[2000-08-09-WCW-Thunder] Lance Storm vs Mike Awesome (Flag on a Pole)

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Storm stumbles over his promo more here than in previous weeks. Awesome is out with his main squeeze Heidi. The match is literally only two minutes long before Heidi turns on Awesome and reveals that she is Canadian. Even Stevie Ray is appalled on commentary. Awesome’ s gimmick is brutal and having Heidi become more prominent doesn’t help things. ½*

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Lance informs everyone that the flag match is non-title because he refuses to defend the ‘Canadian Heavyweight title’ on US soil! Awesome sprints to the ring with Mighty Heidi trailing behind. Storm goes to backdrop a charging Awesome over the top to the outside, however he lands on the apron and then hot shots Lance on the top rope. Awesome drags him under the ropes to the outside, but Storm reverses the whip into the guard rail. Running chair shot, only for Awesome to get a forearm up and the chair goes crashing into Lance’s own head. Back inside, he whips Storm into the turnbuckles and a huge running lariat in the corner. Awesome instructs Heidi to go and grab the US flag, while at the same time he comes off the top with a big splash. He goes to collect the flag off her, but she hits him over the head with it. Fuck, does anyone not turn in this company? Heidi then takes an eternity to climb over the turnbuckles before taking out Awesome with a flying clothesline off the middle. Storm applies the single leg crab as Heidi collects the Canadian flag and passes it to Lance for the win. Heidi then rips off her top to reveal a ‘Canadian and Proud of it’ T-shirt.

 

I’m not too sure why I would want to see these two wrestle again at New Blood Rising after this match aired on TV for free and went all of three minutes before Storm took the win? Should I be so outraged at Heidi’s turn that I would want to pay to see Awesome get some revenge? Nah, you’re alright! Compared to Judy Bagwell, Mighty Heidi actually looks fairly athletic though. A new low for Storm’s WCW run here.