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Underground TV 2003-07-07 (Matches taped Hybrid Hell 2003-06-20 from War Memorial Auditorium in Fort Lauderdale, Fla)
Champions
World: Steve Corino
GTC: Simon Diamond & CW Anderson
Almost all the matches that will air over the course of Underground TV have been previously reviewed from the home videos so these will be short recaps.
The show opens with a video package highlighting the rise of the Extreme Horsemen in MLW.
Opening Video.
Joey Styles welcomes us to the show and discusses what went down last week in the main event.
“Fallen Angel” Christopher Daniels (w/ Jerry Lynn) vs. Billy Fives
TV exclusive! Two weeks in a row! Fives gets a really big reaction Joey tells us he’s a local. Fives slaps Daniels. Daniels gets mad. Fives takes down Daniels and puts on a headlock. Daniels comes out and takes control of the arm as we go to commercial. We come back and Fives blocks a urinagi and hits a neckbreaker. Fives fires away on Daniels and hits a back body drop and clothesline. Fives runs up Daniels knee and then leg drops him down to the ground. It looks cool. Daniels with a downward spiral and best damn moonsault ever. Fives barely kicks out. Fives blocks a suplex and then hits a reverse brainbuster for 2 and a half. Fives blacks a slam and hits the last rites on Daniels. Lynn hops up on the apron to distract Fives. Daniels hits a last rites of his own and gets the win. 4.23 was shown.
Back to Joey and he talks about the Paul London and Jerry Lynn feud. Next match is at the next taping and Joey acts like this match wasn’t supposed to happen a month ago. Some strippers and the Extreme Horsemen come out of a limo and don’t say much.
Footage of Sandman’s return at Hybrid Hell is shown. “Dr. Death” Steve Williams pulls up to the arena and is attacked from behind by the Global Tag Team Crown Champions. CW Anderson and Simon Diamond attack him from behind. Williams gets busted open in one of the weakest looking beat downs I have ever seen. They slam his hand on a plastic dumpster top, hit him with his duffle bag and slam him onto a pile of dirt. None of this seems like it would hurt, his hand might sting a little but that’s it. CM Punk meets up with Simply Luscious back stage and he trash talks Raven to her. He tries to get her to go straight edged. Joey tries to figure out which of the two men she has history with.
Francine was backstage getting ready to film a commercial for MLW.com when Norman Smiley snuck up behind her and pretended to bang her. Michael Shane runs in and yells at him to get out of there. Some nonsense from Joey. Homicide talks about how he’s paid his dues after being in prison.
Mike Awesome is in the parking and is angry about losing the MLW Title. He says that at Rise of the Renegades he is going to knock out Corino. Mike Awesome and Terry Funk are tied for the number one contendership. Steve Corino gets to pick who his next opponent will be. We go to Corino and he lets us know that it will be Awesome who gets the next shot. Corino says that if Funk wants the next chance they will do it the old school way with a contract signing.
Main event time. La Parka didn’t show up for his match with Sabu so Mikey Whipwreck took his place. Sabu won the match but afterwards Christopher Daniels and Jerry Lynn attacked and seemed to join forces with Mikey and Sinister Minister.
My thoughts on the show…
Thumbs in the middle. We get an exclusive match so that’s cool. The Mikey/Sabu match was alright.
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Underground TV 2003-07-14 (Matches taped Hybrid Hell 2003-06-20 from War Memorial Auditorium in Fort Lauderdale, Fla)
Champions
World: Steve Corino
GTC: Simon Diamond & CW Anderson
Almost all the matches that will air over the course of Underground TV have been previously reviewed from the home videos so these will be short recaps.
Highlights from the main event last week. Bill Alfonso says he’s tired of getting sent to the hospital every time he comes to MLW. He goes to get stitched up as Sabu heads to the parking lot. Sabu gets jumped by Jerry Lynn and Mikey Whipwreck and has his face slammed into their car door a few times. They get in the car and drive off.
Opening video.
Joey runs down what’s happening tonight. We go to the opening match. Homicide and Michael Shane had a nice back and forth match. Homicide pulled out a victory with a quick roll up. After the match Shane and Francine argued in the ring. Shane grabs Francine and makes like he’s going to punch her but instead the hug.
A Raven and CM Punk video airs to hype the shows main event.
Sinister Minister talks about how Mikey Whipwreck was abandoned by all his friends. Mikey plays with a rubber ducky and they laugh like crazy people at the end. This was so very awesome.
Sandman and “Dr. Death” Steve Williams take on CW Anderson and Simon Diamond in singles matches at Rise of the Renegades. If they win they will get a tag title match in August.
We learn about the feud between Jerry Lynn and Paul London. They are set for a 2 out of 3 series. If London wins 2 he gets a contract and Lynn wins London is gone for good. Bill Alfonso says they are out for revenge at Rise of the Renegades. Sandman and Dr. Death bust into the Extreme Horsemen’s locker room and attack them. A bunch of other guys run in and pull them out.
Next week Los Maximos takes on the Samoan Island Tribe.
CM Punk with help from Michael Shane beat Raven in the main event. Afterwards a tag team match was made between Raven and Norman Smiley against CM Punk and Michael Shane.
Champion Steve Corino says that he will take on everybody in the locker room. He puts a bounty on Terry Funk
My thoughts on the show…
Thumbs up on this episode… Two good matches and a great Sinister Minister promo.
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Underground TV 2003-07-21 (Matches taped Hybrid Hell 2003-06-20 from War Memorial Auditorium in Fort Lauderdale, Fla)
Champions
World: Steve Corino
GTC: Simon Diamond & CW Anderson
Almost all the matches that will air over the course of Underground TV have been previously reviewed from the home videos so these will be short recaps.
Joey Styles of course welcomes us to the show and runs down Rise of the Renegades. Los Maxioms are backstage and they dump a bunch of thumb tacks on the floor and then go kick in the door of the Samoan Island Tribe’s locker room. The Samoans charge and step in the tacks hurting their feet. They chase Los Maximos to the ring and that starts our first match. The Maximos were able to sneak out a victory by pinning Mana. We see footage that wasn’t on the home video of Joel and Samu fighting outside of the arena. Joel locked Samu out of the building and that’s why Los Maximos were able to get the win.
CM Punk says Raven has lost his edge and is not the same man he used to be. Simon Diamond and CW Anderson say they will face Sandman and “Dr. Death” Steve Williams anytime and any where if they can first beat them in singles matches.
Da Hit Squad make their debut this Saturday at Rise of the Renegades. Paul London will again not be there to face Jerry Lynn so Lynn has put out an open challenge. Lynn and Christopher Daniels cut an awesome promo where Lynn is attacking so over the top it’s just great. Sinister Minister and Mikey Whipwreck enter the room. Mikey still has his duck. Minister says they have things to talk about and should have a meeting soon.
Joey Styles interviews Homicide but just gets pushed off camera. Homicide says the same thing he’s been saying the past few weeks. Josh Daniels says he’s coming to MLW this Saturday. Ugh I’ve trained with him and I can’t stand him.
Joey talks about the Terry Funk bounty. Raven is backstage and he says that he has not lost his edge and he has picked a partner that Raven will have to be twice the man with in order to beat Punk and Michael Shane.
Joey runs down the card for Rise of the Renegades. The Extreme Horsemen are backstage celebrating Corino’s title win from a few weeks ago. They talk about how great they are.
Mike Awesome says that on Saturday he’s taking out the Horsemen and Corino. He then pretends to get on a motorcycle and makes motorcycle noises but then “rides” backwards off camera.
Los Maximos yelling about how they kick the Samoans ass. They have signed an open contract for Saturday.
In the main event Kenzo Suzuki beat Norman Smiley. Joey hard sells Rise of the Renegades and wego to a video package for the show.
My thoughts on the show…
The only thing on this show that was any good was the Sinister Minister promo. Leave this episode behind.
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Underground TV 2003-07-28 (Matches taped Revolutions 2003-05-09 from Tabu Night Club in Orland, Fla & Hybrid Hell 2003-06-20 from War Memorial Auditorium in Fort Lauderdale, Fla)
Champions
World: Steve Corino
GTC: Simon Diamond & CW Anderson
Almost all the matches that will air over the course of Underground TV have been previously reviewed from the home videos so these will be short recaps.
A very long recap of last week airs which is weird because nothing that was actually important happened. Wow we don’t even get to Joey Styles until 10 minutes into the show.
We go to the ring and get the three way Texas Wrestling Academy match from Revolutions. Masada deated Fasted Eddie and Don Juan in a match that had about 374 blown spots and should have never been allowed on TV.
Global Tag Team Crown Champions CW Anderson and Simon Diamond are in the locker room. Diamond says people should be thanking them for bringing back tag team wrestling. Anderson says the wrestling world should be prepared for them. A video package of the feud between CM Punk and Raven airs. They show Simply Luscious in the video also. I’m not entirely sure how she fits in here.
Kenzo Suzuki cuts a backstage promo with subtitles. I didn’t read it. Joey talks about the issue taking place between Sabu and Mikey Whipwreck. Bill Alfonos walks about how him and Sabu keep getting sent to the hospital but keep coming back. Joey hypes Hybrid Wrestling. Los Maximos call themselves the best team in the world. They challenge anyway to a match. Generic promos by both Homicide and Josh Daniels. For some reason the World Champion Satoshi Kojima video package airs even though he lost the title on TV weeks ago.
We go to the presentation of the Global Tag Team Crown Championship. I wonder if since it has aired on TV they will get actual belts now. The ceremony was interrupted by “Dr. Death” Steve Williams. Williams and D-Lo Brown challenged for the titles but were unsuccessful.
My thoughts on the show…
Ten minutes of replays from last week and a terrible opening match makes this week one to skip over for sure.
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