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WPW Sunday Night on ESPN2 - July 2 / 2000 -==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==- Papa Roach's 'Last Resort' played in the background of
stills with voiceover of what went down last night at WPW Breakdown. 3Count debuted 'Dance With 3Count' then got
beat up by The Acolytes, however, Evan Karagias nailed Faarooq with a chair
allowing Shannon Moore to score the pinfall win for 3Count. Dean Malenko won the WPW Television Title
from Jeff Jarrett after Stacey Carter's interference backfired. Jarrett promptly fired Stacey after the match
blaming her for his losing. Kurt Angle
picked up a hard fought win over Diamond Dallas Page with his Angleplex. Chris Benoit made Road Dogg tap out to the
Crippler Crossface giving the win to his team of Shamrock and Flair over Road
Dogg, Kidman and X-Pac. This means that
Ric Flair will get another match with Kidman.
Booker T retained the WPW Intercontinental Title over Eddy Guerrero in a
great 2/3 Falls Match that was very close but Booker T won 2 falls to 1. After the match, Booker T was jumped by Al
Snow who attacked Booker's knee which was injured in the match. Snow had to be restrained by WPW
officials. The Hardy Boyz retained the WPW
World Tag Team Titles over Too Cool in a good match. With an assist from a steel chair, Chris
Jericho defeated Sting to become the Number One Contender. Afterwards, Jericho wiped the facepaint of
Sting off Sting. The Main Event saw
Triple H and Goldberg going at it for the World Heavyweight Title. The finish of this match could have gone
either way but Goldberg pulled out the win with the Jackhammer to become the
new WPW World Heavyweight Champion. That
brings us here tonight to WPW Sunday Night on ESPN2... "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, Kurt Angle
hitting the Angleplex on DDP, 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, Goldberg spearing Triple
H and much, much more. The WPW Sunday
Night on ESPN2 logo fades back into full then explodes... We entered the arena and in the center of the ring stood
Scott Hudson with a microphone... Hudson:
"Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to introduce to you the new World
Professional Wrestling World Heavyweight Champion ... GOLDBERG!" 'INVASION' blasted over the loudspeakers as Goldberg
walked out to the ring in jeans with the World Heavyweight Title on his
shoulder to a big pop from the crowd.
Goldberg stepped into the ring, Hudson gave him the microphone then
left. Goldberg:
"One month ago, I walked into WPW and answered the challenge of the
loudmouthed Triple H. One night ago, I
walked out the World Heavyweight Champion.
Triple H, even I have to admit that you gave me one hell of a fight,
probably the toughest match of my career but I still walked out on top and now
I stand before all you people not just the World Heavyweight Champion but YOUR
World Champion. I intend on defending
this title against all comers and running through all of 'em." '5..4..3..2..1'The lights went out and 'Break Down The
Walls' hit as "Y2J" Chris Jericho emerged from the entrance and stood
at the top of the stage with a microphone... Chris Jericho:
"Goldberg, or should I say Greenberg, I'd like to start off by
congradulating you on being the biggest jackass walking. So you beat Triple H, big deal because while
you've beaten a few people, you've never EVER beaten Y2J and you never
will. Greenberg, yeah, I'm next,
actually I'm first in line for a shot at that World Heavyweight Title on your
shoulder, daddy-o. This my year, this is
the year of Y2J and at International Incident in Vancouver, BC, Canada. You have to walk into *MY* country to defend
that title against Y2J and Greenberg, you will not walk out champion and that
is a promise..." Goldberg:
"Why don't you stop flapping those Canadian gums of yours, come
down here and I'll hand you, your ass!" Chris Jericho:
"No, that'd be too easy because as much as I'd like to beat you
within an inch of your life, and believe I would, you've got an injured
shoulder and that just wouldn't be fair.
We all know that Chris Jericho is a fair and honest human being not to
mention a damn handsome man. But
anyways, next week, I'm going to give you a preview of the Y2J beating you'll
receive at International Incident in a tag team match. You find yourself a partner and show up next
week to face Y2J and a partner of my choice." Goldberg: "If
that's the way you want it, then you've got it and I'll leave you with some
advice, Jericho. Take a picture of your
pretty boy face because after I get done with you, there'll be nothing left
because YOUR NEXT!" Chris Jericho tried to hide being scared but didn't do a
very good job as 'Invasion' played and we went to the announcers table. Hudson and Taylor welcomed everyone to the
show and said to stay tuned because theirs a ton of unpredictable great action
ahead... Opening Match: Jeff Jarrett v. Lash LeRoux. "Cowboy" by Kid Rock blared over
the PA as 'Double J' Jeff Jarrett walked out to the ring yelling at fans on the
way. Then, 'The Ragin' Cajun' Lash
LeRoux made his way out to the ring to face off against Jarrett. Jarrett attacked LeRoux right away and was
ready to take his aggression of losing the TV Title last night on LeRoux. Jarrett dominated for the opening minute or
so until LeRoux came back with some offense of his own but Jarrett would regain
control quickly. The closing moments of
the match would see Jarrett hit a piledriver on LeRoux then a second. Jarrett refused to cover LeRoux and went for
a third piledriver but LeRoux would roll up Jarrett in a small package ... ONE!
TWO! THR...NO! LeRoux almost upset Jarrett, Jarrett's up and nails a single arm
DDT! Jarrett sets up LeRoux and drills
him with the Stroke and makes the cover for the one-two-three! WINNER: Jeff Jarrett in 3:25. Rating: 1/4* We headed out to
the parking lot to the parking valet's post.
Chris Jericho walked up to the valet and told him that Goldberg was
signing autographs over in the cafeteria.
The attendant quickly went to go get an autograph leaving the keys
unattended. Jericho looked through the
keys and grabbed one. Jericho then
looked around the garage and found the car he was looking for ... Goldberg's
silver Dodge Viper! Jericho opened the
car, got in and drove off. Jericho has
stolen Goldberg's Viper! Match #2: 3Count v. The Mamalukes. Shane Helms, Shannon Moore, and Evan Karagias
hit the ring to start performing 'Dance With 3Count' for the crowd, who
responded with loud '3COUNT SUCKS!' chants.
Then, "Millennium" by Killing Joke brought out The Mamalukes
to the ring. Karagias left the ring and
we had our tag team match. This was the
speed and high flying of Helms and Moore against the tough brawlers in Big Vito
and Johnny The Bull. The Mamalukes put
up a tough fight but in the end Evan Karagias would provide a distraction to
Big Vito allowing Shannon Moore to connect with the Shannon Slicer. Moore tagged in Shane Helms who nailed the
Sugar Splash for the one .. two .. THREE!
3Count picks up the win over The Mamalukes to go with their win over The
Acolytes last night as they move up the rankings. WINNERS: 3Count in 6:05. Rating: * 1/2 'Sprach
Zarathurstra' began over the PA as 'The Nature Boy' Ric Flair walked out to the
ring and took a microphone.. Ric Flair: "I
don't want to take up a lot of time out here tonight but I've got to start off
by paying respect to my Horsemen, who made me very proud last night. Dean Malenko, the new Television
Champion. Ken Shamrock kicked some ass
and Chris Benoit got the submission that won the match. That's what brings me out here tonight, the
fact that I get another shot at that little punk, Kidman. Kidman, I know you were hoping that maybe
we'd face at the pay-per-view but I don't wanna wait. Kidman, I want my match right here tonight,
boy!" "The Kings" by Run DMC blared over the loudspeakers
as Kidman quickly came out of the entrance with a microphone... Kidman:
"Forget about it old man, there's no way in hell that your getting
your match here tonight, no way, no, no, no!" The WPW Commissioner, TED DIBIASE walked out of the entrance
with a microphone... Dibiase: "Not
only will these great fans here tonight see in the Main Event, 'The Nature Boy'
Ric Flair go one on one with Kidman but if anyone, DX, Horsemen, ANYONE
interferes in that match then their contracts will be TERMINATED." Ric Flair:
"Kidman, get ready to walk that aisle, pal because tonight you go
one-on-one with The Nature Boy, no bull**** run-ins, no nothing, you and me and
you're going to school ... WHOOOOOO!" Match #3: Eddy Guerrero v. Papi Chulo. "Big Pimpin'" by Jay-Z blared over
the PA as Papi Chulo headed out to the ring decked out in a fur coat and pimp
hat. Then, "La Raza" brought
Eddy Guerrero out to the ring. Guerrero
put up one hell of a fight in a close contest with the I-C Champion Booker T
last night and is back in action tonight.
This match went at a lightning like pace as the two lucha libre stars
went all out in a grueling contest.
Guerrero made it his mission to ground the athletic innovative high
flyer, Chulo in this one and did a fairly good job. The closing moments of the match would see
Chulo hit a spinning Michinoku Driver on Guerrero then head up top for his
Moonsault but Guerrero rolled out of the way.
Guerrero followed that up with a brain buster then the Frog Splash for
the one, two, three. Eddy Guerrero gets
back on the winning streak. WINNER: Eddy Guerrero in 5:35. Rating: *** 3/4 After the match, Eddy Guerrero continued stomping away on
Chulo until Jeff Jarrett ran down to the ring with his guitar and pulled Guerrero
off of Chulo and shoved him across the ring.
Jarrett lined up Guerrero with the guitar but instead cranked Chulo in
the head. Jarrett high fived Guerrero
and both men worked over Chulo a bit more before leaving the ring
together. Has a new alliance being
formed? We went backstage
where Goldberg got done signing an autograph then grabbed his bag and told a
road agent that he's out for the night.
Goldberg approached the parking valet and asked for his keys but they
couldn't be found. Goldberg was pissed
off then went to look for his Viper, which of course wasn't there. Goldberg demanded answers from the valet who
said that a blond haired guy was around before.
Goldberg said 'Jericho...that son of a bitch..' before we headed to a
break. Match #4: Dean Malenko & Ken Shamrock v. Road Dogg
& X-Pac. The ongoing war between The
Horsemen and D-Generation X continued here tonight as 'The Shooter' Dean
Malenko and 'The Worlds Most Dangerous Man' Ken Shamrock of The Four Horsemen
took on Road Dogg and X-Pac of D-Generation X.
This match was like a time bomb waiting to explode as all four men went
at it. The closing moments of the match
would see Shamrock get X-Pac in the Ankle Lock but Road Dogg came in and broke
it up. Malenko came in and started pounding
on Road Dogg. The four men kept brawling
for another minute or so with the referee trying to gain control but that
didn't happen so he threw the match out.
This brawl continued for a few more seconds until WPW officials hit the
ring and pulled everyone apart. WINNERS: No Contest Rating: 1/2* Match #5: Booker T (c) v. Al Snow - WPW Intercontinental
Title. 'What Is Fight Club?' by Dust
Brothers sounded as Al Snow stalked towards the ring to quite a bit of boos
from the crowd for this psycho. We
looked at some footage of Al Snow attacking Booker T for no reason after Booker
T succesfully defend his IC Title against Eddy Guerrero. 'Party Up' by DMX blared over the loudspeakers
as the WPW Intercontinental Champion, Booker T headed out to the ring with a
limp in his walk. Snow went right for
the injured knee of Booker T and worked over it for a few minutes. The closing moments of the match would see Al
Snow get Booker T in a Cross Knee Scissors.
Booker was in tons of pain and inched towards the ropes and got them
which infuriated Snow. Snow released the
hold after a four count and immediately went outside the ring. Snow grabbed Booker T's IC Title belt and
rolled into the ring and went to nail Booker in the head but Booker T ducked
and nailed Snow with a Harlem Sidekick.
Booker T headed up top and nailed the Missile Dropkick for the
one...two...THREE! Booker T has retained
the WPW I-C Title! WINNER: Booker T in 4:04. Rating: ** 1/4 (Booker T retained the WPW Intercontinental Title.) After the match, Snow chop blocked Booker T and attacked
the referee snapping again. Out of the
back came security who maced Snow and tackled him putting him in
handcuffs. Snow would get forcefully
taken out of the arena with an evil grin on his face. Booker T struggled to get up in his ring when
... 'My Hero' by Foo Fighters blared over the loudspeakers and out from the
back walked KURT ANGLE. Angle had a
microphone... Kurt Angle:
"No fear, no fear, your Olympic Hero has come to save the day once
again. After my triumphent defeat of
Diamond Dallas Page last night, your Olympic Hero is looking for more
gold. I look into the ring and see a man
with a busted up knee calling himself a champion. Look at yourself, Booker T, look at you! Your not a champion, I am a champion and that
Intercontinental Title belt that you can't even raise over your head right now
will be mine, it's true, it's true." Booker T pushed the officials away and limped towards
Kurt Angle and Angle backed off the kicked Booker T's knee away. Angle celebrated like he'd won another medal
before leaving. 'ONE! TWO! ZIS
ON?!' sounded as the former WPW World Champion, Triple H headed out to the ring
in street clothes looking very pissed off.
The Game pushed around the ring announcer and took the microphone... Triple H:
"Shut the hell up! SHUT
UP! What happened last night was the
biggest miscarriage of justice that I have ever witnessed in my life. Bill Goldberg, you got lucky. Your no more a champion then I am not. I beat your ass from bell to bell and you got
in one lucky Jackhammer and you come out here and brag about how you beat
me. No, no one BEATS The Game, you
didn't defeat me Goldberg, I defeated myself and damnit, I want my title
BACK! That was nothing more then a fluke
and I want my title back, damnit!"
"Surfacing" by Slipknot then cut Triple H off as out of the
entrance walked 'The Crippler' Chris Benoit with a microphone... Chris Benoit:
"Triple H, these people didn't pay to see you come out here and
bitch, cry and moan like a little baby about how you got your ass kicked by
Goldberg. Be a man, Triple H, accept
your defeat and move on." Triple H:
"Just who the hell do you think you are?" Chris Benoit:
"I'm here to show you what The Crippler is all about." Triple H:
"What? You want a piece of
me? Come on' Benoit, tough guy, bring it
on." Chris Benoit
charged into the ring and Triple H stomped on him as he came in then Triple H
pulled off his shirt and choked Benoit with it.
Triple H started hitting Benoit with right hands then went for a big one
but Benoit caught the arm of Triple H and drove him down into the CRIPPLER
CROSSFACE! Triple H is TAPPING OUT! TRIPLE H IS TAPPING OUT TO THE
CROSSFACE! This isn't a match,
though. Benoit released the hold and
blew snot onto Triple H then picked up a microphone... Chris Benoit:
"Consider that your first lesson on what Chris Benoit is all
about..." Match #6: The Hardy Boyz (c) v. Crash Holly &
Hardcore Holly. "Dirty Deeds"
by AC/DC brought out the challenging team of Crash Holly and Hardcore Holly to
the ring first. Then, "Break
Stuff" by Limp Bizkit blared over the loudspeakers as the WPW World Tag
Team Champions, The Hardy Boyz made their way out to the ring. This would be an entertaining match with
Crash Holly picking up the pace a little and not brawling as much while
Hardcore Holly had the most power in the match.
The Hardy Boyz, as always, worked their asses off and showed why they're
the top tag team in the game. The closing
moments of the match would see Jeff Hardy going for a reverse Twist Of Fate on
Hardcore Holly but Crash Holly came in and broke it up. Hardcore Holly tried a DDT on Jeff but Jeff
countered it with a release northern lights suplex while Matt Hardy came in and
caught Crash Holly with a Twist Of Fate.
Matt hit a snap suplex on Hardcore then Jeff came off the top with the
Swanton Bomb for the one...two...THREE!
The Hardy Boyz retain the World Tag Team Titles. WINNERS: The Hardy Boyz in 5:08. Rating: ** (The Hardy Boyz retained the WPW World Tag Team Titles.) We cut to the
backstage area where Goldberg was still going nuts trying to find out where
Jericho took his car. We then heard
someone call out for Goldberg from a distance.
It was Jericho about 15 feet away.
Jericho threw Goldberg his keys and told him that it's a nice car. Goldberg jogged over to the parking garage to
find his Dodge Viper ... painted PINK!
Jericho then came in front of the camera and said ... "JERICHO
ONE! GREENBERG ZERO!" Goldberg chased after him but Jericho bolted
away. Jericho's gone and pissed off
Goldberg and that has to be a mistake. Main Event: Ric Flair v. Kidman. It's been an incredible, wild ride of a show
so far and to cap off the past two days it was time for our Main Event as
"The Kings" by Run DMC blared over the loudspeakers as Kidman headed
out to the ring. Then, 'Sprach
Zarathustra' sounded as 'The Nature Boy' Ric Flair headed out to the ring with fire
in his eyes and Kidman bailed from the ring. Flair went after Kidman and Kidman ran from
him then tried to lure Flair back into the ring but Flair was too smart,
stopped and pulled Kidman out of the ring.
Flair then laid into Kidman with chops and punches on the outside. Flair smacked Kidman's head against the
ringpost and busted Kidman open very early in the match. Flair rolled Kidman back in but Kidman
managed to dropkick Flair in the knee then hit a faceslam. Kidman shouted at the crowd then went up top
and tried a flying clothesline but Flair moved.
Flair was back in control as he hit a big suplex on Kidman then
continued pounding away on Kidman with chops.
This match continued back and forth for quite some time with DX or The
Horsemen being unable to interfere or their contracts will be terminated. The closing moments of the match would see
Kidman go for a swinging bulldog but no, Flair holds on to Kidman's knee and
nails him with a kneebreaker! Flair lets
out a WHOOOOOO! and he's going for the Figure Four Leglock ... ROLLUP BY KIDMAN
... ONE... TWO... ...
FLAIR REVERSES THE ROLLUP ... ONE... TWO... ...
THREE!! THREE!! RIC FLAIR HAS DEFEATED KIDMAN!
Flair has gotten his revenge and pinned Kidman for the one-two-three
right in the middle of the ring! WINNER: Ric Flair in 12:37. Rating: *** After the bell
sounded and the ring announcer declared Flair the winner, D-Generation X hit
the ring to attack Flair but out of the crowd came The Horsemen with tire
irons. The Horsemen cleared the ring of
DX and Flair celebrated to end an amazing night... ==-==-==-==-==-==-== WPW News & Notes-: ==-==-==-==-==-==-== -Before the show there was a Dark Tryout Match as Brian
Adams took on Eric Embry. The two men
fought to a no contest in about ten minutes.
WPW officials are not interested in either man. -Diamond Dallas Page requested his release from WPW this
week and it was granted. DDP must wait
two weeks before he can negotiate with any rival promotions. WPW thanks DDP for his effort but it's best
for both parties to part ways. -WPW has International Incident on August 5th. The
tentative lineup includes; WPW World Heavyweight Title Match-: Goldberg (c) vs. Chris Jericho |