Thunder – September 20, 2000: What A World
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September 20, 2000
Location: Civic Center, Erie, Pennsylvania
Commentators: Jeremy Borash, Tony Schiavone, Mike Tenay
Opening sequence.
Nitro highlights.
Steiner beats up the security and maces Russo before yelling about how he wants his title shot. Russo says they can have a triple threat against Sting later and then have all the title shots they want. Apparently Russo made Steiner (no) and Jarrett (ok yeah he kind of did), which is enough to make Russo run off, only to have Sting and Booker come in for the brawl.
Jung Dragons vs. Natural Born Thrillers
Disqo is in the back with the Cat and Ms. Jones, the latter of whom throws his duck on the ground.
Russo tells a masked guy to sell for him later.
Disqo suggests Rey vs. Juvy in a #1 contenders match for the Cruiserweight Title later tonight. Again, how does he have this kind of authority?
Scott Steiner promises to win tonight.
Vince Russo vs. Masked Heel
Russo has his helmet on, which is pretty low level protection after having brain surgery like two weeks ago. The Heel is introduced as an international shoot champion and a 28 time Olympian. His shirt says THE MASKED HEEL and he comes out to the Leave it to Beaver theme that Booker had to use earlier in the year or whenever that was. Russo chops him in the corner a few times and we get the Hogan hand to the ear. Borash is going on like Cole went on about Miz in a kind of funny bit.
Post break, Russo sends Kronik after Stevie Ray. Do they follow his orders now?
Paisley vs. Torrie Wilson
Russo and Sanders are talking in the back.
Jarrett guarantees a win tonight.
Kronik vs. Stevie Ray
Stevie is still in the Masked Heel shirt. Borash: “Suckas are kinda curious about how this match is going to go.” Tags are required so Stevie pounds on Clark to no avail as we get things going. A good looking bicycle kick puts Clark down for two but Adams comes in to help out on a double elbow to take over.
This Week In WCW Motorsports.
Rey Mysterio vs. Juventud Guerrera
Remember when this was one of the best matches in WCW? Why did they stop with that? The winner gets a title shot at some point in the future. Konnan and Tygress sit in on commentary (of course) with Konnan going into an actually interesting history about how Mexico has a lot of different weight classes and how successful these two have been. They go to a knuckle lock to start and do the now standard series of flips into a double cover with both guys bridging up for the save.
Disqo comes in post match and gets beaten down by the team.
Sting is ready for the triple threat.
3 Count vs. Harris Brothers
The forklift is moved.
Scott Steiner vs. Sting vs. Jeff Jarrett
Jarrett and Steiner put on their submissions to end the show.
Overall Rating: D. Mysterio vs. Guerrera aside, this was the latest mess that focused WAY too much on Russo and had too many plot holes going on that stopped making sense. Booker being trapped was fine, but why in the world did Booker dress up like Sting? What did that change or enhance whatsoever, aside from making WCW look stupid? Bad show for the most part, but the worst is of course still yet to come.
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