WCW Thunder – 2001 Results

12/22/00; Memphis, TN; Mid-South Coliseum
1/3/01:
Shane Helms defeated Jamie Knoble
Sean O’Haire & Chuck Palumbo defeated Cpl. Cajun & A-Wall
Meng defeated Crowbar in a chair on a pole match
Bill Goldberg defeated Mark Jindrak
Ernest Miller defeated Reno
Mike Awesome (w/ Lance Storm, Elix Skipper, & Major Gunns) pinned Jim Duggan with a shoulderblock and frog splash after Duggan knocked Storm and Skipper off the apron; after the bout, Billy Kidman, Konnan, Rey Mysterio Jr., and Tygress made the save for Duggan and cleared the ring of Team Canada; moments later, Konnan showed Team Canada’s bus in the parking lot, now spraypainted by the Filthy Animals
Dewayne Bruce defeated Buff Bagwell via disqualification
Jeff Jarrett defeated Sid Vicious via disqualification after WCW World Champion Scott Steiner interfered

1/8/01; St. Paul, MN; Xcel Energy Center
1/10/01:
Chuck Palumbo & Sean O’Haire defeated Kwee Wee & Big Vito
Lance Storm & Elix Skipper defeated Rey Mysterio Jr. & Billy Kidman
Hugh Morrus, WCW Tag Team Champions Kevin Nash & Diamond Dallas Page defeated Shane Douglas, Mark Jindrak, & Shawn Stasiak
Meng defeated Don Harris
Kronik defeated Lex Luger & Buff Bagwell via disqualification
Sid Vicious defeated WCW World Champion Scott Steiner via disqualification

1/15/01; Ft. Wayne, IN; Allen County War Memorial
1/17/01:
Rick Steiner defeated Kwee Wee
WCW Hardcore Champion Meng defeated Bam Bam Bigelow in a hardcore match
Ron Harris defeated Norman Smiley
Lex Luger & Buff Bagwell defeated Kronik
Mike Awesome defeated Billy Kidman
WCW Cruiserweight Champion Chavo Guerrero Jr. defeated Gen. Rection in a non-title match
Diamond Dallas Page defeated Jeff Jarrett via disqualification

1/22/01; Winston-Salem, NC; Lawrence Joel Memorial Coliseum
1/24/01 – hosted by Tony Schiavone & Mike Tenay; included a backstage segment showing Norman Smiley happy to see someone in a doorway, with Smiley assured that his back would be watched tonight; featured an in-ring segment with Ernest Miller, along with Miss Jones, going over the card for the show; included Kwee Wee, along with Paisley, challenging anyone in the arena to a fight and eventually dragging a fan out of the crowd and dropping him with a piledriver; featured Ric Flair and Team Flair assaulting Kevin Nash, Diamond Dallas Page, and Miller backstage; included Rick Steiner telling Kronik to go to the ring and he would keep watch on Page & Nash, with WCW US Champion Shane Douglas then attacking Steiner from behind with a chain:
Rey Mysterio Jr. (w/ Tygress) defeated Shane Helms, Elix Skipper, Evan Karagias, Billy Kidman, Yang (w/ Leia Meow) Jamie Knoble, Lash LeRoux, Shannon Moore, and Kaz Hayashi in a gauntlet match; stipulations stated the winner would challenge WCW Cruiserweight Champion Chavo Guerrero Jr. at SuperBrawl Revenge; Helms pinned Skipper at 1:43 with the Vertebreaker; Helms pinned Karagias at the 36-second mark with the Vertebreaker; Kidman pinned Helms at 1:55 with the Kid Krusher after countering the Vertebreaker; Kidman pinned Yang at 3:16 with the Kid Krusher off the middle rope; Knoble pinned Billy Kidman at 2:30 with a tombstone; Mysterio pinned Knoble at 1:27 with a springboard diving headbutt to Knoble’s back; Mysterio pinned LeRoux at 1:01 with a split-legged moonsault; Mysterio pinned Moore at the 54-second mark with a bridging double-leg cradle; Mysterio pinned Hayashi at 1:37 with a wheelbarrow bulldog off the middle rope
Mike Awesome (w/ Major Gunns) pinned Norman Smiley at 7:16 with the running Awesome Bomb; during the match, Glacier came ringside, posed, and slapped hands with fans at ringside as Smiley begged for his help
Jeff Jarrett pinned Hugh Morrus at 4:52 with the Stoke after the Wall interfered and hit Morrus with a chokeslam; after the match, Jarrett & the Wall double-teamed Morrus until Diamond Dallas Page came out of the crowd and ran them off
Ron Harris (w/ Don Harris) defeated Crowbar (w/ Daffney) at 6:47 when Don switched places with his brother and pinned Crowbar with a spinebuster
Rick Steiner pinned Bam Bam Bigelow at 4:58 with the bulldog off the top; after the match, Steiner laid out a challenge to Ric Flair and his group
Kronik defeated WCW World Champion Scott Steiner (w/ Midajah) & Road Warrior Animal at 6:44 when Bryan Clarke pinned Animal after the High Times; late in the match, Lex Luger & Buff Bagwell attempted to interfere, with Ernest Miller stopping them but eventually being beaten down; after the match, Kronik were beaten down by Steiner, Animal, Luger, Bagwell, and Jeff Jarrett, with Animal powerslamming Brian Adams off the middle rope as the show ended

2/5/01; Tupelo, MS; Bancorpsouth Center
2/7/01:
Kaz Hayashi pinned Shane Helms with a German suplex into a bridge Sean O’Haire pinned Norman Smiley
Ernest Miller pinned Elix Skipper
Brian Adams pinned Lex Luger
Rey Mysterio Jr. pinned the Wall
Kwee Wee pinned Rick Michaels
Konnan defeated Mike Sanders
Diamond Dallas Page & Kevin Nash defeated WCW US Champion Rick Steiner & Jeff Jarrett

2/12/01; Biloxi, MS; Coast Coliseum
2/14/01:
Jamie Knoble & Evan Karagias defeated AJ Styles & Air Paris
WCW Tag Team Champion Sean O’Haire pinned Mark Jindrak
Mike Sanders pinned Kwee Wee
Mike Awesome pinned Ernest Miller
WCW Cruiserweight Champion Chavo Guerrero Jr. & the Wall defeated Rey Mysterio Jr. & Hugh Morrus
Buff Bagwell pinned Konnan
Jeff Jarrett & WCW US Champion Rick Steiner defeated Diamond Dallas Page & Dustin Rhodes

2/19/01; Huntsville, AL; Von Braun Civic Center
2/21/00:
Kaz Hayashi pinned Kwee Wee
AJ Styles & Air Paris defeated Alex Wright & Disco Inferno
Shawn Stasiak pinned Big Vito
Diamond Dallas Page & Ernest Miller defeated Buff Bagwell & Kanyon
Jeff Jarrett pinned Crowbar
WCW Tag Team Champion Chuck Palumbo pinned Lex Luger
WCW World Champion Scott Steiner defeated Hugh Morrus in a non-title match

2/26/01; New Orleans, LA; Lakefront Arena
2/28/01:
WCW Cruiserweight Tag Team Championship Tournament Quarter-Finals: Yang & Kaz Hayashi defeated Mike Sanders & Kwee-Wee
Shawn Stasiak pinned Johnny the Bull
Shane Helms pinned Johnny Swinger
Mike Awesome pinned Konnan
WCW Tag Team Champion Chuck Palumbo pinned Disco Inferno
WCW US Champion Rick Steiner pinned Big Vito
Booker T defeated WCW World Champion Scott Steiner via disqualification

3/5/01; Greenville, SC; Bi-Lo Center
3/7/01:
WCW Cruiserweight Tag Team Championship Tournament Quarter-Finals: Shannon Moore & Evan Karagias defeated Jason B and Scotty O
Shawn Stasiak pinned Norman Smiley
Shane Helms pinned Elix Skipper
WCW US Champion Rick Steiner pinned Hugh Morrus in a non-title match
WCW Tag Team Champion Chuck Palumbo pinned Lex Luger
Lance Storm defeated Konnan
WCW World Champion Scott Steiner defeated Ernest Miller in a non-title match

3/12/01; Knoxville, TN; Civic Coliseum
3/14/01:
WCW Cruiserweight Tag Team Championship Tournament Semi-Finals: Rey Mysterio Jr. & Billy Kidman defeated Shannon Moore & Evan Karagias
Jason Jett pinned Alex Wright
Shawn Stasiak pinned Reno
WCW Tag Team Champion Sean O’Haire defeated Buff Bagwell, WCW Tag Team Champion Chuck Palumbo, and Lex Luger in a handicap match
Shane Helms pinned Kwee Wee
Hugh Morrus & Konnan defeated Mike Sanders & Disco Inferno
Jeff Jarrett & WCW US Champion Rick Steiner defeated Diamond Dallas Page & Dustin Rhodes

3/19/01; Gainesville, FL
3/21/01 – final episode:
Yang & Kaz Hayashi defeated AJ Styles & Air Paris
Jason Jett pinned Cash
Ernest Miller & MI Smooth defeated Chris Kanyon & Road Warrior Animal
Hugh Morrus pinned Rick Steiner
WCW Cruiserweight Champion Shane Helms, Rey Mysterio Jr., & Billy Kidman defeated Chavo Guerrero Jr., WCW Cruiserweight Tag Team Champions Kid Romeo & Elix Skipper
WCW Tag Team Champion Chuck Palumbo pinned Mike Awesome
WCW World Champion Scott Steiner & Jeff Jarrett defeated Dustin Rhodes in a handicap match