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Hart, Benoit. Benoit, Hart. Who made THIS decision?

Hart, Benoit. Benoit, Hart. Who made THIS decision?

The opening montage rolls. The usual hype ensues.
Your hosts: Tony Schiavone and Bobby Heenan. Iron Mike Tenay is yourbackstage interview lackey.
Tony and Bobby run down the card. We're starting strong...
Match 1: WCW title tourney semi-final -- Chris Benoit vs. Jeff Jarrett
- Boot to the gut by Benoit to start.
- Benoit's wearing a maple leaf on his ass.
- Oh, Canada.
- Jarrett responds with a legtrip, but catches a series of chops.
- Benoit with a boot to the face and a tornado DDT.
- Two count.
- JJ whipped into the corner. He gets hit with an atomic drop and a neckbreaker.
- Two count.
- Benoit places JJ on the top turnbuckle. Superplex.
- Two count.
- Jarrett rolls outside. Benoit misses a baseball slide.
- But his chops connect.
- JJ responds by crotching Benoit on the ringpost.
- The crowd is into this match.
- Benoit slammed face-first into a chair.
- Benoit dropped on the rail.
- Back inside, JJ stomps Benoit.
- JJ misses a clothesline, but hits a powerslam for two.
- Vertical supplex. Two.
- They trade pin conbinations.
- Clothesline by JJ. Two.
- Jarrett with a sleeper. Benoit gets out of it with elbows.
- Jarrett regains the advantage with a shoulder tackle.
- Benoit reverses a whip, and locks a sleeper.
- JJ breaks it with a jawbreaker.
- Slugfest! Slugfest! Slugfest!
- Benoit with the German supplex combo, leading to a two count.
- Ah, shit... here comes Creative Control.
- Benoit hits a few elbows, but gets tossed from the ring by JJ.
- This can't be good for Benoit.
- The ref is counting out Benoit, and for some reason Jarrett goes out and tosses Benoit back in.
- Jarrett with a flying bodypress. Benoit rolls it over for two.
- JJ tries a sunset flip. Benoit grabs JJ's legs, leans forward, and nearly gets the pin.
- Benoit whipped to the corner. JJ tries to supplex him, but Benoit reverses it.
- Benoit signals for his finisher.
- He hits the swan dive headbutt.
- 1-2... and Creative Control pulls the ref out of the ring.
- As the ref argues with one guy, the other attacks Benoit.
- JJ hits his front Russian leg sweep, "The Stroke", and the ref counts.
- 1-2... Dustin Rhodes leaps to ringside and pulls JJ out of the ring to break the count.
- One Creative Control member fights Dustin as the other assists Jarrett.
- Jarrett collides with the CC guy.
- Benoit gets Jarrett's guitar and hits him.
- Benoit covers.
- 1-2-3!
- Benoit advances to the tourney finals.
- Creative Control and Jarrett beat down Benoit as security comes to the ring.
Backstage...
- Tenay talks to Disco Inferno.
- Jarrett & Creative Control attack, just because they feel like it.
Match 2: Cruiserweight title vs. $25K -- Disco Inferno vs. Evan Karagias (w/Madusa)
- Karagias comes out first, no doubt suffering from the first symptoms of Mad Cow Disease.
- It's his $25,000 vs. Disco's belt.
- The injured champion, Disco, comes out with Tony Marinara.
- Marinara starts talking with Schiavone and Heenan.
- Once again, Marinara says he wants his money.
- They don't call the match, so why should I?
- Nothing special here.
- A bunch of sloppy moves peppered with Marinara talking like a Hollywood gangster.
- The end comes when Marinara decides he wants a closer look at Madusa's breasts.
- Karagias goes after Marinara, Disco comes at Karagias with a chair.
- You know what's next -- Disco hits Marinara with the chair.
- Karagias hits a top rope crossbody block for the pin and the title.
- An apologetic Disco carries Marinara back to the dressing room.
Backstage...
- Bret Hart has arrived, with a Starbucks coffee.
- Jarrett and Creative Control talk with the Powers That Be.
- The voice tells JJ he's had his chance to be champ, but he blew it.
- He tells Jarrett he has to prove himself.
- Gene interviews Norman Smiley, who is decked out like a Toronto Maple Leafs' goalie.
- He screams when he hears a noise.
Match 3: Hardcore title -- Norman Smiley vs. Brian Knobbs (w/Jimmy Hart)
- Norman appears to be wearing the same jersey Bret Hart had on when WCW was last in Toronto. You remember -- it was the time Hart wore that metal plate on his gut and KO'd Goldberg.
- Knobbs attacks Norman with a broom.
- He then hits Norman over the head with a garbage can.
- Norman screams.
- This cycle repeats itself for awhile.
- Knobbs takes off one of Norman's goalie pads during the battle.
- Basically, they attack each other with garbage cans and can lids.
- Occasionally, they use other implements.
- But there's nothing here of note. It's just bad garbage wrestling.
- Eventually, they make their way backstage.
- Norman is thrown through a table, and they battle through some boxes.
- Knobbs dumps some milk on Norman, who screams. Lactose intolerant, I suppose.
- They fight into an elevator.
- The doors close, and when they open, the men have changed positions.
- This confuses Jimmy Hart, who hits Knobbs with a garbage can.
- Norman covers and gets the pin.
- Knobbs blasts Norman with a garbage can shot that looks, er, nasty.
- He attacks Hart.
- Yawn.
Backstage...
- The usual pre-match crapola.
- This time, it's The Revolution and The Filthy Animals.
- Disco tries to explain what happened to Marinara, who says he's "bringing the boys" to Nitro. Disco's scared.
- Jarrett and Creative Control are walking.
Match 4: Elimination -- Eddy Guerrero, Kidman & Torrie vs. Perry Saturn, Dean Malenko & Asya
- Konnan's with the Animals, Shane "Can You Believe People Thought I Was an Important Free Agent?" Douglas is with The Revolution.
- Douglas joins the broadcast position.
- As soon as The Animals hit the ring, a 5-person brawl begins. Everyone but Torrie.
- Asya takes a shot from Kidman & Guerrero, and the four men brawl a bit.
- When it settles down, it's Malenko vs. Guerrero.
- They tumble outside where Saturn hits both of them with an Asai moonsault.
- Kidman pokes Asya in the eye, and then jumps off the top onto Saturn.
- Malenko has words with a fan who has Canadian face paint, a Canadian flag (with pole), a Team Canada hockey jersey and a Blue Jays baseball cap.
- Mr. Canada pokes Malenko in the gut with the pole and is ejected.
- Plant?
- In the ring, Asya clotheslines Kidman, and Torrie pulls Asya down by her hair.
- Douglas screams like a moron. He's really frikkin' annoying.
- Torrie slams Asya's head into the mat. Kidman grabs Asya, Saturn grabs Torrie by the foot.
- Torrie is saved by Eddy, but she's selling an ankle injury.
- Eddy tends to Torrie. Kidman comes over to see what's wrong.
- Eddy, who's not looking at who's behind him, shoves Kidman.
- Kidman is rolled up by Malenko, and is pinned.
- Kidman shoves Eddy. Eddy shoves him back.
- "Eddy" chant. Kidman leaves, and Saturn & Malenko attack Guerrero.
- Malenko hits a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker, and holds Eddy in position for a Saturn kneedrive.
- Konnan leaves ringside shortly after Kidman does.
- Asya tagged in. Hanging vertical supplex that gets a pop from the crowd.
- Eddy kicks out at two.
- Malenko in. Eddy flips out of a supplex and gets two.
- Eddy knocks Saturn off the apron, and hits a hurancanrana on Malenko.
- Eddy gets the pin.
- Two-on-two.
- Saturn in. T-bone supplex on Eddy.
- Asya with forearms on Eddy. Beel-style throw. Clothesline.
- Asya holds Eddy in position for Saturn, who misses a kick and hits Asya.
- Eddy dumps Saturn outside, hits Asya with the frog splash, and gets the pin.
- The first few notes of The Animals' music starts up for some reason.
- Saturn with a northern lights supplex on Eddy.
- Sleeper. Eddy escapes with a jawbreaker.
- Another sleeper.
- Eddy pushes out, and locks a sleeper.
- Saturn with a supplex escape.
- "Rocky" chant?
- Slugfest! Slugfest! Slugfest!
- Saturn misses a springboard moonsault and catches a dropkick.
- Eddy with a tornado DDT.
- Two.
- Saturn hits the DVD.
- Kick out.
- Douglas screams like a spoiled child. "NNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOO! SLOW COUNT! SLOW COUNT! SLOW COUNT!"
- Saturn misses a top rope elbow.
- Eddy crawls to the corner for the tag, and when he sees that his only partner is Torrie, he thinks better of it.
- Eddy with a hurancanrana. Two.
- Eddy to the top. Saturn awkwardly rolls Eddy over.
- Rings of Saturn! Haven't seen that in awhile.
- Eddy gives it up. And we're down to the final two.
- Torrie in. She hides in the corner and Saturn pulls her out by her hair.
- Torrie with a low blow. Two.
- Douglas distracts the ref, and Saturn hits a low blow of his own.
- Three.
Backstage...
- Jarrett and Creative Control attack Buff Bagwell.
Match 5: Loser retires -- Curt Hennig vs. Buff Bagwell
- Buff doesn't come out at first -- but Jarrett and Creative Control do.
- They attack Hennig.
- Buff comes out with a 2x4, and clears the ring.
- Hennig attacks and the match is on.
- Hennig with kicks, chokes and chops.
- Perfect ring science.
- "Perfect" chant.
- They take it outside where Hennig keeps the advantage.
- Bagwell shoves Hennig off the apron to the rail.
- Brawling. Hennig with a knee to Buff's stuff.
- Inside, Buff gets the advantage. Kicks. Elbow. Choke.
- Crappy match.
- Hennig regains the advantage, and goes for a bizarre STF-style move.
- It doesn't work, so Hennig hits Buff in the nether regions.
- Sleeper by Hennig.
- It's the night of the sleepers... which is fitting, given the overall quality of the wrestling so far.
- "Boring" chants.
- Buff escapes with elbows.
- Hennig hits him with a knee. Another sleeper.
- Hennig lets it go, and he beats on Buff some more.
- Slam and elbow by Hennig.
- Two.
- Hennig hesitates and delivers a clothesline. Pretty ugly.
- Buff regains the advantage. Slam.
- Buff dances.
- He goes for a bodysplash and misses badly.
- Hennig with an inside cradle. Two.
- Hennig with another substandard clothesline.
- Buff is whipped into a corner. He kicks Hennig in the face, and hits a blockbuster.
- 1-2-3
- Hennig is supposed to retire. Right.
- Well, that match was a DUD.
Backstage...
- Tenay interviews Sting.
Match 6: WCW title tourney semi-final -- Bret Hart vs. Sting
- The pop for Hart isn't as loud as I thought it would be.
- Sting looks like he forgot his wrestling gear.
- Hart stalks Sting into the corner.
- They lock up.
- They shove each other.
- They talk trash.
- Hart with punches. Headbutts.
- Sting dumped outside.
- Sting slammed into the rail. Into the apron.
- Inside, Hart with an elbow.
- Headbutt low.
- Atomic drop. Kick. Forearm.
- Sting with eye rakes.
- Kicks.
- Head into the turnbuckle.
- Hart whipped to a corner.
- Into another -- and he comes out with a stiff clothesline.
- Vertical supplex. Sting kicks out at two.
- Sting with a low blow. The ref warns him.
- Sting howls at the crowd.
- Bodyslam. Elbowdrop. Two.
- Sleeper by Sting.
- Hart gets out with a few shots to the gut.
- Sting responds with a knee to the gut. Elbowdrop. Two.
- Sting takes it outside.
- He plants Hart on the announcers' table.
- Hart moves and avoids a Stinger splash.
- Sting whips Hart into the rail.
- Inside, Sting whips Hart to a corner, but runs in and eats a boot.
- Hart to the top.
- Sting grabs the ref to protect himself, and Hart wipes out both of them. Hart is down, too.
- And just because we can't have a clean wrestling match with a satisfying finish, The Total Parcel runs out with Liz and grabs Sting's bat.
- He whacks Sting in the back of the leg.
- Hart attacks Luger, and places him in the sharpshooter.
- The ref sees Hart fighting Luger.
- He calls for the bell, and disqualifies Sting for outside interference.
- Hart doesn't want to win it the cheap way, so he asks the match be restarted.
- So, it resumes. Hart pounds on Sting, who is selling an ankle injury because of what Luger did.
- Hart, who didn't want the cheap win, goes after the ankle anyway, locks on the sharpshooter, and Sting taps out.
- The crowd pops.
- All-Canadian final, and probably no chance it'll be interference-free.
- In defeat, Sting offers to shake Hart's hand. They embrace and pat tummies. Aw...
Backstage...
- Gene talks to Benoit about his tournament final match.
- Benoit's microphone skills have gotten better.
- Tenay talks to Luger, who has a cervical collar on his neck.
- Luger says he needs the collar to protect his neck.
- He says he can't fight Meng tonight.
Match 7: Dog collar chain match -- Vampiro (w/Misfit) vs. Berlyn (w/Wall)
- Being a big Vampiro fan, I'd love to call this, but as it turns out, the contest is a complete mess, and a complete joke.
- Steve Williams and the Jim Ross imitator come out.
- Now, they're actually pretty funny. The JR guy says his name is Oklahoma, and he has his bar-be-que sauce with him.
- But because of his presence, the match is not called properly (and barely at all).
- In fact, it would be hard to call anyway, because you can't tell who's supposed to be fighting who.
- The Wall gets involved and puts on the collar. The Misfit gets involved.
- Berlyn and the Wall bitch each other out. It's just a horrible booking mess, as bad as I've ever seen from WCW.
- Eventually, the Wall leaves Berlyn, and Vampiro locks on a camel clutch for the submission victory.
- Post-match: Williams attacks Vampiro and the Misfit, and wipes the mat with them.
- So much for looking credible after a win.
Backstage...
- Tenay talks with US champ Scott Hall, who now has the TV belt.
- It was given to him for no good reason after the injury to Rick Steiner on Nitro.
- He issues an open challenge for later in the evening.
- Curt Hennig walks out of the arena.
- Kimberly walks in.
Match 8: The Total Parcel (w/Liz) vs. Meng
- Luger walks to the ring favouring his neck.
- Meng rips Luger's warm up gear off his body and beats the tar outta him.
- A boring brawl takes place.
- Meng screams a lot, and Luger acts like a coward.
- Meng tries to apply the Tongan death grip, but can't because of the collar.
- Rather than rip it off, he just pounds on Luger.
- The crowd is dead.
- The end comes when Meng chokes Luger over the rope.
- Liz accidentally sprays Luger with mace. Gee, how original.
- Meng tears the collar off Luger, locks on the death grip, and gets the pin.
- DUD.
Backstage...
- Gene talks with Bret Hart about the main event.
- Behind him, Luger is walking around like an idiot calling out for "Elizabeth!"
- Ever see Sandford & Son?
- Anyway, David Flair is shown stroking his crowbar.
Match 9: US & TV titles -- Scott Hall vs. ???
- Hall out first. "Hey, yo." And on it goes.
- Booker T's music nearly starts up.
- Then it does. Here comes Booker.
- They stalk each other.
- Hall does the crotch chop, and lets fly with the toothpick.
- Hall gets an armbar on early, and flips Booker to the mat.
- Booker responds with a back kick.
- Forearms.
- Whip to the corner, and Hall boots Booker in the face.
- "Rocky" chant again?
- Booker with a side slam that Schiavone calls side salto.
- Hall pulls Booker into the corner and they brawl a bit.
- Booker off the ropes with a forearm.
- Hall rolls outside.
- They trade moves until Hall hits a chokeslam for two.
- Hall catches Booker and nails the fallaway slam.
- Hall clotheslines Booker over the top.
- Not a bad match so far.
- Booker tastes the stairs.
- Inside, Hall gets two.
- Punch. Two.
- Hey, look! A sleeper!
- The crowd is looking away from the ring.
- In the other direction, Jarrett comes out with Creative Control.
- Time to ruin the match.
- Booker escapes the sleeper, hits the scissor kick and the side kick.
- Booker with a slam.
- JJ distracts the ref as Creative Control fights Booker.
- Booker takes care of business and mounts the first rope to jaw with Jarrett.
- Hall sneaks up behind him, and hooks the Outsider Edge.
- 1-2-3. Crappy ending to what was a decent match.
- Creative Control and Jarrett beat down Booker until the lights go out.
- The clock strikes once, and Midnight has arrived.
- The lights come on, and Midnight helps Booker clear the ring.
Backstage...
- Luger is still looking for Liz.
Match 10: Kimberly vs. David Flair
- Flair and his crowbar out first.
- Kimbo comes to the ring wearing too little for me to think she came to rassle.
- Davey leaves his crowbar in the corner.
- He approaches Kimbo, who kicks him low.
- Davey's too smart for that -- he's wearing a protective cup.
- Flair grabs his crowbar and hits the ref, who rolls out of the ring in ridiculous fashion, overselling the shot and perhaps turning to dust when he hits the floor.
- Kimbo begs off by assuming the Lewinsky position.
- This seems to hypnotise David.
- Kimbo reaches into his pants.
- At this point, I'd like to remind guys like Bret Hart that this is exactly the kind of thing that made them leave the "trashy" WWF.
- Hey Hacksaw! Hey Hogan! Remember how you said you'd never take part in "porno wrestling"?
- Back to the "match"... Kimbo pulls out Davey's jockstrap and hits him in the head with it.
- She kicks him in the groin and kicks him a few times elsewhere.
- She gets on top of him and slaps him around.
- We get an eyeful.
- Why wear anything at all?
- Flair throws her off, and grabs the crowbar.
- It seems to take forever, but Kanyon comes to her rescue.
- Diamond Dallas Page follows, and hits Davey with a diamond cutter.
- Arn Anderson comes out to help Davey.
- Arn clears the ring.
- Davey gets up and whacks Arn twice with the crowbar.
- Security and the paramedics take forever to get Arn out of the ring.
- Whatever happened to the ref?
- Or the match?
- No result announced.
Backstage...
- Sid says he'll destroy Goldberg.
Match 11: I quit -- Goldberg vs. Sid Vicious
- After all the build-up, including a decent match at the last pay-per-view, they mail in this one.
- A little more than five minutes in, Goldberg locks on a Taz-mission type move, and the ref calls for the bell.
- Sid didn't quit.
- And if you feel cheated reading that short recap, imagine how I feel investing my time and money in this crap.
Backstage...
- Gene talks to Luger.
- Luger says he can't find Liz. And he says she screwed up and knows it.
Match 12: WCW title tourney final -- Bret Hart vs. Chris Benoit
- The last match in a card that started strong with Benoit and went straight into the toilet.
- Let's see if Benoit and Hart can make this worthwhile.
- I'm calling three instances of outside interference here -- because you know we can't have a bullshit-free match.
- Hart and Benoit shake hands and get down to it.
- Hart pushes Benoit into the corner.
- The ref breaks it up.
- Arm drag by Benoit.
- Lock up, arm twist by Benoit.
- Hart pushes him into the corner.
- Clean break.
- Test of strength. Hart turns it into an armbar.
- He takes Benoit to the mat.
- Benoit up, and he tosses Bret into the ropes. Knee to the gut.
- Another.
- Snapmare into a chinlock. Hart rolls it over for a one count.
- Hart whips Benoit into the ropes.
- They run around a bit.
- Benoit tries a sunset flip, but they're in the ropes.
- Hart tries the sharpshooter, but Benoit grabs his arm and tries the crossface.
- Hart reaches the ropes.
- They get up and shake hands again. Because Canadians are nice people.
- Test of strength. Hart goes for a kick.
- He forearms Benoit in the corner.
- Benoit reverses a whip into the opposite corner.
- Benoit tossed outside where he's attacked by Dean Malenko, who is dressed like that fan who assaulted him earlier.
- Malenko wipes some of the make-up off his face with the flag. He then spits on the flag.
- Hart comes to Benoit's rescue.
- Security gets Malenko outta there.
- Back in the ring, Hart elbows Benoit.
- Hart with a great piledriver.
- Two.
- Legdrop by Hart.
- Stomp.
- Boot choke.
- Headbutts to the kidneys.
- Benoit responds with heavy chops and a kick.
- Backbreaker. Two.
- Backdrop by Benoit.
- Belly-to-back supplex. Two.
- Side kick by Bret.
- DDT. Two.
- Benoit reverses a grab off the ropes and nails Hart with a tombstone piledriver.
- He signals for the swan dive headbutt.
- He hits it.
- Here come the Outsiders.
- I think they were supposed to pull the ref out at the two count, but they don't make it in time.
- So Hart lifts a shoulder, and then Hall pulls the ref out.
- Hall nails the ref.
- Hall hits Benoit with a fallaway slam.
- Nash grabs a chair, but Goldberg runs out and spears him.
- Goldberg and Hart clear the ring.
- A new ref joins the match.
- Benoit with a dragonscrew legwhip.
- He punishes Hart's left leg.
- Benoit with a kneebreaker.
- Benoit stomps the leg some more.
- Chop.
- Figure-four leglock.
- Hart reaches the ropes.
- Benoit stomps the leg.
- Hart responds with a kick and some punches.
- Side backbreaker. Two.
- Hart puts Benoit on the top rope.
- Superplex.
- Cover. Two.
- Benoit is slow to get up.
- Russian leg sweep by Hart. Two.
- Headbutts to the kidneys.
- Hart tries a slam, but Benoit moves his legs rapidly and falls on him.
- Hart kicks out at two, and Benoit falls out of the ring.
- Some asshole throws a drink at Benoit.
- Benoit to the apron.
- Hart tries a vertical supplex, but Benoit flips behind him and nails a pair of German supplexes.
- He tries the dragon supplex, Hart squirms free, and Benoit tries the crossface.
- Hart evades it, gets up, drops Benoit and locks on the sharpshooter.
- Benoit taps out.
- New champ.
- A great example of a match that needed no outside interference.
- The Hart family joins Bret in the ring.
- Hart and Benoit embrace.
- Hart waves the Canadian flag, and you can see Malenko's make-up on it.
In closing, all I have to say is that if it weren't for Benoit, the card would have been a complete loss. Both his matches were highlights, despitethe outside interference.

Hey, Russo! After a great Halloween Havoc, this was a real disappointment.

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