Dustin “Goldust” Rhodes has posted his eulogy to his father on his Twitter account. His brother Cody also posted a eulogy to his father on Twitter last night as well. Dusty Rhodes’ funeral was yesterday, with several WWE talents attending.
You can read Dustin’s eulogy below:
– Thanks Kevin Snyder for the following WWE SmackDown spoilers from tonight’s tapings in Buffalo, NY:
* Sheamus kicks off SmackDown with a promo about cashing in Money In the Bank but Dean Ambrose interrupts. Sheamus dares Ambrose to come take the briefcase but out comes Kane. Kane announces he and Sheamus vs. Dean Ambrose for right now
* Sheamus and Kane defeat Dean Ambrose by DQ when Roman Reigns interrupts to spear Kane
* Ambrose and Reigns vs. Sheamus and Kane is announced for later
* Brie Bella defeated Paige with the help from Alicia Fox, who knocked Paige off the top rope
* Kevin Owens comes out for a promo but Cesaro interrupts. A match is made for later
* Bo Dallas comes out for a promo about Dolph Ziggler being a bad rebound for Lana, saying he would “swipe left” if he were her. Dolph wins the match with a Zig Zag
* Neville defeated Xavier Woods with Red Arrow. Big E and Kofi Kingston tried to interfere but Titus O’Neil and Darren Young stopped them
* Seth Rollins comes out and cuts a promo on Brock Lesnar being scared of him. Rollins is confident about their match at Battleground
* NXT Champion Kevin Owens defeated Cesaro with the pop-up powerbomb. This was said to be a very good match for SmackDown standards
* Sheamus and Kane defeated Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose in the main event. Bray Wyatt appeared on the screen and distracted Reigns, leading to the finish
Champions
Heavyweight: Terry Funk
TV: JT Smith
Tag: Public Enemy
Bruise Brothers vs. Stormin Mike Norman & ???, ref Jim Molineaux (1994-03-27)
Attack in the aisle again. In the ring power slam, power bomb, double press slam and double big boot for the win in 1.03.
Opening video.
To Joey Styles for some hype of tonight’s show.
Crash, Kevin Sullivan, Tazmaniac (w/ Woman) vs. Pitbull, Tony “Hitman” Stetson & Rockin’ Rebel (w/Jason), ref Jim Molineaux (1994-03-27)
We go to commercial before the match starts and get a Hawk/Champion “Franchise” Shane Douglas hype video for April 16th. Back to the ring and are ready to lock up. Tazmaniac and Rebel start up but do nothing. Crash and Pitbull tag in and Pitbull gets lifted high up in the air with a press slam. Pitbull bails for a bit and then gets the advantage back in the ring. Stetson tags in and so does Sullivan. All six guys now brawl on the floor. Woman and Jason have been talking to each other the whole time. After a minute or so things calm down and Pitbull takes over on Tazmaniac in the ring. Tazmaniac comes back and hits a release northern lights and tags Crash. Stetson also comes in and takes over on Crash. So they are hyping Crash as this giant monster but Stetson the smallest guy here is the one taking over on him. He’s seriously like half the size of Crash. Things break down again and Crash hits a moonsault on Stetson for the win in 5.43.
April 16th hype. Signed so far is Champion Douglas and Hawk. Terry Funk versus Mr. Hughes and Crash takes on 911.
We again see JT Smith winning the TV Title from Tazmaniac. Smith is with Joey. Joey talks about how Smith truly has a Rocky story. Smith talks then we see a career package video. I don’t understand why they have ever put Smith over anyone. We get the ending of Smith’s first title defense against Rockin’ Rebel from Ultimate Jeopardy. Smith got the win after Jason came of the top and accidentally nailed Rebel with a knee to the face
Paul E Dangerously wants to know who the hell cares about Smith’s story. Not I. Paul E hypes 911 and Sabu for the 16th.
Joey talks about the recent happenings with the Sandman.
“Ironman” Tommy Cairo vs. Sandman, ref John Finnegan (1994-03-26)
Highlights only. Cairo hits a few spin kicks and a german for the win. 8.17 is the announced time with 1.30 being shown. After the match Sandman attack Cairo and nailed him with the implant DDT. Peaches comes out and yells at Sandman telling him to leave. He says something to her about paying for something and then goes afar her with a chair. Cairo from behind with a german but then we cut to Sandman attacking with a chair. Sandman is in the locker room and he says the days of the happy Sandman are over. He says that when he needed his friends the most they all came out to help Peaches and not him.
Sandman vs. “Wildman” Sal Bellomo (1994-03-06)
Every time Sandman is on screen it goes black and white. Sandman attacks before the bell and hits a DDT. Sandman rips up all the stuffed animals that Sal usually gives to the kids and hits another DDT. Sandman gets the win after 1.38.
Chad Austin vs, Hack Meyers, ref John Finnegan (1994-03-27)
Meyers attacks before the bell. Joey talks about how Austin has had a bunch of upset wins recently. It’s basically the same exact story as JT Smith. Austin hits a spin kick and top rope leg drop for the win in 1.46.
Tag Team Champions Public Enemy are with Sherri and they ask her to their manager and she says no and then call her a ho and walk away.
Added to the March 16th show is PE taking on The Bruise Brothers with stipulations to be added next week. Jason cuts a promo on Terry Funk.
Champion “The Franchise” Shane Douglas (w/ Sherri) vs. Paul Diamond, ref Jim Molineaux
During the instructions Sherri sneaks in the ring and nails Diamond with a chair. Pat Tanaka hits the ring and goes after Douglas. Tanaka sets up the sit out power bomb but he gets nailed with a chair by Sherri. Douglas talks shit to Hawk. Hawk hits the ring and Douglas nails him in the head with the chair but Hawk no sells it. Douglas and Sherri bail and Hawk tells Douglas he’s going to beat him up on the 16th.
My thoughts on the show…
Another pretty good one this week. Lots of hype for the upcoming Arena show. They continue to build the Sandman as the ultimate scum bag. I hate the underdog story of JT Smith and we have the same thing with Chad Austin which sucks equally as much. That stuff however didn’t take up to much time this week. Worth checking out for the build to next week.
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Champions
Heavyweight: “The Franchise” Shane Douglas
TV: JT Smith
Tag: Public Enemy
We get the ending of last weeks show.
Opening video.
Joey Styles is in the Eagle’s Nest and he welcomes us to the show and talks about the recent happenings with Champion “The Franchise” Shane Douglas and Hawk. Jay Sulli is with Douglas and Sherri. Jason and Mr. Hughes show up and Jason says that any time Shane needs the services of Hughes to let him know.
Hawk is backstage and he talks about how he’s going to get Douglas and make him pay the warrior way.
Tag Team Champions Public Enemy vs. Mike Norman & Mikey Whipwreck, ref Jim Molineaux
Matty in the House shows up on commentary to give the stipulation for this Saturday night’s Tag Title Match with the Bruise Brothers and PE. It’s lumberjack match. In the ring PE are taking care of the opponents. Rocco Roc with a german for 2 followed up by DDT on Mikey. Double front suplex and Mikey is out of it. Grunge with a reverse DDT and Roc hits the drive by for the pin in 3.46.
Bruise Brothers PE hype video airs. Added to the Arena show is Sandman taking “Ironman” Tommy Cairo. Sal Bellomo will be the special guest ref and if Sandman loses Peaches whips him ten times. TV Champion JT Smith takes on Ptibull for the TV Title.
Jason “What a Man” video airs.
Sulli is with TV Champ JT Smith. Smith talks about how he has been beat down his whole life and now he is on top and he will do whatever it takes to keep the title. Pitbull shows up and says that he respects Smith for all the people he has defeated but he has not and will not defeat the Pitbull. Smth says let the better man win and they shake hands. Pitbull then slaps Smith and tells Smith he’s taking his title this Saturday.
Back to Styles and he talks about what we just saw and and verbally jerks off Smith.
“Surfer” Ray Odyssey vs. “Superfly” Jimmy Snuka (w/ Hunter Q. Robbins III), ref John Finnegan
Odyssey with a decent showing hitting a few dropkicks and going after Hunter Q. Snuka however hits a belly to back and then a slingshot suplex. Backbreaker and superfly splash get the win in 5.10.
Tommy Cairo talks about how Sandman has offered Peaches up for $20 but he would pay a millions to her away from him.
Just added to this Saturday is Tommy Dreamer versus Rockin’ Rebel. Former Tag Team Champions Kevin Sullivan and Tazmaniac take on Jimmy Snuka and mystery partner.
Sandman vs. Tommy Dreamer, ref Jim Molineaux
Sandman attacks before the bell. Dreamer quickly fights back and locks in the cobra clutch Dreamweaver. Sandman’s arm hits the ref and knocks him out of the ring. Sal Bellomo comes out and takes the shirt off the ref and puts it on. Dreamer hits the dreamweaver legsweep and Sal gets the three in 2,12, Bellomo throws out stuffed animals to the kids in the crowd and Sandman attacks him with a chair.
Paul E Dangerously hypes 911 against Crash and Sabu’s return to the Arena.
Champion “The Franchise” Shane Douglas & Mr. Hughes vs. Chad Austin & Dan Carson, ref John Finnegan
Hughes hits a sidewalk slam. Douglas comes in the ring and they beat the crap out of their opponents until they get DQed in 1.04. A bunch of jobbers hit the ring and Hughes takes them out. Hawk hits the ring and gets double teamed. Hughes and Douglas lay out Hawk as we head into this Saturday’s big title match!
My thoughts on the show…
Good job with the one show build fore the TV Title match. Another good ending to the show with more Hawk and Douglas build.
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Champions
Heavyweight: “The Franchise” Shane Douglas
TV: JT Smith
Tag: Public Enemy
Champion “The Franchise” Shane Douglas is with Sherri. He tells Sherri she should go on vacation. He then says it’s time to finish off Terry Funk once and for all. Shane says he is going to take out Hawk.
We get a recap video of the Douglas Funk feud including a large amount of the awesome press conference from Night the Line was Crossed back in February.
Kevin Sullivan & Tazmaniac (w/ Woman) vs. “Superfly” Jimmy Snuka & RJ Powers (w/ Hunter Q Robbins), ref Jim Molineaux
Powers is some jacked dude but he’s shorter than Tazmaniac. Powers flexes a lot. It gets him tossed with a suplex from Tazmaniac. Sullivan gets Powers on the floor and beats the shit of him. Snuka doesn’t even attempt to help. Sullivan now the legal man in the match beats on Powers more. Tazmaniac goes for the tree of woe but Sullivan stops him because it’s his move. Tazmaniac now goes for the sullivan double stomp but jumps over Powers. HAHA he jumps around angry and tags Sullivan. Sullivan now tags in and takes it to the floor and again just beats the shit of Powers. Tazmanic with a belly to belly through a table. We cut for commercial and when we come back Snuka has finally tagged in but Sullivan sends him to the floor quickly. Sullivan stomps on Snuka. Sullivan suplexes Snuka back into the ring. Snuka able to tag Powers back in and Sullivan almost kills him with a power bomb. Powers comes back and hits a suplex and splash off the top onto Tazmaniac. Powers goes for a double axe handle but Tazmaniac catches him and nails a suplex for the win. 7.41 of the match was shown. Snuka and Sullivan continue to go at it after the match and Woman attacks Robbins.
Paul E Dangerously is in the Eagle’s Nest with Joey Stytles. Paul E says they are going to make an impact. We see a clip from earlier in the night of Paul E hitting Crash in the head with his phone allowing 911 to hit the chokeslam and pick up the win.
Jason “What a Man” video.
Pitbull picked up the win over JT Smith to become the new ECW TV Champion. Tag Team Champions Public Enemy attacked Smith in the aisle before the match.
PE cut a promo with Matty in the House. Lots of highlights from previous episodes of TV.
Terry Funk is in the ring waiting for Mr. Hughes. Styles though says he doesn’t think Hughes is going to show up. We see that during the lumberjack Tag Team Title Match Hughes came in the ring and helped PE retain the titles. This led to Hughes getting beat down but the Harris Brothers. Then when Hughes was coming to the ring for his match with Funk he was attacked in the aisle by the Bruise Brothers. The three men fought back to the dressing room. Paul E and Commissioner Tod Gordon are in the ring. Paul says that Hughes is in no shape to wrestling and that Funk should take on Sabu. Funk says ok but then Paul E nails Funk with his phone. Funk gets up and puts a plastic bag around Paul’s head. Sabu hits the ring and was have our match!
Sabu (w/ Paul E Dangerously) vs. Terry Funk, ref John Finnegan
A couple of masked men are at ringside with Paul. Joey mentioned that Shane Douglas lost by DQ but of course keeps the title. Sabu is all over Funk. Funks fights back and hits a DDT on the floor. Funk with a sick looking neck breaker. He hits a second one. Funk is bleeding from the forehead for some reason. Funk with a pile driver on a chair. Funk uses the chair on Sabu. To the floor and Sabu gets thrown through a table. Sabu fights back and then hits a dive over the top rope from the ring. Funk now with a springboard dive from the apron to the floor. Funk goes after a photographer and the ring announcer. Back in the ring air sabu connects. Funk hits a super piledriver onto an open chair! They go to the floor again. Sabu tries to put Funk though a table with a leg drop but Funk moves. Funk DDTs Sabu through a table. Funk goes for a spinning toe hold. The masked men attack and get unmasked one is Rockin” Rebel the other is the usual handler that isn’t 911. A third one comes in and hits a swinging neck breaker and then goes up top and hits an elbow. Sabu drops a leg and gets the pin in 12.18. Sabu and the still masked handler beat on Funk. Paul E unmasks him to reveal “Beautiful” Bobby Eaton!!! Arn Anderson now hits the ring!!!!! Anderson nails a DDT on Sabu and Eaton! The fans a flipping the fuck out!!
My thoughts on the show…
This is one you gotta see! Fun opening match where we saw RJ Powers make his debut and Sullivan and Tazmaniac make it clear that they think he doesn’t belong. A good main event ends with a shocking surprise debut of not one but two big names that are currently under contract to WCW. This is a must see episode!
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Champions
Heavyweight: “The Franchise” Shane Douglas
TV: Pitbull
Tag: Public Enemy
Photos from last weeks main event. Paul E Dangerously says this week you will hear the rest of the story.
Opening video.
Joey Styles welcomes us once again to ECW TV. May 14th is the next ECW Arena show titled When Worlds Collide. We see the end of last weeks show. We see more of the four men going at it from after last weeks show went off the air. Terry Funk and Arn Anderson fight off Sabu and “Beautiful” Bobby Eaton and then they shake hands. Back to Joey and he tells us the main event on the 14th is Sabu and Eaton against Anderson and Funk!
TV Champion Pitbull and Jason are backstage. Jason talks about how he used to be a jobber as a wrestler and now as a manager he is a champion. Pitbull has some words and we see a few clips of the match. Pitbull had a figure four on and with help from Jason Smith passed out. Joey tells Pitbull that his first challenger is Tazmaniac. Jason looks very worried but Pitbull is confident that he will be victorious.
Tazmaniac vs. Mike Norman, ref John Finnegan (1994-03-27)
Tazmaniac attacks before the bell as Pitbull is on commentary with Joey. Belly to belly and head butt from Tazmaniac. Norman gets sent to the floor and belly to bellied through a table. Back in the ring a half nelson suplex finishes the match in 1.18. After the match with go back to Pitbull and Jason. Pitbull says that on May 14th Tazmaniac needs to ask himself if Pitbull is willing to kill to keep the title.
We get clips of the Public Enemy and Bruise Brothers lumberjack match from last week’s Arena show.
Bruise Brothers vs. Badd Company, ref Jim Molineaux (1994-03-26)
Paul Diamond starts off. They go back and forth for a bit and Diamond gets hit with a back breaker but he pops back up. Both teams tag. Pat Tanaka is over powered by the Harris brothers. After a few minutes Diamond helps out his partner and things break down. All four men brawl in the ring but the ref is able to regain control. Pat Tanaka works over his opponent and then tags in Diamond. Harris ducks a double clothesline attempt and hits one of his own. Tag made and Badd Company are bumped all around the ring. Tanaka nailed with the double big boot and is pinned in 8.45.
Terry Funk and Arn Anderson and backstage. Funk says he knows that “Beautiful” Bobby Eaton is in town to destroy ECW. Funk wants to know why Anderson is there though. Arn says he is there because word was leaked to him about Eaton showing up in ECW. He’s not there to help Funk but he’s there to keep an eye on Eaton. Arn doesn’t really make it clear as to why he gives a fuck about what Eaton is doing with his life but oh well. Funk and Anderson promise each other that they will not double cross each other. Paul E Dangerously and Bobby Eaton are backstage now. Paul E says Sabu will sacrifice his body more then Funk. Sabu beat Funk fair and square and Funk wants to blame it on Eaton he says. Paul E talks about the Dangerous Alliance and how Anderson never talks about how great they were. He talks about the down fall of the group and says that Eaton is going to end the Anderson family.
Back on April 16th “Ironman” Tommy Cairo beat the Sandman and Peaches got to give him ten lashes with a belt. Sandman though got up as they celebrated and threw powder into the eyes of special ref Sal Bellomo. He then nailed Cairo with a DDT and went after Peaches. Cairo was able to save her though. As they were leaving Peaches was last in the line and Woman jumped out of the crowd and grabbed her dragging her back to the ring. Woman whipped Peaches a few times until Cairo noticed and ran back to save her. Joey is with Sandman now and he announces a mixed tag Singapore Caning Match. Sandman talks about how Woman is very familiar with the culture and he can’t wait to cane Cairo and Peaches. This is a great example of ECW staying with the times as this is during the case of American Michael Fay being sentenced to caning in the country of Singapore.
My thoughts on the show…
The two matches were nothing special at all. Paul E promo was real good of course. I’m looking forward to this tag team main event. Interested in seeing if they explain why Woman has joined forces with Sandman.
Champion: Vacant
At the last show Rockin’ Rebel won a battle royal to become the first ever TWA Champion. However, the title was held up immediately following the match. Joel Goodhart comes out and hypes up the crowd. Some small child comes out to sing “God Bless America”.
Cactus Jack vs. “Hotstuff” Eddie Gilbert, ref John Finnegan
Cactus gets the mic and says there is no one he would rather beat up than Gilbert. Cactus works the knee of Gilbert to start. Cactus all over Gilbert for the first 5 minutes of the match. Cactus has Eddie in a leg lock and Gilbert goes into his tights and wraps a chain around his fist and nails Cactus with it. Cactus just no sells it and locks in a figure four. Cactus hits his clothesline that sends them both to the floor. Cactus charges but Gilbert ducks and Jack goes flying over the guardrail and into the crowd. Back in the ring Gilbert with a belly to back and then a bulldog. They do a shoulder block spot twice in a row…That was odd. Cactus reverses a suplex hits two clotheslines then charges for a third one. Gilbert though catches him with a hot shot and gets the win in 12.23. Gilbert attacks after the match but Jack fights him off and they brawl to the back.
“Exotic” Adrian Street (w/ Miss Linda) vs. “Boogie Woogie Man” Jimmy Valiant, ref John Finnegan
Street fucks with the ref before the match. Such a great gimmick. Valiant with a go behind so Street just rubs his butt on Valiant’s junk to get him to release the hold. Street brings it to the ground and works the arm. Valiant goes low right in front of the ref who says nothing. Valiant locks in a sleeper and Street flails his arms and nails the ref. Miss Linda hits Valiant with her purse and Street hits a splash for the win in 5.35.
Bulldog Brower comes out and says like two sentences. Cha-Ching.
DC Drake (w/ Woman & Don E Allen) vs. Rockin Rebel (w/ Baby Doll), ref John Finnegan
Rebel hits the ring and goes after Drake before the introductions. This is for the vacant TWA Title. They go to the floor and into the crowd. Rebel beats on Drake back in the ring and Drake bails to the floor. Rebel goes out after him and hits a bulldog on the floor. They brawl back and forth. Rebel hits an awful looking elbow drop of the top that reminds me of the elbow drop from Super WrestleMania on SNES. They brawl back and forth Rebel hits lots of shitty looking strikes. Rebel with a clothesline and he goes for the cover but Baby Doll takes Drakes foot and puts it on the ropes! Rebel wants to know whats going on and she throws powder in his eyes. Drake nails him with something from his tights and gets the three count in 12.37. Rebel gets up IMMEDIATELY and goes after Drake so Drake just leaves the ring to celebrate.
Chris Adams & Kevin Von Erich vs. Austin Idol & Al Perez, ref Scott Dickinson
Oh joy ten minutes of guys just standing around the ring looking at each other. Idol and Adams start and actually lock up right away! Adams punches away and Idol bails to the floor. Kevin tags in and he goes to work on the arm of Idol. Idol breaks free and tags. Adams and Von Erich work over Perez and tag back and forth a few times. Idol sneaks in and hits a low blow on Adams. They brawl on the floor a bit and the Perez takes over on Adams in the ring hitting a suplex and putting on a chin lock. Idol keeps getting the mic and talking shit. Adams finally able to make the tag and all four man end up brawling in the ring and to the floor. We get a double count out in 12.50.
Mr. Sandman (w/ Miss Peaches) vs. JT Smith Special, ref Ron Shaw
As far as I know Shaw was always a jobber so not sure why he’s here. Sandman whips Smith into the ropes and jumps for a drop kick Smith also jumps into the air and bounces off Sandman’s feet pretty hard. It looked cool. Sandman throws Smith to the floor and slams him on the cement. Sandman beats on Smith on the floor for a while. Back in the ring Smith rights back. Smith with a suplex but Sandman gets a foot on the rope. Gut wrench by Smith for 2. Sandman pokes the eyes and throws Smith to the floor. Smith sends Sandman into the guard rail. Back in Smith with a drop kick for 2. Slingshot belly to back but Sandman again gets his feet on the rope. Norhtern lights and Shaw counts three but then sees Sandman’s foot on the rope again. Peaches distracts Shaw and Sandman throws Smith into him. Shaw hits a clothesline on Smith now and tells Sandman to cover him for the 3 in 7.29. Shaw and Sandman beat on Smith a bit until John Finnegan comes down and threatens Shaw with a year suspension if he doesn’t get out of the ring.
Hair Match: Johnny Hotbody vs. Tony “Hitman” Stetson, ref Scott Dickinson
These two go at it AGAIN. TWA or ECW I can’t get away from these guys! Bell rings and Hotbody goes to floor grabs the mic and talks shit. Stetson goes out and Hotbody runs down the aisle. Stetson tells Hotbody he’s a piece of shit and should come back to the ring. The ref now tells the ring announcer that if Hotbody doesn’t get in the ring he will forfeit the match. Five minutes in and they finally lock up. Hotbody breaks away and flexes as I begin to fall asleep. They go to the floor and do some slow and shitty brawling. Hotbody busted open. They brawl and brawl and brawl. Hotbody starts working over the leg. He goes for a figure four but gets small packaged and pinned in 16.29. CN Redd comes down to argue with the ref over the finish not completely sure why he givers a shit. Hotbody attacks Stetson with a chair and DDTs him on it. Redd and Hotbody embraces. Redd holds Stetson as Hotbody shaves his hair. This goes on for almost as long as the match and is just as boring. A bunch of guys come from the back to make the save including a SUPER young looking Chris Candido. UGH this just means there will be more matches between these two. Stetson challenges Hotbody to a Barbed Wire Match.
Abdullah the Butcher (w/ ???) vs. Manny Fernandez, ref Joe Zanolle
Abby’s manager as some type of championship. Cactus Jack attacks Abby at ringside. They brawl for a few minutes and Manny eventually hits the ring and we get a bell. We get a double count out in like 4 and half minutes but they continue to brawl to the back for like 5 more minutes. This is totally ridiculous as most of the fans can’t see what’s happening and just begin to get bored.
Terry Funk (w/ Bulldog Brower) vs. Jerry “The King” Lawler, ref John Finnegan
They punch and then go to the floor and fight a bit. Funk gets slammed on a table outside the ring. Back in the ring Funk takes over. Funk now slams Lawler into a table. Lawler goes face first into the ring post. Lawler fights back and now posts Funk. They fight in and out of the ring. Pile driver by Funk but Lawler kicks out at 2. Suplex and neck breaker each get a 2 count. Funk gets pissed and nails the ref with one and then kicks him out of the ring. Funk gets his branding iron and nails Lawler with it. Eddie Gilbert hits the ring and Funk bails to the floor and hits the ref with a piledriver on the floor. Funk covers Lawler and Gilbert counts 2 then stomps Lawler with Funk. That was weird cause it seemed like he was out to help Lawler but didn’t “turn” on him. They hit a double suplex and then Gilbert makes a fast 3 count. Lawler gets up and goes after Gilbert but Funk attacks again with the branding iron. We finally get a bell at 15.56 that I would assumed signals that Funk has been DQed. Austin Idol comes to the ring with a stick and attacks Gilbert and Funk the four men brawl to the back. Idol and Lawler go back to the ring and stand there for like 20 minutes just dicking around. Funk gets on the mic and talks shit to Lawler and Idol. Lawler then gets on the mic and calls Funk and Gilbert to the ring so they can fight two on two. Gilbert wants to go back but Funk stops him. Some fan jumps the rail and gets to ringside but then just stands there not sure what he should do before security grabs him. Idol gets the fans to chant “coward” at Funk and Gilbert. Seriously there was so much nothingness going on at the end.
Funk, Gilbert and Brower are in the locker room and Funk wants a doctor as he was busted open during the brawl.
Reverse Steel Cage Battle Royal Match
So everyone starts on the floor at ringside and the first one into the cage in the winner. This is basically the worst concept for a match ever. Participants include; Michael “Hitman” Bruno, Chris Candido, Cheetah Kid, Ghetto Blaster, Pappy , Johnny Hotbody, Jimmy Jannetty, Nighthawk, Glen Osbourne, John Osbourne, Rockin’ Rebel, CN Redd, Mr. Sandman, Ron Shaw, JT Smith, Tony “Hitman” Stetson, Tahitian Savage, Triton, Top Gun, Crybaby Waldo, and Larry Winters. Giant brawl of course. Smith and Shaw go at right away as to Stetson and Hotbody. Winters and Candido both almost climb in early on. Rebel and Winters are both over and climbing down to the ring. Rebel jumps down and just beats Winters to the mat for the win in 6.28.
Winters attacks Rebel from behind!!! Winters bloodies Rebel. Cheetah Kid comes flying off the cage with a somersault body attack on Winters. more guys now get into the ring and the fight continues in the cage. After a bit everyone empties the ring again except Winters and Rebel. Winters nails a pile driver but then Rebel makes a comeback and sends Winters into the cage. Winters escapes out the door. Both man get mice and have words for each other. The other wrestlers have continued to fight all over the arena and back to the dressing room.
My thoughts on the show…
Well another poor TWA show. The tag match was much more action packed then I thought it would be. Funk Lawler was ok but the ending just dragged forever. I was expecting to fully hate the main event but it was actually pretty decent with an ending that really surprised me. Knowing Winters from early ECW he was always a good guy so I never expected him to turn on Rebel.
Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter
The Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports that the WWE is discussing the possibility of bringing in more part time wrestlers such as Samoa Joe and Rhino to help beef up their NXT touring shows.
The belief is that many of the brand’s marquee stars will likely be on the main roster by 2016, and the company will need more fire power to carry a third touring brand. The report also says there are main roster talents willing to work the shows.
As we reported exclusively last week, NXT has been booked on the Louder than Life music festival for Louisville in October. The WWE is hoping to book NXT on more music festival events in the future.
As noted, WWE Hall of Famer Dusty Rhodes was laid to rest today in Tampa. Cody Rhodes posted his eulogy for his father on Twitter, as seen below:
Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter
According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, TNA made a big play for former WWE Champion Rey Mysterio Jr last week. Mysterio left WWE earlier this year after over a decade with the company.
The Observer reports that both TNA President Dixie Carter and John Gaburick spoke to Mysterio and pushed the notion that they could help increase the visibility of his merchandise, and get it in several retail outlets.
Mysterio was also told that he would be built around as a major Hispanic superstar, and would be permitted to work anywhere he wished on days off from television tapings.
It was noted by the Observer that Mysterio is still more likely to head to Lucha Underground, although nothing is set in stone, and nothing has been made official.
Credit: Sharon Glencross
They show a video recap detailing the highlights of Mundo’s heel run so far. Striker hypes as the match as one of the biggest in company history. Both guys are already in the ring and ready to go. No DQ and we get a scoreboard to keep track of all the pins and submissions,
Johnny Mundo vs. Prince Puma in an Iron Man Match for the Lucha Underground title
A lock up starts things. Crowd is strongly behind Puma. Mundo’s in control as Puma fights back and tries to go after Mundo’s leg. Enziguri by Mundo. Puma gets kicked and falls out of the ring. Mundo goes for a dive but misses. Puma dominates. We heard for Commercial.
We’re back and Puma is going for the pin. They brawl some more, Puma gets the first pin with a school boy roll up. Mundo is seething. Puma continues on the offense and hits a standing moonsault for a 2 count. Puma goes on top but Mundo counters with a dropkick. Puma hits a running cutter but Mundo uses the ropes to get his pin. It’s allowed because of the No DQ rules. It is now 1-1.
Both men rest for a few seconds then face off again. Mundo then goes viciously after Puma in an attempt to dominate him. Both men fight in the corner. A stunning hurricanrana by Puma. Both guys are out of the ring now. Mundo grabs a chair and a toolbox from under the ring. He tries to powerbomb Puma on the box but Puma counters and slams Mundo off of the box instead. Mundo grabs a crowbar and hits multiple shots to Puma. Mundo throws him in the ring for the three count. He hits the moonlight drive for another pin. Mundo continues to brutalize him and Puma can hardly stand without help. He hits the end of the world or another pin. It’s now 4-1. Striker mentions the dangerous of concussions to the audience. Puma has a break for a few seconds and hits DDT but Mundo gets to the ropes. Mundo is back on the offense and he hits a vicious neckbreaker on Puma as as we head to break. Man, Puma is getting absolutely brutalized here.
We come back and Mundo is grabbing the ladder. He hits Puma on the head with it. Mundo sets up the ladder near the balcony. Mundo gets up on the ladder for a dive but Puma interrupts him and slams him onto the floor. The two men then fight in the crowd. Puma gets back over the rail and grabs the tables and starts piling them up. He stacks up 4 tables in all and goes to suplex Mundo through them but Mundo escapes and kicks Puma to the ground. Mundo gets back on the ladder and grabs the mic. He reminds everyone how far ahead he is. He tells the band to play some music while he drinks water and chills out for the next 13 minutes.
Puma gets up, hits Mundo with a 2×4. Then he grabs a guitar from the band and hits Mundo with that too. Jeff Jarrett should due for gimmick infringement. The fans go nuts. Puma spears Mundo through the tables. Puma eventually manages to throw Mundo in the ring and gets a three count, closing the gap. Mundo gets up and fights back. Puma hits a driver for another two count. The score is 4-3. Mundo tries to leave, seemingly trying to fight the clock. Puma chases him all over the place.
Alberto interrupts the match and attacks Mundo, throwing him into the announcing table and on the steps. He says his issues with Mundo aren’t over yet. He throws him back into the ring and Puma hits a cradle shock for the one-two-three. Alberto gets on the mic and says he’ll fight both Mundo and Puma in the future.
Mundo and Puma get back to their feet and exchange moves. There’s a rush of pin attempts but neither man gets the three count. With only a few seconds to go, Puma hits a dropkick and nails his finisher for the pin. He wins and is still champion. Superb match and one people should go out of their way to see.
Winner: Puma
