[2000-10-25-WCW-Thunder] Goldberg & Sting & Booker T vs Kronik & Jeff Jarrett

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Booker and Sting backstage say they have had their differences but they are happy to team up now. Then we get a longform sitdown interview with Goldberg and Tony. Mick Foley and Jim Ross this was not but it does humanizes Goldberg and he is well spoken. Whether long term or not that was a positive, he at least is talking and acting like a human in the post booked Russo era than when he was involved in it. Not an awful lead into the PPV with some decent action and a lot of interaction of everyone. The crowd is really hot for Goldberg and he did a good job of putting over Kronik as a threat. The finish comes when Sting misses a guitar shot and Sting wins. Steiner runs right in with the pipe and the heels are on top as the show goes off the air. **

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A lengthy sit down interview between Tony Schiavone and Goldberg and apparently this is a big moment for Tony.  They put over the recent tour of Australia before talking about his new streak and how he’ll be out of WCW if he gets beaten before he breaks it.  Goldberg goes a decent job in putting over the challenge he faces at Halloween Havoc in Kronik and they close by plugging his new book.  This was overly long (about ten minutes in total) and I found myself losing interest the longer it went.

Schiavone mentions that Scott Steiner is in the arena tonight, pretty much telegraphing his involvement here at some point.  Booker tries to get the crowd to clap along with him but they’re more interested in chanting for Goldberg.  He gets the better of a shoulder tackle, counters Jarrett’s hip toss with one of his own and drops him with a spin kick to the head.  ‘The Book’ tags in the man the crowd want to see, Jarrett immediately backing away.  Kronik have a quick chat amongst themselves and Brian Adams decides that he wants in.  Neither flinches off a shoulder charge and with them nose to nose, he tells Goldberg to try it again.  He makes out as if he’s about to, only to level Adams with a short clothesline instead.  Double underhook Judo throw and Adams has had enough already.  Clark’s a bit more tentative now after what he’s just seen but he needn’t worry as Goldberg tags out to Sting.  ‘The Stinger’ straight away targets his legs with kicks and even locks in the ‘Scorpion Deathlock’ resulting in Adams pulling his partner to the ropes for the break.  Flying forearm by Booker gets him a near fall.  The Irish whip is reversed and Adams with a knee to the back, in a spot I swear I’ve seen so often recently.  Clark with a DDT and a piledriver by Adams.  Booker gets a two count off a roll up, ducks a swinging right and hits a neckbreaker.  He tags both of his partners at the same time which brings in the opposition as it looks like the official is about to lose control of things.  A great looking powerslam by Goldberg on Clark.  He sets himself for the spear but Clark steps out the way and Goldberg goes flying shoulder first into the ring post.  Double chokeslam and Sting with the save just in time as Schiavone was convinced that would’ve been the end of the streak.  Scott Steiner, as expected, is out and he’s beating on Booker.  ‘Stinger splash’ on Adams, he avoids the Jarrett guitar shot then gets the three on him after a ‘Scorpion Death Drop’.  Steiner has pulled out a lead pipe that he uses as a weapon and the show goes off the air with Booker in the ‘recliner’, Sting in the figure four and Kronik doing a number on Goldberg.

After that ‘Stinger splash’ I was convinced Brian Adams was taking the fall here, so glad I was wrong on that one as it would have been ridiculous decision just days away from Halloween Havoc.  Strong post-match and show closing with the heels in control and looking dominant going into the PPV.