On this day in history in ....

1973 - Pablo Marquez, who worked in ECW and in the WWF as Babu, was born.

1973 - Mikey Whipwreck, the first man to hold the ECW Triple Crown, winning every championship in the company, is born.

1979 - A live event in Memphis, TN at the Mid-South Coliseum featured the following results:

Rick Oliver beat Bub Smith.
Tommy Gilbert, Jr. & Sr. drew Wayne Ferris & Larry Latham.
Ron Bass beat Tony Charles.
Bill Dundee beat Dick Slater in a "chain" match.
Jerry Lawler & Bill Dundee beat Mr. Fuji & Toru Tanaka to win the Southern Tag Title.
Robert Fuller beat The Mongolian Stomper in a "loser leaves town vs. title" match to win the Southern Title.

1979 - WWF ran Madison Square Garden in New York City with the following results

Tito Santana defeated Jose Estrada (Santana's MSG debut)
Hussein Arab (the future Iron Sheik) won a 20-man $10,000 battle royal at 8:17 by last eliminating Dominic DeNucci & Jimmy Valiant; other participants included: Gorilla Monsoon, Greg Valentine, Ivan Putski, Haystacks Calhoun, Nikolai Volkoff, Steve Travis, Jose Estrada, Gypsy Rodriguez, SD Jones, Mr. X, Johnny Rodz, Baron Mikel Scicluna, Tito Santana, WWF Tag Team Champions Johnny & Jerry Valiant, Bulldog Brower, & WWF North American Champion Ted Dibiase; order of elimination: Calhoun by several wrestlers; Rodriguez by several wrestlers; Putski by several wrestlers; Volkoff by several wrestlers; Brower by a Valiant; Estrada by Jones; Jones by several wrestlers; Scicluna by Arab; Rodz by Monsoon; Valentine by Johnny & Jerry Valiant; Johnny & Jerry Valiant by Dibiase & Santana with simultaneous dropkicks; Dibiase by Jimmy Valiant; Travis by Arab; Santana by Jimmy Valiant; X by DeNucci; Monsoon eliminated himself after grabbing Jimmy Valiant by the legs and spinning him round with the momentum knocking Monsoon over the top; stipulations stated the winner would earn a WWF World Title match later in the show (the first battle royal held at MSG)
Nikolai Volkoff pinned SD Jones at 6:50 after hoisting him up in a gorilla press slam and dropping him across his knee
Greg Valentine pinned Dominic DeNucci at 9:07 after reversing a monkey flip into a cover; prior to the bout, the Grand Wizard escorted Valentine ringside
Bulldog Brower pinned Mr. X at the 3-minute mark with an elbow drop
WWF World Champion Bob Backlund pinned Hussein Arab at 30:40 with an atomic drop; prior to the bout, Arnold Skaaland & Capt. Lou Albano (sub. for Freddie Blassie) accompanied Backlund and Arab, respectively, to ringside; as Albano went to leave ringside, he went up to Vince McMahon who threw his drink in Albano's face
Ivan Putski pinned Baron Mikel Scicluna at 4:28 after pushing him into the corner
WWF North American Champion Ted Dibiase fought Jimmy Valiant to a 15-minute time-limit draw in a non-title match
WWF Tag Team Champions Johnny & Jerry Valiant defeated Haystacks Calhoun & Steve Travis at 6:25 in a non-title match when Johnny pinned Travis with an elbow to the back off the top as Travis had Jerry in an abdominal stretch.

1984 - A live event in Memphis, TN featured the following results:

Rick Rude beat Ric McCord.
Johnny Wilhoit & Mark Batten beat The Nightmare #1 & Porkchop Cash.
Dutch Mantel & Scott Shannon drew Koko Ware & Norvell Austin.
Phil Hickerson & The Spoiler beat Tommy Rich & Eddie Gilbert via DQ.
Jim Neidhart beat Austin Idol via DQ.
Southern Champ Jerry Lawler beat Kimala (17:39) via countout.

1984 - Jim Crockett Promotions ran Greenville, SC featuring the following results:

Keith Larson defeated Doug Vines
Barry Hart defeated Paul Kelly
Sam Houston defeated Kurt Von Hess
Jimmy Valiant defeated Adrian Street
Angelo Mosca Jr. defeated the Outlaw
NWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Koloff & Don Kernodle defeated Wahoo McDaniel & Brian Adidas
NWA U.S. Champion Ricky Steamboat defeated Dick Slater in a falls count anywhere match
NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated NWA World TV Champion Tully Blanchard

1985 - In what turned out to be the final WWF spot show in Staten Island, NY the following results took place:

Rene Goulet defeated Steve Lombardi
B. Brian Blair defeated Charlie Fulton
Rick McGraw vs. Larry Sharpe, draw
Tony Atlas defeated Terry Gibbs
The U.S. Express, Barry Windham and Mike Rotudno defeated The Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff by countout

1986 - Kerry Von Erich is involved in a motorcycle accident in Argyle, Texas, crashing into the back of a police car while trying to pass a truck on a two-lane highway while wearing shorts and no shoes. Von Erich suffers a dislocated hip and a severely damaged right foot and undergoes over 13 hours of surgery. Von Erich would later have the foot amputated, but returned to the ring with a prosthetic foot and continued his career. To this day, there is no definitive answer as to whether Von Erich lost the foot at the time of the initial surgery, or had it amputated later (with some even saying it was removed after a failed early comeback attempt did further damage to it). Von Erich and his family would claim he had his ankle fused to account for the lack of mobility in the foot, and it was not until after his death that his family would admit that he was wrestling without a foot (although in one Las Vegas match, his boot was pulled off accidentally, and several fans saw that he had no foot).

1986 - Jim Crockett Promotions ran Raleigh, NC at the Dorton Arena featuring the following results:

The Italian Stallion defeated Zane Grey
Denny Brown defeated Steve Regal
Black Bart defeated Todd Champion
Jimmy Garvin defeated Hector Guerrero
NWA World Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey defeated Wahoo McDaniel & Ron Garvin via disqualification
Dusty Rhode & The Rock N' Roll Express defeated NWA World Champion Ric Flair, NWA TV Champion Arn Anderson & NWA National Heavyweight Champion Tully Blanchard via disqualification in an elimination match

1987 - Jim Crockett Promotions ran Raleigh, NC at the Dorton Arena featuring the following results:

NWA U.S. Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane defeated the Italian Stallion & Todd Champion
NWA World Tag Team Champion Robert Gibson defeated Arn Anderson
NWA World Tag Team Champion Ricky Morton fought NWA World TV Champion Tully Blanchard to a draw
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff defeated Lex Luger via disqualification

1987 -WWF ran Omaha, NE at the Civic Auditorium featuring the following results:

Hercules pinned Billy Jack Haynes in a chain match
Demolition fought The Can-Am Connection, Rick Martel & Tom Zenk to a 20-minute draw
Sika pinned Cpl. Kirchner
Ron Bass pinned Scott Casey
Butch Reed pinned Lanny Poffo
WWF Women's Champion the Fabulous Moolah pinned Debbie Combs
Ken Patera pinned Harley Race
Koko B. Ware pinned the Honkytonk Man with a roll up. Although he was the WWF Intercontinental Champion at the time of the match, Honky's title win had not yet aired on TV, so he did not come out with the belt or was announced as champion.

1992 - Smoky Mountain Wrestling ran Tazwell, VA at the Middle School Gym with the following results:
Dixie Dynamite pinned Killer Kyle
Hector Guerrero defeated Buddy Landel via disqualification
SMW Heavyweight Champion Brian Lee defeated the Dirty White Boy
Brad & Bart Batten defeated Jimmy Golden & Dutch Mantell
Robert Gibson & Tim Horner defeated The Heavenly Bodies, Stan Lane & Tom Pritchard
Robert Gibson won a battle royal

1993 - WCW ran Spartanburg, SC featuring the following results:

Brad Armstrong & Johnny Gunn defeated the Wrecking Crew at 16:30 when Gunn pinned Rage with a Thesz Press
Johnny B. Badd pinned Michael Hayes at 19:32 with a punch
The Barbarian defeated Robbie V at 14:43
Keith & Kent Cole fought Shanghai Pierce & Tex Slazenger to a 20-minute time-limit draw
The Junkyard Dog pinned Dick Slater at 10:08 by using the ring ropes for leverage

1993 - WCW ran Cleveland, Ohio at the Convention Center with the following results:

Erik Watts defeated TJ Arion
Maxx Payne defeated Kensuke Sasaki
Ron Simmons defeated WCW World TV Champion Paul Orndorff at the 11-minute mark; the title was only at stake for the first 10 minutes
Arn Anderson (substituting for 2 Cold Scorpio) & Marcus Alexander Bagwell defeated Lord Steven Regal (substituting for injured WCW/NWA World Tag Team Champion Brian Pillman) & WCW/NWA World Tag Team Champion Steve Austin
Dustin Rhodes defeated Rick Rude
Davey Boy Smith defeated WCW World Champion Big Van Vader via disqualification

1994 - SMW ran Barbourville, KY at Knox County High School with the following results:
The Thrillseekers, Chris Jericho & Lance Storm defeated Well Dunn
The Dirty White Boy defeated Killer Kyle
Bruiser Bedlam defeated Tracy Smothers in a coal miner's glove match
SMW Tag Team Champions Brian Lee & Chris Candido fought The Rock N' Roll Express, to a no contest in a piledriver match

1999 - Extreme Championship Wrestling ran Dalton, GA at the Northwest Georgia Convention Center, featuring the following results:

Taka Michinoku pinned El Mosco
Jerry Lynn pinned Tony Devito
ECW World Tag Team Champions Buh Buh Ray & D-Von Dudley defeated Chris Chetti & Nova
Balls Mahoney defeated Rod Price
Yoshihiro Tajiri defeated Little Guido
Skull Von Krush & Spanish Angel fought Danny Doring & Roadkill to a no contest
Sabu defeated Justin Credible
ECW World TV Champion Rob Van Dam defeated Spike Dudley

1999 - WCW ran Cincinatti, Ohio featuring the following results:

Chris Adams defeated Vampiro
Ernest Miller defeated Chavo Guerrero Jr.
Juventud Guerrera defeated Kaz Hayashi
Bam Bam Bigelow defeated Hak in a hardcore match
Chris Benoit defeated Billy Kidman
WCW Cruiserweight Champion Rey Mysterio Jr. defeated Chris Jericho
Sting defeated Ric Flair

2002 - Billy Gunn & Chuck Palumbo defeated Rico & Rikishi for the WWE World Tag Team Title in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, starting Billy & Chuck's second title reign.

2002 - NWA:TNA announced the signing of Rick Steiner for their first PPV event.

2007 - WWE requested that Ric Flair not appear at a NWA live event where Flair was to be inducted into the NWA Hall of Fame. Flair cancels his appearance, but his induction goes on as planned.

2003 - NWA: TNA held their weekly PPV series in Nashville, TN. Mike Askounes filed the following PPV report:

Show opens with a look back at Glenn Gilberti winning the Anarchy in the Asylum match on April 7, giving him tonight’s title shot. Runs up to the events of last week where Vince Russo came in and clocked Raven with a baseball bat giving Gilberti the win.

Here comes JJ – met by security in their new red shirts. Security tells JJ that they are going to assure that JJ doesn’t act us like he has during the past few weeks. JJ tells the flunkie that he’s the champ, and he won’t take orders from them.

S.E.X. is doing a group prayer in their locker room. Gilberti of course asks for a blessing during his title match, and thanks God for Vince Russo coming back. He specifically asks for the strength to kick JJ’s redneck hillbilly ass tonight, and make pro wrestling a better place for everybody. Amen. Funny stuff.

Gilberti says Russo will be there tonight, and Sander wonders why Russo didn’t inform him about that. Giberti assures Mike that it’s true, but then gives a doubtful look after Sanders walks away.

Tenay and West hit the mic…

Match #1: 6-Man X Division Tag Match.
Kid Romeo, Damien, and Johnny Swinger vs. C.M. Punk, Matt Stryker and Frankie Kazarian

God give me the strength to cover this match… I don’t know who is who… Who are these guys?

Bell rings. Romeo and Stryker start off with good wrestling moves. Romeo rolls him up for a quick 2 count.

Stryker does an arm drag and a drop toe hold, followed by a high drop kick for the 2 count.

Stryker tags in Frankie. Romeo reverses an arm drag for a bulldog for the 2 count.

Romeo tags in Swinger, who delivers some hard rights to Frankie. Frankie delivers a drop kick and two arm drags, before tagging in Punk.

Punk hits a punch off the top and whips Swinger into the corner for a knee. Punch gets a boot up in the corner, but gets hit by “The Mood Swing” from Swinger for a 2 count.

Punk reverses a sleeper and hits a cross body for a 1 count. Damien tags in, and the two trade 2 counts. Lots of quick wrestling moves and reversals. Damien pokes Punk in the eyes, and holds him up for Swinger who he tags in.

Punk takes down Swinger and tags in Stryker who hits the Thesz press and a flurry of rights. Romeo cheap shots Stryker from outside, and Swinger reverses a Stryker maneuver into a sit out powerbomb. Swinger hits an inverted atomic drop, and Romeo comes in for a 2 count while Frankie runs in to break up the pin.

Romeo hits some Flair chops and a clothesline in the corner. Stryker sends Romeo airborne, who manages to tag in Damien. Damien puts Stryker in his corner to be worked over by his teammates. Damien hits a wicked Northern Light suplex into a bridge for the 2 count.

My fingers are smoking at this point.

Damien hits the tired Stryker for another 2 count, before Stryker comes back with Flair chops. Stryker rolls up Damien into a small package for a 2 count. Damien hits another nasty suplex for another 2 count.

Damien tags in Swinger who delivers kicks in the corner to the now exhausted Stryker. The two duke it out in the center of the ring, before Stryker finally tags in Frankie, who hits a springboard back elbow for a 2 count.

Swinger nails a jawbreaker and tags back in Damien who both try a double move, which is reversed by Frankie into a Double DDT. Frankie hits a suicide dive over the top rope crashing into Swinger.

In the ring, Punk hits Romeo with a kick, and then back flips Damien over the top rope. Punk then hits a springboard from the top onto the three men outside the ring. Romeo flies off the top rope onto the pile, and Stryker figures he’ll join the fun with an Asai Moonsault onto the pile.

Stryker picks up Swinger and throws him back in the ring and hits a kick before Swinger hits the Swinger Stinger. Punk comes in and runs right into a Swinger powerbomb. Romeo hits a running powerbom on Punk, before Stryker hits a Stryker-driver on Romeo for a two-count.

Frankie hits “The Wave of the Future” on Damien for the 1-2-3. Great way to introduce some new talent. Lots of quick spots – great opener.

Winner: C.M. Punk, Matt Stryker and Frankie “The Future” Kazarian
Loser: My Carpal-Tunnel Syndrome

Tenay and West tell us about the upcoming matches, while I take a deep breath. How does Buck do this in real-time?

Goldilocks is with Raven, who starts out saying that the JJ has kept him out of the title match just so he can hold on to his belt. He says that JJ is the David Hasslehoff of wrestling, because neither have talent but both wound up being on hit TV shows. Raven says that Baywatch was a hit because of bikinis, and TNA is a hit because of the carnage that Raven is creating.

Raven then tells Russo that he’ll rip his face off and use his head for a flower pot if he touches him again.

Storm and Harris are shown in the back shaking hands, and Storm asks Harris if he’s made a decision about whether he’s going to use Storm in the tag match tonight, or if he’s going to choose X Division champ Chris Sabin.

Storm then notices that Harris isn’t wearing his America’s Most Wanted shirt, and Harris says maybe all good things must come to an end.

Borash introduces Mike Sanders out to the guest color commentary spot (AAAYYY!) for the upcoming Hard 10 match. There’s a quick promo which serves to get viewers up to speed on the hardcore style tournament.

Tenay aloud wonders why Sanders is out there…

Match #2: Hard 10 Tournament Match.
Sonny “Ace in the Hole” Siaki vs. Vampire Warrior

Siaki grabs the mic and says every time he comes out, the ladies scream and get all wet between the legs (classy). He says he’s tired of being looked at as a piece of meat. He says he’s the baddest SOB in professional wrestling.

Crickets chirp. And Siaki’s nose grows.

He starts busting on Sandman, and calls him a little “pussy”.

Sandman hits the ramp with a kendo stick and a 12-pack. The red shirts (security) come out and tell Sandman to go back because he’s not in this match. Sanders puts over the security guards for throwing out Sandman, and says Siaki would’ve kicked his ass anyway. The match will start any time now, I’m sure.

Warrior starts off by hitting Siaki with a frying pan (1-0).Warrior then hits Sonny with a trashcan lid (2-0), and starts throwing all sorts of stuff in the ring. Gangrel… erm… Vampire Warrior throws Siaki into the ring and hits Siaki with a trash can (3-0). Twice (4-0). Sanders defends Siaki’s falling behind so quickly.

Warrior drops a trashcan lid, but then Vamp suplexes Siaki into a trashcan lid for no points (?) Siaki puts Vamp through a table by hitting him with a kendo stick for a nice 6-point combo [golf clap] (4-6). Siaki then dropkicks a trash can into Warrior (4-7).

Warrior hits a drop toe hold into a trash can on Siaki (5-7), and then hits an implant DDT. Vampire goes for the pin, when the ref reminds him there is no pinning in a hardcore match. The two take it out to the apron, and Siaki Siacolypses Warrior through a table for the win (5-12).

Winner: Siaki (12-5)

Snadman hits the ring and cracks Siaki over the head with the kendo stick before popping a brewski and spitting it on the prone Ace in the Hole.


Tenay does a pre-taped interview with Raven.

Tenay asks about ECW, and Raven says that his feuds with Dreamer and Sandman were two of the best feuds in wrestling history.

Tenay then mentions Raven’s Flock from WCW. Raven said he got paid to sit in the front row with his friends and drink beer – good work if you can get it. Raven says that he didn’t have a big problem with Bischoff, but didn’t like that Eric singled him out in front of the boys in a meeting. So Raven quit.

Tenay goes into WWE, where Raven says he was “shit on”. Raven says the past is the past, and wants to talk about TNA.

Tenay puts over Raven, and Raven starts ripping on Jarrett wondering why someone with so little charisma and talent wound up holding the belt for so long. He then complains about not being in tonight’s #1 contender match tonight between A.J. Styles and D’Lo Brown

Raven then says Russo is just trying to live out a little fantasy life, and is trying to live vicariously through the wrestlers. He says that JJ could no more stop Raven then he could stop the coming of the dawn. Raven then cuts his standard “I’m erudite” promo, which makes sense only after I’ve smoked some oregano. “Jeff Jarrett… welcome to Raven’s Clockwork Orange House of Fun.”

Hey! Look at that dancer shake her ass!!! Speaking of tuchuses, it looks as if Lollipop has called out sick tonight.

Goldi is with the SS Twins… erm… Harris brothers. Harris says he won’t be teaming with Killings tonight because he won’t tag with “their kind”. Elix Skipper takes offense to Harris’ comments, while the other Harris defends his brother by saying he’s cool with Skipper, but he just doesn’t like Killings because Killings always plays the race card.

Who will be Killings’ partner? We’ll find out in a second…

Match #3: Alliance Tournament Semifinal Tag Match
David Young and Tracy vs. Ron “The Truth” Killings

Tracy is my favorite wrestler of all time, by the way.

Killings is going it alone!

The Truth and Young start out in the ring. Killings does a little dance before they lock into a test of strength. Some staring ensues, and the crowd starts chanting “Truth”. Young hits a headlock, Killings hits a rollup for a 2 count.

Killings hits some chops and some hip tosses followed by a running powerbomb. Killings lands several kicks and punches, followed by a body slam and a leg drop off the top rope. Tracy comes off the top rope and hits the “Pie in the Sky” on Killings (funny).

Young hits a running clothesline followed by a clean snap suplex for the 2 count. Young hits some punches and kicks in the corner, and tags in Tracy – much to her surprise.

Tracy works over Killing in the corner, and shows him her ass to distract him so he could tag Young back in.

Young goes on the offense with some kicks and punches, but Tracy runs away when Young tries to tag her back in. Killings hits a rollup while Young argues with Tracy for a 2 count.

Young hits some more punches, and Killings s-l-o-w-l-y hits a float over in the corner into a face plant. Young misses a punch, and Killings gets a kick to the gut and nails a huge scissors kick for the 2 count.

Young runs Killings into the corner, who counters with a float over into the splits into a superkick for the 2 count. Tracy tries for another Pie in the Sky, but Killings catches her and hits a powerbomb.

Killings hits a move for a 2 count, while Veronica the Nurse comes in the ring to check on Tracy. Killings hits David Young with a face plant for the pin, but the ref is distracted by Desire.

Nurse Veronica runs in and hits a low blow on Killings (As God as my witness, I’m not making this up), and Young hits the spinebuster for the 1-2-3 to advance to the finals of the Asylum Alliance tournament.

WINNER: David Young and Tracy


Desire and Tracy get into a nice catfight over Davd Young’s affection (there’s hope for us all apparently), and the refs separate the two. Much to my chagrin.

Goldi is with JJ in the back. She goes on about how hard it much be for JJ, but Triple J says he’s just focusing on his title match against the D.I. Double G. (that’s Disco Inferno Glenn Gilberti, don’t ya know). JJ says if Gilberti wins the title, it would be a disgrace to TNA.

Eric Watts rolls in and slides up next to Goldilocks, who some reason protests to being locked in a storage room by Watts last week. Watts presents Goldi with a Fragile sign like you’d put on a packa… oh, who cares. I gotta go the bathroom.

A nice video package is shown about Triple X, which gives me a chance to go back and see if any of what I’ve typed up to this point makes sense.

Looks like Harris is going to pick his partner in the ring…

Harris grabs the mic and complains that all of AMW’s dirty laundry has been aired in public during the past few weeks. He says that when they first put Harris and Storm together, everyone thought they were a joke. But Harris says that they put the tag team division back into the business.

Harris insinuates that he doesn’t trust Storm anymore, and he repeats the “all good things must come to an end” line from earlier.

Harris then pulls a swerve and says, “The problem is, America’s Most Wanted has only just begun!”

Sabin tries to attack the two after the announcement, but AMW clear Sabin and his cronies out of the ring.

Christopher Daniels assumes the color commentators position before the next match.

Match #4: Alliance Tournament Semifinal Tag Match
America’s Most Wanted vs. B.G. James and Konnan

All four men are in the ring to open up the bout – AMW clears Konnan and James out of the ring, and Storm springs off his partner to go over the top and hit Konnan and James. Harris planchas over to join the party.

Harris and James settle in the ring, but Konnan comes in and hits a baseball slide on Harris to block the suplex. Harris goes on the offense, but James counters with some hard rights and an elbow drop for the 2 count.

James drags Harris to his corner where he tags Konnan, who hits some strange looking submission hold that is broken up by Storm. Konnan hits a shoulder block on Harris, and the two men stay down on the mat, Rocky II style.

Storm and James are both tagged in, and Storm hits a flying head scissors on James. Storm 2 counts Konnan, and then double clotheslines James and Konnan. All four are back in the ring, and Konnan hits a sloppy suplex on Harris, followed by a rolling thunder clothesline on Storm. Harris hits a spear out of nowhere, and gets on Konnan for a 2 count.

James goes for a pump handle slam, but Storm reverses for a back kick and a 2 count.

Konnan covers Harris for a 2 count in the ring, while James and Storm brawl outside the ring. Storm confronts Daniels at the announcers table, and James attacks him from behind.

Konnan is going for the pin in the ring, when the Harris Brothers roll in and hit the H-Bomb on Konnan. Harris rolls up Konnan for the 1-2-3, and advance to the finals against David Young and Tracy.

Any bets on that one?

Winner: America’s Most Wanted

A video is aired showing the history between Kid Kash and Trinity (the mystery luchador). They manage to edit out all of Trinity’s missed spots in last week’s match, which makes the promo about 10 seconds long.

Goldi is in the ring and introduces “the controversial Kid Kash” who hits the ramp dragging an unhappy Trinity in some seriously tight jeans with him. Kash grabs the mic from Goldilocks, and tells Goldi that considers her a stick with a pair of tits. Someone get that guy a job at Hallmark.

As for Trinity, Kash complains that he’s sick of her trying to slander his good name. He also blames Trinity for losing the X Division title, and says he still considers himself the champion. Kash then gloats over pinning Trinity last week by dropping her on her head.

Kash says that if Trinity wants to get back in his good graces, she’s going to have to satisfy all the millions (and millions) of Kid Kash fans. He says she needs to “kiss the master’s ass,” and then he’ll forgive her. Trinity refuses, and Kash puts her in a choke hold, before Goldi jumps in and pushes Kash off of Trinity.

After Goldi yells at Kash, he grabs the mic and says that he now understands that Goldilocks and Trinity are… erm… “meeting up at the sushi bar” or “carpet munching”. Goldi grabs the mic back and says that Trinity would rather “bump donuts” with her then be unsatisfied with Kash’s little “limp biscuit.”

Kash hits Goldi, and Eric Watts comes in delivers a serious E-Bomb on Kash, and then clotheslines him over the top rope. Watts continues the beat down outside the ring, before Kash hits the smashmouth with the chair on Watts.

Kash crawls back into the ring, as Goldi hides behind Trinity. Watts climbs back in the ring, and hits another slam followed by a modified stinkface (no kidding). Watts gets the crowd hyped up, and then reverses a springboard dropkick by slamming Kash into the turnbuckle.

Trinity (is this going to end soon?) and Goldi get their licks in on the prone Kash in the corner.

Giberti is shown on a cel phone asking (apparently Russo) “Where are you at? How much longer until you get here?” GG hangs up, and Sanders says that he doesn’t believe GG is actually talking to Russo.

GG tells Sanders that the two of them have always been a laughing stock, and the fans have always hated them. GG says that he’s finally got a chance to not be a joke in the wrestling business, and he’s going to give it his all. Sanders gives him a one-sentence pep talk and walks off.

Styles and D’ Lo are discussing their upcoming match, when Goldilocks rolls in and starts asking questions. Styles tells her to shut up (thanks), and Styles and D’Lo says that their match is going to impossible to follow.

Match #5: #1 Contender Match
A.J. Styles v. D’Lo Brown

The bell rings, and the two friends meet in the center and shake hands. Here we go…

Styles and Brown lock up, and Brown gets the best of it and puts A.J. into a headlock. Brown uses his size to hit two good shoulder blocks, before Styles hits a huricanrana on Brown. The two trade punches in the middle of the ring, and stare at one another to catch a breather.

The two lock up again, and Styles hits a flurry of girl punches before Styles and Brown go through a nice combo of moves ended by a double drop kick by Brown. Styles hops to the apron and comes over the top for an inverted DDT for a 2 count.

Styles goes for the Styles Clash, but Brown blocks it with a boot and hits a running clothesline for a 2 count. Tenay does a nice job calling the moves and building psychology.

Brown hits a moonsault (!) out of nowhere for a 2 count. Styles recovers for a superkick on Brown, and then hits a springboard dropkick knocking D’Lo out of the ring.

Styles aborts a moonsault to the outside, and Brown catches him and back body drops him on the steel ramp. Brown climbs up to the top rope, and hits a long distance frogsplash onto Styles’ prone body. Man, Brown’s really pulling out all the stops tonight…

Raven enters in (w/ his buddies) and grabs a chair…

D’Lo and Styles roll back in the ring, and Styles escapes a pin by putting his foot on the ropes. D’Lo picks up Styles and the two trade punches, when Styles hits an amazing standing star press on Brown. Styles pulls Brown into the corner, and goes for the Tornado DDT, which is countered by Brown.

Styles goes for a flying cross body block from the top, which is reversed into a faceplant by D’Lo for a 2 count.

Styles rolls on the ground, and Brown goes up to the top rope. Styles goes up and tries for a superplex. Instead Brown hits a powerbomb off of the tope rope for the 2 count. Dinero pulls the ref out of the ring, and Raven ruins a perfectly good match by jumping in and hitting Brown with a chair.

Styles hits an incredible somersault splash off the top rope for a 2 count. Styles sets up for a Styles Clash into a chair. Styles hits the move, and scores the 1-2-3 to gain the #1 contender spot.

Of course, Raven comes in the ring and BREAKS a chair over A.J.’s head. Raven and his buds are escorted out by the Red Shirts, while Styles and Brown stay down in the ring.

Some chicks in cages dance.

Winner: A.J. Styles


Tenay and West announce that next week it’s David Young and Tracy vs. America’s Most Wanted for the #1 contender spot in the tag team division. They announce Sandman vs. a surprise opponent in the Hard 10 tournament. Tenay then announces (drumroll…) a three way dance for the Heavyweight title between Raven, Styles, and the winner of tonight’s match. I don’t think Styles is going to like that…

Boy, back to back championship matches in successive weeks?! What is this, a pay-per-view?

S.E.X.’s music hits, and Gilberti comes out from his locker room.

Double J has a new entrance video that shows off all the different places he’s wrestled. Unfortunately, he still comes out to that awful music.

Borash announces the combatants, and Glenn Giblerti stands almost babyface-like in the corner. Jarret paces the floor, and gets a mix of cheers and boos when he’s announced.

I got a bad feeling about this…

Match #6: Heavyweight Championship Match
Gifted Glenn Gilberti vs. Jeff Jarrett (C)

Jarrett takes off his shirt to reveal that he likes to drink beer and eat fried foods. He doesn’t look so good…

The bell rings, and the two circle one another. Jarrett chases GG into the corner, and the ref breaks them up. They finally lock up and struggle for quite a while before the more buff GG pushes JJ out. GG gloats before they lock up again. Gilberti hits a back heel trip on the champ, and gloats to the crowd. JJ looks confused.

They lock up AGAIN, and GG hits a shoulder block on the champ and follows it up with a high hip toss takeover. JJ looks more confused.

GG hits two deep arm drags and gloats before he hits JJ with a high knee. GG continues the offense with several rights around the ring. JJ finally fights back and knocks Gilberti outside of the ring with a spear. JJ throws GG into a chair, and then picks up the chair and hits GG over the noggin.

JJ runs GG into the guard rail twice, working on the lower back (thanks Mike Tenay). GG then gets dropped on the safety rail before JJ slams him with a chair. Mike Sanders sneaks in and hits a nice superkick (aaayy) which knocks down Jarrett, stopping his offense.

GG goes to the outside and starts working over JJ. JJ throws some elbows, but GG counters and hits a catapult into the ring post. GG rolls in the ring to break the count, and goes back out to work on the champ. GG throws JJ into the steel safety rail, and then puts his face into the camera man’s position.

The two get back in the ring and continue to brawl, where GG hits a drop kick on JJ’s knee. GG then continues to work the knee of Jarrett with a sit-out scissors drop and a falling leg stretch (I made that name up). GG hits a boot to the head, and then puts JJ into a spinning toe hold, further working the knee.

Folks, this is amazingly a good match with good storytelling, and some fantastic play-by-play by Mike Tenay.

JJ goes for GG’s knees, but GG turns it into an ankle lock. JJ tries to “hulk up” and inches towards the ropes to break the hold. JJ starts some offense, but GG counters and goes for a leg drop, which is stopped by JJ in mid move. JJ puts GG in the Figure 4 leg lock.

All the while, the cameras show everyone coming out of the locker room one-by-one to watch the title match.

GG goes back for JJ’s legs, before JJ counters with a DDT. JJ hits a swinging neckbreaker for a 2 count.

JJ then hits a spinning heel kick for a 2 count. JJ hits a cross body block, but GG counters it and rolls up JJ for a 2 count.

GG flips out of a backslide attempt, and hits a stunner on JJ for a… 2 count.

At this point, all the boys are out watching the match.

GG grabs a chair, and goes back to work on JJ’s knee. The ref tries to take the chair from GG, when JJ sneaks up and hits a stunner onto the chair for a… 2 count.

JJ and GG both block stunners, then GG hits The Stroke (!) for a… 2 count.

All the wrestlers are shown cheering their respective comrades on in the crowd. Tenay plays this up making the match seem very important, and putting some real emphasis on the belt.

JJ picks up GG and powerbombs GG onto the floor. GG hits with an elbow, and JJ throws GG into the ref (who gets knocked out), before they hit a double clothesline on one another.

Russo comes in the ring with a baseball bat, and hits GILBERTI with the bat! JJ hits The Stroke for the 1-2-3 to retain the title.

Winner: Jeff Jarrett.