Smith: And his opponent....and WWAW World Heavyweight Champion....Jeff Jarrett!!!
(Jarrett enters the ring and immediately goes face to face with Scott Norton, as Norton easily stares Jarrett down.)
Main Event
WWAW World Heavyweight Title Match
Scott Norton
vs.
Jeff Jarrett
The Good: This was like Sunday's match. The crowd was absolutely into the match, and there wasn't a dead moment in the crowd. A good example of this was a sleeperhold locked on Norton mid-match by Jarrett. The crowd stayed alive and got behind Norton, allowing Norton to fight his way out of the move.
The Bad: Considering that this match was nothing new, it took away from the quality of the match.
The Finish: Norton kicks Jarrett in the gut, lifts him up for the Powerbomb, but Jarrett slips out from behind! Jarrett goes for a back suplex, but he can't lift Norton up, and Norton reverses it into a snapmare takeover. Norton then stomps on the small of the back of Jarrett, and then hit a elbowdrop on Jarrett. Norton then called for the end, and wanted to go for the Powerbomb. He tried to lift up Jarrett, but Jarrett somehow blocked it, and went down to his knees, and hit Norton with a low blow, dazing Norton. This allowed Jarrett enough time to recover, and grabbed him and hit the STROKE~! Jarrett goes for the cover.
ONE...
TWO...
THREE! NO! NO DAMNIT! NO!
No-Time-Limit-Match:
Jeff Jarrett pinned Scott Norton with the Stroke in 0:09:05.
Rating: **
(Jeff Jarrett retained the WWAW World Heavyweight Title.)
After the match, the crowd exploded into boos and threw trash into the ring, almost pelting Jarrett many, many times. Jarrett celebrated on the turnbuckle, as Norton got to his feet, emitting a big pop from the crowd. However, before Norton could reach Jarrett, the lights went out! The crowd remained cheering, but it was an even louder cheer when the lights turned on. When they turned on, Norton was standing near the turnbuckle...but Jarrett was knocked out cold, and Jarrett was bleeding heavily. Norton didn't know what had happened, and had a confused look on his face. As the show ends, we get a close-up of Jarrett's bloody, knocked out face.
(Commercials)
Smith: This match is scheduled for one fall... Introducing first...
("We Be Clubbin'" plays, and the crowd gives a modest pop to Buff Bagwell as he enters.)
Smith: Buff Bagwell!
(Bagwell goes down to the ring, enters the ring, and awaits his opponent. "Come With Me" plays, and the crowd explodes into boos as Steve Corino comes out. Almost automatically, chants of "GOLDBERG" begin to echo throughout the arena. Corino hears these chants, and yells to some of the crowd to "SHUT THE HELL UP!" Corino continues to walk down to the ring, however, trying not to be too distracted by what's going on around him.)
Smith: And his opponent... Steve Corino!
(Corino enters the ring and waits for the match to begin.)
Buff Bagwell
vs.
Steve Corino
The Good: Both men are very athletic, and knew what they were doing in the ring.
The Bad: The finish left something to be desired, beyond a shadow of a doubt.
The Finish: Corino whips Bagwell into the turnbuckle, and clotheslines Buff, slumping Bagwell into the corner. As Corino stomps away at Bagwell, the crowd chants "GOLDBERG" again, distracting Corino, again. Unfortunately, he can't forget that name forever, as "Crush 'Em" plays, and the crowd erupts into cheers as Goldberg starts to walk down to the ring. He's got a chair with him, and no one knows what he's going to do with it, until he unfolds it and sits down...go figure. Corino looks at Goldberg, and then tries to whip Bagwell to another corner, but Bagwell reverses it. Corino goes into the corner, and Bagwell looks to go charge in there. However, the momentum of Bagwell takes him right into the ref, who Corino used as a shield. The crowd booed in disapproval as the ref slumped to the ground, knocked silly from the charging Bagwell. Bagwell didn't know what was going on, and Corino took advantage of the situation, kicking Bagwell in the midsection and hitting a quick DDT. Corino then called for the end, but Bagwell tried to fight off the Old School Expulsion. Fortunately for Bagwell, it worked, and he managed to fight his way out of it. However, Corino came right back and smacked Bagwell in the head with a wicked superkick. As Corino went for the cover, Goldberg got up, grabbed his chair, slid into the ring, folded it up, and blasted Corino with it from behind, nailing Corino in the head. Corino rolled over in pain, and Bagwell rolled over onto Corino for the cover. The ref stirred to his feet, and started to make the count...
ONE...
TWO...
THRE-NO! KICKOUT! I DON'T BELIEVE IT!
Corino kicked out, but barely. Goldberg couldn't believe what he was seeing, and as both men got to their feet, Corino grabbed the chair left over from the chair shot from Goldberg, and looked towards Goldberg. He tried to step through the ropes with the chair to get Goldberg, but Goldberg didn't look scared at all. Bagwell tapped Corino on the shoulder, getting his attention. Corino looked over, only to get a dropkick in his face. The only problem was that the chair was in front of his face, and it put Corino in a lot of pain. The surprising thing is that the ref, who saw all of this, never even bothered to give out a warning. Following the dropkick, Buff covered Corino for the 1-2-3 and the win.
No-Time-Limit-Match:
Buff Bagwell pinned Steve Corino after a dropkick in 0:04:38.
Rating: * 3/4
After the match, Bagwell left the ring, leaving Corino laid out in the middle of the ring with the man who he attacked on Tuesday. By the time that Corino had gotten to his feet, Goldberg was already in the ring, poised and ready to strike. Corino, in a daze, turned around to face Goldberg, and Goldberg started charging. However, Corino, with what sense he had left after getting knocked silly, managed to barely get out of the way of the spear. Goldberg went shoulder first into the ringpost, hitting with a huge SMACK. The crowd OOO'd in disbelief as Goldberg just simply shook it off and chased Corino out of the ring.
Smith: This match is the main event, scheduled for one fall. Introducing first...
("The Kings" plays, and the crowd gives little reaction to Jesse James as he comes down to the ring.)
Smith: Jesse James!
(James enters the ring and awaits his opponent..."Fuel" plays, and the crowd explodes in the biggest pop of the night for one man: Scott Norton. Norton comes down to the ring.)
Smith: And his opponent...Scott Norton!
(Norton enters the ring, stands on one of the turnbuckles and raises his hands in the air, drawing a big reaction from the section of the crowd he did the gesture to. However, James attacked Norton from behind, starting the match early.)
Main Event:
Jesse James
vs.
Scott Norton
The Good: Though there isn't much of a story behind this match, there is still a reason for it, which makes it alright to be shown as the main event of a secondary show such as this one.
The Bad: Jesse James is Jesse James, no matter which way you cut it. Oh, and the finisher wasn't that great, either.
The Finish: Norton whips James into the ropes, Norton bounces off the opposite set of ropes, they charge at each other... DOUBLE CLOTHESLINE! Both men are down on the ground. As they get to their feet, Norton kicks James in the midsection and calls for the Powerbomb. However, with Norton facing the WWAW-Tron, Jarrett sneaks in from the crowd, slides into the ring, guitar in hand, and doesn't have the guitar when it is broken over Norton's head. The ref, who has made bad calls all night, actually called for the DQ here, giving Scott Norton the win.
Scott Norton defeated Jesse James by disqualification in 0:11:48.
Rating: DUD
After the match, an irate James went after Jarrett, but Jarrett fended him off, hit a low blow followed up with The Stroke. However, Norton then came over, kneed Jarrett in the head, and then hit the Powerbomb out of nowhere on Jarrett, generating a pretty big pop. And then...
???: HEY! LOOK UP HERE, JARRETT!!
(Jarrett turns his head up to the WWAW-Tron to see that there is a shadow figure on there.)
???: I'm coming to get you, Jeff. This month is going to be the worst month of your life, simply because I'm gonna get so involved with it, that you're gonna hate it. Enjoy your life while you can, because I'm going to be making it a living hell. Have a nice day.
(The show ends with Jarrett staring at the WWAW-Tron in shock, with a gaping jaw, etc.)
(Commercials)
Mantaur
vs.
Jesse James
The Good: Not much, these two guys suck.
The Bad: These two guys aren't the greatest wrestlers in the world, to be nice about the situaton.
The Finish: James was no match for the monster, and Mantaur hit the Stampede for the easily-earned win.
No-Time-Limit-Match:
Mantaur pinned Jesse James with the Stampede in 0:06:21.
Rating: -* 1/2
Main Event
Michael Modest
vs.
Chris Jericho
The Good: Both men are spectacular combatants, and they showed that in this match. They tore at each other throats without remorse and compassion.
The Bad: It's been done before.
The Finish: Jericho went for the Walls of Jericho, but Modest fought out of it, hit a brain buster, and then hit the Air Raid Crash for the win.
No-Time-Limit-Match:
Michael Modest pinned Chris Jericho with the Air Raid Crash in 0:10:23.
Rating: ** 1/4
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