Hello fans. As we build up for the “Over the Edge” PPV, we had some matches take place to see if anyone would be moving up or down in the rankings.
First, over in the CSWA (note, these events took place over different days):
The first match was MW3 challenging John Cena for his spot for the US title. MW3 put up a good fight and took the champ 19 minutes in a good ol-fashioned brawl, but in the end was no match for the 5 knuckle shuffle and the 3 count. John Cena retains his spot.
Next, John Morrison challenged Mr. Kennedy for his shot at the TV title. This one was really short. Morrison held his own until, at the 3 minute mark, got tossed out of the ring. Kennedy followed him out and ran his head into a ringpost. Kennedy rolled back in and beat the 10 count and retained his spot. I would not be surprised to see Morrison want some revenge.
Matt Hardy was next to challenge the Super Warrior for his spot in line for the US title. This was another short match that saw the Super Warrior retain his spot after Matt Hardy got counted out (after Jeff Hardy caused a distraction).
The Kraken challenged Jeff Hardy for his title spot. Jeff Hardy retained his spot after connecting with a swanton bomb and getting the 1-2-3.
HHH challenges Shelton Benjamin for his tv title spot. This was probably the most lopsided match. Benjamin didn’t want to fight but was told by William Regal that he must accept the challenge. Benjamin then asked that if the sledgehammer came into play in this match that HHH would be disqualified and not get the spot. Regal agreed. HHH didn’t care for this stipulation so he purposefully pulled the sledgehammer out early. He went to hit Shelton with it but Shelton reversed it and hit a shoulder to the gut. HHH then hit Shelton with the sledgehammer after Shelton hit a T-Bone Suplex. The ref didn’t see it but Shelton kicked out. HHH hit a kneedrop and spit water in Shelton’s face. HHH then tossed Shelton out of the ring and hit him with the sledgehammer again. HHH rolled back in and Shelton got counted out. As soon as the bell rang, Regal appeared on the screen and told HHH that if he used the sledgehammer, he would be DQ’d. Regal told the ref to announce Shelton as the winner of the match via DQ. Shelton retains his spot. HHH was pissed.
RVD challenges Jeff Jarrett for his world title shot. This was another long match that saw Jarrett own the challenger. At the 19 minute mark, somehow RVD hit a Van Daminator and basically fell on Jarrett. The ref made the count and RVD got the win and the title shot.
Chris Jericho challenges MVP for his US title spot. MVP was on fire and took it to Jericho. At the 5 minute mark though, Randy Orton appeared at the top of the ramp. Confused, Jericho missed a spot and MVP took advantage hitting a Ballin’ Elbow smash and got the win. He retains his spot.
MW3 challenges Mike Knox for his shot for the TV title. Knox retains his spot after landing a nasty elbow drop on the sternum of MW3.
MW3 then issued a challenge to the Cruiserweight Champion Mr. Kennedy for his spot at the TV title. In 24 minutes, MW3 gets the win with a dragonscrew. MW3 takes over Kennedy’s spot. Immediately, HHH came out and challenged MW3. HHH gets the win in 19 minutes.
Kane challenges Ted Dibiasi for his world title spot. In a short match, Kane moves up the rankings after hitting a clothesline from the top rope.
Over in the HWF (again, these matches took place over different days):
Samoa Joe challenges Undertaker for his world title shot. This was a rematch that saw Undertaker demand that if he retains his spot against Joe that he gets a rematch for the IC title. Joe agreed. The Undertaker owned Joe and got a merciful win after hitting the Last Ride. Undertaker gets a shot somewhere down the line at the IC title.
CM Punk challenges Ric Flair for his NA title shot. Punk owned Flair. Ric had no idea what he’d gotten himself into. The end came when Super Warrior came down and distracted Flair. Flair was irate that someone would interfere in his match. This gave Punk time to lock in the Anaconda Vice and got Flair to tap out. CM Punk gets Flair’s title shot. After the match, Super Warrior got in the ring and nailed Flair with 2 Super Powerbombs.
Batista challenges Devon Dudley for his NA title shot. This was by far the shortest match that saw, in 2 minutes, Devon get counted out giving the title shot to the Animal.
Carlito challenges Santino for his IC title spot. Carlito was whipping Santino’s ass but Santino got lucky when Carlito didn’t make it back in the ring before a 10 count. Santino retains his spot.
Fit Finley challenges Stevie Richards for his x-division title spot. If Richards loses, he is gone. This one went the full 30 minutes. Richards had gotten knocked out by the shillelagh. The ref counted to 10 just as the bell rang so there was some confusion as to if the match was a draw or if Finley got the win. Regal came out and said they would have a second match and since Richards had so much riding on this, it was turned into a steel cage match.
Richards really tried but was just no match for Finley. Finley locked in the celtic cross at the 2 minute mark and Stevie tapped. He did, however manage to stop Finley from leaving the ring. He took 8 minutes to try to pin the crazy Finley but not even the Stevie kick helped. At the 10 minute mark, Finley made it out of the ring and got the win AND ended the career of Stevie Richards. Everyone moves up and there are 2 vacancies for the X-division title now.
AJ challenges Cody Rhodes for his NA title spot. This was the shortest match of the night. Cody got counted out just after 30 seconds. AJ takes over his spot. CM Punk comes out and challenges AJ for his spot. AJ defeats Punk with a spin kick at the 15 minute mark.
Kurt Angle challenges the Big Show for his World title spot. Kurt moves up after Big Show got counted out.
Bubba challenges Chris Masters for his IC spot. Masters’ retains his spot after a beautiful belly to back suplex in the middle of the ring.
Jeff Hardy & the Kraken challenge Matt Hardy and John Morrison for their spot. Morrison gets the pin over the Kraken in 28 minutes. They retain their spot.
Randy Orton challenges Sting for the IC title shot. If Randy loses or is co/dq, he will not be eligible to try for a title again until May. Randy loses via countout in 11 ½ minutes. He then grabs a mic and demands to be traded to the CSWA. William Regal ponders it and then states that after the PPV, Orton may have a new home…but he must first defeat someone (TBD) in order to get his wish. That match will happen at the ppv.
The final match was the Undertaker vs. Donnie B in a non-title match up. In 3 short minutes, Donnie B taps out to the triangle choke.
Regal came out and made another match for the PPV: Donnie B vs the Undertaker for the World Title. Undertaker was going to be taking on Ric Flair with Flair’s career in the balance but due to their ongoing feud, Flair will be going up against the Super Warrior.
The PPV should be up next so stay tuned.
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