Slobberknocker Central Monday Night Recap #242 July 3rd, 2000 The Opening Word: There's not too much to talk about going into this week's round of shows. The WWF will be jumping to The Nashville Network in either September or October. The network, owned by Viacom, will relaunch with a new name and look, shifting its country music programming over to CMT (Country Music Television--also owned by Viacom). Their hope is that the new TNN can become a major cable network, at the same level as TBS, TNT and USA. The WWF is going to get a massive push as the foundation of the new network. TNN will be the home of RAW live on Monday nights, and Live Wire and Superstars on the weekends. Sunday Night Heat will move to MTV. SmackDown! stays on UPN. There are a number of other perks as well, all part of the huge deal the WWF made with Viacom. ECW, because of the WWF's move to TNN, has had their show canceled on that network. Their last show will be on September 22nd. ECW is exploring options to appear on another cable network, but right now things don't look good. ECW regretted going on TNN almost from the start. They never fit in with the image of the network and, despite being one of the network's highest rated shows, never got much from them in the way of support or promotion. Knowing of Viacom's plans to bring in the WWF, ECW has spent the last several weeks acting openly hostile towards TNN in an effort to get "kicked off" the network, rather than being quietly dumped when the WWF comes in. ECW is apparently threatening to sue TNN because of the way they were treated, but things don't look good there either. ECW claims they were shut out in attempts to communicate with TNN and address their problems. TNN, once they knew they were getting the WWF, pretty much ignored ECW, waiting until the first possible opportunity to cancel them. TNN claims ECW never hit their targeted ratings average, and that's why they're canceling them. ECW counters by saying it's TNN's ignoring them that prevented them from hitting that target (somewhere around a 2.0 average). Complain as they might, it doesn't amount to much as TNN could pretty much cancel them for whatever reason, and shooting down any polite excuses made by TNN just leaves ECW stuck with the inescapable conclusion that ECW on TNN was just a bad mix, and that ECW has known this almost from the beginning. The writing's been on the wall for months, and ECW is now doing their best to point fingers and paint themselves as the little guy getting shoved around. Sadly, ECW has sold out so much in recent years to become mainstream that even their most loyal fans aren't really buying it. Fox's fX cable network and ESPN2 are possible destinations for a new ECW show. Things are still up in the air regarding WCW. No new news has broken regarding the company being sold or moving to another network or whatever. Vince Russo is expected back soon, probably the night after the Bash at the Beach PPV. ... Scott Steiner has been suspended for a week following a verbal altercation he had with Terry Taylor last week. He won't be on Nitro or Thunder this week, but he will still be included in the storylines leading to the PPV, where he'll be defending the U.S. Title against Mike Awesome. Speaking of Thunder, it will be live this week on TBS. WCW wasn't confident they'd be able to draw a good enough crowd, what with Tuesday being the 4th of July. Hulk Hogan is expected on Nitro this week to hype his match against Jeff Jarrett at the PPV. Hogan, in storyline terms, has been in a hospital the last few weeks ever since being put through a table. ... We'll see tonight what, if anything, the WWF has planned in the short term for the Rock and the WWF Championship. The Rock pinning Triple H last week left him without a contender for the title at the next PPV. Then he wasn't even on SmackDown!, appearing only in a clip of his MTV appearance hyping the music video he did with Wyclef Jean. It looks like the WWF is actually going to put him and the title on the back burner, instead focusing on the feud between Triple H and Chris Jericho. Beyond that, things have been very quiet in the WWF. No other major storylines have surfaced, as the WWF seems to be carefully looking at the talent they have and deciding who they should push for the next few months. They have the makings for some fresh and exciting television in the coming weeks. It all depends on who they choose and how they use them. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- WCW Monday Nitro: Live/Taped: Live. Length: Two Hours+. Location: Charleston, West Virginia. Hosted By: Tony Schiavone, Scott Hudson & Mark Madden. HOUR ONE: - Highlights package opens the show. - Commissioner Ernest "The Cat" Miller is on the phone with Eric Bischoff, telling him he suspended Scott Steiner for using the Steiner Recliner on Thunder last week. Mike Awesome then comes in and asks if he made "the call." Cut to a shot of a fleet of ambulances parked outside the arena. - Tank Abbott comes out and chases off DJ Ran. 3 Count hits the ring. Evan Karagias starts to say something, but Abbott orders him to shut up and do the 3 Count song. 3 COUNT vs. THE JUNG DRAGONS Shane Helms gets hurt right away, so Abbott takes his place. Sloppy action--these two teams always fighting is definitely wearing out its welcome. Having Abbott in there doesn't help things. The finish sees Abbott punch one of the Dragons in the chest. The guy sells it like he's being electrocuted. Shannon Moore covers for the pin. Abbott orders the banged-up 3 Count to do their song again, and dances along at ringside on his very own green square. Okay, it looks funny, but is it necessarily something you'd want to show on TV? Kevin Nash arrives, and is greeted by a guy who tells him something about a package. The Cat offers the Jung Dragons some kind of job. The guy Tank knocked out is holding his jaw, even though Abbott hit him in the chest. Goldberg arrives. - Mike Awesome powerbombs a hapless crew member through a table backstage. - An Outsiders video plays, showing a lot of Scott Hall footage. Suddenly we're looking at the inside of the production truck. Why is a cameraman here, and why are we seeing this? Eventually Goldberg comes in and orders them to stop showing the tape. Goldberg hits the ring. In an awesome shoot (whether he means it or not--and I think he means it) Goldberg chews out the fans for cheering on Nash & Hall: two guys who did more than anyone to undermine and destroy WCW behind the scenes. Goldberg says he carried the company for two years, and gave them someone to cheer for, but they spit on him. He finishes "it's MY TIME, and their blood is on YOUR hands!" Out comes Nash and he, maybe irritated by how true Goldberg's words are, calls him a "bald bitch," and says he has four words for him: "My time!" and "why wait?!" Nash charges, but the two are kept apart by security. The Cat comes out and quickly tells them to go to commercial. I wouldn't say what we saw here was a shoot, but an opportunity to let the guys say what was really on their mind. - Some time during the previous melee the lockerroom emptied. Mike Awesome took the opportunity to powerbomb a security guy. He, or another security guy, is shown being hauled away in an ambulance. - Miller is on the phone with Bischoff, promising he'll do what he can to keep Goldberg and Nash apart. - TERRY FUNK vs. JOHNNY THE BULL Funk nails Johnny before Johnny even knows Funk is his opponent. Funk mauls Johnny, yelling things like "this is what it means to be hardcore!" Out in the crowd Johnny comes back with a piledriver. He then lays Funk next to the ring and sets a chair on his face. In the ring he tries a springboard, but loses his balance and drops back to the mat. He jumps up again and springboards into a legdrop all the way to the floor! Awesome move, spoiled only by his initially flubbing it. Johnny can barely move now--looks like he really hurt himself. Funk lets Johnny small package him, but they're too off balance to go through with the three count. So Funk lets him hit him with a chair, then get the pin. Funk does his punch-drunk routine afterwards, then helps Johnny up. The last we see of Johnny he's being carried away from the ring by the referee and a trainer. A clip from earlier in the day shows Asya and Dale Torborg practicing their entrance. Some pyro goes off and Asya is blown off the stage. Schiavone says she's in the hospital. Back live, Torborg tells someone he's going back to the hospital. He's then confronted by a robed figure carrying his Demon outfit. After Torborg leaves the hood is pulled back, and we see it's the Demon. A second robed figure, meanwhile, looks on in the background. Wait ... I'm confused ... is that the robed guy who ordered Vampiro around a few weeks ago, or the robed guy who knocked Vampiro out last week, wearing the Sting mask? Those were supposed to be different robed figures, right? Because we heard the first one and that definitely wasn't Sting, but the second one is supposed to be. - The Cat tells Goldberg that Nash ran away. Goldberg isn't buying it, and demands that the Cat put them in a match together tonight. - MARK JINDRAK/SHAWN O'HAIRE vs. MISFITS IN ACTION Last week it was "Gentrach" on the WCW website. Whatever. A more competitive match than last week, because the Misfits match up better size-wise than Rey Mysterio and Juventud Guerrera, but the finish sees the Misfits win when General Rection lands a moonsault. They get a shot for the Tag Team Titles next week. Isn't it a bit early to be squashing Jindrak & O'Haire? Not that they should be getting a title shot yet, but most WCW fans have only seen them win one or two matches. Tag Champs Sean Stasiak & Chuck Palumbo run in and lay everyone out with Lex Flexers. They then stop to pose, allowing everyone time enough to recover, circle them, and kick their butts. They all lay down then so Major Guns will give them mouth-to-mouth. Mark Madden makes a crack about her "explosive devices," which is funny considering one of those devices supposedly "went off" last week! Repeat the previous Cat segment, substituting Nash for Goldberg. - Awesome powerbombs another guy through a table. - The Cat tells Bischoff he can't keep Goldberg and Nash apart, then says he thinks he has an idea. - The WCW World Heavyweight Champion, surprisingly still Jeff Jarrett, hits the ring. Jarrett says he's going to end Hulk Hogan's career at the PPV, and to mark the occasion he's going to bring out some fat ladies to sing. Some fat ladies come out. Jarrett asks who's going to win at the PPV. They all say the Chosen One. Jarrett them lets them sing. They do the "na-na-na ... goodbye!" song. Think Roseanne doing the National Anthem, times three. This segment is lasting forever. FOREVER! A Standards & Practices rep then comes out, saying this has gone too far. They cut off Jarrett's mic after he makes more fat jokes. Jarrett then clobbers the guy with a guitar. Some of the crowd pops, while the rest--well, the lack of breathing and brain activity would usually indicate death. Words can't describe how dumb this segment was. Next: Shane Douglas vs. Booker T. HOUR TWO: - Someone else has been loaded into a meat wagon. - Jarrett chews out the Cat. Why? - SHANE DOUGLAS vs. BOOKER T. Kanyon comes out to keep an eye on things. "Spinnerooni! Spinnerooni! Spinnerooni!" Booker wins following a Rock Bottom. Kanyon then knocks Booker out, and he and Douglas work him over. Torborg has become the Demon again. - The Cat tells the guys in the heel lockerroom that they have to help him keep Goldberg and Nash apart. Disco Inferno asks if there's any money in it for them? - VAMPIRO vs. THE DEMON Isn't this match on the PPV? Guess not. A dozen or so robed figures wearing Sting masks and carrying baseball bats come out and surround the ring. They point their bats at Vampiro. Demon gives him the Rock Bottom and scores the pin. The robed figures then enter the ring, but the lights go out and Vampiro vanishes. Smooth, the limo driver, has an idea for the Filthy Animals. - Repeat the previous Cat segment, substituting the babyfaces for the heels. - Daffney is arguing with David Flair, who can't keep his eyes off Miss Hancock's picture on a monitor. Again I ask how these two could happen to be by the ONE monitor in the building not showing a picture of them at that moment? Out in the ring Hancock models her white wedding dress. Cue the music and she shakes her moneymaker. Crowbar comes out and forces her onto a chair, threatening to shave her hair (and giving us at home some gratuitous upskirt shots in the process). Backstage, David suddenly suffers from stomach pains, and asks Daffney to get him some Pepto Bismol. Off she goes. He runs out to help Miss Hancock, but Crowbar holds him at bay. Daffney comes in behind him and dumps the Pepto over his head. Miss Hancock jumps Daffney. Crowbar grabs Hancock. David hits Crowbar. He and Daffney then take the clippers and cut Daffney's hair (or pull out some fake hair maybe, as Daffney's hair looks okay after they pull several clumps out). They then put the clippers in Crowbar's head and leave. Daffney wakes up and thinks Crowbar cut her hair. - During the break, Mike Awesome powerbombed Crowbar through a table. Back live, Crowbar is refusing to be taken away. So Awesome comes in and tosses him into the ambulance. - Smooth brings Tygress in to keep the Cat occupied. - Disco Inferno & Konnan hit the ring. Konnan must have watched some TV lately, because for once he's not wearing an outfit no one else on the planet would be caught dead wearing. Disco says they're going to interview two new hot, young wrestlers. Out comes Rey Mysterio dressed like Lance Storm, and Juventud Guerrera looking like Billy Kidman. They make fun of those two, bringing out ... LANCE STORM/BILLY KIDMAN vs. JUVENTUD GUERRERA/REY MYSTERIO, JR. Why *is* the healthy Disco Inferno sitting out all these matches, while the still-injured Mysterio is forced to wrestle? Almost a squash, until Disco and Konnan interfere. Mysterio pins Kidman following a bulldog off the top. The Cat, back from having sex with Tygress, wonders if he missed anything. Why was it necessary to keep the Cat from seeing the last segment? Vampiro tells Pamela he wants Torborg in a "Graveyard Match" at the PPV. - Pamela Paulshock talks with Nash. - Mike Awesome chews out some guy for holding a mullet sign. This is a WCW Live thing, right? Awesome talks about the guys he powerbombed tonight, and how he wants to get his hands on Scott Steiner. He has a referee count to ten, then they ring the bell and play his music, like he's beaten Steiner by countout. Rick Steiner then runs in and he dumps Awesome from the ring. Nash and Goldberg are warming up. I love it when Schiavone is blathering away and they just cut away to commercial. - The Cat sends most of the guys we've already seen tonight out for the main event ... BATTLE ROYAL Now the Cat is keeping all the babyfaces backstage, as Nash awaits the heels in the ring. Schiavone rightly points out this is really a "Gauntlet Match." The Filthy Animals charge the ring one at a time, Nash easily tossing Juvi, Rey & Konnan out. Disco Inferno lasts until Stasiak, Palumbo and Kanyon enter. Big Vito brings a stick with him, which Nash uses on him. Backstage, the Misfits push the Cat aside and run in. Then Goldberg comes out. The Misfits eliminate a number of guys (and themselves). Nash tosses out the last two or three himself, only to eat a kick to the face from Goldberg. Goldberg then sets up for the Spear, but some Misfits grab his foot. He steps out onto the apron to swat at them, at which point Nash kicks him off to the floor. Nash wins, even though Goldberg never went over the top rope. Nash drops to the floor and security is once again there to keep the two apart, as the show ends, a couple minutes earlier than usual. - This Wednesday: Thunder is live this week. - Next week: The Misfits in Action vs. Stasiak & Palumbo. Comments: Maybe Vince Russo coming back won't be so bad. I mean, which is worse, stuff that doesn't make sense and sucks, or stuff that does make sense, but is really, really stupid anyway? Russo's stuff never made sense. Terry Taylor's, his does, but it still sucks anyway. I'm not sure I can adequately describe how terrible Scott Hudson has become as an announcer. All he does anymore is play off Madden, repeating things he says using different words, making smart remarks about what Madden says, and repeating the few lines he says every week (in the hopes he'll get over with the fans). I'd guess maybe one out of every twenty things he says is actually insightful, and/or has anything to do with what's going on in the ring. Not that I blame him mind you--look what he has to work with, and *who* he has to work with. I can't stand Schiavone nor Madden, but these last two weeks I'd say it's been Hudson who has annoyed me the most--if for no other reason than I know he's capable of better. Hudson could do the play-by-play if they dumped Schiavone, but stuck in the middle between play-by-play and color, he delivers neither. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- WWF RAW is WAR: Live/Taped: Live. Length: Two Hours+. Location: Orlando, Florida. Hosted By: Jim Ross & Jerry "The King" Lawler. WWF RAW: - Triple H, walking down a hallway with Stephanie, is irritated that she let Chris Jericho kiss her at the PPV. Stephanie says she didn't let him, he forced himself on her. They come across Commissioner Mick Foley. Triple H orders Mick to give him a shot at both Jericho and the WWF Championship. Foley says Triple H blew his chance last week, but that he will give him a shot at a title: Rikishi's Intercontinental Title. - EDDIE GUERRERO (w/ Chyna) vs. CHRIS BENOIT It's the prospect of a match like this that make you feel bad you just watched an hour of Nitro. This one comes so close to being good, but it's cut short when Benoit, unable to quickly put Guerrero away, grabs the European Title belt. Chyna comes in and grabs the belt, then hits Benoit, drawing a DQ. Guerrero then drop-kicks Benoit, knocking him into Chyna. As Eddie checks on Chyna, Benoit hits him with the belt. With Eddie down, Benoit puts Chyna in the Crippler Crossface, drawing a lot of heat from the crowd. After releasing the hold, Benoit flashes his gap-toothed smile as he backs up the ramp. - Shot of Chyna being checked on by the EMT's. - Commissioner Foley comes out to brag about how well the WWF is doing since he came back. Then, saying he hates to be the bearer of bad news, he has been forced to ban the Worm. Oh, he's just kidding. He then starts to make an announcement regarding the #1 contender to the WWF Title, when he's interrupted by the entrance of the Rock. The Rock welcomes Foley back with a handshake. Foley congratulates the Rock for becoming WWF Champion for the 5th time, and asks him what it's like to have hit that level where he's on par with legends? "Well--" "It doesn't matter how you feel!" The crowd pops, Foley having managed to use the Rock's own catchphrase against him. Foley runs a victory lap around the ring, leading the crowd in a huge "Foley! Foley!" chant. It's so goofy the Rock even cracks a smile. Getting back to business, the Rock tells Foley to just do his job and name a new #1 contender. Out comes Shane McMahon, limping. Shane says he's fed up with his meddling mother, insane father, and loser brother-in-law. He wants to declare his independence day, and himself name the number one contender. Foley and the Rock both take that to mean he wants to make *himself* the #1 one contender and, despite Shane's protestations, give him his wish. The Rock adds that in the spirit of independence Day, he's going to follow the example of his forefather George Washington (hah!) and not tell a lie: Shane's going to walk out with the Rock's boot up his candy ass. - RIKISHI PHATU vs. TRIPLE H (w/ Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley) Some okay stuff here, but not much. The two are counted out when they both go to the floor, brawling down the aisle. Rikishi just misses making it back in before the ten count. Chris Jericho then runs out, whips Triple H into the steps, and throws him back into the ring. Rikishi gives him the stinkface. Stephanie's look of horror is priceless. - Triple H trashes Foley's temporary office. Foley, to sooth him, says he'll put Jericho in a handicap match against Road Dogg & X-Pac. The only stipulation he'll impose is that Triple H can't interfere, or he'll lose his match against Jericho at the PPV. I suddenly get a chill because I predicted to my brother THREE DAYS AGO that we'd see exactly that tonight. Now let's see if X-Pac pins Jericho. - JEFF HARDY (w/ Lita) vs. VAL VENIS (w/ Trish Stratus) Things are going along well enough, when Tazz suddenly runs in and lays out Hardy. Venis hits the Money Shot and scores the pin. Tazz has indeed turned heel. Plug for WWF New York, where Terri Runnels is delighting the crowd. The mayor, Rudolph Giuliani, is there too. Road Dogg & X-Pac can't wait to get their hands on Jericho. - "Ow! What a prick!" Foley says, picking up the cactus Triple H knocked over. Pat Patterson walks in. "Pat, I was just thinking of you." Foley refuses to rethink his decision to make Shane the #1 contender. WWF WAR ZONE: - Road Dogg, X-Pac and Jericho come out for their match. Foley then comes out and reveals that while this was a handicap match, he never told Triple H which side would be handicapped. "It's not two against one, it's three against two!" Thank god for swerves. CHRIS JERICHO/THE ACOLYTES vs. ROAD DOGG/X-PAC Any time the D-X guys get some momentum they get their asses kicked by the Acolytes. Chris slaps X-Pac into the Walls of Jericho, but Road Dogg hits him from behind. Jericho is set up in the corner for the Bronco Buster, but Faarooq chokeslams X-Pac. Jericho then hits a Lionsault, and covers for the pin! YEE-HA! Okay, so maybe they had to make it a handicap match to save face, but at least X-Pac finally did a job! Triple H, backstage, blows a fuse. - Triple H is still smoking. - EDGE/CHRISTIAN vs. THE UNDERTAKER/KANE Man, they sure hyped the hell out of this match tonight. Christian tells the crowd this really sucks. Their five-second pose is a big suck-up & apology to Kane and the Undertaker. The Tag Champs get in a bit of offense, but this is mostly the massacre you'd expect. The Undertaker is just about to bury Edge with a chokeslam when Kurt Angle runs in, clubbing the Undertaker in the back of the knee with his royal scepter. The ref sees it and calls for a DQ. Kane and the Undertaker lay the champs out with chokeslams and pose. - Orlando is one of the XFL host cities. Someone connected with the new team is in the crowd. - Angle tells Michael Cole he was just helping out his friends. - Clips of Dean Malenko vs. Jacqueline on Heat. Malenko is a miracle worker, because that was actually a decent match. Malenko comes out and says that was the lowest point of his career. He doesn't wrestle *against* women, he wrestles *with* women. He throws out an open challenge. Out comes ... DEAN MALENKO (w/ Ho's) vs. CRASH HOLLY Huge "Let's go Elroy!" chant from the crowd. Malenko wins with a powerbomb. Jacqueline and Ivory then come in. (Lawler: "It's like Ebony & Ivory!") Ivory distracts Malenko and Jackie plops him. They then suplex him. Now Gerald Brisco tries to talk Foley out of making the Shane/Rock match. Kurt Angle is on the move. - The "WWF Rewind" shows Angle accidentally breaking Hardcore Holly's left arm last Thursday with a moonsault. Angle comes out to warn NBA free agents away from Orlando. "Whether it's the arena or the people, something stinks!" Angle says Holly got what he deserved because he disrespected him. Angle warns Commissioner Foley that his opponent tonight better be good, because he won't stand being disrespected. Out comes ... the Brooklyn Brawler?! (Ross: "He's still alive?") Angle says the Brawler hasn't won since the Carter administration. Foley comes out and says the Brawler isn't a worthy opponent, which is why he is Angle's partner. Their opponents ... KURT ANGLE/THE BROOKLYN BRAWLER vs. THE DUDLEY BOYZ Monstrous "we want tables!" chant. The Brawler gets obliterated, until he's eventually allowed to tag Angle in. Angle pulls his hand back and walks out, leaving the Brawler to eat a 3-D, pin, and get put through a table. - TEST (w/ Trish Stratus) vs. THE GODFATHER (w/ Ho's) Steven Richards comes out and puts black sacks with slashed circles over the Ho's. Godfather, reaching out of the ring to stop him, gets his neck dropped across the top rope by Test. Test then drops the big elbow off the top and gets the pin. Kept short, this was still on way too late in the show. When Shane says Foley doesn't know how he feels, Foley says he knows EXACTLY how he feels, pointing out a big scar on his arm, and his missing right ear. Foley says he also lost his "guys" in an explosive match in Japan, but then says he's just kidding (and says hi to them). Shane looks rattled ... - Kevin Kelly interviews Richards, who asks "when does freedom go to far?" - Al Snow tells Steve Blackman that the two should break up, and reads him a poem as Blackman fends off an attack from Kaientai and the Mean Street Posse. - Another look at WWF New York. - THE ROCK vs. SHANE MCMAHON Shane tries to avoid conflict by suggesting he and the Rock team up, that together they could dominate the WWF. The Rock answers with his fist, flooring Shane. A Rock Bottom follows. He's just about to perform the People's Elbow when he's hit with a chair from behind by Chris Benoit! Benoit hits him again ... and again ... and again! He slaps on the Crippler Crossface and cranks back, the Rock screaming in pain. Referees flood the ring, but Shane drops them each as they enter. Sgt. Slaughter tries to come in, but Benoit releases the Crossface just long enough to nail him. Shane hits the Rock in the arm with the chair as Benoit sinks the Crossface in even deeper. Jim Ross is going nuts, playing this up as a major beating, saying no one's even been in the Crossface so long. Eventually Mick Foley comes in and Benoit and Shane take a powder. The two of them back up the ramp, Benoit smiling, as the Rock stares daggers in the Canadian Crippler's direction. - This Thursday: Nothing announced. - Next week: Nothing announced. Comments: This was one of those shows where they let the babyfaces come out on top for most of it, and the ending seemed like it would follow that pattern, but as Shane stalled for time I knew they were going to have to do something, otherwise it would have been a flat finish, feel-good moment or not. I actually thought we might see the Big Show make a surprise return, joining with Shane, saying Shane showed him the light by dropping that giant speaker on him, or something like that. Instead, it was Benoit. Works for me. I'd liked to have seen the Rock sell that shoulder injury a bit more after Benoit released it. Oh well, it's a start. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Bottom Line: Here's the line-up for Bash at the Beach: * Goldberg vs. Kevin Nash. If Nash wins he gets Scott Hall's contract. * Jeff Jarrett vs. Hulk Hogan. World Title Match. * Scott Steiner vs. Mike Awesome. U.S. Title Match. * Vampiro vs. Dale Torborg. "Graveyard Match." * Daffney vs. Miss Hancock. "Evening Gown Match." There's obviously more than this scheduled, but these are the only matches they hyped on Nitro. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Slobberknocker Central" and "Monday Night Recap" are copyright 2000 by John Petrie, and all opinions expressed therein are his own, and not those of "USLink". Check the "Slobberknocker Central" main page for info on how to receive the "Recap" free via E-Mail every week. Volume One, Number 242 of the "Monday Night Recap", July 3rd, 2000.