Welcome to the first edition of the WWF (not that gay ass crap WWE)
Newsletter. This page is intended to reflect all happenings in the WWF
territory.
As many of you may not know, the HWF was split into three territories; each managed by their respective owners and their own roster. The other federations, the ECW and WCW, are managed by their respective owners Ramon "Sonar" Alameda and Jeff "The Hawk" Meyers. The WWF territory is managed by yours truly, "The Devastator of Destruction" Donnie B.
The draft occurred where each owner got their pick of respective wrestlers and the top talent (the Negronomicon, Super T Wayne Tuttle and Kimmiesutra) were drafted by Donnie B, The Hawk and Sonar respectively.
Each owner will be responsible for submitting the newsletter on behalf of their organizations.
In the WWF: The annual battle royal commences and we see the 2003 IC champ Edge and World Champ Hulk Hogan emerge as the leaders of the territory. Both men are to be the top faces in the company.
The battles started forming after the Top 10's were created for each champ. One of the members who did not qualify for either list but was a finalist in the battle royal was Raven. Raven immediately challenged Justin Credible (IC contender #2) to a match where the winner would assume that spot. In a surprisingly short match, Raven wins via pinfall after spitting in the face of Credible. Unsatisfied with this position, he immediately challenges Chavo Guerrerro (World Contender #8) to a match where the winner would keep the world title spot. Again, a short match and Raven is the newest contender to the World Strap and Chavo assumes the #2 spot for the IC belt. Wanting to get in on the action is the #10 IC spot holder Negronomicon. The N decides to capitalize on the losing status of Chavo so he challenges him for that spot. We see yet another short match that has "N" staying put in his "SPOT". The #1 contender for the IC belt - Kevin Nash - comes out to cut a promo and subsequently cut on Edge. Edge responds by attacking Nash in the ring to begin their match.
Kevin Nash vs Edge for the IC Championship: A brutal battle for the second most coveted belt sees Kevin Nash have his hand raised in victory (it did not seem like Edge put up any kind of a fight). The immediate rematch for the belt saw Edge come out like a bat out of hell and whip the ass off of Kevin Nash to regain his belt. The third and final showdown takes place in the steel cage. Around the five minute mark, Nash inadvertently hits the ref knocking him out cold. Edge hits his DDT and goes for the pin (and would have pinned him) but the lack of a ref to count allows this match to continue. Halfway through this battle, we see Edge get busted wide open. At the 15 minute mark, Nash gets the pin but while trying to get out, Edge stops him allowing the match to finish. Edge then pulls out some brass knuckles and knocks Nash out cold. Edge gets the pin and the race to see who gets out of the cage to win the match and the belt is on. Edge goes over the top while Nash tries for the door. Nash trips over his shoelaces and falls flat on his face which allows Edge to make it out of the cage first, win the match and retain his belt.
Aftermath: While the cage is being raised up, the World Champ Hulk Hogan comes down to congratulate Edge. He raises the IC champ's hand in victory before viciously clotheslining him to the mat. Edge is so worn down that he can't even fight back. Hogan proceeds to pummel Edge with the IC belt and then leaves him broken down in the ring. Is this possibly the reformation of the Wolfpac? Nash gets up and puts up the Wolfpac sign. Hogan walks over to him, stares for a minute and then walks away in disgust. Hogan begins his promo comparing Edge to a mule (a Government Mule, that is) and says that he can wait for Edge to regain his strength so that when Edge is defeated by "The Man", he will have no other choice than to acknowledge Hogan as "The Man".
Of course, all this talk about being "The Man" brings out none other than "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair. Flair tells Hogan that even though they have been rivals for what seems like an eternity, that they still have some battles to fight and that Hogan needs to concentrate on Edge but never take his eyes off of Flair. Flair states, before leaving, that he will be "The Man" again.
It looks like 2003 is off to a booming start and as matches develop; you will be able to read the results here.
WWF Roster
World Champ: Hulk Hogan
IC Champ: Edge
Brock Lesnar
The Rock
Rick Flair
Kevin Nash
RVD
Farooq
Bradshaw
Christian
Tommy Dreamer
"Ravishing" Randy Orton
Raven
William Regal
Rikishi
Tajiri (final 2002 World Heavyweight Champ)
Chuck Palumbo
Spike Dudley
Chavo Guerrerro Jr
Big Daddy Donnie B
The Negronomicon
Until Next Time...........
WWF Owner: Donald Bychowski
ECW Newsletter Vol 1.1
The Champs has been crowned!!!!!!
The World Champion of the new ECW! is.....KANE!!!!!!
The Intercontinental Champion is.....Booker T!!!!
& the Television Champion is....The Undertaker!!!!
…And the 1st show of ECW! gave the fans every bit they paid for!!
The night started with the Nu-Metal band Slipknot kicking things off then after the crowd was put into a frenzy, the battle royal to slot the 4 contenders for the belts began!!!!
Soon as the last wrestler stepped into the ring, the fight was on. Kimmiesutra started off by pummeling Shawn Michaels but Kimmie took a shot from behind giving Michaels the opportunity to throw her from the ring. Infamous owner of the ECW!, The Mexircist hooked it up with Billy Gunn. Gunn looked strong but soon lost out to our boss’s vicious ass whuppin’ and was the second wrestler thrown out of the ring.
The ever-cocky Shawn Michaels squared off with fan favorite Bubba Ray Dudley. A few power moves gave Bubba a clear shot at Michaels but that was stopped short with a little "sweet chin music". Shawn went to the ropes to land a bodypress on the big boy from Dudleyville taking the big man over the ropes, but Bubba Ray was too dazed to keep from grabbing Michaels and taking him with him. Both men were eliminated but keep the fight going through the crowd into the back. I don't think these two have seen the last of each other. Not to be left out, Devon Dudley worked over Booker T, but the Book could not be put over. He landed on the outside apron. Devon went for the kill but the Booker man got into the ring fast enough to deliver a beautiful kick to the back of Devon’s head and put him out of action instead.
The veteran Sting made his debut in the ECW! this night. The former champion had his moves but he didn't look 100%. This was made clear as surprisingly Golddust introduced the Stinger to the floor, but too caught up in the moment, Goldy never saw the big boot of the Undertaker put him out and over to the concrete.
Bill DeMott took an Undertaker eye rake and fell blindly to the ropes where Stevie Richards pulled the rope down causing Demott to flip over and a choke slam from the Big Red Machine took steam out of Latino Heat.
The crowd was getting anxious as the contenders were getting closer! Stevie Richards took the fight to Al snow but Al got in a savate kick to throw Richards off balance. Using Richards momentum, Our Founder, the Mexircist quickly put Stevie out of it.
The high flyer, Jeff Hardy took to the top rope and went for a swan-ton on the Deadman but was caught by Taker and delivered to the announce table outside the ring. Hardy may be out of action for a while from this devastating landing. Kane made short work of Snow and Booker T miss timed his superkick to HHH and hit our Beloved Boss and put him over the top rope ending the battle. I would look over my shoulder at all times if I were he. The Mexircist will not let this go by. The winners were chosen, HHH-Kane-Booker T-& The Undertaker would go at it after the intermission for the gold!!
After random selection, first up was the Undertaker and HHH. The two stood toe-to-toe but the Deadman finally gained an advantage and gave it all to The Game. Two choke slams and the Last Ride put HHH to bed. Taker moved on. The next match was supposed to be Kane and Booker T but The Mexircist wasn't going to let Book have a good night! He changed the match and made it a triple threat!!! with the special rule that you can lose on a throw out of the ring!! Mex figured Booker wouldn't last too long with the Brothers of Destruction, but Booker T held his own. After taking a horrid beating he was able to get Taker over the top rope!!! making him the TV Champ!!! The Mexircist laid a beating on the fallen Taker and had other wrestlers take him from his sight.
Booker T and Kane fought on but Booker finally went down, making Kane the 1st ECW! Champion! Booker is the Intercontinental Champion though so he did get a belt. No doubt Book will make the WC Belt his priority.
That was it for the show! The crowd went away very happy!! No other matches are scheduled till the debut of ECW! Rage! next monday!!!
Until then, I'm Larry Morton
Goodnight!!! from ECW!
WCW Newsletter Vol 1.1
Welcome to WCW Nitro, I am the all new General Manager of WCW, Jeffrey "The Hawk" Meyers. As was explained by the so-called Devastator of Destruction, Don B, the former HWF has been broken into 3 smaller federations. In what was untold by Donnie B, it was WCW who got the first selection in the draft.
And our Number 1 pick, none other than the ONLY Olympic Gold Medallist in Pro-Wrestling history; Kurt Angle.
And after the draft, in which WCW drafted the finest and best of the newest young talent around, GM Meyers wasted no time in announcing that there would be a reinstatement of the "Classic" WCW/NWA titles. Once again, our talent will have the honor to wrestle for the WCW/NWA World Title, held by legends in the sport like Harley Race and "the Nature Boy" Ric Flair. The US Title, held by such talents like Tommy "Wildfire" Rich and Magnum TA and Nikita Koloff. The World Television Title, which like in the old WCW will be defended in every match, which was brought much prestige after Arn Anderson held the title for what seem like years. And finally, the Cruiserweight Title, where we have ALL the best Cruiserweight Talent wrestling has to offer.
So after all of that, what did we do.... We began our Tournament of
Champions.
And the Tournament began with the TV Title.
Being one of the last of the TV Champions in WCW, Lance Storm was awarded the number on contenders spot of the title, awaiting the outcome of the quarter and semi finals.
Match 1: Matt Hardy v1.0 def. Charlie Haas
In a flurry of technical wrestling by Haas, coupled with the high flying style of Hardy, this match started off fast. And lasted only 4 minutes as Hardy pinned Hass after a Twist of Fate.
Match 2: Hardcore Holly def. Shelton Benjamin
Nothing Technical about this one, as Holly got a quick start on Benjamin and just never let up. But Benjamin had no quit in him as it took Holly nearly 20 minutes to finish off the young NCAA standout.
Match 3: Matt Hardy v1.0 def Hardcore Holly
Great match here as both men gave as good as they got. After some heelish cheating by Hardy, GM Meyers declared a no DQ match and no count out. This match went on for nearly 15 minutes and in a stunning reversal of the Falcon Arrow, Hardy hit a Twist of Fate and using the ropes for leverage, scored the duke.
Finals: Lance Storm def Matt Hardy v1.0 for the TV Title.
Well rested, Storm attacked Hardy after his match with Holly. Storm early on got in a flurry of Super-kicks, stunning Hardy and leading to 4 near falls. Hardy showed guts though, and in a flurry of high flying moves stunned Storm for a near fall. After a botched Twist of Fate, Hardy was countered and locked into Storm finisher, the Maple Leaf. But Hardy didn't quit, again showing guts, and managed to reach the ropes. Storm managed to stay on Hardy, work his injured knee, and after a well placed super-kick, pinned Hardy cleanly in the middle of the ring.
The Cruiserweight Title:
Being the finest Cruiserweight in WCW history, Mysterio was given the honor of being the Number 1 Contender.
Match 1: Jamie Knoble def. Billy Kidman.
Great match here. Exactly what you'd expect from 2 former cruiserweight champs. Could have gone either way, and almost did a few times. But in the end, it's the guy who makes the fewest mistakes who wins, and a Trailer Park left-right later and it was Kidman who was seeing "Shooting Stars".
Match 2: Hurricane def. Crash.
Was this even a match? The former "Super-Heavyweight" was slapped around like a cut-rate "Super-Villain" at the hands of the "Super-Hero" of Cruiserweights. And yes, the Hurricane, in a test of his super-strength did hit his Super Hurri-Choke Slam. Super finish.....
Match 3: Mysterio def. Hurricane for the Cruiserweight Title.
In the best match of the night (too bad we wasted it early on), Mysterio and Hurricane battled each other with a series of high flying, lucha-libre maneuvers that left many people seasick by watching. After a failed Eye of the Hurricane, Hurricane was hit by a 619 and the Mysterio Huracanrana for the win. Talk about ironic, the Hurricane pinned after being hit by....well....a Hurricane. Both men shook hands after the match and Mysterio promised a rematch to Hurricane whenever he was ready.
The US title. Talk about a field of people who are really good. This
division has to have the tallest wrestlers I have ever seen. All of these jokers stand 6'6" or bigger.... Except for MW3 that is. What's he doing there, you ask? Well, he was the reigning IC Champ in HWF before the breakup...so I guess he deserves a shot at the US strap.....but it's his funeral. Anyhow, as the fan fave and one of the best big men in the biz, Test was given the Number 1 Contenders spot; something that really pissed off the Big Show. Enough that he threatened GM Meyers with a Choke slam. A Slam that was never delivered because of the timely intervention of Paul E. Dangerously. Seems that Paul E. reminded Show of a clause in his contract that GM Meyers put in there about attacking WCW Management. Suspension
without pay? Lawsuit....yeah, our GM is a smart guy. Not too brave, but smart.
Match 1: The Big Show def. MW3.
Talk about a mismatch here, and the Show was already pissed off. The Show eats MW3's weight in pizza daily...so this is a foregone conclusion, right? Nope. Keeping to his rep as a "Giant Killer" MW3 went after the Show with a number of moves (The MW3 Super-kick and the devastating Mr. Wresting 2 Knee-lift), and got the big man down for 2. Not bad...but not good enough I'm afraid. After some illegal choking and a HUGE Choke slam....MW3 became Victim #1 to the Show in his bid for US Title contention.
Match 2: A-train (the wrestler formerly known as Albert) def. Bastita.
Another good match here. Two big guys duking it out. Two big guys hitting all the right moves. Power slams, power bombs, brain busters, spine busters...you name it and these guys were hitting them. But in the finish, it was the A-Train hitting the "Baldo Bomb" on the younger man who got the duke. A-Train lorded over Batista for a while to the chants of "Shave your Back". Mistake here. After winning against a kid like Batista, don't hang out to draw heat from the crowd. Batista hit a huge Spine Buster on A-Train. Then it got worse. You think he'd be done, right....nope. This kid hauls on A-Train by pulling on his back hair and Spine busts him on the announce table. Man, I don't care how much hair you got on your back...that's gotta hurt.
Somehow I smell a feud here.....
Match 3: Big Show def. A-Train.
Like Lance Storm did in the TV Title match, Show wasted no time in coming to the ring. He even came out to Batista's music as the younger man was walking up the ramp. There was a stare down, but that was stopped as Show realized that A-Train hadn't gotten up yet. So like a good guy, Show helped him up.....
And into a Choke Slam. A-Train twitched for a second or two before the Show pinned him.
Like I said, I smell a feud going on here.
Match 3: Big Show def. Test
Talk about no love here. This match was the closest thing to a street brawl outside of a cage as I have ever seen. These 2 guys hate each other....but hey, enough about them. How about Stacy....mmmmm...the long luscious legs. What?!?!? It's over? How can it be over that fast? I was checking out Stacy and it's over?!? Test...laid out. A cut on his melon? Geese, wish I saw that one coming. Hell, I wish I even saw it! I don't think anyone saw what happened, but who cares really. Stacy was there...and her miniskirt left nothing to my imagination. Can you say pink cotton thong?
Anyhow, The Show was awarded the belt and he blabbered on and on about how great he was until the sound of breaking glass shut him up.
World Title matches: For being GM Meyers' Number 1 pick, Kurt Angle was set as the Number 1 Contender for the WCW World Title.
Austin promo:
Austin comes out and gets in the ring. Man for a wife beating, running from the law Texas red neck....he looks in great shape. Must be because he's spent his time slapping Debra around....
Anyhow...here goes:
"So I see you got yerself a belt there Big-Boy....well la-dee-da. The
Rattlesnake don't care about yer shiny new belt. Uh-eh. No Sir! No, the only thing Stone Cold Steve Austin cares about is his shot as the WCW Title. What? I said the WCW Title. What? I said, the WCW TITLE. Now you big ugly sombitch...take your title and your fat piece of crap hiding behind you there and get outta this ring. What? I said get out of this ring. What? I said get the hell out of this ring!"
At that point, Austin attacked the Show, hit him with the Austin Stomp, then the US title and then a Stunner. Oops, make that 2 Stunners....ouch...nope 3. then Paul E. Decided to interfere. Uh-oh. A couple of rights and then a Stunner left Paul E. stone cold....
Match 1: Stone Cold def. Chris Benoit
A great match by 2 great wrestlers. The match began after the Show and Paul E. were carried out of the ring on Stretchers. I have a feeling that The Rattlesnake hasn't heard the last of the Big Show. Then, up with Benoit's music, and Austin cutting another promo:
"Chris Benoit...the "Rabid Wolverine"...The "Crippler". Well boy Stone Cold ain't afraid of you. Not with yer muscles and the headbutt thing you do off the ropes. Hell, only thing scary about you Benoit is that gap in yer mouth."
The match began with Benoit taking the offensive. He got Austin reeling early on and after 6 rolling German Suplexes and a Diving Head butt, Benoit thought he had Austin finished. But the Rattlesnake is a crafty veteran. With a leg on the rope, Austin escaped defeat. A whip to the ropes leads to a Thesz Press and now Austin has the advantage. After the "Guerrero Stomp" on Benoit in the corner and then a whip to the turnbuckle, 2 high flying birds later and then a Stunner.
Benoit kicks out. Austin resorts to some brawling and then a Texas
Cloverleaf. Benoit to the ropes breaks the hold, but Austin is relentless. Again a Thesz Press and then 2 Stunners. After all of that, a suplex and then the 3 count. Austin drinks a few beers afterwards, pours one on Benoit to revive him and then walks off stage.
Match 2: Steiner def. Jericho.
Jericho Promo:
Before the match begins, we have Chris Jericho in the ring:
"Hello to all of you Assclowns here in Chicago. Welcome to Monday Night Jericho. I know it's been a while since you uneducated Chicagoans have seen a real man, so I'll let you bask in the glory of Chris Jericho, the King of the World for a moment, even though you don't deserve it. That's right...remember Assclowns I was the first, THE FIRST Undisputed Champion of the World. So there...now tonight, I will be taking on that Genetic Jackass...Scott Steiner....Big Poppa Pumped Up. Well, I have to tell you people that I'm not afraid of that Assclown. Steiner is a has-been, and tonight, when I pin his genetically freakish body on the mat, I'll prove to you jackasses in the stands and your morons at home, and even to the simpletons in the back that there is only one King of the World....and his name is....
(Sirens and Steiner's music)
Steiner promo:
"His name little man is Big Poppa Pump...Scott Steiner. Now Jerkicho, I been listening you run on like you got diaherria of the mouth about how you're King of the World. Well I only got one thing to say to that
Jericho....and that is that Big Poppa Pump is the King of all the Freaks in Chicago."
Steiner rushes the ring and he and Jericho get to fighting. It's not much of a match this time though as Steiner simply rolls over Jericho with a number of Steiner lines. Steiner is taking his time here dismantling Jericho, and in the end, Scotty finishes Jericho off with a move he used in the past. A bit of old school as he executes a "FrankenSteiner" for the 1-2-3.
Match 3: Steiner def. Austin
No talking in this one. Just straight ass kicking. Both men hit their
finishers more than a few times. Austin with the Stunner, and BPP with the Steiner lines and the Steiner Recliner, but neither man would quit.
Finally, both men would take their fight to the outside of the ring. First to the stands, where Steiner suplexed Austin off of the second deck...to the snack stands, where Austin opened up a can of whoop ass, as well as a can of Nacho Cheese on Steiner. GM Meyers named called for Falls Count Anywhere, and sent senior rep Nick Patrick to follow the duo.
Finally, it got to the loading dock, where both men found sledge hammers.
Neither scored a hit with the Hammers, but Steiner managed to Belly to Belly Austin through a plate glass window and then Power bomb him though a desk to pick up the win.
Match 4: Angle def Steiner for the WCW World Title.
Angle didn't wait for Steiner to recoup at all. After defeating Austin, Angle snuck in behind Steiner and locked on the Ankle Lock. Steiner tried to roll out, but Angle had a tight hold of the ankle. Using a piece of the broken table, Steiner smashed it into Angle's head, breaking the hold and bloodying the Olympic Champ. Steiner than took control with a series of suplexes onto various things (chairs, flatbed carts, ladders, a Pepsi machine and a Copier). But if Angle was going to quit, it wasn't tonight. Using some of Steiner's dirty tricks, Angle took the fight the girls locker room, where he chokes BPP with one of Trish Stratus' bras and begins to beat Steiner with the cord of a hairdryer, before the fight moves to the lounge where the other talent is resting and eating.
Jericho, still angry over his loss to Steiner just an hour ago, hits the big man with a cup of hot coffee in the face, blinding him. This, along with a few nicely placed shots with a metal serving tray lay out Steiner and for good measure, he hit is Olympic Slam on a table (with a few veggie trays and cheese balls on it) and get the duke.
There you have it people. The new WCW.
Our Champs:
WCW World Heavyweight Champion: Kurt Angle
WCW Cruiserweight Champion: Mysterio
WCW US Heavyweight Champion: The Big Show
WCW World Television Champion: Lance Storm.
Stay tuned as next weeks matches include:
Batista vs. The A-Train in a lights out match.
TV Champ Lance Storm in his 1st Title defense vs. Test
Super Warrior vs. Hardcore Holly
Mysterio vs. Jamie Knoble in a non title match
And in a Number 1 contenders match in a Steel Cage, Stone Cold Steve Austin
vs. The Big Show
WWF Newsletter Vol 1.2
Welcome to the second edition of the WWF Newsletter. I am your host, the "Devastator of Destruction" Donnie B. As we have read in the other dirt sheets, all three federations (WWF, WCW and ECW
Hulk Hogan, the current WWF World Champion, had this to say about the other wrestlers competing for the Unified Gold, when he was interviewed by the greatest announcer in wrestling history - Jim Ross:
HH: "Well, you know Brothers, the Hulkster has been around the longest and will be the greatest veteran inside that squared circle. No one knows the ring better than the Hulkster. With the largest (normal) arms in the world, no one will be able to put of the inevitable - that Hulk Hogan will be the Unified Champ."
JR: "Well, Hulkster, you will definitely have the pick of the litter out there as these young men are the greatest thing each federation has to offer....."
HH: "WHAT? JR, I should kick your ass. Brother, there is no other "real" federation other than the WWF. We are the greatest territory in existence. The ECW? What the hell is that garbage? WCW? They have shown that they have no idea what they are doing. I mean, when I wrestled there, they gave the prized World title to the writer of the show as well as that no-good actor David Arquette. I mean brother, the only thing Arquette has going for him is his wife."
JR: "Well, Hulk, remember when Vince McMahon gave himself the belt....."
HH: "That was different then Ross. And, Brother, I'd advise you not to bring it up again. I just have one last thing to say..."
JR: "(Thank God). And what would that be Hulk?"
HH: "Whatcha gonna do when the largest arms in the World, the greatest power in the universe, and the Greatest Wrestler of all time, Brother, DESTROY YOU!"
JR: "I'm getting too old for this crap."
It has been announced that the WWF Announce team will be the combination of Jim Ross and Jesse "the Body" Ventura.
As a recap, please tune into our first PPV "Wrestlemania" for the crowning of our new Unified Champion.
With Devastation and Destruction in my wake, I am and will always be: "The Original Big Daddy" Donnie B
WWF Newsletter Vol 1.3
Welcome back to the WWF Newsletter. It appears that we have had quite a bit happening in the WWF and this would be why there have been 3 newsletters sent out in the last 3 days. With all the struggles going on to try to get the number one spot, there are quite a few feuds brewing on the horizon.
First off, we see Edge coming down to cut his promo:
"Hulk Hogan, the Incredible, the Immortal, the overweight, old-enough-to-be-my-greatgrandfather back-stabbing coward. It appears that Hogan has an agenda. That agenda, it appears, is to keep his old, worn-out ass in the drivers seat for as long as he can. You see, Hogan, your time has come and gone....just like your hair. It is time you stepped back and joined that old geriatric club down south and put yourself out to pasture. Ladies and Gentlemen, I won't take anything away from him as he HAS his own book out. A book that needed someone else to write it because he couldn't remember half the stuff he did in his career. And let's take a look at that career shall we? (points to the titantron). Here we see Hulk Hogan posing for the kids outside of Toys R Us. Oh, can't forget the cartoon series. Here we see him taking on the likes of wrestlers whose names are almost to sacred to mention...The Brooklyn Brawler, Barry O, the ever scary Iron Mike Sharpe, and the Ultimate Barry Horiwitz. Now, I know that you are thinking "What about the feuds with Andre the Giant, Randy Savage, and the Ultimate Warrior"? These were the exception as Hogan always padded himself with those he knew he could beat. Except for now, Hogan, you have finally met your match. You are looking at the man who will put you out to pasture and unfortunately for you, there's nothing you can do about it."
Edge leaves the ring to make way for tonight’s first match.
Tajiri makes his way out to the ring but stops Edge. He claims that since he (Tajiri) was the Heavyweight Champ at the end of last years show, he wants to challenge Edge for the #1 contenders spot. Edge feels he has nothing to lose (what's the difference between being #1 and #2?) The match begins with Tajiri using lots of kicks to keep Edge off balance. Edge hits a spear but Tajiri is too close to the ropes and the count is stopped. Hulk Hogan runs down to ringside. Tajiri spits the Green mist and the ref gets a bit in his eye and is blinded. Hogan jumps in and hits Edge with the belt on the back. Tajiri then hits Edge with the Green Mist again and then covers him for the 1-2-3. Tajiri is the new #1 contender for the World title. Hogan leaves with a huge smirk on his face. Does he realize now that he has to fight the "Japanese Buzzsaw" first?
Next we see Ric Flair (#10 World) challenge the Rock (#3 World) to see who will be the #3 contender. Flair and Rock are exchanging moves back and forth. Flair slaps on the Figure 4 but Rock won't tap. Rock then hits Flair with 2 Rock Bottoms and then slaps on the Sharpshooter. In a surprise move, Flair actually taps out and Rock remains the #3 contender for the world title.
In the back, we see the Negronomicon talking to Farooq wishing him luck in the next match.
Farooq vs. RVD. This match is for the #4 spot currently held by RVD. With a combination of Van Terminators, dropkicks, etc, Farooq just wasn't able to keep up with "The Whole F'N Show" and RVD keeps his #4 spot. After the match, Farooq complains to the ref how he thinks there was a fast count. Farooq starts to rough up the ref a bit but the Negronomicon comes down and calms him down. The head back to the back.
In the lockerroom, we hear the conversation between Farooq and Negronomicon. N feels that Farooq was indeed robbed by the ref and feels that someone is "holding the Black Man down". He even points out that the greatest wrestler in the WWF, The Rock, isn't holding a belt and it's probably because he is part black. Some scrub guy walks in and tells N that GM Donnie B wants to see him in his office.
The next match on the card: Christian vs Spike Dudley. I would have to say that Spike truly dominated this match as it seems that Christian spent most of the match on the outside of the ring trying to get counted out. At one point after Spike has tossed him out for the third time, Christian decided to walk. GM Donnie B comes out and tells Christian that if he doesn't get back in the ring, oh and by the way, this is now a no count out match, he will be forced to give up his #3 spot for the IC belt to Spike. Frustrated and ticked off, Christian gets back in the ring and is escorted out again by Spike. This match ends up as a time limit draw and Christian hightails it out of there. Spike, who was clearly ahead on points, now has to stay in his spot. Spike is pissed.
Donnie B is in his office when Negronomicon walks in. Tony asks if DB likes what he is doing with the "holding the black man back" angle and DB tells him "We basically don't need this kind of controversy here. It has been done in the past and it really never succeeded. I think we need to terminate this angle." Negronomicon starts to get a bit upset as this was his angle and since he has complete control over his character, he feels that he can basically do what he wants. Now, management is suppressing him and starts to feel "held back" himself. Donnie B tells Negronomicon to find a way to end the angle and then they can talk about where to go next. As Negronomicon walks out in disgust, in walks Spike Dudley. Spike wants to know why he isn't the #3 contender when he cleanly won the match. Donnie B stated that he just helped even up the odds for Spike by not allowing Christian to run away. Spike brings up that because of this "interference", it actually cost Spike the opportunity to move up. While this is going on, the next match is going on in the ring...
Chuck Palumbo vs Tommy Dreamer. This was a short one as 2 minutes into the match, Tommy Dreamer gets counted out and Palumbo moves up to the #4 spot. Back to Donnie B's office..........
Spike is now having a fit as Dreamer was counted out and Palumbo gets to move up. Donnie B asks Spike to leave so that Donnie B can get ready for his next match.
Spike leaves Donnie B's office and runs into Negronomicon and Farooq. Spike tries to complain but Negronomicon counters with "At least you're not black. If you were, you would be held back" Spike retaliates with the fact that he didn't move up either and N counters with "But we're BLACK". Spike, confused, just walks away but is mumbling under his breath and he's not done with Donnie B........
The final match of the night is Donnie B vs Chavo Jr for the #2 spot for the IC championship. About a minute into the match, Negronomicon runs down to ringside with a chair to hit the GM with. He swings but hits Chavo instead and Donnie B (unaware of what just happened) hits Chavo with a neckbreaker and gets the pin at the 90 sec. mark. Donnie B gets out of the ring and has words with Negronomicon while..........back in Donnie B's office...........
Spike walks back in only to see Tori Wilson sitting there. She asks Spike what he needs and he just says that he saw the boss just win a huge match in the ring and wanted to take him some refreshment. Tori hands him a Diet Coke and says she would appreciate it if he took to down to him since she had been running around all day and was just plain tired. Spike agrees and as he is leaving the office, he winks to the camera. Tori leaves the office and Spike then returns with a can of rubber cement. He pours it all over Donnie B's chair and then leaves in a hurry.
...........back in the ring, Donnie B and Negronomicon are having a shoving match and then Negronomicon hits Donnie B with a chair, laying him out in the ring. Negronomicon then open challenges the GM to a match for the #2 spot. Donnie B doesn't answer as he is carried out of the ring by the refs and taken back to his office. Once back in the office, he sits down at his desk and realizes something is not right. Storming out of the office (minus his pants), he confronts Spike in the locker room. "I know what you did and don't think you are going to get away with this!" Spike is flabbergasted. "I don't know what you are talking about SIR." Donnie B looks up on the shelf to see the can of rubber cement. "What is THIS?" Spike says, "Oh that is just Christian's Ass Cream he needed after getting his ass beat." Donnie B states, "You won't get away with this. I'll see to that." He grumbles as he walks out of the locker room and Spike is just left giggling.
Negronomicon is gloating to Farooq that he just beat down the boss and Farooq reminds him that even though he just did this, Donnie B will probably feud with Spike instead. "There is no justice in this world for the Black Man." He runs after Donnie B and lays him out with a chair a second time. "I will NOT be ignored and you won't hold me down anymore! Tomorrow night, on RAW, You and I will settle this".
As we go off the air, we see Tori Wilson run over to Donnie B laid out on the floor. Unaware of what to do, she tries to give him mouth to mouth. What a lucky guy............
Until next time.............The Original Big Daddy Donnie B
WWF Newsletter Vol 1.4
Welcome back wrestling fans to the latest installment of the WWF Newsletter. There haven't been any real title situations going on as it seems ECW has yet to bring their wrestlers into the fold and get their champion into town for Wrestlemania.
As mentioned in the last newsletter, last year's former World Champion and the #2 contender for the World Title, Tajiri, had defeated Edge for the #1 spot for the most prestigious title in the world. After the match (and subsequently all the other things that happened to him that night), Edge paid Donnie B a visit in his office.
Edge: "Hey Mr. B! Can I talk to you about what happened in the ring tonight?"
DB: "Edge. I am kind of busy. You might have noticed that I was just laid out by the Negronomicon (boos from the crowd). I really don't have the time right now."
Edge: "This will be quick. You see, Tajiri spit that green stuff in my eyes and I was blinded and then lost the match. What I would like to ask for is a rematch between us for the #1 spot. I believe that that green stuff should be considered illegal and should be banned."
DB: "Really? Well what about that 'One Man Concerto' you do in the ring? Isn't using a chair also grounds for disqualification?" (at the sound of this, the crowd starts to boo Donnie B)
Edge: "Yeah but I use it to equalize all of the cheating that goes on in the ring." (crowd applauds)
DB: "I'll tell you what. I will sanction a match between you and Tajiri but if he wins, not only does he retain his #1 spot, but I will grant him a title shot at you. After mine, of course." (crowd starts to boo even louder)
Edge: "Ok, I accept. I'll kick his Japanese ass back to Korea." Donnie B rolls his eyes as Edge leaves. "Korea?"
Next we see Farooq chatting with the Negronomicon (crowd boos) who is gloating over the fact that he laid out the GM of the WWF. "Ya know Farooq, this was a long time coming. I've known that Kracker for about 10 years and he has always taken my spotlight. Ya see, we were up for the same promotion as to who was going to get the better push and the next thing I know, they tell me that they want a Kracker as the lead man." Farooq is dismayed at this. "I hear ya, brother. It seems that I haven't received any airtime recently. They be holding me back too." Negronomicon responds "Well, I'm a bettin' that that Kracker is going to be giving me what I want from now on. In fact, I think I'm gonna talk to him now. Hey, hand me that chair."
Negronomicon walks into Donnie B's office with the chair in hand. "Hey Kracker, I wanna talk to you." Donnie B responds, "Well if it ain't 'Slimy Hiney'. Whatcha want 'Brother'?" Negronomicon glares at him. "I heard that Randy Orton (#5 contender for IC) isn't going to fulfill his spot so I want it." Donnie B replies "Too late. I gave the spot to that new kid Christopher Nowinski." "What? I knew you was holding me back. You have no intention of letting me succeed. It was the same way back when as we were coming up the ranks together. You are really holding the black man down." DB: "I am NOT holding the black man down. In fact, you want to move up so bad, well you will have your chance tonight. You can wrestle Nowinski for his spot. The winner becomes #5." N: "I knew you didn't want to fight me. You are such a coward" DB: "Listen, I have tons of work to do: payroll, setting up matches, and taking crap from people like you. Beat Nowinski and we will talk. Now, get the hell out of here!"
Negronomicon storms out and meets up with Farooq. "I knew that Kracker didn't want to fight me. But I want this spot so lets get down to ringside." "Ok, Brother. I'm with you” Farooq responds.
First match on the card: Chris Nowinski vs the Negronomicon (w/ Farooq at ringside)
In what seemed like an unlikely match, this one ran pretty long with Nowinski dominating most of the match. Negronomicon almost got counted out but Farooq helped him back in the ring at the last minute. One unexpected "Black Doom" later and Negronomicon wins the match. N gets on the mic "Hey, DB, I just won this match. Now, how about getting your butt down here for a real ass kicking". DB gets on the Titantron. "You know what? Here is what I will do. Since I am still so overwhelmed with work, (crowd boos get more hostile) wrestle Chuck Palumbo for his spot. Win that and we will talk."
Next match: Chuck Palumbo vs Negronomicon (w/ Farooq still at ringside)
We have yet another lengthy match, but this one was dominated by the Negronomicon. Many Black Dooms were used in this match as well as assistance from Farooq and Negronomicon defeated Palumbo for the #4 spot. (At this time, alot of the crowd is getting behind N). Before the mic is turned on, Donnie B comes out and announces that since he is still so very busy (crowd really starting to dislike the GM), that Negronomicon now has to wrestle Christian (and his ass cream) in a handicap match against Negronomicon. The crowd does not like to see the black man put at a disadvantage so the crowd starts to chant "Ass Cream, Ass Cream". Christian dominated this match but just like in the others, the underdog comes through again and receives a standing ovation from the fans. Donnie B appears once again and this time blatantly refuses to wrestle Negronomicon. The crowd now hates the GM and start throwing stuff at him. "Negronomicon, I know you want me in the ring but your sorry ass will just have to wait until Wrestlemania. Oh, and by the way, Farooq will be banned from ringside, it will be a Lights Out match and there will be no time limit. You will have nowhere to go so I will be able to beat the "black" right off of you." (The crowd starts chanting, "You suck" to the GM). Negronomicon says "Ok, see you sorry ass in the ring" and leaves.
Donnie B remains on the stage. "Oh, one other announcement. This is directed to Spike Dudley. Spike, for your actions last week, I have decided that I really don't care for you (crowd is hateful) and did not appreciate what you did to me last week (we are shown a clip of the glue incident). Your punishment will be to face the #8 contender Brock Lesnar. Once you lose, and you will, I will show all you fans and you included Negronomicon, what it means to hold someone down. Oh, almost forgot. Negronomicon, you will have to face Brock Lesnar after Spike. Have Fun." Donnie B leaves the stage amidst a barrage of coke cups.
We are hoping to import that reject ECW Champ Kane in this weekend to hold our Wrestlemania special in order to crown a new Undisputed Heavyweight champ. If all works out the way it should, Hogan should be the Greatest Champion of all time and not only send Kane back to Hell in a handbasket but send the Olympic reject Kurt "Bald but Beautiful" Angle packing. Of course, only time and match tampering will tell.
Until the next time.........................The Original Big Daddy.............Donnie B
WWF Newsletter Vol 1.5
Welcome to the newsletter bring you up to date information on the world's greatest federation: the WWF. I am your host, Donnie B, and this will be the last newsletter before the Wrestlemania PPV. We have seen many feuds begin thus far and we can see that the IC championship will be the most highly coveted belt as it makes you the number one contender for the world strap.
1st match: As mentioned in the last newsletter, Spike Dudley was forced to meet Brock Lesnar for the #5 spot for the IC belt. Spike really didn't want to be there but then again, who does against a monster like Lesnar. Donnie B was right about this match as Brock took his time (7 minutes) in beating the living hell out of Spike. Lesnar waited in the ring for Negronomicon. Donnie B called N out and told him to get his ass in the ring. As Negronomicon walked out, Donnie B said "Oh what the hell, take Farooq down with you but if I see any interference, I will see you completely taken off the top 10". Farooq and Negronomicon went to ringside where Lesnar opened the largest can of whoop-ass anyone had ever seen. No Black Dooms here. Lesnar was getting ready to go for the pin when Negronomicon threw Lesnar out of the ring. Farooq had been paying attention as he was crouched below the ring as to avoid being seen. When Lesnar hit the ground, Farooq hit him with a football tackle and then handcuffed Lesnar to the ringside railing. The 10 count is reached and Lesnar is counted out allowing Negronomicon to retain his #3 spot. Farooq grabs N and they both hightail it from ringside. Lesnar tears the handcuffs apart and starts going ape. Donnie B is on the stage and now is furious.
The next match is Tajiri (#1 contender) vs Edge (#2 contender) for the top spot and possibly, if Edge loses, a shot for the IC belt (behind Donnie B, that is).
The match started off fast and furious as both men take it to the max. At the 3 min mark, Edge throws Tajiri out of the ring and Tajiri starts to walk. Donnie B gets on the house mic and tells Tajiri that if he does not get back in the ring, not only will he lose his #1 spot but he will not get a shot at the world title either. Frustrated, he climbs back in the ring only to be met with the Spear. Luckily, Tajiri was close to the ropes and avoided getting pinned. At this point, both men are beating the living hell out of each other. We get closer to the time limit and each pin attempt by Edge is thwarted. Tajiri tries to lock in a couple of tarantula's but also is unsuccessful. The last minute, Edge hits his DDT but only receives a two count. Tajiri retains his #1 spot.
Donnie B gets on the mic again before both men leave the ring. "Even though Tajiri retains his spot as the #1 contender (boos from the crowd), he did NOT win the match so he does NOT receive a title shot at Edge" (cheers from the crowd). Donnie B leaves to cut his promo in the back.
The First of Five Promo's before the PPV.
Brock Lesnar; "I set out to do two things today. I accomplished one. I took Spike Dudley and made him "just another victim". Negronomicon, you got really lucky today. But don't think for a minute that I am through with you our your puck ass lackey Farooq. In fact, I am demanding another match today to beat the living hell out of Farooq. If I see you anywhere near ringside, I will make sure you don't make it to Wrestlemania. Never forget that you may hold a win over me but always watch your back because I will have my revenge."
Negronomicon: "Ya see, Donnie B, you can throw whomever you want at me. I have just proven that I can run with the big dogs. Who else here can say that they hold a win over Brock Lesnar? No one. As for Brock Lesnar, I already beat you once so I don't believe I need to waste anymore time on you. Donnie B...you were right about one thing. It is going to take a Lights out match between us to settle the score. Why stop there. In addition, why not also make it a no time limit, no DQ, no Count out match? I am sure you were counting on running away but, hey, you should have never messed with me. After our match, I will be able to proclaim myself as "The Next Big Thing."
Donnie B: "So Negronomicon, you think you are the GM now as you think you can dictate the stipulations for matches now? I will agree to your terms but will add one last thing. The only way you can win this match will be on a maneuver from the Lights Out chart. I will put this into small words so your simple mind can comprehend what I am telling you. A pin or submission can only occur on moves that take place on the chart for the Lights out moves. After I end up kicking your ass for the evening, I might offer you tuition so you can go back to school and learn how to 'not get your ass kicked by the boss'. I will see you at the PPV."
Edge: "Tajiri, I truly hope that you win the title so that I can proceed to once again kick your ass but if not, I will settle for Hogan. Hulkster, don't think that for a moment I have forgotten about you. Once I defeat you for the belt, you will become a distant memory, like that time Ronnie Garvin won the NWA title. No one will care about you after I am through with you. Oh, and Hogan, by the way, if you think for a moment you have any chance in hell against that "freak from Hell" or that "Olympic Jackass", you truly have lost your mind."
Hogan: "Well you know brother, the Hulkster is never to old to win a new Championship. Edge, you are so beneath my notice right now that I have no intention of acknowledging you. My plan at this time is to concentrate on not only taking down Kane but Kurt Angle. I am actually looking forward Angle as he is supposedly the best in the business. But no matter, Brother, I will win the Undisputed Championship. So I now ask both Kane and Angle: 'Whatcha gonna do when the man with the largest arms in the world, who has gone to Hell and back, and will open an Olympic can of whoop ass, destroys YOU'!"
The Wrestlemania PPV takes place tonight and we will have the results of the PPV listed.
As Always.......The Original 'Big Daddy'....Donnie B
WWF Newsletter - Wrestelemania Results
Welcome to the First Inter-promotional PPV: Wrestlemania. I am your host: "The Original Big Daddy" Donnie B. As we move forward, each federation will have their own PPV. This one is brought to you by the WWF. Tonight, we will crown our first ever Undisputed Heavyweight Champion. Our challengers are: the ECW Heavyweight Champion Kane; the WWF Heavyweight Champion Hulk Hogan; and the WCW Heavyweight Champion Kurt Angle. Only one man will walk out tonight holding two titles. Both WCW and the WWF will have their respective matches tonight. With the exception of Kane, no one else on the ECW roster was able to make it to the show. Other matches on the card include:
WWF:
(1) Chuck Palumbo vs Spike Dudley for the #5 spot for the WWF IC title;
(2) Chris Nowinski vs Chavo Guerrerro jr for the #7 spot for the WWF IC title;
(3) Tajiri vs Christian;
(4) Tommy Dreamer vs Raven (Raven's World title shot for Dreamer's IC title shot);
(5) RVD vs William Regal for the #4 spot for the WWF World Title;
(6) Brock Lesnar vs Kevin Nash;
(7) Bradshaw vs Farooq (w/Negronomicon) for the #7 spot for the WWF World Title;
(8) Ric Flair vs Rikishi for the #5 spot for the WWF World Title;
(9) The Negronomicon vs The Original Big Daddy Donnie B in a Lights out, no countout, no DQ match.
From WCW (WCW rules apply including the title changing hands on a countout. This is specific to WCW only):
(1) Mr. Wrestling #3 vs The Super Warrior Wayne T for the #3 spot for the WCW TV Title;
(2) Lance Storm vs Hardcore Holly for the WCW TV Title;
(3) Big Show vs Batista for the WCW US Heavyweight Title;
(4) Rey Mysterio vs Crash for the WCW Cruiserweight title;
And our Interpromotional Matches are:
(1) The Rock vs Stone Cold Steve Austin in the 1st Inter-promotional Match;
(2) Kane vs Hulk Hogan vs Kurt Angle for the Undisputed Heavyweight Championship.
The first WCW match of the night is Lance Storm defending the TV title against Hardcore Holly. Now, Lance is a ”no nonsense" kind of guy but after watching Hardcore Holly's disrespectful bludgeoning of Matt on Tough Enough, Lance wanted to give HCH a taste of his own medicine. Lance hit Hardcore with almost every disrespecting move in the book. The fans were surprisingly behind Storm as he is usually the heel. Not in this one. I don't believe anyone on the show received more heat than Holly and I believe it was more than for Donnie B. Hardcore ends up on the losing end of this match by countout. Hardcore thought he was through and had left ringside. Lance went after him and they "disrespected" each other all the way to the back.
Next we have the Big Show vs Batista in the match for the WCW US Heavyweight title. During this match, Batista had thrown Big Show out of the ring. He followed Show out of the ring and proceeded to beat the snot out of him. He made it back in the ring just before the 10 count and Big Show ends up getting counted out. Per WCW rules, the title can change hands on a countout but before the ref can make the announcement, WCW GM Jeffrey "The Hawk" Meyers comes out and decided, because this is the first PPV, to override (just this once) the count out rule. Batista is going ballistic in the ring. Big Show makes it back in and hits Batista with 'The Cutting Edge' and gets the win. Batista runs after the GM. I am thinking there might be a feud in the works.
Rey Mysterio comes out to defend his Cruiserweight Championship against Crash. Again, not much of a match up as Rey shows the world why he is the "Greatest Cruiserweight" in the world. He makes short work of the short man. Rey retains his belt.
The last WCW show pits the returning Mr. Wrestling #3 against former friend "Super Warrior" Wayne T. Mr Wrestling 3 had just returned from a trip to the Orient where he had learned some new moves that we see in the match like the Dragon Sleeper (his new finisher) and the previously outlawed Oriental Spike. Mr. Wrestling #3 ends up getting the win but before leaving, he slaps the Dragon Sleeper on Wayne T and the "Super Warrior" is now in "Super Slumberland". Mr Wrestling 3 grabs something from under the ring and it turns out to be electric clippers. He proceeds to cut off all of the Super Warriors hair. I didn't know this was a hair match. You can bet that when the Super Warrior wakes up, he will be Super Pissed Off.
Our first WWF match of the evening will be Chuck Palumbo vs Spike Dudley. In a match that was split down the middle with both men dominating, Chuck Palumbo retains his #5 spot when Spike gets counted out of the ring.
The next match has Chris Nowinski vs Chavo for the #7 spot. This match was mostly dominated by Chavo as he taught the runner up from Tough Enough that he still isn't 'Tough Enough' to compete as Nowinski felt he was no match for the veteran and left the ring. Chavo retains his spot on the roster.
Next we see Christian "Mr Ass Cream" vs Tajiri. Christian wanted to make this match be for each other’s spot on the respective top 10's. Tajiri chose not to and after a well-placed kick to the head, the owner of the Ass Cream became an Ass Clown as Tajiri won the match.
The matchup with Raven and Tommy Dreamer is a return for these two since their (the original) ECW (not to be confused with the new ECW) days. Raven has been on fire since the tournament held at the beginning of the year. This match was surprising in the fact that Dreamer didn't put up much of a fight. After pummeling Dreamer with assorted items from under and around the ring (somewhere this became a Hardcore match, I guess), Raven got the win. Raven is really becoming a force to be reckoned with.
Mr. PPV vs the Hands of Stone William Regal followed. Regal never got a chance to use the brass knuckles as he had one offensive move the entire match. RVD hit Regal with every possible move ever conceived that ranged from the famous 5 star frog splash to the Van Daminator. RVD won the match in about 6 minutes. After the match, Regal jumped RVD and started pummeling him with the brass knuckles. RVD had to be carried out from the ring after being left bloodied and unconscious. GM Donnie B came out and stated that as soon as RVD was well enough, there would be a rematch between these two.
The next match saw Brock Lesnar take on Kevin Nash. After his embarrasing loss to the Negronomicon, Lesnar had something to prove. Nash wanted to make this match for Lesnar's spot in the top ten but Lesnar stated that only if Nash could beat him, would he consider a rematch for this opportunity. It looks like Nash will get his wish as he ended up with the win over Lesnar after outside interference. No one know for sure who ran down to help Nash out because he was wearing a mask and a full body suit, but it tends to lean towards the Negronomicon only because he disappeared right before this match and only reappeared after Lesnar made it to the back. Lesnar was pissed off and started throwing stuff around. He stormed into Donnie B's office. "What the hell kind of a promotion are you running here? I have not had many matches but it seems like someone is costing me some victories and I want to know what you plan on doing about it." Donnie B responded, "You know Brock, you have been losing matches. Quite a few, actually. Maybe you're not ready for life in the WWF. Maybe you need to go down to the LWA (Legendary Wrestling Alliance) for some refreshers. Maybe..." )Brock cuts him off and grabs the GM by the shirt and lifts him off the ground). "Maybe you should SHUT THE HELL UP." You claim I will have all these easy victories and such but somehow, I think I too am being screwed." He puts Donnie B back down. "Brock, I really think you need some time off so why don't you take the rest of the night off. You did agree that if Nash won this match, you would have another rematch with him for your spot. Come back fresh at the next show and try to start over." Brock thinks about it for a moment, nods, and calmly walks out the door. We head back to the ring for the next match.
Bradshaw was making his way down when Donnie B came on the Titantron. "Bradshaw, we are going to postpone this match because Farooq has yet to show up. As soon as he gets here, your match will start." Bradshaw shakes his head and returns to the back. Josh Matthews (Tough Enough 1 runner up) is in the back and approaches Bradshaw. Josh: "Bradshaw, if I can have a moment of your time. Do you have any idea why Farooq would make this challenge and then no-show?" Bradshaw: "You know, I have been asking myself the same thing. Ever since the WWE (that crappy other federation run by Vince McMahon) decided to split the Acolytes up, Farooq has been hanging around that loser Negronomicon. Farooq was once my best friend and then...nothing. I have no idea what is going on here." At this time, Farooq walks in (with Negronomicon) dressed in street clothes. Josh approaches Farooq. "Farooq, your match was supposed to be happening now. Why are you not ready for the match?" Farooq responds: "You know, I am tired of always doing things when the white man tells me what to do. I am nobody's lackey (Negronomicon stands there and nods). Bradshaw, you always wanted the spotlight. You always had to get the pin. It was always about you. Even when we were just doing our APA skits, you always had to hog the spotlight. If I wanted to smoke, so did you. When I had a drink, you had to have two. I am tired of you holding me back. You want your match? I will give it to you when I am good and ready." Negronomicon and Farooq walk away. We cut back to the ring and out next match....
The music plays and out comes the Nature Boy Ric Flair for his match against Rikishi for the #5 spot for the World Title. You might remember that Flair told Hogan shortly after winning the belt that he was not through with Hogan and that they would be sure to meet somewhere down the road. Flair just wanted to take a shortcut. Rikishi comes down and the match begins. Rikishi did not put up much of a fight as the "Dirtiest Player in the Game" received the win and took over the #5 spot.
Farooq is ready and he heads down for his match with Bradshaw. Bradshaw confronts him in the ring and tries to find out what is going on. Farooq mostly dominates the match, as Bradshaw doesn't really want to fight his former friend. Farooq starts slapping the big Texan around and Bradshaw responds by constantly throwing Farooq out of the ring. After the third time of being thrown out of the ring, Farooq and Negronomicon (who was at ringside) decide to just leave. Nothing is settled here.
The last WWF match has Donnie B taking on the Negronomicon. Farooq was banned from ringside. When Donnie B came down, most of the crowd was actually booing him. He couldn't figure it out as he was supposed to be the good guy. When Negronomicon came down, he received the second largest pop of the night. It was almost the same deafening level as when Rock and Hogan went at it back in the WWE. The Negronomicon took out all the stops as it was he who opened the can of whoop ass and brought it down on the GM. I believe that the Negronomicon was trying to make up for decades of discrimination in one match. It was a nightmare---for Donnie B. In this match, Negronomicon's favorite thing to do was to piledrive the GM on the floor (multiple times). After this last time (Negronomicon did it two or three times in the match), he mercifully pinned the GM. The crowd went ballistic. Shouts of "NG, NG, NG" could be heard throughout the arena. Donnie B walked back, disgraced. He turns around to look at Negronomicon basking in the glow of his big win. With a small smile, he turns and heads back out.
The next match is the First Ever Inter-promotional Matchup between the Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin. This was a dream match that equaled some of their best feuds ever. The Rock told Austin to "Bring it" and Austin did...Texas style. Austin hit many Stunners in this match but could never keep "The Peoples Champion" down long enough for a pin attempt. Rock put Austin in a couple of sharpshooters but as Austin had proven in the past, he was no quitter. A botched spot by Austin and Rock capitalized on it with a Rock Bottom and got the win. Somehow, I don't think this feud will be over either.
The last match of the night is for the Unified Heavyweight title. The first match up of the night has Kane going up against Hulk Hogan. Hogan did not seem prepared for the onslaught brought on by the ECW Champion. In what is going to be based on the most wins on the night, Kane started by getting the first win over Hogan. The next match had Kane going up against Kurt Angle. In this match, Angle showed the world why he is an Olympic athlete as he (not very easily) defeats Kane. The next match had Hogan going up against Angle. Now, this Hogan is the Hogan we all remember as he took Angle back to school and dominated the match and made Kurt look like the "Olympic Jackass". Hogan gets this win. The next match has Kane taking on Kurt again and Kurt redeemed himself by handing Kane another loss and the elimination from the championship. The last match for the "Whole Enchilada" is Kurt Angle vs Hulk Hogan. Kurt really stepped up his game as he hit Hogan with a few Angle Slams and even locks in the Ankle Lock. Angle dominated the match as he taught the veteran a thing or two about wrestling but in the end, the man will all the experience in the world hits Angle with a HUGE powerslam and claims not only victory but is now crowned as the NEW UNDISPUTED HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION!!! Donnie B who was sitting in a room with the other GM's (Meyers and Alameda) rejoiced and danced a little jig (even though he was humiliated earlier in the night). GM Alameda walked out of the room without saying a word and all GM Meyers had to say was "Next Time".
This brings an end to our first ever PPV. Hope you enjoyed it as much as we did.
Until next time......The now-humbled but still Original Big Daddy...Donnie B
WWF Newsletter vol. 1.6
"Welcome back wrestling fans to the greatest wrestling federation in the world. I am your host Jim Ross and joined by my co-announcer Jesse "The body and mind" Ventura. Jesse, we had a fantastic PPV yesterday."
Jesse: "That's right JR. We saw not only the best in the WWF but in both the ECW - Their champion Kane decided to grace us with his presence, and the WCW where not only champion, and my favorite by the way, Kurt Angle made an appearance but some of the top names from WCW. And we did see a new UNIFIED Heavyweight Champion crowned as the WWF chump Hulk Hogan took the honors."
JR: "That's right Jesse. In fact, the GM Donnie B will be coming down here any minute to make the presentation of the new Championship to Hulk Hogan."
Jesse: "I still believe that Angle was ripped off. He is the perfect role model and everyone, including you JR, should learn to take his '3 I's' to heart. I know I have. My belief in Kurt Angle had helped me become a better Governor. You know JR, I was the Governor of Minnesota. I am also a better person because of it."
JR: "I'd love to discuss in further detail the 'worthiness' of Kurt Angle and his 3 I's but according to the music playing, our GM - Donnie B - is on his way down to the ring. And, yes, it looks like he has the new championship belt with him. I believe he plans on unveiling it today."
Donnie B: "Ladies and Gentlemen. (boos from the crowd along with 'You Suck' chants) I am not here to make any excuses for last nights match with the Negronomicon. Instead, I am here to crown and bring you the NEW UNDISPUTED Heavyweight Champion and here he is......Hulk Hogan!"
The music for "Real American" hits and Hogan actually comes out to cheers. People are standing on their feet as the man with the "largest arms in the world" enters the ring, does some brief posing for the crowd and then takes a second mic handed to him.
Donnie B: "Ladies and Gentlemen....your new Undisputed and WWF World Champion...Hulk Hogan. Hulk, it is my honor to award to award to you the Undisputed Championship and to congratulate you in front of the world."
At this time, the chants towards Donnie B change to "Shut Up".
Hulk Hogan: "Well you know brother, I made a promise when I became the WWF World Champion. I said that not only would I meet but would also beat the other champions to win this title. Once again, the power of Hulkamania was running wild and psyched me up more than you could possibly believe. When I hit Angle with the "Thunder-slam", I knew it was over for the former Olympian." (crowd cheers)........
Jesse: "What a crock of s-"
JR: Jesse! You know you can't use that kind of language. This isn't the Governors Mansion."
......(Hogan continues) "Now that I have made my goal, I can concentrate on being the WWF World Champion and defending it against all challengers...."
Edge's music hits and you can tell he is pissed off. He marches down to ringside where he grabs Donnie B's mic and starts to talk.
Edge: "Well Congrats there Champ. (sarcastic tone) I am glad to see that you won that belt. It's unfortunate that you didn't wrestle me when you should have. That very well could have been me....." (Hogan cuts Edge off)
Hogan: "Edge, let me tell you something brother, the whole 'turning on you' angle was just that....an angle. I had to do something to get you motivated. To turn all that anger and hatred into something useful; to bring out the best in you and I believe that is what I had done."
Edge: "So what you are saying is that you were trying to motivate me? What the heck are you talking about?"
Hogan: "Brother, when you and I won our respective titles in the tournament, we were announced that we would be the top faces in the company. I could tell from our final match that you were missing something.....that killer instinct....the "IT". Some people have "IT" and some don't. Those that do go on to become World Champions. Harley Race, Lou Thesz, Bruno Samartino, Kurt Angle, Kane, Ric Flair, to name a few, have "IT" I could tell you were lacking "IT" so I pushed you until I knew that you could run with the top dogs in the company. I sincerely believe that you are now ready. Something very similar to 'Tough Love'."
Edge: "So let me make sure I have this straight. You pushed me to see if I have "IT". You feel that now I do. So I say 'prove it'. Prove it to me tonight and to the fans here. Put the title on the line tonight, here in Colorado Springs, Colorado." (crowd pops)
Hogan: (without hesitation) "You got it brother. The final match tonight will be You and I for the WWF World Title. Put it there Brother." (Hogan puts out his hand and as Edge looks to the crowd for approval and gets it, he shakes Hogan's hand)
Tajiri's music hits and he comes down to ringside. He walks right up to Edge and pushes him away and goes to confront Hogan. He hands Donnie B a note as he doesn't speak English. The note is translated as such "I don't believe you are giving Edge anything tonight. I am the #1 contender for your belt and if you are wrestling anyone tonight, it will be me and not this longhaired hippies reject. I am demanding my title shot as the #1 contender and want that match tonight."
Donnie B: "Gentlemen, Tajiri does have a point. He is the #1 contender and by all rights, deserves the first shot at Hogan. (the crowd boos Donnie B). Edge, I am just afraid you will have to wait. I am sorry."
Tajiri turns to Edge first and then spits the green mist in his face. He then turns to Hogan and spits again but misses and Hogan proceeds to whoop on Tajiri. Donnie B grabs Edge and pulls him out of the ring. Hogan whips Tajiri into the ropes, hits the big foot and then the Leg Drop. Tajiri rolls out of the ring cursing in Japanese. Hogan poses for the crowd.
Jesse: "You see that cheater Hogan, using all those illegal moves"
JR: "What the hell do you mean?!? Tajiri just spit green mist in Edge's face and was trying to do the same thing to Hogan."
Jesse: "And just how do you know Mr. Smart Man that his saliva isn't green and he was just trying to clear his throat?"
JR: "My God Jesse, give me a break."
We cut back to the locker room where tonight's matches are listed. Those matches read:
Brock Lesnar vs Kevin Nash for Lesnar's #6 spot for the IC championship;
Raven vs William Regal for the #6 spot for the World Title;
Farooq vs Ric Flair for the #5 spot for the World Title;
RVD vs the Rock for the #3 spot for the World Title;
Chavo Guerrerro vs Chuck Palumbo for the #5 spot for the IC championship;
a return match from last night: the Negronomicon vs Donnie B in a Steel Cage. The loser must retire;
and in the Main Event: Hulk Hogan defends his WWF Title against Tajiri.
Our first match is a return match from last night's PPV: Brock Lesnar taking on Kevin Nash. For those who don't know, Nash challenged Lesnar to make last nights match for this spot but Brock felt that Nash (who already had his shot for the IC belt) was yesterdays news. If Nash could defeat Lesnar, then this match would happen. Nash started out strong as he was easily handling Lesnar. Lesnar then proved why he belongs in the WWF. The tide suddenly turned and after hitting 3 consecutive powerbombs, a press slam and then the F-5, that was the end of Kevin Nash.
The next match is Raven vs William Regal. Raven looks to keep his winning streak going and move up the ranks at the same time. Before the bell sounded, Regal was stopped by 3 referees who took their time in checking for brass knuckles. When none were found, the match began. This match was a short one as around the two minute mark, Regal throws Raven out of the ring where a pair of brass knuckles just happen to be waiting. He proceeded to pummel Raven with the knuckles successfully knocking Raven out. Regal makes in back in just before the 10 count and is announced the winner via Count out over Raven. Regal gets back out of the ring and starts hitting Raven with multiple foreign objects. Finally, 4 referees pull him off of Raven and Raven is then helped to the back to receive medical attention.
Farooq, this time without the Negronomicon, comes down for his match with Ric Flair. At this time, a special guest referee is announced and it is none other than Bradshaw. Bradshaw proves to be a competent referee as he calls this match right down the middle. Flair dominated most of the match while working on Farooq's leg. Farooq tried to overpower Flair but couldn't stand on his leg. Flair then straps on the Figure Four leglock and exhausted and hurt, Farooq tries to lie back and catch his breath and the next thing he knows, he had been pinned. Flair is declared the winner. Farooq tries to argue with Bradshaw claiming another instance where he is being held down and then out of nowhere, Bradshaw hits Farooq with a Clothesline From Hell. He hit Farooq so hard that Farooq went flying from the ring. Bradshaw salutes the crowd and then leaves.
In the back, Raven is receiving medical attention when William Regal attacks him again. Regal was choking him with the stethoscope while at the same time stuffing gauze into Raven's mouth. Again, Regal is pulled off of Raven and when Donnie B makes it to the medical room, he proceeds to yell at Regal and then sends him back to his hotel. Regal grabs his bags (which were conveniently outside the medical room) and gets into his car and leaves the arena. I really don't believe this is over by a long shot.
Next we have RVD taking on The Rock. This match will determine whether RVD gets to move up or has to stay put. In the first minute, Rock hits a belly-to-belly suplex then for some reason goes to grab a chair. Before the ref can take the chair away from the Rock, Van Dam hits the Van Daminator for a 2 count. Rock starts to counter moves and then hits the Sharpshooter but RVD doesn't tap out. Rock again grabs a chair, swings, misses but gets hit by another Van Daminator. Again, just a two count. Rock throws RVD out of the ring, bodyslams him on the concrete floor and then throws him back in. He then hits "The Peoples Elbow" but RVD doesn't stay down. He instead goes to the top rope, hits a split legged moonsault and pins the Rock. RVD moves up. After the match, Rock extends his hand but then hits RVD with a pair of brass knuckles he found outside the ring. He leaves RVD in the ring out cold. It seems this is a running theme lately. Maybe our GM needs to do something about it.
JR: "Damn That Rock! The man has a family. He's taking his livelihood away. Jesse, how can he do that to the man"
Jesse: "Well, if RVD would stop kicking him, maybe Rock would be nicer. Besides, JR, this happens all the time in politics."
Back at his hotel, Regal tries to settle down by calling in for Room Service. He orders some English Tea and crumpets. He is sure that this will help him calm down.
Chavo vs Palumbo is next on the card. A pretty boring match that started off with Palumbo hitting the Jungle Kick (his specialty maneuver). Both men were evenly matched up until Chavo was thrown out of the ring and felt that he had had enough. Chavo left ringside and was counted out. Palumbo retains his spot.
Back at Regal's hotel, he is pacing like a crazed man. "Where the bloody hell is my order? I ordered this food almost 5 minutes ago. Did they send back to the bloody Motherland for it?" At that time, there was a knock on the door. "Room Service". Regal replies as he opens the door "It's about bloody time. Where the hell......" As soon as the door was opened, Raven was standing there with the tea and threw it into Regal's face. Raven starts to hit Regal with an assortment of items that was on the dinner tray. He stuffed Regal's face into some mashed potatoes, poured gravy all over him, slapped him around with a T-bone and then clocked him with a serving tray. "Quoth the Raven...'Nevermore'" Raven goes to leave but then goes back and does something with the food. As Raven leaves Regal, who is out cold on the ground, the camera gets a close up and we see Regal's face, all covered in mashed potatoes with two slices of carrots for the eyes, and peas making a smiley face.
Our next match is also a return bout from last night's PPV: GM Donnie B vs the Negronomicon in a loser must retire match inside a steel cage. Donnie B starts off this match by hitting Negronomicon with a chair. N shrugs it off and comes back with a barrage of moves that lead to our first cage move. Donnie B immediately turns around and decks the ref. The ref is out cold. He turns around and Negronomicon hits the GM with brass knuckles. He covers him and would have gotten the pin if the ref were awake. The match continues. Donnie B starts to make a comeback and eventually tries for a couple of pins, which were unsuccessful. Negronomicon goes to the top of the cage and hits the dreaded B-52 kneedrop for the top of the cage. He covers Donnie B and GETS THE PIN, He tries to make it out of the cage but Donnie B stops him. The match continues. Donnie B then throws Negronomicon into the cage again blooding him up real good. N then knocks down the GM, climbs back up to the top of the cage and hits the B-52 again. He covers........and get the PIN. Donnie B must now retire. The fans go crazy.
Meanwhile, back at Regal's hotel room, the real room service comes up, sees the mess and then goes to call security. Security and hotel management arrive just about the time that Regal is up and about and using the bed sheets and pillowcases to clean himself off. Regal tries to explain and then is thrown out of the hotel. Hotel security throws his bags out after him and Regal is left outside with mashed potatoes still in his hair. Many taxis pass by after getting a good luck at Regal but then one stops. "My Good Man, would you be so kind as to take me to the nearest Motel 6?" Regal gets into the cab, and we just see him sneer and shudder as the camera looks through the window and off they go.
Our final match of the night is Hulk Hogan vs Tajiri for the World Championship. Before the participants can be announced, Edge comes out to sit with Jesse and JR.
The Challenger Tajiri comes down first and once he sees Edge at ringside, starts to yell in Japanese. Edge states to his co-announcers "Why can't anyone understand him? It would be so much easier if he would learn to speak English." Jesse replies "It would be easier if you could speak Japanese. Why berate the man because he can't speak English. I understand Japanese and basically, he is calling you, and I quote 'A stringy haired retard'." JR chimes in "Ya know Jesse, I hardly think that is what he was saying." Jesse replies to JR: "So now you also speak Japanese. Wow, JR, you sure are multi-talented. First you know about his body chemistry and now you speak his language. I am impressed." "Give me a break Jesse" is all JR has to say.
Hulk Hogan then comes out to "Real American" and Edge is the first one to stand up and applaud Hogan. Hogan makes it down to the ring and the match immediately begins. Tajiri starts off with handspring elbow smash and Hogan counters with a Leg Drop and a 2 count. Tajiri is actually in control of this match and then out of nowhere, hits Hogan with the Green Mist and a 2 count. Tajiri comes back with thrust kicks but Hogan starts to "Hulk Up" and then hits Tajiri with another leg drop and another 2 count. Tajiri immediately comes back with a well placed thrust kick but Hogan again hits the leg drop for a 2 99/100's of a count. Hogan comes back with multiple foot to face and leg drops and Tajiri hits with the Green Mist again but all only result in 2 counts. Tajiri goes for his specialty, misses, goes to the ropes and gets caught by Hogan's Thunder Slam. The count.......1...........2..........3. Hogan is declared the winner and still champion at the 18 minute mark. Edge climbs into the ring, raises Hulk's hand in Victory and then........nothing. Hogan looks at Edge as if he was expecting something but then grabs the mic. "You know Edge, you have been waiting long enough for a match and if you want it now, I am prepared to give it to you, brother." Edge accepts quicker than Hogan had realized and we have another match.
Hulk Hogan vs Edge for the World Championship. This was a lengthy match as Edge was hoping for the fact that Hogan would be worn out but the crafty veteran proved that he could not only hold his own but to surpass Edge. Edge went for the spear around the 16 minute mark but was countered by Hogan who hit a massive clothesline and got the 1-2-3. Hogan has now had two successful title defenses. Edge gets up and raises Hogan's arm in victory. Edge starts to leave but Hogan calls him back. He wants the two of them to pose for the crowd. After some pleading by the fans, Edge and Hogan start the posedown for the fans and they eat it up. Second largest pop for the night (Negronomicon’s win received the loudest).
The show ends with Jesse and JR doing their verbal assaults on each other.
Thank you fans. And Goodnight.
***News Flash***
Hello Wrestling Fans. This is "The Original Big Daddy" Donnie B. I just wanted to drop a short note about the happenings in the WWF.
As you may or may not have heard, Donnie B and the Negronomicon had their match at Wrestlemania. Negronomicon showed me that he was truly a force to be reckoned with. Immediately after the match, I made the foolish challenge to Negronomicon for a "Loser must Retire" match. I lost and am, unfortunately, retired from our sport. I will continue my GM duties. After my match with Edge for the IC belt which I lost and ended my career, I made a public apology to Negronomicon for the way he was treated. As the WWF GM, I will ensure that Negronomicon receives the same treatment as everyone else in this group.
Lastly, a challenge to the ECW GM.........I think Kane was talking about wanting a transfer.....something about being treated unfairly????
As Always......Donnie B.
ps. The Newsletters should be starting up again on a regular basis starting next week. I have been making plans that will put the World of Wrestling on its ear. Stay tuned.......
WWF Newsletter vol. 1.7
Welcome Wrestling Fans to the last newsletter for the month of January. As I had mentioned in my last briefing, the wheels are turning and you can expect to see some huge things from the WWF. The first on this list is that WWF Superstar Raven is no longer with the company. Raven is a great superstar whose interests differ from where the WWF wants to go in the future. Raven will be sent down to the minor leagues (Wayne's fed) in exchange for two pieces of talent. My second announcement will be the names of those two individuals, which will be mentioned shortly.
Raven's termination from the company all started with his last match against William Regal. As mentioned in vol 1.6, Regal had beaten Raven to a bloody pulp and Raven ended up attacking Regal in his hotel room. The hotel was a tad upset with the destruction and wanted both Raven and the WWF to be held liable. An agreement was reached and it was decided that Regal and Raven would have one match. The loser of the match would lose his job and be responsible for the damages. Raven approached Donnie B and after a lengthily discussion, Raven requested to be let go. Donnie B, realizing the huge potential with Raven, made an agreement with Wayne Tuttle (the owner of the minor league fed) to do a talent exchange. Raven, as of now, will only appear in that group (for the time being).
The second announcement of the day is the talent that is being exchanged for Raven. I am proud to introduce both SEAN O'HARE and NATHAN JONES as the latest talent being added to the WWF. Great things will be expected out of these men. It had actually gotten off to a good start as when Sean and Nathan were brought in and introduced to the rest of the "family", Sean shook everyone's hand with the exception of one. He proceeded to ignore this person until just before leaving, Sean was approached by....Chuck Palumbo. Palumbo couldn't understand why Sean was dissing him. Sean made some accusations that Chuck actually made him look bad to the front office and that is why Sean didn't make it up here until now. Chuck made some apologies but Sean started to just walk away. Palumbo called after him and stated "At least my promo's mean something and not some gibberish you have been laying down". Sean replied, "At least I wasn't the GAYEST member of the GAYEST tag team in the history of wrestling. My God man, you made Adrian Adonis (the gay one) look like Pierce Brosnan." Sean resumed walking away until Palumbo stopped him. Sean turned around and opened up a HUGE can of whoop-ass by throwing Palumbo into the exit gate and then started laying the smack down using trashcans and chairs. After a few minutes, Sean stopped and looked at his former friend and tag partner and said "Stupid Gay Bastard" in the typical "Dr. Evil" fashion and walked away.
A week or so ago, Edge defended his belt against the Negronomicon. Both men received huge pops in this match. Even though the Negronomicon was getting more pin attempts over the champion, it only took 13 minutes for Edge to get the win in what was surprisingly a very close match. The Negronomicon was only a few points behind the champ and looks to be a strong contender in the future.
Right after the match, Donnie B came out and told Edge that since he was still a contender for the belt, this would be Donnie B's final match. He demanded that Edge put the belt on the line right here and now even though Edge just got out of a battle. Donnie B did mention that if he beats Edge for the IC belt, the belt WILL be Retired. The match began and Edge dominated the early part of the match. Donnie B did attempt to make some comebacks but Edge regained control. Donnie B did manage to make it to the 20 min mark and was hopefully going to end his career on a Time Limit Draw but a short clothesline from Edge shattered those dreams as Donnie B was pinned just before the time ran out. Donnie B is officially retired from wrestling.
Two of the matches from yesterday’s dark matches included:
Tajiri vs Edge
Bradshaw vs Rikishi
The winners of both matches will meet tonight to see who will get Raven's #8 spot at the World Title.
Tajiri and Edge's match went something like this:
Tajiri is already in the ring and for some reason, the bell rings before Edge gets into the ring. Edge hits spear after entering the ring and gets a 2 count. Tajiri hits handspring flip and elbow smash, Edge gets DDT and 2 count. Edge taunts Tajiri to get up and hits the Spear. Another 2 count. Edge goes for clothesline, gets hit by green mist. 2 99/100 count.
Tajiri hits (S) and knocks Edge out of the ring. Edge is pulled back in
Edge hits DDT and Spear. 2 count. Something seems to be distracting Edge in the crowd. Out comes Christian who is the next contender for Edge's belt. Christian comes to ringside to distract Edge. Tajiri hits the Green Mist and the 1-2-3. Christian and Tajiri shake hands and both leave Edge in the ring.
Bradshaw and Rikishi's match went something like this:
Rikishi hits the superkick but Bradshaw shrugs it off and hits two consecutive Clotheslines from Hell. He receives a 2 count. Rikishi hits the Banzai Drop and only gets a 2 count. Both me brawled for the next few minutes until Farooq runs down and hits Bradshaw with a chair. Bradshaw is laid out. Rikishi then goes to the top rope and does his super specialty Banzai drop from Top Rope (12 on ropes) and gets the 1-2-3.
Tonight's card will be:
*Tajiri vs Rikishi (for Raven's vacated spot);
*Farooq vs Bradshaw in a Texas Death Match;
*Chris Nowinski vs Tommy Dreamer;
*Negronomicon vs William Regal (if Negronomicon wins, he'll meet Regal in a Dog Collar match for Regal's World title shot);
*Ric Flair takes on Brock Lesnar (this came about as Brock was fighting Randy Orton in a dark match and Flair interfered);
*Edge vs Christian for the IC title;
…. And the Main Event for the World Heavyweight Title:
*Hulk Hogan vs. the Rock
Before the first match, Regal attacks Negronomicon in the back with the help of Justin Credible. Both men stomp away on him until refs and "suits" come out to break it up. Donnie B is in the back watching the monitor and shakes his head. "Damn, Regal ruined another match. I wonder if it should have been Regal that was let go...." Donnie B heads out to the stage to make an announcement. "Since William Regal and Justin Credible have taken upon themselves to attack Negronomicon and ruin the card for tonight, if Negronomicon is willing to wrestle, tonight's match will BE the Dog Collar match and Regal's spot will be on the line. If Credible interferes, he will cost Regal his shot. But to even things up a bit, I will be sending someone down with Negronomicon to be in his corner. Just in case." The crowd responds positively to Donnie B's announcement and he leaves the stage. Our first match contestants are on their way to the ring.
Tajiri vs Rikishi
The battle on this one went back and forth. Tajiri would have the upper hand only to be banzai dropped, sat on and even given the stink face. Both men had numerous 2 counts as it stayed pretty close the entire match. All of a sudden, Edge runs down to ringside. Distracted, Tajiri turns back towards Rikishi who executes a monkey flip and drops down onto Tajiri's chest. Rikishi gets the win.
Rikishi's win enables him to move up to the #8 spot from the #10 spot. The #10 spot is now vacated and a match will be held in the future to fill the hole.
Farooq vs Bradshaw in a Texas Death Match
Farooq tried to do some Ropes moves too early in the Match as Bradshaw was ready for him. At the 4 minute mark, Bradshaw hits the CFH to soften him up for the TDM move. In kind of a brutal move on Bradshaw's part, he pulls out a can opener and proceeds to tear Farooqs face up with it. 2 count. Bradshaw immediately throws Farooq out of the ring and the ref reaches the 10 count but in TDM rules, there is no countout. Farooq tries to recover and moves around the ring trying to stay away from Bradshaw. He gets back in the ring followed by Bradshaw and Bradshaw gets hit with the Dominator. 2 count. Bradshaw gets up and hits Farooq with a chair. 2 count. Farooq chokes Bradshaw on the ropes and then hits the Dominator. Again, just a 2 count. Both men roll to the outside where Bradshaw grabs the timekeeper’s bell and levels Farooq with it (GONG!). He rolls Farooq back in for the 1-2-3.
Chris Nowinski vs Tommy Dreamer
Before this match starts, we see Tommy in the back talking to someone. It turns out to be Tough Enough Leader and ECW Alumni, Al Snow. Since Snow can't "officially" be here to beat some respect into Nowinski, then the best man for the job would be Dreamer. Dreamer says he will beat the respect deserved out of him.
As expected, Dreamer totally dominates this match. I believe Chris gets in maybe 3 or 4 shots. He even attempted to run away and get counted out but Dreamer got him back into the ring. After a few DDT's and one spectacular Singapore Cane Shot, the simple neckbreaker was all that was needed to put away the Harvard Graduate.
The staff doctor is in the back and strongly recommends to both Donnie B and the Negronomicon that he does not wrestle tonight. Any serious head shots would endanger any chance of a speedy recovery and could endanger his career and life. (mind you, this was just a simple beat down). Donnie B tells Negronomicon that he is NOT wrestling tonight but that as soon as he feels better, Regal and Credible will be his.
In the ring, Regal and Credible are laughing at the fact that Negronomicon was taken out and can't wrestle. They continue to mock Negronomicon when Brock Lesnar comes out. Brock tells the "Trash" in the ring to leave so he can have his match. They acknowledge and get out of the ring. Lesnar gets into the ring but then is jumped by Regal and Credible. Both get in a few shots before Lesnar goes berserk. He gives F-5's to both men and once they regain their composure, the sulk away from the ring. Lesnar is calling out the Nature Boy.
While Flair heads down to the ring, we cut to the back where we see both Regal and Credible heading towards their car. Both men get in and start to drive away until they see something strange in in the rear window (its cold out so the window was fogged up. As Credible is cleaning off the window, he sees Negronomicon charging the car and starts to hit the car with his Louisville Slugger. Both men in the car scream like ladies and burn rubber to get away.
Flair eventually makes it down to ringside and the next match begins.
Ric Flair vs Brock Lesnar: The crafty veteran vs the Next Big Thing.
It seems that as Lesnar gets more time in the ring, he improves. Still, brute strength is no match for experience. Flair concentrated on Lesnar's leg as Lesnar kept trying to counter with power moves. No matter what Flair did (sleeperhold, foreign objects, and the Figure 4), he could not keep the rookie down. On the same note, no amount of press slams or F-5's could keep the Nature Boy down. Right about the 20 minute mark, Flair nails Brock with a foreign object. Sure to get his victory, he sloppily covers Lesnar but only gets a 2 count. The bell rings signaling a Time Limit Draw but both men continue to fight for another 7 minutes. Randy Orton runs down and clips Lesnar. He grabs Flair and the both head out. Lesnar makes it back up while favoring the leg. He just stares at both men and they make their way to the back.
Edge vs Christian for the IC Belt
Last year, Christian had the longest IC title run and wanted to do the same thing again this year.
Christian showed immediately why he was last year's longest reigning champion. He started to dominate Edge but then Edge counters the moves. Edge hits his DDT but Christian came back with the Unprettier. A lot of near falls in this extremely close match but in the end, Edge blocked a suplex and hit his patented DDT and got the win. After the match, Christian proceeded to throw a fit in the ring. Eventually, he is escorted out of the ring to make way for the last match of the evening.
Hulk Hogan vs the Rock for the WWF World Title.
Both men have alot to live up to from their WWE Wrestlemania match last year. Hogan makes his way out to the cheers of the crowd as well as the music for "Real American". He does a brief pose down for the crowd until the Rock's music hits. He comes out and the people BOO him. Most of the fans hate the fact that Rock is "selling out to Hollywood". They didn't mind it much when Hogan did it because most of Hogan's movies suck. The Rock had a couple of good ones and now the fans are afraid of losing him to Hollywood. The Rock makes his way down, gets into the ring and has a stare down with Hogan. The Rock just got in from shooting his latest movie so he didn't even have time to cut his promo. He does grab the mic for an impromptu speech. "Well, the Rock just got in from Hollywood and after unpacking my bags at the Smackdown Hotel, you know, the one on the corner of Jabroni Dr and Shut your Mouth Blvd. The Rock comes out here and you people 'Boo' the Rock. The Rock can't understand it. But the Rock isn't here to talk. The Rock is here to put up or shut up. Now Hogan, the Rock says 'Bring it'!"
The match begins as Hogan hits the big foot to face and Rock counters with a DDT. Next, the Rock locks Hogan into the Sharpshooter but Hogan powers out. Rock hits his new move "The Hollywood Elbow" but Hogan gets up and hits a clothesline. Hogan goes to throw Rock to the ropes, Rock reverses it and hits the "Rock Bottom" for a 2 count. He hits another Hollywood Elbow but Hogan starts to Hulk Up and knock Rock down, hits the Leg Drop but only for a 1 count. Hogan pulls an old school move (the back rake) but Rock hits a Hollywood Spinebuster for a 2 count. Rock hits yet another spinebuster but Hogan counters with the Thunderslam for a 2 count. Rock gets tossed out of the ring but chooses to stay out for the 10 count. Rock grabs a house mic "The Rock says that, Hogan, you are a coward if you take the win this way. If you were a 'Real American', you would continue this match until there is a clear cut winner." Hogan grabs a mic. "Well you know brother, I think Hollywood has softened you up a bit. I think you have forgotten how to wrestle. But lets ask the fans..'Do you want to see the World Champ beat some more on the Hollywood Chump'?" The fans go ballistic and the ref allows the match to continue, now as a no time limit, no DQ match. Rock climbs back in and starts to hit Hogan but then Hogan starts to 'Hulk Up' again. One shot....two shots....three shots.....Hogan is wide eyed and points the finger at Rock. One punch, two, Hogan throws Rock to the ropes, Rock reverses, gives Hogan's groin a tap and hits the Rock Bottom for the 1-2-3. Rock has taken the belt but Hogan gets his automatic rematch.
Before the match can start, it is stopped by or GM Donnie B. He comes out to say that Hogan's card was never adjusted for the extra points he gets for not only being the WWF champ but the Undisputed one as well. The match is made null and void and now that Hogan's points are where they should be, the match can start again.
This time, Hogan was all over the Rock. There were at least 8 Leg Drops to 2 Rock Bottoms. Hogan dominated the match and won it with a python headlock as Rock was pinned under him.
Before the ref can announce Hogan as the winner, Rock grabs the mic yet again. "The Rock has seen better screw jobs by Stone Cold Steve Austin. You can try to screw the Rock by making this rematch. Everyone here just saw the Rock beat you in the middle of the ring. What kind of a deal did you make with the devil? Ok, fine. You have a win over the Rock and the Rock has one over you. Lets settle this. You and the Rock, one more time, in the Steel Cage." Hogan replies "You got it Brother." The Steel Cage lowers and we have our third fall.
Rock hits a Rock Bottom; Hogan hits the Leg Drop. Hogan goes to the cage first and rakes Rock's eyes across the bars. Rock is blinded. About the 7 minute mark, Hogan pulls out a pair of brass knuckles (legal in this match) and nails the Rock right between the eyes for the 1-2-3. He opts to go to the door first and Rock is out cold. He makes it out of the cage and is declared the winner. I don't believe Rock is done with Hogan. Not by a long shot.
Well, that wraps up the last January Issue. Stay tuned as February and the WWF plan to bring more surprises your way.
As Always........The Original Big Daddy.........Donnie B
News Flash
Subject: An Important message from The Owner of ECW!
Hello loyal friends and viewers,
With great sadness I have to tell you that ECW! is being forced to close it's doors. It seems an expose by 60 minutes has stated that hardcore wrestling is funding terrorism. With that, it's been publicized that most of the wrestlers in ECW! are driving SUV's so the pressure by sponsors and anti-war protests have forced the finances of ECW! to plummet.
After much debate, we are now out of business. I know this is hard to take but there's nothing else to do. The wrestlers will not be ass out though, but that depends on how you look at it. The WWF has decided to pick up their contracts for now. Their fates now belong to the insidious, Big Daddy Donnie B. Everyone is reluctantly going except myself, and El Santo along with his partner, Kimmiesutra. They have decided to open a school for Eskimos who want to break into the business...don't laugh! There’s more wrestling Eskimos than you think.
I don't know what I'll do, but I wish the best of luck to my wrestlers and to Donnie B who gets the job of controlling those monsters.
Remember ECW! fans, it will live on forever in you hearts!
Maybe someday the ECW! bell will ring again...
Goodbye,
The Mexorcist, ECW! Owner.
Response to Notice
Hello All. Donnie B here. Well, it is true. I have indeed purchased the fledgling ECW. But have no fear, in the interim, ECW will be left whole in its entire state and will be absorbed slowly into the WWF. After the ECW champions have wrestled a bit, we will combine both federations into one and then.....Watch Out!! WWF and ECW joining forces!!!
More to come later
Donnie B
WWF Newsletter vol 2.1
Welcome to the First February issue of the WWF Newsletter. Since I inadvertently ended the January volume early, we will be doing some looking back at some matches that happened earlier this week.
We saw Ric Flair challenge RVD for the #4 spot at the World title. Mr. PPV came through in a flash (with assistance from Brock Lesnar). Following this match, RVD got his shot at the World title. RVD and Hogan had a good run but in the end, "Mr. Monday Night" was no match for "the Largest Arms in the World" and all it took was a simple 1-2-3. Brock Lesnar also challenged Chuck Palumbo for the #5 spot for the IC title. As I had mentioned before, Brock is really coming along. He made short work of Chuck and now is the next in line for the IC title shot. Our next card will be headlined by Edge vs Lesnar for the IC Championship and Hogan vs Flair for the World Title.
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News Flash: 02/01/2003: Donnie B has just made the statement that he will be returning to wrestling in the form of a Manager. Just whom he will be managing has yet to be determined at this point. Stay Tuned.
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News Flash: 02/01/2003: Shoot interviews taken with ECW World, IC and TV Champions Kane, Booker T and the Undertaker. Hear what the top men in the sport have to say about the WWF, their careers, working in ECW and for owner Ramon "Sonar" Alameda. Due to their size, the interviews will be posted in upcoming stand-alone issues of the WWF Newsletter.
Donnie B announces that ECW will be left in its entirety with all wrestlers and Champions keeping their respective titles. Cross-promotional matches will happen regularly and a Top 5 list will be created for each of the ECW titles.
Also, just announced has been the signing of Managers to both the WWF and ECW! In the WWF, we will have Donnie B, Captain Lou Albano and Precious Paul Ellering. In ECW!, we have Classy Freddy Blassie and Jim Cornette.
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News Flash: 02/02/2003: It has just been announced that Donnie B has just signed Rhyno to an ECW contract. Rhyno will be a welcome edition to this federation. Also being added to the Manager list is James J. Dillon and Skandor Ackbar. It has yet to be decided who will work where but that will be revealed when the time comes.
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Hello Wrestling Fans, in today's newsletter, we will recap the matches that happened through 02/02/2003 and the debut of ECW! wrestlers and matches on the WWF show. We will also have the newest Managers from both federations come down and announce who they will be managing.
The latest WWF card had the following matches on it:
Tajiri vs Bradshaw for the #9 spot for the World Title;
Christian vs Chris Nowinski for the #10 spot for the IC title;
RVD vs the Rock;
Negronomicon vs William Regal;
Brock Lesnar vs Edge for the IC Championship belt;
Hulk Hogan vs Ric Flair for the World Heavyweight belt.
and in their debut, the ECW! card looked like this:
There will be 3 mini tournaments to determine the top 4 contenders for each of the titles.
For the TV title, it will be Eddie Guerererro, Devon Dudley, Steven Richards and Jeff Hardy;
For the IC title, it will be John Cena, Golddust, Al Snow, and Sting;
For the World title, it will be Bubba Ray Dudley, Rosey, Bill Demott and Rico.
HHH vs Shawn Michaels in an "I Quit" match;
Undertaker defends the TV title against his number one contender;
Booker T vs (current TV champ) for the IC Title;
Kane vs (current IC champ) for the World Title.
The ECW CARD
As the music for ECW! hits the speakers, we see Donnie B coming down to the ring. "As many of you might or might not know, I am Donnie B. I am the owner of the WWF and the newly acquired ECW!. I am going to take this piece of crap and make it into something worth watching (the ECW fans boo). I am going to shape up these has-been wrestlers and try to make this a legitimate group. ECW may stand for "Hardcore" but those days are mostly done. These wrestlers will be required to learn how to "wrestle" and not just brawl." At that statement, the ECW! music hits again and this time, Undertaker, Booker T and Kane come down to ringside. The three men get into the ring and surround Donnie B. Kane grabs the mic first. "You know, I don't care if you are the owner. NO ONE owns us! (he motions to the other champs as well). We do what we want, say what we want, and kick ass where and when we want!" He hands the mic to Booker T. "Listen up SUCKA! The big man is right. We don't answer to nobody and we sure would like to see you try and stop us!" He hands the mic to Undertaker. "I have been in this business longer than anybody. I have had to put up with the likes of Vince McMahon and don't for a minute think you have what he does. Well, maybe you do, as both of you are full of CRAP!" Donnie B grabs the mic from the Undertaker. "All three of you are now my property and you will do as I say." The three men in the ring surround Donnie B and then some music hits......it is "Real American" and Hogan comes out to a huge pop. He is followed by Edge. They come down to ringside and have a staredown with the ECW! members. Then, the music hits again and this time its RVD and Brock Lesnar. They march down to ringside and join in the staredown. The music hits one last time and this time, its...............the Negronomicon. He heads down to ringside. By this time, the ECW! wrestlers have backed down and are on their way to the back. Donnie B shakes everyone's hand but stops at Negronomicon. They stare at each other for a few seconds...........and then .........shake hands. They acknowledge each other and then all the WWF wrestlers leave to go to the back. Donnie B takes the mic one last time. "Anything can and will happen in the WWF/ECW. We have plenty of surprises in store for you to satisfy the taste of both WWF and ECW fans. Enjoy." Donnie B leaves to go to the back as the ECW ref comes down for the first mini tournament. The way these mini tournaments will be handled will be the last member standing in the ring will be the #1 contender and so on. The first member thrown out will be the #4 contender.
There is not much time for music as Eddie Guerrerro, Devon Dudley, Steven Richards and Jeff Hardy all get in the ring to begin the first ECW! match.
The first two men meeting in the ring is Eddie Guerrero and Steven Richards. As the bell rings, Guerrero hits a dropkick that sent Richards over the top rope but luckily, Richards was able to hang on. Eddie goes for it again but Richards rolls up Eddie for a 1 count. Eddie snaps on an abdominal stretch (he is ahead on points now) but Richards counters with a hurl over the rope and Guerrero is the first man out.
Next we have Jeff Hardy getting involved. Just as Richards was tossing Guerrero out of the ring, Hardy dropkicks him from behind sending Richards sailing over the top rope. Richards is eliminated too. That just leaves Devon Dudley vs Jeff Hardy. At this point, the Undertaker comes down to ringside to watch this final matchup. Hardy and Devon trade blows and while the ref's back was turned, Undertaker reaches up to grab the top rope as Jeff Hardy was thrown against it and Hardy goes up and over thus eliminating him. Devon is the number 1 contender. Hardy gets up immediately and starts to fight with the Undertaker. They fight up the ramp and in a huge power move, Undertaker hurls Hardy off the ramp (they didn't quite make it to the stage) and Hardy lands on and goes through a table. Devon attacks the Undertaker from behind and they end up brawling to the back.
Billy "Bitch Face" Gunn storms into Donnie B's office. He starts yelling "I should have been in that tournament. Why was I pulled out? That match should have been mine." Donnie B replies "Bitch Face, you are right. You should not have been dropped. Not sure why. Maybe it's because.......(Donnie B goes to open the door and we hear the fans chanting 'You Suck'). But you are right. So I will make you the #5 contender for the TV title. Now take your Sucky Bitch Face and leave!" Gunn storms out of the office but stops and Donnie B says "Oops, I forgot to mention. Your match will be a 'retirement' match for you. If you lose, you are GONE." Gunn yanks the door open and leaves. As the door closes, we can hear the fans cheering.......
The next mini tournament is to determine the #2-5 for the IC title. The number one contender will be whomever the TV champ is after Undertaker defends the belt against Devon Dudley. We see John Cena, Golddust, Sting and Al Snow come down. The match begins when John Cena and Golddust start the match. Eddie Guerrero runs down to ringside as Golddust throws Cena into the corner. I guess outside interference does not matter in these matches because as Golddust was delivering the "Stattered Dreams", Guerrero yanks him up and over the top rope to the floor where he proceeds to stomp on Guerrero. Golddust then comes flying through the middle rope and lands on Guerrero whom he begins to pummel. Back in the ring, Sting and Al Snow start the match. Snow gets the upper hand but then Sting comes back and hits his patented DDT and then it is elimination time for Mr. Snow. Golddust gets back in the ring for the final showdown. This turns out to be as short match as Golddust hits a piledriver but Sting automatically gets up and Stinger Splashes Golddust in the corner. Sting slaps the Scorpion Deathlock on and Golddust taps. Sting is the winner of the tournament.
The last mini tourny starts off with Bill DeMott and Bubby Dudley. DeMott shows that he is truly "No Laughing Matter" when he clotheslines Dudley over the top rope at the 2 minute mark. DeMott stays in the ring and motions to Rico to join him. Rico tries to delay and then grabs the mic. " Whoa, there big guy. Before this starts, I need to make an announcement. I want everyone to see the genius behind Rico and that is.................Classy Freddy Blassie". Blassie comes down to ringside, very energetic for an elderly man. The match begins. Before Blassie can do anything, Rico is hurled out of the ring. Now it comes down to DeMott and Rosey. DeMott has had much success beating the snot out of people smaller than him. Now he gets to meet someone almost twice his size. Rosey easily works over the weary DeMott and right before tossing him over the top rope, Blassie distracts the ref while Rico pulls down the top rope. At the last second, DeMott reverses the move and Rosey goes over the top to the floor. DeMott is the # 2 contender for Kane's title.
Now, all of the new managers including Donnie B. come down to ringside to announce who they will be managing. First is the ECW managers Classy Freddie Blassie and Jim Cornette. Blassie went first with is picks of Rico, Eddie Guerrerro and Steven Richards. Jim Cornette chose John Cena, Bill DeMott and Jeff Hardy.
The WWF managers then took to the ring and began with their announcements. Capt. Lou Albano went first with his pics of current IC champ Edge, RVD, and Randy Orton. Paul Ellering took Tajiri, Christian, and William Regal. Donnie B is only allowed one pic and he ends up choosing.........................the Negronomicon.
The first of the title matches has the Undertaker vs Devon Dudley. If Dudley wins, then he will receive the shot at the IC belt.
The few first minutes we see Devon completly domintating the Undertaker. After delivering a vicious hip toss, Devon goes for the pin at the 5 min mark but only receives a 2 count. Devon hits a belly to belly and gets a near 3 count. Undertaker hits the Last ride but is only able to get a 2 count. He hits the Last Ride again and still only a two count. Devon goes to the top rope and hits his "Whassap" headbutt but Taker immediately gets up and hits another last ride but is unable to cover him for the pin. Taker gets up and hits a tombstone piledriver but is again too weary to make a cover. By the time he makes the attempt, Devon kicks out before a 1 count. Devon tries to take a shot but it is blocked by the Undertaker who counters with a chokeslam and a near 3 count. Devon gets up only to be greeted by a Big Foot to Face and another 2 count. Devon hits a knee to the gut but Undertaker comes back with another Last Ride and misses the three count by milimeters. Taker throws Dudley to the corner, charges and misses as Devon gets out of the way. Undertaker hits Devon with a chokeslam and another very near 3 count. Undertaker is choking Devon in the corner when out of nowhere, a chair appears and Devon nails the Undertaker with it. 1-2-3. We have a new Champion. We look to the stands and see someone hightailing it out of the arena. I guess we will never know who that was. Per ECW rules, once the belt changes hands, there is no rematch. Devon will get the shot at the ECW IC belt.
Devon started the match with both guns blazing but Booker T was right there waiting for him; matching him blow for blow. Suddenly, the mysterious chair appeared again and Booker was nailed right between the eyes almost knocking him out cold. Almost. Devon only got a 2 count. Booker comes back with a scissors kick but Devon got the chair again leveling the Book again. 2 count. Booker hits a spinning smash but Devon counters with a superplex and another 2 count. Devon lays Booker again with an unbelievable chair shot. But the resilience of Booker helped him to kick out of another pin attempt. Booker tries for a comeback only to be knocked out of the way by Devon. Booker tries for a corner smash but Devon gets out of the way and Booker ends up tangled in the corner. Booker is tossed into a corner, gets hit with a knee to the gut and then a roll up by Devon (who puts his feet on the ropes) and the count goes 1...........2.............3. Devon is now both the TV and IC Champions and will receive the shot at Kane.
Devon again starts this off as he tries to overpower the World Champ. He and Kane trade blows but Kane goes to the top rope for a clothesline and gets a 2 count. Devon retaliates by hitting Kane with the chair and doesn't even get a one count as Kane is already getting back up. Kane charges Devon but Devon moves out of the way. Devon tries to push Kane over the top rope but Kane counters by tossing Devon out instead. Devon makes it back in way before the 10 count and he and Kane resume their battle. Kane takes charge by tossing Devon out again. Devon almost doesn't make it back this time but just barely. He then throws Kane out of the ring who, after getting back in, catapults Devon into the steel post. Kane makes the cover but only gets a two count. Devon makes it to the top rope for the "Whassap" headbutt. He connects but Kane is quick to get on his feet and hits a clothesline from the top rope. Only a 2 count. After a few more blows and right about the 18 minute mark, Devon hits a hip toss but Kane counters with a toss into the steel post. Kane is able to do the schoolboy rollup and get the 1-2-3. Kane is still the world Champ.
The final match of the night is the "I Quit" match between Shawn Michaels and Triple H.. The rules for an "I Quit" match are this: No pin attempts; only submissions. Up until the 10 minute mark, the "I Quit" rules apply when (xx) is rolled or at the 5 and 10 min. mark. After 10 minutes, the "I Quit" moves move up to every 2 minutes. At the 20 minute mark, it will be every round. The winner of this match will be able to wrestle Jeff Hardy for the #2 spot for the TV title on next weeks show.
Both men come down to their respective music and the match begins. Shawn takes the fight directly to Hunter for the first few minutes but it is HHH that goes to the "I quit" portion first. Not one to start out lightly, HHH wraps HBK's head in a mess of barbwire. After a few seconds of grinding it into his head, Michaels is given the mic. The ref asks the question and Michaels responds..........."I QUIT!!!!!". The match is over after 3 minutes. Heck, even Devon's wins were more impressive as we were all hoping for more but I guess the best ECW has to offer is just not good enough.
The WWF CARD
Donnie B comes out to the stage with mic in hand. "Now that the Extremely Crappy Wrestling stuff is over, I bring you the greatest sport by the greatest federation in the land: WWF Wrestling. And, by the way, I also want to introduce my protege: The Negronomicon. The fans go ballistic. Negronomicon comes out and shakes Donnie B's hand. Donnie B hands him the mic. "It's great to be here.......in Philadelphia." (cheap pop) "As someone who came from the hard hitting streets of Oakland, California (small pop), I can tell you that the WWF is just as mean; just as brutal. You have to be mean and brutal to be here in the WWF and that is why we have the BEST wrestlers anywhere." (crowd goes crazy). He hands the mic back to Donnie B. "Since we are out here, I think the first match of the night should be Negronomicon vs Regal. N takes the mic back "Hey Regal, how about getting your sorry english excuse for an ASS out here and let's do this." Donnie B and Negronomicon are at ringside and Regal's music hits. Regal comes down to ringside, does his feet-wipping thing on the ring and then gets into the ring. Donnie B exits and the first WWF match of February begins.
Negronomicon vs William Regal. Regal charges Negronomicon and the next thing Regal knows, is that he is on the outside of the ring. Regal motions that he is going after Donnie B but stops and gets back into the ring. Regal hits the "Her Majesty's Smash" but Negronomicon counters with the snap suplex and barely a two count. Regal gets in one shot before being shown the floor of the arena again. Regal goes to smash Negronomicon in the corner but N moves out of the way and Regal is standing there looking foolish. At this time, Precious Paul comes down to ringside looking like he was way unprepared for this match. Regal climbs out of the ring to have words with his manager. After Paul soothed the "raging waters", Regal climbed back in. Negronomicon hits a hurricaranna but Regal counters with a vicious eyerake. Regal manages to slap on the Regal Stretch but Negronomicon counters with his snap suplex and when going for the pin, Donnie B helped hold down Regal's feet and the count goes 1-2-3. Negronomicon wins the match but receives a nasty brass nuckles punch right between the eyes. Donnie B (who was held back by Precious Paul) finally makes it into the ring and orders Regal out. Donnie B helps Negronomicon to the back for some medical attention.
Tajiri vs Bradshaw is next. Precious Paul remained at ringside for his next protege, Tajiri. This match moved at a quick pace. After a few minutes in the match, Ellering went to distract the ref and Tajiri hit the Green Mist. Tajiri got the win with a rollup and a handfull of tights. Tajiri is now once again in the top 10 for the World Title.
The next match is Christian vs Chris Nowinski. This match was expected to be a blowout but Nowinski surprised everyone by beating the tar out of Christian. Nowinski hit the Harvard Lampoon (his specialty) right out of the gate and never looked back. The match came to an end when Nowinski hit Christian with the Book of Knowledge (in a move called "Educating your Ignorant Ass" and got the 1-2-3. Nowinski retains his spot.
The next match is RVD vs the Rock and will be a contenders match. The winner of the match gets his choice shot at whomever he wishes (with the exception of a champion.) This match came about because Rock was in the back brooding (Well, since the Rock's baby left him, Rock has found a new place to dwell...) about his loss to Hulk Hogan when RVD came by and tried to console him. "Hey Rock, don't look so glum. Hey, I lost to Hogan too and I am MR PPV, Mr Monday Night and the Whole F'n show." Rock replied "Well, the Rock doesn't care for you; doesn't care about you. To you, the Rock thinks you are a piece of trailer park, wiping a monkey's ass, lamma's ass kissing, pile of crap! But before you get all upset with the Rock, the Rock wants you to know about a great place the Rock has found. It's on the corner of "Know Your Role" Blvd. and Jabroni Drive called the "Smackdown Hotel". Why don't you, RVD, go check yourself in and leave the Rock alone." RVD looked confused (as always). "Hey Man, I think you might be too stressed out. I think you need the rest there more than I do. I don't because I am Rob......Van......". Rock attacked him, threw him around a bit and then stormed out of the building.
Rock came out and the fans boo'd him (Rocky Sucks chants could be heard throughout the building). Rock refused to acknowledge any of the fans and then RVD's music hits. Rock looks pissed. RVD comes out accompanied by his NEW manager, Capt. Lou Albano. In true heel fashion, Rock attacked RVD before the bell. Rock used many illegal moves to try to counter RVD's quickness. RVD managed to hit the 5-star frog splash twice but to no avail. Rock even hit the Rock Bottom but RVD (backed by the ever intelligent Capt Lou) kicked out. Albano called RVD out of the ring to help provide some strategy. RVD came back (with the assistance of the Capt. and a chair) and delivered a devistating Van Daminator. But it was not enough to keep Hollywood's newest star down. RVD started a comeback and after knocking Rock down in a corner (again with the help of a chair), he delivered the Van Terminator. He pulled Rock to the middle of the ring and got the 1-2-3. Knowing that Rock would be pissed when he woke up, Albano grabbed RVD and led him to the back to avoid RVD getting whupped after the match. Rock did get up and was pissed but he just left the ring and went to the back.
In the back, Negronomicon was being looked at by the medics. Donnie B was talking to him about suspending Regal for such actions but Negronomicon just asked for another match with Regal. Donnie B granted it.
The next to last match is Edge (w/Capt Lou) vs Brock Lesnar. Edge never got much of an offensive started as Brock manhandled him from the start. At the 4 minute mark, Lesnar hit a Powerbomb from Hell and in a amatuer move, rolled up and got the pin on Edge. Edge does get a rematch.
The rematch. Lesnar starts this one off with a bang. Capt Lou gives Edge good info on Lesnar but not enough to keep the big man down. Lesnar hits a press slam and Edge comes back with mulitple spears. Again, not enough to keep Lesnar down. Lesnar catchs Edge in the air and gives him an F-5 with only a two count. Edge looks to be out on his feet as he doesn't try to stop Lesnar when Brock picked him up again and delivered another F-5 and this time, he gets the 1-2-3. Brock Lesnar is the NEW IC Champion. Edge does get one last rematch due to the fact that he was the longest reigning champion (4 weeks). The final rematch. Lesnar starts off harsh but Edge counters with speed. Edge hits the DDT for a 2 99/100's count. Edge gets back up and hits the DDT for a second time. 2 count. Edge throws Lesnar out of the ring where Lesnar clocks Albano knocking him down and bringing Edge to the outside of the ring. The ref starts the count while both men are out of the ring. Lesnar times it just right and tosses Edge back in at the last minute. Edge may have won by CO, but the belt does not change hands on a CO. Lesnar retains the belt.
The final match of the night is Hulk Hogan vs Ric Flair. As we mentioned in our first newsletter, Hogan and Flair had a small confrontation in which Flair told Hogan that he would be "The Man" once again. This match was a short one as both men were pretty evenly matched until the 4 minute mark where Hogan hit the big boot and then did a jumping, spinning in mid air, huge legdrop where he got the pin (rolled a 12). Hogan retains the belt.
In the back, we see someone watching a monitor shaking their head. We never get to see the person's face.
Donnie B comes back out to wrap up the show. He thanks everyone for coming and hopes they had a good time.
We cut to another area in the back where the Negronomicon is sitting at a table signing autographs. The line goes out the door but he is happily signing. All of a sudden, William Regal hits him with a chair and then runs away. We see a bunch of kids swarming around Negronomicon asking "Are you ok?" as we fade out.
This newsletter has been brought to you courtesy of the WWF and the Original Big Daddy Donnie B
ECW Shoot Interview #1 – ECW Heavyweight Champion – Kane
Hello from the world of professional wrestling. I am ECW Correspondent Larry Morton. You may know my brother better as he was part of one of the greatest tag teams in the history of wrestling. I, of course, am speaking of Jose "Hotstuff" Morton. He was teamed with Bobby "The Gibber" Giberson and they were formerly known as "The Jazzamatics". But on to other things now. I am bringing you the shoot interview with ECW Heavyweight Champion Kane. The interview went something like this (please note that the shoot interviews were held prior to the WWF purchasing ECW):
LM: Kane, thank you for taking the time to speak with us today.
K: No problem. It's not like I was doing anything anyway.
LM: I'd like to get your opinion on some topics and would like it if you would be brutally honest. This is a shoot interview. Say whatever you would like to.
K: I can do that. Ask away.
LM: Well, you were drafted into ECW when the HWF was broken up and territorialized. What did you think about ECW then and now?
K: ECW has proven to be on the cutting edge of wrestling. We use allot of shock to put asses into seats. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. When ECW began, we had, in my opinion, the best wrestlers out there. Who gives a rat's ass about Austin, Hogan, Flair, etc. We have guys here who will not ride on other people's coat tails. We do not need people like them when we have an exciting staff of people like the Dudleys, Rico, 3 Minute Warning. We will continue to revolutionize wrestling with myself as the leader. I am joined by the likes of Booker T and the Undertaker. Now, for whatever reason management has, we, the wrestlers of ECW, are sitting on our asses doing nothing. I haven't wrestled a match since the WWF's Wrestlemania. I have no idea what is going on.
LM: Speaking of the WWF, what are your opinions of the organization and it's manager Donnie B?
K: As you can plainly see, the WWF is made up of old timers. Donnie B must not have any future vision when he has such has-beens with the likes of Hogan and Flair. Some people just don't know when to stay out at pasture. They will fail because Hogan and Flair cannot carry that company any longer. They will fall and ECW will rise in its ashes.
LM: You mentioned that the Undertaker would be part of the revolution of wrestling. Undertaker has been around for quite a while. Isn't it a misnomer if you don't include the Undertaker as one of the "has-beens"?
K: Undertaker has not hogged the spotlight as Hogan is currently doing. Hogan always feels the need to be at the top. As long as backstage politicians Hogan and Kevin Nash are allowed to wrestle, they will be the end of that federation and what little talent it has. Undertaker is a proven leader who is assisting in the evolution of ECW. He and HHH have the most experience and will be the most beneficial to our group.
LM: What is your opinion of WCW?
K: Where the WWF is too old, WCW is too young. They do not have enough leaders in that group. Their world champ Kurt Angle is so full of himself that he has tunnel vision and has no intention of doing what is best for the company; just himself.
LM: You lost the chance for the Unified Heavyweight Championship after being defeated by both Angle and Hogan.
K: I said Hogan is all about backstage politics. Also, I was forced to wrestle more often then they were so they were better rested. Again, its all about the politics.
LM: I would like to give you some names and get your opinion of them. Ready?
K: Shoot
LM: Ric Flair?
K: Was the greatest of his time. Now, he is a washed up jobber. Doesn't know when to quit.
LM: Hulk Hogan
K: Revolutionized Wrestling in the 80's. Now, a horse that needs to be sent to the glue factory.
LM: Undertaker?
K: My opinion, he was the greatest of all champions. A true leader both in and out of the ring.
LM: Shawn Michaels and HHH
K: Shawn and HHH are both individuals who bring the experience needed to get this company off the ground. They are the true backbone.
LM: Kurt Angle
K: As I mentioned before, Angle is too green. Give him another 5 years and he will emerge as a leader provided he doesn't bury himself in the process.
LM: I just have a few more names. What about WWF owner Donnie B compared to WCW Jeff "The Hawk" Meyers?
K: Donnie B is stuck in the past. Meyers is stuck in the present with not much place to go. The WWF will fade away and WCW will disappear with no true leadership.
LM: My last name association will be.........ECW owner Ramon "Sonar" Alameda
K: Sonar? Who the hell gave him that name? It should be more like "Eggbert". Alameda hasn't done anything for ECW since the initial creation of this company. Ol' Eggbert has been sitting back collecting money but doing nothing with us. How can we respect a man like that? We'd be pretty much on a free for all if it weren't for people like 'Taker, HHH and Michaels.
LM: What are your feelings on the rule that was created stating that if a champion loses their title, the do not get a rematch and will have to start over again?
K: That is how it should be. For me, I do not plan on losing this title for a very long time. At least not before I meet Hogan for the Undisputed Championship, defeat him and bring the belt home to ECW. Then, the game gets better as we have more individuals stepping up to the plate to become leaders.
LM: Kane, I want to thank you for taking the time to speak with us today. I wish you the best as the Champion.
K: Thanks Larry. I especially hope our ECW fans enjoyed it too.
Editors Note: A brief interview was conducted with Kane after the purchase of the ECW by the WWF. Kane made these additional comments:
K: Well, I guess I was wrong about one thing. WWF purchasing ECW. Who would have ever thought. As long as Donnie B leaves ECW alone and lets us grow in our own way, we shouldn't have any problems. Oh, and one last thing, Eggbert, you owe me one months pay. Be aware at all times because I intend to collect.
ECW Rage Reporter - Larry Morton
ECW Shoot Interview #2 – Booker T
Hello Everyone. I am ECW correspondent Larry Morton and I would like to welcome you to our second of 4 shoot interviews. This one was conducted with the (then) ECW Intercontinental Champion Booker T.
LM: Welcome Booker
BT: What's up Sucka?
LM: I want to thank you for taking the time out of your extremely busy day to take part in this interview.
BT: No problem man. It wasn't like I was doing anything anyway. ECW matches are a rarity these days.
LM: What can you tell me about your career in the ECW?
BT: You know, I thought being drafted in ECW was going to be the best thing that could have possibly happened to me. In fact, if it wasn't for a bit of tight-pulling by Kane, I would be the One Time ECW Heavyweight Champion. Instead, I am settling in well in the spot of the 2nd best wrestler in the business.
LM: You were a 5-time WCW Heavyweight champion. Most champions were lucky to hold the belt just once. You did it multiple times and had some great feuds along the way.
BT: You bet. Some of my favorite matches were against Chris Benoit and Scott Steiner. Hopefully, the fans have not seen the last of those matchups.
LM: Who in wrestling would you like to wrestle if you had the chance?
BT: All the greats man. Rock, Austin, Hogan, Kane (of course because he has my belt), among many others too many to mention. Most of the wrestlers around now are worth it. Especially those we have here in ECW.
LM: Who, in your opinion of course, have been exemplary in their roles as World Champions?
BT: The two biggest names that made the sport what it is today is Ric Flair and Hulk Hogan. They paved the way for wrestlers such as myself, Austin, Rock and the like to carry the traditions into the future.
LM: Who, in your opinion, were the worst examples of champions?
BT: I'm not here to really bash on anyone but the one that really stands out in my mind was "Rugged" Ronnie Garvin. I mean man, what kind of a champion wins the title, goes on a month long vacation and then comes back to lose the title he fought so hard to win. You will notice that he never held the title again. Also, people like Vince McMahon, Eric Bischoff, Vince Russo and David Arquette didn't do a whole lot by putting the belt on themselves. Actually, it is a black spot on our sport that will never go away.
LM: Booker, can I give you some names of wrestlers in the business and get your opinion on them?
BT: I'm so ready Sucka.
LM: Ric Flair
BT: Like I said before, revolutionized the sport. Only one other man can hold that title. Ric has truly paid his dues and needs to take a back seat and help those like he was helped so long ago.
LM: Hulk Hogan
BT: Again, the same thing. Hogan had his time in the sun. He still gets over more than some wrestlers but as long as people like him are around, its kinda holding the sport back and not letting it grow.
LM: Kane
BT: Kane is my main Sucka. Kane is the top dog in this here yard. I really look forward to meeting him in the ring again.
LM: Undertaker
BT: The three of us, Kane, Taker and myself are going to make this federation the top one and no one will be able to stop us.
LM: I have just a few more names and we will be done. How about WCW owner Jeff Meyers?
BT: I don't know enough about that sucka to really comment. Everyone hopes he is able to restore WCW to their rightful glory but you never know.
LM: WWF owner Donnie B
BT: Man, that guy is funny. He tries to pull a Vince McMahon and ends up getting his butt kicked by a good friend of mine the Negronomicon. Now I hear he is N's manager. How the tide has turned. LOL
LM: How about ECW owner Ramon "Sonar" Alameda?
BT: If he would get out and do his job as our federation owner, maybe I could say something good about him. We have been sitting here doing nothing. Its not too horrible as long as my check comes in.
LM: Booker, thank you for joining us tonight. We wish you all the best.
BT: It's my pleasure and hope to be doing more of these in the future.
Booker T leaves and in the background you can hear Booker shouting "SUCKA!"
Editors Note: A brief interview was conducted with Booker T after the purchase of the ECW by the WWF. The Book made these additional comments:
BT: Well, its no surprise. The WWF purchasing ECW. Man, I never saw that coming. Something else I didn't see coming because I was preparing for my match with the Undertaker was the up and coming phenomenon that is Devon Dudley. Now, I'm not knocking his ability nor mine but he really took me by surprise. I guess we have another player in the game. It's getting interesting now. I will have a fight on my hands to try to regain my title and know this, I will. SUCKA!
ECW Rage Reporter - Larry Morton
ECW Shoot Interview #3 – The Undertaker
Hello everyone. This is ECW Rage Reporter Larry Morton here conducting the third of 4 interviews with the (then) current ECW TV champion Undertaker.
LM: Undertaker, thank you for taking the time to speak with us today.
UT: I really don't care for these things but our GM isn't doing anything with us. Hell, I'd be better off doing soap operas at this time.
LM: Uh...ok. I don't want to waste your time....
UT: Then why are you? I don't feel like playing your word association games. I want to get out and kick some ass. I can't do that from here.
LM: I'm a bit confused then. Why did you agree to this?
UT: It pays. Besides, what else am I gonna do? Maybe I should petition to go work in either the WCW or WWF? I know at least one person who had made a mess in my yard that is due a serious ass kicking.
LM: Are you referring to Mr Wrestling #3?
UT: Who else would I be talking about. I may have won our little battle but the war is far from over. I have some ass kicking to deliver to him.
LM: By now I am sure you have heard of the potential takeover of ECW by the WWF. Your thoughts?
UT: It's better than what is happening right now. None of us are happy here right now. It's not the wrestlers, it Management.
LM: Ok. Well, Undertaker, I would like to thank...
UT: You're just going to cut me off like that? What kind of a jackass are you? You are about the right size to use as a punching bag. Maybe I should work off some of the pent up frustration by beating your ass.
LM: ....you for joining us. Good Luck
Larry Morton then bolts out of the interview area. Guess he didn't want to stick around to be whumped on by the Undertaker.
UT: I hate this crap. Turn off that F%*&'n camera!
Editors Note: Larry Morton made the decision not to re-interview Undertaker after the buyout by the WWF and his loss to Devon Dudley. I guess it's best to let sleeping dogs lie.
Larry Morton
WWF Shoot Interview #4 – The Negronomicon
Hello everyone. I am Larry Morton. Roving Reporter for ECW and now the WWF. Once the purchase went through by the WWF, I was lucky enough to keep my job. It's a bit safer here in the WWF than in ECW right now. Most wrestlers are happy to at least be wrestling. I conducted an interview with the Negronomicon but due to the graphic nature and tone of the interview, we won't be printing the interview in its entirety but will be touching on the comments made by the Negronomicon. This is being done to protect the Negronomicon from a serious ass kicking by wrestlers in three different federations. The Negronomicon made comments based on the following topics:
Donnie B. Negronomicon can't seem to figure him out. He calls Donnie B the real "dirtiest player in the game". He has accepted the fact that Donnie B wants to manage him but will always be keeping an eye on him.
Brock Lesnar. He calls Brock the most dangerous man in the sport. Negronomicon looks forward to the time when these two will meet but doesn't feel the match needs to happen anytime soon. He can wait.
Hulk Hogan. Negronomicon refers to Hogan as a 94 year old man who really needs to call it quits (translated to be more politically correct)
Intercontinental Championship: The belt has been held by the Greatest Champions of all time. The few that were named included Ricky Steamboat, Randy Savage and Bret Hart.
Tough Enough: Negronomicon is not all that thrilled with it. He says that there are wrestlers in the independent federations who work harder but due to TV, Money and the all-new reality series, selected few are given an opportunity that they may not necessarily deserve. He bashed on Maven but praised Chris Nowinski.
Unfortunately, due to the nature of the interview, we are not able to put it all into print. Maybe an unedited transcript will be available on Ebay(TM) someday.
Thanks for reading.
Larry Morton
WWF Newsletter Vol 2.2 (the ECW part)
Hello wrestling fans and welcome to the second edition of the WWF Newsletter. We will apologize first off due to the lack of newsletters offered this month. We will endeavor to get back on a regular schedule and have updates to you as often as possible.
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Breaking News: In what was kind of expected, the WWF made a bold move and purchased back the WCW. GM Jeff Meyers will have minimal control over his federation and will still be governed by its internal rules but will now be a wholly owned subsidiary of the WWF. This news came just before the announcement of our next PPV: Evolution. The only match confirmed at this point will have Unified Heavyweight Champion Hulk Hogan defending the title against the winner of the match between WCW and ECW Heavyweight Champions. More info to follow as we get it.
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ECW News: In the first title defense of the TV championship, Devon Dudley loses the belt to Jeff Hardy. Hardy is now accompanied by his manager Jim Cornette. HHH was in the back and going berserk because he was supposed to have the match vs. Hardy to determine the next contender. HHH storms into Donnie B's office (during ECW segments, Donnie B has the WWF logo covered up with a piece of paper that states ECW) and demands the next match vs. Hardy. But while HHH is ranting and raving in Donnie B's office, Hardy is in the ring defending the title against Steven Richards. Donnie B can't help but to laugh and when HHH notices what was happening, he goes livid again. Donnie B gets HHH to settle down as he promises the next TV title defense will be against HHH. HHH leaves the office somewhat satisfied.
Devon goes on to defend his IC title against the next contender Sting. After seeing this match, I have no idea how Devon was able to win not one but two titles as Sting never gave Devon the opportunity to mount any kind of an offense. Within 10 minutes, Sting is crowned the championship. Sting then defends the title against Golddust who he easily defeats to retain his belt.
Kane defended the World title against Bill Demott who is also managed by Jim Cornette. Cornette went for an immediate disqualification by trying to hit the ref with his tennis racquet but luckily he barely missed so no DQ was given. Kane, on the other hand, was pissed at this attempt and took his frustration out on Demott. Sadly, Demott did not have much of a chance as Kane tore him up. Kane successfully defended the belt. His next match was against Rosey (accompanied by Rico).
Rosey started off quickly with a 3-minute drop but Kane quickly came back and tossed Rosey from the ring. The ref refused to count Rosey out and made him get back in the ring (kinda gutsy forcing a 350 lb man to do ANYTHING). Kane quickly took over and after successfully wearing Rosey down, Kane hits a chokeslam and gets the win.
The next match is Jeff Hardy vs. HHH. Hardy refuses to put the belt on the line. He basically states that HHH has to defeat him in order to get a title shot. HHH accepts and the match begins. HHH begins the match by showing everyone why he is called "The Game": He spits his water. Wow. No one can spit water like HHH. It's like; mesmerizing. After a few minutes, HHH hits the pedigree and gets the 1........2.......Nope, only a 2 count. Hardy counters by knocking HHH out of the ring and follows him out. HHH and Hardy are brawling on the outside of the ring. In a moment of confusion (ala the WWF Wrestling classic match between Terry Funk and Moondog Spot), HHH throws Hardy back into the ring just as the ref makes the 10 count. HHH is counted out and will NOT receive a TV title shot. Hardy leaves the ring while HHH is threatening the referee. The ref receives a Pedigree for his troubles and HHH receives an expulsion from the arena from Donnie B and will be sent home without pay. Now, who is the "Cerebral Assassin"?
The next match was Hardy (w/Cornette) defending the TV title against Eddie Guerrero (w/Freddie Blassie). Latino Heat was off to a huge start. Blassie got involved in the match when he hit Hardy with his cane. Guerrero went for the pin but only got a 2 count. Then Hardy started to recover and take the match to Guerrero until HHH ran down to ringside. Hardy was going for a dropkick off the top rope and while Blassie had the ref distracted, HHH pushed Hardy off the top turnbuckle to the floor. He then threw Hardy back into the ring, grabbed his luggage and left. Guerrero, in the meantime, went to the top rope and executed the Froggie Splash. 1...2....3 and we have a new TV champion.
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This just in. A match has been signed for the Evolution PPV that will be HHH vs. Jeff Hardy in a steel cage. The winner of this match will be in the running for an IC title shot.
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The next match on the card is Sting vs. Al Snow. Now, I know what you are thinking....The man with a thousand gimmicks that can't get over getting an IC title shot? Well, it turns out that Al "Tough Enough" Snow really took the match to the Stinger as he was dominating the match but couldn't get the pin. Sting made a comeback and within two moves, not only took the lead but was able to secure the pin.
Kane comes back out to defend his belt against Rico (w/Freddie Blassie). Rico starts mouthing off to Kane and receives a chokeslam for his payback. The match begins. Rico tries to match strength with Kane and Kane shrugs him off and starts the pummeling. Rico hits a knee to gut and Kane counters with a face rake and rollup. 2 count. Rico nails the Stylist Slam to only be countered by Kane standing on Rico's throat and getting another 2 count. Rico winds up and nails the big punch and then Kane counters by throwing Rico from the ring into the second row. After Blassie helps Rico back to ringside, he offers some words of advice. Rico gets back in the ring and kicks Kane square in the family jewels. He then throws Kane out of the ring where Blassie is waiting for him. Rico distracts the ref while Blassie handcuffs Kane to the ringside post. The ref starts the count and finally hits 10. Kane is counted out so Rico wins the match by CO but not the title. Rico will automatically receive a rematch for the world title when the next top 5 is created.
The final three matches begin with Eddie Guerrero (w/Blassie) defending the TV title against Billy Gunn whose career is on the line. If Gunn loses, he will be sent down to the minor leagues (ha ha Wayne). After trading a bit of moves back and forth, Guerrero nails his frog splash to the floor (12 on ropes) but it seems to do as much damage to him as it did to Gunn. He finally rolls Gunn back into the ring but is only able to get a one count. Guerrero takes the fight to Gunn where he tries unsuccessfully to get a pin. He does connect with the Froggie Splash again but barely even receives a one count. Gunn knows he is in trouble. Guerrero connects with a well placed dropkick to the face of Billy Gunn basically knocking him out. Eddie goes up top again for the Froggie Splash and solidly connects and gets the 1...2...3. The match is over and so is Billy's career in the ECW. The fans all start to chant "Na Na Na Na, Na Na Na Na, Hey Hey Hey, Goodbye" until Gunn finally leaves. Guerrero is standing in the ring waving at Gunn when he is attacked by John Cena. Cena whomps on Eddie for a minute or so before hitting the Ghetto Jam. He leaves Eddie out cold in the ring and promises he will be getting a shot at Guerrero after he wins the IC belt.
Sting comes out for his final match against John Cena who is now joined by his manager Jim Cornette. Cena is standing in the corner yelling at the fans when Sting executes the Stinger Splash on Cena. John hightails it out of the ring where he starts to yell at the ref for Sting attacking him behind his back. The ref starts to count Cena out but John reluctantly gets back in the ring. Sting did his Stinger Yell at Cena and Cena actually fell down. At this point, Eddie Guerrero came down to distract Cena. While Cena was yelling at Eddie, Sting hit the Scorpion Death Drop and was able to get the 1-2-3. Guerrero hits the ring and nails a Frog Splash. He then goes to confront Sting (whom he will be meeting since Guerrero is now the #1 contender) and Guerrero starts to push Sting. Sting responds by grabbing Eddie and tossing him over the top rope.
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This has just been added....John Cena vs. Eddie Guerrero in a "Hair vs. Hair" match at Evolution.
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The final match is Kane vs. Bubby Ray Dudley. Devon comes down with Bubba but is forced to sit at the announcers table as to avoid any interference. Kane starts by throwing Bubba into the corner post but Bubba comes back with the Bubba Bomb. They battle back and forth a bit until Bubba hits another Bubba Bomb. Kane is down in the ring. Bubba leans over the rope and yells "Devon, get the table!". Devon gets up and sets up a table on the outside of the ring. While in the ring, Kane has recuperated and tosses Bubba out to the floor. Devon goes to help Bubba up, kicks him in the groin and then suplexes Bubba through the table. Devon spits on him and leaves ringside. Bubba Ray Dudley is counted out and Kane retains the championship.
In the back, a recovering Bubba questions Devon why he did it. Devon responds that if he's not a champ, there is no way in hell that he will let Bubba become champ. Devon starts to walk away and Bubba yells after him "So is this the end of the Dudley Boyz"? Devon responds before walking out the door "The Hell with the Dudley Boyz". Bubba is left standing there perplexed.
The run down for the card we have so far for the Evolution PPV is as follows:
HHH vs. Jeff Hardy in a cage match;
John Cena vs. Eddie Guerrero in a Hair vs. Hair match with the TV title on the line;
Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels;
Booker T vs. Sting for the ECW Intercontinental championship;
Bubba Ray Dudley vs. Devon Dudley;
and in a match that was just signed:
Maven takes on the Negronomicon in a cross promotional match. This one came about as a result of Maven taking offense to some of the Negronomicon's comments in his shoot interview.
That is all for now. Look for WWF and WCW results to come in the next few days. See you at Evolution.
Newsletter Update (02/27/03)
Hello Wrestling Fans. Just wanted to drop a quick update on the purchase of WCW. All of the "I's" have been dotted and the "T's" have been crossed. I will be officially taking over all governing duties for WCW after the Evolution PPV. The WWF card is being updated as we speak and should be officially released in tomorrow's newsletter. It is currently unclear if the WCW wrestlers will be taking part in the PPV. Most of the wrestlers have not signed all the documents allowing them to wrestle on WWF shows. The only exception to this was the WCW World Heavyweight Champion Kurt Angle. Kurt wanted to make sure that he would be up for the potential shot at Hulk Hogan's Unified Heavyweight Championship. Now all he has to do is defend his title against the rest of his contenders and the groundwork will be set. Also, another major announcement is that the Evolution PPV will actually be taking place this Sunday March 2 instead of on February 28th as originally planned. Some numbnut at the stadium where the event was going to be held forgot to put the tickets on sale and the contract was lost. Instead, the event will now be held this Sunday at the Sold Out Toronto Skydome. Join us this Sunday for Evolution (this could possibly be the reformation of the original HWF?) Stay Tuned.
"The Original Innovator of Violence and Mayhem"
Donnie B
Pre-PPV Newsletter
Hello Wrestling fans. Donnie B here bringing you the latest news in the world of professional wrestling.
WCW News
Kurt Angle was told that he had to defend his title against all of the top contenders prior to the PPV if he wanted to get the shot against Kane to see who would wrestle Hulk Hogan for the Unified Heavyweight Championship. Kurt chose "The Genetic Freak" Scott Steiner as the top contender passing on both Austin and Big Show which ticked them off big time. Kurt came down to ringside with Team Angle. Kurt made short work of the Freak (with the assistance of Team Angle) and was able to retain his title. Next up was "The Texas Rattlesnake" Stone Cold Steve Austin. Once again, Kurt showed why he was an olympic gold medalist as he made quick work of Steve Austin (again with the assistance of Team Angle). By Austin's performance in the ring, you could tell he still had some ring rust to shake off. Next up came The Big Show. Big Show brought a lot to the table but in the end, the time limit was his enemy as the match went the full 20 minutes. Kurt (and Team Angle) looked beat but he still has two wrestlers to go - Chris Benoit and Chris Jericho. The "Rabid Wolverine" brought years of frustration to this match and after turning the Crippler Crossface into a rollup, Benoit becomes the NEW WCW Heavyweight Champion. Angle immediately receives his rematch but Benoit proved to be too much for the Olympic Hero and officially lost his title. Angle had one last stipulation in his contract and that was if he was the longest reigning champion, he could get one final match against the champion. Kurt asked for the match immediately but wanted it in a Steel Cage. Benoit and the cage ended up being too much for Kurt and Benoit has another win over the former champion. The cage match took alot out of Benoit and Jericho knew this and decided to capitalize on it. Jericho owned the entire match as the Benoit who had just won the belt was nowhere to be seen. Halfway throught the match, Benoit threw Jericho out of the ring and the 10 count was reached. Benoit didn't want the cheap win (even though he was getting killed in there) so the match continued. Luckily for Benoit, the bell rang signaling the time limit and this match came to an end. Benoit goes to Evolution tomorrow to face Kane.
In other news Lance Storm successfully defended his title against Matt Hardy via pinfall; Hardcore Holly defeated Super Warrior via pin after a nasty kick to the groin; Austin defeated Big Show to become the number one contender (this match happened prior to his title shot); Batista def. A-Train to become the #2 contender for the US title currently held by the Big show; Billy Kidman def. Crash Holly; MW3 defeated and successfully ended the career of D'lo Brown; MW3 then faced the Hurricane and won the match via submission with the Dragon Sleeper. MW3 then unmasked the mysterious superhero and left the ring with his mask. Hurricane ran to the back with his face covered to conceal his identity. MW3 then had a match against Lance Storm for the TV title. Lance was in control for the first half of the match until an MW3 Driver changed the pace of the match. MW3 was then in control until the very end. The match ended up in a time limit draw then MW3 was jumped by the Hurricane. Hurricane threw MW3 into a corner post and then fell out of the ring. MW3 then ran off like a scalded dog as the Hurricane glared at him from the ring. Big Show then defended the US title against Lance Storm. The TV champion tried to bring his all to this match but was no match for the Big Show. Show defeated Storm in 14 minutes with a chokeslam. Rey Mysterio then defended the cruiserweight title against the Hurricane. Before the match began, MW3 came down to ringside to provide color commentary. Taking advantage of the distraction, Mysterio hit his patented Hurricarrana, then the 6-1-9 and then another hurricarrana to secure the victory at the 5 minute mark. MW3 then jumped Hurricane and then laid him out with a chair. This feud is far from over. In an interview in the back, MW3 challenged Hurricane but refused to go solo so he picked Crash as his partner and told Hurricane to bring one of his own.
Here is the card so far for Evolution:
WCW
Scott Steiner vs Jericho for a contender shot for the World Heavyweight title;
Steve Austin vs Kurt Angle for a contender shot for the World Heavyweight title;
Hurricane and a mysterious tag team partner vs MW3 and Crash Holly;
Lance Storm vs Super Warrior for the TV title;
Big Show vs Batista for the US Title;
Mysterio vs Billy Kidman for the Cruiserweight title;
ECW
HHH vs. Jeff Hardy in a cage match;
John Cena vs. Eddie Guerrero in a Hair vs. Hair match with the TV title on the line;
Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels;
Booker T vs. Sting for the ECW Intercontinental championship;
Bubba Ray Dudley vs. Devon Dudley;
Rosey vs Al Snow;
WWF
Sean O'Haire makes his first televised appearance vs Chuck Palumbo;
Randy Orton vs Tommy Dreamer;
Edge vs Rob Van Dam for an IC title contender spot;
Brock Lesnar vs Ric Flair in a non-title match;
Rock vs Edge;
Kevin Nash vs Bradshaw;
Johnny "The Bull" vs Tajiri;
Cross-promotional Match #1: Maven vs the Negronomicon in a Master/Slave match. If Maven wins, Negronomicon has to be his servant for one whole month in ECW. If Negronomicon wins, Maven will be his servant for one month in the WWF.
Cross-promotional Match #2: Rhyno makes his ECW/PPV debut vs the WWF's Nathan Jones
Cross-Promotional Match #3: Kane will go to the PPV to wrestle Benoit. The winner of this match goes on to:
Cross-Promotional Match #4: vs Hulk Hogan for the Undisputed Heavyweight Title.
We hope to see you there tomorrow.
Good Fight and Good Night.
Donnie B
PPV Results
Hello Wrestling Fans. I wish that I was bringing you the results from the Evolution PPV but unfortunately, I can only bring bad news. Unfortunately, the PPV never happened. It seems that en route to the event, one of the staff (who has yet to come forward) decided to play a joke even with our heightened security measures for air travel. Someone decided to play a joke on referee Teddy Long. While Teddy was sleeping on the plane prior to takeoff, someone wrapped his head in a towel. When Teddy woke, he was very incoherent as to where he was (as he couldn't see with the towel wrapped around his head). The aircraft staff panicked mistaking Teddy Long for a terrorist and evacuated the plane. The wrestlers tried to explain what had happened but airline security forced the plane to remain on the ground. The PPV was cancelled. Hopefully, the PPV will be rescheduled and we will be proud to bring it. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Donnie B
WWF Newsletter Vol 3.1
Hello wrestling fans. There still has not been any word as to when the PPV is supposed to happen but things are definitely shaking up around here. Over the past week, former WCW Heavyweight Champion Kurt Angle has been making everyone around him miserable ever since losing the belt to Chris Benoit. Kurt has been so irate that he has been making comments regarding the WWF and Unified Heavyweight Champion Hulk Hogan. Angle went so far as to even challenge Hogan. Angle, Hogan and Donnie B all sat down to discuss it and what came out of it was this.....Kurt Angle would be given a "tryout" match against none other than Hulk Hogan himself (non-title match of course). If Angle wins, then Hogan would defend the WWF title against him. If Angle loses, he remains part of the WCW staff.
Plans for this match went out the window when "Mr. Hollywood" The Rock decided that a main event would be better highlighted with him vs. Hogan than Angle. Rock went on to bash Angle but the former WCW champ is no slouch and he matched with his own verbal tirade. Hogan, the smart business man he is, decided (with Donnie B's permission) that a match would be made pitting the Rock against Kurt Angle. The winner would then receive a shot at Hogan's belt. The stipulation is this.....in order to receive a WWF title shot, you have to be a member of the WWF roster. This means that if Rock loses, he and Angle would switch territories making the Rock the property of WCW and Angle the property of the WWF. Both men agreed although Angle was sweating a bit.
This match was the main event of the first March TV show. Rock started the match with the People's foot to the gut and Angle countered with the Angle Slam. He did get a two count. Surprisingly, Angle was ahead for most of the match. Rock managed to catch up on points a few times (the two Rock Bottoms' didn't hurt) but he never managed to take the lead. Rock hit a DDT and Angle countered with an Olympic leg sweep and both men were down on the mat. Angle made it to his feet first and hit Rock with another Olympic Leg Sweep, tied up his legs and in a very amazing version of the STF, Angle manuevers it into a small package and gets the 1....2...3. Angle wins the match and the WWF contract. Rock is sent packing to the WCW. This match was totally amazing. It looks like Hogan will indeed be required to defend the title against Angle prior to the PPV. If Angle manages to win the belt, then it will be a three way battle between himself, Kane and Chris Benoit for the shot at Hogan's Unified Championship.
Other matches on this card included:
Brock Lesnar (IC champ) defeats Chavo Guerrerro via CO
Hulk Hogan (World champ) defeats William Regal via DQ (Regal was caught with the brass knuckles)
More as it develops.
THE EVOLUTION PPV
Hello Wrestling Fans and welcome to the Second PPV of the year. I am your host "The Original Big Daddy" Donnie B and I will be joined by three color commentators for this PPV. For the ECW portion, I will be joined by (making a brief appearance) former ECW owner Ramon "Sonar" Alameda. For the WCW portion, I will be joined by former owner Jeff "The Hawk" Meyers and WWF color commentating will be done with Jesse "The Body" Ventura.
WCW portion
I am joined by Jeff "The Hawk" Meyers. We will bring you the action as it happened live.
The first match of the PPV is Scott Steiner vs Chris Jericho. This is for a World Heavyweight Title shot. The match went back and forth with both men hitting their signature moves but neither able to get the pin. We then see something we never thought could be possible: The Genetic Freak executing his once-famous "Frankensteiner". Once Scott hit that move on Jericho, it was all over. Steiner ends up with the win and a shot for the WCW Heavyweight title.
Second Match: This was originally intended to be Steve Austin vs Kurt Angle but since Kurt is now part of the WWF, he is replaced by "Mr Hollywood" The Rock. This match is also for a shot at the WCW Heavyweight Title. This was nothing short of a brawl that brought out the best in both competitors. Unfortunately for Austin, Rock decided to end his PPV losing streak right here as he pinned Austin with the Rock Bottom. I highly doubt that we have seen the end of these two.
Third Match: MW3 and Crash Holly vs Hurricane and a mystery opponent. Hurricane wanted to start this match off vs MW3 (as you might remember, MW3 stole Hurricane's mask) but MW3 wouldn't hear of it. All of a sudden, Hurricane's mystery opponents music hits and its none other than the Undertaker (making a cross promotional appearance). MW3 then tags Crash in and bolts out of the ring. Undertaker makes short work of Crash in less than 5 minutes. MW3 then makes a challenge (he is on the stage at this point) to the Undertaker for a match later this evening. Undertaker agrees.
Forth Match: Lance Storm defends the TV title against Super Warrior. In typical Lance Storm fashion, this match was Efficient, Quick and Boring as Storm retained the belt.
Fifth Match: Big Show defends the US title against Batista. Show was dominating the entire match right up until the end. Batista hit his signature move (out of nowhere) and rolled Show up and with the help of the ropes, was able to secure the 1-2-3. Batista is the new US Heavyweight Champion. Big Show will get a return match later.
Sixth Match: Mysterio defends the Cruiserweight title against Billy Kidman. The match remained even up until about the 15 minute mark. Mysterio hits his hurricaranna and then the 6-1-9 and rolls Kidman up for the pin at the 18 minute mark. Both men shook hands at the end. This was a very high flying, fast paced match.
Seventh Match: Undertaker vs MW3 in a Lights Out match. If you know anything about the history between these two, the Lights out match is MW3's specialty and he refused to fight Undertaker in anything else. Undertaker secures the win on this one with the Tombstone Piledriver. MW3 tries to attack Undertaker with a chair but he was ready for him as he helped MW3 up and over the rope to the floor.
ECW
Jeff Meyers leaves the ring and I am joined by Ramon Alameda. We talk briefly about his "retirement" from wrestling and he assures me that this will not be his last appearance at an ECW show.
First Match: HHH vs Jeff Hardy in a Steel Cage. This one came about because Hardy won a shot at the TV title via CO from HHH. HHH started off hard and fast as he never gave Jeff the chance to get off the ground. HHH secures the win at the 5 minute mark in this fairly boring match. HHH Pedigree'd Hardy twice before leaving the ring.
Second Match: John Cena vs Eddie Guerrero in a Hair vs Hair match with Eddie's TV title on the line. Another fairly even match but after delivering a nasty groin shot followed by a nasty chair shot to the head, Cena hits the Ghetto Jam and gets the pin and becomes the new ECW TV champion. He then proceeds to wallop Guerrero with the chair until Eddie stopped moving. He then grabbed the clippers and shaved Eddie bald.
Third Match: Undertaker vs Shawn Michaels. No one knows why this match was happening (probably other than to have Shawn do something for a change). MW3 comes down to add to help color commentate. Shawn showed us why he was great in the 90's....but that did not carry over to the new Millennium. Undertaker finished Michaels off at the 10 minute mark even after the constant interference from MW3. MW3 then tries to attack Undertaker with a chair again and MW3 gets tossed right out of the ring again. While Undertaker was posing for the crowd, MW3 took the chair and nailed Undertaker's bike with it. 'Taker finally figured what was going on but by then MW3 was already hightailing it to the back.
Forth Match: Booker T vs Sting for the Intercontinental Championship. A new stipulation was added right before the match began that the loser would have to be the Man Servant for the champ until the next PPV. This match was also pretty even until Sting introduced a chair to the Book. Before the chair could be removed from the ring, Sting hits his reverse DDT on Booker on the chair and is able to get the pin. Booker is now the Man-servant for Sting. He will be expected to wear the clothes and everything that goes along with it.
Fifth Match: Bubba Ray Dudley vs Devon Dudley in a Peer Six brawl match. This took place because of Devon's interference in Bubba's match against Kane. This was a fairly short one with the one we know is the better of the two coming out with the win. Bubba did not do anything to Devon after the match.
Sixth Match: Rosey vs Al Snow. A very boring match and even though I like Al, it was just a lousy match. Al Snow gets the victory via CO over Rosey.
WWF
Ramon leaves the ring and I am joined by Jesse Ventura.
First Match: Sean O'Haire gets the victory over Chuck Palumbo with a schoolboy rollup and his feet on the ropes. Not a very impressive first match for Sean.
Second Match: Tommy Dreamer gets the DQ win over Randy Orton. Orton started the match by pummeling Dreamer with the Singapore cane and was disqualified for it.
Third match: Edge vs RVD for a IC title shot. A great match that saw RVD hit 3 of his 5 star frog splashes but wasn't enough to get a three count. Edge hit his Edgecution DDT at the 15 minute mark and gets the win.
Forth match: Brock Lesnar vs Ric Flair in a non-title match. I think the only reason this one happened is because Flair had never wrestled Lesnar. After three minutes of getting his ass whipped, Flair leaves the ring and gets counted out. A win is a win....I guess.
Fifth Match: Kurt Angle vs Hulk Hogan in a Best of 3 falls match for the WWF World Heavyweight Title. This was possibly the best match of the evening. At the 5-minute mark, Hogan throws Angle out of the ring and Angle wants to walk away. Donnie B gets on the mic and makes the match a no count out match. Angle gets back in and proceeds to tear Hogan apart. At the 15 minute mark, Angle hits three consecutive Angle Slams and then a Belly to Belly Suplex for the win. The second match has Hogan "Hulking Up" right from the start. He teaches Angle the meaning of an ass whipping but uses the entire 20 minutes to do it. Angle tries to leave the ring but Donnie B makes the match a no time limit match. Four minutes later, Hogan gets the win with his "Thunder Slam". The final match takes place in a Steel Cage and both men were ready. This one went to 10 minutes but from the 5-minute mark, it was totally controlled by Angle. Hogan attempted a few comebacks but was unable to get the win. Kurt Angle is now the WWF World Heavyweight Champion and will go on to wrestle against Benoit and Kane for a shot at the Unified Heavyweight Title.
Sixth Match: Kevin Nash vs Bradshaw. Another boring match that shows that Nash is washed up even though he gets the win with the Jackknife Powerbomb.
The next match was supposed to be Johnny The Bull vs Tajiri but Johnny was unable to make it tonight. Then it was supposed to be Maven vs Negronomicon but Maven sent Negro a telegram stating he was sorry that he was unable to make it tonight. Donnie B then makes the match to be Negronomicon (w/Donnie B) vs Tajiri. In the first few minutes, Tajiri was tearing Negronomicon apart. N then went to Donnie B who gave him some great advice and N started to make his comeback - up to the point where Tajiri was on the defensive and couldn't combat him. Negronomicon was going to see Donnie B again for some advice when he was stopped and received a vicious thrust kick to the throat by Tajiri. Tajiri rolled him up and got the 1-2-3.
The next match was Rhyno vs Nathan Jones but these two started going at it before the bell and the fight took to the arena floor so the match (which never really began) ended as a double CO.
Finally, in the first of three matches to determine who will face Hogan for the Unified title, Kane started off first against Chris Benoit. Another fairly even match until Kane threw Benoit out of the ring. Angle came down and attacked Benoit while he was outside the ring. A chokeslam later and Kane was declared the winner.
Next we have Benoit vs Angle in a rematch from their last WCW match. Benoit was pissed and gave new meaning to being the Rabid Wolverine. Benoit hit the flying headbutt and was able to get the win.
Then we have Angle vs Kane. Angle needs a win here if he expects to wrestle Hogan. Unfortunately, his match with Benoit wore him completely out and Kane took advantage. Benoit came back down and succeeded in hitting Angle with a chair. Kane hits another chokeslam and is the winner and will receive the shot at Hogan.
Last Match of the Evening: Hulk Hogan vs Kane for the Unified Heavyweight Title. Another evenly paced match up until Kane threw Hulk Hogan out of the ring. An extremely pissed off Kurt Angle came down to open a can of whoop ass on Hogan and was doing so until the intervention of Chris Benoit. Benoit and Angle fought all the way to the back but the stage was set. Hogan hits the big foot and the leg drop and gets the 1...2...2 99/100 but not the three count. Kane hits the chokeslam and get the 1-2-3. Kane, the ECW Heavyweight Champion is the NEW UNIFIED HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION.
Overall, a very good show. We hope to start the regular matches up again really soon for all federations.
For Jeffrey Meyers, Ramon Alameda and Jesse Ventura.............Good Night Everyone.
WWF Newsletter Vol 8.1 (August, 2003)
Hello Wrestling Fans. Yes, it's me, it's me it's the one and only Donnie B. By now you have realized that almost 4 months would have gone by since the last newsletter and that there is a reason for it, which I will be getting into shortly.
The last newsletter was sent out after the Evolution PPV in April. Shortly after that, former ECW owner Ramon "Sonar" Alameda filed an injunction against the WWF in the form of a "Cease and Desist" order. This just stopped us from being able to run shows at any time where ECW wrestlers were involved. This happened at the beginning of May. This order also prevented me in sending out newsletters to detail what was going on. By the end of May, I was in court fighting to get the injunction lifted so the wrestlers and myself could start making a living again (keeping in mind that since the wrestlers were under contract with me, they were, in essence, out of work but couldn't go anywhere else to make their living). After a two week struggle (this now puts us into June), Mr. Alameda started sweating it out since he was not only going to lose but would then become responsible for all the back-pay for all the wrestlers (since ECW had merged with the WWF, I had made sure that he would become financially liable if something like this came up even though I never expected it to). Two days before what would have been the end of the case, Mr. Alameda withdrew the charges but then turned around and counter sued me for control of the entire federation. This went on for a grueling 6 weeks. By the end of June, all deliberations had been made and then the jury went out to decide the future of the WWF. The case came back from the jury (the beginning of July) with the winner of the WWF going to....................neither of us.
The reason that this happened was because about 3 days before the jury was coming back, I received another "Cease and Desist" order but this time it was from Jeff "The Hawk" Meyers who was the owner of the WCW. Just when things were getting back to normal, Mr. Meyers wanted in on some of the action. The order was to prevent any of the WCW wrestlers to be involved in angles with either WWF or ECW wrestlers. What Mr. Meyers didn't understand at the time is that this order prevented the court from being able to make a ruling on the previous case. Now (its the middle of July) and I am back in court again fighting this injunction to determine the future of the WWF once again. Due to the inactivity of Mr. Meyers WCW federation, he was determined to be at fault in regards to miss-managing his federation and the winner of this battle was Donnie B.
Now (mid August), I am back in court against Mr. Alameda. The jury is able to finish their deliberations and their decision (and the fate of the WWF) goes to ....................Mr. Alameda. Not sure how that came up but it only gets better from here (please note the sarcasm as I said that).
A press conference was held shortly after the completion of the trial where Mr. Alameda made the announcement that he and (believe it or not) Mr. Meyers were actually going to own the WWF 50/50. I was flabbergasted. I couldn't believe that two of my "friends" conspired behind my back to take my federation away. I (as the wrestler/manager Donnie B) was then fired from the company leaving me with nothing. Always the one to have a contingency plan, I set into motion the best way to get even. Two wrestlers from my (combined) company, Wayne "Super Warrior" Tuttle and Anthony "the Negronomicon" Graham sued the new company for improper use of their characters. This trial didn't last long as Mr.’s Tuttle and Graham won their court case. At this point, many of the wrestlers including Glen Jacobs (Kane), Terry Bollea (Hulk Hogan), Nathan Jones, Sean O'Hare, Scott Rechsteiner (Scott Steiner), Bill Demott, Jean Paul Levesque (HHH), Richard Fleir (Ric Flair) along with about another 30 names went to court to sue the new owners of the WWF. Mr.’s Meyers and Alameda, if they lost, would be broke. I went back to them and told them that if they sold the company back to me as the primary owner that I would assume the financial burden. It was agreed by all that I would become the primary owner with Mr.’s Alameda and Meyers both owning 24% each. Once the documents were drawn up, I made Ramon and Jeff aware that they didn't in fact own any part of the federation as Mr.’s Graham and Tuttle did (per their law suit that they won).
To sum up the last week, basically I am the primary owner with Wayne Tuttle and Anthony Graham both as co-owners. As I type this, both men are in the process of selling me their interest in the company in exchange for being the GM for the brand they wish. Mr. Alameda no longer owns anything to do with ECW and Mr. Meyers will only retain creative control over angles in WCW. Once Mr. Tuttle and Mr. Graham announce which brands they want to GM, we will make that known to all.
With all the court cases finally closed, I hope to bring wrestling back live starting in September. I know that the wrestlers, as well as myself, are ready to get back to work. I have made the decision that all wresters that held titles would still hold them (since it was not their choice in not being able to defend their titles). We will most likely begin with a PPV being run by the new GM's. Also, since both Mr. Alameda and Mr. Meyers had wrestling contracts, you can bet we will see them there.
Fans, again I apologize for not being able to get this to you sooner but hopefully we shall see new things coming for the WWF (maybe a new logo - WECWCWF? Nah!)
Until then, this is Donnie B signing off.
WWF Newsletter Vol 9.1
Hello Wrestling Fans! Donnie B here with the latest updates in the World of the WWF.
The first bit of news is the announcement of the new GM's for ECW and WCW. After discussing at length with both men, neither Mr. Tuttle nor Mr. Graham could solidify their decision on which brand they wanted to manage. I asked both men for ideas on how to proceed with both brands and after listening to their ideas, I made the decision to appoint Wayne Tuttle as the GM for the ECW brand and Anthony Graham as the GM for the WCW brand (with Jeff Meyers still having creative control over the WCW brand). Mr. Tuttle, in a press conference, announced that he would be bringing in a co-GM to assist in the tasks of running the federation. He then appointed former manager James Cornette as the co-GM. Cornette would be providing some direction in certain angles and work the administrative duties. Wayne Tuttle and Anthony Graham will answer solely to me but Mr. Graham will be working with Mr. Meyers only in the capacity of creative control over certain characters.
The next bit of information is to notify the fans that ECW wrestler Sting has made the decision to retire. In a brief press conference, he decided that it was time and he feels he is unable to perform at the level the fan's appreciate. He did announce that in his place, the man he feels the best to take over for him would be none other than............Bill Goldberg! Goldberg will be a welcome addition to the federation and his leadership will help make ECW a leading brand once again.
Following this decision, the next bit of information is that as the complete owner of the WWF organization, I have made a judgment call by appointing a part time GM for the WWF brand. I went out into the field and found one person who I think will be able to do the job. The person I chose is none other than former superstar STING! I was able to convince him that even though he would no longer wrestle, that he still had a lot he could contribute to the sport. He agreed but only on a part time basis.
With all of that in mind, Labor Day Evening will be the next PPV. We only had approximately two weeks to get this planned but with the assistance of the new GM's, we were able to come up with a PPV and a sold out crowd. Our PPV contracts are all in place and fans all over the world will now be able to see the newest PPV: First Blood!
At the First Blood PPV, we will have matches from all 3 brands and well as inter-promotional matches. The complete card is as follows:
WWF
Intercontinental Champion Brock Lesnar will defend his title against "Ravishing" Randy Orton;
World Champion Kurt Angle will defend his title against Brock Lesnar;
RVD vs. Ric Flair;
Kevin Nash vs. Bradshaw;
Tajiri vs. Chris Nowinski;
ECW
TV champion John Cena defends the belt against his challenger and no-longer bald opponent Eddie Guerrero;
With Sting's retirement, the IC Championship is held up and an 8 man tournament will be held to fill the vacated spot. Those 8 men will be:
Goldberg;
Undertaker;
Shawn Michaels;
HHH;
Rico;
Booker T;
Golddust;
and Al Snow
The World Heavyweight Champion Kane defends the belt against Bubba Dudley
WCW
Rey Mysterio, the Cruiserweight Championship defends his title vs. The Hurricane;
TV Champ Lance Storm defends his title against the Super Warrior;
Batista defends his US title against the Rock;
World Champ Chris Benoit defends his belt against Stone Cold Steve Austin;
Test and A-Train vs. Benjamin and Haas;
Inter-promotional Matches
Big Show vs. Edge;
Undertaker vs. Mr. Wrestling 3 in a specialty match to be decided later;
Hulk Hogan vs. Scott Steiner;
Chris Jericho vs. The Mexorcist;
Billy Kidman vs Tommy Dreamer;
Kane will defend his Triple Crown Undisputed Championship against the winner of: Angle/Lesnar; Benoit/Austin; and the winner of the ECW championship if Kane loses to Bubby Dudley.
Special Blast from the Past matches:
Road Warriors vs. Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff;
Nikita Koloff vs. Vader;
Lex Lugar vs. Ken Shamrock;
Rick Steiner vs. Ricky The Dragon Steamboat with special Guest Referee Magnum TA.
Hope to see you at the show.
The One and Only Big Daddy Donnie B.
First Blood PPV Update:
Hello Wrestling Fans. The PPV is just mere hours away but there have been some changes made to the card.
Nikita Koloff is unable to attend but will be replaced in his match against Vader by Ted Dibiasi.
Also added to the card are:
King Kong Bundy vs Rick Martel;
Randy Savage vs Dean Melanko;
DDP vs Abdullah the Butcher in a Barbwire Cage;
See you in a few hours.
Donnie B
First Blood PPV
Hello Wrestling Fans and Welcome to the First Blood PPV. First item of note is a change to the card: Benoit will wrestle Rock instead of Austin for the World title and Batista will wrestle Austin instead for the US title. This will be explained later.
First item on the card is the 8 man elimination tournament for the ECW Intercontinental title.
Goldberg eliminates Snow after a Jackhammer.
Undertaker goes one on one with Booker T. He hits the Last Ride but not enough for elimination. Booker hits a head drop and attempts a pin but Taker kicks out. Booker hits a forearm drop but Taker lifts him up by the throat and tosses him out of the ring.
Shawn Michaels easily eliminates Rico
Golddust hits a piledriver on Goldberg but Goldberg immediately is up and hits a hip toss. Goldberg hits a shoulderblock and Golddust goes flying out of the ring.
HHH attacks Goldberg with a vicious eyerake. Blinded, Goldberg is then hurled out of the ring thus being eliminated.
Undertaker tries to attack Michaels but Michaels gets out of the way. Michaels then turns around and is immediately tossed right out of the ring.
Match for the Intercontinental Title: HHH vs The Undertaker.
Taker attacks HHH but HHH reverses the attack and immediately Pedigrees Undertaker. No pin attempt is made. HHH grabs a sledgehammer (this is a no CO/no DQ match) and nails Taker between the eyes. He goes for a pin attempt but only gets a 2 count. HHH hits a standing suplex and goes for another pin attempt. 2 count. Taker hits a massive clothesline. HHH is begging for mercy. Taker hits the "Last Ride" but HHH hits an eye rake preventing any pin attempt. HHH begs again but fakes out the Taker by spitting water in his face. He puts his feet on the rope but only gets a 1 count as the ref stops and yells at HHH. HHH hits another eye rake but Taker counters with a choke slam. HHH is thrown out of the ring for a 5 count. As HHH gets back in the ring, Taker hits another Last ride but only gets a 2 count. Taker chokes HHH in the corner but is then thrown over the top rope for a 6 count. As soon as Taker is back in the ring, HHH tosses him out again, this time for a 10 count (no CO). Taker and HHH throw punches back and forth but the Dead Man takes control and then hits the Tombstone Piledriver. The ref counts 1....2....and 3. Taker is declared the winner and the NEW ECW Intercontinental Champion.
Kane vs Bubba Dudley: The match goes back and forth with Bubba hitting many chops to the chest of Kane and Kane countering with standing on Bubba's throat, ramming into the ringpost and a chokeslam. At the 8 minute mark, Bubba hits a DDT but it doesn't affect Kane and he counters by standing on Bubba's throat. Bubba, winded, is down for the count. 1....2....3 and Kane is still the ECW Heavyweight Champion.
Brock Lesnar vs Randy Orton is next. Brock makes it out to the ring and is waiting for Orton. Orton's music plays but there is no Randy. The camera turns on in the back and we see Randy Orton laid out. Brock grabs the mic and says that since Orton is down, he doesn't need to defend his title now but if there is a WWF wrestler back there that wants an opportunity, he would be happy to consider it....NAH!. He starts to leave the ring when new co-GM Sting appears on stage. He tells Brock that since this is a PPV and a big one at that, he might as well stay where he is as his opponent is on his way right now. Out from the back appears Farooq. Farooq makes his way down to the ring and the match begins. Brock begins by choking Farooq on the ropes but Farooq counters with a massive chop to the chest. Farooq then hits a Full Nelson Lift and Slam and Brock hits a huge Powerslam. Farooq hits a kick to the gut but cannot take advantage as Brock hits the F-5 and gets the 1-2-3. Brock retains the WWF Intercontinental Title. Brock stays in the ring and calls out Kurt Angle so that they can have their match. Angle appears on the titantron and tells Brock that they will meet soon enough. He wants Brock to regain his strength so that when he beats Brock, it will be a legitimate win. Brock leaves the ring.
Rey Mysterio vs the Hurricane is next. Both men make their way down to the ring. Mysterio must be off of his game as the Hurricane opens the largest can of whoop-ass for the night. Mysterio's defense so far has been his ability to move out of the way. Mysterio's big move so far has been a hurricaranna. Mysterio hits a spinning kick but Hurricane counters with the Nightmare to get a 1 count. Mysterio goes for a 6-1-9 but Hurricane reverses the move with a smashing superkick and attempts a pin but only gets a 2 count. Hurricane hits a neckbreaker and gets another 2 count. Mysterio gets in some reverse chops but Hurricane comes back with another superkick and another 2 count. Hurricane is getting visably frustrated. Hurricane does a suicide dive onto Mysterio and yet another 2 count. Mysterio hits a flying dropkick; Hurricane then counters with another suicide dive. Mysterio is down and then Hurricane hits his "Eye of the Hurricane" and gets the 1-2-3. Hurricane is the NEW WCW Cruiserweight Champ. Tony Graham comes out with Rosey (the S.H.I.T.) who applaud the Hurricane's win. Unfortunately, Mysterio was the longest reigning champ so he is entitled to an immediate rematch. Tony Graham tells the ref to start another match and Rosey remains at ringside. Mysterio begins with the 6-1-9 and a 1 count. Mysterio hits a spinning heel smash and Hurricane counters with the Nightmare and gets a 2 count. Hurricane starts to choke out Mysterio with his cape and Mysterio climbs the turnbuckle and hits an impressive dropkick. Mysterio hits a Hurricaranna and gets a 2 count. Mysterio reverses a suicide dive and turns it into a flying dropkick and gets a 2 99/100's count. Hurricane reverses a Mysterio chop and hits the "Eye" but is unable to cover Rey for the pin. Mysterio is then thrown into the Ref and the Ref is down. Rosey gets up on the mat and picks up Mysterio as if to sidewalk slam him but instead, superkicks the Hurricane. Rosey sets Mysterio down and pats him on the head and leaves. Mysterio picks up Hurricane and hits a Hurricaranna The ref wakes up and makes the 1-2-3. Mysterio regains his belt. The ref motions to Tony Graham as to see what will happen next. Tony motions that the match is over and Mysterio remains the champ.
Tony Graham remains on stage and makes a new ruling for WCW: Going forward, if a champion loses, there will be no immediate rematch. The former champ will need to go through the motions of becoming a top contender again. He also reiterates that a champion can and will lose his belt on a countout or DQ.
Edge vs Big Show is next. This is Edge's return to the ring since his injury. Big Show starts by attempting to overpower Edge. Edge does his best to keep up but starts to fall behind. Edge hits a clothesline with not much success. Big show hits plenty of Big Foot to Face and even tossed Edge out of the ring quite a few times. Edge hits a Spear and actually gets the Show off his feet. He hits the Show with a DDT and gets the win. Edge is hurting after the match and Show decides to hit Edge with 2 consecutive chokeslams. Edge is down in the ring as Show leaves.
RVD vs Flair is supposed to be next but Lesnar makes his way back out to the ring and wants Angle now. Angle appears on stage and agrees. The match is now Angle vs Lesnar for the WWF World Championship. Angle decides to try to one-up Lesnar by now making this a Cage Match. Lesnar agrees. Lesnar hits Angle with consecutive high power moves followed by a Press & Slam but cannot go for the pin. Angle starts to fight back and even hits an Angle Slam but cannot get a pin attempt. Angle then rubs Lesnar's eyes in the cage effectively blinding him. He than catapults Lesnar into the cage and attempts a roll up but only gets a 2 count. Lesnar reverses a whip and nails the Press & Slam for a 2 count. Lesnar picks Angle back up and hits another Press & Slam. This time he barely misses the 3 count. Lesnar is ticked off now and has the Ref in the corner. Angle splashes Lesnar and inadvertently knocks out the Ref. Lesnar hits a F-5 from the top rope but no Ref to count. Lesnar goes over to the ref and spikes him into the cage. Co-GM Sting comes out and calls the match. He disqualifies Lesnar and declares Angle the winner by DQ. Lesnar goes beserk in the ring and repeatedly drives Angle into the cage. Angle is bloodied up and left in the ring.
RVD vs Flair is next. Flair immediately slaps on a Figure Four but RVD quickly counters with some hamstring chops to get him to break the hold. RVD hits a VanTerminator and a VanDAminator. Flair nullifies any pin attempt by locking on a sleeperhold. Flair turns it into a Figure 4 with a submission attempt. RVD manages to make it to the ropes to break the hold. Flair hits a patented finger to the eye and chops RVD in the chest. While RVD is on the ropes, Flair does his strut. RVD pays him back with a split legged moonsault and then a dropkick. Flair goes to throw RVD to the ropes, RVD reverses it and hits a VanTerminator. RVD reverses another Flair move and hits another split legged moonsault and gets a 2 count. RVD gets up and hits a nasty dropkick but still only gets a 2 count. RVD has Flair in the corner and Flair low-blows RVD. Flair hits multiple chops and then grabs a chair. Flair's head meets the chair via a VanDaminator. RVD gets rid of the chair and covers Flair for the 1-2-3. RVD wins the match.
Legion of Doom vs Shiek and Volkoff: A very interesting match that actually had the LOD on the defensive. Sheik and Volkoff started the match with a bit of double teaming that the LOD never recovered from. Shiek hits Animal with a loaded boot and almost gets the win except Hawk made the save. A quick tag later and Hawk is on the receiving end of a vicious Russian boot. Hawk goes down and the Shiek prevents any interference as Volkoff gets the win. I guess the Road Warriors aren't as powerful as they once were. Woohoo for the Foreigners!!!!!
WCW Champ Chris Benoit takes on the Rock: Rock begins this match with a DDT but its not enough to keep Benoit grounded as he goes up and hits a Flying Headbutt and a 2 count. A reversal on Benoits part and another Flying Headbutt with a 2 count. Rock pops up and slaps Benoit into the Sharpshooter. Benoit makes it to the ropes to break the hold. Except Rock doesn't break the hold and pulls Benoit back to the center of the ring. Benoit is screaming in pain but doesn't tap out. He manages to crawl back to the ropes and this time the ref makes Rock break the hold. Benoit manages to somehow slap on the Crippler Crossface but doesn't have enough strength to maintain it. Rock is down and somehow Benoit manages to make it to the top rope and hit the flying headbutt. He gets a 2 count. Benoit hits the rolling German suplexes but Rock counters with a Rock Bottom. Rock starts to bounce back with his Laying the Smack Down. Smacks him around just enough to force Benoit out of the ring for a 5 count. Rock hits the Hollywood Elbow but Benoit catches him with the Crippler Crossface. The Rock does not tap out. Rock starts to lay the smack down again but Benoit hits the Rolling Suplex again and gets a 2 99/100 count. Benoit hits the crossface again and Rock actually gets up with Benoit still on him. After a couple of shots to the head, Rock turns it into a Rock Bottom and barely covers Benoit as the bell rings signaling the end of the match. Benoit retains his title via a Time Limit Draw. WOW.
Ted Dibiasi (for Nikita Koloff) vs Big Van Vader: Both men looked bad. We prayed for this match to end soon and Vader answered out prayers by ending it semi-quickly. Dibiasi left through the crowd and set up his stand for selling his religious memorabilia. Ugh.
Lance Storm comes out next to defend his title against the Super Warrior. Storm was addressing the audience when SW attacked him from behind (to shut him up, that's all). The Super Warrior starts this one out with a Super Powerbomb and a 2 count. Next there's a SW stomp which was met by a nice dropkick from Storm. Storm is not mounting much of an offensive here. SW hits a one-arm chokeslam and gets another 2 count. SW hits a cobra clutch to slow down Storm. Storm looks to be wearing down and SW tries to pin Storm and gets another 2 count. The Super Warrior goes for a corner smash but ends up on the outside of the ring courtesy of Lance Storm. Lance takes SW and smashes him into the steps numerous times. Just as the ref makes the 10 count, Storm slides back into the ring and is declared the winner via countout.
Lex Luger vs Ken Shamrock is scheduled to be next. Shamrock comes out to a mediocre pop. Luger walks out to the stage only to be met with chants of "You Killed Liz!" Luger, obviously distraught, takes the mic and tells the fans and Shamrock to shove this match and to go to Hell. He walks out. The cameraman follows Lex to the back and gets shoved down by Luger. We see Luger grab his stuff and leave the arena. I guess this match isn't going to happen at all.
Rick Steiner vs Rick Steamboat is up next: Steamboat looks to be in great form and takes this match to Steiner. He does many highflying moves and Steiner just can't keep up. Suddenly, the lights go out for a brief minute and the next thing we see is Magnum TA on the ground. Not sure how or what had happened but the next thing we see is Randy Savage getting into the ring and hits Steamboat with the ringside bell. Savage then goes to the top rope and hits his flying elbow. Steamboat is out cold. On his way out, he attempts to wake up Magnum. In the meantime, Steiner gets Steamboat set up on the top rope and hits a superplex and gets the 1-2-3.
Randy Savage vs Dean Melanko is next: This match is pretty even. Melanko matches Savage move for move. Melanko gets Savage into the Texas Cloverleaf but Randy makes it to the ropes. Before he can get up again, Melanko slaps the TC on again but this time Randy hits Dean with a foreign object to get him to break the hold. Savage then goes up to the top rope and hits the flying elbow. He goes for a pin attempt but only gets a 2 count. Savage then applies a figure four. Melanko starts to make a comeback but it is cut short by another flying elbow and another 2 count. Savage goes to pick him up but Melanko catches him in a small package but only gets a 1 count. Savage stomps on Melanko and then goes for another flying elbow. This one connects and gets Savage the win. Savage is in the ring gloating when Steamboat comes through the crowd and attacks Savage. Steamboat is bloodied up but that doesn't stop him from taking the same amount of blood out of Savage's head. 8 Refs make their way down to the ring to finally get this broken up.
Donnie B makes the decision that if both men are capable, Savage vs Steamboat will be another match added to this card.
Tajiri vs Chris Nowinski: This match was a little slow in its pacing but after a few minutes, Tajiri got back into his groove and defeated Nowinski with a vicious kick to the face.
Kevin Nash vs Bradshaw: Nash was constantly throwing Bradshaw out of the ring every other minute. It is apparent how bad off Nash really is. The final time, Bradshaw went outside the ring and Nash hit him with the steps knocking him out cold. Nash gets back in the ring and wins via a countout.
Batista vs Austin for the US title is next. The former (current?) member of Evolution was supposed to defend his title against the Rock but Rock refused to wrestle the rookie. Austin agreed that, if at the next PPV, as long as he receives a World Title shot, he is ok with this match. Batista used his strength to overpower Austin but being the sneaky rattlesnake he is, Austin came back with Lou Thesz Presses, shot him the bird a couple of times and even managed to hit a couple of Stunners. After the first Stunner, Austin begged Batista to get up. When he finally did, Austin hit him with another Stunner and pinned the champion for the 1-2-3. Stone Cold Steve Austin is the NEW WCW US Champion.
TV champion John Cena defends the belt against Eddie Guerrero. Latino Heat came off hot against the professor of Thuganomics. Eddie did his best to Lie, Cheat and Steal but was unable to outlie, outcheat John Cena and Cena retained the TV championship after a fierce battle and the 1-2-3.
Test and A-Train vs Benjamin and Haas. Test and A-Train came out to "Shave your Back" and "Free Stacey" chants. Neither individual cared much for the crowd reaction and took it out on the team of Benjamin and Haas. Test and Albert used the outside of the ring many times and after tying up Benjamin in the ropes, they threw Haas out into the crowd where he was counted out. Test and Albert get the win via CO.
Undertaker vs Mr. Wrestling 3 in a Peer 6 Brawl: This is the final confrontation for these two men. This final battle will settle everything once and for all. Undertaker was on the offensive for the majority of the match and it seemed that MW3 took this match to the limit. Undertaker was hitting MW3 with everything under the sun but just repeatedly couldn't get the pin (MW3 just kept kicking out - it was amazing, and/or stupid - still have yet to decide). MW3 attempted a comeback with some cheap shots but it never really amounted to anything. MW3 tried to hit the oriental spike but 'Taker managed to reverse the move each time. It came down to the last minute; and after a huge steel-toed boot to the face of MW3, this was done. Undertaker covered him for the final 1-2-3 of this feud. After the match, 'Taker pulled MW3 up and in a great display of respect, raised the younger wrestler's hand. MW3 briefly nodded his acknowledgement of this before falling to the mat after what we think was the most brutal match in recent history. MW3, you get the Mick Foley award for having the guts to take this world class ass-whooping.
Hulk Hogan vs Scott Steiner: Both men started out as faces and ended up as heels. They tried to play nice but you can only take so much after eye pokes, kicks to the groin and hair pulling. Never giving Hogan much of a chance, Steiner hits two consecutive Frankensteiners and is able to get the win.
Ricky Steamboat vs Randy Savage in a Lights Out - Anything Goes match. This was hoping to be one of the best but was the shortest of the evening. After three minutes, Savage got the chair and broke Steamboat's leg. I am sure Steamboat will want revenge.
Chris Jericho vs The Mexorcist: The King of Bling Bling made the Mexorcist his whipping boy throughout the entire match. In the beginning, it was thought that Mexorcist could pull out a win but then his lack of experience made him just another victim for the Ayotolah of RocknRolla. Jericho won after a nasty dropkick to the face. Ouch.
King Kong Bundy vs Rick Martel: Why oh why did we ask these guys here. This was another one we hoped would end early and had high hopes after a Bundy splash but Martel broke out the "Arrogance" and blinded Bundy with it. He was then able to get the win.
DDP vs Abdullah the Butcher in a Barbwire Cage: We hoped for lots of blood and got it but not from whom we expected. It was Abdullah who did most of the gushing while DDP had just a few scratches on him. Page walked away as the winner. It wasn't also as violent as it could have been. Abby must have left his fork in his other pants.
Chris Benoit vs Kurt Angle: This match was to see who will fight Kane for the Undisputed Championship. Benoit proved once again why he is a World Champion (even if Vince jr won't acknowledge it). He took the match to Angle from the get-go and didn't let up. Benoit hit many headbutts and crippler crossfaces while he kept Angle successfully grounded. Brock Lesnar hits runs down and hits an F-5 on Angle on the outside of the ring. He then throws him back in. Benoit gets the win after a flying headbutt off the top rope.
Kane will defend his Triple Crown Undisputed Championship against Chris Benoit: This match was so even it was hard to see if a winner could be determined at all. Kane had the power but Benoit was all about the speed. Neither man got a successful lead over the other. At about the 12 minute mark, Benoit hits the Flying Headbutt but is only able to get a 2 99/100's count. The match continued on with Kane hitting Chokeslams and throwing Benoit out of the ring. Benoit countered by sending Kane to the outside a few times as well as hitting the Flying Headbutt and Crippler Crossfaces. At the 27 minute mark, Benoit makes one last attempt to go up. Kane gets up and stops him but goes back down after an insiguri. Benoit goes back up and hits the Flying headbutt for the 1....2....3. Chris Benoit is the NEW UNDISPUTED HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION!!!!!
That's all folks and Thanks for watching this Slobberknocker of an event.
Good Fight and Good Night.
Donnie B
WWF Newsletter Vol 10.1
Hello Wrestling fans and welcome to the October issue of the WWF Newsletter. A bit of new news has been released by the Grand Master himself - The Original Big Daddy Donnie B. After conferring with the other co-GM's, effective 12/2003, there will be a talent exchange between the three current federations - the WWF, WCW and ECW. One piece to note that was really surprising is that Donnie B has asked former GM's The Hawk Jeff Meyers and Ramon "Sonar" Alameda to be present at the event. Of course, current GM's Wayne Tuttle and Tony "Don't call me Anthony" Graham and Co-GM Sting will be required to be in attendance. Basically what is expected to happen will be that all wrestlers not holding a championship will be allowed to participate. Those that do hold championships at the time will need to compete with their equivalent in the federation that wants them. In the case of a champion, in order for a trade to be approved, the challenger will need to win that belt and the opponent will then be added to an 8 man mini tournament to determine the new holder of said title. It looks to be an interesting time to be a wrestler.
Since the time of the last PPV, no Top 10 lists were created. Wrestlers were picked at random to meet in a match with the champs. Due to the fact that there were no Top 10 lists available, all championship matches were considered to be "Non-Title" unless the challenger won the match and then would be granted a Title match at a later date. Each Champion was assigned 4 wrestlers for their matches. The list of champions and challengers for the respective classifications is listed below. The individuals competing for these non-title matches will be a mixture of all three federations. Only if a challenger defeats the champion, will they be allowed to participate in the next PPV for that title. If the champ defeats all contenders, the wrestling commission will then appoint the challenger.
WWF Intercontinental Champion - Brock Lesnar
1) Goldberg
2) Scott Steiner (replacing Randy Orton)
3) Chris Jericho (replacing Golddust)
4) Kurt Angle (replacing William Regal who never showed up)
WWF World Champion - Kurt Angle
1) MW3
2) Ric Flair
3) Chris Jericho (replacing Rico)
4) Brock Lesnar
ECW TV Champ – John Cena
1) Chavo Guerrero
2) Steven Richards
3) Eddie Guerrero
4) Devon Dudley
ECW IC Champ - The Undertaker
1) Scotty 2 Hotty
2) making a rare in-ring appearance - Donnie B (throughout all this, got back into the business as a wrestler. I guess retirement isn’t forever.
3) Booker T (for the injured Mark Henry)
4) Christian
ECW World Champ - Kane
1) Rosey
2) Big Show
3) Stone Cold Steve Austin (replacing Billy Gunn)
4) El Santo Jr.
WCW Cruiserweight Champ - Rey Mysterio
1) The Hurricane (rematch)
2) (in a rare tv appearance) Kimmiesutra
3) Tajiri (purchased the match from Johnny the Bull)
4) Billy Kidman
WCW TV Champion - Lance Storm
1) Super Warrior (championship match)
2) Charlie Haas (championship match)
3) HHH
4) Bradshaw (replacing the Rock)
WCW US Champ - Batista
1) Rock (championship Match)
2) A-Train (championship match)
3) Test (championship match)
4) Shelton Benjamin (championship match)
WCW World Heavyweight Champion (and current Triple Crown Champion aka Undisputed Heavyweight Champion) - Chris Benoit
1) Edge
2) Tommy Dreamer
3) Maven
4) Kevin Nash (for Jamie Noble who was too busy with Nidia)
As soon as we start to receive the results of the matches, you will read them here first.
As always,
Donnie B
WWF Newsletter Vol 10.2
Hello wrestling fans. Bringing you up to date information on the hunt for the championship gold. Here is what we have seen so far:
Brock Lesnar def. Goldberg by C.O. at the 20 minute mark. Lesnar was killing him so the end of the match was merciful for Goldberg.
In a really close match, Angle def. MW3 by submission. This match was evenly paced until Angle slapped on the Ankle lock.
Chavo Guerrero vs Eddie didn't actually happen because Eddie was not the champ rather it was won (stolen) by John Cena. Instead, it is John Cena vs Chavo.
John Cena wins via DQ over Chavo after Eddie interfered in the match.
Undertaker loses by pin to Scotty 2 Hotty. Scotty will get a match at the PPV.
A match that has been changed for John Cena's top 4 is that Bill Demott is now being replaced by Eddie Guerrero.
Kane def. Rosey by C.O.
Mysterio def Hurricane by pin after a Hurricarrana
Storm def. Super Warrior by pin to retain his title.
Batista vs Rock goes to the time limit. Even though the Rock was ahead on points, he did not defeat him so he will not receive another shot.
Benoit def. Edge after hitting numerous Rolling German Suplexes.
Another change to the card -Randy Orton was not feeling well so he will be replaced by Scott Steiner.
More results to follow.
Donnie B
WWF Newsletter Vol 10.3
Hello fans. More info on the run for PPV Gold...
Brock Lesnar def. Scott Steiner
Kurt Angle vs. Ric Flair. This one had a funny beginning as Kurt went to shake the Nature Boy's hand as a sign of respect. Flair shook it but then gave Angle a finger to the eye. Kurt wins this one via C.O. Flair decided he had enough and left the ring.
John Cena def. Stevie Richards via pin
Undertaker def. Donnie B via Chokeslam pin
Kane def. Big Show w/ a clothesline from the top rope
Rey Mysterio def. Kimmisutra with a Hurricarrana
Another change. Since Rock already had a title shot, he will be replaced in the TV title hunt by Bradshaw.
Lance Storm retains his title against Charlie Haas with a well-delivered Superkick
Batista retains his title against A-Train with a pin via a Sit out Powerbomb
Chris Benoit def. Tommy Dreamer after getting caned with a Singapore Cane. Dreamer couldn't hang on to the lead and thus lost the match
While waiting for his turn to come out, Golddust is attacked in the back by Chris Jericho. Jericho starts out to the ring to face Brock Lesnar.
Brock Lesnar def. Chris Jericho with a powerbomb pin
Another individual is attacked in the back stage area. This time it's Rico and once again, doing the attacking is Chris Jericho. Jericho heads back to the ring for a shot at Kurt Angle.
Jericho gets the upset win with the bulldog headlock and then pulled the tights to get the win. Jericho is in line for a title shot at the WWF Champion.
Eddie Guerrero handed a major ass-whupping to John Cena and got the pin. Eddie is now in line for a title shot at Cena at the PPV
Mark Henry was lifting weights when suddenly, the lights went out and Henry was stuck under the weight bench. Someone obviously attacked him but who? Meanwhile, Undertaker is in the ring waiting for his opponent when Booker T's music hits. As Booker is on his way to the ring, someone starts to come out of the back but after seeing Booker on his way to the ring, ducks through the curtains and heads to the back. Wonder who that was and was he the one who attacked Mark Henry?
Undertaker and Booker T was a pretty even match up. Undertaker rocked but then Booker rebounded. The match ends with Undertaker getting counted out thus allowing Booker the opportunity for a title shot at the PPV
Again, another wrestler is attacked. This time it's Billy Gunn (he was supposed to have gone to the minor leagues but was granted one last shot) but we do see this attacker. He says "It's not your time yet to retire so I'm just gonna take your place. And That's The Bottom Line 'cause Stone Cold said So!" Austin is on his way out to the ring to meet Kane.
As the match is getting ready to take place, we see El Santo Jr hiding in the back because he knows someone is looking to take him out. He decides to stay hidden until his match.
Steve Austin def. Kane at the 19 minute mark. After being chokeslammed from the top of the stage, Austin manages to battle back, deliver mulitple stunners and is able to finally put Kane down. Austin is in line for a title shot too.
In the back, we see Johnny the Bull getting ready for his match when he is approached by Tajiri. Tajiri offers the Bull some money and Johnny takes it giving (selling) the match to Tajiri.
Rey Mysterio def. Tajiri after hitting the Mysterio Hurricarrana
After putting up a valiant effort, Lance Storm lost to HHH. HHH is a contender for the US title.
Batista def. Test with a pin following the sit-out powerbomb. That man is a monster.
In the back, Big Show is mauling Maven. I guess he wants to fight Benoit.
Benoit def. Big Show with the flying headbutt.
More results to follow.
Donnie B
WWF Newsletter Vol 10.4
Well, we are rounding up the final matches for the PPV next week. Here are more results:
We have Brock Lesnar in the ring waiting for William Regal. Regal seems to be a no-show. Out comes Kurt Angle who offers Brock a solution. The two of them will fight in a steel cage. The winner gets a shot at the others title at the PPV. Brock accepts as a cage appears out of nowhere and starts to lower.
Kurt Angle def. Brock Lesnar in 2 minutes and pulverizing the IC champ with a pair of brass knuckles. Angle wants to hold two titles it appears.
Devon Dudley wins vs John Cena. This makes two men Cena will have to meet at the PPV unless something happens to prevent it. More than likely, we will see Devon and Eddie Guerrero fight for the opportunity to meet Cena at the PPV.
Christian def. Undertaker with a One-Man Concerto for the pin. It looks like Booker and Christian may fight this one out. It looks to be good.
Kane is in the ring waiting for El Santo Jr. Instead of El Santo coming down, it's Steve Austin again. While Kane is distracted, El Santo slips out from under the ring and attacks Kane before the bell (he is a face but he also knows that if he doesn't take Kane down, it will be over quick).
El Santo Jr. gets the win over Kane with outside interference from Steve Austin. Austin chases off Kane and goes into the ring to raise El Santo's hand. He offers El Santo Jr a beer who drinks it with a passion. After he finishes it, Austin toasts him with a Stone Cold Stunner. El Santo is left in the ring.
Rey Mysterio vs Kidman is next. Mysterio is victorious over Kidman with a flying bodypress from the top rope.
In the back, we see HHH attacking Bradshaw so that Storm doesn't have another opponent. That leaves HHH as the only contender at the PPV for the TV title.
Batista def. Shelton Benjamin with the "Enforcer Backbreaker" to retain his title
The camera cuts to the back where Nidia takes Jamie Noble to a janitors closet. Kevin Nash walks past and hears what's going on. He puts a "Do Not Disturb" sign on the door and figures if Noble isn't going to wrestle, he will.
Chris Benoit def. Kevin Nash after hitting the flying headbutt.
Devon Dudley def. Eddie Guerrero to meet John Cena for the ECW TV title
Booker def. Scotty 2 Hotty to advance.
Booker T def. Christian with the Bookend. Booker will meet Undertaker for the ECW IC title.
Stone Cold Steve Austin def. El Santo Jr. with a headlock. This was a funny match as Austin was helping El Santo along; encouraging him and showing him different moves. El Santo wasn't doing that bad but when he started to do well, Austin put him back down. In the process of showing El Santo how to do a headlock, El Santo forgot to get his shoulders off the mat and was pinned. Austin was kinda frustrated so he gave El Santo a Stunner for good measure. What a nice guy.
So far, our PPV will look something like this:
Kurt Angle vs Brock Lesnar for the WWF IC Championship;
Chris Jericho vs Kurt Angle for the WWF World Championship;
Devon Dudley vs John Cena for the ECW TV Title;
Booker T vs the Undertaker for the ECW IC Title;
Stone Cold Steve Austin vs Kane for the ECW World Title;
HHH vs Lance Storm for the WCW TV Championship;
Since Rey Mysterio defeated all his opponents, one was chosen at random and that match would be:
The Hurricane vs Rey Mysterio for the WCW Cruiserweight Title;
Also since Batista defeated all his opponents, an opponent was chosen for him and that match would be:
Kevin Nash vs Batista for the WCW US Heavyweight title;
Finally, Chris Benoit was also successful in defending his title so an opponent would be chosen for him and that match would be:
The Rock vs Chris Benoit for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship.
and the final match of the night will be for the Unified Heavyweight championship. Chris Benoit will take on whomever ends up as the WWF, ECW and WCW World Champions.
Until then.....
Donnie B
WWF Newsletter Vol 10.5
Hello wrestling fans to the pre-show for the "You Have Got to be Kidding Me" PPV. I apologize for getting this out late but we had some interesting things happen prior to our show.
After the last show, we cut to the back where we see Wayne Tuttle, ECW GM, talking to WCW's co-GM Tony Graham. Sting approaches and asks to speak with Tony alone. After a few minutes pass, Tony returns with a piece of paper. Ever the curious GM, Wayne asks what it says. Tony says that if you really want to know, follow him to Donnie B's office.
Both Tony and Wayne enter Donnie B's office where Tony presents the piece of paper given to him by Sting. The note basically states that Sting is officially retiring from the sport and is giving all his GM duties to Tony. Donnie B reviews it and then appoints Tony as the sole GM for WCW. Wayne and Tony leave Donnie B's office - both of them doing the "Lance Storm dance" when out from the shadows, they are brutally attacked by......Jeff Meyers and Ramon Alameda. Both Ramon and Jeff pummel the GM's into unconsciousness. Donnie B comes out of his office and chases them off - but not before making a match between these men. The match will take place at the PPV and will have Wayne Tuttle and Tony Graham vs. Ramon "Sonar" Alameda and Jeff "The Hawk" Meyers. This match will take place in a specialty match to be determined later. The contract is signed by all parties but after taking a closer look at the contract, we see that it was modified. Instead of Jeff and Ramon's names on it, it now has MW3 for Jeff Meyers and The Mexorcist for Ramon Alameda. A special guest referee will be appointed at the time of the match as to keep everyone in suspense.
We cut back to Donnie B's office where he files the contract to keep anyone else from modifying it. He leaves and turns off the light. After a few seconds, we see a shadow come out from under the desk with a flashlight. He opens the cabinet with his super hacking skills, pulls out the contract and makes a modification to it. He heads out of the office after making sure the coast was clear and then takes off. We don't get a good look at him.
Donnie B comes back in after having forgotten his keys and notices that the contract is out. He looks it over again and sees that it was indeed modified. Frustrated, Donnie B goes to the Bat-Laminating machine (he always wanted one of those) and laminates the contract so that, now because it is encased in a plastic film, no one can change it anymore. Confident, he puts it away and leaves again.
The matches taking place at the PPV (including the modified match) will be:
Kurt Angle vs. Brock Lesnar for the WWF IC Championship;
Chris Jericho vs. Kurt Angle for the WWF World Championship;
Devon Dudley vs. John Cena for the ECW TV Title;
Booker T vs. the Undertaker for the ECW IC Title;
Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. Kane for the ECW World Title;
HHH vs. Lance Storm for the WCW TV Championship;
The Hurricane vs. Rey Mysterio for the WCW Cruiserweight Title;
Kevin Nash vs. Batista for the WCW US Heavyweight title;
The Rock vs. Chris Benoit for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship.
The Mexorcist and MW3 will now be taking on The Super Warrior and the Negronomicon in a best of three falls elimination match for sole ownership of the ECW and WCW franchises. This means that there will be three separate matches where both members of the team have to be eliminated by pin, submission, CO or DQ. The team with the most wins will have sole control and the others will be banned from GM-ing anywhere in wrestling altogether.
...and the final match of the night will be for the Unified Heavyweight championship. Chris Benoit will take on whoever ends up as the WWF, ECW and WCW World Champions.
Until Then...
Donnie B
The “You Have Got to be Kidding Me” PPV
Hello Wrestling Fans and Welcome to the "You Have Got to be Kidding Me" PPV. The night started off with a bang with our first match that was....
MW3 and The Mexorcist vs. Negronomicon and Super Warrior.
Best of 3 matches.
Match 1: Lights out - Anything Goes.
This match is usually the specialty match of MW3, who in his historic series
with the Undertaker with stood and dished out more damage that we thought
humanly possible. This time however, it was 4 minutes, and the Master of
Lights Out had his lights put out by the Negronomicon.
Series 1-0 in favor of Negronomicon and the Super Warrior
Match 2: Peer 6 Brawl:
This match saw MW3 still woozy after his defeat at the hands of the
Negronomicon, so it was The Mexorcist coming in to face the Super Warrior.
This match saw lots of double team action, some acid (okay lots of acid), a
close call to the concrete by MW3. In the end, the Mexorcist put away Super
Warrior with his Mexorcism.
Series 1-1: MW3 and the Mexorcist gain the advantage.
Match 3: Cage....special stipulation being an elimination cage match.
After the close calls and false finishes of the last match we here at the
announce desk weren't sure of these 4 guys had it in them to do this, but
I'll be damned, they sure as hell do. Starting the match were MW3 and the
Super Warrior, and to say that the SW got his ass whupped like a government
mule wouldn't be saying enough. Lots of quick tags by MW3 and the Mexorcist
meant that the SW took a whole lot of ass whuppin. Lots of double teaming
as well by the team chosen to rep the ousted administration.
In the end, it was Mexorcist who at 15 minutes put out SW with a running
powerbomb, leaving the Negronomicon all alone to face this juggernaut of a
tag team. And to his credit, the Negronomicom held out...cheating defeat at
not 1, not 2, but 3 Dragon Sleepers, only to finally fall victim at the 30
min mark to the highly questionable Oriental Spike.
After the Match: MW3 an the Mexorcist celebrated and then they called out
GM Donnie B....Mw3 saying that the B stood for BEEOTCH. Furious at the
insult, Donnie B came out and stood at the top of the ramp.
Donnie B: Well done jackasses, but now I'm gonna make your lives a living
HELL.
MW3: If you want hell, beetoch...bring your ass to the ring.
Mexorcist: si Meester GM.....bring you ass to the ring for a king sized ass
whupping.
Donnie B: I'm not a moron you idiot....I'm not coming down there. I'm a
genius, and only a Lord of Hell could drag me to the ring.
(Music...DONG.....DEAD MAN WALKING)
Out comes the Undertaker. Donnie B has the "deer in the headlights" look on
his face (think Vince McMahon). 'Taker hit a stiff shot to Donnie's face as
he tries to run away, and drags him kicking and screaming down the ramp to the ring. Meanwhile the cage is being lifted, allowing Taker to shove Donnie into the ring. With a nod to MW3 (looks like they have a mutual respect
thing going on), Taker leaves, and Donnie B is in a world of shit.
Donnie rises and turns to look at MW3 just in time to get a MW3 Superkick to
the face. After that, The Mexorcist wanted to do a Stinkface, but MW3
pointed to the top of the turnbuckle and then to a man in the crowd, who
took off his hood and revealed himself as SUPERFLY JIMMY SNUKA. In homage
to his hero, Mexorcist climb up to the top of the ring and gave Donnie B a
thunderous SuperFly Splash..which shook the ring. Before they could do
anything else, SW and the Negronomicon ran in with chairs to clear the ring.
Accompanied by Snuka, the pair left the ring, and as they got to the top to
the ramp, the OmegaTron went on with a "Live VIA Satellite" logo on the
screen. Appearing were Ramon Alameda and Jeff Meyers.
Ramon: Thought you had us huh Donnie Beootch! Guess who's laughing now?
Jeff: hey, aren't we laughing? HA! Like the Rock always says Donnie,
Know your Role. Guess our boys taught you where you role is!
Ramon: Hey Guys, we got a limo and ladies waiting for you in the da
back...take the rest of the week on us, WITH PAY.
Jeff: And Raises too.....!
The pair of newly re-hired GM's laughs..and all Donnie B can do is shake his
fist at them. Donnie B grumbles "Oh yeah, just you wait."
As The Mexorcist and MW3 head to the back, they are stopped by Eddie Guerrero
who hands both of them shirts which say "Lie, Cheat and Steal". Mexorcist and MW3 thank Guerrero for the shirts and say "Wow, what a cool saying". MW3 agrees.
Kurt Angle vs Brock Lesnar for the WWF Intercontinental title:
Kurt comes down to the ring and then is met shortly by Brock. The bell rings and Brock and Kurt trade punches and Angle goes for the Olympic Slam but Lesnar clears out of the ring. Lesnar is disgusted and leaves the ring getting counted out at the 30 second mark. Angle wins the match but not the title. Lesnar makes it to the top of the ramp and tells Angle that the only way he gets a shot at the IC belt is only
when the World title will be on the line at the same time. Lesnar then tells Angle to grow some balls and when he decides to be a man and accept the match, let him know. Lesnar leaves while Angle shakes hands with fans at ringside and waits for the next match to begin...
Chris Jericho vs Kurt Angle for the WWF World Title:
The match goes back and forth with Angle keeping the upper hand throughout the entire match. Angle hits both the rolling suplexes and the Olympic Slam while Jericho countered with the Lionsault and the Walls of Jericho. During the match, Lesnar comes down to the ring with a chair and was going to hit Kurt as he was thrown into the ropes (the ref was knocked down). Angle reversed the move and Lesnar hits Jericho with the chair. Angle rolls Jericho up and, as the ref is getting up, counts the 1-2-3. Angle retains his title. Lesnar jumps in the ring again and tries to hit Kurt but Kurt catches him with an Angle Slam. Lesnar is out. Angle leaves as Jericho is starting to stir. Jericho sees Lesnar laid out in the ring and goes to wake him up by slapping him in the face. Lesnar awakens and shoves Jericho away.
Jericho shoves back and then is thrown into the ropes. He bounces off and nails Lesnar with a vicious flying five-arm. Lesnar books it out of the ring while Jericho remains behind.
Devon Dudley vs John Cena for the ECW TV title.
Devon Dudley and Cena are battling it out in the ring when Eddie Guerrero comes down. After Cena is tossed out of the ring, Guerrero beats Cena down while Devon has the ref distracted. Guerrero manages to knock Cena silly just long enough to be counted out and Devon is declared the winner and NEW TV Champion via Countout. Ramon Alameda then appears on the Omegatron and declares that, since he cannot change the outcome of the match, then Devon, the new champ, will have to have his first title defense tonight....against John Cena. Cena battles back and wins the match with the Ghetto Jam. Cena is once again the ECW TV Champion.
Booker T vs the Undertaker is next for the ECW IC title.
Undertaker makes short work of the Booker Man and retains his title. Booker did get in one Spinnarooni before the end.
Stone Cold Steve Austin vs Kane for the ECW World title
Austin had been out of the ring for some time and it showed in this match. Kane retained his title after a serious one-sided match lead to a countout. No stunners were seen in this match.
HHH vs Lance Storm for the WCW TV Title:
Another one-sided match saw HHH win the WCW TV title for the first time. Lance tried to get HHH to do the "Cabbage Patch" but HHH declined and introduced Storm to the Pedigree.
The Hurricane vs Rey Mysterio for the WCW Cruiserweight title:
Rey seems to blow through all opponents. Unfortunately, it appears that the Hurricane has been downgraded to a mild breeze and was sent home packing. In the back, Hurricane was met by Rosey (S.H.I.T) and Rosey told Hurricane that he was disappointed in his hero. Rosey feels that Hurricane let him down and tells Hurricane he is going home. He hands his cape and mask to the Hurricane and leaves.
Kevin Nash vs Batista for the WCW US Heavyweight Championship match is next.
Kevin Nash and Batista were battling it out and Nash has the advantage. Nash hits Batista with the Jackknife powerbomb for the 1-2-3 and just as he is about to be declared the winner, GM Jeff Meyers appears on the Omegatron and tells Nash that this is now a 2 out of 3 falls match. The match starts up again and Nash hits Batista with a chokeslam and gets the pin again but before a winner can be declared, Meyers appears on the Omegatron again and said that he forgot to mention that this is a submission match. You can only win the match by submission. Nash goes to put Batista in a camel clutch when he notices the cage coming back down. Batista battles back and hits a spine-
buster. The cage comes back down but before it is locked in place, a masked man runs to the ring and leaves a small box under the corner turnbuckle. The masked man runs to the back instead of through the crowd and stands at the top of the ramp. Batista goes over to the box and opens it to find some interesting objects. Jeff Meyers, still on the Omegatron, now declares this match an "I Quit" match. The first object Batista pulls out is a pair of brass knuckles. He pulverizes Nash with them and opens him up pretty bad. He then goes back to the box and pulls out the last two remaining items......salt and lemon juice. He then pours the combined substances into Nash's busted open forhead and then forces a mike into Nash's mouth telling him to "Say it!". Nash then screams out "I QUIT!" and Batista is declared the winner (by screwjob). The masked man on the stage removes his mask and it is Randy Orton. Randy runs down to help Batista out and to the back.
The Rock vs Chris Benoit for the WCW Heavyweight Championship is next (after the ring is cleaned).
Rock stared off the match with a Rock Bottom but only got 1/2 count. Benoit battled back and hit the Rock with numerous headbutts and suplexes. At the 15 minute mark, Benoit slapped on the Crippler Crossface and, in what is thought to be a submission maneuver, Benoit rolls the Rock up and
gets the 1-2-3. Benoit remains the Champion.
Kane vs Angle is next to decide who faces Benoit for the Undisputed Championship.
Once again, Angle falls short of his dream as Kane ended the match with a chokeslam from Hell.
Kane vs Chris Benoit for the Undisputed Heavyweight Championship is the last match of the night.
Either Kane was totally spent after his match with Angle or Benoit was really up on his game but Benoit beat the living snot out of Kane and was able to get the 1-2-3 pin to retain his title and hold yet another win over the former undisputed champion.
What a Night! We hope to see another good turnout later this month when the next PPV rolls around.
Until then.....
"The Original Big Daddy" (and somewhat humiliated after this show) Donnie B.
WWF Newsletter Vol 12.1
Hello wrestling fans. Again, we have to apologize for the lack of information from the world of professional wrestling. You never know how hooked you are into the Internet until you have to go over a month without it.
Well, as 2003 draws to a close, we will recap our current roster of champions. 2003 was a fantastic year as we finally get to see some of the superstars shine as never before (Chris Benoit) with surprising feuds (MW3 vs. Undertaker will more than likely be ranked Feud of the Year). We here pray and hope that 2004 will be a bigger and better year for us.
As 2003 draws to a close, the Champions are as listed:
WWF
World Heavyweight Champion: Kurt Angle
Intercontinental Champion: Brock Lesnar
ECW
World Heavyweight Champion: Kane
TV (Dinner) Champion: John Cena
IC (Ice Cream) Champion: Undertaker
WCW
TV Champion: HHH
Cruiserweight Champion: Rey Mysterio Jr.
US Heavyweight Champion: Batista
World Heavyweight Champion: Chris Benoit
Undisputed Heavyweight Champion: CHRIS BENOIT
In a recent press conference, WWF GM Donnie B announced that in 2004, a new championship title will be created. He did not elaborate on what it could be. I guess we will have to wait and see.
When 2003 finishes, a federation trade will take place to allow the different wrestlers to wrestle for all the Gold. Trades will be MANDATORY and no wrestlers ranked as a 4 or 5 will be allowed to stay in their federation for more than 6 months. Preferably, a rotating schedule will be created and allow wrestlers to be traded every 4 months to give them time to become top contenders and wrestle a variety of opponents. More on this as it happens.
The final card of the year will be a House Show in good ol' Colorado Springs, Colorado. Only a few matches are being announced at this time as we are still customizing the card. So far, this is what we have:
Brock vs Jericho for the WWF IC belt; winner gets shot at Angle;
Batista vs Undertaker in a Champion vs Champion match with both titles on the line;
HHH vs John Cena in a Champion vs Champion match with both titles on the line;
Kurt Angle vs Chris Benoit in a Steel Cage Grudge Match (no belts on the line);
Rey Mysterio vs Kevin Nash in a Hip Hop Friday Flop matchup (revenge for the spike into the trailer from those WCW days);
More to be announced in the next day or so (or will just be announced at the show).
We hope to see you all again in 2004.
Happy New Year.
The One, The Only, Original Big Daddy Donnie B.
p.s. This just in....Donnie B has announced what title he will be bringing into the federation. To even the playing fields amongst the different federations, WWF will be utilizing their own Television Championship. This now offers all wrestlers in the WWF and ECW to wrestle for the same quantity of titles. WCW will still be different as their Cruiserweight title will only be able to be held by wrestlers rated as a "3".
WWF Newsletter Vol 12.2
Hello wrestling fans. Just a quick recap of the last tv show of 2003:
Brock vs Jericho for the WWF IC belt; winner gets shot at Angle;
Brock and Jericho went at it like two pit bulls. Brock hit 2 F5's but was unable to keep Jericho down. Jericho hit the lionsault a few times but was unable to keep the big man down. Both men were still duking it out when the bell rang signifying the end of the match due to the time limit expiring. While the ref was declaring the match a draw, Donnie B appears on the stage. He states that since neither man was able to get a pin or submission, neither get a shot at Angle since no one was declared the winner. Now, if both men wanted the match to continue, making this a no-time limit match, then, once a winner is declared, he will get the shot at Angle. Jericho accepted but it took some prodding from Angle who now is on the stage with Donnie B for Lesnar to accept the continuation of the match. Brock immediately drops Jericho's throat across the rope and attempts a pin but only gets the two count. Three minutes later, Lesnar hits the F5 and this time is able to get the 1-2-3 and the match against Angle for the World Title.
Brock Lesnar vs Kurt Angle for the WWF World Heavyweight Title.
Lesnar is in the ring taunting Angle to come down and join him. Angle passes Jericho who whispers something to him on his way to the back. Angle's pyro goes off as he hits the ring. Lesnar tries to overpower Angle but Angle matches the strength with wrestling. Angle starts to actually outwrestle Lesnar then hits the Angle Slam. Jericho suddenly appears back at ringside as Angle is going for the pin. Jericho instantly grabbed Lesnar's foot as the ref made the count. 1-2-3. Angle retains his title. Lesnar gets up and goes after Jericho but the "King of Bling-Bling" makes it to the ring. Lesnar leaves disgusted. Jericho asks for the mic and congratulates Angle on his win. Jericho now asks for Angle to fulfill his word...give him a title shot. Angle accepts and our mystery match begins.
Chris Jericho vs Kurt Angle for the WWF World Heavyweight Title.
This match begins with Brock Lesnar hitting the ring and nailing Angle with a chair. Angle is out on his feet. Jericho starts to work over the champ with chops and bulldogs. At the seven minute mark, Jericho rolls up the disoriented champ and is able to get the 1-2-3. Jericho wins the match but has to immediately wrestle again to see who walks away with the belt. The bell rings again but before the match can start, Donnie B comes out and orders Lesnar to the back. This way Kurt has a fighting chance. The match begins.
Jericho starts off strong but Angle, seeming to recover, meets him with brute strenth. Jericho gets in a couple of shots to the head attempting to disorient Angle again. Angle starts to go glassy-eyed. Jericho starts to beat on the champ and attempts 2 covers, only getting a 2 count. Suddenly, Angle is back up and nails Jericho knocking him down. Angle then goes for the Ankle Lock and surprisingly, Jericho TAPS! Angle got the belt back but now the steel cage is lowering. Angle has to win this to retain the title. If Jericho wins, he becomes the undisputed WWF World Champ.
Jericho starts off again taking it to the champ. Angle is barely keeping up. Angle tried to change the momentum a few time by throwing Chris into the cage but it was only for minimal damage. First blood is drawn by Jericho after catapulting Kurt into the cage and Kurt cuts himself on the support pole. Jericho goes to the top of the cage and hits Angle with the B-52 kneedrop. He only gets a two count. Lesnar appears from under the ring and hands Jericho a pair of brass knuckles. Jericho opens up and hits Kurt squarely between the eyes. Angle is out cold. Chris goes for the cover and gets the 1-2-3. He then makes for the door but seeing that Angle is still out in the middle of the ring, goes to climb out of the cage. Jericho pauses as he climbs over the top of the cage to holler insults at Angle. Angle is still out in the ring. Jericho finishes his descent and is declared the NEW WWF WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION!!!!!!
The cage starts to lift and Lesnar crawls back in. He picks up Angle and nails an F-5. He and Jericho walk to the back. A stretcher comes out and the paramedics lift Kurt on to the stretcher. He is carried to the waiting ambulance.
WCW US Heavyweight Champion Batista vs ECW IC Champion the Undertaker in a Champion vs Champion match with both titles on the line;
Both men agree that this is not a match for the weak. They agree to a single fall but it will be an "Oklahoma Bullrope, Coleminers Glove, Come Dressed as you are Streetfight in a Barbwire cage" match to determine who will hold both titles.
Undertaker starts the match off first by hitting Batista in the groin with the coleminers glove. When 'Taker took off the glove, he revealed a small object which he then stuffed down Batista's throat prompting an "I Quit" from the US Champ. Batista declines. Batista becomes desperate and hits Undertaker with a fireball. Undertaker is blinded. Batista takes a minute to recover and then nails the IC champ with a bullrope clothesline. He attempts a pin but only gets a 2 count. Undertaker hits "The Last Ride" and then piledrives Batista onto a cowbell. 'Taker goes for the cover and gets the 1-2-3. He tries to get out of the cage but Batista stops him. In what now appears to be a Sudden Death race, Batista hits Undertaker with a sit down powerbomb and follows up with a bullrope clothesline. There is less than a minute left. Batista goes for a cover and gets the 1-2-3. Now it is a race to see who gets out of the cage first. The first person to make it to the floor wins the match and both titles. Both men scramble for the door, trying to climb over each other to make it out. Both men fall out of the cage (someone started raising the cage before the match ended) but Undertaker hits the floor first. Undertaker is declared the WCW US and ECW IC combined Champion.
In the back, Benoit approaches Angle on the stretcher and they talk for a while. Benoit nods his head and heads toward Donnie B's office.
WCW TV Champ HHH vs ECW TV Champion John Cena in a Champion vs Champion Peer 6 Brawl match with both titles on the line;
John Cena began to show HHH what a true ass-beating was. The young upstart was definitely taking it to Hunter. HHH introduced Cena to the outside of the ring many times. First by tossing him off the top rope to the floor, then by tossing him back to the outside and finally by throwing Cena over the top rope but this time, Cena landed on his head and was knocked totally unconscious. HHH began taking his time to push Cena back into the ring. He finally gets him in but uses the ropes to steady himself while Cena is set up for the Pedigree. HHH hits his signature move but Cena's leg is outside the ring. The ref counts to 2 but when he sees Cena's leg hanging out under the rope, he stopped the count. As HHH goes to yell at the ref, the bell rings signifying the end of the match due to the time limit expiring. HHH leaves with his belt after dropping the ECW title on Cena.
Benoit comes out with Donnie B to talk to Angle. Benoit feels bad that Angle was screwed. He offers Angle a shot at the ECW Heavyweight title (a belt Angle has yet to hold). Angle responds by saying that he isn't 100% and if he loses, it won't be at his best. He starts to realize that this might be his only shot at the ECW title since he doesn't know where he will end up. He reluctantly accepts.
Rey Mysterio vs Kevin Nash in a Hip Hop Friday Flop matchup (revenge for the spike into the trailer from those WCW days)
This match actually never took place because what the "Hip Hop Friday Flop" was actually an attack planned by Mysterio on Nash in the back. Mysterio attacked Nash brutally with a chair and just kept on hitting Big Daddy Cool until he was down on the ground. Then, out of nowhere comes Scott Hall. He walks to where Nash and Mysterio were fighting. He grabs the chair, tosses it away and pushes Mysterio away. He helps Nash up but then slams his head into the tv trailer. He shakes hands with Mysterio and they both pick up Nash and spear him into the trailer. Nash is left on the ground, bleeding; never knowing that Hall was involved. Mysterio feels redeemed.
Kurt Angle vs Chris Benoit for the ECW Heavyweight Championship;
Kurt was definitely not in top form for this match. Benoit controlled this from the start with Angle getting in shots here and there. Benoit mastered the rolling suplexes and that is what kept Angle from getting the upper hand. Finally, a devistating dropkick from Benoit ended the match. Benoit, after being declared the winner, raises Angle's arm as the show comes to an end.
Look for the tournaments and draft picks to begin in the next few days.
Until then......Donnie B.
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