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Bill Goldberg vs ???
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Before we could do anything, Bill Goldberg walked out with a
microphone in hand. He proceeded to tell us that Destruction had quit
the day before and that means Goldberg would not be able to Jackhammer
his ass. So to make up for it he challenged anybody in the arena to a
match. To make it even more interesting he said that the "Loser Leaves
Town" rules would be in affect! Nobody came out and Goldberg started
to call them all chicken and afraid of behing speared into the mat.
ENTER THE GLADIATOR!!! The Gladiator just steam rolled into the ring
and the match was on. Both men's careers were on the line here and
both worked as hard as they ever had before. It was finally Goldberg
going for the Spear, but The Gladiator simply lifted his foot up
causing Goldberg to run right into The Gladiator's raised boot.
Goldberg staggered back, but The Gladiator smelled blood and quickly
put a boot into Goldberg's stomach and then picked him up and dropped
him with an Awesome Bomb. 3 seconds later and Goldberg's career in the
WWA was over.
Match Loser-Leaves-Town Match:
The Gladiator pinned Bill Goldberg with the Awesome Bomb in 0:18:27.
Rating: **
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Robert Thompson vs D-Lo Brown
WWA TV TITLE ON THE LINE
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Robert Thompson continued his hot streak here tonight by defeating
D-Lo Brown. D-Lo did put up one hell of a fight, but Robert just
outwrestled him to get the win. Afterwards Robert got on the mic and
said that there was nobody in the WWA that could come close to his
talent and nobody would take the TV Title from him and that included
Owen Hart and Jyushin Lyger.
Robert Thompson pinned D-Lo Brown with the Double Arm DDT in 0:12:53.
Rating: * 1/2
(Robert Thompson retained the WWA Television Title.)
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The Extremists vs The Untouchables
WWA TAG TITLES ON THE LINE
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Ace Darling and Devon Storm then went at it with the rather impressive
Untouchables. These two teams have been feuding ever since Raging
Rumble and tonight they would be able to settle their differences.
Both teams put out all they had and it looked as if The Untouchables
would walk away with the titles after Corino nailed his Dragon Suplex
onto Darling, but the count was broken up when The Gangstanators ran
into the ring. They started brawling with both teams with their
assorted weapons. As Kronus was brawling with Devon Storm and Steve
Strong, New Jack hit Corino over the head with a trashcan. After that
Corino was out on his feet. Darling simply came up from behind, hooked
his arms around Corino's waist, and brought him back with his German
Suplex. The ref delivered a quick 3 count, just wanting to get out of
the ring. New Jack and Kronus then continued to lay a beating to both
teams before leaving. However, Devon Storm and Ace Darling held onto
their tag titles once again. I know Commissioner Cooper won't be happy
about this.
Ace Darling and Devon Storm defeated The Untouchables when Darling
pinned Corino with the German Suplex in 0:07:05.
Rating: ** 1/4
(Ace Darling and Devon Storm retained the WWA World Tag Team Titles.)
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The Gladiator vs Jyushin Lyger
GRUDGE MATCH
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Next up was The Gladiator doing battle with Jyushin Lyger. The
Gladiator had already had one match tonight, but that was his fault.
Lyger capitalized on this and kept The Gladiator on defense most of
the match. The Gladiator is known for his offense and is hardly ever
on the defensive side and it showed here tonight as he could barely
block any of Liger's devastating moves. Lyger kept it up until he made
one mistake. He whipped The Gladiator into the turnbuckle and charged
in with a koppo kick, but The Gladiator moved out of the way at the
last second. The Gladiator, sensing that this maybe his only
oppurtunity, quickly picked Lyger up and called for his Awesome Bomb.
He got him up on his shoulders, but Lyger slid out from behind. The
Gladiator turned around only to be hit with a kick to the midsection.
Lyger proceeded to do what many people thought was impossible, he
picked him up and dropped him with the Lyger Bomb!!! POP OF THE GODS
FROM THE FANS! Lyger limped over and hooked a leg...
1...
2...
KICKOUT!!!
Lyger was in a state of shock. He picked The Gladiator back up and
executed another impressive move, a fisherman's buster!!! The
Gladiator's neck looked like it hit at the wrong angle and he wasn't
moving at all. Lyger made anothe cover.
1...
2...
KICKOUT!!!
WHAT THE HELL!?! The Gladiator won't stay down!!! Lyger was getting
very frustrated and picked The Gladiator up again by the hair. He then
picked him in suplex fashion, but instead of falling back, he just
fell straight down with a brain buster!!! The Gladiator was holding
his neck and screaming out in pain. Lyger didn't try for another
cover, instead he picked him up again in the Lyger Bomb and started
running...RUNNING LYGER BOMB!!!
1...
2...
3!!!
JYUSHIN LYGER WITH A HUGE WIN! Lyger simply left the ring and let the
fan's cheers sink in while The Gladiator was left on the mat. He had
already wrestled Goldberg and now had just basically got his ass
kicked due to him being tired from his first match. He didn't move for
several minutes, but then the fans did something that shocked me, they
started chanting The Gladiator's name! Finally after 3-4 minutes The
Gladiator got back up to his feet and limped to the back, all the
while holding his neck.
I don't know if this feud is over, but everybody here has gained a ton
of respect for not only Lyger but The Gladiator as well.
Jyushin Lyger pinned The Gladiator with the Running Lyger Bomb in
0:09:55.
Rating: ****
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The Giant and Chris Benoit vs Frank Shamrock and a mystery partner
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We then saw The Giant and Chris Benoit come out for their match with
Frank Shamrock and his mystery opponent. The Giant and Benoit were
arguing the whole way down the aisle and alot of people were
questioning their teaming ability.
Next up we saw Frank Shamrock come out...by himself! Frank looked kind
of worried and it would not be good for him if he was alone in the
ring with The Giant and Chris Benoit. The Giant grabbed a mic and told
Shamrock that this handi-cap match wouldn't even be fun. Frank then
got on the mic and asked The Giant why he thought it was him with the
handi-cap? At this point Benoit clipped The Giant's knee from
behind!!! The crowd was stunned as was I. Shamrock and Benoit started
to lay the boots to The Giant and soon The Giant was busted wide open.
Benoit simply picked The Giant up and then dropped him with an
impressive fisherman's buster and hooked a leg and scored the 3 count.
Frank then continued to lay the boots to The Giant while Benoit went
to the outside and grabbed a chair. He entered the ring and Shamrock
picked up The Giant and then hooked his arms. Benoit wound up and
swung...THE GIANT DUCKED...Benoit nailed Shamrock!!! Benoit just
looked down at him and shrugged. Benoit nailed Shamrock with the chair
again!!! Benoit continued to smash him with chair shots until The
Giant got back to his feet, but Benoit sent him back down with a chair
shot. Benoit then left, leaving The Giant and Frank Shamrock in the
middle of the ring.
Handicap-Match:
Frank Shamrock and Chris Benoit defeated The Giant when Chris Benoit
pinned Giant after a fisherman's buster in 0:02:01.
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20 Man Battle Royal
WWA UNIVERSAL TITLE ON THE LINE
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We then had our 20 man Battle Royal for the Universal Title. Things
started off on a fast note when New Jack gained a bit of revenge by
eliminating Devon Storm in only a minute. Things slowed down for
awhile with The Gladiator going after Lyger with a vengeance, New Jack
and Kronus doing battle with Ace Darling, Frank Shamrock, The Giant,
and Benoit all doing battle with eachother as were others.
Things got back to a fast pace when Ken Shamrock simply threw Steve
Strong over the top. A little bit later D-Lo was brawling with Steve
Corino when Shamrock got him from behind with a back suplex. Shamrock
then picked D-Lo up and hurled him over the top. Shamrock was doing
pretty well in the Battle Royal.
Steve Corino was laughing at D-Lo's expense which wasn't smart as Ace
Darling got him from behind with a forearm to the back. He then hit an
inverted powerbomb to the outside. Corino landed hard and it looked
like he might be hurt. Of course D-Lo didn't care as he started
stomping on the back of Corino's neck. Out came Steve Strong who
started to brawl with D-Lo. While those two were brawling Ace Darling
got rid of another person in Little Dragon.
The Giant, Benoit, and Frank were all still brawling and refused to
break it up. That is until Owen Hart came over and tried to attack
Frank. Bad choice as Frank simply turned around and grabbed Owen by
the hair and threw him over the top. Frank then went back to fighting
it out with the other two. Owen was tempted to get back in the ring
except he saw D-Lo brawling with The Untouchables so he ran over and
tried to help D-Lo out.
Lyger and The Gladiator continued to brawl, but it was pretty obvious
that The Gladiator was just too tired. Lyger dropped him with a
Frankensteiner, but instead of capitalizing he went over and attacked
Kid Guzman who was helping Pablo on trying to eliminate Kronus. Lyger
tore Guzman away and picked him and dropped him with a powerbomb.
Lyger picked Guzman back up and threw him over. Pablo turned around
and saw that Lyger had eliminated his partner which caused a short
brawl. Lyger easily won it by finishing Pablo off with a Lyger Bomb.
Instead of eliminating him he went over and went to work on Kronus,
eventually eliminating him. New Jack saw this and ran over and started
to brawl with Lyger.
Meanwhile back over with The Giant/Benoit/Shamrock brawl the first
elimination happened. The Giant went to blast Benoit with a lariat,
but Benoit ducked and The Giant hit Shamrock. Shamrock was close to
falling out from the impact as he was nailed with a dropkick by
Benoit. That was enough for Frank as he fell over the top rope and to
the floor. Benoit didn't look back and started to brawl it out again
with The Giant. I wonder what Malenko thinks about Benoit's turn?
New Jack and Jyushin Lyger were brawling around when Billy Kidman
decided he would try and enter the battle. Unfortunately for him New
Jack didn't want him involved so he grabbed him by the hair and threw
him over the top. Several seconds later Ken Shamrock seemed to have
seen an opening and charged at New Jack, but New Jack simply ducked
and Ken went flying over the top. This meant that both Shamrock's were
eliminated. Ken was obviously pissed at being eliminated and tried to
get back in the ring, but was held back by officials. Lyger and New
Jack then continued their brawling.
A couple of minutse later The Gladiator tossed Bob Holly over the top
with ease.
Thing seemed to slow down a bit after this. New Jack and Lyger split
up with Lyger brawling with The Gladiator, New Jack doing battle with
Darling, Benoit with The Giant, and Cobra with Pablo Marquez. The
latter two surprised everybody with staying in the ring this far.
Ace Darling ended up knocking New Jack off of his feet with an
enzuguiri and then went over and charged at Benoit with a clothesline.
As luck would have it, it connected and Benoit was sent over the top.
The Giant was semi-pissed at Darling for eliminating Benoit, as it
seemed he wanted to do that himself. This led to The Giant headbutting
Darling and following it up with a devastating legdrop.
The Gladiator and Jyushin Lyger had also shocked everybody by still
being in there. Mainly The Gladiator who had already beaten Goldberg
and wrestled Lyger in a very gruesome match. The Gladiator used
whatever endurance he had left by picking Lyger up and dropping him
with an Awesome Bomb. He then went over and picked up the limp body of
New Jack and threw him over. This gave us 6 men.
Since The Gladiator left Lyger there was nobody there to protect him
from a bunch of scavengers like Pablo Marquez and Cobra. They both
walked over and picked up Lyger and tossed him over. A huge
elimination as Lyger was alot of people's pick. The Giant had just
tossed Darling into a corner and saw an opening so he hit a DROPKICK
on Cobra's back. The force sent him sailing right over the top. 4
people were left and what a foursome. The Giant, The Gladiator, Pablo
Marquez, and Ace Darling. They all circled eachother for awhile with
Pablo praying to get paired off with Ace. As luck would have it that
is exactly what happened. The two big men started brawling while the
two lightweights exchanged some high-flying moves.
At this point the favorite was The Giant. It could of been The
Gladiator, but with him already wrestling two matches it wasn't
looking good for him. You could see the sweat just falling off of him.
Many people were wondering why he wasn't falling down from exhaustion.
The Giant easily got the advantage over him and ended up going for his
Choke Slam. However, The Gladiator somehow countered it with a kick to
the groin. The Giant let go of The Gladiator and bent over in pain.
Perfect position ... The Gladiator simply put his head between his
legs and did the impossible. He put The Giant in a powerbomb
position!!! AWESOME BOMB TO THE OUTSIDE!!!!!!! THE GIANT IS GONE!!!!
The crowd was jumping out of their seats and cheering The Gladiator
on. Meanwhile on the other side of the ring, most likely by fluke, Ace
Darling was eliminated by Pablo Marquez.
The question was, did The Gladiator have enough left in him to
eliminate Pablo? The answer was yes as Pablo simply charged in on The
Gladiator and all he had to do was duck and Pablo went flying over the
top and landed hard on his back in the first row. THE GLADIATOR HAS
JUST WON THE WWA UNIVERSAL CHAMPIONSHIP!!!
The Gladiator could hardly get to his feet to accept the title. Owen
Hart and D-Lo Brown ran out and hoisted him on their shoulders. The
celebration began as The Gladiator had done the impossible. Not only
had he beaten Goldberg and sent him packing, not only had he kicked
out of a Lyger Bomb, not only could he enter the rumble, not only did
he eliminate The Giant with an Awesome Bomb, but he won the whole damn
thing!!! The Gladiator is the future of the WWA and the wrestling
world.
No-Countout-No-DQ-20-Man Battle Royal for the vacant WWA Universal
Title: The Gladiator won a 20-man Battle Royal:
x New Jack threw out D. Storm after a flying headbutt in
0:01:23 x Shamrock threw out Steve Strong after
an armlock hammerlock submission in 0:02:51
x Shamrock threw out D-Lo after a back suplex in 0:04:40 x
Darling threw out Corino after an inverted power bomb in
0:04:56 x Darling threw out L. Dragon in 0:06:01 x Frank
Shamrock threw out O. Hart in 0:07:03 x Lyger threw out
Guzman after a power bomb in 0:11:46 x Lyger threw out Kronus
after a hiptoss in 0:13:13 x Chris Benoit threw out Frank
Shamrock after a backslide in 0:15:18 x New Jack threw out
Kidman in 0:15:59 x New Jack threw out Shamrock in 0:16:05 x
Gladiator threw out Holly in 0:18:34 x Darling threw out
Chris Benoit in 0:21:40 x Gladiator threw out New Jack in
0:22:53
x Marquez threw out Lyger in 0:25:18
x Giant threw out Cobra in 0:25:42
x Gladiator threw out Giant in 0:26:42
x Marquez threw out Darling after spinning headscissors in
0:28:59
x The Gladiator threw out Marquez in 0:30:18
Rating: * 3/4
(David Taylor no-showed.)
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Dean Malenko vs Too Cold Scorpio
WWA WORLD TITLE ON THE LINE
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We then had our main event and what a match it was! Too Cold Scorpio
was bound determined to beat the hell out of Malenko until Malenko
gave him some respect. That is basically what happened as Scorpio
started the match out by tackling Malenko and pounding the crap out of
him. Scorpio also went to the air and Scorpio dominated the first 4
minutes of action. Things slowed down, however, when Malenko ducked
under a missile dropkick. Malenko capitalized on this by working on
the leg of Scorpio. Malenko continually worked over the leg and hit
several dropkicks right into his knee. Scorpio was soon screaming in
pain and the referee was tempted to stop the match. Scorpio wouldn't
let this happen and tried to get himself back in the match. Scorpio
ended up seeing an opening and brought Malenko to the floor when he
side-stepped a dropkick to the knee and brought down his own leg
across Malenko's face with a legdrop. Scorpio hurt his knee even more
with that move, but still kept up the pressure. Neither man could keep
the advantage for very long and so the match went, whenever Malenko
took the advantage he would work over the leg of Scorpio while when
Scorpio took it he used his limited offense to keep Malenko on the
mat. At about the 20 minute mark out came The Giant. He was stopped by
Frank Shamrock and those two brawled around the arena. Enter Chris
Benoit!!! Benoit came out with a chair and he didn't look happy. He
entered the ring and promptly just nailed the referee with a chair.
Malenko and Scorpio both got to their feet and looked at Benoit.
Benoit lifted the chair above his head and...BROUGHT IT DOWN ON
SCORPIO!!! Scorpio fell like a sack of bricks and Benoit left the ring
and went back to the locker rooms!!! Malenko was still questioning
Benoit's antics, but quickly hooked Scorpio in the Texas Cloverleaf
regardless. Out came another referee who lifted and dropped Scorpio's
arm three times. Malenko retains the gold! Frank Shamrock and The
Giant ended up brawling into the ring where Malenko helped The Giant
dispose of Frank courtesy of a dropkick to the knee. Frank grabbed
ahold of his knee and was wide open for a Choke Slam which was
delivered by The Giant. Malenko and The Giant then left, leaving Frank
Shamrock and Too Cold Scorpio laying, obviously looking for Chris
Benoit.
Dean Malenko made Too Cold Scorpio submit to the Texas Cloverleaf in
0:23:10.
Rating: ***
(Dean Malenko retained the WWA World Title.)