Monday Nitro – September 11, 2000: That 70’s Bus
Monday Nitro #257
Date: September 11, 2000
Location: Independence Arena, Charlotte, North Carolina
Commentators: Mark Madden, Tony Schiavone, Jeremy Borash
David arrived earlier and Crowbar, Ozzy and Daffney greeted him to bury the hatchet. No sign of Ric though.
Jeff Jarrett thinks he should offer some entertainment for the wedding.
Opening sequence.
The arena lighting seems dark, probably to hide a low attendance.
Tag Team Titles: Filthy Animals vs. Kronik
Stacy Keibler arrives.
Big Vito vs. Reno
Stick ball bat on a pole, which is how things go in the neighborhood apparently. It must be one of the slums of Parts Unknown. Palumbo is here with Reno. Vito starts fast with a Japanese armdrag but has to go after Palumbo. A quick suplex drops Reno but the referee gets bumped. Vito grabs the stick, only to have Reno lay him out with the Roll of the Dice for no count. Cue the returning Johnny the Bull to help stand off with the Thrillers, only to turn on Vito (a full THIRTY SECONDS after coming out to defend him), giving Reno the pin.
Cat yells at Booker and Sting for being late but they leave together.
Torrie Wilson vs. Madusa
Post match Shane puts Madusa in an STF (of course) until Kidman comes in for the save. Yeah these two are feuding in case you forgot. Madusa adds herself and Torrie to make it a tag team scaffold match on Sunday. Did they really forget the lessons from Great American Bash 1991?
Crowbar helps David get ready.
Jimmy Hart hands Miss Hancock an envelope.
Mike Awesome shows up in That 70s Bus.
Nash suggests that Steiner lay down for him tonight.
Jeff Jarrett vs. Miss Jones
See, if they actually wanted to go with something interesting here, have the trained wrestler Madusa fight Jarrett in what could be an entertaining match. Instead, we get another woman getting beaten up with little to no defense.
Anyway post match, Awesome comes out to beat up the still handcuffed Jarrett.
Nash is drawing his plan on a dry erase board. After some jokes about anatomy, Steiner thinks he should win and throws a marker. Just have them SWERVE us already so they can laugh.
Lance Storm vs. General Rection
Stacy opens the letter she got earlier and freaks out.
After a break, Ric is put in a cop car and driven away. Arn promises to bail him out as soon as possible.
The announcers talk and you can see that the entire section off the floor behind the desk is empty. The whole arena only holds 9,600 people and assuming they have most of the fans on one side of the arena, they MIGHT have 2,000 people there.
Sting vs. Harris Brothers
Steiner yells at Jarrett.
WCW World Title: Kevin Nash vs. Scott Steiner
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