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Western States Wrestling Challenge 8-8-09

JustinPossiblePosted on 08/18/09 at 16:53:16

The show opens with 3 familiar men standing in the ring, welcoming the crowd. They introduce themselves as two thirds of the Western States Championship Wrestling Championship Committee. The first is "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson and his counterpart introduces himself as "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes. They talk for a moment about how excited they are to be apart of this new company. They then announce that the third member of their committee will be introduced in afew weeks as the search for a qualified person isn't quite complete yet. They then explain how tonight's show starts the tournament to crown the first Western States Champion.

Lance Hoyt pinned Super Crazy with the Texas Tornado Slam in 0:05:35.
Rating: * 1/4

D'Lo Brown pinned Matt Striker with the Lo' Down in 0:09:08.
Rating: **

Shannon Moore pinned Matt Morgan with the Mooregasm in 0:13:10.
Rating: ** 1/2

Elix Skipper pinned R-Truth with the Play of the Day in 0:11:12.
Rating: *** 1/4

Claudio Castagnoli pinned B.G. James with the Ricola Bomb in 0:10:53.
Rating: *** 1/2

Rodney Mack made Chris Harris submit to the Blackout in 0:16:46.
Rating: ** 3/4

Jerry Lynn and Kevin Thorn battled to a double countout in 0:07:44.
Rating: ** 1/2

The Sandman pinned Tyler Hilton with the White Russian Legsweep in 0:08:41. Tyler Hilton tore his left calf muscle. He will be out for approximately 7 cards.
Rating: **
[Tara interfered against The Sandman.]

Diamond Dallas Page defeated A-Train by disqualification in 0:05:40.
Rating: 1/2*

Kurt Angle is in the ring waiting for his opponent, when on the big screen a camera crew broadcasts the image of a bloody and battered Ryan McBride on the locker room floor getting checked out by medics. Angle grabs the microphone.
KA: What's going on? Do I have an opponent or not? If he can't compete, send someone out here so I can beat them up instead.
Matt Morgan's music plays as he steps out from backstage carrying a folding chair with blood all over the seat.
MM: I was robbed earlier by that pip-squeek Shannon Moore & I'll be damned if I let some other little pee-on try & qualify for what's rightfully mine! Angle, I'll give you 2 choices: #1, you do the smart thing and step aside & give me an open bye to go to the next round. Or 2, you face me & end up like McBride.
KA: I like option #3. You get in this ring and I make you tap just like I would have done to McBride if you could have controlled yourself. Now if you've got the guts try & beat me one on one, bring it on tough guy.

Matt Morgan and Kurt Angle battled to a double countout in 0:16:45.
Rating: *** 1/2
(Ryan McBride no-showed.)

Sonjay Dutt pinned Kofi Kingston with the Guru Press in 0:06:35.
Rating: *** 1/4

Dustin Rhodes pinned Zachary Shane with the Bulldog in 0:09:55.
Rating: **

Amazing Red defeated Shane Douglas by disqualification in 0:04:20.
Rating: * 3/4

Brent Albright made Kid Kash submit to the Crowbar in 0:13:29.
Rating: *** 3/4

After the match, the WSCW Championship Comittee comes to the ring and announces that due to the fact that there are now 2 open spots in the next round of the tournament, rematches from tonight will take place in order to fill them. In 2 weeks Jerry Lynn will again face Kevin Thorn and not only will Kurt Angle & Matt Morgan face each other again, but, since Ryan McBride was never able to compete tonight, he will be in that match as well making it a Triple Threat Match.

Scott Steiner defeated Rey Mysterio when Rey Mysterio passed out in the Steiner Recliner in 0:02:31.
Rating: ***

John Cena pinned Steve Corino with the Attitude Adjustment in 0:14:43.
Rating: *** 3/4


Card rating: ** 3/4


Card overview:

With 2 matches ending in a double countout, 2 seats for the next round are left open.
To fill those spots, rematches have been ordered to open the next show in 2 weeks. Jerry Lynn will battle Kevin Thorn and a special Triple Threat match has been signed: Kurt Angle vs Matt Morgan vs Ryan McBride. The winners from these 2 matches will go on to the next round later that same night.

The following are the pairings for round 2:
Rodney Mack vs Brent Albright
Dustin Rhodes vs Diamond Dallas Page
John Cena vs Sonjay Dutt
Lance Hoyt vs Scott Steiner
Elix Skipper vs the winner of Lynn vs Thorn
Claudio Castagnoli vs Shannon Moore
Amazing Red vs The Sandman
D'Lo Brown vs the winner of Angle vs Morgan vs McBride
King_Of_Old_SchoolPosted on 08/18/09 at 17:01:55

Interesting tourney. Who are Tyler Hilton and Zachary Shane?
JustinPossiblePosted on 08/19/09 at 01:29:14

Shane & Hilton are 2 wrestlers from Maryland Championship Wretsling that I worked with. They ar ethe current MCW Tag Team Champions under the team name of Privileged.

Shane was actually up for PWI's rookie of the year last year along with Ryan McBride.

I had put them in the MCW export pack I sent to you as the tag team The Rehobeth Beach Crew.