WCW 1999: End of Thread.

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- The show starts off with a video package hyping up happenings from last week's edition of WCW Monday Nitro where there were many happenings here in World Championship Wrestling, such as the current situation going on between Hollywood Hogan and Bill Goldberg as well as WCW World Heavyweight Champion, Kevin Nash's rivalry with Bret Hart and the nWo V2.

- The usual opening video package, showing us a city being set alight for no reason whatsoever as we see many shots of WCW and nWo wrestlers and superstars fighting and in action in the background.

- We cut to the live Raleigh arena where pyrotechnics explode and the crowd are all pumping for tonight's edition of WCW Monday Nitro, live on TNT. We see the three announcers, Tony Schiavone, Larry Zbyzko and Bobby Heenan as they hype up tonight's show where it is announced that Bill Goldberg and Hollywood Hogan are both in attendance for Monday Nitro, tonight. The main event is scheduled to be Bret Hart taking on the Nature Boy himself, Ric Flair in the epic main event. The Nitro Girls do a quick dance.

- Juventud Guerrera def. Kanyon in 08:57. A great way to kick off this edition of WCW Monday Nitro as these two men battled with Juventud Guerrera being the underdog of this encounter, Kanyon being more of a powerhouse as Juvi, obviously a high-flyer, here in WCW. The two men fought as Juventud attempted to pull off a hit-and-run strategy in the ring against Kanyon, however it ended up being not so successful as Kanyon eventually got a hold of Guerrera and worked away on him. Juvi then attempted to fight fire with fire, brawling with Kanyon before reverting back to the hit-and-run strategy. Kanyon eventually got Juvi set up for the Flatliner but Psychosis ran down the aisle, jumping onto the apron. Juvi rolled through and rolled Kanyon up for an eventful three count upset! **1/2[/color]

- As Juventud Guerrera celebrated, Kanyon got back to his feet and ran Guerrera off as he joined Psychosis on the aisle in celebration. Tony Schiavone whined about how if Psychosis were to get the win on WCW Thunder then Juventud and Psychosis would get a shot at the New Jersey Triad's WCW World Tag Team Championships come WCW Superbrawl IX.

- During the commercial break, an advertisement for WCW Superbrawl IX aired, and will go out live on pay-per-view on Sunday 21st February 1999.

- The announcers hype up the most historic battle in 'the history of our sport'. Well, seventeen minutes in is a record I guess, Tony. Anyways, a video package airs, showing us previous ecounters like their feud in early 1998 that climaxed at WCW Souled Out.

- Ric Flair was then seen making his way down to the aisle where Gene Okerlund was awaiting the forerm-fifteen time World Heavyweight Champion for an interview. Flair got a loud pop, probably because he was in his home country of North Carolina. Flair cut a promo hyping up Bret Hart, asking the audience and everybody what had gone wrong in Bret's head when he lost respect for the business and other veterans in the locker room, suddenly thinking he was better than anybody in the world. Flair stated that he'd shut Hart up again tonight.

- We see the previous wins for Hector Garza, who will risk it all here tonight on WCW Monday Nitro as up next, he will battle Chris Jericho.

- Chris Jericho defeated Hector Garza[/color] in 9:22. This was a solid match between two great performers, I believe both men were in Mexico at the same time a few years ago. This was a solid match, a lot better than the opening contest obviously because these two men are both the same size, pretty much. These two were based more in the fast-paced yet technical affair of a match as Jericho worked away from Garza after Hector had a little bit of momentum in the opening minute or so. Jericho went after the back of Garza, obviously scheduling up for the finishing Liontamer. Garza reversed every attempt Jericho made at doing his finishing submission as Jericho went back after Garza before Hector began to going for the upset victory. Garza's attempt at a Corkscrew Moonsault was eventually reversed however as Jericho nailed a spine-chilling powerbomb for the win. ***1/2[/color]

- As Chris Jericho celebrates, we cut to the backstage area where Gene Okerlund had stepped into nWo V2 territory, as he confronted Bret Hart one-to-one in which Hart said that Ric Flair believes that he's everything pure and good about the wrestling business and WCW in general today. Hart says that Flair brags about him being the top dog and the man that made WCW what it is through the NWA days and whatnot. Hart calls Flair a hasbeen, saying that he turned 50 in November but should of retired when he took his ball and went home in September 1997 after Curt Hennig betrayed him.

- The brackets for the WCW World Womens Championship Tournament is shown, as the semi-final matches are announced, being Sable taking on Madusa next Monday on WCW Nitro but tonight it would be Angelina Conscience, the nWo V2 representative going against Mona up next.

- Angelina Conscience defeated Mona[/color] in a WCW World Womens Championship Tournament Semi-Final in 6:38. This was actually a decent contest, these two women know how to wrestle, them and Madusa are really the three more experienced female superstars of the WCW World Womens division. Of course there's Sable, but as we saw last week, she was awful. She'll probably find a way into getting the strap, too at some point, just because of her overness. I heard she's on the cover for the March 1999 edition of Playboy magazine, so I bet she'll become champion. Anyways, Mona tried her senton from the top but even that Angelina reversed. Conscience got some heel heat probably due to entering to nWo B-Team music. Mona went for another senton but Conscience made her lose her balance, a top rope hurricanrana got the win. *3/4[/color]

- A vignette airs, hyping up the feud between Raven and Hardcore Hak, which will climax under Falls Count Anywhere rules, live on pay-per-view at WCW Superbrawl IX.

- Bam Bam Bigelow defeated Hardcore Hak[/color] in a falls count anywhere match in 8:00. While this was a decent encounter between two ECW alumni, I expected this match to be slightly better. The WCW World Tag Team Champion, Bigelow did well in there against Hak but most likely walked out of the match with three dozen kendo stick marks on his body. That'll hurt in the morning. Hak just tried to batter Bigelow to submission, repeatedly slamming his kendo stick at Bam Bam's head and spine. Hak then hit two legdrops from the top rope but Bigelow kept powering out. Bam Bam almost hit the Asbury Park Nightmare but Hak slid out, Bigelow downed Hak as Psychosis ran down the aisle. Bigelow took down Psychosis before Hak waffled the stick over Bigelow's head, stunning him. Raven then came through the crowd and landed the Evenflow DDT on Hak before Bigelow hit the Headbutt for the win! **

- A video hyped us up for Bill Goldberg as he attempts to rebegin his storng undefeated streak as Goldberg will go against not one but two wrestlers in a handicap elimination match in Goldberg's quest to go from 1-0 to 3-0. Should be a long journey before Goldberg can get back to 173-0.

- Bill Goldberg defeated Los Vilanos[/color] in an elimination handicap match in 02:45. A god-awful contest in which Los Vilanos had one percent chance of winning and only that would of happened if somebody had of ran in to attacked them. Both Vilanos started at the same time but got hammered down like they were the skittles to Goldberg's bowling ball. The crowd loved Goldberg and all, but the Vilanos didn't sell too much and had next to zero offense between them. Only two punches in which Goldberg no-sold both. Goldberg speared Vilano V in 01:12 after Bill went through both Vilanos with a spear. Then, Goldberg's Jackhammer finished off Vilano IV at 02:45. 1/4[/color]

- Nitro Girls time.

- A hype video for our main event aired, Ric Flair vs Bret Hart in what should be the most talked about match 'in the history of our great sport'.

- An advertisement for WCW Thunder airs for this Thursday in which will feature Diamond Dallas Page battle Rob Van Dam as well as Lex Luger taking on The Barbarian.

- A video airs up Lance Storm once again as it shows some clips of Storm's time in NWA-Wildside over the past two weeks, which is when he was hired. Should be good, hoping for a feud with Rob Van Dam.

- We hear the nWo V2's theme play as the crowd begin to boo, the words 'Oooh Yeah', serving as a reminder of who the next entrant to the arena would be as Macho Man Randy Savage himself appeared on the rampway, making his way down the aisle, sans Miss Elizabeth for some strange reason. Savage entered the ring and began to cut a promo about Ric Flair, saying that he validly agreed with what Bret Hart said about Ric Flair earlier tonight, Flair being a big hasbeen. Savage says that a victory over Ric Flair means that it only takes a little more to taking the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. Savage says that one step for Flair to lose to Savage, it's one step closer to retirement. David Flair then came out to the rampway as he said with his dire mic skills that his father would prove him wrong, that's a fact for life, unlike nWo V2 after Kevin Nash would beat Bret Hart. That's when we hear Eric Bischoff's voice as he proudly announces that he has something planned for David, this Thursday on WCW Thunder.

- Nitro Girls.

- Apparently before our main event, we've got a WCW World Television Championship defense by Scott Steiner. It is 10:14. Nitro goes off the air at 11.

- Scott Steiner defeated Blitzkrieg[/color] to RETAIN the WCW World Television Championship in 07:22. A great match pulled out here between two men of two different styles. Blitzkrieg being in a match like this makes me feel that there is hope for him, he is one of the best cruiserweights in the division after all. Speaking of which, where are they tonight? Hmm, bet they're waiting to appear on WCW Thunder. Anyways, Blitzkrieg dragged Scott Steiner to a good match as Blitzkrieg used his infamous speedy attacks on Steiner to build a hit-and-run strategy like Juventud Guerrera did in the opening contest. Steiner eventually got a hold of Blitzkrieg, going to work on his spine with some nice punches. Ever since Scott went solo he's been doing so sloppy in the ring, yet here he was fine. Scott set up for his Steiner Recliner but, unfortunately it was Blitzkrieg who reversed it, almost beating Steiner with a rollup. Steiner obviously broke out of it however and the match continued. Blitzkrieg eventually stunned Steiner on his feet before heading up top, however when he was up top, Steiner ran up to the second turnbuckle and hit an impressive belly-to-back suplex for the win. ***3/4[/color]

- The next Nitro Party is advertised for the 22nd February edition of WCW Monday Nitro. Great so Gene Okerlund can get wasted.

- A tour of upcoming shows is advertised, the annual episode from Panama City, Florida outdoors will be held on March 21st edition of Nitro.

- A video of Jushin Thunder Liger plays, showing a lot of moves in recent WCW matches as well as some from NJPW action. When it's finished, we see WCW World Cruiserweight Champion, Billy Kidman looking at it on a monitor backstage, nodding his head.

- It is 10:31 as we go to the final commercial break.

- We return from the commercial break to see the WCW World Heavyweight Champion, Kevin Nash walking in the hallway with a cup of coffee in his hand. Bret Hart confronts him as Nash takes a sip of his coffee and tells him to bring it right now. But before Nash has any time to place his coffee on a side or anything, Buff Bagwell and Diamond Dallas Page jumps him, all three nWo V2 members putting the boots to Nash as Hart's theme plays in the background.

- Bret Hart defeated Ric Flair[/color] in 18:25. What a fantastic match, this is an early candidate for WCW's old personal match of the year in my opinion. It looked like a classic, but after the match at WCW Souled Out 1998 with all of the hype leading to a midcard-esque placed match, it didn't look as bright. Nitro is alot more prestigious than WCW Souled Out, admittedly in my opinion. Anyways, Michael Buffer's introduction only made this feel much more better. These two went back-and-forth as they pulled off a mixbag of brawling, technical and fast-paced action, Flair and Hart pulling out all of the stops and going to no lengths to try and overcome their opponent. Bret underestimated Flair in the early goings of the match, Flair taking advantage of it and going to work on Hart's legs, ironic, as Hart would go after the legs of Flair, too. Both men did a nice spot where Ric applied the Figure-Four Leglock but Hart flipped him over and applied the Sharpshooter. Hart did a nice Piledriver too. The match however was tragically ended with interference (this always happens near the show's closing). Randy Savage walked down to ringside as Flair had Hart applied in the Figure-Four as Flair released the hold to chase after Savage, before Hart came from behind. Hart dragged Flair back into the ring, nailing the Piledriver before getting the win. *****[/color]


- Following the contest, Randy Savage and Diamond Dallas Page joined Bret Hart in the ring, stomping away at Ric Flair before David Flair stumbled down the aisle, just to be laid out with the Diamond Cutter, courtesy of DDP. That's when British Bulldog and Kevin Nash, the WCW US Heavyweight and WCW World Heavyweight Champions (respectively, obviously) came to the ring, chasing the three off. The announcers hyped up WCW Superbrawl IX before going off the air.

- Overall, this show was fairly okay, it had a decent opener, which really did suprise me. I didn't even expect it to be that good, between Juventud Guerrera and Kanyon. It dipped with the Bill Goldberg squash match but there was some more awesome wrestling with Steiner and Blitzkrieg as well as Jericho and Garza. Plus we had that massive main event between Bret Hart and Ric Flair which is a candidate for match of the year. With one more Nitro before Superbrawl IX, things are heating up. **3/4[/center]

Interesting idea to maybe have the light guys face the Triad. Glad to see Garza job, and better yet, to Jericho. I forget who Angelina is supposed to be, so not much to comment on that. I understand Hak jobbing if he's going to leave WCW soon. It was pointless to do an elimination handicap match, but Goldberg dominating was good. That's what he was best at doing back in the day. DDP vs. RVD sounds good for Thunder. Steiner winning is good, although he should use teh Steiner Recliner instead of a belly-to-belly (but that's just being picky). Glad Hart got the win, and Savage interfering didn't make it look as bad for Flair. Sounded like a great way to close the show.

-Flair's promo on Bret sounded pretty accurate but Bret's was kinda odd since he decided to mention something that happened in 1997 which was just weird for me. Simply saying that Flair should have retired long ago would have been fine.

- Glad Angelina got the victory over Mona. She would clearly be a fine champion so we'll see.

- Bigelow vs Hak sounded like the typical WCW Hardcore match but it still sounded entertaining. I remember they tried so hard to copy the WWF Hardcore title and they failed miserably. Just tried to be something they're not.

- Didn't really like the Goldberg squash since I feel he is beyond that type of thing now and doesn't need to beat three men to look good.

- Main event sounded like PPV quality material. Of course WCW has to have interference in everything so no shock there. I'm glad that you didn't have Flair Tap out though so points for that.

- I like the way you are heading into a feud with Juvi/Psicosis against The Triad. Get all the momentum only to come up short against the Triad, it would make sense.
- Good contest between Jericho and Garza. Both men are very similar so the match would naturally be good.
- Not a huge fan of womens wrestling, so I didn’t really care for that match.
- What a cluster the Bigelow/Hak turned into. Though you did manage to continue all the feud involved in the match.
- I don’t like having Goldberg winning or attempting to win 173 in a row. That happened not even a year ago that angle.
- Not sure about Savage calling Flair a has been. Considering they are close in age.
- Nice Steiner/Blitzkrieg match. Was not expecting that.
- Odd finish to Hart/Flair. A pile driver? Hart had done it earlier and apparently didn’t put Flair away, but a second one does?
- Another Savage/Flair feud? Could be good, just not the reasoning of Savage calling Flair a has been.
- Good way to get everyone at the end of the show involved.

Good overall show with nice hype for the PPV.

Big news with Angle. Interested to see how you use him. I like how Steiner is being used right now. The nWo isnt really catching on with me. If its not Hogan, Hall, and Nash, it doesnt work. A Raven/Sting fued would be awesome.

I'm fine with a shorter Thunder. Interesting to bring in the Hardyz. Glad Skipper was on the winning team. Wonder what'll happen with Bischoff-Flair. I'm curious to see what happens with Hall & Nash. Maybe someone will attack one of them? Wasn't a fan of RVD over DDP; DDP is pretty much a jobber for your fed. Overall not much to comment on since it was a short show.

Glad Taka got the win in the opener. Hardy Brothers jobbing off the bat is realistic. El Dandy match sounded like complete garbage. Palumbo winning was ok. FOF winning is good, and they could be a legitimate threat if pushed. RVD winning was pretty predictable. The Kidman match was a solid read. Overall there wasn't too much to comment on since it was just a lot of undercard matches, and one-line things about promos and such.

Thunder/Saturday Night review

- I’ve never been a fan of Jerry Flynn. He never brought anything to the table. But, I do like him tagging with Morrus.
- Skipper/Sanders as a tag team. From their power plant days?
- Bigelow showing a mean streak, is good to see.
- Nice main event. Nice touch to see Bulldog cost Page the match.
- For the interviews, you could have added a line on what they were talking about.

- Taka with a squash win. Setting him for the CW strap perhaps?
- Another seemingly squash for Skipper/Sanders. Here’s hoping you push Sanders to the moon.
- Haha. El Dandy and Brad Armstrong. Armstrong loses on ‘his show” like usual. Dandy is the man..
- Good to see Palumbo getting a win. Surprised to see your still using Hammer.
- Faces of Fear win. If you build them up right, they could be monsters.
- Squash for Van Dam, really.
- Fantastic main event.
- Again, even just a line of what the interview was about would do the job if your trying to cut down on what your typing.