Post by DM on Nov 30, 2011 0:10:30 GMT
Week 1
The Fallout of War Games was heard all around the world, Beth Phoenix retaining, The Horseman winning and Misawa defeating Goldberg was really starting to turn heads as everyone knew what the next Pay Per View was, the question, whom was going to win the epic event to face off against the Current Champion, even better question, whom would Misawa be facing at the Pay Per View, so many questions left unanswered but hopefully soon we would get our results.
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"Welcome to Monday Nitro," Bishoff spoke "Last night was such a hell of an event that I don't even know what match took the show, but needless to say there is some business to attend to. It is official that next month is World War and 35 men will be entering for a chance to face the champion at Starrcade and I will get to him in just a second. The first entrant into the event won his chance last night, John, Morrison. The rest of the 34 members are going to be looked at VERY carefully as tonight we will start a very special tournament that will take place over the next four weeks. The top four contenders will face off in a fatal four way and the winner gets the last slot in World War. Now Misawa I know you're back there so please, come out."
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Misawa did indeed come out but he was completely banged up, it was easy to see from the way he was walking, looking at Bishoff wondering what this was all about.
"Now Mr. Misawa, over the last seven months you have been tossed into the wolves and have defended that title with every fiber of your being, therefore, I have decided, until the Pay Per View, to rest up because after the war you had with Goldberg, even I wouldn't send you into a match. Now as far as your opponent-"
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The hell, Jeff Jarrett came out and he didn't look all that happy either as he would push the camera guy out of the way, entering the ring and yelled at a ring hand to give him a mic.
"Hey Misawa, in case you don't know, I'm Jeff Jarrett and that is my world heavyweight title you hold over your shoulder. Before Bish here names your opponent, I'll just let the cat out of the bag, it's me. For the last seven months I"ve sat on my ass at home with broken legs and broken arms because of what your NWO did to me and it makes me sick. If there's one thing I can't stand is a paper jap champion walking around as if he's the king of the world, my world, Jeff Jarrett's World. So I'm here to tell you right now paper champion, you never beat me for that title and I'm here to take what's rightfully mine back."
"Now Jarett-"
"You can keep quiet Bish because as far as I'm concerned this is nothing more than a common backdoor theif whom hit me with a pearl harbor job. I don't care what it costs, how many hoops I have to jump through, I want my title, that title back in my posession and I want it right now. And if I don't get what I want, I'm going rouge and I'll make everyone's life a living breathing hell because you don't have the balls to do what's right."
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Tiger Mask IV didn't waste any time getting down to the ring, not even giving Jarrett a look as he wanted Misawa, he wanted him in the worst way as he would point right at him though Jarrett spoke out.
"Oh hell no, no, there is no way in hell I'm going to take a step back and have the main event be two guys that can't even speak English. Listen here TigerClaw or MaskedTiger or whatever the hell you call yourself, take your chopsticks and your japanamie music, go play with some children in a ball pit and get the hell out of my ring, you have no claims to that title-"
Tiger Mask would turn and in one swift motion literally took the mic from Jarrett's hand, looking right at Misawa with cold eyes.
"Satoru Sensei would be disgusted seeing his predecessor standing with a gang of evil. You are disgrace to Tiger Mask name and on behalf of all Tiger Mask, I challenge you."
Jarrett was having none of it, already starting to scream as Bish got in the middle of it.
"Alright, it seems that there is a lot of noise and commontion about all of this so I'll tell you what I'll do. Jarrett, you have a legiamate claim to the World Title as per your rematch and Tiger Mask since has challenged Misawa before so I'll tell you what I'll do, in the Main Event tonight, Jeff Jarrett will square off against Tiger Mask IV and the winner is the number one contender to Misawa's World Title."
Bishoff would order everyone to the back as Jarrett was talking his usual jibberish, Tiger Mask warning Misawa, Tiger Mask II that he was coming for him and left the ring, Misawa looking at both competitors with cold eyes and walked off as we prepared for the opening contest of Monday Nitro.
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Sin Cara against Blue Demon Jr and this was the first match in the tournament as the bell would sound. What a hell of a match this was with high flying tactics from Cara and pure wrestling from Blue Demon Jr as it carried on for close to ten minutes, Blue Demon nearly scoring the win in the later half though a quick reversal by Cara right into La Mista forced him to tap out. Cara scored the win and would advance to the next round, rolling out of the ring as Blue Demon was a bit frustrated, pushing the ref aside and made his way to the back.
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Ha, yeah this wasn't going to last long as Matthew Hardy was to square off against the Big Red Monster Kane whom was, well, never in a good mood to begin with as the bell rung. Matthew stood in the center of the ring, closing his eyes and held his hands out yelling out "hit me, hit me for their sins" acting almost as if he were jesus and Kane, well, obligued hitting him with a running boot right to the face. Matt was lucky to get in any offense in this five minutes of hell as Kane literally beat the hell out of him, tossing him to the floor and climbed the top rope, leaping with the flying clothesline catching Matthew whom was already busted open. Kane rammed him hard into the steel post then tossed him back into the ring, Kane starting to climb up as Sid came in from the crowd, hitting Kane against the back and would powerbomb him from the apron right upon the announce table, quickly fleeing through the crowd as the ref was checking on Matthew. The ref would turn, seeing Kane was out cold and wondered what the hell happened but you couldn't call what you couldn't see as he counted to ten, Matthew winning by count out as the fans were irate as Matthew advanced to the next round, leaving ringside with a grin upon his face, almost as if he planned this whole thing and moved to the back, Kane, sitting up and he was even more pissed off, the ref telling him that he lost the match, big mistake as Kane grabbed him by the throat and launched him into the 15th row at ringside, heading to the back.
"Ladies and Gentleman I'm standing here with-"
"The Chosen one Jeff Jarrett peabrain, yeah that's right you're conducting an interview and you're going to do it my way, the Jeff Jarrett way. Ever since I left seven months ago due to injury this place has really gone down the toilet, the fact that Bishoff is even considering me having to work for my rematch is ridiculous, but I'll play by his little rules and feed that kitten I'm facing tonight a good taste of southern justice when I bash his brains into the mat. And after I get done with TigerMask, Misawa, I don't care what you call yourself I'm coming after you with the rage of a thousand men and I'm taking my title back and it's goin' over this shoulder where it rightfully belongs. Now if you'll excuse me I have to prepare for my match, cut back to the ring where I'm sure the Angel's will have a spat over who makes the best brownies."
With that, we cut back to ringside for the next match of Monday Nitro.
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Psycho Sid Vicious made his wa down to the ring and he didn't get at all that far as Kane jumped him from behind, getting the good jump on him and started to kick the crap out of him as refs flew down to stop him to no avail. Kane would slam Sid into the post and moved to the steel barricade, ripping it off the hinge and swung it like a bat, cracking it over Sid's head and back, tossing him into the ring and blasted him with a boot over the face, finishing him off with a Tombstone Piledriver and left the ring. The refs telling him, politely, to get to the back.
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Well this wasn't going to work out as Vader made his way down to the ring, the match was still on as Sid struggled to his feet, telling the ref he was okay, minus the fact he was bleeding from the head as the bell rang. Vader would hit him with an Avalanche in the corner then dropped him with a powerbomb, climbing up the top rope and splashed him with the Vaderbomb......covering for three. Well, Vader advanced to the next round as Sid lay there squashed like a bug, Vader leaving the ring with a yell as Sid slowly rose to his feet, completely freaking out and made his way to the back as we cut to the next match, the final match of the tournament for this week.
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This was going to be a classic as Bret Hart was squaring off with Riki Chosyu of the NWO and this had big fight feel written all over it as Chosyu was the power wrestler of this mix while Bret thank god knew how to take a beating and was able to counter wrestle the best he could. This was not a short match by any stretch of the imagination as they hit the twenty minute mark, Bret able to catch Chosyu off guard with a victory roll and scored the win, advancing, Bret raising his hand in victory and shook Chosyu's hand, leaving ringside as we cut to a video promo.
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After that video package we were pulled in by Lord Alfred Hayes.
"Ladies and Gentleman I am standing here with the current United States Champion John Morrison. First off congradulations on winning your match last night as without a doubt you are the first entrant into World War, you must be elated to find out that Starrcade is taking place in the Los Angeles Memorial Colesium, you're hometown, your thoughts."
"Los Angeles, the City of Angels, my hometown is hosting Starrcade III and I have a one way ticket with just one stop on the way and that's World War, Alfred, I don't care if I have to toss over Satan himself, I am going to Starrcade III as the main event and I am taking that title to the palace of wisdom. Mark my words, John Morrison will have his day and I can't wait."
He would turn his head as he heard some clapping in the background as Alberto Del Rio came on screen, grinning.
"Wonderful speech there Morrison but you seem to forget one small thing, you might have to face me in World War and I might just have to smash your dreams to pieces and the world will have to see Alberto Del Rio in the Main Event at Starrcade. You see, it seems the heads of the NWA finally realized that they need me, Alberto Del Rio and so they have single handedly granted me a spot in World War amigo and it's only one step closer to becoming the Champion of the NWA. You can dream all you want Morrison but the reality is, dreams are for the weak and destiny is unstoppable."
"You know what Del Rio, I'm sick and tired of you walking around here thinking you're gods gift to the world, I'm sick and tired of you claiming to be better than you actually were when you've only been on two pay per views and I'm sick and tired of you. I debuted in a promo with two other guys at Starrcade I and I'm the last man standing, last year I won this very title in a scramble match and this year I am winning that big gold belt and I'm going to wrap it around this sexy waist of mine and the only thing destined for you, is sour grapes and an ass kicking."
"Try me Morrison and I will put you down like a run over perro. Face me tonight and you'll see just how good I really am."
They would face off, Del Rio winking at him and walked off as Morrison would lower his glasses and walked off, oh, the match was on alright and it was going to happen later that evening.
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Huge Fatal Four Way match here seeing Serena, Maryse, Eve and Vampriss in action, all four of them not in the best of moods as they would battle it out, Serena being the more hardcore of the four while Maryse kept to a hit and run tactic, Eve was the punching bag and Vampriss kept her ring dominance. The match carried out with Serena and Lea dominating most of the match until they got into a tossle, Serena nearly scoring the win though Vampriss was sneaky, dropping her with the Axe Guillotine Driver and scored the victory. She licked her lips, rolling out of the ring, not wanting to spend anymore time than she had to in there, looking up at the Starrcade Banner with a grin, heading to the back; where Tiger Mask was preparing for his match up later that night, slipping his gear on as he turned around and looked into the camera and walked off, he obviously was ready for war.
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Semi Main event here with Alberto Del Rio squaring off against John Morrison and yes, the United States Championship was on the line. Morrison was actually the aggressor in this match with Del Rio fighting a bit defensive though he wasn't afraid to hit the heavy offense when he had the chance. Del Rio would mix it up with submission locks while Morrison kept to his high risk high reward game, nearly scoring the win on several occasions, though Del Rio was tougher than he looked. Morrison nearly caught Del Rio in the moonlight drive but was countered and tossed to the floor. Morrison rose to his feet and grabbed Del Rio's feet, dragging him to the floor and started with a slugfest, Morrison dropkicking Del Rio over the steps as he went to make his way inside when Rodriquez grabbed a hold of his ankle preventing him. Morrison kicked him off as he turned to the ring, taking the running ensiguri by Del Rio as he fell and hit the apron then the floor, the ref, forced to count as he hit ten. Del Rio would grin as he had just defeated John Morrison, the title wouldn't change but god only knew what he was going to brag about now as he would roll out of the ring, waving at Morrison and winked at him, heading to the back as we cut to Bobby and Todd.
"Well it's time for the Main Event folks, Jeff Jarrett against Tiger Mask IV, the winner gets a shot at Misawa, one in an act of vengeance and the other of revenge, Bobby, your take?"
"Jeff Jarrett is probably the better techniqual wrestler out of the two though Hello Kitty IV has speed on his size. To be honest whomever wins is going to have to face a mountain of a man in Misawa though when it comes to a mental edge I guess, give it to Hello Kitty."
"His name is Tiger Mask Bobby."
"Tiger Mask, Hello Kitty, same thing, he's a Japanese SuperHero whom wears a mask and runs around in his pajamas with underwear on the other side and Jarrett sadly is a Ric Flair never be who wields a guitar, I call it like I see it Todd."
"You're impossible sometimes Bobby."
"Thank you, I work at it."
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Jarrett and Mask were in the ring, moving around slowly as Jarrett would push him around a bit, making sport of him then slapped him over the head, though Tiger Mask caught him with a wheel kick to the face, taking exception to that slap and knocked him to the corner starting to fight back, tossing Jarrett to the floor then followed up with a TgerPlauncha crashing down below. Tiger would punch to his head, not taking any crap from Jarrett and tossed him into the ring though took a hard knee to the face then a DDT, nearly losing right there. Jarrett would continue to beat away upon him, starting to wrestle Tiger Mask to the mat though he fought back, able to slide out of a grapple and caught Jarrett with a german suplex, following up with heavy combinations as Jarrett rolled to the floor to rethink strategy.
After a moment Jarrett would re enter the ring and started up again, getting the best of TigerMask and started to wrestle him down again, locking him in submission locks though Tiger refused to give in, in fact he refused to stay down for long as he found a way out and countered with a slam or a kick, starting a rally though one small miscalculation caused him to hit the rope, Jarrett taking full advantage and nearly scored the win there. Jarrett would hit a barrage of elbows and knee drops, keeping Tiger Mask off his feet the best he could and slammed him down though found out why he was not known for hitting the top rope as he crashed and burned on the mat, TigerMask starting to rally back, Jarrett out of the loop as he nearly lost the match but his foot caught the rope, rolling to the floor.
TigerMask went after him but that proved to be fatal as he took a gouge to the eye and rammed to the steps as Jarrett rammed his knee into his face with the stairs as well, tossing him inside and continued to do the work on him, actually starting to impress the crowd hitting high angle shoulderblocks and slams though TigerMask still refused to give in, kicking out each time as he started to fight back, avoiding being hit by The Stroke and dropped Jarrett with three insucession TigerSuplexes, letting go on the third and covered only for two. He pushed Jarrett to the corner as he complained about his eye, getting a cheap shot into TigerMask whom fought back, coming in for a splash though Jarrett pulled the ref in, causing him to take the bump on 'accident', Jarrett then dropped Tiger with a flapjack into the corner.
Jarrett would swear a bit that the ref was down....granted he pulled him into the spot and went for the figure four leglock though TigerMask kicked him off right to the floor. Tiger went to help the ref, asking if he was okay and turned around and was blasted over the head with the guitar, Jarrett slapping the ref to get up and covered, 1-2, NO. TigerMask kicked out and Jarrett was pissed, heading to the floor and grabbed a steel chair, sliding inside and charged in though Tiger dropkicked the chair right in his face and dropped him with the TigerDriver, covering, 1-2-3.
TigerMask IV got the win as he rose up, hearing the roar of the crowd as Jarrett would retreat to the back. TigerMask punched his ticket for the World Heavyweight Champion at World War and he wanted more than just his title, he wanted him as a whole and finish the job he didn't get to months ago. He would point to all those wearing Tiger Mask's in support, turning his head and saw Misawa standing on the stage, watching him with a slight grin. They would stare off from the points they were at, three weeks and these two would clash and we still had 8 more men to fight in the tournament but we would have to wait as the show would fade to black.
Week 2
Talk about buzz, just mere seconds after the Main Event of last week news from Japan were that everyone was in full support and banner ads were hitting youtube and the air waves. A dream match for the ages as Tiger Mask II would face off agaisnt Tiger Mask IV and the fans were in fully support for Tiger Mask IV and it was obvious with all the Tiger Mask signs and masks filling the arena but we had to press past that as Nitro would open up with the continuance of the Tournament.
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Hell of an opening bout with Macho Man Randy Savage against Tully Blanchard and Savage looked ready for war as they woudl battle it out and damn did they put on one hell of a clinic tonight, whomever had to wrestle after these two had their work cut out for them as it carried out to fifteen minutes, Tully trying for the figure four though Savage had it scouted, pulling him in for a small package and scored the win, earning his spot to the next round, raising his fist and fingers in the air to a loud crowd pop but we still had more matches to go before we could even get close to predictions.
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Wow, talk about having to follow up as Hirooki Gotoh had to fend off against Ric Flair and if anyone remembered War Games, it was easy to see there was still a LOT of tension as these two had actually a wrestling classic, Gotoh proving his wrestling prowless and avoided the figure four at all costs though didn't realize just how crafty the 16 Time World Champion really was as Flair was able to catch him in a school boy roll up for the victory. Flair rose his hand up, grinning with a woo to the crowd, why not make number 35 as he would strut his way up the ramp.
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Wow look at this match right here as Chris Benoit would face off against Masahiro Chono and everyone knew this was going to be stiff to say the least. Benoit was the submission expert while Chono kept to his wrestling game, within moments both of these guys had red chests, the ring almost begging them to stop from all the stiff shots as Benoit caught Chono in the crippler crossface though couldn't lock it in, Chono able to fight out, coming off the rope in the later half and blasted Benoit over the face with the Yakuza Kick and scored the win. He yelled out to the crowd and pointed at the Starrcade Banner..wait..did that mean he was coming for the World Title? We would have to assume so as cameras caught up to the back where TigerMask was in Bishoff's office.
"Alright Tiger the contract has been signed between you and Misawa at World War, now I suggest that you go train, rest up and do what you have to because I don't want anything screwing up my main event. Oh..and you have a guest."
Tiger Mask turned around and was staring into the eyes of The Original Tiger Mask, Satouru Sayama was standing right in front of him. Tiger Mask IV was stunned as his sensei whom trained him in the past, sent him to mexico and hand picked him to be Tiger Mask IV in the first place said only three words.
"Back...to basics."
With that, Tiger Mask would nod and left screen with Sayama following, it seemed that...Tiger Mask IV was about to receieve or re receive training from the Master of all Tiger Mask. Talk about an edge right there was we would cut back to ringside for the final first round match of the tournament.
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Great Koji squaring off against Justin Gabriel, an odd mix to say the least but the match was on. Gabriel had been slipping slightly since losing the Cruiserweight Title but he still had his meaness to him while Koji was highly submissive in his attacks, doing what he could to wear and work Gabriel down. The match carried out as both of them started to get rather high risk, flying over the ropes and top ropes even for added damage where Koji tried to apply the Kojiclutch though it was blocked, Gabriel pushing him off the ropes and almost caught the Goodnyte though missed, Koji trying for a spinkick though Gabriel dodged, trying for a counter himself when he was nailed in the face and sent to the corner. Koji would set him on top, looking for a super hurricanrana though Gabriel held on, Koji crashing and burning as Gabriel hit the 450 Splash and got the win. Great win there for Gabriel as he rolled out of the ring, holding his ribs as that match took a lot out of him it seemed, just glad to be in the next round which would continue next week.
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"Ladies and Gentleman I'm standing here with Alberto Del Rio. Now Del Rio last week you made your return to Nitro and said you are in the World War Match can you tell us how you got in?"
"Oh you see that is quite simple, it's because the NWA needs Alberto Del Rio and after they saw how bad War Games was without me they literally BEGGED me to come back and gave me a number. I mean, I defeated all of the champions here on Nitro so I should be the Champion of the Earth, but no, they decide to relish me in some silly match with a lottery number which is okay, it just means that I'll defeat all 34 other men in one night and go to Starrcade to become World Heavyweight Champion."
"Also, there has been some rumors tha you were going to WWF to respond to The Rock's challenge, any word on those rumors?"
"The who? The Rock? The man whom cant' decide if he wants to suck at wrestling or suck at acting? No I have no responce for him because while he's getting beaten by an indy wanna be AJ Styles I'm defeating current champions and making the ratings spike. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to prepare for my match tonight, you see, just to prove how great I am, I'm going to defeat someone that The Rock has never been able to defeat...tonight, I'm going to defeat...Goldberg."
Del Rio would walk off, was he serious? He was challenging Goldberg tonight in a match? Was this career suicide or did he have something else in store?
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One hell of an Angel's match here as Lita, MsChif, Natalya and Manami Toyota were in a fatal fourway. Hmm, they had one last week as well, seemed there was a plan in motion as they went to war. MsChif and Lita were deffinately the risk takers while Natalya and Manami wrestled the shit out of them, quite the contrast in style as they would mix and mesh, the match itself carrying on for close to twenty minutes with so much action no one was able to pick a winner in this tossle as it carried on, Lita setting up for the Litasault and splashed down hard upon Toyota though she was tossed hard to the floor by Natalya whom went to lock in the Sharpshooter though when she ducked she was caught RIGHT in the Code Green by MsChif whom scored the victory. She rose her hands in victory, pointing to the Starrcade Banner, she was going to make her way to that event come hell or high water as she rolled out of the ring, having high hopes indeed.
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World War was deffinately taking shape as Beth Phoenix had been watching the women's matches intently, when asked about whom she would be facing at Starrcade she honestly said she could care less as at World War we would hold the 2nd Annual Angel's Battle Royal, a mini World War mind you featuring the women of the NWA with the last woman standing to be crowned number one contender, plus, this gave Phoenix a chance to scout her future opponents, grinning a bit as she walked away from the screen.
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The DiBiase's would sqaure off against the Hart Dynasty in a tag bout. Dynasty indeed had the advantage or at least the speed on their side and with Natalya in their corner, Maryse was kept at bay, granted it didn't stop them from mixing it up on the floor for a while. After the ref ejected them from the match it gave the DiBiase's a chance to fight back, cheating mind you and had the match well in hand, even though Dynasty fought back, the DiBiase's were able to cheat their way to victory, laughing it up as Ted Jr. got on the mic.
"It's just that easy folks, when you put youth and experience together you create a team that is unstoppable. Chono, Mutoh, we know you're all banged up from War Games but here's the thing, we're tired of waiting and tired of beating mediocre tag teams, we want our shot at the tag team titles-"
Before he could finish that statement he was jumped from behind by Cody Rhodes whom started to beat the hell out of him. Ted Sr. would pull him off, giving his son a chance to fight back as it was a two on one assault as they started to put the heavy on him.
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The cavalry arrived as Goldust flew down to the ring with the save, taking out Ted Sr. while Cody fought back against Jr., kicking both of them out of the ring as they made a hastey retreat. Cody and Goldust would look at each other and it almost seemed to click for Cody right there as the two brothers were reunited, officially now as one as they turned, now having a common enemy in the DiBiase's as Cody took a hold of the mic.
"Hey...DiBiase and Suck Off....you think you can get away doing what you're doing at our expense? Oh no. I just got word from Eric Bishoff not five minutes ago that this Saturday, the NWA is bringing back it's Wrestling Block....and in the Main Event, it'll be you two against me and my brother, but it's not just an ordinary tag match....Dust...tell em."
"Oooo sweet brother, how your pain only bring fire to my loins as we team up and face the DiBiase's in a match of total carnage, pain, agony and pain. We'll see you in six days, No Holds Barred."
Wow what a match made as they would protest though knew the kind of minds the Rhodes Brothers had, they were probably in some deep trouble here as they would head to the back where Kevin Kelly was with Eric Bishoff.
"Major announcement here folks I'm standing here with Eric Bishoff could you tell us more about this huge event occuring?"
"Well since I have taken control things have been a bit crazy especially with the NWO running amoke, but thanks to the Horseman and myself taking them out finally we have our Saturday Night Prime Time Slot open as we relaunch it with NWA's Main Event. Not only are you going to see that epic tag match take place but we will also see Psycho Sid rematch.....The Big Red Machine Kane. A special six angel bout featuring MsChif, Vampriss, Natalya, Maryse, Serena, and Lita. And in our Main Event, a match that was touted as the match of the night two weeks ago we will see in non title defenses, Ultimo Dragon against John Morrison. I hope to see all of you there as we relaunch NWA Main Event."
Wow talk about a line up indeed right there, five huge matches for the relaunch of the Saturday Night Block as a video package would show some highlights of the last Saturday Night Wrestling which was actually the debute of Bret Hart, lord only knew what else might be planned but everyone would have to wait as we, well, prepared for the Main Event Match of Monday Nitro.
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"My name...My name, unlike the The Rock who needs a catchphrase to get over, Is Alberto Del RIO! But you already knew that. So, I come to the arena tonight to grace all of my people, my fans, mi familia with the challenge of the century but alas there is but one small problemo, Senor Goldberg unfortunately...was having some....airplane problems and couldn't make it tonight. So therefore, by forfit, I defeated Goldberg a man, whom The Rock couldn't beat, so I'll just add his name to the list. So now, that I don't have a contender I am going to have the Del Rio Open Challenge tonight, I will fight the first one to walk out through that curtain and unlike Chris Jericho whom last week lost to a 90 lb pendeho whom can't keep hold of his tag team title any longer than he can his woman, I will defeat whomever comes out from that curtain, so come on, anyone have the cajones to face me, step right up but I assure you-"
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John Morrison came down to the ring, sliding inside as Del Rio rolled to the floor, telling everyone that he already defeated him last week and he didn't want to soil his hands with failure as Morrison took a mic.
"Hey...Del Rio, you said you wanted to fight someone, here I am. Come on Del Rio, show me and the world that you have the balls to fight a real contender. Hell, you can even bring your rent an announcer Amarndo Estrada rip off in as well. Lets go Del Rio come on! Be a man for once in your life and not some border hoping chollo and prove to these people you're not a one hit wonder."
No matter what Morrison said, Del Rio would laugh at him and started to head to the back, Morrison fighting back.
"Yeah that's it Del Rio, go ahead and run because god only knows that if you did I would tattoo my foot on the side of your ass on a one way ticket back to Tiaquanna. Come on you Eddie Guerrero never be, lets go, or do I need to remind all these people that you used to perform in the now defuct Dragon Gate USA-"
Oh Del Rio had enough of that as he flew down to the ring and started to fight Morrison, a ref forcing the break up to officialy start the match as we were on. Morrison compared to last week was very aggressive not just with high calibur offense but also with his strikes and wrestling game, a fire was lit under his ass and it was easy to see, granted Del Rio still kept cool and was able to counter when he could, seeming to play on Morrison's emotions. Del Rio took control after a few miscalculations from Morrison. Del Rio would yell out that he defeated four champions all by himself and pointed to the Starrcade Banner saying he was going to main event, getting the best of Morrison though in the later half Morrison would strike back, nearly kicking the teeth out of Del Rio's mouth and went for the finish though surprise surprise Ricardo got involved, preventing Morrison whom took his liberty with him and dragged him into the ring then delivered a Nitroblast that sent him back to Mexico as he rolled to the floor.
This gave Del Rio a chance to strike back, nearling locking in the cross arm breaker though Morrison weasled out, coming at him though dropped again by Del Rio whom rolled to the floor, grabbing a hold of the US Title and would enter the ring with it, begging him to get up as he pushed the ref aside, charging in though Morrison ducked and caught Del Rio with a flying chuck right in the face, the title going flying out of his hands, Morrison going for the cover though he was hit over the head by Ricardo whom used the title as a weapon, the match getting tossed out as Del Rio and Rodriquez went to work on Morrison. They would continue to punch and beat at him, Rodriquez holding him up as Del Rio came in with the title, swinging for the fences though Morrison dodged, Rodriquez taking the hit as Del Rio slid out of the ring, Morrison nearly getting his hands on him as this fued was only just tipping.
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"Okay hold on you two, it obvious you guys want each others heads but there always seems to be some kind of shenanigans, so therefore I am going to make a match right here, right now. Next week in the main event of Monday Nitro, for the United States Championship it'll be Alberto Del Rio against John Morrison....in a 20 foot high steel cage."
What an announcement and what a Nitro already planned for next week as well as the semi finals of the tournament and lets not forget with only two weeks away, whom was going to win, so much action and drama as the show would fade to black.
NWA Main Event Results
The DiBiases and Rhodes started the show with a heavy no holds barred match that surely made both teams look deadly while Cody and Ted Jr. stole the show as the action spilled into the crowd and later to the back. With a bit of help from Maryse, The DiBiases were able to make a get away in their limo leaving the Rhodes' Stranded though won by default.
Kane and Sid would have their rematch however it didn't start in the ring, it started in the back that eventually made it's way to the ring and screw the rules, chairs and tables were used in the war. With Serena, Hardy and Blue Demon coming in for the assist they were able to edge Kane out though sitting up afterwards, Kane went on an all out assault taking out Blue Demon and Serena while Sid and Hardy backtracked.
Lita, MsChif, Natalya, Toyota (replaceing Mayrse), Vampriss and newly replaced due to injury, Melina took her place. The bout of Angel's took close to fifteen full minutes with of all people Natalya actually scoring the win out of all of them.
Prior to the main event Jeff Jarrett was preaching that the NWA since his departure had turned into nothing more than a place to work for minorities where Japanese and Mexicans ruled and real American wrestlers, just like in America, got screwed out of the deal, eventually he was taken down by a returning Patriot whom caught him with a spear and sent him packing.
And in the Main Event John Morrison went against Ultimo Dragon and sure enough this was a rematch for the ages. They had wowed the crowd in a mere 35 minute bout that set a new standard for any Cruiserweight or United States Champion and just like their match at War Games, this one stole the show as in the end it was John Morrison whom again was able to score the victory, a mutual handshake ensued which closed the relaunch of NWA Main Event.
Week 3
"Good Evening Nitro Fans I'm Eric Bishoff, General Manager of the NWA. Last week I booked a match featuring Del Rio against John Morrison in a steel cage, however over the weekend, Mr. Del Rio had caught a severe staph infection and due to doctors orders is forced to remain at home to recover. However this does change the Main Event I had set for tonight, so therefore we're going to change things up. Seeing as how, the tag team champions did not defend their titles at the last Pay Per View, they will be at World War. So Tonight we're going to have a four corner tag team bout featuring Hart Dynasty, The DiBiase's, The Rhodes Brothers, and The Andersons. Ladies and Gentleman, welcome, to Monday Nitro."
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Vader squaring off against Bret The Hitman Hart, this was going to be on hell of a bout. Bret knew size and strength went to Vader so he had to stick to a counter game if anything, granted speed was just barely upon his side. Vader used his high calibur offense and was easily able to overpower Bret, taking him down in the later half. What was surprising is usually the longer the match went would favor Bret, in this case, it just made Vader all that much more stronger though the Hitman was crafty, striking when he could and made sure it counted, getting Vader on his back and dropped him with an elbow, trying for a sharpshooter which was a big mistake, a haymaker to the face broke that up giving Vader a huge advantage and put the heavy on Bret. Vader dropped him with a powerbomb and climbed up for the Vaderbomb and missed, Bret dropping him with a clothesline from the top rope, coming off the rope with a sunset flip and with a bit of leverage got Vader down, trying for a thez press though Vader pushed him off, swinging with a clothesline as Bret caught him with a school boy though Vader blocked, pulling him up by the throat and tossed him to the corner, charging in for the Avalanche but missed, Bret getting on his shoulders for a victory roll....for three.
Bret Hart was the first finalist in the tournament as he rose his hand up in victory, giving Vader a handshake in appreciate for the bout as he rolled out of the ring, Bret taking a moment to celebrate, looking a bit exhausted especially after a twenty minute match which kicked off Nitro but we still had three more tournament matches to go.
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Matt Hardy against Sin Cara and it was obvious whom the fans were behind on this one, Cara giving up the weight advantage but had the speed for sure. Cara kept quick against Matthew whom had no problem using his strength and craft against him, slowly getting a bit of the advantage on Cara, tossing him around and even took it to the floor a bit, dropping him over the railing and the stairs though Cara would persist on. Dispite being locked in submission locks and holds, Cara found a way to break out and started to rally back against Matthew, almost scoring the win but he had great ring presence, his foot or hand catching the rope or he just had the weight advantage and kicked out. Cara began a hit and run tactic, keeping up the pace and caught Matthew in a sickening DDT, climbing the top rope and caught the cross body, looking for the Final Sin and dropped him, covering but Serena luckily got his foot on the rope.
The ref argued at her and nearly tossed the match but she argued back with him as Cara went back to work on Mathew whom proceeded to take Cara down, dropping him down with the Twist of Hate, covering though Cara was able to just barely get his foot on the rope dispite Serena yelling out. Matthew pulled him up and went back to work though Cara came to life, catching him with high flying tactics and caught him with La Mistca, locking it in tightly, Matthew forced to start tapping...but again the ref was distracted by Serena whom was on the apron. Dammit why did it have to be like this as Cara let go of the hold and dropped Serena down with a dropkick, taking his eyes off the prize as Matthew went for the Twist of Hate but Cara flipped back, catching him with a dropkick to the corner then a dropsault to the face, hitting him over the head but Matthew dropped him to the floor. Cara held onto the apron and kicked him back, looking to reeneter though Serena grabbed his foot, the ref ejecting her out of the match as Cara leapt into the ring though Matthew caught him in mid air with a Side Effect covering.....for three.
Oh the fans were pissed off to say the least, Matthew had cheated to win this one as he would raise his hand up, turning Cara over and would start to pull his mask from his head but he didn't get too far as Evan Bourne flew down to the ring, kicking the crap out of him and clotheslined him to the floor. Bourne was back from injury as he helped Cara to his feet but the damage was already done as Mathew was now the second finalist in the tournament as he would head to the back as Nitro cut to a break.
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Right after the promotion for Starrcade we are given exclusive footage of Tiger Mask IV in training, hitting a bag, running around the ring, fighting wrestlers in the ring and being twisted and contorted by Sayama whom was training the hell out of him, even a clip of Tiger Mask watching some of Misawa's matches as he was being told to study and train, the only clear english word being heard was 'one thousand laps' as we cut to Kevin Kelly.
"Ladies and Gentleman I'm standing here with John Morrison. Now tonight you were supposed to go up against Alberto Del Rio but he called in sick though World War is just two weeks away and many are asking how do you feel going in?"
"Well first off I'm sadened to hear that Del Rio isn't here to get the ass kicking that's long overdue for him and-"
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"Hola, I'm Alberto Del Rio and unfortunately, I have down with a horrible illness this week and I just couldn't bear to not grace you people with my lovely face and words. The doctors have told me to stay home and rest and unlike The Rock whom just like any other black man would lie to you and steal your tv, Alberto Del Rio prides himself on doing everything on his own, so for that I will remain at home, resting. Now, unlike that perro John Morrison whom is going to talk about how grand his trip to World War is going to be and he'll sign autographs for all the ninos the truth is, everything he says is all but a lie. You'll find out soon enough that your hero is nothing more than just another hasbeen HBK want a be that'll never come to be. I promise all my fans that I will see them in two weeks at World War where I will win it for the people of the world and be your new World Champion. Also if you go to NWA.com you can purchase the new Del Rio T-Shirt with all of the people I have defeated on the back and yes, Goldberg and The Rock are on there as well. Me encanta todo de ti y te veré muy pronto
We came back after that and it was official that Del Rio's promo actually cut OVER John Morrison's and once he found out, he was, well, now not in the best of moods as they would restart, though Morrison had other ideas.
"I'm going to make this short and sweet, Del Rio, get well soon, because when you do get back, I'm going to send your ass on a Moonlight Drive back to the immigration compound where you belong."
Morrison walked off as we went back to ringside.
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Justin Gabriel against Masahiro Chono, damn was this not looking good for Gabriel but he was going to do his dambdest against the badass Chono. Moving around the ring he knew outwrestling him was a mistake so he stuck with his strikes though Chono wasn't going to be fooled easily, taking Gabriel down with his wrestling holds. Gabriel fought back, kicking out when he needed and started to try the submission game upon Chono, starting to wear him down a bit, at least able to do a bit of damage upon him and got him to the floor. Chono was calm however, knowing how to play this game very well and once re entering started to turn the tides on Gabriel, hitting him with heavy offense. Gabriel looked almost out of the woodworks but started to striek back with hard and heavy knee strikes, trying for a win though Chono again slid to the floor.
Gabriel went after him, crashing into him and tossed him back inside, coming off the rope with a hard kick the jaw that nearly knocked Chono out cold but he was tough for a reason, Gabriel making it to his feet and came at him with a vicious kick, starting to turn the tides and Chono and was somehow in a few moments there after caught him in Purgatory but Chono, somehow was able to break free, coming off the rope though was dropped again by Gabriel whom was using his speed and counter game to outwit him, catching him with the Goodnyte and climbed the top rope, leaping for the 450 but missed, Chono coming off the far end blasted him with the Yakuza kick, covering for the three.
Chono rose up with a grin, advancing to the next round as Gabriel lay flat, giving it one hell of an effort, Chono exiting up the ramp rubbing his jaw some, some of those kicks seemed to get the best of him, yelling at some of the fans to pipe down as he left ringside. We move to Bishoff's office where Jarrett was going crazy.
"This place has turned into a friggin depot of immigrants since I left. Mexicans and Japs runnin' the place and yet you force me to work for my rematch? This isn't right Bish and you know it, you've grown soft since I've left allowing them to just run amoke, you should have fired all of them so we can get back to real wrestling, the way it should be. Look I'm no racist but they didn't do a dammed thing to earn my title, it was stolen from me and you haven't done a thing to rectify it. Hell you haven't even offered to give me a spot in World War, when in the hell did this place become Anti Jarrett when you, the world and jesus himself knows I'm the Gem of this whole dammed company and I'm getting sick and tired of-"
"ENOUGH! Jarrett I hear your list of demands and believe me I would be angry and upset myself but I have a set of rules and guidelines to follow here. You were injured and forced to surrender the title, furthermore you helped orchastrate the mere termination of Misawa so you can get the belt for yourself, so your plan backfired and you want me to just, pretend none of that happened seven months ago. I'm in a position of power yes but I'm not about to lose my job because your plan screwed up. I'm sorry Jarrett my hands are tied."
"Tied my ass, you know what, it's a dammed shame when someone with as much balls as you nuetered by a bunch of yellow bastards."
"Alright you know what Jarrett that's enough, I've heard all I can from you tonight and you know there's a lot of guys that haven't complained one bit since this whole damn thing happened and tonight you're going to wrestle one of them, one of the heavy favorites into World War, John Morrison."
Jarrett would growl some, pushing his way through the door not happy about that decision as we cut back to ringside for the next match and final second round bout of the tournament.
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If Ric Flair and Savage NEVER had their bout at Wrestlemania, they just had it here with Flair and Savage, stealing, owning, repackaging and reselling the entire show as Savage kept to his high flying counter game while Flair stuck to his grounded style with reversals and never say die attitude. Savage and Flair lit up the crowd, put them to bed and woke them back up as this was strictly wrestling at it's very best as the commercials just refused to interrupt this in ring classic with half the crowd for Flair and the other half for Savage, it wasn't that neither of them WEREN'T going to be in World War but having that final slot meant just that much more as it started to get dirty with eye gouges, headbutts and tight pulling, neither man above or below it.
Savage in the later half started to out punch Flair, using his speed to work him down and went for the flying elbow but missed, Flair quickly applying the figure four as Savage would try his best to fight out of it, being stuck within the hold for three whole minutes, the crowd going absolutely crazy over it as Savage weasled his way over to the ropes to break free, Flair continuing to do the damage to Savage's knee and tried for the win though Savage continued to fight back dispite the knee killing him, Roberts announcing that they hit the 30 minute mark, the fans going friggin crazy with 'this is awesome' chants, Savage and Flair calling each other one as they got into a slugfest. Savage won the exchange and started to dish out the heavy offense to Flair while Ric did his signature Flair falls, backing away with his hands in the air and of course, turned the tides. Flair looked for the win with a german suplex, a back suplex, an inside craddle but it didn't work while Savage tried an Oklahoma Roll, jackknife pin and a school boy but Flair fought out, both of them getting in a chop/punch fest with the fans going "Ooo" and "Wooo" with each hit, Savage winning the exchange, tossing Flair to the ropes and came off himself, catching him with a sunset flip though Flair blocked, hooking the legs and came down for three.
Ric Flair advanced to the Finals, raising his arms up, sweat running down his face and body as it was announced the match went on for 32 minutes, shaking the hand of Randy Savage as he left the ring in typical Flair fashion, exhausted from the bout as Savage was dejected but got a standing ovation for all that hard work, heading to the back.
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John Morrisos against Jeff Jarrett and neither man was in the best of moods as the match went on, Morrison wowing the crowd as always while Jarrett stuck to his wrestling game, actually able to wrestle him down to the mat though Morrison wouldn't stay down for long, getting back at him as Jarrett went to the floor. After repeating this process three times, Jomo had enough and went after him, tossing him into the ring but was punted in the head, Jarrett starting to fight rather aggressively, taking Jomo down. Morrison took a few moments but he started to rally back, almost catching the win with a Nitroblast though Jarrett rolled to the floor and said 'Screw this" and started to leave, Morrison daring him back into the ring until he was hit from behind with his US Title....from Alberto Del Rio. The ref threw the match out as Del Rio started to beat the crap out of him and locked in the CrossArm Breaker, latching it on tightly as Morrison yelled out in pain. After a moment or so, Del Rio would rise up, grinning at him as he took a mic.
"Lets see you climb a cage now pendeho with a broken arm. Next time you call out Alberto Del Rio, prepare to suffer pain like you've never suffered before. I "nos veremos la próxima semana cuando Morrison destrozar sus sueños en pedazos y marcho a mi manera de Starrcade."
Del Rio would leave the ring, winking at him and started to leave the ring, hearing the fans yell at him as he took a John Morrison poster, sighing his own name to it and started to leave, Morrison holding his arm in pain as cameras would catch up to Del Rio whom was in the parking lot, getting into his limo telling his driver to step on it however Bishoff stopped him just in time.
"Whoa whoa Del Rio hold on, I'm not letting you get away that easy. It seems that you're free and clear to wrestle after what I just saw. So, your match against John Morrison is on and it'll take place Next week on Monday Nitro."
"Ah who cares, John Morrison is a flea to my fire he will be crushed by the Del Rio fury."
"That is if you, have any fury left because on Saturday Night you have the Main Event match and unfortunately for you...it's against Goldberg, see you Saturday."
Del Rio would curse out in spanish, slamming the door shut as the car would speed off as we prepared for our Main Event of the evening.
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The Andersons, The Rhodes, The Dibiases and Hart Dynasty, the winners of the bout would get a shot at the tag team titles at World War, dispite if the tag champions were or were not entered into the match itself. It was clear to see that there was NO love loss with the Rhodes and DiBiases and once they were in the match it became a stiff bout of slaps, kicks and slams, both of them wanted the others heads on a platter. Once Dynasty was tagged in they would use the techniqual prowess and speed to outshine both of them, seeming to work as a well oiled machine, taking them down with ease until The Anderson's got involved, having power and technique it was a deadly combination, needless to say, no one was safe. The match would carry on and later would degenerate as Cody and Ted would screw the match and just went to the floor and started to brawl, taking it to the back and god knew where else leaving Dynasty and The Andersons alone and boy was this one hell of a bout. Even though Dynasty was over powered and didn't have the experience value, they fought The Andersons tooth and nail, nearly scoring the win with the Hart Attack but they found out exactly why they were known as 'Horseman' as they were slammed down with double Spinebusters as the Anderson's Scored the win. Reguardless of whether Chono and Mutoh were in World War, now they were going to have to face the very team they took the titles from and they way it was looking, currently for the NWO or the remains of it, it seemed it was time to change the guard as the show would begin to fade....to black.
Main Event Results
Wanting some retribution from last week, Jeff Jarrett would battle The Patriot in a quick five minute bout that saw Patriot win by DQ as Jarrett bashed him over the head with the guitar.
It seemed the NWO was in the doghouse as Inoki was seen, yelling at them that he was going to start handing out pink slips if they didn't start winning matches, forcing Ultimo Dragon to wrestle later in the evening against Psicosis.
Justin Gabriel and Taka Michonoku would have a solid match with Gabriel sticking to his submission game, however in a shocking twist, Taka was able to kick Gabriel in the face with a stiff kick and actually knocked the former Cruiserweight Champion out, a complete 'ooh' falling over the crowd as the King of KO was just knocked out, Taka leaving with a grin upon his face.
A Video Package was shown of Misawa and Tiger Mask IV, both of them training in various ways not just in a gym but also by climbing mountains, swimming the ocean, doing martial arts and forced to take abuse as part of their conditioning, each of them saying to the camera they were going to win.
The Angels had a toss up indeed with Lita, Natalya, MsChif, Melina, Vampriss, Maryse, Toyota, Eve and a recovered Serena fighting for top dog of the night. With so much action to call it was easy to see all of them wanted a shot as Beth Phoenix's title whom had a front row seat during the fight though in the end, it was the pillar of the Angels, Lita, scoring the win over Serena to score the win, cutting a quick promo stating she was coming for her title and wanted it back at Starrcade.
Ultimo Dragon would have his match against Psicosis and this bout stole the entire show of Main Event Wrestling as these two men lit up the crowd and proved that this is what Cruiserweight Wrestling was all about. On several occasions Psicosis had the win but Dragon was able to slide or kick out at every turn as in the end Ultimo Dragon had scored the win, making to leave the ring when Inoki ordered him to finish Psicosis off to which reluctantly, Dragon would with another Asai DDT, Inoki pleased at him and walked with him to the back.
And in the Main Event, dispite Del Rio complaining that the airline food was terrible, the stuwardess neglected to give him a foot rub and when he got to the arena someone took his parking spot, he made it with time to spare, wearing a new T-Shirt with the names of all the people he had beaten and yes, it was a long list in size ten font, as he went one on one with, yes you guessed it, Goldberg whom was, well, not in the best of moods after hearing about what Del Rio 'did' to him on Nitro last week. In a match that could be described as a beatdown from downtown, Goldberg literally destroyed Del Rio whom hung in there the best he could, nearly getting his ribs broken though thank god Rodriquez made a save or two, Goldberg being tricked to the outside as Del Rio went to make a hasty retreat, though John Morrison stopped him on the apron and tackled him to the floor, the ref tossing out the match in Del Rio's favor. Morrison would continue to beat upon Del Rio whom started to pull away, right in the sites of Goldberg but he dodged, Morrison taking the rib breaking spear on accident as Del Rio fled through the crowd, yelling to the world that 'I beat you' and headed off to Monday Nitro where he would finish Morrison off for good as Main Event Wrestling would come to a close.
The Fallout of War Games was heard all around the world, Beth Phoenix retaining, The Horseman winning and Misawa defeating Goldberg was really starting to turn heads as everyone knew what the next Pay Per View was, the question, whom was going to win the epic event to face off against the Current Champion, even better question, whom would Misawa be facing at the Pay Per View, so many questions left unanswered but hopefully soon we would get our results.
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"Welcome to Monday Nitro," Bishoff spoke "Last night was such a hell of an event that I don't even know what match took the show, but needless to say there is some business to attend to. It is official that next month is World War and 35 men will be entering for a chance to face the champion at Starrcade and I will get to him in just a second. The first entrant into the event won his chance last night, John, Morrison. The rest of the 34 members are going to be looked at VERY carefully as tonight we will start a very special tournament that will take place over the next four weeks. The top four contenders will face off in a fatal four way and the winner gets the last slot in World War. Now Misawa I know you're back there so please, come out."
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Misawa did indeed come out but he was completely banged up, it was easy to see from the way he was walking, looking at Bishoff wondering what this was all about.
"Now Mr. Misawa, over the last seven months you have been tossed into the wolves and have defended that title with every fiber of your being, therefore, I have decided, until the Pay Per View, to rest up because after the war you had with Goldberg, even I wouldn't send you into a match. Now as far as your opponent-"
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The hell, Jeff Jarrett came out and he didn't look all that happy either as he would push the camera guy out of the way, entering the ring and yelled at a ring hand to give him a mic.
"Hey Misawa, in case you don't know, I'm Jeff Jarrett and that is my world heavyweight title you hold over your shoulder. Before Bish here names your opponent, I'll just let the cat out of the bag, it's me. For the last seven months I"ve sat on my ass at home with broken legs and broken arms because of what your NWO did to me and it makes me sick. If there's one thing I can't stand is a paper jap champion walking around as if he's the king of the world, my world, Jeff Jarrett's World. So I'm here to tell you right now paper champion, you never beat me for that title and I'm here to take what's rightfully mine back."
"Now Jarett-"
"You can keep quiet Bish because as far as I'm concerned this is nothing more than a common backdoor theif whom hit me with a pearl harbor job. I don't care what it costs, how many hoops I have to jump through, I want my title, that title back in my posession and I want it right now. And if I don't get what I want, I'm going rouge and I'll make everyone's life a living breathing hell because you don't have the balls to do what's right."
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Tiger Mask IV didn't waste any time getting down to the ring, not even giving Jarrett a look as he wanted Misawa, he wanted him in the worst way as he would point right at him though Jarrett spoke out.
"Oh hell no, no, there is no way in hell I'm going to take a step back and have the main event be two guys that can't even speak English. Listen here TigerClaw or MaskedTiger or whatever the hell you call yourself, take your chopsticks and your japanamie music, go play with some children in a ball pit and get the hell out of my ring, you have no claims to that title-"
Tiger Mask would turn and in one swift motion literally took the mic from Jarrett's hand, looking right at Misawa with cold eyes.
"Satoru Sensei would be disgusted seeing his predecessor standing with a gang of evil. You are disgrace to Tiger Mask name and on behalf of all Tiger Mask, I challenge you."
Jarrett was having none of it, already starting to scream as Bish got in the middle of it.
"Alright, it seems that there is a lot of noise and commontion about all of this so I'll tell you what I'll do. Jarrett, you have a legiamate claim to the World Title as per your rematch and Tiger Mask since has challenged Misawa before so I'll tell you what I'll do, in the Main Event tonight, Jeff Jarrett will square off against Tiger Mask IV and the winner is the number one contender to Misawa's World Title."
Bishoff would order everyone to the back as Jarrett was talking his usual jibberish, Tiger Mask warning Misawa, Tiger Mask II that he was coming for him and left the ring, Misawa looking at both competitors with cold eyes and walked off as we prepared for the opening contest of Monday Nitro.
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Sin Cara against Blue Demon Jr and this was the first match in the tournament as the bell would sound. What a hell of a match this was with high flying tactics from Cara and pure wrestling from Blue Demon Jr as it carried on for close to ten minutes, Blue Demon nearly scoring the win in the later half though a quick reversal by Cara right into La Mista forced him to tap out. Cara scored the win and would advance to the next round, rolling out of the ring as Blue Demon was a bit frustrated, pushing the ref aside and made his way to the back.
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Ha, yeah this wasn't going to last long as Matthew Hardy was to square off against the Big Red Monster Kane whom was, well, never in a good mood to begin with as the bell rung. Matthew stood in the center of the ring, closing his eyes and held his hands out yelling out "hit me, hit me for their sins" acting almost as if he were jesus and Kane, well, obligued hitting him with a running boot right to the face. Matt was lucky to get in any offense in this five minutes of hell as Kane literally beat the hell out of him, tossing him to the floor and climbed the top rope, leaping with the flying clothesline catching Matthew whom was already busted open. Kane rammed him hard into the steel post then tossed him back into the ring, Kane starting to climb up as Sid came in from the crowd, hitting Kane against the back and would powerbomb him from the apron right upon the announce table, quickly fleeing through the crowd as the ref was checking on Matthew. The ref would turn, seeing Kane was out cold and wondered what the hell happened but you couldn't call what you couldn't see as he counted to ten, Matthew winning by count out as the fans were irate as Matthew advanced to the next round, leaving ringside with a grin upon his face, almost as if he planned this whole thing and moved to the back, Kane, sitting up and he was even more pissed off, the ref telling him that he lost the match, big mistake as Kane grabbed him by the throat and launched him into the 15th row at ringside, heading to the back.
"Ladies and Gentleman I'm standing here with-"
"The Chosen one Jeff Jarrett peabrain, yeah that's right you're conducting an interview and you're going to do it my way, the Jeff Jarrett way. Ever since I left seven months ago due to injury this place has really gone down the toilet, the fact that Bishoff is even considering me having to work for my rematch is ridiculous, but I'll play by his little rules and feed that kitten I'm facing tonight a good taste of southern justice when I bash his brains into the mat. And after I get done with TigerMask, Misawa, I don't care what you call yourself I'm coming after you with the rage of a thousand men and I'm taking my title back and it's goin' over this shoulder where it rightfully belongs. Now if you'll excuse me I have to prepare for my match, cut back to the ring where I'm sure the Angel's will have a spat over who makes the best brownies."
With that, we cut back to ringside for the next match of Monday Nitro.
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Psycho Sid Vicious made his wa down to the ring and he didn't get at all that far as Kane jumped him from behind, getting the good jump on him and started to kick the crap out of him as refs flew down to stop him to no avail. Kane would slam Sid into the post and moved to the steel barricade, ripping it off the hinge and swung it like a bat, cracking it over Sid's head and back, tossing him into the ring and blasted him with a boot over the face, finishing him off with a Tombstone Piledriver and left the ring. The refs telling him, politely, to get to the back.
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Well this wasn't going to work out as Vader made his way down to the ring, the match was still on as Sid struggled to his feet, telling the ref he was okay, minus the fact he was bleeding from the head as the bell rang. Vader would hit him with an Avalanche in the corner then dropped him with a powerbomb, climbing up the top rope and splashed him with the Vaderbomb......covering for three. Well, Vader advanced to the next round as Sid lay there squashed like a bug, Vader leaving the ring with a yell as Sid slowly rose to his feet, completely freaking out and made his way to the back as we cut to the next match, the final match of the tournament for this week.
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This was going to be a classic as Bret Hart was squaring off with Riki Chosyu of the NWO and this had big fight feel written all over it as Chosyu was the power wrestler of this mix while Bret thank god knew how to take a beating and was able to counter wrestle the best he could. This was not a short match by any stretch of the imagination as they hit the twenty minute mark, Bret able to catch Chosyu off guard with a victory roll and scored the win, advancing, Bret raising his hand in victory and shook Chosyu's hand, leaving ringside as we cut to a video promo.
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After that video package we were pulled in by Lord Alfred Hayes.
"Ladies and Gentleman I am standing here with the current United States Champion John Morrison. First off congradulations on winning your match last night as without a doubt you are the first entrant into World War, you must be elated to find out that Starrcade is taking place in the Los Angeles Memorial Colesium, you're hometown, your thoughts."
"Los Angeles, the City of Angels, my hometown is hosting Starrcade III and I have a one way ticket with just one stop on the way and that's World War, Alfred, I don't care if I have to toss over Satan himself, I am going to Starrcade III as the main event and I am taking that title to the palace of wisdom. Mark my words, John Morrison will have his day and I can't wait."
He would turn his head as he heard some clapping in the background as Alberto Del Rio came on screen, grinning.
"Wonderful speech there Morrison but you seem to forget one small thing, you might have to face me in World War and I might just have to smash your dreams to pieces and the world will have to see Alberto Del Rio in the Main Event at Starrcade. You see, it seems the heads of the NWA finally realized that they need me, Alberto Del Rio and so they have single handedly granted me a spot in World War amigo and it's only one step closer to becoming the Champion of the NWA. You can dream all you want Morrison but the reality is, dreams are for the weak and destiny is unstoppable."
"You know what Del Rio, I'm sick and tired of you walking around here thinking you're gods gift to the world, I'm sick and tired of you claiming to be better than you actually were when you've only been on two pay per views and I'm sick and tired of you. I debuted in a promo with two other guys at Starrcade I and I'm the last man standing, last year I won this very title in a scramble match and this year I am winning that big gold belt and I'm going to wrap it around this sexy waist of mine and the only thing destined for you, is sour grapes and an ass kicking."
"Try me Morrison and I will put you down like a run over perro. Face me tonight and you'll see just how good I really am."
They would face off, Del Rio winking at him and walked off as Morrison would lower his glasses and walked off, oh, the match was on alright and it was going to happen later that evening.
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Huge Fatal Four Way match here seeing Serena, Maryse, Eve and Vampriss in action, all four of them not in the best of moods as they would battle it out, Serena being the more hardcore of the four while Maryse kept to a hit and run tactic, Eve was the punching bag and Vampriss kept her ring dominance. The match carried out with Serena and Lea dominating most of the match until they got into a tossle, Serena nearly scoring the win though Vampriss was sneaky, dropping her with the Axe Guillotine Driver and scored the victory. She licked her lips, rolling out of the ring, not wanting to spend anymore time than she had to in there, looking up at the Starrcade Banner with a grin, heading to the back; where Tiger Mask was preparing for his match up later that night, slipping his gear on as he turned around and looked into the camera and walked off, he obviously was ready for war.
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Semi Main event here with Alberto Del Rio squaring off against John Morrison and yes, the United States Championship was on the line. Morrison was actually the aggressor in this match with Del Rio fighting a bit defensive though he wasn't afraid to hit the heavy offense when he had the chance. Del Rio would mix it up with submission locks while Morrison kept to his high risk high reward game, nearly scoring the win on several occasions, though Del Rio was tougher than he looked. Morrison nearly caught Del Rio in the moonlight drive but was countered and tossed to the floor. Morrison rose to his feet and grabbed Del Rio's feet, dragging him to the floor and started with a slugfest, Morrison dropkicking Del Rio over the steps as he went to make his way inside when Rodriquez grabbed a hold of his ankle preventing him. Morrison kicked him off as he turned to the ring, taking the running ensiguri by Del Rio as he fell and hit the apron then the floor, the ref, forced to count as he hit ten. Del Rio would grin as he had just defeated John Morrison, the title wouldn't change but god only knew what he was going to brag about now as he would roll out of the ring, waving at Morrison and winked at him, heading to the back as we cut to Bobby and Todd.
"Well it's time for the Main Event folks, Jeff Jarrett against Tiger Mask IV, the winner gets a shot at Misawa, one in an act of vengeance and the other of revenge, Bobby, your take?"
"Jeff Jarrett is probably the better techniqual wrestler out of the two though Hello Kitty IV has speed on his size. To be honest whomever wins is going to have to face a mountain of a man in Misawa though when it comes to a mental edge I guess, give it to Hello Kitty."
"His name is Tiger Mask Bobby."
"Tiger Mask, Hello Kitty, same thing, he's a Japanese SuperHero whom wears a mask and runs around in his pajamas with underwear on the other side and Jarrett sadly is a Ric Flair never be who wields a guitar, I call it like I see it Todd."
"You're impossible sometimes Bobby."
"Thank you, I work at it."
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Jarrett and Mask were in the ring, moving around slowly as Jarrett would push him around a bit, making sport of him then slapped him over the head, though Tiger Mask caught him with a wheel kick to the face, taking exception to that slap and knocked him to the corner starting to fight back, tossing Jarrett to the floor then followed up with a TgerPlauncha crashing down below. Tiger would punch to his head, not taking any crap from Jarrett and tossed him into the ring though took a hard knee to the face then a DDT, nearly losing right there. Jarrett would continue to beat away upon him, starting to wrestle Tiger Mask to the mat though he fought back, able to slide out of a grapple and caught Jarrett with a german suplex, following up with heavy combinations as Jarrett rolled to the floor to rethink strategy.
After a moment Jarrett would re enter the ring and started up again, getting the best of TigerMask and started to wrestle him down again, locking him in submission locks though Tiger refused to give in, in fact he refused to stay down for long as he found a way out and countered with a slam or a kick, starting a rally though one small miscalculation caused him to hit the rope, Jarrett taking full advantage and nearly scored the win there. Jarrett would hit a barrage of elbows and knee drops, keeping Tiger Mask off his feet the best he could and slammed him down though found out why he was not known for hitting the top rope as he crashed and burned on the mat, TigerMask starting to rally back, Jarrett out of the loop as he nearly lost the match but his foot caught the rope, rolling to the floor.
TigerMask went after him but that proved to be fatal as he took a gouge to the eye and rammed to the steps as Jarrett rammed his knee into his face with the stairs as well, tossing him inside and continued to do the work on him, actually starting to impress the crowd hitting high angle shoulderblocks and slams though TigerMask still refused to give in, kicking out each time as he started to fight back, avoiding being hit by The Stroke and dropped Jarrett with three insucession TigerSuplexes, letting go on the third and covered only for two. He pushed Jarrett to the corner as he complained about his eye, getting a cheap shot into TigerMask whom fought back, coming in for a splash though Jarrett pulled the ref in, causing him to take the bump on 'accident', Jarrett then dropped Tiger with a flapjack into the corner.
Jarrett would swear a bit that the ref was down....granted he pulled him into the spot and went for the figure four leglock though TigerMask kicked him off right to the floor. Tiger went to help the ref, asking if he was okay and turned around and was blasted over the head with the guitar, Jarrett slapping the ref to get up and covered, 1-2, NO. TigerMask kicked out and Jarrett was pissed, heading to the floor and grabbed a steel chair, sliding inside and charged in though Tiger dropkicked the chair right in his face and dropped him with the TigerDriver, covering, 1-2-3.
TigerMask IV got the win as he rose up, hearing the roar of the crowd as Jarrett would retreat to the back. TigerMask punched his ticket for the World Heavyweight Champion at World War and he wanted more than just his title, he wanted him as a whole and finish the job he didn't get to months ago. He would point to all those wearing Tiger Mask's in support, turning his head and saw Misawa standing on the stage, watching him with a slight grin. They would stare off from the points they were at, three weeks and these two would clash and we still had 8 more men to fight in the tournament but we would have to wait as the show would fade to black.
Week 2
Talk about buzz, just mere seconds after the Main Event of last week news from Japan were that everyone was in full support and banner ads were hitting youtube and the air waves. A dream match for the ages as Tiger Mask II would face off agaisnt Tiger Mask IV and the fans were in fully support for Tiger Mask IV and it was obvious with all the Tiger Mask signs and masks filling the arena but we had to press past that as Nitro would open up with the continuance of the Tournament.
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Hell of an opening bout with Macho Man Randy Savage against Tully Blanchard and Savage looked ready for war as they woudl battle it out and damn did they put on one hell of a clinic tonight, whomever had to wrestle after these two had their work cut out for them as it carried out to fifteen minutes, Tully trying for the figure four though Savage had it scouted, pulling him in for a small package and scored the win, earning his spot to the next round, raising his fist and fingers in the air to a loud crowd pop but we still had more matches to go before we could even get close to predictions.
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Wow, talk about having to follow up as Hirooki Gotoh had to fend off against Ric Flair and if anyone remembered War Games, it was easy to see there was still a LOT of tension as these two had actually a wrestling classic, Gotoh proving his wrestling prowless and avoided the figure four at all costs though didn't realize just how crafty the 16 Time World Champion really was as Flair was able to catch him in a school boy roll up for the victory. Flair rose his hand up, grinning with a woo to the crowd, why not make number 35 as he would strut his way up the ramp.
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Wow look at this match right here as Chris Benoit would face off against Masahiro Chono and everyone knew this was going to be stiff to say the least. Benoit was the submission expert while Chono kept to his wrestling game, within moments both of these guys had red chests, the ring almost begging them to stop from all the stiff shots as Benoit caught Chono in the crippler crossface though couldn't lock it in, Chono able to fight out, coming off the rope in the later half and blasted Benoit over the face with the Yakuza Kick and scored the win. He yelled out to the crowd and pointed at the Starrcade Banner..wait..did that mean he was coming for the World Title? We would have to assume so as cameras caught up to the back where TigerMask was in Bishoff's office.
"Alright Tiger the contract has been signed between you and Misawa at World War, now I suggest that you go train, rest up and do what you have to because I don't want anything screwing up my main event. Oh..and you have a guest."
Tiger Mask turned around and was staring into the eyes of The Original Tiger Mask, Satouru Sayama was standing right in front of him. Tiger Mask IV was stunned as his sensei whom trained him in the past, sent him to mexico and hand picked him to be Tiger Mask IV in the first place said only three words.
"Back...to basics."
With that, Tiger Mask would nod and left screen with Sayama following, it seemed that...Tiger Mask IV was about to receieve or re receive training from the Master of all Tiger Mask. Talk about an edge right there was we would cut back to ringside for the final first round match of the tournament.
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Great Koji squaring off against Justin Gabriel, an odd mix to say the least but the match was on. Gabriel had been slipping slightly since losing the Cruiserweight Title but he still had his meaness to him while Koji was highly submissive in his attacks, doing what he could to wear and work Gabriel down. The match carried out as both of them started to get rather high risk, flying over the ropes and top ropes even for added damage where Koji tried to apply the Kojiclutch though it was blocked, Gabriel pushing him off the ropes and almost caught the Goodnyte though missed, Koji trying for a spinkick though Gabriel dodged, trying for a counter himself when he was nailed in the face and sent to the corner. Koji would set him on top, looking for a super hurricanrana though Gabriel held on, Koji crashing and burning as Gabriel hit the 450 Splash and got the win. Great win there for Gabriel as he rolled out of the ring, holding his ribs as that match took a lot out of him it seemed, just glad to be in the next round which would continue next week.
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"Ladies and Gentleman I'm standing here with Alberto Del Rio. Now Del Rio last week you made your return to Nitro and said you are in the World War Match can you tell us how you got in?"
"Oh you see that is quite simple, it's because the NWA needs Alberto Del Rio and after they saw how bad War Games was without me they literally BEGGED me to come back and gave me a number. I mean, I defeated all of the champions here on Nitro so I should be the Champion of the Earth, but no, they decide to relish me in some silly match with a lottery number which is okay, it just means that I'll defeat all 34 other men in one night and go to Starrcade to become World Heavyweight Champion."
"Also, there has been some rumors tha you were going to WWF to respond to The Rock's challenge, any word on those rumors?"
"The who? The Rock? The man whom cant' decide if he wants to suck at wrestling or suck at acting? No I have no responce for him because while he's getting beaten by an indy wanna be AJ Styles I'm defeating current champions and making the ratings spike. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to prepare for my match tonight, you see, just to prove how great I am, I'm going to defeat someone that The Rock has never been able to defeat...tonight, I'm going to defeat...Goldberg."
Del Rio would walk off, was he serious? He was challenging Goldberg tonight in a match? Was this career suicide or did he have something else in store?
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One hell of an Angel's match here as Lita, MsChif, Natalya and Manami Toyota were in a fatal fourway. Hmm, they had one last week as well, seemed there was a plan in motion as they went to war. MsChif and Lita were deffinately the risk takers while Natalya and Manami wrestled the shit out of them, quite the contrast in style as they would mix and mesh, the match itself carrying on for close to twenty minutes with so much action no one was able to pick a winner in this tossle as it carried on, Lita setting up for the Litasault and splashed down hard upon Toyota though she was tossed hard to the floor by Natalya whom went to lock in the Sharpshooter though when she ducked she was caught RIGHT in the Code Green by MsChif whom scored the victory. She rose her hands in victory, pointing to the Starrcade Banner, she was going to make her way to that event come hell or high water as she rolled out of the ring, having high hopes indeed.
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World War was deffinately taking shape as Beth Phoenix had been watching the women's matches intently, when asked about whom she would be facing at Starrcade she honestly said she could care less as at World War we would hold the 2nd Annual Angel's Battle Royal, a mini World War mind you featuring the women of the NWA with the last woman standing to be crowned number one contender, plus, this gave Phoenix a chance to scout her future opponents, grinning a bit as she walked away from the screen.
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The DiBiase's would sqaure off against the Hart Dynasty in a tag bout. Dynasty indeed had the advantage or at least the speed on their side and with Natalya in their corner, Maryse was kept at bay, granted it didn't stop them from mixing it up on the floor for a while. After the ref ejected them from the match it gave the DiBiase's a chance to fight back, cheating mind you and had the match well in hand, even though Dynasty fought back, the DiBiase's were able to cheat their way to victory, laughing it up as Ted Jr. got on the mic.
"It's just that easy folks, when you put youth and experience together you create a team that is unstoppable. Chono, Mutoh, we know you're all banged up from War Games but here's the thing, we're tired of waiting and tired of beating mediocre tag teams, we want our shot at the tag team titles-"
Before he could finish that statement he was jumped from behind by Cody Rhodes whom started to beat the hell out of him. Ted Sr. would pull him off, giving his son a chance to fight back as it was a two on one assault as they started to put the heavy on him.
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The cavalry arrived as Goldust flew down to the ring with the save, taking out Ted Sr. while Cody fought back against Jr., kicking both of them out of the ring as they made a hastey retreat. Cody and Goldust would look at each other and it almost seemed to click for Cody right there as the two brothers were reunited, officially now as one as they turned, now having a common enemy in the DiBiase's as Cody took a hold of the mic.
"Hey...DiBiase and Suck Off....you think you can get away doing what you're doing at our expense? Oh no. I just got word from Eric Bishoff not five minutes ago that this Saturday, the NWA is bringing back it's Wrestling Block....and in the Main Event, it'll be you two against me and my brother, but it's not just an ordinary tag match....Dust...tell em."
"Oooo sweet brother, how your pain only bring fire to my loins as we team up and face the DiBiase's in a match of total carnage, pain, agony and pain. We'll see you in six days, No Holds Barred."
Wow what a match made as they would protest though knew the kind of minds the Rhodes Brothers had, they were probably in some deep trouble here as they would head to the back where Kevin Kelly was with Eric Bishoff.
"Major announcement here folks I'm standing here with Eric Bishoff could you tell us more about this huge event occuring?"
"Well since I have taken control things have been a bit crazy especially with the NWO running amoke, but thanks to the Horseman and myself taking them out finally we have our Saturday Night Prime Time Slot open as we relaunch it with NWA's Main Event. Not only are you going to see that epic tag match take place but we will also see Psycho Sid rematch.....The Big Red Machine Kane. A special six angel bout featuring MsChif, Vampriss, Natalya, Maryse, Serena, and Lita. And in our Main Event, a match that was touted as the match of the night two weeks ago we will see in non title defenses, Ultimo Dragon against John Morrison. I hope to see all of you there as we relaunch NWA Main Event."
Wow talk about a line up indeed right there, five huge matches for the relaunch of the Saturday Night Block as a video package would show some highlights of the last Saturday Night Wrestling which was actually the debute of Bret Hart, lord only knew what else might be planned but everyone would have to wait as we, well, prepared for the Main Event Match of Monday Nitro.
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"My name...My name, unlike the The Rock who needs a catchphrase to get over, Is Alberto Del RIO! But you already knew that. So, I come to the arena tonight to grace all of my people, my fans, mi familia with the challenge of the century but alas there is but one small problemo, Senor Goldberg unfortunately...was having some....airplane problems and couldn't make it tonight. So therefore, by forfit, I defeated Goldberg a man, whom The Rock couldn't beat, so I'll just add his name to the list. So now, that I don't have a contender I am going to have the Del Rio Open Challenge tonight, I will fight the first one to walk out through that curtain and unlike Chris Jericho whom last week lost to a 90 lb pendeho whom can't keep hold of his tag team title any longer than he can his woman, I will defeat whomever comes out from that curtain, so come on, anyone have the cajones to face me, step right up but I assure you-"
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John Morrison came down to the ring, sliding inside as Del Rio rolled to the floor, telling everyone that he already defeated him last week and he didn't want to soil his hands with failure as Morrison took a mic.
"Hey...Del Rio, you said you wanted to fight someone, here I am. Come on Del Rio, show me and the world that you have the balls to fight a real contender. Hell, you can even bring your rent an announcer Amarndo Estrada rip off in as well. Lets go Del Rio come on! Be a man for once in your life and not some border hoping chollo and prove to these people you're not a one hit wonder."
No matter what Morrison said, Del Rio would laugh at him and started to head to the back, Morrison fighting back.
"Yeah that's it Del Rio, go ahead and run because god only knows that if you did I would tattoo my foot on the side of your ass on a one way ticket back to Tiaquanna. Come on you Eddie Guerrero never be, lets go, or do I need to remind all these people that you used to perform in the now defuct Dragon Gate USA-"
Oh Del Rio had enough of that as he flew down to the ring and started to fight Morrison, a ref forcing the break up to officialy start the match as we were on. Morrison compared to last week was very aggressive not just with high calibur offense but also with his strikes and wrestling game, a fire was lit under his ass and it was easy to see, granted Del Rio still kept cool and was able to counter when he could, seeming to play on Morrison's emotions. Del Rio took control after a few miscalculations from Morrison. Del Rio would yell out that he defeated four champions all by himself and pointed to the Starrcade Banner saying he was going to main event, getting the best of Morrison though in the later half Morrison would strike back, nearly kicking the teeth out of Del Rio's mouth and went for the finish though surprise surprise Ricardo got involved, preventing Morrison whom took his liberty with him and dragged him into the ring then delivered a Nitroblast that sent him back to Mexico as he rolled to the floor.
This gave Del Rio a chance to strike back, nearling locking in the cross arm breaker though Morrison weasled out, coming at him though dropped again by Del Rio whom rolled to the floor, grabbing a hold of the US Title and would enter the ring with it, begging him to get up as he pushed the ref aside, charging in though Morrison ducked and caught Del Rio with a flying chuck right in the face, the title going flying out of his hands, Morrison going for the cover though he was hit over the head by Ricardo whom used the title as a weapon, the match getting tossed out as Del Rio and Rodriquez went to work on Morrison. They would continue to punch and beat at him, Rodriquez holding him up as Del Rio came in with the title, swinging for the fences though Morrison dodged, Rodriquez taking the hit as Del Rio slid out of the ring, Morrison nearly getting his hands on him as this fued was only just tipping.
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"Okay hold on you two, it obvious you guys want each others heads but there always seems to be some kind of shenanigans, so therefore I am going to make a match right here, right now. Next week in the main event of Monday Nitro, for the United States Championship it'll be Alberto Del Rio against John Morrison....in a 20 foot high steel cage."
What an announcement and what a Nitro already planned for next week as well as the semi finals of the tournament and lets not forget with only two weeks away, whom was going to win, so much action and drama as the show would fade to black.
NWA Main Event Results
The DiBiases and Rhodes started the show with a heavy no holds barred match that surely made both teams look deadly while Cody and Ted Jr. stole the show as the action spilled into the crowd and later to the back. With a bit of help from Maryse, The DiBiases were able to make a get away in their limo leaving the Rhodes' Stranded though won by default.
Kane and Sid would have their rematch however it didn't start in the ring, it started in the back that eventually made it's way to the ring and screw the rules, chairs and tables were used in the war. With Serena, Hardy and Blue Demon coming in for the assist they were able to edge Kane out though sitting up afterwards, Kane went on an all out assault taking out Blue Demon and Serena while Sid and Hardy backtracked.
Lita, MsChif, Natalya, Toyota (replaceing Mayrse), Vampriss and newly replaced due to injury, Melina took her place. The bout of Angel's took close to fifteen full minutes with of all people Natalya actually scoring the win out of all of them.
Prior to the main event Jeff Jarrett was preaching that the NWA since his departure had turned into nothing more than a place to work for minorities where Japanese and Mexicans ruled and real American wrestlers, just like in America, got screwed out of the deal, eventually he was taken down by a returning Patriot whom caught him with a spear and sent him packing.
And in the Main Event John Morrison went against Ultimo Dragon and sure enough this was a rematch for the ages. They had wowed the crowd in a mere 35 minute bout that set a new standard for any Cruiserweight or United States Champion and just like their match at War Games, this one stole the show as in the end it was John Morrison whom again was able to score the victory, a mutual handshake ensued which closed the relaunch of NWA Main Event.
Week 3
"Good Evening Nitro Fans I'm Eric Bishoff, General Manager of the NWA. Last week I booked a match featuring Del Rio against John Morrison in a steel cage, however over the weekend, Mr. Del Rio had caught a severe staph infection and due to doctors orders is forced to remain at home to recover. However this does change the Main Event I had set for tonight, so therefore we're going to change things up. Seeing as how, the tag team champions did not defend their titles at the last Pay Per View, they will be at World War. So Tonight we're going to have a four corner tag team bout featuring Hart Dynasty, The DiBiase's, The Rhodes Brothers, and The Andersons. Ladies and Gentleman, welcome, to Monday Nitro."
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Vader squaring off against Bret The Hitman Hart, this was going to be on hell of a bout. Bret knew size and strength went to Vader so he had to stick to a counter game if anything, granted speed was just barely upon his side. Vader used his high calibur offense and was easily able to overpower Bret, taking him down in the later half. What was surprising is usually the longer the match went would favor Bret, in this case, it just made Vader all that much more stronger though the Hitman was crafty, striking when he could and made sure it counted, getting Vader on his back and dropped him with an elbow, trying for a sharpshooter which was a big mistake, a haymaker to the face broke that up giving Vader a huge advantage and put the heavy on Bret. Vader dropped him with a powerbomb and climbed up for the Vaderbomb and missed, Bret dropping him with a clothesline from the top rope, coming off the rope with a sunset flip and with a bit of leverage got Vader down, trying for a thez press though Vader pushed him off, swinging with a clothesline as Bret caught him with a school boy though Vader blocked, pulling him up by the throat and tossed him to the corner, charging in for the Avalanche but missed, Bret getting on his shoulders for a victory roll....for three.
Bret Hart was the first finalist in the tournament as he rose his hand up in victory, giving Vader a handshake in appreciate for the bout as he rolled out of the ring, Bret taking a moment to celebrate, looking a bit exhausted especially after a twenty minute match which kicked off Nitro but we still had three more tournament matches to go.
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Matt Hardy against Sin Cara and it was obvious whom the fans were behind on this one, Cara giving up the weight advantage but had the speed for sure. Cara kept quick against Matthew whom had no problem using his strength and craft against him, slowly getting a bit of the advantage on Cara, tossing him around and even took it to the floor a bit, dropping him over the railing and the stairs though Cara would persist on. Dispite being locked in submission locks and holds, Cara found a way to break out and started to rally back against Matthew, almost scoring the win but he had great ring presence, his foot or hand catching the rope or he just had the weight advantage and kicked out. Cara began a hit and run tactic, keeping up the pace and caught Matthew in a sickening DDT, climbing the top rope and caught the cross body, looking for the Final Sin and dropped him, covering but Serena luckily got his foot on the rope.
The ref argued at her and nearly tossed the match but she argued back with him as Cara went back to work on Mathew whom proceeded to take Cara down, dropping him down with the Twist of Hate, covering though Cara was able to just barely get his foot on the rope dispite Serena yelling out. Matthew pulled him up and went back to work though Cara came to life, catching him with high flying tactics and caught him with La Mistca, locking it in tightly, Matthew forced to start tapping...but again the ref was distracted by Serena whom was on the apron. Dammit why did it have to be like this as Cara let go of the hold and dropped Serena down with a dropkick, taking his eyes off the prize as Matthew went for the Twist of Hate but Cara flipped back, catching him with a dropkick to the corner then a dropsault to the face, hitting him over the head but Matthew dropped him to the floor. Cara held onto the apron and kicked him back, looking to reeneter though Serena grabbed his foot, the ref ejecting her out of the match as Cara leapt into the ring though Matthew caught him in mid air with a Side Effect covering.....for three.
Oh the fans were pissed off to say the least, Matthew had cheated to win this one as he would raise his hand up, turning Cara over and would start to pull his mask from his head but he didn't get too far as Evan Bourne flew down to the ring, kicking the crap out of him and clotheslined him to the floor. Bourne was back from injury as he helped Cara to his feet but the damage was already done as Mathew was now the second finalist in the tournament as he would head to the back as Nitro cut to a break.
[Play Promo]
Right after the promotion for Starrcade we are given exclusive footage of Tiger Mask IV in training, hitting a bag, running around the ring, fighting wrestlers in the ring and being twisted and contorted by Sayama whom was training the hell out of him, even a clip of Tiger Mask watching some of Misawa's matches as he was being told to study and train, the only clear english word being heard was 'one thousand laps' as we cut to Kevin Kelly.
"Ladies and Gentleman I'm standing here with John Morrison. Now tonight you were supposed to go up against Alberto Del Rio but he called in sick though World War is just two weeks away and many are asking how do you feel going in?"
"Well first off I'm sadened to hear that Del Rio isn't here to get the ass kicking that's long overdue for him and-"
[Cut Off]
"Hola, I'm Alberto Del Rio and unfortunately, I have down with a horrible illness this week and I just couldn't bear to not grace you people with my lovely face and words. The doctors have told me to stay home and rest and unlike The Rock whom just like any other black man would lie to you and steal your tv, Alberto Del Rio prides himself on doing everything on his own, so for that I will remain at home, resting. Now, unlike that perro John Morrison whom is going to talk about how grand his trip to World War is going to be and he'll sign autographs for all the ninos the truth is, everything he says is all but a lie. You'll find out soon enough that your hero is nothing more than just another hasbeen HBK want a be that'll never come to be. I promise all my fans that I will see them in two weeks at World War where I will win it for the people of the world and be your new World Champion. Also if you go to NWA.com you can purchase the new Del Rio T-Shirt with all of the people I have defeated on the back and yes, Goldberg and The Rock are on there as well. Me encanta todo de ti y te veré muy pronto
We came back after that and it was official that Del Rio's promo actually cut OVER John Morrison's and once he found out, he was, well, now not in the best of moods as they would restart, though Morrison had other ideas.
"I'm going to make this short and sweet, Del Rio, get well soon, because when you do get back, I'm going to send your ass on a Moonlight Drive back to the immigration compound where you belong."
Morrison walked off as we went back to ringside.
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Justin Gabriel against Masahiro Chono, damn was this not looking good for Gabriel but he was going to do his dambdest against the badass Chono. Moving around the ring he knew outwrestling him was a mistake so he stuck with his strikes though Chono wasn't going to be fooled easily, taking Gabriel down with his wrestling holds. Gabriel fought back, kicking out when he needed and started to try the submission game upon Chono, starting to wear him down a bit, at least able to do a bit of damage upon him and got him to the floor. Chono was calm however, knowing how to play this game very well and once re entering started to turn the tides on Gabriel, hitting him with heavy offense. Gabriel looked almost out of the woodworks but started to striek back with hard and heavy knee strikes, trying for a win though Chono again slid to the floor.
Gabriel went after him, crashing into him and tossed him back inside, coming off the rope with a hard kick the jaw that nearly knocked Chono out cold but he was tough for a reason, Gabriel making it to his feet and came at him with a vicious kick, starting to turn the tides and Chono and was somehow in a few moments there after caught him in Purgatory but Chono, somehow was able to break free, coming off the rope though was dropped again by Gabriel whom was using his speed and counter game to outwit him, catching him with the Goodnyte and climbed the top rope, leaping for the 450 but missed, Chono coming off the far end blasted him with the Yakuza kick, covering for the three.
Chono rose up with a grin, advancing to the next round as Gabriel lay flat, giving it one hell of an effort, Chono exiting up the ramp rubbing his jaw some, some of those kicks seemed to get the best of him, yelling at some of the fans to pipe down as he left ringside. We move to Bishoff's office where Jarrett was going crazy.
"This place has turned into a friggin depot of immigrants since I left. Mexicans and Japs runnin' the place and yet you force me to work for my rematch? This isn't right Bish and you know it, you've grown soft since I've left allowing them to just run amoke, you should have fired all of them so we can get back to real wrestling, the way it should be. Look I'm no racist but they didn't do a dammed thing to earn my title, it was stolen from me and you haven't done a thing to rectify it. Hell you haven't even offered to give me a spot in World War, when in the hell did this place become Anti Jarrett when you, the world and jesus himself knows I'm the Gem of this whole dammed company and I'm getting sick and tired of-"
"ENOUGH! Jarrett I hear your list of demands and believe me I would be angry and upset myself but I have a set of rules and guidelines to follow here. You were injured and forced to surrender the title, furthermore you helped orchastrate the mere termination of Misawa so you can get the belt for yourself, so your plan backfired and you want me to just, pretend none of that happened seven months ago. I'm in a position of power yes but I'm not about to lose my job because your plan screwed up. I'm sorry Jarrett my hands are tied."
"Tied my ass, you know what, it's a dammed shame when someone with as much balls as you nuetered by a bunch of yellow bastards."
"Alright you know what Jarrett that's enough, I've heard all I can from you tonight and you know there's a lot of guys that haven't complained one bit since this whole damn thing happened and tonight you're going to wrestle one of them, one of the heavy favorites into World War, John Morrison."
Jarrett would growl some, pushing his way through the door not happy about that decision as we cut back to ringside for the next match and final second round bout of the tournament.
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If Ric Flair and Savage NEVER had their bout at Wrestlemania, they just had it here with Flair and Savage, stealing, owning, repackaging and reselling the entire show as Savage kept to his high flying counter game while Flair stuck to his grounded style with reversals and never say die attitude. Savage and Flair lit up the crowd, put them to bed and woke them back up as this was strictly wrestling at it's very best as the commercials just refused to interrupt this in ring classic with half the crowd for Flair and the other half for Savage, it wasn't that neither of them WEREN'T going to be in World War but having that final slot meant just that much more as it started to get dirty with eye gouges, headbutts and tight pulling, neither man above or below it.
Savage in the later half started to out punch Flair, using his speed to work him down and went for the flying elbow but missed, Flair quickly applying the figure four as Savage would try his best to fight out of it, being stuck within the hold for three whole minutes, the crowd going absolutely crazy over it as Savage weasled his way over to the ropes to break free, Flair continuing to do the damage to Savage's knee and tried for the win though Savage continued to fight back dispite the knee killing him, Roberts announcing that they hit the 30 minute mark, the fans going friggin crazy with 'this is awesome' chants, Savage and Flair calling each other one as they got into a slugfest. Savage won the exchange and started to dish out the heavy offense to Flair while Ric did his signature Flair falls, backing away with his hands in the air and of course, turned the tides. Flair looked for the win with a german suplex, a back suplex, an inside craddle but it didn't work while Savage tried an Oklahoma Roll, jackknife pin and a school boy but Flair fought out, both of them getting in a chop/punch fest with the fans going "Ooo" and "Wooo" with each hit, Savage winning the exchange, tossing Flair to the ropes and came off himself, catching him with a sunset flip though Flair blocked, hooking the legs and came down for three.
Ric Flair advanced to the Finals, raising his arms up, sweat running down his face and body as it was announced the match went on for 32 minutes, shaking the hand of Randy Savage as he left the ring in typical Flair fashion, exhausted from the bout as Savage was dejected but got a standing ovation for all that hard work, heading to the back.
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John Morrisos against Jeff Jarrett and neither man was in the best of moods as the match went on, Morrison wowing the crowd as always while Jarrett stuck to his wrestling game, actually able to wrestle him down to the mat though Morrison wouldn't stay down for long, getting back at him as Jarrett went to the floor. After repeating this process three times, Jomo had enough and went after him, tossing him into the ring but was punted in the head, Jarrett starting to fight rather aggressively, taking Jomo down. Morrison took a few moments but he started to rally back, almost catching the win with a Nitroblast though Jarrett rolled to the floor and said 'Screw this" and started to leave, Morrison daring him back into the ring until he was hit from behind with his US Title....from Alberto Del Rio. The ref threw the match out as Del Rio started to beat the crap out of him and locked in the CrossArm Breaker, latching it on tightly as Morrison yelled out in pain. After a moment or so, Del Rio would rise up, grinning at him as he took a mic.
"Lets see you climb a cage now pendeho with a broken arm. Next time you call out Alberto Del Rio, prepare to suffer pain like you've never suffered before. I "nos veremos la próxima semana cuando Morrison destrozar sus sueños en pedazos y marcho a mi manera de Starrcade."
Del Rio would leave the ring, winking at him and started to leave the ring, hearing the fans yell at him as he took a John Morrison poster, sighing his own name to it and started to leave, Morrison holding his arm in pain as cameras would catch up to Del Rio whom was in the parking lot, getting into his limo telling his driver to step on it however Bishoff stopped him just in time.
"Whoa whoa Del Rio hold on, I'm not letting you get away that easy. It seems that you're free and clear to wrestle after what I just saw. So, your match against John Morrison is on and it'll take place Next week on Monday Nitro."
"Ah who cares, John Morrison is a flea to my fire he will be crushed by the Del Rio fury."
"That is if you, have any fury left because on Saturday Night you have the Main Event match and unfortunately for you...it's against Goldberg, see you Saturday."
Del Rio would curse out in spanish, slamming the door shut as the car would speed off as we prepared for our Main Event of the evening.
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The Andersons, The Rhodes, The Dibiases and Hart Dynasty, the winners of the bout would get a shot at the tag team titles at World War, dispite if the tag champions were or were not entered into the match itself. It was clear to see that there was NO love loss with the Rhodes and DiBiases and once they were in the match it became a stiff bout of slaps, kicks and slams, both of them wanted the others heads on a platter. Once Dynasty was tagged in they would use the techniqual prowess and speed to outshine both of them, seeming to work as a well oiled machine, taking them down with ease until The Anderson's got involved, having power and technique it was a deadly combination, needless to say, no one was safe. The match would carry on and later would degenerate as Cody and Ted would screw the match and just went to the floor and started to brawl, taking it to the back and god knew where else leaving Dynasty and The Andersons alone and boy was this one hell of a bout. Even though Dynasty was over powered and didn't have the experience value, they fought The Andersons tooth and nail, nearly scoring the win with the Hart Attack but they found out exactly why they were known as 'Horseman' as they were slammed down with double Spinebusters as the Anderson's Scored the win. Reguardless of whether Chono and Mutoh were in World War, now they were going to have to face the very team they took the titles from and they way it was looking, currently for the NWO or the remains of it, it seemed it was time to change the guard as the show would begin to fade....to black.
Main Event Results
Wanting some retribution from last week, Jeff Jarrett would battle The Patriot in a quick five minute bout that saw Patriot win by DQ as Jarrett bashed him over the head with the guitar.
It seemed the NWO was in the doghouse as Inoki was seen, yelling at them that he was going to start handing out pink slips if they didn't start winning matches, forcing Ultimo Dragon to wrestle later in the evening against Psicosis.
Justin Gabriel and Taka Michonoku would have a solid match with Gabriel sticking to his submission game, however in a shocking twist, Taka was able to kick Gabriel in the face with a stiff kick and actually knocked the former Cruiserweight Champion out, a complete 'ooh' falling over the crowd as the King of KO was just knocked out, Taka leaving with a grin upon his face.
A Video Package was shown of Misawa and Tiger Mask IV, both of them training in various ways not just in a gym but also by climbing mountains, swimming the ocean, doing martial arts and forced to take abuse as part of their conditioning, each of them saying to the camera they were going to win.
The Angels had a toss up indeed with Lita, Natalya, MsChif, Melina, Vampriss, Maryse, Toyota, Eve and a recovered Serena fighting for top dog of the night. With so much action to call it was easy to see all of them wanted a shot as Beth Phoenix's title whom had a front row seat during the fight though in the end, it was the pillar of the Angels, Lita, scoring the win over Serena to score the win, cutting a quick promo stating she was coming for her title and wanted it back at Starrcade.
Ultimo Dragon would have his match against Psicosis and this bout stole the entire show of Main Event Wrestling as these two men lit up the crowd and proved that this is what Cruiserweight Wrestling was all about. On several occasions Psicosis had the win but Dragon was able to slide or kick out at every turn as in the end Ultimo Dragon had scored the win, making to leave the ring when Inoki ordered him to finish Psicosis off to which reluctantly, Dragon would with another Asai DDT, Inoki pleased at him and walked with him to the back.
And in the Main Event, dispite Del Rio complaining that the airline food was terrible, the stuwardess neglected to give him a foot rub and when he got to the arena someone took his parking spot, he made it with time to spare, wearing a new T-Shirt with the names of all the people he had beaten and yes, it was a long list in size ten font, as he went one on one with, yes you guessed it, Goldberg whom was, well, not in the best of moods after hearing about what Del Rio 'did' to him on Nitro last week. In a match that could be described as a beatdown from downtown, Goldberg literally destroyed Del Rio whom hung in there the best he could, nearly getting his ribs broken though thank god Rodriquez made a save or two, Goldberg being tricked to the outside as Del Rio went to make a hasty retreat, though John Morrison stopped him on the apron and tackled him to the floor, the ref tossing out the match in Del Rio's favor. Morrison would continue to beat upon Del Rio whom started to pull away, right in the sites of Goldberg but he dodged, Morrison taking the rib breaking spear on accident as Del Rio fled through the crowd, yelling to the world that 'I beat you' and headed off to Monday Nitro where he would finish Morrison off for good as Main Event Wrestling would come to a close.
