Thunder- November 18, 1999: Benoit Does It Again
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November 18, 1999
Location: Allen County War Memorial, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Attendance: 3,283
Commentators: Scott Hudson, Larry Zbyszko
Opening sequence.
Jerry Flynn vs. Bam Bam Bigelow
Rating: D. There was nothing to this one other than Hart and Smiley shouting at each other a lot. That was the most entertaining part of the match, which is likely due to the idea of taking two entertaining guys and letting them entertain. This is different than Flynn who is there because he knows karate and Bigelow, who could be entertaining but not in a mess like this.
Bagwell is looking for Chris Benoit.
Disco Inferno vs. Prince Iaukea
Post match, Disco hits Iaukea with the fish. Remember that he has a title defense three days from now.
Van Hammer asks Curt Hennig to get counted out tonight and a fight breaks out. This story is one of the worst in the company and that covers a lot of ground.
Evan Karagias vs. The Maestro
The Revolution talks about Torrie being a Barbie doll. Shane wants to see Asya rip her apart, sending Saturn into a rant about taking the limbs off a Barbie. Shane: “Perry, IT WAS A FIGURE OF SPEECH!” Saturn: “My point exactly!”
Disco is panicking on the phone with Tony Marinara.
Benoit heard that Bagwell is looking for him. He leaves a few seconds before Bagwell shows up.
Buff and Benoit finally get together with Bagwell asking Benoit not to use the suplexes or the Crossface on the bad neck. Benoit says Buff knew what he was getting into and they brawl.
Kaz Hayashi/La Parka vs. El Dandy/Silver King
La Parka chairs King post match.
Curt Hennig vs. Van Hammer
Lash Leroux vs. Kenny Kaos
Leroux takes him down to start but Kaos kicks him in the ribs and scores with a butterfly suplex. After a middle rope legdrop gets two, Lash botches a flip over the back but takes over anyway. Why let something like a big mishap screw up your quick match right? Kaos comes back with a boot to the face and a bunch of kicks and punches in the corner.
The Animals brag about Torrie being a martial arts expert. I smell an unfunny comedy bit coming up.
Vampiro wraps a chain around his hand.
Chavo Guerrero Jr. vs. Barbarian
Chavo comes out with his order forms for Barbarian, but Barbarian hits him in the back with the briefcase, setting up the Kick of Fear for the pin at 8 seconds.
Tournament recap.
Liz and Luger watch Meng from a monitor.
Meng vs. Vampiro
Liz comes out to apologize to Meng and the monster is nice enough to stop lunging at her with the Death Grip as Luger is late with his cue. He finally shows up and chairs Meng down before crushing his knees with the chair.
Chris Benoit vs. Buff Bagwell
A neckbreaker sets up a chinlock on Chris as I guess Buff is a heel all of a sudden. They trade punches and chops in the corner before Benoit takes it to the floor to give Bagwell the beating he deserves. Back in and Benoit hits the snap suplex and puts on a surfboard before “accidentally” kicking Buff low. They head outside again with Buff getting whipped into the barricade but Benoit makes the same mistake Buff made at the start and lets Bagwell get in some shops as he comes in.
Benoit stares at Hennig and leaves, allowing Curt and Buff to brawl to end the show.
No show next week due to Thanksgiving.
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