by Christopher Robin Zimmerman
WrestleLine/WrestleManiacs
Did I miss the WCW logo or did they not show it?
TV-14-DL - Flair is in the ring, Animal on the apron and Nash in the aisle
- apparently we are joining in progress? Flair invites Nash into the ring,
along with the close captioned logo. Nash asks Animal to step aside - but
he lunges at him instead - block, right, into the barricade. He's left
laying as Nash slowly makes his wy into the ring. Nash steps over the top
rope as Flair begs off. Knee to Flair - and a big choke - foot on the
neck. Nash says Flair may be the boss around here, but he is not
his...well, we don't hear the end of that sentence - backstage, Mike
Sanders meets the limo and tells Steiner, Jarrett et al that Flair needs
him. Back to the ring - Nash is tired of Flair calling the shots, so he's
gonna do it instead. Right hand. Flair: "Nooooooo!" Into the opposite
corner, right hand. Nash says he's going to embarrass him. "I'm going to
strip you naked on national television." Flair tries some chops - no
effect. Nash rips up the jacket - right, right, off comes the shirt (with
a little help from Flair on the cuffs) - right, off come the pants - Flair
wears Florida Gator boxers? "You know, this started off kinda funny - it's
gettin' real pathetic." Well he's half right. "I think it's time for the
Killer to put a period on the end of this sentence." Down come the straps
- just in time, the siren hits and TEAM FLAIR runs out. "You better get
back, boys - or I break his neck." Bagwell holds back Steiner - Jarrett
and Luger decide to stay back as well. "Penzer, get them a microphone, I
wanna hear what these girls have to say." "Let him go, Nash - let him go,
we're coming in there. Don't break his neck or I'll break yours." "I
don't think you're in much of a position to negotiate right now, Steiner."
"Come on, Nash - let him go!" "Or what?" "Or what, we're gonna come in
there and kick your ass." Nash continues standing on his neck. "Flair -
before this goes any further, looks to me like we got some demands we need
to negotiate - you feel like negotiatin' tonight, Flair?" "Ahhhh -
yeahhhhh" "Well I brought a negotiator with me tonight..." Hit the music,
Team Flair turns to face the Nitrovision but THE CAT & MZ. JONEZ are out
through the crowd from the other side. "Hey! Hey jackasses - I'm over
here." Cat calls Nash a bad boy - "is that any way to treat your grandpa?"
Cat says he's in charge tonight. SuperBrawl Revenge is 13 days away, says
the graphic. Nash throws another right. Cat says if he kills Flair,
*he'll* be in charge, and he'll send 'em all home. Cat says he's going to
book the whole show tonight. "We know when the Cat book the show, there's
a lotta surprises out there for all you fans." He asks the boss if he can
take charge - Flair says something incoherent - he's in Nash's head vice.
Cat says "Big Poppa Dump" five or six times, telling him he's booked in
three matches tonight....because he's a three-time karate champion.
Hudson: "That makes sense." He asks Flair if that's okay - Flair mumbles
in the affirmative. Cat says his first match is against four
cruiserweights (aw shit). His second match will be against Diamond Dallas
Page. And finally, this third match will be a title match - against Kevin
Nash. But that's not all - if he loses, Flair must resign at midnight. Is
it a match? Flair tries to say "no" but switches to "yes" after Nash
starts the choke. Cat says Nash can even have a mystery partner in his
match tonight - anybody he wants. Crowd chants "cold beer" for some
reason. Cat says Steiner is "losin' his hair - and he lost his mind."
After Nash wins the title and Flair loses his job, he'll be in charge.
Somebody can call his momma! "Looks to me like the Cat has spoken."
"Pretender 2001" is NEXT!
When we come back, Flair is being helped out of the ring by his men.
Steiner and Midajah hang back for the first match...oh, by the way,
you can buy his shirt at wcwgear.com
WHITE THUNDER (with Midajah, already in the ring) v. JUNG DRAGONS (without
Leia Meow - she was fired) and KNOBLE & KARAGIAS - I guess Jamie-san's
patched it up with his old team, eh? How smug you were when you wrote me.
"Oh, but they *signed* Daniels and Modest! Things are getting better and
you're WRONG. They're going to get it *right* this time - the
cruiserweights will be *protected.*" How SMUG you were. Listen, do you
think I'm HAPPY that I'm right? Do think I LIKE the fact that I can call
WCW demolishing the credibility of their light heavyweight division a mile
and a week away? Hell, ANYBODY can do it at this point. But somebody is
convinced that this is the way to book it - sure, the World Heavyweight
champion has *no problem* tossing around four cruiserweights - what they're
doing in the same ring to begin with....hell with it. It's a waste of my
time. Blockbuster superplex on Yang to put him down - 1, 2, Steiner tells
referee "Born To Do It" Scott James to stop counting - he's not done
throwing around cruiserweights yet. I can see the letters now. "If it
were Tazz suplexing the hell out of four men, you'd need an extra large
roll of toilet paper to contain your excitement." No, that wouldn't make
any sense either. "You know, the WWF Light Heavyweight division sucks,
too." I'm not even *talking* about the WWF - if you can't defend WCW
actions without bringing the WWF into it, you don't really have any
business trying to defend WCW in the first place. Triple stack Steiner
Recliner on Karagias, Kaz and Knoble - wow, Steiner involved with a KKK,
who'da thunk it. Everybody waves their arms frantically to give up.
(3:02) Here's some replays. Up yours.
This week, graphics take half the screen and clips take up the other half.
TONIGHT: Whoops, switched to LATER: Scott Steiner vs. Kevin Nash & Mystery
Partner"
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In the office, Flair dresses. Somehow, Flair blames Sanders for all his woes.
Meanwhile, Page and Brian Adams visit Cat, Nash and Jones. Nash asks Adams
who he wants tonight - Adams asksk for Totally Buffed or Animal - Cat says
he'll start him at the bottom and books him with Buff. Words for Page,
words for Nash....moving on
GENE O. works tonight! Rick Steiner has a US title shot tonight with the
Franchise - Steiner said this match was scheduled for the PPV, but he told
the Cat it's time to get some gold on their side, so they're having the
match tonight. He'll win the belt - you want some, you don't like me.
Promotional consideration paid for by Slim Jim, Geico, Geico, "Dinosaur" on
video & DVD, and Randstad (who?)
Boy, this show just FLIES when I don't care about it...
Gene O. stands with Brian Adams - Bryan Clarke was injured last week
on Thunder at the hands of Animal - or his chair, even. "You know what -
my partner didn't go to the hospital - no, he went home, he sewed it up
himself, and he laughed the whole time. The mistake was, boys, you didn't
get the job done, and now the WCW attorneys - or should I say Ric Flair's
attorneys - are saying my partner's banned from the building for his own
safety. The fact of the matter is, you guys are scared. And you should be
scared. 'Cause Bagwell, tonight, it's you and me. I'm not bringing a lead
pipe to the ring, I'm not bringing a steel chair to the ring, all's I'm
bringing are these - and I promise that this is all I need to get the job
done."
Flair, Luger, Bagwell and Animal react to the interview. Clarke is down
for three weeks thanks to the homerun king - Adams by himself should be no
problem. Luger suggests a Totally Buffed/Kronik match for SuperBrawl - and
no substitutions if Clarke can't make it. Flair digs it, and books the
match.
FRANCHISE (with Let Us Take You Back One Week) v. RICK WOOF WOOF for the
United States Heavyweight champion - last week, Steiner got the pin in a
nontitle match. THIS week, Franchise has a cast on his right arm. "Cut
the music! Listen up, you Tupelo, southern fried redneck hicks!" "'Ey
Franchise, why don't you shut your stinkin' mouth!" Steiner's entrance
cuts short the G-rated spiel. NBA All-Star Weekend starts Saturday!
Steiner asks referee "Blind" Jamie Tucker to check the cast...and
amazingly, he does it! Nothing found. Sign in crowd: "Shut up and
Wrestle" - ah ha ha. Lockup, to the corner...if he's trying to hit him
with the cast, that's a bad camera angle. Anyway, Steiner goes out after
something connects - Franchise after him, raking the face, head to the
commentary table, ripping at the face. Head to the apron. Everybody back
in - standing on the neck. Franchise outside - Steiner whipped into the
safety rail. Franchise has a chair, poking at him with the edge of the
chair - Steiner ducks the swing, but Franchise gets him the second try.
Tucker manages to grab it as he runs at him again - Steiner with a right.
Right. Into the safety rail, right. Steiner grabs the chair - Tucker out
to take it from him. Franchise back in the ring, Steiner after him,
snapmares him over, knee between the shoudlerblades and pulling on the
face. Right hand. Franchise rolls out again. Steiner puts him in the
safety rail. Oh this match is so slow - I'm guess that's a legit arm break
for Franchise? Franchise's head rammed into the belt on the commentary
table. Franchise rolled back in - Steiner between the ropes, Franchise
crotching him as he comes in. Filthy Animals jersey only $40 at
wcwgear.com! Rolling neck snap. Stomp, stomp, stomp, stomp - Steiner
back with a right, right, right, Franchise rakes the eyes. Into the ropes,
reversed, head down, Franchise...puts him in the ropes again. Steiner
turns a leapfrog attempt into a powerslam. Steinerline. Belly-to-belly
suplex. Going up for the bulldog...but he ends up running smack dab into
the cast. Franchiser!! Franchise does some mouthing off and/or gives him
time to recover - 1, 2, JOHNNY ACE! Does he have any more finishers
Steiner could kick out of? Franchise decides to argue with Tucker instead
of follow it up - Steiner up from behind - Franchise with a gutshot -
Steiner blocks the suplex attempt - swing is ducked - back elbow by
Franchise - off the ropes...Steiner catches him - Franchise raking the face
to break the bearhug - Franchise off the ropes - Spiccoli driver - 1, 2, 3.
Ladies and gentlemen, we have a new United States heavyweight champion.
(5:59) These guys are *still* gonna wrestle at SuperBrawl Revenge? I
guess people who actually buy pay-per-views *are* idiots. "Ric Flair -
number three - you know how it goes - you want me? You want some? Come
get some. You don't like me?" Replay of the Spiccoli Driver.
TONIGHT: Scott Steiner vs. Diamond Dallas Page!
LATER: Scott Steiner vs. Kevin Nash & Mystery Partner
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Mixture, 1-800-BAR-NONE, Randstad (who?), and (not Sun Tzu's) "The Art of
War" on Pay-Per-View
When we come back, Flair talks to Chavo Guerrero Jr. Unfortunately,
he talks so low that I can't hear him. Spying something on the monitor,
Flair goes ballistic - this is something he has to take care of now -
sorry, Chavo
Aww, it's DUSTIN RHODES coming to ringside - Let Us Take You Back to Last
Week where ECW's Dusty Rhodes ruined Tex Slazenger's chances of ever making
it to WWF television - why put up a funny imitation when the real thing is
still hamming it up on the other station? "Tupelooooooooooooooooooo!
Woooo is it good to be back or what? Slick Ric - sittin' all back there,
let me tell you something right now, boy - not by a long shot am I finished
stompin' your behind. You can bet your butt on that. (giant pause) Want
me to stomp a mudhole in Ric Flair tonight? Everybody wants that, don't
they, tonight. Ric Flair, like Dust, like the Rhodes name - you - will
always and never forget the name of Dustin Rhodes, you can bet on that."
"Are you paying attention? Rhodes! Hey! Look out, son, don't you know
who's running this joint? Look at the screen! It's the Nature Boy Ric
Flair - CEO - and this is MY WCW! Don't you get it? You'll never work
here! Is your head as fat as your old man's? I'm the CEO! This is my
WCW! You're fired, you're gone! Woooo you'll never work here!" "What you
talkin' about, huh? Why don't you come down here and say that?" Flair
tells the director to cut his mic, and directs security to the ring. "I
don't wanna see him anymore!" So they cut to commercial with Rhodes
standing there looking goofy.
When we come back, "Moments Ago," Doug Dillinja and security took Dustin
Rhodes away - he turned to the camera to say something....but the tape
stopped right there. Apparently, Flair ordered that footage stopped as
well. Dustin wasn't getting another second of TV time!
Here's a look at handsome DAVID PENZER standing in the ring to fill in.
DIAMOND DALLAS PAGE HAS REALLY CRAPPY MUSIC (with Let Us Take You Back to 2
weeks ago - and last week) v. MESH HEAD MUSH MOUTH (with Midajah & NBA
All-Star Weekend starts Saturday!) in a nontitle match - Page comes out
through the crowd, 'cause he's a suckup. Two things to say - first of all,
if his title is REALLY important to him, Steiner should just drop down and
let Page pin him in 0:03 - then he'll be fresh for the title match. Of
course, he should have done that in the first match as well, but that's not
the way we deal with cruiserweights here in WCW. Which leads to my second
question: what will it say when/if Page meets with more success against
Steiner than did four cruiserweights? Here we go. Steiner poses, Page
shoves, Page with "Iblockyourpunchyoudon'tblockmine," again, again, discus
lariat puts him down. Into the ropes, reversed, Page pretends Midajah
hooked his ankle (she was five feet away) and there's a Steinerline.
Steiner catches Page's clothesline but he turns it into a uranage for 2.
Clothesline takes both men to the outside. Page stomp, stomp, stomp,
stomps away. Into the safety rail is reversed and Page hits hard. Steiner
drops him on another safety rail. Head to the apron is blocked, elbow by
Page, head to the apron, rolled back in - Page up top...Midajah crotches
him by pulling the top rope. Steiner puts Page on his shoulder and runs
him very very slowly, to the opposite corner. Tree of Woe - Steiner
outside to crank the neck. Back inside - stomp. Into the ropes, Page
tries a sunset flip - Steiner punches him. Knees on the shoudlers - 1, 2,
Page reverses - 1, 2, no. Atomic drop by Steiner - backbreaker across the
knee, 1, 2, no. Steiner argues the count with referee "Blind" Billy
Silverman. Field goal kick by Steiner. Into the ropes, Steinerline. Kiss
the bicep, drop the elbow - 1, 2, no it's pushups time. Steiner's mouth is
bleeding (the bicep kiss left some as well) - quick, pull back to the
rafters! Steiner blocks a punch, knee to the gut, shoved back in the
corner, kick, kick, right, right, chop, forearm shiver, standing on the
neck. Crowd allegedly chanting "DDP" - Steiner hits the double bicep, then
kisses the other bicep, leaving a bloody mark. Page pulls himself up -
Steiner in the corner, right, left, right, into the opposite corner...but
running into the boot. Steiner with the belly-to-belly suplex - 1, 2, no!
Steiner decides to forearm Silverman out of the ring, kicking him to the
floor. Page spins him around - Steiner shoves out of the Diamond Cutter
attempt, Page off the ropes ducks under the clothesline, floatover into the
Diamond Cutter...but there's no ref. Page outside to roust
Silveman...who calls for the bell. (relaxed DQ 4:24) Hmm, how smart is it
to have the match end JUST as the competition starts? Page goes back out
over the rail to "celebrate with the fans." Just as his music starts, "a
fan" attacks him...but that's no fan, that's KANYON. JEDOUBLEF
JADOUBLEREDOUBLET joins in the stompdown until SECURITY gets them
separated. A woozy Page is helped to the back - meanwhile, back in the
ring, Midajah is trying to help Steiner shake HIS cobwebs. Play *his*
music! Here's a replay.
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Poor Kanyon - everybody changes the channel and he comes out a minute later.
When we come back, Steiner, Nash, Adams, Cat & Jones are trying to help out
Page and the TV-14-DL ratings box. Nash says something...I think, about
his match tonight, which will make everything better. The trainer goes to
work on Page...
Meanwhile, Jarrett & Kanyon pile into a limiousine and drive off.
EL NINO v. CHAVO GUERRERO JNR (with Let Us Take You Back to Last Week) in a
nontitle match - Apprently, Ric Flair went down to Mexico with Chavo's
father and scouted this guy for opposition tonight. Nino is a guy in a
mask and black body suit. Hey, maybe it's Raven's girlfriend! Probably
not. Nino goes outside to look at the title belt - this prompts Guerrero
to go out and berate David Penzer for letting someone else touch the belt.
Here we go. Nino does a little airplane imitation - Guerrero is annoyed.
Filthy Animals jersey graphic - hmmm. Lockup, side headlock by Guerrero,
into the ropes, shoulderblock by Guerrero. Commentators try to put over
the luchadores - good luck. Kick by Chavo, head to the buckle, kick, kick,
kick, standing on the neck. Another boot run across the head. Into the
opposite corner...no, back to the first corner sternum first. Death
suplex. 1, 2, kickout. Scoop..no, Nino goes behind, ducks a clothesline -
springboard crossbody - is caught. Backbreaker by the champ - 1, 2, no.
Chavo mounts him and throws several right crosses. Chop. Into the ropes,
slides under, Chavo drops down, Nino hangs onto the ropes, Chavo runs at
him, dumped on the apron - forearm by Nino puts Chavo on the floor. Nino
with a pescado! Nino plays airplane and does a lap around the ring. Whip
into the safety rail is reversed, and Nino sails over, landing in the front
row. Guerrero suplexes him back over the rail - to the floor. Rolled back
inside...Chavo going up top. Nino up - crotching him on top. Look mommy
I'm a plane once again - climbing up, slips off the ropes, springs back up
a second time, snaps off a Frankensteiner - 1, 2, Guerrero kicks out. Into
the ropes, reversed, tilt-a-whirl but Nino lands on his feet - tilt-a-whirl
backbreaker on the champ. Chavo up quickly - gets up the boot to stomp the
charge. Tossed out of the ring yet again - Guerrero follows. European
uppercut. Knife-edge chop. Rolled back in the ring - hooks the leg - 2.
Guerrero to a headlock. Crowd comes alive for the masked stranger...to his
feet (and trying to do the airplane, too) - elbow, elbowed out, off the
ropes, Guerrero buries a knee in the gut. Lateral press - 2. Nino sent
into the ropes, somersaulting off - Chavo has him up - he rolls over and
down for 2. Guerrero with a big clothesline. Into the ropes, Nino tries a
quebreada but Chavo catches him on his shoulder...running to the corner,
but Nino breaks free and shoves him into the corner. Nino off the ropes
with a flying headscissors. Hammerlock by Nino, to a rollup for 2. Chavo
with a double sledge to Nino. Over the ropes, no, Nino with a
Mysterio-like spin in the ropes - ducks a clothesline, body scissors into a
bulldog. On the apron, springboard legdrop, floatover - 1, 2, 3! (6:42)
The mask and shirt and doffed to reveal it's really RAYMOND STEREO. The
music guy astutely plays the Filthy Animals music and not El Nino music.
An angry Chavo charges into a drop toehold...and broncobuster. Rey does
one more airplane for us...then walks off. "What a swerve that was!"
Yeah, I liked the part where he got his ass completely kicked for several
minutes but managed to win anyway, because it made so much sense. Castrol
Motor Oily provides a replay. Mysterio makes the "I want da belt"
hand motion.
LATER: Scott Steiner vs. Kevin Nash & Mystery Partner! I think there's
more clips of Ric Flair here than the participants in the match - hey, you
don't think HE'S the...naah.
See WCW live while you still can! Friday tix go on sale for Johnson City,
Knoxville for Nitro, and Sunday catch WCW in Baton Rouge! Next Monday
Nitro hits Biloxi!
Close captioning where available type in by George Foreman for Meineke!
The NBA All-Star Weekend begins Saturday, by the way.
LANCE STORM & AWESOME MIKE AWESOME (without Major Gunns - she was fired)
are out. "If I can be serious for a minute - the question on everybody's
mind is is Ric Flair gonna still be the boss come midnight tonight? Well
let me remind you that Flair has the full support of Team Canada...and Cat,
some SuperBrawl, WCW is gonna have its first Canadian commission. Mark my
words, Cat, 'cause I'm from Calgary,....Alberta, Canada - I was born to
wrestle and bred to win. All rise for the playing of the Canadian national
anthem!" Instead of the anthem, however, we see Cat & Ms. Jones on the
Nitrovision. Cat says nobody wants to hear that crap, and goes on to say
they're gonna work hard tonight - then introduces their opponents...
LANCE STORM & AWESOME MIKE AWESOME v. CHUCK PALUMBO & SEAN O'HAIRE in a
nontitle match - Awesome and O'Haire start - Awesome with a gutshot, right,
into the ropes, they collide but nobody moves. Shoving match. Slaps and
chops and traded. Fourth go-round now - no advantage. Gutshot by Awesome,
right, right, into the ropes, reversed, Awesome catches him in a German
suplex, then clotheslines him outside. He's gonna leap - no-hands tope
onto O'Haire! Awesome back on the apron - Palumbo with a no-hands
springboard dropkick onto Awesome! Storm springs off with a missile
dropkick onto Palumbo - stomp, stomp, stomp, stomp. Must be one o' them
lucha rules matches. 13 days until the PPV, thanks Mr. Graphics. Storm
puts Palumbo into the ropes, nice dropkick. 1, 2, kickout. Side headlock
by Storm, Palumbo powers out, criss-cross, tag, Palumbo drops down and
O'Haire flattens Storm with a clothesline. Stomp, stomp, European
uppercut. Arm wringer, crowd chants "USA" with no faces to cheer for.
Storm trying to power out - O'Haire with the kneelift. Storm manges a
jawbreaker to turn it around - until O'Haire comes off with a right.
Right, right, tag, to the buckle, double arm wringer takedown. Palumbo
hooks the leg - out at 1. Cover, 2. Palumbo with a kick. Right hand.
Another right. Storm pokes the eyes, right, into the ropes, reversed,
powerslam by Palumbo. 1, 2, nope. Storm surprises with an inside cradle,
but gets 2. Straight right by Palumbo. Stomp, stomp, stomp, stomp, Scott
Hudson says "soupbone" (hi Scott), taunting Awesome to draw over referee
"Blind" Scott James so they can BOTH get to stompin'. O'Haire stays in -
working the body - right, left, right, right, vertical suplex coming up -
no, Storm lands on his feet and rolls him up for 2. Another big right hand
by O'Haire. Into the corner, tag, right hand. Head to the buckle, right,
into the opposite corner, boot up by Storm, leg lariat, tag to Awesome! Up
top - body press off the top - 1, 2, O'Haire saves. Right, into the ropes
is reversed, Palumbo hits the hot shot. Tag to O'Haire, Beverly Brothers
leapfrog butt to the back. O'Haire stomps away - right, left, right, into
the opposite corner, Awesome stairsteps up the ropes with no hands and hits
the back elbow. Right, stomp, climbing up top - AWESOME SPLASH!! 1, 2,
Palumbo in to make the save. Storm comes in and hits a flying forearm
smash that puts Palumbo to the ropes, then outside. Awesome says that's it
- going for the Awesome Bomb on O'Haire, but O'Haire shifts his weight and
lands on his feet. After slipping, he tries a spinning heel kick but
Awesome ducks it - there's a death suplex on O'Haire. Palumbo in - HE hits
a death suplex on Awesome. Storm in - SUPERKICK on Palumbo! O'Haire over
with a spinning roundhouse kick on Storm that puts him down. They take
opposite corners now - Awesome on Palumbo, O'Haire on Storm - O'Haire
working the body, whip out, reversed, do si do, Storm up and over, back
kick by O'Haire that apparently blinds him. Palumbo whips Awesome into
Storm, who instinctively rolls him into the Canadian Maple Leaf - O'Haire
is content to sit on the top turnbuckle and let the magic happen. ELIX
SKIPPER runs out to tell Storm he's got the wrong guy - Palumbo
clotheslines Storm onto Skipper once he lets go - Jungle Kick for Awesome,
O'Haire ready for the Seantonbomb - that should be it. O'Haire covers - 1,
2, 3. (7:39) Amazingly, both men were legal. Probably the only good thing
to come out of this show tonight. I leave it to you to decide whether it
was worth sitting through the rest of the show just for this one match.
Backstage, Mark Jindrak gets steamed - "ooh! They're so lucky!" Shawn
Stasiak tells him not to worry about it - they know where the real talent
lies, and they're in for a nasty surprise at SuperBrawl Revenge.
LATER: Scott Steiner vs. Kevin Nash & Mystery Partner
WCW Magazine ad - interestingly, *every* women in the "Women of WCW"
bit has been fired
BUFF DADDY BAGWELL v. BRIAN ADAMS (Kids wanna ROCK!) - Now I'll give you a
Brian Adams interview transcription, but I think expecting play-by-play on
*this* match is probably just a little too unrealistic an expectation to
carry. Let's just jump to the outside interference, shall we? Can you
believe we had to sit through five minutes of this first? Anyway, as THE
NARCISSIST comes out, he's surprised by BRYAN CLARKE and *they* get to
fighting on the outside - mostly Clarke doing the fighting. Adams kicks
out after a "Kobashi DDT" (Hudson). ROAD WARRIOR ANIMAL is out to turn the
tide on Clarke. Adams hits the full nelson uranage on Bagwell, but the
bell rings before he can cover. (Draw 5:44 ["10:00"]) Now, normally I'd
complain about the inaccurate timing, but let's face it: another four
minutes of these two would have killed us all. As referee "Blind" Mickie
J. explains it to Adams ("See, you said you'd never do the job, so..."),
Luger hits the ring and surprises him with a big forearm in the back, big
double sledge, big stomping away. Animal continues stomping on Clarke on
the outside. Luger signalling for the Rack and...with a little help from
Bagwell...does indeed put Adams in the Rack. Bagwell goes ahead and
punches Adams in the head while he's in it. Play Luger's music! Replay of
Animal running Clark shoulder-first into the STEEL steps - don't know if we
saw that "live."
Speaking of Buff, he carries the power of the WCW MasterCard.
Did we mention that close captioning where available is sponsored by
Meineke? We did? Well, let's mention it again!
Flair tells Steiner he's worried about losing his job. Steiner points to
his bicep, and somehow everything becomes right. No interference, says
Flair.
Gene O. talks to Adams one more time. Oh, okay. "That's no surprise to
me, Gene - you see guys, you just don't get it, do you. You can do
whatever you want to us...you can keep beatin' us down, but all you're
doin' is makin' us stronger. We're gonna keep comin' and comin', and
gettin' worse and worse, just like a bad dream. Hey Luger, you think you
can come out and save your partner, you gotta watch his back? Why don't
you really step up to the plate and face me at Thunder? Oh yeah, and go
ahead and bring Buffy with you, because you're gonna need somebody to zip
up the body bag when I'm done with you. Hold on, Gene, I gotta go check on
my partner - I think he's hurt."
NEXT: Kevin Nash is WALKING! WHO is his mystery partner? WHO?
Meanwhile, Scott Steiner and Midajah are WALKING!
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THIS portion of WCW Monday Nitro is brought to you by 1-800-COL-LECT!
MESH HEAD MUSH MOUTH (with Midajah & Earlier Tonight & Scott Steiner
T-shirt wcwgear.com ad) v. KEVIN NASH & ? - the crowd wants Goldberg, the
smarky smarks want Scott Hall. I have a feeling, as Nash takes to the mic,
that they'll all be disappointed. (I personally am holding out for
SAVIO VEGA!) "you know, Steiner, you're probably wondering who I picked as
my special partner tonight. If you had any idea what the - what the line
looked like, the guys that wanted to get a piece of you...but you know
what, when I was kickin' it with K-Dogg back in the Wolfpac, we talked
about familia, so tonight, my partner is familia - he's YOUR
familia, I picked your brother, RICK." That's about par for the course, ah
suppose. Rick starts the match? Knee by Scott, overhand forearm, to the
corner, kick, kick, kick, right, right, chop, forearm to the back, chop,
forearm, 13 days until the PPV. Belly-to-belly blocked, Rick hits a
belly-to-belly of his own. Scott staggers into a Nash right...back to a
Steinerline. Scott rolls out - Rick follows. Rick adjusts a cameraman's
position and puts Scott into the safety rail. Big right hand. Nash
is...watching. Scott reverses a whip into the guard rail and Rick goes
over into the crowd. Scott grabs a chair...but Nash is over with a shot.
Forearm. Steiner rolled in, Nash over the top rope to come in. Steiner
begging off - Nash puts him in the corner, follow lariat. Right, right,
right. Knee. Boot on the neck. Midajah on the apron, drawing over
referee "Blind" Charles Robinson, giving Steiner the opportunity to hit the
uppernut. Kick to the gut by Steiner - into the ropes, Steinerline. Kiss
the bicep, drop the elbow. No cover - it's pushup time! Kick to the head.
Spitting at Rick, but he stays on the apron. Steiner with a kick to Nash.
Right hand. Rick leading cheers on the outside. Steiner with a surfboard,
and a foot between the shoulderblades. Nash powering up...and back to his
feet - Steiner tries to ram him into the turnbuckle, but Nash blocks it -
back elbow, head to the buckle, again, and again. Right hand, right, into
the ropes, head down, Steiner with a forearm in the back. Scoops him
up...backbreaker across the knee - 1, 2, shoulder up by Nash. Pounding the
back - into the ropes, reversed by Nash, Rick gets a shot in the back of
his brother - Scott into a sidewalk slam. BOTH men are down. Rick leads
cheers yet again - scoops up Steiner - snake eyes! Into the ropes, big
boot. Down come the straps! Why is Rick in the ring? Just to tell him to
powerbomb him down? We'll find out soon enough...truckstop drop! 1,
2...Rick drops the elbow. Scott covers - 1, 2, 3. Oh boy. (5:04)
Credits are up - but Nash has the mic. I think he's saying he wants some
more, because they're walking back to the ring. "I'm your huckleberry,"
says DIAMOND DALLAS PAGE. "You j-brones didn't finish the job *either!*"
He's got a chair - he swings - and we fade out.
Does anybody care?
Does *anybody* care?
Christopher Robin Zimmerman
www.CRZ.net