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September 8th
On this day in history in ....
1948 - Japanese star The Great Kabuki, who also had runs in World Class and Mid-Atlantic, among other area, is born.
1950 - Verne Gagne defeats Miguel Guzman in Houston, Texas for the NWA Texas Heavyweight Title, ending Guzman's fifth title reign, and beginning his second run with the belt.
1964 - Former ECW World champion Scott "Raven" Levy is born. Levy also worked as Scotty the Body, Scotty Flamingo (in WCW) and Johnny Polo (in the WWF) over the course of his long career.
1967 - El Mongol defeats Mr. Wrestling for the NWA Georgia Heavyweight Title in Atlanta, starting his fourth run with the belt.
1967 - The WWF ran Pittsburgh, PA at the Civic Arena featuring the following results:
-Ace Freeman defeated Frank Allman.
-Baron Mikel Scicluna & Smasher Sloan defeated Hurricane Hunt & Johnny DeFazio.
-Dr. Bill Miller defeated Hans Mortier.
-Irish Jackie & the Jamaica Kid defeated Sky Low Low & Little Brutus.
-Gorilla Monsoon defeated Batman Tony Marino.
-George Steele defeated Spiros Arion.
-Prof. Toru Tanaka defeated Chief White Owl.
-WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Luke Graham.
1971 - Actor and former WCW World champion David Arquette is born in Winchester, Virginia.
1972 - Former WCW star Lodi is born.
1979 - Intercontinental Champion Pat Patterson defeats WWF World Champion Bob Backlund via countout in a rare champion vs. champion match in Springfield, Massachusetts.
1982 - WWF ran Kittanning, PA with the following results:
-Salvatore Bellomo fought WWF Tag Team Champion Mr. Saito to a 15-minute time limit draw.
-Bob Orton Jr. pinned Pete Sanchez at 10:34.
-Chief Jay & Jules Strongbow defeated Johnny Rodz & Jose Estrada at 15:32 when Jules pinned Estrada.
-Buddy Rose defeated Tony Garea via countout at 18:00.
-Swede Hanson pinned Charlie Fulton at 7:35.
-WWF champion Bob Backlund pinned WWF Tag Team Champion Mr. Fuji at 18:00.
1983 - Stan Hansen defeats Giant Baba for the Pacific Wrestling Federation World Heavyweight Title (now part of the All Japan Triple Crown) in Chiba, Japan, ending Baba's third title reign.
1986 - WWF ran Tacoma, WA at the Tacoma Dome with the following results:
-Billy Jack Haynes defeated Nikolai Volkoff.
-Mike Rotunda defeated Jim Neidhart.
-Tito Santana defeated Bob Orton.
-WWF Intercontinental champion Randy Savage defeated George Steele via disqualification.
-Capt. Lou Albano & The Big Machine (Blackjack Mulligan) & The Super Machine (Masked Superstar Bill Eadie) defeated Big John Studd & King Kong Bundy & Bobby Heenan.
1990 - Kim Duk (aka Tiger Chung Lee) defeats Invader #1 for the WWC Caribbean Heavyweight Title in Bayamon, Puerto Rico, ending Invader's fifth title reign.
1991 - The National Wrestling Alliance officially strips Ric Flair of the NWA World Heavyweight Title, two days before Flair makes his WWF in-ring debut. World Championship Wrestling had stripped Flair of "their title" back in July, when Flair could not come to terms with WCW for a new contract. This would cause the splintering of the WCW and NWA title lineage. The vacany would not be filled until June 1992, when Masahiro Chono defeated Rick Rude in the finals of that year's G1 Climax tournament, with the belt on the line.
1999 - Brian Hildebrand, better known to fans as referee Mark Curtis, passes away at the age of 37 after a battle with cancer. Hildebrand was one of the backbones of Smoky Mountain Wrestling, and went on to work for WCW after SMW had closed. Hildebrand, who worked with Mick Foley and Shane Douglas early in their career at Dominic Denucci's gym, was considered one of the classiest people in the business.
2001 - Arashi & Koki Kitahara defeat Shigeo Okumura & Nobutaka Araya to win the vacant All Japan Pro Wrestling All Asia Tag Team championship.
2002 - CZW Fake You TV aired on TV-48. Phil filed the following TV report:
Combat Zone Wrestling Fake You TV
WGTW in Philadelphia
9/7/02
Segment #1- CZW Fake You TV begins with The Messiah cutting a promo saying he is back and has not forgotten about any of his obstacles! He said the future is his and no one can do anything about it.
Segment #2- Justice Pain says September 14th CZW will show everyone what they are all about.
Segment #3- The New School (Chri$ Ca$h & GQ) (with Jimmy Washington) confront Rick Feinberg until they are stopped by Eric Tuttle & Hurricane Kid who save Feinberg. On their way back to the dressing room, The New School walk into Sonjay Dutt & Derrick Frazier.
Segment #4- The Rachies (Danny Rose & Adam Flash) are involved in a segment with The Irish Drinking Team (Ian Knoxx & Chris Stylz). I was distracted during this segment but it basically sets up their upcoming match on 9/14.
Segment #5- The New School (Chri$ Ca$h & GQ) (with Jimmy Washington) vs. Sonjay Dutt & "Pure Impact" Derrick Frazier vs. The Super Heavyweights ("The Towel Boy" Eric Tuttle & Hurricane Kid) (with Rick Feinberg) in a Three Way Tag Match. This is a three way tag team match involving six of the young stars of CZW. CZW does a good job of promoting young talent as is proven in this match. Chri$ Ca$h has a lot of personality and The New School show a lot of promise as a team. The match was sloppy at times but that is expected with 3 young teams. It was still entertaining though. A lot of high impact spots in this match. The New School were victorious with a combo maneuver I am not going to even try to describe.
Segment #6- Zandig cuts a 'backstage' promo with Wifebeater and Nick Mondo after the Tournament of Death on 8/31/02. He says everyone who competed was a winner and if you want to be a winner, you compete in CZW or you are not a winner. Zandig says he does not who care who runs their the first Saturday and he does not care who runs the fourth Saturday, but you show up on the second Saturday and CZW will be there and they are the best. Nick Mondo says that no one tells them they have to do this stuff (death matches), they do it because they want to and no fed is better than CZW! Big Mack Smack talks for Wifebeater and says "you people need to stay out of our house, that is our house, C-Z-F***ing-W!!"
Segment #7- Justice Pain cuts another backstage promo to introduce himself to those who don't already know him. He says the CZW Title means the world to him. He talks about the open challenges he's had the past 2 months so anyone can come and try to take the title, but a bunch of bums have been sent his way such as Billy Fives from Florida. He dares anyone to come and try to take the title. I wish someone would come and take the gum out of his mouth while he talks. God that's annoying! He's begs for anyone to come give him a challenge and a fight. He says "you know who I am talking about old man, I am the new F'N Franchise! I am tired of being compared to some old man, because I have talent." Two XPW references in the last two segments. They are sure trying hard to give XPW more recognition. WWF never made references to WCW during their little war. It was WCW making all the references and people talked about how bush league that made them seem. CZW really needs to stop with the XPW references and concentrate on their own product on TV. Damn, someone get that gum out of his mouth! Pain finishes his promo by saying "So like I said, you come try me."
Segment #8- VD (Eddie Valentine & Jon Dahmer) vs. The Irish Drinking Team (Ian Knoxx & Chris Stylz). Eddie Valentine is one of my favorite workers in CZW to watch because he is a good wrestler. But there were a few missed and/or slow spots in this match too. The Irish Drinking Team's gimmick is pretty funny. Since they are 'drunk' they don't feel the pain of a lot of the moves. Dahmer dropped Stylz on the back of his neck with a suplex and Stylz jumped right back up. VD had some miscommunication on a spot and started to argue as Ian Knoxx came in to revive Stylz with alcohol. The Irish Drinking Team then executed The Aftershock on Eddie Valentine for the pinfall. Dahmer shook Knoxx's hand and told him "good match". John House made reference to Dahmer training Ian Knoxx at the CZW Wrestling Academy. Eddie Valentine cuts an in ring promo saying it took two of them to pin him and challenges any one of them one on one. He says if he wins, The Irish Drinking Team member he beats must go without alcohol for six months. Chris Stylz says they will accept, but if one of them pins Valentine, he must leave CZW. Ian Knoxx says that since he was trained by Dahmer and Valentine, he wants the match, which leads to ....
Segment #9- Ian Knoxx (with Chris Stylz) vs. Eddie Valentine. If Dahmer wins, Knoxx can not drink for six months. If Knoxx wins, Valentine must leave CZW. Knoxx press slams Valentine which leads to Rick Feinberg (now doing commentary) to say "looks at that well muscled young man!" Eddie Valentine does a Hakushi rope walk leading to a bulldog off the top rope. The crowd is totally behind Ian Knoxx in this match. Knoxx chokeslams Valentine off the top rope. Stylz gives Knoxx a drink which fires him up. Knoxx blocks the palm strike and executes a fall away slam, followed by 'Tapping the Keg' but Valentine kicks out. Knoxx sets up four chairs in the ring and signals for the Drunk Driver, but Valentine flips through and hits him with the Palm Strike. Valentine then slams Knoxx face first through the four chairs. Knoxx still manages to kick out at two. Valentine gets two tables out from under the ring and throws them into the ring. He stacks the tables and puts Knoxx on top and climbs up after him. Knoxx reverses whatever Valentine was going for and hits the Drunken Driver through two tables for the pinfall. Eddie Valentine must now leave CZW forever!
Segment #10- Adam Flash (with Danny Rose) is interviewed last Saturday after the Tournament of Death. Flash mentions how Messiah beat him, but it wasn't for the Ironman Title. Rose and Flash talk about their match with The Irish Drinking Team on 9/14 and say that Stylz was trained by two chubby dudes in PA ... The Nasty Boys. The Rachies say The Irish Drinking Team will have their asses handed to them "and Messiah, we give you two thumbs up!"
2002 - WWE broadcast Velocity. Matt Zylbert filed the following TV report:
WWE Velocity
Hosted by Mark Lloyd and Michael Cole
Writing's excellence of execution is back for another go-around. Hello all and welcome to THEE Velocity report of all Velocity reports. I am your low-card-loving reporter, Matt Zylbert, and THIS is the 'five-star' 1Wrestling.com Velocity report that will always beat the odds. With another edition of Velocity ready to take place, let's send it down to TONY THE CHIM for our opening bout.
Billy Kidman vs. Albert
As usual, it looks as if Albert is going to kick off another week of Velocity, and if history repeats itself, this should be another loss to a Cruiserweight for the hairy one. Albert is pretty much 0-for the year against Cruiserweights not named Funaki, so let's see how this one pans out.
At the start, Kidman fights his foe with all the punches and kicks he can dish out, before being knocked down with one hard right hand from Albert. A boot in the corner later though would give Kidman a chance to take control, but unfortunately for him, Albert would corral him at the top, before executing a modified backbreaker, and we're right in on Albert's squash offense. I love squashes, don't you? Meanwhile, on commentary, Michael compares this match to David vs. Goliath, and then says how Billy vs. Rey Mysterio from Smackdown was also in that comparison. Excuse me a second, but HUH? First of all, I don't think anyone considered Mysterio an underdog, and second of all, I don't think it would be a big surprise if Kidman actually won this match. Is it that Michael Cole likes to make an idiot out of himself? Geesh. Back to the match as Albert takes his time while delivering some knees to the mid-section, and then he slows it down even more with a choke using the boot. Kidman makes another attempt at a comeback with some punches, but gets rammed into the corner for his troubles, and now Albert is back in control. He executes a double underhook suplex for a near fall, and then goes to the Cranium Crunch. Shades of Crush! After slamming his adversary on the canvas from the hold, Albert now gets Kidman up for a powerslam. However, the former Cruiserweight champion would wiggle free, and then drill Albert with an enziguiri. He would follow up with a beautiful tornado DDT from the second rope for a two count, and in the crowd, I notice an "I Respect the Undertaker" sign. Don't even get me started on that right now. Concentrating on the match again, Kidman connects on a top-rope missile dropkick for another close two count, and then he would head back up top. Unfortunately for him, Albert powerslams him in mid-air, giving him control back. He then goes for my favorite move, the "I-Really-Really-Like-To-Scream-Very-Very-Loud-When-I-Ram-People-In-The-Corner" squash. Well, Albert MISSED it as Kidman got out of the way, and then tries to follow up with a roll-up. Albert blocks it, and then gives Kidman a free ride to the top rope. That would turn out to be a mistake though, as Kidman fights him off with some punches, allowing him to perform a top-rope sunset flip... for the three count! After the match, Albert goes into sore-loser mode, attacking Kidman from behind. He slingshots him into the second rope, before putting the cherry on top with a bicycle kick. Can you really blame Albert though? The guy does countless jobs to Cruiserweights, and even worse, he just jobbed to Mark Henry last week. Now there's the root of his frustration, and THANKFULLY, Michael Cole did not blame it on Ruthless Aggression. The boy's improving.
Winner: Billy Kidman
Chavo Guerrero cuts a promo on John Cena, basically daring him to show a Guerrero what ruthless aggression is all about. Oh come on Chavo, not you too! Your my favorite wrestler and all, but RUTHLESS AGGRESSION HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ANYTHING!! Don't worry Chavo, you still da' man.
Commercial
Marky Mark and MC recap some of the highlights from Smackdown, and let me just say that ONCE AGAIN, Smackdown was preemtped in New York. And for what? For the Giants/49ers game that was ALREADY on ESPN?! What the hell is point of that?! Let me tell WWE something. Whoever had the idea to pre-empt the show, and actually expect people to stay home on a Saturday night from 8-10 PM just to watch another crappy edition of Smackdown, is showing a lot of arrogance. I mean, what exactly are they thinking? My god. Anyway, we see the Billy/Mysterio match from Smackdown, as well as the proposal afterwards. Then later on, Rico tells Funaki (Even though they fought a few weeks ago on Velocity) how he will be Billy's best man. I don't know exactly what to say about all of this that everyone else hasn't already said. It's a horrible idea, it's gonna suck, and nobody wants to see it. Billy and Chuck's careers are going to be ruined, and I have no idea how Rico will come out of this. Hopefully, the "marriage" will somehow be prevented, like maybe Sean O'Haire could save Chuck from total embarrassment, but other than that, it's just sickening, and this, I guess, it another step in the direction of WWE's "We don't care about wrestling anymore, we just want to make people puke" agenda.
Commercial
Boot of the Week: On RAW this past Monday night, Crash Holly makes my week by saying how he has jumped to Smackdown, and thus, he will be back on my show. And let me just say that I CALLED IT! I could really care less if you believe me or not, but as soon as it was first mentioned that a "family member" would be jumping to Smackdown, I automatically assumed it was Crash. It was my low-carder instincts, that's what it was! And let me just say that it will be a pleasure to have Crash Holly back on my show again. In my opinion, he is one of the most entertaining wrestlers in WWE right now, but no one even gets a chance to see it because he fought on Jakked/Metal and HeAT all the time. Well maybe now he'll be getting a Smackdown push, although I would actually prefer that he come back to my show. Welcome back Crash!
Funaki vs. Mike Awesome
Now this should be interesting. Before Awesome came from his injury, Funaki was Smackdown's biggest jobber, but now fast forward, and let's take a look. Funaki is "Smackdown's #1 Announcer" and even pinned Tajiri in a tag team match a few weeks ago on Velocity. Mike Awesome, on the other hand, is still winless, so let's see if he can pick up his first win here.... over an alleged announcer.
Before the match, Funaki calls himself Smackdown's #1 Announcer, and that everybody loves Funaki. Cole then tries rubbing it in to Mark Lloyd, but of course, my boy Marky Mark could really care less, thus making Cole looking like an even bigger idiot. Now we get to the match, where Awesome tosses Funaki around for a bit at the start. The Indeed One would come back though, connecting on a crossbody from the second rope, but only for a quick one count. On commentary, Cole calls Awesome an "established competitor," although I'm still waiting for him to win his first match. Michael, do everyone a favor and actually THINK before you open up that disgusting mouth of yours. Maybe your comments won't sound as stupid as they always do. Back to the match as the action ends up on the outside, where Awesome sends Funaki hard into the steel steps. An "ECW" chant would break loose at this point, and I'm surprised all the old ECW fans actually aren't embarrassed to relate Awesome with ECW again. I mean, it isn't his fault or anything, but the guy hasn't even won a match yet. Anyway, we head back in where Awesome pulls off his nice top rope clothesline for a two count, and he would then look to follow up after Irish whipping his adversary. However, Funaki kicks him in the face, but runs right into a clothesline proceeding it. Mikey stays in control as a result, and now sets up Funaki for a powerslam. He would then lose control, as Funaki sets himself free, and drops Awesome down on his back. Both men are down, and when they get up, Funaki nails the opposition with a boot to the face in the corner. This enables him to follow up with a bulldog and an enziguiri, all for two counts. The announcer seeks to follow up, but instead, runs right into a Sky-High from Awesome, and I would assume D-Lo doesn't like that. Well he's on HeAT so there's nothing he can do about it. Anyway, Awesome now goes for the Awesome Bomb, but like always, his opponent gets off the attempt, and after dodging a ram in the corner, Funaki rolls up Awesome... and gets the win! Did Mike Awesome piss off the Vince or something? Funaki is pretty much the lowest of the low on the Smackdown food chain, and Awesome actually did the job for him. That's the way, Mikey. Swallow up that pride, you just jobbed to an announcer! Meanwhile, over on HeAT, Planet Stasiak and Justin Credible ponder the thought of jumping to Smackdown, where they too might even have a chance at a win against Awesome.
Winner: Funaki
Commercial
Lloyd and Cole show us some more of the highlights from Smackdown, this time we see the backstage segment with Eddie, Angle, and Benoit, followed by the six-man tag main event, which saw Edge, Rikishi, and Undertaker as the victorious team. And OF COURSE, Undertaker makes the winning pinfall because he "paid his dues" and all, and thus, his partner means nothing.
Commercial
Marky Mark and Michael intro the 20-minute Waste-O-Time interview from Smackdown between Undertaker and Brock Lesnar, which was "moderated" by Stephanie McMahon. Oh yay, now I get to take a 20-minute nap. When I wake-up, I see Taker looks like he's about to cry, which is totally ironic. I mean, I wouldn't blame the younger talent if they looked like they were about to cry. Taker uses all of his political power again this, so notice the irony here. We also find out that Sara Taker is pregnant, and if Heyman didn't learn from the bad storyline DDP was forced in, don't mess with Taker's family! Well, bottom line is that the Unforgiven main event is going to be horrible, and I'd be surprised to see if Taker actually did the right thing by putting Lesnar over. Lesnar retaining the title at Unforgiven is very important, and I can guarantee you that many people out there would quit watching WWE if Taker actually won the title. So how about this. If Taker jobs to Lesnar at Unforgiven, I will actually PRAISE the Undertaker RIGHT HERE in the 'five-star' Velocity report, proving that just about anything can happen. And I would mean it too. If Taker can just do the right thing for once and let Lesnar keep the title, I will actually compliment him. Done and done.
John Cena now cuts a promo, and to sum it all up, he says don't ever count him out. Well after jobbing cleanly to D-Von last week, I'm not sure if I can actually take that as being serious. And like Cena said on Confidential, he's a "loose-cannon" in real-life.
Commercial
Chavo Guerrero vs. John Cena
I've said it SO many times before, and I'll say it again: Chavo Guerrero is the coolest wrestler! I mean, the music rules. He's an awesome wrestler. And that strut will soon be cooler than the spinaroonie. I'm not sure about all of you, but I actually do the Chavo-strut in school. "What are you doing, Zylbert?" they'd ask. I just say, "This is the Chavo Guerrero strut! Don't you ever watch Velocity?!" Well... maybe not.
To the match now as Cena starts off hot with some beautiful arm drags and a hip toss. Chavo now takes a breather in the corner, and I notice Cena has on Packer colors this week. Boy does he like sucking up to the crowd. Both men tie-up a few moments later, and we get some nice basics, leading into a fireman's carry take-over by Chavo. Cena would knock his way out of it, and on a victory roll attempt by Chavo, Cena rolls through it, drawing an applause from the Guerrero. He is so cool. Now as they meet in the center of the ring, Chavo hits him with an unexpected cheap shot, and on commentary, MC calls it a rookie mistake for Cena, although the same thing would happen to anybody else. I hate it when an announcer mentions "rookie mistakes" because usually, it's an ordinary mistake that any other wrestler would make. Hey Michael, why don't you worry about your own job because you make PLENTY of mistakes. Back to the match as Chavo scoop slams Cena before beginning the damage on the left leg of Cena. After an uppercut now from Guerrero, Chavo works a choke in the corner, and then follows with some more work on that left leg again. A pin later sees Chavo get a two count, but he continues to go to work with kicks to the leg. Cena tries coming back with some punches out of desperation, but ducks his head on a whip attempt, and pays for it. Chavo delivers an elbow to the back, and then works an Indian deathlock. Haven't seen that move in awhile. Chavo breaks the hold after not getting the submission, and then he would apply another hold, in which the left leg of Cena is pulled against the neck of Chavo. Ouch. After breaking that up, Chavo seeks to put Cena out of his misery with the brainbuster, but the rookie avoids the attempt. Despite receiving a dropkick to the knee, Cena still manages to block some punches, allowing him to perform a huge backbody drop. Cena then does a great job of selling the leg injury, as he can barely run after sending Chavo into the corner. As a result, the potential Cruiserweight Champion nails Cena with an elbow to the face in the corner, giving him control again. That would not last long though, as after Cena puts up his right hand, signaling for a punch, Chavo ducks, and Cena traps in a small package out of NOWHERE to get the win! Excellent match, and a very-well booked ending. There was no other way basically for Cena to win with the injured leg, so the ending came out perfect. However, I have to ask: Was it roll-up night or something?
Winner: John Cena
Marky Mark and Cole quickly shill for Confidential coming up next that's Murder She Wrote... I mean all she wrote.
Velocity has come to an end, so until next week, this is Matt Zylbert wishing you guys and gals a great week, and I'll see ya next week. Before I go though, let me wish all you football fans out there good luck for your respective teams, unless your a Chargers fan. Go Bengals! Peeeaaace.
2002 - WWE ran Rapid City, South Dakota with a Raw brand event. Jon Douglas filed the following report:
Attendance was roughly 3,300 in a building with 7,500 seating capacity
Quick Results:
Spike Dudley d. Johnny Stamboli
Benjamin Shelton d. Justin Credible (match of the night IMO)
Christian and Lance Storm d. Bradshaw/Goldust and Nowinksi/Regal in a WWE Tag Title Elimination match
"Wacko" Stevie Richards w/Raven d. D-Lo Brown
Rob Van Dam d. Chris Jericho to retain the I-C title
Finkel shilled the JVC Tower of Power and WWE Merchandise
Molly and Victoria d. Trish and Jackie Moore (Stacy Keibler guest reffed)
Big Show d. Tommy Dreamer in a no DQ street fight (ECW chants were plentiful in Rapid City!)
Triple H d. Buh Buh Ray Dudley to retain the "World's Title"
Overall a pretty decent house show. Richards, Trish and Shelton Benjamin went above and beyond the call of duty to spend some time with the fans. Crowd reaction was typical for this area, stuck 20 years in the past. The area isn't exactly hurting for wrestling with indy promotions like UCW, IWF, NWA and 4 straight years of WCW shows so the poor turnout was expected.
2002 - The first-ever Kurt Angle Classic, a freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling event being promoted by Angle himself, was announced as taking place on place November 8, 9, and 10th at the Morial Convention Center in New Orleans as part of the GNC "Show Of Strength" weekend. The event is named in honor of Angle, and the hope is that it will raise the visibility of the sport. The competition will include Men's Freestyle, Men's Greco Roman, and Women's Freestyle wrestling, with a "USA vs. The World" format. The first session will feature U.S. military champions taking on the Russian military team. The second and third sessions will feature U.S. wrestlers and international stars by invitation. Invitations are being sent out based on showings at the Olympics and World Championships. According to GNC's website, the purse for the competition will exceed $75,000.
2002 - NWA Wildside TV aired. Larry Goodman filed the following report:
NWA Wildside returned to the NCW Arena last night for their bimonthly television taping. The wrestling was good, not great, but it only makes sense to save their best stuff for the Wildside 3rd Anniversary Show on 9/21. Ahh but the booking, It was like night and day compared to the last taping. Gone is Lazz/Dustin Timberlake/That Guy, whatever the hell you want to call him and his clueless valet. The faux FBI abomination was nowhere to be found either. In their place, were some new programs and interesting set-ups that kept the crowd heated up throughout the show.
Murder One (formerly Homicide) said he was back in town to kick ass. He talked about how he had been suspended for beating up NWA VP Bill Behrens (hanging him over the top rope) and threatened with being fired. He had nobody to fight so he gave poor Dan Wilson a Baldo Bomb. Onyx hit the ring in street clothes to nail One with a powerslam. They announced a match for the anniversary show. This program could give them both a new lease on life in Wildside. Fans were into this segment.
1) Briscoe Brothers (Mark & Jay) lost by DQ to Lost Boyz (Azrael & Gabriel) and T-N-T (Todd Sexton & Tony Stradlin) in 5:50, so T-N-T still has the straps. The deal here was that the losing team would be eliminated from a 2 out of 3 fall match for the tag titles at the Anniversary show. Frenetic action with all conceivable combinations of wrestlers working with and against each other on double teams. Mark did a flip dive. Stradlin did a stunner from the tree of woe position on Jay. Briscoes and T-N-T did a series of stereo back and forth pinning combinations. Briscoes went for their finishers, but Lost Boyz broke it up. Lost Boyz went for the Unholy Roller, but Mark got partially out of the way of Azrael's frogsplash elbow.
Mark accidentally took out ref Andrew Thomas with a springboard clothesline. Finish saw T-N-T miss with stereo belt shots on Briscoes, who then laid out T-N-T with their finishers, Jay with the J Driller on Sexton, Mark with the cutthroat suplex on Stradlin. Number two official, Speedy Nelson made the three count. New tag team champions...until Thomas reversed the decision with a DQ on Briscoes. Mark decked Thomas in frustration. Gabriel hit Sexton with a belt shot, while Azrael gave Stradlin a piledriver. Lost Boyz draped the title belts across the limp bodies of T-N-T. Not the best wrestling I've seen from this bunch, but a hot match that did an effective job of setting up the tag title match.
Future Shock (Jay Freeze & Brandon P) came to the ring to cut their first ever promo in Wildside. P complained that Behrens had held them back, despite the fact that they were "setting the tag team world on fire." Freeze said they got no respect from the boys or the office. He said they were tired of being overlooked and under appreciated. That brought Scottie Wrenn and Tank to the ring. Wrenn said Future Shock didn't get any respect because they sucked. He gave them a Wildside history lesson, talking about how he was in the first match on the first show in the building (11/7/98). Wrenn talked about how THEY were the ones who were overlooked. Wrenn said he went from being the Wildside heavyweight champion to working a program with a drunk (Bart Sawyer). Said he never got a rematch for the title. Said Tank got stuck in a tag team with a troll (White Trash). Wrenn told Future Shock that respect was not given, it was earned, and they could earn it in a match. "It's not gonna be pretty because we're going to beat the living piss out of you."
Wow. Did that ever come from nowhere. Future Shock are not great talkers but they got their point across. Wrenn's shoot style promo left the crowd hot for an ass whipping. Well done.
...And speaking of an ass whipping.
2) Total Destruction (Sean Royal & Rusty Riddle) destroyed The Outlaws (Henry Hoss & John Dalton) in 3:41. Hoss got a couple of slams on Royal and that was it for the Outlaw offense. The action moved ringside where Total Destruction proceeded to beat the crap out of the Outlaws. Fans were quick to feed Riddle a chair. He started wearing Dalton out with chairshots. Fans chanted "Kill the mullet." Royal blasted Hoss with a chairshot and posted him. They dragged Dalton back inside the ring. Royal applied a leglock and Riddle came off the top with a legdrop on their helpless opponent. Time for the Ezy Rider (Royal with a vertical suplex assisted with a spike off the top by Riddle) 1 ... 2 ... 3.
Two huge dudes with weapons (Dobbins Brothers from Dusty Rhodes' TCW) came out of the crowd to attack Total Destruction. They were dressed in black and wearing sunglasses. One of them was using a sawed off 3 wood on TD. Riddle and Royal were both busted open and left laying on the floor. Riddle's head was in a puddle of blood. Royal looked out of it, as he staggered and fell down trying to make it to the back. Royal was mumbling under his breath. "Somebody's gonna get an ass whippin'. You ain't gonna do this s***."
3) AJ Styles beat Adam Jacobs in 7:27. Styles became available to work when IWA's Sweet Science Sixteen Tournament was postponed. Great intensity to start the match. Best chain wrestling I've seen from Jacobs. At 1:40, Jacobs went for a leapfrog and Styles caught him with a dropkick. Styles opened up with forearms and chops. Stiff strikes in this match. Jacobs came back with his Metroplex (sitout uranage) for a two count. Jacobs with chops and forearms. Styles hit a powerslam for a two count. Styles busted out a move that I hadn't seen him use in Wildside. He put Jacobs in airplane spin and dropped him throat first across the top rope. Jacobs whipped Styles into the rail. Styles backdropped Jacobs onto the entrance ramp. At the 6-minute mark, Jacobs hit the superkick but was too beat to follow up. Styles went for the Clash and Jacobs was able to counter out with a huracanrana for a near fall. Styles blocked Jacobs on tornado DDT and re-planted him on the top rope. Styles bumped ref Speedy Nelson. John Phoenix came to ringside to cause a crotch job on Jacobs. Styles hit the Clash for pin. Styles saw Phoenix at ringside and accepted the tainted victory without apology, so his allegiance remains a mystery. I think Jacobs his biggest pop since turning face on his way out.
4) Iceberg (with Jeff G. Bailey) beat Rick Michaels in 5:25. Along with everything else, Iceberg is now introduced as "The Vessel of Violence." Iceberg pounded away. Michaels used a shot to the nutsack and fired back with southpaw punches. Iceberg picked Michaels up and charged across the ring to ram his back into the turnbuckles. Iceberg draped Michaels' throat on the second rope and did the Ivan Koloff run-across-the-ring and jump on the guy's back thing. Bailey hurt his hand again with a cheap shot punch. Iceberg sent Michaels over the rail with a baseball slide. Back inside, Iceberg missed on an avalanche splash. Michaels hit a pair of dropkicks that had little impact. A flying forearm was good for a two count. Michaels went for the double shot, but he couldn't take Iceberg down with the neckbreaker. Iceberg crushed him with an elbow drop, followed by a Ground Zero splash for the three count. Iceberg put the icing on the cake, with a beautiful (if you can call it that) flying Abdullah the Butcher elbow drop. This match went a long way towards restoring Iceberg's status as the indestructible monster.
5) Malaki beat Sweet Dreams in 4:43. Nothing horrible, but nothing of much interest either. I think most fans saw way more of Dreams in his tiny pants than they really wanted to. Dreams missed on a twisting moonsault legdrop. Malaki won it with a Michinoku driver.
6) Caprice Coleman submitted Tony Mamaluke to even their best of five series for the World TV title at 2-2 (1:27). Mamaluke came out limping with his left knee heavily wrapped. Coleman showed no mercy, immediately hitting a springboard clothesline and going to work on the injured knee. Mamaluke tried to make a comeback, but hurt his knee in the process. Coleman debuted a new finisher, which was a cross between a stump puller and a standing figure four leglock. Similar to the finisher El Satanico uses, with a figure four added.
Mamaluke said that he may have been beaten in under a minute with a bad leg, but he was a man, and he wanted to settle their series tonight. That led to ...
7) Coleman beat Mamaluke in 7:08 to win the best of five series 3-2 and retain the World TV title. Good match but not much heat. The face taking advantage of the heel's injury made for an interesting story, but it made it tough for the crowd to get behind Coleman. Coleman hit a senton and went back to work on the knee. Mamaluke fought back with punches and kicks. Mamaluke used a Funk uppercut and some stinging chops. Coleman blocked Mamaluke's high angle back suplex attempt. Mamaluke did the slingshot guillotine legdrop to the apron. Mamaluke applied a camel clutch. Coleman made the ropes. Mamaluke's knee gave out again. Coleman hoisted Mamaluke off his feet and caught him with a neckbreaker on the way down. Coleman covered, but Mamaluke was able to roll a shoulder. Coleman went to the top. Mamaluke shoved the ref into the ropes to crotch Coleman. Mamaluke hit a superplex and locked on the guillotine choke that he used to tap Coleman out to take a 2-1 lead. Coleman was finally able to break the hold and flip over to gain a near fall. Coleman used a Northern lights. Mamaluke rammed Coleman into the buckles. Both men down, with Coleman gasping for air. Coleman hit the Thermal Shock to win the match and the series. Coleman helped Mamaluke to his feet and offered to shake hands. Mamaluke picked up the title belt and laid it across Coleman's shoulder. Classy finish.
8) Swingers Inc. (Michael Anthony & Vincent I. Pain) (with Destiny) won an "underdogs" tag team gauntlet match in 11:05 to earn a spot on the anniversary show card. The other teams were Dagon Briggs (with Seven) & Mr. Delicious, Frankie Armadillo & Adam Booker, Johnny Curtis & Kid Krazy, Kid Thrilla & Shadow Jackson and Jeremy V & Derek Driver. Match started with Briggs and Driver, with a new man entering every 30 seconds. Seven had an interesting tattoo on her abs, but I expect few people were paying much attention to that part of her anatomy. Driver did a split leg moonsault. Thrilla (in from Nashville) used a pumphandle slam. Briggs and Delicious nailed Armadillo with a dropkick sandwich. Jackson powerslammed Anthony before saying goodbye. Curtis saved himself with a skin the cat before getting dumped for good. Anthony eliminated V with a fallaway toss over the top. At 7:40, only Booker and Anthony were left. They did a regular tag match from there. Booker took over on Anthony with a spinkick and a frogsplash. Pain tagged in and landed a dropkick for a two count. Booker & Armadillo gave Pain a double backdrop off a blind tag. Armadillo got two with a swinging neckbreaker, as Anthony broke up the pin. Swingers nailed Armadillo with a Boston crab/legdrop combo off another blind tag. Finish saw Armadillo miss on a dive and take a double team drop on his head for the pinfall. Good match for what it was.
Sal Rinauro came to the ring to address the status of G-Rated. Rinauro took the blame for the problems with his partner, Kid Kool. Rinauro said he got a big head and took his frustrations out on Kool. He called Kool out and asked for forgiveness. They hugged. Not much crowd reaction, like they weren't sure what to make of it. Good intuition, I would say. Rinauro clotheslined Kool and pounded on him. "The coolest thing about you is me." Rinauro hung Kool's feet over the top rope and dropped him with an inverted DDT.
9) Jimmy Rave beat Jeremy Lopez and Slim J in a three-way elimination match to retain the NWA World junior title (7:50). Excellent match. Giant pop for Rave. The kind he hasn't been getting of late. Maybe absence does makes the heart grow fonder. On to the highlights: Lopez was content to loaf along the ropes and allow Rave and J to do the work. J eventually got a hold of Lopez. Can't remember the last time I saw someone sell a hammerlock as convincingly as Lopez did here. J took a seat at ringside, like he was in a jury box, to watch Rave and Lopez. Lopez and Rave started exchanging slaps and forearms. J took a big bump over the top. Rave took a bump to the outside, and J re-entered with a springboard spinning headscissors for a near fall. Lopez was able to regain control. Rave did a step up Shining Enzuigiri off the ref's back. All three down for an eight count to set up a triple nip up spot. J hit the 3-6 Mafia kick on Rave. Rave eliminated Lopez with a stunner at 5:35. J did an awesome sunset flip powerbomb deal for a near fall. I wanna see that again. Rave used a pair of spears on J and absolutely took his freakin' head off with a lariat. J came back with a RUDE side fisherman buster thing for a near fall. Rave blocked J's Anger Management finisher. J blocked Rave's tornado DDT. J boosted Rave up onto the buckles and landed a dropkick. Rave used a Northern lights bomb off the top to pin J. Yikes. Fans chanted "Free Slim J" as the Corrections Officer put him back in handcuffs.
10) Future Shock (Jay Freeze & Brandon P) beat Scottie Wrenn & Tank via a count out in 8:56. The faces punished Future Shock right from the get go until they bailed out. Wrenn and Freeze squared off. Wrenn powerbombed Freeze. Wrenn used a HEAVY chop and a forearm shot to send Freeze down to the canvas. Wrenn & Tank used a double choke slam on Freeze. A fan seated behind me displayed the dry wit that Cornelia fans are famous for with "Jay Freeze sucks Brandon's P." Tank used a pumphandle slam on P. Freeze jumped in, kicked the hell out of Tank, and dragged him over to the corner so P could make the tag. Ref Speedy Nelson let it go by. Future Shock got heat on Tank. Nelson stayed busy with Wrenn, allowing Future Shock to use a variety of nefarious heel tactics. Freeze used a Mr. Wrestling 2 kneelift. Tank ducked a double clothesline for clothesline on Freeze and a front slam on P. Hot tag to Wrenn. He did his gorilla press face plant on Freeze. No ref to count. Ref bump? Maybe he was on the outside, where P was posting Tank. Anyway, Wrenn hit the Psycho Slam. 1 ... 2 ... P pulled the ref out of the ring. They battled on the outside. Future Shock was able get back in the ring before the 10 count. Wrenn & Tank didn't make it. Again, the booking and execution left fans wanting to see more.
11) David Young beat Rainman (with Bailey) by DQ in 4:53. Good match with good heat while it lasted. They exchanged hard slaps at the start. Young dropped Rainman on his face with a German suplex. Bailey got on the apron to tie up Young's arms for Rainman. Young slipped out and gave Bailey & Rainman a noggin knocker that left them both on the floor. Young got crotched coming back through the ropes and Rainman took over with a corkscrew dropkick. Rainman punched away from the mount. Young got a sunset flip hope spot. Rainman cut him off with a leg lariat for a two count. Rainman slowly climbed to the top. Rainman got crotched after taking a punch. Rainman dumped Young to break up a superplex attempt. Young blocked Rainman's tornado DDT and tossed him into the turnbuckles with a Northern lights suplex. John Phoenix hit the ring on Young for the DQ. Jacobs hit the ring on Phoenix. The faces got the upper hand, forcing the Elite to retreat.
Young challenged the Elite to tag match, which Bailey accepted, leading to...
12) Jacobs & Young beat Rainman & Phoenix (with Bailey) in 9:48. Jacobs was on Phoenix like white on rice. Phoenix moonsaulted to his feet. Jacobs gave him an inverted DDT across his knee. Young did that swinging face plant move on Phoenix. Brute power there. Phoenix potatoed Young with brutal spinkick right in the face. Phoenix took out Young's knee and the Elite went to work on it. Phoenix used a single leg crab. Rainman applied figure four, but Young reversed it. Bailey reached in to rake Young. Phoenix went for another cool leg submission. Phoenix missed on a headbutt of the top, but connected on a basement dropkick to stay in control. Young and Rainman did a crossbody collision that left both men down. Tag to Jacobs. Wrong time for the tag, which sucked the heat right out of the match. The Elite took over again. Iceberg came out and avalanche splashed Young against the apron. Jacobs hit a neckbreaker on Phoenix. Rainman and Iceberg worked Young over on the outside, leaving Jacobs and Phoenix to do battle on the inside. Chair in the ring. Phoenix did a move with the chair on Jacobs that looked really screwed up. Jacobs got right up and gave Phoenix the Stroke on the chair for the pin. Flat finish there.
Bailey got on the mic to set up the key matches for the anniversary show. 1) Michaels vs. Rainman in a Dark City Death Match, where anything is legal. 2) Phoenix vs. Jacobs in a Loser Leaves Town Match. 3) Iceberg vs. Young for the Wildside Heavyweight Title with no DQ and no count out. It had been three years, and Bailey wanted to eliminate all three of them.
Michaels came out and it looked like they were going to do a 6-man right on the spot. The faces cleared the Elite out of the ring. Michaels challenged the "p***ies" to get back in, but they weren't having any.
NOTES: It appears that Wildside will be back on TV on the Cornelia cable system within the next few weeks. They are trying to secure a Saturday morning slot, which will allow them to push the TV tapings on the day of the show. ... The Wildside 3rd Anniversary show on 9/21 will have Lost Boyz vs. T-N-T two out of three falls for the tag team titles, a Wildside heavyweight title match with Young vs. Iceberg, Rainman vs. Michaels in a Dark City Death Match, Jacobs vs. Phoenix with the loser leaves stip, Future Shock vs. Tank & Wrenn and Onyx vs. Homicide. ... Wildside returns to Toccoa on 9/28. ... David Young will return to Japan for another tour with Zero-One in about four weeks. While in Japan, Young had a tooth knocked out in a match with Spanky. ... Booker, Curtis, Armadillo and Krazy drove 17 hours each way from New England to work the show. ... Rave makes his first appearance for CZW on 9/14. ... Jay Briscoe and Mamaluke are booked for Ring Of Honor on 9/21. ... Jacey North will be working the NWA Virginia show on 9/21 ... and as you know, he's STILL the NWA Virginia Champion.
2002 - WWE's Raw brand ran Cedar Rapids, Iowa. John Littrel filed the following live report:
September 8th, 2002
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
U.S. Cellular Center
John Littrel
I just got back from the Cedar Rapids WWE house show, and had a blast. The first thing we noticed is that the crowd size was relatively small compared to the other times WWE has run through here. Even with the small crowd, the wrestlers, refs and crew worked their butts off to give us a great show. A very solid show, that I think should have left everyone happy that attended.
Spike Dudley d. Johnny Stamboli
Perfect match to start the night, really got the crowd going, and Spike was getting a pretty good reception. Johnny Stamboli had a solid showing, and the match flowed very smoothly. They did the all the normal spots of Spike getting thrown around, but in the end, nailing the stomp and the ACID DROP for the win.
D'Lo Brown d. Raven
I am a huge fan of D'Lo and Raven, but this match was just too short, and no one really got into it. D'Lo won with the SKYHIGH.
Shelton Benjamin d. Justin Credible
The crowd totally hated Justin Credible, starting the famous "just-an-a**hole" chant early on. Shelton got some pretty decent pops for not being a worker on TV. Several great spots in this match, but Shelton Benjamin won with what my friend described as, and pardon the spelling, a "reverse twisting ensaguri" that looked sensational.
Bradshaw d. Steven Richards
Bradshaw was over with the crowd, who wanted to see him destroy somebody, and Steven Richards filled that part perfectly. he played the sniveling, little wuss who wanted no part of Big Bad Bradshaw to a tee. Bradshaw go on the mic before the match to get the crowd into it, and of course beat the snot out Steven Richards, who only got offense in cheap shots. Bradshaw hits THE CLOTHESLINE FROM HELL for the win.
Molly Holly & Victoria d. Trish Stratus & Jacqueline
The special referee was Stacy Keibler, who had on the best damn ref outfit I think I have ever seen. Lots of good wrestling from all the woman, and for a nice change, very little cat calling and "we want puppies" types of chants from the crowd. Victoria gets the pin on Trish after what we believe was a belt shot. The whole time in the crowd, a guy dressed in a referee outfit kept screaming at Stacy for her "lack of" skills on being a ref. My friend said he was Referee Billy J of a local Indy fed, CFWA. I think he may have had one to many Miller High Lifes!
Chris Jericho d. Bubba Ray Dudley
Great match with the crowd loving Bubba Ray, but more so hating Jericho. He did a great job of turning all of us against him, and got tons of "Fozzy Sucks" chants. Fozzy was also played at intermission, although I doubt many noticed. Jericho ends up making Bubba tap to the Walls of Jericho.
*INTERMISSION*
Jeff Hardy d. Test
Lots of "U-S-A" chants in this one, as can be expected. Pretty good match that Test mostly dominated. Hardy hit all his trademark moves, and ended up getting a school boy on Test after Charles Robinson pushed Test for pushing him. Jeff Hardy's Swan-ton was perfect.
Lance Storm & Christian d. Booker T & Goldust/William Regal & Christopher Nowinski (WWE Tag Team Match)
A three way dance of sorts, elimination style. Before the match, Christian cut a awesome promo, that got him lots of heat. Booker and Goldust were over huge. And William Regal stood and let this guy make an ass of himself by getting in Regal's face for like 5 minutes. When the guy was done, Regal just smiled, turned and walked away. Pure Gold!
William Regal and Chris Nowinski got eliminated quickly, but only after they could do the "men lovers" routine, with Booker getting on the mic and proclaiming "I thought Billy and Chuck were on Smackdown." The whole match was awesome, with lots of near falls and teasers. Test came in, gave the BIG BOOT to Goldust, allowing Christian and Storm to get the win.
Big Show d. Tommy Dreamer
Awesome match, with Tommy taking way too brutal of bumps for a house show. He really got his butt kicked. Big Show dished out some punishment, but also took a nasty bump into the steps that looked painful. Big Show hits a gross looking Choke Slam onto a garbage can on Dreamer for the win. Dreamer slid out of the ring, and pretending he was "pancaked" onto the can. acting like he couldn't get it off, till it finally dropped off and he stumbled to the back. Real sick looking spot.
Triple H d. Rob Van Dam (World Title Match)
Another awesome match, with HHH just yelling at everyone in the crowd to really get some heat. He even yelled at this 12 year old kid with a sign to "shove it up his ass!" The poor kid looked heart-broken. RVD was over huge, and got lots of assist with his "R-V-D" chants. Back and forth match, which saw many nearfalls. Just when you thought it would end, someone would kick out. Triple H hits the PEDIGREE onto RVD to retain the title.
All the wrestlers really busted their butts, and put on an excellent show. I hope RAW is as good tomorrow when I go to see it in AMES. Big Props for RVD, Goldust, Booker T, Trish and Jacqueline for really making sure that everyone got the attention they deserved, and spent an extra long time slapping hands with the fans. Real class.
2002 - WWE's Smackdown brand ran Cleveland, Ohio. Kevin Peel filed the following live report:
1. KURT ANGLE DEFEATED RIKISHI
A really hot opener as Angle was getting a ton of heel heat without even doing any mic work. This match was billed as a "kiss my ass" match. Rikishi can really work a crowd and he had the crowd in the palm of his hand for this match. Late in the match, Rikishi hit his big belly to belly suplex and dragged Angle over to the corner for the Banzai Drop. The ref counted 1-2-3 but later noticed that Angle had grabbed the rope before 3. After a couple reversals, Angle pinned Rikishi using the ropes. After the match, Angle told Rikishi he had to kiss his ass. Instead, Rikishi attacked Angle from behind and gave him the stink face in the corner to the delight of the crowd.
2. HARDCORE HOLLY DEFEATED RICO
The crowd wasn't really into this one, but this was a pretty good match from where I sat. Rico really looked good here and has a lot of potential. Holly picked up the win with the Alabama Slam.
3. BILLY AND CHUCK DEFEATED HURRICANE AND SHANNON MOORE
This was a really entertaining match. Hurricane got a great crowd response. Billy and Chuck were really funny doing all the gay spots. Chuck and Shannon Moore traded go behind spots that Chuck seemed to really enjoy. Billy was getting jealous. It's a shame that Billy and Chuck can't be this entertaining on TV. Late in the match, Hurricane hit the choke slam on Billy, but Chuck ran in and hit Hurricane with a super kick. Billy covered for the 1-2-3.
4. BAUTISTA SQUASHED D-VON
D-Von came out and called the crowd sinners for chanting "You Suck" to an Olympic hero like Kurt Angle earlier. He then got the cheap heat by making fun of the Cleveland Browns saying they choked in their home opener (which is true). Bautista came out and beat D-Von with a powerbomb. Pretty much the same match they had on Smackdown this past Thursday.
5. BROCK LESNAR DEFEATED UNDERTAKER BY DQ TO RETAIN THE WWE TITLE
Brock Lesnar got a big baby face pop, which isn't good since he's a heel. Taker came out and was over huge. Crowd heat was great for the match and they were buying most of the near falls. Late in the match, they did the WWE trademark ref bump. Taker hit a choke slam, but there was no ref to count. Lesnar hit a nice fisherman's suplex, but there was no ref to count. Lesnar brought a chair in the ring and hit Taker with it. Later, Taker hit Brock with the chair but the ref saw him and called for the DQ. Brock retains the belt.
6. RANDY ORTON DEFEATED MATT HARDY
I missed this match as I was late coming back from intermission since I was picking up the new Brock Lesnar T-shirt. Apparently, Matt cut a promo before the match about bringing some "mattitude" to the fans. Orton won the match and Matt threw a tantrum after the match.
7. TAJIRI, CHAVO GUERRERO AND BULL BUCHANAN DEF MARK HENRY, JOHN CENA AND HORACE HOGAN
Bull Buchanan looks to be in the best shape of his career. This was an okay match but nothing special. Tajiri scored the 1-2-3 after nailing Horace with the kick of death.
8. JAMIE KNOBLE DEFEATED BILLY KIDMAN TO RETAIN THE WWE CRUISERWEIGHT TITLE
Nidia and Torrie Wilson were both at ringside for this one. Very good fast paced match with a ton of near falls, but the crowd wasn't into it. Kidman kicked out of the sit-down powerbomb. Kidman hit his form of the sit-down powerbomb, but Nidia jumped on the ring apron which led to a Nidia/Torrie catfight. Knoble hit Kidman with a belt shot to score the 1-2-3 and retain the cruiserweight title.
9. EDGE AND REY MISTERIO DEFEATED CHRIS BENOIT AND EDDIE GUERRERO
Great crowd reaction for all four guys. Late in the match, Eddie hit the frog splash on Edge and Benoit covered, but Edge still kicked out. Misterio tried the 619 on Eddie but looked like he blew the spot. Eddie covered for him and sold it anyway. Edge hit the spear and scored the 1-2-3. After the match, Edge and Rey did the old "5 minute pose" spot to send the fans home happy.
I though it was a great house show as there weren't really any bad matches on the show. Definitely an enjoyable show, but they announced they wouldn't be returning until next year.
2002 - WWE broadcast Heat. John Keane filed the following TV report:
Matches taped on 9/2 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Your Announcers are Jonathan Coachman and D'Lo Brown.
John Keane reporting
Pyros go off, Coach and D'Lo welcome us in, we go straight to work…
1st Match: Victoria vs. Jacqueline.
Mild pops for both. Lockup, Jacqueline tries for a side headlock, Victoria grabs the hair, drops her to mat. (For brevity's sake, I'll refer to the competitors as Vic and Jaq for the rest of the recap.) Jaq protests as she gets to feet, Vic pleads her innocence. Another lockup and hair-pull slam follows, Vic plays to the crowd, Jaq gets to feet, scores pair of retaliatory hair-pull slams, follows up with a drop toe hold and a pair of armdrag takedowns. Vic to ropes, Jaq lays in forearms, tries for whip, reversed, Jaq off ropes, Vic scores nice powerslam, good for 2. Vic to feet, drops an elbow for another 2, jumping legdrop gets same, Vic brings Jaq up by the hair, tosses her face first into top turnbuckle. Vic sets standing boot-choke in the corner, gets warned off by ref. Jaq at ropes, Vic scores with a knee to gut, follows up with a shoulder to same, whips Jaq off ropes, sets for back body drop, Jaq counters with a sunset flip for a 2-count. Up, Vic clotheslines Jaq to canvas, takes too long to cover, just gets 2. Vic follows up with a sidewalk slam for another 2 count, brings Jaq up, gets in a clubbing forearm to the back, whips Jaq to corner, charges, Jaq gets the boots up, Vic down and up. Vic charges again, Jaq scores a pair of clotheslines for knockdowns, lays in forearms, whips Vic to corner, follows up with a nice belly to back suplex. Vic staggered, Jaq scores kick to gut, Vic doubled over, spinning kick to the head follows, Vic down for the 1-2-3.
Winner: Jacqueline.
Backstage, we see Raven arriving at the arena. Ring Announcer Howard Finkel approaches-he informs Raven he's also now a Heat-exclusive talent due to a loss to Lillian Garcia on Raw a couple of weeks ago. (News to me.)
Howard tries to be upbeat, Raven blows him off, reminds Howard Heat is still his personal playground, a point he plans on emphasizing during his match with Spike Dudley later on. Break.
Straight back to the ring…
2nd Match: Shelton Benjamin vs. Shawn Stasiak.
Very mild pop for Shelton, heat/simple hatred for Shawn approaching X-Pac level. Quick lockup/break/lockup, Shelton forces Shawn to corner, ref calls for break, Shelton complies, Shawn gets in the obligatory pie-facing. Shawn attempts to deliver lecture, Shelton VERY quickly gets bored, gets in boot to gut, tries for a headlock, Shawn shrugs him off, Shelton off ropes, rolls through a hiptoss, scores one of his own. Shelton follows up with an armdrag takedown and a slam, Shawn down. Shelton slams his head to canvas, brings him up to ropes, tries for whip, reversed, Shelton off ropes, ducks a clothesline, goes off opposite ropes, Shawn tosses him over the top. Shawn poses as Shelton skins the cat behind his back, re-enters ring, Shawn turns to quickly be tossed over the top and out of ring (as, of course, Shawn is unable to spell cat, much less skin one). Shawn slowly ascends apron, Shelton goes to join him, Shawn slams his head on top rope. Shelton staggers as Shawn ascends top turnbuckle, flying clothesline sends Shelton down for 2. Shawn up, lays in boots, goes for a pair of chokes, ref issues warnings for both. Shawn brings Shelton up, scores a suplex, good for 2. Shawn attempts to bring Shelton up, Shelton stages the comeback, fires off punches, whips Shawn to corner, charges, Shawn ducks under, brings Shelton up, drops him chin-first onto top turnbuckle, Shelton down. Shawn scores with a forearm, kick, brings Shawn to ropes, lays in knee choke, gets warned off by ref. Shawn brings Shelton up, scores a quick snapmare, lays in a sleeper. Shelton struggles to feet, elbows out of hold, goes off ropes, Shawn sets for backdrop, Shelton goes for the sunset flip, Shawn keeps his leverage, gets in a quick punch as Shelton is on canvas. Shawn pauses to pose, Shelton takes advantage of the break, gets a quick rollup, good for 2. Both men up, Shawn connects with a forearm, Shelton down, Shawn goes for the laying in of the boots, brings Shelton up, sets for suplex, Shelton floats over, scores with a neckbreaker, both men down for a 5-count. Shawn up first, the 2 exchange punches, Shelton to feet, gets in a flurry of chops and kicks, sets for whip, reversed, Shelton off ropes, scores with a back elbow, Shawn down. Up, Shelton connects with a clothesline, Shawn down and up, Shelton whips him off ropes, scores back body drop, Shawn down for 2. Shelton brings Shawn to corner, attempts whip, reversed, Shelton to corner, Shawn scores a spinebuster as he bounces out, good for 2. Shawn getting frustrated, brings Shelton up, sets for suplex, Shelton floats through, tries for superkick, Shawn catches boot, whips the leg, Shelton scores spinning kick (referred to by our announcers as the Money Clip), Shawn down for the 1-2-3.
Winner: Shelton Benjamin.
During the match, Coach and D'Lo reminded us that Heat stalwart Crash Holly will no longer be joining us, having joined his cousin Bob on the Smackdown roster. Break.
We return to recap the SummerSlam PPV, held 2 weeks ago. Shawn Michaels made his return to a WWE ring after a 4-year absence to get a win over HHH. Post-match Hunter got in a pair of sledgehammer shots to Shawn's back. Last Monday J.R. and the King talked to HBK via a satellite connection-Shawn was at home in a wheelchair. Short form, Shawn plans on rehabbing his butt off, is proud of the match and eventually plans on getting a measure of revenge on HHH. Break.
Boot of the Week: Last week on Heat, D'Lo got a win over Raven. As you may recall, the 2 have been feuding over the last month.
Speaking of Mr. Sunshine, we return to the ring…
3rd Match: Raven vs. Spike Dudley.
Nice pop for Spike, decent heat for Raven-he and D'Lo trade glares pre-match, looks like their feud ain't over. Mild 'ECW' chant as the 2 circle, lockup, Raven forces Spike to corner, ref calls for break, surprisingly Raven does so cleanly-to turn his attention to D'Lo at the announce table. Spike and Raven again circle, lockup, Spike again forced to corner, ref calls for break, Raven gets in a triplet of forearm shots before complying, Spike down in corner. Raven brings him up, shoots Spike off ropes, brings him up, Spike counters with headscissors takedown, Raven down and up at ropes, Spike clotheslines him over top and out of ring. Raven gets to feet, Spike scores with a plancha, Raven down. Spike poses for crowd, rolls Raven in, follows, Raven up in corner, Spike joins him, ascends first turnbuckle, punches him to canvas, follows up with a quick tap-dance on Raven's chest. Spike brings Raven up, attempts whip, reversed, Spike into turnbuckles hard, drops to canvas. Raven brings him up, Spike again whipped to corner, Raven off ropes, running clothesline sends Spike down again, Raven covers for 2. Raven brings Spike up in corner, goes behind, ascends 2nd turnbuckle, sets knee on back of Spikes neck, falls, Spike sent face first to canvas, Raven covers, Spike grabs the ropes at the count of 2. Raven sets Spike under ropes, slingshots him face first into bottom strand. Spike, close to convulsions, retreats to corner, Raven follows, brings him up, whips Spike off ropes, lays in a sleeper as he bounces back in. Spike counters with a sit-down jawbreaker, Raven quickly up, attempts to re-apply sleeper, Spike shakes him off, sends Raven off ropes, lays in a sleeper of his own. Raven backs Spike into corner, sleeper is broken, Raven to canvas. Up, Spike charges, again tries for sleeper, Raven counters with a suplex, both men down for a 9-count (!). Up, Spike scores with the battering ram, Raven staggered, Spike fires off forearms, kick to gut, goes off ropes, running bulldog sends Raven down. Up, Spike again off ropes, scores with a forearm, Raven down for 2. Raven up in corner, Spike whips him to opposite, charges, Raven gets a knee up, sends Spike to canvas. Raven brings Spike up, tries for whip, Spike puts on brakes, tries for another headscissors takedown, Raven counters with powerbomb. Spike near dead, Raven sets him up in corner, ascends 2nd turnbuckle, turns his attention back to D'Lo. Raven scores pair of punches as D'Lo removes headset and stands on announce table to respond to Raven's barbs. Raven ignores Spike to jaw-jack with D'Lo (so much for that huge IQ), Spike quickly rolls Raven up with backslide variation, gets the 1-2-3.
Winner: Spike Dudley.
Post-match Coach and D'Lo share a chuckle as Raven throws a fit in the ring. Break.
Back, after a quick clip of the closing moments of Spike/Raven, we see Coach had to keep D'Lo from going after Raven during the break.
Time to recap Raw. Last Monday Raw GM Eric Bischoff, reacting to the announcement that Undisputed Champion Brock Lesnar would be exclusively performing on Smackdown, brought the old WCW Championship belt out of retirement and presented it to HHH, proclaiming him the new 'World Champion'. Ric Flair took offense at the belt he'd worn 16 times simply being handed to someone, and Bischoff set up Flair/HHH for later on the show with the new title on the line. Hunter got the win, post-match Chris Jericho (who lost to Flair in controversial fashion at SummerSlam) hit the ring and put the Nature Boy in the Walls of Jericho. Intercontinental Champion Rob Van Dam made the save, getting in some shots to HHH in the process. After, the enraged Game demanded Bischoff set up HHH/RVD for later on the show. Y2J protested, as he was scheduled to get a shot at Rob's IC title during the shows main event. Bischoff quickly got sick of the two and eventually set up a tag match, RVD/Flair vs. HHH/Y2J. Good guys picked up the win in that one, Rob hitting Hunter with the 5-Star Frog Splash and getting the 1-2-3 as Flair had Jericho in the Figure-4 on the outside.
D'Lo wonders if Hunter will have anything to say tomorrow night about the loss to RVD. Break.
WWE Rewind: Last week on Raw, Booker T. picked up a win over William Regal. Post-match Spinaroonie followed.
Back for our Main Event…
4th Match: Goldust vs. Steven Richards.
Big heat for Steven, pop of the night for the Bizarre One. Lockup, Steven gets in a rake to the face, pauses to jump and holler as Goldust sneers. The 2 circle, again lock up, Steven forces Goldust to corner, ref calls for break, Goldust ducks under the cheap shot clothesline to get in a hiss break in center of ring. Steven peevishly walks up to Goldust, administers girly shove, Goldust responds with one of man-sized variety, sending Steven to canvas. Up, Goldust ducks a clothesline, gets in a pair of forearm shots, sends Steven off ropes, butt-bump drops him to canvas. Steven up at ropes, Goldust attempts another whip, reversed, Goldust off ropes, Steven sets for back body drop, Goldust drops to canvas, gets in a punch to the face, Goldust to feet, scores an armdrag takedown into an armbar. Steven to feet, Goldust wrings the arm, Steven to canvas, Goldust drops the leg on targeted arm. Goldust brings Steven up, tosses him into turnbuckle targeted (left, by the way) arm first. Goldust tosses Steven arm first into opposite corner, follows up with an uppercut, Steven down. Up, Goldust back to work on arm, Steven forces him to corner, unleashes flurry of forearms, chop, pauses to mock Goldust, man in gold apparently not a fan of imitation, Goldust tosses Steven into corner, lays in a series of forearms and chops. Goldust tries for whip, Steven puts on brakes, Goldust back into corner, Steven scores with a neckbreaker, Goldust down, Steven covers for 2. Goldust up at ropes, Steven gets in a chop, follows up with a snapmare, Goldust down, Steven drops the elbow, covers for another 2. Steven locks in a sleeper, Goldust gets to feet, scores shots to abdomen, breaks hold, goes off ropes, Steven sets for backdrop, Goldust counters with sunset flip, Steven kicks out at 2. Up, Steven scores with a clothesline for a knockdown, takes quick break to tend to arm, returns to Goldust, scores series of mounted punches, ref calls for break. Steven brings Goldust up, gets in a chop, Goldust groggily goes off ropes, half-heartedly shoves Steven, takes another chop, Steven sends Goldust to ropes, scores standing dropkick, Goldust down for 2. Steven brings Goldust up, sends him to ropes, tries another dropkick, Goldust scouts it, holds ropes, Steven to canvas. Goldust goes for the victory roll, just gets 2. Up, Steven lays in forearms to face, goes off ropes, Goldust scores the Directors Cut (powerslam), both men down for a 2 count. Up, the 2 exchange forearms, Steven goes off ropes, Goldust scores with a clothesline, Steven right back up to take another clothesline, Steven up at ropes, Goldust whips him off opposite, scores inverted Atomic Drop. Steven again whipped off ropes, Goldust scores version of One and Only, Steven down for 2. Steven up in corner, Goldust joins him, ascends 2nd turnbuckle, gets in a 9-count of mounted punches, gets in a quick hiss and a glance at his hand (tribute to his pal Booker T, methinks) before delivering #10. Goldust considers delivering Shattered Dreams (or is it Golden Globes?), takes too long, Steven gets in a thumb to the eye, tries for the StevenKick, Goldust catches his boot, whips the leg, Steven counters with a clothesline, Goldust down for 2. Steven brings Goldust up, sets for suplex, Goldust gets in shots to gut, reverses into the Curtain Call, Steven down for the 1-2-3.
Winner: Goldust.
Generic hype for tomorrow nights Raw ends the show.
Pretty decent show tonight, little bit of everything in the ring. Recap was the usual. Glad to see the Raven/D'Lo feud hasn't been dropped, hopefully it'll lead into a match where both guys can show they deserve a place on the weeknight show. Then again, after the last 2 weeks…maybe they're better off right here on Heat, where you can get more than 2 matches in an hour!
2003 - During an edition of Raw in Huntsville, Alabama, Kane defeats Rob Van Dam in a steel cage match. At the start of the match, Kane repeatedly throws Van Dam into the cage, to the point that the cage "breaks" and swings open and Van Dam falls to the floor. He is declared the winner, but Raw General Manager Eric Bischoff orders that the match continue, since the rules stated that you had to win by pinfall, escaping the cage through the door, or by going over the top of the cage. Kane would go on to win with a top rope chokeslam.
2007 – Lance Cade & Trevor Murdoch defeat Paul London & Brian Kendrick to win the WWE World Tag Team championships.
2008 - Fox Searchlight Pictures purchased rights to "The Wrestler" for $4 million, beating out Lionsgate, Overture, The Weinstein Co. and Sony Pictures.
2008 - The 10/12 screening of"The Wrestler", closing out the New York International Film Festival, sold out immediately, although additional tickets were released the weekend of the showing.
2008 - WTVD-TV in North Carolina reported that Ashley Fliehr, daughter of Ric Flair, had been arrested in conjunction with an incident that left the Hall Of Famer "bloodied and bruised". According to the story, police in Chapel Hill were called to a commotion outside an apartment complex involving Flair, Ashley and an unidentified 22-year old man. The three were apparently involved in a fight, but Ric Flair declined to file charges. However, Ashley was accused of kicking a police officer, leading to a taser gun being used on her. Ashley, then 22, was charged with assault on a law enforcement officer and resisting arrest. She would go on to be known as Charlotte in WWE.
There were no further details on why the fight occurred, or how badly hurt Ric Flair was. There were no mentions of injuries to Ashley or the unidentified man.
UPDATE: When the channel attempted to contact Ashley Fliehr, her boyfriend said "the incident was a family matter that is now resolved".
2008 - WWE broadcast Raw on the USA Network. Richard Trionfo filed the following TV report:
After last night’s ScrambleMania pay per view, otherwise known as Unforgiven, do we get to see a new champion for the Raw brand or did CM Punk get to retain his title. In case you missed the pay per view, CM Punk did not even get a chance to defend his title because of what Randy Orton did to him. Punk was beaten up so bad that he could not even wrestle. However, one man who got beaten to the point where he could not defend himself was able to take Punk’s place and he is your new World Champion. Shawn Michaels defeated Chris Jericho, but Jericho was able to accept General Manager Adamle’s offer to join the Raw Scramble match. We also saw Ted DiBiase and Cody Rhodes retain the tag titles against Cryme Tyme. We got to see a new member of the Raw roster when Manu made his debut to help Rhodes and DiBiase. What is next for Santino Marella and Beth Phoenix after what Randy Orton said to them last week? Will Kofi Kingston get any revenge on Rhodes, Orton, DiBiase, or Manu for their attack on him when Kingston came to Punk’s aid? What fun things will The Adamle come up with tonight? What will the new champion say? What will the four men who could not win the title do on tonight’s show. Will Bradshaw claim that he is the champion because the Jets and Giants won this weekend?
We are live from Fort Wayne, Indiana and your announcers are Jerry ‘I have a suggestion for the second generation team’ Lawler and Michael ‘I picked the Colts to win last night’ Cole.
Lillian Garcia is in the ring and she introduces the new World Champion Chris Jericho. Chris tells everyone who he is and he points out that he is the new World Champion in case you missed Lillian Garcia’s announcement. Jericho is going to give everyone who did not see the pay per view an update on what happened. Last night, he faced the wrath of a self righteous hypocrite, Shawn Michaels. Shawn talks about turning the other cheek and being a good person; but Chris wants to show us what Shawn did last night. Chris takes off his jacket, shirt, and tie and he reveals the marks on his back. The crowd applauds the bruises while Chris talks about them. He asks what kind of man would do this to another human being. What kind of person would disfigure another man? That man is Shawn Michaels and he is a hypocrite. Shawn whipped him like a dog. The tip of his belt discolored his back and the fans savored every minute of it. When all of the bravado goes down, what did Shawn Michaels win? He won nothing. Shawn might have won his match. Now he is home celebrating with his family. Chris says that the match was unsanctioned and never existed so Shawn accomplished nothing. Chris points out that he has the title belt.
Chris says that six months ago, he said that good things happen to good people. Chris says that he is a good person. He is a righteous man and a good man. He does what he says and now he is the champion. After he received the brutal beating that he did not deserve last night, he was told by Mike Adamle that Randy Orton kicked CM Punk in the head and was out of the Scramble. That is how he is the new champion. Not only did he beat Steve Austin and The Rock to become the first Undisputed Champion. Last night, he beat Kane, Rey Mysterio, Batista, and Bradshaw to win the title. Chris points out that Batista came close to winning. Now everyone must respect how good Chris Jericho is. Chris says that he is not Shawn Michaels. He is better because he is the new World Champion.
Mike Adamle comes out and he congratulates Chris for his victory. Adamle says that CM Punk suffered a concussion last night and was not medically cleared to wrestle last night. Mike says that he was looking for a championship caliber replacement and Chris filled in that role. Adamle reminds everyone that Punk lost without being pinned. Punk is not here tonight. Next week he will get a chance to regain his title. Punk will Jericho for the title. The match will be in a steel cage.
Jericho says that he is not worried because he beat Punk in his home town, so he can beat him next week. Chris says that he is sick of dealing with the hypocrites so he is going to get out of here. Adamle says that he is not done. He needs a main event tonight. After last night, why not have Chris Jericho face Batista.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Candice Michelle comes to the ring to watch our first match.
Match Number One: Beth Phoenix versus Mickie James for the WWE Women’s Title and more importantly, a chance to wrestle Candice Michelle at No Mercy
Mickie with a waist lock and Beth tries for a fireman’s carry but she picks up Mickie and drops her on the top rope. Mickie goes to the floor and Beth with a kick and then she sends Mickie into the ring post. Beth rolls Mickie back into the ring and gets a near fall. Beth with an arm bar and she punches Mickie and works on the arm. We see Candice’s back enjoy the match as Beth lifts Mickie in the air by her arm. Mickie gets to the ropes and she kicks Beth in the back. Beth with an arm wringer from the turnbuckles. Beth with a slingshot suplex attempt but Mickie floats over and hits a neck breaker. Mickie with forearms but Beth with a punch.
Beth runs Mickie into the corner and then she charges into a boot. Mickie with a punch and then she hits a head scissors take down and flying clothesline. Mickie with a Thesz Press and she punches Beth. Beth stops an Irish whip attempt and then she returns to the arm. Beth with a forearm to the midsection and then she sends Mickie to the apron. Mickie with a forearm and then Mickie tries for a head scissors but Beth with a wheelbarrow slam for the three count.
Winner: Beth Phoenix
After the match, Beth stares at Candice and Candice stands up very slowly and stands in front of her chair.
Jamie Noble and Layla are in the back and Jamie says that Layla is his lucky charm. Jamie wants Layla out there for their tiebreaker match. Layla says that she was surprised by Noble’s win. Noble says that he has a surprise for Layla and from out of nowhere, Jillian scares pets with her rendition of Layla. Noble says that wasn’t the song he was thinking of and mentions a Layla with a feather in her hair. Noble says that when he wins tonight, they are going to celebrate at Olive Garden. We go to commercial.
We are back with WWE Rewind: Jamie Noble beating William Regal last week on Raw.
Match Number Two: Jamie Noble versus William Regal
Regal backs Noble into the corner and he hits a series of knees and then he biels Noble out of the corner. Noble with a kick and then he puts Regal in a side head lock. Noble with a shoulder tackle and Regal does not go down. Noble with a head scissors take down. Regal with an exploder suplex. Regal works over Noble apparently while we watch Layla at ringside. Regal with an arm bar and cross face. Noble punches Regal and tries for a sunset flip but Regal with a knee to the head and then he puts Noble in a side head lock. Noble tries to get to his feet and he finally does but Regal makes him pay with a knee to the midsection. Regal with an Irish whip but Noble with a series of kicks. Noble with a drop kick from the second turnbuckle for a near fall. Noble with an enzuigiri and then he hits a cannonball, but Regal gets his knees up and Regal with a running knee to the head for the three count.
Winner: William Regal
After the match, Regal gets a mic and he stands by Noble and asks him what he expected because happy endings only happen in fairy tales. Regal leaves the ring and approaches Layla. Layla leaves with Regal and Layla has a scared look on her face as she leaves with William.
We go to commercial.
We are back with random WWE Raw longevity factoid.
Match Number Three: John Bradshaw Layfield with JBLimo versus Charles Haas Layfield from the trunk of the JBLimo
Haas makes Layfield proud by mentioning Mamajuana a few hundred times. Bradshaw does the JBL dance before Bradshaw takes the mic. Charles holds up some Mamajuana for Bradshaw and smiles. Bradshaw asks Haas if he is mocking him. Bradshaw says that Haas has to be kidding him. He asks him if this is funny. Bradshaw asks if he is an over the top caricature. Bradshaw calls him a disrespectful punk. He says that he deserves better than this. He says that Haas will respect him. He says that he deserves it.
The bell rings and Bradshaw leaves the ring and heads to the back. The referee makes the ten count and Haas wins the toughest match of his career.
Winner: Charles Haas Layfield
We go to commercial.
We are back and Wrestlemania 25 tickets are on sale on September 20th (unless you have the pre-sale codes).
We are back and Bradshaw is walking in the back and he is not happy. We see Batista and Kelly laughing. Bradshaw wonders what they are laughing at. Kelly leaves and Batista comments on the plugs by Haas. Bradshaw says that Batista should understand how inappropriate it was for Haas to do that because they have nothing in common. Batista agrees that they have nothing in common. Batista points out that Haas won his match tonight.
Todd Grisham is with Rey Mysterio in the interview area. Todd asks Rey about the time he took off because of what Kane did. Rey says that he does not know why Kane did that. Because of his actions, Rey needed to take time off to rehab his body (and get more tattoos). Rey says that he needs to stand strong if he is going to be on Raw. Rey starts to speak in tongues and then he tells Kane that he might claim that he is Kane’s victim. Saying that Kane killed his spirit, it is not true because his spirit is still alive. Rey might always be an underdog, but he is nobody’s victim.
We go to commercial.
Match Number Four: John Morrison and The Miz versus Evan Bourne and Rey Mysterio
Bourne and Morrison start things off and Morrison backs him into the corner and Bourne avoids a punch and hits an arm drag into a cover. Bourne holds on to the arm bar and then he tags in Rey. Rey with a seated splash onto the arm for a near fall. Morrison with a kick to Rey followed by an Irish whip. Morrison drives Rey into the mat and Miz tags in and they hit a double gutbuster. Miz with elbows and an arm bar. Miz sends Rey into the corner but Rey with a kick and then he hits a seated senton splash and he tags in Bourne. Bourne goes up top and hits a double knee drop. Bourne and Rey with a wheelbarrow slam to Miz but Morrison interferes. Bourne is sent to the floor and he hits a rana on Morrison. Bourne with a jumping back kick and then he goes up top but Morrison gets on the apron and he kicks Bourne in the back of the head while the referee was distracted by Rey.
Morrison tags back in and he connects with a forearm to Bourne and then he comes in with a slingshot elbow while Bourne was still on Miz’s knees. Morrison with a rear chin lock and he has his knee in Bourne’s back. Bourne kicks Morrison in the knee but Morrison tries for a neckbreaker but Bourne turns it into a back slide. Miz tags back in and he hits an elbow drop. Miz with a rear chin lock. Miz with forearms to the back and then Morrison is tagged in but Bourne avoids both men and he is able to tag in Rey. Rey with a springboard cross body to both men. Rey is tossed onto Miz and he hits a rana that sends Miz to the floor. Rey with a springboard seated splash followed by a kick to the head for a near fall. Rey sends Morrison into the ropes and Morrison assumes the position but Miz trips Rey on the 619 attempt. Bourne breaks up the cover by Morrison. Bourne is sent to the floor with a knee lift. Morrison kicks Miz by mistake and then Rey sends Morrison back into the ropes for the 619. Bourne tags in and he hits the shooting star press for the three count.
Winners: Evan Bourne and Rey Mysterio
After the match, Kane tells Rey Rey that they will meet next week and then everyone will understand why Rey is a victim. Kane says that he chose Rey and he will not tell Rey just yet. Kane has a hint and it is a special hint. We see the old mask that Kane used to wear. Rey starts to twitch and we go to commercial.
Randy Orton is walking in the back and we go to commercial.
We are back with the Slam of the Week: Randy Orton kicking CM Punk last night at Unforgiven.
Randy Orton comes to the ring very deliberately. Orton has lulled the sound truck to sleep and then he says that there is no worse feeling than to be on a global stage with the title in your grasp only to have tragedy keep you from competing. Orton says that he is not talking about CM Punk. Orton says that he is talking about himself. A few months ago, he broke his collarbone against Triple H, unable to retain his title. The difference between CM Punk and himself is that he earned his championship. He won the main event at Wrestlemania. CM Punk got lucky and karma caught up. Last night, he was taken out by a one armed man. Orton says that he did it because he was threatened and he felt concerned for his safety. Punk should not be mad, but he should be happy for having his face kicked in because it kept him from being exposed.
Orton tells Jericho to feel free to thank him any time he wants because if it wasn’t for him, Jericho would not have been in the match, and he would not have been champion. Orton says that he will take back what is his when he is healthy.
Orton is interrupted by Cody Rhodes, Ted DiBiase and Manu who come to the ring. Rhodes asks Orton who took care of Punk last night. Rhodes tells Orton to check his facts because if the three of them didn’t do what they did, Orton would not have been able to punt Punk unconscious. Rhodes says that they took care of Kofi too. Rhodes tells Orton not to take credit for something he didn’t do. Manu says that he is not the only one who was blessed with God given talent. He isn’t the only one with a father who is a hall of famer. He says that Orton is no better than any of them. Ted says that Orton did slap Cody in the fact last week. Ted says that what they did to Punk was impressive. Orton slaps DiBiase and then Orton leaves the ring.
We go to commercial.
We are back with a WWE linguistics factoid.
Ted DiBiase, Cody Rhodes, and Manu are still in the ring because they are involved in the next match.
Match Number Five: Cody Rhodes, Ted DiBiase, and Manu versus Cryme Tyme and Kofi Kingston
JTG and Rhodes start things off and JTG sends Rhodes into the corner. Rhodes runs into a punch from JTG. Rhodes with an Irish whip but he runs into a boot. Rhodes with a knee and forearm before tagging in DiBiase. JTG with a drop toe hold and front face lock. Kofi tags in and he hits a European uppercut. DiBiase with an Irish whip but he misses the charge and Kingston goes into the corner. Manu is sent to the apron and DiBiase sends Kingston to the floor where Manu chops Kofi. Manu tags in and he hits a head butt and slam followed by a diving head butt for a near fall. Manu slams Kofi and tags in DiBiase who hits a knee drop from the turnbuckles for a near fall. Rhodes tags back in and they double team Kofi. Rhodes with a modified abdominal stretch but Kofi gets to his feet and he punches Rhodes. Rhodes with a forearm. Kofi misses a cross body when Rhodes moves out of the way. Kofi with a rollup for a near fall and then we get a double clothesline from Rhodes and Kingston and both men are down. DiBiase and Shad tag in and Shad with a boot to Ted and then he goes after Manu. DiBiase gets another clothesline and then Shad presses Rhodes over his head. Shad sends JTG into Rhodes and both men go over the top rope to the floor. Shad with a power slam to DiBiase and then Manu tags in and he hits a belly-to-back suplex into a neck breaker for the three count.
Winners: Ted DiBiase, Cody Rhodes, and Manu
We go to commercial.
We are back with the WWE 24/7 Classics on Demand Moment: A look at November 24, 1983 when Ric Flair won the NWA World Title at Starrcade.
Cole and Lawler talk about the passing of the torch with that match. Lawler mentions that this month on WWE 24/7 Classics on Demand is devoted to Flair.
Santino comes to the ring with the Honk-A-Meter and time to point out that he is only 61 weeks behind the Honky Donkey Man. The Mountie only had the title for two days. He is 19 days better than the Mountie. Santino says that he hopes Randy Orton is impressed. He wants his opponent to come to the ring.
Match Number Six: Santino Marella with Beth Phoenix versus Gene Snitsky
Snitsky with a forearm to Santino and then Beth tries to distract him. Snitsky with a clothesline and elbow for a near fall. Snitsky sends Santino into the corner and then he misses the boot into the corner. Santino trips Snitsky and gets the rollup for the three count.
Winner: Santino Marella Mike Adamle is with Kelly Kelly in the office and he wants to know what he could have done differently. Mike says that he wanted five champions in the match. Kelly says that she feels bad for Punk. Chris Jericho enters and he says that this is not fair and he was in two matches last night. He says that he is not a machine and he should get a week to get ready for Punk in the steel cage. Adamle says that he did Jericho a favor last night and he wants reciprocity. Adamle says that the match is going to happen and it is going to happen next.
We go to commercial.
Match Number Seven: Chris Jericho with Lance Cade versus Batista
Batista runs Jericho into the corner and hits a series of shoulders followed by a biel to work on the injured back. Batista with an Irish whip and punch to the face. Batista with a boot to the head for a near fall. Batista with another Irish whip followed by a power slam and Jericho rolls out of the ring to the floor.
Mike Adamle comes out and he less than emphatically tells the referee to stop the match. Adamle apologizes and says that he is learning on the job. He wanted a great main event and he misdiagnosed Jericho’s injury. To even things up, it will be a handicap match. Batista will face Chris Jericho and John Bradshaw Layfield. The real John Bradshaw Layfield walks to the ring and we go to commercial.
We are back and the match has been joined in progress and Batista punches Bradshaw but Jericho with a knee to the back. Bradshaw with an elbow drop for a near fall. Jericho tags in and he kicks Batista in the corner and chokes him with the boot. Jericho has a punch blocked and Batista with a punch of his own. Bradshaw tags in and he punches Batista. Jericho chokes Batista while the referee is with Bradshaw. Bradshaw with a gingerly placed short arm clothesline followed by a series of elbow drops for a near fall. Bradshaw with a swinging neck breaker for a two count. Jericho tags in and he kicks Batista in the head and slaps Batista. Batista with a slap to Jericho’s head followed by a punch and a clothesline. Batista with a clothesline to Bradshaw. Cade gets on the apron when Batista sets for the Batista Bomb. Jericho gets the three count after Bradshaw hits the Clothesline from Hell.
Winners: Bradshaw and Chris Jericho
After the match, Lance Cade holds Batista for Bradshaw to punch him. Bradshaw asks Batista who he is laughing at now. Cade punches Batista and then they pick up Batista but Batista with a double shoulder tackle and then he spears Bradshaw followed by a spinebuster to Cade. Batista shakes the ropes and it is time for the BatistaBomb.
2009 - Former WWE and WCW wrestler Sean O'Haire, real name Sean Haire, was arrested and charged with battery and criminal trespassing after allegedly grabbing his girlfriend in a chokehold while cursing at her.
TMZ.com, which picked up the story and ran Haire's mugshot, claimed it wasn't the first incident between the former wrestler and his girlfriend but was the first that led to a phone call to authorities.
He was released on $4,600 bond.
Haire has been arrested several times in the past, including a 2004 assault of a woman in a South Carolina nightclub.
Haire, a former WCW World Tag Team champion, was among the talents absorbed into World Wrestling Entertainment in their March 2001 purchase of WCW. He was released in April 2004 with his largest push being a brief association with Roddy Piper. After leaving WWE, he flirted with MMA and later worked as a professional bodyguard.
2009 - WWE broadcast ECW on Sci Fi. Richard Trionfo filed the following TV report:
We are live on tape from Rockford, Illinois and your announcers are Matt ‘I’m thinking of another four letter word starting with M’ Striker and Josh ‘Plinko’ Mathews.
Match Number One: Hurricane versus Paul Burchill with Katie Lea
They lock up and Burchill backs Hurricane into the turnbuckles and gives him a clean break. Hurricane with a waist lock and Burchill backs him into the corner. Burchill tries for a punch but Hurricane blocks it and he connects with some punches. Hurricane with an uppercut but he misses a clothesline. Hurricane with a cross body for a near fall and then Hurricane with a head scissors. Burchill escapes and hits an elbow drop. Burchill blocks a hip toss attempt but Hurricane with an arm drag. Hurricane with an Octopus but Burchill escapes and hits a back breaker. Burchill starts to work on the back and neck with a Saito suplex for a near fall. Burchill with a rear chin lock and Hurricane tries to escape but Burchill with a knee and clothesline for a near fall. Burchill hits the running knees into the corner but he can only get a two count. Burchill with a back breaker to Hurricane and then he applies an arm bar. Hurricane with punches and a rollup for a two count. Burchill tries for a belly-to-back suplex but Hurricane lands on his feet. Burchill with a devastating clothesline but he can only get a two count. Burchill charges at Hurricane but Hurricane ducks down and Burchill goes over the top rope to the floor. Hurricane with a pescado onto Burchill. Burchill sends Hurricane into the apron and then he hits a version of a Pele kick as we go to commercial.
We are back and Burchill with a reverse chin lock. Burchill with an Irish whip but Hurricane moves out of the way when Burchill charges and Burchill goes into the ring post. Both men are down but Burchill gets to his feet first. Hurricane with punches to Burchill followed by a Thesz Press and a neckbreaker for a near fall. Hurricane goes up top and hits a cross body for a near fall. Hurricane with an Irish whip but he charges into a boot. Hurricane with punches and then he goes up top as well. Burchill with a super power slam from the turnbuckles and he rolls over but Hurricane kicks out at the last possible moment. Burchill with an Irish whip but Hurricane with an uppercut and a rana from the turnbuckles for a two count. Hurricane sets for the Shining Wizard but Katie gets on the apron. Hurricane sends Paul into his sister and Hurricane hits the Eye of the Hurricane for the three count.
Winner: Hurricane
Striker and Josh talk about Breaking Point and the way that Team Bromance (Ezekiel Jackson and Vladimir Kozlov) have been dealing with Christian and Tommy Dreamer so Regal made a challenge to Dreamer and Christian.
We go to Savannah who is with Tommy Dreamer and Christian. She asks them for their thoughts about the main event. Dreamer says that ECW has been a part of his life for 16 years and it also means a lot for Christian since he is the champ. He says that Regal, Kozlov, and Jackson cannot take over. Christian says that they are doing it for all ECW superstars. He says that they are taking a stand and they are ready for a fight.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Did you Know that lots of people watched ECW and more than some other networks too.
Match Number Two: Shelton Benjamin and Sheamus versus Yoshi Tatsu and Goldust
Goldust and Benjamin start off and Benjamin works on the arm but Goldust reverses and puts Benjamin in a side head lock before hitting a shoulder tackle and hip toss. Benjamin backs into the corner for a breather. Benjamin with a knee and forearm but Goldust with an Irish whip. Benjamin avoids a bulldog but he cannot avoid the drop down uppercut. Sheamus is tagged in and he punches Goldust. Goldust punches back and Yoshi is tagged in and he chops and kicks Sheamus. Yoshi with a back heel kick and then he floats over on an Irish whip. Benjamin distracts Yoshi long enough to allow Sheamus to hit a clothesline. Sheamus with a few elbow drops. Benjamin tags back in and he punches Yoshi and then he snap mares him and applies a rear chin lock. Yoshi with elbows and a sunset flip but Benjamin rolls through and tries for an elbow drop but misses. Yoshi sends Benjamin to the floor and he almost makes the tag but Benjamin pulls Goldust off the apron. The referee sends Goldust into the corner and that allows Benjamin to bring Yoshi into his corner to tag in Sheamus. Yoshi with a kick and then he makes the tag and Goldust punches Sheamus and hits a flying clothesline or two. Goldust with a reverse atomic drop and a kick to the head. Goldust knocks Shelton off the apron but Sheamus with a kick. Sheamus with a kick and then Shelton makes the blind tag to get the three count.
Winners: Shelton Benjamin and Sheamus
After the match, Shelton raises Sheamus’ hand but Sheamus wants none of it. Sheamus punches Shelton but Shelton with a double leg take down and they fight to the floor. They brawl at ringside and referees have to come out to separate them.
We go to commercial.
Match Number Three: Zack Ryder versus Rory Fargo
They lock up and Ryder with a knee and forearm to the back. Ryder slaps Fargo and tries to slam him but Fargo gets a near fall with a rollup. Ryder with a knee and forearm across the face. Ryder chokes Fargo in the ropes and kicks him in the head. Fargo with a forearm but Ryder sends Fargo into the turnbuckles and then hits a running facewash. Ryder with a catapult into the turnbuckles followed by the Zack Attack for the three count.
Winner: Zack Ryder
It is time to talk about Breaking Point and the card is updated.
Tiffany is in the office with Tyler Reks and she is happy about his performance. William Regal and Team Bromance enter and Tiffany wants things to remain civil. Reks leaves. Regal asks Tiffany how she could have allowed Dreamer and Christian to attack Ezekiel and Vladimir with weapons. Tiffany says that she might have felt differently if they were not attacked by Regal, Jackson, and Kozlov. Regal vows to become the ECW Champion on Sunday.
We go to commercial.
Match Number Four: Team Bromance (Vladimir Koslov and Ezekiel Jackson) with William Regal versus Tommy Dreamer and Christian
Christian and Kozlov start things off and Kozlov with a waist lock but Christian blocks a take down attempt. Christian with elbows and a side head lock. Kozlov with a running shoulder tackle. Kozlov sends Christian into the turnbuckles and punches him but Christian escapes. Christian with a punch and Kozlov squares up before tagging in Jackson. Dreamer tags in as well. They lock up and Zeke sends Tommy to the mat. Dreamer with a punch but Jackson with a hard slam but he misses an elbow drop. Jackson misses a charge when Dreamer moves and Jackson goes to the floor. Christian tags in and hits a drop kick that sends Jackson to the floor and he hits a baseball slide on Kozlov. Christian tries for a cross body onto Jackson but Zeke catches him. Dreamer jumps on to take Zeke down. We go to commercial.
We are back and Dreamer and Christian hit a double side Russian leg sweep on Jackson and Dreamer follows it up with an elbow drop for a near fall. Jackson with a shoulder tackle that sends Dreamer into the ropes. Kozlov tags in and hits a running shoulder tackle. Jackson is tagged in and they go for the double running shoulder tackle and Jackson gets a near fall. Jackson with a double underhook followed by a knee to the chest. Kozlov tags in and he hits a series of head butts to the chest followed by a belly-to-belly suplex for a near fall. Kozlov with a waist lock but Dreamer gets to his feet. Kozlov runs Dreamer into the corner and connects with shoulders and forearms. Dreamer knocks Kozlov off the turnbuckles and then he kicks Kozlov. Dreamer with a clothesline from the turnbuckles and both men are down. Christian tags in and he punches Kozlov. Christian tries for clotheslines but Kozlov stays up. Christian goes for a missile drop kick but Kozlov stays on his feet. He goes up top and takes Kozlov down and gets a near fall. Christian with a knee to Kozlov and then he punches Jackson. Kozlov with a shoulder tackle for a near fall. Jackson tags back in and he hits a back breaker on Christian. He hits a second one and lets Christian crumple to the mat. Jackson stretches Christian with a double under hook and a forearm to the back of the head. Jackson with a belly-to-back suplex for a near fall. Jackson runs Christian into the turnbuckles and then he tags Kozlov back in. Kozlov with head butts to the chest followed by a belly-to-belly suplex for a near fall. Kozlvo with a back breaker until Christian escapes. Kozlov with a fallaway slam for a near fall. Jackson tags back in and he punches Christian in the chest and he has Christian in a double underhook again. Jackson with a butterfly suplex for a near fall and then he tags Kozlov back in. Kozlov kicks Christian and connects with a forearm and shoulders. Kozlov misses a running head butt into the corner and Christian with a corkscrew back elbow from the turnbuckles and both men are down. Jackson and Dreamer tag in and Dreamer with a series of rapid forearms and a cross body followed by punches. Dreamer with a bulldog for a near fall. Jackson with a forearm but Dreamer with a neck breaker and then Dreamer goes up top and hits a frog splash but Kozlov breaks up the cover. Christian and Kozlov go to the floor. Regal distracts Dreamer and Jackson hits the uranage for the three count.
Winners: Vladimir Kozlov and Ezekiel Jackson
After the match, Regal and his charges celebrate in the ring and then Regal puts Dreamer in the Regal Stretch.
2009 - Lillian Garcia announced she would be leaving WWE in September 2009. Garcia has remained on good terms with the company and has returned for a number of appearances since.
2009 - Gunner Eudy, the 16 year old son of former WWF and WCW World champion Sid Vicious debuted over the weekend as Lord Humongous, a gimmick his father did in the old Continental territory early in his career.
2010 - WWE held a charity screening of the John Cena film "Legendary" in New Orleans, where the movie was filmed.
2010 - Ring of Honor announced they signed a new deal with then-current ROH Television champion Eddie Edwards.
2011 - TNA broadcast Impact Wrestling. Stu Carapola filed the following TV report:
Welcome to the Impact Wrestling Report here on PWInsider.com!
They kick off the show with a video package of various TNA wrestlers talking about Jeff Hardy's "demons" which, by the way, he got sentenced on earlier tonight, then another short video of the neverending, twisting and turning conflict involving Immortal, Ken Anderson, and Sting, and then we're off to the arena as Anderson makes his way to the ring. He says he made a deal with the devils, Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff, and tells the fans to boo him. They comply, but he says he's on the outside of Immortal looking in thanks to Bully Ray, and if they thought he was annoying before, he's going to be a royal pain in their asses now because he's coming after Kurt Angle tonight. Everybody forgot that he never cashed in his rematch and he's going to do that tonight, but he knows Immortal are going to interfere so he's got Sting to watch his back. Weren't they just feuding like a month or two ago? I honestly can't keep any of this straight anymore. Sting comes out and says he's wielding the power of the Network, who have given him the ability to call the shots tonight because he's going to be the guest referee for tonight's Angle-Anderson match.
Tonight, JEFF HARDY RETURNS...and a bunch of other stuff!!!
Let's head to the ring for our first match...
Devon & The Pope vs The British Invasion
This match is to determine Mexican America's challengers at No Surrender, and the British Invasion are already in the ring during Pope & Devon's entrance, which should tell you pretty much what's going to happen. Pope beats up Magnus and takes a shot at Williams, but Magnus takes the opening to boot him in the face and tag out to Williams. Williams works him over and then Magnus tags in and takes his head off with a clotheslines for 2. A top rope elbowdrop from Magnus gets 2, but Magnus misses a big boot and lays Williams out, allowing Pope to make the tag to Devon. Devon cleans house on both men and hitsa powerslam on Williams for 2, then Pope clotheslines Magnus to the floor and Devon hits a spinebuster on Williams for the win.
Winners: The Pope & Devon
Kurt Angle is backstage saying he'll believe Jeff Hardy's back when he sees it, then someone I believe is named Eddie Alvarez comes in to talk about his upcoming fight in Atlantic City. Kurt's really happy to see him, and they walk out together.
We're down to the final four in the Bound For Glory Series, and we'll see Bobby Roode (42 points) taking on Gunner (42 points) and Bully Ray (49 points) takes on James Storm (30 points) this weekend at No Surrender. But we'll get a preview of that match right now, as we go to the ring where all four participants are in the ring. Bubba takes the mic and kicks Jeremy Borash out of the ring, and says that he is a tag team god and is qualified to say that Beer Money will go down in history as one of the greatest tag teams not just in TNA, but all over the world. Bubba knows they both want to win the series and go on to win the title, but they won't admit it to each other because tag teams never look at each other and wonder how successful they could be by themselves. Hawk, Animal, Rick, Scott, and even he did it. He says Gunner will do whatever it takes to win the series and go on to win the World Title, but neither of them will do what's right for each other because wrestlers are selfish and neither will turn down the women and money. He's Bully Ray, he's from New York City, and he's the next World Champion.
Roode takes the microphone and says Bubba's right that Beer Money will go down as one of the greatest teams of all time, but he and Storm have their eyes set on becoming the World Champion because it's been both their dream since day one just like everyone in the back. Only one man can walk out of No Surrender as the challenger for the World Title, and he guarantees that whether it's Storm or himself, they'll both be there to share in the celebration because no matter what, nobody will ever come between them and nobody will ever kill Beer Money. Storm says he's sorry about their damn luck, and we'll see these guys face off in a four way match later tonight. Great promo!
Back to the ring...
TV Title Match: Eric Young vs Robbie E
Hopefully this will be painless. Robbie works Eric over until Eric fires up, pulls his pants down, and connects with a flying clothesline and a top rope elbowdrop for 2. Eric f'n SPIKES Robbie with a piledriver, and now is able to cover for 3.
Winner: Eric Young
Eric is celebrating when Rob Terry comes out of the back and attacks him, then gives him the Last Ride.
Rob Van Dam finds Jerry Lynn in the back and is angry that Lynn screwed him, and Lynn said he did it because it's always been about him and the phones are always ringing for him, and he only gets called to wrestle RVD because they know it'll be a good match. He had to get a job at a warehouse while RVD was being brought in here, and Hogan and Bischoff finally smartened him up. He knows he's better than RVD, to which RVD responds by laying him out and walking off.
Velvet Sky and Mickie James are backstage and Velvet congratulates Mickie on regaining the Knockouts Title and wonders what it would feel like around her waist, but before they can get too deep into that conversation, Karen Jarrett comes in for an inspection. She says it's like a pig sty back there and can't believe Mickie has her dog with her, and she says she made a Mickie-Winter rematch for No Surrender, and tells Velvet to lay off the cupcakes because her ass is getting too fat.
Jeff Hardy is backstage! And he's...WALKING!
Time for main event #1...
World Title Match: Kurt Angle vs Ken Anderson
As stated earlier, Sting is the special enforcer referee for this match. They feel each other out until Anderson comes off the ropes with a back elbow and then fires in with right hands to Angle. Anderson with a spinning neckbreaker for 2 and then rams Angle hard into the corner for another 2. Anderson charges Angle in the corner and Angle gets the boot up, then charges out and nails Anderson with a clothesline. Angle only gets a 1 off of that, but tries to wear Anderson down with a rear chinlock. Anderson fires elbows into the midsection of Angle, but Angle with a knee to the midsection and then goes back to that chinlock. They wipe each other out with a double clothesline, but get back to their feet and go toe to toe. Anderson wipes the champion out with a clothesline, but walks right into a bearhug and Angle pops him over his head into a release suplex. Anderson comes right back by scooping Angle into a fireman's carry and hit a Finlay Roll for 2, then he goes for the Mic Check but Angle escapes and hits one German suplex after another and covers for 2. Angle pulls the straps down and goes to the anklelock, but Anderson rolls through into a cradle for 2, then hits the Mic Check out of nowhere, but Angle manages to kick out at 2. Sting looks concerned at ringside as Anderson pulls Angle back to his feet, but Angle "accidentally" pokes the referee in the eye, then low blows Anderson and hits an Angle Slam. The referee goes to count, but Sting pulls him out of the ring to tell him what Angle did. Angle goes to the ropes to yell at Sting, but turns around and Anderson hits the Mic Check. Anderson goes for the cover, but Gunner runs in and nails him at 2 and the referee calls for the bell.
Winner by DQ: Ken Anderson
Okay, raise your hand if you didn't see that finish coming a mile away! Yeah, didn't think you would. All of Immortal, including hogan, comes down to the ring and they leave Anderson and Sting laying as Angle holds the title belt high.
We come back from commercial to rewatch what we just saw, then we go to the Immortal locker room where they apparently want to throw a party because they just perpetrated a beatdown. Bischoff kicks them all out because he can't hear what the person he's talking to on the phone is saying. They leave, and Bischoff acts angry at what he's hearing, so he probably wishes he hadn't kicked everyone out. Oh well, back to the ring.
Mickie James & Velvet Sky vs Winter & Angelina Love
Velvet and Winter start, but Velvet tags out before making contact and Mickie comes in, so Winter tags out to Angelina. Angelina tosses her across the ring by the hair, but charges into Mickie's elbow and Mickie hits her headscissors out of the corner and a clothesline. She goes after Winter on the apron, and Angelina nails her from behind and then holds her so Velvet can come off the ropes with a diving dropkick for 2. Angelina gives her former BFF a chinbreaker and then tags out to Winter, but Velvet catches her with a monkey flip and then gets a flying headscissors. Angelina trips Velvet from the floor and then chokes her in the corner while Winter puts the boots to her. Winter with a Northern Lights suplex for 2, but Velvet hits a weird thing I don't know what it was and makes the tag to Mickie. Mickie off the top with the flying crotch to Winter's face, then unloads with clotheslines and a neckbreaker for 2. Angelina goes after Mickie, but Velvet wipes her out with a spear while Winter blows the red mist in Mickie's eyes and gets the win.
Winners: Winter & Angelina Love
I came up with all kinds of witty ways to describe the finish of that match for the headline, but none of them were really printable so I decided against it. But it's the thought that counts.
Austin Aries comes out and says that he's the #1 contender and Eric Bischoff's favorite X Division wrestler. Brian Kendrick may be all about love and harmony, but Kendrick doesn't practice what he preaches when he comes out to sneak attack Aries for taking his spot. Aries invites him out to the ring, and Kendrick comes out in a suit with his hair tied back and carrying a briefcase. Kendrick says he's out here enunciating and dressing for success like Aries, and success means that whoever dies with the most toys wins. He's received all kids of compliments today for cleaning up well and even wearing shoes. Kendrick asks the fans if they like this Brian Kendrick, and the fans boo, so he says that's fine because he can't stand the outfit and the materialistic world it represents. He's shed desire, and the god voice inside him is stronger than anything in existence. Aries says he doesn't know how many voices he's got in his head, but he wants that belt Kendrick just threw on the mat without any respect. Kendrick says it's just a material possession, and Aries responds by saying he's a fake, a phony, a fraud, and afraid. Kendrick says he's a peace loving man, then suckerpunches Aries again and sends him heading for the hills.
Hulk Hogan comes into the office backstage carrying on like such a moron that he makes John Cena look like Dan Severn, but Eric Bischoff is sitting on the couch looking unhappy because he just got a call from the Network and the title match this weekend is now a three way with Angle, Sting, and Anderson. Hogan says he can't do it and he's had enough with the Network because he's in control and he runs the company and this is not going to happen. Hogan's acting is so bad by this point that you almost can't help but laugh at his performances.
Jeff Hardy is still backstage, and he's...STILL WALKING! Well, that's a good sign this late in the show.
Mike and Taz run down the card for this weekend's PPV, and then we're off to the ring for our second main event!
Bully Ray vs James Storm vs Robert Roode vs Gunner
The bell rings and Samoa Joe comes marching down the ramp, no doubt meaning to do some damage, but Matt Morgan runs out and attacks him and they brawl around ringside as a four way melee breaks out in the ring with Beer Money each pairing off with a member of Immortal. They all take turns laying each other out with clotheslines, then Beer Money lay both of Immortal out with double clotheslines. They have a brief staredown before Bubba attacks them, and Gunner covers Roode for 2 only for Bubba to yell at him that he's supposed to win this match. Storm with a crossbody on Bubba for 2 and a running neckbreaker for 2 on Gunner. Roode with a Blockbuster to Bubba and a spinebuster to Gunner for 2. Roode dumps Bubba to the floor and Roode and Storm have another staredown before going after Gunner and hitting a double vertical suplex. They do BEER...MONEY! and turn around to Bubba laying them both out with a double clothesline and the Bubba Bomb on Roode, but Gunner suddenly dashes across the ring and hits a kneestrike to the face of Bubba and covers for the win.
Winner: Gunner
Gunner backs up the ramp looking very pleased with himself as Bubba collects himself off the mat.
Jeff Hardy is STILL backstage, and he's STILL W-A-L-K-I-N-G! And next, he'll use his walking skills to come out to the ring and talk, too!
Jeff Hardy comes out to the ring looking really embarrassed about something and thanks the fans for the reaction. He thanks the Network for letting him come out and says that he was pathetic and messed up the last time he was out there, and he let everybody down. He let himself down for not being the main eventer he knew he is, and the doubt when he walked into the building was overwhelming because he felt hated. Everyone in the back has every right to be mad at him, and he can't change what happened at Victory Road, but he can admit that he hit rock bottom that night. He stops for a long moment before continuing to say that he can't expect everyone to give him another chance, but all he can do is ask to give him one more shot. The fans chant "one more shot" as Hardy continues and says that all he can do is ask. He drops the mic and climbs out of the ring as teh fans chant "one more shot" again as we fade to black.
That's it for this week, thanks for reading and I'll be back tomorrow with Dave Scherer for the Stu & Pid/Impact Postgame Show!
2011 - WWE broadcast Superstars. Richard Trionfo filed the following TV report:
We start off this week’s show with the Raw brand and your announcers are Scott Standford and Josh Mathews.
Match Number One: JTG versus Mason Ryan
JTG takes his time coming out of the corner while Ryan wants to get things going. They lock up and Ryan sends JTG to the mat. JTG retreats to the ropes and Ryan is not happy. JTG with a kick and forearms to the back followed by a side head lock. Ryan with a shoulder tackle followed by shoulders in the corner. Ryan with a biel that sends JTG across the ring. Ryan with a big boot that sends JTG to the apron. JTG with a clip to the knee and then he works on the back with a series of forearms. Ryan with a clothesline followed by a running shoulder into the corner. Ryan with an Irish whip and back body drop.
Ryan with a clothesline in the corner but JTG with a sliding uppercut but Ryan catches JTG and hits a few back breakers followed by a power slam. Ryan with a kick and then he hits a pump handle power slam for the three count.
Winner: Mason Ryan
We go to commercial.
Match Number Two: Curt Hawkins and Tyler Reks versus Titus O’Neil and Percy Watson
Tyler and Percy start things off and Tyler backs Watson into the corner. Reks with a forearm and punches in the corner followed by a side head lock take down. Reks with a shoulder tackle but Watson with a drop kick and then he hits a double underhook take down. Watson with a punch but Reks with a kick and he runs Percy into the corner to tag in Hawkins. Curt kicks Percy and then he slaps him. Hawkins with more kick to the head and then he hits a suplex and gets a near fall.
Hawkins sends Percy into the turnbuckles and Reks is tagged back in and Reks hits a clothesline on Watson. Watson tries to make the tag but Reks stops him. Watson with punches but Reks with a forearm across the chest as he takes Percy back to the mat. Hawkins tags in and Watson tries to fight out of the corner. Hawkins with a snap mare and Curt with knees to the back before applying a reverse chin lock.
Watson with a belly-to-back suplex and both men are down. Titus and Reks make the tag and Titus with a running shoulder tackle followed by a punch and a reverse atomic drop and a flying clothesline and Titus barks. Titus goes for Clash of the Titus but Hawkins breaks it up and all four men get in the ring and while the referee deals with Watson, Reks and Hawkins hit a power slam and neck breaker combination on Titus for the three count.
Winners: Tyler Reks and Curt Hawkins
We go to commercial.
It is time for the Smackdown portion of the show and your announcers are Matt Striker and Jack Korpela.
Match Number Three: Alicia Fox versus Tamina
Tamina pushes Alicia and then Alicia shimmies for no reason and Tamina with kicks and a forearm. Alicia with an elbow to Tamina and then she avoids a charge into the corner and Alciia with a sunset flip for a near fall. Alicia with arm drags into an arm bar. Alicia tries for a neck breaker but Tamina blocks it and hits a savate kick for a near fall.
Tamina with kicks to Alicia and then she sends Alicia into the turnbuckles. Tamina kicks Alicia followed by a hard Irish whip. Tamina with kicks in the corner and then she hits a running butt splash into the corner. Tamina gets a near fall. Tamina with a back breaker on her shoulder but Alicia gets back to her feet but Tamina with a thrust to the throat.
Alicia sends Tamina’s arm into the mat and then Alicia backs into the corner. Tamina misses a chop and Alicia with a few drop kicks followed by a jumping kick and forearms. Tamina with an Irish whip but Alicia with an elbow out of the corner for a near fall. Tamina kicks Alicia and then hits a leg drop. Tamina goes up top for a daughter of the Superfly splash but Alicia moves and Alicia hits the Axe kick for the three count.
Winner: Alicia Fox
We go to commercial.
Match Number Four: Brodus Clay versus Allen Turner
Clay with an arm bar and elbow to the head followed by a punch and a head butt to the chest. Clay with a leg drop and a t-bone suplex. Clay with a muscle buster but he pulls Turner up at two. Clay sends Turner into the corner and then Clay with a running splash and cross body for the three count.
Winner: Brodus Clay Flawless Victory
We go to commercial.
Match Number Five: Heath Slater versus Daniel Bryan
Slater tries to get into Bryan’s head by delaying. Bryan with a wrist lock and he takes Slater to the mat. Bryan with a side head lock take down but Slater with a head scissors and Bryan escapes. Slater with a kick and elbow but Bryan with a back elbow and kick to the back for a near fall. Bryan works on the arm and drives Slater’s arm into his shoulder and Bryan with an arm bar on one arm and a hammer lock on the other and he gets a near fall.
Bryan with a surfboard but Slater counters and he tries for a Gory Special but Bryan with a belly-to-back suplex for a near fall. Bryan sets for the Mexican surfboard and he drives Slater into the mat. Bryan with a kick to the back and then a series to the chest and Bryan gets a near fall. Slater with a kick to Bryan followed by a punch and then he drives a knee into Bryan’s back and he applies a reverse chin lock.
Bryan punches Slater and then connects with a European uppercut. Bryan with a Dragon Screw leg whip and then he hits the running drop kick into the corner. Bryan gets a near fall. Bryan with a snap underhook DDT for a near fall. Bryan with a hammer lock but Slater with elbows to try to get out of the hold. Bryan with a drop kick and then he tries for the LeBell Lock but Slater is able to go to the floor and we go to commercial.
We are back and Slater with a side head lock but Bryan with a shoulder tackle. Slater with a hot shot and then Slater with a baseball slide to the head as Bryan hangs from the ropes and Slater gets a near fall. Slater with a kick to the ribs and Bryan goes to the apron. Slater chokes Bryan and the referee warns him.
Slater with a slingshot that sends Bryan’s throat into the bottom rope and Bryan goes to the floor. Slater celebrates his performance so far but he lets Bryan recover. Slater with a snap mare and knee to the back and then Slater with an arm bar. Bryan with kicks to the head to get out of the hold and both men are down.
Bryan with kicks to Slater but Slater hits a back breaker and gets a near fall. Slater kicks Bryan in the corner. Slater with punches and Bryan slumps into the corner. Bryan flips over Slater in the corner and Bryan hits the flying clothesline and both men are down. Bryan tries to get a second wind but Slater with a kick and then Bryan sends Slater over the top rope to the floor. Bryan with the suicide dive onto Slater and both men are down on the floor.
Bryan sends Slater back into the ring and he goes up top for the missile drop kick but Slater moves out of the way. Bryan lands on his feet and then Bryan hits a Yakuza kick for a near fall. Bryan with kicks to the chest but Slater ducks and hits an reverse slam and gets a near fall. Slater punches Bryan but Bryan punches back. Slater with a gutbuster to Bryan for a near fall.
Slater kicks Bryan in the corner and then Bryan rolls through in the corner and gets a near fall with a sunset flip. Bryan with a DDT and then he holds on and applies the guillotine choke and Slater taps out.
Winner: Daniel Bryan
2012- EVOLVE held EVOLVE 17. Mike Johnson filed the following live report:
Welcome to the PWInsider live coverage of Evolve 17, live from the Flyers Skate Zone in Voorhees, New Jersey.
The event begins with Jon Davis interrupting Lenny Leonard as he was doing the shows introduction, Davis says that he wants a title in Evolve. Davis says that everybody wants a title in Evolve, Davis rallies the fans for some more support for an Evolve title. Davis invites members of the locker room to come out and show support as well, several of the wrestlers come out from the locker room. AR Fox grabs the microphone and he says that everybody agrees with Davis, Ricochet comes out to the ring and he confronts Fox. Ricochet says that Fox is an “Ricochet wannabe” and he should be holding the DG USA Tag Team Titles instead of Fox. Fox pretends to swing at Ricochet and Ricochet quickly gets out of the ring, Davis calls out more people and Johnny Gargano comes out. Gargano grabs the microphone and says he is already the DG USA Open The Freedom Gate Champion, Gargano says their match will now be for the title and Davis accepts. Gargano says let’s get the match going right now, which leads us to…
Match #1 - DG USA Open The Freedom Gate Title Match: Johnny Gargano (Champion) vs. Jon Davis
The match begins with Gargano avoiding several big blows from Davis, Davis then counters a spear attempt only to get a hurricarana that puts him out of the ring. Gargano then takes Davis out with a suicide dive, Gargano then nails Davis with a second suicide dive before bringing him back into the ring. Davis recovers to nail a running Gargano with a spine buster, Davis then takes the opportunity to stomp on the midsection of Gargano. Davis then places Gargano on the top turnbuckle before hitting him with a chop, Davis then drags Gargano around the ring while chopping him. Davis shows a great display of power by slamming Gargano multiple times, Gargano nearly catches Davis with a small package before eating an elbow smash. Davis then follows a hurt Gargano around the ring while delivering head butts, Davis then goes for an extended suplex and lands it after Gargano attempts to escape. Davis then tries to wear Gargano down further by applying a seated bear hug, Gargano makes some space and then he hits Davis with an elbow. Davis recovers quickly to smash away at Gargano, Gargano follows stops Davis after sending him over the top rope. Davis nearly blocks a springboard DDT before Gargano catches him with a second attempt, Gargano then starts punching a kneeling Davis. Gargano changes his attack by crushing Davis with multiple forearm strikes, Gargano then nails Davis with three straight drop kicks in the corner. Gargano then battles with Davis before nailing him with a rolling inzaguri and a super kick, Davis tries to power through the kicks before Gargano locks him in the Gargano-escape. Davis powers through to break the hold and then he sends Gargano out of the ring, Davis follows Gargano out of the ring as Gargano sets a table up near the ring. Davis continuously attacks Gargano with chops before power pressing him onto the ring apron, Davis then misses a yakuza kick before Gargano nails him with a hurts donut on the arena floor. Gargano then beats the referee’s count as Davis himself gets counted out.
Winner, Still DG USA Open The Freedom Gate Champion: Johnny Gargano
After the match, Johnny Gargano calls for the microphone and says that he is not OK winning the match by count out. Gargano then praises Jon Davis as one of the best talents around today and he should not retire, Davis then clobbers Davis with a lariat before power bombing him through the table on the arena floor.
Match #2 - Jigsaw vs. Lince Dorado
This match begins with both wrestlers going through a series of reversals, Jigsaw gets the early edge by locking Dorado in the Mexican surfboard. Dorado breaks free before catching Jigsaw with an arm drag, the two have a test of strength that ends with both wrestlers battling for a pin fall. Jigsaw then avoids a charging Dorado but still gets caught with a second rope hurricarana, Jigsaw then avoids a Dorado baseball slide and then gets caught with a moonsault dive. The two wrestlers then exchange some chops before returning to the ring, Dorado regains the edge by shoulder ramming Jigsaw in the corner before catching him with a standing moonsault and a back senton. Jigsaw recovers to assault Dorado with a series of kicks to the sternum, Jigsaw goes to the second rope and Dorado quickly meets him up there. Dorado then sets up for a move before Jigsaw knocks him down to the mat below, Jigsaw also gets down and he knocks Dorado out of the ring. Jigsaw then clobbers Dorado with a suicide dive, Dorado is brought back into the ring before Jigsaw nails him with a missile dropkick. Jigsaw then nails Dorado with a double stomp to the back of the head, Jigsaw then sets up for a rack bomb and Dorado nails him with a DDT. Dorado follows that up by planting Jigsaw with a michinoku driver, Dorado then goes for a shooting star press and Jigsaw avoids him. Jigsaw then nearly puts Dorado away with a dead lift German suplex, Jigsaw goes back to the top rope and Dorado meets him up there again. Dorado then catches Jigsaw with a one man Spanish fly for the three count.
Winner: Lince Dorado
Match #3 – SHINE Challenge Match: Christina Von Eerie vs. Marti Belle
The match begins with Belle slapping Von Eerie after she was spat on, the ladies then exchange a few forearm strikes. Von Eerie then nails a charging Belle with a side slam, Von Eerie then drops the face of Belle on the top turnbuckle. Von Eerie follows that up with a running boot to the face of Belle, Belle tries to mount a comeback and Von Eerie nails her with a graveyard smash for the three count.
Winner: Christina Von Eerie
After the match, Larry Dallas hits the ring and he tries to console Marti Belle by offering her a spot on The Scene. Belle turns him down and Dallas gets pissed off, Dallas then starts insulting her badly and Belle says something to him in Spanish. The Scene hit the ring to surround Belle, Pinkie Sanchez arrives to provide some protection for Belle and then Sami Callihan arrives as well and that leads to our next match. Tammy Sytch arrives as well to bring Belle backstage.
Match #4 – The D.U.F (Sami Callihan & Pinkie Sanchez) vs. The Scene (Caleb Konley & Scott reed) w/Larry Dallas
This match begins with The Scene jumping both members of The D.U.F., The Scene then nails Callihan with a double back elbow. Callihan fights back against Reed before getting caught with a suplex, Konley tags in and he also works over Callihan. Konley then nails a seated Callihan with a sliding clothesline, Konley tries to weaken Callihan further with a chin lock. Callihan tries to make a comeback before Konley hits him with a knee lift, Reed tags in and he works over Callihan. Reed then positions Callihan on the top turnbuckle, Callihan escapes under Reed before super kicking him in the leg. Sanchez gets the tag and he starts cleaning house on The Scene, Sanchez then catches Reed with a middle rope moonsault. Sanchez then nails Konley with bombs away from the top rope, Reed gets his team the advantage back when he attacks Sanchez with a modified power bomb. Konley then nails Sanchez with double knees after Reed propelled him, Callihan comes in and he nails Reed with a few kicks. Callihan then locks in the Callihan death clutch on Reed and the tap out comes quickly.
Winners: The D.U.F.
After the match, Sami Callihan calls out Masada for their match and that leads us to
Match #5 - Sami Callihan vs. Masada
This battle begins with Masada immediately attacking Callihan with various strikes, Masada then nails Callihan with a power slam. Callihan tries to slow down Masada before going to the top rope, Masada then drop kicks Callihan off the top rope and to the arena floor. Masada then tosses Callihan into the barricade and the barricade breaks, Masada then smashes Callihan into the announcers table before taking the match back into the ring. Masada taunts Callihan before choking him with his boot, Callihan tries to catch Masada with a hurricarana and he gets countered into a power slam. Masada slows things down by locking Callihan in a modified chin lock, Callihan attempts to lock in a stretch muffler from out of nowhere before eating some Masada kicks. Callihan tries to get up and Masada kicks him right in the rib cage, Callihan attempts to retreat to the arena floor. Masada eventually follows Callihan out of the ring and he brings him back into the ring, Masada then locks in a modified STF and Callihan taps out.
Winner: Masada
Match #6 - Rich Swann & The Super Smash Brothers (Player Uno & Player Dos) vs. The Gentleman’s Club (Chuck Taylor, Drew Gulak & Orange Cassidy) w/Jake Manning, The Swamp Monster & Dr. Nolan Angus
This match begins with Uno and Taylor start things off for this match, Uno and Taylor do a few reversals until Uno takes Taylor down with shoulder blocks. Uno then catches Taylor with a series of chops, Dos gets the tag in as Taylor brings Cassidy into the ring. Dos catches Cassidy with a few near falls after a bit of taunting, Dos then takes Cassidy down with a hurricarana. Swann and Gulak get the tags in and Swann quickly knocks Gulak out of the ring, Gulak quickly attacks Swann as Swann charged at him. Taylor comes in the ring and he gets nailed by a double team from the Super Smash Brothers, Taylor remains hurt as his three opponents taunt him. Swann then kicks Taylor in the back area, Dos then catches Taylor with a back suplex before Gulak attempts to interfere. Uno comes in and he clobbers Taylor with a suplex, Dos returns and he catches Taylor with a rope assisted splash. Swann then drop kicks Taylor out of the ring, The Gentleman’s Club then blocks all of Swann’s dive attempts before Cassidy takes him out. Taylor then assaults Swann with multiple slams, Taylor then locks in a head scissors on Swann to try and slow him down. Taylor then chokes Swann along the middle rope, Gulak comes in and he immediately attacks Swann with some punches. The Gentleman’s Club then simultaneously choke Swann on the middle rope, Swann tries to mount a comeback before Gulak hits him with a back elbow. Cassidy comes in and he catches Swann with a few elbow drops, Taylor then nails Swann with a purposely slow swanton bomb. Taylor then applies the chin lock to Swann again, Taylor then plants Swann before getting a near fall. Swann mounts a comeback for his team after nailing Taylor with a DDT, Uno comes in and he cleans house on The Gentleman’s Club. Uno then drops Cassidy with a flat liner before Dos comes into attack Taylor, Dos then catches Taylor with the lionsault. The Super Smash Brothers then nail Taylor with a double team side slam, Cassidy returns to his Dos with angel dust and a DDT. Swann gets back in the ring and he clobbers Cassidy with a lethal injection, Gulak attacks Swann with a choke breaker. Cassidy and Gulak then attack Dos with chops before both get nailed with a pele kick, The Gentleman’s Club then nail Dos with a few German suplexes and a lariat. The Gentleman’s Club then starts triple teaming the Super Smash Brothers, Dos recovers to suplex Cassidy into Gulak. Swann returns to catch Gulak with a frog splash from the top rope, Cassidy then drops Swann with a michinoku drive and then applying the squeeze. Gulak then locks Dos in the crippler crossface, Taylor then locks Uno in the Boston crab at the same time. Dos then does a suicide onto the majority of the wrestlers around ringside, Swann then catches Gulak with a spinning inzaguri for a three count.
Winners: Rich Swann & The Super Smash Brothers
Match #7 – Grudge Match: AR Fox vs. Ricochet
This battle begins with Ricochet working over the arm of Fox, Ricochet then kicks at the arm of Fox after a few reversals. Fox then takes his opportunity to work over the arm of Ricochet, both wrestlers then test each other with a series of shoulder blocks. Fox then wins a battle of reversals after catching with a drop kick, Fox follows that up with a spinning forearm strike and split legged senton on Ricochet. Fox then misses the guillotine leg drop as Ricochet moved out of the way, Ricochet takes the opportunity to nail Fox with a few kicks. Ricochet then nails Fox with a springboard knee strike, Ricochet then knocks Fox out of the ring before hitting him with a springboard moonsault. Ricochet brings Fox into the ring before nailing him with a drop kick, Ricochet then slows things down by applying the crossbow stretch on Fox. Ricochet stops a Fox comeback by locking him in an octopus stretch, Ricochet starts to taunt Fox and he eats a foot to the face for his actions. Fox finally puts Ricochet down for an extended amount of time with a face first neck breaker, Fox then catches Ricochet with a springboard drop kick. Fox follows that up by nailing Ricochet with low mein rain, Ricochet recovers to hit Fox with a double jump springboard DDT and a standing shooting star press. Fox breaks free of Ricochet before nailing him with a modified power bomb from a pinning combination, Fox misses a running anvalanche and Ricochet makes him pay with an exploder into the turnbuckles. Ricochet returns to kicking Fox as he is slumped in the ropes, Fox reverses Ricochet to hit him with a gut buster and a twister. Fox goes to the top rope and Ricochet meets him up there, Fox pushe Ricochet off before missing a swanton bomb. Both wrestlers then catch each other with inzaguri’s after they initially recover, Fox gets up first and he nails Ricochet with double knees. Ricochet then blocks lo mein pain from Fox and then hits him with a back drop driver, Ricochet follows that up with a reverse hurricarana. Ricochet then plants Fox with a shooting star press for the three count.
Winner: Ricochet
After the match, Ricochet grabs the microphone and he taunts AR Fox after his loss and he proved who the best high flyer was.
Main Event – Rubber Match: El Generico vs. Samuray Del Sol
The main event kicks off with Generico grabbing a hold of the arm of Del Sol, Del Sol quickly reverses things on Generico. The wrestlers then go through a series of very fast reversals, Generico eventually slows things down by applying a chin lock to Del Sol. Del Sol then takes Generico down with a hurricarana, Generico then plants Del Sol with a shoulder block. Generico then takes Del Sol down with a variety of arm drags, Generico then brings Del Sol to the corner to chop him. Generico slows things down by attacking Del Sol with a back breaker, Del Sol makes a comeback by catching Generico with a hand stand head scissors takedown. Del Sol follows that up by hitting Generico with a springboard 450 splash, Del Sol follows that up by locking Generico in a crossbow stretch. Generico eventually escapes before hitting Del Sol with a clothesline, Generico then attacks Del Sol with chops. Del Sol responds by nailing Generico with a few hurricaranas, Del Sol then catches Generico with a double jump arm drag. Del Sol continues to punish Generico as he catches him with a corkscrew plancha after Generico was sent to the arena floor, the wrestlers go back into the ring and Generico catches Del Sol with an exploder suplex into the turnbuckles. Del Sol then blocks the running boot of Generico with a kick of his own, Del Sol nearly pins Generico with a hurricarana. Del Sol then clobbers Generico with a self-assisted sliced bread #2, Generico recovers to counter a Del Sol rising sun with a blue thunder driver. Generico counters Del Sol one more time by nailing him with a michinoku driver, Del Sol then counters Generico by cracking him with a code red. Del Sol then nearly puts Generico away with a rising sun, Del Sol goes up to the top rope and Generico meets him up there. Del Sol goes for a top rope rising sun and Generico drops him on the top turnbuckle, Generico then hitys Del Sol with a running yakuza kick and a top turnbuckle brain buster for the three count.
Winner: El Generico
2013 - WWE ran Brooklyn, NY. Joe Piervincenti filed the following results:
Quick results from WWE Live at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY:
Dean Ambrose beat RVD to retain the US Championship.
The team of Sami Zayn and Bo Dallas beat Jack Swagger and the non-American Antonio Cesaro when Zayn pinned Swagger. Zayn was over huge here, seemed like the whole arena was chanting Ole!
Brie Bella and Natalya came out and the fans voted on them having a dance off over a match, Brie did her dance and then attacked Natalya, leading up to them having a match anyway, which Natalya won with the sharpshooter.
CM Punk beat Curtis Axel in a non-title match.
Tyson Kidd beat Drew McIntyre.
The Shield beat The Usos to retain the tag team championship.
Daniel Bryan beat Randy Orton by DQ when The Shield ran in... Big Show, who was forced to sit ringside and told not to interfere by Brad Maddox, finally came in to assist Bryan after the bell rang...
Overall decent card, only wish Bryan got as much offense in on Raw as he does when it doesn't really matter on a house show! Surprising how many empty seats in the arena, the very top section was tapered off and there were still quite a few empty sections...
2014 - WWE broadcast the "season premiere" of Raw. Richard Trionfo filed the following TV report:
We are in Baltimore, Maryland and your announcers are Jerry Lawler, Michael Cole, and John Layfield.
The steel cage hangs above the ring while the cage lowering music plays. That can only mean one thing . . . the cage is in fact lowering onto the ring.
Match Number One: Chris Jericho versus Bray Wyatt (with Luke Harper and Erick Rowan) in a Steel Cage Match
They circle each other inside the cage before locking up. Wyatt pushes Jericho into the corner and Jericho with punches and chops. Wyatt with a punch and side head lock. Wyatt with a shoulder tackle. Jericho with a drop kick and kick to the ribs. Wyatt punches Jericho but Chris with a catapult into the bottom rope. Wyatt asks for the cage to be opened when Jericho was pushed into the opposite corner but Jericho stops Wyatt.
Wyatt and Jericho exchange strikes. Wyatt with a punch to the midsection but Jericho with an enzuigiri for a near fall. Wyatt punches Jericho and chokes him in the ropes. Wyatt with an Irish whip and splash into the corner. Jericho with a punch but Wyatt with an Irish whip and Jericho starts to climb the cage but Wyatt stops him momentarily. Jericho gets to the top of the cage and Wyatt pulls him back inside. Wyatt with an uppercut with Jericho on the top turnbuckle.
Jericho with a chop to the top of the head from the turnbuckles. Wyatt sends Jericho into the cage. Wyatt with a splash to Jericho against the cage.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Wyatt with a flying cross body. Wyatt gets a near fall. Wyatt climbs the cage but Jericho stops him and he hits an Electric Chair drop. Both men are down again. Jericho gets to his feet first and he punches Wyatt. Wyatt punches back and Jericho with chops. Jericho with a kick and chops. Jericho with a running forearm and bulldog.
Jericho with a Lionsault followed by a double leg take down. Wyatt avoids the Walls of Jericho but Jericho sends Wyatt into the cage. Jericho slams the back of Wyatt’s head into the cage. Jericho with a springboard drop kick that sends Wyatt into the cage again. Jericho climbs the cage again and Wyatt is able to stop Jericho one more time.
They fight on the top rope and Jericho with punches but Wyatt with a head butt. Jericho with a punch and head butt. Wyatt with head butts and shoulders against the corner of the cage. Wyatt with a superplex and both men are down. Wyatt with a crab walk to the open cage door, but Jericho stops him. Jericho sets for the Walls of Jericho but Wyatt punches him. Wyatt sends him into the cage and then Wyatt with a uranage for a near fall.
Wyatt punches Jericho and stands over him. Wyatt catapults Jericho into the corner and Jericho lands on the turnbuckles. Wyatt follows and stops Jericho. Wyatt sends Jericho to the mat and Jericho punches Wyatt and punches Jericho from the top rope. Jericho with a rana and then Jericho climbs the turnbuckles and gets to the top of the cage. Luke Harper and Erick Rowan get in front of Jericho’s exit route. Jericho stands on top of the cage and he hits a cross body onto Wyatt, but Jericho holds his knee.
Jericho hobbles against the ropes to try to get out of the cage. Wyatt goes for a running cross body but Wyatt hits the cage and is down. Jericho crawls through the door but Wyatt has his legs. Wyatt and Jericho exchange punches in front of the door. Wyatt hits Jericho in the knee while Jericho rests on the ring steps. Wyatt with head butts while Jericho fires back with elbows.
Wyatt with a head butt and then he punches the injured knee and Wyatt falls over Jericho to hit the floor and win the match.
Winner: Bray Wyatt
After the match, Wyatt slams the cage door into Jericho’s injured knee. Wyatt grabs Jericho and sends him into the ring steps. They return to the ring and Harper closes the door. Wyatt hits Sister Abigail on Jericho.
Kane is excited over the cage match as he talks to Seth Rollins. Triple H enters the room and he tells Seth and Kane that this is the season premiere so they need to put on something . . . that no one will forget. Randy Orton enters.
Randy asks how memorable you want this to be. He says that one man is in the main event. It isn’t the corporate suit or the corporate sell out. He wants to do something that makes what Seth did to Dean Ambrose another day at Sunday School.
Hunter agrees and Randy says that Hunter will not regret it.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Dolph Ziggler is in the ring and he has something to say.
Dolph says last week was a very controversial week in Hollywood. Many celebrities had their phones hacked and photos were posted from the Cloud. No celebrity deserves to be tormented like this. Maybe there is one D-List celebrity . . . the Miz.
Dolph says that he has some interesting photos of The Miz to share. Dolph shows Miz getting a facial. The next photo is Miz shaving his chest.
Miz interrupts the reveal of the big one and he is joined by Damien Sandow in the tunic of doom. Miz says this is an outrageous invasion of his privacy. He has invaded the sanctity of his home. Those were for medical purposes only. Miz says that his people will sue Ziggler, his people, everyone in the building, or anyone who will republish those photos.
Miz promises Dolph if he takes this any further . . . he will make sure Dolph never works in this town again.
Dolph says if he can never work in this town again . . . he guesses he might as well get his money’s worth.
We see Sandow spray tanning Miz . . . from behind.
Miz tells Sandow to go after Ziggler and Ziggler with a drop kick. Miz gets off the apron and then Ziggler with a Zig Zag to Sandow.
We go to commercial.
Match Number Two: Rosa Mendes and Natalya versus AJ Lee and Paige
Paige and Natalya start things off and Natalya with a side head lock take down. Paige with a head scissors and Natalya escapes. Paige with a wrist lock but she runs Paige into the corner and Rosa tags in and they hit a double suplex and Rosa gets a near fall. Paige with a slap and head butt. Paige crawls on top of Rosa and connects with head butts after dedicating it to AJ.
Paige with a forearm instead of tagging in AJ. Paige with a slam but she misses a leg drop. Natalya wants to be tagged in but Paige with a back heel kick and then Paige hangs Rosa over the middle rope and connects with knees. AJ makes the blind tag by chopping Paige.
AJ with the Black Widow and Rosa taps out.
Winners: Paige and AJ Lee
After the match, Paige tells AJ she had things under control. AJ takes the title belt and Paige wants AJ to give it back to her. AJ kisses the belt and then she hands the title belt back to the rightful owner and Paige kisses the belt. AJ skips out of the ring.
We see the cross body Jericho took off the top of the cage onto Bray Wyatt during the match, when he had a chance to jump to the floor and to victory. We see the post match attack by Wyatt.
The doctor checks on Jericho’s knee in the training room. Randy Orton attacks Jericho from behind and he sends Jericho into a table. Orton apologizes to Chris but it is the season premiere.
The doctor comes back to check on Chris as we go to commercial.
We are back and in case you were not watching three minutes ago, we see Randy Orton’s attack on Chris Jericho.
Paul Heyman is in the ring. He introduces himself and yay though he walks through the valley of the Cenation, he fears no Thuganomics because he is the advocate for the Beast, the conqueror, the reigning Undisputed Champion of the World . . . Brock Lesnar.
His client has authorized him to disseminate confidential information and he wants to deliver this warning as if he was up in the face of your hero . . . John Cena.
John’s music plays as he interrupts Paul’s comments.
Cena tells Paul not to worry. He didn’t want to stretch anyone’s imagination. If you want to say something to his face, go ahead and talk.
Paul says that is why he only tells Brock that until SummerSlam, John was the greatest WWE Champion of all time. It takes a special man to be confronted by the truth by the greatest advocate in the history of the WWE. Paul says that Brock thought that John would come out tonight. If that happened, he was authorized to drop the warning and give John some inside information.
This is John’s lucky night because John will be told how to beat Brock Lesnar at Night of Champions.
John says that he knows how to win at Night of Champions. Three simple words. Brock beat the Undertaker and we haven’t heard a peep from Taker in six months. John Cena loses at SummerSlam and one week later he is ready to go again. Cena’s strategy is ‘Never Give Up’. Cena tells Paul to tell Brock he will see him at Night of Champions.
Paul laughs and he asks if it is him or can John not help being ‘John Cena’. With all due respect, ‘that’ is your biggest problem. You live to be John Cena. You live for the kid that waits and waits and waits for that opportunity to come to a live event or to come to Baltimore to chant at the top of their lungs ‘Let’s Go Cena’.
When Brock stands in the ring. He doesn’t hear anyone but three people. The referee who can disqualify him, Paul Heyman, who strategizes for him, and Brock’s opponents who suffer at his hands.
Paul has a gift and it isn’t even Chanukkah. Paul tells John to give in to temptation. John comes out and people chant ‘Cena Sucks’. Paul says that it gets to John. It is one thing when someone of his stature and credentials to say it, but what about that fat and ugly unemployed guy in the sixth row. Don’t you want to go for that hatred and contempt you have in your soul to tell that person to shut up.
That will make it so much easier.
Paul tells John to tell them to Shut Up. Show them how much it gets on your case.
Paul goes Old School Cena and he does a rap and mentions the Baltimore Ravens.
Paul tells John to give in one time. The devil already sold his soul to Paul a long time ago. Lose the wrist bands and the t-shirts. Lose the idea of Hustle, Loyalty, and Respect. When you can dig deep into your soul, you can be the one who beat the one in twenty-one and one. Or John can be one of many victims who fell at the hands of the Conqueror Brock Lesnar.
Paul says that his client doesn’t mind him telling John. Paul tells John that he believes in him. His client . . . Brock Lesnar . . . says that John just doesn’t have it in him.
Cena sits in the ropes and he looks like he is going to tell someone to shut up but he returns to the ring and he tells Paul Heyman to Shut up. He tells Paul that he sees what he is trying to do. They are trying to end John Cena and have him turn his back on everyone who believed in him. That will not happen.
John tells Paul in his world, it is easy. To pop Paul? To pop the dude in the second row? To pop the dudes in the wifebeaters? So they can go on the internet to talk about getting to Cena?
Paul lives in a world of Eat, Sleep, Conquer, Repeat. Paul would turn on Lesnar if given the proper opportunity. John says that Paul does not know about living with a purpose or being. For Cena it is about Being John Cena. That is who he is. He was born to be that and he loves that. He wouldn’t change that, even if he could.
Some people don’t see the forest through the trees. He likes getting the kid to get his homework done early to come to Raw with his dad. He does not care if he is the guy who says that Cena sucks and then tells John he might not like him, but he is doing right by his kid. John says that he loves it when there is a kid who only has one wish and he wants to hang out with John Cena. John says that he is damn proud to be the guy who is fortunate enough to meet with wounded soldiers and that person is a hero of his. John says that these people thank him for giving him the strength to continue.
John asks Paul if he strips it away, what does he win? John says that he is done talking and it is time to fight. He can pound Paul’s pudgy face into clay. Then the headline reads John Cena beats up defenseless Paul Heyman. John tells Paul next week, he is showing up to fight so bring your client. If he decides to show up, they will get in the ring and they will fight. If Brock decides to take another week off, continue his vacation, and let Paul continue to do his business, John will fight Paul. He tells Paul to have a nice week and he will see Paul next Monday.
We go to commercial.
Match Number Three: Sheamus versus Seth Rollins in a Non Title Match
Sheamus knocks down the briefcase before the bell rings.
They lock up and Sheamus with punches and then he sends Rollins into the corner and hits a short arm clothesline. Rollins goes to the floor. Rollins returns to the ring and he kicks and punches Sheamus. Rollins tries for a suplex but Sheamus blocks it and he hits a gourdbuster. Sheamus with a kick to Rollins. Sheamus with a punch to the midsection.
Sheamus with a suplex and he gets a near fall. Sheamus with an elbow to the bridge of the nose. Sheamus punches Rollins in the midsection. Sheamus with an Irish whip but Rollins with a kick to the knee and Rollins continues with kicks. Rollins punches Sheamus. Rollins with a kick but Sheamus gets Rollins on his shoulders for a Finlay Slam and then Sheamus clotheslines Rollins over the top rope.
Cesaro’s music plays and he makes his way to the stage to watch the match.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Rollins with a reverse chin lock while Cesaro is now standing next to the announce table to watch the match. We see Rollins hitting an enzuigiri to knock Sheamus off the apron during the commercial. Rollins runs into a boot from Sheamus and Sheamus pulls himself up to the turnbuckles for a flying shoulder tackle. Sheamus misses a shoulder in the corner and hits the ring post. Rollins with a running forearm into the corner and he gets a near fall.
Rollins with a reverse chin lock. Sheamus gets Rollins on his back and he drops back to the mat. Rollins runs into a double sledge and Sheamus with another one followed by a shoulder in the corner and a running knee lift and a knee into the corner. Sheamus with a uranage back breaker for a near fall. Sheamus sets for White Noise, but Cesaro distracts Sheamus by grabbing the title belt.
Rollins with a rollup for a near fall based on the distraction. Sheamus with a power slam. Cesaro gets on the ring steps and they have a tug of war over the title belt and Sheamus lets go. Rollins with a knee to the back followed by Black Out for the three count.
Winner: Seth Rollins (Assist to Cesaro)
After the match, Rollins leaves the ringside area while Cesaro prepares to enter the ring. Cesaro mocks Sheamus by yelling FELLA and then he kicks Sheamus and hits the Gotch Style Neutralizer before grabbing the title belt and putting it on top of Sheamus.
We go to commercial.
We are back with a look at the situation between Mark Henry and Rusev.
Lana mentions that most people do not know that the Star Spangled Banner was written in this decrepit city. She tells people to Shut Tup before giving her rendition of the Star Spangled Banner but with her own lyrics.
We hear the Russian National Anthem play in the Baltimore Arena, but it feels like something is missing.
We see a video package for NXT Takeover II on Thursday night, available on the WWE Network. That show will be headlined by a Fatal Four Way match for the NXT Title involving Sami Zayn, Tyler Breeze, Tyson Kidd, and Adrian Neville.
We go to commercial.
Match Number Four: Sami Zayn and Adrian Neville versus Tyler Breeze and Tyson Kidd in a Remember to Watch NXT Takeover on the WWE Network on Thursday Night Match
Zayn and Breeze start things off and they lock up. Breeze with a wrist lock but Zayn with a reversal into an arm bar. Zayn leaps over Breeze and connects with a series of arm drags and then applies an arm bar. Kidd tags in and Breeze with a kick and Kidd holds Zayn in the ropes for Breeze to kick Zayn. Kidd with kicks in the corner and punches.
Kidd chokes Zayn in the ropes. Kidd with a snap mare and kick to the back for a near fall. Kidd with a rear chin lock. Zayn with an arm drag but Kidd with an elbow. Breeze tags in and he kicks Zayn. Breeze with a neck breaker for a near fall. Kidd tags back in and he kicks Zayn in the midsection. Kidd with a reverse chin lock on Zayn.
Zayn with a jawbreaker but Breeze keeps Zayn from making the tag. Zayn tags in Neville and Neville with a clothesline and drop kick to Kidd on the apron. Neville with a back heel kick and drop kick to the temple followed by a standing shooting star press. Kidd goes over the top rope to the floor. Zayn with a plancha onto Kidd.
Neville floats over and Breeze misses a splash in the corner. Neville with a kick to the back and he hits the Red Arrow for the three count.
Winners: Sami Zayn and Adrian Neville
We go to commercial.
We are back and Stephanie McMahon makes her way to the ring. She says that it breaks her heart to see a family ripped apart as much as the Bellas. Stephanie reminds us that she wrestled her father in this building about 10 years ago. They have made up and reconciled. There is nothing more important than family. It is time to bring Nikki and Brie back together. Stephanie says that there is just one man who can do that.
Stephanie brings back to Raw, Jerry Springer.
Jerry thanks Stephanie for the introduction. He says that he has been dealing with family dysfunction for the last 24 years. When he heard about what was going on with Nikki and Brie to try to find some resolution, how can you say no to being on Raw.
Jerry brings out Brie first and we see a video package.
Jerry says that it looks like Brie was being abused by Nikki and then she attacked her in the ring. But the next day, she tweeted an apology.
Brie says that she shouldn’t have stooped down to Nikki’s classless level.
Jerry suggests that Brie thinks she is better, but Brie reminds Jerry about what Nikki said about their time together in the womb.
Nikki makes her way to the ring.
Nikki says she accepted Brie’s apology, but it doesn’t mean that she will accept being treated like a second class sister. Nikki says that she is ready to get past this because she is an intelligent and classy woman. She has a lot going for her. The third season of her show Total Divas premiered last night. She has a Divas Title match in two weeks. She couldn’t be happier. That is why she is not going to let Brie’s negativity get her down.
Nikki says that she felt so sorry for Brie.
Jerry tries to stir the pot.
Brie says that what happened at SummerSlam happened.
Jerry says that this happened long before SummerSlam. We see a montage of Brie and Nikki’s comments taken out of context.
Nikki says that she wouldn’t be surprised if Brie was the reason why dad left them. She would leave if there was someone as attention seeking as Brie.
Jerry shows us a video of Nikki and Brie’s parents wanting this to be fixed.
Brie tells Nikki that no matter mom or dad said, Nikki cost her a match and ruined her life. Brie says at least she has J.J. in her corner.
Jerry brings out their brother J.J. Jerry asks him who he thinks is wrong. J.J. tells her to stop acting like the victim because she is not the victim. J.J. tells Nikki to stop.
Nikki and Brie fight on top of Jerry. Nikki hits her brother and then they continue to fight on top of Jerry.
Stephanie comes into the ring and she is knocked down in the melee.
Officials come to the ring to try to separate the women.
Before our next match, the Usos are in the Goldman Box. Jimmy says that you hurt his brother, but when you hurt one Uso, you hurt both of us. Jey says that when you hurt us, we hurt back. That will come soon.
Match Number Five: Goldust and Stardust versus Fernando and Diego
Stardust and Diego start things off and Stardust with a side head lock and punch. Diego sends Stardust into the turnbuckles and he chops and punches Stardust. Stardust with an Irish whip but Diego with a clothesline. Fernando tags in and hits a slingshot senton after a side Russian leg sweep by Diego.
Goldust tags in and he punches Fernando. Fernando with punches in the corner. Goldust with an Irish whip but Fernando with an elbow and head scissors. Stardust tags in and Diego with a head scissors. Fernando and Diego with a suicide dive onto Goldust. Fernando sends Goldust back in but Stardust drops Diego on the apron. Goldust hits Fernando from behind and then hs ends him into the turnbuckles.
Stardust tags in and he hits Dark Matter for the three count.
Winners: Goldust and Stardust
After the match, the Usos take advantage of Goldust and Stardust turning their back as they went up the ramp and they hit Goldust and Stardust with Jey’s crutch.
Michael Cole sends condolences on behalf of WWE to Joan Rivers.
We go to commercial.
Match Number Six: Titus O’Neil (with Heath Slater) versus Adam Rose
Titus punches and kicks Rose in the corner. Titus throws Rose across the ring by his neck. The bunny comes to ringside to try to give Rose some motivation. Rose with a kick and he tries for a cross body but Titus catches him and throws him to the side before barking. The bunny distracts Titus. Slater misses the bunny and the bunny with a super kick. Rose with the Party Foul for the three count.
Winner: Adam Rose
After the match, Rose brings the bunny into the ring and he hops around Titus. The bunny goes up top and hits a frog splash.
Renee Young is in the interview area with Roman Reigns. She asks Roman if he knew what Randy meant when he said it would be a season premiere no one will forget. Roman says that he does not know what he meant. Randy may be the Viper and he may have the venom, but Roman says that he has the antidote.
We go to commercial.
We are back with a video package about Brock Lesnar.
We are told that Brock Lesnar will be on next week’s Raw.
Match Number Seven: Randy Orton versus Roman Reigns
Orton is stopped momentarily by Reigns and they exchange punches. Reigns with the advantage and he punches Orton and clotheslines him over the top rope to the floor. Reigns goes to the floor and Orton avoids being sent into the apron. Orton sends Reigns into the ring steps and they return to the ring and Orton gets a near fall. Orton tries for a suplex but Reigns blocks it and hits a suplex of his own for a near fall.
Orton sends Reigns into the turnbuckles. Orton with an Irish whip and Reigns shows no respect to Orton with a clothesline out of the corner. Orton goes to the floor on an Irish whip.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Orton slams Reigns’ head into the ring steps numerous times. Orton rolls Reigns back into the ring and he gets a near fall. Orton with a reverse chin lock. We see footage from the commercial break when Orton Irish whipped Reigns into the ring steps.
We see Rollins and Kane watching the action on a monitor in the office.
Reigns with a head butt to Orton but Orton avoids a clothesline and Orton clotheslines Reigns over the top rope to the floor. Orton sends Reigns into the apron and follows with a clothesline. Orton poses for the people of Baltimore.
They return to the ring and Orton with a near fall. Orton with punches in the corner. Reigns with an Irish whip but he misses a splash into the corner, but Reigns with a clothesline. Orton rolls to the floor and Reigns runs Orton into the apron and then into the ringside barrier. Orton gets back in the ring and Reigns with punches from the apron. Orton drops Reigns on the top rope and then Reigns hangs in the ropes.
Orton puts Reigns on the top turnbuckle and then Orton goes for a superplex and he hits it but he can only get a near fall.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Orton with a reverse chin lock. Reigns gets to his feet but Orton sends him back to the mat and gets a near fall. Orton with punches to the head. Orton returns to the side head lock. Reigns powers out of the hold but Orton with a kick. Reigns and Orton exchange punches. Reigns in control but Orton with a kick. Reigns with a belly-to-back suplex and both men are down.
Reigns with two clotheslines followed by a Samoan Drop for a near fall. Reigns with a clothesline into the corner but Orton with a power slam for a near fall. Orton has Reigns on the apron and he tries for the IEDDT, but Reigns with an uppercut and somehow Orton falls onto the bottom rope for the Juggernaut Drop Kick. Reigns with a flying clothesline for a near fall.
Reigns with punches but the referee pulls Reigns out of the corner and Orton with a rollup for a near fall. Orton with a back breaker for a near fall. Orton looks around while Reigns is down in the corner. Orton runs into a boot from Reigns and Reigns comes off the turnbuckles but Orton with a power slam for a near fall. Orton sends Reigns to the apron and he tries for the IEDDT and he hits it.
Orton looks around and he twists to the mat for the RKO push ups. Orton tries for the RKO but Reigns escapes. Reigns with a Superman Punch and Orton is down and Reigns cannot crawl across the ring to make the cover.
Orton signals for Kane and Seth Rollins to come out. Rollins and Kane attack Reigns and the referee calls for the bell.
Winner: Roman Reigns (by disqualification)
Meanwhile, dozens of people adjust the ring and Orton calls for the steel cage to come down. Reigns fights off Kane, Orton, and Rollins for a moment. Rollins and Kane are ejected from the ring. A chair is in the ring and Reigns is standing over Orton.
Reigns sends Orton into the cage a few times and then Reigns with a spear to Orton.
The door is opened and Reigns keeps Kane out of the cage with the chair. Rollins with a cross body off the top of the cage onto Reigns. Kane picks up Reigns and sends him into the cage. Kane sends him into the cage a second time and then he hits a choke slam. Orton recovers and he tells Kane to stay back. Orton jams the chair into Reigns’ chest and then he hits him in the back with the chair. Orton hits Reigns again with the chair. Orton holds Reigns’ head up with the chair and jams it into the throat and then he hits him in the back with it.
They move Reigns in the ring and put the chair under his head for Rollins to hit Black Out.
2015 - WWE released The Monday Night War Volume 2 on DVD and Blu-Ray.
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