WCW/ECW Clash of Champions 2002
June 22, 2002
Wisconsin Center Arena
Milwaukee, WI
Triple H: “In this industry, just like in life, everyone is out to make a judgment on something they don’t know anything about. Everyone out there, every writer, every critic, every announcer, they think I wear the New World Order logo because I hate WCW. In reality, WCW and everything it once stood for helped make me who I am today. When I grew up I didn’t care about the Hulkamania or the Macho Madness or Piper’s Pit or whatever. I was watching Harley Race vs. Ric Flair. I was watching Ricky Steamboat. The NWA. That WCW. That was how I was brought up in wrestling. WCW, now owned by the McMahon Family, ruined what was once the crown jewel of ‘wrestling’. Yeah, I kicked WCW’s ass in the ratings war in the WWF. But that was just doing what I had to at the time. Just like I’m doing now. I wear the green and black, the NWO logo, because the goal is to tear down WCW and restore it to what it once was. You know what WCW isn’t and should have never been? Diamond Dallas Page. You’re no diamond. Page, you were the best in a promotion that was on its last legs. Harley, Flair, Steamboat, those were diamonds. And now that they’re gone let me tell you this. Tonight, you take your shot at glory. All you have to do is beat the best damn wrestler in the business. You get “The Game”! You get the reigning WCW World Champion. Page, trust me, there is only one diamond in this business, and baby you’re looking at him!”
Mike Tenay: “Hello ladies and gentlemen, Mike Tenay here and we welcome you to our cable TV special this Saturday Night, it’s Clash of Champions. I’d like to introduce you to someone new to the broadcast booth, welcome Don West.”
Don West: “Hi Mike! Everyone looks excited to be here! The crowd looks excited to be here! I’m excited to be here! Let’s do this thing!”
WCW United States Championship
Christian © (w/Renè Dupree) vs. Curt Hennig (w/Alexis Laree)
Christian and Hennig lock-up, but we get a clean break…before Hennig spits his gum at Christian! Christian runs at Hennig but Hennig sidesteps and Christian runs right into the turnbuckles, and Hennig rolls him up, 1…2…Christian kicks out! Hip toss by Hennig! Christian escapes to the outside as Hennig has complete control early on. Hennig chases Christian around the ring and Christian slides back in. He attacks Hennig right away, but coming off the ropes results in a shot to the gut by Hennig and a kneelift to the face! Christian backs away into the corner and gets a rake to the eyes! Christian runs Hennig’s eyes across the top rope, then stomps away at him. Christian locks in a rear chinlock as he's slowed the pace down.
Hennig fights out of the chinlock and sends Christian off the ropes. Christian sunset flips over the backdrop attempt, but Hennig drops to his knees and punches away! Christian ducks a clothesline though and a dropkick sends Hennig into the ropes. Christian leans on him, choking Hennig, before pulling him by the hair and dropping him with an Inverted DDT! Cover by Christian, 1…2…kickout from Hennig. Christian sends Hennig off the ropes and catches Hennig in a sleeper. Hennig tries to keep a vertical base, but Christian’s grasp starts to wear him down. Once Christian has Hennig down he puts hits feet on the bottom rope, adding the pressure! Referee suspects something’s up, but Christian takes his feet off when checked. Christian off course puts his feet back on the ropes as Hennig is almost out, but
Alexis Laree pushes Christian’s feet off!
Hennig makes his comeback and gets back to a vertical base, ultimately breaking the sleeper with a side suplex! Christian ends up in a sitting position and Hennig leaps over with a somersault cutter! Hennig comes off the ropes and ends up locking Christian in a sleeper of his own! Christian flails away, but escapes with a jawbreaker. Christian sets Hennig up for the
Unprettier, but Hennig shoves him off the ropes and gets a knee to the midsection. Hennig sets Christian up for the
Hennig-Plex, but Christian fights to stay on his feet. Hennig tries a standard vertical suplex instead, but Christian lands on his feet behind Hennig and goes for the
Unprettier again. Hennig escapes and hits the ropes, and catches Christian going for the back bodydrop. He has Christian set for the
Hennig-Plex, but
Renè Dupree holds Christian’s leg down from the outside, and Christian gets a small package,
feet wrapped around the bottom rope, 1…2…3!
Winner: Christian via pinfall in 9:15 (Retains)
Christian and Renè Dupree run off as Hennig shows some frustration in the ring. Alexis Laree tries to console him as we cut away.
***
World Cruiserweight Championship
Super Crazy © vs. Tajiri (w/Mikey Whipwreck)
Crazy walks up to Tajiri and Tajiri slaps him in the face! Crazy seems to accept Tajiri’s attitude and slaps him right back! Tajiri and Crazy trade blows before Crazy whips Tajiri into the ropes. Tajiri goes for a headscissors but doesn’t catch Crazy’s head, but he lands on his feet. Roundhouse misses, then Tajiri runs into a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker from Crazy! Corkscrew elbow drop from Crazy! Cover, 1…2…Tajiri kicks out! Another tilt-a-whirl from Crazy, but it leads to a Tajiri armdrag! Tajiri ducks a clothesline, comes off the ropes with a handstand and hits Crazy with a back elbow! Cover, 1…2…Crazy kicks out. Tajiri stomps away on Crazy before tossing him to the outside. Tajiri whips Crazy into the barricade then heads up to the apron. He goes for the springboard Asai Moonsault, but
Mikey Whipwreck attacked Crazy and accidentally moved him out of the way, causing Tajiri to impale himself on the barricade!
Whipwreck checks on Tajiri as referee Mickey Jay tells Whipwreck to head to the back!
The Sinister Minister heads down to ringside to calm Whipwreck down and to check on Tajiri, but
Tajiri pushes him away. Tajiri gets back onto the apron as Crazy rolls back into the ring. Crazy comes off the second rope and dropkicks Tajiri off the apron and Tajiri
crashes into the Minister! Crazy leaps onto the apron to set-up his own Asai Moonsault, but
Mikey Whipwreck runs back down and hits Crazy with a Whippsnapper back into the ring as Crazy was jumping off the ropes. This isn’t an ECW match, so that’ll lead to a DQ.
Winner: Super Crazy by DQ in 5:48 when Mikey Whipwreck interfered (Retains)
Tajiri gets back into the ring and shoves Whipwreck before yelling at him in Japanese. He’s clearly not happy that his title shot was ruined. Tajiri heads back to the outside and does check on the Sinister Minister…as Finlay and William Regal run down to the ring! Regal quickly armtraps Whipwreck and hits him with a neckbreaker! Finlay and Regal stomp away on Whipwreck as Tajiri confronts, but doesn’t attack them. Regal yells at Tajiri “look at what these idiots are doing to you!” Tajiri yells back, he doesn’t seem to want Regal or Finlay involved…and Mortis’ theme plays! Mortis heads down to the ring as Regal and Finlay escape through the crowd! Mortis and Tajiri stare each other down before both collect Whipwreck and head to the back with the Minister.
***
World Women’s Championship
Jazz © vs. Jacqueline
As soon as Jacqueline slides into the ring Jazz is all over her with punches and kicks. Jazz misses a high kick and Jacqueline takes control with a kick of her own and a European uppercut. Dropkick from Jackie! Jackie gets a roll-up, 1…2…Jazz kicks out. Both women get to their feet and Jazz knocks Jackie down with a hard clothesline. Legdrop from Jazz. Cover, 1…2…Jackie kicks out. Jazz hits an overhead double underhook suplex. Jazz hits a second one and covers, 1…2…Jackie kicks out again. Hard punch from Jazz, then a hard shot to the back. Snapmare followed by a stiff kick to the back from Jazz. Jazz whips Jackie into the corner, but Jackie moves out of the way of the follow-up avalanche. German suplex from Jackie! 1…2…Jazz just kicks out. Roundhouse kick from Jackie! Another cover, 1…2…Jazz again just kicks out. Jackie tries a clothesline, but Jazz blocks and locks in the
Bitch Clamp and plants Jackie face-first on the canvas! 1…2…3!
Winner: Jazz via pinfall in 3:43 (Retains)
Jazz grabs World Women’s title and puts her foot on Jacqueline while holding the title up…before the lights go out! T.A.T.U’s “All The Things She Said” plays as The Horror Show is here! Daffney walks down to the ring, but she stops in horror and screams while pointing towards the ring! Jazz seems to think Daffney’s in fear of her, but in fact Victoria is standing right behind Jazz! Victoria lifts Jazz over her head and drops her with the Widow’s Peak! Daffney grabs the Women’s title and gazes into it before handing it to Victoria, who drops it on Jazz’s prone body!
Don West: “I know it’s my first day but I already can’t believe what I’ve seen so far Mike!”
Mike Tenay: “We’re gonna get a chance to take a break Don. We’ll be sending it to Joey Styles and Tazz for the two ECW World Title matches and we’ll be back for the main event. Speaking of the main event though, Jeremy Borash is with tonight’s challenger for the WCW World Championship, Diamond Dallas Page.”
***
Jeremy Borash: “Jeremy Borash here with Diamond Dallas Page and Stacy Keibler. DDP, you heard what Triple H had to say earlier, your response?”
Diamond Dallas Page: “You know Jeremy, Triple H better switch his focus from pretending he’s Buddy Rogers to the matter at hand tonight. Triple H, he’s in his prime. I see that, I get that. And me? Well, let’s be honest. The end of the road is coming for DDP sooner rather than later. But what matters is that it ain’t coming tonight. All this makes me is a desperate man, desperate to have another run with the big bold. And I’m gonna do whatever it takes to bring that title home with me! Triple H, like the Diamond Cutter, you never saw me comin’ bro. So you all out there got two choices. You can bet on NWO scum. Or you can bet on the mayor of Bang City! And that’s me, D-D-P!”
***
Joey Styles: “Hello everyone I’m Joey Styles and I’m alongside with Tazz. We have two ECW title matches here tonight. Later, we will see Rob Van Dam defend the ECW World Television Championship against the man he won it from at Hardcore Heaven, Eddie Guerrero.”
Tazz: “That’s gonna be a rocketbusta Joey. I know both those men, I’ve been in the ring with both those men. When both of those guys are on they represent the best two in the business!”
Joey Styles: “Coming up next though we have the ECW World Tag Team Championship on the line, AJ Styles and Jerry Lynn defend against Juventud Guerrera and Psicosis!”
ECW World Tag Team Championship
AJ Styles and Jerry Lynn © vs. Juventud Guerrera and Psicosis
Psicosis and Styles start. They lock-up and Styles finds a headlock. Styles finds a headlock and Psicosis sends him off the ropes, and Styles knocks Psicosis down with a shoulder tackle. Hard chops from Styles. Styles punches and chops away at Psicosis then comes off the ropes again. He ends up in the wheelbarrow position and Psicosis drops him face-first into the canvas! Psicosis stomps the back of the head of Styles before tagging in Guerrera. Guerrera comes off the ropes and catches Styles with a flying head scissors. Juvi comes off the ropes again, but this time Styles catches him with a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker and Styles makes the tag to Lynn. Lynn hits Juvi with some chops then hits the ropes. Leapfrog from Lynn, then a leapfrog from Juvi. Lynn rolls over a Juvi monkey flip, but when Juvi kips up Lynn trips him and hits a legdrop.
Lynn sends Juvi into the corner and runs after him. Juvi tries to leap over the charging Lynn, but Lynn puts on the brakes and Juvi lands in front of him, just to get hit with a German suplex from Lynn, with a bridge! 1…2…Juvi kicks out! Lynn comes off the ropes but Psicosis kicks him in the back. Lynn knocks Psicosis off the apron and turns around into a Juvi hurricanrana with a pin, 1…2…Lynn just kicks out! Dropkick from Juvi. Juvi tags in Psicosis and they whip Lynn off the ropes and hit a double drop toe hold. Lynn ends up on his knees, leading to a double dropkick to each side of the head! Psicosis covers, 1…2…Styles runs in to break up the pin. Psicosis off the ropes and a legdrop hits. Another cover, 1…2…this time Lynn kicks out on his own. Psicosis tags Juvi back in. Juvi springboards off the top rope and elbowdrops Lynn! Another cover, 1…2…Lynn just kicks out as Styles went for the save! Juvi whips Lynn off the ropes and goes for the bakdrop, but Lynn puts on the brakes…and hits Juvi with the
Cradle Piledriver! Lynn puts his arm on Juvi, 1…2…Psicosis breaks up the pin just in time! Referee Billy Silverman admonishes Psicosis as Lynn makes the tag to Styles…
but because the referee didn’t see it he doesn’t allow it! Styles protests as Psicosis and Juvi drag Lynn back in their corner and pound away on him! Psicosis takes over and looks to have Lynn set-up for a Dragon Screw, but Lynn hits an enzugiri! Lynn crawls over, then
leaps at Styles to make the tag! Styles lunges at Psicosis with a flying lariat, then armdrags the incoming Juvi! Styles baseball slides Juvi under the bottom rope and out of the ring. Psicosis gets in some chops, but Styles takes him right out with a leaping one-legged dropkick!
Papi Chulo runs down and gets on the apron.
He pulls Styles’ hair, but Styles punches him off the apron.
Kid Kash and Jamie Noble run down to attack Chulo, before Styles
backdrops a charging Juvi over the top rope onto all three of them! Psicosis boots Styles and sets him up for a powerbomb, but Styles hands behind Psicosis and tags in Lynn. Styles hits the
Pelé Kick, then leaps over the top rope with the
Fosbury Flop on Kash, Noble, Chulo and Juvi! Lynn is on the top rope and hits Psicosis with his own move,
A Guillotine Legdrop (Minneapolis Jam)! 1…2…3!
Winners: Jerry Lynn and AJ Styles when Lynn pinned Psicosis in 13:27 (Retains)
As Styles and Lynn celebrate with the tag titles, Kid Kash and Jamie Noble come into the ring and make sure Styles and Lynn know they want another shot at the tag titles.
***
ECW Television Championship
Rob Van Dam © (w/Bill Alfonso) vs. Eddie Guerrero
Guerrero nearly runs into a straight kick from RVD before backing away. RVD hits a couple of forearms, trapping Guerrero in the corner, but the referee pushes RVD back. Guerrero runs at RVD but gets hit with an armdrag. Another armdrag by RVD. Guerrero escapes to the outside, but RVD is right on him with a
flying somersault senton over the top rope! RVD places Guerrero over the barricade as
Bill Alfonso holds a chair in place on the back of his head. RVD leaps onto the apron, but Guerrero moves as the corkscrew legdrop misses it’s target and
RVD’s leg crashes into the chair! Guerrero
slugs Alfonso, then bashes RVD’s leg with the chair! Guerrero rolls RVD into the ring and takes the chair too. RVD is able to kick the chair into Guerrero’s face from the canvas. RVD clearly has some leg damage though as he limps around the ring.
RVD puts the chair in-between the turnbuckles, but Guerrero trips RVD, then catapults him with perfect positioning so that RVD crashes into the chair! RVD stumbles out of the corner and Guerrero quickly plants him with a brainbuster! Cover, 1…2…RVD just kicks out. Guerrero stomps the leg, then locks in the
Lasso From El Paso! RVD screams in pain as Guerrero has the hold locked in good. RVD crawls to the ropes and gets there, but Guerrero refuses to release as it’s ECW rules anyway RVD is able to get his entire body under the ropes which does force Guerrero to release the hold. Guerrero comes over the top rope with a
senton on RVD on the floor! Guerrero hammers away on RVD on the floor, but RVD reverses a whip and Guerrero crashes into the apron. RVD slams Guerrero on the floor before leaping up to the apron, although still showing his limp. RVD hits a modified version of the
Five Star Frog Splash off the apron onto Guerrero on the floor! RVD rolls Guerrero back in and heads to the top rope, but his leg causes him to climb slowly and Guerrero meets him up there. Both men trade shots before Guerrero hits a
superplex off the top! Cover, 1…2…RVD just kicks out to Guerrero’s frustration!
Guerrero’s frustration turns into a smile as he drags RVD to the center of the ring then heads to the top himself.
Bill Alfonso distracts Guerrero though, and RVD is back up and tosses a chair at Guerrero, which hits him in the face! RVD heads to the top rope then jumps off with a leaping kick that catches Guerrero! RVD crashes to the canvas but Guerrero crashes to the floor! RVD tries to get the blood flowing through his leg again as
Chavo Guerrero Jr. heads down to ringside. Chavo grabs Alfonso, but RVD hits him with a baseball slide! Eddie Guerrero slides back into the ring and rolls RVD up, 1…2…kickout from RVD! Guerrero runs right into a spinkick rom RVD. RVD puts the chair on Guerrero then hits the ropes, looking for
Rolling Thunder, but Guerrero gets the chair and his knees up! Guerrero looks to finish off RVD and locks him in the
Gory Special! RVD tries to break free and when Guerrero can’t hold it anymore he turns it into a
Gory Bomb! 1…2…RVD kicks out again and Eddie can’t believe it. Eddie heads to the top rope to finish RVD off once and for all,
Frog Splash misses as RVD moves out of the way at the last moment! RVD knocks Chavo off the apron as he tried to get involved again, but this allows Eddie to catch RVD with an elbow. Guerrero sets RVD up for w powerbomb before
Rey Mysterio Jr. runs down to the ring!
Rey hits Guerrero with a springboard dropkick to the back of the head! Guerrero lands on the ropes, and Rey hits a
6-1-9! Rey then dives at Chavo! RVD drags Eddie to the corner and hits the
Split-Legged Moonsault, 1…2…3!
Winner: Rob Van Dam via pinfall in 15:17 (Retains)
Rey Mysterio Jr. clearly hasn’t forgotten the hit that Eddie Guerrero put on him with the FBI! RVD celebrates his victory as Eddie looks menacingly at Rey!
***
Don West: “Man what a match that was I’m having a blast Mike!”
Mike Tenay: “We have one more match left Don. Let’s send it over to Michael Buffer.”
Michael Buffer: “Ladies and gentlemen, it is time for the main event of the WCW/ECW Clash of Champions Network TV Special. Tonight, the leader of the New World Order will take on one of WCW’s all-time greatest…for the HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE WORLD!”
“ARE YOU READY?”
“Milwaukee, Wisconsin…ARE YOU REEEEEEADY?!”
“For the thousands in attendance, and the millions watching at home…ladies and gentlemen…”
“LEEEEEEEEEEET’S GET READY TO RUMBLE!”
Diamond Dallas Page is the first to make his way down to the ring.
Michael Buffer: “Coming to the ring with Stacy Keibler. At six feet-five inches tall. 257 pounds. From the Jersey Shore. One of, if not the most popular wrestler in WCW history. He is the master of the Diamond Cutter. He’s held every major championship in WCW. A former Television Champion, two-time United States Champion, and three-time World Tag Team Champion. Most importantly, he is a three-time heavyweight champion of the world! He is D-D-P…DIAMOND DALLAS PAGE!”
Michael Buffer: “His opponent tonight. One of the legendary technicians the sport of professional wrestling has ever seen. He is known as the “Cerebral Assassin” due to his expertise as a strategist and reputation as a ring general. He now wears Green and Black, colors of the New World Order. He is a five-time heavyweight champion of the world and the current WCW World Heavyweight Champion. Weighing in at 267 pounds, he is ”THE GAME” Triiiiiple H!”
WCW World Championship
Triple H © (w/Eric Bischoff) vs. Diamond Dallas Page (w/Stacy Keibler)
HHH and DDP stand toe-to-toe trash talking. HHH takes a shot, but DDP fires back and wins the exchange. DDP hits HHH with rights and lefts and knocks HHH down with a clothesline. HHH bails to the outside to rethink how to approach DDP. HHH slowly comes back in the ring. He fires at DDP again and gets punches in, but DDP fires back and again outslugs HHH. Inverted atomic drop from DDP and a discus punch knocks HHH down! Cover, 1…2…HHH kicks out and again bails to the outside. HHH slowly comes back in, and DDP is impatient and pulls HHH in by his hair! HHH fires punches and tries to hip toss DDP, but DDP counters with a floatover DDT! Another cover, 1…2…HHH kicks out again. DDP sends HHH off the ropes and goes for the
Diamond Cutter…but HHH shoves him back off the ropes and hits a flying knee to the face.
HHH now punches away at DDP on the canvas before backing up and hitting a kneedrop. HHH picks DDP up just to hit a vertical suplex. Cover from HHH, 1…2…DDP kicks out. HHH elbow drops the knee before locking in a
Figure-Four. DDP tries to fight out of it and succeeds, getting his hands on the ropes. HHH drags DDP back into the center of the ring and switches up into an
Indian Deathlock. Continually demands DDP submit, but he refuses. HHH eventually releases and seems amused by Page overall. HHH sets DDP up for the
Pedigree, but DDP backdrops him! DDP slowly heads to the top rope, but HHH shakes the top rope and DDP gets crotched. HHH punches at DDP on the top rope, before going up there and hitting a
superplex! HHH calls for someone to come down, to which
Shawn Michaels heads down to ringside with cans of spray paint.
HHH stomps away on DDP before punching away at him in the corner. He attempts to whip DDP into the corner, but DDP reverses and HHH flips over the top rope and onto the floor! This gives DDP a much needed moment to recover as HBK checks on HHH. DDP gets back to his feet as referee Charles Robinson counts HHH out, and
Eric Bischoff sneaks in and chop blocks DDP! HHH rolls back in and covers DDP, 1…2…DDP kicks out! HHH whips DDP off the ropes, but DDP puts on the brakes for a backdrop and hits a sit out powerbomb! 1…2…HHH just kicks out! DDP calls for the end and goes for the
Diamond Cutter, but
HHH holds the top rope and DDP crashes to the canvas. HHH covers DDP and puts his feet on the ropes, 1…2…
Stacy knocks HHH’s feet off the ropes, breaking the count. HHH looks at Stacy in astonishment before
HBK grabs her. HBK lets go immediately though as he sees
The Giant heading down to ringside.
The Outsiders run down and attack the Giant! HHH watches all of this go down on the outside before turning around into a
Diamond Cutter! 1…2…
Shawn Michaels pulls Charles Robinson out of the ring! HBK argues with Robinson as
Kevin Nash has gotten away from the Giant (who’s fighting Hall and now
Sean O’Haire). Nash heads into the ring and drops a huge elbow on DDP before
planting him with the Jackknife Powerbomb! Nash goes back to the outside to contend with Giant as HHH makes the cover, 1…2…3!
Winner: Triple H via pinfall in 14:06 (Retains)
The New World Order has the numbers advantage on DDP and Giant. Giant tries to fight them off but it’s too much. Shawn Michaels gets the spray paint ready before Stacy tries to stop him. HHH grabs Stacy by the arm and gets a devilish smile on his face…before Kurt Angle make his return and runs down to the ring! The Outsiders, HBK, HHH and Bischoff decide to bail as Sean O’Haire and Kurt Angle go at it in the ring! O’Haire misses a clothesline and gets hit with a German suplex! O’Haire gets back to his feet but is clearly staggered…and gets hit with an Angle Slam as a result! Angle yells at all the NWO that “I’m coming for all of you!” as Stacy, DDP, Giant and Angle stand tall in the ring!
::END SHOW::
Quick Results
WCW United States Championship
Christian pinned Curt Hennig to retain the title
World Cruiserweight Championship
Super Crazy defeated Tajiri by DQ to retain the title
World Women’s Championship
Jazz pinned Jacqueline to retain the title
ECW World Tag Team Championship
AJ Styles and Jerry Lynn defeated Psicosis and Juventud Guerrera when Lynn pinned Psicosis to win the title
ECW Television Championship
Rob Van Dam pinned Eddie Guerrero to retain the title
WCW World Championship
Triple H pinned Diamond Dallas Page to retain the title
Champions
WCW World Champion
Triple H (Defeated Kurt Angle on 5-12-02)
ECW World Champion
Brock Lesnar (Defeated Rob Van Dam on 12-30-01)
WCW United States Champion
Christian (Defeated Tazz on 1-27-02)
ECW Television Champion
Rob Van Dam (Defeated Eddie Guerrero on 6-9-02)
WCW World Tag Team Champions
Diamond Dallas Page and The Giant (Defeated The Dudley Boyz on 3-11-02)
ECW World Tag Team Champions
AJ Styles and Jerry Lynn (Defeated R-Killa and Mark Henry on 4-14-02)
World Cruiserweight Champion
Super Crazy (Defeated Eddie Guerrero on 5-13-02)
World Women’s Champion
Jazz (Defeated Molly Marvel on 4-14-02)
Roster Updates
Don West - "Television guy who has tried out as a WCW announcer before."
