WCW Clash of the Champions XXXVI (July 19th 2001)
The opening video airs focusing on the War Games main event, the pyro goes off and Tony Schiavonne, Jerry "The King" Lawler and Mike Tenay welcome us to the show.
WCW World Tag Team Title Match: KroniK vs Natural Born Thrillers
We get a ref bump late in the match. This allows The Harris Brothers to come out and attempt to interfere. One of them attempts to hit Palumbo with one of the tag title belts before getting knocked off the apron. Palumbo picks up the title and turns around, hitting Clarke with it as the ref comes to and calls for the bell.
Winners by DQ: KroniK in 11:23
After the match, KroniK and the Harris Brothers beat down The Thrillers as road agents and referees come out to stop them only to get beaten down themselves. After the damage is done, KroniK stands over the Thrillers, posing with the title as we go backstage.
Gene Okerlund is backstage with Road Warrior Animal and Rick Steiner. Steiner makes it clear he won't let Lance Storm be a factor in the upcoming match.
Hardcore Match: Road Warrior Animal vs Mike Awesome
It doesn't take long for Storm to try to get involved and Steiner goes on the attack, chasing Steiner down the ramp and out of harm's way. The match continues one on one until the camera catches Steiner backstage looking for Storm. Suddenly Storm comes up from behind, knocking Steiner into a room and propping a chair under the door handle. He then heads to the ring, pushing Animal off the top rope as he has Awesome laid out on a table. The two of them double team Animal for a bit and after an Awesome Bomb through a table, the match is over.
Winner: Mike Awesome in 9:56
After the brutal 2-on-1 beatdown, shades of what Team Canada did to Jim Duggan just a month ago, Storm and Awesome taunt the crowd as EMTs come out to help a motionless Animal.
We get a backstage interview with Jeff Jarrett, Shane Douglas, Shawn Stasiak and Mark Jindrak as they prepare for war.
Midajah comes out with Buff and Luger, again hyping Buff as the star of the team while Luger stands by seething.
Buff Bagwell vs Hugh Morris
Luger begrudgingly helps Bagwell midway through the match by tripping Morris as he runs the ropes. Torrie Wilson is seen coming out and watching the end of the match from the top of the entrance ramp much to the confusion of everyone. The match ends with Buff hitting a blockbuster for the 1-2-3.
Winner: Buff Bagwell in 5:33
Rey Mysterio Jr., decked out in his referee shirt is backstage with Gene Okerlund, telling him how conflicted he is about reffing this match. When Gene asks him if he'll show favoritism he simply shakes his head and responds "I don't know".
"Sugar" Shane Helms vs Konnan (Special Referee: Rey Mysterio Jr.)
A hard-hitting back and forth match sees both men questioning Rey about the speed of his count at different times. Konnan gets the upper hand but can't put Helms away. This frustration leads to Konnan choking Helms out in the corner as Rey tries to pull him off. Konan then trades the choke for kicks as Helms sits in the corner and Konnan ignore's Rey. Finally Rey calls for the bell to DQ Konnan and Konnan looks on in anger.
Winner by DQ: "Sugar" Shane Helms in 11:30
After the match, Konnan continues his attack and when Rey tries to pull him off again, Konnan blasts him with a punch, knocking him down. Billy Kidman runs out and a frustrated Konnan just stands there, hands on his head as Rey and Konnan watch him walk out of the ring.
Booker T, DDP and the Rhodes' are backstage with Mean Gene and we are just moments from War Games. After a quick video recapping what's led us here, the cage comes down and David Penzer announces the rules.
War Games: Booker T, Diamond Dallas Page, Dustin Rhodes and Dusty Rhodes vs Jeff Jarrett, Shane Douglas, Shawn Stasiak and Mark Jindrak
The two men to start the match are chosen. It will be Diamond Dallas Page and Mark Jindrak start the match. Some slow build for 5 minutes as Jindrak holds his own quite well and the first advantage goes to... Team Jarrett.
Shawn Stasiak enters the ring and Stacy looks on in approval as her men spend 2 minutes beating down page before...
Booker T enters to even things up again. He cleans house and allows DDP to make a comeback.
Next in to give team the face team their first advantage is Dustin Rhodes. He gets in and as soon as the ref closes the cage, Stacy walks around to distract Dusty. Suddenly, Douglas attacks him from behind as Jarrett throws the referee responsible for the door out of the way. Before anyone in the ring knows what's happening, Douglas places Dusty's head between the door and the cage and slams it, knocking him out cold. Dustin immediately looks out and rushes to the cage door only to have Jarrett hold it shut and taunt him while Douglas kicks and unconscious Dusty. EMTs run out to help and finally Jarrett and Douglas back off, allowing Dustin to come out as they run through the crowd and stand back laughing while Dustin opts to check on his father as opposed to chasing them. As the EMTs load him on the stretcher, Dustin seemingly forgets about the match and leaves with him.
This allows Jarrett and Douglas to enter the match with a 4 on 2 advantage. Booker and DDP fight valiantly before DDP ends up getting busted open and passing out while in a figure four forcing the ref to call for the bell.
Winners: Jeff Jarrett, Shane Douglas, Mark Jindrak and Shawn Stasiak in 20:12