Triple H returned to Monday Night RAW yesterday sporting a shorter haircut, ditching the corporate suit, and delivering an ass kicking to Brock Lesnar.
HHH saved Mr McMahon after Brock Lesnar came out to defend his friend and manager Paul Heyman after McMahon turned the tables on Heyman and attacked him with his crutches.
However Lesnar had no chance to hurt McMahon as Triple H – in jeans and shirt and ready to fight – appeared for the first time since late August and brawled with Lesnar, splitting Lesnar’s head wide open after ramming him through the ring post.
The two former WWE champions kept fighting as WWE cameras tried their best to avoid showing the bloodied face of the former UFC fighter on a PG rated program.
Lesnar and Triple H are expected to wrestle at WrestleMania in a SummerSlam rematch. Lesnar won the first round back in August, “breaking” Triple H’s arm.
WWE has announced that Donald Trump will be inducted into the celebrity wing of the WWE Hall of Fame this year in the ceremony that will take place at Madison Square Garden in New York on the eve of WrestleMania.
The 66 year old Chairman and President of The Trump Organization has been a friend of the McMahon family for several years and is a wrestling fan as well. In 1988 and 1989 he successfully managed to host WrestleMania back-to-back at his Trump Plaza in Atlantic City, New Jersey and to this date the Trump Plaza is the only location which managed to secure two WrestleManias in a row.
Trump was also present at WrestleMania XX in Madison Square Garden and was interviewed on-screen by WWE Hall of Famer Jesse “The Body” Ventura before being involved again three years later at WrestleMania 23 in Detroit. At that particular WrestleMania, Trump was in a hair vs hair match against Vince McMahon although the two had other wrestlers representing them – Bobby Lashley for Trump and the late Umaga for McMahon. At the end of the match, Trump helped Lashley shave McMahon’s head.
In June of 2009, Trump “bought” Monday Night RAW and then “sponsored” the following week’s RAW show by having it commercial-free. WWE gave full refund to the fans who purchased tickets to the show as part of the storyline as well.
The storyline was killed the following week after WWE investors didn’t get that it was a storyline and hit the panic button.
Trump joins Mike Tyson, Bob Uecker, William Perry, and others in the celebrity wing of the Hall of Fame.
Tonight’s Monday Night RAW will feature a main event with possible consequences for the WrestleMania main event as John Cena will take on CM Punk with the winner going on to face The Rock for the WWE title.
Also on the show tonight is WWE Chairman and CEO Vince McMahon as he is scheduled to “fight” Paul Heyman. Speaking of Heyman, former WWE and UFC champion Brock Lesnar will also be in the house.
While Brock Lesnar will make an appearance, WWE champion The Rock and the recently-returned Chris Jericho will not be on the show due to other commitments.
And with the Undertaker returning during the Smackdown non-televised live event during the past weekend, rumors are that the Deadman will finally show up on TV to hunt for his next WrestleMania opponent.
Sitting front row with boyfriend George Clooney, former WWE Diva Stacy Keibler looked all nice and pretty at the 2013 Academy Awards.
Despite all odds, Keibler managed to stay with Clooney even though a few months ago tons of tabloid magazines and websites reported that the two were on the verge of splitting.
You can see 10 photos of Keibler along with Clooney from yesterday’s Oscars ceremony below.
Dwayne Johnson’s new movie Snitch is expected to open up in second place now according to predictions by BoxOfficeMojo.com, generating $13,000,000 from 2,511 screens across the country.
While second place doesn’t sound so bad, the $13 million opening would be the forth worse opening for a movie which involves the current WWE champion. Planet 51, Faster, and Southland Tales – which only had a very, very small limited release – are the other three movies which opened worse than Snitch.
When adjusted for ticket inflation, Snitch would be the second worse, only behind Southland Tales.
Two time WWE Hall of Famer “Nature Boy” Ric Flair will be at a non-televised NXT live event tonight in Melbourne, Florida.
Flair will be there with his daughter – who wrestles under the name of Charlotte in NXT – signing autographs from 4:00PM onward. The start time for the show is 6:00PM. It will take place at the Melbourne Auditorium at 625 E Hibiscus Blvd.
Charlotte is the name that WWE gave to the 26 year old Ashley Flair when she signed up her developmental deal in an obvious reference to where her father is from.
Fans who attended the non-televised live event in Waco, Texas, yesterday, got a huge surprise as the Undertaker returned for a very rare house show match.
The Deadman teamed up with Sheamus to take on Damien Sandow and Wade Barrett, in what was his first in-ring activity since the RAW 1000 episodes where he “saved” Kane.
His return just weeks before WrestleMania will certainly spark more rumors about Taker’s involvement at WrestleMania 29 and who he will be facing to keep his 21-0 streak going strong.
WWE has a short video uploaded on their Tout account of the entrance of the Undertaker from last night’s Smackdown event which you can see below.
After the UFC 157 pay-per-view was over, Dana White and most of the fighters on the main card including the UFC Women’s Bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey, took questions from the media who were present to cover the show.
You can see the full post-fight press conference below.
The PPV portion of UFC 157 started off with a bang as Josh Koscheck rushed the center of the cage and quickly got the power double leg on Ruthless Robbie Lawler. Lawler was a long time training partner with UFC hall of famer Matt Hughes who was one of the best wrestlers in the history of the sport. Lawler stayed calm and utilized the butterfly guard to get free and back up. Lawler sprawls on another take down and lands a big right on a kneeling Koscheck and unleashes a few more for good measures as Herb Dean rushes over to wave off the fight. Koscheck never looked out but he was pinned against the fence and Lawler was looking to hurt him.
In another grueling war Court McGee made his welterweight debut as he makes the cut down from middleweight. Josh Neer was the welcome party and he was able to go the distance but this fight was almost all McGee other than the second round. McGee unleashed the strikes in bunches never settling for one when he could land as many as five in row. McGee hurt the body or more precisely the liver of Neer at the end of round but once he had Neer on the ground he was punching away at the head and not the body. Round 2 was the same from McGee but Neer was able to get off a few good series when he would start the exchange rather than try to counter. In the third round McGee continued the relentless pace and set a new record for strikes landed for a welterweight by eclipsing the 234 mark. McGee took the unanimous decision with scores of 30-27 from all three judges. This was his first time fighting at 170 I can’t wait to see what he does after he makes that cut a few more times.
The rematch between “The California Kid” Urijah Faber and Ivan Menjivar was up next and Menjivar started it off with a beautiful throw. Faber was able to roll over and get side control. Faber spends the next few minutes pounding away on Menjivar. Menjivar gets some space and tries to get up but Faber hopes on his shoulders side ways than spins the right leg around the waist of the standing Menjivar to get the body triangle. Faber locks in the standing rear naked choke and Menjivar taps out at 4:34 of round 1.
In the co-main event a number one contender for the Light Heavyweight champion was decided and that man will be Lyoto “The Dragon” Machida. Machida took the split decision 28-29, 29-28, 29-28 over Dan Henderson in a fight that never really got started it seemed. First round was close but went to Machida as he got the trip take down in the last 10 seconds. Both men seemed to have a great deal of respect for one another but they never fell for each others feints so not much happened other than circling. Hendo got the one take down he went for in the third but was never able to land that big over hand right of his. Hendo did out strike Machida to the body and legs but Machida out struck Henderson with the head shots. Machida landed 30 I think which is a low output especially compared to McGee who earlier landed 100 strikes in one round. Machida tried some of his karate techniques but nothing that ever seemed to hurt Henderson or land cleanly. It would have been interesting to see it go two more rounds but I am not sure if that would have even changed a thing. Machida will now face the winner of Jon Jones and Chael Sonnen bout after this season of TUF wraps up.
In the main event Rowdy Ronda Rousey is able to end another fight in the first round by arm bar to make it 7 pro fights, and 7 first round submissions by arm bar. Rousey locked on a headlock almost immediately and worked to get the fight to the ground. Liz Carmouche gave her a hell of a fight though including at one point taking Rousey’s back standing and locking on a neck crank she didn’t have the body triangle only the hooks in and that would lead to the end as Rousey was able to shake her and eventually get that leg across the face. Rousey started cranking on that arm and Carmouche defended for about a minute but Rousey was able to keep prying then eventually pops that arm free and Carmouche has to tap out and taps out quickly. Joe Rogan when complementing Rousey after the mentioned all she is doing for women not just women in combat sports but added at the end that those are the sexiest cauliflowered ears in mma.
UFC returned to Anaheim, CA tonight to play home to the first ever Women’s championship fight and main event in the organization. The card started out with a spectacular showing from two welterweights making their UFC debuts. Yuri Villefort took on Nah-Shon Burrell in the first Facebook fight. They came out looking to mix it up from the get go and that is what they did for the whole fifteen minutes. Burrell definitely got the edge in the stand up but Villefort made him fight his way out of numerous tight submission attempts. In the second round they just stood and banged with each other. Villefort was mixing thudding hooks to the body with outside leg kicks and Burrell was working the jab and counter punches. In the third Villefort dropped down for an ankle lock but Burrell postured up on him and unleashed a series of punches to the unprotected face of Villefort. When Villefort finally let go and got up his face looked like something out of a horror movie with huge busted nose and blood covering most of the right side. In the final half minute the two fighters stood in front of each other and punched away hoping one or the other could land that punch to steal the fight out of the judges hands. Burrell who took the unanimous decision 30-27, 29-28, 29-28 will give up a chunk of his purse for missing weight by nearly five pounds.
In the second prelim fight on Facebook Neil Magny kept his opponent Jon Manley from ever implementing his money technique the take down. Magny defended 11 of 12 take downs and Manley never tried to strike with him. Manley had no other plan than to take the fight to the ground. Magny would make him pay with knees to the body and short punches as he spent most of his time pressed against the cage by Manley as he worked for the take down. Neil Magny took home the unanimous decision 30-27, 30-27, 29-28.
The final Facebook fight didn’t last long as Kenny Robertson went for a quick take down and finished it with his head in the guillotine choke of Brock Jardine. Robertson was able to defend and pop his head free from there he quickly moved to side control than eventually took Jardine’s back. Robertson sunk both hooks in and went to work for the RNC. Jardine tried to dump him off his back over the top but Robertson shocked everyone when he was able to submit Jardine by grabbing the foot of Jardine and pulling it forward till he had no choice but tap or rip his hamstring. Dana White went on to tweet “How sick was that!!!! Love the evolution of this sport.” Great to get complements like that from the president.
Once the action moves to FX for the prelims to continue one of the UFC’s most experienced young fighters Sam Stout took to the cage to welcome another Strikeforce transplant Caros Fodor. These two went at it for fifteen minutes in close jockeying for position and taking turns trading shots to the body and head. Good fight but it was one that you could just tell was gruelling as each man was trying to put his weight on the other and the short knees and punches back and forth to the body and head. Stout would take home the ultra thin split decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28).
I know I was blown away with the performance from Burrell and Villefort but the show was stolen once Matt Grice and Dennis Bermudez started it off. Bermudez ended up on top of Grice early and unleashed 40 ground and pound shots on Grice who had one arm pinned which prevented him from blocking them. Grice gets to his feet though and is able to drop Bermudez with a left hook that almost brings the fight to a screeching halt. Herb Dean makes a great decision seeing Bermudez is recovering and lets them continue. Grice gets the better in the second round clearly with that left hand finding a home numerous times. Round 3 begins and Bermudez unleashes an assault to be remembered for all time. Over and over again he connects with uppercuts, elbows, knees and kicks. He is pound away on the ground and when they are on their feet. Dean is watching closely and nearly stopping it again but lets them continue and Grice connects with another of those big hooks and Bermudez is scrambling to get back to his feet. These two stand for the last part of the round just unleash a barrage of hay makers. Dennis Bermudez takes home the split decision 29-28×2, 28-29. Everyone should go and find this fight and watch it! Easily it will get consideration for the year end awards.
Michael Chiesa, the TUF winner, was getting out struck in the fight and was not looking so sharp against Anton Kuivanen in the first round. That all changed in the second as he was able to take the back of Kuivanen while they were on their feet. Chiesa got them to the ground locked in the body triangle and kept working for the rear naked choke until he got it. Which he successfully did at 2:29 of round 2. Than the prelims went on to end on a sour note when Brendan Shaub took on Lavar Johnson. In what everyone was expecting to be ended with a devastating knockout was the exact opposite. Schaub clearly wanted no part of Johnson’s stand up game as he took him down early and often. Schaub spent most of the fight in Johnson’s half guard but did very little as far as offense. Johnson out struck Schaub from the bottom and punished the body of Schaub when they were on their feet. Most of the strikes all came from the clinch as even when they were standing Schaub was locked onto Johnson. Johnson did bust open Schaub in the third when they got a little separation but it wasn’t enough and the judges handed the unanimous decision to Schaub by scores of 30-27×3.
Tickets for the Extreme Rules pay-per-view which will take place on Sunday, May 19, will go on sale today at 10AM CT.
The show will take place in St. Louis, Missouri, at the Scottrade Center and there are some rumors that The Rock is being advertised for the show although there’s no evidence online yet.
Ticket princes range from $25 to $350 for ringside seats which also include the commemorative event chair. Taxes and fees will be applied to tickets, with the cheapest one carrying $8.90 in additional fees while the highest priced ticket will cary $16.35 in fees.
You can purchase tickets for the show at Ticketmaster.com.
UFC President Dana White held a 45 minute Q&A chat with the fans who attended the UFC 157: Rousey vs Carmouche weigh-ins yesterday to answer a ton of different questions.
White did not set any limits on what questions should be asked and answered all of them including taking photos with fans while the chat was ongoing.
The UFC President was asked about the recent cuts from the UFC, the women’s division, going back to Connecticut, upcoming shows and much more.
It is really nice to see someone who is in charge of a global company who allocates time to talk with his fans and gives his audience a platform where they can voice their concerns or suggestions. White is also very active on Twitter and interacts with his followers regularly.
Zeb Colter and Jack Swagger recorded a two minute twenty second promo challenging political commentator Glenn Beck to come to Dallas on Monday and face the “stupid wrestling people” on Monday Night RAW.
Colter – a gimmick played by Dutch Mantel – takes charge of the promo, explaining to Beck the different demographic they reach – males, females, African-Americans, Latinos, etc.
He tells Beck that RAW has been on the air for over 20 years and is the highest rated show on USA Network. They have over 60 characters – more than NCIS and Glee for example – and some of them are really likable, and some are detestable.
Colter explains how on their TVPG show they don’t have rape, murders, or guns, like every other prime time dramas. He says they look forward to continue showing provocative, funny, and sometimes controversial stories with characters with all backgrounds and beliefs.
The video was also carried on Beck’s TheBlaze.com website, acknowledging the invitation from WWE and how Swagger and Colter “broke character” to address Beck’s comments.
“Unfortunately, I am currently booked doing anything else,” Beck said in response to the invitation.
Another 5 minute unedited video also put on by WWE shows Colter and Swagger doing a promo, then the digital background is removed, showing the green screen behind them, and the two snap back into their real life personalities, introducing themselves with their real name, and explain to Beck that what he just saw was what they call a promo. After the explanation is done, they get back in character. It’s a great video to watch.
Well it is official the Women’s Bantamweight championship will be on the line tomorrow night as both ladies came in under the 135lbs weight limit.
Ronda Rousey will defend her belt for the first time in the UFC against the United States Marine veteran Liz Carmouche. In the co-main event UFC’s number 2 Light Heavyweight Dan Henderson will take on the number 3 ranked Lyoto Machida to decide who the number one contender will be for the winner of the upcoming title bout between Jon Jones versus Chael Sonnen after this season of TUF wraps up.
Also in a marquee match up Bantamweights Ivan Menjivar will get a rematch against Urijah Faber. Last time they fought back in 2006 Menjivar was disqualified in the second round for kicking a downed opponent.
Video of the weigh-ins is available below.
The action starts on Facebook tomorrow at 6:35 pm ET
Nah-Shon “The Rock N Rolla” Burrell 175.8lbs* vs Yuri Villefort 170lbs
Jon Manley 171lbs vs Neil Magny 171lbs
Kenny Robertson 170lbs vs Brock “The Machine” Jardine 170lbs
UFC 157 prelims move to FX at 8pm ET
Sam “Hands of Stone” Stout 155lbs vs Caros “The Future” Fodor 155lbs
Dennis “The Menace” Bermudez 145lbs vs Matt “The Real One” Grice 145lbs
Michael “Maverick” Chiesa 156.2lbs** vs Anton Kuivanen 156lbs
Brendan “The Hybrid” Shaub 243lbs vs “Big” Lavar Johnson 255lbs
UFC 157 main card on PPV at 10pm ET
Josh “Kos” Koscheck 171lbs vs “Ruthless” Robbie Lawler 171lbs
Court “The Crusher” McGee 170lbs vs Josh “The Dentist” Neer
“The California Kid” Urijah Faber 136lbs vs Ivan “The Pride of El Savador” Menjivar 135.6lbs
Lyoto “The Dragon” Machida 202lbs vs Dan “Hendo” Henderson 205lbs
Ronda “Rowdy” Rousey(c) 134.6lbs vs Liz “Girlrilla” Carmouche 133.6lbs
*Burrell missed weight by a long shot and will hand over a portion of his purse to Villefort.
**Chiesa missed weight by .2 pounds but it was clear his beard weighed a couple pounds by its self so before he even tried to weigh in minus his shorts Dana and the commission called it good.
Dwayne Johnson’s latest movie, Snitch, comes out in theaters across the country today, playing at 2,511 different locations.
The movie is about a father – played by the WWE champion – who goes undercover for the DEA in a plot to free his son from prison after he was set up during a drug deal.
Joining The Rock in this movie are Susan Sarandon, Melina Kanakaredes, Benjamin Bratt, and others.
The movie Snitch is expected to open in the third position in the box office chart behind Identity Thief and Die Hard 5 according to various movie websites.
Former WWE Divas champion Maryse announced today on her Twitter that she is now engaged to former WWE champion himself, The Miz.
“Feb 21, 2013 is a date i will always remember, what beautiful day and night @mikethemiz im the happiest girl in the world!!” she wrote. “Sooooooooooo happy!!!!!!! #engaged.”
The duo have been dating for a while now, way before the 30 year old former Diva was released from her WWE contract in 2011.
WWE issued a press release inviting political commentator Glenn Beck to appear on Monday Night RAW this coming Monday to address the WWE fans.
In a segment on his show TheBlaze TV yesterday, the former Fox News employee called wrestling fans “stupid people” and criticized the storyline involving Jack Swagger, Zeb Colter, and World Heavyweight champion Alberto Del Rio.
WWE wrote in the press release that just like TV shows and movies, WWE is in the entertainment business, creating fictional characters that serve as protagonists or antagonists.
“WWE is creating a rivalry centered on a topical subject that has varying points of view. This storyline was developed to build the Mexican American character Del Rio into a hero given WWE’s large Latino base, which represents 20 percent of our audience,” the press release reads.
Swagger was featured on theblaze.com in a couple of stories – including the one of his arrest – which you can see at http://bit.ly/YGl2jj.
The third and final part of the UFC Primetime: Rousey vs Carmouche show aired yesterday and is now available online as well.
The two females will be making history with the first female fight in the UFC and if the pressure wasn’t big enough, they will be headlining the UFC 157 pay-per-view too.
Impact begins with a recap of the evil deeds of Aces and Eights. The first person to the ring is Hulk Hogan. Hogan was going to announce the number one contender at the end of last week’s episode, but was interrupted by an attack from Aces and Eights.
Hogan tells us he has decided on…Bully Ray! Bully wasn’t even in a match last week for the number one contender spot, but Hulk has decided to give his son in law the title shot anyway. Bully ray makes his way to the ring to thank his “dad.” Bully also suggests a 6 man tag for later tonight featuring Bully ray, Sting, and Hogan against 3 members of Aces and Eights. Hogan agrees.
Bobby Roode and Austin Aries are talking back stage when they are interrupted by Daniels and Kaz. Daniels congratulates Roode and Aries for beating Chavo and Hernandez for the tag titles, and then tells them to just follow their lead when they face Chavo, Hernandez, Joseph Park, and James Storm in an 8 man tag later tonight.
After they leave, Aries and Roode laugh at the thought of them following anyone else’s lead, and then they argue over which of the two of them should lead.
Commercial
Match #1: Aries, Roode, Daniels and Kaz versus Joseph Park, Chavo and Hernandez, and James Storm.
James Storm and Daniels start the match off. Storm gets the early advantage against Daniels, but the action quickly breaks down and all eight men end up in the ring. When the chaos subsides, the babyfaces stand triumphant in the ring while the heels go to the floor to regroup.
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When we return, Chavo and Kaz are the two legal men in the ring and Chavo takes Kaz down with a hurricanrana. Chavo tags Joseph Park and Joseph hits Kaz with a punch and a chop. Kaz tries to fight back and hits Joseph with a cross body but just bounces of the larger man. Daniels hits Joseph with a cheap shot to the back of the knee and the heels quadruple team Park in the corner.
At one point Aries and Roode try to suplex Park but can’t get the big man up. They keep Park isolated in their corner however and continue the quadruple teaming. Daniels hits park with a slingshot elbow drop and Kaz follows up with a slingshot leg drop. Kaz tags reaches past the outstretched arms of Bobby Roode and Austin Aries to tag his regular partner, Kaz.
Roode and Aries look irritated, I suspect these teams are not on the same page. Daniels lands a punch on Park and Aries tags himself in, then Roode tags himself in, then Kaz tags himself in. Kaz and Daniels get clotheslined by Joseph Park and try to tag in either Aries or Roode, but Roode and Aries refuse to be tagged in and drop to the floor and then walk away.
Park tags in Storm and Storm hits Daniels with a clothesline, an atomic drop, a neckbreaker and then closing time. Storm tags in Hernandez. Hernandez knocks down Daniels and tags in Chavo. Chavo hits Daniels with the frog splash but Kaz makes the save. Storm hits Kaz with the superkick, setting Park up for a second rope splash onto Kaz. Storm covers Kaz for the win.
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Match #2: Robbie E (with bigger Rob) versus Rock Star Spud.
Robbie starts off strong with a few strikes, but Spud responds with a baseball slide underneath Robbie followed by a drop kick. The two men exchange several strikes. Spud hits Robbie with a tilt a whirl DDT. Spud goes to the top and Robbie gets distracted by bigger Rob, giving Spud the chance to roll Robbie up for the win.
After the match, Robbie and Bigger Rob argue. Eventually, Robbie E slaps Bigger Robbie T across the face. Robbie T gets mad, takes off his shirt and flexes. He is pretty huge, little Robbie runs away as the London crowd cheers Robbie T.
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Match #3: Velvet Sky versus Miss Tessmacher versus Gail Kim versus Knockouts champ Tara for the Knockouts title.
This is a four way elimination match, and all four knockouts start going at it immediately. Velvet hits Tara with several shoulder blocks. Tessmacher and Velvet exchange roll up attempts. Tara drops Tessmacher with an electric chair. Tara and Gail double team Velvet. Tara side slams Velvet and then argues with Tara, and then they start fighting.
Tara backdrops Gail and Tessmacher pulls Gail to the floor and bulldogs her. Back in the ring, Velvet and Tessmacher double team Tara. Tara trips Tessmacher, bodyslams her, and then hits her with a top rope moonsault. Velvet hits Tara with a sit out double underhook facebuster, and then Gail pushes Velvet out of the way and pins Tara, eliminating her.
Tessmacher hits Gail with a pair of clotheslines and then climbs to the top. Tessmacher climbs to the top rope but Gail cuts her off. Velvet throws Gail and Tessmacher off the top rope onto the mat. Tessmacher tries to roll up Velvet, but Velvet keeps rolling and pins Tessmacher.
Velvet and Gail are the last two left and exchange strikes. Velvet hits Gail with a hurricanrana and Gail retaliates with a dropkick. Gail goes for a cover and uses the ropes for leverage but referee Taryn Tyrrell breaks it up.
Gail lands a kick and shoulder blocks Velvet into the ropes. Gail won’t back off and eventually the ref pulls her out of the corner. Gail falls backwards and Velvet hits her with “In Yo Face” (sitout double underhook facebuster) for the win. Velvet Sky is the new Knockouts champ.
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Match #4: Garret Bischoff versus Samoa Joe.
Garret starts the match off by running away, a lot. Eventually they do start to exchange and Joe gets the better of it until Bischoff rakes the eyes. Joe throws a lot of punches and Bischoff responds with a lot of kicks. Joe lands a couple headbutts to Garrett and Garret rakes the eyes again. Bischoff puts Joe in a chin lock but Joe fights his way out.
Joe hits Garret with a pair of clotheslines, a big boot, and a back splash. Joe grinds his boot into Garret’s face in the corner and then hits him with a running boot to the face. Joe’s face-wash is a thing of beauty. Joe makes the sign of the cross and hits Bischoff with a chop.
Wes Briscoe comes out to help Garret, causing Joe to win by DQ. Garret and Wes double team Joe until Kurt Angle comes to the rescue. After the match, Angle challenges Briscoe to a cage match at Lockdown.
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Match #5: Kenny King versus RVD for the X division title.
King dropkicks RVD to the floor and then pursues him. King slams RVD into the steps and onto the floor. They re enter the ring and King misses a spin kick. RVD hits King with a couple shoulder blocks in the corner, a couple forearm shots, and a back elbow. RVD climbs to the top rope and King pulls him back down to the mat.
King hits RVD with a spin kick and slams him to the mat. RVD hits King with several strikes and a pair of clotheslines followed by a big monkey flip. King hits RVD with a knee strike and then takes him down with “Royal Flush” but doesn’t hit it cleanly and RVD kicks out. RVD hits King with a springboard kick, rolling thunder, and then the frog splash for the win. RVD retains X division title.
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Match #6: Devon, DOC, and Mr. Anderson versus Bully Ray, Sting, and Hogan.
Hogan never makes it to the ring and the match starts without him. All five men start fighting with Bully and Sting getting beat down as a result of the 2-3 advantage for Aces and Eights. Eventually Sting and Bully Ray land a couple of clotheslines and take their opponents down.
Commercial
When we return, Anderson and DOC beat down Bully Ray. Anderson tags in Devon and Devon beats down his brother Ray and talks a little trash while doing it. After some quick tags and more double team action, Bully ray manages a suplex against Devon and tries to tag Sting but is held back by Devon.
Devon tags in Anderson, and after a couple strikes to Bully, Anderson spits at Sting in the corner. Bully Ray tries to chop his way out of the Aces and Eights corner but gets beat down again. Eventually Bully Ray spears Devon and tags in Sting.
Sting comes in and cleans house, beating everyone down with elbows and chops. DOC tries to slow Sting but clotheslines Devon instead by mistake. Sting hits DOC with a Scorpion Death Drop and then bodyslams Anderson. Aces and Eights send some more people to the ring and they drag the Hogans (Brooke and Hulk) with them.
Hogan has been beaten up and his shirt is ripped. Of course, if Hogan’s shirt is ripped he may have been flexing, but I doubt it; he usually looks happier when he’s flexing. He looks barely conscious. Bully Ray runs out to check on Hulk and Brooke, leaving Sting alone in the ring. Sting gets double teamed by Anderson and DOC and gets pinned by Anderson.
After the match, Sting gets triple teamed and beaten down. Tazz exclaims that it’s “a good day to be a bad guy” as Impact goes off the air.
