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[DaveKOTW]

WWF RAW

Broadcast on Monday, 21st of January, 2002 LIVE from the Joe Louis Arena, Michigan

Hosted by Jim Ross and Mick Foley

We open up RAW with the same old RAW IS WAR video before we are welcomed the show by JR and Mick Foley. It's going to be an explosive night of entertainment (again...), and it's kicking off right now with the Suicidal Homicidal Genocidial Death Defying Sabu!

Sabu vs. Justin Credible (Hardcore Match)

Sabu makes his way to the ring to a huge pop from the crowd, with the ECW original certainly becoming a big hit with the fans. The same can't be said for Justin Credible who got some proper heel heat as he made his way to the ring with a justifiable look of concern on his face. Credible looked to have cold feet in the start of the match up staying on the outside of the ring demanding the ref join him. Credible began complaining about the fans being on his back and he was gesturing that a certain section of the audience left the arena but with no such luck (bloody hooligans). Sabu quickly broke up the complains with a suicide dive to the outside both men crashing to the ground to a huge pop from the audience. Sabu sent Credible hard into the steel steps before hitting JC with a bodyslam leg drop combo nearly getting an early pinfall. Sabu tries to inflict more pain on the tag team partner of Raven with a whip attempt into the ring barricades but Credible makes the counter sending Sabu in hard instaed before dropping him with a huge implant DDT for the pin but Sabu somehow manages to kick out. Credible then brings the big guns out and pulls out a Singapore Cane beating Sabu over the back multiple around the ring. Sabu slides back into the ring to avoid any more shots, Credible deciding that this is a good time to celebrate raising his cane to the crowd. Sabu, however, didn't agree and took Credible down seconds later with a baseball slide before climbing to the outside of the apron and taking Credible down with an Asai Moonsault (The ECDub chant is back in the house). Sabu decides it's time to bring out his weapon of choice borrowing Lilian Garcia's seat and throwing it into the face of the former ECW Champion before pointing to the sky (Dude...there's only lights up there). Sabu brings Credible back to the ring and sends him hard into the corner. Sabu wastes little time taking Credible down with the Air Sabu, Credible colliding hard and the fans enjoying every second of it! Sabu wants to end with another big spot and so he shall as Sabu finishes the job with the flying Arabian Facebuster, the fans counting the three as Sabu picks up a huge win!

Winner - Sabu

Match Rating - ***

Impressive Sabu! Very Impressive

After the match, Sabu gets out of the ring and high fives some of the crowd members only to be interupted by the music of WWF Hardcore Champion Key and his Manager, Charles Wright. Charles Wright professes his delight for finally having a man in the World Wrestling Federation that is worthy to face the mighty Key. Wright said that everyone knows that ECW was truely the place at one time for Hardcore Wrestling and Sabu is a fantastic product of those times, there is no doubting that. Wright said that you might even push the boat and say that Sabu was somewhat of a legend but be whatever he be, there is one thing that he definately is not and that is Key. Wright said that he's heard the stories, he's heard the backstage banter and he knows Sabu wants a shot at the WWF Hardcore Title, but Wright thinks that that wouldn't be very wise. Wright said that Hardcore Wrestling as a new image, something that someone like Sabu couldn't comprehend and that if Sabu was smart, and Wright feels that he is, he'd take heed of this warning and move on. Maybe buy a house by the Coast in Florida or take up a new hobby like Fishing. Who knows? Either way, it is time for Sabu to retire. Wright tells Sabu to do the right thing and retire of his own accord before Key has to do it for him. Sabu is less than impressed with the threats and picks up a steel chair and approaches Key and Wright who both begin to look nervous but nothing ever becomes of it as Justin Credible gets in the way and gets a chair to the face for his troubles allowing Wright and Key to quickly hightail it. Sabu doesn't look like he's going to retire anytime soon!

Kane(w/Paul Heyman) vs. Val Venis

Kane's pyros hit the ring and Kane makes his way to the ring accompanied by Paul Heyman to some decent heel heat from the audience. Kane does his pyro trick in the middle of the ring as Heyman watches on clapping and shouting, before the two of them join up again on the far side of the ring as Val Venis makes his way down. Val Venis resumes his Val's Towel gimmick, playing up for the women as Kane watches on. Val grins as he enters the ring but it quickly disappears as he notices the 7ft monster climb into the ring straightening his glove ready for the match. The bell goes and Val tries to take advantage with some right handed shots to the big man but Kane barely moves, catching the hand of Venis twisting his wrist around nearly breaking it. Val breaks away from the hold with a low kick, bouncing quickly off the ropes to gain some momentum but gets a huge boot to the face for his troubles. Kane pulls Val back to his feet and pushes him into the corner delivering some huge upper cuts, Val being totally dominated by Kane. Kane drops Val with a side walk slam. Kane goes up top and hits Venis with a flying clothesline before finally finishing Venis off with a huge chokeslam, Heyman screaming with delight as the Big Red Machine picks up the win.

Winner - Kane

Match Rating - **

Heyman grabs a mic before climbing into the ring and raises the arm of the Big Red Machine as Kane looks on at the lifeless body of Venis. "Kane has changed and not for the better" remarks JR (No Sign of Austin for another show eh?)

Women's Title Match at No Way Out?

Lawler is backstage in his office speaking on his mobile when Lawler stops and smiles as the woman who attacked Trish and Jazz last week appears in his office. She introduces here as Daffney Unger but names are not important here. Unger says that when she signed with the WWF a few weeks ago, she was told that the Women's Wrestlers in the World Wrestling Federation were of a top quality, a talent that can not be found anywhere else. But Unger says she can't seem to place them anywhere. Trish Stratus? a wrestler? Unger said even the toughest bitch here, Jazz, was just too easy and Unger says that they might as well just give her the damn title. Lawler tells her to hold on and not get carried away and that he just wants to see how impressive she really is before he starts handing out title matches. So on Smackdown, it's going to be Ivory vs. Daffney Unger. Unger tells Lawler it will be a piece of cake and walks out, Lawler suprised at how aggressive she really is.

Edge vs. Test (Non-Title Match)

Test made his way to the ring first to some huge heet from the audience, Test making a rude gesture to a middle age man nearly the bottom of the ramp before climbing into the ring and taunting the other side of the crowd. Edge's music then hit the arena as Edge got a small pop from the audience. Edge's positive start however was quickly scuppered by the arrival of Lance Storm who attacked Edge from behind taking him to the ground knocking him down to the bottom of the ramp before sending him straight into the steel steps. Storm sent Edge into the ring and Test began an early beat down stomping away on the former Intercontinental Champion. Test sent Edge to corner of the ring and began to choke away on him, Test letting the ref count to four before breaking the choke before starting it over again. Test set up Edge with the pump handle slam but he managed to counter dropping behind Test before bringing on an attack with some right hands taking Test down with a raised knee. Edge got down on his hands and knees and hammered away at Test before pulling off a leg drop on the Rumble Runner Up, almost getting a shock win but Test managed to get the shoulder up. Edge continued to be on the aggressive sending Test into the corner before hitting him with a tackle, Test then getting hit with the Downward Spiral but Test managed to once again get the shoulder up. Edge was on fire and the fans were right behind him. Edge went for the Spear on Test but Test somehow managed to dodge the bullet as Edge went straight into the turnbuckle seperating his shoulder. Test took advantage of the possession finishing Edge off with the big boot for the win.

Winner - Test

Match Rating - ***

After the match, Lance Storm got back into the ring and Test and Storm began to unload on Edge, Test hitting a second big boot on the former Intercontinental Champion before Storm hit locked in the Boston Crab. Storm's party was however ruined by the entrance of the Undertaker who sprinted to the ring, both Storm and Test hightailing out of the ring and through the crowd as the Deadman helped Edge back to his feet. How long can Test get away with this for?

Backstage

Backstage, Kurt Angle is whining to one of the make up ladies about the fact that his new one piece wasn't ready for tonight when Bradshaw turns up and tries to calm down the situation. Angle however is furious that Bradshaw stuck his nose in and Angle promises that Bradshaw is going to pay for being nosey.

Kurt Angle vs. Bradshaw (Non-Title Match)

Both men come to the ring and the two of them lock up, Angle quickly taking Bradshaw down to the mat with amateur wrestling moves. Bradshaw powers out of a side headlock but then walks straight into a side suplex from Angle; Angle is looking fired up. Angle took Angle beat away on Bradshaw in the corner making out that everything was too easy and Angle paid for his confidence, Bradshaw turning it around before beating the hell out of him with the right hands before Angle connected with a big boot from the Big Texas. Bradshaw then nearly got a huge upset with a fallaway slam, Angle being incredibly lucky to kick out. Bradshaw tried to end the match with the clothesline from hell but Angle dodged the attempt before hitting him with three German Suplexes in quick succession knocking the bejesus out of the former Tag Team Champion. Angle finished off hitting Bradshaw with the Angle Slam for the 3, Angle getting back to his feet and raising his arms to the crowd as they boo the Olympic Gold Medallist.

Winner - Kurt Angle

Match Rating - ***

ARE YOU READDDDDDDDY????????!!!!!!

Time for another DX Promo: This week, we revisit the time where DX invaded the WCW in military attire! DX will return!

Backstage with The Rock

The Rock is backstage with The Coach who gets straight to the bottom line with the interview asking The Rock about gameplans tonight. The Rock takes off his sunglasses and gives The Coach a disrespecting stare before taking the mic and greeting the fans. The Rock is finally back in Michigan people! The Rock tells the Coach not to sweat, The Rock knows that he is The Coach's favorite wrestler. The Rock says that in answer to The Coach's question, The Rock does indeed have a gameplan and it goes something along the lines of walking to the ring, saluting the fans, saluting every single one of them, then waiting for his opponent, possibly shaking his hand, staring him out, getting some of that wrestling psychology in before taking his boo, shining it up real nice and shoving it straight up Ron Waterman's candyass! The Rock says he's said it before and he'll say it again. It doesn't matter if you're tall, your short, you're skinny or your fat, The Rock will take them all on. If you smell what The Rock is cooking?

The Rock © vs. Ron Waterman (WWF Championship Match)

This Main Event was pretty much a repeat of the Main Event of Smackdown between The Rock and X-Pac with The Rock taking charge in early goings, The Rock leading the pace in the match taking Waterman down witha bunch of clotheslines before sending him to the outside of the ring. The Rock follows Waterman outside and introduces him to a few objects, throwing him head first straight into each one culminating with the announce table. Waterman however counters the second shot into the table, turning the tables on The Rock and chucking him in there. Waterman then sends The Rock head first into the ring post. Waterman desperately tries to capitalise on the move sending The Rock back into the ring before hooking the leg, The Rock managing to kick out on the two. Waterman begins to take some control in the match beating down The Rock with huge right fists before hitting him with a big spinebuster and goes for the cover again but once more The Rock kicks out. Waterman, now concerned, locks The Rock in a head lock knowing that he was only a miliseconds away from becoming the WWF Champion. The Rock however begins to power out and despite all of Waterman's abilities, is not strong enough to hold The Rock, The Rock sending Waterman with some huge shots before taking him down with a back body drop before hitting him with a belly to belly suplex. X-Pac runs down to the ring to try and save Waterman but The Rock takes him out of the equation before he's even able to do anything. Waterman tries to come back into the match but The Rock dodges a clothesline attempt before somehow managing to pull off a beautiful DDT. The Rock then hits the People's Elbow on Waterman before hooking the leg for the three. The Rock does it again!

Winner - The Rock

Match Rating - ***

The Rock ends the show celebrating with the crowd while X-Pac and Waterman regroup up the ramp. Waterman and X-Pac have let down Vince McMahon again! Thank you for joining the show! I hope you all enjoyed it! Till Next Time! Good night!

Edited December 2, 2006 by DaveKOTW

[Adam]

Considering the way you were making it sound earlier, RAW wasn;t that bad at all. It did lack a certain sense of flow, but it wasnt a big deal, and i really enjoyed the Hardcore match to open the show, you know that Key-Sabu is the only way to go!

Kane vs Val Venis: Pretty much your typical squash, shame that Val is being wasted in another diary, the guy never catches a break i guess! Kane vs Austin is buildign slowly but surely, and i like that booking!

Not a big fan of Daffney is all i can say there

Edge...needs....a...push....dammit! However, i like the fact that Lance Storm isn;t being used as a total joke in WWF/E here. Test vs Undertaker still has me anxiously anticipating a huge rematch too!

Angle's, erm, 1 piece? I guess its an interesting way to build some last second hype for Angle-Bradshaw, which turns out to be your typical match as i expected, but where the hell was RVD? We need answers!

Another lackey gets a WWF Title shot? tbh, its fairly realistic, so i like the way youve booked it with Waterman and X-Pac, but i still see a swerve somewhere in all of this with Rock, im SURE that Rock-Taker will not be the main event of Wrestlemania X8, and that we will see a new WWF Champion before then....

....and wheres that damn DX?

Edited December 2, 2006 by 1PWCorino

[DaveKOTW]

WWF Smackdown! Preview

To be Broadcast on the 24th January 2002 from the Breslin Center, East Lansing, Michigan

After losing his WWF Championship at the Royal Rumble, Vince McMahon looks hell bent on destroying the Rock's career! After several failed attempts to strip the WWF Champion of his Gold, Vince McMahon looks to have decided on taking a different route with a good old fashioned beat down tonight on Smackdown as The Rock is set to face X-Pac and Ron Waterman in a handicap Match. Can Vince's lackeys finally get the job done or will The Rock once again reign supreme? You can be sure Vince McMahon is slowly losing his patience!

However this is far from all that is happening on Smackdown this week! After an announcement last week on RAW that he wanted one final match with The Undertaker at No Way Out, Test has taken a step back from all the action, looking more intent on disrupting other people's problems than dealing with his own, leaving The Undertaker very frustrated. Tonight, Test once again avoids the action as he and Lance Storm have requested a press conference to discuss....stuff. Find out exactly what is on the Canadian's minds later on tonight!

BUT! Test and Lance Storm are not the only men with things on their mind. Tonight, Rob Van Dam has demanded some mic time as he finally breaks the silence after being viciously attacked by Kurt Angle just over a week ago! You can be sure that Van Dam will have something strong to say about Kurt Angle!

After threatening Sabu earlier in the week, Charles Wright looks to demonstrate tonight just exactly why Key is the most dominant Hardcore Wrestler in Sports Entertainment when he puts his WWF Hardcore Championship on the line against WWF newcomer Chuck Palumbo. One person who will certainly be paying plenty of attention to that match tonight is the death defying superstar Sabu. Will Sabu step up to the bat or will he cower away just like Charles Wright suggested? This match is surely one to keep an eye on!

Daffney Unger will also be in action tonight making her WWF debut against the Women's Veteran, Ivory. With Unger making it evidently clear that she has no respect for the Women's division here in the WWF, will Ivory awaken her to the true nature of WWF Women's Wrestling or will Unger do exactly as she said and dominate? You can be sure that this match will be raising the eyebrows of many of the WWF women's wrestlers, especially WWF Womens Champion Trish Stratus and the former number one contender, Jazz.

Another man in action tonight is Kane who is set to take on none other than Crash Holly. Kane has been simply unstoppable since his Survivor Series and looks tonight to build on that against a man who surely is no match for the Big Red Monster. Kane and Heyman have both asked for Austin but Austin has no showed since the Royal Rumble. Will Austin finally return tonight? We can only hope!

SCHEDULED MATCHES

Daffney Unger vs. Ivory

Kane vs. Crash Holly

WWF Hardcore Championship Match

Key© vs. Chuck Palumbo

Handicap Match

The Rock vs. Ron Waterman and X-Pac

For all the answers, plus appearances of all your favorite WWF Superstars, tune in to Smackdown at 8/7 CT only on UPN!

Edited December 2, 2006 by DaveKOTW

[DaveKOTW]

WWF Smackdown

Broadcast on the 24th January 2002 from the Breslin Center, East Lansing, Michigan

WWF Smackdown! kicks off with Michael Cole and Tazz welcoming us to the show, promising us an action packed night of Sports Entertainment. We've got a special broadcast later tonight from Test and Lance Storm, we've got a WWF Hardcore Championship Match Up between the Champion Key and Chuck Palumbo, and our Main Event, the big match, is a handicap match between the WWF Champion, The Rock and Vince McMahon's lackeys, X-Pac and Ron Waterman. But anyway, onto the first match of the night and it's between the newest addition to the WWF roster, Daffney Unger and the Veteran Ivory. Tazz and Michael Cole recap on Unger's debut and how she destroyed Jazz and Trish as Ivory makes her way to the ring. Unger gets some good heat from the crowd as she almost skips down to the ring before getting into the ring and going toe to toe with Ivory. Unger starts the match up as she means to go on, putting her hand out to Ivory before double crossing her with a kick to the gut, Unger delivering clubbing blows to the back of Ivory, Unger quickly taking control with a huge hurricanrana. Unger nearly takes the match with an inverted DDT but Ivory somehow manages to get her shoulder up and the match continues. Ivory manages to counter a vertical suplex attempt from Unger before hitting a backbreaker on the debutant. Ivory continues with the offence taking Unger down again with a knee to the face before attempting to get some fan support. Ivory gets countered as she tries to send Unger into the corner, Ivory crashing in hard to the corner before Unger splashes her for good measure. Unger sets up Ivory into the tree of woe position in the corner before delivering a stiff drop kick, Ivory taking a stiff shot, Unger then dragging Ivory out by her hair into the middle of the ring. Unger finishes the job climbing up to the top rope before hitting Ivory with a Tornado DDT for the three, Michael Cole and Tazz very much impressed with the win.(Tazz has said it before and he'll say it again...never trust a German!)[**1/2 Rating].

Next we head backstage to Test and Lance Storm who are seen chatting to one another in the distance. The Coach comes into shot and explains that as you can see the background, the two Canadians are avidly preparing for the press conference later in the day. The Coach says he's going to try and get a word with the two of them. The Coach drags the two camera men over with him but Storm quickly notices shouting "No Comments" slamming the door closed in front of the Coach (Looks like no one is going to get the early scoop on the conference). However next up is Mr. Thursday Night, and his name is Rob-Van-Dam

RVD's music hits the arena as he makes his way to the arena, the fans excited to see one of the real MVPs of the Alliance Invasion. Van Dam climbs into the ring and does his piece to the crowd; the crowd just eating it up before grabbing a mic and doing what he came here today. RVD tells the audience that he hopes they weren't expecting a gimmick filled promo about everything being cool because he isn't quite in the mood for it tonight. RVD says that while many of the people in this industry thing that Rob Van Dam has had a gift wrapped career, RVD promises the people that his career has been far from easy and that everything he has earnt everything he ever achieved in this business. Van Dam says that he hears people like Kurt Angle yapping on about how places like ECW were just a place for the rejects of wrestling, it makes him sick to his stomach. RVD said that ECW was a place where wrestlers that were tossed aside because they were too short, too old, too young or whatever to make it in this business and they got off their asses and showed the world that have exactly who they are and what they can do. RVD says that's why he loved ECW so much, because the passion and dedication was so much more than people like Kurt Angle could possibly fathom. RVD says what Angle's problem is, is that he is still living in the past of his former glory. Angle thinks that just because he won an Olympic Gold Medal, that every single person in this business should step aside. Van Dam said that when he signed for the World Wrestling Federation, on the behest of Vince McMahon and Paul Heyman he adds, there was no way he was ever going to stop being who he was or doing what he does and Van Dam got the respect of everyone in the WWF, just like he did at ECW. Van Dam says that while Kurt Angle was spraying milk at Stone Cold Steve Austin, or singing camp fire songs to Vince McMahon, Rob Van Dam was putting on Five Star Matches with people like Jeff Hardy, Chris Jericho and many others and RVD made his name and deserved to be in things like the Royal Rumble just as much as anyone else. Kurt Angle's music then hits the arena, Angle immediately making an appearance at the entrance. Angle says that Van Dam has a cheek to talk about how Kurt Angle is living off his former glory. Angle says in case he doesn't remember, he won an Olympic Gold Medal with a broken freaking Neck. Angle says, in case RVD doesnt remember, Kurt Angle has beaten Stone Cold, The Rock, The Undertaker and many more wrestlers, people that Van Dam couldn't beat if he even tried. Angle says in case Van Dam didn't forget, Kurt Angle is a two time WWF Champion and a former WCW Champion. Angle says if Van Dam doesn't think thats enough to be given a tiny bit of respect, than Van Dam doesn't know the difference between his head and his ass. Angle says that this "ECW phase" that the WWF fans are going through is just the flavour of the month, and that while sooner or later, RVD will just be a flash in the pan and Kurt Angle will still be an Olympic Gold Medallist and great All American Freaking Athlete and that is damn true! Angle then turns his back on Van Dam and starts to walk off. Van Dam wants to say something though and he grabs Angle's arm but Angle swings back and attacks him with the microphone. Angle begins to assault van Dam stopping away at him before hitting him over again with the mic busting Van Dam open. Angle then hits the Angle Slam on the former ECW Alumni before posing for the crowd, Angle is truely hated here! (Angle has lost it....)

We take a quick recess before returning backstage. Michael Cole and Tazz remind us that we are moments away from the WWF Hardcore Championship match between Key and Chuck Palumbo, the cameraman following Palumbo. But wait! there's Sabu! Sabu and Palumbo go face to face before Sabu does something suprising. He puts out his hand and the two men shake. Michael Cole praises the two wrestlers but you can be damn sure that Palumbo and Key won't feel the same! That match is next!

Chuck Palumbo's music hits the arena as Chuck makes his way down to ringside, carrying a steel chair in tow. Palumbo raises the chair to the crowd and Palumbo gets a small cheer for his efforts, Palumbo looking decisively cool and collected for his very first singles title match in the WWF. Key's music then hits the arena and Key and Charles Wright join us, Key also bringing a chair with him. Key handed his WWF Hardcore Title belt to Charles Wright before charging to the ring and the two Wrestlers quickly duled off against each other with the chairs, the chairs making a loud impact on collision in the ring. Both men drop the chairs as the crowd gets behind him them both, and the two lock up. Key takes advantage with a low shot before driving Palumbo into the ropes sending knees into the gut of the former WCW wrestler. Key scoops up Palumbo and slams him face first into the ground, attempting a quick pin but Palumbo is too good for that and kicks out. Key gets onto Palumbo and beats him down with some hard right hands before going for an elbow drop but Palumbo dodges the move, Palumbo coming back with a kick to the head before making a pin attempt but Key kicks out with force. Palumbo sends Key to the outside and Palumbo introduces him, like so many others to objects such as the ring barricade and the steel steps, Key bouncing off of each with grace before getting shot down with a clothesline, Palumbo making another cover attempt but once again for the 2. Palumbo began to look frustrated and went under the ring to grab some weapons and what did he find? a metal chain!! Palumbo pulled the chain out from under the ring and raised it to the fans before he started slowly wrapping it around his wrist. But wait! here comes Charles Wright with a singapore cane!!! Wright hits Palumbo over the back with great force marking him up, Palumbo dropping to his knees. Wright chases Palumbo around the ring marking him up before Palumbo heads to the ring to get some free space. Wright follows after taunting the fans but only gets the Jungle Kick for his troubles. Palumbo's fight with Wright however ignored the fact that Key was still alive and dangerous and Palumbo did not notice Key's return to the ring, Key crashing the steel chair he used earlier over his head. Key repeatedly assaulted Palumbo with the chair Palumbo unable to do anything as Key slid the chair underneath Palumbo's body before making his way up the top. Here it comes! MOONSAULT! Key once again made the cover and this time got the three! Key is still the WWF Hardcore Champion![***1/2 Rating]. After the match, Key helped up Charles Wright who looked furious at Palumbo - he wants Key to hit him with the Victimizer! But WAIT, here comes Sabu with chair! Sabu sprints to the ring, Key quickly dropping Palumbo and climbing out of the ring to face him but he can't protect himself from the chair Sabu chucking it hard into the body of Key. Sabu gets onto the apron and hits the Asai Moonsault on Key taking him down to the floor. Sabu is on fire. Sabu mounts Key and starts to beat away on him with right hands. Wright tries to make the save but Sabu simply knocks him down with a shot before going back to work on Key, Wright having no choice but to call down secruity who eventually make the break up. (Sabu really wants a piece of Key!!!)

"ARE YOU READDDDDDDDDDDY?????" It's time for another Degeneration X moment. Today it's time to revist the time when DX hired Mike Tyson to be the special ring enforcer for the Wrestlemania Match between HBK and Austin. Degeneration X are returning the World Wrestling Federation! (But when?)

Next up is more information in regards to the New WWF competition that's advertised on WWF.com. Why do you love the WWF? Send in your answers to the address displayed on WWF.com for a chance to have your reasons placed on the website and tickets to WWF No Way Out! It's going to be HUGE!

It's time to head back to the ring as Kane's pyros go off before the Big Red Monster makes his way to the ring accompanied by the boil on the face of humanity, Paul Heyman. Heyman immediately gets down to business grabbing a mic and telling the world that after much consideration, he is "deeply distressed" about the possible match at No Way Out, just like Stone Cold must be. Paul Heyman said that he sat back in his sofa at home and wondered, he wondered why Stone Cold hadn't returned to the WWF yet. And then it struck him! He realised the answer. The reason Austin isn't here is because Austin knows the real truth of the possible match up; Austin knows that if he goes face to face with Kane, Austin can't win. Austin is getting old, his knees are hurting. Austin just isn't the same man that he once was - not that he ever could beat Kane in the form he is! Heyman says that Austin doesn't want to face Kane because losing to Kane would not only destroy his image and also possibly land dissapoint the fans, losing to Kane would also destroy Austin's image as the biggest badass in Sports History. Heyman said simply put, Stone Cold would be just another helpless soul in the midst of a Kane beating that he would never ever forget! Heyman wanted to go on but then Crash's music hit the arena! Crash (Crash had heard enough!) marched down to the ring climbing into the ring and quickly starting the match. Crash started off with some right and left hands at the big man but Kane didn't even move before eventually pie facing Crash to the floor. Kane sent Crash quickly into the corner and lifted Crash onto the top of the turnbuckle before letting loose with some hard upper cuts before tossing Crash back down to the ground like a rag doll! Kane grabbed hold of Crash again and he began to military press him in the middle of the ring before dropping him face first into the mat. Kane didn't look like he was in any mood for playing games as he climbed up to the top turnbuckle and he hit Crash with a huge flying clothesline! Heyman grinned from side to side as Kane raised his arm back, the crowd feeding Kane some huge heat, before Kane finished the job and ended the match with a huge chokeslam to hell! But Kane wasn't done. Kane dragged Crash back to his feet before hitting him with a second chokeslam, exactly on the same spot as the previous. Kane finally made the pinfall. Crash was simply no match for the Big Red Machine! [** Rating]. After the match, Heyman gets back into the ring and raises gestures that Kane is Number One! Will Austin ever make a return?

We then go backstage to the sound of arguing as some of the staff are holding back Daffney Unger and Trish Stratus who are having a full out argument. Unger says that Trish Stratus is nothing but a joke of champion. A dumb blonde! Trish begs Daffney to put her money where her mouth is, both women looking desperate to get a piece of each other but Lawler turns up and tries to save the day. Lawler said that he's told Unger this and he'll tell her again, no one walks into the World Wrestling Federation and just demands a title shot. If she wants a shot, then she'll have to prove she's up to it. Lawler says next week, she's going to have another chance to do that when she goes one on one with Terri (Wha??????). Unger does not look impressed!

Anywho, it's time to return to the ring and it's time for the WWF press conference with Test and Lance Storm. The ring has been set up nicely with with red carpet and tables as this very serious press conference begins with Test and Storm coming down to the ring together to some huge heat from the fans. Test gets on the mic first and says that he'd like to thank everyone for being patient but with the amount of crap that most of the wrestling fans speak across the net, neither him of Storm wanted any crap being spread that wasn't true so there were no snippets of information handed out whatsoever. Test said that he wants to inform people about the current situation with the Undertaker and that his current statements still stand when says that he a) wants Vince McMahon to book the match and b)will not have the match until No Way Out. Test adds that the wait is nearly over and that he has it on good authority that the saviour of the World Wrestling Federation, Vincent Kennedy McMahon, will be returning to WWF TV as soon as RAW next week and Test already has a good idea of what the stipulation is going to be. Test said that Taker may be the Deadman, but come No Way Out, he won't be walking! Storm finally comes on the microphone and praises Test. Storm says that Test is one of the best wrestlers this business he has ever seen and it is truely an hour to be standing beside him. Storm says that ever since that fateful Smackdown one week ago, everyone has been asking him, Why Lance Why? Why did you attack Edge? You all act like there is some huge conspiracy going on, maybe Edge has slept with my partner or something? I assure you that no such thing has happened because if it had, Lance wouldn't have been quite so forgiving. Storm says his attack on Edge is strictly a business decision. Edge is nothing more than a stepping stone to Storm and that he feels that he is simply able to take advantage of a situation. Why does he think he is able to? Well, because Edge isn't as talented as everyone thinks he is. Storm says he that he is a student of the business and he's watched all the tapes, he's watched all of the shows and Edge is nothing more than an example of the mediocrity that overshadows this glorious business. The crowd start to heavily boo Storm and Test has to tell them to pipe down. But then, Edge's music hits the arena and the fans go wild as Edge appears at the entrance. Edge sprints down to the ring and slides in taking it to both Storm and Test. Edge clotheslines down Test, then Storm, then Test again. Edge then drives Storm into the corner and starts to beat away at him with right hands before Test attacks Edge from behind. Test and Storm start to take advantage of Edge but not for long as The Undertaker's music hits. Taker arrives in the ring and he punches Test then Storm, then Test, then Storm. Taker then sends Test into the corner before whipping Storm into him. Taker then goes for a splash but both men quickly disperse and leave the ring, Test and Storm deciding to hightail it than fight. Taker towers in the ring as Edge gets back to his feet and the two men shake hands, leaving Test and Storm running scared!

Next, we join The Rock who is with The Coach prior to the Main Event Handicap Match. The Coach asks The Rock if after two clean wins against X-Pac and Ron Waterman, what must The Rock's two opponents be thinking tonight? The Rock, always willing to spill his guts, gives The Coach an evil stare before grabbing the mic and getting a cheap pop from the audience! (yes yes, we know The Rock has come back to East Lansing...). The Rock says that some might say that even though The Rock is on his own show, Smackdown, the odds look quite stacked up against him tonight as he walks into a handicap match against two of the WWF's toughest SOBs. However, just like The Rock has done time and time again, in every single type of job, The Rock is going to get the job done. The Rock says that it is obvious that Vince McMahon wants him to be beaten down but The Rock asks, if you want The Rock so bad, why don't you step up to the bat yourself McMahon? The Rock will lay it down again, If McMahon wants the Rock, then why dont you JUST BRING IT! If you Smellllll What The Rock is coooooooking! The Rock pushes the Coach out of the way and makes his way down to the ring. The Rock in a handicap Match is NEXT!

So here we are at our Main Event. Michael Cole and Tazz discuss the match as X-Pac and Ron Waterman make their way down to the ring for this match up, X-Pac dancing his way down to the ring while Waterman follows behind in the usual bodyguard manner. X-Pac and Waterman get into the ring X-Pac continuing the taunt as Waterman simply stands there; its obvious the fans really hate these two. The fans quickly turned to boos though when The Rock's music hit the arena and The Rock sprinted down the ramp into the ring and the match began. The Rock quickly both man to the down with multiple shots, before clotheslining X-Pac out of the ring. Waterman then tried to jump the Great One but The Rock quickly turned it around, The Rock laying the Smacketh down on Waterman's candyass! (Just had to put that in!!). The Rock got Waterman back to his feet and sent him into the ropes, before kicking The Rock in the midsection before hitting him with an inverted DDT, The Rock kicking out from the pin attempt on the two. Waterman keeps on the beat down sending The Rock to the corner before choking him, the referee halting him momentarily before he got back on it. Waterman tagged in X-Pac who continued on the assault using his quick feet to do the majority of the damage, The Rock nearly getting caught from the three off a great spinning heel kick! (Just as JR would say, that X-Pac is quicker than a hiccup!).X-Pac sent the Rock back into the same corner and beat him with some back handed chops before tagging in Waterman and Waterman driving his knee into The Rock's abdomen. Waterman continued the pressure on The Rock, bringing the Peoples' Champion down again, this time with a belly to belly suplex, Waterman once again trying for the cover but The Rock just wasn't going to quit like that. Waterman still managed to stay on top putting the Rock in a sleeper hold. The Rock seemed to be dozing off but when The Rock checked, he was still full of life and began to power out. The Rock managed to turn Waterman but Waterman got the momentum back with an eye rake only to get it stolen from him once more with a spinebuster. The Rock got back to his feet and dodged an X-Pac attack chucking him out of the ring before out of nowhere hitting The Rockbottom on Waterman. The Rock went for the cover.....1....2....The Rock is pulled out of the ring. IT'S THE BRITISH BULLDOG!!!. [*** Rating]. The Rock has won this match but he won't feel a winner as Bulldog chucks the Rock into the steel steps. Bulldog rolls The Rock before getting back into the ring with all three men eventually getting in on the attack. The Bulldog hits The Rock with the Running Powerslam before raising his arms to the crowd as familiar music hits...IT'S VINCE MCMAHON! Vince does his estranged walk to the ring, climbing inside and orders Bulldog to hit The Rock again, Bulldog hitting The Rock with a second running powerslam the crowd delivering a huge amount of heat as Bulldog points hands The Rock to Vince on a silver plate. Vince then cheekily gets down onto the floor and hooks the leg of The Rock, X-Pac counting the 3. Michael Cole and Tazz simply could not believe it, Michael Cole calling Vince a sick and twisted individual who is in love with no one but himself! Vince McMahon is back Damn It!!!

Smackdown! Quick Results

Daffney Unger def. Ivory

Key def. Chuck Palumbo (WWF Hardocre Championship Match)

Kane def. Crash Holly

The Rock def. Ron Waterman and X-Pac

Edited December 3, 2006 by DaveKOTW

[DaveKOTW]

Heat Preview

Scheduled to be Broadcast on Sunday, 27th January 2002 from the Breslin Center, East Lansing, Michigan

Welcome to your latest installment of Sunday Night Heat, broght to you every Sunday Night only on MTV!

TONIGHT ON HEAT

Marc Mero makes his FIRST title Defence!!

Since Marc Mero's Royal Rumble sucess, Mero has kept himself well hidden, possibly, in an attempt to avoid unwanted attention to his beautiful new partner, Torrie Wilson and his coveted Cruiserweight Championship belt. Tonight, Mero finally comes out from the shadows to defend his Cruiserweight title against the former WWF Tag Team Champion, Scotty 2 Hotty. While it is true that Scotty has been far from impressive over the last year, Scotty 2 Hotty has hung and wrestled some of the best including wrestlers like Edge, Christian and Dean Malenko. Can Scotty turn a corner here tonight and become the WWF Cruiserweight Champion or will Scotty's career simply plummet into nothingness? tune in to find out!

Kazuhiro DEBUTS TONIGHT!

Last week on Heat, Japan's own Funaki got viciously attacked by TAKA and his new associates Kazuhiro and Taiyo, humiliating him in front of the whole world. Funaki, however, is not the sort of man just to lay down and die and soon after the attack requested a match against one of the men that jumped him, Kazuhiro. Can Funaki get some much needed revenge or will TAKA's new force simply dominate him once more?

William Regal challenges WWF EUROPEAN CHAMPION

Does time away from Wrestling affect your skills? William Regal would argue no, especially after crushing former WWF Hardcore Champion Crash Holly last week on Heat! Tonight, however, may be a totally different story as the man from Blackpool, England, takes on the WWF European Champion Rikishi in a Non Title Match. Can Regal overcome the 400lber, or will Rikishi's size just be too much for the Brit? Tune in tonight to see if William Regal can get back on the road to WWF Championship Gold tonight in the Heat Main Event!

Tune into Sunday Night Heat, broadcast only on MTV!

Edited December 3, 2006 by DaveKOTW

[LexChaney]

Screaming Daffney yeah i'm a big fan of her glad to see her here, by the way i still have the tooth ache that's why i'm only giving small feedback...becuase it's a wisdom tooth :thumbsdown: but i have something to read which has really come together like 1PWCorino said Venis is usaly good maybe give him a run as a minor champion to test him out.

Kane and Austin is getting than and it will be interesting to see how thing's will get on...keep up the good work man.

[HailtotheYo]

Ok, so where does Mero go from here ? Hopefully he's a good champion and not shit on as in real life. He's versatile and not limited by his title, so I'd like to see him up and down the card.

Kish needs to lose the belt to Regal. (repeat 9 more times)

The best part of your last SD! was Angle going nuts. This is the persona he needs to have, especially with what you've got going on.

British Bulldog eh ? Interesting to see what he'll be doing. Never saw him as a Vince stooge. Interesting indeed.

[DavidMarrio]

I like the diary. Quite enjoyable and hopefully Val Venis might end up getting a push maybe?

I hope Regal beats the Phat Man for the European title as being from Britain i want Regal to win!!!! I wonder where your going with Marc Mero

Anyway good stuff man

[Adam]

Im still a bit lost with where your going with The Rock and the WWF Title atm, i still hope its not Rock-Taker at WMX8, and i still want Rock-Hogan

But im still loving Key as the Hardcore Champ, and Angle-RVD is simply mouth-watering stuff!

[DaveKOTW]

Sunday Night Heat

Broadcast on Sunday, 27thth January 2002 from the Breslin Center, East Lansing, Michigan

Heat kicks off in extraordinary fashion this week, Al Snow and Kevin Kelly quickly getting the welcome is as Marc Mero and Torrie Wilson make their way down for the ring. Mero collects a mic as Torrie gets into the ring, teasing the crowd before Mero also drops in telling the audience that he is glad to see that Wrestling Fans are still fickle with their support. Mero said after all, it's only been a couple of weeks since Torrie Wilson turned her back on Tajiri yet the WWF fans can't seem to get their eyes off his blonde bombshell of a woman. The fans don't react to kindly to Mero's words and he is now getting exactly what he wants boos. Mero demands the crowd silences as tonight is a very special night indeed. It's his first title defense; and the "lucky" people of Heat are the ones who get to see it (lucky people indeed *shifty*). Mero is truely excited. He is however regretful that his first defense is against a man someone as low brow as Scotty and that he feels a man of his talent should be facing real talent. Not some dancing freak show, something that Torrie agrees with completely, although the fans are less than supportive...Mero goes on to say more but Scotty 2 Hotty's music hits the arena, breaking up the speech - Mero does not look happy!

Scotty doesn't dance on his way down to the ring today, getting straight in the ring and goes toe to toe with the WWF Cruiserweight Champion, the two men resorting to pushing and shoving in the middle of the ring. Mero finally breaks the pushing with a shot causing the bell to ring and the match gets under way. Mero kicks off with a fist and kick attack, before sending Scotty into the ropes, Scotty returning with a flying clothesline to take the advantage. Scotty drops Mero with some quick forearm smashes before hitting Mero with a belly to back suplex, Scotty quickly going for the cover for the 2. Scotty gets back on top of Mero beating him down with some more shots before climbing up top and dropping Mero with a flying axehandle making, pinning Mero once more but only for the 2. Scotty acts frustrated and locks in a sleeper in the middle of the ring and this wakes Torrie up, Torrie really starting to cheer away for her new man, the fans behind her giving her some lip but she hardly pays attention. Mero begins to get some energy from Torrie's cheerleading and begins to fight out, Mero's hard left hands getting the better of the former tag team champion. Mero sends Scotty into the ropes once again and Scotty ducks the forarm attempt before taking Mero down with another clothesline. Mero gets back to his feet and walks into a suplex attempt, Mero countering before attempting a cutter but scotty manages to couner it and Mero lands hard on the floor. Scotty hits Mero with the one handed bulldog! Is it time? W-O-R-M oooh oooh oooh! Scotty hits the Worm! It's Over! But Wait! Torrie is getting into the ring. The referee quickly notices and tries to get her out, Scotty surely missing out on a huge opportunity to become WWF Cruiserweight Champion right here! Scotty gets back to his feet and the referee has to get in the way of Scotty and Torrie but wait! Mero hits Scotty with a low blow! Mero quickly makes the roll up! He's got the tights damn it! 1-2-3! Marc Mero retains the WWF Cruiserweight Championship!(Damn It!).Torrie quickly grabs the title belt and Mero joins her at the ramp way, scotty 2 Hotty looking distraught at the decision![*** Rating]

Backstage, Rikishi is seen watching highlights of the Mero match and Rikishi doesn't looked pleased, shaking is head disapprovingly. "Unbelievable way for a Champ to act". Enter William Regal. Regal says that Rikishi can not really disapprove of the actions of Marc Mero after the way he acts. Regal says that all of that dancing and jiggling, it's quite repulsive. "My Dear Boy, Have you ever heard of trousers?...I thought not!" Regal says that Rikishi is simply not fit, in any way shape or form to hold that WWF European Championship and Regal can not bare to see it besmerched any further. Regal warns that tonight is the beginning of the end of Rikishi's WWF European Champion reign!(Jolly good Mr. Regal!)

We then head back to the ring where Al Snow and Kevin Kelly greet us, Al Snow saying that the Japs are just undergoing their final preparations for the match up in which Kazuhiro will make his WWF Debut. Funaki's music hits the arena first and Funaki makes his way down to the ring to a huge pop from the crowd, the young man from Tokyo certainly getting a good following from the crowd tonight. Funaki's music finally dies down before Kazuhiro's music hits the arena and he, along with his partners TAKA and Taiyo, make their way to the ring. Kaz gets into the ring and salutes the silent fans but that didn't last long, Funaki jumping the debutant to start off the match. Funaki really took it to Kaz in the early goings taking Kaz into the corner hitting him with some hard right hands before nearly getting a pin after a hurricanrana, Kaz nearly getting caught out very early on. Funaki sent Kaz into the opposite turnbuckle, Kaz then dodging a splash attempt from Funaki before hitting Funaki with a release full nelson suplex. Kaz quickly went for a springboard moonsault but Funaki managed to dodge the move, but Kaz landed on his feet, quickly following up with a shining wizard, Kaz unlucky not to end the match right there. Kaz continued the offense with a double knee gustbuster, TAKA and Taiyo applauding highly as Kaz finally began to climb the turnbuckle. Kaz taunted the crowd from up top before finally finishing the job with a beautifully executed corkscrew 450 splash, the crowd applauding the high risk move as he hooked the leg for the 3. Kazuhiro wins! [*** Rating] While Kaz did recieve applause from the crowd directly after the match up, the crowd didn't take long to once again resume their former opinions when TAKA and Taiyo hit the ring and continued the beat down on Funaki. TAKA simply told Taiyo what to do, Taiyo taking little time to bring Funaki back to his feet just so he could take him down again with then Samoan Driver. Kaz then finished off the move with a slingshot leg drop onto the lifeless carcass of Funaki, all three men looking extremely satisfied with themselves after the demoltion.

Next up was a reminder that No Way Out is just around the corner! And what's more! Degeneration X will be there! DX will return in 14 days!

Further backstage, we join Marc Mero, Torrie Wilson and Billy Kidman as they discuss Mero's first title defense. Kidman calls the match a classic, saying that Mero really showed the world the meaning of grace when he stuck to scotty earlier in the night. Mero thanks Kidman for the complements and tells him that he could still yet be a great champion one day. Mero can sense it. Mero even went as far as to say that when he looks at Kidman, it's like looking at a younger version of himself, just not as handsome. Torrie agrees completely, Kidman finding it hard not to break a smile. Kidman asks Mero if he has any plans as to who the next opponent will be but Mero says he has no idea. Mero does guarantee however that next week, there will be another Cruiserweight Title Match and that is for damn sure! (We can hardly wait!)

Finally, to the Main Event and this Main Event is a huge one as William Regal takes on Rikishi in a non-title match up! Regal's music hits the arena first and Regal makes his way down to the ring. Regal wipes his feet on the apron before climbing into the ring and waving to all of the fans but the fans haven't forgiven him for turning his back on the WWF. Rikishi on the other hand got a huge pop from the fans, Rikishi holding his WWF European Championship high as he made his way to the ring. Rikishi will know he has a match on his hands tonight! Rikishi and Regal lock up in the middle of the ring and Rikishi uses his power to take Regal into the corner. Regal however is a ring veteran and rakes the eyes of the European Champion turning the tables and beats Rikishi down in the corner. Regal tries to take Rikishi into the opposite corner but Rikishi is far too strong and Regal gets sent crashing into the corner, Regal bouncing off and walking straight into a belly to belly suplex from the Kish, Rikishi quickly going for the cover but only getting a 2. Rikishi pulls Regal back up and Regal and sends him into the ropes, but Regal ducks the forearm smash and takes Rikishi down with a high knee, Regal following that up with a second knee drop for good measure. Regal makes the cover but Rikishi kicks out with ease on the two, Regal trying again just to make sure but still he only got the 2. Regal began to choke away on the European Champion out of frustration but nearly got disqualified in the process, Rikishi not making it easy here tonight. Regal got Rikishi back to his feet and attacked Rikishi with some upper cuts taking him into the corner before trying to choke him once more. The referee warned him again but this time costing Regal, Rikishi turning the tables and delivering Regal with some hard back hand chops before splashing Regal into the corner for good measure and Regal slumped into the corner! Oh No! William! No! here it comes! STINKFACE! Rikishi eventually got up smiling as Regal scrambled across the ring looking like he was about to vommit before Rikishi settled him down with the SAVATE KICK! This has got to be over.....1......2....thr but Regal managed to get a shoulder up. Kishi can't believe it! He questions the referee but he was sure it was only a 2 and Rikishi has no choice but to get on with the match. Rikishi pulls Regal over to the corner, you know what he wants to do now! Banzai time for Mr. Regal and Here It Comes!!!! REGAL MOVES and Rikishi lands flat on his ASS! Regal makes it back to his feet first and he has hold of Rikishi's arm here, what's he gonna do? The REGAL CUTTER ON RIKISHI! Regal makes the cover........1.......2......3 Regal wins it! [*** Rating]. The crowd go silent in shocka s Regal picks up a victory out of nowhere in this match up! This match surely makes Regal a legitimate challenger for the WWF European Title now?

Either way, Al Snow and Kevin Kelly are thankful for you tuning in! "We hope you enjoyed the show and will join us next week! God Bless and Good Night!"

QUICK RESULTS

Marc Mero def. Scotty 2 Hotty

Kazuhiro def. Funaki

William Regal def. Rikishi

Edited December 9, 2006 by DaveKOTW

[DaveKOTW]

Raw Preview

Scheduled to be broadcast on Monday, 28th of January, 2002 LIVE from the Pittsburgh PA

HE'S BACK

Last week on Smackdown, The Rock finally got what he asked for when Vince McMahon made his return to the squared circle; Vince however was not alone. In what happened in no more than the blink of an eye, the British Bulldog shot to the ring to deliver a vicious attack on the WWF Champion, The Rock unable to fight off the 3 on 1 assault. Tonight, Vince McMahon is set to make his mark back in the WWF with some more of the same as Big Show, a giant thorn in the Corporate side is placed in a handicap match against Ron Waterman and X-Pac. You can be sure of one thing, you don't want to be on Vince's bad side right about now!

The Dudley Boys are also in action tonight defending their WWF Tag Team Titles against the combination of Val Venis and Steve Blackman. Can Venis and Blackman match up to the toughest tag team in the WWF or will the Dudley Boyz reign supreme?

Another person in action tonight is the new WWF Diva Women's Wrestler, Daffney Unger when she takes on Terri in a singles match. Daffney Unger is primed, angry and ready to go. Who knows if Terri will even survive this match?

Rob Van Dam will also be in action tonight for the first time since Kurt Angle viciously attacked him about 2 weeks ago. Van Dam will be facing former Alliance member Chavo Guerrero Jr. in what should be an exciting match up. Will Van Dam be able to take out his frustrations on Chavo or will Angle once again play a role in tonight's match up?

SCHEDULED MATCHES

Daffney Unger vs. Terri

Rob Van Dam vs. Chavo Guerrero Jr.

WWF Tag Team Championship Match

The Dudley Boyz© vs. Val Venis and Steve Blackman

Handicap Match

The Big Show vs. Ron Waterman and X-Pac

For all your answers, tune in to RAW Monday night at 9/8 CT on TNN

Edited December 9, 2006 by DaveKOTW

[LexChaney]

Pretty sweet card for Raw man, it seem's you have a lot on the line for No Way Out which i know will be a good PPV Daffney is one thing i'm loving about Raw and i know she will probaly be good.

Big Show god i hope Waltman and Waterman put him away for good i'm not feeling the Big Show at the moment and could Venis get a big push as a tag team champion who know's looking forward to Raw man keep up the good work dude.

[DaveKOTW]

WWF RAW

Broadcast on Monday, 28th of January, 2002 LIVE from Pittsburgh, PA

Hosted by Jim Ross and Mick Foley

RAW opens up with an explosion of fireworks as Jim Ross and Mick Foley welcome up to an action packed episode of Sports Entertainment!! Mick Foley adds that he always loves the Road to Wrestlemania and that he is just glad that the Road goes right through PITTSBURGH! PA! Nice little pop for the start of the night there Mick! *shifty). Vince McMahon's music then hits the arena as Vince McMahon makes his way to the ring, accompanied by his goons, Waterman, Bulldog and X-Pac. Vince orders X-Pac to grab him a mic as Vince climbs into the ring raising his arms to the crowd even though they are obviously not too endeared to him right now. Vince, however, is glad to be back on RAW! (How nice...). Vince says that it feels strange for him standing there in the middle of the ring, not clutching onto that WWF Championship belt and that he feels like a piece of him is simply missing. Vince tells the fans not to worry though because come the end of No Way Out, Vince McMahon guarantees to be WWF Champion once again because just like Vince McMahon showed the Rock last Thursday, it doesn't matter how good you are, it doesn't matter how much you are loved, it doesn't matter wwho you are...Vince McMahon gets even, just like he will with Big Show later on tonight and that my friends, is a promise! (Looks like Vince has been hitting one too many of the shandys...). All four men pose in the ring as Vince's music hit the arena once more, the fans just happy to see them leave!

Backstage the camera follows a trail of clothes on the floor and then we see it, a bag with the Canadian flag on it..(What the?). Then we hear somebody choking and the camera finally gets to the bottom of what's going on. It's Lance Storm and The Undertaker. The Undertaker has Lance Storm by the throat against the wall and isn't looking best pleased! Taker wants to know where Test is but Storm doesn't know. Taker just is having a hard time believing it as these two are such good friends all but Storm swears, he has no idea. He came into the arena by himself. Taker nearly believes Storm but then his doubt once again comes into play as Test walks through the door. Test looks startled quickly shoots off in the opposite direction. Taker looks pissed at Storm but drops him anyway, quickly taking off in hot pursuit, Storm grasping hold of his neck. (I hope Test can find a good place to hide!)

Back to the ring and straight to our first match of the night and it's a WWF Tag Team Titles Match between The Dudley Boyz and Venis and Blackman. Blackman and Venis make their way to the ring first, Venis dancing around like a hyper-excited school girl while Blackman looks like he's just swallowed a dune bug. Anywho, both men get into the ring to a decent reception from the fans and both acknowledge them in their own ways (Blackman staring at them like a bunch of annoying dune bugs while Val raises his arms while dancing like a school girl....). Finally the Dudley Boyz hit the ring and the fans give them some solid heel heat, Bubba and D-Von looking fired up as usual ready for the match up. Both teams start the match with a brawl in the middle of the ring, before Blackman and Bubba identify themselves as the legal men after Venis clears D-Von from the ring. Blackman starts off quite strong taking Bubba to the corner, attacking him with some right handed chops before Bubba counters him with a thumb to the eye before giving him some more of the same. Bubba goes for a cutter early in the match but misses,Blackman taking advantage and taking him down with an early russian leg sweep for the cover but Bubba kicks out with ease. Blackman tags in Venis and Venis goes to work on the WWF Tag Team Champion attacking Bubba with right hands before sending him into the ropes taking him down with a back body drop on Bubba, Val looking up for it in the early goings. Bubba clutches his lower back, tagging in D-Von who quickly locks up with Venis, Venis missing the original clothesline but catches D-Von on the rebound with a huge side slam. Venis brings Blackman back into the match and the two men hit a double suplex on D-Von. Blackman once again goes for the cover but he only gets the 2. Blackman gets back to his feet and takes D-Von down with a vertical suplex before trying to take advantage again with the cover but D-Von isn't gonna let go without a fight. Blackman tries to put D-Von in a scissored armbar but Bubba interferes breaking up the hold. Blackman gets back to his feet and goes for Bubba but the ref pulls them apart and tries to send Bubba out of the ring, D-Von taking advantage with a low blow before going for a roll up but D-Von only can get the two even with the tights. D-Von tags out and Bubba attacks Blackman with his elbow, nailing Blackman to the head for a few times before sending him into the ropes and taking Blackman down with a huge chop. Bubba taunts Val before hitting Blackman with a side slam of his own Val getting caught out and allowing the Dudleyz to a double team attack! (Wazzaaaaaaaaaap!) Blackman gets nailed with a diving headbutt but manages to kick out on the two! Bubba gets back to his feet looking disgusted with the referee but takes out his frustrations on an angry Val Venis, causing Val to try and get in the ring once more and Bubba and D-Von take advantage with the double stomp. D-Von tags back in and goes Blackman who is trying to make his way back to his corner but D-Von won't allow it! Blackman dragging him back to his corner before elbow dropping him and locking in a modfied camel clutch on Blackman, Blackman having to grabbing the ropes with ease. D-Von stomps away some more but Blackman wants to make it home! Can he do it? OOOH! GOOD SUPERKICK BY BLACKMAN! Blackman gets the tag in and Val comes in on fire taking both Bubba and D-von down with clotheslines. Val hits D-Von with a back body drop, then Bubba with a half nelson slam. Val hits D-Von with a belly to belly suplex and goes for the cover but Bubba breaks it up. Val isn't going to stop there though, Val gets back to his feet and Bubba and Val brawl before Val counters a whip attempt and sends Bubba out of the ring with a clothesline. D-Von gets back up and gets hit with a Spinebuster! Val looks to the top. Could we have new Tag Team Champions? IT'S TIME FOR THE MONEY SHOT! AND IT CONNECTS! VAL COVERS...1....2...BUBBA BREAKS UP THE COUNT! BUBBA HITS VAL WITH THE BUBBA BOMB! BUT WAIT! BLACKMAN IS BACK! Blackman hits Bubba with hard chops, Blackman then taking both him and Bubba out of the ring with a huge clothesline. BUT D-VON IS CRAWLING OVER VAL!........1..........2...........3 THE DUDLEY BOYZ STEAL IT![*** 1/2 Rating]. After the match, Bubba sends Blackman into the steel steps. (Looks like Bubba isn't through eh?). Things are still going on anywho as we go to a quick break.

When we return, the Dudley Boyz are still in the ring grasping hold of their precious precious Tag Team Title belts! Bubba gets on the mic and begins a rant about how matches like tonight just show why the Dudley Boyz are the best Tag Team in the history of Wrestling. ECW Tag Champions, WCW Tag Champions, WWF Tag Team Champions! No One has achieved what they have and no one will EVER come as close to every achieving what they did! The Dudley Boyz are Revolutionary...."ARE YOU READY?" The crowd go wild as DX's music blasts through the PA system; even JR is having kittens! I guess it's time for another Degeneration X promo and tonight we go back to good old 1997 and Triple H is mocking Sgt. Slaughter for having impotence!(with a chin like that? not likely...). The Dudley Boyz are not impressed and after the segment, are seen in the middle of the ring talking to each other pointing at the screen with complete bewilderment before heading off down the ramp. I wonder what that was about?

After the Dudleyz Boyz had left the arena, JR and Mick Foley discuss the whole incident. Foley believes that obviously DX felt that the Dudley Boyz self obsessive rant was the right time to really push some buttons and they succeeded brilliantly. JR asks Foley if he feels a match is on the cards and Foley believes it certainly is and if this DX is anything like the DX of all, it's going to be a slobberknocker!

We head backstage and see Taker in pursuit of Test. Test is one of the backstage areas and it's covered with metal work and what not and Test quickly realises its an ideal place to hide. Taker eventually follows in calling for Test but Test is hiddenwell. Taker walks up and down the room looking around for Test but there is no sight or smell of him! Taker opens a door to one of the cupboard...when wait! TAKER LOOK OUT! Test attacks Taker from behind with some sort of metal sheet. Taker drops and Test throws in some right hands beating Taker to the ground. Test then chokes Taker with his boot spouting out abuse at him. "YOU CAN'T STOP ME TAKER! YOU CAN'T STOP ME!" (okeydokey Test...). Test eventually leaves the scene as the crowd notices Taker is bleeding. Test is damn sure going to pay!

Next up is the match that King set last week on Smackdown; It's Daffney Unger versus Terri. Terri makes her way to the ring first dressed almost inappropriately for the match ahead. The same could not be said for Daffney Unger who came to the ring with a face that could kill flowers in the springtime, Daffney getting into the ring and going head to head with Terri. The referee stopped from beginning the beat down too soon but Daffney was as ready as a Rottweiler in front of a fresh piece of meat. Daffney began with a vicious assault on Terri clubbing away at her with huge right hands before slamming her straight into the turnbuckle. Daffney quickly grabbed hold of her head by her hair and started repeatedly bashing Terri's face into the turnbuckle busting her face open before throwing her to the ground. Daffney begged Terri to get up but she didn't want to, so Daffney stuck a boot in taking her off her knees and flat onto the floor. Daffney didn't wait around for her to get up, dragging her back to her feet by her hair before hitting Terri with the Death Valley Driver, Terri helpless against the pinfall, Daffney winning this match in style! [* Rating]. After the match, Unger climbed the turnbuckles and raised her arms to the crowd, the crowd seriously sharing their sense of loathing with her. But the night wasn't over for Unger, oh no no! An unsuspecting Stacy Keibler came to the ring and checked on Terri who was unconcious in the middle of the ring only to somehow get the attention of Unger. Unger quickly took advantage of Stacy calling for paramedics attacking Stacy from behind and knocking her to the ground. Daffney quickly mounted Keibler and beat her down with huge right and left hands before beginning to choke her. Unger finished the job, Death Valley Driving Stacy right on top of Terri the crowd disgusted by her actions. Daffney on the other hand looked very pleased with her days work.

We head backstage to see Jerry Lawler pacing up and down his office, a look of concern dominating his face. Paul Heyman walks in with a message and Lawler isn't happy but Heyman says he'll have to just bare with him for now. Heyman says he's here to apologise on behalf of the future WWF Champion, Kane, as he can't make it here tonight. Heyman says he had to go and see a someone about a thing and it's quite an important thing so Lawler would understand, Heyman quickly trying to shoot off but Lawler stops him. Lawler says that if Heyman was worried about Austin being here, he's not, but Heyman says thats ridiculous. Kane fears NO MAN and neither does Heyman. Lawler is a little sceptical asking. Lawler says if that's the case, then Heyman won't mind being involved in a little match tonight...a match against none other than the SUICIDIAL HOMICIDAL GENOCIDAL DEATH DEFYING SABU! Heyman goes bananas! He's not a wrestler!!! Lawler however politely ushers him out of the room, Heyman octive jumping voice obviously not enough to make Lawler reconsider. Oh and by the way...it's NEXT!

After a short break, we return to the ring in the middle of Paul Heyman's entrance, Heyman strolling down to the ring in some sweat pants and shirt, sweat pouring down the head of the man who JR calls the boil on the face of humanity. Sabu gets a huge pop as he makes his way to the ring, Sabu coming down to the ring with a chair in hand despite it only being a singles match, Sabu's every move striking the fear of God into Heyman. As soon as Sabu gets into the ring, Sabu puts his hand out like the two men are best friends, Heyman hoping that Sabu will shake but he does no such thing. Sabu on the other hand strikes Heyman down with a shot, Heyman crawling backwards to the corner of the ring where Sabu bases his attack, sticking in some boots and fists to Heyman before hitting him with a drop kick. Sabu drags Heyman to his feet and sends him hard into the opposite corner, Sabu following up with a splash. Sabu goes for some more but Heyman quickly rolls out of the ring to get out of the way. Heyman knows more than most exactly what Sabu is capable of. But wait! Key's music hits the arena and Key and Charles Wright appear at the entrance. Sabu looks at Key and you can tell Sabu isn't happy about it, Heyman quickly gets in the ring and tries to roll up Sabu but Sabu kicks out quickly just on the 2 and Sabu goes mental. Sabu mounts Heyman and begins to beat away on him. Key quickly slid into the ring ending any possibility that this match would finish properly, and halted the attack pulling Sabu off of Heyman but Sabu wouldnt stop simply changing his victim [* 1/2 Rating]. Key was no Heyman however and quickly showed Sabu exactly what he was made of countering a whip attempt before taking Sabu down with the Face Eraser. Key considers going for more but instead decides to leave, joining up with Heyman and Wright on the ramp way. Sabu wins this match by DQ but he wont feel a winner! Sabu is not going to let this lie down!

Next up is a video for our newest Diva, Daffney Unger. She was born in German, she likes to fight! And she is slightly crazy! That sums her up rather well....

Back to the ring and it's time for our next match between Rob Van Dam and Chavo Guerrero Jr.Van Dam makes his way to the ring first to a huge response from the fans, JR and Foley both admitting that Van Dam has a hard time recently. Foley says that Van Dam's WWF career started off with bang but now it seems to be flatlining and that this current feud between him and Angle maybe the sort of thing that Van Dam needs to regenerate some life in his career. Van Dam gets in the ring and salutes the fans, R-V-D chances filling the ring as Van Dam climbs the turnbuckle. Chavo Guerrero Jr's music then hits the arena and Chavo begins his descent down the ramp way towards the ring. Chavo comes from the legendary Guerrero background and he knows it says JR as Chavo gets into the ring slapping his chest saluting the fans but they don't care....for now...a clean win would change it all! Chavo and Van Dam lock up and Chavo quickly trying to get behind him and gain some advantage. Van Dam however is a smart wrestler and uses his elbows to knock Chavo away, Van Dam breaking free before taking him down with a shoulder tackle. Van Dam sends Chavo into the corner of the ring before hitting him with a couple of turnbuckle thrusts before finishing it off with a back handspring and a running thrust. Van Dam then goes for a step over heel kick before going for a cover but Chavo manages to get the shoulder up. Van Dam doesn't look concerned and hits Chavo with a standing moonsault before going for another cover, Chavo kicking out again. Van looks at the referee unhappy but then gets back to his feet and lays some boots into Chavo. Van Dam climbs up top and goes for a Somersault leg drop but Chavo gets out of the way and Van Dam lands hard. Chavo turns the tides taking Van Dam down with a couple of forearm smashes before hitting Van Dam with a German Suplex. Chavo goes up top and he hits van Dam with a missile drop kick, Chavo making a pin fall attempt but Van Dam kicks out. Chavo quickly mounts on top of him and beats away on the man from Battle Creek Michigan before getting back to his feet and signals that the end is near. Van Dam gets back to his feet and Chavo quickly goes for a Brainbuster, Chavo connecting. Everyone in the audience thought it was over but Van Dam somehow managed to kick out! Chavo put both hands on his head! He couldn't believe it! Chavo got back to his feet and shouted at the referee, the referee telling them he was nothing he could do, before Chavo decided that he had to try something different, and he did, Chavo climbing up top. Chavo went for the Frog Splash BUT VAN DAM GOT THE KNEES UP! Chavo grasped his chest as Van Dam got back to his feet and went for a double underhook facebuster! Van Dam is on fire! Van Dam hits the Rolling Thunder on Chavo and an Angle chant breaks out in the arena. But it doesn't matter! RVD is already climbing, is it over? 5 STAR FROG SPLASH ON CHAVO GUERRERO! Van Dam even hurt himself in that move! Van Dam hooks the leg.........1...........2..............3..Van Dam wins[*** Rating]. Van Dam gets back to his feet and the referee tries to raise his arm but Van Dam instead seems more preoccupied looking for Kurt Angle. JR says he has every right to be paranoid, this is Kurt Angle's hometown. Angle finally appears on the titantron and the crowd go nuts. Angle claps Van Dam telling him that it was a very impressive performance. But Angle warns him if that's all Van Dam's got, then Van Dam might as well not bother turning up to No Way Out? (No Way Out?). The crowd chants for Angle get louder but Angle soon silences that by telling that he doesn't care how much they chant, there is no way in hell that someone like him, an Olympic Gold Medallist, is going to step foot in a dump like that.."oh it's true!". Angle tells Van Dam that if he does decide to risk it at No Way Out and come to the PPV, then Angle will not be able responsible for his actions when he breaks his freaking Ankle! OH ITS TRUE! ITS DAMN TRUE!" The screen goes blank as Van Dam stands in the middle of the ring, man of the fans turning to an R-V-D chant instead.

We're back to JR and Foley and they tell us that we are now only moments away from the Main Event between Big Show and the Team of X-Pac and Ron Waterman. Can Vince McMahon do what he did to The Rock to the Big Show tonight? Find out, after the break!

After the break, we return to the ring for the Main Event, the Big Show making his way to the ring first. Big Show gets into the ring and salutes the crowd as his music changes for Vince's as Ron Waterman, X-Pac and The British Bulldog come on scene. All three men slowly walk down to the ramp and X-Pac is elected to start the match, JR noting the size different between the two. X-Pac gets into the ring and tries to attack Big Show but Show quickly showed the power difference as he pie faced X-Pac to the ground. X-Pac got back to his feet, Big Show laughing at X-Pac and X-Pac decided to tag out to Waterman who came into the ring hesitantly. Big Show paved the way for him and both men locked up Waterman pushing back Big Show acting all cocky before Big Show showed him exactly who was boss taking him back into his corner. Big Show opened the first pain of the night with some huge back handed chops to the torso of Waterman before dragging him to the ground. Big Show however had more than one person to deal with and got hit with a drop kick off the top from X-Pac. Waterman got back to his feet and started beating Big Show over the back with right hands before whipping him into the ropes but he failed with the shoulder tackle, Big Show grabbing hold of Waterman and headbutting him instead. X-Pac attacked Big Show with a chop block to the back of the knee, Waterman then taking advantage with a high knee. Waterman went for the cover on the Giant but the Big Show managed to kick out on the 2. Waterman continued the assault with a stiff kick to the head and went for another cover but Big Show once again got out of the pin. Waterman continued, locking Big Show in a side head lock, the Bulldog getting involved in the match allowing X-Pac to also get involved and Big Show started getting assaulted. Waterman some how manages to hit Big Show with a German Suplex, some members of the arena unable to help themselves appreciating the move. He made it look easy! Waterman hooks the leg of the Big Show but Show once again manages to kick out. Bulldog however is up to no good on the outside and he's found Waterman's lead pipe. Bulldog puts into the ring before climbing back up onto the apron. Waterman is passed the pipe by X-Pac, and he waits for Show to rise, here it goes but wait, THE BIG SHOW GRABS RON WATERMAN BY THE THROAT! X-PAC RUNS TO MAKE THE SAVE BUT HE GETS CAUGHT! DOUBLE CHOKESLAM BY THE BIG SHOW! BIG SHOW HAS DONE IT!?! Big Show makes thecover.......1........2........The British Bulldog breaks up the COUNT! DAMN IT! The referee calls for the bell! Big Show wins it by DQ as the British Bulldog begins an assault on the Big Show. The British Bulldog grabs hold of the pipe that he gave to X-Pac and cracks it over the Big Show's head. Bulldog continues on the assault choking The Big Show with the lead pipe the fans getting very heated until.......IF YOU SMELLLLLLLLLAALALALALALA WHAT THE ROCK IS COOOKING! THE ROCK IS HERE! The Rock charges down to the ring getting straight in and ducking a clothesline by the British Bulldog before hitting the Bulldog with a huge diving clothesline. Bulldog quickly gets out of the ring and heads back up the ramp quickly. The Rock wants BULLDOG but it looks like he's not gonna get hit tonight! A Smart move by the man from Manchester, England! [**1/2 Rating]. The show ends with the British Bulldog and The Rock staring each other down. What will become of this?

QUICK RESULTS

The Dudley Boyz def. Val Venis and Steve Blackman

Daffney Unger def. Terri

Sabu def. Paul Heyman by DQ

Rob Van Dam def. Chavo Guerrero Jr.

Big Show def. Ron Waterman and X-Pac by DQ

Edited December 9, 2006 by DaveKOTW

[DaveKOTW]

WWF Smackdown! Preview

Broadcast on the 31st of January 2002 from War Memorial Arena, Pennsylvania

WWF Smackdown comes to you directly from the War Memorial Arena in Pennsylvania and we have an action packed line up for you tonight!!

Earlier in the Week on RAW, Vince McMahon spoke to the crowd for the first time since losing his WWF Championship Title to The Rock at the Royal Rumble and he was lusting for Revenge. Vince McMahon made a promise that at No Way Out, Vince McMahon would once more be the WWF Champion. But how would Vince aim to do that? One thing is for certain is that The Rock showed at the Rumble that he was just too much for the Co-Owner and so, for Vince to guarantee a WWF Championship Victory, Vince surely must have some sort of plan?

One thing is for certain and that is that Vince McMahon does NOT want the Big Show around at No Way Out, piting him off against the British Bulldog tonight in the Smackdown Main Event. Bulldog is certainly one tough competitor but how can a man with the physical condition of Davey Boy Smith overcome a 7ft Giant? Bulldog will certainly be in for a tough ride tonight....

One man who certainly won't be in action tonight is Test. However, Test did exclusively tell WWF.com that he does intend to appear on Smackdown tonight as he has a very important announcement regarding him and the Undertaker. I wonder what that could be?

WWF's latest female acquisition, Daffney Unger will once again be in action tonight when she takes on WWF diva Stacy Keibler. Earlier in the week on RAW, Stacy made the mistake of coming to her friend's aid after Daffney viciously assaulted her in the ring. Can Stacy cause a huge upset and defeat the undefeated Unger or will Daffney continue to make examples out of the WWF divas?

Olympic Gold Medallist Kurt Angle also sees action tonight as he is pitted against the one and only Perry Saturn. Kurt Angle has been in a bad mood ever since he lost out on the chance to appear in the Royal Rumble after losing to Jericho and has been taking his frustrations out on Rob Van Dam since then. Can Perry Saturn put up a fight tonight against the former 2 time WWF Champion or will Kurt Angle inflict more punishment on the WWF superstars?

Finally, WWF Intercontinental Champion Shawn Stasiak also sees action tonight when he takes on Crash Holly. Shawn Stasiak has been off of the tv since his succesful title defense against Edge a few weeks back but looks more than ready for his match up tonight. Crash Holly will know that opportunities like this do not come around often and must take advantage of this great opportunity tonight! Make sure you tune in to WWF Smackdown!

Scheduled Matches

Kurt Angle vs. Perry Saturn

WWF Intercontinental Championship Match

Shawn Stasiak © vs. Crash Holly

Daffney Unger vs. Stacy Keibler

The British Bulldog vs. The Big Show

Edited December 10, 2006 by DaveKOTW

[DaveKOTW]

WWF Smackdown!

Broadcast on the 31st of January 2002 from War Memorial Arena, Pennsylvania

HANDICAP MATCH FOR THE WWF CHAMPIONSHIP

For many Superstars, Smackdown was a rude awakening that No Way Out was around the corner. One such man was The Rock who found out at the start of Smackdown that at No Way Out, he would be facing Vince McMahon once more for the WWF Championship. But Vince said that he couldn’t afford to have a repeat of the Royal Rumble Match. That is why at No Way Out, The Rock would have to defend his title in a Handicap Match! So who would Vince’s partner be? Well we’ll find out later tonight!

The first match of the night pitted the WWF Intercontinental Champion Shawn Stasiak making his first appearance back on WWF TV since the cage match against Edge two weeks ago. Stasiak’s opponent tonight was none-other than the larger than life superstar, Crash Holly who seemed highly motivated, nearly causing an upset on several occasions in the early goings of the match, utilizing the roll up. Crash, however, was unable to maintain his early dominance, Stasiak countering Crash’s springboard bulldog, Crash landing hard on the ground, Stasiak then taking control with a swinging neckbreaker. Despite Crash’s best efforts, Stasiak ended the match shortly afterwards with the fisherman’s suplex, Stasiak making his second successful title defence

Ever since the Royal Rumble, Test has continued to whine about The Undertaker and how he was screwed out of a WWF Championship shot, challenging The Undertaker to a match at No Way Out. But despite Taker’s best efforts to confront Test about his comments, Test has done everything in his power to avoid him explaining every time that he wants to be at his best for their final match up. This time round, Test and Lance Storm came to the ring and explained that every action has a consequence and due to Taker’s blood thirsty actions earlier in the week on RAW, Test and Storm have gone and got themselves a restraining order which states that The Undertaker can not be closer than 50ft from Storm or Test at any given time. Test explains that with this injunction in place, he can finally make all the necessary arrangements to ensure that next week on RAW; he can announce the stipulations for his final match against The Undertaker at No Way Out!

Next up was Daffney Unger who was scheduled to face Stacy Keibler in a hardcore match up. Earlier this week on RAW, Stacy upset Unger after she went to the aid of her friend and colleague Terri after she suffered a vicious beating by the hands of Unger, Unger subsequently lashing out at Stacy also. Unger made short work of the beautiful Miss Keibler taking her straight to the corner attacking her with a mixture of right hands, and thrust shots. Unger could have made short work of Keibler after hitting her with a devastating lifting DDT but instead opted to make her suffer more. Unger eventually finished the match up after hitting Stacy with a moonsault off the top rope onto a steel chair, Stacy incapable to make any sort of kick out attempt from the move. Daffney must be so proud!

Degeneration-X were once again showcased tonight on Smackdown, this time revisiting the time when DX (as Generation X) complained about the fact that they were being referred to as “Degenerates”, the crowd really eating up the latest footage from the WWF archives. Not everyone was happy to see the return of DX; two such men were Bubba Ray and D-Von Dudley who came out following the latest advert for their return saying that they were sick about this DX hype. Bubba Ray said that he couldn’t believe that the WWF fans were so excited by two of the biggest posers the World Wrestling Federation have ever seen! Bubba said that he did respect the fact that many of the former DX members had went on to achieve great things, such as Triple H and Shawn Michaels but those guys are so in the past. After all, where were they during the Invasion? Exactly! Bubba said that he heard that this Friday, DX were going to make their first public appearance since they disbanded nearly two years ago on a special show in one of the WWF rookie feds, OVW and that he felt it was the Dudley Boyz duty, to all of the fans of the World Wrestling Federation to be at that event and greet the returning Superstars and show these old timers exactly what’s new in the WWF. "The Dudley Boyz on OVW this Friday, this is going to be huge!"

Another person out to exact revenge is Kane who went on a rampage at the Royal Rumble before being cruelly eliminated by Stone Cold just before the end. Ever since then, Kane’s Manager, Paul Heyman has been begging Stone Cold, simply begging for him to come out to the ring and face Kane like a man but so far, Austin has no showed. Tonight Heyman questioned Stone Cold’s intestinal fortitude since he has blanked Austin for three weeks straight. Heyman said he’ll make it easy for Austin. Sunday the 10th of February, No Way Out, Kane vs. Austin. If Austin wants a fight, he’s got a fight!

The Undertaker had one final surprise for Test tonight. After finding out that he had been restricted from confronting the Canadian Superstar, The Undertaker had decided to find a new way to express exactly what he is going to do to him when they get to No Way Out; this form of expression involved a metal baseball bat and Test’s Mercedes Benz. After smashing all of Test’s windows, Taker promised Test that whether he liked it or not, Test now had his full attention and come No Way Out, Test is really gonna find out just how hard the big dog’s bite really is….

Next up was a technical showcase between former ranger, Perry Saturn and Olympic Gold Medallist, Kurt Angle. Ever since Angle attacked Rob Van Dam, Angle has set out to prove just exactly how tough Angle is and he made no exception tonight mixing up technical genius with brawling. Angle started off the match taking Saturn to the mat and playing on his amateur skill but Saturn showed Angle that he can too play that game, nearly causing Angle to get caught out with a bridged northern lights suplex. Saturn got a lot of confidence from this spell and began to pull out a win from under the nose of Angle, grabbing the tights on the roll up but Angle kept kicking out. Angle got back into the match locking up behind Saturn and hitting him with a triplet of german suplexes. Angle then tried to end the match with a top rope moonsault but Saturn got out of the way before nearly winning the match himself with the falcon arrow. This match, however, wasn’t for Saturn, Angle somehow managing to counter the Death Valley driver before hitting Saturn with his patented Angle Slam for the three count. Angle managed to pick up another win but will he be able to beat Rob Van Dam at No Way Out?

Prior to the Main Event, we joined Jerry Lawler in his office as he awaited the match up only to be joined by Charles Wright and Key. Lawler said that he was glad to see them here because he had some news for them regarding them and No Way Out. Charles Wright was expecting Sabu to pull out of the challenge but Lawler proves him wrong as at No Way Out, Key WILL defend his WWF Hardcore Championship against the suicidal homicidal genocidal death defying Sabu and neither Key or Wright are happy about it.

And so, all that is left is the Smackdown! Main Event between the British Bulldog and The Big Show, Show desperate for some revenge after Davey Boy Smith’s heinous attack last Monday. The Big Show certainly had the height advantage over the Bulldog but this did not hold back Smith, using his veteran knowledge to bring Show down, working tirelessly on the Big Show’s knee in the early goings of the match using everything in his arsenal from shots to the back of the knee to the very painful Indian death lock. Show tried to get back into the match using his power and got his chance during a rest hold by Smith but as soon as show tried to get any offence in, Show’s leg buckled and the Bulldog got back on the attack. Bulldog’s domination, however, nearly cost him the match in the early goings, Bulldog walking into a side walk slam from Show, but Show was unable to capitalise with the pin fall. A concerned Vince McMahon made his way to ring side but this didn’t stop Show who took control with some hard hitting moves, Bulldog landed badly on Show’s knee, Smith writhing in pain but Show wasn’t about to stop. Vince got onto the apron to attract the referees attention but instead attracted only Show’s, Show chucking Vince into the ring, quickly exposing his torso to back hand chop him to death but Bulldog made the save with the cheap low blow. Bulldog quick capitalised climbing the turnbuckle before taking Show down one more time with a flying neckbreaker for the three, Bulldog pulling off a huge win. While Bulldog celebrated the win in the ring, Vince went straight for a mic as he had an announcement yet to make. Vince got back in the ring and made the announcement that everyone was waiting for; at No Way Out, his partner in the handicap match for the WWF Championship would be none other than THE BRITISH BULLDOG! Will The Rock be able to survive? By God it’s going to be tough!

Match Results

Shawn Stasiak def. Crash Holly to retain the WWF Intercontinental Championship

Daffney Unger def. Stacy Keibler

Kurt Angle def. Perry Saturn

The British Bulldog def. The Big Show

Edited December 11, 2006 by DaveKOTW

[HailtotheYo]

we've talked about layout ...... on to the important stuff

Vince having a crony at his side against the Rock is typical, but good. The Bulldog being that man, I love. Let's just hope he can kick Rock's ass.

I really like Taker doing what he can to get at Test. I also like how Test is playing the 'hurt' heel role here. His portryal is great so far, and could really be a set up for a great match at NWO. Test has the ability despite no one thinking so. I'd like to see him go over Taker. I'm not sure about the partnership with Storm for too much longer though. They both need single time if they're going to shoot upwards.

Dudz to OVW to deal with DX ? This has great potential. I'm intrigued.

Overall, the card built nicely to the PPV as it should have.

Now, what will happen at No Way Out ?

[Vlad]

Great stuff, one of the only diaries that are pushing such a strong female worker like Daffney.

[LexChaney]

You told me to read Raw lol and there was no Venis push i'm glad it hasn't happen yet becuase i would like it too build and Blackman and Venis don't seem like a cool team.

I will read Smackdown and give my thought's later on that i can see your on full steam for No Way Out and i'm looking forward to the ppv.

Daffney's push is coming along keep it going.

[DaveKOTW]

Heat Preview

Broadcast on the 3rd of February 2002 from War Memorial Arena, Pennsylvania

I AM TOUGH ENOUGH! ARE YOU?

Some would say it was brave. Some would say it is stupid. Either way, Maven's decision to challenge the former WWF European Champion William Regal to a match on Heat is an intruiging one. Maven, who only recently graduated from the World Wrestling Federation reality TV show Tough Enough, has already been shown once just what it's like to be in the big leagues by WWF Hardcore Champion Key. But, Maven insists he can hang with the WWF superstars. Find out if Maven can pull off an amazing victory or whether he will once again be chucked to the side tonight on Heat...

Also on Heat tonight is Marc Mero as he puts his WWF Cruiserweight title on the line. Ever since Mero became Champion, Mero has promised to be a fighting Champion. However, despite Mero percieved nobility, Mero has hardly played fair. Tonight however, Mero promises that his opponent will be more up to the job. Who will Mero's opponent be? With Mero, hell, it could even be a Women's Wrestler. You can be sure that Torrie Wilson will be watching this match closely.

Funaki is also scheduled to make an appearance tonight as he takes on the second partner of TAKA Mickinoku, Taiyo. Funaki is no stranger to this man as no less than 2 weeks ago, Taiyo introduced himself to Funaki with devistating effect, hitting Funaki with his Samoan Driver. Taiyo repeated his attack last on Heat after Funaki's match with Kazuhiro. Can Funaki finally score a victory against TAKA's army or will Taiyo hit the Samoan Driver for the third week running?

All this and more only on Sunday Night Heat!

Scheduled Matches

Maven vs. William Regal

WWF Cruiserweight Championship Match

Marc Mero © vs. ?

Funaki vs. Taiyo

Edited December 13, 2006 by DaveKOTW

[Guest Preston]

i like this diary and glad that i read through it. i like how you are pushing people that the WWF (irl) just missed out on- people like stasiak for instance. he is great in this diary and my favourite character so far... and to think i hated him irl since the wwf never pushed him. fucking fantastic royal rumble, really enjoyed that. undertaker winning seems weird, as i never see him as a rumble winner... because now he doubly HAS to win at wrestlemania as not only is he the undertaker, but he is the royal rumble winner. but maybe you'll swerve us, who knows.