Bored

It was the woman who played Ryan Shamrock and she was named Symphony in WCW. Get it? WCW in '96 steals Hall and Nash and three years later the best they are doing is stealing a stripper who played a midcarder's brother.

Good for Texas...why bother getting your fan's hopes every year for a national championship just to get blow out in the Red River Shootout. Might as well get those hopes out of the way early. 2nd OT for N.C. State/Ohio St., 31-31. UNLV embarasses Wisconsin 23-5, Louisiana Tech beat Michigan St. 20-19, and Cincinnati beats West Virginia 15-13. All wins were on the road for the mid-majors.

This week its the eighth anniversary of the very first Nitro. September 4, 1995 Brian Pillman def. Jushin Liger Ric Flair def. Sting by DQ; U.S. Title Match Hulk Hogan def. Big Bubba Rogers; WCW Title Match September 2, 1996 Diamond Dallas Page def. Alex Wright Harlem Heat def. Greg Valentine & Buddy Valentino Chris Jericho def. Dean Malenko The Giant def. Brad Armstrong Randy Savage def. Ron Studd The Steiner Brothers def. Sting & Lex Luger by DQ The Four Horsemen def. The Dungeon of Doom September 1, 1997 Chris Benoit & Steve McMichael def. Jeff Jarrett & Eddy Guerrero Mortis def. Silver King Yuji Nagata def. Dean Malenko Ultimo Dragon def. La Parka Buff Bagwell def. Glacier Lizmark Jr. def. Villano IV Alex Wright def. Hugh Morrus Stevie Richards def. Damien Ray Traylor def. Prince Iaukea Scott Hall & Randy Savage def. Lex Luger & Diamond Dallas Page August 31, 1998 Wrath def. Jim Powers Scott Norton def. Norman Smiley Brian Adams def. Eddy Guerrero The Cat def. Riggs Konnan def. Marty Jannety Saturn & Lodi def. High Voltage Juventud Guerrera def. Evan Karagias; CW Title Match Chris Jericho def. Disco Inferno; TV Title Match Goldberg def. Al Green; WCW Title Match Sting & Lex Luger def. Hollywood Hogan & Bret Hart by count out September 6, 1999 Lodi def. Evan Karagias Barry Horowitz NC Al Green Chris Benoit & Dean Malenko win a battle royal Prince Iaukea def. Johnny Swinger Buff Bagwell def. Steven Regal Eddie Guerrero, Chavo Guerrero Jr., & Kidman def. Juventud Guerrera, Psychosis, & Blitzkrieg Shane Douglas def. Kendall Windham Barry Windham def. Jerry Flynn Perry Saturn def. Hugh Morrus Chris Benoit NC Dean Malenko Goldberg & Hulk Hogan def. Sid Vicious, Diamond Dallas Page, & Rick Steiner in a Steel Cage Handicap Match September 4, 2000 Rey Mysterio Jr. & Juventud Guerrera def. Insane Clown Posse; Tag Title Match Sting def. Vampiro & The Great Muta in a handicap match Booker T def. Stevie Ray Kronic def. The Cat in a handicap match Goldberg def. Shane Douglas The Natural Born Thrillers def. Big Vito in a Gauntlet Match Kevin Nash won “WarGames 2000” for the WCW Title

Houston - 16 pts. Atlanta Falcons Cleveland Browns Green Bay Packers Tennessee Titans Buffalo Bills Kansas City Chiefs New Orleans Saints Miami Dolphins San Francisco 49ers - LOCK OF THE WEEK ONLY BECAUSE I'M A FAN Seattle Seahawks Tampa Bay Buccaneers Cincinnati Bengals New England Patriots Denver Broncos Minnesota Vikings New York Giants Ugh I only feel good about four of those picks. This could get ugly.

I checked Alabama's official site and they list the next two year's schedules and they don't have Oklahoma but they only show 11 games so they do have an opening for a non-conference opponent. Oklahoma's site didn't have any future schedules available so don't know if they have an open spot. Alabama could use a higher profile non-conference game as next year's non-conference schedule is Southern Miss, Utah St., and I-AA Western Carolina.

I should have realized earlier...there are no computers in Alabama.

Well four of the seven computer ratings are currently available and the Massey Ratings (I have no clue what it is) has Oklahoma ranked 76th. Probably the reason why they wait till late October to release these things.

I thought last week's from gamefaqs were probably fake and they ended up being true but there is way too many holes in this report to make me think they are real.

The Eagles still have a shot at a Fiesta Bowl bid but the BCS can't be happy with Tennesee at #2 because there fans don't travel well. Um nevermind.

The spoilers last week didn't come until about two hours later than this and those were off a gamefaqs message board of all things. This will be a complete throw away show anyways.

Errr actually they weren't desperate because when they went to it (either late '97 or early '98 I forget exactly when) they were still beating Raw in the ratings. They thought it would help their ratings and widen the gap...they were wrong.

Just for fun I'm gonna post the current BCS ratings. Now okay the real ratings aren't available for quite some time but there is a site that puts it together even before the official one comes out. Its collegebcs.com but you have to pay to get access to the ratings and they rank every team not just the the top 15. Now the ratings have to be taken with a grain of salt since some teams have only played one game and not all of the computer ratings are available at this time. But just to for the hell of it and since I'm Bored here is the current BCS Top 25 and also throw in the Bottom 10. 1. Miami 4.27 2. Ohio State 13.99 3. Georgia 18.26 4. Kansas State 21.16 5. Oklahoma 21.49 6. USC 22.80 7. Michigan 23.04 8. Colorado 25.37 9. Florida State 33.26 10. Wake Forest 34.37 11. Texas 35.54 12. Tennessee 36.74 13. LSU 39.63 14. Notre Dame 39.70 15. Wisconsin 42.70 16. Nebraska 43.63 17. Florida 46.63 18. Pittsburgh 47.58 19. South Carolina 47.88 20. TCU 51.51 21. Texas A&M 53.74 22. Missouri 56.26 23. Iowa 57.12 24. Virginia Tech 57.44 25. Oregon 60.99 Bottom 10 117. Baylor 118.34 116. UTEP 115.14 115. Idaho 114.67 114. Buffalo 114.53 113. Temple 111.79 112. Akron 108.15 111. Vanderbilt 106.92 110. East Carolina 106.14 109. Army 105.71 108. Indiana 104.28

I haven't purposely watched a single minute of a World Series game for the last three years or have I watched the majority of a World Series game since Game 1 of the '98 series. I guess nothing is a draw to me. Oh and another reason why the Subway Series probably didn't draw ratings was because it was such a lopsided match-up. Don't fear Chicago...no team out either Central division will be in the series for either league so I wouldn't worry about lack of ratings.

Time to bump this back up...here is YOUR college football national television schedule for this week. ABC regional games are marked with an asterisk. All times are Pacific because I live in California so screw the Eastern time zone. Thursday California at Utah, 4:30 PM, ESPN Friday Toledo at Marshall, 4 PM, ESPN Saturday #24 N.C. State at #3 Ohio State, 9 AM, ABC* Arkansas at #6 Texas, 9 AM, ABC* Purdue at #20 Wake Forest, 9 AM, ESPN UNLV at #14 Wisconsin, 9 AM, ESPN2 #23 Iowa at Iowa State, 9:30 AM, FSN #15 Notre Dame at #5 Michigan, 12:30 PM, ABC # 25 South Carolina at #8 Georgia, 12:30 PM, CBS Hawaii at #4 USC, 1 PM, FSN East Carolina at #2 Miami, 4 PM, ESPN2 Kentucky at Alabama, 4:45 PM, ESPN Penn State at #18 Nebraska, 5 PM, ABC* Georgia Tech at #10 Florida State, 5 PM, ABC* Illinois at UCLA, 5 PM, ABC* Oregon at Arizona, 7 PM, TBS

What's even more whack is that Jericho got a pinfall victory over HHH on SD last year. It was clean. O_O Uhhhh not quite. I'm not gonna bother posting the entire recap since its not from this week but this is from CRZ's recap of it April 22 of last year: Well, we'll never now - H lets go, spying AWESOMETAKER up on the apron - H gives him a right, but Jericho grabs the tights and doesn't let go - 1, 2... 3!!!!!!!!! Jericho wins! Jericho wins! Jericho wins! (5:31 + 7:59) Undertaker interference and Jericho holding the tights gets the win. If it was just the tights I'd give it the benefit of the doubt because that is a normal heel tactic but the Taker distraction makes it not a clean win. Triple H got his job back at Judgment Day.

September 13, 1993 The Quebecers def. The Steiner Brothers in a Quebec Province Rules Match to win the Tag Team Titles Mr. Perfect def. Tony DeVito Razor Ramon def. The Executioner Doink def. Rich Myers September 12, 1994 The Undertaker def. Kwang Jim Neidhart def. Tim McNeany Adam Bomb def. Dwayne Gill The Bushwhackers def. Barry Hardy & Bert Centeno September 11, 1995 Razor Ramon NC The British Bulldog The Smoking Gunns def. The Brooklyn Brawler & Rad Radford Isaac Yankem def. Scott Taylor Shawn Michaels def. Sid September 9, 1996 Faarooq Asad def. Savio Vega The Stalker def. T.L. Hopper Crush def. Freddie Joe Floyd The Undertaker def. Salvatore Sincere September 8, 1997 Bret Hart NC Vader The Godwinns def. The Headbangers Max Mini def. Piratita Morgan Owen Hart def. Goldust by DQ Hunter Hearst Helmsley def. The Patriot and Savio Vega (pinned) in a Triple Threat Match September 12, 1998 (Raw Saturday Night) Edge def. Jeff Jarrett by DQ Justin Bradshaw def. Droz Marc Mero def. Miguel Perez D.O.A. def. Kurrgan & Golga Southern Justice def. Too Much D’Lo Brown & Mark Henry def. The Headbangers by DQ D-Generation X def. Kaientai September 13, 1999 Luna def. Jeff Jarrett by DQ D-Von Dudley def. Faarooq in a Strap Match Test def. Joey Abs The Godfather def. Chaz Chris Jericho def. “Gotch Gracie” in a Steel Cage Match Five Man Free-for-All Match between The Rock, The Big Show, Mankind, The Undertaker, and Kane goes to a no contest Val Venis & D’Lo Brown def. Steve Blackman in a handicap match Triple H def. Steve Austin by DQ; WWF Title Match September 11, 2000 The Hardy Boyz def. The Dudley Boyz Lita def. Ivory; Women’s Title Match Too Cool def. Eddie Guerrero & Chyna Chris Jericho def. Triple H by DQ Bull Buchanan & The Goodfather def. The Acolytes Al Snow def. Tazz; Euro Title Match T&A def. Kurt Angle by DQ in a handicap match Steve Blackman def. X-Pac; HC Title Match Chris Benoit & Kane def. The Rock & The Undertaker September 10, 2001 Christian def. Billy Gunn The Hardy Boyz & Lita def. The Hurricane, Lance Storm, & Ivory Chris Jericho & A.P.A. def. Rhyno & The Dudley Boyz Booker T def. The Undertaker Tajiri def. Kanyon to win the WCW United States Title Hardcore Crap Segment: Rob Van Dam wins back title after losing it to Kurt Angle in a match The Rock def. Test & Stephanie McMahon in a handicap match September 9, 2002 Lance Storm & Christian def. Kane & Bradshaw; Tag Title Match Bubba Ray Dudley def. Steven Richards Trish Stratus & Terri def. Victoria & Stacy Keibler Triple H def. Spike Dudley Booker T & Goldust NC William Regal & Test Rob Van def. Big Show (1st elimination by DQ), Jeff Hardy (2nd), and Chris Jericho (final) in a Fatal Four-Way Elimination Match

September 11, 1995 Alex Wright def. Sabu by DQ Sting def. V.K. Wallstreet; U.S. Title Match Randy Savage def. Scott Norton Hulk Hogan NC Lex Luger; WCW Title Match September 9, 1996 Super Calo def. Pat Tanaka The Nasty Boys def. The Amazing French Canadians Scott Norton def. Craig Pittman Juventud Guerrera def. Joe Gomez Lex Luger NC Rick Steiner Rey Mysterio Jr. def. Billy Kidman Faces of Fear def. The Public Enemy by DQ Randy Savage NC John Tenta September 8, 1997 Rey Mysterio Jr. def. Eddy Guerrero Hugh Morrus def. Disco Inferno Chris Jericho def. Brad Armstrong by DQ; CW Title Match The Steiner Brothers NC Faces of Fear Scott Hall def. Super Calo Dean Malenko def. Psychosis Ric Flair & Curt Hennig def. Konnan & Buff Bagwell Lex Luger NC Diamond Dallas Page September 7, 1998 Konnan def. Bull Pain Wrath def. Lenny Lane Scott Steiner def. Evan Karagias Juventud Guerrera def. Hector Garza; CW Title Match The Cat def. Kenny Kaos Stevie Ray def. Chris Adams Saturn def. Riggs Chris Jericho def. Jim Niedhart; TV Title Match Dean Malenko def. Curt Hennig by DQ Goldberg def. Scott Putski; WCW Title Match Diamond Dallas Page & Roddy Piper def. Sting & Lex Luger by DQ September 13, 1999 Chris Benoit def. Dean Malenko Disco Inferno def. Erik Watts Silver King NC Norman Smiley The Windhams def. Steven Regal & Dave Taylor Harlem Heat def. Hugh Morrus & Brian Knobs by DQ; Tag Title Match Insane Clown Posse def. Lenny & Lodi Chris Benoit def. Rick Steiner to win the World Television Title Perry Saturn def. Eddy Guerrero Berlyn def. Buff Bagwell Sting & Lex Luger def. Hollywood Hogan & Bret Hart September 11, 2000 Rey Mysterio Jr. & Juventud Guerrera def. Kronic; Tag Title Match Reno def. Big Vito in a Stickball Bat on a Pole Match Madusa def. Torrie Wilson by DQ Jeff Jarrett def. Ms. Jones General Rection def. Lance Storm Sting def. The Harris Brothers in a handicap match Kevin Nash NC Scott Steiner; WCW Title Match; Special Referee, Booker T; Special Enforcer, Goldberg

Scratch that I found another recap on RSPW by Michael T. Tyler: That HH Guy defeated Lex "The Total Package" Luger by DQ when the Dungeon of DoDo attacks Guy. COMMENTS: This was billed by B*tchoff as the Match of the Century. Hogan receives a 5* performance for performing 3 legal wrestling moves: half-nelson armbar, suplex which Luger bounced up from, and choose any version of lock you want. Horrible match. At ~ 4:00 mark, Luger put on Guy in the Human Torture Rack. Thinking he made Hogan pass out and being the new world champion, Luger raises his arm and the ref forces it down. After an argument, Luger runs to pin Hogan. 12... Hulk-Up. Foot to the face, legdrop: 1... Oh it's the Dookey Boys. Macho Man, Sting clear the ring. RATING: -3*, but I learned a long time ago that the main event is not supposed to be the best matchm but the one that has the most impact on the card.

Old recaps for the early Nitro shows are hard to find. Guess no one thought it would last. Anyways best I can do is off a thing called the Ring Report on the RSPW message board: Next was the so called, "Match of the Century." LEX LUGER got THAT HH GUY in the Torture Rack, HH did his idiotic, flat out stupid, Superman comeback, did his usual crap, and then dropped the "big leg." Then, before the ref. made the count you all know what happened, unless, of course your an idiot. For you idiots, AKA HH-a-Maniacs, there was a DOD run-in. AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! !&$#@^$@$)*^$*!!!!! Sorry, but I had to get that out of my system. Folks, that was screw job #3! . . . Then after a commercial break, WCW actually did something that can be considered intelligent on this show. An interview with HH, Hart, Luger, Sting, and the Macho Man. Basically, Macho Man did NOT want Luger apart of the team and wondered why DOD never attacked Luger, Sting or Hart. Sting wanted Luger on the team. Hart wanted him too and HoH okayed it. Luger is now on the team. Now, everyone is expecting somebody to turn, but I highly doubt it

The Savage/Tenta match was just as set up for another n.W.o. segment. The '96 show this week is fairly significant as it was the show where "Sting" (fake one) turned on WCW and joined the n.W.o. As for Buff/Berlyn this was the night after Buff refused to do the job at Fall Brawl so Duggan subbed for him and no sold everything. My guess is they forced Buff out there to do the job after the Fall Brawl debacle. Anyways the Savage/Tenta recap is by John Petrie (otherarena.com) and the rest are by CRZ. RANDY "MACHO MAN" SAVAGE vs. JOHN TENTA Another non-match as Teddy Long comes to ringside after a few minutes, yelling that the NWO is back. Savage checks outside as a black limo pulls away. He (along with the rest of WCW) check out the other limo, grab the yellow cans of paint, and spray "WCW" all over the outside. Bischoff closes out the show by apologizing for signing in Hogan in the first place. The Horsemen arrive (with Flair interrupting Bischoff much as Hogan did to the Giant the previous week.) Arn and Flair announce that it will be the Four Horsemen who will take on the NWO at Wargames. Show ends with another replay of Sting attacking Luger. CHRIS MONDAY JERICHO v. JIM ("yeahbaby! yeahbaby! Dammit, they spelled my name wrong AGAIN! yeahbaby!") NIEDHART for the WCW World Television Title - "Welcome to Monday Night Jericho! And ladies and gentlemen, I most definitely am the Walrus, goo goo ga joob! And I promise to never, EVER treat you Jerichoholics wrong just because I am better than all of you! Thank you!" I promise that if Niedhart wins the belt, I'll watch this match again and provide a blow-by-blow, otherwise I'm making a pizza. I think the Anvil didn't even know how to get into the Liontamer, much less sell it, so they kinda just rang the bell and it was over (4:41) - Anvil looked unhappy. Hey Anvil, you didn't have to WATCH this match, you don't KNOW unhappy. CURTRICK HENNIGRUDE v. DEAN MALENKO - of course, we have to take an ad break right after Hennig & Rude's entrance. This portion of WCW Monday Nitro is brought to you by SNICKERS! Nitro makes you snicker at least *once* a week... Hennig is IMMEDIATELY on Malenko as soon as he enters the cage. Malenko with a drop toe hold and a lot of rights. Now they're trading blows. Hennig takes him to the turnbuckle. Hennig tries to leave (?) and Malenko hits the back body drop. Big knee. Whip, Hennig with a kick to the gut. He climbs on the roof (huh?) so Malenko brings him back down. To the corner. Repeated forearms. To the corner, but Malenko goes through and may have hit the cage with his head. Hennig with punches. To the corner we go. Kick to the head. Elbow, chop (woooo!), and, trying to take his head to the cage, Malenko blocks and elbows. Axehandle from Hennig. Kick. He's stomping away. Hennig appears to be concentrating his attack on Malenko's right shoulder, kneedrop, kneedrop. Hennig bends the arm backwards, then uses the rope for leverage. Rude appears to be unscrewing seomthing outside the cage. Rude pushes the camera away after realising he's been caught. Hennig continues to drop the boot on Malenko's back. Chop (woooo!), whip, Malenko puts up the boot and gets him in the mush. Hennig comes back with the sledge. 1, 2, no. Hennig again tries to put Malenko's head in the cage, but Malenko blocks it with his forearm. Hennig with the ko punches and Malenko goes down. Hennig has an object (commentators totally missed it) and punched Malenko in the tricep. 1, 2, no. Hennig continues working on the arm. Hennig has the right arm bent back but no submission. Looks like they butted heads as Malenko came off the rope. Both men sow to get up. Malenko firint back. Chops (woooo!) and now right hands. Elbow to the head. Kick to the knees. Hennig with a kick to a questionable area to regain momentum. Again he tries to take Malenko's head to the cage but Malenko puts a foot up against the cage. Hennig again pulls back the arm and grabs Malenko's mouth to ventriolquise (is that a word?) "I give up." - Hennig is the MAN now that he's sober. Oh, sorry. 1, 2, no. Another near fall. Kneelift to the head. Code Red by Hennig! Malenko locks his fingers to counter. Chop by Hennig (woooo!), FINALLY Malenko runs into the cyclone fencing at the hands of Hennig. Uppercut. Malenko manages to catapult Hennig into the cage wall. Cloverleaf attempt - Gennig to the rope. Whip, reverse, as Hennig picks up Malenko for the slam referee "Blind" Scott Dickinson gets hit. Again Malenko manages a kick and Hennig hits the cage wall. Tejas Cloverleaf is on but here's CRACKA EAZY-E with a key, STEVIE RAY is also out. Rude takes out Malenko with repeated fistdrops. Dickerson comes to and asks for the bell. (DQ 12:16) Rude repeatedly runs Malenko headfirst into the cage walls. Hennig covers and Rude counts three but darn it, it doesn't count. Stevie gets his licks in as Rude holds Malenko. And now they're setting up Malenko's head to get slammed in the cage a la what's-his-name from last year's WarGames. But wait...here's ARN ANDERSON! Hennig and Rude go down to sledgehammer blows! Arn's in the cage! The shirt is off! He's taking it to Stevie Ray! Malenko and Anderson share a look - while the NWO guys stand outside the cage... #1 CONTENDER POLISH PIRATE SCOTT PUTSKI v. (bill "140-0") GOLDBERG for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship - Excuse me, I believe my pizza is ready. (entrance 2:22, match :52) THIS IS) STING & THE NARCISSIST v. RODDY PIPER & DIAMOND DALLAS PAGE - Your referee is Mark Curtis. Piper and Page are arguing over who will start the match. Page ends up starting, along with Luger. Feeling out process. One minute has elapsed, with no moves. Lockup (finally!), beakup, Luger with the big "roaring lion" pose. Piper slaps Page and comes in and demolishes Luger, much to Page's chagrin. Piper munches on his face for good measure. To the turnbuckle, to the opposite turnbuckle, chop (woooo!) and Luger goes out. Piper follows. Luger's head meets the STEEL steps. Who are the fan favourites again? Piper yells out "WAR!" and tags Page. Page with a lot of elbows. Whip into the turnbuckles. Side suplex for 2. Another near fall for Page. Whip, big duck, big forearm shiver and Page goes down. Tag to Sting, crowd goes nuts. Gut shot, head to the canvas. Sting steps on the hand. Atomic drop, chops to the throat. Jumping DDT by Sting - yeah! Sting's the man! Whip into the ropes, big sidewalk slam but Page turns and Sting takes the brunt. 1, Luger breaks it up. Now all four men are in. Katie bar the door, it's a Pier Six brawl. Crowd stands, anticipating a run-in. Hey, they're right - here's KEVIN NASH, who posts Piper and then walks in the ring as Page takes out Sting (who sweared? I got muted stuff here). Jackknife (DQ 3:55). I guess that Page isn't joining the Wolfpack. NWO red shirt draped over Page and we take an ad break. CHRIS BENOIT v. DEAN MALENKO - take two - They're going to try it again, winner to get a title shot later tonight. With the Revolution going 0-3 last night, we can only hope that something interesting tonight makes up for it (even though it'll prove that only idiots pay for PPVs) - Shane Douglas asks Winston-Salem if they're ready for a Revolution - just kidding. Anyway, here we go. Lockup, arm drag from Benoit. Lockup, hammerlock from Malenko, reversal, go behind, drop toehold from Malenko, floatover, reversal into a hammerlock from Benoit, standing up, power out, hiptoss blocked, clothesline ducked - flips back, over leapfrog, catches the leg, Benoit hits an enzuigiri. I need to note that PERRY SATURN & SHANE DOUGLAS are at ringside - to keep Sid away, hopefully. Some more mat wrestling - Malenko hits some back elbows. Benoit takes him over the top rope and falls with him. Both men on the floor. Both men up - trading punches. Douglas and Saturn break it up and tell them to keep it in the ring. They both roll back in. Test of - no, Malenko kicks, takes him off the ropes and into a cross armbreaker. Benoit and Malenko rolling with it. Benoit puts Malenko on his back - then raises him up, carrying him on one arm - and dropping him to the canvas. Shaking it off, Benoit whips him off the ropes and takes him down with a big shoulderblock for 2. Heenan talks about Sting - shame on him. Knife-edge chop from Benoit. Off the ropes, dropkickm misses - Malenko goes to the leg, rolls through, Benoit takes the bottom rope. Malneko stomps and drops the knee. Working the leg here - grapevining it now. Tonight, Berlyn and Bagwell - wow, I'm glad they waited a whole DAY before they had it! Malenk with an anklelock and Benoit screaming. Grabs the bottom rope again. Malenko stalking him - head into the buckle. Whip into the opposite corner is reversed, Malenko leaps over the top and lands on the buckle - Benoit stuns him, however, and hits a SUPERPLEX! Both men down - Douglas and Saturn cheerleading and the fans actually go with it. Both men up - double clothesline - arm draped over each man - referee "Blind" Billy Silverman counts a double pin - both men raise a shoulder at 2. Benoit takes him into the corner - foot up - trying for a rana - Benoit shrugs him off. Waistlock, Malenko elbows, Benoit flips him over and covers for 2 - Malenko counters for 2 - Benoit ducks a lariat and hits a German suplex - holding on - but Malenko blocks and counters for 2. Into the corner - backdrop suplex from Benoit - thumb crosses throat - but Malenko catches him on the top turnbuckle - Malenko superplex hits, but Benoit continues the momentum from Malenko's floatover and puts the shoudlers on the mat - 1, 2, 3! Benoit is your winner!! (7:15) Great match - quick, turn the TV off before they kill off any good feelings by putting on some crap! All four Revolution members celebrate a match well ... matched. ERIK WATTS v. DISCO INFERNO - Commentators all but guarantee a Sid run-in for this match. It's tushy-kickin' time! Watts punches away, Disco goes to the eyes. Off the ropes, hiptoss is blocked, so is his hiptoss, Watts his a uranage-alike and does that "my hands are guns" things. Watts yanking on the arm. Off the ropes, atomic drop from Disco, swinging neckbreaker. Disco poses. Stomp, head to the buckle. Kick, kick, kick, kick, whip into the opposite corner, charge sidestepped - Watts with a gutshot, and a powerbomb that was supposed to land on the turnbuckle, close enough. There's a mocking disco move from Watts - humourous belly-flop splash for 2. Stomp. There's another. Field goal kick. Off the ropes, head down, elbow from Disco, side Russian legsweep, second rope forearm smash misses because he's spent too much time mocking Watts' gun motions. Suddenly some crowd noise is turned on - sounds like a "Sid" chant. BLATANT fake crowd noise here - crowd looks around like "what's that?" - we cut to a (planted) "Boring - where's Sid?" sign and then take a split screen of Sid sitting in a locker room, muttering to himself. Chartbuster for the pin. (3:09) Sid's cut off and we go back to Disco with the mic. "I told everybody that I was a superstar! I told everybody that I was an icon! I told everybody that I was a main eventer - and dammit, I'm the guy that's taking WCW to the millennium!" SID VISCOUS is out - powerbomb. CHARLES ROBINSON, wearing the US title belt, holds the sign - and they are STILL misspelling it. Sigh. There's a "pin" on Watts. There's another powerbomb for Disco. "Someone asked me - 'Sid, can you define "intimidation?"' Well, I think Mr. Heenan, there's a perfect answer for that. See, he's gonna try to stereotype me as the big dumb guy. Well, Mr. Heenan's view, Mr. Hogan, Mr. Hart, and you, Billy boy - when you come to field to meet the man, if it's in a battle of wits - or a physical battle - everyone comes unarmed! Un Armed. But when you come to battle with Sid Vicious, there's no way to win! No way to win - so I have taken it upon myself. I have reached out and I have took what was so valuable to Benoit, and I have it here today, and I can honestly say for the first time in WCW, that this belt is untarnished! For I will not let trash like this touch my belt! And I will not let trash like Bill Goldberg - I will not give him the opportunity to touch what is mine, because in the year 2000 they will sing only one name! And the name will be...Sid! Sid! Sid! Sid! Sid! Sid! Sssssssssssssssssssssssssssid, hahahahahahahaha. Haa! Let's get one more! Here's another powerbomb for Disco Inferno (who's had to just LIE here all this time). Scott Dickenson counts a pinfall. Idiot. BYRLYN (mit Ute Ludendorf und sein bodyguard) v. BUFF IS THE STUFF - Ute Ludendorf joins the commentators, flabbergasting them (THAT took work, hah?) and then speaking Deutsch instead of English. Amazingly, Buff shows up for this match! Bagwell laughs at Berlin's haircut, and then leads a "USA" chant. Lockup, armdrag and pose - Berlyn with a big ol' kyck, hammering hym, off the ropes with a dropkyck. Whyp is reversed into a powerslam. Clotheslyne from Berlyn. Ute's actually using German that I know - not that I don't USUALLY find the commentary distracting when it's in English. Three lariats from Bagwell. Buff perches on the top turnbuckle, but Berlyn pops up and kicks the top rope. Second rope supyrplex. Stompyng away. The bodyguard has some sort of object around hys hand - but referee "Blind" Billy Silverman, in a SHOCKING display of competency, spots what's going on and prevents him from using it. Berlyn with a belly-to-back suplex for 2. To a heydlock. "USA" chant may not be fully piped in - who knows. Bagwell elbows out, Berlyn ryght back on him. Clubbyng forearm to the back of the head. There's a whyp into the ropes and a leg laryat when he comes out. Kneey to the gut. Slyde dropkyck to take Bagwell to the outside. Again, the bodyguard slowly stalks, and Silverman catches him again. Bagwell makes it to the apron, puts a head in the gut, but Berlyn is quickly back. Head to one buckle - head to another is blocked and Bagwell hits HIM on the buckle. Top rope clothesline, dropkick, scoop - and a slam, pose, off the ropes with a swinging neckbreaker. Taking him to the corner - time for the ten punch countalong. Berlyn flops 6.0 3.4 while Bagwell pinwheels. Off the ropes, Berlyn holds on - Bagwell after him - there's a hot shot, bodyguard FINALLY gets to use his loaded fist - there's the neckbreyker. 1, 2, 3. (Call 4:11) Cameras get all fuzzy again and just before the ad break, Heenan lets loose with "AND YOU WILL LIKE IT!" (THIS IS) STING & THE NARCISSIST v. BRET CLARKE & YOU KNOW WHO - Everybody brawls on the outside before the introductions are done - Hart and Luger, and Hogan and Sting. Referee is Charles Robinson, which seems to BEG for Sid to ruin this match. Hogan and Sting in the ring - Sting's head on the turnbuckle. Pounding away - now choking him when he tries to escape. Right hand, climbing to the second rope for the ten punch countalong. Sting staggers to the centre of the ring, Hogan ko's him. Tag to Hart. Right, right, right, right, right, Bret is a technical MONSTER. Backbreaker breaks the monotony of the punches. Headbutt to the abdomen. Sting rakes the face. Off the ropes, clothesline from Sting. Elbowdrop, another elbowdrop. Sting calls to the crowd - and they answer. Right hand from Sting. Off the ropes, duck, double clothesline and both men are down. Hogan leading some synchronised clapping. Sting makes the tag. Elbowdrop - misses - tag to Hogan! Point, boot, right, right, right, whip into the opposite corner, follow lariat. Right hand. Off the ropes, big boot. Sting in, down after a right. But Hogan turns around and eats a big Ace toolbox elbow. Now Luger stomping away. Big scoop - and a big slam. Tag to Sting. Sting to the top - top-rope splash - 1, 2, Hogan gets a shoulder up. Sting drops an elbow on the knee. And again. Half crab from Sting. Tag to Luger. Luger drapes the knee on the bottom rope, then buttdrops it. Now big stomping on the knee. Hart comes in and distracts the ref, so Luger puts on a big choke. "Hogan" chant - allegedly. Sting and Hogan trading blows - now Hogan coming back - now Sting raking the face to stop that momentum. Tag to Luger. Big double sledge, and another. Another big stomp. Luger drives the head to the buckle - nope. Blocked by Hogan. Luger's head meets the buckle - nine times! Luger makes a big desperation kick to the knee and hits it. Tag to Sting. Snap suplex - but Hogan pops right back up. Clothesline. Sting goes to the mat and tries to go for the knee. Got it. Sting stomps on the knee. Tag to Luger - who continues to work on the knee. Big atomic drop. Big kicks to the knee. Hogan goes to the eyes. Now Hogan's punching back. Now Luger goes to the big eyepoke. Tag to sting. Double clothesline ducked, Hogan hits a double clothesline of his own. All three men down. There's the hot tag! Hart's a house on fire! Sting left in - whip into the ropes, gutshot, side Russian legsweep for 2. Backbreaker across the knee. Second rope elbowdrop. Luger in to break the count. Hogan is in. Big boot to Luger! Well, DIAMOND DALLAS PAGE is walking to the ring with a baseball bat. Hart has Sting in the Sharpshooter - Page in with the bat, but Hogan cuts him off. The bat falls to the canvas, where Luger picks it up - and PASTES Hart right in the nose with it. Sting hooks the leg as Robinson finally turns around. 1, 2, 3. (9:59) Sting, Page, and Luger walk off arm in arm. Hart's covered up by the trainer...and we're out.

Recap by Scott Keith: Van Hammer v. Blitzkrieg. Whew, that was close, I almost thought someone with a brain was putting this show together for a minute there, and I might have had to refrain from flipping over to Emeril while doing this report. Luckily, that was not the case and we get a heapin' helpin' of Hammer beating the snot out of a perfectly good cruiserweight to an apathetic crowd, and that's the way it SHOULD BE, dammit! You new wrestling fans with your "action-adventure" and "properly utilized talent" and "good booking" on the other shows are just making those of us who stick with WCW's tripe look all the more stupid. Gimme junk like this any day, sez I. Hammer finishes it with a cobra clutch slam, poorly done, as it should be. *

1998 – no show September 9, 1999 Buff Bagwell def. The Barbarian Van Hammer def. Blitzkrieg Chris Benoit, Shane Douglas, & Saturn def. Steven Regal, Dave Taylor, & Chris Adams Kaz Hayashi def. Lodi Sid Vicious def. Adrian Byrd & Bobby Blaze in a handicap match Booker T def. Barry Windham by DQ Dean Malenko def. Rick Steiner by DQ; TV Title Match Goldberg def. Bam Bam Bigelow September 13, 2000 Mark Jindrak & Sean O’Haire def. Disco Inferno & Tygress Kidman & Madusa def. Shane Douglas & Torrie Wilson by count out Sting def. Jeff Jarrett 2-1 in a Two Out of Three Falls Match Kronic def. Rey Mysterio Jr. & Juventud Guerrera and The Harris Brothers (pinned) in a Triple Threat Match Team Canada def. Gen. Rection in a handicap match Kevin Nash & Scott Steiner def. Booker T & The Cat by DQ; WCW Title Match

CRZ recap: THE GHOST RIDER v. KING KURT ANGLE...again - I'll be damned, those steps have somehow mysteriously levitated over to the barricade and stood on end! How DOES that happen? Lockup, Undertaker shoves him down. Lockup, repeat. Third try, Angle to a waistlock, Undertaker with a back elbow, soupbone, into the corner hard, followup clothesline. Scooping him up on his shoulder - powerslam - 2 from referee "Blind" Jim Korderas. Backstage, Triple H is watching on a monitor - and loving it. 'Taker off the ropes with a soupbone. Arm wringer...did 'Taker just say it was time for school? 'Taker climbing to the top...hey, it's "the walkin' the top rope and coming off with a clubbing forearm" spot! Off the ropes...Angle manages a drop toehold. Angle ducks the clothesline and grabs the waistlock...as Undertaker frees himself, Angle puts a forearm on the back. Gutshot, DDT. Cover, leg is hooked, 1, 2, shoulder up. Right, right, right, right, off the ropes, big boot by the Undertaker stops that. Elbowdrop gets 2. "Ang Gull Sux!" Soupbone. Off the ropes, Angle ducks, Undertaker puts him up on his shoulder...but Angle falls backwards, clamps on the waistlock and busts out a German suplex! Clothesline by Angle - leg is hooked...for 2. A small, yet determined group of fans is chanting "Let's Go Angle." Angle with a kick, a right, right, elbow to the back of the head, and going outside to drive an elbow in the heart. Another elbow from the outside. Angle is back in - kick, kick, kick, right, head to the buckle, right, right, right, kick, kick, kick. Back in Triple H's dressing room, we know see Stephanie looking on - and silently rooting on Angle. 'Taker with a soupbone, Angle with a right, soupbone, right, soupbone, right, soupbone, soupbone, into the ropes, head down, kick by Angle, kick, into the ropes, 'Taker ducks the clothesline, but hits his own flying version. Setting him up for the Last Ride...but CHRIS BENOIT is out, pulling Angle backwards into a press (DQ 3:50) and now both men are laying into the Undertaker. 'Taker tries to fight back the doubleteam, but he's one and they're two, and surprisingly, the numbers have it. So here comes...THE NEW MAN? Yup, it's Triple H with a knockdown for Angle, another right, right, and Angle goes to the outside. H follows and they fight up the ramp. In the ring, Benoit is still taking it to Undertaker...but he's fighting back. Off the ropes, big boot. It's *Benoit* taking the Last Ride. Now play his music! By the way...neither man was named #1 Contender tonight. Amazing we didn't see Kane come out...not that I wanted to see him! Here's your replay - Triple H comes out and removes Kurt Angle from the equation...leaving Undertaker to demolish Benoit. Coming up next: a special message from Stone Cold Steve Austin!

September 9, 1999 The British Bulldog def. The Big Bossman to win the Hardcore Title; Bulldog gives the title to Al Snow after the match Edge & Christian def. The New Brood Chyna def. Hardcore Holly by DQ Bradshaw def. Buh Buh Ray Dudley by DQ Triple H def. Kane; WWF Title Match The Undertaker & The Big Show def. The Rock & Makind in a Buried Alive Match to win the Tag Team Titles September 7, 2000 X-Pac def. Chris Jericho Chris Benoit def. Rikishi Triple H def. T&A in a handicap match Eddie Guerrero def. Road Dogg; IC Title Match Too Cool def. Bull Buchanan & The Goodfather The Undertaker def. Kurt Angle by DQ The Rock def. Edge & Christian in a handicap match for the WWF Title September 13, 2001 The Hardy Boyz def. The Hurricane & Lance Storm Rob Van Dam def. Spike Dudley Chris Jericho def. Christian The Rock def. Shawn Stasiak A.P.A. def. X-Pac & Albert Booker T def. The Big Show Lita def. Ivory The Dudley Boyz & Test def. Scotty 2 Hotty, William Regal, & Tajiri Kurt Angle def. Rhyno September 12, 2002 Brock Lesnar def. Hardcore Holly Eddie Guerrero & Chavo Guerrero def. Edge & John Cena Kurt Angle def. Rey Mysterio Chris Benoit NC Rikishi Torrie Wilson def. Nidia Matt Hardy def. The Undertaker by count out

Recaps for the above matches mentioned. '93, '99, and 2000 matches are recaps by CRZ (slashwrestling.com). HBK/Sid match recapped by KJP and '97 triple threat match recapped by G.P. Ryan both on the RSPW message board. Might wanna grab something to eat...this will take a while. The Steiner Brothers v. Les Quebecois in a Quebec Province Rules, tag team title match - Rick and Jacques start. Jacques with kneelifts, Rick with powerslam. Rick clotheslines Jacques out of the ring, but luckily it isn't over the top rope. Pierre goes back in and meets with another powerslam. 2 count. Tag to Scott. Double underhook into a modified powerbomb for 2. Scott with dropkick for 2. Scott works over Pierre some more until he meets up with a boot in the corner. Pierre with clothesline (off second rope) for 2. Vince calls Pierre "the larger of the two Steiners." Pierre with another 2 after a jumping fist finds the mark. Scott reverses into a back body drop. Tag to Rick. As Rick is talked out of a piledriver attempt, we take an ad break. When we come back, Jacques has gained the upper hand on Rick. After three counters to counters, Rick once again sends Jacques through the ropes and onto the floor. Pierre and Scott are tagged in. Scott gets the advantage, but Pierre manages to reverse a hiptoss attempt into a short clothesline. Scott with a belly to belly for 2. Half crab by Scott, which Jacques comes in to break up when referee "Blind" Dave Hebner is distracted. Tag to Rick who covers for 2 and resumes the hold. Again, the ref is distracted so Jacques can break the hold. Tag to Scott, 2. Tag to Rick. Suddenly, out comes Johnny Polo in a Montreal Canadiens jersey to cheer on the Quebecers. Rick tries to go to the top rope (boy, he has trouble with these rules!), but goes to the second rope, and ends up jumping into some knees. Pierre tries to get Rick into position for a superplex, but Rick comes to and throws Pierre. Jacques comes in and quickly goes out after dropping an elbow on his partner. The Canadians huddle up with Polo on the outside, and we take another ad break. When we come back, Jacques and Scott are in; while Scott bounces off the rope, dangerously close to the Quebecers corner, Pierre nails him. The Quebecers get lots of chances to do all those neat doubleteaming moves you've seen them do in the squash matches, and for an encore goad Rick enough to keep Hebner's eyes firmly trained on him instead of the men in red. After some confusion where the wrong Quebecer attempts a pin, Scott manages a desperation DDT. Before he can tag to Rick, Pierre runs across and hits him, taking him out of the corner so he can't be tagged. Anyway, in the ensuing confusion, Scott ends up in the Quebecer finisher, which I forget how to describe. Rick comes in and cleans house before returning to his corner. Now there are three men in the ring, all out. Pierre comes to and prevents Scott from tagging. Scott manages a double clothesline and *again* all three men are out. Finally, Rick is tagged in. After the house afire bit by Rick, Scott gets Pierre into the Frankensteiner (Huh), but Jacques makes the save at 2. Polo gets up on the apron to distract somebody, and ends up on the wrong end of a Rick punch. Fortunately, he gets the opportunity to pass his hockey stick to Jacques. Unfortunately, Jacques doesn't get to use it. Instead, it is wrested away from him by Scott, who is now pissed enough to actually waffle him with it. Fortunately, Hebner chooses this moment to watch what's going on. Scott is DQ'd. Ladies and gentlemen, we have new tag team champions. Sid (w/DiBiase) vs. Shawn Soundbite Resilience Michaels Michaels retrieves his headgear without incident, then climbs into the ring in order to do some wrong-righting. McMahon compares Shawn to Evel Kneivel (lucky to be alive?) because he throws caution to the wind, not to mention most of his clothing. And with that, the much-delayed match proceeds. Lockup, and Sid quickly has Shawn in a corner. After due deliberation, Sid telegraphs his extra attack to allow Michaels a timely escape. Michaels with a few light punches before trying to cross-corner whip Sid, but Sid reverses. Michaels leaps into monkey flip position, and Sid wisely hits the deck. Unfortunately he did so a bit too loudly, tipping off the champ as to what was up, and allowing him to hold position while waiting for Sid to get back up and see where Shawn went to. Shawn ends up executing a sunset flip instead, and doesn't meet with much success in pulling Sid over, but at least Michaels has the presence of mind to get out of the way of that incoming punch. Back on his feet, Michaels staggers Sid with a dropkick, then knock him over with a flying clothesline. A few more punches and Sid decides a time out is in order. The main effect of this is to give Lawler time to note that Michaels is giving away eight inches and eighty-two pounds, but since the match took place quite a while ago I'm sure the offer has expired by now. Sid re-enters and it's lockup #2. Shawn gains a highly tentative headlock which Sid has little trouble shaking loose. On the rebound, Shawn hits a shoudlerblock, and gets that sinking feeling that comes with nothing happening as a result. Going at it from another angle, Shawn's momentum is gladly continued by Sid towards the airspace outside the ring, but Shawn, reliving the glory of the Royal Rumble, cinches on to the top rope and levers himself back inside, where Sid's back might as well have had a "Kick Me" sign on it. DiBiase is cheesed, but Sid is merely miffed. Sid, no doubt experiencing a bit of deja vu, once again re-enters for another lockup. This time it is Sid obtaining the headlock. Shawn goes for some hair without much success. Finally he decides to shake off Sid using the momentum method, which works as it always does. What you do next is as always up to you, but I'm sure Shawn could have found something better to do than leap straight into a Sid bearhug. Exhibiting model sportsmanship, Sid allows Michaels to correct his mistake by releasing the bearhug, with authority. For some reason Michaels is reluctant to get up at this point, so Sid pulls him up and props him in a corner, nailing him in the gut to make sure he stays there. A brief choke and another gut shot leaves Michaels in a rather poor mood. Sid sends Shawn across to the other corner. Shawn attempts to hit the Flair Flop, but can't even clear the ropes, so bad is his current momentum. Sid helps him onto the apron with a well aimed placekick, the better to clothesline him to the floor. Sid of course climbs out to hoist Shawn back in, and oops, dropped him headfirst into the apron. The referee immediately calls Sid back into the ring so he can be properly admonished for his carelessness. In the interim, DiBiase walks up and suggests a few new poses he and Shawn can have, most of them involving DiBiase's foot on Shawn's throat. Upon viewing the writhing body of Shawn Michaels after this, McMahon comes to the only conclusion he possibly can: the ladder match did this to him. All the same, with some timely cooperation from DiBiase, Michaels is just able to pull himself in as the referee reaches the count of nine. -- ad break -- [ As for the other main event, Hogan/Luger seems to have become a contest as to which of these muscleheads can outpose the other. Click. ] Sid has the bearhug back on (at least it's not a reverse chinlock), and with the end of the commercial, the all clear is given for Shawn to break out. A bop to the nose gets Shawn out of trouble, and a boot to the gut gets him right back in again. Sid rolls Shawn over his shoulder, only to have Michaels seriously annoy him with a head scissors. Righting himself, Sid grabs Shawn and promptly choke slams him. And now, this gloat. But it only delays the inevitable, as Sid pulls Shawn up one more time, has him assume the position, and all that is left is to execute. And thus Shawn does the back body drop. Sid is all a-smiles, saying good one Shawn, now here's one for you. Sid effort at an axehandle is delayed not once but twice by last-second gut shots from Michaels. Finally getting on his feet, Michaels is ready for two rounds of "I block your punch, you don't block mine". After a couple more blows Shawn sends Sid for a ride, but Sid insists Shawn go first. Fine, says Shawn, hitting a cross body block on the rebound. Shawn covers, but only to land a few rapid-fire shots to Sid's wearying head. Then quickly topside for a flying body press, and the first (and last) two-count of the match. Sid, deciding it would be best to just start over from the point of the commercial break, attempts to get things restarted with another boot to the gut, but on the ensuing ride, Shawn ducks a Sid clothesline and knows what he must do. The right foot shoots out -- and hits Sid square in the gut. All right, says Shawn, how about two out of three? With Sid bowed over, attempt number two has little trouble finding the head, and with the lights quickly dimming inside of Sid's cranium, Shawn has plenty of time to line up for a bullseye on superkick try number three. Cover, and it is done. Now DiBiase is truly ticked off, but there is little to do but trudge off and try again some other day. The Patriot vs. Savio Vega vs. Hunter Hearst Helmsley (w/Chyna) It soon turns to Savio and Patriot working over Hunter. After a corner whip, Hunter manages to clothesline Patriot but gets elbowed down by Patriot, who is promptly leveled by Savio. Unfort, the pace is slow, at which point I note such, Michaels ambles to ringside just before a --break-- (at 2:29, lasted 3:12) Patriot DDT's Hunter, Savio breaks it up. Savio doesn't come close to hitting a piledriver. Patriot tries to cover and gets kicked in the head. Savio makes his own cover, then goes to a LAME headlock, only to get hit low. Patriot hits Savio with a back suplex, Hunter covers. When Savio tries to sunset flip Hunter from the apron, Patriot kicks HHH's hand from the top rope, then breaks up the pin. Some more break-ups, and I think I can almost hear some boos from the crowd. Patriot hits the full-nelson slam on HHH. HBK tries to speak in Spanish. Savio has a headscissors on HHH, and Patriot has one on Savio. --break-- (GOOD F'N GRIEF, THIS MATCH SUCKS!; at 9:57, lasted 2:22) The crowd obligingly "whoo's" for Savio's chops on Patriot. He corner whips Patriot and charges into a boot, Hunter makes the save. C'mon, END THIS NOW, this is really painful to watch. HHH chops at his crotch a couple of times, seemingly in response to an unintelligible chant. HHH goes for the Pedigree, Savio tries to spin kick him but HHH ducks and the ref gets clocked. Savio chucks the Patriot over the top. Savio misses a standing roundhouse kick, HHH goes for the Pedigree, Savio slingshots him into the corner, causing Patriot to crotch himself on the top. HBK distracts Savio for a moment, but he still backdrops out of the Pedigree. HHH shoves Savio into Patriot and rolls him up for the S-L-O-W 3-count. Chyna commandeers some chairs to fend off Los Boriquas and Vader. WINNER: Hunter Hearst Helmsley, at 17:03 1/2* -- 3/4* CHRIS MONDAY JERICHO v. ? in a steel cage match - "Welcome to RAW is JERICHO! And Shamrock, well, let's discuss the name Shamrock, first and foremost - SHAM, you are most definitely a fake, a sham, a liar, a scam... I mean, the World's Most Dangerous Man, give me a break. And 'rock?' You don't rock - Jericho rocks! But last week, Scamrock, I embarrassed you once again, and I destroyed your reputation in front of all your friends and family, and in front of all your so-called fans, but because I'm a heck of a nice guy, I decided to give you one more less - one more chance to realise that *I* am the World's Most Dangerous Man. You see, this is not a steel cage - no, this is a prison. THIS is a cell. THIS is the Y2Jail, and THIS is my specialty. So what I did is I scoured the world, to find the most technically proficient submission shootfighter that I could - I am gonna bring him in here, and I am gonna rip him limb from limb, and prove to you once again that I am one bad mamma jamma. So ladies and gentlemen, let me bring him out - the legendary Master of Disaster - the Sultan of shootfighting, you all know him - the legendary GOTCH GRACIE!" A guy in black, and mask, with "GOTCH" on his shirt, walks out as Jericho remind us all of Gracie's classic match against (mumbles). He found him training in a dojo in Taiwan. Jericho finally lets go of the mic. Lockup, side headlock, chain wrestling into a waistlock, to the mat, grabbing an ankle, and now Jericho with a bow and arrow - but he lets up and takes the mic. "That one could have broke his back but I decided I haven't proven enough yet - yaaaaah!" Back to the stomping. "I learned this one in the mountains of Nepal! Aahhhhh!" It's kind of a weak abdominal stretch. Jericho tells the fans that they KNOW he's the World's Most Dangerous Man. Stomping away - Vertical suplex by Jericho. "C'mon baby" for 2 but he pulls up. "I think this idiot's had enough." Off the ropes, Gracie hits a clothesline. Off the ropes, Jericho slides through, double leg takedown and into the (still-unnamed) Liontamer for the tapout. (2:40) "Gracie tapped out to Jericho! Jericho has beaten Gotch." Jericho then proves he has mastered Shamrock's move by "snapping" and putting on an anklelock. Well, KEN SHAMROCK is out and Jericho's stuck in a cage. Before he gets to him, though, Gracie pulls Shamrock down and a doubleteam is on. They try to throw him into the cage but it kinda stops with Shamrock over the top rope. Finally, Jericho takes the mask off his accomplice - and it's ... SOME BLACK GUY! No, wait! You know who that is? No way! Ross tells us that that's MR. HUGHES and damned if he wasn't RIGHT back when he said I wouldn't recognise him when I saw him. He's lost about sixty or seventy pounds - but you KNOW it's him 'cause he can still do that cool "upside-down smile" frown. And HERE is TRIPLE H & THAT SLUT CHYNA because I need to hear that music just one more time tonight. Chimel announces that this is a WWF title match. "Now Linda, I know that you need to take care of family business, 'cause this is personal, but right now, you and I have some business to take care of - and Linda, don't bring any other innocent people into this. Don't make Chyna and I beat up Patterson and Brisco again - you come out here, you walk in the ring, you stand face to face with me - right now. Linda, get out here." LINDA McMAHON, probably showing more guts that brains, walks out to the ring. "Linda, I'm gonna be very nice about this, because deep down inside I really like you. Now what I want you to do is I want you to tell the world what happened here tonight, because what happened here is that villian Steve Austin went to jail where he belongs. And he forfeited his shot at the WWF title, so now what happens is he goes to the bottom of that long line of contenders - he starts at ground zero, working his way back up to get a shot at me, and at this. So I want you to tell the world that he blew his chance...tell 'em." "No...I won't do that--" "I am not asking you now, I am telling you. TELL - THEM - NOW." "No - NO." Triple H spins her around. "Linda, I am telling you..." - but "No Chance in Hell" fires up - and out walks - VINCENT K.?!? Vince YANKS the mic out of Helmsley's hand. "Hey listen! I gave my word I wouldn't interfere in WWF business, but this is not business - this is personal! Listen up, you son of a bitch! Who the hell do you think you are!? Yeah, you're the WWF Champion all right - maybe you need a little reminder as to who gave you that break - who gave you the opportunity, huh?" McMahon removes his coat, asks Linda to leave the ring - and throws his coat at Triple H. Well before this happens, STONE COLD STEVE AUSTIN hits the ring and clotheslines Helmsley. Vince and Linda take off. Quickly it goes outside, right hand from Austin, now Triple H over the commenatry table, knocking over a couple cans of Hansen's Energy Drink in the process! Back over the barricade we go - Austin choking Helmsley with a camera cable. Referee "Blind" Earl Hebner trying to get them back in the ring but failing. Triple H coming back now - Austin on the commentary table. Whip into the STEEL steps is reversed. Austin takes Triple H over the opposite barricade and back. Suplex on the floor? Yes! Triple H rolled into the ring. Right hand. Off the ropes, duck, Thesz press. Where's Chyna all this time? Elbowdrop off the ropes. Austin going outside for a chair. Whack! Hebner telling him to stop. Austin going to the legs. Hebner trying to wrest the chair from Austin - and there's a right cross for his troubles. Triple H walking up the ramp - Austin now following. Right hand. Hebner, having come to, rings the bell (DQ 3:14 - whoops) while Austin and Triple H fight on the ramp - well, mostly Austin. Meanwhile, the cage is slowly lowering. Austin choking Triple H. Now taken headfirst into the cyclone fencing. And now they're in the cage! Hebner attempting to stop this but it's not happening. H taking him off the ropes, but Austin ducks, hits the gutshot and the Stunner. Austin's music hits - and we're outta here! THE NEW MAN (by his damn self) v. ? - hey, won't be Gillberg, will it? Before the second entrance, we look backstage where Chyna reveals to Eddie Guerrero that she'll be on the cover of Playboy - and not just for an interview - somehow, Eddie's been living in a cave for the past few months and only now becomes aware of this. And for an encore....he doesn't take it too well. "Nude pictures my BUTT!" He vows to go beat up Hugh Hefner himself. "Stop the presses, baby!" Lawler promptly raises his voice five octaves and "yahoos" away. So who's the mystery opponent? The Y2J countdown greets us - it's CHRIS MONDAY JERICHO! "Welcome to RAW is JERICHO! And Triple H, I was quite surprised (RAW Credits here) when I found out I was wrestling you tonight, but...hell, you're no (TV-14-DLV) stranger to surprises, I mean it must have been a huge surprise for you when you saw Kurt Angle plant a big, juicy, wet...'friendship' kiss on your wife Stephanie! And it must have been an even bigger surprise when not only did she complain about it, but...she actually looked like she enjoyed it! But I really don't care if Stephanie enjoyes kissing Kurt Angle, or if Kurt Angle enjoys kissing Stephanie, or, hell, if Kurt Angle enjoys kissing Triple H...because as far as I'm concerned, all three of you can kiss my ass!" So that makes Triple H a...and Jericho's the....oh my, how confusing! 59.50Lockup, to the corner, tussling about, to an adjacent corner, looks like Triple H is on top of this scuffle. Referee "Blind" Tim White doing his darnedest to separate them but it ain't workin'. Jericho turns it around - STILL they clench. Finally, White puts some space between them - shove by H, Jericho shoves back. H with a right, Jericho with a right, H with a right, Jericho with a right, H with a kneelift, kneelift, kneelift. Into the ropes, Jericho ducks, and comes off with the flying jalapeno. Right, right, into the ropes, head down, kick by the Game. But he runs into a spin kick from Jericho. Jericho runs at H, who dumps him out to the floor...and follows. Double axehandle. Scoop - Jericho dropped on the barricade. Jericho shoulder-first in the post. Back in the ring we go...Jericho to the corner, springing off the top with a dropkick! Jericho outside to continue on Triple H - kick, chop, chop, head to the STEEL steps - H falls over the barricade into the crowd, scaring the HELL out of that one chick. Jericho over the barrier as well - H with a right, Jericho with a right that takes H back over to ringside. Jericho puts him in the ring and climbs to the top - super back elbow...gets 2. Jericho with a right. Kick, kick, into the opposite corner is reversed, but Jericho gets the foot up. H tries to recover...managing to put up a high knee as Jericho charges him. Leg is hooked - 1, 2, kickout. H with a right. "Y2J" chant. Into the ropes, Jericho holds on, but H hits a gutshot - Pedigree coming up...but STEPHANIE ONO is out, all smiles. Of course, H sees this and loses complete control of the match, 'cause he didn't want his wife out here. Jericho quickly pops up, double leg takedown, going for the Walls. H fights it - Jericho can't turn it. Jericho settles for a catapult into the top turnbuckle instead. There's the bulldog! But the Lionsault...MISSES as H puts up the knees. KING KURT ANGLE is out at this point - taking Stephanie by the wrist (and in her mouth an amethyst!) and demanding she come back with him. See, he's just trying to make sure Triple H's wishes are fulfilled...right? Triple H (apparently) beats the ten count, sees what's going on outside and completely ignores Jericho AGAIN. Jericho up, attacking from behind, into the ropes, head down, H with the facebuster. Now he's outside to meet his wife and Angle - pulling her away from Angle and making the Furious Point. Angle trying to make his case here but H isn't interested. Meanwhile - outside interference or ref bump? X-PAC has appeared from nowhere and he's got a spinning heel kick for Jericho. (DQ 5:09) There's the X Factor! X-Pac with the big looping punches as Jericho is announced the winner X-Pac continues dropping fists on Jericho...H is back in. "What're you doing?" A heated argument turns to shoving - they play Triple H's music as Stephanie makes a blow-up doll face. X-Pac calls him a (bleep) and walks off. Triple H back down with his wife, and...it's break time!