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

[Chris]

You got three more months until I start begging you to keep this going for the shows that don't die

 

[Sky]

You got three more months until I start begging you to keep this going for the shows that don't die

please give me mercy

 

[Sky]

Tonight's Dynamite is 276 as we approach the single figures of Nitros.

Nitro 276​

Nitro episode 276 took place from the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, IN and aired on January 15, 2001. It was the fallout show from Sin, and was dominated by a funeral for Goldberg's career.

• Chavo Guerrero Jr. beat Crowbar (w/ Daffney) to retain the WCW Cruiserweight Title
• Rey Misterio Jr./Billy Kidman (w/ Tygress) beat 3 Count
• Chuck Palumbo/Sean O'Haire beat KroniK to retain the WCW World Tag Team Titles (the Perfect Event interfered)
• Konnan (w/ Tygress) beat Mike Awesome in a Hair vs. Hair match (Konnan was defending Kidman's hair because obviously Konnan doesn't have anything to cut off)
• Ernest "The Cat" Miller (w/ Ms. Jones) beat Bam Bam Bigelow
• Shane Douglas beat General Hugh G. Rection to retain the WCW United States Heavyweight Title (Chavo interfered)
• Kevin Nash beat Scott Steiner by DQ, failing to win the WCW World Heavyweight Title (the Magnificent Seven interfered)

RAW 276​

RAW episode 276 took place from the Tsongas Arena in Lowell, MA and aired on September 12, 1998. On Saturday because tennis. If you're wondering where all the stars were on this show, their matches were on Heat. Which is why this card looked like an extended edition of Heat.

• Edge beat Jeff Jarrett (w/ Southern Justice) by DQ
• Bradshaw beat Droz
• Marc Mero (w/ Jacqueline) beat Miguel Perez
• Disciples of Apocalypse (w/ Ellering) beat Kurrgan/Golga (w/ Oddities) by DQ (ICP interfered)
• Southern Justice beat Too Much
• Vader beat Dustin Runnels (Val Venis distracted Dustin)
• D'Lo Brown/Mark Henry beat the Headbangers by DQ (Chyna interfered)
• D-Generation X (w/ Chyna) beat Kai En Tai (w/ Yamaguchi)

SmackDown 276​

SmackDown episode 276 took place from the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, NY and aired on November 25, 2004. This was the one with Luther Reigns cutting a promo on Thanksgiving dinner.

• Rey Mysterio beat Rene Dupree
• In Tough Enough... Daniel Puder beasted an arm wrestling contest and Dan Rodimer got eliminated
• Rob Van Dam beat Kenzo Suzuki (w/ Hiroko) by DQ
• Kurt Angle beat Cody Steele in the Kurt Angle Invitational
• Dawn Marie vs. Jackie Gayda in an Indian vs. Pilgrim match ended in a no contest (catfight, ref bumped, Charlie Haas shite storyline)
• JBL/Orlando Jordan beat Eddie Guerrero/Booker T (the Bashams interfered)

NXT 276​

NXT episode 276 took place from Full Sail University and aired on July 15, 2015.

• American Alpha beat Elias Samson/Steve Cutler
• Samoa Joe beat Axel Tischer
• Wesley Blake/Buddy Murphy (w/ Alexa) beat Angelo Dawkins/Sawyer Fulton
• Sasha Banks beat Charlotte to retain the NXT Women's Title

Impact 276​

Impact episode 276 took place from the Impact Zone and aired on October 8, 2009.

• Hernandez beat Kevin Nash by DQ, failing to win the TNA Legends Title (Eric Young interfered)
• Amazing Red beat Samoa Joe to win the TNA X Division Title (Bobby Lashley interfered)
• The Pope/Homicide beat Christopher Daniels/Suicide (during this match Homicide went into his crazy motherfucker phase and attacked commentators for no reason)
• Madison Rayne/Velvet Sky/Traci Brooks/Alissa Flash beat Taylor Wilde/Sarita/Hamada/Christy Hemme in an Elimination Tag Team match
• ODB beat Tara to retain the TNA Knockouts Title (Awesome Kong came out and threatened to smash Tara's spider with a hammer)
• Matt Morgan/Abyss beat Kurt Angle/Mick Foley

 

[Sky]

Not gonna lie things have been rough recently. I'm looking forward to not doing this any more. Most recent Dynamite was 277.

Nitro 277​

Nitro episode 277 took place from the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Winston-Salem, NC and aired on January 23, 2001. It was pre-empted to a Tuesday because fuck it, the company's dying, might as well do something better on a Monday.

• Christopher Daniels vs. Michael Modest ended in a no contest (if you think this looks like "Scott Steiner kills a match by destroying two jobbers" you'd be sort of correct. They did get seven minutes to do their stuff before Steiner came out)
• Lance Storm (w/ Team Canada) beat Konnan (w/ Filthy Animalz)
• Lex Luger beat DDP (Jeff Jarrett interfered)
• The Mamalukes beat Mark Jindrak/Shawn Stasiak by DQ (the other Natural Born Thrillers interfered)
• Ernest "The Cat" Miller (w/ Ms. Jones) beat Shane Douglas to remain WCW Commissioner (Mike Sanders and Rick Steiner both interfered)
• Chavo Guerrero Jr./The Wall beat Hugh Morrus/Lash LeRoux
• Kevin Nash beat Buff Bagwell (Lex Luger was special ref, but got bumped by DDP, and Nash had to manipulate his hand to count the pin. WCW!)

RAW 277​

RAW episode 277 took place from the San Jose Arena in San Jose, CA and aired on September 14, 1998.

• Jeff Jarrett (w/ Southern Justice) beat Road Dogg (w/ DX)
• The Rock beat Kane (w/ Undertaker) (Mankind interfered)
• Triple H (w/ DX) beat Owen Hart (w/ Mark Henry) to retain the WWF Intercontinental Title
• The Undertaker (w/ Kane) vs. Mankind in a No DQ match ended in a no contest (Rock saved Mankind from murder)
• Gangrel vs. Edge ended in a double count-out
• Mark Henry beat X-Pac/Chyna (w/ HHH)
• Sable beat Jacqueline in a Evening Gown match
• Steve Austin vs. Ken Shamrock for the WWF Title ended in a no contest (Taker and Kane attacked everyone)

SmackDown 277​

SmackDown episode 277 took place from the Richmond Coliseum in Richmond, VA and aired on December 2, 2004.

• Rey Mysterio/RVD/Torrie Wilson beat Rene Dupree/Kenzo Suzuki/Hiroko
• In Tough Enough: the future Ryback got voted off and the other three wore dresses and flirted with Hardcore Holly. How is WWE still alive?
• Charlie Haas (w/ Jackie) vs. Jesus (w/ Carlito) never started (Carlito hit on Jackie, Haas tried to stop him and got beaten up)
• The Basham Brothers (w/ JBL and Jordan) beat Eddie Guerrero/Booker T
• Kurt Angle beat Sebastian McCulley
• The Undertaker beat JBL/Orlando Jordan by DQ

NXT 277​

NXT episode 277 took place from Full Sail University and aired on July 22, 2015.

• Eva Marie beat Cassie
• Baron Corbin beat Jesus De Leon
• Samoa Joe beat Mike Rawlis
• Bayley beat Emma (w/ Dana)
• The Vaudevillains beat Angelo Dawkins/Sawyer Fulton

Impact 277​

Impact episode 277 took place from the Impact Zone and aired on October 15, 2009. It was a "Super Impact" and was the go-home show to Bound for Glory 2009.

• The Beautiful People (Velvet/Madison/Lacey) beat Tara/ODB/Awesome Kong (w/ Raisha)
• Amazing Red (w/ Don West) vs. Suicide for the TNA X Division Title ended in a no contest (Pope interfered)
• Hernandez beat the British Invasion in a Handicap Gauntlet match
• Daniels beat the Pope
• Hamada beat Alissa Flash in a Falls Count Anywhere match
• Bobby Lashley beat Rhino in a Stretcher match
• AJ Styles vs. Kurt Angle ended in a time limit draw

 

[Sky]

Most recent Dynamite was 278 and the end is in sight thank GOD

Nitro 278​

Nitro episode 278 took place from the Baltimore Arena in Baltimore, MD and aired on January 29, 2001.

• Shannon Moore beat Jamie Noble, Jimmy Yang (w/ Leia Meow) and Elix Skipper
• Ernest "The Cat" Miller (w/ Ms. Jones) beat Shawn Stasiak (w/ Jindrak)
• Chavo Guerrero Jr./Animal beat Rey Misterio Jr./Billy Kidman (yep, this was exactly what you'd expect, Chavo taking the punishment and then Animal committing 1-on-2 murder)
• Lance Storm (w/ Team Canada) beat Crowbar (w/ Daffney)
• Jeff Jarrett vs. DDP never started (DDP was arrested. Apparently he was at a book signing, broke up a fight between fans, and accidentally knocked over a child so he was now facing an assault charge. WCW)
• Rick Steiner beat Shane Douglas (yeah, the champ got beaten clean)
• Kevin Nash beat Totally Buff (there were two replacement referees, Cat and Alex goddamn Wright. WCW)

RAW 278​

RAW episode 278 took place from the Arco Arena in Sacramento, CA and aired on September 21, 1998. It was the go-home show for Breakdown: In Your House.

• Billy Gunn (w/ DX) beat Jeff Jarrett (w/ Southern Justice)
• The Oddities (w/ Luna) vs. the Headbagers never started (the Headbangers turned heel and attacked the Oddities, meaning no match)
• Jacqueline (w/ Mero) beat Sable to win the vacant WWF Women's Title (after nearly three years in Ted Turner's garbage, the title was revived on free TV with zero fanfare)
• The Brothers of Destruction beat Steve Austin/Billy Gunn
• Disciples of Apocalypse (w/ Ellering) vs. Southern Justice ended in a no contest (Jarrett attacked Ellering and everyone just stopped wrestling)
• Al Snow beat Sgt. Slaughter in a Boot Camp match (the Stooges attacked Snow but Scorpio made the save)
• Val Venis vs. Owen Hart ended in a no contest (Dustin Runnels interfered)
• X-Pac beat D'Lo Brown to win the WWF European Title
• The Rock vs. Mankind vs. Ken Shamrock ended in a no contest (Taker and Kane attacked everyone)

SmackDown 278​

SmackDown episode 278 took place from the BI-LO Center in Greenville, SC and aired on December 9, 2004. It was the go-home show for Armageddon 2004.

• Funaki won a WWE Cruiserweight Title #1 Contender's Battle Royal
• Jesus (w/ Carlito) beat Charlie Haas in a Street Fight
• RVD/Rey Mysterio beat Kenzo Suzuki/Rene Dupree to win the WWE Tag Team Titles
• In Tough Enough: Justice Smith got the boot and then Puder and Miz did a Gladiators pugil stick battle. None of this was about wrestling. The runner-up, per tradition, was more successful than the winner)
• Big Show beat Mark Jindrak (w/ Angle and Reigns) by DQ
• Undertaker/Eddie Guerrero/Booker T beat the Cabinet

NXT 278​

NXT episode 278 took place from Full Sail University and aired on July 29, 2015.

• The Mechanics beat Enzo Amore/Colin Cassady (w/ Carmella)
• Baron Corbin beat Jesse Sorensen
• American Alpha beat Elias Samson/Levis Valenzuela (the NXT TV debut of the man who would become No Way Jose)
• Charlotte beat Dana Brooke (w/ Emma)
• Kevin Owens beat Martin Stone
• Wesley Blake/Buddy Murphy (w/ Alexa) beat the Vaudevillains to retain the NXT Tag Team Titles

Impact 278​

Impact episode 278 took place from the Impact Zone and aired on October 22, 2009. It was the fallout show from Bound for Glory 2009.

• Homicide beat Amazing Red (w/ Don West)
• Matt Morgan beat Scott Steiner (Bobby Lashley interfered)
• Samoa Joe/Kevin Nash beat AJ Styles/Daniels
• Awesome Kong beat Raisha Saeed
• Hernandez beat Rhino
• Motor City Machine Guns beat Lethal Consequences in a TNA X Division Title #1 Contender's Ultimate X Match
• Beer Money, Inc. beat the British Invasion (w/ Rob Terry) by DQ in a Steel Cage match, failing to win the TNA World Tag Team Titles (Magnus decked the ref)

 

[Sky]

Tonight's Dynamite is 279, I got it in on time this time yay

Nitro 279​

Nitro episode 279 took place from the BancorpSouth Center in Tupelo, MS and aired on February 5, 2001.

• Scott Steiner (w/ Midajah) beat Evan Karagias/Jamie Noble/Jimmy Yang/Kaz Hayashi (so, how's that youth movement near the end going for you, WCW?)
• Rick Steiner beat Shane Douglas to win the WCW United States Heavyweight Title
• DDP beat Scott Steiner (w/ Midajah) by DQ
• El Nino beat Chavo Guerrero Jr. (El Nino was Rey Misterio Jr. in another mask)
• Chuck Palumbo/Sean O'Haire beat Lance Storm/Mike Awesome
• Brian Adams vs. Buff Bagwell ended in a time limit draw (yes, that famous 5 minute 44 second time limit applied to WCW matches. Hey, it would explain the time they gave the rest of this card)
• Scott Steiner (w/ Midajah) beat Kevin Nash/Rick Steiner (Rick turned on Nash, this show looked so devastatingly bad)

RAW 279​

RAW episode 279 took place from the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, MI and aired on September 28. 1998. It was the fallout show from Breakdown: In Your House.

• Southern Justice (w/ Jarrett) beat the New Age Outlaws by DQ, failing to win the WWF World Tag Team Titles (partner miscommunication lead to a tease of Billy Gunn quitting DX)
• Dan Severn vs. Owen Hart in a Submission match ended in a no contest (they did a worked shoot of Owen breaking Severn's neck with a piledriver, because you gotta reference the Austin thing)
• Al Snow (w/ Head) beat Vader (w/ Slaughter) (Vader kicked out early tho)
• D'Lo Brown beat Gangrel, Droz, Jeff Jarrett, Marc Mero, and Edge (in that order) in an WWF European Title #1 Contender's Elimination match
• Faarooq beat Mark Henry (Chyna was special ref, in a taste of that dreadful storyline they had together)
• The Oddities beat the Headbangers
• Val Venis (w/ Terri) beat X-Pac by DQ, failing to win the WWF European Title
• Rock/Shamrock/Mankind beat the Brothers of Destruction

SmackDown 279​

SmackDown episode 279 took place from the Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville, TN and aired on December 16, 2004. It was the fallout show from Armageddon 2004.

• RVD/Rey Mysterio beat Billy Kidman/Akio
• Eddie Guerrero/Booker T beat Kenzo Suzuki/Rene Dupree
• John Cena beat Jesus (w/ Carlito) in a Street Fight (they just re-showed the entire Armageddon match on SD)
• In Tough Enough... what a long, strange journey it's been. Anyway, Puder won, Miz ended up being the star, and everyone around learned to never do Tough Enough again for about six and a half years
• Kurt Angle beat JBL (w/ OJ) by DQ, failing to win the WWE Title

NXT 279​

NXT episode 279 took place from Full Sail University and aired on August 5, 2015.

• Bayley beat Charlotte
• Baron Corbin beat Steve Cutler
• Tyler Breeze beat Aaron Solo
• The Hype Bros beat the Mechanics
• Samoa Joe beat Rhyno

Impact 279​

Impact episode 279 took place from the Impact Zone and aired on October 29, 2009. It was the first TNA Impact after the announcement that Hulk Hogan would join, an era which is just barely out of the scope of this thread.

• Tara beat Alissa Flash (then Kong attacked Tara)
• The Motor City Machine Guns beat Team 3D (there was a weird incompetent-ref current running through TNA shows around this time, and Devon claimed he didn't tap in this, he just hit the mat. If you ask me, what's the difference?)
• Bobby Lashley beat Eric Young by DQ, failing to win the TNA Legends Title (Scott Steiner interfered)
• The Beautiful People beat ODB/Hamada/Christy Hemme (and there you have it, that was Christy's last ever televised match)
• Abyss beat Dr. Stevie in a No Disqualification match (Mick Foley came out and betrayed Stevie, leading to that Foley/Abyss partnership)
• Matt Morgan beat Rhino (but still got Gored)
• Desmond Wolfe beat Kurt Angle in a Street Fight (TKO and stretcher job)

 

[Sky]

Last Dynamite was 280. Make it stop please

Nitro 280​

Nitro episode 280 took place from the Mississippi Coast Coliseum in Biloxi, MS and aired on February 12, 2001. It was the go-home show for SuperBrawl Revenge.

• Rick Steiner vs. Dustin Rhodes for the WCW United States Heavyweight Title never started (no idea what happened here. Ric Flair came out and fired Dustin midway though but then Cat came out and reinstated him)
• Lance Storm beat Ernest "The Cat" Miller (w/ Ms. Jones) for the WCW commissionership (this was made by Ric Flair. Crooked ref Mike Sanders called for the bell when there was no submission, because hey, it's Montreal somewhere)
• Jimmy Yang beat Lash LeRoux in a WCW Cruiserweight Title #1 Contender's match
• Dustin Rhodes beat Rick Steiner (non-title, but if Dustin had lost he'd be fired, and because he won Kevin Nash got an early title shot. Anyway, Animal and Shane Douglas both interfered)
• Billy Kidman beat Elix Skipper
• Shawn Stasiak beat Chuck Palumbo (and massively botched the finish)
• Kevin Nash (w/ David Flair) beat Scott Steiner (w/ Midajah) by DQ, failing to win the WCW World Heavyweight Title (where to begin? Nash came out with David Flair, whom he attacked just to stick it to Ric despite the family feud that underpinned the last year of programming. Despite the promise of everyone being banned from ringside, Rick Steiner, Lex Luger, Cat, KroniK, and Ric Flair all interfered. The Flair interference was what caused the DQ despite it being the least effective and Nash no-sold it. This company, holy fuck. Who created the narrative that WCW was showing signs of life in the final weeks? They're a lying bastard)

RAW 280​

RAW episode 280 took place from the Breslin Center in East Lansing, MI and aired on October 5, 1998.

• D'Lo Brown (w/ Mark Henry) beat X-Pac (w/ Chyna) to win the WWF European Title
• The Headbangers vs. Insane Clown Posse never started (just a big old brawl until the Oddities interfered)
• Marc Mero (w/ Jacqueline) beat Vader
• Edge beat Owen Hart by forfeit (Owen came out and apologised for ""legit"" hurting Dan Severn before leaving)
• Ken Shamrock beat Kane (after Taker came out and "accidentally" cost Kane)
• Val Venis (w/ Terri) beat Gangrel (w/ Christian) by count-out (Edge came out to challenge Christian, and the Brood attacked Edge forgetting about the match)
• Al Snow (w/ Head) beat Jeff Jarrett by DQ (Slaughter interfered)
• Road Dogg (w/ X-Pac and Chyna) beat Mark Henry (w/ D'Lo Brown)
• The Undertaker beat the Rock (despite Kane's interference)

SmackDown 280​

SmackDown episode 280 took place from Camp Speicher in Tikrit, Iraq and aired on December 23, 2004. Tribute to the Troops!

• Booker T beat Rene Dupree
• The Undertaker beat Heidenreich by count-out
• Hardcore Holly beat Kenzo Suzuki
• Eddie Guerrero/Rey Mysterio beat Kurt Angle/Luther Reigns

NXT 280​

NXT episode 280 took place from Full Sail University and aired on August 12, 2015.

• Tye Dillinger beat Solomon Crowe
• Baron Corbin beat Axel Tischer
• Finn Balor beat Marcus Louis
• Bayley beat Becky Lynch in an NXT Women's Title #1 Contender's match (oh yeah, it's all coming together for Brooklyn)

Impact 280​

Impact episode 280 took place from the Impact Zone and aired on November 5, 2009. This is also the one where they aired a Dixie Carter promo where she basically told the roster legit to get behind her or fuck off. Great idea!

• Beer Money, Inc. beat Eric Young/Rob Terry (and then the British Invasion and MCMG both came out for the brawl)
• Desmond Wolfe beat Cody Deaner
• AJ Styles vs. Daniels never started (Samoa Joe attacked both men)
• Bobby Lashley (w/ Kristal) beat Homicide
• Taylor Wilde beat Madison Rayne (w/ Velvet and Lacey) (Wilde got swarmed by TBP but ODB and Sarita made the save)
• AJ Styles beat Daniels (Samoa Joe was special ref, and attacked both men again)
• Matt Morgan/Hernandez beat Team 3D by DQ

 

[Sky]

Sorry I've been a physical wreck all week. Anyway, today's Dynamite is 282 so I will do 281 as well.

Nitro 281​

Nitro episode 281 took place from the Von Braun Center in Huntsville, AL and aired on February 19, 2001. I notice two things: one, that's also the place where TNA was born, and two, at some point, the dates of the final Nitros have started to line up with dates of Dynamites. Also, it was the fallout show from SuperBrawl Revenge.

• Shannon Moore beat Jamie Noble (w/ Karagias)
• Bryan Clark beat Mike Awesome by DQ (Team Canada interfered)
• Billy Kidman/Konnan beat Chavo Guerrero Jr./Animal
• Buff Bagwell beat Ernest "The Cat" Miller (w/ Ms. Jones) (Kanyon interfered)
• Rick Steiner beat Lash LeRoux to retain the WCW United States Heavyweight Title
• Hugh Morrus beat Lance Storm
• DDP beat Chris Kanyon

Nitro 282​

Nitro episode 282 took place from the Lakefront Arena in New Orleans, LA and aired on February 26, 2001.

• Billy Kidman/Rey Misterio Jr. beat Johnny Swinger/Jason Lee in the first round of the WCW Cruiserweight Tag Team Title tournament
• Lance Storm/Mike Awesome beat Chuck Palumbo/Sean O'Haire (Kanyon interfered)
• Ernest "The Cat" Miller beat Rick Steiner (Luger, Bagwell, and Morrus all interfered. Also non-title because gotta keep the title on a useless lump like Rick Steiner)
• Booker T/DDP/The Cat beat Scott Steiner/Lex Luger/Buff Bagwell
• Shane Helms beat Shannon Moore
• Sean O'Haire beat Chris Kanyon
• Jeff Jarrett beat Dustin Rhodes (Ric Flair was corrupt as the referee)

RAW 281​

RAW episode 281 took place from the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Nassau, NY and aired on October 12, 1998. It was the go-home show for Judgment Day: In Your House.

• New Age Outlaws vs. LoD 2000 for the WWF World Tag Team Titles ended in a no contest (Headbangers and DoA attacked each team for their own ends)
• Ken Shamrock beat Steve Blackman in the first round of a WWF Intercontinental Title tournament (Owen Hart attacked both men as the Blue Blazer, then Shamrock went a bit more heelish by bullying Blackman)
• Val Venis (w/ Terri) beat Marc Mero (w/ Jacqueline) in the first round of a WWF Intercontinental Title tournament
• Mankind beat Mark Henry in the first round of a WWF Intercontinental Title tournament (Chyna came out and her presence proved a distraction)
• X-Pac beat Jeff Jarrett in the first round of a WWF Intercontinental Title tournament (Jarrett couldn't use his guitar because it was replaced with Head)
• Ken Shamrock beat Val Venis (w/ Terri) in the semi-final of a WWF Intercontinental Title tournament
• X-Pac beat Mankind in the first round of a WWF Intercontinental Title tournament (Ken Shamrock attacked both men)
• Ken Shamrock beat X-Pac to win the vacant WWF Intercontinental Title
• Steve Austin/The Rock beat Undertaker/Kane by DQ (the Nation and Boss Man interfered)

RAW 282​

RAW episode 282 took place from the Bradley Center in Milwaukee, WI and aired on October 19, 1998. It was the fallout show from Judgment Day: In Your House.

• X-Pac (w/ Chyna) beat Ken Shamrock
• The Headbangers beat LoD 2000 (w/ Hawk)
• Steve Blackman beat Jeff Jarrett (w/ Debra) by DQ (the Blue Blazer attacked again)
• The Rock beat D'Lo Brown (w/ Henry)
• Val Venis (w/ Terri) beat Mankind (Shamrock attacked Mankind)
• The Undertaker (w/ Paul Bearer) vs. Kane in a Casket match ended in a no contest (I watched this for my bad matches thread, a dreadful no contest)

SmackDown 281​

SmackDown episode 281 took place from the Lakefront Arena in New Orleans, LA and aired on December 30, 2004.

• John Cena beat Rene Dupree to retain the WWE United States Title
• Kurt Angle beat Matt Stryker (the indie one, not the commentator)
• JBL beat Shannon Moore to retain the WWE Title
• Funaki beat Spike Dudley to retain the WWE Cruiserweight Title
• RVD/Rey Mysterio beat Eddie Guerrero/Booker T to retain the WWE Tag Team Titles

SmackDown 282​

SmackDown episode 282 took place from the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, CT, and aired on January 6, 2005.

• Rey Mysterio beat Eddie Guerrero
• Funaki beat Akio to retain the WWE Cruiserweight Title (a match that was entirely buried by Carlito going about trying to get a petition signed)
• Kurt Angle beat Brian Black (the future Palmer Cannon!)
• Doug Basham (w/ Danny and OJ) beat RVD (w/ Rey)
• The Undertaker vs. Heidenreich/Paul Heyman ended in a no contest (druids came out with caskets to scare Heidy and the match just ended)

NXT 281​

NXT episode 281 took place from Full Sail University and aired on August 19, 2015. It was the go-home show for NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn, which happened to be the first NXT show to air on a weekend!

• Tyler Breeze beat Rob Ryzin (future AEW jobber star!)
• Zack Ryder/Mojo Rawley/Enzo Amore/Colin Cassady (w/ Carmella) beat Jesus De Leon/Aaron Solo/Jesse Sorensen/Johnny Knockout
• Samoa Joe beat Steve Cutler
• Wesley Blake/Buddy Murphy (w/ Alexa) beat Angelo Dawkins/Sawyer Fulton

NXT 282​

NXT episode 282 took place from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY and aired on August 26, 2015. It was the fallout show for NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn, and consisted of matches taped before that show.

• Hype Bros/Enzo/Cass beat American Alpha/The Mechanics
• Eva Marie beat Carmella
• Bull Dempsey beat Elias Samson
• Emma beat Charlotte, Becky, and Dana (amusingly, by accident, as Becky forgot to kick out of a corner splash)

Impact 281​

Impact episode 281 took place from the Impact Zone and aired on November 12, 2009. It was the go-home show for Turning Point 2009.

• Dr. Stevie (w/ Daffney) beat Abyss (if Stevie had lost he'd be fired. Raven came to attack Abyss and Mick Foley)
• Alissa Flash beat Traci Brooks
• Jim Neidhart beat Jay Lethal (time for Black Machismo's anti-legend killer run)
• Awesome Kong/Beautiful People beat Tara/ODB/Taylor Wilde/Sarita
• MCMG/Amazing Red (w/ Don West) beat Homicide/Sheik Abdul Bashir/Kiyoshi
• Beer Money, Inc. beat the British Invasion (to be added to Turning Point match)
• Samoa Joe beat AJ Styles (Daniels "accidentally" cost AJ and turned heel)

Impact 282​

Impact episode 282 took place from the Impact Zone and aired on November 19, 2009. It was the fallout show from Turning Point 2009.

• Amazing Red (w/ Don West) beat Scott Steiner by DQ (Steiner had Red beaten but used a pipe anyway)
• Beer Money/MCMG beat the World Elite
• Hamada beat Taylor Wilde
• Abyss beat Dr. Stevie/Raven by DQ (this was meant to involve Foley but he got crocked. Raven used a fireball for the DQ)
• Sarita beat Alissa Flash (then Traci Brooks attacked Flash)
• Rhino/Team 3D (w/ Jesse Neal) beat The Pope/Hernandez/Matt Morgan
• Christopher Daniels/Desmond Wolfe beat AJ Styles/Kurt Angle

 

[Sky]

Tonight's Dynamite is 283 and we're in the final month of this.

Nitro 283​

Nitro episode 283 took place from the BI-LO Center in Greenville, SC and aired on March 5, 2001.

• Booker T beat Rick Steiner by DQ (Scott interfered)
• Elix Skipper/Kid Romeo beat Air Raid in the first round of the WCW Cruiserweight Tag Team Title tournament (AJ Styles' first Nitro match! And also his last!)
• Sean O'Haire beat Lex Luger (Chuck Palumbo and Buff Bagwell both interfered)
• Jeff Jarrett beat "Dusty Rhodes" (Ric Flair in Dusty mask and getup)
• Chavo Guerrero Jr. beat Shane Helms (Skipper and Romeo interfered)
• Hugh Morrus beat Mike Awesome (despite interference from Lance Storm)
• Booker T/DDP beat the Steiner Brothers (Scott brawled Booker to the back and sent him to a Magnificent Seven beatdown)

RAW 283​

RAW episode 283 took place from the Kohl Center in Madison, WI and aired on October 26, 1998.

• X-Pac beat Steve Blackman by DQ to retain the WWF European Title (Steven Regal interfered, REAL MAN'S MAAAAN)
• The Rock beat Droz (w/ LoD)
• Kane beat Gangrel (w/ Christian) (then Edge attacked)
• The Godfather vs. Tiger Ali Singh (w/ Babu) ended in a double DQ (they ignored the ref, and the fans ignored them)
• Kai En Tai (w/ Yamaguchi) beat the Oddities (Kurrgan/Golga/ICP) (w/ Silva and Luna) by DQ (ICP attacked the ref in their only televised WWF match)
• Marc Mero (w/ Jacqueline) beat Goldust by DQ (Shattered Dreams. Then Sable came out)
• The New Age Outlaws beat Mankind/Al Snow to retain the WWF World Tag Team Titles (this match ended when they couldn't decide whether Socko or Head would be the difference maker. Also the Nation tag guys interfered after)

SmackDown 283​

SmackDown episode 283 took place from the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa, FL and aired on January 13, 2005.

• The Basham Brothers beat RVD/Rey Mysterio, Eddie Guerrero/Booker T, and Mark Jindrak/Luther Reigns to win the WWE Tag Team Titles (RVD had messed up his knee and they needed to drop)
• Kurt Angle beat Roderick Strong
• John Cena beat Kenzo Suzuki (w/ Hiroko) to retain the WWE United States Title
• Joy Giovanni vs. Amy Weber never started (JBL abducted Joy so she wouldn't appear, which was revealed at the end of the episode)
• Funaki beat Nunzio to retain the WWE Cruiserweight Title

NXT 283​

NXT episode 283 took place from Full Sail University and aired on September 2, 2015.

• Rhyno/Baron Corbin beat the Ascension in the first round of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic
• Alexa Bliss beat Blue Pants
• Apollo Crews beat Martin Stone
• Eva Marie beat Billie Kay
• American Alpha beat Neville/Solomon Crowe in the first round of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic

Impact 283​

Impact episode 283 took place from the Impact Zone and aired on November 26, 2009. It was a Thanksgiving special with no storyline progression, but a TNA Championship Series tournament!

• Bobby Lashley (w/ Kristal) beat Abyss in the first round
• Desmond Wolfe beat Suicide in the first round
• Kurt Angle beat the Pope in the first round
• Robert Roode beat Homicide in the first round
• Tara won a TNA Knockouts Title #1 Contender's Battle Royal (vs. the rest of the division, except champ ODB who was the ref)
• Bobby Lashley (w/ Kristal) beat Desmond Wolfe by DQ in the semi-final
• Robert Roode beat Kurt Angle by count-out in the semi-final (Angle attacked Wolfe at ringside and forgot about the match)
• Bobby Lashley (w/ Kristal) beat Robert Roode in the final

 

[Chris]

Man I don't know 2001 Nitros at all lol I've seen the PPVs but don't think I ever got that far on TV. Shit looks so made up

 

[Sky]

Man I don't know 2001 Nitros at all lol I've seen the PPVs but don't think I ever got that far on TV. Shit looks so made up

You've been spared the Dusty Rhodes humiliation series and Hugh Morrus' push

 

[Sky]

Tonight's Dynamite is 284 and it's the final countdownnnnn

Nitro 284​

Nitro episode 284 took place from the Knoxville Civic Coliseum in Knoxville, TN and aired on March 12, 2001. It was the go-home show for WCW Greed, WCW's last pay-per-view event.

• Elix Skipper/Kid Romeo beat Kaz Hayashi/Jimmy Yang in the semi-finals of the WCW Cruiserweight Tag Team Title tournament
• Lance Storm/Mike Awesome beat the Mamalukes
• Booker T beat Lex Luger (clean, but post-match Rick Steiner, Cat, Kanyon, and DDP all came out to play)
• Shane Helms beat Evan Karagias (clean, but Chavo came out to spike Shane after)
• Kanyon vs. MI Smooth... was a match (no bell to start, no bell to end, the limo driver took four chair shots to the face and refused to stay down)
• DDP beat Rick Steiner by DQ (Animal interfered, followed by the other Seven members)

RAW 284​

RAW episode 284 took place from the Compaq Center in Houston, TX and aired on November 2, 1998.

• D-Generation X vs. the Brood ended in a no contest (Kane showed up and chokeslammed everyone)
• Road Warrior Hawk vs. Droz never started (Hawk was too intoxicated to compete - kayfabe)
• Kurrgan/Golga (w/ Silva and Luna) beat Mankind/Al Snow (Socko went missing and Mankind wandered off to let Snow get messed up)
• Goldust vs. Steven Regal ended in a no contest (Regal was too intoxicated to compete - legit. Also Kane attacked everyone)
• The Rock beat Ken Shamrock by DQ, failing to win the WWF Intercontinental Title
• Val Venis beat Jeff Jarrett (w/ Debra) by DQ (the Blue Blazer returned to attack Venis)
• D'Lo Brown/Mark Henry vs. the Headbangers in a WWF World Tag Team Title #1 Contender's match ended in a no contest (guess who attacked everyone? Hint: they wear red and they rhyme with "this thread brings me weekly pain")

SmackDown 284​

SmackDown episode 284 took place from the Bell Centre in Montreal, QC and aired on January 20, 2005. It was the go-home SmackDown for Royal Rumble 2005.

• The Basham Brothers beat Eddie Guerrero/Booker T by DQ to retain the WWE Tag Team Titles
• Scotty 2 Hotty beat Akio to qualify for the Royal Rumble
• John Cena beat Rene Dupree to qualify for the Royal Rumble
• Rey Mysterio beat Chavo Guerrero to qualify for the Royal Rumble

NXT 284​

NXT episode 284 took place from Full Sail University and aired on September 9, 2015.

• Carmella beat Peyton Royce
• #DIY beat Tyler Breeze/Bull Dempsey in the first round of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic
• Dana Brooke beat Billie Kay
• Finn Balor/Samoa Joe beat the Lucha Dragons in the first round of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic

Impact 284​

Impact episode 284 took place from the Impact Zone and aired on December 3, 2009.

• Alex Shelley (w/ Sabin) beat Doug Williams (w/ Magnus and Terry)
• Suicide beat Homicide (then Homicide tried to unmask Suicide but Pope made the save)
• The Pope beat Jesse Neal (leading to a face-off of Pope/Suicide/Hernandez/Morgan vs. Neal/Rhino/Team 3D)
• Kevin Nash/Eric Young beat Beer Money, Inc.
• Christopher Daniels beat Abyss (Abyss was distracted by the BPs bullying backstage interviewer Lauren. Also AJ Styles was on commentary and the mystery man attacked him)
• Hamada beat Sarita
• Kurt Angle beat Raven/Dr. Stevie (w/ Daffney) (then Desmond Wolfe attacked)

 

[Chris]

Man that Raw was Russo-rific lol