Hive Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 It's september 1995 and WCW are about to debut their new flagship TV show, Monday Nitro, which is to go head to head against WWF's Monday Night Raw. This should be the single biggest story in wrestling right now... but it's not. Behind the scenes, in the months leading to this big event, was something even bigger in the making... unhappy with some, according to the wrestlers involved, unreasonable and inhuman terms in their contracts, a large group of wrestlers from both top American companies, WWF and WCW, joined forces and sued their employers. And a few weeks before the highly anticipated debut of Nitro a decision was made on their case, a decision that shocked the entire world of wrestling and sent ripples across all of USA... a decision that from one day to the next has changed the wrestling business forever; all workers signed to written contracts with either WWF or WCW, be it wrestlers, managers, announcers, referees, road agents or something else, were declared as free agents, with their contracts being declared illegal and void! Furthermore, also as part of the lawsuit, it was determined that no company could hold copyright over names used by their performers - meaning that characters and tag team names now follows the wrestlers, not the promotions! Suddenly being without a single employee, WWF and WCW now faced competition from not only each other but from other sides as well: having closely followed the trial, lurking prepared to strike in the shadows in hope that the trial would end the way it did, former American Wrestling Association owner and multiple-time world champion Verne Gagne returned to the wrestling business with new investors, re-establishing AWA and gunning for several former WWF and WCW stars! But he was not alone, as Jeff Jarrett, son of United States Wrestling Association owner Jerry Jarrett, launched an ambitious promotion of his own, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. With his father Jerry closing doors on USWA, the two were ready to put all their focus and funds into TNA. The age of Four Corners of Chaos has begun... This is a 4-player multiplayer game starring: JackKnifed72 as WWF Big Al as WCW Rick Savant as AWA and Hive as TNA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Savant Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 That totally happened to bad ass music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackKnifed72 Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 ...At a press conference in Australia...Ric Flair violently attacks "The Immortal" Hulk Hogan, sparking a bitter rivalry... Then on draft day they find themselves both in the WWF!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fj3OvBjJ1yU&feature=related Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackKnifed72 Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 RAW is WAR preview: The new WWF CEO will be revealed! WWF uber-diva Sunny has a BIG announcement Jake Roberts hosts "The Snake Pit" with special guest...Vince McMahon Confirmed Matches: Tazz vs "Sir" William Regal in a submission match for the WWF European Title 1st round match for the vacant WWF Title: Yokozuna vs Jim Duggan Main Event: Ric Flair & Arn Anderson vs Hulk Hogan & ??? (card subject to change) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hive Posted April 21, 2011 Author Share Posted April 21, 2011 ...At a press conference in Australia...Ric Flair violently attacks "The Immortal" Hulk Hogan, sparking a bitter rivalry... Then on draft day they find themselves both in the WWF!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fj3OvBjJ1yU&feature=related Wow... those two suddenly look old, must be the climate in Australia. When they last were on WCW TV, in August 1995, they both looked significantly younger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 WCW are devastated by the changes of the wrestling industry and despite having the money to buy their way out of trouble, it just did not happen. The WCW are now facing a very unfamiliar position with Shawn Michaels, Machoman Randy Savage and The Undertaker alone at the top of this high expecting federation. Luckily all is not lost with many potential stars hoping to show their wares. Chris Benoit, Steve Austin, Brian Pillman and Sabu are hoping to wow the audiences with their youthful energy. They are joined by some very talented foreigners yet to be widely seen by the American viewers in Jushin Liger and The Tiger Mask. Gorilla Monsoon has been heard trying to reason with Bobby Heenan and calm him after he was heard saying, “I will tell it as it is, if those kids aren’t up to it”. Gorilla of course the ultimate professional understanding time will bring about success for this company again. The money may be there, but is the patience, as ratings are sure to drop for a while. Starting Roster announced tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hive Posted April 22, 2011 Author Share Posted April 22, 2011 Total Nonstop Action Wrestling is proud to present its very first roster: Faces: Sting Davey Boy Smith Road Warrior Animal Road Warrior Hawk Booker T Stevie Ray Eddie Guerrero Sean Waltman Christian Cage Jeff Hardy Matt Hardy Heels: Kevin Nash Vader Jeff Jarrett Diamond Dallas Page Chris Jericho Bobby Eaton Stan Lane Carl Oullet Jacques Rougeau Bob Backlund Brother Ray Brother Devon Doomsday (aka Glenn Jacobs aka Kane) Rhino Announcers and colour commentators: Jim Ross Honky Tonk Man Nick Bockwinkel (also serves as road agent) Tag teams: The Road Warriors Harlem Heat The Quebecers The Midnight Express Team 3D The Hardy Boyz Managers: Jim Cornette Referees: Tommy Young Mike Chioda TNA is reportedly furthermore looking to sign 5-10 additional workers, both wrestlers and non-wrestlers. More to come soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hive Posted April 22, 2011 Author Share Posted April 22, 2011 Wrestling journalist Dale Speltzer has had a look at the recent development in wrestling in USA, and have made some observations: The 4 big players on the American scene doesn't appear to have the same focus; WWF seems focused on popular star wrestlers, having signed the crop of the biggest superstars in USA today. WCW, in spite of being filled with cash, seems to want a healthy mix between established stars and skillful young prospects. AWA seems to put focus on in-ring performance, mixing world class technical wrestling with high-flying cruiserweights. TNA is a lot like WCW, just with less stars. And a strange obsession for tag teams. Neither WCW nor WWF seemed to either be able to or want to retain their title holders; WCW World Heavyweight Champion Hulk Hogan went back to WWF while WWF World Heavyweight Champion Diesel went to newcomers TNA, WCW United States Champion Sting also went to TNA while WWF Intercontinental Champion Shawn Michaels jumped boat to WCW, WCW World Tag Team Champions Bunkhouse Buck and Dick Slater surprisingly are completely without jobs at all while WWF World Tag Team Champions Owen Hart and Yokozuna stopped their partnership when Owen went to AWA while Yokozuna, as the only title holder of the two companies, decided to stay loyal to WWF. Neither WCW nor WWF appears to have been particularly fond of any of their former tag teams, having retained a grand number of ZERO of them. WCW did however snatch WWF's tag team champions prior to Owen and Yoko, The Smoking Gunns while WWF has yet to present a single tag team! Several smaller promotions has suffered severely from the recent events; most notable are ECW, who lost their ECW World Heavyweight Champion The Sandman along with ECW World Tag Team Champions Raven and Stevie Richards - along with many other of their top talents, including The Steiner Brothers, Cactus Jack, Taz and Terry Funk. Once touted as an upcoming star and possible outside challenger to WWF and WCW, ECW now face a radical rebuilding process they might not survive... small Canadian promotion BCW also had to say goodbye to their 3 biggest upcoming stars, Sexton Hardcastle, Christian Cage and Rhino Richards... and SMW, who were struggling already, lost their former multy-time SMW Tag Team Champions The Rock 'n' Roll Express along with former AJPW Triple Crown Champion Terry Gordy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackKnifed72 Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 Wrestling journalist Dale Speltzer has had a look at the recent development in wrestling in USA, and have made some observations: ...while WWF has yet to present a single tag team! ... WWF have released the following in response to "Journalist" Dale Speltzer's report "While it is obvious that tag team wrestling is a throwback to the days of 'Old School 'Rasslin' and has little place in the modern world of "Sports Entertainment" we would like to remind Mr. Speltzer that the WWF features exciting tag teams such as: Ric Flair & Arn Anderson as well as Raven & Cactus Jack ...and many more high-energy teams that will debut in the upcoming weeks" ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackKnifed72 Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 Wow... those two suddenly look old, must be the climate in Australia. When they last were on WCW TV, in August 1995, they both looked significantly younger. It's the TV camera's they use in Australia...different lenses than in the US Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackKnifed72 Posted April 23, 2011 Share Posted April 23, 2011 Company Profile: World Wrestling Federation The WWF was formed in 1963 when promoters Toots Mondt and Vincent James McMahon broke away from the National Wrestling Alliance over a title dispute concerning NWA World heavyweight champion Lou Thesz and contender Buddy Rogers. In 1984, an ailing McMahon sold the company to his son, Vincent K. McMahon and the modern world of "Sports Entertainment" was born. By the late '80's the WWF had gone national and become the undisputed #1 promotion in the world. Now, after the landmark supreme court ruling that rocked the wrestling world, the 'New" WWF struggles to retain it's place at the top of the heap... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackKnifed72 Posted April 23, 2011 Share Posted April 23, 2011 Roster as of September 1995: FACES: Hulk Hogan Roddy Piper Warrior Mick Foley Edge Jim Duggan Tazz Chris Daniels Sgt Slaughter Sandman Spike Dudley Jake Roberts HEELS: Ric Flair Big Show Arn Anderson Lex Luger Sid William Regal HHH Yokozuna Raven Iron Sheik Kevin Sullivan (w/Woman) Announce Team: Joey Styles & Vince McMahon Non-Wrestlers: Sunny Harley Race Gary Hart Sgt. Slaughter Mark Curtis Earl Hebner . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackKnifed72 Posted April 23, 2011 Share Posted April 23, 2011 ...Since the Supreme Court ruling voiding ALL wrestling contracts in the US several developments have been reported in the WWF... 1- With former WWF champion Diesel being drafted to TNA, the WWF has announced that a tournament will be held to determine the next holder of the most prestigious title in all of Sports Entertainment 2- The Wall Street Jounal has reported what was initially believed to be another wrestling storyline, Vince McMahon has been replaced as chairman and CEO of the WWF, he will be kept on as an announcer, and the new WWF chairman will be revealed at the next WWF Monday Night Raw taping 3- An ongoing war of words turned violent as Ric Flair attacked Hulk Hogan at a press conference in Australia, then they found themselves both drafted to the WWF ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al Posted April 24, 2011 Share Posted April 24, 2011 WCW realised they have a long trip ahead after there first Nitro show since the change. There were 4 title matches with: -Shawn Michaels pinning Jerry Lawler for the WCW heavyweight title, -Jushin Liger winning the US title over Haku, -The Tiger Mask defeating Tully Blanchard for the WCW TV title, -The Smokin Gunns and Rock n Roll express drew after a double dq leaving the tag titles still vacant. The match of the night went to Shawn Micheals and Jerry Lawler. The blunder of the night went to Bobby Heenan who interviewed the wrong Randy for 10 minutes. Instead of interviewing Randy Savage he did Randy Anderson with the crowd very bored during this segment. A lot was learnt after this disastrous star to The New Age Nitro and there is plans to bring out the big guns next week as well as find some menace angles to utilise Earthquake and Abdullah. On a brighter note the WCW has spent $5,000,000 on a development company called the WCW Powerplant and has Chris Benoit already trying out the new facilities and have Too Cold Scorpio and Marcus Bagwell primed to join him. Hopefully the many fresh faces approached and some trusty Road Agents will bring about a better week 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hive Posted April 24, 2011 Author Share Posted April 24, 2011 On a brighter note the WCW has spent $5,000,000 on a development company called the WCW Powerplant and has Chris Benoit already trying out the new facilities and have Too Cold Scorpio and Marcus Bagwell primed to join him. Hopefully the many fresh faces approached and some trusty Road Agents will bring about a better week 2. Woah, you spent $5 on that??? It must be a pretty damn popular fed for that kind of money... Jeff and I are annoyed btw that they lured his father Jarrett to sign for them right as we were going to. Pretty scary btw that you are stacking big names like Bagwell and Scorpio, two former WCW tag champs, in development... :eek:If you sign everyone I'm interested in, I'm gonna pull a typical TNA and declare war on the giant! Btw, you should probably have given your new child fed the short name 'WCWP' instead of 'WCW 2'... because now they'll be calling their titles stuff like 'WCW 2 Heavyweight Championship' and stuff, which will look a tad silly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Savant Posted April 24, 2011 Share Posted April 24, 2011 Hector Blake, AWA beat reporter for The Wrestling World Analyst, is outside of the Veterans Memorial Auditorium in Des Moines, Iowa where in excess of 7000 wrestling enthusiasts are expected to show up for the inaugural AWA All-Star Wrestling broadcast. He has said lips are sealed in the AWA camp and future plans are being closely guarded. But despite that he has a few pieces of information to pass along. Firstly, the general consensus from sources inside of that American Wrestling Association is that plans for the AWA World Heavyweight Championship will be revealed tonight, but that the Tag Team, Lightheavyweight and Women's championships will be dealt with one at a time over the coming months. There are currently no women under contract for the AWA. There has been rumours of some conflict backstage between owner Verne Gagne and new head booker Rick Savant as to the direction of the company. Sources say that Rick was selected to act as a self imposed counter balance to Verne's conservative approach to the wrestling business and that the two have already clashed on the subject of incorporating aspects of Lucha Libre into the product. The two are reportedly still on good terms but Savant has shown signs of frustration. Further aggravating those frustrations are the severity of the condition of Curt Hennig. Although no clear information has surfaced, it appears the extent of his injuries are far greater than initially thought and Gagne is rather unimpressed with his new booker/general manager for selecting the injured athlete so high in the draft. Savant, in turn, has stated that in conversations with Hennig that the extent of his injuries were downplayed. And finally, although nothing has been declared from the offices of the AWA, posters advertising tonight's event around Des Moines were promoting a tag bout between The Hart Brothers, Bret and Owen against Scott Hall and the legendary Terry Funk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Savant Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 We start out with Lord Alfred Hayes welcoming us to the AWA's All-Star Wrestling. Hayes introduces us to his broadcast colleagues Dusty Rhodes and Curt Hennig. Dusty busts in, unable to control himself any longer and he tells us that we have an amazing main event here tonight as the Hart Brothers will team against Scott Hall and the legendary Terry Funk. Curt Hennig says he can't understand a word either of those two said, but he knows this: The AWA World heavyweight Championship will be decided in 3 weeks at AWA Regenesis! There will be a sixteen man four round tournament held to crown the new champion. Wrestlers will be signing up over the course of the broadcast and seeding will be randomly drawn on the night of Regenesis. It looks to be a night which will go down in the annuls of wrestling history. Lord Alfred takes us to the ring for... ****************** Los Trapacistas vs The Steiner Brothers ****************** The Steiners become the first wrestlers to walk out from behind the new AWA curtains and head to the ring to a strong ovation. Out next are Juvi and Dion. Hennig “Now you two probably don't know this because you've never researched anything but hamburgers and gravy before but these two men are very, very handsome men. They wear those masks to prevent themselves from being torn to shreds by the women in the audience.” LAH “That is simply untrue.” Hennig “It is true. They told me themselves.” Dusty “I love me a hambuga. It's true.” The match it's self is an explosive and fast paced one ending with Rick Steiner pinning Juventud Guerrera after a Steinerizer at the 7:10 mark. WINNERS: The Steiner Brothers *************************** Chavo Guerrero II vs 'The Silver King' Cesar Barron *************************** Both men look focused and proud in this one. Barron stalls for most of the match and Hennig explains that a King should not have to step into the the ring with someone as untrustworthy as a Guerrero. Let a lone a Silver King. Dusty puts over the Guerreros and their long tradition of being good at wrestling. Eventually Silver King gets in the ring and has Chavo so off his game he is able to catch him with a roll up after 5:59. WINNER: 'The Silver King' Cesar Barron Next a video is shown with three men talking about 'The Ultimo Dragon' Yoshihiro Asai. Bret Hart “You know, I'm an international star myself so I've seen guys all over the world. And no matter where I work Asai has turned up and he's turned heads every single time.” Curt Hennig “Look there may be one wrestler in this world who can go toe to toe with me on a consistent basis. And that would be Yoshihiro Asai.” Dusty Rhodes “This man, he does things. This man he does things in the ring that no man should ever be able to do. He will mezmemorize you. You will want to take your own eyes out of your head and ask them: Eyes, is what you are telling me, is it correct?” *********************** Scott “Bam Bam” Bigelow vs Rey Misterio Jr *********************** A surprisingly even affair with Rey escaping Bam Bam's grasp for much of the mask and employing a hit and run tactic. Eventually he is slowed by a few glancing blows and the tide turns. He is eventually put away with a sidewalk slam at 7:52. WINNER: Scott “Bam Bam” Bigelow Mean Gene Okerlund is backstage with Bret and Owen Hart. They talk about the respect they have for Terry Funk and Scott Hall. They talk about about the respect they have for the AWA and what it means to main event the first All-Star Wrestling. *************** D. John Finlay vs The White Ninja *************** Finlay squashes the masked man in 2:54. WINNER: D. John Finlay **************************** The Samoan Swat Team vs Lance Storm and Rob Van Dam **************************** Samula just throws Lance and Rob around for the first portion of the match but the team of Storm and Van Dam get a bit of offence on Solafa. His power is too much for them however and he and Anoa'i manage to start frequent tags and eventually they hit the double diving headbutt on RVD for the W-I-N. WINNERS: The Samoan Swat Team Next up Jim Cornette is out with a microphone. He tells us how bad and now mean his client is... Perry Saturn! ************ Perry Saturn vs The Mirror ************ Saturns opponent is a man in a silver mask whom Dusty informs us has the ability to mimic the fighting style of any of his opponents. The Mirror does a decen impression of Saturns skulking to the ring before being suplexed to oblivion and made to tap out the Rings of Saturn after only 3:45. WINNER: Perry Saturn ************** Ron Simmons vs Dustin Rhodes ************** An open back and forth, hard brawling affair that eventually sees Ron Simmons hit the Dominator and score the pin in the middle of the ring after 7:56. WINNER: Ron Simmons Afterwards Dustin Rhodes is shocked. And he continues to look around embarrassed and angry after Simmons has left. He gives an ashamed look towards his father on commentary as Dusty says he's proud of the effort his son put in. Mean Gene is in the back with Scott Hall and Terry Funk. Hall says he's going to carve up the Harts and Funk stops his. Funk says he's not in Atlanta anymore. This is the AWA, and in the AWA we do things differently. Tonight we are going to beat the Harts but we're going to beat them with respect. *********************** The Hart Foundation vs Terry Funk and Scott Hall *********************** The match starts with a handshake between Funk and the Harts. Hall has to be convinced but Funk puts his hand on Scotts shoulder and make him see the light. The match starts slowly with both teams tagging in and out frequently. For the most part a technical affair, Hall occasionally loses his temper and Funk has to talk him down to avoid disqualification or shame. As the match passes the twenty minute mark Hall's mean streak is starting to show up more and more behind Terry's back. Eventually while Terry inadvertently distracts the referee while arguing about a tag the official did not see Scott Hall wraps Owen's knee around the ring post twice. Bret is furious and when Hall is back in the ring he attacks Hall from behind. Funk is in the ring to protect his partner not knowing what he did and it turns into an all out brawl. Eventually the official gets control and Hall goes ballistic on the hurt Owen Hart. Funk tags himself in to stop Hall from disgracing them and while he convinces Hall to return to his corner Owen tags in Bret. Funk turns right into a small package and is pinned for the three. WINNERS: The Hart Foundation! Hall had been walking back to his corner as Funk had told him to so he didn't see the pin. Hall is furious! He's kicking the ropes and stomping and yelling and arguing at the official. Funk is just looking off into the crowd while the Harts celebrate. Funk up now he tries to calm down Hall and although it's clearly hard for him he approaches Bret. He extend his hand... . . . And Bret accepts! Suckerpunch by Funk! It was a left handed handshake and Bret goes down! The Texan is on top of Bret firing away. Owen tries to pull Funk off but Scott Hall Levels him from behind! Hall beats down Owen as Funk takes Bret apart as we are out of time here this has been AWA All-Star Wrestling! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Savant Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 News and Notes from backstage at AWA All-Star Wrestling by Hector Blake. -The first AWA televised show went pretty well in front of the cameras, but behind the scenes it almost all fell part. Owner Verne Gagne, feeling that Bret Hart had taken it for granted that he was the star of the Gagne's company, took it upon himself to bring the former World Champion down a peg. Or 10 as observers attested that Gagne made a huge display of ridiculing Hart in front of the whole locker room. It seems as though Bret was about to walk out on the company without ever wrestling a match when booker Rick Savant, what has been butting heads with Gagne, stepped in and told him that if Gagne didn't get his head in order that Savant would do everything in his power to seize this company from him, and failing that, would seek work elsewhere. It is reported he told Gagne this was his last chance. Shockingly Gagne sobered up, admitted he was wrong. Apologized to Bret Hart and everything went smoothly from there. A very close call indeed however. -The overall reaction backstage to the show seems to have been very positive. -One notable absence, not only from the television screen, but even from the backstage area was Carlos Konnan. No word on what that situation is but reports have him not even in the country at the current time. -The first four participants in the AWA World Heavyweight Title Tournament have been announced. Unsurprisingly they are the four men who main evented All-Star Wrestling: Terry Funk, Scott Hall, Bret and Owen Hart. -It was also revealed that the main event of next week's All-Star Wrestling will feature The Hart Foundation vs The Miracle Violence Connection: "Bam Bam" Terry Gordy and Scott "Bam Bam" Bigelow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackKnifed72 Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Wwf Raw Raw - Week 1 1995 - Madison Square Garden- Attendance: 15,000 SELL OUT! WWF RAW kicks off with a bang as pyros light up the stage as the new announce team of Vince McMahon and Joey Styles welcome us to the show... McMahon: "Alright Ladies and Gentlemen welcome to a historic Monday Night RAW from Madison Square Garden, along with Joey Styles, I'm Vince McMahon!" Styles: "Thank you Vince, and your right we have an amazing show toni..." McMahon: "That's Mr. McMahon to you!" Styles: "Uhm yeah right...anyway..." MSG explodes as "I am a Real American" blasts over the P.A. and Hulk Hogan makes his way to the ring to a huge ovation. Once the crowd settles down somewhat Hogan starts his promo: "You know I've been around the world...I've been all over the USA, I've been to Hollywood, I've wrestled Giants over in Japan and has-beens down south, but Hulk-a-Mania started right here BROTHA! Right here in Madison Square Garden, over 10 years ago, when I won my 1st WWF World Championship ..." Hogan's promo is cut short as Ric Flair makes his way out onto the ramp... "Hold it right there Big Fella....Woooo...yeah the only reason these Hulk-a-Morons here in New York cheer for you is 'cause they've never had a chance to witness a TRUE world champion......ME! The NATCHA BOY...Ric Flair! WOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! The two engage in a back an forth for several minutes before agreeing to a match tonight...Ric Flair & Arn Anderson vs. Hulk Hogan and a partner of his choice. (Segment Rating B+) Tonight's opening match: Psycho Sid vs Chris Daniels Despite road agent Sgt Slaughter's instructions to Sid to help make the debuting Daniels look good, Sid basically no sells everything, turning it into a squash, Sid wows the crowd with a power-bomb for a 5:00 easy win (Segment D+) Post-match we cut back to the announce desk: McMahon: "No suprises there...Sid gets the easy victory tonight on RAW" Styles: "Can't say much for Sid's personality Vince, but he did look impressive..." McMahon: "That's Mr. McMahon" Styles: "Right, anyway stay tuned for more great WWF wrestling action..." McMahon: "Entertainment..." Styles: "Wrestling..." McMahon: "Entertainment..." Styles: "Whatever..." We head to commercial with a short video hyping the upcoming debut of Adam Impact...the long haired, trench-coat wearing, sunglasses sporting, high flying Canadian...the self proclaimed "Future Rookie of the Year" Back from commercial: Raven vs Sandman in a No DQ Grundge Match Suprisingly good action and decent heat, Raven gets the win at 8:52 with a Raven Effect DDT after Kevin Sullivan charges the ring and lays Sandman out with a steel chair (Segment B-) Post-match Cactus Jack makes his debut in the WWF, saving Sandman from a 2 on 1 beatdown by Raven and Sullivan (Segment C) We are reminded that "The Original Diva" Sunny will be up soon with a BIG announcement... Backstage Raven, Sullivan and Woman hype their alliance and threaten to destroy anyone that gets in their way (Segment C) Back from commercial and the lovely Sunny is heading to the ring, wearing a long, pink bathrobe. Once in the ring Sunny grabs the mic: "I'm sure you have all been waiting for my BIG announcement...so I won't hesitate any longer...tonight...I...the Uber Diva...Sunny...will become the first woman in pro wrestling history to 'show it all' on national TV!!! She begins to undo her robe as the crowd gasps, (somewhere Jerry Lawler is having a heart attack), she peels off the robe to reveal...she's wearing a dress under the robe! "HaHaHa...you really think I'd let you idiots see me in my birthday suit? You're dumber than I thought...No let me introduce you to my real suprise...my first client in the new WWF....." Out from the back comes none other than The Giant Paul Wight!! "And just to test my man here...to prove to all of you that he is a force like none ever seen in the history of Sports Entertainment...he will be facing one of the most decorated and dangerous competitors in the world today..."Out from the back storms...Spike Dudley! (Segment C-) Spike Dudley vs The Giant Basically a comedy squash match...Big Show laughs off Spike's repeated attempts at offense before DESTROYING him with a choke slam (Segment D) Next up after commercial is ...The Snake Pit! Jake "The Snake" Roberts makes his return to the WWF and interviews none other than former WWF CEO Vince McMahon...Jake taunts McMahon for a bit for being 'demoted' to an announcer...but then goes on to proclaim... "You know Vince, there was a time when the Snake would have seen your plight as weakness...when I would have thought nothing of planting you RIGHT HERE with the DDT...but no..ha ha no Vince you see the last few years I've been away the Snake's taken a new path...a righteous path...I've turned to the bible Vince and I've been redeemed...will you be redeemed Vince....will you? (Sadly a D-) Heading for another commercial we get another Hype Video for Adam Impact Back from the Break...this next match is for the WWF European Championship...and it is a submission match William Regal vs Taz Not much heat but some great action...after 11:25 minutes of action, Regal uses a low blow and and ankle lock to steal the victory (Segment C-) Post Match the Connecticut blue blood Hunter Hearst Helmsley charges into the ring an hits Taz with The Pedigree...Regal and Hunter leave the ring together (Segment D+) The following match will be a qualifier for the WWF World Title tournament: Yokozuna vs "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan Duggan plays the patriot to Yoko's evil foriegner, good action and average heat...Yokozuna gets the win at 11:07 with his feet propped on the bottom rope We are getting ready for the big announcement..the new WWF CEO will be revealed in a few moments... Styles: "We are just moments away from learning who the new CEO of the WWF is...you must have mixed emotions about this Vince..." McMahon: "Mr. McMahon!" Styles: "Right...anyway Vince it....OH MY GOD!!! It's...It's..." It's the Million Dollar Man...Ted Dibiase! New WWF CEO Ted Dibiase makes his way to the top of the ramp to a chorus of boooos from the crowd... Dibiase: "Who did you expect....Virgil? BWAHAHAHAHAHA Everybody has a price, even...well you peasants don't need to know about that...But let's just say I made someone an offer and now the WWF is my playground...and unlike Vince McMahon, if anyone in the back tries to get out of line...like say Hulk Hogan...I can...and will...get in the ring and handle business...because I'm Rich, and your NOT! Bwahahahahaha" Styles: "Wow, I don't know what to say..but wow.." McMahon: "Just call the next match Styles..." (Segment B) Tonight's Main Event: Flair and Anderson make their way to the ring...next out is Hogan to a huge pop....Hogan then introduces his partner...cue the bagpipes!!!! It's "Rowdy" Roddy Piper! Ric Flair & Arn Anderson vs Hulk Hogan & Roddy Piper Suprisingly good match...great heat as the crowd's really into it...back and forth match for about 14 minutes until, with Piper and Anderson brawling outside the ring...Lex Luger charges down to the ring...Is this the former Four Horseman, the Narcissist or is it the All-American Lex Express? Lex let's his intentions be known by clotheslining Hogan. The match starts to turn into a 3 on 2 beatdown until.... The Ultimate Warrior makes the save!!!! Warriors back in the WWF! Referee Earl Hebner rules this one a no contest at 15:11 (Segment B+) Post match all six men get into a massive brawl...finally RAW goes off the air with Hogan, Piper and Warrior having cleared the ring, celebrating as Flair, Anderson and Luger retreat to the back. (Final Segment B-) Overall Show Rating: C+ (Booker's notes...the backstage atmosphere brought this one down a bit, and suprisingly the Roberts/McMahon interview went over like a **** in church but, all in all not a bad first outing) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben5 Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 The blunder of the night went to Bobby Heenan who interviewed the wrong Randy for 10 minutes. Instead of interviewing Randy Savage he did Randy Anderson with the crowd very bored during this segment. Loved seeing this. I assume it was a miss click, but I like it either way. Great job so far guys. I'm looking forward to following this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackKnifed72 Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 @BigAl...I laughed at the Heenan story because, on RAW, Taz was supposed to win the European Title not Regal...DUHP!! (although Heenan probably could have made a 10 minute interview with a referee entertaining) @RickSavant...Nice Old School Feel to the AWA Show...any hope of the Team Challenge Series making an appearance? If so I feel it should be explained much like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1eSWEV1fLI or maybe more like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JWfEVdzaZM Just saying... oh and who signed 2 Cold Scorpio? I had an offer in to him and Charles Wright aka The Godfather for a mid-card tag team...Flash Funk and The Godfather aka Straight Pimpin' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Savant Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 The blunder of the night went to Bobby Heenan who interviewed the wrong Randy for 10 minutes. Instead of interviewing Randy Savage he did Randy Anderson with the crowd very bored during this segment. In my Montreal Aftermath game as Montreal I made the Randy's mistake every second Nitro. You have my deepest empathy. @RickSavant...Nice Old School Feel to the AWA Show...any hope of the Team Challenge Series making an appearance? Thanks! And: I want you to understand. I'm a total wrestling nerd. I love this ****. And I know, what I feel, is an unreasonable amount about it. But I'd never heard of this and I want to thank you deeply for introducing me to it. As for whether or not it'll be a factor? With some tweaking... I think I smell ratings. oh and who signed 2 Cold Scorpio? I had an offer in to him and Charles Wright aka The Godfather for a mid-card tag team...Flash Funk and The Godfather aka Straight Pimpin' WCW signed 2 Cold. I know. That's just cold. How cold? Well... I couldn't give you a specific number... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackKnifed72 Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 I've seen articles that blamed the Team Challenge Series for helping to kill the AWA...from what I gather it didn't go over well at the time. (By 1990 when this was running I doubt anything could have saved the AWA) As far as Scorpio, well would have been nice to see Flash Funk back in the Federation buy no worries...Keep an eye on "The Future Rookie of the Year" Adam Impact on upcoming episodes of RAW (cheap plug)...he likes to keep things...Edgey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Savant Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 McMahon: "Entertainment..." Styles: "Wrestling..." McMahon: "Entertainment..." Styles: "Whatever..."[/i] I laughed out loud. Great show! As for the Team Challenge Series... I think I can make it work... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackKnifed72 Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 I laughed out loud. Great show! Personally, I think the WWE missed a golden opportunity with Styles, and his anti-sports entertainment 'Worked-Shoot' when he 'quit'...coulda had a nice storyline...tradition vs modern etc.. but oh well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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