The Thunder Review 8/10 - 8/16

[Bored 0]

August 12, 1998

Scott Hall def. Konnan

Raven NC Horace

Chris Jericho def. Chavo Guerrero Jr. by DQ; TV Title Match

Disco Inferno & Alex Wright def. The Public Enemy by DQ

Kevin Nash def. Curt Hennig by DQ

Stevie Ray def Eddy Guerrero

 

August 12, 1999

Rick Steiner def. Spyder; TV Title Match

Sid def. Disorderly Conduct by DQ

Shane Douglas & Dean Malenko def. Barry Windham & Bobby Duncum Jr.

Randy Savage def. Evan Karagias

 

August 16, 2000

Kronic def. Four Jobbers in a handicap match

Rey Mysterio Jr. & Juventud Guerrera NC Mark Jindrak & Sean O’Haire; Tag Title Match

The Great Muta def. The Demon

Team Canada def. Misfits in Action

The Cat def. Lance Storm by DQ; Canadian Title Match

Gene Okerlund def. Mark Madden in a Street Fight

Big Vito def. Carl Oulette

[El Gigante 0]

Oh great, this is the week of epic Gene Okerland/Mark Madden match to end their epic feud. The horror.

[Bored 0]

Oh great, this is the week of epic Gene Okerland/Mark Madden match to end their epic feud. The horror.

CRZ recap (slashwrestling.com):

 

THE MARK (Pittsburgh Steelers) v. GENE O. (Kamloops Blazers) in a Kamloops Street Fight...and "match of the millennium" - Okerlund: "Hold up here, big man. We've got a very short evening ahead of us so you can blow it out your ass!" Tenay: "Yes, he can." Stevie Ray: "Yes, he could, but we'd ALL be in trouble if he did that." Boy, and we were worried that they weren't going to get WRESTLERS over, hah? Okerlund hits a double bicep and encourages his opponent to do the same. And there it is. You know, it just occured to me...if Scaia gained about 200 pounds, he'd look EXACTLY like that guy. Okerlund dares him to take off the jersey - fortunately, he's wearing another T-shirt underneath. Okerlund dares him to take THAT off - he begins to show off his "Before Stacker 2" gut and the crowd very loudly encourages him to put the shirt back down. Tony: "I think that was the man that ATE Lavon Kirkland." Tony used to be pretty hefty himself, you know - that's what makes it so ESPECIALLY cruel. Okerlund takes advantage of his opponent hitting Luger's "lion roaring" pose to elbow him - and we FINALLY start this thing. Another elbow. Timber! Okerlund poses to the crowd - and gets tripped up (very, very slowly) with a ...let's be charitable and call it a "double leg takedown." Blatant choke. Blatant choke again. Stevie Ray: "What? A cat fight." "STREET fight." "I'm sorry - I'm sorry." Blatant choke. It's been a scant thirty seconds, why NOT have a run-in as NORMAN SMILEY comes out, followed immediately by CARL OULETTE - THEY start a-brawlin' on the outside. Back to the choke. BIG VITO is out and HE is staving off Oulette...who ends up going to the back. Vito leads claps for Okerlund, but the crowd has turned on this match, seeing Oulette get beaten to the back and all. Okerlund with a HAND OF STONE - cover - well, his shoulders never WERE down, but he makes a point of raising one in obvious fashion after 2. Crowd inexpiclably chanting "Vito." Apparently, Okerlund takes a shot in here, but I didn't see one. Fatheadbutt. Okerlund actually feeds his arms to he can be dragged into position - hoo boy. Skipping around like the late Adrian Adonis, and climbing the corner for a Banzai Drop, but PAMELA PAULSHOCK, *also* clad in a Kamloops Blazers jersey (albeit one with a lot more material cut away from it) bounces out to ringside (damn, Stevie needs to stop stealing my "B" material), rolls Okerlund away and attempts an uppernut. Amazingly, she finds the mark amidst all that thigh. Tenay gives us his impersonation: "YEEEEEAAAAHHHHHH." Okerlund covers. 1, 2, 3. (2:49) Pamela gives him a kiss and jumps up and down a lot. 1-800-COL-LECT provides the replay. Let us NEVER speak of this again.

[El Gigante 0]

Just reading that brings chills down my spine thinking of how horrible that match was.