Post by petergriffin on Jul 15, 2006 12:35:59 GMT -5
(I've tried to start up this fed twice already but things come up and they stop me...so i'm gonna give it 1 more try)
Figure Pro Wrestling
WrestleMania 1
March 25, 2007
Madison Square Gardin in New York, NY
FPW logo flashes across the screen.
Jim Ross: Hello everyone and welcome to the first installment of FPW Wrestle Mania. The Garden is sold out and for good reason.
Jerry Lawler: That’s right J.R., tonight all of the champions will be crowned.
Mick Foley: Welcome to Wrestle Mania, this is your Smackdown announcers Mick Foley and Al Snow
Al Snow: That’s right Mick tonight promises to be huge!
JR: And we’re gonna kick things off with an Intercontinental title match.
1. Intercontinental Championship
Four-Way Dance
Eddie Guerrero vs. Edge w/ Lita vs. Christian w/ Tyson Tomko vs. Booker T
“I Lie, I Cheat, I Steal.” Eddie comes out to a huge pop.
“You Think You Know Me” Edge and Lita come out to boos.
“Close Your Eyes” plays and Christian is booed to the ring.
“Can You Dig It” hits and Booker T comes out to cheers
Booker and Edge go right after each other while Christian and Eddie lock up. Christian puts on an armlock and Guerrero fights out of it and nails a dropkick. He puts Christian in the corner and whips him into the other one and hits a clothesline. He locks on a front face lock while Edge is trading chops in the corner with Booker. Edge wins the battle and runs his shoulder into Booker’s gut. He sets Booker up on the top turnbuckle and goes for the superplex but Booker pushes him off. Booker then nails a second-rope elbow drop for a two count.
JR: Some faced paced action from four of the best superstars we have.
Eddie whips Christian into the corner, and Booker whips Edge into Christian, who falls back and then Christian falls on top of him. Eddie tells Booker to pick Edge up.
King: That’s not fair, they can’t double team!
As Booker goes to pick Edge up, Eddie nails him in the back. He whips Booker off the ropes and hits a back body drop. Edge rolls up Eddie from behind for a two count. Christian gets up and goes after Booker and hits a cross body block. He locks on a Boston Crab but Booker reaches the ropes and then Eddie dropkicks Christian in the back of the head. Edge waits for him to get up and goes for the spear but Eddie moves and Edge hits the turnbuckle and rolls to the outside.
King: That’s gotta hurt.
Eddie grates Christian’s face with his foot. He whips him off the ropes and Christian ducks a clothesline but Booker hits him with a hook kick. Booker then hits a DDT on Eddie for a two count. Booker picks up Eddie but Christian chop blocks him in the leg. Christian picks up Eddie for an electric chair drop, when Edge climbs to the top rope and spears Eddie off of Christian’s shoulders.
JR: Good god almighty! Eddie might be dead!
Edge covers for a three count and Eddie is eliminated. Edge and Christian go right after each other and Christian hits a face buster for another two count. Booker gets back in on the action when he hits Christian with a missile dropkick off the top rope for a two count. Edge gets up and clothesline Booker. He hits him with a piledriver. Edge picks him up for the Edgecution but Christian kicks him in the back and hits the Unprettier for the three count.
JR: It’s down to Booker T and Captain Charisma.
Christian quickly tries to cover Booker who kicks out. Christian whips him into the corner and splashes him. He hits a Russian leg sweep for another two count. He picks up Booker who punches him in the stomach and goes for the Scissors Kick but Christian moves out of the way and hits him with a Tiger Driver. He covers for another two count.
King: Come on that was three.
JR: Christian has been very close many times.
Christian puts Booker on the top turnbuckle but he fights out and gets off the top and whips Christian off the ropes and nails a hook kick. He picks him up and delivers a spinning power bomb.
JR: It could be over now!
Tyson Tomko gets on the apron and distracts the referee. Booker punches him off the apron. He turns to Christian who low blows him without the ref seeing him. Christian hits the Unprettier and covers for a three count!
Winner and 1st Intercontinental Champion: Christian
King: Yes, Christian is our first Intercontinental champion!
JR: By hook or by crook, he’s champion.
*Backstage*
John Bradshaw Layfield is interviewed and says that the World Championship is his.
JR: Strong words from JBL, but King up next the Cruiserweight Championship will be decided.
King: Take it away Mick & Al.
Mick: Thanks, JR.
2. Cruiserweight Championship
Cruiserweight Turmoil Match
Maven vs. Tajiri vs. Paul London vs. Rey Mysterio vs. Jamie Noble vs. Chavo Guerrero vs. Spike Dudley vs. Billy Kidman w/ Torrie Wilson
“Who’s That Jumping Out the Sky?” plays as Rey Mysterio comes out to cheers.
Billy Kidman’s music hits and he and Torrie enter the arena to more cheers.
They lock up in the ring and Rey locks on a wristlock, Billy rolls out of it and delivers an arm drag, Rey gets up and hits his own arm drag, Billy gets up and whips him off the ropes, Rey ducks a clothesline and Billy ducks one of Rey’s and Billy comes off the ropes with a cross body and covers for a two count. He picks him up and whips him hard into the corner and Rey falls over to the outside. Billy waits for him to get up and front flips to the outside onto Rey.
Mick: What a move by Kidman. He’s really taking it to Mysterio tonight.
Al: Billy’s my pick to win.
Kidman picks up Rey and whips him into the guardrail. He goes to the opposite rail and runs and stinger splashes Rey on the rail. He climbs in the ring and taunts. Rey climbs on the apron and hits the West Coast Pop for a two count. As Billy gets up Rey climbs to the top rope and jumps and lands on Kidman’s shoulders and goes for a hurricanrana, but Kidman grabs him for a cradle pile driver and nails it for the three count.
Mick: Kidman keeps going in this match. He now awaits the next competitor.
Al: He just dominated Rey.
Spike Dudley comes out to cheers.
Once Spike rolls into the ring Kidman goes after him with stomps. He whips Spike into the corner and follows him in with a shoulder thrust. He puts him on the top rope and goes for a top ropes hurricanrana, but Spike reverses with a powerbomb.
Mick: Whoa, some surprising strength shown by Spike.
Spike gets up first and covers for a two count. He picks Kidman up and whips him off the ropes and hits a drop toe hold. Spike picks Kidman up, but this time Kidman rolls him up into a small package for a three count.
Al: I told you! Kidman continues and he will go all the way.
Mick: That remains to be seen, but he’s been impressive.
Maven comes out to boos.
Maven runs into the ring and goes right after the tired Kidman with a swinging neck breaker and a cover for a two count. Maven whips him off the ropes and hits a flying forearm. Maven locks on a headlock. Kidman fights out of it behind the crowd’s cheering and he elbows Maven in the gut and whips him off the ropes and nails a shoulder blocks. Kidman gets up quick and hits a drop kick. He sets Maven up for a suplex, but Maven punches him in the stomach and hits his own suplex. Maven picks up Kidman for a powerbomb but Kidman reverses it into a facebuster for a three count.
Mick: Billy Kidman has been dominant here and Al, you may be right.
Al: Aren’t I always?
Mick: You wish.
Smackdown general manager Stephanie McMahon comes out and announces that not one, but two cruiserweights will be entering the match from here on in.
Mick: What an announcement made by our lovely general manger, Stephanie.
Al: Mr. McMahon is so gonna fire you.
Jamie Noble comes out followed by Chavo Guerrero.
Noble and Guerrero double team the tired Kidman. They whip him off the ropes and hit a double back elbow and pick him up and nail a double suplex. Noble instructs Guerrero to go to the top rope but Guerrero nails him from behind and starts working on Noble.
Al: Chavo doesn’t like to be told what to do.
Guerrero stomps on Noble until Kidman comes from behind and hits a belly-to-back suplex. He then goes after Noble with a top rope elbow drop. He whips Noble off the ropes and hits a discus punch.
Mick: Kidman is fired up!
He picks up Noble and delivers a gut wrench supelx. He goes up top and nails the Shooting Star Press for the three count. Guerrero, who was waiting in the corner rolls up Kidman and pulls the tights to eliminate him.
Al: No! No, no, no! He cheated. That’s not right.
Tajiri and Paul London come out.
Tajiri nails London before they get into the ring and throws him into the guardrail. He gets into the ring and he and Chavo go at it. Tajiri whips him into the corner and puts him in the tree of woe position. He runs and baseball slides into his face. He covers for a two count. Guerrero gets back on the attack and whips him off the ropes but Tajiri comes back with a handspring elbow. He covers for another two count. Paul London gets back in the ring and hits a spinning heel kick on Tajiri.
Mick: Who’s you pick now Al?
Al: I think I’ll go with London.
Paul London sees Guerrero down and he goes to the top rope and nails his 450 splash for the three count. He goes right after Tajiri with punches to the back. He locks on an abdominal stretch. Tajiri reaches the ropes and London lets go. He whips him off the ropes and nails a back body drop. London goes to the top rope but Tajiri gets up and throws him off. He hits a standing moonsault for a two count. Tajiri sets up and kicks London in the head. He whips him off the ropes and London ducks a clothesline and comes off and nails a headscissors. Tajiri retreats to the outside. London goes up top and jumps to the outside to hit Tajiri, but he spits mist in his face.
Mick: Oh, come on!
He slides London back in and nails the buzzsaw kick for the three count.
Winner and 1st Cruiserweight Champion: Tajiri
*Backstage*
Shelton Benjamin is shown walking backstage. He goes into Eric Bischoff’s office.
Shelton: Eric, why wasn’t I involved in tonight’s Intercontinental title match?
Eric: Well, I just don’t feel you’re really that good.
Shelton: Really, I wonder if Stephanie thinks I’m good enough for Smackdown.
Eric: No, don’t go there Shelton. I can’t lose wrestlers to that b****. Alright, you have a title shot tomorrow on Raw.
Shelton: That’s how I like it.
JR: Well it looks as if our first match for Raw is booked, but up next, the Hardcore Invitational Elimination match.
3. Hardcore Championship
Hardcore Invitational Open
Heidenreich vs. Raven vs. Masato Tanaka vs. Mike Awesome vs. Rhino vs. Tyson Tomko vs. Taz vs. Steve Blackman vs. Tommy Dreamer
All nine men start in the ring and immedietly go outside to get weapons except Tanaka and Awesome who get into a fist fight inside the ring. Outside, Rhino nails Tomko with a trash can lid and whips into the guardrail. He then gores him right through it. He covers but somehow, Tyson kicks out. Dreamer and Blackman double team Heidenreich outside and hit him with chairs and spray the fire extinguisher in his eyes. Raven fights Taz in the aisle and Taz nails a tazplex on the concrete. Rhino pins Tomko after a gore through a table.
JR: The problem solver is eliminated.
Taz rolls Raven back in the ring, while Dreamer and Blackman put Heidenreich in. Dreamer sets up a table and Taz punches him. Taz grabs Heidenreich and belly-to-belly suplexes him through the table for the three count. Raven grabs the cookie sheet and nails Blackman with it, who turns around into a roaring elbow from Tanaka. Dreamer sets up a table outside and lights it on fire. Mike Awesome grabs Blackman and awesome bomb’s him to the outside through it.
King: Oh my god!
JR: Good god! He’s dead.
Dreamer covers and eliminates him. He gets in the ring. Suddenly, the lights go out.
JR: What the hell?
King: Uh-oh. I know what this means.
The lights come on and Sabu is standing in the middle of the ring pointing to the sky. The crowd breaks out into an E-C-W chant.
JR: It’s all ECW alumni in the ring.
They start fighting in the ring. Raven hits an Even Flow DDT on Dreamer onto a chair. He covers for the three count. Raven goes right after Tanaka with a chair, but Tanaka gets right back up. He takes another shot and gets right back up. Taz comes from behind and locks on the Tazmission on Raven. Raven finally taps after about a minute. Sabu and Rhino fight outside. Sabu throws a chair right at Rhino’s face and puts him on the guardrail. He opens a chair in front of him and jumps off it to nail Rhino into the crowd. A gunshot goes off and New Jack comes out with his shopping cart full of weapons.
King: Holy crap!
New Jack gets in the ring and quickly nails Awesome with a golf club. He hits Tanaka with a chair so hard that he doesn’t get up. Taz comes right up to his face and they get into a fist fight. Awesome gets up bleeding and hits Taz with a low blow. New Jack grabs some sort of sign and hits Awesome. He puts the sign on his nuts and hits the sign with a baseball bat.
King: That’s just not right.
He covers for a three count. Tanaka sets up two chairs on the ground and goes to the second rope with Taz. He hits a tornado DDT onto both chairs for a three count.
JR: We’re down to the final four. New Jack, Sabu, Masato Tanaka, and Rhino.
Tanaka is a little hurt from the DDT. New Jack grabs a stapler and starts stapling Tanaka’s head. He grabs his guitar and starts playing it. Rhino gets back in the ring and goes to gore New Jack, but he moves and Rhino catches Tanaka, who was getting up. New Jack nails Rhino with the guitar and covers Tanaka for the three count. He covers Rhino who kicks out. Sabu gets in the ring and hits New Jack with a chair who turns around into a gore.
JR: How did Rhino get up that quick?
King: That took all of his energy. Look, he’s down again.
Sabu covers New Jack for a three count. He picks up Rhino and whips him into the corner. He goes outside and pulls out barbed wire from under the ring. He wraps some of it onto his forearm and starts hitting Rhino with it. Rhino kicks him in the gut and grabs the rest of the barbed wire and wraps it around Sabu’s neck.
JR: My god! He’s choking the man with barbed wire.
Sabu fights and doesn’t tap, but he faints after a short while.
Winner and 1st Hardcore Champion: Rhino
JR: That was extremely gruesome.
*Backstage*
Christian is shown being interviewed about his newly won title, when Benjamin walks up to him and they talk trash to each other.
4. World Tag Team Championship
Four-Team Tag Elimination
Outsiders vs. Superheroes w/ Stacy vs. Hardy Boyz vs. Impact Players
The Impact Players come out to a mixed reaction.
The Hardy Boys get cheered.
The Superheroes get cheered.
The Outsiders get a mixed reaction, but mostly boos.
Jeff Hardy and Justin Credible start off while the six other men wait on the apron. They lock up and Credible puts on a headlock, Jeff whips him off the ropes and drops while Credible hops over him, when he comes back Hardy leaps over him and when he comes back again he gets dropkicked. Hardy picks up and chops him. He body slams him and goes to the top rope but Storm pushes him off. Matt Hardy comes around and pulls Storm off the apron and they fight outside. Inside, Credible stomps on Hardy and hooks him into a Fisherman DDT for a two count.
King: Watch it!
Matt Hardy and Lance Storm started fighting atop the Spanish announce table. Storm climbs onto the rail near the table and Matt delivers a single arm DDT off of it through the table.
JR: Both men are down!
King: Two men have been basically eliminated.
Inside, Jeff regained the upper hand and hit a back breaker on Credible and tags Scott Hall. Hall comes in and quickly goes for the cover but Credible kicks out. Jeff goes to check on Matt. Hall whips him off the ropes and locks on a sleeper hold. Credible kicks him in nuts to get out of it and referee Earl Hebner calls for the bell.
King: What?! My pick to win had been eliminated on a DQ! That’s bull s***!
JR: Clam down, King!
Credible checks on Storm and argues with the referee. Hurricane gets in the ring and offers his hand to Scott Hall. Hall shakes his hand and Hurricane does his pose and then slaps Hall. Hall slams him and steps on his face. He laughs and tags Nash. Hurricane gets up right into Nash’s boot. He covers but Rosey comes in and breaks it up. Nash picks up Hurricane and hits an atomic drop. Nash whips him off the ropes, but he comes back with a cross body block. He calls for the choke slam but can’t pick up Nash who kicks him in the gut and sets him up for the Jacknife. Rosey comes in and clotheslines him. After Rosey goes back to the apron, Nash tags him in.
JR: The superheroes have to fight now.
Hurricane shakes his hand and they lock up. Rosey pushes him to the ground and Hurricane quickly tags Jeff Hardy.
King: Matt is back on the apron. He seems to be alright.
Jeff immediately spinning heel kicks Rosey. He front flip leg drops him for a two count. Jeff whips him into the corner and tags Matt. They do Poetry in Motion and cover for another two count. Matt hits the side effect and Jeff comes off the top with a Swanton Bomb and Matt counts for the three while Jeff hits Hurricane.
JR: Down to two teams.
“I’m back and I’m better than ever”. Eric Bischoff comes out and announces that the final two teams will fight in a tornado style match.
Matt and Hall fight in the corner while Jeff dropkicks Nash. Matt whips Hall into the other corner and helps Jeff with a double team leg drop. Jeff covers for a two count. Hall clotheslines Matt and then snapmares Jeff. He locks on a sleeper. Nash puts Matt in the corner and chokes him with his foot. Jeff starts falling out but comes back and gets out of it with elbows in the gut, then he quickly runs up the turnbuckle and hits the Whisper of the Winds. Nash throws Matt out of the ring and grabs Jeff and nails the Jacknife.
King: It’s over.
Jeff somehow kicks out and Nash can’t believe it. Hall hits the Outsider’s Edge and covers but Matt comes back in and breaks up the count. He ducks under Nash’s boot and dropkicks him out of the ring. He hits Hall with the Twist of Fate and cover for the three count.
Winners and 1st World Tag Team Champions: Hardy Boys
JR: Matt and Jeff have done it! What a night and we still have a lot more to come.
An ad for Raw is shown.
5. United States Championship
Four-Way Ladder Match
Nova vs. Carlito Caribbean Cool vs. Orlando Jordan vs. Charlie Haas
Carlito and Jordan get booed, while Haas and Nova get cheered.
Jordan goes right after Haas, while Nova gets in Carlito’s face. Carlito is still eating his apple when Nova smacks it out of his hand. Carlito goes to spit at Nova, who ducks, and starts punching him until he falls. Jordan whips Haas off the ropes but gets a kick to the face. Haas picks him up and hits a german suplex. Haas rolls out of the ring.
Al: He may be going for the ladder already.
He goes to get the ladder but Nova flies over the ropes to splash him. Carlito gets up and starts stomping on Jordan. He hits him with a neck breaker and then locks on a neck wrench. Nova brings the ladder in the ring and hits Carlito with it. He sets it up in the corner and whips Jordan into it. He then whips Carlito into Jordan. Haas gets back in and whips Nova into the ladder and follows with a monkey flip. Haas sets up the ladder in the middle of the ring but as he climbs Jordan comes from under him and hits an electric chair drop.
Mick: Nice move by the youngster Orlando Jordan.
Carlito gets up and starts climbing the ladder but Nova gets up and basically flies up the ladder and they start punching each other at the top. Nova hooks him for a suplex, but when he goes for it Carlito holds on and Nova falls by himself. Jordan pulls him off while Haas gets another ladder. He brings it in but Jordan stomps on him. He whips Haas into the corner and hits a superplex onto the ladder.
Mick: My god what impact!!!
Carlito sets up the ladder and Nova sets one up next to him. They climb next to each other and Haas crawls over and pushes Carlito’s ladder over and he grabs onto the side f Nova’s. Nova punches him and Haas pushes that ladder over and nova lands all the way to the outside onto Mick and Al’s table.
Al: Good god! Nova needs help. This table did not give and he just hit it with a loud thud. And I know that hurts.
Mick: How would you know? Your matches never lasted more than 5 minutes before the crowd started chanting boring.
Al: God, I hate you.
Mick: Seriously though, he needs help.
The ladder lands on top of Carlito and he’s also hurt. Haas starts slowly climbing the ladder and Orlando Jordan starts slowly following him with a chair.
Mick: Who’s that in the entryway Al?
Al: It’s Shelton Benjamin!!! Do you think Stephanie recruited him?
Mick: I can only hope.
Benjamin gets in the ring and grabs Jordan and nails the Exploder.
Mick: What was that for?!
Haas continues to climb and finally grabs the belt.
Winner and 1st United States Champion: Charlie Haas
Figure Pro Wrestling
WrestleMania 1
March 25, 2007
Madison Square Gardin in New York, NY
FPW logo flashes across the screen.
Jim Ross: Hello everyone and welcome to the first installment of FPW Wrestle Mania. The Garden is sold out and for good reason.
Jerry Lawler: That’s right J.R., tonight all of the champions will be crowned.
Mick Foley: Welcome to Wrestle Mania, this is your Smackdown announcers Mick Foley and Al Snow
Al Snow: That’s right Mick tonight promises to be huge!
JR: And we’re gonna kick things off with an Intercontinental title match.
1. Intercontinental Championship
Four-Way Dance
Eddie Guerrero vs. Edge w/ Lita vs. Christian w/ Tyson Tomko vs. Booker T
“I Lie, I Cheat, I Steal.” Eddie comes out to a huge pop.
“You Think You Know Me” Edge and Lita come out to boos.
“Close Your Eyes” plays and Christian is booed to the ring.
“Can You Dig It” hits and Booker T comes out to cheers
Booker and Edge go right after each other while Christian and Eddie lock up. Christian puts on an armlock and Guerrero fights out of it and nails a dropkick. He puts Christian in the corner and whips him into the other one and hits a clothesline. He locks on a front face lock while Edge is trading chops in the corner with Booker. Edge wins the battle and runs his shoulder into Booker’s gut. He sets Booker up on the top turnbuckle and goes for the superplex but Booker pushes him off. Booker then nails a second-rope elbow drop for a two count.
JR: Some faced paced action from four of the best superstars we have.
Eddie whips Christian into the corner, and Booker whips Edge into Christian, who falls back and then Christian falls on top of him. Eddie tells Booker to pick Edge up.
King: That’s not fair, they can’t double team!
As Booker goes to pick Edge up, Eddie nails him in the back. He whips Booker off the ropes and hits a back body drop. Edge rolls up Eddie from behind for a two count. Christian gets up and goes after Booker and hits a cross body block. He locks on a Boston Crab but Booker reaches the ropes and then Eddie dropkicks Christian in the back of the head. Edge waits for him to get up and goes for the spear but Eddie moves and Edge hits the turnbuckle and rolls to the outside.
King: That’s gotta hurt.
Eddie grates Christian’s face with his foot. He whips him off the ropes and Christian ducks a clothesline but Booker hits him with a hook kick. Booker then hits a DDT on Eddie for a two count. Booker picks up Eddie but Christian chop blocks him in the leg. Christian picks up Eddie for an electric chair drop, when Edge climbs to the top rope and spears Eddie off of Christian’s shoulders.
JR: Good god almighty! Eddie might be dead!
Edge covers for a three count and Eddie is eliminated. Edge and Christian go right after each other and Christian hits a face buster for another two count. Booker gets back in on the action when he hits Christian with a missile dropkick off the top rope for a two count. Edge gets up and clothesline Booker. He hits him with a piledriver. Edge picks him up for the Edgecution but Christian kicks him in the back and hits the Unprettier for the three count.
JR: It’s down to Booker T and Captain Charisma.
Christian quickly tries to cover Booker who kicks out. Christian whips him into the corner and splashes him. He hits a Russian leg sweep for another two count. He picks up Booker who punches him in the stomach and goes for the Scissors Kick but Christian moves out of the way and hits him with a Tiger Driver. He covers for another two count.
King: Come on that was three.
JR: Christian has been very close many times.
Christian puts Booker on the top turnbuckle but he fights out and gets off the top and whips Christian off the ropes and nails a hook kick. He picks him up and delivers a spinning power bomb.
JR: It could be over now!
Tyson Tomko gets on the apron and distracts the referee. Booker punches him off the apron. He turns to Christian who low blows him without the ref seeing him. Christian hits the Unprettier and covers for a three count!
Winner and 1st Intercontinental Champion: Christian
King: Yes, Christian is our first Intercontinental champion!
JR: By hook or by crook, he’s champion.
*Backstage*
John Bradshaw Layfield is interviewed and says that the World Championship is his.
JR: Strong words from JBL, but King up next the Cruiserweight Championship will be decided.
King: Take it away Mick & Al.
Mick: Thanks, JR.
2. Cruiserweight Championship
Cruiserweight Turmoil Match
Maven vs. Tajiri vs. Paul London vs. Rey Mysterio vs. Jamie Noble vs. Chavo Guerrero vs. Spike Dudley vs. Billy Kidman w/ Torrie Wilson
“Who’s That Jumping Out the Sky?” plays as Rey Mysterio comes out to cheers.
Billy Kidman’s music hits and he and Torrie enter the arena to more cheers.
They lock up in the ring and Rey locks on a wristlock, Billy rolls out of it and delivers an arm drag, Rey gets up and hits his own arm drag, Billy gets up and whips him off the ropes, Rey ducks a clothesline and Billy ducks one of Rey’s and Billy comes off the ropes with a cross body and covers for a two count. He picks him up and whips him hard into the corner and Rey falls over to the outside. Billy waits for him to get up and front flips to the outside onto Rey.
Mick: What a move by Kidman. He’s really taking it to Mysterio tonight.
Al: Billy’s my pick to win.
Kidman picks up Rey and whips him into the guardrail. He goes to the opposite rail and runs and stinger splashes Rey on the rail. He climbs in the ring and taunts. Rey climbs on the apron and hits the West Coast Pop for a two count. As Billy gets up Rey climbs to the top rope and jumps and lands on Kidman’s shoulders and goes for a hurricanrana, but Kidman grabs him for a cradle pile driver and nails it for the three count.
Mick: Kidman keeps going in this match. He now awaits the next competitor.
Al: He just dominated Rey.
Spike Dudley comes out to cheers.
Once Spike rolls into the ring Kidman goes after him with stomps. He whips Spike into the corner and follows him in with a shoulder thrust. He puts him on the top rope and goes for a top ropes hurricanrana, but Spike reverses with a powerbomb.
Mick: Whoa, some surprising strength shown by Spike.
Spike gets up first and covers for a two count. He picks Kidman up and whips him off the ropes and hits a drop toe hold. Spike picks Kidman up, but this time Kidman rolls him up into a small package for a three count.
Al: I told you! Kidman continues and he will go all the way.
Mick: That remains to be seen, but he’s been impressive.
Maven comes out to boos.
Maven runs into the ring and goes right after the tired Kidman with a swinging neck breaker and a cover for a two count. Maven whips him off the ropes and hits a flying forearm. Maven locks on a headlock. Kidman fights out of it behind the crowd’s cheering and he elbows Maven in the gut and whips him off the ropes and nails a shoulder blocks. Kidman gets up quick and hits a drop kick. He sets Maven up for a suplex, but Maven punches him in the stomach and hits his own suplex. Maven picks up Kidman for a powerbomb but Kidman reverses it into a facebuster for a three count.
Mick: Billy Kidman has been dominant here and Al, you may be right.
Al: Aren’t I always?
Mick: You wish.
Smackdown general manager Stephanie McMahon comes out and announces that not one, but two cruiserweights will be entering the match from here on in.
Mick: What an announcement made by our lovely general manger, Stephanie.
Al: Mr. McMahon is so gonna fire you.
Jamie Noble comes out followed by Chavo Guerrero.
Noble and Guerrero double team the tired Kidman. They whip him off the ropes and hit a double back elbow and pick him up and nail a double suplex. Noble instructs Guerrero to go to the top rope but Guerrero nails him from behind and starts working on Noble.
Al: Chavo doesn’t like to be told what to do.
Guerrero stomps on Noble until Kidman comes from behind and hits a belly-to-back suplex. He then goes after Noble with a top rope elbow drop. He whips Noble off the ropes and hits a discus punch.
Mick: Kidman is fired up!
He picks up Noble and delivers a gut wrench supelx. He goes up top and nails the Shooting Star Press for the three count. Guerrero, who was waiting in the corner rolls up Kidman and pulls the tights to eliminate him.
Al: No! No, no, no! He cheated. That’s not right.
Tajiri and Paul London come out.
Tajiri nails London before they get into the ring and throws him into the guardrail. He gets into the ring and he and Chavo go at it. Tajiri whips him into the corner and puts him in the tree of woe position. He runs and baseball slides into his face. He covers for a two count. Guerrero gets back on the attack and whips him off the ropes but Tajiri comes back with a handspring elbow. He covers for another two count. Paul London gets back in the ring and hits a spinning heel kick on Tajiri.
Mick: Who’s you pick now Al?
Al: I think I’ll go with London.
Paul London sees Guerrero down and he goes to the top rope and nails his 450 splash for the three count. He goes right after Tajiri with punches to the back. He locks on an abdominal stretch. Tajiri reaches the ropes and London lets go. He whips him off the ropes and nails a back body drop. London goes to the top rope but Tajiri gets up and throws him off. He hits a standing moonsault for a two count. Tajiri sets up and kicks London in the head. He whips him off the ropes and London ducks a clothesline and comes off and nails a headscissors. Tajiri retreats to the outside. London goes up top and jumps to the outside to hit Tajiri, but he spits mist in his face.
Mick: Oh, come on!
He slides London back in and nails the buzzsaw kick for the three count.
Winner and 1st Cruiserweight Champion: Tajiri
*Backstage*
Shelton Benjamin is shown walking backstage. He goes into Eric Bischoff’s office.
Shelton: Eric, why wasn’t I involved in tonight’s Intercontinental title match?
Eric: Well, I just don’t feel you’re really that good.
Shelton: Really, I wonder if Stephanie thinks I’m good enough for Smackdown.
Eric: No, don’t go there Shelton. I can’t lose wrestlers to that b****. Alright, you have a title shot tomorrow on Raw.
Shelton: That’s how I like it.
JR: Well it looks as if our first match for Raw is booked, but up next, the Hardcore Invitational Elimination match.
3. Hardcore Championship
Hardcore Invitational Open
Heidenreich vs. Raven vs. Masato Tanaka vs. Mike Awesome vs. Rhino vs. Tyson Tomko vs. Taz vs. Steve Blackman vs. Tommy Dreamer
All nine men start in the ring and immedietly go outside to get weapons except Tanaka and Awesome who get into a fist fight inside the ring. Outside, Rhino nails Tomko with a trash can lid and whips into the guardrail. He then gores him right through it. He covers but somehow, Tyson kicks out. Dreamer and Blackman double team Heidenreich outside and hit him with chairs and spray the fire extinguisher in his eyes. Raven fights Taz in the aisle and Taz nails a tazplex on the concrete. Rhino pins Tomko after a gore through a table.
JR: The problem solver is eliminated.
Taz rolls Raven back in the ring, while Dreamer and Blackman put Heidenreich in. Dreamer sets up a table and Taz punches him. Taz grabs Heidenreich and belly-to-belly suplexes him through the table for the three count. Raven grabs the cookie sheet and nails Blackman with it, who turns around into a roaring elbow from Tanaka. Dreamer sets up a table outside and lights it on fire. Mike Awesome grabs Blackman and awesome bomb’s him to the outside through it.
King: Oh my god!
JR: Good god! He’s dead.
Dreamer covers and eliminates him. He gets in the ring. Suddenly, the lights go out.
JR: What the hell?
King: Uh-oh. I know what this means.
The lights come on and Sabu is standing in the middle of the ring pointing to the sky. The crowd breaks out into an E-C-W chant.
JR: It’s all ECW alumni in the ring.
They start fighting in the ring. Raven hits an Even Flow DDT on Dreamer onto a chair. He covers for the three count. Raven goes right after Tanaka with a chair, but Tanaka gets right back up. He takes another shot and gets right back up. Taz comes from behind and locks on the Tazmission on Raven. Raven finally taps after about a minute. Sabu and Rhino fight outside. Sabu throws a chair right at Rhino’s face and puts him on the guardrail. He opens a chair in front of him and jumps off it to nail Rhino into the crowd. A gunshot goes off and New Jack comes out with his shopping cart full of weapons.
King: Holy crap!
New Jack gets in the ring and quickly nails Awesome with a golf club. He hits Tanaka with a chair so hard that he doesn’t get up. Taz comes right up to his face and they get into a fist fight. Awesome gets up bleeding and hits Taz with a low blow. New Jack grabs some sort of sign and hits Awesome. He puts the sign on his nuts and hits the sign with a baseball bat.
King: That’s just not right.
He covers for a three count. Tanaka sets up two chairs on the ground and goes to the second rope with Taz. He hits a tornado DDT onto both chairs for a three count.
JR: We’re down to the final four. New Jack, Sabu, Masato Tanaka, and Rhino.
Tanaka is a little hurt from the DDT. New Jack grabs a stapler and starts stapling Tanaka’s head. He grabs his guitar and starts playing it. Rhino gets back in the ring and goes to gore New Jack, but he moves and Rhino catches Tanaka, who was getting up. New Jack nails Rhino with the guitar and covers Tanaka for the three count. He covers Rhino who kicks out. Sabu gets in the ring and hits New Jack with a chair who turns around into a gore.
JR: How did Rhino get up that quick?
King: That took all of his energy. Look, he’s down again.
Sabu covers New Jack for a three count. He picks up Rhino and whips him into the corner. He goes outside and pulls out barbed wire from under the ring. He wraps some of it onto his forearm and starts hitting Rhino with it. Rhino kicks him in the gut and grabs the rest of the barbed wire and wraps it around Sabu’s neck.
JR: My god! He’s choking the man with barbed wire.
Sabu fights and doesn’t tap, but he faints after a short while.
Winner and 1st Hardcore Champion: Rhino
JR: That was extremely gruesome.
*Backstage*
Christian is shown being interviewed about his newly won title, when Benjamin walks up to him and they talk trash to each other.
4. World Tag Team Championship
Four-Team Tag Elimination
Outsiders vs. Superheroes w/ Stacy vs. Hardy Boyz vs. Impact Players
The Impact Players come out to a mixed reaction.
The Hardy Boys get cheered.
The Superheroes get cheered.
The Outsiders get a mixed reaction, but mostly boos.
Jeff Hardy and Justin Credible start off while the six other men wait on the apron. They lock up and Credible puts on a headlock, Jeff whips him off the ropes and drops while Credible hops over him, when he comes back Hardy leaps over him and when he comes back again he gets dropkicked. Hardy picks up and chops him. He body slams him and goes to the top rope but Storm pushes him off. Matt Hardy comes around and pulls Storm off the apron and they fight outside. Inside, Credible stomps on Hardy and hooks him into a Fisherman DDT for a two count.
King: Watch it!
Matt Hardy and Lance Storm started fighting atop the Spanish announce table. Storm climbs onto the rail near the table and Matt delivers a single arm DDT off of it through the table.
JR: Both men are down!
King: Two men have been basically eliminated.
Inside, Jeff regained the upper hand and hit a back breaker on Credible and tags Scott Hall. Hall comes in and quickly goes for the cover but Credible kicks out. Jeff goes to check on Matt. Hall whips him off the ropes and locks on a sleeper hold. Credible kicks him in nuts to get out of it and referee Earl Hebner calls for the bell.
King: What?! My pick to win had been eliminated on a DQ! That’s bull s***!
JR: Clam down, King!
Credible checks on Storm and argues with the referee. Hurricane gets in the ring and offers his hand to Scott Hall. Hall shakes his hand and Hurricane does his pose and then slaps Hall. Hall slams him and steps on his face. He laughs and tags Nash. Hurricane gets up right into Nash’s boot. He covers but Rosey comes in and breaks it up. Nash picks up Hurricane and hits an atomic drop. Nash whips him off the ropes, but he comes back with a cross body block. He calls for the choke slam but can’t pick up Nash who kicks him in the gut and sets him up for the Jacknife. Rosey comes in and clotheslines him. After Rosey goes back to the apron, Nash tags him in.
JR: The superheroes have to fight now.
Hurricane shakes his hand and they lock up. Rosey pushes him to the ground and Hurricane quickly tags Jeff Hardy.
King: Matt is back on the apron. He seems to be alright.
Jeff immediately spinning heel kicks Rosey. He front flip leg drops him for a two count. Jeff whips him into the corner and tags Matt. They do Poetry in Motion and cover for another two count. Matt hits the side effect and Jeff comes off the top with a Swanton Bomb and Matt counts for the three while Jeff hits Hurricane.
JR: Down to two teams.
“I’m back and I’m better than ever”. Eric Bischoff comes out and announces that the final two teams will fight in a tornado style match.
Matt and Hall fight in the corner while Jeff dropkicks Nash. Matt whips Hall into the other corner and helps Jeff with a double team leg drop. Jeff covers for a two count. Hall clotheslines Matt and then snapmares Jeff. He locks on a sleeper. Nash puts Matt in the corner and chokes him with his foot. Jeff starts falling out but comes back and gets out of it with elbows in the gut, then he quickly runs up the turnbuckle and hits the Whisper of the Winds. Nash throws Matt out of the ring and grabs Jeff and nails the Jacknife.
King: It’s over.
Jeff somehow kicks out and Nash can’t believe it. Hall hits the Outsider’s Edge and covers but Matt comes back in and breaks up the count. He ducks under Nash’s boot and dropkicks him out of the ring. He hits Hall with the Twist of Fate and cover for the three count.
Winners and 1st World Tag Team Champions: Hardy Boys
JR: Matt and Jeff have done it! What a night and we still have a lot more to come.
An ad for Raw is shown.
5. United States Championship
Four-Way Ladder Match
Nova vs. Carlito Caribbean Cool vs. Orlando Jordan vs. Charlie Haas
Carlito and Jordan get booed, while Haas and Nova get cheered.
Jordan goes right after Haas, while Nova gets in Carlito’s face. Carlito is still eating his apple when Nova smacks it out of his hand. Carlito goes to spit at Nova, who ducks, and starts punching him until he falls. Jordan whips Haas off the ropes but gets a kick to the face. Haas picks him up and hits a german suplex. Haas rolls out of the ring.
Al: He may be going for the ladder already.
He goes to get the ladder but Nova flies over the ropes to splash him. Carlito gets up and starts stomping on Jordan. He hits him with a neck breaker and then locks on a neck wrench. Nova brings the ladder in the ring and hits Carlito with it. He sets it up in the corner and whips Jordan into it. He then whips Carlito into Jordan. Haas gets back in and whips Nova into the ladder and follows with a monkey flip. Haas sets up the ladder in the middle of the ring but as he climbs Jordan comes from under him and hits an electric chair drop.
Mick: Nice move by the youngster Orlando Jordan.
Carlito gets up and starts climbing the ladder but Nova gets up and basically flies up the ladder and they start punching each other at the top. Nova hooks him for a suplex, but when he goes for it Carlito holds on and Nova falls by himself. Jordan pulls him off while Haas gets another ladder. He brings it in but Jordan stomps on him. He whips Haas into the corner and hits a superplex onto the ladder.
Mick: My god what impact!!!
Carlito sets up the ladder and Nova sets one up next to him. They climb next to each other and Haas crawls over and pushes Carlito’s ladder over and he grabs onto the side f Nova’s. Nova punches him and Haas pushes that ladder over and nova lands all the way to the outside onto Mick and Al’s table.
Al: Good god! Nova needs help. This table did not give and he just hit it with a loud thud. And I know that hurts.
Mick: How would you know? Your matches never lasted more than 5 minutes before the crowd started chanting boring.
Al: God, I hate you.
Mick: Seriously though, he needs help.
The ladder lands on top of Carlito and he’s also hurt. Haas starts slowly climbing the ladder and Orlando Jordan starts slowly following him with a chair.
Mick: Who’s that in the entryway Al?
Al: It’s Shelton Benjamin!!! Do you think Stephanie recruited him?
Mick: I can only hope.
Benjamin gets in the ring and grabs Jordan and nails the Exploder.
Mick: What was that for?!
Haas continues to climb and finally grabs the belt.
Winner and 1st United States Champion: Charlie Haas
