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MATCH 1: ROB VAN DAM VS. JEFF HARDY (WWF Hardcore Championship) Here’s a rematch I think no one has a problem with, as RVD and Jeff have had quite an entertaining and innovative rivalry over the past two months. No ladder yet…but it might appear before this one is through, although many are hoping that it remains underneath the ring. Beautiful pinfall reversals began the match, with Jeff using two rollups and a mahistrol cradle and RVD reversing them all. “RVD” chant broke out and Van Dam responded, using his educated feet but Jeff matched him, coming up with a nice dragon screw leg whip and a plancha to the floor. Jeff reached under the ring and brought out several random weapons, tossed them in, and then tossed Van Dam into the ring. Hardy used psychology in this match, something he said he wanted to work on, focusing all of his attack on the left knee of Mr. PPV. Rob wanted to work on the small of Jeff’s back and did so, driving shoulders into the back and the kidney area. Rob brought in a steel chair and set up a classic Van Dam spot, the monkey flip onto the steel. Van Dam grabbed a table and set it up on the floor…this could be ugly. Jeff was set on the top rope and up Rob went after him, attempting to superplex Hardy to the floor through the table. In a fantastic spot, Jeff reversed it into a true top rope hurracanranna and nearly got the pinfall. Both men then went to the floor and Jeff pulled it out…you knew it was coming, the painter’s ladder has made an appearance. Hardy opened it up on the floor and made sure to beat Van Dam onto the table that stood next to it. Up went Jeff, planning for the Swanton on a fallen RVD…no sir, Rob moved out of the way and Jeff went crashing through the wood. Referee Jim Korderas called for help for Jeff Hardy and even Rob Van Dam looked shocked, moving the wood out of the way and clearing the path. The stretcher came out immediately and the fans got behind Jeff as he actually picked himself up, needing to be helped next to the rampway. Out of nowhere, Raven came out and brained RVD with a chair, hit a corner avalanche and an Evenflow DDT on the chair. A second Evenflow DDT on RVD and Van Dam STILL kicked out. Raven was going crazy and the fans got behind Van Dam as Raven sat him on the top rope and bounced his head on the post. Rob grabbed a trash can lid and bounced it off of Raven’s head twice…Five Star Frog Splash from Rob Van Dam and Mr. PPV retains…what an awesome opening segment. Stephanie came running out, begging for the music to stop and asking what just happened. “Raven, Rob, what the heck are you guys thinking…we’re on the same team, we’re one family. I did not spend my hard earned money on the Alliance to see it fall apart. You two get up…get up and shake hands like gentlemen.” Rob and Raven struggled to their feet as Stephanie screamed for them to shake hands…nope, a couple of shoves…cue Stone Cold Steve Austin and Debra. RATING: 10…My ratings are more strict now, but that was phenomenal action and an awesome segment from top to bottom…believe me. TOP SPOT: You have to give it to Jeff’s Swanton…the rule is, if they are out of the ring in five minutes or less, it was a work and the superstar is fine, I certainly hope that’s true. CROWD INVOLVEMENT: 8.5, A hot opener, the crowd wasn’t as jacked as San Jose’s but it was hot, and it jumped to a 10 before Jericho was through talking. POTENTIAL OUTCOME: Rob Van Dam maybe on his way out of the Alliance? I don’t know if that’s smart or not, but I will say that RVD as a babyface will be scary to everyone else in the business…can you say over? WINNER: ROB VAN DAM ONGOING…Austin was irate as he stormed into the ring, shoved Raven and then shoved Van Dam before grabbing the microphone. He ordered them to shake hands and do exactly as he asks. “We’re supposed to be together…Kurt Angle ruined Austin Appreciation Night but you guys are making an embarrassment out of the Alliance tonight.” Rob tried to talk and Austin yelled at him to shut up. Stone Cold asked them if he made himself clear, Kurt Angle will not destroy the Alliance. He made them both leave the ring, take themselves to the back, and act like respectable Alliance members. Austin told Van Dam before he left that if he heard of them fighting in the back, he will come and find them. Rob stopped first and did the “Rob…Van…Dam” thumbs gimmick right in Austin’s face, the Champion was not impressed. Austin then spoke at the audience but more specifically to Kurt Angle…”as far as I’m concerned, it should be Austin Appreciation Day 365 days of the year.” Stephanie then reaffirmed that everyone, including the fans appreciates Austin…well, maybe not one person, as Chris Jericho’s music hit and out came the Ayatollah of Rock and Rollah. “Stephanie, I would appreciate it if you would please…shut, the hell, up. You know, I know the Alliance would be here tonight, after all you do boast the deadliest weapon known to mankind within your arsenal.” That would be Steph’s singing voice as he asked for the footage to roll from Monday night. “Stab me in the brain with an ice pick, I surrender…if I wanted to endure something that excruciatingly rotten I would have eaten one of Debra’s cookies instead.” Jericho too has a tribute song that he wrote himself and he would like to sing it for Austin…”did you ever know that you’re a jackass, the biggest one I’ve ever seen…man my throat got a little bit parched, Austin you got any beverages, you got anything to dance…what do you say Steve, got milk?” Footage then rolled of Angle’s appearance Monday night as Jericho loved every minute of it. “What’s up with the long face junior, don’t you know you never cry over spilled milk.” Apparently Kanyon has challenged Kurt Angle to a non-title match tonight…meaning that Austin is free tonight. “So what do you say that oh I don’t know, you have a match with Y2J for the World Wrestling Federation Championship right here tonight on SmackDown?” Stone Cold was not impressed at any of the antics, singing Angle’s praises, insulting Stephanie, insulting his own wife’s cooking.” The fans began the Y2J chant and Austin used his new phrase, “what, what, what, what?” Austin answered Jericho, “okay, you’re asking for a title shot…Stone Cold Steve Austin will put the title on the line, just not tonight…what, yeah you didn’t hear me…no title shot, you want a match you little long haired piece of trash, but you don’t deserve a title shot and that’s the bottom line, what!” “”Austin Sucks” chant broke out all over Denver, maybe even Keith Traylor somewhere at the Pepsi Center. Jericho made sure he understood, he has a match but not for the gold…”alright, well after tonight, after I do beat your ass in that ring, that’s going to make me the number one contender for the WWF Championship and remember this Austin, when all of these Jerichoholics are cheering and screaming, remember they’re not booing you, no, after they found out your newfound love for milk, they’re going to be chanting “moooooooooooo.” The fans obliged and this show started off with a legitimate bang. Tazz’s new Stacker 2 commercial played…excited me because Paulie Walnuts (Tony Sirico from the Sopranos) was on it and it had a mafia type of feel…very cool stuff. SLAM OF THE WEEK: Team WWF wins the Twelve Man Tag on Raw. MATCH 2: DUDLEY BOYZ VS. BIG SHOW & BILLY GUNN (Not called Show Gunns) Interesting…I guess by the popularity of Monday they felt that Monty and Paul deserved a go on SmackDown. The Dudleyz were clearly in control early, double teaming well and effectively neutralizing Billy Gunn on the canvas. Bubba caught the One with a nice belly to back suplex and laid in the brawling. D-Von tagged in and hit a leg drop but Billy finally came back, hitting a DDT on D-Von and a hangman’s neckbreaker on Bubba. That was enough to make it to the Big Show for the hot tag, the big man went to work on the Alliance. The Show said it was time to head upstairs…top rope but nobody home on the slowest elbow I’ve seen in years. D-Von found the mark (how could you not) on the Wazup and then the Dudleyz dropped Gunn with a high pancake. 3D coming for the Show but the monster blocked it, Gunn hit the Fame Asser and the Show scored with the chokeslam…three count for the One and the Show. RATING: 6.5, Not that impressive, not sure why the Dudley Boyz…the top Alliance tag team, would job cleanly to Team WWF…Alliance seems to be taking quite a fall lately. TOP SPOT: High pancake on Billy Gunn. CROWD INVOLVEMENT: 6, Rather dead…Show got a nice pop on the hot tag and the finish. POTENTIAL OUTCOME: Gunn and Show get a minor push for a few weeks, probably a match at Unforgiven. Dudley Boyz continue to wreck shop for the Alliance despite the defeat. WINNERS: BILLY GUNN AND THE BIG SHOW The Rock arrives in the back, introduces himself to someone new but stops him while the guy tries to introduce himself…no “It Doesn’t Matter,” just “nn nn.” The Rock has arrived at the APA office, he walked on in and the Acolytes said he could have at least knocked, not just walked through the wall. He then stepped to the wall and knocked and the APA welcomed him in, handing him a beer and sitting down for some cards. They are proud of him for returning and doing what he did…the Rock then cut a promo on what they will do later…he then won a hand ridiculously quickly, slapped them on the back, took the beer, left the money, and told him he would see them later. They couldn’t believe it, wondering how he did it. Edge is on the phone with Grandma Edna, telling her he has his first IC Title defense tonight. Up comes Christian, wanting to talk to her…nope, she disappeared again. Christian’s ecstatic, saying he just got them booked in a match for the Tag Team Championships…that would mean against the Undertaker and Kane. He’s psyched, but Edge isn’t into it all that much. Kanyon is talking with Chavo, Justin, O’Haire, and Palumbo about Stone Cold Steve Austin and then about his own match tonight with Kurt Angle. He asks them “Who Beta than Angle” and they respond…Kanyon. (Who beta than Kanyon…if you know me, you know not too many fit that bill.) REWIND: “Wind Beneath Our Ring” is sung…Kurt Angle hurls Milk at everyone in the ring, “The Billion Dollar Princess just became the Dairy Queen.” MATCH 3: KURT ANGLE VS. CHRIS KANYON (Non-Title) I’m pumped for this one, Angle is one of the best in the business, quickly moving up my favorites ladder…although I will have to cheer against him in this one as a friend of mine stands across the ring from him. It should be phenomenal, regardless of the outcome, but I think I know how it will conclude. Kurt went on the offense early with amateur takedowns but Kanyon turned it into a fight in the corner, scoring with big right hands. Austin looked on in the back on the monitors as Angle began to fight back, coming up with a nice flying crossbody and a flurry of offense. Kanyon reversed one overhead belly to belly suplex and came up with the best swinging neckbreaker in the game. Kanyon then used an awesome pin combination and the fans got all over him, causing him to lose focus momentarily. Kurt Angle connected with a flying forearm and then nailed two rolling German suplexes before settling for an overhead belly to belly suplex. Kanyon hit his new finisher, “I’m Beta than You,” a more flamboyant version of the Flatliner, but only came up with a two count. Kanyon brought the US Title into the ring but Angle grabbed it…then the referee got it. Kanyon hit a side Russian leg sweep and went for the “I’m Beta” one more time…reversed into the Angle Slam. Kurt went nuts, getting Kanyon to tap out to the Ankle Lock. RATING: 8.5, very very good matchup…I wish it had gone a few more minutes though. TOP SPOT: “I’m Beta than You”…tie with the reversal into the Angle Slam. CROWD INVOLVEMENT: 9, Kurt Angle…Kanyon is getting heat and the fans can see he knows what he’s doing in the ring. POTENTIAL OUTCOME: Hopefully more rubs for Chris, Kurt is obviously on a collision course for Austin at Unforgiven. WINNER: KURT ANGLE WWF Excess…Triple H returns to television this coming Saturday night on TNN (10-12 ET) MATCH 4: BOOKER T, RHYNO, & TEST VS. THE ROCK & THE ACOLYTES Great to see Test in such a high profile matchup and it’s always good to see Rhyno in the ring, I see real possibilities for a future feud between the Man Beast and the Great One…not yet though, as I’d say Booker T will get another shot at the PPV. By the way, Rhyno now has his own shirt, sporting it to the ring…Rhyno on the front, Fear the Gore on the back. Another potentially important point: Nick Patrick is the referee for this bout. To the match, which started out as expected, with a six man brawl. Once it got under control, Rhyno felt the pain of Faarooq and vice versa, big time high impact moves. A leaping football tackle stopped the Gore before Bradshaw got the tag. Rhyno was in big trouble but finally made it to his corner, making the tag to Test. The big man worked over Bradshaw but ran into a corner boot and a major shoulder block. Denver came unglued as the Rock tagged in and went to work on Test…Cole compared the Rock to Flair and Steamboat as Test basically flew over the Rock’s back on what was supposed to be a Samoan Drop. Rhyno tagged back in and took a DDT but Booker T made the save and then got the tag…just bring it from the Rock. The Rock brought Booker into the ring but Test met the Brahma Bull with his big boot immediately afterward. The Alliance executed a triple team as Nick held the APA back. Test tagged back into the ring and came up with a nice side slam but Bradshaw saved the three count. An Irish whip reversal led to the spinebuster out of desperation, enough of course for the Rock to make the hot tag to Faarooq. Booker T was legal but Faarooq hit everything that moved, coming up with his version of the Spinebuster on Booker T to finish things off. Test dropped an elbow on Faarooq but then took the Clothesline from Hell from Bradshaw…who then went down himself. Faarooq went down to the Gore and Booker T went for the Spinneroonie. The Rock was up and sent Booker T to the floor with his patented right hands. T still connected with the axe kick and got the three count as the Rock was detained on the outside. Booker executed the Spinneroonie atop the entranceway. RATING: 8, Solid match, good finish with the flurry of offense from everyone. TOP SPOT: I enjoyed Faarooq’s leaping tackle to counter Rhyno’s first attempt at the Gore. CROWD INVOLVEMENT: 9, By the way, the Rock is over, great heat for Booker T. POTENTIAL OUTCOME: Rock vs. Booker T at Unforgiven, Rhyno and Test’s push continues, the APA stays as over as always. WINNERS: BOOKER T, TEST, RHYNO X-Pac was standing by at WWF New York and talked about being the first person in history to win titles at the same time from both the WWF and WCW. “I guess that makes me one of the greatest superstars to ever step foot in the ring…don’t believe me, ask anyone who’s ever stepped into the ring with me…still don’t believe me, step up and get you some. Greatness is standing before you…” (Great promo) Regal spoke with Tajiri as Saturn came in…William asked him to come because he had a plan, he made a new Moppy. Perry realized it to the shock of Regal and Tajiri and Saturn then lost it, trying to drill the Commissioner and the Buzzsaw and then screaming for his woman to return. Debra was irate at Jericho and asked Austin to eat one of her cookies to make her feel better. “You know if I eat one I’ll have to eat the whole damn tray.” She turned her back to rant about Y2J and Austin intentionally slid the cookies off the tray…she said she wanted Stone Cold to take Jericho down for the both of them…and the cookies. (Debra wearing an Austin half shirt and leather Stone Cold pants…good move for ratings.) BOOT OF THE WEEK: Christian losing to Matt Hardy, no gold for him…the quest continues. MATCH 5: UNDERTAKER & KANE VS. EDGE & CHRISTIAN This match is nothing new, as a matter of fact I’m pretty sure I have seen it in person. E&C to me are the best tag team in the business today, from a technical wrestling and a complete character standpoint. They are always good with the gold…but to further Christian’s jealousy towards Edge, I am not expecting them to dethrone U&K tonight. Christian made sure to have Edge start this one off with the Undertaker, which of course didn’t make the new IC Champion too pleased. The Taker went to work, taking the few shots from Edge while dominating him from pillar to post. The Phenom took things back to the Olde School with the rope walk and then locked on a cross armbreaker. Edge came up with a desperation spinning heel kick and tagged Christian in…and Christian got tagged, Undertaker first, then Kane. Edge broke up the count and Christian connected with a low blow and some right hands before bringing his brother back into the ring. A big boot from Kane was enough to change the advantage as the Undertaker and Christian both tagged in. The Undertaker’s no sell policy continued as he didn’t react to Christian at all and floored him with a big boot. Edge scored with a spear on the Undertaker before Kane sent him to the floor. Christian went for the Imprettier on the Undertaker but got nothing…except the Last Ride. RATING: 6.5, It was okay, nothing phenomenal…I despise the no-sell version of the Undertaker. TOP SPOT: Undertaker’s cross armbreaker, came as a total surprise. CROWD INVOLVEMENT: 8.5, Kane and the Undertaker are eternally over, E&C got decent pops as well. POTENTIAL OUTCOME: Christian got pinned and Edge was out on the floor…that will probably help to further the split between them. U&K will continue to roll. WINNERS: KANE AND THE UNDERTAKER Cole and Tazz let us know that Jeff suffered bruised ribs from the fall he took off the ladder earlier tonight, saying that the risks had to eventually catch up to him. (This could be an explanation for the lack of ladder matches in the future if the WWF wants to go that route.) MATCH 6: LITA VS. IVORY This match is always good, let’s just hope Lita doesn’t have an eye ring in tonight, that was bad luck the last time these two hooked up in a singles contest. Ivory is looking great with the new look, and we all know about her opponent as well. Lita had the whole crowd behind her as the two exchanged leverage reversals early on. An enziguri caught Ivory in the back of the head and Lita followed it up with a nice vertical suplex. Ivory chop blocked the “injured” left knee of Lita and tried to hyperextend it, getting a near fall for her efforts. The newest member of the Alliance resorted with a flurry of kicks to the ribs and more importantly to the knee but Lita matched her with a monkey flip and a pair of clotheslines. Absolutely perfect execution and selling on a headscissors takedown. Out came Hurricane Helms…Lita decked him off the apron but Helms then low bridged her near the ropes. She fell on the left leg, Helms sent her back into the ring, and Ivory got the win. Matt Hardy ran out quickly but was too late to stop Hurricane. RATING: 7, This was a phenomenal women’s match, very intelligently put together. TOP SPOT: The headscissors takedown was sensational. CROWD INVOLVEMENT: 7, It’s a women’s match, the opening pop for Lita was hot and she got nice pops for her trademarks. Helms got great heat, which put a smile on my face. POTENTIAL OUTCOME: Maybe we’re looking at Helms vs. Hardy for the European Championship at Unforgiven…certainly we will probably get a match on television before then. Two best friends in the ring together almost always spells good things, especially when the two are as talented as these. Way to go Shane! WINNER: IVORY Rob Van Dam was icing his knee as Raven came up, “We’re not done with our little dance.” He talks about how RVD loves his “Rob…Van…Dam” but Raven is the toughest Hardcore warrior in history. He is going to wait until Austin is i

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