San Francisco, California
Attendance: 13,205
August 17, 2004
Fans flooded the parking lot leading into the Bay area's Cow Palace, getting ready for a hot Summer night with the stars of PrimeTime. The action started with 3 great matches which were part of Uprising. La Resistance w/ Jimmy Hart vs. Norman Smiley and Billy Fives (invitees) The former Rampage tag team champs took on a couple superstars who were invited to compete, Smiley and Fives. Smiley got the crowd on their feet by doing the big wiggle but Rob Storm and Sylvan Grenier would not allow themselves to be upset, putting Smiley down with a double flapjack and they hitting Fives with the double team finisher called the "Au revoir" to get the victory. Frankie Kazarian vs. Bradshaw It really seemed as though we would see an upset on this night and Kazarian pushed Bradshaw to the limit. But after missing with a flying front kick in the corner, Bradshaw hit the ropes and then steamrolled him with the "Clothesline from Hell" to win it. Gail Kim and Jazz vs. Victoria and Alex Miran Uprising concluded with divas action and these 4 fiercely went at it. After Jazz was taken out of the ring, Gail Kim hit a tornado DDT on Miran but when she turned around, Victoria kicked her in the gut and hit the "Widow's Peak" on the Women's champion. But quick as a cat, Miran jumped in and covered Gail to get the 1......2......3. Victoria didn't seem thrilled that Miran stole her glory and left with her arm raised. The crowd didn't seem to like it either. RAMPAGE GOES LIVE
***NOTE: DUE TO TIME CONSTRAINTS, RESULTS WILL BE CONDENSED THIS WEEK**** AS RAMPAGE COMES ON THE AIR, FOOTAGE IS SHOWN FROM LAST WEEK OF PYRONOMICS SUCCESSFULLY DEFENDING THE TAG TEAM TITLES AGAINST LA RESISTANCE AND THE ATTACK ON AUSTIN PYROMANIA THAT FOLLOWED. THE CAMERA THEN ZOOMS IN ON THE MASKED MAN's FACE BEFORE BECOMING A TOTAL BLUR. "ACROSS THE NATION" THEN HITS AND THE MONTAGE RUNS INTO THE OPENING PYRO. THE COW PALACE IS ROCKIN' AND JIM ROSS AND JERRY LAWLER ARE INSIDE TO CALL ALL THE ACTION. PROMO GRAPHICS POP UP TO PREVIEW TWO HUGE MATCHES TONIGHT- MORDECAI VS. NEMESIS AND CARNEY CHALLENGING SHELTON BENJAMIN FOR THE KING OF CABLE TITLE. CHRISTIAN's MUSIC HITS AND HE COMES OUT TO START THE SHOW TO A LOT OF HEAT. Anarchy Rulz Rematch Christian vs. Val Venis These two put on a match similar to the great one they had at the pay-per-view. Christian was able to catch Val with the "Un-Prettier" but Venis got his foot on the bottom rope to stop the count. Moments later, Venis was able to avoid Christian charging into the corner and he quickly rolled him up, putting both feet on the middle rope to get the 3 count as the crowd went wild. But Christian stomped up and down and showed the replay to referee Jack Doan who reversed his decision, disqualifying Venis. As Val tried to appeal, Christian went and grabbed the ring bell and brought it in, cracking it over his head. Christian then stood over Venis laughing until the crowd lost it as Shawn Michaels hit the ring. Christian turned around and was met with the trademark "Sweet Chin Music". Michaels then did a little dance in the ring before "Sexy Boy" rocked the arena. Match Time: 7:18 BACKSTAGE..... JOHN CENA, CITING HIS MATCH LATER WITH RODNEY MACK AND THE FACT THAT HE HEARD THAT THE ATTACKER IS IN THE BUILDING TONIGHT, TELLS AUSTIN PYROMANIA AND STACY KIEBLER THAT HE THINKS IT'D BE BEST IF THEY GO BACK TO THE HOTEL BECAUSE PYRO IS STILL NOT 100%. PYRO AGREES BUT ASKS CENA TO GIVE THE ATTACKER A MESSAGE, WHICH CENA SAYS HE'LL DO. COMMERCIAL BREAK..... RETURN FROM BREAK.... RINGSIDE.... Johnny Blaze w/ Brother Long vs. Shawn Stasiak w/ Chuck Palumbo Johnny Blaze again looked very good in the ring, controlling the match with Stasiak. But after Stasiak got his knees up on a moonsault off the middle turnbuckle, Long tried to get involved but Palumbo came over and pulled him off the apron. Stasiak then hit a reverse DDT for the win. But as Stasiak and Palumbo celebrated, TWF newcomer Matt Morgan came out and clotheslined them both before delivering a sit down powerbomb to each. Long and Blaze loved every second of it as it seemed Under a Brotha services just got bigger. Match Time: 8:04 TWF RE-WIND SHOWS SCOTT STEINER DEFEATING "MR. MATURE" OLIVER WORTH LAST WEEK AND THE ENSUING STARE DOWN BETWEEN HE AND NATHAN JONES. J.R. ANNOUNCES A CENSORSHIP MATCH FOR MELTDOWN BETWEEN STEINER AND NATHAN JONES IN WHICH IF STEINER LOSES, HE MUST LEAVE TWF TV FOR GOOD AND IF STEINER WINS, THE NETWORK POLICE MUST STOP TRYING TO CONTROL WHAT GOES ON TV AND GIVE UP THEIR "POSITIONS" WITH THE FCC. Steven Richards w/ Cyrus the Virus vs. Scott Steiner Steven Richards hit the "Stevie Kick" 19 seconds into the match bvut Steiner kicked out at 2. Steiner the countered the Stevie T and hit a big Steiner Line. That led to the "Steiner Recliner" and Richards quickly tapped out. Afterwards, Nathan Jones came out and Steiner dared him to get into the ring but Cyrus held him back and then grabbed a microphone, saying that the fans better get a good look at Steiner, cause it's the last time you'll see him in the TWF. Match Time: 4:47 COMMERCIAL BREAK..... THE OUTSIDE OF A DARK, OLD CASTLE IS SHOWN. BATS ARE CIRCLING IT. THE SHOT GOES INTO THIS CASTLE WHICH IS ONLY LIT BY THE TORCHES ON THE WALL. AN EERIE TUNE STARTS UP AS THE CAMERA BEGINS TO INCH IT's WAY TO A CASKET. THE LID OF THE CASKET SLOWLY OPENS AND INSIDE IS A SHADOWY FIGURE WITH EYES THAT SEEM TO BE GLOWING. RETURNING SOON........ RETURN FROM BREAK..... JOHN CENA IS IN THE RING AND HE CHALLENGES PYROMANIA's ATTACKER TO BE A MAN AND FACE PYRO EYE TO EYE. UNTIL HE DOES, HE's NOTHING BUT A BITCH! John Cena vs. Rodney Mack w/ Crystal Carmichael There wasn't anything scientific about this match as Cena and the "Michael Jordan of wrestling" traded shot after shot. After hitting a belly to belly suplex, Mack locked in the "Blackout" and thought he had it in the bag. But Cena ran up the turnbuckle and flipped over to counter. He then locked in a fujiwara armbar on the right arm Mack accidentally ran into the steel post earlier and Mack had no choice but to tap out. But with Cena's tag team partner not in the building, Jamal and Rosey came out at the encouragement of Crystal and decimated Cena. Mack joined in on the attack and they left him laying with his tag belt over his chest. Match Time: 7:01 BACKSTAGE..... CHRISTIAN FINDS STEPHANIE McMAHON AND DEMANDS A MATCH WITH SHAWN MICHAELS AT MELTDOWN, ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT HBK ALREADY ASKED FOR THE MATCH. Taylor Made w/ Terri and Desire vs. Justin Sane Justin Sane was the aggressor after connecting with a flying yakuza kick. Taylor was able to turn things around with a piledriver when Sane dropped his head too soon off an irish whip. But after countering the "Customizer", Sane delivered a swinging DDT aonly to turn into a slap from Terri who'd gotten on the apron. Referee Chad Patton called for the bell, DQ'ing Taylor. But as Sane stalked Terri, Desire handed Taylor a steel chair and he cracked Sane from behind with it before he and his ladies left. Match Time: 5:22 COMMERCIAL BREAK..... RETURN FROM BREAK.... FOOTAGE IS SHOWN FROM LAST WEEK OF SAM WILDE's OLD COMRADE NEMESIS COMING OUT TO HELP HIM AGAINST MORDECAI. Mordecai vs. Nemesis Even though the action here was slowed down between the 2 big men, the crowd was on their feet the entire match. After both men struggled to get control, Mordecai kicked him in the face with a big boot. But off an irish whip, Nemesis ducked a clothesline and hit his chokeslam to seemingly put it away. But right when he was about to make the cover, the lights went out. Approximately 30 seconds later, they came back on and Mordecai had his staff, hitting Nemesis in the head with it to get himself DQ'd. JR and Lawler wondered aloud what was going on as Mordecai looked up, smiling. Match Time: 5:44 BACKSTAGE AREA..... SHELTON BENJAMIN AND CARNEY AGREE THAT THEY WANT TO SEE THE BEST MAN WIN TONIGHT. "VIVA LA RAZA" HITS AND EDDIE GUERRERO COMES TO THE RING, BRINGING THE CRWOD TO THEIR FEET. HE CALLS OUT KURT ANGLE, CLAIMING THE OLYMPIC HERO STILL OWES HIM A ONE ON ONE WORLD TITLE MATCH. ANGLE COMES OUT AND SAYS HE HAS DEFEATED ALL CONTENDERS TO HIS TITLE AND WILL BE TAKING MELTDOWN OFF. BUT A BELL TOLLS AND THE UNDERTAKER SLOWLY MAKES HIS WAY TO THE RING. PROBABLY REMEMBERING HOW HE TOOK THE TITLE FROM THE DEADMAN, ANGLE HIGHTAILED IT. BUT A VENGEFUL UNDERTAKER TURNED AND GRABBED EDDIE BY THE THROAT, CHOKESLAMMING HIM HARD TO THE MAT. COMMERCIAL BREAK..... RETURN FROM BREAK.... JIM ROSS DROPS THE HUGE NEWS THAT DURING THE BREAK, STEPHANIE McMAHON SIGNED A TRIPLE THREAT FOR THE WORLD TITLE AT MELTDOWN BETWEEN KURT ANGLE, EDDIE GUERRERO AND THE UNDERTAKER! WITH ALEXIS LAREE, JOE COREY COMES OUT TO DO GUEST COMMENTARY AND IT IS REVEALED THAT ALSO AT MELTDOWN, HE WILL FACE THE WINNER OF THIS NEXT MATCH FOR THE KING OF CABLE TITLE. COREY REITERATES THAT HE "EARNED" THE MATCH. TWF King of Cable Title Match Challenger: Carney vs. Shelton Benjamin These two put on one hell of a match. The seesaw battle saw several high spots from both superstars and after avoiding a superkick, Carney went for a flying forearm but nailed referee Earl Hebner with it. Joe Corey saw this as an oppurtunity to get involved so he dropped his headset and left the broadcast position. He grabbed the K.O.C. title and brought it into the ring, sizing Benjamin up. But Shelton ducked and Corey struck Carney with it! After disposing of Corey, Benjamin rolled Carney up as Hebner recovered to make the 3 count. Match Time: 5:11 THE SHOW ENDED WITH BENJAMIN ON THE TURNBUCKLE HOLDING THE TITLE AS COREY AND ALEXIS WALKED UP THE RAMP.... LOOKING ON. OFF AIR......
