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WPW Sunday Night on ESPN2 - May 28 / 2000 -==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==- [The show opens with a video package of what happened on
last week's show as the UFC Heavyweight Champion Maurice Smith was announced as
the special enforcing guest referee at Aggression in the World Heavyweight
Title Match between Triple H and Ken Shamrock.
Triple H confronted Smith, ran him and UFC down then the two had to be
broken up before a physical confrontation broke out. Eddy Guerrero and Jeff Jarrett were
victorious over Booker T and Rikishi.
Ric Flair informed us that at Aggression he will face Billy Kidman in a
Lumberjack Match. 3Count and Too Cool
battled to a draw meaning they will both challenge for the World Tag Team
Titles at Aggression. The Acolytes
promised to make DX their 'prison bitches'.
Dean Malenko beat X-Pac with an assist from Bradshaw. Kurt Angle came out and ran down Sting. Road Dogg beat Chris Benoit after some
interference by The Acolytes backfired.
Diamond Dallas Page and Chris Jericho had a confrontation. The Hardy Boyz retained the World Tag Team
Titles over Al Snow and Steve Blackman.
In the Main Event, Ken Shamrock and Ric Flair defeated Triple H and
Billy Kidman after Shamrock made The Game tap out to the Ankle Lock after Maurice
Smith blocked DX interference.] ("Spit It Out" by Slipknot played in the
background as the WPW Sunday Night on ESPN2 graphic comes up on the screen then
fades away but not completely as a fast paced montage of WPW action including;
Jeff Jarrett KO'ing Rikishi with a guitar, The Acolytes Double Team Power
Bombing Blue Meanie, Sting hitting a Scorpion Death Drop on Ric Flair, Diamond
Dallas Page putting Sting through a table with a Diamond Cutter, Chris Jericho
with Eddy Guerrero in the Walls Of Jericho, a Swanton Bomb by Jeff Hardy on
Shane Helms, Ric Flair with Sting in the Figure Four Leglock, Triple H hitting
the Pedigree on Ken Shamrock, Billy Kidman plastering Ric Flair in the head
with a chair and much, much more. The
WPW Sunday Night on ESPN2 logo fades back in to full then explodes...) We enter the
arena live as fireworks are going off all over the place and the camera is
panning around the crowd. The lights
dimmed as 'The Kings' by Run DMC blared over the loudspeakers and out of the entrance
came D-Generation X in full. The World
Heavyweight Champion 'The Game' Triple H, Billy Kidman, Road Dogg and X-Pac
walked out to the ring and Road Dogg would take the microphone... Road Dogg:
"Looking out at this crowd, I've got to say, welcome to the DOGG
HOUSE! Because I look out and I see a
bunch of women that look like dogs, and the guys, I got no comment. Let's get down to biznez and those drunken
Acolytes. Acolytes, you took the DX
green and you failed to do your job so that means that the D-O-double G and X
to the P to the A to the C are going to get ourselves a refund, D-Generation X
style. After Aggression, Acolytes,
you'll be sipping that beer threw a straw and if you ain't down with that, then
you suck it!" Triple H:
"You know what all you people need to do? SHUT UP!
All you people need to know is that I am still the World Heavyweight
Champion and Ken Shamrock, you've got no chance of beating me at Aggression and
taking my title. Shamrock, sure you may
have gotten me to tap out last week but the difference was, that was a tag team
match and my World Heavyweight Title was not on the line. You've got Maurice Smith on your side, the
deck is stacked against The Game but Maurice Smith or no Maurice Smith, it
doesn't make a damn bit of difference to me because Ken Shamrock, you are
simply out classed and out matched against The Game and you can bet everything
that after Aggression, I will still be The Game, I will still be the best and I
will still be the World Heavyweight Champion because I am simply that DAMN
GOOD! As for tonight goes, I'm laying
out the challenge, D-Generation X against The Four Horsemen, eight man tag
elimination match and we will continue to show that The Horsemen are simply not
in our league." Billy Kidman:
"Ric Flair, Ric Flair, Ric Flair, it's time that someone shut down
Space Mountain once and for all. It's
old, it's broken down, it's just patched up and it takes forever to get it
up. Whereas, Billy Kidman, is young,
working 24/7, and goes up on its own.
Flair, I'm taking your spot in this business. You say to be the man, you gotta beat the
man? Well, after Aggression, they will
be calling me 'The Man' and hopefully, you'll realize how pathetic you really
are and walk away, Flair, just walk away before I leave you a crippled old
man. WHOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Opening Match: Evan Karagias v. Crash Holly. "Can't Get You Out Of My Heart"
played as Evan Karagias came out of the entrance. Once in the ring, Evan took the microphone,
"Tonight, I'm going to do it solo style..." but before Evan could continue, "Dirty
Deeds" by AC/DC hit as Crash Holly stormed out to the ring and went at
Evan. A few weeks ago, Evan scored a win
over Crash with outside interference from 3Count and Crash is looking for
revenge. Evan Karagias would soon get
back in control and throw Crash out of the ring then went for a plancha and
connected with Crash. Evan rolled Crash
Holly in then posed to the crowd but out of the crowd came HARDCORE HOLLY. Holly bent a chair over the head of Karagias
then rolled him into the ring. Crash
Holly went to the top and would hit the Crashcanrana on Karagias for the
one-two-three! Crash Holly has enlisted
the help of his cousin to one up Evan Karagias. WINNER Crash Holly in 2:25 Rating: * 1/2 Match #2: Matt Hardy v. Scotty Too Hotty. "Break Stuff" by Limp Bizkit
brought one half of the WPW World Tag Team Champions, Matt Hardy out to the
ring. Then, "This Is How We Do
It" by Montell Jordan sounded as Scotty Too Hotty of Too Cool made his way
out to the ring. At WPW Aggression, The
Hardy Boyz will defend their titles against Too Cool and 3Count in a Three Way
Dance. This would be a pretty good back
and forth match between Matt and Scotty.
The closing moments of the match would see Matt Hardy nail a Splash
Mountain on Scotty for a near fall. Matt
then went up for a moonsault but Scotty got his knees up. Scotty then quickly headed up to the top rope
and connected with his Flying DDT.
Scotty made the cover on Hardy for the one ... two ... THREE! Scotty Too Hotty has scored a pinfall victory
over 1/2 of the World Tag Team Champions!
This is going to give Too Cool confidence and momenteum going into the
Three Way Dance. WINNER: Scotty Too Hotty in 4:03. Rating: *** 1/2 'Surfacing' by
Slipknot blasted over the loudspeakers as 'The Crippler' Chris Benoit and 'The
Shooter' Dean Malenko made their way out to the ring in wrestling gear. Benoit would take the microphone... Chris Benoit:
"Acolytes, last week you stuck your nose in my business and you
cost me a match against that fool, Road Dogg.
Acolytes, you may be big, you be tough, but you're not The Crippler, and
you're not The Shooter so we're going to right the wrongs of last week and we want
your asses out here right now!" Match #3: Chris Benoit & Dean Malenko v. The
Acolytes. "Iron Man" by Black
Sabbath sounded as The Acolytes, Faarooq and Bradshaw, never ones to back down
from a challenge or a fight headed out to the ring to take on Benoit and
Malenko. Benoit and Malenko realized
that they couldn't brawl with The Acolytes or match power so they went to the
mat trying to wear out The Acolytes and did a pretty good job of it for the
most part except that Faarooq and Bradshaw's power kept them in the match. The closing moments of the match would see
Benoit and Bradshaw going at it.
Bradshaw went for a Clothesline From Hell but Benoit ducked would hit a
big german suplex on Bradshaw followed by a second then went for a third but
Bradshaw countered it with a back elbow then would hit a belly-to-back suplex
on Benoit. Bradshaw then placed Benoit
on the top turnbuckle. Road Dogg and
X-Pac hit ringside and Road Dogg distracted the referee as X-Pac grabbed the
ring bell and would crank Bradshaw in the back of the head. Benoit then came off the top rope with the
Diving Headbutt on Bradshaw. Benoit made
the cover for the one ... two ... three!
DX's war with The Acolytes has helped Benoit and Malenko, two men
fighting to join The Four Horsemen, DX's main enemies, a few wins. How do Benoit and Malenko feel about
this? More importantly, what does Ric
Flair think knowing that two men that could possibly enter The Horsemen at
Aggression, could be working with DX?
And boy, are the Acolytes going to be pissed off... WINNERS: Chris Benoit and Dean Malenko in 4:57. Rating: ** 1/4 Match #4: Diamond Dallas Page v. Sting. "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by
Nirvana blared over the loudspeakers as Diamond Dallas Page along with Kimberly
made his way out to the ring for our next matchup. Then, "Seek And Destroy" by
Metallica brought Sting out to the ring.
This is a rematch from WPW WrestleWar about a month ago. Sting took it to DDP for most of the match,
took what DDP had to dish out and gave it right back. The closing moments of the match would see
Sting go for a tombstone but DDP countered it into a faceplant tombstone. DDP then signalled for the Diamond Cutter and
hooked up Sting but Sting shoved DDP off, kicked him in the midsection then
drilled him with the Scorpion Death Drop.
Sting didn't go for the cover, instead locked DDP in the Scorpion
Deathlock. DDP was about to give it up
when Kimberly entered the ring with a chair and hit Sting over the head to
cause the DQ but Sting felt nothing. Kim
dropped the chair and backed away as Sting threatened her. DDP took the chair and sized up Sting until
CHRIS JERICHO came out from behind and grabbed the chair from DDP just as he
was going to hit Sting. Jericho then
nailed Page over the head with the chair knocking him cold. Jericho then told Sting to give Kim to
him. Jericho held Kim and gave Sting the
chair. Sting wound up as to swing and
Kimberly closed her eyes and flinched but Sting didn't hit her, instead,
Jericho kissed Kimberly! Diamond Dallas
Page is not going to be very happy with Y2J... WINNER: Sting by DQ in 5:24. Rating: ** 3/4 Match #5: Shannon Moore v. Jeff Hardy. We returned for our next matchup as
"Can't Get You Out Of My Heart" brought 3Count's Shannon Moore out to
the ring. Then, "Break Stuff"
by Limp Bizkit sounded and out came 1/2 of the WPW World Tag Team Champions,
Jeff Hardy to the ring. These two men
broke into the business together but their careers have taken different paths
since then. The two locked up and
Shannon sent Hardy into the corner then monkey flipped him out. Moore followed that with a spinning
headscissors and a victory roll on Hardy for a quick two count. Moore then tried a DDT but Jeff countered it
with an inverted atomic drop then leg lariat.
Moore slipped out to the floor for a break but Hardy flew onto him with
a running senton atomico. Hardy rolled
Moore into the ring and placed him on the top turnbuckle. Hardy went for a frankensteiner but Moore
countered it into a top-rope liger bomb for a close fall. Moore followed that up with a rocker dropper
for another near fall. This amazing
match wore on with these two men pulling out everything in their aresonal to
put the other away. The closing moments
of the match would see Shannon go for a Shannon Slicer but Hardy countered it
with a jawbreaker. Jeff then planted
Shannon with a gutwrench powerbomb and signalled for the Swanton Bomb. Hardy headed up top but Shane Helms ran out
to ringside. Hardy would fly with the
Swanton Bomb but Helms pulled Moore out of the way. Moore then got to his feet and would spike
Hardy with the Shannon Slicer and make the cover for one...two...THREE! Shannon Moore has beaten 1/2 of the World Tag
Team Champions! WINNER: Shannon Moore in 6:05. Rating: **** 1/2 After the match, Shane Helms rolled into the ring and
began stomping away on Jeff Hardy until Matt Hardy ran out and evened things
up. Then, Too Cool hit the ring and
cleared the ring of all four men! 3Count
and The Hardyz brawled into the crowd as the lights went down and "This Is
How We Do It" came on and Too Cool danced for the crowd as we headed to a
break... Match #6: Kurt Angle v. Chris Jericho. "My Hero" by Foo Fighters started
up over the PA system as 'The American Hero' Kurt Angle walked out of the
entrance with a microphone... Kurt Angle:
"Ladies and gentlemen, people of St. Louis, I am here because you
are in desperate need of a new hero.
Hold on, hold on, hear me out.
Let's take a look at your current sports heroes, the St. Louis Blues,
sure they were the number one team in the regular season but they couldn't even
beat a team from CALIFORNIA named the SHARKS!
I mean that sure lacks intensity.
Now there's Kurt Warner of the St. Louis Rams and while and while he may
have the intensity that the Blues lack, he himself lacks intelligence, I mean,
he played ARENA FOOTBALL and we all know that the Rams were handed the Super
Bowl because it would be a good 'story'.
That brings me to Mark McGwire. Again,
McGwire has the intensity but how can you people cheer for a man that is a drug
infested loser with an ugly kid? Please,
people, that just proves that you can dance and you can prance but when it
comes to relations, keep it in your pants.
That's why I, Kurt Angle, a true American Hero and an Olympic Gold
Medalist to boot, have come here to St. Louis to give you a hero that your
children can idolize and that you can cheer, it's true, it's true." '5...4...3...2...1!' The lights went down and the pyro
blasted as 'Y2J' Chris Jericho emerged from the entrance with a microphone of
his own... Chris Jericho:
"Welcome to Sunday Night JERICHO!
Kirk Angel, these people didn't come here to listen to you bitch and
moan and spread lies about this city.
These people came here to see you get your ass kicked and while I'm
Canadian, I'm a much better American Hero then you. Look at you, you've probably never had sex in
your life, hell, you probably haven't even spoken to a woman in your life and
the only reason you won an Olympic Gold medal was because Y2J wasn't in the
tournament! Now what did you say about
dancing and prancing? Well, put your
dancing shoes on because Y2J is going to kick you square in your ass and you
will never eh...eh...EVER sit down A-GAIN!" Chris Jericho got into the ring and this match against
Kurt Angle was on. Jericho and Angle
brawled a little bit back and forth until Angle got in control with some
takedowns and a suplex on Jericho. Angle
then celebrated which allowed Jericho to come back. This was a really good match between two of
the hottest young stars in WPW. The
closing moments of the match would see Angle miss a moonsault and Jericho would
drive him into the mat with a double power bomb. The crowds attention turned as Kimberly
walked out to ringside and the referee was distracted. DDP came over the guardrail and as Jericho
went for the Lionsault, DDP pulled the ropes and Jericho fell out to the
floor. DDP then nailed a Diamond Cutter
and rolled Jericho in where Angle made a cover.
The referee turned around and counted the one...two...three! Angle has won it over Chris Jericho! DDP and Kimberly left together looking
pleased while Angle celebrated like he had won another gold medal! WINNER: Kurt Angle in 5:06. Rating: *** Main Event: D-Generation X v. The Four Horsemen - Eight Man Elimination Tag Team Match. "The Kings" by Run DMC brought
D-Generation X, Billy Kidman, Road Dogg, X-Pac and the WPW World Heavyweight
Champion Triple H out to the ring first.
Then, "Stress" by Godsmack blasted over the loudspeakers as
The Four Horsemen's Ken Shamrock, Ric Flair, Al Snow and Steve Blackman all
headed out to the ring for our big Main Event.
"Bring The Pain" by Method Man then sounded as Maurice Smith
walked out and joined the announcing team.
The first elimination would come with Road Dogg hitting his jiving
punches on Shamrock then going for the Pumphandle Slam but Shamrock reversed it
into the Ankle Lock and Road Dogg tapped out!
ROAD DOGG has been eliminated. The
next elimination would come as Steve Blackman went for his Jumping Kick on
Triple H but The Game side stepped it then hit a high knee. Triple H followed that up with the Pedigree
on Blackman for the elimination. STEVE
BLACKMAN has been eliminated. The next
elimination would come as Chris Benoit and Dean Malenko walked out to ringside. This distracted Al Snow and allowed X-Pac to
nail the X-Factor on Snow and cover him for the three count. AL SNOW has been eliminated. Ric Flair then went to work on X-Pac and
would lock him in the Figure-Four Leglock and get X-Pac to tap out. X-PAC has been eliminated. We were down to Ken Shamrock and Ric Flair on
one side and Triple H and Kidman on the other.
Triple H and Ric Flair went at it as DX isolated Flair. Triple H would nail the Pedigree on Flair
then tag in Kidman. Triple H then shoved
Shamrock off the apron as Kidman hit the Shooting Star Press on Flair for the
one-two-three! RIC FLAIR has been
eliminated. Now Shamrock was on his own
against both Triple H and Kidman.
Shamrock knocked down Triple H on the outside then snuck back into the
ring behind Kidman and locked him into the Ankle Lock and Kidman had no choice
but to tap out! Ken Shamrock has made it
an even playing field eliminating BILLY KIDMAN! Shamrock and Triple H brawled
back and forth until Billy Kidman would trip up Shamrock and Triple H nailed a
piledriver for the... 1... 2... ...NO! Shamrock kicked out! The referee warned Kidman and as he did Ric
Flair came back out with a chair to go after Triple H but Maurice Smith got up
from the announcing table and stopped Flair.
Flair shoved Smith and Smith decked Flair! Shamrock yelled at Smith and Triple H grabbed
the title belt and blasted Shamrock in the skull. Triple H then planted Shamrock with the
Pedigree as Kidman told the referee to get back into the ring. The referee slid back in and counted... 1... 2... ...3!
Triple H has eliminated Ken Shamrock and taken the match! Triple H has scored a pinfall over Ken
Shamrock heading into Aggression where the two will meet and Maurice Smith has
inserted himself for the second straight week but this week against The
Horsemen? We'll see you at Aggression... WINNERS: D-Generation X in 13:25 Survivor: Triple H Rating: ** -==-==-==-==-==-==- WPW News & Notes-: -==-==-==-==-==-==- -In this week's Dark Match, the man versus woman was the
theme again as 'The Ragin' Cajun' Lash
LeRoux took on 'Jumping Bomb Angel' Itzuki Yamazaki. LeRoux was victorious after he hit his
Whiplash 2000. LeRoux was impressive in
this contest and will be offered a deal to stick around with WPW. -The 30 Minute preview show for WPW Aggression, Road To
Aggression will feature Lash LeRoux against Chris Candido and Crash &
Hardcore Holly taking on The Mamalukes... -Kimberly will now be with her husband, Diamond Dallas
Page, on the air full-time. There are
internet rumors that many WPW wrestlers are upset with Page due to his
increasing arrogance and his self-promoting ways backstage. -Hardcore Holly has signed on with WPW for 30 cards and
after what we saw tonight, will be aligned with his cousin Crash Holly. -The Undertaker has signed a big deal with the WPW for 52
cards. No word yet on when he is
expected to debut and under which character alteration... -Chikako Shiratori, Mark Youngblood, The Blue Meanie, and
Randy Tyler have been let go from World Professional Wrestling. -WPW has Aggression on PPV on 06/03/00. The tentative lineup includes; WPW World Heavyweight Title Match-: Triple H (c) vs. Ken Shamrock WPW World Tag Team Titles Match-: The Hardy Boyz (c) vs. 3Count vs. Too Cool WPW Intercontinental Title Match-: Eddy Guerrero (c) vs. Booker T Lumberjack Match-: Ric Flair vs. Billy Kidman Kurt Angle vs. Sting Chris Jericho vs. Diamond Dallas Page Battle For The Horsemen! Chris Benoit & Dean Malenko vs. Al Snow & Steve
Blackman Jeff Jarrett vs. Rikishi The Acolytes vs. Road Dogg & X-Pac |