Just give Sid Vicious the belt. He said all the devastation would end if Hulk Hogan gave him the WCW world heavyweight championship belt. You see Sid doesn't enjoy all those run-ins. He said so himself. But he feels he has to do it.

I was going to completely ignore Thunder last night because most of the time it's, well, something to ignore. Last night, I was more interested in working out and then watching the 49ers-Seahawks exhibition game.

The Thunder replay came on and I stopped the remote there for a few minutes. At the same, I'm having a coast-to-coast phone call with my friend from California. Out come Silver King and Psychosis to open the show. This is the perfect formula for a Sid run-in. Nah, Sid won't appear on Thunder.

As I'm talking to my friend, I tell her this isn't going to be much of a Thunder. Now I'm not knocking Silver King and Psychosis. They put on a nice match with a good workrate as always. But then...

Here...he....comes! The Ruler of the World. One half of the Masters of the Powerbomb. The Mille- no, Sid can't have Chris Jericho's gimmick, at least not in my articles.

"There's your storyline," my friend said.

After dispatching both wrestlers in the usual manner, Sid grabs the stick and compares himself to Babe Ruth and Michael Jordan. He says when his streak reaches 76, he will shake all over. Why 76? And besides, how are they keeping track of it? On Nitro, Tony Schiavone seemed to think that everyone Sid powerbombed or chokeslammed should count as a "victory." Oh, what the heck, as the Rock would say - it doesn't matter.

There's something else I would like to point out here. A lot of recappers are referring to Sid's run-ins as disqualifications. I don't know where that comes from. Sid always takes out BOTH wrestlers, so he's not running in to benefit one side over the other. Even the announcers don't call them DQs. They are simply no contests or "victories" for Sid if you listen to Schiavone.

The next match had Shane Douglas against Al Greene. My friend says Sid will run in. I say no because Douglas is getting pushed. Sid stayed backstage.

A little while later there was a handicap tag match between Bobby Blaze, Adrian Byrd and Dave Burkhead against Steve Regal, Dave Taylor, Chris Adams and the Union Jack. When the three jobbers came out that told me Sid would be out later. This was actually not too bad of a match. Taylor got in some good shots with the Union Jack.

This time Sid brought Rick Steiner with him. Sid powerbombed all three men as Regal and company vacated. This had to rate as a DQ win for the jobbers because Sid and Rick never touched the heels.

Sid "pinned" Burkhead and Byrd. Referee Charles Robinson made the count. Steiner gave Blaze a belly-to-belly suplex. Sid had to be glad it wasn't him on the receiving end. Several years ago, Steiner gave Sid a punctured lung from a belly-to-belly. Sid got on the stick again and said he wanted Steiner in on the fun. Steiner ranted while Sid powerbombed Burkhead and pinned him. Robinson dutifully made the count. Sid powerbombed Blaze again and pinned him. What a great effort by Sid. Four wins in just a few minutes. Steiner pointed to the laid out jobbers and said they represented Goldberg, Hogan and Sting. I'll elaborate on the meaning of that shortly.

Sid didn't run in for the Lenny-Rey Jr. rematch from Monday because Lenny was booked to win the cruiserweight title. I like that. Rey wasn't doing anything with that title. By the way, it was a great match. Those guys, including Lodi, work well together.

The main event saw Steiner defend his TV title against Perry Saturn of the Revolution. Saturn is getting pushed but since Steiner is in this match, you have to figure Sid will get involved. And you would be right. Saturn was set for some offense off the top rope when Sid came out and pushed him into a Steiner belly-to-belly for the DQ. Chris Benoit made the save before Sid could powerbomb Saturn. Surprise, surprise but Douglas didn't come out. I think we know where that's going. Curiously, Dean Malenko stayed put, too. Benoit challenged Sid and Rick to a tag team match next week between him and Saturn. I'm presuming he meant Nitro.

Sid accepted the challenge. Sid and Rick charged the ring but got knocked off the apron by the good guys. How about that! Benoit's push continues.

Looking ahead, next week has some interesting possibilities. Sid's run-ins should continue. The angle has him doing so until he gets handed the belt and that isn't going to happen. The tag team match could be the perfect time for Douglas to turn against the Revolution, especially if they do it on Monday.

Rewind back to the segment where Steiner pointed to the three jobbers and said they represented Goldberg, Hogan and Sting. Notice how he said Sting, too? Hogan is putting up the belt up against Sting. One might think this would be the time for Hogan to turn heel again but he is getting huge pops since he brought Hulkamania back. How about a Sting heel turn? Don't think so.

I can't see the Hogan-Sting bout as being anything but a no contest with Sid and Rick both running in. It won't be a classic match, either, because Hogan can't wrestle and he has a bum knee to boot. Now if this was Ric Flair and Sting..Hogan may even get powerbombed during the run-in. Heck, Sting may get one, too. That leaves Goldberg to make the save, to a megapop from the Las Vegas crowd. And it would mean building more heat for the coming Sid-Goldberg program.

And who knows? I could be 180 degrees off. WCW does a lot of booking on the fly. At least they have set up what shapes up as interesting next week.

And Sid still hasn't powerbombed me.