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[GCW] Monday Night Explosion - 10/24/05

Snabbit888Posted on 08/04/06 at 11:39:53

Our campus tour of the Big Ten continued as tonight we were at the Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa, home of the Hawkeyes for Monday Night Explosion! A lot of big matches tonight as the stage continues to be set for Glory! Brock Lesnar defends the World Heavyweight Title against one half of Anarchy, Paul Burchill! We will also have an update on the condition of Kurt Angle, who was viciously attacked by John Bradshaw Layfield and the World's Greatest Tag Team last week. Also on the card, Abyss takes on Edge, Booker T and Rey Mysterio Jr. meet undefeated MNM, and in our main event, Eric Angle and Rob Van Dam have exercised their rematch clause and will challenge the WGTT for the World Tag Team Titles! All that, plus Commissioner Tommy Dreamer has a major announcement! Let's get this show on the road!


BROCK LESNAR ANSWERS SOME QUESTIONS, BUT IS INTERRUPTED BY A NEW FACTION
Brock Lesnar, the World Heavyweight champion, kicked off the show with an interview. Lesnar addressed the questions he has been getting all week. "Everybody wants to know why I saved Kurt Angle last week. Don't get me wrong. I do not like Kurt Angle in the least. But nobody deserves what he got last week." Lesnar continued that although he didn't like Angle, he respects him for taking him to the limit so many times. This is when the music of JOHN BRADSHAW LAYFIELD kicked up and here comes the big white limo with the steer on the hood. Lamont, JBL's personal driver, opens the door and out comes JBL and the World's Greatest Tag Team, the World Tag Team champions. JBL started by saying he wanted to come out and officially introduce Lesnar to the Corporation. "As the richest man in wrestling today," JBL cockily said, "I decided I was going to start using this immense wealth to make GCW my playground. And what I want is that GCW World Heavyweight Title. I am a Wrestling God, and I get what I want. And what I wanted was the best tag team is wrestling today on my side, and that's exactly what I got in Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin, the World's Greatest Tag Team, the World Tag Team champions." Haas and Benjamin told Kurt Angle that the attack on him was "nothing personal; it was just business." JBL told Lesnar, "You may be big and he may be bad, but you're not rich, and I'm going to show you that money talks, Lesnar, when I become the World Heavyweight champion!" JBL's music started up as Lesnar gave him the death stare as we cut to commercial.


Match #1
Booker T/Rey Mysterio Jr. (w/ Sharmell) vs. MNM (w/ Melina)
Booker T and Rey Mysterio Jr. have been turning some heads in the tag team division, especially after beating the Basham Brothers a week ago on Explosion. They had another huge test ahead of them though as they took on the undefeated Johnny Nitro and Joey Mercury, MNM. Melina's charges have a World Tag Team Title shot in the bank whenever they want it, but as of yet, they have sat on it. Booker T and Mysterio are meshing well as a tag team and their progression continued in a big way against MNM. Once again, Booker and Mysterio have added new tandem moves to their offense, including Booker picking Mysterio up in a back suplex and Mysterio backflipping out of it onto Nitro which got a nearfall. MNM would regain the advantage though as like them or not, they are tremendously gifted athletes. It looked like they were victory bound when they had Mysterio up for the Snapshot, but they tried it too soon as Mysterio reversed out of it with a headscissors/headlock takedown combo before tagging in Booker T. Booker, as the biggest man in the match, used his strength to throw around Nitro and Mercury with clotheslines and bodyslams. The numbers got to him though as MNM got back on the advantage, but that was cut shot when Mysterio flew back in with a springboard dropkick on Nitro, taking him to the floor. Booker caught Mercury with the Axe Kick from there, and they picked up the win.

Booker T and Rey Mysterio Jr. defeated MNM (Joey Mercury and Johnny Nitro) when Booker pinned Mercury with the Axe Kick in 0:06:44.
Rating: ***

MNM have been handed heir first defeat at the hands of Booker T and Rey Mysterio Jr., and just like that, the tag team division gets even murkier. I'd hate to be Tommy Dreamer and the GCW Championship Committee right now with the task of trying to decide who are the number-one-contenders for the tag team titles.


TOMMY DREAMER MAKES HIS MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT
The Commissioner of GCW, Tommy Dreamer, came to the ring to make a major announcement, and he was carrying a championship belt with him. He said that after meetings with the Championship Committee all week, it has been decided in an effort to increase the competition in Global Championship Wrestling, that the Television Title, currently held by CM Punk, and the Cruiserweight Title, currently held by Shark Boy, are going to be unified. The consensus was that with one less title, wrestlers will have to up their games that much more to make GCW even more competitive than it already is. He said that the unification match will take place at Glory on November 20th, and the winner will receive the championship that he was holding, which will be called the GCW X Title. Dreamer said that the title will be decided in a Fatal Fourway with ladder match rules, and will feature CM Punk, Shark Boy, and two others to be named in the upcoming weeks. KID KASH obviously had a problem with this, as he and Lance Hoyt came to the ring. Kash said it was bogus the way that he lost the Cruiserweight Title to Shark Boy and he should be in the match to determine the first X champion. Dreamer said Kash had a point, but the unprovoked attack he and Hoyt made on Shark Boy and D-Ray 3000 a couple of weeks ago makes him think Kash doesn't deserve to be in the match. Kash protested until Dreamer finally made him a deal and said if Kash and Hoyt could defeat Shark Boy and D-Ray 3000 tonight CLEANLY, he would be put into the match. Kash didn't like the "cleanly" part but he agreed to the match anyway.


Match #2
Abyss vs. "The Rated R Superstar" Edge (w/ Lita & Mickie James)
From the opening bell it was obvious that Edge wanted absolutely no part of the angry Abyss, and it's hard to say I blame him. It's one thing to wrestle a man who is as brutal as Abyss when he's in a good mood. It's a completely different thing to do it when he's infuriated. Edge tried a couple of things early on, but when he saw they weren't working, he decided this match wasn't worth it and started to walk to the back. Halfway up though, he was met by MONTY BROWN, who was walking at him and telling him to get back in the ring. Edge had to make a choice between Scylla or Charybdis. Either get in the ring and deal with Abyss or try to head to the back and contend with Monty Brown. Edge went with Abyss, and he paid for it dearly as the huge monster put him through hell in a short amount of time. The Alpha Male looked on in approval as Abyss hit the Black Hole Slam on Edge, but he wouldn't get a pin as RANDY ORTON was in the ring smacking Abyss in the back with a chair!

Abyss defeated Edge by disqualification in 0:05:18.
Rating: ** 3/4

Orton might be the only man in the world who is not showing fear of Abyss as he waylaid him with that chair several times, actually leaving the monster lying in the ring. Who knows if he could have done that without a chair, but we will find out what he can do at Glory.


Match #3
Shark Boy (Cruiserweight champion)/D-Ray 3000 vs. "The Notorious K.I.D." Kid Kash/Lance Hoyt
Shark Boy and D-Ray 3000 were up to their tricks again, doing their best to get on the nerves of Kid Kash and Lance Hoyt. They were once again playing the mimic game with D-Ray once again transforming into D-Hoyt 3000 and Shark Boy becoming The Notorious S.H.A.R.K. The fans absolutely loved this, but Kash and Hoyt were not amused. The past couple of weeks have belonged to Shark Boy and D-Ray 3000. Tonight it all caught up with them as Hoyt established himself as the enforcer that he is, having his way with his two much smaller opponents. After blasting The Notorious S.H.A.R.K. with a big boot, Kid Kash tagged himself in, hit Sharkie with a German suplex and with a beautiful bridge, made the cover.

Kid Kash and Lance Hoyt defeated D-Ray 3000 and Shark Boy when Kash pinned Shark Boy after a German suplex in 0:04:37.
Rating: ** 1/2

With this victory, Kash now joins Shark Boy and CM Punk in the ladder match to determine the first X champion. It was announced after the match that the fourth and final man for the X Title match will be determined next week in a battle royal.


PALUMBO'S PIZZA PLACE - SPECIAL GUEST - ELIX SKIPPER
The Italian Stallion was at it again as Chuck Palumbo welcomed Elix Skipper to the Pizza Place. Primetime was in a great mood tonight, and we soon found out why. Skipper broke the news that because of the "total ass kicking" he gave Low-Ki last week, his former partner has left GCW for greener pastures. "This goes to prove that I carried that team for months and I proved that Primetime is where it's at!" After putting himself over more, Skipper concluded by saying that he has his eyes set on the X Title and that he will win the battle royal next week and move on to Glory to win the X Title.


Match #4
Television Title Match
CM Punk (c) (w/ Shaniqua & Daffney) vs. "The Alabama Slamma" Hardcore Holly (w/ Ken Doane)
CM Punk was still suffering the ill effects of his brutal match with Christopher Daniels at Trick or Trouble, sporting a bandage on his head. However as the Television champion, he is expected to defend his title often, which is why he was booked tonight to defend his championship against Hardcore Holly. Ken Doane knew that when Punk wrestles a match, his followers aren't that far behind, so he joined his partner at ringside to have his back. The Bashams didn't care much that the Teen Phenom was at ringside though, as they came down fairly early in the match and it didn't take long before they jumped Doane on the floor. Holly was holding his own against Punk in the ring, but when he saw his partner being beaten, he jumped to the floor and took it to Doug and Danny. While Holly and Doane were getting the better of the situation, Hardcore Holly was being counted out, and Punk retained his title.

CM Punk defeated Hardcore Holly by countout in 0:03:25.
Rating: ** 1/4
(CM Punk retained the GCW Television Title.)

Recently Punk has been on the case of the Bashams not to get involved in his matches, but with the physical condition he's in right now, it didn't look like he minded too much that he retained his title by the means that he did. Now his goal is to get back to 100% before the title unification match at Glory.


AN EMBARRASSED LANCE STORM WANTS ANOTHER SHOT AT FRANKIE KAZARIAN
The North American champion Lance Storm has been going around all week complaining that the only reason he lost to Frankie Kazarian last Monday was that he wasn't prepared for him. Storm came out and grabbed the microphone. He challenged Kazarian to a rematch saying that the Future may have beaten him once, but it won't happen again. Kazarian came out and accepted the challenge. Antonio Santangelo ran down to the ring and called for the bell, and this match was on.


Match #5
Non-Title Match
Lance Storm (North American champion) vs. Frankie "The Future" Kazarian
To Lance Storm's credit, he may have had a point about not being ready for Frankie Kazarian a week ago and that being the reason why he lost. The problem with that is though, it was Storm's arrogant challenge that got him in that predicament in the first place. Storm was better prepared this week, but conversely, so was Kazarian. This was a more even contest than last week, but Kazarian continues to stump opponents. Chris Benoit has been giving Kazarian all kinds of advice and showering him with knowledge, and the Future is showing himself to be a fast learner as he implements these things in the ring. Storm appeared to have this one in order after he hit a great looking piledriver. He then was looking to whip Kazarian into the ropes, a way he often sets up his Maple Leaf finisher. However, Kazarian had the presence of mind to reverse the move and run the North American champion into the ropes, pulling him back with a rolling reverse cradle and adding a picture perfect bridge. For the second week in a row, Frankie Kazarian has defeated the North American champion!

Frankie Kazarian pinned Lance Storm after a rolling reverse cradle in 0:06:04.
Rating: *** 1/2

This can't be the way that Lance Storm anticipated his second reign as North American champion starting. For the second week in a row, Storm has lost a match to an unproven youngster, who continues to impress with his in ring skills. The last thing Storm wants at this point is to wrestle Frankie Kazarian again, but he will have to as a third match between the two has been signed for Glory, this time with the North American Title on the line! Will the third time be the charm for the Future?


Match #6
World Heavyweight Title Match
On Commentary: John Bradshaw Layfield
Brock Lesnar (c) vs. Paul Burchill (w/ Doug Williams)
Before this match even began, we saw John Bradshaw Layfield in the back with Anarchy, Paul Burchill and Doug Williams. Burchill had a huge opportunity as he was taking advantage of Brock Lesnar's willingness to be a fighting champion and getting a shot at the World Heavyweight Title here on Explosion. JBL used this opportunity to help his chances at the pay-per-view and he was seen paying Burchill and Williams off, presumably to soften Lesnar up before Glory. To make matters worse for the Monster From Minnesota, John Bradshaw Layfield decided to join Joey O'Donnell and Brian Wagner to add some color commentary to this title defense.

The match itself was a good one, and early on, Burchill looked like he was in over his head. Burchill is still early in his career and it looked like the pressure of wrestling for the most prestigious championship in wrestling was getting to him. He started to calm down though when he got on the advantage thanks to Doug Williams tripping Lesnar up from the outside. Burchill went on the attack with his British style of wrestling, a style that many of the Americans have trouble with due to the different nature of it. Burchill definitely held his own during this championship match, a lot more than many people expected. In the end though, despite consistent cheap shots from Williams on the floor, Lesnar put it into overdrive and finished his British foe off with the F-5.

Brock Lesnar pinned Paul Burchill with the F-5 in 0:08:47.
Rating: *** 1/2
(Brock Lesnar retained the GCW World Heavyweight Title.)

As Lesnar was handed his title, he invited JBL to come into the ring. JBL declined, saying that Lesnar would get his at Glory.


CHRIS BENOIT WANTS AN EXPLANATION FROM EDDIE GUERRERO
"The Crippler" Chris Benoit found Eddie Guerrero in the back, a man who he has had his problems with as of late. A week ago, though, when Benoit has being assaulted by JBL and the World's Greatest Tag Team, Latino Heat pulled his nemesis to safety. Benoit wanted to know why Guerrero saved him last week, but Guerrero wasn't talking. Benoit threatened to kick Eddie's ass if he didn't talk, but Guerrero held firm and walked away, leaving Benoit even more frustrated than before.


Match #7
MAIN EVENT
World Tag Team Title Match
The World's Greatest Tag Team (c) vs. Eric Angle/"The Whole F'n Show" Rob Van Dam
Though Eric Angle and Rob Van Dam suffered a defeat last week at the hands of MNM, they decided that they would exercise their rematch clause for a World Tag Team Title shot tonight in Iowa City, and it was our main event on Explosion. This was a great opportunity for these men to prove themselves as they were given plenty of time for this match, and they used every minute of it. Angle and RVD really seemed to click in this one for the first time since they've been teaming. They had shown flashes of brilliance, but tonight was the first time they put it all together. Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin rarely have a bad night when it comes to tag team wrestling, and what resulted was this stellar main event and perhaps the best tag team match of the year.

The momentum swung back and forth so many times in this match that even after 15 minutes of great action, it was still completely up in the air as to who would take the victory. Angle and RVD came so close to regaining the titles, but they lost their momentum for good when RVD missed the Five Star Frog Splash. He did tag into Eric Angle, but he took himself out of the match for all intents and purposes as he hit hard on his ribs. Angle came in a house of fire on both Haas and Benjamin, but the numbers got to him as the WGTT put him down, allowing Haas to lock on the Haas of Pain. Angle struggled with all he had to get out of it, but when Benjamin cut RVD off from saving, Angle had to give it up.

The World's Greatest Tag Team (Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin) defeated Eric Angle and Rob Van Dam when C. Haas made E. Angle submit to the Haas Of Pain in 0:19:08.
Rating: ****
(The World's Greatest Tag Team retained the GCW World Tag Team Titles.)

That is the way that tag team wrestling is supposed to be done. They had more than a couple of close calls, but the World's Greatest Tag Team live to fight another day as the champions.

Be sure to join us next week for Monday Night Explosion, where we will see a battle royal to determine the final competitor in the X Title match for Glory, as well as Hardcore Holly and Ken Doane taking on the Basham Brothers! Good night, everybody!

Updated card for Glory, November 20, 2005, from Rexall Place in Edmonton, Ontario, Canada:

World Heavyweight Title Match - Brock Lesnar (c) vs. John Bradshaw Layfield

North American Title Match - Lance Storm vs. Frankie "The Future" Kazarian

Ladder Match for the new X Title - CM Punk (Television champion) vs. Shark Boy (Cruiserweight champion) vs. "The Notorious K.I.D." Kid Kash vs. TBD

Abyss vs. Randy Orton

"The Alpha Male" Monty Brown vs. "The Rated R Superstar" Edge
rey619Posted on 08/04/06 at 12:44:49

I really like your booking of MNM. I was afraid they would beat Rey and Booker, but this loss makes me a happy camper. Have them win some and lose some (more wins than losses, though), before the inevitable tag-team reign. That's my advice anyhow.

Good plan with the unification. I've always felt you had too many belts, I just didn't want to bring that up.. heh.. I think maybe Skipper will take the X Title, and Punk will move on to the North America Title. Ki gone ? Well, guess you had no more use for him.

Your booking of Kazarian / Storm is interesting. A young up-and-comer defeats the current Secondary Champ twice in a short amount of time... all this makes me believe Storm will retain at Glory, through underhanded means, of course.

Great main event, and good call moving the World Title match down the card. A tag-team title match can easily be the main event of a show. Good card, looking forward to Glory.
americamamushiPosted on 08/04/06 at 19:45:38

OoOoOoOo, new stable at the top.  JBL might be on the road he needs to be to snatch the title away from Lesnar.  He's already got gold in his stable, but a little more can't hurt.

Didn't see Booker & Rey getting the win here tonight, at least not a clean win.  I can solve Tommy Dreamer's problem right now.  Put all the deserving contenders in against the WGTT together.  Then everybody wins... kinda... :)

Alright, unification match!  I fear Shark Boy won't have much of a chance, but he's in there so good for him.  :)  That match should be great.  I hope Daniels gets the 4th spot.

Orton is either playing his cards right or putting them into a paper shredder.  I guess we'll find out at Glory when they need to resisitate Randy Orton after Abyss kills him ;)

Impressed to see Hoyt and Kash get the win.  Not so much win, but win cleanly.  Gotta love the Notorious S.H.A.R.K. and D-Hoyt!

Skipper's confidence is either going to pay off huge next week or it's going to cost him big.  I'm thinking the latter.

Holly gets a huge opportunity tonight, but I'm not thinking he's going to be able to make good on it.  Punk got two women and the Bashams while Holly just has Doane.  I like Punk not wanting the interference for the most part though.

Another match with Storm and another win for Kazarian.  And it leads to another match, this time for the title.  Storm had better get his act together by the time Glory rolls around.

Good defense for Brock.  JBL had a front row seat and was smart enough not to stick his head into the fire before the PPV.  Very smart of JBL.

Great main event.  RVD & Angle couldn't get it done, but I like seeing them in the title scene still.  

Looking extremely forward to the battle royal next week.  If Daniels is in it, he's my prediction for spot #4.

Good stuff
AzraelPosted on 08/05/06 at 06:28:09

The Corporation eh? Definitely a good stable on paper and it seems like they can get JBL the championship. Then again, the WGTT never helped Angle out against Lesnar.

Booker T and Misterio are looking like more of a team now after beating MNM. It's cool that you have all these tag teams at a level right below the champs. It means any one of them can get hot and be credible contenders for the titles.

Dreamer seems like a curmudgeon commissioner. But it'll be interesting to see how you define the X Title.

Good match between Abyss and Edge, even if Orton interfered. Since I like Abyss, I'm hoping he kills Randy at Glory.

Kid Kash actually wins cleanly, but to be fair, it is just Shark Boy and D-Ray. Daniels seems the obvious choice to win the battle royal, but I don't even know if he'll be in it.

Low Ki gone? Noooooooooooo! </Darth Vader>

Good match (well, angle really) with Punk and Holly that puts over the beating Punk got, plus adds yet another tag feud.

Certainly Kazarian can't beat Storm twice in a row. Certainly.

Well, maybe he can.

Lesnar wins, but Burchill gets elevated a little. It's kind of mitigated since Williams kept getting in cheap shots, but still a good match. And JBL's just trying to make sure Glory has a huge buyrate. That's why he's rich.  :)

Interested to see where this thing between Benoit and Guerrero is going, as sadly there isn't much time left.

Great main event too. Van Dam crashes and burns and Angle goes down to Haas and Benjamin. Maybe this will allow one of the other teams to get a title shot.
91Posted on 08/07/06 at 21:02:53

So Angle is going to be going face (one would assume) in due course. There's a turn up for the books. I'm starting to think JBL might be able to pull it off at Glory, and when he does, I'm going to note that losing streak he had again.

Snuh? MNM lost? Didn't see that coming. Have MNM even had their title shot they were promised? I guess you're serious about the Booker/Rey team though, which spices up the division a little bit more.

The X-Title? Looks likes Shark Boys title run is going to be brief. With Punk, Sharky and Kash in, we need another face. Actually we REALLY need another face as Shark Boy doesn't have a hope in hell. Won't be Kazarian because he looks destined to face Lance at Glory (more on that later). Maybe A.J. or someone like that. Daniels is the sentimental pick since Punk is in there mind you, I'll say him.

Scylla and Charybdis? Oh get you. :P I reitterate again - Abyss is destroying EVERYONE in his path right now (bar JBL), he's surely headed for big things.

Kash is in the ladder match. I accidentally touched on that too early, so moving on.

Low Ki is gone? Damn, guess he's off the list of suspects. By the way, did the live crowd know about the battle royal before Skipper mentioned anything? Still, now that Skipper is getting edgy, he could be a contender for something or another quite soon.

Storm loses again? Damn. He'll need to win the title match between these two BIG, that's quite a drop in form for the champ. That or he needs a running buddy out there.

No surprises in Lesnar winning. Him and JBL really could go either way but I'm sticking with JBL. Should be a good one though.

Putting the tag title match in the main was quite a nice swerve - the Lesnar/Burchill match was a given but the sight of this one being the main had me wondering if we were about to see another title change. I still can't see who is taking the belts off of TWGTT unless the Booker/Rey team gets a big winning streak going. Good main though.