Monday Nitro – December 27, 1999: The Fingerpoke of Doom Doesn’t Look Bad
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Nitro #220
Date: December 27, 1999
Location: Houston Astrodome, Houston, Texas
Attendance: 16,640
Commentators: Bobby Heenan, Mike Tenay, Tony Schiavone
We open with a clip from Thunder of Goldberg clearing out the NWO.
Opening sequence.
Tenay tells us about Goldberg shredding a tendon in his arm and already undergoing surgery.
Apparently Scott Steiner has had another back surgery and his career is probably over. That sounds like a swerve.
Brian Knobbs vs. Bam Bam Bigelow
Sid arrives with Benoit.
Benoit comes out to join Sid (with a much clearer voice) and talks about wanting to get his hands on the Chosen One Jeff Jarrett. The last few weeks have made Benoit lose all respect for Jeff Jarrett and at Souled Out, Benoit will let out some of the frustration. He wants something called Triple Threat Theater, which means a 2/3 falls match with different rules for each fall.
ZZ Top is here.
Tag Team Title Tournament First Round: Buzzkill/Mike Rotundo vs. Dean Malenko/Konnan
Jarrett and Hart pull the power to the production truck and the feed cuts out. Ok then.
Back with the picture a bit snowy and a white limo arriving, containing Scott Steiner who is met by Rick Steiner with a wheelchair.
The NWO destroys catering. Is there a point to this coming anytime soon?
Tank Abbott vs. Shane
Shane is in dress clothes and gets knocked out in less than a minute. He must have tried to get $20 out of Tank for a posed picture.
Career retrospective on Scott Steiner.
Hennig is put in an ambulance after a break.
Tag Team Title Tournament First Round: Harlem Heat vs. Midnight/Lash Leroux
The Scream mask guy attacks Chavo.
Some Power Plant students are in the front row. Chuck Palumbo, Elix Skipper, Mike Sanders and Reno among others are visible.
WCW World Title: Bret Hart vs. Jerry Flynn
They head outside with Jerry whipping the champ into the barricade, drawing out Jarrett and Nash. Back in and Jerry fires off kicks in the corner but eats a DDT. Another spinning kick drops Bret but Nash distracts the referee, allowing Jarrett to come in with a ball bat to set up the Sharpshooter to retain the title.
The Revolution is at the Library of Congress and Saturn pulls out his copy of How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
Nash is on the phone with Hall but theme music muffles the chat.
Tag Team Title Tournament First Round: PG-13 vs. Rick Steiner/Berlyn
The Revolution rants about the White House and Bill Clinton and kidnap a guy in a Clinton mask. Somehow this is more effective than their last few weeks of material.
Tag Team Title Tournament First Round: Asya/Norman Smiley vs. Perry Saturn/Jim Duggan
Duggan, the loser, brings his family in to celebrate.
US Title: Kidman vs. Jeff Jarrett
Nash gives Hall directions over the phone.
Tag Team Title Tournament First Round: Ron Harris/Don Harris vs. Meng/Fit Finlay
David Flair and Daffney call themselves Natural Born Killers. That was a disturbing movie.
Tag Team Title Tournament First Round: Evan Karagias/Vampiro vs. David Flair/Maestro
3 Count loads up the song post match but Flair and Crowbar clean house. This brings out Lenny and Lodi as Standards and Practices, complete with the yet to be named Miss Hancock (Stacy Keibler) in a skirt shorter than your local vanilla midget. They promise to take Flair and Crowbar off TV if this violence keeps up. This of course earns them more violence.
Jarrett is told not to worry about Hall not being here yet.
Tag Team Title Tournament First Round: Disco Inferno/Big Vito vs. Buff Bagwell/Chris Kanyon
Buff gets laid out post match.
Tag Team Title Tournament First Round: The Wall/Sid Vicious vs. Outsiders
Remember that Sid and Wall seemed to form a friendship last week. Nash gets in on his own and does a Hogan shirt rip to start against Wall. Kevin slugs away but Wall punches him down and scores with a belly to back suplex. Wall hits a big boot but Bret nails him in the back with a bat to let Nash take over. Sid chases Bret and Wall is suddenly putting Nash in a chinlock. He no sold a ball bat shot from the World Champion? Sid comes in and shoves the referee down before cleaning house, only to have Bret nail Wall with the bat for the pin to advance Nash.
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