[2000-09-11-WCW-Nitro] Scott Steiner vs Kevin Nash

[soup23]

I can see the light at the end of the Russo tunnel. Is anything lamer than 2000 Kevin Nash? They tease a finger point of doom, have a couple of minutes of action and then demolish Booker and Goldberg while Cat just shakes his head on commentary saying they are going to pay. Well then get in the ring and fucking do something about it. Goldberg and Nash arbitrarily come back and they stand on top before the Patridge Family Bus (yes you read that right) leads the Thrillers and Jarrett out ot attack them again as the go home image for the PPV. A pretty pitiful Nitro from the two segments we saw tonight. 1/4*

[GSR]

That injunction that Vince Russo took out obviously didn’t amount to anything as ‘the Cat’ is still Commissioner and has made this title match with Booker T as the special guest referee, and Bill Goldberg as the guest enforcer. The pair of them tease the ‘one finger poke of doom’ finish, but Steiner doesn’t lay down for it. Nash goes to step over the top rope and leave, only to be dragged back into the ring by ‘Big Poppa Pump’. We have about thirty seconds of action, and after a ‘Steinerline’ and cover, Booker stops counting at two in order to check that Nash’s shoulders are still down. That doesn’t sit well with Steiner who attacks Booker, before he and ‘Big Sexy’ team up against him. Goldberg leaves his ringside position to help, but a Steiner low blow stops him in his tracks. Not sure what’s going on with ‘Commissioner Cat’ as he’s showing no interest of leaving the commentary desk to give Booker and Goldberg a hand. Eventually he does though, sntaching a chair away from Steiner. Goldberg with a spear on ‘Big Poppa Pump’ and as Booker is about to give Nash ‘the Book End’, up to the ring pulls the Partridge Family bus out of which comes the ‘Natural Born Thrillers’ (now with Johnny ‘the Bull’ Hugger amongst their ranks) and Jeff Jarrett. ‘Double J’ throws Steiner a metal pipe which he uses to take out Booker and Goldberg, before Nash rams the Book’s head through the windshield and ‘the Thrillers’ handcuff Goldberg to the front of the bus. Steiner cracks him across the ribs with the bat a few times and just as the show is about to go off the air, he breaks the shackles freeing himself.

 

The match was supposed to be payback for a few weeks ago when Nash won the World title and had Jarrett as guest referee and Steiner a guest enforcer. The thing is, with Nash and Steiner being team mates in ‘the band’ it makes little sense in how this is ‘stacking the deck’ against Nash? It’s not helped by a Booker pre-match promo after he’s introduced, where he says he’ll be getting his title back from Nash at Fall Brawl. So if he wants his title back, he’s obviously not going to screw with Nash as he wants him to remain champion, making the whole logic here ass backwards. The match itself only went thirty seconds before it broke down and Mark Madden refers to this as “a spectacular preview to Fall Brawl”. I wouldn’t go that far Mark!

[AstroBoy]

Booker T is referee here. They each tease a fingerpoke spot that doesn't work. Booker counting slow for Steiner only serves to make him look like a weak jackass. They double team Booker until Robinson comes out and then Goldberg goes wild. What is even the point of this match? This seems to just endlessly drag on with Nash and Steiner beating up Booker, Goldberg, and Robinson. Then The Cat gets involved. Then Jarrett and the Thrillers come out in a bus. God bless Shiavone for trying to get over the seriousness of them putting Booker through the bus windshield and then handcuffing Goldberg to the front.

 

This feels like one of the worst segments of the year.