with a mic in his hand.
"Ken, I know we haven't exactly been seeing eye to eye lately. In fact
we just don't get along anymore. I think the reason we have been
having all this trouble between eachother is because you think you are
somehow in the shadow of me. You and I both know that's not true. We
are both great wrestlers and can beat anybody we want too. One thing I
don't get though is how you could try and steal my World Title shot
that I have been working long and hard on getting. That is not what an
older brother does. You should be congradulating me, but instead you
talk Cooper into giving you this match tonight. I know I might of
accidentally cost you your match with Robert Thompson and your tag
match with The Gladiator and Owen Hart, but believe me when I say I
wasn't meaning too. This doesn't have to go on. You will get your
title shot, but just wait until after I get mine."
With this Ken Shamrock comes out with a mic in his hand. He is
received by a huge amount of boo's. It is shocking how quick a man can
turn from a face into a heel.
"Frank, it's pretty simple. I am the older brother here. Everybody
knows I can beat you. Hell, I beat you all the time when we were
brothers. All I want is what is mine. We don't have to fight...all you
have to do is give me the title shot."
"God dammit, Ken! Can't you just let me have one title shot? Everybody
knows that you will soon be back on track and will be some sort of
champion. Just let me have this one shot."
"Sorry, Frank. You stole my title shot and I am going to have to take
it back. You brought this on yourself, Frank. I'll see you later
tonight."
And with that the brothers will meet later tonight with a World Title
shot on the line. It's very depressing when things like these happen.
The wrestling action was started after the interview and what a match
that we started out with!
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Jyushin Lyger vs Devon Storm
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Commissioner Josh Cooper is still trying to get some revenge on The
Extremists. Just this past Saturday Mr. Cooper made Ace Darling fight
with Chris Benoit. Now tonight he is making Devon Storm do battle with
Jyushin Lyger. Jyushin Lyger desperately needed a win here to get some
sort of momentum going into the big triangle match at Free For All.
Devon Storm, meanwhile, was simply trying to piss Mr. Cooper off more.
Lyger and Storm used their high-flying skills to put on a great show
for all the WWA fans. Devon Storm made a huge mistake though in the
first part of the match. He went all out and using every move he could
think of to keep Lyger down. However, this wore him down and he was
soon exhausted. He reached out for a tag, but then realized he was all
alone. Things turned from bad to worse for Storm as Lyger was still
coming. Storm just couldn't keep up with Lyger and soon Lyger had
gotten the big win by hitting his Running Lyger Bomb.
Jyushin Lyger pinned Devon Storm with the Running Lyger Bomb in
0:07:50.
Rating: ** 1/2
Looks like Mr. Cooper's plan on putting Storm and Darling in singles
matches against the superstars of the WWA is working.
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DROZ~!-BERG~! vs Brian Christopher
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Our next match had Brian Christopher doing battle with Droz! Droz has
just been horrible since entering the WWA, but he was looking too stop
that losing streak by beating Brian Christopher. Christopher had other
things on his mind such as Scott Taylor, but he still kept his
attention on the match at hand. In the middle of the match some weird
fan started chanting out "DROZBERG" and lifted a sign that said
"Waldrop loves Drozberg!" Weird... even with that extra fan support
Droz couldn't put Christopher away, and eventually Droz put his head
down way too early for a backdrop and Christopher caught him and hit a
piledriver. He hooked a leg and got the 3 count. A big win for
Christopher while Drozdov simply racks up another loss.
Brian Christopher pinned Darren Drozdov after a piledriver in 0:08:38.
Rating: DUD
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D-Lo Brown vs Scott Taylor
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Scott Taylor apparently didn't want to waste any energy on Christopher
tonight as he had a match with D-Lo Brown. D-Lo has been on a hot
streak since Winterfest and he planned on keeping it up. Taylor
wrestled his heart out, and kept D-Lo on the ropes for most of the
match. Taylor eventually went for his Too Hot Drop, but D-Lo got out
of it somehow. Taylor turned around and was picked up and dropped with
the Sky High. D-Lo quickly followed it up with the Low Down to get the
pinfall. Owen Hart came out to celebrate with D-Lo while Christopher ran out
with a chair in his hand. As soon as Taylor
got to his feet Christopher swung the chair at him, but Taylor ducked.
Taylor then leveled Christopher with a kick to the midsection and
followed it up with a DDT onto the chair that Christopher had just
dropped. Christopher was out and Taylor had finally gotten a small
amount of revenge.
D-Lo Brown pinned Scott Taylor with the Low Down in 0:17:46.
Rating: *
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The Gangstanators vs The Hardy Boys
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The Hardy Boys had their biggest test to date tonight against The
Gangstanators, who will be facing Ace Darling and Devon Storm at Free
For All. The Hardy Boys knew that their speed would be their only
advantage and used it to their full advantage. New Jack was the most
affected by this as when he was entering the ring with his trashcan,
Wolverine nailed the trashcan with a high impact dropkick sending the
trashcan right back into New Jack's face. New Jack had already been
busted open within the opening 10 seconds of the match. A brawl ensued
which was definately not what the Hardys wanted. They were quickly
taken down and had the crap beaten out of them. New Jack tried to
finish it off quickly with the Diving Chair onto Surge, but Surge got
his foot up in the nick of time, sending the chair right back into New
Jack's face, bloodying him up even more! New Jack rolled out of the
ring in pain and he wasn't much of a factor for the rest of the match.
Kronus had to do the fighting for The Gangstanators for the rest of
the match and had a very hard time of keeping up with The Hardy Boys.
Kronus was outmatched by both Hardy's and considering it was just him
against both it wasn't that hard to figure out why. Even with the one
man advantage, the Hardy Boys couldn't keep Kronus on the mat for the
3 count. Eventually New Jack got back up and re-entered the ring.
Surge, meanwhile, was keeping Kronus down in the corner. Wolverine saw
New Jack enter the ring and quickly entered the ring. New Jack charged
at Wolverine, but Wolverine simply jumped up and caught New Jack in a
Frankensteiner. New Jack had his injured head rammed right into the
mat and was out once again. This time it was in the ring, however,
which cost The Gangstanators. Wolverine hooked a leg and ...
1...
2...
3!!!
HUGE UPSET! The Hardy Boys ran out of the ring, jumping up and down,
and yelling to the camera about how they truly are the best. The
Gangstanators were obviously upset at their lackluster performance going
into their
tag title match with the Extremists.
The Hardy Boys defeated The Gangstanators when Wolverine pinned New
Jack with the Frankensteiner in 0:15:06.
Rating: *
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Billy Kidman vs Bob Holly
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The next match was supposed to be Billy Kidman versus Bob Holly, but
Little Dragon had other plans because as Kidman was walking down the
aisle he was blasted from behind by Dragon with a chair. Kidman went
down and Little Dragon walked to the ring. I have no idea if he had
something specific against Kidman or if he just wanted in the match.
Little Dragon was put in the match against Holly and Holly didn't ever
really stand a chance. Little Dragon springboarded into the ring and
took Holly down with a spinning leg lariat. From there on it was all
downhill for Holly. Little Dragon eventually put him away with his
Flying Somersault Huracanrana. Little Dragon got on the mic afterwards
and had this to say:
"I hear that there is going to be a new title introduced to the WWA. A
lightweight title. Well, I came out here and attacked Kidman for one
simple reason. He is considered the top cruiserweight in this
federation right now, and I took him out with one chair shot. I just
proved why he won't ever be the best. This Little Dragon is going all
the way and I am taking that title and I don't think there is anybody in
this arena
who has any doubts about that."
Little Dragon pinned Bob Holly with the Flying Somersault Huracanrana
in 0:21:16.
Rating: * 1/2
(Billy Kidman no-showed.)
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The Gladiator vs Fit Finlay
UNIVERSAL TITLE ON THE LINE
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The next match saw two powerhouses go at it in a very brutal matchup.
Finlay charged at The Gladiator as soon as the bell rang and the match
was on. The Gladiator caught him coming by lifting his boot right into
Finlay's face. Finlay was knocked silly and The Gladiator took that
time to send him to the mat with a clothesline. For most of the match
The Gladiator kept the advantage, but Finlay had his share of offense
as well. Eventually The Gladiator went for his Awesome Bomb, but
Finlay backdropped his way out of it. Then as The Gladiator was
getting up, Finlay picked him up and dropped him with the Tombstone!
1...
2...
NO!!!
The Gladiator kicked out of the Tombstone! Finlay was in shock, but he
didn't let this get to him. He picked The Gladiator right back up and
dropped him with another Tombstone!
1...
2...
...
...
NO!!!
The Gladiator once again kicked out! Finlay wasn't in shock anymore,
he was simply pissed. He picked The Gladiator up off the mat and
picked him up for one more Tombstone. This time The Gladiator was
ready, however. He reversed the Tombstone with one of his own. The
Gladiator didn't make the cover though. He got back up to his feet and
stood above Finlay. Finlay eventually got to his feet, but The
Gladiator kicked him in the stomach and sent him back down to the mat
with his Awesome Bomb!
1...
2...
JYUSHIN LYGER BREAKS THE COUNT!
Where in the hell did he come from? Lyger started pounding the crap
out of The Gladiator and Finlay joined in! Lyger and Finlay kept the
beating going until Owen Hart and D-Lo Brown ran out to make the save.
Finlay and Lyger were quick to escape. Looks like Lyger has gotten
revenge for all of the Gladiator's attacks on him finally. Now the
question is, has Lyger found a new friend in Fit Finlay?
The Gladiator defeated Fit Finlay by disqualification in 0:19:33.
Rating: ** 3/4
(The Gladiator retained the WWA Universal Title.)
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Luck of the Draw (G!L!W!)
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Up next was our infamous Luck of the Draw match. Our first participant
was announced as Jyushin Lyger. The crowd went nuts for this as any
match with Lyger in it promises to be good. Lyger was still pretty
tired from his match earlier with Devon Storm and from his attack on
the Gladiator so it would be interesting to see how he does.
His opponent...John Kronus! John Kronus had to go through a complete
asskicking earlier in the night at the hands of the Hardy Boys. The
question is, who had more stamina?
John Kronus and Lyger circled eachother for the opening
sequence...trying to to get a feel for eachother. Both men are heavy fan
favorites and the
fans didn't know who to cheer for. Luckily they didn't need to think
about it for long because Kronus eventually had enough of the walking
around in circles as he charged in on Lyger and went for a
Frankensteiner. Lyger caught him, however, and ran straight ahead
before dropping him with the Running Lyger Bomb! 3 seconds later and
it was shown who had more stamina. What a shocker. Lyger had just
beaten John Kronus in less than 20 seconds. Lyger got out of there
while Kronus simply got pissed and went to the outside and started
throwing chairs around. Kronus eventually left and we were now ready
for our main event.
[Luck of the Draw (G!L!W!)]:
Jyushin Lyger pinned John Kronus with the Running Lyger Bomb in
0:00:17.
Rating: *
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Frank Shamrock vs Ken Shamrock
Winner faces Dean Malenko at Free For All
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Ken and Frank Shamrock both made their way down to the ring and both
were very straight faced. Neither man was going to lose tonight. It
was going to be a war.
Frank and Ken started it out with a tie-up which Ken took advantage by
dropping Frank out of nowhere with a single leg takedown. Ken kept
ahold of the leg and turned it into a kneebar. Ken then floated over
and started slapping the back of Frank's head. Frank was obviously not
ready for this agressive attitude coming from his brother and he was
getting pissed. Frank simply reached
behind him and tore Ken off of him. He then got right on top of Ken
and started to lay in with some blows to the head. He was pounding the
hell out of his own brother! Frank eventually got off, but Ken had
been busted open from the forehead and his upper lip. Frank stood up
and screamed in rage. It looks like, just like his brother Ken, Frank
can get in the zone as well! Ken got up and was staggered, but had
enough sense in him to catch an incoming Frank with a powerslam. A 2
count followed that powerful move. Ken got up as did Frank and Ken
delivered the first blow by sending a sequence of forearm smashes
right into Frank's face. Frank was soon busted open as well. Both men
were bleeding rather badly and we had just begun.
Ken took Frank down with a hard lariat and followed it up with a
kneedrop. Ken then hooked on a armbar which looked like it was going
to tear Frank's arm off. Ken stretched back even further and Frank was
soon screaming in pain. Frank, somehow, got to the ropes and Ken was
forced to break the hold at the count of 4. Ken kept the moves coming,
however, and soon put Frank on the mat with one of his devastating
Frankensteiners. Frank looked like he hit wrong and Ken took the
cover.
1...
2...
NO!!!
Frank kicked out at the last second! Ken picked Frank right back up
and went for another standing Frankensteiner, but Frank caught him and
dropped him with a gruesome looking powerbomb. Frank then rolled him
over and hooked on the Ankle Lock Submission!!! Ken was screaming out
in pain and in anger as his little brother had gotten his finisher on
him. Ken scratched and crawled all the way to the ropes only to have
Frank pull him back into the middle of the ring. It was obvious that
Frank wanted to end this right now. Ken had other plans though as he
brought his other foot back right into Frank's lower regions. Frank
quickly released the hold and rolled around in pain. Ken saw this as
an oppurtunity, as well he should. Ken went to the outside and grabbed
a chair. It looked like things were about to get interesting. Frank
slowly got to his feet only to be sent right back down due to the now
dented chair in Ken's hand. Ken had just sent his own brother into
lala land. Ken went for the cover and the referee started the 3 count.
1...
2...
SHOULDER UP!
Frank had somehow managed to get his shoulder up. Ken wasn't done,
however. He got back up to his feet and grabbed the chair once again.
Frank got to his feet and ducked just in time for the chair to hit
nothing but air. Frank then took Ken down with a clothesline. Frank
grabbed the chair that Ken had just dropped and brought it down on his
brother's legs one after the other. Looks like Frank doesn't want Ken
walking out of the arena tonight. Frank then opened the folding chair
enough to put Ken's ankle inside. Frank then climbed to the top and
then came crashing down on the chair. You could almost hear the bones
cracking. Ken was screaming in pain one more time as Frank simply
rolled him over and made the cover.
1...
2...
KICKOUT!!!
Frank didn't let this get to him as he climbed to the top rope. Ken
slowly got to his feet and was obviously hurt from the attack on his
ankle. He didn't have much time to limp, however, as Frank came
sailing off the top turnbuckle with a Frankensteiner from the top
rope! Ken was down and Frank made the cover.
1...
2...
KICKOUT!
Frank was a little mad this time and started arguing with the referee
about a slow count. Unfortunately that meant he couldn't watch his
older brother sneak up from behind and low blow him. Frank went down
fast and Ken just laughed it up. Ken walked over to his fallen brother
and hooked on his own version of the Ankle Lock Submission. Frank was
done for and it looked like we knew who was going on to face Malenko
at Free For All. That is until Malenko himself walked out. Malenko
came all the way down the aisle and made eye contact with Ken
Shamrock. Ken kept the Ankle Lock on, but Frank still refused to
submit. Finally Malenko got up on the ring apron and that was enough
for Ken. Ken let go of his younger brother and charged right at Malenko with
a
dropkick. The dropkick sent Malenko off the apron and crashing into
the guardrail. Ken seemed happy with himself and turned around only to
be hooked in a small package!!!
1...
2...
3!!!
FRANK SHAMROCK WON THE MATCH!!! Frank got out of there as fast as his
legs could carry him while Malenko got back up and started laughing at
Ken. Ken simply went berzerk. He took the referee down with a belly to
belly suplex and then went after Malenko. Ken couldn't keep up with
Malenko due to his injured ankle, but he still kept chase back to the
locker rooms.
[Winner faces Malenko at FFA]:
Frank Shamrock pinned Ken Shamrock after a small package in 1:07:35.
Rating: **** 1/2