This Day in History - 11th June, 2013

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June 11th

On this day in history in ....

1879 - H.M. Dufur defeats James Owens in Boston, Massachusetts to win the American Collar-and-Elbow Title. Owens still claimed the championship despite losing to William Muldoon on February 6, 1877.

1954 - Ed Francis defeats Enrique Guzman for the NWA Texas Heavyweight Title in Houston, Texas.

1955 - Doug Donovan & Ivan Kameroff defeat Luther Lindsay & George Dussette to win the Pacific Northwest Tag Team Title.

1959 - Terry "Magnum T.A." Allen is born in Chesapeake, Virginia.

1963 - Mike Enos is born in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

1965 - Wilbur Snyder & Dick the Bruiser win the World Wrestling Association Tag Team Title for the third time, defeating The Assassins (Guy Mitchell & Joe Tomasso), ending their second reign.

1971 - Another set of Assassins, this time Tom Renesto & Jody Hamilton, win their seventh NWA Georgia Tag Team Title, defeating Ray Gunkel & El Mongol in Atlanta, Georgia by reverse decision.

1973 - El Marquez defeats Karloff Lagarde for the Mexico National Welterweight Title in Mexico City, Mexico, ending Lagarde's fourth reign.

1973 - Masked Lee & Sandy Parker defeat Jumbo Miyamoto & Mariko Akagi for the WWWA World Tag Team Title in Sasebo, Japan, ending Miyamoto and Akagi's fourth reign.

1975 - Gene & Ole Anderson defeat Wahoo McDaniel & Paul Jones to win the Mid-Atlantic version of the NWA World Tag Team Title in Raleigh, North Carolina, beginning their second reign.

1976 - Great Kusatsu & Mighty Inoue defeat Rip Tyler & Eddie Sullivan to win the IWA Japan World Tag Team Title in Furukawa, Japan, beginning their third reign.

1980 - Alan Dennison defeats Jim Breaks for the British Welterweight Title in London, England, ending Breaks' fifth reign.

1981 - Takashi Ishikawa & Akio Sato defeat Kevin & David Von Erich to win the AJPW All Asia Tag Team Title in Tokyo, Japan.

1983 - King Tonga & Gran Apolo defeat Buddy Landel & Terry Gibbs for the WWC North American Tag Team Title in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

1984 - Rick Rude defeats Jerry Lawler to win the AWA Southern Heavyweight Title in Memphis, Tennessee, ending Lawler's 30th reign.

1989 - The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs and Jerry Sags) defeat The Southern Force (Black Bart and Tony Anthony) in Orlando, Florida, to win their third NWA Florida Tag Team Title.

1993 - Tracy Smothers defeats Tony Anthony to win the held up SMW Heavyweight Title in Knoxville, Tennessee. The title was held up on May 15 in Johnson City, Tennessee after a match between the two. This began Smothers' second reign.

1993 - Saemi Numata defeats Kumiko Maekawa for the AJW Junior Title.

1998 - WCW holds the third-annual Ilio DiPaolo Memorial event at the Buffalo, New York War Memorial Auditorium, before a crowd of 15,395. The results:
- Many wrestling legends were introduced to open the show. Those in attendance were Dick Beyer, Gino Brito, Willie Farkas, Billy Red Lyons, Tony Marino, Angelo Poffo, George Scott, Lou Thesz, Waldo Von Erich and Kurt Von Hess.
- Dean Malenko defeated Scotty Riggs by submission to retain the WCW Cruiserweight Title.
- Juventud Guerrera pinned Billy Kidman.
- Booker T defeated Chris Benoit by disqualification.
- Konnan defeated Scott Putski by submission.
- Saturn pinned Glacier.
- The Giant, The Disciple, Randy Savage and Lex Luger fought to no-contest in a four-way match.
- Goldberg pinned Konnan to retain the WCW United States Heavyweight Title.
- Kevin Nash and Lex Luger defeated WCW World Heavyweight Champion Hulk Hogan and Bret Hart.

2000 - WCW held their Great American Bash Pay-per-view in Baltimore, Maryland, highlighted by the heel turn of Bill Goldberg (a storyline that was quickly aborted). This would be the last Great American Bash Pay-per-view held by WCW. Here is Tim Whitehead's original report on the show, which did a .19 buyrate:

WCW's Great American Bash from the Baltimore Arena came off as something of a dud. From a mostly weak and heatless lower card, the show moved on the two retirement matches. Neither of the wrestlers who had vowed to retire if they lost actually ended up losing, which was just as well since retirement stips are never kept anyway. Both matches were passable entertainment but mostly featured a lot of props and "sports entertainment". The main event World Title match was a mess and featured the big surprise, which was a Goldberg heel turn, which was exactly what they shouldn't have done, and which the lukewarm crowd didn't like. The inferno match between Sting and Vampiro was just a backdrop for a "shocking" stunt that no one's gonna swallow. Oh, and Kanyon turned as well. Still one more turn that makes no sense and means nothing since about 30 wrestlers turn every month.

LT. LOCO beat DISCO INFERNO in 4:56 to retain the Cruiserweight Title. Loco (Chavo Guerrero Jr.) came out with his Misfits allies and had a toy grenade and everyone freaked out over it. Disco had the Filthy Animals with him. Some fast moves early by Loco until he got dropped on the ropes. Disco bumped out and the Misfits beat him up, allowing Loco to score some twos. The Animals then stomped Loco and Disco got some near falls. Capt. Rection's father or grandfather or whatever arrived but Konnan got in his face and he had a "heart attack". Juventud Guerrera went in and tried for a People's Elbow (really) but missed. Disco hit the Last Dance on Loco but Cpl. Cajun nailed Disco in full view of the ref with a legsweep and put Loco on top for the pin. Afterward, Major Gunns revived the old man with mouth to mouth and he then tried to molest her. Silly match.

Some cops assured Eric Bischoff that Bill Goldberg would not be able to get in the building. That guaranteed something.

KRONIC beat THE MAMALUKES to become top contenders to the tag titles in 9:19. Both Mamalukes theoretically hold the Hardcore Title now but Big Vito was wearing it, even when in the ring, and acting like he was sole champ. Not much good here. Kronic used power moves but also got doubled on a little in the Mamaluke corner. Johnny the Bull screwed up his springboard move. Brian Adams did a scary looking DDT type move on Vito. Vito was more concerned with the Hardcore belt that the match and left the ring to polish it, which was ridiculous, leaving Johnny to be pinned after High Times.

MIKE AWESOME beat DALLAS PAGE in the Ambulance Match in 9:30. Page brought out Kanyon in a wheelchair and wearing the halo. He sat there looking sad. This match was an okay brawl. The ref got bumped immediately and they brawled around on the floor and used some chairs, though there were no killer chairshots. Awesome put Page through a table and the medics tried to stretcher him out but he came back. Awesome put Page down again and hit two frog splashes but missed a third and landed on a chair. Kimberly arrived and hit Page with a pipe. Miss Hancock dragged Kim off by the hair. Page revived quickly and hit the Diamond Cutter on Awesome out of nowhere. Awesome was being stretchered when Eric Bischoff came out and acted like he would hit the helpless Kanyon with a chair. Page went after Bischoff but Kanyon got up (Mark Madden was screaming "He can walk! It's a miracle!") and turned on Page, giving him a Diamond Cutter which sent him bumping off the ramp. Awesome recovered and Page was the one hauled off in the meat wagon. They later showed Page leaving the ambulance against the wishes of the medics. Kanyon later "explained" that Bischoff had visited him secretly in the hospital and made him an offer to be a star if he would turn on Page.

G.I. BRO beat SEAN STASIAK in the Boot Camp match in 13:54. Way too long. Bro (the former Booker T) repelled into the ring on a cable, military style. Stasiak also wore military fatigues and had camouflage face paint. Mostly they brawled around with Bro hitting occasional kicks. The ref did several 10 count attempts but they got up in time. Stasiak got a small hardway cut and Tony Schiavone noted the strict Maryland rules on juice during matches. Stasiak hooked a sleeper but Bro made a big babyface comeback and was destroying Stasiak with kicks (to no heat) when Chuck Palumbo ran in and went after Bro with the flexer. This was in plain view of the ref but he did nothing due to the supposedly relaxed rules. That's all well and good to not have so many DQ's and count-outs but it also makes no sense for outside interference to be legal. Bro scissor kicked Palumbo. Stasiak got the flexer and used it on Bro but he came back again and put both foes down with the flexer for the 10 count.

SHANE DOUGLAS beat WALL in the tables match in 7:58. Douglas announced that the match would be a best of five tables match. He also ran down Ric Flair, calling him "Dick" Flair as he used to do in those shoot challenge promos in ECW. The match was what you would expect, namely, not good. Wall bumped on a table early but didn't go through it. Perhaps he was supposed to given what happened later. Wall put Douglas through one table, and then another. Douglas lured Wall to the back where there was a ladder set up next to two tables (one stacked on the other). Douglas went up the ladder and Wall, genius that he is, went up the other side, which was the table side. Duh! So he naturally got knocked off the ladder when Shane used brass knux and went through both tables. It looked like he legit hurt his shoulder on the bump. Anyway, this tied them up at two tables each but for whatever reason it was claimed that Wall went through three tables and Shane won. Wall put the ref through a table afterward.

SCOTT STEINER beat TANK ABBOTT & RICK STEINER in a handicap match in the asylum cage to retain the U.S. Title in 3:45. Pretty bad. They announced at the beginning that Rick had been added to the match to "level the playing field". More booking like this and they'll level the promotion. Rick and Tank doubled on Scott. Tank was about to use a chain but Rick had a sudden attack of sympathy for his brother and asked Tank not to use it. He ignored Rick, so Rick shoved Scott clear of the blow and ended up taking it himself. Scott got the chain, flattened Tank and hooked the recliner with Tank submitting immediately. Scott celebrated with his bimbos afterward.

HULK HOGAN beat BILLY KIDMAN in 11:39. Hogan would have had to retire (ahem) if he had lost. Horace Hogan was special ref and called it down the middle, reuniting with Hulk afterward with the commentators noting that he may have been with Hulk all along and had only turned to set up the New Blood. Hulk pounded Kidman and beat him with the weight belt. Kidman dropkicked a chair into Hulk's face and hit him with a chair to score a two count. Hogan used a chair on Kidman. Kidman DDT's Hogan on a chair for another near fall. Kidman hit a crossbody. Hulk put Kidman through the announcers' desk. Torrie Wilson slipped brass knux to Hogan. Kidman got them and bumped Torrie to the floor. But Kidman only got two on Superman Hulk with the knux. Torrie low blowed Kidman and Hulk got the knux and flattened Kidman for the pin. A so-so match.

RIC FLAIR beat DAVID FLAIR in 10:15. And yes, Ric would have had to "retire" if he had lost. Beth, Reid, and daughters Ashley and Megan were in the audience. Ric wore regular wrestling tights and no shirt. David actually opened up on Ric until Ric retaliated with the chops. Ric bumped out and Vince Russo hit him with a bat and handcuffed him. Reid went over the rail and hit Russo in the balls, got the key and unhooked Ric. Ashley then cuffed Russo, which I guess was her first ever direct involvement in wrestling. Ric destroyed David and put him in the figure four for the win. Afterward, Flair stripped Russo's shirt off and chopped the hell out of him. The Flair family gave Russo crotch chops. Russo vowed to forcibly retire Flair on Nitro. Entertaining match.

VAMPIRO defeated STING in the Inferno Match in 7:11. To win, you had to set your opponent on fire. Sting appeared on top of the giant screen superstructure and challenged Vampiro to come up. He didn't, so Sting repelled down and they started brawling. Vampiro managed to pour "gasoline" on Sting. Vampiro then began climbing the giant screen structure. Sting went after him and took a minor bump off before climbing back up again. There were burning torches up there, so Sting showed "brilliance" in going up there soaked in "gasoline". Anyway, they brawled up there with thunder and lightning special effects with the lights going off and on. During one of the "offs", a stunt man replaced Sting. Vampiro ignited "Sting" with one of the torches, engulfing him in flames. He jumped/fell off the structure and crashed, still burning, on a platform below. The commentators freaked out like Sting was dead and were talking about how he's a husband and father as if he had left them widowed and orphaned. Crew members with fire extinguishers put out the fire and "Sting" was stretchered out. They replayed the fall several times from different camera angles and on one of them you could clearly see the platform was soft and cushioned. I guess the angle was okay for what it was but these killer bumps are pretty ridiculous if you like believable angles.

JEFF JARRETT defeated KEVIN NASH in 17:19 to retain the WCW World Title. To fully stack the deck here, Ernest Miller was special ringside referee, Konnan was bell ringer, Rey Mysterio Jr. was timekeeper, Disco Inferno was keeper of the title belt, and Juventud Guerrera was ring announcer, even though Michael Buffer did the actual introductions. Nash started off with power moves and sent Jarrett out. They brawled through the crowd. Nash used a chair on Jarrett but Mysterio clocked Nash in his bad knee with a chair. Jarrett used more chairs to the knee and continued working on the knee for what seemed like forever. Jarrett hooked the figure four but Nash made the ropes. Konnan hit Nash with a weak bell shot and Jarrett only got two. Jarrett got the title belt but Nash took it from him and hit him with it. Disco KO'ed the ref to stop him from counting. Juventud used a chair on Nash and Miller went in as ref but Jarrett only got a two. Nash was destroying all the Filthy Animals when Jarrett caught him with a sloppy looking stroke move but still only got two. Jarrett missed a swing with a guitar and Nash chokeslammed him, but Miller faked an "eye injury" to keep from counting three. Nash powerbombed Miller and Jarrett. Rick Steiner ran in, followed by Scott Steiner and Tank Abbott and they ended up brawling. That was pointless. The Filthy Animals all jumped Nash and beat him down. The Goldberg truck arrived. It had to drive very slowly due to the crowd and all the rails and other props, which kind of killed the effect. Anyway, Goldberg emerged and teased going after Jarrett but instead speared Nash and Jarrett pinned him. The crowd hated the Goldberg turn. Goldberg then hugged Bischoff and Russo. A weak main event.

2003 - TNA holds its 48th weekly pay-per-view event in Nashville, Tennessee at the TNA Asylum. The results: Michael Askounes filed the following PPV report:

NWA: Total Nonstop Action begins this week with a video package of the events leading up to tonight's main event of Raven vs. Jeff Jarrett vs. AJ Styles for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. The package profiles, and features commentary from, the challengers for Jeff Jarrett's title.

Open to the Asylum, and from the obligatory crowd shots, we're taken outside to Raven, and Julio Dinero, and Alexis Laree, "The Gathering". Raven talks about how he is going to win the NWA World Title tonight, then turns his attention to D'Lo Brown and orders Julio Dinero to take out D'Lo tonight. As Julio begins to say he will break D'Lo, Brown attacks Raven from behind, and then brawls with Julio Dinero into the building and up to ringside. D'Lo rolls Julio into the ring, Irish whip and a back elbow drop Dinero. Whip into the corner, back elbow fends off Brown. Julio sits upon the top rope but D'Lo runs the ropes and throws Dinero from the turnbuckle with a Hurricanrana. Alexis Laree dives from the top, but D'Lo catches her and goes for his Whirlybird Side Slam. Alexis is caught by Julio, and a jump spinning back kick grazes D'Lo, but sends him to the floor. D'Lo attempt to climb into the ring, but is knocked back to the floor by a running dropkick. Julio follows D'Lo to the floor. Brown fights back and rolls Julio back into the ring, but Alexis holds D'Lo, preventing him from getting through the ropes allowing Julio to hit a Swinging Neck Breaker in the ropes. Julio stomps D'Lo to the outside and attacks with a running suicide dive over the top rope.

A chair is brought into play by Alexis Laree, who gives it to Julio Dinero. Dinero wraps the chair around D'Lo's head and sends him neck first into the ring post. Julio gets back into the ring, and catches D'Lo with a guillotine leg drop in the ropes as D'Lo was making his way back into the ring. Close two count, and D'Lo begins to fight back, but a wild right hand is countered with a wrap around leg trip from Dinero which gets two. Fisherman Buster from Dinero also gets two. D'Lo Brown begins to fight back again and attempts a tilt-a-whirl powerslam, but Dinero reverses it into a reverse DDT across his knee for two. Dinero takes D'Lo to the ropes and begins to choke Brown across the middle rope, then with the refs back turned, Alexis continues the attack. Running hip attack against the ropes, and Dinero takes D'Lo to the corner where he executes a Tornado Diamond Cutter called "The Dream Theater" but it only gets two. Julio takes D'Lo to the corner again and works him over before firing him across the ring into the opposite corner. Julio charges but D'Lo lifts Julio and drops him face first on the top turnbuckle. Both men fight to their feet, Dinero whips Brown into the ropes. D'Lo ducks the clothesline and answers back with a flying forearm attack. Series of repeated rights puts Dinero down, whip into the ropes and Dinero counters the backdrop attempt with an attempt at a Hangman's Neck Breaker, which is countered by D'Lo into a vertical lift dropped down into a Stunner, followed immediately by a high back heel kick that gets two. Alexis back on top nails the flying Tornado DDT which only gets two for Julio. Julio attempts to whip D'Lo into the ropes, but it is reversed straight into the Sky High Powerbomb for the win.

D'Lo Brown wins.

Don West and Mike Tenay welcome us to the show and run down the card of announced matches. Asylum Alliance Finals between America's Most Wanted vs. David Young and Tracy. A Hard 10 Tournament match between The Sandman and a mystery former WCW Hardcore Champion. A handicap match pitting Kid Kash against Erik Watts, Goldilocks, and Trinity. Chris Sabin will defend his X-Division Title against an opponent of his choosing. Hype for the World Title match, and speculation as to Russo's involvement sends us into a video history of Vince Russo in NWATNA.

Back to the ring where Mike Tenay brings out Glen Gilberti to ask him if he had an answer as to why Russo hit him with a bat, costing him his match with Jeff Jarrett last week. Glen says that Mike would have a better chance of knowing the answer to that question and proposes that they try and get inside the mind of Vince Russo. Glen gives Russo the credit for the Montreal Screw Job, Judy Bagwell as Tag Champ, Viagra on a Pole, and David Arquette. Glen says that all that time, he had to play along and pretend they were good ideas. Glen determines that Vince Russo must have been insecure, jealous, or embarrassed that Glen was able to pick up the ball and lead SEX just as well as Vince did. The interview quickly breaks down as Glen goes from deductive reasoning to straight up trash talking. Vince Russo charges the ring and repeatedly strikes Glen with the baseball bat, and talks some trash of his own. The Harris Brothers come out and pull Vince off of Glen as Triple X drag Glen from the ring.

Mike Tenay and Don West try to make sense of what happened, and regroup as they send it the NWATNA's brand new backstage interviewer, Scott Hudson with Chris Sabin. Chris Sabin announces that he has picked Shark Boy as his opponent tonight.

The TNA girls shake it for us.

This takes us straight to "Right foot red", New Jack vs. Shark Boy in a game of Twister! Shark Boy loses by forfeit as he has to break to the ring for the match.

Chris Sabin makes his entrance from the SEX Locker Room, followed by Shark from TNA. A quick exchange of wrist locks and head locks starts the match before Sabin throws Shark Boy into the ropes, hits the mat, leapfrog, back elbow countered by Shark Boy into an Irish whip, hits the mat, leapfrog, and puts Sabin down for two with a standing hip toss. Kick to the gut from Sabin followed by a series of forearm strikes. Shark Boy shoves Sabin away and the two face off before Sabin slaps Shark Boy, who fires back with a standing dropkick, and takes it to Chris Sabin with right hands. Whip reversed by Sabin, Shark Boy floats over a back drop attempt and takes Sabin down with a Russian Leg Sweep. Fist Drop by Shark Boy, and a clothesline takes Sabin over the top to the floor. Shark Boy jumps to the apron and hits a springboard back drop kick to the floor. Chris Sabin reverses a whip, sending Shark Boy back first into the guardrail, but Shark Boy sends Sabin into the crowd with a back body drop. Shark Boy tries to bring Sabin back with a Vertical Suplex, but Sabin lands on his feet and slams Shark Boy down with a German Suplex on the floor and rolls Shark Boy back into the ring. Top rope splash from Sabin misses and Shark Boy takes the offensive, but his Irish whip is reversed by Sabin, Shark Boy climbs atop Sabin's shoulders, spins around, and reverses the wheel barrow into a bulldog for two. Irish whip countered by Sabin, but Sabin maintains the momentum, stunning Sabin with a face buster to the knees. Chris Sabin stumbles back into the corner and Shark Boy pursues, mounting the corner and bringing in a series of punches, and a bite to the forehead for good measure. Sabin stumbles out of the corner, allowing Shark Boy to connect with a Missile Dropkick from the top for a two count.

We are informed at this point that Glen Gilberti has been taken to the hospital as a result of the attack by Vince Russo.

Irish whip by Shark Boy is reversed by Chris Sabin, clothesline from Sabin is blocked by an effort at a backslide, which is reversed by Sabin into a Neck Wrench drop across the knee for a belated two count. Chris Sabin tries for his version of the Fisherman's Buster, but Shark Boy fights out of it and turns it into a Hangman's Neck Breaker for two. Shark Boy signals for a high risk maneuver and climbs to the middle turnbuckle, but the diving Hurricanrana is blocked by Sabin who powers Shark Boy over into a Whirlybird side slam across the knee, and that only gets two. Sabin beats Shark Boy into the corner, then shoots him across the ring, Shark Boy gets his boot up at the last second and brings Sabin in for the Dead Sea Drop, a flipping stunner out of the corner. Shark Boy covers, but Sabin gets his foot on the rope at two. Shark Boy goes back for another attempt at the DSD but Chris Sabin fights away and dazes Shark Boy with a high drop kick, allowing Sabin to grab Shark Boy and deliver the "Future Shock" Fisherman's Buster DDT for the win

Winner and still X-Division Champion, Chris Sabin.

After the match, Chris Sabin take the microphone and declares he will remove Shark Boy's mask, but before he can, New Jack makes the save beating Sabin down with a back elbow and a clothesline off the ropes. Mike Sanders then runs in and attacks New Jack, allowing Sabin and Sanders to effectively double team New Jack before finally being chased off by officials and security.

The TNA Dancers dance as Mike Tenay and Don West send it back to Scott Hudson with Konnan and Ron "The Truth" Killings. Konnan and Killings make their threats to the Harris Brothers for the next match.

Heavy D and Ron Killings start the match. Heavy D overpowers The Truth in the Collar and Elbow tie ups, pushing him to the mat, or driving him into the corner. Killings calls Heavy D on, Heavy D charges but is taken down with a drop toe old. The Truth fights Heavy D into the corner. Irish whip is reversed by Heavy D, Ron Killings lands on his feet after a hip toss, ducks the clothesline, and levels Heavy Don Harris with a flying forearm that gets two. Drop Toe Hold takes Heavy D down again, arm wrench by The Truth and the tag is made to Konnan who works over the arm for only a moment before he is powered into a side slam from Heavy D. The tag is made to Big Ron who beats Konnan down before an Irish whip is reversed by K-Dawg, who hits the mat, then hip tosses Big Ron to his back. Big Ron gets up and falls back into the corner. Konnan rolls into the attack, but is shoved off by Big Ron. Clothesline is caught by Konnan who uses the momentum to wrap around and hit the reverse DDT. Tag is made back into Ron Killings and a brief double team gives The Truth the advantage. Irish whip is reversed by Big Ron, clothesline ducked by The Truth, but Heavy D trips up Killings before he can do an attack of his own and is pulled to the floor and worked over while Big Ron attacks Konnan on the apron.

It is revealed that Desire was the one to take Glen to the hospital

Heavy D rolls Killings back into the ring, and Big Ron executes the snap Suplex take over. Repeated shoulder blocks in the corner subdue Ron Killings, and a series of corner to corner whips and charging clotheslines takes The Truth down for a two. Tag is made to Heavy D, and Big Ron takes The Truth to the ropes, draping his throat across the top rope, and while Heavy D holds him there from the outside, Big Ron gives him a kick flush to the head. Heavy D tries to follow up the attack, but The Truth fights back from his knees. The Truth fires in with his right hand and a kick to the midsection, but is taken back down to the mat with a big boot coming off the ropes. Big Ron is tagged back in and promptly puts The Truth in a rear chinlock, followed by a chokeslam, and then a camel clutch. Standing front face lock from Big Ron neutralizes The Truth in the center of the ring, but The Truth is able to power Big Ron close enough to Konnan to make a tag. Heavy D sees this and jumps in the ring to distract the ref, making the tag to Konnan negligible. Double team by the Harris Brothers in their corner, Heavy D tagged in and takes The Truth back to the ropes whips him across the ring, telegraphs the back body drop and is dropped himself by a jumping scissor ax kick to the back of the head. The Truth makes the tag to Konnan who takes it to Big Ron with the Rolling Thunder Clothesline, then drops Heavy D with a face jam. Killings is back in it and battles Big Ron in the corner, Irish whip to the other corner is reversed, Killings kips up over a charging Big Ron and back flips away, split duck of the clothesline, allowing Konnan to drop Big Ron with the Rolling Thunder Clothesline yet again. Konnan keeps Heavy D from getting in the ring by brawling with him on the floor, while Big Ron drops Ron Killings off the ropes in the center of the ring with a pancake drop. Heavy D beats Konnan down on the outside as Big Ron sets Ron Killings up for a powerbomb, but The Truth drops out of it on his feet, and ducks down just in time for BG James to crack a chair over Big Ron's head, allowing The Truth to get the pinfall victory.

Ron Killings and Konnan win the match and we are taken straight into an interview before the show between Mike Tenay and NWA World Champion Jeff Jarrett. Jarrett doesn't mince words when he says that tonight's battle against Raven and AJ Styles will be the biggest challenge to him as champion during his seven month reign. Jarrett says that this match has been made as a punishment to him due to his recent out of ring actions. Mike Tenay brings up the connection between Jarrett and Russo's recent actions, before Tenay can actually ask the question, Jarrett stops him and acknowledges the past friendship he and Russo shared, but denies having any knowledge that Russo would do what he did last week to Glen Gilberti, and ends by saying he now has no relationship with Vince Russo.

The TNA girls dance again as we take it once again back to Scott Hudson with Erik Watts, Goldilocks, and Trinity. Erik Watts is giddy about the match, and says he isn't going to put Goldilocks in harms way because he is Mr. Ratings, and the Asylum is Watts' World. Trinity is denies that she has been abused by Kid Kash, and that she can take anything he has. Just at that moment, a huge man wearing a mangler mask attacks Erik Watts from the shadows and beats him down. Goldilocks and Trinity check on him when Kid Kash shows up, "shocked" that something happened to Erik Watts before the match, but tells Trinity and Goldilocks that they still have one.

Kid Kash enters first, then Trinity practically has to drag Goldilocks, who seems more concerned about being backstage with Erik, out to the ring. Kash and Trinity start the match, with Kash taking the shortcut to the eyes before whipping Trinity across the ring. Trinity ducks the clothesline and gets a two count out of a sunset flip. Trinity follows it up with a series of punches, but an Irish whip is reversed by Kid Kash. Trinity ducks another clothesline, and takes Kid Kash over with a running deep arm drag. Trinity follows up with another series of right hands and a whip into the ropes, as Goldilocks leads the crowd in cheers for Trinity, Kid Kash stops the momentum by bringing down the forearm over Trinity's back, exposed by a back body drop. Kid Kash on the offensive with a Side Russian Leg Sweep, rolls all the way through and brings Trinity up for a snap swinging neck breaker. Kid Kash banters with Goldilocks before bringing Trinity to her feet by her hair. Trinity fights away, but Kash reverses a whip into the ropes, making Trinity run right into a kick into the midsection. Kid Kash holds Trinity in a Vertical Suplex before using the ropes to slingshot Trinity's body up, over, and down to the mat. Kash covers but pulls Trinity up at two and instead taunts Goldilocks on the apron and Trinity while she gets to her feet. Trinity takes it to Kid Kash, but another Irish whip is reversed, and this time Trinity runs straight into the Iron Claw. Goldilocks gets Kash's attention, and after brief trash talk, Kash shoves Goldilocks down on the apron before going back to the Iron Claw on Trinity. Goldilocks gets in the ring and jumps onto the back of Kid Kash, but is fought off and receives an Iron Claw of her own, but Goldilocks counters it with a low blow, allowing Trinity to attack with a double spring board arm drag out of the corner. Trinity knocks Kash to the mat with a spinning jump kick but only gets a two count. Trinity whips Kash into the corner, but Kash jumps up onto the second turnbuckle, and stops Trinity from charging with a boot. Kash stands upon the top turnbuckle and Trinity quickly attacks with repeated kicks to the head. Trinity tries to Superplex Kid Kash from the top rope, but Kash powers her down, setting her up for a top rope powerbomb, but right in mid move Trinity pulls back with the Hurricanrana, throwing Kash tail bone first to the mat. Trinity gets to her feet and the same huge man who attacked Watts gets in the ring and hits a massive twisting side slam on Trinity, allowing Kid Kash to get the pin with a simple boot on the chest.

Kid Kash wins as we see the replay of the tremendous Hurricanrana from the top by Trinity, and the run in attack from the masked mangler which gave Kid Kash the win.

Back to Scott Hudson with The Sandman's Hard 10 opponent, former WCW Hardcore Champion, Devon Storm. Devon Storm calls the Hard 10 tournament Pro Wrestling's latest attempt to put some rhyme and reason, and make something mathematical or scientific about hardcore wrestling. Devon says he took a lot of factors into account in preparing for this match, including the temperature at the Asylum, and The Sandman's body mass in Kilograms, not pounds. And of course, his blood alcohol content.

Mike Tenay begins to run over the Hard 10 rules before he cuts to the back where Bill Behrens, with two hulking security guards, is informing D'Lo Brown that the night's main event is too important for him to possibly run in, so he will have to be removed from the building. D'Lo refers to the two guards as being the TNA version of Patterson and Brisco, and says that they better be packing if they're going to remove him tonight.

Mike Tenay returns to the Hard 10 rules, and gives us the updated brackets. Next week Mike Sanders will face New Jack, and in two weeks Sonny Siaki will face the winner of this next match.

Devon Storm enters the ring and scouts the weapons brought by the fans at ringside. The Sandman enters with his beer swilling entrance, but is cut off by Devon Storm. Devon rolls Sandman into the ring and head butts him into the corner. Devon beats Sandman into the corner before whipping him into the ropes and connecting with a flying twisting elbow attack. Devon Storm bails to the floor in search of a weapon and picks a Kendo Stick from a fan at ringside. Sandman keeps Devon Storm from entering the ring, causing Devon to drop the Kendo Stick at Sandman's feet. Devon Storm is up on the apron, and stops an attacking Sandman with a shoulder block through the ropes. The two fight over the Kendo Stick, and Devon monkey flips Sandman over, allowing him to gain control of the stick and striking The Sandman with it once in the midsection, and twice to the head

Devon Storm 3-0.

Sandman back drops Devon Storm and gets the stick, cracking Devon right between the eyes, across the neck, then twice across the chest, sending Devon over the top to the outside.

The Sandman 4-3.

At this point, Sonny Siaki comes down to ringside, wheeling a shopping cart full of weapons. Sandman brawls with Devon Storm on the floor before going over and checking on Siaki, allowing Devon Storm to get to the apron. The Sandman attacks Storm, but Storm ducks out of the way and pulls The Sandman's feet out from under him, allowing Devon Storm to slingshot himself over the ropes with a bodysplash, followed by a second rope lionsault to wrestle The Sandman down. Devon Storm grabs the Kendo Stick again, and The Sandman bails to the floor. On the floor, The Sandman grabs a chair, but Devon slides between the middle and bottom rope, kicking the chair right into Sandman's face, evening the contest at four up. Devon Storm sets up the chair, and sits Sandman in it on the floor. Devon Storm gets back in the ring and slingshot body blocks Sandman in the chair, but since he didn't hit him with the weapon, it did not count for a point, so Devon picks up the chair and slams it across Sandman's back.

Devon Storm 5-4

Devon Storm fishes a ladder out of fans and brings it into the ring and with a trash can lid, hits Sandman over the head. Devon Storm sets the ladder up in the corner, and flips the Sandman back first into it. Devon goes to the well again, this time Sandman reverses and hits a snap Suplex straight into the ladder giving him a point. The Sandman puts the ladder in the middle of the ring and drops Devon Storm across the ladder bulldog style, giving him another point and giving each man six points. The Sandman scales the corner and goes for the Senton splash, but Devon Storm moves and The Sandman gets nothing but the ladder. During these last few moment, Sonny Siaki has set up a table suspended from the apron to the guardrail. Devon Storm picks up the trash can lid and hits The Sandman once with it, he then calls for a chair from Sonny Siaki which is tossed to him. With the chair against The Sandman's back, Devon Storm executes a Northern Lights Suplex. No point. Devon Storm throws The Sandman out to the floor, allowing Siaki to get in some cheap shots as Devon stands up the ladder in the ring. The Sandman sends Siaki against the guardrail, followed by Devon Storm. The Sandman then sets Devon Storm on the table, and quickly climbs the ladder, winning the match with a flipping Senton from off the ladder through Devon Storm, through a table.

The Sandman wins 11-4, and gets back in the ring to celebrate, but is attacked by Sonny Siaki, who then opens a beer and spits it down on the face of The Sandman.

Next, Justin Credible and Jerry Lynn face The Interrogators.

Extreme Revolution

Justin Credible: Got his heart back into the game

X-Division

Jerry Lynn: Innovative, and proud of it

PUNK'D or Jackass

Justin Credible: PUNK'D

Metallica or Slayer

Jerry Lynn: Slayer over Selloutica

Aldo Montoya

Justin Credible: Start of his career

Mr. Jerry Lynn

Jerry Lynn: Bad name, great gimmick for kids.

Cradle Piledriver

Justin Credible: Devastating

That's Incredible

Jerry Lynn: Devastating

Jerry Lynn

Justin Credible: Whiner

Justin Credible

Jerry Lynn: Worked his way to the top, but not in all the right ways

ECW

Justin Credible: Best experience ever, spoke for itself

Jerry Lynn: Best time of his life, should be around if not for Heyman's account managing.

Paul Heyman

Justin Credible: Gave him the greatest chance of his career

Jerry Lynn: Couldn't pay him because he was too worried about being Justin Credible's "butt buddy"

Justin Credible and Jerry Lynn exchange words over Jerry's comment, and a fight erupts that security has to break up.

Backstage AJ Styles is shown warming up physically, while Raven is in his dark corner warming up mentally. Jeff Jarrett meanwhile seems consumed over how he while overcome his greatest challenge.

The finals for the Asylum Alliance tournament is next and Scott Hudson is backstage with Tracy, who will make history as the first woman to potentially challenge for the tag team championships. Talk turns to David Young and his differences with Tracy. Tracy says all differences are aside, or else David Young will never be able to pleasure his girlfriend Desire again. Before she leaves, Tracy asks if Scott knows anything about pleasuring a woman, Scott begs off the question, and Tracy takes it as a no before walking off. Scott, obviously confused, sends it back to "Tony and Bobby"

For the next match, the NWA World Tag Team Champions, Triple X, Elix Skipper and Christopher Daniels make their way to ringside to watch the match. America's Most Wanted enter, followed by Tracy, and then David Young from SEX. Christopher Daniels is on guest commentary, and sends a shout out to Low Ki. James Storm and David Young start it off by exchanging chops. Headlock by James Storm is quickly shot off into the ropes. Shoulder tackle takes David Young down. James Storm hits the ropes, and David Young hits the mat. David Young goes for a hip toss, but it's countered by James Storm. James Storm and David Young exchange attempts at a hip toss before finally David Young is forced over the top to the apron. Superkick from James Storm drops David Young to the floor. Tracy tries to get involved so James Storm throws her out of the ring as well for David Young to catch her. With Young and Tracy on the floor, America's Most Wanted set up for a version of poetry in motion with Chris Harris down to provide the launching step for James Storm. However, still showing signs of mistrust, James Storm mis-steps, but quickly recovers, and slingshots himself up and over to the floor on top of David Young who pushed Tracy out of the way. James Storm rolls David Young into the ring for Chris Harris, who lifts him up into a Hang time suplex. As Harris parades around the ring, Tracy is on the apron flashing her assets in Harris' direction. Harris notices, but drops David Young back first to the mat before taking note. Christopher Daniels is quick to note that there was a loss of concentration. Tag is made to James Storm who scales the turnbuckle. Chris Harris lifts David Young up into position as James Storm hits the Missile Dropkick from the top. Chris Harris immediately follows that with a catapult back into the corner, and the two simultaneous hyper-extend David Young's hamstrings, and almost attack Tracy on the apron.

Quickly, AMW turn their attention back to David Young and Tracy tries to take advantage but is given a double hip toss and throwing straight into David Young. Tracy slides out of the ring as James Storm sets Young up for a powerbomb, but then Elix Skipper, flipping over the ropes, takes James down with a powerful clothesline behind the official's back. David Young takes advantage of the help by power whipping James Storm into the corner. Tag is made to Tracy who attacks with ineffective offense. James Storm grabs Tracy by the hair, but she is saved by David Young. David beats Storm down as Tracy climbs to the top and leaps off, hitting James Storm with the Pie in the Sky, knocking him to the mat. James Storm crawls into the corner, and sets himself up for a Bronco Buster, but pulls himself straight up out of the way, into position for a top rope move. Out of the camera's view, David Young shakes the ropes, causing James Storm to lose his balance up top. Tracy makes the tag to David Young who delivers a top rope Superplex on James Storm. Both men struggle to their feet. David ducks a crescent kick, James jumps over a legsweep, and David spins around just in time to take a kick right to the head. Chris Harris is tagged in and drops David Young with powerful left hands. David Young is set to receive a DDT, and Tracy's interference allows David Young to maneuver out. Chris Harris ducks the clothesline and this time delivers the DDT. Chris Harris takes David into the corner and stomps him down, the turns in time to give Tracy a drop toe hold head first into David's open groin area. James Storm then takes Tracy over his knee for a spanking, but David Young is quick to stop it. David hammers in on James, but then turns right into a running clothesline from Harris. America's Most Wanted set David Young up for the Death Sentence. Chris Harris is cut off from going up top by Elix Skipper and Chris Daniels, but fights them both off. On the top rope, Chris Harris looks to David Young, then to Triple X on the outside, and instead dives to the floor, taking Triple X out. This allows Tracy to hit James Storm with a low blow, bringing David Young in to position for a two count.

David Young's whip is reversed by James Storm, David Young ducks the clothesline, goes for a spring board assault off the ropes but is met with a spear from Chris Harris that gets the win. America's Most Wanted will meet Triple X next week for the NWA Tag Team Titles.

James Storm takes the microphone and demands that Triple X get in the ring so they can settle it right now. Chris and Elix keep each other from taking the challenge as security comes in to make sure the two teams are kept separate until the Anniversary show next week. Back in the ring, Tracy and David Young are getting into a shoving match, when from behind Nurse Veronica enters the ring and attacks David Young with a chair.

Scott Hudson is in the back now with World Title #1 Contender AJ Styles. AJ Styles dates the day he last fought Jarrett, February 19th, and how it's now Raven and Jarrett he'll be fighting. AJ Styles goes on an intense ramble, as if talking to himself, about what he's seen growing up in wrestling, and what he has learned from D'Lo Brown. It's all about the Heavyweight Title, or it's about nothing at all.

Mike Tenay and Don West finish the final hard-sell for the Anniversary show next week:

Hard 10 Semi-finals: Mike Sanders vs. New Jack

NWATNA X-Division Title: Chris Sabin vs. Paul London

NWA World Tag Title: Triple X vs. America's Most Wanted

And the biggest announcement that NWATNA has made to date, next week will be the NWATNA debut of STING!

MAIN EVENT TIME and it's a Tail of the Tape with the three opponents. AJ Styles is the smallest and least experienced of the three.

Raven enters the ring from over the safety rail. AJ Styles is next out, followed finally by the Champion, Jeff Jarrett. Jeremy Borash makes the introductions for the three competitors. Immediately to start the match, Raven and Jeff Jarrett eject AJ Styles from the ring then face off each other. AJ Styles enters the ring and Raven gets out of the way, allowing Jeff Jarrett to take the clothesline. Raven whips AJ Styles into the ropes and takes him over with a hip toss, followed by an arm drag. AJ fights Raven off and knocks him down with a spin back kick. Jeff Jarrett school boys AJ Styles for the two count. Jeff sends AJ to the ropes, AJ reverses and Jeff slides down between AJ's legs and drops AJ with a standing Dropkick. AJ answers Jeff with a Jawbreaker, but is quickly ejected from the ring by Raven. Raven and Jarrett are back nose to nose and engage in a mid-ring exchange of punches. Jeff rocks Raven back to the ropes and AJ quickly pulls Raven out of the ring. Raven and AJ brawl, but not long before Jeff Jarrett baseball slide dropkicks Raven through the ropes. AJ Styles is back in the ring and hits a flipping dive over the top rope on top of both Jarrett and Raven. AJ whips Raven hard into the barricade, breaking the frame. AJ sets up the steal steps and uses them to catapult himself at Raven, Raven side steps him, causing AJ to hit the guardrail. Raven quickly runs up the steps and takes Jarrett down with a flying clothesline on the other side. Raven throws Jarrett back into the ring and beats him into the corner, stomping him down to the mat. AJ is on top, but Raven catches him coming off the top. Raven catapults AJ into Jarrett, but AJ lands on the middle rope and begins to punch at Jarrett, but Jarrett catches AJ and slams him hard to the canvas with a powerbomb that folds AJ up, but is broken up by Raven.

Jeff Jarrett throws a kick at Raven, Raven catches it and ducks the Enziguri, finding Jarrett in perfect position for a modified STF. AJ Styles kicks Raven off of Jarrett and then continues to attack Jarrett. Jarrett gets to his feet and AJ hits the ropes, spring board lionsaulting all the way over Jeff Jarrett, and catching him with the reverse DDT, but Raven breaks up the pinfall attempt. Raven whips AJ into the corner and takes him down with a clothesline, but Jarrett breaks up the pin. Jarrett whips Raven into the ropes, reversed by Raven, countered by Jarrett. A couple of high knee lifts by Jarrett and he sets Raven up for The Stroke. Raven fights out and sets Jarrett up for the Raven Effect DDT. AJ Styles enters the ring and blasts Raven in the face with a chair, busting him open. Jarrett and Styles work to double team Raven with a double suplex. Drop toe hold by Jarrett, with AJ following up with a flipping senton. Jarrett holds Raven as AJ goes to the outside, Raven fights Jeff off, but is taken down by a Springboard Hurricanrana from AJ. Pinfall gets two for AJ as it's broken up by Jarrett. Jarrett and AJ whip Raven into the ropes, double kick, and both drive Raven backward to the mat by the hair. Double submission by AJ and Jeff as AJ puts Raven in a Boston Crab, and Jarrett uses the Camel Clutch. Styles leaves the crab and climbs to the top, Raven pulls Jarrett down and Jarrett takes the full brunt of a guillotine legdrop from AJ.

All three men are down with AJ being the first to his feet. Sudden burst of energy from Raven sends AJ down with a clothesline, then Jarrett. Back body drop on AJ, and a superkick from Raven to Jarrett! Raven whips AJ into the corner and clotheslines him down off the ropes. Raven stalks Jarrett as he gets to his feet, then charges in with the high knee lift, dropping the champion. AJ Styles also gets a running knee lift from Raven before Raven goes for the chair that AJ brought into the match and sets it up into the middle of the ring. Jarrett is whipped into the ropes, and takes the drop toe hold into the chair, followed soon after by AJ. Raven pins AJ, but it's broken up by Jeff. Jeff attacks Raven and sends him face first into the turnbuckle. Jarrett whips Raven into the ropes, reversed, Jarrett crashes into AJ on the apron, sending him to the floor. Jarrett walks into a series of rights by Raven. Jarrett blocks and pulls Raven in for The Stroke, Raven counters and drives Jarrett into the ring with the Raven Effect DDT. Raven pins, but then from the back, Shane Douglas pulls Raven off of Jarrett and begins to beat him down on the outside of the ring. The Franchise Shane Douglas throws Raven around ringside, and then into the crowd, until they brawl out of the building. Back in the ring, AJ Styles uses the title belt to level Jeff Jarrett. AJ goes to the top rope and crashes down upon Jeff with D'Lo Brown's Lo Down Frog Splash but it only gets two. AJ fights Jarrett down into the corner. AJ charges, but Jarrett gets the elbow up. AJ charges again, but Jeff throws him up over his shoulder and then spikes him down with an over the shoulder Spine Buster slam. Jarrett covers, two count. Jarrett brings AJ to his foot and shoots him across the ring into the ropes. AJ ducks a clothesline, and on the way back Jeff goes for a standing Hurricanrana but is caught with a powerbomb by AJ that gets a nearfall. AJ goes for a Figure Four, but Jeff kicks him off out to the apron. AJ keels Jarrett over and rolls him up with a sunset flip, but stops the count as he lifts Jarrett up for the Styles Clash. Jeff Jarrett fights out of it and brings AJ up for another Spine Buster Slam, but the referee Rudy Charles is inadvertently taken out of by AJ's flailing legs before Jeff hits the slam.

Jeff brings AJ to his feet and sets him up for a Superplex. AJ fights Jarrett off and walks the apron to the middle. AJ springs off the top rope and goes for the 450 but Jeff gets his knees up right into AJ's sternum. Vince Russo comes to ringside with a guitar and enters the ring, he measures AJ Styles but gives Jarrett the Acoustic Equalizer, allowing AJ Styles to hit the Styles Clash, and thus get the pin.

AJ Styles is the new NWA World Heavyweight Champion. Vince Russo celebrates in the ring with AJ Styles and the championship belt before the two bail out of the ring toward the SEX Locker Room.

After the match, Jeff Jarrett takes the microphone and requests his rematch next week. AJ Styles invokes his thirty days, and says he'll do it when he's ready. Jarrett then backs off challenging for the belt, and instead challenges AJ to a tag match where AJ will be allowed to find whoever he wants, and Jeff Jarrett will find The Man Called Sting. AJ Styles accepts the challenge, and we have a main event next week.

AJ Styles and ??? vs. Jeff Jarrett and Sting, at the NWATNA Anniversary show next week.

2003 - Kim Nielsen, wrestling for NWA:TNA as Desire, suffered a suffered a back injury during an XPlosion match at the NWATNA pay-per-view and was hospitalized. Nielsen completed the match, but collapsed in the dressing room and was treated on the scene by the TNA trainer. An ambulance was called and she was taken to a local hospital. Nielsen suffered a compression fracture of her L1 vertebrae, an injury that eventually ended her in-ring career. After retiring, Nielsen put on a great amount of weight and later went to the finals of NBC reality series the Biggest Loser during their 2012 season, dropping over 100 lbs.
2004 - Joey Luciano defeats Seth Cyrus for the NWA Southern Junior Heavyweight Title in Humboldt, Tennessee, ending Cyrus' second reign.

2004 - Billy Black defeats Ebony Blade, Jason Blade and Jose Perez for the vacant Premier Wrestling Federation Northeast Heavyweight Title in Webster, Massachusetts. The title had been stripped from Johnny Curtis on May 7 due to a no-show.

2005 - Steve Corino defeats Takao Omori to win the AWA World Heavyweight Title in Bay City, Michigan.

2005 - Chicano defeats Glamour Boy Shane for the held up IWA World Heavyweight Title in Toa Baja, Puerto Rico, beginning his second reign. The title had been held up two weeks earlier in Levittown, Puerto Rico due to a controversy in a match between the two. For the rematch, the title was literally held up... on a 15-foot pole.

2005 - David Young defeats Sonny Siaki in Columbus, Georgia to win the NWA GCW Heavyweight Title.

2005 - The second and final night of the third-annual Jeff Peterson Memorial Cup is held at Brandon All-Stars in Brandon, Florida. The results:
- Jay Fury defeated Jerrelle Clark, Chasyn Rance and Aaron Epic in four-way match.
- SCW Heavyweight Champion Vordell Walker defeated Matt Sydal in a tournament quarterfinal.
- Jimmy Rave defeated Petey Williams in a quarterfinal.
- Antonio Banks defeated Rod Steel.
- Chris Sabin defeated NWA Florida X Division Champion Mikey Batts in a quarterfinal.
- Sonjay Dutt defeated Ricky Reyes in a quarterfinal.
- Frankie Capone & Marcus Dillon defeated The Vandalz (Tommy & Johnny), The Market Crashers (Murphy & Machete) and The Heartbreak Express (Sean & Phil Davis) in a four-way match to retain the NWA Florida Tag Team Title.
- Chris Sabin defeated Vordell Walker in a tournament semifinal.
- Sonjay Dutt defeated Jimmy Rave in the other semifinal.
- Bruce Steele defeated Roderick Strong to retain the NWA Florida Heavyweight Title.
- Chris Sabin defeated Sonjay Dutt to win the Jeff Peterson Memorial Cup.

2005 - Kafu defeats Nate Rulez for the APW Universal Heavyweight Title in Hayward, California.

2005 - Scott Venom defeats Tyrone Evans by disqualifiction to win the NWA East Brass Knuckles Title in McKeesport, Pennsylvania.

2006 - The second ECW One Night Stand pay-per-view was held at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City, New York before a very rowdy sell-out crowd of 2,460. The results:

Welcome to the pre-show to tonight’s “ECW One Night Stand”.

Your host is Joey Styles. He begins by running down the card:

Rey Mysterio vs. Sabu
Jerry “the King” Lawler vs. Tazz
Tommy Dreamer and Terry Funk vs. Mick Foley and Edge
Randy Orton vs. Kurt Angle
Rob Van Dam vs. John Cena for the WWE title

They begin a highlight package of the “Money in the Bank” match at WrestleMania 22.

Then they show RVD’s promo confronting Cena saying he’s cashing in the contract and run a highlight package of RVD vs. Cena.

They begin the Mick Foley and Edge vs. Tommy Dreamer and Terry Funk match.

Joey Styles begins by saying that Edge and Mick Foley believe they had the best hardcore event ever.

Joey Styles then cuts a promo saying he announced that match because WWE decided it was the only match he was able to call.

They then begin a highlight package of Dreamer/Funk vs. Edge. Joey then cuts a promo saying tonight will be the launching pad of the “new ECW” that leads into highlights from ECW One Night Stand 2005.

Then they highlight Orton vs. Angle with the ECW vs. WWE show Wednesday night with Randy blaming Kurt for being out two months and saying he will beat him within an inch of his life and single-handedly kill the legend of ECW.

Rey Mysterio vs. Sabu is profiled next. A highlight package of Sabu’s career is shown.

A recap of the card is shown.

A highlight package of John Cena vs. Sabu from WWE vs. ECW is shown.

The highlights begin with Sabu throwing Cena outside and doing a moonsault.

Cena re-enters the ring and is hit by a chair. Sabu then hits a triple jump followed an Arabian facebuster. Sabu then hits a legdrop on the table.

Sabu goes for the pin and gets a two count. Sabu goes in the air and is caught and given the FU. Just when it was thought Sabu would tap, Big Show hits the ring followed by all the WWE and ECW guys.

Recap of the card again profiling Mysterio vs. Sabu and Cena vs. RVD.

The free for all ends.

Welcome to ECW One Night 2006. An “ECW” chant begins followed by the introduction of Paul Heyman. A Paul E. chant starts as he enters the ring. ECW chants begins. Heyman cuts a promo that a new breed of fans will learn where it all started. A “Thank you Paul” chant starts followed by an introduction that SciFi will air ECW this Tuesday night. Paul Heyman then thanks the fans then says this is better than Monday Night Raw. This is better than Friday Night Smackdown. This is rebirth of ECW.

ECW One Night Stand begins with Joey Styles as your announcer welcoming us and welcoming us to the rebirth of the extreme. Our first match is Tazz of ECW vs. Raw’s Jerry Lawler. A “you suck “expletive” is started. Joey Styles jumps on Lawler early and Lawler tried for a piledriver. Tazz then applies the “Tazmission” and Lawler submits. Your winner is Tazz.

Highlights from WWE vs. ECW are next. Joey Styles is joined by Tazz at commentary. Randy Orton vs. Kurt Angle is next.

Joey Styles says Orton’s fireworks are out of place at an ECW event. Angle is introduced to a rousing applause.

Orton stalls entering the ring.

After nearly tying up a few times, Orton leaves the ring. Angle then dors a single leg takedown and puts on the ankle lock early. Angle applies a headlock on the mat. Both men are a vertical base followed by another takedown by Angle then gets a two count. Orton leaves the ring. Fans harass Orton he says to shut up with an expletive. Angle then paintbrushes Orton. Angle then climbs the back of Orton then brings him back down to the mat. Another headlock by Orton. A second Orton headlock. Belly to bully suplex by Angle. He then rams his shoulder into the post. A forearm by Orton. He then hits European uppercuts then Angle takes Orton down again followed by a one count. Orton hits a pair of kneedrops followed by a two count. Angle reverses and hits a half nelson for a pair of two counts. Orton then bites Angle. Orton applies a rear choke. Angle is on his knees and the fans start a boring chant. Angle gets up and tries to suplex Orton but Orton keeps escaping before Angle finally hits one. They exchange blows then Angle hits a forearm and a standing clothesline. He then his three German suplexes. Orton counters the armdrag and gets a two count after a dropkick. Belly to back suplex by Angle. He hits the Angle Slam for a two count. Angle puts on an ankle lock but Orton escapes and hits a neckbracker for a two count. Orton hits a back elbow. Angle climbs the turnbuckles. Angle gets a two then Orton hits a short clothesline. Orton tries to hit the RKO but Angle reverses it into an ankle lock for a submission. Your winner is Kurt Angle.

Fans start a “you tapped out” chant as Orton leaves and hears “boring” to boot.

An ad for ECW house shows appears.

The F.B.I. (Tony Mamaluke and Little Guido) with Vito vs. Yoshihiro Tajiri and Super Crazy is next.

Super Crazy and Mamaluke begin the bout. A series of armdrags by both men begin the bout. Mamaluke trips Superr Crazy into a front facelock. A fireman’s carry is applied by Super Crazy for a two count. Super crazy then applies a leg scissors. That is followed by a splash for a two count. Tags to Tajiri and Little Guido. Tajiri then hits a series of kicks, then applies the Fujinami arnbar. He rams Guido in the turnbuckles and Tajiri and Super Crazy have the F.B.I in the tree of woe. That is followed by a moonsault. Super Crazy hits an Asai Moonsault then Big Guido pulls Super Crazy out of the ring. Tajiri breaks up a 3 count. Super Crazy hangs on to the leg in the attempt of a legdrop. ATajiri comes in and gives legdrops. Super crazy flapjacks Little Guido. Tajiri hits a spinning heel kick for a two count. Tajiri hits a hand spring elbow. Tajiri hits a sidekick for a two count. Super crazy and Tajiri then apply dual tarantulas. Double clotheslines by the F.B.I. The F.B.I. then a dual Fisherman's Buster for the win.

Big Show then hits the ring and takes out all 4 competitors. He hits a backbreaker on Little Guido. He takes out Big Guido then Tajiri. We go to break seeing Big Guido laid out.

JBL then comes out and cuts a promo about how he kicked Blue Meanie’s butt last year. Then he said guys like RVD were made in WWE. Then he cuts on Tazz saying Smackdown was the “A” show and that ECW was nothing. Then he said he is who he was a wrestling god.

Sabu vs. Rey Mysterio is next. Joey Styles reminds the fans how Rey Mysterio turned down Paul Heyman’s offer to join ECW on Friday Smackdown.

Sabu and Mysterio hold chairs up. Then Mysterio hits a side headlock then a drop toehold. Sabu and Mysterio each try three chairshots then Sabu hit Mysterio in the corner. Mysterio hits Sabu with a huracanrana over the chair. Sabu brings out a table. Sabu puts Mysterio on the table. Sabu lost his balance and hits the ground. Mysterio throws Sabu back in the ring and hits a moonsault for a two count. Guillotine leg drop off the top rope by Sabu for a two count. Sabu applies a camel clutch. Sabu hits an Arabian facebuster off the chair for a two. Mysterio comes of the top rope and puts Sabu through two tables with a seated senton. Tazz mentions Sabu may be hurt as Mysterio grabs a chair but Sabu hits a springing leg lariat. Sabu tries another Arabian facebuster but misses. Sabu hits Mysterio in the face with a chair. Sabu puts Mysterio on a table and hits a DDT from the top rope, on the table. Both men appear to be injured and the bell rings that neither man can continue. A “B.S.” chant is started by the fans. Sabu refuses medical attention as Mysterio is carried to the back. This is a no-contest.

Edge/Foley vs. Dreamer and Funk is next.

A highlight package of this match is shown. Foley comes out and admits he sold out….He admitted he badmouthed ECW. He said he loved and respected ECW when Stephanie McMahon! “Long Live the Alliance!” he exclaims.

He then introduces Edge vs. Lita

Edge takes the mic…he says you don’t want to miss with these “idiots” because this is their Christmas. Then he says the fans are pathetic because they will go home and masturbate to Lita. Lita then grabs the mic and calls Dreamer ‘the innovator of silence” and that one night of magic Dreamer had was more than the fans will see in one year.

Dreamer and Funk come out with Beulah McGillicuddy.

Beulah then cuts a promo saying the trash is nastier coming out than going in then challenges Lita to it be 3 on 3 saying “put up or shut up”. Edge and Dreamer start out. Dreamer takes Edge over. Edge tags in. and Foley comes back in demanding Terry Funk. Funk slaps Foley. Funk and Foley go outside as does Dreamer and Edge. Funk continues to slap Foley by the security rail. Funk hits Foley with a trash can lid. Dreamer baseball slide to Foley then Funk kicks the can out. Edge hits Dreamer with a kendo stick. Funk and Foley go into the crowd. Edge hits Dreamer with a ladder in the face. Edge went for the spear but Dreamer reversed it and hit him with the ladder. Funk hits Edge and Foley with the ladder. Funk and Dreamer set up a ladder and Funk climbs it but lands underneath it when Edge topples it. Lita hits a low blow on Dreamer. Here comes barbed wire and plywood in the ring. Dreamer is hit by the board three times and then Foley and Edge are hit by the board by Funk. Funk and Dreamer hit Fooley with jabs by the board then put him through it. Dreamer is hit by an atomic drop on the guard rail. Foley gets more barbed wire and hits Funk in the head with it then hits a baseball slide on Dreamer. Funk is raked in the face with the barbed wire. Funk is hit in the eye with the wire. Dreamer is now against Edge and Foley and is hit with a baseball bat. Now the baseball bat is hit in the groin. Foley pulls out Mr. Socko and puts the mandible claw on Beulah. The claw is now on Dreamer followed by the spear. Edge has Beulah. Funk comes back with a barbed wire 2X4 then Dreamer hits two low blows on Edge and Foley then Funk hits them with the board then lights the board on fire then hits Foley with it causing him to fall out of the ring into a barbed wire board. Edge hits Funk from behind. Dreamer wraps Edge in barbed wire. Lita comes in and fights with Beulah. Dreamer hits Lita then Edge spears Beulah and pins her to end the match. Your winners Edge and Mick Foley.

RVD is shown in the back warming up.

Balls Mahoney vs. Masato Tanaka is next.

Good sportsmanship is shown to start with a slap of hands. Tanaka hits a high cross body. Balls Mahoney hits a high cross body for a 2 count. He then hits a series of punches. Tanaka tries a pescado but Mahoney grabs him and punches him on the floor. Mahoney then hits Tanaka with assorted drinks. Mahoney throws Tanaka back in the ring then gets hit by Tanaka by a superplex in the ring. Mahoney hits one of his own for a 2 count. Both men attempt chair shots with Mahoney hitting his last one denting the chair and getting the 3 count. Your winner Balls Mahoney.

Highlights of Cena/RVD's feud are shown.

Eugene comes out and says he’s hardcore. He can’t tell if he’s getting booed or if they are chanting "Eu". He then reads a poem about ECW guys. Here comes the Sandman, to new music. Eugene waves at Sandman then Sandman hits Eugene continuously with a kendo stick chasing him to the back. After Eugene escapes, Sandman stands in the back of the arena raising his kendo stick and swigging beer.

RVD VS Cena is next.

RVD comes out to a huge “RVD” chant. Cena comes out to a chorus of boos holding up the WWE belt.

It begins with mind games played by the fans against Cena that includes toilet paper and tossing his shirt back at him. In the end, Strictly ECW leader Tony Lewis ends up with the shirt and well....



Cena punches RVD in the head. Cradle suplex for a 1 count by Cena Cena and RVD run the ropes, Cena misses an inziguri and RVD Cena and RVD trade punches. Cena goes down. RVD goes for a cover and gets a two. Cena comes off the top and hits RVD with a forearm. Cena tries to hit RVD in the face with the steps but RVD reverses it into a moonsault press. RVD then is launched into the crowd by Cena. Cena brings RVD Back to ringside then RVD then hits a corkscrew legwhip RVD hits a baseball slide and a guillotine legdrop. RVD gets a chair and hits Cena in the face in the corner. RVD goes for a cover a 2 count. RVD hits a second corkscrew legwhip. RVD then hits rolling thunder on a steel chair and goes for a cover and gets a two. RVD goes a split leg moonsault and Cena gets the chair up. Cena goes for a cover and gets a two. RVD is catapulted into a steel chair in the corner then goes for a cover for two. Cena hits 5 knuckle shuffle. Cena goes for a FU and RVD gets in a dropkick. Cena goes for a pin after RVD’S head hits the canvas and gets two. RVD hits a running dropkick sending Cena outside. RVD then brings in a table into the ring. Cena hits the STFU on RVD out of nowhere RVD reaches the Cena hits the ref and hits RVD on the apron. Cena hits RVD with the steel steps Nick Patrick comes in and Cena gets a two count. RVD is tossed outside and Edge comes out spearing Cena through the table. RVD hits the 5 star frog splash. Paul Heyman comes down and counts for a three count. RVD celebrates with the ECW faithful. Heyman and the ECW guys are in the ring celebrating RVD’s victory to end the show.