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WCW Monday Nitro 7/10/00

MattHarmsPosted on 07/10/07 at 17:29:57

No Intro. WCW Championship Commitee Representative Terry Taylor is in the ring to kick things off. Last night, at Bash at the Beach, the WCW World Title was degraded by the actions of several men. The title, dating back to 1905, has been held by many great men. From Frank Gotch to Lou Thesz to Ric Flair to Bill Goldberg, each men has brought pride to the WCW World Title. Last night, that valuable reputation was soiled and the man who won last night walked out of the building with the former WCW World Championship. However, a new belt is being created and a new champion can be crowned. The WCW executive commitee has looked long and hard and has found sixteen of the top wrestlers in the world, who will compete in a Round Robin Style Tournament. The Tournament that will begin next week on Monday Nitro. Terry Taylor begins to read the list of contenders, which is as follows:

Kevin Nash
Bill Goldberg
Scott Steiner
Lance Storm
Booker T
WCW United States Champion Mike Awesome
Buff Bagwell
Positively Kanyon
Shane Douglas
Vampiro
Tank Abbott
Billy Kidman
WCW Hardcore Champion Big Vito
General Hugh G. Rection
Either Brian Adams or Bryan Clark of the WCW Tag Team Champions Kronik

Taylor says that the sixteenth man is an International Superstar known the world over to World Championship Wrestling but before Taylor can get out his name, the music of Jeff Jarrett kicks up and out comes the former WCW World Champion. Jarrett yells at Taylor, saying that he lost the WCW World Title last night, he should be given his belt back, there shouldn't even be in the tournament, and even if there should be one, it is bullshit that the Chosen One is not in the tournament. Taylor talks about how conspricy between Jeff Jarrett and Vince Russo has brought shame to the WCW World Title so Russo is suspended without pay from his backstage duties and Jarrett has been removed from the tournament. However, Taylor will give Jarrett a fair chance to enter the tournament, as he will face the sixteenth International Superstar tonight on Nitro! Jarrett turns around and GETS GREEN MIST SPIT IN HIS EYES! Jarrett runs around, blinded and the camera pans back to see the International Star...The Great Muta. What, who were you expecting...El Dandy?

WCW United States Championship Match:
Booker T vs Mike Awesome(c)

This is Awesome's first title defense and both of these men will be part of the sixteen men round robin WCW World Championship Tournament! Awesome and Booker trade high impact power offense, with Awesome working over Booker but Booker coming back with a forearm smash off the ropes. Spinaroonie and Harlem Side Kick for a close two count! Another Harlem Side Kick is caught and Booker is crotched on the ropes. Awesome steps to the ring apron, pounding away at Booker before hooking him around the arms. AWESOME BOMB DRIVES BOOKER DOWN TO THE ARENA FLOOR! Booker hits the floor with a splatter and Awesome rolls into the ring, standing in the corner calmly. No matter how tough you are, you are not getting up from that and Booker is counted to ten!

Mike Awesome defeated Booker T via countout in 0:07:39
Rating: ** 3/4
(Mike Awesome retained the WCW United States Title.)

Tank Abbott is backstage with Three Count. Tank talks about the WCW World Title Belt and says much like Three Count will soon have a gold album, he'll have a nice gold belt, in the WCW World Title! Tank busts a move as Evan Karagias, Shannon Moore, and Shane Helms give him uneasy looks.

Norman Smiley(w/Ralphus) vs Kanyon

Kanyon attacks Norman. Kanyon Cutter. Bang. Pin!

Kanyon pinned Norman Smiley after the Kanyon Cutter in 0:00:55.
Rating: * 1/2

Kanyon gets microphone, talking about how he likes to bang people and promises to bang fifteen other men on route to winning the WCW World Championship for the first time! Ralphus is in the ring and Kanyon catches him with the Kanyon Cutter just to be a dick! BANG!

Mike Awesome is backstage, talking about his countout victory over Booker T. Awesome says that he is going to prove his dominance over his opponents from now on, beating them by countout! Keeping a man knocked out for ten seconds is much more Awesome then keeping them knocked out for three! Awesome says the WCW World Title will be his, and he will be a double champion by the end of this tournament.

WCW World Tag Team Title Match
The Misfits in Action(Corporal Cajun and General Hugh. G. Rection) face off against the defending champions, Kronik

General Hugh. G. Rection and one half of Kronik are two of the men who will compete in the WCW World Title Tournament. Corporal Cajun gets tossed around like a ragdoll but Shawn Stasiak and Chuck Palubmo come out and attack both teams, drawing the disqualification win for Kronik!

Kronik (Brian Adams and Bryan Clark) defeated
Corporal Cajun and General Hugh G. Rection when Clark defeated Rection by
disqualification in 0:02:17.
Rating: * 1/2
(Kronik retained the WCW Tag Team Titles.)
[Chuck Palumbo interfered against Bryan Clark.]

Stasiak and Palumbo attack Cajun before bringing him down with a double flapjack and turn around to get their asses promptly kicked by Kronik once again for the second night in a row. Palumbo and Stasiak run to the back with their tails tucked between their legs.

Out comes Kevin Nash, who is pissed off! He says Scott Steiner told him to stay out of his match last night and when Steiner lost, he had to find someone to blame. If it wasn't for that lead pipe to the ribs, Scott Hall would be standing here right beside him and the greatest tag team in wrestling history, the Outsiders, would run roughshot over WCW once again. "Welcome to the Dog Pound" Out comes Rick Steiner. Steiner says the Outsiders were not the greatest tag team in wrestling, that belongs to the Steiner Brothers. Rick says Nash is big at running his mouth when Scotty isn't in the buidling so the Dogface Gremlin challenges Nash to a match later tonight on Nitro. Nash accepts and says he is going to show the other fifteen men in the WCW World Title Tournament what will happen to them when they step into the ring with Big Sexy.

Vampiro squares off against Buff Bagwell

Another two men who will be in the tournament. Vampiro dominants Buff Bagwell for most of the match but a figure in a Sting mask makes his way down to the ring. This distracts Vampiro, allowing Buff to score the pin with the Blockbuster!


Buff Bagwell pinned Vampiro with the Buff Blockbuster in 0:03:40.
Rating: **

Vampiro yells at the masked figure but runs down the aisle, before knocking the man in the Sting mask down to the ground with a spin kick. Vampiro reaches over to yank the mask off but another man in a Sting mask rolls out from underneath the ring and cracks Vampiro over the back of the head with a baseball bat! Vampiro goes down as the two figures in the Sting masks walk off, making the announcers wonder what in the hell is going on.

Three On One Elimination Handicap Match for the WCW Cruiserweight Championship:
The Filthy Animals(Disco Inferno, Juventud Guerrera, and Rey Misterio Jr) vs Lt. Loco(c)

Unfortunately, this match was signed by Vince Russo before he was suspended. Loco, being the fighting champion, went with the fact, despite the WCW executive commitee offering to change it to a one on one match against any of the Cruiserweight members of the Filthy Animals. Disco goes after Loco at the bell but Loco dropkicks Disco, takes him down, and delivers an Oklahoma Side Roll for a quick pin. Rey and Juvi enter the ring, and quickly double team the champion! Juvi accidentally clocks Rey and Loco delivers a quick German Suplex for the pin. That leaves Rey and Loco one on one for the Cruiserweight Title. Both of these men trade a series of impressive moves, with Rey nearly winning the title on a couple of close nearfalls but a Springboard Rana is reversed into a power bomb and Chavo leaps to the top rope, connecting with a huge vertical leap into a swinging DDT to put Rey down for the three!

Four Corners Match:
Lt. Loco defeated Rey Misterio, Juventud and Disco Inferno:
        x Loco beat Inferno via an Oklahoma side roll in 0:00:27
        x Loco beat Juvi via a German suplex in 0:00:57
        x Loco beat Misterio via a leaping swinging DDT in 0:04:17
Rating: ** 1/2
(Lt. Loco retained the WCW Cruiserweight Title.)

Out comes Three Count for a little impromptu concert but Lance Storm makes his way down to the ring and interrupts them. He says he has a scheduled match with Shane Helms tonight and he is here to wrestle. He mentions that everyone is talking about how they are going to win the WCW World Title Tournament but Storm is going to show everyone in the ring!

Shane Helms(w/Evan Karagias and Shannon Moore) squares off against Lance Storm

An impressive high flying/technical wrestling match here on Nitro with Shane Helms managing to catch Storm off guard with a running bulldog. He stomps at Storm and dropkicks him to the floor. Karagias and Moore hold Storm so Shane Helms can deliver a tope suicida onto Storm. Into the ring and springboard legdrop misses. Lance Storm hits a spinning leg lariat and a Northern Lights Suplex for a nearfall. Karagias is on the apron, Storm dropkicks him off. Moore on the apron, Storm knocks him off and Helms goes for a clothesline but Storm ducks it and trips up Helms, locking him in the Canadian Mapleleaf. Storm holds onto the hold and quickly puts Shane Helms out, giving Lance Storm the victory!

Lance Storm defeated Shane Helms when Shane Helms passed out in a half Boston
in 0:06:57.
Rating: ***

Rick Steiner takes on Kevin Nash

Nash hits a clothesline right at the bell which Steiner shrugs off but here comes Scott Steiner from behind to boos from the crowd! Big Poppa Pump whacks Nash in the back with the pipe, dropping Big Sexy to his knees for the disqualification.


Kevin Nash defeated Rick Steiner by disqualification in 0:00:08.
Rating: -**
[Scott Steiner interfered against Kevin Nash.]

The Steiner Brothers double team Nash in the ring, beating him to a pulp. Rick Steiner was lying earlier when he told Nash that Scott wasn't here. Rick Steiner grabs Nash and whips him into a belly to belly suplex from Scott Steiner. Rick Steiner pulls Nash up into a kneeling postion and Scott Steiner levels Nash with a kick to the face! The crowd boos as Scott Steiner tosses Nash into the corner and chokes him! The crowd is booing some more as the Steiner Brothers stand tall in the ring with a few faint chants of "We Want Hall!"

Bill Goldberg squares off against Crowbar(w/Daffney)

Goldberg is a man on a mission in this WCW World Title Tournament, as he wants to win the title that he was screwed out of nearly two years ago. Crowbar attacks Goldberg at the bell but Goldberg throws Crowbar around before hitting a vicious spear. Jackhammer but Goldberg refuses to go for the cover. He hoists up Crowbar in a gorilla press before dropping him and spearing him a second time! Jackhammer number two and Goldberg just places a foot on the chest of Crowbar to score the pin! Crowbar lays in the center of the ring lifeless, having been destroyed by Goldberg!

Bill Goldberg pinned Crowbar with the Jackhammer in 0:02:03.
Rating: **

For the Final Spot in the WCW World Title Tournament:
Jeff Jarrett squares off against the Great Muta

Jarrett attacks Muta at the bell, attempting to score a quick pin with a DDT but Muta kicks out at one. Jarrett works over the legs of Muta, drawing boos from the crowd but Muta fights out and kicks Jarrett into the corner. Nice handspring elbow/running faceslam combination punishes Jarrett. Muta goes for a second handspring but Jarrett moves and belly to back suplex. Jarrett kicks Muta and suplexes him. Knee to the back of the head and the Stroke but Muta fights out with a judo throw and a spin kick! Another spin kick and Muta slams Jarrett down before going to the top rope. Jarrett crotches Muta and goes for a belly to back superplex but Muta fights that off and elbows Jarrett off the top rope. Moonsault connects but Jarrett just barely makes it into the ropes! Muta goes for a spinning leg lariat but Jarrett ducks and the referee gets hit! Low Blow and Piledriver by Jarrett. Cover but no referee. Jarrett goes to the floor, grabbing his guitar, preparing to play a tune on the Great Muta's skull. Jarrett swings the guitar but Muta beats him to the draw, spitting red mist into the eyes of Jarrett! Jarrett falls backwards, screaming as Muta grabs the legs of Jarrett before applying a figure four leglock! Jarrett struggles against the hold but that red mist took a lot out of him. As the referee comes to, Jarrett reluctantly submits, giving Muta his victory!

[For a Spot in the WCW World Title Tournament]:
The Great Muta made Jeff Jarrett submit to a figure-four leglock in 0:09:46.
Rating: ****

The Great Muta grabs the final spot in the WCW World Title Tournament and Jeff Jarrett, the former WCW World Champion, has been left out in the cold. See you on Thunder!
Memphis_VicePosted on 07/11/07 at 00:26:51

Thank Bob we finally have a competent booker for this talent pool.

I watched the slow train wreck that was WCW up until the bitter end, because I never liked the WWF/E's plodding spotfest style, musclebound freak fetish, or arch-conservative political stances.  At the time, I couldn't get any other wrestling on tv besides The Big Two.

Will you be doing Saturday Night, Pro, and Worldwide too? Or will I have to go elsewhere for my dose of Rick Fuller, Mark Starr, Bobby Walker, and The State Patrol?
:P
shapyPosted on 07/11/07 at 06:19:06

i second that. this era of wcw was just, i don't know, in a downward spiral, but you pull it off very nice. oh my god, i forgot about that bafoon, ralphus. hahaha
VertigoPosted on 07/11/07 at 15:59:24

I like the idea, but wouldn't a 16 man Round Robin take MONTHS to finish? Or is that the whole idea?
MattHarmsPosted on 07/11/07 at 17:17:00

To answer a couple of questions:

Yes, WCW Saturday Night will happen at the very least. I was pissed when Russo had it turned into a recap show and then it was cancelled a few months later. I need a show at the very least, to groom a few future stars who wouldn't be ready for Nitro or Thunder at any rate and Hacksaw Jim Duggan's glorious Saturday Night exclusive reign of WCW Television Champion naturally has to continue along with some of my old WCW Saturday Night exclusive favorites.

Yes, the idea for the Sixteen Man Round Robin Tournament it to stretch it out for months, mostly to give WCW a long term storyline. The finals should be at Halloween Havoc at the end of October.
mamushiPosted on 07/11/07 at 17:52:46

Jarrett turns around and GETS GREEN MIST SPIT IN HIS EYES!
Everyone should know I have a soft spot for Muta and that right there has already caused me to be won over my your circuit.  :)