January6, 2007
Phoenix, AZ
Backlot Arena
(1) Yoshihiro Tajiri & Mikey Whipwreck defeated The Second City Saints (CM Punk & Colt Cobana) by pinfall in 4:08. CM Punk showed intensity in this match that he's probably not allowed to show in WWECW. After dropping Whipwreck with the Uranage, the match seemed to be over, but Colt Cobana brutally attacked his partner, taking him out with the Colt 45. One roundhouse kick from Tajiri sealed the deal. Cobana mouthed off at a camera that his actions were due to Punk ''selling out.''
A vignette aired hyping the history behind the Rhodes-Flair feud. At the end, it announced that the loser would retire.
(2) Dustin Rhodes defeated David Flair in an I Quit Match in 14:57. These two second generation wrestlers beat the unholy hell out of each other. Rhodes was particularly brutal, focusing on Flair's head with bulldogs, DDTs, piledrivers, and bionic elbows throughout the fight. After powering out of a figure-four leglock, Rhodes locked the bloody Flair in an STF, and Flair screamed ''I Quit!'' ending the match and his career. As Rhodes celebrated his win, Scott Hall ran out and laid him out with a Razor's Edge.
Dawn Marie interviewed Scott Hall. Hall said Rhodes was always jealous of the close relationship Hall has with Dustin's dad, the American Dream Dusty Rhodes. Hall said that when Dustin was off prancing around in gold paint and g-strings that Dusty treated Hall as the son he wished he had, not the one he ended up with.
(3) The Hellraisers (w/ Spike Grey) defeated Mexico's Most Wanted by pinfall in 8:49. Halloween had Ali laid out on a table on the floor, and scaled the ropes for a moonsault. Spike Grey pulled his man out of the way at the last second and Halloween crashed through the table onto the concrete, taking him out of the match. It didn't take long for the numbers game to overwhelm Damien, as he fell victim to the KO.
(4) World Cruiserweight Champion Psicosis won a Cruiserweight Battle Royal over Juventud Guerrera, Jungle Jim Cole, Laser, Devon Air, and Maven to retain the title in 11:38. The six cruisers tore into each other immediately. Juvi was quickly eliminated when Maven pushed him off the top rope and onto the floor. The five remaining men were wary of top rope offense for awhile, but that subsided when Psicosis took out all of his challengers with a twisting plancha. Soon after, Cole dumped Laser to the floor only to be dropkicked out himself by Maven. Maven then gorilla pressed Devon Air to the floor leaving him alone with the champion. After several minutes of back and forth action, Maven thought he had won with a back body drop, but Psicosis landed on the apron and pulled Maven to the floor from behind to win the match.
Afterwards, Maven jumped into the ring and brutally attacked Psicosis. Excalibur ran out to make the save only to be attacked by longtime rival Azrael. Security finally pulled the wrestlers apart.
(5) World Tag Team Champions Dan the Man & Bazooka Joe defeated the Extreme Express, the Hotsteppers, and the World's Greatest Tag Team (Shelton Benjamin & Charlie Haas) in a TLC match to retain the titles in 16:12. This match was a travesty of justice. The tag belts were suspended above the ring, but the champs were nowhere to be seen. The three other teams took it up a notch knowing that there would be new champions crowned. At one point, Tommy Lynn and Lance Andrews put the Mack and Charlie Haas through tables with 450 splashes in stereo from two ladders. The craziest spot of the match saw five men brawling on the floor with Shelton Benjamin alone in the ring. He set up one ladder in the corner, and leaned another against it. He ran up the leaning ladder and leapt off the one in the corner and landed on his opponents on the floor with a huge suicide dive. At that moment, the belts began lowering to the ring. Dan the Man ran out, retrieved the titles, and ran to the back celebrating the single-most tainted victory in the history of the sport of professional wrestling.
In the back, cameras followed Dan to a control room where it was revealed that Bazooka Joe knocked out a technician to lower the belts himself. The brothers cackled at their genius plan.
(6) Philadelphia Champion Hanzo wrestled to a No Contest with Sgt. Rex Patterson in 13:13 in a Boot Camp Match. Both men came armed in this match. Hanzo had a barbed wire bat, and Patterson came with a coil of barbed wire. Late in the match, with both men bleeding from various places in which the barbs had torn at their flesh, the two combatants became trapped together in a mess of loose barbed wire and the board itself. The referee stopped the match and several officials came out with wire cutters.
After several minutes, Hanzo was freed and he limped to the back with his Philadelphia title belt. Patterson took a few moments longer, and came up bleeding profousely from his right arm. Doctors helped him to the back.
Kevin Kelly talked about the history between the Hardy Boys and Team 3D, and then announced that the next match would be a Tables match.
(7) The Hardy Boys defeated Team 3D in a Tables Match in 5:23. As soon as the bell rang, Brother Runt came out, yanking Brother Devon from the apron through a table on the floor, eliminating him. Brother Ray brutalized Runt, and tossed him from the ring into the third row. As the crowd surfed Runt around, the Hardys tore into Ray. Eventually Ray was placed on a table after a Twist of Fate and put through the table with a Swanton bomb, allowing the Hardys to advance in the World Cup.
Dusty Daniels talked about the history between former partners Taylor Edwards and World Women's Champion Heather Carter. Kevin Kelly announced that Rex Patterson had been taken to a local medical facility and that GWF camera crews were in tow.
(8) World Women's Champion Heather Carter defeated Taylor Edwards by pinfall in 19:33. Carter and Edwards truly took advantage of the night's no holds barred rules, beginning their fight in the aisle, and spilling into the crowd. They went through the arena, into the upper deck, out into the hall, around the building, and back down the other side. When they neared ringside, Edwards stole a fan's chair and cracked it across Carter's skull. She dragged the champ to the ring, where she laid the chair in a corner and set up a Tornado DDT. Carter held on to the top rope and slammed Edwards onto the chair with a powerful spinebuster as a counter. The match continued, spilling to the floor again a few minutes later. The two ladies brawled ferociously until Carter shoved Edwards onto the announcer's table. By the time Edwards sat up, Heather was there to bust her open with a wicked chair shot. The champ then climbed onto the guardrail and put her challenger through the table with a beautiful standing moonsault, earning her the first ''Holy Shit'' chant since the Boot Camp Match. When Carter dragged Taylor into the ring, she was only able to score a two count. She went for a moonsault from the top rope, but Edwards moved at the last second and took control of the fight. Late in the match, Edwards tried to powerbomb the champion onto a chair, but Carter countered it with a DDT, smashing her former partner's bloody head onto the chair, enabling her to score the pin and walk out with her title.
After the match, the fans gave both ladies a standing ovation.
The show cut to doctors stiching up Rex Patterson's severely lacerated arm in a local ER. Patterson winced in pain, but challenged Hanzo to a Barbed Wire match at Battle of the Titans XVII.
(9) World Heavyweight Champion Merlin defeated Jazzy Jeff Hunter by pinfall in 23:29. This match was incredibly fast-paced and set a high standard for all World title matches to follow in 2007. Late in the bout, Merlin kicked Hunter straight in the face and hard. It appeared as though Hunter's nose may have been broken. Hunter was disoriented and wobbly after that, and was rolled up for the win as he attempted a Jazzdrop.
PHOTOS:
January 14, 2006
Philadelphia, PA
Franklin Hall
(1) Philadelphia Champion ''Cowboy'' Chris Mason defeated Abi in a Flag Match in 8:13. Abi dominated the match, and after a Caribbean Bomb (gorilla press into a powerslam) scaled the ropes to go for the Texas flag. Brutus ran down to the ring and chokeslammed Abi from the top rope to the mat to stop him, allowing Mason to recover and capture the Puerto Rican flag for the win.
Brutus ranted about not being on the PPV and said he was the best big man in the sport.
(2) Rex Patterson defeated Physical Graffiti and Jimmy Chainsaw in a 3 Way Dance in 10:01. Graffiti appeared to be injured early in the match having landed wrong executing a double axhandle from the top. He was rolled up shortly after that by Chainsaw. Patterson got the win by cracking Chainsaw in the head with a chair three times in a row before locking him in the Cobra Clutch for the win.
(3) Larait defeated World Women's Champion Enigma by pinfall in 6:57 to win the title. Chris Mason ran in and obliterated Enigma with a big boot, allowing Lariat to take advantage of the no-DQ rules for the night and get the win.
The Extreme Express challenged whoever walks out tonight as Tag Team Champions to a match at the next FNF.
(4) The Hellraisers defeated the Italian Stallions in a Cage Match in 13:45. Towards the end of the match, Spike Grey tossed handcuffs into his team. After cuffing Chuck Palumbo to the cage, the Hellraisers double teamed Johnny Stamboli and eventually finished him off with a spiked piledriver to get the win.
(5) The Right Stuff defeated World Tag Team Champions the Power Warriors for the titles by pinfall in 6:21. Doom's notoriously bad back gave out while holding Ice up for the Doomsday Device. As Poison crashed to the mat, Hammer rolled Doom up for the surprise victory.
(6) The Hellraisers defeated World Tag Team Champions the Right Stuff for the titles by pinfall in 6:33. As Hammer tried to fight off a double team effort, Spike Grey nailed Ice with his cane, allowing Ali to sneak a quick pin for the win.
After the match, Hammer was visibly upset and attacked Ice for the loss.
Doom was shown being loaded into an ambulance backstage.
(7) Marty Jannetty defeated Axl Michaels in a Street Fight in 14:29. Jannetty dropped Michaels with a Rockerdropper from the announcer's stage through a table on the floor to get the win.
(8) World Cruiserweight Champion Azrael defeated Excalibur, Jungle Jim Cole, and Taka Michinoku in a Fatal Four Way Match in 12:55. Azrael nailed Cole with his belt to get the pin as Excalibur and Taka fought in the crowd.
The tale of the tape rolled for the World Heavyweight title bout.
(9) World Heavyweight Champion Dan the Man defeated PJ Plush, Superstar Magnum, and Rocker in a 4-Way Ladder Match in 20:54. PJ Plush was taken to the back when Magnum gorilla pressed him to the floor causing Plush to land awkwardly on his left ankle. After taking out Dan the Man, Rocker and Magnum battled atop a ladder to try and grab the title belt. Bazooka Joe ran out and shoved the ladder, sending them both to the floor. As Joe tried to help Dan into the ring, Rowdy Roddy Piper ran out and waylaid him with a clothesline. As Piper turned and attacked the fallen champion, Joe grabbed a chair and cracked it across Piper's skull, busting him open. Joe helped Dan into the ring and up the ladder to grab the belt. After the match, they attacked the bloody Piper until Magnum and Rocker made the save.