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Match # 147: Scott Steiner vs. Mike Awesome (Nitro 10/23/00)

This starts out on two odd notes. First, they are commenting on the death of Yokozuna. Then Steiner comes down with a tiger. This is supposed to look cool, but it looks horrible, because the Tiger obviously doesn’t want to be there, looks annoyed, and needs a trainer to walk him down with Steiner. The tiger pulls Steiner along and gets pet hesitantly.

This one gets no reaction early, as Mike Awesome dominates Steiner before he cheats to gain the advantage. It’s nothing horrible, but it feels average. I hate all these un-unique matches were they start brawling from the onset and run through some big stuff. This match might not be the perfect example, but these guys are definitely not on the same page. Steiner can’t bump or throw any punches/chops well at this point. He does still throw a good belly-to-belly. It does get a bit better with Awesome in control mid match, but then Steiner takes a huge swing with a pipe and it’s not the finish. It’s barely even sold correctly. Steiner hits a Samoan drop and wins with the recliner, so it did lead to the finish. It put over Steiner to some degree as they were building up a match with him and Booker T (who was on commentary. Six minutes of okay stuff. 2 ¼ and 5/10.