Post by Leo on Jul 3, 2022 14:55:14 GMT -5
UWA SuperCard 1
July 3, 2022
Live from Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pa.
Commentators: Bill Caudle and Jesse “The Body” Ventura
Referees: Tommy Young, Joey Marella and Aubrey Edwards
Jack Tunney, President of the UWA, welcomes everyone to the first ever UWA SuperCard. He’s sure this will be the first of many and it exemplifies the new model of the territories working together. Tunney mentions almost all wrestlers from the different UWA companies are in attendance and then Tunney recognizes the different promotion owners and UWA board members.
Champion versus Champion Match
Jeff Jarrett vs. Don Leo Jonathan
Referee: Aubrey Edwards
Nothing was specifically on the line here, but both men knew that a win would impress the UWA championship committee. And as they were both relatively new champions in their respective territories, a win might catapult them to a UWA Universal title match.
The “Mormon Giant” was a lot stronger and heavier than Jarrett, and used his 50-pound weight advantage every time he could. But “Double J” was as smart and skilled as anybody in the entire UWA, and wriggled out of every pin attempt. He was smart, too, and attacked DLJ's left leg, just as Drew McIntyre did at AWA Awesomesauce. It was a sore spot, and Jarrett grounded the big man and went to work on the damaged body part, settling into a figure-four leglock in the center of the ring.
But Jonathan fought back up. With his freaky blend of strength and agility, he battled back, and literally had Jarrett on the ropes. However, Jarrett has reinforcements, and Beer Money charged down to the ring to preoccupy the ref. And they did, for a few moments, until Mark and Jay Briscoe jumped the ring rail and fought them back up the ramp. As that happened, Jonathan bulldogged Jarrett out of the corner, then locked in the Boston crab. He pulled back with all his might, and the bell rang a few seconds later... because the time limit on the match expired. Referee Aubrey Edwards declared the bout a draw.
Time Limit Draw at 20 minutes
Six Man Texas Tornado Tag Team Match
The Rhodes Family (Dusty, Dustin and Cody) vs. The Fabulous Freebirds (Michael Hayes, Terry Gordy and Buddy Roberts) with Jimmy Garvin and Brad Armstrong
Referee: Joey Marella
Neither team cared one iota about the Shield/NWO match – as far as they were concerned, this was the match that would show the world who the best trio ever was. The original Freebirds – Gordy, Hayes and Roberts – were seconded by their allies, but UWA officials told the other two men to go backstage. Both teams came out in street clothes, and all referee Joey Marella could do was shrug; he wasn't about to tell them to go back and change. Especially when they didn't even wait for the bell to ring.
Knuckles were taped and blood was shed. They fought outside the ring as much as they were in it, and in their own ways, their teamwork was excellent. It went less than ten minutes, simply because they fought at such a frantic, violent pace. Buddy Roberts took off his cowboy boot and reared back to smash a groggy Dustin... but he didn't see the patriarch of the Rhodes clan, Dusty, who had removed his own boot and nailed “Buddy Jack” between the eyes! The “American Dream” and the “American Nightmare” fended off Gordy and Hayes, and Dustin fell on top of Roberts to earn the win at 9:43.
Winner: Rhodes Family by pinfall of Dustin on Roberts at 9:43
Scramble Match for a UWA Women’s Title Shot
Ronda Rousey vs. Natalya vs. Thunder Rosa vs. Jade Cargill vs. Bayley vs. Zelina Vega
Referee: Aubrey Edwards
All six women are in the ring at the same time. 20 minute time limit. If someone gains a pinfall or submission victory, they are ‘the winner’ and must be pinned or submitted. That person is then ‘the winner’ and the last person to score a victory before the time limit wins the whole match.
Nattie and Rousey team up and go after Cargill and Vega. Rosa pairs off with Bayley and they go to the floor. Assisted Piper’s Pit on Rosa, but then Nattie and Rousey argue over the pinfall, this allows Cargill to get a flash rollup on Nattie for a three count. She comes up cocky and Rousey nails her with a spinning backfist and a judo throw into a fujiawara armbar. Bayley perches on the top rope from the outside and waits for Rousey to get the submission win, then she comes off with an elbow drop and gets the win to be in the driver’s seat. Bayley comes up to take the Nattie by Nature discuss clothesline from Natayla. She covers, but Bayley kicks out and rolls to the floor.
She’s greeted by Thunder Rosa who gives Bayley a kick to the gut and a butterfly DDT. Rosa rolls Bayley back into the ring and goes for the Vertigo, but Zelina Vega roundhouse kicks Rosa who drops Bayley awkwardly and then spins into a Fly Cutter by Vega. She scrambles to cover Bayley, but Cargill pulls her off and covers, but she gets pulled off by Natalya who covers and gets the pinfall. Rousey pulls Natalya off with an ankle lock and goes down into a leg grapevine. The other four girls just kick the crap out of Rousey until she lets go. Nattie escapes to the floor.
Realizing a count out isn’t valid, Natalya scrambles over the ring wall and goes into the crowd. The other four women chase her, leaving Rousey down in the ring. They go all the way through the crowd and back around. Nattie scrambles over the wall and back in the ring while looking behind and straight into a Piper’s Pit by Rousey who covers for the win. The other ladies then come in from the outside one at a time and Rousey fights them all off with punches and kicks. She holds the ring and screams, but all five women just tackle Rousey and cover. Edwards counts one…two…thr…and Rousey just powers everyone off of her.
She and Cargill are up first, and Jade goes for a spear, but Rousey catches her in a side waistlock and flips into a powerbomb, tossing her onto everyone else. While having her hands full with Vega, Bayley nails Ronda in the back of the head with three elbow strikes and then spins her around into the Bayley to Belly suplex for a three count. Rosa pulls Bayley straight up and into the La Rosa for a three count. Rosa sits up on the mat and Natayla gets a running neck snap. She scrambles for a cover, but Vega nails with a diving double knee drop to both. She steals the cover on Bayley, but gets booted by Cargill and she does a split leg drop into a cover, but Vega scores a superkick on Cargill. She goes up top for a moonsault, but is caught by Rousey as she comes off, who turns it into a sitout slam. Bayley tries the run away gimmick, but Natalya grabs her by her ponytail and pulls her into a German suplex, which Bayley fights, but then Rousey comes in and German suplexes both with a bridge. Edwards counts both pinfalls, so Natalya pinned Bayley, but Rousey pinned Natalya and she’s in charge now. But, Vega gets the moonsault on Ronda and pins her. Thunder Rosa with the La Rosa on Rousey for the victory, but then Cargill spears her and nails the Jaded for a duke. Cargill roles to the floor and backs up the aisle, because ha ha bitches, the clock just ran out.
Winner: Jade Cargill at 20 minutes by scoring the last victory.
What is the Greatest Faction of All Time?
The Shield (Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins and Jon Moxley) vs. The nWo (Hulk Hogan, Kevin Nash and Scott Hall)
The Shield (Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins and Jon Moxley) vs. The nWo (Hulk Hogan, Kevin Nash and Scott Hall)
Referee: Tommy Young
The Shield come in through the crowd. Nash and Hall come out together and it looks like they’re going to go along for a minute until “Voodoo Chile” hits and Hogan comes out in the black and white gear, playing a spray painted belt like a guitar.
Reigns wants Hogan to start, but he waves his finger no and tags in Nash. Reigns charges into a back elbow from Nash. He whips Reigns into the corner, does an avalanche and the foot choke. He brings Reigns out with a side slam and tags Hall. Hall misses an elbow drop and Reigns tags Moxley. They go to the ropes and Moxley gets a pendulum lariat and tags Rollins. The running shooting star press misses. Tag to Hogan, who cockily comes in and works punches on Rollins. Atomic drop and he turns into an axe bomber. Hogan drops for the cocky cover and Rollins gets a shoulder up. Hogan throws Rollins into his corner and taunts Reigns. This allows Nash and Hall to work a double team.
Tag back to Nash with another side slam, but the jumping elbow drop misses and Rollins tags Moxley. Moxley goes for a spinning DDT, but Nash cuts it off and drives Moxley into the near corner. Corner choke, hair flip. Another side slam. Tag to Hall. He pulls Moxley up with a wristlock into several shoulder blocks. Fallaway slam off the second rope. He signals for the Razor’s Edge. Moxley slips out of the back, spins Hall around and gets the Paradigm Shift out of nowhere. Both men down. Both crawl for their corner.
Tags all around and we finally get Reigns vs. Hogan. Hogan jaws at Reigns and he just stares. Then Reigns gets a short arm lariat and follows with a single arm DDT. Superman Punch. Hogan goes down, but Nash comes in with a running big boot to Reigns. Marella backs him off and Hogan gets a low blow. He slings Reigns to the ropes for a big boot and leg drop. Rollins and Moxley breaks up the pin with kicks. This draws in Nash and Hall and everybody brawls until Marella just throws it all out.
Winners: No contest at 12:20
Tag Team Battle Royal for a shot at the UWA Tag Team Title
Funk Brothers (Dory Jr. and Terry) vs. Foreign Legion (Nikolai Volkoff and Iron Sheik) vs. Eliminators (Perry Saturn and John Kronus) vs. Briscoe Brothers (Mark and Jay) vs. Hart Foundation (Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart) vs. Rock ‘n Roll Express (Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson) vs. Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott) vs. LAX (Hernandez and Homicide) vs. Legion of Doom (Hawk and Animal) vs. 2.0 (Matt Menard and Angelo Parker)
Winners: Hart Foundation by lasting eliminating the Rock ‘n Roll Express at 9:02
AWC World Heavyweight Championship Match
Shane Douglas © with Skandor Akbar vs. Kane
The “Big Red Machine” called his shot a couple of weeks earlier at AWC WildCard, and chose to cash in his MitB briefcase at the biggest UWA cross-promotional event in history. The champion, Douglas, had held his title for over five months by hook or by crook, and “the Franchise” was going to do whatever it took to keep that reign alive.
He barely survived the first few minutes. Kane looked indestructible, and he threw Douglas down and around like a flyweight. Heavy slams and big punches – simple but effective – were all he used, and he went for the first pin attempt of the match, but Douglas escaped. Undaunted, the 300-pounder went to the top rope and waited for his target to get into range. However, not only did Douglas duck the flying lariat attempt, but Kane twisted his ankle on the landing.
Douglas stomped away at the body part, and even tried his own version of a standing anklelock. But he couldn't make the monster submit and eventually Kane powered up. Akbar was helpless on the floor, as he watched his champion get knocked down repeatedly by heavy right hands and a big boot to the face. Kane gestured to his throat with an animated slash, and then he picked up Douglas, lifting him high overhead and driving him back to the mat with a ferocious chokeslam. The reign was over, and Kane was the new AWC World champ.
Winner: Kane by pinfall at 15:04
Money in the Bank Ladder Match for a UWA Universal Men’s Championship Match
Mike Awesome vs. Christian Cage vs. Eli Drake vs. Chad Gable vs. MJF vs. Magnum TA vs. Greg Valentine vs. WALTER
The ceremonial briefcase was 15 feet above the ring and every territory was represented by hungry athletes who ordinarily would have been passed over for a UWA Universal title shot. But not today – one of them was going to get a shot against Nick Aldis, or whoever held that championship, before the year was over.
There were no high-flyers in this one, but otherwise, there was a fantastic mix of talent. Awesome and WALTER were the power guys, and they were both dominant. Cage, Drake, and Valentine were the workers, and they were the glue that kept everything together. Magnum, Friedman, and Gable – they were just as valuable, and had the crowd on the edge of their seats every time they climbed a ladder.
It went about 15 minutes, and after everyone hit everyone with something, Christian and Awesome climbed the ladder from opposite sides and fired right hands at each other from the top. But a third man recovered in time to push the ladder over, sending them both over the top rope. He put it back in place and slowly limped up the ladder until the suitcase was in his hands – and it was probably the most unlikely competitor of them all... Greg “the Hammer” Valentine.
Winner: Greg Valentine by briefcase recovery at 15:11
UWA Universal Tag Team Championship
Strike Force © vs FTR
Referee: Tommy Young
Referee: Tommy Young
Big-match intros for this one, and Caudle and Ventura observed that they were probably the two hottest teams in the entire Alliance. Santana and Martel defended their belts everywhere, frequently, since winning them eight months earlier. Conversely, Wheeler and Harwood unified the WWE tag titles just days earlier at WWE Super Showdown, in what many considered the most loaded tag division in any territory.
It was an old-school callback. FTR worked body parts, cut the ring in half, and double-teamed their foes until referee Tommy Young counted to four. Meanwhile, Strike Force were high energy, pushing the pace of the contest, keeping the heels on their... well, on their heels.
Bell to bell, it was a 25-minute classic. All four men wound up in the ring, and Martel whipped Harwood in one direction while Santana ran towards the opposite side ropes, forearm ready to strike. But Wheeler was in just the right spot and pulled the top rope and the former WWF Intercontinental champion flew awkwardly over the top. Harwood hit Martel with a jawbreaker, and then, without missing a beat, hoisted Martel up for Wheeler who caught him with the Big Rig, and three seconds later – right before Santana could save the day – new UWA Universal Tag-Team champions were crowned.
Winners: FTR by pinfall of Wheeler on Martel at 25:00
UWA Universal Women’s Title
Sasha Banks © vs. Tessa Blanchard
Referee: Aubrey Edwards
Lockup to start with Blanchard pushing Banks into the near corner and giving a clean break. They lock up again and Banks pushes Blanchard into the near corner. She fakes a clean break, then rocks Blanchard with a knee strike and back elbow. Monkey flip out of the corner and Banks struts. She goes to pick Blanchard up, who comes back with several punches to the gut. Whip the ropes and the do a crisscross that ends with Blanchard scoring a backdrop. Banks comes up into a slingblade. Fisherman’s buster gets two. Whip to the corner, but Banks gets her foot up on a charge. Blanchard turns away and Banks comes off the second turnbuckle with a flying bulldog. Pump handle slam for two.
Banks with a series of Japanese arm drags and she works an armbar. Blanchard powers up and uses a series of forearm smacks to break. Whip to the ropes and Blanchard gets a knee to the gut. Butterfly suplex with floatover for two. Military press and she turns to each of the four sides of the arena. She drops Banks and gets a standing moonsault for two. Blanchard up top, but Banks catches her up there and hits a Super Frankensteiner for two. Bow and Arrow stretch. Blanchard screams, but won’t submit. Banks eventually breaks it off, nails a swinging neckbreaker and follows with the Bankrupt for one…two…thr…kick out.
Banks with a brainbuster and she goes up top. Blanchard ducks under the Meteora and Bank spikes her knees into the canvas. Blanchard with a jumping neckbreaker for two. Tequila Sunrise facebuster for two. Blanchard up top for the Magnum, but Banks rolls to the floor. Blanchard adjusts and gets a flying crossbody to the outside. They brawl on the floor with Banks eventually slinging Blanchard into the ring steps. She breaks the count out and gets a diving senton off the apron to smack Blanchard into the ring steps again. Back into the ring, Banks hits a rope assisted DDT for two. Double jumping knee drop for two. She hits the Bank Statement, but too close the ropes and Blanchard makes them for the break. Banks goes to pick Blanchard up and she surprises with the Buzzsaw DDT out of nowhere. She slows to make the cover. One…two…thr…Blanchard goes for a second Buzzsaw, but Banks ducks under the arm twist with pull to get behind Blanchard for a Backstabber into the Bank Statement. We’re in the center of the ring now and Blanchard has nowhere to go. She taps.
Winner: Sasha Banks by submission at 15:05
UWA Universal Men’s Title
“Universal Treasure” Nicholas Aldis © with Kamille York vs. “Wildfire” Tommy Rich
Referee: Tommy Young
The two meet in the middle of the ring at the bell with Aldis pointing a finger in Rich’s face and chewing him out. Rich slaps Aldis so hard that it turns him completely around and he grabs the side of his face. Rich gets a one-handed running bulldog. Jumping elbow drop and he covers for two. Aldis bails to regroups with Kamille. Rich takes the floor, but Kamille gets in his way. Aldis goes back into the ring. Rich takes the apron, but Kamille grabs his foot outside the view of the referee. This allows Aldis to hit Rich with a cheap shot and suplex him back into the ring with a floatover for two. Tilt-a-whirl backbreaker with another cover for a two count. Aldis whips Rich into the ropes, but reverses and Rich gets a scoop slam for two. Whip to the corner and Rich gets the mounted punches with the fans count along to 10. Rich does the Dusty Rhodes flip, flop and fly and Aldis does a Flair Flop.
Aldis rolls back out to talk with Kamille. Rich reaches through the ropes and does a double noggin knocker. Slingshot body press onto Aldis on the outside. Rich goes for a suplex on the outside, but Aldis reverses and hangs Rich out to dry on the ring wall. Rising knee lift. Aldis breaks the ring out count. He hits a leg drop from the ring apron to Rich on the wall. Rich is rolled back into the ring and Aldis gets a slingshot leg drop for two. He argues the count with Young. Aldis gets a Falcon Arrow and goes up top for the Macho Man elbow. It hits knees. Rich with an Exploder Suplex and a diving fist drop off the second rope. Kamille puts Aldis’ foot on the bottom rope and walks away. Young sees it and calls off the count.
Rich lines up a piledriver, but Aldis backdrops out. He goes for the Treasure Chest, but Rich backdrops out. He hooks Aldis up for a suplex, but he blocks and gets a sitout suplex slam. Roll the Dice. Aldis goes up top for the Macho Man elbow. He takes time to jaw at the crowd, including all the other UWA wrestlers who will never beat him. This allows Rich to recover and pop up for a superplex. Both men down. Rich does a slow crawl for a one arm cover. One…two…thr…kick out. Rich goes for the piledriver again, but Kamille takes the apron as a distraction. Rich drops Aldis and goes over to her. They jaw at each other. Aldis tries to attack from behind, but Rich moves and he nails Kamille. She hits the floor. Rich with a surprise O’Connor Roll for one…two…thr…Aldis breaks and comes up with a roundhouse kick. Gutwrench backbreaker. He goes up for the Macho Man Elbow again and nails it. One…two…three.
Winner: Nicholas Aldis at 17:50