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00:10Welcome to Sold Out, taking place in Cincinnati, Ohio on the 26th of January 2000. Just over 14,000
00:17are in the arena, 115,000 bought the show on pay-per-view, which isn't great, and there's
00:22big, big news to open up the show. Bret Hart had to vacate the WCW Championship due to the
00:27concussion he suffered at Starrcade the month prior. What isn't announced here is the fact
00:32that Vince Russo has also walked out of the company due to the higher ups wanting Russo
00:36to work within a creative committee. Russo, rightfully so, said he signed up to WCW to
00:42be their head writer and he had no desire to work within a team, so he's walked out
00:46of the company and many folks aren't too happy about it. Kevin Sullivan's taken over
00:51as head honcho when it comes to creative and this change has caused a lot of turmoil backstage.
00:56Russo pushed a lot of talent including The Revolution, Chris Benoit and The Filthy Animals, and some
01:02of these guys have threatened to leave the company due to this change in the creative
01:06team. Perry Saturn, Dean Malenko, Shane Douglas, Conan, Eddie Guerrero and Chris Benoit are
01:11going to explore other alternatives though a few end up staying put for different reasons.
01:16And so to try and make things right, Sullivan's taken Chris Benoit out of the scheduled triple
01:20theatre series and put him in tonight's main event. Chris Benoit vs Sid Vicious for the
01:25vacant world championship is now our headline match. Jeff Jarrett, Chris' original opponent,
01:31is also dealing with a concussion and so the US championship's also been vacated and the
01:35planned triple theatre series has been changed. Billy Kidman's gonna run the revolution's
01:40gauntlet in three separate matches instead of Benoit and Jarrett going at it multiple times
01:45in one night. It's a… it's an absolute mess and I really wouldn't have went down this
01:50route just to appease Chris Benoit. He and Sullivan had a pretty turbulent relationship
01:54yet Sullivan's bending over backwards to try to keep Chris happy. I really do think Sullivan
01:59should have found someone else to compete in the main event, there's plenty of people
02:02on the roster, there's a ton of main eventers sitting at home, and it would turn out that
02:07Sullivan's efforts were all for nothing because Chris ends up leaving anyway. Russo's initial
02:11idea was to apparently have Tank Abbott knock Sid out with one punch to claim the world championship
02:16after a battle royal, so yeah, in fairness, the alternative wasn't too great either.
02:21But now you know the backstory to this cursed pay-per-view. We've got walkouts, we've
02:26got champions vacating championship belts, it's chaos in WCW, but sure, what's new? We wouldn't
02:32have it any other way. Let's begin with the first triple theatre match, Billy Kidman vs Dean
02:37Malenko in a catch-as-catch-can match.
02:44This was originally supposed to be a dungeon match where the ropes would get removed, but
02:48the rules remain the same. The first person to leave the ring will lose the bout. The revolution
02:53took out Conan earlier on, there's no other filthy animals who can help Kidman, but Billy
02:58didn't need any help here because Dean Malenko totally forgot about the rules and he left the
03:03ring to get a breather. This happened at around the 2.5 minute mark. It looked like the referee
03:08was going to let the match continue on, but Robinson must have got a message in his earpiece
03:12and he had to call for the bell, so Kidman wins the first triple theatre match and young
03:16Billy looks pissed off at the outcome. Malenko doesn't look too amused either. It's been
03:21rumored that Malenko did this on purpose seeing as he was about to leave the company, but it's
03:25neither been confirmed nor denied. To me, it looks like a genuine mistake and I don't
03:30imagine Dean being someone who wouldn't do proper business on his way out the door, but
03:34fuck me, what a way to open up this pay per view, as if fans learning about the changes
03:39to the show wasn't already enough. Let's pretend this didn't happen and move on to
03:44our next match. Way to go, Dino Maschino.
03:51Now that your daddy's gone, you walk around here thinking you are someone, but David Flair
03:56you could have had it all, but the unfortunate truth is you suck big balls.
04:10Vampiro requested a three way match against David Flair in crowbar tonight and when he gets
04:14interviewed backstage, he gets interrupted by Masahiro Chono. Chono says he's the greatest
04:19wrestler in Japan, he squares up the vampy balls. I thought Chono was somehow going to get involved
04:24in this match, but he just showed up to cut this very, very brief promo. What a waste.
04:31David Rosy Cheeks Flair says he's gonna break Vampiro's bones, Crowbar's gonna rip his
04:36flesh, and Daphne's gonna pick clean what's left of him. Mean Gene says these are some
04:41sick people, but what's really sick is the fact that David's still wearing a Halloween
04:45Havoc jobber shirt. I bet Mummy Flair didn't wash it for him either.
04:49Vampiro makes easy work of both these guys at the opening bell, David and Crowbar get their
04:53faces planted on the canvas and Vampiro wants you to give him a high five. Go, touch your
04:57screen. Give Vampiro some skin, brother. Crowbar dodges a suplex and he pulls off a nice northern
05:03light suplex. Vampiro lands on his feet following a monkey flip, and a kick sends Crowbar to the
05:08outside where Vampiro follows up with a dive through the middle ropes. Wrestler of the year
05:12David Flair then gets his chance to shine, and yes, I know it's only January, but he's
05:16still the wrestler of the year. His nature boy chops have absolutely no effect on Vamp and
05:21when Crowbar tries his luck, he ends up taking a wheel kick. Remember, these two are the
05:25tag team champions by the way. David takes a few open hand slaps while someone in the
05:30crowd shouts hit him again, and that person was me. We go back to the outside, this time
05:35Crowbar shows off some high risk offence, and now Team Psycho are gonna take control for a
05:40little while. Mr Barr pulls off a splash from the apron, he then saves David from a beating
05:45with a German suplex and a somersault slingshot leg drop. The kids would call this a buckshot
05:51leg drop, I think. For some reason, Vampiro shakes his ass before delivering a superplex,
05:56I've no idea why, and Crowbar made Vamp pay for this disgusting act by slamming David on
06:01top of him. Finally, we've found a good use for Flair Jr. David shows off his wrestling
06:05ability with a sick top tier suplex, and Vampiro shows him up by botching a sit down face buster.
06:11Billy Kidman got really angry at this backstage. Clearly embarrassed, Vampiro tries to make up
06:16for his shortcomings by dropping David on his neck, way to go. Davey takes another open
06:21hand slap that his dad felt all the way back in some seedy bar in North Carolina. Daphne
06:26looks a wee bit concerned as her boyfriend looks to be in some serious trouble, but Crowbar
06:31saves the day once again with a splash from the top rope. David locks in a figure four,
06:36his dad stole this move on David by the way. Crowbar tries to get a pinfall win while Vampiro's
06:41in the submission hold, but David took exception to this, and Crowbar takes a back suplex. David
06:45then kisses Daphne because he's such a stud muffin, but Vampiro wakes up and he takes
06:50the tag team champions out. The match ends with David accidentally running into Daphne
06:54and Vampiro puts Flair away with a nail in the coffin. Vampiro single handedly beats the
06:59tag team champions, so good job WCW. Vampiro realises he just beat David Flair and he pulls
07:06this face right here, one of pure shock and amazement, and David heads back up the ramp with a few
07:11bottle wounds on his chest. I'm ashamed to admit it, but I kind of enjoyed this match.
07:23Jonathan Coachman is sorry, Buff Bagwell arrives at the arena wearing a button up shirt, tracks
07:28suit bottoms in a fanny pack. It may be the year 2000, but wrestler's style never goes out of fashion.
07:35Tony Marinara has to leave the building to take care of some serious, wise guy mafia business,
07:40and so the Mamalooks have full control over Disco Inferno. The boys want Disco to watch their back
07:45in their upcoming match against the Harris brothers, and seeing as Disco still kinda reluctant to have
07:50anything to do with the Mamalooks, you just know that some sort of shenanigans were going to take place.
07:54Johnny the Bull was the standout performer here, the Harris brothers are boring as fuck and how
07:59these two got booked on so many pay per views during the entirety of reliving the war so far
08:04is beyond me. The Mamalooks at least had some character, so these guys were just easier to root
08:09for even though the match itself was nothing to write home about. In the end Disco pushed Vito off
08:15the top rope hoping to cost the Mamalooks the match, but the big man fell on top of Ron Harris
08:19and
08:19Disco's plan backfired. Vito and Johnny the Bull win via pinfall and the Mamalooks seem happy with
08:24Disco's interference. The Inferno looks a little annoyed at how things played out though.
08:30Backstage, Medusa's getting all fired up for a cruiserweight title match against Oklahoma.
08:35Oklahoma stole the championship belt on Nitro and Medusa wants to get her property back.
08:40Oklahoma gets some heat by saying women are inferior to men. Oklahoma may not be an athlete,
08:45but he is a real man. I'm not too sure about that honestly. A woman has no place in a
08:50ring,
08:50according to Ferrara, but what Ed didn't know was that Medusa recently paid a visit to the
08:54Movagdojo in Luke, she even has the shirt to prove it. You'd think Medusa would wipe the floor with
09:00this guy saying she's been trained by the greatest sensei of all time, but moments into the match,
09:05she headbutted Oklahoma right in the dig and knocked herself loopy. You can see it the moment
09:10the move connected, and you can also see Medusa tell the referee that she hurt herself. I mean,
09:15Oklahoma must be packing some insane meat down there because Medusa doesn't know where she is for a
09:20moment. She goes for her middle rope dropkick, a move that she quite frankly overuses, and it looks
09:26terrible. The second dropkick attempt looks way better, but then Oklahoma holds onto the ropes when
09:31Medusa goes for, you guessed it, another dropkick. Oklahoma plants the champ with a DDT, he then goes
09:37out to grab his BBQ sauce, Spice takes it away from him, and then Asia shows up to throw Oklahoma
09:43back in
09:43the ring. The match ends with Ferrara pulling Medusa's little loincloth thing down to score a surprise pinfall win.
09:49I don't know why this took Medusa out of her game seeing as she's revealed way more in previous WCW
09:55pay-per-views, but there you have it. Oklahoma is the cruiserweight champion of this wrestling company.
10:00Sore loser Medusa attacks Ferrara after the bell. She, Asia and Spice pour hot sauce down in Singlet and they
10:08beat
10:08them up at ringside. And I'm gonna say it, I was gonna say this during the last pay-per-view
10:12video,
10:13though I stopped myself because of the backlash I'd get, but Medusa was seriously overrated.
10:18Yeah, I know she had terrible opponents recently in WCW and the female competition isn't all that
10:23great either, but ever since coming back with Team Madness, she's had nothing but bad matches,
10:28even against people who were good in the ring. Next up, it's a four-way hardcore title match named
10:38For The Hard Way. No idea why it needed a stupid name, but competing in this one we've got Norman
10:43Smiley, Ming, complete tit brand Nobbs and Fit Finlay. Nobbs won the hardcore belt on Thunder this
10:49past week and he says one person deserves all the credit for his championship win, that person being
10:54fit Finlay. Nobbs now has the eye of the tagger, but I don't know, it's more like the lazy eye
10:59of
10:59Forrest Whitaker. In Tonight Brian says the student becomes the master when he beats Finlay into a coma.
11:06Norman comes out in police riot gear while Finlay and Nobbs look like a pair of dollar store Dudley
11:11boys, Ming only needs his gorgeous afro to strike fear into the hearts of his opponents and it's
11:16extremely effective. Standard hardcore tomfoolery here and thank god for Norman's smiley, he provides
11:23comic relief during these kind of matches which have become very repetitive and very predictable in
11:27WCW. I really don't think they should have started hardcore matches in the first place.
11:32Finlay and Nobbs try to keep Ming at bay while Norman screams every time he gets hurt. I hope you
11:37like trash can shots because there's a lot of them here and as soon as a chair gets used,
11:42Ming nose-sails it, what a guy. The tit and fit pull the table out yet they don't bother setting
11:47it up,
11:48Brian Nobbs ends up going through it but the cameras totally miss the bump and we only see it during
11:52the
11:52replay. I know I'm doing a lot of crying during this one guys, but seriously, it blows my mind how
11:58this company are continuing to get the most basic stuff wrong and it's no wonder people started
12:02switching over to the competition. Norman headbutts Nobbs right in the Nob before giving us a smiley
12:08shuffle. Nobbs uses Smiley's own riot shield to smack screaming Norman and Brian wins via pinfall.
12:14Where Ming and Finlay were during all this, I have no idea. Nobbs celebrates with Finlay, Ming throws
12:20Norman out of the ring, another stinker it's sold out and I pray we get something out of this pay
12:25-per-view
12:25to make it worth watching. Just one decent match would be enough right now and I think the next
12:31one does have potential. It's the next triple theatre match, Billy Kidman vs Perry Saturn. Bit silly putting
12:39a bunkhouse brawl right after a hardcore match but sure. Clothesline and press slam from Saturn,
12:44head scissor takedown and clothesline from Billy. Kidman gets his wee filthy animal smashed on the top rope and
12:50two go outside where Perry delivers a diving clothesline. Saturn tries to pin Kidman on the outside
12:55but Billy kicks out of two. Check it out, WCW's upgraded their presentation with a new double feature
13:01graphic. See guys, this is progress for the year 2000. Saturn performs a second rope leg drop, he
13:07drops his opponent on the top rope, young Billy takes a standin' sidekick and… where's the bull rope?
13:13Where's the cowbell? Where's the ill-fitting assless chops and unbridled violence? This doesn't feel
13:19like a bunkhouse brawl at all. Saturn does grab a table but Billy wipes him out, allowing Kidman
13:25to set the table up only to have a little rest on it moments later. Billy stops Saturn from putting
13:30him through the wood and we see that awesome inverted head scissor takedown from Kidman,
13:34but all it takes is another clothesline to put Billy down and Saturn follows up with a huge elbow drop
13:39that
13:39looked clean as hell. Billy fights back, Saturn retaliates with clothesline number 8 or something,
13:45Billy boy tries to counter a powerbomb but the counter gets countered and Saturn performs a nice
13:49falling power slam. All this hard work gets negated when Perry misses a moonsault, we see a tornado
13:55bulldog followed by the BK bomb from Kidman but then Perry dumps his opponent out of the ring and Kidman
14:01goes through the table. The commentators forgot all about the table and to be honest, so did I.
14:05The match resumes with a rough looking backdrop from the top rope, fair play for trying it though,
14:11and then Billy wins the match out of nowhere by reversing a powerbomb. I thought Saturn outperformed
14:16Billy here but still the best match on the card so far, nothing we haven't seen before but still a
14:21decent bout. Next up we've got the first ever singles match between Booker T and Stevie Ray,
14:30and before the bout takes place we see a pre-taped video of Stevie walking around the hood. He doesn't
14:36bump in the wood from the hood but he shows us how folks are sleeping rough and how things are
14:40looking
14:40a little bleak, but still, Stevie's proud of where he's from. Booker T, on the other hand,
14:46wants to forget all this. People are always asking where Booker's at and Stevie has to tell them that
14:51his brother doesn't have time anymore. Booker's forgotten about his real friends, but tonight Stevie's
14:56gonna make sure Booker doesn't forget again. Stevie's gonna teach Booker a lesson, a lesson
15:01that'll hurt Booker way more than it's gonna hurt Stevie, and yeah dudes, I'm pretty pumped up for
15:05this one. I'm not pumped up for Booker's ring attire though, what the fuck's that all about?
15:11Booker says he hasn't forgotten where he came from, he's from 110th street, and I completely zoned out
15:16of this promo when I saw someone holding up a sign saying thank you Batman for everything he's done
15:21for Gotham City. Booker's got someone to look after his back, her name is Midnight, and from this point
15:27on Stevie's on his own. Big fruit booty Stevie Ray makes his entrance, Booker tells Midnight to head
15:32back up the ramp, Stevie approaches Booker and Booker shoves his brother, and it's Stevie who gets wrecked
15:37at the opening bell. We see an early Harlem sidekick from Book before the two head outside, Booker remains
15:43in control, and back in the ring Booker performs his signature forearm. It was all Booker T until Stevie turns
15:49his brother inside out with a clothesline, and Stevie floors Booker again with a back elbow.
15:53On the outside Booker and Stevie Ray take guard rail bumps, but back in the ring Booker goes down
15:58after a power slam. Some chin abuse from Stevie Ray follows, so you know this match is now getting
16:03really serious, and when Booker fights out he ends up taking a back body drop. Booker reverses a slopjack,
16:09and we see the scissor kick followed by a spinaroonie. Booker has it won after a book end, but then…
16:14oh my god, it's him, he's back. Ahmed Johnson has arrived at WCW, and yeah, you can't really
16:23overlook it, he's put on quite a few pounds since we last saw him nearly two years ago.
16:27Ahmed attacks Booker, the ref calls for the bell, Midnight runs down, but she has to witness Booker
16:32taking a slapjack. Ahmed pulls off a Pearl River plunge, and Stevie then confirms that Ahmed is now
16:38named Big T. Tell me in the comments what the T stands for and I'll use it moving forward and
16:44reliving the war. Ahmed, sorry, Big T talks shit to Midnight, he calls Midnight a piece of fish and
16:50she's about to get fried just like Booker, and Stevie Ray says this is, my god, this is the new
16:56improved Harlem Heat. Imagine replacing Booker T with Ahmed Johnson and then trying to say it's an improvement.
17:08Big Sid says tonight's main event all falls into the NWO's master plan. Brett and company wanted best
17:15friends, Sid and Benoit to fight each other while tarnishing the world belt, but mate, I don't think
17:20Brett and Jeff plan to get concussions, that's a bit silly. Jerry Flynn and Wank Abbott then have
17:27their match which is apparently now a shoot fight rules match. This was originally supposed to take
17:32place in Jerry Flynn's block but someone must have caught on that Jerry doesn't stand a chance in his
17:36own speciality match type. There's legitimately no point in worrying about this at all though because
17:41it ends in one and a half minutes. They tried to make it look like a shoot and in fairness
17:46a few of
17:46the submission transitions did look good, but the finish featured not one, not two, but three whiffed
17:52punches from Tank Abbott in the breeze from these punches must have knocked Mr Flynn out cold.
17:57Remember, Russo pitched Abbott winning the world belt tonight with a single punch to Sid,
18:02he had three opportunities here and they all look terrible.
18:07Moving on, we've got a last man standing match as Diamond Dallas Page takes on Buff Bagwell.
18:12The story going into this one is that Buff has been accused of seeing Page's wife Kimberly,
18:17but Mr Bagwell has denied any involvement with Mrs Page, although it did give him an idea
18:22for a future career should all this wrestling carry on go tits up. The lads make their entrances,
18:28they square up to each other and the fight's on. After exchanging a few right hands,
18:32both men go to the outside and Buff finds himself in the front row.
18:35Page follows him over the barricade and the two brawl their way into a blocked off area behind the
18:40fans. They don't stay there too long as they quickly come back to the ringside area where
18:44Page gets sent into the guardrail. Back in the ring, Page is able to gain control with a swinging
18:49neckbreaker before Buff returns the favour with one of his own. It's not long before they head back
18:53to the outside and the boys make their way up to the top of the ramp towards the WCW.com
18:59location.
18:59Look at those monitors guys, none of your 50 inch ultra wide nonsense. The competitors don't seem
19:05to think much of them as they do their best jewel of the fates impression with those very monitors.
19:10Buff then gets bobbed with a keyboard but he's able to lay Page on the table, he drops an elbow
19:15from
19:15the set and both men go through the table, presumably popping out an ethernet cable and now Mark Madden
19:21has to spend the rest of the show on the phone to AOL. The competitors catch their breath for a
19:26minute, they head back down to the ring where Buff takes control with a low blow before laying the
19:30boots in. He then gets the pop of the match by doing his little strut and pose but Page uses
19:35this time
19:36to attack from behind and throw Bagwell into the corner, Buff's stuff gets smashed against the ring post.
19:41Page stays in control with a few elbows in the corner but Buff is once again able to swing the
19:46momentum
19:46in his favour with a back elbow followed by a vader bomb. Both men answer the referee's count at 8
19:51before hitting the mat again when Buff delivers a DDT. Buff then decides to pull out a t-bone suplex
19:57from nowhere before calling for the blockbuster, he hits his finishing move and he has the match won,
20:02but then he decides to clobber Page with a riot button which was stored inside Bagwell's smelly boot.
20:07He wears DDT out with the weapon but Page staggers to his feet before delivering a diamond cutter,
20:13both men are down and Kimberly Page makes her way down to the ring. While the cameras focus on Kimberly,
20:19somehow DDT can't stand up before 10 even though he just delivered his finishing move on Buff,
20:23so Bagwell wins this last man standing match and the way it was shot just wasn't good at all.
20:29Anyway, Buff gets distracted by Kim and Page attacks him from behind with the baton,
20:34Kim reacts strangely to Bagwell getting beat up and Dallas doesn't seem too happy either,
20:38but that's your lot, Bagwell wins. A below average match and that's all I can say about this one,
20:44truth be told. The look on Bobby Heenan's face sums it up better than I ever could.
20:52The steel cage lowers for the third and final Kidman match of the evening,
20:56a caged heat match against the revolution's mystery opponent. The caged heat, uh, cage looks very
21:03similar to the WWF's Hell in a Cell, so hooray, a compliment for sold out 2000. Shane Douglas comes
21:09out with a microphone, oh goody, and he tells Kidman to wave goodbye to all these jabronis in
21:15Cincinnati. He blabbers on in his usual Shane Douglas way before finally introducing Kidman's opponent,
21:21and… it's the wall, brother. Don't think he's in the revolution, but it doesn't matter, he looks
21:26like Ron Perlman with an office job. Douglas fires the wall up before the big man steps inside the
21:31cage, he's immediately met with the dropkick from Kidman that sends him into the cage, so yeah,
21:36good talk franchise. Billy tries to tear this wall down with a steel chair to the head but he ends
21:41up getting the chair punched in his face as the wall takes control. The wall tries a top rope attack
21:46but
21:46he's intercepted by a Billy Kidman dropkick, but Billy's back down on the mat after a big boot.
21:51Have to say, the crowd is absolutely dead here, no exaggeration. Even after Kidman gets gorilla
21:57pressed into the side of the cage, these fine folks in attendance just couldn't care less.
22:02Wall stays in control as we get our first proper view of this structure, it does look more sturdy
22:07than the WWF version, I'll give them that. Kidman then gets placed on the top rope for a superplex
22:12but he's able to counter with a sunset powerbomb that only gets a 2. The wall looks to end it
22:16with
22:17a chokeslam but Kidman counters with a hurricanrana, although he can't escape a second time as the big
22:21man catches Billy coming off the ropes. A chokeslam puts Billy away for the 1, 2, 3. The wall wins,
22:28Kidman's unable to complete a clean sweep and I can't help but think about the money that must have been
22:32spent on that cage and the time it took to set it all up just for a 5 minute match,
22:37though in fairness,
22:38the match was supposed to feature Benoit and Jarrett, I'm sure the initial plans looked very different.
22:43No matter how bad this show's been so far, I will give all the credit in the world to Kidman
22:48for
22:48wrestling 3 matches on this night and also being the standout performer on this entire card.
22:58It's time for our fifth variant of a hardcore match of the evening, Jesus Christ, as Kevin Nash takes
23:05on the WCW commissioner Terry Funk. If Nash wins, he takes over Funk's role as commissioner,
23:11but if Funk wins, the NWO must disband. Can you guess which way this one's gonna go?
23:17The crowd pop big for Big Sexy when he makes his way down to the ring, the Funker makes his
23:21entrance and the two men brawl on the entranceway to start this one off. Nash uses his size advantage
23:26to take the early lead before resorting to using some hardware to do some damage. He hits Terry across
23:31the back with a chair before cracking him over the head, all while Terry says dirty words right to
23:37the camera. It's fantastic. The former basketball player then slam dunks the Funk as Terry gets
23:42jackknifed right through the announce table. That was pretty sudden. As Funk's lying in a crumpled heap
23:48on the floor, Big Kev decides this would be a great time to grab a microphone and cut a promo.
23:52He says
23:53Terry has a lot of heart and no common sense, but if Funk can crawl back into the ring, he
23:58can keep his
23:59commissionership. A bloody funk staggers to his feet but he collapses on the outside as Nash continues
24:04to mock the hardcore legend. Terry does eventually make it back inside but Kev says he's a lying
24:10son of a bitch before laying in some knee strikes in the corner. I can't believe Kev and Nash would
24:14lie like that. Terry gets sent over the ropes but not before making sure to catch himself so he can
24:19fall
24:19directly on top of his head. I mean, I know what they were trying to accomplish here and we all
24:24love
24:24the dirty Funker but it didn't look great, did it? The production guys didn't even catch the bump.
24:29Nash continues the punishment with some right hands on the outside and back in the ring he connects
24:34with a few chair shots across the back. Terry is able to get in a shot to Big Kev's midsection
24:38before
24:38scoring with a chair shot of his own across Nash's back. Kev gets dropped with a DDT and Funk goes
24:44to
24:44work with some left hands all while cussing Kev out right to his face. Doesn't do him a whole heap
24:49of
24:49good though as he ends up taking yet more chair shots to the head from Nash but the commissioner
24:53keeps fighting back as best as he can. Funk sets up two chairs before placing a third chair across
24:58the top of them but before he can use his contraption, Kev delivers a low blow before putting
25:03Funk down with a jackknife onto the chairs. Big Sexy covers Funk and Kevin Nash is the new WCW
25:10commissioner as of midnight tonight. The NWO now have all the power, something they've always wanted
25:15since their very first iteration, so who knows what's going to happen in the coming months in WCW.
25:22It should be noted too that the crowd was behind Kevin Nash here, some folks won't like to believe
25:26it but the crowd in Cincinnati definitely favoured Big Sexy over Terry Funk. Also, that was a terribly
25:33short run as commissioner for Terry Funk wasn't it? He got a massive two whole weeks out of this gig.
25:44Now that Terry Funk is no longer commissioner, our referee for the next match Arn Anderson's a bit
25:50concerned. He says this is a loss for WCW and after midnight tonight the company changes forever. The
25:56New World Order have pretty much taken over WCW but the game is truly over if they claim the world
26:01title.
26:02Fortunately, neither Benoit nor Sid are part of the faction so all's not lost. It's time to crown a new
26:08champion and the enforcer will make sure the best man wins. That classic horseman music plays as
26:15Double A makes his way down to the ring. The Crippler makes his entrance next and look at Sid,
26:20our boy's all fired up and I wish I had this kind of energy at the end of a WCW
26:25pay-per-view.
26:26Michael Buffer goes over the formalities, this is not the match we were expecting to see tonight and
26:30I definitely would have preferred Bret Hart in this main event. Unfortunately, Bret won't compete on
26:35reliving the war ever again but we will see his excellency on Nitro in the future. For now,
26:41it's time for WCW to try and tidy up a mess that's caused changes to the company from the bottom
26:46all
26:47the way to the top. It's Sid Vicious vs Chris Benoit, the last time we'll see Chris inside a WCW
26:53ring.
26:58Sid overpowers Benoit at the opening bell. A back elbow stops Chris from pulling off a German suplex.
27:04Sid then helps his opponent do his feet as Perry Saturn and David Flair show up on the entrance way.
27:09You really do walk into these things.
27:12And soon they're joined by others including referees, the Mamaluks, Crowbar, complete Ted
27:17Bryan knobs and more. Everyone's here to see a new champion get crowned so WCW's trying to make a big
27:23deal out of this. Or maybe it's Kevin Sullivan trying to make a big deal out of this. Sid performs
27:28a huge
27:29gorilla press slam followed by a ridiculous front suplex. The crowd are favouring the big man here but
27:34Benoit keeps the fans quiet with a few low dropkicks. From here, Chris gets laser focused on
27:39Sid's left leg and knee and this is probably how things would have turned out if Bret competed in
27:43the match. On the outside, Benoit puts Sid's knee in between the ring post and the ring steps. He
27:48performs two dropkicks on those steps and Double A has to take him away. The enforcer wants to make
27:54sure Sid's leg doesn't snap, which is something we really don't need to see on PPV. That would be
27:59awful. Sid tries to fight back like a wounded dog but Benoit stays on his opponent as the WCW roster
28:05watch on from the entrance stage. Chris then applies a figure 4, Sid digs down deep and he counters by
28:10reversing the pressure, but the damage has been done. Sid's a sitting duck right now and Chris is able to
28:16take his time while delivering more punishment. Sid's knee continues to be the main target. Chris performs a
28:21dragon screw and when he doesn't get a pinfall win, he brings the big man to the corner for a
28:26few
28:26chops. Benoit then performs a snap suplex followed by an elbow drop and Benoit then performs a moodle
28:32lock. Double A wants to know if Sid wants to give it up but the big man's still in it.
28:36Sid ends up on
28:37the outside where a fan holds his hand tenderly while telling him, come on Sid, you can do it. The
28:42big
28:42man gets in the ring and the crowd gets a little restless as Sid begins to hulk up. Benoit takes
28:47a slap
28:47across the face as Tony Schiavone says, it's a miracle. Fuck off, Tony. The miracle is short lived
28:53though as Chris delivers another low dropkick. This gets followed up with a German suplex but
28:58Benoit can't do anything afterwards. Instead, big Sid delivers a power slam but Chris answers
29:03immediately with a knee submission. Sid just won't give up, he sits up, he makes it to the ropes but
29:09Benoit delivers another suplex before signaling for the headbutt. Chris delivers his finisher and the kick
29:15out afterwards from Sid was really something else, it even surprised Arn Anderson. The two get up,
29:21Benoit takes a chokeslam, Sid covers his opponent but Benoit has a foot under the bottom rope. The two
29:26get up, Chris applies the crossface, Sid taps out but look, Sid also had a foot under the bottom rope.
29:33Still, Arn Anderson calls for the bell so that's it over, Chris Benoit is the WCW World Heavyweight
29:38Champion for the first time in his career. The wrestlers at the stage applaud Chris as the celebration
29:43begins inside the ring but Chris had already made his mind up. Benoit wasn't going to stay in WCW and
29:49he also had no intention of bringing the WCW Championship with him to the WWF. Still, taking
29:55all things into consideration and I do mean everything, Benoit had been a cornerstone of WCW
30:01during the Nitro era and he always put on good to great matches. It was good that WCW finally
30:06recognized one of these upper mid-carders as championship material but it was too little, too late.
30:12Solid enough match though and one you should check out if you've got a moment.
30:18Backstage, Benoit called Sid one hell of a man. He says the desire to wrestle began when he first
30:24saw Dynamite Kid in Calgary and tonight Benoit proved everyone wrong when they said Chris was
30:29too small and not heavy enough to be world champion. Arn Anderson congratulates Chris,
30:34he says Chris earned this victory but then the two get interrupted by WCW's new commissioner.
30:39Big Kev tells Benoit to enjoy his title reign for the next hour and 40 minutes because after midnight,
30:45the NWO are going to make Chris's life a living hell. He then apologizes for putting a turd in
30:50Chris's punch bowl and Chris says, and I quote, from the little turd to the big turd, best of luck.
31:01Billy Kidman was the star of the show really and it's match against Saturn was a good one. Benoit
31:06vs Sid was also pretty good and definitely worth watching. I get some sort of sick pleasure out
31:12of David Flair matches that I know others don't get so it's another case of the bad outweighing the
31:17very little good WCW has to offer on PPV. Pure chaos, an absolute mess of a show in terms of
31:24the writing and
31:24booking. The bad matches were really bad and those bad matches stick out like a sore thumb.
31:30Benoit leaves WCW after this event, he won't be on Nitro tomorrow, Perry Saturn, Dean Malenko
31:36and Eddie Guerrero are also going to leave, Bruce Prichard had no idea who Conan was when he introduced
31:41himself as K-Dog on the phone so he ends up staying in WCW. And as for Shane Douglas, well
31:47Shane thought
31:48the other guys betrayed him when, allegedly, a phone call was made behind his back to the WWF,
31:53but that all depends on who you believe. You can check out some shoot interviews about it on YouTube,
31:58but the franchise also stays in WCW while his friends all leave.
32:03It kinda says a lot about Vince Russo, the guy gets ripped apart from every angle and yes,
32:08there is good reason to criticise Russo for sure, but the fact that all these good workers left the
32:12company the moment Russo stepped away tells us that the upper midcard guys were fond of him,
32:17and they didn't want to work under the old guard again due to past experiences both professionally
32:21and personally. Anyway, I've blobbered on enough, more to come on reliving the war this week.
32:26The workhorses have left the stable and the year 2000 gets off to a severely bad start for WCW.
32:32Until next time, please take care.
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