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WPW Sunday Night on ESPN2 - October 15 / 2000 -==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==- "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; Masato Tanaka hitting the Roaring Elbow
on Mike Awesome, Al Snow smashing away at Sting's arm with a chair, Booker T
drilling Kurt Angle with a Neckwrecker, The Acolytes putting Jeff Hardy through
a table, the LWO beating down an opponent, Ken Shamrock with the Ankle Lock on
Triple H, Mike Awesome with an Over-The-Top-Rope Awesome Bomb, Kidman pinning
Ric Flair, Sting hitting the Scorpion Death Drop on Al Snow, Kurt Angle with
all his gold, Chris Benoit raising the King Of Kings trophy, The Hardy Boyz
with the Twist Of Fate and Swanton Bomb, Triple H hitting the Pedigree on
Goldberg, Chris Jericho hitting a Lionsault on Goldberg, Goldberg spearing
Jericho, Mick Foley hitting Goldberg in the head with a chair and much, much
more. The WPW Sunday Night on ESPN2 logo
fades back into full then explodes... "Welcome To
The Fold" by Filter blared over the PA as the owner of WPW, Mick Foley
walked out of the entrance and down into the ring on his own. Foley got a lot of boos from the crowd as he
picked up a microphone... Mick Foley:
"It was just one week ago when all of you people and more
importantly Ric Flair thought you had witnessed the end of 'The Elite' but how
easy did you forget that Mick Foley doesn't go down that easily! How gullable were you people to think that I
would let the likes of Ric Flair control the actions of this promotion? I'll tell you, you're DAMN gullable and DAMN
stupid because here I stand before you one week later with a fighting unit
stronger and more dangerous then any other assembled in the history of this
business. More importantly, Mick Foley
stands before you a man in complete control of his company. You see Ric Flair, I know what goes on inside
that thick inflated head of yours, yeah, you look on your mantleplace. You've got World Heavyweight Title belts from
the NWA, from WCW, from the WWF, you've various other championship title belts,
trophies, Wrestler Of The Year awards and the names of every wrestle in this
sport that you've defeated but there's one spot missing, yeah, and that name is
MICK FOLEY! We're both retired now and
who would've thunk that you'd be working for me, yeah, and if I could fire you
I would but I can't and that eats away at me but not as much as it eats away at
you that you can't claim you've ever gotten the better of Mick Foley and you
never will. You thought you could take
control of my company from under me? I
DON'T THINK SO! For the past month
you've been plotting people against eachother and trying to take my company but
all that did was give me time! Time to
round up my army, my 'Elite' the cornerstones of the company, *MY*
company! 'The Worlds Most Dangerous Man'
KEN SHAMROCK! 'The Man That Retired Ric
Flair' KIDMAN! The Intercontinental Champion
and 'Olympic Gold Medalist' KURT ANGLE!
And the WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION 'The Game' TRIPLE H! THEY ARE 'THE ELITE'!" "ONE! TWO! ZIS ON?!" sounded as 'The Elite' of
Triple H, Kurt Angle, Kidman and Ken Shamrock emerged from the entrance and made
their way into the ring where Triple H would take the microphone... Triple H:
"What a night it was, The Game reclaimed the World Heavyweight
Title and it's damn time that I did.
Mick Foley is a smart man, Mick Foley is a smarter man then most and Mick
Foley realized that Chris Jericho just couldn't cut it as World Heavyweight
Champion and that the smart money is in 'The Game'. The smart money is in Kidman, in Kurt Angle
and in Ken Shamrock. There has never
been this much talent on the same page ever and we want to prove to the world
just how 'Elite' we really are so we're laying out the challenge for an
Ultimate Survial Match in Manchester, England at Manchester Massacre on
November 11th. The match is simple, four
on four, elimination rules until one team is eliminated. We're making the challenge to any four men in
the WPW that think they have what it takes to beat 'The Elite'. I know this is a pointless challenge because
anyone with half a brain knows that we cannot be beat..." The lights went out and we counted down
"5..4..3..2..1" then pyro exploded as "Break Down The
Walls" blasted through the loudspeakers and out of the entrance walked
Chris Jericho with a microphone... Chris Jericho:
"I'd like to start off by apoligizing to the fans of World
Professional Wrestling for my cowardly actions over the past three months. I'd also like to apoligize to the fans for
having to sit through fifteen minutes of the Mick Foley and Triple H state of
the losers address! So Trip, Dude Love,
just shut the HELL UP! Mick Foley, last
night was a blessing in disguise for Y2J because you were the worst thing for
my career. Sure, I was World Heavyweight
Champion but I had no respect from anyone and rightfully so because of you,
because of your hijinks and 'business decisions'. So now Y2J is making it his mission to prove
to the world that I am the best in this company and I'm starting by accepting
your challenge to the Ultimate Survival Match in England..." Triple H:
"That's real nice, Jericho.
It's real nice to see that you're as dumb as you look. What you're going to go in one on four and
get killed again? Who do you think you
are?" Chris Jericho:
"I'm Y2J and no, I'm not going in one on four, jackass, over the
past 24 hours I've had time to make ammends and strike a common bond with three
people that want to rip you four apart as much as I do..." "Surfacing" by Slipknot blasted through the
loudspeakers as 'The Crippler' Chris Benoit walked out of the entrance and
stood next to Chris Jericho while Shamrock and Angle looked a little worried in
the ring. Triple H: "Oh
no...Not 'The Crippler'! Oooohhh, I'm so
scared, Benoit, who else you got?" "Seek And Destroy" blared over the PA as Sting
would walk out of the entrance and stand with Jericho and Benoit... Triple H:
"Stinger, what a joke!
Next..." There was a few moments of silence then
"INVASION..." hit and the crowd went apeshit while Triple H dropped
his microphone in shock while Mick Foley kept looking around nervously at 'The
Elite' and was shaking his head. Then,
GOLDBERG stepped out of the entrance and walked in front of Benoit, Sting and
Jericho and Jericho handed him his microphone... Goldberg:
"I'M BAAAAACK! Chris
Jericho, we may share a common bond now but you've got a lot of proving to do
before I trust you. As for 'The
Elite'? Over the past month and a half,
ever since I was screwed out of my World Title opportunity I've had a lot of
time to think and I've come to the conclusion that Mick Foley, I want a piece
of your ass! You can hide behind your
'Elite', Foley but I'm running through each and everyone of them to get to you,
Foley and it starts tonight with .... you, KEN SHAMROCK! Why?
BECAUSE YOU'RE NEXT!" "Invasion..." played again as Goldberg stared
down at the ring while 'The Elite' looked shocked at Goldberg's return and
Shamrock was shouting some idle threats towards Goldberg. We headed to the announcers as Scott Hudson
and Jerry Lawler talked a little about Battle Ground last night then previewed
tonight's show as Dean Malenko defends the Television Title against Cheetah
Master, Masato Tanaka takes on Brian Christopher, Tatsuhito Takaiwa &
Jinsei Shinzaki of the Jung Dragons make their debut against The F.B.I., Eddy
Guerrero faces Scotty Taylor, Booker T will go up against Kidman, Juventud
Guerrera and Papi Chulo will meet The Unholy Alliance, Kurt Angle will defend
the Intercontinental Title against Mike Awesome and in our Main Event, Goldberg
returns to the ring against Ken Shamrock!
All that and more tonight on WPW SUNDAY NIGHT! Opening Match: Dean Malenko (c) v. Cheetah Master - WPW
Television Title. We returned to the
ring where the youngster making his WPW debut, Cheetah Master was already in
the ring. Then, "Change" by
Deftones brought out the WPW Television Champion, 'The Shooter' Dean
Malenko. Malenko has held onto his TV
Title since becoming the first champion just over three months ago. This is an incredible feet since Malenko
defends the belt almost every week.
Cheetah Master took to the air against Malenko and showed a lot of
potential but he was nowhere near as polished a ring general as Malenko. Malenko made Cheetah wrestle his match and
controled the tempo of the contest. The
end saw Cheetah go for a top rope splash but Malenko moved. Malenko hit a top-rope gutbuster on Cheetah
Master then hooked on the Texas Cloverleaf for the submission victory. Dean Malenko retains the WPW Television
Title. WINNER: Dean Malenko in 3:19. Rating: ** 1/2 (Dean Malenko retained the WPW Television Title.) Backstage: -Michael Cole welcomed Brian Christopher and Trish
Stratus. Christopher and Stratus gloated
about BC's victory over Scotty Taylor last night and said Christopher would
continue his winning streak tonight against Masato Tanaka because what Trish
wants, Trish gets. Match #2: Brian Christopher v. Masato Tanaka. "Full Of Hell" by Entombed blared
over the PA as Trish Stratus led Brian Christopher out to the ring. Then, 'D A N G U N' blared over the PA as
Masato Tanaka made his way out to the ring.
Both these men are coming off wins last night as Christopher defeated
Scotty Taylor with the help of Trish Stratus while Masato Tanaka overcame Al
Snow and Steve Blackman in a Handicap Match with the debut of new Jung
Dragons. The end of this match would see
Masato Tanaka hit a swinging DDT on Christopher. Trish Stratus got up on the apron and
distracted Tanaka. Christopher came from
behind and went for a superkick but Tanaka moved at the last second and
Christopher hit Trish! Masato Tanaka
then nailed Christopher with the ROARING ELBOW for the one, two, and
three! Masato Tanaka takes the win over
Brian Christopher. WINNER: Masato Tanaka in 4:50. Rating: ** 3/4 Backstage: -A long stretch white limosine pulled up to the arena and
out stepped 'The Nature Boy' Ric Flair in an expensive suit. Flair walked in towards the arena and seemed
to be in a good mood. Match #3: The F.B.I. v. Jung Dragons. "Stayin' Alive [Remix]" by N-Trance
blared over the PA as The Full Blooded Italians of Guido Maritato and Tony
Mamaluke headed out to the ring. Then,
"Somebody Someone" by KoRn blared over the loudspeakers as Kaz
Hayashi brought out Jinsei Shinzaki and Tatsuhito Takaiwa of the Jung
Dragons. This would be a very
entertaining match as we saw Shinzaki and Takaiwa's offense aresonal's while
Maritato and Mamaluke did a good job of keeping up and making it a real fight
for the Jung Dragons. The end would see
Takaiwa use his Endless Powerbomb on Tony Mamaluke for the victory. An impressive in ring debut for Shinzaki and
Takaiwa. These two could be a threat to
the World Tag Team Titles in time. WINNERS: Jung Dragons in 4:38. Rating: ** 1/4 "La
Raza" sounded as the Latino World Order of Eddy Guerrero, Juventud
Guerrera and Papi Chulo made their way out towards the ring and into the ring
where Guerrero would take a microphone... Eddy Guerrero:
"Last night at Battle Ground, once again was the Latino World Order
cheated out of a victory. The video
evidence is clear, I was not the legal man in the ring when Booker T caught me
from behind and got a lucky three count.
We were robbed of another win but that's going to change because Juvy
and Papi are going after World Tag Team gold while I am going to show each and
every one of you why I am the best wrestler in the world today!" Match #4: Eddy Guerrero v. Scotty Taylor. "Country Grammar" by Nelly blared
over the PA as Scotty "Too Hotty" Taylor made his way out to the
ring. This would be another real fast
paced match as Taylor showed that he is more then just an effective singles
competitor while Guerrero showed why he is considered to be one of the best in
the world. The closing moments of the
match would see Scotty hit a face slam on Guerrero then use the WORM! Trish Stratus came out and distracted the
referee. Taylor went up top for the
Diving DDT but Brian Christopher came out and threw Taylor off the top
rope. Christopher then hit Taylor with a
superkick and left. Guerrero went up top
and came off with the Frog Splash for the one ... two ... THREE! Eddy Guerrero takes the match with some help
from Brian Christopher. WINNER: Eddy Guerrero in 4:15. Rating: *** 1/4 Backstage: -Michael Cole brought in an irate Scotty Taylor. Taylor was worked up and said that the back
and forth attacks between him and Christopher need to come to an end and he's
challenging Christopher to another match next week on Sunday Night! Match #5: Kidman v. Booker T. "Rollin'" by Limp Bizkit blared
over the loudspeakers as Kidman made his way out to the ring. Kidman mocked the Flair strut and was as
cocky as usual. Then, "One More
Road" by DMX came over the loudspeakers and after a few seconds, Booker T
made his way out to the ring. Kidman and
Booker T went at it at full force in a good back and forth match as it was
Booker T's power against Kidman's speed.
The closing moments of the match would see Kidman attempt a swinging
bulldog on Kidman but Booker T threw him off.
Booker T then nailed the Harlem Sidekick and signalled for the Neckwrecker. Booker grabbed Kidman but saw Ken Shamrock
coming out of the entrance which distracted him and the referee allowing Kurt
Angle to come through the crowd and waffle Booker T with the I-C Title belt and
run off. Kidman pulled Booker T into the
corner and hit the Shooting Star Press for the one, two, three! Kidman steals a win over Booker T as The
Elite shows just how dangerous they can be. WINNER: Kidman in 6:50. Rating: ** Backstage: -We went inside the locker room of The Unholy Alliance as
Sinister Minister gave us a speech about raising some hell tonight and that his
team was within an eyelash of winning the World Tag Team Titles last
night. Minister gave The Hardy Boyz
credit but in the same breath said that The Unholy Alliance will get another
shot... Match #6: Latino World Order v. The Unholy Alliance. "La Raza" sounded over the PA as
Juventud Guerrera and Papi Chulo of the Latino World Order made their way out
to the ring first. Then,
"Bombtrack" by Rage Against The Machine blared over the loudspeakers
as the Sinister Minister led out The Unholy Alliance of Mikey Whipwreck and
Tajiri to the ring. The winners of this
match will go to England at Manchester Massacre to challenge the World Tag Team
Champions. The titles that Whipwreck and
Tajiri nearly won last night. The end of
this match would see Juvy and Tajiri going at it. Juvy went for a german suplex but Tajiri
countered with a go behind and a german suplex but Juvy landed on his
feet. Juvy charged at Tajiri but Tajiri
caught him in the chin with a kick.
Tajiri tagged in Whipwreck and the two used a rolling leg lock on Juvy
prompting Papi Chulo to grab Tajiri from behind and use an inverted suplex to
send Tajiri to the outside. Chulo
followed that up with an asai moonsault onto Tajiri! Whipwreck went for a Frankenmikey on Juventud
Guerrera but Juvy held on and hit a running power bomb! Guerrera then headed up top and nailed the
450 Splash on Whipwreck for the one ... two ... THREE! The Latino World Order have won the Number
One Contendership! WINNERS: Latino World Order in 6:54. Rating: ** 1/2 "My
Hero" by Foo Fighters sounded over the PA as the still WPW
Intercontinental Champion, "The Olympic Gold Medalist" Kurt Angle
emerged from the entrance with a microphone... Kurt Angle:
"Thank you, thank you. On
behalf of our gracious owner, Mick Foley, I'd like to say just how ignorant you
people proved to be. I mean, did you
actually think there would be a group of 'Elite' wrestlers in WPW that would
not include the Intercontinental Champion, Olympic Gold Medalist and true
American Hero, Kurt Angle? Speaking of
ignorant that brings me to Chris Benoit.
Benoit, ignorance is expected out of you because after all you are
*Canadian* but boy, oh, boy did Ken Shamrock sucker you in last night and not
to speak for Ken but I don't think he's done with you yet. Now Mike Awesome, I tried to make peace with
you but your temper just was way out of control and I know you're still hurting
from last night so being the upstanding citizen that I am, I'm willing to wait
to beat you up until a later night, we don't have to have the mach
tonight..."
"Awesome" by Reckless Fortune blasted through the loudspeakers
as Mike Awesome stepped out of the entrance with a microphone and spoke at a
low tone... Mike Awesome:
"Kurt Angle, understand this, you may have slowed me down last
night but you cannot stop Mike Awesome.
You cannot hurt Mike Awesome and *YOU* cannot run from Mike
Awesome. Prepare for your
execution." Match #7: Kurt Angle (c) v. Mike Awesome - WPW
Intercontinental Title. Mike Awesome
dropped his microphone and walked towards the ring and into the ring as the
referee rang the bell and we were underway with our Intercontinental Title
matchup. The fans were fairly strongly
behind Awesome in this match but Awesome didn't seem to care as he didn't
change his style at all to play to the finals.
Awesome was his same violent self while Angle tried to counter it with
mat wrestling and stalling. The end
would see Angle attempt the Angleplex but Awesome couldn't go up. Awesome hit some forearms then a release
german suplex on Angle. Awesome headed
up top and came off with the AWESOME SPLASH for the one ... two ... THR ...
NO! Angle kicked out! That brought Ken Shamrock out again which
distracted the referee. Awesome kicked
Angle and picked him up for the Running Awesome Bomb but Kidman came into the
ring out of nowhere and sprayed MACE into the eyes of Awesome causing him to go
down. Kidman quickly left while Angle
hit the ANGLEPLEX on Awesome and hooked the tights for the one ... two ...
THREE! Kurt Angle retains the WPW
Intercontinental Title! WINNER: Kurt Angle in 5:34. Rating: ** 3/4 (Kurt Angle retained the WPW Intercontinental Title.) Backstage: -Mike Awesome was going nuts refusing medical attention
and trying to get the mace out of his eyes while shouting obcenties towards
'The Elite'. 'Sprach
Zarathustra' came over the PA as the WPW Commissioner, 'The Nature Boy' Ric
Flair stepped out of the entrance and walked down to the ringside where he
joined Scott Hudson and Jerry Lawler at the announcers table. Flair said he originally thought he'd have a
lot to work to do tonight but Jericho and the returning Goldberg along with
Sting and Chris Benoit made his job a whole lot easier tonight so he thought
he'd get a front row seat for our Main Event... Main Event: Ken Shamrock v. Goldberg. It was then time for one of the more
intriguing main events in the history of WPW Sunday Night as "Stress"
by Godsmack blasted through the loudspeakers as 'The Worlds Most Dangerous Man'
Ken Shamrock made his way out to the ring.
Then, "Invasion..." hit as Goldberg came through his pyro and
into the ring making his return to the ring after a month long hiatus. Goldberg would do his normal playing to the
crowd but Shamrock attacked from behind.
Shamrock laid into the kidneys of Goldberg with punches then hit a back
suplex. Shamrock hit a second back
suplex on Goldberg then whipped Goldberg into the turnbuckle. Shamrock went back to work on the midsection
of Goldberg in the corner then pulled him out and locked him in a Dragon Choke
Sleeper! Goldberg was going out and the
referee checked his arm once, twice, then on the third time Goldberg raised his
arm then powered out of the Dragon Sleeper.
Shamrock kicked Goldberg and sent him into the ropes and hit a Yakuza
Kick but Goldberg shrugged it off and yelled in Shamrock's face then hit a
legsweep taking down Shamrock. Goldberg
pounded away on Shamrock then hit a corkscrew neckbreaker and a pumphandle
fallaway slam on Shamrock. Shamrock
rolled to the outside and Goldberg went out after him. The two brawled on the outside for a couple minutes
as the referee gave them some leeway on the countout and DQ rules. The match came back inside and went to the
mat as both men used submission maneuvers and brawling. The closing moments of the match would see
Goldberg go for a superkick but Shamrock rolled underneath then used a single-leg
takedown into the ANKLE LOCK! Goldberg
was in great pain as Shamrock synched it in.
Goldberg slowly crawled towards the ropes and got there as the referee
made Shamrock release the hold. Mick
Foley had come out to ringside and he punched Goldberg in the face. Goldberg rolled to the outside and was
backing down Foley while Shamrock argued with the referee. On the outside, Ric Flair got up from the
announce position and cornered Foley as the two yelled back and forth. Shamrock came outside and kicked out
Goldberg's leg then rolled him into the ring.
Shamrock came back in and went to pick up Goldberg from the corner but
Goldberg took him down with a short spear!
Goldberg didn't get the full impact but still got Shamrock. Shamrock rolled to the outside and began
backing up the aisleway as to get himself counted out when CHRIS BENOIT came
out of the entrance. Shamrock backed up
until he bumped into Benoit. Benoit
grabbed Shamrock and tossed him back into the ring. Shamrock got up and was yelling at
Benoit. Shamrock turned around and got
SPEARED out of his boots by Goldberg!
Goldberg followed that up with the JACKHAMMER on Shamrock and made the
cover for the one ... two ... THREE!
Goldberg has made a succesful return over Ken Shamrock WINNER: Goldberg in 11:31. Rating: **** After the match, Chris Benoit and Goldberg shook hands in
the ring while Ric Flair came in clapping as the show came to a close. DA MAN is back! ==-==-==-==-==-==-== WPW News & Notes-: ==-==-==-==-==-==-== -In the Dark Match, "PerfectShawn" Shawn Stasiak
wrestled his 'mentor' "Mr. Perfect" Curt Hennig. This was a fairly good match and the crowd
was into since they weren't expecting to see Curt Hennig. WPW is interested in both men. -Kidman resigned for 52 cards. -Eddy Guerrero resigned for 52 cards. -Shawn Stasiak would not resign... -WPW has Manchester Massacre on November 11th, 2000 at
the MEN Arena in Manchester, England.
The tentative lineup includes; Ultimate Survival Main Event-: Triple H & Kidman & Ken Shamrock & Kurt Angle
vs. Goldberg & Chris Jericho & Chris Benoit & Sting WPW World Tag Team Titles Match-: The Hardy Boyz (c) vs. Latino World Order |