Post by fifthhorseman on Nov 26, 2016 21:21:58 GMT -5
UWF FRIDAY NIGHT’S MAIN EVENT
EPISODE 9
EPISODE 9
Tony Schiavone: Hello, wrestling fans, we are live from the JQH Arena in Springfield, Missouri, and THIS… is UWF’s Friday Night Main Event! For the next 90 minutes, you’ll bear witness to the greatest wrestling action on the planet, and tonight’s main event is a UWF North American Heavyweight championship defense. Just weeks before his big match with Jay Lethal, champion Jack Swagger puts the gold up against UWF Mid-South Junior Heavyweight champion Roderick Strong! But that’s not all, right, Mike?
Mike Tenay: No, it most certainly is not. Three other matches are scheduled as well, featuring two debuts: international star Yoshihiro Tajiri, in his first taste of UWF action, battles Rich Swann, and the Newer Age Outlaws tackle the newest addition to the Trios ranks, War Machine! And to kick off our show, D’Lo Brown goes head-to-head with “Dr. Death”, Steve Williams! Let’s get right to the ring.
D’LO BROWN vs. STEVE WILLIAMS:
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The self-proclaimed “greatest European champion of all-time” – not that it mattered in the UWF – attacked Williams as soon as the bell rang, and kept control for about a minute. That was the extent of his advantage, though, as Williams pressed him overhead with ease and slammed him down. He didn’t bother utilizing any of his amateur background, going pure power on Brown, and finished him off with the “Doctor Bomb” less than seven minutes after the opening bell.
After the match, Kevin Kelly stepped into the ring to congratulate Williams, and the Oklahoman had a message. He was still angry about losing his opportunity at the UWF World heavyweight title shot at Mid-South Mayhem, and he blamed Triple H… wherever he was. But he’d find him, and make him pay.
As he left the ring, a 60-second video package played, hyping the debut of Michael Elgin, Raymond Rowe, and Hanson – and their match was next.
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THE NEWER AGE OUTLAWS vs. WAR MACHINE:
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As the Outlaws came to the ring, Tenay broke the news that Steve Williams challenged Billy Gunn to a match at Mid-South Mayhem. Confident as ever, “Mr. Ass” accepted, and told the cameraman as much on the way down the ramp.
As soon as the three-man War Machine hit the ring, the brawl began. It took a while to settle down, but it eventually became a real match, and an even one at that. The newcomers isolated “Road Dogg”, but despite the power mismatch, he got to Palumbo, who cleared the ring. Then it was another chaotic scene that ended when Elgin smashed him with a chair, “earning” him and his team a disqualification loss… but they didn’t seem to mind one bit as they left with the chair still in “Unbreakable’s” hand.
Schiavone and Tenay introduced the next video, taken from earlier in the day, at the UWF’s corporate headquarters in Oklahoma City. UWF World heavyweight champion Bret Hart and Terry Funk signed off on their title bout at Mid-South Mayhem, and as opposed to the stereotypical in-ring signings that went terribly astray, the two pros put pen to paper. That said, it was as tense as a nuclear disarmament.
Just as Schaivone was going to take it to commercial, Tenay shouted that something was happening backstage, and a cameraman found Mid-South Junior Heavyweight champ Roderick Strong bloodied and beaten, with a chain-mail mask covering his face.
Schiavone: Fans, we’re not sure what to make of what just happened, but this much is for sure. Roderick Strong will not be competing tonight, but during the break, Commissioner Watts decided that Jack Swagger will be defending the North American championship. He has already been approached by a few wrestlers, and will decide before we go to our next commercial break.
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A video replay showed the backstage carnage dished out on Roderick Strong, and he was taken to the local hospital. Tenay informed the audience that he would be replaced by Alex Shelley, and he would get a title shot for the UWF North American heavyweight championship.
RICH SWANN vs. YOSHIHIRO TAJIRI:
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This was a match that was just long enough for Swann to show off his aerial skills in various hope spots. Otherwise, the debut of the “Japanese Buzzsaw” was an unqualified success. Tajiri used his superior size and strong legs for maximum effect, and he laid out Swann with a devastating kick for the win. He left the ring and the ringside area before Kevin Kelly could speak with the victor.
A two0-minute video package for “Mid-South Mayhem” was played, hyping the three title matches, in addition to the other main-event level bouts on the card.
After the package ended, the action picked up backstage in Jack Swagger’s locker room, where he too was found on the floor, his face covered with a chain-mail mask. Commissioner Watts was standing nearby, and he ordered security to search high and low for Triple H… and he reluctantly called the Swagger-Shelley match off.
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Schaivone and Tenay bantered back and forth about the dual, seemingly related attacks for about 30 seconds, and then cameras picked up Alex Shelley entering the ring. He had a microphone in hand, and said, “Just because I don’t have a match against Jack Swagger tonight, that doesn’t mean that I won’t want to wrestle tonight. We all know that the UWF has some airtime to fill and a main event to put on. Well, I’m standing right here. I’m not going anywhere.”
A few seconds later, Dean Malenko strode down the ramp and entered the squared circle, and he also had a microphone. He said, “Shelley, I’ll take care of you in a minute, but I have something to declare first. Danny Hodge – you and me, Mid-South Mayhem. I proved I’m better than you last week, so I get to pick the stipulation, and here it is… the Iceman’s version of “Three Stages of Hell”. The first fall, pinfall. The second fall, submission. And the third fall, if you make it that far, last man standing. Not that I expect it to get that far. As for you –“
Malenko dropped the mike and clotheslined Shelley. With no referee nearby, the two men tore into each other with speed and ferocity. “The Iceman” threw the Timespiltter head first into the ringpost, nearly knocking him out. Before he could follow up, Chris Sabin and Kushida sprinted down the ramp… followed by Chris Candido and Tajiri! It suddenly became a Junior Heavyweight brawl, and as a pair of referees jogged down to break it up, they were passed by other members of the division: TJ Perkins, Kenny Omega, Jack Gallagher… the ring filled very quickly, and then the chaos spread out all over the arena. For nearly ten full minutes, the best Junior Heavyweights on the planet battled it out, uncontrolled: ringside, ten rows deep in the stands, on the ramp, everywhere.
Finally, after the entire roster of referees and security seemed to get everything under control, the cocky Omega slid into the ring, holding his hands high overhead, as if he had won the unofficial match. As he waved to the departing wrestlers, and as Schiavone began his closing words, the one-time IWGP standout was floored… by an RKO, courtesy of Randy Orton, clad in street clothes, who had jumped the front rail and hit it, seemingly out of nowhere. Roll credits.