WCW Thunder Report

Thunder 3-8-00
Winston-Salem, NC

TAFKA Prince Iaukea w/ Paisley vs Psychosis w/ Jueventud Guerrera
Juvy does a little bit of mic work before the match only to be interupted by Mike Tenay announcing the return of Rey Mysterio Jr. to help with color commentating for this match. Match begins with Psychosis attacking Prince. Prince rolls out of the ring to take a break. Psychosis follows him out with a plancha off the top turnbuckle. Back in the ring Prince kicks Psychosis in the back. Psychosis comes back with a spinning heel kick. Psychosis applies the abdominal stretch on Prince. Both men fall out of the hold knocking the ref down in the process. Psychosis makes a pin attempt but the ref is out so Juvy makes the three count. The ref gives the belt back to Prince and calls for a DQ.
Winner by DQ: TAFKA Prince Iaukea

Crowbar, David, and Daffney are shown backstage, arriving to the arena, talking to Bam Bam Bigelow. Bigelow says he is sorry and he will make things better.

Ric Flair, Lex Luger, and Elizabeth are shown backstage. Ric promises to Lex that he will get Arn Anderson in Team Package tonight.


The Demon vs Idol w/ Lane
Lane joins Tenay and Heenan at the announce table. Miss Hancock comes to the ringside area. Lane escorts her away. In the ring Idol is unloading on Demon. Powerslam by Idol for a two count. Idol hits Demon with a spike ddt. Miss Hancock comes back and gets on the ring apron distracting Idol. Demon takes advantage and drives Idol to the mat with a modified chokeslam for the pin. After the match Lane and Idol double team Demon. Norman Smiley comes out to make the save but gets his ass kicked for his troubles.
Winner: The Demon

Curt Hennig is shown in the back. He says he has doctors orders and can not wrestle tonight but Luger, come Monday, you better watch out.

Jeff Jarrett is shown in the back talking to the Harris Boys. The Harris Boys say they are going to bring back the tag straps tonight.

Bam Bam Bigelow comes to the ring to shed some light on his relationship with The Wall. He says normally he don't like to spill his guts, he likes to do his talking in the ring. Bigelow puts two chairs in the ring and calls for David Flair and Crowbar to come to the ring. David and Crowbar slowly limp to the ring. They seem to be selling the injuries pretty good. David and Crowbar sit in the chairs and Bigelow reminds the two of what The Wall did to them. Bigelow says this is all his fault and he takes all the blame for this since he broke The Wall into the business, taught him how to wrestle, etc. Bigelow says he is sorry then The Wall comes to the ring. The Wall nails Bigelow with a right hand, kicks Crowbar out of his seat, and knocks David out of his seat. The Wall pulls a table out from under the ring and sets it up on the outside. The Wall chokeslams Bigelow from the ring apron through the table. The Wall then takes David's neck brace off and pounds on his neck. The Wall takes Crowbar's neck brace off and chokeslams him. The Wall then knocks David off the ring apron onto Bigelow and leaves the ring.

After we come back from a commercial we see the EMT's putting David and Crowbar on a stretcher.

Short Hulk Hogan promo directed toward Ric Flair. Nothing too important said.

The Maestro w/ Symphony vs The Cat Ernest Miller
Match starts off with a clothesline from The Cat. The Cat bodyslams Maestro then drops an elbow but misses. The Cat takes the boombox away from Symphony, hits Maestro in the head with it, and gets the pin. Quick match.
Winner: The Cat Ernest Miller

Vampiro cuts a short promo in the boiler room?

Gene Okerlund interviews Lash LeRoux. Dustin Rhodes busts up the interview and drags Lash out to the ring. Charles Robinson comes out to the ring and rings the bell. Lash hits a high backbody drop. Lash follows up in the corner on Dustin with ten right hands. Dustin comes back with a low blow then hits Lash with a bulldog for the pin in this unscheduled match. Terry Funk comes out and hits Dustin in the head several times with a chicken. Dustin finally gets up and drops an elbow on the chicken then starts attacking Funk with it. Both men fight their way into the crowd to end the segment.

Team Package comes to the ring. Flair gets on the mic first and says that Luger will destroy Sting and that he will destroy Hogan at Uncensored. Flair then shifts direction and asks for Arn Anderson to come to the ring and apologize to him. Arn comes out with a mic of his own. Flair tells Arn to shake Luger's hand. Arn refuses and says he and Ric are not very good fathers since they are on the road all the time but since David is on the road wrestling now, he needs to spend time with him. Arn says that he is standing up to Ric because David can't. Arn says Luger only cares about himself and eludes to the fact that him and Ric are called Team Package. Ric responds that the public don't need to know what goes on in their private lives. Ric says he's he has strapped his jet-pack back on and he is going all the way. Ric says David is on his own and that he has to stand up and be a man. Luger grabs the mic and says that Ric promised he would deliver AA but all he sees is teary eyes. Luger says he will give AA one more chance and that Ric has two strikes against him now. Luger ends by basically saying be with him or me and then leaves the ring. Arn leaves the ring with Ric shouting he wants to be with Team Package. Will Arn join Team Package? Tune into Nitro this Monday to find out.

Vampiro is shown in the back attacking Fit Finlay.

Fit Finlay vs Meng
Match starts off with both men going at it pretty hard. Not one minute into the match Tank Abbott comes out and interjects himself into the match. Security breaks everything up. Match is thrown out.
No Contest

Booker is shown in the back telling Kidman and Torrie that they need to stay focused.

Gene Okerlund interviews The Mamalukes. Nothing too important said.

Mamalukes vs Harris Boys vs Harlem Heat vs Booker and Kidman
The match begins and is absolutely out of control. Booker chokeslams Johnny then does the axe kick to Stevie Ray. Kidman hits a cross-body on Vito. The ref finally restores order. Booker eliminates Harlem Heat with a russian leg sweep on Stevie Ray. Booker accidently kicks Kidman and Kidman gets pinned by one of the Harris Brothers. Harris Brothers double team Johnny. Johnny connects with a spin kick and gets the tag to Vito. Vito comes in and clears house. Vito hits an elbow off the top for a two count. Harris Brothers hit the h-bomb on Johnny. As they went for the pin Disco Inferno hit one of them in the head with the belt. Johnny draped his arm over for the pin. After the match the Harris Brothers deliver a h-bomb to Disco.
Winners: Mamalukes

Backstage, Gene Okerlund mentions the poor performance in the last mach by the new Harlem Heat. Stevie Ray interupts and says a bunch of gibberish. His mic work is so terrible I don't even know what he said.

Gene Okerlund interviews Brian Knobbs with Dog (formerly Al Greene). Not too much said here either. Could you imagine if Knobbs and Stevie Ray were the mouthpieces of WCW? In 1980 maybe!


Who does the production editing for this? I heard David Penzer counting the crowd back in right before the commercial was even over!

Mike Tenay says that Sting and Hogan will be at Nitro Monday.

US Heavyweight Title Match
Vamiro vs Jeff Jarrett
Jarrett brings all his lovely girls to the ring with him. Jarrett asks the crowd if they want to see the girls give Vampiro something extra. Jarrett then orders the girls to the back. What if somebody tuned in just for the girls? I guess they just changed the channel. I understand the heel heat psychology though. Match starts out with Jarrett and Vampiro fighting on the outside. Back in the ring Vampiro comes off the top on Jarrett for a two count. The Harris Brothers come out and hit Vampiro while the ref has his back turned. Jarrett clotheslines Vampiro almost out of his shoes. Nah, Vampiro just sells it good. Jarrett sends Vampiro to the outside and the Harris Brothers double team him. Mamalukes come out and fight the Harris Brothers to the back. Vampiro had Jarrett pinned but the ref was taking care of the fight on the outside. Jarrett ddt's Vampiro for a two count. Jarrett goes for the figure four but Vampiro counters with the inside cradle for a two count. The ref, Nick Patrick, collides with Vampiro and falls out to the floor. Jarrett brings his US belt into the ring but Vampiro stops him and catapults him into the corner. Vampiro has Jarrett pinned again and another ref comes out to make the count but Patrick stops him. Jarrett then hits the stroke on Vampiro for the pin. After the match the Harris Brothers put the h-bomb on Vampiro and Jarrett sprays nWo on Vampiro's chest. Oh that's original.
Winner and still US Champ: Jeff Jarrett