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March 31, 2002 Moki Roberts Dark matches: Randy Orton d. Prototype via Crossbody Block Maven d. Rico Constantino via Roll up Yuji Nagata d. Scotty Too Hotty via Brainbuster David Flair d. K-Kwik via Figure Four Goldust d. Rikishi via Shattered Dreams when Test distracted the ref APA d. Scott Norton and Virgil via Dominator on Virgil The show starts off with a video montage of Steamboat and Flair's first match, Sting vs Vader, The 4 Horsemen, the Dungeon of Doom, Hogan beating Flair at Bash at the Beach, DDP/Raven feud, Sting returning as the Crow Sting, the formation of the nWo, The best of 7 series with Chris Benoit and Booker T, Bret Hart winning his first WCW title, WCW getting new management/the Russo era, the purchase of WCW and now the split. -5 minutes- Pyros begin as Styles, Heenan and Gertner welcome us to the show and just before Gertner can make a wise ass comment about Styles the bell rings and the Hardys come out, followed by DDP/Bigelow. Jeff and DDP start out, 2 armdrags on DDP and DDP retreats to the corner. They lock up and DDP gets 2 armdrags of his own. DDP sends Jeff to the ropes for a back body drop but Jeff flips over him and hits a spinning heel kick. He then hits the shot to the groin. DDP rolls to the corner and tags in Bigelow. Jeff and BBB lock up and BBB throws him halfway across the ring. BBB then hits a couple of headbutts to the stomach before whipping him into the corner. BBB hits a couple elbows, then suplexes him and attempts a pin, 1-2 kick out. BBB then tags in DDP who winds up Jeff's arm, then elbows him down. He hits a powerslam before going for a pin, 1-2, kickout. He goes for the Diamond Cutter early but Jeff counters by dropkicking him out of the ring. Jeff then hits a suicide dive on DDP. Now in the ring is Matt and BBB. Matt and BBB trade blows and Matt kicks BBB and slams him. 2nd rope legdrop, 1-2 kickout. Matt then sends BBB to the corner, punches away on BBB but out of nowhere BBB counters it, and turns it into the Greetings from Ashbury Park for the pin. -7 minutes- Backstage now, Norman Smiley and Big Vito are talking backstage about the hardcore title and Tommy Dreamer comes up and tells them that they're not even in Raven's league and that they would get their asses handed to them, Extremely. Vito takes exception and shoves Dreamer and Raven breaks them up and says that since he thinks he's so tough, he'll lead him to destiny tonight and offers him a shot at the hardcore title. Raven says that you can't escape fate and that fate is him kicking his Big Cheeto ass tonight. -4 minutes- Commercial Mean Gene interviews Jake Roberts. Mean Gene asks what brought Jake back and he said it was unfinished business which needed to be tended to. Says that the Snake is the most dangerous when approached, and if anyone tries to get in his way they'll get bit. Mean Gene asks if there's anyone in particular and Jake says "In due time you'll know soon enough. I can't let even you know what destiny awaits this person. There's only 1 person that I trust and it's me. But when the time comes, you'll see what the Snake means, trust me." -3 minutes- We're back to the ring now, and Gertner says something about Jake's snake and Heenan replies that he isn't sure who owns who in that relationship. Styles tells them to shut up and just then Val Venis' music hits and he does the usual making a woman's dreams come true thing. Heenan says that if he wants that he should keep his towel on and just go to the back. Before Venis finishes it, Lex Luger's music hits and he says that Venis wouldn't know the first thing about pleasing the ladies. Says he's the total package and as far as he's concerned, the Big Valbowski is more like the Sawed off Valbowski. Venis then challenges him right then and there and says in the end it'll be Lex Loser. Luger charges and the ring and the bell is sounded. Venis hits a couple knees and sends Luger to the ropes for a backbody drop. He delivers a couple elbowdrops before whipping him into the corner. Venis charges but Luger puts a boot up and starts punching away at him. He hits a bodyslam and then a kneedrop. Luger then sends him into the ropes and hoists him up in a body press, but Venis jumps off and hits a clothesline. He sends him to the ropes and does his double knee spot, then slams him for the Money Shot. Venis gets to the top but Luger throws him off and puts him in a sleeper. Venis fights out and russian legsweeps him. Luger hits a low blow though and he applies the Torture Rack but David Flair comes out and distracts Luger which allows Venis to get out and when Luger turns around Venis puts him in a small package for the win. Luger then makes chase after David. -5 minutes- Commercial Austin cuts a promo. He comments on Jake saying that it doesn't matter who he's talking about, he will still whoop some ass. He says he wasn't booked to kick any ass tonight so he'll just have some cold Steveweisers and be a lazy bastard. He says next week will be different, it don't matter who you are Stone Cold Steve Austin will fight you, and that's the bottom line cuz Stone Cold said so. -3 minutes- Lilian Garcia is backstage with Commissioner Piper. She asks him if he can handle everyone and he says of course. He says that it doesn't matter if your name is Hogan, Undertaker, Sid, Kane, El Dandy or Shawn Stasiak, he lays down the law and if you don't like it, tough shit. Undertaker walks up and says that he can talk good, but does he have the balls to back himself up. Piper says that since he took the liberty of disrupting his interview, and also cuz he's an ass, he puts Taker in a handicap match tonight. Taker laughs and says it doesn't matter which two idiots he finds, he'll take them to school. Piper says that's fine cuz tonight he's facing Hulk Hogan and Ken Shamrock in a no DQ match. Taker is appalled by the ruling and suckerpunches Piper and throws him into the wall a number of times. He then hits him over the head with a lead pipe and Piper has the crimson mask going. Styles says several 'OH MY GOD OH MY GOD's as he's in utter disbelief and Gertner steps in and says that Piper is Rowdy Roddy Pussy now. After the assault Taker says that's only a fragment of what he'll do to Hogan and Shamrock tonight. -5 minutes- Commercial Styles is still hysterical about the previous happenings and Heenan says not to get his panties in a wad, there's a match. Styles says Heenan would know about wearing panties and then Big Vito's music hits and he comes out with a steel chair in one hand and a trash can in another. Raven then comes out with his shopping cart of weapons and Vito slides out of the ring and nails him with the trashcan. Vito then begins stomping him and goes for a cover, 1-2 kickout. Vito picks him up and slams him, and goes into the cart of goodies. He pulls out a sink, STOP sign, thumb tacks and more trashcans/lids. Before Vito can use one Raven gets up and nails him with a lid in the head several times getting a funny reaction from Heenan 'Don't hit him there Raven, his head is as thick as his body' He then nails Vito with a russian legsweep onto the pavement for a long 2 count. He then goes for the Evenflow onto the chair but Vito blocks it and hits a suplex onto another one of the trashcans. Covers but Raven kicks out at the last second and Vito is arguing with the ref about the count. Vito turns around and gets smacked with the STOP sign, then Raven hits the Evenflow onto the chair for the victory. -8 minutes- Immediately now we head to the ring and Christian's music hits. Then out comes his tag team partner, Mr. Perfect and he cuts a quick promo saying that this will be a Perfect win. Then the team of D'lo Brown/Mark Henry hits the ring and the bell rings. Christian and Henry start out. They lock up and Henry throws him down and Christian retreats. They start out again and a rake to the eyes by Christian gets him the advantage. He punches away and dropkicks him down. Christian hits a belly to belly suplex. He sends him to the ropes and hits a spinning heel kick and goes for a cover, kickout at 2 and goes to tag in Perfect. Kicks to the stomach and irish whips him into the corner and delivers a couple of stiff chops and slams him to the mat. Perfect then sends him to the ropes but Henry hangs on and Perfect misses a front dropkick. Henry then sends him to the ropes and nails a couple of clotheslines and then goes for a legdrop. He tags in D'lo and he applies a chinlock on Perfect. D'lo then hits an inverted atomic drop before hitting a snap suplex. D'lo goes to hit the Sky High but Perfect kicks his leg out of him and applies some kind of chokehold but Henry breaks it up. Christian rushes in and brawls with Henry and they spill to the outside. Henry applies the bearhug on Christian but Perfect breaks it up and D'lo pulls Perfect in the ring. Perfect throws something in his eyes and Christian hits the Impaler on Henry and Perfect hits the PerfectPlex on D'lo for the win. -8 minutes- Commercial Kanyon is talking with Shawn Stasiak backstage and hands him a 'Who Better Than Kanyon' t-shirt and Stasiak proudly sports it and has a cheesy smile on his face. Kanyon says no one is better than Kanyon but Test walks up and says obviously he hasn't seen Test. He disses how Kanyon talks and says how could he better than anyone cuz of a lame ass t-shirt. Kanyon calls Test horseface and says that he'll prove, yet again that no one is better than Kanyon and he'll be subject to the Flatliner. -4 minutes- Gertner says that no one is better than Kanyon, but him. Styles says that he wouldn't last one second with Kanyon and Heenan comes to Gertner's defense saying if you could last more than a minute with the Ultimate Warrior like he did, then Gertner could easily do so with Kanyon. Styles calls them idiotsticks and gets us ready for our next match up which is Psychosis vs El Dandy. Both come out and they both lock up. Psychosis winds up Dandy's arm and takes his feet out from under him. Psychosis sends Dandy to the ropes and executes a handspring elbow. Psychosis lifts up Dandy for a suplex but Dandy blocks it and hits a tiger leg sweep on him for a 2 count. Psychosis evades and locks back up. Hits a dragon screw and a flip on Dandy for a 2 count. Psychosis then sends him to the ropes and executes a hurricarana for another 2 count. Dandy knees him though and sends him to the corner. Kicks and punches and then sets him up for a frankensteiner. Psychosis blocks it and hits a 450 splash for the pin. -9 minutes- Mean Gene now with Big Show. He asks him what he thought of Roddy Piper being beat down by Taker. Show says it was brutal and that it was out of line. He should know better and show some respect if he wants any. Stevie Richards walks by and says 'Respect, you don't know the first thing about it Big Show. You claim to be the biggest and baddest, that may be true but I'm far more superior than you, I know what's right and I am going to show you just that'. Show laughs and says that he'd be glad to oblige, and kick his ass. -3 minutes- Commercial Test vs Kanyon is next says Styles. Gertner is still going on about how he's the only one better than Kanyon. Anyways Test steps into some quick right hands and some kicks. Headlock by Kanyon, Test sends him to the ropes and Kanyon ducks a big boot and hits a flying shoulderblock. Kanyon applies an armbar and applys lots of pressure. Test breaks it and hits a backbreaker for a 2 count. He applies another resthold before Kanyon fights it off, runs to the ropes and runs into a huge spinebuster. He plays the crowd a little, which allows Kanyon to get up and execute a flapjack/DDT combo. He delivers a couple of elbowdrops for another 2 count. He hammers away on Test some more, then attempts the Flatliner but Test blocks it and lands a gut wrench powerbomb for a long 2 count. Test sends him to the corner and hits some high knees. Test slams him for the top rope elbow drop but Kanyon catches him and delivers an awesome reverse frankensteiner which prompts another 'OH MY GOD' from Styles as that move looked pretty sick. Test somehow kicks out. Kanyon tries an abdominal stretch, Test breaks out. He goes for belly to belly flip suplex but Test knees him in the stomach and hits a DDT. Kanyon gets up and Test hits the big boot but Rikishi comes out, which obviously distracts the ref and Test and Rikishi go at it a bit till Test holds him off. Test goes to put away Kanyon with a roll of the dice but Kanyon reverses it into the Flatliner for the win. -8 minutes- After a brief highlight of what's transpired tonight, it's back to the ring Styles assures us in the challenge Stevie Richards made to the Big Show earlier. Heenan says his money is on Richards for the fact that he uses his head for good and not like Show who uses it to bash everything he sees. Show to the ring first, followed by Richards who comes out with Saturn, hmm...Gertner ponders why these two came out together, as Styles says that it must be an 'ECW bond'. Richards attacks Show before the bell and Show just shoves him off. Richards comes back with a clothesline attempt, doesn't reel Show so he tries a forearm shot to the head, reels him a little and then when he tries again Show just boots him in the head. Show then lifts him up and drops him on the turnbuckle for a 2 count. Show goes for a backdrop but Richards lowblows him and goes to the top and hits a dropkick knocking him down. Goes for the cover but Show easily kicks out. Richards then starts nailing Show with kicks to the ribs and hits a knee lift, putting Show on his knees. He talks to Saturn for a brief instant, then lines up Show for the Stevie Kick but Show dodges it and hits him with the Chokeslam for the win. After the match Saturn attacks Show and puts him in a camel clutch and Richards talks shit to him. He then signals for Saturn to prop him up and he delivers the Stevie Kick. They beat on him some more til refs seperate them. -5 minutes- Lilian Garcia with Hogan. Pretty much says Taker may feel good doing what he did to Piper, but he's going to make sure Piper sees what him and Shamrock are going to do to him tonight. Promises that after tonight, the only yard you'll be in brother is the graveyard, so you can practice all you want being a Dead Man, and whatcha goin to do when Hulkamania and The World's Most Dangerous Man run wild on you.. -3 minutes- Commercial Heenan welcomes us back and says he's looking forward to Hogan once again shooting his mouth off and then getting squashed like a bug. Gertner adds that Shamrock can't be in the zone since he's always zoned out and doesn't know if he's coming or going. Styles shuts them up and Taker comes out first. Takes the mic and says that you dumbasses can't save the carnage the Dead Man is going to impose so save your breath. Shamrock comes out, Heenan mocks Shamrock 'getting in the zone' and then Hogan is last, a huge pop. Does some posing and Styles puts his money on the Hulkster and we're on. Taker taunts Hogan but Shamrock starts it off. Taker gets a headlock, applies pressure and shoves him down. Shamrock recovers and locks up, delivers an european uppercut, followed by a fireman's carry. Taker returns the favour by giving him right hands and a side slam. Taker covers but only gets a 2. He sends Shamrock to the ropes and delivers his trademark flying clothesline. He picks him up and taunts Hogan, who comes in but is held back by the ref. Taker chokes and rubs his forearm across his eyes. Ref turns around and counts another 2. Taker then exposes a turnbuckle and continues to hammer away on Shamrock. He sends him into the exposed corner but Shamrock reverses and Taker hits it instead. Shamrock runs and hits a bulldog. He goes to tag in Hogan and the crowd is on it's feet. Hogan kicks Taker, and sends him into the corner and clotheslines him. He does so again and Taker is dazed. Hogan poses a little, but Taker scoops him up and slams him down. Taker runs to the ropes and delivers a high elbow drop, cover and 1-2-kick out. Taker then picks him up, winds his arm up and is about to go old school, but Hogan powers out and sends Taker flying out of the ring. Hogan follows, and hammers some more. Shamrock joins and it's double teaming now. Hogan runs Taker into the ringpost. Shamrock runs him into the guardrail. Shamrock grabs a chair and goes to hit Taker but he puts his boot up and Shamrock is sent down hard. Hogan though comes from behind and nails him in the back with a chair. Still reeling, Hogan does a backrake and Taker is on one knee. Hogan rolls him into the ring now, and stomps on him. Hogan delivers an atomic drop, followed by a clothesline. Shamrock is back in, and puts Taker in a leglock. Shamrock releases it, and Hogan goes for a piledriver. Taker blocks it and Hogan is on his back, Shamrock attacks but is met by a big boot. He picks up Shamrock, and delivers a chokeslam. 1-2 broke by Hogan. Taker blocks Hogan's attacks and sets him up for the Last Ride. He can't lift him up all the way, Hogan then gets out of it and starts to Hulk up. Taker attacks, but nothing doing. Hogan sends him to the ropes and delivers a big boot. Shamrock has Taker in the Ankle Lock as well. Hogan calls for the legdrop but all a sudden the Macho Man and Kane hit the ring from the crowd and beat down Shamrock and Hogan. Chokeslam on Hogan. Top rope elbow drop by Macho Man. Styles is going balistic 'OH MY GOD THEY'RE TEARING THEM APART' Heenan and Gertner are laughing in a -I-told-you-so manner. They nail Shamrock with the ring bell. It ensues for a bit till Piper hits the ring with chair in hand and pummels all 3 wrestlers repeatedly. He puts Taker in a sleeper before shoving him down. The ref is shocked and Piper goes to Hogan and gets him up and Hogan slowly hits the ropes and hits the Legdrop and it's 1-2-3 and Hogan, bleeding and all, wins it as Piper raises his arm as the show goes off the air...-11 minutes- | ||
