BG James and Sean O’Haire jump Reno and Rodney Mack right at the bell, completely dominating the action. Reno tries to fight back with a few right hands, but James cuts him off and plants him with a Pumphandle Drop. At the exact same time, Mack tries to save his partner, only for O'Haire to grab him and nail a Death Spiral. The referee slides into position and counts the simultaneous double pinfall for the dominant victory.

James & O’Haire are a team now I suppose, so they need to squash some guys to establish themselves as a team. What else is there to say.

Amos Hersch wastes absolutely zero time taking total control of this contest, treating Chris Chetti like a ragdoll with a big lariat, sidewalk slam, and then a Powerbomb. With Chetti completely dazed and out on the mat, Hersch scales the turnbuckles and comes crashing down with the Deadweight Elbow to secure a quick and incredibly easy pinfall victory.

It’s interesting that Hersch is on Velocity squashing people where people are largely not seeing it. Curious if or when he ends up on Nitro or what the long game is with him.

CW Anderson tries his best to slow the pace and use his technical offense, but the momentum shifts every time Pete Gas gets into the ring. Gas visibly struggles with the basics, completely botching a simple hip toss and stumbling through a standard corner irish whip that leaves the crowd groaning. Cage and Vain focus their attack on Gas to gain an advantage, but Anderson manages to make a desperate tag. Anderson unloads with a flurry of heavy hands before catching a charging Cage out of nowhere, turning him inside out with a crisp, impactful Anderson Spinebuster to secure the victory.

Please stop the Anderson & Gas experiment. It is not working. Gas is not a good pro wrestler, and Anderson isn’t enough of a character to carry the team. He can do better. Cage & Vain are both better than Gas and not on the main roster for Christ’s sake.

Dreamer doesn't even wait for the collar-and-elbow tie-up, taking the fight right to Bagwell with big right hands, backing him into the corner and unloading with a series of hard shoulder thrusts to the midsection. Bagwell bails out to the floor early to stall and soak up the heat, pulling his usual tricks. Back inside, Buff grabs a cheap thumb to the eye and slows things down, grounding Dreamer with a side headlock, cranking on the neck. Dreamer fights to his feet, shoots Bagwell off into the ropes, and catches him on the rebound with a standing spinebuster.

Dreamer whips him across the ring, goes for a back body drop, but Bagwell kicks him in the chest, hits a swinging neckbreaker, and starts flexing for the crowd. Buff goes for a vertical suplex, but Dreamer blocks it, slips behind, and hits a reverse neckbreaker of his own! Both men are down, but Dreamer gets up first and starts firing up the crowd. Sensing the match is slipping away, a desperate Bagwell rolls out of the ring, grabs a steel chair from ringside, and slides back in. Bagwell takes a wild, homerun swing, but Dreamer ducks completely under the shot! Bagwell loses his grip and the chair clatters flat onto the canvas. Buff turns back, right into a kick to the gut. Dreamer hooks him and druves Bagwell headfirst straight onto the steel chair with a brutal DDT! The referee was looking right at it and immediately calls for the bell to disqualify Dreamer.

Dreamer isn’t putting it together with this WCW run at all. Might be time to pull him off TV and start fresh in a few months. Maybe a solid push could turn him around, but I feel like there are so many other guys who could use the push more. Dreamer is begging for a Hardcore division, or to get off TV if you ask me. Bagwell is Bagwell here, he didn’t care and it showed. Without someone like RVD dragging a good match out of him, his old habits return hard.