By: Dustin Kash
Nails Tribute edition
February 15, 2006
*Video is shown of Nails powerbombing Vlad the Impaler at Meltdown 2002 right into a flaming table. It then shows Nails rolling Vlad onto the bed of nails and there is a final shot of Nails holding up the Toughman belt as the screen fades away and the Kashing In studio appears on the screen*
Dustin Kash: "Hello everybody and welcome to the exclusive Nails tribute edition of “Kashing In”, this is your host Dustin Kash and I am live from TWF headquarters in Denver, Colorado! People, I have a huge surprise tonight. Now this is big so brace yourselves. Tonight we will be going through some of Nails’ greatest matches, and ladies and gentlemen, guess who will be joining us tonight for this tribute to Nails. None other than Jordan Rockwell! Also if that isn’t big enough, later tonight Eddie Saint James will be calling in, to talk about what Nails meant to him. So without any further ado, bring out the man who literally buried Nails alive at the Royal Rumble. Here is the legend. Here is the man who will without a doubt be inducted into the TWF Hall of Fame. Here is the man who held the European championship, Intercontinental championship, the TWF World championship, the Universal championship twice, the tag team championship and the Hardcore championship. Here is Jordan Rockwell"!
Jordan Rockwell: "Hey Dustin, good evening man. How was your Valentines Day"?
Dustin: "Well what can I say, I’m sitting here spending the most romantic night of the year here with you"?
*Rockwell gives Kash an evil glare*
Dustin: "Alrighty then, before we break into a.. f*ck lets carry on with the show".
Rockwell: "Damn straight man". *Chuckles*
Kash: "Alright let’s get down to business cause we have a hell of a show coming up. Speaking of which, tonight we are going to show the footage of some of Nails’ greatest matches. So before we go ahead and talk about Primetime, why don’t we kick things off with the one of the greatest matches and one of the greatest moments in Nails’ career".
Rockwell: "Here it is".
*Video is shown of the brutal match when Nails first won the Hardcore title against Nuke on March 30, 2001.*
Challenger: Nails vs. Nuke
This had to be the most brutal hardcore match ever! These two men hit each other with everything in sight, including items left from the match before. Nails hit Nuke with a running ddt on a steel chair and a bulldog on the ringsteps. But nothing would keep Nuke down. Nuke used his massive size to get an advantage and then smashed Nails in the face with a 2x4, cracking his mask! An enraged Nails came back and dropped the big man with a powerbomb off the top rope, which shook the ring. But Nuke kicked out at 2! Suddenly, Paul Bearer made his way to the ring and slid a brick under the ropes. Not knowing what to make of the situation, Nails instinctively picked up the brick and threw it directly at Nuke's face! Blood splattered all over the mat as Nuke went down! Nails covered him for the pin to win the title!
Match Time: 13:40
Paul Bearer entered the ring and extended his hand to Nails. Nails shook his hand and the two left together!
*Back in the studio*
Jordan Rockwell: "I tell you, that man is sick in the head. I can tell you that, first hand".
Dustin Kash: "Heh, man you sure can. Come to think of it, why don’t we take a look at the Royal Rumble where you ended up being victorious, but not without a hellacious fight. Let’s take a look"
*Video is shown of the match at the buried alive match between Rockwell and Nails at the Royal Rumble*
Buried Alive
Nails vs. Jordan Rockwell
There were two referees assigned to this match, Mike Chioda and Mike Enos. Rockwell took the bat and hit Nails again, right across the chest. He then took off his coat and used it to choke Nails before grabbing him by the back of the head and launching him out of the ring. The crowd was all fired up as Rockwell followed Nails out. But Nails picked him up with a double leg and ran him right into the steel ring steps. The lower back of Rockwell caught the corner of one of the steps and he suffered a cut on his back. Nails then got on top, ramming the back of Rockwell's head into the floor. From there, he went into the ring and grabbed the bat. Rockwell got to his feet but Nails belted him right across the abdomen with the bat. He then picked him up onto his shoulder and ran him head first into the steel ring post. Rockwell was in a lot of trouble as Nails walked him up the ramp. At the top of the ramp, Nails went for a piledriver but Rockwell countered out of it with a backdrop suplex. Nails landed hard on the ramp as Rockwell made his way over to the stage where the casket set. He picked up a shovel that was stuck in the ground but Nails reached into his pocket, pulling out his trusty brass knucks. Rockwell took a swing with the shovel but missed and Nails punched him in the stomach and then right in the face, both times with the knucks. The shovel fell into the dirt and became buried as Nails pushed Rockwell into the open casket. He was about to close the lid but Rockwell got his foot up to block it and then kicked Nails right in the head. Rockwell got out of the casket and rammed Nails into it before closing the lid right on the back of his head. This gave Rockwell his first chance to put Nails in the casket but Nails wasn't going to give up that easy, grabbing Rockwell by the throat and working his way up. Then, from inside the casket, he headbutted Rockwell before getting out and delivering a swinging neckbreaker. The fight was on and these two men waged a war never before seen in the TWF. Finally, Nails was able to counter Rockwell and he drove him into the stage with a tombstone before going back to the ramp and on the side of it, was a table. Nails drug the table to the stage and stood it up. But when he turned around, Rockwell was getting up. Nails caught him with a running knee to the face before reaching for the buried shovel. He set Rockwell up against the table and went headhunting with the shovel, a shot that may've killed Rockwell. Thankfully, Rockwell ducked and speared Nails, knocking the shovel loose. Rockwell then picked the shovel up and just blasted Nails with a downward motion, right in the head. Nails went down quick and looked out as Rockwell picked him up and loaded him onto the table. Rockwell then made a waving motion, as if for someone to come out. Just then, the crowd saw a man climbing up the back of the TWF tron. When he got to the top, he stood up and put a finger in the air as a spotlight in the arena revealed it was none other than the legendary Terry Funk! Funk flew off the tron, 20 feet to the floor and crashed through the table as one of the loudest "Holy Shit" chants of all time echoed through the arena. Rockwell then sorted through what was left of the table and the two men and tossed Nails into the casket, closing the lid. From there, he climbed into the bulldozer and activated it, dumping thousands of pounds of dirt onto the casket as the bell sounded.
Match Time: 38:50
*Back in the studio*
Dustin Kash: "What a match. Just unbelievable. That match will without a doubt go into history as one of the greatest matches of all time, bar none"
Rockwell: "Thanks man. I appreciate it and you’re right, that was one hellacious match. Look at my face… look at it! That is from Nails punching me right in the face with the brass knucks. You see the thing about Nails, is that no matter what, if you’re going into a match with him, you ARE NOT walking out without any bumps and bruises, and you can be sure of that".
Kash: "Well Jordan, we all know that you have known Nails for many, many years. When exactly did you first meet him, and what was your first impression"?
Jordan Rockwell: "I have known Nails for....... I'd say eight years. I first met him when I was twenty one years old, I was fresh out of college and I just arrived at Dory Funk's training facilities down in Florida and I remember as I made it up to the door I could hear some guy screaming at the top of his lungs. When I walked in, I saw this guy who basically was doing submission hold after another on some poor kid and I later found out this guy was going to be one of my training partners, to which I wasn’t so enthusiastic".
Dustin Kash: *Chuckles* "That sounds like Nails alright. Well now, we are going to show one more of Nails’ matches before we get Eddie Saint James on the line to talk a bit about what Nails meant to him. But yes, let’s get to that match. This is one of my personal favorites. I’m talking Wrestlemania 3, Nails vs. Sabu, falls count anywhere".
*Video is shown of Sabu vs. Nails*
Falls Count Anywhere
Nails vs. Sabu
This match turned into a showstealer and was possibly the best on the card. The fans were on their feet as these two beat the hell out of one another. Sabu's quickness gave him an early advantage as he caught Nails with a flying headscissor takedown and a dropkick that knocked him out of the ring. But Sabu bounced off one set of ring ropes and came flying at Nails with a suicide dive as the crowd went nuts. But as they struggled to their feet, Nails headbutted him with his hockey mask and then bodyslammed him on the steel ramp. Nails went for a suplex on the ramp but Sabu blocked it and hit Nails with a suplex of his own. He then used a backflip onto Nails to get a 1....2.., but Nails kicked out. Nails then got a knee into the midsection and threw Sabu into the fans! Sabu landed hard on some of the floor level seats as Nails entered the sea of fans and smashed a chair over his head. Nails then rammed Sabu into one of the stage level loudspeakers. Nails set Sabu up for a piledriver but Sabu countered with a backdrop onto the concrete area of the floor. Sabu found a table and set it up for the moment of the night. Sabu laid Nails on the table and went up one level into section 2 of the stands. He then took a flying leap and backflipped in mid air but Nails rolled off the table. Sabu crashed through it as the crowd chanted "HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT"!. Sabu wasn't the same as Nails got him back to the ring and after whipping him into the ring steps, Nails grabbed a fire poker which was in the bag he came to the ring with. He held it and blasted Sabu with it between the eyes! Nails then set Sabu on the top turnbuckle and pulled off one of his old favorites, the top rope powerbomb as Sabu crashed into the mat. Nails hooked the leg and got the 1.....2.....3.
Match Time: 10:17
Dustin Kash: "Holy shit, did you see that power? The ring freaking shook"!
Jordan Rockwell: "Well, they don’t call him the Hardcore Icon for nothing".
Kash: "You’re definitely right there. But now, here is none other than Eddie Saint James on the line. How you doing Mr. Saint"?
Eddie Saint James: "Hey man, I’m alright. I wanted to talk about how much of an inspiration Nails was to me and my wrestling career".
Dustin Kash: "Well I know that you met him at a party in college after one of your football games. But then apparently you didn’t talk to him for quite a bit, and that’s when you got a job with Calvin Kline. Tell me what happened when you got back in contact with Nails".
Eddie Saint James: My two year gig with Calvin Klein was over. I had made some great cash and I mean great cash. I got a call from him, he told me that I needed to come back to Ohio to a show he was going to be at and that he had a few people he thought I should meet. When I got there I met Wally Wilson. He told me I had the size to become a pro wrestler. And then after a few drinks, I decided to take him up on that idea".
Dustin Kash: "Nails trained you.. what was that like"?
Eddie: "There was lots of pain involved. Six months to taking the bumps before I was shown how to dish out those bumps and bruises myself".
Dustin: "Six months? What was that like"?
Eddie: "Well like the man says, it’s hardcore or nothing".
Dustin: "That’s true. So basically what you are telling me, if it wasn’t for Nails, you wouldn’t even be in this business"?
Eddie: "That is true".
Dustin: "Wow. What an inspirational story… they say that you are the new top prospect. And what a coincidence, you were trained by the best. Well good luck on your future endeavors here in the TWF, and it’s been nice talking to you and I hope to be talking to you some more in the near future. Oh and stay tuned Mr. Saint, because coming up soon, we are going to show the match between you and Nails on the Asylum’s exclusive pay-per-view “The Royal Bash”, just a couple days before Nails’ match against Jordan Rockwell at the Royal Rumble".
Eddie: "Alright I’ll stay tuned, and thanks… peace man".
Dustin Kash: "Well what do you say, why don’t we show that match right here right now, and it will be the first time that it has ever been viewed by most people that are watching right now".
Jordan Rockwell: "Including me".
Kash: "Heh, well there you have it, now we GOTTA show you people the match. Well here it is, Eddie Saint James vs. Nails at the Royal Bash".
Nails vs. Eddie Saint James
The match began outside as Nails attacked Eddie out in the parking lot where the ref had to get out there as the two of them just tore into each other, nails began to slam eddies head on each and every single car in there and then swung him into a car, nails then found weapons out there, he even ripped a car door off a car and slammed it across the head of eddie saint james, james was busted wide open, but then ian and holden powers came out with chairs and were taking turns on nails and drilling him with the chairs, nails took every shot and then eddie got up and drove nails into the ground with a ddt, nails was motionless as eddie decided to lift him and carry him to the ring, it took a while but they made it into the ring, he hooked the leg, but only got a two count, nails was still alive, eddie wasnt sure what else to do and it took his thinking off and allowed nails to gain control of the match and nails was all over eddie, choking him with baseball bats and hockey sticks, he even hit eddie with a trash can lid, but nails was still feeling the effects of all the steel chair shots to the head by Ian and Holden Powers, and it was just enough for eddie to seize the oppertunity and drilled nails with not one, not two, but it took three death to humanitys to finish him off as eddie saint james hooked the leg to secure a victory and a spot in the 2006 royal bash
Jordan Rockwell: "Not bad kid. I just gained some respect in you by watching that match. But you couldn’t have done it without the help of the Power Brothers".
Dustin Kash: "Who knows… I mean people could say that you wouldn’t have beaten Nails if it wasn’t for Ter---
Rockwell: "Hey man, watch it right there or you might just be on the receiving end of a Scarlet Fever".
Dustin Kash: "Alright, alright, my bad man. You won fair and square. We’re cool, we’re cool. Well anyways we are going to show one more match before we conclude this Nails Exclusive tribute edition… Mr. Rockwell, would you like to be the bearer of good news, and be the one to choose and tell us what the final match that will be shown is"?
Jordan Rockwell: "Alright man, I’m going to choose one of my favorites. Well here it goes… Nails and Wally Willson vs. Vince McMahon and The Undertaker at Doomsday 2001. One of the all time greats. Ladies and gentlemen, sit back, relax and enjoy this hell of a show".
Nails and Wally Willson vs. The Undertaker and Vince McMahon
This one didn't last too long as Vince and Wally started things off. Vince was very agressive, tackling Willson and slapping him across the face. He then took him by the hair and slammed him to the mat. He allowed him to bring Nails in and Vince made the tag to The Undertaker. Undertaker took a lot of punishment from Nails but it didn't phase him at all. Nails went out and grabbed a steel chair but The Undertaker kicked it right into his face. He then caught him with a flying clothesline after whipping him into the ropes. The Undertaker went for his walk across the ropes but Nails used his free arm to pull Undertaker down to the mat. This allowed Nails to tag Willson back in. Vince then tapped Undertaker on the back, bringing himself into the match and the fight between Vince and Willson was on again. They traded right hands until Nails deliberately blocked referee Jack Doan's view and Willson lowblowed Vince. This brought The Undertaker into the ring and he went and drilled Nails with a hard right hand. Nails got back into the ring and hit Undertaker with a hard right hand but it did nothing. Undertaker hit Nails with a right hand of his own and then he tried to hit Willson with a boot to the face. But Willson moved slightly and he hit Vince. Nails came from behind and clotheslined Undertaker out of the ring. He then hit him over the head with a steel chair, knocking him down for the first time all match. In the ring, Willson covered Vince and got the pin.
Match Time: 7:04
Dustin Kash: "It’s been great everyone. To conclude I would like to say that Nails has been an inspiration to all of us. It’s sad to have him go, but all the memories that we’ve talked about today will keep his legacy alive. Goodnight from Denver, Colorado".
