Post by Valdora on Apr 22, 2013 4:56:39 GMT
Saturday Nights Main Event III April 2013
Opening video package.
We open to Jim Ross and Mike Tennay in the broadcast booth. They run over the card and then introduce the guest commentator for the next match, the X Division Champion; Rey Mysterio. He runs down the X Division and then JR and Tennay throw down to the ringside for the X Division exhibition 6 man tag, which they remind us effect both rankings.
*Play Aries, The Wolves VS The Guns & Low Ki*
In each of the corners the men seperate and talk strategy, the heel team seeming to get into a bit of an argument about who will start first. Finally the decisions are made, reluctantly on the Aries and Wolves team for Alex Shelly to start out against Davey Richards, Aries though yelling in that he is star of the team and would beat them all in 5 minuets. Both wolves balk at that as now the offical comes forward and rings the bell. Richards and Shelly circle each other, some trash talking going back and forth as they prepare to go at it. They lock up in with greco roman hands, both left hands meeting, and then the right. They then break from that and go into the collar and elbow tie up now. Richards going right behind into a rear waist lock, Shelly able to grab one of the arms and turns it into a standing wrist lock. Richards jumping over the arm and then standing into a side headlock, Shelly though able to reverse it back into the wrist lock, forcing Richards down to the mat on his knee crying out as he arm is wrenched on. Shelly then goes over the arm to sit on his and sit down on the arm then twisting is around his gets off the arms into a grounded hammer lock now, bring Davey to stands in it. Davey though dropping down and able to sweep the leg as he rises onto his knee, grabbing the leg now of the downed Shelly and locking in a leg lock on the mat, turning him over with his and now crossing the legs going for a surfboard, but then jumping over with a double stomp down into the head. They stand and now Davey works away with chops the chest, but Shelly answers back with kicks to the chest. He then grabs the head of Davey and takes him over into his corner with it, tagging in Chris Sabin now to a cheer. Sabin enters the ring JR speaking on him; "This man Sabin, at one time the leader of the X Division as a two time X Division champion."
"And who stopped that? Me! He was a star till I came back. Every move he knows he got from me, but he don't know them all!" Rey snaps back.
"Well he certainly is doing well as a leader of the X division now as an X Division tag team champion" Tennay retorts.
"Indeed, and Richards and Sabin now...locking up" JR speaks as the two men lock up in the centre of the ring.
Sabin now goes behind for the rear waist lock but Davey gets out of that with a shoulder lock, crying out as he pushes Sabin back into the ropes. There he holds him in it using the ropes until the referee counts for and orders and break, Richards backing off. Sabin then comes in and gets taken down with a drop toe hold, Richards then locking in a side headlock on the mat. Sabin though able to power back onto his feet and grab the arm, going behind in a hammer lock of his own now. He then goes for a headlock but Richards manages to spin on out of that, but Sabin keeps hold of the arm and uses his leg to sweep Davey backfirst onto the mat. Then on the mat travels over and locks in a half boston crab on Richards leg. Richards able to kick out of that but Sabin jumping right over into a grounded side headlock, rolling it over back into a backslide over for 1. Davey though able to power up out of that back into the standing wrist and shoulder lock. He then goes behind and nails a hard release German suplex! He stands from that going over and going to tag in Edwards, but Aries intercepts it and comes in. The wolves yell at him about it, Aries just shrugging back, Richards though ordered back onto the apron. Aries gestures for Sabin to bring it. Sabin indeed bringing it coming it and and these two locking up now. Aries now locks in and standing side headlock, forcing Sabin to the mat with it as the crowd clap and stomp to will Chris on. Sabin though able to step over the arm and locks in a wrist lock on keeping Aries on the mat for a moment. Aries though powering onto his feet. Aries rolling over the arm and standing to reverse the lock. Sabin rolling over to the do the same, Aries going to twist it again into his own, Sabin then leaping over the arm and nailing a wheel kick down into Aries head that stumbles him down. The crowd cheers for that as Sabin stands.
They stand and lock up again, Aries throwing Sabin to the mat by the head and hitting the ropes, coming back in and jumping over Sabin on the mat hitting the opposite ropes and coming in, Sabin leap frogging over him and then catching him coming in with a arm drag hip toss taking him down to the mat. Waiting for him to standing and come in and then takes him over with a deep arm drag, and a third and locking in a sitting reverse shoulder lock on the mat. Aries though bringing up his legs and hooking Sabin with them, forcing Sabin down into the mat in a roll up for a quick 1. Sabin reverses it back into a side headlock on the mat. Aries rolls around and struggles in that for a moment but that manages to bring up the legs and hook him in a head scissors, forcing Sabin down to the mat in it. Sabin though then able to bring up his legs and reverse that into a head scissors of his own. Aires though able to twist around still in the head scissors, Sabin in the seated postion but as Aries leaps up and pushes Sabin down into the mat and locks in a side headlock as he falls. Sabin is able to power up onto his feet but Aries forces him down into the mat in it still. Sabin able to stand and revers it bakc into his own now. Aries able to back Chris into the ropes and now shoots him off into the opposite ropes, Sabin coming back with a hard shoulder tackle! Sabin then hits the ropes again, jumping over Aries as he rolls over coming back in and leap frogging over Aries again as he comes in. Sabin hitting the ropes again and coming in right into a hip toss from Aries. He then nails Sabin with two straight deep arm drags turning Sabin's own offense against him. One the second he forces Sabin's arm onto the mat and then leaps up and drives down both knees into the arm. He then drops a elbow to the mat and reaches down, picking Sabin up by the head, Sabin going for a kick, Aries catching it but Sabin able to bring up the other leg and nails the ensuguri! The crowd now clap and stomp as Sabin rolls over to the corner and tags in Low Ki now. The other new break out star of the X Division enters the ring to face his rival for best new comer on the X Factor show.
"And now this and certainly things seem to have been gearing up for this over on X Factor. Both men exploding into the X Division over the past couple of weeks on X Factor" Tennay speaks.
"Ah, he's nothing. Watch every move he does Tennay and tell me you didn't call me doing them on WCW first" Rey scoffs.
"On the contary. I watched as most of these men in the ring founded and ignited the X Division in TNA, I saw how they took what you did in the cruiserweight division and revolutionized it to make it better, as showcased here tonight. And belive me when I tell you that Austin Aries and Low Ki are two of the founding fathers" Tennay replies.
"Ah, their nothing. Wannabes!" Rey snaps back.
Low Ki now comes in and gets locked in a rear chin lock, Aries hammering down into Ki with clubbing fists to the back. Low Ki though able to bring up shots into the gut to get out of that. He then grabs Aries in a headlock of his own, Aries backing Low Ki into the ropes and shooting him off. Low Ki running in for him, Ki leap frogging over and then waiting in postion as Austin stops himself and turns right into a hard chop that takes him down to the mat. Low then waits for him to stand and then grabs him scoop slamming him down. He then hits the ropes and comes in dropping a sweeping leg elbow to the chest, rising from that as the crowd are really getting behind Low Ki now. He then backs Aries into the ropes and wails away with hard knife edge chops to the chest in the corner. Standing to get faster and faster Kobashi style. Aries though blocks one and pushes him away, Low Ki grabbing him in a side headlock coming out of the corner. Aries though then lifting him up in and drives him into the mat with a side back suplex. He then whips and throws Low Ki into the corner running in with a running shoulder thrust there. He then grabs Low Ki and whips him into the ropes, coming back in Aries catching him for the Uranagi but as he lifts him turns it into a gutbuster! Some of the crowd clap for that as Aries stands, but it turns into loud boos as he holds his arms out with a broad cocky grin. He then goes over and tags in Eddie Edwards now, taking a breather on the apron. Edwards comes in and nails a couple of good drop kicks sending Low Ki down an couple of times. He then nails Low Ki with a saito suplex! He rises from that and now heads up onto the top rope, cutting the air and then taking off with a missile dropkick! But Low ki catches his legs out of the air and throws him down into the mat with them. He then jumps up for a double stomp to the ribs. Low Ki then goes over and tags in Shelly now. Shelly now comes in but Edwards grabs his arm and twisting it in an arm lock then threading it over the shoulder and bringing it down onto his shoulder with a hard wrench. Shelly yells out in pain but then takes advantage of the position to lock in a sleeper hold. Edwards refuses to him up, then grabs the head of Shelly and drops down for the sit out shoulder jawbreaker. Shelly now stumbles back into the ropes as Edwards stands but as he does Sabin blind tags himself him. Edwards now comes running in for Shelly in the ropes. Shelly managing to send him up and over with a back body drop, but Edwards manages to grab the top rope and swing over to land on the apron. He then drops down to drive the shoulder into Shelly guts at he turns into him. But now into the ring comes the legal Sabin. Kendrick them vaults up onto the top rope and down but Shelly catches him in a reverse atomic drop and holds him there in the position as Sabin hits the ropes comes in, then let’s go as Sabin drops down a slides in a sweeping dropkick to the legs of Edwards taking them out as Shelly hits the ropes now, runs in and grabs a reverse chin lock as he jumps over him in the bridge, Sabin then running into the ropes as again as Shelly holds his head up to him, Sabin coming down with a dropkick to the held, exposed face to a loud cheer and applause for the amazing rapid double team sequence. Shelly now forced back into the corner as Sabin now goes back to work and covering for a 2 count.
Sabin now walks around him and when he comes in grabs the leg, dragging Edwards with his as he has it, then drops it and quickly jumps forward and down with elbow. Sabin then covers again for another 2. Shelly now comes up onto the apron and threads his legs through to sit on the second rope, Sabin seeing it and grabbing Edwards by the head, throwing his head into the legs and then tagging in Shelly now. Shelly now comes in hooking Edwards in a headlock, then grabbing the arm and whipping him into the ropes then as he comes in nailing the bear hug into an almost spine buster to the mat, grabbing the legs then turning over and pulling the legs under his shoulders then dropping back for a reverse Boston crab! Then leaning down, grabbing the arms and picking Edwards up off the mat and heaves him around in that position, legs bent under his arms, arms in his hands and leaning back on a move that nobody knows what to call it when Kendrick manages to break out free his arms, sending Shelly’s away then dropping an rolling forward and turning that into a roll up with both legs hooked for 2! Shelly just gets the shoulder up.
Edwards now stands and boots Shelly in the gut, rakes the eyes and then drives him down into the mat with a snap DDT. He then rises and goes over to the corner, tagging Davey Richards back in. Richards drops a couple of elbows. He then points to the crowd and yells “watch this!” before then picking Shelly up and hitting a gutwrench suplex into a cutter! He stands now with a chuckles and then locks in a floored bow and arrow lock on the mat, pulling back on it. Shelly is in intense pain, audibly crying out but shakes his head and still refuses to give up when the referee asks if he wants to give it in. Finally he is able to kick out and break it. Richards is annoyed by this and picks him up, pulling him towards the corner and tagging Aries in now. Aries now grabs Shelly and pulls him in, driving him into the mat with a jackknife powerbomb into a cover for 1...2..NO! He then steps over out of that as he fails and turns into a half boston crab! Shelly obviously knowing that move very well kicks on out of it. He then stands and runs the ropes coming back in and hitting flying forearm. He then picks Aries up and whips him into the ropes, running in and hitting a hesitation dropkick, then running over and tagging in Sabin who goes for it as well...but this time Aries moves and Sabin kicks down hard into the corner! Aries grins at this as he recovers then comes in and pulls Sabin up and then hits the crucifix driver for 1...2...NO! Sabin is just able to kick out! Aries sneers as he stands and now pulls Sabin up and in, heaving him and then down with the brainbuster! Covering for 1...2...NO! Low Ki breaks it up with a double stomp! The crowd cheers for that, Aries rising onto his feet and getting into a yelling match with Low Ki now. But as he does Sabin comes to life and rolls him up for 1..2..NO!
"Almost it! And remember folks this effects both X Divison ranking, tag and singles! Alex Shellys number one contender spot is up for grabs by whoever makes the fall for team Aries and Wolves!" JR comments.
Aries now boots down into Sabin on the mat, Sabin though able to rise and hits a side effect! The crowd cheering as he rolls over from that and heads over to the corner, hot tagging in Low Ki. Low Ki runs in and hits a dropkick, a spinning back kick and then a spinning heel kick! He then nails a back kick to the gut of Aries which keels him over before then bring up his leg holding it and then letting go to slap it down into Aries head! Aries crumbles down into the mat from that. Low Ki now picks up and goes to scoop slam him, but Aries reverses that into a snapmare and then drives Low Ki down as they stand and go for each other with a snap suplex. The crowd roars as Aries now rolls over and crawls, reaching out and tagging in Eddie Edwards. Edwards runs in and goes for a superkick but Lo Ki ducks it and hits the buzzsaw kick, dropping down and covering for 1...2..NO! Low Ki stands and then leaps up onto the top rope with a spindboard kick to the back of Edwards head taking him down! He then runs in and nails the Liger wheel kick and covers...again for 2. The crowd are now roaring cheers for Low ki as he stands and ducks down into postion for it, going for the buzzsaw kick but Edwards side stepping and it and then going behind anbd grabbing the head nailing the double knee facebreaker! Covering for 1...2...NO! Low Ki kicks out. Both men lay out of it for a moment, Edwards though able to to now start to crawl towards the corner almost reaching Richards but Low Ki pulling him back by the leg. Richards entering anyway and hammering into Low Ki to boos, the Wolves now double teaming on him. The Guns though both now run in and engage then beating them back. In this chaos Aries jumps off the apron not wanting any piece of the mayhem in the ring. The Guns now now nail double dropkicks on Richards sending him out of the ring and then Shelly leaps over with senton plancha taking him out. Aries looking up into the ring as Sabin taking him out with a sucide dive! Back in the middle of the ring Low Ki now scoop slams Edwards down and then heads to the top rope flying off with the Warriors Way diving double foot stomp to the gut, dropping down and covering for 1...2...3!!!
The crowd explode in cheers as it is annouced. Low Ki now rises, exhasted as he and Guns regroup in the ring, hugs and back slaps all around and then they gets their hands raised to a cheer.
"What a win for The Guns and Low Ki, Low Ki who really made a name for himself tonight. Shelly remains the number one contender and looking at the X Divison singles rankings now...there they are, we can see that Sabin and Low Ki now also rise up as well."
"It won't matter! They are nothing! I will beat Shelly on X factor wednesday and then whatever one of these punks wants to take this title from me!" Rey rants.
"Well...indeed thank for Rey Mysterio for provided your...unquie insites during this match" JR comments.
"The pleasure was all yours" Rey replies.
"But what a match to start us off, great X Division action with plenty more to come. Stay with us."
We come back from break to an empty ring as the bell rings for the next match.
Women's Championship
*Play Kong & Victoria*
The bell rings and we are under way. Both women come out of their corners, starring daggers at each other as they go nose to nose in the centre of the ring. Kong sneering down at Victoria who just stares right back up at her.
Victoria then reels back and strikes Kong first, beating her back across the ring and almost into the ropes when Kong gets a hand up and blocks it, hammering back with less but more forceful blows that beat Victoria back to the centre of the ring. Kong then swings with a closeline but Victoria ducks underneath and raises her hands back in a ready fighting stance. Again Kong launches forward for the closeline and again Victoria ducks underneath, this time running forward and jumping up onto Kong, curling around her body like a snake, hooking her head in the sleeper and pulling her down towards the mat. Kong storms around the ring frantically for a few moments trying to get her off but eventually starts to fade from the hold, stumbling back a little and dropping down onto one knee. Victoria nods her head as she vices in the hold stronger, clenching her teeth to exert all her might. The referee is in Kong’s face asking her if she quits when suddenly her eyes snap open and she stands, using all her strength to drop back and drive Victoria down into the mat but at the last second before impact on the mat Victoria counters that and rolls Kong up for 2. Kong kicks out and finally the two are pulled apart. Both women stand and Victoria knows she needs to keep on her, nailing Kong with a couple of good shots as she rises and then hitting the rope and coming back to the kneeling Kong and hitting a quick dropkick that sends Kong flying to the outside.
“Wow Kong is in real trouble here” JR comments.
Kong reached up and uses the ring apron to pull herself up onto one knee as the referee counts. In the ring Victoria has stood and now hits the far rope, coming off and diving over the top rope with a cross body but Kong manages to catch her out of the air, turns around and scoop slams Victoria hard back first on the announce table. Victoria lets out a cry of pain and the crowd reacts loudly and winces. A couple of replays shown of the brutal move.
Kong takes a moment before shaking her head, shaking off the grogginess from earlier and comes back in. She grabs Victoria and throws her back into the ring and following over the top rope. Victoria rises but Kong grabs her and nails a clubbing blow to the back that send the veteran women down in pain. Victoria starts to rise but is again hammering into the mat with a clubbing blow, and again and again. Victoria comes up again and Kong grabs her, hooking her arms and driving her down with Tiger Driver. Cover for 1...2...NO! Victoria gets the shoulder up.
Kong stands and grabs Victoria again, lifting her in her arms and then driving her down to the mat with a forward drop down slam. Another cover for another 2. Kong shakes her head and picks Victoria up and this time drops her with a scoop slam she follows up with a leg drop. She then goes around the head and hooks it in a reverse chin lock. Victoria’s legs kick for a moment until she is able to bring one leg up and kick Kong twice hard in the skull and make her release the hold. She takes the advantage standing, limping for a moment in pain but fighting through it and running forward hitting and standing cross body into a pin for 2! Victoria takes no chances and heads to the top rope diving off and nailing the missile dropkick for 2. Victoria rises to her knees in pain and fatigue but continues to fight on. Victoria runs forward for the monster again but Kong manages to grab Hamada coming in by the legs, drop her to the mat, turn her onto her belly and apply a Boston crab. Victoria fights the pain and eventually powers out, turning around and coming it again but Kong catches her by grabbing the legs, turning and nailing a perfect Alabama slam. Cover for 1...2...NO!
Kong lifts her up again and begins working away with hard shots to the ribs and then a strong head but sending her back down to the mat. Kong then runs into the ropes and leaps up coming in for the big splash…but at the last moment Victoria moves out the way! Victoria stands and fighting her own body heads to the top rope, waiting for Kong to stand and then nailing a diving cross body. She does not go for the cover but instead stands in a ready stance waving her hands for Kendra to stand and when the monster does nailing the superkick. Cover for 1...2....NO! Kong gets the shoulder up. Victoria rises up with her hands on her thighs and breathing heavily but fights herself on
She picks Kong up and hits a jumping up wheel DDT. Cover for 1...2...NO! Again Kong kicks out. Victoria is barely able to breathe from fatigue as she heads over and climbs the top rope once again. Standing with her back to Kong and then as she stands flies off with a moonsault. But no! Kong manages to catch her upside down out the sir and hits the sit-down reverse piledriver. Cover for 1...2....NO! Victoria kicks out to a huge reaction from the capacity crowd.
Kong looks angry now as she stumbles to her feet. Grabbing Victoria and turning her, hoisting her up for the Implant buster…but no! Victoria drops back out of it turning it into a tornado DDT for 1...2...NO! Kong kicks out again!
Victoria stands again, signally the end and as Kong stands nailing her down with another super kick for 1...2......NO! Kong just powers the shoulder off the mat.
Victoria now lifts Kong up but the Monster now comes to life, driving three consecutive head-buts into Victoria and then grabbing her head, pulling her in and hoisting her up, driving her into the mat with an Awesome Bomb for 1…2…3!
“Here is your winner” Finkle calls as her music hits “and STILL World Wrestling Federation Women’s Champion! Awesome Kong!”
Kong stands and snatches her belt from the official, getting her hand raised and then grabbing her title belt with both hands and throwing it up, holding it up to both sides to loud cheers and then leaves, leaving Victoria out of the mat, another victim beaten, another month retained of her Women’s title.
The annoucers recap Wrestlemania and the story this month that lead to this Tag Title match.
World Tag Team Championship
*Play Manbyss and the Dudleyz*
The two teams have a staredown before seperating into their respective corners. The referee now takes the title belts from the brothers from Dudleyville and hold them up in the middle of the ring to all sides, before handing them out to the timekeeper. Mankind and Devon are to start out, Abyss and Bubba heading onto the apron as the referee comes forward and...rings the bell.
Devon at once rushes in and hammers into Mankind beating him back, Mankind though blocks and shot and fires right back with rabid punches over and over beating Devon back into the corner now. That is until Devon blocks a shot and throws Mankind into the corner and now works away first with shots and then kicks to the gut. He then grabs the arm and Irish whips Mankind hard into the opposite corner and catches him on the rebound with a closeline. Devon now heads over and tags in Bubba Ray. The bully enters the ring, waiting for Mick to rise and then jabbing away with jabs to the head, then going for the bionic elbow. But Mankind is able to kick Bubba in the gut to stop that. He then throws him down by the head and mounts Ray on the mat, firing away with rabid right hands down into the head. He then picks Bubba up and whips him back into the corner, following in and hammering away there with shots to the head getting faster and faster beating Bubba down in the corner. He then backs off and circles the ring, giving the "bang bang!" Taunt before running in with the knee to the head in the corner. Mankind now breaks away from that goes over and tags in Abyss to a cheer. Abyss now charges Bubba back into the corner, then grabs him by the throat and with a roar throws him hard across the ring by the head. He then runs in as Bubba stands and nails him with a big boot. Bubba is in trouble, trying to crawl away as Abyss reaches down for him and forces him back into the other corner now working away with shots and elbows, then whipping him into the opposite corner and running in with the stinger splash! But Bubba moves out of the way! Bubba now kicks away at the back of the knee joints of Abyss, then drives him into the top turnbuckle with almost a bulldog, following it up with a clip to the legs that finally takes Abyss off his feet. Bubba now head over and tags in Devon, Devon at once running in and clipping at the leg of Abyss again to keep him down. He then drives him knee into Abyss's before heading now onto the second rope, waiting for Abyss to rise before flying off with the diving spinning back elbow that keeps Abyss down.
Devon stands from that and runs in hitting a swinging neckbreaker before tagging Bubba back in, the two now working away with double punches to both sides of the monster, then hooking him for a double suplex...but Abyss blocks it and with a yell heaves then up and reverses it doube suplexing them both down to the mat to a big cheer! Abyss rises from that now and runs in closelining Bubba out of the ring, he then comes in and heaves Devon up, driving him down with a side walk slam and covering for 2. Abyss now heads over to the corner and tags Mankind back in, letting Foley climb to the top rope and then grabbing him and throwing Mankind into Devon taking him out and covering for 2. Mankind now reels back looking for the claw as Devon rises, going for it, but Devon blocks it and kicks Mankind in the gut before then working away with punches, then hitting the ropes and coming in, but Mankind side steps it and throws Devon though the ropes to the outside with his own momentum. Mankind waits for Devon to rise before then running in with a baseball slide taking Devon out on the floor. He then heads onto the apron and waiting for Devon to rise again, but as he does Bubba comes in from around the ring, trying to pull Mankind down off of the apron. Mankind kicks away at head off Bubba sending him away and then flies off with a senton taking both Dudleyz out of the floor! A big Foley chant breaks out now. Mankind now runs in on Bubba again, but this time Bubba is able to side step him and drives him down face first into the ring steps with a drop toe hold! Devon takes advantage of that, picking Mankind up and rolling him back into the ring, coming in and covering for 2. Devon now heads over and tags in Bubba Ray now. The two coming in as now Bubba scoop slams Mankind down and points for Devon to head up. The crowd booing as he rises, Bubba pulling the legs apart and Devon flying of for the whatsup drop! Mankind squelling out as he clutches his crotch and rolls away. Bubba covers from that for yet another 2 count. Bubba drives down and clubbing fist into the head of Mankind and then picks him up, hammering away with right hands before going behind for the Bubba Bomb...Mankind able to get out of that and fires away on Bubba, but Ray manages to take him down with a bionic elbow! Bubba now takes Mankind over to the corner and tags in Devon before heaving Mankind up onto his shoulders, Devon rising to the top rope and flying off nailing the Doomsday device! Devon covering for 1...2...NO! Mankind again kick out to a big cheer.
Devon yells out in rage from that and now mounts Mankind on the man firing down into his head with right hands. He then heaves him up and drives him down with the thrust spinbuster, covering for another 2. Devon now hits the ropes coming in with a leaping shoulder block! And then another, he rises from that and tags in Bubba, picking Mankind up and throwing him up, Bubba hitting the ropes for the 3D! No Mankind gets out of it, hammeirng into both beating them back with right hands. He then runs and leaps up, tagging in Abyss! The crowd roard as Abyss hits the ring running in and closelining Bubba down, then big booting Devon down. Bubba now runs in and gets taken over with a back body drop! Rolling under the bottom ropes as Abyss stands and roars, striking his muscle pose and then coming in pulling Devon in by the neck for a sit out chokeslam and covering for 1...2...NO! Devon just kicks out! The crowd gasped at that one. Abyss now stands and pulls Devon up, Devon though perhaps out of self preservation fires back with right hands to the gut and then head beating Abyss back. He then hits the ropes coming...right into the Blackhole Slam! The roof blows off the arena as Abyss covers for 1...2...NO! Bubba nails Abyss with a steel chair to a break it up and end the match as the referee calls for the disqualification!
Loud boos sound out as Bubba continues hammering down into Abyss with the chair. Mankind now hits the ring, Bubba turning and swinging it...but Mankind ducks and then grabs Bubba driving him down with the double arm DDT! The crowd cheers now as Mankind now goes over and locks in the mandible claw! Bubba able to roll out through the ropes to the outside, finally managing to break it through the ropes and walk away, coughing and spluttering as he does. Devon now rises up in the ring right into Abyss who fires away beating him back but Devon manages to flee out through the ropes and regroup with Bubba on the ramp as they are handed their tag team titles and retreat with them.
"Here are you winners as a result of a disqualification" Finkle calls "Mankind and Abyss!" A cheer. "However the title cannot change hands on a disqualification so still WWF Tag Team Champions! The Dudley Boyz!" Loud boos.
Mankind and Abyss pace the ring, Abyss picking up and throwing ther chair down. They then sees the Dudleyz on the ramp mocking them and head out. The crowd cheering as they take off up the rampway hammering into Bubba and Devon, beating them back through the curtain, refs and security around them trying to pull them off.
"Well Bubba and Devon may have a painful night ahead of them but the Dudleyz once again steal one here tonight and take the gold home thanks to the championship rules. Mankind and Abyss now go all the way to the bottom of the tag team table, damn it! This isn't fair" JR calls.
"But its the rules JR. Mankind and Abyss were screwed again tonight. I wouldn't want to be the tag team division tommorrow on Raw and going forward" Tennay replies.
Tennay and JR go through the build up to this match for both men and then we get final words from them both. They are very confident heading into this match up indeed. Joe surrounded by a team of black t-shirted men with his logo and face on them. We are then told that Antonio Cesaro (ranked 8) has asked for and will get an IC title shot against Wade Barrett tommorrow on Raw.
Main Event: WWF Championship
*Play Bryan and Joe with in ring annoucements*
Bryan comes out doing his usual "yes! yes! yes"ing at the crowd, but gets deadly serious as he stands in his corner awaiting the champion. As Joe's music plays first comes out the entorage we saw before dressed in all in black with black Samoa Joe shirts on. JR refers to them as "Team Joe" and the two commentators agree that Boxing and MMA champions do have teams that accompany them to the ring like this so obviously Cornette approved it. We do get word that it is the team that trained Joe for Wrestlemania including the leading middle aged man acting like his manager who was the head trainer we saw speak during the build up to mania in the training packages.
As the annoucements finish the referee comes toward Bryan in ther corner now checking him over. He then goes over as does the same to Joe, patting him down. He then asks for the championship belt. Joe throws back the towel he head drapped over his head and hands it, along with his beads to his head trainer. Team Joe all give him last minuet talks as they head out of the ring and the drop to the floor in his corner now.
"Obviously all these men have been licensed to be at ringside. You know Cornette Mike, a stickler for the rules" JR comments.
"Oh yeah" Tennay agrees.
Joe now unhooks the championship belt from around his waist, folds it up and hands it to senior referee Earl Hebner. Hebner takes the belt to the centre of the ring and shows it to all sides, before heading over and showing it to Bryan. Bryan nods, touching the new version of the gold and then hands his robe and his own ROH Pure Championship outside the ring, which is soon followed by the World title belt taken to the timekeepers table. Bryan now turns back to Joe out of the corner, breathing hard as the two now come forward and go nose to nose in the middle of the ring. The referee backing them off and then calling for the bell. The two again come forward meeting nose to nose in the middle of the ring, Bryan mouthing off, Joe just sneering a smirk down at him, saying little with his mouth but a lot with his eyes.
They then break and begin to circle each other now, Joe raising his hands in a fighting postion waiting for the American Dragon to make the first move. Bryan launches forward to lock up but Joe goes under and behind into a waist lock. Bryan at once reaching down the arm and walking forward trying all he can to break it and then does into an overhand wrist lock. Joe reverses that into one of his own and then under into another and another, tweating on the arm every time and then synching it in. Bryan though bringing up his arm and breaking the lock. The two back off and circle again, then come in and lock up again, pushing their heads into each other, struggling against their hand and buring their shoulder into each others head like two jocking bulls. Joe obviously the more powerful takes advantage of that forcing Bryan to his knees by his hands and pushing down on him. He then heaves Bryan up by the arms, twisting inwards with them and watching Bryan struggle in pain and he forces him back around the ring in the double hand lock. He then brings his foot behind Bryans and trips him up, forcing his head down into the mat now arching Danielsons back. Then leaping up and jumping onto Bryan forcing his knees down into him, using all his weight to push him down into the mat as Danielson cries out in pain. Joe now rising to resynch it, but Bryan using the leverage to swing around and bring his feet up, pushing them off Joe's belly to push him back, then bringing up his feet into Joe's face forcing him back and then kicking him away. Joe stumbles away from that and comes back in on Bryan as he stands. They lock up again now, Bryan grabbing the arm and forcing Joe around by it, then as he hunces him over in the arm lock brings up his elbow and drives it down into Joe's arm over and over. Joe clentches his teeth in pain from that and then able to grab Danielsons leg to stop him. Bryan though hopping forward in that and grabs the ropes to order a clean break. "Very catch as catch can wrestling so far" JR comments.
The two break from that and then come in for each other again. Bryan bringing up his leg for a kick but Joe grabs it again and forces Bryan down into the mat with it, trying to turn it over and eventually does, driving he knee into Bryan back and pulling back on the leg for the modified one legged boston crab! Bryan though quickly able to grabs Joe's leg and trip him up with it, the two forcing against each other on the mat as Joe pulls back on the leg hook still but Bryan grabbing the ankle and turning it into a grounded ankle lock, turning Joe over it in. Joe though able to turn over and grabs the ropes for a break. Bryan standing as stomping down into the leg as he does then backs off into a ready stance. Joe snarls at this and then stands himself coming in. Bryan though able to drop Joe with a drop tie hold and and then hook the legs over, reaching up for the arms going for the mexican surf board here, Joe though refusing to roll back over so Bryan brings up his hands and locks the head for a double leg hooked STF instead. Bryan stands from that now and twists around to stand with his leg still crossing Joe's over it then dropping back and elbow into Joe's back keeping the legs hooked, and again, forcing the leg back in the hold as he delivers the elbows. He then drops back and hooks the arms for almost a reverse chicken wing with the legs still crossed! Joe having now limbs to reach with as Bryan buries his head into Joe and pulls back on all his arms and legs. Joe looks to be in serious trouble, in serious pain in the hold but continues to yell out no at the offical as he asks him. Eventually able to use his power to break his arms out of it and pushes Bryan off and away. Bryan though comes back and in and hooks the legs and head again but now Joe manages to hook the ropes, then back elbows Bryan in the head to send him away. Bryan now comes in and hammers into then goes to lock in a leg lock again but Joe turns it over to sit on his legs for a cover for 1.
Bryan gets out of that but Joe at once stands and grabs Bryan's legs now, hooking them and trying to twist him over with them, heaving him off the mat by his legs and kicking his in the back as he refuses to roll over, Bryan though still bearing down his weight to stop it. Joe though eventually able to roll the definat Bryan over into a boston crab! Danielson cries out and struggles in that for a few moments, shaking his head and refuses to give in to the referee, eventually able to heave himself off the mat and leap into the ropes for the break. Joe though pulls him back across the ring by his legs and then places Bryan's legs over his shoulder for a modified boston crab! Bryan though again is able to grab the ropes. Joe breaks but as he stands he grabs Bryan and pulls him up right into a gutwrench powerbomb! Covering for 2. Joe now rises pulling Bryan up by his head to stand and then wails away with hard a knife edge chop to the chest! Bryan though fires right back with one of his own! Joe, Bryan, Joe, Bryan, back and forth the furious chops go between the two! Bryan hitting the last but Joe answering back to a slap to the face! Bryan answers that with one of his own! Joe then painbrushes him with a shot to the face! Bryan answers back with a headbut! Almost getting the worst on that himself. Joe now grabs Bryan and nails him back into the ropes with back hand shot! Bryan falling to his knee off that as Joe now fires away with hard jabs to the face. He then reaches down with a smirk on his face, Team Joe yelling and cheering him on as he pulls Bryan into the DDT postion, hooking the arm over for a suplex. Heaving him into the air vertically and holding him there for 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11! Finally he drives him into the mat after the hestitation suplex and covers for 2. Byran though rises right up from that as Joe is on his knees still and nails him with a hard roundhouse kick to the face! He then heaves Joe onto his feet and fires away with two good chops before grabbing the arm and Irish whipping Joe into the corner, backing off into the opposite one and following in, but Joe catches him and drives him down with the STJoe! Covering for 2!
Joe now stands and grabs Bryan head off the mat as he lays on his belly, kicking away at the head there. He then keeps hold of the head and pulls Bryan up with it, taking him over with snapmare before then kicking him hard in the back! And then the seated faced sending him down to the mat! He then hooks Bryan's arm and legs, then drops back for the bow and arrow lock! Pulling back on it with a sick look of pleasure, Bryan screaming out in pain as he is streched out, racked over the knees of the champion. Bryan remains it in for a few moments struggles but is then able to push Joe's fingers back to release the grip and get out of it into a latteral press for 2! Joe gets out and rises first from that coming in and jabbing away at the head of Bryan as he stands with hard right and lefts. Then as he gets to his knees takes him down with a roundhouse kick! He goes to reach down to pull Bryan up, but he is lifeless. Joe backing off as the referee counts 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8...At 8 Bryan is able to roll over and grab the ropes pulling himself to stand and turn into Joe. Joe coming in and brushes him with shot after shot after shot, perhaps looking for the KO here, bringing up rabid knees to the face of Bryan now as he pulls himself inbetween his legs and reaches down, heaving him up and down with a powerbomb! Pressing down on the legs for 1...2...NO! Bryan manages to kick out! Joe though keeping hold of the leg turns it right into an STF! Pulling back on the head and leg as Bryan cries out in pain. "This could be it right here!" Tennay calls as Joe pulls back on the hold, Bryan trying to move around the ring but Joe keeping him locked and pulling back on the hold tight. Bryan now going limp. The referee now comes in and raises the arm, letting it fall to the mat once, twice...no! Bryan shots to life, his eyes flick open and his free hand trying desperatly to reach the ropes so far away but finally...grabs them! The crowd reaching as the two are uncoiled, Joe cursing in fustration from that as he rises up. He stays up on one knee for the moment, mouthing off down as Bryan as he reaches into the ropes and tries to pull himself up. He then comes in on Joe and reaches out to start to climb up using his body but Joe slap him back down and stands. But Bryan then grabs the tights of Joe pulling him right into a hard headbut to the gut, and another, and another! Bryan keeping hold of the tights as he stands but Joe then reels back and nailing Bryan with a hard chop that sends him down again! Bryan though coming right back in for more and gets another chop, Bryan again coming for more and again getting chopped back and down to the mat. "You have got to give the challenger credit! He will not die here!" JR calls out.
Bryan again comes in for more and now Joe slaps him across the face with rights and lefts and then and knife edge chop to the chest again then a hard uppercut sending Danielson back down to the mat. Bryan is now on his knees out of it, the referee coming in and asking of his wants to continue as Joe stalks him coming in. He then reaches down and pulls Danielson up into a rear wait lock, going for the german suplex but Bryan breaks it and turns jumping up and nailing Joe with an ensurguri to the back of the head that sends him face first down into the mat! Danielson is now on his hands and knees, crawling to the ropes and using them to pull himself up to stand. He then runs in on Joe and nails him with a step up ensurgi taking him down again! Both men lay out of their back as some of the crowd cheer, slap and will these men on. Both stand and come for each other again, Bryan grabbing Joe head and delivers up a hard european uppercut! And another and another, sending the champion back into the ropes. His team yelling him to get back into it. Danielson though grabs Joe on the ropes and delivers another european uppercut! Then a knife edge to the chest! Then another uppercut! Then a knife edge chop again! A uppercut, a chop, uppercut chop, the crowd now can't help but go wild as the challenger is coming back big time here! He then grabs Joe's head and drives him face first into the corner with it. Backing off and with a loud yell runs in delivering a running forearm to the head of Joe in the corner! He then hooks Joe by the head pulling him out of the corner and then nailing a snap suplex covering for 1...2...NO!
Bryan keeps hold of Joe's head and pulls him up with it, firing away with right hands to the head. Then running the ropes and coming in, but Joe ducks it and grabs the waist! Sending Bryan over with a german suplex into a bridge for 1...2...NO! Both men lay out on the mats again for a few moments as the rabid fans cheer them on, mainly of course the champion as they rise now. Joe grabs Bryan head and pulls him up with it taking him to sit in the corner and then kicking away with downed stomps in the corner! Before backing off, running in and nailing the facewash kick! Kicking down into Bryan's head sending him silly in the corner. And then pushing the face wash kick again and again, whipping Bryan's head back in the corner over and over. He the runs the ropes in and in hitting a seconding running face wash kick! Bryan now completly out of it in the corner. Joe rests on the ropes for a few moments, standing and walking the ring, getting yelling at to let Bryan out of the corner and nods coming in, reaching up and scoops Bryan up by his head out of the corner to the middle of the ring. He then takes him over with a snapmare again and covering for 2. Joe is growing aggrivated now as he stands and then looks out at his team yelling to get on him, Joe shaking his head and now heading out and up onto the top rope now. Team Joe not liking it at all, but the crowd do a the big champion rising up on the perch. But Bryan gets out and runs in, taking Joe's leg out from under him to crotch him hard on the top rope. He then climbs up the ropes to join him there, grabbing Samoa Joe as he hooks him and drops back for the superplex! The ring jumping up as both men crash and burn in the middle of the ring! Rolling over and throwing an arm onto Joe for 1...2..NO!
"My god what a title match for the richest prize in the game, the WWF World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship!" JR cries out.
"And it's not over JR. These men are still going, somehow they keep fighting on" Tennay replies.
Danielson is now the first to rise and now he goes onto the top rope, Joe still laying out of it in the middle of the ring, Bryan rising up and flying off with a diving headbut! Covering for 1...2...NO! Joe powers out again! Is now Danielson who can't believe, rolling on his knees and taking a breather before then reaching down and pulling Joe up nailing him with two more hard european uppercuts! Joe bounces off the ropes and comes back with a mighty right hands that reels Bryan back! Bryan answers back with a paintbrushing slap, Joe with his own, Bryan, Joe back and forth the slaps and then into punches and forearms go! Danielson then spinning around for a discuss forearm! That reels Joe back on his feet for a moment, Bryan coming in and hitting another spinning forearm shot! That second one sends Joe down to the mat, Bryan covering for 1...2..NO! Joe sits right up, Danielson using the ropes to stand, takes a moment and then comes back in. He then goes for the discuss shot again, but that time Joe hooks him with his legs and forces him to the mat locking in the STF again! The crowd explode in cheer as Joe pulls back on the hold, clentching his teeth and crying out for Bryan to tap out. Bryan refuses, but Joe has it in tight, Bryan holding on, Joe pulling back on it. Bryan though able to break it, Joe though rising right up from that and delivering hard knees up into the downed head of Bryan over and over! Bryan is hammered up to stand by the knees and out of it swinging a shot which Joe ducks and then nails Bryan with the jumping high knee to the face taking him down! Joe stands from that and then picks Bryan up, pulling him in for another powerbomb, heaving him up onto his shoulders and driving him down with the thunder fire powerbomb! But as he lands Bryan grabs Joe and rolls him up for 1...2...NO! Joe kicks out. Both men stand and come in for each other again slowly. Jow backs into the ropes and comes in with a forearm but Bryan ducks it! But Joe comes back in and locks in the Coquina clutch! Pulling back on it to try to lock it in fully! But Bryan is able to semi twist out of that, Joe breaking it and deliver hard head buts into Danielsons back! Danielson though then throwing Joe down into the mat, hooks the arms and locks in Cattle Multilation! The crowd can't help but explode for that, standing and holding their head, as are Team Joe as Bryan pulls on the arms yelling for Joe to tap. But eventually Joe is able to kicks back onto the ropes. The referee comes in and order the break, but Bryan won't. The refree counting 1,2,3,4 Bryan finally breaks it and falls away.
Both men rise slowly again, Bryan now charges Joe back into the corner and then heaving him up onto the top rope now, joining him up there! Standing on the top rope with him! Joe though forces him down and pushes him away with his feet, Bryan stumbles back to the middle of the ring and then comes in, Joe rising on the top rope, but Bryan answering back with another hard uppercut and then joining him on the top rope again! Going for the frankenstiener. But Joe grabs him, stomps him hooking something and throws him off the top rope again. But Bryan is right back in and pulls Joe off the top rope with a powerbomb of his own! He then hooks the legs and turns him over going for the Yes Lock, but Joe is able to throw him off. Bryan coming right in and hooking Joe in a waist lock, throwing him back with a German suplex, rolling back on the legs for 1...2...NO! Joe grabs the head and pulls Bryan down onto him in the coqunia clutch! Scissoring the legs and locking it in fully! Bryan flails his arms, trying to resist but then reaches up and...taps the mat!
The crowd blow the roof of as Joe's music hits, him keeping the hold applied until Bryan passes out, Joe throwing him off and down to the mat and then standing.
"Here is your winner and STILL WWF Champion! Samoa Joe!" Finkle calls.
Joe stands over the fallen Bryan getting standing ovation as team Joe rush into the ring around him, one of them patting him down with the towel and then handing it to him as the other takes the title belt from the referee and hooks it around Joe's waist putting on him. Joe pushes him away as he finishes and throws the towel back over his shoulder. His team surrounding him as he throws his arms up to a mighty cheer.
"Wow, now that is impressive. A true classic here tonight folks as Samoa Joe has now been succesfull in his first defense of his World Championship! From live in here in Las Vegas everybody! Good night!"
Joe now throws the title belt over one shoulder and the towel over the other as he rises up in the corner and holds his arms up to cheers. Joe standing tall with his team and fans appaulding for him, Bryan being tended to as Saturday Nights Main Event fades to black.
Opening video package.
We open to Jim Ross and Mike Tennay in the broadcast booth. They run over the card and then introduce the guest commentator for the next match, the X Division Champion; Rey Mysterio. He runs down the X Division and then JR and Tennay throw down to the ringside for the X Division exhibition 6 man tag, which they remind us effect both rankings.
*Play Aries, The Wolves VS The Guns & Low Ki*
In each of the corners the men seperate and talk strategy, the heel team seeming to get into a bit of an argument about who will start first. Finally the decisions are made, reluctantly on the Aries and Wolves team for Alex Shelly to start out against Davey Richards, Aries though yelling in that he is star of the team and would beat them all in 5 minuets. Both wolves balk at that as now the offical comes forward and rings the bell. Richards and Shelly circle each other, some trash talking going back and forth as they prepare to go at it. They lock up in with greco roman hands, both left hands meeting, and then the right. They then break from that and go into the collar and elbow tie up now. Richards going right behind into a rear waist lock, Shelly able to grab one of the arms and turns it into a standing wrist lock. Richards jumping over the arm and then standing into a side headlock, Shelly though able to reverse it back into the wrist lock, forcing Richards down to the mat on his knee crying out as he arm is wrenched on. Shelly then goes over the arm to sit on his and sit down on the arm then twisting is around his gets off the arms into a grounded hammer lock now, bring Davey to stands in it. Davey though dropping down and able to sweep the leg as he rises onto his knee, grabbing the leg now of the downed Shelly and locking in a leg lock on the mat, turning him over with his and now crossing the legs going for a surfboard, but then jumping over with a double stomp down into the head. They stand and now Davey works away with chops the chest, but Shelly answers back with kicks to the chest. He then grabs the head of Davey and takes him over into his corner with it, tagging in Chris Sabin now to a cheer. Sabin enters the ring JR speaking on him; "This man Sabin, at one time the leader of the X Division as a two time X Division champion."
"And who stopped that? Me! He was a star till I came back. Every move he knows he got from me, but he don't know them all!" Rey snaps back.
"Well he certainly is doing well as a leader of the X division now as an X Division tag team champion" Tennay retorts.
"Indeed, and Richards and Sabin now...locking up" JR speaks as the two men lock up in the centre of the ring.
Sabin now goes behind for the rear waist lock but Davey gets out of that with a shoulder lock, crying out as he pushes Sabin back into the ropes. There he holds him in it using the ropes until the referee counts for and orders and break, Richards backing off. Sabin then comes in and gets taken down with a drop toe hold, Richards then locking in a side headlock on the mat. Sabin though able to power back onto his feet and grab the arm, going behind in a hammer lock of his own now. He then goes for a headlock but Richards manages to spin on out of that, but Sabin keeps hold of the arm and uses his leg to sweep Davey backfirst onto the mat. Then on the mat travels over and locks in a half boston crab on Richards leg. Richards able to kick out of that but Sabin jumping right over into a grounded side headlock, rolling it over back into a backslide over for 1. Davey though able to power up out of that back into the standing wrist and shoulder lock. He then goes behind and nails a hard release German suplex! He stands from that going over and going to tag in Edwards, but Aries intercepts it and comes in. The wolves yell at him about it, Aries just shrugging back, Richards though ordered back onto the apron. Aries gestures for Sabin to bring it. Sabin indeed bringing it coming it and and these two locking up now. Aries now locks in and standing side headlock, forcing Sabin to the mat with it as the crowd clap and stomp to will Chris on. Sabin though able to step over the arm and locks in a wrist lock on keeping Aries on the mat for a moment. Aries though powering onto his feet. Aries rolling over the arm and standing to reverse the lock. Sabin rolling over to the do the same, Aries going to twist it again into his own, Sabin then leaping over the arm and nailing a wheel kick down into Aries head that stumbles him down. The crowd cheers for that as Sabin stands.
They stand and lock up again, Aries throwing Sabin to the mat by the head and hitting the ropes, coming back in and jumping over Sabin on the mat hitting the opposite ropes and coming in, Sabin leap frogging over him and then catching him coming in with a arm drag hip toss taking him down to the mat. Waiting for him to standing and come in and then takes him over with a deep arm drag, and a third and locking in a sitting reverse shoulder lock on the mat. Aries though bringing up his legs and hooking Sabin with them, forcing Sabin down into the mat in a roll up for a quick 1. Sabin reverses it back into a side headlock on the mat. Aries rolls around and struggles in that for a moment but that manages to bring up the legs and hook him in a head scissors, forcing Sabin down to the mat in it. Sabin though then able to bring up his legs and reverse that into a head scissors of his own. Aires though able to twist around still in the head scissors, Sabin in the seated postion but as Aries leaps up and pushes Sabin down into the mat and locks in a side headlock as he falls. Sabin is able to power up onto his feet but Aries forces him down into the mat in it still. Sabin able to stand and revers it bakc into his own now. Aries able to back Chris into the ropes and now shoots him off into the opposite ropes, Sabin coming back with a hard shoulder tackle! Sabin then hits the ropes again, jumping over Aries as he rolls over coming back in and leap frogging over Aries again as he comes in. Sabin hitting the ropes again and coming in right into a hip toss from Aries. He then nails Sabin with two straight deep arm drags turning Sabin's own offense against him. One the second he forces Sabin's arm onto the mat and then leaps up and drives down both knees into the arm. He then drops a elbow to the mat and reaches down, picking Sabin up by the head, Sabin going for a kick, Aries catching it but Sabin able to bring up the other leg and nails the ensuguri! The crowd now clap and stomp as Sabin rolls over to the corner and tags in Low Ki now. The other new break out star of the X Division enters the ring to face his rival for best new comer on the X Factor show.
"And now this and certainly things seem to have been gearing up for this over on X Factor. Both men exploding into the X Division over the past couple of weeks on X Factor" Tennay speaks.
"Ah, he's nothing. Watch every move he does Tennay and tell me you didn't call me doing them on WCW first" Rey scoffs.
"On the contary. I watched as most of these men in the ring founded and ignited the X Division in TNA, I saw how they took what you did in the cruiserweight division and revolutionized it to make it better, as showcased here tonight. And belive me when I tell you that Austin Aries and Low Ki are two of the founding fathers" Tennay replies.
"Ah, their nothing. Wannabes!" Rey snaps back.
Low Ki now comes in and gets locked in a rear chin lock, Aries hammering down into Ki with clubbing fists to the back. Low Ki though able to bring up shots into the gut to get out of that. He then grabs Aries in a headlock of his own, Aries backing Low Ki into the ropes and shooting him off. Low Ki running in for him, Ki leap frogging over and then waiting in postion as Austin stops himself and turns right into a hard chop that takes him down to the mat. Low then waits for him to stand and then grabs him scoop slamming him down. He then hits the ropes and comes in dropping a sweeping leg elbow to the chest, rising from that as the crowd are really getting behind Low Ki now. He then backs Aries into the ropes and wails away with hard knife edge chops to the chest in the corner. Standing to get faster and faster Kobashi style. Aries though blocks one and pushes him away, Low Ki grabbing him in a side headlock coming out of the corner. Aries though then lifting him up in and drives him into the mat with a side back suplex. He then whips and throws Low Ki into the corner running in with a running shoulder thrust there. He then grabs Low Ki and whips him into the ropes, coming back in Aries catching him for the Uranagi but as he lifts him turns it into a gutbuster! Some of the crowd clap for that as Aries stands, but it turns into loud boos as he holds his arms out with a broad cocky grin. He then goes over and tags in Eddie Edwards now, taking a breather on the apron. Edwards comes in and nails a couple of good drop kicks sending Low Ki down an couple of times. He then nails Low Ki with a saito suplex! He rises from that and now heads up onto the top rope, cutting the air and then taking off with a missile dropkick! But Low ki catches his legs out of the air and throws him down into the mat with them. He then jumps up for a double stomp to the ribs. Low Ki then goes over and tags in Shelly now. Shelly now comes in but Edwards grabs his arm and twisting it in an arm lock then threading it over the shoulder and bringing it down onto his shoulder with a hard wrench. Shelly yells out in pain but then takes advantage of the position to lock in a sleeper hold. Edwards refuses to him up, then grabs the head of Shelly and drops down for the sit out shoulder jawbreaker. Shelly now stumbles back into the ropes as Edwards stands but as he does Sabin blind tags himself him. Edwards now comes running in for Shelly in the ropes. Shelly managing to send him up and over with a back body drop, but Edwards manages to grab the top rope and swing over to land on the apron. He then drops down to drive the shoulder into Shelly guts at he turns into him. But now into the ring comes the legal Sabin. Kendrick them vaults up onto the top rope and down but Shelly catches him in a reverse atomic drop and holds him there in the position as Sabin hits the ropes comes in, then let’s go as Sabin drops down a slides in a sweeping dropkick to the legs of Edwards taking them out as Shelly hits the ropes now, runs in and grabs a reverse chin lock as he jumps over him in the bridge, Sabin then running into the ropes as again as Shelly holds his head up to him, Sabin coming down with a dropkick to the held, exposed face to a loud cheer and applause for the amazing rapid double team sequence. Shelly now forced back into the corner as Sabin now goes back to work and covering for a 2 count.
Sabin now walks around him and when he comes in grabs the leg, dragging Edwards with his as he has it, then drops it and quickly jumps forward and down with elbow. Sabin then covers again for another 2. Shelly now comes up onto the apron and threads his legs through to sit on the second rope, Sabin seeing it and grabbing Edwards by the head, throwing his head into the legs and then tagging in Shelly now. Shelly now comes in hooking Edwards in a headlock, then grabbing the arm and whipping him into the ropes then as he comes in nailing the bear hug into an almost spine buster to the mat, grabbing the legs then turning over and pulling the legs under his shoulders then dropping back for a reverse Boston crab! Then leaning down, grabbing the arms and picking Edwards up off the mat and heaves him around in that position, legs bent under his arms, arms in his hands and leaning back on a move that nobody knows what to call it when Kendrick manages to break out free his arms, sending Shelly’s away then dropping an rolling forward and turning that into a roll up with both legs hooked for 2! Shelly just gets the shoulder up.
Edwards now stands and boots Shelly in the gut, rakes the eyes and then drives him down into the mat with a snap DDT. He then rises and goes over to the corner, tagging Davey Richards back in. Richards drops a couple of elbows. He then points to the crowd and yells “watch this!” before then picking Shelly up and hitting a gutwrench suplex into a cutter! He stands now with a chuckles and then locks in a floored bow and arrow lock on the mat, pulling back on it. Shelly is in intense pain, audibly crying out but shakes his head and still refuses to give up when the referee asks if he wants to give it in. Finally he is able to kick out and break it. Richards is annoyed by this and picks him up, pulling him towards the corner and tagging Aries in now. Aries now grabs Shelly and pulls him in, driving him into the mat with a jackknife powerbomb into a cover for 1...2..NO! He then steps over out of that as he fails and turns into a half boston crab! Shelly obviously knowing that move very well kicks on out of it. He then stands and runs the ropes coming back in and hitting flying forearm. He then picks Aries up and whips him into the ropes, running in and hitting a hesitation dropkick, then running over and tagging in Sabin who goes for it as well...but this time Aries moves and Sabin kicks down hard into the corner! Aries grins at this as he recovers then comes in and pulls Sabin up and then hits the crucifix driver for 1...2...NO! Sabin is just able to kick out! Aries sneers as he stands and now pulls Sabin up and in, heaving him and then down with the brainbuster! Covering for 1...2...NO! Low Ki breaks it up with a double stomp! The crowd cheers for that, Aries rising onto his feet and getting into a yelling match with Low Ki now. But as he does Sabin comes to life and rolls him up for 1..2..NO!
"Almost it! And remember folks this effects both X Divison ranking, tag and singles! Alex Shellys number one contender spot is up for grabs by whoever makes the fall for team Aries and Wolves!" JR comments.
Aries now boots down into Sabin on the mat, Sabin though able to rise and hits a side effect! The crowd cheering as he rolls over from that and heads over to the corner, hot tagging in Low Ki. Low Ki runs in and hits a dropkick, a spinning back kick and then a spinning heel kick! He then nails a back kick to the gut of Aries which keels him over before then bring up his leg holding it and then letting go to slap it down into Aries head! Aries crumbles down into the mat from that. Low Ki now picks up and goes to scoop slam him, but Aries reverses that into a snapmare and then drives Low Ki down as they stand and go for each other with a snap suplex. The crowd roars as Aries now rolls over and crawls, reaching out and tagging in Eddie Edwards. Edwards runs in and goes for a superkick but Lo Ki ducks it and hits the buzzsaw kick, dropping down and covering for 1...2..NO! Low Ki stands and then leaps up onto the top rope with a spindboard kick to the back of Edwards head taking him down! He then runs in and nails the Liger wheel kick and covers...again for 2. The crowd are now roaring cheers for Low ki as he stands and ducks down into postion for it, going for the buzzsaw kick but Edwards side stepping and it and then going behind anbd grabbing the head nailing the double knee facebreaker! Covering for 1...2...NO! Low Ki kicks out. Both men lay out of it for a moment, Edwards though able to to now start to crawl towards the corner almost reaching Richards but Low Ki pulling him back by the leg. Richards entering anyway and hammering into Low Ki to boos, the Wolves now double teaming on him. The Guns though both now run in and engage then beating them back. In this chaos Aries jumps off the apron not wanting any piece of the mayhem in the ring. The Guns now now nail double dropkicks on Richards sending him out of the ring and then Shelly leaps over with senton plancha taking him out. Aries looking up into the ring as Sabin taking him out with a sucide dive! Back in the middle of the ring Low Ki now scoop slams Edwards down and then heads to the top rope flying off with the Warriors Way diving double foot stomp to the gut, dropping down and covering for 1...2...3!!!
The crowd explode in cheers as it is annouced. Low Ki now rises, exhasted as he and Guns regroup in the ring, hugs and back slaps all around and then they gets their hands raised to a cheer.
"What a win for The Guns and Low Ki, Low Ki who really made a name for himself tonight. Shelly remains the number one contender and looking at the X Divison singles rankings now...there they are, we can see that Sabin and Low Ki now also rise up as well."
"It won't matter! They are nothing! I will beat Shelly on X factor wednesday and then whatever one of these punks wants to take this title from me!" Rey rants.
"Well...indeed thank for Rey Mysterio for provided your...unquie insites during this match" JR comments.
"The pleasure was all yours" Rey replies.
"But what a match to start us off, great X Division action with plenty more to come. Stay with us."
We come back from break to an empty ring as the bell rings for the next match.
Women's Championship
*Play Kong & Victoria*
The bell rings and we are under way. Both women come out of their corners, starring daggers at each other as they go nose to nose in the centre of the ring. Kong sneering down at Victoria who just stares right back up at her.
Victoria then reels back and strikes Kong first, beating her back across the ring and almost into the ropes when Kong gets a hand up and blocks it, hammering back with less but more forceful blows that beat Victoria back to the centre of the ring. Kong then swings with a closeline but Victoria ducks underneath and raises her hands back in a ready fighting stance. Again Kong launches forward for the closeline and again Victoria ducks underneath, this time running forward and jumping up onto Kong, curling around her body like a snake, hooking her head in the sleeper and pulling her down towards the mat. Kong storms around the ring frantically for a few moments trying to get her off but eventually starts to fade from the hold, stumbling back a little and dropping down onto one knee. Victoria nods her head as she vices in the hold stronger, clenching her teeth to exert all her might. The referee is in Kong’s face asking her if she quits when suddenly her eyes snap open and she stands, using all her strength to drop back and drive Victoria down into the mat but at the last second before impact on the mat Victoria counters that and rolls Kong up for 2. Kong kicks out and finally the two are pulled apart. Both women stand and Victoria knows she needs to keep on her, nailing Kong with a couple of good shots as she rises and then hitting the rope and coming back to the kneeling Kong and hitting a quick dropkick that sends Kong flying to the outside.
“Wow Kong is in real trouble here” JR comments.
Kong reached up and uses the ring apron to pull herself up onto one knee as the referee counts. In the ring Victoria has stood and now hits the far rope, coming off and diving over the top rope with a cross body but Kong manages to catch her out of the air, turns around and scoop slams Victoria hard back first on the announce table. Victoria lets out a cry of pain and the crowd reacts loudly and winces. A couple of replays shown of the brutal move.
Kong takes a moment before shaking her head, shaking off the grogginess from earlier and comes back in. She grabs Victoria and throws her back into the ring and following over the top rope. Victoria rises but Kong grabs her and nails a clubbing blow to the back that send the veteran women down in pain. Victoria starts to rise but is again hammering into the mat with a clubbing blow, and again and again. Victoria comes up again and Kong grabs her, hooking her arms and driving her down with Tiger Driver. Cover for 1...2...NO! Victoria gets the shoulder up.
Kong stands and grabs Victoria again, lifting her in her arms and then driving her down to the mat with a forward drop down slam. Another cover for another 2. Kong shakes her head and picks Victoria up and this time drops her with a scoop slam she follows up with a leg drop. She then goes around the head and hooks it in a reverse chin lock. Victoria’s legs kick for a moment until she is able to bring one leg up and kick Kong twice hard in the skull and make her release the hold. She takes the advantage standing, limping for a moment in pain but fighting through it and running forward hitting and standing cross body into a pin for 2! Victoria takes no chances and heads to the top rope diving off and nailing the missile dropkick for 2. Victoria rises to her knees in pain and fatigue but continues to fight on. Victoria runs forward for the monster again but Kong manages to grab Hamada coming in by the legs, drop her to the mat, turn her onto her belly and apply a Boston crab. Victoria fights the pain and eventually powers out, turning around and coming it again but Kong catches her by grabbing the legs, turning and nailing a perfect Alabama slam. Cover for 1...2...NO!
Kong lifts her up again and begins working away with hard shots to the ribs and then a strong head but sending her back down to the mat. Kong then runs into the ropes and leaps up coming in for the big splash…but at the last moment Victoria moves out the way! Victoria stands and fighting her own body heads to the top rope, waiting for Kong to stand and then nailing a diving cross body. She does not go for the cover but instead stands in a ready stance waving her hands for Kendra to stand and when the monster does nailing the superkick. Cover for 1...2....NO! Kong gets the shoulder up. Victoria rises up with her hands on her thighs and breathing heavily but fights herself on
She picks Kong up and hits a jumping up wheel DDT. Cover for 1...2...NO! Again Kong kicks out. Victoria is barely able to breathe from fatigue as she heads over and climbs the top rope once again. Standing with her back to Kong and then as she stands flies off with a moonsault. But no! Kong manages to catch her upside down out the sir and hits the sit-down reverse piledriver. Cover for 1...2....NO! Victoria kicks out to a huge reaction from the capacity crowd.
Kong looks angry now as she stumbles to her feet. Grabbing Victoria and turning her, hoisting her up for the Implant buster…but no! Victoria drops back out of it turning it into a tornado DDT for 1...2...NO! Kong kicks out again!
Victoria stands again, signally the end and as Kong stands nailing her down with another super kick for 1...2......NO! Kong just powers the shoulder off the mat.
Victoria now lifts Kong up but the Monster now comes to life, driving three consecutive head-buts into Victoria and then grabbing her head, pulling her in and hoisting her up, driving her into the mat with an Awesome Bomb for 1…2…3!
“Here is your winner” Finkle calls as her music hits “and STILL World Wrestling Federation Women’s Champion! Awesome Kong!”
Kong stands and snatches her belt from the official, getting her hand raised and then grabbing her title belt with both hands and throwing it up, holding it up to both sides to loud cheers and then leaves, leaving Victoria out of the mat, another victim beaten, another month retained of her Women’s title.
The annoucers recap Wrestlemania and the story this month that lead to this Tag Title match.
World Tag Team Championship
*Play Manbyss and the Dudleyz*
The two teams have a staredown before seperating into their respective corners. The referee now takes the title belts from the brothers from Dudleyville and hold them up in the middle of the ring to all sides, before handing them out to the timekeeper. Mankind and Devon are to start out, Abyss and Bubba heading onto the apron as the referee comes forward and...rings the bell.
Devon at once rushes in and hammers into Mankind beating him back, Mankind though blocks and shot and fires right back with rabid punches over and over beating Devon back into the corner now. That is until Devon blocks a shot and throws Mankind into the corner and now works away first with shots and then kicks to the gut. He then grabs the arm and Irish whips Mankind hard into the opposite corner and catches him on the rebound with a closeline. Devon now heads over and tags in Bubba Ray. The bully enters the ring, waiting for Mick to rise and then jabbing away with jabs to the head, then going for the bionic elbow. But Mankind is able to kick Bubba in the gut to stop that. He then throws him down by the head and mounts Ray on the mat, firing away with rabid right hands down into the head. He then picks Bubba up and whips him back into the corner, following in and hammering away there with shots to the head getting faster and faster beating Bubba down in the corner. He then backs off and circles the ring, giving the "bang bang!" Taunt before running in with the knee to the head in the corner. Mankind now breaks away from that goes over and tags in Abyss to a cheer. Abyss now charges Bubba back into the corner, then grabs him by the throat and with a roar throws him hard across the ring by the head. He then runs in as Bubba stands and nails him with a big boot. Bubba is in trouble, trying to crawl away as Abyss reaches down for him and forces him back into the other corner now working away with shots and elbows, then whipping him into the opposite corner and running in with the stinger splash! But Bubba moves out of the way! Bubba now kicks away at the back of the knee joints of Abyss, then drives him into the top turnbuckle with almost a bulldog, following it up with a clip to the legs that finally takes Abyss off his feet. Bubba now head over and tags in Devon, Devon at once running in and clipping at the leg of Abyss again to keep him down. He then drives him knee into Abyss's before heading now onto the second rope, waiting for Abyss to rise before flying off with the diving spinning back elbow that keeps Abyss down.
Devon stands from that and runs in hitting a swinging neckbreaker before tagging Bubba back in, the two now working away with double punches to both sides of the monster, then hooking him for a double suplex...but Abyss blocks it and with a yell heaves then up and reverses it doube suplexing them both down to the mat to a big cheer! Abyss rises from that now and runs in closelining Bubba out of the ring, he then comes in and heaves Devon up, driving him down with a side walk slam and covering for 2. Abyss now heads over to the corner and tags Mankind back in, letting Foley climb to the top rope and then grabbing him and throwing Mankind into Devon taking him out and covering for 2. Mankind now reels back looking for the claw as Devon rises, going for it, but Devon blocks it and kicks Mankind in the gut before then working away with punches, then hitting the ropes and coming in, but Mankind side steps it and throws Devon though the ropes to the outside with his own momentum. Mankind waits for Devon to rise before then running in with a baseball slide taking Devon out on the floor. He then heads onto the apron and waiting for Devon to rise again, but as he does Bubba comes in from around the ring, trying to pull Mankind down off of the apron. Mankind kicks away at head off Bubba sending him away and then flies off with a senton taking both Dudleyz out of the floor! A big Foley chant breaks out now. Mankind now runs in on Bubba again, but this time Bubba is able to side step him and drives him down face first into the ring steps with a drop toe hold! Devon takes advantage of that, picking Mankind up and rolling him back into the ring, coming in and covering for 2. Devon now heads over and tags in Bubba Ray now. The two coming in as now Bubba scoop slams Mankind down and points for Devon to head up. The crowd booing as he rises, Bubba pulling the legs apart and Devon flying of for the whatsup drop! Mankind squelling out as he clutches his crotch and rolls away. Bubba covers from that for yet another 2 count. Bubba drives down and clubbing fist into the head of Mankind and then picks him up, hammering away with right hands before going behind for the Bubba Bomb...Mankind able to get out of that and fires away on Bubba, but Ray manages to take him down with a bionic elbow! Bubba now takes Mankind over to the corner and tags in Devon before heaving Mankind up onto his shoulders, Devon rising to the top rope and flying off nailing the Doomsday device! Devon covering for 1...2...NO! Mankind again kick out to a big cheer.
Devon yells out in rage from that and now mounts Mankind on the man firing down into his head with right hands. He then heaves him up and drives him down with the thrust spinbuster, covering for another 2. Devon now hits the ropes coming in with a leaping shoulder block! And then another, he rises from that and tags in Bubba, picking Mankind up and throwing him up, Bubba hitting the ropes for the 3D! No Mankind gets out of it, hammeirng into both beating them back with right hands. He then runs and leaps up, tagging in Abyss! The crowd roard as Abyss hits the ring running in and closelining Bubba down, then big booting Devon down. Bubba now runs in and gets taken over with a back body drop! Rolling under the bottom ropes as Abyss stands and roars, striking his muscle pose and then coming in pulling Devon in by the neck for a sit out chokeslam and covering for 1...2...NO! Devon just kicks out! The crowd gasped at that one. Abyss now stands and pulls Devon up, Devon though perhaps out of self preservation fires back with right hands to the gut and then head beating Abyss back. He then hits the ropes coming...right into the Blackhole Slam! The roof blows off the arena as Abyss covers for 1...2...NO! Bubba nails Abyss with a steel chair to a break it up and end the match as the referee calls for the disqualification!
Loud boos sound out as Bubba continues hammering down into Abyss with the chair. Mankind now hits the ring, Bubba turning and swinging it...but Mankind ducks and then grabs Bubba driving him down with the double arm DDT! The crowd cheers now as Mankind now goes over and locks in the mandible claw! Bubba able to roll out through the ropes to the outside, finally managing to break it through the ropes and walk away, coughing and spluttering as he does. Devon now rises up in the ring right into Abyss who fires away beating him back but Devon manages to flee out through the ropes and regroup with Bubba on the ramp as they are handed their tag team titles and retreat with them.
"Here are you winners as a result of a disqualification" Finkle calls "Mankind and Abyss!" A cheer. "However the title cannot change hands on a disqualification so still WWF Tag Team Champions! The Dudley Boyz!" Loud boos.
Mankind and Abyss pace the ring, Abyss picking up and throwing ther chair down. They then sees the Dudleyz on the ramp mocking them and head out. The crowd cheering as they take off up the rampway hammering into Bubba and Devon, beating them back through the curtain, refs and security around them trying to pull them off.
"Well Bubba and Devon may have a painful night ahead of them but the Dudleyz once again steal one here tonight and take the gold home thanks to the championship rules. Mankind and Abyss now go all the way to the bottom of the tag team table, damn it! This isn't fair" JR calls.
"But its the rules JR. Mankind and Abyss were screwed again tonight. I wouldn't want to be the tag team division tommorrow on Raw and going forward" Tennay replies.
Tennay and JR go through the build up to this match for both men and then we get final words from them both. They are very confident heading into this match up indeed. Joe surrounded by a team of black t-shirted men with his logo and face on them. We are then told that Antonio Cesaro (ranked 8) has asked for and will get an IC title shot against Wade Barrett tommorrow on Raw.
Main Event: WWF Championship
*Play Bryan and Joe with in ring annoucements*
Bryan comes out doing his usual "yes! yes! yes"ing at the crowd, but gets deadly serious as he stands in his corner awaiting the champion. As Joe's music plays first comes out the entorage we saw before dressed in all in black with black Samoa Joe shirts on. JR refers to them as "Team Joe" and the two commentators agree that Boxing and MMA champions do have teams that accompany them to the ring like this so obviously Cornette approved it. We do get word that it is the team that trained Joe for Wrestlemania including the leading middle aged man acting like his manager who was the head trainer we saw speak during the build up to mania in the training packages.
As the annoucements finish the referee comes toward Bryan in ther corner now checking him over. He then goes over as does the same to Joe, patting him down. He then asks for the championship belt. Joe throws back the towel he head drapped over his head and hands it, along with his beads to his head trainer. Team Joe all give him last minuet talks as they head out of the ring and the drop to the floor in his corner now.
"Obviously all these men have been licensed to be at ringside. You know Cornette Mike, a stickler for the rules" JR comments.
"Oh yeah" Tennay agrees.
Joe now unhooks the championship belt from around his waist, folds it up and hands it to senior referee Earl Hebner. Hebner takes the belt to the centre of the ring and shows it to all sides, before heading over and showing it to Bryan. Bryan nods, touching the new version of the gold and then hands his robe and his own ROH Pure Championship outside the ring, which is soon followed by the World title belt taken to the timekeepers table. Bryan now turns back to Joe out of the corner, breathing hard as the two now come forward and go nose to nose in the middle of the ring. The referee backing them off and then calling for the bell. The two again come forward meeting nose to nose in the middle of the ring, Bryan mouthing off, Joe just sneering a smirk down at him, saying little with his mouth but a lot with his eyes.
They then break and begin to circle each other now, Joe raising his hands in a fighting postion waiting for the American Dragon to make the first move. Bryan launches forward to lock up but Joe goes under and behind into a waist lock. Bryan at once reaching down the arm and walking forward trying all he can to break it and then does into an overhand wrist lock. Joe reverses that into one of his own and then under into another and another, tweating on the arm every time and then synching it in. Bryan though bringing up his arm and breaking the lock. The two back off and circle again, then come in and lock up again, pushing their heads into each other, struggling against their hand and buring their shoulder into each others head like two jocking bulls. Joe obviously the more powerful takes advantage of that forcing Bryan to his knees by his hands and pushing down on him. He then heaves Bryan up by the arms, twisting inwards with them and watching Bryan struggle in pain and he forces him back around the ring in the double hand lock. He then brings his foot behind Bryans and trips him up, forcing his head down into the mat now arching Danielsons back. Then leaping up and jumping onto Bryan forcing his knees down into him, using all his weight to push him down into the mat as Danielson cries out in pain. Joe now rising to resynch it, but Bryan using the leverage to swing around and bring his feet up, pushing them off Joe's belly to push him back, then bringing up his feet into Joe's face forcing him back and then kicking him away. Joe stumbles away from that and comes back in on Bryan as he stands. They lock up again now, Bryan grabbing the arm and forcing Joe around by it, then as he hunces him over in the arm lock brings up his elbow and drives it down into Joe's arm over and over. Joe clentches his teeth in pain from that and then able to grab Danielsons leg to stop him. Bryan though hopping forward in that and grabs the ropes to order a clean break. "Very catch as catch can wrestling so far" JR comments.
The two break from that and then come in for each other again. Bryan bringing up his leg for a kick but Joe grabs it again and forces Bryan down into the mat with it, trying to turn it over and eventually does, driving he knee into Bryan back and pulling back on the leg for the modified one legged boston crab! Bryan though quickly able to grabs Joe's leg and trip him up with it, the two forcing against each other on the mat as Joe pulls back on the leg hook still but Bryan grabbing the ankle and turning it into a grounded ankle lock, turning Joe over it in. Joe though able to turn over and grabs the ropes for a break. Bryan standing as stomping down into the leg as he does then backs off into a ready stance. Joe snarls at this and then stands himself coming in. Bryan though able to drop Joe with a drop tie hold and and then hook the legs over, reaching up for the arms going for the mexican surf board here, Joe though refusing to roll back over so Bryan brings up his hands and locks the head for a double leg hooked STF instead. Bryan stands from that now and twists around to stand with his leg still crossing Joe's over it then dropping back and elbow into Joe's back keeping the legs hooked, and again, forcing the leg back in the hold as he delivers the elbows. He then drops back and hooks the arms for almost a reverse chicken wing with the legs still crossed! Joe having now limbs to reach with as Bryan buries his head into Joe and pulls back on all his arms and legs. Joe looks to be in serious trouble, in serious pain in the hold but continues to yell out no at the offical as he asks him. Eventually able to use his power to break his arms out of it and pushes Bryan off and away. Bryan though comes back and in and hooks the legs and head again but now Joe manages to hook the ropes, then back elbows Bryan in the head to send him away. Bryan now comes in and hammers into then goes to lock in a leg lock again but Joe turns it over to sit on his legs for a cover for 1.
Bryan gets out of that but Joe at once stands and grabs Bryan's legs now, hooking them and trying to twist him over with them, heaving him off the mat by his legs and kicking his in the back as he refuses to roll over, Bryan though still bearing down his weight to stop it. Joe though eventually able to roll the definat Bryan over into a boston crab! Danielson cries out and struggles in that for a few moments, shaking his head and refuses to give in to the referee, eventually able to heave himself off the mat and leap into the ropes for the break. Joe though pulls him back across the ring by his legs and then places Bryan's legs over his shoulder for a modified boston crab! Bryan though again is able to grab the ropes. Joe breaks but as he stands he grabs Bryan and pulls him up right into a gutwrench powerbomb! Covering for 2. Joe now rises pulling Bryan up by his head to stand and then wails away with hard a knife edge chop to the chest! Bryan though fires right back with one of his own! Joe, Bryan, Joe, Bryan, back and forth the furious chops go between the two! Bryan hitting the last but Joe answering back to a slap to the face! Bryan answers that with one of his own! Joe then painbrushes him with a shot to the face! Bryan answers back with a headbut! Almost getting the worst on that himself. Joe now grabs Bryan and nails him back into the ropes with back hand shot! Bryan falling to his knee off that as Joe now fires away with hard jabs to the face. He then reaches down with a smirk on his face, Team Joe yelling and cheering him on as he pulls Bryan into the DDT postion, hooking the arm over for a suplex. Heaving him into the air vertically and holding him there for 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11! Finally he drives him into the mat after the hestitation suplex and covers for 2. Byran though rises right up from that as Joe is on his knees still and nails him with a hard roundhouse kick to the face! He then heaves Joe onto his feet and fires away with two good chops before grabbing the arm and Irish whipping Joe into the corner, backing off into the opposite one and following in, but Joe catches him and drives him down with the STJoe! Covering for 2!
Joe now stands and grabs Bryan head off the mat as he lays on his belly, kicking away at the head there. He then keeps hold of the head and pulls Bryan up with it, taking him over with snapmare before then kicking him hard in the back! And then the seated faced sending him down to the mat! He then hooks Bryan's arm and legs, then drops back for the bow and arrow lock! Pulling back on it with a sick look of pleasure, Bryan screaming out in pain as he is streched out, racked over the knees of the champion. Bryan remains it in for a few moments struggles but is then able to push Joe's fingers back to release the grip and get out of it into a latteral press for 2! Joe gets out and rises first from that coming in and jabbing away at the head of Bryan as he stands with hard right and lefts. Then as he gets to his knees takes him down with a roundhouse kick! He goes to reach down to pull Bryan up, but he is lifeless. Joe backing off as the referee counts 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8...At 8 Bryan is able to roll over and grab the ropes pulling himself to stand and turn into Joe. Joe coming in and brushes him with shot after shot after shot, perhaps looking for the KO here, bringing up rabid knees to the face of Bryan now as he pulls himself inbetween his legs and reaches down, heaving him up and down with a powerbomb! Pressing down on the legs for 1...2...NO! Bryan manages to kick out! Joe though keeping hold of the leg turns it right into an STF! Pulling back on the head and leg as Bryan cries out in pain. "This could be it right here!" Tennay calls as Joe pulls back on the hold, Bryan trying to move around the ring but Joe keeping him locked and pulling back on the hold tight. Bryan now going limp. The referee now comes in and raises the arm, letting it fall to the mat once, twice...no! Bryan shots to life, his eyes flick open and his free hand trying desperatly to reach the ropes so far away but finally...grabs them! The crowd reaching as the two are uncoiled, Joe cursing in fustration from that as he rises up. He stays up on one knee for the moment, mouthing off down as Bryan as he reaches into the ropes and tries to pull himself up. He then comes in on Joe and reaches out to start to climb up using his body but Joe slap him back down and stands. But Bryan then grabs the tights of Joe pulling him right into a hard headbut to the gut, and another, and another! Bryan keeping hold of the tights as he stands but Joe then reels back and nailing Bryan with a hard chop that sends him down again! Bryan though coming right back in for more and gets another chop, Bryan again coming for more and again getting chopped back and down to the mat. "You have got to give the challenger credit! He will not die here!" JR calls out.
Bryan again comes in for more and now Joe slaps him across the face with rights and lefts and then and knife edge chop to the chest again then a hard uppercut sending Danielson back down to the mat. Bryan is now on his knees out of it, the referee coming in and asking of his wants to continue as Joe stalks him coming in. He then reaches down and pulls Danielson up into a rear wait lock, going for the german suplex but Bryan breaks it and turns jumping up and nailing Joe with an ensurguri to the back of the head that sends him face first down into the mat! Danielson is now on his hands and knees, crawling to the ropes and using them to pull himself up to stand. He then runs in on Joe and nails him with a step up ensurgi taking him down again! Both men lay out of their back as some of the crowd cheer, slap and will these men on. Both stand and come for each other again, Bryan grabbing Joe head and delivers up a hard european uppercut! And another and another, sending the champion back into the ropes. His team yelling him to get back into it. Danielson though grabs Joe on the ropes and delivers another european uppercut! Then a knife edge to the chest! Then another uppercut! Then a knife edge chop again! A uppercut, a chop, uppercut chop, the crowd now can't help but go wild as the challenger is coming back big time here! He then grabs Joe's head and drives him face first into the corner with it. Backing off and with a loud yell runs in delivering a running forearm to the head of Joe in the corner! He then hooks Joe by the head pulling him out of the corner and then nailing a snap suplex covering for 1...2...NO!
Bryan keeps hold of Joe's head and pulls him up with it, firing away with right hands to the head. Then running the ropes and coming in, but Joe ducks it and grabs the waist! Sending Bryan over with a german suplex into a bridge for 1...2...NO! Both men lay out on the mats again for a few moments as the rabid fans cheer them on, mainly of course the champion as they rise now. Joe grabs Bryan head and pulls him up with it taking him to sit in the corner and then kicking away with downed stomps in the corner! Before backing off, running in and nailing the facewash kick! Kicking down into Bryan's head sending him silly in the corner. And then pushing the face wash kick again and again, whipping Bryan's head back in the corner over and over. He the runs the ropes in and in hitting a seconding running face wash kick! Bryan now completly out of it in the corner. Joe rests on the ropes for a few moments, standing and walking the ring, getting yelling at to let Bryan out of the corner and nods coming in, reaching up and scoops Bryan up by his head out of the corner to the middle of the ring. He then takes him over with a snapmare again and covering for 2. Joe is growing aggrivated now as he stands and then looks out at his team yelling to get on him, Joe shaking his head and now heading out and up onto the top rope now. Team Joe not liking it at all, but the crowd do a the big champion rising up on the perch. But Bryan gets out and runs in, taking Joe's leg out from under him to crotch him hard on the top rope. He then climbs up the ropes to join him there, grabbing Samoa Joe as he hooks him and drops back for the superplex! The ring jumping up as both men crash and burn in the middle of the ring! Rolling over and throwing an arm onto Joe for 1...2..NO!
"My god what a title match for the richest prize in the game, the WWF World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship!" JR cries out.
"And it's not over JR. These men are still going, somehow they keep fighting on" Tennay replies.
Danielson is now the first to rise and now he goes onto the top rope, Joe still laying out of it in the middle of the ring, Bryan rising up and flying off with a diving headbut! Covering for 1...2...NO! Joe powers out again! Is now Danielson who can't believe, rolling on his knees and taking a breather before then reaching down and pulling Joe up nailing him with two more hard european uppercuts! Joe bounces off the ropes and comes back with a mighty right hands that reels Bryan back! Bryan answers back with a paintbrushing slap, Joe with his own, Bryan, Joe back and forth the slaps and then into punches and forearms go! Danielson then spinning around for a discuss forearm! That reels Joe back on his feet for a moment, Bryan coming in and hitting another spinning forearm shot! That second one sends Joe down to the mat, Bryan covering for 1...2..NO! Joe sits right up, Danielson using the ropes to stand, takes a moment and then comes back in. He then goes for the discuss shot again, but that time Joe hooks him with his legs and forces him to the mat locking in the STF again! The crowd explode in cheer as Joe pulls back on the hold, clentching his teeth and crying out for Bryan to tap out. Bryan refuses, but Joe has it in tight, Bryan holding on, Joe pulling back on it. Bryan though able to break it, Joe though rising right up from that and delivering hard knees up into the downed head of Bryan over and over! Bryan is hammered up to stand by the knees and out of it swinging a shot which Joe ducks and then nails Bryan with the jumping high knee to the face taking him down! Joe stands from that and then picks Bryan up, pulling him in for another powerbomb, heaving him up onto his shoulders and driving him down with the thunder fire powerbomb! But as he lands Bryan grabs Joe and rolls him up for 1...2...NO! Joe kicks out. Both men stand and come in for each other again slowly. Jow backs into the ropes and comes in with a forearm but Bryan ducks it! But Joe comes back in and locks in the Coquina clutch! Pulling back on it to try to lock it in fully! But Bryan is able to semi twist out of that, Joe breaking it and deliver hard head buts into Danielsons back! Danielson though then throwing Joe down into the mat, hooks the arms and locks in Cattle Multilation! The crowd can't help but explode for that, standing and holding their head, as are Team Joe as Bryan pulls on the arms yelling for Joe to tap. But eventually Joe is able to kicks back onto the ropes. The referee comes in and order the break, but Bryan won't. The refree counting 1,2,3,4 Bryan finally breaks it and falls away.
Both men rise slowly again, Bryan now charges Joe back into the corner and then heaving him up onto the top rope now, joining him up there! Standing on the top rope with him! Joe though forces him down and pushes him away with his feet, Bryan stumbles back to the middle of the ring and then comes in, Joe rising on the top rope, but Bryan answering back with another hard uppercut and then joining him on the top rope again! Going for the frankenstiener. But Joe grabs him, stomps him hooking something and throws him off the top rope again. But Bryan is right back in and pulls Joe off the top rope with a powerbomb of his own! He then hooks the legs and turns him over going for the Yes Lock, but Joe is able to throw him off. Bryan coming right in and hooking Joe in a waist lock, throwing him back with a German suplex, rolling back on the legs for 1...2...NO! Joe grabs the head and pulls Bryan down onto him in the coqunia clutch! Scissoring the legs and locking it in fully! Bryan flails his arms, trying to resist but then reaches up and...taps the mat!
The crowd blow the roof of as Joe's music hits, him keeping the hold applied until Bryan passes out, Joe throwing him off and down to the mat and then standing.
"Here is your winner and STILL WWF Champion! Samoa Joe!" Finkle calls.
Joe stands over the fallen Bryan getting standing ovation as team Joe rush into the ring around him, one of them patting him down with the towel and then handing it to him as the other takes the title belt from the referee and hooks it around Joe's waist putting on him. Joe pushes him away as he finishes and throws the towel back over his shoulder. His team surrounding him as he throws his arms up to a mighty cheer.
"Wow, now that is impressive. A true classic here tonight folks as Samoa Joe has now been succesfull in his first defense of his World Championship! From live in here in Las Vegas everybody! Good night!"
Joe now throws the title belt over one shoulder and the towel over the other as he rises up in the corner and holds his arms up to cheers. Joe standing tall with his team and fans appaulding for him, Bryan being tended to as Saturday Nights Main Event fades to black.