Rise of the Independents

[RavenBlack]

Aww...one away. Oh well.

Paul London (1-0-1) vs. Sonjay Dutt (0-2)

Michael Shane (0-2) vs. Frankie Kazarian (2-0)

Super Dragon (0-1-1) vs. Chris Sabin (1-1)

Spanky (1-1) vs. Bryan Danielson (2-0)

CM Punk (2-0) vs. The Messiah (2-0)

Low Ki (1-1) vs. Petey Williams (0-2)

Christopher Daniels (1-1) vs. Colt Cabana (1-1)

Chris Hero (1-1) vs. Alex Shelley (replacing Doug Williams) (0-2)

MOTN: Low-Ki/Williams

[Pepsi]

I swear I'm never gonna win this thing. Great diary you got going here.

-Paul London

-Frankie Kazarian

-Chris Sabin

-Bryan Danielson

-CM Punk

-Low Ki

-Christopher Daniels

-Alex Shelley

MOTN: London vs Sonjay

[erstyle]

-Paul London (1-0-1) vs. Sonjay Dutt (0-2)

-Michael Shane (0-2) vs. Frankie Kazarian (2-0)

-Super Dragon (0-1-1) vs. Chris Sabin (1-1)

-Spanky (1-1) vs. Bryan Danielson (2-0)

-CM Punk (2-0) vs. The Messiah (2-0)

-Low Ki (1-1) vs. Petey Williams (0-2)

-Christopher Daniels (1-1) vs. Colt Cabana (1-1)

-Chris Hero (1-1) vs. Alex Shelley(0-2)

MOTN = Spanky vs Danielson

[Dingle]

*Anxiously awaits show for multiple reasons *

[St. Dubb]

-Paul London (1-0-1) vs. Sonjay Dutt (0-2)

-Michael Shane (0-2) vs. Frankie Kazarian (2-0)

-Super Dragon (0-1-1) vs. Chris Sabin (1-1)

-Spanky (1-1) vs. Bryan Danielson (2-0)

-CM Punk (2-0) vs. The Messiah (2-0)

-Low Ki (1-1) vs. Petey Williams (0-2)

-Christopher Daniels (1-1) vs. Colt Cabana (1-1)

-Chris Hero (1-1) vs. Alex Shelley(0-2)

MOTN: Low-Ki/Petey Williams

[darrdor]

Teddy Hart suffers minor injury, will miss a month of action

Reported on October 28, 2004 at 6:57 PM.

Teddy Hart injured his wrist at a recent JAPW show in a match against Azrael.  He will miss his Nov. 6 Rise of the Independents match against Donovan Morgan as well as his Nov. 20 meeting with Amazing Red.  Hart has been impressing his peers lately in the Rise of the Independents with his professional demeanor and he and Samoa Joe were praised for their great match at the last show.  Hart's close friend Jack Evans will take his place in the 2 matches he will miss and Hart should be back in action for his Dec. 4 match against Mark Briscoe.

Edited November 17, 2004 by darrdor

[Guest JayLethal]

Finally football has ended, which i'm kind of happy and most sad about but now I have time to start reading diary and restarting mine. Anyways I really like this diary a lot, it's packed with a lot of good wrestlers and you got a lot of great ideas. So keep the good work up.

[oldskool]

Fortunately you're not TOO terribly far in, or else I might have passed this by.

But I'll predict anyway.

-Paul London (1-0-1) vs. Sonjay Dutt (0-2)

-Michael Shane (0-2) vs. Frankie Kazarian (2-0)

-Super Dragon (0-1-1) vs. Chris Sabin (1-1)

-Spanky (1-1) vs. Bryan Danielson (2-0)

-CM Punk (2-0) vs. The Messiah (2-0)

-Low Ki (1-1) vs. Petey Williams (0-2)

-Christopher Daniels (1-1) vs. Colt Cabana (1-1)

-Chris Hero (1-1) vs. Alex Shelley(0-2)

MOTN: Spanky-Danielson

When somebody wins a tape (if they ever do), will the prediction scores be reset to zero or is it three prediction wins = tape regardless of how many people have won before you?

[darrdor]

Anybody who wins 3 prediction contests gets a tape. When a person wins, they are reset to zero and they must win three MORE contests if they want to win another tape.

[darrdor]

Yeah....about that diligence thing....

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Rise of the Independents October 30th, 2004: A Score to Settle

A video package hypes the matches that we will see tonight as we come on the air. Like usual we are starting off with a match as the 1-0-1 Paul London will take on the equally high-flying 0-2 Sonjay Dutt! London went to a draw with Super Dragon and defeated Michael Shane while Dutt has lost to both Chris Sabin and Bryan Danielson.

Paul London (1-0-1) vs. Sonjay Dutt (0-2)

This starts out as expected, fast and furious as Dutt takes London to the floor and hits his suicidal spaceman corkscrew plancha! Back in Dutt gets a couple nearfalls with a Sonjay Star Press and a spinning heel kick but London comes back with a trademark Dropsault. A fallaway slam and slingshot legdrop get a 2 for London. Dutt comes back with a tilt-a-whirl headscissors, going twice around London! He has London in the corner and starts punching down on him but London pulls him out of the corner and hits a sitout powerbomb! He goes up top for maybe a London Star Press but Dutt grabs him and press slams him off ala Ricky Steamboat to Ric Flair. He hits a boot to the gut, off the ropes with a kick to the head, a facecrusher to the knee and he goes to hit the neckbreaker to finish the Calcut Cut combo but London ducks the attempted neckbreaker and hits one of his own and both men are down! The fans rally them back to their feet and London takes control, Irish whip and ducks down, Dutt hops over London, London leapfrogs Dutt on his way back and hits a spinning heel kick followed by another Dropsault! London then hits his legsweep DDT for a close 2 count! He calls for the end and grabs Dutt’s arms, going for the Waffle Face but when he lifts him Dutt turns it into a victory roll for 2 and ¾! He then catches London with a boot and the Indian Summer, his version of the muscle buster! He goes up top for his Hindu Press but London moves out of the way! London now goes up top but Dutt meets him up there and goes for a top rope Indian Summer but London stops him and pushes him off and immediately leaps off with the London Star Press and Dutt barely has time to hit the mat before London squashes him! What a move and it gets the 3 count! London is on a role, and these fans let him know it as they are on their feet after that breath-taking move!

WINNER---Paul London

****

The two high fliers come to the middle of the ring and shake hands in a nice show of sportsmanship.

Up next we will see the first of 2 grudge matches tonight as the war between CM Punk and Colt Cabana, the Second City Saints, and Christopher Daniels & The Messiah rages on. Cabana prevented Messiah from interfering in the Punk vs. Daniels match 2 weeks ago and that ultimately led to Punk defeating Daniels. Right now we’ll see the 1-1 Christopher Daniels, who has beaten Doug Williams and fallen to CM Punk, take on “Classic” Colt Cabana, also at 1-1 after beating Chris Hero but losing to Low Ki.

Christopher Daniels (1-1) vs. Colt Cabana (1-1)

These two waste no time taking it to each other with FISTS OF FIRE, FISTS OF FIRE. Daniels whips Colt off the ropes and goes for a leg lariat but Colt stops and Daniels crashes down. Colt then whips Daniels and hits his own leg lariat. Whip to the corner and a clothesline and then a powerslam by Colt for the first near fall of the match. He might be softening up the back for the Colt 45 here. He hits a backbreaker and stretches Daniels out over his knee. He then whips Daniels and goes for a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker but Daniels lands on his feet Ultimo Dragon-style and hits a nice step-up enziguri and a Flatliner and then catches his breath. He plants Colt with an STO and then hits an Arabian Press for 2. He whips Colt to the corner but misses a clothesline and crashes into the turnbuckles. Colt with a few shots, whips Daniels to the opposite corner and hits the double knees to the chest and then gets him in a powerbomb position and stomps down, doing damage to the ears, and follows up with a big clothesline. He comes off the ropes with a kneelift to the side of the head and then scoops Daniels into a bearhug before taking him from there into a DDT! He covers for just a 2 but Daniels is in trouble! Cabana scoops Daniels up, looking for that Kryptonite Krunch on the knee but Daniels turns it into a sunset flip for 2. They get up and Daniels charges but Colt ducks down and picks him up and this time connects with the Kryptonite Krunch on the knee. 2 and a half on the pin attempt. Colt calls for the Colt 45 and butterflies the arms but Daniels twists behind Colt and hits the Blue Thunder Driver for a 2 and a half! Daniels calls for Angel’s Wings and goes for it but Colt twists out as Daniels did, goes for a short arm clothesline but Daniels catches the arm and hits a uranage slam. He yells out “Best Moonsault Ever” and goes for his double jump moonsault but Colt moves out of the way and the double count begins. They get up at 7 and trade shots with Colt getting the advantage. He runs off the ropes but is tripped up by the Messiah! The ref admonishes Messiah and Daniels tries to take advantage but Cabana maneuvers around and rolls up Daniels but the ref isn’t looking! That was at least a 6 count! Colt lets go and punches Messiah off the apron. Daniels again comes at Colt but Colt sees him and clotheslines him down. Colt then goes for the Colt 45 but as he lifts Daniels up Daniels’ feet catch the ref in the face! Colt turns around with Daniels on his shoulder, looking for the approval of the fans but Messiah comes in and throws powder in the eyes of Cabana! He lets Daniels go and Daniels is quick to capitalize and hit Last Rites! Not this way! The ref comes to and counts, One, two, three! Daniels steals a win over Cabana!

WINNER---Christopher Daniels

*** ¼

After the match Messiah is helping Daniels up when CM Punk comes running down and into the ring. He takes down both Messiah and Daniels with a series of right hands and then clotheslines both men over the top to the floor! He then grabs a bottle of water from the timekeeper’s table and tends to Cabana, who still can’t see. Daniels & Messiah retreat as the trainer comes out and tends to Cabana. Punk gets up on the ropes and points at Daniels & Messiah, jaw-jacking with them back and forth. He yells that he is going to kill Messiah later tonight. That should be an intense fight!

Backstage Michael Shane and Frankie Kazarian are standing together, which is odd because they will be FACING each other later on. Let’s hear what they have to say:

Shane: “Are you people surprised to see Frankie Kazarian, The Coolest Man Alive Today, and myself, the “Heartbreak Kid” Shawn Michaels’…COUSIN Michael Shane co-existing before our match? Well get used to it because we are a unit and a singles round-robin tournament isn’t going to break us up that easily. Now tonight we have to face each other because everyone has to face everyone in the tournament. But that’s ok because we are going to shove it in everybody’s faces and have THE BEST MATCH on the card tonight, just because we can! This man Frankie Kazarian is on a hot streak. He has defeated BOTH Super Dragon and that loser wannabe Spanky. I myself have been cheated out of 2 victories, first against “American Dragon” Bryan Danielson and then against that jackass Paul London and he had to use a ladder to beat me. They are just jealous that I was the prize student of the Texas Wrestling Academy and they were just a few steps below me. But tonight, Shane and Kazarian show the world and the rest of the jabronies in this tournament who is running the show.”

Kazarian: “And if you don’t like it, then that’s just not cool.”

Well up next we’ll see a first-time ever match in professional wrestling as Super Dragon battles “The Future” Chris Sabin. This should be an outstanding fast-paced contest. Super Dragon is 0-1-1 thus far after a draw with Paul London and a loss to Frankie Kazarian, while Sabin is 1-1 after beating Sonjay Dutt but losing to Spanky.

Super Dragon (0-1-1) vs. Chris Sabin (1-1)

Super Dragon controls this match from the get go as he is a much harder hitter than Sabin. It’s also hard for Sabin to use his speed to get an advantage as Super Dragon as just as quick as he is as well. Dragon has some nice stiff offense to subdue Sabin until Sabin hits the Sabinalizer, the uranage backbreaker. Dragon comes back with a big spinning heel kick and utilizes a brutal Curb Stomp! He gets Sabin in the corner and starts chopping and forearming him, the Violence Party! He runs off the ropes as Sabin staggers out of the corner and goes for a huge lariat but Sabin ducks and hits a step-up enziguri to knock Dragon to the floor. He then hits a big corkscrew to take Dragon out! Sabin tosses Dragon in and gets on the apron but Dragon meets him with a forearm. Dragon then runs off the ropes but Sabin springboards and hits a dropkick on Dragon ¾ the way across the ring! That draws some nice applause but Dragon is able to kick out at 2 and a half. An Over Easy gets another 2. He goes for the Cradle Shock but Dragon slips out behind and hits a Dragon suplex but Sabin kicks out at 2 and ¾! Dragon goes for the Supernatural Driver but Sabin escapes that and German suplexes Dragon and stands and bridges over Dragon in a Mexican-style pin but it’s not enough as Dragon kicks out! Great back and forth action here. Sabin again goes for the Cradle Shock and Dragon escapes again, Sabin drops down as Dragon runs over him and to the ropes, Sabin with a leapfrog as Dragon comes back and then drops down again but Dragon double stomps him right on the back! Dragon with a scoop slam and goes up top and hits a back senton, this might be it, one, two, thr..no! Sabin kicks out again! Dragon does the “slit throat” motion to the fans and goes for the Psycho Driver, Sabin backflips out and goes off the ropes but Dragon takes his head off with a lariat! He then lifts Sabin up in the Torture Rack position and SPIKES him with a BRUTAL Psycho Driver DANGEROOOUUUSSS! A cover and the 3 count is academic, Super Dragon is victorious!

WINNER---Super Dragon

****

Up next we have another first-time meeting anywhere in professional wrestling as former IWA Mid South World Heavyweight Champion and current TNA X Division champ Petey Williams takes on the first-ever ROH champion, Low Ki! Williams has an 0-2 record while Low Ki comes in at 1-1. Scoot Andrews lost to CM Punk before Petey took over his spot and lost to Chris Hero upon his debut. Low Ki lost to The Messiah and then defeated Colt Cabana.

Petey Williams (0-2) vs. Low Ki (1-1)

During the opening moments of this match, one can plainly see that this is a major clash of styles, then again pretty much ALL of Low Ki’s matches are a clash of styles in one way or another. Petey surprisingly takes control early on with a snapmare and a dropkick to the back of the neck. He is no doubt softening up the neck for that devastating Canadian Destroyer of his. He rolls Ki over and hits a few kneedrops to the back of the neck. A back suplex gets an early 2 count. Low Ki hits a dropkick to the knee to break up Petey’s momentum. Ki then hits the 2 kicks to the chest and goes for a third but Petey ducks it and boots Ki in the gut and hits a version of the Siakolypse for a 2 and a half! Petey used to finish people off with that but it’s too early in this particular match. Petey then locks in a Camel Clutch, wrenching back, stretching out the back and neck of Low Ki. He lets go and then hits a swinging neckbreaker for another 2. He picks Ki up and whips him into the corner and charges in but Ki hits a vicious sidekick to the head of Petey! He then runs at Petey, ducks an attempted clothesline and springs off the middle rope with the Tidal Wave on Petey! He hits a couple Mongolian chops and then a few plain chops to the chest. He hits a Fisherman’s suplex for 2. Low Ki doesn’t seem to have a definitive plan in the match yet, Petey has totally thrown him off his game! Ki grabs the head of Petey and hits a couple Kawada kicks but Petey takes Ki down by the legs and tries to apply the Sharpshooter but Ki hits a few stiff kicks to the side and head of Petey and escapes. A scoop slam and a Muta-style power drive elbow get a 2. He whips Petey, tries a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker but Petey lands on his feet and hits the Russian legsweep. He then lifts Ki and jumps for the Canadian Destroyer but Ki holds onto Petey’s legs and sets him back down on his feet. Petey tries again and Ki again blocks it in the same way. Petey then pounds on Ki’s back and settles for a regular piledriver, spiking Ki down! He covers, this may be it, one, two, no, Ki is able to escape the pinfall but he is in trouble! Petey again tries for the Destroyer but Ki lifts him and pushes Petey off, Petey lands on his feet but gets nailed with a Koppo kick! NOW Ki’s head is in the game! He hits some stiff Kawada kicks and then whips Petey to the corner and hits the Tidal Krush! He does the “slit throat” motion and hits a brutal Ki Krusher! One, two, three! Low Ki wins a hard-fought match!

WINNER---Low Ki

****

Ki helps Petey up and extends his hand, which Petey takes in a nice gesture. Ki obviously respects Petey, he almost pinned Low Ki in this match several times!

Backstage we see Bryan Danielson doing warm-ups when Spanky walks up.

Spanky: “Easy Dragon. I just wanted to come in here and say good luck in our match tonight, you’re gonna need it.”

Danielson: “Oh is that so? Answer this, who beat who to advance in the ECWA Super 8? Who beat who to advance in the APW King of the Indies in 2001? That’s right it was me. Sure you’ve beaten me in the past, but not when it mattered. And tonight is gonna be no different, you’re looking at tonight’s winner, right here.”

Spanky looks around and then goes to punch Dragon but as Dragon flinches, Spanky stops his hand and extends it in a handshake instead.

Spanky: “Psyche.”

Danielson then stares at Spanky before bringing HIS fist up to punch Spanky but as Spanky flinches, Danielson also stops his swing and shakes Spanky’s hand, that should be a great match later tonight!

But now we get to Shane vs. Kazarian. These two men have been tag team partners in TNA for almost a year now so they are of course very familiar with each other. Let’s see who prevails when being a team means nothing! Shane is 0-2 after losses to Bryan Danielson and Paul London. Kazarian is 2-0 after 2 impressive victories over Spanky and Super Dragon.

Michael Shane (0-2) vs. Frankie Kazarian (2-0)

The two shake hands and hug before the match to homosexual remarks by the crowd. They circle each other and lock up and engage in a nice series of moves, escaping each other’s holds at rapid pace before standing off and the crowd, despite their dislike for both men, applaud their efforts, some even chanting “That was cool” in regards to Kazarian. Shane and Kazarian look at the crowd and encourage them to cheer but then flip them off! There are those attitudes again, I thought we were missing something. Shane gets the first advantage after a nice leg lariat. He hits a nice vertical suplex and then a back suplex. Kazarian takes control now with a bicycle kick to the face and a Northern Lights suplex with no bridge. He then charges at Shane but Shane low bridges the top rope and Kazarian flies to the outside. Shane runs off the ropes but puts on the brakes and again flips off the crowd. Kazarian uses this lapse in focus on Shane’s part to get on the apron and slingshot in with a DDT when Shane turns around. Enough of insulting the crowd, Kazarian wants the win! He scoop slams Shane and hits a legdrop off the middle turnbuckle for 2. He goes for the Back to the Future, the bridging Electric Chair suplex but Shane slides off his shoulders behind him, goes for a superkick, Frankie catches the foot and spins him around and hits a powerslam! He goes for an early Wave of the Future but Shane blocks it and DDT’s Kazarian. He then hits a move similar to Goldust’s old Curtain Call move for a 2 count. Shane goes for a powerbomb but Kazarian escapes behind Shane and locks on the TazMission! That’s one of his trademark moves! Shane looks for a way out and sits down with a jawbreaker in a wise move. He takes a little while to recuperate but sees Frankie run at him and catches him in a sleeper! He has it cinched in and Kazarian starts to fade but is able to elbow out before he does. He runs and springs off the middle rope for that back elbow but Shane gets under him and CATCHES him as he jumps and hits a beautiful sitout powerbomb and both men are down for the count!

The ref gets to about 8 before the two get up, the crowd now fully rallying them on. They throw some hard shots at each other, neither man backing down. Kazarian misses a spin kick, Shane goes for a superkick but HE misses and turns right into a WAVE OF THE FUTURE by Kazarian, it’s over! He covers, 1…2…NO! Shane gets his foot on the bottom rope! Kazarian can’t believe it. He wastes no time and goes for another Wave of the Future but Shane pushes him off and hits his SUPERKICK! Right to Kazarian’s jaw! He covers, 1…2…NO Kazarian kicks out of the superkick! The fans can’t believe it this time. Shane scoop slams Kazarian and goes up top for his Picture Perfect Elbow but Kazarian meets him up there. They jockey for position up top until Kazarian gets the upper hand and hits the One Man Revolution off the top rope! But Frankie is too tired to make a pin attempt! The fans try and rally them to their feet and they eventually stagger up. They look at each other and raise their fists and…HUG!? What the hell? They then flip everybody off! Shane grabs a mic.

Shane: “You fans want to see a clean winner in this match? (applause) Well screw you! We just proved to everyone that we could have the best match on the show, so we don’t need one of us to get a 1-2-3 or a submission. Screw you guys, we’re goin’ home!”

Shane and Kazarian get out of the ring and walk to the back as the ref makes the double count and after 10, counts both men out! They cheated everyone out of a clean finish!

WINNER---None (Double Countout)

*** ½

Up next we have what should be an excellent scientific encounter as Chris Hero takes on the debuting Alex Shelley. Hero is at 1-1, losing to Colt Cabana but beating Petey Williams. Shelley takes over for Doug Williams, who was 0-2 after losses to both Christopher Daniels and The Messiah. Chris Hero makes his way to the ring first but is attacked from behind by Shelley in the aisleway! Shelley hammerlocks Hero and sends him left shoulder first into the guardrail! He then pulls him over to the ring and puts Hero around the ringpost and then locks in a triangle choke around the ringpost, stretching Hero’s arm out! A slew of referees come out and get Shelley off Hero, their match is right now!

Chris Hero (1-1) vs. Alex Shelley (0-2)

Shelley tosses Hero into the ring and goes right to work on the shoulder with stomps. He takes the arm and spins around, driving it into the mat ala Molly Holly. He tries to apply some sort of armbar but Hero shoves him off and hits a forearm out of desperation. If Hero’s arm is so badly incapacitated, that takes away a large majority of his offense, the Hero’s Welcome, the Hangman’s Clutch, the Hero Sandwich #2, the whole works! Hero goes behind Shelley and hits a one-arm back suplex and then a running back senton and gets a quick 2. He gets up and hits a double stomp to the chest of Shelley. He Irish whips Shelley with one arm and hits a big boot to the face, he’s doing quite well considering he’s only using one arm! He hits a one arm neckbreaker and gets a 2. Shelley is able to regain control with a kick to the arm and a Divorce Court. He tries to go for the Border City Stretch early but Hero struggles to the ropes. Shelley continues working over the arm of Hero. He goes for Shellshock but Hero escapes and hits a desperation Hero’s Welcome but he can’t make an immediate cover because of his injured arm! He finally drapes his good arm over Shelley but Shelley kicks out before the count of 3! Hero is up before Shelley and hits a somersault neckbreaker and again only gets 2. Hero says that’s it and painfully gets Shelley up for that twisting Michinoku Driver he calls the Dislocator. He has Shelley up and grabs the arm and twists Shelley around but Shelley lands on his feet and takes Hero down with a Fujiwara armbar but it’s the wrong arm so Shelley gracefully floats over to the other side and locks in the Border City Stretch! That’s why Shelley was chosen to replace Doug Williams! Some fans start chanting “Tap, tap, tap” as Hero slowly tries to inch towards the ropes. He finally reaches the ropes but Shelley gets right up and legdrops the outstretched arm and then pulls Hero back and applies an Indian Deathlock and THEN the Border City Stretch again, much like a Regal Stretch! So much strain being put on Hero’s arm! Hero screams out “NOOO!!” and then we hear no more from him. The ref grabs Hero’s free arm and lifts it and it falls once. Again he lifts it and again it falls. One more time and it…falls a third time! Alex Shelley has defeated Chris Hero but in controversial fashion!

WINNER---Alex Shelley

****

Shelley gets up and looks around to a mixture of boos and cheers from the fans. Alex Shelley has made quite a statement in his first match in the tournament!

Up next we have our semi-main event and it is a grudge match as CM Punk faces off against The Messiah. Punk & Cabana, the Second City Saints have had their share of troubles against Messiah and Christopher Daniels and this issue will be resolved in this match. We see a replay of earlier tonight when The Messiah helped Christopher Daniels get the victory over Colt Cabana with the powder in the eyes and Punk making the save. It’s almost a surety that some sort of interference will happen in this match as well. Punk is on a role at 2-0, defeating Scoot Andrews and Christopher Daniels thus far. Messiah is ALSO at 2-0 with victories over Low Ki and Doug Williams, albeit in controversial fashion!

CM Punk (2-0) vs. The Messiah (2-0)

Punk is out first and as Messiah makes his way down the aisle, Punk comes sailing through the top and middle ropes with a tope suicida! He punches down on Messiah’s head and they brawl all over the building. They finally make it back into the ring where Messiah takes control after a thumb to the eye and a falling inverted DDT. Punk is able to momentarily regain control and he goes for a Jinsei Shinzaki-style tightrope walk across the top rope but the Messiah crotches him! Messiah hits a nice sitout Crucifix powerbomb and a springboard legdrop and almost gets 3 but Punk gets the shoulder up. Messiah dumps Punk to the outside and goes onto the apron. He waits for Punk to stand up and then runs and somersaults off the apron onto Punk with the Holy Roller. They take the fight around ringside and Messiah sends Punk back into the ring and follows. Punk backs into the corner and Messiah grabs him by the feet and yanks him up but Punk backflips and lands on his feet (Jackie Chan!) and runs to the opposite corner, leaps off the middle turnbuckle, twisting in mid air and catching Messiah with a Blockbuster, what a move! He hits the double arm backbreaker, Welcome to Chicago Motherfucker! He then pulls Messiah to the corner and hits a split-legged moonsault for 2. He scoop slams Messiah and goes out to the apron and goes for an Eddie Guerrero-style Hilo over the ropes but he sees Messiah move, rolls through and onto his feet and goes off the ropes but Messiah elevates him and plants him down with a Cutter on the way back! Cover, one, two, no, Punk kicks out! Messiah calls for the end and goes for the Fall From Grace but Punk escapes and hits the Devil Lock DDT and both men are down.

They get up at around the ref’s 7 count and trade shots back and forth. Punk hits a quick dropkick to the knee and bounces off the ropes, going for the Shining Wizard but Messiah catches him out of the attempt and hits the Godsmack!! What a move! This is it, one, two, thr..no! Punk kicks out of The Godsmack! Messiah waits for Punk to get up and tries a superkick but Punk ducks and it clobbers the referee! Punk hits his hammerlock STO and covers but the ref is out! Punk calls for the end and pulls Messiah to the corner possibly for the Pepsi Plunge but Messiah low blows Punk! He fiddles around in his pants and takes a substance out and throws powder in the eyes of Punk! That’s what cost Colt Cabana his match earlier! Messiah slides out of the ring as Punk is blindly feeling his way around the ring, trying to find something to make the burning in his eyes go away. Messiah slides back in with a steel chair and absolutely NAILS Punk with a brutal chairshot. He throws the chair out of the ring and makes the cover. The groggy ref comes over and counts One…two…but his arm is held up the third time by Colt Cabana! The still groggy ref passes out again as Cabana and Messiah trade punches back and forth. The Messiah gets the advantage and goes for the Godsmack but Colt slides out and butterflies the arms, COLT 45! He pulls Punk over on top of Messiah and wakes up the referee. The referee crawls over and counts 1…2…3! CM Punk wins a hell of a war and Colt Cabana shows The Messiah that it’s an eye for an eye!

WINNER---CM Punk

*** ¼

Cabana comes back in and helps Punk up and raises his arm in victory. Christopher Daniels comes to ringside and helps Messiah to the back as the Second City Saints celebrate in the ring.

Well it’s main event time as we have 2 of the prize students of Shawn Michaels’ Texas Wrestling Academy doing battle one more time. Bryan Danielson is 2-0 after victories over Michael Shane and Sonjay Dutt. Spanky is 1-1 with a loss to Frankie Kazarian and a win over Chris Sabin.

Bryan Danielson (2-0) vs. Spanky (1-1)

The opening few minutes of this match see Spanky avoiding Danielson’s grounded style with hit and run tactics until Danielson catches him with some nasty European uppercuts. Danielson then proceeds to stretch Spanky out, working over the neck. A big back suplex gets a 2. He starts working on the neck with a Cravate. Spanky is able to escape and hit a leg lariat followed by a unique move that starts as a neckbreaker and ends in a facebuster on Spanky’s knee! Spanky whips Danielson to the corner and backflips off his chest Tiger Mask-style and then hits a back elbow in the corner and a sitout gourdbuster for a 2 and a half! Spanky has to keep Danielson on the move here! He goes to the apron and springboards in and PLANTS Danielson with a beautiful swinging DDT! Danielson slides out of the ring but turns right into the Whirling Twirlixer somersault plancha by Spanky! Spanky rolls Danielson back into the ring and gets on the apron. Danielson is on all fours and Spanky slingshots over Danielson and pulls Danielson into an Oklahoma roll for another close 2 count! Spanky gets a little hasty though and goes for Sliced Bread #2 but Danielson pushes him off behind him and hits a climbing enziguri! A snap DDT gets a 2. A nice traditional neckbreaker really wrenches the neck of Spanky. Danielson hits a series of old school body slams, wearing down the back and neck even more. He turns Spanky onto his stomach and goes for a diving headbutt to the back of the neck and connects! He turns Spanky over and covers but Spanky escapes at 2 and ¾! Danielson whips Spanky into the corner but Spanky tips up and headscissors Danielson over face-first into the middle turnbuckle! Spanky then gets up on the top buckle and grabs Danielson’s arms and hits a Tornado Pedigree! Cover, one, two, thr..no! Danielson gets his left shoulder up.

Spanky senses that perhaps the end is near and goes out to the apron. He springboards in for an attempted missile dropkick but Danielson sidesteps him and he crashes down. Danielson stands Spanky up and hits a VICIOUS European uppercut to the BACK of Spanky’s neck! Just brutal! He then grabs him by the neck and yanks him over in a Cravate suplex, Spanky gets dropped right on his head! Danielson then pulls Spanky into the middle of the ring and grabs the arms and flips over into Cattle Mutilation but Spanky somehow maneuvers into a pinning predicament on Danielson and Danielson barely escapes at 2 and ¾! How is Spanky pulling this off after just getting dropped on his head like that?? Danielson goes for a big lariat but Spanky ducks and boots Danielson in the gut and goes for Sliced Bread #2 but Danielson pushes Spanky chest-first into the corner, tries a Dragon suplex but Spanky back kicks Danielson and finally hits Sliced Bread #2, folding Danielson right in half! It’s over, 1…2…thr…NO! Danielson kicks out of Sliced Bread #2 and Spanky can’t believe it! Spanky staggers up and lifts Danielson and sits him backwards on the top turnbuckle. He then goes out to the apron and climbs up, maybe going for a SUPER Sliced Bread #2. He grabs the head and tries to backflip over Danielson but Danielson holds onto Spanky and puts him back down. Danielson then stands on the top rope and pulls Spanky up and crashes down with a back superplex! Danielson then gets up and applies Cattle Mutilation! The fans chant “Tap tap tap” at Spanky but he won’t give it up! He squirms and struggles and finally gets his foot on the rope! Danielson drags Spanky up and hits a Dragon suplex that folds Spanky up and then again locks in Cattle Mutilation! Spanky hesitates and then finally taps out! What a match, Danielson is victorious over one of his greatest rivals!

WINNER---Bryan Danielson

*** ¼

Danielson helps Spanky up and the 2 shake hands to end the show.

END OF SHOW

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MATCH OF THE NIGHT WAS MICHAEL SHANE vs. FRANKIE KAZARIAN

Highlights of the Night

-Paul London pushing Sonjay Dutt off the top rope and then immediately leaping off and connecting with the London Star Press

-The Messiah throwing powder into Colt Cabana’s eyes, allowing Christopher Daniels to hit Last Rites for the win

-Chris Sabin’s corkscrew pescado to the floor on Super Dragon

-Super Dragon’s brutal Psycho Driver on Chris Sabin

-Low Ki hitting the Tidal Krush and Ki Krusher to put away Petey Williams

-Michael Shane catching Frankie Kazarian out of an attempted springboard back elbow and hitting a sitout powerbomb

-Michael Shane kicking out of Kazarian’s Wave of the Future

-Kazarian kicking out of Shane’s superkick

-Kazarian’s One Man Revolution on Shane

-Alex Shelley reversing Chris Hero’s Dislocator into a Fujiwara armbar takedown and then the Border City Stretch

-CM Punk starting his match with a bang with a tope suicida on The Messiah

-Punk Jackie Chan-ing out of the corner and then hitting a twisting blockbuster on the Messiah

-Messiah catching Punk in an attempted Shining Wizard and hitting The Godsmack and then Punk KICKING OUT

-Spanky’s Tornado Pedigree on Bryan Danielson

-Danielson almost murdering Spanky with a European uppercut to the back of the neck and then a dangerous Cravate-plex

-Danielson kicking out of Spanky’s Sliced Bread #2

-Danielson reversing a Super Sliced Bread #2 into a back superplex

-Danielson hitting a Dragon suplex and locking on Cattle Mutilation for a third time, finally making Spanky submit

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I thought Shane/Kazarian being the match of the night was odd too but the crowd reaction was way down due to them both being heels therefore the low * count compared to other matches. But the match rating was indeed 94, barely beating out a 93 by Low Ki & Petey Williams and a 92 by Chris Hero & Alex Shelley. Well here are the prediction results:

RavenBlack 6-3

Pepsi 6-3

Standard 6-3

LygerMark 6-3

VDP2006 6-3

erstyle 5-4

J-Dubb 5-4

craig 5-4

Joucho 4-5

Hellfire065 4-5

ValiantJoey 3-6

oldskool 3-6

I realize it was kind of cheap to put a draw in there but realistically there WOULD be draws here and there you know Congratulations to VDP2006 who is now 2/3 the way to getting a tape. RavenBlack, Standard, LygerMark and Pepsi are all now 1/3 the way there. See Pepsi I knew you'd start doing better Patience my dear, haha. Anyways I hope you all enjoyed the show, the match-ups for the next show will be up in a few minutes.

Edited January 11, 2005 by darrdor

[darrdor]

I still need a few votes for Donovan Morgan's replacement. Right now I have 2 votes each for Austin Aries and Roderick Strong and 1 vote for Jimmy Jacobs. The 11 guys you can vote for are:

Austin Aries

Arik Cannon

Danny Daniels

Nigel McGuinness

Matt Sydal

Delirious

Jimmy Jacobs

Ace Steel

Jimmy Rave

Roderick Strong

Joey Ryan

So get those votes in, preferably by PM but whatever, as long as they're in. And get predictions up for the next show, matches for that show are in my sig, ya'll aint gonna let VDP2006 take that first tape are you?

Edited November 16, 2004 by darrdor

[craig]

grr this is annoying i've been winner runner up runner up, need to win again, so preditcions

-AJ Styles (3-0)

-B-Boy (1-2)

- Xavier (0-3)

-Jerry Lynn (2-1)

-Amazing Red (0-3)

-Jay Briscoe (2-1)

-Jack Evans (subbing for Teddy Hart) (0-3)

-Samoa Joe (2-1)

[Pepsi]

Solid show as usual. I really like your match write ups, they're not confusing to read at all. Plus you have really interesting character development sprinkled through-out too which helps you get into the matches. Glad I finally got a point. I want a tape damnit.

-AJ Styles

-B-Boy

-Trent Acid

-Jerry Lynn

-Amazing Red (i swear if I keep betting on him he'll win eventually)

-Jay Briscoe

-Donovan Morgan's Replacement

-Samoa Joe

MOTN: Styles/Walters

Edited November 16, 2004 by Pepsi

[Hellfire]

-AJ Styles (3-0)

-B-Boy (1-2)

-Trent Acid (1-2)

Homicide (3-0)

-Mark Briscoe (2-1)

BJ Whitmer (2-1)

-Jack Evans (subbing for Teddy Hart) (0-3)

-Samoa Joe (2-1)

[RavenBlack]

Hehehehehehehe...

AJ Styles (3-0) vs. John Walters (2-1)

B-Boy (1-2) vs. Matt Stryker (0-3)

Trent Acid (1-2) vs. Xavier (0-3)

Jerry Lynn (2-1) vs. Homicide (3-0)

Mark Briscoe (2-1) vs. Amazing Red (0-3)

Jay Briscoe (2-1) vs. BJ Whitmer (2-1)

Jack Evans (subbing for Teddy Hart) (0-3) vs. ??? (replacing Donovan Morgan) (2-1)

Samoa Joe (2-1) vs. Dan Maff (2-1)

MOTN: Styles/Walters

I'm too tired to go PM you my vote...but Roderick Strong.

[St. Dubb]

-AJ Styles (3-0) vs. John Walters (2-1)

-B-boy (1-2) vs. Matt Stryker (0-3)

-Trent Acid (1-2) vs. Xavier (0-3)

-Jerry Lynn (2-1) vs. Homicide (3-0)

-Mark Briscoe (2-1) vs. Amazing Red (0-3)

-Jay Briscoe (2-1) vs. BJ Whitmer (2-1)

-Jack Evans (subbing for Teddy Hart) (0-3) vs. ??? (replacing Donovan Morgan) (2-1)

-Samoa Joe (2-1) vs. Dan Maff (2-1)

s

MOTN: Styles/Walters

Edited November 16, 2004 by J-Dubb

[VDP2006]

AJ Styles (3-0) vs. John Walters (2-1)- Although I think it'd be nice for Walters to win, I think Styles wins this.

B-boy (1-2) vs. Matt Stryker (0-3)-B-Boy should win, because, as I think I've said before, Stryker is bland with a side of boring.

Trent Acid (1-2) vs. Xavier (0-3)- Xavier is actually a better wrestler than Acid, so I think I'll pick him to finally get a win.

Jerry Lynn (2-1) vs. Homicide (3-0)- Lynn is an okay wrestler, and Homicide, when he wants to be, is great. I say Homicide wins.

Mark Briscoe (2-1) vs. Amazing Red (0-3)- Oh man, I think Red's gonna win this one.

Jay Briscoe (2-1) vs. BJ Whitmer (2-1)- Hillbilly Jesus is My Homeboy, but I gotta go with Jay in this match.

Jack Evans (subbing for Teddy Hart) (0-3) vs. ??? (replacing Donovan Morgan) (2-1)- Whoever subs in for Morgan is gonna seriously put a hurtin' on poor Flippy McGuillicuttty.

Samoa Joe (2-1) vs. Dan Maff (2-1)- I really can't call this one, but, since Joe is my fello Samoan, I have to go with him.

MOTN: Acid-Xavier.

[erstyle]

-AJ Styles (3-0) vs. John Walters (2-1)

-B-Boy (1-2) vs. Matt Stryker (0-3)

-Trent Acid (1-2) vs. Xavier (0-3)

-Jerry Lynn (2-1) vs. Homicide (3-0)

-Mark Briscoe (2-1) vs. Amazing Red (0-3)

-Jay Briscoe (2-1) vs. BJ Whitmer (2-1)

-Jack Evans (0-3) vs. ??? (2-1)

-Samoa Joe (2-1) vs. Dan Maff (2-1)

MOTN = Jerry Lynn vs Homicide

[rsl]

AJ Styles (3-0)

-B-Boy (1-2)

Xavier (0-3)

Homicide (3-0)

-Mark Briscoe (2-1)

-Jay Briscoe (2-1)

-Jack Evans (subbing for Teddy Hart) (0-3)

-Samoa Joe (2-1)

MOTN: Homicide vs. Jerry Lynn

[Michael]

AJ Styles (3-0) vs. John Walters (2-1)

B-Boy (1-2) vs. Matt Stryker (0-3)

Trent Acid (1-2) vs. Xavier (0-3)

Jerry Lynn (2-1) vs. Homicide (3-0)

Mark Briscoe (2-1) vs. Amazing Red (0-3)

Jay Briscoe (2-1) vs. BJ Whitmer (2-1)

Jack Evans (subbing for Teddy Hart) (0-3) vs. ??? (replacing Donovan Morgan) (2-1)

Samoa Joe (2-1) vs. Dan Maff (2-1)

MOTN: AJ Styles/John Walters