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WPW Sunday Night on ESPN2 - June 25 / 2000 -==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==- [The show opened with clips of last week as Jeff Jarrett
became the first ever WPW Television Champion defeating Dean Malenko in the
Tournament Finals with an assist from his guitar and Stacey Carter. The show would also feature the big main
event of Triple H & Kidman versus Sting & Chris Jericho versus Goldberg
& Ric Flair. Sting would refuse to
cover a downed Goldberg, knocked out by a Triple H chair shot. Chris Jericho objected to his partner's
sportsmanship and let him know about it.
This gave Goldberg an opening to spear and Jackhammer Sting for the
win.] ("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 X-Pac, 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 into full then explodes...) 'ONE! TWO! ZIS ON?!' ... The WPW World Heavyweight Champion, Triple H and Kidman
emerged from the entrance and headed out to the ring where Kidman would take a
microphone... Kidman: "Last
week, the world witnessed an injustice and a misprint in the record books. The books will read that the team of The Game
and Kidman lost that Triangle Tag Team Main Event when in fact neither myself,
the hottest up and coming young superstar in professional wrestling and 'The
Man', Kidman or the WPW World Heavyweight Champion, Triple H were pinned or
made submit." Triple H:
"Sting ... Chris Jericho.
What a difference a week makes.
Haha. I thought it was the best
man wins? What's with the good
sportsmanship, Sting? Get in new
millenium and out of the 80's, this business is all about doing whatever it
takes and obviously Chris Jericho realizes that. That bald headed bafooon, Goldberg and 'The
Denture Boy' Ric Flair never beat us so tonight, how about the two of you team
up one more time and face the two of us tonight and you'll find out that
D-Generation X is no one to fff...mess with.
The gloves are off, the rules are out the window and Goldberg, have your
fun while it lasts because your time is running out and at Breakdown, you'll be
broken down and exposed for what you are ... NOTHING!" 'INVASION' hit as Goldberg walked out of the entrance
with a microphone... Goldberg:
"Triple H, I don't know if the Nature Boy is up for out but I'm in
and tonight I've got two spears and Jackhammers with your names on them because
YOUR NEXT!" 'Sprach Zarathrustra' played and out walked Ric Flair in
an Armani suit... Ric Flair:
"I'm custom made from head to toe but I've got my gear with me and
anytime I can whip on Kidman, I'll take that chance so big man, you've got Ric
Flair in your corner tonight.
WHOOOOOO!" We then went to the announcers table as Scott Hudson and
Terry Taylor ran down the lineup for the nights show then sent us to a
commercial break and then we'll be back with our first match... Opening Match: Jeff Jarrett (c) v. Crash Holly - WPW
Television Title. "Dirty
Deeds" by AC/DC brought out the challenger, Crash Holly to the ring
first. Then, "Cowboy" by Kid
Rock was heard as the WPW Television Champion, 'Double J' Jeff Jarrett along
with Stacey Carter made his way out to the ring. This would be an entertaining match as we saw
the technical wrestling side of Crash Holly against the ring general in Jeff
Jarrett. The closing moments of the
match would see Crash Holly nail a DDT on Jarrett then Stacey got up on the
apron. She flirted with Crash and Crash
was all flustered and went to give her a kiss but Jarrett nailed Crash with a
clothesline from behind. Jarrett then
drove Crash into the mat with the Stroke for the one .. two .. THREE! Jeff Jarrett retains the WPW Television Title
over Crash Holly heading into his defense against Dean Malenko at Breakdown. WINNER: Jeff Jarrett in 4:21. Rating: ** (Jeff Jarrett retained the WPW Television Title.) We cut backstage
where a white limosine pulled up and the door was opened and out stepped Jushin
"Thunder" Liger along with a translator. Michael Cole rushed up to Liger and asked him
why he's come to face Chris Benoit here tonight and after conversing with his
translator this is what the translator said... "I have come
to the United States of America, to World Professional Wrestling to face my
toughest opponent, Chris Benoit. I
intend on defeating Mr. Benoit here tonight and proving that I am the better
wrestler. While you American fans may be
accustomed to 'Sports Entertainment' tonight you will witness a match fitting
for the world's stage, a match that will leave no doubt in your minds that I am
the greatest wrestler in the world when I defeat the #2 man, Chris
Benoit." Match #2: Scottie Too Hottie v. Al Snow. "Rump Shaker" by Wreckx-N-Effect
blared over the loudspeakers as Scottie Too Hottie danced out to the ring. Then, "What Is Fight Club?" by Dust
Brothers came over the PA as the psychotic Al Snow stalked his way slowly to
the ring. Scottie threw down his glasses
and hat then got right in Snow's face as Snow just grinned at him. Scottie was looking for payback after Snow
cost him a match against Matt Hardy last week.
This would be a good back and forth match that would end when Scottie
went for a DDT but Snow tried to counter with a northern lights suplex but
Scottie would sit up on the turnbuckle.
Scottie pushed Snow off then kicked him in the face. Scottie then lept off catching Snow in his
Flying DDT. Scottie made the cover for
the one-two-three! Scottie Too Hottie
picks up the win. WINNER: Scottie Too Hottie in 4:14. Rating: * 1/2 After the match, Snow would come from behind Scottie and
lock him in a Cobra Clutch shaking it back and forth then letting one hand go
and slamming Scottie right on his head.
Snow went to walk away then came back and locked Scottie in a Dragon
Sleeper until Grandmaster Sexay bolted out to break up the hold. Al Snow is a very dangerous man. We headed
backstage where 3Count were in their dressing room looking pretty worried... Evan: "Don't
worry guys we're going to find a way to get out of that match with The Acolytes
at Breakdown..." Shane:
"You're not even in the match, Evan..." Evan: "Yeah,
but they might kick my ass, too..." Shannon:
"I've got it!" Evan: "A
rocket in your pocket?" Shane:
"Evan..." Shannon:
"Shut up, I've got a way to get out of our match with The Acolytes,
we buy them ... BEER!" Shane: "Let's
go..." 3Count walks over
to a baby blue PT Cruiser and piles in... Match #3: Jeff Hardy v. Grandmaster Sexay. "Break Stuff" by Limp Bizkit blared
over the loudspeakers as 1/2 of the WPW World Tag Team Champions, Jeff Hardy
headed out to the ring. Then, "Rump
Shaker" by Wreckx-N-Effect sounded as Grandmaster Sexay emreged from the entrance
but was quickly nailed from behind with a chair by AL SNOW. Snow would drive the chair into Grandmaster's
back then lock him in a Bow-And-Arrow Submission stretching him out. WPW officials came out to pull Snow off and
help up Grandmaster. Sexay would push
away the officials and struggle into the ring and demand to still have his
match against Jeff Hardy. Jeff wasn't
too thrilled about this but went to work on Grandmaster Sexay. For all his guts, it wasn't enough as soon
Jeff Hardy would put Sexay away with the Swanton Bomb. WINNER: Jeff Hardy in 2:05. Rating: ** 3/4 We cut outside a
local Liquor Store where 3Count were standing... Shannon:
"Evan, go buy the beer..." Evan: "Gimme
some money..." Shane:
"Money? We make money? I thought we wrestled for free..." Evan: "Yeah,
you guys ... I mean, we all do. Wait,
wait, I've got my mom's credit card!!" Shannon:
"Yeh, yeh, yeh..." Evan walks into
the liquor store and after a little bit of browsing he selects his beer of
choice then takes it to the counter where the clerk looks at him then asks for
ID! The clerk says it has to be fake but
he's going to let Evan buy the beer but he can never come back. Evan takes the beer in a bag and heads out of
the liquor store and all 3Count high five until Shane touches Shannon's hair
and Shannon tells him to watch it. Evan
breaks them up from a bitch fight and they head to their baby blue PT
Cruiser... Match #4: Kurt Angle v. Hardcore Holly. "My Hero" by Foo Fighters came over
the loudspeakers as 'The Olympic Hero' Kurt Angle emerged from the back. Angle would get on the microphone and rip on
the hometown crowd comparing them to Diamond Dallas Page. Then, "Dirty Deeds" by AC/DC
brought out Angle's opponent, Hardcore Holly.
This would be a back and forth brawl between Angle and Holly. The closing moments of the match would see
Angle go for the Angleplex but Holly blocked it with knees, Holly then went for
the Hollycaust but Angle dropped down the back and went for a german suplex but
Holly countered that with a back kick. Holly then went for a clotheslien but Angle
blocked it and would hit the Angleplex for the one-two-THREE! Kurt Angle picks up the hard fought win over
Hardcore Holly. WINNER: Kurt Angle in 4:30. Rating: 3/4* We went backstage
where Michael Cole got some comments from "The Canadian Crippler"
Chris Benoit... Benoit:
"Jushin Liger has a lot of guts coming over here into my federation
and thinking that he's going to walk right in here and beat The Crippler. Yes, Liger, you may be one of the best in the
world and yes, Japanese wrestling may be different from North American
wrestling but after tonight you'll be lucky to go back to Japan in one
piece." Match #5: Ken Shamrock vs. X-Pac vs. Diamond Dallas
Page. "Stress" by Godsmack
blared over the loudspeakers as "The Worlds Most Dangerous Man" Ken
Shamrock made his way out to the ring.
Then, "The Kings" by Run DMC brought out X-Pac of DX. Finally, "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
by Nirvana played as Diamond Dallas Page made his way out through the crowd. Shamrock will team with Ric Flair and Chris
Benoit to face X-Pac, Kidman and Road Dogg at Breakdown while DDP will go up
against Kurt Angle. This Triangle Match
would NOT be elimination style but rather the first one to score the pinfall
wins. There was a lot of good action in
this one as all three men looked to take a win heading into Breakdown. The closing moments of the match would see
DDP nail a lariat on X-Pac then Shamrock clipped the leg of DDP and locked him
in the ANKLE LOCK! DDP was in tons of
pain and almost going to tap when X-Pac would X-FACTOR Shamrock to break the
hold. X-Pac then hit an X-Factor on DDP
and covered him for the one ... two ... THREE!
X-PAC pulls out the win! WINNER: X-Pac in 5:57. Rating: * 1/4 After the match, X-Pac continued to pound on Shamrock
while Road Dogg joined in. Kurt Angle
rushed out and put the boots to DDP as we headed to a break. We cut outside of
the aPa office where 3Count were ready to go in and give the beer. Shannon knocked on the door and Bradshaw
yelled at him to come in. 3Count
scurried in and after studdering a bit, Shane made the offer, free beer to get
out of the Breakdown match. Faarooq
wanted to see the beer and Evan carefully put it on the table. Faarooq took out the beer and looked at
Bradshaw. Bradshaw said, "Girls,
thanks for the beer and at Breakdown, here's the deal, you're still gonna get
your punkasses kicked cause this is LIGHT beer." Shane asked to see one of the beers, took a
sip then spat it in Faarooq's face. Shannon
then kicked of the table and 3Count bolted away as The Acolytes were now REALLY
pissed off. Match #6: Chris Benoit vs. Jushin Liger. It was time for a change of pace here on WPW
Sunday Night, a match based solely on two men's abilities. "Surfacing" by Slipknot brought out
'The Crippler' Chris Benoit to the ring first.
Then, Jushin "Thunder" Liger made his way out to the
ring. The American fans are familiar
with Liger due to his matches in WCW over the years. Benoit and Liger circled eachother then Liger
called out to the crowd cupping his ear.
The two locked up with Liger shoving Benoit off then going for a
clothesline but Benoit countered it with a belly-to-belly suplex. Benoit quickly dropped and elbow on Liger and
made a cover for two. Benoit nailed
Liger with chops then sent him into the ropes but Liger came off and nailed
Benoit with a koppo kick. Liger then
went for a Liger Bomb but Benoit countered it with a backdrop. Liger got to one knee and shook his head at
Benoit. They locked up again and Liger
sent Benoit into the ropes and caught him in a powerslam for two. Liger kicked Benoit then hit him with some
slaps and chops. Liger then tried a
double arm suplex but Benoit wouldn't go over and Liger hit some knees then
took Benoit over. Liger then locked
Benoit in a Romero Special. Benoit
managed to escape but the hold had taken it's toll on Benoit. Liger went for a running palm blow but Benoit
ducked. Benoit then nailed Liger with a
running lariat. Liger staggered back and
Benoit hit a dropkick and Liger bailed to the outside. Benoit kept up the fevorous pace jumping onto
Liger with a tope. This incredible
matchup went back and forth for quite some time as it approached the 15 Minute
TV Time Limit. The closing moments of
the match would see Liger hit a running palm blow on Benoit for a near
fall. Liger then set up Benoit up top
for a Super Fisherman's Buster but Benoit shoved Liger off then went for the
DIVING HEADBUTT! NO! LIGER ROLLS OUT OF
THE WAY! Liger sets up Benoit for a
Running Liger Bomb! Benoit drops out in
mid move, kicks Liger and DRIVES HIM INTO THE CRIPPLER CROSSFACE! LIGER ....
LIGER .... TAPS! LIGER TAPPED OUT!
Benoit takes the win in an incredible match. WINNER: Chris Benoit in 14:17. Rating: **** After the match, Liger got to his knees then to his feet
and offered a hand of respect to Benoit who shook it. '5..4..3..2..1' "Y2J" Chris Jericho emerged from the entrance
and walked down into the ring in street clothes with a microphone in hand... Chris Jericho:
"Sting, enough with the family values, enough with the
sportsmanship, enough with the crap.
Last week, you had the opportunity to pin Goldberg and win the match but
what did you do? You messed up, you
screwed up because of this high moral soapbox that you stand on. If you want fairplay go play Shuffleboard
with the rest of the 80's stars because this is the year of Y2J and I'll be
damned if your going to stand in my way of climbing the ladder. You see, Sting, you can't put a glass ceiling
on Y2J anymore and come Breakdown, you will get a Y2J beating that you will
never eh...eh...EVER forget and then Chris Jericho will go on and become the
World Heavyweight Champion because it's meant to be..." The lights then flickered and went out then when they
returned Sting was standing in the ring behind Chris Jericho. Jericho turned around and saw Sting then
tried to run but Sting grabbed him and dropped him with a Scorpion Death Drop. Sting then picked up the microphone... Sting: "Y2J at
Breakdown, you're gonna get dropped on your head and you will never EVER mess
with me again because that's the way it's meant to be, punk." Main Event: Triple H & Kidman v. Goldberg & Ric
Flair. 'ONE! TWO! ZIS ON?!' was heard as
the WPW World Heavyweight Champion, Triple H and Kidman emerged from the
entrance and headed out to the ring for our Main Event. "Sprach Zarathustra" then brought
out 'The Nature Boy' Ric Flair to the ring.
'INVASION' was then heard as Goldberg made his way through the pyro and
out to the ring for our Main Event and the match was on. Goldberg will challenge Triple H for the
title at Breakdown while Flair will team with Shamrock and Benoit to face
Kidman, Road Dogg and X-Pac for another shot at Kidman. This would be another intense tag team Main
Event on WPW Sunday Night as we head full steam into Breakdown. The closing moments of this match would see
Goldberg go for a press slam on Triple H but Kidman came in and dropkicked
Goldberg and Triple H dropped down. Ric
Flair came in and would knock Kidman out of the ring with a right hand. Flair went through the ropes and out after
Kidman. The referee went out to try and
contain the two. Meanwhile, ROAD DOGG
bolted into the ring with a mid-size baseball bat and cracked it right over
Goldberg's head! The bat broke in half
and Goldberg was busted open. Road Dogg
quickly left the ring as Triple H set up Goldberg and drilled him with the
Pedigree. Kidman nailed Flair with a low
blow on the outside. The referee rolled
in and counted one .. two ... THREE!
Triple H has pinned Goldberg going into Breakdown! WINNERS: Triple H & Kidman in 7:59. Rating: * 1/4 After the match, Triple H had his arm raised over the
fallen Goldberg. We'll see you at
Breakdwon! ==-==-==-==-==-==-== WPW News & Notes-: ==-==-==-==-==-==-== -Before the show in the Dark Match, Filoso defeated New
Jack with a northern lights suplex in about six minutes. -WPW has Breakdown on July 1st. The tentative lineup includes; WPW World Heavyweight Title Match-: Triple H (c) vs. Goldberg WPW World Tag Team Titles Match-: The Hardy Boyz (c) vs. Too Cool WPW Intercontinental Title 2/3 Falls Match-: Booker T (c) vs. Eddy Guerrero Number One Contenders Match-: Chris Jericho vs. Sting Ric Flair & Ken Shamrock & Chris Benoit vs.
Kidman & Road Dogg & X-Pac *If Horsemen win, Flair gets Kidman at next PPV *If DX wins, they never have to wrestle The Horsemen
again Kurt Angle vs. Diamond Dallas Page The Acolytes vs. 3Count WPW Television Title Match-: Jeff Jarrett (c) vs. Dean Malenko |