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**loopydate** · 02-05-2015, 08:54 PM

WCW Monday Nitro 9/1/2003

The show opens with a video recapping the unbelievable events of last night's Road Wild pay-per-view. After taking #1 contender Hulk Hogan out earlier in the day, WCW World Champion Sting celebrated in the ring his lack of an opponent for the night by issuing an open challenge. The challenge was answered by none other than WCW Cruiserweight Champion "Sugar" Shane Helms. Sting toyed with Helms before the emergence of Hogan distracted Sting long enough to be rolled up. We have a new champion, and he is Shane Helms.

Mike Tenay and "Diamond" Dallas Page welcome us to the arena for Nitro as WCW Chairman Eric Bischoff's music hits. The Chairman enters the ring and calls new champion Helms out with him. He congratulates him on his victory in his typical heelish fashion. He mentions an arcane piece of WCW by-laws that do not allow champions to hold multiple titles simultaneously and announces that he's stripping Helms of the Cruiserweight Championship, effective immediately. He says that a 16-man tournament will begin Thursday night on Thunder and culminate at Fall Brawl and that tonight we'll have a 10-man cruiserweight tag exhibition featuring several of the participants.

As Bischoff leaves, his Chosen One, Jeff Jarrett emerges from the locker room. He says since Helms won the title on an open challenge, he figures he'll issue a challenge of his own. If Helms is man enough, Jarrett wants him one-on-one at Fall Brawl in three weeks.

Our opening contest is a smash-mouth encounter between a pair of WCW legends. Eventually, Big Van Vader loses his patience with being able to put Road Warrior Animal away, and blasts him with a steel chair. The pair brawl to the back afterwards. This is clearly not the last we'll see of these two.

Back from commercial, Nikita Koloff falls victim to a quick loss to "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan. Koloff looks frustrated after the match, but leaves without incident.

The WCW World Tag Team Titles are on the line next as The Mamalukes Johnny The Bull and Big Vito, representing the Natural Born Thrillers defend the gold against the upstart duo of Chris Harris and James Storm, America's Most Wanted. Early on, Vito distracts the official, allowing Sean O'Haire and Chuck Palumbo to jump Storm from ringside and Johnny The Bull picks up the cheap victory for the champs. A 4-on-2 beatdown ensues.

Backstage, Scott Hall and Kevin Nash are watching the show on a monitor. Nash marvels at the progress his former proteges have made. Hall makes a crack about Nikita Koloff still being active. "I thought he was dead." "No, you're thinking of Nikolai Volkoff." "Nikolai Volkoff is still alive." "Really? Who am I thinking of, then?" It goes on like this. Hey, at least they're not wrestling, right?

Ten participants in the Cruiserweight Title Tournament are in the ring when we return from break. Jamie Noble captains the team of Crowbar, Harry Smith, Shannon Moore, and Ultimo Dragon against Ca$h, Mike Sanders, Jason Jett, Psychosis, and "Primetime" Elix Skipper. A ton of high-flying action as the ten men get in all of their key spots. The finish comes when Smith manages to hit the veteran Psychosis with his trademark corkscrew DDT for the minor upset. Smith looks strong heading into next week's first-round matches!

AJ Styles is backstage. He says that Eric Bischoff granted him a sneak peek at the brackets for next week and he can't wait to tear Billy Kidman apart!

Our main event pits the team of Booker T and Dustin Rhodes (collectively known as "Black Dust") against nWo representatives Buff Bagwell and Lex Luger ("Totally Buff"). The match of the night features quick tags by the babyfaces early until the heels get Booker isolated. He manages a hot tag to Rhodes, who is distracted by the arrival of Scott Norton and Scott Steiner. This allows Luger to get the jump on him and apply the Torture Rack. Rhodes submits, and the beatdown is on.

But suddenly from the back, Rey Mysterio Jr., who Tenay and Page confirm is the #1 seed in the Cruiserweight tournament, comes sprinting down the aisle. He gets beaten down for a bit until he's joined by... GOLDBERG! The monstrous Goldberg begins laying waste to the nWo until he, Mysterio, Booker, and Rhodes stand tall.

The nWo is halfway up the ramp when they're greeted by WCW Executive Committee member "Macho Man" Randy Savage. He announces that in 20 nights in Atlanta, Fall Brawl will once again host War Games! Bagwell, Norton, Steiner, Luger, and the former World Champion Sting against Goldberg, Rey Mysterio Jr., Dustin Rhodes, Booker T... and THE IMMORTAL HULK HOGAN! The crowd goes nuts, the nWo goes ballistic, and Nitro goes off the air.

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Quick Results (Final Rating 6.88)

Recap video of Road Wild, hyping upcoming Sting/Hogan showdown
Eric Bischoff strips Shane Helms of the Cruiserweight Title, announces tournament beginning on Thunder for vacant belt
Jeff Jarrett challenges Helms for the World Title at Fall Brawl
Road Warrior Animal over Big Van Vader via DQ, brawl to back
Jim Duggan over Nikita Koloff via pinfall
The Mamalukes retain Tag Team Titles against America's Most Wanted after interference from Sean O'Haire and Chuck Palumbo
The Outsiders hang out backstage, do Outsidery things
Jamie Noble, Crowbar, Harry Smith, Shannon Moore, and Ultimo Dragon over Ca$h, Jason Jett, Mike Sanders, Psychosis, and Elix Skipper when Smith pinned Psychosis
Backstage interview with AJ Styles hyping round one match vs. Billy Kidman
Totally Buff over Black Gold after interference from Scott Norton and Scott Steiner, Rey Mysterio Jr. and Goldberg make save
Randy Savage announces Team WCW vs. Team nWo in War Games for Fall Brawl

Fall Brawl 2003 Card so far (9/21)

War Games: Team WCW (Hulk Hogan, Goldberg, Rey Mysterio Jr., Booker T, and Dustin Rhodes) vs. New World Order (Sting, Lex Luger, Scott Steiner, Buff Bagwell, and Scott Norton
WCW World Heavyweight Title: Shane Helms (c) vs. Jeff Jarrett
WCW Cruiserweight Title: Tournament final, participants TBD

Cruiserweight Title Tournament Round One Match-Ups Revealed!
Billy Kidman vs. AJ Styles
Harry Smith vs. Ca$h
Jamie Noble vs. Chavo Guerrero Jr.
Chris Harris (who EWR seems to think is a lightweight?) vs. Psychosis
Crowbar vs. Mike Sanders
Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Elix Skipper
Shannon Moore vs. Jason Jett
Ultimo Dragon vs. Juventud Guerrera

02-05-2015, 08:54 PM	#2404
loopydate FIT Challenge Slag People Posts: 13,816	WCW Monday Nitro 9/1/2003 The show opens with a video recapping the unbelievable events of last night's Road Wild pay-per-view. After taking #1 contender Hulk Hogan out earlier in the day, WCW World Champion Sting celebrated in the ring his lack of an opponent for the night by issuing an open challenge. The challenge was answered by none other than WCW Cruiserweight Champion "Sugar" Shane Helms. Sting toyed with Helms before the emergence of Hogan distracted Sting long enough to be rolled up. We have a new champion, and he is Shane Helms. Mike Tenay and "Diamond" Dallas Page welcome us to the arena for Nitro as WCW Chairman Eric Bischoff's music hits. The Chairman enters the ring and calls new champion Helms out with him. He congratulates him on his victory in his typical heelish fashion. He mentions an arcane piece of WCW by-laws that do not allow champions to hold multiple titles simultaneously and announces that he's stripping Helms of the Cruiserweight Championship, effective immediately. He says that a 16-man tournament will begin Thursday night on Thunder and culminate at Fall Brawl and that tonight we'll have a 10-man cruiserweight tag exhibition featuring several of the participants. As Bischoff leaves, his Chosen One, Jeff Jarrett emerges from the locker room. He says since Helms won the title on an open challenge, he figures he'll issue a challenge of his own. If Helms is man enough, Jarrett wants him one-on-one at Fall Brawl in three weeks. Our opening contest is a smash-mouth encounter between a pair of WCW legends. Eventually, Big Van Vader loses his patience with being able to put Road Warrior Animal away, and blasts him with a steel chair. The pair brawl to the back afterwards. This is clearly not the last we'll see of these two. Back from commercial, Nikita Koloff falls victim to a quick loss to "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan. Koloff looks frustrated after the match, but leaves without incident. The WCW World Tag Team Titles are on the line next as The Mamalukes Johnny The Bull and Big Vito, representing the Natural Born Thrillers defend the gold against the upstart duo of Chris Harris and James Storm, America's Most Wanted. Early on, Vito distracts the official, allowing Sean O'Haire and Chuck Palumbo to jump Storm from ringside and Johnny The Bull picks up the cheap victory for the champs. A 4-on-2 beatdown ensues. Backstage, Scott Hall and Kevin Nash are watching the show on a monitor. Nash marvels at the progress his former proteges have made. Hall makes a crack about Nikita Koloff still being active. "I thought he was dead." "No, you're thinking of Nikolai Volkoff." "Nikolai Volkoff is still alive." "Really? Who am I thinking of, then?" It goes on like this. Hey, at least they're not wrestling, right? Ten participants in the Cruiserweight Title Tournament are in the ring when we return from break. Jamie Noble captains the team of Crowbar, Harry Smith, Shannon Moore, and Ultimo Dragon against Ca$h, Mike Sanders, Jason Jett, Psychosis, and "Primetime" Elix Skipper. A ton of high-flying action as the ten men get in all of their key spots. The finish comes when Smith manages to hit the veteran Psychosis with his trademark corkscrew DDT for the minor upset. Smith looks strong heading into next week's first-round matches! AJ Styles is backstage. He says that Eric Bischoff granted him a sneak peek at the brackets for next week and he can't wait to tear Billy Kidman apart! Our main event pits the team of Booker T and Dustin Rhodes (collectively known as "Black Dust") against nWo representatives Buff Bagwell and Lex Luger ("Totally Buff"). The match of the night features quick tags by the babyfaces early until the heels get Booker isolated. He manages a hot tag to Rhodes, who is distracted by the arrival of Scott Norton and Scott Steiner. This allows Luger to get the jump on him and apply the Torture Rack. Rhodes submits, and the beatdown is on. But suddenly from the back, Rey Mysterio Jr., who Tenay and Page confirm is the #1 seed in the Cruiserweight tournament, comes sprinting down the aisle. He gets beaten down for a bit until he's joined by... GOLDBERG! The monstrous Goldberg begins laying waste to the nWo until he, Mysterio, Booker, and Rhodes stand tall. The nWo is halfway up the ramp when they're greeted by WCW Executive Committee member "Macho Man" Randy Savage. He announces that in 20 nights in Atlanta, Fall Brawl will once again host War Games! Bagwell, Norton, Steiner, Luger, and the former World Champion Sting against Goldberg, Rey Mysterio Jr., Dustin Rhodes, Booker T... and THE IMMORTAL HULK HOGAN! The crowd goes nuts, the nWo goes ballistic, and Nitro goes off the air. ===== Quick Results (Final Rating 6.88) Recap video of Road Wild, hyping upcoming Sting/Hogan showdown Eric Bischoff strips Shane Helms of the Cruiserweight Title, announces tournament beginning on Thunder for vacant belt Jeff Jarrett challenges Helms for the World Title at Fall Brawl Road Warrior Animal over Big Van Vader via DQ, brawl to back Jim Duggan over Nikita Koloff via pinfall The Mamalukes retain Tag Team Titles against America's Most Wanted after interference from Sean O'Haire and Chuck Palumbo The Outsiders hang out backstage, do Outsidery things Jamie Noble, Crowbar, Harry Smith, Shannon Moore, and Ultimo Dragon over Ca$h, Jason Jett, Mike Sanders, Psychosis, and Elix Skipper when Smith pinned Psychosis Backstage interview with AJ Styles hyping round one match vs. Billy Kidman Totally Buff over Black Gold after interference from Scott Norton and Scott Steiner, Rey Mysterio Jr. and Goldberg make save Randy Savage announces Team WCW vs. Team nWo in War Games for Fall Brawl Fall Brawl 2003 Card so far (9/21) War Games: Team WCW (Hulk Hogan, Goldberg, Rey Mysterio Jr., Booker T, and Dustin Rhodes) vs. New World Order (Sting, Lex Luger, Scott Steiner, Buff Bagwell, and Scott Norton WCW World Heavyweight Title: Shane Helms (c) vs. Jeff Jarrett WCW Cruiserweight Title: Tournament final, participants TBD Cruiserweight Title Tournament Round One Match-Ups Revealed! Billy Kidman vs. AJ Styles Harry Smith vs. Ca$h Jamie Noble vs. Chavo Guerrero Jr. Chris Harris (who EWR seems to think is a lightweight?) vs. Psychosis Crowbar vs. Mike Sanders Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Elix Skipper Shannon Moore vs. Jason Jett Ultimo Dragon vs. Juventud Guerrera Last edited by loopydate; 02-05-2015 at 09:17 PM.