Muerte Negada: A Pro Wrestling Timeline

Intro
WWE Smackdown

November 11th, 2005

Eddie Guerrero slowly climbed up to the top turnbuckle, his opponent Ken Kennedy laid prone in the middle of the ring. As he prepared to jump to do his patented frog splash, Eddie felt a twinge of pain in his chest. After a minute of sitting down on the turnbuckle to catch his breath, the pain wasn’t going away. He would collapse into the ring and Kennedy who by now had looked up and saw something horrifying: Eddie was on the ground clutching his chest. Desperate he looked over to the ref and made the X sign. The ref did the same to the ringkeeper and the announce team. The match was thrown out as a team of medics came out a defibrillator and a gurney. If they did not work fast, Eddie was going to die.



“Eddie Guerrero suffers heart attack in ring”


Tragedy struck Friday as Eddie Guerrero suffered a heart attack in ring during a match with Mr. Kennedy. He is currently interred at the Foundation Surgical Hospital in El Paso, TX in critical condition. With this event, WWE has offered no official statement on the incident. We here at Pro Wrestling Illustrated wish Eddie a speedy recovery.

-Article excerpt from the November issue of Pro Wrestling Illustrated.

Welcome one and welcome all to Muerte Negada: A Pro Wrestling Timeline. As you can see, this timeline focuses on Eddie Guerrero surviving the heart attack that kills him in otl. I plan to have this timeline go for 13 months, focusing primarily on the Smackdown and ECW shows with Raw getting mentioned in the co branded shows, along with TNA getting a monthly recap.

Before we continue, I'd like to state 3 questions that will probably be asked sometime during the storyline:

1. Is Benoit going to die earlier ittl due to Eddie's heart attack? No. The Benoit incident is still going to happen in the same time it does otl but WILL NOT INVOLVE NANCY AND DANIEL IN IT!

2. Will there be different callups and signings in any of the brands? Yes, they're going to be a couple guys getting called up to ECW earlier than they do, as in 2007 the brand will be expanded to have its Tag straps reactivated.

3. Is Vince going to tweak anything in this timeline? At first, yes. But later down the line you'll see.


With all this out of the way, let us begin.
 
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Part 2-November
Part 2-The Show Must Goes On

November 13, 2005

TNA Genesis



“Raven’s got Jarrett in position for the Raven Effect. Rhyno’s down on the apron fighting with the Monster Abyss. We got a new NWA champi-oh great here comes AMW AND TEAM CANADA. Toehold drop to Storm, RAVEN EFFECT TO HARRIS. RAVEN WILL NOT BE DENIED TONIGHT! AND WAIT JARRETT’S GOT THE ACOUSTIC EQUALIZER AND CRASHES IT OVER RAVEN’S HEAD. 1-2-3 NOT THIS WAY! JEFF JARRETT CLIMBS THE MOUNTAIN ONCE MORE TO WIN HIS 5TH NWA HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP.






“Here comes Christian Cage and he seems cool and collected. Has he made his decision to join Team Canada?” says Don West. Christian looks to Jarett and Scott D’Amore and pulls off his shirt to show off a Team Canada t-shirt. He embraces Jarrett only to turn him around and give him an unprettier. With Jarrett down, he embraces D’Amore only to throw him into the ring and give a nice lariat. After this, A-1, Bobby Roode, Petey WIlliams, and Eric Young all take bumps from Christian only for AMW to clip Christian’s knees.




Out comes Team 3D to join in the fray and it’s a slobberknocker between the five men as Rhyno and Raven are now back on their feet and giving Abyss and AMW a beating. Genesis ends with Jeff Jarrett and his cohorts retreating from the ring while Christian makes the belt signal on the top turnbuckle.

After the cameras end, Christian grabs the house mic. “Thank you everyone for coming out to TNA Genesis, but that’s not why the instant classic needs to speak. As some of you know, 2 days ago Eddie Guerrero had a heart attack and is currently fighting for his life back in El Paso. Well the Instant Classic owes so much to Eddie when he was still “up north.” So I want all of you to help me wish Eddie Guerrero a speedy recovery. CUZ THAT’S HOW I ROLL!!!!!”

Every single person in the Impact Zone began chanting Get Well Soon Eddie for a good 10 minutes.


WWE Survivor Series

November 27, 2005

Returning to the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan. 15,000 packs the arena up tonight with a 7 match card. But opening the show, we get an update on Eddie Guerrero. He’s in stable condition and we wish him a speedy recovery. But nonetheless, Smackdown is down one man tonight and they need a replacement.


Heat Main event.

The Holliganz (Paul London and Brian Kendrick) d. The Mexicools (Psychosis and Super Crazy, w/ Juventued). Originally this was Psychosis vs. Simon Dean, but I say we get the crowd pumping for a few last minutes buys with this match instead. The Holliganz win it with Shining Wizard from London and a Superkick from Kendrick. Afterwards, Londrick get pearl harbored by MNM.



Main Card



Best of 7 series for the United States Championship: Booker T d. Chris Benoit. The Same match as otl. Nothing needs to be changed about this.

Women’s Championship: Trish Stratus d. Melina (w/MNM). Same match as otl but with the Hooliganz making another run in which would lead to both teams being sent to the back.

Triple H d. Ric Flair in a Last Man Standing Match. Same as otl but with one difference. At the end of the match, Ric manages to get Trips in the figure four, but Trips gets out with a sledgehammer shot.

Special Guest Referree match for the WWE Championship: John Cena d. Kurt Angle (w/Daivari). Same as otl, next.

GM cross brand match: Theodore Long d. Eric Bischoff. Same as OTL except both GM’s have a bodyguard in their corners. Gene Snitzky for Bischoff, Palmer Cannon for Teddy. Match ends the same with the Boogeyman pump handle slamming Eric.

Main Event 5-on-5 Elimination match for Brand Supremacy: Team Smackdown (Batista, Randy Orton, Bobby Lashley, JBL, and Rey Mysterio) vs. Team Raw (Shawn Michaels, Kane, The Big Show, Chris Masters, and Carlito.) The match begins with smackdown a man down as Mark Henry makes his return running Batista through a wall. Why? BECAUSE WHAT HE DOES!!!! After that Randy takes point and the eliminations are as follows:

  1. Carlito gets a clothesline from hell.

  2. Bobby Lashley, is finished with a Tombstone from Kane

  3. Chris Masters is put down with a 619

  4. Rey Mysterio gets taken out with a Chokeslam

  5. JBL gets taken down with a double Chokeslam from Kane and Show.

  6. Kane’s done in with an RKO

  7. Big Show is put down with an RKO and the first recorded instant of the Punt.

  8. Randy goes down with a Sweet Chin Music after missing the punt.
RAW WINS!

November 28, 2005

Foundation Surgical Hospital

El Paso, TX



Chavo Guerrero Jr. Sat by the bed side of his Uncle Eddie with a worried frown on his face. Right now Eddie was stable, but he hasn’t woken up since they had him stable. It had taken 4 hours to get his heart rate down to a reasonable amount. Chavo was very worried because he knew that Eddie was overworking himself all that year along with nearly 3 years of painkiller addiction ravaging his insides on top of that. He wondered if Eddie ever wakes up, he needs to stop wrestling or its going to kill him. Being told to stop doing what you love might end up causing Eddie to hit the bottle or worse. The surgeon told him upfront that the only way Eddie is going to keep wrestling is if he had a heart transplant of someone with a young healthy heart. Heart transplants cost nearly $450,000 just to get the heart, well out of the range of an mid card wrestler. And that’s not even factoring in how much it will cost to do the surgery with a high success rate. Chavo was then pulled out of his thoughts as he felt someone grab his hand. Eddie Guerrero had woken up.
 
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Part 3-Supershows and Final Resolutions.
Part 3-Supershows and Final Resolutions

November 29, 2005

Smackdown Tuesday Supershow



The show opens with Batista announcing that he is vacating the World Heavyweight Championship due to a torn pectoral muscle. But when he heals up, he’s going to do 2 things: 1. Get back at Mark Henry for doing this to him. 2. Win the World Heavyweight championship back. A elimination fatal four way match is set for Armageddon to fill the vacancy.


Chris Benoit defeats Booker T by a crossface in match 2 of the United States championship best of 7 series.

Big Show defeats Rey Mysterio with a chokeslam. Randy Orton provides the assist.

TNA Final Resolution 2005

December 11, 2005

Yeah, this is Turning Point iotl, but still I’m changing Genesis to be the January show while Turning Point will be the November Show. 900 fill the Impact Zone once again for the last card of the year.

  1. The Naturals (Andy Douglas and Chase Stevens) defeat Lance Hoyt and Joe Doering. After losing the tag titles to AMW, the Naturals have been off training themselves up by watching their old matches and training even harder. IT shows tonight as they take down Lance Hoyt in less than 5 minutes with a flurry of dropkicks, knee chops, and finally a superkick/suplex combo.
  2. Austin Aries and Roderick Strong defeat Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley. Time to get the guns started as a true threat. Aries end up taking a cradle shock to put this match away.
  3. Abyss defeats Sabu in Barbed Wire Massacre. The first of many legends to put over the monster as a true threat.
  4. Team Canada defeats the 4LiveKru. After the match, with Ron out of the floor unconscious, Konnan flips and cracks the James Gang with a slapjack, screaming you two are a waste of my time.
  5. NWA Tag Team Championship: Team 3d defeat America’s Most Wanted by DQ. Gail Kim comes with the assist on this one with a chair but not by hitting ray or devon but harris instead.
  6. Christian Cage and Rhino defeat Jeff Jarett and Monty Brown. If Jarett gets pinned by either Rhino or Christian, they would get a world title shot. Rhino manages to take out Monty with a Gore while Christian puts down Jarett with the killswitch.
  7. X Division Championship: Samoa Joe defeats AJ Styles by TKO. Pretty much the same as otl. Daniels has been put on the shelf by Joe, AJ calls Joe out on breaking the code of the x division, Joe beats him down while telling him that he doesn't respect the code, AJ fights hard but ends up passing out in the coquina clutch. Post match, Daniels makes his return but eats a knee for his trouble.
 
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Part 4-The End Begins a Change
Part 4-The End Begins A Change

December 18, 2005

WWE Armageddon 2005


With Batista out on injury, The world heavyweight championship is now vacant, and a fatal four way for the title is the main event tonight. This helps the card as 9,000 people fill the Dunkin Donuts Arena for the last smackdown ppv of the year.

Heat pre show: Jamie Noble defeats Funaki. After the match, Jamie is attacked by the former Hurricane, now known as Gregory Helms as he sets out to be the OMEGA of the Crusiers.

Bobby Lashley defeats Mr. Kennedy and Paul Burchill. Paul Burchill’s been at OVW for the last year and this is his first PPV match as the squire of the Lords of Pain. Kennedy’s just coming off the Eddie incident, and Lashley is the next guy being groomed to be a big star. A dominator to Burchill ends this after 10 minutes of serviceable albeit sloppy match.

Kid Kash defeats Juventeud Guerrera for the WWE Crusierweight championship. Same match as otl.

MNM (Joey Mercury/Johnny Nitro/w Melina) defeats The Hooligans (Paul London and Brian Kendrick/w Ashley), The Lords of Pain (William Regal/Finlay), and the Mexicools (Psychosis/Super Crazy) for the WWE Tag Team Championship.

Booker T defeats Chris Benoit with the Harlem Hangover in match 3 of the United States championship best of 7 series.

Main event: Randy Orton defeats Rey Mysterio, JBL, and Mark Henry for the vacant World Heavyweight championship in a fatal four way elimination match. Aside from Randy, who gets a by for his performance in the main event of Survivor Series the other four members must win an qualifying match for entrance. Rey defeats Bobby Lashley with a 619. JBL defeats Mr. Kennedy with the clothesline from hell. Mark Henry DECIMATES Matt Hardy with a Vader bomb/World Strongest Slam combo. After the match, Mark runs Matt’s back into the ringpost.

As for the match, Mark is the first to go as everyone kicks the crap out of him. But it takes nearly 10 minutes to take him down, culminating with an CFH, RKO, 619 combo. JBL’s next to fall with a chairshot from Randy and a Frog Splash to put him away. Finally, Randy puts Rey down with the first recorded shot of the punt kick.

December 19, 2005

WWE Headquarters

Stanford, Connecticut

Shane Mcmahon stood at the door of his father’s office with 2 things on his mind. 1. Convincing Vince to greenlight his paid vacation option for all employees. 2. To go over the planned 3rd brand and its launch date. The paid vacation would be funded by all talent forfeiting 5% of their show bonuses and about 5% of their merchandise royalties. But this would be an option for any talent instead of being put into all wrestler's contract. The greenlight was paramount, as it would give the office some well needed goodwill with both fans and the roster itself. Eddie’s near-death experience had everyone on edge. He reached for the knob when someone called for him. “Hey Shane, you ready for this?” “I think so Bruce, I just want him to go for the paid vacation so that Eddie or anyone else injured or burned out tries to rush back to the ring.” Shane reached for the doorknob and opened the door. “Shane, Bruce have a seat. Hunter and Stephanie were just discussing New Year’s Revolution.” Said Vince Mcmahon as they walked in. “That’s good dad, so what do we have for the card?” After an hour of talking about the card and doing some adjustments that would see Edge become the new champion at the end of the night, Shane decided to make his move. “Well Dad, I have a proposition for you. As you know Eddie’s come out of his coma but right now its only a matter of time before he tries to rush himself back to the ring. We cannot have anyone die on our watch going forward, so I’m suggesting we do something about it.” “What are you suggesting?” “A paid vacation option in the contracts of our talent.” Said Shane while pulling out a manila folder. Vince opened to folder to find a business proposal detailing the clause. After reading the first page, Vince looks up at Shane and says one thing “I’ll think about it.”

After the meeting concluded, Shane walked out of the office with a stoic look. But once he reached the elevator, that look became one of rejection. “DAMNIT!!!, I GOTTA DO SOMETHING TO CONVINCE HIM TO GREENLIGHT THE CLAUSE!” As he reached his office, his cell phone rings for a text alert. It was from Triple H. “You gonna keep trying to convince him, right.” Shane looked at the text with an angry glare.
 
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Part 5- A Royal Genesis
Part 5-A Royal Genesis

January 15th, 2006

TNA Genesis 2006


A new year begins at the same home for TNA Impact as this ppv manages to see the live attendance jump up to a modest 1,055 in attendance.​

Pre-show: Team Canada (A-1, Eric Young, and Petey WIlliams) defeat (Kenny King, Jay Lethal, and Lance Hoyt.) Same match as OTL. Nothing to change here.

X division showcase: Sonjay Dutt defeats Matt Bentley (w/Traci) with the Himalayan press. Moonsault into a warrior’s way.

Main card.

The Naturals defeat Karl Anderson and Joey Ryan. Joey and Karl have been working the indies for the last 2 years, so having them take on the Naturals is just a way to showcase them while keeping the Naturals strong. Joey spends too much trying to get people to rub oil on him only for a Natural Selection to end him.

Abyss defeats R-Truth. Just a match to keep the Monster strong. BLACK HOLE SLAM in 5:06

LAX (Homicide and Konnan) defeats The James Gang (Kip and B.G.). On the next episode of Impact, Homicide made his debut by cracking B.G and Kip upside the head with a beer bottles leading to this match.

Monty Brown and Rhyno goes to a no contest.

Hiroshi Tanahashi defeats A.J Styles. Everyone seems to forget that Impact’s relationship with NJPW started well before 2009, so Tanahashi’s here on loan to cover as Team 3d have been sent over to work the Tokyo Dome Show. Tanahashi wins when AJ goes for a spiral tap only for Tana to get his knees up and then finishing it up with a high fly flow.

X Division Championship: Samoa Joe defeats Christopher Daniels when A.J Styles throws in the towel. Same match as otl as A.J joe does the knee strikes to Daniels head for a good minute.

NWA World Heavyweight Championship: Christian Cage defeats Jeff Jarrett. AMW comes in as Jarrett’s wingman, while Christian comes alone. Rhino’s down for the count and Sting’s nowhere to be found. The match goes on for a long 25 minutes the last five just being counters to each other’s finishers. Christian goes for a frog splash, Jarett gets his knees up. Jarrett goes for the Stroke, but Christian manages to bend his knees and roll with Jarett forward into a victory roll but only gets 2. AMW distracts the ref while Gail Kim gets the guitar only to be stopped by a spear from Lexie Fyfe. And then the lights go off. Once they come back on Sting is there to baseball bat both of them, Leaving Christian and Jarett alone. Jarett goes for a kick to the midsection to set up the figure four, but Christian manages to kick him into the turnbuckle. Once Jarett bounces back, Christian turns him around into the Unprettier. 1-2-3. YOUR WINNER AND NEW NWA WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION: CHRISTIAN CAGE!!!!!

January 29, 2006

Royal Rumble 2006

After a long schedule of house shows all over Florida, The Royal Rumble comes to you from the American Airlines Arena in Miami with a healthy 16,000 people in attendance.

Heat: Crusierweight Open for #1 contendership. The Winner of the match goes onto take on Kid Kash later that night. The Future Frankie Kazarian enters the match at #1 while the Nunzio is at #2. This is essentially a gauntlet match. Kaz puts Nunzio down with the Wave of the future at 5:21. #3 Funaki who throws some sharp kicks but ultimately it taken out at 11:46 with a slingshot 2nd rope leg drop. #4 Jamie Noble keeps Kaz busy but he’s taken out at 13:24 with another Wave of the Future. Noble throws a tantrum and skulks up the ring, having taken the loss badly. #5 THE OMEGA Gregory Helms. Helms ended up winning a beat the clock challenge that took place during the last 2 weeks on Velocity to become the last man in the gauntlet. And with him as fresh as a daisy, Helms mops the floor with Kaz which leads to the shining wizard for the win at 20:00.

The Lords of Pain (Regal/Finlay/Burchill) d. The Mexicools ( Juventeud/Psychosis/Super Crazy) Just a simple match to pop the crowd and keep all 6 of them busy. The finish comes when Regal and Finlay lift Psychosis on their shoulders so that Paul can finish him with a doomsday device in 9:23.

Chris Masters (c.) defeats Rob Van Dam for the Intercontinental Championship. After Hunter’s maiming of Ric Flair at Survivor Series, the IC strap was vacated the next night on Raw. This just lead to a 6 pack challenge at New Year’s Revolution between Masters, RVD, Shelton Benjamin, Carlito, Kerwin White, and the newest belligerent of Eric Bischoff: Umaga. Masters won by choking Rob out last with the master lock and the rematch is just to keep him rolling. Rob takes it to him as he normally does, but ultimately Chris takes Rob down by rolling out of the way of the five star frog splash, puts him in the master lock, and then lays flat down on his back to put Rob away this time in 10:30.

“The OMEGA” Gregory Helms d. Kid Kash (c.) for the Crusierweight Championship at 16:23. If Booker and Benoit were not on the card, this would be the workrate match of the night. Constant counters, minimal high flying, and most noteworthy, a simple finish. Kash goes for the Money maker, but Gregory is able to float over midlift to turn him into a victory roll which gets kicked out, only for Gregory to hit The OMEGA shining wizard for the win.

Chris Benoit defeats Booker T in match 5 of the best of 7 series for the vacant United States Championship with 5 rolling German suplexes at 20:34. Match 4 went to Booker after Sharmell sprayed Benoit in the eyes with pepper spray.

Trish Stratus(w/Mickie James) (c.) defeats Ashley Massaro (w/The Hooligans) for the Women’s championship. Ashley won this opportunity last month by winning a Bra and Panties gauntlet at NYR, and this one is basically Trish leading Ashley by the nose to a 2 star match. But there’s another wrinkle here as Ashley wants to learn a bit from the veteran Trish which does not make Mickie a happy camper. Chick Kick to end this in 7:44. Mickie glares and mouths “she is mine.”

John Cena defeats Edge (w/Lita) (c.) by disqualification in 25:26. Edge retains the WWE championship. With the MITB cash in 3 weeks prior at NYR, Edge is going power mad and arrogant as everyone would expect him to be. Constant demand s for the roster and crew to acknowledge him as their champion, berating of the former champs and how no one wanted to watch them anyway, and finally a live sex celebration with LIta which gets cut short by good ol Cena. The two of them go all out to put each other down, so much that Edge manages to pull off an Edgecution at the 15 minute mark and it doesn’t put Cena away. Cena on the other hand does his five moves of doom but also can’t put Edge down for the count. In the final minute, LIta strikes first by missing Cena with the WWE title and when Cena goes to get her out she kicks Edge in the jimmies right in front of the ref, leading to a disqualification. Edge retains.

Randy Orton (c.) defeats Rey Mysterio for the World Heavyweight Championship in 24:59. Pretty much it is the same build as their OTL match but now Randy has the belt. Randy does try to destroy the smaller Rey who manages to counter every one of Randy’s signature moves with one of his own or just shaking himself off his shoulders. The finish comes when Rey goes for the 619 and hits it but Randy is just aware enough to catch Rey into an RKO as Rey jumps off the top rope. Randy Retains.

And that is the undercard: Next time the Royal Rumble Match itself.

THE ROYAL RUMBLE MATCH



#1: Carlito. I’m here to be cool.

#2: Shelton Benjamin enters at #2 to just give the crowd some action.

#3: Matt Hardy. Matt enters next and begins to help Shelton try to get Carlito out.

#4: Mr. Kennedy. Kennedy’s next and throws some drop kicks.

#5: Charlie Haas. Haas comes in next, sees Shelton, and they team up to send Carlito out. Eliminantion #1: Carlito.

#6: Hardcore Holly. Holly comes out next and takes on both of the WGTT.

#7: Orlando Jordan. Jordan comes in and is immediately thrown out by Kennedy. Elimination #2: Orlando Jordan.

#8: Jim Duggan. Duggan comes in and begins a USA chant but is immediately thrown out by Mr. Kennedy. Elimination #3: Jim Duggan.

#9: Idol Stevens (aka Damien Sandow). Stevens and James made their main roster debut on the smackdown after Armageddon along with our next contestant. Stevens looks around and flexes for the crowd, showing that he’s the brawn of the group.

#10: KC James (aka Tye Dillinger). James comes out next with their valet, Michelle Mccool showing the beauty and the brains of the Teacher’s Pet. They get the jump on Holly and throw him out. Elimination #4: Hardcore Holly.

#11: Joey Mercury. Joey comes and begins throwing shots at Matt Hardy, eventually leading to Matt getting dropkicked over the top rope. #5: Matt Hardy

#12: Brian Kendrick. Kendrick comes out next and immediately beelines for Joey. Meanwhile, the WGTT and the Teacher’s Pet and brawling towards the left side of the ring.

#13: Johnny Nitro. Nitro joins in to help his partner while Melina screams for the crowd. No leg split though folks.

#14: Paul London. Paul comes in next and they being brawling just like the WGTT/TP’S.

#15: Big Show. And here comes the big show to hoof everyone out. Eliminations #6-11: Shelton Benjamin, Charlie Haas, KC James, Idol Stevens, Joey Mercury, Brian Kendrick. In the 90 seconds that these eliminations take place, the next entrant comes forth.

#16: Shawn Michaels. Once he gets into the ring, Shawn looks at the Big Show, shrugs his shoulders and begins rope a doping Big Show and potatoing him.

#17: Kane. Kane puts a stop to this with a big boot. Shawn’s rolls out to the floor underneath the bottom rope, so no elimination. Afterwards, Kane and Show hoof the other tag tams out. Eliminations #12 and #13: Paul London, Johnny Nitro.

#18: Simon Dean. Yeah, he gets the bushwhackers treatment. Comes in on the segway, gets in the ring, and is immediately double chokeslammed and thrown out. Elimination #14: Simon Dean.

#19: Trevor Murdoch. Big Trevor comes out to put down a challenge against Kane but doesn’t enter the ring, instead he begins stomping on Shawn Michaels outside the ring. This goes on until the next entrance.

#20: Lance Cade. With his partner on his side, now Trevor enters the ring throwing Michaels in the process and then they begin fighting both Big Show and Kane.

#21: Triple H. The Game appears and locks eyes with Shawn. He lifts him up and hugs him for a couple seconds and then tries to get him out.

#22: Rob Van Dam. Rob helps Cade and Murdoch by Van Terminating Kane over the top rope. Elimination #15: Kane.

#23: Kerwin White. Unfortunately, Kerwin’s there to get the Tazz elimination. Elimination #16: Kerwin White.

#24: Kurt Angle. Kurt comes out rather grumpy and somewhat “clumsy.”

#25: Goldust. Goldust is there to help everyone get The Big Show out of the match. Elimination #17: Big Show.

#26: JBL. JBL comes, guns for Kurt and immediately hoofs him out of the ring. Afterwards, He takes takes out both Cade and Murdoch. Elimination #18-20: Kurt Angle, Lance Cade, and Trevor Murdoch.

#27: Bobby Lashley. Bobby moves toward Goldust and gives him the spear dominator combo. Elimination #21: Goldust.

#28: John Cena. Cena begins teeing off on JBL by throwing a towel at him, in a reference to their I quit match in 2005. They begin throwing punches and keeping each other busy while Mr. Kennedy does try to make a move on Cena, this fails and he is thrown out instead. Elimination #22: Mr. Kennedy

#29: The Undertaker. Taker begins heads to the ring and everyone stops what their doing. Lashley shows some bravery to attack Taker but gets a jab for his efforts. RVD goes next and also gets dropped, Then Shawn, then Cena, then JBL, but Trips waits until everyone else is down before he cracks Taker in the gut with a sledgehammer. This still isn’t enough to put Taker over the ropes but it does wind him from going back on the offensive for about 2 minutes.

#30: Mark Henry. The final man in the Royal Rumble advances with a big splash to RVD and then to Lashley, leading to their own eliminations. Elimination #23 and #24: Bobby Lashley and RVD.

With all the small fry gone, the main eventers pair off: Cena and JBL, Trips and Shawn, Taker and Henry. Cena takes JBL out with a FU over the top rope, only to be immediately thrown out by Trips. Shawn manages to superkick Mark Henry, which leads to a chokeslam from Taker and his elimination. Henry’s down for a couple minutes after it all and the attendants can not get him to his feet. Taker takes a couple smacks around from Trips and Shawn but ultimately, Mark gets back up into the ring splashes all 3 remaining competitors and throws Taker out. Elimination #25: John Bradshaw Layfield. Elimination #26: John Cena. Elimination #27: Mark Henry. Elimination #28 The Undertaker.

Now there are only two men left, Trips and Shawn begin with the tired punchfest for about a minute, but they regain their footing and the match resembles much of their bout at the 2004 Royal Rumble. Finally, after the Pedigree, Trips gets sadistic and grabs the sledgehammer again. He prepares to hit Shawn straight in the back but Shawn rolls out of the way. This continues for two more rolls before Shawn manages to get up and bait Trips into one of the corners. When Trips swings and hits the ringpost with the hammer, the shock causes him to drop the hammer and a sweet chin music out of the ring.

Your Royal Rumble 2006 winner: “The Heartbreak Kid” Shawn Michaels.

“Clumsy”: Drunk.
 
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Part 6-Against the odds, there is no way out
Yeah, even if he survives, Eddie's time on the ring is up; he could do wonders behind the scenes, though.
Well the second half of this update is going to suprise you Neo. But before that, its time for the final stop before wrestlemania.

Part 6-Against All Odds, There Is No Way Out

February 19, 2006

No Way Out 2006

Hailing from the 1st Mariner Arena in Baltimore, Maryland. The final event before Wrestlemania draws a modest 11,000. We got 6 matches on the card tonight, along with 2 matches on heat.

Heat: The Dawgs (Kid Kash/Jaimie Noble) vs. The Mexicools goes to a no contest when the Lords of Pain run in and gives them a thrashing. “No need for flipity floppy gutter trash like you two on our brand.” Says Regal.

Heat: Bobby Lashley defeats Matt Hardy. Quick Match to keep Bobby strong. Post match in the back, Michelle Mccool confronts Bobby, saying she could use a bit more brawn in her “teacher’s pets.”

#1 Contenders match for the World Heavyweight Championship: The Undertaker defeats Mark Henry. With the elimination from the rumble still fresh in his mind, Taker goes all out in putting down the World’s Strongest Man. The match ends with Taker sitting up after a world’s strongest slam and Taker responding in kind with a chokeslam/tombstone combo.

Crusierweight Championship: “The Omega” Gregory Helms defeats “The Future” Frankie Kazarian. A simple 10 minute match with The Omega elbowing his way out of Kaz’s Flux Capacitor (top rope spanish fly.), and then following it up with a shooting star press.

WWE Tag Team Championship: The Hooligans (w/Ashley Massaro) defeats MNM (w/Melina). This is for all the marbles as The Hooligans put down MNM after a 18:32 spotfest. It’s the same match as otl judgement Day 2006 but with Ashley dropping Melina with a dropkick into the announcer’s table and onto Tazz.

Chris Benoit defeats Booker T in a 30 minute Ironman Match 3-2 to win the WWE United States Championship. Originally this match was to be match #7 of the series, but with the show taking a shakeup behind the scenes, this is the match that ends the feud.

Decision #1: DQ by Benoit after Booker clobbers him with a chair.

Decision #2: PInfall by Booker after the chair clobbering.

Decision #3: Pinfall by Booker with the Axe Kick.

Decision #4: Pinfall by Benoit with a series of suplexes followed by a diving headbutt.

Decision #5: Submission by Benoit as he no sells a Book End to hold onto Booker’s arm and transitions it into a crippler crossface. Booker tries to hold onto through the last minute but ultimately taps out at 0:01.

Mr. Kennedy defeats Rey Mysterio. With Rey’s loss to Orton, he begins to sulk over the fact that he couldn’t win the title after 2 months of RKO and punts. This brings out Kennedy, who taunts that your nothing more than an old man who can’t run with the new breed anymore. So move out of the way, AS MR. KENNNNNEDDDDDDYYYYYYY takes his place. This match puts down a new side of Rey as he pulls out as much of the old top tier moves to put down Kennedy, but Kennedy puts Rey down when he goes for the 619 only for Rey to miss and get put down with the Mic Check.

World Heavyweight Championship: Randy Orton (c.) defeats JBL. How did this match come about to main event the show, pretty much Randy feels like he needs to put down another legend after Rey, and why not a wrestling fraud like Bradshaw. JBL takes umbridge with this as he’s the wrestling god and let’s not forget I’m the stiffest man in this company. Randy spends the bulk of the match working JBL’s arm so no clothesline from hell while JBL does everything he can to Randy’s back and chest. The match ends when JBL goes for the Clothesline from hell only for Randy to dodge clip his knees and running knees JBL in the face for the win. Post-match, Taker tells Randy that he’s dragging him to hell. HELL IN A CELL AT WRESTLEMANIA!!!!

TNA Against All Odds 2006

February 12, 2006

Slight audience turndown with only 800 coming to this show.

Pre Show:

American Sleaze (Joey Ryan and Karl Anderson) defeats Austin Aries and Roderick Strong. Roddie and Aries are done after this show, so having them put over the new team would be just a favor to granting their release. See you two back in ROH.

R-Truth defeats Lance Hoyt.

Main Card

Raven and Rhino defeats Bobby Roode and A-1 (w/Team Canada.) in a Falls Count Anywhere match. Since losing the NWA Title, both have been on TV just working with whoever and whatever. This brings out Team Canada who feels that both men are just has bins wasting the spotlight while a new star doesn’t get his due. This match is one of the first matches to showcase how “GLORIOUS!!!” Bobby can be, but it ends with A-1 getting a Raven Effect followed by a Gore for good measure.

Team Canada (Petey Williams and Eric Young) defeat Jay Lethal and Sonjay Dutt. Scott leaves to take Bobby and A1 to the back, but Jay and Dutt are no threat to Petey and Eric. Match ends with a Canadian Destroyer/ Elbow Drop combo.

X Division Championship: Samoa Joe defeats Christopher Daniels and Aj Styles with a Muscle Buster to Styles to retain. Same match as otl, the final chapter comes forth at Victory Road: ULTIMATE X!

Semi-Main: America’s Most Wanted (Chris Harris and James Storm) defeats The Naturals and Team 3D in a triple threat match to retain the NWA Tag Team Championship. Harris and Storm are feeling cocky so they take both teams tonight. This one ends with James Storm pulls Brother Ray out after they hit the 3D on both Chris Harris and Chase Stevens, superkicks him, gets Harris up, and pops the death sentence on Andy Douglas. Champs retains the belts.

Abyss defeats Jeff Hardy. While we haven’t seen Jeff Hardy on screen since December, this match is just a tad bit of punishment for his last suspension. Abyss wins with a Black Hole Slam and a post match Shock Treatment for good measure. Bye Bye Jeff.

Main Event: Christian Cage defeats Jeff Jarett in a Full Metal Mayhem Match to retain the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. With the rest of Planet Jarett either working this night, Jarrett’s only got Gail Kim to help him out. This does not help when Sting comes in, catches Gail’s leg when she tries to kick him in the scorpion, twists her to the ground and handcuffs her to the ringpost. As for Jarrett, he gets kill switched into a table. Post Match, Monty Brown Pounces Christian out of the ring and takes the belt.
 
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Part 7-A life saved, A life taken?
Part 7-A Life Saved, A life Taken

February 21st, 2006

Kiki’s Resturant and Bar

El Paso, TX

Chavo Guerrero sat at a table with Eddie and his family taking spots all around. To his left, Vickie held Eddie’s youngest daughter Kaylie in her arms while Eddie’s two older daughters, Shaul and Sherilyn sat next. To his right, sat his own family and Rey Mysterio. They had came to celebrate Eddie’s second month of cardiac rehab, knowing he only has one more month before he can be considered healthy. But they all knew Eddie would want to get back into the ring as soon as possible, so this family outing is also a possible intervention. After taking a deep breath, Chavo stood up and said “Eddie, I think you should hang up the boots.”

“No.”

“EDDIE, YOU’VE DONE IT ALL. YOU’RE A GRAND SLAM CHAMPION. YOU BEAT THE STREETS, YOU BEAT ADDICTION, YOU BARELY SURVIVED A HEART ATTACK!!!! WHAT COULD BE SO IMPORTANT THAT YOU NEED TO CONTINUE RISKING YOUR HEALTH AND ALL OF US LOSING YOU FOR GOOD?!”

Eddie looked down at the table for a full minute. Vickie put a hand on her husband’s shoulder.

“Eddie, it’s not like the industry won’t need you once you retire, you could be a manager, a producer, or even a trainer. Vince would give you whatever you want to keep you in the E, and if not, you know ROH and TNA would back the binks truck to get you in their company. Just end it.” said Rey.

“I don’t want my career to end like that, homes. Where I had a heart attack, I want it to end making sure that the next generation will grow to greater heights.” said Eddie looking back up at Rey

“And you can do that by just being a trainer.” said Chavo.

“Excuse me, but can I have a word?”

Everyone looked over to the intruder. It was a young black man in a viva la raca t-shirt.

“Mr. Guerrero, if this is going to happen again I think you would do well to stop. But if this is that important to you, I can possibly help you.”

“Look kid, this is a family matter and we don’t appreciate having others throw their opinions around when they’re not asked for.” said Shaul.

“The reason I’m interrupting is because I can help your father. My name is Greg Montel, and I am a heart surgeon. If you really want to end your career on your own terms, then I can do the surgery needed.” said the doctor.

“So how much is the heart transplant going to cost?” said Eddie.

“Eddie, you can't just trust this man, he could be a con for all you know!” said Vickie.

“Well Mrs. Guerrero I am a surgeon and my office is actually about 4 blocks away from this diner. Also, here is my business card. Ask around online or around town and people will tell you of my legitimacy. After doing all that, if you want to go through with a transplant just call the number and we can go from there.” said Montel.

Meanwhile...

Philidelphia, PA


Kurt Angle sat alone in the living room of his house. He hasn’t left the house for nearly 2 months now, due to the WWE sending him home with an ultimatum: Go to rehab or your fired! On the table in front of him, a bottle of Jack Daniels, 3 packets of Vicodin, and a note from his wife.

“Kurt, I love you but me and the girls can’t stay with you anymore with the constant rages and drug use. Please go to rehab and help yourself beat this addiction. Otherwise, you will not see us again. -Karen”

“They don’t understand what I go through. THEY CAN’T FEEL THIS PAIN! I NEED THIS TO EVEN GET OUT OF BED AND PUT ON MY CLOTHES!” He screamed as he took another swig.

“I’ll show them, I don’t need help. I AM F---” said Kurt as he felt pains in his stomach. He doubled over clutching his stomach in one hand while the other hand crushed the bottle into pieces. Trying to pull himself towards the door, he reached forwards but after about three pulls he could only reach the end of the shag rug his table was on. The last thing Kurt Angle would see before it went dark was the leg of his recliner chair.
 
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Part 8-An Olympic Fall From Grace
Part 8-“An olympic fall from grace.”

March 6th, 2006

“As many of you know, Kurt Angle was found dead in his home in Pennsylvania, PA. The autopsy has revealed well over 1 kg of Vicodin in his bloodstream and a blood alcohol count of about .3. Alongside this, was the various packages of vicodin and 3 bottles of jack daniels. Local police appeared at his apartment after Angle had been unresponsive to calls and neighbors from everyone for over 4 days. This incident comes as 3 months prior, Eddie Guerrero had a heart attack. This reporter feels as if”—the tv is shut off as Vince Mcmahon slams the remote on his table. This has been the same news being shown every day for 2 weeks now and for the WWE, that was a bad thing. He was hoping that they could have convinced Kurt to go to rehab, possibly he would see reason after his pay for January being held up until he was willing to go. But now, he was dead and the company would have another round of negative press. He had to do something to turn things around. “Maybe a match done in tribute for him with guys he liked. Eddie and that Benjamen kid.” His thoughts were interrupted by the phone ringing, which after 3 rings he picked up. “Hello?” “Dad, its me. How are you?” “Just fine, Stephanie, just trying to focus on another tweak for Wrestlemania.”

“ I think the card is fine, what we really need to be doing is figuring how to deal with Kurt’s death.”

“His family can keep quiet if we take care of them. All we need to do is pay tribute to his career. He rejected our offer for rehab, so his death is not on our hands!”
yelled Vince with a tint of both regret and rage.

“The public think otherwise, and we can deal with this with minimal hits to our finances.”

“I’m not going with Shane’s health care plan. We pay our talent well enough to afford it themselves.”

“That we do, but that also means that if a doctor tells them to stop wrestling, we can’t tell them otherwise to heed their words. Under a corporate plan, we would have a say in that.”

“I’ll think about what you said, let’s focus on something that doesn’t require us to bicker with each other.”

Meanwhile...

Philidelphia, PA


Cary Silkin looked over the sales report for the last quarter, and they were once again on the downslope. Final Battle 2005’s dvd release had been delayed due to a blizzard and supercard of honor had underperfomed in attendence, drawing over a mere 2800. “If the shows didn’t start drawing again, the company would run the risk of collapse by 2007 at the earliest.” His phone would bring him out of his thoughts leading him to pick up.

“Hello?”

“Mr. Silkin, this is Jim Cornette. I’ve been waiting for you to call back for about a month now and I’m glad I was able to catch you today.”

“LIkewise Mr. Cornette, but please tell me why have you been hounding me for the last month. Is it for a job?”

“No Silkin, for a business proposition...”

TNA Victory Road 2006

March 12, 2006

While its good that TNA manages to pull another sellout into the Impact Zone with 900 people in attendance, the show still has a pail over its shadow thanks to the untimely death of Kurt Angle. A ten bell salute is given in honor of one of the greats.

Pre show:

A-1 (w/Coach D’Amore) vs. Cassidy Riley goes to a no contest . A-1's been off tv going through a rigorous training schedule with Coach D’Amore and this match is the first night back. The math commences with A-1 just kicking Cassidy with a running boot, 2 cesaro swings into the barricade, and after all of this, a scoop slam onto the announce table for good measure. Coach D’Amore still ends up admonishing him for not getting the win, you have to ease the destruction back.

American Sleaze (Joey Ryan and Karl Anderson) defeats Shark Boy and Norman Smiley. Just a simple comedy match nothing more. American Sleaze puts Smiley away with a senton bomb from Karl.

Main Show:

The Motor City Machine Guns (Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley) defeats Jay Lethal and Sonjay Dutt. X division spotfest to pop the crowd. But this time the Guns do have a 3rd in this match: Johnny Devine, who is recording the match on his homemade camera. The guns take this win with a made in detroit after Johnny cracks Lethal in the back with a kendo stick as he goes for the backflip run the ropes elbow. This isn’t over by a longshot.



Team Canada (Bobby Roode, Petey Williams, and Eric Young (w/Coach D’Amore) defeats The Latin American Exchange (Homicide, Hernandez, and Apolo ( w/Konnan). WIth the James Gang vanquished for now, LAX begin the next step of Latino dominance by showcasing their new members Hernandez and Apolo) destroying jobbers as they do. During a match which sees Hernandez destroy David Young, an off remark from Konnan managing the most destructive faction in the NWA. This brings out Team Canada, with Coach D’Amore reminding Konnan that it was his boys that ended that little reign with the tag team championships he had in 2004, thus leading to this match. He has A1 in the back watching the match to show him what he could do right and hopefully better. This match ends with Apolo taking a Canadian destroyer/elbow drop combo, a breakup pin by homicide which leads to Eric getting a Gringo killer, and finally Bobby putting both of them down with the payoff suplex to homicide and a glorious ddt to Apolo for good measure. After the match, the trio circle Hernandez and Konnan only for him to clean house with a shoulder block to Bobby, a border toss to Eric, and a suicide dive to Petey. This leaves A1 to run forth, grab coach D’amore and to lock eyes with Hernandez.

X Division #1 contenders match: “The World Warrior” Senshi defeats Kenny King and “Maverick” Matt Bentley. We have the World Warrior make his return tonight as the replacement for PUMA, who’s just been outed as an 16 year old immigrant. Labor laws get us all in the long run. Kenny has spent the last 2 months racking up wins here and there against guys like the Amazing Red, Jerry Lynn, and in his biggest win against former x division champ Syxx-pac (Waltman was off to go do Wrestling Society X at the time and this is just to write him off.) As for Matt, he managed to get a few wins over Jack Evans, new signee Chuck Taylor, and Alex Koslov to get in this match. This match is just crazy as Kenny tries to match Bentley flip for flip and blow for blow with Senshi. Still this leads to Senshi putting both down with a warriors way to each of his opponents.

Raven and Rhino defeats Lance Hoyt and Kevin Nash. This match is just here as a palate cleanser before we get into the meaty matches. As for Lance Hoyt, Kevin takes him under his wing because he sees himself and he hopes to make a new star in the big sexy tour. Lance here gets to look pretty good until the finish as Raven manages to get a tag to rhino right before he gets jacknifed by Hoyt for good measure, which leads to a gore for the win. Nash just shakes his head after the pin.

8 man war: Team 3D, Ron Killings, and the Icon Sting vs. Planet Jarrett (Jeff Jarett, Abyss, and America’s Most Wanted.) goes to a no contest when everyone is just fighting each other. This match can’t be held together in an open ring and so the new NWA Director of Authority comes forth to set the second annual Lethal Lockdown match:


Ultimate X match for the X division Championship: Christopher Daniels unhooks the belt to beat both Samoa Joe (c.) and AJ Styles. It’s the same match as otl, no need to change near perfection.

Main Event: Christian Cage defeats “The Alpha Male” Monty Brown. Ever since Against All Odds, Monty’s been holding onto the belt and treating each match he’s had on impact as an impromptu defense. Mostly it’s just against jobbers and the like, put on the go home show its against Rhino and that match ends in a disqualification as Christian finally gets a couple shots in on the Alpha Male with a chair. This match is no in ring masterpiece, as about 6 of its 20 minute run is just restholds, weardowns, and playing to the crowd. It ends with Christian managing to dodge the pounce, slip out of a running powerslam by Monty, and get the killswitch for the win. Post-Match, he has a confrontation with “Big Poppa Pump” Scott Steiner. He motions for the belt and flexes his arms.
 
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Part 9-Missteps and Showcases
Part 9-Missteps and Showcases

Wrestlemania 22

April 2, 2006


With 17,000 and a buyrate of 900,000, the Big Time takes the next step in the veil of the Angle incident.

Sunday Night Heat:

Crusierweight Championship match: “The Future” Frankie Kazarian defeats “The Omega” Gregory Helms (c.). This is just the start of something new as “The Future” turns things around when Helms hits the shining wizard and kicks out. In shock and complete disbelief, that’s all Kaz needs before he manages to get up, wrench Helms’s head forward with a snapback cutter and then puts him into the finishing moves from his indie days: a half nelson choke with headscissors.

Battle Royal: Mark Henry wins by throwing out Viscera last.

Participants: Rob Conway, Tyson Tomko, WIlliam Regal, Finlay, Paul Burchill, Super Crazy, Psychosis, Juventeud, Funaki, Road Warrior Animal, Matt Hardy, Simon Dean, Goldust, Steven Williams, Matt Striker.

Main Card:

Playboy PIllow Match: Candice Michelle defeats Torrie Wilson. Same match as otl but post match a new debut comes in to lay waste to both Candice and Torrie.

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Kurt Angle Tribute Match: Shelton Benjamin and Charlie Hass go to a 10 minute time limit. The crowd was not happy that this match got cut short for not reason as everyone knows Shelton and Charlie are workhorses in their own right.

World Tag Team Championship: Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch defeats Kane and The Big Show (c.). Cade and Murdoch manage to get the win after The Pitbulls (Jamie Noble and Kid Kash) clips the big show’s knees, leading to Kane getting taken down with the Sweet and Sour.

WWE Tag Team Championship: “The Hooligans” Paul London and Brian Kendrick (w/Ashley Marrano) defeats “MNM” Joey Mercury and Johnny Nitro (w/Melina) in a 2 out of 3 falls match.

Fall 1: The Hooligans both get pinned as MNM immediately attacks pre match and end up giving Kendrick the snapshot on the floor.

Fall 2: After that, the only reason they don’t lose two straight falls is because Ashley manages to put Kendrick’s leg on the rope. While MNM are jawjacking with the ref, Ashley hurricaranas Melina into the barricade and gets Paul up and back into the corner. A drop kick to Nitro from Paul pulls him out of the argument which leads to a Sliced Bread #2 to tie the match up.

Fall 3: With everything coming together and all 4 men spent, they start throwing caution to the wind, drop kicks, split leg moonsaults, superkicks, and finally just Nitro has Kendrick in position for the moonlight drive when London jumps on Kendrick’s back and knees him in the face. This leads to London putting him away with a shooting star press for the win and the titles. Post-Match, The blonde woman comes to slam Ashley and Melina.

United States Championship: JBL (c.) defeats Chris Benoit by tko. With the Booker feud done with, Benoit begins throwing open challenges after no way out defeating William Regal, Bobby Lashley, Paul Burchill, Kid Kash, and finally The Omega. But on the go home show for mania, JBL manages to take the challenge and win thanks to the help of his new publicist Jillian Hall distracting the ref which lead to a chair shot to the head and a clothesline from hell to win the match. This match is only different in one way, instead of cracking Benoit with a chair, JBL just chokes Benoit out with the same bullrope he used to win the world championship.

Money in the Bank Ladder Match: Booker T defeats Snitzky, RVD, Chris Masters, Carlito, Mr. Kennedy, Bobby Lashley, and Rey Mysterio. This match seems like its lacking in star quality due to the fact that we don’t have a Kane or a big show in this match. But it makes up for it as RVD and Rey providing the high spots, Kennedy and Carlito trying to one up each other with their gimmicks, and Masters and Lashley just being straight up hosses by using Snitzky as a tackling dummy, and Snitzky responding in kind. Booker wins it just as Rey manages to senton on top of the rung, fist fights Booker, only for Booker to grab his mask and throw Rey over.

WWE Women’s Championship: Mickie James defeats Trish Stratus (c.). Ever since the Royal Rumble match, Mickie has become much more clingy to Trish, hugging her more often, bringing her towels when she showers, and finally kissing her full on the lips only to be rebuffed. This is the moment where Mickie snaps. Through out the match, Mickie is like a enraged rhyno, starting the match with a spear to trish, throwing trish by her hair, and lots and lots of drop kicks. But Trish rallies, as she manages to catch Mickie’s chick kick and kick her in the gut. A bulldog puts Mickie down, but that’s when the muscular blonde comes in and pulls the ref out of the ring to prevent the count leading to Trish suicide diving onto the woman and getting caught. She is held in the jackhammer position until Mickie gets up and then is properly put back in the ring over the top rope fee first and that leads to a chick kick for the win. Post match, Mickie kisses the blonde on the lips and says “I have a better you now.”

John Cena defeats Triple H. With neither man managing to win the rumble, this match comes about as Cena steps up to defend the honor of Ric Flair. Because in Cena’s mind, the only man that needs to be put out to pasture is one Hunter Hearst Helmsly. This match is just the same as OTL, with Cena making Trips submit.

WWE Championship: Shawn Michaels defeats Edge (c.) by countout. This match is built with Edge coming into his own as an even more hateable heel, managing to call out Shawn Michaels as nothing more than another old man who doesn’t know when to stay down. En route to mania, Edge does get another rub by defeating Mick Foley in a hardcore match that sees him spear him into a flaming table. As for the match himself, Shawn does what he does best: steal the show with a thunderous elbow off the top rope destroying the announcer’s table but missing as Lita pulls Edge out of the way. This leads to Edge getting Shawn into the ring and setting him up for an edgecution ddt, but Shawn manages to get a superkick for good measure which leads to Edge falling out of the ring and neither man being able to answer a 10 count.

Hell in a Cell Match for the World Heavyweight Championship: The Undertaker defeats “The Legend Killer” Randy Orton. Same match as otl but post match out comes Mark Henry angry and hungry for gold.

TNA Lockdown 2006

April 23, 2006

Before the first match begins, TNA announces that Slamiversary will be holding court at the Nashville Municipal Auditorium and tickets will go on sale at 9am tomorrow. As for this show, another sell out of 1100 in the impact zone for the first of the 3 supercards.

Lance Hoyt defeats El Generico, Kevin Steen, and Ricky Murdock in a elimination fatal four way match. This is the first of 2 matches to jockey for position in the upcoming NWA National Heavyweight Championship tournament, which was just vacated at the end of March. Lance brings it down by giving every member of the match a jacknife powerbomb to win it.

Pre-show: World X cup showcase: Team America (Jay Lethal, Sonjay Dutt, Chris Sabin, and Alex Shelley) defeats Team Mexico (Homicide, El Hijo del Fantasma, Alex Koslov, and Jack Evans). The World X cup is coming up in July with the finals taking place at Destination X. This match is the start of showcasing some of the competitors in that match.



Main Card:

The Naturals (Andy Douglas and Chase Stevens) defeat American Sleaze (Joey Ryan and Karl Anderson). A quick match that ends with the Natural Disaster on Joey. Post match the naturals are jumped by the James gang for taking their spots.

Bobby Roode defeats the “Alpha Male” Monty Brown, Mike Awesome, and Marc Jindrack in a fatal four way match. Match #2 for the NWA National tournament. This one’s a bit more plucky underdog for Bobby as every member of this group is someone who has either vied for the world championship or has held a belt in bigger company. Bobby manages to outlast it all by rolling up Mike Awesome after he hits a awesome bomb on Monty. GLORIOUS!!!

LAX (Apolo and Hernandez) (w/Konnan) defeats Team Canada (Eric Young and Petey Williams)(w/Coach D’Amore.) Just a good ol fashioned big guy and little guy match as Eric and Petey tend to hit and run and use the cage as much as possible to keep Apolo taking punishment while Hernandez is kept away. This fails as Hernandez eventually lariats both men, and a plethora of suplexes on each man into the cage, eventually ending with a border toss to Petey out the cage and onto a table. Apolo then puts Eric away with a TKO (fireman’s carry cutter) for the win. Post match, A1 manages to body check Hernandez into the ringpost. See you at Sacrifice, Supermex!

X Division Championship: “The World Warrior” Senshi defeats “The Fallen Angel” Christopher Daniels. Senshi manages to reverse an angels wings into a back body drop cover, un pin his arms once daniels hits the mat, connects with a dropkick and finishes off with the Warrior’s way. Post match, Daniels gives Senshi a handshake of respect. This is the penultimate match for Daniels X division run.

Strong Style Showdown: Samoa Joe defeats Shinsuke Nakamura. After Destination X, Samoa Joe announces that he’s moved on from the X division and is setting his sights on the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. In response to that, Jim Cornette brings forth a new challenger for Lockdown. As for Shinsuke, he’s also on excursion as he begins his path to the IWGP world championship, a belt he hasn’t held since 2003 and even worse, currently held by Brock Lesnar.[1] This match is easily the hardest hitting to date with Shinsuke trying to neutralize the muscle buster and the coquina clutch by targeting his arms and shoulders as much as possible. As for Joe, he throws back with a uranagi, the running senton, and finally 3 separate suplexes to put Shinsuke down for the count.

Lethal Lockdown: The Cure of Paint (“The Icon” Sting, AJ Styles and Team 3D) defeat Planet Jarrett (Jeff Jarrett, “The Monster” Abyss, and America’s Most Wanted.) In the buildup to this match, Ron Killings gets taken out by 4 members of Planet Jarrett which involved a black hole slam, a stroke into the guitar, and a death sentence for good measure. With one man down, Team 3D and Sting need someone to give them equal numbers, and their’s no one better than The Phenomenal One. As for the match itself, same thing happens, the heels wins the numbers advantage for the match leading to the match as follows:

Planet Jarrett:

  1. Chris Harris
  2. James Storm
  3. Abyss
  4. Jeff Jarrett
The Cure of Paint

  1. AJ Styles
  2. Brother Devon
  3. Brother Ray
  4. Sting
This match is epic as AJ does a falls berry flop ( running shooting star press) off the top of the cage onto Team 3D and AMW, Abyss taking a guitar shot with thumbtacks in the guitar when Sting manages to slip out of his arms, and that leads a black hole slam on Jarrett and his walking out of the match. Harris gets a 3D for his trouble and Storm takes a scorpion death drop for the win. But this isn’t over, as Sting didn’t get his hands on Jarrett during this match. For winning the match, Sting gets one match of his choosing and he chooses a one on one Tennessee death match at Slamiversary with Jarrett.

NWA World Heavyweight Championship: Christian Cage defeats “Big Poppa Pump” Scott Steiner. FOr Christian, this match is just another round of suplex city which is mercifully ended with a top of the cage cross body for the win. Steiner then smacks Christian again for good measure post match saying he ain’t done with him.

[1] In early 2006, Antonio Inoki would leave New Japan to form a new promotion Inoki Genome Federation, and Brock Lesnar IWGP champion at the time walked with him and the physical belt rechristening it as the IWGP Third Belt Championship. Once the belt got vacated, Hiroshi Tanahashi would be the one to win the vacant title. Shinsuke wouldn’t win the world title again until the second Wrestle Kingdom show 2 years later.
 
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Part 10-Another setback
Part 10-Another Setback

March 18, 2006.

El Paso, Texas.

Ah Mr. and Mrs. Guerrero, welcome. I’m glad you were willing to meet with me.” Dr. Montel says as he welcomes the Guerreros into his office.

“Yes Dr. Montel, we’ve come to a decision on the surgery after looking through the cost, but we’d like to know a bit more about how long it will take to get the transplant heart.” Said Eddie.

“Well normally, there are many factors on how long it can take to get a new heart.

  1. Your current life expectancy.
  2. Your lifestyle habits.
  3. Your current age and ethnicity.
  4. Your medical urgency.
  5. Your blood type
“Going through all 5 factors with you, we should be able to get you a heart for the surgery in about 2 years.” Dr. Montel says with a gloom face.

“2 YEARS!” Said Vickie in rage.

“Unfortunately, yes Ms. Guerrero. Its somewhat uncommon for hispanic people to need a heart transplant so they tend to be on the lower end of priority.”

“I see, thank you for your time Dr. Montel. Come on Vickie.” said Eddie.

“Mr. Guerrero, I’ll keep working at this to see if I can get the surgery up to an earlier moment. Just please keep in contact with me.”

“Do what you can Doctor, we’ll will do as we can.” Said Vickie before she closed the door slowly.

April 29, 2006.

TNA Heaquarters

Nashville, Tennessee.

Dixie Carter sat behind her desk with Jim Cornette and Scott D’Amore flanking her on the right and left respectively. They were the only ones in the room at the time, but this was a conference call with two other men. The two men in question: one is responsible for their current exposure and the other represents their initial success.

“DIxie, this shouldn’t be difficult. You tape episodes of Impact over a 3 day period and do the vignettes over the weekend. After that, you send your champions out to the other territories to help us out it isn’t that difficult. So why have you been slipping on champions defenses in other territories?!” said Bob Trobich. [1]

“Well Bob, it’s a little complicated than that, we have sponsors who want to see top names as much as possible. If they get injured or decide to no show, our reputation is damaged and don’t have to let that happen.” said Cornette.

“Then why should we keep you in the NWA if all you’re going to do is use our belts and names?” said Trobich.

“Well I’ve heard enough and I think I may be able to create a solution for this.” said an unknown person.

“Who is this?” said Trobich

“This is Robert Bakish, executive vice president of Viacom. He’s part of this conference call for what’s going forward on our end.” Said D’Amore.

“As for the solution for your issues, how about this? Dixie, every month you send all 3 of your champions to do the tapings. Once your done, you send them out to work a handful of approved NWA events along with crews to tape their matches. We can then show them as a showcase of what’s happening with all of the NWA, whether as a web show or a live tv show. Would this be enough to keep you happy, Mr Trobich?” said Bakish.

“I’d have to talk this over with the other promoters, but I want a World Title Defense at next week’s show.” said Trobich.

“Who do you have in mind?” Said Dixie.
 
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Part 11-A new brand, a new opportunity
May 1st, 2006

The 2006 WWE Draft takes place and one bombshell is unleashed unto the WWE fanbase.

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ECW Returns Full Time

ECW will be returning full time as the third brand of the WWE after One Night Stand 2006, exclusively on WWE.com. As such, the following superstars will be drafted to the brand:

Main Roster: Rob Van Dam, Rey Mysterio, “The Future” Frankie Kazarian, The Dawgs (Kid Kash and Jaimie Noble), The Mexicools (Juventued, Psychosis, and Super Crazy), MNM (Johnny Nitro, Joey Mercury), The Lords of Pain (Paul Burchill, Finlay, William Regal),

Developmental: Mike Mizanin, CM Punk, Mike Knox, Sylvester Terkai, Elijah Burke, Jay Bradley Michael Elgin, Brian Cage, Prince Nana, Jimmy Rave.

Also on the draft picks was Chavo Guerrero and Kane to Smackdown, The Great Khali to Raw.

No official card has been announced for the event.

-Excerpt from the Wrestling Observer Newsletter




WWE Judgement Day 2006

May 21st, 2006


We have a slight downturn from Backlash, drawing only 12,851 at this show in the US Airways Center. Got a six match card at this show.​

Matt Hardy defeats “The Omega” Gregory Helms. After several months of getting thrashed at the hands of everyone, Matt Hardy looks to one of his friends to get himself back in the groove. Gregory doesn’t want this match because he feels that as Matt fell lower and lower while he rose to his own occasion and became a champion. Nothing too quick as it takes about 12 minutes before Matt puts Helms down with the side effect.

Chris Benoit defeats Montel Vontavious Porter. After losing to JBL, Benoit’s finds himself being called out by the newly debuted MVP, who sees the rabid wolverine as nothing more than a animal who needs to be put down for good. When the match begins, a crowd of “Power Ranger” chants permeate the air during MVP’s entrance. But that gets silenced as the match goes on, as Montel manages to reverse 3 separate suplex moves by landing on his feet, dodge a diving headbutt, but ultimately he gets pulled into the crossface and taps out.

WWE Tag Team Championship: The Hooligans (Paul London and Brian Kendrick) (w/Ashley Marrano) defeats The Mexicools (Psychosis and Super Crazy) (w/Juventeud). The Mexicools win this opportunity after a long series of wins against the Pitbulls, The Teacher’s pets, and finally a Street fight against the Lords of Pain. A nice opener to pop the crowd Post Match that ends with a shooting star press from Kendrick. Throughout the match however, the Teacher’s Pets study everything the champs do.

Rey Mysterio defeats Booker T by DQ. Booker manages to get the match thrown out when Sharmell clocks Rey in the gut with a chair. Rey on the other hand gets his heat back when Booker tries to scissor kick him into the MITB briefcase, only for Rey to slip back and take him out with a top rope van terminator. Rey’s off to ECW with fire.



United States Championship: JBL (w/Jillian Hall) defeats Mr. Kennedy and Bobby Lashley (w/ Michelle Mccool). Since Wrestlemania, JBL has risen again like a phoenix. With Benoit moving on, he’s gone through a tear defeating Paul Burchill, a returning Mohammad Hassan, Juventeud, and a new wrestler known as The Great Khali. But things shifted on the next 2 smackdowns after Backlash. On these two shows, Lashley managed to take JBL to the limit by spearing him en route to a pinfall victory, while Kennedy would earn his victory by smacking JBL with the mic at the beginning of their match and then rolling him up. For the go home show, JB would assert his dominance by whipping both of them with the US championship during a #1 contenders match. Kennedy would come so close to becoming champ but one kickout later and clothseline from hell and JBL retains. Bobby would be down thanks to briefcase shot from Jillian and the returning Basham Brothers.

World Heavyweight Championship: The Undertaker defeats “The World’s Strongest Man” Mark Henry. This match is the same as their OTL match minus the coffin and Big Sean Davari. Taker ends it with a tombstone for the win. But afterwards a promo plays on the Titantron.

Batista Returns



TNA Sacrifice 2006

May 28, 2006

Once again back at the Impact Zone with 900 filling the arena.

X Division Championship: The World Warrior Senshi defeats Eric Young. Having Petey in Eric’s corner does not save him from the Warrior’s Way.

Tag Team Turmoil: The Phenomenal Angels (A.J Styles and Christopher Daniels) win from #3 in the turmoil. The following teams come and go as follows:

  1. The James Gang (B.G James and Kip James) eliminated with the Natural Selection.

  2. The Naturals (Andy Douglas and Chase Stevens) eliminated with the Angel’s Wings.

  3. The Phenomenal Angels: Winner

  4. The Aces of Strong Style (Shinsuke Nakamura and Hiroshi Tanahashi) eliminated with the Styles Clash to Tanahashi.

  5. The Motor City Machine Guns (Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley) eliminated with the Last Rites.

  6. American Sleaze (Joey Ryan and Karl Anderson) eliminated with the Spiral Tap/BME combo.

  7. LAX (Apolo and Homicide) eliminated by DQ due to a run in by Team Canada.

  8. Team 3D (Brother Ray and Brother Devon) eliminated with a pele kick into the Angel Wings to Devon.
Clash of the Border: A1 defeats Hernandez. After the run in, Team Canada and LAX have to be kept from each other due to the Hernandez and A1 just wanting to kill each other. It starts with a massive pop as Hernandez manages to cannonball through security. During the match, A1 gives just as good as he takes as he manages to be the first man to rise from Hernandez’s shoulder tackle under his own power. The match ends with Hernandez going for the border toss only for A1 to kick him in the back before he throws him. This leads to a lariat followed by a running powerslam.

NWA Tag Team Championship: America’s Most Wanted defeat Great Bash Heel (Toru Yano and Togi Makabe) and RISE (Giant Bernard and Travis Tomko). After lockdown, Team 3D and AMW main evented the post Lockdown episode of Impact and would lead to the show getting its first rating over 1.0 that night. Unfortunately, Gail Kim would end up saving the title for her boys when she kicked Brother Runt in the jimmies and then cracked BrotherRay with a beer bottle for the win. The next night AMW continues to boast about how their reign is the greatest the NWA has ever had and now they want some more top tier competition to make their reign even more prestigious. This leads to Jim Cornette bringing in RISE, the IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions to challenge them. The next week, G.B.H. also attack both teams and demand that they are added into the match. This is a massive mess that will see the match almost thrown out as this is just a massive brawl from the beginning of the bell until the end when Harris and Tomko falling off a ladder into a table. Goto spearing Bernard into the barricade, leaving only Yano and Storm. Storm puts Yano down with a superkick to the knee and a eye of the storm for good measure.

Suplex vs. Submission: Samoa Joe defeats “Big Poppa Pump” Scott Steiner. I don’t have to change anything about this, except for the finish where Joe finishes Steiner with a snap powerslam, a senton for good measure, and finally the coquina clutch.


Fatal Four Way Match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship: Christian Cage defeats “The Icon” Sting, Raven, and Jeff Jarrett. Originally Cage just wanted the match with Sting, but Jeff Jarrett did have a contractually obligated rematch so does Raven, and Sting is owed his match with Jarrett by winning Lethal Lockdown. So Cornette makes it a fatal four way to get this out of the way and keeps everyone happy. Christian manages to get the win by hitting Jarrett with the Unprettier while Sting was knocked out with a guitar shot while Raven had been taken out with the Scorpion Death Drop onto a chair. With his biggest defense behind him, Christian grabs the mic to ask who’s next. Out comes The Monster Abyss.
 
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Part 12-The Future GOES EXTREME!!!
June 11th, 2006
ECW One Night Stand: The Second Strike.


One more time, we come back to the Hammerstein Ballroom, bringing in 2460 people for the show. After the announcement of ECW’s full time release, the show began streaming on the WWE website effectively replacing Velocity as their online exclusive show. Over the next 4 weeks, each episode is tentpoled with the brackets of a tournament for the revived ECW Championship:​

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The only difference between this and OTL’s belt is that the plates will be Silver with Gold lettering.​

ECW Episode 1: May 18th, 2006.

Rob Van Dam defeats Stevie Richards.

William Regal defeats The Sandman.

ECW Episode 2: May 25th, 2006.

Johnny Nitro defeats Paul Burchill.

Rey Mysterio defeats Sylvester Terkai.

ECW Episode 3: June 1st, 2006.

Rob Van Dam defeats William Regal.

ECW Episode 4: June 8th, 2006.

Rey Mysterio defeats Johnny Nitro.



The Dawgs (Kid Kash, Jaimie Noble, and Charlie Haas) defeat the Mexicools (Juventued, Psychosis, and Super Crazy). After the Kurt Angle tribute match, Charlie was taken off TV to go over a new gimmick. Ultimately, he started taking Kash under his wing and the three men are now joining together to be the new group against each of the Mexicools, working singles matches against them. They do so with the good ol boys ( vertical suplex/crossbody combo.) to Psychosis.

Crusierweight Championship: “The Future” Frankie Kazarian (c.) defeats Joey Mercury (w/Johnny Nitro and Melina). After losing the belts, MNM move over to ECW to begin pursuing the singles belt. Joey being a OMEGA boy feels as if this belt it his birthright. The Future of the Crusiers thinks otherwise. A Wave of the Future puts down Joey, but post match Kaz gets the moonlight driver from Johnny. This isn’t over.

Tommy Dreamer defeats Mike “The Miz” Mizanin. Tommy opens this segment by talking about how this is the true rebirth of ECW and how much he missed coming out to wrestle for all of you. The Miz comes out to do a cheer with Tommy, but Tommy rebukes him once he tries to do the hurrah chant. None too happy about being interrupted, Miz clocks Tommy from behind which leads to this impromptu match. As best as Miz tries, he’s still green and a Dreamer DDT puts him down and out.

USM (w/Tazz) defeats Danny Doring and Roadkill. After the Tommy/Miz match, Tazz rises from the commentary table with a mic. The Human Suplex Machine says that ECW is the future and its time he adds to the future himself. Out comes two Meat Men from New Jersey. Brian Cage and Michael Elgin. He calls out anyone who wants to throw down with the Unbreakable Suplex Machines. The pair make quick work of the Danny Doring and Rodadkill putting them down with a Northern Lights suplex from Cage followed by the Air Raid Crash from Elgin. This is the future of ECW, survive if we let you.

Elijah Burke (w/Sylvester Terkai) defeats C.W Anderson. After that squash, this is one of two matches that scream workrate. The two men get 10 minutes to showcase their ability, with Elijah managing to reverse a spinebuster into a triangle choke. This leads into a pin attempt from Anderson to break it up, but Elijah follows up with the Elijah express for the win.

Mike Knox (w/Kelly Kelly) defeats The Sandman. Nothing to bring up here. Sandman does his intro, swings his cane and misses and Mike puts down him down with a reverse brainbuster. Post Match, Kelly tries to do a striptease but she is immediately covered up and taken to the back by Knox.

“The Straight Edge Striker” CM Punk defeats “The Crown Jewel” Josh Royal (w/Prince Nana). Since the announcement of ECW, regular vignettes have been shown of Punk using a series of holds, strikes, and talking about his straight edge lifestyle. Meanwhile, his opponent’s valet Prince Nana interrupts the final vignette wondering why the hell should anyone care about some non-drugged up hippie when they could care about the greatest acquisition that ECW will ever have: Josh Royal (aka Jimmy Rave). “Well if you want to put your crown jewel to the test, have him face me and I’ll submit him to a straight edge.” says Punk. Punk promptly routs Royal in the opening minutes of the match with several stretch kicks to the back, then the chest, and finally the legs, but Royal manages to comeback by poking punk in the eye then using his own boot laces to choke Punk out. After about 7 minutes of back and forth action Royal screws up with a top rope hurricarana being blocked by punk, a styles clash, followed up by the anaconda vice for the win. Straight Edge Striker makes a great first impression.

Extreme Rules Match for the ECW World Heavyweight Championship: Rob Van Dam defeats Rey Mysterio with a Van Terminator. And now we have the main event: With the ECW Championship was revived RVD decided to stop being the cool whatever stoner and putting forth a promo for the ages.

“January 29, 2000. I broke my ankle after 2 years of being the greatest champion ECW had ever seen. Four years of telling everyone that I was worth more money here and more money elsewhere went down the drain with that injury. When I came back I fought every person Paulie put in front of me and showed them why I AM THE WHOLE F’N SHOW!!!! And now I have my chance to take the one belt that has eluded me my entire career. Rey Mysterio, you should have stayed on Smackdown because I’m going to win and nothing will stop me!!!”

This is a match for the ages as the two throw everything at each other. Huricarranas, Frog Splahes, Rolling Thunder, chair shots, blood, and both going through tables: Rey after missing a swanton bomb, Rob getting moon sault splashed into the announcer table. The match ends when Rey hits the 619 and goes for the huriccarana pin combo when Rob catches Rey and buckle bombs him. This leads to a Van Terminator for the win. Now covered in a crimson mask and one of his shoulder straps off, Rob lifts the new ECW Championship belt up in the air which leads to the old school roster coming out and lifting him up on his shoulders.



June 18th, 2006

TNA Slamiversary 2006

With a successful run of shows in the area during May and June, tickets being sold since the announcement in Lockdown, and the official announcement of the NWA National Championship Tournament, Slamiversary turns in TNA’s biggest attendence to date with 3300 people coming into the show. But first here are the results of the tournament:

First Round Matches (IMPACT May 18th and May 25th):

Mark Jindrack defeats Ricky Murdock with a Crucifix Neckbreaker.

Mike Awesome defeats El Generico with a Awesome Bomb.

Bobby Roode defeats Lance Hoyt with the Payoff after A1 and Petey take on LAX in another brawl.

Kevin Steen defeats Ron The Truth Killings with a senton bomb.

Second Round Matches ( IMPACT June 1st)

Mike Awesome defeats Kevin Steen with a suicide dive onto Kevin followed by a Awesome Bomb to head on into the finals.

Bobby Roode defeats Mark Jindrack after ducking a clothesline, and finally rolling him up.

World X Cup Showcase: Jay Lethal (w/ The Motor City Machine Guns) defeats Jack Evans (w/Homicide, Alex Koslov, and El Hijo Del Fantasma) Eric Young (w/PJ Black, Mike NIchols, Rockstar Spud, and Coach D’Amore) and Yujiro Takahashi (w/Koji Kanemoto, Fergal Devitt, and Black Tiger) with the Lethal Combination on Evans. Next month, July is where the X Division will take center stage with the World X Cup finals taking place at Destination X.

X division championship: “The World Warrior” Senshi defeats Kenny King. For months, Kenny King has been talking S*** about how the champion is just a silent cue ball. Senshi doesn’t do anything until the match happens and it shows. From bell ring to about 3 minutes in, Senshi just brutalizes Kenny with a series of kicks: a roundhouse to put him on the ground, a snap kick to the chest, and his haymaker kicks to the back. Kenny shows his best showing to this date by bumping like a boss throughout this and managing to reverse one of the kicks into an irish whip, but it ultimately leads to a Warrior’s Way to put him down.

Team 3D (Brother Ray, Devon, and Brother Runt) defeats The Naturals (Andy Douglas, Chase Stevens, and Sonjay Dutt.) in a elimination Tables Match. Runt and Sonjay have been having short matches throughout the last month with Runt using his brothers to get the next shot. Sonjay asked for the Naturals as they want to head on to prove that their the best team. Team 3d clean sweep all 3, which leads to the Naturals going on excursion for the next few months.

NWA World Tag Team Championship: “The Phenomenal Angels (Christopher Daniels and A.J Styles) defeat America’s Most Wanted (James Storm and Chris Harris) with a Last Rites/Spiral Tap combination. With the win of the tag team turmoil, AJ and Daniels begin on a tear with a pair of wins over American Sleaze and The Aces of Strong Style (they’re heading back to Japan after this.) Meanwhile, the champs do something many haven’t seen in a while: AMW in singles competiton. While both men win their matches, James starts getting pops from fans than Harris with his matches. As far as their next challenge, AMW looks to Gail Kim to do what she does best: help them keep their belts. Towards the end, Gail moves in with a kendo stick to take down AJ but she ends up blind sided by former NWA Women’s champion Lexie Fyfe.

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“The Samoan Submission Machine” Samoa Joe defeats The Serengeti (Monty Brown and Ron the Truth Killings) with a Muscle Buster to Killings. With Steiner done, Joe moves onto former world title contender Monty Brown. Monty doesn’t treat Joe as a fat slob but instead his chance to take his hype and get his next shot. Ron joins in because he’s been floundering as a talent for well over a year. It does not help as Ron gets a savate kick once the match begins that puts him down until the end. From there, Monty and Joe just throw big power moves at each other for 15 minutes. But the end comes with grabbing Monty by the arm when he comes running for the pounce and transitioning that into a STF. Ron jumps in just as Monty’s about to tap which leads to Joe giving him the Muscle Buster and dropping him on Monty. JOE JOE JOE JOE!!!

“The Icon” Sting defeats Jeff Jarrett in a loser leaves town match with the scorpion death lock. This was it. Jarrett had lost the belt at January and has continued to slip down the slope every month. He’s been lashing out at everyone around him, which has lead to Gail, AMW, Monty Brown, Scott Steiner, and Team Canada leaving him on his own. This was nothing more than a simple heel vs. Face match. Jarrett goes for the guitar after spitting in Sting’s face, pushing him into the ref, and then kicking him in the nuts. But Sting will not be denied, he dodges two guitar swings and the third only to hit the turnbuckle. Following that, Sting catches Jarrett with a drop kick, the scorpion death drop, and finally the death lock for the win. Going forward, Jarrett will wrestling in other NWA territories as a goodwill ambassador and helping on creative.

NWA National Heavyweight Championship finals (With Special Guest Referee Tully Blanchard and the New National Championship belt presented by Austin Idol): Bobby Roode defeats Mike Awesome with the Glorious DDT. This is the coming out party for Bobby as he manages to survive a top rope awesome bomb. Awesome can’t believe it and as he yells at Tully, Bobby wills himself back up and he manages to catch Awesome with the DDT for the win.

NWA World Heavyweight Championship: The Monster Abyss defeats Christian Cage with a Black Hole Slam. This match is brutal with a capital B. Ever since Sacrifice, Abyss has gone on a tear to get this match. From attacking Joe Legend (Edge and Christian’s trainer), and even trying to drown him in his own home finally gets Christian to agree to the match. For the match itself, Christian throws everything but the kitchen sink but unfortunately Christian gets taken down when Abyss kicks a chair into his face while he goes for a frog splash. This leads to the black hole slam for the win. The NWA is now the playpen of the Ministry.

Well now we're halfway through the story and our main character hasn't had a spotlight for some time now. Next time, Eddie makes his decision.
 
Part 13-A Decision made, A Titan stands down.
June 30th, 2006

El Paso, TX.

7:00 AM

Eddie Guerrero looked up at the bedside mirror as he put his shirt on. For 7 months, he worked hard to get this six pack back. For 7 months, he worked hard to go back and do what he loved. But the biggest reminder of all of this, was the scar on his chest: where the first incision was placed to save his life.

Do I still want to risk my life to do what I love?” thought Eddie as he pulled down his shirt.

As he walked down to the kitchen, he saw his family all at the table talking.

Vickie, Shaul, Sherry, Kaylie, Chavo, Rey, thank you for standing by me through everything.”

A ring pulled Eddie out of his thoughts as his phone got a new text.

-Hey Champ, feeling better? If so, are you ready to talk about a return?-Hunter.

Eddie looked at the phone and cleared his throat.

“Everyone, I’ve made a decision.”

At the table, everyone looked up at Eddie with a sense of worry.

“I will retire from the ring when my contract is up in November.” Said Eddie. “Hunter wants me to come talk to him about my return. Chavo, I want you with me to keep me from signing a new in ring deal. We know Hunter and Shane can be reasonable, but Laurinitis will do whatever Vince tells him to do.”

“Do you want Rey to also be part of this meeting?” Chavo asked.

“Not just him, but Chris and Dean.” Said Eddie with a look of determination.

July 16th, 2006

TNA Destination X 2006

Tonight, the X division takes center stage as the Impact Zone gets to about 700 people in for the finals of the World X Cup and 2 dream matches against two of the greatest crusierweights of all time. As for the rest of the roster, a special 2 hour impact will be taking place in 2 weeks. But for the World X Cup itself here were the results:

June 21st Impact:

Team Mexico (Alex Kozlov and Jack Evans) def Team Commonwealth (PJ Black and Mikey Nichols)

Team USA (The Motor City Machine Guns) def. Team Japan (Fergal Devitt and Koji Kanemoto)

June 28th Impact:

Team Commonwealth (Eric Young) defeats Team USA (Johnny Devine)

Team Mexico (Homicide) defeats Team Commonwealth (Rockstar Spud)

July 5th Impact:

Team USA (Jay Lethal) defeats Team Japan (Yujiro Takahashi)

Team Mexico (El Hijo del Fantasma) defeats Team Commonwealth (Eric Young)

July 12th Impact:

Team Japan (Fergal Devitt, Yujiro Takahashi, Black Tiger) defeats Team Mexico (Homicide, El Hijo del Fantasma, Jack Evans)

Team USA (Alex Shelley, Chris Sabin, and Jay Lethal) defeats Team Commonwealth (Eric Young, Rockstar Spud, and PJ Black).

Total Standings:

Team Mexico: 6 points

Team USA: 6 points

Team Japan: 2 points

Team Commonwealth: 2 points

Pre Show: Kenny King def. Cassidy Riley.

Women’s Showcase: Sumie Sakai def. Christie Ricci. Christie Ricci is the current NWA Women’s champion and one of the longest the belt has had in some time. However, her opponent Sumie Sakai is one of the new signees for TNA’s Knockout Division.

Main Card:

World X Cup Finals Elimination Tag Team Match: Team Commonwealth (PJ Black, Mikey Nicholis, and Rockstar Spud) def. Team Mexico (El Hijo del Fantasma, Alex Kozlov, and Jack Evans), Team Japan (Koji Kanemoto, Black Tiger, and Yujiro Takahashi), and Team USA (Chris Sabin, Alex Shelley, and Johnny Devine). Much like the otl match from Victory Road 2008, this is just a simple spotfest of everyone getting their moves in quickly before getting eliminated. For the match itself, the most number of eliminations come from the Guns tagging in and out and double teaming their way to a clean sweep of Team Mexico only to be thrashed by both Petey Williams and Eric Young leading to Black putting down both of the guns with a 450 splash and the pin.

Elimination order:

#1: Rockstar Spud (PJ)

#2: Johnny Devine (B. Tiger)

#3: Koji Kanemoto (Kozlov)

#4: Black Tiger (PJ)

#5: Yujiro Takahashi (Evans)

#6: Mikey Nichols (Guns)

#7: Alex Kozlov (Guns)

#8: Jack Evans (Guns)

#9: El Hijo Del Fantasma (Guns)

#10 and #11: Sabin and Shelley (PJ)

X Division #1 Contender’s match: Brother Runt (w/Team 3D) vs. Sonjay Dutt goes to a no contest thanks to interference from Team 3D. Post beatdown, Ray grabs Runt and tells him “don't ever say we didn't do anything for you.”

World X Cup Finals Ultimate X: Eric Young def. Homicide vs. Fergal Devitt vs. Jay Lethal. This win comes again thanks to Team Canada shenanigans, this time from A1 running in and power bombing Homicide on the steel steps. Before that though, Devitt pulls one of the most daredevil move in the match as he manages to catch Lethal with a slingshot assisted diamond cutter. Devitt would pull himself back to his feet after that spot and climb to the X but even he would fall to a D'Amore hockey shot.

Team Commonwealth wins the 2006 World X Cup!

Crusiers vs. X: Jushin Thunder Lyger def. NWA Tag Team Champion AJ Styles. When Destination X was announced AJ and Daniels made their presence felt as the champs during their run felt that the X division was the successors of the Crusierweights, read:not what the E presents you with online). As such, they wanted to take on two of the greatest talents of the division. Cornette obliges them and throughout the month highlight packages of the two opponents from WAR and New Japan. As for the match, AJ gives it his all but towards the end he pulls off a 450 splash only for Liger to roll out of the way and which lead to a Liger Bomb in 18:43.

Crusiers vs. X: NWA Tag Team Champion Christopher Daniels def. Ultimo Dragon (w/Kazuchika Okada). As for Daniels, he managed to have a much better go of this, with the move of the match having Dragon do his turnbuckle headstand, catching Daniels with a hurricarana when he tries for a followup attack, only for Daniels to land on his feet and staredown Dragon when he turns around. They continue with hard kicks, inverted ddts, moonsaults, and finally Daniels manages to pin Dragon's shoulders when he locks in the Dragon sleeper.

X Division Championship: Senshi (c.) def. “Maple Leaf Muscle” Petey Williams. With Eric winning the X cup, all eyes are on Senshi to keep the belt away from Team Canada. To this end, Cornette has all members of Team Canada banned from the ring during this match. Also, the other competitors of the X cup are kept in the front row to watch the match. The match goes on as follows as the bulker Petey keeps Senshi down with by tanking much of those stiff kicks on his chest, catching one and putting Senshi down with a leg whip, and keeping him grounded for much of the match with a knee bar. He manages to get out of it with a rope break but Petey stays on the warpath. Following this, Senshi fights gimped every step of the way during this match but manages to take control after he takes a russian leg sweep and transitions it into a an armbar. Petey's saving grace comes as four men in ski masks try to run in from the crowd only to be stopped by the members of Team Commonwealth. With no help coming in from anyone, Petey taps. The World Warrior is held up by his compatriots in the division as Destination X ends.

July 23rd, 2006

WWE Great American Bash 2006
Only 8,000 people fill the Conseco Fieldhouse, par for course in comparison to last year's Bash and another downturn when compared to Judgement Day. The attendance is starting to hurt.

Heat: The Hardy Boyz (Matt and Jeff) def. “The OMEGA” Gregory Helms and “The Reject” Shannon Moore. After a rematch between the two, Matt would lose thanks to the return of his former Mattitude disciple Shannon Moore. Over the next month, repeated attacks and sabotage by the two would lead to Matt bringing in his brother to even the oods. Nothing too special aside from having the Hardys reuniting. Matt puts down Shannon with the Side Effect for the win.

WWE Tag Team Championship: The Teacher’s Pets KC James and Idol Stevens (w/Michelle Mccool). Def. “The Hooligans” Paul London and Brian Kendrick (w/Ashley Massaro) This match is a right rout as for the last 2 months the Teacher’s Pets have been studying every match The Hooligans have had since Judgement Day and with the help of a handful of trainers (the most common of these trainers is being played by Matt Striker) they managed to counter every move London and Kendrick throw at them in their match. The end comes when Stevens reverses the sliced bread #2 into an inverted ddt. Suprisingly, the Brawn of the Group: Bobby Lashley was nowhere to be seen in this match.

MVP vs. Mr. Kennedy goes to a no contest thanks to Bobby Lashley coming in and decimating both at the bell rings. Why did this happen? Because Bobby Lashley is the dominator of men.

United States Championship: Chavo Guerrero def. JBL (w/the cabinet) . As of now, the reign of JBL continues putting down Matt Hardy with a decisive win and a dq win over Mark Henry thanks to Batista interference. But with a victory over each of the three amigos (benoit, rey, and eddie) he’s hungry for another win over the newest vanilla midget on Smackdown. Throughout the month, John reguarly berates Chavo over many of his shortcomings in his career like Pepe the horse, being Eddie’s slave, and Kerwin White. In response, Chavo responds to this by giving the three amigos to JBL 2 weeks before the event, while JBL follows this up on the go home show by whipping Chavo. When the match starts, Chavo dodges a big boot and suicide dives onto the Bashams. From there, it’s a hit and run strategy for Chavo as he clips JBL back and forth throughout the match. But the end is one to remember as Chavo hits JBL with the following: a german suplex, a hurricarana, and finally a frog splash for the win.

“The Animal” Batista def. “The World’s Strongest Man” Mark Henry. After 8 months on the injury list, Batista is back to destroy the man who put him there in the first place. And after Mark tries to take a count out, this just leads to Batista Spearing him into the barricade and then throwing him into the ring to start the match. From there, is just a good ol fashion hoss match as Batista struggles to lift Mark up into the powerbomb. Ultimately, he gets it after a spine buster on the ring and the Batista Bomb for the win.

World Heavyweight Championship: The Undertaker def. “The Rabid Wolverine” Chris Benoit. Benoit gives it a good go, but ultimately he takes a tombstone for the win. But this isn't the end of it all.

Booker T def. The Undertaker for the World Heavyweight Championship via MITB cash in. Throughout the entire month, Booker has been doing his own thing not interacting with the champion or his current challenger. It feels as if the match wasn't coming at all, but remember the MITB can come at any given time. A crack upside the head, a scissor kick onto the steel steps and a book end puts him down for the win.




July 25th, 2006

Change in the guard: Inoki leaves New Japan, Tanahashi Upsets Lesnar

Shocking news from New Japan's Dominion show as in the main event Hiroshi Tanahashi defeats Brock Lesnar with a high fly flow in 20:03. But this is only the tip of the iceberg as New Japan founder Antonio Inoki is officially leaving the company. Last year, Inoki sold his controlling stock of New Japan to the Video Game company Yuke's but they chose to keep him on as President and Chairman of the company as he had a plan to turn the ailing company around. Brock Lesnars' run as IWGP champion was step 1 in the process of Inoki's plan. But unfortunately, Brock's various title matches have been anything but inspired, often ending in 5 minutes with minimal effort from the champion. Yuke's has not named a replacement for either of the positions Inoki held, but looks to keep one facet of the Inoki plan going forward.

Also on the card, Team 3D would take the Heavyweight tag champs to their limit in a time limit draw, possibly setting them up for a rematch at a later show. Team 3D is the second team working on New Japan cards despite being signed to TNA Wrestling. We will have more information on this in the review of the event itself.

-Excerpt from the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

Author's Note: I've kept you all waiting with this for some time now and I owe an explanation. For me, both other projects (that I can't spoil yet) and life got in the way for me to get back to this. I have Summerslam and Hard Justice planned out but the dialogue for Eddie's meeting is the real doorstopper along with how I will get to Bound For Glory. For those who are still reading up to this point, thank you for standing by and I'm meeting your expectations.
 
Part 14-A shift towards a better industry
July 25th, 2006

WWE Headquarters

Stanford, Connecticut.

The corporate office of Vince Mcmahon feels at time a masoleum of greatness. Adorning each of the walls is a picture of his father or himself meeting with someone of great power: a picture with Donald Trump from the announcement of Wrestlemania 4, A backdoor photo shoot with President Clinton on the bridge of the USS Intrepid, A family photo from Times Square when WWE first went public, and finally a photo of Vince himself with his father presumably when he first started working for the company. Eddie was facing forward in front of the conference table with Vickie, Rey, Chavo, Dean Malenko, Chris Benoit, and the Guerreros official attorney: Alan Percy. Vince sat on the other side of the table with John Laurinitis, Stephanie Mcmahon, Triple H, Bruce Pritchard, the WWE's official attorney Jerry Mcdevitt. They were waiting for one more person for this meeting to begin and as such everyone was just making small talk about Eddie's recovery. A pat on the shoulder from Trips, a hug from Vince and Stephanie, and a handshake from Bruce did make Eddie feel at home, but he knew that today he would not be dissuaded from retirement. After about 15 minutes the final guest to this meeting came in the door.

“Well better late than never, Shane.” said Vince as his face went from a jovial smile to a narrow scowl. “Now, let's get down to business, Eddie have you made your decision?”

“I have, Mr. Mcmahon.” said Eddie as he leaned forward toward the desk. “I'm not signing a new deal.”

“But where will you go, if you won't work here?” said Pritchard. “ROH barely has the money to keep you do a one shot, let alone a full time deal. TNA might be better but you'll be taking a pay cut no matter what.”

“I don't want to leave the company, I just don't want to work in ring anymore. No manager gimmick, no general manager, I just want to work the back office.”

“In what capacity?” said Shane. “As a producer, a trainer, talent scout?”

All 3 if there is an opening.” said Eddie.

“I see, how soon do you want to begin? Said Vince.

“When my deal runs out in November. But I want the following in this contract:

“A health insurance policy with the company footing at least 80% of the bill of all medical expenses, A six figure contract that covers my travel expenses when I'm on duty, and finally a severance package that takes care of my family if I die. Do this and I'm yours.”

“ Do you realize what you're asking for? Said Stephanie. “If we do this, the other employees and talent are going to be asking for the same. That is just not financially viable at this point.”

“Ms. Mchamon, your best show this year was sold for $49.95 on pay per view and turned in a gross profit of $79,920,000. Despite the slight downturn from Kurt Angle's death, I think you have more than enough money to keep the company afloat.” Said Mr. Percy.[1]

“I agree with Mr. Percy.” Said Shane “We still haven't recovered face since the Angle incident and with Summerslam, we need some goodwill for the talent. We might have to tighten our waists for a bit, but it can be done. But that's up to you dad? What is your decision?”

Vince had remained silent through the entire conversation stone faced, but in his mind.

January 30th, 1987

“I'm done boss” Said Andre the Giant. “The Giant titus is getting worse, along with all these bumps I'm taking on my back.”

“Can you at least hold off until April?” “I'll give you a good paycheck to get you to Mania, just please don't bow out on me now!” said Vince grabbing one of Andre's hands and holding them in a pleading manner.

Andre looked Vince dead in the eyes and said “Will you look after my family if I die on your watch?”

“Yes Yes Yes.” “Just hold onto Wrestlemania.” Said Vince.

February 16th, 1993.

Vince sat in his office with a French newspaper in his hand. The article he's reading, “Andre the Giant dead at 46.” “If only I could have done more.”



Back to the present...

Vince continued to look stonefaced at Eddie while everyone continued to look towards as if he just zoned out but when a tear left his eye, it stopped Trips from reaching over and shaking him.

“I will give you what you want Eddie.” “But in return, I want you to use this to take care of yourself and your family in the best way possible.”

“Thank you Mr. Mcmahon.” Said Eddie. “Okay, where do we go from here?”

[1] The buyrates for Wrestlemania 22 ittl was 640,000 buys in North America and 960,000 in foreign markets, a slight dip from what happened iotl which was 636,000 and 975,000 respectively. I honestly feel that the money that would be put into health care post-Benoit incident was also be a dip in the pond for the E.

Well, now we're in the endgame of this story, 3 more shows for the E, and 4 more shows for TNA. Next time, TNA puts on their first 2 hour episode of Impact and WWE goes forth with Summerslam. See you then.
 
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