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January 7th
On this day in history in ....
1913 - Jess Westergaard defeats Henry
Ordemann for the American Heavyweight Title in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
1929 - In a disputed victory, Charlie Fischer defeats World Middleweight
Champion Johnny Meyers in Chicago, Illinois. Meyers obtained a court order
preventing the Illinois State Athletic Commission from awarding the title to
anyone else, however the commission would recognize Gus Kallio as champion, who
defeated Meyers by decision after a 2½ hour match on August 7, 1928.
1941 - Ivan Rasputin defeats Bobby Managoff in San Francisco, California to
win the Pacific Coast Heavyweight Title for the second time.
1949 - Chavo Guerrero, Sr. is born in El Paso, Texas.
1953 - Carl Engstrom and Frank Stojack defeat Johnny Cretorian and Kurt
Von Poppenheim for the Big Time Wrestling Northwest Tag Team Title in Vancouver,
British Columbia.
1954 - Hombre Montana and Whipper Billy Watson defeat Al and Tiny Mills
to win the NWA Canadian Open Tag Team Title in Toronto, Ontario, ending the
Mills' second reign.
1958 - Casey and Danny McShain win a tournament for the vacant NWA Texas
Tag Team Title in Dallas, Texas.
1961 - Don Leo Jonathan defeats Dr. X (Bill Miller) to win the Omaha
version of the World Heavyweight Title in Omaha, Nebraska.
1965 - Mr. Fujiwara and Curtis Iaukea defeat Lord James Blears and Neff
Maivia for the NWA Hawaii Tag Team Title in Honolulu, Hawaii, ending Blears and
Maivia's fourth reign.
1966 - Gene Kiniski defeats Lou Thesz for the NWA World Heavyweight Title
in St. Louis, Missouri, ending Thesz's third reign.
1966 - Bob Geigel wins his second NWA Central States Heavyweight Title in
St. Joseph, Missouri, ending the 11th reign of Sonny Myers.
1971 - Chris "C.W. Anderson" Wright is born in Emit, North
Carolina.
1974 - Sharon Lee and Jackie West defeat Mariko Akagi and Peggy Kuroda to
win the WWWA World Tag Team Title in Niigata, Japan, ending Akagi and Kuroda's
second reign.
1976 - Greg Valentine and Bill Watts defeat The Hollywood Blonds (Jerry
Brown and Buddy Roberts) to win the vacant Tri-State version of the NWA United
States Tag Team Title. Previous champions Killer Karl Kox and Dick Murdoch had
split up in December.
1978 - Ted DiBiase wins the NWA Central States Heavyweight Title for the
second time, defeating Bob Brown in Kansas City, Kansas, ending Brown's ninth
reign.
1979 - Terry Gordy and Michael Hayes defeat Bobby Eaton and George Gulas
in Chattanooga, Tennessee for the NWA Mid-America Tag Team Title.
1980 - The Assassins (Jody Hamilton and Tom Renesto) defeat Ricky and
Robert Gibson for their third AWA Southern Tag Team Title in Memphis, Tennessee,
just six days after the Gibsons' defeated the Assassins to win their own second
title.
1984 - Spike Huber defeats Bobby Colt to win the World Wrestling
Association World Heavyweight Title in Indianapolis, Indiana. At the same show,
Dick the Bruiser and Jeff Van Kamp defeat Abdullah the Great and Jerry Valiant
for the WWA World Tag Team Title.
1985 - Billy Haynes defeats Gino Hernandez (subbing for an absent Chris
Adams) for Adams' World Class Television Title in Fort Worth, Texas, ending
Adams' third reign.
1986 - The fourth edition of the WWF's "Saturday Night's Main
Event" airs on NBC, earning a 10.4 rating. The show was taped at The
Sundome in Tampa, Florida on December 19, and was the second-ever WWF event in
Tampa. The results:
- Bob Orton, Jr., Roddy Piper and Jesse Ventura defeated Hillbilly Jim, Uncle
Elmer and Cousin Luke, when Piper made Luke submit to a sleeper hold following
Orton hitting Luke in the head with his cast.
- WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan pinned Terry Funk after a lariat.
- Randy Savage pinned George Steele after a double axehandle.
- Nikolai Volkoff pinned Corporal Kirchner after a stungun and knee to the chest
in a Peace match.
- The Junkyard Dog and Ricky Steamboat defeated Mr. Fuji and Don Muraco, when
JYD pinned Fuji.
1986 - Rocky Morgan defeats Chic Cullen in Croydon, England to win the
British Heavy Middleweight Title, ending Cullen's second reign.
1987 - Coco Samoa and Ricky Santana defeat Abbuda Dein and Mike Miller
for the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Title in Portland, Oregon, ending Dein
and Miller's second reign.
1989 - The Southern Rockers (Steve Doll and Scott Peterson) defeat Abbuda
Dein and The Grappler to win the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Title in
Portland, Oregon, beginning their sixth reign.
1990 - Bronislau "Bronko" Nagurski, a fullback for the Chicago
Bears as well as a multiple-title winning wrestler, dies at age 81 in
International Falls, Minnesota. He was one of the first football players
to succeed as a professional wrestler. Nagurski won the World Heavyweight Title
in 1937 and also held the Los Angeles, Minneapolis and National Wrestling
Association versions of the title, as well as winning the Minneapolis NWA World
Tag Team Title with Verne Gagne in 1957. Nagurski played eight seasons with the
Bears, two of those years championship years (1931 and 1932), and is a charter
member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame (1963).
1991 - The Fabulous Ones (Steve Keirn and Stan Lane) defeat Tony Anthony
and Doug Gilbert for the USWA Tag Team Title in Memphis, Tennessee, ending
Anthony and Gilbert's second reign.
1993 - Masayoshi Motegi defeats Ray Gonzalez to win the WWC World Junior
Heavyweight Title in Tokyo, Japan. This began the title's 14-month period in the
W*ING promotion until its close.
1995 - Kevin Von Erich defeats Greg Valentine in Dallas, Texas to win the
NWA North American Heavyweight Title.
1996 - Mabel defeats Carlos Colón for the WWC Universal Heavyweight
Title in San Germán, Puerto Rico, ending Colón's 16th reign. Colón had
just defeated Mabel the previous day in Caguas for the title, which was held up
after a match between the two on December 16 in Bayamón.
1999 - Jun Akiyama and Kenta Kobashi end the fifth AJPW Unified World Tag
Team Title reign of Toshiaki Kawada and Akira Taue in Kochi, Japan.
1999 - BDL defeats Twiggy Ramirez and The Suicide Kid in a three-way
match to win the vacant IWA Mid-South Light Heavyweight Title in Louisville,
Kentucky. The title was stripped from Adam Pearce for not defending.
1999 - Romeo Valentino defeats King Kong Bundy for the Maryland
Championship Wrestling Heavyweight Title in Glen Burnie, Maryland, becoming the
first two-time champion.
2000 - Gary Albright suffers a heart attack in the ring wrestling for his
father-in-law, Afa Anoa'i's World Xtreme Wrestling in Hazleton, Pennsylvania. He
was pronounced dead just minutes after being taken from the ring. Albright was
36. Albright was a state amateur wrestling champion in his home state of Rhode
Island, as well as a two-time All-Japan Tag Team Champion with Stan Hansen and
Steve Williams. Albright also worked in Nobuhiko Takada's UWF International.
2000 - Tomoaki Honda and Ryuji Yamakawa defeat Kamikaze and Shunme
Matsuzaki to win the BJW Tag Team Title in Osaka, Japan.
2000 - Mr. Showtime defeats Joey Venture for the NWA Southern Junior
Heavyweight Title in Dyersburg, Tennessee.
2001 - ECW holds its final pay-per-view event, "Guilty as
Charged", at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City, New York. The
results:
- Bilvis Wesley pinned Mike Bell in a dark match.
- Cyrus and Jerry Lynn defeated Joey Matthews and Christian York, when Cyrus
pinned Matthews after Lynn hit Matthews with the cradle piledriver. After the
match, Da Baldies (Angel and DeVito) attacked Matthews and York, as well as
their manager Joel Gertner. Cyrus then paid off Da Baldies, and took Gertner's
place on commentary with Joey Styles.
- ECW World Tag Team Champions Danny Doring and Roadkill defeated Hot Commodity
(Julio Dinero and EZ Money), when Doring pinned Dinero, to retain the titles.
All three members of Hot Commodity (Dinero, Money and Chris Hamrick) all
attacked the champs until Nova made his surprise return and cleared the ring.
- Nova pinned Chris Hamrick in an impromptu match.
- Tommy Dreamer defeated C.W. Anderson in an I Quit match.
- The Unholy Alliance (Yoshihiro Tajiri and Mikey Whipwreck) defeated The Full
Blooded Italians (Little Guido and Tony Mamaluke) and Super Crazy and Kid Kash
in three-way dance to become #1 contenders for the ECW World Tag Team Title.
Mamaluke pinned Kash after Sal E. Graziano interfered and splashed Kash, then
Whipwreck pinned Guido and Tajiri pinned Mamaluke with simultaneous tiger
suplexes.
- Simon Diamond and Johnny Swinger fought Balls Mahoney and Chilly Willy to a no
contest after Rhino interfered. Rhino ducked a chair from Mahoney, then Gored
Mahoney, Dawn Marie, Chilly Willy and The Blue Boy in succession, and gave
Jasmin St. Claire a second-rope piledriver.
- The Sandman defeated ECW World Heavyweight Champion Steve Corino and Justin
Credible in a Tables, Ladders, Chairs and Canes match to win the title, after
both Corino and Credible went through tables. They shook the new champion's hand
before being attacked by Da Baldies, with the four men then fighting to the
locker room. Rhino ran in and Gored the new champion, and got him to defend the
title.
- ECW World Television Champion Rhino pinned ECW World Heavyweight Champion The
Sandman to win the World Heavyweight Title in an impromptu match after a
piledriver on a piece of one of the broken tables. Cyrus celebrated with Rhino
in the ring and challenged anyone to come out and face him. Rob Van Dam, who
hadn't appeared at an ECW show in over two months, came out and had a staredown
with Rhino before Jerry Lynn attacked RVD.
- Rob Van Dam pinned Jerry Lynn in an impromptu match after the Van Terminator,
with Joel Gertner holding the chair.
- Following the PPV, Justin Credible & Steve Corino cut a promo announcing
their alliance as the new Impact Players.
2001 - FMW holds a pay-per-view event at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.
The results were:
- Kyoko Inoue won a battle royal.
- Chris Candido pinned Azusa Kudo.
- Ricky Fuji and Flying Kid Ichihara defeated WEW Six-Man Tag Team Champion Jado
and Kaori Nakayama, when Ichihara pinned Nakayama.
- WEW Hardcore Champion Kintaro Kanemura pinned Masato Tanaka.
- Goemon and Onryo defeated WEW Hardcore Tag Team Champions Hideki Hosaka and
Mammoth Sasaki, when Goemon pinned Sasaki, to win the title, ending Hosaka and
Sasaki's second reign.
- Masato Tanaka and WEW Six-Man Tag Team Champion Gedo defeated WEW Tag Team
Champions Tetsuhiro Kuroda and WEW Heavyweight Champion Kodo Fuyuki, when Gedo
pinned Fuyuki, to win the title. The title would be vacated on February 21, when
Gedo and Tanaka left FMW.
2001 - One Man Gang defeats champion Carlos Colón and Abdullah the
Butcher in a three-way match to win the WWC Hardcore Title in Mayagüez,
Puerto Rico.
2002 - WWE RAW at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York
featured the long-awaited return of Triple H from his first quadricep tear,
suffered on May 21 in San Jose, California. He stated on the "Triple H: The
Game" DVD that even he was taken back by the tremendous ovation when his
music hit in the Garden. Triple H came to the ring and announced he was entering
the Royal Rumble match, followed by Kurt Angle doing the same. The show ended
with Triple H hitting Angle with the Pedigree. Match results from the event
were.
In dark matches:
- Brock Lesnar pinned Rico Constantino.
- Randy Orton pinned Ron Waterman.
In matches taped for the following weekend's "Jakked":
- The Hurricane pinned Funaki with a flying crossbody.
- Crash Holly pinned Prince Nana with a tornado bulldog.
- Perry Saturn defeated John Jirus (Xavier) by submission with the Rings of
Saturn.
- Christian pinned Lo-Ki after the Unprettier.
In RAW matches:
- Rob Van Dam pinned Test after the Van Daminator and Five-Star Frog Splash.
- Billy and Chuck defeated Albert and Scotty 2 Hotty, when Gunn pinned Scotty
after the Fameasser.
- WWF Intercontinental Champion Edge pinned Lance Storm after the Edgecution.
- Steve Austin and The Rock defeated Big Bossman and Booker T, when Austin
pinned Bossman after the Stone Cold Stunner.
- WWF Undisputed Champion Chris Jericho pinned Rikishi after hitting him with
one of his title belts.
- Spike Dudley and Tazz defeated WWF Tag Team Champions The Dudley Boyz (Bubba
Ray and D-Von Dudley) to win the title, ending the Dudleys' sixth reign.
- WWF Women's Champion Trish Stratus and Terri had a no contest in a wet T-shirt
contest when Jazz attacked Trish.
2002 - Richard Garza, known professionally as "The World's Strongest
Wrestler" Mighty Igor Vodic, among other names, dies at age 70. Vodic held
the AWA World Heavyweight Title for one week in 1965, as well as titles in his
native Detroit, Michigan.
2004 - TNA holds its 76th weekly pay-per-view event at the TNA Asylum in
Nashville, Tennessee. The results:
In dark matches:
- Sonny Siaki defeated Dirty Money.
- Elix Skipper defeated Justin Kage.
- Glenn Gilberti and David Young defeated Sean Lee and Matt Power.
- Kid Kash defeated Matt Sydal.
In pay-per-view matches:
- Abyss and Red Shirt Security (Joe Legend and Kevin Northcutt) defeated A.J.
Styles and America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris and James Storm), when Abyss
pinned Styles.
- NWA World Tag Team Champions 3Live Kru (B.G. James and Ron Killings) defeated
Simon Diamond and Johnny Swinger, when Killings pinned Diamond, to retain the
title.
- Chris Vaughn pinned Kid Kash.
- Julio Dinero and CM Punk defeated Raven and The Sandman, when Punk pinned
Raven.
- Chris Sabin defeated champion Michael Shane, Christopher Daniels and Low Ki in
an Ultimate X match to win the TNA X Division Title for the second time.
2004 - Nick Dinsmore defeats Johnny Jeter for the vacant OVW Heavyweight
Title in Louisville, Kentucky, beginning his eighth reign. The title was vacated
on December 10, after a three-way match on December 3 between then-champion Mark
Magnus, Dinsmore and Jeter resulted in Magnus being pinned by both of the
challengers at once.
2006 - J.D. Escalade and The Juggulator leave with three the NWA
Tri-State titles between them, by winning a tag team match in Parkersburg, West
Virginia. They defeated NWA Tri-State X Division Champion Vance Desmond and
Heavyweight Champion Chris Kahn to win their singles titles, as well as the NWA
Tri-State Tag Team Title. This ended Desmond's third X Division Title reign.
2006 - Jersey All Pro Wrestling holds "Wild Card II" at the
Rahway Rec Center in Rahway, New Jersey. The results:
- Mercedes Martinez defeated Alicia by disqualification.
- Monsta Mack defeated Trent Acid.
- Monty Brown defeated EC Negro.
- Frankie Kazarian defeated Xavier.
- JAPW Tag Team Champions The S.A.T. (Joél and José Maximo) defeated The
Outcast Killaz (Diablo Santiago and Oman Turtuga) and The Briscoe Brothers (Jay
and Mark Briscoe) to retain the title.
- Teddy Hart defeated JAPW Light Heavyweight Champion Azrieal in the finals of a
Gauntlet match to win the title, ending Azrieal's third reign. The match also
included Arcadia, Javi Air, Quiet Storm, Grim Reefer and M-Dogg20.
- Rhino defeated JAPW Heavyweight Champion Jay Lethal to win the title.
2006 - Handsome Joe defeats TAKA Michinoku to win the Kaientai Dojo
Strongest-K Title in Tokyo, Japan.
2006 - Jason Blackman and Jeremy V defeat Pomp and Circumstance (Ace
Rockwell and Shaun Tempers) for the NWA Anarchy Tag Team Title in Cornelia,
Georgia.
2006 - Mike Carter defeats Kevin Northcutt to win the NWA Mississippi
Heavyweight Title in Magee, Mississippi, ending Northcutt's second reign.
2006 - Rob McBride defeats Mitch Connor to win the Carolina Wrestling
Federation Mid-Atlantic Television Title.
2007 - At WORLD-1's two "Rebirth of Destruction" events in
Pottstown, Pennsylvania, Cheerleader Melissa defeats Allison Danger to win the
Queen's Cup tournament at the afternoon event. At the evening show, Josh Daniels
defeats Greg Spitz for the King's Cup, Kirby Mack wins a six-way match over
champion T.J. Mack, Shane Hagadorn, Pelle Primeau, Alex Payne and Rhett Titus to
win the AWA World Light Heavyweight Title, and Steve Corino defeats Ric Converse
for the AWA World Heavyweight Title, beginning his second reign.
2007 - The Briscoe Brothers (Jay and Mark Briscoe) defeat Yoshinobu
Kanemaru and Takashi Sugiura to win the Pro Wrestling NOAH GHC Junior
Heavyweight Tag Team Title in Tokyo, Japan, ending Kanemaru and Sugiura's second
reign.
2007 - Gedo and Jado defeat Don Fujii and Masaaki Mochizuki for the
Dragon Gate I-J Heavyweight Tag Team Title in Tokyo, Japan.
2007 - Yuji Hino and Saburo Inamatsu defeat Handsome Joe and Yasu Urano
for the Kaientai Dojo Strongest-K Tag Team Title in Tokyo, Japan.
2007 - WWE holds the third-annual "New Year's Revolution" pay-per-view at the Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri. Here is the original coverage of the show:
They went immediately to the arena, and showed the steel cage being lowered for the Intercontinental Title match, which will open the PPV. They then went to the usual pre-PPV video package for the show.
Intercontinental Champion Jeff Hardy vs. Johnny Nitro, with Melina - Steel Cage Match
There was a Hardy chant at the start. Nitro hit a knee to the gut and worked over Hardy with kicks and punches in a corner. Hardy returned fire, stomping Nitro down. Hardy whipped Nitro hard into the opposite corner, and they continued to throw punches. Hardy got on the second rope, punched Nitro down in the corner, then swung down off the top rope with a kick to the chest. Nitro came back with a faceplant takedown for a two count. Nitro tried to ram Hardy into the cage, but Hardy put the brakes on and delivered a gourdbuster.
Hardy missed a charge in the corner, and Nitro hit a springboard kick off the middle rope for a two count. Nitro started to climb up the cage, but Hardy pulled him back down. Nitro went for a backdrop after reversing a whip, but Hardy kicked it away and hit a clothesline. Hardy crawled for the door, but Nitro pulled him back in by the leg. Hardy gave Nitro a mule kick to break free, then began to climb up the cage. He kicked Nitro away once, but Nitro dropkicked Hardy so he would fall between the ropes and cage wall. Nitro hit some knees to the trapped Hardy, then dropkicked him.
Nitro climbed up, but Hardy grabbed him, and soon they were both fights on the ropes. Hardy jumped off the top rope and dropkicked Nitro, who was seated on the top rope, and they both fell hard to the mat. Nitro reversed a whip, and Hardy lept to the top rope, then went to go over the cage, but Nitro managed to grab his pants and stop him. Nitro delivered a second rope back superplex, laying out both men. Nitro mounted Hardy and hit some forearm shots. Nitro charged Hardy, but Hardy flung Nitro over his head, and Nitro went face first into the cage. Hardy then started to climb, and Nitro joined him. They slugged it out on the top rope, and Hardy hit a side Russian legsweep, driving both men to the mat.
Hardy climbed up, and Nitro followed. Nitro actually stepped on Hardy's back to get above him on the cage. They battled it out, with Nitro sitting on the cage and Hardy standing on the top rope, and Nitro gave Hardy a sunset flip into a powerbomb. Nitro started to climb up again, but Hardy got behind him, and Nitro ended up hung upside down with his legs entwined in the scaffolding that ran along the top of the cage. Nitro managed to free himself and fall back into the cage. Hardy climbed up another side, but Melina whipped the cage with a belt, catching Hardy's fingers and sending him stumbling back into the ring, where Nitro nailed him with a top rope dropkick.
Nitro delivered a neckbreaker, then went to the top rope for a flying bodypress, but Hardy caught it and planted Nitro with a powerslam. Hardy then hit a Swanton Bomb off the top rope. He was slow to cover and Nitro got his foot on the bottom rope to break up the pin. Hardy hit a forearm and a trio of clotheslines. Hardy backdropped Nitro, but ran into a boot in the corner. Nitro climbed up the cage, but Hardy followed him up. Nitro got one leg out of the cage, but Hardy grabbed him by the hair and pulled him back in. Hardy tried a top rope Twist of Fate, but Nitro held onto the cage and Hardy fell to the mat.
Nitro regained his footing on the top rope, and went to climb out. Hardy went to crawl for the door, and Melina stood between the outside referee and the door. By the time the ref moved her and unlocked the door, Nitro was coming down the cage, right over the door. Hardy dropkicked the door, it swung open, and Nitro crotched himself on the top of the door. With Nitro crotched on the door, Hardy crawled out of it and got to the floor for the win at the fifteen minute mark.
Winner: Jeff Hardy.
Backstage, Todd Grisham interviewed Edge and Randy Orton. Edge said they needed to take out DX to assume their spot at the top of the company. He said tonight they would show DX that their run is over. Orton bragged about busting open Ric Flair and DX. He said they were fighting for their future. Edge said the DX reunion was "fun while it lasted, and sold a lot of t-shirts" but it would end tonight.
Lilian Garcia announced we would get a "bonus match", a Tag Team Turmoil match with the winning team receiving a future tag title match.
Tag Team Turmoil: Highlanders vs. Charlie Haas & Shelton Benjamin.
Haas started out with Rory, going for a hiptoss, but getting his eyes raked. The Highlanders hit a double suplex, and Robbie scored a two count. Robbie hit an uppercut, then tagged in Rory. Haas ducked a double elbow, but was caught with a drop toe hold/elbow drop combo. Rory missed a charge in the corner when Shelton pulled Haas out of the way. Haas hit Rory with a clothesline and tagged Benjamin. Benjamin straddled Rory on the top rope as Haas held him, and scored a two count as Robbie ran in to break it up. Benjamin slammed Rory across Haas' knee into a backbreaker for a two count. Haas decked Rory with a right hand, then tagged Shelton, who kneed Rory in the back. Shelton put Rory in a rear chinlock, driving his knee into Rory's back. Shelton went for a slam, but Rory managed to shift his weight and fall on top of him. Rory went for some quick pins, but Shelton tripped him. Rory managed to break free and tag Robbie, who slammed Shelton and Haas. Robbie dropkicked both opponents, then clotheslined Shelton to the floor. Robbie slammed Haas, then went to the top rope for a rocket launcher, but Haas rolled away. Rory went after Haas, and Haas pulled Rory through the ropes and to the floor. Meanwhile, Shelton got on the apron, jumped to the top rope, and grabbed Robbie with a superplex for the pin at the six minute mark.
Tag Team Turmoil: Hacksaw Duggan & Super Crazy vs. Charlie Haas & Shelton Benjamin.
Hacksaw and Benjamin traded punches, and Haas clipped him from behind. Haas & Benjamin worked over Hacksaw in their corner. There was actually a chant for Super Crazy as Hacksaw was being worked over. Duggan battled back against Haas, and hit the three point stance clothesline. Super Crazy got tagged in and dropkicked Haas twice. Haas then snapmared Haas and dropkicked him in the face. On the floor, Shelton rammed Hacksaw into the steps. Crazy hit a standing moonsault on Haas for a two count. Crazy went to jump on the ropes, but Benjamin clipped him, and Haas hit a German suplex with a bridge for the win at the three minute mark.
Tag Team Turmoil: Lance Cade & Trevor Murdoch vs. Charlie Haas & Shelton Benjamin.
Cade and Murdoch ran down and immediately ambushed Haas & Benjamin. Cade slammed Benjamin, and they gave him a reverse atomic drop/boot to the face combo. Murdoch then unloaded with punches on Benjamin. Murdoch put Benjamin in an armbar. Cade tagged in and hit a neckbreaker for a pair of two counts, then dropped an elbow for another two. Cade slammed Benjamin, then dropped Murdoch into a legdrop on top of Benjamin for a two count. Murdoch went for a vertical suplex, but Benjamin floated over and hit a neckbreaker. Benjamin tagged in Haas, who cleaned house with punches. He dropkicked Murdoch, backdropped Cade, gave Murdoch a boot to the face, and gave Cade an exploder suplex. Haas gave Murdoch a top rope dropkick. The match degenerated into a brawl. Haas put Murdoch in the Haas Of Pain, but Cade jumped off the ropes and nailed Haas while Benjamin was being escorted out of the ring by the referee. Murdoch crawled onto Haas for the pin at the four minute mark.
Tag Team Turmoil: Lance Cade & Trevor Murdoch vs. Cryme Tyme.
Chad ran in and immediately went to work on Cade. JTG came in for a cannonball type move on Cade for a two count. Cade and Murdoch pulled JTG into their corner to work him over, but JTG grabbed Murdoch with a backslide for a two count. Murdoch kicked away a backdrop attempt, and Cade & Murdoch hit a legsweep/clothesline combo for a two count. Cade worked over JTG with elbows and punches, then Murdoch tagged in and hit a back elbow. Cade & Murdoch continued to work over JTG, tagging in and out and pounding him. JTG managed to grab Murdoch in a small package, but the referee was busy with Cade. Murdoch slammed JTG, but then jumped off the second rope into a boot. Cade cut off the hot tag to Chad, and set up JTG for a double suplex. He floated over and made the hot tag to Chad, who hit a double clothesline and began cleaning house. Chad eventually succumbed to the two-on-one, but Chad dodged the legsweep/clothesline combo. Murdoch was sent from the ring, and Cryme Tyme hit a Samoan Drop/neckbreaker combo on Cade for the pin at the seven minute mark.
Winners: Cryme Tyme.
Vince McMahon was backstage chatting with Jonathan Coachman about the Donald Trump-Rosie O'Donnell feud. They both commented that it was like something out of WWE. Vince said they should settle it with "physical violence". Vince said he was going to put together Donald Trump vs. Rosie O'Donnell for Monday Night Raw tomorrow. Coach kissed up to Vince for inventing the "You're Fired" line, and Vince got bored with him and walked off. Coach then turned around, and Ron Simmons was standing there. Ron said "Damn".
Kenny Dykstra vs. Ric Flair.
Dykstra came out in a poor man's version of a Ric Flair robe, then had them air footage of Flair being attacked by DX last Monday. Dykstra said everyone was tired of watching Flair get beat down every week, but Dykstra said that was too bad, as he was going to beat him down again. Flair's music interrupted Dykstra, and Flair made his entrance.
Dykstra grabbed a headlock at the start and hit a shoulderblock as Flair shoved him into the ropes. Kenny did the Flair strut. Flair hit a shoulderblock of his own, then Kenny leapfrogged Flair and dropkicked him. Kenny hit a fistdrop, and pounded Flair in a corner. Flair responded with some chops, and they went back and forth. Flair hit some chops, then a back elbow. Flair chopped Kenny over the top rope and to the floor. Kenny got on the apron, and Flair yanked him throat first across the top rope. Kenny fell back to the floor, but grabbed Flair by the foot and dragged him to the outside. Kenny suplexed Flair on the floor, then rolled him into the ring for a two count. Dykstra hit a suplex for a two count, then elbowed Flair in the back three times.
Kenny went for a Boston Crab, turning it over and Flair initially fought it off. Flair struggled in the hold, stuck in the center of the ring. Flair managed to move a little towards the ropes, really selling the pain of the move. Flair finally made the ropes for a break. Kenny hit a fistdrop, then stomped Flair. Kenny hit some punches in the corner, but Flair returned fire with punches and chops. Kenny got the better of the exchange, and went for a figure four, but Flair rolled him into a small package for a two count. Flair hit some punches, then chops. Kenny ran into a Flair elbow, then Flair went to the top rope. Kenny caught him, and slammed him off the top rope. The announcers pointed out how rarely that move works for Flair.
Kenny hit a top rope dropkick for a two count. Kenny went after Flair in a corner, but Flair poked him in the eyes and chopblocked his leg out. Flair hit another chopblock, then delivered a kneedrop. Flair grabbed Kenny by the leg, paused to stand on Kenny's groin, then applied the figure four leglock. The crowd, which was into Flair throughout the match, chanted for Kenny to tap. Kenny's shoulders went down, but he lifted them up at two. Flair slapped Kenny while maintaining the hold. Kenny eventually made the ropes, forcing a break. Flair pounded Kenny in the corner with chops and punches. The referee kept getting in Flair's way. Flair moved the ref to the side, and Kenny hit Flair with a low blow (that the ref didn't see). Kenny rolled Flair into a small package for the pin at the ten minute mark. The announcers put over that Kenny beat Flair using an old Flair trick.
Winner: Kenny Dykstra.
Backstage, Johnny Nitro was having his shoulder iced down. He told Melina to call Mercury, and that the Hardys would pay for this. As Melina went to go make the call, Victoria approached her. Victoria told Melina her name isn't on her checklist. Victoria told Melina that they could work together, and if Melina helps Victoria win the Women's Title, she would get the first title shot. Victoria told Melina to think about it and walked off.
They recapped how Victoria has been decimating the Women's division on Raw.
Women's Champion Mickie James vs. Victoria.
They locked up, and Victoria shoved Mickie to the mat. Victoria took Mickie down with a waistlock and applied a chinlock with a bridge. Victoria went into a front facelock, but Mickie reversed into an armbar. Victoria reversed into her own armbar, and Mickie cartwheeled out of it and hit a monkeyflip. They exchanged arm wringers, then Victoria grabbed a side headlock. Mickie shoved Victoria into the ropes, and Victoria hit a shoulderblock, but Mickie tripped her. Mickie hit a pair of armdrags, then a dropkick for a two count. Mickie kicked Victoria in the corner, but Victoria reversed a whip. Victoria ran into an elbow. Mickie went for a headscissors, but Victoria tossed her off onto the ring apron, then kicked her to the floor. Victoria hit a baseball slide dropkick, then dropped Mickie face first on the security wall.
Victoria yelled something at Lilian Garcia as she got back in the ring, and Mickie grabbed Victoria into a small package, but Victoria kicked out. Victoria stomped Mickie, then choked her against the ropes. Victoria flung Mickie across the ring by the hair and got a two count. Victoria went to the middle rope for a moonsault, but Mickie rolled out of the way. Mickie hit some right hands, then a series of reverse elbows. Mickie threw some jabs, then decked Victoria with a punch for a two count. Mickie gave Victoria a back elbow and caught her with a rana. Victoria rolled to the apron. Mickie gave Victoria a forearm, knocking her to the floor. Melina came out to help Victoria up. Mickie rolled out of the ring and decked Melina, then kicked Victoria and threw her back into the ring. Mickie went for a DDT, but Melina hooked her foot. Maria and Candice came out to counteract Melina, engaging in a brief brawl, as Mickie rolled up Victoria for a two count. Victoria lifted Mickie for a slam, but Mickie reversed it into a DDT for the pin at the seven minute mark. Maria, Candice and Lilian celebrated with Mickie as Melina yelled at them from ringside.
Winner: Mickie James.
The history between DX and Rated RKO was recapped.
World Tag Team Champions Edge & Randy Orton vs. Shawn Michaels & Triple H.
The DX intro only took about five minutes this time. DX charged Edge & Orton in the aisle as they came out and they began brawling at ringside. Triple H suplexed Edge on the floor. Michaels chopped Orton on the outside. Triple H backdropped Edge on the rampway. Michaels floated over a suplex attempt by Orton and rammed him into the ring steps. Triple H rubbed Edge's face across the ramp, then tossed him into the ring to officially start the match. DX worked over Edge in their corner, with Triple H tearing at Edge's face. Triple H hit a clothesline in the corner, then stomped his hand. Triple H continued to try and rearrange Edge's face. Triple H rammed Edge into the outstretched boots of Shawn Michaels, then tagged him in. Michaels hit a chop, but missed a charge in the corner.
Edge tagged in Orton, who went to work on Michaels with right hands. Orton ran into a boot by Michaels, then hit a chop, snap mared Orton, then stomped him in the face. Michaels kicked Orton in the midsection, then stomped him in the side of the head. Triple H tagged in and decked Orton with a right hand. Triple H dropped a knee, then pulled Orton across the ring apron and elbowed him from the outside. Michaels then hit a ring apron legdrop. Triple H covered Orton for a two count. Michaels tagged in and chopped Orton, then stomped him in the head again. Orton was busted open. Michaels bit the forehead of Orton. Michaels tagged in Triple H, and the took turns slugging Orton. Triple H worked over the cut with punches. Edge tried to knee HHH from the apron, but Triple H grabbed Edge and pulled him into the ring. Triple H worked over both men, but Edge clipped his knee, taking him down.
Orton legally tagged in Edge, who began pounding the leg of Triple H. Edge kept kicking at the leg, then wrapped it around the middle rope and yanked it. Edge pulled Triple H's leg from the outside and whipped it into the ringpost. Edge let out a "Whoo" and went for a figure four, but Triple H kicked him off into a corner. Michaels tagged in and gave Edge a flying forearm, kipped up, and gave Edge a reverse atomic drop. Michaels knocked Orton off the apron. Michaels slammed Edge, then went to the top rope and hit the elbowdrop. Orton ran in and clotheslined Michaels. Triple H clotheslined Orton over the top rope to the floor. The referee got Triple H out of the ring. Michaels backdropped Edge to the floor, then hit a tope con hilo onto Edge and Orton. Michaels tossed Edge back in. As Michaels got on the apron, Orton grabbed his leg, and that allowed Edge to spear Michaels between the ropes, knocking him back to the floor. Orton nailed Michaels with one of the tag title belts. Triple H ran over and hit Orton, but Michaels was busted open.
Michaels was a bloody mess as he crawled back onto the apron. Edge pulled Michaels up on the apron and hit a series of right hands. Orton tagged in and hit a side neckbreaker for a two count. Orton stomped Michaels, then hit a kneedrop to the back of the head for a two count. Edge tagged in and worked over Michaels with punches. Edge whipped Michaels hard into a corner, then hit a backbreaker for a two count. Orton tagged in and gave Michaels repeated forearms to the back. Orton stood on Michaels' chest and posed. Michaels battled back, exchanging shots with Orton. Orton raked Michaels eyes when he started getting the better of the exchange.
Edge tagged in and they hit a double backbreaker on Michaels. Triple H broke up the count. Edge put Michaels in a surfboard. Michaels hulked up and broke out of it, then exchanged shots with Edge. Michaels hit a back suplex on Edge, but Edge scored with a kick before Michaels could go make the tag. Orton tagged in and trash talked Michaels, measuring him for the RKO. Orton went for the move, but Michaels tossed him away and made the hot tag to Triple H as Orton tagged in Edge.
HHH nailed Edge with clotheslines and a jumping knee. Triple H pounded both Edge and Orton. Triple H gave Edge a facebuster on the knee, then clothesline him out of the ring. Triple H gave Orton a spinebuster for two (even though he isn't legal). Triple H got up limping, and gave Edge a spinebuster as he ran back in. Triple H got up limping again, and went for a Pedigree on Edge. Orton grabbed Triple H and gave him a sloppy RKO. Michaels superkicked Orton, but Edge shoved Michaels through the ropes and to the floor. Edge then crawled onto Triple H for a two count. Edge measured Triple H for a spear, but Triple H moved out of the way and Edge hit the corner.
Triple H went for a Pedigree on Edge. Orton ran in with a chair, in front of the referee, looked like he was about to hit Triple H, then turned around and ran back out without using it. That was bizarre. Triple H hit a weak pedigree on Edge, and Edge kicked out of it. Shawn Michaels got into the ring, ran across it, and hit Orton with a tope on the other side. Michaels then grabbed the referee and decked him. Michaels and Triple H then grabbed some chairs and beat the crap out of Edge and Orton. Orton was a bloody mess. DX cleared off both of the announce tables. Triple H set up Edge for a pedigree on one table, while Michaels put Orton on the other. Triple H gave Edge a pedigree on the table, but the table didn't break. Triple H pointed at Michaels, and Michaels came off the top rope with an elbowdrop, putting Orton through the table (that one did break) at the twenty four minute mark. Michaels and Triple H then celebrated and walked off triumphant.
Results: No contest (I guess).
Todd Grisham interviewed John Cena backstage. Cena intentionally overhyped the match, making jokes about Umaga. Cena then got serious, noting that Umaga has never been pinned or forced to submit. Cena said he wouldn't just hand over the WWE Title because Umaga is supposed to be unbeatable. He said nothing lasts forever, nothing is impossible, and nothing would stop him from walking out the WWE Champion.
Carlito, with Torrie Wilson, vs. Chris Masters.
As Carlito made his entrance, they showed the recent events between Carlito and Masters.
Masters stalled at the start, then locked up and pushed Carlito into the ropes. Carlito came right back with a double leg takedown and hit some right hands and chops. Carlito hit a shoulderblock in the corner, then booted Masters in the face and hit a facebuster off the second rope. Masters reversed a whip and hit a backdrop, then flexed his muscles for Torrie at ringside. Masters slammed Carlito, then kicked him in the gut. Masters went for a back suplex, but Carlito flipped over it and hit a dropkick. Masters backdropped Carlito to the ring apron and tried to ram him into the ringpost, but Carlito blocked it and kicked masters. Carlito then hit a double springboard moonsault onto a standing Masters for a two count. Masters grabbed Carlito by the trunks and pulled him into the middle turnbuckle.
Masters went for the Masterlock, and Carlito reversed it, then Masters reversed it, but couldn't get the hold locked in, so he gave Carlito a one armed back suplex instead. Masters dragged Carlito around the ring by the hair, then hit a backbreaker for a two count. Masters hit a backbreaker and pushed down on Carlito's chin to stretch him across his knee. Carlito kicked up his knee into Master's head to break free. Carlito leapfrogged Masters, but got caught with a clothesline for a two count. Masters trash talked Carlito, saying he was trying to impress Torrie. Carlito ducked a clothesline and hit a springboard reverse elbow. Carlito hit a kneelift and a clothesline, then gave Masters a flapjack for a two count. Masters reversed a whip, and Carlito went for a bodyscissors, but Masters blocked it and went for the Masterlock. Carlito dropped down to avoid it, trying to grab a bodyscissors for a rollup again, but Masters dropped down on him and grabbed his trunks for the win at the six minute mark.
Winner: Chris Masters.
Post-match, Masters laid out Carlito. He teased going back to get Torrie, but then turned back around and left.
The events leading to Cena vs. Umaga were shown.
WWE Champion John Cena vs. Umaga, with Armando Alejandro Estrada.
They did the "big match" style introductions after the entrances. Cena is giving up over a hundred pounded to Umaga. Cena dodged an advancing Umaga and threw some punches and shoulderblocks. He dodged another Umaga charge, and hit a bulldog. Cena sidestepped Umaga and threw him out of the ring. Umaga freaked out at ringside, then got on the apron. Cena tried to knock him off, but Umaga gave him a shoulderblock through the ropes, then grabbed Cena by the back of the neck and tossed him over the top rope and to the floor. Umaga tossed Cena into the ringsteps. Back in the ring, Umaga hit Cena with right hands, but ran into a Cena elbow. Cena ran into an Umaga clothesline.
Umaga threw some shots at Cena's arm, then Cena fought back with punches, but Umaga planted him with a Samoan Drop. Cena rolled to the apron, stood up, and Umaga knocked him off the apron and into the announce table at ringside. Umaga rammed Cena into the table, then went back into the ring. Cena threw a pair of shoulderblocks from the apron, then tried a slingshot sunset flip. Umaga didn't go down, then went to drop his weight on Cena, but Cena moved out of the way. Cena lifted Umaga for a slam, but Umaga shifted his weight and Cena went down. Cena kicked out at two. Umaga dropped a leg, then kicked Cena in the chest. Cena went to the apron, and pulled Umaga down throat first on the top rope. Cena scurried to the top rope and went for a flying bodypress, but Umaga caught him and planted him with a spinning sidewalk slam. Cena got his foot on the bottom rope at the two count.
Umaga delivered a headbutt, then hit a clothesline. Cena slid under Umaga after a whip into the ropes, and he hit the Throwback, but Umaga got right back up and hit a spinkick. Umaga hit a headbutt, then chopped Cena in the head. Umaga chopped Cena to the mat, then game off the second rope with a Banzai Drop. Umaga gave Cena a second, and Armando called for a third. Cena got his knees up on the third one, and Cena went for an FU, but collapsed under the weight and went face first into the mat. Umaga grabbed Cena and flung him over the top rope and to the floor. Umaga hit Cena in the back of the head as he crawled back in. Umaga hit some shots to the shoulder, setting up for the Samoan Spike. Umaga applied a nerve hold, and continued to pound him.
Cena struggled in the nerve hold and finally broke out of it, but Umaga took him right down with a back elbow. Umaga went to the second rope and dove off for a Spike, but Cena moved out of the way. Both men got to their feet and began trading punches. Cena got the better of it, then hit two clotheslines, but Umaga cut him down with a shot to the gut. Umaga missed a charge in the corner, and Cena rammed Umaga head first into the steel ringpost, sending Umaga over the turnbuckles in doing so. Cena suplexed Umaga to a huge pop. Cena did the "You Can't See Me" bit, then dropped the Five Knuckle Shuffle fistdrop. Cena went for the FU, but couldn't get Umaga up, and Umaga gave him a belly to belly suplex.
Umaga hung Cena in the Tree Of Woe, then drove in a flying headbutt to the chest. Cena fell out of the Tree of Woe, and was slumped down in the corner. Umaga charged, but Cena threw his feet up and caught Umaga in the face, then grabbed a cradle for the pin at the 18 minute mark. The announcers put over that Cena was unable to use the FU, so he went with a basic move and got the win.
Winner: John Cena.
Cena left almost immediately, and Umaga freaked out at ringside. Cena came back out on the stage and held the belt up while Umaga was wrecking the monitors at ringside. That closed the show.
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