[2000-11-01-WCW-Thunder] 3 Count vs Jung Dragons

[soup23]

Some dissention is starting to form in 3 Count between Evan and Sugar Shane. Leia is leading the Dragons now and has given them more of an edge. The match is a spotfest with tons of double team and triple team dives but the crowd seemed quieter than usual. The match also has a lot of storyline elements with Evan gloating for 3 Count and Meia berating Jaime San throughout the match. Shane and Shannon get a run of offense on Jamie san and then Evan comes in and steals the pin. Afterwards, Jaime is unmasked by Leia as Noble and 3 Count beats up Evan changing up the dynamic of these two sides. **1/2

 

[GSR]

There looks to be some dissension brewing between 3 Count as Evan is more interested in posing, while Shane takes exception to him calling himself ‘the leader’ of the group and wishes he would concentrate on the upcoming match.  There is zero reaction to any of this from the fans though who are deathly quiet throughout.  We get a quick video package of Leah Meiow showing the impact that she’s had on the Dragons and the action is already underway when we return.  Stereo Asai moonsaults to the floor by Yang and Kaz.  Jamie-san is putting the boots to Helms when Leah gets up on the apron and instructs him to help out his partner.  He follows her orders but has taken too long, as 3 Count move out the way and his springboard flip dive hits his fellow Dragons instead.  Combination suplex/slingshot senton from Shannon and Shane.  Yang blocks the hip toss and counters with a clothesline, Moore taking his customary spin bump in the process.  Jamie goes for a springboard leg drop however there’s no-one home.  Things go from bad to worse for the Dragons when Shannon reverses the Irish whip, leap frogs over Jamie and he crashes into Kaz.  Nice ‘round the world’ arm drag by Shannon.  Evan with a drop toe hold, but he’d rather dance than follow up on it and Kaz small packages him for a near fall.  After a lariat and a powerslam he’s back dancing.  His partners have had enough and want in, however he tells them to leave it to him.  Quesadora into an ‘X-Factor’ and when Karagias once more dismisses them, Helms resorts to tagging himself in instead.  He takes his frustrations out on Hayashi until Kaz flips over on the back suplex and tags in Yang.  The Dragons have got things under control when Shane ducks under a lariat and Jamie accidentally clotheslines Yang in the back of the head.  ‘Rocker dropper’ by Shannon.  He and Helms hit their Samoan drop/neckbreaker double team and Evan sneaks in to steal the pin.  Post-match they then hit their finisher on Karagias having had enough of him hogging the spotlight.  Meanwhile Leah berates Jamie over his performance and when she grabs his mask he swipes her arm away leading to the other two dragons attacking him.  Yang with a reverse tombstone before Leah pulls his mask off, presumably signalling the end of his time in the Jung Dragons.

The action is always good when these teams face one another and this appears to be the start of freshening things up, moving away from two three-man teams, to three two-man ones.