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91 | Posted on 07/23/05 at 14:22:13 With Don Muraco having demanded tougher opponents, tougher title defenses and tougher scenarios, perhaps now he'll be wishing he kept his mouth shut as Matt Hardy kicked off the show to announce that there would be not one, not two but three challengers to Muracos heavyweight title at Canadian Stampede in two weeks time. To determine who would be facing Muraco, he was taking the top twelve contenders and drawing them out in three random fourway matches with the winners advancing to the big fourway dance against Muraco for the title. Rock'n'Roll Express vs The Miracle Violence Connection Both members of Psychoanalysis would be included in the twelve man draw that was aforementioned, thus the odds one would get through was high, but we soon learnt that if they both failed to qualify and thus neither man had a match signed for Canadian Stampede, then they would defend their tag team titles against the team that beat them by DQ a few weeks ago, the Rock'n'Roll Express. Joy for Morton and Gibson who will be hoping there isn't a repeat of the blatant DQ perpetrated by Brian Pillman in their last encounter. Tonight for the Express, they had the Miracle Violence Connection, two big men with a point to prove. Quickly they overpowered Ricky Morton and ground him down for several minutes until the inevitable hot tag to Robert Gibson. He fought back and soon the MVC were reeling. Back came Morton and now the Express could show their stuff. The former champions got rid of Williams with a double thrust kick that sent Dr. Death from the ring, then Gibson hit a big dropkick to Gordy that allowed Morton the time to hit the Rock'n'Roll Buster for the win. Former champions they are, they may well be the next champions come Canadian Stampede. **** NUMBER ONE CONTENDERS MATCH: Chris Jericho vs Rob Van Dam vs Kurt Angle vs "The Rock" Brad Armstrong Our opening world title qualifier pitted four former title holders against one another as former world champions Chris Jericho and Rob Van Dam would tangle with former Intercontinental champion Kurt Angle and reigining Intercontinental champion "The Rock" Brad Armstrong. Despite Brads recent run-ins with several of the more nefarious stars of the DWF, he and Angle were definitely the less popular of the four here and paired off against the two former world champs. Angle was making short work of bitter rival Chris Jericho whereas Armstrong had his hands full with Van Dam. Before the match, Kurt Angle had taken a mic and proceeded to run down the DWF for choosing to hold an annual event in the "cesspool" known as Canada, or as he likes to call it, America-lite. No question that he's not going to be very popular when he gets up north, and as he ran down every Canadian he could think of in wrestling, it was clear he wasn't popular here either. No wonder he was going after Jericho so vehemontly during the match. Finally the inevitable breakdown occured when Angle had Jericho beat following the Olympic Slam, forcing Brad to break things up. Their arguement quickly got heated and Brad wasn't about to back down. In fact he got so into Angles face that even Kurt didn't know quite how to react, but eventually the pair came to blows. Finally Angle sent Brad packing with a clothesline to the outside, to join RVD who had taken a big Rock Bottom on the outside. Angle cockily turned round, right into Jerichos forward Russian legsweep, followed by an Asai Moonsault, and after months of Angle getting one over Jericho whenever they clashed, this time it was Jericho who scored the decisive pin. So Chris Jericho is the first man to advance. Backstage, Don Muraco was watching on intently. His reaction? No reaction really. All four men in this one are probably on an equal level, so it's doubtful Muraco had any preferences, but he nodded along anyway, doubtless figuring he can take Jericho no problem. **** 1/4 Essa Rios vs Rene Dupree La Resistance can remain upbeat following their retaining the Intercontinental tag team titles at Fall Brawl. Less so though in the way they did it, with a blatant DQ. Still, Rene Dupree was in singles action today and they wanted to clean the slate with the American fans. Dupree said how proud he was to be a part of such a diverse country, signalling to his opponent for the evening, Essa Rios, as an example of this. He then went on to say how great it was that America allowed these people in to take all the available jobs, and how other Americans floundering in the indies are happy to see "burrito munching wetbacks" like Essa having big jobs, and how this showed how great Americans are. Naturally the fans weren't going to give Dupree the time of day after that little speech, nor were they when he and Grenier gave us the French Tickler. Still, Dupree looked good during his match and took Essa Rios to work with an impressive array of offence. Rios did mount a little fightback near the end, prompting Grenier to trip him with his American flag, and Dupree quickly regained control and the victory soon followed with the French Riviera. They've also said that they'll be at Canadian Stampede have La Resistance. Oh joy. ** 3/4 Jody Fleisch & The Young Lions vs "Commissioner" Matt Hardy, Gene Snitsky & Heidenreich Matt Hardy has other problems in his life, most of all Jody Fleisch' constant barrage of insults and criticisms, a lot of which are justified these days. Still, with his slightly insane and moronic bodyguards Gene Snitsky and Heidenreich, he has the beef to back him up. So it became the natural step to pair off the three of them against Matts biggest enemies, Jody Fleisch and former running buddies the Young Lions. With Joey Matthews fresh off an upset win last week over Larry Zbyszko, this was another tough one to call. Matt chose a fairly mundane approach for himself - stay on the apron and not get involved and thus despite his best efforts, Jody never got his hands on him. Now Snitsky and Heidenreich might be monsters, but they have one big weakness - they're dumb. So when they had Christian York done and dusted after a spell of violent dominance, they held him up and tried to use their "special powers" on him, with Snitsky using his fire breath and Heidenreich his laser bolts, and the exhausted York simply fell back, right into his corner where Fleisch got the tag. As far as the bodyguards were concerned, they'd fried York. Hardy simply held his head in his hands and shook it sadly. Matthews came in as well and their double team moves proved effective. Heidenreich was staggered into one corner, and Fleisch hit a high cross body on Snitsky, coupled with a schoolboy by Matthews to put him down. Fleisch' 2-8-4-7-4 move followed and the victory was secured. Wisely they didn't hang around and made their leave, to the relief of Hardy who could have been in trouble if they'd decided to gang up on him. But as they left celebrating, an angry Hardy grabbed a mic and made a match there and then - him and Jody Fleisch at Canadian Stampede with EVERYONE barred from ringside, except of course his bodyguards Snitsky and Heidenreich. Fleisch didn't look happy at that, and with good reason - he's effectively three on one down right away. Still, it's seven months of bickering and hatred since their last meeting at Wrestlefest, where Fleisch was victorious, so this should be one of the biggest grudge matches of the night. *** 1/4 NUMBER ONE CONTENDERS MATCH: Dynamite Kid vs Sean O'Haire vs Billy Kidman vs Alex Wright Title qualifier number two - former champions and once arch enemies, Billy Kidman and the Dynamite Kid. Joining them the despicable Alex Wright, along with Ulf Herman as always to cause trouble, and the ever popular co-holder of the tag team titles Sean O'Haire. O'Haire was very much a difference maker in this one. If he could take four men at once at the Royal Rumble, taking on three might sound easier, until you consider the calibre of these three. Still, he showed a very dominant streak in this one until Wright, Kidman and even Dynamite were forced to gang up and bundle him out of the ring. And while Kidman and Wright invariably turned their attentions to Dynamite, Ulf Herman grabbed Sean O'Haire behind the refs back and delivered a crushing powerbomb on the floor. So O'Haire was effectively out of it, and Dynamite looked in worse shape as he was being taken two against one. When our treacherous duo felt that they'd dealt with him, they turned their attentions to each other. Slugging it out, Kidman began winning it - he IS the former champion of the two of course. And he was winning to the point where he'd put Wright down after a big DDT off the ropes and could smell victory. Up top he went for the Shooting Star Press when up sprang Dynamite Kid again, joining him on the top rope where both men struggled to keep their balance. But Dynamite didn't intend to stay there for long, as he hit a huge superplex off the top that was enough for victory. Backstage, Muraco was MUCH unhappier than he was before, as he threw around whatever he could get his hands on, including the monitor he had been watching. Vainly Jeff Hardy tried to calm things down, but the fact is that Dynamite Kid will be getting another crack at Don Muraco in two weeks. After the spectacular efforts of Fall Brawl where Dynamite Kid pushed Muraco to the limits, could this be his time to take a second heavyweight title? **** 1/4 Edge vs Curt Hennig Pretty Perfect may be regretting their little tag team boycott after tonight. Things may have started well last week when Owen Hart defeated Masato Tanaka but it didn't go to plan when Curt Hennig took on Edge. Hennig has of course that non-victory over Jerry Lynn a couple of months ago, so confidence was high, moreso when Owen hung around and made sure to blatantly cheat at all turns. With Hennig on a roll as a result, out headed Christian to even things up. The first sign that Owen was going to interject himself left Christian with no choice but to take him out, and the two punched it out. Hennig, who had been in control and signalling for the Perfect Plex, was distracted, allowing Edge to nail a spear. With the tide turned, Edge finished things with the Downward Spiral to secure a big win. **** 1/4 Kid Kash & La Parka vs Juventud Guerrera & Super Calo Canadian Stampede will see a cruiserweight battle royal to determine the next challenger to Hector Guerreros cruiserweight title. Already in are the likes of Chavo Guerrero Jr., Jeff Hardy, the Young Lions, Masato Tanaka, Mando Guerrero and former champion Low Ki. Also in were the four men in this match, paired off as a little prelude to the match. Kid Kash is a former champion, so set the early pace with perennial competitor Super Calo. In came La Parka and veteran Juventud Guerrera who has never been cruiserweight champion despite his many years in the DWF. Either way, that could yet change following the end of this where he pushed both Kash and Calo from the ring when they tangled in the ropes, then flattened La Parka with a sitout powerbomb, followed by the 450 splash for the win. On the back of this, as fast paced as it's going to be, just about anyone could come through with the win, and just about anything can change in a moments notice. *** 1/4 NUMBER ONE CONTENDERS MATCH: Raven vs Brian Pillman vs Ken Shamrock vs Steve Corino The final world title qualifier would be our main event, by virtue of the men involved being the last four drawn out of the hat. Still, what we had was a main event in any arena in the world. Co-holder of the tag titles Brian Pillman and Ken Shamrock would have another chance to go at it as they did at Fall brawl despite both men suposedly being the good guys. Along with them, the current television champion Steve Corino and former worlds heavyweight champion Raven. Muraco backstage made no secret he did NOT want to have to face Raven for the title, and watched even more intently on a different monitor. If the knowledge of having to face Dynamite Kid and Chris Jericho wasn't bad enough when you consider they're bound to team up on him, what happened at the start before Raven had even entered made matters worse, as Pillman and Shamrock went right for each other and engaged in quite the intense brawl, that spilled from the ring, through the crowd and right out of the arena, never to return. This of course means at Canadian Stampede, it will be Psychoanalysis and the Rock'n'Roll Express for the tag team titles. Meanwhile Corino like an idiot was celebrating victory already in the ring, completely forgetting the man who was once his biggest nemesis, Raven, was yet to arrive. Once he did, these two tore into each other like they've always done and Raven was ahead on points for some time. Corino fought back with every underhanded tactic he could, as Billy Kidman joined us for commentary. Now Corino might have won last years King of the Ring by beating Raven in the final but this match was turning into quite a different kettle of fish when Raven mounted his big comeback. Kidman was practically crying on commentary, vowing to slap every lawsuit for gross GBH, ABH and GTA. It was at this stage, Don Muraco sauntered out with Jeff Hardy, providing an immediate distraction, allowing Corino to take control again, and line up his feared Old School Expulsion. No dice, Raven dodged that one and worked him over, with every big move he had in his arsenal. Muraco was practically seeting and by the time Raven locked in the headlock that would become the Evenflow, he was positively indignant. Raven gave one final point with one arm out to Muraco before REVERSAL! OLD SCHOOL EXPULSION! In one swift flowing move, Corino had slipped out of the headlock and hit his finisher which nobody to date has kicked out of. Raven wasn't about to be the first and Corino scored a shocking upset. In the aisle, Muraco looked downright stunned, as did manager Jeff Hardy. Kidman meanwhile had ran from the commentary position and was hugging and dancing with Corino. Raven meanwhilst was already sitting up, albeit holding his neck, but now he was the one looking indignant, cursing his hesitancy. And with that, the show came to a close, with the conformation that at the Canadian Stampede, Don Muraco will defend his title against former champions Dynamite Kid and Chris Jericho along with the surprise fourth man, reigning television champion Steve Corino. Tough one to call, and on the back of tonight who would bet against anyone in this? The near unbeatable Don Muraco, two former champions in Dynamite and Jericho, and Steve Corino having just scored a mammoth and CLEAN victory over Raven. **** Other notes/angles It was supposed to be Larry Zbyszko and John Cena going at it at Canadian Stampede, as the match was signed last Tuesday by officials. On Friday however, it turned out the beating Cena took last Monday was bad enough so that he'll miss the PPV, at least in a wrestling capacity. Zbyszko has been told he'll have an opponent of some description, but he's more worried with his car right now, as Cena drove it into the arena playing loud gangster rap and showing off the new spray job he's given it. Zbyszko was so taken aback to how his vehicle has been abused, he was literally pounding his fists on the floor. With a rental car so bad that it's slowed down by the rust dragging along the ground, Zbyszko has every reason to be upset, and perhaps we should be sympathetic. On the other hand, that's not going to happen. |
Azrael | Posted on 07/25/05 at 03:32:29 Wow, not only are you still using the Rock'n'Roll Express, they went over Gordy and Williams. I'm shocked, but then as you say, they used to be champs. I figured Van Dam would win, but Jericho's the guy who has the biggest gain out of the win. Your Kurt Angle's pretty well written too. Snitsky and Heidenreich are quality. Just sheer genius. I'm looking forward to the Hardy/Fleisch match. Dynamite Kid winning is no real surprise. But still a solid match. Wow, Corino beat Raven relatively clean. I would have thought that Raven would have been in the four way match the way you've been building it up, but I guess Raven/Muraco at a later date will work too. And for some reason, I mark out like a little girl for Corino, so this works. Fun show. A little Cena or Zbyszko could have helped it out, but it still worked out. |
Snabbit888 | Posted on 07/26/05 at 07:35:37 Big night with the setting up of a fourway for Stampede. And here we go! Yeah... no way Ricky Mullet and Lazy-eye Gibson weren't winning that match. That first fourway was hard to call. My instinct was Angle, but upon closer inspection, Jericho was the logical choice. And he got the decisive win over Angle he's needed for awhile. La Resistance rule so hard in DWF. So so hard... But not as hard as Snitsky and Heidenreich. They totally fried Christian York! How cool is that!? I'm glad Hardy and Fleisch are going to go one-on-one again... well, in theory anyway. It's about fuck time. I predicted a win for Dynamite Kid, but the way he did it was very impressive. And I can't imagine O'Haire being too happy that Herman tried to kill him. Wow... Edge and Christian seem very midcard in DWF, so 'm surprised Edge beat Hennig. No matter... good little match. Holy shit... Corino with a relatively clean victory over Raven. No chance in hell Corino wins at the PPV, but a good showing could really push him high up the card. |