<div style="text-align:center;"><p><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="color:#800080;"><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="font-size:14px;">ECW War of The Worlds</span></span></strong></span></span></p></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;">
</span></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><span style="font-family:Arial;"><em><strong><span style="color:#800080;">May 2005</span></strong></em></span></p></div><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong><span style="color:#800080;">Malenko & Benjamin vs. Gibson & Danielson</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="color:#800080;">Dean Malenko is now 44 in the game, and I have him on a contract where he only wrestles at events, so I put together this exhibition match to open the show, Gibson & Danielson have good tag team chemistry, as do Benjamin and Malenko, so this got us to a good start with James Gibson getting the submission victory over Malenko.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong><span style="color:#800080;">Bobby Roode vs. Charlie Haas</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="color:#800080;">Bobby Roode & Charlie Haas were a makeshift tag team that I put together for my Tag Team Classic, which was a round robin tournament in October of 2004, since then they have continued to tag team, but went on a four match losing streak, resulting in Bobby Roode bitch slapping Charlie Haas in the middle of the ring, and this match being put together, Charlie Haas defeated Bobby Roode clean in the middle of the ring with a pinfall.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong><span style="color:#800080;">Steven Regal vs. Nigel McGuinness (</span></strong></span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong><span style="color:#800080;"><em>2 out of 3 falls submission match</em></span></strong></span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong><span style="color:#800080;">)</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="color:#800080;">Nigel McGuinness at this point had been basically a jobber for a while, until on one episode of Shockwave (my weekly show) I had McGuinness last 15 minutes with Steven Regal resulting in a time limit draw, Regal was outraged and challenged McGuinness to a rematch two weeks later, McGuinness won with a small package in under 5 minutes, leading Regal to challenge McGuinness to a 2 out of 3 falls submission match, which McGuinness was able to win, by two straight falls.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong><span style="color:#800080;">Outbreak (Christian Cage, Shane Helms & Mike Awesome) vs. CM Punk & The Briscoes</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong><span style="color:#FF8C00;"><span style="font-size:10px;">ECW Six Man Tag Team Title</span></span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="color:#800080;">CM Punk and The Briscoes won a 6 man tag team title tournament to become the new 6 man champs, I did have one in 2002 but grew weary of it and retired it. The challengers are a recently formed stable, Cage & Helms were found to have good tag team chemistry so have been tagging for a while, and recruited Mike Awesome as their enforcer, they challenged Punk & The Briscoes for their titles and won the belts with Awesome getting the pin over Mark Briscoe.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong><span style="color:#800080;">Rey Mysterio vs. Kassius O'Shea</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="color:#800080;">This feud started a few weeks back, when after Kassius picked up a victory over Billy Kidman, he decided to add insult to injury and continued to beat down on Kidman using a steal chair, the next week on Shockwave, after Mysterio picked up a win in singles action, he called out Kassius for kicking a man when he's down, two weeks later Rey is set for a match but before he can get to the ring Kassius attacks him and leaves him out cold, leading to this match, which despite the size difference Rey is able to defeat Kassius and get revenge for his pal Kidman.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong><span style="color:#800080;">Basham & Cade vs. Kendrick & Sabin vs. Michinoku & Strong</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong><span style="color:#FF8C00;">ECW World Tag Team Title</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="color:#800080;">This was a lot more simple, both Kendrick & Sabin and Michinoku & Strong had been on 3 match winning streaks and both felt they were deserving of a tag team title shot, so a 3 way match was announced for War of the Worlds, with Basham & Cade continuing their 7 month reign as champs with another victory with Lance Cade picking up the pin over TAKA Michinoku.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong><span style="color:#800080;">Kurt Angle, Chris Benoit, Lance Storm, Shibata & Brent Albright vs. Eddie Guerrero, Rob Van Dam, AJ Styles, Hiroshi Tanahashi & TJ Wilson (</span></strong></span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong><span style="color:#800080;"><em>War of the Worlds match</em></span></strong></span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong><span style="color:#800080;">)</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="color:#800080;">A what match? A War of the Worlds match is my own little fusion match, combining War Games, Survivor Series and Hell in a Cell. Two men start inside of a steel cell, with timed entrances of each competitor until each competitor is inside the steel cell, then every competitor of one team must be eliminated leaving a winner. The match was announced by Heyman and he named the captains as Eddie Guerrero and Kurt Angle, over the years in my save the two have had epic matches over the ECW World title, and even faced off against each other in my G1 ripoff "Master League", with Kurt Angle coming out victorious. Over the weeks they announce their competitors, Kurt first picks Benoit with Eddie picking RVD. Benoit & Storm are a current tag team and former tag champs, so the next pick was easy for Kurt, and Eddie responded by announcing AJ. Hiroshi Tanahashi impressed Guerrero so much in a match, that at the end of it he came out and asked him to be on his team, while Kurt picked the current North American champion (my midcard belt) Shibata. The next two picks were two lower midcard guys that I had booked on winning streaks for the purpouse of adding them to this match, Brent Albright (Gunner Scott, google him if you don't remember) and TJ Wilson (Tyson Kidd). The match was a 45 minute spectacle, with Kurt Angle coming out on top as the sole survivor for his team, making Eddie tap out with an ankle lock whilst Eddie was crushed into the corner of the cell, blood pouring out of his face. Also TJ Wilson took a stunt bump in this match, I don't know what this would have looked like, but I have an idea that Benoit would follow TJ as he climbed up the cell, german suplex him back into the crowd, who catch him and he crowd surfs for a bit.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong><span style="color:#800080;">Chris Jericho vs. Samoa Joe</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong><span style="color:#FF8C00;">ECW World Title</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="color:#800080;">At the last pay per view, Samoa Joe came out on top in the biggest victory of his career so far against Kurt Angle, so he starts calling himself the number one contender to Jericho's title, making a statement by attacking Jericho after Jericho had just defended his title against Tanahashi on Shockwave (Jericho and Tanahashi had a feud starting at the tag team classic, where Jericho & Tanahashi nearly won their block but Tanahashi got pinned in the final match, leading to Jericho beating the shit out of him and then beating him in match at a later show, but Tanahashi got the better of Jericho in the Master League defeating Jericho and costing him the block, which lead to a cage match at Final Battle, which Jericho won, but after Jericho won the title against Christian Cage at Global Glory, Tanhashi challenged him for a match, stating that Jericho was currently 2-1 up, and he deserved the chance to make it 2-2 and take home the world title, which Jericho cockily accepted). A few weeks later and Samoa Joe defeats Randy Orton in the main event of Shockwave, only to have Jericho come out at the end of the match and attack Joe, two weeks later and Jericho calls out Joe the two trade words with Jericho saying that although Joe is one tough S.O.B, there is a reason Jericho is the world champion, and that's because he's the best, Joe responds by beating the shit out of Jericho and samoan dropping him through a table, leading to their match at War of the Worlds, which is a 54 minute epic, which ends with Jericho making Joe tap out with the lion tamer.</span></span></p>