WCW Thunder 9/18/2003
The go-home show before Fall Brawl kicks off with the first semifinal match in the Cruiserweight Title tournament. Harry Smith's unlikely road to the final four has included victories over Ca$h and "Primetime" Elix Skipper, while Chavo Guerrero Jr. has knocked off Jamie Noble and Shannon Moore. These two were on opposing teams on Nitro resulting in a double DQ. No draws tonight, though, as Chavo ends Smith's Cinderella story with a well-timed brainbuster to advance to the title match.
A brief promo video for the Scott Hall/Nikita Koloff match plays.
Chavo's Fall Brawl opponent is to be determined next as the deranged Crowbar, who has defeated "Above Average" Mike Sanders and AJ Styles to get to this point, takes on Juventud Guerrera, who holds victories over Ultimo Dragon and America's Most Wanted's Chris Harris. While not quite as good as our opener, these two put on another exciting cruiser match that ends with Juvi hitting the Juvi Driver for the win.
After the match, WCW Executive Committee member Bret "Hit Man" Hart comes to the ring to make it official, in three nights at Fall Brawl, it will be Chavo Guerrero Jr. against Juventud Guerrera for the vacant WCW Cruiserweight Title!
Rick Steiner has one last chance to redeem himself in the eyes of the New World Order as he takes on Team WCW's Dustin Rhodes. Steiner has lost four matches in a row, and must defeat Rhodes to earn Scott Norton's spot on Team nWo for War Games. Norton has other plans and attacks Rhodes, resulting in a DQ victory for the Son Of A Son Of A Plumber. After the match, Rick and Norton get in a shoving match.
The rest of the nWo enters the ring to pull them apart... and then turns on Steiner! Sting, Norton, Luger, Bagwell, and even Rick's own brother Scott put the boots to Steiner, leaving him laying.
Back from break, officials have removed Steiner from the ring and Road Warrior Animal is on his way down the ramp to challenge Sting for our next contest. Animal has a big match with Vader in three days, but he's no match for the former World Champion, and Sting puts him away with the Scorpion Deathdrop.
We have a big eight-man tag team match next, but the first man to the ring, AJ Styles, grabs a microphone. He cuts a promo on "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan, who he got physical with earlier (phrasing). He challenges Duggan to a match at Fall Brawl. They hear it through the headset... YES. Duggan accepts the challenge.
Styles' partners for this match will be the aforementioned Big Van Vader, Natural Born Thriller Sean O'Haire, and the #1 contender for the World Heavyweight Title, the chosen one Jeff Jarrett. Their opponents will be four of the five members of Team WCW, Hulk Hogan, Goldberg, Booker T, and Rey Mysterio Jr. The announcers hype up War Games and say that the Executive Committee has announced that whoever gets the decisive fall in that match will be #1 contender for the World Title at Halloween Havoc in October! Team WCW shows that they are a well-oiled machine, ending with Goldberg spearing O'Haire almost in half before picking up the win with the Jackhammer.
Ric Flair is backstage. He says Ric Flair things, which means this is a 100% segment, baby! WOOOOOOO! He says you don't wanna miss Fall Brawl, because the Nature Boy is gonna be in Atlanta, and that means the party is gonna last allllll niiiiiight looooooong.
Our main event match is for the World Tag Team Championships. The Mamalukes, representing the Natural Born Thrillers, defend against the World Champion "Sugar" Shane Helms and the United States Champion Mike Awesome. The announcers speculate about what would happen if Helms and Awesome won, since Helms was forced to vacate the Cruiserweight Title because he had won the World Title. It's all for naught, though, as Jarrett returns to the ring and blasts Helms with a guitar, allowing Johnny The Bull to pick up the victory. After the match, Jarrett helps the Thrillers put the boots to the fallen babyfaces as we're outta time don't miss Fall Brawl exclusively on pay-pe--
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Quick Results (Final Rating 6.86)
- SEMIFINALS - Chavo Guerrero Jr. over Harry Smith
- Scott Hall/Nikita Koloff promo video
- SEMIFINALS - Juventud Guerrera over Crowbar
- Bret Hart makes it official: Chavo vs. Juvi for the vacant Cruiserweight Title at Fall Brawl
- Dustin Rhodes over Rick Steiner when Scott Norton attacks Rhodes, resulting in a DQ loss for Steiner
- nWo assaults Rick Steiner, kicking him out
- Sting over Road Warrior Animal
- AJ Styles challenges Jim Duggan for Fall Brawl
- Team WCW (Hulk Hogan, Goldberg, Rey Mysterio Jr. and Booker T) over AJ Styles, Big Van Vader, Jeff Jarrett, and Sean O'Haire
- Ric Flair promo, you don't wanna miss Fall Brawl.
- TAG TEAM TITLES - The Mamalukes (c) over Shane Helms and Mike Awesome when Jeff Jarrett costs Helms
Fall Brawl 2003 Card (9/21)- War Games: Team WCW (Hulk Hogan, Goldberg, Rey Mysterio Jr., Booker T, and Dustin Rhodes) vs. New World Order (Sting, Lex Luger, Scott Steiner, Buff Bagwell, and Scott Norton)
- WCW World Heavyweight Title: Shane Helms (c) vs. Jeff Jarrett
- WCW Cruiserweight Title: Chavo Guerrero Jr. vs. Juventud Guerrera
- Street Fight: Road Warrior Animal vs. Big Van Vader
- America's Most Wanted vs. Chuck Palumbo & Sean O'Haire
- Ernest Miller vs. Konnan
- Scott Hall vs. Nikita Koloff
- Jim Duggan vs. AJ Styles