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New WWE Women’s Tag Champions Crowned

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Matt Riddle Gets His Name Back

One WWE star looks to be back to his old identity as of Monday Night Raw in Pittsburgh.

Happy Wednesday Everyone!

I’ve never actually watched this episode of Thunder before but I was reminded of it by recently listening to the audiobook version of The Death of WCW. Modern WWE sometimes reminds me a lot of this era of WCW, so I thought I’d set the way back machine to 2000 in order to watch this episode.

WCW was flatter than a pancake at the time as they were between Vince Russo stints and were mostly focusing on the New World Order of Jeff Jarrett, Scott Hall, Kevin Nash, Scott Steiner and The Harris Brothers taking on Sid Vicious atop the card, whilst the undercard was filled with a lot of feuds and storylines that weren’t over.

So as you probably know (or may not), I’m down in New Orleans for the annual Wrestlemania weekend festivities (hence why the reviews are all late, though I’ll get them up ASAP as I have a lot of Saturday free). I’ve got a full week scheduled and first up was the opening session of Axxess.

In the solemn words of Jim Morrison: “This is the end…my only friend…the end.”

With the national expansions of both the WWF and NWA, the territorial system, as we knew it, was breathing its last breath. Despite legends like Verne Gagne, the Von Erichs, Jerry “The King” Lawler, Mad Dog Vachon, Chris Adams, among others, the lingering territories during this era tried their best not only to survive but to succeed.

With the conglomeration of the AWA, WCWA, CWA, and POWW, this supercard marks the last stand by the territories in their effort to compete. How much success do they achieve? Let’s find out!

Thunder
Date: December 13, 2000
Location: Centurytel Center, Bossier City, Louisiana
Commentators: Konnan, Tony Schiavone, Mike Tenay

It’s the final show before the biggest show of the year and the big match announced for tonight is Sgt. Dewayne Bruce vs. Lex Luger. Odds are Sid and Steiner aren’t going to be in the arena tonight because the idea for the match seems to be based on them being apart as long as possible before we get to the pay per view. Let’s get to it.

What would a WCW column be without a reference to Diamond Dallas Page?

I’m not going to touch DDP’s political rise to glory from 1996 to 1999. Instead, I’ll cover one of many poor WCW booking decisions that caused several wrestling fans to scratch their heads.

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Thanks much!

I briefly met DDP at the comic convention last year in Calgary and he was going on about his yoga deal there, too.  I’m glad that wrestlers like him and Trish Stratus can find success after WWE, actually, without having to crawl back begging for a job again.  Plus he hosted that Nitro DVD, so obviously he’s on good terms with them, too.