Hard Knocks #1

[Tag Title Tournament Match #1]:
Simon Diamond And Swinger (Simon Diamond and Johnny Swinger) defeated
America's Most Wanted (James Storm and Chris Harris) when Diamond pinned
James Storm after a powerslam in 0:13:36.
Rating: ** 1/4

[World Title Qualifers Match #1]: 8-Man Battle Royal:
Rob Van Dam won an 8-man Battle Royal:
         x Sandman defeated Pillman in 0:14:44
         x K. Angle defeated Sandman after a flying forearm in 0:14:50
         x K. Angle defeated Chetti after the Angle Slam in 0:15:37
         x Kash defeated K. Angle after a German suplex in 0:19:11
         x RVD defeated Skipper after the Five Star Frog Splash in 0:24:54
         x Lyger defeated Kash after the Running Lyger Bomb in 0:25:04
         x RVD defeated Lyger after a standing moonsault in 0:25:12
Rating: **** 1/4

[Tag Title Tournament Match #2]:
Danny Doring and Roadkill and The Outsiders (Kevin Nash and Scott Hall)
 battled to a draw in 0:20:00.
Rating: *

[World Title Qualifiers Match #2]: 8-Man Battle Royal:
Red won an 8-man Battle Royal:
         x Jericho defeated Killings after a lionsault in 0:00:57
         x Jericho defeated Kazarian after a lionsault in 0:04:02
         x The Rock defeated Damian 666 after a backslide in 0:11:10
         x The Rock defeated Bambikiller after a spinebuster slam in 0:14:43
         x Jericho defeated The Rock after the Walls Of Jericho in 0:15:26
         x Red defeated Douglas after a top-rope Frankensteiner in 0:19:12
         x Red defeated Jericho after the InfraRed in 0:20:19
Rating: *****

For the vacant Vintage Tag Championship:
Simon Diamond And Swinger (Simon Diamond/Johnny Swinger) won via default.
(Simon Diamond And Swinger (Simon Diamond/Johnny Swinger) won the Vintage Tag Championship.)


Card rating: *** 1/4


Match observations: 

Live from the Vintage Arena, In Boston, Ma

The First Hard knocks starts out and everyone is aware that tonight they will crown
their first Tag Team Champions as well as have two big elination style battles to 
determine the two men who will compete for the Vintage World Titel at next weeks
Hard Knocks. 

The first match features Americas Most Wanted against Simon Diamond and Johnny Swinger.
An excellent match up but somewhat of an upset in most eyes as Diamond and Swinger
got the win over AMA. That set them up to go to the finals against the winner of THe
Outsiders and Roadkill/Doring match later in the evening. Swing and Diamond celebreated
as AMA looked on pretty upset.

The first of the 2 elimination matches to name the world title contenders was a dandy.
Rob Van Dam came out on top after a fantastic 6 man match setting him up to head into
the world title match Next week on Hard Knocks. He was pretty mellow afterwards.

The second tag match between the Outsiders and Doring and Roadkill went to the time
limit. meaning that Swinger and Diamond would be the tag champions by default.

The second of the world title qualifiers was yet another doozy with REd getting the
shocking victory over his opponents, however Chris Jericho had a thing or two to say
about it after the win, because he, the AYatolah, of Rock and Rolla had elimnated
far more people than Red, and that the match should be based on that. He said that
Red's win was tainted. 

After the match Swinger and Diamond came out to collect their titles, but AMA came out
to confront them about the cheapness of their victory. The 4 men began brawling in the
ring as the show went off the air.