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1. Val Venis vs. Hardcore Holly
As Hardcore Holly makes his way to the ring, clips are shown of Raw where he lost the Hardcore Championship back to Crash Holly after the Acolyte Protection Agency interfered on Crash's behalf.
Holly and Venis tie up in the middle of the ring and back each other into different corners. Val Venis makes the clean break, but Holly comes out punching. Val ducks the right hand and lands some of his own before Irish whipping Holly to the ropes. That is reversed, however, and Holly telegraphs a backdrop and gets a kick to his upper body. Venis misses a clothesline and gets kicked low, but reverses an Irish whip into a neckbreaker and gets a two count. Holly comes back with right hands, but is caught coming off the ropes with an elbow, which sends him to the mat. Val hits another elbow drop and a knee to the face before getting another two count. Venis backs Holly into the corner, working him over with punches, kicks, and a choke with his foot.
Holly reverses an Irish whip into the corner, which sends Val down to the mat face first. After a sidewalk slam, Holly puts the boots and forearms to Val and drops down on his back. Val briefly recovers with some elbows, but Holly reverses a suplex into one of his own for a two count. Val sends Holly to the outside, and follows him outside, getting in some short-lived offense before being whipped into the ring steps. Holly the slams Val onto the steps and rams him into the steel post, before rolling back in the ring to break the refs ten count.
Back in the ring, Holly misses a clothesline, which allows Val to got to work with punches, a back body drop, and two clotheslines. Val whips Holly into the ropes and follows up with a knee to the midsection, twice. After a Russian legsweep, Val does his dance over Holly and goes to work with more punches. As Val charges off the ropes, Holly hits him with a picture perfect dropkick.
At 4:45, Crash Holly comes out and gets on the ring apron. Hardcore punches him off, which distracts him long enough for Val Venis to sneak up from behind and take the win with a fisherman's suplex. After the match, Crash taunts Hardcore as he walks up the ramp.
Winner: Val Venis at 5:03
(Commercial)
Highlights from Raw are shown, focusing on the main event of The Rock vs. Shane McMahon, where Rock pinned Triple H and was declared the winner.
Next, we see clips from Smackdown's main event, where The Rock took on X-Pac and Road Dogg and eventually hits Vince McMahon in the head with a chair.
(Commercial)
2. Bradshaw (w/Faarooq) vs. Bull Buchanan (w/Big Boss Man)
As Bull Buchanan makes his way to the ring, we see clips of Buchanan and Boss Man's assault on Kane, smashing his hand. This was done to give Kane time off to heal his hand which was legitimately injured.
Bradshaw jumps Buchanan as he slides into the ring, but gets his Irish whip reversed into the corner. As he stumbles out, Bull clotheslines him to the mat. As Bull taunts the crowd, Bradshaw spears him, sending both men to the outside, where Bradshaw rams Bull into the ring steps and into the announcers table. Bradshaw went for a chair, but got attacked from behind.
The action returns to the ring with Bull throwing punches in the corner. Bradshaw boots him in the stomach and takes advantage with some punches. He whips Bull into the corner and follows up with a low boot. As Bradshaw goes for a powerbomb, Bull reverses it and then hits a scissors kick coming off the ropes. Bull attacks Bradshaw in the corner with more punches and kicks, then hits a nice vertical suplex for a two count.
Out of nowhere, Bradshaw nails a sideslam and an impressive dropkick on Buchanan as he comes off the ropes. After a big boot, Bradshaw goes for the cover, but only gets two. Bull hits his own big boot, however, and comes off the top rope with a clothesline, in the same move he missed on Smackdown against Kane. After moving out of a Bull splash, Bradshaw hits the clothesline from hell, but Boss Man pulls him out and the four men brawl until the ref throws the match out.
Winner: No Contest at 3:58
(Commercial)
Highlights from last weekend's Axxess Fan Festival were shown. I attended it and it was simply great. The lines were long, but you can hardly blame the WWF on that. Overall it was just a great, fun time had by all.
(Commercial)
3. Godfather & D'Lo Brown (w/4 Hoes) vs. Joey Abs & Rodney (w/Pete Gas)
Before the match, Godfather does the usual mic work. Throughout this match, the announcers put the Posse over, saying how much they've improved over the last year in the Federation.
Godfather and Joey Abs start things off, with Abs being sent to the mat after a clothesline coming out of the corner. As Abs comes off the ropes, Godfather hits him low and nails a hook kick before missing an elbow drop. Abs tags out to Rodney, who immediately is hip tossed. Godfather tags in D'Lo, who Irish whips Rodney into Godfather for a body slam. D'Lo then hits a splash and Godfather hits his leg drop.
D'Lo hits a leg drop and goes to work on Rodney in the corner. He whips Rodney to the corner, and Rodney does the Flair flip to the outside apron and hits D'Lo with a neckbreaker on the top rope. Rodney executes a neckbreaker on D'Lo coming off the ropes, then tags out to Joey Abs. As D'Lo comes off the ropes, he gets nailed with a drop toehold, followed up with a leg drop by Abs. D'Lo recovers by hitting a dropkick off the top and both men make the hot tag.
Godfather cleans house with a backdrop on Abs and Rodney. Rodney recovers into the corner and gets hit with the Ho Train. Godfather tags out to D'Lo, who climbs the turnbuckle as Rodney lands in perfect position for the frog splash. Pete Gas is distracted outside by the hoes, so he can't interfere. D'Lo executes the frog splash and gets the three count.
Winners: Godfather & D'Lo Brown at 3:26
(Commercial)
Another APA commercial airs, where they realize they are out of beer. They then go off to kick someone's ass because "We need beer money."
4. Al Snow vs. Viscera
Before the match, the announcers discuss how Pete Rose should be let into the Hall of Fame. On a side note, I recently heard that Rose's mother actually dies the day prior to WrestleMania. You have to give Pete credit for still participating in the event.
As Viscera starts to get into the ring, Snow does a baseball slide dropkick to keep the big man at bay. Snow dives through the ropes, but is caught by Viscera who rams him into the steel post twice and once into the steps. Vis misses a splash on the guardrail, as Snow springboards off the steps with a leg lariat. The tide turns as Vis hits a short-arm clothesline and sends Snow back into the ring.
As Vis steps over the top rope, Snow kicks it and crotches Vis. Viscera assaults Snow in the corner with some stiff chops before whipping him to the opposite corner. Al stops short with a baseball slide and charges at Vis, eventually hitting an enziguri for a two count. Vis catches Snow coming off the ropes with a sidewalk slam, then lands a massive leg drop for a two. Viscera destroys Snow in the corner and then hits Snow with a Samoan drop. At 2:41, Steve Blackman comes down the ramp and distracts the referee and Viscera. Snow takes advantage and uses Head on Viscera twice to pick up the victory.
Winner: Al Snow at 3:04
(Commercial)
Before the show ends, they preview Sunday Night Heat, which will feature Chris Jericho vs. Viscera, and Crash Holly defending the Hardcore Championship against Mark Henry. Other matches will include Val Venis & Stevie Richards vs. The Headbangers as well as Essa Rios taking on Funaki.
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Announcers: Kevin Kelly and Tom Pritchard
Essa Rios (w Lita) v. Billy Fives
Rios came out to a big pop, and the two started at it quickly. Essa got a
near fall with a powerslam, then sent Billy into the corner and followed with
knife edge chops. After this, Essa knocked Billy to the outside with a
clothesline. Lita then came out of nowhere with a frankensteiner on Billy,
followed by a salto by Essa. However, Billy fought back in the ring, and
lifted Essa up and dropped him across the ropes. He followed that up with
knife edge chops, then a scoop slam. He asscended to the top rope, and hit a
frog splash, but Essa kicked out at two. Billy went for a frankensteiner,
but Essa reversed it into a powerbomb. He then hit a moonsault for the win,
Lita followed that with a moonsault of her own. Billy Fives looked good in
this match, he might make his way onto Heat in the near future.
Stevie Richards v. Bruno Sassi
Sassi quickly hit a spinebuster, and got a near fall. He quickly stood
Stevie up, and hit a hanging suplex for another near fall. Stevie fought
back, hitting a back body drop. He got a near fall after a sidewalk slam,
and hit a powerbomb. He then did the Shawn Micheal's foot stomp, and hit the
Stevie Kick for the win. Stevie hugged the ref afterwards, to the ref's
disguist. While Sassi put on a good match, his gimmick (a fat freternity
guy) sucks.
Headbangers v. Headcheese
Al quickly hit a fireman's carry on Mosh, then hit a German Suplex
variation. Al went for another one, but Mosh hit a roll up for a one count.
Mosh then mounted Al and threw several punches into his face. Mosh then got
a two count after a powerslam. However, Al came back with an enzuguri and
tagged in Blackman. Mosh quickly applied an armbar, and Thrasher jumped off
the top with an elbow on the shoulder. Al then pulled Mosh out of the ring
and hit a reverse powerbomb on the ramp. Thrasher and Al then tagged in.
Thraser hit a drop toe hold on Al into the groin of the still prone Blackman.
After some more brawling, Al nailed Thrasher with Head with the ref's back
turned for the win.
D'Lo v. Joey Abs
D'Lo quickly hit a Russian leg sweep variation, then a moonsault for a two
count. D'Lo hit a back body drop. Rodney and Pete jumped up to the apron,
but D'Lo knocked them off. Joey grabbed him from behind and hit a DDT, then
a sidewalk slam. He followed that up with a suplex, and got a near fall.
However, D'Lo came back with a scoop slam and hit the D'Lo Leg Drop.
Afterwards, he hit the Sky High for the win.
*Note* Highlights of RAW and Smackdown were shown throughout the show, so there were only four matches.