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DWF 16/07/07

91Posted on 10/30/04 at 01:21:29

Card Information:
Held in: ELK'S LODGE
Location: QUEENS, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
Date/Time: 16/07/07 at 8:00pm
Matches/Interviews booked: 8
Arena Capacity: 10000
Attendance: 9961
Ticket Buy Rate: 99.61%
TV ratings: 2%
Approximently Viewers: 6000000

If Billy Kidman was frustrated at having to face Dynamite Kid in a steel cage
this Sunday, his frustration was multiplied several times over tonight. Kidman
and Corino were in the ring today on the Kings Court with King Kanyon to do
an interview. Kidman covered his recent title win as he regained the worlds
title from Dynamite Kid, the cage match this Sunday and then Matt Hardys
decision to book this match under these circumstances. Matt Hardy isn't one to
stand idly by at criticism and appeared to tell Kidman that he'd only be
defending the title this Sunday if he was still the champion by which time, as
he'd have to defend the title TONIGHT! A shocked Kidman wanted to know who he
was forced into facing, and Hardy responded by telling him that, purely on the
basis that he'd actually shown up for once, Rob Van Dam would be the challenger
tonight, a decision that infuriated the champ.

Edge & Christian (Edge and Christian) defeated
The Miracle Violence Connection (Steve Williams and Terry Gordy) when Christian
pinned S. Williams with the Unprettier in 0:08:44.
Rating: ****

That segment was followed by Edge and Christian taking on the Miracle Violence
Connection, in a seemingly unrelated match. That's the way it was for the most
part, as both teams took it to one another in order to climb the tag team
ladder. Edge and Christian are former champions while the MVC are former
Intercontinental tag team champions, so both teams know what it's like to
possess the gold, and the desire to once again be champs incited all four men
to go at it full pelt. In the end it was Edge and Christian who got the duke
after some quick moves and a double dropkick that sent Gordy out of the ring,
followed by the Unprettier from Christian on Williams when the doctor tried to
nail Edge. A big win for Edge and Christian who climb the ladder, but not a
good night for the Miracles, which was about to get worse. Throwing somewhat
of a fit backstage, the two started throwing cups of coffee around, some of
which hit Billy Kidmans car. An already infuriated Kidman was even madder now
and brought Clarence Mason with him to pass a subpoena on to them, suing for
gross misappropriation. Not a happy set of campers.

Brad Armstrong pinned Super Calo with the Peoples Elbow in 0:05:01.
Rating: ***
(Brad Armstrong retained the Intercontinental Title.)

Victory too for Brad Armstrong, a fairly straight forward win over Super Calo
(who in fairness rallied quite respectively at one stage). Armstrong retained
his gold here, but whatever it is he has to say this Sunday sounds important,
even if it doubtless will be delivered in the style of The Rock. Cest la vie.

Brian Pillman pinned Phil Lafon after a flying cross body press in 0:06:47.
Rating: ****

Steve Corino is also defending his title this Sunday against Brian Pillman.
Pillman was in action today against Phil LaFon. Ever since Doug Furnas was
injured, LaFon was been temporarily going solo, and has been undefeated in that
span of time, so he was certainly not one to taken lightly. Pillman though is
on a mission. After all the criticisms and labels fired off at him by Pretty
Perfect, holding tag team gold has given him a new motivation, and the chance
to hold his first ever singles gold, despite having been in the DWF since day
one over six and a half years ago, has fuelled him even more. LaFon was game
but on this night, he was never going to compete with Pillman, who laid him to
waste. Following the win, Steve Corino wandered out, mic in hand, with a few
choice words for Pillman. Corino noted that the "lame cannon" (such wit) was
no match for a master of the old school arts and would prove as much this
Sunday. Pillman had a huge grin on his face the whole time, so confident that
this is to be his night, so much so that he jumped Steve Corino backstage and
gave him a pounding, before dropping a wodden pallet on his leg, leaving Corino
in some serious pain. Hopefully for Pillmans sake, he hasn't injured Corino
too badly (and no word on his condition - he may be absolutely fine, he may be
very badly hurt) for if he is, there's the risk of there not being a match at
all. As far as we know right now, the match is all set to go ahead.

Elimination Match:
Larry Zbyszko, John Cena, Paul Roma and Hunter Hearst-Helmsley beat
Lance Storm, Sean O'Haire, Joey Matthews and Chris Jericho 4 falls to 3:
x O'Haire beat Roma via the Seanton Bomb in 0:02:34
x Hearst-Helmsley beat Matthews via the Pedigree in 0:06:16
x J. Cena beat Jericho via the Eighth Deadly Sin in 0:09:09
x L. Storm beat Hearst-Helmsley via the Maple Leaf in 0:11:42
x double countout (O'Haire and J. Cena) in 0:18:45
x Larry Z beat L. Storm via a roll up in 0:19:09
Survivors: Larry Zbyszko
Rating: ** 1/2

The most intriguing factor of the King of the Ring Pay-Per-View every year is
who exactly is going to be king. One old tradition in the DWF is the Survivor
Series match that preceeds the PPV featuring the eight qualifiers. We haven't
seen this match for a couple of years, and of the three past matches, the
eventual tournament winner has had mixed luck, with the two occassion that
the eventual KOTR was not a survivor, Rob Van Dam was. No RVD in the tournament
this year, does this mean that the man who will win the King of the Ring would
be a survivor tonight, or are we reading between the lines?

In any case, the sides were set up, as Chris Jericho, Sean O'Haire, Lance Storm
and Joey Matthews faced up to John Cena, Larry Zbyszko, Hunter Hearst-Helmsley
and Paul Roma. Roma unsurprisingly was first out, as O'Haire cleaned house on
all four members of the opposing side who jumped in and flattened Roma with the
Seanton Bomb. Your next King of the Ring...? Don't count out Helmsley though,
as he demonstrated his wily abilities. Despite his ridiculous snobbish attitude
he is quite the competitor and blocked an attempted backdrop by Inspector Joey
Matthews to nail the Pedigree and eliminate him. Chris Jericho is a heavy
favourite as a former champion and was having a great spell in there, but
as he dominated John Cena, Larry Zbyszko took a shot at him from the apron.
Jericho turned round and decked him but Cena was back up and took advantage of
the distraction to hit the Eighth Deadly Sin for the pin. Cena is the sort of
guy to take advantage of ANY opening given to him and he cannot be disregarded.
Don't disregard Lance Storm either, the man is climbing the ladder both in the
singles and tag team ranks at a great pace. Storm was finding life tough with
Helmsley, but as Helmsley set up for the Pedigree, Storm scooped up the legs
and locked on the Maple Leaf for the submission. A technical wizard, Storm is
the sort of guy who can find a way to beat anyone, and usually does. If Storm
is a mat wrestler, then Sean O'Haire is definitely a hard hitting brawler who
can adapt to any environment in an instance. He adapted to John Cenas cheap
heel tactics quickly enough and took it to him, but did so to such an extent
that the two spilt to the floor and both were counted out. O'Haire was hot,
the sort of attitude that has seen him win so many matches yet cost him the few
he has lost. On this occasion, it was costly. Hopping onto the apron, O'Haire
motioned to Cena and reared his arm back, accidentally catching Lance Storm in
the back of the head with an elbow. Thinking quick, Larry Zbyszko nipped in,
rolled him up and got the winning pin, leaving him as sole survivor. Storm now
was hot and spun O'Haire around and gave him some heated words. O'Haire
responded in a similar fashion and officials quickly spilled out to make sure
no altercation took place. The two have been friends in the past but as long as
both men are in the tournament, there are no friendships here. Larry Zbyszko
meanwhile continues his phenominal run, now adding Lance Storm to an ever
growing and increasingly impressive list of victims. Anyone fancy ruling him
out?

Devon Storm pinned Jody Fleisch with the Thunderclap Brainbuster in 0:09:04.
Rating: ****

Billy Kidman did have one supporter during the evening, as Jody Fleisch came
lobbying into his dressing room. Siding with Kidman, Fleisch declared Hardys
decision as disgusting and that Kidman should never have to defend the title
under such circumstances. Soon after, Fleisch was thrown into a match with
Devon Storm, following off last weeks tag team encounter when they were on
opposite sides. Storm was handling himself quite nicely and looked on for a win
as he lifted Fleisch up for the Thunderclap Brainbuster. Fleisch countered and
landed down by his feet, next to the ropes. As luck would have it, Matt Hardy
had come down to ringside and was stood on the apron right next to Fleisch.
Hardy belted him with a right hand and now Storm could hit the Thunderclap
Brainbuster for the victory. Storm looked a little perturbed at the way he'd
won, but wasn't about to kick up a fuss. Hardy meanwhile climbed into the ring
and began stomping down on the helpless Fleisch before yelling at him that he
was commissioner and that wasn't ever going to change. Now Hardy has been a
very popular commissioner for a long time, but we're seeing a more agressive
and angry side to him now Fleisch has gotten Hardy so wound up.

Don Muraco pinned Kid Kash after a powerslam in 0:01:11.
Rating: **

One of the other big matches this Sunday sees Raven and Jerry Lynn take on Don
Muraco and Jeff Hardy. Once again, Don has put an opponent off the shelf as
doctors have ordered Raven, following last weeks beating at the hands of Muraco,
to stay out of action until the King of the Ring. So while Raven recuperated at
home, he watched Don Muraco squash another opponent, this time a gamey Kid Kash.
Kash was able to fire off a few moves at the start of the match after Muraco
missed a charge into the corner. They barely fazed Muraco though and pretty
soon, they were scraping Kash off the mat, another victim of Muracos Tombstone
Piledriver. Muraco continued though, delivering a second piledriver. Signalling
for a third, Jerry Lynn ran out with a steel chair in hand, and Muraco wisely
went to the outside, smiling evily at Lynn who sneered just as evily back. The
question is, can Lynn and Raven take down the massive Muraco this Sunday or
will they both be put back on the shelf permanently.

Chris Benoit made Bobby Eaton submit to the Crippler Crossface in 0:14:11.
Rating: **** 1/4

Chris Benoit faces former Triple Threat associate Masato Tanaka this Sunday,
and warmed up tonight against Bobby Eaton. Perhas 'warmed up' isn't the right
expression to use as Eaton was on form here and the two engaged in a fantastic
display of out and out wrestling, exchanging holds, counter holds and reversals
that kept us all guessing. In the end, Benoit showed why he is a four time
worlds heavyweight champion. catching Eaton with the Crossface after having
kicked out of a roll up just moments earlier. A superb display from Benoit who
has momentum going into King of the Ring, as of course does Masato Tanaka
following his success at International Incident. Eaton meanwhile has found life
tough going since dropping the Television Title a couple of months ago, and he
finally lost it today. Dean Malenko had some disparaging words for Eaton as
Eaton limped by, saying that Eaton put in a performance so humiliating that
he's surprised he lasted as long with Benoit as Malenko himself had just
recently. Eaton, who had worked so hard out there, wasn't taking that and laid
into Malenko before officials, once again, were there to seperate them. Eaton
was fuming though, no way was he accepting such harsh and unnecessary criticism
like that.

Billy Kidman pinned Rob Van Dam with the Shooting Star Press in 0:14:32.
Rating: **** 1/4
(Billy Kidman retained the Heavyweight Title.)

So the title match came, and sure enough Van Dam had shown up, and even seemed
somewhat aware of what he was fighting for. Indeed, Van Dam is a former
champion himself, so he knows what it takes. Billy Kidman has come so far in
such a short space of time though, and knows every trick in the book. It was
Van Dam who made the big mistake though. Bringing a chair into the ring for
the Van Daminator, against the refs wishes, Kidman caught the offending weapon
and ducked the oncoming spin kick, then used it to crack Van Dams skull. The
ref, perhaps decreeing that it was RVD who brought the chair into the ring in
the first place, let it go. Shooting Star Press, 1-2-3, Kidman will be facing
Dynamite Kid this Sunday. Indeed, as Kidman celebrated the win, Dynamite Kid
came out from behind the curtain and stood in the aisle, with the show going
off air soon after the two of them locked eyes and began staring each other
down.

Card rating: *** 1/2

King of the Ring - final card

Billy Kidman (c) vs Dynamite Kid (world heavyweight title, steel cage)

Steve Corino (c) vs Brian Pillman (television title)

Jerry Lynn & Raven vs Don Muraco & Jeff Hardy

Masato Tanaka vs Chris Benoit

**Official Debut** La Resistance vs Hayabusa & Tajiri

King of the Ring Tournament

Chris Jericho vs Larry Zbyszko
Lance Storm vs Paul Roma
Joey Matthews vs John Cena
Sean O'Haire vs Hunter Hearst-Helmsley

**Plus an interview with Brad Armstrong and a special announcement from Matt Hardy
Snabbit888Posted on 11/03/04 at 22:31:02

Excellent job once again.  I love what's going on wih Kidman/Corino.  They're such good heels in DWF.  They threw coffee on Kidman's car?  That's not very nice.

Brad Armstrong rules.  'Nuff said.

Predictions!

Kidman over Dynamite

Pillman over Corino

Muraco/J. Hardy over Lynn/Raven

Benoit over Tanaka

La Resistance over 'Busa/Tajiri

KOTR
Zbyszko over Jericho
Storm over Roma
Cena over Matthews
O'Haire over HHH

Zbyszko over Storm
O'Haire over Cena

O'Haire wins in the final.

Oh my!