Sigh.
5/8/00 St. Louis, MO TWA Dome
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-WCW logo
- Show starts with Slamboree stills
- Kanyon in hospital from earlier today, where New Blood attack DDP, who was keeping vigil. Kim ends it, saying visiting hours are over, but dumps Kanyon's bedpan on DDP first.
Tony, Mark and Scott doing the duties. "JR" Hudson called Kim a "jezebel" earlier.
David Arquette comes out wearing a fuzzy yellow and black monkey fur coat reminiscent of Macho Man circa-1999. The NB show the history of the Arquette stuff, and how it was all planned.
Match 1, Hardcore championship: Norman Smiley vs. Terry Funk (c)
-This was basically golf cart fun and Funk "retiring" Smiley and Ralphus (who was hitting both men with a cookie sheet, though Norman was by accident). So who else thinks they'll be on Thunder?
Before commercials, Flair said to Lex and Liz he needed to be there by himself because it's family business.
Flair comes to the ring. He is carrying the 80s, Harley Race NWA belt that Dan Severn wore. Stills of Slamboree of David turning on Ric.
- In the year 19 hundred 78, Terry Funk told me I had to be in St. Louis if I wanted to be a star (cheap heat).
- The belt was around Jack Brisco's waist, who said he could hold it if he kept working.
- We worked every day, partied all night, we were the champions.
- He then pulls out a copy of today's WCW belt. He says Jarrett has it, he doesn't like him but...
- All of this glory and notoriety came to an end when his son made the mistake of a lifetime.
- He says I'm not mad at you. Calls out David, wants him to say he made a mistake.
- Flair with an I "heart" NY T-shirt and Daphne came out, then faux "Iron Man" brings out Russo.
- Russo says "tradition sucks" shirts are being made right now.
- He says he spits in the face of tradition. He has a list of people whose faces he's spit in, which includes Dory Funk Jr. Dick Murdoch, Bruiser Brody and Dusty Rhodes. Russo apparently is the father Davey never had.
- Ric says a year ago he told Dave they'd manipulate you, split the Flairs. Didn't we already see that happen?
- Flair told Dave he'll come home with him now.
- Russo says at the Bash he sees father vs. son. Flair says no, and that "I'm gonna call Vince McMahon right now and David'll be on Raw next Monday night." The Flairs hug and to no one's surprise, David hits Flair, socking him with the Statue of Liberty. Ric took back his watch.
-David holds up belts and hugs Russo.
Russo says "we will see you at the GAB, baby," and takes back his watch.
Schiavone says he attacked Flair at his weakness, his love for his family.
Scenes from moments ago, from different angles.
Luger tells "Naitch" we gotta do something, but Flair says he's had it with THIS BUSINESS, and gets in the limo and leaves.
We see "The Main Event" Chuck Palumbo in the back.
- The Slamboree replay on Tuesday and Thursday is hyped. I'm sure like Wrestlemania IX's replay, they did a fantastic job.
- Palumbo, who looks like a small Big Show, does Luger's posing to the TP's music.
- He says "Allow me to introduce myself," and says he's 6'5, 280 pounds, with three percent body fat (unlike the 11 percent a certain juggalo I knowused to impressively claim).
- Challenges Luger for a "bea'n"
- TP and LIz, who came back to him last night, come out.
- Luger gets advantage. Two clotheslines, a flying (loaded) forearm and he clotheslines Palumbo out.
- R&B (Russo and Bischoff) security tried to take Liz, but Luger punched them out, but Palumbo knocked out TP with the metal flexor.
- Liz is then taken.
Just in time for the start of Raw, TP is still unconscious in the back. Shiavone acts like they're killing time, then Luger is strapped in and stretchered and put in the ambulance.
- Russo kicks everyone but Daphne out as lecturing LIz. Says he picked her because she's not like the others. Tonight, she will get out in that ring and wrestle "psycho bitch from hell," Daphne. The contract will be ripped up in she can beat Daphne, if not Russo owns her. Give her an outfit and boots.
Faux "Mr. Perfect" music and "The Perfect One" Sean Stasiak in the ring.
- Val Stasiak says "so this is St. Louis, home of Mark McGuire." He said he doesn't have to put any cork in his bat like Mark McGuire. He's the homerun king, and the perfect one.
Match 2: SS vs. Captain (Hugh G.) Rection
Hennig is with Hugh, who announced his new Russo-esque name at Slamboree.
- I thought Awesome vs. DDP would be at the top of the hour.
- They are still using the long ramp like at Slamboree. I thought that was just so Kanyon could go through it.
- Stasiak gets a headlock but can't knock Hugh down. Hugh hits clotheslines, and punches Sean in the corner. Big splash in the other, and we see Stacy Keibler on the apron. Hennig held Stasiak, Hugh hit the corner and Stasiak got the pin.
- The Misfits then ran out, and Kevin Nash came behind Stasiak, and beat him up down the ramp. Big boot in the ring, and a truck stop powerbomb.
- Nash asks Russo what he was smoking last night. He got hit with a bat, but Russo didn't kill him. So he has to face him tonight.
- The Filthy Animals then walk out. I'm so confused. Kidman talks while Nash looks like "who's this f'in guy?" He says, "I am the kid, and this kid don't play." Konnan says you gotta toss our salad, and peel our potatoes. Hulk Hogan then runs out, as he beat Kidman at Slamboree.
- We see DDP wheeling a stretcher before break. Then Bischoff and Kimberly come out.
Match 3 Diamond Dallas Page vs. Mike Awesome, stretcher match
- DDP clothesline Awesome over the top, and rams him into the announce table and railing. Back in, Awesome chokes him on the bottom rope. DDP hits a urinage, Awesome tried a side-slam and Page headscissored him. DDT, and Kimberly goes on the apron to get the divorce papers signed. Page rips them up, but Awesome hits him with a chair. DDT on the chair twice, and Awesome drags DDP onto the stretcher. As the refs wheeled him away he got off, however, and he crawled back to the ring. Awesome then pretty much Razor's Edges him through the table. BIschoff moves DDP's hand to sign the papers. **3/4
- Russo confronts Steiner, who says he's "gotsta do nothin.'" We also saw Russo talking to Tank Abbott.
Jeff Jarrett says he's gonna slap Sting around like a pinata tonight. Jarrett calls "Mean" Gene Okerlund "jurassic slapass," Gene says blow it out your... but gets interrupted.
Steiner comes out. I know Midajah, but who is Steiner's other lady? Shakira, maybe? Yowza. Scott said he faced Hugh G. Rection last night, and after the match he took his two freaks to the hotel and found one. I can't do this all justice. He also called Tank Abbott an amoeba. Abbott slipped in from behind, and cold-cocked Steiner.
Okerlund with Sting. The Stinger's going to score a touchdown, and he grabs his bat and tells Jarrett to bring his guitar because it's showtime. He probably should have said homerun.
Match 4: Kronic (wearing the tag belts but not officially the champions) vs. Harris Bros, Mamalukes, Harlem Heat 2K, and Buff Bagwell/Shane Douglas (the actual champions)
Buff and Shane go to the announce table. We see Scott Steiner throwing chairs around the lunchroom in the back. The match is just a brawl with everyone in the ring. Vito dropped an elbow and covered Adams, but Big T pulled him up. He went for a cover and a Harris pulled him off. Their teams started brawling, and Adams got a pin on Big Vito. This is apparently an elimination match. Clarke eliminates the Harrises next, and then Buff and Shane come in. Stevie Ray whacked the former Ahmed Johnson with a slapjack, and Kronik gave him the high tide and pinned him. Buff and Shane left with the belts, and Steiner clotheslined them on the ramp. He then took out Kash (the former Swoll) in the ring.
- Steiner stages a sit-in and calls out Tank, Russo and Bischoff. We see Tank talking to Doug Dillinger in the back as we head to break.
- We hear Goldberg's music after break, but it's Tank doing the entrace with R&B Security leading him out. Dillinger did the door-knocking bit, too.
- Steiner attacks him coming in, and does an overhead suplex. Belly-to-belly, and he gets a rear-naked choke. Scott Steiner comes out of the crowd, and pulls Scott off Tank. When Scott goes back to Tank, Rick attacks him and he and Tank doubleteam the Superstar.
We see Russo telling Liz she's on next, and he peaks in another room and tells someone they're on stand-by.
Match 5: Elizabeth (in camo pants) vs. Daphne
Liz "slaps" Daph and hair-biels her. Madusa then comes in and the bell sounds. Mona then comes out and attacks Dusa, who powerbombs Mona. Liz grabs a chair and whacks Dusa with it. No one did anything physical to Liz in that segment, it should be noted.
Match 6: Hulk Hogan/Kevin Nash vs. Kidman/Konnan/Rey-Rey/Mike Awesome
Hogan throws the little guys out. Juventud Guerrera then walked out "for no apparent reason" Tony said. Hogan chases the heels out, as Juvy hit Nash with a missile dropkick. Backstage Horace Hogan attacked Konnan. Kidman jumped Hogan when he got backstage. The Animals threw Hulk in the trunk and drove away, while Nash powerbombs Juvy. I think there's been one pinfall on this show.
As the Animals drive away, their car gets cut off by the Goldberg monster truck.
We see the 1-800-CALL ATT Road Report. Biloxi next week!
Match 7, WCW World title: Jeff Jarrett (c) vs. Sting
Sting even has a brow on the Turner Tron. Sting gets clotheslines inside. He pounds in the corner, but misses a splash. Sting suplexes Jarrett on the ramp, and then misses a splash from the top turnbuckle. Jarrett hits with a chair down the ramp, including on his knee. Sting comes absolutely flying at Jarrett back into the ring with a clothesline. Jarrett gets a figure four, but sting eventualy turns over to break it. He pounds down Jarrett, and gets a Stinger Splash. Then another, and he locks on the Scorpion Deathlock as the crowd is electric. Vampiro comes up out of the ring and pulls Sting in, and a fire extinguisher is sprayed. Sting comes out "bloody," and Jarrett pins him. At least there was a pinfall. *** match I'd say.
- All of the New Blood attacks Sting, but Nash and Hogan stroll out. They plow threw the NB, then we see Rick Steiner and Tank running before the Goldberg truck drives over Tank Abbott's car.
This show was certainly never boring, though at times it was confusing. All but two matches just ended in schmozzes or a DQ. It'd be nice if Russo's style still allowed for actual wrestling in between segments, but it doesn't.
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