Louisville, Kentucky
Attendance: 8,314
December 7, 2004
Fresh off King of the Ring, the superstars of Rampage made it to the Broadbent arena in Louisville where a raucous crowd was waiting for them. Uprising was on hand first but the show started with cameras in the backstage area.
CAMERAS SHOWED KARAM IBRAHIM GETTING READY FOR HIS MATCH WHEN KURT ANGLE CAME IN. Kurt Angle: "Karam, Karam, what are you doing? You've got a match in a few seconds and you're just now stretching"? KARAM SEEMS SOMEWHAT ANNOYED. Karam Ibrahim: "This has been my pre-match ritual for some time.... I got it". ANGLE LEAVES JUST SHAKING HIS HEAD. Karam Ibrahim vs. Matt Sydell (invitee) Matt Sydell looked to make the most of his oppurtunity but Ibrahim was phenomenal, reminding many of a young Kurt Angle. After a big powerslam on Sydell, he delivered "Egyptian Gold" to pick up the win. Rosey w/ Crystal Carmichael vs. Austin Pyromania w/ Stacy Kiebler The speed of Pyro dizzied the larger Rosey and after a flying heel kick off the top rope, he seemed to have it won. That was until Jamal came out to distract the referee and Crystal went and got Rosey's tag team title belt. Stacy tried to stop her from throwing it into the ring but Crystal hit her with the belt! Pyro reached through the ropes, grabbing Crystal by the hair but Rosey came from behind and then delivered a throw up Samoan drop to pick up the big upset win. After the match, Jamal and Rosey looked to do some more damage but John Cena ran out to Pyro's aid. Shelton Benjamin vs. A-Train This was a very slow paced match, just the way A-Train likes it. He slowly beat down the kid from Orangeburg, South Carolina until Shelton avoided an avalanche splash in the corner and hit a big superkick. He followed that with a flying lariat takedown off the top rope to get the pin on the 350 pounder. "AIN'T NO STOPPIN'" PLAYED AND SHELTON CELEBRATED THE WIN AS UPRISING CAME TO A CLOSE. RAMPAGE GOES LIVE
***CONDENSED RESULTS***
A SHORT REPLAY IS SHOWN FROM KING OF THE RING OF DREW BLOOD DEFEATING THE UNDERTAKER WITH THE HELP OF VISCERA TO BECOME THE NEW WORLD CHAMPION. THAT SHIFTS INTO THE OPENING MONTAGE AS "ACROSS THE NATION" PLAYS. JIM ROSS AND JERRY LAWLER TRY TO TALK OVER THE CROWD NOISE AND THE EXPLOSIVE PYRO AS THEY PREVIEW KURT ANGLE TAKING ON JOHNNY JETER AND GAIL KIM DEFENDING THE WOMEN's TITLE IN A BATTLE ROYALE AGAINST ALL THE WOMEN ON RAMPAGE.
TONIGHT's SHOW STARTS WITH "LYING FROM YOU" PLAYING AND JOE COREY COMING TO THE RING WITH ALEXIS LAREE. COMPLAINING THAT HE SHOULD NOW BE REFERRED TO AS ROYALTY BECAUSE HE SHOULD BE KING OF THE RING, COREY HOLDS HIS BELT UP, REMINDING EVERYONE THAT HE IS STILL THE KING OF CABLE. COREY IS INTERRUPTED QUICKLY INTO HIS SPEECH BY HIGH OCTANE WHO ASSURES HIM THAT AFTER HE TAKES CARE OF BUSINESS WITH BRADSHAW, HE'LL BE COMING FOR HIM. DISREGARDING THE FACT THAT COREY IS EVEN OUT THERE, OCTANE CALLS OUT BRADSAW> BRADSHAW COMES OUT IN A SUIT AND TIE. HE RIPS OFF HIS SPORT JACKET AND TIE AND GOES TO THE RING WHERE A FIGHT ERUPTS. COREY AND ALEXIS LEAVE THE TWO TO BRAWL, SLIPPING OUT OF THE RING. FINALLY, THE AGENTS AND OFFICIALS FROM THE BACK COME OUT TO SEPERATE THE MEN AND RAMPAGE IS OFF TO A WILD START. BACKSTAGE AREA...... STEVEN RICHARDS AND MR. MATURE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE CHALLENGE RICHARDS HAS LAID OUT TO SHAWN MICHAELS FOR TONIGHT AND RICHARDS CLAIMS THAT HE HAS "BACK UP". BACK AT RINGSIDE, JOHN TOLAND AND CHRIS CAGE OF SMW ARE SHOWN AWAITING THEIR OPPONENTS FOR THE NIGHT. MORDECAI's MUSIC PLAYS AND HE COMES OUT WITH THE 450 POUND VISCERA. Mordecai and Viscera vs. John Toland and Chris Cage of SMW Toland and Cage did what they could to combat the monstrous team they were up against but they really had no chance. After catching Cage with a rolling wheel kick, Viscera smashed Toland in the corner with a big splash. After tossing Cage out of the ring, Vis tagged in Mordecai who delivered the Crucifix Bomb to Toland and picked up the win. Match Time: 7:33 AFTER THE MATCH, DREW BLOOD's MUSIC HIT AND HE CAME OUT IN A HOODED ROBE THAT CONTAINED HIS SYMBOL ON THE BACK. HUNG OVER HIS RIGHT SHOULDER WAS THE WORLD TITLE. VISCERA AND MORDECAI BOTH GOT ON ONE KNEE AS DREW BLOOD GRABBED THE HOUSE MIC. Drew Blood: "When I returned to the TWF, I said I would never speak. I would let my actions in the ring do the talking for me, and they have. Mordecai and Viscera, you both know that I don't need you, I don't need anyone. BUT YOU NEED ME!!! You always will. I am the one that took both of you out of the Deadpool and you were rewarded with new life. You now owe me. For anyone that wants a shot at the new champ, are you really prepared to make a trip through the Deadpool? For this is now my Deadpool and anyone that wants me has to go through Viscera and Mordecai...and believe me, no one leaves the Deadpool without my guidance. Soon you will all need my help". A PROMO GRAPHIC PREVIEWS THE HURRICANE VS. CYCLONE IN ONE ON ONE ACTION LATER TONIGHT. COMMERCIAL BREAK...... RETURN FROM BREAK..... FOOTAGE IS SHOWN OF WHAT WILL NOW BE KNOWN AS "ROB STORM DAY". STORM WENT TO HIS NATIVE TORONTO WHERE HE WAS AWARDED A PLAQUE AND GOT A HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASIUM NAMED IN HIS HONOR. BACKSTAGE.... CITING A DANGEROUS WORK ENVIRONMENT DUE TO BEING CHOKESLAMMED BY NEMESIS A FEW WEEKS BACK, ALEXIS LAREE WITHDRAWS HER NAME FROM TONIGHT's BATTLE ROYALE IN ORDER TO FACE STEPHANIE McMAHON.... TONIGHT! STEPHANIE GLADLY ACCEPTS. Nemesis and Sam Wilde vs. Taylor Made and Carlito Carribean Cool w/ Terri and Desire Nemesis was an intimidating force in this one, taking on both men at times. But when Terri grabbed his foot as he hit the ropes, he was drawn out of the ring, stalking both women. Wilde had become the legal man but he missed a running clothesline when Carlito moved out of the corner and Carlito then schoolboyed him, sticking his feet all the way up on the middle rope for extra leverage to get the pin. Match Time: 6:18 TWF RE-WIND SHOWS KURT ANGLE SMASHING UP JOHNNY JETER's GUITAR OUTSIDE AN ARENA A FEW WEEKS AGO. Kurt Angle vs. Johnny Jeter After taking Jeter to the mat, Angle tried to embarrass him with a few slaps to the back of the head. But after ducking a clothesline off an irish whip, Jeter nailed a dropsault that opened a floodgate of offense. After taking his attack to the air, Jeter hit a swinging neckbomb for a 2 7/8 count. But Angle wrapped his arms around him as he ran at him and nearly threw him out of the ring with an overhead belly to belly. He then waited for him to get up and positioned himself behind him, delivering the Angle Slam for the win. But after Angle left, Jeter got up under his own power and the crowd gave him a standing ovation, a clear indication of his bright future in the TWF. Match Time: 5:35 BACKSTAGE..... JOE COREY CONFRONTS STEPHANIE, WANTING TO "UP THE ANTE" IN HER MATCH WITH ALEXIS LAREE. COREY PROPOSES THAT IF ALEXIS WINS, HE GETS TO RUN RAMPAGE FOR A MONTH. BUT IF STEPHANIE WINS, SHE GETS TO HAND PICK HIS NEXT OPPONENT FOR THE KING OF CABLE TITLE AND ADD ANY STIPULATION SHE WANTS AND HE'LL GLADLY SIGN THE CONTRACT FOR THE MATCH. STEPH LIKES THE IDEA AND AGAIN ACCEPTS THE CHALLENGE. COMMERCIAL BREAK...... RETURN FROM BREAK.... BACKSTAGE..... JOHN CENA FINDS AUSTIN PYROMANIA WHO IS STILL TICKED ABOUT HIS LOSS TO ROSEY ON UPRISING. BUT CENA GIVES HIM SOME GOOD NEWS IN THAT HE LOBBIED FOR THEM TO GET A SHOT AT THE RAMPAGE TAG TEAM TITLES ON NEXT WEEK's SHOW. IN THE RING, CYCLONE's MUSIC IS PLAYING AND HE IS WAITING FOR HIS FORMER SUPERHERO COMRADE HURRICANE TO COME OUT. BUT FROM BEHIND, HE IS SMASHED BY SOMEONE USING A HALIBURTON BRIEFCASE. THE MAN IS SHANE HELMS! HE OPENS THE BRIEFCASE AND INSIDE IS THE COSTUME OF THE HURRICANE WHICH HE SHOCKINGLY LIGHTS ON FIRE WITH A SMALL TORCH LIGHTER. FINALLY, REFEREES COME OUT AND DOUSE IT WITH A FIRE EXTINGUISHER AND HELMS IS ALMOST IN A TRANCE. BACKSTAGE..... TRISH STRATUS AND VICTORIA ARE SHOWN STRETCHING FOR THE BATTLE ROYALE WHEN GAIL KIM COMES UP AND SAYS "THIS IS THE BEST THEY CAN DO FOR COMPETITION..... PLEASE". Steven Richards w/ Oliver Worth vs. Shawn Michaels Even with Worth's constant involvement, Michaels came back from an early hole and connected with a flying forearm before defeating Richards with the "Sweet Chin Music", the same result he got at WrestleMania 2 when they squared off. After the match, Garrison Cade came out and shook HBK's hand and gave him a hug, ending speculation that he had aligned himself with Richards and company. Match Time: 7:11 COMMERCIAL BREAK...... RETURN FROM BREAK..... RINGSIDE.... Battle Royale for TWF Women's Title 8 women entered this one with the only way to be eliminated getting thrown over the top rope and to the floor. The champion Gail Kim stood and watched the other combatants go at it and Desire quickly eliminated Stacy Kiebler. But as she stood and taunted Stacy, she was dumped out by her own friend, Terri, who was trying to win her first ever Women's title. But Terri turned right into a DDT from Gail Kim who then went after Jessica Lopez. Meanwhile, Trish, Victoria and Alex Miran were having a great brawl and after escaping the "Widow's Peak", Trish caught Victoria with the Chick Kick to put her out. She turned just in time to catch Gail running in and she grabbed her by the back of the head, tossing her to the floor and gauranteeing a new champion. Lopez and Miran traded shots while Terri was eliminated by a surging Trish. Trish moved in on Miran but caught a right hand. Miran then picked Lopez up for a powerbomb but she countered with a headscissor that took Miran over the top rope. But Alex held on to all she could and pulled Lopez out of the ring as well. That left Trish as the only one in the ring and "Time to Rock N' Roll" hit, declaring her the winner and the NEW Women's champion. PRIMETIME REPLAY SHOWS FOOTAGE FROM KING OF THE RING OF JORDAN ROCKWELL PINNING JOE COREY TO BECOME THE 4TH EVER TWF KING OF THE RING AND DYLAN JANSENS DEFEATING RHYNO TO WIN THE UNIVERSAL TITLE. Alexis Laree vs. Stephanie McMahon Using her trademark mean streak, Stephanie punished Alexis who couldn't get in much offense. Many were surprised at the technique of Stephanie who was very well versed in the ring. But the complexion of the match changed when Alexis ripped the top of Stephanie off. Steph did her best to cover herself up but Alexis rolled her up and pinned her to steal a victory. Match Time: 5:32 AFTER THE MATCH, COREY AND ALEXIS TRIED TO HUMILIATE THE BOSS MORE BUT TO EVERYONE's SURPRISE, TAYLOR MADE RAN OUT WITH A JACKET TO COVER HER UP AND HELPED HER TO THE BACK. BUT COREY COULDN'T BE MORE ECSTATIC, GRABBING THE MICROPHONE AND REMINDING EVERYONE THAT HE WILL BE IN CHARGE OF RAMPAGE FOR THE NEXT 4 WEEKS! OFF AIR.....
