King of Kings 2002-12-20 from War Memorial Auditorium in Fort Lauderdale, Fla
Champion: Satoshi Kojima
I look away from the opening video as they have been spoiling the main events of the shows in them.
Joey Styles welcomes us and talks about hybrid wrestling. Tonight we begin a tournament for the Global Crown Tag Team Championship. Satoshi Kojima takes on Vampiro and we will crown a new number one contender as Mike Awesome goes up against Jerry Lynn. Sabu will fight La Parka in what I’m sure will be an extreme contest.
Nosawa & Masada vs. Hot Commodity – Julio Dinero & EZ Money
Hot Commodity attack before the bell. Nosawa and Masada fight back and hit a double drop kick that sends Commodity to the floor. Masada goes for a dive but is caught. Nosawa hits a baseball slide on everyone. In the ring now Nosowa starts with Julio Dinero. Nosowa with a low blow. EZ Money tags in but gets double teamed. Nosowa locks in a camel clutch and Masada hits a drop kick to his face. Masada with a rana for 2. Lots of fast action early on. Money with a jaw breaker and he tags. Dinero with a hip toss slam for 2 but then he misses an elbow. Blind tag and Money comes in with a clothesline. Money with the pendulum of pain and Dinero comes in an drops a knee to the back of the head of Masada. Money with a side slam as Dinero comes off the top with an elbow for 2. Dinero with a corkscrew brainbuster for 2. Jalapeño Popper for 2. Dinero hits a angle slam for 2. Money tags in and hits a drop kick for 2. Slam and standing moonsault for a 2 by Money. Masada tries to fight back but his cut off. Dinero comes in and hits a belly to back and tags right back out. Money with the bank roll and then he goes up top. Masada goes low as Money comes off the top. Masada with a release german and both men tag. Nosowa with a roundhouse and shinning wizard. Nosowa with a clothesline on Money. Frog splash but Dinero breaks it up. All four men now in the ring. Double clothesline on Dinero and a double powerbomb but Money breaks up the pin. Masada dumps Money to the floor. Money with a powerbomb on the floor. Nosowa with a michinoku driver for 2. Money comes back in the ring and they hit a double team ocean cyclone slam for the win in 9.23.
“Dr. Death” Steve Williams is in the ring before the show with PJ Friedman training. Williams as Friedman in an arm bar and Williams says they are going to be the first GCT Champions in MLW.
“Fallen Angel” Christopher Daniels vs. Super Crazy vs. Fuego Guerrero, ref John Finnegan
Daniels pushes Fuego to the mat and taunts him. Crazy does the same. Crazy puts Fuego in the corner and tells him to stay there. Triple headlock spot Fuego gets shoulder blocked. They all drop kick each other down. Daniels gets on the mic but we can’t hear what he says. Crazy with a tilt a whirl head scissor on Daniels and then Fuego hits one on Crazy. Daniels drop kicks Fuego for 2. Crazy rolls through a sunset flip attempt and kicks Daniels in the face. Crazy with corner punches on both Daniels and Fuego. Crazy threatens to do it to the ref but Daniels attacks him from behind and hits a belly to back. Fuego breaks up the pin and hits a corner drop kick on Daniels. Daniels comes back with a clothesline but Crazy breaks up the pin. Suplex by Daniels on Crazy and Crazy bails to the floor. Daniels with a hanging vertical on Fuego and a slingshot legdrop from the apron back in. Crazy and Daniels go to the floor and Crazy gets whipped into the stage. Daniels goes back in and takes down Fuego. Crazy comes off the top with a crossbody on Daniels for 2. Fuego charges Crazy and gets thrown into the air and hits a rana on Daniels. Fuego with a springboard tornado DDT. Crazy goes to the floor to fight with Daniels. Fuego goes for a dive but everyone moves and he crashes to the cement. Back in the ring Fuego dumps Daniels and goes after Crazy. Daniels comes in and hits a bulldog on Fuego and clothesline on Crazy at the same time. Daniels goes up top but Fuego takes him down with a super body scissors. Arm drag on Crazy by Fuego. Fuego tries a baseball slide but misses both men again. Crazy drops him on the guardrail. Daniels whipped into the ring post. Crazy sends Fuego to the rail again. Back in the ring Crazy hits a springboard moonsault on both guys. Spin kick sends Daniels to the floor. Crazy hits an x-factor face buster on Fuego. Daniels with a Urinage and the BME for 2. Fuego breaks up a submission and hits a flying spin kick on Daniels. Fuego hits code red but Crazy breaks it up. Big spinning tiger bomb by Crazy but the pin is broken up by Daniels. Crazy sets up a dive but Fuego drop kicks out his legs. Fuego ducks a clothesline and back elbow from Crazy and hits a dive onto Daniels on the floor. Crazy goes up top and hits a body block on Daniels on the floor. Back in the ring Crazy misses a corner charge. Fuego runs up Crazy’s knee hits a kick to the back of the head, a leg sweep and standing shooting star and gets a surprise victory in 14.49. Crazy tries to rip off the mask after the match but the SATs come out to chase him off.
“American Dream” Dusty Rhodes is backstage and he talks about the history of Florida and how he has never liked the Funks. Rhodes trash talks “The King of Old School” Steve Corino.
Bill Alfonso is backstage with Sabu and tonight La Parka is going to be extreme with Sabu.
Golbal Crown Tag Team Championship Tournament Rd 1: “Dr. Death” Steve Williams & PJ Friedman vs. Jimmy Yang & Mike Sanders
Yang and Friedman start off. Yang hits a clothesline and slaps Friedman. Corner whip and Yang follows it up with a spin kick. Sanders tags in and hits a knee drop for 2. Sanders with a neck breaker but Williams breaks it up and hits a powerbomb. Friedman goes for the cover but Yang breaks it up. They go to the floor and PJ nails Sanders with a chair. Williams with a slam through a table. Williams now legally in the match and he beats on Sanders a bit. Williams tags back in to PJ and hits a head and arm suplex. Yang breaks up a double leg lock. Williams and PJ tag back a forth a few times and continue to hammer on Sanders. Sanders comes back with a drop kick on PJ and is able to tag. Yang comes in with a springboard drop kick and then hits an awesome looking corkscrew from the top rope. Yang goes up top again but Friedman knocks him off and tags. Williams with a press slam but the cover is broken up by Sanders. Sanders hits a drop kick on both men that takes them down. Sanders fights off both men but Williams cuts him off and hits the doctor bomb. Yang comes in with a head scissor on Williams and then with a run up back flip kick on Friedman but he backs right into the back drop driver and gets pinned in 9.55.
Simon Diamond and CW Anderson are backstage. Diamond talks about how tag team wrestling once was great but is now dead. CW talks about how in tag team wrestling there is always an Anderson. Back in the 80s it was the Horsemen and today they are the Extreme Horsemen with a member we will find out about later.
Golbal Crown Tag Team Championship Tournament Rd 1: CW Anderson & Simon Diamond vs. SATs, ref John Finnegan
Diamond starts with Jose Maximo. They do some back and forth arm drags and then each tag out. Joey compares CW and Diamond to Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard. Joel with a head scissor and CW gets out and locks in an arm bar. Joel with a side haelock he hits a shoulder tackle and rana. Diamond comes in and he gets hit with a rana. Joel with a drop kick and CW and Diamond go to the floor. Back in the Maximos with a camel clutch boston crab combo. They bail to the floor again. Baseball slide by Joel and Jose hits a springboard moonsault. Crowd is getting restless as the Maximos are just all over the place and nothing looks smooth. Maximos hit poetry in motion on Diamond and go for it on CW but he catches and power bombs the one onto the other. Diamond comes in and hits a belly to back for 2. Diamond counters a tornado DDT with a northern lights for 2. CW tags back in pounds away on Jose a bit and then tags back out. Diamond with a Russian leg sweep. CW comes back in and kills Jose with a release german for 2. CW with a hanging vertical superplex from the second rope for 2. This looked very impressive. CW misses a corner charge and Jose hits a tornado DDT. Both teams make tags. Joel comes in and hits drop kicks on both men and a german on CW for 2. Enziguri on Diamond and a moonsault gets 2. CW gets nailed with a backdrop pile driver looing move. Diamond with the Simon series for 2. Diamond goes for the reverse DDT and the other Maximo comes off the top with a drop kick but Dimaond hangs on and still hits the DDT. Each team gets a 2 count. Jose goes up top and botches a 450. Diamond cathes him on a corner charge and slingshots him into a superkick from CW for 2. SATs try to hit a Spanish fly on CW but Diamond breaks it up. They fight of Diamond and knock him to the mat. Joel comes off the top with a moonsault for 2. Diamond kicks out and dumps him. CW comes down from the ropes. Jose dives at Diamond but he ducks. CW catches Jose in the air and lands a spin buster for the pin in 12.59
Earlier today “The King of Old School” Steve Corino was outside the arena. He talks about how when he was a kid he used to get autographs from all the stars of Florida Championship Wrestling. Everyone except Dusty Rhodes and Terry Funk. Corino says he has done everything they have done only better. Tonight he will beat both of them in the same match. Corino is guaranteeing victory tonight.
Mike Awesome fresh from the WWE is in the #1 contenders match and tonight he says he’s going to take out Jerry Lynn and moves onto the MLW Championship!
Sabu (w/ Bill Alfonso) vs. La Parka, ref John Finnegan
La Parka throws a chair across the ring at Sabu and we get the bell to start our match. Both men have chairs Parka puts his away and Sabu throws his chair at Parka but misses. Joey tells us that Sabu is a smarter wrestler now then he was in ECW. What that really means is he is broken and can’t do what he used to. Sabu looks much more jacked then his ECW days. Sabu quickly locks on a camel clutch but Parka comes out of it and puts on of his own on. Sabu comes out and gets a leg lock but Parka fights out. Corner whip by Sabu and a slingshot leg lariat and then a somersault leg drop from the apron back into the ring. Sabu goes back to the camel clutch as the fans chant for tables. Sabu with a sunset flip but Parka rolls through and then drop kicks Sabu in the face. Parka puts Sabu on the top turnbuckle and then follows. Sabu pushes him off and Parka lands on the apron. Sabu goes for a tornado DDT but Parka puts him on the apron and clotheslines him back into the ring. Parka with an irish whip and he ducks his head and Sabu hits him with a tornado DDT. Sabu goes for another one but Parka pushes out of it and then hits a spin kick and they go to the floor. Parka sends Sabu into the crowd follows and nails him with a chair. Parka sends Sabu into the guardrail and then goes up top and leaps into the crowd with a body block. Parka sets up a table and then slams Sabu’s face into the ring steps. Sabu gets on the apron but Parka nails him with a chair from inside the ring. Sabu back to the apron and Parka charges planning to knock Sabu backwards. Sabu however drop kicks his shins through the ropes and Parka goes flying over the top rope and through the table. Sabu gets scissors from Alfonso and begins to stab Parka in the face. Parka’s mask is ripped and he is all bloody. Sabu with a triple jump into the crowd. The blood has dripped off of Parka’s face and is now all over his arms. Back in the ring Sabu gets a 2 count. Sabu again with the scissors trying to take out the eye of La Parka. Sabu sends Parka into the corner but then misses the ropes when going for a spring board and gets kicked in the face for his mistake. Sabu gets tired up in the tree of woe and a chair is drop kicked into his face. Parka covers but only gets 2. Parka kicks the crap out of Sabu. Corner whip but Parka misses the charge and hits shoulder first into the ring post and he goes to the floor. Sabu dives onto Parka on the floor. Sabu and Alfonso put Parka onto a table and Sabu hits a triple jump leg drop through it. Back in the ring Sabu covers for 2 then locks in the camel clutch. Sabu with a slam and then he goes up top but gets La Parka’s feet to his face. Parka covers and gets 2. Parka with a slam and now he goes up top but Sabu crotches him. Sabu goes up with him and hits a super rana for 2. Alfonso throws in a chair and Sabu hits an Arabian face buster for 2. Triple jump moonsault ends things at 19.25. The mat is covered in blood. Alfonso gives Parka some water but Parka kicks him away. Sabu tries to help him up but again Parka rejects help. Sabu reaches out to shake hands Parka accepts and they hug.
Alfonso is outside and he talks about how tough the match was and that they are ready to take him on again. La Parka comes outside and attacks Alfonso and says something in Spanish.
We go back to Joey and he lets us know that #1 contender Taiyo Kea is out with a torn ACL. So now Mike Awesome will take on Jerry Lynn to determine the new #1 contender.
#1 Contenders Match: Mike Awesome vs. “The New F’N Show” Jerry Lynn
Awesome pushes Lynn to the mat as Joey talks about all the terrible gimmicks Awesome had in WCW. Clothesline takes down Lynn. Awesome with an avalanche in the corner for 2. Lynn gets sent to the corner but hops onto the second rope and hits a cross body for 2. Awesome gets up and hits a spear for 2. Awesome charges and Lynn pulls down the rope and he goes over the top. Awesome tries to shoulder block Lynn from the apron but Lynn jumps up and hits a leg drop. Lynn with a slingshot plancha to the outside. Awesome sends Lynn into the guardrail and then charges but Lynn backdrops him into the crowd. Awesome dives over the rail back to ringside with and connects with a flying clothesline. Lynn drop kicks Awesome on the apron. Lynn hits the ropes but Awesome with a slingshot shoulder block back into the ring. Awesome locks in a camel clutch. Awesome sends Lynn into the corner but Lynn hopes over Awesome and hits a few clotheslines that don’t take him down. Lynn hits the ropes and gets tossed in the air but lands a rana. Lynn goes up to the second rope and jumps at Awesome and hits a tornado DDT. “Fallen Angel” Christopher Daniels shows up at ringside. Awesome with a boot to the face of Lynn. Sitout Awesome bomb for 2. Awesome goes for another powerbomb but Lynn counters it into a DDT. Awesome with a belly to belly. Awesome goes up top and hits a splash for 2. Joey talks about how Lynn has only won one match in MLW. Ummm he’s only had 3. Lynn rolls out of a powerbomb attempt and gets a 2 count off a school boy. Awesome quickly up hits a clothesline and running awesome bomb for the win in 8.20. Daniels gets in the ring and grabs the mic. Daniels says he is very disappointed in Lynn. Daniels talks about how Lynn has lost at every MLW show. Daniels tells Lynn to join him. Lynn grabs the mic from Daniels and tells him the only thing he has to say is that Daniels is absolutely right they shake hands and have joined forces. Joey is very upset.
Terry Funk is in the locker room he talks about the bad blood between them dating all the way back to their college football days and time in the army together.
3 Way Bunkhouse Brawl: “American Dream” Dusty Rhodes vs. Terry Funk vs. “King of Old School” Steve Corino
Dusty spits all over Corino and it’s gross. I imagine everyone in this match will be bleeding all over by the time it’s done. Funk trash talks Dusty on the mic before the match. Funk asks Corino to step back so he can fight Dusty. Funk pushes Dusty back in the corner and Corino tries to help but Dusty fights them both off. Joey talks about the history between Corino and Rhodes. Corino now asks Funk to step aside. Corino gets Dusty in the corner and pounds away on him. Funk brings a garbage can into the ring and Corino nails Dusty with it. Funk now uses it on Dusty. Corino tries to work with Funk but Funk hits him with the can. Funk and Corino go to the floor and Dusty joins them in the fight. Corino busts open Dusty with the garbage can. Funk gives Corino a chair shot to the back. Dusty gets the chair and give Corino a shot. Corino takes a bunch of garbage can shots from Dusty and he is now bleeding. In the ring Dusty hits Funk in the head with a shovel. Dusty goes after Corino but Funk hits him low with the shovel. Funk hits Corino in the throat with the shovel! Funk gets his leg caught in a guardrail that fell over and trips. Corino chokes him. Dusty gets Corino in the ring and goes to work. Funk comes in and Dusty beats on them both. Funk is bleeding now. Corino takes a few bionic elbows he blonde hair now completely red. Simon Diamond and CW Anderson jump in the ring and attack Dusty. They bring him to the floor and hit him with a chair a few times. Funk saves Dusty and chases them into the ring. Funk asking for help. They go after Funk but he fights them off with a garbage can. Funk gets in the ring and they begin to beat on him. Corino hits a DDT on Funk and then one on the ref when he refuses to make a count. Referee John Finnegan comes to the ring and Corino forces him to make the count ending the match at 12.36. The beat down however doesn’t stop. Dusty makes his way back into the ring. CW and Diamond bail to the floor. Funk hits a DDT on Corino and Dusty gets the bionic elbow drop. Funk makes a count for Dusty. Funk and Dusty flip each other off and begin yelling at each other. Corino, CW and Diamond are on the stage and Corino announces the three of them as the Extreme Horsemen. Dusty and Funk hug in the ring.
The Extreme Horsemen are backstage. Corino talks about how he just two wrestling legends in a town that they made famous. Corino tells them to get whoever they want to help out because they are the new generation. Diamond says that they have broken the handcuffs that bound them for the past couple of years and they are now the most dominate force in wrestling. CW tells everyone to keep their eyes on the horsemen.
Earlier today Vampiro was in the arena and he talks about all his injuries that he has had over the years. He says he has no friend or family and they only thing he has is heart and love for wrestling.
Champion Satoshi Kojima vs. Vampiro, ref John Finnegan
Joey tells us that Kojima has been defending the title in Japan since he won it. Vampiro has a knee brace on. They lock up and push each other. Kojima with a shoulder tackle and Vampiro goes to the floor. Back in Kojima gets an arm ringer but Vampiro reverse with a drop toe hold and then a headbutt. Vampiro throws Kojima to the outside. He follows and sends Kojima to the guardrail. Vampiro charges but gets kicked in the face. Kojima with a suplex on the concrete floor. Johnny Smith gets the next title match in Japan. Vampiro and Kojima fight into the crowd and onto the stage. Vampiro with a slam and then he climbs up a scaffold that the cameramen are on and comes off with a clothesline. They make their way back to the ring and Vampiro hits a gut wrench suplex for 2. Kojima fights back with chops and kicks. Vampiro fires back with chops of his own. He locks in a chin lock and then works over the left arm a bit. Kojima tries to fight back but Vampiro hits him with a spin kick. Vampiro locks in a abdominal stretch but has to break it when the ref sees him holding the ropes. Vampiro with a leg lock as we reach 10 minutes. Kojima gets to the ropes. Corner whip by Vampiro and he follows with a clothesline. Kojima reverses a corner whip and follows with a flying elbow strike. Kojima goes up top and lands an elbow drop for 2. Vampiro hits a ridiculously loud chop. Kojima goes for the lariat but Vampiro ducks. He goes for a urinagi but it’s blocked by Kojima and he turns it into a fujiwara arm bar. Vamipro gets to the ropes. Kojima with a waist lock and Vampiro hits a mule kick low. Bulldog and DDT get Vampiro a 2 count. Belly to back but Vampiro doesn’t cover. He hits another one and gets a 2 count. Vampiro with a chokeslam and the he goes up top but misses a somersault senton. Kojima blocks a frankensteiner with a power bomb for 2. Kojima catches a kick from Vampiro and hits a dragon screw leg whip. Kojima drops kicks the legs twice and another dragon screw. Vampiro with an enziquri. Vampiro charges but gets drop toe hold. Kojima locks in the STF but Vampiro gets to the ropes. Kojima hits an ace crusher and a lariat that turns Vampiro inside out. Kojima covers and gets the win in 17.56. Mike Awesome gets in the ring and he and Kojima get into a chop fight. Awesome kicks Kojima and lands a sit out Awesome bomb. Awesome brings a table into the ring and sets it up in the corner. Awesome with a running awesome bomb through the table and he holds the belt up over his head.
My thoughts on the show…
Nice start to the show, as the first two matches were pretty good. The SATs looked awful and were just flipping all over the place barely landing actual moves half the time. The Sabu and La Parka match was a super bloody fight that I enjoyed. The Bunkhouse Brawl was a pretty fun match but the beat down at the end was kind of weak. I felt the main event was pretty flat and didn’t have me that interested. I liked more than I hated on this one. I would say the Sabu/Parka match is the only must-see thing on this show. Overall, mildly recommended.
