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.