Post by DM on May 1, 2012 23:46:39 GMT
Week 1
"Ladies and Gentleman welcome to Monday Nitro off of the heels of a spectacular Pay Per View last night, the four year anniversary is just around the corner as NWA Presents to you Spring Stampede and last year we crowned a new champion in Jeff Jarrett which would later spawn the rebirth of the NWO, who knows what's going to happen this year. We have a full jam packed card for you tonight, sit back and grab your favorite beverage, Nitro is underway."
[Play Out]
Ric Flair came out and he was pissed off having a patch over his head to conceal the cut over his head which was already starting to bleed, Flair demanding a mic as he grabbed it from a stage hand.
"Last night was a travesty as I fought Sting up and down this ring, beat the crap outta him and had everything in the bag, ready to blast him over the skull and knock him into the ground, when that turn coat Tenneesee Mother F*cker Jeff Jarrett, took the World Title from me and screwed my whole plan up. Jarrett..you and I had a deal and I'm calling your ass out now before I have the Horsemen go down to your home, burn the building down and pass your wife around like the cheap whore that she is."
[Play Out]
"You asked for me Flair?"
"Yeah I called you out, what the hell was that all about last night? You and I had a deal that you would be the number one contender when I won the World Title."
"Actually Ric, the deal was I would be number one contender reguardless of whom was the winner of the match, I just needed to hear it from your lips that we had a deal just in case you won. Once you grabbed that World Heavyweight Title I felt sick to my stomach, I couldn't bear seeing someone whom, with your reputation, hold the most coveted prize in the world. For me, I'd rather face Sting, because I've already beaten you before."
"Beaten me before? What kind of high horse are you on? You damn well know if you an I locked horns I would drop you on your ass and make you scream like a woman."
"Flair, this is my world, you had your title shot, you blew it, now, just like last year, it's Jeff Jarrett's turn and this year no one is going to take that title away from me. Your time is over Flair and Jeff Jarrett's time has begun, and Eric Bishoff may not care for me, but the other general manager does and he has guarenteed me a title shot at Spring Stampede, and there is nothing you can do about it."
[Play Out Punk]
"Excuse me for interrupting but, actually there is something I can do about it and it's the fact that, I had no idea that title shots were easy to get like a handjob from Melina. Flair, you had your chance so you can go away, Jarrett, I don't know what Inoki told you but how it works in the wrestling world is you earn your title shots around here, so whatever Inoki gave you has about as much worth as...well a handjob from Melina. If anything, the next one in line is me, CM Punk, the voice of the people and the face of this company."
"Don't you have some merchandise that you need to sell to a 14 year old boy? The only face you are is on a wanted poster for abstinence because anyone that had to raise some street rat like you should have hit that abort button long ago."
"Wow not a bad comeback Jarrett..I don't know what to say other than I don't know what's worse, the fact you pay attention to my merchandise sales, or the fact that you pay attention to 14 year old boys. Hey if that's your game then we need to call the police but the fact of the matter is that World Title shot is coming home to CM Punk and there isn't a dammed thing you can do about it."
[Play Out Bishoff]
"You two need to cool it off becaue there is something that I can do about it. Jarrett, while Inoki without my knowledge did promise you a World Title Shot, he's not the one that runs the NWA, I say that CM Punk has earned a title shot so here's what we're going to do. In the Main Event we're going to have Jeff Jarrett against CM Punk and the winner will face Sting at Spring Stampede for the World Heavyweight Championship."
"What about me!?"
"You Flair? You had your chance, end of the line for you, gentleman, I suggest you get to the back to prepare for your match tonight."
Bishoff would leave as Punk would grin at both of them, leaving ringside as Jarrett would shrug his shoulders and smirked at Flair, leaving the ringside area as Flair would just toss his jacket, enraged over what just happened as cameras moved to the back seeing Bret Hitman Hart with Owen and Natalya as they were walking down the hallway, the fans screaming out as they came to a stop, Bret looking over and saw Ricky Steamboat slowly come into view. Both of them would go eye to eye for a moment before Bret started to walk off with the other two following.
[Play Out]
Jeff and Matt Hardy with Serena were facing off against Bret and Owen with Natalya, a six man intergender bout for the ages as Hardy and Bret would start things off. Hardy kept to his high calibur game but Bret wasn't about to be fooled easily, wrestling him to the mat the best he could, making quick tags with his brother Owen mixing it up with his own high flying offense though he was stopped once Matt was tagged in. Matt would use his strength against Owen but it wasn't as if he didn't know how to counter against this, fighting back against Matt. The match would carry out as the women finally got into the mix, Serena was vicious but Natalya wasn't about to take it sitting down, wresting Serena to the ground when she could, hitting her with hard offense that would normally break someone in half. The match continued as Jeff had Bret on the ropes, almost scoring the win but Bret would counter, dropping him down with a Sharpshooter, Matt going for the save but Owen tackled him to the floor keeping him at bay, Natalya doing the same but kept Serena down with a sharpshooter as well, Bret had the match won when he was hit from behind by Psycho Sid and Sin Cara, the ref throwing the match out as they started to beat the crap out of them.
Owen tried to make the save but the odds were just too good as Malenko and Benoit flew down to try as well, but the Regime was far too powerful for them, taking them down as Sid hit powerbombs on all of them especially Natalya, yelling out at them as the Regime started to make their way to the back, Nitro cutting to a break.
Starting young in Stampede, he would tour the world of Mexico, Japan, Canada, and eventually the American League. With his accolades stacking quickly, thus earning the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship, winning the Super J Cup in 1994, a former US Champion, WcW World Champion, Tag Team Champion, Light Heavyweight Champion, Intercontiential Champion, World Heavyweight Champion, a Triple Crown Winner and was voted best wrestler in the world in 2004 as the G1 Climax Proudly Welcomes, Chris Benoit. The G1 Climax coming this Spring to the NWA.
We come back from break as Kevin Kelly was on screen.
"Ladies and Gentleman I'm here with Melina and Johnny Nitro whom last night came up a bit short last night in their title matches-"
"A bit short? Excuse me but that little whore cheated to retain her title while I upheld dignity in the ring, Nitro just plain blew it but that's not why we're here. Tonight, we're going to make the wrestling world stand on it's head with the challenge of the challenge, one that is so big, so grand so spectacular that no other challenge can top it. Yes, yes tonight we're sending out an invitation to Super Card III as Johnny Nitro will be waiting....for one Jushin Thunder Liger. I don't care if you need it translated or if we have to fly down to WWF Studios and make the demand in person, you people want to see a real show stealer a real wrestling match a five star classic? Then make that match happen, write, email, phone in, twitter do whatever you can to make sure Johnny Nitro vs. Jushin Liger happens...because if it doesn't...it's not on my hands...it's on yours....Johnny."
She would look to him and walked off with Nitro following though the invitation was quite serious indeed. Liger/Nitro? That would be one hell of a match indeed, would he accept, we would just have to wait and see as we cut back to ringside.
[Play Out]
Sin Cara against Psychosis, one hell of a cruiserweight bout here as the fans were fully behind Psicosis without a doubt as he was the aggressor in the match which was odd to say the least. They carried out for a full eight or so minutes, Psicosis hitting a dropsault as Cara fell to the floor, deciding to take his title and started to leave when he was stopped by Owen Hart whom seemed ready for vengeance from just a few minutes ago, Cara backing up as Psicosis saulted through the ring, crashing upon Cara and tossed him inside but was dropped with the Shining Wizard then the snap piledriver, Cara scoring the win. He gave a look towards Owen and rose his title up, calling him on and Owen flew down to the ring, Cara making a hasty retreat and headed to the back.
Being born into a wrestling family, his career started as a referee but he would later break out as a shooter in Japan and later gaining success in the Americas in ECW and WcW where he not only revived the cruiserweight division, earning the Cruiserweight Championship on 4 occasions but also garnered great respect and success as a Horsemen, and being ranked number 1 in the world in 1997 as the G1 Climax proudly welcomes the man of a thousand holds, Dean Malenko. The G1 Climax coming this spring to the NWA.
We come back from break as we got a shot of Jeff Jarrett preparing for his match later tonight, stretching and lacing his boots up as another shot showed us CM Punk whom was stretching and retapping himself, this was a big match indeed as we cut back to ringside.
[Play Out]
Victoria, Beth Phoenix, Eve and Lita in a huge four pack challenge, all four of them seemed pumped up for this match taking it to the very limits though it was no surprise that Beth Phoenix was able to score the victory over Lita whom seemed to have renewed strength and vigor since losing the NWA Women's Title. She would turn her head and saw the banner for SuperCard III, sneering at it as she would leave the ring, perhaps that was a hint of what she wanted leaving the ring.
We cut to the back as Maryse was going crazy, kicking and stomping on someone as the camera tried to pick up what was going on. Maryse had someone by the hair and smashed them right into the wall then slammed them down upon the snack table with a hard kick across the side of the head. Maryse would say something in French and grabbed whomever it was and smashed her head through a pane glass window, letting her dangle as Maryse would grin, moving over to the side and picked up...the NWA Women's Championship. She would fix her hair in the reflection of it and started to walk off, obvious now whom she attacked as MsChif dangled over the broken window, the camera man putting the camera down and ran to get help as Nitro cut to a break.
We came back as word came in that MsChif was in the trainers room getting looked at, no official word of how bad her injuries were as the replay would show bits and pieces of the attack, Maryse already in the ring with the title belt holding a mic.
"Pour tous mes fans là-bas je suis la NWA femmes Champion et comme ce soir champion je vais défendre mon titre ici, ce soir contre n'importe quel adversaire qui pensent qu'ils peuvent me vaincre. (To all my fans out there I am the NWA Women Champion and as your Champion tonight I am going to defend my title here tonight against any opponent whom thinks they can defeat me. )
From what the fans could figure out she was proclaiming herself as the Women's Champion and was holding an open challenge as she stretched her legs out waiting for her opponent.
[Play Out]
Out came Alundra Blaze? Oh this had to be a payoff or something as Maryse barely took this match seriously, beating Alundra in a matter of two minutes without breaking a sweat. Maryse rose her hands in victory and told the ref to wrap the belt around her waist and left the ring, wearing it proudly as she would exit through the curtain.
[Play Out]
It was time for the Main Event as Jeff Jarrett was going one on one with CM Punk and the winner would get the first shot at the NWA World Champion Sting at Spring Stampede, Jarrett moving around the ring as Punk tossed his shirt to the fans as they would lock up, feeling each other out for a little while until Jarrett scored the upper hand, using his wrestling and size to wear Punk down, able to toss him to the floor. Punk moved around the ring, being heckled by some of the fans though would heckle back, taking a bite of ice cream and rolled back into the ring, turning up the pressure on Jarrett as he started turn the tides using his Mui Tai fighting to catch him off guard, also using his high flying prowess though Jarrett kept to his wrestling game, forcing Punk to mess up and hurt his knee which was only a set up for a figure four.
Punk would struggle in the middle half, avoiding the figure four at all costs and tried to use submissions but Jarrett was too keen on them, able to power out forcing Punk to try a hit and run tactic for a little while. Punk would gain the upper hand, trying for a GTS though Jarrett grabbed the knee and locked in somehow a figure four, Punk cursing out a bit trying to fight out of it, crawling over and got a hold of the rope. Jarrett would continue the assault, putting Punk through a clinic until one missed clothesline and Punk turned it around, going on a rampage and was able to catch Jarrett in the Anaconda Vice, locking it in tightly and kept moving to prevent Jarrett from getting to the rope.
He would squeeze and wrench on him though Jarrett was able to get to the rope with his foot, the hold breaking as Punk continued to dish it out on Jarrett, taking a hell of a clothesline from him as Jarrett started to turn it around. Punk at the last second avoided a bit splash, able to catch Jarrett with the GTS then held his knee some, growling as he pulled himself up, rising up and took a steel chair shot over the skull by Ric Flair. The ref threw the match out, or tried to when Flair blasted the ref over the back of the head, watching Jarrett rise and hit him over the skull as the Horsemen spilled into the ring, starting to beat the hell out of Punk and Jarrett.
Jarrett was tossed to the floor and rammed into the stairs as all four Horsement beat the hell out of Punk hitting spine busters and brain busters, Punk busted open from ear to ear as Flair held Punk in a headlock, putting a screwdriver to Punk's head, Tully holding a mic to his mouth.
"BISHOFF, YOU HAVE 30 Seconds to make me the number one contender to Sting's World Title at Spring Stampede or I'm going to ram this screw driver into CM PUNK"S HEAD! 10 SECONDS BISHOFF!"
[Play Out]
"Okay whoa whoa okay Flair hold on-"
"TWO SECONDS BISHOFF!"
"Okay You're in, you're in, now please put the screw driver down and get out of the ring."
Flair would smirk at Bishoff, dropping the screw driver then tossed Punk to Arn whom blasted him over the head with a tire iron, Flair wooing out to the crowd saying he was going to get that title shot again, yelling into the camera that he was coming for Sting's head, already number one contender for not doing anything but hold Punk's life hostage as Nitro would fade to black.
Main Event Results
The show opened up with Alberto Del Rio having a rematch with Mr. Perfect but sadly the US Title was not on the line. Del Rio made sure to be extra cautious now with Mr. Perfect, avoiding him at all costs though Perfect eventually caught up with him, Del Rio leaving ringside and took a count out, living to fight another day.
The Legion of Doom were in rare form as they went one on one with The Anderson's from the Horsemen in one hell of a tag team match that nearly destroyed the ringside area. With a little bit of help from Tully, The Anderson's were able to score the win.
We then caught a post Nitro interview with CM Punk as cameras caught up with him after the assult.
"How do I feel? I feel like I was hit by a dammed wrecking ball. Ric Flair put his nose in my World Title match and he thinks he can get away with it? Ric Flair you're not the first and you won't be the last to try and stick it to CM Punk and you can bust me up all you want, next Monday, I'm calling you out and I'm going to personally close space mountain down forever."
After the Promo it was Sin Cara Negro squaring off against Owen Hart, a bit of revenge from Monday Nitro. The match would explode into a frenzy as Cara went to leave but Owen refused to let him leave, tossing him back inside taking a hard kick from Cara that busted his nose, though Owen just seconds later, caught a roll up for three. The crowd went crazy as Owen had a win over Cara, knowing Monday Nitro was only going to get more interesting.
And in the Main Event Defending IWGP Champion Ricky Steamboat went one on one with Jeff Hardy much to the fans dismay. The match was exactly what you would expect it to be with high flying moves, counter and chain wrestling as Hardy not only impressed the crowd but proved to be again, a number one contender for any title. On three seperate occasions Hardy nearly won the match though Steamboat refused to quit, going move for move with Hardy as at the 27 minute mark, Steamboat countered the Twist of Hate into a Landslide with a Bridge for the win. Though his victory was ill at best as the Regime stormed the ring, looking to put a pounding upon Steamboat though he had a little bit of back up as the Icon Sting came down from the rafters with a bat in hand and started to fight the Regime off with Steamboat coming to. The Regime backed off to fight another day as Steamboat and Sting would glance at each other before back to the ramp as Hardy said he was coming for Steamboat as the show would come to a close.
Week 2
"Ladies and Gentleman welcome to Monday Nitro, I cannot even begin to tell you the kind of chaos that has spurned over the last seven days, Punk calls out Flair, Nitro calls out Liger and best yet, The Rock...is here tonight. I can't believe I'm saying that. And also due to his actions last week on powerbombing Natalya, General Managers Eric Bishoff and Inoki have ruled that Sid has been removed from the G1 Tournament and I'm being told his spot will be filled very very soon. Oh wait what's this?"
We move to the parking lot as a limo pulls into view, the fans cheering loudly thinking it was The Rock until they saw the licence plate that said "Priceless" on it and started to jeer. The limo coming to a stop when a big black hummer crashed into the side of it , the door swinging open as Masahiro Chono pulled out with a black ball bat, smashing every single window in the limo, screaming out in japanese as the limo would quickly peel away. Chono would growl in english 'muther fucker' and got into his hummer and started to drive after the limo, Nitro cutting to ringside.
[Play Out]
Psicosis and newly returning Billy Kidman started the show, the fans jeering the fuck outta Kidman chanting out 9/11 causing him to screw up a few spots, hell even a few of the fans wanted to jump the barrier at him though Kidman would prevail with an over the shoulder Death Valley Driver into a neckbreaker, beating Psicosis to a three. Kidman rose to his feet with a grin, getting a mic in hand.
"Good Evening good people of Madison Square Garden, still remember me for my little reference to 9/11 hmm? To bad the dammed planes weren't able to hit this shithole, then you people would have something to complain about. Miss me? Do something about it."
[Play Out]
What the hell was this? It was Suicide as he flew from the crowd, tackling Kidman down and knocked him out of the ring with a spinkick, Kidman holding his head and started to back away as Suicide dared him back into the ring though Kidman said 'Not in a New York Minute' and left ringside, wow, ten minutes in and Monday Nitro was freaking explosive as we were forced to a break.
[G1]
Breaking out in 1982 as Super Olympia, he would smash down the doors of Jim Crocket Productions, finding himself easily aligned with thsoe of his own statue. Winning tag team gold in the NWA, he later took a tag partner to the WWF and ended the historic reign of Demolition. Upon returning to his roots, he would again win tag team gold proving without a doubt his statue and success and later became known as the Dominate Force and Enforcer of the Four Horsemen as the G1 Climax Proudly Welcomes, Arn Anderson. The G1 Climax, coming This Spring, to the NWA.
[Play Out Punk]
"You all know why I'm out here, you all know what happened last week and I said I'm going to call out the biggest piece of (beep) I ever laid eyes on this side of Jeff Hardy, Ric Flair. Flair, last week you cost me a world title shot and politiced your way into the title picture just like you always do and just like you always have while I spent the last year battling to get to the top of the mountain. I'm not about to let some guy who stole his gimmick from Buddy Rogers take MY World Title Shot away because I am, the best in this freakin' world. Just because you go through as many wives as you do World Titles does NOT make you God in my or anyone else's eyes and I demand you get your sorry Arn Anderson (beep) suckin' ass out here so I can pound it into the pavement where your career belongs. Come on Flair I don't have all night and Space Mountain is only good for about two minutes. Get down here, take off your suit and tie, toss your shoes into the crowd, quit jerkin' off Ole and Tully back there and let CM Punk give you a lesson in Pro Wrestling before I go back there and make a man out of you myself."
[Play Flair]
This was NOT pretty at all as Flair and Punk locked horns, starting to fight like dogs with punches and kicks all abound, refs flew down to the ring to seperate them as Punk flew over them, tackling Flair to the floor as the fight continued. Flair would get in a few good cheapshots before being pushed back, Punk running around the ring and caught Flair, tackling him down as even more refs flew down to the ringside to stop them as this was an all out war, Flair being pulled back spitting out 'Come on Mother Fucker' and Punk screaming back 'I'll rip your ass apart' it was pandamonium as many would say, Nitro cutting to a break after all that.
We came back as cameras caught up with Flair whom was livid to the point of him actually pushing the camera man on his ass, screaming.
"Punk! Punk! How dare you disgrace the name of Ric Flair. Do you know who the hell I am!? If it wasn't for Me, there would be no Starrcade, No Wrestlemania, no Fucking Wrestling Period! Punk, you want a piece of the nature boy, see me in the ring tonight and I'll wipe the mat with your goddammed brains! GET OFFA ME!"
He swung at a ref, screaming at them to back off as we move back to the ring.
[Play Out Cody]
"Surprised to see me? I'm sure Masahiro Chono will be when he runs that limo off the road and realizes it was the four horsemen's limo with out licene plate on it. Hahaha I know I know I kill myself and that plan is none other than yet another Priceless tactic in why I am the smartest and best looking wrestler here in the NWA. But now onto why I'm here tonight, well, just look at the screen."
[Play G1]
Debuting in OVW where he dominated every wrestler on the roster, he broke into the WWE where he quickly earned Tag Team Success co-founding the team Priceless. After breaking away, he found himself an intercontinential champion where he reigned supreme once again. Upon entering the NWA he reformed Priceless and shattered Demolition's once great record of 16 Straight Months and has been declared the best looking man in wrestling and perhaps the greatest wrestler in the history of the world as the G1 Climax Proudly Welcomes, Dashing Cody Rhodes. The G1 Climax, coming This Spring to the NWA.
"Oh my god, oh my god that was just...just...emmy award winning, it's worth two oscars and a world title, that promo of me was just...just...Priceless. That's right, my goal is to enter G1, win the tournament and cash in my title shot against whomever the World Champion is and become The Greatest World Champion on the planet earth. And that my friends you can take to the bank, if you need proof, just watch my match tonight."
[Play Out]
DragonKid was given the call as he made his way down to the ring, Cody trying to jump the gun but Kid avoided it, taking it to Cody. The match carried out and most of the offense went to Kid until Cody used his own momentum against him, tossing him around like a cruiserweight and scored the win with CrossRhodes, blowing a kiss to the fans as he left the ring, laughing as we cut to the back, the parking lot to be exact as we saw another limo pull up, the fans screaming out knowing whom it might be but Nitro would cut to a break.
[Play Out]
Maryse came down to the ring with the Women's Title in tow around her waist, laughing all the while and again would speak in pure french proclaiming she was the real Women's Champion and would take on any challenger, this time from the crowd. She moved around the ring some, pointing to a girl whom looked to be in her 20's and had the ref escourt her into the ring. The girl told everyone her name as Maryse told the ref to ring the bell, kicking her in the gut and dropped her with the French Kiss right in the center of the ring, placing a boot over her and got the three count in a matter of five seconds, raising her title up and fixed her hair a bit in the glow of the title but the fans went mental, out came MsChif with fresh stitches in her head, flying after Maryse whom dropped her with the title belt over her head. Maryse had reopened those stitches and laughed down at her, MsChif holding her head in pain as Maryse blew her a kiss and headed to the back, Nitro cutting to the back where CM Punk was gearing up, Kevin trying to get a word in, asking him about his match and about what the Miz had said.
"Right now, I'm focused on a bigger task at hand as I destroy Ric Flair tonight in the main event and get my title shot back. As far as the Miz is concerned, I cashed in Money in the Bank Twice, I've won that title Twice, he's nothing more than a reality star rip off whom Zach Ryder could buddy buddy with in a gay bar. He wants a match, come down here and ask for it like a man and not behind a glory hole."
We then fade to break.
We now come back from break as now Justin Roberts is stood in the centre of the ring.
"Ladies and Gentleman, please welcome from the World Wrestling Federation. The Rock!"
The boos reign down as the music hits and the Rock strides out with sunglasses on, his new "I BEAT MR WRESTLEMANIA" on the front and "AT WRESTLEMANIA" on the back T-Shirt. He looks like hes walking into a used car lot the way he is looking around at the setting and fans in discust, ranting at what a "piss hole" this place is. He then gets into the ring and snatches the microphone from Roberts, turning to the camera.
"The thing on?" He bashes it "good. Got to expect the least at that bargain bin promotions. Now the Rock is here, he has graced your show. An actuall superstar, an actually hollywood megastar. And he is here for one reason and one reason only. Del Rio...but down your Burito, bring out your sex slave so he can annouce you and get your candy ass to this ring so the Rock can tell you exactly what is going to go down at Supercard!"
It wouldn't take long for Rodriquez to annouce Del Rio as he came dressed like he was on his way to the Royal Palace, grinning all the while and even handed out Del Rio T-Shirts but took one away from a fat person and handed it to Rodriquez, entering the ring with a mic in palm.
"My Name, My Name is Alberto Del Rio...and Finally the Champion of the United States, of the world has come back to....where are we again? Oh yes, has come back to Madison Square Garden. Senior Rock, I got your memo and here you stand, the Star of such great Blockbuster movies such as Toothfairy, Race to Bitch Mountain and Doom. Finally the Rock and the Greatest Wrestler of all time, Alberto Del Rio, are standing face to face, in the center of the ring...with the challenge of the challenge yes?"
"Your funny, very funny yous tupid mexican. You came into the Rock's ring at the Royal Rumble after you and he going back and forth on the microphone for months and montsh after that your still bragging about it. If you forgot you didn't even get in any offense. You spent all your time talking to the Rock and then the Undertaker through you out. And now FINALLY in front of the whole world the Rock can finally come into this ring, meet you face to face and say...good job" the crowd let out a massive reaction of shock.
"Good job?" Ventura exclaims.
"But your job was to then help the Rock eliminate Shawn Micheals. Were were you? Oh it doesn't matter! What matters is..." he turns to the camera "we got you."
He now looks around at the booing crowd "we got all of you! You all actually think we would spend all our time pulling the same tactics, ranting on each other and then actually wrestle? No no! See that was just games, it was just fun...and this is why. You may have heard last week on Raw the Rock talking about how the wrestling buisness sucks, how its needs its superstards back. Well you are looking at those superstars because we have had enough of lesser idiots and hick midgets taking our rightful spots!"
"Oh yes it's true I mean think about it, last year at Super Card who was the Main Event, two old men that can't get it up in a fumbled cage for the ages but yet, No Del Rio, no Rock and especially No Del Rio! So both of us decided, hey, why not get the wrestling world buzzing, why not get the wresting smarks talking and that is exactly what we did. If it wasn't for Senior Rock and Alberto Del Rio, would any of you care? I mean, the WWF is stuck in the Attitude Era that died 10 years ago and still no one is happy over who the champion is. And this company, sadly, may say NWA but it's really WcW all over again with the same 80 year old champions running amok thinking they own the place. And ROH...just sucks."
"RO What?" Rock frowns then shakes it off "anyway. Yes indeed we hate the midgets, we hate the little midgets who just because they do a few extra flips get called the better wrestlers. But when you come away from the show what were you talking about? When you came away from Starcade you were talking about Del Rio returning and winning the US title, and when you came away from Wrestlemania everyone was talking, pissed off, but talking about how I beat Shawn Micheals like Macho Man beats Elizabeth...oh come on your know it. We got you talking about the Rock and Del Reo were going to say to each other next and so the entrie wrestling world was focused on us. That's why we are superstars and the rest of you back there are just morons. Espessially the old idiots who actually allow themselves to be beat by the midgets. If you too old and two stuck in the 90's then get out of the buisness and leave it to those who transend. Oh yes we are talking to you Crow and Uncle Fester!" Rock grins at that as the crowd react.
"Speaking of Starrcade, did you know in one night I, Alberto Del Rio defeated Four Men all by himself, oh yes he defeated Hirooki Gotoh, the wife beating Randy Savage, The Worst there is, the worst there was and the worst there ever will be Bret Hart...and some jobber by the name of John Morrison which just further proves just how great I am. Oh oh and I debuted in G1, Main Evented the very next night and in only 7 months time I became Champion, defeating everyone in my path....and Even Masahiro Chono...TWICE Mind you Yes. You stack the names that Senior Rock and I have beaten, the amount of people who died during the Hollocaust don't even come close to how many men we've beaten"
"Very true, very true. Oh and just so everyone knows before you start calling us a two man power trip....because that sucked. We already have made a few calls. And the Rock has already found his partner for talking down the WWF idiots and he will be the 3rd man that stands with us, the third man to say no and take back the main events like he earned. And trust me he has a big stake in how he has been treated since the new regime came into power a few years ago. But on to tonight. The Rock is begging the Rock is pleading that someone come out of that locker room that can actually pose a challenge. You do this all the time right?" He looks at Del "so someone get out here, hell all of you get out here so we can start putting boots to asses!"
Del Rio grinned as he moved around the ring, calling out for someone to come on down, hell anyone would do at this point
"Anyone will do amigos, I mean if you're scared of what myself and The Rock can do believe me we understand but at least give the fans what they want, what they desire, something to give the fans something to talk about, at least until we pound you into the-
(Sting)
Well they did get an answer that they wanted though probably not one they were expecting, Crow as they so gently called him, Sting, the one whom saved the wrestling business made his way down to the ring, looking at both of the with his dark, cold eyes and a ball bat in hand, Del Rio grinning towards him and told the rock "let me handle this' as he stepped up though Sting his the mic out of his hand with the ball bat
The Rock raises an eyebrow at this then looks over to Sting with a chuckle.
"Oh look its the Crow! Didn't you die or something...oh no that was just your career in 1997. Remember that? All that hype? All that build and you... beat Hogan...except you didn't because of the Bret Hart and politics. The Rock certainly was glad when he won the title the next year and everyone watched it because they hated your promotion by then."
Sting took all of that in and actually grinned towards Rock, slowly removing his jacket and dropped it down to the floor, then removed his world title and set it aside, going eye to eye with 'Rocky' and didn't remove his eyes until Del Rio....attempted to jump him, getting socked right in the face for his efforts, Rodriquez climbing on his back to halt Sting in his tracks
The Rock then comes forward and hammers into sing with Rock punches but Sting feels none of it and just walks forwards towards the Rock as Rocky goes wide eyed. Rock then yells "you step one step closer and the Rock will stick his boot up your..."
(Jarrett)
Jarrett came down, wielding his guitar in hand, sliding inside and moved Sting aside, starting to put the bad mouth on Rock, even going as far and slapping him over the face. Rock went for a swing as Jarrett ducked, pulling his Guitar back and smashed it over Sting's head, laying him out. The Thunderous Roars would echo as like a pack of wolves, all three of them would pounce on Sting's corpse like vultures, Jarrett yelling at them to 'rip him apart'
The commentators yell at why Jarrett has joined them as the three kick away at him. Then one by one they hit their finishing moves on the NWA Champion. The Rock Bottom, and then a crossarm breaker and and a figure four at the same time from Del Rio and Jarrett as Rodriquez even gets a few boots in and the Rock grabs the microphone back up again.
"Like the Rock said he has been making a few calls and has a few contacts who agree with us. Now back to the s**t kicking!"
He goes back in to kick away at Sting as well when...
Shawn Micheals runs out as the crowd goes crazy, the Rock looking wide eyed in shock as he slides into the ring and before any the others can get up nails the Rock with Sweet Chin Music. He then turns but gets jumped on by the other two.
The hits just kept on coming, 2 against 3 wasn't fair but 3 against three seemed to even the odds as Bret Hart flew down to the ring, actually tackling Del Rio down to the mat and started to punch the ever loving mexican out of him, able to kick him out of the ring and, well this was a photogenic moment as Bret and Shawn locked eyes, Sting slowly pulling himself up, realizing, what was going on, Del Rio yelling in the mic "Hey...Hey you pendehos, all three of you are at the combined age of 95, turn on your hearing aids and listen, this...this right here is only the beginning of what is to come. We dare you to bring anyone you want, bring the whole locker room, you are looking at the greatest team in the history of the wrestling world...and just like my career...it's only going to get bigger."
The Rock nods and then brings up his mic as they leave "IF YOU SMEEEEEEEEEEEL WHAT THE ROCK, DEL RIO and the true superstars are Cookin!"
With that the band of "true superstars" leave as Bret and Shawn help Sting to stand and glare up at them as we cut to a break before the main event of the evening.
[Play Out]
Ric Flair vs. CM Punk and yes, this was a full on smash mouth all out battle indeed. Punk not afraid to take it to Flair but Flair was not above cheating and giving Punk a lesson in wrestling 101. Flair took control in the early half, knowing how mad Punk was and used that to his advantage though Punk found a way to turn things around, actually getting real serious and started to counter wrestle, it was the only real way to combat against Flair, working to his body with submissions. The match continued to carry on as Flair was in pain, Punk doing one hell of a job attacking all parts of his body, making it easy to pick the bones though Flair was able to get the ref knocked out, gouging Punk in the eye and moved to the floor, hitting over his back with a steel chair, starting to dish it out upon him, swinging for the fences but Punk got his foot up, hitting the chair in his face, picking it up and nailed Flair over the head, watching him roll to the floor.
Flair held his head as Punk yelled at him to get back into the ring, opening the chair and sat down on it, calling him on as Punk was hit from behind....by the Miz. What the hell was going on as Miz waited for him, grabbing Punk from behind and hit the Skull Crushing Finale right on the open chair. Miz leaning over mouthed something to him, grabbing the chair and left ringisde area as Flair rolled into the ring, kicking the ref awake as he turned Punk over and got the three.
Son of a bitch, Flair scored the win as he would woo out to the crowd, rolling out of the ring and wiped his hands through his hair, grinning that he put Punk in his place whom slowly got to his feet, realizing what had occured as he rolled out of the ring, holding his head and said under his breath "I'm gonna kill that bastard" as he pushed through the curtain.
We cut to the back as the camera picked up, screaming, yelling, god knows what else as they push their way through catching Bret and Shawn, nothing much has changed since 97' as they were going tooth and nail about the issue at hand
"The answer plain and simple is no Shawn. I'm not doing this to protect my pride I"m doing this to protect our business and the last thing we need is another backstabber on our team"
"Bret!" Shawn sighs as he lowers his head in aggrivation then looks back up to him "you and I have history. Everyone has history. He and I have history! Everyone knows what he did last year! He drove you out of the WWF and then after Sting cut off his balls I kicked him into that grave. Hell you and I fought on the same side during the war and that didn't go too well. You didn't trust me then and it cost us the WWF and your WWF career. Can you afford to not trust me now! He's changed. I can't explain it. I don't know if he is supernatural or if its just a headcase deal but he's back to how he was before. He'll help us. If only to make up for what he did."
"Trust the man whom not only made his career off of screwing others but also trust the man whom cost me my job huh? I'm going on record and saying prove it to me then. You know damn well actions speak louder than words, especially in this business. Prove it to me Shawn and maybe, just maybe, I'll believe you."
"Prove it? Prove it? What about when I saved Stings ass out there? Huh? Sure I came here tonight because I knew Rock was going to be here. But when I saw what was happening. When I saw what was happening to me was going to spread like a cancer. We need to cut this off now. Or...and you and I both know that all out hard word early in our careers, all that work we did to change the buisness and make wrestling matter will mean nothing because soon the Hogans, the Warriors and the Rocks will take that all away if we don't stop this. Taker is one of us. He just...forgot that for awhile."
"No he didn't forget anything Shawn he knew exactly what he was doing, he knew exactly what he wanted and it took a miracle to change it. It seems we're at a cross roads as to what decision we should make about this, I can easily pull my team in and they would make a better substitude for the big dead bastard."
Slowly Sting would stand in between both of them, giving both of them a look almost as if trying to find the right words to say, wiping the blood from his head a bit from the beating earlier and spoke "Monday....Night....Raw."
Main Event Results
The Show opened with a small recap of what occured on Nitro but the doors exploded open with CM Punk coming out, pissed off over what happened on Nitro claiming he was going to have an answer for The Miz on Monday Night Raw but he still had a match on hand as he went one on one with Johnny Nitro and this match was explosive, for twenty minutes these two set the standard with so many near falls. Both men took it to the floor and were double counted out, mainly due to Punk and Nitro having hot tempers.
Beth Phoenix had a bout with Eve Torress, literally destroying her in a matter of moments, again looking up to the Super Card III Banner with an idea in mind.
In Tag Action Hart Dynasty went one on one with Gotoh and Koji in a smash mouth bout for the ages, however this time Gotoh and Koji were able to score the win with a Doomsday Device/Stunner Combination though their victory was short as Masahiro Chono flew down to the ring wit a ball bat in hand, swinging like a mad man as they fled the scene, Chono wanting their heads.
And in the Main Event, Ricky Steamboat under the IWGP Open Challenge Clause defended his title against Matthew Hardy. Surprisingly the bout lasted a good fifteen minutes and Matthew held his own against Ricky Steamboat but just like his brother, Steamboat countered the Twist of Hate into a DragonDDT and scored the victory. Steamboat rose up in victory when he was then hit with an Angle Slam from Kurt Angle whom would literally tear Steamboat apart and smashed the Title Belt over his head, leaving ringside yelling out “SuperCard Baby” as Main Event came to a close.
Week 3
Talk about an explosive Nitro from last week, things were going off the hook with the talks of Del Rio and Rock teaming up with more on the way, Sting, Hart and HBK were only the tip of the iceberg whom decided to join up against them as Super Card III drew near but there was yet another question on everyone’s mind and that was why did Kurt Angle attack Ricky Steamboat and what did that have to do with Super Card however we would have to wait for answers as the show would kick off.
[Play Out]
Priceless made their way down to the ring, grinning all the while but it was business tonight, big business as they were up against Hart Dynasty in tag action and talk about a match itself. Priceless kept to their ways but Dynasty was able to outsmart them, tripping them up and went for the Hart Attack but Ted Sr. was able to distract the ref, Natalya going to make her way over and take care of him, granting the ref to get distracted and DiBiase hitting a low blow and scored the win. Priceless would slide out of the ring, laughing it all the way to the bank as they moved to the back.
“Ladies and Gentleman the results of the Draft are in and while you saw some of the results last week, now it is official, please welcome to the NWA-”
“MNM” Melina would say coming into view.
“Actually no I was going to introduce-”
“It doesn’t really matter whom you were going to introduce, the team of 2012 has arrived in the NWA and we’re going to take the tag team division by storm. First we rally Johnny Nitro and have him defeat Jushin Liger and at Spring Stampede we go after Priceless and take those tag team titles and wrap them around our waist. Oh it’ll be so glorious tell them Joey.”
“Oh yes with a team such as this back in action our aspirations are sky high. Tonight we make an example of the tag team roster and prove our status our worth against any team whom thinks they have the talent to take us down.”
Melina would laugh, pulling them away as Kevin just shook his head as we cut to a break.
Training at an early age, he broke out into the scene in NOAH and made a splash against then champion KENTA. Making his debut in WWE, he would form Priceless and later joined Randy Orton to create Legacy, only to break away into the NWA where he would reform the team again, earning tag team success. Being a Prolific Movie Star in The Marine 2 and the self profession Prodigy of Wrestling, The G1 Climax Proudly Welcomes, Ted DiBiase. The G1 Climax, coming this Spring, to the NWA.
[Play Out]
MNM against the Returning Harlem Heat whom got a rounding applause from the crowd. This match was literally all over the place, the crowd favoring Harlem Heat obviously and with Sister Sherri in their corner, Melina was nil to nothing as the sides were pretty even. While MNM had the speed Harlem Heat had the techniqual ability, almost scoring the win until Booker T and Nitro started to fight on the floor, Mercury and Stevie Ray would join in suit, the ref calling for the bell as it went to a double count out. The fans didn’t care much for that at all but the teams would break, Melina yelling at her men to head to the back as Harlem Heat stood proud ready for another fight, Nitro cutting to a break.
Finding himself in the AWA where he attained the world championship, he traveled to the NWA and Georgia Pro Wrestling where he had legendary matches against Dino Bravo, The Briscos, Ricky Steamboat, Ric Flair and Woo Hoo McDaniel. Having a name stay he would form an alliance and become a long standing tag team champion and later became the 2nd Horseman as the G1 Climax Proudly Welcomes, Ole, Anderson. The G1 Climax coming this spring to the NWA.
"Ladies and Gentleman we're back on Monday Nitro, we have exclusive footage from ROH addressing Ricky Steamboat, we have seen the footage and ask everyone to understand NWA does not endorse the comments expressed by Kurt Angle."
"Kurt Angle has arrived in Ring Of Honor. Now I know most of you are happy about that but for someone like me, it pisses me off because of the bullshit I had to go through to get here. I had a job with the World Wrestling Federation and I was the best dammed wrestler they had, you know how many title shots they gave me, yeah exactly. So I bust my ass for that company, defeat man after man and what do they do, the brass comes up to me and says "Hey Kurt, could you give us a good show against Joe at Mania, he's been hurting lately." They ask me to essentially tank the match and I tell them "Oh Hell No" I'm a pro wrestler and I'm not tanking anything for anyone, so what happens next, that big fat bastard chokes me out and WWF fires me. THey would rather have a reality tv star as their champion over an olympic gold medalist! Oh hey, don't start chanting ROH because this company may have had the brains to pick me up, but for four years they've done nothing but hire guys from Chikara, TNA and whatever bingo hall they could find. You know such great talent like Mike Knox, Dave Taylor, Ultra Mantis, guys that couldn't even draw a dollar on a chalk board. Kurt Angle gets picked up and 15 guys get the axe, that's how great I am because THIS company appreciates Wrestling, not gimmicks, Wrestling. So during the Draft I realized that, I wasn't on SuperCard, ANYWHERE I wasn't on the show, so I decided to go after the ONE person that I knew could bring this bingo hall promotion into the bright lights and that was with a world championship from a company that has always been around wrestling, hense why I went after Ricky Steamboat. He holds a world title that means more to the world than any other title in the world, but here's the difference, he's not a wrestler, I am. I am the greatest wrestler in the world and I have the gold medals to prove it. Guys like Ricky Steamboat, Shawn Michaels, Ric Flair, Bret Hart, they are MOCKERIES of what Pro Wrestling is all about and when I destroy Ricky Steamboat as Super Card III all of you, The WWF, The NWA and this Shithole of 3000 strong will realize just how Real Kurt Angle is."
The feed cuts as we're pulled back into Monday Nitro, the fans not at all happy about Kurt Angle's comments as we're pulled in by Kevin Kelly backstage.
"Ladies and gentleman I'm here with currently IWGP Title Holder Ricky The Dragon Steamboat, no words can describe what Kurt Angle just said, the challenge has been set, your comments."
"Kurt Angle, I'll see you at Super Card III and after I beat you, you can send another video to NWA and cry about your loss."
Steamboat slowly walked off as we cut back to ringside.
[Play Out]
Maryse came down to the ring with 'her' NWA Women's Championship laughing all the while, fixing her hair in the reflection as she was to square off against a random wrestler who went by the name Black Widow. Again Maryse didn't take it seirously as Widow was able to actually get in a few good shots, giving Maryse a bit of a run for her money until she turned the tides. Maryse setting her up in the corner and tried to remove the mask but only got it to about her nose as she was hit right in the eye....with Green Mist. The fans went mad as Widow, removing her mask revealed herself to be MsChif rolled out to the ring, grabbing her title belt from the time keeper and swung at Maryse whom ducked and rolled out to the floor, running away. The match obviously thrown out though MsChif rose her World Title up, having it back after two weeks of hell, screaming out to the fans as she was hit from behind by Daffney with a steel chair. Daffney would then repeatidly beat over her back, placing the chair within her throat and dropped her with a DDT, hearing it snap upon his neck. Daffney rose with a scream and yelled out "Scream Now Bitch" as she rolled out of the ring.....with the NWA Women's Title, raising it up in the air for all to see and would smash it a few times over the steel post, breaking the title into pieces. She would toss the shards into the ring and tossed the strap inside with an evil sneer, heading through the crowd to make her escape as security chased after her as we cut to a break. We come back from break as MsChif was in serious condition, coughing up blood on her way to the back, the only thing she was able to say was 'where is my title' and that was it, being taken right to the trainers to be checked out as we move back to ringside.
[Play Out]
Billy Kidman facing off against Taka Michonoku and this was anything but a pretty contest as Kidman was the power while Taka was the speed of the bout. Kidman was just a bit too strong for him, lifting him up for a Death Valley Driver but Taka slid out, tripping him up in the corner and connected with a Super K Ensiguri over the back of Kidman's head, the ref quickly checking on him to make sure he was okay. Kidman slowly staggering to his feet as Taka caught him with a Flash Kick, the ref calling for the bell as Kidman was knocked right the hell out. Taka rose his hands in victory, the crowd a bit shocked at the viciousness of those two kicks as the lights would cut out. Once they popped back on Sin Cara was in the ring, catching Taka with the Final Sin right in the center of the ring, dropping him down and looked down in disgust as Owen Hart flew down to the ring, Cara making a hasty retreat to the back, Owen still wanting a piece of Cara as he helped Taka up, Nitro cutting to a break.
[Play Promo]
Starrcade, The Great American Bash, World War, Halloween Havoc, Champions, Icons, Legends, Horsemen, The Return, The Homecoming, it all has to begin somewhere as the NWA Returns to Texas for the 4 Year Anniversary as NWA Proudly Presents, Spring Stampede.
[Play Out]
Take a look at this match, Hirooki Gotoh squaring off against Ultimo Dragon and this was literally all over the place, Gotoh having the power and Dragon having the techniqual prowess against him granted they were pretty equal in the submission department. This match would carry out for a full ten minutes, Dragon trying for the Asai DDT but he was pushed off, landing on his back and dropped with the GotoHeaven, Gotoh covering for the three. He rose up, raising his arm in victory with a sneer upon his face, moving up and picked up his staff.
[Play Out]
The roof exploded as Chono literally flew down the ring, tackling Gotoh down to the mat and started to punch the shit out of him, pay back for what they did to Mutoh as Koji flew down to the ring, catching Chono off guard as they were able to drop him down with the DragonSlayer, sweeping at the Leg with a Clothesline on top of it, leaving him to lay as they left the ring, Nitro then cutting to somewhere in the back, Jeff Hardy in a very dark lit room was with his Regime, talking, we were only getting perhaps the last bit of the sermon.
"In time we shall soon be blessed with the devinity of darkness that shall bestow over the NWA. Allow those sheep to have their Super Cards, their Main Events, allow all of them to rejoice in their supremacy my fellow chosen. Soon, very soon, we shall move in and sweep the NWA in a blanket of darkness and the Era Of Enlightenment will begin. Patience...sweet...Patience."
Nitro would then cut to a break prior to the Main Event of Monday Nitro.
[Play Out]
Ho-Ly, SHIT what a main event, Intercontinetial Champion Jushin Thunder Liger squaring off against IWGP World Champion Ricky The Dragon Steamboat as the fans were already screaming This Is Awesome, a wave breaking out, even the second coming of Jesus couldn't top this as both of them met in the center of the ring, shaking hands, both of them coming off of huge title retentions, one over Savage and the other over Brian Danielson as they would lock up. This match was literally an orgasm between the ropes as these two legends put on a performance that not only made both companies stand in pride but even the crowd screamed out 'Lets Go Liger' 'Steamboat Go" chants. Liger obviously had the high flying ability in this one while Ricky stuck to his counter game though this was such a perfect blend the fans would not could not keep quiet for long during this match.
Bishoff made DAMN sure that no commercial would break away from this huge Main Event bout, if he was trying to make Nitro the number one show, this was the match that would deffinately do it as we hit the thirty minute mark and these two were still going, sweat covering Steamboat's body while Liger had ring marks over his costume, both of them even taking it to the floor on several occasions and it just wasn't enough, neither one of them taking the pinfall or even giving up to any submission lock. The match would continue for ten more freaking minutes by god, Liger trying for a victory roll but Steamboat kicked out, both men rising up as the bell would sound signaling that the time limit had expired. The fans would scream out for it to conintue but both of them were exhausted, rising up and met in the center of the ring, looking up at the Super Card Banner and would shake hands, knowing they gave it every last thing that they had in this match tonight as the lights cut out.
[Play Out]
Oh son of a bitch, it was the Regime as they spilled into the ring, it was easy pickings against Ricky Steamboat and Liger as they started to put the pounding away on them as the fans screamed out for help. Jeff would get a hold of a steel chair, looking to blast the hell out of them but it was pulled out of his hand by...Johnny Nitro whom swung for the fences. Jeff rolled out of the ring as it gave Liger and Steamboat a chance to fight back, taking the opposition out as they started to back peddal, Hardy grinning and said it was only beginning as Nitro slammed the chair down, turning around and gave a stare towards Liger, both of them going eye to eye as Nitro wanted his match and he wanted it finalized. Liger looked at him as Nitro would extend his palm perhaps to show sportsmanship, the other hand pointing to the SuperCard III Banner. Liger would follow his finger then back at him, and shook his hand in acceptance. Holy cow the match was on, Liger against Johnny Nitro at SuperCard III, the hits just kept coming as Nitro would give him a faint bow in respect, rolling out of the ring with a grin upon his face as the crowd chanted out and Nitro would fade to black.
Main Event Results
Inoki busted the doors down with a huge announcement that tonight would have a double Main Event planned, kicking things off with a huge Cruiserweight Invitational featuring Kidman, Owen Hart, Ultimo Dragon, Psicosis, Taka, Dragon Kid, Suicide, Justin Gabriel and Evan Bourne, over the top rope challenge. With so many kicks, flips abound it came down to Owen and Taka whom wrestled it out for close to five extra minutes past the last elimination with Taka almost scoring the win, but Owen would skin the cat, hooking his head and tossed Taka out, scoring the win, Sin Cara watched in anger from the stage.
In Tag Action Harlem Heat went up against MNM once again whom this time were the aggressors in the bout though Melina and Sherri got involved in the match, trying to help their team out which turned out to be a massive cat fight the match being tossed out due to double interference, Harlem Heat backing away looking on in rage.
The First of the Double Main Events featuring Dean Malenko squaring off against Ricky Steamboat for the IWGP Title and what a hell of a match this was, Malenko coming close three times to winning the title, once with the Cloverleaf and another with the Rings of Saturn though in the end with the DragonDDT Steamboat retained at the 22 minute mark.
After the match we got a clip from MsChif whom was backstage at Nitro after what happened to her after the attack.
"So that little Zombie (beep) comes onto my show and takes my world title away from me because she can't get the job done in her own company? Daffney, I heard your comments and I obviously have felt your wrath, you and I have unfinished business and at SuperCard if you have the guts, I'll be there, waiting."
And in the 2nd Main Event, it was Chris Benoit squaring off against Bret Hitman Hart in a literal match classic for the ages. The air was heavy as everyone knew that Benoit was heading to ROH however that did not stop these men from putting on a show for the ages, submission, high flying and techniqual prowess put this match right into the 35 minute mark with Bret scoring the win with a victory roll. In the end Bret would shake his hand in the middle of the ring, thanking him for being a Part of the Dungeon as Benoit said he'd see him in G1 as Main Event came to a close.
Week 4 (Nitro/Raw Supershow)
"Ladies and Gentleman welcome to Monday Nitro off of the heels of a spectacular Pay Per View last night, the four year anniversary is just around the corner as NWA Presents to you Spring Stampede and last year we crowned a new champion in Jeff Jarrett which would later spawn the rebirth of the NWO, who knows what's going to happen this year. We have a full jam packed card for you tonight, sit back and grab your favorite beverage, Nitro is underway."
[Play Out]
Ric Flair came out and he was pissed off having a patch over his head to conceal the cut over his head which was already starting to bleed, Flair demanding a mic as he grabbed it from a stage hand.
"Last night was a travesty as I fought Sting up and down this ring, beat the crap outta him and had everything in the bag, ready to blast him over the skull and knock him into the ground, when that turn coat Tenneesee Mother F*cker Jeff Jarrett, took the World Title from me and screwed my whole plan up. Jarrett..you and I had a deal and I'm calling your ass out now before I have the Horsemen go down to your home, burn the building down and pass your wife around like the cheap whore that she is."
[Play Out]
"You asked for me Flair?"
"Yeah I called you out, what the hell was that all about last night? You and I had a deal that you would be the number one contender when I won the World Title."
"Actually Ric, the deal was I would be number one contender reguardless of whom was the winner of the match, I just needed to hear it from your lips that we had a deal just in case you won. Once you grabbed that World Heavyweight Title I felt sick to my stomach, I couldn't bear seeing someone whom, with your reputation, hold the most coveted prize in the world. For me, I'd rather face Sting, because I've already beaten you before."
"Beaten me before? What kind of high horse are you on? You damn well know if you an I locked horns I would drop you on your ass and make you scream like a woman."
"Flair, this is my world, you had your title shot, you blew it, now, just like last year, it's Jeff Jarrett's turn and this year no one is going to take that title away from me. Your time is over Flair and Jeff Jarrett's time has begun, and Eric Bishoff may not care for me, but the other general manager does and he has guarenteed me a title shot at Spring Stampede, and there is nothing you can do about it."
[Play Out Punk]
"Excuse me for interrupting but, actually there is something I can do about it and it's the fact that, I had no idea that title shots were easy to get like a handjob from Melina. Flair, you had your chance so you can go away, Jarrett, I don't know what Inoki told you but how it works in the wrestling world is you earn your title shots around here, so whatever Inoki gave you has about as much worth as...well a handjob from Melina. If anything, the next one in line is me, CM Punk, the voice of the people and the face of this company."
"Don't you have some merchandise that you need to sell to a 14 year old boy? The only face you are is on a wanted poster for abstinence because anyone that had to raise some street rat like you should have hit that abort button long ago."
"Wow not a bad comeback Jarrett..I don't know what to say other than I don't know what's worse, the fact you pay attention to my merchandise sales, or the fact that you pay attention to 14 year old boys. Hey if that's your game then we need to call the police but the fact of the matter is that World Title shot is coming home to CM Punk and there isn't a dammed thing you can do about it."
[Play Out Bishoff]
"You two need to cool it off becaue there is something that I can do about it. Jarrett, while Inoki without my knowledge did promise you a World Title Shot, he's not the one that runs the NWA, I say that CM Punk has earned a title shot so here's what we're going to do. In the Main Event we're going to have Jeff Jarrett against CM Punk and the winner will face Sting at Spring Stampede for the World Heavyweight Championship."
"What about me!?"
"You Flair? You had your chance, end of the line for you, gentleman, I suggest you get to the back to prepare for your match tonight."
Bishoff would leave as Punk would grin at both of them, leaving ringside as Jarrett would shrug his shoulders and smirked at Flair, leaving the ringside area as Flair would just toss his jacket, enraged over what just happened as cameras moved to the back seeing Bret Hitman Hart with Owen and Natalya as they were walking down the hallway, the fans screaming out as they came to a stop, Bret looking over and saw Ricky Steamboat slowly come into view. Both of them would go eye to eye for a moment before Bret started to walk off with the other two following.
[Play Out]
Jeff and Matt Hardy with Serena were facing off against Bret and Owen with Natalya, a six man intergender bout for the ages as Hardy and Bret would start things off. Hardy kept to his high calibur game but Bret wasn't about to be fooled easily, wrestling him to the mat the best he could, making quick tags with his brother Owen mixing it up with his own high flying offense though he was stopped once Matt was tagged in. Matt would use his strength against Owen but it wasn't as if he didn't know how to counter against this, fighting back against Matt. The match would carry out as the women finally got into the mix, Serena was vicious but Natalya wasn't about to take it sitting down, wresting Serena to the ground when she could, hitting her with hard offense that would normally break someone in half. The match continued as Jeff had Bret on the ropes, almost scoring the win but Bret would counter, dropping him down with a Sharpshooter, Matt going for the save but Owen tackled him to the floor keeping him at bay, Natalya doing the same but kept Serena down with a sharpshooter as well, Bret had the match won when he was hit from behind by Psycho Sid and Sin Cara, the ref throwing the match out as they started to beat the crap out of them.
Owen tried to make the save but the odds were just too good as Malenko and Benoit flew down to try as well, but the Regime was far too powerful for them, taking them down as Sid hit powerbombs on all of them especially Natalya, yelling out at them as the Regime started to make their way to the back, Nitro cutting to a break.
Starting young in Stampede, he would tour the world of Mexico, Japan, Canada, and eventually the American League. With his accolades stacking quickly, thus earning the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship, winning the Super J Cup in 1994, a former US Champion, WcW World Champion, Tag Team Champion, Light Heavyweight Champion, Intercontiential Champion, World Heavyweight Champion, a Triple Crown Winner and was voted best wrestler in the world in 2004 as the G1 Climax Proudly Welcomes, Chris Benoit. The G1 Climax coming this Spring to the NWA.
We come back from break as Kevin Kelly was on screen.
"Ladies and Gentleman I'm here with Melina and Johnny Nitro whom last night came up a bit short last night in their title matches-"
"A bit short? Excuse me but that little whore cheated to retain her title while I upheld dignity in the ring, Nitro just plain blew it but that's not why we're here. Tonight, we're going to make the wrestling world stand on it's head with the challenge of the challenge, one that is so big, so grand so spectacular that no other challenge can top it. Yes, yes tonight we're sending out an invitation to Super Card III as Johnny Nitro will be waiting....for one Jushin Thunder Liger. I don't care if you need it translated or if we have to fly down to WWF Studios and make the demand in person, you people want to see a real show stealer a real wrestling match a five star classic? Then make that match happen, write, email, phone in, twitter do whatever you can to make sure Johnny Nitro vs. Jushin Liger happens...because if it doesn't...it's not on my hands...it's on yours....Johnny."
She would look to him and walked off with Nitro following though the invitation was quite serious indeed. Liger/Nitro? That would be one hell of a match indeed, would he accept, we would just have to wait and see as we cut back to ringside.
[Play Out]
Sin Cara against Psychosis, one hell of a cruiserweight bout here as the fans were fully behind Psicosis without a doubt as he was the aggressor in the match which was odd to say the least. They carried out for a full eight or so minutes, Psicosis hitting a dropsault as Cara fell to the floor, deciding to take his title and started to leave when he was stopped by Owen Hart whom seemed ready for vengeance from just a few minutes ago, Cara backing up as Psicosis saulted through the ring, crashing upon Cara and tossed him inside but was dropped with the Shining Wizard then the snap piledriver, Cara scoring the win. He gave a look towards Owen and rose his title up, calling him on and Owen flew down to the ring, Cara making a hasty retreat and headed to the back.
Being born into a wrestling family, his career started as a referee but he would later break out as a shooter in Japan and later gaining success in the Americas in ECW and WcW where he not only revived the cruiserweight division, earning the Cruiserweight Championship on 4 occasions but also garnered great respect and success as a Horsemen, and being ranked number 1 in the world in 1997 as the G1 Climax proudly welcomes the man of a thousand holds, Dean Malenko. The G1 Climax coming this spring to the NWA.
We come back from break as we got a shot of Jeff Jarrett preparing for his match later tonight, stretching and lacing his boots up as another shot showed us CM Punk whom was stretching and retapping himself, this was a big match indeed as we cut back to ringside.
[Play Out]
Victoria, Beth Phoenix, Eve and Lita in a huge four pack challenge, all four of them seemed pumped up for this match taking it to the very limits though it was no surprise that Beth Phoenix was able to score the victory over Lita whom seemed to have renewed strength and vigor since losing the NWA Women's Title. She would turn her head and saw the banner for SuperCard III, sneering at it as she would leave the ring, perhaps that was a hint of what she wanted leaving the ring.
We cut to the back as Maryse was going crazy, kicking and stomping on someone as the camera tried to pick up what was going on. Maryse had someone by the hair and smashed them right into the wall then slammed them down upon the snack table with a hard kick across the side of the head. Maryse would say something in French and grabbed whomever it was and smashed her head through a pane glass window, letting her dangle as Maryse would grin, moving over to the side and picked up...the NWA Women's Championship. She would fix her hair in the reflection of it and started to walk off, obvious now whom she attacked as MsChif dangled over the broken window, the camera man putting the camera down and ran to get help as Nitro cut to a break.
We came back as word came in that MsChif was in the trainers room getting looked at, no official word of how bad her injuries were as the replay would show bits and pieces of the attack, Maryse already in the ring with the title belt holding a mic.
"Pour tous mes fans là-bas je suis la NWA femmes Champion et comme ce soir champion je vais défendre mon titre ici, ce soir contre n'importe quel adversaire qui pensent qu'ils peuvent me vaincre. (To all my fans out there I am the NWA Women Champion and as your Champion tonight I am going to defend my title here tonight against any opponent whom thinks they can defeat me. )
From what the fans could figure out she was proclaiming herself as the Women's Champion and was holding an open challenge as she stretched her legs out waiting for her opponent.
[Play Out]
Out came Alundra Blaze? Oh this had to be a payoff or something as Maryse barely took this match seriously, beating Alundra in a matter of two minutes without breaking a sweat. Maryse rose her hands in victory and told the ref to wrap the belt around her waist and left the ring, wearing it proudly as she would exit through the curtain.
[Play Out]
It was time for the Main Event as Jeff Jarrett was going one on one with CM Punk and the winner would get the first shot at the NWA World Champion Sting at Spring Stampede, Jarrett moving around the ring as Punk tossed his shirt to the fans as they would lock up, feeling each other out for a little while until Jarrett scored the upper hand, using his wrestling and size to wear Punk down, able to toss him to the floor. Punk moved around the ring, being heckled by some of the fans though would heckle back, taking a bite of ice cream and rolled back into the ring, turning up the pressure on Jarrett as he started turn the tides using his Mui Tai fighting to catch him off guard, also using his high flying prowess though Jarrett kept to his wrestling game, forcing Punk to mess up and hurt his knee which was only a set up for a figure four.
Punk would struggle in the middle half, avoiding the figure four at all costs and tried to use submissions but Jarrett was too keen on them, able to power out forcing Punk to try a hit and run tactic for a little while. Punk would gain the upper hand, trying for a GTS though Jarrett grabbed the knee and locked in somehow a figure four, Punk cursing out a bit trying to fight out of it, crawling over and got a hold of the rope. Jarrett would continue the assault, putting Punk through a clinic until one missed clothesline and Punk turned it around, going on a rampage and was able to catch Jarrett in the Anaconda Vice, locking it in tightly and kept moving to prevent Jarrett from getting to the rope.
He would squeeze and wrench on him though Jarrett was able to get to the rope with his foot, the hold breaking as Punk continued to dish it out on Jarrett, taking a hell of a clothesline from him as Jarrett started to turn it around. Punk at the last second avoided a bit splash, able to catch Jarrett with the GTS then held his knee some, growling as he pulled himself up, rising up and took a steel chair shot over the skull by Ric Flair. The ref threw the match out, or tried to when Flair blasted the ref over the back of the head, watching Jarrett rise and hit him over the skull as the Horsemen spilled into the ring, starting to beat the hell out of Punk and Jarrett.
Jarrett was tossed to the floor and rammed into the stairs as all four Horsement beat the hell out of Punk hitting spine busters and brain busters, Punk busted open from ear to ear as Flair held Punk in a headlock, putting a screwdriver to Punk's head, Tully holding a mic to his mouth.
"BISHOFF, YOU HAVE 30 Seconds to make me the number one contender to Sting's World Title at Spring Stampede or I'm going to ram this screw driver into CM PUNK"S HEAD! 10 SECONDS BISHOFF!"
[Play Out]
"Okay whoa whoa okay Flair hold on-"
"TWO SECONDS BISHOFF!"
"Okay You're in, you're in, now please put the screw driver down and get out of the ring."
Flair would smirk at Bishoff, dropping the screw driver then tossed Punk to Arn whom blasted him over the head with a tire iron, Flair wooing out to the crowd saying he was going to get that title shot again, yelling into the camera that he was coming for Sting's head, already number one contender for not doing anything but hold Punk's life hostage as Nitro would fade to black.
Main Event Results
The show opened up with Alberto Del Rio having a rematch with Mr. Perfect but sadly the US Title was not on the line. Del Rio made sure to be extra cautious now with Mr. Perfect, avoiding him at all costs though Perfect eventually caught up with him, Del Rio leaving ringside and took a count out, living to fight another day.
The Legion of Doom were in rare form as they went one on one with The Anderson's from the Horsemen in one hell of a tag team match that nearly destroyed the ringside area. With a little bit of help from Tully, The Anderson's were able to score the win.
We then caught a post Nitro interview with CM Punk as cameras caught up with him after the assult.
"How do I feel? I feel like I was hit by a dammed wrecking ball. Ric Flair put his nose in my World Title match and he thinks he can get away with it? Ric Flair you're not the first and you won't be the last to try and stick it to CM Punk and you can bust me up all you want, next Monday, I'm calling you out and I'm going to personally close space mountain down forever."
After the Promo it was Sin Cara Negro squaring off against Owen Hart, a bit of revenge from Monday Nitro. The match would explode into a frenzy as Cara went to leave but Owen refused to let him leave, tossing him back inside taking a hard kick from Cara that busted his nose, though Owen just seconds later, caught a roll up for three. The crowd went crazy as Owen had a win over Cara, knowing Monday Nitro was only going to get more interesting.
And in the Main Event Defending IWGP Champion Ricky Steamboat went one on one with Jeff Hardy much to the fans dismay. The match was exactly what you would expect it to be with high flying moves, counter and chain wrestling as Hardy not only impressed the crowd but proved to be again, a number one contender for any title. On three seperate occasions Hardy nearly won the match though Steamboat refused to quit, going move for move with Hardy as at the 27 minute mark, Steamboat countered the Twist of Hate into a Landslide with a Bridge for the win. Though his victory was ill at best as the Regime stormed the ring, looking to put a pounding upon Steamboat though he had a little bit of back up as the Icon Sting came down from the rafters with a bat in hand and started to fight the Regime off with Steamboat coming to. The Regime backed off to fight another day as Steamboat and Sting would glance at each other before back to the ramp as Hardy said he was coming for Steamboat as the show would come to a close.
Week 2
"Ladies and Gentleman welcome to Monday Nitro, I cannot even begin to tell you the kind of chaos that has spurned over the last seven days, Punk calls out Flair, Nitro calls out Liger and best yet, The Rock...is here tonight. I can't believe I'm saying that. And also due to his actions last week on powerbombing Natalya, General Managers Eric Bishoff and Inoki have ruled that Sid has been removed from the G1 Tournament and I'm being told his spot will be filled very very soon. Oh wait what's this?"
We move to the parking lot as a limo pulls into view, the fans cheering loudly thinking it was The Rock until they saw the licence plate that said "Priceless" on it and started to jeer. The limo coming to a stop when a big black hummer crashed into the side of it , the door swinging open as Masahiro Chono pulled out with a black ball bat, smashing every single window in the limo, screaming out in japanese as the limo would quickly peel away. Chono would growl in english 'muther fucker' and got into his hummer and started to drive after the limo, Nitro cutting to ringside.
[Play Out]
Psicosis and newly returning Billy Kidman started the show, the fans jeering the fuck outta Kidman chanting out 9/11 causing him to screw up a few spots, hell even a few of the fans wanted to jump the barrier at him though Kidman would prevail with an over the shoulder Death Valley Driver into a neckbreaker, beating Psicosis to a three. Kidman rose to his feet with a grin, getting a mic in hand.
"Good Evening good people of Madison Square Garden, still remember me for my little reference to 9/11 hmm? To bad the dammed planes weren't able to hit this shithole, then you people would have something to complain about. Miss me? Do something about it."
[Play Out]
What the hell was this? It was Suicide as he flew from the crowd, tackling Kidman down and knocked him out of the ring with a spinkick, Kidman holding his head and started to back away as Suicide dared him back into the ring though Kidman said 'Not in a New York Minute' and left ringside, wow, ten minutes in and Monday Nitro was freaking explosive as we were forced to a break.
[G1]
Breaking out in 1982 as Super Olympia, he would smash down the doors of Jim Crocket Productions, finding himself easily aligned with thsoe of his own statue. Winning tag team gold in the NWA, he later took a tag partner to the WWF and ended the historic reign of Demolition. Upon returning to his roots, he would again win tag team gold proving without a doubt his statue and success and later became known as the Dominate Force and Enforcer of the Four Horsemen as the G1 Climax Proudly Welcomes, Arn Anderson. The G1 Climax, coming This Spring, to the NWA.
[Play Out Punk]
"You all know why I'm out here, you all know what happened last week and I said I'm going to call out the biggest piece of (beep) I ever laid eyes on this side of Jeff Hardy, Ric Flair. Flair, last week you cost me a world title shot and politiced your way into the title picture just like you always do and just like you always have while I spent the last year battling to get to the top of the mountain. I'm not about to let some guy who stole his gimmick from Buddy Rogers take MY World Title Shot away because I am, the best in this freakin' world. Just because you go through as many wives as you do World Titles does NOT make you God in my or anyone else's eyes and I demand you get your sorry Arn Anderson (beep) suckin' ass out here so I can pound it into the pavement where your career belongs. Come on Flair I don't have all night and Space Mountain is only good for about two minutes. Get down here, take off your suit and tie, toss your shoes into the crowd, quit jerkin' off Ole and Tully back there and let CM Punk give you a lesson in Pro Wrestling before I go back there and make a man out of you myself."
[Play Flair]
This was NOT pretty at all as Flair and Punk locked horns, starting to fight like dogs with punches and kicks all abound, refs flew down to the ring to seperate them as Punk flew over them, tackling Flair to the floor as the fight continued. Flair would get in a few good cheapshots before being pushed back, Punk running around the ring and caught Flair, tackling him down as even more refs flew down to the ringside to stop them as this was an all out war, Flair being pulled back spitting out 'Come on Mother Fucker' and Punk screaming back 'I'll rip your ass apart' it was pandamonium as many would say, Nitro cutting to a break after all that.
We came back as cameras caught up with Flair whom was livid to the point of him actually pushing the camera man on his ass, screaming.
"Punk! Punk! How dare you disgrace the name of Ric Flair. Do you know who the hell I am!? If it wasn't for Me, there would be no Starrcade, No Wrestlemania, no Fucking Wrestling Period! Punk, you want a piece of the nature boy, see me in the ring tonight and I'll wipe the mat with your goddammed brains! GET OFFA ME!"
He swung at a ref, screaming at them to back off as we move back to the ring.
[Play Out Cody]
"Surprised to see me? I'm sure Masahiro Chono will be when he runs that limo off the road and realizes it was the four horsemen's limo with out licene plate on it. Hahaha I know I know I kill myself and that plan is none other than yet another Priceless tactic in why I am the smartest and best looking wrestler here in the NWA. But now onto why I'm here tonight, well, just look at the screen."
[Play G1]
Debuting in OVW where he dominated every wrestler on the roster, he broke into the WWE where he quickly earned Tag Team Success co-founding the team Priceless. After breaking away, he found himself an intercontinential champion where he reigned supreme once again. Upon entering the NWA he reformed Priceless and shattered Demolition's once great record of 16 Straight Months and has been declared the best looking man in wrestling and perhaps the greatest wrestler in the history of the world as the G1 Climax Proudly Welcomes, Dashing Cody Rhodes. The G1 Climax, coming This Spring to the NWA.
"Oh my god, oh my god that was just...just...emmy award winning, it's worth two oscars and a world title, that promo of me was just...just...Priceless. That's right, my goal is to enter G1, win the tournament and cash in my title shot against whomever the World Champion is and become The Greatest World Champion on the planet earth. And that my friends you can take to the bank, if you need proof, just watch my match tonight."
[Play Out]
DragonKid was given the call as he made his way down to the ring, Cody trying to jump the gun but Kid avoided it, taking it to Cody. The match carried out and most of the offense went to Kid until Cody used his own momentum against him, tossing him around like a cruiserweight and scored the win with CrossRhodes, blowing a kiss to the fans as he left the ring, laughing as we cut to the back, the parking lot to be exact as we saw another limo pull up, the fans screaming out knowing whom it might be but Nitro would cut to a break.
[Play Out]
Maryse came down to the ring with the Women's Title in tow around her waist, laughing all the while and again would speak in pure french proclaiming she was the real Women's Champion and would take on any challenger, this time from the crowd. She moved around the ring some, pointing to a girl whom looked to be in her 20's and had the ref escourt her into the ring. The girl told everyone her name as Maryse told the ref to ring the bell, kicking her in the gut and dropped her with the French Kiss right in the center of the ring, placing a boot over her and got the three count in a matter of five seconds, raising her title up and fixed her hair a bit in the glow of the title but the fans went mental, out came MsChif with fresh stitches in her head, flying after Maryse whom dropped her with the title belt over her head. Maryse had reopened those stitches and laughed down at her, MsChif holding her head in pain as Maryse blew her a kiss and headed to the back, Nitro cutting to the back where CM Punk was gearing up, Kevin trying to get a word in, asking him about his match and about what the Miz had said.
"Right now, I'm focused on a bigger task at hand as I destroy Ric Flair tonight in the main event and get my title shot back. As far as the Miz is concerned, I cashed in Money in the Bank Twice, I've won that title Twice, he's nothing more than a reality star rip off whom Zach Ryder could buddy buddy with in a gay bar. He wants a match, come down here and ask for it like a man and not behind a glory hole."
We then fade to break.
We now come back from break as now Justin Roberts is stood in the centre of the ring.
"Ladies and Gentleman, please welcome from the World Wrestling Federation. The Rock!"
The boos reign down as the music hits and the Rock strides out with sunglasses on, his new "I BEAT MR WRESTLEMANIA" on the front and "AT WRESTLEMANIA" on the back T-Shirt. He looks like hes walking into a used car lot the way he is looking around at the setting and fans in discust, ranting at what a "piss hole" this place is. He then gets into the ring and snatches the microphone from Roberts, turning to the camera.
"The thing on?" He bashes it "good. Got to expect the least at that bargain bin promotions. Now the Rock is here, he has graced your show. An actuall superstar, an actually hollywood megastar. And he is here for one reason and one reason only. Del Rio...but down your Burito, bring out your sex slave so he can annouce you and get your candy ass to this ring so the Rock can tell you exactly what is going to go down at Supercard!"
It wouldn't take long for Rodriquez to annouce Del Rio as he came dressed like he was on his way to the Royal Palace, grinning all the while and even handed out Del Rio T-Shirts but took one away from a fat person and handed it to Rodriquez, entering the ring with a mic in palm.
"My Name, My Name is Alberto Del Rio...and Finally the Champion of the United States, of the world has come back to....where are we again? Oh yes, has come back to Madison Square Garden. Senior Rock, I got your memo and here you stand, the Star of such great Blockbuster movies such as Toothfairy, Race to Bitch Mountain and Doom. Finally the Rock and the Greatest Wrestler of all time, Alberto Del Rio, are standing face to face, in the center of the ring...with the challenge of the challenge yes?"
"Your funny, very funny yous tupid mexican. You came into the Rock's ring at the Royal Rumble after you and he going back and forth on the microphone for months and montsh after that your still bragging about it. If you forgot you didn't even get in any offense. You spent all your time talking to the Rock and then the Undertaker through you out. And now FINALLY in front of the whole world the Rock can finally come into this ring, meet you face to face and say...good job" the crowd let out a massive reaction of shock.
"Good job?" Ventura exclaims.
"But your job was to then help the Rock eliminate Shawn Micheals. Were were you? Oh it doesn't matter! What matters is..." he turns to the camera "we got you."
He now looks around at the booing crowd "we got all of you! You all actually think we would spend all our time pulling the same tactics, ranting on each other and then actually wrestle? No no! See that was just games, it was just fun...and this is why. You may have heard last week on Raw the Rock talking about how the wrestling buisness sucks, how its needs its superstards back. Well you are looking at those superstars because we have had enough of lesser idiots and hick midgets taking our rightful spots!"
"Oh yes it's true I mean think about it, last year at Super Card who was the Main Event, two old men that can't get it up in a fumbled cage for the ages but yet, No Del Rio, no Rock and especially No Del Rio! So both of us decided, hey, why not get the wrestling world buzzing, why not get the wresting smarks talking and that is exactly what we did. If it wasn't for Senior Rock and Alberto Del Rio, would any of you care? I mean, the WWF is stuck in the Attitude Era that died 10 years ago and still no one is happy over who the champion is. And this company, sadly, may say NWA but it's really WcW all over again with the same 80 year old champions running amok thinking they own the place. And ROH...just sucks."
"RO What?" Rock frowns then shakes it off "anyway. Yes indeed we hate the midgets, we hate the little midgets who just because they do a few extra flips get called the better wrestlers. But when you come away from the show what were you talking about? When you came away from Starcade you were talking about Del Rio returning and winning the US title, and when you came away from Wrestlemania everyone was talking, pissed off, but talking about how I beat Shawn Micheals like Macho Man beats Elizabeth...oh come on your know it. We got you talking about the Rock and Del Reo were going to say to each other next and so the entrie wrestling world was focused on us. That's why we are superstars and the rest of you back there are just morons. Espessially the old idiots who actually allow themselves to be beat by the midgets. If you too old and two stuck in the 90's then get out of the buisness and leave it to those who transend. Oh yes we are talking to you Crow and Uncle Fester!" Rock grins at that as the crowd react.
"Speaking of Starrcade, did you know in one night I, Alberto Del Rio defeated Four Men all by himself, oh yes he defeated Hirooki Gotoh, the wife beating Randy Savage, The Worst there is, the worst there was and the worst there ever will be Bret Hart...and some jobber by the name of John Morrison which just further proves just how great I am. Oh oh and I debuted in G1, Main Evented the very next night and in only 7 months time I became Champion, defeating everyone in my path....and Even Masahiro Chono...TWICE Mind you Yes. You stack the names that Senior Rock and I have beaten, the amount of people who died during the Hollocaust don't even come close to how many men we've beaten"
"Very true, very true. Oh and just so everyone knows before you start calling us a two man power trip....because that sucked. We already have made a few calls. And the Rock has already found his partner for talking down the WWF idiots and he will be the 3rd man that stands with us, the third man to say no and take back the main events like he earned. And trust me he has a big stake in how he has been treated since the new regime came into power a few years ago. But on to tonight. The Rock is begging the Rock is pleading that someone come out of that locker room that can actually pose a challenge. You do this all the time right?" He looks at Del "so someone get out here, hell all of you get out here so we can start putting boots to asses!"
Del Rio grinned as he moved around the ring, calling out for someone to come on down, hell anyone would do at this point
"Anyone will do amigos, I mean if you're scared of what myself and The Rock can do believe me we understand but at least give the fans what they want, what they desire, something to give the fans something to talk about, at least until we pound you into the-
(Sting)
Well they did get an answer that they wanted though probably not one they were expecting, Crow as they so gently called him, Sting, the one whom saved the wrestling business made his way down to the ring, looking at both of the with his dark, cold eyes and a ball bat in hand, Del Rio grinning towards him and told the rock "let me handle this' as he stepped up though Sting his the mic out of his hand with the ball bat
The Rock raises an eyebrow at this then looks over to Sting with a chuckle.
"Oh look its the Crow! Didn't you die or something...oh no that was just your career in 1997. Remember that? All that hype? All that build and you... beat Hogan...except you didn't because of the Bret Hart and politics. The Rock certainly was glad when he won the title the next year and everyone watched it because they hated your promotion by then."
Sting took all of that in and actually grinned towards Rock, slowly removing his jacket and dropped it down to the floor, then removed his world title and set it aside, going eye to eye with 'Rocky' and didn't remove his eyes until Del Rio....attempted to jump him, getting socked right in the face for his efforts, Rodriquez climbing on his back to halt Sting in his tracks
The Rock then comes forward and hammers into sing with Rock punches but Sting feels none of it and just walks forwards towards the Rock as Rocky goes wide eyed. Rock then yells "you step one step closer and the Rock will stick his boot up your..."
(Jarrett)
Jarrett came down, wielding his guitar in hand, sliding inside and moved Sting aside, starting to put the bad mouth on Rock, even going as far and slapping him over the face. Rock went for a swing as Jarrett ducked, pulling his Guitar back and smashed it over Sting's head, laying him out. The Thunderous Roars would echo as like a pack of wolves, all three of them would pounce on Sting's corpse like vultures, Jarrett yelling at them to 'rip him apart'
The commentators yell at why Jarrett has joined them as the three kick away at him. Then one by one they hit their finishing moves on the NWA Champion. The Rock Bottom, and then a crossarm breaker and and a figure four at the same time from Del Rio and Jarrett as Rodriquez even gets a few boots in and the Rock grabs the microphone back up again.
"Like the Rock said he has been making a few calls and has a few contacts who agree with us. Now back to the s**t kicking!"
He goes back in to kick away at Sting as well when...
Shawn Micheals runs out as the crowd goes crazy, the Rock looking wide eyed in shock as he slides into the ring and before any the others can get up nails the Rock with Sweet Chin Music. He then turns but gets jumped on by the other two.
The hits just kept on coming, 2 against 3 wasn't fair but 3 against three seemed to even the odds as Bret Hart flew down to the ring, actually tackling Del Rio down to the mat and started to punch the ever loving mexican out of him, able to kick him out of the ring and, well this was a photogenic moment as Bret and Shawn locked eyes, Sting slowly pulling himself up, realizing, what was going on, Del Rio yelling in the mic "Hey...Hey you pendehos, all three of you are at the combined age of 95, turn on your hearing aids and listen, this...this right here is only the beginning of what is to come. We dare you to bring anyone you want, bring the whole locker room, you are looking at the greatest team in the history of the wrestling world...and just like my career...it's only going to get bigger."
The Rock nods and then brings up his mic as they leave "IF YOU SMEEEEEEEEEEEL WHAT THE ROCK, DEL RIO and the true superstars are Cookin!"
With that the band of "true superstars" leave as Bret and Shawn help Sting to stand and glare up at them as we cut to a break before the main event of the evening.
[Play Out]
Ric Flair vs. CM Punk and yes, this was a full on smash mouth all out battle indeed. Punk not afraid to take it to Flair but Flair was not above cheating and giving Punk a lesson in wrestling 101. Flair took control in the early half, knowing how mad Punk was and used that to his advantage though Punk found a way to turn things around, actually getting real serious and started to counter wrestle, it was the only real way to combat against Flair, working to his body with submissions. The match continued to carry on as Flair was in pain, Punk doing one hell of a job attacking all parts of his body, making it easy to pick the bones though Flair was able to get the ref knocked out, gouging Punk in the eye and moved to the floor, hitting over his back with a steel chair, starting to dish it out upon him, swinging for the fences but Punk got his foot up, hitting the chair in his face, picking it up and nailed Flair over the head, watching him roll to the floor.
Flair held his head as Punk yelled at him to get back into the ring, opening the chair and sat down on it, calling him on as Punk was hit from behind....by the Miz. What the hell was going on as Miz waited for him, grabbing Punk from behind and hit the Skull Crushing Finale right on the open chair. Miz leaning over mouthed something to him, grabbing the chair and left ringisde area as Flair rolled into the ring, kicking the ref awake as he turned Punk over and got the three.
Son of a bitch, Flair scored the win as he would woo out to the crowd, rolling out of the ring and wiped his hands through his hair, grinning that he put Punk in his place whom slowly got to his feet, realizing what had occured as he rolled out of the ring, holding his head and said under his breath "I'm gonna kill that bastard" as he pushed through the curtain.
We cut to the back as the camera picked up, screaming, yelling, god knows what else as they push their way through catching Bret and Shawn, nothing much has changed since 97' as they were going tooth and nail about the issue at hand
"The answer plain and simple is no Shawn. I'm not doing this to protect my pride I"m doing this to protect our business and the last thing we need is another backstabber on our team"
"Bret!" Shawn sighs as he lowers his head in aggrivation then looks back up to him "you and I have history. Everyone has history. He and I have history! Everyone knows what he did last year! He drove you out of the WWF and then after Sting cut off his balls I kicked him into that grave. Hell you and I fought on the same side during the war and that didn't go too well. You didn't trust me then and it cost us the WWF and your WWF career. Can you afford to not trust me now! He's changed. I can't explain it. I don't know if he is supernatural or if its just a headcase deal but he's back to how he was before. He'll help us. If only to make up for what he did."
"Trust the man whom not only made his career off of screwing others but also trust the man whom cost me my job huh? I'm going on record and saying prove it to me then. You know damn well actions speak louder than words, especially in this business. Prove it to me Shawn and maybe, just maybe, I'll believe you."
"Prove it? Prove it? What about when I saved Stings ass out there? Huh? Sure I came here tonight because I knew Rock was going to be here. But when I saw what was happening. When I saw what was happening to me was going to spread like a cancer. We need to cut this off now. Or...and you and I both know that all out hard word early in our careers, all that work we did to change the buisness and make wrestling matter will mean nothing because soon the Hogans, the Warriors and the Rocks will take that all away if we don't stop this. Taker is one of us. He just...forgot that for awhile."
"No he didn't forget anything Shawn he knew exactly what he was doing, he knew exactly what he wanted and it took a miracle to change it. It seems we're at a cross roads as to what decision we should make about this, I can easily pull my team in and they would make a better substitude for the big dead bastard."
Slowly Sting would stand in between both of them, giving both of them a look almost as if trying to find the right words to say, wiping the blood from his head a bit from the beating earlier and spoke "Monday....Night....Raw."
Main Event Results
The Show opened with a small recap of what occured on Nitro but the doors exploded open with CM Punk coming out, pissed off over what happened on Nitro claiming he was going to have an answer for The Miz on Monday Night Raw but he still had a match on hand as he went one on one with Johnny Nitro and this match was explosive, for twenty minutes these two set the standard with so many near falls. Both men took it to the floor and were double counted out, mainly due to Punk and Nitro having hot tempers.
Beth Phoenix had a bout with Eve Torress, literally destroying her in a matter of moments, again looking up to the Super Card III Banner with an idea in mind.
In Tag Action Hart Dynasty went one on one with Gotoh and Koji in a smash mouth bout for the ages, however this time Gotoh and Koji were able to score the win with a Doomsday Device/Stunner Combination though their victory was short as Masahiro Chono flew down to the ring wit a ball bat in hand, swinging like a mad man as they fled the scene, Chono wanting their heads.
And in the Main Event, Ricky Steamboat under the IWGP Open Challenge Clause defended his title against Matthew Hardy. Surprisingly the bout lasted a good fifteen minutes and Matthew held his own against Ricky Steamboat but just like his brother, Steamboat countered the Twist of Hate into a DragonDDT and scored the victory. Steamboat rose up in victory when he was then hit with an Angle Slam from Kurt Angle whom would literally tear Steamboat apart and smashed the Title Belt over his head, leaving ringside yelling out “SuperCard Baby” as Main Event came to a close.
Week 3
Talk about an explosive Nitro from last week, things were going off the hook with the talks of Del Rio and Rock teaming up with more on the way, Sting, Hart and HBK were only the tip of the iceberg whom decided to join up against them as Super Card III drew near but there was yet another question on everyone’s mind and that was why did Kurt Angle attack Ricky Steamboat and what did that have to do with Super Card however we would have to wait for answers as the show would kick off.
[Play Out]
Priceless made their way down to the ring, grinning all the while but it was business tonight, big business as they were up against Hart Dynasty in tag action and talk about a match itself. Priceless kept to their ways but Dynasty was able to outsmart them, tripping them up and went for the Hart Attack but Ted Sr. was able to distract the ref, Natalya going to make her way over and take care of him, granting the ref to get distracted and DiBiase hitting a low blow and scored the win. Priceless would slide out of the ring, laughing it all the way to the bank as they moved to the back.
“Ladies and Gentleman the results of the Draft are in and while you saw some of the results last week, now it is official, please welcome to the NWA-”
“MNM” Melina would say coming into view.
“Actually no I was going to introduce-”
“It doesn’t really matter whom you were going to introduce, the team of 2012 has arrived in the NWA and we’re going to take the tag team division by storm. First we rally Johnny Nitro and have him defeat Jushin Liger and at Spring Stampede we go after Priceless and take those tag team titles and wrap them around our waist. Oh it’ll be so glorious tell them Joey.”
“Oh yes with a team such as this back in action our aspirations are sky high. Tonight we make an example of the tag team roster and prove our status our worth against any team whom thinks they have the talent to take us down.”
Melina would laugh, pulling them away as Kevin just shook his head as we cut to a break.
Training at an early age, he broke out into the scene in NOAH and made a splash against then champion KENTA. Making his debut in WWE, he would form Priceless and later joined Randy Orton to create Legacy, only to break away into the NWA where he would reform the team again, earning tag team success. Being a Prolific Movie Star in The Marine 2 and the self profession Prodigy of Wrestling, The G1 Climax Proudly Welcomes, Ted DiBiase. The G1 Climax, coming this Spring, to the NWA.
[Play Out]
MNM against the Returning Harlem Heat whom got a rounding applause from the crowd. This match was literally all over the place, the crowd favoring Harlem Heat obviously and with Sister Sherri in their corner, Melina was nil to nothing as the sides were pretty even. While MNM had the speed Harlem Heat had the techniqual ability, almost scoring the win until Booker T and Nitro started to fight on the floor, Mercury and Stevie Ray would join in suit, the ref calling for the bell as it went to a double count out. The fans didn’t care much for that at all but the teams would break, Melina yelling at her men to head to the back as Harlem Heat stood proud ready for another fight, Nitro cutting to a break.
Finding himself in the AWA where he attained the world championship, he traveled to the NWA and Georgia Pro Wrestling where he had legendary matches against Dino Bravo, The Briscos, Ricky Steamboat, Ric Flair and Woo Hoo McDaniel. Having a name stay he would form an alliance and become a long standing tag team champion and later became the 2nd Horseman as the G1 Climax Proudly Welcomes, Ole, Anderson. The G1 Climax coming this spring to the NWA.
"Ladies and Gentleman we're back on Monday Nitro, we have exclusive footage from ROH addressing Ricky Steamboat, we have seen the footage and ask everyone to understand NWA does not endorse the comments expressed by Kurt Angle."
"Kurt Angle has arrived in Ring Of Honor. Now I know most of you are happy about that but for someone like me, it pisses me off because of the bullshit I had to go through to get here. I had a job with the World Wrestling Federation and I was the best dammed wrestler they had, you know how many title shots they gave me, yeah exactly. So I bust my ass for that company, defeat man after man and what do they do, the brass comes up to me and says "Hey Kurt, could you give us a good show against Joe at Mania, he's been hurting lately." They ask me to essentially tank the match and I tell them "Oh Hell No" I'm a pro wrestler and I'm not tanking anything for anyone, so what happens next, that big fat bastard chokes me out and WWF fires me. THey would rather have a reality tv star as their champion over an olympic gold medalist! Oh hey, don't start chanting ROH because this company may have had the brains to pick me up, but for four years they've done nothing but hire guys from Chikara, TNA and whatever bingo hall they could find. You know such great talent like Mike Knox, Dave Taylor, Ultra Mantis, guys that couldn't even draw a dollar on a chalk board. Kurt Angle gets picked up and 15 guys get the axe, that's how great I am because THIS company appreciates Wrestling, not gimmicks, Wrestling. So during the Draft I realized that, I wasn't on SuperCard, ANYWHERE I wasn't on the show, so I decided to go after the ONE person that I knew could bring this bingo hall promotion into the bright lights and that was with a world championship from a company that has always been around wrestling, hense why I went after Ricky Steamboat. He holds a world title that means more to the world than any other title in the world, but here's the difference, he's not a wrestler, I am. I am the greatest wrestler in the world and I have the gold medals to prove it. Guys like Ricky Steamboat, Shawn Michaels, Ric Flair, Bret Hart, they are MOCKERIES of what Pro Wrestling is all about and when I destroy Ricky Steamboat as Super Card III all of you, The WWF, The NWA and this Shithole of 3000 strong will realize just how Real Kurt Angle is."
The feed cuts as we're pulled back into Monday Nitro, the fans not at all happy about Kurt Angle's comments as we're pulled in by Kevin Kelly backstage.
"Ladies and gentleman I'm here with currently IWGP Title Holder Ricky The Dragon Steamboat, no words can describe what Kurt Angle just said, the challenge has been set, your comments."
"Kurt Angle, I'll see you at Super Card III and after I beat you, you can send another video to NWA and cry about your loss."
Steamboat slowly walked off as we cut back to ringside.
[Play Out]
Maryse came down to the ring with 'her' NWA Women's Championship laughing all the while, fixing her hair in the reflection as she was to square off against a random wrestler who went by the name Black Widow. Again Maryse didn't take it seirously as Widow was able to actually get in a few good shots, giving Maryse a bit of a run for her money until she turned the tides. Maryse setting her up in the corner and tried to remove the mask but only got it to about her nose as she was hit right in the eye....with Green Mist. The fans went mad as Widow, removing her mask revealed herself to be MsChif rolled out to the ring, grabbing her title belt from the time keeper and swung at Maryse whom ducked and rolled out to the floor, running away. The match obviously thrown out though MsChif rose her World Title up, having it back after two weeks of hell, screaming out to the fans as she was hit from behind by Daffney with a steel chair. Daffney would then repeatidly beat over her back, placing the chair within her throat and dropped her with a DDT, hearing it snap upon his neck. Daffney rose with a scream and yelled out "Scream Now Bitch" as she rolled out of the ring.....with the NWA Women's Title, raising it up in the air for all to see and would smash it a few times over the steel post, breaking the title into pieces. She would toss the shards into the ring and tossed the strap inside with an evil sneer, heading through the crowd to make her escape as security chased after her as we cut to a break. We come back from break as MsChif was in serious condition, coughing up blood on her way to the back, the only thing she was able to say was 'where is my title' and that was it, being taken right to the trainers to be checked out as we move back to ringside.
[Play Out]
Billy Kidman facing off against Taka Michonoku and this was anything but a pretty contest as Kidman was the power while Taka was the speed of the bout. Kidman was just a bit too strong for him, lifting him up for a Death Valley Driver but Taka slid out, tripping him up in the corner and connected with a Super K Ensiguri over the back of Kidman's head, the ref quickly checking on him to make sure he was okay. Kidman slowly staggering to his feet as Taka caught him with a Flash Kick, the ref calling for the bell as Kidman was knocked right the hell out. Taka rose his hands in victory, the crowd a bit shocked at the viciousness of those two kicks as the lights would cut out. Once they popped back on Sin Cara was in the ring, catching Taka with the Final Sin right in the center of the ring, dropping him down and looked down in disgust as Owen Hart flew down to the ring, Cara making a hasty retreat to the back, Owen still wanting a piece of Cara as he helped Taka up, Nitro cutting to a break.
[Play Promo]
Starrcade, The Great American Bash, World War, Halloween Havoc, Champions, Icons, Legends, Horsemen, The Return, The Homecoming, it all has to begin somewhere as the NWA Returns to Texas for the 4 Year Anniversary as NWA Proudly Presents, Spring Stampede.
[Play Out]
Take a look at this match, Hirooki Gotoh squaring off against Ultimo Dragon and this was literally all over the place, Gotoh having the power and Dragon having the techniqual prowess against him granted they were pretty equal in the submission department. This match would carry out for a full ten minutes, Dragon trying for the Asai DDT but he was pushed off, landing on his back and dropped with the GotoHeaven, Gotoh covering for the three. He rose up, raising his arm in victory with a sneer upon his face, moving up and picked up his staff.
[Play Out]
The roof exploded as Chono literally flew down the ring, tackling Gotoh down to the mat and started to punch the shit out of him, pay back for what they did to Mutoh as Koji flew down to the ring, catching Chono off guard as they were able to drop him down with the DragonSlayer, sweeping at the Leg with a Clothesline on top of it, leaving him to lay as they left the ring, Nitro then cutting to somewhere in the back, Jeff Hardy in a very dark lit room was with his Regime, talking, we were only getting perhaps the last bit of the sermon.
"In time we shall soon be blessed with the devinity of darkness that shall bestow over the NWA. Allow those sheep to have their Super Cards, their Main Events, allow all of them to rejoice in their supremacy my fellow chosen. Soon, very soon, we shall move in and sweep the NWA in a blanket of darkness and the Era Of Enlightenment will begin. Patience...sweet...Patience."
Nitro would then cut to a break prior to the Main Event of Monday Nitro.
[Play Out]
Ho-Ly, SHIT what a main event, Intercontinetial Champion Jushin Thunder Liger squaring off against IWGP World Champion Ricky The Dragon Steamboat as the fans were already screaming This Is Awesome, a wave breaking out, even the second coming of Jesus couldn't top this as both of them met in the center of the ring, shaking hands, both of them coming off of huge title retentions, one over Savage and the other over Brian Danielson as they would lock up. This match was literally an orgasm between the ropes as these two legends put on a performance that not only made both companies stand in pride but even the crowd screamed out 'Lets Go Liger' 'Steamboat Go" chants. Liger obviously had the high flying ability in this one while Ricky stuck to his counter game though this was such a perfect blend the fans would not could not keep quiet for long during this match.
Bishoff made DAMN sure that no commercial would break away from this huge Main Event bout, if he was trying to make Nitro the number one show, this was the match that would deffinately do it as we hit the thirty minute mark and these two were still going, sweat covering Steamboat's body while Liger had ring marks over his costume, both of them even taking it to the floor on several occasions and it just wasn't enough, neither one of them taking the pinfall or even giving up to any submission lock. The match would continue for ten more freaking minutes by god, Liger trying for a victory roll but Steamboat kicked out, both men rising up as the bell would sound signaling that the time limit had expired. The fans would scream out for it to conintue but both of them were exhausted, rising up and met in the center of the ring, looking up at the Super Card Banner and would shake hands, knowing they gave it every last thing that they had in this match tonight as the lights cut out.
[Play Out]
Oh son of a bitch, it was the Regime as they spilled into the ring, it was easy pickings against Ricky Steamboat and Liger as they started to put the pounding away on them as the fans screamed out for help. Jeff would get a hold of a steel chair, looking to blast the hell out of them but it was pulled out of his hand by...Johnny Nitro whom swung for the fences. Jeff rolled out of the ring as it gave Liger and Steamboat a chance to fight back, taking the opposition out as they started to back peddal, Hardy grinning and said it was only beginning as Nitro slammed the chair down, turning around and gave a stare towards Liger, both of them going eye to eye as Nitro wanted his match and he wanted it finalized. Liger looked at him as Nitro would extend his palm perhaps to show sportsmanship, the other hand pointing to the SuperCard III Banner. Liger would follow his finger then back at him, and shook his hand in acceptance. Holy cow the match was on, Liger against Johnny Nitro at SuperCard III, the hits just kept coming as Nitro would give him a faint bow in respect, rolling out of the ring with a grin upon his face as the crowd chanted out and Nitro would fade to black.
Main Event Results
Inoki busted the doors down with a huge announcement that tonight would have a double Main Event planned, kicking things off with a huge Cruiserweight Invitational featuring Kidman, Owen Hart, Ultimo Dragon, Psicosis, Taka, Dragon Kid, Suicide, Justin Gabriel and Evan Bourne, over the top rope challenge. With so many kicks, flips abound it came down to Owen and Taka whom wrestled it out for close to five extra minutes past the last elimination with Taka almost scoring the win, but Owen would skin the cat, hooking his head and tossed Taka out, scoring the win, Sin Cara watched in anger from the stage.
In Tag Action Harlem Heat went up against MNM once again whom this time were the aggressors in the bout though Melina and Sherri got involved in the match, trying to help their team out which turned out to be a massive cat fight the match being tossed out due to double interference, Harlem Heat backing away looking on in rage.
The First of the Double Main Events featuring Dean Malenko squaring off against Ricky Steamboat for the IWGP Title and what a hell of a match this was, Malenko coming close three times to winning the title, once with the Cloverleaf and another with the Rings of Saturn though in the end with the DragonDDT Steamboat retained at the 22 minute mark.
After the match we got a clip from MsChif whom was backstage at Nitro after what happened to her after the attack.
"So that little Zombie (beep) comes onto my show and takes my world title away from me because she can't get the job done in her own company? Daffney, I heard your comments and I obviously have felt your wrath, you and I have unfinished business and at SuperCard if you have the guts, I'll be there, waiting."
And in the 2nd Main Event, it was Chris Benoit squaring off against Bret Hitman Hart in a literal match classic for the ages. The air was heavy as everyone knew that Benoit was heading to ROH however that did not stop these men from putting on a show for the ages, submission, high flying and techniqual prowess put this match right into the 35 minute mark with Bret scoring the win with a victory roll. In the end Bret would shake his hand in the middle of the ring, thanking him for being a Part of the Dungeon as Benoit said he'd see him in G1 as Main Event came to a close.
Week 4 (Nitro/Raw Supershow)
