[The show starts with Adam McMichaels in his office on the phone.]
Adam McMichaels: “Yeah, you almost here. Well I’m on my way to the ring right now. Be there asap.”
[The Riots video package plays and then as the music continued it shows the fans in the stands.]
Justin Roberts: “Making his way into the ring, the general manager of Riots, Adam McMichaels.”
[McMichaels walks down the ramp with a briefcase in hand and gets into the ring and is handed a mic.]
McMichaels: “Now I bet you all want to know why I have this briefcase. Well there is something in here that could change up and add some more excitement to Riots.”
[His cell phone goes off and he answers hit. He puts the mic down and we cannot hear what he says. He then grabs the mic again.]
McMichaels: “Alright now you all know that I was gone last week scouting talent and I found someone. This man will be fighting in a match at WarZone and a pretty big one to boot. Now let introduce to you all the way from Detroit Michigan, they call him the man beast.”
[We then see Rhino walk out on the stage and he sticks his arms up and his pyro goes off. He walks to the ramp and gets in the ring. He walks over and shakes the hand or Adam McMichaels.]
Mark Cellers: “Oh my god, McMichaels has sign Rhino to Riots. What a big move.”
Jake Reed: “Yeah Rhino is big, but the hell is in that briefcase?”
Roberts: “I am glad to introduce to you all, the news superstar to Riots, The Man Beast, Rhino.”
[McMichaels hands Rhino the mic.]
Rhino: “Adam I am glad to be here on Riots. Yes for all of you that remember, I was on Anarchy but released not to long ago with few other stars. And after talking with Adam McMichaels and hearing about his next venture for Riots, I knew this was the place where I had to be. Thank you Adam.”
McMichaels: “Now with Rhino here I can unveil the contents I have in this briefcase.”
[McMichaels put the case down on the mat and opened it up. He then pulled out a championship belt.]
McMichaels: “This right here is the latest edition to Riots, well besides you Rhino. Rhino will be fighting for this at WarZone. It is the SWA Hardcore Championship. This title will stay vacant till WarZone when Rhino will face the monster Abyss for this title in a hardcore match. Once that match is over this title is pretty much up for grabs. It something called the twenty-four seven rule. The champ must defend this title twenty four hours a day, seven days a week and three hundred and sixty-five days a year. Anyone can attack you anywhere and attempt to take your title as long as there is a referee present to count the fall. Rhino good luck, Abyss good luck.”
[McMichaels put the title back in the case and walked backstage as we went to commercial break]
-Commercial Break-
Beat The Clock Challenge
Big Show Vs. Bobby Lashley
Roberts: “This match is a beat the clock match to help determine the order of the number one contenders gauntlet at WarZone. Making his way into the ring first, the five hundred pound, The Big Show.”
[Big walked down the ramp and got into the ring. He walked to one side of the ring and lifted his arm up in the air.]
Roberts: “And his opponent, he is the real deal, Bobby Lashley.”
[Lashley walked out on the stage and cross his arms and as he shot them out to the sides his pyro went off. He then walked down the ramp, got in the ring and onto the second ropes. He then crossed his arms again and the stuck them out to the sides.]
The match started out with Big Show kicking Lashley in the gut and shoving him into the corner. Show went to punch and Lashley moved out of the way. He then kicked Show in the gut a couple times. Lashley then went to whip The Big Show into the opposite corner and Big Show reversed it. He sent Lashley into the corner and ran at him full force with a clothesline. Lashley walked out of the corner and Big Show kicked him in the head sending to the mat. Show tried to end this as fast as he could and he grabbed Lashley, and gave him a Show Stopper and then went for the pin, 1…2.. and Lashley kicked out.
Big Show could not believe it. Lashley gets up to his knees ad Big Show chops him and then Lashley get up and again and is sent right back down with another boot the face. Lashley Pulled himself up with the ropes and Big Show grabbed him. Big Show went for an over head chop but Bobby blocked it and Lashley backed him into the corner. Lashley ran over to the corner opposite of Big Show. He then ran and The Big Show and nailed him with a huge clothesline. Big Show stumbled out of the corner and with all his strength Lashley suplexed The Big Show to the mat. Lashley then went for the pin, 1.., but Big Show kicked out at 1.
Both men got up and the tied up. Big Show then backed Lashley against the ropes and he then slapped Lashley so hard in the chest he fell to the mat. Big Show then lifted Lashley to his feet and Big Show whipped Lashley off the ropes and when Lashley got back to Big Show he speared him. Lashley went for the pin, 1…2.. and The Big Show kicked out with so much power he tossed Bobby Lashley right of off him.
Both men got to their feet and Lashley back The Bog Show into the corner. Lashley then rammed his shoulder into the gut of The Big Show. E pulled Big Show out of the corner and was knocked down but how with a clothesline. Big Show picked Bobby up and whipped him off the ropes and when Lashley got back to him he was kicked in the fact with a big boot. Big Show then picked Lashley up off the mat. He then lifted him up n the center of the ring for a Show Stopper. Show held Lashley up and walked to the side of the ring. Then he chokeslamed Lashley from seven feet above the ring to floor below. Lashley hit the floor and looked as if he was broke in half. The referee started his count. He got to five and Lashley still had not moved. He got to ten and Lashley was still motionless.
Roberts: “Here is your winner with a time of four minutes, The Big Show.”
[Officials and EMTs came down to the ring and slowly put Lashley on stretcher. He had still not moved.]
-Commercial break-
[We then see Jake Reed and Mark Cellers]
Cellers: ”Bobby Lashley has just been taken to a local hospital when and if anymore information comes to us tonight we will let you now as soon as possible.”
Reed: “I just hope Bobby is alright cause that was suck an long fall ad after he fell we did not see him move.”
Cellers: “Well WarZone is only two weeks away and for the first time we will crown a SWA hardcore Champion.”
Reed: “It will be the man beast Rhino taking on the monster Abyss. Plus in a house of fun cage match is will be Raven versus CM Punk.”
Cellers: “Then we will see a 5 man gauntlet with Batista, The Big Show, Chris Jericho Mr. Kennedy and Randy Orton. The winner of the match will go onto WrestleSlam and face the SWA champion for the title?”
Reed: “And in our main event it will be a triple threat, elimination, sadistic rules match for the SWA championship. Will Booker T walk out with his title or will it be the former champ Kurt Angle. Or even the man that calls himself the champ Christian Cage.”
Cellers: “So join us January 13, 2008 live on pay-per-view for WarZone from the 1st Mariner Arena1st Mariner Arena in Baltimore, Maryland.”
[We then see Raven sitting in the middle of a staircase.]
Raven: “Punk, McMichaels said that I could not touch you until WarZone. That still will not atop this man though.”
Cellers: “What is Raven talking about?”
Raven: “Punk if you are watching right now then turn around. If you are not well ten quote the raven, nevermore.”
[The screen went black as we went to commercial.]
-Commercial Break-
Cellers: “This is what Raven was talking about. Take a look at went down during the break.”
[We then see official going into the locker room of CM Punk to see him getting beat down by the monster Abyss. Officials and referees tried to pull Abyss off o Punk but Abyss just swatted them away. We then saw Abyss opponent for WarZone Rhino, run in with a steel chair and nail him on the back two times with the chair. Abyss fell to one knee and then got up and turned to Rhino. With no fear in his eyes Rhino took that chair and slammed it right dead center on the head of Abyss. Abyss fell to one knee but was not down. Rhino then hit him again in the head with the chair and he fell to both knees. At this point Abyss had been busted open by the chair shots but he was not down and out. As Abyss slowly started to get u Rhino looked as if he was going to walked out of the room but he then turned around, ran and Abyss an gored him so hard it took Abyss off his feet and right on top of a wooden bench. Rhino then went over to look at Punk while Abyss was knocked out and bloodied just a foot or two away.]
Reed: “We are being told that Punk did not et hurt during that attack by Abyss set up by Raven.”
Cellers “Wait m sources are telling me something in me headset right now. Give me a quick second.”
[We wait a quick second.]
Cellers: “Alright, I have just been told that next week here on Riots just 3 days before WarZone we will see in our main event, Rhino and CM Punk will team again Raven and Abyss in a hardcore tag team match.”
Reed: “Wow, can’t wait to see that. But now on to other business. It is time for our tag team titles match. Last week it was Team 3D versus MNM in a number one contenders match and it looked as if Team 3D was going to win the match when Sabu came down and screwed Team 3D out of the match giving MNM the win and the title match.”
SWA Tag Team Titles Match
RVD & Sabu © Vs. MNM
Roberts: “This is for the SWA Tag Team Championship. First the challengers, making their way into the ring with Melina, Mercury and Nitro, M..N..M”
[MNM walks down their rep carpet and gets into the ring.]
Roberts: “And their opponents, they are the SWA Tag Team Champion, The human highlight reel RVD and the homicidal, genocidal, suicidal Sabu.”
[The two walk out on the stage and as Sabu points to the heavens RVD does his thumbs up and points to himself three times. The then run down the ramp and slide into the ring.]
RVD and Nitro started the match. RVD whipped Joey into the corner. Rob ran at him and launched him out of the corner with a monkey flip. RVD then jumped up on the top ropes bounces of and nailed Johnny with a moonsault and went for the pin, 1..2 and Nitro kicked out.
Both men stood up and Nitro tagged in Mercury. RVD went to kick him but Mercury ducked. Then from behind RVD swept the legs right out from under Joey Mercury. RVD then walked over and tagged in Sabu. Sabu got into the ring picked Mercury up. He whipped Mercury off the ropes and when he got back to Sabu, Sabu dropkicked him in the knee and he fell back down on the mat. Sabu then started to stomp on Mercury. He stomped on his head twice his chest one and then went for that knee. He stomped on it about three times and Mercury tried to scoot over to Nitro but Sabu pulled him back into the middle of the ring and stomped on his knee three or four more times. Sabu then looked up and pointed to the heavens. Mercury started to slowly get up using the ropes and as he was at the second rope Sabu punched right n the head with a hard right hand. Joey pulled himself all the way up and was punched again with another ring hand by Sabu. Sabu then grabbed Joey and gave him a snapmare but made sure he was sitting up. He then ran, jumped and bounced off the second rope back and Mercury and nailed him in the head with the side of his leg. Sabu then went for the pin, 1..2.. and Nitro ran in and broke up the pin. RVD then rand in and started to punch Nitro. RVD then whipped Nitro of the ropes and then nailed him with a spinning wheel kick and Nitro fell to the mat and rolled out of the ring.
Sabu then put Mercury in a head lock sleeper. He had it applied for about a minute when Mercury started to slow stand with Sabu still applying the hold. Mercury got all the way up and punched Sabu twice and then shoved him off of him and Sabu bounced off the ropes. Joey was going to try and hit him with a clothesline and Sabu slid under the legs of Mercury. Sabu got to is feet behind Mercury and kicked him in the back of the leg in the knee area and Mercury fell on all fours and Sabu then kicked him in the head. He drug him over to his corner and tagged in RVD. RVD grabbed Joey and hit him twice in the head with some elbows. He then back him in the corner and hit him with another elbow. The all of a sudden Team 3D ran down the ramp each with a kendo stick. Devon ran into the ring and hit RVD in the back of the head with the kendo sick and Brother Raw nailed Sabu in the back and then pulled him off the ring apron right to the floor. Nitro jumped off the apron and pulled Mercury out of the ring. Ray slid Sabu back into the ring as RVD got up and was nailed right square ion his head with a kendo stick Ray got into the ring and nailed Sabu twice with the kendo stick across the ring. Devon then picked RVD up and whipped him cross the ring and then when RVD got back to him he picked him up and the dropped him with a 3D. Brother Ray then rolled him out of the ring and then shoved Devon and told him to get the tables. Brother Devon got out of the ring and pulled out a table from under the ring. He slid it in and Brother Ray set it up. Devon then whipped Sabu of the ropes and they sent Sabu crashing through the table with a 3D.
-Commercial Break-
Cellers: “Welcome back and if you are just joining us it was the tag champs against MNM with the titles on the line and the tag champs were in control. Then Team 3D came down and attacked the tag team champs with Kendo sticks. Then gave RVD a 3D and Sabu a 3D through a table. Randy Rivers has caught up with Team 3D backstage.”
[Backstage]
Randy Rivers: “Brother Ray, Brother Devon…”
Brother Ray: “Hey Randy, we are not Brother Ray and Brother Devon. I don’t know why people keep calling us that. I am Bubba Ray and this is my brother D-von and we are the Dudley Boys. As for Sabu and RVD they deserved what they just got.”
Rivers: “What do you mean by that?”
Bubba Ray: “If you don’t recall, last week when we were about to beat Nitro and Mercury when Sabu came in a screwed us out of the match.”
D-von: “So we came down and took business into our own hand. Oh testify my brother. Test…i..fy.”
[The Dudley Boys then walked off.]
Cellers: “Well it is time for our main event tonight.”
Reed; “It will be the SWA Champ Booker T versus Randy Orton in Orton’s beat the clock match.”
Beat The Clock Challenge
Randy Orton Vs. Booker T
Roberts: “This match is a beat the clock match to help determine the order of the number one contenders gauntlet at WarZone. Making his way into the ring first, he is the legend killer, Randy Orton.”
[Orton walked out on the stage a stuck his arms out as his pyro went off. He then walked down the ramp and got into the ring. Orton got n the second ropes and stuck his arms out again looking pout into the crowd.]
Roberts: “And his opponent, he is the SWA Champion, Booker T.”
[Booker walked out onto the stage and the pyro went off. He then walked down the ramp and got into the ring.]
The two tied up and Orton back Booker into the corner and Orton continued shoving him. The referee pulled Orton off Booker. Orton then hit Booker in the gut with an elbow. Orton then punched Booker in the head and the whipped him to the opposite turnbuckle. Orton went t run and Booker and hit him with a clothesline but Booker T moved out of the way and Orton stopped himself before he ran into the turnbuckle. Orton turned around and Booker kneed Orton in the gut. Orton fell to one knee and Booker clubbed a couple time on the back. Booker stood him up and chopped him hard and Orton fell into the corner. Booker went to punch Orton and he blocked it. Orton the kicked Booker in the gut and Punched him on the head. Orton got off the ropes and went to whip Booker but Booker reversed it. Booker bent over and was kicked by Orton. Orton then bounced off the ropes and when he got back to Booker, Booker T kicked him in the head with an outside crescent kick. Orton fell to the mat and rolled out of the ring. Booker then started to yell and him to get back into the ring. Booker slid out of the ring and kicked Orton in the gut. He then grabbed Randy and rolled him into the ring. Both men got back into the ring and Booker kicked Orton in the gut and went for the Axe kick but Orton reversed it and went for an RKO but Booker reversed it and got Randy in a back slide, 1..2.. and Orton kicked out.
Orton got up quick and grabbed Booker. He grabbed and rammed him shoulder first into the turnbuckle. Booker fell to the mat and tried to roll out of the ring but Orton caught him before he got off the apron. Orton grabbed Booker and set him up on the top. Orton the stood on the second rope and punched Booker T four times in the head. He then grabbed Booker head with his right arm and stuck his other arm out. He then leaped and drilled Booker T to the mat with and RKO from the top rope. Orton th quickly jumped on Booker T and went fro the pin, 1…2...3.
Roberts: “Here is your winner with a time of two minutes and fifteen seconds, The legend killer, Randy Orton.”
Cellers: “Well right now Chris Jericho is still in the lead for the beat the clock challenge with a time of one minute ad thirty-two seconds.”
Reed: “And now Orton is in second with two minutes and fifteen seconds.”
Cellers: “The Big Show is in third with a time of four minutes and Mr. Kennedy is in last with no time since he was defeated by Kurt Angle last week.”
Reed: “Well next week it will be Cage versus Batista in Batista’s beat the clock match and in the main event it will be CM Punk and Rhino teaming against Raven and Abyss in a hardcore tag team match.”
Cellers: “See you all next week.”
[We see Orton celebrating taunting the crowd from the second ropes and we go off the air.]