Had to do this the day of. Tonight's Dynamite is number 288. Which means, after this one, we've run out of Nitros, so I think it's a good time to bring this thread to a close.
Nitro 288
Nitro episode 288 took place from the Boardwalk Beach Resort in Panama City, FL and aired on March 26l 2001. It was the final Nitro, which opened with the surreal sight of Vince McMahon revealing that the fate, the very fate of WCW was in his hands. And it was a "Night of Champions" special.
- Booker T beat Scott Steiner to win the WCW World Heavyweight Title and retain the WCW United States Title
- Rey Misterio Jr./Billy Kidman beat 3 Count and Jung Dragons in a WCW Cruiserweight Tag Team Title #1 Contender's match
- Shane Helms beat Chavo Guerrero Jr. to retain the WCW Cruiserweight Title
- Chuck Palumbo/Sean O'Haire beat Lance Storn/Mike Awesome to retain the WCW World Tag Team Titles
- Shawn Stasiak (w/ Stacy) beat Bam Bam Bigelow
- Rey Mysterio Jr./Billy Kidman beat Elix Skipper/Kid Romeo to win the WCW Cruiserweight Tag Team Titles
- Sting beat Ric Flair
RAW 288
RAW episode 288 took place from the Baltimore Arena in Baltimore, MD and aired on November 30, 1998.
- The New Age Outlaws beat Gangrel/Edge (w/ Christian) by DQ to retain the WWF World Tag Team Titles (and then the Corporation members helped the Outlaws)
- Goldust beat Jeff Jarrett (w/ Debra) by DQ (Owen Hart interfered)
- Big Boss Man (w/ HBK) beat Mankind in a Ladder match to win the WWF Hardcore Title (Rock interfered. No one helped Mankind, not even the JOB Squad who were sent to the back)
- Duane Gill beat Marc Mero (the JOB Squad interfered. This was Mero's last US TV appearance)
- Ken Shamrock (w/ HBK) beat X-Pac by DQ, failing to win the WWF European Title (Triple H interfered... after Boss Man interfered in Shamrock's favour but the ref missed it)
- Val Venis (w/ Godfather and three Hoes) beat Tiger Ali Singh (w/ Babu) by DQ (PMS interfered)
- The Rock beat Al Snow
SmackDown 288
SmackDown episode 288 took place from the Gund Arena in Cleveland, OH and aired on February 17, 2005. It was the go-home show for No Way Out 2005.
- Rey Mysterio (w/ Eddie) beat Doug Basham (w/ Danny)
- Funaki/Paul London/Shannon Moore beat Chavo Guerrero/Spike Dudley/Akio (the Rookie Diva of the Year contestants all appeared for no reason)
- Kurt Angle beat Danny Gimondo
- John Cena beat Booker T in the semi-finals of a WWE Championship tournament
- Luther Reigns (w/ Jindrak) beat Nunzio
- The Undertaker beat Mark Jindrak (w/ Reigns)
NXT 288
NXT episode 288 took place from Full Sail University and aired on October 14, 2015.
- The Vaudevillains beat Angelo Dawkins/Sawyer Fulton
- Nia Jax beat Evie
- Apollo Crews won a NXT Title #1 Contender's Battle Royal, last eliminating Baron Corbin
Impact 288
Impact episode 288 took place from the Impact Zone and aired on January 4, 2010. It was a special 3-hour Monday Night Impact, and featured the debut of Hulk Hogan. I tell you what, since it's the last entry, let's see how much of this I can do from memory.
- Homicide vs. Amazing Red vs. Alex Shelley vs. Chris Sabin vs. Jay Lethal vs. Consequences Creed vs. Kiyoshi vs. Suicide in a Steel Asylum match ended in a no contest (Homicide used weapons, failed to climb out of the big red cage, then Jeff Hardy showed up to bury the entire thing and sit on the cage. He wouldn't be back for two months)
- ODB beat Tara to win the TNA Knockouts Title
- Awesome Kong/Hamada beat Taylor Wilde/Sarita to win the TNA Knockouts Tag Team Titles
- Matt Morgan/Hernandez beat Raven/Dr. Stevie (w/ Daffney)
- The Pope beat Desmond Wolfe
- Samoa Joe beat Abyss
- AJ Styles beat Kurt Angle to retain the TNA World Heavyweight Title
So, I guess that's it for Nitro, and therefore this series. It's been fun. I'm sure I'll occasionally come back for round number milestones of Dynamites, but I guess that's it. I could do Collision vs. Thunder but that would be silly and would take up another year of my life so, only if you really want it.
