WCW Week of June 12, 2000 - Bash Aftermath

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We get a recap package of the Great American Bash. Then we see police escorting a limo into the arena, out stepping Russo and Bischoff with a couple of cigars, alongside Goldberg, making their way into the arena.

We're live from the Richmond Coliseum in Richmond, Virginia. Schiavone welcomes us to the show, then the camera pans to commentary, and Scott Hudson is noticeably without a shirt, but still has a tie around his neck, and he explains that a weak before he made a crack at AOL/Time Warner about having to see Russo shirtless, and this is his punishment. Then they move onto Sting and use it to plug the PPV replay, and we'll get an update on him later. Then mentions how Hogan and Flair survived retirement and calls Goldberg the hired gun of the New Blood.

Speaking of which, Bischoff's music hits and out he comes along with Russo, who of course has bat in hand. Bischoff starts calling Russo the man, but says he's the one who knows how to deliver a surprise and that he told us it was gonna be a big one, as officers make their way down to the ring. He says it shouldn't be a surprise though, because he and Goldberg, and Goldberg and the New Blood have so much in common. He says the whole time that Goldberg was out, all the guys like Hogan, Nash, Sting, DDP and Luger, all they could talk about is how they got their spots back. He says that they knew from the moment that the moment Goldberg stepped foot in WCW that he was the future of the company, not them, and all he ever heard was how shallow Goldberg was, how much of a team player Goldberg wasn't, and, well Goldberg proved to everyone that he is indeed THE team player of all team players, and he's on their team. He adds that when he was talking to Goldberg, he made it very clear that unlike himself, who feels nothing but love for the fans, he says Goldberg is sick of their crap, their autographs, sick of them wannabes, and realizes it's nothing but a waste of his time, so he came back to Bischoff, the one person he knew he could trust, because he was there for Goldberg before he was Goldberg. He says if they don't believe him, he suggest they hear it from the man himself.
So out comes Goldberg now and takes the mic, and tells them not to ask him why, that the real question is why the hell not? He says that every cutthroat in the back has tried to knife him, and that while he was out with his injury the people did nothing but cheer every one of them, so he holds the fans just as responsible as he does them. He says he signed a deal with the devil, they get what they want and he gets what he wants, which is him standing over every last son of a bitch who tried to screw him. He has two words for us: Fear this.
Nash is out now as Russo takes the mic in a "big daddy" jersey with mic n hand. He says that that's about all the shit he can listen to, calling him poor, pitiful Bill, and the people are tired of listening to his shit too. He calls Goldberg a stupid son of a bitch and says he doesn't even know who made him. He says that since Goldberg walked in the door, the company's given him everything on a silver platter, and though he thinks he made himself, and though Bischoff thinks he made Goldberg, but Nash says that Sting, Scott Hall, Hogan, Flair and himself made Goldberg, Goldberg denying it all. Nash says he had plans tonight, but he's got one thing he's gotta do before he leaves the building, and he's not leaving without Goldberg's blood on his hands. 
So Nash makes his way down the ramp and takes out a few of the officers, but they quickly surround him and cuff him as much as Nash tries to fight free. Russo says he doesn't want the piece of crap arrested though, he wants him released to his custody, because tonight he's looking for ratings, big ratings, and they're going to deliver. He announces that Nash and Goldberg tonight in the ring. The officers take Nash to the back as Goldberg's music hits and he and Bischoff shake hands into commercial. Honestly not a bad opening segment, especially when Russo barely talked.

We do get a classic Macho Man-Slim Jim commercial, then we see Jarrett bump into Cat backstage. Jarrett says that R&B are busy tonight and since Cat has some pull, Hogan earned his title shot and he doesn't want to wait until Bash at the Beach, he wants it tonight, right now and he gets it as they walk away from each other.

We go to a replay of what happened to Nash before the break. Then we cut outside to Russo ordering the officers to put Nash in a cruiser, telling him to cool down. There's a kid there for some reason and Russo tells him that Nash is going to get the beating of his life. Steiner appears out of nowhere trying to get his hands on Russo and nearly does as Russo hops over the hood and Steiner gives chase, with the officers right behind, and Schiavone explains that the kid is Nash's nephew.

Over to commentary now who repeat that Nash will face Goldberg, but also that Russo is scheduled to face Flair, promising to retire him himself, plus Hogan vs Jarrett for the World Title. We go to a replay from last week when Bischoff won the Hardcore Title in that overbooked mess, which transitions to our first match, though first we see Vito lock Johnny in the locker room before he makes his way out.

WCW Hardcore Championship: Big Vito (c) vs Terry Funk
Oh never mind, Funk nails Vito in the head with a trash can as he comes around a corner. Trash can to the back of Vito, then into a stack of equipment crates. Vito face first into a steel shutter, but fights back with shots to the gut, then Funk into the shutter, then again, and again. Vito raises the shutter as he delivers clubs to Funk's back, but Funk reverses a whip, sending Vito face first into the half-open shutter. Funk lowers the shutter back down onto Vito, who then swings a chair into Vito's head. A security guy wonders what the hell Funk is doing, so Funk nails him in the head with the chair. Funk throws the chair toward Vito who's gotten quite a distance away and follows him into a hallway. Funk throws a trash can and gets Vito in the back, then again. Vito whipped into a brick wall, then a water bottle to the head, and again and again, which makes Vito fall through a table. 
Funk nailed in the head twice with a trash can, as they make their way up some stairs, it looks like by the stage area. Trash can to the back into a crowd area, to the back again as they fight to the Nitro Girls cage. Funk stumbles inside the cage and Vito delivers some rights, then Funk slips through the bars to evade and deliver rights of his own, and Funk eventually falls off through some tables. More rights by Vito, then some by Funk who goes face first into speaker, Vito with a chair to the ribs of Funk and they make their way toward the ring now. Vito pulls out a table, and Funk nails a low blow from behind. Funk leans the table up against the ring and apron, then Vito sends him face first into it, then again and again.
Funk is tossed into the ring and Vito sets up the table at ringside, Funk stumbles and takes out the ref inadvertently. Vito with the impaler DDT onto a chair. Funk no sells and gets up, Vito has the chair and cracks him across the back, sending Funk over the top rope. Vito delivers a piledriver from the apron through the table for the win in 6:13. I mean this is every WCW hardcore match ever, though I did kinda like the finish.

Funk pulls himself back in the ring as Vito celebrates, and takes the belt to hand it over to Vito himself and raise his arm, but gets nailed from behind with the belt as he goes to leave, Vito stomping away.

Cut to the back where Cat is looking for Hogan, and Cat calls himself the commissioner so I guess that happened off screen into break.

Vamp is seen talking to some mysterious hooded figure in the back and he says Sting is done, but the figure says that the night before was only the first chapter, and tonight it continues. They say there are more souls to punished and purified. Vamp gets upset because they had some kind of deal and says that this is done and over. The figure says he'll say when it's over.

Cut outside the arena where Steiner is talking with the cops and Nash tells Scott to take care of his nephew, and tells his nephew to hang out with Steiner and do what he says. They walk off.

Douglas makes his way out to the arena now as we see the replay of Wall going through tables the night before, then Douglas gets the mic. He says that franchises don't make excuses, and in the last month things have not gone as he had planned, says he was dealt up a hand that sucked. Last night he says he made a guarantee to take out the human wall and at the end of that match, that guarantee was met. As of tonight, his partner who has been exiled out of WCW for reasons that suck is back, and tonight they start kicking asses and taking names, before introducing the returning Buff Bagwell.
Buff takes the mic and gets a cheap pop from Richmond, and as they can see, he's been and gone, he's still buff and he's still the stuff. He says that when he was gone he left some unsettled business with a real pain in the ass, somebody called "Colonic," and says if they've got the guts to come on down.

Buff Bagwell & "The Franchise" Shane Douglas vs Kronic
Bagwell is clotheslined to the outside by Clark, then Douglas with a thumb to the eye of Adams, only to be sent off the ropes into a press slam. Boots and rights in the corner, then tossed across the ring, and another right by Adams. Clark gets the tag, Douglas sent off the ropes into a double shoulder block. Douglas thrown into the corner for boots to the midsection, then some chops across the chest. Douglas sent off the ropes into a back elbow. Clark goes for a pumphandle but Bagwell breaks it up with an ax handle to the back. Clark still ducks a right from Douglas, but he slips behind and hits a Russian leg sweep.
Douglas with an inverted snapmare before Bagwell tags in, with rights and a dropkick. Inverted atomic drop and clothesline on Adams, forearm on Clark takes them both down. Buff to the middle rope and hits Clark with the Blockbuster, but then Douglas makes the blind tag. Douglas goes for a fisherman suplex but Adams cuts him off, then hits Buff with a full nelson slam. Douglas is hit with High Time and Kronic wins in 3:17. It was a fine match, and no bullshit which is a nice change of pace.

Kronic celebrate then make their exit to the back. Buff helps Douglas up but gets shoved, then shoves back. Douglas has the brass knuckles which Buff seems completely oblivious and gets nailed in the back of the head with them, then repeated shots to the face by Douglas. He gets a mic and calls Buff a son of a bitch, saying he carried his baggage for 30 days, and blames Bagwell for getting screwed with for 30 days, and says he just got his ass franchised, while stomping into his chest now and then. Douglas poses in the corner.

Cut to the back where Cat approaches Doug Dillinger and asks if he's seen Hogan and he says he hasn't. Cat asks how a man can run the show when the talent doesn't get there by 2, and Doug says that's Cat's responsibility. They argue a bit and Cat leaves to watch for Hogan into break.

Okerlund is with Kidman, and he says though he couldn't retire Hogan, he admits that Kidman gave him everything he could take, and of course Kidman's heard by now that Hogan will get his title match tonight. Kidman I guess didn't hear about that and confirms what Okerlund said, and says they'll need a special referee for that before he walks off.

Cut to what appears to be some kind of press conference held by The Artist and Paisley. She announces that The Artist formerly known as Prince Iaukea, from this day forward, will simply be known as The Artist. Um, OK? She starts to call for a mass celebration but she's startled by something under their table, and it's Rection's grandfather, who says he just wanted some pie, then he pulls out a pie. She slaps him, the pie splatters on the table and Artist shoves him down. Paisley ends the press conference and they leave.

So now out come MIA along with Pops and Rection tells them to fall in. He says that Artist, or Prince Iaukea, or whatever his name is this week put his hands on the wrong soldier, though he's the first to admit that his grandfather's a little crazy and has a metal plate in his head, he craps his pants when the microwave goes off, he walks out the back door and thinks he's in Cambodia, but says there's no excuse for what Artist did because he's still his pop. He tells Artist to prepare for war and calls him a purple freak, because MIA is going to kick his ass.
So Paisley and Artist come out and she has a mic, she says the Artist accepts, but it'll be on his terms. She says he wants Loco for the Cruiserweight Title, and Rection yells that they accept their terms.

WCW Cruiserweight Championship: Lt. Loco (c) (w/ Capt. Rection, Major Stash, Major Guns, Cpl. Cajun & Pops) vs The Artist (w/ Paisley) 
Artist and Loco trade shots, Artist reverses a whip off the ropes and Loco hits a clothesline, cover for two. Uppercuts in the corner by Loco, then whipped across the ring and Artist hits a clothesline, then mounted punches until he's shoved off. Loco goes up top for a missile dropkick, cover and a kick out. Double leg take down by Artist and a low blow headbutt, then rights drive Loco into the corner. Loco reverses a whip into the corner, then drapes Artists legs over the middle rope before delivering a dropkick. Loco calls in Guns and rips her shirt off, but Paisley gets between them and instead Guns gives her a low blow (apparently it's now called Locked, Cocked and Loaded). Artist hits Loco with a dropkick as he helps Guns leave the ring, Artist with the roll up and a kick out. Loco whipped into the corner but he gets a boot up, goes to the middle rope and hits a tornado DDT for the win in 2:25.

Paisley is still down as MIA celebrate and Pops tries to give Paisley mouth to mouth, but he's pulled off by Rection and Paisley escapes. 

Cut outside to a limo and out steps Ric along with his family and they head into the arena. Cat is still waiting on Hogan. Then cut to Russo telling some ladies to tend to... someone's needs, then they start to leave. Bischoff and Goldberg are right nearby and I guess the ladies are for Goldberg, but he tells Russo to get them out of there, then Russo sends them away into commercial.

Cat is still waiting for Hogan and eventually he does pull up and Cat informs him of his title match tonight... well specifically in 10 minutes. Hogan's happy, but then Jarrett appears out of nowhere to smash a guitar over his head. Off to the side, Horace has been put through a table and he's unconscious. 

Now out comes Russo and David, and we get a replay from last week from the chops Russo took from Ric last week and the PPV. Russo starts to talk and we have a "You still suck" chant starting up. Russo starts by telling David, from father to son, that he's very proud of the performance David put in the night before, and he wants everyone to show David the respect for the match he put on last night. Russo says he came out for one reason, that he's sick and tired of being everybody's punching bag lately, and says he's not going to take it, he's from New York dammit. He talks about Nash kicking him in the gut, he's running over cars to get away from Steiner, and says it ends tonight, specifically with Ric. He tells Ric that he's not a damn lamb chop and that he will not be chopped again, then calls out Ric, saying he's going to have a stroke or a heart attack before he ends this. He says he doesn't care what it takes, he said it last night, in front of the inbreds tonight, he is going to retire Ric personally.
Ric wastes no time in coming out and tells Russo that this isn't New York, it's Richmond, calling him numb nuts, and this time he's got all the cards, because Russo's record all of a sudden is 2-1. He says he redeemed himself the night before and he's a free man again, and says Russo better start jumping on someone else, because he'll get hurt if he jumps on Ric again. Russo screams that he hates Ric. Russo appears to start to break down, and Ric says he understands what happened, that last night Russo's wife looked at him and said that he sure ain't Space Mountain. Ric is trying to take David home with him as he tells Russo he'll never be Space Mountain. Ric asks Russo how bad he wants it and Russo says he wants it bad and will do anything. 
Ric proposes a deal: If he beats Russo tonight, Russo retires and Ric becomes the boss alongside Bischoff, plus he takes David back and will shave Russo's head. Russo wants clarification on just how much Ric will shave off and he makes it clear he's shaving it all. Russo says a New Yorker doesn't back down from anyone, especially in front of the Richmond fairies. Russo says he's on under the condition that it's a handicap match with David, and Ric suggests another tag match with Reid by his side, and Russo accepts. Ric's music hits and he heads to the back.

Jarrett is on his way to the ring for his match next.

Back from break, we have a split screen of Goldberg in the back sitting down, and Nash still in the cruiser, Goldberg stroking his beard.

Now Kidman makes his way out with a ref shirt on for our next match. Then Jarrett is out and he grabs the mic, starts by calling Kidman a slap ass, and says he needs to ring the bell, count the pin, and award him the match, and then get him a new opponent for the Bash, because he is the Chosen One, he has all the stroke around there, and he is the WCW Champion, then tells Kidman to ring the bell.
Kidman's about to but then Hogan's music hits and out he comes.  We get stills from Hogan's match with Kidman the night before, and Hogan lays into Jarrett with right hands to start the match.

WCW World Heavyweight Championship: Jeff Jarrett (c) vs Hollywood Hogan
Special Guest Referee: Billy Kidman
Jarrett sent off the ropes into a clothesline, then a side headlock with more right hands. More rights in the corner with some chops, Jarrett whipped across the ring and hits a clothesline, then chokes Jarrett down in the corner with his boot and his hand. More rights by Hogan, then tosses Jarrett out to the floor. Hogan takes off his belt and whips Jarrett across the back, then chokes him with it. I guess he was cut open from the guitar shot earlier and his wound has opened back up as he sends Jarrett into the guard rail before choking him more with the belt. More rights, then Jarrett face first off the steps. More whips with the belt, then rakes the eyes and rights and back in the ring.
Jarrett stomps away as he's up first then rights down int he corner on Hogan. More rights by Jarrett, then mounted punches and for some reason Kidman is playing fair as referee. Hogan drops Jarrett with another right, then clotheslines Jarrett over the ropes back to the floor. Jarrett reverses a whip into the guard rail, then grabs a chair and sends it into Hogan's ribs, then again, then tries for a head shot but Kidman grabs it, kicks Jarrett in the gut, tosses the chair to Hogan who cracks Jarrett across the back, then a second time before tossing Jarrett back in the ring. Russo and Goldberg appear on the stage as Russo whispers something to him, now Hogan with right hands, Jarrett sent off the ropes into a big boot. Goldberg makes his way down as Hogan hits the leg drop, covers, and Goldberg is nearly too late to break up the pin but manages to pull Hogan off. Kidman is trying to warn Hogan and gets speared for his trouble, then he's tossed like he's nothing out to the floor, then Goldberg spears Hogan. Russo pulls out a table and hands it to Jarrett, who sets it up, and Goldberg puts Hogan through it with a jackhammer. Jarrett spray paints something on Hogan's chest and takes his title to pose with, and suddenly G.I. Bro (sigh) runs down for the save, knocking Jarrett out of the ring and Russo and Goldberg leave on their own. So I guess this match is just over. This all lasted 6:36, and obviously Jarrett keeps the title.

EMTs roll a stretcher out to the ring into commercial.

We get replays of what happened during the World Title match, between Kidman turning babyface to Hogan's interference.

Now out comes DDP with a lemon for some reason, he gets a mic he says one of the boys in the back asked him why he's walking out with a lemon, and he said it's because when he's done doing this interview, he's gonna go have himself a beer and he likes to put lemon in his beer. He says that his whole life people have been telling him that he can't, like when he decided to become a professional wrestler, calling him crazy at 35 and said he can't, or how he someday wanted to work the main event because he started too late, but his favorite one is how he'd never become the World Champion. He says when he first broke into the business, there was a guy he considered a really close friend, they went up and down the road together, and at one time he half-hearted believed in him as a wrestler, that being Bischoff.
Speak of the devil, out he comes alongside Kimberly and Kanyon, and Page calls him an asshole. He says they both know that he didn't do this alone, he had this wife, who wasn't only beautiful but also his best friend. Bischoff pretends to wipe a tear away as Page continues, saying she also didn't believe in him as a wrestler, but she believed in him as a person. He asks Kimberly if she remembers her, living in that shabby little run-down apartment, the time he had to go to the airport to pick her up in a U-Hold truck because the car broke down, and says that back then she was a real woman. He says that she gave him so much that all he wanted to do was give back. 
Which brings him to Kanyon. He says that of all the guys he's helped in the business, he's the one guy he actually took under his wing, the one guy he actually taught the things taught to him, that were taught to himself by his mentors Jodie Hamilton, Dusty Rhodes and Jake "The Snake" Roberts, but says he also taught Kanyon things about himself, turning negatives into positives, and it doesn't matter how many times you get knocked down it's how many times you pick yourself back up again. He says though that after last night he doesn't feel like getting back up again, and after the question Tenay hit him with, when he asked Page if he ever thought he was the problem, he admits that maybe he was the problem. He says the bottom line is the business has cost him his health, friends and wife, and if it comes down to working for people like Bischoff, screw it, it's not worth it. Page leaves out through the crowd. Bischoff tries to scream into the mic he has but it's not working for some reason as Page just keeps walking and leaves into commercial.

Commentary talk about what happened before the break and how surprising it was for Page to just walk out, putting over the fact that Page never backs away from a fight and now he's just given up. Now we get to an update on Sting, Tony tells us he was taken to a burn unit, and we still don't know how severe the burns were, but we know that Sting won't be back for a while. We go to stills of the Sting/Vamp match from the night before as Hudson tries to get people to buy the replay.

Vampiro makes his way out now as commentary still try to make this Sting thing sound so serious. Vamp has a mic and says we didn't think it would happen, but last night he ruined Sting's life, he set another human being on fire and he says he doesn't have an ounce of remorse in his body. He calls out to Sting, and says that for the rest of his life, when a loved one looks at him and sees his scars, and when he looks in the mirror and he can't wake up from this nightmare, and he screams like a little bitch, he'll remember Vamp. He turns his attention back to the crowd and says that that's just the start, and the good news is that the nightmare is just beginning. He says he knows he's going to hell, and that it's very cool with him, but the big question he has is who has the balls to come along with  him? 
Oh god, it's the Kiss Demon. He's back. He's got a torch of his own as he comes out of his casket thing and he breathes the fire. I'm a bit surprised they didn't dub over his music, because he comes out to KISS's God of Thunder. Oh he's just The Demon now.

Vampiro vs The Demon
Vamp doesn't wait for Demon to get in the ring, and ducks a right hand to deliver one of his own before tossing him in the ring. Chops and kicks and rights by Vamp, Demon reverses a whip off the ropes and turns Vamp inside out with a clothesline, then hits a dropkick, then clotheslines Vamp over the ropes to the floor. Demon with rights, then Vamp whips him ribs first into the guard rail. Vamp takes control as they fight up the ramp and Demon is sent face first into the entrance set. Vamp climbs up the set to the base of the NitroVision screen to set off some fire, then leaps off onto Demon. The ref calls for the bell in 2:06, so I guess it's a double countout?

Vamp and Demon manage to get back to their feet and referees are seen coming from the back...

Oh that's it. We cut backstage where Steiner's freaks come by his locker room, and he asks one of them to watch over Nash's nephew, while he and the other one walk down the hallway. We see Nash still in the back of the cruiser into commercial.

Cut to Russo and David, and Russo is panicking at the thought of losing his hair, and David tries to reassure him that that's not gonna happen and not to worry.

Back to the arena, Page's music hits but out comes Kanyon accompanied by Kimberly, with Page's book and a mic in hand. He now goes by "Positively" Kanyon based on the nameplate graphic. Kimberly also has a mic and says her soon-to-be ex-husband has quit the business a few moments ago, and she says she really is broken up about it. Oh she's over it now. She says her benevolent sponsor, Bischoff, surprised her backstage with her very own officially licensed product, since all stars have their very own officially licensed product. Hers is "Positively Me," the cologne for ladies, going for $395 a bottle, and she says most of the people in the crowd can't afford it. She says that if the men out there work really hard though and save their beer money, then they can buy it, spray it on their ladies, and think of her. "Won't that be exciting?" Crowd give little to no reaction to that, even when she repeats herself. She calls them pathetic, then gives Kanyon the floor.
He says that when he was in the hospital recovering from his spinal cord injury, the people believed it, and that they must feel dumb now. He says when he was in there Bischoff came to him and told him all he had to do to become a star, to get DDP's spot, was to turn on him and take him out and that's exactly what he did the night before. Now that DDP has taken his ball and gone home, he says he wants more than his spot, that he's going to take over his life. He says he's going to use his music, come out with his lovely wife Kimberly, and every chance he gets he's going to plug his new book "Positively Kanyon," co-writted by Mark "Smokey" Madden, and says he has a book signing the next day at the New Jersey Port Authority, and tells the fans to be there or be square. Most importantly though, he says he's going to take back the move that he gave Page, the move that made him a star, and he's going to debut it tonight. He calls out any jabroni hanging out by the curtain to be sent out so he can debut his new move, the Diamond Cutter.
So out comes Steiner and he takes the mic and turns to Kanyon, says he comes out with Page's wife and act like it's a big deal, then asks him to tell him who hasn't been with that... well, I assume he said something like slut, but it was censored out. He says if Kanyon wants to Diamond Cut somebody to get his ass back in the ring and face him.

"Positively" Kanyon (w/ Kimberly) vs Scott Steiner (WCW U.S. Heavyweight Champion) 
Steiner immediately clubs at the back as Kanyon steps through the ropes, driving him into the corner for boots and right hands. Kanyon sent off the ropes into a clothesline, then an elbow drop. Catch suplex by Steiner. Kanyon whipped into the corner and he tries to go up and over but Steiner catches him on his shoulder, but slips free as Steiner charges toward the opposite corner, shoving him into it. Kanyon with an inverted atomic drop, then a low blow and a sitout Alabama slam for a pin and a kick out. Kanyon argues with the ref, then drops him with the Diamond Cutter. Kanyon does Page's "Bang!" which allows Steiner to club him from behind, Kanyon sent off the ropes into an inverted atomic drop and a press slam, as Kimberly is seen heading to the back. Kanyon retreats to the corner, but Steiner delivers his spinning belly to belly slam.
He goes for the Recliner but Mike Awesome appears and nails Steiner, stomping away and Kimberly's back too. Kanyon joins in and stomps away, and now out comes Kronic to make the save. Adams with a full nelson slam on Awesome, Clark with a chokeslam on Kanyon, and they take the action through the crowd leaving Steiner by himself. Ms. Hancock has appeared and makes her way toward Kimberly and into the ring. Kimberly retreats to the corner, and Kimberly sprays her in the face with the cologne, before raking Hancock's face over the top rope. Kimberly cruses Hancock's glasses and leaves, so we have another match that just ends. This all went 4:12.

Ric and Reid are seen walking down the hallway, then Russo and David down another hallway into commercial.

Pamela is backstage with Steiner and she asks what he thinks just happened out there. Steiner says she's very beautiful but not now, and takes her mic before turning to the camera. He calls out to Bischoff and Russo, and tells those two sons of bitches, saying he knows they sent Awesome down to mess with his match, and doesn't care what rock they're under, he says he's going to find them, and it's not gonna be a pretty sight when he sticks his boot so far up their ass they ain't gonna like it. Steiner realizes that Nash's nephew isn't with them and panics asking where he is, and nobody knows where he is.

Now out come Russo and David, Russo with bat in hand of course, and I think this is my favorite sign in a while.

Vince Russo & David Flair vs Ric Flair (w/ Reid Flair)
If Ric wins, Russo has to retire, Ric takes his job and gets to shave Russo's head.
If Russo and David win, Ric has to retire.
Pre-Match Notes & Thoughts: There's only about 14 minutes left in this show and we still have the Nash/Goldberg match after this. Ric's family is in front row and Flair has a big bag with a shaver inside.
David starts with Ric, Ric with a boot and a chop. Rips open David's shirt in the corner for chops and rights. David whipped across the ring and tries to do Ric's spot where he flips upside down but screws it up. Russo comes in but gets booted, then a low blow on David. Russo is cornered and his jacked is opened, Russo gets chopped and pretends like it does no effect, but it's only because he has a chest protector on underneath his jacket. Ric takes it off and rips Russo's shirt open for a chop which drops him down. Picks him up for another and drops him back down. David sent off the ropes into a back drop. More chops on David in the corner, then a stalling suplex. Ric locks in the figure 4 but Russo's n with the bat and nails Ric in the legs with it, then chokes him. Reid's in to save him as Russo clobbers Ric with the bat and David holds Reid back.
Russo gets a mic and tells Beth to get her "cute little ass" in there, saying this is the last chance she's going to have. Beth gets through the guard rail as Russo picks up a mini-statue and Beth enters the ring. Security rush down but Russo tells them to let her go. He says this is the last chance for her to jump on his bandwagon, and will bring her to a place that Space Mountain will never go. He hands the statue over to her and tells her to finish him, but Russo does it himself and starts choking Ric and slapping him. Charlotte rushes in to try and save but security grab her. David locks in the figure 4 and Ric is out of it. His other daughter Megan eventually throws in the towel and the ref calls for the bell, so Russo and David win in 4:04. Honestly I'm just glad this shit is finally over.

Russo grabs the towel and celebrates, now Megan gets in the ring but security grab her too. There's a loud bullshit chant as Russo gets in Reid's face, then David grabs the shavers and shave away Ric's hair until he's pretty much bald. Now they try and shave Reid, Ric tries to get to them but security hold him back, and they manage to shave Reid a little bit. Russo and David celebrate as they head up the ramp and a fan manages to hit Russo with a drink.

Nash is seen being let out of the cruiser and gets uncuffed into commercial.

We get replays of Ric getting his head shaved and Russo celebrating, before we get to the main event.

Kevin Nash vs Goldberg (w/ Konnan, Disco Inferno, Shane Douglas, Juventud, Rey Mysterio Jr., WCW Hardcore Champions Vito & Johnny the Bull, WCW Tag Team Champions Chuck Palumbo & Shawn Stasiak)
Nash right away on the attack, trading shots until Nash is driven into the corner, shots and knees to the midsection. Nash reverses a whip off the ropes and hits a big boot, and Goldberg quickly slides under the bottom rope to the floor. Goldberg regroups before getting back in the ring, ducks a clothesline and hits a standing side kick on Nash. Stomping away on the chest of Nash, talking some trash. Choking in the corner by Goldberg, broken up by the ref, then more choking. Goldberg scares the ref off before delivering more body shots, then rights to the face. Low blow on Nash. More stomps to the back and head. Then Nash pulls him face first into the middle turnbuckle. The New Blood rush the apron and Nash knocks them all down, as someone hands Goldberg a chair and he nails Nash in the head with it as he turns around. Another stomp to Nash. Goldberg removes his glove and delivers more rights and Nash's nephew has come out, now Russo comes back out and grabs the nephew and forces him to watch as Goldberg beats down Nash. Nash has been cut open by the shots.
Steiner makes his way out and clears through the New Blood at ringside, then officers come out and he takes them all out too until more come out and beat him with nightsticks, taking him down and cuffing him. Cat lays him out with a kick first. Goldberg drops Nash as his nephew comes in to check on Nash, Russo embraces Goldberg and celebrates as the show goes off the air. That all went 
5:09, and yet again, no finish.

OVERALL THOUGHTS
Well this show started out decently enough, with the exception of the Hardcore Title match, but as soon as Hogan and Jarrett had their match, this show quickly went downhill. We had three straight matches that never ended, we had the fucking Kiss Demon return of all things. But I have to say, this show gets a plus for finally ending the god awful Russo/Ric storyline, I've had enough of that shit. With a run time of 1:42:58, this show had a total 34:02 of wrestling. 

Thunder
We get a video package of what happened on Nitro between Nash and Goldberg. Then we see a limo arriving and out steps Cat, Russo, Jarrett and David, and R&B Security approaches as Russo calls them boneheads, asking Cat where Goldberg and Bischoff are and he says they'll be there soon. Russo asks security where the real cops are, and one of them tells him they said they're not coming, they don't want to be involved in Russo's games. Of course this upsets him and says security better be on the ball tonight because this is gonna be dangerous. They continue into the arena as another car pulls in behind the limo, and out steps Nash, heading into the arena next.

Broadcasting from the Norfolk Scope in Norfolk, Virginia for this edition of Thunder. Mark Madden is taking Heenan's spot on commentary tonight, and Tony recaps the events of Nitro with Flair and Hogan and informs us that Hogan is in the hospital as a result of Goldberg's attack, not to mention what Goldberg did to Nash on Nitro and forcing his nephew to watch. 

Of course to start the show we have Russo and co., flanked by security, who take forever to come out. David is wearing Ric's hair on a necklace around his neck, and Russo has a new shirt on, "3-0" on the front, and "with 2 shaved heads" on the back. He tries to settle down the crowd and says he'll spend time with everyone, then hands the mic to Jarrett, who goes right to Kidman calling him a backstabbing slap nut, and says he got what he deserved when Goldberg flattened him on Nitro. He says though that he still can't believe that Kidman had the nerve to try and cost the Chosen One the WCW Title, and that he's going to finish what Goldberg started tonight. As far as Hogan goes, he says he's going to get his title shot at Bash at the Beach because he is a fighting champion, and asks who else can say they beat Nash and Hogan in consecutive nights. He tells Hogan to get his old, decrepit ass out in a wheelchair and roll it down to the ring and get ready, because he says Hogan will be no different than Nash, Sting, Flair, the list goes on and on, and says he's getting the 1-2-3 on Hollywood before tossing the mic back to Russo.
Russo tells the inbreds to settle down, then has David take center stage as a "You still suck" chant starts up. They said it couldn't be done he says, but last night he and his son stuck it straight where the sun don't shine to the fans, because they retired Ric Flair, he's done, and they shaved his head clean to boot. Of course we get the replay of Ric getting shaved, history being made as Russo says, 28 years him and David were the first ones, then in an unrelated highlight we see Nash get beaten down by Goldberg. Russo says he had a change of heart though with Ric, apologizes to David and says he decided to bring Ric back tonight. Of course he's joking and he pulls out a Mr. Potato Head as he introduces "Ric" and tosses it into the crowd. He gets back on track to Goldberg beating Nash in front of his own nephew and asks what kind of a man would stoop so low? 
Nash's voice pipes in over the speakers to say "A dead man" and out he comes to his music, with bat in hand. Russo has security move into position, and Nash says Russo's ass is his tonight. His original plan was to go down there and take his foot, turn it sideways, and shove it up Russo's ass. Russo tells him to stop right there and Nash tells him to shut up, before saying that since he broke his ankle he can't turn it sideways, so instead he's going to take the bat, shine it up, come down and stick it up his ass instead.
So Nash sets the mic and Russo tries to scare him off by saying Goldberg's on his way but Nash just keeps walking and lays out security with the bat. Russo and Jarrett escapes over toward commentary leaving David and Cat, he nails David over the head with the bat, and Cat tries to show off his karate moves but gets a bat to the shoulder. Russo and Jarrett escape into the crowd and Nash gives chase as his music hits, David and Cat are helped to the back by security into commercial.

Russo is yelling, presumably, at Bischoff over the phone, saying he got him into this mess and how that lunatic Nash is gonna kill him. Russo tells the other three that they're on their way and to stay calm, to stay together as a group. Jarrett tells them they can stay together, but he's got a match and leaves. Russo gets upset, then Cat ditches them. David says he has personal things to take care of so he ditches Russo and he starts to panic. Nash is heard nearby calling out for Russo and he tries to hide, I don't even know where they are, looks like a garage or storage or something.

Now Kronic make their way out to the ring and we see Kronic winning at the Bash a few nights prior. Adams takes the mic and says the biggest joke in WCW right now is how they lost the tag titles, by DQ. He says that's alright, they played the game, went to the PPV and won the match to become #1 contenders, but the game's over now, and tells Russo to send his paper champions out for the butt kicking of their lives or they'll go get them.
Candido comes out instead with a mic and says Kronic is just like everyone else in the back, want want want, well he's got wants too, and says he's tired of being pushed around. He says he made a call to an old Jersey friend and since Kronic want a fight, they got it.

Kronic vs Chris Candido & Bam Bam Bigelow
Bigelow pulls Adams out of the ring and Clark drives Candido into the corner with right hands and boots, knees to the midsection, chops. Candido sent off the ropes, slips through the legs and hits an enziguri. Candido to the middle rope for an ax handle, but he's caught for a Uranagi. Adams and Bigelow back on the apron, Candido whipped into the corner and tries to go up and over, but he's caught on Clark's shoulder for a running powerslam. Adams gets the tag, Candido sent off the ropes into a double clothesline, but Candido gets Adams with a jawbreaker. Adams reverses a whip off the ropes and launches Candido up and down. Candido is whipped toward the corner, then tries to reverse but gets pulled back into a full nelson slam. F5 by Adams, covers, but Bigelow breaks it up. Bigelow with rights on Adams and Clark, Clark takes Candido to the corner, whips him across the ring into a shoulder block, while Bigelow is whipped into the announce table off screen by Adams, who slides back in to deliver High Time on Candido for the win in 2:32. Not sure what the point of bringing Bigelow back for this was, he didn't do anything.

Bigelow tries to attack Kronic but they quickly get him into the corner, and Bigelow manages to fight free, then actual security rush the ring to break things up. 

Russo is still panicking wherever he is, then goes out realizing he can leave in the limo, but finds that the tires have been slashed into commercial.

Mamalukes make their way out and we see Vito beat Funk on Nitro, Vito out with a kendo stick and a mic, with the title around his waist. Vito says that WCW finally has its next Italian superstar, and that he became a made man on Monday, somebody for the people to cheer, to love and honor, and he's not gonna be one of those champions who's gonna sit around. He says he's going to be a fighting champion and he don't sweat nobody, and says he's from Staten Island.
He asks for Johnny's opinion, and asks why Vito deserves to be the champion, and Vito explains that it's because he took out the legendary Terry Funk, the man who made hardcore, they sent everybody down but he got the job done. Johnny claims he could have done it but Vito locked him in the locker room, says he was dropping bombs. Vito says they're the best tag team, Paisans, best friends, and the belt won't get between them. He wants Johnny to wear the belt because he loves him. So Vito puts the belt around Johnny's waist, so I guess they are co-champions? Vito tries to get the crowd to cheer but they're having none of it, but then he nails Johnny in the head with the kendo stick. Vito pulls out and sets a table up at ringside, then the stick across Johnny's back a few times. Then some other kind of stick and breaks it over Johnny's back. Vito then with the impaler DDT off the apron through the table. Now Nash comes out as Vito exits the ring, and gets the bat to the back of the head as he tries to nail Nash with the kendo stick. Nash gets the mic and calls out to Russo, just to let him know he's still looking for him. Nash's music hits again and he leaves. Russo is seen in the back watching on a monitor and his panic only grows more into commercial. What was the point of putting Nash out there?

We cut to security camera footage in the arena, and it catches David talking with Ms. Hancock seemingly being intimate but nothing really happens.

Now Douglas makes his way out with a mic and we see footage from what happened with him and Buff on Nitro. He calls out to Buff and says he probably has a few things going through his thick skull, like how his head hurts from the brass knuckles, and why his partner knocked him senseless on Nitro, so he's gonna tell us, and shoot it straight, because that's what a franchise does. He says that 30+ days ago the two of them had a hell of contracts signed, obligations, and Buff decided he wanted to play tough guy in the back, got himself in a little trouble, and left Douglas hanging high and dry. He wants to clarify a few things for Buff, he says he held up his end of the bargain, and the only time Buff was on the top of the heap in WCW is when he stood by Douglas and the fans know it. He says that as of Monday, like a lot of others in WCW, Buff will know just like the fans know the meaning of the saying "You just got your ass franchised." 
He goes to say more but Buff rushes down to the ring and nails some clotheslines and some vicious rights. Now Candido comes out and so does Bigelow for the save, and Tenay mentions they had an alliance in another promotion, I assume he means ECW. Bagwell and Candido hold up Buff as Douglas lays into him with boots to the midsection and right hands. Now Kronic come back out  and they go after Bigelow and Candido, and Buff on Douglas now, with Buff and Kronic clearing the ring. 

Cut to Rick and Tank somewhere on the road riding motorcycles, then we see the tag champions making fun of them as they watch this on a monitor backstage. Then Tank and Rick attack them from behind and tells them that footage was shot two hours ago into commercial.

Russo is still panicking out in the parking lot and Cat comes up from behind scaring him. He apologizes and basically kisses ass and Russo keeps panicking and finally a limo pulls up. They think it's Goldberg and Bischoff but it's Steiner and Russo runs across the tops of a bunch of nearby trucks. That was actually kinda funny.

Now out come Kanyon and Awesome, and Kanyon scares himself from Page's pyro. We see footage from Nitro when Awesome and Kanyon ganged up on Steiner as Kanyon takes the mic, and now he's wearing a blonde wig to try and be Page. Kanyon is actually doing a decent Page impression as he says he's feeling pretty positive tonight, so positive that he's willing to team with the guy who tried to kill him. Bottom line is he says he's going to be signing his new book, "Positively Kanyon" this Friday in Paducah, Kentucky with his co-author Mark "Smokey" Madden. He says Monday he's going to be on Craig Kilborn with his good buddy, friend, Jon Bon Jovi. He tells us to tune in, bada-bing, bada-boom, bada-bang!
Awesome gets the mic and says that obviously the Awesome One and "Positively" Kanyon wouldn't be out there if they weren't ready to kick some jabroni's ass right now, but he doesn't have time to deal with Steiner right now, but says they do need a warm-up. He says if anybody in the back think they have spaldings big enough to bring 'em on down because they're ready to play. I gotta admit this Kanyon this is growing on me already. 

Mike Awesome & "Positively" Kanyon vs Rick Steiner & Tank Abbott
Kanyon and Awesome on the attack right away and Kanyon is knocked out of the ring by Rick, while Tank takes down Awesome. Kanyon whipped into the guard rail as Tank holds up Awesome, Rick goes up but he's pulled down to the floor by Kanyon, then whips Rick into the steps. Stomps and clubs to the back by Awesome on Tank, Kanyon sets up a table at ringside but he's clocked by Rick. Awesome goes for the Awesome Bomb on Tank, then sees Rick and lets Tank down, ducks a clothesline from Rick and he nails Tank from behind. Kayon and Rick are fighting and the camera focuses on them instead of Awesome, who pins Tank for the win in 1:29.

Rick tosses Kanyon out of the ring and Awesome goes after Rick, Rick with the advantage, then Palumbo and Stasiak come out and now Scott out, clotheslines Stasiak out, then a catch suplex on Awesome, Rick with a powerslam on Palumbo and a clothesline, clearing the ring. Rick and Scott stare each other down and... Oh it goes to commercial.

Back to Russo who finds a working car, but Nash is right there waiting and grabs Russo through the passenger window, but Russo manages to escape from the car now shirtless and runs for his life. 

Pamela approaches Cat in the locker room, but wants her to call him Mr. Commissioner, then asks what he intends to do about Steiner tonight seeing as he's got a big problem concerning him. Cat tells her she seems to have a problem keeping herself in her small shirt and tries to hit on her, but she wants an answer to her question. He says since Steiner doesn't want to work for or with him, tonight he's going to take care of Steiner in the ring.

Now we get a recap package of everything surrounding Hogan's title match from Nitro. Then we cut to Okerlund who's standing by with Kidman, and he admits it took a lot of guts for Kidman to turn his back on Bischoff and the New Blood, even if it meant getting mauled by Goldberg. Tonight though, Kidman has a shot at the World Title. Kidman brings up how everyone, including Gene, thought he was paranoid when he smelled a rat in Horace, but Eric told him to trust Horace and he did, and look where it got him. He says as far as Monday goes, he makes it clear that it doesn't mean he and the Hogans are buddies now, they probably never will be, but says he didn't do it to help out Hogan but to screw Eric. He says he may not be with the New Blood anymore, but that's fine with him, it means no more Bischoff and his crap. As far as tonight goes, he says Bischoff and Jarrett are gonna learn that this kid don't play. Then he walks off.

As Jarrett makes his way out, we get a better update, as Tenay tells us Hogan suffered a spinal injury, and is currently hospitalized in an ICU.

WCW World Heavyweight Championship: Jeff Jarrett (c) vs Billy Kidman
Jarrett nails Kidman from behind as he's doing his entrance with right hands, Kidman sent off the ropes, ducks an elbow and hits a headscissor, followed by a dropkick. Jarrett reverses a whip off the ropes, catches Jarrett with a kick but gets launched up and over throat first on the top rope. Kidman sent off the ropes and a back elbow sends him out of the ring. Kidman dropped throat first on the guard rail, then whipped into the guard rail before returning to the ring. Kidman reverses a whip off the ropes, but Jarrett hangs on as Kidman goes for a dropkick, then catapulted over the ropes to the outside.
Now all of a sudden the Filthy Animals make their way out and Jarrett grabs a mic and tells them not to step any closer, says he'll handle Kidman on his own, who sneaks behind for a roll up but only gets two. Kidman ducks a clothesline and hits a sitout spinebuster for a pin but Jarrett kicks out. Kidman up top but Jarrett crotches him, now with right hands and Jarrett tries to sends the Animals to the back. Kidman with a sunset flip from the top into a roll up and a kick out. Jarrett makes the mistake of going for a powerbomb, and in true Kidman fashion counters with a facebuster. Kidman goes up top and flies halfway across the ring for a splash, cover and a kick out.
Rey distracts the ref as Juvie holds up Jarrett by the ropes, and Konnan comes in as Disco hands him Jarrett's guitar. Jarrett slips away as Kidman goes to nail him but he stops short, then Konnan swings the guitar aiming for Jarrett but he moves out of the way and smashes it over Kidman's head. Oh never mind they were aiming for Kidman the whole time. Jarrett delivers the Stroke to retain in 4:05. Well the action was alright, and I can kind of appreciate the fact that Kidman didn't lose clean.

Animals gang up on Kidman as Jarrett poses in the corner, then Nash makes his way out with his bat. Animals leave and Nash nails Jarrett with a big boot, then has Jarrett's belt hung around his neck and drags him to the back into commercial.

Vampiro makes his way out with a blowtorch and a mic. He says it's been three days since he's taken the actor Steve Borden, better known to "y'all" as Sting, straight to hell, and sent his career up in smoke. He says he can still smell Sting's flesh burning, and can still hear his voice like a little bitch as he fell off the top of the JumboTron, and every ounce of his subhuman frame feels no remorse about any of it. He says all the fans there have been brainwashed, with the t-shirts, posters, he hears them chanting his name, and says Sting knew absolutely nothing about the dark side. He yells at a fan to put a Sting poster down, another to take a Sting mask off, and when that last one refuses he leaves the ring. He pie faces the fan next to them, then pulls a security guy out of the way as he removes the mask from the fan, who then spits in his face. Oh I guess it's Asya, who spit some kind of red stuff in his face.
Now out comes the Demon for some reason and ducks clotheslines, then a double underhook suplex on Vamp. Vamp gets the blowtorch and nails Demon in the ribs, then hits a clothesline. Commentary explain that the man behind the facepaint, Dale Torborg, is the fiance of Asya, so I guess that explains that. Asya's hopped the guard rail and jumps on Vamp's back, but slams her into the corner, then hits her with Nail in the Coffin. Demon nails him from behind as he comes to and fight their way up the ramp, trading shots, Vamp is whipped into the guard rail. Demon knocks Vamp into his casket that he comes out of during his entrance, and Asya is still laid out in the ring. Demon grabs his torch and breathes some fire before he heads to check on Asya. Vamp slips his way out of the coffin into commercial.

Now Daffney makes her way out in a black wedding dress with mic in hand. She's upset that David would do this to her, says he's broken her heart, they were supposed to get married, and instead he had to go and betray her with that backstabbing bimbo. He calls him "utterally" pathetic, that anybody can see that Ms. Peacock is not his type. She says Ms. Peacock is the type of hooch that wants to get her lanky, two-bit legs broken by her, than tells her to get her ex-hooter girl butt out there.
Hancock wastes no time coming out all gleeful and a mic of her own in hand. Daffney asks how she could do this when she knew her and David were engaged. She tells her to just call her fiance out of the back. Daffney's had enough and tackles her down and... for some reason it cuts to a random fan. Daffney takes off Hancock's jacket and Penzer is in to try and stop it, and we have more crowd shots. More catfighting and more random crowd shots, now David pulls Daffney off her. He screams at her and she gets all upset. Now Crowbar's here and gets a low blow, then dropped by David. David and Hancock leave to the back as Daffney checks on Crowbar.

To the back, Cat is getting ready for his match up next. Russo is looking around and he finds his way to Cat's office, thinking Nash will never look in there and goes to use the phone, but it's yanked out of his hands and Nash is shown to be hiding behind some plants on Cat's desk, sending Russo running out scared into commercial. I shouldn't be laughing at this stupidity, nor should I be giving Russo any credit, but he's actually making these segments fucking fantastic.

As Steiner makes his way out, we learn from Tenay that Crowbar has demanded a match with David tonight. Steiner gets a mic and says that on Nitro "Bitchoff" and Russo sent down Awesome to interfere in his match because they think they're in control, but reminds them he doesn't follow the rules too well, doesn't give a damn about authority, and the only people that control him are his freaks nationwide. He turns his attention to Cat, and says that tonight he may think he's commissioner, but in reality all he's doing is taking an ass kicking that belongs to Bitchoff and Russo, then tells him to get his ass down there. Also Madden makes a good point on commentary, the hell happened to Jarrett? Last we saw Nash was dragging him to the back and we never saw him again.

WCW U.S. Heavyweight Championship: The Cat (w/ R&B Security) vs Scott Steiner (c) (w/ Midajah & Shakira)
Steiner with knees and boots in the corner immediately off a lock up attempt, then Cat's top is ripped and chopped, then bieled across the ring, sending Cat rolling out of the ring. Cat starts to head up the ramp as Steiner talks to the ref, then Cat slides under the ropes right at Steiner's feet, who turns around to catch him. Steiner clubbing the back, then Cat sent off the ropes into a clothesline, then an elbow drop. Steiner with boots on Cat, then sent off the ropes and security trip up Steiner and he turns into a side kick, cover and a kick out.
Right by Cat, then an elbow drop, cover and a kick out. Cat argues with the ref a bit, Steiner sent off the ropes, ducks a clothesline and goes for a German, but Cat gets him with a low blow, another right drops him for a cover and a kick out. Steiner is tossed out and security stomp away before tossing him back in. Two of them get in the ring and hold up Steiner for some side kicks to the chest, then Steiner shrugs them off and tosses them out. Midajah off the top rope with a crossbody onto Cat, then Steiner with a clothesline. Catch suplex, then the spinning belly to belly slam to set up for the Recliner and the win in 4:03. This was an alright match.

Steiner poses with his title and his freaks as Cat writhes on the mat, then the champ leaves with his ladies. Cat gets a mic and says the Recliner is an illegal choke hold, and since he's commissioner, he's disqualifying Steiner, and bans the move permanently. He declares himself the winner and has the ref raise his hand, but then he collapses. Security does their best to help him up, but Cat breaks free to dance, then collapses again holding his back.

Oh Nash still has Jarrett. He's got his wrists bound together in Cat's office. Nash gets an idea to call a buddy of his down in Florida and I guess it's Scott Hall. They have some kind of conversation before Nash tells Scott he has Jarrett, and is wondering what he should do with him, also mentioning that he wants Russo. Scott tells him something and Nash responds by saying it's a felony in all 50 states. Then I guess Scott suggest he shoot Jarrett, but Nash says he can't while calling him a piece of shit. Nash gets a better idea from Hall and hangs up, calling him a twisted soul. Then commercial.

Okerlund is with David, and informs David of Crowbar's demand for a match tonight after what happened earlier. Okerlund also asks what's going on with him and Hancock, but David says it's none of his or Crowbar's business, says he's his own man now, he retired the (Woo!) Nature Boy, so if Crowbar wants to act like the Nature Boy, he can look like it too, because tonight it's on Crowbar's head, and tells him to prepare to be shaved as he pulls out a shaver. 

Crowbar vs David Flair
Pre-Match Notes & Thoughts: Crowbar makes his way out with a lead pipe, and David with a mini-statue, both coming out to the same music. 
As David sets his stuff down in the corner, Crowbar doesn't even let him get in the ring as he hits a baseball slide. Crowbar with rights and stomps before going in the ring. David sent off the ropes into a spinning back elbow. Thumb to the eye by David, then right and chops in the corner, then some chops by Crowbar. Crowbar sent off the ropes and slips around for a waist lock, then David slips around for some semblance of a German suplex. David misses an elbow, then Crowbar with an uppercut, followed by a leg drop low blow. Scoop slam by Crowbar, who goes out to the apron for a slingshot splash, cover for two. 
David rolls out and is sent face first into the guard rail. Crowbar with a chair to the back of David, then a clothesline. Crowbar sets the chair up on the floor, then sits David down on it before sliding back in the ring for a slingshot crossbody into David. David face first into the guard rail, then another chair to his back. Rights by Crowbar, David into the guard rail again, but David ducks a right and drops Crowbar crotch first on the guard rail. David with chops before tossing Crowbar back into the ring. Crowbar sent off the rope into a gutwrench slan, cover and a kick out. David with chops in the corner, then a double underhook suplex, cover and a kick out. David sets Crowbar on the top rope, then delivers some rights before delivering a superplex, makes the cover for two. Trading chops, David sent off the ropes, catches Crowbar with a kick, tries for a suplex but gets countered with a front suplex by Crowbar, makes the cover and David kicks out. David sent off the ropes into a dropkick, then rips David's shirt open in the corner for some chops, then uses the shirt around David's neck to throw him across the ring. Crowbar with a death valley driver, then to the apron for a somersault leg drop, cover and a kick out.
David tries to beg him off, though it's just a ruse to send Crowbar through the ropes to the floor. David does the Flair Strut as Crowbar gets on the apron, shoulder block to the ribs, tries for a sunset flip but David holds on, then grabs the statue and smashes it over Crowbar's head. David makes the cover for the win in 7:38. I'm surprised this match of all things got so much time, but it was actually a fairly good match.

David grabs the clippers but Daffney tries to save, only to be shoved down and David shaves some of Crowbar's hair. Hancock's music hits and out she comes for a strip tease on the ramp, and David leaves to go meet up with her. They head to the back into commercial.

We see Nash with a bat to the throat of Jarrett dragging him back out to the arena, Jarrett tossed into the ring, Nash with a bat in hand. Nash pulls out a mic from his pocket presumably and calls out to Russo, saying that Monday night he scarred a vision into Nash's nephew's brain, watching his uncle bleed before his eyes. He says he was a young man, his older brother took him to see Deliverance, and there was a scene in that movie that scarred his own mind. He says something that's completely censored. Nash's mic for some reason has had the volume turned down now and he wants Jarrett to squeal like a pig. Oh the volume's back to normal. Nash suggests maybe they strip Jarrett down to his underwear. I assume they're playing out the scene from Deliverance he mentioned, but I've never seen the movie so this is going right over my head. He tells Russo to show up or he's powerbombing Jarrett's ass straight to hell. 
Russo makes his way out as Nash picks Jarrett up, ready to powerbomb him and Nash lets him go once Russo shows his face. Russo says he's standing right there if he wants him so bad, saying it's enough, and Nash asks if it's turning him on a little bit. Russo says he has something in his pocket that Nash might be interested in, and he pulls out what he reveals to be Scott Hall's contract. He says that for the past four years Nash has done everything to protect Scott, and so has Bischoff to some extent, but Bischoff ain't here tonight. He says that not only does he hate Nash, he hates Scott even more, he hated him up there, and he hates down here whatever the hell that means. He says that unless Nash backs off of Jarrett and leave the ring right now, he can say goodbye to the bad guy's contract. 
Goldberg's music hits now and Nash grabs hold of Jarrett, and Goldberg nails Nash from behind as he slips through the crowd. Goldberg frees Jarrett from his bindings and Jarrett grabs the bat as Russo walks down, jabbing the bat and swinging it down into Nash's bat and arm. Russo stands over Nash, holds up the contract, seemingly ready to rip it up but the show fades out before anything happens.

OVERALL THOUGHTS
Well... I mean it was a show. Had a few decent matches, one surprisingly good one with David and Crowbar. Really the best part was the cat and mouse game between Russo and Nash throughout the night. I think at this point I'm just starting to become numb to some of the shit on these shows. Anyways, with a run time of 1:26:39, there was a total of only 19:47 of wrestling on this show.