Monday Nitro – December 20, 1999: This Is Rock Bottom
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Nitro #219
Date: December 20, 1999
Location: Baltimore Arena, Baltimore, Maryland
Attendance: 8,915
Commentators: Mike Tenay, Bobby Heenan, Tony Schiavone
Cruiserweight Title: Madusa vs. Buzzkill
Hugh Morrus vs. Curt Hennig
Pop checks on his son, who is still down after a devastating suplex.
So to recap: Russo is the mastermind behind screwing Goldberg out of the title and gave Piper something in return for ending the title match last night and now Piper has to go and take the rap for it. This is going to be a SHOOT, because all those times where Piper was evil and made his big name were just him acting and we should believe how much he cares for wrestling? Can we go back to Hugh and Pop?
Tank Abbott vs. Jerry Flynn
Goldberg arrives.
Meng/Norman Smiley vs. Fit Finlay/Brian Knobbs
Hardcore of course. So why would Meng want to team with Smiley here? My question is quickly answered as Meng goes after Smiley before their opponents come out. Knobbs and Finlay come out to watch as the announcers try to explain the psychology. Apparently Knobbs and Finlay want Norman to keep the Hardcore Title so they can take it from him with less of a fight.
Piper tells his kid to wait in the limo and gets a ball bat.
Hart is walking and runs into Piper. Bret tries to talk but Piper is back to babbling to himself.
Maestro vs. Evan Karagias
Chavo Guerrero tries to sell Evan a book on how to pick up chicks. Thankfully, this ends in a beating.
Chris Kanyon vs. Bam Bam Bigelow vs. Diamond Dallas Page
Bigelow is busted way open and Kanyon is bleeding from the hand. Were they stupid enough to use a real bottle???
Creative Control vs. Kevin Nash
US Title: Chris Benoit vs. Jeff Jarrett
Rating: D+. They said the word gimmick for the ladder about ten times in two minutes near the end as the levels of obnoxiousness get higher and higher every single week. Benoit winning the title last night and being in the main event of a pay per view last month already seem to be nothing but memories.
After a bunch of replays, Curt Hennig tells Jarrett that the Powers That Be need to see him.
Sid Vicious vs. The Wall
Harlem Heat vs. Varsity Club
The yet to be named Daffney is getting a Surge when the Misfits come up to hit on her. For reasons of crazy, she knees Jerry Only low and runs off.
Piper says goodbye to the locker room and calls Sid a kid. He rambles on about how hard wrestling has been on him and wants the boys to fight back against the Powers That Be.
WCW World Title: Bret Hart vs. Goldberg
The title is officially vacant coming in and Jeff Jarrett is watching on a monitor in the back. Goldberg hammers him in the face to start and chokes with a boot in the corner. They head outside with Goldberg hammering away even more as Bret has been on defense almost all match. Back in and a powerslam drops Hart but he grabs the ropes to break up a leg lock.
Bret starts going after the leg with kicks to the knee before wrapping it around the ropes. The referee goes down because of course he does and Bret slaps on the Figure Four. Cue the Outsiders with ball bats to beat up Goldberg. Bret lets go of the hold and beats on Goldberg as well so Piper comes back to try and protect Goldberg as the referee calls for the bell. There was a cover in there somewhere and Bret has won the title.
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