Monday Nitro

Melbourne, Australia
October  16, 2000

As the days before Halloween Havoc keep winding down, so does Bill Goldberg's patience, as evident on this week's edition of Nitro from Melbourne, Australia. Goldberg faced off against Kronik in a verbal battle before their big showdown at the PPV, before making quick work of David Flair as he continued on his path to once again become the WCW Champion. 

Mark Jindrak and Sean O'Haire d. The Boogie Knights
The show started out with a match for the WCW World Tag Team Titles. DISQO and Wright talked smack on the mic before the action got underway. The challengers came out strong, sending their bigger opponents around the ring with quick, double-teaming maneuvers. After the patented double leapfrog, Jindrak and O'Haire took over on DISQO, with Jindrak bringing the Knight off the top with a huge Frankensteiner. Mickey Jay was knocked to the canvas as DISQO delivered the Chartbuster. Kronik ran in and gave both Boogie Knights the High Time, setting Jindrak and O'Haire up to retain their gold. 

Backstage, Kevin Nash told the Natural Born Thrillers to go talk to The Cat and not to book him for a match on the show. 

Outside, Goldberg arrived to the arena on his motorcycle. 

Backstage, The Thrillers came into The Cat's office. Sanders got a little overzealous and booked a match with Kevin Nash against Sting. Miller went one step further and made it a Lumberjack Match. 

Team Canada with Major Gunns d. Lieutenant Loco, Sgt. A-WALL, and Corporal Cajun
Storm said the country of Australia was wearing thin on his nerves. He demanded that the Canadian national anthem play, but it was interrupted by the music of The MIA. A-WALL, Cajun, and Loco came to the ring, but conspicuous by his absence was their leader, General Rection. As the match got underway, Rection ran in from the crowd, pulling Storm off the apron to brawl, before WCW officials took the General to the back. Loco made a hot tag with A-WALL, who cleaned house on the entire Team Canada. With Loco back in, the Canadians once again gained the advantage. All six men hit the ring, with Duggan and A-WALL fighting up the aisle. Prime Time was put through a table on the outside. Major Gunns slid a chair into Cajun, but it backfired as it was dropkicked into his face. In the end, Storm took the win for his team after applying the single leg crab. 

Handicapped Match
No Contest - "The Franchise" Shane Douglas with Torrie Wilson vs. The Filthy Animals
Douglas bragged to the crowd that the United States defeated the Australians in every event in the Olympics. He challenged Konnan and the rest of The Animals to come to the ring for a handicapped match. The Filthy Animals came out and accepted, with Konnan promising to show Torrie what a real man was all about. In the ring, The Animals brutalized Shane as Tygress and Rey gave him a dual "face full of stuff". The Franchise pulled out mace and sprayed Konnan and Mysterio in the eyes before he and Torrie ran Tygress into the metal guardrail. With Konnan handcuffed to the ropes, Rey was destroyed, with only Charles Robinson there to try and cover him from more punishment. 

Backstage, as Palumbo and Stasiak argued about their loss to Goldberg last week, Kevin Nash arrived, telling them to shake hands and get over it. 

Backstage, Billy Kidman arrived and helped the medics load Rey Mysterio into an ambulance. 

"That 70's Guy" Mike Awesome and Crowbar d. The Perfect Event
Big Sexy sat down with the announcers to add color to the commentary. Crowbar and Awesome worked over Palumbo early, squashing him with a moonsault and big splash combo for a near fall. That 70's Guy took to the air with a dive over the ropes to the outside, bringing Stasiak and Palumbo to the floor. Crowbar was in trouble as the Perfect Event doubled on him on their side of the ring. "Perfectshawn" delivered a superplex off the top turnbuckle on Awesome, but dropped the ball as he hit Palumbo on accident after Mike ducked a punch. Awesome got the pinfall on Stasiak for the win, prompting "Coach" Nash to enter the ring. He forced his two men to hug in the ring, even though they were hot at each other. 

Backstage, Shane Douglas challenged Booker T to a match for later in the show. Torrie called Pamela a bitch before walking away, to which Pam replied that it "took one to know one." 

Backstage, David Flair asked Mike Sanders to book him in a DNA Match against Buff Bagwell. Sanders said he would at Havoc, but told Flair that he had a different job for him later in the show. 

Kwee Wee with Paisley d. Johnny The Bull
As the bell rang, Kwee Wee backed Johnny into the corner, bringing him out with a monkey flip. The Bull seemed to have injured his ankle on the move, giving Kwee Wee the opportunity to cover and score the quick win. 

Interview: The Cat
Miller came out and immediately told Mark Madden that he "hated his fat ass." The commissioner and Ms. Jones proceeded to dance all over the ring, before Miller called for the music to stop. He called Mike Sanders to the ring, saying that they needed to put an end to the "dual commissioners." Sanders said that he would not fight The Cat on Nitro, but would face him for the commissioner's job at Halloween Havoc. After an exchange of insults, Kronik came out to take out The Cat. Goldberg's music played, and as Adams and Clark turned around on the stage to face him, he came through the crowd and headed into the ring. Goldberg told Kronik that they were both "next." 

WCW World Title Match
Booker T d. "The Franchise" Shane Douglas with Torrie Wilson
Scott Steiner joined the announcers at ringside, putting Torrie Wilson down. Backstage, Konnan told Tygress to wait in the back, as he had something to take care of. Booker started off on the offense, dropping Douglas to the mat twice with two big sidekicks. T brought Shane to the outside, but was reversed on a whip to the guardrail, slamming into it himself. Douglas focused on the upper body and neck of Booker, slowing the champion down. Booker fired back with a scissors kick, a sidekick, and a spinarooni. Kidman came out and grabbed Douglas, but was knocked off the apron and into Midajah at ringside. Steiner took exception and blasted Kidman from behind. Konnan and Jarrett joined the brawl outside the ring, as Booker hit the Bookend for the win over Douglas. 

Pamela Paulshock Interview: Scott Steiner with Midajah and Jeff Jarrett
Midajah berated Billy Kidman in a different language, as Steiner echoed her sentiments in English. Big Poppa told Kidman that he would pay for running into Midajah. Jeff Jarrett told Konnan that he would put him in the hospital next to Mysterio. 

Goldberg d. David Flair
The Nature Boy Ric Flair joined the commentators at ringside, as David awaited his opponent. Goldberg's music played, and the mystery was over. The young Flair jumped Bill from behind, but was immediately speared to the canvas. One Jackhammer for the road, and the streak continued. After Goldberg left the ring, Flair got up to help his son. 

Pamela Paulshock Interview: Billy Kidman and Konnan
Kidman said he would take the challenge from Steiner. Konnan told Jarrett that he was going to take out his anger for Douglas on The Chosen One. 

"Big Poppa Pump" Scott Steiner with Midajah d. Billy Kidman
Big Poppa beat up an Australian fan at ringside before locking up with Kidman. Steiner used his power to his advantage, whipping Billy hard from corner to corner. After delivering a Samoan drop from the top rope, the Steiner Recliner was all that was needed to give Scott Steiner another check in the win column. 

"The Chosen One" Jeff Jarrett d. Konnan with Tygress
As Konnan went through his pre match ritual on the mic, Jarrett attacked, getting this challenge match underway. The Chosen One brought a chair across Konnan's back several times on the outside, before heading back in. Tygress set up to deliver a "face full of stuff" on Jarrett, but Douglas came out and grabbed her by the hair. She slapped Torrie and Shane across the face, before getting blasted by Jarrett's guitar after Konnan ducked out of the way from Jeff's attack. The Chosen One brought K-Dogg down with The Stroke to get the 1-2-3. Jarrett applied the Scorpion Deathlock after the match in yet another attempt to get under Sting's skin. 

A clip was shown of Kevin Nash's visit to one of Australia's brewing companies. At the end of the day, the higher ups designed Big Sexy his very own Bottle label for "Big Sexxxxy Brew." 

Lumberjack Match
"Big Sexy" Kevin Nash d. Sting
Nash backed Sting into the corner on the first lockup, delivering a series of big knees and elbows. The Stinger slid down the back of Nash on a bodyslam attempt, throwing some heavy punches to the head of the "coach." Sting was able to turn Nash over in the Scorpion Deathlock, but The Natural Born Thrillers pulled their mentor to the ropes for the break. On a splash attempt, Sting was caught with a huge boot to the face, swinging the match back into Big Sexy's hands. Scott Steiner ran to ringside and jumped on Booker T, prompting the entire locker room to brawl from ringside to the back. Charles Robinson was knocked down in the ring, as Jeff Jarrett snuck up to ringside with his guitar. When Sting ran in for another splash, Nash ducked and Jeff took the six-stringer over The Stinger's head. Big Sexy fell on top of Sting just as Robinson awoke to count the tainted three-count.