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WPW Startime Saturday - December 30 / 2000 -==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==- "Machines Of
Hate" by Fear Factory played in the background of a short fast paced
montage of WPW action to open the show.
Michael Cole and Stevie Ray opened the show up. Cole and Stevie Ray ran down what we're going
to see tonight one week away from WPW Power Struggle live on pay-per-view. Tonight on Startime Saturday, Chaz faces Jamie
Howard, Tatsuhito Takaiwa of Jung Dragons faces Chavo Guerrero Jr of the LWO,
The Acolytes face Al Snow & Steve Blackman and in our Main Event Masato
Tanaka and Albert will go at it in a Falls Count Anywhere match... Opening Match: Chaz v. Jamie Howard. "Hip Hop" by Dead Prez blared over
the PA as Chaz of The Lowdown made his way out to the ring for our first
matchup. Then, "Push It" by
Static X brought his opponent Jamie Howard out to the ring. Howard started off whipping Chaz into the ropes
and hitting a vertical facebuster then nailing Chaz with a dropkick. Howard sent Chaz into the ropes but Chaz
nailed him with a shoulderblock. Chaz
went for a clothesline but Howard ducked and hit a legsweep on Chaz. Howard went for a back suplex but Chaz blocked
it and nailed Howard with a DDT. This
match continued until Chaz nailed an inverted atomic drop on Howard then went
for the Inverted DVD but Howard dropped down and hit a northern lights suplex
for two. Howard went up top but Chaz
caught up with him and went up for the Superplex but Howard hit a few shots and
shoved Chaz down then nailed the Flying Dropkick, cradled up Chaz and got the
three count. Afterwards, Chaz was
impressed and shook hands with the young Jamie Howard. WINNER: Jamie Howard in 4:10. Rating: 1/2* We went to a
highlight package reviewing what went down last week on WPW Sunday Night. The show opened with a strong statement from
Mick Foley laying the groundwork for the night's show setting up matches to
send a message of his power to Ric Flair.
Dean Malenko beat Jinsei Shinzaki in the opening match. T&A called out Mike Awesome and Masato
Tanaka with childish insults and claimed that they are the toughest tag team in
WPW. Scotty Taylor retained the WPW
Television Title over D'Lo Brown. Mike
Awesome beat Test in singles action after some mistimed interference from
Albert. Chris Jericho bad mouthed Mick
Foley and Kidman before his match then took on Kidman. Kurt Angle interfered allowing Kidman to pick
up the win. Sting & The Hardy Boyz
beat Eddy Guerrero, Juvy Guerrera and Papi Chulo in a six man tag by DQ. Matt Hardy then brought a ladder into play
and made the World Tag Team Titles match at Power Struggle a Ladder Match. Kurt Angle gave a pre-match interview. Booker T retained the WPW Intercontinental
Championship over Kurt Angle with some interference from Chris Jericho. Booker T was then jumped in the back by The
Elite. We saw a video package on the
career of Ric Flair then a lengthly Flair interview hyping up his match against
Foley. Triple H and Ken Shamrock faced
off against Goldberg and Chris Benoit in the Main Event. Goldberg had Shamrock pinned when Mick Foley
pulled Charles Robinson out of the ring.
Triple H nailed Goldberg with a sledgehammer and a Pedigree for the
pin. Triple H then knocked out Benoit
with the sledgehammer. The Elite stood
srong to end the show... Match #2: Chavo Guerrero Jr. v. Tatsuhito Takaiwa. "La Raza" hit as Chavo Guerrero Jr.
of the Latino World Order made his way out to the ring first for our next
matchup. "Somebody Someone" by
KoRn sounded as Tatsuhito Takaiwa of the Jung Dragons came out to take on
Chavo. Chavo sent Takaiwa into the ropes
but Takaiwa came off with a lariat on Chavo.
Takaiwa hit some hard chops and kicks until Chavo caught a kick and hit
a dragon screw. Chavo went up top and
hit a moonsault bodyblock for two. Chavo
hit a few quick armdrags on Takaiwa then went for a clothesline but Takaiwa
turned it into a Death Valley Driver for a near fall. This match continued until Chavo hit a
frankensteiner on Takaiwa. Chavo
showboated instead of covering and Takaiwa caught him with a rolling kick. Takaiwa came off the ropes and hit a jumping
elbow thrust on Chavo for two. Takaiwa
then went for the Takaiwa Driver but Chavo slipped down the back and hit a
reverse DDT. Chavo pulled Takaiwa into
the corner and nailed the Tornado DDT for the one ... two ... THREE! Chavo Guerrero Jr. pulls out a win over
Tatsuhito Takaiwa in a good match. WINNER: Chavo Guerrero Jr. in 5:52. Rating: ** 3/4 We saw Faarooq
and Bradshaw, The Acolytes walking through the back as we headed to break... Match #3: Al Snow & Steve Blackman v. The
Acolytes. "What Is Fight
Club?" by Dust Brothers brought out the team of Al Snow and 'The Lethal
Weapon' Steve Blackman to the ring for our next matchup. Then, the crowd popped as "Ironman"
by Black Sabbath blasted through the loudspeakers and The Acolytes made their
way out to the ring. Snow and Blackman
attacked The Acolytes before the bell.
Snow and Blackman worked over The Acolytes for a few moments until Faarooq
and Bradshaw came back and cleared the ring of Snow then focused on
Blackman. Bradshaw left the ring as
Faarooq worked over Blackman. The match
cotninued back and forth for a few minutes with mainly brawling. The ending would see Al Snow hit a superkick
on Faarooq then went for an asai moonsault but Faarooq caught Snow and drove
him down with the Dominator. Faarooq
covered Snow and Bradshaw nailed Blackman with the Clothesline From Hell as
Faarooq got the three count. The
Acolytes are victorious... WINNERS: The Acolytes in 5:11. Rating: 1/2* We headed to the
WPW Control Center with Scott Hudson.
Scott Hudson had the complete card for WPW Power Struggle from MSG on
January 6th, 2000 barring any changes in the next week. Mike Awesome and Masato Tanaka will take on
T&A in a No Disqualifications Match.
The Unholy Alliance will face off against The Acolytes inside of a steel
cage. Sting will get Eddy Guerrero in a
grudge match. The Hardy Boyz defend the
WPW World Tag Team Titles against Juventud Guerrera and Papi Chulo in a Ladder
Match, Booker T defends the WPW Intercontinental Title against Kidman, Chris
Jericho will take on Kurt Angle in a Number One Contenders Match, we will go
live to Calgary Alberta Canada to see Chris Benoit against Ken Shamrock in a
Dungeon Match, Mick Foley and Ric Flair will battle for control of WPW, and
Triple H will defend the WPW World Heavyweight Title against Goldberg. Scott Hudson welcomed in The Unholy Alliance
and Sinister Minister to talk about their Steel Cage match with The
Acolytes. Sinister Minister did most of
the talking in his unique verbage.
Minister said that Whipwreck and Tajiri have come out of obscurity and
done the unthinkable, taken The Acolytes to the limit. Minister said that the final battle of this
war will be inside of an unforgiving steel cage. Minister said this isn't one of those cage
escape type matches, it'll be pinfalls or submissions. Minister stated that Mikey and Tajiri are
lethal and deadly, an Unholy Alliance that cannot be stopped. Minister said that after they dismantle and
destroy The Acolytes the next step is the World Tag Team Titles... Main Event: Albert v. Masato Tanaka - Falls Count
Anywhere. "Shock" by Fear
Factory blared over the PA as Albert came out to the ring alone in street
clothes. Then, "D A N G U N"
sounded as Masato Tanaka headed out for this Falls Count Anywhere match. Tanaka and Albert started out in the ring with
Tanaka taking control of the match.
Albert soon headed to the outside and rammed Tanaka into the
ringpost. Albert worked over Tanaka on
the outside. The two brawled into the
crowd a little bit then back into the ring, out of the ring, up the entrance
aisle then backstage. Albert and Tanaka
traded weapon shots backstage and near falls. Albert was in control and brought Tanaka back
through the curtain and went for an Albert Bomb on the stage but Tanaka
countered it with a kick down low.
Tanaka then went through the curtain and came back out with a
table. Tanaka set up the table then went
back to Albert but Albert nailed Tanaka then drilled him with the Albert Bomb
on the ramp! ONE! TWO! THR ... NO!
Albert pulled Tanaka up and pointed to the table. Albert went for the delayed double underhook
suplex but Tanaka dropped down in mid move then would german suplex Albert
through the table! Tanaka then nailed
Albert with a ROARING ELBOW and covered for the one ... two ... THREE! Tanaka scores the win over Albert! WINNERS: Masato Tanaka in 9:10. Rating: ** 3/4 Afterwards, Test ran out with a chair and smoked Tanaka
in the head knocking him down. Test
dragged Tanaka into the ring and hit a diving powerbomb. Test went up top for the Flying Elbow Drop
and nailed it. Mike Awesome charged into
the ring and traded fists with Test until Albert grabbed a chair and came in
from behind nailing Awesome. Test got
his chair and the two nailed Awesome in the head with both chairs knocking him
down and out! T&A have laid out Mike
Awesome and Masato Tanaka! We then would
look ahead to tommorow night on WPW Sunday Night, the final hype for WPW Power
Struggle. From what we understand all
the key players involved in Power Struggle will be in the house and a part of
WPW Sunday Night. After two weeks apart,
Ric Flair and Mick Foley will both be in the building. The only matches known are The Unholy
Alliance against T&A, Matt Hardy versus Papi Chulo and Jeff Hardy against
Juventud Guerrera. That's tommorow night
on the New Year's Eve edition of WPW Sunday Night... WPW Sunday Night on ESPN2 - December 31 / 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... 'Sprach
Zarathustra...' The crowd was up on their feet as the WPW Commissioner,
'Nature Boy' Ric Flair stepped through the curtain. Flair walked into the ring and took a
microphone... Ric Flair:
"WHOOOOOO! As much as it
pained me to sit at home last week. Mick
Foley came out here and proved me right.
Mick Foley came out here and screwed some people over. Mick Foley came out here and sent me a
message by making some matches. Well, Mick
Foley let me respond to your message with this, pal. Tonight, in the Main Event, we're going to
have ourselves a one on one matchup with 'The Olympic Gold Medalist' Kurt Angle
going against the challenger for the World Heavyweight Title at Power Struggle,
'Da Man' ... GOLDBERG! How's that for a
message, Foley? How's that? HOW IS THAT?! That is how I will run this
company when you are sitting at home on your ass. WHOOOO!" "Welcome To
The Fold" by Filter blared over the PA as Mick Foley stepped through the
curtain and walked right into the ring taking a microphone... Ric Flair:
"You're real tough with that restraining order, aren't ya,
Foley? Mick ... Foley ... What do you
want you worthless scumbag?" Mick Foley:
"You want to display power?" Ric Flair: "I
think I just did..." Mick Foley:
"Well I'll show you that I have exactly the same amount of power
that you do so in this match tonight with Kurt Angle against Goldberg, there
will be a special guest referee and he is the World Heavyweight Champion,
TRIPLE H!" Ric Flair:
"That's just like you so I'll add a special guest enforcer just to
make sure that Triple H doesn't mess around and his name is "Y2J"
Chris Jericho, WHOOOOOO!" Mick Foley:
"..." Ric Flair:
"Shut up, punk, I ain't done.
Don't think that because you made Triple H a referee that he gets the
night off, pal. No way. Tonight, Triple H and Ken Shamrock face Chris
Jericho and Chris Benoit in tag team action, WHOOOOOOO! Now you can talk, jackass." Mick Foley:
"Last week, when you were sitting on your ass in Charlotte I bet
you liked it when Booker T retained the WPW Intercontinental Championship
thanks to Y2J? I betcha liked
that?" Ric Flair:
"Yeah, that was great..." Mick Foley:
"Well I'm going to reward Booker T's efforts tonight and give him a
little tune-up match for Power Struggle against THE ACOLYTES! Whooo that, Nature Boy." Ric Flair:
"Ah, haha, Foley, that's a good one, I gotta hand it to you but as
it looks right now there's one spot left open on tonight's card and since
Booker T is wrestling a tune-up match tonight against The Acolytes then I think
it'd only be fair if his opponent for Power Struggle, that little runt, punk,
crap on my shoe loser, Kidman has one as well and tonight, Kidman will get a
tune-up match against MIKE AWESOME and MASATO TANAKA! WHOOOOOOOO!" Mick Foley:
"Ric Flair, I hope you enjoyed booking some matches because this is
the last time that you will ever have that type of power around here because in
six days, your ass ... no, no, no ... your power is mine!" Ric Flair:
"Well isn't that something?
Mick Foley, in Madison Square Garden where Bruno Sammartino, Bob
Backlund, Pedro Morales, Buddy Rogers, Andre The Giant, all built their
legends, you and I will walk that aisle one time and one of us will walk out
with all the power and the other will go home a loser and with the grace of the
good lord, Ric Flair is not a loser and next week on this very program, Ric
Flair will be in charge, WHOOOOOOO! Mick
Foley, I will make you bleed, I will make you sweat and then when it's all said
and done you will cry because I will have your company, WHOOOOOO!" 'Sprach
Zarathustra' sounded as Ric Flair left Mick Foley in the ring. We went to the announcers table with Scott
Hudson and Jerry Lawler here on the eve of 2001 and one week away from Power
Struggle. Tonight on the show we'll see
Matt Hardy against Papi Chulo, Jeff Hardy versus Juventud Guerrera, The Unholy
Alliance versus T&A, Booker T against The Acolytes, Triple H & Ken
Shamrock versus Chris Jericho & Chris Benoit, Kidman against Masato Tanaka
& Mike Awesome. In the Main Event
with Triple H as referee and Chris Jericho as ringside enforcer it will be Goldberg
and Kurt Angle one-on-one. All that and
more here tonight on WPW Sunday Night... Opening Match: Papi Chulo v. Matt Hardy. "La Raza" hit as Papi Chulo of the
Latino World Order made his way out to the ring first. Then, "Break Stuff" by Limp Bizkit
brought one-half of the WPW World Tag Team Champions, Matt Hardy to the
ring. These two mens respective teams
will meet at WPW Power Struggle in a Ladder Match. A back and forth match with Hardy trying to
ground Chulo and keep him out of the air.
The ending would see Chulo hit a frankensteiner on Hardy then nailed a
standing moonsault for two. Chulo took
Hardy up top and went up for a frankensteiner but Matt held onto the
ropes. Matt dove off with a crossbody
but Papi ducked. Matt rolled out to the
floor in pain and Papi drilled him with a running twisting plancha! Papi soon rolled Matt into the ring and went
up top for the Moonsault. Papi flew off
but Matt rolled out of the way! Matt
then nailed the Twist Of Fate for the one ... two ... THREE! Matt Hardy takes the win over Papi Chulo! WINNER: Matt Hardy in 5:10. Rating: ** 1/2 Afterwards, the announcers cut backstage where Eddy
Guerrero and Chavo Guerrero Jr. rushed into a dressing room and attacked
Sting. Guerrero grabbed a TV monitor and
nailed Sting in the head laying him out.
The LWO quickly left the dressing room as WPW officials arrived on the
scene.
"INVASION..." hit as Goldberg headed out to the ring in street
clothes and took a microphone... Goldberg:
"Triple H, your days as World Heavyweight Champion are running out
and at Power Struggle, I wrestle in MSG for the first time and I end your
Championship reign. Tonight, Kurt Angle,
Olympic jackass, you have the unlucky task of stepping into the ring with
Goldberg. Triple H as referee? Chris Jericho as enforcer? I don't give a damn because after I run over
you with a spear and drive you through that canvas with the Jackhammer, you can
count to three hundred because your ass will be knocked out. As for last week, Triple H you chose to use a
sledgehammer and I admit you knocked me out but from the looks of it you
couldn't get the job done because I'm here no worse for the wear but you? It speaks volumes about the fear that you
have that you need a sledgehammer to beat me.
Come Power Struggle, there will be no sledgehammers but one thing that
will happen is that history will repeat itself and like July 1st, 2000 at WPW
Battle Ground, I will take your World Heavyweight Title because YOU'RE
NEXT!" 'ONE! TWO! ZIS
ON?!' The WPW World Heavyweight Champion, 'The Game' Triple H
emerged from the entrance with a microphone... Triple H:
"Goldberg, for a guy that always claims to do his talking in the
ring, you've sure got a lot to say.
You're right, I didn't get the job done last week but I had no
intentions of finishing you off. I want
you at Power Struggle, Goldberg. I want
to beat your ass all through Madison Square Gardens, I want to spill your blood
all over New York City. I don't need a
sledgehammer to beat you but knocking your ass out with one? That was for fun. The fact of the matter is Goldberg, you got a
fluke victory over me before but that will not happen a second time because at
Power Struggle, I will expose you for the fraud that you are. You can't go toe-to-toe with The Game in
Madison Square Gardens. I'm sure that
you'll try but I will show the world that while you are good, you are simply
not on my level because I am the Game and I am that damn good. As for tonight goes, I promise you, I give
you my word that I will be a fair and impartial referee and I will show no bias
towards my fellow Elite member, Kurt Angle.
Yeah .. right. Tonight, Goldberg,
get ready because much like Power Struggle it will be GAME OVER for you!" Match #2: Juventud Guerrera v. Jeff Hardy. "La Raza" hit as Juventud Guerrera
made his way out to the ring for our second 'preview' match of sorts for Power
Struggle. "Break Stuff" by
Limp Bizkit blasted through the loudspeakers as 1/2 of WPW World Tag Team
Champions, Jeff Hardy headed out.
Earlier, Matt Hardy beat Papi Chulo.
Eddy Guerrero would soon swagger out to ringside and watch the
match. Juvy and Jeff Hardy went all out
with the high flying, daredevil lucha style action in this match. The ending would see Jeff go for a ropeflip
moonsault but Eddy pulled Juvy out of the way.
Juvy then nailed a springboard dropkick on Hardy. STING then ran out to ringside and started
pounding on Eddy, clotheslining him into the crowd then going after him. Juvy went for a running power bomb but Jeff
dropped out and nailed a fisherman buster on Guerrera. Jeff then headed up top for the Swanton Bomb
but Guerrera rolled out of the ring.
Jeff then dove onto Guerrera on the outside but Juvy moved. Juvy quickly rolled Jeff into the ring and
drilled him with a Juvy Driver for the one-two-three! Juventud Guerrera picks up the win over Jeff
Hardy! WINNER: Juventud Guerrera in 5:54. Rating: *** 1/4 Backstage: -Michael Cole was with "Y2J" Chris Jericho... Chris Jericho:
"Mitchell Cole, tonight Y2J teams with Chris Benoit against Triple
H and Ken Shamrock and I will be victorious but from there my night's not over
because Ric Flair made me special guest enforcer in tonight's Main Event with
Kirk Angel against Goldberg and Triple H as guest referee. Trip, if you have any intentions on screwing
with this match then forget about it because Kirk Angel if you're going to beat
Goldberg then you're going to have to do it all on your own, jerky but here's
hoping that you do because at Power Struggle it'll make Y2J look that much
better when I give you the beating of your life that you will never
eh...eh...EVER forget a-gain!" Match #3: T&A v. The Unholy Alliance. "Shock" by Fear Factory blasted
through the loudspeakers as Trish Stratus led her team of T&A, Test and
Albert out to the ring. Then,
"Bombtrack" by Rage Against The Machine blared over the PA as
Sinister Minister brought Tajiri and Mikey Whipwreck, The Unholy Alliance to
the ring. T&A will face Mike Awesome
and Masato Tanaka at Power Struggle in a No DQ Match while The Unholy Alliance
will face The Acolytes inside of a Steel Cage match. This match ended up turning out into an all
out brawl with Albert putting Mikey Whipwreck through a table with an Albert
Bomb. Tajiri spat mist into the eyes of
Test then drilled him with some kicks.
The Acolytes hit the ring and started to double team on Tajiri. Mike Awesome and Masato Tanaka wasted no time
coming out to brawl with T&A. These
eight men slugged it out for several moments until WPW officials ran out to
break it all up. WINNERS: No Contest in 3:53. Rating: * 1/4 Backstage: -Michael Cole got some comments from Booker T... Booker T:
"Tonight, Mick Foley wants to put Booker T against The Acolytes in
a Handicap Match, two of my bros. Mick
Foley, you playa hatin' son of a bitch, back me up against a wall and I'll come
out swingin', sucka. One against
two? Do I think I can win? I have no idea but one things for sure that
if The Acolytes don't bring their A-game they're gonna be in for a long
night. As for Power Struggle goes,
Kidman, sucka, I hope Mike Awesome and Masato Tanaka don't break yo neck
because I'm gonna wreck it, now can you dig it?" -We then went to Stevie Ray sitting around with The
Acolytes in the aPa offices... Stevie Ray:
"First off guys, props on the new office. Down to business, that fruit booty Mick Foley
went and put you two in a Handicap Match against my brotha, Booker T. The four of us are all drinkin' buddies, the
world knows that so lemme ask you, cause suckas gots to know, what're your
feelings about this match?" Bradshaw: "We
think it sucks but that ain't gonna change the fact that we're the two best ass
kickers in WPW..." Faarooq:
"Friend or no friend, in that ring we've got no friends so Booker
T, brotha, bell to bell, we're gonna have to tear you apart." Bradshaw: "In
this match more then ever, don't take this ass whippin' personally." Match #4: Booker T v. The Acolytes - Handicap Match. "One More Road" by DMX blared over
the PA as the WPW Intercontinental Champion, Booker T made his way out to the
ring first. Then, "Ironman" by
Black Sabbath blasted throught the speakers as The Acolytes came down to the
ring. Booker T put up a good hard fight
against The Acolytes but the advantage that Faarooq and Bradshaw had of having
someone to tag in was just too much. The
ending would see Bradshaw go for the Clothesline From Hell on Booker T but
Booker T ducked and nailed Faarooq off the apron with an elbow then drilled
Bradshaw with a Harlem Sidekick. Booker
T hit a scissor kick then signalled for the Neckwrecker but Kidman ran out to
ringside. Booker T setup Bradshaw but
Faarooq came in and nailed Booker from behind.
The Acolytes then drilled Booker T with the Stuff Powerbomb for the
one-two-three! WINNERS: The Acolytes in 5:50. Rating: ** Afterwards, Kidman rolled into the ring and started
stomping on Booker T and punching him in the head. The Acolytes came back into the ring and
cleared it of Kidman... Match #5: Triple H & Ken Shamrock v. Chris Jericho
& Chris Benoit.
"5..4..3..2..1" ...
'Y2J' Chris Jericho headed out to the ring first then "Surfacing" by
Slipknot brought his partner, 'The Crippler' Chris Benoit out to the ring. "ONE! TWO! ZIS ON?!" sounded as the
WPW World Heavyweight Champion, 'The Game' Triple H and 'The Worlds Most
Dangerous Man' Ken Shamrock of The Elite made their way out to the ring for
this tag team contest. This was a solid
tag team contest between four of the top wrestlers in WPW. The closing moments of the match would see
Triple H and Chris Benoit going at it.
Benoit hit a german suplex on Triple H then went for the second but
Triple H hit some elbows then setup Benoit for the Pedigree but Benoit
countered it with a slingshot and Triple H nailed the referee. Benoit nailed Triple H with a running
lariat. Shamrock came in and nailed
Benoit from behind. Triple H rolled out
of the ring. Chris Jericho came in and
hit a faceslam on Shamrock then went for the Lionsault but Triple H tripped up
Jericho and pulled him out of the ring.
Triple H sent Jericho into the crowd.
Benoit got up and hit a belly-to-back suplex on Shamrock. Triple H went under the ring and got a
sledgehammer! Triple H entered the ring
and nailed Benoit in the back of the head!
Triple H quickly discarded of the evidence as Shamrock put Benoit in the
Ankle Lock. The referee checked Benoit's
arm three times then called for the bell.
Triple H and Ken Shamrock have stolen a win over Chris Benoit and Chris
Jericho! WINNERS: The Elite in 7:40. Rating: ** Backstage: -Michael Cole got some comments from Kidman... Kidman: "Ric
Flair thinks he's a real funny guy, doesn't he?
He loves to stack the deck against me just because I forced his ass into
a long overdue retirement. Flair, at
Power Struggle, I'll be watching. As for
tonight goes, Mike Awesome? Masato
Tanaka? Handicap Match? They're the ones that're handicapped because
I'm gonna leave you both down for the count." Match #6: Kidman v. Mike Awesome & Masato Tanaka -
Handicap Match. "Rollin'" by Limp
Bizkit blared over the PA as The Elite's Kidman made his way out to the
ring. Then, "Awesome" by
Reckless Fortune blared over the PA as the team of Mike Awesome and Masato
Tanaka headed out. Kidman put up as much
of a fight as anyone could in his situation against two of the toughest men in
WPW. The closing moments of the match
would see Kidman go for a swinging bulldog on Awesome but Awesome threw him off
then went for an Awesome Lariat but Kidman ducked and dropkicked Awesome
sending him to the floor. Tanaka came in
but Kidman caught him with a spinebuster bomb!
Booker T jogged out to ringside and Awesome came from behind and threw
Kidman with a german suplex! Awesome
then dropped Kidman with a Running Awesome Bomb for the one-two-three! Mike Awesome and Masato Tanaka defeat Kidman
in this handicap match. WINNERS: Mike Awesome and Masato Tanaka in 5:11. Rating: ** "My
Hero" by Foo Fighters sounded as Kurt Angle emerged from the entrance for
our Main Event but Angle had a microphone in hand... Kurt Angle:
"I'd like to start off by apoligizing to all my fans across the
nation for the actions of one Chris Jericho.
Last week, Jericho cost me a match against Booker T for the
Intercontinental Title. Tonight, Ric
Flair thought it'd be funny if he put an Olympic Gold Medalist in the ring
against Goldberg. Goldberg, you may be
tough, you may be dangerous, you may be intimidating but I ask, where are your
gold medals? That's right, you don't
have any! You don't have any gold except
for in your stupid name. So Goldberg, if
that is even your name, tonight you're next, it's true! IT'S TRUE! Oh and one more thing, thankfully our beloved
owner Mick Foley has taken steps to improve the poor officiating here in WPW by
naming the most upstanding citizen that I have ever met, Triple H, as special
guest referee tonight and that my friends is TRUE!" Main Event: Kurt Angle v. Goldberg. "INVASION" then hit as Goldberg
made his entrance. Angle backed out to
the outside away from Goldberg.
"ONE! TWO! ZIS ON?!" sounded as the special guest referee,
Triple H made his way into the ring.
Then, "Break Down The Walls" sounded as the special guest
enforcer, Chris Jericho came down to ringside and forced Angle into the
ring. The intimidation from Jericho on
the outside forced Triple H to call it down the middle for the most part but
Triple H's count for Goldberg seemed quite a bit slower then for Angle. Angle more then held his own with Goldberg in
this one hitting some of his trademark suplexes but Angle couldn't match
Goldberg's power. The closing moments of
the match would see Goldberg go for a superkick but Angle moved. Angle then tried the Angleplex but Goldberg
dropped down and threw Angle with a fallaway slam. Goldberg lined up Angle and drilled him with
the SPEAR~! Goldberg picked up Angle and
nailed the Jackhammer! Goldberg covered
and Triple H instead stomped on Goldberg's head. Triple H drove a knee into the back of
Goldberg's head. Chris Jericho came into
the ring and peppered Triple H with right hands until MICK FOLEY came in with a
chair and nailed Jericho knocking him out.
RIC FLAIR ran out but Foley quickly reminded him that he couldn't touch
him. Foley and Triple H taunted
Flair. Goldberg would then get up and
SPEAR Triple H! Ken Shamrock and Kidman
hit the ring and jumped Goldberg along with Kurt Angle and soon Triple H. The Elite pummeled down Goldberg until Chris
Jericho pulled Angle out of the ring. Chris
Benoit ran out and pulled Shamrock out of the ring then Booker T came out and
went to work on Kidman. Goldberg got up
and knocked Triple H out of the ring with a clothesline then went after
him. Ric Flair stepped into the ring as
Mick Foley waved the restraining order in his face. Flair backed Foley into the corner with a dead
stare. Flair then pulled back to punch
and Foley covered up. Flair instead let
out a "WHOOOOOO!" into Foley's face and an embarrassed Foley
threatened Flair. The two trash talked
back and forth as the show came to a close!
Tune in this Saturday for WPW's biggest Pay-Per-View event EVER! WPW POWER STRUGGLE! ==-==-==-==-==-==-== WPW News & Notes-: ==-==-==-==-==-==-== -Jung Dragons (Kaz Hayashi & Jinsei Shinzaki &
Tatsuhito Takaiwa) are leaving World Professional Wrestling for a couple months
to head back to Japan to work for their respective promotions as all three men
were on loan. WPW has left the door open
for the three men to return at anytime.
Their last date with WPW will be Saturday on Startime Saturday. -Scotty Taylor has quit World Professional
Wrestling. Apparently Taylor and a high
WPW official got in an arguement over comments Taylor made last week on
Startime Saturday leading to Taylor handing in his resignation. A point of concern is that Taylor is the
current WPW Television Champion. WPW
officials have decided to vacate and retire the title due to lack of interest. -Kid Kash has cleaned up his act and was backstage at WPW
Sunday Night looking for work. WPW
officials have never doubted Kash's inring ability but his attitude has been
suspect. WPW is willing to give Kash a
second chance and signed him to a 30 card contract. -Young prospect, Christopher Daniels has been signed by
World Professional Wrestling to a 35 card contract. -WPW has Power Struggle on January 6th from MSG in New
York. The tentative line-up includes; WPW World Heavyweight Title Match-: Triple H (c) vs. Goldberg Control Of WPW-: Mick Foley vs. Ric Flair Dungeon Match-: Chris Benoit vs. Ken Shamrock Number One Contenders Match-: Chris Jericho vs. Kurt Angle WPW Intercontinental Title Match-: Booker T (c) vs. Kidman WPW World Tag Team Titles Ladder Match-: The Hardy Boyz (c) vs. Latino World Order Sting vs. Eddy Guerrero Steel Cage Match-: The Unholy Alliance vs. The Acolytes No DQ: Mike Awesome & Masato Tanaka vs. T&A |