Slobberknocker Central Monday Night Recap #255 October 2nd, 2000 The Opening Word: The big buzz in the wrestling world this week centers around the future of World Championship Wrestling. Rumor is that WCW is on the verge of being sold to an investor group headed by former company president Eric Bischoff. Actually, rumors of Bischoff buying the company have been around for months, but lately they've intensified, so much so that people within WCW itself are said to be under the impression that it's all but a done deal. Vince Russo supposedly told people in the company a few weeks ago that Bischoff was trying to buy the company. Exiled star Hulk Hogan is out there saying it's a done deal. Bischoff himself, and his business partner Jason Hervey, have gone from denying the rumors to saying "no comment" when asked about it. Combined with the sales rumors--maybe connected to it, maybe not--are continuing rumors that Vince Russo's days in WCW are numbered. The assumption seems to be that if Bischoff buys the company then Russo is out. Regardless of whether that takes place there is a feeling that, despite a supposed show of support from many of the wrestlers in the company, WCW head honcho Brad Siegel may soon step in and pull the plug on Russo. The business numbers just haven't been in Russo's favor. The last couple PPV buyrates are said to be embarrassingly low. Live event attendance is still way down. Merchandise sales are practically nonexistent. And TV ratings haven't shown any turnaround, Nitro failing to capitalize on WWF RAW's recent preemptions and move to TNN. Any new viewers WCW thought they had attracted seemed to vanish last week, especially following the cliffhanger finish to Nitro. Thunder, where it was revealed Vince Russo was the WCW Champion, drew one of its lowest ratings this year. One of its lowest ratings ever, actually (2.0). Russo's defenders are trying to justify his winning the title by comparing it to Vince McMahon becoming WWF Champion, but no one's buying it. There's so little interest in Russo winning the title that fans can't even get worked up enough to complain. Instead they decided to not watch Thunder last week. People are wondering if Russo recently writing himself into the storylines is a move on his part to make himself less expendable Siegel come a calling, or if Bischoff takes over the company. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- WCW Monday Nitro: Live/Taped: Live. Length: Two Hours+. Location: San Francisco, California. Hosted By: Tony Schiavone, Scott Hudson & Mark Madden. HOUR ONE: Clips from last week open the show, followed by a shot of Goldberg arriving at the arena. - KONNAN/REY MYSTERIO, JR. (w/ Tygress) vs. BOOGIE KNIGHTS Alex "Berlyn" Wright returned to WCW last week on Thunder, forming the team of "Boogie Knights" with Disqo Inferno. Somehow Konnan has gotten hold of Disqo's plastic duck, and this match is a Ladder Match, the winning team being the one to retrieve the duck as it's suspended from the ceiling. It's hard to believe somebody gets *paid* to come up with angles like this. Anyway, the match--which was supposed to be singles match between Mysterio and Juventud Guerrera--is mostly a squash, with Konnan standing around and holding Disqo or Wright so Juvi can do high flying, high impact moves on them. I should note that Wright is now shaved totally bald, wearing generic tights with his name and initials on them ... and still can't wrestle for sh*t. The big move of the match involves Disqo laying with a ladder on top of him, Wright (helpfully) crawling between the legs of the ladder on top of Disqo, and Mysterio coming off the top, doing an Atomic Arabian Facebuster (legdrop with a chair) onto the ladder. Rey also does a nice dive to the floor (which, of course, the cameras barely catch), as well as a Sunset Flip off the ladder. Konnan, who's done nothing thus far, climbs the ladder and pulls down the duck to win the match. Disqo and Wright then attack with a chair, with Disqo getting his duck back. When's WCW going to realize that most fans just remember the last thing they see in a match (especially if the match itself isn't memorable), and that having Disqo get the duck back made the whole match preceding it pointless? Rey's effort here made this match watchable, but that's about it. If they explained why Juvi wasn't there I missed it. David Flair pulls up in an old car and pulls someone who's handcuffed and wearing a hood out of the back seat. Whoever it is, he's got big arms. - Vince Russo says he's proved that he can win the World Title whenever he wants. Since he isn't a wrestler or athlete, Russo relinquishes the title, naming Jeff Jarrett and Scott Steiner the top two contenders, who will square off later tonight for the vacant title. Man, he won it just like his idol Vince McMahon, and gave it up without jobbing just like Vince McMahon too. (Hey, wasn't Russo still the WWF's head writer when McMahon won his World Title?) Russo then calls Goldberg a coward and says he can beat him and yadda yadda yadda--Goldberg comes out to the ring. Russo, who's been in the back delivering his speech, comes out to face Goldberg ... secured within a bulletproof Popemobile. R&B Security tries to grab Goldberg, but he lays them all out. Then, unable to bust his way into the plexiglass enclosure Russo is in, Goldberg kicks in the driver's side window. The driver, Jeremy Borash, runs away. You'd think they know better than to hove Goldberg breaking windows like that. Goldberg now has the keys to the truck, with Russo unable to even get out. Suddenly Goldberg is jumped by Meng. (Meng?!) The Monster Meng immobilizes Goldberg with the Tongan Death Grip. Somewhere in all this it's announced that Goldberg has to beat his 176 match winning streak to ever get another title shot, and if he loses along the way he's out of WCW. Meng is his first opponent, later tonight. Russo must have remembered since Thunder that he can't fire Goldberg, because according to his own storyline Brad Siegel won't allow it. - Russo has to leave the building and he puts Mike Sanders in charge. He also orders Jeremy Borash to keep an eye on him. - Chuck Zito (bodyguard, stuntman, cast member of HBO's "OZ," friend of Hulk Hogan) joins the announce team. Why? - A-WALL vs. RENO On Thunder acting commissioner Mike Sanders vacated the Hardcore Title. The usual hardcore stuff, with Big Vito running in to help A-WALL, who puts Reno through a table and pins him. Sanders then comes out with the Natural Born Thrillerz and reverses the decision, saying A-WALL was DQ'ed because of Vito's interference. So Reno is the Hardcore Champion. This, like everything else so far tonight, fails to get much of a reaction from the tiny crowd. Pamela Paulshock announces that the Cat is overruling Russo. The Cat thinks Booker T won that match last week, so it'll be Booker versus Sting for the vacant title later tonight. Why not just give Booker the belt back if the Cat thinks he won? And would it have killed them to have the Cat make this announcement himself? If they couldn't fly the Cat to San Francisco I'd have to guess he won't be flying to Australia either. - David Flair is tormenting his prisoner backstage. - SHANE DOUGLAS (w/ Torrie Wilson) vs. "THAT 70's GUY" MIKE AWESOME Douglas & Wilson work the crowd before the match. Awesome gets ZERO pop coming out, which is so sad. Lex Luger, who turned babyface then heel again last Wednesday, is shown sitting in the crowd. The match here lasts about a minute, with Torrie jumping up on the apron and distracting Awesome by flashing him (her back to the camera, though a camera switch shows she's wearing a bra). Douglas hits the Franchiser and covers for the pin. Tygress then comes in to mix it up with Torrie, Konnan following to do the same with Douglas. Chalk up an Insta-feud match between the two (or four) at Halloween Havoc. Jeff Jarrett & Scott Steiner tell Mike Sanders to sort things out (so they'll be the World Title contenders). Kevin Nash then walks in and assures the two that his guy Sanders will get the job done. Jarrett echoes all of our thoughts when he questions Nash's new "coach" gimmick. Borash is keeping an eye on Sanders per Russo's instructions. - More stuff with Sanders and Nash backstage. Sanders goes into the Cat's office, but Borash can't get in. - Meng, just returned from oblivion, is featured in a video package. Just happened to have this ready, eh? Pamela interviews Meng, who says he must destroy Goldberg to save his career. - Sanders tells the Thrillerz that he's booked a match that'll get big ratings. - MENG vs. GOLDBERG Squash. Spear. Jackhammer. Pin. Am I really going to have to type this 176 more times? Kronik then runs in to attack Goldberg. Kronik?! Well, what's a Nitro without a heel turn. Sanders reveals to Jarrett & Steiner that he's booked them in a tag match with Booker T and Sting. The only catch is Jarrett will be Booker's partner, and Sting with be Steiner's. They hate the idea, but Sanders explains that the winning team are the ones to get the shot at the World Title later, guaranteeing that either Jarrett or Steiner will get a shot at the title. Seems like a lame compromise to me, but Steiner & Jarrett are both as dumb as rocks, so they buy it. - David Flair dumps a bucket of water on the hooded man. That isn't Arn Anderson, is it? HOUR TWO: - STING/SCOTT STEINER vs. JEFF JARRETT/BOOKER T Lengthy, solid match. Steiner turns on Sting, while Booker tries to stop Jarrett from hitting Sting with a guitar. Jarrett then tries to hit Booker with the guitar, but Booker ducks and Sting gets hit instead. Steiner then drops Booker and covers him, but Jarrett has covered Sting and he's the one that gets the pin. One of the better matches on Nitro in recent memory. - Elix Skipper speaks. Elix is pissed because Kevin Nash called Beetlejuice "Elix" last week. Mike Sanders & Kevin Nash come out, Nash saying he had to apologize to Beetlejuice for calling him "Elix." Skipper wants to kick both their asses, so ... MIKE SANDERS/KEVIN NASH vs. ELIX SKIPPER In addition to this being a handicap match and Team Canada being barred from ringside, a powerbomb has to be delivered before the match can be won. Nash takes a rare bump, selling a drop-kick delivered by Skipper off the top. Nash then powerbombs Skipper and Sanders covers for the pin, winning the Cruiserweight Title. I'm sure on WCW Live they'll say Elix "got the rub" by being destroyed by Nash. The Natural Born Thrillerz now have three titles/four title belts. Goldberg is on his way out of the arena when Terry Taylor tells him he has to wrestle again tonight. - Nash heads to the showers, leaving the celebrating Thrillerz to be jumped by Team Canada. And the ones we're supposed to root for here are ... ? - GOLDBERG vs. THE HARRIS TWINS What the HELL?! Shouldn't this be Kronik? Squash. Spear. Pin. Spear. Jackhammer. Pin. I know Kronik and the Harris Boys are all worthless stiffs, but I didn't think WCW could confuse the two teams for each other. 3-0 streak for Goldberg. Even more stuff backstage with the Thrillerz, Nash and Borash. Flair is on his way out with his captive. - Our main event tonight will be a "49'ers Match," whatever the hell that is. - Flair brings the hooded guy to the ring, telling him he ruined his life and yadda yadda yadda. David says he'll take the guy's handcuffs off. He does, and the guy removes his hood, revealing ... Buff Bagwell. The crowd reacts like "hey, that's Buff Bagwell." Bagwell destroys Flair, raising the question of how in the hell Flair kidnapped Bagwell and handcuffed him in the first place. Schiavone says this story is far from over, so I guess we're not supposed to automatically assume Bagwell is really the one who got Stacy pregnant. - Buff, on his way out of the building, reminds us of how gay his character is. - BOOKER T vs. JEFF JARRETT There's a pole set up in each corner, with a box hanging off of each pole. The World Title belt is hidden in one of the boxes. This ... sounds like a gimmick WCW (or Smoky Mountain) would have done back in 1993. Not a great match, with both Booker and Jarrett tired from the earlier match. Jarrett passes on some early chances to grab a box, and when he finally opens one up there's a blowup doll in it. Booker goes for the second box and pulls out ... a picture of Scott Hall. Clearly Kevin Nash booked this match. After piledriving Jarrett on the announce table Booker goes for box #3, which yields a big glove. Ah ... a "coal Miner's glove," because god knows all those 49'ers were coal miners. Jarrett rallies back, passing up a chance to grab the last box to instead launch into a wrestling sequence. The ref is doing a count when they're on the floor, and checking Booker while Jarrett has a sleeperhold on, even though neither can bring about the end of this match. More wrestling, both guys really selling the 20 minutes or so of ring time they've put in this week. Now Jarrett goes under the ring for a guitar (once again foregoing a chance to grab the last box), but seems unable to pull the guitar out. Another try, and it looks like someone is under the ring pulling the guitar back. Jarrett finally goes up for the box, at which point Beetlejuice(?!) crawls out from under the ring and follows Jarrett up on the apron. A low blow (Hudson: "high blow") sends Jarrett to the floor, Beetlejuice following with a flying splash! This leaves Booker to go up and grab the final box, its side breaking open and the belt spilling to the floor. Ring announcer David Penzer picks it up. According to WCW rules that makes Penzer the champ, right? Penzer hands the belt to Booker, giving him the win and World Heavyweight Championship. Just so the crowd doesn't go home happy (not that they were really celebrating Booker's win, though they did come to life a bit during the match), Scott Steiner runs in and beats up Booker with a pipe. Big Poppa pump then puts Beetlejuice in the Steiner Recliner. - This Wednesday: Thunder airs a half hour later than usual. - Next week: WCW heads to Australia. Comments: I wonder how many fans thought that was Gary Coleman? Similar show to last week's show, though without the good pacing that one had. Another really bad first hour, with some good matches in the second trying their best to salvage the overall show. I'll say again, I like the work Russo is putting into his feud with Goldberg. Their stuff tonight was okay. I just can't understand why Russo also had to go and make himself champion, since it didn't have anything to do with the feud with Goldberg. There are so many things one could do to draw heel heat that doesn't involve destroying the credibility of your title, titleholder, and drive away viewers. Anyone who says Russo didn't make himself champion because of ego is kidding themselves. I'm not wild about this Goldberg "winning streak" angle, but I don't hate it either. I have more on Goldberg's streak at the end of the recap. Don't be fooled by the shows next week. WCW embarks on its tour of Australia, with most of the shows expected to draw huge crowds. The Aussies are starved for wrestling of any kind. WCW will try to spin the big crowds as a sign that they've turned things around. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- WWF RAW is WAR: Live/Taped: Live. Length: Two Hours+. Location: Washington, DC. Hosted By: Jim Ross & Jerry "The King" Lawler. WWF RAW: - Tonight's show is dedicated to Dennis Dunn (1924-2000), father of current WWF employee Kevin Dunn. - The Rock is out to do his things for the DC crowd. Long pauses and such work the crowd into a frenzy (and assure that this segment will last forever). A Marion Barry/crack joke falls a bit flat. The Rock starts digging on Kurt Angle, who pinned the Rock last Thursday (with some help from "Stephanie McMahon-Angle"). He talks about the big Rulon Gardner olympic wrestling win, Gardner not crying like a little girl like Angle did when he won the gold medal. Kurt Angle comes out to banter. He says Rulon Gardner may have made a few papers with his win, but he didn't capture the hearts of Americans like Angle did. Geez, the WWF isn't signing Gardner, are they? Angle then badmouths Michael Jordan, part of the management team of the local Washington Wizards basketball team. Angle says he's going to win the Rock's WWF Championship, and teach all the youth of America how to "be like Kurt." Mick Foley joins out little party. He brings out Triple H & Stephanie. They're followed by Chris Benoit ... then Kane ... then Rikishi. At some point Jerry Lawler exclaims "somebody play my music, I wanna go up and demand a title shot!" Long (TWENTY-FIVE MINUTES!) story short, Foley books tonight's show: the Rock & Rikishi vs. Benoit & Kane; Triple H vs. Angle, #1 contendership to the WWF Championship on the line. This whole thing was just way too long. It would be one thing if they've moved a storyline or two along, but all it did was set up matches. Bringing Benoit and Triple H out was unnecessary, and Kane and Rikishi's arrival even killed it for the live crowd. Where was the Undertaker, by the way? - THE HARDY BOYZ (w/ Lita) vs. TOO COOL (w/ the Ho's) Too Cool's new entrance music sucks. Things get a bit weird when Grandmaster Sexay and Jeff Hardy square off in a dance contest. Grandmaster looks goofy, because he's a white guy busting a move, but Jeff looks even goofier, wiggling like a snake or something. I guess he showed Sexay up, because the Grandmaster gets pissed and sportsmanship flies out the window. The Hardyz look to have the match won when Edge & Christian come out. Christian distracts the ref, and Edge tries to spear Matt Hardy, but misses and hits Scotty Too Hotty instead. Jeff then drops the Swanton Bomb on Scotty and the Hardyz win. Triple H is worried about tonight. Stephanie thinks he's talking about what happened at SmackDown. - Edge & Christian are upset that they couldn't bring about the Tag Title change, because that's the only way they can get another shot at the belts. Foley comes in gives them a shot at some gold ... Steve Blackman's Hardcore Title. - TAZZ/RAVEN/X-PAC vs. CHRIS JERICHO/THE DUDLEY BOYZ Jericho gets stomped on pretty good before the Dudleyz even come out. Alright match, with total non-stop action. The Dudleyz give Raven the 3-D, then Jericho hits the Lionsault and scores the pin. Not sure I needed to see Raven job in his second match in the WWF. "Paying his dues" and all that, I guess. Stone Cold is in the building. - Steven Richards and Bull Buchanan are offended when they see Mick Foley reading the Chyna Playboy issue. Val Venis joins the discussion, the gist of which being that they think Foley needs to do something about Steve Austin. - Michael Cole is in the middle of interviewing Lita when she's jumped by Jacqueline. The two "brawl" through the lockerroom, the shower (who's that chick?), and all through the backstage area. Jacqueline finally decides she's maybe bitten off more than she can chew and tries to escape by climbing over a parked truck. Lita follows and tosses her off the hood of the truck (onto a big padded thingy). Lita then does a moonsault, but Jacqueline has already gotten hold of a fire extinguisher, and she sprays Lita as she flies off the hood. She starts to work over the Women's Champ with a garbage can lid, when WWF officials finally hit the scene and pull the two apart. These two were supposed to wrestle tonight--was this their match? Rikishi: "Rock, let's back that ass back up!" WWF WAR ZONE: - KANE/CHRIS BENOIT vs. RIKISHI/THE ROCK Why do Benoit and Kane keep teaming up when it always backfires on them? Things are going along fine when Benoit suddenly hits Kane with a chair. The Rock then drops the Rock Bottom, followed by a buttdrop from Rikishi, then the pin. Hot, lengthy match. Mick Foley is on the move. - Foley is out to talk about Steve Austin's investigation into who ran him over. I know this is *the* big storyline and all, but I'm pretty burned out by wrestlers talking at this point. Austin comes out and says Foley has made zero progress in figuring out who hit Austin, so he's going to continue his search, whether Foley likes it or not. Foley begs to differ, saying he's cracked the case by flying in a suspect (at his own expense) for Austin to interrogate. Foley brings out ... "Badd Ass" Billy Gunn! Gunn gets a big reaction from the crowd, which is a pretty good sign. Foley leaves. Gunn immediately denies he was the one who ran Austin over, saying he's told that to the police who originally investigated the matter. Gunn does have some info for Austin, though. When Gunn pulled up to the Joe Louis Arena that night, a black car blew past him. Turns out it was the same car that ran Austin over. Gunn says he caught a glimpse of the driver and that whoever it was, they have blonde hair. Gunn says the Brooklyn Brawler was driving him that night and that he can confirm the story. Austin is skeptical, but says he thinks Gunn is probably telling the truth, judging by the look in his eyes. Austin gives him the Stunner anyway and walks off. I'm no big fan of Gunn, but if used right he could be a major player now that he's back. The crowd sure treated his return like it was a big deal. If they go back to his old character, though, then he'll just be the WWF's version of Buff Bagwell or Lex Luger. - EDGE/CHRISTIAN vs. STEVE BLACKMAN Nice spot in this match: Blackman tosses a garbage can at Christian, which he would usually then kick. Christian wisely passes the can off to Edge. Blackman goes ahead and kicks Christian, but the can is gone, now in Edge's hands, with Edge using it on Blackman. Blackman comes back and kicks a chair into Christian's head, and he scores the pin. I guess Edge & Christian aren't cut out for this hardcore thing. Earlier in the day Right To Censor burned up several copies of Chyna's Playboy. - Austin finds the Brooklyn Brawler at a coffee table in the back. The Brawler can't confirm Gunn's story as he only saw the car, not the driver. Austin believes him, and offers to shake hands, but the Brawler is so jumpy he throws himself over the table! Funny stuff. - Clips of Chyna out promoting the Playboy issue. - The RTC is on the move. - EDDIE GUERRERO/CHYNA vs. STEVEN RICHARDS/VAL VENIS No match to speak of, with the Goodfather & Bull Buchanan running in right away, causing a DQ. They lay the boots in until-- ***KEE-RASH!*** Steve Austin hits the ring and lays the Goodfather and Buchanan out with Stunners. Richards slips out, only to back up the ramp into Chyna, who grabs him by the nuts and drags him back into the ring. Another Stunner from Austin. In a truly funny bit Eddie Guerrero accidentally wanders too close and Austin Stunners him too. Chyna, on the ramp, smiles. Austin has two beers tossed to him and he downs them. Then another. And another. And another. And another. And another. Beers eight and nine are in hand when commissioner Foley comes out to discuss Austin's drinking problem. This can't go on, and Foley has decided to--KICK! STUNNER!!! Foley is down! Austin has two more beers, and all this alcohol must be getting to him, as the next FOUR beers thrown to him are dropped. Austin flips Foley the bird as he leaves. - A furious Mick Foley tears apart his office. - Triple H, warming up for his match with Angle, asks Stephanie to stay backstage. She fumes off angrily, running into Chris Benoit moments later. "How's your head?" WHACK!--Stephanie slaps him! Benoit laughs. - Clip of the rally the WWF held at the capital to hype the SmackDown Challenge. - TRIPLE H vs. KURT ANGLE Early in the match Triple H unwraps the bandages around his ribs and chokes Angle with it. Angle takes control of the match, and Stephanie comes out to root Triple H on. The battle continues, spilling to the floor. Triple H sets Angle on the announce desk and drops an elbow off the guard rail! Referee Hebner's letting this one go. Triple H follows up with a suplex, back in the ring, off the corner buckles. (People are right: Triple H *does* call his spots loudly.) Here comes Chris Benoit. He grabs Stephanie. Triple H comes out to tangle with him. Angle follows, and Triple H is sent into the steel steps. Back in the ring Angle comes in with a chair, and is set to hit Triple H, but Stephanie hops on the apron and grabs the chair. Triple H up ... Pedigree set up, but Benoit pulls Stephanie off the apron. Triple H comes over to grab Benoit. Benoit waffles Triple H with the chair! Triple H staggers back, right into a waiting Olympic Slam. Cover ... 1 ... 2 ... 3! Angle celebrates up the ramp, the show then ending after Triple H chews out Stephanie for disobeying him and coming out. Our finals shot is him scowling, Stephanie left behind in the ring, crying. - This Thursday: Nothing announced. - Next week: Nothing announced. Comments: A really good main event caps off what was a mostly alright episode of RAW. I liked the show, but do have a few complaints, questions and observations to make. It sure looks like Mick Foley is the mystery driver. Why else would he fight so hard to keep Austin from finding out who did it? Austin serving up Billy Gunn this week looked just like Shane McMahon setting up Steve Blackman at the PPV. Speaking of whom, where is Shane McMahon? I hate that they've put off the Eddie Guerrero/Chyna storyline while they hype her Playboy issue. Let the "SmackDown Challenge" die already! Bush & Gore ain't coming. They seem to have put the Triple H/Stephanie/Angle storyline on hold again while they build up the two top matches at the next PPV: Angle vs. Rock and Triple H vs. Benoit. I sure hope there's a big twist in the story either at the PPV or the night after. I don't expect anything big to happen before then. Last week's TNN replay was a one-time deal. RAW viewers in Canada are still getting screwed, with TSN forcing cable companies to black out RAW, even if TSN is showing something else at the time RAW should be airing. I'm so late with this I might as well mention the ratings: RAW did a 5.4, basically the same rating as last week (which was the highest rated show in TNN's 17 year history). The first hour was a bit down this week, but a higher-rated second hour made up for it. Nitro dropped to a 2.6, the second straight week the ratings have gone down. The show actually peaked about a half hour in, before Goldberg even wrestled his first match. Viewership then steadily dwindled, only rebounding slightly for the main event. Not much else on TV to blame the ratings drop on. "Monday Night Football" scored a relatively low number. RAW has lost some viewers because of the network switch and, honestly, the shows haven't been as hot as they once were. Nitro, though, hasn't picked those viewers up. They did, for a short time, but they've now vanished, and Nitro is starting to sink lower than they were before RAW got preempted for the US Open. The WWF has to realize WCW's chance at being a ratings threat has passed. WCW had its chance and blew it. I hope the WWF doesn't use that as an excuse to continue coasting. They're a ratings-point down from where they used to be. Regardless of the ratings, all we wrestling fans want is an exciting and interesting show. The WWF can give that, but these days they seem to be doing just enough to get by. I'd like to see them turn it back up a few notches. Hopefully they'll do that after this next PPV, as they build to the next major event, Survivor Series. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Bottom Line: For those interested I compiled a list (one night when I was REALLY bored) of every opponent Goldberg faced on TV during his winning streak. Included are the dates, on what show or PPV they took place, and noted finishes that were something other than a typical Spear/Jackhammer/Pinfall win. Also noted are the "irregularities" of his win/loss record: - Hugh Morrus (Nitro--09/22/97) - Barbarian (Nitro--09/27/97) - Scotty Riggs (Nitro--10/13/97) - Wrath (Nitro--10/20/97) - Disco Inferno (Nitro--10/27/97--no contest) - (World War 3--11/23/97--match with Steve McMichael doesn't take place because of Goldberg injury) - Meng (Nitro--12/15/97--no contest) - Steve McMichael (Starrcade '97--12/28/97) - Glacier (Nitro--12/29/97) - Stevie Ray (Nitro--01/05/98) - Steve McMichael (Thunder--01/08/98) - Jerry Flynn (Nitro--01/12/98) - Chavo Guerrero, Jr. (Thunder--01/15/98--no contest) - Kendell Windham (Thunder--01/22/98) - Brad Armstrong (Nitro--01/26/98) - Yuji Nagata (Thunder--01/29/98) - Mark Starr (Nitro--02/02/98) - Jim Powers (Thunder--02/05/98) - Steven Regal (Nitro--02/09/98) - Glacier (Thunder--02/12/98) - Hugh Morrus (Nitro--02/16/98) - Fit Finlay (Thunder--02/19/98) - Brad Armstrong (SuperBrawl VIII--02/22/98) - Rick Fuller (Thunder--02/26/98) - Sick Boy (Nitro--03/02/98) - Vincent (Thunder--03/05/98) - Barry Darsow (Nitro--03/09/98) - Lodi (Nitro--03/16/98) - Wayne Bloom (Thunder--03/19/98) - Renegade (Nitro--03/23/98--win #60) - Jerry Flynn (Thunder--03/26/98) - Ray Traylor (Nitro--03/30/98--win #67) - Van Hammer (Nitro--04/06/98) - Rocco Rock (Nitro--04/13/98) - Barry Darsow (Thunder--04/16/98) - Perry Saturn (Spring Stampede '98--04/19/98) - Raven (Nitro--04/20/98--win #75--U.S. Title victory) - Mike Enos (Thunder--04/22/98) - Scott Norton (Nitro--04/27/98) - Jerry Flynn (Tuesday Nitro--04/27/98) - Len Denton (Nitro--05/11/98--win #83) - Sick Boy (Thunder--05/14/98--win #84) - Perry Saturn (Slamboree '98--05/17/98) - Glacier (Nitro--05/18/98--win #89) - Johnny Attitude (Nitro--05/25/98--win #90) - Barry Horowitz (Thunder--05/27/98--win #92) - La Parka (Nitro--06/01/98--win #94) - Hugh Morrus (Thunder--06/04/98--win #95) - Chavo Guerrero, Jr. (Nitro--06/08/98--win #99) - Raven (house show--06/09/98--win #100) - Konnan (Great American Bash '98--06/14/98--win #100 ... again) - Reese (Thunder--06/18/98--win #101) - Rick Fuller (Nitro--06/22/98--win #102) - Glacier (Nitro--06/29/98) - Scott Hall (Nitro--07/06/98--win #107) - Hulk Hogan (Nitro--07/06/98--win #108--World Title victory) - Curt Hennig (Bash at the Beach '98--07/12/98) - Curt Hennig (Nitro--07/13/98) - Brian Adams (Nitro--07/27/98--win #121) - Battle Royal Winner (Road Wild '98--08/08/98) - Meng (Nitro--08/10/98) - The Giant (Nitro--08/17/98--DQ win) - Curt Hennig (Nitro--08/24/98--tag match with Kevin Nash vs. Hulk Hogan & the Giant) - Al Green (Nitro--08/31/98) - Scott Putski (Nitro--09/07/98--win #141) - Rick Fuller (Thunder--09/10/98) - Sting (Nitro--09/14/98) - Kanyon (Thunder--09/24/98) - Raven (Thunder--10/01/98--win #148) - The Giant (Nitro--10/12/98--win #150--countout) - Diamond Dallas Page (Halloween Havoc '98--10/25/98) - Bam Bam Bigelow (Nitro--11/16/98--no contest) - The Giant (Nitro--11/23/98) - Bam Bam Bigelow (Nitro--12/07/98--no contest) - Kevin Nash & Bam Bam Bigelow (Nitro--12/14/98--no contest) - Scott Hall (Nitro--12/21/98--no contest) - Goldberg loses the World Title to Kevin Nash at Starrcade '98--12/27/98 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- "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 255 of the "Monday Night Recap", October 2nd, 2000.