[2001-02-19-WCW-Nitro] Diamond Dallas Page vs Kanyon

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Nothing shows a company is running out of ideas more like repeating the exact same skit they did a month ago.  Just like when Goldberg was forced to leave WCW and a mock funeral was held for him, one is being held for Kevin Nash, ‘the Magnificent Seven’ all dressed in black as a casket is brought to the ring.  Ric Flair starts off talking in sombre tones saying how Nash’s career has come to an end... because ‘the Magnificent Seven’ struck again and now there’s no-one left to stand against them.  Scott Steiner takes over from him, saying that their motto in the new WCW is winning isn’t everything, it’s the only thing, and if they have to break a few bones or break a few rules that’s exactly what they’ll do.  He runs through his victims (Sting, Booker, Goldberg and Sid) and intimates that he’s not yet finished with Nash because he made the mistake of putting his hands on his “freak” (Midajah). Despite Flair saying how there was no-one left to stand against them, Steiner mentions there is one man left.  He opens the casket to reveal Kanyon, dressed as DDP, doing his Positively Kanyon gimmick.  A rematch from last night has been signed for later in the show and Steiner wants Kanyon to beat Page, to hurt him, just enough though for him to survive to Greed where he can get his hands on him himself.  Steiner has stumbled over his words several times throughout this promo.  DDP shows up in the crowd, plugs the Greed match because as long as he has that there is nothing Steiner can do to him, then reels off his catchphrase.

Kanyon is wrestling this, at least he’s starting, as Positively Kanyon, complete with badly fitting wig and motivational book.  DDP slides into the ring and Kanyon tries to run away but gets grabbed by the pants and tossed over the top to the floor.  Pescado by Page.  Kanyon reverses the whip into the railing and a right then sends DDP over it into the crowd.  Back in the ring Page with a tilt-a-whirl slam.  They’re calling Kanyon’s win last night the biggest win of his career.  Page goes for the ‘ten punch in the corner’ spot but Kanyon Snake Eyes’ him into the top turnbuckle.   Sicilian slice for a two.  DDP is about to escape the rear chinlock so Kanyon grabs him by the hair and slams him back to the mat, reapplying it.  He escapes at the second time of asking, shooting Kanyon off after some back elbows and then planting him with a modified uranage.  Both men are down but when they get to their feet it’s Page who’s got the second wind as he unloads with right and left combinations.   Discus lariat followed by a belly to back.  He signals for the Diamond Cutter however Kanyon low blows him.  DDP kicks out of the Kanyon Cutter, Schiavone erroneously thinking that is what beat Page last night.  Kanyon slogs him with a loaded book, Charles Robinson otherwise occupied, disposing of a chair that he’d moments earlier bought into the ring, and again he kicks out of the cover.  As he puts some knux on his hand, given to him by Scott Steiner, Diamond Cutter and Page avenges his loss from yesterday.  Steiner is on his way out, but DDP sees him and the troops coming so hops out into the crowd before they’re able to get their hands on him.