Thunder Results

March 19th, 1998.
Live/Taped: Live.
Length: Two Hours.
Location: Terre Haute, Indiana.
Hosted By: Tony Schiavone, Bobby "The Brain" Heenan and Lee Marshall.

 * Sting's helicopter entrance from Nitro was replayed.

 * Chris Jericho beat Super Calo, forcing him to submit to the Lion
   Tamer.

 * Kendall Windham beat El Dandy, pinning him after a running Bulldog.

 * Curt Hennig and "Ravishing" Rick Rude gave an interview.

 * Saturn beat La Parka with the Rings of Saturn submission hold.

 * Footage from Diamond Dallas Page's appearance on "MTV Live" was shown.
   Raven knocked out Page with a "STOP" sign, DDT'ed him on a small table
   and stole the U.S. Title belt.

 * Ray Traylor defeated Barry Darsow.

 * A "WCW Motorsports" segment was shown.

 * Tony Schiavone announced that "Rowdy" Roddy Piper will appear on Nitro
   next to week to make some sort of "challenge".

 * Prince Iaukea scored an upset win over Yuji Nagata when interference by
   Sonny Onoo backfired.

 * Footage of the Giant vs. Kevin Nash from Uncensored was shown, followed
   by clips of what happened between the two the next night on Nitro.

 * Brian Adams beat Marty Jannetty.

 * Sting's helicopter entrance from Nitro was replayed again.

 * Eddie Guerrero defeated Psychosis, pinning him after a Frog Splash.

 * Raven beat Brad Armstrong. Reese and Hammer attacked Armstrong before
   the match started, knocking him out. Raven then made comments directed at
   DDP over the house mic, then covered Armstrong for the pin.

 * They showed a video segment profiling Bret "Hitman" Hart.

 * Scott Norton defeated Chris Benoit. After Norton refused to submit to
   the Crippler Crossface, Benoit relesed the hold to chase Vincent off the
   apron. Norton then caught Benoit from behind and planted him with a
   shoulderbreaker for the win.

 * Bill Goldberg beat Wayne Bloom in just over a minute. After the match
   Saturn hopped the rail and had a staredown with Goldberg from ringside.

 * Rick Steiner beat Curt Hennig via DQ when Rick Rude interfered. Both
   Scott Norton and Ray Traylor came out to jopin the fight. The three NWO
   members had the better of Steiner and Traylor until Bill Goldberg came
   out for the save.

 * Next Monday: appearance by "Rowdy" Roddy Piper.

 * Next week: Nothing announced.

Comments:

"Night of the Living Mid-Carders". Snatches of okay wrestling here and
there really couldn't cover for the fact that the show had the look and
feel of your average installment of WCW Saturday Night. The best match
on the card was Guerrero vs. Psychosis, and that one was short and plagued
with blown spots, not to mention an almost total lack of any drama (as
Guerrero really had little difficulty earning the win). The Benoit/Norton
match had its moments as well, though I'm sure the finish was distressing
to those who continue to be Benoit fans. With Bret Hart at home in Canada
taking care of family problems, Ric Flair rumored to have quit WCW, Scott
Hall and Kevin Nash upset over the firing of Syxx, and "Hollywood" Hogan
only having to wrestle when he wants to, it all added up to a show
seriously short on marquee names.