January 15, 2002
DARK MATCHES SMW Match: Shannon Moore pulled a surprise win over Spencer Hollywood in 5:12 after a top rope hurracanrana. Vlad the Impaler defeated Weapon R in 6:32 with his move, "Lights Out". Steve Blackman got Shawn Stasiak to tap out with a butterfly lock at the 12:22 mark. Albert beat Tajiri in 10:39 after a hard fought match with the "Baldo Bomb".
PRIMETIME GOES LIVE AS PRIMETIME COMES ON, FOOTAGE IS SHOWN FROM EARLIER IN THE DAY..... COMMISSIONER PIPER IS ON THE PHONE. Piper:"Okay, okay, that's great. So it's finalized? (pauses) Okay, thank you and I hope we don't have to do this again. Okay, bye". LIVE ACTION.... PIPER's OFFICE.... Piper:"Hello folks, and welcome to PrimeTime. The reason why I had the production team roll that footage was because I had a very significant phone conversation earlier today. Last week on RAW is WAR, we had a problem with one man, Wally Willson interfering in matches and so, I made sure it wasn't going to happen again. Ya see Wally, that phone call was me legally revoking your managers license! So enjoy PrimeTime folks, even if our good friends the NWO doesn't". PRIMETIME's THEME MUSIC HITS AND THE MONTAGE VIDEO PLAYS AS THE ARENA IS SHOWN FULL OF SCREAMING FANS AS THE CAMERA SPANS THE CROWD. Michael Cole:"Hello fans and welcome to PrimeTime where we are live from Santa Fe, New Mexico and King, what a night it's gonna be! A MATCHUP PICTURE IS SHOWN TO TV VIEWERS. Tonight, Shawn Michaels and Edge will decide who will face the game for the TWF Title at the Royal Rumble"! Lawler:"And speaking of the game Michael, it was signed just moments ago that he will be in a non title match later tonight with Drew Blood"! Cole:"It's gonna be a huge night fans as we draw closer and closer to the Royal Rumble"! BACKSTAGE The locker room is shown, balloons are everywhere, and confetti is thrown all over everything. Several TWF stars are inside, including Bahamut and Strife. Bahamut has a clipboard in his hand, as two workers lug something in the room.
Bahamut: "Yeah, put the keg over on that far wall!"
Lawler: "HA! Look at this!"
Bahamut: "Did you boys bring in the Pony?"
Worker: "No sir.."
Bahamut: "Well be sure to, and don't forget the case of Bicardi Orange. Can't forget that!"
Strife smiles, and grabs a Bicardi Orange from the case as they bring it in, popping it open, and gulping it down.
Bahamut: "Whoa! Calm down buddy! Save some for the guests!"
Suddenly two workers bring in six monkeys, all dressed as clowns. They each have a rubber mask meant to look like a buttucks.
Bahamut: "THERE ARE MY ASS CLOWNS! You guys are late, put them by the ponies, and the small elephants. And get someone to clean up the mannure! Will someone put the music back on?"
The music blasts on, hard rock. It rocks the room as it blasts through the speakers.
Bahamut: "THATS BETTER!!!"
Strife: "WHAT?"
Bahamut: "I SAID THAT'S BETTER!!!"
Strife: "WHAT????"
Bahamut: "Oh forget it!"
Bahamut walks away..
Strife: "What?"
JAZZ' MUSIC HITS AND SHE COMES OUT TO A LOT OF LOUD BOOING. Cole:"Tonight is the one year anniversary of Strife and Bahamut being in the TWF King, and it looks like they're having a little celebration back there"! Lawler:"A little celebration? Why do they get to have a party? I didn't get that on any of my anniversaries"! TERRI GOLD's MUSIC HITS AND SHE COMES OUT TO A DECENT POP. Cole:"Yeah, yeah King. Well folks, this is gonna be the in ring debut for Jazz but she will face one of the top female athletes in the world, it's not gonna be easy". Jazz vs. Terri Gold Jazz' physical style overwhelmed the former W.O.W. champ as she hit her repeatedly with forearms to the head and then a reverse ddt. After taking some sharp kicks to the body from Gold, Jazz hit her with a nice fisherman ddt. Jazz went for the cover but made a big mistake, showing her cockiness and pulling Gold up after a 2 count. Jazz then bodyslammed Gold and went to the top rope but Gold recovered and swept her legs out as Jazz taunted the crowd. With Jazz straddling the top rope, Gold brought her off with a hurracanrana to pull the upset and spoil the in ring debut of Jazz. Match Time: 6:10 Lawler:"What? How'd she do that"?! Cole:"Jazz made a mistake by not winning it when she could've and that doesn't work in the TWF King"! BUT AFTER THE MATCH, JAZZ ATTACKED GOLD FROM BEHIND, USING A DDT TO LEAVE TERRI GOLD LYING IN THE RING. Cole:"Now that's not right, what a sore loser Jazz is"! Lawler:"You might wanna watch what you say about her Michael"! THE NWO THEME HITS AS NAILS MAKES HIS WAY DOWN THE AISLE. Lawler:"This isn't right! Nails has gotta come out here alone"! Cole:"That's right folks, the manager's license of Wally Willson was revoked earlier today by Commissioner Pier so now we get to see how tough Nails really is". Lawler:"Oh believe me Cole, he's tough"! "MY SACRIFICE" BY CREED HITS AS SAM WILDE COMES OUT TO A GOOD OVATION. Cole:"This is a result of the match we saw this past week on RAW is WAR where Nails distracted Sam Wilde and allowed Eddie Guerrero to pick up a win over him". Nails vs. Sam Wilde Nails was off his game in his first match without Willson and Wilde took advantage, hitting Nails with an arm drag and a series of dropkicks, keeping it a fast paced match which Nails didn't want. Wilde then concentrated on Nails' left knee, locking in a side spinning leg lock twice and stomping on the knee several times. But even though the leg hobbled him, Nails fought back with stinging right hands and a blatant choke. But he whipped Wilde into the ropes and put his head down too early and Nails hit him with a swinging neckbreaker. Wilde then went to the top rope and waited for Nails to get up. After a perfect calculation, Wilde leapt off with a flying body press but Nails used Wilde's own momentum to roll on top of him for a quick and sudden 1...2....3. Match Time: 8:08 Lawler:"Look at that, look at that Cole! What do you have to say know"? Cole:"That was a clever move by Nails, a good veteran move that Wilde wasn't expecting. I have to give him credit there". Lawler:"Ya see that Piper, do what you want to the NWO, you can't stop them"! AFTER THE MATCH, NAILS HIT WILDE WITH A PAIR OF BRASS KNUCKLES AND DROPPED HIM WITH THE NAIL DRIVER AND SAID "THAT'S A MESSAGE FROM EVERYONE IN THE NWO"! BACKSTAGE The camera shows the party inside the locker room when all of a sudden there is a knock at the door.
Bahamut: "Will someone get the door! Ugh, I feel like I am hosting a party at WCW2, don't be LAZY"!
Strife: "What"?
Bahamut: "Ugh, just get the friggin door"!
Strife:(chuckling) "yah yah......
As Strife goes and opens the door the fans cheer loudly as Jordan Rockwell and the rest of the New Breed are on the other end.
Rockwell: "Someone say something about a party"?
Rockwell is carrying two boxes,a bell and a platter of cookies.
Strife: "Oh! hey Bah, the golden boy's back".
Rockwell: Dude, you gonna let us in"?
Strife: "What's the magic word"?
Rockwell: "Up yours"!
Strife: (Raises an eyebrow) "You lucky you got presents son"!
Bahamut: "Well, well,well, finally decided to show up huh? I got hit by a car last week"! (Laughs)
Rockwell: "Well hey, can't have you frightening the viewers away with your ugly mug so i came to beautify things again".
Strife: Once again, only reason you still standin' is cause you got presents".
Rockwell: (Laughing) "Yeah, I had these made up for you guys".
Rockwell hands Bahamut one box and Strife the other.
Strife: "Best be good...
Bahamut: "Heh, lets see!
Strife rips it open and pulls out a custom mad leather vest with his lickness sitting ontop of a speeding train on the back and the words locomotive on it.
Strife: "Well it aint no beer...
Rockwell: (waving his hand in front of his face) "Damn bro, you been hittin the stuff all ready"?
Bahamut: "Yup he has, lets see here...
Bahamut opens his up and pulls out a custom made leather jacket with his lickness on it with the world in the palm of his hand and living above him and legend below him.
Lita: "Here, I made these (taking the platter of cookies and handing it to bahamut)
Bahamut: "Well thank you, salutations! Put them over there on the table, far away from the Ass Clowns please... they like chocolate".
Lita: "Sure"!
As she walks away Strife notices the bell
Strife: Yo man, what's wit the bell"?
Rockwell: Oh, almost forgot, this is my contribution to this party".
Rockwell hands strife the bell..
Strife: "Your a crappy guest"!
O'haire: "Nah man, ring the bell".
As Palumbo goes and opens the door Strife rings the bell and 30 strippers walk into the room five at a time.
Strife: "Well lookie here, party favors"!
Bahamut: "I LOVE TASSLES!!!!.... well on the jugs I mean.... shut up"!
Strife walks away with ladies and can be heard talking to the them..
Strife: "So babes, wanna see why they call me the Locomotive"?
Bahamut turns to Rockwell...
Bahamut: "Uh boy, ya know will never see him again, right"?
Two women walk over to Bahamut and pull him O'haire and Palumbo away..
rockwell: "Bye"!
The three walk over to Rockwell when Lita walks back over.
Lita: "Uh hem!!! you lookin at something"?
With that the ladies walk away
Rockwell: "What"?
Wrapping his arms around her and kissing her neck
All off a sudden there is another knock at the door and rockwell opens it to see several twf superstars including, the Acolytes, the Big Show, Spike Dudley and Tajiri at the door.
Rockwell: "Hey boys, come on in"!
After they walk in and Rockwell closes the door, there is another knock. This time he opens it to see the members of DX.
Rockwell: "Whats up boys"?
Hall: "Heard there's a party goin on here".
Rockwell: "Hells yeah, come on in boys, we got food, booze, strippers and pony rides for da kiddies or xpac which ever you choose".
Xpac:" Ha ha".
As they walk in the ladies come running cause Edge came in followed by the Hardy Boyz. The ladies pick a guy and pull them into the party before they can say anything.
Rockwell: "Hi, bye".
This time he closes the door and the music gets turned up and the ladies start dancing. After several minutes there is another knock on the door and Rockwell once again goes and opens it to see the rest of the TWF divas.
Terri Gold: "Hey Jordan, is this an open party"?
Rockwell: "It is now".
As Rockwell shuts the door the music goes up and the dancers start to dance again when one more knock is heard and once again Rockwell goes to the door to see of all people Sam Wilde.
Rockwell: "Okay, who brought the preacher"?
All of a sudden " i did " can be heard from the hallway as Wilde gets a big grin on his face. Commisioner Piper comes into view.
Piper: "This is an open party, right"?
Rockwell: "Oh, yeah commish, come on in".
Piper:"Bahamut, Strife, I wanted to take this time to thank you two for exemplifying what it means to be a TWF superstar. I can see you guys doing this for a long time and hell, maybe one or both of you will be as good as the Hot Rod was! Anyway guys, I've booked you both some big matches tonight. Strife, you get the former champ, Val Venis and Bahamut, it's you and Rhyno for the Intercontinental title, tonight"! Bahamut:"Oh, we can handle that Commish". COMMERCIAL.....
RETURN FROM BREAK.... BACKSTAGE... Jonathan Coachman:"Justin Sane, you've been on a roll in the TWF since your debut. What is it that you wanted this time for tonight"? Justin Sane:"A roll? That's an understatement Coach. But it's only the beginning. I'm here to put anyone and everyone here in the TWF on notice, especially those that plan on participating in the Royal Rumble because I just became the next guy to officially enter it"! ON ANOTHER PART OF THE ARENA THE ACOLYTES ARE IN THEIR DRESSING ROOM PLAYING POKER WHEN THE TEXAN COMES IN. Mike "The Texan" Smith:"Hey guys". Faarooq:"Hey man, don't you know how to knock? What the hell's the matter with you"? Smith:"Sorry guys, but I just came to ask a quick question". Bradshaw:"Make it quick". Smith:"Well, I have a match against Muta tonight and I was wondering if you guys would have my back in case they try to jump me". Bradshaw:"I don't know Faarooq, do you feel like whoppin' ass tonight"? Faarooq:"I'd say I sure do". Bradshaw:"Okay man, we'll watch your back". Smith:"Thanks guys". FOOTAGE IS SHOWN FROM PRIMETIME ON 1-5-02 OF WILLIAM REGAL INTERFERING IN THE ROCK-ZEROEX MATCH AS WILLIAM REGAL IS INTRODUCED, WALKING TO THE RING WITH A BULLROPE TIED TO HIS ARM. Cole:"This all came about last week on PrimeTime when William Regal helped his fellow NWO member ZeroEx out of a one sided match against this man". "IF YA SMELL.....WHAT THE ROCK..IS COOKIN'" HITS AS THE ROCK COMES OUT TO A DEAFENING OVATION. Lawler:"How bout you call the match and I'll go back and join that party Cole. Did you see all the strippers"? Cole:"Also King, let's not forget the fact that William Regal broke The Rock's arm in this very match at Wrestlemania 2 in March". Brahma Bullrope match The Rock vs. William Regal This was probably the match of the night. Regal used the rope as a weapon to choke The Rock until The Rock used a dragon leg whip. He then went right for the "People's Elbow" but Regal wisely yanked the rope, pulling The Rock down. Regal scored with some vicious repeated knees to the face and various submission holds. He then went for The Rock's healed arm and this made The Rock furious. After a nice backdrop with The Rock's arm in a hammerlock position, Regal waved to the crowd and they reciprocated with nothing but boos. Then, The Rock amazingly kipped up and delivered the "Rock Bottom" out of nowhere. The Rock then touched all 4 corners in succession to win the match. Match Time: 7:40 Cole:"The Rock has done it, what a win"! Lawler:"But Regal got out of there unscathed, you don't see a lot of bull rope matches like that Michael". Cole:"Well it took almost a year, but The Rock has earned a measure of revenge against Regal". COMMERCIAL..... EXTREME JAPAN's MUSIC HITS AS MUTA COMES TO THE RING AND DRAWS A TON OF HEAT. A GUNSHOT IS HEARD FOLLOWED BY THE THEME MUSIC OF MIKE "THE TEXAN" SMITH AND HE COMES OUT TO A GOOD REACTION. Lawler:"What does this guy have planned Michael"? Cole:"He won't have anything planned as long as the rest of Extreme Japan stays away from the ring". The Great Muta vs. Mike "The Texan" Smith The martial arts prowess of Muta controlled much of the match early, but after a nice bulldog, Smith tossed Muta outside. Out there, they traded shots left and right until Muta sprayed the mist in Smith's face. But Smith hung in there and hit Muta with a nice powerslam to get a long 2 count. But Muta ducked a clothesline and nailed a blinded Smith with a very stiff kick to the face. He then hit a flipping neckbreaker (Buff Blockbuster), to get the pin. Match Time: 6:22 Cole:"Wait a minute King..... AFTER THE MATCH, YUJI MATASAMO MASA CHONO AND HAYABUSA CAME OUT TO MAKE AN EXAMPLE OUT OF THE TEXAN UNTIK THE ACOLYTES CAME OUT AND EXTREME JAPAN SCURRIED IN 4 DIRECTIONS. Lawler:"I knew he'd pull something"! Cole:"He new Extreme Japan would interfere, so he counteracted King, that's all". PRIOR TO COMMERCIAL.... SPIKE DUDLEY COMES ACROSS MOLLY. Spike:"Oh hey there Molly". Molly Holly:"Hi Spike". Spike:"Well Molly, I've been wanting to ask you out since I came to the TWF, but there's always something standing in my way. So, would you like to go out for a cup of coffee sometime"? Molly:"Uh, I'd have to think about it Spike, but I'll let you know". COMMERCIAL..... RETURN FROM BREAK.... BACKSTAGE.... VINCE McMAHON ENTERS EDDIE GUERRERO's DRESSING ROOM. Vince McMahon:"Hey Eddie, my man, what's up"? Eddie Guerrero:"Not much Mr. McMahon, how are you"? THEY SHAKE HANDS Vince:"Oh I'm doin' real good. I just wanted to come down here and personally thank you for disposing of that no good piece of garbage Sam Wilde on RAW". Guerrero:"Oh that was my pleasure Mr. McMahon". Vince:"I mean, I loved watching that". Guerrero:"So does this mean I earned a spot? Am I in the NWO now"? Vince:"Well Eddie, nothing personal, but the NWO is gonna remain an exclusive group for now, but if you keep playing your cards right, things will just keep goin' uo for ya". Guerrero: (a little disappointed) "Ok Mr. McMahon, sounds great". Vince:"Okay Eddie, I'll be in contact with you". Cole:"Vince just wants a pawn, that's all Eddie Guerrero is to him"! Lawler:"He wants the NWO to be an exclusive group Cole, it's like getting into Harvard, you gotta prove yourself"! CAMERAS SHOW CARNEY AT HIS DRESSING ROOM DOOR ON THE INSIDE, WAITING FOR SOMEONE. Carney:"Oh please King, well fans, there you see Carney and he said he was gonna make sure that the secret admirer letters would stop coming to Stacy Kiebler". Lawler:"He's gonna try and catch 'em red handed Michael, boy, I'm glad it's not me"! THE LIGHTS DIM AND ORANGE LIGHTS FLASH AROUND THE ARENA AS TAZZ COMES OUT TO A GOOD POP. Cole:"Well fans we've got a clash of the titans here as you take a look at an altercation between Tazz and The Undertaker from RAW (Footage is shown) that led to this match". "ROLLIN'" BY LIMP BIZKIT HITS AS THE UNDERTAKER's TITAN BIKE ROARS AND HE RIDES DOWN THE AISLE. Lawler:"I think Tazz is gonna regret the day he messed with this guy Cole". Cole:"Tazz grew up in Red Hook King, Undertaker might be big, he might be tough, but Tazz isn't the least bit intimidated by him". Tazz vs. The Undertaker Undertaker's size and strength prevailed early as he pounded away on Tazz, wearing him out with his soup bone right hands and blatant chokes. But Tazz got back into it with an amazing t-bone suplex. Tazz then straddled the Undertaker's back and clubbed the side of the head. Then, after connecting with a belly to belly suplex, Tazz locked in the "Tazz-Mission". The Undertaker fought his way to the ropes and in a tremendous display of power, picked Tazz up and set him on the apron. But Tazz dropped The Undertaker's neck across the top rope. Taker shook it off quickly and when Tazz came in back into the ring, Undertaker kicked him in the abdomen and delivered a thunderous "Last Ride" to get the victory. Match Time: 8:05 Lawler:"What about that Michael? Now that was impressive"! Cole:"I gotta say that it was. Undertaker took Tazz' best shots and he's leaving with a victory". BRIEF BREAK WHILE LILIAN GARCIA GOES OVER SOME OF THE MERCHANDISE AVAILABLE AT THE ARENA TONIGHT. TV VIEWERS GET AN AD FOR TWF. COM AND THE NEW TWF GAMING LINK. THE NWO THEME HITS AND VAL VENIS' "HELLO LADIES" THEME MIXES IN AS THE FORMER TWF CHAMPION COMES OUT TO A LOT OF HEAT. Cole:"Back to the action here folks and this will be the first of Piper's two reward matches if you will, giving the tag team champs big singles matches for their loyalty to the TWF". "FALLING AWAY FROM ME" BY KORN HITS AND STRIFE COMES OUT TO A HUGE OVATION. Lawler:"This is preferential treatment Cole, the NWO is loyal to this company to". Cole:"Yeah, so loyal they wanna be the only ones in it". Lawler:"Well Strife better be ready, he's in there with one of the best tonight"! Val Venis vs. Strife Val attacked Strife from behind before the bell rang to gain the upper hand. Val hit him with a side russian leg sweep and a jumping kneedrop. He then took the big man down with a ddt and began to do his Ravishing Rick Rude taunt over him when Strife grabbed him around the throat while lying on the ground and chokeslammed him. Strife then clotheslined Val over the top ropes and Val stumbled and hit the announce table. While out there, Venis grabbed Strife's tag team belt. But when he got up to the apron, Strife again wrapped a hand around his throat. But Val kicked him in the groin through the ring ropes and delivered a jumping facebuster when he got back in. That led to the "Money Shot" and the 1....2...3. Match Time: 4:06 Lawler:"Alright! What about that Piper"?! Cole:"Val kicked him down low King, it wasn't a clean win. But what else is new"? PRIOR TO COMMERCIAL.... BACKSTAGE..... Jonathan Coachman:"Ahmed Walker, last week on RAW, I understand you wanted to go to Nemesis and apologize for the scrum you got into on the last PrimeTime. But later that night, your former tag team partner cost you the Hardcore title to Rob Van Dam". Ahmed Walker:"Well Nemesis, I thought we had a stronger friendship than that, but you let a girl come between us. Boys don't do that to each other man. But then, you came out and cost me my Hardcore title. Well, I'm gonna get ya back for that. So Nemesis, if you got the guts, I'm challenging you to a one on one match, right here tonight in Santa Fe". Cole:"What a match that'd be"! COMMERCIAL..... RETURN FROM BREAK.... BACKSTAGE.... SPIKE DUDLEY IS TALKING ON A PAY PHONE WHEN HIGH OCTANE COMES UP. High Octane:"Hey man, what part of Molly has a man don't you get"? Spike:"Uh, I didn't know she had a man". High Octane:"Nah you idiot, she just comes with me everywhere I go for no reason, right". Spike:"Your her man"? SPIKE PUTS HIS HAND OVER HIS FACE, TRYING HARD NOT TO LAUGH. High Octane:"What, you think that's funny"? Spike:"Uh, actually, I think that's hilarious". JUST THEN, HIGH OCTANE PUNCHES SPIKE IN THE JAW WITH A RIGHT HAND. High Octane:"How funny is it now"? SPIKE GETS UP AND CHARGES AT HIGH OCTANE, LIFTING HIM OFF THE GROUND AND RAMMING HIM INTO A WALL. SEVERAL MEMBERS OF SECURITY FROM THE BACK COME OUT AND SEPERATE THE TWO. Lawler:"What about that Michael? Two guys fighting over Molly Holly". Cole:"Well that's an interesting situation but right now, it's time to see who's goin' to the Rumble to face the game". "SEXY BOY" HITS AND SHAWN MICHAELS COMES OUT TO A POOR CROWD RESPONSE. "NEVER GONNA STOP" BY ROB ZOMBIE HITS AND EDGE COMES OUT OF THE SMOKE FILLED ENTRANCE TO MAYBE THE BEST CHEER ALL NIGHT. Lawler:"Well Michael, have you ever heard that phrase, speed kills"? Cole:"Yeah, of course". Lawler:"Well, experience is gonna kill in this one. Edge has never had a match of this magnitude, Michaels has been in matches like this for the last ten years"! Cole:"Hey wait a minute King, what is Rhyno doin'"? Number 1 Contenders Match Edge vs. Shawn Michaels As Edge was coming down the aisle, Rhyno came out from behind. Edge turned around and Rhyno blasted him with the "Gore". The back of Edge's head slammed against the steel ramp. Rhyno went backstage as EMT's came out to check on Edge. Unable to continue, Edge was helped to the back by the EMT's. Referee Chad Patton awarded the match to HBK via forfeit as Vince McMahon and Wally Willson came out to congratulate him. But then Michaels grabbed the house mic and made a shocking statement. Michaels: "Vince, Wally, I renounce the number one contendership, I don't wanna win a match like that". HBK TOSSED THE MIC DOWN AND LEFT AS VINCE AND WALLY WERE STUNNED. Lawler:"What the hell is he doing"? Cole:"I can't believe this fans, maybe there is a little bit of pride in the NWO". Lawler:"I can't believe that idiot, Vince, fix this"! PERRY SATURN'S MUSIC HIT AND HE CAME OUT TO A GOOD REACTION. Cole:"Back to the ring folks as we are all still in shock over HBK's announcement, but right now, we've got a submission match coming up". Lawler:"So who's the number one contender Cole? I can't believe this"! TRAVIS WAKEMAN's MUSIC HIT AND HE AND TRISH CAME OUT TO STRONG BOOS. Cole:"That remains unanswered King as you see Travis Wakeman, a man who may be the most hated man in the TWF on his way down the aisle". Lawler:"Well, I know Saturn's a former Army ranger but I doubt he can match the submission skills Travis Wakeman has". Cole:"Well King, Saturn's finisher, "The Rings of Saturn", is one of the best submission holds in the game. If he gets that on, it'll be over". Submission Match Perry Saturn vs. Travis Wakeman Wakeman underestimated Saturn and got much more than he bargained for. Saturn used a back foot sweep to take Wakeman off his feet and a nice t-bone suplex when he got up. He then caught him with a springboard dropkick off the middle ring rope. Saturn then tried to lock in the "Rings of Saturn" but Wakeman used his free arm to elbow him in the gut and then he threw him through the ropes to the floor. One of the best in the business outside the ring, Wakeman whipped Saturn hard into the ring steps before bodyslamming him on the Timekeeper's table. Back in the ring, Wakeman irish whipped Saturn in but Saturn ducked a clothesline and came off the other side with a flying forearm attempt. But he caught nothing but air when Wakeman moved. Showing his ring presence, Wakeman immediately locked in the "Round Table" and Saturn tapped out. Match Time: 10:47 Cole:"Wakeman has pulled out the win here and...wait a minute, look King"! JUST THEN, KEN SHAMROCK SNUCK UP BEHIND WAKEMAN AND HIT HIM WITH A BARRAGE OF RIGHT HANDS AND A BELLY TO BELLY SUPLEX. WAKEMAN HAD A BLOODY NOSE AND TRISH GOT IN THE WAY AND STOOD IN FRONT OF WAKEMAN, BLOCKING SHAMROCK. Lawler:"You better not even think about it Shamrock". Cole:"Wakeman has to be shielded here, come on, stand up and fight"! Lawler:"Shamrock's gonna pay for this"! Cole:"It's a taste of his own medicine King, Wakeman's done this twice to Shamrock, but he's used a metal bar to do it"! PRIOR TO COMMERCIAL.... BACKSTAGE.... Lilian Garcia:"Rob Van Dam, you are the brand new Hardcore champion, did you expect to win a title in the TWF this soon"? Rob Van Dam:"Well Lilian, right now, I wanna put all the guys in back on notice. I will fight anyone, anytime, anywhere. But to answer your question Lilian, you expect a lot of things when you're (thumbs to the shoulders as the crowd chants with him in unison) Rob Van Dam". COMMERCIAL.... RETURN FROM BREAK.... "WHATEVER" BY GODSMACK HITS AS BAHAMUT COMES TO THE RING. Cole:"Welcome back to PrimeTime folks as we are set for the Intercontinental title match and what an oppurtunity for this man"! Lawler:"I can't believe this guy, he could get to have personal strippers in his dressing room and win the Intercontinental title in the same night! That'd be a TWF first"! RHYNO's THEME BLASTS OVER THE LOUDSPEAKERS AS THE MANBEAST COMES OUT WITH THE IC TITLE WRAPPED AROUND HIS WAIST. Cole:"We saw Rhyno once earlier tonight King basically ruining the number one contenders match when he hit Edge with the Gore". Lawler:"And Shawn Michaels had a gimme victory and a chance to become TWF champion at the Royal Rumble, a chance to bring the title back to the NWO, and what did he do, he renounced the number one contendership"! Cole:"Shawn Michaels honor must've taken over and it's left the game without an opponent at the pay-per-view". TWF Intercontinental Title Match Challenger.... Bahamut vs. Rhyno Bahamut was hyped for this one, catching the champ Rhyno with consecutive clotheslines and a big hip toss. He then went for a chokeslam but Rhyno escaped by kicking Bahamut in the knee and then used an impressive german suplex on the big man. After a high impact belly to belly suplex, Rhyno went for the "Gore" but Bahamut sidestepped it and chokeslammed Rhyno as he tried to recover from running into the turnpost. Bahamut then tried to set Rhyno up for "What Legends are made of" when Rhyno grabbed referee Tim White and threw him to the mat, causing a blatant DQ. Then, an enraged Edge came out and hit Rhyno with the spear and began to go wild on Rhyno's head with hard right hands. Cole:"What a cowards way out that was King"! Lawler:"What the heck is Edge doing? He caused Bahamut to be disqualified"! Cole:"No, Bahamut has won the match by DQ King because Rhyno assaulted referee Tim White because he knew the title was quickly slipping away. RHYNO WAS GIVEN HIS BELT IN THE RING WHEN THE TWF TRON CAME ON, IT WAS EDGE. Edge:"How'd that feel huh Rhyno? Yeah, I didn't think you'd like it either. By the way, I just challenged you to a match at the Royal Rumble, for both your titles". WITH AN GRIN ON HIS FACE, RHYNO NODDED HIS HEAD AS IF TO SAY HE ACCEPTS. Lawler:"Oh boy, that was a mistake Edge". Cole:"Rhyno has accepted and he will put both the European and Intercontinental titles on the line at the Royal Rumble"! The Outsiders vs. Hells Angel and ZeroEx The Outsiders were seriously challenged by the NWO duo as Hells Angel and ZeroEx used classic tag team wrestling to isolate against Scott Hall. But Hall caught ZeroEx with a fallaway slam and made the tag to Nash who came in and cleaned house. Nash had Hells Angel in the corner, using powerful elbows to the solarplexes to keep him cornered as Hall superplexed ZeroEx off the top rope and pinned him as Nash dropped Hells Angel with the "Jacknife" and the crowd went nuts. PARKING LOT.... A SPORT UTILITY VEHICLE PULLS UP AND JORDAN ROCKWELL AND LITA STEP OUT. THE CROWD INSIDE CAN BE HEARD CHEERING LOUDLY. FOOTAGE IS SHOWN FROM PRIMETIME OF NEMESIS HELPING ROB VAN DAM DEFEAT AHMED WALKER TO WIN THE HARDCORE TITLE FOLLOWED BY FOOTAGE OF THE NEMESIS-BIG SHOW MATCH THAT SAME NIGHT AS "SYMPHONY OF DESTRUCTION" BY MEGADEATH HITS AND NEMESIS MAKES HIS WAY DOWN THE AISLE, LED BY FRANCINE. Cole:"Former tag team partners are about to butt heads here King but you gotta wonder, what's the deal with Nemesis and Francine"? "BAD BOY 4 LIFE" BY P.DIDDY HITS AS AHMED WALKER COMES TO THE RING. Lawler"Well, I know what the deal would be between me and her, so I can only imagine"! Cole:"Revenge on the mind of Ahmed Walker here but he'll be giving up a tremendous amount of size to Nemesis. He'll have to rely on his speed and agility to pull this one out". Nemesis vs. Ahmed Walker As soon as the bell rang, these two stood in the center of the ring, trading right hands like to thouroughbread. Nemesis packed more with his punch and Walker began to feel the effects. Nemesis then caught him with a boot to the face off an irish whip and followed that with a walking sidewalk slam to get a 2 count. He whipped him to the ropes but Walker ducked a clothesline and hit Nemesis with a nice flying back elbow as he came off the other side. Walker then attcked the knees of Nemesis in an attempt to take away his vertical base. Francine got up on the apron and tried to slap Walker, but he ducked and grabbed her by the hair. Nemesis saw this and charged at Walker from behind. But out of the corner of his eye, Walker saw Nemesis and moved as Nemesis ran into Francine, knocking her to the floor. Walker then dropped Nemesis with a big ddt and hit him with a guillotine legdrop off the top rope to get a big win. Match Time: 8:43 Lawler:"Oh Francine, are you okay? Let me check you out". Cole:"The mishap has cost Nemesis the match here and what a big confidence builder that'll be for Walker". PRIOR TO COMMERCIAL... BACKSTAGE.... A NOTE IS SLID UNDER CARNEY's DOOR. HE OPENS THE DOOR VERY QUICKLY AND MATT HARDY IS STANDING THERE. MATT LOOKS SHOCKED AT FIRST AS THE TWO STARE AT EACH OTHER AND THEN MATT WALKS AWAY, SMILING. CARNEY PICKS UP THE PIECE OF PAPER AND UNFOLDS IT, BUT IT's BLANK. Cole:"What the heck is goin' on"? COMMERCIAL.... RETURN FROM BREAK... "CLICK, CLICK, BOOM" BY SALIVA HITS AS JORDAN ROCKWELL COMES DOWN THE AISLE TO STRONG OVATION. Cole:"Back on PrimeTime fans and back in the TWF is this man, Jordan Rockwell"! Lawler:"We saw last week on RAW when he went after Shawn Stasiak but let's face it Michael, this man must live in fear, he has no idea who vehicularly assaulted him at the Survivor Series a couple months ago"! Jordan Rockwell:"Back to business is what my boys Palumbo and O'haire told me when I came back. But what does that mean? For me, it means finding who tried to end my career and making them pay for it. Now one thing I've noticed is that one member of the New Breed, hasn't been acting like himself lately. Scotty, why don't you come down to the ring, I wanna talk to you". SCOTTY COMES OUT TO A MIXED REACTION WITH A MICROPHONE. Scotty 2 Hotty:"Now Jordan, don't even try and accuse me of hitting you with that car, you know how close you and I are". Rockwell:"Yeah Scotty, we're close, but what I wanna know is why did you attack Chris Benoit after your match at War in the Winter. And where have you been during all the New Breed meetings. I didn't see you at Bahamut and Strife's party tonight". Scotty: (trys to respond) Rockwell:"Hold on Scotty, before I say anything else, what am I thinking, you would never do something like that to me". Scotty:"Thanks Jordan, but I think I'm almost positive I know who did". Rockwell:"Oh really, not this is getting good. I mean.... JUST THEN, SCOTTY NAILS ROCKWELL WITH THE MIC IN THE MOUTH. HE THEN BOUNCED OFF THE ROPES AND HIT HIM WITH THE 2 HANDED FACEBUSTER! Scotty:"You'll just have to wait and see"! Cole:"Oh my god, what has Scotty done"?! Lawler:"I can't believe this Cole, Scotty has turned his back on Rockwell"! SCOTTY SETS UP TO DO THE WORM BUT STOPS AND WALKS AWAY WITH A VERY EVIL LOOK ON HIS FACE. Cole:"There are so many unanswered questions here folks, I just can't believe this"! BRIEF INTERMISSION Non-Title Drew Blood vs. Triple H Triple H had a major struggle with Drew Blood's style, finding it hard to react to some of his moves. Drew Blood used a fisherman's ddt and a russian leg sweep and then nearly scored the win after countering a scoop slam attempt with a small package. But the game got back into it with a facebuster to the knee when Wally Willson came out with a steel chair. He got on the apron but Triple H wrestled the chair away from him. Drew Blood came from behind and spun Triple H around but Triple H instinctively hit him with the chair as referee Earl Hebner called for the bell. Triple H hit the mat in frustration and went after Willson setting him up for the Pedigree when Nails, Hells Angel, ZeroEx, William Regal and Val Venis all came to the ring and attacked Helmsley. The Outsiders and X-Pac came out but they were too late, as the damage had been done. As X-Pac, Hall and Nash stood over the fallen Triple H in the ring, a maniacal laugh was heard over the loudspeakers, that of Vince McMahon! Cole:"The NWO has left Triple H battered and bruised and listen to that laugh"! Lawler:"The NWO has laid down the law Cole, I love it"! OFF AIR.....
