WCW/ECW Cyberslam 2002
September 1, 2002
Key Arena
Seattle, WA
“Tonight….
The superstars of World Championship Wrestling and Extreme Championship Wrestling have their destinies decided by you.
You decide who Triple H defends the WCW World Championship against.
You decidet how Rob Van Dam, and The Outsiders defend their championships.
The decisions you make will alter the course of wrestling history…
Forever.”
Mike Tenay: “Welcome everyone to the first interactive Pay-Per-View in professional wrestling history! Welcome to Cyberslam!
Don West: “I’m so excited about Cyberslam, Mike. And oh man, the champ is making his way out here?!”
Mike Tenay: “Triple H is slated to defend the WCW World Championship against either Booker T or Kurt Angle. But that’s supposed to be later tonight! “The Game” looks like he’s ready to go now though!”
Triple H makes his way down to the ring with Eric Bischoff and Shawn Michaels. HHH grabs a microphone.
Triple H: “This entire thing is a damn crock! I spent the last few weeks preparing for two guys because for some reason sone genius, probably the boy wonder himself Shane McMahon, decided to leave the choice of my opponent tonight to you idiots! But if we’re going to do this ridiculous fan voting deal, we’re doing this on my terms. I’m not going to sit in the back and wait until the last minute to find out who gets the shot! We’re doing this right here, right now! Shane McMahon wants to catch me off guard, well I’m throwing that right back at Booker T and Kurt Angle. I’m here right now! Let’s see how they handle ‘The Game’ when it’s on my terms!”
Triple H hands the WCW World Title to referee Charles Robinson. HHH waits as no one responds to his demands…until suddenly a video graphic with Booker T and Kurt Angle’s names on it! That graphic then provides everyone the following:
Booker T: 100%
Kurt Angle: 0%
Mike Tenay: “It’s unanimous!”
Don West: “Oh man, and here he comes!”
Mike Tenay: “It looks like Booker T is ready too!”
WCW World Championship
Triple H © (w/Eric Bischoff and Shawn Michaels) vs. Booker T
Triple H walks up to Booker, looking to kick things off with a staredown…but Booker knocks him down with a punch to the face to get things started! HHH gets back up but Booker is all over him with punches and chops. HHH tries to hide in the ropes, and Booker shoves him while he’s in the corner for good measure. HHH comes out of the corner with a right but that’s blocked by Booker. Booker fires back with a hard right and a hard chop, then hits HHH with another right hand! HHH puts Booker in the corner and hits him with hard chops of his own, but Booker again fires back and knocks HHH down!
Shawn Michaels jumps onto the apron but Booker chases him off immediately. HHH tries to take advantage, but Booker ducks a right hand and knocks HHH down with another chop! Booker sends HHH into the corner and hits him with a back bodydrop as he stumbles out! Booker pushes HHH back into the corner again and hits a couple of body shots, but HHH connects with a hard right that staggers Booker. HHH uncharacteristically heads to the top rope, and Booker takes advantage by arm dragging HHH off! Cover, 1…2…HHH just kicks out!
HHH begs off, trying to create some space between him and Booker, before hitting Booker with a kick. Side headlock is quickly countered as Booker sends HHH off the ropes. Booker leapfrogs over HHH then tries for the hip toss. HHH blocks, but Booker clotheslines him down anyway! Another cover, 1…2…HHH kicks out again. Booker hits HHH with a couple of high kicks, but misses the hook kick. HHH backs away towards the ropes and dumps Booker over as Booker tries to stay on the attack. Booker lands on the apron, but HHH hits a running knee that sends Booker crashing to the floor. HHH heads outside and slams Booker into the steel steps. Referee Charles Robinson tries to get HHH back into the ring, allowing
Shawn Michaels to slam Booker’s head into the steps again! HBK slides Booker into the ring as HHH covers, 1…2…Booker kicks out. HHH begins to stomp on Booker’s knee to keep him on the canvas. Booker manages to get back to his feet, but HHH immediately drops him with a neckbreaker. Cover, 1…2…Booker kicks out again. Booker fires some right hands to take back the advantage. HHH reverses the Irish whip though and plants Booker in the middle of the ring with a spinebuster! Another cover, 1…2…Booker kicks out for a third time, frustrating HHH a little bit.
HHH chokes Booker before going back to working on the knee. HHH drops an elbow on the leg and locks Booker in a leg grapevine. Booker tries to fight out, but he’s struggles to escape. HHH releases and goes back to stomping on the knee, before locking Booker in the
Figure Four! Booker screams in pain as HHH tries to end the match right here. Booker tries to fight out of it, but HHH has it locked on good. Booker’s shoulders hit the canvas, 1…2…but he gets a shoulder up!
Eric Bischoff reaches out to give HHH more leverage with the Fight Four, but Robinson sees it and kicks off Bischoff’s hands! Booker turns the Figure Four over, putting the pressure on HHH! HHH releases his legs and Booker gets back to his feet, although he’s limping. Booker hits HHH with a hard right then sends HHH off the ropes. He goes for another backdrop, but HHH puts on the brakes and hits Booker with a facebuster to the knee! Booker stumbles back and HHH clotheslines him over the top rope back onto the floor! Booker gets back onto the apron and HHH tries to bring him in the hardway with a suplex, but Booker floats over HHH, hits a kick and spikes HHH with a DDT! Cover, 1…2…HHH just gets the shoulder up!
Both men struggle to get to their feet before a slugfest breaks out. Booker T wins the exchange , but when he comes off the ropes HHH catches him with the high knee! HHH then locks Booker in an
Indian Deathlock! Booker screams in pain and it looks like he’s about to submit, but the crowd keeps Booker’s spirit in the match! Booker manages to reach HHH with a couple of punches and manages to untrap his leg, escaping from the deathlock. HHH quickly locks on a sleeper, but Booker drives HHH’s head into the corner. Booker then comes off the ropes and hits HHH with a flying one legged dropkick, although he hurts his own knee in the process! Booker climbs onto HHH for the cover, 1…2…HHH just gets his shoulder up to counter. Booker comes off the ropes again, but HHH gets a kick…and
plants Booker with the Pedigree! 1…2…
Booker T kicks out and Triple H is in total shock! Triple H quickly sets Booker up for a second one, but Booker adjusts his position and
backdrops HHH over the top rope onto the floor!
Booker lies in the middle of ring as HHH tries to recover on the outside…until
Booker explodes onto his feet with a Spinarooni! Booker hits the ropes and
dives over the top rope, taking out HHH! Booker tosses HHH onto the timekeeper’s table, but turns around into then knocks down an encroaching
Shawn Michaels for good measure! Booker jumps up on top of the timekeeper’s table as well, but HHH hits a low blow! HHH sets up for the
Pedigree, but
Booker returns the low blow…and sets HHH up himself!
Bookend drives both Booker and HHH through the table! Eric Bischoff demands that Booker be disqualified, but no call is made! After what seems like an eternity, Booker gets back to his feet and slides HHH back into the ring! He slides in and makes the cover, 1…2…
Shawn Michaels pulls Charles Robinson under the bottom rope to stop the count! Michaels argues with Robinson as
Shane McMahon makes his way down to the ring! Shane gets in HBK’s face and demands he head to the back! Booker rolls to the outside and blasts HBK anyway!
Booker T slides back into the ring. HHH runs at him but Booker catches him with a jumping Harlem sidekick! HHH tries for a clothesline but walks into a
Bookend…but HHH twists the arm to escape. HHH boots Booker and goes for the
Pedigree, but Booker fights out and kicks HHH! Booker hits the ropes and
hits the Scissors’ Kick! Cover by Booker T!
Robinson was distracted helping Shane McMahon get Shawn Michaels away from ringside, but slides into the ring…1…2…no! Triple H somehow finds a way to get his shoulder up at the 2.999 mark! Booker sends HHH off the ropes and plants him with his own spinebuster before dragging HHH to the corner. Booker heads to the top rope, but
Eric Bischoff hits Booker in the back of that bad knee with the WCW World title belt, undetected by Robinson! Booker still sits on the top rope, trying to stand as HHH meets him up there…and hits a superplex! HHH slowly gets to his feet but picks Booker T up as well…before planting him with another
Pedigree! 1…2…3!
Winner: Triple H via pinfall in 27:25 (Retains)
Eric Bischoff collects Triple H and helps him to the back while holding onto HHH’s WCW World Championship. Shane McMahon runs back down to check on Booker T. It looks like Booker tells Shane what happened, to which Shane does not look happy.
Mike Tenay: “It looked like Booker T had that won Don!”
Don West: “It doesn’t matter, Mike. When it was all done Triple H once again proved he will put out all the stops to be WCW World Champion!”
Mike Tenay: “It’s a shame. An absolute shame. I thought for sure Booker T was going to win his 6th WCW World Championship tonight. We’re gonna send it to Joey Styles for a couple of title matches, we’ll be back later tonight!”
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The camera cuts to the locker room as Kurt Angle stares into a mirror. Angle looks very angry after seeing that none of the fans voted for him at all to take on Triple H tonight.
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A graphic is shown on the big video screen listing all the potential challengers for the ECW World Tag Team Championship. Then, the results come up as well!
Elix Skipper and Shane Helms: 53.9%
Bam Bam Bigelow and Gangrel: 17.8%
America’s Most Wanted: 17%
Psicosis and Juventud Guerrera: 9.5%
Danny Doring and Roadkill: 0%
Jamie Noble and Kid Kash: 0%
Joey Styles: Hello everyone I’m Joey Styles alongside the former two-time ECW World Champion Tazz. Partner, we have one hell of a Tag Team match coming up for the ECW World Tag Team Championship!”
Tazz: “Skipper and Helms? It’s gonna be a rocketbusta, Joey!”
ECW World Tag Team Championship
AJ Styles and Jerry Lynn © vs. Elix Skipper and Shane Helms
Styles and Skipper start off. They lock-up and Skipper gets the better of Styles with punches and kicks. Styles fires back with his own punches, sends Skipper off the ropes, and hits him with a roundhouse kick! Quick cover, 1…2…Skipper kicks out. Styles tags in Lynn. Lynn sends Skipper into the corner and punches away at him before Skipper drops Lynn face-first into the top turnbuckle. Skipper leaps up to the top turnbuckle and backflips over Lynn, then hits Lynn with a one legged dropkick to the back of the head! Skipper tags in Helms…and hiptosses Helms into the ring where Helms lands on Lynn, leading to a flying headscissors! Cover from Helms, 1…2…Lynn kicks out. Helms sends Lynn off the ropes and Styles gets a blind tag. Dropkick connects on Lynn from Helms, but Helms turns right into a flying forearm from Styles! Cover, 1…2…Helms kicks out.
Styles sends Helms off the ropes and Helms rolls under a leapfrog. Styles comes back with a shoulder tackle that knocks Helms down. Styles hits the ropes again but Helms surprises him with a clothesline! Helms sets up Styles for a suplex, but when Helms has him up Lynn reaches over and pushes Styles back down, allowing Styles to counter and drop Helms headfirst with a brainbuster! Lynn then comes off the top rope with the
Minneapolis Jam! Cover by Lynn, 1…2…Skipper hits a quick elbowdrop to break up the pin. Lynn punches away at Helms and props him on the second rope, then brings him crashing to the canvas with an avalanche bulldog! Another cover, 1…2…Skipper again breaks up the count! Lynn takes a shot at Skipper, then tags in Styles. Styles comes off the ropes but is surprised when Helms grabs him by the throat! Shades of the Hurricane as he went for the
Hurri-Slam there, but Styles breaks free. Back suplex from Styles, but Helms lands on his feet and takes Styles out with a neckbreaker!
Helms dives at his partner and makes the tag to Skipper! Skipper hits both Styles and an incoming Lynn with dropkicks. Skipper hooks the back of Styles’ arms and drops him with a dragon suplex! Roundhouse kick takes out Lynn! High-angle back suplex from Skipper on Styles! Cover, 1…2…Lynn just breaks up the count as Helms runs back in. Helms and Skipper are in complete control. Helms hits
Nightmare on Helms Street on Lynn! Styles ducks a Skipper dropkick and Styles hits him with the
Pele Kick! Styles backdrops Helms over the top rope, but then turns into a Skipper gutwrench powerbomb! 1…2…Styles kicks out. Styles and Skipper fires punches at one another, but Skipper blocks a kick and shoves Styles down. Skipper sends Styles off the ropes, but Styles ducks under a Skipper leapfrog then hits the
Fosbury Flop on Helms on the outside! Lynn sneaks up behind Skipper and hits a German suplex! Styles gets back on the apron and hits Skipper with a
Springboard 450 Splash! Cover, 1…2…3!
Winners: AJ Styles and Jerry Lynn when Styles pinned Skipper in 9:49 (Retains)
When walking down the aisle with the ECW Tag Team titles, Styles and Lynn look back at Skipper and Helms, nodding their heads in a form of respect. Helms simply shakes his head in the ring as he helps Skipper back up.
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Joey Styles: “AJ Styles and Jerry Lynn overcome another tough challenge for their ECW World Tag Team Championship. Well coming up next, we have the ECW World Television Championship on the line!”
Tazz: “Joey, there are some really tough challengers on the block here for Rey tonight. You’ve got Shelton, who’s been itching at a chance to win ECW gold. Crazy and Tajiri, two Cruiserweights who pound-for-pound will give Rey everything he can handle. Of course there’s Sabu, my arch-rival. He and Rey tore the house down last month at Anarchy Rulz and you know Sabu would love another shot at Rey! Let’s not forget the ultra-intense Saturn or the nephew of the man Rey beat for the title, Chavo Jr.!” Hey Joey, Rey is headed down to the ring now!”
As Rey Mysterio Jr. enters the ring, he looks up at the big screen like everyone else to see who will challenge him for the ECW Television Championship.
Sabu: 69%
Shelton Benjamin: 19.8%
Tajiri: 5.7%
Chavo Guerrero Jr.: 5.4%
Saturn: 0%
Super Crazy: 0%
CW Anderson: 0%
John Kronus: 0%
Rey takes a deep breath as “Huka Blues” plays!
Joey Styles: “It’s rematch time here in Seattle! Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Sabu!”
ECW Television Championship
Rey Mysterio Jr. © vs. Sabu (w/Bill Alfonso)
Sabu immediately lunges at Rey’s leg and takes him down, followed by an elbow drop. Rey quickly rolls out of the ring to escape Sabu, but Sabu follows up with a dive off the apron, taking Rey down. Sabu punches away at Rey on the floor before grabbing a steel chair. Sabu throws the chair at Rey, but Rey ducks and the chair smashes against the ring post. Rey gets a couple of shots in at Sabu to slow him down, then jumps up to the apron himself. Rey dives off with a sunset flip! Rey sets up a chair on the outside and puts Sabu in a seated position. Rey slides back into the ring, hits the ropes and springboards off the top rope, only Sabu moves and
Rey crashes into the chair! Sabu rolls Rey into the ring as
Bill Alfonso sets up a table. Sabu takes the chair and violently throws it against Rey’s skull! Cover from Sabu, 1…2…Rey kicks out.
Rey tries to mount an offensive but runs right into a back bodydrop from Sabu! Sabu sets up a chair as Rey tries to recover in the corner…and Sabu hits Air Sabu! Sabu sets up the chair again and hits the ropes, but Rey surprises him with a drop toehold that sends Sabu face-first into the chair. Rey dropkicks Sabu in the back and goes for the
6-1-9…and he hits
Bill Alfonso! Alfonso was trying to protect Sabu. Rey is still in the ropes as Sabu punches away at him, then quickly leaps up to the second rope and drops a legdrop, trapping Rey’s body in the ropes! Sabu drags Rey on the outside to the table that’s set up and puts Rey on it. Sabu comes back into the ring and points to the sky. He sets up a chair and leaps off it to the top rope, but Rey has a chair of his own and
throws it at Sabu’s legs, causing Sabu to be crotched on the top rope! Rey leaps up to the top rope, and catches Sabu off the ropes with an
avalanche hurricanrana that sends Sabu flying through the table!
Joey Styles: “Oh my God!”
Rey slides Sabu into the ring and follows with a springboard seated senton! 1…2…Sabu kicks out. Rey hits the ropes and ducks a Sabu clothesline, hitting Sabu with a springboard crossbody! 1…2…Sabu kicks out again. Rey jumps up to the top rope and goes for a moonsault, but Sabu moves out of the way…but Rey does land on his feet. It doesn’t matter as Sabu springboards off the ropes and hits Rey with a leg lariat! Sabu then stomps on Rey’s back before locking in the
Camel Clutch! Sabu rears back as much as he can, putting immense pressure on Rey’s back. After wearing down Rey, Sabu releases and places a chair in the middle of the ring. Sabu goes for a hurricanrana, but Rey plants him on the chair with a powerbomb to counter! This leaves both men lying on their backs in the ring! Sabu and Rey try to get back on their feet at the same time, then trade punches. Rey hits the ropes and jumps into Sabu in the wheelbarrow position and goes for a bulldog, but Sabu shoves him off.
Bill Alfonso slides a table in the ring and Sabu tries to quickly set it up. Rey runs at Sabu but Sabu again receives a chair to the face! Sabu rolls Rey onto the table and then leaps up to the top rope, and
crashes through Rey and the table with an Arabian Skullcrusher! Sabu covers Rey, 1…2…3!
Winner: Sabu via pinfall in 13:58 (New Champion)
Joey Styles: “We have a new champion, Tazz! Sabu has now completed the ECW triple crown!”
Tazz: “What a match, Joey!” Sabu is the new TV Champion! But Joey, that’s 1 to 1 now! We’re going to have to see a rubber match eventually!”
Sabu points to the sky as Bill Alfonso takes the ECW Television Championship and hugs him! Rey tries to get his bearings as he clearly favors his head.
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Joey Styles: “Well coming up next Tazz, another chapter will be written in the war between ECW and The New World Order. The fans voted for one participant for the on each side. Representing ECW is Total Impact, made up of Lance Storm, Mike Awesome, and Chris Candido, as well as The Sandman, Balls Mahoney, Tommy Dreamer, and Spike Dudley. On the NWO side is X-Factor, that’s that traitor Justin Credible and X-Pac as well as the member of the organization that the NWO paid off, the Full-Blooded Italians. Everyone not picked will be at ringside with a weapon in hand as a Lumberjack!”
After a lengthy entrance from The Sandman, everyone stands around the ring as the results come up. The New World Order/FBI are up first.
X-Pac: 60.5%
Justin Credible: 39.5%
Little Guido: 0%
Tracy Smothers: 0%
Big Sal E. Graziano: 0%
Tony Mamaluke: 0%
Big Daddy Vincenzo: 0%
X-Pac does a few crotch crops as he enters the ring, looking ready to fight whomever. The fans make it clear who they want from the ECW side:
Mike Awesome: 100%
Lance Storm: 0%
Chris Candido: 0%
The Sandman: 0%
Tommy Dreamer: 0%
Spike Dudley: 0%
Balls Mahoney: 0%
Realization hits X-Pac, who has to go one-on-one with Mike Awesome!
Weapon Mix-N-Match Lumberjack Match
Mike Awesome vs. X-Pac
X-Pac attacks Awesome as soon as Awesome enters the ring, but Awesome shoves him, then
throws him over the top rope into the ECW lumberjacks! X-Pac quickly slides into the ring before the lumberjacks get a hold of him, but he’s leveled by an Awesome clothesline. Awesome presses X-Pac over his head…but surprisingly throws him over the top rope
into the NWO/FBI lumberjacks! Awesome then springboards off the top rope and
dives onto all of the FBI and Justin Credible! The FBI swarm Awesome as ECW and Total Impact come around and it took a mere couple of minutes for all hell to break loose! X-Pac gets back into the ring and has a
pizza box that the FBI brought with them. Awesome slides back in as the factions continue to fight on the outside. X-Pac smashes the pizza box over Awesome’s head which does stun him! Cover, 1…2…Awesome powers out with authority!
Justin Credible runs in, but Awesome ducks him and Credible runs into a
Singapore Cane shot from
Sandman! Mahoney takes Credible and
destroys a chair over his head! Vincenzo and Sal slide in a table then slide into the ring themselves, but Awesome hits them both with a double clothesline, then hits a double shoulder block to knock them both out of the ring.
Tony Mamaluke has another pizza box and tries to hit Awesome, but Awesome blocks and smashes it over Mamaluke’s head! Awesome then takes what’s in the box out, and it’s a steel tray! X-Pac spin kicks the tray into Awesome’s face! Another cover, 1….2…Awesome kicks out again. X-Pac sets up the table that was slid in the ring, but
Chris Candido jumps onto the apron and grabs X-Pac by the hair. X-Pac fight him off, allowing Awesome to run over X-Pac with a big clothesline. With the table set up Awesome sets up X-Pac for an
Awesome Bomb, but from behind…it’s
Albert?! Albert bashes Awesome in the back with a chair. Albert sets Awesome up and hits the
Baldo Bomb through the table, then leaves X-Pac on Awesome! 1…2…3!
Winner: X-Pac via pinfall in 5:36
X-Factor escapes as the FBI continue to brawl with ECW! Albert carries both Justin Credible and the victorious X-Pac to the back, although X-Pac is able to raise his hand in victory. Mike Awesome gets back to his feet and realizes what’s happened, and goes on an absolute tear of the Full Blooded Italians! Awesome smashes them all with chairs before grabbing Little Guido and planting him in the middle of the ring with an Awesome Bomb! Eventually the FBI back down as Awesome continues to fume.
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Joey Styles: “Just unbelievable, Tazz. Somehow, X-Factor always seems to get away with being an absolute pain in the ass. I mean really, Albert?”
Tazz: “You can’t underestimate X-Pac as he’s a cagey vet who always has a plan.”
Joey Styles: “Anyway, it’s time to move on. We’ve got one more match to call, partner. The ECW World Championship is on the line between, for my money, the best two wrestlers in the world. ECW World Heavyweight Champion Rob Van Dam takes on Eddie Guerrero. The only question, is what type of match are we about to see? Will it be a Ladder Match? A Last Man Standing Match or the Mexican Strap Match? Let’s find out what you, the fans, chose for tonight’s ECW World Championship Match!”
Mexican Strap Match: 48%
Ladder Match: 42.5%
Last Man Standing: 9.5%
Tazz: “Whoa, Joey!”
Joey Styles: “There you have it. Both Rob Van Dam and Eddie Guerrero will have a 12-foot leather strap tied to their wrists. To win, one must touch the top turnbuckle of all four corners of the ring without being interrupted!”
Eddie Guerrero cockily makes his way to the ring, strap in hand. Guerrero tells the camera that he’s going to whip RVD like a dog before winning the ECW World Championship. RVD makes his way out next of course, looking as confident as ever.
ECW World Championship – Mexican Strap Match
Rob Van Dam © (w/Bill Alfonso) vs. Eddie Guerrero
The strap is attached to both men as both RVD and Guerrero try to pull themselves towards the other. RVD tries a kick but Guerrero remains out of RVD’s range. Guerrero mouths off to someone in the crowd, allowing RVD to pull him in with the strap. Eddie ducks the roundhouse kick, but RVD whips him in the ass with the strap instead! Eddie tries to get away from RVD, only to get pulled in and hit with the roundhouse kick! Guerrero bails to the outside, but RVD again pulls him with the strap and Guerrero ends up running straight into the ringpost! RVD jumps out to the apron and splashes Guerrero! RVD whips Guerrero some more before playing to the crowd himself. RVD slides Guerrero back into the ring, but now it’s Guerrero who pulls the strap and RVD crashes into the ring apron. Guerrero drags RVD into the ring and whips him over and over with the strap! Guerrero makes his way to the first corner and touches it, but RVD pulls him back towards the center of the ring and backdrops him! Corkscrew legdrop from RVD!
RVD heads to the corner and touches the first one. RVD makes his way to the second one, but Guerrero pulls the strap back and gets a dropkick. Guerrero wraps the strap around RVD’s neck and tries to choke RVD out! RVD looks like he’s running out of air and passes out! Guerrero releases then begins to drag RVD around the ring. Guerrero touches two turnbuckles, but RVD comes back to life and tosses Guerrero over the top rope to the outside…but RVD sends Guerrero too far, and the strap forces RVD to go flying over the top rope onto the floor as well! RVD gets back to his feet first and slams Guerrero into the barricade. RVD impales Guerrero onto the apron as
Bill Alfonso holds a chair in place. RVD leaps up to the apron, but Guerrero pulls him off and RVD crashes onto the floor! Guerrero
takes the chair from RVD and blasts Alfonso with a right hand! Guerrero levels RVD with the chair, hitting him right between the eyes! Guerrero dumps RVD over the top rope back into the ring, then hits him with a slingshot senton, coming over the top rope himself. Guerrero begins with path around the ring, hitting two turnbuckles with ease. RVD starts to pull Guerrero as Guerrero goes for the third one, but Guerrero pulls RVD in and hits him with an elbow. Guerrero hits the third turnbuckle, but this time RVD successfully pulls Guerrero back to the center of the ring. Guerrero blocks a kick, but RVD hits an enzugiri anyway!
RVD checks his head and finds some blood from the chair shot earlier. RVD asks Alfonso for a chair and Alfonso throws one in. Guerrero ducks the chairshot though and grabs RVD in a waistlock, then slams him back with a German suplex! Guerrero ties RVD’s legs together with the strap, then begins to pull him around the ring again. Guerrero gets two turnbuckles until RVD grabs onto the ropes. Despite his feet being tied together VD is able to pull Guerrero in and hit him in the face with both feet. RVD loosens the strap around his feet, then rolls and hits Guerrero with Rolling Thunder! RVD begins to drag Guerrero to the corner. RVD manages to hit two turnbuckles before Guerrero pulls him in. RVD ducks a clothesline though and hits Guerrero with a jumping back kick! RVD makes his way to the corner again and gets credit for the third turnbuckle. RVD reaches out for the fourth, but Guerrero manages to pull RVD in and hits him with a low blow!
Guerrero drags RVD to the corner and jumps up to the top rope, but RVD pulls him down and Guerrero ends up rolling through. Guerrero misses a clothesline and hits the corner. RVD jumps onto Guerrero and monkey flips him out of the corner, although Guerrero’s landing gets messed up too as the strap pulls Guerrero back down to the canvas! RVD tries to grab the chair, but Guerrero fights him for it. RVD releases, then
hits Guerrero with the Van Daminator! RVD again drags Guerrero to the corner and hits the top turnbuckle. RVD drags Guerrero to the second one. RVD reaches out for the third, but Guerrero has some life in him. Guerrero manages to pull RVD towards him but RVD takes him right out with a spinning heel kick! RVD heads to the corner and leaps up to the top rope. He doesn’t jump as high because of the strap, but RVD
hits the Four?-Star Frog Splash nonetheless. Referee Jim Mollineaux considers that the third turnbuckle, and RVD dives at the fourth, winning the match!
Winner: Rob Van Dam in 18:22 (Retains)
Rob Van Dam celebrates with Bill Alfonso in the ring, as Chavo Guerrero Jr. comes down to help his uncle up. Eddie pushes him off and disgustedly walks up the ramp, clearly not happy he did not beat RVD tonight.
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Jeremy Borash: “Jeremy Borash here and I am backstage with the challengers tonight for the WCW World Tag Team Championship. Gentlemen, you’ve each faced the Outsiders many times over the years. What’s the gameplan tonight to win the titles back?”
Diamond Dallas Page: “The gameplan? Easy, Borash. I cut down that punk Scott Hall with the Diamond Cutter while the big man here chokeslams that scum Kevin Nash through the ring. Like everyone else, we’re sick of the New World Order. It’s been six years of this crap. But it all started with Nash and Hall. We take them out, bada bing, then the NWO goes down with them, bada bang! No matter what match it is, DDP and the Big G win back the belts tonight!”
The camera zooms in on the angry face of The Giant as we cut back to the arena.
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Mike Tenay: “Once again, Mike Tenay along with Don West. Earlier, we saw Booker T win the fan vote for the WCW World Championship Match over Kurt Angle with a perfect 100%, but unfortunately Booker did not succeed in his match to win the title. Now Angle still has a chance here to leave Cyberslam with some gold, as he will be entered into a Battle Royal, with a match for the US Title against Christian taking place immediately after the Battle Royal ends.”
Don West: “Mike, there’s a lot of talented guys in this one. O’Haire. Regal. Kidman. But Kurt Angle looks angry and I’d try to avoid him as long as I can in this Battle Royal.”
Battle Royal for a WCW United States Championship Match
Alex Wright vs. The Barbarian vs. Billy Kidman vs. Brian Christopher vs. Chuck Palumbo vs. Disco Inferno vs. Fit Finlay vs. “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan vs. Hugh Morrus vs. Kurt Angle vs. Meng vs. Rene Dupree vs. Sean O’Haire vs. Test vs. William Regal
Angle wastes no time in attacking Christopher and dumping him over the top rope
(Elimination #1: Christopher by Angle). Disco and Wright try to avenge their fallen stablemate, but Disco too gets thrown out by Angle with ease
(Elimination #2: Disco by Angle). Wright manages to hold on and gets hit with a German suplex for his troubles! Regal and Finlay double team Test in a corner, while Duggan tries his luck hitting both Meng and Barbarian with clotheslines. Palumbo squares off with his former tag team partner O’Haire. Angle finishes off the dancing fools as he hits Wright with another German then sends him out
(Elimination #3: Wright by Angle). Hugh Morrus military presses Kidman, but Kidman slides behind him and hits a dropkick. Dupree comes running at Kidman and while Kidman ducks, he gets Morrus and Morrus goes out
(Elimination #4: Morrus by Dupree). The Faces of Fear try to get Palumbo out, but Test makes a surprising save by dumping Barbarian out instead
(Elimination #5: Barbarian by Test). Test and Palumbo seem to agree on an alliance, but Meng hits them both with shots to the neck.
Angle challenges both Finlay and Regal at the same time, but O’Haire takes a cheap shot at Angle. All three men try to get Angle out, but Angle breaks free. Belly-to-belly suplex on O’Haire! Double clothesline takes out Regal and Finlay! Duggan rocks Meng with a clothesline out of the three-point stance, but when he tries it a second time Meng just backdrops him out
(Elimination #6: Duggan by Meng). Angle immediately follows up from behind and sends Meng tumbling out
(Elimination #7: Meng by Angle). Kidman, Palumbo, Finlay, Angle, Dupree, O’Haire, Test, and Regal remain. Palumbo and O’Haire go at it again as Finlay and Test trade blows. Kidman hits Regal with a flying head scissors. Dupree tries to back away from Angle, which allows Finlay to attack Angle. Finlay tries to get Angle out, and Dupree helps him, but Angle ties himself into the ropes. Regal also helps, making it three-on-one, but that allows Palumbo to hit Regal with a jungle kick. O’Haire uses that distract to send Palumbo out
(Elimination #8: Palumbo by O’Haire). Kidman comes off the top rope with a body press that knocks down O’Haire! Angle slides under the bottom rope, and suddenly Finlay is the one eliminated thanks to pressure from Angle
(Elimination #9: Finlay by Angle, Regal, and Dupree). Angle ducks out of the way, and a big boot from Test sends Regal flying over the top rope!
(Elimination #10: Regal by Test).
Angle, Kidman, O’Haire, Test, and Dupree. Test tries to take out Dupree with another big boot, but Dupree moves and Test crotches himself on the top rope, allowing O’Haire to hit a roundhouse kick and send Test to the floor
(Elimination #11: Test by O’Haire). Dupree manages to slam down Angle, and decides to dance around with the
French Tickler! This costs him, as Kidman comes from behind with a headscissors that sends Dupree over the top rope. He lands on the apron, but Kidman leaps off the second rope with a dropkick that knocks him to the floor!
(Elimination #12: Dupree by Kidman). Angle gets a fireman’s carry on Kidman, but Kidman lands on his feet. Kidman ducks the roundhouse kick from O’Haire and O’Haire nails Angle. Dropkick to the back of O’Haire by Kidman! Kidman punches away at Angle and then catches him with a headscissors. O’Haire attacks Kidman from behind. O’Haire sets him up for a powerbomb, but Kidman counters into a facebuster! Kidman heads to the top rope, but O’Haire kicks Angle into the ropes, crotching Kidman. O’Haire leaps up to the top rope and hits Kidman with an elbow, which sends him crashing to the floor!
(Elimination #13: Kidman by O’Haire).
Kurt Angle vs. Sean O’Haire. Angle runs at O’Haire but hits the turnbuckles as O’Haire moved out of the way. O’Haire hits some kicks to the midsection. O’Haire lifts up Angle for the
Prophecy, but Angle slides behind O’Haire and tries to hit him with a German! O’Haire elbows himself free, then runs at and leaps up the turnbuckles! O’Haire does a backflip, landing right in front of Angle! Angle then hits O’Haire with a violent German suplex! Angle locks in the
Ankle Lock, but O’Haire hops on his free foot and tries to escape by sending Angle over the top rope! There isn’t enough momentum though, and Angle just hits the ropes. O’Haire misses a wild clothesline and Angle hits him with the
Angle Slam! O’Haire gets back to his feet right away…and Angle clotheslines him out to win!
Winner: Kurt Angle when he last eliminated Sean O’Haire in 13:19
WCW US Champion Christian runs down to the ring and blasts Angle with the US title belt! He then demands the bell be rung!
WCW United States Championship
Christian © vs. Kurt Angle
Christian punches and stomps away on the back of Angle’s neck. Angle tries to get back on his feet but Christian stomps him over and over in the corner. Angle eventually explodes out of the corner and nails Christian with a jumping clothesline! Angle sends Christian off the ropes and goes for the backdrop, but Christian leaps over him for a sunset flip! Angle rolls though and grabs Christian’s ankle, but Christian is able to break free and hit the ropes. It doesn’t go much better for Christian as he runs right into a belly-to-belly suplex from Angle! Angle covers, 1…2…Christian kicks out. Christian misses a punch and Angle drops him with a high-angle belly-to-back suplex! Angle mounts Christian’s back and crossface punches him, before picking him up from the mat for a German suplex! Angle holds on and hits Christian with another German! And a third! A fourth! Angle hits Christian with
seven German suplexes, then plants Christian with the
Angle Slam! 1…2…3!
Winner: Kurt Angle via pinfall in 3:38 (New Champion)
Mike Tenay: “Just like that, Christian’s near 8 month US title reign is over! Kurt Angle just destroyed Christian!”
Don West: “Congratulations to Kurt Angle, but man I feel like Christian got screwed here, Mike. He didn’t know who he was going to face until the match happened!”
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Scott Hall: Hey yo! Even though the Outsiders won the World Tag Team Titles, it seems like everyone’s counting us out, Big Kev. Diamond Dallas Page. Giant. You couldn’t hang with the bad guys back in the day, and you ain’t gonna be able to hang with the bad guys tonight either. These belts, these belts ain’t going nowhere. Whether it’s the street fight, or the ladder match, or the cage, we’re gonna do what we do best and that’s carve you two up!”
Kevin Nash: Just like the old days. The New World Order will come out on top just like we always do! Talk of the NWO's demise has been overblown! Long live the NWO. Long live the Wolfpac! DDP, Giant, we’re gonna take you out just like we always do. And it’s gonna be just too sweet!”
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Mike Tenay: “Well Don, we’ve got one more left tonight. The WCW World Tag Team Championship is on the line as the Outsiders defend against the team they took the titles from at The Great American Bash, Diamond Dallas Page and The Giant! The choices for the match type were as follows: a Street Fight, a Ladder Match, or a Cage Match. Before we send it to Michael Buffer, let’s see what you, the fans, chose for tonight’s main event!”
Steel Cage: 40%
Ladder Match: 36.8%
Street Fight: 23.5%
Michael Buffer: Ladies and gentlemen, viewers watching at home, it is time for the main event of the 2002 Cyberslam Pay-Per-View extravaganza! Tonight is a historic match for the WCW World Tag Team Championship! Tonight’s match stipulation, voted by the fans of WCW is a Steel Cage Match. To win the match, one team must fully escape the cage, or they must pin or force a submission on one of their opponents.”
“ARE YOU READY?”
“SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, ARE…YOU…REEEEEEEEADY?”
“For the thousands in attendance, and the millions watching around the world…ladies and gentlemen….”
“LEEEEEEEEET’S GET READY TO RUMBLLLLLLLLE!”
The Wolfpac theme plays as the WCW World Tag Team Champions, The Outsiders, make their way to the ring. Surprisingly, they are accompanied by Alexis Laree, who we haven’t seen since July.
Michael Buffer: Accompanied to the ring by Alexis Laree. They are perhaps the most notorious tag team in the history of professional wrestling. Weighing in at a combined weight of over five hundred and eighty pounds. The founders of the New World Order, they are eight-time WCW World Tag Team Champions. Scott Hall! Kevin Nash! The Ouuuuuuutsiders!”
BANG! “Smells like Teen Spirit” plays as Stacy Keibler leads Diamond Dallas Page and The Giant down to the ring!
Michael Buffer: The challengers. Led to the ring by the longest pair of legs in professional wrestling, Stacy Keibler, they are the heart and soul of World Championship Wrestling. Combined they have held the WCW World Championship four times. At a combined weight of over seven hundred and fifty pounds! The Master of the Diamond Cutter, DDP, Diamond Dallas Page and The Largest Athlete in the World…Thhhhhhhhhe GIANT!”
The steel cage comes down…
WCW World Tag Team Championship
The Outsiders © (w/Alexis Laree) vs. Diamond Dallas Page and The Giant (w/Stacy Keibler)
It suddenly hits the Outsiders that they are locked in a steel cage with DDP and Giant…and nowhere to run. Nash tries to attack the Giant with forearms as DDP and Hall go at it. Giant shrugs off Nash’s forearms and hits some big blows of his own, followed by a huge headbutt. Giant then grabs Hall and sends him flying into the cage. Giant props Nash in the corner and buries his knee in Nash’s gut as DDP punches away at Hall. Giant chokes Nash with his boot, but Hall counters a DDP clothesline and sends DDP into the cage. Hall then jumps on Giant’s back, and Nash gets some blows in to knock Giant down to one knee. Nash props Giant up in the corner and pounds away at him with big punches. Hall locks DDP in an abdominal stretch to begin wearing him out. Nash comes off the ropes and tries to knock the Giant down with a clothesline. He staggers Giant, but Giant stays on his feet. Nash comes off the ropes again, but Giant hits a big boot that knocks Nash down. Giant grabs Hall by the throat and violently throws him into the cage!
Nash tries to sneak out of the cage door, and
Alexis Laree hands him a
baseball bat before Giant pulls him back in. Nash
smashes the bat over Giant’s head, finally knocking him down and maybe knocking him out. DDP tries to attack Nash, but Nash gets him in the ribs with the bat! Nash and Hall stomp and beat down DDP and Giant. Nash has the door opened and asks Laree to bring in a table. Laree slides a table through the door before
Stacy Keibler pulls her by the hair! Keiber and Laree go at it on the outside as we have a catfight! Nash and Hall continue to pound away on Giant and DDP before slamming them into the cage. Nash picks up DDP and slams him hard with a sidewalk slam. Nash and Halls set up the table and Hall sets DDP up, but DDP fights his way out. DDP swings at both Hall and Nash, but Nash gets a knee to the midsection that stops DDP in his tracks.
Nash sets DDP up for the
Jackknife, but when Nash gets him up DDP holds onto the cage and starts punching at Nash! The Giant has risen back to his feet. Giant grabs Hall and slams him into the cage, before picking up the
ballbat and smashing it right into Nash’s ribs as DDP punches away at him! On the outside
Stacy Keibler tosses
Alexis Laree into the barricade, winning the catfight, then slides in a couple of steel chairs! Hall and Nash are both staggering as DDP and Giant smash the chairs over the Outsider’s heads! The Giant points to the table and grabs Nash by the throat…
Chokeslam through the table! DDP picks up Hall and drops him in the middle of the ring with the
Diamond Cutter! Giant puts his foot on Nash as DDP covers Hall, 1…2…3!
Winners: Diamond Dallas Page and The Giant via double-pin in 12:04 (New Champions)
Stacy Keibler brings in the
WCW World Tag team Title belts as DDP climbs to the top of the cage and raises his belt over his head. The Giant puts his title over his shoulder, and shoots
Kevin Nash, still out in the table wreckage, one last glare!
Cyberslam goes off the air with the
new Tag Team Champions headed back up the ramp!
::END SHOW::
Quick Results
WCW World Championship
Triple H © pinned Booker T to retain the title
ECW World Tag Team Championship
AJ Styles and Jerry Lynn © defeated Elix Skipper and Shane Helms when Styles pinned Skipper to retain the title
ECW Television Championship
Sabu pinned Rey Mysterio Jr. © to win the title
Choose Your Weapon Mix’n’Match Lumberjack Match
X-Pac pinned Mike Awesome
ECW World Championship – Mexican Strap Match
Rob Van Dam © pinned Eddie Guerrero to retain the title
#1 Contender to the WCW United States Championship Battle Royal
Kurt Angle wins, last eliminating Sean O’Haire
WCW United States Championship
Kurt Angle pinned Christian © to win the title
WCW World Tag Team Championship – Steel Cage Match
Diamond Dallas Page and The Giant defeated Kevin Nash and Scott Hall © via double pin to win the title
Champions
WCW World Champion
Triple H (Defeated Kurt Angle on 5-12-02)
ECW World Champion
Rob Van Dam (Defeated Brock Lesnar on 8-4-02)
WCW United States Champion
Kurt Angle (Defeated Christian on 9-1-02)
ECW Television Champion
Sabu (Defeated Rey Mysterio Jr. on 9-1-02)
WCW World Tag Team Champions
Diamond Dallas Page and The Giant (Defeated Kevin Nash and Scott Hall on 9-1-02)
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 Tajiri on 8-24-02)
World Women’s Champion
Victoria (Defeated Jazz on 7-18-02)
Roster Updates
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