Held In: Municipal Auditorium Music Hall
Location: Kansas City, Missouri
Date: March 15, 2003
Attendence: 635
Taped for viewing from 12:00 am - 1:00.
Showdown begins with clips from last weeks show:
Billy Kidman wins the CWA Jr. Heavyweight Title in a 10-man Pinfall Battle Royal after forcing Kid Romeo to tap out to the figure-four leglock.
Tragic Comedy shows surprising cohesiveness as they handed a loss to overseas newcomers Hiroshi Hase and Shiro Koshinaka.
Buff Bagwell wins the CWA Midwest Title in an ugly match with Billy Gunn.
A match where their competition was hampered by their own admiration of their physiques.
Booker T defeated Super Delfin in a classic match-up of speed versus brawling.
Delfin held the early advantage but a Booker Missile Dropkick would advance him into the 2nd Round of the Heavyweight Tourney.
In the Main Event, Ultimo Dragon and Hayabusa put on a wrestling clinic - thrilling the fans for 15 solid minutes of action. Dragon was a surprising upset winner when he was able to lock on the Dragon Sleeper.
TAPED BACKSTAGE INTERVIEW
THE ROCK
Kevin Moss is able to catch The Rock coming into the Auditorium.
Moss - Rock, you are in the Main Event tonight in the first rou...
Rock puts his hand up in front of Moss' face.
Rock - First off Kevin Moss, are you that impatient, that annoying, that arrogant, to think that you can bother The Rock as soon as he enters the building? Who in the blue hell do you think you are?
Moss doesn't say anything
Rock - Well? The Rock is waiting for your answer.
Moss - I just thought...
Rock - IT DOESN'T...(pauses, looking at Moss then smirks)...matter what you think Moss. You want to know about The Rock? You want to know what the Rock thinks about the CWA? You want to know what I think about Shawn Michaels? Well you sit your candy-ass over there, don't say a word, and let The Rock handle this.
Moss leaves off camera.
Rock - Shawn Michaels. The Heartbreak Kid. The Main Eventer. Out of wrestling for almost 5 years. Shawn Michaels, you have beaten many of wrestling greatest. You were the poster child for the WWF in all its glory. But you have never beaten The Rock. You can say what you want about all the training you have done - but the bottom line is this...you have yet to beat The Rock. And in the end when they look back at your storied career, they will see many great accomplishments, but they will NEVER see a victory over The Great One. (looks dead into the camera and in all seriousness) If you smell what The Rock is cooking.
The Rock drops the mic and walks off camera.
The cameras go to the announcers booth as Kevin Moss welcomes us for the latest edition of Saturday Showdown as Mike Quackenbush heads down to the ring.
Moss - After our landmark first show last week the response was unbelievable. For myself all the way down to the wrestlers it was experience that we would never forget. Unfortunately, one wrestler was quite upset at the result of his match last week and has requested a rematch of sorts against the man that eliminated him.
At this point, highlights are shown of Quackenbush and K-Kwik going at it from last week. The main focus is that during the three count, Quack's left foot appears to be underneath the bottom rope.
Back to action and Quack is in the ring with mic in hand.
Quack - Last week we had ourselves a little Battle Royal where pinfalls count as eliminations. Now if I recall the rules correctly, if you have your foot under the bottom rope, the three count should be stopped. Last week, that didn't happen. Now I am not going to come out here at whine and moan because I can take defeat like a man. All I want is for K-Kwik to come out here and have a little match to settle the situation.
"Get Rowdy" starts over the loudspeakers and K-Kwik comes down to the ring dressed in his wrestling attire along with a long black protective sleeve on his right forearm. He entered the ring and accepted the handshake offered by Quack. Quack seems concerened about the arm of Kwik, but Kwik assures him that everything is ok.
With that the bell rings to start the match.
Jr. Heavyweight Challenge
Mike Quackenbush v. K-Kwik
Overview:
The two men circled each other as the bell rang to start the match. After an initial barrage of arm drag takedowns and hip tosses by Quack, Kwik seemed for be painfully holding (adjusting?) his right arm. Quack continued the advantage by whipping him into the ropes, but when Kwik came off, he nailed Quack with a flying forearm with the arm the brace was on. Quack seemed to be out cold from the blow as Kwik grinned and went into a break dance before pinned the semi-conscious Quack.Postmatch:
After Kwik left the ring, Quack recovered - dazed, confused, and very, very upset.K-Kwik pinned Mike Quackenbush after a flying forearm in 0:00:26.
BACKSTAGE
Jasmine St. Claire
Justin Credible v. The Blue Boy
Overview: Obviously
ticked off at the locker room attack, Credible went after with a vengeance and
dominated the match throughout. Jasmine St. Claire's repeated attempts to
interfere from outside the ring were useless as Credible looked more determined
than he has in a long time. The Blue Boy was battered from the onset and Credible looked to be on his way to
victory after a superkick sent The Boy to the mat. Jasmine entered and
tried to drill Credible with a chair. He turned just in time to catch the
attempt - then threw the chair aside and bent St. Claire over his knee and
prepared to spank her. This gave The Boy enough time to recover, grab the
chair, and drill Credible over the head. The referee immediately called
for the bell as The Boy and St. Claire continued to beat on the unconscious
Credible.
Justin Credible defeated The Blue Boy by disqualification. [1:53]
Rating: -3/4*
Overview: In a match of truly different styles, the
younger and more athletic Test seemed amused at his opponents. He
dominated the 80's Rock-n-Roller and the 90's naked man throughout but it seemed
that every time he had one man pinned, the other would make the save. The
two older wrestlers seemed to have a mutual understanding that Test would be
their main target to eliminate first. The double-teaming eventually got to
Test as Gibson nailed him coming off of the ropes with a dropkick and Knight
followed that up with the Problem Solver for the pinfall. Knight and
Gibson did not miss a beat and as soon as Test was forced out of the ring, they
went at it for championship gold. Gibson may be well past his prime, he
held a clear advantage over until Test made his way back to the ring to settle
some scores. He drilled Knight with huge boot to the face then proceeded
to dismantle Gibson. All of the CWA's officials came out to restrain him
as both Knight and Gibson struggled to regain their senses. Both men
staggered to their feet but it was Knight who recovered first and surprised
Gibson as he nailed the Problem Solver out of nowhere for the three count to
become the CWA's first Television Champion.
Triangle Match for the vacant CWA Television Title:
Dennis Knight defeated Test and Robert Gibson:
x Knight beat Test via the Problem Solver in 0:19:41
x Knight beat R. Gibson via the Problem Solver in 0:27:13
Rating: *
(Dennis Knight won the CWA Television Title.)
Overview: In the third of the four first round tournament matches, relative newcomer Cyd Killjoy faces off with veteran Dustin Rhodes. Since Killjoy came from CZW as Justice Pain, most of the fans at the arena had no idea who he was. As it turns out, he gave Rhodes everything he can handle and more. Stunning Rhodes with jarring clotheslines and surprising agility for a man his size, Dustin was reeling and had difficulty adjusting his game plan. Every offensive move "The Natural" attempted was met by either a miss or a counter of some kind. Blending quickness with a very solid power attack, he managed to keep Rhodes on the defensive for most of the match. Rhodes, the veteran that he is, did recover enough to stun Killjoy with a kick to the head after Cyd telegraphed a back body drop - but the advantage was short lived as Killjoy planted Rhodes with his Last Rights and scored the win and will face Ultimo Dragon next week in the semi-finals. A definite upset in most people's books - Killjoy seemed determined to make people take notice of him. Attempts to interview him afterward was met with a crude brush off.
CWA World Heavyweight Tournament Round 1:
CWA World Heavyweight Tournament Round 1: