[1997-09-22-WCW-Nitro] Disco Inferno vs Alex Wright

[Loss]

Talk about it here.

[Loss]

Last few minutes. Crowd is surprisingly hot for this when Disco crotches Wright, but Disco isn't a good enough worker to keep them engaged after that. Disco pins Wright after they both attempt a crossbody at the same time and wins the TV title.

 

Jacqueline comes out and wants a shot at the TV title! I didn't realize she was in the company this late. When did she jump?

[Kevin Ridge]

She stuck around a while longer and didn’t go to WWF until following summer. Disco had a great entrance and I liked him using a cheat sheet in the ring on how to put a figure four on (not in this match) but that would be the highlight for him to in my eyes.

[soup23]

The reign for Wright comes to an end. Announcers did a good job of getting over how these two were battling for the belt and leaving the nonsense at the door. I hated the Jacqueline stuff.

[El-P]

Jacqueline comes out and wants a shot at the TV title! I didn't realize she was in the company this late. When did she jump?

 

Surprisingly, she didn't follow Jeff Jarrett. *wink wink nudge nudge*

 

Sadly, the nice reign of Alex Wright comes to an end, and Disco is not yet the worker he would be the following year. Plus they gave him the belt so he can feud with Jackie, who makes a shoot remark about knowing why Disco didn't show up for the last six months (apparently the wanted to job him to Jackie earlier that year and Disco refused and left). This was a terrible idea that did nothing but hurt the status of the TV belt, which had been immaculate for years. I dunno if that was a Terry Taylor idea or if Sullivan was getting burned out at this point.

[PeteF3]

Disco upsets Wright for the TV title in a nice moment, that's ruined not 10 seconds later by the presence of Jacqueline. I like Jackie just fine, but this angle was just stupid and petty and something that 2015 WWF would do.