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The most over guy in 2002's edition (RVD) went out first, before all 6 even got in the ring, and killed the crowd. Man was that an awful match (SurSer 2002 EC)

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Your name is Test! RVD is bleeding and in pain! You have a CROWBAR! Do you: A) Crack him in the head with it and end his career? B) Crack him in the knee with it and keep him out of the sky? OR C) Use the flat end of the crowbar to gently rake at RVD's head... The Chamber is so EXTREME

RVD better join Heyman and feud with Punk up to Mania, the only money match they have for Mania. Smarkmania: Past Vs. Future.

When this gets 100,000 buys, I can't wait for the defense: "It's Sabu's fault! We didn't MEAN to bait and switch you with a horrible wrestler!" "Well, the chamber had some decent matches when Benoit, Jericho, etc. were in it, so we figured we'd throw Test and Big Show in there and we'd do fine."

Elim. Chamber time, big video package first.

"Jeff blows and Matt is shell of his former self" What an insightful comment!

WCW Monday Nitro - June 03, 1996 Hosted by Tony Schiavone & Larry Zbyszko (Hour 1) Hosted by Eric Bischoff & Bobby Heenan (Hour 2) Larry & Tony speculate that Bobby Heenan will manage Ric Flair & Arn Anderson at The Great American Bash. A replay of Bubba shaving The Shark's head is shown. Gene Okerlund Interview with The Shark Shark's music is just so ridiculous. Shark won't shave the other side of his hair. Everyday he has to relive the embarassment of how he looks. "I'm not The Shark, I'm not a fish, I'm not an Avalanche. I'm a man. John Tenta. A 500 pound man." He heads to the ring. John Tenta Vs. Big Bubba (with Jimmy Hart) Tenta attacks and hits a weak powerslam. Crowd's much more alive this week. Haha, Tony Schiavone mentions that Vader and Johnny B. Badd were in the USA Today advertisement for this edition of Nitro, but they don't work for WCW nor "play with the big boys" and won't be on this show. Wow, they've been gone for HOW long? Tenta chases Bubba to the floor with the scissors Bubba brought to the ring. Bubba, who refuses to get back in the ring, is counted out at 1:06. DUD. High Voltage Vs. The Faces of Fear This is the debut for High Voltage - Ruckus & Chaos. Their names would later be changed to Rage & Kaos, sometime in the winter. They've got pretty cool looks, but let's see how they work. Chaos and Barbarian start, and Voltage hits a double hiptoss, ducks a clothesline, and deliver a double-shoulderblock to gain the advantage. Barbarian quickly recovers and powerbombs Ruckus. Meng comes in and hits a nice dropkick on Ruckus, then hits a backbreaker. Barbarian in with a pumphandle slam. Ruckus gets put up top and Barbarian hits a nice overhead belly-to-belly suplex. Meng and Barbarian both go up top and delivers simultaneous flying headbutts. Chaos gets thrown to the outside, and Meng finishes off Ruckus with the "Mafia Kick" for the pin at 3:24. * for this total squash. Crowd is awake and seems very receptive to the Faces of Fear, who looked impressive. Gene Okerlund Interviews WCW World Tag Team Champions Sting & Lex Luger They'll face The Steiner Brothers tonight. Lex says things got out of hand and he shouldn't be painted as the "bad guy" here. Sting says The Steiners might have an argument here because Luger provoked Rick by kicking Scott in the gut when he tried to suplex Sting. Lex questions how good of friends Sting is with The Steiners since Scott tried to suplex him on the floor. The Steiner Brothers interrupt and Rick says Scott just wanted to win. Sting says he would have done it, too. Scott's all crazy and tells Lex he'll "jack him in the ring if you get me hot!" Scott & Lex shove each other as the segment wraps up. Disco Inferno Vs. Sgt. Craig Pittman (with Teddy Long) Pittman wears a bunch of gold medals to the ring, as he was an "amateur all-Military champion", claims Tony. Armdrags keep Disco down. Disco dances around like an idiot, leading Pittman to hit a waistlock takedown and a sick gutwrench powerbomb. Disco's offense has thus far been three punches, one of which hurt his hand. Pittman delivers the Battering Ram, and goes for the Code Red, but Disco submits at 1:46 before Pittman can apply the hold! Disco tells the camera that he couldn't dance if Pittman injured his arm. * for another quick joke. Lord Steven Regal (with Jeeves) Vs. "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan Sting/Regal was signed on the WCW Main Event, with Regal backhanding him at the end of the contract signing. This can't possibly be any good. Regal stalls outside and yells at the fans. After a minute, they finally lock up, then stall again. "USA!" chant. Duggan gets three clotheslines in to send Regal back to the floor. Regal and Zbyszko jaw-jack, playing off their old feud for the Television Title. Duggan punches Regal's lights out. Regal cheats and gets a kick in, but misses a running somersault and Duggan gets in a backdrop. Earl Robert Eaton & Jeeves distract the referee as Duggan hits the three point stance running clothesline. Squire Dave Taylor steals the 2 x 4 board from Duggan, distracting him, and letting Regal roll Duggan up with a handful of tights for the pin at 4:24. Jeez, all that to beat Duggan? Gene Okerlund is in the ring with The Bluebloods. Regal was fined for backhanding Sting, and paid the double the amount so he had credit for next time. Wow, Regal nailed Sting with that backhand. Regal wants Sting at his best at the Bash. A special video package takes a look at Chris Benoit and Kevin Sullivan's problems. Benoit's pissed at Arn Anderson for being friends with the Dungeon of Doom. Sullivan and Benoit have been arguing and getting in each other's faces. Sullivan double-crossed Benoit at Slamboree during their tag team match. "The Taskmaster" Kevin Sullivan (with Jimmy Hart) Vs. Prince Iaukea Iaukea's Nitro debut and second televised match. Sullivan beats the hell out of him inside and out of the ring. Sullivan puts him in the "Tree of Woe" and hits a running knee, then the double stomp for the pin at 1:22. * for another squash. Okerlund is in the ring for an interview. Jimmy Hart wonders why Sullivan wants the Dungeon to allign with the Horsemen. Sullivan claims Hulkamania is not dead, and that the Dungeon needs to be on its game upon his return. Sullivan has Anderson & Flair on his side to prepare for this. They show footage of Brian Pillman quitting during his match with Sullivan, just as Sullivan said he would. Sullivan says he'll get rid of Benoit at the Bash just the same. The Rock 'N Roll Express Vs. Ric Flair & Arn Anderson (with Woman & Miss Elizabeth) The announcer's audio can't be heard. Flair & Arn come down in Greene & McMichael jerseys. Ricky Morton & Arn Anderson start and 2 minutes in, nothing has happened. Fireworks and pyro go off as the welcome to Hour #2 begins. Morton & Gibson pound away on Arn. Flair tags in and trades shot with Morton. Morton backdrops him and tags Gibson in. Heenan puts over the Express' signifigance to tag team wrestling as the Horsemen regroup on the floor. Gibson gets a two count on Arn with a crossbody off the top. Flair tags in. Gibson promptly locks him in the Figure-Four leglock. Arn comes in, but Morton trips him and applies the Figure-Four to him! The Horsemen escape, and Flair gets shoved around by the referee, with the Horsemen then regrouping on the floor by their VIP table. We go to commercial. We're back and the audio problems are finally resolved. Morton looks good in there, staying one step ahead of Arn Anderson. Flair uses an eye poke and chops to take Morton down. Arn stomps away at Morton inside and Flair works him over on the floor. Hammerlock slam from Arn. Morton tries to fight back but doesn't do much. Heenan pleads the 5th about managing Arn & Flair at the Bash. Arn drills Morton with the Spinebuster but Gibson saves him. More wearing down of Morton. This is getting really boring. Arn keeps Morton does with a chinlock. Savage is apparently banned from wrestling on TV or pay-per-view. Morton gets a desperation sleeperhold on Arn, but Anderson reverses it with a back suplex. Flair tags in and tries the Figure-Four, which Morton counters into a cradle for two. Arn wears down Morton with a front facelock. He's been in there forever! Bobby Heenan leaves the broadcast table and goes to ringside, where he whispers something to Woman & Miss Elizabeth. Morton FINALLY tags in Gibson. He slams Arn & Flair's heads together. Slow enzugiri to Arn. The Express hits the double-dropkick on Arn and then on Flair! Gibson with an O'Connor roll attempt, but Woman rakes his eyes, Arn hits the DDT, and Flair scores the pin at 16:03. Much, much too long of a match considering the Express really have no build or credibility in WCW '96. We'll go **. Gene Okerlund interviews The Horsemen at their VIP table. Arn says wrestlers are much bigger, and McMichael's jersey barely was able to fit him. Flair claims that McMichael's wife "Debbie" indeed "does the Nature Boy", not Dallas. Flair says the Horsemen are just better as Heenan joins them. Heenan says he's refused every offer to manage and he will NOT be Flair & Arn's manager at the Bash. He then pulls out his 1988 "All-Madden" manager's trophy. At the Bash, he won't manage, but he'll be the coach for the Horsemen! He sips champagne with Flair, Arn, Woman, & Elizabeth as we go to commercial. A special video packages on Hulk Hogan shows the "Hulkster" beating on the likes of The One Man Gang, The Giant, Vader, Kevin Sullivan, and Ric Flair. Ice Train Vs. WCW World Heavyweight Champion The Giant (with Jimmy Hart) The title is on the line. Fire & Ice battle The Steiner Brothers at the Bash. They face-off, and Jimmy Hart grabs Ice Train's leg. Distracted, Train is easily chokeslammed and pinned by The Giant at 0:28. DUD. Scott Norton comes out and yells at The Giant for taking advantage of Ice Train. So Giant chokeslams him twice. Gene Okerlund interviews The Giant at ringside. The Giant has many targets, but Lex Luger's going to be the first to fall at the Great American Bash. Hugh Morrus Vs. Scott Norton Morrus comes to the ring as Norton is still on the mat after Giant destroyed him. Morrus with a legdrop and repeated elbowdrops. Morrus goes up for the "No Laughing Matter" moonsault, but Norton stands up, blocks it, forearms him three times, and gets the pin at 1:47. DUD. Special video package featuring Kevin Greene & Steve McMichael trying to learn how to run the ropes and adjust to the wrestling ring. Greene suggests they use football maneuevers to help them defeat the Horsemen. They also need to avoid the Figure-Four Leglock and the DDT. Greene plays the "football-talking crazy man" really well. At least I think he's acting. They agree that they need a coach, as Greene looks at the Slim Jim he's eating, and they decide to go track down Randy Savage. The Steiner Brothers Vs. WCW World Tag Team Champions Sting & Lex Luger This is a rematch of the 1991 PWI Match of the Year from SuperBrawl. Heenan is upset at Savage's possible involvement in the Horsemen's tag team match at the Bash. Bischoff does a super annoying laughing bit for a minute as Heenan comes up with excuses for why Savage should be banned from the show. Luger is also the TV Champion, still. We cut to split-screen (great...) as Randy Savage is on the phone, calling in to accept Greene & McMichael's request to be their coach. Scott and Sting start, with Scott easily suplexing him, then delivering the Tilt A Whirl. You wouldn't know this, because they're at the stupid split-screen and you can't hear the crowd. Sting catches Scott with a "hot shot", a clothesline, and a bulldog, then tags in Luger. Heenan pleads with Savage to stay away from the Bash match. Scott drills Lex with the double-underhook powerbomb and we go to commercial. Wow, what a waste of a match. Rick comes in with an overhead belly-to-belly as the announcer's ignore the match. We're back with Rick keeping Lex down with an armbar. Back up, and Rick hits a Steinerline for 2. Rick hits a belly-to-belly on Lex from the second ropes, then delivers the Top-Rope Bulldog, but Sting breaks it up. Sting tags in, gives Rick a "Stinger Splash", and locks in the Scorpion Deathlock. Scotty clotheslines Sting to break it up. Scott tags in and delivers the spinning belly-to-belly suplex. Scott hits a "Frankensteiner" on Sting, who is sitting on the top rope, but Luger breaks it up. Crowd pops for Sting and little else. Sting delivers the not-yet-named "Scorpion Deathdrop" and tags Luger. Lex powerslams Scott and gets him in the Rack, but Rick breaks it up. Rick comes in with a Steinerline on Lex. All four men brawl in the ring. Sting and Rick fight to the outside. The Giant walks down and very poorly chokeslams Rick Steiner on the arena floor. Giant hits the ring as Scott gets dumped, but Lex is no match for him. Match is thrown out, a no-contest, at 6:42. * 1/2, crowd was sleepy and the production/presentatiob of this match was awful. Lex avoids the chokeslam and hammers away. Giant misses a charge, Sting comes in, and Scott Steiner helps them fight off The Giant. Lex's bionic forearm sends Giant to the floor, but he lands on his feet. At the announcer's table, Heenan pleads for Savage not to come to the ring at The Great American Bash. The former "Razor Ramon" interrupts the end of the show, calls Bischoff a "Ken Doll", and says he's back for more. "You started it, you wanna go to war, you got a war...". Sting confronts the former "Razor Ramon" and brings up the horrible things said about Hogan, Savage, Sting, and WCW. Sting says he doesn't see three guys, he sees one, so let's have a one-on-one fight right now! "Razor" says no one tells him "where" or "when", then throws his toothpick in Sting's face. Sting slaps him, and "Razor" promises "a little...no...a BIG surprise for you next week" as security breaks them up.

Prediction: Lashley wins title when alligning with Heyman and last eliminating CM Punk, his WrestleMania opponent.

Boise State, who beat nothing until they went to sleep at night, over USC, that's funny. And I HATE USC with a passion.

Florida's choke-job amuses me, as they're one of the teams I grew to hate as a child, along with all UCONN teams, all NORTH CAROLINA-based teams, all FLORIDA/MIAMI/FLORIDA STATE teams, and all CALIFORNIA-based teams. Yeah, pretty much all the consistently good ones. And Michigan State, I hate them, too.

Mike Teel is having a nice game for Rutgers, so that's a positive.

Fat, Freckled, and Fuckable

Yeah, how anyone can say OSU is gonna have an "easy title game" against a team that they beat by 3 points at home and is a GOOD TEAM looking for revenge, on a NEUTRAL SITE is silly.

"What has been all this NFL talk for Booty? I haven't seen one quality that made me think he's even a good quarterback yet." Booty's best NFL quality would be that when he falls down it's not an automatic sack.

Michigan deserves to play Ohio State, whether or not Florida wins. And Rutgers, who someone claimed would put up either "6" or "9" points against Wake in the Orange Bowl, already has 10 in the 1st quarter, on the road, in a place they have never won, against West Virginia.

WHAT AN INTERCEPTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here's the USC comeback special.

Wow, Coward no sells a head shot. I would love to see this UCLA defense again, no bowl for 7-5 team that beat a #2 right? I think they just flagged both teams, according to the announcer, for "WOOF"ing...

Yeah, USC is barely the #2. A loss here and they drop to #4-5, IMO. Edit #4, not #5.

Cowan with a Dumbie move there. And conservative crap on 3rd down. That could cost them the game.

That Bruins timeout was stupid. Lot's of momentum, close to a TD, so they call timeout? You have to see this game being close at the end, too.

UCLA's playing some great D but lacks any passing attack. I just think USC's gonna bust it open soon but hopefully they won't. Penalties aren't helping USC.

"that would be another 9-6 turd" Back that up. Last time Rutgers played a top team it was one of the games of the year. Stop being such a Louisville homer. If your team won, like they should have, against such a "stinker" like Rutgers that puts up "9-6" scores, you would be in the National Championship. Instead, Louisville choked and Rutgers was the better team. Explain to me how Rutgers DEFEATED Louisville, yet Rutgers/Wake would be 9-6 while Louisville/Wake would "be a nuke" at 42-10. NEWSFLASH: The Big East and ACC are both second-rate conferences. Different teams step up (Rutgers over Louisville, Louisville over WV) or fall flat (Rutgers loses to Cincy, WV last week) all the time. BTW, go UCLA. What happens if USC loses and Florida wins by say, 10-15? Can Florida jump over Michigan for #2? I certainly hope not. Because I wanna see Michigan play Ohio State, since I had to work for the first one and some clown deleted by DVR of it to tape something else.

"plus $20,000 a month in alimony." Ironic considering the huge "Flair & Elizabeth waste Savage's alimony money" story of 1996.