Portland, Oregon
January 23, 2003
TWF Livewire Inn THE UPRISING LOGO APPEARS ON THE SCREEN AND INSIDE THE TWF LIVEWIRE IS SHOWN IN A ZOOM BY VIEW. FANS ARE SITTING AT THE BAR AND AT TABLES ALL OVER THE RESTAURANT WATCHING THE 3 BIG SCREEN THEATER STYLE TV's LOCATED AT VARIOUS ENDS OF THE BUILDING. FANS ARE ALSO LINED UP OUTSIDE FOR A SNEAK PEEK OF THE ACTION. THE FANS LOUDLY CHEER WHEN AL SNOW AND THE HONKY TONK MAN COME OUT ON STAGE. Al Snow: "Welcome to Uprising folks as the party before PrimeTime is bangin' tonight Honky"! Honky Tonk Man: "Bangin'? Where the hell are you from"? Snow: "That's right, you're still living in the eighties. I'll be sure to get Huey Lewis and the News here next week. But folks, tonight we've got a couple matches before PrimeTime comes on the air including one with two Royal Rumble participants, Aries versus Rey Mysterio". THE CROWD CHEERS LOUDLY Honky Tonk Man: "Well instead of listening to your cheap jokes, why don't we go down to the ring"? Snow: "I know the fans are ready". Jamie Noble vs. Spike Dudley After a match that saw surprisingly a lot of mat wrestling, Jamie Noble caught Spike with his tiger bomb to get the win in 4:44. Aries vs. Rey Mysterio This was by far the best match that has taken place inside the Livewire thus far. The crowd popped loudly for Mysterio but that didn't affect Aries who took it to Rey. But after escaping a nasty submission hold, Rey caught Aries with a spin wheel kick which led to the 6-1-9. Aries avoided the "West Coast Pop" but Rey used a victory roll after jumping on his shoulders to win it in 10:55. Snow: "Oh my god what a match! My hat is off to both competitors in that one"! Honky Tonk Man: "Well I've seen nothing but good things out of this guy Aries. I can't believe he lost to that little twurp"! Snow: "Honky, you couldn't have beaten Rey on your best day! But folks, PrimeTime is up next and what a night it's gonna be! There's a six man over the top challenge which will have Royal Rumble rules. The winner of that match will get to draw from numbers twenty through thirty for the actual Royal Rumble match itself"! Honky Tonk Man: "Let me ask you something Snow. Did you have a title reign in your career, that stretched about a year? Let alone record your old album"? Snow: "All I can say to that is, if you think you're so good, get back in the ring. Yeah, go ahead, give it a shot. You wouldn't last a month in today's world of wrestling! And if you ever want a piece of me, all you gotta do is name the time and place! But we're out of time here on Uprising! For the man who's in la-la land the Honky Tonk Man, I'm Al Snow! Don't turn that dial, PrimeTime is next"! THE SCREEN FADES TO BLACK AND THE TWF LOGO FLASHES ACROSS THE SCREEN AS "RAP SUPERSTAR" HITS AND PRIMETIME's MONTAGE ROLLS. FOOTAGE FROM LAST WEEK IS PLAYED WITH AN EERIE TUNE OF RAVEN AND KANYON's SNEAK ATTACK BY BROCK LESNAR. THE ARENA COMES INTO THE SHOT AND ORANGE FIREWORKS HAMMER THE SET AS THE THOUSANDS OF FANS IN ATTENDANCE SCREAM THEIR BRAINS OUT. Michael Cole: "It's time once again for the greatest show in wrestling, PrimeTime! Tonight we come to you live from Portland, Oregon, home of the TrailBlazers of the NBA"! Bobby Heenan: "We're in the cozy confines of the Rose Garden and tonight, it's not gonna be very cozy in that ring Cole"! A PROMO WITH THE PRIMETIME LOGO POPS UP WITH TRAVIS WAKEMAN AND TRISH ON ONE SIDE AND AL LAIMAN ON THE OTHER. Cole: "That's right Brain because tonight, we will see Travis Wakeman face a newcomer he's had nothing but problems with and that is Al Laiman and what an oppurtunity for Laiman this early in his career"! ANOTHER PROMO PICTURE POPS UP WITH DYLAN JANSENS HOLDING HIS LIGHTHEAVYWEIGHT TITLE ON ONE SIDE AND HAYABUSA WITH JIM CORNETTE ON THE OTHER. Heenan: "Well speaking of big oppurtunities, we've got a rematch from War in the Winter for the Lightheavyweight title and I am gonna predict a new champion right now"! KID GUNDAM's MUSIC HITS AND HE COMES OUT WITH JIM CORNETTE. SECONDS LATER, CHONO AND MUTA FOLLOW THEM OUT TO THE BOOS OF THE CROWD. Cole: "And in addition to his title defense, Dylan Jansens will name his new year's resolution right here tonight! Plus, based on the footage that opened this broadcast, Brock Lesnar has challenged his own stable mate from Wakeman Enterprises, Kanyon to a match! But we're kicking things off with six man tag team action"! EVOLUTION's MUSIC HITS AND THEY COME OUT WITH THEIR NEWLY WON TAG TEAM TITLES AROUND THEIR WAISTS TO A BIG POP. Heenan: "Well that's exactly what Travis Wakeman doesn't need is coersion in his group! He needs cooperation"! Cole: "Kanyon and Raven viciously assaulted Brock last week and I'm sure Wakeman put them up to it! That's cooperation"? "WHATEVER" BY OUR LADY PEACE HITS AND THE CROWD COMES TO THEIR FEET AS CHRIS BENOIT COMES OUT TO A HUGE RESPONSE. Heenan: "Oh come on Cole, you can't honestly think Wakeman was behind that! Brock's still his number one man". Cole: "Even after he refused to do his dirty work and take out Al Laiman last week"? Heenan: "Well..... Cole: "Well changing the subject.... A ROYAL RUMBLE PROMO POPS UP WITH CHRIS BENOIT ON ONE SIDE AND KID GUNDAM WITH JIM CORNETTE ON THE OTHER. Fans at the Royal Rumble, Chris Benoit and Kid Gundam are gonna attempt to settle their months long dispute in a two out of three falls match and Brain, I can't wait for that"! Heenan: "Nor can I! It's those kind of matches that create future champions"! Cole: "We already know that Evolution will defend their titles against Chono and Muta so who will come out tonight with the needed momentum going into that event"? 6 Man tag team match Chris Benoit & Evolution vs. Kid Gundam, Masahiro Chono and The Great Muta w/Jim Cornette This was a very good way to get the night started as all six men were very involved in the match and there was a lot of tagging in and out, 16 tags in all. Gundam and Benoit started things out and Benoit tried to take him down by the legs but Gundam was too quick and he kicked him hard in the solarplexes. He then battered him with a few knifedge chops but Benoit turned the tables and pasted Gundam with his own signature chops. After ducking a clothesline, Benoit hit a well executed german suplex and Gundam hurriedly made the tag to Chono who came in and presented Benoit with a much different foe. Chono charged him but Benoit used a drop toe hold and locked in the Crossface right away but Chono grabbed the ropes. Benoit then tagged in Frankie Kazarian who came in and used his speed to get control of Chono. Later in the match, the Japanese team had taken control with Nova in the ring. They made frequent tags and always kept the fresh man in the ring, which they cut in half, refusing to let Nova make the tag. But in the pivotal part of the match, Nova ducked a double clothesline off an irish whip and took both Muta and Gundam down with a spinning wheel kick before tagging in Benoit. Benoit came in and hit both Gundam and Muta with his knifedge chops. When Chono got involved, so did Evolution and referee Mike Sparks had totally lost control. After knocking both Chono and Muta to the floor, Evolution took them out with dual suicide dives. In the ring, Gundam had scooped Benoit onto his shoulders and looked like he was gonna deliver a running powerslam but Benoit cleverly held onto the top rope. He then used his leverage to reverse the move and drop Gundam with a tombstone piledriver. After his throat slashing gesture, Benoit went up top and hit his diving headbutt perfectly. He then rolled onto Gundam and hooked the far leg to win the match. Match Time: 8:02 Cole: "Oh what a match! That's what PrimeTime is all about Brain, terrific matches like that"! Heenan: "It would've been more terrific if it'd gone the other way"! BENOIT SHOWED GUNDAM 3 FINGERS AND HIS LIPS READ "2 OUT OF 3" AS "WHATEVER" HIT AGAIN AND EVOLUTION GRABBED THEIR BELTS AND THE 3 WALKED UP THE RAMP TOGETHER. Cole: "And Benoit put it real simple to Gundam right there, two out of three falls". Heenan: "There's gonna be different results at the Rumble! I'm sure of that"! BACKSTAGE.... IDALIS IS STANDING WITH MATT HARDY. Idalis: "Matt Hardy, last week, we heard you announce that 2003 would be the year of Mattitude. Can you tell us exactly what Mattitude is"? Matt Hardy: "Well since you had to ask, you're obviously not a follower. But Mattitude is a belief, a belief that you can do things no one else can. And Mattitude promotes nothing but the best for this company. So with that said, if all the superstars around here will learn how to get some of my Mattributes, this will be a great place to be". Idalis: "Mattributes"? Matt: "Yeah, Hurricane, come here". THE HURRICANE JUMPS OVER IN A SUPERHERO-LIKE POSE. Hurricane: "Yes master Matt". Matt: "Ya see, this guy here has a lot of my Mattributes. Enough for me to make him my personal side kick, Isn't that right Hurricane". Hurricane: "Whatever you say master Matt". Matt: "So Idalis, if you don't mind, I've got an over the top challenge to go prepare for and I will win. Why? Because those other five guys don't believe in Mattitude..... yet". MATT AND THE HURRICANE WALK AWAY. Cole: "Master Matt? Please". PRIOR TO COMMERCIAL..... SHANE's OFFICE..... SHANE IS AT HIS DESK WHEN JAMAL AND ROSEY ENTER. Rosey: "You wanted to see us"?. Shane: "As a matter of fact, I did. Ya see, I got both of your applications for the Royal Rumble and after checking what I have, I only have room for one of you. Then I remembered everything you did for Wakeman Enterprises, so I came up with an idea. Tonight you'll compete for a spot in the Royal Rumble match..... against each other"! JAMAL AND ROSEY LOOK AT EACH OTHER BEFORE TURNING TO LEAVE. JAMAL FLIPS OVER A TABLE WHICH IS JUST OUTSIDE THE DOOR. Heenan: "No! He can't do that"! COMMERCIAL BREAK..... A COMMERCIAL FOR SNICKERS CRUNCHER IS SHOWN. RETURN FROM BREAK... SHANE's OFFICE.... AS PRIMETIME COMES BACK ON, CHRIS TIRPAK IS IN SHANE's OFFICE AND BRADSHAW ENTERS. Bradshaw: "What's this about"?! Shane: "Bradshaw, calm down big man. Last week, Chris here told me he wanted another crack at Wakeman Enterprises. So I got an idea. I have signed a tag team match with you two against Travis Wakeman and Brock Lesnar for the Royal Rumble". Chris Tirpak: "Yes! Thanks boss, that's all I wanted". Shane: "Oh but it's a very important match too. See whoever wins, qualifies for the Royal Rumble match. Whoever loses, does not"! BRADSHAW LOOKS OVER AT TIRPAK. Bradshaw: "Oh yeah, it's time to kick some Wakeman Enterprise ass"! THE 2 KNOCK FISTS AND LEAVE THE OFFICE. NEW BREED DRESSING ROOM JORDAN ROCKWELL IS LOOKING AT HIS UNIVERSAL TITLE WITH SEAN O'HAIRE AND CARNEY. Jordan Rockwell: "Oh don't you guys sweat a thing. I will be ready for Drew Blood at the Royal Rumble, regardless of our past". Carney: "Well we're here for ya Jordan, whatever you need from us". Rockwell: "Actually, I think tonight would be a perfect night for you guys to make an impact". Sean O'haire: "Yeah, he's right man! And I know exactly what we can do". BACK AT RINGSIDE, "3 MINUTES" BY 2 SKINNY J's HITS AND JAMAL AND ROSEY COME DOWN THE AISLE TOGETHER TO A LOT OF BOOS. Cole: "Well here we go folks, a spot in the Royal Rumble is about to be decided by two guys who are family, Jamal and Rosey"! Heenan: "This is ridiculous Cole! Shane is throwing his power around the wrong way"! Cole: "Well how can you argue with Shane? These two made a few lives a living hell as henchmen for Wakeman Enterprises! Now the tables have turned"! JAMAL AND ROSEY STAND IN THE RING AND LOOK ACROSS AT EACH OTHER. HESITANT, THEY SHRUG THEIR SHOULDERS BEFORE KNOCKING FISTS AND SEEM LIKE THEY'RE READY TO GO AT IT WHEN SUDDENLY, SEAN O'HAIRE AND CARNEY COME RUNNING OUT. JAMAL AND ROSEY ARE READY FOR THEM BUT THEY BOTH MISS CLOTHESLINE ATTEMPTS AND O'HAIRE HITS A JUMPING SIDEKICK ON ROSEY AS CARNEY DRILLS JAMAL WITH A FLYING FOREARM. AFTER A DOUBLE FLAPJACK ON JAMAL, O'HAIRE HOLDS UP A STEEL CHAIR AS CARNEY COMES OFF THE TOP ROPE AND KICKS IT INTO HIS FACE AS THE CROWD GOES NUTS! Heenan: "What the hell"?! Cole: "They said they wanted to make an impact and they just did, against the team that beat them here last week"! Heenan: "Well who's goin' to the Rumble now"? BACKSTAGE.... IDALIS IS STANDING WITH NEWCOMER CHARLIE HAAS AND THE CROWD QUICKLY BEGINS TO BOO. Idalis: "Charlie Haas, may I ask why you attacked Spike Dudley after your match last week"? Charlie Haas: "Well Idalis, if you must know, I did it to prove a point. A point that I'm not gonna be one of these suck up who comes to the TWF to make friends and get the crowds to go all wild for me. Ya see, I'm a wrestler and I'm only interested in wrestling. I could care less about being an entertainer or having some goofy character that the fans love like say..... Rey Mysterio". Idalis: "Oooook. Well we know you won your way into the Royal Rumble match. How good are your odds to win that"? Haas: "My odds are as good as anyone else's. But I'm not gonna be interested in throwing as many people out as I can or standing in the ring forever. My goal will be doing whatever I need to do to hang in there and I could care less what these people think of that". HAAS WALKS AWAY. TWF RE-WIND SHOWS FOOTAGE FROM WAR IN THE WINTER OF DYLAN JANSENS LAST ELIMINATING MATT HARDY TO WIN THE NEW YEAR's BATTLE ROYALE. BACK AT RINGSIDE, "OVER MY HEAD" BY LIT TRACK HITS AS DYLAN JANSENS COMES OUT TO A BIG POP WITH THE LIGHTHEAVYWEIGHT TITLE AROUND HIS WAIST. Cole: "Here he comes and it's the moment we've all been waiting for"! Heenan: "Well he's gotta defend that Lightheavyweight title later tonight, I hope he hasn't been thinkin' about this too much"! Dylan Jansens: "Thank you all for that warm Portland reception". THE FANS LOUDLY CHEER. Heenan: "Oh talk about sucking up. Now he's got all these humanoids in a frenzy". Jansens: "Ever since I won the New Year's battle royale, I've been racking my brain trying to think of what I could do to better this company. I mean, after all, it is the best wrestling organization in the world". FANS CHEER Cole: "Hands down". Jansens: "But after a lot of thinking, it hit me. The owners of our two shows, RAW and PrimeTime, they have their hands too full and I think they need help. For instance, Shane's run in with Wakeman Enterprises that almost led to the disaster of this division followed by threats by Drew Blood. And what about when someone wins a match because of outside interference? And I know this goes on over on RAW as well. So my idea would be to assign three enforcers to work both shows and have a police-like role, second in power to the owners". Cole: "That's an excellent idea"! Jansens: "Now I have the three enforcers..... JUST THEN, JIM CORNETTE APPEARS AT THE TOP OF THE STAGE WITH A MICROPHONE. Jim Cornette: "Yeah, yeah, yeah. Jansens, I know what you're trying to do. You're trying to get all these people to jump on your bandwagon by eliminating all the rule breaking, am I right? Well tonight, your enforcers haven't started duty yet and trust me, Hayabusa and I will go all out to get that Lightheavyweight title from around your waist so that we can represent the TWF with a real champion". JANSENS JUST STARES AT CORNETTE AS HE GOES BACKSTAGE. Cole: "Oh I don't like the sound of that". Heenan: "Well Jansens has wanted to be a fighting champion. This will definitely be a big challenge for him"! A PROMO PICTURE WITH THE PRIMETIME LOGO POPS UP FEATURING THE 6 MEN WHO WILL TAKE PART IN THE OVER THE TOP CHALLENGE LATER TONIGHT. Cole: "Don't go anywhere folks cause still to come, these six men will go at it for a chance to draw one of the last ten numbers for the Royal Rumble"! SHANE's OFFICE.... SHANE IS ON THE PHONE. Shane: "Yeah I know and this time, I wanna be the one to get the signing at the last second. Because I had Malice under contract until Dawn Marie stole my papers and sent them Steph's way and this is a lot bigger than Malice. Make sure PrimeTime doesn't lose out on this. JUST THEN, TERRI ENTERS. Okay I appreciate that, I gotta let you go...okay bye". HE HANGS UP THE PHONE. Terri: "Shane, you wanted to see me"? Shane: "Uh yes Terri, I did. Remember last week when you came to me about a trade"? Terri: "Yes". Shane: "Well, Steph and I worked out an agreement. She just signed a new woman named Crystal Carmichael and she and Steph got into a disagreement over where she'd be placed. So I traded you to RAW for this new female". Terri: "Okay, well I hate to leave PrimeTime, it just became a bad working environment for me with Trish". Shane: "I know and believe me, Trish hasn't gotten off the hook for that. But I wish you the best on RAW". Terri: "Thank you Shane". TERRI LEAVES HIS OFFICE WITH A SMILE ON HER FACE AS THE SCREEN FADES TO BLACK. COMMERCIAL BREAK.... A PREVIEW FOR THE MOVIE BIKER BOYZ STARRING KID ROCK IS SHOWN. RETURN FROM BREAK.... AFTER MICHAEL COLE RUNS THROUGH SOME FOX PROGRAMMING NOTES, THE SCENE IS SENT BACKSTAGE. BACKSTAGE.... TRAVIS WAKEMAN IS NERVOUSLY PACING BACK AND FORTH BACKSTAGE WHEN HE IS CVONFRONTED BY BROCK LESNAR. Travis Wakeman: "Hey Brock, I can't believe this. First, Shane gives us a qualification match for the Royal Rumble and now he trades for.... well never mind". Brock Lesnar: "Cut the crap. Why'd you send those punks Raven and Kanyon after me last week"? Wakeman: "Oh no, you're not gonna blame that one me. They have been watching my back and they weren't happy that you wouldn't take out Al Laiman for me. Trust me Brock, I've forgiven you. But you gotta call off your match with Kanyon so we can start to prepare for Tirpak and Bradshaw". Lesnar: "Call it off after he blasted me with a steel chair last week? I don't think so. In fact, it's up next". LESNAR WALKS AWAY LEAVING WAKEMAN WITH A FRUSTRATED LOOK ON HIS FACE. OTHER SIDE OF THE ARENA.... THE SCENE SHIFTS TO A REMOTE AREA OF THE ARENA WHICH IS FAIRLY DIM. CAMERAS PICK UP SEAN O'HAIRE WALKING DOWN A LONG HALLWAY. FINALLY, DREW BLOOD COMES INTO VIEW, STANDING AT THE END OF THE HALL WITH HIS CLOAK COVERING HIS FACE. Drew Blood: "Don't take another step. You tell Rockwell if he wants a fight, he can come down here himself". Sean O'haire: "Oh, Rockwell doesn't even know I'm here. I want to fight you tonight, in the ring. What do you say"? Drew Blood: "You wanna be Rockwell's sacrificial lamb? Well that's fine with me". DREW BLOOD TAKES A STEP BACKWARD AND SHUTS THE DOOR BEHIND HIM. O'HAIRE JUST SHAKES HIS HEAD AS DREW BLOOD DISAPPEARS. BACK AT RINGSIDE, "WHO BETTA THAN KANYON" IS HEARD AS KANYON COMES OUT WITH RAVEN TO LOT OF HEAT. Cole: "Sean O'haire has challenged Drew Blood! He is ready to make an impact Brain". Heenan: "Well not as much of an impact as these two made last week against Brock Lesnar"! BROCK LESNAR's MUSIC HITS AND HE COMES OUT TO A MIXED RESPONSE. Cole: "Well it's gonna backfire because I think it'll be the beginning of the end of Wakeman Enterprises Brain and don't forget, Wakeman still has to team with Lesnar at the Royal Rumble and beat Chris Tirpak and Bradshaw just to get in". Heenan: "Well you heard Wakeman forgive Lesnar. Let's not forget that these are the former tag team champions we're talking about". Cole: "What I wanna know is what business Raven has down here". Brock Lesnar vs. Kanyon w/Raven As the bell sounded, Brock came at Kanyon with a big clothesline but Kanyon ducked and got in several kicks to the gut before trying to pull his right arm out of the socket. But as he wrenched Lesnar's right arm, Brock took his left arm and whipped Kanyon out of the ring. Raven helped Kanyon up and whispered something in his ear. After Kanyon got back into the ring, they locked up. Brock backed him to the corner but referee Jim Korderas asked for a break and as he got between the two, Kanyon got in a thumb to the eyes. He then went back to work on Brock's right arm, softening it up. After a tornado shoulder breaker, Kanyon went for the cover but Brock kicked out easily after a 1 count. Kanyon then wen for an irish whip but Brock reversed it and hit a beautiful powerslam which somewhat affected his right arm. Raven got up on the apron but Brock turned and hit him with a hard right hand, knocking him to the floor. But when he turned around, Kanyon drilled him with a spinning wheel kick before mounting the top turnbuckle. When Brock got up, Kanyon came off with a missile dropkick but Brock swatted it away and that led to the "F5" as Brock hooked the leg for the 1....2.....3. Match Time: 4:28 Cole: "Oh my god! How impressive was that? He just swatted Kanyon away like a small child"! Heenan: "Well hopefully Wakeman can overcome this and get his men all on the same page again"! SHANE's OFFICE.... SHANE IS AT HIS DESK WHEN THERE IS A KNOCK AT THE DOOR. Shane: "Come on in". JUST THEN, TATSUMI FUJINAMI, NJPW PRESIDENT, WALKS IN. Shane: "Mr. Fujinami, what brings you here"? Tatsumi Fujinami: "Well Shane, I came to talk business. As you know, the Royal Rumble is in Osaka, Japan this year. Must I remind you that New Japan was promised some spots in the Rumble"? Shane: "Wait a minute..... JUST THEN, FUJINAMI PULLS OUT A FOLDED PIECE OF PAPER FROM HIS COAT. Fujinami: "It's all here in writing Shane. Wakeman promised it to me when he was in charge". SHANE SNATCHES THE PAPER AND TAKES A LOOK. Shane: "It doesn't say how many. I'll give you one entry... that's it". Fujinami: "Trust me Shane, New Japan will play a big part in the Rumble, it's in our backyard this time". FUJINAMI LEAVES THE OFFICE AS SHANE WIPES HIS FACE. HAYABUSA's MUSIC HITS AND HE COMES OUT WITH JIM CORNETTE TO A LOT OF BOOING. Cole: "Well speaking of Japanese superstars, this one has a chance to become Lightheavyweight champ tonight"! Heenan: "Well Fujinami didn't seem satisfied with that Cole". A BLACK DRAGON APPEARS ON THE PRIMETRON AND BREATHES FLAMES INTO THE SCREEN AS "OVER MY HEAD" BY LIT TRACK HITS AND DYLAN JANSENS COMES OUT TO A BIG POP WITH THE LIGHTHEAVYWEIGHT TITLE AROUND HIS WAIST. Cole: "Well it was Wakeman's deal. Shane gave him one entry and he should be satisfied with that. Who knows who he's gonna select to represent New Japan". Heenan: "Well with it being in Japan, I think he has a legitimate gripe". Cole: "Well in any event, we heard what Dylan Jansens named as his new year's resolution for the TWF and I personally can't wait for that to come to fruition. But we also heard the comments made by Jim Cornette earlier tonight". Heenan: "Which is why I think Hayabusa will take the title tonight"! Cole: "We saw these two meet in an epic ladder match at War in the Winter but Hayabusa attacked Jansens afterward. So I believe Jansens has a lot to prove here tonight". Heenan: "Trust me, Jansens may not have forgotten that attack, but I gaurantee Hayabusa has not forgotten about what Jansens did to his father years ago". TWF Lightheavyweight Title Match Challenger.... Hayabusa w/Jim Cornette vs. Dylan Jansens This was easily the match of the night and perhaps will end of being the match of the month as these two fought a back and forth struggle with the title up for grabs. Jansens tried unsuccessfully to take Hayabusa out of his element with a mat based attack but Hayabusa had an escape for every hold and after blocking a spin kick from Jansens, he countered wuth a quick kick to the side of the head. Hayabusa then stifled the champion with some stiff martial arts kicks to the body before catching him with a japanese arm drag. Hayabusa then locked in a unique armbar but Jansens used his leg strength to work his way up and flip Hayabusa over by his arm. Jansens then slung Hayabusa to the corner and charged in but Hayabusa was able to hop over the ropes to the apron and land a stiff kick to the head. After that, he immediately went to the top rope and tried to hit a corkscrew moonsault but when Jansens moved, he grabbed his right arm which he landed very awkwardly on. Jansens took over from this point and wasted no time going after the arm. After ducking a clothesline, Hayabusa went for a savot kick but Jansens caught his leg and spun him around before taking a page out of Chris Benoit's book with a perfect german suplex to get the victory. Match Time: 10:37 Cole: "Dylan Jansens has just emerged victorious in one of the best matches I've seen for that title"! Heenan: "He got lucky Cole! Hayabusa should have won"! Cole: "Look out, there's Gundam"! JUST THEN, KID GUNDAM HIT THE RING AND HE AND HAYABUSA DOUBLE TEAMED JANSENS AS CORNETTE CALLED OUT INSTRUCTIONS. BUT THE CROWD CAME TO THEIR FEET WHEN CHRIS BENOIT CAME RUNNING OUT AND THE JAPANESE CONTINGENT SCURRIED FROM THE RING WITH CORNETTE. Heenan: "Ah Benoit ruined it"! Cole: "No Benoit saved the day! Gundam is gonna get his when he faces Benoit in that two out of three falls at the Royal Rumble! Wait, Dylan's got the mic". Dylan Jansens: "Thank you Chris, I appreciate that. But there's one thing I forgot to tell all these great fans tonight and that is that I have decided to enter myself as one of the thiry participants in the Royal Rumble"! THE CROWD LOUDLY CHEERS AND JANSENS DROPS THE MIC AS "OVER MY HEAD" PLAYS AGAIN AND HE AND BENOIT WALK UP THE RAMP. Heenan: "That's what he forgot? Big deal". Cole: "That's a great deal! I'd love to see Jansens represent PrimeTime and win that Royal Rumble"! BACKSTAGE... SHANE's OFFICE.... SHANE IS AT HIS DESK WHEN RAVEN ENTERS. Shane: "Raven, is there something I can do for you"? Raven: "Well Shane, I just wanted to make it clear that while I'm hear on PrimeTime, I don't wanna be mistreated because I may be different in the minds of many. So as you gave in to Drew Blood, you should have no problem with me creating my masterpiece". RAVEN LEAVES THE OFFICE AND THE SCREEN FADES TO BLACK. COMMERCIAL BREAK..... A COMMERCIAL FOR 1-800-COLLECT IS SHOWN. RETURN FROM BREAK.... RINGSIDE.... "THE KINGS" BY RUN DMC HITS AND SEAN O'HAIRE COMES OUT TO A GOOD POP. Cole: "We're back on PrimeTime folks and we are ready for what will be a big match in this man's career! Jordan Rockwell told he and Carney to make an impact tonight and they started by attacking Jamal and Rosey and then he went and challenged Drew Blood to this match"! THE LIGHTS GO OUT AND THE IMAGE OF BLOOD DRIPS DOWN FROM THE PRIMETRON AS DREW BLOOD's MUSIC HITS AND HE COMES OUT WEARING HIS BLACK CLOAK. Heenan: "Well he might wanna make an impact, but the only place he'll do that tonight is in the hospital after this match"! Cole: "Wait a minute, there's Rockwell"! AS DREW BLOOD MADE HIS WAY DOWN THE RAMP, HE WAS MUGGED BY JORDAN ROCKWELL WHO CAME FROM BEHIND. AFTER SEVERAL RIGHT HANDS, ROCKWELL CAUGHT DREW BLOOD WITH THE ROCK SMASHER RIGHT ON THE STEEL RAMP. "ROCK HARD" HIT AS ROCKWELL AND O'HAIRE STOOD OVER DREW BLOOD AS THE CROWD WENT NUTS. Cole: "Jordan Rockwell has left Drew Blood laying and how much will this affect the Universal Title match at the Royal Rumble"?! Heenan: "Rockwell just kissed the Universal title goodbye! He's never beated Drew Blood one on one and that trend will continue at the Rumble"! Cole: "Idalis is standing by with Al Laiman, Idalis"! BACKSTAGE Idalis: "Al Laiman, tonight you get a huge oppurtunity in your young career against Travis Wakeman. But how ironic is it that Crystal Carmichael has been traded here to PrimeTime"? Al Laiman: "Well Idalis, funny you should ask. But the work of the Universal one is done. I rest my case". LAIMAN HEADS DOWN THE HALLWAY IN THE DIRECTION OF THE RING. Cole: "That matchup is moments away fans but right now, we're gonna send you out to the TWF Livewire Inn in New York where Shawn Michaels is live"! THE SHOT ENTERS THE TWF RESTAURANT AND FANS ARE SCREAMING AND CHEERING AS SHAWN MICHAELS IS SHOWN ON THE STAGE WITH A MICROPHONE. Cole: "Hey Shawn"! Shawn Michaels: "Hey guys, what's up"? Cole: "Shawn I know you're busy and you're having a great time down in New York. But we've just got a few questions for ya. Last month at War in the Winter, it seemed like you were having a lot of trouble towards the end of the match even staying on your feet. Is that the last image we'll have of HBK in the ring"? Michaels: "Well obviously I wanna say no. But it seems as if these serious injuries are coming along more and more often and I have to take note of that. If the doctors okay me to return, I will be there again". Cole: "Okay Shawn, well in the meantime, what will you be doing with yourself"? Michaels: "Well I have a lot of things lined up outside the TWF but I will also be going down to Singapore next week to promote Widespread Panic so I'm looking forward to that". Cole: "Finally Shawn, do you have a prediction for the Royal Rumble"? Michaels: "Well, since I'm a Texan and I know how tough they are, no offense Bradshaw, but I can't pick against the rattlesnake, I'll go with Austin"! Cole: "Alright folks there ya have it! Got anything you wanna add Brain"? Michaels: "No, Heenan's IQ is too low to be asking questions". THE SHOT SHIFTS TO THE ANNOUNCE TABLE. Heenan: "Is that supposed to be funny"? "MAKE WAY" BY METHOD MAN HITS AS TRAVIS WAKEMAN AND TRISH MAKE THEIR WAY DOWN THE AISLE TO THE BIGGEST BOOS ALL NIGHT. Cole: "Well I found it funny. But here we go folks, Travis Wakeman is on his way out here and you gotta know that he's got a lot on his mond right now Brain". Heenan: "Sure he does, he's a top star here on PrimeTime"! AL LAIMAN's MUSIC HITS AND HE COMES OUT TO A DECENT POP. Cole: "Well think about it. His Wakeman Enterprises is about to go belly up for a third time, he's about to be in the same division with a woman he obviously knows real well, he's got to qualify just to get into the rumble..... Heenan: "Okay, okay, okay. A win here would help ease a lot of those emotions though". Cole: "I mean, if there was ever a time for an upset, it's right now"! Travis Wakeman w/Trish vs. "Universal" Al Laiman Laiman showed Wakeman his versatile style by starting the match out with a whiplash headlock takeover followed by a european armdrag. He then drilled Wakeman with a spinning heel kick and Wakeman rolled out of the ring to regroup. As Trish tried to console him, Laiman came flying over the top rope with a plancha and Wakeman was in trouble early. Laiman then went for a cartwheel moonsault but Wakeman got his knees up into his gut and then hit a well done cactus clothesline. Wakeman then used 2 hands to wrench the neck of Laiman in a very awkward position. By slowing down the pace dramatically, Wakeman began to break Laiman down limb by limb with a variety of holds. But after kicking Wakeman in the face from a lying position, Laiman caught him with a swinging sideslam and a big legdrop. Laiman looked like he was on the verge of an upset and when Wakeman got up, he threw another spin kick at him. But Wakeman caught his leg and spun him around before scooping him up and hitting the "Royal Flush" out of nowhere to win it. Match Time: 7:33 Heenan: "Wakeman did it! Even with all this so called pressure, he's still great"! Cole: "Well this so called pressure is only gonna get worse! He dodged a bullet tonight"! BACKSTAGE.... ROB VAN DAM COMES OUT OF HIS DRESSING ROOM BUT IS CONFRONTED BY "STONE COLD" STEVE AUSTIN. THE TWO STARE EACH OTHER DOWN FOR A MOMENT. Rob Van Dam: "Is there a problem"? Stone Cold: "I don't know, you tell me? I'm looking into your beedy little eyes and they tell me you think you're gonna win this over the top challenge. Well UH-UH! Stone Cold is goin' out there to whip some ass and that's the bottom line.... cause Stone Cold said so! Now is that cool with you"? RVD: "Hey, everyhing's cool when you're R....V.....D. HE TAPS AUSTIN ON THE SHOULDER. I'll see ya out there". Cole: "The over the top challenge is next"! COMMERCIAL BREAK......
COMMERCIAL...... A COMMERCIAL FOR STACKER 2 IS SHOWN. RETURN FROM BREAK.... RINGSIDE.... Over the top rope challenge Winner gets to select from #'s 20-30 for the Royal Rumble "Stone Cold" Steve Austin vs. Matt Hardy vs. Raven vs. Rhyno vs. Batista vs. Rob Van Dam As the matchup got underway, Austin began to trade blows with Rhyno as Matt Hardy went at it with RVD and Raven and Batista began slugging it out. Matt nearly had RVD out but RVD grabbed the bottom rope and hung and before shrugging Matt off. Rhyno came over and began driving some hard shoulders into the ribs of RVD but after ducking a clothsline, RVD hit Rhyno with a spin kick that knocked him out of the ring. Matt tried to come from behind and toss RVD out but RVD saw him out of the corner of his eye and sent him sailing to the floor. Austin and RVD then teamed up against Raven and Batista and Raven stayed out of the action as much as he could. Batista was in total control of RVD and after a hard spinebuster, Austin came over and dealt Batista a series of hard right hands. Before knocking him out of the ring with a clothesline. After ducking a clothesline from Raven, Austin caught him with the Thesz press but when he got off, RVD caught him with a big spin kick on the jaw. RVD then whipped him to the corner and went for a monkey flip but Austin countered it into a catapult and sent him over the turnbuckle and to the floor! But as Austin yelled and taunted RVD, Raven came from behind and lifted him over the ropes to win it. THE SOUND OF SEVERAL CROWING RAVENS PLAYED OVER THE LOUDSPEAKER ALONG WITH RAVEN's MUSIC. Cole: "I can't believe it! Raven has won this match"! Heenan: "And now he gets to draw from numbers twenty through thirty! His masterpiece is starting"! Cole: "What is this masterpiece"? OFF AIR.....
