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Nitro #269
Date: December 4, 2000
Location: Pershing Auditorium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Attendance: 3,433
Commentators: Tony Schiavone, Mark Madden, Scott Hudson
We open with a recap of most of the events from Mayhem and the fallout last week.
Opening sequence.
After a break, Scott Steiner arrives and tells Sanders he wants Sid tonight. Sanders blames Flair for Sid being arrested so Steiner says no one is safe tonight.
Chavo Guerrero Jr. vs. Kwee Wee
Sanders tells Flair what happened with Sid and Steiner so Ric is going to get Sid out of jail before the end of the show. At least going into Wrestlemania X7 Undertaker said it would take him twelve hours to get out of jail for going after HHH.
Kronik has a new client.
Hardcore Title: Elix Skipper vs. Crowbar
Crowbar is defending and Storm wants the weapons taken away from ringside. This brings out the Cat and Ms. Jones while Storm sits in on commentary. Cat sits in as well to give us a five person booth. Daffney comes out with Crowbar to make sure this is as crowded as possible. Crowbar pulls out a bunch of weapons from under the ring, allowing Skipper to get in a few cheap shots to take over.
We look back at Luger attacking Goldberg on Monday and then running on Thunder.
Norman Smiley is with one of the Nitro Girls when Scott Steiner storms in. Steiner asks Norman who he has tonight. That would be Goldberg so Steiner hits Norman with a pipe.
Shane Douglas promises to take out Hugh Morrus just like Morrus did to Torrie Wilson.
Tag Team Titles: Insiders vs. 3 Count
Speaking of problems, post match here are Sanders and the Perfect Event to bring out Ric Flair. We see a clip from the title change at the pay per view showing the Insiders pinned the illegal man. Therefore, the titles are returned to the Perfect Event, likely so the Insiders can beat them again. Flair makes the rematch for Starrcade, which should complete the double beating.
Bam Bam Bigelow attacks Mike Awesome in the parking lot.
Reno vs. Kronik
This is the match where Kronik was hired but the referee throws it out after less than thirty seconds of double teaming.
Kronik keeps beating on him until Vito makes the save. Marie comes out to check on Reno as Vito walks away.
Glacier video.
Flair tells security to watch out everywhere for Steiner.
We see Goldberg giving a kid a WCW World Title belt on the Maury show.
Goldberg vs. MI Smooth
Forty nine seconds this time and Goldberg hugs Sarge after the latest squash.
Steiner says Flair is next.
Jeff Jarrett vs. Konnan
WCW World Title: Scott Steiner vs. General Rection
That means more forearms and kicks to the ribs with a spinning belly to belly to refresh things a bit. We get the Tree of Woe choke for a bit but Rection backdrops out of a tiger bomb. Rection hammers away and knocks Steiner to the floor for a plancha. Back in and a powerslam sets up the moonsault for two, making it clear that Rection has no chance here. Another moonsault hits knees though and the Recliner makes Rection tap in a hurry.
Post match Steiner heads to the back to get Flair as Shane Douglas comes in to hit Rection with a chain. Steiner finds Arn Anderson and beats him down to the ring for the Recliner. Flair tries to get out for help but Goldberg runs out instead, only to get jumped by Luger. You know, the guy who was just standing at ringside in case this happened. After that tease of Goldberg vs. Steiner in what should be the main event, Sid comes out but is held back by security to end the show.
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Nitro #268
Date: November 27, 2000
Location: Metro Center, Rockford, Illinois
Attendance: 3,800
Commentators: Tony Schiavone, Mark Madden, Scott Hudson
3 Count vs. Corporal Cajun/Lieutenant Loco
The announcers talk about Steiner winning the World Title last night and think Sting deserves a title shot for retaining the King of Europe Cup at one of the German shows. For those keeping track, he won it back in like 1994 and defended it six years later. Now he gets a title shot out of the thing. Such is life in WCW, as usual.
Hugh Morrus is ready for Bam Bam Bigelow tonight.
Yang vs. Lance Storm
A Rock Bottom gets two for Yang and he fires off some kicks at the ribs before elbowing Storm in the face. Yang hits a moonsault for two more but walks into a piledriver, only to have the women get into a fight on the floor. Cue the Cat to hit Storm with a chair, giving the unconscious Yang the big upset win.
Post break Storm yells at Jim Duggan for not having his back.
A limo arrives.
Jeff Jarrett is talking to Gene when the Filthy Animals come up and throw eggs at him. Those boys need a role model.
Big Vito is making sure Marie is ok before she leaves. He leaves and Reno comes up to leave with her.
Jamie Noble/Evan Karagias vs. Boogie Knights
Jamie Noble/Evan Karagias vs. Alex Wright/Ron Harris
Stevie Ray calls Scott Steiner a sad sack cracker jack.
Reno vs. Goldberg
The announcers basically say Reno can only win on a miracle. This one actually gets some time as Goldberg knocks Reno across the ring and gorilla presses him into a drop. A quick Roll of the Dice attempt is countered into a powerslam, followed by the two moves to make Goldberg 26-0.
US Title: General Rection vs. Bam Bam Bigelow
Jeff Jarrett vs. Rey Mysterio
Post break Jarrett challenges the Animals to a six man on Thunder.
WCW World Title: Stevie Ray vs. Scott Steiner
Steiner takes it inside for the big pounding before cutting off a comeback with a shot to the ribs. After a quick trip outside to yell at some fans, Steiner plants him with a belly to belly for two. Stevie kicks him in the face and grabs a bad DDT, only to have Midajah offer a distraction.
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Nitro #267
Date: November 20, 2000
Location: Augusta-Richmond County Civic Center, Augusta, Georgia
Attendance: 3,000
Commentators: Tony Schiavone, Mark Madden, Scott Hudson
Also in Europe, at a show called Millennium Final, the Boogie Knights won the Tag Team Titles in a major upset. Wright won the match on his own after Disco was injured early on.
Opening sequence.
Jamie Noble vs. Yang
Evan and Noble clear the ring post match.
Luger talks to Flair about doing the right thing and Ric promises to make sure it happens.
We look at Scott Steiner beating Sting down on Thunder to put him on the shelf AGAIN.
We see Rick Steiner vs. T-Money (Terry Crews) on Battledome in a boxing match which turned into a big brawl because of course it did.
Things happened and the next morning all that was left was the shopping bag. That bag was full of garbage, just like the rest of this story. Jeff guitars David as the announcers try to figure out why Jarrett came up with this story, which is a fair question. Cue Buff Bagwell to go after Jeff, only to be whipped into the set like the goon that he is. Buff gets back up and knocks Jeff off the stage for his big hero moment.
Tag Team Titles: Perfect Event vs. Elix Skipper/Alex Wright
Wright and Skipper are defending. Stasiak and Wright get things going with Alex stomping away before Palumbo comes in with a big right hand. A double slingshot suplex puts Wright down and Stasiak gets two off a neckbreaker with Skipper making a save. Everything breaks down and here are the Filthy Animals to lay out Wright, giving Stasiak the pin and the titles.
Video of Mancow attacking Jimmy Hart to set up their match at Mayhem.
Mike Sanders has an idea for Kwee Wee tonight.
The Battledome guys are here yelling about something.
Wright thinks WCW is scared of the Boogie Knights being champions so now they want the Animals in a handicap match at Mayhem.
The Thrillers are ordering pizza when Reno comes in and says he wants to fight Vito tonight.
Rection gives the Misfits a pep talk.
We recap Meng/Kwee Wee vs. Team Canada in a bizarre yet interesting feud.
Jim Duggan/Lance Storm vs. Kwee Wee/Meng
Jeff Jarrett and Shane Douglas are talking about something.
Kwee Wee vs. ???
Sanders is on commentary and very pleased when the opponent is revealed as Goldberg. The match lasts 29 seconds in case you were expecting something else.
Goldberg vs. Mike Sanders
We flash back to Halloween Havoc at Shane Douglas attacking The Cat and then beating up Ms. Jones the next night on Nitro.
Shane Douglas vs. Buff Bagwell
Post match Cat wants to fight right now but it winds up being dance time instead.
WCW World Title: Booker T. vs. Lex Luger
Booker yells at Goldberg but has to fight off Steiner to end the show.
Overall Rating: D. Pretty worthless show here other than to set up the Tag Team Title match on Sunday. The main event was one of those stories that was invented and blown off in the span of a night and went nowhere while not really changing anything. The wrestling was nothing to see, the angles were nothing interesting and the show did almost nothing to make me want to see Mayhem. Such is life in WCW as we approach one of its final pay per views.
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Nitro #266
Date: November 13, 2000
Location: London Arena, London, England
Attendance: 9,138
Commentators: Tony Schiavone, Stevie Ray, Mike Tenay
Opening sequence.
Mike Awesome/Bam Bam Bigelow
Booker T./Lex Luger
Alex Wright/Disco Inferno
Sting/Scott Steiner
The Natural Born Thrillers arrive.
Earlier today, Big Vito took credit for helping Crowbar win the Hardcore Title on Thunder. A shot is granted for later tonight.
Sanders gives Lance Storm a match with General Rection for the US Title tonight. Steiner comes in and agrees to anger management.
Hardcore Title: Big Vito vs. Crowbar
Sting is willing to work with Steiner to get a title shot.
Mike Awesome/Bam Bam Bigelow vs. Sting/Scott Steiner
Bigelow lays Awesome out post match.
Jimmy Hart accepts a challenge from a DJ from August, Georgia.
The Boogie Knights try to sell Kronik their spot in the Lethal Lottery but wind up paying them to take the spots instead.
The Misfits are ready for Storm and Team Canada tonight.
This week, WCW invaded the Battledome set.
Booker T./Lex Luger vs. Kronik
Booker and Clark get things going with the champ kicking him in the face and bringing Luger in, only to have Lex get taken into the Kronik corner. Adams gets two off a piledriver (Tony: “That move right there could change the landscape of WCW.”) but the referee gets distracted, allowing Booker to get in a kick to to set up the hot tag.
Kronik says if one of them wins the belt, they both do.
Jindrak comes in and helps with the beatdown.
Elix Skipper vs. The Cat
Boogie Knights vs. ???
US Title: General Rection vs. Lance Storm
Post break, Gunns takes off the Bombs Away shirt to reveal the Mapleleafs.
Kronik vs. Scott Steiner/Sting
Post match Steiner chairs Sting so Booker comes out with a chair of his own to knock Steiner out. Sting gets up and Booker knocks him out by mistake.
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Nitro #265
Date: November 6, 2000
Location: United Center, Chicago, Illinois
Attendance: 7,000
Commentators: Tony Schiavone, Mark Madden, Scott Hudson
The opening recap focuses on Ric Flair returning and the Stasiak turn, followed by Steiner vs. Booker.
Earlier today, Midajah distracted an arriving Sting (head to toe in red) so Steiner could attack him. Buff Bagwell made the save.
The Thrillers talk about putting Jeff Jarrett in a tag match for no apparent reason.
Goldberg arrives.
The guy from WCW Magazine was taken away on a stretcher.
Lance Storm vs. Kwee Wee
Anyway Tony and company talk about how lame it is that the Battledome guys are to challenge WCW wrestlers to a fight. This led to a brawl on Battledome with Diamond Dallas Page and Cat with Page stealing their Warriors title belt (yeah they had a title belt) and spitting on it. This is actually worse than I remember.
Hardcore Title: Shawn Stasiak vs. Reno
Nash and the Thrillers look at Reno, who says more than one person was behind this.
Stasiak says he had nothing to do with attacking Reno.
Buff Bagwell/Sting vs. Jeff Jarrett/Scott Steiner
Jeff gets caught in a sunset flip with Buff adding in a right hand to knock him backwards, only to have Steiner take over again. A DDT on Scott allows the hot tag to Bagwell and everything breaks down. Sting and Jarrett fight to the floor as Buff gets in a Blockbuster on Steiner, only to eat a guitar shot. The Recliner puts Bagwell away.
US Title: Alex Wright vs. General Rection
Goldberg vs. Bam Bam Bigelow
We come back from a break with Steiner ranting a lot before joining commentary for the main event.
WCW World Title: Kevin Nash vs. Booker T.
Steiner grabs Booker to end the show.
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Monday Nitro #264
Date: October 30, 2000
Location: Bren Events Center, Irvine, California
Commentators: Mark Madden, Scott Hudson, Tony Schiavone
Someone is here in a white limo.
Opening sequence.
Hardcore Title: Reno vs. Kwee Wee
David Flair vs. MI Smooth
Lex Luger vs. Buff Bagwell
Shawn Stasiak promises loyalty to the Thrillers. Nash gives Palumbo and Stasiak a quick spanking and offers to let Pamela give him one.
Kronik vs. Perfect Event
Post break Nash leads the Thrillers to find Stasiak.
The Cat vs. Mike Sanders
Post match Shane Douglas pops up on screen and says Cat needs to worry about his own house. The camera pans over to Ms. Jones, who gets a backbreaker for slapping Shane in the face.
Cat is livid post break.
Mike Awesome likes the idea of Steiner being in the main event and suggests an alliance to take Steiner out.
WCW World Title: Mike Awesome vs. Booker T. vs. Scott Steiner
Steiner has to be held back by security. Booker issues a challenge for him at some point in the future because the fans want to see it.
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Nitro #263
Date: October 23, 2000
Location: Alltel Arena, Little Rock, Arkansas
Commentators: Tony Schiavone, Stevie Ray, Mark Madden
We open with a montage of events from Australia.
Opening sequence.
Perfect Event vs. Harris Brothers
Post match Nash gets in the ring so Stasiak gets in his face, only to have Nash drive him into the corner. No punches are thrown but Nash takes his hat off and gives Stasiak a serious look. Stasiak leaves so Nash gets on commentary again to promise tough love.
Post break, Steiner says he wants Awesome tonight and makes sheep noises.
Kronik vs. 3 Count
Well by match I mean a squash lasting 56 seconds before High Times puts Evan away.
Here are Nash and the Thrillers with Kevin talking about the Outsiders again. They were a real team but Stasiak needs to learn the concept.
Goldberg vs. Shawn Stasiak
Billy Kidman vs. Alex Wright vs. Mark Jindrak
Before the match, Disco promises that he and Alex are launching an official investigation into finding out who let the dogs out. See, there are a lot of drunk drivers in Little Rock and Disco wants the dogs to be safe. Jindrak gets double teamed to start as Stevie picks Alex to win this. A German suplex gets two on Mark with Kidman making the save. That earns Kidman a torture rack neckbreaker but Alex dropkicks Mark for two more. Everything breaks down on the floor and Kidman gets launched into the ring and he grabs the Kid Crusher to put Alex away in another way too short match.
Crowbar, again in the 70s gear, hits on Pamela until Jimmy Hart comes in to say Crowbar has a match.
The announcers talk about the pay per view.
Vampiro vs. Crowbar
Crowbar gets stretchered out.
Konnan vs. Shane Douglas
Scott Steiner vs. Mike Awesome
Booker looks a little scared to end the show.
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