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June 6, 1998 Booker T def. Chris Benoit Reese def. Van Hammer Alex Wright def. Eddy Guerrero by DQ Fit Finlay def. Psicosis; TV Title Match Glacier def. Saturn Dean Malenko NC Silver King; CW Title Match Raven def. Disco Inferno Goldberg def. The Barbarian & Hugh Morrus in a handicap match Lex Luger & Diamond Dallas Page def. The Giant & Brian Adams to win the Tag Team Titles, only to be stripped of them right after the match June 3, 1999 Bam Bam Bigelow def. Scotty Riggs Kidman def. Hugh Morrus by DQ Buff Bagwell def. Brian Adams Scott Norton def. Silver King Rey Misterio Jr. def. Curt Hennig by DQ Chris Benoit def. Ric Flair by DQ June 7, 2000 Lt. Loco def. Daffney Unger and Disco Inferno (pinned) in a three-way match to win the Cruiserweight Title Billy Kidman def. Major Stash The Mamalukes def. The Wall in a handicap match for the HC Title Kevin Nash def. Tank Abbott by DQ Mike Awesome def. Cpl. Cajun by DQ Shawn Stasiak & Chuck Palumbo def. Cpt. Rection & G.I. Bro; Tag Title Match Scott Steiner in a Gauntlet Match def. Chris Candido, Shawn Stasiak, Chuck Palumbo, then NC (I guess) The Cat, Mike Awesome, Rick Steiner, and Tank Abbott

Old recaps of main events/featured matches/major angle developments for this week: 1998 - couldn't find a recap 1999 - Scott Keith, RSPW Message Boards Main event: Chris Benoit v. Ric Flair. Finally, 4 years in the making. They trade chops to start, and Flair bails quickly. Back in and Benoit hits the figure-four. Eyepokes and choking turn the tide for Flair. Benoit comes back and they trade pinning attempts. Benoit with a snap suplex for two and we do the double KO spot. Flair rolls over for two. Sleeper-reveral spot (AAAARGH!) and we get another double KO. Benoit continues the assualt, including reversing the figure-four for two. Flair gets it for real, and Benoit powers out. Enzuigiri, but Flair gets a rollup for two. We go through a series of pinning combos, and Benoit hits the swandive for the pi...oh, wait, here comes Bigelow and Page for the run-in DQ ending. Ugh, same as last week. I mean, COME ON, Page I can understand not putting Chris over, but Ric Flair? What's his excuse? Anyway, terrific match. **** 2000 - CRZ, slashwrestling.com SUPERSTAR SCOTT STEINER (with his four - *two* hooches) runs the gauntlet - two new matches announced for Great American Bash - Lt. Loco meets Disco Inferno for the Cruiserweight title, while Kronic takes on the Mamalukes in a #1 Contenders' match for the tag team titles. Steiner will grace us with some mic time. "Eric Bischoff, you and I are no strangers, so you of all people should know not to get on my bad side. So if you want me to beat that New Blood ass, I'll beat that New Blood ass. But when it's all said and done, I'm comin' after you. Now Tank Abbott, I got one favour to ask of you at the Great American Bash. Just stick some front teeth in, (WHOOOOOOSH) so I have something to knock down your throat!" CRACKA EAZY E makes sure I get to hear the "NWO Monday Nitro" theme one more time as he comes out with the NEW BLOOD ORDER. CHRIS CANDIDO is sent off first. Bloc, right, block, right, right, into the ropes is reveresed, under, belly-to-belly overhead suplex, Nash watching on a monitor in the back, Candido put on top, belly-to-belly overhead superplex, cover, referee "Blind" Jamie Techer counts 1, 2, 3. (:28) As the count finishes, PERFECTSHAWN (Hey, anybody seen Curt Hennig lately? Remember him - the basis for this gimmick we're watching?) hits the ring and stomps away. Well, at least he got a BIT of offense. Head to the buckle, repeated rights, into the opposite corner, Steiner puts a boot up, belly-to-belly suplex, 1, 2, 3. (:54) THE EVENT CHUCK PALUMBO swings the Lex flexor - three times - clothesline with it. We check Nash - he's concerned - he's standing up (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) - he's...DRAMATIC!! No...he sits down. Midajah caught in a splash attempt (missed by the commentators, despite the fact that they're right in front of the ring) but before he can do something to her, Steiner Golotas him. Steiner Recliner. Palumbo gives it up. (1:30) Steiner can beat BOTH tag champs in ninety seconds, yet GI Bro and Captain Rection....oh my head hurts. NEW GODFATHER OF SOUL tries a scarf choke - Steiner 180's - belly-to-belly overhead suplex, Steiner Recliner. Cat won't give up as AWESOME MULLET clotheslines out of the corner. SHANE DOUGLAS with a snapmare. They both put him in the corner and wail away - again Nash stands up - he backs out...he's going to the ring - oh, no he's kabong'd by Jeff Jarrett. "See ya in Baltimore, Big Sexy!" Meanwhile, in the ring, Steiner has managed to turn the tide against Douglas and Awesome as Cat continues to act stunned in the corner. RICK WOOF WOOF & JOBBED TO DAVID ARQUETTE come in to join the fray as Techer decides to call for the million bells (relaxed DQ? 2:57) HAND OF STONE! Rick Steiner produces a straitjacket - see, 'cause it's the Asylum, and...whew. Abbott's got a body bag as well. Steiner is loaded into it...but the music fires up and COLD BEER trots...okay, jogs to the ring...the six members of the New Blood sextuple team Goldberg while Steiner and Abbott drag the body bag away. Goldberg does the always impressive "I pop up really quick and you all scatter in different directions" spot. Now it's Black Ninja attack style time! One by one everybody leaves the ring involuntarily. As Goldberg's music plays again, CRACKA EAZY E is back, leading out the COPS. "Oh, Billy!! Consider yourself under arrest! As the dozen cops advance, Goldberg stands in the ring...

Old recaps of main events/featured matches/major angle developments for this week: 1996 - Michael T. Tyler, RSPW Message Boards As the show goes off air, Scott Hall walks up to the podium where Bischoff is alone. Hall grabs Bischoff and tells him to take it easy. Hall says, Bischoff started it and now he will finish it. Sting comes up and gets laughed at. Hall says he wants 3 of the best WCW has to offer. Sting replies, "All I see is you and me." Sting wants to fight now. Hall accepts fight, but nobody tells where and when. Hall makes that decision. Sting then backslaps Hall. Hall then says he has a surprise for next week (Diesel.) Finally, after a little shoving match, Doug Dillinger & the Boys in Brown make sure nothing happens. 1997 - G.P. Ryan, RSPW Message Boards Scott Hall (w/Sean Waltman) vs. Ric Flair --break-- I sure don't see Flair/Piper as tag champs, FWIW. RF works over his left knee. When Sean gets on the apron, Ric decks him and continues pounding on Hall, who gets him into the corner and chops him but Flair counters with some of his own. SH corner whip, Flair Flip and he jumps Sean and chokes him but gets nailed by Hall. He gets pushed back-first into the apron. Heenan says Hall is one of the top 5 wrestlers in the world. Hall stomps him some. Big "Ric" chant. While Hall argues with the ref, Sean runs in and jumps on Flair's face. SH hits the fallaway slam, and RF lands on his shoulder. SH corner whip and charge. SH back suplex. Hall applies an abdominal stretch and selectively holds hands with Sean. Flair hiptosses him out of it. RF gets up and gets decked, again, and again. RF fires back with chops, whip is reversed, Hall applies a sleeper, RF escapes to a kneebuster, but takes a standing lariat and both are down. Hall drapes an arm over him for 2. A series of punches send Hall down. RF hits an inverted atomic drop and again sends Sean off the apron. Sean goes up top and gets crotched (one thinks he might have liked it). RF delivers a low backwards kick, whips Hall into that corner, Sean falls to the floor, RF hits a suplex. Sean comes into the ring and gets smacked again. The bell finally rings after Hall smacks Flair with apparently the CW belt. Mongo and Jarrett finally make the save. It's just sad at this point to watch Flair in the ring. When's he going to get the sense to retire? WINNER: Ric Flair, via DQ at 7:49 **1/4 (-1/4* for cheap finish) 1998 - CRZ, slashwrestling.com YOU KNOW WHO & GIANT (with Booty Disciple & Bret Hart) v. KEVIN NASH & THE NARCISSIST in a "Loser gets Sting" match - just kidding. I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess that we don't see a definitive victory here. Luger and Hogan start. Hogan does the Luger pec jump! Luger takes the ripped T shirt and wipes himself with it, then throws it to Nash, who also wipes HIMself with it. Lockup, Luger with the big shove, Hogan to the mat and shows how the pec flex is done. Hogan complains of a hair pull (if you're playing along at home, make a bald joke here) - Lockup, big headlock by Luger, Hogan powers out and Luger hits a big shoulderblock whic BARELY hits, but Hogan goes down. Hogan wants the test of strength - what's he thinking? Eyepoke from Hogan to take charge. Oh... Repeated throat shots from Hogan. Rake of the eyes, rake of the back. Arm wringer, big reversal, big tag to Nash. Hogan breaks free and is ready to tag the Giant - but Nash signs "no, no, you 'n' me" and Hogan complies. Crowd gets louder and louder. Lockup, Nash pounds Hogan into the corner. Repeated knees to the gut. Big elbow, repeat. Irish whip, follow clothesline, Irish whip, reverse, HOGAN with a clothesline. Now Hogan with the punches, tag to Giant. Lockup, Nash pushed into the corner. Giant misses a following blow and Nash hits a lot of forearms and punches. Whip into the corner, kick as Nash comes out and he's down. Headbutt by Giant (crowd is doing Hall's old Giant imitation - funny!) Another Giant headbutt and Nash goes down. Giant misses an elbow drop. Luger is tagged in. Giant begs off but Luger doesn't fall for it. Big punches in bunches. Big Irish whip, but Giant runs out with a lariat. Tag to Hogan, who chokes away, then let's Giant keep the choke on while he distracts referee "Blind" Charles Robinson. This is enough for Nash, who comes in, broadsides Hogan from behind and taunts the Giant, who is happy to run at him, which is also a bad idea. Nash pounds away until Hogan, who has picked up the WCW Title from the Disciple, whacks Nash with it in plain sight for the DQ (I hate being right - 6:36), then a whack for Luger while he's at it. Robinson is thrown out. Nash is choked by Hogan, then Giant stands on him - we're all waiting for SOMETHING to happen - and there we go, it's (THIS IS) STING, rappeling from the rafters. He avoids Luger, gets in the ring and faces Giant and Hogan - and removes his trenchcoat to reveal - AN NWO T-SHIRT. Of course, he looks like he's got more than one shirt on - after hugging Hogan, he clotheslines him! Whoa! He BODYSLAMS the Giant! He rips away his T-shirt - wait - he - he - ok, he RIPS away his T-shirt to reveal - A WOLFPACK shirt! He climbs the rops to unleash a battle cry - Luger picks him up in an embrace. The NWO (including NWO Sting!) is out to hold back Hogan and the Giant - the Wolfpack is out to celebrate in the ring. Tony says "Sting is in the Wolfpack!" about fifteen thousand times and Sting - is smiling. "The balance of power has shifted." "Don't mess around with the Wolfpack," my new favourite song, plays several times, we see a replay of the T-shirt change Heard Round the World, and we gotta go. 1999 - CRZ, slashwrestling.com RANDY SAVAGE (with Madusa 6) v. (THIS IS) STING - "Big Sexy's gone - and now - another one bites the dust - Sting is finished oooh yeah!" You know, sometimes I almost forget that Savage is bald. Just kidding. Sting rushes the ring and they scatter. Wowwwwww! Gorgeous George jumps on Sting's back to start - Savage with punches. Eyegouge. Outside we go - Sting meets the STEEL barricade - now with his throat. Miss Madness with a sleeper while Madusa kicks away. Four on one - yeah, Sting'll win. Back in the ring, choke is on, much to referee "Blind" Johnny Boone's dismay. Savage runs Sting's face along the top rope, oops leaving no makeup on the rope. We just had an earthquake at 0912! Savage standing on the neck. Well, it felt like it. Savage makes threatening motions to Boone, then goes back to Sting. Stinging jabs with the lefts. "We want puppies" chant? Heh. Savage distracts the ref, so there's a tripleteam from the ladies. Savage stands on the neck for 4, then does it again. Sting thrown through the ropes. Savage follows. Sting's head meets the commentator table. To the barricade, clubbin' blow on the back. The women up on the apron again - here's the international object - no, it's powder - right in Sting's eyes - hey, how did Boone miss that big CLOUD when he turned around? He's a professional! Sting set up on the top rope - FrankenStarla? No, Sting shoves her off! Savage just leveled Boone with a right. PILEDRIVER! I think this match is effectively over. MICKEY J. comes out to ring the bell. (DQ 4:14) So Savage chucks HIM out of the ring. Right to Sting - Sting FINALLY comes back, and with a vengenance. Savage in the corner - Savage pulled Miss Madness in front of him to block the Stinger splash! Another corner - Madusa thrown into the corner by Savage! Gorgeous George stands between Sting and Savage - Savage at least pushes HER away (hey, which one is he sleeping with again?) and takes the Stinger splash this time. RICK WOOF WOOF is out, though, and he's on Sting. Here's SUPERSTAH SCOTT STEINER as well, here's a belt shot to Sting's head - ahh, there's THE NARCISSIST come out wielding a baseball bat. Sounds like a good time to duck out before Luger turns heel on us again. (Luger wears FUBU?) See ya at the Great American Bash! 2000 - CRZ, slashwrestling.com VIC VENOM v. THE MAN (with Beth & Reid Fleihr) within the confines of the steel cage - And another thing...Russo's voice has been *cracking* all night! Y'know, that's not exactly the type of character trait you associate with "toughness." Lockup, side headlock by Russo (ha), powered out on the ropes, shoulderblock by Russo, who celebrates - so Flair walks over and grabs him - jostling for position in the corner, Russo's trick knee acts up. Russo chops (ha) Flair. Mocking strut and pose - Flair rips off Russo's shirt (noooooooo) and chops him. Chop! Chop! Flair off the ropes with a big kick to the...does he have one? Flair with a backdrop suplex. Flair with a kneedrop to the face that looked a LOT like it wasn't pulled...we could only hope Russo's nose was broken, but you gotta think Flair's too much of a professional to do it. Flair follows outside and runs Russo into the wall of the cage. Another gunshot chop. Into another wall. Russo's chest looks like hamburger. Another chop. Six piston rights. Flair poses with Russo for the camera, then runs him into another wall. DAVID FLAIR appears from...somewhere. Only Vince Russo can write a run-in for a steel cage match. Russo backhands referee "Blind" Charles Robinson and goes for the door, but Reid stops his attempts to open the door by gnawing on his finger. In the ring, Flair backdrops his son. Chop! Into the corner - DAVID FLAIR FLIP! Flair runs the apron and clotheslines him to the floor - strut - and now he's out after David. Into the cage wall. Into another cage wall. Right hand. Meanwhile, Russo has a ladder in the ring. Chop by Flair to David - right. Chop and mute, Russo has the ladder set up after several false starts. Flair over to try to stop him, but Russo kicks him away. Russo pulls a roof panel down. Russo rakes Flair's face and climbs up to the top of the cage. Flair follows. Flair making the "I'm gonna chuck him" motion - ohhh, I WISH. Flair has Russo - chop! Russo with another "almost" eye gouge, which Ric sells. Russo climbing back down to the ring - Flair steps on his hands and Russo falls to the mat. Robinson gets the ladder back in place and Flair climbs down. Flair removes the ladder from the ring. Stomping for David, stomping for Russo, figure four coming up. Russo writhing around - he probably should have tapped by now - got David's hand - he's pulling him to the bottom rope...well, no he's not. A big batch of red stuff dumps on Flair and Robinson. David puts a figure four on his father and Russo covers - David counts a quick three for Russo - Robinson comes to and counts one as well...I think. (9:23)

Tool (really shouldn't have been a first round match-up) Iron Maiden Aerosmith Ozzy Osbourne AC/DC Alice in Chains Guns N' Roses Def Leppard Black Sabbath Motorhead The Cult Motley Crue Metallica Deep Purple KISS Judas Priest

HHH: Um they didn't feud over the last year unless you have a different interpretation of what "over the last year" means. Kane: Ditto Edge/Hogan: I might give you credit on the Edge side of things but he went over Hogan clean. Rey: They wanted to give Rey a high profile feud soon after his debut what's wrong with that? Benot: Actually Kurt came off as a badass after this feud Brock: Brock did get the upper hand too often early in the feud but he made Brock look foolish as well.

Oh my God. He's gonna feud with Angle. Ummm Angle is coming back as a face and Gunn will be a face so just a hunch...they won't be feuding.

Hillenbrand's votes will be transfered to the N.L. but as already pointed it out it won't matter with Rolen already having a sizeable lead.

Well if you don't have regular season success you aren't even going to get to the playoffs. The Red Sox haven't had THAT much regular season success as they haven't been to the postseason in the last three years. Also the postseason is different from the regular season as anyone can beat anyone especially in a five game series as even the worst team could take three out of five from the best team at any point.

This is a couple of days old but here is the first N.L. voting update: First Base Player Team Total Votes Bagwell, J. Astros 133,212 Thome, J. Phillies 86,098 Choi, H. Cubs 85,056 Helton, T. Rockies 76,977 Martinez, T. Cardinals 72,089 Second Base Player Team Total Votes Kent, J. Astros 109,987 Giles, M. Braves 86,285 Alomar, R. Mets 67,697 Vidro, J. Expos 66,793 Boone, A. Reds 63,138 Third Base Player Team Total Votes Rolen, S. Cardinals 213,826 Lowell, M. Marlins 65,667 Castilla, V. Braves 58,399 Bell, D. Phillies 52,054 Alfonzo, E. Giants 50,537 Shortstop Player Team Total Votes Renteria, E. Cardinals 133,738 Furcal, R. Braves 99,282 Gonzalez, A. Cubs 81,242 Aurilia, R. Giants 72,574 Rollins, J. Phillies 60,704 Catcher Player Team Total Votes Rodriguez, I. Marlins 138,009 Piazza, M. Mets 108,488 Santiago, B. Giants 57,633 Lieberthal, M. Phillies 53,450 Matheny, M. Cardinals 52,221 Outfield Player Team Total Votes Bonds, B. Giants 238,782 Sosa, S. Cubs 213,346 Guerrero, V. Expos 116,119 Edmonds, J. Cardinals 113,508 Pujols, A. Cardinals 110,199 Sheffield, G. Braves 103,533 Jones, A. Braves 102,898 Jones, C. Braves 75,828 Alou, M. Cubs 58,186 Cruz Jr., J. Giants 56,108 Griffey Jr., K. Reds 54,242 Kearns, A. Reds 49,094 Green, S. Dodgers 48,389 Patterson, C. Cubs 48,328 Gonzalez, L. Diamondbacks 46,816

Frank Thomas?

I know Bob Odenkirk and Hulk Hogan is no Bob Odenkirk. This would have made for a better segment: Vince: I am a control freak because I was molested by my parents *ding*....oh God what a break through!

Hillenbrand hits for average but doesn't reach base enough (.303 avg but only a .335 obp) and that is why they traded him.

Bradshaw is returning next week on Smackdown: http://forums.thesmartmarks.com/index.php?...=ST&f=1&t=33471

Dean, with all this material on Sable it makes me wonder if "The Secret Adventures of Sable" might not be too far behind or would having to write about her leathery bacon strip on a weekly basis be too much torture for one man to take?

Well I guess this explains why they debuted and had the Basham Brothers go over this week so APA can squash them next week. Yes and NOTHING good will come out of an APA-Team Angle feud. APA really should just be the Dudleys of Smackdown where they come out to get a pop but rarely go over in any match of consequence anymore. Oh and why do I get the feeling they will do a Bradshaw/Cena feud at some point to drag up the old "Rap is Crap" angle between the West Texas Rednecks and the No Limit Soldiers from WCW.

In no particular order and completely off the top of my head Sandy Koufax Greg Maddux Steve Carlton Warren Spahn Nolan Ryan Oh and no A's fan would even put Roger Clemens in the top 10. We no respect for him as he's 0-5 career in postseason vs. the A's and is OWNED by my sig.

Dark Matches Ultimo Dragon beat Crash Holly by tapout - My friend and I were calling for Ultimo and marked out like little kids when he showed up. Ultimo has an entrance video (and will be getting hype videos) very similar to Rey Mysterio's with the mask and smoke. Anyway, this match was pretty good and Ultimo looked like he would fit right in with the cruiserweight style. No real high spots for Ultimo as he worked the leg Mexican style and eventually won with an inverted nagata lock (no dragon sleeper!) Kanyon and a jobber beat David Flair and a jobber by pinfall - I wasn't able to catch the names of the two guys with Kanyon and Flair but neither one did much to impress. Kanyon was the star of the match as he looked good and got in plenty of his innovative offense. The finish saw Flair and the heel jobber battling it out on the outside and Kanyon hitting the flatliner on the other jobber for the pinfall. I can't wait to see Kanyon back on the active roster. Orlando Jordan beat Jamie Noble by pinfall - Jordan didn't get an entrance or anything, he just walked out. Noble came out minus Nidia and got booed pretty hard. Pretty basic match with Noble working over the leg. Finish saw Noble going for the trailor hitch but having Jordan counter it with a rollup for the surprise pinfall! Velocity - Josh and Cat come down to start the show. Bill DeMott beat Shannon Moore/w Crash by pinfall - This match was confusing. Moore clearly played the heel but before the match, DeMott told this horrible joke and was booed out of the building. Anyway this was your typical Bill DeMott match and he scored the pin when Crash came off the top rope and hit Shannon by mistake. A-Train beat Joey Matthews (from Pensacola) by pinfall - Joey got a pretty nice pop seeing as he is a hometown boy. This was basically a squash with Joey only getting in some hope spots and eventually getting hit with 2 bicycle kicks and the Derailer. JOHN CENA RAP: Cena then came out and talked about how he was on the green screen of Velocity this week. Cena said his johnson was longer then a 56 game hitting streak. Eventually Cena got the entire crowd to say "shit" at the end of his rap. Great stuff from a guy who is slowly getting way over with his gimmick. Main event: Matt Hardy defeated Funaki by pinfall - If you aren't busy you should tune into the last 20 minutes of Velocity. The Cena rap is good enough for most people but this match was quality cruiseweight action. Ran about 6 or 7 minutes and saw Matt retain his title after hitting TWO Twists of Fate. Crowd really got into Funaki towards the end when he looks like he might steal the victory. Edit: Woah who'd Noble piss off to have to job to a jobber in a dark match?

Who can't write a review or rate matches? A homeless person who has never watched wrestling in his life could do the same job, only sound far less elitist while doing it. Sorry, I don't need to read other people's opinions on a show in order to form my own. How did this guy become a name anyway? He made his name through the RSPW message boards and did a could job of pimping himself. He actually is sorta like the WWE as back in 2000 he was pretty good recapper as he seemed to give a shit but now he doesn't and just mails it in and doesn't bother to check facts as its obvious when you see how quickly he posts his reviews on 411 after Raw or Smackdown is over that I don't even know if he bothers to read the review himself. I think less people would hate Keith if he would actually admit he's ever wrong but whatever he's such an easy target that its become pointless to bash the guy.

That's exactly what I was wondering. I'm surprised that Cena and Hardy don't have matches, seeing as they usually do on Smackdown. I hope I'll at least get to see a Cena promo. Well I guess I'll put a non-spoiler Velocity preview: Bill DeMott vs. Shannon Moore A-Train vs. Joey Matthews John Cena promo Matt Hardy vs. Funaki

I think he might of been safe on that play. Posada just barely grazed his front leg before it touched home although I've always thought the umpire called him out because Posada tagged his back leg but in the end he was out and should have FUCKIN' SLID! And I'm pissed about the Twins tonight too!

Or maybe if Giambi is voted the starter he should be a man and decline the spot and not play but I doubt it...BECAUSE HE'S THE PUSSY WHO WENT AND SIGNED WITH IS FORMER TEAM'S DIRECT COMPETITION, A TEAM WHO BEAT HIS FORMER TEAM TWO YEARS IN A ROW IN THE PLAYOFFS AND MIGHT HAVE WON IF HIS FAT FUCK BROTHER KNEW HOW TO SLIDE!!!!!! Whoops sorry went off on a little tagent there.

Mild spoiler for the match: Spoiler (Highlight to Read): Big Show takes Nunzio's spot in the match

Okay show's over with the exception of an off the air segment and everything will be posted in my original post.

Well Show had to get his job back ya know and god forbid Taker do the job.

Edit: I got nothing to say.