Thunder – August 26, 1998: The Stevie Ray Show
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August 26, 1998
Location: Peoria Civic Center, Peoria, Illinois
Attendance: 7,128
Commentators: Mike Tenay, Lee Marshall, Bobby Heenan, Tony Schiavone
We open with a chat about WarGames with Lee Marshall saying Hogan has never pinned Piper or Page because Lee Marshall is bad at history.
Wrath vs. Scott Putski
Mike Enos vs. Bull Pain
Disco Inferno vs. The Cat
Disco says everyone is here to see him dance but he turns around into a spinning kick to the face for the pin in 12 seconds.
Konnan vs. Silver King
Hour #2 begins.
Kaz Hayashi vs. Evan Karagias
Lodi vs. Saturn
Scott Norton vs. Jim Neidhart
Norton runs Jim over with a shoulder to send Neidhart out to the floor. Jim goes after Vincent instead of getting his head handed to him by Norton, but Scott just goes to the floor and lays him out. Back in and Jim tries a second rope shoulder but just bounces off of Norton. That was impressive. Norton powerbombs him half to death for the pin.
The announcers talk a bit.
TV Title: Chris Jericho vs. Alex Wright
Curt Hennig vs. Van Hammer
Stevie Ray vs. Diamond Dallas Page
Tony calls this a bounty match, whatever that means. Ray shoves Page around to start and Page gives him a wry smile. Page comes back with right hands and the driving shoulder blocks to send Ray outside. DDP follows but Vincent grabs the leg to let Stevie take over. Back inside and Ray hits a nice backbreaker before choking a lot. We hit the nerve hold and bearhug for a bit but Page is quickly in the ropes. The Slapjack is countered with a backdrop and Page scores with a neckbreaker. He calls for the Diamond Cutter but hits it on an interfering Vincent, drawing the DQ.
Giant comes out to help Stevie with the beatdown but Konnan makes a save to end the show.
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