Thunder – May 20, 1999: The Conqueror of the Cruisers
Thunder
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May 20, 1999
Location: Kansas Coliseum, Wichita, Kansas
Commentators: Larry Zbyszko, Mike Tenay
Clips from the main events at Slamboree.
Clips of the Steiners teaming up again at Slamboree.
Clips of Booker T. calling out Scott and getting beaten down off camera from Nitro.
TV Title: Rick Steiner vs. Scott Putski
Flair and the Horsemen convince Barry Horowitz to lay down for David Flair tonight.
Juventud Guerrera vs. Kidman
Cruiserweight Title: Rey Mysteiro Jr. vs. Kaz Hayashi
Mysterio is defending of course. Kaz takes him into the corner to start and slaps him in the face to tick the champion off a bit. A hard elbow to the head puts Rey down and Kaz slaps him a little more. Hayashi rakes the eyes and hooks a bulldog but misses a charge into the corner. The champ takes him down with a headscissors, only to get dropped throat first onto the top rope.
With Mysterio down, we get an OH YEAH as Savage and the girls come out for some reason. He welcomes us to the house of madness and says Mysterio is a fine wrestler. Buff may be the stuff but Rey is the man, despite being caught in a reverse chinlock at the moment. Savage keeps praising Mysterio and brings up Rey beating Kevin Nash before offering Rey a spot on Team Madness.
This Week In WCW Motorsports.
We see clips of the almost show saving Tag Team Title match from Monday.
Tag Team Titles: Raven/Saturn vs. Horace/Vince
We see part of Parker vs. Flair from Monday.
David Flair vs. Barry Horowitz
Another side note: Charles Robinson was fine here but the announcers talked about Savage injuring him on Nitro. Since this was taped in advance, Robinson was in perfect health, making WCW look confused again.
Clips of Savage challenging Nash from Nitro.
Main event fireworks.
Curt Hennig vs. Disco Inferno
Buff Bagwell vs. Randy Savage
Bagwell hammers away to start and actually does pretty well, nailing ten right hands in the corner, an elbow to the jaw and a dropkick for two. He kicks Savage in the face and puts on a chinlock but gets sent to the floor to stop him cold. Back in and Bagwell gets two more off a small package but gets nailed by an ax handle. They trade elbows until Madusa slaps Buff from the apron (referee? What referee?), which is enough of a distraction for Savage to send him outside. Savage chokes on the barricade and with a chair, finally drawing a DQ.
Savage nails Buff in the neck with a chair until security comes out to end the show.
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