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DWF 04/06/07: Ooh, title change

91Posted on 09/11/04 at 02:38:26

Card Information:
Held in: MADISON SQUARE GARDEN
Location: NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
Date/Time: 04/06/07 at 8:00pm
Matches/Interviews booked: 9
Arena Capacity: 10000
Attendance: 10000
A Sold Out Arena.
Ticket Buy Rate: 100%
TV ratings: 3.9%
Approximently Viewers: 11700000

Brad Armstrong pinned Hayabusa with the Peoples Elbow in 0:13:16.
Rating: **** 1/4
(Brad Armstrong retained the Intercontinental Title.)

One title not changing hands tonight, the Intercontinental title. Brad
Armstrong is now copying The Rock down to a tee, with mannerisms, catchphrases,
dress sense, image and even from tonight his moveset, as Armstrong nailed an
impressive win over Hayabusa with the Peoples Elbow finishing. Armstrong
quickly cut a promo, chock full of worn catchphrases, and promised a long title
reign to come. One man perhaps not agreeing is Devon Storm who in a backstage
interview soon after laid out a challenge, saying he had been waiting a year
to get his hands on Brad and with Brad now back in the ring, this was finally
his chance.

The Pitbulls and Scott Putski defeated The Mean Street Posse and Paul Roma when
Putski defeated Gas via pinfall in 0:05:23.
Rating: * 1/4

Scott Putski got some help against Paul Roma and the Posse as The
Pitbulls stepped forth to speed up the slaughter. The Pitbulls decimated their
idiot opponents, saving a special beating for the self proclaimed higher power
Roma and then dropped Putski, who had taken a few shots moments earlier, onto
Pete Gas, whom the Pitbulls had just speared out of his boots, for the win.

Hunter Hearst-Helmsley pinned Christian with the Pedigree in 0:06:06.
Rating: ** 3/4

Hunter Hearst-Helmsley got a win as well. As big an idiot as he may be, he's
been very impressive as of late, racking up a series of wins. Christian was
his victim today. Christian turned Helmsley into the Unprettier, only for
Helmsley to keep turning and Christian ended up in the Pedigree position. Bamn,
one-two-three, and Helmsley wins again.

Doug Furnas & Phil Lafon defeated The Rock'n'Roll Express when Furnas pinned
R. Gibson after a powerslam in 0:13:41.
Doug Furnas suffered a neck injury. He will be out for approximately 9 weeks.
Rating: **** 1/4
(Doug Furnas & Phil Lafon won the Tag Team Titles.)

We have new tag team champions as Doug Furnas and Phil LaFon upset the
Rock'n'Roll Express, though it wasn't entirely through their doing. Earlier in
the show, John Cena met them backstage to tell them he'd finally delivered. It
was supposed to be The Pitbulls challenging tonight but he'd wrangled a deal
and gotten Furnas and LaFon the title shot. With that, he claimed, his work was
done, having gotten the pair what he promised and wished them luck with the
match. Pretty Perfect made their way to the ring beforehand to sit on
commentary however and berate the fact they weren't challenging here as they
were the best team, greatest champions ever, blah blah blah, and accused Morton
and Gibson of ducking them, thus their support was for the challengers. Soon
enough, with Furnas and LaFon controlling Robert Gibson, Edge and Christian
made their way down to ringside, perhaps still with something to settle with
Furnas and LaFon, perhaps just a little miffed that they defeated F&L at
Wrestlefest but weren't challenging. Either way, Pretty Perfect quickly spotted
the threat to their supported team and left headset to deal with them. Quickly
the two teams began brawling at ringside, and Edge and Hennig ended up on the
ring apron. Robert Gibson had just landed a double clothesline on the
challengers and looked set to make the hot tag to Morton, when Edge reared
back to throw a punch and accidentally hit an errant elbow to Gibson. Gibson
was dazed and Furnas scored a powerslam, Morton wasn't quick enough to react
and we have ourselves brand new tag team champions.

Rey Mysterio defeated Hector Guerrero by disqualification in 0:09:16.
Rating: ***

Los Guerreros are still causing trouble. Hector Guerrero (he's the one who
cheats) gave Rey Mysterio a hard fight, using every traiditonally illegal
tactic behind the refs back. A second low blow in the match was caught by the
not-so-eagle-eyed official who called for the bell. Hector and Rey mixed it up
after, with the rest of the Guerrero clan finally coming out to unbalance the
sides and clean Rey out.

Rhyno pinned Brian Pillman with the Gore in 0:06:27.
Rating: ***

Also looking good today was Rhyno, who scored another crushing victory, this
one over the on-form Brian Pillman. Rhyno is the sort of guy who NEVER seems
to lose, and it's about time he got the chance to step up...

Devon Storm pinned Jody Fleisch with the Thunderclap Brainbuster in 0:06:58.
Rating: *** 3/4

Devon Storm would also be in action that night after an interview on the Kings
Court. The Young Lions appeared on King Kanyons stage in order to demand that
Jody Fleisch show himself in order to be questioned on his whereabouts the
night that Matt Hardy was attacked and sent to the hospital. Fleisch came out
to deny all wrong doing, saying these Angela Lansbury wannabes were bugging
him and that Hardy was an idiot for not even exploiting the accident for a
sure-fire ratings grabber, something he said the DWF has been distinctly
lacking for the last year. Inspector Joey jumped in saying that Matt gave them
a message to pass on - if Fleisch started shooting in any way, he was to
wrestle that night against the king of the shoot interviews, Devon Storm. Jody
was NOT best pleased at that one, even less so when Devon scored a victory.
Whilst that might increase Devons chances of a shot at Brad Armstrong, it's
got to ignite Jody Fleisch's opinions of Matt Hardys booking skills even more.
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Midway through the evening, Shane McMahon and Matt Hardy came out with the intention of naming the man who
would challenge Billy Kidman for the worlds heavyweight title in three weeks
at International Incident but their unveiling was delayed by Don Muraco
entering, to "cut out the unnecessary waiting of his introduction" as he put
it. Muraco then began promising to do away with Kidman at International
Incident and finally claim what is "rightfully his". Before he could go on,
Jerry Lyn sprinted out, chair in hand and caught Muraco on the head. A second
head-shot followed, dropping Muraco. Lynn waited for him to clamber to his
feet before aiming a third, but Muraco blocked by grabbing Lynn by the throat
and lifting him up. Before he could plant Lynn on the canvas, Raven ran out
with his own chair and caught Muraco on the back. Lynn landed safely on his
feet and picked up his chair, and the pair smashed Muraco with a con-chair-to
of sorts. Jeff Hardy quickly ran out to pull Muraco out of the ring and the
two ran to safety, with Raven and Lynn hot in persuit.

McMahon and Matt weren't done yet as it would seem they had someone else in
mind for International Incident. Now it was time for Kurt Angle to make his
entrance, imploring them to pick him so he could go to the United Kingdom and
show them was class was like. It was with that, Shane revealed the REAL number
one contender, Dynamite Kid. Angle was appauled to the point of absolute
disgust at this decision. Matt Hardy tried to appease him, telling Angle that
he would be first in line for a title shot following the PPV, but Angle was
still pretty repulsed at the notion that Dynamite Kid was the number one
contender over him (yes, the result between them at Wrestlefest had TOTALLY
eluded him).

Angles night wasn't over as he was attacked coming back down the aisle by a
fuming Chris Jericho, still out for revenge after last weeks confrontation.
It's somewhat surreal - on one side, the American loving Olympic gold medal
winning man who for years has been reveered in the DWF. On the other, Chris
Jericho, an angry, bitter Canadian who has been one of the most hated men since
day one in the DWF, and it's Jericho who is getting the cheers.

The Syndicate defeated Billy Kidman and Steve Corino when Shamrock pinned Corino after a sunset flip in 0:14:12.
Rating: **** 1/4
(The Syndicate won the Intercontinental Tag Team Titles.)

So Dynamite Kid takes on Billy Kidman at International Incident for the title.
Kidman has just come off the Wrestlefest Revenge Tour after three tough title
matches with former champion Raven. The first two saw Corino save the title
for Kidman via DQ but on the final night, just yesterday, Kidman finally got
the clean win (well, clean as in he needed no help - he still cheated). That
said, Kidman will be several pounds lighter for this match as the IC tag title
belts have been whisked away from him and Corino. Taking on The Syndicate, the
team that Kidman and Corino won the belts off for their first reign several
months earlier, Kidman and Corino displayed their abilities in a tremendous
display, Shamrock and Storm doing everything they can to turn it into their
style of match, a style that Steve Corino seemed to be able to deal with
particularly well, being the King of Old School (and King of the Ring of
course, more on this years tournament to come in the upcoming weeks). As we
neared the end, the champs had control. With Lance Storm having been thrown
into the steel steps on the floor and thoroughly beaten, Shamrock was left to
fight off both men and he tried a last ditch sunset flip on Corino. Corino
maintained his balance and Kidman began kicking away at Shamrock until Dynamite
Kid ran out to ringside. Kidman was distracted by this, whilst Shamrock
continued to try and pull Corino down for the pin. Kidman soon began jawjacking
at Dynamite, bringing the ref to come over and try to restore order. Lance
Storm gained his senses at ringside and also gained a steel chair (yes, another
one) from ringside. With Corino still blocking the sunset flip attempt, Lance
was able to sneak in and waffle him around the head with the chair. Corino
finally fell into the move and the referee turned round to count the pin, and
we have ourselves new champions. Dynamite meanwhile grabbed Kidman by the ankle
and held him back while the fall was being counted. Mind games by the future
world title challenger perhaps?

Card rating: *** 1/2

Match observations:

Triple Threat, it would seem, is well and truly no more. We saw clips from
last nights Wrestlefest Revenge Tour show where Masato Tanaka and Dean Malenko
teamed up against Psychoanalysis. We saw Tanaka and Malenko get into an
arguement, culminating in Tanaka turning on Malenko and leaving him to pick up
a defeat. Chris Benoit called for the clip to be played, then called out both
men in order to settle this. Benoit was disgusted at their recent efforts,
disgusted by their lack of victories on the tour and disgusted with their
presence in general. Malenko squared up to him and the two began shoving, only
for Masato Tanaka to clothesline them both hard and leave by himself. Benoit
and Malenko also left seperately, and it looks like Triple Threat has finally
crumbled to dust. Where the three of them go from here though is anyones
guess.

One interesting factoid worth considering - with both tag titles changing
hands tonight and all the singles titles switching hands at Wrestlefest, all
six DWF titles have changed hands in an eight day spell - easily a record.
Also not like me in the slightest, being the sort of guy who rarely has title
changes, but hey - things change.
Snabbit888Posted on 09/12/04 at 09:23:23

Good card... interesting to see two title changes in one night, both of your tag titles to boot.  With Furnas getting hurt, what happens with the tag titles?  Vacate?  30-day rule?  I love your stuff.  It's cool to see that you have such a history established.  It's cool seeing circuits that have been around for 6 or 7 years... it gives them a feel of more importance.

And yes, your titles are changing a lot these days. :)
91Posted on 09/12/04 at 18:20:22

Thanks for the comments. I didn't play up on the injury in the match observations here, but I am going to have to do something as two months is a bit too long. Speaking of history, I forgot to mention this is Furnas & LaFons second tag title reign, the first coming some five years previous.

As I'm a stickler for longer title reigns, most belts are going to settle down with their respective title holders bar the tag belts (for obvious reasons) and two others that I've got ideas for, one of which will probably be pinging around all over the place for a while.
Snabbit888Posted on 09/15/04 at 09:53:59

Oh, and another thing... I've become such a DWF mark, I actually have updated the title histories file you sent me. :)

Now you gotta work on getting me some past cards, sucka!