[2001-03-05-WCW-Nitro] Jeff Jarrett vs "Dusty Rhodes"

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Ever since Dustin Rhodes turned down Ric Flair’s efforts to recruit him back in January things have gotten ugly between the two parties.  With the aid of Flair’s officiating Jarrett scored a pinfall over Dustin last week on Nitro, this week ‘the Boss’ is giving Dusty a chance at getting some revenge against ‘Double J’.  Jarrett says he can finally achieve his destiny by putting the Rhodes name and legacy to rest and calls Dusty and his big, fat, white ass out here.  Tony Schiavone is giving this the big build up and what a momentous night it will be to see ‘the Dream’ here on Nitro.  It’s not ‘the Dream’, rather some guy in an old man mask wearing a fat suit and dressed up to look like him.  Schiavone apologizes for his exuberance on seeing this having got caught up in the moment.  Jarrett knows “Dusty” came to fight because he didn’t bring his bucket of fried chicken.  The “match” is treated as comedy, Jarrett pinning the imposter after a Bionic elbow and elbow drop in double quick time.  When he talks about ‘the Dream’ finally going to kiss ‘the Chosen One’s’ ass, it brings out Dustin Rhodes who has finally seen enough.  As the two go at it, the imposter is sat in the corner watching on, that is until Dustin lands a bulldog, he then tears off his prosthetic mask to reveal Ric Flair under the disguise.  His music is awful, but the actual Dream is here to save his son, the save very reminiscent of what happened the end of January with Big Dust throwing Bionic elbows and Flip, Flop & Flying.  Flair wants security to escort Dusty out of his building as he doesn’t work here.  ‘Dream’ pushes some more buttons, saying how Flair used to be a mega star but now he’s nothing more than an extra, which results in he and Jarrett rushing the ring only to get beaten down again.  ‘The Boss’ tells Dusty if he did work here he’d “kick his ass”, to which Dustin responds by reminding him that he does.  A forgetful Flair seems to think he doesn’t for some reason, clearly forgetting how he beat Rick Steiner to get reinstated, although if he wants to he can bring himself to Jacksonville, FL for Greed.  A tag match is set up for PPV, Dusty saying how he’s got one silver dollar left will and will make Flair kiss his white ass.

I think the crowd were more into this than me and it felt like a retread of Dusty’s last appearance on Nitro.  Comedy is supposed to be funny right?