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WPW Sunday Night on ESPN2 - November 26 / 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... 'ONE! TWO! ZIS
ON?!' sounded to open up the show as the WPW World Heavyweight Champion, 'The
Game' Triple H and the WPW Intercontinental Champion, Kurt Angle emerged from
the entrance and headed out to the ring where Triple H would take a
microphone... Triple H: "Oh
how the mighty have fallen, Goldberg, Chris Jericho, I thought the two of you
were on the same page? But after last
week I somehow doubt that after Goldberg speared Chris Jericho in the middle of
the ring that you two would be buddy-buddy.
All of a sudden, Holiday Hell just swayed more in favor of The Game
because no longer will it be a two-on-one assault but what it's intended to be,
a Three Way Dance. However, there's not
going to be any dancing or any fun come Holiday Hell, it's going to be just
that PURE HELL for you Goldberg and you, Chris Jericho because as much as you
two want this belt? You can't have it
because you can't beat me and you won't beat me because I am THE GAME because
I'm simply that DAMN GOOD!" Kurt Angle:
"People, please, save your applause until after your Olympic Hero
has spoken. Thank you. As it appears your Intercontinental Champion
will be defending his belt at Holiday Hell against Booker T. Booker T, here's a guy that I've beaten not
once but twice on Pay-Per-View. Here's a
guy that I've proved time and time again doesn't belong in the ring with an
Olympic Gold Medalist and American Hero.
And Booker, if you so dare as to mention my mother again then I will not
be held responsible for my actions, I won't, it's true. And come Holiday Hell, the drama will be just
how many seconds it takes for me to pin your shoulders to the mat and retain my
Intercontinental Championship and that is TRUE!" Triple H: "As
for tonight, I thought that being the giving man that I am, I'd like to give
you fans a preview of the beating that Goldberg and Chris Jericho are going to
receive at Holiday Hell so tonight, I want a Tag Team Three Way Dance. In one corner, it will be The Game and Kurt
Angle, in another, Goldberg and a partner and in the third, Y2Jack-off and a
partner. Once again The Elite will do what
we always do and that is reign supreme and NO ONE can stop us, not Jericho, not
Goldberg, NO ONE!" We then headed
to the announcers position with Scott Hudson and Jerry "The King"
Lawler. Hudson and Lawler hyped the show
saying that Commissioner Ric Flair has several big annoucements later tonight
plus a whole ton of action here tonight on WPW Sunday Night... Opening Match: Al Snow v. Scotty Taylor. "What Is Fight Club?" by Dust
Brothers brought Al Snow out to the ring first.
Then, "Country Grammar" by Nelly blared over the PA as Scotty
"Too Hotty" Taylor headed out to the ring. Snow and Taylor went back and forth mainly on
the mat. The ending would see Al Snow go
for a clothesline but Scotty ducked and hit a faceslam. Scotty then hit the WORM on Snow for the
one...two...THR...kickout! Taylor argued
with the referee about the count then turned around and got caught with a
superkick from Snow. Snow then locked
Taylor in a Cross Arm Scissors. Taylor
writhed in pain but got to the ropes.
Snow picked up Taylor and went for the Snow Plow but Taylor countered it
with a small package for two. Taylor got
up first and hit a side russian legsweep on Snow. Taylor picked up Snow and hit the Hip Hop
Drop (Meltdown) for the one, two, and three!
Scotty Taylor picks up a strong win... WINNER: Scotty Taylor in 3:31. Rating: ** We cut outside of
the arena where Goldberg was shown arriving to the arena... Match #2: T&A v. The Lowdown. "Shock" by Fear Factory blasted
over the loudspeakers as Trish Stratus led her team of T&A down to the
ring. Then, "Hip Hop" by Dead
Prez brought out The Lowdown of D'Lo and Chaz to the ring in a rematch from
last week. T&A controlled most of
this match with their power offense. The
ending would see Chaz attempt an Inverted DVD on Albert but Albert dropped down
the back and hit his delayed double underhook suplex. Albert made the tag to Test. Test went up top and came off with the Flying
Elbowdrop but Chaz rolled out of the way.
Chaz tagged in D'Lo and took Test up top. Chaz hit the superplex then D'Lo came off
with the 'Lo Down but Test rolled out of the way! Test made the tag to Albert. Albert kicked Chaz in the face then Test
picked up D'Lo with a torture rack and Albert dropped him off with a neckbreaker
for the one ... two ... THREE! T&A
get back on the winning path with a win over Lowdown. WINNERS: T&A in 3:29. Rating: * "La
Raza" sounded over the loudspeakers as the Latino World Order; Eddy
Guerrero, Chavo Guerrero Jr., Juventud Guerrera, and Papi Chulo all headed out
to the ring where Eddy would take a microphone... Eddy Guerrero:
"Masato Tanaka, you crossed the line, esay. You cost the Latino World Order two important
matches last week, man and I'm sure as hell not gonna stand for it! I ain't gonna sit for it or especially lay
down for it! Masato Tanaka, here's the
way it's going to be. Your going to
bring your ass to Holiday Hell with whatever schmuck you can find to team with
you and face myself, Eddy Guerrero and my nephew, Chavito Guerrero Jr. in a tag
team match to settle this thing once and for all. Esay, I'm SICK and TIRED of your attacks and
if it means putting you in a wheel chair to make you stop, then so be it!" Match #3: Dean Malenko (c) v. Kaz Hayashi - WPW
Television Title. "Change" by
Deftones sounded over the PA as the WPW Television Champion, 'The Shooter' Dean
Malenko made his way out to the ring for a title defense against the former
champion. "Somebody Someone"
by KoRn brought the former champ, Kaz Hayashi of the Jung Dragons out to the
ring. This was another good match in a
series between these two men, close as usual.
The ending would see Malenko nail Hayashi with a leg lariat for a two
count. Malenko took Hayashi up top and
nailed a gutbuster for another near fall.
Malenko then took Hayashi back up top for a superplex but Kaz shoved
Malenko down. Kaz jumped off with a
flying frankensteiner but Malenko blocked it and turned it into a tiger driver
for the one ... two ... THREE! Dean
Malenko retains the WPW Television Title. WINNER: Dean Malenko in 5:14. Rating: *** 1/2 (Dean Malenko retained the WPW Television Title.) We cut outside of
the arena where 'Y2J' Chris Jericho was shown arriving to the arena... Match #4: Latino World Order v. Jung Dragons. "La Raza" hit as Juventud Guerrera
and Papi Chulo of the Latino World Order headed out to the ring. Then, "Somebody Someone" by KoRn
brought out Jinsei Shinzaki and Tatsuhito Takaiwa of the Jung Dragons. This would be a very good fast paced tag team
match between two of the top teams in WPW.
The closing moments of the match would see Papi Chulo attempt a
Moonsault on Takaiwa but Takaiwa got the knees up. Takaiwa then went for the Takaiwa Driver but
Juvy came in and dropkicked Takaiwa in the knees. Papi fell down the back and hit a reverse
DDT. Papi and Takaiwa crawled over to
their corners and made tags. Juvy ran at
Shinzaki but got caught with a thrust kick!
Shinzaki then set up Juvy for the Praying Power Bomb and DDT counter by
Juvy! JUVY DRIVER! ONE! TWO! THREE! The LWO pulls out the win over the Jung
Dragons! WINNERS: Latino World Order in 5:12. Rating: ** 1/2 'Sprach
Zarathustra...' With the sound of that familiar music the Commissioner of
World Professional Wrestling, 'Nature Boy' Ric Flair walked out of the entrance
and headed into the ring where he took the microphone... Ric Flair:
"Ya know, some nights as Commissioner I get to sit back, have a few
cold ones and enjoy the show but tonight as we're just over two weeks away from
Holiday Hell live on Pay-Per-View, I've got some business to take care of. The first order of business is to officially
sign, seal and announce a few matches for the show. In a Street Fight, The Unholy Alliance will
face off against The Acolytes. There
will be no rules and these two teams will find out who is the toughest. Next, there's been a lot of speculation as to
whom will get a World Tag Team Titles shot and it's been a tough decision but
I've narrowed it down to two so we're going to have ourselves a Three Way Dance
for the titles with The Hardy Boyz defending against the Jung Dragons' Jinsei
Shinzaki & Tatsuhito Takaiwa and the Latino World Order's Juventud Guerrera
& Papi Chulo. Now I move onto a
match proposed last week, 'The Crippler' Chris Benoit and 'The Worlds Most
Dangerous Man' Ken Shamrock settling their feud inside of the Lion's Den. When I heard this I thought to myself, this
is going to be bloody, this is going to be physically demanding, this going to
be hell for each man and neither may be the same after it so I thought to
myself, would the fans of WPW want it any other way? I didn't think so, so I signed the
match! Benoit, Shamrock, each of you
need to announce a cornerman and you need to do that right about now!" Ken Shamrock
appears on the big screen... Ken Shamrock:
"Ric Flair, as long-winded as you are, you finally did something
right and signed Chris Benoit's career away.
Benoit, your career is in my hands when you step into my world. As far as my corner goes, that's easy, the
man that has guided my career over the past months, the man that is the driving
force behind The Elite, the owner of WPW, MICK FOLEY!"
"Surfacing" by Slipknot then blasted through the loudspeakers
as 'The Crippler' Chris Benoit headed out of the entrance and into the ring
where he got a microphone... Ric Flair:
"Chris, Shamrock has named Mick Foley as his cornerman, now it's
your turn. How do you plan on
counteracting Foley?" Chris Benoit:
"That's simple, Ric. I've
picked a man that is the greatest of all-time.
A man that has helped guide my career and has done a tremendous amount
to help counteract the power of The Elite.
A man that holds as much clout in WPW as Foley and that man, is 'The
Man' and 'The Man' is you Ric Flair..." Ric Flair:
"Haha ... WHOOOOO! Me? Ric Flair?
In your corner? WHOOOO! Sounds
like a plan, Benoit, sounds like a damn good plan if you ask me, pal. Mick Foley, if you had any intentions on
screwing around with this match, well you better watch yourself because 'The
Nature Boy' will be watching your every move, pal. As for tonight, I know the two of you can't
wait to tear eachother apart so tonight Chris Benoit you will team up with
Sting to face Ken Shamrock and Kidman! WHOOOO!
I'm Ric Flair! He's Chris
Benoit! WHOOOOO! Shamrock, Foley, you're finished! WHOOOOO!" Match #5: The Hardy Boyz (c) v. Latino World Order - WPW
World Tag Team Titles. "La
Raza" hit as Eddy Guerrero and Chavo Guerrero Jr. of the Latino World
Order headed out to the ring. Then,
"Break Stuff" by Limp Bizkit brought out the WPW World Tag Team
Champions, The Hardy Boyz to the ring. A
high flying encounter between these two daredevil teams. The closing moments of the match would see
The Hardyz go for the Poetry In Motion on Eddy but Guerrero dodged out of the
corner. Eddy tossed Jeff out of the ring
then caught Matt with a lariat. Eddy hit
a brain buster on Matt then went up top for the Frog Splash but saw Masato
Tanaka coming out of the entrance. Matt
got up and crotched Eddy up top. Matt
tagged in Jeff. Matt hit a superplex on
Eddy then Jeff came off with the SWANTON BOMB!
Chavo tried to come in but Masato Tanaka tripped him up as the referee
counted the three. WINNERS: The Hardy Boyz in 5:16. Rating: *** 1/4 (The Hardy Boyz retained the WPW World Tag Team Titles.) After the match, Juventud Guerrera and Papi Chulo hit the
ring and jumped Tanaka rolling him into the ring. The four LWO guys then turned their attack to
The Hardy Boyz laying out the World Tag Team Champions. The LWO continued the assualt until Masato
Tanaka and The Hardy Boyz were left laying in the ring... Backstage: -Michael Cole got some comments from Goldberg about who's
going to be his tag team partner later.
Goldberg said it was an accident that he speared Jericho but it put
Jericho out and come Holiday Hell or tonight, he won't hesitate to do the
same. Goldberg said he's never asked for
any help before and he's not starting tonight so unless someone wants to step
up then he'll go it alone. BOOKER T
would then walk in and told Goldberg that he's found himself a partner because
wherever Kurt Angle is, Booker T will be and Booker wants his hands on Angle at
any price. Match #6: Tajiri v. Bradshaw. "Bombtrack" by Rage Against The
Machine blared over the PA as 'The Japanese Buzzsaw' Tajiri made his way out
along with Sinister Minister. Then,
"Iron Man" by Black Sabbath blasted through the loudspeakers as
Bradshaw of The Acolytes came out to the ring.
The Acolytes and Unholy Alliance's ongoing feud continues here and at
Holiday Hell in a Street Fight. Tajiri
and Bradshaw traded shots back and forth with Tajiri using his kicks on
Bradshaw while Bradshaw countered with his hard blows. The ending would see Tajiri hits kicks to the
legs of Bradshaw weakening him then went for a Brain Buster but Bradshaw
blocked it and hit a suplex on Tajiri.
Bradshaw then went for the Clothesline From Hell but Tajiri ducked out
of the way! Bradshaw turned around and
caught Tajiri with the Clothesline From Hell anyways and made the cover for the
one ... two ... thr ... Sinister Minister pulls out the referee and knocks him
out! Mikey Whipwreck ran in with a chain
on his hand and went to work on Bradshaw until FAAROOQ ran into the ring and
cleared it of The Unholy Alliance!!! WINNER: Bradshaw in 3:06. Rating: ** 1/4 Backstage: -Michael Cole got some comments from Chris Jericho about
who he's going to get as his tag team partner.
Jericho told Mitchell Cole to shut up and mind his own business. Jericho said that after he got speared and
Pedigree'd last week, he did some thinking and he thinks that he remembers two
occasions where Goldberg was on his back and Y2J was declared the winner. Y2J also remembers having Triple H down for
the count on numerous occasions. As for
tonight, Jericho said he's found himself a partner, an equalizer, and an old
friend but we're just going to have to wait to see who it is. Match #7: Ken Shamrock & Kidman v. Chris Benoit &
Sting. "Stress" by Godsmack
blared over the PA as The Elite's 'The Worlds Most Dangerous Man' Ken Shamrock
and Kidman made their way out to the ring first along with Mick Foley. Then, "Surfacing" by Slipknot
blasted through the loudspeakers as 'The Crippler' Chris Benoit and Sting
headed out together for this tag team matchup.
Shamrock and Benoit will face in a Lion's Den match at Holiday Hell
while Kidman will face Sting in a 2 out of 3 Falls match at the show. A solid match between the two men. The closing moments of the match would see
Shamrock go for a belly-to-belly suplex but Benoit blocked it with a headbutt
then hit rolling german suplexes on Shamrock and got a two count on the
third. Benoit then locked on the
Crippler Crossface but Foley jumped up on the apron and distracted the referee. This brought out RIC FLAIR! Flair got in Foley's face and the two
exchanged words. While this was going
on, Kidman grabbed a chair from ringside and blasted Benoit in the back of the
head. Sting chased Kidman out of the
ring and up the ramp. The referee turned
around as Shamrock covered Benoit for the one, two, and THREE! WINNERS: The Elite in 7:07. Rating: ** 1/2 Afterwards, Shamrock and Foley backed up the ramp
victorious while Flair checked on Benoit in the ring... Main Event: Triple H & Kurt Angle v. Goldberg &
Booker T v. Chris Jericho & ???.
'ONE! TWO! ZIS ON?!' sounded as the WPW World Heavyweight Champion, 'The
Game' Triple H and the WPW Intercontinental Champion, 'The Olympic Gold
Medalist' Kurt Angle of The Elite made their way out to the ring. 'INVASION...' hit as Goldberg and Booker T
made their way out to the ring. The
Elite cleared out as Goldberg and Booker T came into the ring. The lights went down and we counted down into
'Break Down The Walls' as "Y2J" Chris Jericho walked out of the
entrance and to the ring. Jericho got up
on the apron facing the entrance and pointed as "Awesome" by Reckless
Fortune blasted over the PA and MIKE AWESOME headed out as Jericho's
partner. It was Y2J that brought Mike
Awesome into WPW. Goldberg shoved
Jericho off the apron to the floor then Triple H and Kurt Angle jumped Goldberg
and Booker T to kick off the match. This
would be an intense three way with the crowd on their feet for most of it as
six of the biggest stars in WPW were in one ring. The closing moments of the match would see
Booker T and Kurt Angle going at it.
Angle took Booker up top for a belly-to-belly superplex but Booker T
shoved Angle down to the canvas then came off with a Missile Dropkick! Both men were down and crawled towards their
corners making hot tags to Triple H and Goldberg. Triple H caught Goldberg with a high
knee. Angle stomped on Goldberg then
Booker T pulled him out of the ring and the two brawled. Triple H then went for the Pedigree on
Goldberg but Goldberg countered it with a backdrop. Goldberg got into a corner and waited on
Triple H to get up. As he did Jericho
made a blind tag. Goldberg drilled
Triple H with the SPEAR! Jericho came in
and hit a Lionsault on Triple H then locked him in the Walls Of Jericho! Mike Awesome nailed a confused Goldberg with
an Awesome Lariat then jumped onto him with a running tope! Triple H tried to hold on but was in too much
pain and TAPPED OUT! Chris Jericho has
made the World Champion tap out! Jericho
and Awesome are your winners! WINNERS: Chris Jericho and Mike Awesome in 9:19. Rating: ** 1/2 The show ended with Angle and Booker T brawling, Awesome
and Goldberg brawling while Jericho had his hand raised victorious over Triple
H in the ring... ==-==-==-==-==-==-== WPW News & Notes-: ==-==-==-==-==-==-== -Ric Flair resigned for 52 cards... -WPW is planning an awards show on December 8th... -WPW has Holiday Hell on December 9th. The tentative line-up includes; WPW World Heavyweight Title Match-: Triple H (c) vs. Chris Jericho vs. Goldberg Lion's Den Match-: Ken Shamrock (w/Mick Foley) vs. Chris Benoit (w/Ric
Flair) WPW Intercontinental Title Match-: Kurt Angle (c) vs. Booker T WPW World Tag Team Titles Match-: The Hardy Boyz (c) vs. Latino World Order vs. Jung
Dragons 2/3 Falls Match-: Sting vs. Kidman Mystery Partner Match-: Masato Tanaka & ??? vs. Eddy Guerrero & Chavo
Guerrero Jr. Street Fight: The Unholy Alliance vs. The Acolytes |