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September 10th
On this day in history in ....
1968 - The Spoiler & Gary Hart defeat Fritz Von Erich & Grizzly Smith (father of Jake Roberts) in Dallas, Texas tow in the NWA American Tag Team Title for the third time.
1980 - Harley Race defeats Giant Baba for the NWA World Heavyweight Wrestling Title in Ohtsu, Japan, ending Baba's third, and final, NWA World Heavyweight Title reign after five days. Baba's three title reigns, added together, only equal 19 days. This victory would signal the beginning of Race's fifth title reign.
1983 - Austin Idol defeats Ken Patera in Memphis, Tennessee to win the AWA International Heavyweight Title.
1988 - United States Tag Team Champions The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane) defeat Four Horsemen members Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard for the NWA World Tag Team Title in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ending Anderson & Blanchard's second and final reign as champions in the NWA. This would be the last time Blanchard and Anderson would team together in the NWA, as they were about to leave for the WWF. This was also the end of the "golden era" of the Four Horsemen, in the opinions of many, although Ric Flair and Barry Windham would stay united after their departure. Amazingly, despite their reputation as one of the best tag teams ever, this would be the only time the team of Eaton & Lane would hold the NWA World Tag Team Title.
1990 - Brian Lee & Don Harris defeat Jeff Jarrett & Jeff Gaylord for the USWA Tag Team Title in Memphis, Tennessee to start their second title reign. Harris & Lee had lost the belts to Jarrett & Gaylord in a match where Chuck Casey had to substitute for Don Harris seven days earlier.
1995 - Yoshinari Ogawa defeats Dan Kroffat (aka Phil LaFon) in Tokyo, Japan to win the All-Japan World Junior Heavyweight Title.
2001 - Yoshihiro Tajiri defeats Chris Kanyon for the WCW U.S. Heavyweight Title (part of the WWF at this point) in San Antonio, Texas.
2006 - WWE's ECW brand ran Schenectedy, NY. Shaady Tadros filed the following live report:
I just got back from the ECW house show at the Center City Sportsplex in
Schenectady, New York. Not that great of a show but it was great to see the ECW
originals live for the first time. The venue is essentially a hocky rink. I'm never
good with attendance but I would say it was about 800-1000. Crowd was relatively hot
for most the night. Mix between old and new ECW fans, and a few ROH fans in the
crowd.
1. Stevie Richards defeated Renee Dupree via roll up- OK match, Dupree got on the mic before the match and said he was the sexiest and most hardcore wrestler ever. Stevie got a good pop.
2. Heyman's body guards (The Bashams) defeated the F.B.I. via nightstick interference and pin- Worst match of the night. The Bashams had absolutely no offense at all. Just kicks, punches and knee strikes. End came when on the Bashams on the outside clocked Little Guido with a nightstick and got the pin.
3. Kevin Thorn w/ Ariel defeated jobber via modified stunner. Nothing to really say except that Ariel has enormous, well, you know. Match was what it was.
4. Matt Striker came out and got on the mic. Mentioned it must be getting hot because he's got the heat. The crowd was ragging on him which include a "Striker swallows" chant with Striker responding "Swallow what? Are you implying that I partake in fellatio. I am a heterosexual male. Just ask that woman over there." He then introduced the Extreme Bikini Contest with Francine followed by Kelly Kelly. Both looked great but Francine was more playful and actually got more cheers from the crowd and won the contest.
5. Tommy Dreamer defeats Mike Knox via DDT. Dreamer was over big time. Dreamer came out before the match and got on the mic and thanked the fans because they were the
reason that ECW was brought. Mentioned they gave the ECW orginials a second chance
because of all the sales of the books, DVD, PPVs, etc. Talked about how the old ECW
stomping grounds of the ECW Arena, and Queens but insisted they had to make a stop
in Schenectady on the tour (insert cheap pop). Called out Mike Knox. OK match. Finish came when Dreamer had Knox up for the Spilcolli Driver but Kelly lowblowed Tommy. This brought out Francine and a catfight ensued. Dreamer than planted Knox with a DDT. After the match, Dreamer thanked the fans again. As he was leaving he got back on the mic and asked who it was in the crowd that had a Tommy Dreamer sign. A kid stood up with a Innovator of Violence sign and Tommy proceeded to take the Dreamer t-shirt from off his back and gave it to the kid to a big ovation.
Intermission. Announcer mentioned that they would be returning to Schenectady in the
very near future.
6. CM Punk defeated CW Anderson via the Anaconda vice. Relativley short but good match, 2nd best match of the night. Lots of CM Punk fans in the crowd but there were
a few hecklers. Good chemistry between Anderson and Punk. Finish came with the uranage followed by the vice. After the match, CM Punk laughed with the crowd at a guy wearing an Miami Vice shirt, that was flipping him off.
7. Rob Van Dam defeated Hardcore Holly via rollup. RVD got a huge pop. Most over out of everyone tonight. Good match, arguably the best match of the night. Finish came when RVD reversed the Albama Slam into a rollup for a very close 3 count. After the match, Holly got in a shouting match with a fat fan that was chanting "Hardcore has been" during the match. Holly entered the ring and challenged the fan to face him. Fan feigned jumping the rail but security stopped him.
8. ECW World title match: Big Show defeated Sabu via chokeslam. OK match. Big Show actually showed some technical skill during the match. Show got on the mic numerous times to respond to the chants of the crowd. Finish came with Holly trying to interfere but RVD stopped him which gave Show time to plant Sabu with the chokeslam.
Not that great of a show but it was only $30 for 1st row.
Side note: Ted Dibiase could be seen near the wrestler entrance at a table, watching the matches and taking notes.
2006 - WWE's Smackdown brand ran Uncasville, CT. BostonWrestling.com provided the following report:
WWE Smackdown Live
Sunday, September 10th, 2006
Mohegan Sun Arena * Uncasville, CT
Att: est. 4,000
Scotty Too Hotty def. Jamie Noble (This was a "dark" match. Kristall Marshall was the
ring announcer and her first error of the night was introducing Scotty from Massachusetts instead of Maine. Kid Kash's interference backfired allowing Scotty to
get the roll up win)
Marshall started to introduce the Cruiserweight Title Match but forgot to wait for the Smackdown opening. The usual TV open, music and pyro played with no
announcers at ringside
WWE Cruiserweight Title Match
Gregory Helms def. Jimmy Yang
(The cowboy gimmick was over, it's so bad that it's funny)
WWE Tag Team Title Match
Brian Kendrick & Paul London def. Idol Stevens & KC James
(Marshall rang the bell before the three count. A solid match, but the fans couldn't have cared less about any of their efforts)
Sylvester Terkay def. Tatanka
Booker T & Sharmell were interviewed backstage by the Miz. While the interview took place, the previous match was playing on the TV behind them.
Diva Dance Off
Ashley def. Jillian & Leyla & Kristal
(MVP hosted the dance off for free because Smackdown has the sexiest women on television. Never heard that line before. Jillian turned on Ashley after her
victory, another pointless heel turn that nobody cared about, similar to her face turn a few months back)
Vito def. William Regal
(the less said the better)
Ashely def. Jillian
(way too many diva's on this card)
WWE US Championship Triple Threat Match
Mr. Kennedy def. Bobby Lashley & Fit Finlay (Finlay moved out of the way of Lashley charging him in the corner. Kennedy rolled up Finlay and used Lashley
for leverage instead of the ropes. Finlay was a crimson mask)
WWE Heavyweight Championship
Rey Mysterio def. Booker T via DQ
(not much of a match. Mysterio was headed to the top rope for a frog splash and Chavo rushed the ring and pushed him off. Fans chanted for Batista. After the bout, Mysterio hit a double 619 on Chavo & Booker followed by a frog splash on Chavo)
Not a bad card but a huge lack of star power. At the concession stand, they were pushing Undertaker, Batista and DX t-shirts, none of them were to be found in Uncasville. When Bobby Lashley is the second biggest baby on the card, you have to wonder how the folks that spent $40 on tickets felt leaving the building. WWE should have at least posted a line-up on-line.
2006 - Ohio Valley Wrestling ran Louisville, Kentucky. Mike Giralico filed the following live report:
In front of 80 fans at St Therese's Gym in Louisville's Germantown neighborhood.
Devin Driscoll defeated Platinum Pat Buck (w/ Melody). My first time getting a look at hometown boy Driscoll, seems to be some potential in this kid that's waiting to be tapped. Buck was doing all of the little things in the match perfectly. Anytime he'd hit a move he would gloat, then when Driscoll came back after him , Buck would duck into the ropes or pull the ref between them. Finally Buck blindsided Driscoll and began choking him on the bottom rope, as the ref pulled Buck away Melody did the same from the outside. Buck pulled Driscoll into the middle of the ring and applied a rear naked choke, Driscoll however was able to power out of it and mount his own offense culminating with a spine buster for the win.
Chett The Jett came out and thanked the fans for their support on his climb up the mountain to the OVW Title. Chett promised to take on any and all challengers.
Paul Birchill pinned Bad Seed Sean Osbourne. Burchill was over huge and got one of the best face reactions of the night. Match started out with the men trading arm twists before Burchill hip tossed Osbourne to the mat. Osbourne charges back only to get hit with a single leg take down and then Burchill bridges over him for a 2 count. Burchill tries for an arm twist again but Osbourne blocks it, whipping Burchill into the corner. Osbourne charges the corner behind Burchill but Burchill leaps over the inbound Osbourne. Burchill applies a side headlock but Osbourne shoves him off into the ropes. Burchill comes back with a shoulder block followed by a fisherman's suplex for a 2 count. Osbourne then rams Burchill into the corner and then puts his boot to Burchill's throat. Osbourne now targets the back with several blows before snap maring Burchill to the mat and applying a body scissors. Burchill manages to get back to his feet but Osbourne takes then right out from under him again. Osbourne goes for an elbow drop from the top rope and misses. Burchill hits a series of lariats then a Fisherman's buster for 2. Burchill whips Osbourne the corner tries for a splash but Osbourne gets a boot up. Osbourne covers him but Burchill counters with a small package for the win.
Serena & Victoria defeated Cherry & Jennifer (w/ ODB). Alright I was one of the many very critical of the signing of a couple of ladies that were only spotted in a swim wear catalog by a certain Talent Relations person. However on this night I saw one of the signings already starting to return big dividends. Victoria Crawford, while still a long way from putting a 5-star match on her own, looked phenomenal considering her brief amount of time training. I'm glad to see she's taking this all seriously. Onto the match itself. Serena and Victoria started out with an onslaught of arm twists on Jennifer. Victoria finally decided to mix it up with an elbow drop and then and arm drag for a near fall. Cherry tags in and hits 3 arm drags herself for a cover only good for 2. Cherry whips Victoria into the ropes and Victoria comes back with a back flip into a springing elbow however ODB distracts the ref at this point allowing the heels to overwhelm Victoria. The heels pressed their advantage until Cherry went for a DDT only to have Victoria reverse it on her. Serena got the hot tag and cleaned house setting up for a spear on Jennifer until ODB interfered. Beth Phoenix then ran out and chased ODB around the ring and into a spear by Serena. Serena then turned around and rolled up Jennifer for the pin.
Charles Evans (w/ ODB) pinned Brent Albright to retain the TV title. Evans stalled for a long time at the beginning of the match before finally locking up. When he finally did lock up though, if Albright got an advantage Evans would go back outside to gather his thoughts on the match up. Evans finally gets back in and pounds Albright into the corner, Albright comes back with a crowbar attempt but Evans rakes the eyes. Evans then whips Albright outside where ODB puts the boots to him. Albright is rolled back in and Evans applies a rear waist lock. Albright elbows out of it and hits a german suplex followed up with a lariat, back drop and a belly to belly suplex. Albright goes up for the diving headbutt, but missed. Evans goes for a dominator but Albright squirms out and locks on the crowbar but Evans manages to whip Albright out of the ring again. ODB stalks Albright but Albright kisses her. Albright crawls into the ring to try a sunset flip, however Evans sits down on him and holds the rope for the pin fall.
The Untouchables won a fatal four way over Spears & Runnels, Mike Kruel & Eddie Craven and Ryan Reeves & John Bolen to retain their OVW Southern Tag Team Titles. The Untouchables are the heels you just want to see do all of their taunting. The preening they do on the way out, their over-protectiveness of Cherry, I have a hunch a lot of people are going to be seeing their antics in the WWE very soon. Fist fall of the match came as Runnels-Spears hit the Hart Attack on Bolen, Kruel tagged himself in to make the cover. Cody then got into it with Kruel only to be overtaken by all four heels. Cody manages to hit a double clothesline on Domino and Craven to get a hot tag to Spears who then cleared the ring. Cody then knocked both of the Untouchables off the apron and scored a pin on Craven after a Hart Attack. Tries for the same on Domino but Deuce pulls Cody down onto the top rope thus shattering Cody's dreams of a tag title win this night. Domino the dispatches Spears and covers Cody for the win.
Chett The Jett defeated Jacob Duncan to retain the OVW Southern Heavyweight Title. Chett started out the match trying to find a way to topple the giant Duncan. Finally after several stiff shots he managed to knock Duncan from the ring to the outside. From there Chett slammed Duncan's right hand into the ring post to try and take away Ducnan's chokeslam finisher. Back in the ring Duncan hits a lariat with his right arm but hurts himself just as bad in process due to Chett's work on his hand. Jacob Duncan then applied a sharpshooter but Chett got to the ropes. Duncan applied a bearhug but Chett boxed Duncan's ears to escape and then followed it up with a jawbreaker. Chett then with a shoulderblock and a suplex for a nearfall. Chett takes the straps down and is ready to end this however Duncan comes back with chokeslam for two. As Duncan stands back up in disbelief Chett schoolboys him for the win. Post match Duncan lays out Chett with a Kona Krusher.
2007 - Junior Fatu aka Rikishi made his debut on a TNA Impact taping. Richard Trionfo filed the following live report from the taping:
Full results of the taping saw:
Impact 9/13
*Karen Angle came to the ring and introduced TNA champion Kurt Angle. Instead, Sting appears and says that he doesn't blame Kurt for what happened at No Surrender and that it was Karen who cost them the TNA Tag Team titles. He wants Karen to admit he never struck her but she claims she can't remember that caused her to fall to the ground. Kurt Angle appears and hits Sting with a chair. They brawl to the ring. Angle handcuffs Sting to the ropes and demands to know why Sting would slap his wife. He says that at Bound for Glory he will, "embarrass the sh** out of Sting." He promises to snap Sting's ankle and breaks his neck. Karen Angle slaps Sting and the Angles leave the ring.
*Black Reign defeated Shark Boy in a short match. Reign hits a prone Shark Boy in the back of the head with his shovel. He goes to get the rat but Eric Young comes out and pulls Sharky out of the ring. Reign pulled off Sharky's mask but Young covered it with a towel.
*Christopher Daniels defeated X-Division champion Jay Lethal in a non-title match after Daniels got the pin with Last Rites. Good match.
*Christian Cage,. Tomko and AJ Styles come to the ring. Cage says that they have some problems to take care of and his problem is with Matt Morgan. Morgan comes to the ring. Cage says that he wrestled Samoa Joe at No Surrender and since Joe realized he couldn't defeat Christian, he got himself disqualified. Cage says that Joe hung him until cage was almost out of breath and now he knows why the fans chant, "Joe's gonna kill you." Cage says that he knows that Jim Cornette is Morgan's boss and that he's the one that runs the show. He says that when your marquee wrestler is tossed over the rope and is being choked, you don't wait five minutes to do something about it. Cage tells Morgan that he's going to get a crash course and to make sure that it doesn't happen again. He says that there are three of them in the ring and only one Matt Morgan. Morgan rips off his shirt and prepares to face all of them, but Samoa Joe hits the ring and spears Cage. Morgan throws Styles out of the ring while Joe disposes of Tomko. Morgan gets the mic and announces that he'll be the special enforcer at Bound for Glory for Christian Cage vs. Samoa Joe. Cage demands to know who allowed that to happen and Jim Cornette comes out and says it was his decision. Cornette said that Cage had a Samoan Challenge and says he has an opponent for Cage next week and out comes the debuting Junior Fatu (formerly Rikishi).
*TNA champion Kurt Angle fought Abyss to a no contest in a Six Sides of Steel Submission Match where Abyss would have had to leave TNA if he lost. Judas Mesias came from under the ring and attacked Abyss. Abyss had Angle in the Anklelock when the smoke appeared and Mesias showed up and began choking Abyss with some sort of metallic wire, possibly barbed wire. Angle escapes the cage. Mesias hits Abyss in the head with a chair. Mesias hits a leaping DDT onto a chair on Abyss. Mesias pours out Abyss' bag of glass and stabs Abyss with it. He leaves Abyss in the ring.
Xplosion
*Robert Roode defeated Kazarian with the Payoff. They teased the Kaz-Brooks romance.
*James Storm pinned Sonjay Dutt with a superkick.
Impact 9/20
*Judas Mesias defeated Eric Young in two minutes. After the match, Shark Boy makes the save for Young and Mesias attacks them both. He gets a steel chair. Rhino comes to the ring with a chair to ward him off. Mesias leaves.
*TNA Tag Team champion Ron Killings (with Pacman Jones) defeated AJ Styles (with Tomko) after Jones spraypainted Styles in the face, allowing Killings to nail the Ax Kick for the pin.
*Karen Angle comes to the ring. She tells Sting that she is deeply sorry for what she did to him and never meant Sting or his family any harm. Angle says that from the bottom of her heart, she is sorry. Karen says she wants Sting and Kurt to have a great match at Bound for Glory. Sting comes into the Impact Zone and says that if she thinks, he's going to end up caught in another Angle plot, she's wrong. Sting says it's just going to be him vs. Kurt at Bound for Glory - no tricks and no Karen. Sting asks Karen if she read the letter that she received, which turned out to be a restraining order that ruled they couldn't be less than 50 feet apart between now and Bound for Glory. Sting walks to the ring, so Karen backs out and leaves the ring. Police try to take Karen away for breaking the order. Kurt Angle tries to stop them.
*Christian Cage defeated Junior Fatu after interference from AJ Styles. Fatu gives Styles and Cage the stinkface after the match. Tomko attacked Fatu. Samoa Joe made the save. They cleared the ring and are standing tall as the show ends. Before you ask, no dancing.
Impact 9/27
*Team 3D defeated Shark Boy and Sonjay Dutt. Possibly the funniest match in TNA history. A great comedy match. After the match. Brother Devon sets up chairs in the ring and they attempt to give Sharky the same attack they pulled on Scott Steiner but Dutt pulled Sharky out of the ring.
*The Motor City Machineguns defeated Jimmy Rave and Lance Hoyt (with Christy Hemme), pinning Hoyt. Team 3D attack The Machineguns. They set up tables and place Sabin on it. They powerbomb Shelley through Sabin and the table. Shark Boy tried to stop them, wearing a neck brace, giving 3D a chance to finally assault Shark Boy like they did to Steiner.
*In a Five -Way Women's bout that was to gain entry into a Women's Gauntlet Bout at Bound for Glory, Roxxi defeated Gail Kim in a bout that also featured Christy Hemme, Traci Brooks and Jackie Moore.
*Outside, Jeremy Borash interviewed Jim Mitchell and Judas Mesias. Borash asked them if they were able to find Sting since they had been looking for him all week. Sting attacked Mesias, which led to an impromptu Streetfight between the two...
*Sting vs. Mesias - They battled into the ring. Kurt Angle attacked Sting. Rhino made the save for Sting. Angle and Mesias get the advantage. Abyss' music plays and he comes to the ring, going after Mesias. The show ends with Abyss clotheslining Mesias out of the ring and the babyfaces standing tall.
2007 - Hornswoggle was revealed as the illegitimate son of Vince McMahon on an episode of Raw. Ed Shirreffs filed the following TV report:
The 9/10 edition of Monday Night Raw comes to us from Green Bay, Wisconsin, home of Mr. Kennedy and Brett Favre, who got lucky the Eagles punt returners forgot that you don't have to field the ball on punts. But I digress. Last week's Raw saw the several wrestlers get...ahem...injured, including the former Intercontinental Champion Umaga, who was defeated by Jeff Hardy for the belt, and ex-GM William Regal, who was pasted by John Cena. Mr. Kennedy was told that Vince is NOT the father (is WWE missing the boat by not bringing in Maury Povich for this whole thing?...the answer is a resounding yes). Tonight, WWE has promised that the illegitimate son will be exposed.
Vince wastes no time coming to the ring with Coachman. Vince says five weeks ago he was embarrassed to find he had sired an illegitimate child. The crowd boos, but Vince says it could happen to anybody. The next week (4 weeks ago), he found out the child is a current WWE superstar. The week after that, he found out it was a male. The bastard son is here tonight. Vince talks about what the mother is doing to him, which includes the cryptic "things are looking up" hint. He takes solace in knowing his son is not from Green Bay. Well, now he isn't. He holds up a cover of Mr. Kennedy on WWE magazine. The crowd cheers. Vince orders Coach to rip the cover of the magazine. Ouch! Vince says now is the time to find out who the lucky man is.
The Great Khali's music plays. The World Heavyweight Champion and the WWE writer come down to the ring. Vince smiles as his giant comes to the ring. Khali mumbles. It translates to Khali saying he has some insight into this. Things are looking up could only apply to the giant Khali. Khali never experienced a father's love in the Punjab jungle, but he would be honored to be called The Great McMahon.
John Bradshaw Layfield's music plays and JBL is out next. He says things are looking up doesn't have to be taken so literally. He says what do he and McMahon love the most. Not power and influence, but money. JBL tells the handler to "put Big Gulp on a leash". JBL says that things are looking up refers to his stock market portfolio. He and McMahon are cut from the same mold...self made millionaires. Both are good looking and sexual T-Rexes. Vince owns wrestling, and JBL is a wrestling God. Hey, they even go to the same barber in NYC. Bradshaw says it would be his honor to change his name to JBM. Vince seems to like that, but...
Jeff Hardy, the new Intercontinental Champion, comes out next. Coach wants to know what Hardy is doing here. Hardy says he doesn't know, because he knows and loves his father. But people all week have been saying that when he does the Swanton off ladders, everyone in the building is "looking up." Vince says he looks nothing like Matt, so maybe he could be his son. Jeff says he hopes not. In fact, he is waiting for someone to tell him that he is NOT Vince's son. JBL orders Hardy to show McMahon some respect. Most promo time by Hardy in years it feels like.
Clarence Mason..err Mr. Johnson, the lawyer for the mother, comes on the Titantron. Vince says he hates Johnson because he is an attorney, and Vince hates all attorneys. Johnson has an answer, but he won't reveal it until his client is ready. Vince wants to know if his son is in the ring. Johnson says it is not Jeff Hardy. Hardy cheers this news. Vince takes out his frustrations on Jeff by putting him in a match with The Great Khali. Commercial.
Recap of London and Kendrick becoming number one contenders to Cade & Murdoch, the tag champs. JR talks about the South African tour and they actually acknowledge that the titles went to London and Kendrick before going back to Cade and Murdoch. Wow. Nice to see them temporarily shelve the "If it didn't happen on tv..." rule.
Paul London w/ Brian Kendrick vs. Lance Cade w/ Trevor Murdoch
Lock up to start. London with a hammerlock. Cade gets out and gets a side headlock takedown. Atomic drop and standing rana by London. Cade elbows him down for two. Cade stomps London in the head for two. High angle back suplex for two by Cade. He shoves London into the corner and punches him. London blocks a charge and hits a springboard dropkick for two. London kicks Cade in the leg. Cade with a back body drop. Cade kicks London for two. Cade puts London on the top rope. London fights him off. Murdoch tries to interfere but the ref stops him. While he is turned around, Brian Kendrick sneaks in and gives Cade Sliced Bread #2. London covers for the win. Great twist with Londrick beating Cade & Murdoch at their own game.
Your winner, Paul London!
During the match, it was announced that Cena has been BANNED from the building due to his actions last week. See you soon, John! In the back, Triple H is writing something. He notices the camera and puts a sign that says his new t-shirt is available in the WWE Shopzone.
Replay of the latest in the Orton-Cena saga, including Orton kicking Cena's dad right in the noggin and last weeks beating of Regal by Cena.
Vince and Coach are in the back. Vince asks about Regal. Coach says he isn't ready to come back. Give him about 22, 23 more days. Coach says he has stepped up by banning Cena from the building. Vince says what? Coach says after what happened last week, there is no way that is happening to him. Vince is more worried about his child. Coach talks about the poll on WWE.com to see who the son is. Coach brings in the number two vote getter. It's Stevie Richards. Vince laughs and tells Stevie to keep on voting. Heh. Vince asks Coach who the top vote getter is. Triple H is number one. No one needs to remind you the viewer that this would have incestuous implications...which means it's right up Vince's alley!
Todd Grisham is in the back with Carlito. He says Carlito must be nervous after what HHH did to Umaga. Carlito says he is not worried because he is full of surprises. He thanks Coach for letting Carlito pick HHH's opponent, who has beaten Triple H in the past, and he wants Trips to pay attention to what happens after the match, because he will be H's daddy.
Triple H vs. Shelton Benjamin w/ Carlito
The crowd immediately quiets, but Shelton has beaten HHH on multiple occasions...in 2004. HHH punches Shelton to the mat. Shelton punches back. H elbows him down. Benjamin floats out of a suplex, but he is thrown into the steel ring post. HHH with arm wrenches. He throws Shelton into the corner again and Shelton goes to the floor. HHH and Carlito have words. HHH dodges the baseball slide and throws Benjamin at Carlito. Commercial.
Back from the break, Shelton has HHH in a headlock. During the break, Carlito distracted Trips and Benjamin hit a Dragon Whip. Shelton turns a back body drop attempt into a DDT for two. Shelton goes to a chinlock. Shelton blocks a Pedigree and hits a springboard elbow off the top for two. Back to the chinlock. HHH pushes Shelton into the corner. Shelton with a right hand. HHH comes back with a lariat as Benjamin goes off the ropes to take both men down. The two trade punches. HHH with the Harley Race High Knee. Clothesline in the corner by H. Shelton kicks H to block the back body drop, but HHH comes right back with a Spinebuster. HHH avoids Shelton and hits a Pedigree for the win.
Your winner, Triple H!
Carlito immediately tries to hit HHH with a chair, but The H kicks him and Carlito bails. As Carlito walks up the ramp, Coach comes out and says that due to HHH embarrassing Mr. McMahon a couple weeks ago, the Unforgiven match is now No DQ...for Carlito only. Anything goes for Carlito, but HHH loses if he even looks at a sledge hammer. Carlito says that's cool.
The victorious Packers are shown in the crowd. All I can say is it's going to be a long year for Green Bay. Their offense looks horrible.
Randy Orton walks to the ring. He says Cena is probably at home watching now. He says the lights are dimmed since his father's head is throbbing. He tells Cena to turn up the volume because he has something important to say. Unforgiven marks Cena's one year anniversary as champion. He became champion because he was focused with a clear head. But then it wasn't personal (note from Ed: Edge attacked Cena's father as well, in the Cena family house no less, so yeah, it kind of was personal). He claims this gives him the Edge to win. The crowd starts to cheer as Cena runs through the crow. Orton tells security to do their job. Cena makes it into the ring and starts to brawl with Orton. Orton runs off and Cena is unable to break through all of the security guards.
Vince and Coach are talking when Cena and the security guards spill into the back. Cena is talking to Vince as a man not a boss. He says Orton's blood will run with fear, and he will feel pain and vengeance in his bones. He says that is something even Vince can understand as he is escorted out of the building. Good promo.
Mickie James vs. Jillian Hall
Candice Michelle joins JR and and King for some commentary. Jillian with a clothesline. Cartwheel into a corner back elbow by Jillian gets two. Mickie blocks the cartwheel splash. The two trade forearms. Mickie with a neckbreaker for two. Jillian whips Mickie into the corner. Mickie blocks a charge. Jillian comes back with an Electric Chair Drop for two. Jillian pulls the hair. Mickie with a Mick Kick for the win.
Your winner, Mickie James!
After the match, Beth Phoenix comes out and tosses the women from the ring. Candice gets in and throws some forearms. Phoenix gains control and hits a Phoenix Driver to lay the champ out.
Replay of Sandman laying out Santino last week.
Santino Marella vs. Sandman
Santino's arm is now healed. Santino gets on the mic and says it is a sad time for himself and Italy with the passing of Luciano Pavarotti. Santino says at least he passed before seeing The Condemned on DVD. He's shooting like Kamala! Santino goes on to rant about cheese fries when Sandman finally comes out. Santino attacks before the bell rings. He pounds Sandman's head in the corner. Sandman with a back elbow. Santino runs into the corner and tweaks his ankle. Santino starts to work it over as they show Maria in the back with Ron Simmons. Sandman blocks a splash attempt by Santino. He hits Marella in the gut as Santino goes to the floor. Sandman slingshots over the top rope to the floor. Santino grabs the cane and tries to hit Sandman. Sandman rolls out of the ring. Santino tries to break the cane across his knee but fails in a hilarious manner.
Your winner, Sandman!
Maria is talking to Ron about Santino not being the same since the Dating Game. She wants to know if they should start seeing other people. Before he can answer, Marella sneaks up and attacks Simmons, throwing him into some kegs. He tells Maria to leave with him, but before they go, he looks over Simmons and says, "Damn!"
The Diva Search is coming back! A couple of the hopefuls talk about their past.
The Great Khali vs. Jeff Hardy
Khali gets the Snitsky pop as he comes out. Jeff circles around Khali. He tries to punch him in the chest. Khali throws him down with ease and knocks Hardy down as he bounces off the ropes. Khali works over Jeff in the corner. Khali with some elbows in the corner. Whisper in the Wind does not connect. Khali with a big boot. Khali hits a leg lariat (not of the leaping variety), which actually looked kind of athletic. Khali locks in the Vice Grip on what JR calls the "Rainbow Haired Grape." Hardy is motionless in the hold. Khali finally lets go. Khali puts his boot on Hardy's chest for the pin.
Your winner, The Great Khali!
After the match, Batista's music played and The Animal came out. Batista runs in the ring and spears Khali. Khali bails.
The moment has arrived. Vince McMahon comes to the ring to find out who his bastard son is. He is followed by numerous wrestlers. Hacksaw? I don't think so. My money is on Elijah Burke...4UP. Vince says one of those men is privileged to be his bastard son. He orders Johnson the Attorney to tell him which man is Vince's son. Johnson appears on the Titantron again and says the client wants him to relay who the son is NOT. He is not extreme. Well, I guess I'm wrong. Vince orders the ECW wrestlers to the back. Small Punk chant breaks out. Small Balls chant. Vince says hey to Tommy. The son has a fondness for gold. Coach says that must mean his son is a current or former champion. Everyone not a champion leaves. Vince says Hacksaw is old enough to be his father. The son's skin is fair. All the non-caucasion wrestlers leave. Before the next clue, Vince wants everyone in the ring. The hair is fair as well. Dark haired wrestlers leave. Why is Brian Kendrick leaving? The crowd chants Kennedy. Sorry crowd. Vince says he is suspended for impersonating a McMahon. The next clue is "individual". Tag champs Cade and Murdoch leave. Sandman, JBL, and HHH remain. Vince says two out of the three could be disastrous for him.
The final clue is...the son loves to play the Game. Sandman and JBL leave. Triple H doesn't look too happy. Vince acknowledges that if he is the son, then... Trips says he doesn't like it anymore than Vince does. Vince says this isn't right. Johnson says the game could be Hide and Seek, horse shoes, or marbles. Johnson says things are looking up for the son...Hornswoggle! HHH laughs at Vince as Hornswoggle appears from underneath the ring and does a jig. HHH is pretty funny here. Hornswoggle hugs Vince's leg. Heh. Vince does not look pleased. You'll recall that before he had a name, Hornswoggle was Little Bastard. Who says WWE doesn't do long term story telling anymore? HHH puts Hornswoggle's hat on Vince's head to end the show.
2008 - Ric Flair filmed his first-ever shoot interview DVD with Highspots.com.
2009 - The WrestleReunion breach of contract lawsuit against Live Nation went to the jury after several weeks of trial, with the jury siding with LiveNation. WrestleReunion's Sal Corrente had sued, claiming LiveNation failed to properly attempt to sell the WrestleReunion's concept to a network or DVD distributor after signing on for the rights.
2009 - In a WWE special edition magazine titled "The Untold History Of The WWE", Vince McMahon is interviewed about each era of the company. One of the last questions he is asked is "What about the Chris Benoit tragedy? We're two years removed - will there ever be a time when we can acknowledge him as part of WWE history?" Vince's response: "It's not right to pretend he didn't exist. It's one thing to include him as part of a historical perspective, which I believe is OK, and it's another thing to promote him, which is not OK. The situation is very similar to that of O.J. Simpson - despite his controversy, O.J. was still a part of the NFL scene. You can't deny that he existed."
2009 - TNA broadcast Impact. Richard Trionfo filed the following TV report:
e are live on tape from Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida and your announcers are Taz and Mike ‘But I am a tenured professor’ Tenay.
Match Number One: Tag Team Gauntlet: Team 3D versus James Storm and Robert Roode versus The British Invasion versus Scott Steiner and Booker T
We start off with the opening match already joined in progress as Brother Ray connecting with a Bubbonic Elbow on Brutus. Robert Roode tags in and he punches Magnus. Magnus with a knee and Steiner is tagged in and he chops Roode. Steiner with an overhead belly-to-belly suplex or a near fall, but the pinfall does not count until all eight men are in the match. Roode with a reverse atomic drop and Team 3D refuses to tag in. Booker makes his way to the ring as the next entrant. Booker pulls Roode over the top rope to the floor and Booker with a chop and knee. Booker tags in and he kicks Roode in the chest. Booker with a back heel kick. Williams tags in and he kicks Roode. Williams with a forearm as James Storm makes his way to the ring as the final part of the match. Roode with a back body drop to Williams followed by a belly-to-back suplex. Roode sends Williams into the turnbuckles and Storm tags in and they hit a double suplex and it is time to remember their team name, and forget about trying to inflict more pain on their opponent. Storm knocks Magnus off the apron. Williams sends Storm to the apron but Storm with a kick and a running neck breaker. Storm with the Eye of the Storm but Booker with a thrust kick. Williams gets a near fall. Steiner tags in and he kicks Storm and sends him into the turnbuckles. Steiner with a belly-to-belly suplex for a near fall. Storm with elbows but Steiner with a rake of the eyes. Storm takes Steiner to the mat while Kurt Angle watches the match in the back.
Roode tags in and he attacks Magnus, Williams, Steiner, and Booker. Roode with a shoulder to Steiner followed by a Blockbuster and Magnus and Williams break up the cover. Devon with a clothesline to Williams and Magnus. Steiner misses a charge into the corner and Devon with a flying shoulder tackle. Pandemonium has broken out and we get to the point where Team 3D give Steiner a 3D and Booker breaks up the cover. Magnus covers Steiner for the three count.
Winner: Brutus Magnus and Doug Williams
After the match, we see Kurt Angle in the back and he is not happy. Booker confronts Williams and Magnus. Security comes to the ring to try to separate Steiner, Booker, Magnus, and Williams. We go to commercial.
We are back and Kurt Angle is yelling at Brutus Magnus and Doug Williams. Eric Young comes by and he tells Kurt that he should know better.
Time to run through the card for tonight’s show.
Kurt Angle comes to the ring and he decides to use the ramp instead of the Anglevator. Kurt has a mic and he addresses Matt Morgan. He says that before the big showdown at No Surrender, he wants Matt to come to the ring for one last conversation.
Matt obliges and Kurt tells Matt that the last few weeks have been a bumpy ride. Kurt says that everything he has said has been in Matt’s best interests. Kurt tells Matt that he will eventually understand. They will be main eventing at No Surrender and he says that Matt is on the cusp of being the newest member of the Main Event Mafia. Kurt says that they are all in agreement. Matt suggests that there has to be one thing left for him to do. Kurt says that Matt read his mind.
Sting has read Kurt’s mind because Sting decides to come to the ring with A.J. Styles. Sting tells Matt that he knows that they are going to be opponents at No Surrender. Sting says that he couldn’t believe that Matt would believe that Kurt has his back. He wants to know why Matt would do that. Sting says that if he was Matt, he would get in Angle’s face. Sting does some role playing and acts like Matt Morgan if Matt got in Kurt’s face. Sting has Matt give his other catchphrase. Sting wants to know why Matt is not acting that way with Kurt. Sting says that Matt does not need Kurt Angle or the Main Event Mafia to succeed in the business. Sting tells Matt to look at the Main Event Mafia and then he tells Matt to take a look at him. He tells Matt that they need him and he does not need them.
Kurt calls A.J. a quitter and naïve and says that Sting is not going to pass the torch. Kurt tells A.J. that Sting has lost a step and Sting is going to use A.J. to get the title. Angle says that all older wrestlers want their last shot at glory. Angle says that he is willing to admit his intentions, unlike Sting.
A.J. wants to make sure that he heard Kurt correctly. Kurt says that he is going to keep the TNA title. Matt thanks Kurt for finally admitting it in front of the world. Matt agrees with Sting that he is using him to keep the title. Kurt tells Matt it isn’t like that, but Matt says that it is exactly like that. Kurt wonders why Matt wouldn’t be used tonight. Matt wants to be in Kurt’s corner to help him win.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Lauren is with Earl Hebner talking about the controversy over the Hernandez/Sting match. Earl wants to know who Lauren is to question him and he asks if she wants to wear his shirt. Earl says that they are not to trust anyone.
Jeremy Borash is with Mick Foley in his office and he has his kids with him. Jeremy asks Mick about his match with Kevin Nash at Hard Justice and the rematch next week. Foley says that he does not know what he is capable of doing. There is a knock at the door and it is Dr. Stevie. Mick reminds Stevie about their time in ECW together. Stevie says that he is not Stevie Richards, he is Dr. Stevie. Foley says that Stevie will be wrestling tonight and he will get a chance to collect his bounty. Stevie says that he is a professional therapist now, but Foley says that Stevie better get ready for his match.
Match Number Two: Daffney and Alissa Flash versus Sarita and Taylor Wilde in a Women’s Tag Tournament First Round Match
Flash and Wilde start things off and they lock up and Wilde with a cross arm breaker but Flash sends Wilde to the mat. Wilde with a kip up and Sarita is tagged in. Wilde with an arm drag and Sarita with an arm drag of her own. Wilde sends Sarita onto Flash for a near fall. Sarita with a chop and knee. Flash holds on to the ropes when Sarita tries for a drop kick. Flash with a clothesline. Daffney tags in and she punches Sarita followed by a European uppercut. Sarita with an arm drag and a flip leg drop for a near fall. Wilde tags in and she hits a sunset flip but Daffney rolls through. Sarita with a cross body off Taylor’s back. Flash with a kick to the back and then Daffney with a kick to Wilde. Flash tags in and she slams Wilde and then she stomps on Taylor’s head. Flash with a kick to the back and then Daffney is tagged back in. Daffney with a kick to Wilde followed by a Shining Wizard for a near fall. Daffney with a seated abdominal stretch. Flash and Sarita tag in and Sarita with chops and a shoulder tackle to Daffney. Sarita with a cross body but Daffney and Flash catch her. Sarita with a tornado DDT on Daffney. Wilde with a kick to Flash and then Sarita and Wilde with a series of double team moves and Sarita with a press for a near fall. Flash with forearms and a back fist but Sarita with a belly-to-belly suplex for the three count.
Winners: Sarita and Taylor Wilde
Jeremy Borash is with Eric Young and the World Elite. Jeremy asks Eric about the visit that Kurt Angle is going to pay later. Eric says that maybe Kurt gets what he deserves tonight. Eric says that they would do whatever it takes and Kurt should understand that. Eric says that Brutus won tonight. Jeremy points out that Brutus pinned Scott Steiner. Eric says that they will always do what is right. He tells Kurt that his door is open and invites Kurt to stop by for a chat.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Lauren is with Suicide to ask him about D’Angelo Dinero. Suicide says that Dinero knows that he has lived and died on the same streets that Dinero lives on. Next week, the dark savior is coming and it is going to be a cleansing of the wicked.
We go back to the Impact Zone and they come out to the table and it is an announce table with headsets and video games.
Match Number Three: Jay Lethal versus D’Angelo Dinero
We have commentary from the Machine Guns before the match starts but then we return to Mike and Taz.
They lock up and Lethal backs Dinero into the ropes and Lethal with a clean break. Dinero with a kick instead of a clean break. Lethal with an elbow and jabs followed by arm drags and an arm bar. Lethal with another arm drag and a drop kick. Dinero goes to the floor and Lethal with a suicide dive and Dinero goes down. Lethal with a shoulder from the apron and then Dinero crotches Lethal on the top rope and then Dinero with a clothesline and Lethal hits the apron hard and goes to the floor. Dinero rolls Lethal back in and gets a near fall. Dinero chokes Lethal in the ropes and then hits a splash in the ropes for a near fall. Dinero comes off the turnbuckles into a boot from Lethal. Lethal with a series of clotheslines followed by a handspring back elbow for a near fall. Lethal with a hip toss followed by a cartwheel and drop kick for a near fall. Lethal with a chop and a sunset flip for a near fall. Lethal with a near fall and a rollup for a near fall. Dinero with a knee followed by an Irish whip. Dinero with a neck breaker and then the knee pads come down for the running knees in the corner for the three count.
Winner: D’Angelo Dinero
We go to the back and there is a face off between the World Elite and Main Event Mafia. Kurt tells Eric that Brutus was out of line. Kurt says that they had a pact where they would work together and dominate. Eric says that Brutus did what he had to and he will not apologize. Eric agrees that they will dominate if they are together but they will fall apart if they are working apart.
Angelina Love and Velvet Sky walk in the back as we go to commercial.
Match Number Four: Angelina Love and Velvet Sky versus Madison Rayne and Roxxi in a Women’s Tag Team Tournament First Round Match
Madison and Angelina start things off but Roxxi tags in and she connects with forearms to Angelina followed by a Samoan drop and back senton splash for a near fall. Angelina sends Roxxi to the mat and Velvet is tagged in for a double elbow drop for a near fall. Velvet with a version of a curb stomp for a near fall. Madison tags in and they hit a double back elbow for a near fall. Madison with forearms but Angelina pulls Madison down by the hair. While the referee deals with Roxxi, Angelina and Velvet with some double team moves. Angelina tags in and she kicks Madison in the back. Velvet tags in and she hits a snap mare and kick to the back. Velvet with another snap mare and kick to the back for a near fall. Velvet with shoulders in the corner. Madison makes the tag and so does Velvet. Roxxi with forearms and a kick to Angelina. Roxxi with a fallaway slam to Velvet. Roxxi with the Voodoo drop but she can only get a two count. Velvet and Roxxi fight to the floor and Angelina with a rollup and a handful of tights that forces some digitization for the three count.
Winners: Angelina Love and Velvet Sky
Cody Deaner is in Mick Foley’s office talking about his women’s title match against ODB. Cody asks for a tune up match against a Knockout tonight. Cody wants to be able to showcase his skills. Cody leaves and Mick and Jeremy appear to be on the same page about Cody’s potential opponent.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Mick Foley joins Taz and Tenay at the announce table.
Match Number Five: Abyss versus Dr. Stevie
Stevie attacks Abyss as he comes to the ring and he punches Abyss on the ramp. Stevie sends Abyss into the guardrail and the apron. The bell finally rings and the referee starts his count and Stevie is not happy that Abyss is in the ring. Stevie with punches to Abyss but Abyss feels none of it and appears to want more. The jacket comes off and Stevie with chops that have no impact. Abyss starts to clap after taking Stevie to the mat. Abyss with a charge into the corner. Abyss with another charge into the corner followed by a Black Hold Slam for the three count.
Winner: Abyss
After the match, Nash comes up from behind and clotheslines Abyss and connects with knees in the corner. Stevie pushes Nash away and wants to punch and kick Abyss. Foley makes his way into the ring and he sends Stevie to the floor. Nash leaves before Foley can get his hands on him.
We go to commercial.
We are back and the World Elite are in the ring and Eric Young is going to talk. Eric says that there appears to be a lot of controversy about the World Elite tonight and he would have it no other way. He says that it did not deter them from their number one job to recruit Hernandez. They want Hernandez to be part of their family so he can be treated as an equal and be given a fair chance. Eric says that he never expected that Hernandez would be so brainwashed to think that the fans consider him an equal. Eric says that he will do whatever it takes to get him to join the group.
Hernandez’s music plays and Hector Guerrero comes to the ring. Hector says that Hernandez is not coming out tonight. Hector reminds Eric that he cost Hernandez one of the most important matches in his life. Hector points out that Hernandez has a bad temper. Hector says that Hernandez wants to give back. Hector tells Eric to end it. Eric says that he did not start it. It was the people who chose to spit on their beliefs. Eric says that he respects Hector and what the Guerreros have done in wrestling and that is why he is still standing. Eric tells Hector to have Hernandez watch closely to see why he should talk to Eric tonight.
Tara is walking in the back and we go to commercial.
We are back with a Tara and Awesome Kong video package.
Match Number Six: Tara versus Cody Deaner in a Mixed Martial Arts Rules Match
Cody acts like himself while Tara waits for him to get ready to fight. Cody wants Tara to take the first punch and Cody gets waffled by a right hand. Tara with more punches and a kick that sends Cody into the turnbuckles. Cody misses a spear but Tara with a double leg take down and Cody gets to the ropes. Cody with a crane kick but he misses. Tara with a round house kick and then she pummels him and puts him in a cross arm breaker but Cody gets to the ropes. Tara punches Cody and the ref pulls Tara away. Cody accidentally punches the refere. Tara with punches and kicks to Cody.
Awesome Kong makes her way to the ring and she attacks Tara and hits the Implant Buster. Kong leaves the ring and the referee miraculous recovers in time to see Tara out in the ring.
Winner: Cody Deaner
We go to commercial.
We see Cody in the back and Lauren reminds Cody about his match with ODB. Cody says that he beat Tara from pillar to post. He tells Lauren to add her to the list.
We run through the card for No Surrender.
We go to some footage of Bobby Lashley training and Rhino confronts him and attacks him.
We go to commercial.
Match Number Seven: Daniels and A.J. Styles with This Is The Icon Sting versus Kurt Angle and Samoa Joe with Matt Morgan
Angle and Daniels start things off and Daniels with a side head lock take down. Angle with a head scissors and Daniels escapes. Angle with a kick and elbow. Angle with a European uppercut or two. Daniels with a leg lariat and Styles tags in. Styles kicks Angle and then slams Kurt and follows that with a phenomenal knee drop for a near fall. Angle with a rake of the eyes and Joe is tagged in. Styles with a rana and punch. Daniels is tagged in and they double team Joe. Daniels with chops but Joe with punches. Joe charges into a knee and then Daniels with a jawbreaker. Styles tags in and he sends Joe into Daniels and then they hit a high low combination. Joe with a chop to Styles and an Irish whip. Joe with a uranage to a charging Styles. Angle tags in and gets a near fall. Angle with a waist lock. Angle with an overhead belly-to-belly suplex and he gets a near fall. Joe tags in and they hit a double suplex on Styles. Joe with a forearm to Daniels that knocks him off the apron. Joe with a power slam for a near fall. Joe tries for an arm breaker but Styles blocks it and gets to the ropes. Styles with punches but Joe gets Styles on his shoulders. Styles escapes the hold and he hits a Pele kick and both men are down. Angel and Daniels tag in and Daniels with clotheslines and a kick and STO for a near fall. Daniels with an Irish whip but Angle moves when Daniels tries for a knee. Angle tries for the Olympic Slam but Daniels with an arm drag. Daniels with a Flatline and then he puts Angle in the Koji Clutch. Joe tries for a knee drop but Daniels moves. Daniels with an enzuigiri and then Styles is tagged back in. Daniels with a choke slam. Daniels with a BME and Styles with a frog splash but Joe breaks up the cover with a back senton. Joe sends Daniels to the floor. Joe gets a chair and Sting uses the force to stop him. Morgan has a chair and he wants Angle to use it. Angle gets sent into the chair when Styles reverses. Styles with a rollup for the three count.
Winners: A.J. Styles and Daniels
After the match, Morgan goes into the ring and he explains himself to Kurt. Angle slaps Morgan and Morgan with a kick and a Hellevator.
We go to the back where the World Elite has attacked Homicide and Big Rob carries Homicide through the back.
We are back and the World Elite has brought Homicide into the ring. Eric tells Hernandez to join the World Elite or Homicide’s blood will be on his hands.
Hernandez comes to the ring and he hits a slingshot shoulder to Williams and Magnus. Hernandez press slams Bashir onto the rest of the group. Young tries to use a chair but Hernandez blocks it. Homicide hits Hernandez with the chair. The World Elite return to the ring and they attack Hernandez. Homicide puts the Mexican flag on top of Hernandez as we go to credits.
2010 - Kevin Nash had quite the evening on twitter, arguing with fans and lashing out with comments directed at TNA. Nash's deal is believed to be coming up shortly. If you want to read the entire series of comments, you can at www.twitter.com/realkevinnash. Highlights below, edited only for expletives:
“you can say what you want about me I don’t give a F**K ,but to ever question my integrity we no longer have a business relationship."
"and to the person that said every September I go to work for my self ,f**k you you didn’t even see it. mid card bullshit neverbeens f**k you. "
You want to go to war with the best, hope you f**kers don’t live in glass houses. sorry to the 33′276 that have no idea what I’m ranting 4. 10- 10- 10 shit 1099.
Jason Heary made me tweet that guess you have to stayed tune after impact 4 the answers. I’m a f**king man not some green horn boy .you don’t like what I do fine .Pay me the dates you owe me .let my accounts [Note from Mike: Accountants?] look at the books.
RVD said Jeff hardy and him are rock stars ,in my prime I was selling out 30′000 plus seat domes they can’t draw 1000 on the road. WTF.
I will work out my TNA contract anbd see what life brings me ,to my fans I love you and words can never explain what you mean to me. to the haters glad I was able to be there to dump on me to make u feel better about your F**KED up lifes.
going to take some time off twitter , will still read tweets just need to decompress away from the wrestling world. much love …..Kev.”
When a fan asked if Nash was "planning to stay in TNA", Nash responded, "No, moving on." In the end, he quietly signed a new TNA deal but asked for and received his release in January 2011, paving the way for a WWE return.
2010 - TNA ran Canton, Ohio. Steve Shumaker filed the following live report:
TNA rolled in to Canton, Ohio this evening for a show at the Canton Civic Center:
Quick results were as follows:
Jeff Jarrett defeated AJ Styles in the opener with the Stroke.
Angelina Love retained the Knock Outs title over Madison Rayne w/ Velvet Skye
Suicide fell to Kaz
The Motor City Machine Guns won the match of the night over Beer Money
Matt Morgan beat Rhino in the worst match of the evening
Mr. Anderson took out The Pope in the main event.
While the crowd was not huge, TNA put on an outstanding show. Most everyone worked hard and I am certain the fans left happy, as the event was much more fan friendly than the SmackDown show that ran here late last spring.
High Points:
The MCM vs. Beer Money match was worth the price of admission itself. Robert Roode was very impressive working the majority of the match for Beer Money, bumping like a mad man and keeping the story of the match on track. The Machine Guns had their usual great high spots, but to the credit of all four guys in the match it didn't feel like a "get my sh*t in" contest. Well worked and appreciated by the crowd.
The Jarrett/Styles opener was good as well - sort of a Memphis style match. Lots of closed fists and chain wrestling. Six minutes of solid work and both guys looked good.
Earl Hebner received his own intro complete with music and refed the ladies match. The jig he danced after kissing Raine was priceless.
The Pope and Mr. Anderson have so much charisma in the ring and both worked well. Anderson played to the crowd and had some fun with one of the kids at ringside. He was way over tonight and looked like he was having fun. Pope was a little off tonight, but the match came off as solid.
TNA runs the MOST fan friendly show I have ever been to. All of the workers except Styles and Kurt Angle (who appear but did not wrestle) signed for free at the end of the show. Jeff Jarrett stayed almost an hour after to make sure that every fan than wanted to meet him got to do so. JB did the ring announcing and Don West (looking more like a bum than a sales rep) hustled the merch. Fans who were particularly excited were taken backstage and the workers seemed to care. I was VERY impressed.
The Low Points:
Matt Morgan was awful tonight. He whiffed rail spots from Rhino twice when the match opened and his work in the ring was sloppy and poorly timed. When he got the mic, he could not be understood as he was holding it too close to his mouth. The man looks impressive, but was not good at all in the ring.
The ladies match was OK. The girls worked hard, but the whole thing was more eye candy than anything. Could have been worse, but what I would have given to have Gail Kim and Awesome Kong.
As you can guess, I would recommend attending a TNA house show.
2010 - Ring of Honor ran Plymouth, MA. Bobby Imperanto filed the following results:
Quick results from Plymouth, MA as the show is ongoing:
*ROH TV champ Eddie Edwards beat Eric Stevens.
*Grizzly Redwood beat Bob Evans. Not sure if he was a plant or not but a fan and redwood got into an altercation during the match.
*Austin Aries defeated Kyle O'Reilly.
*Steve Corino and Kevin Steen over The Embassy of Necro Butcher and Shawn Daivari in a First Blood Match.
*The All Night Express defeated Taven and Ville.
*Roderick Strong defeated Mike Bennett. Bennett looked really good in this match.
*ROH Tag Team champions The Kings of Wrestling defeated Colt Cabana and El Generico.
*ROH champion Tyler Black and Christopher Daniels fought to a time limit draw. Lots of anti-Black chants. Roderick Strong throws Black back in the ring and there's a three-way brawl.
2010 - WWE broadcast Smackdown. Richard Trionfo filed the following TV report:
Tonight we start with a look back at Kane’s comments last week to the Undertaker.
We are live on tape from Baltimore, Maryland and your announcers are Todd ‘Quote the Raven, Nevermore’ and Matt ‘John Waters’ Striker.
Matt and Todd wonder what condition Undertaker will be in tonight for his match against CM Punk.
Undertaker is already in the ring and he says that his brother Kane has always been a disturbed freak of nature. There were so many times that he had to protect Kane, not just from others but from himself. Taker says that he will have no regrets when he does what he has to do at Night of Champions. Kane attacked his own flesh and blood like a coward. Kane left him beaten, battered, and unconscious. Kane has given himself a false sense of confidence. He thinks that he has the tide of momentum on his side. Kane thinks that he has the power of the darkness. Taker says that power is his and he is still in control. Taker says that at Night of Champions, he will Kane some memories. They won’t be pleasant. Kane will remember the night that his older, wiser brother stopped his reign of terror. He will always remember his more evil, dominant brother took back his World Heavyweight Title. That brings him to why he is here.
He has something to say to Kane. When the time comes and they finally come face to face, he will know that they will open the gates of hell and unleash everything that they have on each other. He says that he can’t wait. He can’t wait for that night, but a fight of that magnitude, there are no rules that can contain them. There are no rules that will be able to stop them. Taker tells Kane that when they fight, and it will be a fight, it must be No Holds Barred. Taker wants to know what his little brother has to say. He wants to know if Kane is in and if he is confident.
We don’t hear from Kane, but we do hear from CM Punk who comes out to applaud Taker’s comments. Punk wants everyone to show the legend all of the adulation he deserves. The crowd complies and gives Taker a standing ovation. Punk says that if you are creature of the night or a fan of the phenom, he wants them to bask in what Taker is providing. Punk says that this is the dead man’s moment and he earned it. Punk says that they both know that these people will never see the Undertaker again. Punk says that he enjoys a good sibling rivalry. Punk says that he has been enjoying this saga. There is nothing that brings a smile to his face than seeing Taker on his own downward spiral. Punk says that he doesn’t see anything phenomenal in the ring. He sees a beat up, broken down man who has had one too many fights. He sees a man who has finally bitten off more than he can chew. He finally sees a man who is more delusional than the selfish, drunken, worthless people in the audience.
Taker says that when he sees CM Punk, he sees his next victim.
Punk says that is not the case. He says that Taker’s threats don’t have the panache they used to have. It is because there is doubt in his voice. Punk says that when he beats Taker tonight, he will be sending a message. He will be sending a message to his opponent at Night of Champions, the Big Show. He will be sending a message to the dead man. That message is simple. The power of the WWE Universe and the seven foot five hundred pound giant, and the power of the dark side cannot compare to the power of straight edge.
Taker tells Punk to come down and try. The results will be the same as always because Punk will fail.
Punk says that he seems to remember when Taker was one hundred percent, he made Taker tap out. He asks Taker what he thinks he will do in Taker’s weakened position.
Taker says that he knows what is going to happen. Punk is going to REST . . . IN . . . PEACE.
We go to commercial.
We are back and we see highlights from last week when Montel Vontavious Porter mercilessly attacked Jack Swagger Senior last week on Smackdown in the All American American VIP Lounge.
Match Number One: Jack Swagger versus Montel Vontavious Porter
Swagger with a waist lock and take down and then he connects with crossfaces to the head. Swagger punches Porter and pushes him into the corner. Swagger with an Irhs whip but Porter floats over and then hits a running clothesline. Porter with a kick and suplex and then he floats over and punches Swagger until the referee pulls him off. Porter kicks Swagger to the floor and then he rolls him back into the ring. Porter with two German suplexes followed by a drop toe hold and a running knee to the back of the head for a near fall. Porter charges into the corner but Swagger with a clothesline. Swagger with an Irish whip and a running clothesline to the back of the head. Swagger with another clothesline to the back of the head and he gets a near fall. Swagger works on the arms and back as we go to commercial.
We are back and Swagger runs into an elbow but Porter runs into a big boot. Swagger tries for the double jump Swagger Bomb but he lands on Porter’s knees. Porter with an overhead belly-to-belly throw and then Porter with the running boot into the corner and Porter is only able to get a two count. Porter with punches to Swagger and then he sends Swagger into the air and he lands face first on the mat. Porter with a few clotheslines followed by a double thrust to the throat and then he hits the facebuster. Porter hits the Ballin’ Elbow and then Swagger goes to the floor before he can hit the Play of the Day. Porter goes to the floor and Swagger with a drop kick into the steps and the steps hit Porter in the knees. Swagger sends Porter’s ankle into the ring post. They return to the ring and Swagger clips Porter and then he applies the ankle lock and Porter taps.
Winner: Jack Swagger
Michelle and Layla are in the back trying to figure out who looks better while Kaval is sitting behind them. They talk about how funny it is that Teddy thinks that only Layla can face Melina at Night of Champions. They say that Teddy Long is always wrong. Layla talks about the stipulation in the contract thanks to Vickie that either of them can face Melina. Michelle talks about the look on Melina’s face when she gets in the ring. Layla says that she is facing Melina. Michelle says that she is facing Melina. Michelle says that she has beaten Melina a gazillion times. Layla says that she beat Melina twice. Michelle says that it was with her help.
Kaval tells them to calm down because it is his first night on Smackdown. Kaval mocks Michelle and Layla’s conversation, and then it is time for a rewind. They tell Kaval that he wouldn’t be there if it wasn’t for them. Everyone wanted to see them and not him. Layla and Michelle mock Kaval. Kaval says that he has heard enough and he has a match to get ready for.
We go to commercial.
We are back and we take a look back at the season premiere of NXT: The Divas.
It is time to take a look back at the history between Kane and Undertaker.
Matt Hardy is walking in the back as we go to commercial.
We are back and Ricardo Rodriguez introduces Alberto Del Rio for his match.
We have footage from last week’s Raw when Alberto had his I Got Rid of Rey Fiesta only to be interrupted by Christian.
Match Number Dos: Alberto Del Rio versus Matt Hardy
They lock up and Hardy backs Del Rio into the turnbuckles. Del Rio with a kick out of the break followed by a snap mare and kick to the back. Del Rio with a front face lock but Hardy with an Irish whip and running clothesline followed by a bulldog for a near fall. Hardy with a punch and then Del Rio tries for a splash into the ropes abut Hardy moves and Del Rio goes to the floor. Hardy with a baseball slide and then he goes to the floor. Hardy slams Del Rio’s head into the apron and then Del Rio with an enzuigiri that knocks Hardy off the apron as we go to commercial.
We are back and Del Rio with a reverse chin lock and they are back in the ring. Del Rio sends Hardy back to the mat thanks to a handful of Hardy’s hair. Del Rio with a kick to Hardy and then he chokes him in the ropes. Del Rio with a kick to the leg and then he hits a spinebuster for a near fall. Del Rio with a cravate into a reverse chin lock. Hardy with elbows and punches followed by a sunset flip for a near fall. Del Rio with a kick to Hardy’s head and he gets a near fall. Del Rio with kicks to the ribs and then he chokes Hardy in the ropes. Del Rio with a knee to the midsection and then he slams Hardy and gets a near fall. Del Rio returns to the reverse chin lock. Hardy with punches but Del Rio grabs the hair Hardy with more punches. Hardy with clotheslines followed by a Side Effect and Hardy gets a near fall. Hardy waits for Del Rio to get to his feet and he hits a clothesline or two in the corner and then he hits a third one and he tries for the bulldog but Del Rio escapes and he kicks Hardy. Hardy with an inverted DDT and side slam combination followed by a standing power slam. Hardy goes to the turnbuckles for a moonsault and he hits it but Del Rio is able to kick out.
Hardy with an Irish whip but Del Rio floats over. Hardy sets for what appears to be an Acid Drop but Del Rio escapes and sends Hardy into the turnbuckles. Del Rio goes to the turnbuckles but Hardy stops Alberto. Hardy tries for a superplex but each man with head butts and Del Rio goes to the floor but he pulls Hardy with him and Hardy’s arm gets caught on the top rope. Del Rio sends Hardy into the ring post and then he hits the cross arm breaker and Hardy taps out.
Winner: Alberto Del Rio
After the match, Alberto starts to work on the arm again but Christian comes to the ring and Alberto leaves the ring.
We take a look at Legendary, which has opened in theaters as you read this report.
We go to commercial.
Match Number Three: Drew McIntyre versus Kaval
They lock up and Drew backs Kaval into the turnbuckles and Drew with a clean break. Kaval with a kick to Drew but Drew sends Kaval into the turnbuckles. Drew with an Irish whip and Kaval with a mule kick and a running heel kick for a near fall. Drew with a punch to the ribs and then Drew drops Kaval on the apron. Kaval tries for a springboard move but Drew knocks him off the apron and Kaval hits the ropes before going to the floor.
Drew goes out after Kaval and he suplexes Kaval onto the apron. Drew sends Kaval back into the ring and he gets a near fall. Drew with crossfaces to the upper chest. Drew with an arm bar and cross face. Kaval with elbows but Drew with a knee. Drew tries for a suplex but Kaval with a knee to escape the hold and Kaval with a back heel kick. Kaval is tossed onto the top turnbuckle but Kaval hits a spin kick and he gets a near fall. Kaval goes up top for the Warrior’s Way but Drew rolls to the floor. Kaval with a kick and he tries for a seated senton onto Drew from the apron but Drew catches Kaval and he power bombs Kaval into the ringside barrier.
Drew rolls Kaval back into the ring and Drew sets for the Future Shock DDT and he hits it on a motionless Kaval for the three count.
Winner: Drew McIntyre
After the match, Layla and Michelle come out to check on Kaval but he is too sweaty for them.
We go to commercial.
We are back with the latest “Dashing” Cody Rhodes Grooming Tip. He says that a dirty face with black heads and acne is unacceptable and unappealing. Cody turns around and he has a green facial mask on and he says that he is here to show us that we can be dashing. He says that a facial is so important for today’s man because it clears your pores and gives you porcelain like skin. He says that he is bringing us one step closer to ‘Dashing’.
Vickie Guerrero comes out and she is with her NXT rookie Kaitlyn. She has Kaitlyn introduces Vickie but Vickie says that it was mediocre and average. Vickie says that you need to be extraordinary if you are going to introduce her. Vickie shows Kaitlyn how to do it when she introduces her boyfriend and Intercontinental Champion Dolph Ziggler.
We see footage from when Vickie got Dolph disqualified two weeks ago. Then we see how Vickie kept Dolph out of the ring the following week to retain the title. The match between Dolph and Kofi now has the stipulation that if Dolph is disqualified or counted out, he loses the title.
Match Number Four: Chavo Guerrero and Dolph Ziggler with Vickie Guerrero and Kaitlyn versus Chris Masters and Kofi Kingston
Dolph and Masters start things off and Dolph goes for the leg but Masters pushes him off. Masters with a clothesine and then he press slams Dolph and gets a near fall. Dolph with a knee and he tags in Chavo. Masters tries for the Master Lock but Chavo gets to the ropes. Masters knocks Ziggler off the apron with a punch. Chavo clips Masters and he starts to work on the leg. Dolph tags back in and he kicks Masters in the leg. Ziggler continues to work on the leg and Chavo adds a kick when Dolph was talking to the referee. Masters tries to make the tag and he succeeds. Kofi with the Superman punch followed by a few chops and a drop kick. Kofi leaps into the corner and he punches Dolph before rolling off. Dolph wit a kick and then we get a double clothesline and both men are down.
Chavo makes the tag but the referee was with Masters in the corner so he disallows the tag because he did not see it. Kofi hits Trouble in Paradise and he gets the three count.
Winners: Kofi Kingston and Chris Masters
After the match Vickie and Chavo argue with the referee but they are not getting to him.
We go to commercial.
It is time to run through the card for Night of Champions.
Matt tells us that we are going to the back to Josh Mathews, but he looks a lot like Big Show who now sounds a little like Josh Mathews. “Josh” asks Show about his match with CM Punk and it is a one on one match. Show talks about how he took care of the three members of the Straight Edge Society. Kelly Kelly stops by and Show says that the SES will have a ‘giant’ problem.
Josh walks by and asks if Show or Kelly have seen his microphone. Kelly tells Show to give it to him and Show gives his mic back to Josh.
We go to commercial.
We are back and CM Punk sends Joseph Mercury and Luke Gallows to the back.
Match Number Five: CM Punk versus Undertaker
Taker misses a punch in the corner as Punk moves out of the way. Taker misses another punch but Punk with a kick. Punk with more kicks to the leg but Taker with a punch. Taker sends Punk into the turnbuckles and he punches Punk. Taker follows that with kicks and then he works on Punk’s previously injured arm. Taker works on the shoulder and he gets a near fall. Taker with a hammer lock and he sends Punk into the turnbuckle. Taker sets for Old School but Punk tries to pull Taker off the turnbuckles. Taker gets crotched when he tries for Old School and Punk with a drop kick that sends Taker to the floor. We go to commercial.
We are back and Punk works on Taker’s arm and shoulder and Punk asks Taker how he likes it. Punk with a leg drop to the arm and he gets a near fall. We see footage of Punk working on Taker during the commercial break. Punk with a figure four head scissors to Taker and Punk adds some elbows to the head. Punk with a punch to Taker and Taker goes to the floor. Punk runs Taker’s back into the ringside barrier and then Punk punches Taker and chokes him on the floor. They fight on the floor and Punk returns to the ring to break the count. Taker rolls Punk back in and Taker with a punch to the head while Punk is draped on the apron. Taker with the vintage leg drop on the apron and he hits it. Taker struggles to get back to his feet while Punk is down in the ring.
Taker misses a running boot into the corner and Punk with an enzuigiri for a near fall. Punk with a key lock on Taker and then he connects with elbows to the side of the head and he gets a near fall. Punk with a reverse chin lock as he gets Taker on the mat. Taker gets to his knees and then to his feet. Taker with a Saito suplex to get out of the hold. Taker misses an elbow drop and both men still struggle to get back to their feet. Punk with the running knee into the corner followed by the bulldog and Taker is barely able to kick out in time. Punk with double chops to the clavicle but Taker with punches to Punk. Punk and Taker exchange punches and Taker sends Punk to the mat a few times. Taker with an Irish whip and then he give Punk snake eyes but Punk with a leg lariat and Taker is down.
Punk goes to the apron and he tries for the springboard clothesline but Taker catches Punk and hits the choke slam but Punk is able to kick out. Taker signals that it is over and he tries for the Tombstone. Punk escapes and Punk hits the Go To Sleep on Taker. Punk cannot take advantage and he crawls across Taker for the cover, but he makes a fatal mistake and Taker locks in the Hell’s Gate.
Winner: Undertaker
After the match, Taker celebrates in the ring, but he looks around for his brother. Taker prepares to pose but Kane’s pyro goes off as we go to credits with Kane laughing in a devilish manner.
2010 - EVOLVE 5 was held in Rahway, NJ. Joshua Higham filed the following results:
Chasing The Leader
Chuck Taylor (3-0) vs. Mike Quackenbush (0-0) - Quackenbush wins with a version of a crucifix rollup.
Tag Team Rematch
Cheech & Cloudy (2-0) vs. Flip Kendrick & Louis Lyndon (1-3) - Up in Smoke wins with their double team finisher after crotching Flip on the top turnbuckle. Cheech and Cloudy were heeling it up. Post match interview with Lenny Leonard where Cheech claimed there are "no cheap wins, just wins." Lyndon tried to confront them on their cheating but thought better of it.
Special Challenge Match
Jimmy Jacobs (3-1) vs. Adam Cole (1-1) - Jimmy Jacobs wins with the Contra Code. Jacobs said, he did what Johnny Gargano couldn't do: beat that "sexy little" Adam Cole and "send him back to curtain jerker."
Battle For 3
Sami Callihan (2-0) vs. Drake Younger (2-0) - A pretty hard-hitting brawl where Sami bled a ton. Drake won with his version of the Cop Killer. Postmatch, he said that at 3 wins, he had his eye on Jimmy Jacobs.
One Win On The Line
Brad Allen (2-1) vs. Johnny Gargano (2-2) vs. Gran Akuma (1-1) vs. Jon Moxley (0-1) vs. Frightmare (0-0) vs. Rich Swann (0-0) - Johnny Gargano got the win after jackknifing Frightmare who had just hit Rich Swann with Kneecolepsy. Johnny Gargano said he "literally destroyed 5 lives" tonight and then called himself "the baddest man on the planet," which brought out Homicide who told Gargano to leave. Moxley got in the ring, and Homicide said he'd keep his eye on him. Then Homicide cut a promo saying he was here to rule the indies again.
A brief intermission.
To kick off the second half, Moxley came out and demanded a rematch with Brodie Lee, based on what happened at Evolve 4 at the Ace Arena.
WSU World Title Match
Mercedes Martinez defends vs. Amazing Kong - Martinez won via dq when Kong kicked referee Mike Kehner. She tried to powerbomb him, but he scurried away. Martinez and Kong brawled to the back.
Special Attraction Match
Kyle O'Reilly (2-1) vs. Ricochet (1-2) - Ricochet won with the 630. Good action playing up the striker vs. flyer. O'Reilly tried for a couple different submissions.
The Main Event
Bryan Danielson (1-0) vs. Munenori Sawa (1-0) - Danielson got streamers, a few ties, and his "You're gonna get your [expletive] head kicked in" chants for his entrance. There was a scattered "Next US Champ" chant as well. Danielson won with the LeBell Lock after 15-20 minutes. Hard-hitting, tons of strikes, submission attempts. After the match, Danielson thanked the Northeast fans for "making his career" and asked them to continue to support wrestling. Soundman played Final Countdown, more fans threw ties, and Danielson jokingly went after one of the photographers. He shook hands around ringside to end the show.
Most of the locker room came out to watch Danielson/Sawa. XPac came out to watch Ricochet/OReilly.
2011 - Actor turned one time WWF wrestler Tiny Lister and former WWE Diva Torrie Wilson were announced as part of the cast for REELZ' first ever reality series, The Z Team:
Crime Fighting Lessons From the Movies Put to the Test as Hollywood Meets Reality on REELZCHANNEL
“The Z Team” To Be Produced by ZOO Productions as the Network’s First Reality Series
REELZCHANNEL today announced that the network is turbo charging its commitment to TV About Movies® by bringing the focus to its first original reality TV series in a development deal with ZOO Productions to create The Z Team. The Z Team stars Lorenzo Lamas, Rudy Reyes, Tommy “Tiny” Lister and Torrie Wilson as a group, led by Lamas, contracted by law enforcement agencies and concerned citizens all across the country to confront real life and death situations on the streets of America. The Z Team, relying on years of experience fighting bad guys on the big screen, in the ring and in real life take on drug dealers, the mob and dirty politicians—no case is too much for them.
“We wanted to make a show that would take the action and drama of Die Hard and The Expendables and combine it with the reality of Cops,” said John Stevens ZOO Productions co-founder and Executive Producer on The Z Team. “REELZ knows the world of movies and entertainment better than any network and they are the perfect partner to make The Z Team come to life.”
“Bringing a Hollywood movie sensibility to the fight against crime is a natural for REELZ,” said Matthew Singerman REELZCHANNEL SVP of Programming. “With The Z Team we’re feeding America’s appetite for the action genre by bringing big screen imagination and technique to reality TV in a show that will be fun for viewers, full of opportunities for marketers and be a tremendous building block in our continuing commitment to TV About Movies.”
Adds Lorenzo Lamas, “Ever since Renegade, my fans and I have been waiting for the right opportunity to take on the next challenge in the world of law enforcement. The Z Team is it – and the group of characters I have assembled is like no other. The best part is we get to take our skills as trained performers and apply them to real life situations. What people will see on this show is like nothing else on television today.”
Lorenzo Lamas, veteran of over 70 movie and TV roles was nominated for a Golden Globe for his work on Falcon Crest and is the only actor who appeared in all 228 episodes. Rudy Reyes is a Recon Marine with multiple tours of duty in Afghanistan and Iraq who played himself in HBO’s seven-part miniseries Generation Kill. He was also the host of History Channel’s survival show Apocalypse Man. Tommy “Tiny” Lister has over 150 movie and TV credits, most notably One Night with the King, The Fifth Element and Beverly Hills Cop II. Torrie Wilson, a former WWE wrestler, has appeared in several productions including Reality Obsessed, Project Runway, Baywatch and WWF Raw.
About ZOO Productions
ZOO Productions is a recognized leader in reality television. Notable shows produced include NBC’s It’s Worth What?, MTV’s Busted, Fox’s Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader, Tru TV’s Southern Fried Stings and the Hub’s Family Game Night. The company was acquired by ALL3 Media in 2008. Gregg Kavet, John Stevens and Barry Poznick are Executive Producers on Z-Team. In addition to his Executive Producer role on Z-Team, Kavet is best known as a Co-Executive Producer for the Emmy® Award-winning Seinfeld.
About REELZCHANNEL
REELZCHANNEL—TV About Movies® is the only cable and satellite network devoted to delivering entertaining and informative programming that is all about movies, including the celebrities, fashion, music and stories behind the stories. With shows featuring movie and entertainment experts, including Leonard Maltin, Richard Roeper, Sam Rubin and John Salley, viewers get trusted insight into movies wherever they’re playing, whether in theaters or at home.
REELZCHANNEL reaches more than 60 million homes on DIRECTV channel 238, Dish Network channel 299, Verizon FiOS TV channel 233, AT&T U-verse channels 799/1799HD and cable systems nationwide. Find REELZCHANNEL in your area by entering your zip code at http://www.reelz.com/watch. Owned by Hubbard Media Group, REELZCHANNEL is headquartered in Albuquerque, NM with an entertainment bureau in Los Angeles and sales office in New York.
2011 - WWE Smackdown ran Halifax, Nova Scotia. Anthony D filed the following live report:
I just got back from the house show in Halifax, NS.
Daniel Bryan defeated Brodus Clay. Slow match, Daniel way over with the crowd.
The Great Khali and Jinder Mahal defeated The Usos in a OK match.
AJ defeated Natalya. Natalya basically owned AJ. Tons of cheers for Natalya.
Ezekiel Jackson defeated Heath Slater with The Torture Rack. Not a bad a match.
Canadian Street Fight. Sheamus defeated Wade Barrett. What a PPV caliber, awseome match. The crowd just loved Sheamus.
They had four people from the crowd do a dance off, the winner to go back stage and meet a Superstar.
Intermission.
Sin Cara defeated Tyson Kid. Great match. You could tell these guys work great together. Tyson was really cheered by the fans.
Intercontinental Championship Match: Ted DiBiase defeated Cody Rhodes by DQ.
Main Event. Triple Threat for The World Heavyweight Championship: Randy Orton defeated Christian and Mark Henry.
When Randy Orton's music hit I thought the roof was gonna blow. Wow !!
It was a great show over all. Glad I was there.
Biggest Pops:
Randy Orton
Natalya
Great Khali
2011 - WWE ran London, Ontario Canada. John Canton filed the following live report:
I was at the WWE Raw house show at the John Labatt Centre in London, Ontario tonight. I'd guess attendance at 3,500 people with the upper level tarped off. I can remember about 8,000 at a house show in the summer of 2002 in the same building. Times have changed. The crowd was very loud. Lots of kids with Cena shirts being the biggest seller by far while CM Punk shirts did okay too. Punk was not advertised for the show, which upset a lot of people.
Justin Roberts welcomed us to the show. It started right at 7:30pm.
1. Dolph Ziggler over John Morriso
This was one of the best matches of the night. Crowd was hot for Morrison while Ziggler drew good heel heat. They had a competitive match for about 12 minutes with a lot of nearfalls. Ziggler won clean with the Zig Zag.
2. Curt Hawkins & Tyler Reks over Primo & Yoshi Tatsu
Pre-match we got a promo from Hawkins & Reks saying they're under appreciated. Yoshi's got the face paint and he's a lot more serious now. Most people didn't know any of them. Basic house show tag. Powerslam/neckbreaker combo for the finish.
3. Zack Ryder over Drew McIntyre
Big pop for Ryder, who appeared to be more over with this crowd than he is on TV most of the time. McIntyre's music didn't draw any kind of reaction. He did work hard to generate hate. Ryder won with the Rough Ryder.
Before the next match, R-Truth and The Miz cut promos. Truth told us he wasn't Wayne Gretzky. The Great One has been retired for over a decade, yet he's still the biggest babyface in Canada. We love our hockey. They did a great job of angering the crowd, even mixing some comedy in by teasing their catchphrases several times. It was a lot of fun.
4. Evan Bourne & Kofi Kingston over The Miz & R-Truth
This is the other match that was a contender for match of the night. The heels worked over Bourne early and then they worked over Kingston. I'd expect an even better match at the PPV assuming they get more than the 13 minutes they got here. Bourne won with the SSP, which is the best looking move in all of WWE especially when you're there live.
Naomi, along with her well shaped booty, hosted the audience dance contest. The winner got to go backstage. The four contestants were a dude in a Ryder shirt, an attractive woman, another woman and young kid in full Cena gear. The kid won. Shocking huh?
They had a short intermission here. It was about ten minutes long.
5. Kelly Kelly & Eve over The Bellas
This is the same boring match we've seen on Raw many times. Kelly got a big pop. The others barely got a reaction. The heels worked on Eve. Eve's dropkick is even worse in person. Kelly hit about three moves before hitting the K2 COME ON~! for the win.
Jack Swagger came out to cut a promo. It was an anti-Canada promo. I think it's written in the contract of wrestling shows to cut an anti-Canada promo every time they are in Canada. Who answers his open challenge? The Welsh born Mason Ryan. I guess there aren't Canadians on Raw. They seem to be on Smackdown.
6. Mason Ryan over Jack Swagger
Swagger ran away for much of it. He was working his ass off to help Ryan get over. Eventually Mason got his hands on him. He won with the Pumphandle Slam. I've always been high on Swagger. He's even better live.
Justin Roberts introduced Ricardo Rodriguez. He brought out Alberto Del Rio. Funny bit before the match as Ricardo held a "John Cena rocks" sign while Del Rio held a sign in support of him. Every time Del Rio held up the sign they cheered while they cheered when Ricardo held up the sign. Then Del Rio ripped up the sign in support of Cena.
7. John Cena over Alberto Del Rio via DQ
Massive pop for Cena. I'd say the crowd was 90% in support of him. Del Rio ran away a lot at the beginning, but then he took control. Referee Scott Armstrong threw Rodriguez out early after he got caught tripping Cena. Del Rio did a nice job of working over Cena. Towards the end, Cena hit all of his usual moves in making the comeback, much to the delight of the crowd. They did a spot where they bump into Armstrong, who tumbled to the floor. Cena put Del Rio in the STF, the champ tapped, but there was no ref to see it. Rodriguez came back out, he attacked Cena in the ribs with a chair and Armstrong recovered enough to disqualify Del Rio. Post match, Rodriguez got hit with a chair while Cena hit the Attitude Adjustment on Del Rio. That ended the show.
The show started at 7:30pm. It ended right at 10pm. It was a good atmosphere, very kid friendly and everybody worked hard. No complaints here.
Biggest pops: Cena, Bourne/Kofi, Morrison
Biggest heat: Miz/Truth, Del Rio, Swagger
I'll be at Smackdown on Tuesday too. The Edge Appreciation night should mean a very hot crowd in Toronto.
2012 - WWE Hall of Famer Jerry Lawler literally almost dies on international television, suffering a heart attack live on Monday Night Raw after wrestling in a tag match and returning to the commentary position. Lawler's life is saved because WWE's Dr. Michael Sampson is sitting right next to him and begins administering CPR. Lawler is also extremely lucky because the Arena in Montreal is in close proximity to one of the best cardiac care facilities in Canada. Amazingly, Lawler makes a full recovery and while he has not wrestled for WWE since, he has taken the rare independent date.
So, there was a Raw broadcast as well. Here is Richard Trionfo's TV report:
We are live from Montreal, Quebec, Canada and your announcer is Michael ‘Hebner’ Cole and Jerry ‘I have footage of Pat Patterson’s Intercontinental Title Tournament Victory’ Lawler.
Justin Roberts introduces Bret Hart who makes his way to the ring. Bret thanks everyone in two languages, falling three short of Antonio Cesaro. Bret says that it has been fifteen years, so he will take the ovation from the fans which has been going on for a few minutes.
He says that it took a long time to get here. He says that it is a great moment for him to come back to Montreal. He says that he doesn’t know what to say after fifteen years. He says the last time he was here, it turned out to be one of the darkest days of his life, but it was also one of his proudest.
He says that the people of Montreal have been in his heart for fifteen years. Bret says that he remembers this day. It was the people of Montreal who got him through those dark days. It was a uniquely Canadian moment and he says that he stands behind everything that he did that day.
CM Punk’s music plays and he makes his way to the ring.
Punk circles Bret a few times before saying with all due respect that everything that happened to Bret has been chronicled in the book that Bret wrote about himself. Punk says that he does not have the ego to write a book about himself. His book would be ‘What If’. What if Punk wrestled Bret Hart at Survivor Series 1997 instead of Shawn Michaels.
Bret says that it wouldn’t have mattered because he would have beaten Punk in about a minute.
Punk says what would have happened. The WWE as everyone knows it would not exist. Punk says that he is the best in the world so he does not need Vince McMahon to screw anyone. He would have beaten Hart with his own two hands. No one would have been here today and nobody would have screwed Bret and the Attitude Era would never have existed. Punk says that he would have jumped the sinking ship to WCW.
Bret says that the Best in the World would have been excellently executed by the Best there is, the Best there was, and the Best there ever will be.
Punk says that it drives him crazy that Bret would continue to call himself that. He could call himself the King of England or the King of Memphis, but it wouldn’t matter. Punk asks Jerry how he is doing.
Bret says that he has a history with Lawler, but Jerry always showed up. He never walked out of the ring like a coward.
We go to the footage from last week when CM Punk walked out only to return during the Falls Count Anywhere Match.
Punk says he was in his home town, a town that treats champions respectfully and he was in a hurry to enjoy his well earned day off. He came back to get some things from the locker room and he saw John Cena in front of him.
Punk wants to know where Cena is. Does Cena got Bret’s back? Did Bret ask Cena to be his white knight when it gets too hot in the ring?
Bret says that he talked to John but he wanted to come out and talk to the fan.
Punk tells Bret that he does not know the meaning of the word respect because Bret would not talk to the WWE Champion. Punk says that he will beat John Cena again and he will cement his legacy as the greatest WWE Champion of all time.
Punk says that the ovation that Bret got tonight is the ovation that he deserves everywhere since he is the WWE Champion. Punk says that he will put Cena to sleep on Sunday.
Bret says that Punk is putting the people to sleep right now.
Punk says that he will turn John Cena into a beaten, broken down, empty shell of a man . . . just like Bret is.
Punk drops the mic and backs up.
Punk leaves the ring and lifts the title belt over his head as he proclaims himself the Best in the World.
We go to commercial.
We are back and will Punk face Brodus Clay, Jerry Lawler, or Randy Orton.
Before our first match, Antonio Cesaro will give us five ways to say ‘Prestige’ since he is the United States Champion (in Quebec).
Match Number One: Kofi Kingston and R Truth versus Miz and Antonio Cesaro (with Aksana)
Miz and Kofi start things off and Kofi with a waist lock into a side head lock. Miz misses a punch and Kofi with a monkey flip and he gets a near fall. Truth tags in and they hit a double side Russian leg sweep followed by an elbow drop and knee drop from the tag team champions. Cesaro tries to interfere but Truth and Kofi take care of him. Kofi leaps off Truth’s back and hits a flip dive onto Miz and Cesaro as we go to commercial.
We are back and Cesaro with a reverse chin lock and he has the arm tied up. We see footage from the break when Miz knocked Truth off the apron. Cesaro tags Miz back in and Miz with a splash to the back and he gets a near fall.
Miz punches Truth in the corner and the referee pulls Miz out of the way. Miz sets for the Awesome Clothesline and he hits it. Miz goes up top and hits a double sledge to the back for a near fall. Miz with a knee to stop Truth. Truth with a leg lariat and both men are down.
Kofi and Cesaro tag in and Kofi with a springboard clothesline and drop kick followed by a Superman punch. Kofi sets for the Boom Drop and he hits it. Kofi prepares for Trouble in Paradise but he takes care of Miz on the apron. Kofi with a pendulum kick to Cesaro followed by a cross body for a near fall.
Truth with a flying forearm to Miz and Miz goes to the floor. Cesaro takes care of Truth. Cesaro with a rollup and a handful of tights but he can only get a two count. Kofi with Trouble in Paradise for the three count.
Winners: Kofi Kingston and R Truth
We see footage from last week when Ricardo Rodriguez got in the way of Alberto Del Rio to take a Brogue Kick.
We now go to footage from Smackdown when Booker, after having the fans tell him to keep the Brogue Kick, he flip flopped and banned the Brogue Kick.
Sheamus and Bret Hart are in the back as we go to commercial.
We are back it is time to take a look at the deposition that was taken of Sheamus earlier today.
We go to Titan Tower for the deposition.
We find out that Sheamus’ last name is Lifshitz because he is half Irish and half Jewish. Sheamus tells a few jokes and then he says that isn’t his real last name. Otunga wants to get things all serious. Otunga asks Sheamus about what happened on September 3rd. Sheamus says that if he had the opportunity to do it again, he would do it.
Sheamus is asked about Chad Patton. Otunga shows Sheamus a photo of a Brogue Kick to Chad. Otunga asks Sheamus about Daniel Bryan and Sheamus yeses. We see a photo from most of the match between Sheamus and Bryan at Wrestlemania.
Otunga asks Sheamus about the pain that Patton is suffering or the psychological damage to Daniel Bryan. Otunga asks Sheamus if he understands that the Brogue Kick is a lethal weapon. Sheamus says that the Brogue Kick doesn’t discriminate against anyone. Sheamus kicks the camera.
We go to commercial.
Match Number Two: Eve Torres, Layla El, and Kaitlyn versus Natalya, Beth Phoenix, and Alicia Fox
Kaitlyn and Beth start things off and they lock up. Kaitlyn with a waist lock but Beth backs Kaitlyn into the corner. Kaitlyn with knees and forearms followed by a shoulder in the corner. Beth with an Irish whip but Kaitlyn with a few spears. Kaitlyn with a European uppercut and Natalya tags in and punches Kaitlyn.
Natalya and Beth send Kaitlyn to the mat and Natalya gets a near fall. Alicia kicks Kaitlyn in the back and Natalya with a discus clothesline for a near fall. Alicia tags in and she kicks Kaitlyn. Alicia with a Northern Lights suplex for a near fall. Alicia with an Irish whip but she misses a boot in the corner.
Layla tags in and hits a clothesline on Alicia and knocks Beth and Natalya off the apron. Layla with a cross body for a near fall. Eve makes the blind tag and she kicks Alicia and hits a swinging neck breaker for the three count.
Winners: Eve Torres, Kaitlyn, and Layla El
After the match, Eve celebrates the victory and Layla is not happy with Eve’s enthusiasm.
We go to the back where AJ Lee looks a little catatonic and Punk stops by to tell AJ that it is not fair that John Cena does not have a match tonight while Punk has a match against a mystery opponent being picked by AJ’s superfriends in the WWE Universe. Punk wants to know if AJ is still mad at him.
AJ tells Punk that things could be worse because he could face Sheamus. She says that a champion versus champion match deserves a bigger build up. The people will choose Punk’s fate this week because he walked out on them. AJ wishes Punk some luck and leaves.
Punk turns around and Brodus Clay is there.
We go to commercial.
We are back and it is time to see if Jerry Lawler, Randy Orton, or Brodus Clay will be facing CM Punk tonight. The winner, with 75% of the vote, is Randy Orton. Lawler finished in second with 13% and Brodus Clay ended up with 12% of the vote.
Match Number Three: CM Punk versus Randy Orton
They circle each other and they lock up with Punk applying a side head lock. Punk with a shoulder tackle. They lock up again and Punk with another side head lock. Punk with another side head lock but Orton with a hip toss and Punk backs into the corner.
Punk tells Orton to back up. They lock up again and Orton with a side head lock. Punk backs Orton into the corner and he connects with a series of knees. Punk works on the abdomen while in the corner. Punk with a boot to the midsection followed by a back breaker for a near fall. Punk with a reverse chin lock. Punk with knees and then he takes Orton to the mat.
Orton gets to his feet and he connects with elbows and a head butt. Orton with a punch and European uppercut. Orton with an Irish whip and Punk floats over. Orton tries for an RKO but Punk escapes and goes to the floor.
Punk walks to the back but Orton follows after him. Orton with a forearm to the back of the head and then he punches Punk. Orton sends Punk into the ringside barrier. Orton gets on the apron but Punk with a drop kick to the knees and Orton goes to the floor.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Punk with an abdominal stretch but Orton escapes with a hip toss. Orton misses a knee drop and he favors the knee. Punk with a knee and boots to the midsection. Punk goes to the turnbuckles with an elbow drop to the abdomen for a near fall. Punk with a leg drop to Orton and he gets a near fall.
Punk goes up top for the double sledge but Orton hits the ropes and crotches Punk. Orton punches Punk an sets for a superplex and he hits it. Orton gets a near fall. Orton punches Punk but Punk with a punch of his own. They get to their feet and they continue the exchange until Orton gains control. Punk with a back heel kick and kick to the chest. Orton with two clotheslines and he avoids a clothesline from Punk. Punk is smart enough to know that the power slam is coming so he holds on to the ropes.
Orton with a back body drop and then Punk goes to the apron. Orton with a kick to the chest and he sets for the IEDDT but Punk with a kick to the head followed by a springboard clothesline for a near fall. Punk signals that someone is going to sleep.
Punk gets Orton on his shoulders but Orton with elbows. Punk avoids an RKO but he cannot avoid a backbreaker and Orton gets a near fall. Orton sends Punk to the apron and it is IEDDT time. Orton twists to the mat and sets for the RKO but Dolph Ziggler comes from behind. The referee calls for the bell.
Winner: Randy Orton (by disqualification)
After the match, Orton clotheslines Punk over the top rope to the floor and then Orton power slams Ziggler. Orton power slams Punk as well. He waits to RKO Punk but Ziggler attacks Orton from behind. Punk and Ziggler attack Orton and Jerry Lawler gets up from the announce table and he goes after Ziggler and sends him to the floor.
Orton goes after Ziggler while Lawler goes after Punk. Lawler punches Punk while Orton throws Ziggler around and we go to commercial.
Match Number Four: Randy Orton and Jerry Lawler versus Dolph Ziggler (with Vickie Guerrero) and CM Punk
Ziggler with elbows to Orton and a neck breaker for a near fall. Ziggler with an Irish whip but Orton with a clothesline and then he connects with the Garvin Stomp followed by a European uppercut. Orton with a slingshot suplex for a near fall. Lawler tags in and he hits a drop kick and goes to the turnbuckles for a fist drop and he hits it. Lawler goes back to the turnbuckles for a second fist and it connects.
Lawler gets a near fall. Ziggler with a drop kick of his own and Lawler is down. Ziggler with a kick and punch to Lawler while Punk doesn’t look like he cares to be on the apron for this match. Ziggler with a leaping elbow drop for a near fall. Ziggler with a side head lock. Lawler with punches but Ziggler with a kick and punch that sends Lawler back to the mat. Ziggler with punches to the head and then he pushes Lawler to the mat.
Ziggler walks around Lawler and then he hits a snap elbow drop for a near fall. Ziggler with a reverse chin lock. Lawler with a belly-to-back suplex and both men are down. Orton tags in and he hits two clotheslines on Ziggler. Ziggler misses a clothesline and Orton with a power slam. Ziggler is able to counter the IEDDT attempt and he back body drops Orton to the floor.
Paul Heyman makes his way to ringside and Punk and Paul have a conversation. Vickie interrupts and she wants them to focus on the match. Punk and Paul ignore her. Vickie screeches at Paul and Punk and they ignore her.
Paul gets the title belt and they talk about what to do in Montreal while Ziggler punches Orton. Ziggler with a drop kick. Orton tries for an RKO but Ziggler avoids it and gets a near fall with a rollup. Orton hits an RKO and gets the three count on Ziggler.
Winners: Jerry Lawler and Randy Orton
We go to commercial.
We are back and CM Punk and Paul Heyman are walking in the back. Matt Striker wants to know what the nature of their relationship is. Paul and Punk look at each other and then they look at Matt. Punk says that he is a Paul Heyman guy.
It is time to see how well Anger Management has worked for Kane and Daniel Bryan. We see the hug from last week and how it got the Sports Entertainment treatment.
Kane is in a room and Daniel Bryan enters. Bryan says that Kane was going to say something to him. Kane says that Bryan had something to say to him. Kane says that he has a lot of nerve because of all of the monsters, he is the most sadistic. It is the doctor and he wants to know how they are both feeling. AJ says that she invited him here because they were so close to a breakthrough last week. Dr. Shelby has an idea for Kane and Bryan. He says that it will either solve their problems or send them into an abyss they will never be able to get out of. They will have to trust each other.
We go to commercial.
We are back with the WWE Rewind. Zack Ryder versus Heath Slater from last week’s Raw.
Heath Slater says last week Zack Ryder did something that he has never done with a lady, he got lucky. Zack has been talking a lot of junk and he wants his rematch right now . . . BABY.
Zack Ryder is on the TitanTron but he is not facing Heath tonight. It isn’t Ry-DER, it is . . .
Time to be fed.
Match Number Five: Heath Slater versus Ryback
Slater with a side head lock and Ryder Irish whips Slater through the ropes to the floor. Ryback with a shoulder tackle when Slater charges at him. Slater punches Ryback but Ryback punches back. Slater with a kick to the knee and a neck breaker.
Slater with kicks to the back followed by a DDT but Ryback with an emphatic kick out. Slater wit a kick but Ryback with a lariat and it is time for a spinebuster and power bomb. Ryback picks up Slater for the marching muscle buster and he gets the three count.
Winner: Ryback
Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler talk about the WWE App.
Darren Young and Titus O’Neil are in AJ’s office and she wants to know what they were called in for.
AJ tells Darren and Titus that there has been a mistake. They are not the number one contenders for the tag titles. Titus blows his whistle and he calls a personal foul. Titus and Darren say that they have beaten everyone.
AJ says that they did not beat every team. AJ says that they will face the team they haven’t beaten tonight. They will face Kane and Daniel Bryan.
We go to commercial.
Match Number Six: Daniel Bryan and Kane versus Darren Young and Titus O’Neil in a Number One Contender Match
Bryan and Kane argue over who will start but Kane will face Titus and Titus with punches. Kane with a clothesline and punches in the corner. Kane with an elbow and uppercut and sends him into the turnbuckles. Bryan is tagged in and he kicks Titus in the corner. Bryan tries for an O’Connor Roll but Titus holds on to the ropes. Young with a blind tag and he gets a near fall after a clothesline.
Titus tags in and they hit a double shoulder tackle and Titus gets a near fall. Titus with a slam. Titus with elbows in the corner followed by punches and the referee warns Titus. Young with a knee to the head and Bryan appears to be bleeding.
Young tags in and hits a Northern Lights suplex and bridge for a near fall. Young with a cravate. Bryan with punches but Young with a back elbow. Titus tags in and Young gets dropped on Bryan with a gourdbuster. Titus chokes Bryan in the ropes.
Bryan with kicks and a European uppercut. Bryan with more kicks but Titus with a back breaker and he gets a near fall. Titus kicks Bryan in the ribs and Titus mocks Bryan by saying yes as he kicks him and then he barks.
Titus with a reverse chin lock. Young tags in but Bryan tries to fight his way out of the corner. Bryan with European uppercuts while Young connects with knees. Young with a snap mare and a reverse chin lock. Young with a knee drop. Bryan with kicks to Young followed by a butterfly suplex and both men are down.
Kane wants to be tagged in and Bryan says no. Bryan goes up top but misses the diving head butt. Young gets a near fall. Young with a reverse chin lock. Bryan with elbows to Young but Bryan with a flying clothesline and both men are down again.
Bryan refuses to make the tag again and he kicks Young in the chest. Bryan hits the round kick and Kane makes the blind tag. Kane with an uppercut to Titus on the apron. Kane with an Irish whip and clothesline into the corner followed by a side slam for a near fall. Kane goes up top and hits the clothesline and then he signals for the choke slam, making sure to stay away from Daniel Bryan so he cannot make the tag. Kane with a choke slam to Young and then he sends Titus over the top rope to the floor.
Bryan tags himself back in. Kane grabs Bryan and choke slams him onto Young and Bryan gets the three count.
Winners: Kane and Daniel Bryan
After the match, Kane raises Bryan’s hand but Bryan falls to the mat.
We take a look back at what happened at the start of the show between CM Punk and Bret Hart.
We are back with the Slam of the Week. The Brogue Kick that started a number of lawsuits.
Ricardo Rodriguez comes out and he introduces Alberto Del Rio.
Match Number Seven: Tyson Kidd versus Alberto Del Rio (with Ricardo Rodriguez)
Del Rio attacks Kidd shortly after the bell rings and he kicks Kidd. Kidd with a drop kick and he tries for the Dungeon Lock but Del Rio kicks him away. Del Rio with a tilt-a-whirl back breaker. Del Rio starts to work on the arm and he applies a rear chin lock. Tyson punches Alberto and then Del Rio misses a splash and goes through the ropes. Kidd with a kick to Del Rio’s chest.
Kidd misses a springboard elbow drop and Del Rio with a kick to the head. Del Rio tries for a Sharpshooter but Kidd is able to reverse it and he applies the Sharpshooter. Del Rio tries to get to the ropes and he is able to get there. Kidd misses a leg drop on the apron and Del Rio hyperextends the arm in the ropes and then he floats over and applies the cross arm breaker and Kidd taps out.
Winner: Alberto Del Rio
After the match, Del Rio asks Sheamus if he is watching this because he just destroyed a Canadian peasant. That is nothing compared to what he is going to do to him at Night of Champions. He already lost the Brogue Kick. Now he is going to lose the World Title.
We go to Michael Cole at the announce table and he provides an update on Jerry Lawler. He mentions that Lawler was stretchered to the back and he is receiving medical attention. Cole makes sure that people know that this is not part of the show. Cole says that they will provide updates as they come.
We are back and we will find out who will face Antonio Cesaro at Night of Champions during the pre-show in a Number One Contender Battle Royal.
Match Number Eight: Sheamus versus David Otunga
Otunga charges after Sheamus and he kicks him and then connects with a series of forearms and kicks. Otunga slaps Sheamus but Sheamus with a shoulder tackle and knees to Otunga that send him to the apron. Sheamus with forearms to the chest with Otunga on the apron. Sheamus with the uranage back breaker and then he looks around and he applies the Cloverleaf and Otunga taps out.
Winner: Sheamus
After the match, Sheamus leaves the ring and then he comes back to the ring and he looks around the fans want a Brogue Kick. Sheamus signals for the Brogue Kick and he connects and sends Otunga to the mat in a heap.
AJ Lee comes out and says that Sheamus has defied authority.
Booker T interrupts, having no authority on Raw. He tells AJ that he doesn’t know what AJ is going to say, but this is World Championship business. He tells Sheamus that he shouldn’t be using the Brogue Kick in light of his internal investigation. This won’t look good for Sheamus. Booker tells Sheamus that if he chooses to use the Brogue Kick in any situation before his internal investigation is completed, he will be stripped of the World Title.
Rey Mysterio and Bret Hart are talking in the back as we go to commercial.
We are back with an Earlier Tonight moment during the Kane and Daniel Bryan match when Kane choke slammed Bryan to get them the number one contender spot.
We see Truth and Kofi Touting it out.
Kane and Daniel Bryan are arguing. Kane reminds them that they won. Doctor Shelby says that they have triumphed because they worked as a team. Bryan says that he did not appreciate the choke slam, but he did win the match. Bryan says that he could like the team of Daniel Bryan and Kane. Kane says that it should be Kane and Daniel Bryan. Then he suggests that it should be Kane and the eviscerated body of Daniel Bryan. Dr. Shelby suggests that they should be called Team Friendship and Kane and Bryan tell him no.
It is time to run through the card for Night of Champions.
Michael Cole reminds everyone that this is not part of the show. He mentions that Jerry Lawler passed out during one of the matches at the announce table. Jerry was taken to the back to have CPR. He is at a hospital and he is breathing on his own. Cole says that it is still a serious situation. He says that his prayers are with Jerry and there will be no further commentary on the show.
Match Number Nine: Rey Mysterio versus Cody Rhodes
Cody with a waist lock but Rey with a kick to the face. Cody with a drop down uppercut for a near fall. Cody punches Rey and connects with a series of knees and a kick to the head for a near fall. Cody with a punch to Rey and he pushes him to the mat. Cody with a gourdbuster and then he kicks Rey in the head. Cody chokes Rey and then he kicks him in the ribs.
Rey with kicks to Cody but Cody with a chin lock. Rey with kicks and Cody goes to the floor. Rey with a rana from the apron. Rey sends Cody back into the ring and then he tries for a head scissors using the ropes but Cody counters and he hits Beautiful Disaster for a near fall. Cody kicks Rey in the chest.
Cody charges into the corner but Rey moves and Cody hits the ring post with his shoulder. Rey with a head scissors and a bulldog out of a wheelbarrow for a near fall. Rey with a kick to the had and Cody goes down. Rey gets a near fall. Rey goes up top for a seated splash. Cody with a kick and he tries for a power bomb but Rey escapes and he kicks Cody.
Rey with a drop kick and Cody falls into the ropes. Miz tries to interfere and Rey with a drop kick through the ropes. Cody hits Cross Rhodes for the three count.
Winner: Cody Rhodes
After the match, Miz stands over Rey with the Intercontinental Title belt and then Miz is about to hit the Skull Crushing Finale on Rey but Cody hits Cross Rhodes on Miz and holds the Intercontinental Title Belt and then drops it on Miz before leaving the ring.
John Cena is walking in the back as we go to commercial.
We are back and Michael Cole is giving a medical update on Jerry Lawler’s condition. Michael says that Jerry is now more responsive and he is reacting to lights. He is in the isolated part of the ER and awaiting a CAT scan. He says that Jerry is fighting hard and he hopes to give us a further update on his condition.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Bret Hart comes out for his interview with John Cena. John thanks Bret for the opportunity for the interview.
Bret says that he has been watching the feud between John Cena and CM Punk and he sees a lot of similarities between him and Shawn Michaels. They had mutual respect for a while, but then it became a rivalry over the title that almost ruined their lives.
Bret says that he sees a lot of him in John Cena. He sees a lot of the old Shawn Michaels when he looks at Punk.
Cena thanks Bret for mentioning him in the same breath as Shawn and Bret. He has some work to do to get to that level. Comparing Punk to Shawn, Shawn was always himself. If Shawn was acting like a jerk, he meant it. Punk is an insecure guy who has to show that he is the best.
Bret is someone who stands for something. CM Punk is just a desperate and delusional young man who feels that leather and gold by any means necessary means respect.
Bret wants to know what Cena is going to do to shut up this phony little punk.
Punk wants to know what Bret was saying by calling him phony.
Cena asks Punk if it irritates him that Bret called him a phony. If it brings him to the ring, he will call him a phony again. Punk has forty feet and three ropes between him and the worst decision of his life.
Punk wonders if that is the pot calling the kettle black. The biggest phony is pointing his finger at the WWE Champion. Punk says that he will do what he wants and he has decided to stand up for his name against such rampant disrespect. Punk says that it breaks his heart to see the Hitman and John Cena in the ring together because they are so much alike. Punk says that this is not a good thing.
Both men were champions but they were passed by someone far superior to them. Punk says that he is talking about himself when it comes to Cena and he is talking about Shawn Michaels when it comes to Bret Hart. Punk says that he is better than Shawn Michaels so there is no way that they can compare him to Shawn.
Punk says that he is better than the hillbilly that Bret made tap out to the Sharpshooter at Wrestlemania 13. He is also better than the Rock and he showed it in the ring. He did in one night what Cena couldn’t do to Rock in a year. He is the best wrestler, talker, technician, and brawler. He does not say this from a place of insecurity. He says it because he is it. That makes him anything but a phony.
Cena says that last statement makes him a liar, hypocrite and a scumbag. Montreal is a very honest city. For years, WWE has referred to this building as Bizarro World, but they are just honest. Tonight, he is going to take a lesson from Montreal and hit Punk in the face with a dose of truth.
For 300 days, CM Punk has been the WWE Champion and that title has been irrelevant for 300 days. Month after month, he has not been in the main event. It is no conspiracy. Punk has been here for many years and the night he made the most noise was the night his microphone was turned silent.
Punk would talk about change and then on that one night in Chicago, the WWE Universe said that they would get change. They were lied to. Change was not ice cream or new talent, it was to make CM Punk a star. Punk does not know who he is.
Punk said that Cena would be the man he hated the most. Cena says that he went from an underdog to a favorite, but he did it as himself. He has stood on his own two feet and he has done it as himself.
Punk has changed his ideology numerous times. He has stabbed friends in the back. He steals colors from Hall of Famers and the elbow from Randy Savage because he does not know who he is. Punk thinks that because he has the title, he is justified and due respect.
At Night of Champions, he will have to search for a new identity. At Night of Champions, he is in serious jeopardy of losing the title. Cena says that Montreal has owed him a favor, so he will say something in French.
Punk says that Cena has lowered himself to their level to speak their language. The language of the locals.
Cena tells Punk that he does not lower himself to their level. He is here because of them and he calls Punk an ignorant son of a bitch. Punk says that he will win at Night of Champions, but Cena says that he will kick Punk’s ass.
Punk wants to swing at Cena but Cena pushes him away. Cena is ready for a fight but Punk figures that he will wait until Sunday so he tries to take a shot at Bret. Bret blocks the punch and he connects with a punch to Punk and Punk goes to the floor.
Michael Cole has an update on Jerry Lawler’s condition. He says that his condition is stable, he is breathing on his own, and his heart is beating on its own.
And on that bombshell . . . we go to credits.
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