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WCF Saturday Night Shock - 1/1/2005
Card Information:
Held in: THE SCOPE
Location: VIRGINIA, UNITED STATES
Date/Time: January 1/2005 at 9:00pm
Billy Kidman pinned Jushin Liger with the Shooting Star Press in 0:09:56.
Rating: **** 1/4
The Hardy Boyz defeated The World's Greatest Tag Team when M. Hardy pinned
C. Haas with the Twist Of Fate in 0:11:44.
Rating: *
John Cena pinned Raven with the F-U in 0:15:08.
Rating: * 1/2
AJ Styles pinned Chris Benoit after a roll up and interference
from Ric Flair in 0:14:21.
Rating: *** 3/4
Rey Mysterio Jr. pinned Spanky with the West Coast Pop in 0:05:58.
Rating: ** 1/2
J-Busta pinned Owen Hart with the J-Breaker after interference
from Ric Flair and AJ Styles in 0:09:03.
Rating: ** 1/4
Kurt Angle made Triple H submit to the Ankle Lock in 0:14:24.
Rating: *** 3/4
Chris Jericho pinned Bret Hart after a lionsault and interference
from Ric Flair, AJ Styles, and J-Busta in 0:14:47.
Rating: ****
Match observations:
After much anticipation (ie: a day), the first ever WCF (World Championship
Federation) was a success.
The show started off with WCF commissioner Mick Foley standing the the middle of the ring, as all of the other WCF wrestlers, referees, road agents, etc. surrounded the ring. Foley proclaimed that the WCF would be the greatest wrestling promotion ever, surpassing the WWF, WCW, and ECW by a long run.
Foley addressed all of the title belts by saying that on January 30, 2005,
at WCF's first PPV, Royal Rumble, all the belts would be up for grabs. The
Cruiserweight, Television, and Intercontinental belts will all be on the line
in singles matches at the PPV. Foley stated that there would be an 8-Man
Tournament starting on next week's show with the final match taking place at
the Royal Rumble with the Intercontinental Title on the line. Also, the Tag
Team titles will be on the line in a standard tag match.
But the major announcement: The World Title will be up for grabs in the
traditional 30-Man Over-The-Top-Rope Royal Rumble Match.
In the first match in WCF history, Billy Kidman defeated Jushin Liger after a
classic. With this victory, Kidman has a hell of a chance at being selected for
the Cruiserweight Title match at the Royal Rumble.
Another such man would be Rey Mysterio Jr., who defeated the wily and fast as lighting Spanky in just under 6 minutes.
The Hardy Boyz defeated The World's Greatest Tag Team, possibly putting them in one of the slots for the Tag Team Title match at the Rumble.
AJ Styles and J-Busta both won their matches, but it is certainly debatable on
whether or not they warrant a Television Title shot considering they both won
by interference.
Speaking of interference, we saw several interferences throughout the night.
And by the end, it was known that a new force was in the WCF. Ric Flair got on the mic, and announced the forming of Evolution. Featuring the rookie J-Busta, the young but still fairly experienced AJ Styles, the undisputed king of the world Chris Jericho, and the legend Ric Flair. One has to wonder how big of an impact that they are going to be making in the WCF in the weeks and months to come.
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Well, that's my first show. Pretty good I guess. Still got 4 more shows to build up to the Rumble.
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