Monday Nitro – November 1, 1999: For Goodness’ Sake
Monday Nitro #212
Date: November 1, 1999
Location: Target Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Attendance: 8,362
Commentators: Bobby Heenan, Tony Schiavone
The Outsiders are drinking in their locker room when Bret comes in to yell at them for interfering last week. They handed him the US Title but Bret wants them to stay out of his business. You can see it coming from here.
Here are some more brackets for the tournament.
Chris Benoit
Dean Malenko
Madusa
Evan Karagias
Scott Hall
Sid Vicious
The Cat
Lash Leroux
Buff Bagwell
Stevie Ray
Vampiro
Berlyn
Disco Inferno
Curt Hennig
Booker T.
Jeff Jarrett
Double Madusa. Oh joy.
WCW World Title Tournament First Round: Vampiro vs. Berlyn
Berlyn takes him down with a headlock to start but Vampiro does the same to him. In a match between two people who could be World Champion, the announcers talk about Torrie. Back up and Berlyn scores with a kick to the ribs but charges into a powerslam for no cover. Cue the band the Misfits to surround the ring as Berlyn hits a spinwheel kick. Vampiro kicks him down as well but the referee gets bumped. The bodyguard comes in with his loaded glove but the Misfits take him out, allowing Vampiro to hit him with a chair. Vampiro dives into a dropkick but the Misfits trip Berlyn to give Vampiro the pin.
Post match Berlyn says screw this character and walks off.
Kevin Nash is in a makeup chair.
Mike Tenay is in the back with the Nitro Girls. Kimberly says Page is so injured that she has to leave the team to take care of him.
WCW World Title Tournament First Round: The Cat vs. Lash Leroux
Hart says either the Outsiders or Sid are going to pay.
AC Jazz and Spice argue over who is going to lead the Nitro Girls. Why do they need a leader? Ah that would be because EVERYTHING HAS TO BE AN ANGLE around here.
The Nitro Girls get in a fight during their routine. My goodness just let them be cheerleaders.
Nash is on the phone.
We recap the Nitro Girls fighting. Wrestling? Anyone? Soon perhaps?
WCW World Title Tournament First Round: Buff Bagwell vs. Stevie Ray
Buff gets away so they go after Stevie, only to have Booker come out for the save.
WCW World Title Tournament First Round: Disco Inferno vs. Curt Hennig
The Filthy Animals want Torrie back and Konnan issues an open challenge for the Tag Team Titles.
Norman Smiley is wearing catching gear and dancing.
Nash is “getting into character. Get it?” It makes no more sense on screen.
Meng vs. Barbarian vs. Norman Smiley
Luger asks Sting to team up with him to go after the Tag Team Titles.
Perry Saturn vs. Eddie Guerrero
The Outsiders are in the back and “McMahon” tells Sid to trust him. Sid goes into a rant about getting screwed when he left the WWF so Nash takes off the wig and Sid starts laughing. For the far too many-th time tonight, what in the world are they talking about?
Luger is now focused on the Tag Team Title shot.
Tag Team Titles: Konnan/Kidman vs. Sting/Total Package
The Animals destroy Sting and beat him down with the bat. So is Sting back to being a face like he should have been all along? That might be the first thing Russo has gotten right. The Animals leave so Sting yells at Luger.
WCW World Title Tournament First Round: Booker T. vs. Jeff Jarrett
Jeff goes after him in the aisle but the referee takes the guitar away, allowing Booker to come back with some right hands. They fight into the ring where Booker nails a spin kick and spinning forearm, only to get sent outside for some whips into steel objects. The Harris Brothers are on the stage as Jeff clotheslines Booker down and puts on a sleeper.
Booker escapes and hits his usual finishing sequence, only to have the bald guys throw in a guitar. With one of them offering a distraction, Jeff nails Booker with the guitar. Despite seeing the guitar come in, being maybe two weeks from the guitar hitting Booker in the head and DIVING OVER THE BROKEN PIECES, Robinson counts the pin.
Goldberg is on the set of Slam (the name of Ready to Rumble, even though Tenay used the name Ready To Rumble earlier in the night) and wants to kill Sid and the Outsiders.
The Nitro Girls are still fighting so Nash comes in and says save it for the pay per view.
WCW World Title Tournament First Round: Madusa vs. Evan Karagias
Madusa gropes him to start but then shoves his hat off. Evan grabs her from behind but rubs her legs. She lays down but Evan pulls her up, only to get kissed down to give Madusa the pin in another nothing angle disguised as a match.
David Flair talks to his crowbar.
WCW World Title Tournament First Round: Chris Benoit vs. Dean Malenko
A few battering rams send Benoit head first into the cage, but he escapes a third one and plants Malenko with a tombstone in a nice counter. Chris slits his throat and goes up, only to have Malenko pop up and superplex Benoit off the top. Cue Saturn with a chain, but Benoit intercepts the pass to Malenko and knocks Dean cold (like ice man). With no real need to other than to finally wake up the crowd, Benoit goes up top and nails a HUGE Swan Dive from the top of the cage for the pin.
WCW World Title Tournament First Round: Sid Vicious vs. Scott Hall
Hall gets the title to end the show.
Bret Hart
Perry Saturn
Norman Smiley
Kidman
Total Package
???
Meng
Sting
Chris Benoit
Madusa
Scott Hall
Lash Leroux
Buff Bagwell
Berlyn
Curt Hennig
Jeff Jarrett
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