By Joe De Leon
Hosted by Tony Schivaone, Larry Zbyszko,
Bobby Heenan, and Lee Marshall
Live from Fort Wayne,
Indiana
• Booker T. defeated Norman Smiley with a Sidewalk
Slam.
-Norman Smiley put up a tough fight and played the heel in the match.
Booker T. took the win with a Sidewalk Slam.
•Scott Hall (w/Horace, Stevie Ray, Scott Norton, and
Vincent) defeated Disco Inferno with the Outside Edge.
-Scott Hall, in great
condition, dominated Disco Inferno and finished off the match with the Outsider
Edge.
• Chris Jericho Interview - (Conducted by Tony
Schiavone)
-Tony Schiavone announced that Chris Jericho would take on Bobby
Duncum, Jr. in a Television Title rematch at World War III. Schiavone pointed
out that Jericho walked out in his match the Monday before on Nitro with Duncum.
As Jericho insulted Duncum, Duncum attacked him from behind. Jericho screamed as
he was tied up like a dog.
• Pre-recorded footage was shown of Kaz Hayashi asking Scott Hall to be his tag team partner for World War III to take on Ernest Miller and Sonny Onoo. Hall thought Hayashi said, "Miller Lite." Hall told Hayashi to wait for the Miller Lite after the show, because if they drank before, they would get in trouble. Hayashi looked confused and continued to look in his English-Japanese translation book.
• Eddie Guerrero defeated Kidman via Pinfall.
-It
was originally scheduled to be Kidman vs. Rey Mysterio, Jr. Kidman said he
didn't want a match against the LWO Mysterio, but the good Mysterio. Eddie
Guerrero defended Mysterio, saying Mysterio didn't need to prove anything.
Mysterio said he did have something to prove, and said if he beat Kidman, he
would get a Cruiserweight Title shot against Juventud Guerrera at World War III.
Guerrero disagreed, and said LWO had to stick together as one, as other members
made their ways in. Although Mysterio wanted to wrestle the match, Guerrero took
it instead. Mysterio and the rest of the LWO members left, as a match got
underway. The unknown bodyguard and Mysterio came back down, and argued as
Kidman was about to execute the Shooting Star Press. Kidman nailed the unknown
bodyguard with a flying body-press, and Mysterio accidently got caught in the
middle of the maneuver. After Kidman got into a verbal argument with the unknown
bodyguard, with Mysterio involved, Guerrero rolled up Kidman from behind, and
used the ropes as leverage to win the match via Pinfall.
• Scott Norton (w/Scott Hall, Horace, Stevie Ray, and
Vincent) defeated Scott Putski with the Jack-Knife Powerbomb.
-Scott Hall,
Horace, Vincent, and Stevie Ray got several cheap shots on Scott Putski. Norton
dominated Putski, and easily finished off the match with the Jack-Knife
Powerbomb.
• Pre-recorded footage was shown of Kaz Hayashi looking for a tag team partner for the World War III pay-per-view. He asked Disco Infero, but Disco thought Hayashi met a dancing partner, and Disco said he only dances that with women. Saturn walked up, got into a brief argument with Disco, and said may be he would team up with Hayashi.
• Ernest Miller Interview (w/Sonny Onoo)
-Ernest
Miller and Sonny Onoo first talked about their upcoming tag team match against
Kaz Hayashi and his partner. Onoo introduced a two-time karate champion, Super
Sensai. Sensai wasn't even oriental. Hayashi popped up from behind, and ran
across the ring after Onoo, only to get attacked by Miller. Both Onoo and Miller
continued to attack Hayashi,, until Saturn made the save, confirming he would be
Hayashi's tag team partner at World War III. As Miller left, he attacked Super
Sensai on the outside of the ring.
• Alex Wright defeated Chavo Guerrero, Jr. via
Pinfall.
-Alex Wright and Chavo Guerrero, Jr. wrestled a great mat-technician
match. Wright used a very unique, flipped-over pinfall hold to take the win.
After the match, Wright broke Pepe. Chavo wasn't too pleased.
• Kanyon defeated Prince Iaukea with the
Flatliner.s
-Kanyon asked the crowd who was better than him, and of course,
he got nothing but negative feedback. Prince Iaukea only hit Kanyon with a few
maneuvers. After Kanyon executed the Flatliner, he took the win.
• Wrath defated Saturn with the Meltdown.
-As
Wrath and Saturn wrestled an excellent match, Sonny Onoo and Ernest Miller made
their ways down. Onoo distracted the referee, while Miller nailed Saturn from
behind with a kick. Wrath took the advantage, and finished off Saturn with the
Meltdown. Following the match, Kaz Hayashi came in to help out
Saturn.
• Bret Hart defeated Konnan by making him submit to
the Sharpshooter.
-As the match went on, Stevie Ray walked down, and secretly
hit Konnan behind the head with a slapjack. Hart put Konnan in the
Sharpsthooter. Konnan couldn't even submit, because he was unconcious, but the
referee called the match. Hart was about to injure Konnan's knee with a chair,
but Diamond Dallas Page made the save. DDP and Hart brawled as the show went off
the air.