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WCF Saturday Night Shock - 1/22/2005
Card Information:
Held in: E -CENTER
Location: UTAH, UNITED STATES
Date/Time: January 22/2005 at 9:00pm
The Brain Busters defeated America's Most Wanted when Anderson pinned C. Harris
with the Gourdbuster in 0:07:07.
Rating: * 3/4
Lance Storm made Simon Diamond submit to the Maple Leaf in 0:09:26.
Rating: * 3/4
Shawn Michaels pinned Ric Flair with the Sweet Chin Music in 0:12:07.
Rating: *** 1/2
Shane Helms pinned Jeff Hardy with the Vertebreaker in 0:07:31.
Rating: * 1/2
Mr. Perfect pinned Kerry Von Erich with the Perfect Plex in 0:08:58.
Rating: * 1/2
Chris Jericho made Owen Hart submit to the Walls Of Jericho in 0:16:12.
Rating: **** 1/4
Christian pinned Rey Mysterio Jr. with the Unprettier in 0:09:42.
Rating: ** 1/2
Bret Hart and La Parka defeated Evolution (AJ Styles and J-Busta) when Parka
pinned Styles after a twisting moonsault in 0:16:00.
Rating: ** 1/4
Match observations:
Evolution seems to be losing momentum after this week, as 3 of its 4 members lost their matches. First we saw Shawn Michaels go cleanly over Ric Flair. Then later, in the only successful match that Evolution had tonight, Chris Jericho defeated Owen Hart, and get this, he did it CLEANLY, I'll bet that no one saw that coming. Then in the main event, we saw Bret Hart and La Parka defeat J-Busta and AJ Styles, with La Parka getting the pinfall victory over his Royal Rumble opponent, AJ Styles.
After the show, a HUGE match was signed as next week's main event. All four members of Evolution will be taking on Bret and Owen Hart, Shawn Michaels, and La Parka in an eight man tag team match, with the man scoring the winning pinfall or submission getting the number 30 slot in the Royal Rumble Match in just over a week. It was also announced that if either AJ Styles or La Parka score the win, then the winner of their match at the Royal Rumble will be number 30.
The finals of the Intercontinental Title tournament are set, at the Royal
Rumble, we will see Lance Storm and Mr. Perfect go head-to-head for the title. In addition, we will also see Simon Diamond go up against Kerry Von Erich for the Television Title. However, next week, participants of both of the matches will come together, as Lance Storm and Kerry Von Erich will be teaming up to take on Mr. Perfect and Simon Diamond.
Shane Helms got the win over Jeff Hardy tonight, evening out the victory count between The Hardy Boyz and 3 Count going into the Royal Rumble PPV. Next week we will see the winners of both matches, Matt Hardy and Shane Helms, go one on one next week.
Christian got the duke over Rey Mysterio Jr. tonight, albeit frequent
interference from Edge and Mysterio's Royal Rumble opponent, Billy Kidman. After the match, Kidman, Edge, and Christian beat the living hell out of Rey. Thankfully, Eddie and Chavo Guerrero came out from the back to help Rey, challenging Kidman, Edge, and Christian to a 6-Man Tag Match next week with Rey as their partner.
John Cena and Raven continued their feud this week, just not in any official match. The cameras caught the two brawling backstage, and they even fought out into the arena. One has to wonder whether or not these two men will cross paths next week, or for that matter, if they will cross paths in the midst of the Royal Rumble Match.
Also, The Brain Busters made their WCF debuts tonight, defeating America's Most Wanted rather easily. One has to wonder if they will be in line for shots at the Tag Team Titles after next Sunday's Royal Rumble PPV.
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Blah, with the exception of Michaels/Flair and Jericho/Owen, this show SUCKED. Ah well, just an off night I hope.
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