Live from the Wachovia Center, Philadelphia, PA
You know the drill.
Opening match: Mike Awesome vs. Kwang
LG: "The following contest is scheduled for one fall. In the ring at this time, from Osaka, Japan, weighing in at 180 lbs., KWANG!"
Crowd is apathetic
("The Zoo" by Bruce Dickinson plays}
Crowd pops huge.
LG: "And his opponent, representing the Hardcore Alliance, from Tampa, FL, weighing in at 292 lbs., MIKE AWESOME!"
Squash-a-roo as Awesome tosses Kwang around with ease before finishing with the Awesome Bomb and Awesome Splash at 1:30.
LG: "Here is your winner, MIKE AWESOME!"
Video package covering the history of the feud between the Four Horsemen and Stratusfaction Inc.
"The Iceman" Dean Malenko (w/"The Horny Little She-Devil" Terri Runnels) vs. Albert (w/Trish Stratus)
LG: "The following contest is scheduled for one fall."
("Time to Rock and Roll" plays)
LG: "Introducing first, being led to the ring by Trish Stratus and representing Stratusfaction Inc., from Boston, MA, weighing in at 380 lbs., ALBERT!"
Crowd boos.
("The Four Horsemen" by Metallica plays)
LG: "And his opponent, being led to the ring by Terri Runnels and representing The Four Horsemen, from Tampa, FL, weighing in at 212 lbs., 'THE ICEMAN' DEAN MALENKO!"
The match starts, and Malenko goes right after Albert's leg, to neutralize Albert's power stuff and to weaken him for the Texas Cloverleaf. Albert fights back and tosses Malenko around with some big slams, boots and clotheslines. A powerslam gets 2 for Albert. Malenko fights back and trips up Albert. Malenko works over Albert's knee and applies a legbar and gets some 2 counts out of it. Malenko drops some knees on Albert's leg and gets a 2 count out of it. Trish distracts referee Brian Hebner, giving Albert the chance to fight back with some cheap shots, but Terri runs over and we get the obligatory catfight. Terri dominates and sends Trish face first to the ringsteps. Albert is back up and yells at Hebner to pay attention to the match. A bad move, as Malenko sneaks up with a schoolboy rollup for 3 at 6:30.
LG: "Here is your winner, DEAN MALENKO!"
Refs help Albert and Trish to the back.
Jacqueline vs. Tamie Sheffield
LG: "The following women's contest is scheduled for one fall. Introducing first, from Los Angeles, CA, TAMIE SHEFFIELD!"
(Jacqueline's music plays)
LG: "And her opponent, representing American Badass Inc., from Dallas, TX, JACQUELINE!"
Crowd cheers and chants, "JACKIE! JACKIE!"
Easy squash for Jacqueline, as she hits some big clotheslines, suplexes, kicks and slams before finishing with the Tornado DDT at 2:35.
LG: "Here is your winner, JACQUELINE!"
(Commercials)
No-DQ, No-Countout: "The Hardcore Icon" The Sandman vs. William Regal
LG: "The following no-DQ, no-countout match is scheduled for one fall."
("Rule, Britannia," written by Thomas Augustine Arne, plays)
LG: "Introducing first, representing the Royals, from Blackpool, England, weighing in at 245 lbs., WILLIAM REGAL!"
Crowd boos.
Regal enters the ring and takes the mic from Lillian.
REGAL: "Listen, you foolish, brutish, ignorant Americans. I can not understand why you would boo a man of talent, intelligence and sophistication such as myself and choose to cheer for a drunken, talentless buffoon such as the Sandman. What is wrong with you that would make you cheer such a man? I guess it is up to me to teach you cretins a lesson."
Regal hands the mic back to Lillian.
("Enter Sandman" plays)
LG: "And his opponent, representing the Hardcore Alliance, from Philadelphia, PA, weighing in at 244 lbs., he is the Hardcore Icon, this is THE SANDMAN!"
Crowd cheers and sings along. The Sandman does his usual trip around the ring area drinking beers and sharing them with the fans. Sandman busts himself open by bashing beer cans against his forehead. Regal is surprised at this behavior and is unsure how to respond.
The match starts, and Sandman goes right after Regal with the cane and gets in some good shots on him. Regal fights back with a clothesline and hits some suplexes. Regal hits a neckbreaker for 2. Regal goes to the mat wrestling, tying Sandman into knots. He gets some 2 counts out of it. Regal goes for the cane and gets in some shots with that. Sandman fights back, goes low and...hits a vertical suplex? Strange, but true. Sandman hits a couple of legdrops, and rolls Regal to the floor. Sandman picks up the cane and hits his tope con hilo! Sandman gets up and canes away on Regal for a while. Sandman goes for the DDT, but Regal blocks it and hits a suplex on the floor. Regal rolls Sandman back in and covers for 2. Regal pounds on Sandman, but Sandman keeps fighting back. Regal whips Sandman into the corner and clotheslines him there. Sandman comes back and goes for the cane-assisted White Russian Legsweep, but Regal hits him with the brass knuckles out of nowhere for the pin. Crowd boos.
LG: "Here is your winner, WILLIAM REGAL!"
Video package covering the Misfits' ups and downs to this point in the JWL.
Jacklyn Hyde (w/Daffney Unger) vs. Bobbi Billard
LG: "The following women's contest is scheduled for one fall. In the ring at this time, from Los Angeles, CA, BOBBI BILLARD!"
("Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" by Metallica plays)
LG: "And her opponent, being led to the ring by Daffney Unger and representing the Misfits, from the Sanitarium, JACKLYN HYDE!"
Jacklyn squashes the blonde bombshell but not as easily as you might think, since she spends part of the time debating strategy with the voices in her head. Finally, she gets focused and finishes off Bobbi with the Splitter (Diamond Cutter) at 2:38.
Daffney gives Jacklyn her doll back after the match. JR, Tenay and some in the crowd are somewhat uncertain about what they just saw.
(Dungeon of Doom video package)
The Faces of Fear (w/"The Mouth of the South" Jimmy Hart) vs. Rene Dupree and Sylvian Grenier
LG: "The following tag team contest is scheduled for one fall. In the ring at this time, first from Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, weighing in at 250 lbs., RENE DUPREE! And his partner, from Montreal, Quebec, Canada, weighing in at 235 lbs., SYLVIAN GRENIER!"
Crowd is apathetic.
(The Faces of Fear's music plays)
Crowd pops.
LG: "And their opponents, being led to the ring by 'The Mouth of the South' Jimmy Hart and representing the Dungeon of Doom, at a total combined weight of 575 lbs., from the Kingdom of Tonga, MENG, and from the Samoan Islands, THE BARBARIAN, THE FACES OF FEAR!"
An absolute slaughter, as Meng and Barbarian just beat the hell out of their hapless opponents. Barbarian hits Dupree with the Kick of Fear and a big piledriver and Meng gives Grenier the Tongan Death Grip for the quick win at 2:15.
LG: "Here are your winners, THE FACES OF FEAR!"
(Commercials)
Main Event: The Undertaker and the APA vs. The Dudley Boys and Rhino
LG: "The following is our main event. It is a six-man tag team contest scheduled for one fall."
("Turn the Tables" plays, as the Dudleys and Rhino climb over the guardrail.)
LG: "Introducing first, representing Raven's Nest, from Dudleyville, at a total combined weight of 585 lbs., BUBBA RAY AND D-VON, THE DUDLEY BOYS! And their partner, from Detroit, MI, weighing in at 285 lbs., RHINO!"
Crowd boos.
("American Bad Ass" by Kid Rock plays)
Crowd cheers.
LG: "And their opponents, representing American Badass Inc., first from Houston, TX, weighing in at 305 lbs., THE UNDERTAKER! And his partners, at a total combined weight of 550 lbs., from Warner-Robins, GA, RON SIMMONS, and from Sweetwater, TX, BRADSHAW, THE APA!"
We get clips from the first APA-Dudleys match in the JWL, Rhino goring UT during the Royal Rumble, and the six-man brawl from our last show.
Bradshaw and Rhino start, and it's exactly the stiff, hard-hitting battle you expected. A lot of hard clotheslines, boots and slams. Bradshaw gets a flying shoulderblock and a powerslam for 2. Bradshaw controls and tags in Simmons, who controls for a time as well. The crowd is into this, chanting "APA! APA!" Rhino fights back, and gets a big clothesline and powerslam of his own for 2. Rhino tags in Bubba Ray, who pounds away on Simmons. Bubba Ray splashes Ron in the corner and hits another splash for 2. Bubba hits a Samoan Drop for 2. Bubba tags in D-Von and they double team Simmons for a bit. D-Von hits some punches, kicks and stomps on Ron. Simmons fights back and beats the hell out of D-Von to a HUGE pop. D-Von rakes Ron's eyes, and goes for a clothesline. Ron comes back, tries his own clothesline, and we get the double-KO spot. Both sides try to rally their partners to get up and make a tag. Ron is up first and goes after D-Von, who dives to his corner and tags in Rhino. Rhino attacks Ron with power stuff of his own, but Ron fights back and tags in...THE UNDERTAKER! UT hammers away on Rhino. UT grabs Rhino's arm and does the "Old School" ropewalk and flying forearm. UT holds onto the arm and follows up with a short-arm clothesline. Flying clothesline and big boot follow. UT signals for the chokeslam, and hits it. UT signals for The Last Ride, but the Dudleys try to distract referee Charles Robinson. The APA run to the other side of the ring and beat up the Dudleys to prevent any further interference. UT gets Robinson to pay attention to the match in time for Robinson to see UT hit The Last Ride on Rhino and pin him for the win at 10:00.
LG: "Here are your winners, THE UNDERTAKER and THE APA!"
End of show.