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5/29/99
By Nagedabane
| Thunder starts out with a recap of Macho Man
Randy Savage and shows the random acts of madness he's engaged in over
the past few weeks.
Mike Tenay welcomes us to Charleston, SC. Larry gets his usual reception. Tenay says that they've received word that Savage is on his way to the arena. He also receives word that Sting has accepted the match against Rick Steiner in the cage, no holds barred. The first match begins, pitting Kaz Hayashi, still sporting the Glacier gear (what the hell is the point of him still wearing it?), against the Ragin'Cajun, Lash LeRoux (who could really, really use a push). The announcers talk about how both men are working their way up to being the number one contender for the cruiserweight title. Kaz plays the heel in this match, with plenty of cheapshots. He gets LeRoux to go for the handshake, then cracks him. During the match, Tenay announces that Eddie Guererro will be on hand at next week's Nitro. Not long after, Tenay also informs us that Savage's limo has arrived, and we soon get camera footage of Savage, Gorgeous George, Miss Madness, and Medusa backstage. They are looking for Buff Bagwell, and Savage is in his usual psychotic mind state. Savage enters a locker room and comes to Disco Inferno and Scotty Riggs. Both are tossed around by Savage. Then we go back to the ring. For a cruiserweight match, there was not a lot of high flying action. To finish off the match, Hayashi drops a centon backsplash from the top rope, and defeats LeRoux. The second match of the night is between Prince Iaukea (how long is it since i've seen him win a match?) and Van Hammer. Hammer, no longer using a hippie gimmick, comes to the ring in a leather jacket and wrestling gear with the word "peace" crossed out on the front. Personally, i think the hippie gimmick was a lot better. And the gimmick he had as a member of the flock was even better than that. Tenay happens to notice that Tank Abbott, the only man to be suspended from UFC, is in the audience tonight. Van Hammer wins the match with the cobra clutch slam. Afterwards, he informs the audience that "You're responsible for my behavior now". Then we get a promo for The Great American Bash featuring Nash versus Savage. Then we get a recap from Nitro, in which savage gives Nash a makeover. Why does this happen 2 weeks in a row? Now we get a Mean Gene interview with Savage, who comes out with all his women. Mean Gene asks Savage why he is so unhappy. Savage tells him that he's not, and that he's real happy. Also, that he can't wait for the Great American Bash. Then he goes on to say that Bagwell disrespected him, and that he doesn't step in crap, he steps over it. Savage decides that Nash is afraid of him. Mean Gene wants to take a survey of Macho's women, and asks each who their favorite wrestler is. All 3 say Macho Man Randy Savage. What the hell was the point of this? Savage then says that he's gonna beat on Buff real bad. The 3rd match involved the Cat(enough already, dammit!) and Vampiro (pretty cool guy, i think he should get a push too.) Anyway, the Cat comes down to the ring with Onoo (or should it be OH NO) and makes Penzer introduce him as the 3 time karate world champ, the best ever, and the godfather of soul. Then the Cat gets the mic, says that he will rip apart Scott Norton (good luck), and wants him to come out (again, good luck), and calls him Yogi Bear (oh, that one hurts). The Cat receives his usual chorus of boos and tells the crowd that he will lock up the doors and beat on everybody there. He leaves an open challenge, which is soon met by Vampiro. Tenay notes that both use the martial arts in their matches (like we didn't already know if we've watched before). Larry says something about having "The Cat vs. The Bat". At the start Onoo tries to offer Vampiro money, but it proves to be a distraction as the Cat cheapshots Vampiro. The match ends when Onoo puts a knee in Vampiro's back, and sets up the Cat to boot Vampiro in the head. The Cat is your winner. We go backstage and see Ric Flair chatting with DDP and in comes Chris Benoit. Benoit starts complaining to Flair, and DDP starts to beat down Benoit. Time for another Mean Gene interview! OH BOY! This time it's with Brian Knobbs. Knobbs says it's good to be back, but the WCW needs some Nasty in it. After Mean Gene mentions the word hardcore, it sets Knobbs off about Bam Bam. After incessant bitching about him, Jimmy Hart makes his way to the interview and wants Knobbs to be a part of the First Family (why are they called the first family? as opposed to the 2nd family?) Now it's time for yet another recap! Lemme guess....it's gonna involve Flair, Piper, Nash, Savage, or DDP. LOOK! I'm right! Flair beating on a downed Piper! And then, when you thought it was over....Another friggin recap! Why must we see so many of these damn things in an episode of Thunder? Half of the show is recaps from Nitro! This one is of K-Dawg, the man with the same monologue before every match, and the same finish to each match. This recap is of Hennig insulting rap music and K-Dawg taking offense to it. They brawl, and K-Dawg beats the hell out of Hennig till they get to the back. Now we get a K-Dawg match. I wonder what he'll say. He does his usual speech, and thanks Rey Mysterio, Kidman, and Nash for saving his sorry ass on Nitro. This match is against Kenny Kaos. Speaking of Kaos, what the hell happened? First he was with Rage as High Voltage. Then with Steiner, as a tag team champ. Now he jobs to everybody. Please let him get into the tag team division again so we can see him do something. During this match, I see one of the worst clotheslines ever. I don't know if it was Kaos in using the maneuver, or K-Dawg in selling it, but it looked like crap. Anyway, K-Dawg does the same thing he does every time....rolling clothesline, back kick, face first slam. No pinfall though. K-Dawg eventually puts on the Tequila Sunrise and gets the submission victory. Next up is a video of Nash beating on a lot of people. It's good to be the booker. Shameless self-promotion is good. Match 5: Lenny Lane, the Chris Jericho look alike contest winner, against Evan Karagias, who we almost never see. After the match gets underway, our old pal Lodi comes down to ringside....without his rubber shorts! Lodi is cheering both fighters through the match. Lane goes old school with an airplane spin, but that won't finish off Karagias. Lodi tells the camera, "looking really, really good". Karagias wins this match with the Outrageous Corkscrew. Dammit!Dammit!Dammit! Not another recap of nitro! They might as well call it "Thursday night recap". Maybe the show will get better when they have to compete with WWF's Smackdown. I can only hope. This recap features Piper, accepting a Great American Bash match. Then another recap. SCREW THIS! I'm not typing anymore recaps after this paragraph. From here to the rest of the show, there's 2 more. But nothing doing, if you watched Nitro like you should have, you'd know what's going on. Now, something original...a Mean Gene interview! This one comes from Tank Abbott, in the crowd. Tank tells Gene that he used name dropping to get from the nosebleed section to ringside. Then he starts insulting WCW wrestlers, calling them cherries. He laughs at the idea of the match between Steiner and Sting. The Dog Faced Gremlin comes on over, and the 2 go at it. They're seperated by security, and Abbott is taken away. Next match...Benoit, the crippler, against DDP. Early on, Benoit applies the crossface crippler, but DDP gets to the ropes. Later on, Page asks the ref to check the time left. With the back turned, DDP starts to choke out Benoit with tape wrapped around himself. Let's skip to the best part. Benoit's giving DDP a German suplex, 2 1/2 count. Does it again, same results. Tries for a third, but DDP graps ropes and prevents it. DDP soon tries for the diamond cutter, but it's reversed into a backslide for a 2 count. The crossface crippler is again slapped on, but predictably, Bam Bam Bigelow interferes. BBB, DDP, and Flair beat on Benoit. BBB and DDP use a Dudley Death Drop (From ECW to those who don't know(you should)). Your winner: Benoit by DQ. And our main event: Savage against Buff. Buff comes out and does more flexing than he needs to. What a shock. I liked Buff a lot more when he was nWo. Out comes Savage with his entourage, gets a mic, and informs Buff that he's gonna take a beating, to which Buff retorts that Savage should take the 3 chimpanzees back to the zoo. Savage has his women circle the ring to surround Buff. They all come in. Gorgeous George (please change her name), hits Buff and Macho starts it up. Savage only really works on Buff's neck. Miss Madness gives Buff a missile drop kick from the top rope while the ref is distracted. While Macho is working on doing some heavy damage to Buff's neck, the ref threatens him with a chair. The chair is promptly taken away, Macho goes nuts, and the ref DQ's Savage, and Buff is your winner. Can somebody answer this for me? When did Thunder officially become Savage's fun house? It seems like it's been all him for the past couple weeks. I liked Savage in the 80's and even the early 90's, but i've seen him for too many years. WCW just doesn't seem to want to work on younger stars, just give further glory to the older guys. Also, tonight seemed like "Be like The Rock night". Hayashi served up a People's Elbow, i saw Vampiro use a Rock Bottom, and Savage used the phrase, "If ya smell what the Mach is cookin'". Maybe I'm going insane, but i swear this is what i saw. So, what did we learn from this week's Thunder? 1. LeRoux gets screwed over every time he goes to the ring. 2. Ditto Vampiro. 3. Hammer now has one of the funniest looking outfits in wrestling. 4. The Cat Ernest Miller still sucks even though he won. 5. Brian Knobbs still thinks he's Nasty (We all know he's not). 6. K-Dawg is still on repeat mode. 7. Regardless of her name, Gorgeous George is still a good reason to watch. 8. There's too many damn recaps on this show! Until Later Nagedabane
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