[2001-02-14-WCW-Thunder] Mike Sanders vs Kwee Wee

[GSR]

Lance Storm is the new Commissioner of WCW after defeating the Cat.  Mike Sanders goes to see him but Storm takes exception to being called “Lance”, “Did anyone call you Mike when you were Commissioner?”  The new Commissioner has got a job for him anyway, wanting him to take care of Kwee Wee who has sent him a note asking if he can put in a word with Ric Flair for him.  Sanders promises to do that, although Lance warns him to watch promising things if can’t deliver.

They’re referring to Sanders as Flair’s, the man that Kwee Wee is trying to win favour with, protégé.  Sanders is grinning at his opponent, even blowing him a kiss at one point.  A slap across the face awakens ‘Angry Alan’ and this is on.  Sanders counters the piledriver with a backdrop, however showboats prior to dropping the knee and Kwee Wee moves out the way.  Kwee Wee tries to suplex him from the apron to the outside but Sanders slips down his back looking for a powerbomb onto the concrete.  He’s able to reverse that though into a huracanrana.  Sunset flip off the apron to the floor!  Back inside Sanders keeps hold of the arm on the Irish whip, slides back through Kwee Wee’s legs and hits a pumphandle belly to back.  Kwee Wee escapes the side headlock and then repeatedly slams Sander’s face into the mat before whipping him from post to post.  The fans are surprisingly behind Kwee Wee here.  Forward roll slam, the commentators talking about what a big win this would be to show Flair what he’s all about.  Just as it appears he’s got this one in the bag he misses a charge to the corner, going shoulder first into the ringpost.  Sanders quickly schoolboys him, hooking the tights at the same time, and gets the win.  Mike Tenay thinks tactics like that are a good way to impress his mentor, ‘the Dirtiest Player in the Game’, and he will have liked what he saw.

Kwee Wee is a guilty pleasure of mine.  He worked hard as he always does and as a result this was an enjoyable TV bout.