[2000-07-12-WCW-Thunder] Billy Kidman vs Lance Storm

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The match was set up on the back of the tag team match they had against Mark Jindrak and Sean O’Haire earlier in the show when Storm thought that Kidman was disrespecting the Canadian national anthem. Lance isn’t even half way down the aisle when Kidman sprints out and nails him from behind. He whips him into the guardrail before tossing him inside. Storm is right up to his feet and dropkicks Kidman as he climbs through the ropes. Lariat in the corner and as Kidman crumples to the floor, baseball slide dropkick from ‘Calgary, Alberta, Canada’s’ finest. Storm wedges a chair between the turnbuckles and Kidman counters a scoop powerslam into a nice pinfall attempt for two. Lance with an uppercut and a legdrop to the back of the neck for a two of his own. Kidman ducks a clothesline and takes down Storm with a huracanrana. He charges at him, but Lance backdrops him over the top rope and onto the apron. Shoulder to the mid-section and Kidman goes for a sunset flip back into the ring, however Lance counters it with a lovely Northern Lights suplex. Dropkick from Kidman, he then heads upstairs but Storm swipes his legs crotching him on the top. Suicideplex for two. Kidman with a roll up, Storm kicks out and Kidman goes crashing into that chair Lance had wedged between the turnbuckles earlier. Still only enough for a two though. Storm lies the chair in the middle of the ring and goes for a powerbomb, however Kidman counters with a facebuster onto the chair for the win.

 

This goes less than three and a half minutes, but its non-stop, balls to the wall action all the way. Loved that Northern Lights suplex counter off the sunset flip attempt. Was very surprised to see Storm take his first singles loss in WCW this way, although the involvement of a steel chair does give him an out. A hell of a short match.