Vince Russo sure does like to fire people. But they don't seem to go away.

The Vin man was at it again Monday night, firing Paul Orndorff because he did too good a job training Midnight, the big woman who keeps embarrassing Creative Control. Orndorff's severance deal included a handicap match against Creative Control.

It was sure nice to see Mr. Wonderful on my TV screen again. I just KNEW he was going to get to piledrive one of the Harris twins. For those of you are relatively new wrestling fans, Orndorff was the absolute master of the piledriver. He was also one of the top heels in the business and kept in excellent physical shape. Ask Leon White (Vader) how tough Orndorff really is. He'll tell you. Back when Orndorff was a backstage guy a few years ago, Vader balked at doing an interview with Gene Mean. Orndorff told Vader to get his fat ass out there and do the interview. Vader sucker punched Orndorff but Mr. Wonderful rallied and beat the crap out of a man 200 pounds heavier. A bloody and bruised Vader was sent home.

After a little too much double teaming by Creative Control, Arn Anderson and Larry Zbysko, two other guys that Russo fired previously, ran in. Orndorff hit the piledriver and got the pin. But referee Slick Johnson ran out and reversed the decision.

It was fun but I've got to make a statement here. Professional wrestling is a soap opera. It's all about the stories. And this one had enough holes in it to drive a zamboni through. If Arn and Larry Z were fired, why didn't security stop them from going in the ring? Why were they even allowed in the building? Okay, so maybe they bought a ticket. Then that means any fan is welcome to run in. Right? No, they came in from the back. Does that mean they weren't fired after all? If Johnson was going to reverse the decision, why not just have him call the match in the first place?

Russo is trying so hard to work the Internet fans that he's forgetting about the other 95 percent of the fans. He's hitting us with dozens of little skits and no compelling main event storylines. Bill Goldberg and Bret Hart are wrestling for the WCW title this Sunday. Where's the build up? Buff Bagwell and Diamond Dallas Page were supposed to be involved in a shoot angle that got off to a good start last Thursday on Thunder. But we heard nothing about it on Nitro. Why didn't Bagwell run in during the DDP-Sting vs. Luger-Flair match?

I'm full of questions this week aren't I? CRZ says I'm one of the few people who treats WCW with respect. That may be about to change. Oh yeah, did I mention that WCW got KILLED in the Monday ratings? Yeah, but at least the 49ers beat the Falcons and the Kings beat the Lakers.

The show was really flat. My friends at work know I've been reeling with a sinus infection and told me go home Monday night and watch some comedy. I said, "Don't worry, I've got wrestling!" Well, it kind of fell short. But let's take a look at the highlights (and lowlights) anyway.

The opening match had the Maestro against the Artist Formerly Known as Prince. Oh wow! Prince is a wrestler now! No, hold it. That's Prince as in Iaukea. Sigh. Where are the lawyers on this one? By the way, did anybody care about this match? Didn't think so. It did serve the purpose of having Jeff Jarrett smash guitars over their noggins. Jarrett is doing now what Sid Vicious did when he powerbombed everybody. That's OK by me. He's way over.

Hart did cut a promo about how he was going to beat Goldberg. It didn't produce a lot of heat. Goldberg told Bret he was next. Then the Outsiders challenged Goldberg and Hart to put up the tag team gold. Finally, some heat. But Scott Hall and Kevin Nash are good at that.

The stuff involving Evan Karagias, Madusa and Spice was simply bad. Karagias actually can wrestle but his mic work is worse than bad. Spice has no skills whatsoever. Enough said about that.

Duggan cut a nice promo with Gene Mean about surviving cancer and his love for America. Say what you want about Duggan. He continues to be over. I suppose that a flag-waving gimmick might be considered cheap heat but it works.

Piper was told by Russo to "do the right thing" in refereeing the match between Curt Hennig and Bagwell. Why didn't he have Johnson referee the match? Naturally, Piper is biased toward Bagwell, who wins. Why didn't DDP run in? The match was OK. I'm just waiting for a Bagwell push. The guy could play either a babyface or a heel equally well and he is definitely over.

The bunkhouse brawl between Chris Benoit and Jarrett came off OK. That's not surprising given the workrate of two top notch workers. Dustin Rhodes ran in to attack Jarrett but the interference cost Benoit the match when JJ whipped Rhodes into the ladder that Benoit was perched on, ready to do the diving head butt.

Tank Abbott and Meng had a nothing match that became a double count out. The crowd didn't like that. I didn't either. Usually a segment with Meng no selling makes me laugh. This was just nothing.

Anything involving Rhonda Singh is just a waste.

Jerry Flynn took on New Orleans Saints running back Ricky Williams in the "block." Nah, that's just Screamin' Norman Smiley. His gimmick continues to amuse. He's over. Whoops. Meng and Abbott are still fighting. Flynn ended up battling Abbott and Meng chased Smiley. That was all pointless.

If Duggan's flag waving is cheap heat, then so is being anti-American. Douglas drew tons of heat with his promo before the Revolution's six-man tag with Harlem Heat and Midnight. Perry Saturn contined his goofy ways after he grabbed the stick. Dean Malenko said, "We got heat tonight." Saturn said, "I hear what the boys in the back are saying." Poor Perry was thinking of the wrong kind of heat. "No, we got Harlem Heat," Malenko said. That was funny. The gist of this match was dissension between Booker T and Stevie Ray, who got pinned because Booker T was more concerned about Midnight's apparent knee injuury. Well, why not? Booker is kind of over. Stevie isn't over at all. Does that surprise anyone? Sid introduced a kid named Seth who looked like he has Down's Syndrome. This might have been one of those Make-A-Wish things. If so, I think it's great. The kid said Sid was his favorite wrestler. It had to be a thrill for him to be there with Sid. I have an autistic brother and things like that really touch my heart. Way to go Sid! Sid, accompanied to the ring by Seth, battled Dr. Death Steve Williams. Of course Ed Ferrara did his Jim Ross thing, first at the announce table and then by handing a boot to Williams. During his mic time, Ferrara makes a reference to the Powers That Be. Uh, Ed I believe you are one half of the PTB. Just what are you trying to sell us? I'm not buying. As for the 95 percent gang, I'm sure they still don't have a clue. Surprise, surprise Vampiro went after Ferrara and ate a clothesline from Williams. But Ferrara got chokeslammed by Sid. At least Ferrara is willing to bump. I have to give him credit for that. The Outsiders then ran in and punked Sid, with Nash hitting the powerbomb. I liked that run in. Hall and Nash have been needing to act more like heels. And it builds heat for the Nash-Sid powerbomb match at Starrcade.

The Luger-Flair vs. DDP-Sting tag team match was a train wreck but it was funny. Neither team got along. Sting spent more time fighting his own partner. And young David ended up nailing Luger with the crowbar, setting up Sting's win. Flair was mad because Luger ripped up his stuffed animal.

Chris Kanyon is back. Now he's "Champagne" and he's got an agent, the same guy who played the Clarence Mason character. He's now apparently in a feud with Bam Bam Bigelow, a former partner along with DDP in the Triad. It hasn't caught with me yet. Notice I don't have much to say about it? Yep, the agent interfered in the match, causing Bam Bam to lose.

Lash LeRoux had a nice match with Vito. There were a lot of good spots and I just loved that DDT by Vito. Both Vito and Johnny the Bull have good potential as heels if Russo would just keep them out of stupid skits. Lash is a good worker, too. Lash won the bodybag match but the thugs beat him up after the match. They were going to dump his body in a river but couldn't remember where they parked the car. So naturally, Lash escaped. Where was Tony Marinara? I just keep finding holes in these stories.

Piper and Hennig had a chair match that didn't do much. It didn't last very long and Hennig appeared to jump over the top rope after a chair shot. He got counted out. Ho hum.

Prior to the tag team title main event, Hart was working some kind of injury. So Goldberg came out to defend the belts by himself. Goldberg dominated for a while but 1-on-2 only got it for so long. Would believe Hart made it to the ring? Yes, it's hero time. So it ended up as a pier four brawl.

Goldberg speared Hall while Nash worked on Hart's knee. Goldberg jackhammered Hall but Nash pinned Hart at the same time. The Outsiders won. How did referee Charles Robinson decide who was legal? Well, at least it got the belts back on Hall and Nash, the only outcome that made sense. At least something made sense this week.

But the way things are going, I expect the zamboni to come into play at Starrcade. I just hope I'm wrong. We'll see.