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"Praise" by Sevendust played in the background of the NGW Ring
Wars opening sequence which featured a montage of various New Generation
Wrestling superstars such as; The Sandman & Too Cold Scorpio, DDP, Chris
Kanyon, The Dudley Boyz, Taz, William Regal, Sabu, Raven, Jeff Jarrett, Rob Van
Dam, Scott Steiner, 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin and more. This is New Generation Wrestling RING WARS... We entered the
arena as Joey Styles and Paul Heyman welcomed us to NGW Ring Wars and ran down
the lineup for tonight. Too Cold Scorpio
battles Simon Diamond, The Dudley Boyz versus Evan Karagias & Jamie Knoble,
Devon Storm battles Jason Jett, Marc Mero takes on Balls Mahoney, Saturn faces
off against Sabu, and in our Main Event, Rob Van Dam teams with Al Snow against
Scott Steiner and Jeff Jarrett. We then cut
backstage to see 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin arriving to the arena in his truck,
looking extremely pissed off... Opening Match: Josh Matthews v. Chris Harvard - Tryout
Match. We cut back to the ring where our
next two competitors, Josh Matthews and Chris Harvard from Tough Enough fame in
the ring. Styles explained that these
two are getting a huge opportunity with a live tryout on national TV with
NGW. Matthews and Harvard exchanged some
basic wrestling counters for about a minute when ... ["Hell Yeah" by Disturbed] 'Stone Cold'
Steve Austin charged out to the ring and rolled right into the ring. Austin drilled Harvard with a Stunner! Austin flipped off Matthews and hit a
Stunner! Austin kicked Harvard and
Matthews out of the ring then got a microphone... AUSTIN: "That
sumbitch, William Regal, hit me in the damn head with brass knuckles last week
cause he don't have the backbone to fight Stone Cold Steve Austin like a
man! If you wanna see William Regal get
his ass whipped by Stone Cold Steve Austin, gimme a hell yeah! (HELL YEAH!)
What? (HELL YEAH!) WHAT? (HELL
YEAH!) Ya damn right. William Regal, show backbone for once in your
miserable life, bring ya little stuck up ass down that ramp and face Stone Cold
like a man! What? I said, get your ass out here! I got all night, Regal, and I'll wait in this
ring and Stunner every piece of trash that walks down that aisle until you come
out here." The Coach jogged
down the ramp and into the ring... COACH: "Stone
Cold ... excuse me ... William Regal hasn't arrived yet." AUSTIN: "Is
that right?" COACH:
"Yes..." AUSTIN: "Well
since you're giving messages, how about you give one to William Regal for Stone
Cold..." COACH: "Sure,
what is it?" Austin kicked
Coach and drilled him with a Stunner! AUSTIN: "Tell
him that his ass belongs to Stone Cold Steve Austin and that's the bottom line
... What? ... CAUSE STONE COLD SAID SO!" Stone Cold headed
up the ramp to the back as we went to our first commercial break... Match #2: Simon Diamond v. Too Cold Scorpio. "Simon Says" by Drain STH blared
over the speakers as Dawn Marie led Simon Diamond out to the ring. Then, "Bad Intentions" by Dr. Dre
blared over the speakers as Too Cold Scorpio headed out to the ring. Simon Diamond & Swinger, Maximum Force,
face off against Too Cold Scorpio & The Sandman for the vacant World Tag
Team Titles at Initial Assault. Simon
did his best to ground the high flying Scorpio while Dawn Marie provided a good
distraction on the outside. The ending
would see Simon go for a front-layout suplex but Scorpio dropped out, kicked
Simon and hit a diving power bomb.
Scorpio went up top and came off with a moonsault for the one ... two
... THR ... NO! Scorpio called for the
Tumbleweed but Dawn Marie got up on the apron.
Scorpio turned around and Simon hit the Simonizer for the one-two-THREE! Simon Diamond surprises Scorpio and takes the
win, is this a sign of things to come at Initial Assault? WINNER: Simon Diamond in 5:28. Rating: ** 1/2 [backstage] Buh Buh Ray
Dudley and D-Von Dudley are shown walking through the hallway, their match is
next. Rena Mero is getting a drink, she
turns around and bumps into D-Von, the drink spilling all over her shirt. RENA: "You
idiot! Watch where you're going!" D-VON: "You
bumped into me, get over it." Rena slapped
D-Von in the face. Buh Buh Ray grabbed
Rena by the hair. BUH BUH: "You
know what you arrogant bitch, watch your step cause I've got no problem putting
you through a table!" Buh Buh let go of
Rena and The Dudley Boyz walked off... Match #3: Evan Karagias & Jamie Knoble v. The Dudley
Boyz. "You Know It's Hard" by
Crystal Method blared over the speakers as Evan Karagias & Jamie Knoble
headed out to the ring. Then, "Dead
Cell" by Papa Roach blared over the speakers as The Dudley Boyz headed out
to the ring. This would be a decent
enough back and forth match. The ending
would see Knoble hit a DDT on Buh Buh then go up top. Knoble came off with a flying legdrop but Buh
Buh rolled out of the way. The two
crawled over and made the hot tags.
D-Von cleaned house on Karagias and Knoble then the Dudleyz hit back
suplex, neckbreaker combo on Karagias but Knoble broke up the count. Buh Buh and Knoble brawled to the
outside. D-Von hit a spinning elbowsmash
on Karagias. Rena Mero came out and got
on the apron, distracting the referee.
Marc Mero came from the crowd and drilled D-Von with a lead pipe. Karagias went up top and hit the Tidal Wave
for the one ... two ... THREE! Evan
Karagias & Jamie Knoble score the upset win with some help from Marc Mero! WINNERS: Evan Karagias and Jamie Knoble in 5:11. Rating: * 1/2 [backstage] Stone Cold is
shown pacing back and forth in the parking lot, waiting for William Regal to
arrive... Match #4: Devon Storm v. Jason Jett. "Terrible Lie" by Nine Inch Nails
blasted over the speakers as 'Dangerous' Devon Storm headed out to the
ring. Then, "Ultra Mega" by
Powerman 5000 blared over the speakers as 'Skyfire' Jason Jett made his way
out. This would be a really good
energetic match that got the crowd into it as it went along. The ending would see Jett go for a ropeflip
clothesline but Storm knocked Jett off the apron and down to the concrete. Storm went out to the apron and hit a running
crossbody onto Jett! Storm rolled Jett
into the ring and covered him for the one ... two ... thr ... NO! Jett got a
shoulder up! Storm picked up Jett for
the Mind Bender but Jett held onto the ropes.
Jett tried to send Storm into the ropes but Storm reversed it. Jett came off with a handspring elbow! Jett hit some chops on Storm then placed him
backwards up top. Jett went up and tried
a super bomb but Storm countered it with a huge back body drop! Storm got his balance up top and came off
with a moonsault but Jett got the knees up!
Jett hit the Crash Landing on Storm for the one ... two ... THREE! Jason Jett takes a hard fought win over Devon
Storm! WINNER: Jason Jett in 5:42. Rating: *** 1/2 After the match,
Raven jumped over the guardrail, got into the ring and spiked Devon Storm with
an Evenflow DDT! Raven did a crucifix
pose then left through the crowd... [backstage] We then headed to
a video promo set to "The Blood, The Sweat, The Tears" by Machine
Head for New Generation Wrestling's first Pay-Per-View offering ... NGW INITIAL
ASSAULT ... The event comes to you on January 27th, live from the Reunion Arena
in Dallas, Texas on Pay-Per-View. We then looked
back at the matches leading up to the one night, four man, single elimination
tournament for the NGW World Championship.
Stone Cold defeated Jeff Jarrett, William Regal beat Taz, Rob Van Dam
beat DDP, and Scott Steiner defeated Sabu.
"Stone Cold" Steve Austin will meet William Regal and
"Big Poppa Pump" Scott Steiner squares off with "The Whole F'N
Show" Rob Van Dam with the winners meeting in the Main Event of the show
to crown the first ever NGW World Champion. Match #5: Marc Mero v. Balls Mahoney. "Superstar" by Saliva blasted over
the speakers as 'Marvelous' Marc Mero made his way out to the ring along with
his wife, Rena. Then, "Big Balls"
by AC/DC blared over the speakers as Balls Mahoney made his way out to the
ring. This match wasn't pretty to say
the least as Mero and Mahoney slugged it out.
Thankfully it was short. The
ending would see Balls hit a power bomb on Mero for the one ... two ... Rena
puts Marc's foot on the ropes. Balls
went to the outside after Rena. Marc
jumped out with a somersault plancha onto Balls! Mero rolled Mahoney in then went for the TKO
but Mahoney fought it off. Balls tried
the Nutcracker Suite but Mero dropped down the back and hit a sneaky low
blow. Mero gloated but then saw D-Von
Dudley heading out to the ring. Mero
quickly made the referee got block D-Von.
Buh Buh Ray came through the crowd, grabbed Mero from behind and planted
him with a Buh Buh Bomb! Buh Buh left as
Balls crawled over and covered for the one ... two ... THREE! Balls Mahoney takes the pin over Marc Mero as
The Dudley Boyz gain revenge! WINNER: Balls Mahoney in 2:20. Rating: 1/4* ["War Machine Survive Mix" by The Slashtones] 'The Human Suplex
Machine' Taz walked out to the ring and took the microphone from the ring
announcer... TAZ: "We gots
a Pay-Per-View coming up in six days and ain't nobody been lined up to get
choked out by the one man crime spree.
What I want to know is if there's anybody back there that has the balls
to step in the ring with the Human Suplex Machine at Initial Assault, get
dumped on their head and choked out. I
don't care who it is, I don't care how small or how big you are, you'll get
your ass beat. I'm beggin' for one of
you rat bastards to step up to the plate..." ["Helping Hand" by StainD] Diamond Dallas
Page walked out to the ring with a big grin on his face. DDP had a microphone... DDP: "It's me
... it's me ... it's D .. D .. P! Taz,
I've been watching you for a long time and I've been listening to you talk
about how you're so miserable, well DDP is out here to tell you that I like you
... All these people like you ... And I'm going to help you, like you. From what I can tell, you're sensitive about
your height but think about it this way, there's many succesful short people
like ... uh ... Gary Coleman, yeah, Gary Coleman. Its hard to believe but he's even shorter
then you. You need to learn to embrace
your height, instead of walking around angry all the time. I know I'm not going to help you change
overnight but all I need is for you to try.
I'm willing to try and do anything in my power to help you, like
you." Taz grabbed DDP
and put him in the Tazmission! Taz violently
choked DDP out then threw him down onto the canvas and picked up the
microphone... TAZ: "You can
help me by bringing your lame ass to the pay-per-view ... BEAT ME IF YOU
CAN! SURVIVE IF I LET YOU!" Taz threw down
the microphone and left the ring... Match #6: Saturn v. Sabu.
"Real Solution #9" by White Zombie blasted over the speakers
as Saturn made his way out to the ring first.
Then, "Little Crazy" by Fight blared over the speakers as Bill
Alfonso led out 'The Human Highlight Reel' Sabu out to the ring. As Sabu played to the crowd, Saturn grabbed
the microphone from the ring announcer, "Hey Sabu! I came here for a
fight, you came here for a fight, I got no problem with weapons so how about we
take this to the extreme? No DQ's! No Countouts!" Sabu nodded in agreement. The referee rang the bell and Saturn and Sabu
circled each other, touching hands in good sportsmanship. That was the last good natured act as from
then on Saturn and Sabu tore into each other in a grueling brawl. The ending would see Saturn go for a brain
buster but Sabu dropped down the back and tried a german suplex but Saturn
elbowed him off and hit a legsweep.
Saturn then hit a springboard dropkick on Sabu for two. Saturn went for the Death Valley Driver but Sabu
dropped out and hit a DDT! Alfonso
passed a chair to Sabu as he went up top!
Sabu hit an Atomic Arabian Facebuster on Saturn! Wait a minute ... RAVEN is back! Raven jumped into the ring and spiked Sabu
with an Evenflow DDT on the chair. Raven
dragged Saturn on top for the one ... two ... THREE! Saturn wins thanks to Raven! WINNER: Saturn in 5:19. Rating: ** After the match,
Raven helped Saturn up to his feet.
Saturn was confused and Raven outstretched his arms then left the ring
and headed out through the crowd. What
is Raven's agenda? Main Event: Jeff Jarrett & Scott Steiner v. Al Snow
& Rob Van Dam. "Cowboy" by
Kid Rock hit as 'The Chosen One' Jeff Jarrett headed out to the ring first,
guitar in hand. "I Am Hated"
by SlipKnot blasted over the speakers as 'Big Poppa Pump' Scott Steiner walked
out with his favorite freak Midajah.
Then, "Breathe" by Prodigy blared over the speakers as Al Snow
with Head came out to the ring.
"Walk" by Pantera blasted over the speakers as 'The Whole F'N
Show' Rob Van Dam headed out to the ring.
This would be a preview of sorts for Initial Assault where Jeff Jarrett
and Al Snow will battle for the vacant NGW United States Heavyweight Title. Scott Steiner and Rob Van Dam will square off
in one half of the four man tournament for the NGW World Championship. There would be lots of good heated action in
this one as both teams seemed to mesh well together. The closing moments of the match would see
Steiner go for a gorilla press on RVD but RVD dropped down and hit an
enzuigiri. Van Dam followed that up with
a rolling somersault senton for two! Van
Dam hit some punches on Steiner then went for a roundhouse kick but Steiner
ducked and Van Dam hit the referee!
Steiner went for an overhead belly-to-belly but Van Dam blocked it and
hit the roundhouse kick this time!
Jarrett came in but was cut off by Al Snow! Snow hit a series of headbutts on Jarrett
then Van Dam went up top and came off with a Five Star Frog Splash on the
Chosen One! Snow knocked Steiner out of
the ring and went for a plancha but Steiner moved! Steiner came back in and brawled with Van Dam
until Snow pulled Steiner out of the ring.
RVD turned around and Jarrett went for a DDT but Van Dam countered it
with a northern lights suplex! The referee
crawled over for the count for two.
Steiner came back in with a chair but Snow tripped up Steiner and Van
Dam connected with a Van Daminator!
BOOOOOO! BULLLLL SHIIIIIIT! Is
what the crowd started chanting as the referee called for the bell and DISQUALIFIED
Van Dam! WINNERS: Jeff Jarrett and Scott Steiner by DQ in 12:58. Rating: *** 1/2 We returned from
our final break with a shot out in the parking lot where a black limousine
finally pulled up to the building. The
driver got out and opened the door.
William Regal stepped out, screaming at him about his bloody American
incompetence and that the show was pretty much over. Stone Cold jumped Regal, hammering him with
punches. Austin smacked Regal's head
into the car then started pounding him through the backstage area. Austin took Regal through the curtain then
down the ramp, still wailing on him.
Austin rolled Regal into the ring and continued to beat the stuffing out
of Regal. Scott Steiner ran into the
ring and drilled Austin from behind.
Austin tried to fight back but Regal got back to his feet and double
teamed Austin with Steiner. That was
until ... Rob Van Dam ran down into the ring and evened things up. Van Dam took Steiner and brawled with
him. Austin came back on Regal, kicked
him and took him out with a Stunner! Van
Dam nailed Steiner with a spin kick.
Steiner staggered around and got hit with a Stunner from Austin. Austin and Van Dam are face to face for a
moment until Austin just kicks RVD and hits him with a Stunner! Austin has laid out William Regal, Scott
Steiner, and Rob Van Dam with Stunners!
Will Stone Cold Steve Austin stand ontop these three men at Initial
Assault and become the first ever NGW World Champion? Or will one of those three men take Austin
out of the tournament and stake claim as the first NGW World Champion? We'll find out, this Sunday, live on
Pay-Per-View! --=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=-- NGW Initial Assault - January 27 / 2002 --=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=-- Reunion Arena in Dallas, Texas --=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=-- NGW World Heavyweight Title Tournament-: Steve Austin v. William Regal Rob Van Dam v. Scott Steiner NGW World Tag Team Titles Tournament Finals-: The Sandman & Too Cold Scorpio v. Maximum Force NGW United States Heavyweight Title Tournament Finals-: Al Snow v. Jeff Jarrett Saturn v. Sabu DDP v. Taz Six Man Tag Team Tables Match-: Balls Mahoney & The Dudley Boyz v. Marc Mero & Evan Karagias & Jamie Knoble |