Thunder – January 12, 2000: It’s Killed My Ability To Speak
Thunder
Date: January 12, 2000
Location: Civic Center, Erie, Pennsylvania
Attendance: 3,947
Commentators: Tony Schiavone, Scott Hudson, Mike Tenay
We open with clips from Nitro this week. The old guys are prominently featured.
Bret Hart arrives separately from the NWO.
Vampiro vs. Crowbar
Crowbar hits a slingshot splash for two but Vampiro plants him with another Rock Bottom. Some kicks set up a pose but Crowbar plants him with a German suplex followed by a slingshot legdrop. Back up and Vampiro gets crotched on top, only to counter a hurricanrana into a superbomb for the pin. Short but entertaining while it lasted.
Vampiro gets beaten down post match until Arn Anderson comes out to talk to David. Crowbar goes after Arn and gets laid out.
Time to run down the card.
After a break, Bret is sitting in a room with a ball bat.
The Old Age Outlaws are watching on a monitor. I guess that passes for interesting now.
Hardcore Title: Brian Knobbs vs. Norman Smiley
Jerry Flynn and Tank Abbott get arrested for fighting.
Madusa vs. Oklahoma
Madusa yells a lot, the producer yells clear, the segment ends.
Midnight vs. Booker T. vs. Stevie Ray
Midnight dropkicks Stevie post match, but since that might mean a lowly woman got one up on a MAN, Stevie slap jacks her to put her back in her place.
Kanyon is ready for his champagne on a pole match. Well of course he is.
Chris Kanyon vs. Bam Bam Bigelow
Zbyszko and Orndorff look for Bret.
Package on Page vs. Bagwell, which makes sense, even though they never actually showed what started the thing.
Sid and Benoit are ready for tonight as well as Sunday.
Sid Vicious/Chris Benoit vs. Jeff Jarrett/Kevin Nash
Jeff puts on the sleeper and of course gets reversed. He does however mix things up by jawbreaking his way out instead of using a suplex. Benoit grabs the ropes to avoid a dropkick and catapults Jeff into the corner. Nash breaks up the Crossface and everything breaks down again. They send Benoit to the floor and Nash blasts Sid with the US Title. Jeff tries the same thing on Benoit but eats a suplex. The Swan Dive is broken up and Nash shoves Benoit onto the belt, setting up the Stroke for the pin.
Scott Steiner is out cold under a table and Bret is gone.
Overall Rating: SLRAMYBIBAWRPFBYAAWHNWHTAOGWCAYOPPBYATETGAJAEACDJWMAARATSTCFYHMPDAWSISGYOOAJAWFTDWRSIAYRHMDYRHDTTSOF.
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