Dynamite vs. Nitro (and RAW, and SmackDown, and Impact)

[Comrade Khan]

I've probably exaggerated it as harder in my mind a lot in the last decade so me too

these things happen all the time no worries lmao

 

[Leon TrotSky]

Tonight's Dynamite is 265!

Nitro 265​

Nitro episode 265 took place from the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia and aired on October 16, 2000.

• Mark Jindrak/Sean O'Haire beat the Boogie Knights to retain the WCW World Tag Team Titles (KroniK interfered)
• Team Canada (w/ Major Gunns) beat Misfits in Action (this four minute match needed a ref bump, a table bump, and Gunns failing to help her team's opponents again)
• The Filthy Animalz (w/ Tygress) beat Shane Douglas (w/ Torrie) by DQ
• Mike Awesome/Crowbar beat the Perfect Event (w/ Nash)
• Kwee Wee beat Johnny the Bull (off a monkey flip where Johnny broke his ankle)
• Booker T beat Shane Douglas (w/ Torrie) to retain the WCW World Heavyweight Title (after interference by Billy Kidman, Scott Steiner, Konnan, and Jeff Jarrett all of which cancelled each other out)
• Goldberg beat David Flair
• Scott Steiner beat Billy Kidman
• Jeff Jarrett beat Konnan (w/ Tygress) (Shane Douglas and Torrie attacked Tygress and Jarrett hit her with the guitar)
• Kevin Nash beat Sting in a Lumberjack match (ref bump, Jarrett uses his guitar)

RAW 265​

RAW episode 265 took place from the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, TX and aired on June 22, 1998. It was the go-home show for King of the Ring 1998.

• Ken Shamrock beat Mark Henry in a King of the Ring 1998 first round match
• X-Pac (w/ Chyna) beat Dustin Runnels
• Jeff Jarrett (w/ Tennessee Lee) beat Marc Mero (w/ Jacqueline) in a King of the Ring 1998 first round match
• Kane beat Road Dogg (w/ Billy Gunn)
• Edge beat Jose Estrada Jr. by count-out
• Dan Severn beat Owen Hart in a King of the Ring 1998 first round match
• The Rock beat Triple H (w/ Chyna) in a King of the Ring 1998 first round match
• Mankind beat Billy Gunn (w/ Chyna)

SmackDown 265​

SmackDown episode 265 took place from the Tulsa Convention Center in Tulsa, OK and aired on September 9, 2004.

• JBL (w/ Orlando) beat Charlie Haas (w/ Jackie)
• Rene Dupree/Kenzo Suzuki beat Billy Kidman/Paul London to win the WWE Tag Team Titles
• Rey Mysterio/Rob Van Dam/Hardcore Holly beat the Dudley Boyz
• Paul Heyman... beat??? Funaki (Heidenreich attacked Funaki before it even started and Heyman counted his own pin)
• Kurt Angle vs. Eddie Guerrero in a Lumberjack match ended in a no contest (Big Show attacked everyone)

NXT 265​

NXT episode 265 took place from Full Sail University and aired on April 22, 2015.

• Finn Balor beat Tye Dillinger
• Becky Lynch beat Charlotte and Bayley in an NXT Women's Championship #1 Contender's match
• Hideo Itami beat CJ Parker
• Rhino beat Jesus De Leon
• Kevin Owens beat Alex Riley

Impact 265​

Impact episode 265 took place from the Impact Zone and aired on July 23, 2009. It was the fallout show from Victory Road 2009.

• Homicide beat Samoa Joe (w/ Taz) by DQ to retain the TNA X Division Title (Joe DQ'd for kicking too much ass again)
• Kevin Nash (w/ Jenna) beat Amazing Red to retain the TNA Legends Title
• Booker T/Scott Steiner (w/ Sharmell) beat Mick Foley's Security to retain the TNA World Tag Team Titles
• Traci Brooks won a battle royal for $50,000 and membership of the Main Event Mafia (she was the ref of the match but she tossed the last women and declared herself the winner)
• The World Elite beat AJ Styles/Christopher Daniels/Robert Roode/James Storm/Eric Young (and this is where EY switches sides, using the allegedly banned piledriver on AJ, and reveals himself as head of the World Elite)
• Kurt Angle vs. Mick Foley in a Keys to Mick Foley's Office on a Pole match ended in a no contest (Main Event Mafia all attacked Foley, and the debuting Bobby Lashley made the save)

 

[Mitch Buchannon]

The fact that SD and Impact both had a Kurt Angle match ended in a no contest due to interference

 

[Leon TrotSky]

Last night's Dynamite was number 266

Nitro 266​

Nitro episode 266 took place from the Alltel Arena in North Little Rock, AR and aired on October 23, 2000. It was the go-home show for Halloween Havoc 2000.

• The Harris Brothers beat the Perfect Event
• KroniK beat 3 Count
• Goldberg beat Shawn Stasiak (note: the above three matches' total time was 4:29)
• Billy Kidman (w/ Rey and Tygress) beat Alex Wright (w/ Disqo) and Mark Jindrak (w/ O'Haire)
• Vampiro beat Crowbar (this was actually a notably fun match, these two fucked each other right up)
• Shane Douglas (w/ Torrie) beat Konnan (w/ Tygress)
• Scott Steiner (w/ Midajah) beat Mike Awesome

RAW 266​

RAW episode 266 took place from the Gund Arena in Cleveland, OH and aired on June 29, 1998. It was the fallout show from King of the Ring 1998.

• Steven Regal beat Darren Drozdov (Real Man's Maaaaaaan)
• Steve Blackman beat Marc Mero in the first round of Brawl for All
• Val Venis beat Dick Togo (w/ Yamaguchi-san) (Dustin Runnels was on commentary)
• Ken Shamrock beat Triple H (w/ Chyna) and Owen Hart for the title "King of Kings" (you see because all three are former Kings of the Ring you see. Also Rock interfered)
• Bradshaw beat Mark Canterbury in the first round of Brawl for All
• Steve Austin beat Kane (w/ Paul Bearer) to win the WWF Title (so much for that title reign, huh? Taker showed up post-match but got Stunnered)

SmackDown 266​

SmackDown episode 266 took place from the Spokane Arena in Spokane, WA and aired on September 16, 2004.

• John Cena [2] beat Booker T [2] in the fourth match of their Best of 5 Series
• Rey Mysterio/Rob Van Dam beat the Dudley Boyz (w/ Spike)
• Rene Dupree/Kenzo Suzuki beat the FBI to retain the WWE Tag Team Titles (this was the match during which Heidenreich kidnapped Michael Cole and forcibly... "read him poetry" from behind)
• Charlie Haas beat Spike Dudley (w/ Bubba Ray and D-Von) by DQ (post-match Rico made the save)

NXT 266​

NXT episode 266 took place from Full Sail University and aired on April 29, 2015.

• Enzo Amore/Colin Cassady (w/ Carmella) beat Wesley Blake/Buddy Murphy
• Dana Brooke beat Bayley
• Hideo Itami beat Adam Rose
• Becky Lynch beat Sarah Dobson (the debut of the woman who is now Valhalla)
• Sami Zayn beat Alex Riley by DQ (Kevin Owens interfered)

Impact 266​

Impact episode 266 took place from the Impact Zone and aired on July 30, 2009.

• Hernandez beat Samoa Joe (w/ Taz)
• AJ Styles beat Matt Morgan
• Awesome Kong/Tara/ODB (w/ Raisha and Deaner) beat the Beautiful People
• The British Invasion (w/ World Elite) beat Team 3D in a Tables match to win the IWGP Tag Team Titles (this change really pissed NJPW off, even though they changed it back some months after)
• Mick Foley/Bobby Lashley beat Kurt Angle/Kevin Nash meaning Foley won the TNA Legends Title (Angle's World Title was also on the line if he got pinned)

 

[Leon TrotSky]

Tonight's Dynamite is number 267

Nitro 267​

Nitro episode 267 took place from the Donald Bren Events Center in Irvine, CA and aired on October 30, 2000. It was the fallout show from Halloween Havoc 2000.

• Mark Jindrak/Sean O'Haire beat Rey Misterio Jr./Billy Kidman (w/ Konnan and Tygress) to retain the WCW World Tag Team Titles (the Boogie Knights interfered, and botched it all the way)
• Reno beat Kwee Wee to retain the WCW Hardcore Title (the Thrillers interfered)
• MI Smooth the Limo Driver beat David Flair
• Lex Luger beat Buff Bagwell (Bagwell gave a Blockbuster that bumped the ref so Luger could cheat)
• KroniK beat the Perfect Event (w/ Nash)
• Ernest "The Cat" Miller beat Mike Sanders
• Booker T beat Mike Awesome and Scott Steiner to retain the WCW World Heavyweight Title (this was meant to be Booker vs. Awesome but Steiner was added in mid-show because can't put any shine on Awesome)

RAW 267​

RAW episode 267 took place from the Bryce Jordan Center at State College, PA and aired on July 6, 1998. This is the one where DX impersonated the Nation of Domination by blacking up. It's also the RAW that ran against Goldberg beating Hulk Hogan for the big one.

• Savio Vega beat Brakkus in the first round of Brawl for All
• Ken Shamrock beat Jeff Jarrett (w/ Tennessee Lee) by DQ (Mabel, of all people, attacked Shamrock)
• Vader vs. Bradshaw ended in a no contest (Kane and Mankind wrecked both)
• Disciples of Apocalypse (w/ Paul Ellering) beat the Headbangers
• D'Lo Brown (w/ Godfather) beat Terry Funk
• Road Warrior Hawk vs. Darren Drozdov in the first round of Brawl for All ended in a draw
• Val Venis beat Dustin Runnels by DQ (Kai En Tai attacked)
• Ken Shamrock beat Mabel (well so much for that comeback)
• Kane... or rather, Undertaker... beat Mankind in a WWF Title #1 Contender's match (turns out Taker was dressed as Kane all along)

SmackDown 267​

SmackDown episode 267 took place from the America West Arena in Phoenix, AZ and aired on September 23, 2004.

• Paul London beat Billy Kidman by count-out (Kidman just walked off)
• Booker T beat Paul London
• Spike Dudley beat Rey Mysterio to retain the WWE Cruiserweight Title (Rene Dupree and Kenzo Suzuki attacked)
• The Undertaker beat Viscera/Gangrel
• The Fabulous Moolah/Mae Young beat Torrie Wilson/Dawn Marie in a Schoolgirl match (this was going to be Torrie vs. Dawn Marie but Teddy Long said TAG TEAM MATCH PLAYA and added the biddies)
• Eddie Guerrero/Big Show vs. Kurt Angle/Luther Reigns ended in a no contest (Mark Jindrak attacked and Angle used a tranquiliser dart on Show)

NXT 267​

NXT episode 267 took place from Full Sail University and aired on May 6, 2015. Unstoppable is two weeks away...

• Charlotte beat Emma
• Rhino beat Bull Dempsey
• Hideo Itami beat Tyler Breeze

Impact 267​

Impact episode 267 took place from the Impact Zone and aired on August 6, 2009.

• Eric Young (w/ Bashir and Kiyoshi) beat Christopher Daniels (w/ MCMG)
• Booker T/Scott Steiner/Doug Williams/Rob Terry (w/ Sharmell and Magnus) beat Team 3D/Beer Money (this ended in a chaotic brawl featuring... the World Elite, MCMG, Daniels, Kevin Nash, Mick Foley, Sting, Samoa Joe, and Bobby Lashley)
• Sarita/Taylor Wilde beat Alissa Flash/Traci Brooks
• Matt Morgan beat AJ Styles
• Sting beat Brutus Magnus (w/ Williams and Terry) (this match ended in yet another brawl featuring the above guys plus Hernandez)

 

[Chris]

Whenever everyone thought Kane unmasked for a second but it was Taker lol

 

[Leon TrotSky]

Last night's Dynamite was 268

Nitro 268​

Nitro episode 268 took place from the United Center in Chicago, IL and aired on November 6, 2000.

• Lance Storm (w/ Team Canada) beat Kwee Wee (w/ Paisley) (then Paisley brought out Meng to attack Storm)
• Reno vs. Shawn Stasiak for the WCW Hardcore Title never started (Reno was attacked backstage)
• Mark Jindrak/Sean O'Haire beat 3 Count and the Jung Dragons (w/ Leia Meow) to retain the WCW World Tag Team Titles
• Scott Steiner/Jeff Jarrett beat Sting/Buff Bagwell
• General Hugh G. Rection (w/ Sgt. AWOL and Gunns) beat Alex Wright (w/ Disqo) to retain the WCW United States Heavyweight Title
• Goldberg beat Bam Bam Bigelow (despite interference from Lex Luger)
• Booker T beat Kevin Nash to retain the WCW World Heavyweight Title (Shawn Stasiak attacked both men)

RAW 268​

RAW episode 268 took place from the Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, NJ and aired on July 13, 1998.

• The Undertaker beat Vader (w/ Bearer, Kane, and Mankind)
• Bart Gunn beat Bob Holly in the first round of Brawl for All
• Triple H/X-Pac (w/ Chyna) beat the Rock/Owen Hart
• Steve Blackman beat Marc Mero (w/ Jacqueline) (Sable stopped Jacqueline interfering)
• Kane/Mankind (w/ Bearer) beat the New Age Outlaws to win the WWF World Tag Team Titles (fun fact - Mick Foley, in the past year, has won these titles three times under each of his three Faces)
• Kai En Tai (w/ Yamaguchi-san) beat TAKA Michinoku/Brian Christopher/Scott Taylor (first signs of dissension between TAKA and the faces... get ready for the swerve)
• Dan Severn beat the Godfather in the first round of Brawl for All
• Kane/Mankind (w/ Bearer) vs. the New Age Outlaws (w/ Chyna) for the WWF World Tag Team Titles ended in a no contest (ref bump, Steve Austin tried to count the pin, Undertaker attacked him, in came the Nation, it ended in chaos)

SmackDown 268​

SmackDown episode 268 took place from the Kansas Coliseum in Wichita, KS and aired on September 30, 2004. It was the go-home show for No Mercy 2004.

• The Dudley Boyz beat Charlie Haas/Rico (w/ Jackie) (the finish came as a result of an argument between Jackie and Dawn Marie and yes it's this ass storyline, Charlie Haas could not catch a break in 2004)
• Booker T beat Paul London (despite interference from Billy Kidman, who then betrayed and attacked London)
• Hardcore Holly beat JBL by DQ (DQ'd for kicking too much ass)
• Nunzio (w/ Stamboli) beat Spike Dudley (w/ the Dudley Boyz)
• Mark Jindrak/Luther Reigns beat Eddie Guerrero/Rob Van Dam

NXT 268​

NXT episode 268 took place from Full Sail University and aired on May 13, 2015. It was the go-home show for NXT TakeOver: Unstoppable.

• Baron Corbin beat Solomon Crowe
• Sasha Banks beat KC Cassidy
• Alexa Bliss beat Carmella
• Tyler Breeze/Adam Rose beat Finn Balor/Hideo Itami

Also taped at the same tapings, but never aired, was the pilot of NXT Kids! You can watch it here. The matches were:

• Bayley beat Jessie McKay
• Kalisto beat Tye Dillinger

Impact 268​

Impact episode 268 took place from the Impact Zone and aired on August 13, 2009. It was the go-home show for Hard Justice 2009.

• Christy Hemme beat Sojo Bolt
• Hernandez beat Doug Williams (w/ Magnus and Terry)
• Eric Young/Sheik Abdul Bashir (w/ Kiyoshi) beat Rhino/Jesse Neal
• Tara beat Angelina Love (w/ Velvet and Madison), Awesome Kong (w/ Raisha), and ODB (w/ Deaner)
• Scott Steiner (w/ Booker and Sharmell) beat Brother Ray (w/ Devon)
• Matt Morgan beat AJ Styles to be added to the World Heavyweight Championship match at Hard Justice

 

[Chris]

This is the first I'm learning about NXT Kids

 

[Leon TrotSky]

This is the first I'm learning about NXT Kids

You need to see it, it's Corey Graves being out-commentated by a pair of children

 

[Leon TrotSky]

Tonight's Dynamite is 269 and I just wish we'd get to 286 already so Nitro would die

Nitro 269​

Nitro episode 269 took place from the London arena in London, United Kingdom and aired on November 13, 2000.

• Crowbar beat Big Vito to retain the WCW Hardcore Title (Reno interfered)
• Sting/Scott Steiner (w/ Midajah) beat Bam Bam Bigelow/Mike Awesome in the semi-final of the London Lethal Lottery tournament
• KroniK beat Booker T/Lex Luger in the semi-final of the London Lethal Lottery tournament (Scott Steiner attacked Booker)
• Kevin Nash beat Chuck Palumbo/Shawn Stasiak/Sean O'Haire by DQ (Reno interfered)
• Ernest "The Cat" Miller (w/ Ms. Jones) beat Elix Skipper
• Goldberg beat the Boogie Knights
• Lance Storm beat General Hugh G. Rection (w/ Gunns) to win the WCW United States Heavyweight Title (Major Gunns turned back heel and revealed she was Team Canada all along)
• Sting/Scott Steiner beat KroniK in the final of the London Lethal Lottery tournament

RAW 269​

RAW episode 269 took place from the Broom County Arena in Bringhamton, NY and aired on July 20, 1998. It was the go-home show for Fully Loaded: In Your House.

• D'Lo Brown (w/ Rock) beat Triple H (w/ Chyna) to win the WWF European Title
• "Dr. Death" Steve Williams beat Quebecer Pierre in the first round of Brawl for All
• Road Warrior Animal vs. Skull (w/ 8-Ball and Ellering) never started (the Harris' beat up Animal and tried to run him over with their bike before Hawk came for the save)
• Steve Blackman (w/ Shamrock and Severn) beat Jeff Jarrett (w/ Tennessee Lee and Southern Justice) (then Owen Hart attacked Shamrock)
• Owen Hart (w/ the Nation) beat Faarooq
• The Rock (w/ the Nation) beat X-Pac (w/ DX) by DQ to retain the WWF Intercontinental Title (HHH attacked Rock and a second ref came down to stop the match)
• Kane/Mankind (w/ Bearer) beat Steve Austin by DQ (Taker attacked Kane, then Austin attacked Taker)

SmackDown 269​

SmackDown episode 269 took place from the Fleet Center in Boston, MA and aired on October 7, 2004. It was the fallout show from No Mercy 2004.

• Rey Mysterio (w/ RVD) beat Kenzo Suzuki (w/ Hiroko and Dupree)
• Hardcore Holly beat JBL (w/ OJ) by count-out
• Big Show beat Mark Jindrak (w/ Angle) (Eddie Guerrero shut down any interference which also involved Luther Reigns)
• Billy Kidman vs. Charlie Haas (w/ Jackie) ended in a no contest (Kidman attacked Jackie and Rico made the save)
• Carlito beat John Cena to win the WWE United States Title

NXT 269​

NXT episode 269 took place from Full Sail University and aired on May 27, 2015. It was the fallout show from NXT TakeOver: Unstoppable.

• Emma (w/ Dana) beat Bayley
• Wesley Blake/Buddy Murphy (w/ Alexa) beat Elias Samson/Mike Rawlis
• Finn Balor beat Tye Dillinger
• Kevin Owens beat Solomon Crowe

Impact 269​

Impact episode 269 took place from the Impact Zone and aired on August 20, 2009. It was the fallout show from Hard Justice 2009.

• Beer Money, Inc. beat the British Invasion (w/ World Elite) in a Street Fight
• Angelina Love beat Madison Rayne
• Samoa Joe beat Homicide to retain the TNA X Division Title
• Traci Brooks (w/ Sharmell) beat Awesome Kong (w/ Raisha), Sarita (w/ Wilde), and Christy Hemme (w/ Tara)
• The Pope beat Consequences Creed (w/ Lethal)
• Team 3D beat Kurt Angle/Matt Morgan in a Tables match

 

[Rosie]

Lance Storm beat General Hugh G. Rection (w/ Gunns) to win the WCW United States Heavyweight Title (Major Gunns turned back heel and revealed she was Team Canada all along)

In 2000, that's a heel turn.

In 2024, a rational decision.

 

[Leon TrotSky]

Last night's Dynamite was 270 make it stop make it stop

Nitro 270​

Nitro episode 270 took place from the Richmond County Civic Center in Augusta, GA and aired on November 20, 2000. It was the go-home show for Mayhem 2000.

• Jamie Noble beat Yang (w/ Leia Meow) (3 Count interfered)
• The Perfect Event beat Alex Wright/Elix Skipper to win the WCW World Tag Team Titles (Skipper was substituting for Disqo who was injured; the Filthy Animalz interfered)
• General Hugh G. Rection/Meng beat Lance Storm/Jim Duggan (w/ Gunns) (it was meant to be Kwee Wee/Meng but Kwee Wee dropped out; the MiA interfered)
• Goldberg beat Kwee Wee (w/ Paisley)
• Goldberg beat Mike Sanders
• Buff Bagwell beat Shane Douglas (w/ Torrie) (Jarrett and Cat interfered)
• Booker T beat Lex Luger to retain the WCW World Heavyweight Title (Steiner and Goldberg both interfered to their own ends. Match time: 4 minutes)

RAW 270​

RAW episode 270 took place from the Arrowhead Pond in Anaheim, CA and aired on July 27, 1998. It was the fallout show from Fully Loaded: In Your House.

• Vader beat D'Lo Brown by count-out
• Bart Gunn beat "Dr. Death" Steve Williams in the second round of Brawl for All (this was the big shock that defined the tournament)
• Owen Hart beat Dan Severn by DQ (Ken Shamrock interfered)
• Disciples of Apocalypse (w/ Ellering) beat Faarooq/Scorpio by DQ (Bradshaw interfered)
• The Rock lost to Triple H (w/ Chyna) and X-Pac by count-out, but kept the WWF Intercontinental Title
• Brakkus beat Jesus Castillo (somehow the first pinfall all show)
• Val Venis beat Brian Christopher (w/ Scotty) (and then Kai En Tai came out and threatened to choppy choppy his pee pee)
• Mark Henry/The Godfather beat LoD 2000 (Hawk's drunk depression storyline kicks into gear)
• The Undertaker/Steve Austin beat the New Age Outlaws to retain the WWF World Tag Team Titles

SmackDown 270​

SmackDown episode 270 took place from the Manchester Evening News Arena in Manchester, UK and aired on October 14, 2004.

• Rob Van Dam beat Rene Dupree
• Billy Kidman beat Charlie Haas
• Rey Mysterio won a battle royal last eliminating Kurt Angle to become #1 Contender to the WWE United States Title
• JBL beat Hardcore Holly to retain the WWE Title
• Carlito beat Rey Mysterio to retain the WWE United States Title
• Eddie Guerrero beat Luther Reigns by DQ (Mark Jindrak interfered)

NXT 270​

NXT episode 270 took place from Full Sail University and aired on June 3, 2015.

• Tyler Breeze beat Adam Rose
• Alexa Bliss (w/ Blake and Murphy) beat Carmella (w/ Enzo and Cass)
• The Vaudevillains beat Marcus Louis/Jason Jordan
• Finn Balor beat Rhyno

Impact 270​

Impact episode 270 took place from the Impact Zone and aired on August 27, 2009.

• Samoa Joe vs. Suicide ended in a no contest (the Pope and Daniels interfered)
• Awesome Kong/Raisha Saeed beat Traci Brooks/Sharmell in the first round of a TNA Knockouts Tag Team Title tournament
• Jesse Neal beat Rhino by DQ (DQ'd for kicking too much ass)
• Abyss beat the Motor City Machine Guns (w/ Dr. Stevie) in a $50000 bounty match
• Hamada beat Daffney in a No Disqualification match (THIS IS FUCKING WRESTLING)
• Daniels/Suicide beat Samoa Joe/The Pope
• AJ Styles/Sting/Hernandez beat Matt Morgan/Scott Steiner/Booker T

 

[Leon TrotSky]

Sorry about this I had a rough time this past week. Last week's Dynamite was 271 and this week's is 272. DOUBLE EPISODE babey

Nitro 271​

Nitro episode 271 took place from the MetroCentre in Rockford, IL and aired on November 27, 2000. It was the fallout show from Mayhem 2000.

• Cpl. Cajun/Lt. Loco beat Shane Helms/Shannon Moore (Jamie Noble and Evan Karagias interfered)
• Yang (w/ Leia Meow) beat Lance Storm (w/ Major Gunns) (Cat interfered)
• Alex Wright/Ron Harris beat Jamie Noble/Evan Karagias
• Mark Jindrak/Sean O'Haire (w/ Sanders) vs. the Insiders ended in a no contest (Mike Sanders pulled the ref away, shenanigans, DDP got pinned, no actual finish)
• Goldberg beat Reno
• General Hugh G. Rection beat Bam Bam Bigelow to retain the WCW United States Heavyweight Title (the Wall stopped Bigelow from getting the tables)
• Rey Misterio Jr. (w/ Konnan and Tygress) beat Jeff Jarrett by DQ (constant Filthy Animalz interference and yet the guitar shot by Jarrett was what drew the DQ. I guess)
• Scott Steiner beat Stevie Ray in a Title vs. Career match to retain the WCW World Heavyweight Title (oh hey, I just watched this match!)

Nitro 272​

Nitro episode 272 took place from the Pershing Auditorium in Lincoln, NE and aired on December 4, 2000. The first face the fans saw on this show was Oklahoma. Yeah, WCW's dead.

• Chavo Guerrero Jr. beat Kwee Wee (w/ Paisley)
• Crowbar (w/ Daffney) beat Elix Skipper (w/ Team Canada) to retain the WCW Hardcore Title (Cat fought Mark Madden for some reason during this one)
• The Insiders beat Shane Helms/Shannon Moore to retain the WCW World Tag Team Titles
• Reno beat Brian Adams (w/ Clark) by DQ (they thought it was a handicap match)
• Goldberg beat MI Smooth the Limo Driver
• Jeff Jarrett beat Konnan (w/ Filthy Animalz) (the fucking Harris Boys interfered)
• Scott Steiner (w/ Midajah) beat General Hugh G. Rection to retain the WCW World Heavyweight Title

RAW 271​

RAW episode 271 took place from the San Diego Sports Arena in San Diego, CA and aired on August 3, 1998.

• Golga (w/ Oddities and Sable) beat Marc Mero (w/ Jacqueline) (this match was edited off the Network, even pre-Peacock, and there's no real reason why it should have been)
• The Godfather beat Scorpio in the second round of Brawl for All
• Kane/Mankind (w/ Bearer) beat the New Age Outlaws
• Road Warrior Hawk beat Jeff Jarrett (w/ Tennessee Lee) (then Southern Justice jumped Hawk and Droz made the save)
• Triple H (w/ Chyna) beat X-Pac in a WWF Intercontinental Title #1 Contender's Match
• Dick Togo/Funaki (w/ Teioh, Yamaguchi, and Mrs. Yamaguchi) vs. Val Venis/TAKA Michinoku ended in a no contest (TAKA betrayed Val, sided with his countrymen, and Yamaguchi threatened to choppy choppy Val's pee pee)
• Dan Severn beat D'Lo Brown by DQ, failing to win the WWF European Title (Mark Henry and Steve Blackman both got involved, and Ken Shamrock attacked the Nation guys)
• Steve Austin/The Undertaker beat the Rock/Owen Hart to retain the WWF World Tag Team Titles
• Kai En Tai's Choppy Choppy vs. Val's Pee Pee ended in a no contest (bit of shrinkage, then John Wayne Bobbitt interfered, but we didn't see that until next week)

RAW 272​

RAW episode 272 took place from the Omaha Civic Auditorium in Omaha, NE and aired on August 10, 1998.

• Luna (w/ Oddities and Sable) beat Jacqueline (w/ Marc Mero)
• Droz beat Savio Vega in the second round of Brawl for All
• Animal/Droz vs. Southern Justice never started (this was meant to be LoD 2000 vs. the ex-Godwinns but Hawk collapsed on the way to the ring in furtherance of his alcoholic angle. Droz, who'd already wrestled, tried to step in, but the match got called off because Jeff Jarrett showed up and gave a guitar shot to Droz. Don't piss him off!)
• Vader vs. the Godfather never started (Vader becomes the first wrestler to accept the forfeit in exchange for the Hos)
• Bradshaw beat Marc Mero in the second round of Brawl for All
• Kane/Mankind (w/ Bearer) beat Steve Austin/Undertaker, Rock/Owen Hart, and the New Age Outlaws to win the WWF World Tag Team Titles

SmackDown 271​

SmackDown episode 271 took place from the MetroCentre in Rockford, IL and aired on October 21, 2004. It also featured the first episode of the Million Dollar Tough Enough.

• Carlito beat Rico to retain the WWE United States Title
• Heidenreich (w/ Heyman) beat Shannon Moore
• Mark Jindrak (w/ Luther Reigns) beat Eddie Guerrero (Kurt Angle came out to slide in the ring bell so Eddie's frog splash hit that)
• Daniel Puder, Ryan Reeves, Nick Mitchell, Mike Mizanin, Justice Smith, John Meyer, Chris Nawrocki, and Dan Rodimer progressed in the Million Dollar Tough Enough
• Booker T/Rey Mysterio/RVD beat JBL/Rene Dupree/Kenzo Suzuki (w/ OJ)

SmackDown 272​

SmackDown episode 272 took place from the Qwest Center in Omaha, NE and aired on October 28, 2004.

• John Meyer left the Million Dollar Tough Enough (he quit before ever seeing a live crowd)
• Chavo Guerrero beat Nunzio (Billy Kidman tried to interfere but missed)
• Rey Mysterio beat Kurt Angle (massive overbooking here, as Jindrak, Luther Reigns, RVD and Eddie all interfered)
• Booker T beat Orlando Jordan (w/ JBL) in a WWE Title #1 Contender's match

NXT 271​

NXT episode 271 took place from Full Sail University and aired on June 10, 2015.

• The Hype Bros beat Elias Samson/Mike Rawlis
• Emma beat Blue Pants
• Tyler Breeze beat Bull Dempsey (this is the one where Dempsey kayfabe gassed because he's too fat, to start the BULL FIT gimmick. Remember that?)
• Becky Lynch beat Jessie McKay
• Baron Corbin beat Angelo Dawkins
• Samoa Joe beat Scott Dawson

NXT 272​

NXT episode 272 took place from Full Sail University and aired on June 17, 2015. There was also a Vaudevillains matchup that never got aired because one of the jobbers got hurt.

• Enzo Amore/Colin Cassady/Carmella beat Wesley Blake/Buddy Murphy/Alexa Bliss (that's a hell of a matchup, isn't it? A pair of 2015 NXT tag acts with valets that surpassed them)
• Charlotte beat Cassie
• Kevin Owens vs. Samoa Joe ended in a no contest (both attacked the ref)

Impact 271​

Impact episode 271 took place from the Impact Zone and aired on September 3, 2009.

• Sting beat Rhino in qualifying for the World Title match at No Surrender
• AJ Styles beat Chris Sabin in qualifying for the World Title match at No Surrender
• Doug Williams beat Suicide in qualifying for the World Title match at No Surrender (Pope distracted Suicide)
• Tara/Christy Hemme beat Hamada/Sojo Bolt in the first round of a TNA Knockouts Tag Team Title tournament
• Hernandez beat Homicide in qualifying for the World Title match at No Surrender
• AJ Styles beat Doug Williams to officially qualify for the World Title match at No Surrender
• Sting beat Hernandez by DQ to officially qualify for the World Title match at No Surrender (Eric Young dressed as Homicide and attacked Sting to cost Hernandez his shot)

Impact 272​

Impact episode 272 took place from the Impact Zone and aired on September 10, 2009.

• The British Invasion beat Beer Money, Inc., Team 3D, and Scott Steiner/Booker T in a gauntlet match (it was a staggered entry with no falls legal until everyone was in, and teams didn't even enter together)
• Taylor Wilde/Sarita beat Daffney/Alissa Flash in the first round of a TNA Knockouts Tag Team Title tournament (with this Alissa Flash joined the Akira Hokuto club by entering a tournament under both her gimmicks because there just weren't enough women)
• The Pope D'Angelo Dinero beat Jay Lethal
• The Beautiful People beat Roxxi/Madison Rayne in the first round of a TNA Knockouts Tag Team Title tournament
• Abyss beat Dr. Stevie (then Kevin Nash attacked Abyss and Mick Foley made the save)
• Cody Deaner "beat" Tara in an MMA match (oh boy this sounds PERFECT for my bad matches thread. Deaner did some fake MMA, the ref was bumped, Awesome Kong murdered Tara, and the ref woke up and declared the match for Deaner)
• AJ Styles/Christopher Daniels (w/ Sting) beat Kurt Angle/Samoa Joe (w/ Morgan) (post-match Matt Morgan turned on Angle)

 

[Leon TrotSky]

Understandably I was too occupied with Christmas to take note of Dynamite 273

Nitro 273​

Nitro episode 273 took place from the Centurytel Arena in Bossier City, LA and aired on December 12, 2000. It was the go-home show for Starrcade 2000. This was an unusual Tuesday edition of Nitro; the show had been pre-empted by an adaptation of David Copperfield. How the mighty have fallen.

• Ernest "The Cat" Miller/Ms. Jones beat Lance Storm/Major Gunns
• Norman Smiley vs. Meng (w/ Paisley) ended in a no contest (Terry Funk, dressed as Santa, jumped the barricade and powdered both men. Kwee Wee was also involved. Also Crowbar was on commentary)
• Sid Vicious beat Mike Sanders
• The Perfect Event and Mark Jindrak/Sean O'Haire beat the Insiders (this was nominally a three-way tag but realistically it was a handicap. And still it took a belt shot to put DDP down. Because of course Kevin Nash couldn't eat a pin)
• Goldberg beat Sarge
• Shane Douglas beat Cpl. Cajun by DQ
• The Filthy Animalz (w/ Tygress) beat Jeff Jarrett in an Elimination Handicap match (this was meant to be a 3-on-3 involving the Harris Nazis b they fell for the old laxative sandwich trick)
• Scott Steiner (w/ Midajah) beat. Sgt. AWOL to retain the WCW World Heavyweight Title

RAW 273​

RAW episode 273 took place from the Veterans Memorial Auditorium in Des Moines, IA and aired on August 17, 1998.

• Dan Severn beat Owen Hart and Ken Shamrock (Severn waited until Owen and Shamrock had tired each other out and went in for the kill)
• Bart Gunn beat the Godfather in the semifinals of Brawl for All
• Gangrel beat Brian Christopher (w/ Scotty)
• Disciples of Apocalypse (w/ Ellering) beat Faarooq/Scorpio (everyone was distracted by a DX/Nation brawl)
• Nation of Domination vs. D-Generation X (w/ Chyna) in a Street Fight... uh... finished? (Jarrett and Southern Justice attacked DX and Rock, with the match won, fucked off)
• Sable vs. Jacqueline in an Arm Wrestling contest sure did exist (Jacqueline was about to lose, flipped the table on Sable, then Marc Mero and the Oddities instigated with each other)
• Bradshaw beat Droz in the semifinals of Brawl for All
• Kai En Tai beat Val Venis in an Elimination Handicap match (Val beat three of them in 2:50 then lost to TAKA)

SmackDown 273​

SmackDown episode 273 took place from the Savvis Center in St. Louis, MO and aired on November 4, 2004. It was absolutely horrible.

• Kurt Angle beat Chris Nawrocki (this was part of that one Tough Enough segment which led to...)
• Kurt Angle "beat" Daniel Puder (Puder applying a legit keylock and them having to improvise a fake pin in order to not kill Angle's gimmick right away)
• Booker T beat Orlando Jordan (w/ JBL) by DQ
• RVD/Rey Mysterio beat Mark Jindrak/Luther Reigns
• Dawn Marie vs. Jackie Gayda in an Arm Wrestling contest never started (it went into a catfight early, then Heidenreich murdered Charlie Haas)
• Booker T/Josh Mathews beat JBL/Orlando Jordan

NXT 273​

NXT episode 273 took place from Full Sail University and aired on June 24, 2015.

• Enzo Amore/Colin Cassady (w/ Carmella) beat Sylvester Lefort/Jason Jordan
• Dana Brooke (w/ Emma) beat Cassie
• The Hype Bros beat Angelo Dawkins/Sawyer Fulton
• Finn Balor beat Rhyno

Impact 273​

Impact episode 273 took place from the Impact Zone and aired on September 17, 2009. It was the go-home show for No Surrender 2009.

• The Beautiful People beat Tara/Christy Hemme in the semi-final of a TNA Knockouts Tag Team Title tournament
• The Pope beat Suicide
• Hernandez beat Kiyoshi/Sheik Abdul Bashir
• Alissa Flash beat Cody Deaner in a Lumberjill match
• Kevin Nash beat Mick Foley by DQ to retain the TNA Legends Title (Abyss came to interfere, but didn't, but the DQ was called anyway)
• Scott Steiner/Brutus Magnus (w/ Booker, Williams, and Terry) beat Brother Ray/Robert Roode (w/ Devon and Storm)
• Taylor Wilde/Sarita beat Awesome Kong/Raisha Saeed in the semi-final of a TNA Knockouts Tag Team Title tournament
• Matt Morgan beat Samoa Joe by DQ (Kurt Angle interfered)

 

[Leon TrotSky]

God dammit I'm a week behind again so let's do 274 and 275 and get it over with. I pray for the moment WCW just dies so I never have to do this again.

Nitro 274​

Nitro episode 274 took place from the Richmond Coliseum in Richmond, VA and aired on December 18, 2000. It was the fallout show from Starrcade 2000.

• Shane Helms beat Shannon Moore in a WCW Cruiserweight Title #1 Contender's match
• Terry Funk beat Meng (w/ Kwee Wee and Paisley) to retain the WCW Hardcore Title (Crowbar interfered)
• Lance Storm (w/ Gunns) beat Rey Misterio Jr. (w/ Tygress) to qualify for the WCW World Heavyweight Title #1 Contender's match
• Jeff Jarrett beat Mike Awesome to qualify for the WCW World Heavyweight Title #1 Contender's match
• Ernest "The Cat" Miller (w/ Ms. Jones) beat Alex Wright
• Goldberg beat Buff Bagwell by DQ (Lex Luger interfered)
• Jeff Jarrett beat Lance Storm in a WCW World Heavyweight Title #1 Contender's match

Nitro 275​

Nitro episode 275 took place from the X-Cel Energy Center in St. Paul, MN and aired on January 8, 2000. as obviously they only put on Best-Of shows for Christmas and New Year. Also this was the go-home show for Sin.

• Chavo Guerrero Jr. beat Shannon Moore to retain the WCW Cruiserweight Title (Chavo made this a title match so if he lost his rematch would be on Sunday and Helms would never get his shot. Why not just make it a three-way in that case? WCW)
• Ron Harris (w/ Don) beat Ernest "The Cat" Miller (w/ Ms. Jones)
• Billy Kidman (w/ Filthy Animalz) beat Lance Storm (w/ Team Canada)
• Sid Vicious beat Shane Douglas (hope you enjoyed Sid while he still had two working legs)
• Goldberg/Sarge beat KroniK
• The Insiders beat Chuck Palumbo/Sean O'Haire in a Minnesota Massacre match (a Last Man Standing elimination tag. Kwee Wee and Vito prevented Thrillers interference, and the title challengers got jobbed out on TV. They would win the belts on the PPV. WCW)
• Scott Steiner (w/ Midajah) vs. Jeff Jarrtt for the WCW World Heavyweight Title ended in a no contest (Sid and the masked mystery man who was not yet known as Road Warrior Animal interfered)

RAW 274​

RAW episode 274 took place from the CoreStates Center in Philadelphia, PA and aired on August 24, 1998. It was the go-home show for SummerSlam 1998.

• Ken Shamrock beat Dan Severn by DQ (Owen Hart interfered)
• Kurrgan (w/ Oddities) beat Marc Mero (w/ Jacqueline) by DQ
• The New Age Outlaws beat Southern Justice (Road Warrior Hawk was on commentary for most of this, drunk and uncomfortable. Jeff Jarrett tried to call out X-Pac, who didn't show up)
• Kane (w/ Undertaker) vs. Mankind in a Hell in a Cell match ended in a no contest (Stone Cold came out from under the ring to interfere)
• Val Venis beat TAKA Michinoku (w/ Yamaguchi and Mrs. Yamaguchi) by DQ (Triple H interfered)
• X-Pac beat Gangrel by DQ (Jarrett hit X-Pac with a guitar)
• Bart Gunn beat Bradshaw in the final of Brawl for All (why wouldn't you capitalise on this??)

RAW 275​

RAW episode 275 took place from the New Haven Coliseum in New Haven, CT and aired on September 5, 1998. It was the fallout show from SummerSlam 1998. RAW got bumped to Saturdays a couple of nights in a row because of the US Open tennis tournament. Hey, at least it's not David Copperfield, right?

• Ken Shamrock/Steve Blackman vs. Disciples of Apocalypse (w/ Ellering) ended in a no contest (Undertaker and Kane interfered)
• Vader vs. Val Venis ended in a no contest (Bradshaw was going to attack Vader but then he saw Taker and Kane had the same idea and changed his mind)
• The Rock/Mark Henry beat the New Age Outlaws (w/ Chyna) by DQ, failing to win the WWF World Tag Team Titles
• Southern Justice beat the Headbangers
• D'Lo Brown vs. X-Pac for the WWF European Title ended in a no contest (Jarrett interfered)
• Marc Mero (w/ Jacqueline) vs. Edge ended in a no contest (Gangrel attacked Edge, then Taker and Kane attacked Mero)
• Kurrgan/Giant Silva (w/ Oddities) beat Animal/Droz (Hawk was drunk and out of it around the ring)
• Too Much beat Los Boricuas
• Jeff Jarrett beat Scorpio by DQ (X-Pac attacked Jarrett)

SmackDown 274​

SmackDown episode 274 took place from the American Bank Arena in Corpus Christi, TX and aired on November 11, 2004. It was the go-home show for Survivor Series 2004.

• In Tough Enough... I don't fucking know, and Nick Mitchell was eliminated (there was a "Torrie Wilson Sex Test" which was just the excuse to make the rookies make out with Mae Young a million times in a row. She's OLD!!!! LAUGH NOW!!!!!)
• Rey Mysterio/Chavo Guerrero beat Spike Dudley/Billy Kidman
• Josh Mathews (w/ Booker) beat Orlando Jordan (w/ JBL)
• Eddie Guerrero/Rob Van Dam beat Mark Jindrak/Luther Reigns (Carlito and Jesus were on commentary and fucked around)
• The Big Show beat Kurt Angle by DQ (Angle's goons interfered)

SmackDown 275​

SmackDown episode 275 took place from the Nutter Center in Dayton, OH and aired on November 18, 2004. It was the fallout show from Survivor Series 2004.

• In Tough Enough there was a dumb capture the flag contest, and Chris Nawrocki was eliminated
• Charlie Haas (w/ Jackie) beat Heidenreich (w/ Heyman) by count-out (Heidenreich had an episode of insanity and walked off)
• Rey Mysterio/Rob Van Dam beat Rene Dupree/Kenzo Suzuki (w/ Hiroko)
• Kurt Angle beat Dean Visk in the Kurt Angle Invitational
• John Cena beat Carlito (w/ Jesus) to win the WWE United States Title (in 30 seconds, then Jesus hit him in the stabbed kidney with a chain and he was stretchered off)

NXT 274​

NXT episode 274 took place from Full Sail University and aired on July 1, 2015.

• The Vaudevillains beat the Mechanics (only the third ever NXT TV appearance for the future FTR)
• Baron Corbin beat Tucker Knight
• Emma (w/ Dana) beat Carmella
• Tyler Breeze beat Tye Dillinger
• Finn Balor/Samoa Joe beat Kevin Owens/Rhyno

NXT 275​

NXT episode 275 took place from Full Sail University and aired on July 8, 2015. It featured a rebroadcast of the match at The Beast in the East where Finn Balor won the NXT Title in Japan, in addition to these matches:

• Charlotte/Sasha Banks beat Emma/Dana Brooke
• Solomon Crowe beat Marcus Louis
• The Vaudevillains beat Enzo Amore/Colin Cassady (w/ Carmella)

Impact 274​

Impact episode 274 took place from the Impact Zone and aired on September 24, 2009. It was the fallout show from No Surrender 2007.

• Suicide beat the Pope in a Street Fight
• Rhino vs. Brother Devon ended in a double count-out (post-match, Brother Ray came out and said Rhino and Team 3D should fight together. This got him Gored)
• Sarita/Taylor Wilde beat Tara/ODB to retain the TNA Knockouts Tag Team Titles
• Samoa Joe beat Christopher Daniels and Homicide to retain the TNA X Division Title
• Matt Morgan/Hernandez beat Kurt Angle/Eric Young (Sheik Abdul Bashir was on commentary. Post-match there was a bit of a struggle between Main Event Mafia and World Elite)
• Bobby Lashley beat Jethro Holliday
• Scott Steiner/Booker T beat Mick Foley/Abyss to retain the TNA World Tag Team Titles (Foley turned on Abyss)

Impact 275​

Impact episode 275 took place from the Impact Zone and aired on October 1, 2009.

• Amazing Red beat Jay Lethal, Consequences Creed, Sheik Abdul Bashir, and Kiyoshi in a TNA X Division Title #1 Contender's Ladder match
• Kevin Nash beat Dr. Stevie (w/ Daffney)
• Christy Hemme beat Traci Brooks (in Christy's last televised singles match)
• ODB beat Awesome Kong (w/ Raisha) to retain the TNA Knockouts Title (Tara interfered)
• Kurt Angle vs. Hernandez ended in a double count-out (followed by a MEM/World Elite brawl)
• Matt Morgan beat Eric Young by DQ (Kurt Angle interfered, then another MEM/World Elite brawl!)
• Bobby Lashley/Team 3D beat Rhino/British Invasion (w/ Rob Terry)