Monday Nitro – May 8, 2000: I Bet They Can’t Even Spell DQ
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Nitro #239
Date: May 8, 2000
Location: Trans World Dome, St. Louis, Missouri
Attendance: 6,545
Commentators: Scott Hudson, Mark Madden, Tony Schiavone
By the way: the Trans World Dome has a capacity of 66,000 people. Whoever decided to book this building needs to be shot.
Post break, Bischoff makes Awesome vs. Page in a stretcher match and Sting vs. Jarrett in a title match.
Hardcore Title: Ralphus/Norman Smiley vs. Terry Funk
Funk is defending and Norman/Ralphus are fired if they lose. Norman sends Ralphus after Funk first and it works even worse than you would expect it to. The champ knocks Norman into the crowd and they quickly fight into the back with Smiley jumping into a golf cart to chase Funk around.
Terry gets on the back of the card and they go crashing into some crates. This is eerily reminiscent of Kane vs. Raven vs. Big Show at Wrestlemania XVII. They wind up in the kitchen and start beating each other over the head with cookie sheets. Ralphus joins them and gets beaten down all over again. Funk pounds them both down with a sheet and gets the pin to retain.
The announcers talk about David Flair turning on his dad.
Ric tells Luger that he has to deal with David on his own.
All of this gold means nothing though when you compare it to what happened last night. Ric wants David to come out here right now and apologize for what he did and be his own man instead of trying to be Ric Flair. Cue David and Daffney but Russo quickly joins them. Last night, Russo spat in the face of a long list of people who stand for tradition. Of course he has an actual list and the top name is Ric himself. Now David is standing next to the father that he never had.
Post break Russo yells at Liz and puts her in her first ever match against Daffney. If Liz wins, she can go with Luger.
Shawn Stasiak vs. Captain Rection
Stasiak runs down Mark McGwire for some easy heat. Rection shrugs off some early offense and pounds down right hands in the corner. Cue Miss Hancock to watch as Hennig comes down to shove Stasiak out of the way of a splash. The PerfectPlex gives Stasiak the pin.
Mike Awesome vs. Diamond Dallas Page
Russo asks Steiner for protection tonight but Steiner blows him off. Post break Russo is asking Tank Abbott.
Here are Steiner and the girls with something to say. Steiner talks about beating Rection last night and he found one of his own with the girls at the hotel. After some more sex talk, Steiner calls out that amoeba Booker T. Tank Abbott comes in from behind and knocks Steiner out cold.
Harlem Heat vs. Kronik vs. Harris Twins vs. Mamalukes
Russo tells someone to be on standby.
Elizabeth vs. Daffney
Hulk Hogan/Kevin Nash vs Filthy Animals/Mike Awesome
WCW World Title: Jeff Jarrett vs. Sting
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