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WPW Sunday Night on ESPN2 - October 22 / 2000 -==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==- We went outside
the arena where a stretch black limosine pulled up to the arena and out stepped
the owner of WPW Mick Foley, Ken Shamrock, Kidman, the I-C Champion Kurt Angle
and then the World Heavyweight Champion Triple H. The Elite walked into the arena in full force
as we then went into the opening... "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... We entered the
arena with fireworks going off as Scott Hudson and Jerry "The King"
Lawler welcomed us to the show as this week The Acolytes take on T&A, The
Unholy Alliance battle Al Snow & Steve Blackman, Masato Tanaka takes on
Eddy Guerrero, The Hardy Boyz defend against the Jung Dragons, Scott Taylor
against Brian Christopher and in our Main Event it's GOLDBERG against KIDMAN as
Goldberg continues to try and go through 'The Elite'. All that and much more tonight on WPW Sunday
Night so let's get to the ring... Opening Match: Dean Malenko (c) v. Kaz Hayashi - WPW
Television Title. "Somebody
Someone" by KoRn brought out the challenger from the Jung Dragons, Kaz
Hayashi to the ring first. Then,
"Change" by Deftones sounded over the PA as the WPW Television
Champion, 'The Shooter' Dean Malenko made his way out to the ring. Malenko and Hayashi started out with some mat
wrestling before Hayashi took to the air on Malenko. Malenko would then slow it down and work over
Hayashi's back with some mat wrestling.
The end of the match would see Malenko go for a top-rope gutbuster but
Hayashi dropped down onto the apron and shoved Malenko down to the mat. Hayashi then would go for the Slingshot DDT
but Malenko turned the slingshot into a powerslam. Malenko then got up and looked around the
crowd then grabbed Hayashi's legs for the TEXAS CLOVERLEAF! Malenko went for it but Hayashi rolls up
Malenko! ONE! TWO! THREE! KAZ HAYASHI
just won the WPW TELEVISION TITLE! KAZ
HAYASHI is the *NEW* WPW Television Champion! WINNER: Kaz Hayashi in 5:18. Rating: *** (Kaz Hayashi won the WPW Television Title.) Afterwards, Malenko rolled out of the ring in disbelief
and grabbed the WPW Television Title and rolled back in. Malenko handed the title over to Hayashi and
shook his hand. Malenko then left the
ring as Hayashi celebrated with his newly won title! Backstage: -A silver Dodge Viper sped up to the arena, stopped and
out stepped Goldberg as we saw him arrive to the building... Match #2: T&A v. The Acolytes. "Shock" by Fear Factory blared over
the loudspeakers as Trish Stratus led the team of T&A out to the ring. Then, "Ironman" by Black Sabbath
blared over the PA as The Acolytes made their way out to the ring. This was an all-power matchup between T&A
and The Acolytes. The four men went back
and forth with lots of brawling and stiff powerhouse moves. The end would come when Test and Bradshaw hit
a double big boot knocking eachother down.
Both crawled to their corners and tagged in their respective
partners. Albert ran at Faarooq with a
clothesline but Faarooq ducked, kicked Albert in the midsection and sent him
into the ropes. Bradshaw was up and The
Acolytes hit a Double Spinebuster on Albert.
Test came at them but Bradshaw kicked him then The Acolytes hit a Double
Team Power Bomb on Test and rolled him out of the ring. Faarooq made a cover on Albert for the one
... two ... thr ... TRISH puts Albert's foot on the ropes! Faarooq yelled at Trish on the outside then
Albert came from behind, spun around Faarooq and picked him up with a Gorilla
Press. Bradshaw came in and kicked
Albert causing Faarooq to fall down onto his feet. Bradshaw set up Albert and The Acolytes hit
the Stuff Powerbomb on Albert for the one, two, and THREE! The Acolytes take the win. WINNERS: The Acolytes in 3:40. Rating: *
"Surfacing" by Slipknot blasted over the loudspeakers as 'The
Crippler' Chris Benoit walked out to the ring and into the ring. Benoit took a microphone and was in a serious
mood as usual... Chris Benoit:
"I'd like to take a few moments to talk about the latest turncoat
here in World Professional Wrestling, Ken Shamrock. It seems to be the trend around here to
befriend someone then stab them in the back.
Shamrock, I thought you were OK with the fact that we had a great match
at King Of Kings but The Crippler came out on top. I guess you couldn't handle the fact that you
came up on the short end. Instead of
challenging me like a man and asking for a rematch you chose the low road, you
aligned yourself with the maniacial, egotistical owner of WPW, Mick Foley. You've proven yourself to be nothing more then
a coward and you've ruined your reputation in my eyes but that doesn't mean
that you're going to get off easy for costing me my shot at the
Intercontinental Championship. Shamrock,
you want to prove to the world that you can beat 'The Crippler' then step up,
I'm giving you the opportunity to come out here like a man and face me..."
"Stress" by Godsmack blared over the PA as Ken Shamrock
stepped out of the entrance with a microphone... Ken Shamrock:
"Chris, before you get all worked up I accept your challenge for a
match here tonight but it won't be a singles match, no, it'll be a Six Man Tag
Team match. Myself, Kurt Angle and
Triple H, a dream team against you, Chris Jericho and Sting. That's the way it's going to be Chris because
that's my way. Benoit, ever since you
won the King Of Kings by a fluke victory over 'The Worlds Most Dangerous Man'
all the talk has been about Chris Benoit, all the rave has been about Chris
Benoit, and that victory shot you up the card but what about Ken Shamrock? The world seemed to forget about me and
forget that if it was a three second difference then it would've been me with
all the hype and spotlight not you. You
got it all, I got nothing and now I'm taking my fair share of the
spotlight." Chris Benoit:
"SHUT UP! I've heard enough
of your whining Ken Shamrock. I'm giving
you the opportunity to prove yourself one on one but you've passed. Sooner or later, your whining will stop and
you'll face me one on one and I'll show you once again that The Crippler is the
best technical wrestler in the WPW and I dare you to try and prove me
wrong." Benoit's music played as Shamrock left and the fans
cheered for Benoit, later tonight it'll be Ken Shamrock, Kurt Angle and Triple
H against Chris Benoit, Sting and Chris Jericho... Backstage: -Steve Blackman was shown warming up with his fighting
sticks while Al Snow was mumbling to Head about something... Match #3: Al Snow & Steve Blackman v. The Unholy
Alliance. "What Is Fight
Club?" by Dust Brothers brought the team of Al Snow and Steve Blackman out
to the ring first. Then,
"Bombtrack" by Rage Against The Machine blared over the PA as the
Sinister Minister led his Unholy Alliance of Tajiri and Mikey Whipwreck out to
the ring. The two teams would use a lot
of kicks and submission maneuvers in this match as it went back and forth. The end would see Whipwreck go for a
frankenmikey on Snow but Snow countered it with a power bomb. Snow then went for the Snow Plow but
Whipwreck dropped out and hit the WHIPPERSNAPPER out of nowhere! Whipwreck made the cover while Tajiri nailed
Blackman with a spinning thrust kick.
Whipwreck got the one, two, and three!
The Unholy Alliance are victorious. WINNERS: The Unholy Alliance in 4:41. Rating: * 1/4 After the match, Blackman grabbed his kendo stick and
swung at Tajiri but he ducked. Blackman
swung at Whipwreck and nailed him in the head.
The Jung Dragons' Kaz Hayashi, Jinsei Shinzaki and Tatsuhito Takaiwa
rushed into the ring and started brawling with Snow and Blackman while The
Unholy Alliance left towards the back.
The Jung Dragons and Snow & Blackman were going back and forth until
DEAN MALENKO ran out with a chair and nailed KAZ HAYASHI! Malenko then hit Shinzaki with the chair
while Blackman laid out Takaiwa with a kendo stick shot. Malenko, Snow and Blackman stomped on the
three Jung Dragons then left the ring.
Has Dean Malenko joined forces with Al Snow and Steve Blackman? Backstage: -Michael Cole got some comments from Kidman about his
match tonight against Goldberg. Kidman
said that he proved himself when he retired 'The Nature Boy' and that Goldberg
is overrated. Kidman said that Goldberg
got lucky last week against Ken Shamrock but his luck runs out tonight. Match #4: Eddy Guerrero v. Masato Tanaka. "La Raza" sounded over the PA as
the leader of the Latino World Order, Eddy Guerrero made his way out to the
ring for our next matchup. Then, 'D A N
G U N' brought Masato Tanaka out to the ring.
This would be a solid match between Guerrero and Tanaka as the lucha and
Japanese styles clashed. The closing
moments of the match would see Masato Tanaka hit a Diamond Dust on
Guerrero. This brought Papi Chulo out to
the ring. Chulo distracted the referee
while Juvy came out with a chair. Juvy tosses
the chair to Eddy! Tanaka ... ROARING
ELBOW! Tanaka nailed the Roaring Elbow
driving the chair into Guerrero's face!
Tanaka makes the cover for the one ... two ... THREE! MASATO TANAKA takes the victory! Guerrero isn't going to be too pleased about
this... WINNER: Masato Tanaka in 5:44. Rating: *** 1/4 Backstage: -Michael Cole got some comments from Da Man himself,
Goldberg. Goldberg said that Kidman was
nothing more then a little punk and he'd take him out with ease. Goldberg said that at Manchester Massacre if
his team wins he wants five minutes alone in the ring with Mick Foley... Match #5: The Hardy Boyz (c) v. Jung Dragons - WPW World
Tag Team Titles. "Somebody
Someone" by KoRn blared over the PA as Jinsei Shinzaki and Tatsuhito
Takaiwa of the Jung Dragons made their way out to the ring first. Then, "Break Stuff" by Limp Bizkit
blared over the loudspeakers as the popular WPW World Tag Team Champions, The
Hardy Boyz made their way out to the ring for a title defense. This would be a tremendous matchup as there
was lots of great tag team and mat wrestling combined with daredevil moves by
Jeff Hardy and Shinzaki. At several
points during the match we saw Juventud Guerrera and Papi Chulo watching the
match on a monitor while Eddy Guerrero was yelling at them. The closing moments of the match would see
Matt Hardy and Tatsuhito Takaiwa going at it.
Takaiwa went for the Takaiwa Driver but Hardy dropped down the back and
hit a reverse DDT! Takaiwa rolled to the
outside but Matt Hardy went up to the top rope and hit a moonsault bodyblock on
Takaiwa on the outside. Jinsei Shinzaki
then entered the ring and nailed the SPACE FLYING TIGER DROP onto Matt Hardy on
the outside! Jeff Hardy then got into
the ring and ran leaping onto Shinzaki with a running Swanton Bomb
plancha! Matt Hardy would roll Takaiwa
into the ring and go up top for a moonsault but Takaiwa rolled out of the
ring. Takaiwa then started the Endless
Powerbomb but on the third power bomb, Hardy dropped out with a DDT! Both men were down! Jeff Hardy caught Shinzaki with a guardrail
run lariat on the outside then went up top and hit the SWANTON BOMB on
Takaiwa! Matt Hardy rolled over and
covered Takaiwa for the one ... two ... THREE!
The Hardy Boyz *RETAIN* the WPW World Tag Team Titles in a great match
against the Jung Dragons! WINNERS: The Hardy Boyz in 6:36. Rating: *** 3/4 (The Hardy Boyz retained the WPW World Tag Team Titles.) Match #6: Brian Christopher v. Scotty Taylor. "Full Of Hell" by Entombed blared
over the loudspeakers as Trish Stratus led Brian Christopher out to the ring
for this grudge match. Then,
"Country Grammar" by Nelly blared over the PA as Scotty "Too
Hotty" Taylor walked out of the entrance.
Scotty threw down his hat and rushed into the ring starting the brawl
with his former tag team partner. This
was an intense match as the former Too Cool got it on for the second time. At Battle Ground it was Brian Christopher
getting a sneaky win over Taylor. The
end of this match would see Christopher hit a full nelson faceslam on Scotty
then go up top. Christopher came off
with the Tennessee Jam but Taylor rolled out of the ring. Both men got to their feet and Taylor blocked
Brian's punches and returned with some of his own then Christopher would go for
a clothesline but Taylor ducked and hit a faceslam. Taylor then hit the WORM on Christopher but
Trish Stratus came up on the apron.
Christopher went to the outside and brought a chair into the ring. Christopher hit Taylor with a superkick then
went for a piledriver on the chair but Taylor counters it with a
slingshot! Christopher hits the
turnbuckle and stumbles around and DDT on the chair by Scotty! Taylor kicked the chair out then went over to
Trish and kissed her! Taylor headed up
top and Trish tried to push him but the referee stopped her. Taylor came off and nailed the Diving DDT on
Christopher for the one ... two ... THREE!
Scotty Taylor has gained his revenge on Brian Christopher! WINNER: Scotty Taylor in 5:28. Rating: ** Afterwards, Trish Stratus came into the ring and slapped
Taylor in the face. Taylor grabbed
Stratus by the hair but Christopher came from behind and hit a release german
suplex. Christopher followed that up
with the Tennessee Jam on his former partner.
Christopher spat on Taylor then left with Trish. "One More
Road" by DMX blared over the loudspeakers as Booker T made his way out to
the ring to a big pop from the crowd.
Booker T had a serious look on his face and took a microphone once he
was in the ring.. Booker T:
"WHAT'S UP?! I'm gonna make
this quick'n'easy and keep the lingo real simple because the matter at hand is
very simple. Last week, Elite, you
jumped on Booker T's back and that's something you don't do. You shoulda known that I ain't just gonna
take it and go home, I'm gonna come back and all up in yo face. So what I'm saying is, Ultimate Survival
Match at the Pay-Per-View, I don't care how, I WANT IN!"
"Awesome" by Reckless Fortune then cut in over the
loudspeakers as Mike Awesome walked out of the entrance and into the ring with
a microphone... Mike Awesome:
"Booker T, it looks like we have something in common, you want 'The
Elite' and after the last few weeks, I want 'The Elite' and I want in the
Ultimate Survival Match!" 'Sprach
Zarathustra' sounded as the commissioner, 'The Nature Boy' Ric Flair walked out
onto the stage with a microphone... Ric Flair:
"It looks like the ol' Commissioner isn't useless after all. Both of you two have a good case for wanting
a piece of 'The Elite' but the fact of the matter is that there's no space to
compete in that match but I'm going continue a current trend in WPW, the guest
referee trend. At Manchester Massacre,
I'm going to put Booker T against Mike Awesome and the winner goes on to
referee the Main Event. That's the best
I can do, guys." Booker T: "If
that's the best you can do then all I gotta say is, Mike Awesome, it's gonna be
on like a neckbone at Manchester Massacre cause Booker T is going to be the
Special Guest Referee, dig it?" Mike Awesome:
"We'll see, Booker T, we'll see..." Match #7: Ken Shamrock & Triple H & Kurt Angle v.
Chris Benoit & Chris Jericho & Sting.
"Stress" by Godsmack blared over the loudspeakers as The
Elite's 'Worlds Most Dangerous Man' Ken Shamrock, the WPW World Heavyweight
Champion 'The Game' Triple H, and the WPW Intercontinental Champion Kurt Angle
made their way out to the ring. Then,
"Surfacing" by Slipknot blasted through the loudspeakers as their
opponents, 'The Crippler' Chris Benoit, 'Y2J' Chris Jericho and Sting made
their way out to the ring. This match
was setup by Shamrock and Benoit earlier in the evening. The closing moments of the match would see
Chris Benoit and Kurt Angle going at it.
Angle went for a belly-to-belly but Benoit countered with a northern
lights suplex. Triple H came in and
broke it up. Y2J then came in and
clotheslined Triple H out of the ring.
Jericho went out to the apron and ran down hitting HHH with a
lariat. Benoit then hit a german suplex
on Angle but Shamrock came in and broke it up.
Sting came in and joined the frey.
Benoit hit the Foleyish clothesline over-the-top on Shamrock. Benoit and Shamrock brawled on the outside
while Sting went to work on Angle on the inside. Sting went for a clothesline but Angle ducked
and dumped Sting out! Shamrock had a
chair and went to hit Benoit on the outside but Benoit ducked and Shamrock hit
the ringpost. Benoit rolled into the
ring but Shamrock nailed him from behind with the chair! Angle then hit the ANGLEPLEX on Benoit and
made the cover ... ONE! ... TWO! ... THREE!
Kurt Angle has pinned Benoit! WINNERS: The Elite in 7:10. Rating: ** 1/2 Shamrock rolled in and kept working over Benoit until
Sting came in and took care of Angle allowing Benoit to go one on one with
Shamrock. Triple H and Y2J continued to
brawl on the outside... WPW officials unloaded into the ring as Mick Foley walked
out onto the stage with a microphone.. Mick Foley:
"Chris Jericho, Chris Benoit, Sting, the three of you are now
BANNED from the arena for the remainder of the show! Go home!
You've proven yourselves to be sore losers after The Elite just beat
your asses in the middle of the ring!
Get out of my arena!" Ric Flair would then come on the big screen... Ric Flair: "I
agree, Mick, those three should be thrown out of the arena tonight because we
can't have uncontrolled brawls like that but if we're throwing Benoit, Jericho
and Sting out then we may as well be fair so I'm going to throw Triple H, Kurt
Angle and Ken Shamrock out of the building as well! WHOOOOOOOOOOO!" WPW officials and security escorted the six men out of
the building as we went to a commercial, the Main Event is next... Main Event: Kidman v. Goldberg. "Rollin'" by Limp Bizkit blared
over the loudspeakers as soon Kidman would emerge from the entrance and make
his way out to the ring. Kidman would
get into the ring and take a microphone, "Goldberg, Ric Flair may have
thrown The Elite out of the arena but I don't need anyone to beat your ass here
tonight so Goldberg, bring whatever you've got because this kid ain't
playin'!" With that, "INVASION..." hit as Goldberg made his way
out to the ring to a big pop from the crowd.
With The Elite and Benoit/Jericho/Sting thrown out of the arena it would
be one on one. Kidman would use some of
his underhanded tricks to gain the advantage over Goldberg and then use his
quick offense to keep it while Goldberg countered with his tremendous intensity
and power. Kidman showed to a lot of
people that he can 'hang' with Goldberg geting several near falls on Da
Man. The closing moments of the match
would see Goldberg try to whip Kidman into the ropes but Kidman reversed it
then caught Goldberg with a spinebuster bomb for the one ... two ... THR .. KICKOUT! Kidman demanded a faster count then set up
Goldberg for a swinging bulldog!
Goldberg throws Kidman off and lines him up ... SPEAR~! MISSES~! Kidman leapfrogged the spear! Kidman nails the swinging bulldog on Goldberg
and goes up top ... Goldberg is too far away for the Shooting Star Press so
Kidman comes off with the Flying Elbowdrop!
It connects! Kidman covers ...
ONE! TWO! THR ... NO! Goldberg got a
shoulder up! Kidman then again demanded
a faster count! Kidman grabbed
Goldberg's leg and let out a 'Whoooo!' mocking our Commissioner. Kidman went for a figure four leglock but
SMALL PACKAGE by Goldberg! ONE! TWO! THR .. NO!
Kidman got a shoulder up! Both
men are up and Kidman tries to send Goldberg into the ropes, Goldberg reverses
in and SPEAR! Goldberg hit it this
time! Goldberg quickly picks up Kidman
and JACKHAMMER! Goldberg makes the cover
... ONE ... TWO ... THREE! Goldberg
narrowly gets the win over Kidman! WINNER: Goldberg in 7:05. Rating: ** 1/4 The program closed with a victorious Goldberg, we'll see
you next week on WPW Sunday Night... ==-==-==-==-==-==-== WPW News & Notes-: ==-==-==-==-==-==-== -In the Dark Match, Shinya Hashimoto from New Japan
Pro-Wrestling defeated former Ultimate Fighting Championship fighter, Mark
Kerr. Hashimoto got the win with a
Vertical Drop DDT. Hashimoto is in the
US doing some promo work and wanted to wrestle while Kerr is looking to break
into pro-wrestling. WPW is undecided
whether they want either man full-time. -The Acolytes resigned for 40 cards... -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 |