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Post by Vegas on Jul 28, 2008 22:20:54 GMT -5
It's now time for an edition of Monday Morning Minor League Wrestling! (note: This will probably be the last edition of Minor League Wrestling prior to Summer Slam on August 17th)
Minor League Wrestling Major League Wrestling's (MLW's) developmental brand) Monday July 28, 2008
In the Ring: Bill Apter and Minor League Wrestling Champion Delirious
Apter: "Good morning fans. We're starting a new tradition today in Minor League Wrestling. Each time we have a new champion on the previous edition of Minor League Wrestling, we'll be starting of the show introducing the new champion through an interview."
Apter: "So in just a minute, we'll be interviewing, or at least trying to interview, Delirious who last time on Minor League Wrestling won the Minor League Wrestling Championship by defeating Adam Pearce."
Apter: "But first, I have some exciting news to announce concerning Minor League Wrestling and Summer Slam on August 17th! Although most of the matches on Summer Slam will be presented by Major League Wrestling's (MLW's) 2 main brands RAW and Smackdown, Minor League Wrestling will still be represented at MLW's second-biggest PPV of the year as Delirious will be defending his Minor League Wrestling Championship against whoever wins a 10 man battle royal during the 1 hour pre-show Major League Wrestling: Fight Night that takes place right before Summer Slam!"
Apter: "In addition, on that special 1 hour edition of Major League Wrestling: Fight Night immediately preceding Summer Slam, Minor League Wrestling Tag Team Champions Arik Cannon and Claudio Castagnoli will be defending their championship against the winner of tonight's tag team elimination #1 contender's match of the Super Friends vs the Samoan Island Tribe vs The Heartbreak Express!"
Apter: "Now we'll start our interview with Delirious. Delirious, is there a certain opponent who you want to win or don't want to win the 10 man battle royal to challenge you for the Minor League Wrestling Championship at Summer Slam?"
Delirious: "Badabaloogoolin!"
Apter: "Delirious, once again I can't understand anything you are saying. So on behalf of Minor League wrestling, I want to say congratulations on winning your new championship and good luck defending it at Summer Slam against whoever wins that battle royal. Now it's time to start the matches."
Match #1: Belgian Brawler defeated Larry Sweeney
- The Belgian Brawler and Sweeney both put up a good fight against each other as both were on offense about an equal amount for this match. But the Belgian Brawler won via his BELGIAN WAFFLE.
Match #2: Sam Hayne defeated J.D. Michaels (accompanied by April Hunter)
-In the second consecutive good match tonight, Hayne continued his impressive run in Minor League Wrestling by overcoming two TOP ROPE ELBOW DROPS from Michaels and winning via his HELL'S FLAMES. The announcers mention that Hayne is one of the 10 men entered into the battle royal on Major League Wrestling: Fight Night- the preshow for Summer Slam- with the winner challenging Delirious for the Minor League Wrestling Championship at Summer Slam itself!
Backstage: Steve Corino is talking to Ricky Landell
Landell: "Last time on Minor League Wrestling we advanced all the way to the final round of the tournament for the Minor League Wrestling Tag Team Championship. So why aren't we in this 3 way tag team elimination match tonight to determine the #1 contender's to Cannon and Castagnoli?"
Corino: "Because instead I got us entered into the battle royal on the Summer Slam pre-show so that one of us might instead get to challenge Minor League Wrestling Champion Delirious at Summer Slam. But we'll still team together and I'll do my best to teach you everything I know so that someday you might get called up to Major League Wrestling."
- up walks Savage-T
Savage-T: "Steve Corino, what are you going to teach this kid? How to get released by Major League Wrestling?"
Savage-T (turning to Ricky Landell): "You see Corino got released by Major League Wrestling while I'm still on their Smackdown brand. So you should be learning from me and not him."
Corino: ""Oh really Savage-T? Maybe you want to teach Ricky here some things you know by wrestling him in a match tonight?"
Savage-T (getting in Corino's face and whispering ): "You better watch yourself Corino! I'm also going to be in that 10 man battle royal during the Summer Slam pre-show and you might just be the first guy I decide to throw out."
-Savage-T then agrees to wrestle Landell and is then informed by Minor League Wrestling Commissioner Charlie Cox who was just walking by that their match will be next.
Match #3: Ricky Landell (accompanied by Steve Corino) defeated Savage-T.
-Savage-T in this match was unable to use much offense against Landel who won without too much difficulty via a gut wrench suplex. But perhaps Savage-T will do better in the 10 man battle royal during Summer Slam's preshow.
Match #4: "Bloody" Harker Dirge defeated Sabu by DQ
- This was Sabu's debut match in Minor League Wrestling.
- Sabu looked really impressive in his debut match but got disqualified for his Arabian facebuster move. Although Dirge got the victory, Sabu looked like the better wrestler tonight and according to the TV announcers will be one of the 10 man participants in the battle royal on the Summer Slam preshow.
Match #5: Naptown Dragons defeated Necro Butcher and Drake Younger by DQ.
- This match ended when the action spilled outside of the ring and Butcher was DQd for violently slamming Scotty Vortekz's head into the ring post and then into the steel rail guarding. As Butcher continued his assault on Vortekz, he was suddenly attacked from behind by his own tag team partner Younger! As Younger beat and started to choke Butcher with a light tube, Vortekz and Dustin Lee joined Younger in a 3 on 1 assault on Butcher. Afterward, Younger left with the Naptown Dragons so it looks like Drake Younger has turned on Necro Butcher and joined the Naptown Dragons!
Match #6: Adam Pearce defeated Timber
-Before this match, Pearce got on the microphone to announce he would go through all other 9 competitors in the pre-show battle royal at Summer Slam so that at Summer Slam he can retake his Minor League Wrestling Championship from Delirious.
- Timber gave Pearce lots of trouble and almost pinned him twice. But the end came when Pearce gave Timber a spinebuster slam and went for the pin. Timber kicked out but then got hit immediately with Pearce's finisher the JUMPING PILEDRIVER which gave Pearce, the former Minor League Wrestling Champion, the victory.
Summer Slam advertisement Summer Slam: Champion vs Champion (Major League Wrestling= MLW) Presented by RAW, Smackdown, and Minor League Wrestling August 17th, 2008 1. Londos-Bockwinkel II: Intercontinental Champion Jim Londos vs World Champion Nick Bockwinkel for Bockwinkel's World Championship 2. United States Champion Frank Gotch vs MLW Champion Buddy Rogers (Last Man Standing match) for Rogers' MLW Championship 3. US Tag Team Champions Giant Baba and Antonio Inoki vs World Tag Team Champions the Road Warriors 4. New Age Outlaws vs Vachons for the vacant MLW Tag Team Championship 5. Playboy Buddy Rose vs Ed "Strangler" Lewis vs Gorgeous George vs Tiger Mask vs Jushin Liger, vs Hardcore Hodge (6 man elimination match) for the Cruiserweight Championship. 6. Bobo Brazil vs The Sheik. 7. MLW Chairman Bruno Sammartino vs Larry Zbyszko 8. Minor League Wrestling Champion Delirious vs TBD* 9. More TBA *Delirious will defend his title against the winner of a 10 man battle royal during the preshow Major League Wrestling: Fight Night
Match #7, the main event: The Super Friends (Mike Quackenbush and Chris Hero) defeated the Samoan Island Tribe and The Heartbreak Express in a tag team elimination #1 contender's match.
-For this match, current Minor League Wrestling Tag Team Champions Arik Cannon and Claudio Castagnoli and their manager Larry Sweeney joined the TV announcers as guest commentators so they could watch this match and scout their upcoming competition.
- The Heartbreak Express were the first team eliminated when Quackenbush pinned Superstar Sean Davis via QUACKENDRIVER III.
- The Samoan Island Tribe were the next team eliminated when Samu got DQd for smashing a steel chair against the head of Quackenbush when the action spilled outside of the ring.
-As a result, the Super Friends win this match and are the new #1 contenders so they get to challenge Cannon and Castagnoli for the Minor league Wrestling Tag Team Championship on the Summer Slam pre-show on August 17th!
-As Hero helped his tag team partner Quackenbush off the ground, they got attacked by Cannon and Castagnoli and the 4 wrestlers continued to brawl as this edition of Minor League Wrestling comes to an end.
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Post by Vegas on Jul 31, 2008 2:44:12 GMT -5
It's now time for this week's edition of Thursday Night RAW!
Major League Wrestling (MLW) RAW Thursday July 31, 2008 (First Half of the show)
Match #1: Ed "Strangler" Lewis defeated Playboy Buddy Rose
- This match featured two of the three RAW competitors (with the 3rd, Gorgeous George, providing guest commentary for this match at ringside) in the 6 man elimination match for the Cruiserweight Championship at Summer Slam on August 17th.
- Before this match started, ring announcer Gary Michael Cappetta first announced Playboy Buddy Rose at 271 lbs which caused Rose to grab the microphone from Cappetta.
Rose: "No, once again I do not weigh 271 lbs. It should say that I only weigh 221 lbs. But I actually lost 4 pounds this week so my correct weight is now 217 lbs."
-Cappetta looked at Lewis with a weight of 230 lbs and then looked at Rose with his alleged weight of 217 lbs and rolled his eyes as the bell rang for this match to begin.
-Rose started off this match trying to apply an abdominal stretch on Lewis. But The Strangler maneuvered out of the hold and gave Rose a full nelson and then started applying his dreaded STRANGLER'S HEADLOCK. Rose at first refused to submit but was unable to regain any offense and after a few more moves Lewis once again reapplied his STRANGLER'S HEADLOCK and kept it on until Rose finally tapped out.
-Lewis looks like the RAW favorite in this Cruiserweight Championship Challenge as he also defeated George on last week's RAW. But it is announced that on next week's RAW there will be a triple threat match between Lewis, Rose, and George- the 3 RAW competitors who will compete in 2 1/2 weeks in the 6 man elimination match at Summer Slam to become MLW's first-ever Cruiserweight Champion.
Cast Iron Stomach Challenge: Pepper Gomez, who claims to have the strongest abdominal muscles in all of Major League Wresting (MLW), is in the ring with a ladder once again doing his weekly challenge where he's offering $20,000 to any wrestler who can hit him in the stomach so hard that he can't stand up.
-Last week Gomez's stomach was able to survive both a SUPERFLY LEAP from Jimmy Snuka and the pressure of being driven over by a BMW from Bruiser Brody.
-This week's challenger: Mil Mascaras
- As Gomez lies on his back next to the ladder, Mascaras climbs up to the very top of the ladder and then jumps off to hit Gomez hard with his FLYING BODYPRESS. After a few moments, Gomez is able to stand up. So The Cast Iron Stomach Challenge will continue next week on RAW.
-As Mascaras and Gomez shake hands, eerie music suddenly starts to play and out comes The Sheik who viciously throws Gomez out of the ring and then starts to attack Mascaras who is best friends with The Sheik's enemy and Summer Slam opponent Bobo Brazil. Mascaras is able to counter the attack and then grabs the microphone to say he's tired of The Sheik's attacks and plans to wrestle The Sheik in the ring later tonight on RAW!
Backstage: Bobby Heenan with Heenan Family members Ox Baker, Rick Rude, and Ray Stevens.
-Heenan tells the Heenan Family's "problem solver" Baker that instead of accompanying Rude and Stevens for their match against the Fabulous Kangaroos that he wants him (Baker) to stay in the back and prepare for his tag team match later tonight with World Champion Nick Bockwinkel against The Crusher and Harley Race.
Match #2: Rick Rude and Ray Stevens (managed by Bobby Heenan) defeated The Fabulous Kangaroos (managed by Captain Kangaroo- Albano) by countout.
- The Kangaroos were looking for revenge in this match after losing in the first round of the MLW Tag Team Championship Tournament a couple of weeks ago due to cheating by Rude and Stevens. After overcoming early offense by Rude, the Kangaroos got control of the match and had Stevens in trouble when they hit him with a BOOMERANG. However, Heenan prevented the possible 3 count by jumping onto the apron and saying something to Roy Heffernan who chased Heenan toward the back but was unable to return to the ring before the referee finished his 10 count.
Match #3: B.G. James (accompanied by Kip James) defeated Mad Dog Vachon (managed by Abduallh Farouk and accompanied by Butcher Vachon).
- This match featured 1 member from both of the two tag teams (New Age Outlaws and Vachons) who made it to the finals of the MLW Tag Team Championship Tournament Finals and will compete for the vacant MLW Tag Team Championship in a tag team match at Summer Slam. It was a competitive match, but B.G. James won via a Shake, Rattle & Roll Knee Drop.
Backstage: Fabulous Kangaroos run into Bruiser Brody and Jimmy Snuka.
-Snuka tells the Kangaroos that both of their tag teams were cheated out of advancing far into the MLW Tag Team Championship Tournament by the same tag team- Rude and Stevens.
-Snuka also says that, although it means neither one of their teams will be competing for the vacant MLW Tag Team Championship at Summer Slam, it doesn't mean they can't compete at Summer Slam and MLW Chairman Bruno Sammartino has agreed to a Summer Slam match of The Fabulous Kangaroos vs Jimmy Snuka and Bruiser Brody if the Kangaroos agree- and the Kangaroos accept his challenge from Snuka and Brody!
End of First Half. Second Half of RAW will be posted next and includes: Intercontinental Champion Jim Londos in action, Mil Mascaras vs The Sheik, and The Crusher and Harley Race vs World Champion Nick Bockwinkel and OX Baker!
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Post by Vegas on Jul 31, 2008 3:20:02 GMT -5
Major League Wrestling (MLW) RAW Thursday July 31, 2008 (Second Half of the show, First Half is posted above)
Match #4: Intercontinental Champion Jim Londos defeated Don Muraco (accompanied by Mr. Perfect and managed by Ladies Champion Sherri Martel).
- A great competitive match that Muraco almost won several times. Toward the end of the match, Londos gave Muraco a crotch lift and slam and went for the pin only for Muraco's tag team partner in the team Magnificent Perfection, Mr. Perfect, to interrupt the count by jumping on the apron. Londos then grabbed Mr. Perfect and rammed his head against the head of Muraco's and went for another pin attempt as Mr. Perfect fell down off the apron and to the floor. Muraco kicked out but Londos then gave him an AIRPLANE SPIN and while doing so caused Muraco's legs to knock Sherri Martel, who had just jumped on the apron, off the apron and to the floor and then covered Muraco for a 3 count.
- Londos continues his notable run of success in the ring as he heads toward the highly-anticipated Londos-Bockwinkel II match for Bockwinkel's World Championship at Summer Slam!
Match #5: Mil Mascaras defeated The Sheik (managed by Abdullah Farouk).
- An angry Mascaras caught The Sheik off guard and dominated this match which he won surprisingly easy via his CROSSBODY ATTACK.
-After the match, an enraged Farouk and The Sheik called out The Vachons (also managed by Farouk) and they started a 4 on 1 attack upon Mascaras until the Vachons' Summer Slam opponents the New Age Outlaws arrived to help out Mascaras. To stop the brawl, MLW Chairman Bruno Sammartino arrived and announced that next week on RAW there would be a 6 man tag team match of Mascaras and the New Age Outlaws vs The Sheik and the Vachons!
Summer Slam advertisement Summer Slam: Champion vs Champion (Major League Wrestling= MLW) Presented by RAW, Smackdown, and Minor League Wrestling Featuring the debut of The Major League Wrestling Arena! August 17th, 2008 1. Londos-Bockwinkel II: Intercontinental Champion Jim Londos vs World Champion Nick Bockwinkel for Bockwinkel's World Championship 2. United States Champion Frank Gotch vs MLW Champion Buddy Rogers (Last Man Standing match) for Rogers' MLW Championship 3. US Tag Team Champions Giant Baba and Antonio Inoki vs World Tag Team Champions the Road Warriors 4. New Age Outlaws vs Vachons for the vacant MLW Tag Team Championship 5. Playboy Buddy Rose vs Ed "Strangler" Lewis vs Gorgeous George vs Tiger Mask vs Jushin Liger, vs Hardcore Hodge (6 man elimination match) for the Cruiserweight Championship. 6. Bobo Brazil vs The Sheik. 7. MLW Chairman Bruno Sammartino vs Larry Zbyszko 8. Jimmy Snuka and Bruiser Brody vs the Fabulous Kangaroos 9. Minor League Wrestling Champion Delirious vs TBD* 10. More TBA *Delirious will defend his title against the winner of a 10 man battle royal during the preshow Major League Wrestling: Fight Night
Match #6, the main event: The Crusher and Harley Race defeated World Champion Nick Bockwinkel and Ox Baker (managed by Bobby Heenan) by DQ.
- This match ended in a DQ when the action spilled outside of the ring where Bockwinkel hit The Crusher with the time keeper's hammer. After the bell sounded, The Crusher and Bockwinkel continued to brawl their way back into the ring with Bockwinkel holding a steel chair. Race came over to help The Crusher when suddenly he (Race) instead grabbed The Crusher and gave him a PILEDRIVER onto the steel chair that Bockwinkel had brought into the ring!
- As Race, Bockwinkel, and Baker celebrate, Race grabs a microphone and announces he's accepted Heenan's offer to rejoin the Heenan Family and that at Summer Slam there is now going to be a match of The Crusher vs Harley Race!
- As Bockwinkel's Summer Slam challenger Londos comes to the ring to check on The Crusher (who on previous RAWs had tried to advise Race against rejoining the Heenan Family), Rude and Stevens come out to celebrate with the rest of the Heenan Family the return of Race to their organization as the Las Vegas crowd boos loudly and throws trash that litters the ring while tonight's show comes to an end.
Be sure to tune in to Major League Wrestling tomorrow for the weekly edition of Friday Night Smackdown!
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Post by Vegas on Aug 1, 2008 6:34:18 GMT -5
Major League Wrestling (MLW) Smackdown Friday August 1, 2008 Las Vegas, NV Before the Show
Sammartino's Office: MLW Chairman Bruno Sammartino is talking to the Million Dollar Man Ted DiBiase.
Sammartino: "How long do you think it's going to take to complete your deal?"
DiBiase: "I gave him a deadline of Labor Day weekend to agree to my terms. But I'm not worried because everybody's got a price for the Million Dollar Man."
Sammartino: "But will you still be here on Labor Day weekend? You won't if Savage-T wins his match on Smackdown tonight."
DiBiase: ''Tonight I'm even less worried about Savage-T than normal, if that's possible. He got hurt on Monday Morning Minor League Wrestling earlier this week in his match against Ricky Landell. And after Savage-T wrestles the opponent I am picking for him tonight, he'll be lucky if he'll even be able to walk by the end of the show." (diabolical laughter from the Million Dollar Man).
Sammartino: ''I see. But the problem with waiting for Labor Day for the other party's answer is that I'll need to know before that whether or not you're agreeing to our side deal so that right after Summer Slam I can start promoting the next Smackdown PPV in early October."
DiBiase: ''Yes, I'm going to buy the copyrights for those two items from you."
Sammartino: "Good, we'll release a press release next week."
As DiBiase leaves Sammartino's office, the music starts to signal the start of Friday Night Smackdown (to be posted next).
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Post by Vegas on Aug 1, 2008 11:43:36 GMT -5
Major League Wrestling (MLW) Smackdown Friday August 1, 2008 Las Vegas, NV First Half of the Show
Match #1: Tiger Mask defeated Jushin Liger
- This match featured two of the three Smackdown competitors (with the 3rd, Hardcore Hodge, providing guest commentary for this match at ringside) in the 6 man elimination match for the Cruiserweight Championship at Summer Slam on August 17th.
-In an exciting fast-paced opening match to get things started off good this week on Smackdown, Tiger Mask got the victory by pinfall via a jumping spin kick.
-As the referee awarded the match to Tiger Mask, the television announcers mention that on next week's Smackdown there will be a triple threat match between Liger, Hodge, and Tiger Mask- the 3 Smackdown competitors who will compete in 2 1/2 weeks in the 6 man elimination match at Summer Slam to become MLW's first-ever Cruiserweight Champion.
Match #2: The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane, managed by Jim Cornette) defeated the Armstrongs.
- Eager to avenge their surprising defeat to the Armstrongs on last week's Smackdown, the Midnight Express overcame some early trouble to win when Eaton pinned Brad Armstrong following a ROCKET LAUNCHER.
- After the match ended, Cornette took a cheap shot on a still-downed Brad Armstrong by whacking him with his tennis racket as Eaton and Lane proceeded to pummel "Bullet" Bob Armstrong. Cornette then told the Armstrongs they'd teach them another lesson once again in a match next week on Smackdown.
-Cornette then publicly thanked Major League Wrestling for releasing that "no good scoundrel Dennis Condrey" because, according to Cornette, after the Midnight Express finish teaching the Armstrongs a few more lessons Eaton and Lane will be able to reenter the title picture on Smackdown without Condrey holding them back.
Match #3: Hacksaw Jim Duggan defeated The Mountie (accompanied by Mr. Canada).
- Duggan avenged his loss last week on Smackdown to The Mountie by dominating the action in this match and winning via his FLYING SPEAR.
-After the match, as Duggan led the crowd in cheers of "USA, USA, USA," an angry Mr. Canada (Billy "Red" Lyons) looked like he was about to enter the ring to confront Duggan from behind but decided to back down once Duggan saw him (Mr. Canada) on the ring steps.
-Sammartino's Office: MLW Chairman Bruno Sammartino is with United States Champion Frank Gotch, MLW Champion Buddy Rogers, and Larry Zbyszko.
- Sammartino asks Gotch and Rogers, who are scheduled to wrestle each other at Summer Slam for Rogers' MLW Championship, if they've decided on each others opponents for tonight.
- Rogers says he's selected fellow Horsemen Zbyszko to wrestle Gotch tonight. And Zbyszko then arrogantly advises his former mentor, current boss, and upcoming Summer Slam opponent Sammartino to pay attention to his (Zbyszko's) match tonight against Gotch so he (Sammartino) can learn a few things before their match at Summer Slam.
- Gotch then says he has once again chosen Dan "The Beast" Severn to be Rogers' opponent tonight! Rogers, who lost to Severn in a non-title match last week on Smackdown, immediately argues he shouldn't have to wrestle Severn two weeks in a row but is overruled by Sammartino.
Match #4: King Kong Bundy (accompanied by Don Leo Jonathan and managed by Eddie Fyne) defeated Savage-T (accompanied by the Million Dollar Man Ted DiBiase and Virgil).
-The stipulations for this match once again were that a Savage-T victory by either pinfall or submission meant he would no longer have to serve as DiBiase's servant and that DiBiase would have to leave Smackdown. But DiBiase still gets to pick Savage-T's opponent each week with Savage-T not knowing who he'll wrestle until DiBiase tells him once they arrive in the ring.
- On last week's Smackdown, DiBiase made Savage-T wrestle Don Leo Jonathan and this week DiBiase made Savage-T wrestle the other half of The Vegas Haters in King Kong Bundy.
- Savage-T put up a good fight at the start of this match but Bundy was never really in trouble and won via his AVALANCHE- only to have DiBiase, wanting to embarrass his enemy Savage-T as much as possible- tell Bundy to go for a 5 count which Bundy got. As the Million Dollar Man gloated about Savage-T's loss to Bundy, the first half of tonight's show came to an end.
End of First Half. Second Half will be posted next and includes the World Tag Team Champions the Road Warriors in action, a 6 man tag team match of Antonino Rocca and the US Tag Team Champions Giant Baba and Antonio Inoki vs Ivan Koloff, Nikolai Volkoff, and the Terrible Turk, United States Champion Frank Gotch vs Larry Zbyszko, Dan "the Beast" Severn vs MLW Champion Buddy Rogers, and more!
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Post by Vegas on Aug 1, 2008 20:50:44 GMT -5
Major League Wrestling (MLW) Smackdown Friday August 1, 2008 Las Vegas, NV Second Half of the Show, First Half is posted above
Match #5: World Tag Team Champions the Road Warriors defeated Steve "Dr. Death" Williams and Killer Kowalski
-In this match against their former manager Kowalski and against Dr. Death, who along with Bruiser Brody they had lots of tag team battles against on Smackdown last year, the Road Warriors had to survive 4 early pin/submission attempts before finally coming back and winning the match when Animal pinned Williams following a DOOMSDAY DEVICE.
- Although the Road Warriors got the victory tonight, the announcers remark that Hawk and Animal will probably have to wrestle better against Giant Baba and Antonio Inoki at Summer Slam if they want to retain their World Tag Team Championship.
Match #6: MLW Champion Buddy Rogers (accompanied by Larry Zbyszko, Johnny Valentine, and George Hackenschmidt) defeated Dan "the Beast" Severn.
-Rogers managed to avoid losing to Severn for the second consecutive week by winning via a piledriver.
-After the match, Rogers and the other 3 members of the Four Horsemen, who accompanied him to the ring for this match, started attacking Severn until Rogers' Summer Slam challenger Frank Gotch came out to make the save. But it looked like some damage had been done by the Four Horsemen as Severn was unable to walk to the back without assistance.
Match #7: Ivan Koloff, Nikolai Volkoff, and The Terrible Turk (managed by Nikita Breznikov) defeated Antonino Rocca and the US Tag Team Champions Giant Baba and Antonio Inoki
- This great six man tag ended when Volkoff pinned Inoki via a BACKBREAKER DROP.
-After the match ended, Koloff, Volkoff, and the Terrible Turk continued attacking their enemies Rocca, Baba and Inoki and Koloff had his chains wrapped tightly around the neck of Rocca while pushing off with his legs against the turnbuckle for even more leverage until MLW Chairman Bruno Sammartino arrived to stop the melee.
- Sammartino then said he has room for one more match on Major League Wrestling's (MLW's) Summer Slam PPV. And since he (Sammartino) wants to showcase the new The Major League Wrestling Arena when it makes its Grand Opening at Summer Slam and there are two wrestlers here who constantly want to beat each other up, at Summer Slam it will be Antonino Rocca vs Ivan Koloff in a falls count anywhere match throughout the debuting The Major League Wrestling Arena!
Summer Slam advertisement Summer Slam: Champion vs Champion (Major League Wrestling= MLW) Presented by RAW, Smackdown, and Minor League Wrestling Featuring the grand opening of The Major League Wrestling Arena! August 17th, 2008 1. Londos-Bockwinkel II: Intercontinental Champion Jim Londos vs World Champion Nick Bockwinkel for Bockwinkel's World Championship 2. United States Champion Frank Gotch vs MLW Champion Buddy Rogers (Last Man Standing match) for Rogers' MLW Championship 3. US Tag Team Champions Giant Baba and Antonio Inoki vs World Tag Team Champions the Road Warriors 4. New Age Outlaws vs Vachons for the vacant MLW Tag Team Championship 5. Playboy Buddy Rose vs Ed "Strangler" Lewis vs Gorgeous George vs Tiger Mask vs Jushin Liger, vs Hardcore Hodge (6 man elimination match) for the Cruiserweight Championship. 6. Bobo Brazil vs The Sheik. 7. MLW Chairman Bruno Sammartino vs Larry Zbyszko 8. The Crusher vs Harley Race 9. Jimmy Snuka and Bruiser Brody vs the Fabulous Kangaroos 10. Antonino Rocca vs Ivan Koloff (falls count anywhere match throughout the debuting The Major League Wrestling Arena) 11. Minor League Wrestling Champion Delirious vs TBD* *Delirious will defend his title against the winner of a 10 man battle royal during the preshow Major League Wrestling: Fight Night
Match #8: Larry Zbyszko (accompanied by MLW Champion Buddy Rogers) defeated United States Champion Frank Gotch in a non-title match.
-In the final and best match of the night, Zbyszko was able to outlast Gotch and win via his PILEDRIVER.
- As a former 7 month Intercontinental Champion while he was on the RAW brand and with his victory tonight, the announcer remark that Zbyszko might be in line for a title shot against Gotch sometime soon after Summer Slam.
-After the match, Rogers and Zbyszko proceeded to double team Gotch until MLW Chairman Bruno Sammartino arrived to break things up.
-Sammartino then announced he's looking for a tune-up match before wrestling his former student Zbyszko at Summer Slam in 2 weeks and said next week on Smackdown the main event will be MLW Chairman Bruno Sammartino and United States Champion Frank Gotch in tag team match against their respective Summer Slam opponents Larry Zbyszko and MLW Champion Buddy Rogers!
-As Rogers and Zbyszko react upset and surprised, this week's edition of Smackdown comes to an end.
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Post by Vegas on Aug 3, 2008 18:15:19 GMT -5
It's now time for this week's Saturday morning editions of Heat and Velocity- the B shows for Major League Wrestling's (MLW's) RAW and Smackdown brands respectively!
(note: The way my B shows work is that they're a way to use the wrestlers who didn't make TV this week on RAW or Smackdown and also a way through the RAW Replay and the Smackdown Slam of the week to review some things that happened that week on RAW and Smackdown. I will also sometimes bring up wrestlers from my developmental brand Minor League Wrestling to work a match on these shows which, although they're not on every week, take place on Saturday mornings 1 hour each over a straight two hour period.)
HEAT (RAW's "B show") August 2, 2008
Match #1: Iron Mike DiBiase defeated S.D. Jones
-DiBiase won this match without too much trouble via his finisher the TOP ROPE KNEE DROP. Afterward, DiBiase got on the microphone once again to proclaim himself "Omaha's Greatest Athlete."
Match #2: "The Barroom Hero" Justin Credible defeated the Missing Link
- In a brutal match where the action repeatedly spilled outside of the ring, Credible got the victory via THAT'S INCREDIBLE.
Match #3: Yukon Eric (accompanied by Cousin Luke) defeated Bob Orton Jr.
- Orton Jr's recent impressive winning streak came to an end as Yukon Eric forced him to tap out to a bearhug.
RAW REPLAY: The footage from this week's edition of RAW (posted above) is from this week's main event of The Crusher and Harley Race vs Heenan Family members World Champion Nick Bockwinkel and Ox Baker. The footage shows the match ended when Bockwinkel hit The Crusher with the timekeepers hammer when the action spilled outside of the ring but, despite the match being over, the two continued to brawl back into the ring with Bockwinkel clutching a steel chair. Race, The Crusher's tag team partner, came over but instead of helping The Crusher actually gave The Crusher a PILEDRIVER onto the steel chair. The footage continues by showing Intercontinental Champion Jim Londos, Bockwinkel's challenger at Summer Slam, coming out to check on The Crusher as Bobby Heenan, Bockwinkel, Baker, and (coming out to the ring from the locker room) Ray Stevens and Rick Rude celebrate Race's decision to rejoin the Heenan Family. As the footage ends with Race challenging The Crusher to a match at Summer Slam, the announcers wonder aloud why Race decided to betray The Crusher and rejoin the Heenan Family? Perhaps we'll find out on this week's edition of RAW.
Match #4: Killer Bees defeated Greg Valentine and Brutus Beefcake (managed by Johnny Valiant)
- This match ended when B. Brian Blair made Greg Valentine tap out to a scorpion leglock.
-end of Heat and start of Velocity
Velocity (Smackdown's "B show") August 2, 2008
Match #1: Sandman defeated George South
- In a very short match, Sandman won via a HARDCORE DDT after only a few moves.
Match #2: Fritz Von Goering defeated Koko B. Ware
-Von Goering wins a match for the second week in a row by pinning The Birdman via a kneedrop to throat
Smackdown Slam of the Week: The footage from this week's edition of Smackdown (posted above) shows Larry Zbyszko pinning United States Champion Frank Gotch in a non-title match and how after the match, Zbyszko's fellow Horsemen and Gotch's opponent at Sumer Slam, MLW Champion Buddy Rogers joins Zbyszko in a 2 on 1 assault. The footage concludes by showing how MLW Chairman Bruno Sammartino (Zbyszko's Summer Slam opponent) arrives to stop the attack and announce that on next week's edition of Smackdown the main event will be himself (MLW Chairman Bruno Sammartino) and United States Champion Frank Gotch vs Larry Zbyszko and MLW Champion Buddy Rogers!
Match #3: Buff Bagwell defeated Boogie Woogie Man
- Bagwell won this matchup of two fan favorites via his BUFF BLOCKBUSTER. Afterward, Bagwell and Boogie Woogie Man shook hands but it was pretty obvious that Boogie Woogie Man was walking away slightly injured.
Summer Slam advertisement Summer Slam: Champion vs Champion (Major League Wrestling= MLW) Presented by RAW, Smackdown, and Minor League Wrestling Featuring the grand opening of The Major League Wrestling Arena! August 17th, 2008 1. Londos-Bockwinkel II: Intercontinental Champion Jim Londos vs World Champion Nick Bockwinkel for Bockwinkel's World Championship 2. United States Champion Frank Gotch vs MLW Champion Buddy Rogers (Last Man Standing match) for Rogers' MLW Championship 3. US Tag Team Champions Giant Baba and Antonio Inoki vs World Tag Team Champions the Road Warriors 4. New Age Outlaws vs Vachons for the vacant MLW Tag Team Championship 5. Playboy Buddy Rose vs Ed "Strangler" Lewis vs Gorgeous George vs Tiger Mask vs Jushin Liger, vs Hardcore Hodge (6 man elimination match) for the Cruiserweight Championship. 6. Bobo Brazil vs The Sheik. 7. MLW Chairman Bruno Sammartino vs Larry Zbyszko 8. The Crusher vs Harley Race 9. Jimmy Snuka and Bruiser Brody vs the Fabulous Kangaroos 10. Antonino Rocca vs Ivan Koloff (falls count anywhere match throughout the debuting The Major League Wrestling Arena) 11. Minor League Wrestling Champion Delirious vs TBD* *Delirious will defend his title against the winner of a 10 man battle royal during the preshow Major League Wrestling: Fight Night
Match #4: Bob Orton Jr defeated Larry Hennig
-Orton Jr won via his PILEDRIVER in a surprisingly quick match to end the show.
See you later this week for the final editions of RAW and Smackdown before Summer Slam!
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Post by Vegas on Aug 8, 2008 2:36:03 GMT -5
It's now time for the final edition of Thursday Night RAW before next week's presentation of Summer Slam!
Major League Wrestling (MLW) RAW Thursday August 7, 2008 Las Vegas, NV (First Half of show)
Match #1: Ed "Strangler" Lewis defeated Gorgeous George and Playboy Buddy Rose in a triple threat match.
- This triple threat match featured the 3 cruiserweights from RAW who are scheduled to participate in the 6 man elimination match at Summer Slam to determine Major League Wrestling's first-ever Cruiserweight Champion.
- The Strangler won this match when he threw Rose into the ropes and hit him with a flying forearm and then applied his STRANGLER'S HEADLOCK which forced Rose to tap out.
- The Strangler has looked great the past 3 weeks on RAW as he defeated George on RAW 2 weeks ago, defeated Rose on last week's RAW, and now defeated both George and Rose in tonight's edition of RAW. Can The Strangler continue his success next weekend at Summer Slam against George, Rose, and the 3 Smackdown cruiserweight competitors (Tiger Mask, Jushin Liger, and Hardcore Hodge) in the 6 man elimination match to become Major League Wrestling's first-ever Cruiserweight Champion?
Match #2: Roy Heffernan (managed by Captain Kangaroo) defeated Jimmy Snuka
- Both Snuka and Heffernan shook hands at the start of this singles match which featured 1/2 of the tag teams (Jimmy Snuka and Bruiser Brody vs Fabulous Kangaroos) scheduled to wrestle each other for the first-time ever next week at Summer Slam.
- This was a good match that saw Snuka and Heffernan evenly trade offense throughout until Captain Kangaroo tripped Snuka (manager interference) and Heffernan then rolled up Snuka for the surprising singles victory.
Cast Iron Stomach Challenge:
-Pepper Gomez is once again in the ring with a ladder and this week's challenger is Don Muraco who is accompanied by the other members of Magnificent Perfection: Mr. Perfect and Ladies Champion Sherri Martel.
-Gomez reiterates the rules: If someone can jump on his (Gomez's) stomach hard enough that he can't stand up within a few seconds he (Gomez) will pay them $20,000.
- Muraco says: "Let me get this straight. All I have to do is jump off this ladder onto your stomach hard enough so you can't stand up and then you're going to pay me $20,000?"
- Gomez: "Yes."
- Muraco: "I can guarantee you two things. One, this is going to be money in the bank for me. And two, you're going out of this arena tonight on a stretcher."
-Muraco climbs to the top of the ladder as Gomez lies down on his back beneath the ladder. Muraco then jumps down really hard onto Gomez's stomach. But to Muraco's anger, Gomez is able to stand up within a few seconds so Muraco doesn't win the Cast Iron Stomach Challenge to get the $20,000.
- Suddenly Mr. Perfect places a sleeper hold on Gomez as an angry Muraco gives Gomez an Asiatic Spike and as Martel hits Gomez with a clothesline. All 3 members of Magnificent Perfection proceed to triple team Gomez when suddenly the entrance music of Bruiser Brody is played.
- By walking down to the ring, it looks like Brody was just coming out because his match was scheduled next. But when he gets to the ring and see the 3 on one assault by Magnificent Perfection against Gomez, Brody enters the ring swinging his chain to chase off Muraco, Mr. Perfect, and Martel.
- After the three members of Magnificent Perfection get to the top of the ramp, Martel grabs a microphone and tells Brody (who defeated both Muraco and Mr. Perfect at RAW's last PPV Vengeance) that apparently they have unfinished business together and that Brody better watch his back next week at Summer Slam!
Match #3: Al Costello (managed by Captain Kangaroo) defeated Bruiser Brody.
- Following the previous match this evening of Snuka vs Heffernan, this singles match featured the other 1/2 of the tag teams (Jimmy Snuka and Bruiser Brody vs Fabulous Kangaroos) scheduled to wrestle each other for the first-time ever next week at Summer Slam.
- In this match, Brody appeared distracted by the three members of Magnificent Perfection who stayed at the top of the ramp to watch this match. And the end came when Brody missed a turnbuckle charge and Costello pinned him as Magnificent Perfection were seen high-fiving each other at the top of the ramp to celebrate Brody's defeat.
- The announcers ask: with both members of the Fabulous Kangaroos picking up surprising victories tonight on RAW against Snuka and Brody, what chance do Snuka and Brody have against the Fabulous Kangaroos at Summer Slam next week in a tag team match against the Fabulous Kangaroos- one of the best tag teams in all of Major League Wrestling?
End of First Half. Second Half will be posted next and will include the six man tag team match of Mil Mascaras and the New Age Outlaws vs The Sheik and the Vachons and the main event of Intercontinental Champion Jim Londos and The Crusher in a tag team match against their respective opponents at Summer Slam: World Champion Nick Bockwinkel and Harley Race (who last week surprisingly betrayed The Crusher and rejoined the Heenan Family).
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Post by Vegas on Aug 8, 2008 3:20:42 GMT -5
Major League Wrestling (MLW) RAW Thursday August 7, 2008 Las Vegas, NV (Second Half of show, First Half is posted above)
Match #4: Mil Mascaras and the New Age Outlaws (accompanied by Bobo Brazil) defeated The Sheik and the Vachons (managed by Abdullah Farouk)
-Before this match began, Mascaras got on the microphone to announce the surprise and previously unannounced appearance of his best friend Bobo Brazil! As he walked out to the ring, the Las Vegas crowd gave a standing ovation to Brazil who was making his first appearance in Major League Wrestling since being injured by The Sheik's FIREBALL at Vengeance and is now healthy and set to wrestle The Sheik for the first-time ever in Major League Wrestling next weekend at Summer Slam!
- This match also featured the New Age Outlaws vs the Vachons who are set to wrestle each other next weekend at Summer Slam in the finals of the MLW Tag Team Championship Tournament for the vacant MLW Tag Team Championship!
- In an awesome 4 star highly competitive match, the end came when The Sheik got distracted by yelling at his enemy Brazil who was standing at ringside while Mascaras hit The Sheik with a FLYING BODYPRESS for the victory.
Backstage: Bobby Heenan is telling Heenan Family members Ox Baker, Rick Rude, and Ray Stevens that he wants them all at ringside tonight for Nick Bockwinkel and Harley Race's match against Jim Londos and The Crusher.
Summer Slam advertisement Summer Slam: Champion vs Champion (Major League Wrestling= MLW) Presented by RAW, Smackdown, and Minor League Wrestling Featuring the grand opening of The Major League Wrestling Arena! August 17th, 2008 1. Londos-Bockwinkel II: Intercontinental Champion Jim Londos vs World Champion Nick Bockwinkel for Bockwinkel's World Championship 2. United States Champion Frank Gotch vs MLW Champion Buddy Rogers (Last Man Standing match) for Rogers' MLW Championship 3. US Tag Team Champions Giant Baba and Antonio Inoki vs World Tag Team Champions the Road Warriors 4. New Age Outlaws vs Vachons for the vacant MLW Tag Team Championship 5. Playboy Buddy Rose vs Ed "Strangler" Lewis vs Gorgeous George vs Tiger Mask vs Jushin Liger, vs Hardcore Hodge (6 man elimination match) for the Cruiserweight Championship. 6. Bobo Brazil vs The Sheik. 7. MLW Chairman Bruno Sammartino vs Larry Zbyszko 8. The Crusher vs Harley Race 9. Jimmy Snuka and Bruiser Brody vs the Fabulous Kangaroos 10. Antonino Rocca vs Ivan Koloff (falls count anywhere match throughout the debuting The Major League Wrestling Arena) 11. Minor League Wrestling Champion Delirious vs TBD* *Delirious will defend his title against the winner of a 10 man battle royal during the preshow Major League Wrestling: Fight Night
Match #5, the main event: World Champion Nick Bockwinkel and Harley Race (accompanied by Bobby Heenan, Ox Baker, Rick Rude, and Ray Stevens) defeated Intercontinental Champion Jim Londos and The Crusher.
-Summer Slam opponents Londos and Bockwinkel started this match against each other as they prepare for next week's matchup of Londos-Bockwinkel II. And later, the match ended with Londos and Bockwinkel in the ring as Bockwinkel forced Londos to tap out to his finishing FIGURE FOUR LEGLOCK as Heenan Family members Baker, Rude, and Stevens grabbed The Crusher to prevent him from making the pin save.
End of Thursday Night RAW. Be sure to join Major League Wrestling (MLW) tomorrow night for this week's edition of Friday Night Smackdown!
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Post by Vegas on Aug 8, 2008 21:49:23 GMT -5
It's now time for this week's edition of Friday Night Smackdown- the last edition of Smackdown before next weekend's Summer Slam PPV!
Major League Wrestling (MLW) Smackdown Friday August 8, 2008 Las Vegas, NV (First-Third of the show)
Match #1: Tiger Mask defeated Jushin Liger and Hardcore Hodge in a triple threat match.
-this match featured the 3 Smackdown cruiserweights set to compete in the 6 man elimination match next weekend at Summer Slam to determine Major League Wrestling's first-ever Cruiserweight Champion.
- Tiger Mask won this match when he pinned Hodge via a piledriver.
- With his triple threat match victory tonight along with his victory last week over Jushin Liger last week on Smackdown, Tiger Mask definitely has the momentum going into the big inter-promotional 6 man elimination match next weekend at Summer Slam. Will Tiger Mask be able to maintain this momentum to become the first-ever Cruiserweight Champion of Major League Wrestling next weekend at Summer Slam?
Match #2: Hacksaw Jim Duggan defeated The Mountie (accompanied by Mr. Canada).
-In a good back and forth match that saw both competitors trade about an even amount of offense, Duggan won by getting the pin via his Tough Guy clothesline. After the match, Duggan held open the ropes daring Mr. Canada (Billy "Red" Lyons) to enter the ring, but once again Mr. Canada instead backed away.
Backstage: Jim Cornette is asking MLW Chairman Bruno Sammartino who the Midnight Express will be fighting at Summer Slam.
-Sammartino: ""Nobody. The card is full. But I'll let the Midnight Express have a match on the pre-show Major League Wrestling: Fight Night."
- Cornette: "On the pre-show? On the pre-show? Before he left, that no-good Dennis Condrey really destroyed the greatness of the Midnight Express. Condrey's lucky he's no longer here and tonight it's a bad thing for the Armstrongs because Beautiful Bobby Eaton and Sweet Stan Lane are going to take their frustration out on them."
Match #3: Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane, managed by Jim Cornette) defeated the Armstrongs.
- The Armstrongs put up a good fight but the Midnight Express managed to survive a number of close calls to win this match. The end came when Brad Armstrong tried to hit Lane with a clothesline but Lane was able to deflect the move and then suddenly hit Brad Armstrong with an enzuigiri for the victory.
Match #4: Dan Severn and Larry Hennig defeated Steve "Dr. Death" Williams and Killer Kowalski
- Dr. Death and Kowalski controlled most of the action in this match but "The Beast" and The Axe" got the victory when Severn gave Kowalski a fireman's carry slam immediately followed by WAKIGATAME.
End of First Third. Second Third will be posted next and includes Savage-T in a match fighting for his freedom from the Million Dollar Man against another opponent of Ted DiBiase's choice and a song by Rapping Red Bastien addressed to his enemy the Sandman!
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