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, I loved the show. Maven over Jericho = money!
Flair's possible leaving of Evolution is an interesting hook.
Double thumbs up from me. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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Great show. Loving the New Breed and Shannon winning the title. :thumbsup:
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EntertainmentNonStop.com
News and Rumors
By: Abe Linkin
WWE:TNA to go interactive? Sources within the company tell us that this idea has been floating around for the last six months. It has come up within the last few weeks. If the company were to go ahead with the idea of going interactive, it would begin a few weeks before or a few weeks after Wrestlemania 20. Just how they would do it, is unknown. Would they put out an interactive pay-per-view or maybe even an interactive edition of Raw/Smackdown.
As we get closer and closer to Wrestlemania 20, rumors of huge changes keep shooting up to the surface. From what we've been hearing, WWE:TNA could very well put things in motion sometime during or after the two upcoming PPV's. We don't know for sure if it will be through debuts of new stars, sudden face/heel turns, or even another change to the rosters. WWE:TNA is known to be a company to make changes out of nowhere, so anything is possible. A change is in the works, as we've already seen a drastic change with the title picture on Raw. Who would have thought Scott Hall would be challenging for the title this year?
Speaking of the two major titles from Raw and Smackdown. On the Raw side, it looks like we are headed towards a very long and entertaining "road to the championship", as this is the first time in years that we've seen so many possible contenders looking for a shot. The top challengers at the moment are of course Shelton Banjamin, Scott Hall, and Chris Benoit. Those not that far behind are AJ Styles, Christian, Randy Orton, Charie Haas, Jamie Noble, and Triple H. With this many superstars after the championship, it wouldn't surprise us if we saw the reurn of the 10 man Elimination Chamber. Over on the Smackdown side it's another story. Even though there is not as huge of a list of stars going after the title, those that are after it are extremely worthy of the shot. Currently John Cena is defending against Kane, but has a rough road ahead with challenger ranging from RVD, Batista, and Matt Morgan to Eddie Guerrero, Kurt Angle, and Brock Lesnar. Cena will have a tough time keeping that gold around his waist.
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Seeing how this is nothing more than a diary, I for one am not offended by any of this. I mean come on, you if you want to read the usual "Vince retires" or "Vince has a heart attack" and some "lucky kid" takes over, they are just about anywhere. This is somewhat of a fresh new way to approach a WWE without Vince/Linda diary. I think it's a good diary so far. I love to see people go to all kinds of extremes in their diary just for the sake of the art of putting together an interesting show. You my friend get a thumbs up. :thumbsup:
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With Uncensored being just a week away from this upcoming Sunday, the Intercontinental title tournament is nearly coming to an end. Mark Jindrak and Raven face off next week, while Danny Basham awaits the winner of the Big Show versus Billy Kidman match. Kidman overcame a big challenge two weeks ago when he beat Scott Steiner. The challenge standing before him is by far the most challenging to date. Kidman must defeat the seven foot tall, five hundered pound giant in order to advance to next week's match. Can Kidman his roll and defeat Show? Or will Big Show give us a repeat of last week's assault on Kidman?
Tune in live Thursday night to find out!
CONFIRMED MATCHESBig Show vs Billy Kidman
Chris Harris & Stacy Keibler vs Danny Basham & Dawn Marie
Triple X vs Howard & Terkay
Chris Nowinski vs Nova
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Monday, February 16, 2004 Results
Dark Matches
Onyx & Orlando Jordan d. Julio Dinero & Brian Lawler
Alexis Laree d. Jenny Taylor
Nick Dinsmore d. Frankie Kazarian
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Cole: Ladies and gentlemen, tonight we have a jam-packed show for you.
Cole: Just a week away from No Way Out, both Shelton Benjamin and Randy Orton will step into the ring against each other. Orton must step up against The Undertaker, while Shelton has athe chance of a lifetime, as he is one of three men challenging Chris Jericho for the WWE title.
Mathews: Also tonight, Chris Benoit will team with the Women's champion, Victoria, to take on Rob Conway and Victoria's No Way Out opponent, Trish Stratus.
Cole: Seven makes his first in-ring appearance tonight, as he faces the returning Val Venis. Val will have to watch out for James Mitchell and Mysterio at ringside.
Mathews: In what could be a preview of Wrestlemania 20's main event, Chris Jericho defends the WWE title against AJ Styles tonight.
Cole: AJ Styles could very well be heading into No Way Out to defend the WWE title instead of a Wrestlemania title shot against Christian. But if AJ was to come out champion tonight, would that in turn make Chris Jericho versus Shelton Benjamin and the two unknown opponents, a match to earn a Wrestlemania title shot?
Mathews: You make a great point there Cole. I guess we'll just have to wait and see. Also, don't forget Shane McMahon will also be announcing who will fill the two empty spots in the WWE title match, tonight. But right now we must go to the opening bout between Doug Basham and Donovan Morgan.
Doug Basham vs Donovan Morgan
(O:72%, C:71%, M:74%)
The match itself wasn't that long, but it was effective for what it was worth. Doug and Donovan went hold for hold, but Morgan took control after a few exchanges. Doug's fate was sealed when Morgan hit him with a devastating head and arm suplex. Morgan pulls Doug up from the mat and nailed him with the Chickenwing Michinoku Power Driver. The referee dropped down and made the easy three count.
Winner: Donovan Morgan
Donovan Morgan got up to his feet and looked as intense winning, as he did through out the entire match. The referee didn't raise his arm, most likely due to fear of what Morgan would do. The referee left the ring and Morgan just looked down at Basham. Morgan went to a corner and raised his arms up in the air, much to the delight of the crowd. Morgan leaped out of the ring and we cut to the back.
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Legend Killer's Arrival
(O:80%)
In the back we see The Coach rushing towards the parking lot. As he gets there, we see Evolution stepping out of a black, stretch limo. Randy Orton and Ric Flair are the first two to exit the limo, followed by Torrie & Maven, then Kazarian & Shane. Coach walks up to Randy and begins to ask him questions.
Coach: Randy, I need a moment of your time. The fans want to know your thoughts on facing Shelton Benjamin later on tonight.
Orton looks at Coach with a slightly blank look on his face. The expression changes quickly into one of anger.
Coach: I take it that you didn't know you were wrestling tonight, much less Shelton?
Orton keeps staring at Coach with the same angry look on his face. This begins to make Coach a little worried. Flair pats Orton on the back and then the look of anger goes away. Orton cracks a somewhat cocky smile.
Orton: Listen Coach, it doesn't matter if it's Shelton Benjamin tonight, or The Undertaker next Tuesday. The fact of the matter is, the legend killer is unstoppable. I mean look at my record at the moment. I have beaten them all. Benoit, Guerrero, Angle, Cena, you name them and I've taken them down. I'm on a roll and the legend killer tour starts up once again once I've destroyed The Undertaker. But tonight, Shelton Benjamin is nothing more than a warm-up for me.
Coach: Well no disrespect Randy, but you should take Shelton a little more seriously than just a warm-up. He does have a few victories over current WWE champion, Chris Jericho.
Flair: Coach, does it look like the legend killer here cares about some victories that Benjamin has over Jericho?! No, he does not! WOOOOO!
Flair does a short strut and comes back to Orton's side.
Coach: Well obviously not, but still the question needs to be asked, are you looking to far ahead to your match with The Undertaker, which could hurt your chances of coming out victorious tonight?
Orton: Coach, you are getting on my final nerve here, so you need to watch what you say to me. As for looking ahead, yes I am. The biggest match in my career is upon me, so I need to concentrate everything I have towards that match. And Coach, I'm gonna make a huge announcement right now. At No Way Out, I will prove to you, the fans around the world, and to Taker himself that I am indeed a legend killer, because I will do it on my own. Evolution will not be at ringside at all!
Flair: Are you sure about this Randy?
Orton: Ric, I'm as sure as ever that I can do this. So if you have nothing else Coach, we're out of here.
Orton and Evolution begin to walk towards the door to enter the arena. As the crew is walking, Flair stops and turns around. Flair goes over to Coach and smiles.
Flair: Oh yeah Coach, like I tell my girls, I like a little ass, not a smart ass.
With that said, Flair clocks Coach with a right hand. Flair begins to laugh and walks away. As Coach lays on the ground, holding on to his jaw, we fade out to a commercial break.
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Johnny Stamboli vs Johnny Blaze
(O:72%, C:73%, M:70%)
We returned from commercial break and the match got under way. Stamboli dominated the match early on, but a small mistake gave Blaze the chance to take control. Blaze worked on Stamboli's leg for a while, but Stamboli began to mount a comeback. Blaze tried to hit him with the Light It Up DDT, but Stamboli countered it into a release Northern Lights Suplex. Blaze got up to his feet and Stamboli lifted Blaze up into a press slam. With the crowd going wild, Stamboli dropped him onto his shoulder and hit a powerslam. Blaze kicked out at two and Stamboli prepared to finish him off. When Blaze got up, Stamboli caught him and hits the Fugettabout It. Stamboli makes the cover, 1.......2.......3!
Winner: Johnny Stamboli
Torrie comes down to ringside and slides into the ring. Stamboli looks at her and appears to be confused. Torrie walks around him and rubs his chest and back, then goes around and stands in front of him and runs her hand down his arms. While this is going on, Maven leaps over the guard rail and slides into the ring and attacks Stamboli from behind. Torrie laughs on as Maven stomps away on The Bull. The crowd pops when a woman wearing a Yakees cap jumps out of the crowd and slides into the ring. The woman spears Torrie down and this distracts Maven. He goes over and pulls her off Torrie by the hair. This causes the cap to fall off and we see that it's Trinity. As Maven tries to strike Trinity, Stamboli has gotten up to his feet and he pulls Maven away. Stamboli punches away on the Evolution member and then clotheslines him over the top rope. As Trinity tries to catche Torrie again, she rolls out fo the ring and goes over to Maven. Trinity and Stamboli stand tall in the ring with their arms in the air. As the fans cheer them on, we cut to the backstage area.
[Johnny Blaze +1 Overness]
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Time for Payback
(O:86%)
Jamie Noble is shown walking into his locker room. As he enters, we see that the locker room has been trashed. Noble goes over and kicks things away and looks for his things. He sees that nothing is missing, so he looks around some more to see if the person is still in there. He finds nobody, so picks up his stuff from the floor and then sees that there is a note taped onto his gym bag. Noble pulls it off and we see that it says, "The Game is now officially on!" Noble realizes that it was more than likely Triple H who did the trashing. As he is about to clean up, there is a knock on the door.
Noble: Damn it, now what!! What the hell do you want?!!
Noble swings the door open, but before he can see anything, Triple H charges in and tackles him down. H begins to lay in with hard punches. Noble manages to get away, but H grabs him from behind and slams him into the wall. Noble staggers back and H grabs him again and tosses him into the wall, which gets busted up when Noble flies through it. H opens the door and goes out after Noble. He lifts him up and nails him with a Pedigree. Before H can do more harm, officials come over and pull him away from the US champion. We fade out to commercial as H tries to go back to attack Noble.
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Chris Jericho vs AJ Styles [WWE Championship]
(O:95%, C:90%, M:100%)
A shocker to the fans, the WWE championship match came on early on in the show. Both Jericho and Styles brought their best to the table. The fans were on the edge of their seat through the entire match. Jericho and Styles both took turns controlling the match. Half way through the bout, Jericho used an illegal low blow to take full control. Styles began to mount a comeback and it got him a couple near falls. Ten minutes into the match, Jericho ducked a clothesline attempt from Styles and the referee was knocked out of the ring. Jericho slid out of the ring as Styles checked on the referee. Jericho grabbed his WWE title and slid in and layed in the ring waiting for Styles. Without knowing the Jericho has the title, Styles lifted the referee up and rolled him back into the ring. As Styles is about to slide into the ring, Christian comes running down the ramp. Styles lifts Jericho up and manages to see the belt shot coming and drops down out of the way. Jericho tries again, but Styles knocks the belt out of his hands. As Styles tries to grab Jericho, he gets kicked low by the champion. Styles drops down to his knees in pain. Christian slides into the ring and attacks the champion. Jericho staggers back and tries to exit the ring, but can't. Christian sets Jericho up for the Unprettier, but Jericho drops down and escapes Christians grasp. Jericho rolls back and shoves Styles towards Christian's back. Christian feels someone behind him, so he reaches back and nails an Unprettier. Unknowingly, he hits it on Styles. Jericho picks Christian up and drives him into the ring post and then tosses him out of the ring. Jericho runs over Styles and leaps to the middle rope and springs off with the Lionsault. The referee slowly begins to count, 1..........2.........3!
Winner: Chris Jericho
Christian pulls himself up by grabbing on to the apron. He looks on as Jericho grabs his belt and rolls out of the ring with a huge smirk on his face. Jericho taunts Christian as he makes his way up the ramp. Before Jericho can make it to the top of the stage, we hear "Marvelous Me" plays. The crowd goes wild at the sound of the song and Jericho's eyes widen. He turns around and looks for someone to come out of the entry way, but nobody comes out. On the titantron we see, "The Bad Guy returns......at No Way Out!. The crowd erupts at the sight of the message on the tron. Many "Hall" chants break out throughout the arena. As Styles rolls over to his stomach, we fade out to a video hyping up No Way Out.
[Chris Jericho +1 Overness]
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It All Hits the Fan
(O:84%)
We return from the No Way Out video and see Styles and Christian arguing. The two scream out at each other and it then leads to Styles charging in with his shoulder into Christian and drives him intot he wall. The two exchange blows and then Christian tackles Styles down to the floor. Styles muscles Christian off himself and then leaps up to his feet. Christian charges at Styles, but ends up taking a spinning heel kick. Styles lifts Christian up and tries to hit a Styles Clash, but Christian manages to escape it. Christian tries to hit an Unprettier on Styles, but gets shoves into the wall. As the two continue to brawl, security and officials rush to the scene and pull the two apart.
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Seven (w/Mysterio) vs Val Venis
(O:85%, C:84%, M:86%)
As we cut to a shot of the arena, we see Seven beating on Val Venis on the ramp. Venis is busted open and Seven jerks him up to his feet and tosses him down the ramp. Seven rolls Venis into the ring and the referee calls for the bell. This match lasted no more than a minute and a half. Seven dominated the entire match and hit Venis with a few hard hitting moves. Venis looked pretty much knocked out, but Seven lifted him up and nailed him with the Sinner Shot. The referee dropped down when Seven made the cover and counted the three count.
Winner: Seven
The lights dimmed down as Seven picked up the win. The titantron lights up and a message appears, "Five more souls will be collected, then the apocalypse will arrive!". The tron fades to static and then the face of James Mitchell appears. He begins to laugh sinisterly as we fade to a commercial break.
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Full No Way Out Card Announced
(O:86%)
As we return from commercial break, we see Shane McMahon sitting in his office.
Shane: Ladies and gentlemen, as you know No Way Out is next Tuesday night. I have just signed a huge six man tag match due to the actions of Maven and Evolution tonight. Also, our WWE title match has taken a huge blow over the last few days, as Edge has been sidelined with an injury and Shane Douglas has left the company. This left us with a void to fill. We could have gone simply with Shelton Benjamin versus Chris Jericho, but we felt that all the hype for a four way match should not be wasted. With that said, we took a close look at our roster and their win/loss records and decided that one person stood tall over all the rest and deserved to be in this match. That man is none other than Chris Benoit. This now leaves one more spot to fill in the match, so I looked for someone deserving of the shot, but a lot of the men in the roster need to prove to me that they deserve it. So I contacted a close friend and he agreed to come to No Way Out and take part in this match. Ladies and gentlemen, the fourth man in the WWE title match is the one, the only, Scott Hall!
With that announcement said, a video rundown of the entire card plays.
As the video ends, we see the superstars involved in the following match make their way down to the ring.
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Chris Benoit & Victoria vs Rob Conway & Trish Stratus
(O:85%, C:86%, M:85%)
The match was a lot better than people would expect. The divas were giving their all tonight and the fans showed them great respect for the effort. Conway and Benoit put on one of the greatest performances of their own. The two men showed signs of having what it takes to be contenders for the WWE title. Victoria and Trish battled to the outside, which brought Conway and Benoit into the ring. The two traded blows for a bit, but it all came to a sudden end, as Benoit caught Conway out of nowhere with a Crippler Crossface.
Winners: Chris Benoit & Victoria
Conway rolled out of the ring, holding on to his arm. Trish helped him up the ramp, but the whole time she looked back and traded words with Victoria. Benoit and Victoria celebrated their victoriy in the ring. Chris Jericho came out to the stage and looked down at the ring and locked eyes with Benoit. The two stared at each other as we cut to the last commercial break of the night.
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Randy Orton vs Shelton Benjamin
Match - (O:89%, C:87%, M:91%)
Aftermath - (O:90%)
When we returned from commercial break, the two men made their way down to the ring. Shelton and Orton went face to face, but Orton pulled the old thumb to the eye trick and got the early advantage. Orton dominated Shelton for a good five minutes, but then he began to mount the classic comeback. Orton was surprised at Shelton's comeback. Orton tried to hit a quick RKO, but Shelton countered it into a back roll up. Orton kicked out with just a split second before the referee came down for the three count. Flair tried to get involved, but Shelton knocked him off the apron.
Winner: No Contest
As Shelton and Orton continue to do battle, the lights go out and a gong is heard. A bright purple spotlight shines over the ring. At this time, both Shelton and Orton have stopped fighting. A figure emerges from the entry way and this brings an extremely scared look to the face of Orton. Shelton looks on, but is struck from behind by Jericho, who came out from the crowd. The referee doesn't know what to do, so he allows everything to go on. Orton looks on and then sees the figure walking towards the ramp, so he runs out of the ring and leaps over the guard rail. Orton runs through the crowd and disappears through one of the exits. The figure on the ramp waves his hand, as if calling for the lights, and they come on. The crowd pops when they see that the person in the dark was Chris Benoit wearing a coat. Benoit sprints down to the ring and attacks Jericho. The two trade blows as the WWE:TNA copyright logo comes on the screen. The show goes off the air with a final shot of Benoit applying the Crossface on Jericho.
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Overall Rating: 87%
TV Rating: 5.88
People in Attendance: 10,020
Ticket Sales: $400,800
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EntertainmentNonStop.com
News and Rumors
By: Nathaniel Demerest
As it stands right now, with Edge out for another year and Shane Douglas walking out, the WWE title match at No Way Out is still being promoted as a four way match. WWE:TNA will more than likely move two other contenders to the WWE title up for that match. With AJ Styles and Christian set to battle for the shot at a the WWE title at Wrestlemania 20, don't expect them to be part of the match. The most likely candidates are Chris Benoit, Billy Gunn, Matt Hardy, Rob Conway, and Maven.
Now, speaking of the much talked about walk-out just two days ago, we've gotten confirmation of all the stars that decided to walk-out. The already announced superstars were Tommy Dreamer, Bubba Ray & D-Von Dudley, Shane Douglas, and Cibernetico. But those that were not known until now are CM Punk, Low Ki, Tajiri, and Sean O'Haire. The reason behind the newly revealed four superstars are unknown. Low Ki and Tajiri had just been paired together and it had been the first time back on TV for Low Ki since winning the Super J tournament. O'Haire was set to move back into the heavyweight title picture, so like Douglas, it's strange that he would walk out with a push just coming to him.
A few days ago we reported that WWE:TNA might be contacting former WWE superstars that are now considered legends, for a possible match with Randy Orton at Wrestlemania 20. Well we've gotten word from a reliable source that the rumored names were way off and that in fact a legend has been contacted and he has agreed to the proposed match. The source would not reveal who the legend is, but did let us know that he is a former WWE champion, as well as a former Intercontinental champion.
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A few weeks ago James Mitchell promised that the apocalypse was coming. He informed us that there would be seven to bring forth that promised apocalypse. We've been told by the sinister Minister himself, that Seven and Mysterio are the first of those seven. What will they have in store for the rest of the locker room this coming Monday? Will another one of those seven be revealed? Only James Mitchell himself could answe that, but he isn't talking. Tune in Monday night to find out.
CONFIRMED MATCHESAJ Styles vs Chris Jericho [WWE Title Match]
Doug Basham vs Donovan Morgan
Johnny Stamboli vs Johnny Blaze
PLUS
An update as to just who will compete in the WWE title match at No Way Out
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Thursday, February 12, 2004
Dark Matches
Matt Cross d. Jerrelle Clark
Josh Prohibition d. Joey Matthews
Big Show d. Bobby Roode & Sylvain Grenier
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As the explosions come to an end, "Love Dump" by Static X comes on and Steven Richards comes out for his first round match in the Intercontinental title tournament. His opponent will be Danny Basham, who is not known much for his singles career, as he and Doug have mostly been a tag team since their debut. After both men have made their entrance and the referee makes sure that no illegal objects have been brought to the ring, he calls for the opening bell.
Danny Basham vs Steven Richards
O:63% C:74% M:64%
An evenly matches bout from these two superstars. They went back and forth for a good amount a time, but the advantage went to Basham once Dawn Marie made her way down to the ring and distracted Richards. Basham worked Richards over for a few more minutes and then began setting up for the finish. Basham took Richards to the second rope and hit him with an elevated Russian Leg Sweep. Basham floated over and made the cover, 1.....2.....3!
Winner: Danny Basham
Danny Basham got his hand raised and has advanced to the next round in the Intercontinental title tournament. Dawn Marie came into the ring and celebrated with Basham. The two continued to taunt the crowd in the ring for a while.
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A Moment for Payback
O:93%
We cut to the back and see Paul Heyman in the parking lot. Heyman is walking back and forth, as he talks on his cell phone. He screams and yells at the person on the other end of the phone. After a few seconds he, he gives one final, loud yell and tosses his phone to the ground. Heyman doesn't look to be in such a great mood. As he is walking towards the door to enter the arena, a car pulls up in front of him. Heyman loocks at the car and wonders who is in it. As the door opens, Heyman's eyes wided when Eddie Guerrero shoots out of the door and dives at him. Eddie tackles Heyman to the ground and prepares to attack him.
Heyman: Help! HELP!!!
Eddie: You can scream all you want ése, nobody is coming to help you.
Eddie, with a huge grin on his face, punches Heyman a couple times.Before Eddie can do some serious damage, the arena door opens and out comes Rob Van Dam with a couple police officers. Eddie tries to fight them off, but gets taken down and pinned to the ground and then cuffed. The officers pull him up to his feet. Eddie tries to kick Heyman, but gets dragged away from both RVD and Heyman. The officers slam Eddie onto the hood of a nearby car and wait for another officer to pull up in a squad car. The officers go through with placing Eddie withing the car. RVD knocks on the drivers window and asks him to roll down the back window so he can say something to Eddie.
RVD: Tough break Eddie, but I guess you're used to jail cells. I mean you can't be a liar, cheater, and stealer without having done time atleast once. You have a good night Eddie, and I hope you enjoy your night in prison. Oh and dude, don't worry about Chavo........we'll take good care of him tonight.
RVD flashes a cocky smile before walking away from the squad car. As the police officers clear out and the squad car leaves, we see Paul Heyman still standing there thinking about something. After a few seconds, he smiles while rubbing his cheek and then walks off laughing out loud. We fade out to the first commercial break of the night.
[Eddie Guerrero +2 Overness; Rob Van Dam +1 Overness]
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Paul London vs Kendo Kashini
O:752 C:72% M:90%
We returned from commercial break as the next match go under way. Paul London took control of this match early on and the momentum never shifted. London worked Kashin over and hit all his usual spots and moves. The crowd popped big time for the dropsault off the top rope. London hits Kashin with a lifting powerbomb, which set up Kashin perfectly in the middle of the ring. London leaped up to the top rope and then leaped off with the London Calling. The referee drops down to the mat and makes the count, 1......2......3!
Winner: Paul London
Paul London gets his arm raised and then is handed his Cruiser-X title. London looks into the camera and tells Jeff Hardy that he'll be waiting for him at Uncensored. As London leaps out of the ring, we cut to the back and see Eric Bischoff walking out of his office. Bischoff walks past some crew guys and then comes up to the locker room door and pauses for a second.
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Bringing the Pain Tonight?
O:88%
Eric Bischoff opens the locker room door and enters. Brock, who was sitting, pops up to his feet and goes towards Bischoff. Bischoff tells him to calm down and Brock backs down a little, but still looks to be in a bad mood. Bischoff clears his throat and looks right at Brock.
Bischoff: Listen Brock, I know you and Batista can't help but go at each other like two bulls, so I took it upon myself to make sure that Batista was not allowed in the arena tonight. Tonight all you have to worry about is your match with Kane. Save all your anger for Batista until Uncensored and unleash it there.
Brock: Eric, I can't promise to keep my anger buried until the pay-per-view. If I see Batista anywhere, it's going down right there and then. So if he decides to show up tonight, it's gonna happen here. If he shows up at the airport, then all hell will break loose there. It doesn't matter where it is, I will get my hands on that son of a bitch! But as for Kane tonight, he's gonna feel the pain. And if the Dangerous Alliance decides to come down to the ring, they will feel it too!
Brock walks past Bischoff and exits the locker room. Bischoff just stands there looking worried as to just what Brock may do later on in the show. As Bischoff turns to exit the room, we fade out to another commercial break.
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Tom Howard vs Christopher Daniels
O:72% C:71% M:74%
As we returned from commercial break, we see Tom Howard beating on Christopher Daniels. The match had just begun thirthy seconds before we returned. About a minute into the match, Daniels set up to hit the Last Rites, but Sylvester Terkay slid into the ring and attacked the Fallen Angel. The referee called for the bell quickly.
Winner: Christopher Daniels via DQ
Howard and Terkay began to completely assault Daniels. The fans booed heavily with every blow they landed on Daniels. The crowd out of nowhere went wild as someone slid into the ring with a steel chair. The man cracked Howard in the back with the chair and the blasted Terkay in the face with it. As both Howard and Terkay rolled out of the ring, we se that the man is none other than "Primetime" Elix Skipper! Primetime screams at Howard and Terkay to get back in the ring, but they opt to simply walk up the ramp and head to the back to think up a plan. Primetime helps Daniels up to his feet. The two stare each other down, but then they extend their arms and shake hands. The crowd goes nuts when the two raise their arms in the air and give the Triple X sign.
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Next Week on Smackdown
O:80%
As Daniels and Skipper exit the ring, we fade out to a video to hype next weeks show plays. We get a rundown of some matches that will happen on the show:
- "Wildcat" Chris Harris teams with the newest Playboy bunny, Stacy Keibler, as they take on Danny Basham and Dawn Marie.
- Billy Kidman takes on yet another challenge, this time it's the 7 foot, 500 pound Big Show.
- Tom Howard and Sylvester Terkay take on Christopher Daniels and "Primetime" Elix Skipper.
- Christopher Nowinski returns to the ring.
The video comes to an end and we come back to a shot of Chavo Guerrero making his way down to the ring. The crowd gives him a good reaction. The fans the quickly begin to boo when "One of a Kind" hits and out come Rob Van Dam and Paul Heyman
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Rob Van Dam vs Chavo Guerrero
O:80% C:84% M:93%
Match didn't go too long. Chavo got in some good offense, but RVD countered back with some offense of his own. Chavo takes control of the match and begins to wear Mr. Thursday Night down, but a well timed distraction by Heyman gives RVD the chance to take Chavo down and dominate the rest of the match. RVD hits all his signature spots and even a vicious Rolling Thunder. RVD leaps up to the top rope and hits a Five Star Frog Splash. The referee drops down to count, 1......2......NO! RVD pulls Chavo's head up. The referee tells RVD to just pin him. RVD goes up to the top and comes off with another Five Star. RVD rolls off Chavo before the ref can get down to count and goes to the top once more. RVD hits a third Five Star and the referee drops down and counts again, 1......2.....3!
Winner: Rob Van Dam
The ref tries to raise RVD's arm, but gets shoved down to the mat. The ref rolls out of the ring as RVD charges at him. RVD rolls out of the ring and chases the ref off. Once the referee has left ringside, RVD turns back to the ring and walks toward it. Before going in, RVD knees down and pulls the apron cover and begins pulling something out from under the ring. Some of the fans pop for what they see, as RVD pulls a ladder from under the ring. RVD slides the ladder into the ring. RVD kneels back down and this time pulls out a table. Van Dam slides the table into the ring and then slides in himself. RVD picks the table up and sets it up in the middle of the ring. RVD then pulls Chavo up and props him on top of the table. The fans boo RVD as he does his signature thumb pointing and then sets up the ladder in one of the corners. Van Dam scales up to the top rung and takes a huge leap off the ladder. RVD comes crashing down with a Five Star Frog Splash on Chavo. RVD rolls off Chavo and the completely shattered table, holding his ribs. Chavo can be heard screaming ou in pain. Paul Heyman comes into the ring with a mic in hand.
Heyman: I've said it many times and I'll say it again, nobody gets higher than Rob Van Dam. And Eddie, I know you're watching from your jail cell, so I say to you this, RVD 4:20 says he just smoked Chavo's ass!
Heyman drops the mic and leaves the ring laughing. RVD rolls out of the ring, still holding on to his ribs. The two walk up the ramp and taunt the crowd in order to draw tons of heat. As they go through the curtain, we fade out to a commercial break.
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No Laughing Matter
O:70%
As we return from the break, we see Terkay and Howard arguing about just who is to blame for the surprise attack from Elix Skipper. The two begin to blame each other for not being on the look out. As they continue, Rico and Spanky walk by laughing. This causes both Howard and Terkay to stop what they are doing and then turn to see Rico and Spanky. With a extremely hateful look on his face, Howard goes over and catches Rico and spins him around.
Howard: You find something funny? Do we ammuse you? You know what.....screw it!
Howard delivers a thunderous double clothesline on Rico and Spanky. As the two men hit the floor, Sylvester Terkay rushes over and joins in on the attack. Howard lifts Rico up and hits an overhead release belly to belly suplex. Rico crashes through some crates that were near by. Terkay lifts Spanky and tosses him hard into the wall. As Spanky staggers forward, holding on to his back, Terkay grabs him by the throat and then slams him down to the hard floor. The two men walk off, having done their damage. We then suddently cut to a shot of somewhere else in the backstage area. We see Kidman fly through a window and then lands hard on the floor. The door then opens and out walks the Big Show. Show goes over and pulls Kidman up, who is now bleeding. Show wraps his huge hand around Kidman's neck and lifts him up and slams him down with the Showstopper. Big Show leaves Kidman laying, just seconds away from his six man tag match.
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Sonny Siaki, Billy Kidman, & Raven vs Matt Morgan, Mark Jindrak, & Rene Dupree
O:70% C:75% M:80%
Everybody made their way down to the ring, except Kidman who had just been assaulted backstage moments earlier. This match unexpectedly became a handicap match. The Dangerous Alliance and Dupree dominated this match for a good portion of the time. Raven had been kept on the heels side of the ring for a long time, but once he got away and made the hot tag to Siaki, the roof came off the arena. The fans were going crazy as Siaki cleared house. On the outside of the ring, Rene Dupree drove Raven head first into the steel steps with a hard Death Valley Driver. Siaki was doing a good job of fighting the odds, but with Raven completely taken out, his chances faded quick. The numbers took their toll on Siaki and he fell to Matt Morgan's Stalling Sit-out Powerbomb. Morgan got an uncontested three count.
Winners: Matt Morgan, Mark Jindrak, & Rene Dupree
Dupree slid back into the ring and began to attack on Siaki, just like Morgan and Jindrak were already doing. The three took turns delivering blows to the helpless Siaki. As it look like the end for Siaki, Ekmo and Kimo ran down to the ring and chased of Dupree and the Dangerous Alliance members. Morgan and Jindrak laughed all the way up the ramp, while Dupree exchanged some words with Raven, who had barely started to move. The Island Boys helped Siaki up and then Ekmo went to the outside to check on Raven. We faded out to a commercial break when all four men started to walk up the ramp.
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Another Match Added to Uncensored
O:83%
As we return, we see Bischoff walking backstage. He opens a door to the Dangerous Alliance locker room and steps aside as Kane leaves. Bischoff storms in and gets in the face of Paul Heyman. RVD gets up to his feet, but Heyman tells him to calm down.
Bischoff: Listen Heyman, I don't know where you got the idea that you can do whatever you want on my show! You had Eddie Guerrero arrested, had RVD almost end Chavo Guerrero's career. Yes Heyman, Chavo is badly hurt and may never be able to wrestle again.
Heyman: Well that's just too bad, now isn't it. The risk of injury is always there, so you can't really blame us because Chavo got hurt.
Bischoff: Oh I can't? Well guess what I can do, I can fine you! But this is just your one and only warning. Next time I'm handing out suspencions.
RVD: Whoa, whoa, chill out Bischoff! There's no need to get carried away dude. You need to relax and take it easy like R-V..
Bischoff: Can it Rob! I have no advice to take from you on how to do my job! But hear me now, because your little stunt earlier has signed your match at Uncensored. You see, because you love that ladder and table you used on Chavo, I only feel it's best if you were in a match that involved them. So what I am telling right now is that at Uncensored it will be you, Rob Van Dam, taking on Eddie Guerrero....
RVD: Wait a minute Bischoff, I don't have to be in that match because....
Bischoff: Rob, you will be in that match no matter what, because I said so! It's really simple, compete or be fired! So now let me finsh what I was saying before you cut me off. You and Eddie Guerrero at Uncensored and the match will be a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match!
RVD and Heyman's eyes widen at the sound of Bischoff's announcement. Bischoff turns and exits the locker room. Heyman and RVD remain in a state of shock, while we cut to the arena where Brock Lesnar is making his entrance for the main event.
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Brock Lesnar vs Kane
O:80% C:90% M:82%
A great match put together by both men. The crowd was eating this match up and loving it. Kane got a good amount of domination in this match and Brock did as well. Kane got a couple near falls on the former world champion. Brock tried to hit the F5 a couple times, but Kane countered them all. As Brock began to mount a huge comeback, we saw the fans turning to see something and it turned out to be Batista making his way through the crowd. Brock and Kane continued to battle without knowledge of Batista's appearance. Brock countered a Tombstone attempt from Kane and muscled Kane up for the F5. As Brock turned to hit the move, he spotted Batista jumping over the protective rail. This causes Brock to drop Kane off his shoulders. Brock goes over to the ropes and opens them and calls Batista into the ring. From behind, Kane hits Brock in the back of the head with a big boot. Brock staggers back and then turns into the hands of Kane. Kane lifts Brock up and slams him down with a huge Chokeslam. Kane drops down on top of Brock, 1........2........3!
Winner:Kane
While Kane is getting his arm raised, Batista slides in and picks Brock up. Batista shoots him to the ropes and then catches him coming back with a huge spinebuster. Batista rolls out of the ring and then grabs Brock's leg and pulls him out of the ring. Batista sets Brock up for a powerbomb, but then lets him drop to the ground and goes over and makes the announcers leave the table. Batista then clears out the monitors and goesback to pick up Brock. After setting him up again, Batista passes his thumb across his throat, but Brock reverses it and back body drops Batista through the announce table. The crowd goes wild when they see this and begin to chant for Brock. Brock shakes off the pain and pulls Batista up from the table wreckage and the two exchange blows. Nothing that either man seems to keep the other one down. The two battle over the guard rail and continue the fight through the crowd yet again. Kane watches this from the ring and has a huge smile on his face. Out of nowhere, John Cena slides into the ring and Kane has no idea he's there. Kane turns around and Cena kicks him in the gut. The crowd errupts as Cena lifts Kane up for the F-U. Before Cena can hit the move, Jindrak, Morgan, and RVD come in and attack him from behind. Morgan picks Cena up and shoots him to the ropes and hits a boot to the face. Jindrak jerks Cena up and nails the Mark of Magnificence. Morgan and Jindrak grab Cena's arms and legs and extend him so RVD can have a clear shot for the Five Star. As RVD is about to leap up, he catches a glimpse of someone coming down the ring and he motions to the rest to clear out of the ring. As we see the Dangerous Alliance run out of the ring, Ron Killings, B.G. James, and Konnan slide into the ring with chairs in hand. All three men stand over Cena and keep an eye on the Dangerous Alliance. Heyman comes out to the top of the stage and calls his guys back. The show goes off the air with a shot of 3 Live Kru helping John Cena up and the Dangerous Alliance watching them.
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Overall Rating: 81%
TV Rating: 6.64
People in Attendance: 10,028
Ticket Sales: $401,120
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News and Rumors
By: Oroko Saki
We have huge breaking news concerning WWE:TNA's locker room! This is huge and it couldn't have come at a worse time. With the company heading in to two seperate pay-per-views, walk outs are not what the company needs. Bubba Ray and D-Von Dudley did not wait for their contracts to expire and simply walked out on WWE:TNA and appeared at tonights LPW TV tapings. The shocker here is that they didn't leave alone. Along with the Dudleys, Tommy Dreamer, Shane Douglas, and Cibernetico have all walked out too. Douglas is the only on to appear with the Dudleys at the LPW tapings, but Cibernetico and Dreamer apparently walked out for their own reasons. It's a huge surprise that Douglas walked out, as he was being featured on Raw, in the main event scene to boot. This is just one shattering blow to the No Way Out WWE title match.
Here is the second blow to that match. At tonight's Raw house show, Edge suffered a very serious injury and looks to be on the sideline for well over a year. In what some are calling a freak accident, Edge and Rob Conway were in the middle of a match, when Edge suddenly fell to the mat after he had just hit Conway with a spear. The theory is that Edge may have made more contact with his head instead of his shoulder. The impact must have cause some damage to his just repaired neck. The trainer and EMT's were completely confused as to just how this could have possibly happened. The word from the back is that Edge will undergo immediate surgery, and could possibly have been in his last wrestling match. It's looking more and more like it will be Jericho vs Benjamin at No Way Out.
We will keep you posted on any new developments to these two stories, as we have heard that there may have been others that walked out of WWE:TNA.
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Worldwide was great. I'm looking forward to seeing just who the "greatest wrestler in the world" is.
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News and Rumors
By: Hank Venture
There are conflicting reports floating around that WWE:TNA is in fact in talks with LPW owner, Hulk Hogan, about a possible appearance at WrestleMania 20. Some of the reports are saying that a Hulk Hogan vs Randy Savage match is again being considered, while others have him facing Randy Orton. The truth of the matter is that Hogan and WWE:TNA have not had any actual meetings, so these are just rumors, and nothing more. Further more, Hogan is scheduled to face Masahiro Chono at a New Japan Pro-Wrestling event at the Tokyo Dome, on the same night that Wrestlemania will be. By Hogan's track record we know for sure that he will pick the bigger payoff, and that's in Japan.
Now onto a somewhat related topic, there is an active search for the perfect legend to put infront of Randy Orton at Wrestlemania 20. We have heard that no matter what the outcome of the Orton vs Undertaker match at No Way Out, Orton will more than likely be facing off against another legend. At the moment, current superstars Sting, Shawn Michaels, and Triple H are the top contenders for the match. Some may disagree with those three being "legends" at this time, but the fact is that they are future hall of famers, and that is good enough. Outside of the company, it looks like WWE:TNA will be trying to get in touch with Mick Foley, Randy Savage, Hulk Hogan, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, and even possibly "Cowboy" Bob Orton.
Here's an update on the signing of new superstars by WWE:TNA. As we reported last week, Onyx and Orlando Jordan had been approached about joining the company and they signed on the dotted line. It was announced last night at the NWA Wildside tapings for their syndicated show. Onyx and Orlando Jordan came out with the tag titles and claimed that they were the champs and were gonna head on over to either Raw or Smackdown and dump them in the trash on live tv. Some people didn't like the fact that they simply ripped off the way ECW handled the Dudleys leaving for WWE a few years back. The exact same thing happened, even in the challengers. Onyx and Jordan were attacked by Balls Mahoney and Jimmy Rave, then after a referee came down to the ring Mahoney and Rave beat Onyx and OJ for the straps. To further prove that they've signed, both Onyx and OJ are set to wrestle at an OVW show in two weeks against Matt Capotelli and Johnny Jeter Keep an eye open for these two men, as they can appear at any moment.
In two weeks WWE:TNA will hold No Way Out (on a Tuesday night) and Uncensored (on the usual Sunday night), and the cards looks like this so far:
No Way Out
WWE Championship
Chris Jericho © vs Shane Douglas vs Shelton Benjamin vs Edge
United States Championship
Jamie Noble © vs Triple H
Wrestlemania Title Shot on the Line
AJ Styles vs Christian
Legend Killer Challenge
Randy Orton vs The Undertaker
Uncensored
NWA Heavyweight Championship
John Cena © vs Kane
Cruiser-X Championship
Paul London © vs Jeff Hardy
Brock Lesnar vs Batista
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Coming from a person who has done a three brand split, I like the idea and hope you can make it work (I know I couldn't, lol). I'm looking forward to Smackdown and to the first show from the Decimation brand.
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Liked what I read so far. I'll be reading this from now on. :thumbsup:
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In a shocking turn of events, Rob Van Dam did the unthinkable and joined Paul Heyman's Dangerous Alliance. Van Dam hit not only Eddie Guerrero with a Five Star, but the Heavyweight champion John Cena as well. The Dangerous Alliance also gained Kane as a new member. Paul Heyman has put together a group that looks, and possibly is, unbeatable. But this Thursday, RVD must face the wrath of of Eddie Guerrero's nephew, Chavo. Can Chavo gain some revenge for his uncle? Or will RVD and the Dangerous Alliance add another person to their list of victims? Tune in Thursday night to find out!
CONFIRMED MATCHESRob Van Dam vs Chavo Guerrero
Tom Howard vs Christopher Daniels
Danny Basham vs Steven Richards
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Monday, February 9, 2004 Results
Dark Matches
Brian Lawler d. Julio Dinero
Molly Holly, Alexis Laree, & Simply Luscious & d. Jenny Taylor, Looney Lane, & Madison
Maven d. Donovan Morgan
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Victoria vs Nidia
(O:80%, C:84%, M:70%)
Nidia and Victoria made their entrances after the explosions came to an end. The two divas battled back and forth, with Nidia gaining the advantage after a huge mistake made by the champion. Nidia hit a couple suplexes and then went for a pin, but only got a two count. Victoria mounted a huge comeback, which brought the fans to their feet. Victoria countered a DDT attempt by Nidia and went for a backbody drop, but Nidia countered it with a forearm to the back. Nidia went for a Northern Lights Suplex, but Victoria countered with a DDT. Victoria got up to her feet and signaled that it was time for the end and picked Nidia up. The fans went wild as Victoria lifted Nidia up for the Widows Peak. As Victoria dropped down to the mat, the fans began booing and we saw that Trish Stratus was coming down to the ring. Before the referee could count even a one count, Trish got in the ring and dropped an elbow on the back of Victoria. The referee quickly called for the bell and disqualified Nidia.
Winner: Victoria via DQ
Trish picked Victoria up and hit her with a quick Stratusfaction. Trish then rolls out of the ring and grabs a chair. The referee tries to get it away from her, but Trish swings at him, causing him to run out of the ring. Trish then begins to lay into Victoria with hard chair shots to the back. Trish continues to assault the champion until a group of officials and road agents came out and pulled Victoria out of the ring. Trish stays in the ring, screaming out to Victoria. The fans continue to boo Trish as we cut to the back.
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An Awkward Meeting
(O:81%)
Backstage we see Lita walking around, looking for somebody. She peeks into a door, but it appears she doesn't find whoever she is looking for. Lita turns a corner and we see Matt Hardy standing around, talking with Shannon Moore. Lita approaches Matt and Shannon leaves.
Lita: Hey Matt, I finally found you.
Matt turns around slowly and cracks a small smile as he see Lita.
Matt: Hey Lita, what's up?
Lita smiles and just chuckles a little. There is a brief moment of awkward silence, but Lita clears her throat and gets right to what she was looking to tell Matt.
Lita: Yeah, umm, yeah Shane sent me to look for you because he has booked you to wrestle tonight.
Matt: Tonight? I thought I had the night off tonight.
Lita: I don't know, I guess you don't. All he told me was to let you know that you will be teaming with Chris Jericho and Shane Douglas. Well, I'll see you around. Good luck.
Lita turns and begins to walk off, but Matt takes a step forward and grabs her by the shoulder and stops her from leaving. Lita turns around with an uncertain look on her face. In the background, the fans can be heard letting out a mixed reaction to what they see.
Matt: Was there anything else that you wanted to say?
Lita: I don't think it's important. Besides, you need to prepare for your match later tonight.
Matt: I have plenty of time to prepare, so just come out and say what you have on your mind. Is it about us?
Lita: ........
Matt just drops his head and turns to walk away. Lita grabs Matt's arm and stops him from leaving this time. Matt turns and stares at Lita, just waiting for something to come out of her mouth. There is another moment of brief awkward silence. Lita brushes her hair away from her face and stares right at Matt as she speaks.
Lita: I know we've stayed away from each other these past few months, but I.....I can't....
Matt: Lita, I think I know what you are going to say, and I too can't stop thinking about you. I think we should get back together. How about you?
Lita continues to stare at Matt until a tear rolls down her cheek. Lita turns away from Matt and takes off running in the opposite direction. Matt watches her run, in shock. Matt then takes off after her. As Matt is seen running in the background, we cut to a commercial break.
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Test w/Traci & Heath Cameron vs Jerry Lynn
(O:85%, C:80%, M:91%)
We return from commercial break and this match is already under way. Test is dominating Lynn at the time we join the match. Test uses his strength to keep the advantage on the more experienced Lynn. After a few near falls, Test attempts to hit a Pump Handle Suplex, but Lynn slips out of the hold. Lynn spins Test around and hits him with a couple right hands and then shoots him to the ropes. As he goes to the opposite side, Traci leaps up to the apron and draws the attention of the referee. Heath Cameron on the outside grabs Lynn's foot, which causes him to stop what he's doing. He turns to swing at Heath, but he manages to move back. Lynn turns around, but walks right into a Big Boot to the face. Test drops down onto Lynn and calls out to the ref. 1.......2.......3!
Winner: Test
Test stands up and stands over the fallen Jerry Lynn. Heath Cameron rolls into the ring and picks up Lynn. The crowd boos as Cameron drives Lynn down onto the mat with the Hybrid Piledriver. Michael Cole and Josh Mathews talk about how despicable Test and Cameron are. They then let the fans know that in two weeks, Test and Heath Cameron will face Jerry Lynn and a mystery partner to crown new Raw tag team champions. We fade out to a short No Way Out video.
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No Way Out World Title Match
(O:86%)
As the video comes to an end, we see Shane McMahon in his office. Shane is wearing a neck brace due to the RKO he took last week. He is talking to somebody on the phone.
Shane: Yeah, it's all set for tonight. You'll be in the six man tag main event match. Hold on, your partners just walked into the office. Let me put you on speaker phone.
We see Charlie Haas and Edge walk into the office, so it's obvious that the person on the other end of the phone is Shelton Benjamin. Shane shakes hands with both Edge and Haas.
Shelton: So Shane 'O, the match at No Way Out is made right?
Shane: Signed, sealed, and delivered my friend. You, Edge, and Shane Douglas will challenge Chris Jericho for the WWE title. As for tonight, just get here as quickly as possible. Charlie and Edge will be waiting for you out in the parking lot to prevent any kind of ambush by Jericho and company.
Haas: Well about that Shane. I have something to take care of before heading over to the parking lot.
Haas opens the door and sprints out of the room. Edge and Shane are left wondering just what Haas meant. We fade out to a commercial break.
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William Regal vs Jeff Jarrett
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Both men made their entrances for this match. The ref called for the bel and both men locked up. Jarrett go the better of the lock up, which cause Regal to roll out to the outside. Regal walked around the ring, which drew Jarrett to come out as well. Regal ran around the other side and then rolled into the ring. Jarrett slid in, but the ref stopped him as he stood. Regal dug into his tights and pulled out a pair of brass knucks. With the referee's back to him, Regal swung and struck Jarrett with the loaded fist. Regal tossed the knucks to the outside as Jarrett dropped down to the mat. The referee looks down at Jarrett, surprised. Jarrett is completely knocked out cold. Regal makes a cocky pin and gets the easy three count.
Winner: William Regal
Before Regal can even get a chance to celebrate, Charlie Haas slides into the ring and tackles him down. Haas hits Regal with heavy rights and lefts, but the referee pulls him away. regal manages to take this chance to roll out and run to the back. Haas shoves the ref aside and jumps out of the ring as well. Haas chases after Regal while we fade out to another video for No Way Out.
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No Way Out Main Event Announced
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During the video package we also find out that we will see Jamie Noble defend the United States title against Triple H at No Way Out. Cole and Mathews then go on to tell us that Shane McMahon has signed Triple H vs Ultimo Dragon for later on in the show. The music of Shannon "All That And" Moore hits and both he and Lance Cade come out in street clothes. The two appear to be ready for the upcoming street fight. Before they can make it into the ring, the lights go out and a haunting symphony plays. A bright spotlight then appears on Cade and Moore. The two appear to be frightened by what is happening. We then see Shawn Michaels come from behind and attacks the two of them. The lights come back on and Sting comes flying down from the rafters. As Sting lands and unhooks himself, HBK tosses Moore into the ringside steps. The referee calls for the bell and the match is under way.
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Shawn Michaels & Sting vs Shannon Moore & Lance Cade
(O:82%, C:80%, M:84%)
Sting gets on Cade and punches away on him. HBK on the outside completely assaults Moore and constantly slams his head into the steps. HBK picks Moore up and shoots him to the rail, but it's reversed. HBK hits the rail hard and then Moore hits him with a superkick. Moore pulls himself together and gets up to his feet. Moore sees Sting and Cade going at it in the ring and he slides in. Moore surprises Sting from behind and clips him in the back of the leg. Cade and Moore double team Sting and then toss him out of the ring. The two leave the ring and take Sting and toss him over the rail. They follow and attack Sting, causing him to bump and stummble into fans. HBK at ringside begins to move while Cade and Moore continue to beat down on the Stinger. Cade and Moore are leading Sting towards the balcony area. Moore motions to Cade to make sure to head up there. Out of nowhere, HBK comes through the crowd and dives on the back of Cade. Cade falls to the ground after the impact and HBK stands up and chases after Moore. HBK stops half way and we see Moore run all the way up to the balcony. HBK turns and waits for Cade to get up to his feet and then hits him with Sweet Chin Music. Cade staggers back into the grasp of Sting and takes a Scorpion Death Drop. Sting makes the cover, with Moore on the balcony looking on in disbelief, 1......2......3!
Winners: Shawn Michaels & Sting
Shannon Moore watched Cade lose the match from the balcony and then just turns around and storms off. HBK and Sting make their way through the crowd, heading towards the ring. Once they make it over the protective rail, they enter the ring and celebrate. While Sting and HBK climbe the corners and pose for the crowd, we fade out to a commercial break.
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The Game?
(O:86%)
Jamie Noble is walking around backstage with a wet blonde wig on. He is wearing a Triple H shirt and has a bottle of water in hand. Noble takes a huge sip of water and then spits it in the face of a nearby member of the backstage crew. The guys walks away angry, wiping the water off his face. Noble grabs the camera man and tells him to stay focused on him.
Noble: Triple H! Listen to me, boy! You may have gotten the match at No Way Out for my title, but I'll be damned if you're going to take it from me. You're always talking about being "that damn good" and people "playing the game". Well at No Way Out, it will be a permanent game over for you, boy!
Noble removes the wig from his head and tosses it right into the camera. We cut to the arena, where "The Game" by Motorhead plays. Triple H comes out to the stage, as it is time for his match against Ultimo Dragon. H goes through his extremely long entrance and then finally Dragon's music hits. Dragon makes his way down the ramp slowly and the fans boo him all the way down.
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Triple H vs Ultimo Dragon
(O:88%, C:90%, M:85%)
Dragon begins by giving the refereel instructions to check H for illegal objects, but when the ref tries to check H, he runs at Dragon..Dragon dives out of the ring and runs half way up the ramp. The referee begins to count Dragon out and H yells at him to get back in. Dragon tells H to shut up, then slides in and pushed him and hits the ropes. Dragon comes bounces off and runs at H and tries to shoulder block him, but gets knocked down. Dragon looks up at H, who flexes and then reaches down and pulls him up. H shoots Dragon to the ropes and knocks him down with a knee to the gut. Jamie Noble walks out to the stage and then walks down the ramp slowly. The referee tells Noble to stay out of the ring and Noble replies by saying that he's just watching the match. Triple H comes over to the ropes and taunts Noble to come into the ring. While this is happening, Dragon gets his head straight and then strikes H from behind with thunderous kicks. H turns and takes a hard, stiff kick to the chin. H falls to the mat and holds his chin. Dragon kicks away on H while he's on the mat. Dragon covers, but only gets a two count. As H is trying to get up, Dragon hits a vicious, soccer player like kick to the back. H screams out in pain and then Dragon locks on the Dragon Sleeper. The referee checks on him, but H says to him that no he doesn't want to give up. The crowd begins to get beghind The Game and cheer him on as he is making his way closer to the ropes. The crowd cheers louder as H grabs the middle rope. Dragon releases the hold and strikes H down with punches, but H continues to get to his feet. The two then exchange blows and go back and forth for a few seconds. H finally gets the upper hand and knocks Dragon with a hard right shot. H shoots him to the ropes and nails him with a jumping knee to the face. The crowd goes wild as they know Triple H is getting ready to go for the kill. Noble runs around to the other side of the ring and then Nidia rushes out to ringside. Nidia tries to get in the ring, but the ref goes out and holds her off. During the confusion, Noble slides in from behind H and spinds him around. Noble hits H in the gut with a kick and nails him with a hard DDT. Dragon gets up from the mat and springs onto the middle rope and hits a springboard Asai Moonsault on H. The referee turns and sees the cover being made, so he jumps back in and counts, 1.......2.......3!!
Winner: Ultimo Dragon
Noble slides into the ring and raises his belt up in the air. Noble goes over and tries to lift Triple H up, but gets shoved away. H pops up to his feet and nails Noble with a hard clothesline. Noble gets to his feet and takes another, then another, and yet another. Noble waits and measures Noble as he's getting up. H kicks him hard in the gut and then locks on and hits the Pedigree. H gets to his feet and then picks up the United States title from the mat. H steps over and stands hovering over Noble, holding the US title up. The crowd goes wild as we fade out to a commercial break.
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The Apocalypse Draws Near
(O:95%)
As we return from break, we see Rey Mysterio coming out of the trainers office. Mysterio walks into the background and we cut to another camera in the backstage area. Mysterio comes walking around the corner and we see him about to open a door. James Mitchell comes out from the door and laughs at the sight of Mysterio.
Mitchell: Well if it isn't little Rey Mysterio. Nice to see you in the last day of your existance in your current state before the apocalypse!
Before Mysterio can even react to the comment, he gets blasted from behind by a man wearing all white. The man stomps away on Mysterio and then pulls him up off the ground. The man grabs Mysterio by the throat and then slams him against the concrete wall. Mysterio just collapses to the ground. The man in white grabs Mysterio and tries to lift him again, but Mitchell grabs his arm.
Mitchell: Seven, enough! It's time!
The man in white turns his head and nods to Mitchell, allowing us to see that it's Kevin Fertig, but it appears he is now going by the name of Seven. Seven reaches down to the floor and tugs & jerks. He finally makes a last tug and raises his arm up, showing us that he has ripped off Rey Mysterio's mask. Seven lifts Mysterio up and tosses him over his shoulder. Mitchell leads Seven into the room he had just stepped out of. As the camera man tries to follow, the door is slammed shut to keep him out. We switch around to a shot of the announcers, Michael Cole and Josh Mathews. They hype up the upcoming six man main event. They bring up the fact that all men involved in the World title match at No Way Out are involved. Both teams make their entrances and the match gets under way.
[Seven +4 Overness; Rey Mysterio +2 Overness]
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Chris Jericho, Matt Hardy, & Shane Douglas vs Shelton Benjamin, Charlie Haas, & Edge
(O:85%, C:87%, M:83%)
The match began as an all out brawl. After about two minutes of the brawl going on, the referee managed to gain control and sent the teams to their corners and the bell was finally rung. Jericho's team dominated most of the match, with them keeping Edge on their side of the ring. After a mistake from Matt, Edge dove to his corner and tagged out to Shelton. Shelton cleaned house and then went outside and chased Jericho. Austin tried getting and attack in, but Shelton blocked it. Shelton got back in the ring and went after Jericho, but took a hrad right shot to the face. Jericho tagged out to Matt and then Shelton fell back into his corner and tagged Haas in. Shelton ran at Jericho and clotheslined him over the top rope. Matt catches Haas coming in and tries to hit him with a quick Side Effect, but but Haas counters it by going behind and hits a release german suplex. Haas picks Matt up and goes for another suplex, but Matt counters with back elbows. Matt shoots Haas to the ropes and catches him with a hard kick coming back. Matt sets up for the Twist of Fate and turns his body. Before he can finish the move, Haas drops to his knees and grabs Matt's feet and pulls them. Matt falls face first to the mat and then quickly Haas pops up and locks him in the Haas of Pain. Matt can only stay in the hold for a few seconds and then taps out.
Winners: Shelton Benjamin, Charlie Haas, & Edge
Jericho manages to slide in after the tap out and nails Haas with an Enziguri. Matt rolls on the mat in pain, holding on to his leg. Jericho pulls him up and screams at him for losing the match. Matt tells Jericho that he doesn't know what happened. Jericho shoves Matt down to the mat and then pushes him out of the ring with his foot. Jericho has a fit in the ring, but it doesn't last long, as Shelton jumps into the ring and brawls with the champion. Douglas slides in and attacks Shelton from behind. Douglas and Jericho put the boots to Shelton, but out of nowhere, Douglas strikes Jericho as well. Jericho and Douglas trade blows, but then both take a double clothesline from Edge. The four men battle it out in the ring. As Haas is getting up, William Regal comes out from the back and slides in. He and Haas both start to fight as well. While the brawls are going on in the middle of the ring, we cut to a shot of the stage area. James Mitchell, Seven, and an unmasked Rey Mysterio come out and watch the brawls happening. Rey Mysterio has two horns on his forehead and by the look in his eyes, he appears to be in some kind of state of hypnosis. The three survey the ongoing brawl as the show comes to an end.
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Overall Rating: 85%
TV Rating: 5.49
People in Attendance: 10,005
Ticket Sales: $400,120
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News and Rumors
By: Johnny Cage
We have heard from sources within WWE:TNA that the Dudley Boys are not in the best of terms with the company. A few months ago the Dudleys signed a contract, but from what we hear is that it wasn't a long term contract. Our source is telling us that the contract runs up at the end of this month, at which time WWE:TNA has no plans in offering an extension or a new contract. What is a known fact to everybody, is that D-Von and Bubba were suspended a day before the Royal Rumble for not only showing up late to a house show, but starting a legit fight with Tom Howard and Sylvester Terkay after their match had ended. This incident leads us to believe that the decision to not keep them around is somewhat based on that.
Staying close to the tag division, we have news of a possible huge boost to the division. With the probable departure of the Dudleys, WWE:TNA will look to fill the void of the experience that will be lacking once they are gone. As we saw on Smackdown, the Island Boyz, Jado & Gedo, and the Ballard Brothers were brought in to the company. We have gotten word that only Kimo and Ekmo have signed contracts with the company, while the other two teams were just having a tryout. We've also gottem word from other sources that WWE:TNA has either signed or put out offers to experienced tag teams and/or former partners of current superstars. The only people we know for sure that the company has made offers to are Onyx & Orlando Jordan, who have been a steady tag team for the last year in NWA Wildside. The team is expected to sign, but their current title win may keep them from doing so anytime soon. It wouldn't surprise us if they ditched the titles and simply flocked to the big time company.
An injury update for WWE:TNA is up next. A-Train, who suffered an injury on last week's Raw is said to be doing better now. At first it was thought that he had seriously injured his leg, but it turned out to be just a deep bruise to his quad. A-Train is expected to return in a week or two, but the shocker is that there is a set plan to move him over to Smackdown. Our sources say that there are plans for a possible feud with either Big Show or Goldberg (if he signs a written contract), but only time will tell.
Nicho the Millionaire, who injured his leg seven months ago, is set to make a return after this months pay-per-views. He is expected to return to Smackdown, as he is most likely set to return to the Cruiser-X division. Also expect him to return under his alias, Psicosis, which he used in ECW and CMLL.
Also, at a house show last Monday night, Kaz Hayashi broke his leg in a match against Low Ki. From a report a fan sent in, the injury happened when Hayashi slipped off the top rope and fell all the way down to the floor on the outside. As soon as he hit, a loud scream was heard and he began holding on to his leg. The referee and Low Ki both went out and check on him. The match was stopped and EMT's came out to check on him. Hayashi is expected to be out for 7 to 8 months. A tough break for him, as both his and Kendo Kashin's contracts are up, ending the WWE:TNA/All Japan deal and they must return to All Japan Pro-Wrestling.
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At the Royal Rumble Shannon Moore picked up a victory over the Icon, Shawn Michaels thanks to the help of Lance Cade. Now Shawn Michaels gets his chance at revenge. Paired up with another legendary superstar, the man called Sting, HBK looks to write the wrongs right and possibly put an end to this ugly feud. Will it end? Or will Moore and Cade pull another fast one on the HBK? Tune in Monday night to find out!
CONFIRMED MATCHESSan Antonio Street Fight
Lance Cade & Shannon Moore vs Shawn Michaels & Sting
Test vs Jerry Lynn
William Regal vs Jeff Jarrett
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Thursday, February 5, 2004
Dark Matches
Konnan d. Christian York
Danny Basham d. Matt Cross
Josh Prohibition d. Jerrelle Clark
The show comes on the air with a video recapping the events from last week. The video is mostly dominated by the Batista surprise attack on Brock Lesnar, but we also see some footage of Howard and Terkay destroying superstars and Matt Morgan and RVD's involvement in the Angle, Kane, and Guerrero match. As the video comes to an end, we go directly to the arena, where Low Ki and Tajiri, now going by Sudden Impact, are walking down to the ring. The next team to come out to start off the tag team gauntlet for the gold is none other than the Yakuza Dragons, Kaz Hayashi and Kendo Kashin. We are reminded before the opening bell, that eliminations can happen by pinfall, submission, or over the top rope. We are also reminded that a new team will come out to the ring every minute, until all teams have come out. We also find out from Mike Tenay and Joey Styles that there may be more than six teams involved in the gauntlet.
Tag Team Gauntlet for the Gold
Low Ki & Tajiri vs Backseat Boys vs Howard & Terkay vs 3 Live Kru vs Hayashi & Kashin vs Los Maximos
O:77% C:72% M:82%
Kaz begins by drawing Tajiri, who just atwo weeks ago aligned with the Yakuza Dragons, into his corner. Kendo and Kaz double team Tajiri until Low Ki gets in and attacks both men. All four begin to brawl and Kendo ends up being kicked over the top rope by Low Ki. Kenod lands on the apron, but it doesn't look too good for him. Low Ki prepares to kick him, but Kaz dropkicks him before he can leap. Kaz tries to follow up, but Tajiri kicks him in the back of the head. Low Ki gets up and catches an unexpecting Kendo with a kick to the side of the face. Tajir then picks Kaz up and tosses him over the top rope. The two look at the tron and see that because they are alone in the ring now, the timer has been moved up to only 5 seconds left......
[Howard & Terkay Enter]
Low Ki and Tajiri prepare for the two men, as they remember the beating the two layed on them last week. Howard gets dropkicked before he can get into the ring, but Terkay manages to slide in. Terkay tries to take both men's heads off, but they duck and double team the big man. Howard comes in and charges at them, but ends up crashing into his partner. Low Ki runs to the ropes and then bounces back and nails Howard with the Tidal Crush. Terkay tries to grab Low Ki, but ends up taking the Kawada Kicks. Tajiri tries to toss Howard over the top rope, but can't manage to force him over. Low Ki locks Terkay into the Dragon Clutch, but Terkaygets to his feet. Low Ki holds on the the hold though, but Terkay backs up into the corner. As Terkay wraps his hands around the throat of Low Ki, the timer begins counting down again......
[Los Maximos Enter]
Jose and Joel come in and jump Terkay from behind. Jose grabs on to a leg and then Joel grabs the other. Low Ki tries helping, but Terkay begins clubbing all three men over the head. Terkay grabs Joel and tosses him over the top rope. He goes after Jose, but Tajiri kicks his leg and causes him to go down to a knee. Howard comes over and clotheslines Tajiri in the back of the head. Low Ki tries locking on the Dragon Clutch on Terkay again, but instead gets flipped over the top rope by Terkay. Jose climbs up to the top rope and dives at Howard, but ends up in the clutches of the big man and gets slammed down with a spinebuster. Howard covers Jose and gets the three count. Terkay grabs Tajiri and presses him up into the air and then tosses him out onto Low Ki. As Tajiri hits the floor, the timer reaches zero and out comes the next tag team......
[The Island Boyz Enter]
The live crowd is shocked, as they didn't expect Ekmo and Kimo in this match. The two big samoans slide into the ring and go toe to to with the most dominant team in WWE:TNA. The Island Boyz rock the two big men and get them close to elimination over the ropes, but it's a no go. Howard tries spinebusting Kimo, but can't lift him up. Ekmo splashes Terkay in the opposite corner and then hits him with a Samoan Drop. Kimo and Ekmo stand tall in the ring, as they have the former tag team champions down on the mat. The crowd is going wild, as it appears that there is a new dominant team on the scene. As Kimo and Ekmo go back on the attack, we see the timer reach zero again.....
[backseat Boys Enter]
Acid and Kashmere rush into the ring and go after the huge Samoans, but are quickly taken care of. Kimo lifts Acid up over his head and prepares to toss him over the top rope. Howard comes over and clotheslines him from behind, causing him to drop Acid back and then stummble over the top rope. Ekmo on the opposite side of the ring is taking it to Kashmere, but Terkay gets to his feet and splashes him in the corner. This also affects Kashmere, as Ekmo is crushed onto him by Terkay. Howard & Terkay and the Backseat Boys gang up on Ekmo and give him a vicious four on one beating. The four lift Ekmo and drag him towards the ropes and we then see the timer come on the screen.....
[ballard Brothers Enter]
The Ballards, Shane and Shannon get a mild reaction from the crowd. There are a few UPW chants started for them, but nothing major. The two slide in and go after the Backseat Boys. This leaves both Howard and Terkay on Ekmo. Shannon takes Acid and tosses him over the top rope, but he holds on to middle rope. Shane and Kashmere trade blows, with Shane gaining the upper hand. Howard motions to Terkay to continue the attack while he does something. Howard hits the ropes and then runs across the ring and charges into Shane and Kashmere. Howard takes both men towards the ropes because of the momentum and slams them into Shannon. The three men flip over and in the process take Acid along. Both teams get eliminated by Tom Howard. The crowd begins to go wild and Howard looks around at them, trying to figure out why they are cheering . We then see that Ekmo is back on his feet and is rocking Terkay with hard punches. Howard turns and sees this, so he charges over to attack Ekmo, but ends up taking a right hand. Terkay nails Ekmo in the gut with a knee, but before he can do anything else some pyro goes off at the entrance. Terkay and Howard turn their attention towards the stage and the next team comes out......
[3 Live Kru Enter]
Konnan, BG James, and Ron Killings come out and walk down to the ring. James and Killings are the only two in their ring gear, so they must be the ones going into the match. The fans are going wild for 3 Live Kru. Terkay attacks James as he enters, while Howard misses an attempt at a clothesline on Killings. Killings catches Howard with a surprise left hook and then goes to hit him with a spin wheel kick, but Howard ducks. As Killings flies over Howard, he ends up kicking Terkay in the back and this causes him to flip over the top rope. Terkay looks up, shocked at the fact that he has ben eliminated. Howard sees this and now notices that he is now in the ring with Ekmo, James, and Killings. Killings goes after Howard, while James goes against Ekmo. The action rages on and we hear Lillian announce that the last team is making it's way in a few seconds. The timer comes on and runds down to zero.......
[Gedo & Jado Enter]
Gedo and Jado slide in the ring and go on the attack on anybody that is standing. James, Ekmo, Howard, and Killings all get stuck by Jado and Gedo, but it has little to no impact on them and the four assault the team. In a matter of seconds, the four men eliminate Gedo and Jado. They then turn their attentions on each other and go back to work. Howard lifts Killings up by the throat and tosses him into the corner. As Howard is coming to squash him in the corner, Killings steps to his side and then elbows him in the back of the head. Howard. Nearly going over the ropes, Howard drops down to the mat and waits for Killings to do something. Killings stomps on the big mand and then lifts him up. As he is doing so, Howard springs up and lifts Killings onto his shoulder and sprints across the ring. Howard rams Killings into the back of James and then drops him down. Howard picks James up and drives him down with a huge chokeslam. As he is about to pick him up, Ekmo pulls Howard away and shoots him to the ropes. As he comes back, Ekmo lifts him up and slams him with a Samoan Drop. Ekmo gets to his feet and lifts James up and tosses him over the top rope. We are now down to the last three men, each one representing their team. Killings is the next one on Ekmo's sight and taks a few kicks to the back. Ekmo pulls him up and tries to lift him for a powerslam, but Killings slides off and lands behind him. Killings leaps up and hits Ekmo with a dropkick to the back, which sends the big Samoan to the ropes, but not over. Killings goes over and tries to Lift him up and over, but can't. Howard gets to his feet and sees this, so he goes over and shoves Killings aside. Howard lifts Ekmo over and eliminates him. Killings gets back up and quickly goes to attack the big man, but gets shoved away again. Howard goes to him and lifts him up, but takes an elbow to the gut. Killings backs up and kicks Howard in the gut, which he then follows with a scissors kick. The crowd pops after Killings hits the move. He gets up and does a quick dance and then pulls Howard up and towards the ropes. Killings places Howard on the top rope and tries flipping him over, but Howard is holding on. As this is going on, a person wearing an expensive looking suit and a motorcycle helmet jumps out of the crowd. He leaps up to the apron and pulls out a billy club out of his pocket. The man extends the club and then whacks Killings with it on the neck. Killings falls on Howard, knocked out. Howard then holds on to both the middle and top ropes and flips forward, bringing Killings with him and out to the outside. Howard lands on the apron and rolls in. With Killings on the floor, the referee calls for the bell and we have new tag team champions.
Winners: Howard & Terkay
The guy in suit climbs down the stairs and then leaps over the security rail again and dashes through the crowd. Sylvester Terkay comes back to the ring and helps up his partner. The referee hands them their newly won tag titles. The two hold their titles up in the air and we hear the announcers saying that something's going on in the back.
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All Hell Breaks Loose
O:84%
We cut to the back and we see Batista and Brock Lesnar being held apart by a bunch of the superstars, as well as officials and road agents. The two are screaming at each other and are trying to get free to go at each other.
Batista: You're nothing Brock! You always needed us to help you win your battles over on Raw!!
Brock: Well come over and prove it big man! Step up!!
At this very moment, General Manager Eric Bischoff walks into the scene. Bischoff doesn't look happy about what he sees and hears.
Bischoff: Listen you two, I have a lot going on and no time to deal with this kind of thing. So if you two want to get at each others throats, you can do so at Uncensored. Now if you guys could take both Mr. Lesnar to his car and make sure he leaves the arena, it would be much appreciated. As for you Batista, you are going to be in action later tonight. You will be teaming up with both Matt Morgan and Kane to take on the team of Eddie Guerrero, Kurt Angle, and John Cena. Now I know Kane won his match last week and earned the number one contendership to the Heavyweight title, but the special stipulation in the main event tonight is that if anybody from your team can pin the current champion, John Cena, they go into Unforgiven to face him for the title. Pinning Angle or Eddie will not earn that shot though, so you must pin the champion. Good luck.
Bischoff walks away as the officials and road agents release Batista. Batista still has an angry expression on his face, but it changes rapidly in an instant. Batista looks as if he is extremely pleased with what Bischoff had to say. We fade out to a commercial break as Batista walks into his locker room.
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Rene Dupree vs Matt Capotelli
O:75% C:70% M:81%
As we return from commercial break, Rene Dupree is making his entrance for his first WWE:TNA televised match since joining the main roster at the Royal Rumble. Capotelli is in the ring awaiting the French Phenom. Dupree walks into the ring and before Capotelli can even react, gets blasted by a high impact clothesline to the back. Dupree quickly removes his robe and tosses it on Capotelli. He begins to stomp away on the young Capotelli and then pulls him up. Dupree shoots him to the ropes and then nails him with a hard knee to the gut. Dupree looks up with a huge cocky grin on his face, which draws big time heat from the crowd. He goes to pick up Capotelli, but gets his arms swatted away and then takes a few fists to the face. Capotelli tries to shoot him to the ropes, but Dupree counters. Capotelli bounces off the ropes and Dupree goes for another knee, but Capotelli counters it into a roll up. The ref only manages to count to two before Dupree kicks out. Dupree pops up and drops Capotelli with a quick back elbow. Dupree picks Capotelli up and muscles him up onto his shoulders. With a rapid motion, Dupree slams Capotelli down with a Death Valley Driver. Dupree covers in a cocky manner, 1......2......3!
Winner: Rene Dupree
Before Dupree can celebrate, a bandaged up Raven comes into the ring and assaults him. Dupree tries to fight back, but Raven is far too enraged, that he almost appears to not feel the blows from Dupree. Raven kicks Dupree in the gut and goes for the Evenflow, but Dupree hits a quick punch to the ribs. Raven releases Dupree and he manages to slide out of the ring. Dupree laughs at Raven while he's backing up the ramp. Raven doesn't say a word to Dupree, just stares a hole in him. Raven turns and catches a dazed Capotelli with an Evenflow DDT, which draws a huge pop from the crowd. We fade out to the backstage area after Raven rolls out of the ring holding his ribs.
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The Legs Strike Back
O:80%
In the back we see Dawn Marie standing around, talking on her phone. After a few seconds of her talking, we see Stacy come running at Dawn and tackles her down. Stacy and Dawn slap and claw at each other, then begin to roll on the ground. Stacy manages to stay on top of Dawn and begins to continuously slap Dawn. Before Stacy can do some serious damage, Chris Harris comes running in and pulls Stacy off Dawn. Stacy screams at Harris for getting between them and then Dawn gets up. She tries to dive at Stacy, but Danny Basham comes over and pulls her away. As the two divas scream out to each other, Eric Bischoff comes into the scene and doesn't look happy.
Bischoff: Enough! Damn it! I've had it with all the in ring attacks and backstage fights! You two have a problem with each other, so settle it in the ring. And since you two seem to end up in the middle of things as of late, it will be you Chris Harris teaming with Stacy Keibler going up against Danny Basham and Dawn Marie in two weeks.
Bischoff walks off, looking extremely angry. Harris holds Stacy back, as Danny walks away with Dawn over his shoulder. We fade out to commercial break with a shot of Stacy shoving Harris' arms and walking off yelling at the top of her lungs.
[Dawn Marie +3 Overness]
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Mark Jindrak vs Sonny Siaki
O:80% C:74% M:84%
We return from commercial break and both Mark Jindrak and Sonny Siaki are already in the ring waiting for the opening bell. Siaki turns and gives his sunglasses to the ring girl. Jindrak takes the open opportunity here and goes over and drops a hard double ax handle blow to Siaki's neck. Jindrak then kicks Siaki in the face and then kicks him again in the stomach. Jindrak goes for an elbow drop, but Siaki moves out of the way and gets up. Siaki runs at Jindrak and connects with a huge clothesline. Siaki picks Jindrak and delivers a big time suplex. Jindrak lands nexthard and Siaki clobbers him with a few repeated elbow drops on the chest area. Siaki then drops a big leg drop on Jindrak. As the ref goes down to count, Heyman tugs on the ref's leg, drawing him to the outside. Siaki gets up and calls out to the referee to return. Jindrak sees the opening and hits low blow shot on Siaki. Siaki hits the mat hard and Jindrak stands up and begins stomping him down. Jindrak bashes his fist over the head of Siaki. We see that Siaki is now bleeding from his forehead. Siaki tries to get to his feet but is drop kicked down by Jindrak. Jindrak taunts the crowd and then attempts to piledrive Siaki, but it's reversed. Siaki wipes the blood off from his face and drops an elbow on the spine of Jindrak. Siaki hooks Jindrak in a camel clutch like submission hold, but there is no referee to break the hold because Heyman is up on the apron. After holding the hold on for quite some time, Siaki lets go of the hold and goes to Heyman and tosses him inside the ring. Siaki picks up Heyman and hooks him for ddt and hits it to perfection. Siaki picks up Heyman and sends out of the ring and then turns around to Jindrak, who is getting back up to his feet. Siaki hits the ropes and looks for the flipping neckbreaker. As he flips, Jindrak rolls out of the way and Siaki lands hard. He gets up slowly but walks right into the hands of the awaiting Jindrak. Mark of Magnificence! Jindrak goes for the cover, 1.....2.....3!!
Winner: Mark Jindrak
Mark Jindrak rolls out of the ring and both he and Paul Heyman walk up the ramp. The two are laughing at Sonny Siaki, who has just been bumped out of the Intercontinental title tournament. The camera follows them up the ramp and then they disappear through the curtain.
[Mark Jindrak +1 Overness]
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A Sinister Plan
O:81%
We cut to another camera shot in the back and we see Jindrak and Heyman walking down the backstage area. The two then are seen walking towards a door. Heyman opens it half way and peeks in, but blocks the view of the camera.
Heyman: Ok, it's all set! You know what to do, don't you?
A voice can be heard, but it isn't clear enough to make out who it is. Heyman closes the door and turns with a big evil smile.
Heyman: This is going to be a great night!
Heyman walks off into the background as the scene switches to a shot of The AmazingRed walking down the ramp. Red leaps into the ring and receives a good reaction from the crowd. The crowd goes silent as the lights go out for the entrance of Sean O'Haire. Once he comes out to the stage, the fans let him hear it. O'Haire doesn't bother with the fans and just slides into the ring.
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Sean O'Haire vs Amazing Red
O:72% C:71% M:74%
O'Haire runs across the ring and turns Red inside out with a hard clothesline. O'Haire jerks Red up off the apron and tosses him into the air and catches him in a rib breaker. Red rolls around the ring holding his ribs and O'Haire goes for the cover. As the ref is about to count the three, O'Haire pulls Red 's head up and breaks the cover. O'Haire pulls Red up and tosses him up onto his shoulders. The crowd knows what's coming and they begin to boo as O'Haire plants Red with the Cruel Intentions. O'Haire drives his elbow into Red's face as the he covers, 1.....2.....3!
Winner: Sean O'Haire
O'Haire has just destroyed Amazing Red in no time. O'Haire talks into the camera and says that it's almost his time, but he's not going to wait and is going to take it on his own terms. O'Haire goes back and attacks Red as we fade out to another commercial break.
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Smackdown Preview
O:88%
Before returning to the actual show, we are treated to a video preview of matches that will be happening next week. Two of the matches have actual reason for being, with one of them just seemingly being thrown together.
- Christopher Daniels battles one half of the tag team champions, Tom Howard.
- Danny Basham takes on Steven Richards in an IC title tournament first round match.
- Rob Van Dam faces Chavo Guerrero
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Scott Steiner vs Billy Kidman
O:75% C:75% M:76%
As the preview video comes to an end, we see Steiner beating Kidman down on the ramp. We are shown footage from just seconds before where Kidman is coming out to the ring and Steiner attacks him from behind. We return to live footage and Steiner kicks Kidman down the ramp. Once at the bottom, at ringside, Steiner picks Kidman up and tosses him into the ring. Kidman is on the mat and looks to be out after the beating from Steiner. The ref on the outside, slides into the ring and tries to check up on him, but Steiner tries to kick him aside, so he dives out of the way. Steiner picks Kidman up and goes to belly to belly suplex him, but Kidman pokes him in the eyes. Kidman staggers back, into the ropes. Steiner comes over, trying to clothesline him, but Kidman ducks and Steiner flies out of the ring. Kidman takes this time to catch his breath and recover from the beating. Steiner tries to bring in a chair in the ring, but the ref takes it away and slides out with it. Steiner uses this to take a low blow kick on Kidman. Billy hits the mat in pain and the ref, who returns from the outside has no idea of what just happened. Steiner rolls Kidman over and locks on the Steiner Recliner. Kidman doesn't last long in the hold and taps out..
Winner: Scott Steiner
Steiner releases Kidman and raises his arms up in the air. Before his music can even play, "I'm Back" hits and out comes Eric Bischoff. As he has been all night, he appears to be in a bad mood.
Bischoff: No, no, no! I will not have this happening, not in this tournament! Referee, Scott Steiner hit Billy Kidman with a low blow while your back was turned, thus Billy was in too much pain to even hold on in the Recliner. So I am making a decision here, and you will restart this match! And Scott, if you try something like that again, I will personally come out and disqualify you myself!
The crowd goes wild after what Bischoff had to say. Steiner quickly turns around and goes over to assault Kidman. By this time, Kidman has somewhat recovered, so he fights back. Kidman starts to get an advantage and rocks Steiner back. As Kidman goes to shoot Steiner to the ropes, Steiner knees him in the gut and then hits a t-bone suplex. Steiner goes to cover, but only gets a two count, as Kidman's foot had landed on the bottom rope. Steiner rolls Kidman over and drags him to the middle of the ring and goes for the Steiner Recliner. Kidman whips his head back as Steiner goes to lock his arms, so he hits him in the chest. Steiner tries to go back and lock his arms around Kidman's neck, but gets taken down by Kidman, who pulls on Steiner's legs. Kidman falls back on Steiner and holds onto Steiner's legs for dear life, 1.......2.......3!.
Winner: Billy Kidman
Kidman gets of Steiner quickly and rolls out of the ring. He rumps up the ramp and celebrates at the top of the stage. Steiner in the ring has a fit and shoves the ref out of the ring. Steiner goes outside and shoves the time keeper and then chases Joey Styles out of the announcers area. We fade out to another commercial break with a shot of Kidman on the stage with his arms in the air.
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The Return of Imagi-Nation
O:80%
Mike Tenay and Joey Styles hype up the return of Jeff Hardy to the NWA & Smackdown. They go on about how the match between Hardy and Paul London will be a match that will go down in history as one of the best for the company. We then cut to the back, where we see a split screen shot of both teams making their way down to the ring for the main event Cena and Eddie are the only two walking down for their team. The split screen goes to a direct shot of Cena and Eddie, as Dean Malenko comes over and lets them know that Kurt Angle has been found layed out in the parking lot. He then lets them know that he has been taken to the hospital, so they'r gonna have to go out without him.
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John Cena, Kurt Angle, & Eddie Guerrero vs Batista, Kane, & Matt Morgan
O:86% C:88% M:84%
The match starts with Batista and Cena. The crowd is extremely into this match and it is getting t Batista. Cena punks Batista out a few times, then follows up with a suplex out of nowhere. Batista tags out to Matt Morgan, who rushes in and takes a drop toe hold. Cena gets up and makes a tag to Eddie. As Morgan is getting up, Eddie hits him with a dropkick to the side of the head. Eddie covers, but Morgan kicks out before a two count. Morgan counters a punch from Eddie and shoves him to the ropes, where Kane hits him with a knee to the back. Eddie staggers towards Morgan, who lifts him up and drives him down with a hard scoop slam. Morgan lifts Eddie and shoves him into his corner. Morgan backs up and draws the ref away, allowing Kane and Batista to attack the former heavyweight champion. Morgan returns to the corner and pulls a beaten Eddie out of it. Morgan lifts Eddie up and slams him onto his knee with a backbreaker. Morgan tags out to Kane, who comes in and ignores Eddie and taunts Cena. Cena is help back by the ref and Kane goes on to atatck Eddie. After a few stomps, Kane covers Eddie, but pulls his head up at two. Kane, with a sinister smile on his face, shakes his head as if to say that he isn't done with him just yet. Kane lifts Eddie up off the ground and then shoots him to the ropes. As Eddie returns, Kane hits him with a boot to the face. Kane taunts Cena again, but this time Cena doesn't try to get in the ring. Kane picks Eddie up and tags out to Batista. Kane holds on to Eddie and tells Batista to hit him hard. Batista hits the ropes and comes back with a hard clothesline, but Eddie moves out of the way. Eddie rolls forward and dives forward, tagging out to Cena. Cena comes in and elbows Kane out of the ring. Batista tries to lift Cena up, but takes a forearm shot to the face. Morgan comes in too, but is lifted up by Cena and slammed down. Batista gets rocked by a flying forarm shot from the champion. Batista falls back into a corner and tries to get himself together. Cena hits the ropes and bounces back towards Morgan. He hits him with the Five Knuckle Shuffle. As Cena stands up, he gets caught by a huge Batista clothesline. Batista jerks Cena up off the mat and hits him with a vicious spinebuster.Batista has Cena on the mat and is waiting for him to get to his feet. Cena stands up and gets caught by the big monster Batista. As Batista sets up for the Demon Bomb, Kanegets up to the apron and pats him on the back and the referee signals that a tag has been made. Batista is unaware of this and lifts Cena up. Cena punches his way out of the Demon Bomb and the falls to his feet. Cena elbows Batista in the face and sends him to the outside. Kane steps over the top rope and blasts Cena from behind with a clubbing forearm. Cena hits the ropes hard with his chest and bounces back. Kane turns him around and wraps his hand around the neck of Cena. The crowd boos as Cena goes up and down via a Chokeslam! Kane covers Cena, 1.......2.......3!
Winners: Batista, Kane, & Matt Morgan
Batista sees this from the outside and can't believe it. Before he can get in the ring, Brock Lesnar comes through the crowd and attacks him from behind. The two big men go at it back and forth. Batista tries to ram Brock's had into the ring post, but it's blocked. Brock instead slams Batista head first into the post. Batista falls back to a knee and appears to be busted open. Brock goes to grab him, but Batista picks up a chair laying at ringside and whacks Brock in the face with it. Brock falls back and then tries getting up to a knee. As he looks up, we see that now Brock is bleeding as well. The two men get back to their feet and go at it again. they battle over the rail and disappear into the crowd. In the ring, Kane poses over Cena with the Heavyweight title. Eddie comes in and snatches the title away from him and then hits him in the face with it. Kane flies out of the ring and hits the floor hard. Morgan slides into the ring and catches Eddie off guard. Eddie goes up and is then slammed down with a sit-out powerbomb. The crowd goes wild as Rob Van Dam comes running down the ramp. Morgan in the ring stands over Eddie and tells him that he's not done yet and is gonna end his career right there and then. RVD leaps up to the top rope and the crowd noise alerts Morgan that something is happening. Morgan turns around and a shocked expression comes over his face. In the distance we see Paul Heyman coming out to the stage. Morgan plees to RVD to not jump and attack him. RVD looks around to see what the crowd wants. After a few seconds we see RVD leap off. WHAT THE HELL? Five Star Frog Splash on Eddie Guerrero! We get a shot of Heyman on the stage laughing as he walks down to the ring. Morgan gets a huge smile on his face and then helps RVD up to his feet. Heyman walks around the ring and picks up the Heavyweight title. He goes over to Kane, who is laying on the outside and holds it up in from of him, causing Kane to sit up. Heyman tosses the title into the ring and then climbs up into the ring. Kane follows and steps over the top rope. Jindrak by this time has also come down to the ring. Heyman shakes hands with Jindrak, Morgan, RVD, and finally Kane. Cena begins moving and quickly Kane grabs him and lifts him up. Kane passes his thumb across his throat and spikes Cena down with a tombstone. RVD then goes over to a corner and leaps up and flies off with another Five Star and hits it on Cena. The four men, who appear to be part of the Dangerous Alliance that Heyman was talking about two weeks ago, raise their arms in victory as the show comes to an end.
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Overall Rating: 82%
TV Rating: 6.28
People in Attendance: 10,005
Ticket Sales: $400,200
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Booker T Press Conference Announcement
Houston, Texas
February 3, 2004
"There have been numerous rumors going around about my status with LPW, WWE:TNA, and wrestling in general. There is some truth to mostly all the rumors that have been put out there. Yes I will be leaving LPW, due to multiple issues with management and Hulk Hogan himself. No, I won't be retiring anytime soon, but I will be taking some time off. Now as for the WWE:TNA rumor, it's a little complicated. When I was first released, it was a decision made by both Vince and myself. I asked to be released to freshen up my character outside of the company and he allowed me to do so. There has been an offer made for me to return, but I still haven't decided if I want to return at this time. I will weigh my options for a few days and then will make a final decision. At that time I will make it known to the entire wrestling media, just what I will be doing. Thank you all for coming."
Official Statement
LPW.com
February 4, 2004
"After weeks of internal problems between owner Hulk Hogan and Booker T, the two have come to terms and Booker T has left the company. We wish Booker T the best on any project he takes part in outside of LPW and hope to one day he will return to work for us."
Juventud Guerrera Announcement
JuviTheJuice.com
February 5, 2004
"Fans of The Juice rejoice! Early this morning Juventud Guerrera put his signature down on a WWE:TNA contract. The contract won't go into effect until the end of the month. Juventud still has a few appearances with LPW that keep him from making a debut with WWE:TNA at the moment. Don't be surprised if he shows up a few days or maybe even weeks early though, as his LPW deal expires after the next two appearances he makes. The Juice is working hard to get booked at the next two LPW shows in order to be go and ready. Check back often, as news will be posted as soon as I head from The Juice himself."
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:blink: my eyes hurt........lol. But seriously, it was great show overall. Can't complain with Shelton as champion (and quite possibly the beginning of "The Worlds Greatest Feud"). :thumbsup:
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EntertainmentNonStop.com
News and Rumors
By: Anthony Montana
We've just received word that WWE:TNA has released Vampiro, Dustin Rhodes, Steve Corino, Chris Monte, Brett Walters, Greg Schneider, and Francine. Also, Emad Yehia, Anthony Constable, Erin Bray, Lucy, & Desire have all been sent down to OVW until further notice.
With the news of those releases, LPW was quick to sign Vampiro. MLW snatched up Dustin, Corino, and Francine. Look for both companies to make official statements about the signings within the next few days.
In an update of a previous report, it looks like Booker T is about a signature away from returning to WWE:TNA. Last night at the LPW tv tapings, Booker T lost to Dwayne Johnson in a complete squash match. It was then announced that Booker T was now forced to leave LPW because of the loss. Most insiders are taking this as proof of the possible WWE:TNA return, but it could simply mean that Booker T will either be taking some time off or he will be announcing his retirement. We will continue to follow this story closely in order to give you the most up to date information.
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With the announcement of the Intercontinental championship tournament, this match for the final spot was made. Billy Kidman must face the biggest challenge of his young career. Although this may seem like a match destined to be won by Scott Steiner, Billy Kidman has been known to be somewhat of a giant killer in his own right. Kidman holds a one on one victory over the legendary Hulk Hogan. Can Kidman bring down yet another titan down to his knees? or will Scott Steiner advance to the Intercontinental championship tournament?
CONFIRMED MATCHESBilly Kidman vs Scott Steiner
[6 Team Gauntlet for the Gold]
Kaz Hayashi & Kendo Kashin vs Los Maximos vs Howard & Terkay vs Low Ki & Tajiri vs Backseat Boys vs 3 Live Kru
[iC Title Tournament - 1st Round]
Mark Jindrak vs Sonny Siaki
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Monday, February 2, 2004 Results
Dark Matches
Tommy Dreamer d. Chuck Palumbo
Michael Shane d. EZ Money
Dustin Rhodes & Jeff Jarrett d. Jamie Noble & Jerry Lynn
Lance Cade vs Brian Lawler
(O:70%, C:68%, M:72%)
Raw comes on the air and we see both Lawler and Cade already in the ring. The bell rings and Cade quickly goes on the attack. Lawler tries to fight him off, but the big man powers him into a corner. Cade nails Lawler with a few shoulders to the gut and then attempts to clothesline him, but takes a boot to the face. Lawler climbs up to the second rope and dives at Cade with a double ax handle, but gets countered by a big clothesline. Cade picks Lawler up and slams him down with a quick powerbomb. Shannon Moore, who is in the outside, cheers on in approval. Cade screams out to Shannon that it's time to end the match. Cade picks Lawler up and finishes him off with a huge running clothesline. Lawler flips due to the impact and lands hard on the mat. Cade pins Lawler with a cocky cover, 1.....2.....3!
Winner: Lance Cade
Shannon Moore slides into the ring and begins to scream at Lawler. Moore tells Cade to pick Lawler up and then holds him. Moore prepares to strike Lawler, but as this is about to happen, the crowd errupts. Cade tosses Lawler aside and tells Moore to turn around. Moore turns to see Shawn Michaels coming down to the ring in a hurry. HBK slides in and quickly goes on the attack. Moore gets taken down by a hard right hand. Cade tries to grab HBK, but ends up taking a back elbow. HBK shoots Cade to the ropes and then back body drops him. Moore tries to sneak up on HBK, but gets floored by Sweet Chin Music. HBK prepares for another superkick on Cade, but gets distracted as "Glass Shatters" hits. HBK turns to the entry way and sees Steve Austin, Chris Jericho, Rob Conway, and Johnny Blaze come out to the stage area
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Championship Highlight Reel
(O:80%)
The four stare down at HBK in the ring. Austin pulls out a mic and hands it over to Chris Jericho.
Y2J: Well if it isn't the "Has Been Kid"! You know, I almost didn't recognize you since you weren't on your back being pinned by Shannon. But unlike you, I was a winner last Sunday night when I became the WWE champion! Now, I see you're down in that ring and you look like you're in the mood for a fight. So I think it's time that we go down there and remove you from the ring, in order for the WWE champion to speak to his fans.
Jericho gets cut off by the music of the General Manager, Shane McMahon. Shane comes out to the stage and stands on the opposite side of the stage, keeping as much distance between himself and the four superstars.
Shane: Shawn, I think it'd be best for you to leave the ring right now. I know you want to fight, but your fight is with Moore and Cade, and they're long gone. Jericho did come to me for some time to speak about his title win and I wouldn't want you to get attacked by these for men. So what I propose to you Shawn is this, you leave the ring and head through the crowd. You find the nearest exit and you leave the arena and go home. Cool off for a week and then return next week prepared to fight. And I do mean be prepared for a fight, because next week it will be Shannon Moore and Lance Cade taking on Shawn Michaels and Sting! Oh, and by the way, it will be a San Antonio Street Fight!!
A smile comes to the face of Shawn Michaels, right before he leaps out of the ring and then jumps the security rail. As Michaels is making his way through the crowd, Austin and company head down the ramp and into the ring. Austin gets another mic, but before he can speak Shane cuts him off.
Shane: Austin, this time was granted so Jericho could make his first speech as WWE champion, not for you to go on a rant about nothing.
Austin: Who the hell do you think you are?
Shane: I'm the general manager of the WWE! And Austin, you need to watch what you do and say because I am not above suspending you! The same goes for any of your guys there. So keep your mouth shut or face my wrath Austin!
An angry Austin, tosses the mic out of the ring towards the stage. Before Austin can exit the ring and go after Shane, Conway and Blaze grab him and pull him back. Jericho steps to the ropes and speaks to Shane.
Y2J: You know Shane, tonight is suppose to be all about ME! I am the damn WWE champion, but you're out here taking up all my air time!
Shane: I'm sorry Jericho, I didn't know that this was Monday Night Jericho.
Y2J: Yeah, you're damn right it's Monday Night Jeri......
Shane: Spare me the agony of having to hear one more word come out of your mouth! The only reason you are even holding that title is because my father made it clear that no champion was being stripped of their titles. If it wasn't for that reason, I would have vacated the WWE title and you would not have gotten a chance to even get within five feet of it! So tonight in that very ring, you will be defending that very world title against a very deserving individual. This man came within inches of winning the Royal Rumble! He is none other than Shelton Benjamin!!
The fans go wild at the sound of the announcement, which is followed by the appearance of Shelton on stage. He comes out hyped up and looking ready for action, but Shane tells him to chill and stay on the stage. Jericho in the ring waves his finger in the air, while screaming out "no". Jericho, after a while of the fans getting to him through anti-Jericho chants, brings the mic up to speak.
Y2J: Sorry to burst your bubble Shelton, but no matter how big of a pop you get from these idiots, you are not getting a title shot. As a matter of fact, I don't have to wrestle a singles match if I don't want to until next week. You see, after I won at the Royal Rumble, Steve right here worked a clause into my contract that allows me to take one week off after any singles match since winning the title. Since I wrestled last week against John Cena, I am taking my week off now, so I don't have to do a damn thing until next week.
Shane: Clever, very clever Jericho...........oh yeah, there's one thing that I forgot to tell you. You see, I had noticed that clause but it's iron clad, so I can't do a thing about it. So this announcement was meant to test your bravery, and the outcome was just like I expected. The one thing that I can do here Jericho is get around the clause, because it clearly states that you can take a week off from any singles match of your choice. So with that said, here TONIGHT, it will be Chris Jericho and Rob Conway taking on Shelton Benjamin and a partner of his choice!
Jericho tosses his mic down to the mat and begins to kick the bottom ropes. Austin goes over and tries to calm him down. After a couple of seconds, it appears that Austin has indeed calmed him down because Jericho flashes a cocky smirk. Shelton removes his shirt and prepares to head down the ramp, but Shane stops him from doing so. As Shane McMahon and Steve Austin lock eyes and stare each other down, we cut to the first commercial break of the night.
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Donovan Morgan vs Ultimo Dragon
(O:75%, C:75%, M:76%)
We come back from the commercial break and see Ultimo Dragon making his entrance. Donovan Morgan, who is making his WWE:TNA debut, is already in the ring waiting for Dragon. As Dragon enters, the referee calls for the bell and we are under way. Dragon and Morgan walk around a bit before locking up. Dragon tries to put a headlock on Donovan, but it gets countered and Dragon goes flying across the ring thakns to a belly to belly overhead suplex. Dragon rolls out of the ring and complains to the referee about Morgan using "illegal" moves. The ref tells him to get in the ring or else he'll be counted out. Dragon turns to the stage area and signals for someone to come out. Morgan reaches out of the ring and pulls Dragon up into the ring. The camera cuts tot he entry way and we see Sakoda and Yang coming out. Before they can even make it to the ramp, Triple H comes out and bashes Sakoda in the back with the sledgehammer. Yang turns and takes a shot to the stomach. H drops the hammer and hits Yang with the pedigree. H walks down to the ring, drawing a hug ovation from the crowd. Dragon in the ring counters another belly to belly suplex by hitting Morgan with a few knees to the ribs. Morgan releases Dragon and then takes a few kicks to the legs. Dragon turns to run to the ropes, but see H standing on the outside. Dragon begins to tell the ref to do something about H, but the ref says that he is not doing anything by just standing outside. Out of nowhere, Morgan wraps his arms around Dragon's waist and nails him with a release German suplex. Morgan quickly covers Dragon and hooks both legs, 1......2......3!
Winner: Donovan Morgan
Morgan stands up, but quickly leaves the ring, as Triple H slides in. Dragon slowly gets to his feet and adjusts his mask. As he looks up and sees Triple H standing before him, as wide eyed look comes to his face. Dragon begins to beg off, but Triple H swings with a right. The blow connects and it rocks Dragon back into the corner. Triple H comes over and drives a few knees to the stomach of Dragon. H then lays in with some more right hands. H backs off and waits for Dragon to stagger out of the corner. Dragon slowly staggers forward and takes a kick to the mid section, bringing the crowd to their fee, as they know what's coming. H hooks Dragon's arms and prepares for the pedigree, but before he can hit it, he taks a shot to the back of the head from Jamie Noble's United States title. Noble begins to stomp away on The Game, while Dragon slides out of the ringa dn high tails it up the ramp. Noble viciously assaults H with hard stomps and kicks. Noble picks H up and shoots him to the ropes. As H bounces back, Noble nails him with the US title right in the face. H hits the mat hard and we see that he has been busted open from both the forehead and the back of the head. Noble leaps out of the ring and grabs a bottle of water from a fan at ringside. Noble slides back into the ring and takes a big sip of water. Noble throws his arms in the air, holding up his US title, and mimics Triple H's water spitting.
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Some Bad Blood
(O:80%)
We cut to the back and see Christian walking into the arena. Christian doesn't look to be in such a good mood while walking in. As he's walking, Christian keeps talking to himself.
Christian: I can't believe that I didn't win the Rumble match! I mean come on, I was the most likely to win it anyway! If it wasn't for AJ, I would be heading to Wrestlemania to face Jericho!
Christian continued to talk to himself all the way to the locker room. As he opens the door and enters, he runs into AJ Styles. The two are face to face and then Christian drops his bags.
Styles: What's wrong Christian?
Christian: What's wrong? WHAT'S WRONG?! I'll tell you what's wrong, phenomenal one! Last Sunday night I was destined to win the Royal Rumble, but you snatched that away from me! You had to come from behind and eliminate me that way! Well that doesn't stand too good with me. So what I'm going to do AJ is go to Shane McMahon's office to get me a match! At No Way Out I want you, and I want the Wrestlemania shot to be on the line as well!
Christian storms into the locker room, bumping AJ away with his shoulder. Styles looks on with a confused look on his face. Styles then just shakes his head and leaves the locker room. We fade out to another commercial break.
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Maven vs Little Guido
(O:80%, C:76%, M:85%)
As we are returning from break, we see Maven making his entrance. Ric Flair and Torrie Wilson are walking to the ring with him. After they enter the ring and work the crowd for a bit, he music of the "Sicilian Shooter" plays. Little Guido comes out to a huge pop from the crowd, as he is making his return from an injury that happened in his world title match against Kurt Angle some months back. Guido slides into the ring and quickly Maven tries to attack him. Maven misses every attempted punch on Guido. Maven tries to clothesline Guido, but misses again. Guido prepares to attack Maven while the opening is there, but Torrie pulls on his leg. This causes Guido to turn and try to grab Torrie, but gets blindsided from behind by Maven. Guido goes throat first into the middle rope and then Maven follows up by driving his knee into the back of Guido's neck. The referee begins the five count, but Maven releases the move at three. Maven pulls Guido out of the ropes and makes a cover, but only gets a two count. Maven motions to Flair to do something, so Flair leaps up to the apron. As the referee turns his attention to Flair, Torrie pulls out what looks to be a pipe from her boot and then slides into the ring. Maven pulls Guido up and holds him up for Torrie. The crowd boos in unison as Torrie takes the swing, but the booing turns to cheers as Guido moves out of the way. Maven takes the shot right to the side of the face and then drops like a sack of bricks. Guido takes the pipe away from Torrie and hides it behind his back. Guido pulls the ref and tells him to get Torrie out of the ring. As the ref goes to force Torrie out, Guido tosses the pipe up to Flair. As Flair looks up to catch the pipe, Guido clocks him with a forearm shot to the face. Guido goes over and covers the knocked out Maven, making the referee turn and drop to count, 1.....2.....3!
Winner: Little Guido
Guido rolls out of the ring and celebrates his victory while going up the ramp. Before any more celebration can take place, Michael Shane & Frankie Kazarian come out and attack him from behind. The two attack Guido while he's laying on the stage. Flair and Torrie help Maven up the ramp while this is happening. As Flair, Torrie, and Maven get to the top of the stage, Flair goes over and joins in on the attack. Flair tells Kazarian and Shane to pick Guido up and to drag him to the back.
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In Need of Help
(O:81%)
The camera man follows the group as they are dragging Guido through the backstage area. They make it to the parking area and Flair opens up the truck of a limo that is waiting there. As they are about to toss Guido in, Johnny Stamboli & Chuck Palumbo come in to the area and begin to brawl with Flair, Kazarian, Shane, and Maven. The two men use their power advantage to muscle Kazarian and Shane down. Flair begs off, but gets to mercy from either. Maven tries to run away, but ends up taking a Mafia Kick from Palumbo. Stamboli and Palumbo pulls Guido out of the truck and walk off, having left half of Evolution and Shane & Kazarian laying. We cut back to the arena where A-Train finishes making his entrance. This is then followed by the entrance of Charlie Haas. The former United States champion comes to to a huge ovation from the live crowd.
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Charlie Haas vs A-Train
(O:80%, C:79%, M:80%)
In what seemed like a rather short, but effective match, Charlie Haas dominated from the start. A-Train tried to take control, but Haas wrestled A-Train down to the mat and worked over the legs of the huge man. A-Train tried standing up, but Haas had done too much damage to the legs, so he stayed down on the mat. Haas wasted no time and locked on the Haas of Pain, to which A-Train quickly tapped out. Haas released the hold and quickly the referee called for help from the back. The trainer ran down to ringside and he checked on A-Train's leg. The trainer then called for some EMT's to come down to the ring.
Winners: Charlie Haas
While the trainer and EMT's stayed in the far left corner of the ring, working on getting the big man out of the ring, Haas remained in the ring calling out for William Regal to come down to the ring and fight him. Regal didn't come out, which angered Haas and this lead to him leaving the ring and heading to the back. We fade out to a commercial break with a shot of A-Train being placed on a stretcher.
[A-Train suffered an injury to his leg]
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Devilish Warning
(O:80%)
As we come back from commercial break, the titantron comes on and we see the back of someone's head. The person has blonde hair and is blocking the whole camera view, but then takes a step to his right, revealing Minister Mitchell with a evil smirk on his face. The blonde haired person, who is wearing a robe, lifts the hood up over his head and walks off into the background, never revealing his face. Mitchell begins walking towards the lefts side of the room, forcing the camera man to follow him. Mitchell walks up to an altar and lights up some black candles.
Mitchell: Because of this company shake-up, I was forced to make drastic changes to my plans. The source of all evil has instructed me to speed up the plans, so I have to scrap everything and begin fresh. The first soldier to join the cause has gone through the metamorphosis and is ready for the blessing from the source himself. There are six more that will be tapped by the source, thus bringing forth the Apocalyptic Seven. Be warned, that when they arrive, there will be no way out!
Mitchell blows the candles out, bringing complete darkness to the room. An unfamiliar logo flashes on the screen for about a second and then disappears. Before anything else can happen, Rey Mysterio's music hits and Rey shoots out from the stage. Mysterio walks down to the ring for his match against Randy Orton. Mysterio poses on all for corners of the ring, which draws a big reaction from the crowd. As Mysterio continues to pose in the ring, "Evolution" by Motörhead plays and out comes the "Legend Killer".
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Randy Orton vs Rey Mysterio
(O:84%, C:85%, M:82%)
Mysterio rushes across the ring and knocks Orton off the apron with an elbow shot to the back. Mysterio quickly gets out of the ring and rams Orton back first into the ring. Mysterio then rolls Orton into the ring and goes for a quick cover, but Orton quickly powers out of the move. Orton gets to his feet and Mysterio hits him with a dropkick to the knees. Orton falls to his knees. Mysterio backs up to the ropes and hits another dropkick. Orton rolls out of the ring trying to catch his breath, but Mysterio quickly follows him out of the ring. Mysterio grabs Orton and tries to ram into the ring post, but Orton puts his foot up and blocks the attempt. Orton then grabs Mysterio and tosses him head first into the post. Orton rolls into the ring and breaks the ten count being made by the referee. Orton rolls back out of the ring and lands a few kicks to Mysterio as he starts to get to his feet. Orton then grabs Mysterio by the head and rolls him into the ring. Orton covers Mysterio and places his feet on the top rope, but Mysterio kicks out. Orton gets to his feet and pulls Mysterio up by the mask and whips him into the turnbuckle. Orton grabs Mysterio staggering out of the corner and drops him to the ground with a modified neckbreaker. Orton covers Mysterio again, but he kicks out. Orton gets to his feet and shoves Mysterio into the corner and then backs up halfway across the ring. Orton charges in, going for a clothesline, but Mysterio ducks under and dropkicks Orton in the back of the legs. Orton drops into the ropes, which is right in position for the 619. Mysterio runs and nails the 619 perfectly and then goes for a cover and gets a two count. Mysteriogoes out to the apron and waits for Orton to get up to his feet. As Orton stands up, Mysterio leaps up to the top rope and leaps towards him. Orton catches him and before Mysterio can flip to finish the move, Orton tosses him forward. Mysterio lands on his feet, but Orton with lightning quickness hits the RKO Orton gets to his feet and grabs Mysterio and pulls him up to his feet and hits the RKO once again and covers, 1..........2..........3!
Winner: Randy Orton
Orton climbs up a corner and raises his arms in the air. The crowd really lays into him as he steps over Mysterio and raises his arms in the middle of the ring. We fade out to a commercial break as Orton continues to walk around in the ring.
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The Legend Killer Speaks
(O:80%)
As we return from commercial break, Randy Orton is still in the ring and is still talking trash to the fans at ringside. Orton goes over and asks for a mic, which he does indeed receives. As Orton walks towards the middle of the ring, he decides to stomp on Mysterio a few times before speaking.
Orton: Once again I have proven that I am not just a self proclaimed, over hyped product created by the company. I've stayed true to my legend killer name by beating legends to within an inch of their lives. I've beaten The Rock, Triple H, Eddie Guerrero, and Chris Benoit just to name a few. Here tonight I have just added another to the list, by defeating little Rey here. Now I know that there are some so called "legends" on the Raw roster that I haven't defeated yet, but in due time they will all fall at the hands of Randy Orton. You see, I come from a great line of Orton's. At the present moment I am the only person in this business to have ever defeated so many legends, in such a short period of time. Now because of this, I will take the opportunity to make an open challenge at No Way Out to any legend who thinks they have what it takes to beat me, Randy Orton, the Legend Killer! So.......**STATIC**....like I said........**STATIC**......because there is no legend, alive or dead, that could ever beat me!
The lights go out as Orton stops talking. The crowd goes wild and they begin cheering as a gong sounds. A purple light shines down onto the ring, where we see Orton with a scared look on his face. Orton quickly brings the mic up to speak.
Orton: No, no, no wait, wait a damn minute! The open challenge was to any Raw legend! I said Raw legend! So this doesn't even include you Taker!
The purple light fades and the lights come back on. There's a sign of relief on the face of Orton as everything comes back to normal. Before Orton can say anything else, "Here Comes the Money" plays and Shane McMahon comes out. Shane walks down to the ring and gets in. Shane goes over and gets in Orton's face. Shane snatches the mic away from Orton and speaks.
Shane: Randy, you are in no position to be making any open challenges on my show!
Orton begins screaming at Shane, asking for more of an explanation. Orton goes over to the ropes and asks for another mic.
Shane: You want to know why you're not in position to make any challenges or book our own matches?
Orton: Yeah, I think I deserve that much!
Shane: Like I told Austin, I'm telling you, I'M THE GENERAL MANAGER!! And so you get that through your self loving, self promoting head, at No Way Out it will be the Legend Killer Challenge. In one corner will be the self proclaimed legend killer, Randy Orton. In the other will be his opponent, the legendary Undertaker!
Orton turns and kicks the bottom rope, but then suddently turns and nails Shane with the RKO. Orton looks extremely pissed off while standing over the fallen general manager.
Orton: Ok, at No Way Out I will finally put The Undertaker out to rest in peace forever. But here tonight I add yet another name to my list, as I have just struck a McMahon down!
Orton leaps out of the ring and leaps the guard rail, as Shelton Benjamin coems running down to the ring. Shelton checks on Shane, meanwhile Orton sprints to the nearest exit. Fit Finlay and Dean Malenko come down to the ring to help the general manager as well. As they are getting Shane out of the ring, "Break Down the Walls" hits and out come Chris Jericho and Rob Conway. The two men run down the ramp and slide into the ring. They begin to assault Shelton.
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Chris Jericho & Rob Conway vs Shelton Benjamin & ????
(O:86%, C:87%, M:85%)
Conway and Jericho beat down on Shelton for a good while until finally a referee comes out to begin the match. Jericho goes to his corner and Conway continues to attack Shelton. Conway attempts to suplex Shelton, but he floats over and lands behind Conway. Shelton tries to take Conway down by first wrapping his arms around his waist. Conway elbows Shelton and then quickly spins around and nails Shelton with a hard DDT. Conway slaps Shelton in the ack of the head a few times, which brings an angry expression to Shelton's face. Conway goes over and tags Jericho and then they try to pick Shelton up for a suplex, but Shelton elbows both men in the face. Shelton strikes anybody that is moving. Shelton kicks Jericho, but his foot is caught. Jericho shoves Shelton's foot away, but Shelton spins around and nails the Dragon Whip. Conway comes over and grabs Shelton, but gets his arms swiped away. Shelton grabs Conway and hits the Shell Shocka. The crowd is going wild as Shelton is basically cleaning house. Shelton picks Jericho up and the two lock up and Jericho takes Shelton down. Shelton struggles to get up, but gets locked in the Walls of Jericho. After a few seconds of being in the hold, Shelton looks like he is about to tap, but the lights dim and smoke begins to shoot out from the entry way. Jericho's attention goes to the entry way, causing him to release the hold. All of a sudden, "You Think You Know Me" plays and Jericho can't believe it. Jericho screams towards the entry way, but as the camera turns we see Edge slide into the ring from the opposite side. Jericho doesn't know Edge is in the ring and he turns around. Jericho is caught by a surprise spear from Edge. Edge pops up and draws a huge reaction from the fans. Edge gets attacked from behind by Conway. The referee tries to restore order, but has no luck. Conway slides out of the ring and tries to bring a chair into the ring. The referee comes over and prevents him from doing so. As the referee has his back turned, Shane Douglas comes running down the ramp and then slides into the ring. Douglas goes to attack Edge, but he ducks. Jericho gets hit by an elbow shot from Douglas. Edge comes over and spins Douglas, only to get kicked in the gut and be taken down by the Franchiser! Shelton gets up and grabs Douglas, tossing him over head with the Exploder Suplex. Conway drops the chair and charges after Shelton. As Conway is about to strike, Shelton again hits an Exploder Suplex. Shelton covers Conway, 1......2......3!
Winner: Shelton Benjamin & Edge
Shelton rolls out of the ring, pulling Edge along with him. As the two go up the ramp, Douglas looks on from the mat, the same being said about the world champion. With a shot of Shelton with his arms up in the air, the show goes off the air.
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Overall Rating: 85%
TV Rating: 5.49
People in Attendance: 10,005
Ticket Sales: $400,120
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, I loved the show.
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