mucho gracias, senorita Paulshock. El Dandy, Silver King, you are both good wrestlers. You understand lucha libre, you respect lucha libre. But we must send a message tonight to our opponents, that Tijuana mongrel Rey Mysterio Jr. and his American amigo, Billy Kidman. And you will be that message. For tonight, we will show them what future awaits them on the 20th of February at SuperBrawl!

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Match #3
Los Villanos vs. Los Fabulosos

A good Lucha Libre tag team match was the result here, as could be expected from four veterans of the Mexican wrestling scene. Los Villanos were initially stymied by Los Fabulosos who picked up the first fall in this two out of three falls tag-team match, but Los Villanos quickly rallied, gaining their first pinfall minutes after their initial defeat and following it up with a second pin after another five minutes of solid domination.

Winner via Pinfall: Los Villanos​

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As Los Villanos celebrates their victory over El Dandy and Silver King and gloat in front of the fans in the arena, they unfortunately let down their guard. Unfortunately for them, because Rey Mysterio Jr. and Billy Kidman exit from among the fans, and armed with kendo sticks, proceed to assault Los Villanos.

Los Villanos manage to hold their own in a four-man brawl in the ring for a short while, but a well placed kendo strike to the head sends one, then the other Villanos out of the ring onto the mat, where the arriving security detail forces them to fall back, despite the taunts of the Filthy Animals, who play to the crowd as their music plays.

Tenay: Ladies and gentlemen, six days away from SuperBrawl, and tensions are already to the boiling point! Los Villanos versus Filthy Animals, Luger versus Sting, Flair versus Douglas, and DDP versus Chris Benoit!

Schiavone: Ladies and Gentlemen, I am notorious for hyping up every show as the most important night in our industry-

Heenan: It’s practically become a war crime-

Schiavone: But I will be honest in this: you will be kicking yourself if you miss out on this.

Heenan: Well, that much we agree on, Tony.

Tenay: One of the signs of the apocalypse, I’m sure.

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Match #4
La Parka vs. Juventud Guerrera

By the time we return from commercial, Juventud is already in the ring, awaiting the cruiserweight champion’s arrival. And arrive he does, with the Cruiserweight title around his waist, dressed as he is with a sombrero and formal wear similar to that of the bull matadors. He takes off his hat halfway to the ring to gesture with it to the crowd before entering the ring and handing off everything to the stage hands as he reveals his regular full-body uniform.

The two men shake hands quickly before the bell rings, and proceed to push the crap out of each other as a frenzied, almost childish series of slaps, pushes and weak punches take place. Juventud is pushed into the corner of the ring, but manages to get out of a leaping crossbody that has La Parka trapped for a few moments between the ropes, allowing Juventud a few free shots before the referee hauls him off as La Parka holds onto the ropes.

Getting out of the ropes, La Parka runs into a unique hurricane by Juventud that does not fully connect, instead spinning La Parka around for several spins as Juventud gets off him. La Parka heads into the corner adjacent to the previous one and once again charges out, only to get hit by a spinning heel kick.

La Parka rolls out to the ring-side area, but Juventud is quick behind him, going over the top rope in a suicide dive that connects and takes both men to the ground. La Parka makes it to his feet first, and drags Juventud to the ring, rolling him in under the bottom rope. Parka hits a missile dropkick over the top-rope that connects at the shoulder of Juventud, going for a pin that only gets two before Juventud kicks out. Clearly frustrated, Juventud is dragged to the corner, where La Parka hits his La Parkinator (corkscrew moonsault) onto Juventud, getting the one, two, three.

Winner via Pinfall: La Parka​

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As La Parka receives his belt and climbs to the corners to celebrate his non-title victory, we see Chavo Guerrero run down to the ring, waiting as La Parka celebrates from the north-right corner. La Parka does finally get down, turning around only to see Guerrero in his face. La Parka reflexively takes a step back and righting himself, but by then it’s clear Guerrero meant to do nothing more than psyche out, as he takes a step back and gestures to his waist, clearly signifying his intention to win their upcoming match at Super Brawl as we go to commercial.

We come back from commercial to go backstage, where we see “Champagne” Chris Kanyon alone with Pamela Paulshock.

Paulshock: Chris Kanyon, you requested this time to address your upcoming Triple Threat match for the WCW World Television Championship. So what’s on your mind?

Kanyon: What’s on my mind? Well let’s see. I’ve got a potential blockbuster I’m working on over in Hollywood, my girls Baby and Chameleon walked out on me a couple of days after last weeks Nitro, and I’ve got a title match tonight with a couple of guys who aren’t worth my time. Guess which one is giving me the most problems?

Paulshock: Your relationship problems?

Kanyon: God no. Ring rats like those two are a dime a dozen.

Paulshock: So then your title match?

Kanyon: My title match- No you ******, not my title match! Like I said before, Crowbar and Hugh Morrus aren’t worth anything in the wrestling world, and they never will be! I am the one, the only person worthy of being the WCW World Television Champion in this match, ergo, I will win it. No, what I wanted to talk about was my mid-spring blockbuster, Ready to Rumble, which comes out in April-

Crowbar: … Really?

Kanyon jumps as he finds Crowbar right behind him, tutting with obvious disapproval.

Kanyon: Where the hell did you come from-

Crowbar: It doesn’t matter where I came from! What matters is our Triple Threat up next, and what matters is the suffering I’m going to put you through “Whisky”-

Kanyon: It’s Champagne.

Crowbar: Well Champagne’s a sissy nickname.

Kanyon: It is not!

Crowbar: Is too.

Kanyon: Is not- Damn it I’m not dragging myself into an argument with you!

Morrus: *giggling*

Kanyon: *sigh* for the love of the almighty… Let’s just go down to the ring and wrestle already, alright?

Daffney: Sure.

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Match #5
"Champagne" Chris Kanyon versus Crowbar w/Daffney versus Hugh Morrus

As the three men enter the ring (with Daffney on the outside), the bell rings. Immediately, Kanyon attacks Crowbar, sick of the constant presence of the man. Hugh Morrus follows his lead seconds after, joining him on his assault on Crowbar. After a few minutes of beatings in the corner, Morrus throws Crowbar through the second rope, where he hits the barricade. As soon as Crowbar flies through the ropes, Kanyon roughly turns Morrus around and hits him with the Flat-liner, immediately going for a pinfall that is broken up by an irate Daffney.

And that is the story for much of the match. Kanyon is dominant over either wrestlers, but either Daffney or the third wrestler always prevents the pinfall. It is only halfway into the match when Crowbar hits a suicide dive on Kanyon & Morrus battling outside the ring that the momentum changes. Crowbar drags Kanyon back into the ring, hitting him with a series of stiff kicks not unlike the Japanese style of wrestling before going for a pin. Kanyon kicks out, but its evident that the recent swing in momentum won’t be halted any time soon. While Kanyon and Morrus manage to hold their own and attempt short rallies against Crowbar for the rest of the match, Crowbar eventually wins the match, hitting his Mind-Bender on Kanyon to become the WCW World Television Champion!

Winner via Pinfall: Crowbar​

As Crowbar and Daffney finish their celebration in the ring while referees herd Morrus & Kanyon back, we go to the back to see Eddie Guerrero with Pamela Paulshock, no doubt about to be interviewed for his main-event match with Scott Steiner to enter the WCW US Heavyweight finals at Superbrawl.

Paulshock: Eddy, tonight you and Scott Steiner will tear it up in the main-event to decide who will head to the finals of the United States Heavyweight Championship tournament that will be held on the 20th of February at SuperBrawl. But some are claiming your controversial win over Dean Malenko during the semi-finals should give Scott Steiner a bye straight to the finals-

Guerrero: Bye to the finals? No, no, no, chica. Let me tell you something. All Eddy Guerrero did was the right thing by Eddy Guerrero. It’s as simple as that. Like Chavo’s been saying, sometimes you’ve just gotta stop taking it lying down and doing what you can to get ahead. At Superbrawl, my nephew will become a WCW Cruiserweight Champion for the first time in his career. At Superbrawl, I will become a two-time WCW United States Heavyweight Champion!

Fans boo as Dean Malenko of Revolution enters the scene.

Malenko: Well, if you do actually make it past Booker T, Eddy, then know I’ll be coming for you. Just because me and the rest of Revolution are busy dealing with Benoit and Booker, doesn’t mean I’ll forget what happened in the semi-finals. You screwed me out of my title opportunity, Guerrero.

Guerrero: You know what, I did. And you know what else? Nobody gave a damn, esse. See, there’s a difference when the fans see you as a villain. They stop caring about what happens to you, whether you get injured, you get beat, you lose a title. And when they stop caring about you, so do the people in charge, because they don’t back the wrong horse. Because they care about what the people want and they want their heroes, their Stings, their Goldbergs, their Hulk Hogans. Me, they’re still trying to make up their minds about. But you became a lost cause when you sided with Shane Douglas. You’ve got everything to prove and everything to gain. And from the looks of it, you’ve also got Ric Flair standing right behind you.

Malenko abruptly turns around and indeed finds Ric Flair behind him, who promptly slaps the taste out of Malenko’s mouth, sending Malenko to the floor as Guerrero leaves for quieter pastures and Paulshock follows, leaving the cameraman to witness this.

Flair: WWWWWWWOOOOOOO! You didn’t think I’d forgotten about you, did you Dean? You never forget a Horseman, just like you never forget a Horseman who turns on his own! I’ve got your never-was of a boss come Super Brawl, but I want a tune-up match with you this week’s episode of Thunder! And don’t even bother trying to protest, Funk already penciled it in! WOOO!

Match #6
Norman Smiley versus Big Vito in a Hardcore Match

Violence. Chairs. Tables. Rails. Barriers. Actual Wrestling. All these elements came to fore in this brutal match that obviously took a lot out of the smaller and more technically oriented Norman Smiley than the brutal brawler Vito DeLagrasso. The widely held view that Norman would lose this match came through in the end, pinned after going through a table in the middle of the ring to end the match.

Winner via Pinfall: Big Vito​

Vito attempted to do more damage to one of his Super Brawl opponents ahead of time, but lucky for Norman, Vampiro was in the front rows watching the match, and promptly entered the ring side with a pipe to chase away Vito.

As both Vito and the tag-team champions leave ringside, the Filthy Animals come out, no doubt to insure there is no Revolution interference tonight. When their teammate Eddy comes out, all three men hug him, before telling him to win it cleanly this time, if the camera work and lip-reading is any indication. Whether he listens to them will have to be seen in the match.


Match #7
Eddy Guerrero versus Scott Steiner

At the start of the match, Eddy looks extremely arrogant and confident, even getting up in Steiner’s face and begins paint brushing the Genetic Freak, who responds by kicking Guerrero straight under the ribs, sending him into the corner and issuing a 10 count flurry of punches to Guerrero's head. From there, Steiner began to throw into Guerrero, executing both classic impact moves such as suplexes and knee drops, all designed to limit Guerrero's ability to get to the top rope and fly with the patented Frog Splash.

Soon enough though, Guerrero turned the tides with an eye rake that the referee missed. Practically blinded, Guerrero took full control as he began working over Steiner with some crisp Russian Legsweeps, neckbreakers, innovative German Suplexes and high vertical suplexes. He went for numerous pin attempts, but every time Steiner had refused to give.

He even tried Steiner’s own Steiner Recliner, ill-advised on the bigger and stronger man who was able to break free, and then the two exchanged a rapid series of blows, drawing the crowd in as they groaned from each shot. Guerrero fell back from the last one, leading Steiner to charge with a clothesline that sees him go over a pulled down top rope. Eddy follows over the ropes with a diving cross-body as the two brawl at ringside, but the referee’s attention is distracted by the sudden arrival of Los Villanos, who attack their Superbrawl opponents and Konnan. The three Filthy Animals manage to rally, but not before the charge of Shane Douglas, Dean Malenko & The Haas Brothers from backstage, which forces ring-side security to attempt to hold them back. Ric Flair also runs from the back, going straight for Malenko & Douglas. Malenko manages to break free before Flair gets there, and goes for Guerrero, while Flair and Douglas start leveling into each other as more security comes from the back with Terry Funk to restore order.

Guerrero seems to anticipate Malenko turning the corner of the ring, as he throws Scott Steiner into him. Both men dazed, Guerrero took the opportunity to grab a tazer from underneath the ring (prompting questions from the commentators of how it got there), and proceeded to taze both Malenko & Steiner. Both now out for the count, Steiner was dragged back into the ring by Guerrero, who then executed a needless Frog Splash that drew the attention of the referee, resulting in a proper count of 1 … 2 … 3! Eddy Guerrero is going to Superbrawl!

Winner via Pinfall: Eddy Guerrero​

As the chaos at ringside continues and Eddy Guerrero leaves the ring to gather his friends, the commentating team bid everyone to tune in on Thunder to follow up on tonight’s series of events!
 
Compared to last week's Thunder, this was such an improvement except for one thing. WHERE WAS BENOIT?!

#1 rule of pro wrestling your world champion mush show up every week at least on the A-show!
 
Compared to last week's Thunder, this was such an improvement except for one thing. WHERE WAS BENOIT?!

#1 rule of pro wrestling your world champion mush show up every week at least on the A-show!

He didn't fit on the show. *shrugs* I've got to make time for all the feuds and storylines developing, not just the main-title. This ain't Smackdown.
 

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