A hearse and a limousine show up, and Vince Russo, Jeff Jarrett, David Flair and Miss Elizabeth walk out of it and head to the arena.
Earnest "The Cat" Miller beats Booker T in a weapons match. During the match, "The Perfect One" Shawn Stasiak get involved, but Booker T fends him off. Nevertheless, this allows The Cat to knock the steel chair in Booker T's hands into his head with a wheel kick to get the win. After the match, The Misfits In Action show up and take down Stasiak and The Cat, who are forced to retreat. Suddenly, Eric Bischoff and Kimberly show up, and Bischoff says he is here to address Booker T and The Misfits In Action. He mentions that some business took place last week that went very well, and says that they are one phone call away from changing the face of WCW and wrestling forever. Before that can happen, he wants to start tonight off with a clean slate, for it was never about Booker T and The Misfits, and they made a mistake. He states that all they have to do is join The New Blood and put everything behind them. Booker T and The Misfits come to a group consensus, and tells Bischoff to kiss their collective ass. Bischoff tells Booker T and The Misfits that they just signed their death warrants.
Sting, The Total Package, Diamond Dallas Page and Hulk Hogan are seen outside of the arena.
Backstage, Eric Bischoff tells Booker T and The Misfits In Action that if they want to embarrass him, then Booker T is fired.
Vince Russo, Jeff Jarrett, David Flair and rest of The New Blood make fun of the supposed end of "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair's career. Nearby is a casket containing one of Ric Flair's robes and a giant plastic nose.
Terry Taylor and "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair's young son Reid Flair are seen making their way into the arena.
Daffney shows up. She calls out Crowbar, saying he is acting like a baby and that she is the WCW Cruiserweight Championship. She asks him to come out to the ring so that they can handle this like two reasonable, mature adults. Crowbar shows up, and the next match starts.
Daffney beats Crowbar to become the undisputed WCW Cruiserweight Champion. During the match, Miss Hancock shows up and takes notes on the match. Later on, Chris Candido and Tammy Lynn Sytch get involved, and Daffney and Crowbar fight them off. Candido ends up hitting Crowbar with a Tombstone Piledriver on a steel chair after Crowbar keeps Tammy from hitting Daffney with the steel chair, however, and this allows Daffney to get the win.
The Kid Cam catches Torrie Wilson massaging Horace.
Outside of the arena, Booker T tells The Misfits In Action that he has a plan, and tells them to stay tuned next week. Meanwhile, "Screamin' Norman Smiley and Ralphus are washing cars for one dollar each.
Backstage, Kidman demands to know from Eric Bischoff where Horace is and finds out he is Horace is around the corner. He finds Torrie Wilson and confronts her for massaging Horace, telling her he will kick Horace's asss and telling her to go be the referee for the match. This gives Bischoff the idea of calling for a referee, beating him up, taking his referee's shirt and handing it ot Torrie as Kidman fights Horace backstage. This match then makes its way to the ring, and Bischoff guests on commentary.
Kidman beats Horace. During the match, Eric Bischoff announces that there will be a special guest referee for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship match at Bash at the Beach. Later on, Hulk Hogan shows up and yanks Kidman off the top turnbuckle before tossing him into Horace and a table. He then tells Torrie Wilson to make the count after placing Kidman on top of Horace, which Torrie reluctantly does. After the match, Hogan tells Bischoff that they were friends for a long time and that he used to think he was a pretty cool guy. He then tells Bischoff he can get any referee he wants, for he is "a little pissant" and he is going to kick Kidman's ass at Bash at the Beach to get a shot at the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. He then says there is nothing Bischoff can do about it before calling Bischoff "a piece of shit."
Backstage, Vince Russo, David Flair and Jeff Jarrett talk near the casket.
Backstage, Terry Taylor speaks with Reid Flair, asking him if he is all right with everything and that he is with him.
Outside of the arena, "Screamin'" Norman Smiley and Ralphus are trying to wash more cars. Suddenly, a low rider shows up, and The Filthy Animals are inside. Backstage, The Misfits In Action are watching what is going on and have a laugh.
Terry Funk shows up. He states that he has a long overdue announcement, and says that he has asked someone very important to be with him tonight: his daughter Brandy, whom he affectionately calls "Blue." He also states that his wife at home thinks that this announcement is way overdue. Backstage, Eric Bischoff commands the members of The New Blood that are with him to shut Funk's announcement down. As Terry Funk talks about how he told his family to watch Nitro tonight, "The Franchise" Shane Douglas and The New Blood show up, and Shane tells him to make the announcement as they have a live show to run. Terry Funk announces "It's boy!" and that he is officially a grandfather, much to the anger of Shane Douglas, who says that he couldn't give a damn about his family and that he and the fans are waiting for him to announce that he is retiring. After demanding that Funk announce he is retiring, Funk officially states that he is officially retiring on June 1st, and talks about how Brad Siegel cried when he found out that he is retiring. He then states that he is retiring on June 1, 2001 because Siegel extended his contract for one more year, again to the anger of Shane Douglas. Douglas then says that he is getting into the ring and retiring him right now, then runs into the ring with The New Blood, who begin to overpower Terry Funk. Suddenly, Brandy gets in the ring and pleads with Shane Douglas, but Shane puhses her down and Tammy Lynn Sytch proceeds to taunt her. as the rest of The New Blood hit Terry Funk with a piledriver on a steel chair before having a mock pinfall and handing the WCW Hardcore Championship to Shane Douglas. Afterwards, medical personnel shows up with a stretcher ready for Terry Funk.
Outside of the arena, The Misfits In Action distract "Screamin'" Norman Smiley and Ralphus so that they can replace Ralphus' water bucket with a bucket of something else.
We hear from Chris Kanyon, who says that he has not thought about wrestling anymore despite being relatively healthy throughout his career following his recent injuries, and says the question is if he will walk again and not when. He tells Mike Tenay that he still wants to wrestle, but for now, he is more concerned with getting out of bed and becoming healthy again.
"The Career Killer" Mike Awesome shows up in a wheelchair mocking Chris Kanyon's injuries, and asks if anyone has seen his nurses because he needs a sponge bath and he cannot locate them right now. He then gets out of the wheelchair and into the ring, then says that his name happens to '"Ironsides" Chris Kanyon," then makes fun of how he threw him off the top of the triple cage at Slamboree. As he calls out Diamond Dallas Page, The Wall shows up and the next match begins.
Mike Awesome beats The Wall after putting The Wall through a table, but The Wall immediately gets up and attacks Mike Awesome. Suddenly, "The Franchise" Shane Douglas shows up and hits The Wall from behind with a metal pipe, then he and Awesome take The Wall to the back to a waiting ambulance. There, Diamond Dallas Page comes out of the ambulance and attacks Mike Awesome with a steel chair, putting him in the ambulance as The Wall fights Shane Douglas.
Vince Russo and The New Blood are seen taking their casket to the ring. Chuck Palumbo removes Miss Elizabeth from the proceedings at the behest of Russo.
Backstage, "Screamin" Norman Smiley and Ralphus unwittingly "clean" The Filthy Animals' car with white paint.
Vince Russo and The New Blood make their way to the ring for a funeral for "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair's career. After footage of what happened to Ric Flair last Wednesday, then says this is all on the fans' heads for he tried to do the right thing in telling Ric Flair that he was "too damn old to compete." He then says that Ric Flair had a brain aneurysm, and that the only shame in all this is that David Flair could not retire his own father. He then says that he may suck, but he is the one with the World title. He then announces that he is handing the WCW World Heavyweight Championship back to "its proper owner" Jeff Jarrett. Jarrett says that "the man with all the stroke around the place" has proven that he is once again the chosen one. Russo then asks the fans to say that he has never had a heart, then pulls out a Rolex from his back pocket and states that he will bury the watch along with Ric's career. Russo then places the Rolex in the casket, then finds out that Kevin Nash has been hiding inside of it the entire time. Nash shoves Russo away, then gets in the ring and lays Jarrett out before taking the WCW World Heavyweight Championship with him.
Backstage, Vince Russo tells Kevin Nash that he has 45 minutes to give the WCW World Heavyweight Championship back to Jeff Jarrett or else they will take it back from him in a no-holds-barred match between Nash and Jarrett later tonight.
Scott Steiner shows up. He says it is always great to come back to the neighborhood, because Michigan is where he began to take his freaks to ecstasy and proved that he was the superman between the sheets at The University of Michigan. He then says that all his fans know that when the dark moon rises, the flip side of "the Big Bad Booty Daddy" comes out, and it is all about love, taste and touch. He then says it is no secret that he was born with a wild hair up his ass, and that his friends have told him that he lacks control and discipline and that he will end up in jail. He then says he has been through the cell and been through hell, but he has always survived, and from now on, wherever he goes, the cell goes, and hell goes with him. He then says that "the asylum" is above the ring, and the only way out is to say you quit. He then says there are two people face him: his brother Rick Steiner and Tank Abbott, whom he calls out. Rick Steiner shows up, and the next match begins as the asylum cage lowers to the ring.
Scott Steiner vs. Rick Steiner in an Asylum Match ends in a no-contest. During the match, Tank Abbott shows up with a pair of bolt cutters while mocking Goldberg's entrance and going by the name "Tankberg," and tries to cut through the asylum cage to no avail. He then attcks referee Mickey jay and grabs the control to raise the asylum cage, and he and Rick Steiner pound on Scott Steiner until Kevin Nash shows up. Nash gets in the ring and smacks Rick Steiner and Tank Abbott in the face with the World title, forcing them to retreat.
Backstage, Kevin Nash hits on interview Pamela Paulshock before telling Vince Russo that he is an easy man to find, and proposes that he and Jeff Jarrett face each other for the title.
Backstage, Terry Taylor talks with Reid Flair some more.
"The Main Event" Chuck Palumbo beats Diamond Dallas Page with the Torture Rack. During the match, Miss Elizabeth slaps Palumbo in the face, and shortly afterwards, Kimberly shows up and strikes Elizabeth in the back, distracting the referee. "The Career Killer" Mike Awesome shows up and hits him with the halo vest, allowing Palumbo to get the win. After the match, The Total Package shows up and checks on Elizabeth as Awesome and Palumbo take the boots to DDP, then tries to get in the ring only to be held back by Kimberly, allowing Palumbo to nail The Total Package in the face with a flexing bar. R&B Security take Elizabeth to the back, while EMTs put The Total Package on a stretcher.
EMTs check on The Total Package's bloodied face before getting him in the ambulance. Meanwhile, Kimberly tells Miss Elizabeth that she brought all of this upon herself.
Terry Taylor and Reid Flair show up. Reid calls out David Flair, who shows up with Daffney. Reid tells David that the family misses him, but David refuses to listen and Daffney smashes something into the back of Terry's head. Reid kicks David in the groin and puts him in a side headlock, but David nails him in the gut and shoves him to the mat before putting him in the Figure Four Leg Lock. Officials have to pull David off Reid.
Vampiro is in the new issue of WCW Magazine.
Vampiro beats Hulk Hogan after Kidman shows up and hits Hogan from behind with a blowtorch. After the match, Vampiro is about to pour gasoline on Hogan when Sting shows up and hits Vampiro with the Scorpion Death Drop.
Outside of the arena, The Filthy Animals attack "Screamin'" Norman Smiley and Ralphus for inadvertently painting their car, and The Misfits In Action fight off The Filthy Animals. When The Misfits notice that Ralphus is down, they order Major Gunns to give Ralphus mouth-to-mouth, but Major Gunns slaps Ralphus when he sticks his tongue out.
Before the next match, Vince Russo shows up with members of R&B Security and knocks out referee Billy Silverman, making himself the special guest referee.
Jeff Jarrett retains the WCW World Heavyweight Championship against Kevin Nash in a falls count anywhere match with Vince Russo as special guest referee. During the match, special guest referee Vince Russo sprays mace into Nash's eyes as he goes for a Jackknife Power Bomb, then Scott Steiner runs to the ring and fights Jarrett only to be maced by Russo and cuffed to the ropes on the outside by R&B Security. Nash forces Russo to count his pinfall by pinning to the mat, but when Jarrett kicks out, he wipes out R&B Security before getting his hands on Russo. As he is about to put Russo in a Jackknife Power Bomb, blood falls from the top of the arena (barely hitting him in the process), allowing Jarrett to hit Nash with a guitar and retain. After the match, Eric Bischoff says Russo and Jarrett are just too much, then says that Hulk Hogan and "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair will be gone for good on June 11th. He then tells Nash that if he thought this was an ass whipping, he hasn't seen anything yet. Russo then says "Bite us, baby!" Bischoff then asks Jarrett how it feels to be World Heavyweight Champion, and Jarrett says that he has once again proven that he is the chosen one.
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Monday, May 22, 2000
Monday, May 8, 2000
Nitro-Glycerin - Monday Nitro recap for May 8, 2000
Diamond Dallas Page is seen next to Chris Kanyon at the hospital in footage from earlier today. Eric Bischoff and members of The New Blood show up from the curtain separating the room DDP is in from the room behind him and make fun of what happened last night. DDP fight them off, but the numbers game quickly catches up to him, only leaving when Kimberly tells them it's time to head to the arena. Kimberly then pours the contents of a nearby bedpan onto DDP before telling him he will get a doctor for him.
"The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, Hulk Hogan and other members of The Millionaire's Club are seen entering the arena.
Eric Bischoff and members of The New Blood - which now comprises of David Arquette - show up to start tonight's show. Bischoff says that The New Blood had "one hell of a night" last night, and brags about David Arquette turning on Diamond Dallas Page to join The New Blood and how he was willing to take one for the team to make sure their plan worked and make sure that Arquette won the WCW World Heavyweight Championship so Bischoff could set Diamond Dallas Page up for failure and embarrassment while sticking it to "the morons in this arena" and "the Internet wrestling experts" who thought it was a disgrace to put the World Heavyweight title on Arquette just so he could screw his royalty. Arquette says Kanyon and DDP should have known better than to trust somebody from Hollywood, and says that when he was on the set of Ready To Rumble, he told DDP that he had a dream of becoming a wrestler only for DDP to tell him that he would have gotten hurt. He then brags about being World Heavyweight Champion thanks to Eric Bischoff, then Jeff Jarrett announces that he is "the chosen one" once again. Jarrett tells DDP he could not even beat him on his worst day and that he was so gullible that it was no wonder that Kimberly left him. Suddenly, a white Cadillac is seen at the arena, and Diamond Dallas Page climbs out. Back in the ring, Kimberly says that this is all about her, and Mike Awesome asks DDP how it will feel taking care of Kanyon for the next fifty years before DDP shows up. DDP fights off Mike Awesome and "The Cat" Ernest Miller before getting his hands on Arquette and hitting him with The Diamond Cutter. The numbers game quickly catches up to DDP, but Sting shows up and makes the save for DDP. More members of The New Blood show up, but Kronik (Bryan Adams and Bryan Clark) show up to fight alongside DDP and Sting.
Backstage, "Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Eric Bischoff. Bischoff says he is hot about a lot of things, but if Diamond Dallas Page wants to hit David Arquette with a Diamond Cutter, then he can face Mike Awesome in a Stretcher Match tonight so Awesome can finish the job. As for Sting, he puts him in a match with Jeff Jarrett tonight with the WCW World Heavyweight Championship on the line, much to the irritation of Jarrett.
Backstage, "Screamin'" Norman Smiley tells Ralphus to stop playing around, saying that if they do not beat Terry Funk, they will be fired from the company as per Eric Bischoff.
Before the next match, Terry Funk tells Eric Bischoff and Vince Russo they will never get the Harcore Championship off his "wrinkled old ass" before demanding his challengers be brought out. "Screamin'" Norman Smiley shows up with Ralphus and introduces Ralphus as the man who single-handedly reminded us last night why everyone should "say no to crack." Ralphus is immediately hammered with a steel chair by Funk.
Terry Funk retains the WCW Hardcore Championship against "Screamin'" Norman Smiley and Ralphus after beating both Ralphus and Smiley up with a cooking tray. As per Eric Bischoff, Ralphus and Smiley are fired.
It is announced that Chris Kanyon has suffered severe damage to his C5, C6 and C7 vertebrae, and that he currently cannot walk.
"The Nature Boy" Ric Flair tells Miss Elizabeth and The Total Package that he must deal with his son David Flair on his own.
"The Nature Boy" Ric Flair shows up with two wrestling championship belts: the NWA World Heavyweight Championship and a replica of the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. He talks about how in 1978, Terry Funk told him to get to St. Louis, Missouri on Friday night to become a star. He then saw the NWA World title around the waist of Jack Brisco, who told him to keep on working and that it would be his someday. It would not be long until it was around his waist, as it was the one championship that people sacrificed everything for and the best the sport had to offer. He then picks up a replica of the WCW World Heavyweight Championship, and says that all of the notoriety from both titles came to an end when his son David Flair made the mistake of a lifetime by turning on him to join The New Blood. He says he is not mad at David right now, but he wants David to show up and admit that he made a mistake. David Flair shows up with Daffney and Vince Russo, and Russo says they are currently making "Tradition Sucks" T-shirts right now and that he spit in the face of tradition lat night. He then pulls out a list of the people he spit on, which includes Dory Funk, Jr., Jack Brisco, and a host of others, then says he spit square in Ric Flair's eye and David Flair is standing next to the father he never had. Ric tells David that Russo will manipulate him, but David tells Ric he is mad at him. Ric tells David not to air anything personal on television, and tells him to come home with him. Russo stops Ric, and says he sees father vs. son at The Great American Bash. Ric says that will not happen and that David will work from the bottom up just like he did as a man, but and threatens to call Vince McMahon on his cellphone and put David on Raw next Monday night. David walks up to Ric, then Ric confronts Russo after getting his Rolex back from him. Suddenly, David smashes a Statue of Liberty statuette on Ric Flair, knocking him out, before Russo tells Ric they will see him at The Great American Bash.
Backstage, "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair tells The Total Package and Miss Elizabeth that he has had it with the business, even as The Total Package tells him he has to do something about what is going on.
Before the next match, "The Main Event" Chuck Palumbo mimics The Total Package's entrance routine, then introduces himself as "The Main Event" Chuck Palumbo before mocking The Total Package's introduction. He then tells The Total Package that he is pissed off that The Total Package is still standing after he beat him last night and says he will light him up and give him the beating he should have given last night if he has the guts, saying that "The Main Event" will work him. The Total Package and Miss Elizabeth show up, and The Total Package and Chuck Palumbo go at it. Suddenly, R&B Security show up and grab Miss Elizabeth, but The Total Package notices them and fights them off. Chuck Paluno then hits The Total Package in the back with a muscle flexer before R&B Security grab Miss Elizabeth again and take her away.
The Total Package is put on a stretcher and placed in an ambulance backstage.
Backstage, Vince Russo tells Miss Elizabeth he chose her because she is not like the others and that he is doing something to help her, and tells her that she will live up to her contract and wrestle Daffney in the ring tonight. Russo then tells Miss Elizabeth that if she beats Daffney, he will tear her contract up, but if she loses, he will own her and it will get worse from here. She then provides her some wrestling gear.
Before the next match, "The Perfect One" Shawn Stasiak says the difference between himself and Mark McGuire is that he does not have to put any cork in his bat, for he is "the home run king" and "absolutely the perfect one." Afterwards, Captain Rection shows up with Curt Hennig for the next match.
"The Perfect One" Shawn Stasiak beats Captain Rection after Curt Hennig grabs Stasiak only to toss him out of the way as Captain Rection goes for a splash in the corner, allowing Stasiak to hit the Perfectplex for the win. During the match, Miss Hancock is seen taking notes on the stage. After the match, Kevin Nash shows up and beats up Stasiak before hitting him with the Jackknife Power Bomb. Nash then grabs a microphone and asks Vince Russo what he was smoking last night, and says it had to be "the chronic" for Russo to hit him with a baseball bat. He then says that Russo did not kill him, he has to face him tonight. After stating that Russo is not the man he once knew, Nash then says he thought that the man he once knew, he then says that he thought they were friends, and that it was because of him that Russo found employment in WCW. He then says that if Russo wants to play, he'll play. He then proceeds to call Russo out. Also, all of ausdden, Konnan's music hits, and Konnan shows up with Kidman, Torrie Wilson and Rey Mysterio Jr., signifying that The Filthy Animals are back together. Kidman tells Nash that it is time that he learned his place in the pecking order: "the low man on the scrotum pole." He says that Vince Russo is too busy dealing with "real stars" to deal with a "washed-up old has-been" like him. He then says he cut down one giant, proving that bigger isn't always better, and is more than happy to do it again tonight. Konnan then tells Nash "Screw you and screw The Wolfpac," and says The Flithy Animals are back even after he got suspended and Rey got hurt, and that all that matters now is that Kevin Nash and his friends are going to pay for holding them back. The Filthy Animals gang up on Nash, but Hulk Hogan runs to the ring to make the save for Nash. Nash tells The Filthy Animals is that at the top of the mountain, it's hard for them to knock him and Hogan off, and if they want to see what they've got, then they can taken them on in a St. Louis Street Fight tonight. Hogan says he and Nash are going to "take a Russo and wipe our Bischoff" before beating the shit out of them.
Eric Bischoff and Kimberly guest on commentary for the next match.
Mike Awesome beats Diamond Dallas Page in a Stretcher Match. During the match, Kimberly shows DDP the divorce papers. DDP tears them up, but Awesome hits DDP with a steel chair as DDP is distracted. After a few DDTs on the steel chair, DDP is placed on the stretcher, btu DDP rolls back off and gets back in the ring. After Awesome puts DDP through a table with a powerbomb, Eric Bischoff puts a pen in DDP's hand and has him "sign" another copy of the divorce papers, making the divorce final. Awesome then places DDP on the stretcher for the win.
Backstage, Vince Russo tells Scott Steiner that he has got to talk some sense in into Kevin Nash, but Steiner says he does what he wants when he wants to, and threatens to break Russo's arms if he touches him again.
Backstage, Vince Russo is seen talking to Tank Abbott.
Backstage, "Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Jeff Jarrett, who says he will smack Sting around like a pnata with a guitar with or without Vince Russo's help.
Scott Steiner shows up. He talks about how his match with Captain Rection (or as he puts it "a guy who calls himself Hugh G. Rection) last night and how he took his freaks to the hotel last night and found himself one. He says that women have always told him that size does matter and that he is the biggest of them all, and as he took them to the mountain top and they found nirvana before they reached the summit, they called him "The Big Bad Booty Daddy." He then says that he is a mountain of a man and that Booker T is nothing but an amoeba, for he has no backbone. He says Booker T had a chance to face him last night, but he has no balls. As Steiner continues to call Booker T out, Tank Abbott shows up from behind Steiner and hits him with a low blow before laying him out.
Backstage, "Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Sting, who says that it is good for him - and bad for Jeff Jarrett - that their match tonight is for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship, and that it was a matter of time before Vince Russo and Eric Biscoff made a a huge mistake by putting the WCW World Heavyweight Championship on the line tonight, as Jarrett will drop the ball tonight and he will pick the ball up and run with it.
Kronik (Bryan Adams and Bryan Clark) beat The Mamalukes (Big Vito and Johnny The Bull), The Harris Brothers (Ron and Don Harris) and Harlem Heat (Stevie Ray and Big T) in a 6-on-2 elimination handicap tag team match. Buff Bagwell and Shane Douglas show up just before the match starts and guest on commentary for the next match. Shortly afterwards, Scott Steiner is seen throwing chairs around backstage while looking for Vince Russo. Shortly after that, Bagwell and Douglas get involved, but are overpowered by Kronik, and Stevie Ray turns on Big T by hitting him with the slapjack. Afterwards, Bagwell and Douglas get the physical WCW World Tag Team Championship belts back as Kronik get the win. After the match, Scott Steiner clotheslines Bagwell and Douglas before lifting Kash up and hitting a belly-to-belly suplex. Steiner then grabs the microphone and tells Vince Russo that while he may think he pulls the strings, he is not leaving until he gets Tank Abbott. Meanwhile, Kronik has the physical WCW World Tag Team Championship belts despite not being the WCW World Tag Team Champions. Steiner then grabs a steel chair and calls Tank Abbott out, also saying that Vince and Eric Bischoff "ain't shit." Meanwhile, Abbott is heading towards the ring, and telling WCW head of security Doug Dellinger "don't mess it up."
After the commercial break, Goldberg's music hits, but instead of Goldberg, it is Tank Abbott making his entrance while mocking Goldbeg's. Tank Abbott is flanked by R&B Security on his way to the ring, and when Abbott gets in, Steiner immediately beats him down. Suddenly, Rik Steiner shows up from out of the crowd and tries to get Scott off of Tank Abbott. When Scott refuses to listen to Rick when he tells him to go to the back, Rick boots Scott, then he and Tank Abbott gang up on Scott, ending he match.
Backstage, Vince Russo - with a baseball bat in hand - tells Miss Elizabeth that her match is up next. He then tells someone behind closed double doors that he needs them on standby.
Miss Elizabeth vs. Daffney ends as quickly as it began when Madusa shows up and attacks Miss Elizabeth. Mona shows up and fights Madusa, but Madusa gets the last word. Miss Elizabeth grabs a steel chair and hits Madusa in the back with it, laying her out. When she leaves the ring, however, she is surrounded by R&B Security.
The Filthy Animals (Konnan, Kidman, Rey Mysterio Jr.) bring out Mike Awesome before the next match.
Kevin Nash and Hulk Hogan vs. The Filthy Animals (Konnan, Kidman, Rey Mysterio Jr.) in a St. Louis Street Fight ends in a no-contest. Shortly after the match begins, Juventud Guerrera shows up and fights Kevin Nash in the ring as Hulk Hogan chases Mike Awesome and The Filthy Animals to the back. Horace Hogan takes Mike Awesome out of the equation, and everyone else runs away so they can ambush Hogan and throw him into the trunk of a car and drive off. Back in the ring, Kevin Nash hits Juventud with a Jackknife Power Bomb, and the match is waved off.
Backstage, The Filthy Animals' (Konnan, Kidman, Torrie Wilson, Rey Mysterio Jr.) blocked by the Goldberg monster truck, and The Filthy Animals flee from their car.
After the commercial break, Hulk Hogan escapes from the trunk of the The Filthy Animals' (Kidman and Rey Mysterio Jr.) car backstage.
Jeff Jarrett is the cover story of this month's issue of WCW Magazine.
Jeff Jarrett retains the WCW World Heavyweight Championship against Sting. During the match, Vampiro comes out from underneath the ring and drags Sting in, then smoke (actually foam from a fire extinguisher) comes out from the hole in the ring. Vampiro then drags Sting - who is now covered in a blood-like substance - back into the ring, and Jarrett pins Sting to retain the championship. After the match, The New Blood shows up and attack Sting, then Kevin Nash and Hulk Hogan show up and fight off The New Blood to end the show. Meanwhile, the Goldberg monster truck is seen outside of the arena crushing Tank Abbott and Rick Steiner's car.
"The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, Hulk Hogan and other members of The Millionaire's Club are seen entering the arena.
Eric Bischoff and members of The New Blood - which now comprises of David Arquette - show up to start tonight's show. Bischoff says that The New Blood had "one hell of a night" last night, and brags about David Arquette turning on Diamond Dallas Page to join The New Blood and how he was willing to take one for the team to make sure their plan worked and make sure that Arquette won the WCW World Heavyweight Championship so Bischoff could set Diamond Dallas Page up for failure and embarrassment while sticking it to "the morons in this arena" and "the Internet wrestling experts" who thought it was a disgrace to put the World Heavyweight title on Arquette just so he could screw his royalty. Arquette says Kanyon and DDP should have known better than to trust somebody from Hollywood, and says that when he was on the set of Ready To Rumble, he told DDP that he had a dream of becoming a wrestler only for DDP to tell him that he would have gotten hurt. He then brags about being World Heavyweight Champion thanks to Eric Bischoff, then Jeff Jarrett announces that he is "the chosen one" once again. Jarrett tells DDP he could not even beat him on his worst day and that he was so gullible that it was no wonder that Kimberly left him. Suddenly, a white Cadillac is seen at the arena, and Diamond Dallas Page climbs out. Back in the ring, Kimberly says that this is all about her, and Mike Awesome asks DDP how it will feel taking care of Kanyon for the next fifty years before DDP shows up. DDP fights off Mike Awesome and "The Cat" Ernest Miller before getting his hands on Arquette and hitting him with The Diamond Cutter. The numbers game quickly catches up to DDP, but Sting shows up and makes the save for DDP. More members of The New Blood show up, but Kronik (Bryan Adams and Bryan Clark) show up to fight alongside DDP and Sting.
Backstage, "Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Eric Bischoff. Bischoff says he is hot about a lot of things, but if Diamond Dallas Page wants to hit David Arquette with a Diamond Cutter, then he can face Mike Awesome in a Stretcher Match tonight so Awesome can finish the job. As for Sting, he puts him in a match with Jeff Jarrett tonight with the WCW World Heavyweight Championship on the line, much to the irritation of Jarrett.
Backstage, "Screamin'" Norman Smiley tells Ralphus to stop playing around, saying that if they do not beat Terry Funk, they will be fired from the company as per Eric Bischoff.
Before the next match, Terry Funk tells Eric Bischoff and Vince Russo they will never get the Harcore Championship off his "wrinkled old ass" before demanding his challengers be brought out. "Screamin'" Norman Smiley shows up with Ralphus and introduces Ralphus as the man who single-handedly reminded us last night why everyone should "say no to crack." Ralphus is immediately hammered with a steel chair by Funk.
Terry Funk retains the WCW Hardcore Championship against "Screamin'" Norman Smiley and Ralphus after beating both Ralphus and Smiley up with a cooking tray. As per Eric Bischoff, Ralphus and Smiley are fired.
It is announced that Chris Kanyon has suffered severe damage to his C5, C6 and C7 vertebrae, and that he currently cannot walk.
"The Nature Boy" Ric Flair tells Miss Elizabeth and The Total Package that he must deal with his son David Flair on his own.
"The Nature Boy" Ric Flair shows up with two wrestling championship belts: the NWA World Heavyweight Championship and a replica of the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. He talks about how in 1978, Terry Funk told him to get to St. Louis, Missouri on Friday night to become a star. He then saw the NWA World title around the waist of Jack Brisco, who told him to keep on working and that it would be his someday. It would not be long until it was around his waist, as it was the one championship that people sacrificed everything for and the best the sport had to offer. He then picks up a replica of the WCW World Heavyweight Championship, and says that all of the notoriety from both titles came to an end when his son David Flair made the mistake of a lifetime by turning on him to join The New Blood. He says he is not mad at David right now, but he wants David to show up and admit that he made a mistake. David Flair shows up with Daffney and Vince Russo, and Russo says they are currently making "Tradition Sucks" T-shirts right now and that he spit in the face of tradition lat night. He then pulls out a list of the people he spit on, which includes Dory Funk, Jr., Jack Brisco, and a host of others, then says he spit square in Ric Flair's eye and David Flair is standing next to the father he never had. Ric tells David that Russo will manipulate him, but David tells Ric he is mad at him. Ric tells David not to air anything personal on television, and tells him to come home with him. Russo stops Ric, and says he sees father vs. son at The Great American Bash. Ric says that will not happen and that David will work from the bottom up just like he did as a man, but and threatens to call Vince McMahon on his cellphone and put David on Raw next Monday night. David walks up to Ric, then Ric confronts Russo after getting his Rolex back from him. Suddenly, David smashes a Statue of Liberty statuette on Ric Flair, knocking him out, before Russo tells Ric they will see him at The Great American Bash.
Backstage, "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair tells The Total Package and Miss Elizabeth that he has had it with the business, even as The Total Package tells him he has to do something about what is going on.
Before the next match, "The Main Event" Chuck Palumbo mimics The Total Package's entrance routine, then introduces himself as "The Main Event" Chuck Palumbo before mocking The Total Package's introduction. He then tells The Total Package that he is pissed off that The Total Package is still standing after he beat him last night and says he will light him up and give him the beating he should have given last night if he has the guts, saying that "The Main Event" will work him. The Total Package and Miss Elizabeth show up, and The Total Package and Chuck Palumbo go at it. Suddenly, R&B Security show up and grab Miss Elizabeth, but The Total Package notices them and fights them off. Chuck Paluno then hits The Total Package in the back with a muscle flexer before R&B Security grab Miss Elizabeth again and take her away.
The Total Package is put on a stretcher and placed in an ambulance backstage.
Backstage, Vince Russo tells Miss Elizabeth he chose her because she is not like the others and that he is doing something to help her, and tells her that she will live up to her contract and wrestle Daffney in the ring tonight. Russo then tells Miss Elizabeth that if she beats Daffney, he will tear her contract up, but if she loses, he will own her and it will get worse from here. She then provides her some wrestling gear.
Before the next match, "The Perfect One" Shawn Stasiak says the difference between himself and Mark McGuire is that he does not have to put any cork in his bat, for he is "the home run king" and "absolutely the perfect one." Afterwards, Captain Rection shows up with Curt Hennig for the next match.
"The Perfect One" Shawn Stasiak beats Captain Rection after Curt Hennig grabs Stasiak only to toss him out of the way as Captain Rection goes for a splash in the corner, allowing Stasiak to hit the Perfectplex for the win. During the match, Miss Hancock is seen taking notes on the stage. After the match, Kevin Nash shows up and beats up Stasiak before hitting him with the Jackknife Power Bomb. Nash then grabs a microphone and asks Vince Russo what he was smoking last night, and says it had to be "the chronic" for Russo to hit him with a baseball bat. He then says that Russo did not kill him, he has to face him tonight. After stating that Russo is not the man he once knew, Nash then says he thought that the man he once knew, he then says that he thought they were friends, and that it was because of him that Russo found employment in WCW. He then says that if Russo wants to play, he'll play. He then proceeds to call Russo out. Also, all of ausdden, Konnan's music hits, and Konnan shows up with Kidman, Torrie Wilson and Rey Mysterio Jr., signifying that The Filthy Animals are back together. Kidman tells Nash that it is time that he learned his place in the pecking order: "the low man on the scrotum pole." He says that Vince Russo is too busy dealing with "real stars" to deal with a "washed-up old has-been" like him. He then says he cut down one giant, proving that bigger isn't always better, and is more than happy to do it again tonight. Konnan then tells Nash "Screw you and screw The Wolfpac," and says The Flithy Animals are back even after he got suspended and Rey got hurt, and that all that matters now is that Kevin Nash and his friends are going to pay for holding them back. The Filthy Animals gang up on Nash, but Hulk Hogan runs to the ring to make the save for Nash. Nash tells The Filthy Animals is that at the top of the mountain, it's hard for them to knock him and Hogan off, and if they want to see what they've got, then they can taken them on in a St. Louis Street Fight tonight. Hogan says he and Nash are going to "take a Russo and wipe our Bischoff" before beating the shit out of them.
Eric Bischoff and Kimberly guest on commentary for the next match.
Mike Awesome beats Diamond Dallas Page in a Stretcher Match. During the match, Kimberly shows DDP the divorce papers. DDP tears them up, but Awesome hits DDP with a steel chair as DDP is distracted. After a few DDTs on the steel chair, DDP is placed on the stretcher, btu DDP rolls back off and gets back in the ring. After Awesome puts DDP through a table with a powerbomb, Eric Bischoff puts a pen in DDP's hand and has him "sign" another copy of the divorce papers, making the divorce final. Awesome then places DDP on the stretcher for the win.
Backstage, Vince Russo tells Scott Steiner that he has got to talk some sense in into Kevin Nash, but Steiner says he does what he wants when he wants to, and threatens to break Russo's arms if he touches him again.
Backstage, Vince Russo is seen talking to Tank Abbott.
Backstage, "Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Jeff Jarrett, who says he will smack Sting around like a pnata with a guitar with or without Vince Russo's help.
Scott Steiner shows up. He talks about how his match with Captain Rection (or as he puts it "a guy who calls himself Hugh G. Rection) last night and how he took his freaks to the hotel last night and found himself one. He says that women have always told him that size does matter and that he is the biggest of them all, and as he took them to the mountain top and they found nirvana before they reached the summit, they called him "The Big Bad Booty Daddy." He then says that he is a mountain of a man and that Booker T is nothing but an amoeba, for he has no backbone. He says Booker T had a chance to face him last night, but he has no balls. As Steiner continues to call Booker T out, Tank Abbott shows up from behind Steiner and hits him with a low blow before laying him out.
Backstage, "Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Sting, who says that it is good for him - and bad for Jeff Jarrett - that their match tonight is for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship, and that it was a matter of time before Vince Russo and Eric Biscoff made a a huge mistake by putting the WCW World Heavyweight Championship on the line tonight, as Jarrett will drop the ball tonight and he will pick the ball up and run with it.
Kronik (Bryan Adams and Bryan Clark) beat The Mamalukes (Big Vito and Johnny The Bull), The Harris Brothers (Ron and Don Harris) and Harlem Heat (Stevie Ray and Big T) in a 6-on-2 elimination handicap tag team match. Buff Bagwell and Shane Douglas show up just before the match starts and guest on commentary for the next match. Shortly afterwards, Scott Steiner is seen throwing chairs around backstage while looking for Vince Russo. Shortly after that, Bagwell and Douglas get involved, but are overpowered by Kronik, and Stevie Ray turns on Big T by hitting him with the slapjack. Afterwards, Bagwell and Douglas get the physical WCW World Tag Team Championship belts back as Kronik get the win. After the match, Scott Steiner clotheslines Bagwell and Douglas before lifting Kash up and hitting a belly-to-belly suplex. Steiner then grabs the microphone and tells Vince Russo that while he may think he pulls the strings, he is not leaving until he gets Tank Abbott. Meanwhile, Kronik has the physical WCW World Tag Team Championship belts despite not being the WCW World Tag Team Champions. Steiner then grabs a steel chair and calls Tank Abbott out, also saying that Vince and Eric Bischoff "ain't shit." Meanwhile, Abbott is heading towards the ring, and telling WCW head of security Doug Dellinger "don't mess it up."
After the commercial break, Goldberg's music hits, but instead of Goldberg, it is Tank Abbott making his entrance while mocking Goldbeg's. Tank Abbott is flanked by R&B Security on his way to the ring, and when Abbott gets in, Steiner immediately beats him down. Suddenly, Rik Steiner shows up from out of the crowd and tries to get Scott off of Tank Abbott. When Scott refuses to listen to Rick when he tells him to go to the back, Rick boots Scott, then he and Tank Abbott gang up on Scott, ending he match.
Backstage, Vince Russo - with a baseball bat in hand - tells Miss Elizabeth that her match is up next. He then tells someone behind closed double doors that he needs them on standby.
Miss Elizabeth vs. Daffney ends as quickly as it began when Madusa shows up and attacks Miss Elizabeth. Mona shows up and fights Madusa, but Madusa gets the last word. Miss Elizabeth grabs a steel chair and hits Madusa in the back with it, laying her out. When she leaves the ring, however, she is surrounded by R&B Security.
The Filthy Animals (Konnan, Kidman, Rey Mysterio Jr.) bring out Mike Awesome before the next match.
Kevin Nash and Hulk Hogan vs. The Filthy Animals (Konnan, Kidman, Rey Mysterio Jr.) in a St. Louis Street Fight ends in a no-contest. Shortly after the match begins, Juventud Guerrera shows up and fights Kevin Nash in the ring as Hulk Hogan chases Mike Awesome and The Filthy Animals to the back. Horace Hogan takes Mike Awesome out of the equation, and everyone else runs away so they can ambush Hogan and throw him into the trunk of a car and drive off. Back in the ring, Kevin Nash hits Juventud with a Jackknife Power Bomb, and the match is waved off.
Backstage, The Filthy Animals' (Konnan, Kidman, Torrie Wilson, Rey Mysterio Jr.) blocked by the Goldberg monster truck, and The Filthy Animals flee from their car.
After the commercial break, Hulk Hogan escapes from the trunk of the The Filthy Animals' (Kidman and Rey Mysterio Jr.) car backstage.
Jeff Jarrett is the cover story of this month's issue of WCW Magazine.
Jeff Jarrett retains the WCW World Heavyweight Championship against Sting. During the match, Vampiro comes out from underneath the ring and drags Sting in, then smoke (actually foam from a fire extinguisher) comes out from the hole in the ring. Vampiro then drags Sting - who is now covered in a blood-like substance - back into the ring, and Jarrett pins Sting to retain the championship. After the match, The New Blood shows up and attack Sting, then Kevin Nash and Hulk Hogan show up and fight off The New Blood to end the show. Meanwhile, the Goldberg monster truck is seen outside of the arena crushing Tank Abbott and Rick Steiner's car.
Monday, May 1, 2000
Nitro-Glycerin - Monday Nitro recap for May 1, 2000
The show begins in the arena parking lot with Courtney Cox-Arquette telling David Arquette that what he is doing could get him hurt and could be dangerous, as he is not a wrestler. Nevertheless, David Arquette can't help but celebrate the fact that he is WCW World Heavyweight Champion.
Diamond Dallas Page, David Arquette and Chris Kanyon's car is stopped by Vince Russo. Russo is accompanied by Jeff Jarrett and members of The New Blood. All of a sudden, a midnight blue Dodge Charger rams into the limo, and Hulk Hogan climbs out to fight members of The New Blood. Members of WCW security rush in to break up any and all brawls.
"Screamin'" Norman Smiley and a mystery partner dressed up as a football mascot - who spends of the match with their mask stuck between the ropes and all of it not getting in any offense - beat Crowbar in a two-on-one handicap match after Norman unwittingly trips over his own partner to win on a roll-up.
Backstage, David Arquette tells Diamond Dallas Page it's been fun, but he does not deserve to be the WCW World Heavyweight Champion. DDP tells Arquette he and Chris Kanyon will take care of it.
Jeff Jarrett is seen bckstage with Eric Bischoff, Vince Russo, Miss Elizabeth (who is handcuffed and escorted by two members of WCW security) and Kimberly, while Team Package ("The Nature Boy" Ric Flair and The Total Package) are seen entering the arena.
On the set of 3,000 Miles To Graceland, Courtne-Cox Arquette tries to tell David Arquette that what he is doing is dangerous, but David tells her it will be alright and that Eric Bischoff and Vince Russo need to be taught a lesson. He says that Chris Kanyon and Diamond Dallas Page will be there to watch his back. The director then walks by and does not believe that David is the WCW World Heavyweight Champion, and David goes after him with a steel chair as Courtney tells David he is not a wrestler.
We see "The Perfect One" Shawn Stasiak attempt to break the record for free throw shooting in the spirit of the NBA Playoffs.
David Arquette, Diamond Dallas Page and Chris Kanyon show up. Arquette says it is a dream come true for him to be WCW World Heavyweight Champion and that the last week has been amazing. He thanks the fans for their kind treatment and says they are incredible, but he admits he is an entertainer and not a wrestler. Tonight, he plans to relinquish the WCW World Heavyweight Championship, as he does not deserve it, and puts it up for grabs in a triple cage match between DDP and Jeff Jarrett at Slamboree. As DDP, Kanyon and Arquette leave, Jarrett shows up with Eric Bischoff, Kimberly, Miss Elizabeth and Vince Russo. Russo pulls out a baseball bat as Jarrett asks Arquette who died and made him Commissioner. He says he, Bischoff and Russo make the rules around here, not Arquette, and the way he sees things, Arquette made the decision to cross the line, step in the ring and become a wrestler, and from here on out, this is how he is going to be treated. Bischoff tells Arquette he is the WCW World Heavyweight Champion and that it is time he act like a champion. Bischoff then tells Arquette will be in a three-way dance against Jarrett and "D-D-Puke." Suddenly, The Total Package shows up, and he shoves down security as he chases Russo and Miss Elizabeth through the crowd. Bischoff then decides to give Arquette a tune-up for his match at Slamboree by putting him in a match against Tank Abbott. Tank Abbott then shows up, then DDP says Bischoff doesn't have to work at being an asshole before saying that Arquette won't be facing Abbott. Abbott tells DDP to shut up, then DDP tells Abbott to make him shut up, which starts a brawl between both parties in the ring. Security has to rush in to restore order. Abbott then tells DDP that if he wants to go, they can go tonight. If DDP wins, Arquette gets off easy; if Abbott wins, he'll tear Arquette's head off.
Backstage, The Total Package is seen looking for Miss Elizabeth and Vince Russo, threatening to put Russo in the Torture Rack.
"The Perfect One" Shawn Stasiak continues to make free throws at a local gym.
Backstage, Eric Bischoff tells Hugh Morrus that he is "the Knute freakin' Rockne of professional wrestling" because he knows what teamwork is all about. He says that tonight, Morrus will learn what teamwork is all about when he, Scott Steiner and Jeff Jarrett will be in a three-way dance, and if anyone in Misfits in Action interferes, they will all be fired on the spot.
The Wall beats Horace Hogan in a Tables Match after Kidman interferes. During the match, Miss Hancock shows up to scout both men. After the match, Kidman and The Wall continue to attack Horace Hogan until Hulk Hogan shows up, which forces Kidman and The Wall to retreat. Mike Awesome gets in the ring, and Kidman and The Wall get back in to outnumber Hulk Hogan. Before they can put Hulk Hogan through a table, however, Hulk Hogan gets back up, but the regained momentum is short lived as Hogan gets Awesome Bombed through a table.
We see Vampiro in a graveyard, daring Sting to come and play with him in his home, as he knows curiosity killed the scorpion.
Vince Russo shows up with Miss Elizabeth and the two members of security. Russo tells The Total Package that he does not sweat him and that he will not hide from him all night, and calls him out, promising he will "wreck [his] ass."
Jeff Jarrett is on the cover of the newest issue of WCW Magazine.
Before the next match, Scott Steiner says that if he sees any more signs saying that he sucks, he will do what he does best, which is "kicking white trash, trailer park ass." He also says that the best time he ever had in Alabama was when he left it.
Hugh Morrus beats Jeff Jarrett and Scott Steiner after Jarrett nails Steiner in the back of the head with a guitar as Steiner has Hugh Morrus in the Steiner Recliner. After the match, Chavo Guerrero Jr., Lash LaRoux and Van Hammer celebrate with Hugh Morrus.
Sting is seen in the graveyard looking for Vampiro.
In backstage footage from moments ago, Eric Bischoff fires Misfits in Action (Hugh Morrus, Chavo Guerrero Jr., Lash LaRoux, Van Hammer).
Backstage, an irritated Vince Russo mouths off at Miss Elizabeth, who really does not enjoy his company.
In the graveyard, Sting finally catches up Vampiro, but loses him. Vampiro hides from Sting and proceeds to smack him with a shovel. He then smacks Sting in the face with a tombstone, sending Sting falling into an open grave, and he walks away after dumping a wheelbarrow on top of Sting. as he hits Sting with it, Sting asks "Who are you?" Vampiro answers "I am the monster you should have been." Sting's hand is seen coming out of the open grave before the show cuts to a commercial break.
Backstage, "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair tells The Total Package he has his back tonight.
Tank Abbott beats Diamond Dallas Page by referee stoppage. During the match, Eric Bischoff and Kimberly are seen watching the match from backstage, and David Arquette and Chris Kanyon are locked in their dressing room. Later on in the match, a man in a red cap and sunglasses hits DDP in the head with a battle, knocking him out as he brawls with Tank Abbot in the crowd. That man is really Jeff Jarrett, and he costs DDP the match and allows Tank Abbott to get his hands on David Arquette.
Backstage, Diamond Dallas Page is placed on a stretcher, while Hulk Hogan brawls with Mike Awesome in the locker room.
Kidman shows up. He tells the crowd that they should be thanking him for beating up Hulk Hogan and Horace Hogan while showing what The New Blood is all about, then says The New Blood is about taking "the so-called heroes of this business" and exposing them for "the washed-up pieces of trash that they are." When Kidman says he won't talk anymore, the crowd cheers, then Kidman says the crowd wishes they were that lucky. Kidman says he will finish Hulk Hogan off at Slamboree with Eric Bischoff as special guest referee, then issues an open challenge to anybody who is old and washed-up. Backstage, Terry Taylor tells Kevin Nash about what is going on in the ring, and Kevin Nash shows up and treats Kidman like a human punching bag. This goes on until Konnan and Rey Mysterio Jr. - who have not been seen in some time - show up and attack Nash along with Kidman, cementing themselves as members of The New Blood. This does not last long, however, as Kevin Nash comes to and decimates all three men. Rey and Konnan run to the back, and Nash chases after them as they try to get away in a pick-up truck.
After the commercial break, Kevin Nash is seen attacking Konnan near the driver's seat of the pick-up truck before attacking a downed Rey Mysterio Jr.
Vince Russo shows up with Miss Elizabeth and tells "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair that he plans on interfering at Slamboree and enjoying five minutes of kicking his ass. As far as The Total Package is concerned, if The Total Package beats him tonight, he will give him the key to Miss Elizabeth. Russo then tells Miss Elizabeth to do her job and to "Do me, baby." Miss Elizabeth tells Russo to "kiss [her] Kentucky ass," but Russo yanks the microphone away from her before calling The Total Package out again. The Total Package shows up with "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, but Shane Douglas and Buff Bagwell show up to double-team Flair while Russo gets his personal security lined up in the ring. Russo's personal security overpowers The Total Package before macing and handcuffing him. Buff and Douglas then proceed to gang up on The Total Package, and when Miss Elizabeth checks on him, Vince Russo commands her to finish him off with a baseball bat only to get whacked in the back of the knee. After Miss Elizabeth runs for freedom, Kronik (Bryan Adams and Bryan Clark) shows up and attacks Buff Bagwell and Shane Douglas along with every member of Vince Russo's personal security detail. Russo proceeds to high-tail it out of the ring as Kronik destroys everyone. Russo then shows up with local law enforcement, who mace both members of Kronik before nailing them with nightsticks.
Backstage, Chris Kanyon tells David Arquette that he will take care of the situation with Tank Abbott.
Kevin Nash is seen destroying Konnan and Rey Mysterio Jr.'s pick-up truck while Konnan is out cold on the seat. Rey is seen crawling under a car. Meanwhile, police are seen arresting The Total Package and Kronik (Brayn Adams and Bryan Clark).
Vampiro shows up. He says that tonight, the hunter has become the hunted, and Sting walked along the line of good and evil only to be helpless as a newborn baby when he was done with him. He says that he is Sting's anti-hero and ahs decided that his destiny has sealed fate, as he is the monster that Sting should have been. He says that Sting found out the he is the one and only true darkness. Suddenly, a crow is seen on the frame of the Nitrovision, then Sting is seen rappling down from the rafters. Sting then gets in the ring and proceeds to strike Vampiro with a baseball bat.
"The Perfect One" Shawn Stasiak is still sinking free throws in a local gymnasium.
Vince Russo confronts Miss Elizabeth in the women's dressing room only to get slapped in the face.
When David Arquette shows up to the ring with Chris Kanyon, Kanyon is ejected from the match by referee Billy Silverman.
David Arquette beats Tank Abbott. During the match, Jeff Jarrett, Kimberly and Eric Bischoff are seen watching from backstage. Shortly afterwards, Diamond Dallas Page returns from within the back of an ambulance before Tank Abbott knocks out the referee, and when DDP's music hits, Bischoff sends Jarrett to head him off at the pass, but DDP comes out through the crowd, hits a Diamond Cutter on Abbott, places Arquette on top of Abbott and revives referee Billy Silverman to get Arquette the win. After the match, DDP carries Arquette to the back.
We see footage from moments ago where Scott Steiner assaults Jeff Jarrett backstage in revenge for the guitar shot to the head from earlier tonight.
"The Perfect One" Shawn Stasiak is attacked from behind by Curt Hennig before he can break the record for most consecutive free throws.
Mike Awesome beats Hulk Hogan. During the match, Kidman shows up with a steel chair, but Hogan sees him coming, hits him in the gut and hits him with the chair. Eric Bischoff shows up as Hogan continues to brawl outside with Awesome, and Kidman drops from the top rope to hit Hogan in the head with a steel chair on the outside. Afterwards, Kidman demands that referee Slick Johnson count the pinfall, and Awesome wins. After the match, Hogan returns to the ring and hits both Awesome and Kidman with a steel chair, then a man in a Sting mask climbs into the ring only to reveal that he is just a fan. As security chase the man down, blood drops down from the ceiling of the arena, landing on Hogan. The Wall, Shane Douglas and Buff Bagwell run in to attack Hogan while Bischoff watches from the stage as the show ends.
Diamond Dallas Page, David Arquette and Chris Kanyon's car is stopped by Vince Russo. Russo is accompanied by Jeff Jarrett and members of The New Blood. All of a sudden, a midnight blue Dodge Charger rams into the limo, and Hulk Hogan climbs out to fight members of The New Blood. Members of WCW security rush in to break up any and all brawls.
"Screamin'" Norman Smiley and a mystery partner dressed up as a football mascot - who spends of the match with their mask stuck between the ropes and all of it not getting in any offense - beat Crowbar in a two-on-one handicap match after Norman unwittingly trips over his own partner to win on a roll-up.
Backstage, David Arquette tells Diamond Dallas Page it's been fun, but he does not deserve to be the WCW World Heavyweight Champion. DDP tells Arquette he and Chris Kanyon will take care of it.
Jeff Jarrett is seen bckstage with Eric Bischoff, Vince Russo, Miss Elizabeth (who is handcuffed and escorted by two members of WCW security) and Kimberly, while Team Package ("The Nature Boy" Ric Flair and The Total Package) are seen entering the arena.
On the set of 3,000 Miles To Graceland, Courtne-Cox Arquette tries to tell David Arquette that what he is doing is dangerous, but David tells her it will be alright and that Eric Bischoff and Vince Russo need to be taught a lesson. He says that Chris Kanyon and Diamond Dallas Page will be there to watch his back. The director then walks by and does not believe that David is the WCW World Heavyweight Champion, and David goes after him with a steel chair as Courtney tells David he is not a wrestler.
We see "The Perfect One" Shawn Stasiak attempt to break the record for free throw shooting in the spirit of the NBA Playoffs.
David Arquette, Diamond Dallas Page and Chris Kanyon show up. Arquette says it is a dream come true for him to be WCW World Heavyweight Champion and that the last week has been amazing. He thanks the fans for their kind treatment and says they are incredible, but he admits he is an entertainer and not a wrestler. Tonight, he plans to relinquish the WCW World Heavyweight Championship, as he does not deserve it, and puts it up for grabs in a triple cage match between DDP and Jeff Jarrett at Slamboree. As DDP, Kanyon and Arquette leave, Jarrett shows up with Eric Bischoff, Kimberly, Miss Elizabeth and Vince Russo. Russo pulls out a baseball bat as Jarrett asks Arquette who died and made him Commissioner. He says he, Bischoff and Russo make the rules around here, not Arquette, and the way he sees things, Arquette made the decision to cross the line, step in the ring and become a wrestler, and from here on out, this is how he is going to be treated. Bischoff tells Arquette he is the WCW World Heavyweight Champion and that it is time he act like a champion. Bischoff then tells Arquette will be in a three-way dance against Jarrett and "D-D-Puke." Suddenly, The Total Package shows up, and he shoves down security as he chases Russo and Miss Elizabeth through the crowd. Bischoff then decides to give Arquette a tune-up for his match at Slamboree by putting him in a match against Tank Abbott. Tank Abbott then shows up, then DDP says Bischoff doesn't have to work at being an asshole before saying that Arquette won't be facing Abbott. Abbott tells DDP to shut up, then DDP tells Abbott to make him shut up, which starts a brawl between both parties in the ring. Security has to rush in to restore order. Abbott then tells DDP that if he wants to go, they can go tonight. If DDP wins, Arquette gets off easy; if Abbott wins, he'll tear Arquette's head off.
Backstage, The Total Package is seen looking for Miss Elizabeth and Vince Russo, threatening to put Russo in the Torture Rack.
"The Perfect One" Shawn Stasiak continues to make free throws at a local gym.
Backstage, Eric Bischoff tells Hugh Morrus that he is "the Knute freakin' Rockne of professional wrestling" because he knows what teamwork is all about. He says that tonight, Morrus will learn what teamwork is all about when he, Scott Steiner and Jeff Jarrett will be in a three-way dance, and if anyone in Misfits in Action interferes, they will all be fired on the spot.
The Wall beats Horace Hogan in a Tables Match after Kidman interferes. During the match, Miss Hancock shows up to scout both men. After the match, Kidman and The Wall continue to attack Horace Hogan until Hulk Hogan shows up, which forces Kidman and The Wall to retreat. Mike Awesome gets in the ring, and Kidman and The Wall get back in to outnumber Hulk Hogan. Before they can put Hulk Hogan through a table, however, Hulk Hogan gets back up, but the regained momentum is short lived as Hogan gets Awesome Bombed through a table.
We see Vampiro in a graveyard, daring Sting to come and play with him in his home, as he knows curiosity killed the scorpion.
Vince Russo shows up with Miss Elizabeth and the two members of security. Russo tells The Total Package that he does not sweat him and that he will not hide from him all night, and calls him out, promising he will "wreck [his] ass."
Jeff Jarrett is on the cover of the newest issue of WCW Magazine.
Before the next match, Scott Steiner says that if he sees any more signs saying that he sucks, he will do what he does best, which is "kicking white trash, trailer park ass." He also says that the best time he ever had in Alabama was when he left it.
Hugh Morrus beats Jeff Jarrett and Scott Steiner after Jarrett nails Steiner in the back of the head with a guitar as Steiner has Hugh Morrus in the Steiner Recliner. After the match, Chavo Guerrero Jr., Lash LaRoux and Van Hammer celebrate with Hugh Morrus.
Sting is seen in the graveyard looking for Vampiro.
In backstage footage from moments ago, Eric Bischoff fires Misfits in Action (Hugh Morrus, Chavo Guerrero Jr., Lash LaRoux, Van Hammer).
Backstage, an irritated Vince Russo mouths off at Miss Elizabeth, who really does not enjoy his company.
In the graveyard, Sting finally catches up Vampiro, but loses him. Vampiro hides from Sting and proceeds to smack him with a shovel. He then smacks Sting in the face with a tombstone, sending Sting falling into an open grave, and he walks away after dumping a wheelbarrow on top of Sting. as he hits Sting with it, Sting asks "Who are you?" Vampiro answers "I am the monster you should have been." Sting's hand is seen coming out of the open grave before the show cuts to a commercial break.
Backstage, "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair tells The Total Package he has his back tonight.
Tank Abbott beats Diamond Dallas Page by referee stoppage. During the match, Eric Bischoff and Kimberly are seen watching the match from backstage, and David Arquette and Chris Kanyon are locked in their dressing room. Later on in the match, a man in a red cap and sunglasses hits DDP in the head with a battle, knocking him out as he brawls with Tank Abbot in the crowd. That man is really Jeff Jarrett, and he costs DDP the match and allows Tank Abbott to get his hands on David Arquette.
Backstage, Diamond Dallas Page is placed on a stretcher, while Hulk Hogan brawls with Mike Awesome in the locker room.
Kidman shows up. He tells the crowd that they should be thanking him for beating up Hulk Hogan and Horace Hogan while showing what The New Blood is all about, then says The New Blood is about taking "the so-called heroes of this business" and exposing them for "the washed-up pieces of trash that they are." When Kidman says he won't talk anymore, the crowd cheers, then Kidman says the crowd wishes they were that lucky. Kidman says he will finish Hulk Hogan off at Slamboree with Eric Bischoff as special guest referee, then issues an open challenge to anybody who is old and washed-up. Backstage, Terry Taylor tells Kevin Nash about what is going on in the ring, and Kevin Nash shows up and treats Kidman like a human punching bag. This goes on until Konnan and Rey Mysterio Jr. - who have not been seen in some time - show up and attack Nash along with Kidman, cementing themselves as members of The New Blood. This does not last long, however, as Kevin Nash comes to and decimates all three men. Rey and Konnan run to the back, and Nash chases after them as they try to get away in a pick-up truck.
After the commercial break, Kevin Nash is seen attacking Konnan near the driver's seat of the pick-up truck before attacking a downed Rey Mysterio Jr.
Vince Russo shows up with Miss Elizabeth and tells "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair that he plans on interfering at Slamboree and enjoying five minutes of kicking his ass. As far as The Total Package is concerned, if The Total Package beats him tonight, he will give him the key to Miss Elizabeth. Russo then tells Miss Elizabeth to do her job and to "Do me, baby." Miss Elizabeth tells Russo to "kiss [her] Kentucky ass," but Russo yanks the microphone away from her before calling The Total Package out again. The Total Package shows up with "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, but Shane Douglas and Buff Bagwell show up to double-team Flair while Russo gets his personal security lined up in the ring. Russo's personal security overpowers The Total Package before macing and handcuffing him. Buff and Douglas then proceed to gang up on The Total Package, and when Miss Elizabeth checks on him, Vince Russo commands her to finish him off with a baseball bat only to get whacked in the back of the knee. After Miss Elizabeth runs for freedom, Kronik (Bryan Adams and Bryan Clark) shows up and attacks Buff Bagwell and Shane Douglas along with every member of Vince Russo's personal security detail. Russo proceeds to high-tail it out of the ring as Kronik destroys everyone. Russo then shows up with local law enforcement, who mace both members of Kronik before nailing them with nightsticks.
Backstage, Chris Kanyon tells David Arquette that he will take care of the situation with Tank Abbott.
Kevin Nash is seen destroying Konnan and Rey Mysterio Jr.'s pick-up truck while Konnan is out cold on the seat. Rey is seen crawling under a car. Meanwhile, police are seen arresting The Total Package and Kronik (Brayn Adams and Bryan Clark).
Vampiro shows up. He says that tonight, the hunter has become the hunted, and Sting walked along the line of good and evil only to be helpless as a newborn baby when he was done with him. He says that he is Sting's anti-hero and ahs decided that his destiny has sealed fate, as he is the monster that Sting should have been. He says that Sting found out the he is the one and only true darkness. Suddenly, a crow is seen on the frame of the Nitrovision, then Sting is seen rappling down from the rafters. Sting then gets in the ring and proceeds to strike Vampiro with a baseball bat.
"The Perfect One" Shawn Stasiak is still sinking free throws in a local gymnasium.
Vince Russo confronts Miss Elizabeth in the women's dressing room only to get slapped in the face.
When David Arquette shows up to the ring with Chris Kanyon, Kanyon is ejected from the match by referee Billy Silverman.
David Arquette beats Tank Abbott. During the match, Jeff Jarrett, Kimberly and Eric Bischoff are seen watching from backstage. Shortly afterwards, Diamond Dallas Page returns from within the back of an ambulance before Tank Abbott knocks out the referee, and when DDP's music hits, Bischoff sends Jarrett to head him off at the pass, but DDP comes out through the crowd, hits a Diamond Cutter on Abbott, places Arquette on top of Abbott and revives referee Billy Silverman to get Arquette the win. After the match, DDP carries Arquette to the back.
We see footage from moments ago where Scott Steiner assaults Jeff Jarrett backstage in revenge for the guitar shot to the head from earlier tonight.
"The Perfect One" Shawn Stasiak is attacked from behind by Curt Hennig before he can break the record for most consecutive free throws.
Mike Awesome beats Hulk Hogan. During the match, Kidman shows up with a steel chair, but Hogan sees him coming, hits him in the gut and hits him with the chair. Eric Bischoff shows up as Hogan continues to brawl outside with Awesome, and Kidman drops from the top rope to hit Hogan in the head with a steel chair on the outside. Afterwards, Kidman demands that referee Slick Johnson count the pinfall, and Awesome wins. After the match, Hogan returns to the ring and hits both Awesome and Kidman with a steel chair, then a man in a Sting mask climbs into the ring only to reveal that he is just a fan. As security chase the man down, blood drops down from the ceiling of the arena, landing on Hogan. The Wall, Shane Douglas and Buff Bagwell run in to attack Hogan while Bischoff watches from the stage as the show ends.
Monday, April 24, 2000
Nitro-Glycerin - Monday Nitro recap for April 24, 2000
The show begins with Sting and Vampiro brawling backstage, which ends with Vampiro hitting Sting with a pipe.
Terry Funk retains the WCW Hardcore Championship against Bam Bam Bigelow. During the match, "The Cat" Ernest Miller tries to get a few shots in on Bam Bam Bigelow for taking his spot in the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship Tournament, but to no avail. Later in the match, The Cat cartwheels a steel chair into Bam Bam's head as Terry Funk has a trash can over his head, and after Bam Bam goes down, Terry Funk lands head-first right on his crotch to retain the Hardcore title. After the match, "The Cat" Ernest Miller demands that Funk's music be stopped and that his music be played so he can dance in the ring.
We see the footage from the end of last week's Nitro, where it is finally revealed that Bret "The Hit Man" Hart hit Hulk Hogan with the steel chair.
Kidman and Torrie Wilson show up. Kidman talks about how he dared Hulk Hogan to meet him in the parking lot so they could finish it man-to-man only for Hulk Hogan to realize that he is more of a man than he could ever handle. Because of that, he tried to run him over with a Hummer and nearly killed him. He is still here, and says that if Hulk Hogan thinks people still want to see the red and yellow, all he has to do is supply the yellow so that he can supply the red - Hulk Hogan's blood - as he will start it tonight and finish it at Slamboree.
Backstage, Jeff Jarrett, Kimberly and Eric Bischoff notice that Kidman and Torrie Wilson are in the ring and question exactly what Kidman is trying to do. Meanwhile, Kimberly has some papers in her hand.
Backstage, Vince Russo is talking with "Screamin'" Norman Smiley. Russo says there is no way, but Smiley says he can beat Terry Funk. Russo tells Smiley to find a tag team partner for Slamboree for a two-on-one handicap match for the WCW Hardcore Championship against Terry Funk. Smiley says he knows exactly who he is going to pick.
Jeff Jarrett, Eric Bischoff and Kimberly show up. Ready To Rumble star David Arquette is seen in the front row. Jarrett says Diamond Dallas Page wants to be a movie star, and at Slamboree, he will give him a chance to star in his own movie - "The Chosen One Kicks DDP's Ass Up And Down A Three-Tiered Cage" - and beat his ass and neglect it like he did Kimberly. Bischoff announces that Kimberly is here tonight with what may be the very last give for him from her for the rest of his life, and tells DDP to come to the ring right now. DDP shows up, and asks Kimberly what she is thinking hanging with Bischoff and Jarrett. Kimberly says that for once, she is in the driver's seat. She says that she once thought they had something special, but Bischoff enlightened her about about a lot of things about her career, the fans, and DDP himself, and as far as he is concerned, she wants out of their marriage and she has divorce papers for him to sign. DDP tells Kimberly they can work this out, but Kimberly does not want to wor this out. DDP says he will not walk from this, but Kimberly tells him not to beg as he is embarrassing himself. She tells DDP to be positive, but DDP asks if he should be positive about her being out of her mind or her "being a super bitch." Bischoff asks for civility, and DDP says that if Kimberly wants the papers signed, he will do it as soon as he sticks them down Bischoff's throat and pulls them out of his ass. DDP grabs Bischoff by the shirt collar only to be nailed from behind with a guitar shot from Jeff Jarrett. All of a sudden, David Arquette jumps the guardrail and stomps Bischoff only to be cornered by Jeff Jarrett. He gets saved by Chris Kanyon, who attacks Jarrett and forces him to retreat along with Bischoff and Kimberly. Bischoff is enraged, embarrassed and humiliated by Arquette's actions, and challenges Arquette to get in the ring with him. Arquette accepts the challenge, saying "I'm gonna 1-800-Kick your butt!" He then proposes a wager: if he beats Bischoff, DDP gets a shot at the WCW World Heavyweight Championship against Jeff Jarrett in a steel cage later tonight. Bischoff accepts, saying he will tear Arquette's head off.
Backstage, Kronik (Bryan Adams and Bryan Clark) pins Vince Russo to the wall as they demand a tag team title shot tonight. Russo says they've got it, but first they have to do something for him.
Backstage, Jeff Jarrett questions Eric Bischoff's challenging David Arquette to a match, but Bischoff says he will take care of it and that they have bigger problems to deal with tonight. He asks Jarrett to find Kidman.
Sting is seen backstage looking for Vampiro.
Before the next match, Tammy Lynn Sytch asks the crowd if they missed her, and says it is time that WCW brought out a real lady who knows how to titillate all the guys out there. She says that Paisley could learn a thing or two from her, as she has no idea what the men in the crowd want to see. She then says she is back.
"Hard Knox" Chris Candido and Tammy Lynn Sytch beat The Artist Formerly Known As Prince Iaukea and Paisley in a mixed tag match. Backstage, Sting is still looking for Vampiro. Suddenly, he shows up as Candido and Tammy are still in the ring, and Tammy gets away as Sting hits Chris Candido with the Scorpion Deaht Drop. Sting then takes the microphone and says it's showtime before saying he and Vampiro need to have another conversation, and dares him to get back in the ring with him for a First Blood Match tonight.
Backstage, Diamond Dallas Page and Chris Kanyon fire David Arquette up.
Kronik (Bryan Adams and Bryan Clark) beats Team Package (The Total Package and "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair). At the beginning of the match, Miss Hancock shows up with her clipboard to scout the match, but "The Franchise" Shane Douglas and Buff Bagwell show up. Buff Bagwell distracts referee Charles Robinson who calls for an end to the match, then Douglas gets in the ring and hits Flair in the back with a baseball bat. Afterwards, Kronik hits the High Time - a double choke slam - on Flair to get the win despite the bell being called for. After the match, Bagwell and Douglas continue to attack Team Package with baseball bats, then allow Kronik the honor to do the same. Instead, Kronik beat up Bagwell and Douglas, sending them out of the ring.
Backstage, "Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Vampiro, who says Sting is weak, old and "whack," and says there is nothing he would like more than to stick his fingers in his eyes and watch him bleed like a stuffed pig, and screan like a little bitch. He tells Sting he is entering his world, and that he is sick, twisted, a little freaky and about to have a panic attack. He dares Sting to come into his web.
Backstage, Eric Bischoff tells Kidman he cannot go around making his own matches with Hogan and to let him and Vince Russo know ahead of time so they can get him where he wants to be.
Backstage, "Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Eric Bischoff, Torrie Wilson, Kidman, Mike Awesome and Kimberly. Bischoff says Hulk Hogan tried to kill Kidman last week, and that Mike Awesome is protection. Hulk will face Kidman, but he will have to find himself a tag team partner. He says that Hogan has burned so many bridges in the locker room that he will be unable to find someone to tag with him. He also announces that he is the special guest referee for Kidman vs. Hulk Hogan at Slamboree, and asks Hogan if he hears the sound of his career coming to an end.
Before the next match, it is announced that Team Package (The Total Package and "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair) have been taken out of the arena to a hospital due to the attack from Buff Bagwell and "The Franchise" Shane Douglas.
Kidman and Mike Awesome beat Hulk Hogan - who is clad in all black for this match - after putting him through two tables and Kidman mocks Hogan by hitting a leg drop for the win. During the match, Kevin Nash sees what is going on in the ring on a monitor backstage, and after the match, Kevin Nash shows up and brawls with both Kidman and Awesome - despite not being cleared to wrestle - until Torrie Wilson hits Kevin Nash with a low blow from behind. Awesome then swings a steel chair into the recently injured ankle of Kevin Nash, smashing it against the ring post.
David Arquette beats Eric Bischoff. During the match, Jeff Jarrett pulls the referee out of the ring after Arquette hits Bischoff with an elbow drop. Diamond Dallas Page hits Jarrett with a clothesline, but Jarrett fires back by hitting DDP with the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. Arquette goes for another pinfall, but the referee is down, and Jarrett gets in the ring to hit Arquette with a guitar. Bischoff hits Arquette with a gut shot and holds Arquette down, but Arquette fucks and Bischoff takes a guitar shot to the head instead. Chris Kanyon then gets in the ring and sends Jarrett out of the ring, and Arquette goes for the pinfall as referee Mickey Jay runs into the ring to get the win. As per pre-match stipulation, Diamond Dallas Page will face Jeff Jarrett for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship in a steel cage later tonight. After the match, the lights go out, and Sting is seen in the rafters as Arquette, DDP and Kanyon celebrate.
Backstage, Chris Kanyon and David Arquette celebrate the latter's win with champagne as Diamond Dallas Page gets ready for his title match for later tonight.
Backstage, "Mean" Gene Okerlund is about to interview Jeff Jarrett when Jarrett chews Bischoff out, hoping he has a back-up plan. Bischoff says his back-up plan is Jarrett getting into the ring and winning against Diamond Dallas Page to retain the WCW World Heavyweight Championship.
Scott Steiner shows up. He says that last night, he had a couple of his freaks call him from New York City wanting a chance to ride a legend and roll with him. Last night, at Club Caligula, he was "like a roller coaster going up and down hitting switches on bitches 'till they call me the daddy." When he "kicked them out the door at a quarter 'til 4, they believed there was nothing finer than Scott Steiner." He then says he went to New York for two reasons, and one of them was to find Booker T's "jive ass," as he cost him the World title last week. He says tonight is his payback, and he will do something special: stick his size 12 boot so far up Booker T's ass that he will be flossing with his shoelaces. Scott Steiner says he does not care if he is trying to get on the good side of Vince Russo and Eric Bischoff, for in reality, he got on his bad side. He then calls Booker T, who shows up. He tells Scott Steiner this is not Detroit, Michigan; this is Rochester, New York, and as for last week, what he did was business, not personal. He says Jeff Jarrett was running around backstage crying as he was trying to get out of the match as well as Eric Bischoff telling him he had to do something and do something quick to get on his good time, and says Scott Steiner was at the wrong place at the wrong time. Booker T says he refuses to apologize for what he did, as he is his own man, and the way they do it in New York is "if we can't get along, then we can just get it on." He tells Scott Stener's women to stay out of this, because everyone knows that once you go Black, you never go back. Midajah slaps Booker, and Scott Steiner proceeds to brawl with Booker as the show goes to break.
We see footage from the commercial break where security break up the brawl between Booker T and Scott Steiner.
Chris Kanyon and David Arquette are in the locker room as Diamond Dallas Page laces up his boots.
Backstage, Buff Bagwell and "The Franchise" Shane Douglas are on their way out of the arena when they are met by Vince Russo, who asks them to get back in the ring as they have a match against Kronik (Bryan Adams and Bryan Clark) with the tag team titles on the line, much to the chagrin of Bagwell and Douglas.
Vince Russo guests on commentary for the next match.
Buff Bagwell and "The Franchise" Shane Douglas retain the WCW World Tag Team Championships against Kronik (Bryan Adams and Bryan Clark). Before the match, it is announced that Scott Steiner will defend the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship against Booker T at Slamboree. During the match, Bagwell tosses referee Nick Patrick over the top rope only to take the High Time from Kronik. Vince Russo then gets in the ring and whacks Bryan Adams with a bat, and Bryan Clark grabs Russo. He is about to hit him with the Meltdown when Douglas hits him with Vince Russo's baseball bat. Bagwell then hits both members of Kronik with baseball bat. When Nick Patrick gets back in the ring to call the match off, Vince Russo hits him in the back with a baseball bat then counts the pinfall to give Bagwell and Douglas the win to retain the tag titles.
Tank Abbott is seen heading to the ring.
Tank Abbott shows up. He tells Goldberg that it has been three shows and that he has still not shown up, and that Goldberg might as well change his name to "Bill Ghostberg." He says that while Goldberg sits at home with his yellow screen and watches the television screen, he will see a real warrior. He then says he will kick someone's ass because of Goldberg, and says that this is all on Goldberg's shoulders as he has fun beating people up. Tank Abbott then leaves the ring and after looking for a victim, decides on Bob Ryder, whom he pulls out from behind a table and drags into the ring to beat up. Jeremy Borash from WCW.com gets on top of Abbott to try to make the save and get Abbott in a sleeper, but Abbott backs him into a corner and rams him into it. After wiping out Bill Banks, who also gets into the ring, Tank Abbott leaves after WCW security shows up.
Diamond Dallas Page beats Jeff Jarrett in a steel cage match to become the WCW World Heavyweight Champion for a third time. During the match, Mike Awesome tries to get into the cage, and after DDP hits the Diamond Cutter, Mike Awesome rips the cage door open. Referee Charles Robinson makes the two-count, but before Mike Awesome can get his hands on Robinson, Chris Kanyon is able to get behind Mike Awesome and attack him, allowing Robinson to make the third count. After the match, DDP, Kanyon and David Arquette leave through the crowd.
Sting arrives from the top of the arena for the next match.
Vampiro vs. Sting in a First Blood Match ends in a no-contest. During the match, Vampiro stands on the commentary table and makes a throat slit motion before giving the thumbs down signal with both of his hands. Sting is standing in the center of the ring when he and the ring itself is drenched in what looks like blood that drops down from the top of the arena. Vampiro then slams Sting in the red liquid before Kidman, "Hard Knox" Chris Candido, Scott Steiner, Buff Bagwell and "The Franchise" Shane Douglas all attack Sting as Tammy Lynn Sytch and Torrie Wilson watch from ringside. They then hook Sting back onto his harness from his match entrance and let him hang there a few feet above the floor as the show ends.
Terry Funk retains the WCW Hardcore Championship against Bam Bam Bigelow. During the match, "The Cat" Ernest Miller tries to get a few shots in on Bam Bam Bigelow for taking his spot in the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship Tournament, but to no avail. Later in the match, The Cat cartwheels a steel chair into Bam Bam's head as Terry Funk has a trash can over his head, and after Bam Bam goes down, Terry Funk lands head-first right on his crotch to retain the Hardcore title. After the match, "The Cat" Ernest Miller demands that Funk's music be stopped and that his music be played so he can dance in the ring.
We see the footage from the end of last week's Nitro, where it is finally revealed that Bret "The Hit Man" Hart hit Hulk Hogan with the steel chair.
Kidman and Torrie Wilson show up. Kidman talks about how he dared Hulk Hogan to meet him in the parking lot so they could finish it man-to-man only for Hulk Hogan to realize that he is more of a man than he could ever handle. Because of that, he tried to run him over with a Hummer and nearly killed him. He is still here, and says that if Hulk Hogan thinks people still want to see the red and yellow, all he has to do is supply the yellow so that he can supply the red - Hulk Hogan's blood - as he will start it tonight and finish it at Slamboree.
Backstage, Jeff Jarrett, Kimberly and Eric Bischoff notice that Kidman and Torrie Wilson are in the ring and question exactly what Kidman is trying to do. Meanwhile, Kimberly has some papers in her hand.
Backstage, Vince Russo is talking with "Screamin'" Norman Smiley. Russo says there is no way, but Smiley says he can beat Terry Funk. Russo tells Smiley to find a tag team partner for Slamboree for a two-on-one handicap match for the WCW Hardcore Championship against Terry Funk. Smiley says he knows exactly who he is going to pick.
Jeff Jarrett, Eric Bischoff and Kimberly show up. Ready To Rumble star David Arquette is seen in the front row. Jarrett says Diamond Dallas Page wants to be a movie star, and at Slamboree, he will give him a chance to star in his own movie - "The Chosen One Kicks DDP's Ass Up And Down A Three-Tiered Cage" - and beat his ass and neglect it like he did Kimberly. Bischoff announces that Kimberly is here tonight with what may be the very last give for him from her for the rest of his life, and tells DDP to come to the ring right now. DDP shows up, and asks Kimberly what she is thinking hanging with Bischoff and Jarrett. Kimberly says that for once, she is in the driver's seat. She says that she once thought they had something special, but Bischoff enlightened her about about a lot of things about her career, the fans, and DDP himself, and as far as he is concerned, she wants out of their marriage and she has divorce papers for him to sign. DDP tells Kimberly they can work this out, but Kimberly does not want to wor this out. DDP says he will not walk from this, but Kimberly tells him not to beg as he is embarrassing himself. She tells DDP to be positive, but DDP asks if he should be positive about her being out of her mind or her "being a super bitch." Bischoff asks for civility, and DDP says that if Kimberly wants the papers signed, he will do it as soon as he sticks them down Bischoff's throat and pulls them out of his ass. DDP grabs Bischoff by the shirt collar only to be nailed from behind with a guitar shot from Jeff Jarrett. All of a sudden, David Arquette jumps the guardrail and stomps Bischoff only to be cornered by Jeff Jarrett. He gets saved by Chris Kanyon, who attacks Jarrett and forces him to retreat along with Bischoff and Kimberly. Bischoff is enraged, embarrassed and humiliated by Arquette's actions, and challenges Arquette to get in the ring with him. Arquette accepts the challenge, saying "I'm gonna 1-800-Kick your butt!" He then proposes a wager: if he beats Bischoff, DDP gets a shot at the WCW World Heavyweight Championship against Jeff Jarrett in a steel cage later tonight. Bischoff accepts, saying he will tear Arquette's head off.
Backstage, Kronik (Bryan Adams and Bryan Clark) pins Vince Russo to the wall as they demand a tag team title shot tonight. Russo says they've got it, but first they have to do something for him.
Backstage, Jeff Jarrett questions Eric Bischoff's challenging David Arquette to a match, but Bischoff says he will take care of it and that they have bigger problems to deal with tonight. He asks Jarrett to find Kidman.
Sting is seen backstage looking for Vampiro.
Before the next match, Tammy Lynn Sytch asks the crowd if they missed her, and says it is time that WCW brought out a real lady who knows how to titillate all the guys out there. She says that Paisley could learn a thing or two from her, as she has no idea what the men in the crowd want to see. She then says she is back.
"Hard Knox" Chris Candido and Tammy Lynn Sytch beat The Artist Formerly Known As Prince Iaukea and Paisley in a mixed tag match. Backstage, Sting is still looking for Vampiro. Suddenly, he shows up as Candido and Tammy are still in the ring, and Tammy gets away as Sting hits Chris Candido with the Scorpion Deaht Drop. Sting then takes the microphone and says it's showtime before saying he and Vampiro need to have another conversation, and dares him to get back in the ring with him for a First Blood Match tonight.
Backstage, Diamond Dallas Page and Chris Kanyon fire David Arquette up.
Kronik (Bryan Adams and Bryan Clark) beats Team Package (The Total Package and "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair). At the beginning of the match, Miss Hancock shows up with her clipboard to scout the match, but "The Franchise" Shane Douglas and Buff Bagwell show up. Buff Bagwell distracts referee Charles Robinson who calls for an end to the match, then Douglas gets in the ring and hits Flair in the back with a baseball bat. Afterwards, Kronik hits the High Time - a double choke slam - on Flair to get the win despite the bell being called for. After the match, Bagwell and Douglas continue to attack Team Package with baseball bats, then allow Kronik the honor to do the same. Instead, Kronik beat up Bagwell and Douglas, sending them out of the ring.
Backstage, "Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Vampiro, who says Sting is weak, old and "whack," and says there is nothing he would like more than to stick his fingers in his eyes and watch him bleed like a stuffed pig, and screan like a little bitch. He tells Sting he is entering his world, and that he is sick, twisted, a little freaky and about to have a panic attack. He dares Sting to come into his web.
Backstage, Eric Bischoff tells Kidman he cannot go around making his own matches with Hogan and to let him and Vince Russo know ahead of time so they can get him where he wants to be.
Backstage, "Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Eric Bischoff, Torrie Wilson, Kidman, Mike Awesome and Kimberly. Bischoff says Hulk Hogan tried to kill Kidman last week, and that Mike Awesome is protection. Hulk will face Kidman, but he will have to find himself a tag team partner. He says that Hogan has burned so many bridges in the locker room that he will be unable to find someone to tag with him. He also announces that he is the special guest referee for Kidman vs. Hulk Hogan at Slamboree, and asks Hogan if he hears the sound of his career coming to an end.
Before the next match, it is announced that Team Package (The Total Package and "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair) have been taken out of the arena to a hospital due to the attack from Buff Bagwell and "The Franchise" Shane Douglas.
Kidman and Mike Awesome beat Hulk Hogan - who is clad in all black for this match - after putting him through two tables and Kidman mocks Hogan by hitting a leg drop for the win. During the match, Kevin Nash sees what is going on in the ring on a monitor backstage, and after the match, Kevin Nash shows up and brawls with both Kidman and Awesome - despite not being cleared to wrestle - until Torrie Wilson hits Kevin Nash with a low blow from behind. Awesome then swings a steel chair into the recently injured ankle of Kevin Nash, smashing it against the ring post.
David Arquette beats Eric Bischoff. During the match, Jeff Jarrett pulls the referee out of the ring after Arquette hits Bischoff with an elbow drop. Diamond Dallas Page hits Jarrett with a clothesline, but Jarrett fires back by hitting DDP with the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. Arquette goes for another pinfall, but the referee is down, and Jarrett gets in the ring to hit Arquette with a guitar. Bischoff hits Arquette with a gut shot and holds Arquette down, but Arquette fucks and Bischoff takes a guitar shot to the head instead. Chris Kanyon then gets in the ring and sends Jarrett out of the ring, and Arquette goes for the pinfall as referee Mickey Jay runs into the ring to get the win. As per pre-match stipulation, Diamond Dallas Page will face Jeff Jarrett for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship in a steel cage later tonight. After the match, the lights go out, and Sting is seen in the rafters as Arquette, DDP and Kanyon celebrate.
Backstage, Chris Kanyon and David Arquette celebrate the latter's win with champagne as Diamond Dallas Page gets ready for his title match for later tonight.
Backstage, "Mean" Gene Okerlund is about to interview Jeff Jarrett when Jarrett chews Bischoff out, hoping he has a back-up plan. Bischoff says his back-up plan is Jarrett getting into the ring and winning against Diamond Dallas Page to retain the WCW World Heavyweight Championship.
Scott Steiner shows up. He says that last night, he had a couple of his freaks call him from New York City wanting a chance to ride a legend and roll with him. Last night, at Club Caligula, he was "like a roller coaster going up and down hitting switches on bitches 'till they call me the daddy." When he "kicked them out the door at a quarter 'til 4, they believed there was nothing finer than Scott Steiner." He then says he went to New York for two reasons, and one of them was to find Booker T's "jive ass," as he cost him the World title last week. He says tonight is his payback, and he will do something special: stick his size 12 boot so far up Booker T's ass that he will be flossing with his shoelaces. Scott Steiner says he does not care if he is trying to get on the good side of Vince Russo and Eric Bischoff, for in reality, he got on his bad side. He then calls Booker T, who shows up. He tells Scott Steiner this is not Detroit, Michigan; this is Rochester, New York, and as for last week, what he did was business, not personal. He says Jeff Jarrett was running around backstage crying as he was trying to get out of the match as well as Eric Bischoff telling him he had to do something and do something quick to get on his good time, and says Scott Steiner was at the wrong place at the wrong time. Booker T says he refuses to apologize for what he did, as he is his own man, and the way they do it in New York is "if we can't get along, then we can just get it on." He tells Scott Stener's women to stay out of this, because everyone knows that once you go Black, you never go back. Midajah slaps Booker, and Scott Steiner proceeds to brawl with Booker as the show goes to break.
We see footage from the commercial break where security break up the brawl between Booker T and Scott Steiner.
Chris Kanyon and David Arquette are in the locker room as Diamond Dallas Page laces up his boots.
Backstage, Buff Bagwell and "The Franchise" Shane Douglas are on their way out of the arena when they are met by Vince Russo, who asks them to get back in the ring as they have a match against Kronik (Bryan Adams and Bryan Clark) with the tag team titles on the line, much to the chagrin of Bagwell and Douglas.
Vince Russo guests on commentary for the next match.
Buff Bagwell and "The Franchise" Shane Douglas retain the WCW World Tag Team Championships against Kronik (Bryan Adams and Bryan Clark). Before the match, it is announced that Scott Steiner will defend the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship against Booker T at Slamboree. During the match, Bagwell tosses referee Nick Patrick over the top rope only to take the High Time from Kronik. Vince Russo then gets in the ring and whacks Bryan Adams with a bat, and Bryan Clark grabs Russo. He is about to hit him with the Meltdown when Douglas hits him with Vince Russo's baseball bat. Bagwell then hits both members of Kronik with baseball bat. When Nick Patrick gets back in the ring to call the match off, Vince Russo hits him in the back with a baseball bat then counts the pinfall to give Bagwell and Douglas the win to retain the tag titles.
Tank Abbott is seen heading to the ring.
Tank Abbott shows up. He tells Goldberg that it has been three shows and that he has still not shown up, and that Goldberg might as well change his name to "Bill Ghostberg." He says that while Goldberg sits at home with his yellow screen and watches the television screen, he will see a real warrior. He then says he will kick someone's ass because of Goldberg, and says that this is all on Goldberg's shoulders as he has fun beating people up. Tank Abbott then leaves the ring and after looking for a victim, decides on Bob Ryder, whom he pulls out from behind a table and drags into the ring to beat up. Jeremy Borash from WCW.com gets on top of Abbott to try to make the save and get Abbott in a sleeper, but Abbott backs him into a corner and rams him into it. After wiping out Bill Banks, who also gets into the ring, Tank Abbott leaves after WCW security shows up.
Diamond Dallas Page beats Jeff Jarrett in a steel cage match to become the WCW World Heavyweight Champion for a third time. During the match, Mike Awesome tries to get into the cage, and after DDP hits the Diamond Cutter, Mike Awesome rips the cage door open. Referee Charles Robinson makes the two-count, but before Mike Awesome can get his hands on Robinson, Chris Kanyon is able to get behind Mike Awesome and attack him, allowing Robinson to make the third count. After the match, DDP, Kanyon and David Arquette leave through the crowd.
Sting arrives from the top of the arena for the next match.
Vampiro vs. Sting in a First Blood Match ends in a no-contest. During the match, Vampiro stands on the commentary table and makes a throat slit motion before giving the thumbs down signal with both of his hands. Sting is standing in the center of the ring when he and the ring itself is drenched in what looks like blood that drops down from the top of the arena. Vampiro then slams Sting in the red liquid before Kidman, "Hard Knox" Chris Candido, Scott Steiner, Buff Bagwell and "The Franchise" Shane Douglas all attack Sting as Tammy Lynn Sytch and Torrie Wilson watch from ringside. They then hook Sting back onto his harness from his match entrance and let him hang there a few feet above the floor as the show ends.
Monday, April 17, 2000
Nitro-Glycerin - Monday Nitro recap for April 17, 2000
WCW security is seen securing the arena to keep The Millionaire's Club out.
Pamphlets are seen falling from the sky. Police in riot gear head towards the ring before Vince Russo approaches the ring with Buff Bagwell, "The Franchise" Shane Douglas, "Hard Knox" Chris Candido, Tammy Lynn Sytch and Scott Steiner approach the ring. Red confetti and balloons then fall from the ceiling of the arena, and Vince Russo raises a baseball bat. Russo says the fans can boo all they want, as it does not change the fact that he is better than they are. He says that this is what you can call "a New York party," as The New Blood came into their own just like he said they would. Russo then brags about all of the new championship winners in The New Blood, then mentions that there was one title that got away from them, and that will all change tonight, as Terry Funk is neither part of The New Blood or The Millionaire's Club; instead, he is "too damn old." He then says that in the WWF, they was a crotchety old man who used to wear a cowboy hat (a reference to Jim Ross) who did everything he could to keep his next guest down. He tells Jim Ross to kiss his ass, then brings out the new WCW World Heavyweight Champion: Jeff Jarrett. Jarrett shows up, then tells the fans to never, ever doubt him again as he said it, he did it and the fans are all eating it. Jarrett says that aside from the day his child was born, this is the greatest day of his life, and Jim Ross can kiss his ass. That brings him to Diamond Dallas Page, who he has a proposition for: since The New Blood is about opportunity, he will give him one. Since he was not asked to be in Ready To Rumble, he wants to use the three-tier cage from the movie at Slamboree so he can slap his nuts from the bottom to the top, where the World title will be hanging. All Diamond Dallas Page has to do in their match for the World title is to climb up to the top of the three-tier cage and grab it. Russo then introduces another guest, whom he says may have grabbed the biggest title of all last night: Eric Bischoff. Bischoff shows up with Kimberly, DDP's wife, and says he had so much fun last night seeing Jarrett defeat DDP, as it was beyond all his expectation. He says he told DDP he made him and that he can break him, and he did it in a way that will last for a long time as torturing DDP is nothing but fun for him and that Kimberly is the whip cream on his cake. Kimberly tells DDP that words cannot describe how sorry she is for hitting him with a guitar, as it is a really heavy thing to blow off an 11-year relationship. From day one, however, that relationship has been subjugated to the needs, schedule and opportunities of "D-D-Me." She says she has stood behind DDP and in his shadow all those years, and he made sure that it happened because deep down, DDP really knew that she was the real star. She says she has had opportunity after opportunity in WCW, and she had to say no every single time because DDP said so. She says no more to this, and from last night on, she is going to pay attention to her own needs, schedule and opportunities, and right now, her opportunity is standing right next to her in the form of Eric Bischoff. Bischoff thanks Russo for throwing the party and for supplying security. Outside of the arena, Diamond Dallas Page is stopped by security, but DDP fights them off, gets in the arena and makes his way to the ring. The riot squad allows DDP to get in the ring, but then they attack The New Day blood when they get in. The riot squad is none other than The Total Package, "The Nature Boy" Rick Flair and Sting, who fight The New Blood along with DDP. The New Blood is forced to retreat.
Backstage, Eric Bischoff asks some members of The New Blood where they were when he, Vince Russo and the champions in The New Blood were being attacked. Booker T asks Bischoff what he needs them for, but Bischoff tells him he is getting tired of him, his attitude and his ego. He tells Booker T he has a very short period of time to get on his good side before dismissing everybody and telling them to get it right. Bischoff then tells Russo to get Mike Awesome to beat Diamond Dallas Page up right now. After Russo leaves, four members of security show up and confront Bischoff for telling them that tonight's gig would be easy and not telling them they would be beat up by a bunch of wrestlers. They then tell Bischoff to keep the money, saying they do not need it, and leave. Bischoff then picks up the phone and gets a call from Hulk Hogan, who is now out of jail, telling him he is coming to kick his ass in five minutes.
"The Perfect One" Shawn Stasiak - who comes out to a sound-alike of Curt Hennig's WWF theme - beats Curt Hennig. At the beginning of the match, Miss Hancock shows up to get a closer look at the match. Later in the match, Hennig inadvertently hits both Stasiak and referee Charles Robinson with a forearm, and Robinson is out and unable to count the pinfall attempt after the Hennigplex. Stasiak then finishes Hennig off with The Perfect Plant for the win. After the match, Stasiak beings to attack Hennig. Outside of the arena, a police motorcade is seen heading to the arena, and they stop Hulk Hogan from entering the arena. Hogan says he will getin one day or another, but they soon relent after a staredown and they let him in. Hogan makes his way to the ring as Stasiak continues to attack Hennig, and Hogan tosses Stasiak out of the ring before helping Hennig up.
After the commercial break, Hulk Hogan is in the ring alone. He says that over the lat year, he has listened to what the fans and the critics have to say about him. While he and the rest of the guys are getting older, he has only lost half a step, and he still has something to give to the wrestling business as he is here to lead by example. As far as his role as "lead dog" in the business goes, if there is anybody who wants to come out and take his spot, he is ready to kick their ass. He says that you can mess with the gimmick and make him slip on a banana peel for a three count, and you can make a fool out of him, but when Eric Bischoff and Vince Russo pulled what they did at Nitro last week and at Spring Stampede, they are messing with Terry Bollea, and when they decided to take money out of his pocket and food out of his kids' mouths, they went beyond the line, as he has more heart than anybody in the back. As far as he is concerned, if anyone wants his spot, they had better have it in their blood and they had better be a different kind of wrestler, because he is here until somebody kicks his ass and runs him off. Hogan then talks about Kidman, who he has heard whine and cry to Bischoff and Russo and the other promoters about how he wanted the big push and how he would not leave the hotel room until he knew what they would do with him. He says that Kidman makes him sick, and if Kidman wants his spot, all he has to do is come to the ring and try to take it. He says Kidman called him out last week, and this week, he is calling Kidman out. He also hopes that Bischoff and Russo is watching, then tells Kidman he will kick his out again. We then see Kidman on the TitanTron, saying he is ready for him and that he will not come running when he says "run." When the TitanTron is shown on-screen, Kidman is seen wearing a Hulk Hogan T-shirt with the sleeves cut out, a circle with an X in red spray paint over the "Hulkster" logo and "NB" spray painted underneath. He says that if Hogan wants him, he will have to look for him in the back. Hogan says he is on his way and makes his way to the back as Kidman says this will be a fight, not a wrestling match, and that he will kick his ass all over the place. As Kidman tries to egg Hogan on with Torrie Wilson by his side, Eric Bischoff is seen waiting behind them while leaning on a white Hummer.
Hulk Hogan is seen outside of the arena looking for Kidman.
Backstage, "Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Jeff Jarrett, who demands that he be called "World Champion Jeff Jarrett" as he tells Okerlund to save his questions for somebody who cares. Jarrett says he is seeing The ENw Blood guys crying about opportunity, and says he is all about that. Tonight, he will be hanging up an open contract, and the first person to grab who is not a member of The Millionaire's Club will get a World title shot against him.
Terry Funk retains the WCW Hardcore Championship against The Wall after an unknown peron pushes two tables on top of both of them and Fuk stomps through a table to hit The Wall.
Backstage, Vince Russo is met by Bryan Adams and Bryan Clark, who want a tag team title match. Vince Russo says there is too much gong on tonight for a tag team title match, but Adams tells Russo that he doesn't give a crap about the show or Russo's problems and that they had a deal. They delivered, and demand Russo did the same. Russo admits to promising them a tag tam title shot, but that he did not say it would be tonight and that it will happen when he says so.
The open contract is seen on the dressing room door of Jeff Jarrett. Soemone is seen signing it with a red pen.
After the commercial break, Jeff Jarrett sees the open contract and rips it up, saying Vince Russo is the biggest idiot as he walks into his dressing room.
Backstage, "Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Diamond Dallas Page. DDP says he wasn't allowed to be in the building, but he has gotten in and now he has a match with Mike Awesome. After last night, he is just a little pissed off about what happened, and although Eric Bischoff may have gotten to Kimberly, it is not over yet, and he tells BIschoff that if he wants to screw with his personal life, he will leave Awesome leaving and tearing him a new ass. He only hopes that Hulk Hogan does not put Bischoff in the hospital before he does, because that is going to be his job.
Bruce McArthur - whose family has owned the Chicago Blackhawks hockey team for decades - and hockey player "Bad" Bob Probert are seen in the front row.
Backstage, Bryan Adams and Bryan Clarke are seen attacking The Harris Boys (Ron and Don Harris) backstage before the next match, which they insert themselves into. Bryan Adams and Bryan Clark - known by the team name of "Kronik" - then proceed to decimate The Mamalukes (Big Vito and Johnny The Bull) in the ring. Adams tells Vine Russo that this is just a message to him, as they both worked for him before and that he knows he does not want them working against him. He then says all the "WCW badasses" in the locker room have been shaking like a bunch of "sissies at a weenie roast" since Kronik showed up, and if anyone has the horrible luck of having to face them in the ring, they will feel chronic pain, take a chronic beating and live a chronic nightmare. He then says that if Russo continues to drag his feet, he will see what he is talking about.
Vampiro shows up. He has come to send a message to his "brother in paint." He says that Sting knows nothing about pain, and even after what happened last night between them, in which only Sting knows what truly happened when he dragged him underneath the ring, he still knows nothing about pain. Vampiro says that he heard Sting's screams and drew and tasted his blood, and he smelled all of his fear, but that was last night. Tonight is just the beginning, and he has allowed himself just a little taste so he can save the rest. At Slamboree, he will devour Sting and show him what it is like to walk around with his humanity stripped from him just like he does. Suddenly, the lights go out as Vampiro threatens to drag him to Hell and welcome him to his nightmare. Suddenly, Sting rappels down from the top of the arena and attacks a stunned Vampiro with his baseball bat. He pins him to the corner, then says Vampiro looked like somebody just walked over his grave, and says that right now, he feels like "rompin', stompin' graveyard destruction." He then hits Vampiro with the baseball bat multiple times before telling him he learned about pain from the best and that Vampiro is going to grow up quickly. Sting then hits the Scorpion Death Drop on Vampiro, then says WCW runs through his veins and that it is his turf.
Backstage, Hulk Hogan is still looking for Kidman. Meanwhile, Jeff Jarrett is irritated with Vince Russo for proposing the idea of the open contract, and Russo tells Jarrett that he will take care of his opponent.
Mike Awesome beats Diamond Dallas Page by disqualification after Chris Kanyon runs into the ring and brawls with Awesome. After the match, Mike Awesome pulls a table out from underneath the ring after coming out on top in the initial brawl, and almost puts Kanyon through the table before Kevin Nash's entrance hits. Instead of coming out through the back, he comes out through the crowd and over the guardrail, and he puts Mike Awesome through the table with a Jackknife Power Bomb.
Backstage, Vince Russo talks to Jeff Jarrett's open contract opponent.
Tank Abbott is backstage, much to the chagrin of Mark Madden.
Backstage, "Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Buff Bagwell and "The Franchise" Shane Douglas. Buff says that he is tired of seeing The Millionaire's Club show them up, as they are The New Blood, it is a new day and they are world tag team champions. He tells The Total Package to watch out, because at Slamboree, he's going down in a singles match, too. Douglas says that for seven years, he has dreamed of getting his hands on "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, and Flair has accepted his challenge for a match at Slamboree and he cannot wait. He says he should be the happiest man on the face of the planet right now, but he is not as he cannot get over what happened to him at Thunder last week involving The Total Package. He says that Flair is sticking his nose in the match and costing him, and he wants The Total Package tonight. Suddenly, The Total Package shows up with Miss Elizabeth and tells Douglas that if he wants him tonight, he's got him under the condition that if Vince Russo gets involved before the end of the match, the WCW World Tag Team Championships will be forfeited over to Team Package (The Total Package and Ric Flair).
Tank Abbott shows up. He tells Goldberg that this is not his first barbecue, and that he has fought his whole life and has seen this song and dance before. He shows up, someone wants a piece of him, and they get hurt. He then repeats that until Goldberg shows up and takes him on, he will continue to beat up "innocent idiots" who think Goldberg is a hero He then tells Goldberg he will get someone tonight, and it will be on him. After Abbott leaves the ring, he looks around ringside for someone to beat up in the front row. Suddenly, he stops infront of Bruce MacArthur, owner of the Chicago Blackhawks, and gets him in the ring. Bob Probert gets in the ring and saves MacArthur, and after security shows up, Abbott is escorted from the ring as MacArthur is checked on.
Backstage, Hulk Hogan is still looking for Kidman when Terry Taylor tells him he has seen Kidman outside.
Backstage, Jeff Jarrett is met by Vince Russo, who says that Jarrett's opponent still wants the match. Russo asks Jarrett to give him some time so he can get back to him on how he can get Jarrett out of the match.
"The Franchise" Shane Douglas beats The Total Package by disqualification. During the match, Buff Bagwell shows up and grabs The Total Package by the legs, allowing Shane Douglas to hit a low blow. Buff Bagwell then goes Miss Elizabeth while a man in a Sting mask and black wig sitting in the front row hits The Total Package with a baseball bat before doing the same to Shane Douglas. The man then climbs over the guardrail and into the ring before unmasking and revealing himself to be "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair. After the match, Vince Russo shows up and gets Shane Douglas out of the ring. Buff Bagwell is then angry at Russo for not showing up sooner, even though that would have cost him and Shane Douglas the WCW World Tag Team Championships.
In the parking garage, Hulk Hogan finds the white Hummer.
Hulk Hogan finally gets his hands on Kidman. Torrie Wilson hits Hulk Hogan with a 2x4, and Kidman tries to take advantage of the distraction only to get laid out by Hulk Hogan again. Meanwhile, Eric Bischoff is seen watching from a distance before Hogan throws Kidman into a dumpster. Hogan then sees Bischoff, who then flees into the white Hummer, which refuses to start. Bischoff then runs up the ramp, and Hogan manages to get the white Hummer started. Hogan then runs the white Hummer into the dumpster a few times in an attempt to crush Kidman before driving up the ramp.
Backstage, Kidman - already placed on a board - is pulled out of the parking lot dumpster by EMTs.
It is revealed that the person who signed the open contract on Jeff Jarrett's locker room door and is taking Jarrett on for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship is WCW United States Heavyweight Champion Scott Steiner, who is accompanied to the ring by three women.
Jeff Jarrett retains the WCW World Heavyweight Championship against Scott Steiner by disqualification after Booker T hits Scott Steiner with the Ax Kick as Steiner has Jarrett in the Steiner Recliner. After the match, Booker T grabs Jarrett by the head and says "You're welcome, punk!" before leaving.
Backstage, Hulk Hogan is seen wielding a pipe as he is seen looking for Eric Bischoff.
Hulk Hogan finally find Eric Bischoff in the backstage production office and chases him to the ring. The show end with Hogan kicking Bischoff in the groin. Vince Russo shows up with a baseball bat, but Bret "The Hit Man" Hart shows up with a steel chair. Bret swings the chair, but the intended target is not made clear as the show fades to black.
Pamphlets are seen falling from the sky. Police in riot gear head towards the ring before Vince Russo approaches the ring with Buff Bagwell, "The Franchise" Shane Douglas, "Hard Knox" Chris Candido, Tammy Lynn Sytch and Scott Steiner approach the ring. Red confetti and balloons then fall from the ceiling of the arena, and Vince Russo raises a baseball bat. Russo says the fans can boo all they want, as it does not change the fact that he is better than they are. He says that this is what you can call "a New York party," as The New Blood came into their own just like he said they would. Russo then brags about all of the new championship winners in The New Blood, then mentions that there was one title that got away from them, and that will all change tonight, as Terry Funk is neither part of The New Blood or The Millionaire's Club; instead, he is "too damn old." He then says that in the WWF, they was a crotchety old man who used to wear a cowboy hat (a reference to Jim Ross) who did everything he could to keep his next guest down. He tells Jim Ross to kiss his ass, then brings out the new WCW World Heavyweight Champion: Jeff Jarrett. Jarrett shows up, then tells the fans to never, ever doubt him again as he said it, he did it and the fans are all eating it. Jarrett says that aside from the day his child was born, this is the greatest day of his life, and Jim Ross can kiss his ass. That brings him to Diamond Dallas Page, who he has a proposition for: since The New Blood is about opportunity, he will give him one. Since he was not asked to be in Ready To Rumble, he wants to use the three-tier cage from the movie at Slamboree so he can slap his nuts from the bottom to the top, where the World title will be hanging. All Diamond Dallas Page has to do in their match for the World title is to climb up to the top of the three-tier cage and grab it. Russo then introduces another guest, whom he says may have grabbed the biggest title of all last night: Eric Bischoff. Bischoff shows up with Kimberly, DDP's wife, and says he had so much fun last night seeing Jarrett defeat DDP, as it was beyond all his expectation. He says he told DDP he made him and that he can break him, and he did it in a way that will last for a long time as torturing DDP is nothing but fun for him and that Kimberly is the whip cream on his cake. Kimberly tells DDP that words cannot describe how sorry she is for hitting him with a guitar, as it is a really heavy thing to blow off an 11-year relationship. From day one, however, that relationship has been subjugated to the needs, schedule and opportunities of "D-D-Me." She says she has stood behind DDP and in his shadow all those years, and he made sure that it happened because deep down, DDP really knew that she was the real star. She says she has had opportunity after opportunity in WCW, and she had to say no every single time because DDP said so. She says no more to this, and from last night on, she is going to pay attention to her own needs, schedule and opportunities, and right now, her opportunity is standing right next to her in the form of Eric Bischoff. Bischoff thanks Russo for throwing the party and for supplying security. Outside of the arena, Diamond Dallas Page is stopped by security, but DDP fights them off, gets in the arena and makes his way to the ring. The riot squad allows DDP to get in the ring, but then they attack The New Day blood when they get in. The riot squad is none other than The Total Package, "The Nature Boy" Rick Flair and Sting, who fight The New Blood along with DDP. The New Blood is forced to retreat.
Backstage, Eric Bischoff asks some members of The New Blood where they were when he, Vince Russo and the champions in The New Blood were being attacked. Booker T asks Bischoff what he needs them for, but Bischoff tells him he is getting tired of him, his attitude and his ego. He tells Booker T he has a very short period of time to get on his good side before dismissing everybody and telling them to get it right. Bischoff then tells Russo to get Mike Awesome to beat Diamond Dallas Page up right now. After Russo leaves, four members of security show up and confront Bischoff for telling them that tonight's gig would be easy and not telling them they would be beat up by a bunch of wrestlers. They then tell Bischoff to keep the money, saying they do not need it, and leave. Bischoff then picks up the phone and gets a call from Hulk Hogan, who is now out of jail, telling him he is coming to kick his ass in five minutes.
"The Perfect One" Shawn Stasiak - who comes out to a sound-alike of Curt Hennig's WWF theme - beats Curt Hennig. At the beginning of the match, Miss Hancock shows up to get a closer look at the match. Later in the match, Hennig inadvertently hits both Stasiak and referee Charles Robinson with a forearm, and Robinson is out and unable to count the pinfall attempt after the Hennigplex. Stasiak then finishes Hennig off with The Perfect Plant for the win. After the match, Stasiak beings to attack Hennig. Outside of the arena, a police motorcade is seen heading to the arena, and they stop Hulk Hogan from entering the arena. Hogan says he will getin one day or another, but they soon relent after a staredown and they let him in. Hogan makes his way to the ring as Stasiak continues to attack Hennig, and Hogan tosses Stasiak out of the ring before helping Hennig up.
After the commercial break, Hulk Hogan is in the ring alone. He says that over the lat year, he has listened to what the fans and the critics have to say about him. While he and the rest of the guys are getting older, he has only lost half a step, and he still has something to give to the wrestling business as he is here to lead by example. As far as his role as "lead dog" in the business goes, if there is anybody who wants to come out and take his spot, he is ready to kick their ass. He says that you can mess with the gimmick and make him slip on a banana peel for a three count, and you can make a fool out of him, but when Eric Bischoff and Vince Russo pulled what they did at Nitro last week and at Spring Stampede, they are messing with Terry Bollea, and when they decided to take money out of his pocket and food out of his kids' mouths, they went beyond the line, as he has more heart than anybody in the back. As far as he is concerned, if anyone wants his spot, they had better have it in their blood and they had better be a different kind of wrestler, because he is here until somebody kicks his ass and runs him off. Hogan then talks about Kidman, who he has heard whine and cry to Bischoff and Russo and the other promoters about how he wanted the big push and how he would not leave the hotel room until he knew what they would do with him. He says that Kidman makes him sick, and if Kidman wants his spot, all he has to do is come to the ring and try to take it. He says Kidman called him out last week, and this week, he is calling Kidman out. He also hopes that Bischoff and Russo is watching, then tells Kidman he will kick his out again. We then see Kidman on the TitanTron, saying he is ready for him and that he will not come running when he says "run." When the TitanTron is shown on-screen, Kidman is seen wearing a Hulk Hogan T-shirt with the sleeves cut out, a circle with an X in red spray paint over the "Hulkster" logo and "NB" spray painted underneath. He says that if Hogan wants him, he will have to look for him in the back. Hogan says he is on his way and makes his way to the back as Kidman says this will be a fight, not a wrestling match, and that he will kick his ass all over the place. As Kidman tries to egg Hogan on with Torrie Wilson by his side, Eric Bischoff is seen waiting behind them while leaning on a white Hummer.
Hulk Hogan is seen outside of the arena looking for Kidman.
Backstage, "Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Jeff Jarrett, who demands that he be called "World Champion Jeff Jarrett" as he tells Okerlund to save his questions for somebody who cares. Jarrett says he is seeing The ENw Blood guys crying about opportunity, and says he is all about that. Tonight, he will be hanging up an open contract, and the first person to grab who is not a member of The Millionaire's Club will get a World title shot against him.
Terry Funk retains the WCW Hardcore Championship against The Wall after an unknown peron pushes two tables on top of both of them and Fuk stomps through a table to hit The Wall.
Backstage, Vince Russo is met by Bryan Adams and Bryan Clark, who want a tag team title match. Vince Russo says there is too much gong on tonight for a tag team title match, but Adams tells Russo that he doesn't give a crap about the show or Russo's problems and that they had a deal. They delivered, and demand Russo did the same. Russo admits to promising them a tag tam title shot, but that he did not say it would be tonight and that it will happen when he says so.
The open contract is seen on the dressing room door of Jeff Jarrett. Soemone is seen signing it with a red pen.
After the commercial break, Jeff Jarrett sees the open contract and rips it up, saying Vince Russo is the biggest idiot as he walks into his dressing room.
Backstage, "Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Diamond Dallas Page. DDP says he wasn't allowed to be in the building, but he has gotten in and now he has a match with Mike Awesome. After last night, he is just a little pissed off about what happened, and although Eric Bischoff may have gotten to Kimberly, it is not over yet, and he tells BIschoff that if he wants to screw with his personal life, he will leave Awesome leaving and tearing him a new ass. He only hopes that Hulk Hogan does not put Bischoff in the hospital before he does, because that is going to be his job.
Bruce McArthur - whose family has owned the Chicago Blackhawks hockey team for decades - and hockey player "Bad" Bob Probert are seen in the front row.
Backstage, Bryan Adams and Bryan Clarke are seen attacking The Harris Boys (Ron and Don Harris) backstage before the next match, which they insert themselves into. Bryan Adams and Bryan Clark - known by the team name of "Kronik" - then proceed to decimate The Mamalukes (Big Vito and Johnny The Bull) in the ring. Adams tells Vine Russo that this is just a message to him, as they both worked for him before and that he knows he does not want them working against him. He then says all the "WCW badasses" in the locker room have been shaking like a bunch of "sissies at a weenie roast" since Kronik showed up, and if anyone has the horrible luck of having to face them in the ring, they will feel chronic pain, take a chronic beating and live a chronic nightmare. He then says that if Russo continues to drag his feet, he will see what he is talking about.
Vampiro shows up. He has come to send a message to his "brother in paint." He says that Sting knows nothing about pain, and even after what happened last night between them, in which only Sting knows what truly happened when he dragged him underneath the ring, he still knows nothing about pain. Vampiro says that he heard Sting's screams and drew and tasted his blood, and he smelled all of his fear, but that was last night. Tonight is just the beginning, and he has allowed himself just a little taste so he can save the rest. At Slamboree, he will devour Sting and show him what it is like to walk around with his humanity stripped from him just like he does. Suddenly, the lights go out as Vampiro threatens to drag him to Hell and welcome him to his nightmare. Suddenly, Sting rappels down from the top of the arena and attacks a stunned Vampiro with his baseball bat. He pins him to the corner, then says Vampiro looked like somebody just walked over his grave, and says that right now, he feels like "rompin', stompin' graveyard destruction." He then hits Vampiro with the baseball bat multiple times before telling him he learned about pain from the best and that Vampiro is going to grow up quickly. Sting then hits the Scorpion Death Drop on Vampiro, then says WCW runs through his veins and that it is his turf.
Backstage, Hulk Hogan is still looking for Kidman. Meanwhile, Jeff Jarrett is irritated with Vince Russo for proposing the idea of the open contract, and Russo tells Jarrett that he will take care of his opponent.
Mike Awesome beats Diamond Dallas Page by disqualification after Chris Kanyon runs into the ring and brawls with Awesome. After the match, Mike Awesome pulls a table out from underneath the ring after coming out on top in the initial brawl, and almost puts Kanyon through the table before Kevin Nash's entrance hits. Instead of coming out through the back, he comes out through the crowd and over the guardrail, and he puts Mike Awesome through the table with a Jackknife Power Bomb.
Backstage, Vince Russo talks to Jeff Jarrett's open contract opponent.
Tank Abbott is backstage, much to the chagrin of Mark Madden.
Backstage, "Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Buff Bagwell and "The Franchise" Shane Douglas. Buff says that he is tired of seeing The Millionaire's Club show them up, as they are The New Blood, it is a new day and they are world tag team champions. He tells The Total Package to watch out, because at Slamboree, he's going down in a singles match, too. Douglas says that for seven years, he has dreamed of getting his hands on "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, and Flair has accepted his challenge for a match at Slamboree and he cannot wait. He says he should be the happiest man on the face of the planet right now, but he is not as he cannot get over what happened to him at Thunder last week involving The Total Package. He says that Flair is sticking his nose in the match and costing him, and he wants The Total Package tonight. Suddenly, The Total Package shows up with Miss Elizabeth and tells Douglas that if he wants him tonight, he's got him under the condition that if Vince Russo gets involved before the end of the match, the WCW World Tag Team Championships will be forfeited over to Team Package (The Total Package and Ric Flair).
Tank Abbott shows up. He tells Goldberg that this is not his first barbecue, and that he has fought his whole life and has seen this song and dance before. He shows up, someone wants a piece of him, and they get hurt. He then repeats that until Goldberg shows up and takes him on, he will continue to beat up "innocent idiots" who think Goldberg is a hero He then tells Goldberg he will get someone tonight, and it will be on him. After Abbott leaves the ring, he looks around ringside for someone to beat up in the front row. Suddenly, he stops infront of Bruce MacArthur, owner of the Chicago Blackhawks, and gets him in the ring. Bob Probert gets in the ring and saves MacArthur, and after security shows up, Abbott is escorted from the ring as MacArthur is checked on.
Backstage, Hulk Hogan is still looking for Kidman when Terry Taylor tells him he has seen Kidman outside.
Backstage, Jeff Jarrett is met by Vince Russo, who says that Jarrett's opponent still wants the match. Russo asks Jarrett to give him some time so he can get back to him on how he can get Jarrett out of the match.
"The Franchise" Shane Douglas beats The Total Package by disqualification. During the match, Buff Bagwell shows up and grabs The Total Package by the legs, allowing Shane Douglas to hit a low blow. Buff Bagwell then goes Miss Elizabeth while a man in a Sting mask and black wig sitting in the front row hits The Total Package with a baseball bat before doing the same to Shane Douglas. The man then climbs over the guardrail and into the ring before unmasking and revealing himself to be "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair. After the match, Vince Russo shows up and gets Shane Douglas out of the ring. Buff Bagwell is then angry at Russo for not showing up sooner, even though that would have cost him and Shane Douglas the WCW World Tag Team Championships.
In the parking garage, Hulk Hogan finds the white Hummer.
Hulk Hogan finally gets his hands on Kidman. Torrie Wilson hits Hulk Hogan with a 2x4, and Kidman tries to take advantage of the distraction only to get laid out by Hulk Hogan again. Meanwhile, Eric Bischoff is seen watching from a distance before Hogan throws Kidman into a dumpster. Hogan then sees Bischoff, who then flees into the white Hummer, which refuses to start. Bischoff then runs up the ramp, and Hogan manages to get the white Hummer started. Hogan then runs the white Hummer into the dumpster a few times in an attempt to crush Kidman before driving up the ramp.
Backstage, Kidman - already placed on a board - is pulled out of the parking lot dumpster by EMTs.
It is revealed that the person who signed the open contract on Jeff Jarrett's locker room door and is taking Jarrett on for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship is WCW United States Heavyweight Champion Scott Steiner, who is accompanied to the ring by three women.
Jeff Jarrett retains the WCW World Heavyweight Championship against Scott Steiner by disqualification after Booker T hits Scott Steiner with the Ax Kick as Steiner has Jarrett in the Steiner Recliner. After the match, Booker T grabs Jarrett by the head and says "You're welcome, punk!" before leaving.
Backstage, Hulk Hogan is seen wielding a pipe as he is seen looking for Eric Bischoff.
Hulk Hogan finally find Eric Bischoff in the backstage production office and chases him to the ring. The show end with Hogan kicking Bischoff in the groin. Vince Russo shows up with a baseball bat, but Bret "The Hit Man" Hart shows up with a steel chair. Bret swings the chair, but the intended target is not made clear as the show fades to black.
Monday, April 10, 2000
Nitro-Glycerin - Monday Nitro recap for April 10, 2000
It is revealed that the set for Nitro has changed again. It is then revealed that the entire WCW roster is in the ring and at ringside, with even more people arriving. None of the older, more prominent talent from the 1980s and early 1990s, such as Kevin Nash, Sting, Hulk Hogan, and others are absent, which most everyone in the ring being newer, younger, fresher talent. Jeff Jarrett shows up with a microphone, and says that when he came to WCW six months ago, he told everyone that he was the chosen one and was handpicked to become the WCW World Heavyweight Champion. He says that his future was in the hands of the biggest hand that turned the WWF around, and he knows that because he was there. Along the way, however, their master plan was derailed by a bunch of "good ol' boys" who could not compete and were not even in his league, and they knew it, and they are sitting at home watching the show right now. All he has to say to them is that what goes around, comes around, and he then introduces everyone to the man who once was WWF owner Vince McMahon's best-kept secret and the man who will once again change the game: Vince Russo. Despite promising that he would never appear on camera (all of his previous appearances had him out of sight, similarly to Dr. Claw from Inspector Gadget), Vince Russo shows up on camera, walks down the aisle and into the ring. Russo takes the microphone from Jarrett and says that after giving six years of his life to the World Wrestling Federation, he came to WCW with one thing in mind: to beat Vince McMahon at his own game. Within a matter of week, the "new blood" in WCW would not only get back in the game, they changed it. Unfortunately, the "good ol' boy" network that feared change and feared for their lives took him down, and they know who they are because they are watching him now. Suddenly, he was told that there would be a change in direction that he knew "sucked," and he was not the only one who knew as Chris Benoit, Eddie Guerrero, Perry Saturn, Dean Malenko and Shane Douglas all knew, and they were gone. He also says that Scott Steiner knew it and got suspended for it. He then says it is all over and done now, and that he is in charge again. He tells the WCW roster that the "good ol' boys" management and the inflated egos in the back who fear losing their jobs is over, and that it is a new day as well as their opportunity to seize. Suddenly, Eric Bischoff's voice is heard, asking Russo "Are you done yet?" Bischoff shows up, gets in the ring, and shakes hands with and hugs Russo, and says that they have more in common than anybody knows. He then says that the big thing is that they were both screwed by the same "good ol' boys' network, and those days are indeed over. He does not mind that, however, as it has given him a hell of an opportunity to think of all the good tings he did in WCW as well as to realize the mistakes he made, such as Scott Hall, Kevin Nash, Sting, Diamond Dallas Page, and "Sid "Wish He Was" Vicious. He then calls Hulk Hogan his biggest mistake ever, and as some of the older stars watch on a monitor backstage, Bischoff says everyone told him he would use and screw him, and to not look at the red-and-yellow light, for he would be blinded. Bischoff says he was blinded, but tonight, he has 20/20 vision, and he is seeing real clearly for the first time in a long time. He apologizes to all of the new blood in the ring, and says that if there is anything he can do for Vince Russo that will help them, he is there for Russo as well as for them, as this is "a whole new WCW." He then asks where the older, more established wrestling superstars are, and Russo says they are hiding n the back with their tails between their legs. Suddenly, DDP< Sting, Elizabwth, The Total Package, Miss Elizabeth, and Sid Vicious show up. Bischoff proceeds to mock the older wrestlers on the stage, as he says he is glad they all came to work. DDP says he has no idea what Bischoff is smoking, but that Bischoff had better step off. Bischoff says "Screw you!" to DDP, and says that if it wasn't for him, he would be downing drinks in the a run-down redneck bar in the middle of Florida telling people he he is friends with Bon Jovi. He asks DDP where he was the last six months while he was unemployed, then reminds Sting that he remade his career and that he made The Total Package a millionaire when the WWF wanted nothing more to do with him. Bischoff then tells the guys on the stage that he made them and that he might as well break them, and this time it will be on a more level playing field. Russo then calls out "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, calling him "a piece of shit on the bottom of [hos] shoe" before saying he will "scrap that shit off [his] shoe" and "flush it down the toilet personally." Russo tells Jarrett that Eric has indeed made the playing field more level and that they will start a new day tonight. He then asks Jarrett to personally hand over the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship over to him before announcing that all champions will be stripped of their titles and that there will be a brand new playing field tonight. Bischoff then asks for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship, and Sid tells Bischoff to "bring [his] scrawny little ass over here and take it." Bischoff says "okay," and goes up the ramp. He asks for the title and asks Sid if he is going to lay him out, then he will heal and come back knowing that Sid is unemployed. Bischoff then gives Sid the choice of laying him out or giving him the World title, saying he has been beaten up before and that it will not be the last time, going so far as to ask him "What's the matter, Sid? Can't find your scissors?" (The question is a reference to Sid Vicious stabbing "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson with a pair of scissors in a backstage incident years ago when he still went by the name Sid Justice.) Sid reluctantly hands the World title over to Bischoff, who tells him "See you on the 16th...Spring Stampede...as this will be the day the real World Heavyweight Champion will wear this belt." Sid walks to the back as Bischoff takes the belt back to the ring. World Championship Wrestling is now "rebooted" at the hands on Vince Russo and Eric Bischoff. (As the championships are all made vacant, the WCW World Television Championship is retired and officially ceases to be after a more than 25-year history that started in Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling in 1974.)
Scott Hudson joins Tony Schiavone and Mark Madden on the commentary table, officially making the commentary team a three-man booth again.
Hulk Hogan is seen entering the arena.
We see footage from moments ago of everyone walking out of the ring congratulating Eric Bischoff and Vince Russo.
Backstage, Sting tells Hulk Hogan about what has just happened at the beginning of the show. Sting tells Hogan that Bischoff is on to him, and when Hogan asks "How close?", Sting says Bischoff might as well kick him between the legs. Hogan says "I'm on it." Sting tells Hogan "I'm not ribbin' ya," and Hogan says "You know what? I'm not ribbin' ya, either."
It is announced that four men will compete in a mini-tournament to see who will face Jeff Jarrett for the now-vacated WCW World Heavyweight Championship at Spring Stampede: Diamond Dallas Page, Sting, The Total Package and Sid Vicious. Also, DDP's music is prematurely cut off, and he gets no pyrotechnics during the "bang" part of his entrance. When The Total Package shows up, his entrance music is also prematurely cut off. Also, the spotlights are cut off and the house lights are turned back on before The Total Package can even do his signature entrance pose.
Diamond Dallas Page beats The Total Package to face the winner of Sting vs. Sid Vicious in the WCW World Heavyweight Championship mini-tournament later tonight. During the match, Buff Bagwell shows up. His posing and entrance music distracts both the referee and The Total Package, and DDP gets alow blow in. Buff Bagwell then makes advances towards Kimberly, which distracts DDP, and then Buff puts his hands on Miss Elizabeth and kisses her, distracting The Total Package again. DDP then hits the Diamond Cutter for the win. After the match, DDP's music plays for a few seconds, then stops entirely.
Hulk Hogan is seen looking for Eric Bischoff backstage.
Curt Hennig meets with Vince Russo, wanting to know what is going on. Russo tells Hennig that if he can beat Jeff Jarrett tonight, he will get the shot at the WCW World Heavyweight Championship at Spring Stampede instead of Jarrett.
Backstage, Hulk Hogan is still looking for Eric Bischoff.
Before the next match, Tank Abbott says he is not some "candyass wrestler;" he is a shoot fighter who does not know the difference between a wristwatch and a wrist lock. However, he knows how to kick somebody's ass, when he came to WCW, he came for Goldberg. He says it is no coincidence that Goldberg got injured the week he arrived on the scene, and says that until Goldberg "grows big enough balls to fight him," he will beat "the holy hell" out of innocent victims and he will start tonight and keep going until Goldberg shows up. His first victim ends up being Mark Madden, despite Madden telling Abbott to go after Tony Schiavone or Scott Hudson. He rips off Mark Madden's shirt and gets him in the ring punch at him until WCW security arrives.
Backstage, Jeff Jarrett confronts Vince Russo for putting him in a match with Curt Hennig with his shot at the WCW World Heavyweight Championship at Spring Stampede on the line. Russo asks Jarrett who named him "the chosen one" and asks Jarrett if he looks like J.J. Dillon to him before walking off.
Backstage, Kidman tells Torrie Wilson that something has been going on long enough and that he has to take care of it himself
Terry Taylor tells Hulk Hogan where Eric Bischoff is.
Hulk Hogan meets with Eric Bischoff, and the two of them go into Bischoff's office.
Kidman shows up. He feels like he has just been handed a "get out of jail free" card, as for years, he and the rest of the new blood have been held down by the egomaniacs trying to hold on to their fading careers. He says he has been used and abused and told to keep his mouth shut; now, tonight is his night and the one man he wants to address is Hulk Hogan. He says that Hogan has badmouthed him for weeks due to his size, and says he has two things Hogan does not and will never take from him: heart and talent. He also says everyone knows that in order to get Hogan's tan, all one has to do is to be in the spotlight for way too long. He also mentions that Hogan has said that he cannot draw flies and retorts by saying nobody draws flies better than "a pile of shit" like Hulk Hogan. Kidman then calls Hogan out, and Hogan is sees Kidman on a monitor wanting to see if Hogan's balls are bigger than his bald spot. Hogan heads towards the ring and asks Kidman who he thinks he is, and says he has been watching him the last couple of months, saying this isn't the first time he has heard him before calling him a punk that gives the guys in the business a bad name. Kidman tells Hogan he had a good run, but his run is over. Hogan tells Kidman that if he was in his league, he would understand what the business is all about. He then says that Kidman is "P-whipped" by Torrie Wilson, and Kidman responds by immediately decking Hogan before going on the ground and pound. This starts a brawl between Kidman and Hogan which ends with Hogan beating the crap out of Kidman. Eric Bischoff then shows up with a steel chair and gets Hogan's attention, then hits Hogan in the head with a steel chair, busting him open. Kidman pins Hogan, and Bischoff counts a pinfall.
A white limousine pulls out, and "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair comes out of the back door.
Backstage, an angry Hulk Hogan angrily hunts for Eric Bischoff while throwing things around. We then see "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair seeing everything that has happened so far in the show. Flair then heads to the ring, and says that if what he is told is correct, then Vince Russo and Eric Bischoff have given him the green light. He says that the old blood is still great and that unlike Eric Bischoff, who has the guts to walk up to Sid Vicious, does not have the guts to step up to him. Suddenly, Scott Steiner shows up to the original Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott Steiner) music, and says Flair is boring him to death and that the last time he did an interview on Flair, Flair paid attention, because his teeth are bleached but are still "crooked as hell." After the interview, Flair tried to get him fired, which doesn't surprise him. He then says that just about every champion in the WWF right now except for one person came from WCW, and that Flair and his friend ran them out so he could be a 14-time World champion. Scott Steiner then says "that doesn't mean shit to [him]," because a redneck in the crowd with no teeth could be a 14-time World champion if the right person was pulling the strings. He then says he looks at Flair and sees a confused look on his face, and says there is no way he should ever bring him to his level physically or mentally, so he will lower himself to Flair's level, which is "no-class white trash from Charlotte, North Carolina." He asks Flair to guess who he is now before putting on some fake teeth and pretending to make fun of Flair. All of a sudden, Flair is attacked from behind by Shane Douglas, who is not even part of the company anymore following the departure of Vince Russo, and security moves in and gets Shane Douglas in the corner.
Kevin Nash enters the arena on crutches.
Bret "The Hit Man" Hart is seen in the crowd, but the image is so dark that he can barely be seen. After the commercial break, it is revealed that this is indeed Bret Hart.
Backstage, "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair is seen looking for Shane Douglas.
Backstage, "Mean" Gene Okerlund interview Shane Douglas, who says he is doing whatever he wants, as he has been waiting for seven years and watching "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair make a mockery out of professional wrestling. He tells Flair that he has been "franchised" and that is the beginning of a long road for him. He then admits he hates Flair's guts and that tonight is a clean slate, then tells Okerlund to kiss his ass and watch him become a franchise.
Sting beats Sid Vicious by count-out to face Diamond Dallas Page for a shot at the vacant WCW World Heavyweight Championship against Jeff Jarrett at Spring Stampede. During the match, The Wall shows up with a wooden table and sets it up at ringside. Sting inadvertently splashes referee Nick Patrick in the back when Sid Vicious kicks out, and The Walls gets in the ring and hits Sid Vicious with a steel chair before putting him through the table. WCW security then shows up and forces The Wall to the back. Sting then wins by count-out when Nick Patrick gets up.
"The Nature Boy" Ric Flair shows up in the ring again, calling out Shane Douglas, saying he has made a point but that he has pissed him off. He then says he will make Shane Douglas famous tonight, and tells Vince Russo that diamonds are forever, and so is "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair.
A still-angry Hulk Hogan is seen tossing things around backstage.
Hulk Hogan is still angry, and he attacks two wrestlers backstage before threatening to kill Eric Bischoff.
We see footage of the premiere of Ready To Rumble at Mann's Chinese Theater in Hollywood, California. Thanks to Diamond Dallas Page, Jeff Jarrett's crashing of the premiere is stopped by a guitar shot to the head by Ready To Rumble star David Arquette.
Jeff Jarrett beats Curt Hennig to retain his spot in the WCW World Heavyweight Championship match at Spring Stampede. It is announced during the match that Hulk Hogan has been notified that Eric Bischoff is currently in a skybox somewhere in the arena. Later on in the match, Shawn Stasiak - the man formerly known as Meat in the World Wrestling Federation - heads to the ring to Curt Hennig's "Mr. Perfect" music and proceeds to mock him, distracting Hennig. This does not last for long, and Hennig inadvertently elbows Jarrett into referee Charles Robinson. Stasiak then gets in the ring and slams Hennig into the ring before Robinson gets up and turns around, and Jarrett hits The Stroke for the win.
Backstage, Hulk Hogan is seen looking for Eric Bischoff in the skyboxes.
Backstage, Kevin Nash is on the phone with somebody, saying Eric Bischoff is out of control. He asks the person on the other end if they are going to be here, and to make it to the arena if they can.
"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Sting, who says that with all the trash talk around here tonight, Eric Bischoff and Vince Russo seem to have everything all figured out. He says that since 1988, he has worked his butt off in WCW, and says he is loyalty and that he owes them Starting tonight and ending Sunday, he is going after Jeff Jarrett, who will soon be out the door.
"The Nature Boy" Ric Flair beats Shane Douglas in a fight by disqualification after Vince Russo shows up and strikes Flair with a baseball bat before handing the bat to Shane Douglas to do the same. Russo then walks off with Flair's Rolex.
Kevin Nash shows up on crutches. He says there are "a couple of jackoffs in the back" running around and deciding whose careers they will make or break, and to add insult to injury, they have decided to "play wrestler and attack the boys." He admits that he has lost a couple of brain cells traveling with Scott Hall over the last ten years, but he wants to know what has happened to "that sweet little wrestling show" they do every Monday night and wants to know where the dog is when you need him. Nash tells Vince Russo and Eric Bischoff that he will give them an opportunity, as he just gotten off the phone with Scott Hall - who is now straight, sober and in a really bad mood - and the way he sees it, neither of them would be here if it were not for them, especially Russo, whom he and Hall saved from being decapitated by "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels on numerous occasions. He also says that if it weren't for them, Eric Bischoff would have no nWo and he would still be bringing Verne Gagne his coffee up in Minnesota. He says that if Russo and Bischoff want them out, all they have to do is bring their bat, bring their chair and bring their balls. All of a sudden, Kevin Nash is attacked from behind by Mike Awesome - who is still in Extreme Championship Wrestling as the current ECW World Heavyweight Champion - (The ECW World Heavyweight Championship is not around Awesome's waist due to WCW's concerns over legal issues, and Awesome has jumped ship due to overdue wages at ECW that Paul Heyman has yet to pay him.) He says that when he heard Vince Russo and Eric Bischoff were back in the saddle in WCW, he knew this was too sweet an opportunity to pass up.
An angry Hulk Hogan is on a cellphone with his attorney in his limousine, demanding his attorney while saying Kidman is history, as is Vince Russo. All of a sudden, a white Hummer - the one from last summer - hits the limousine repeatedly. Eric Bischoff gets out of the Hummer with Kidman, and tells Hogan that he was the guy in the white Hummer from last summer and to buy his way out of this.
Hulk Hogan is seen being put on a stretcher when Kidman and Eric Bischoff show up. Kidman spray paints "NB" - short for "new blood" - while Eric Bischoff trash talks Hogan.
Jeff Jarrett guests on commentary for the next match.
Diamond Dallas Page beats Sting to face Jeff Jarrett for the vacant WCW World Heavyweight Championship at Spring Stampede. During the match, Jeff Jarrett leaves the commentary table and says something to Kimberly. As DDP attacks Jarrett and the referee is preoccupied with what is going on outside of the ring, Vampiro gets in the ring and attacks Sting from behind and hits him with Nail In The Coffin. DDP gets back in the ring and hits Sting with a Diamond Cutter to get the win. After the match, Jeff Jarrett tries to hit DDP with a guitar shot, but DDP ducks and Kimberly gets nailed instead. DDP chases Jarrett to the back, then checks on Kimberly.
Backstage, Eric Bischoff, Vince Russo and Jeff Jarrett celebrate their handiwork from earlier, then Jeff Jarrett heads back to the ring. He says that there are six days and counting until he realizes his destiny and shows who has all the stroke in WCW when he is crowned the WCW World Heavyweight Champion. He tells Diamond Dallas Page that if he wants to bring Kimberly along on Sunday, there will be a real man who can show him more wood. Diamond Dallas Page rushs into the ring and attacks Jarrett, then Scott Steiner gets in the ring only to get beaten up by DDP as well. Jarrett and Steiner gang up on DDP, but The Total Package runs into the ring and take down both them and anyone else who wants to fight them in the ring. DDP and The Total Package are outnumbered until Sting rushes into the ring and fights off everyone single-handedly. Sting is eventually overpowered by the new blood, however, and DDP falls victim to The Stroke. Russo and Bischoff then show up and show appreciation for what has just happened before shaking hands on the stage, then Bret "The Hit Man" Hart shows up and confronts both men to end the show.
Scott Hudson joins Tony Schiavone and Mark Madden on the commentary table, officially making the commentary team a three-man booth again.
Hulk Hogan is seen entering the arena.
We see footage from moments ago of everyone walking out of the ring congratulating Eric Bischoff and Vince Russo.
Backstage, Sting tells Hulk Hogan about what has just happened at the beginning of the show. Sting tells Hogan that Bischoff is on to him, and when Hogan asks "How close?", Sting says Bischoff might as well kick him between the legs. Hogan says "I'm on it." Sting tells Hogan "I'm not ribbin' ya," and Hogan says "You know what? I'm not ribbin' ya, either."
It is announced that four men will compete in a mini-tournament to see who will face Jeff Jarrett for the now-vacated WCW World Heavyweight Championship at Spring Stampede: Diamond Dallas Page, Sting, The Total Package and Sid Vicious. Also, DDP's music is prematurely cut off, and he gets no pyrotechnics during the "bang" part of his entrance. When The Total Package shows up, his entrance music is also prematurely cut off. Also, the spotlights are cut off and the house lights are turned back on before The Total Package can even do his signature entrance pose.
Diamond Dallas Page beats The Total Package to face the winner of Sting vs. Sid Vicious in the WCW World Heavyweight Championship mini-tournament later tonight. During the match, Buff Bagwell shows up. His posing and entrance music distracts both the referee and The Total Package, and DDP gets alow blow in. Buff Bagwell then makes advances towards Kimberly, which distracts DDP, and then Buff puts his hands on Miss Elizabeth and kisses her, distracting The Total Package again. DDP then hits the Diamond Cutter for the win. After the match, DDP's music plays for a few seconds, then stops entirely.
Hulk Hogan is seen looking for Eric Bischoff backstage.
Curt Hennig meets with Vince Russo, wanting to know what is going on. Russo tells Hennig that if he can beat Jeff Jarrett tonight, he will get the shot at the WCW World Heavyweight Championship at Spring Stampede instead of Jarrett.
Backstage, Hulk Hogan is still looking for Eric Bischoff.
Before the next match, Tank Abbott says he is not some "candyass wrestler;" he is a shoot fighter who does not know the difference between a wristwatch and a wrist lock. However, he knows how to kick somebody's ass, when he came to WCW, he came for Goldberg. He says it is no coincidence that Goldberg got injured the week he arrived on the scene, and says that until Goldberg "grows big enough balls to fight him," he will beat "the holy hell" out of innocent victims and he will start tonight and keep going until Goldberg shows up. His first victim ends up being Mark Madden, despite Madden telling Abbott to go after Tony Schiavone or Scott Hudson. He rips off Mark Madden's shirt and gets him in the ring punch at him until WCW security arrives.
Backstage, Jeff Jarrett confronts Vince Russo for putting him in a match with Curt Hennig with his shot at the WCW World Heavyweight Championship at Spring Stampede on the line. Russo asks Jarrett who named him "the chosen one" and asks Jarrett if he looks like J.J. Dillon to him before walking off.
Backstage, Kidman tells Torrie Wilson that something has been going on long enough and that he has to take care of it himself
Terry Taylor tells Hulk Hogan where Eric Bischoff is.
Hulk Hogan meets with Eric Bischoff, and the two of them go into Bischoff's office.
Kidman shows up. He feels like he has just been handed a "get out of jail free" card, as for years, he and the rest of the new blood have been held down by the egomaniacs trying to hold on to their fading careers. He says he has been used and abused and told to keep his mouth shut; now, tonight is his night and the one man he wants to address is Hulk Hogan. He says that Hogan has badmouthed him for weeks due to his size, and says he has two things Hogan does not and will never take from him: heart and talent. He also says everyone knows that in order to get Hogan's tan, all one has to do is to be in the spotlight for way too long. He also mentions that Hogan has said that he cannot draw flies and retorts by saying nobody draws flies better than "a pile of shit" like Hulk Hogan. Kidman then calls Hogan out, and Hogan is sees Kidman on a monitor wanting to see if Hogan's balls are bigger than his bald spot. Hogan heads towards the ring and asks Kidman who he thinks he is, and says he has been watching him the last couple of months, saying this isn't the first time he has heard him before calling him a punk that gives the guys in the business a bad name. Kidman tells Hogan he had a good run, but his run is over. Hogan tells Kidman that if he was in his league, he would understand what the business is all about. He then says that Kidman is "P-whipped" by Torrie Wilson, and Kidman responds by immediately decking Hogan before going on the ground and pound. This starts a brawl between Kidman and Hogan which ends with Hogan beating the crap out of Kidman. Eric Bischoff then shows up with a steel chair and gets Hogan's attention, then hits Hogan in the head with a steel chair, busting him open. Kidman pins Hogan, and Bischoff counts a pinfall.
A white limousine pulls out, and "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair comes out of the back door.
Backstage, an angry Hulk Hogan angrily hunts for Eric Bischoff while throwing things around. We then see "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair seeing everything that has happened so far in the show. Flair then heads to the ring, and says that if what he is told is correct, then Vince Russo and Eric Bischoff have given him the green light. He says that the old blood is still great and that unlike Eric Bischoff, who has the guts to walk up to Sid Vicious, does not have the guts to step up to him. Suddenly, Scott Steiner shows up to the original Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott Steiner) music, and says Flair is boring him to death and that the last time he did an interview on Flair, Flair paid attention, because his teeth are bleached but are still "crooked as hell." After the interview, Flair tried to get him fired, which doesn't surprise him. He then says that just about every champion in the WWF right now except for one person came from WCW, and that Flair and his friend ran them out so he could be a 14-time World champion. Scott Steiner then says "that doesn't mean shit to [him]," because a redneck in the crowd with no teeth could be a 14-time World champion if the right person was pulling the strings. He then says he looks at Flair and sees a confused look on his face, and says there is no way he should ever bring him to his level physically or mentally, so he will lower himself to Flair's level, which is "no-class white trash from Charlotte, North Carolina." He asks Flair to guess who he is now before putting on some fake teeth and pretending to make fun of Flair. All of a sudden, Flair is attacked from behind by Shane Douglas, who is not even part of the company anymore following the departure of Vince Russo, and security moves in and gets Shane Douglas in the corner.
Kevin Nash enters the arena on crutches.
Bret "The Hit Man" Hart is seen in the crowd, but the image is so dark that he can barely be seen. After the commercial break, it is revealed that this is indeed Bret Hart.
Backstage, "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair is seen looking for Shane Douglas.
Backstage, "Mean" Gene Okerlund interview Shane Douglas, who says he is doing whatever he wants, as he has been waiting for seven years and watching "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair make a mockery out of professional wrestling. He tells Flair that he has been "franchised" and that is the beginning of a long road for him. He then admits he hates Flair's guts and that tonight is a clean slate, then tells Okerlund to kiss his ass and watch him become a franchise.
Sting beats Sid Vicious by count-out to face Diamond Dallas Page for a shot at the vacant WCW World Heavyweight Championship against Jeff Jarrett at Spring Stampede. During the match, The Wall shows up with a wooden table and sets it up at ringside. Sting inadvertently splashes referee Nick Patrick in the back when Sid Vicious kicks out, and The Walls gets in the ring and hits Sid Vicious with a steel chair before putting him through the table. WCW security then shows up and forces The Wall to the back. Sting then wins by count-out when Nick Patrick gets up.
"The Nature Boy" Ric Flair shows up in the ring again, calling out Shane Douglas, saying he has made a point but that he has pissed him off. He then says he will make Shane Douglas famous tonight, and tells Vince Russo that diamonds are forever, and so is "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair.
A still-angry Hulk Hogan is seen tossing things around backstage.
Hulk Hogan is still angry, and he attacks two wrestlers backstage before threatening to kill Eric Bischoff.
We see footage of the premiere of Ready To Rumble at Mann's Chinese Theater in Hollywood, California. Thanks to Diamond Dallas Page, Jeff Jarrett's crashing of the premiere is stopped by a guitar shot to the head by Ready To Rumble star David Arquette.
Jeff Jarrett beats Curt Hennig to retain his spot in the WCW World Heavyweight Championship match at Spring Stampede. It is announced during the match that Hulk Hogan has been notified that Eric Bischoff is currently in a skybox somewhere in the arena. Later on in the match, Shawn Stasiak - the man formerly known as Meat in the World Wrestling Federation - heads to the ring to Curt Hennig's "Mr. Perfect" music and proceeds to mock him, distracting Hennig. This does not last for long, and Hennig inadvertently elbows Jarrett into referee Charles Robinson. Stasiak then gets in the ring and slams Hennig into the ring before Robinson gets up and turns around, and Jarrett hits The Stroke for the win.
Backstage, Hulk Hogan is seen looking for Eric Bischoff in the skyboxes.
Backstage, Kevin Nash is on the phone with somebody, saying Eric Bischoff is out of control. He asks the person on the other end if they are going to be here, and to make it to the arena if they can.
"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Sting, who says that with all the trash talk around here tonight, Eric Bischoff and Vince Russo seem to have everything all figured out. He says that since 1988, he has worked his butt off in WCW, and says he is loyalty and that he owes them Starting tonight and ending Sunday, he is going after Jeff Jarrett, who will soon be out the door.
"The Nature Boy" Ric Flair beats Shane Douglas in a fight by disqualification after Vince Russo shows up and strikes Flair with a baseball bat before handing the bat to Shane Douglas to do the same. Russo then walks off with Flair's Rolex.
Kevin Nash shows up on crutches. He says there are "a couple of jackoffs in the back" running around and deciding whose careers they will make or break, and to add insult to injury, they have decided to "play wrestler and attack the boys." He admits that he has lost a couple of brain cells traveling with Scott Hall over the last ten years, but he wants to know what has happened to "that sweet little wrestling show" they do every Monday night and wants to know where the dog is when you need him. Nash tells Vince Russo and Eric Bischoff that he will give them an opportunity, as he just gotten off the phone with Scott Hall - who is now straight, sober and in a really bad mood - and the way he sees it, neither of them would be here if it were not for them, especially Russo, whom he and Hall saved from being decapitated by "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels on numerous occasions. He also says that if it weren't for them, Eric Bischoff would have no nWo and he would still be bringing Verne Gagne his coffee up in Minnesota. He says that if Russo and Bischoff want them out, all they have to do is bring their bat, bring their chair and bring their balls. All of a sudden, Kevin Nash is attacked from behind by Mike Awesome - who is still in Extreme Championship Wrestling as the current ECW World Heavyweight Champion - (The ECW World Heavyweight Championship is not around Awesome's waist due to WCW's concerns over legal issues, and Awesome has jumped ship due to overdue wages at ECW that Paul Heyman has yet to pay him.) He says that when he heard Vince Russo and Eric Bischoff were back in the saddle in WCW, he knew this was too sweet an opportunity to pass up.
An angry Hulk Hogan is on a cellphone with his attorney in his limousine, demanding his attorney while saying Kidman is history, as is Vince Russo. All of a sudden, a white Hummer - the one from last summer - hits the limousine repeatedly. Eric Bischoff gets out of the Hummer with Kidman, and tells Hogan that he was the guy in the white Hummer from last summer and to buy his way out of this.
Hulk Hogan is seen being put on a stretcher when Kidman and Eric Bischoff show up. Kidman spray paints "NB" - short for "new blood" - while Eric Bischoff trash talks Hogan.
Jeff Jarrett guests on commentary for the next match.
Diamond Dallas Page beats Sting to face Jeff Jarrett for the vacant WCW World Heavyweight Championship at Spring Stampede. During the match, Jeff Jarrett leaves the commentary table and says something to Kimberly. As DDP attacks Jarrett and the referee is preoccupied with what is going on outside of the ring, Vampiro gets in the ring and attacks Sting from behind and hits him with Nail In The Coffin. DDP gets back in the ring and hits Sting with a Diamond Cutter to get the win. After the match, Jeff Jarrett tries to hit DDP with a guitar shot, but DDP ducks and Kimberly gets nailed instead. DDP chases Jarrett to the back, then checks on Kimberly.
Backstage, Eric Bischoff, Vince Russo and Jeff Jarrett celebrate their handiwork from earlier, then Jeff Jarrett heads back to the ring. He says that there are six days and counting until he realizes his destiny and shows who has all the stroke in WCW when he is crowned the WCW World Heavyweight Champion. He tells Diamond Dallas Page that if he wants to bring Kimberly along on Sunday, there will be a real man who can show him more wood. Diamond Dallas Page rushs into the ring and attacks Jarrett, then Scott Steiner gets in the ring only to get beaten up by DDP as well. Jarrett and Steiner gang up on DDP, but The Total Package runs into the ring and take down both them and anyone else who wants to fight them in the ring. DDP and The Total Package are outnumbered until Sting rushes into the ring and fights off everyone single-handedly. Sting is eventually overpowered by the new blood, however, and DDP falls victim to The Stroke. Russo and Bischoff then show up and show appreciation for what has just happened before shaking hands on the stage, then Bret "The Hit Man" Hart shows up and confronts both men to end the show.
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