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SCHOOL OF HARD KNOX - MAY 28 2005
Shaun Sindelman | Posted on 02/21/05 at 03:59:12 SCHOOL OF HARD KNOX - FIRST ANNUAL HEAD OF THE CLASS COMPETITION DATE: MAY 28 2005 LOCATION: AMAZURA BALLROOM - JAMAICA, QUEENS, NY Tonight was the first part of our annual Head of the Class competition. 16 men would do battle in two rounds of action and by the end of the night, 4 lucky participants will have advanced to next month's finals. Also tonight we will see a cage match that will hopefully settle things between Real Xtreme and the team of Starring & Van Wild. But first, we go to ringside for our first of 8 first round matches in the tournament. Chris Benoit was set to face a mystery opponent who turned out to be Kevin J. Ridge. KJR is an up and coming superstar in the indy scene and hoped to do as well in Hard Knox as he has done in previous promotions. **KJR is a fantasy wrestler** Kevin J. Ridge goes for a kick to the groin, but Chris Benoit counters it with a dragon screw.Chris Benoit pinned Kevin J. Ridge after a Northern Lights suplex in 0:20:53. Rating: *** 1/4 Chris Benoit had a hard fought match against Kevin Ridge. Despite being knocked out cold by a high risk dive to the outside and then constant blood loss, Benoit was able to move on to the next round. Next - Johnny Ace meets Chuck Palumbo. Both men are on the outside.Johnny Ace pinned Chuck Palumbo with the Implant DDT in 0:11:22. Rating: *** Johnny Ace and Palumbo fought on the outside and tossed each other around like rag dolls before Ace handed Chuck Palumbo a loss in HARD KNOX and moved on to the next round in the process. Next - Chris Sabin faces a mystery opponent. That opponent was a familiar face to Sabin from NWA:TNA in the form of the big man, Abyss. Abyss hits Chris Sabin with a splash from the second rope.Abyss pinned Chris Sabin with the Black Hole Slam in 0:14:15. Rating: * 1/2 Chris Sabin was obviously being punished by being put in the ring with the big man they call ABYSS. Sabin tried to outmaneuver and outrun Abyss but in the end, Sabin was left flat with the Black Hole Slam. The fans were not too pleased with this match and expressed themselves with chants of `boring' throughout the match. Abyss moves on to the next round. During the match, Chris Sabin noticed the guy in the cowboy hat from last month was sitting in the front row and he kept pointing at him. The man in the cowboy hat was yelling back at Sabin "You're chasing the wrong guys when you chase the Kings." We're not sure what that meant but we hope to get to the bottom of it soon enough. Next - Lucha Libre action between Juventud Guerrera and LA Parka. Juventud Guerrera calls for the Juvy Driver.Juventud Guerrera pinned LA Parka with the Juvi Driver in 0:11:19. Rating: **** A little Lucha Libre action for the fans as LA Parka and Juventud Guerra did battle. Juvy moves on to the next round. As an incentive, HARD KNOX officials have offered to sign Guerrera to a 1 year contract, provided he advances to next month's finals. Next - Shane Dougla vs Shannon Moore Shane Douglas puts Shannon Moore in a sleeperhold.Shane Douglas pinned Shannon Moore with the Franchiser in 0:12:30. Rating: ** 1/2 Shane Douglas moves on to the next round and proves his loss to Funk last month was a fluke. As for Shannon Moore, he is not on the best run in HARD KNOX and this match didn't improve his situation. Next - Spikyjim vs Chris Hamrick Chris Hamrick throws Spikyjim out of the ring.Spikyjim pinned Chris Hamrick with the The Living End in 0:07:01. Rating: *** 1/2 Spikyjim ended Hamrick's chances at being the top guy in HARD KNOX. Chris Sabin stood on the stage at the top of the entranceway and was visibily upset when Spikyjim gained this win. Next - Terry Funk was to meet a rival of his own in this first round match. The lights went out and when they came back on, there was SABU!!! Funk laid into Sabu immediately and Sabu fought right back. Sabu nails Terry Funk with a spinning leg lariat.Sabu pinned Terry Funk with the Triple Jump Moonsault in 0:12:23. Rating: *** 1/4 All Terry Funk knew going into this match was that someone from his past would be making a one night appearance to fight him in the tournament's first round. I'm sure he never expected it to be SABU!!! Sabu and Funk went for twelve minutes before Sabu got the win and moves on to the next round. Next - Raven has his open challenge answered by BJ Whitmer. They're brawling inside the ring area.Raven pinned BJ Whitmer with the Raven Effect in 0:09:42. Rating: *** BJ Whitmer tried his hand at singles action and accepted Raven's challenge in this first round match. This didn't seem to bother Raven who got his win and will move on to the next round. Next - we break from the tournament to have our tag team cage match between Real Xtreme and Van Wild & Scott Starring. Van Wild takes James Robinson down with a Samoan Drop.Cage Match: Real Xtreme (James Robinson and Lance Williams) defeated Scott Starring and Van Wild when Robinson pinned Van Wild with the Manhattan Bridge in 0:18:38. Rating: **** 1/4 Real Xtreme and Wild & Starring both used the cage as a weapon. In the end, it was the cage that got Real Xtreme the victory as Van Wild had been knocked out cold from a bump into the steel structure and James Robinson covered him for the easy win. Next up - second round action as Juventud Guerrera meets Johnny Ace. If Guerrera wins this match, he will get a 1 year contract with HARD KNOX as a bonus. Johnny Ace gets a scorpion deathlock on Juventud Guerrera.Juventud Guerrera pinned Johnny Ace with the Juvy Driver in 0:05:05. Rating: *** 3/4 That 1 year contract was definitely enough motivation to get Juvy fired up to win this match and move on to next month's Final Four for the title. Next - Chris Benoit goes up against the big man from TNA, Abyss. Chris Benoit executes the Crippler Crossface on Abyss.Chris Benoit made Abyss submit to the Crippler Crossface in 0:23:15. Rating: **** Chris Benoit did everything in his power to bring the big man down and in the end, he was able to make the big Abyss submit to the Crossface. Benoit will now be in the Final Four as well. Next up - Shane Douglas meets Spikyjim Spikyjim hits Shane Douglas with a Cradle DDT.Spikyjim pinned Shane Douglas with the The Living End in 0:09:33. Rating: **** 1/4 Once again, Chris Sabin made his presence felt during Spikyjim's match. This time, he stood in the middle of the entranceway and watched this match unfold. He was grinning every time Shane Douglas was close to beating Spikyjim and frowned when Spiky was on top. In the end, Sabin was furious as Spikyjim won the match and especially when Jim laughed at Sabin who had NOT made it passed the first round. Next - our final second round match as former ECW stars collide. Raven vs Sabu! Raven runs into the ropes.Raven pinned Sabu with the Raven Effect in 0:10:08. Rating: **** 1/4 Raven beat Sabu and moved on to the finals. The crowd was loving Sabu tonight and were disappointed that he would not be back next month. As for Raven, he was ecstatic to know that he is one match away from being the first champion of HARD KNOX and all he has to do is get through Chris Benoit, Juventud Guerrera and Spikyjim. I'm sure he was equally happy knowing that Shane Douglas did not even make it to the finals. Card rating: *** 3/4 Next month: * Final Four Way Elimination for the title Juventud Guerra vs Chris Benoit vs SpikyJim vs Raven * Chris Hamrick will do battle with a potential new signee * Shannon Moore & Steve Rizzonno will team up to face Van Wild & Scott Starring * Terry Funk and Shane Douglas will do battle in tag team action with partners of their choosing. Shane Douglas has already chosen his partner in Johnny Ace. Is this a Dynamic Dudes reunion or is The Franchise just noticing the great run Ace has had in HARD KNOX thus far? * Chris Sabin will face Johnny Stamboli. Will Sabin be able to concentrate and win this match or will he still be caught up with Spikyjim wrestling in the finals and not him? * Dean Malenko & Perry Saturn have asked for another match against The Christopher St. Connection - this one will be a BARBED WIRE match. * Our main event will be a four way elimination match to determine the first HEAD OF THE CLASS. The participants once again are: Chris Benoit Spikyjim Raven Juventud Guerrera All this and much more next month. |
americamamushi | Posted on 02/21/05 at 05:57:45 Benoit moves on. Since he's more established in Hard Knox than the newcomer KJR, it was good that he went over. Ace is on fire! He's beatin' up a storm in Hard Knox. And I thought Sabin had it hard before, now he has to face Abyss. Given the nature of Abyss' character, going over Sabin makes a great deal of sense. I like Sabin, but coming in and losing to Sabin doesn't really give him a monsterous build. Wasn't a stellar match, but what are you gonna do, right? :) Interesting deal with the cowboy man again. You've definently peaked my curiosity Good match. Even though both are regulars in American wrestler (or at least were, not sure exactly how much north of the border work they do now) putting two Mexican wrestlers in a match against eachother and calling it "Lucha Libre" action catches some attention that just saying "L.A. Park vs. Juvi" doesn't. It's funny how sometimes something as simple as they way you present the match with a few extra words can make it seem a whole lot more exciting on paper than it otherwise would.:) Good thinking. Also, I'm confused as to which Parka is being used. Is it the original La Parka (now wrestling as L.A. Park? or is it the Triple A knock off that still wrestlers as La Parka?) Another instance of the right person going over with the Moore/Douglas match. With what has happened in the previous monthes, the name "Douglas" carries more clout with the fans. Sabin watching SpikyJim's match? His actions in Hard Knox are blowing my mind. It's like he's just not thinking. He just keeps getting involved in everything and even though things haven't been gonig real great for him, he just keeps on doing it. I think you've probably got a couple really great choices of what you could do with Sabin character here. With I little more developement of his character and some more reasoning to his actions he could become quite the solid character The turning-off-the-lights-bit again. I do love me some of that bit. ;) Not really surprised that Sabu went over for some reason. Either one would have been ok though. Obviously Whitmer isn't near as lethal in singles action as he is with Rhyno. Of course, he was facing Raven too. Good cage match. I don't feel like anything has really been solved between the teams yet though, which is good.:) Even if you don't persue the feud further now, it leaves things open for rekindling the feud down the road. Whoa! Big upset! I'm shocked that Juvi beat Ace. I think Ace may have lost a little face with this particular loss, but it's not a crushing blow. It deifinitely builds Juvi up. With the win coming from motivation for a contract, it makes me wonder what he can do when he's motivated by other things, or if he's not motivated by something specific, if it'll put a kink in his ability to win. Benoit vs. Abyss. Not too shabby of a second round match up. I don't think losing to Benoit really hurt Abyss all that much. I mean, Benoit took him 23 minutes after both had wrestled previous matches and Benoit did have momentum from his feud with Douglas & Raven. I don't feel that Benoit gained a lot from making Abyss tap to the Crippler Crossface and like a said, Abyss' loss puts a little chink in the "Monster Gimmick" armor, but it's better Abyss' loss came from Benoit I think. I would say the right man went over. Surprised that SpikyJim beat Douglas. I figured Douglas for sure. Though SJ's win adds something to the Sabin situation. Raven vs. Sabu. Another ECW, hardcore wrestler classic. Much better rating than I expected too. I'm kind of dissapointed to see Sabu go as well, but Raven makes a whole lot more sense going into the finals. lol, it's funny "ecstatic" is not a mood I can picture coming from Raven. :D The 4-way elimination next month should be good. predictions * Juventud Guerra vs Chris Benoit vs SpikyJim vs Raven: Benoit I think. I think Juvi will be the first to go. SpikyJim will be the second, probably at the hands of Chris Sabin. Leaving Raven & Benoit * Chris Hamrick will do battle with a potential new signee: Il'l go with the underdog and say the newb will do it. * Shannon Moore & Steve Rizzonno will team up to face Van Wild & Scott Starring: Van Wild & Starring have the momentum. * Terry Funk and Shane Douglas & Ace: I think Douglas and Ace will go over Funk and whoever his partner is (Dory Jr. maybe?) I think Ace will be able to pick things back up after his loss to Juvi. * Chris Sabin will face Johnny Stamboli: Hmmm... toughie. I think Sabin will win, but he'll definitely have this mind else where, which will allow Stamboli a lot of near falls * Dean Malenko & Perry Saturn vs. The Christopher St. Connection: Malenko and Saturn will beat the CsC again Oh, and do you think somewhere, either on the boards or a website or something you can let us know what the finishers of your fantasy wrestlers are? Out of curiosity.:) |
Shaun Sindelman | Posted on 02/21/05 at 14:18:39On 02/21/05 at 05:57:45, americamamushi wrote:Benoit moves on. Since he's more established in Hard Knox than the newcomer KJR, it was good that he went over.Yep - i must admit that in some cases (this was not one of them but since you mentioned putting people over), i did continue a match in order to make sure a certain person went over to the next round. And I thought Sabin had it hard before, now he has to face Abyss. Given the nature of Abyss' character, going over Sabin makes a great deal of sense. I like Sabin, but coming in and losing to Sabin doesn't really give him a monsterous build. Wasn't a stellar match, but what are you gonna do, right? :) Interesting deal with the cowboy man again. You've definently peaked my curiosityi couldn't think of a big man to punish Sabin and then i thought of Abyss and it worked well since they are both TNA guys. Glad you are liking the cowboy man - it should be obvious to what his intentions are by now. Good match. Even though both are regulars in American wrestler (or at least were, not sure exactly how much north of the border work they do now) putting two Mexican wrestlers in a match against eachother and calling it "Lucha Libre" action catches some attention that just saying "L.A. Park vs. Juvi" doesn't. It's funny how sometimes something as simple as they way you present the match with a few extra words can make it seem a whole lot more exciting on paper than it otherwise would.:) Good thinking. Also, I'm confused as to which Parka is being used. Is it the original La Parka (now wrestling as L.A. Park? or is it the Triple A knock off that still wrestlers as La Parka?)Actually it is indeed L.A. Park - i had no idea there were two ones out there. My TNM has L.A. Park and i simply just kept changing the name in the PBP to LA Parka. Another instance of the right person going over with the Moore/Douglas match. With what has happened in the previous monthes, the name "Douglas" carries more clout with the fans.absolutely and i think Moore upsetting Shane would've been great but it wouldve killed Shane's momentum even more (especially after losing to The Funker last month) Sabin watching SpikyJim's match? His actions in Hard Knox are blowing my mind. It's like he's just not thinking. He just keeps getting involved in everything and even though things haven't been gonig real great for him, he just keeps on doing it. I think you've probably got a couple really great choices of what you could do with Sabin character here. With I little more developement of his character and some more reasoning to his actions he could become quite the solid characterthanks - i'm thinking the obsessed character is a good way to go. maybe develop his obsession some more in new ways. The turning-off-the-lights-bit again. I do love me some of that bit. ;) Not really surprised that Sabu went over for some reason. Either one would have been ok though.well the turning off the lights is synonomous with Sabu so it had to happen. Obviously Whitmer isn't near as lethal in singles action as he is with Rhyno. Of course, he was facing Raven too.yep - which is why i put Whitmer back into tag action for next month. Good cage match. I don't feel like anything has really been solved between the teams yet though, which is good.:) Even if you don't persue the feud further now, it leaves things open for rekindling the feud down the road.Absolutely and with the tag titles still vacant, there's definitely a big openin to get those 2 teams back into the swing of things. Whoa! Big upset! I'm shocked that Juvi beat Ace. I think Ace may have lost a little face with this particular loss, but it's not a crushing blow. It deifinitely builds Juvi up. With the win coming from motivation for a contract, it makes me wonder what he can do when he's motivated by other things, or if he's not motivated by something specific, if it'll put a kink in his ability to win.I gotta agree that Ace getting his first big loss was a crushing blow but the contract incentive definitely put some rationale behind the decision. Benoit vs. Abyss. Not too shabby of a second round match up. I don't think losing to Benoit really hurt Abyss all that much. I mean, Benoit took him 23 minutes after both had wrestled previous matches and Benoit did have momentum from his feud with Douglas & Raven. I don't feel that Benoit gained a lot from making Abyss tap to the Crippler Crossface and like a said, Abyss' loss puts a little chink in the "Monster Gimmick" armor, but it's better Abyss' loss came from Benoit I think. I would say the right man went over.i brought Abyss in to punish Sabin and that was all so i couldn't allow Abyss to win the match, especially over someone with more staying power like Benoit. Surprised that SpikyJim beat Douglas. I figured Douglas for sure. Though SJ's win adds something to the Sabin situation.yep - the win simply drove Sabin to a whole new level of insane, ya might say. *you'll see come next month* Raven vs. Sabu. Another ECW, hardcore wrestler classic. Much better rating than I expected too. I'm kind of dissapointed to see Sabu go as well, but Raven makes a whole lot more sense going into the finals.yea - once again, it all goes back to the first month. Raven didn't get the proper win then but now he's in a position to throw everything from the last few months right back in the faces of Benoit and Shane Douglas. Oh, and do you think somewhere, either on the boards or a website or something you can let us know what the finishers of your fantasy wrestlers are? Out of curiosity.:)According to my TNM database, here are the finishers for the fantasy guys and since you also asked bout Rizzonno: Steve Rizzonno - Corporate Takeover (Rocker Dropper) Kevin J Ridge - Ridged Rapture (pumphandle tombstone) Spikyjim - The Living End (inverted ddt) Despair - Despair Driver (Michinoku Driver) Real Xtreme - singles both men use a German Suplex that James calls The Manhattan Bridge and Lance calls The Brooklyn Bridge. For tag action, they use Pain NY Style which is a camel clutch-leg drop combo. sometimes Lance will use the camel clutch as a singles finisher. Van Wild & Scott Starring - Van (Wild Ride - airplane spin into a Diamond Cutter), Scott (Rookie Mistake - shooting star press) |
rey619 | Posted on 02/21/05 at 18:32:25 I think it is quite innovative and creative to come up with something completely different than "world title".. i.e. head of class competition. Nice one ;) |
Shaun Sindelman | Posted on 02/21/05 at 19:12:35 thanks - i figured it worked well with the whole SCHOOL of HARD KNOX persona to go with something related to school. |