Two years ago, ECW on Sci-Fi was unceremoniously cancelled and replaced by NXT. A few people noticed what I wrote in the description and asked if a Thundermania was in the works? The quality is far greater than the terrible torrents you see roaming around the internet, plus I can pop a Thunder disc into a DVD player and do stretches rather than sit on my arse watching in on a PC. I asked for a quote from a dealer who had all years 1998-2001 and told the Good People Of YouTube where to donate money if they wanted to see if that much, thinking nothing would come of it. In two hours, people donated all the money needed. Two Thundermanias covering 1998 one I was happy with, the other not so much and not a lot else. Did I decide to take the money and run, hoping no-one would notice? Actually, I had been watching Thunders from 1999 and accumulating footage on my external hard drive before the fucking thing pulled a Ken Anderson and injured itself for no reason, taking three years of work with it. The nWo 2000 re formed on Nitro, consisting of Nash, Hall, Steiner, Hart, Jarrett and…The Harris Bros. World Heavyweight Champion: Bret Hart U. Champion: Jeff Jarrett Cruiserweight Champion: Madusa Tag Team Champions: David Flair and Crowbar Hardcore Champion: Norman Smiley TV Champion: The trash can Scott Hall dunked it in The swooshing WCW Logo! With the nWo reformed, WCW introduced a new commissioner to deal with them. Who then appoints Arn Anderson as his helper! David Flair and Crowbar win the WCW Tag Team Titles by pinning Kevin Nash and Scott Steiner!! The nWo then abduct Anderson. That was Nitro condensed into two minutes and thirty seconds. WCW Cruiserweight Champion Madusa with Spice vs. Asya was an awful attempt at making a Chyna rip-off, because Asia is bigger than China. The women manage two moves executed correctly before Malenko and Douglas of The Revoloution come out. Oh Saturn is here now, great. Douglas distracted the ref, Malenko distracts Madusa so Saturn…can attack Asya. Madusa then German Suplexes Asya for the pin. Madusa then gets on the mic and attacks Oklahoma verbally. Spice attends to Madusa spicy sauce? THAT was the first ten minutes of Thunder 2000. Sweet Jesus, what have I committed myself to? We cut to the commentators for some relief. Apparently Scott Hudson is commentating too. Psychosis and Juventud Guerrera come out. Juvi has a mic. He imitates The Rock, which he did quite a bit during this time. He gets Tony to move so he can commentate. I approve of No Tony. As this is happening, Terry Funk comes out. Man this show is rushed. This is God-Tier Jarrett. To me, he was never better than during this period. And we get our first advert break so I can eat my beef lasagne. Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation appears. Saturn was the Tigger of the group. Malenko says something but I was distracted by his deep-arse voice. In the ring with Gene continuity! The matches were terrible, but at least there was some logic and people actually acting like people. Booker says he wants his brother back but Ray comes out pissed off. This all made sense and was well put together. What was in that lasagne? Anderson is being tortured in a dark room which resembles a certain scene from Pulp Fiction way too much for my liking. PG-13 and Chavo Guerrero, Jr. Three Count Jamie Dundee and Wolfie D! They come out wearing different football shirts and trousers, no pop and some very strange haircut choices. Moore attacks Chavo who ignores him. Dundee and Ice amuse me by accidentally elbowing each other about five times. Evan dives onto Wolfie on the outside as Helms smacks Chavo with a green sign for the win. Winner: Three Count 1:31 After the match, Three Count dance on the green circles and sing badly. What is this sorcery??? Recap package for the Tank Abbott vs. I for one thought Jerry Flynn stopped existing after 1999. Abbott comes out anyway. The Wall chokes Flynn. Flynn whips Wall into the guard-rail before getting him quickly into the ring. Flynn hits the flying kick in the corner that sends him to the outside The one that Balls Mahoney does. Abbott then punches him in the back of the head right in the mullet when he turns around. Got to love Abbott making Flynn look like an even bigger loser by knocking him out with one punch. BUY THE PPV, SEE PUNCHES. Abbott then attacks The Wall too. This brings out security and Abbott PUNCHES J. WCW then immediately cuts to adverts. David Flair walks into Terry Funk backstage. We then cut to the ring. That was it, no talking or interacting. Champion Jeff Jarrett with wheelbarrow full of Plunder vs. WCW Hardcore Champion Norman Smiley with NFL gear and laundry bag full of Plunder Bunkhouse Brawl Match Champion vs. Norman Smiley gets pounded by those unnervingly clean trash cans and screams the entire time. Norman was a lot of fun during this period. Even the commentators have to pass comment on that. Smiley counters by delivering The Big Wiggle and goes for the pin but Jarrett gets the foot on the rope. Winner: Jeff Jarrett 2:34 Terry Funk distracts Jarrett as David Flair sneaks in and chokes Jarrett with a crowbar. Release him even more, I guess. They have until after the advert break to decide. The viewer has the advert break to figure out why David Flair would attack Anderson but help Funk to save Anderson. Nash, Steiner, Hart bring out half-naked Anderson. Nash challenges Funk to a match at Souled Out. If Funks wins, they split up the nWo and if Nash wins, he becomes the new commissioner. Funk demands it be a hardcore match, the nWo are barred from interfering and Funk gets a hardcore match with Hart tonight. Anderson and Jarrett are traded but Anderson gets one final shot from Hart as he attempts to attack Jarrett. Adverts: Star Wars Episode One Racer! The story is Disco is a useless gangster and only gets the protection money from the storeowner by giving the guy his rolex. Johnny The Bull and Big Vito appear and do nothing but bad accents. From this segment I know that Disco Inferno jobbed to a store owner. It was wasted on her, but at least she got the Gangrel entrance Pop for her entrance and then no reaction during the match. Midnight shows she just as strong as Ray by knocking him around. Ray clotheslines Midnight and stops to pick his nose. Ray pins Midnight but pulls her up at 2. No Stevie, that never works! Probably because he always looked hilarious whenever he did anything. Ray slams Midnight some more and poses Zoom in cameraman Booker grimaces as Ray poses some more…as Midnight small packages Ray for the surprise win. Winner: Midnight 4:41 Harlem Heat are re-united! We then go immediately backstage with no time to react. Gene interviews The Filthy Animals backstage, but gets nothing out of them before Juvi appears with a random blonde who fancies Gene, who makes a noise like Paul Bearer on a rollercoaster and leaves, allowing Juvi to interview instead. Did they forget they already did the earlier skit or does Juvi collect mics? There was more Gene Sex than interview in that segment. Gene is back in the ring…with the blonde at ringside. Gene was in dirty, old man mode in 2000 which was probably a nod to the alleged fact he got more tail than most of the locker room. Someone must have called his momma. The Prince Recording Sessions. Footage of The Artist Formerly Known As Prince Iaukea recording and being awkward. TAFKAPI sticks out like a sore thumb amongst the constant nu-metal during this era. Just wait until KISS Demon shows up. Sadly WWE refuses to move on from this era when everybody else has. Backstage Gene and Blonde head to the local Premier Inn. Juvi interviews Bam Bam Bigelow about his match with Kevin Nash next. He manages two words before Kanyon smashes something over his head. Was this one of those shows Sabu showed up at? Or was Juvi just being Juvi? Bam Bam Bigelow Nash grabs a sign from a fan on his way to the ring. Bigelow is still down backstage, as Jarrett and Steiner attack him with DAT STEEL PIPE. Bigelow is dragged in a wheelbarrow to ringside. The bell is ringed when Bigelow is outside? Winner: Bam Bam Bigelow via DQ 0. WCW Tag Team Titles: Billy Kidman and Konnan with Rey Mysterio, Jr. David Flair and Crowbar with Daffney The Animals get a name as they come out! I had no idea. Kidman nails the sit-out powerbomb and David kicks out. That has to suck for Kidman. Genuine exchange on commentary: Tony Schavione: Two weeks ago Crowbar appeared at a garage and attacked David Flair. Mike Tenay: Only in WCW! Post-match The Revolution attack the Filthy Animals with crutches. Terry Funk Hardcore Match Bret Hart comes out first. This match is one of the last matches Hart ever had so this is going to be sad to watch. Funk throws some chairs into the ring, only for Hart to use the baseball bat he already had in the ring on Funk. Hart nails Funk with a pre-Benoit chairshot to the head. Hart then sadly takes one from Funk. Funk scoops Hart into the laundry bag of plunder which he presumably borrowed from Norman Smiley and knocks the bag down so Hart lands flat on the back of his head. Funk tries for a trash can assisted moonsault but Hart rolls out the way. Hart takes out the ref as we cut backstage as the match is still on! David takes the shirt from Anderson and then locks Anderson in a room. In the arena, the nWo run-in showing how stupid it is to have a face commissioner feud against a heel group who break the rules anyway and pound on Funk. David comes out with the referee shirt…and gets knocked down. Well that was a waste of time then. Nash drags Funk to the titantron or whatever WCW called their set and powerbombs Funk head-first through the floor as we go off the air. Overall: There was some good. That was more than I was expecting. But mostly it was a show that tried to do fifty things at once but only knew how to properly do five of them. The lasagne was nice. I agree with Maffew about Double J. He was at his best at around this period. Great write up Maffew. Very funny and well written. In two hours, people donated all the money needed. Playing as deceased wrestlers 2. David Flair turns heel by joining the guys he just beat to win the tag titles go figure. NINETY MINUTES LATER, David TURNS HEEL AGAIN by cutting off Anderson and locking him up in some room to ref a match he never could actually ref. Compared to this TNA 2002-2011 is the greatest show on television. I wastn goignt o watch 2000 yet casue i didnt have nitro or saturday night form it yet. But i recently ran out of new things to watch.
