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WWE Hiring Scott Hall For A Job With NXT Soon?, More From Recent Incident With Hall At Indie Event

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We noted over the weekend that Al Haft, who has ties to the “I Believe In Wrestling” dojo that WWE Hall of Famer Scott Hall works with, sent word that Hall may be done with Jeff Jarrett’s Global Force Wrestling due to WWE. Here’s what Haft sent to us:

“There was some talk at Jersey Championship Wrestling that Scott Hall was pulling out of Global Force Wrestling due to the size they were becoming and not wanting to upset WWE especially after Hall’s WrestleMania appearance.”
It appears there may be more to the rumors of Hall working for WWE soon. This weekend I spoke with promoter Ricky Otazu, who put on the event in New Jersey that an intoxicated Hall was escorted out of earlier this month. Otazu says one of the reasons he was begging Hall to leave the event in New Jersey was because Hall had previously told them that he was going to work for WWE NXT in the coming weeks and they didn’t want him to jeopardize that.

Otazu added that Sean “X-Pac” Waltman and other people were pleading with Hall to leave the event in Jersey because any negative news could cost him his spot with WWE. Of course TMZ broke the story that weekend but we haven’t heard anything about heat from WWE yet.

News For Tonight’s WWE RAW – Entourage Cast, Final Elimination Chamber Hype, Possible Return, More

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Tonight’s Memorial Day edition of WWE RAW takes place from the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum on Long Island, the final WWE show there. Tonight’s show will feature the final hype before Sunday’s Elimination Chamber pay-per-view and the cast of Entourage appearing as guest hosts.

Superstars advertised for tonight include Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns, John Cena, Randy Orton and Sheamus. It’s also believed that Big Show will be making his return to TV tonight as he returned at live events over the weekend.

No matches have been announced for tonight but we know John Cena will defend his United States Title in an open challenge and Cena will also address NXT Champion Kevin Owens. WWE is focusing on the following points for tonight:

* Will Dean Ambrose retaliate against Seth Rollins before WWE Elimination Chamber?

* Who deserves to be Divas Champion?

* How will Cena respond to Owens?

* Who will gain momentum before entering the Elimination Chamber?

* Are Dolph Ziggler and Lana a good match?

The “OH MY GOD!” Review: ECW TV 1/4, 1/18, And 1/25/94

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ECW TV 1994-01-04

Champions
Heavyweight: Terry Funk
TV: Sabu
Tag: Kevin Sullivan & Tazmaniac

Matty is in the house and he hypes the TV taping coming up this Friday.

Opening video.

Joey Styles is in the ECW News Center. Joey talks about what has happened between Terry Funk and Shane Douglas. Joey brings us to a lengthy video package of Terry Funk’s highlights from 1993. Included in the package is some new footage from November to Remember. After the mystery tag team match where Funk lost the TV Title to Sabu he went up in the Eagle’s Nest and threatened to attack Jay Sulli and was going to throw chairs down into the crowd.

We get the Sabu/Terry Funk “No DQ” match from Holiday Hell that also aired last week.

No DQ Match: TV & Heavyweight Champion Sabu (w/ Paul E Dangerously) vs. Terry Funk (w/ Bad Breed), ref John Finnegan
They go to the floor right away and Saub hits Funk with a chair. Funk drops Sabu in the ring with multiple piledrivers. We jump ahead in the match and Sabu hits air sabu. We skip forward some more and Sabu lands a split legged moonsault. Funk kicks out and grabs Sabu and throws him to the floor. Funk with a crossbody off the apron. Sabu with a back drop on the concrete floor. Sabu throws Funk into a table. In the ring the table comes in and Funk goes into it a few times. Sabu throws the ref into the table and hits a springboard moonsault to the floor onto Bad Breed. Funk gets Irish whipped into the table and falls out of the ring. Funk tries to roll out of the way of a moonsault but can’t in time. Paul E hits the ring and nails Funk with his phone. Shane Douglas and Sherri come down and attack Sabu. The lights go out and when they come back on Funk is on top of Sabu and Shane is dragging the ref over to make the pin. 10.31 of the match is shown. 13.46 is the announced time.

The Mr. Hughes “Ruff Neck” video that we have previously seen airs.

Pitbull takes on Sandman at the taping this week and we see what happened at Holiday Hell between the two men to lead into the match. Sandman and Peaches are at their house and Sandman says he is going to kick Pitbull, Jason and Mr. Hughes asses this Friday night. Jason shows up in his car and Sandman jumps on the roof as Jason speeds away with him. Peaches freaks out and shows us how terrible of an actor she is. Jason shows up with Joey and alludes to him wanting to bang Peaches.

We go to a Shane Douglas package reviewing his 1993 in ECW.

Matty is back to hype the show coming up and Paul E. Dangerously joins him and talks about everything that’s coming up at the show. Paul E. says he doesn’t care about anything that’s happening at the show except for the Championship match between Terry Funk and Shane Douglas.

Hype video for the taping coming up.

My thoughts on the show…
Well nothing new here this is an easy skip if you have been watching along from the beginning with me and want to save some time. If you are just jumping in though it’s a good episode to check out to get you up to speed on some of the things that are going on in ECW.

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TV 1994-01-18 (Matches taped 1994-01-08 at ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pa)

Champions
Heavyweight: Terry Funk
TV: Sabu
Tag: Kevin Sullivan & Tazmaniac

“The Franchise” Shane Douglas is getting ready with Sherri Martel and he says tonight he becomes ECW Champion again.

Opening video.

Joey Styles welcomes us to this very special 90 minute edition of ECW TV.

Tag Team Champions Kevin Sullivan & Tazmaniac (w/ Woman) & Johnny Hotbody vs. Tommy Dreamer & Badd Company, ref Jim Molineaux
Before the match starts we cut to the locker room where Champion Terry Funk is with Bad Breed. Funk says ECW is where the toughest wrestlers are. Funk says he respects Douglas and hopes that tonight he will come out victorious. Hotbody and Paul Diamond start off and Diamond hits a back breaker and spin kick in the corner. Tag to Dreamer and he hits a powerslam for 2. Pat Tanaka tags in as does Sullivan and we go to commercial break. Tanaka beats on Sullivan as we come back from break and both teams tag bringing in Tazmaniac and Diamond. Diamond with a drop kick. Diamond hits an enziguri and spin kick for 2. Dreamer comes back in and hits a snap suplex. Taz goes low to gain control and they go to the floor. Hotbody now comes in and locks in an abdominal stretch but Dreamer breaks out and hits a hip toss. Tag to Diamond. Taz also tags in. Taz with a few blows but he quickly tags out to Sullivan. Sullivan throws Diamond out of the ring and Taz nails him with a chair. Sullivan with a bulldog back in the ring and then the heel team makes a few tags back and forth. Diamond finally makes a come back and tags Tanaka. Taz though hits an overhead belly to belly on him and tags Hotbody who comes in and nails a superplex but only gets a 2 count. Sullivan tags in and nails Tanaka with the time keepers hammer. The heels again tag in and out. They refuses to pin Tanaka and continually pull him up after 2 counts. Sullivan and Taz end up on the floor freaking out which distracts Hotbody allowing Tanaka to roll him up for the victory. The champs attack Hotbody and stomp the crap out of him. 12.09 of the match is shown.

We go to Joey and he talks a bit about the main event tonight and then we see some Shane Douglas clips.

Paul E. Dangerously and Sabu’s handler (later to be known as 911) come to the ring and Paul E says that lots of people want to know where he stands now that Shane Douglas is getting the title match against Terry Funk. Chad Austin who is in the ring interrupts Paul E and gets himself chokeslammed and pinned. Austin is then slammed with another chokeslam.

Matty is in the Dressing Room with Jason. Jason tells Matty he looks like a slob. Jason talks about the Pitbull and Rockin Rebel and how they are going to take out Sandman. We then get highlights of a bunch of different matches that took place with Jason’s men during the taping with Jason and Matty doing voice overs.

Pitbull (w/ Jason) vs. Sandman (w/ Peaches)
Pitbull hits two single arm DDTs. Pitbull with a hammerlock slam. We clip and Sandman hits a superplex and then he goes up top. Jason grabs his foot to stop him. Peaches comes over to break it up and her and Jason have words. Sandman dives onto Jason but hits the ground hard and gets counted out. Jason and Pitbull attack after the match and lay out Sandman with the dog collar. 1.20 of the match was shown.

Pitbull (w/ Jason) vs. Tommy Cairo
Pitbull with a body slam. Cairo with a release german for 3. Only .38 of this match was shown. After the match Jason comes off the top rope after the match attacking Cairo and Pitbull hits a power bomb. Cairo ducks a double clotheslines and hits one of his own. Rockin Rebel hits the ring to help out Jason and Pitbull but Sandman makes the save.

Rockin Rebel & Pitbull (w/ Jason) vs. Tommy Cairo & Sandman (w/ Peaches), ref John Finnegan
Pitbull is in a shinny silver singlet it looks like he’s wearing tinfoil. Sandman and Cairo win the match but they get attack by Mr. Hughes as they are heading to the back. Hughes brings Sandman back to the ring and they hang him with Pitbull’s dog collar.

A Double Dog Collar match has been signed between the teams of Pitbull and Rockin Rebel and Tommy Cairo and Sandman. That match will take place on February 5th.

Shane Douglas is talking with Sherri before the title match and she chases off the camera man.

Champion Terry Funk vs. Shane Douglas (w/ Sherri Martel), ref John Finnegan
Paul E. Dangerously joins on commentary. Funk frustrates Douglas with a side headlock to start. Shane bails and back inside Funk goes right back to the headlock and wrenches it in. After over 4 minutes they spill to the floor Funk keeps the headlock on and they get counted out. The fans boo but Funk gets on the mic and says that match better restart. The ref is cool with it and restarts the match as we go to commercial. Back from break and in the ring Shane works on the arm of Funk ten dumps him to the floor. Shane comes off the top with an axehandle to the back. Back in the ring and back to the arm Shane goes. After a few minutes Funk breaks it up with a few headbutts. They both fall out of the ring again and Shane goes back to the arm getting a little help from Sherri. Funk at the 11 minute mark breaks out of the arm bar and they again go to the floor but Shane slams Funk’s arm into the ring post. Shane uses a chair on the back and arm of Funk. In the ring Funk hits two inverted atomic drops but Shane won’t releases the arm bar. Funk try as he might can’t break the hold. This has been a real solid 20 minutes. They again go to the floor but this time they fight down the entrance way and into the crowd. Funk’s arm gets cut after he’s thrown into the wall. Funk hits a DDT at ringside and we get a real good shot of his arm which is just gushing. He goes to DDT Sherri but Shane saves her. Piledriver but Shane only gets 2. After a second one Funk crawls to the floor. Sherri chokes him. Back in the ring Funk finally makes a comeback unloading on Shane and even nailing Sherri with a chair! Funk hits a piledriver in the ring. Funk hits a rude awakening and they fight into the crowd again as we pass the 30 minute mark. Back in the ring they collide. Shane rolls up Funk puts his feet on the ropes and gets the pin! Bad Crew and Paul E hit the ring to complain about what happened. Tod Gordon comes down and restarts the match. Funk gets thrown to the floor and Paul E attacks Funk. Bad Crew chase him away. Bad Crew then attack Shane on the floor. They continue to fight in the ring and we go to a time limit draw at “45 minutes”. I had it clocked at more like 38. No matter how much time passed by this was a real good one.

My thoughts on the show…
Pretty good 6 man opens up the show for us tonight. The Jason segment was a little long I bet at least one of the matches they highlighted could have filled the time if shown in full. The main event was a real good match. A nice pacing to it so it didn’t feel like it dragged at any point.

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TV 1994-01-25 (Matches taped 1994-01-08 at ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pa)

Champions
Heavyweight: Terry Funk
TV: Sabu
Tag: Kevin Sullivan & Tazmaniac

Joey Styles starts us off and he talks about the main event from last week. In an interview taped last week week Jay Sulli was in the dressing room getting ready to interview Public Enemy before their match but instead he had the unfortunate task of telling them that the match won’t be seen until next week. They start to go after Sulli but Tod Gordon shows up and tells them they can’t put their hands on an interviewer. Rocco Roc grabs Gordon and slams him against the wall until Gordon threatens to call the cops.

Public Enemy vs. Duane Gill & Don E. Allen, ref John Finnegan
Roc and Johnny Grunge attack before the bell. PE make easy work of their opponents finishing off Allen with a reverse DDT drive-by combo in 4.14.

Tod Gordon is backstage with Jay Sulli and he announces that PE will be taking on the Bruiser Brothers on February 5th. PE asks him to call the police instead but then decide that they can take out the Brothers.

Joey talks about the tag match.

Tommy Dreamer vs. Dr. Disaster, ref John Finnegan
Dreamer gets hardcore in the match using a cane and biting Disaster. Dreamer with a snap suplex and leg drop. Dreamer finishes with a cobra clutch russian leg sweep combo in 3.40.

They run down the card for the February 5th show and we get some words from the team of Sandman and Cairo and Kevin Sullivan with Taz and Woman.

Mr. Hughes (w/ Jason) vs. Mikey Whipwreck, ref John Finnegan
Mikey making his pro wrestling debut. He’s super tiny here. Hughes shows off his power by hitting three straight back breaker without dropping Mikey. Hughes with a huge and awesome looking bossman slam for the win in 2.40.

More hype for the show on the 5th including Mr. Hughes and Jason hyping a match against Sal Bellomo.

Champion Terry Funk vs. Pat Tanaka (w/ Paul Diamond), ref John Finnegan
Funk tells Diamond to leave ringside and go back to the dressing room. Funk makes fun of Diamond wrestling for the WWF even though Funk has done the same. Funk attacks Tanaka before the bell. Funk takes it to the floor and beats on Tanaka. Funk with a near fall after a piledriver and then he tosses Tanaka back to the floor. Tanaka makes a come back and hits a flying forearm. Bad Breed comes out and beats on Diamond and they fight down the aisle. Tazmaniac and Kevin Sullivan show up now and beat on Diamond. Tanaka gets distracted and Funk rolls him up for the win in 4.46.

Matty is in Da HOUSE!!!! He’s with Paul E Dangerously and Matty wants to know who the big man from last week was. Paul E says it doesn’t matter what his name is and all that matters is he is going to control Sabu and destroy anyone in his way. Paul E. hypes the three way dance coming up in a few weeks.

Tag Team Champions Tazmaniac & Kevin Sullivan vs. Duane Gill & Don E. Allen, ref Jim Molineaux
Match never happens as Badd Company stop Gill and Allen on their way to the ring and tell them to go to the locker room so they can take their place.

Tag Team Champions Tazmaniac & Kevin Sullivan vs. Badd Company, ref Jim Molineaux
They brawl to start and then Diamond ends up in the ring with Sullivan. Diamond comes off the second rope and hits a bulldog. Both teams make tags. Tazmaniac with a tone suplex. Tanaka with a tiger bomb for 2 but Tazmaniac comes back with an overhead belly to belly. Diamond eventually gets tagged in and hits a cross body for 2 followed by a spin kick. Diamond with a roll up on Tazmaniac and he gets the pin in 6.24. After the match Tazmaniac hits a t-bone suplex. He and Sullivan then hit a spike pile driver on Diamond followed by Sullivan hitting another piledriver. Diamond is down and out and ends up getting stretchered out.

Joey is on the phone with Pat Tanaka and Tanaka’s at the hospital with Diamond. Tanaka is mad because they can’t get a doctor to see Diamond. Tanaka says there is no way Diamond can wrestle on the 5th for the titles. He has however already spoken to someone who is going to take the place of Diamond and that man is none other then the Sheik!

My thoughts on the show…
Things are picking up for the big arena show on the 5th. Nothing is must see here though unless you want to see the lead in to the tag title match coming up then.

Lana Tries To Assist Rusev At WWE Live Event, Update On New Angle With Lana And Dolph Ziggler

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Brian Grey
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While Lana has turned babyface and sided with Dolph Ziggler, she tried to assist Rusev at last night’s WWE live event in New Hampshire. During Rusev’s steel cage match with John Cena, which Rusev lost, Lana walked out and Rusev started yelling at her. This led to Cena coming close to escaping the cage but Rusev stopped him. Lana watched the match and later slammed the cage door in Cena’s face as he tried to leave. She then walked straight to the back while they finished the match.

Lana and Ziggler were not together at last night’s live event as Ziggler is working another tour this weekend. However, WWE is teasing that we will see what’s next between the two on Monday’s RAW with Rusev taking out his anger on Ziggler at Elimination Chamber in the Chamber match for the vacant Intercontinental Title.

The “OH MY GOD!” Review: WWA “The Reckoning” 6/3/03

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After our last PPV three shows took place to finish up the tour. On the final show in Zurich, Switzerland on December 13th Sting pinned Lex Luger to win the WWA Title. A new tour would begin in late May. Bret Hart and Rick Steiner would rejoin the group while Shane Douglas would make his debut with the company. In title action Jerry Lynn would win the third WWA Cruiserweight Title Tournament to become the new champion.

WWA Reckoning 2003-06-03 (Matches Taped 2003-05-25 at North Shore Events Centre in Auckland, New Zealand)

Champion: Sting
International Cruiserweight Championship: Jerry Lynn

We get a New Zealand Warrior dances to open the show in the ring and the crowd pops big for it. We go to the finish of the title match from back in December where Sting won the WWA Title. Tonight Sting takes on NWA Champion Jeff Jarrett in a title unification match.

Mark Mercedes vs. Rick Steiner
Mercedes is Australian and he talks about how much better Australia is than New Zealand. Steiner on the mic but it just sounds like he is grunting and growling into the mic. They start the match on the floor and Steiner beats away on Mark. In the ring Rick with a back body drop and crippler crossface. Rick goes for a german but Mark goes low and then hits a DDT for 2. Mark with a release german that gets 2. Big boot puts down Rick. Rick makes a come back after a bit hitting some clotheslines and a release northern lights. Mark regains on control and goes up top with Rick but he gets pushed off allowing Rick to nail the bulldog off the top turnbuckle for the win in 3.49.

Jeremy Borash and Disco Inferno are at ringside talking about the main event when the lights go out. Sting is in the rafters apparently but the spotlights and camera man can’t find him so they finally just turn the lights back on. Sting basically says he’s going to beat Jarrett tonight.

Puppet vs. Teo vs. Meatball
Meatball is the worlds largest midget. Puppet on the mic says he wants to kill all the other midgets in the world. Meatball says some shit to. Teo comes out and Meatball attacks Puppet before Teo gets in the ring. Meatball is a big dude, in comparison. Teo gets in the ring and goes to work on both his opponents using his speed to his advantage. Puppet though puts a stop to it with a clothesline. Meatball with a slam onto Puppet and then does a cartwheel and then an elbow drop. Teo with a tilt a whirl head scissor on Puppet. Puppet and Meatball miss a double team move and Puppet gets sent to the floor. 619 on Meatball and Teo comes off the top with a swanton bomb to pin him in 3.13.

Johnny Swinger talks about winning the X-Division and WWA Cruiserweight titles in the unification 4 way tonight. Frankie “The Future” Kazarian says the same.

Hardcore Match: Konnan vs. Devon Storm
So there are weapons in each corner. Storm with a slingshot splash from the apron followed by a lionsault for 2. Disco calls for either a stabbing or shooting because death would be truly hardcore. HAHAH. Konnan hits the x-factor followed by a rolling clothesline and they go to the floor. Storm gets sent into the guard rail and then they go and fight by entrance set. After destroying the set they work their way back to ringside. Konnan has been busted open. Storm props up a piece of guardrail on the apron and ring steps. They go back in the ring for a bit and then Konnan throws him out of the ring onto the rail! Suplex brings Storm back into the ring and Konnan wedges a chair in the corner. Storm reverses the whip though and Konnan goes face first into the chair. Storm with some clotheslines and then a northern lights onto a chair for 2. They go to the floor and Storm sets the guard rail back up. Konnan gets placed on and Storm dives over the top rope putting them both through the rail and he gets the win in 10.09.

TNA X Division Champion Chris Sabin says he’s walking out with two titles tonight. WWA Cruiserweight Champion Jerry Lynn also plans on walking away with both titles.

WWA Cruiserweight Champion Jerry Lynn vs. X Division Champion Chris Sabin vs. Jonny Swinger vs. Frankie “The Future” Kazarian
Swinger and Lynn end up on the floor leaving Sabin and Kazarian in the ring. Kazarian hits an STO/clothesline combo for 2. Springboard leg drop gets 2. Kazarian hits back to the future but Swinger breaks up the pin. Swinger and Sabin with a double team flapjack on Kazarian. Lynn comes back into the ring with a cross body from the top onto Swinger and Sabin. Rana off the second rope onto Kazarian. Swinger locks Lynn in a figure four. Sabin and Kazarian both come off the top ropes onto Swinger and Lynn. Lynn with a tilt a whirl back breaker. Lynn with a rana on Sabin. Lynn grabs a waist lock on Kazarian and goes for a german while at the same time Sabin hits a sunset flip on Lynn. Swinger breaks it up and locks in an indian death lock on Sabin. Lynn comes over and puts Swinger in a dragon sleeper. Kazarian locks in a submission on Lynn. Kazarian turns it into a DDT on Lynn and all four men are down. Lynn wants to dive out of the ring onto Swinger but Kazarian super kicks Lynn and then Kazarian flies. In the ring Lynn ducks a Sabin clothesline and hits a dive on the two guy on the floor. Sabin now leaps to the top rope and dives onto all three men with a sick senton dive. In the ring Sabin monkey flips Kazarian but he lands on his feet and hits Swinger and Lynn with clotheslines. Sabin then hits a SICK super german on Kazarian that has Kazarian flip all the way to his stomach. Bum rush on Lynn by Sabin. Kazarian with the wave of the future Sabin. Swinger hits the swinger stinger on Kazarian! TKO by Lynn onto Swinger but only a 2! Kazarian with a slingshot DDT on Sabin for 2! Superplex sunset flip power bomb combo move gives Lynn a 2 count on Sabin. Swinger with the mood swing on Lynn for 2. Sabin hits a swinging back breaker. Sabin with a springboard DDT on Swinger. Kazarian hits a super kick on Sabin. Action has been crazy! Lynn with Krypotnite crunch and Sabin just manages to make the save. Lynn and Swinger end up on the floor. Sabin hits the future shock to get the titles in 15.05. The action the last five minutes was awesome.

“The Franchise” Shane Douglas heads to the ring next with his arm in a cast. Shane introduces himself by saying he “saved wrestling in the 90s” and talks lots of shit about Vince McMahon. He goes on to talk shit about New Zealand. He says that one questions remains and it’s who really built ECW was it him or Sabu. Shane says even though he’s not cleared to wrestle he doesn’t care and will kick Sabu’s ass anyway. Joe E Legend hits the ring and says he can’t let this happen. Legend is mad about the injury cause he wanted to see Shane beat up Sabu. Just like last PPV we get “No” and “Yes” chants between Legend and the crowd. Mind Blown. Legend offers to take his spot.

Sabu vs. Joe E Legend
Shane joins in on commentary. Legend attacks and brings it to the mat. Sabu hits a springboard DDT but then misses an arabian press. Legend goes to the floor and Sabu flips onto him. Back in the ring Legend with a clothesline. Snap suplex by Legend. He goes up top to jaw to the crowd and Sabu just pushed him out of the ring to the floor. Sabu with a big dive to the floor. Sabu gets out a table but Legend throws him into the guard rail. Legend with a springboard vader bomb splash from the apron to the floor. That looked cool. Legend works over the neck a bit. Then busts open Sabu. Back in the ring Legend continues to work the neck. Sabu gets his hands on a chair and throws it at Legend as he takes over. Legend though able to come back and hit a northern lights suplex. They go to the apron and Sabu tries to push Legend through the table that’s on the floor but Legend jumps over it. Sabu follows but Legend gets the better of him outside. Back in the ring and Legend hits a power bomb for 2. Legend goes up top but Sabu gets him and hits a super rana. Sabu misses a top rope splash and Legend gets a 2 after a boot to the face. Legend with a chokeslam into a power bomb. Legend goes for a top rope Legend bomb but Sabu holds up a chair to block it. Arabian press gets 2. Air Sabu is caught and Legend drops him face first onto the chair. Legend goes to the apron and talks with the crowd and again Sabu knocks him off to the floor. Legend is placed on the table and Sabu hits a triple jump leg drop through the table. After some back and forth in the ring Sabu hits a top rope arabian face buster for the win in 17.23. Shane hits the ring and lays out Sabu with his cast after the match. Wow between the promo, match and aftermath this segment got like 30 minutes. Way to much time spent here. Match wasn’t awful the whole thing was just soooooo long.

WWA Owner Andrew McManus is out next he introduces Bret “Hitman” Hart. This is Bret’s first appearance since his stroke last year. Bret says it was just the 4 year anniversary of the death of Owen to which the fans cheer. Hmm that seems inappropriate. Seriously this guy cut the same promo every time he speak post November 1997. Bret thanks the fans for still pulling for him.

Scott D’Amore is backstage with NWA Champion Jeff Jarrett. Jeff says tonight he unifies the belts.

NWA Champion Jeff Jarrett vs. WWA Champion Sting
Some back and forth action ends with Sting hitting an inverted atomic drop and a face plant. They then go to the floor for a little brawling. Back in Sting goes for ten punches but Jeff hits him low to take over. Jeff works over Sting with punches and such. Jeff with a sleeper on Sting. Sting elbows out and hits a body slam but when he goes for a splash he just hits knees. Both men down. Back up they both hit the ropes and collide heads. Sting falls head butting Jeff in the groin. Again both men down. Back up Sting goes for a stinger splash but Sting blocks himself from hitting the buckle. Jeff doesn’t notice and gets his guitar while Sting gets his bat. Jeff swings but Sting blocks it with his bat and then nails Jeff with it a few times. Stinger splash and he goes for another but Jeff pulls the ref in the way. Scorpion death drop but there’s no ref. Joe E Legend comes down and tries to hit Sting with another guitar. Rick Steiner is right behind him though and he blocks it. Some more stinger splashes and Sting locks in the scorpion death lock. Steiner celebrates but then nails Sting with the second guitar. Jeff covers as the ref wakes up and he gets the win and unifies the belts in 10.28.

Highlights package of the PPV brings us off the air.

My thoughts on the show…
Well the title unification matches were both good with the four way being more exciting. Other then that though nothing worth noting at all. Again another show that is good enough to sit through but not good enough to recommend. Of course we have another whacky finish to the main event making us 5 for 5 when it came to bull shit finishes.

That would be all from WWA. Word is that they knew this would be the last show beforehand that’s why the unification matches happened. And so ends the run of another company that tried unsuccessfully to rise out of the ashes of WCW and ECW. No “In Review” article needed here. If you never see any of these you’ll be fine. If you happen to have all five shows and just HAVE to watch something I would say check out the cage match from Eruption and the 4 way from Reckoning.

News On Samoa Joe’s WWE Contract, Sunny Comments On Vivid Adult Film Talks

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– We noted before that Samoa Joe reportedly has a new type of deal with WWE where he’s able to work future indie dates. F4Wonline.com adds that Joe has very few restrictions on where he can work. His deal was described as similar to the one Rhyno has but for a lot more money.

– After TMZ and Vivid Entertainment confirmed on Wednesday that WWE Hall of Famer Tammy “Sunny” Sytch was close to signing a deal to do adult movies, Sunny tweeted the following. She previously stated that she was not doing porn but did not deny being in talks with Vivid. The report from TMZ stated that Sunny was “very close” to signing the deal and was prepared to start filming right away. She tweeted the following:

to clear the air, I am NOT doing a porn… I have been approached by Vivid Entertainment, but nothing has been negotiated or put on paper

TNA Officials Send E-mail To Talents About Recent Reports, What’s Being Said At Discovery

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Jim Somers
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Source: F4WOnline

TNA officials have reportedly sent a e-mail to all talents saying the reports of Destination America dropping TNA programming are defamatory and detrimental to TNA’s business, adding that the company will be seeking legal action.

Regarding TNA programming being dropped, F4Wonline.com reports that the term being used internally at the Discovery Network, Destination America’s parent company, is “not renewing.”

TNA talents were previously told that officials will be addressing the rumors at the next set of tapings in late June.

Podcast: The TMPToW Interviews “Russian Nightmare” Nikita Koloff

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The “Russian Nightmare,” or as he is better known in the Pro Wrestling world, Nikita Koloff joins The Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling Podcast. Nikita rose to fame amidst the cold war and the 1980s United States vs. Russia popular culture phenomenon. We learn the dedication Nikita administered to keeping his persona intact as he became a target for the top baby faces of Jim Crocket Promotions before he switched over to join former nemesis Dusty Rhodes to form the Super Powers tag team. Although short lived and very accomplished Nikita ended his full time active career in the early 1990s and found his greater calling in life.

To download this episode, follow the link below:

http://tmptow.podoma…T21_00_00-07_00
Nikita Koloff shoots on WWE’s portrayal and success of Rusev:

https://youtu.be/SWQTCMPa3nc

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Pinpointing your favorite match or opponent during your career?

My first ever match against Ric (Flair) at the Great American Bash, 13 months into the business and I’m still green, still wet behind the ears and yet I was given the opportunity to step into a main event match against a legend like Ric Flair and have that kind of exposure. Also my 8 man matches against the Horseman in War Games.

 

Any hesitations on competing in the original War Games:

The dangers of what we did because it is not an exact science and you do put a lot of trust into the hands of who you are working with and your opponent, that serious things can and will and do happen in and outside of the squared circle. For me personally, it wasn’t so much a match like War Games as much as it was an individual. There were certain individuals who had a reputation for being more reckless then others or more careless you might say when it came to some of their moves or when it came to their ring skills and abilities and so if I was cautious at all it was what I allowed an opponent to do to me as opposed to a match itself like the War Games.

 

Any interest from Vince McMahon and the WWF to jump in the mid 80?

When Krusher jumped, he had originally asked me to go with him and certainly I was humbled by his invitation. But literally without hesitation it was not something I was really considering for a couple of reasons. One, I had worked really hard on developing the character of Nikita Koloff and wasn’t really interested in going up there and taking on a new character and a new role and that is the biggest reason I never entertained an offer. Secondly, what he described to me, I felt it was kind of a spin-off of the Road Warriors and out of respect for Mike and Joe that was another factor why I didn’t go do that. As far as Vince and the WWF pursuing me, they really didn’t. But I also didn’t pursue them. I felt really loyal to the NWA and to Jim Crockett because they did give me my big break. Putting a guy in the ring and on television without any professional training or experience, Jim Crockett rolled the dice and it worked out well for me and for him. For that reason I felt a real loyalty to Jim and the NWA, so could I have played that card like so many guys did and leverage that for more money? I could have, but I didn’t.

 

Being up for the role of Ivan Drago in Rocky IV:

They flew me out to LA. It was myself, Dolph Lundgren and some other guy. It came down to the three of us as to who would get the final cast of Ivan Drago. So we were on the set with Stallone and I read through my lines a couple of times and Stallone said “lets do one together”. He says; “Lets go side by side and finish your lines, stare at me in the face and we will have a stare down and we’ll cut”. So we do it and halfway through we are eye to eye and nose to nose he yells cut and asks the director how was it? Sly, in real life is in great shape but he is about 160lbs and 5’6 dripping wet with rocks in his pocket legitimately. He is a small guy, a lot of actors are. Keep in mind, I fly out there and I’m 285lbs with a 34 inch waist and 8% body fat, so when we do that scene and we turn towards each other the way the lighting was in the studio when he yells cut, the director says “well it was pretty good until you turn towards each other and he casts a shadow on you and we lost you”. I’m not the brightest guy in the world but I knew this almost immediately that wasn’t good for his ego or my opportunity. A few weeks later they called and said you were unbelievable, however even for Hollywood your size differential would be too unbelievable that even for Rocky that he would be able to come back and beat you as big as you are. I was humbled by the opportunity to even be considered as one of the three finalists.

Nikita Koloff also discusses his legendary feud with Magnum TA, teaming with Dusty Rhodes, memories of joining The Russians alongside Ivan Koloff, his relationship with Lex Luger and his legacy in the wrestling business.

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