[2001-03-07-WCW-Thunder] Lance Storm vs Konnan

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The one thing Lance Storm hates more than Americans is wannabe Americans.  Konnan enters through the crowd, jumping Storm during the playing of the Canadian national anthem.  A knee to the mid-section stops K-Dawg’s initial onslaught as Lance then tosses him to the floor where he slams his head into a steel chair.  Mike Tenay says that Konnan is in the process of releasing a Hip Hop album in the U.S. as he looks to try and achieve the same level of mainstream success here as he has in Mexico.  Like in the previous match Storm is going after Konnan’s lower back.  Tony Schiavone talks about the new ownership and it already sounds like they’re setting the stage for the eventual return of Bill Goldberg and Kevin Nash.  I did wonder how they would  get around that but reckon they would’ve just bought them back, saying that it happened under the old regime, this is a new WCW and we’re starting a fresh.  Lance jumps into Konnan’s raised boot as he comes off the top, the same spot that was done in the Stasiak/Smiley match.  That turns the match around and a face jam puts Storm down.  Tequila Sunrise submission when we cut to an extended shot of the crowd.  That’s always the sign of some screw up or botch when it happens on one of the taped shows.  We cut back and things have already moved on.  Storm counters a second face jam with a double leg take down, into the Canadian Maple Leaf and K-Dawg taps.  Mike Awesome is out to give Team Canada the advantage, Hugh Morrus, now selling his knee, providing some back up for Konnan.  Challenges are thrown down and a tag match is set for Greed.