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Welcome to Worked Shoot Wrestling! You see, WCW has been buried as we know it. Uncle Vince Russo has given us something entirely new. If you don't like what the boss is doing, fight it!

Right now the top tier is being shared by five men - Bill Goldberg, Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, Sting and Bret Hart. But I just love what Booker T and Dustin Rhodes did Monday night. They are playing the worked shoot very well. Buff Bagwell continues to overcome the Powers That Be and Jeff Jarrett is their golden boy. And those Harris twins are something else as enforcers. David Flair actually reminded me of his dad Monday night. Did I really just say that?

Lex Luger as a cowardly heel? It sure does look like he's getting over in that mode. By the same token, Russo should forget about keeping Sting as a heel. That's NOT getting over.

I do wonder about all these repeated references to the WWF. Russo and company ought to worry about their own product. By mentioning the Undertaker and Steve Austin, he's asking for fans to play with the remote!

Let me say that the Chris Benoit-Madusa match was so funny, I cried from laughing. Memo from Mr. Mean to Russo: If you want to me to job to Torrie Wilson the same way Evan Karagias did to Madusa, call me!

Well, it's not a Big Show but let's look at some of the highlights from a busy Monday. All these short segments lead to a busy show. I don't know if that's what I prefer all the time. I still remember Rick Flair and Ricky Steamboat going 54 minutes a long time ago. Not a single minute was boring.

Sid Vicious was livid with Hall and Nash over last week. Hall explained that he don't do no stinking jobs. Nash used a little spin to convince Sid that Hart was the bad guy. Sid probably thought Goldberg was the bad guy too after eating a spear. I wonder if anyone saw the four-way dance coming. I wonder if anyone else KNEW that Hall would win because the other three guys don't need the U.S. belt stay over. Hall really doesn't need it, either.

I enjoyed Dean Malenko's mic work in challenging Rey and Torrie to a mixed tag match with him and Asya.

Luger got some big time heel heat when trying to "apologize" to Sting. I think the Total Package moniker is dead. Tony Schiavone even referred to him as Lex Luger. Sting didn't accept.

I really lost it when Karagias interfered in the Benoit-Madusa match and started fighting with referee Johnny Boone. And Boone slugged it out with him! That was cool. Equally cool was Jarrett running in and later telling Madusa, "Let me spell it out for you. I just screwed you out of the tournament."

I chuckled when Russo belittled Chavo Guerrero for winning the "ham and egger" battle royal. Sorry, Chavo. No push.

Where was WCW's vaunted security when Kimberly was fleeing from David Flair? I mean Goldberg gets a phalanx of officers when he heads to the ring.

Speaking of security, Nash has some lined for him and Hall. They are riot cops and you can't see their faces. ANOTHER ripoff of the WWF. You didn't suppose that one of those cops would later be Goldberg, did you?

What I'm saying is that they were just a little predictable in some cases, at least to the smarts. That doesn't mean I didn't enjoy it. Trust me, I did.

Nash as the Grand Wizard wasn't quite as funny as his goof on Vince McMahon but it was passable.

Rhodes was a riot as an Undertaker wannabe. The entrance was cool. Then Dustin began shooting. He basically told the PTB to screw the gimmick. He's just going to be Dustin Rhodes. The mic work was good and the anti-PTB stance might fly.

Luger macing Sting just added to the cowardly heel act. Then when he faked a knee injury to avoid facing Sid in the tournament. Sorry, Lex. Sting wheeled him down to the ring and fed him to Sid. Goldberg ended up spearing both of them and no winner was announced.

Goldberg was in a spearing mood, yeah. Lash LeRoux does the inevitable job to Hall and Nash brings the cops into the ring. Then he tells them to leave. One doesn't. Nah, it ain't Goldberg. No way. Until the helmet comes off. Spears for the Outsiders. That was funny.

Asya looked good in the mixed tag, nailing a great vertical suplex on Rey. But they aren't going to make her like Chyna, are they? No, that would be ripping off the WWF.

Booker T called out the Harris twins and Jarrett, saying he wasn't going to take the PTB's crap. Too many bodies, Booker. That big, muscular black tried to help but ate a guitar. Jarrett may be monster heel yet.

The Buff Bagwell-Vampiro match had its moments. Berlyn and the BWNN caused Vampiro to get disqualified and that led to a beating from the Harris twins. They don't want Buff to win.

They don't want Curt Hennig to win either. Hennig lost to Jarrett via count-out because the Harris twins punked him. Why didn't the ref DQ Jarrett? Just kidding.

The four-way ladder match for the U.S. title had its great spots. How could a ladder match not? They gave it away when Nash was the referee. Rick Steiner ran in. He has wanted Sid's attention all night. Poor Rick. Why does everybody have to slight him?

And where did the belt end up? DOWN THERE!