June 26, 2002
9:00PM hits on the Eastern seaboard as the screen dims, before vibrant yellow, gold, red and black strokes fill the shot. The TNA logo pops up before we fade inside what is now known as
THE ASYLUM- where over a thousand rabid fans are on their feet, shouting
“TNA! TNA!” at the top of their lungs!! It’s June of 2002 which means tonight, the great orator of our day Nelly couldn’t say it any better…
IT’S GETTING HOT IN HERRE!!
The camera pans up into the rafters where a
STEEL CAGE hangs in the balance! Could a steel cage actually hang from the ceiling of the Nashville Fairgrounds? Who knows? Probably not, but in this world, it hangs mightily above!
We then zoom over to the NWA Championship which is seated on a black pedestal near the commentary desk. Another quick shot of the TNA Girls dancing next to the entrance way, then some more Michael Vick and Steve McNair jerseys, plenty of frosted tips, and Nokia brick cell phones!
We are greeted by our team of Don West and “Professor” Mike Tenay! They run down tonight’s card and promise us
ANOTHER INCREDIBLE week of TOTAL NONSTOP ACTION!! The NWA Championship up for grabs! X-Division aplenty! Tag Team action!
THIS IS TNA!!
We stay at ringside for our opening match, an X-Division Showcase!
Match 1- X-Division Showcase
Amazing Red vs. Super Crazy
Amazing Red is a young up-and-comer from the Northeast, who uses his small size and speed to his advantage. Super Crazy is a household name stemming from his tenure in ECW!
These two hit the ground running on the second TNA PPV! After some chain wrestling filled with reversals, the veteran Super Crazy gains the upper hand and connects with a deep arm drag, followed by a dropkick that sends Red to the outside!
Crazy has The Asylum behind him as he sprints towards the ropes, reverses stance on the top rope…
SUPER CRAZY WITH A CORKSCREW MOONSAULT ONTO AMAZING RED!!!
Both men are slow to get to their feet, as Crazy looks to end Red’s hopes at a victory! Super Crazy climbs to the top turnbuckle, but Red is able to stagger to his feet long enough to jump onto the ropes, making Super Crazy land crotch first on the top turnbuckle!!!
Red then decides to show not only The Asylum, but the entire world what he is capable of as he springboards off the ropes…
RED LEAPS FORWARD AND LATCHES ONTO SUPER CRAZY…FOR A TOP ROPE HURICANRANNA!!!
The Asylum eats up the move as Red has his window right now!! Red flies off the ropes and connects with a spinning heel kick! He then lifts Super Crazy up and connects with a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker!!!
Red kicks Crazy in the gut, bounces off the ropes, leaps onto the back of Crazy then slings him forward in a powerbomb-type move that Professor Tenay is all over-
IT’S CALLED THE CODE RED!!!!
Amazing Red hits
CODE RED on Super Crazy and holds for the cover!!!
1…2…3!!!
Winner at 7:00- Amazing Red
The Asylum gives Red a nice ovation as West and Tenay put him over on commentary, saying the young high-flyer has just turned a whole bunch of heads with his impressive showing here tonight!
We head to TNA President Jim Cornette’s office, where he is awaiting to make an important announcement. He stacks some papers neatly at his desk before looking into the camera…
“TNA is all about exciting, pulse-pounding matches- just like the one we’ve all just witnessed! The X-Division is going to be the backbone of TNA, so therefore, it is only right that I announce in THREE WEEKS- on July 17, 2002- PPV #005- We will officially crown the FIRST EVER X-DIVISION CHAMPION! Retro-active to last week, every X-Division Showcase Match will be worth 3 points, and the TOP SIX men at the end of PPV #004 will go onto a revolutionary match called ULTIMATE X! We will have more details on this Ultimate X match in the near future, but for now, here are the Standings for the X-Division:
AJ Styles- 3 points
Jerry Lynn- 3 points
Amazing Red- 3 points
There will be more X-Division action coming up, so stay tuned, and thank you for watching TNA!”
We head to the back where Goldilocks is standing by with
Chris Harris and James Storm! The dynamic duo tagged for the first time last week and looked like naturals, and they are here tonight with a message! James Storm begins to speak…
“We know the opportunity put in front of us is golden right now. We also know that Chris and I are a team to be reckoned with. We will be the cornerstone of the TNA Tag division for years to come!”
Chris Harris takes over from there…
“Every team in the world will eventually envy us. Everybody will be gunning for us. And they will all watch as we walk around with NWA Tag Team gold around our waist! Everybody will want a piece of us, which is why we are here tonight to send a message to EVERY TAG TEAM about to walk through the TNA door! We are AMERICA’S MOST WANTED! And we are the team to beat!”
Storm and Harris share a high five before Goldy sends us back down to ringside…
West and Tenay hype up Harris and Storm, who are now known as America’s Most Wanted! AMW for short, as Professor Tenay points out. And speaking of tag team wrestling, we keep it here for our next bout featuring
TWO NEW TAG TEAMS here in TNA!
Match 2- Tag Team Match
Amish Roadkill & Danny Doring vs. Air Canada- Tyson & Teddy Hart
The veterans Roadkill and Doring take to cutting the ring in half on the high-flying Teddy Hart early on. Roadkill connects with a backbreaker while Doring flies off the middle rope and connects with a flying fist right to Hart!
Teddy Hart begins to claw his way back as he hits a spinning heel kick on Danny Doring! Teddy reaches out and makes the
HOT TAG to Tyson!
Tyson cleans house with rights and lefts, a shoulder block to Doring, and a dropkick to Roadkill that sends him off the apron and to the floor! Tyson then looks to fly through the air and goes for a cross body, but Doring catches him, and then plants him in the corner with the
TREE OF WOE!! Doring tags in the big Roadkill…
Roadkill races over towards the opposite corner and blasts Teddy Hart with a forearm smash! Roadkill then sprints full speed ahead…
CANNONBALL INTO TYSON HART IN THE CORNER!!!
It’s all but over for the young upstarts from Stampede Wrestling as Roadkill tags in Doring. Doring then holds Tyson up over his shoulders…Roadkill steamrolls ahead…
LANCASTER LARIART OF LUST!!!!
1…2…3!!
Winners at 5:00- Roadkill & Doring
Roadkill and Doring pick up their first victory here in TNA, as West and Tenay say they were the last ECW Tag Team Champions just over a year ago, and should be taken very seriously in the Tag Team Division!!
West and Tenay then shift focus as they talk about last week when Steve Corino and Jack Victory assaulted Terry Funk just before his big match, then Corino took his spot in the match, and ultimately Terry Funk cost Corino his shot. Tonight, Funk and Corino were originally scheduled to duke it out, but not after what transpired earlier on. They say TNA has obtained footage from earlier today…
EARLIER IN THE NIGHT…
We see Terry Funk arriving at the arena, signing autographs as The Asylum fans are lined up around the Nashville Fairgrounds waiting to get it. Suddenly, Steve Corino and Jack Victory burst onto the scene. Corino and Funk get into a shouting match, which eventually leads to
JACK VICTORY CRACKING HIS CRUTCH OVER TERRY FUNK’S HEAD!!!
Corino puts the boots to Funk and then lifts him up in the center of the parking lot…
STEVE CORINO HITS A PILEDRIVER ON TERRY FUNK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PARKING LOT!!!
TNA Security rush to the parking lot, but the damage has been done! Corino stomps on Funk one last time before he and Jack Victory walk away…
END FOOTAGE
We then are treated to a promo from Terry Funk as our camera crews have met up with The Hardcore Legend from his hospital bed. Funk lies in his bed with a big bandage wrapped around his head, IV’s sticking out of his arms, mean mugs the camera as he begins…
“Hey you! *points to cameraman* yeah, bring that over here. I got something I wanna say…Steve Corino…you may have gotten me good in the parking lot, but in the grand scheme of life…let’s just say you missed! I’m still here, and this damn hospital ain’t gonna keep me from kicking your ass! Corino, I plan on checking myself out in the next few minutes. Then I’m going home to rest up… and I’ll give ya a week to get ready…because NEXT WEEK- I WANT YOU!!”
A team of nurses heads into Funk’s room and instructs the cameraman to leave while they check on Ol Funker…
Down at ringside, West and Tenay talk about how Terry Funk is clearly crazy, and Steve Corino may have poked his hand into the wrong hornet’s nest!!
We head to the back where Goldilocks is standing by with the newest addition to
TNA- BRIAN LAWLER! Next to Lawler is a familiar
body face from
WCW- TYLENE BUCK! Lawler has his arm wrapped around Tylene Buck, as they must be a pairing for the time being. Lawler, cocky as ever, begins to speak…
“Tonight marks the dawn of a new era. Tonight, I finally get a chance to showcase how talented I really am. And trust me…I know I have what it takes to climb the ladder here in TNA and make a name for myself! Plus…*Lawler pulls Tylene Buck in close* I have my own TNA to bring around with me…”
Lawler smirks for the camera as Goldilocks isn’t impressed. We send it back down to ringside for our next matchup…
Match 3- Singles Match
Brian Lawler w/Tylene Buck vs. Sonny Siaki
Sonny Siaki is cutting his teeth here in TNA, and Lawler is ready to pounce on him! Siaki tries to get some offense in, but Lawler easily shrugs it off. Lawler connects with a beautiful
DROPKICK that sends Siaki down on the mat!
Lawler then goads The Asylum before calling Tylene Buck up onto the apron where the two share a kiss! Lawler then gives the middle finger to The Asylum before climbing to the top turnbuckle. Lawler leaps off with a
TOP ROPE LEGDROP that he calls the
TENNESSEE JAM!!!
It’s over for Sonny Siaki as Lawler makes the cover…
1…2…3!!
Winner at 3:00- Brian Lawler
Lawler and Buck taunt the crowd up the entrance ramp as West and Tenay say that Lawler is in great shape, is certainly NOT short on confidence, and is poised to do big things here in TNA!!
We head to the back where Goldilocks is standing by with a very disgruntled Shane Douglas! Before Goldy can get a word in, Douglas snatches the mic from her hands…
“Let’s get one thing straight. Monty Brown. I don’t give a damn if you played professional football, basketball, or tennis! NOBODY comes down and disrespects me the way you did last week. I’m no coward, and I’m standing right here! So… Monty Brown! Wherever the hell you are hiding from me, get your ass over here and come fight me like…”
POOOUNNNNCEEE!!!!!
MONTY BROWN JUST EMERGED FROM THIN AIR AND POUNCES SHANE DOUGLAS THROUGH THE INTERVIEW SET!!!
The curtains and lighting fall on top of Shane Douglas, as Goldilocks runs out of harm’s way! Monty Brown picks up the fallen mic…
“Shane Douglas! You can’t walk around here like you own the joint…because you don’t! And until you zip that mouth tight, I’m gon’ keep coming back to POUNCE your ass!”
Monty Brown drops the mic and heads off as TNA Officials come over to the set and help Shane Douglas to his feet!
Before we head back down for our next matchup, we get a quick vignette of
KEN SHAMROCK before the big NWA Championship Match tonight…
INSIDE A STEEL CAGE! The vignette shows clips of Ken Shamrock inside his personal gym, training for the big match tonight as he voices over in the background…
“Tonight, three warriors and Jeff Jarrett step into the ring for the richest prize in all of wrestling. What they all don’t know is this…once that steel cage door locks, they’re all stuck in there with ME! KEN SHAMROCK! THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN AMERICA!”
We head back down to ringside, as we are ready for another big X-Division Showcase Match! This time, we will see a FOUR WAY, with four BIG points on the line for Ultimate X on the July 17 show!
Match 4- Four Corners X-Division Showcase
AJ Styles vs. Jerry Lynn vs. Kaz Hayashi vs. Jimmy Yang
AJ Styles and Jerry Lynn already have three points, while Hayashi and Yang are both debuting. Both high-flyers made their mark at the end of WCW, and are looking to carry over some momentum from a recent Japan tour!
This thing kicks off in a hurry as all four men trade dropkicks, suplexes, and flying forearms until somehow, everybody but Jerry Lynn ends up on the outside…
LYNN JUMPS FROM THE RING…TO THE ROPES…AND CONNECTS WITH A SPRINGBOARD SHOOTING STAR PRESS ONTO EVERYBODY AT RINGSIDE!!!
The Asylum goes
CRAZY for Jerry Lynn, who at close to 40 years of age, shouldn’t be able to pull that off!!
Lynn stands tall as he tosses Hayashi back inside the ring. Lynn goes to work on Hayashi but before too long…
JIMMY YANG LEAPS OFF THE TOP ROPE WITH A FLYING CROSS BODY!!!
Yang gets right up from the move…
AND RUNS RIGHT INTO A SPRINGBOARD FOREARM FROM AJ STYLES!!!
Styles takes advantage of Yang but before he can do anything…
IT’S KAZ HAYASHI’S TURN TO GO FLYING!!! HAYASHI SPINS THROUGH THE AIR BEFORE LANDING ON STYLES AND YANG!!!
Everybody is down, West and Tenay have almost lost their voices already, and The Asylum hasn’t sat this entire match…
THIS IS THE X DIVISION!!!!
All four men find themselves in their own respective corners, and all four get up simultaneously…
Hayashi goes for Lynn while Yang goes for Styles. Lynn gets the best of Hayashi as he connects with a BRAINBUSTER!!! Lynn then lifts up Hayashi…
CRADLE PILEDRIVER!!!
SIMULTANEOUSLY…while Lynn connects with his finishing move to Hayashi, Jimmy Yang is trying his best on the budding superstar AJ Styles but Styles is able to hit him with a
PELE KICK…
Lynn covers Hayashi…
1…2….
AJ STYLES CONNECTS WITH THE STYLES CLASH ON JIMMY YANG RIGHT ON TOP OF LYNN TO BREAK UP THE PINFALL ATTEMPT!!!
Styles pushes everyone aside and covers the man at the bottom of the pile, Kaz Hayashi…
1…2…3!!!
Winner at 11:00- AJ Styles
Styles is now 2 for 2 in X-Division matches! He also is in the driver’s seat for Ultimate X, as he now has
SEVEN POINTS! Styles gets his hand raised as West and Tenay hype up the action we all just witnessed, saying there isn’t any better wrestling in the world today than
TOTAL NONSTOP ACTION!!!
After getting to his feet, Lynn stares back at AJ Styles. He goes up to the young gun and offers a hand, but AJ decides he is just too cool for Lynn and shrugs it off. Lynn puts his hands on his hips, shaking his head, as AJ Styles exits up the entrance ramp. Lynn tried his best to show respect to AJ Styles, but Styles is too cocky right now to recognize a veteran looking to show him the ropes…
It’s time for some more NWA Championship hype!!! This time, we see
EKMO sitting by himself in the dressing room, towel over his head. He isn’t much of a talker, but has a few words about tonight…
“Tonight, I show the entire world just how deep my Samoan bloodline runs! Like the elders before me, they set their sights to the top of every wrestling promotion they entered, and left as royalty. TNA will be no different! See, I have skills that nobody else possesses. And tonight, I put those skills to good use as I etch my name in the record books!”
We head over to Goldilocks, who is with
VAMPIRO! The scary man stands tall with his arms crossed as Goldy asks him his thoughts about his match, which is NEXT against D’Lo Brown…
“I came to TNA under the guidance of a good friend. A friend of mine who is putting together a master plan. Soon, everything will start to make sense. Tonight is just the first step in a very long and strategic game…”
Vampiro looks off the set as we can hear a man laughing maniacally off in the distance…
IT’S FATHER JAMES MITCHELL!!
We heard what he had to say last week, and it seems he has aligned himself with the scariest man on the roster that he could find. Mitchell pats Vampiro on the back before talking…
“That’s right. I offered my managerial services…my guidance…to this man right here. But he is just one big piece of the puzzle…BECAUSE DOOMSDAY IS COMING TO TNA!!!”
The two head off the set as we go back down to ringside…
Match 5- Singles Match
Vampiro w/FJM vs. D’Lo Brown
D’Lo starts off hot, connecting with big clotheslines and a back body drop! Vampiro slides to the outside to gather himself, while his new manager FJM gives him a pep talk at ringside. D’Lo isn’t one to wait, and flies off the apron with a
DOUBLE AXE HANDLE on Vampiro!!
D’Lo lets out his famous head nod as he tosses Vampiro hard into the steel steps. He slides Vamps back inside the ring and hits a springboard leg drop for a 2 count!
D’Lo stays in control, tossing Vampiro into the corner. Vampiro counters with a back elbow, and begins to take control of the match. Vampiro connects with a dropkick, followed by a running bulldog! Vampiro has D’Lo right where he wants him, as FJM holds his cane up high on the outside!
Vampiro hits a neckbreaker and then signals for the end! He lifts up D’Lo Brown for the
NAIL IN THE COFFIN…but D’Lo carries his momentum forward and counters with a
GERMAN SUPLEX!!!
Vampiro is down, and D’Lo can taste victory! D’Lo heads to the top rope, getting ready to hit his finisher-
THE LO DOWN! Just as D’Lo attempts to steady himself on the top rope…
FATHER JAMES MITCHELL USES HIS CANE TO SWEEP THE FOOT OF D’LO BROWN…
D’Lo loses his balance and lands crotch first on the top turnbuckle!!!!
Referee Rudy Charles saw it all…
AND CALLS FOR THE BELL!!!
Winner at 7:00 VIA DQ- D’Lo Brown
D’Lo may have won via DQ, but Vampiro is just warming up! Vampiro, under the instruction of Father James Mitchell, pulls D’Lo off the top rope…
VAMPIRO HITS THE NAIL IN THE COFFIN!!!!
Vampiro and FJM walk off, as FJM lets out one last maniacal laugh as the duo heads up the apron!
Back inside the ring, D’Lo slowly gets to his feet, holding his head, as he points up to the ramp at Vamps and FJM, signaling that this feud is just beginning to heat up!!
It’s time for
MIKE AWESOME to give us hype for tonight’s
NWA CHAMPIONSHIP…and if you haven’t already heard…it takes place
INSIDE A STEEL CAGE!!
Mike Awesome sits in his dressing room, similar to Ekmo just before. Awesome is taping up his wrists as he looks into the camera…
“TNA is the start of something new. The start of something different. I’ve been labeled new and different my entire career. Who else my size can fly through the air like I do? Who else kicks ass the way I do? Shamrock, Ekmo, Jeff Jarrett, tonight may be viewed as a title match for you three, but to me, it is just another night where I DEMOLISH three other men and take that NWA title back with me!”
Following that, we head over to Goldilocks who is standing by with the most hated man in TNA and we’ve only been on the air for about three total hours thus far…
DON CALLIS!!
Goldy says Callis wasn’t scheduled for an interview, but here he is…
“And here I am, Goldilocks. I see the power that NWA title holds. I saw it up close. I also saw a few prospective clients in the works. Don’t think I’m done recruiting, because I just won’t go away until I get what I want. And Jim Cornette, you can try to ban me and tell me I don’t have the right credentials to be here, but let me tell you something…my friend…I have MORE THAN ONE thing cooking right now!”
Callis looks down at his clipboard before he smiles at the camera, and then walks off as Goldy sends it back down to ringside…
West and Tenay don’t know what to make of Don Callis, and wonder what else he has up his sleeve that he isn’t telling us…We then shift focus as we get ready for another X-DIVISION SHOWCASE MATCH, in which the winner will earn THREE points towards Ultimate X!!
Match 6- X-Division Showcase
Christopher Daniels vs. Tony Mamaluke
Daniels is an Indy darling, primarily calling California home. Mamaluke had a brief stint in WCW, and followed that up with a nice run at the end of ECW!
The two test each other out in the early going, with arm drags, side headlocks, and reversals all over the mat!
Daniels picks up the pace by tossing Mamaluke off the ropes. Mamaluke flips over Daniels and goes for a clothesline but Daniels ducks, bounces off the ropes and connects with a
FLYING CUTTER!!
Daniels takes control of the match after connecting with a dropkick, followed by a slam in the corner. Daniels then hops off the first turnbuckle, leaps to the top…
AND CONNECTS WITH A BEAUTIFUL MOONSAULT!!!
1…2…NOO!!!
Mamaluke kicks out and
THE ASYLUM LOVES THE ACTION!!
Mamaluke gets his comeuppance, but when he goes for a top rope splash, Daniels counters it in mid-air with a dropkick!! Mamaluke falls back into the corner and Daniels runs at him, connecting with a knee right to the face!!
Daniels calls for the end as he hooks Mamaluke underneath him…
DANIELS CONNECTS WITH A DOUBLE UNDERHOOK FACEBUSTER!!!
Professor Tenay is all over the move and says that is Christopher Daniels’ finishing move in which he calls
ANGELS WINGS!!!
Daniels with the cover and this one is all over!!!
1…2…3!!!
Winner at 5:00- Christopher Daniels
Daniels celebrates as he gets his arm raised, while West and Tenay hype up the X-Division some more and then transition over to tell us that Christopher Daniels has now gained
THREE POINTS for Ultimate X!!
They then read us off the standings, through two shows, as we inch closer to
July 17, 2002 and Ultimate X for the INAUGURAL X-DIVISION CHAMPION!!
AJ Styles- 7 Points
Jerry Lynn- 3 Points
Amazing Red- 3 Points
Christopher Daniels- 3 Points
We head to the back where Goldilocks has the pleasure of getting
JEFF JARRETT'S thoughts before the big NWA Championship match! Jarrett, flanked by his new cronies Roadhouse James and The Harris Brothers, stands tall with his trusty guitar over his shoulder…
“Tonight, we make history! Tonight, everybody finds out that you’re all living ON PLANET JARRETT!!! The Jarrett name and NWA have long gone hand-in-hand, and when it is all said and done, I will be the last one standing as I hoist that beautiful championship up in the air for the world to see…AND YOU CAN ALL CHOKE ON THAT!!!”
Jarrett and his entourage head off the set as we head back down to ringside…
THE STEEL CAGE BEGINS TO DESCENT FROM THE RAFTERS!!!!
Dramatic music plays as cheap sparklers go off around the top of the cage! West and Tenay hype us up as we pan over to a shot of the NWA Championship resting on a pedestal at ringside.
THIS IS WHAT TNA IS ALL ABOUT!!!
Main Event- NWA Championship- Four Way Steel Cage Match
Jeff Jarrett vs. Ekmo vs. Ken Shamrock vs. Mike Awesome
All four men enter, with each bringing a weapon of their choosing into the cage! Ekmo brings a trash can filled with weapons, Ken Shamrock tosses in a couple of chairs, Mike Awesome slides two tables into the ring, and Jeff Jarrett wields his guitar, with Roadhouse James and The Harris Brothers ALL wielding guitars of their own! After everybody enters the ring, with weapons all over the mat, Referee Rudy Charles locks the cage door shut…
AND WE ARE READY TO CROWN A NEW NWA CHAMPION!!!
The match begins with Shamrock, Ekmo and Awesome all circling Jeff Jarrett. Jarrett pleads his case by begging with his hands out, but the other three don’t want to hear anything he says…because they want their hands on
CHAMPIONSHIP GOLD!!!
Ekmo drills Jarrett with a
HEADBUTT!!
Mike Awesome waits for Jarrett to get up…
BIG BOOT!!!
It’s Ken Shamrock’s turn as he lifts Jarrett up like a rag doll before tossing him
FACE FIRST into the steel cage!!!
With Jarrett now neutralized, and the pleasantries out of the way…Ekmo, Shamrock and Awesome all meet in the middle of the ring…
AND BEGIN THROWING HAYMAKERS AT EACH OTHER!!!
The Asylum loves the action and cheer loudly for the spot!
While the three beat the living shit out of each other, Jeff Jarrett has regained his stamina from the beating earlier on and
MAKES A RUN FOR THE CAGE DOOR!!!
Before Jarrett can make it out, Ken Shamrock spots his escape and grabs Jarrett by the leg, dragging him back inside the ropes…
Shamrock then looks down at himself holding Jarrett by the leg…
SHAMROCK WITH THE ANKLE LOCK!!!!
Jarrett writhes in pain as Roadhouse James tries everything he can on the outside to prevent Jarrett from tapping out…however…Jarrett doesn’t have to worry much longer…
EKMO COMES FLYING OFF THE TOP ROPE WITH A BIG SPLASH ONTO KEN SHAMROCK!!!
Ekmo’s comeuppance is short-lived as he turns around…
MIKE AWESOME SMACKS EKMO OVER THE HEAD WITH A STEEL CHAIR!!!
Awesome then drills Jarrett across the back for good measure!
Awesome begins to climb to the top turnbuckle, but doesn’t get far as he realizes Ekmo and Shamrock are back on their feet…No problem for the big man!!!
MIKE AWESOME LEAPS OFF WITH A DOUBLE CLOTHESLINE OFF THE TOP ROPE TO EKMO AND SHAMROCK!!!!
Mike Awesome is on fire right now!!! Much like everybody else during this match, the hot-streak is short-lived…
JEFF JARRETT BLASTS MIKE AWESOME IN THE HEAD WITH HIS GUITAR!!!
Jarrett falls to the mat, exhausted from the beating he has taken. Roadhouse James and The Harris Brothers shake the cage, cheering on their new leader. Jarrett thinks twice about attempting to climb out and instead begins to scale the cage to the top. Jarrett is at the way top of the cage, when Mike Awesome reaches up and grabs his leg!!!
Awesome then begins to climb up himself, scratching and clawing his way up to Jarrett. Awesome is able to pull Jarrett back down, and now both men stand on the ropes. Awesome smashes Jarrett’s face off the cage…Jarrett elbows Awesome in the gut…Both men wobble…
Ekmo climbs underneath both men…
EKMO WITH A DOUBLE POWERBOMB TO MIKE AWESOME AND JEFF JARRETT OFF THE TOP ROPE!!!
It’s Ekmo’s time to shine now, as he sets up both tables, getting ready to inflict more damage to his opponents…but Ken Shamrock is waiting for him, looking for his patented belly-to-belly suplex, but Ekmo blocks it…and serves up one of those deadly SAMOAN HEADBUTTS to Ken Shamrock!!!
Ekmo has neutralized everybody, and goes over towards the door, looking to climb out…
ROADHOUSE JAMES SMASHES THE DOOR INTO EKMO’S HEAD!!!!
Ekmo hits the deck as The Asylum rain down boos on James…
James then reaches into his pocket and
PULLS OUT A PAIR OF HANDCUFFS!!!
He reaches through the cage opening, where Ken Shamrock just so happens to be lying down right next to…
JAMES HANDCUFFS KEN SHAMROCK’S HAND TO THE CAGE!!!
SUDDENLY…
RON KILLINGS RUNS DOWN AND TACKLES ROADHOUSE JAMES TO THE FLOOR!!!
Killings hasn’t forgotten about last week! Killings puts an ass-whooping on James, fighting him up the entrance ramp and to the back…but while this distraction is taking place…
THE HARRIS BROTHERS HAVE CLIMBED TO THE TOP OF THE CAGE FROM THE OUTSIDE!!!
Ron and Don hold their hands out for Jarrett, who begins to scale the cage once more, this time with assistance from his private security team!
Jarrett, battered and bloodied, with his once platinum-blonde hair now blood-soaked, takes a long time to climb up. He reaches up for Ron and Don but there is commotion in the aisle way as The Asylum screams at the top of their lungs…
IT’S KRONIC!!!!! Bryan Clarke and Brian Adams are here,
and if you think for one second I wasn’t adding these two Newgen legends in some capacity to this BTB world, you haven’t read my other shit!!!
Kronic rush down the entrance ramp and grab a hold of Ron and Don Harris, dragging them back down before brawling with them through the crowd!!!
While all of this chaotic overbooked madness is going on, Mike Awesome has placed the dazed Ekmo on the top rope, and has stuffed the trash can over his head…He then lifts Ekmo up…
AWESOME BOMB TO EKMO WHO’S HEAD IS STUCK INSIDE THE TRASH CAN THROUGH THE TABLE!!!!
Jarrett looks down from the top of the cage to see his friends getting beat to a pulp in the crowd…He then looks down inside the ring…
.AND MIKE AWESOME IS WAITING FOR HIM!!!
Jarrett has nowhere to go, no one left to help him get the gold…he is purely stuck up there with Mike Awesome waiting to destroy him!!! Awesome easily grabs a hold of Jarrett and sets him up…
TOP ROPE AWESOME BOMB TO JEFF JARRETT THROUGH THE TABLE!!!!!!!!
The Asylum, along with West and Tenay, have lost their collective minds!!!!
Mike Awesome is finishing this one inside the ring…no escaping the cage…no climbing through the door….
Just as Mike Awesome covers Jarrett, and Referee Slick Johnson makes the count…
KEN SHAMROCK BREAKS FREE FROM THE HANDCUFFS….
BUT CAN’T GET THERE IN TIME!!!!!
1…2…3!!!!
WINNER AND NEW NWA WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION at 22:00- Mike Awesome
THE ASYLUM IS ON THEIR FEET as Mike Awesome is handed the NWA Championship! Awesome looks down at the title as he is overcome with emotion!!! He holds the title up high as The Asylum rejoices at the sight!!!
The camera shoots over to the carnage, as Jarrett lies motionless in the midst of the rubble from the exploding table…Ekmo lies motionless with the trash can still over half of his body…
And Ken Shamrock steams in the corner, hands on his knees, pissed that he almost got there to break up the count. Shamrock forcefully turns Mike Awesome around, but is man enough to respect that Awesome won, and puts out his hand. Awesome accepts the handshake, while we can pick up Ken Shamrock’s words to Mike Awesome…
“You won tonight…but you didn’t beat me…I’ll see you very soon!”
Shamrock exits the cage as Mike Awesome continues his celebration…
The credits roll as West and Tenay sign us off, and the final scene we witness this week is the
NEW NWA WORLD CHAMPION Mike Awesome posing at the top of the cage, with his newly won NWA Championship held high above his head…
Mike Awesome is now the NWA World Champion, but in the process has put a
MASSIVE target on his back, and the duo of Ken Shamrock and Ekmo weren’t pinned, and have a serious gripe about taking the title away from Mike Awesome!!
For now, Mike Awesome stands tall as he ushers in
TOTAL NONSTOP ACTION as the Champion of the world!!!
