Monday Nitro – June 5, 2000: I Was Wrong
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Nitro #243
Date: June 5, 2000
Location: Philips Arena, Atlanta, Georgia
Attendance: 13,487
Commentators: Tony Schiavone, Scott Hudson, Mark Madden
We recap Abbott vs. Goldberg in a failed attempt to make us believe that Abbott has a chance.
Bischoff and Russo yell at the New Blood. Torrie can be seen storming off as this goes on. Good for her.
Tag Team Titles: Kronik vs. Chuck Palumbo/Shawn Stasiak
Adams is tired of his hair being messed up and grabs a backbreaker on Shawn, setting up the tags to Clark and Palumbo. Clark cleans house but the Cat gets in the ring and threatens the referee. Palumbo and Clark fight into the crowd and Adams drops Stasiak onto the steps. With everyone on the floor, Cat grabs the referee and demands a count right now. Adams throws Stasiak in and Cat counts a very fast eight nine ten to retain the titles.
Kronik goes after Cat but the champs make the save and take the beating themselves.
Kidman yells at Torrie (in a bikini with a skirt) for some reason until Major Gunns of all people makes the save, earning her some swearing.
Video on Kidman vs. Hogan.
Gunns cries to the Misfits about what Kidman said to her. G.I. Bro promises to take care of things.
Goldberg chats with Nash and Steiner.
G.I. Bro vs. Kidman
Both groups come in for the brawl and the Animals dominate.
Hardcore Title: Eric Bischoff vs. Terry Funk
As they leave, Funk wheels Bischoff back to ringside (with Awesome looking at them without stopping) but we cut to the back (segment #4 in this match) to see Russo sending in the Mamalukes. Funk loads up a Stinkface but the Mamalukes come in and lay out Funk in less than two minutes, giving Bischoff the pin and the title.
The Flairs are here.
US Title: Scott Steiner vs. Vampiro
Tank Abbott vs. Goldberg
Kimberly yells about Hancock.
WCW World Title: Sting vs. Jeff Jarrett
May 22 – Raw: 7.1, Nitro: 3.0
May 29 – Raw: 6.4, Nitro: 3.0
June 5 – Raw: 5.9, Nitro: 2.8
June 12 – Raw: 6.8, Nitro: 3.0
Yeah keep going with that burying your champion after changing the title 18 times in five months. Maybe if you work hard, Raw will only double your numbers.
Jeff is put in an ambulance.
Kimberly/Mike Awesome vs. Diamond Dallas Page/Miss Hancock
They catfight for a bit until Hancock slaps Awesome and runs over to Page for an actual wrestling match. Page speeds it up with a jumping clothesline and starts a brawl. That goes nowhere so Page tries a backslide, only to take a low blow to give Awesome control. Awesome sends Page flying with a nice German suplex but Page is right back up to send him into the buckle.
Horace Hogan vs. Hulk Hogan
Kidman comes in but gets beaten down as well.
Vince Russo vs. Ric Flair
So Ric beats up his son for a bit as Russo sets up a ladder in the ring for no apparent reason. He climbs up and pulls part of the roof down, likely so we can have more interference. Russo gets to the top of the cage but Ric follows him, only to get poked in the eye so Russo can get the better of it. Vince climbs back into the cage but Ric stomps his hands to make him fall. Since this is WCW, the camera misses the big crash.
Ric climbs down the ladder and puts Vince in the Figure Four, which Russo survives for OVER A MINUTE until the red liquid falls from the ceiling and knocks Ric and Charles Robinson out. David puts Ric in the Figure Four and Russo pops to his feet (not even a limp) and chokes Ric until Robinson counts the pin. Russo is polite enough to collapse after walking around the ring for a bit.
Nash and Steiner have a meeting before the main event.
The announcers chat for a bit. I always love seeing them at a makeshift table for some reason. It sums up WCW so well.
Kevin Nash vs. New Blood
Gauntlet match. Disco is out first in an Atlanta Falcons jersey, of course leading out Russo who is still not wearing a shirt. We get some Russo acting as he says Nash loses his shot if he gets pinned or if any of the Millionaires interfere. There are about ten guys on the ramp to come after Nash and Disco is in first, only to take a side slam for a quick pin after about nine seconds.
This show was running in the opposite direction and seemingly trying to either be as horrible and against what the fans wanted as possible. The pay per view was secondary to pushing the writers as the real stars of the show while so much of the night was about nothing. I have no idea what was supposed to make me want to get keep watching this show because the stories are totally uninteresting and far more confusing than they should be.
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