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WCW Thunder 11/8/2000
Thunder debuts at its brand new time of five whole minutes earlier.
TO THE BACK. Sanders is looking over booking his card when Booker T asks for a match with Stasiak. Meat is already booked against Nash. Booker gets Mike Awesome. MIKE SANDERS IS NOT THE COMMISSIONER. HE LOST IT LAST WE ON NITRO. Are they really going to just pretend that Ric Flair didn't come back and make a rematch for the commissionership that Cat won in like 2 minutes?
Evan Karagias vs Jamie Knoble
BY GOD. I hope they mention that Jamie obviously isn't Asian. Boring chants literally with in the first 15 seconds. Lex vs Bam Bam vs Goldberg is the main event tonight. Stevie says his 6 year old daughter likes 3 Count more than the Backstreet Boys. Tony's reaction? "Really? Get her to listen to NSYNC god damn, or something, 98 Degrees." No one cares about this. I don't think anyone even realizes that Jamie Knoble is actually Jamie-San. It's just a random short dude against the clearly worst dude of 3 Count. Jamie is a straight up mini-Benoit clone. He does all of Benoit's moves in the same manner, wears the same kind of tights. Stevie says that he missed last week, but last thing he knew, Jamie was Asian. Tony says he was wearing a hood and obviously was not Oriental. 2 Count take Evan out and Jamie wins. Jamie saves Evan from a beat down after the match.
TO THE BACK. Gene is with the Boogie Knights. Gene tells Disco his hat sucks and he should burn the rest of his clothes, too.
Reno vs Crowbar WCW Hardcore Championship
Crowbar is back to the 70s stuff, but still comes out to his old screaming metal music. Crowbar just blatantly steals Sabu moves and spots. There was a ladder under the ring. Reno weights 270? I call bullshit on that. An attempted belly to belly into a ladder propped up in the corner. They were too far out and the only thing that touched the ladder was Crowbar's foot. This gets pretty vicious before heading to the back. They get back on the stage when Steven Van Zant kicks Reno off the stage. Crowbar jumps off and is the new Hardcore Champion. During the break, Awesome and Hugh celebrated with him.
TO THE BACK. Gene is with the new champ, MIA, and Mike Awesome. He's raising the standards of hardcore for WCW.
Disqo vs Konnan
I think the stipulations are that if Disqo wins, Konnan isn't allowed to talk about him anymore. Kidman says the Boogie Knights are the worst tag team of all time. Tony asks if they are worse than the Ding Dongs. lol. Alex trips up Konnan. Rey and Kidman jump Alex. Disco takes both of them out. Alex breaks up a pin only for Konnan to win with an X-Factor anyway. It may have been a fast count since he and #hardbodiedref got into during the match.
TO THE BACK. Boogie Knights were seen talking to Kronik. Gene is with Awesome. He's going to win the title tonight.
TO THE INTERVIEW. Mark Madden chats with The Cat. No one hates Mark Madden more than The Cat. Cat is no longer commissioner. WHAT. He won the rematch and full commissionership back the very next night after he lost it. He'll fuck the Battledome guys up.
TO THE BACK. Steiner is worried Flair will actually fire him. He asks Sanders for help. Maybe if he goes to anger management, corporate America can't turn their backs on an employee who admits he has a problem. Oh, look, another thing WWE stole.
David Flair comes to the ring. He still wants to know who the father is. Now he thinks it might be Rey Jr. Tony says women fall all over Rey every week. I have a hard time believing that women fall over themselves for a jacked up 12 year old. Rey says he is NOT the father, but he'll be David's daddy tonight.
Rey Mysterio Jr. vs David Flair
Tony says that many a man has had a YAK on the side. That is known as a squack, according to Stevie. Stevie SHOOTS on T-Money Terry Crews. FACE FULL OF YAK! Rey wins pretty easily.
Kevin Nash vs Shawn Stasiak
Nash comes out with the Thrillers. Stasiak comes out with Kronik. Sanders bans Kronik from ringside, and since they get paid upfront, they don't care. What the hell, the Thrillers turn on Nash? SWERVE. THE ULTIMATE SWERVE! Booker comes down to make a save. Why they fuck would he save Nash? Am I to believe that the Thrillers had set up months worth of stuff with Nash just to turn on him?
TO THE BACK. Trainer checks on Nash who does a Tommy Boy reference.
A weird Steiner video package is shown with fast cuts, him in a straight jacket, and crazy music.
TO THE BACK. Gene is with Lex and Bam Bam. Goldberg is about to bury 1994 WWF.
Lance Storm vs Meng
Lance is still covered in glitter from Nitro. Kwee Wee and Paisley are also out. She says that Kwee Wee is just like a Mini Meng. Lol, Meng sells for Prime Time. Duggan waffles Kwee Wee on the floor. Deathgrip on both Hacksaw and Prime Time on the floor gets Meng counted out, so Lance wins.
Booker T vs Mike Awesome WCW Championship
They're saying that Awesome didn't get his title shot, but he did, it was just a 3 way dance instead of a singles match. Stevie reads the riot act to Tony for asking stupid questions about Booker's gloves. Stevie reminds me of Jesse Ventura. Not that he's anywhere close to being as good at his job as Jesse, but in the way that he shits on things that are stupid and will fuck with his fellow announcers for fun. Glitter is EVERYWHERE. Stevie suggests that Kwee Wee should be fined. Awesome has been dominating. And he's kind of working heel. "I know him like a book. You know why, Tony?" "Cuz....he's....your brother?" "That's right." German through a table in the corner, but Booker kicked out. Book wins with a Book End. This was pretty good. There have been more quality TV matches in 2 weeks than there had been in 3 months prior. I don't know why this wasn't the main event.
TO THE BACK. Some monster of a woman interviews Bob Sapp! This is terrible. Bob Sapp is an awful promo. This woman is awful. This is hyping a Tough Man contest with Refridgerator Perry. Sam Greco is training him. Well, that's nice, Sam Greco hasn't been on TV since being this super huge signing. Maybe if WCW had focused on the talent they had instead of doing cross overs with knock off American Gladiators and worrying about signing SHOOT fighters.
Bam Bam Big Yellow vs Lex Luger vs Goldberg
Kronik are also out. They chokeslam #hardbodiedref.
TO THE BACK. Boogie Knights pay off Kronik.
After a break, the match starts with a new ref. This is terrible. Lex is so blown up he actually has to sit down and rest. He hasn't even done anything. Goldberg spears Bam Bam, Lex bails, then he hits the jackhammer for the win.