Monday Nitro – September 4, 2000 (2016 Redo): Russo Does WarGames
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Nitro #256
Date: September 4, 2000
Location: Reunion Arena, Dallas, Texas
Commentators: Tony Schiavone, Jeremy Borash, Mark Madden
On a side note: this is five years to the day that Nitro debuted.
Team Russo (Russo/Nash/Jarrett/Steiner) are coming to the ring.
New opening sequence.
Tag Team Titles: Insane Clown Posse vs. Juventud Guerrera/Rey Mysterio Jr.
Team Canada is in the gym and Storm is putting Major Gunns through boot camp. Gunns has to be taught to work as hard as a Canadian, which is nothing more than a reason to have her running on a treadmill.
Booker T., The Cat and Ms. Jones (in a neck brace) leave their hotel.
Post break (and recap), Steiner and Jarrett yell at Russo for ticking Nash off.
WarGames Qualifying Match: Sting vs. Great Muta/Vampiro
Post match the Clowns come out to yell at Muta but nothing happens.
Major Gunns, now drenched in sweat, is on another exercise machine and the camera just happens to be looking down at her in a low cut top.
Russo makes Stevie Ray wrestle tonight by threatening to take away his Thunder commentary job.
Jarrett tells Nash to get over his issues with Russo. Nash threatens to switch teams tonight.
WarGames Qualifying Match: Booker T. vs. Stevie Ray
Post match Booker yells at Stevie for jumping him. The explanation: suckas gots to know and a hug. Ok then.
Kronik asks the Jung Dragons where the Harris Brothers are but beats them up for not speaking English. Totally not a Kai En Tai knockoff.
WarGames Qualifying Match: The Cat vs. Kronik
Cat says they should be getting together to fight Russo and company. Clark agrees and goes after Jeff, leaving Cat to roll Adams up for two. The beatdown is on but Cat drops to the floor to save Ms. Jones from Jarrett. Kronik pulls Cat back inside for High Times and the pin in less than a minute and a half. So Kronik is in the match instead.
WarGames Qualifying Match: Shane Douglas vs. Goldberg
Major Gunns is swimming for her final test to become Canadian. Well they might have been too subtle earlier so just put her in a swimsuit and be done with it. The Misfits are watching with binoculars from all of twenty feet away. Pamela Paulshock is thrown in as well so here are the Misfits to fight the Canadians in the pool.
Big Vito vs. Natural Born Thrillers
The Thrillers beat him down even more post match.
The teams have meetings in the back.
The good guys, minus Goldberg, are ready.
WCW World Title: WarGames 2000: Vince Russo/Kevin Nash/Scott Steiner/Jeff Jarrett vs. Sting/Kronik/Booker T./Goldberg
Steiner hits Sting in the ribs to take over and brings in a bigger ladder but stops to beat on Sting even more. Kronik, meaning both of them, come in to “even” things up. Steiner heads up to the second cage, leaving Jarrett to take High Times, allowing Kronik to follow Steiner up top. A double gorilla press drops Steiner as the question becomes if Adams or Clark wins the title for themselves since they entered the match as a unit.
Madden admits there are no teams in this mess as the belt falls through the hole. Russo picks it up and taunts Goldberg, allowing the Cat to come in and kick Russo in the head. Nash lays out Cat with a Jackknife but Goldberg breaks the handcuffs and cleans house. He picks up the belt and goes to leave but Bret Hart appears and slams the door on his face. Russo has the belt free and clear until Nash grabs him by the shirt. They hug, it was a swerve, and Nash retains.
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